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AEPhi Could Come to MITBy Nicole A. SherrySTAFF REPORTER

Nine undergraduate women hoping to bring a new sorority, AlphaEpsilon Phi, to MIT made a presentation to the Panhellenic Associa-tion Wednesday night. They are awaiting a decision as to whether afifth sorority will be invited to come onto campus.

On Wednesday night, the nine women as well as representativesfrom the national AEPhi organization made a presentation to mem-bers of the four existing sororities. The presentation was followed bya discussion of the possibility of bringing the new sorority chapter toMIT. In two weeks, the four sororities will vote whether to extend aninvitation to AEPhi to come to campus.

AEPhi was founded on Jewish principles. However, the ninewomen attempting to form the new chapter plan to rush without reli-gious preference. The women hope to run the sorority like the currentfour, except that it would probably have a larger percentage of Jewishmembers, some of the activities would be directed towards promotingJewish culture, and it would be smaller. The women would like to havearound 40 members - half the size of each of the existing sororities.

"We all want to be a full-fledged part of the Greek community inall respects," said Aliza E. Mezrich '95, one of the nine women. "It isjust that we will have a little something different that appeals to usand we think would appeal to others."

The women want to start a new sorority because none of them wasinterested by the existing sororities, according to Jarnie H. Rosen-blum '96, another woman from the group. However, the womenwanted to be a part of Greek-life and wanted the closeness of a soror-ity, she said.

"We feel that we have a common base. While there are Jewishwomen in other sororities and the other sororities are not discrimina-tory, we feel more comfortable with each other and feel that forminga sorority would give us a medium for developing our Jewishness aswell as the benefits of Greek life," Mezrich said.

AEPhi's national philanthropy is the support of a rehabilitationcenter in Israel. The nine women have discussed the possibility ofinviting speakers to discuss Jewish issues, and hope that the forma-tion of the group will facilitate women coming together on Jewishholidays. However, Judaism will not be the sorority's main focus,according to the women. The group hopes to partake in all of theGreek activities, and will work to provide support for all of thewomen in the sorority, they added.

One of the main concerns of current sororities is that a fifth couldreduce number of women rushing each sorority, making it difficult forthe existing sororities to fill their quotas. Also, people are concernedthat the group would be too homogeneous, that they may intimidaterushees, and that Jewish women may feel pressured to join.

Still, many members of other sororities support the idea. "Summa-rizing views is hard to do at this point but I think the general view of[Alpha Phil is that it shouldn't hurt our rush, and that it will maybemake PanHel better by providing support for more women at MIT,"said Melonie A. Hall '94, president of Alpha Phi.

City Proposes Parking ChangesBy Aaron Bel:enkyADVER SING MANAGER

On Tuesday evening, the City ofCambridge held a meeting withMIT students and staff to discussdrastic changes to on-street parkingproposed by the city.

The meeting focused on thechanges to MIT parking spaces. Theplan calls for the modification of689 currently unrestricted spacesaround MIT, including the elimina-tion of 120 spots. Parking in theremaining spots would be limited tounder two hours, metered, or limitedto Cambridge residents.

Parking on Memorial Drive,which is controlled by the Metro-politan District Commission, wouldnot be affected.

The proposed changes, as well asthe reasons for the changes werepresented by Loren Preston from the

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The negative reaction promptedPreston to say he would take thepeople's concerns and recommenda-tions back with him, and try to mod-ify the plans before his office madeits final recommendations to thecity.

Cambridge is facing a mandateby the federal government toimprove its air quality. As part ofthe measures, Cambridge officialsare reorganizing parking in the city.From 1990 until last year, Cam-bridge was operating under a park-ing freeze. The freeze limited thenumber of on-street parking spacesavailah.le. Thi s st;flre d bh . . ; ine.

vgrowth a nd caused headache. .. s forgrowth and caused headaches for

residents and commuters alike, Pre-ston said.

In 1992, the policy was changedto allow a limited number of addi-tional parking spaces to be allocat-ed. Under the existing plan, forevery two unrestricted parkingspaces that are converted to someform of restricted parking, the citywould be allowed to create One newspace.

Students, staff express concernsMIT students and staff present at

the meeting expressed their desirefor closer cooperation with the Met-ropolitan Boston TransportationAuthority. They asked that the Traf-fic and Parking Office make thereallocation of spaces contingentupon improvements to the MBTApublic transportation system.

They also felt that Cambridge

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with industrial experience. "It is agreat advantage for students to workin the real world," said ProfessorRegis M. Pelloux PhD '58, one ofthe coordinators for Course III-B,the materials science and engineer-ing internship program. The stu-dents "really know what to expectwhen they get out."

Internship students also tend tohave higher starting salaries, saidWilliam H. Ramsey '51, executivedirector of engineering special pro-grams. "The company sees them ashaving a leg up on working inteams," working with people in acorporate setting, and making use ofthe resources in the companies, headded.

Theresa T. Chiueh '94 is in EIPwith Ford Motor Company. "I thinkthat it's a good program that MIThas," she said. Students also learnabout how industry operates. MITfocuses on theory, and "out in the

real world it actually comes down toapplication of those theories," shesaid.

"It's really nice because you getto see both ends of manufacturing,"said David Gomez '93, who hasworked for Motorola both in the III-B program. and before entering EIP.He added that internship studentscan "use all the knowledge you'vegotten here."

Number of internships declinedThe number of internships

offered has been affected by theeconomy's woes over the past fewyears. However, this year the VI-Aprogram had 93 openings, comparedwith 78 last year, according toKevin J. O'Toole '57, director ofthe VI-A internship program.

EIP had about 30 openings thisyear for the approximately 150 stu-

Despite a decrease in the numberof positions offered, the three under-graduate engineering internship pro-grams are still enjoying much sac-cess in recruiting and have plans toexpand in the near futre.

Each of the programs consists oftwo summer work periods - thesummers after the junior year andsenior year. Students who areaccepted to MIT graduate schoolmay also complete an additionalsix-month work period.

The School of Engineering spon-sors the Engineering Internship Pro-gram. The Departments of MaterialsScience and Engineering and Elec-trical Engineering and ComputerScience provide their own pro-grams, the Course III-B programand the VI-A Internship Program.

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gy department.The unique technique, called

"exon amplification," enablesresearchers to cut out the pieces ofthe gene of interest from the introns,which are pieces of DNA unrelatedto gene expression.

Approximately 30,000 Ameri-cans have Huntington's disease andabout 150,000 are at risk. Children ofa parent who has Huntington's dis-ease are at 50 percent risk of inherit-ing the bad gene associated with it.

There is no cure for Hunting-ton's disease. However, people willbe able to take a more improved testthat will allow detection of the geneseveral years before onset. Therecent discovery of the gene helpedto improve this test.

The other contributors at MITwere: Deanna M. Church, a researchaffiliate at the Center for CancerResearch; Michael C. O'Donovan, apostdoctoral fellow at CCR; LauraE. Riba-Ramirez, a technical assis-tant at CCR; Manish A. Shah G; andVincent P. Stanton, a postdoctoralassociate at CCR.

In addition to MIT and MGH,the other institutions involved in theresearch were: the University ofMichigan, Imperial CancerResearch Fund, University ofWales, and Univcrsity of Californiaat Irvine.

The longest search for an inherit-ed disease gene recently came to anend when a group of scientists thatincluded eight MIT biologists,announced on March 23 that theyhad identified the gene responsiblefor Huntington's disease.

