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IBy Stephanie PollackThe tentative agenda for the

May 7-9 meeting of the Corpora-tion Visiting Committee on Stu-dent Affairs, which will focus onevaluating the role of the Office ofDean for Student Affairs in sup-porting the undergraduateacademic environment, includesonly one open meeting with stu-dents, to be held Friday from7:30-9pm .

Undergraduate AssociationPresident John De Rubeis '83 cal-led the Friday night scheduling ofthe open meeting "really poorplanning on the part of the Ad-ministration." De Rubeis said,"I'm certainly going to be there,but as for students, I just don't seethem going there and wasting aFriday night."

D. Reid Weedon Jr., chairmanof the committee, said that themeeting was scheduled at nightbecause students could not skipclasses during the day. He addedthat the committee has "gotten agood turnout on evenings- bet-ter than during the day."

Dean for Student AffairsShirley MWcBay, who set theschedule in co-operation withWeedon, said that she set theagenda by "following the struc-ture that has been followed in thepast." McBay said that the com-mittee would only be at MI Tfrom Thursday evening untilSaturday after lunch, and thereception and dinner meetingscheduled for Thursday eveningat the Faculty Club were needed"to set the stage and let the com-mittee get-to know each other."

McBay said that the Dean's Of-fice wants "students to come toall of the sessions" and noted thatthe final agenda and themembership of the committee willbe advertised in order to promotestudent participation. The com-mittee's schedule for Friday in-cludes meetings on non-departmental undergraduateprograms, a luncheon with stu-dent representatives of certainfaculty committees, a meetingwith Dean's Office staff, and adinner with student leaders.

Professor Arthur Smith,chairman of the Committee onStudent Affairs, noted that a Fri-day evening meeting was advan-tageous since "students can notclaim that they have a quiz orproblem set due the next day." fieadded that the scheduling had adisadvantage becuase "Fridayevening is viewed by students asthe weekend."

Student members of the Com-mittee on Student Affairs wereunaware of the visiting committeemeeting or the Friday nightscheduling of the open meeting.Several commented that the com-mittee had not met in some time,but would be meeting soon.

MIT's Corporation visitingcommittees are comprised of peo-ple from outside MIT with someexpertise in areas being reviewedby the committee. Each visitingcommittee consists of at least fif-teen members. The Alumni As-sociltion and the President eachnom inate at least six members,and aI minimum of three othersare appointed by the Corpora-

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mittee on Student Affairs hastraditionally reviewed a singletopic during its visits to MITevery other year, according toWeedon. Weedon cited graduatestudent concerns, undergraduatehousing, athletics, student advis-ing, admissions and financial aidas subjects considered in the past.After each visit the committeemakes formal recornmendationsto the MIT Corporation, and ac-tion is subsequently taken by theCorporation Executive Commit-tee and the Administration.

McBay said she views thevisiting committee as usefulbecause "it brings people to theInstitute not caught up in its day-to-day operations, but who areknowledgeable" about the topicbeing reviewed.

L. Reid Weedon, chairman of the Corporation Visiting Committee onStudent Affairs. (Photo by Kevin Osborn)

Undergraduate Association justgot through voting away the un-dergraduate students' only ac-countability to them on theoperations of any of the GeneralCommittees," said ArnoldContreras '83, GA Floor Leader,immediately after the meeting.

John DeRubeis '83, UAP, saidlast night, "We're going to set upa- committee, lo look at this [is-sue]." The committee will consistof general committee chairmanand will help to rewrite the bill.DeRubeis continued, "We

By Stuart GitlowA motion regarding the confir-

mation and responsibility ofchairmen of the UndergraduateAssociation (IA) General Com-mittees was defeated at a meetingof the General Assembly (GA)last Thursday.

The motion had three basicpoints, the first, "If a vacancy ex-ists in any General Committee of-fice for more than twentyacademic days, the President shallappoint a chairman with the ad-vice and consent of the GeneralAssembly."