The results of the discoveryappeared in the March 26 issue ofthe journal Cell.

Huntington's disease is a diseasecharacterized by involuntary jerkymovements, mood swings, slurredspeech, depression, and eventualdementia. The age of onset of the dis-ease is variable, but people with thetrait usually begin showing synmptornsbetween the ages of 30 to 50. Deathusually follows within 15 years.

The gene was found on chromo-some our at Massachusetts GeneralHospital by James F. Gusella PhD'80, a former graduate student ofbiology Professor David E. Hous-man, who was also involved in theresearch.

MIT is one of the six collaborat-ing institutions involved in thework. One of the most significantcontributions to the discovery of theHuntington's gene was the uniquetechnique developed in the laborato-ries of Housman and ProfessorPhillip A. Sharp, head of the biolo-

Varsity midfielder Eric M. Bosyd '96 (above)carries the ball upfield past Babson Collegeopponents In Tuesday's 10-8 vitory. Attackman Rob J. Silva '93 (right) fakes out a Bab.son opponent. MIT started slowly, ending thefirst quarter down 3-1. However, from then lon,the Engineers played a rougher, more aggres-sive game, out-hustling and out-hitting Bab-son. Scott Koonce '94 produced a hat trickwhile goalie Mike S. Kwon '95 and Tri4aptalnPete A. Santoro '93 both played an excellentgame on defense.

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Navy Awarded $365 Million PactOn Eve of Clinton Taking Ofice

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The Navy, acting at the I Ith hour of the Bush administration,awarded a $365 million contract for a supply ship in an effort to pre-clude President Clinton from blocking or delaying the controversialand troubled program.

Just two business days before President Bush left office, the Navyawarded the contract to the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. inSan Diego to build the AOE-10, the fourth and last in a series.

The award swept aside congressional objections about cost over-runs and mismanagement at NASSCO, as well as concerns raised bythe Pentagon's inspector general that the Navy might not even needanother supply ship if the incoming Clinton administration carriedthrough with its intention to cut the Navy fleet.

In a recent memorandum to Secretary of Defense Les Aspin PhD'66, the inspector general asserted that the Navy's contract award"was inappropriate and done to preclude giving you [Aspin] theoption of considering the ship acquisition during the new administra-tion budget review."

Navy spokesmen declined comment. But a shipyard executivedefended the award, saying it had been planned fbr nearly a year.Rep. Julian Dixon (D-Calif.) a member of important House DefenseAppropriations Subcommittee, said the panel had strongly backed theNavy's action.

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Thursday put out a feeler to Sen.Trent Lott (R-Miss.), a member ofthe Senate Republican leadership,suggesting a compromise that theRepublicans termed too little andtoo late.

The White House suggested dis-cussion of a $1 billion cut in thestimulus proposal, according toRepublicans, but some of the GOPleaders said they could accept noless than $7 billion or $8 billion inspending cuts .- half of the Clintonpackage.

They said they could accept thefunds in the stimulus package forunemployment benefits and some ofthe summer jobs for youth, highwayconstruction and child immuniza-tion.

But they are insistent that Clin-ton delete billions in communitydevelopment block grant funds,which the Republicans say would beused ,r :rivolous or .on-essetliialprojects like parking garages, bikepaths, a boardwalk and a performingarts center.

Throughout debate on the bill,Clinton has insisted that he wouldoppose any significant changes inhis package. But Republicans andsome Democrats, especially thosewho favored delaying or scalingback the program, said the adminis-tration may have no choice but toaccept some changes.

done."Minority Leader Robert J. Dole,

(R-Kan.) said both sides were "fair-ly determined," adding, "So it's theplayoffs."

The stimulus package, a jobs andinvestment plan that would add tothis year's deficit, was offered byClinton separately from the budgetas an insurance policy against arelapse in the economic recovery.

Congress completed workThursday on the five-year budgetblueprint that would implementClinton's long-term economic plansand reduce the deficit by $496 bil-lion, The Senate approved the bud-get resolution, 55 to 45, withDemocrats Bob Krueger (Tex.) andRichard C. Shelby (Ala.) votingagainst it. All Republicans opposedthe bill. The House approved thecompromise measure Wednesdayevening.

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age through the House last monthwith aggressive personal lobbying,Clinton and his aides ran into amajor problem in the Senate, wherean emboldened GOP minority hasseized on what they consider someblatant porkbarrel spending withinthe plan that has also added toDemocratic unease with the pack-age.

Faced with this potentially fatalthreat to the bill, the administration

By Eric Planinand Helen DewarTHE WASHINGTONPOST

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All 43 Senate RepublicansThursday threatened to block Presi-dent Clinton's $l6.3 billion eco-

'nomic stimulus package unless hereduces it to their satisfaction.

Without the support of at leastsome Republicans, Democrats, whoare also threatened with defectionswithin their ranks, cannot muster the60 votes necessary to end any GOPfilibuster and force a vote.

Unless a compromise is reachedFriday, the debate could extend intoCongress' Easter recess, which is tobegin Saturday, and seriously delaycompletion of action on the presi-dent's economic plan.

"Up to this point, the presidentassumed he could do anything hewanted to do without working withRepublicans on .u...ta".......1...ters," said Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas). "There will have to be dra-matic changes it this bill is to bepassed."

Senate Majority Leader GeorgeJ. Mitchell (D-Maine) accusedRepublicans of trying to "pull therug out from under" Clinton as heprepares for a summit on Saturdaywith Russian President BorisYeltsin, and he vowed, "We'regoing to stay here till we get this

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In a major crackdown on an alleged Palestinian terrorist organiza-tiorn in the United States, four reputed members have been indicted onracketeering charges, including killing the teen-age daughter of oneto silence her, conspiring to murder Jews and discussing the possibili-ty of blowing up the Israeli Embassy here.

The indictment, unsealed Thursday by a federal grand jury in St.Louis, marked the first U.S. legal action against the shadowy AbuNidal organization here.

The indictment sheds new light on alleged activities of the U.S.cell of an organization best-known for terrorist activities overseas. AState Department repot blamed Abu Nidal, a Palestinian whose realname is Sabri al Banna, tor more than 90 terrorist attacks since 1970that killed or injured nearly 900 people in 20 countries.

Allegedly operating a racketeering "enterprise" here since at least1986, Abu Nidal's purposes included smuggling money to othermembers worldwide, helping develop terrorism and murder plans,targeting Jews as victims, and obtaining both light and heavyweapons, according to the indictment.

The four defendants charged by the indictment were Zein Isa, SaifNijmeh and Luie Nijmeh, all of St. Louis, and Tawfiq Musa of Mil-waukee. All are American citizens.

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Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind. Lugar hasproposed providing pre-fabricatedhousing for officers, and likened theeffort to the reconstruction of Flori-da after Hurricane Andrew last year.

-An "enterprise fund" of $300million over the next three years toprovide "seed loans" to small busi-nesses and working capital to pri-vate banks in the former SovietUnion. The Bush administration,stablished such fiunds .n P.l...dand Hungary, and had alreadybegun work on a $65 million fundfor the former Soviet republics.

-Several small programs aimedat reviving the Russian oil and gasindustry, including teams of U.S.technicians to advise the Russianson better extraction techniques, anenergy conservation advisory pro-gram, and loans to finance U.S. oilfield equipment.

"Just the leakage from Russia'snatural gas pipelines could supplythe entire state of Connecticut,"Clinton said in his speech. Helpingfix the energy industry would pro-vide Russia a stable source of hardcurrency and moderate world ener-gy prices, Clinton said.

-New agricultural credits cou-pled with a plan for rescheduling,Russia's outstanding debt to U.S.grain exporters, which amounts tohundreds of millions of dollars.

-More humanitarian aid,including infant formula, pharma-ceuticals and medical equipment.

-Expanded "people to people"exchange programs designed tobring Russian students to the UnitedStates and send Americans withneeded skills, retired executives, forexample, to Russia.

In return, Clinton plans to pressYeltsin to control the Russian cen-tral bank, which has been printingrubles with abandon, fueling infla-tion that now runs at nearly I per-cent a day. "That clearly has to bebrought under control. The centralbank is a principal problem,"Christopher said.

Clinton has notified congression-al leaders of his intent to seek at

least $700 million in aid for Russiain fiscal 1994, and officials havesaid the figure may be closer to Sibillion. But the president will limithis discussions with Yeltsin ondirect U.S aid to uses for the S400million in unspent funds, officialssaid.

While those programs initiallycan be financed from existing funds,Clinton eventually will have to ask.ovngress Ofor new money, and aid'es

say he plans to make a concertedeffort to convince Americans that atleast in this case, foreign aid is aworthy investment.

The biggest potential economicaid boost for Russia would comefrom a multilateral package orga-nized by the Group of 7 industrial-ized nations - the United States,Japan, Germany, Great Britiani,France, Canada, Italy.

Officials of the G7 nations arc tomeet in Tokyo later this month todiscuss a massive package of loanscredits and backup funds to helpYeltsin stabilize the economy as awhole. That assistance would dwarfthe unilateral U.S. assistance andcould approach the $24 billion pro-posed by former President Bush ayear ago but never authorized.

Clinton also sought to use ["lespeech to reassure Russians, manyof whom have grown resentful ofthe idea that their nation has slippedfrom superpower to world suppli-cant. At several points in his speech,Clinton praised the Russian peoplefor "courage" and described theircountry as an inherently rich landonly temporarily in difficulties.

The Russians, Clinton said, "aregood people sitting on a rich land.They have been victimized by a sys-tem which has failed them."

Clinton also admonished Ameri-cans that they have a large stake inthe success of Russian reform,warning that "if Russia were torevert to imperialism or plunge intochaos, we would need to reassess allour plans for defense savings" -potentially costing billions of dol-lars in new spending.

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Calling for a "strategic alliancewith Russian reform," PresidentClinton Thursday urged Americansto support additional economic aidto the countries of the former SovietUnion, warning that "our ability toput people first at home requires thatwe put Russia and its neighbors firston our agenda abroad."

Aid to the Russians "is not an actof charity," Clinton said, "it is aninvestment in our own future."

Clinton aides designed thespeech, given to the annual meetingof the American Society of Newspa-per Editors, as the launch of thepresident's campaign to sell U.S.citizens the politically difficult ideaof expanding foreign aid programsto the Russians and their neighbors.

That campaign will be somewhateased, at least in the short term,because Clinton plans to fund thefirst phase of his Russia aid plan byusing roughly $400 million theBush administration obtained butnever spent, a point confirmedThursday by Secretary of StateWarren Christopher.

"Opn.y a relatively small fractionof the money that's been appropriat-ed has yet been spent," Christophertold a House Appropriations panel."We are determined that that situa-tion be brought to an end."

At this weekend's summit meet-ing, '"you will find the concentrationon making the best use of existingfunds rather than seeking vastamounts of new funds," Christophersaid.

U.S. officials say the aid pack-age Clinton plans to offer RussianPresident Boris Yeltsin at their sum-mit meeting in Vancouver, BritishColumbia, this weekend includes asmain elements:

-A new program to providehousing for Russian Army officerswithdrawn from the Baltic statesand Belarus, based partly on propos-als by Sens. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., and

"I have fallen in love ... But it's not with a girl," said a ganglingteen-age boy named Lawrence last week in the comic strip, For Bet-ter orfor Worse.

Since then, 19 newspapers have canceled the 14-year-old comicstrip that will explore, over the next three weeks, the consequences ofthe 17-year-old's "coming out."

Another 50 newspapers have asked the comic strip's distributor,Universal Press Syndicate, for backup material that could be substi-tuted for the controversial series, said Elizabeth Andersen, an associ-ate editor at Universal.

"We're having mixed reactions," Andersen said. "I've gotten sev-eral calls from editors saying they support the comic." The strip hasabout 1,400 subscribers.

"If I've learned anything from this experience, it's that people aremore afraid of this subject than loaded weapons," the strip's creator,Lynn Johnston, said in Ontario, Canada.

Johnston said she was inspired to draw this episode partly becauseof the family upheaval created when her brother-in-law revealed thathe was gay.

WvATHER1By Michael Morgan

STAFF METEOROLOGIST

Welcome to Spring! The cold, damp, raw weather of yesterdayand earlier this week, was in many ways typical of spring here insouthern coastal New England. The Atlantic is still very cold, withocean temperatures around 40°F (4°C), so that anytime we get a per-sistent east wind in Boston, temperatures take a tumble and lowclouds, drizzle, and fog roll in. Winds today will remain out of theeast and northeast -- keeping the clouds and cool weather in place.Because we will still be under the influence of a large cyclonic circu-lation for the next few days, showers - particularly in the afternoon-will be likely. With cold air up in northern New England and east-em Canada, there is the risk of rain perhaps mixing with or changingto snow on Saturday.

Today: Mostly cloudy with a few showers. High around 45°F (7°C).Tonight: Cloudy with fog and scattered showers. A thunderstorm

is possible. Low around 35° F (11 C).Saturday: Mostly cloudy and continued cool. Showers likely.

Showers may begin to mix with snow north and west of Boston. High42-46° F (6-8 ° C). Low 30-330 F (-I to 1° C).

Sunday: Variably cloudy. High 42-48° F (6-9° C). Low 25-30° F(4 to -1° C).

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Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn., called the FCC's action "agood first step" but added that "itcannot be the last step. The FCC'sown data shows that monopoly(cable) systems charged, on aver-age, 27 percent more than systemswith head-to-head competition."

The FCC said the rate reductionwill affect only "basic" cable ser-vice, such as retransmissions oflocal broadcast stations and publicaccess. It will not apply to pay-per-view channels that show profession-al boxing and other special events,nor to premium channels such asHome Box Office and Showtime.

That provision could allow cablecompanies to profitably unbundlethe basic services they offer now,which often include Cable NewsNetwork and Music Television, orMTV, and other popular add-ons.By offering those separately, cableoperators could reduce their regulat-ed business to a barebones service.

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Authorities are concerned thatthe deadly raid in Waco, Texas, mayhave been approved although one oftheir undercover agents had told hissuperiors there that cult leaderDavid Koresh became "skittish andnervous" after taking a telephonecall inside his compound about anhour before the assault, federalfirearms sources said Thursday.

Within that hour, CharlesSarabyn, tactical coordinator for theoperation by the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms, was heardsaying at a staging area where about100 agents were gathered that Kore-sh may have been aware that force-ful action was planned against himand his Branch Davidian sect mem-bers, according to at least five ATFsupervisors and agents.

The assault Feb. 28 was metwith fierce gunfire, leaving fourATF agents dead and 16 otherswounded. An undetermined numberof cult members were killed, and astandoff has continued since then.

"We felt that there wasn't com-pelling evidence that Koresh knewthat a raid was planned for thatday," David Troy, chief of ATF'sintelligence division, said in aninterview Thursday in Waco. Hadagents known that the element ofsurprise was lost, the raid wouldhave been halted, he said.

Whether agents knew that Kore-sh was uneasy in the hour before theraid "is going to be taken apartdown to the last nut and bolt" dur-ing a forthcoming Treasury Depart-ment investigation and possible con-gressional hearings, Troy said.

"Quite frankly, someone maydecide that we did lose the elementof surprise and knew it. Obviously,we lost it .... We will probably endup with a mixed bag" on what wentwrong, he said.

Troy said the same undercoveragent apparently could not deter-mine whether the cult had a detailedand rapid response planned in theevent of a raid or had more than oneweapons-storage area. "'I don't thinkhe had that type of access," Troysaid of the agent, who had been withthe Davidians for two months.

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percent to 5 percent, agency offi-cials said.

The cable industry attackedThursday's ruling, warning that bigrate reductions could hamper com-panies' ability to repay bank loans,invest in programming and offeradvanced new services such asinteractive cable systems that boast500 channels or more.

Denver-based Tele-Communica-tions Inc., the nation's biggest cableoperator, hinted at a possible legalchallenge. Wall Street also took adim view, pummeling shares incompanies with large cable inter-ests.

Lawmakers and consumergroups, meanwhile, complained thatthe FCC didn't go far enough.

"It's a step in the right direction,but we are disappointed that the ratereductions were not larger; we thinkrate reductions of 30 percent werejustified," said Gene Kimmelman,legislative director of the ConsumerFederation of America, a Washing-ton coalition of 240 consumergroups.

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our undercover investigation, thatthere was any" such plan, Troy said,noting that the cult clearly had one.

ATF officials here and elsewheresaid Thursday that agents disgrun-tled about the failed raid may havetaken Sarabyn's comments in Wacoout of context. The officials saidSarabyn might not have meant thatKoresh knew the exact timing of theraid.

The officials also said that,because of Koresh's routine peculiarbehavior, agents in Waco might nothave been alarmed by reports of hisapparent agitation. ATF officialshave said that, when their undercov-er agent left the compound, sectmembers were perfornming normalchores and guns were locked away.

ATF personnel interviewed forthis article spoke on condition ofanonymity, citing pending investi-gations into the deaths and whetherKoresh was tipped about the raid.Sarabyn could not be reached forcomment.

In recent weeks, frustratedagents have accused ATF adminis-trators of covering up details of theraid. leading ATF Director StephenE. Higgins to send a message to allagency personnel Wednesdaydenouncing such accusations anddemanding an end to "spreadingunfounded rumors."

A review of bureau documentsand interviews with ATF officialshave suggested that possible leaksabout the raid could have originatedin many places.

In a memorandum to selectmembers of Congress March 16, forinstance, ATF officials here saidagents in Waco had told the localMcLennan County sheriffs depart-ment and state public safety offi-cials in advance about the raid. Troysaid the local ambulance service andTexas National Guard also werenotified.

"You can't carry out a raid ofthis magnitude without having coor-dination with local and state lawenforcement," he said.

Yesterday, talks continued in thecompound between Koresh and aHouston lawyer with no sign that thelong standoff might end soon. Thelawyer said Koresh is weak fromgunshot wounds received during the-aity but he would not elaborate.

The Federal CommunicationsCommission ordered the nation'scable TV operators Thursday to rollback their rates, a move expected tosave America's 57 million cablehouseholds $1 billion a year.

Most customers should beginseeing a $1 to $3 reduction in theirmonthly cable bill by August, FCCofficials said. Further price scrutinyby the FCC and new restrictions thatthe agency has imposed on cableoperators could lead to additionalrate cuts later on.

The FCC move to clamp a lid onsoaring cable rates marks a return toregulation for an industry thatenjoys a monopoly in local marketsbut was deregulated in 1986.

"There were no perfect answersto this complex issue," interim FCCChairman James H. Quello saidbefore voting to approve the newrate restrictions.

Overriding a veto by then-Presi-dent Bush, Congress last Octoberordered the FCC to lower cablerates, which have continued to risesince then. The FCC action Thurs-ualy Will rUoll bC&rlatesrA to.l, 5Cp.

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defendants in that case, and defenseattorneys fought vigorously to keepthe state testimony from beingplayed in the federal trial. They toldDavies that they would ask the 9thCircuit Court of Appeals to inter-vene Friday and overrule the deci-sion to allow the tape into evidence.

Meanwhile, the defendants con-cluded their ease without callinganother witness. Harland W. Braun,the lawyer for Briseno, had present-ed prosecutors with a list of 10 pos-sible witnesses, but did not summonany of them. He said later that thelist had merely been a bluff to keepprosecutors off balance.

"I just wanted to keep Clymerup to 3 in the morning," Braun said.

Braun, who has delighted intweaking the government lawyers,outside of court called the federalprosecutors "evil people" and"scum," and accused them of wag-ing a political prosecution againstthe four officers.

By Jim NewtonLOSANGELES TIMES

With the trial drawing to anunexpectedly quick close, politicalleaders and business executivesturned with new urgency to thepotential fallout from the case.Among other things, debate height-ened over whether the judge shoulddelay disclosing the verdicts so lawenforcement authorities can mobi-lize. City officials also said theywere exploring the legality of post-poning the April 20 municipal elec-tion should there be a repeat of theunrest that followed the verdicts inlast year's state trial.

Although the defense ended itscase Thursday, a last-minute debateover prosecution evidence coulddelay the start of jury deliberationsby a few days. Over furious defenseobjections, U.S. District Judge JohnG. Davies ruled that an edited tapeof Officer Theodore J. Briseno'stestimony during last year's statetrial may be played for thejury.

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The other majors represented arematerial science and engineering,civil engineering, ocean engineer-ing, and nuclear engineering. Thereis an increasing demand for materialscientists and environmental engi-neers, Ramsey said. However, veryfew EIP students are ocean andnuclear engineers simply becausethese undergraduate departments aresmall, he added.

The III-B program is over 20years old and is more informal thanthe other two, Dhosi said. One ofthe differences is that students arenot required to return to the samecompany after the first summer."There's no intrinsic need for thetopic to be the same," Dhosi said.Nonetheless, about two-thirds of thestudents do stay with the same com-pany, he added.

Interviews are the last stepEach program has a series of

events leading up to the actual inter-views. These include an orientationlecture and company open houses.Students then submit a preferencelist of companies with which theywant to interview. Based on both{he st.:dents' and cm;lnpanies' timeconstraints, program coordinatorsthen informs the students of theirinterview schedule.

We want to "get as much infor-mation to students so they can makeinformed decisions," O'Toole said.

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In addition to a student's salary,some companies also have to payadditional fees to participate inthese programs.

For the VI-A program and EIPthe company pays a "participationfee," which covers that administra-tive costs. They pay for the trave.for the student and faculty adviser,and some companies give the stu-dents employee benefits.

EIP does not charge a fee duringyears that a company does nolrecruit, but after three years, thecompany is placed on inactive sta-tus, Ramsey said.

On the other hand, the 111-B pro-grarn does not charge any participa-tion fees, Dhosi said. Moreovercompanies do not pay for flying fac-ulty advisers to the work site, Po-.-loux said.

O'Toole said, "I want the comx-pany to iook upon the student as acompany employee" in terms o-.salaries, benefits, disclosures, andrequiremnents for employment.

He added that the Vl-A officic--does not intervene in the salaryprocess, but conducts a survey olsalaries based on gleographic loca-tion and student's year. The officlesends the results to companies SC-tlhey can "see where they fall in thecompetition," O'Toole said.

dents who applied, Ramsey said.Normally, there are 50 to 60 open-ings. "We fully expect that this willnot continue" when the economyimproves, Ramsey said.

This year 33 students applied forapproximately 30 positions open inIII-B, according to Joseph M. Dhosi'59, Course 111-13 senior administra-tive officer. Generally, three-fourthsof each class in the department par-ticipates in Course III-B, he added.About 90 percent of each year'sapplicants is successful in finding aninternship, he said.

The Department of ElectricalEngineering and Computer Scienceis countering this decline byincreasing the number of recruitingcompanies by 10 percent each yearfor five years, O'Toole said. This isalso in preparation for the five-yearMaster of Engineering program,which begins with next year's enter-ing class, he added.

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Parking, from Page I position. He said that the Traffic andParking Office had no jurisdictionover the MBTA, and would beunable to connect the parkingrestructuring with MBTA improve-ments. He also said that the city wasnot in the business of providing ser-vices to out-of-state students whowere not tax-paying citizens ofCambridge.

According to Preston, thechanges would take effect this sum-mer at the earliest. Before any plansare finalized, the Traffic and ParkingOffice needs to make its recommen-dations to the Cambridge CityCouncil. If approved by the council,the plan would be presented at thefederal level. If approved there, itwould take effect. The existingparking spaces would then bechanged over a period of time.

The meeting concluded with Pre-ston going over each section sched-uled to be changed, detailing theproposed changes, and receivingfeedback from the audience aboutthe effectiveness and inconvenienceof each proposed change.

had failed to recognize some of theunique conditions of MIT residents.Specifically, they felt that the citywas gearing its parking programtowards 9 to 5 business workers,which is not typical of many mem-bers of the MIT community. Theycontended that the city definition ofa resident for parking purposes - aperson who resides as a legal resi-dent of Cambridge with a vehicleregistered in Cambridge -- excludesMIT students. This definition pro-hibits MIT students with vehiclesregistered out-of-state from parkingin resident-only areas.

All of the students at the meetingseemed very upset by the change inparking policy. Students felt thatparking is presently difficult, andwould only be made worse by thenew proposal. In addition, theyquestioned whether the plan wouldbe effective in achieving the desiredeffects.

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The movie is intentionally like a drama-tized documentary. The producers want us toshare their belief in Walton's storv. To makethe story appear more believable, they use thereal names of the loggers, shy away fromfancy special effects that would distract theaudience from the plot (the UFO looks liketwo pie-pans taped together. like Walton saidit did), and, besides James Garner, don't useany celebrity actors. These factors, combined,give the move a distinct "trues feel to it.

It's also interesting that Walton and theother six loggers stand by their story to thisday, and they have not benefited, in any obvi-ous way, from having done so. (Well, almost.Walton wrote a book, and now his story is amovie, but who thinks 20 years ahead.) Inaddition, Walton has dealt with prejudice inthe town he's lived in his entire life. Rogers.the leader of the logging group and Waltos'sbest friend, lost his disbelieving wife whenshe was unable to deal with her new image inithe town.

The movie is very interesting and ratheroriginal. The prospect of Walton's story beingtrue is fascinating and as entertaining as fic-tion. As Calvin (of conlic strip fame) says,though, the proof that there is intelligentextraterrestrial life "is that they haven't triedto contact us."

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ka-Core, the Devil and More is TheMighty-Mighty Bosstones' longestrecord to date and its first EP on its

new label, Mercury Records. Yes, thisEP has only seven tracks, but it is a full 20

minutes longer than the Bosstones' two full-

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Noise & Other Disturbances.Ska-Core contains one new track, "Somne-

day I Suppose," plus four covers, and several

live tracks recorded at Avalon last December."Someday I Suppose" continues the Bos-stones' tradition of mixing punk, thrash, skca,soul, funk, and anything else they can lay theirhands on into a ballad about lost love. The EPnays tribute to the Bosstones' heavy metalinfluences through three covers: the AngrySamoans' "Lights Out," Minor Threat's"Think Again," and SSDecontrol's "PoliceBeat." All three together last about four min-utes as the Bosstones pound through the num-bers like a freight train hurtling off a cliff.

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FIRE IN THE S"Directed by Robert Lieberman.Written by Tracy Torrn.Starring D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick,Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, and James Garner.Loews Copley Place, Harvard Square.

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g hat's strange about Fire in the Skyis that it's based on a true story.That's what the makers of thismovie want us to believe, anyway.

On Nov. 5, 1975, in northeastern Arizona,Travis Walton was abducted by aliens. In thesmall fragment that he remembers of the fiveLays and six hours that he was missing, hesaw humanoids perform experiments on him.He was found, disoriented, on a highway nearwhere lie was taken.

At this point, this was only one of a seriesofn similar stories: Someone is abducted, aliensperform grotesque experiments on reproduc-five organs, take samples, generally treat the%ictim like a laboratory rat, and return him,iifter failing to hypnotize him into forgettingthe whole incident, to near where he wasabducted. It occurred to me, as I watched themovies that maybe aliens are toying to get usDaC icv, smcal Ovum mlle painful an' uinlnec-

essary experiments on animals. Maybe every-onc in PETA (the radical group whose mem-bcrs break into labs and Free animals that haveingested lipstick) is an alien. In the movie, thealiens treat Walton about as- badly as a kidSceats a live bug when lie removes its legs, one

k;one. The scene in which they experimentan this poor guy is the most uncomfortable inthe movie. Let me leave it at that.

Nk'alton's story is uniquely believable!"ecause Aux other people witnessed the abduc-t ion. MlI seven ofl them passed Ilie detector

tet.According to U-SA Today, Walton,i a.ssed one just fi ve weeks ago. For five days

after the incident. people believed that Waltonhad simply been murdered by the other six,and the story was an (overly) elaborate cover;bLit then Walton was found near the highway,naked and severely traumnatized, but not quite(lead. Others then claimed that the "'abduc-

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Travis Walton (played by D. B. Sweeney) is stuck by a mysterious bolt of light in FMein the Sky.

ory that skeptics proposed was that the entirestory had been concocted by the group, allloggers who had been returning from work ona mountainside, to get out of a U.S. ForestService contract. There are much easier ways

saw exactly the same thing, but a seventh sawhimself get sucked through a porthole on the

underside of a hallucination), so the groupwas forced to take drug and alcohol tests. All

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the "Hurtin' for Certain" horn line of DennisBrockenburgh (trombone), Kevin Lenear(saxophone), and harmonic backing vocals.But cutting through the ska is singer DickyBarrett's distinctive voice, which he attributesto Marlboro cigarettes and Jamison whiskey.

The real treat of Ska-Core is the two livetracks. The first is "D~rugs and Kittens," whichoriginally appeared on Devil's Night Out as"Drunks and Children." The second is "I'llDrink to That," which first appeared on MoreNoise & Other Disturbances and is faithfullyreproduced in adrenaline-heightened form.

Accounting for the long length of therelease is a bonus track which appears after a30 minute blank space following "I'll Drink toThat." The last track is a live version of"'lowWhyWuz, HowWhyYam" from Devil'sNight Out, recorded the same night at Avalon.

Ska-Core, the Devil arnd More is a must-buyfor everyone, not just Bosstones fans. The EPprovides a good flavor of the Bosstones' reper-toire, demonstrating adeptness at ska and heavymetal while showcasing the group's unique liveperformance style. It also indicates that moresurprises are on the way from this energeticband. Ska-core was created by the Bosstonesbut from this EP it is evident that there is stillmore flesh to be applied to the ska-core skele-ton. The Bosstones' first full-length album onMercury will be in stores May 18, but at thistime it is not clear whether the full-lengthalbum will be longer that the Ska-Core EP. .a.

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boats starting every Sunday was19 from a fleet of ever 40 boats.Participation was on a voluntarybasis but the salt water never frozeand the blustery weather kept theEngineer sailor's skill levels up tospeed, while their competitors gotrusty on those frigid Sunday after-noons.

Team members who participat-ed regularly were CaglasuAltinkopru '94, Mike Bowers '93,Tom Chisolm G. Elaine Heal '95,Paula Lewin '93, Peta Lewin '93,Adam London '95, Gina Mid-daugh '93, Eric Rueckwald '93,Patricia Schmidt '96, and StefanWeissflog G.

Sue and Fran Charles sailedtogether to win first place overallin the season championship. Thetitle marked the fifth consecutiveyear the coach and his wife havewon the championship.

The women's and coed varsitysailing teams have been practicingtheir racing skills all winter longby racing in Scituate Harbor everySunday between Thanksgivingand last Sunday. The MIT sail-boat, aptly named "Intensive CareUnit," finish the 103-race seasonin eighth place.

Sailboat racing in the winter iscalled frostbiting and is conductedthroughout New Enlgland and NewYork in 11-1/2 foot sailboatscalled Interclub dinghies. Similarto Tech dinghy, the Interclub has alittle moire sail area and a rounderbottom section making it prone tocapsizing in breezy conditions.

Races were held over 18 differ-ent days this winter - in tempera-tures ranging from 12-46°F(-I -7'C). The average number of

With frostbiting season finally over and the Ice all gone, the MIT sailing team can resume practiceon the Charles Rlver for the Spring season.

Baseball, from Page 12 injured Jeremy DeYoung '94 in leftfield, contributed two hits from thebench, including aitriple. Chris-tensen added two hits.

Starter Hinteregger notched hissecond win with Aaron "Nuke"Loutsch tossing the final two-and-two-thirds innings in relief. Center-fielder Jeff Olson '94 had an activeday with six putouts including twoover-the-shoulder catches.

MIT's next game was an 8-2win over King's Point College atDowdy Field in Hollywood, Fla.Nielson tossed an artful seveninnings, helping himself with sevenstrike outs and two pick offs at first-base. Brunelli pitched the eighth andLepard closed the ninth with threestrikeouts. First baseman Chris-tensen led the 10-hit attack withthree safeties. Somerville andSabanosh added two hits each.

The Engineers ended their springtrip with a 9-3 loss to Bowdoin Col-lege. After jumping to a quick 2-0lead in the first behind JohnMeeuller's single and back-to-backdoubles by Somerville and Mendell,the MIT bats left their sting in thedugout. Starting pitcher, Ritter, hada shutout through the second inning,Icvsr;n - -ho Enric ;_ *1s A4. >I,-& Ae.- r,-- 111 Ule J1511h Qown

5-2. Brunelli and Lepard pitchedthe final frames. Christensen andMendell ended the game with twohits each.

The baseball team is scheduledto play its next home game todayagainst Curry College.

shuffling, the Engineers foundthemselves playing Seton Hall thenext day at Florida Atlantic Univer-sity. Seton Hall, a spawning groundfor major leaguers like Boston's MfoVaughn, secured a 7-0 victory.Starter Will Nielson '96 demonstrat-ed exceptional control of four dif-ferenrt pitches, holding Seton Hall toone earned run in four-and-a-thirdinnings. Pitchers Steve Bruneiii '96,Jeff Kyle '96, and Aaron Loutsch196 finished out the game. Onoffense, the Engineers failed to cap-italize on a few secoring opportuni-ties,. ending the gamne with four hits.

Despite outstanding pitchingfrom Ritter, MIT lost its third gameto Western Connecticut, 2-0. Ritterpitched seven-and-a-third inningswith one base on balls and noearned runs allowed. For the secondgame in a row, the Engineers couldmuster only four safeties, two fromSomerville, wasting several scoringchances. Rtight fielder Gass, at thetime leading the team in hitting,injured his shoulder.

Two days later, the Engineers'bats exploded for 22 hits in a 20-1 1win over Florida Me>rpn An anytains Somerville, 5-5 wit a doubleand home run, and Brooks Mendell'93, four hits with two doubles, atriple, and five RBI, and shortstopD:an Sabanosh '94, four hits andthree R131, led the offensive assault.Brian Pendleton '94, replacing an

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Teams of the former UnionAssociation (1884) Baseball League

Altoona Mountain Citys, Balti-more Monumentals, Kansas CityOutlaws, Milwaukee Cream Citys,Philadelphia Keystones, PittsburghStogies, St. Louis Maroons, andWilmington Quicksteps...

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baseball rookie of the year? Sendanswers, comments, and jokes aboutthe Patriots new logo to sports~the-tech.

Answer to last week's questionwas the Bradley Barves who, in1955, wonl their first two tourna-ment games. We did have a coupleof winners, including Ethan Crain'95, but lost their names. Anyway,Ethan wins free tickets to OpeningDay of the Medieval wars that takeplace on the Kresge lawn during thespring. (Answer to Bo Light's triviaquestion: Louisiana with Southern,Tulane, N E Loui siana, NewOrleans, and LSU. Congrats to Hlen-ning Colsman-Freyberger '96 andJonathan Sigman '95, who got itright.)

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Shaq $36K in salary and $11K infines and penalize TNT, which losta chance to showcase an O'Neal-Mouring matchup in its nationallytelevised game Thursday because ofShaq's one game suspension.Though Shaq claims self-defensebecause Robertson gave a tap to his"boys", the big guy should knowthat he is more valuable to theMagic on the floor than pickingsplinters on the bench. Chalk up onefor a Rookie mistake...

Shaq shares bonehead honorsthis week with Cincinnati first base-man Hal "2000" Morris for separat-ing his shoulder while imitating DocRivers in chasing after Clevelandpitcher Jose Mesa during a mean-ingless Grapefruit League game.Mvorris, a .300 hitter, will be out 4-6wNeeks and should be forced tospend his rehab timze pumping hisbiceps by operating the pooperscooper behind team dog, MargeSch.., err, Schottzie...

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Race For FutilityDallas: 7-62Ottawa: 0-38-0 on the roadThe addition of Jimmy Jackson

and anticipation of the reign ofQuinn "More bang for the" Bucknernext year has led the Mavs to nearlydouble their win total since lastappearing in the Race. Dallas'magic number to break the NEAfutility record of the '72 76ers(9-73) is 12 losses. The Senatorswin total is equal to the number ofdays under 85 degrees faced by yourhumble scribes last week as webraved the bronzing rays of theCaribbean..

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ual all-around championshipbecause her season-long averagescore of 35.54 ranked her sixthamong all Division 11 and III indi-vidual gymnasts. Lyren will becompeting against Division 1I levelathletes from Seattle Pacific, TexasWoman's University, University ofCalifornia Davis, Centenary Col-lege, Sacramento State, Universityof Alaska Anchorage, the Air ForceAcademy, and Winona State as wellas local rivals at the University ofSouth Connecticut and SpringfieldCollege.

Julie Lyren '93, captain of thewomen's varsity gymnastics team,has become the first MIT womangymnast ever to qualify for theDivision 11 National GymnasticsChampionships. The Champi-onships are being hosted by Spring-field College and will be held onThursday, April 9, at 6 p.m.

Lyren, after taking A1l-AmericanHonors at the Division III NationalChampionships in River Falls, Wis.,in March, qualified for the individ-

pete in the Rebel Spring Games inOcoee, Fla. just twenty minutes out-side of Orlando. Despite showersevery day, the women played fourdoubleheaders in five days. Facingmore difficult competition therethan in the North, the team finishedthe week with a 2-6 record. A cou-ple of those loses could have gonein MIT's favor, including the excit-ing tie-breaker in their last gameagainst Henry Ford College.

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'93 found Mike Cooper G and MikceJones G in the end zone for somestellar skying scores. MIT won thegame 14-7 and advanced to facedthe University of North CarolinaWilmington in the semi-finals.Wilmington, a perennial contenderfor nationals, took advantage ofMIT's mistakes and won 14-4.

MIT's performance at the tour-namcent places tile engiiieers l9thnationally among college teams.The team's next tournament is April1 at Princeton University.

Softball, from Page 12

could have been the beginning of abad inning for the Engineers.

"The Clark team was very com-petitive but it was a delight to win,"commented Coach Jean Heiney.with this week's fodder: "I have

You Heard It Here Primero long ago accepted that humans willNow that Memphis State guard do human things." He must have

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points respectively. It was a doublysweet victory for Perales and Chi-ang, because after participating inthe sport for four years, they'rebowing out as champions. Alsocompeting for MIT were Ting Wu'93, George Hadjiyiannis '94, andChris Sarton '96.

The Engineers did not fare aswell in the air rifle championship,falling to Depaul 1,479-1,426, andsettling for the second place trophy.

The team is upbeat and opti-mistic for the next season becauseof its strong performance this sea-son -- the first season it qualifiedfor the championship since 1987."We've come a long way in fouryears," Dyer said, "and we feel thatwe've established the base for con-tinued success in the coming years."

"We're losing two of our shoot-ers to graduation, but sone of thisyear's freshmen will be definitecontributors next season. Some ofthe Division 1 schools are taking acloser look at MIT. We're not thepushovers we were five or six yearsago," Dyer coiatiniued.

The varsity rifle team capturedthe NCAA Mid-Atlantic ConferenceChampionship at the U.S. NavalAcademy on March 6. A narrowmargin of nine points was the differ-ence, with MIT scoring 2,174 pointsto Depaul University's 2,1 65.

After the first two stages of thematch, Depaul had an eight pointadvantage, but there was no indica-ltion of panic or concerm on the facesof the Engineers. "You don't wantto be only six or eight points aheadof us going into the final stage offiring.' said Coach Richard Dyer,"because we'll beat you. We're agood shooting team in the kneelingstage of fire, and it's won numerousmatches for us this past season."

As he has done in every match,Artc Merritt '95 led the charge forN1IT, scoring 569 points. Close onhis heels was team Captain DorianBalch '94, with 566 points. Round-ing out the designated team scoringwvere Miguel Perales '93 and KaiChiding cr3 1c-rn;- 527 and 5' 2

The ultimate team traveled toWilmington, N.C. last weekend forthe fourth annual College EastemsTournament. Overcoming injuries,the team startled the opposition witha 5-1 overall record and a berth inthe semifinals.

Despite the threat of rain, Satur-day was sunny and nearly windless,making man-to-man defense therule. MIT finished the day 4-0 inpool play, beating Dartmouth Col-

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UPCOMING HOME EVENTSFriday, April 2Baseball vs. Curry College, 3 p.m.Men's Tennis vs. University of Vennrmont, 3 p.m.

Sunday, April 4Lightweight Crew vs. College of Holy Cross

Tuesday, April 6Women's Lacrosse vs. Pine Manor College, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 7Baseball vs. Brandeis University, 3 p.m.Men's Tennis vs. Tufts University, 3 p.m.Womrnen's Tennis vs. Wellesley College, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 8Men's Lacrosse vs. Wheaton College, 3:30 p.m.Women's Lacrosse vs. Babson College, 5 p.m.Softball vs. Emmanuel College 4 p.m.

Friday, April 9Baseball vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology, 3 p.m.

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By Lynn AibersSPORTS EDITOR

With the score tied 5-5 at theend of the seventh inning, the soft-ball team went into its first extrainning in Wednesday's season open-er against Clark University. WithClark's two, three, and four batters,who had combined during the gamefor four of Clark's five runs, up tobat in the eighth inning, tensionsrose in the stands.

Despite the pressure, pitcherLori Swenson '93 showed excellentcontrol as she forced the numbertwo batter to pop out to shortstopChrissy Jones '95 and the numberthree batter to hit a weak grounderto third base Christine Polek '96,who connected with first baseNanette Palmer '94 for a quick twoouts. Despite a single by the numberfour batter, she posed no threat tothe Engineers as Swenson took careof the number five batter herself forthe last out and her fifth strikeout ofthe game.

With the sun quickly disappear-ing and the temperature quicklydropping the Engineers went into4-L 1. * t.lff a. _2t . .sL r .... !_a

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were tri-captain and center fielderJen McMurray '93, Palmer, andPolek. McMurray singled off thesecond pitch to put the winning runfor MIT on the bases. Two wildpitches later, McMurray was onthird with no outs. Palmer thengrounded to the shortstop whothrew home to get McMurray, butthe throw came in too late asIMcMurray slid under the tag toscore the winning run giving MIT a

The varsity baseball teamreturned home from its annualspring trip with a disappointing 3-3record. The trip was not without itshighlights, however: Pitcher PeterHinteregger '93 was undefeated andIan Somerville '93, catcher andclean-up batter, went 10-21 at theplate.

Hinteregger showed the formthat earned him team and leagueMVP awards two years ago, and thefreshmen pitchers proved them-selves strong additions to a teamotherwise dominated by upperclass-men.

The Engineers opened the roadshow at Flamingo Park in Miami,Fla. with a 7-2 victory over UpsalaCollege. After falling behind 2-0 inthe top of the second, MIT cameback in the third. John Gass '94drove in designated hitter Nate Rit-ter '93 for the Engineers' first run.Free passes to Brian Christensen '94and Sommerville loaded the bases.John Meuller '94 promptly clearedthe base-path traffic jam with a dou-ble, putting MIT in front for good.Gass and Ritter finished with twohits apiece.

Starting pitcher Hintereggerthrew all but the final frame, strik-ing out three while allowing nowalks or earned runs. Right-handerRob Lepard '95 pitched the finalinning.

Because of rain and schedule

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in what appeared to be an incorrect call by the umpire, Dionne E. Chapman '94 was thrown out at sec-ond during the first innirng of the softball team's 6-5, extra Inning, season-opening win Wednesday overClark University.

game with many beautiful pickupson wild pitches that kept runnersfrom advancing and scoring. Inaddition, Clark did not attempt tosteal as Kaiser kept the runnersclose to their base. Second baseRama Chiruvolu '95 made manyclean plays on defense including awell caught line drive that otherwise

6-5 victory. It was her second runof the game and Palmer's secondRBIT of the game.

Swenson also had a good day onthe other end of the plate scoringthe first run of the game for theEngineers when tri-captain and leftfielder Colleen Johnson '93 hit anRBI double down the left field line,and hitting a triple down t'ne rightfield line to drive in the Engineer's

seventh inning, tying run to keepMIT in the game. Johnson batted.667 in the game with one RBI andone run.

Dionne Chapman '94 batted .750in the game and was equally domi-nant in right field with two keyputouts and one assist on a play atsecond. Also key on the defensewas tri-captain and catcher ColeenrKaiser '94 who kept MIT in the Softball, Page 11 Baseball, Page IO

5. San Diego. As with the Gmen, the Padres will ride theiroffensive punch as far as it will takethem. Gwynn, Sheffield, andMcGriff are a dangerous trio, butBruce Hurst's shoulder woes andmanagement squabbles will keepthis team from contending. In orderto entice fans to come to games,fans will be given free McDonald'sHappy Meals and tapes of RoseanneBarr singing the national anthem asthey enter the park.

6. Los Angeles. This is thesleeper team in the division. Ahealthy Hershiser, Martinez, Straw-berry, and Davis easily puts theDodgers in fourth place, maybe inthird. However, if the injury bugcontinues to follow these players,Los Angeles will be buried towardsthe bottom. While Hershiser andDavis have each had good springs,its too early to tell if they are each at

100 percent. Look for Offermancontinuing to blossom into one ofthe game's better young guys andJody Reed to have a strong year.

7. Colorado Rockies. The Rock-ies have decided to go with youthinstead of aging vets, sacrificingwins now for later dividends (seecomparisons of Toronto and Seattlein an earlier edition of "Let'sArgue"). Don Baylor has a toughjob ahead of him, but look for plen-ty of offense out in Mile High Stadi-um as the air is thin and pitchinglousy...

Bonehead Play Of The WeekTo Orlando's rookie sensation

Shaquille "Beef Curtains" O'Nealfor clubbing Piston guard AlvinRobertson on Tuesday night. Theblow, though a solid one, will cost

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program, and is being mentioned forjust about every vacant coachingposition in America. Cheney, mean-while, not only led an undermannedOwl squad to within 20 minutes ofthe Final Four, but kept the title ofstudent-athiete in perspective. Withfive days off in between their sec-ond and third round games out inthe West regional, Cheney flew hisplayers back to Phily so that theycould go to class for four days. It isgood to see some coaches genuinelycare about their players' studies...

Final Four predictions: NorthCarolina over Kansas. Although theJayhawks have made a valiant run,the Heels will overpower them.With back-to-back wins overArkansas and Cincinnati, the Jay-hawk pressure, if any, will not both-er the Heels at all. While Kansasguards Jordan and Walters havestepped up their games here in thetourney, Montross and Reese shoulddominate the glass and lead UNC tothe title game.

In the prime time matchup, Ken-tucky versus Michigan, the winnerof this game will go on to claim thetitle. While the Cats have roaredthrough the tourney to date and theWolverines have been struggling,we will stick by our office poolsheet and take Michigan to win itall. The Wolves will be able to pres-sure Travis Ford in a way that willmake Ford look like the player hewas when at Missouri. AlthoughMashburn will be tough to contain(look for Michigan to go uncharac-teristically to a matchup zone), theCats have no one to handle bothJuwan Howard and Chris Webber.In what should be an exciting game,we will go with Michigan, under-dogs in the latest Vegas line by 7points if you can believe that...

Baseball previewContinuing our baseball preview,

we bring you the NL West thisweek:

1. Atlanta and Cincinnati (tie).In the best division in baseball,Atlanta will wind up beating theReds in a one-game playoff on the

last day of the season. These twoteams are the class of the leagueand don't be surprised if both windup winning over 100 games. TheBraves have assembled perhaps thegreatest starting pitching staff everin Smoltz, Glavine, Avery, Mad-dux, and Smith. The lineup is solidand contains the right mix of powerand speed (trading Otis Nixonwould not be a wise move). TerryPendleton will be hard pressed toduplicate his numbers of the lasttwo seasons, but Dave Justice andRon Gant will rebound to havemonster years. The bullpen is pret-ty weak as evidenced by the factthat the Braves have brought SteveBedrosian in for a look. WhileKent Mercker is a respectable clos-er, the bullpen woes will allow theReds to hang tough. The Reds havethe second best rotation in themajors with Rijo, Srniley, Belcher,Browning, and Pugh. The Reds'bullpen corps, led by Rob Dibble,is solid but could use another lefty.The Reds boast the best lineup,from one to eight, in the majors.The acquisitions of Roberto "Kelly,Kelly" Kelly and Kevin "Minge"Mitchell along with a healthyLarkin and Sabo will provideenough punch to keep the Reds atop in the division.

3. Houston. The acquisitions ofDoug Drabek and Greg Swindelland the maturing of Salem's ownJeff Juden give the Astros a solidstarting pitching corp. Young hit-ters, like Bagwell, Caminiti, andCedano, will continue to improveand provide excitement down therein the Dome.

4. San Francisco. The four, five,and six positions in this division areup for grabs. The Giants will takethe fourth slot, mainly on the powerof Will Clark, Matt Williams, andBarry Bonds. The G men have nostarting pitching (Bill Swift cannotstart for an entire season) and norelievers to speak of. The only thinginteresting that will come out of theStick this summer is all the bicker-ing between Williams and Bonds,laced with good one-liners.

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

In our attempts to span the globeand provide worldwide coverage ofthe sporting scene, we begin ourcolumn from the sandy beaches herein the Virgin Islands with an updateon local cricket matches. Althoughwe were unable to attend the Sport-ing "Rod" 15 versus Dorothea Vil-lage match, we were able to getsome scores from some of thelocals. Brian Lara, 23, guided theWest Indian team to a victory overthe Pakistan team. Lara hit anunbeaten 95, including slamming 10fours, to lead the West Indies to afive-wicket victory last Friday. Thisputs the West Indian team up 2-0 inthis best-of-five series. Same of theother terminology that is used in thissport: not out, LBW for a duck,snicked, and a tickle to fine leg..

Some NCAA Tourney thoughts:Its time for sportswriters to giveCalifornia Coach Todd Bozemansome credit. Bozeman took over theBear squad two-thirds of the wayinto the season when Coach Cam-panelli was fired. He inherited a10-8 team, yet turned them aroundin time to make The Show and pro-duced two wins, including one overtwo-time defending championDuke. Instead of praising the jobCoach B did, sportswriters stillasked him if he had any say in thefiring of Campanelli. When will thefat couch potato scribes (except foryour humble scribes, of course) whocall themselves experts (see MikeFrancesca of CBS) wake up andgive credit where credit is due(besides to the caterer)?

It was nice to see George Wash-ington Coach Mike Jarvis and Tem-ple Coach John Cheney do well inthe tourney. Jarvis is a former team-mate and longtime pal of MIT bas-ketball coach Leo Osgood and waspassed over for many a coachingposition before starting at Cam-bridge Rindge and Latin. Sincethen, Jarvis has coached BostonUniversity, turned around the GW

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Saturday, April 3Varsity Sailing hosts the Northern Se;,es I at noonSoftball vs. Smith College, 1 p.m. (doubleheader)Men's Outdoor Track vs. Bates College and Bowdoin College, 1 p.m.

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