The motion continued that "Itshall be the duty of each chairmanto ensure that his Committee ex-ecutes" those duties delegated toit.

The Undergraduate Associa-tion President (UAP) would alsohave been "empowered to requestwritten reports from GeneralCommittee chairmen on the af-fairs of their Committees."

The General Committees of theUA are the Student Center Com-mittee (SCC), the Student Infor-mation Processing Board (SIPB),the Social Council (SocComm),the Finance Board (FinBoard),the Nominations Committee(NromCornm), the Student Com-mittee on Educational Policies(SCEP), and the Association ofStudent Activities (ASA).

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thought what we were doing waspretty important."

Ken Dumas '83, UAVP, saidthat the wording of the motionhad "negative connotations."This, he said, was one reason thatthe motion did not pass.

Da'vid Lingelbach '83,Chairman of SCEP, and RajTahil '81, former Vice-Chairmanof FinBoard, both opposed themotion. Both mentioned thewording of the motion as causefor disagreement. "Although I

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By Michael Shimazu"We're not happy about it but

it's not crippling," said MITEconomics Department Head E.Cary Brown of the Reagan Ad-ministration's intent to reducefunds allocated to social scienceresearch.

The Administration proposedlarge cuts in the budgets for theNational Science Foundation(NSF), the Alcohol, Drug Abuse,and Mental Health Administra-tion, the National Institute ofEducation, and the Office ofJuvenile Justice and DelinquencyPrevention. All of these agenciesadminister social science researchfunding. If Reagan's plan is ap-proved, the NSF economic and

social sciences division would beallocated $10.l million for fiscalyear 1982, a 70 percent decreasefrom fiscal year 1981 and $130million less than it would havereceived under Carter's proposedfiscal 1982 budget.

Commenting on these cuts,National Academy of SciencePresident Philip Handler said, "I

:do not understand that the casefor case for seeking under-standing [in the social sciences] isless than for understanding thestars, or an atomic nucleus, or acell nucleus."

About one-half of the facultyand approximatley one-third of,the students in the Department of

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By Jack LinkA record-high number of

women applicants have been of-fered admission to the MIT Classof '85, the Admissions Officereported yesterday.

The number of women ac-cepted this year has increased to445 - up 16 percent from lastyear. The projected class size re-miains at 1050. The percentage ofwomen in this year's freshman-class is about 24 percent, thehighest ever.

The Admissions Office also an-nounced increases in the numberof' minorities accepted, includingblacks and American Indians.Teti American Indians werea year, up from seven in 1980 andone in 1979. Julia Mcllellan, As-soeilte LDirector of Admissions,defined -minority" as any groupwhich is currently under-represented on campus.

In general, students comingfrom high school seem monrevocationally oriented," said PeterH. Richardson '48, Director ofAdmissions. "I feel this will result

in a large number of our admis-sion offers being accepted, sowe've been conservative in ouraidmissions. Others feel that sincetuition is so high, large numbersof' students will matriculateelsewhere .

I''Im glad it's over,' said Mclel-lan. ILetters of acceptance weremailed at 12:01am, March 27, to1694 of the 5839 applicants, thel trgest applicant pool ever. Fourhundred twerity-nine were put onthe waiting list, an increase overlast year's 335.

"We haven't had to go to thewaiting list in two years," com-mented Mclellan. "This year weaccepted fewer [students] andhave a larger waiting list," saidMclellan, still expressing doubtthat anyone on the waiting listwould be adnlitted this year.

"The disappointilient is severe.1-he calls have been flooding infrom guidalnce counselors,

teachers, and parents wonderingwvhy their student hadn't been ac-cepted. We could accept one and

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Invasion of the Giant Ants!Dave Shaw ponders perils onthe Arts pages. Pages 7 & 8.

week and opposed to man-datory commons. Page 9.

MIT's endowmentcreased by 12 percentyear, but the rise won'treduce tuition. Page 9.

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a half times the amount we do ifonly we had the space," noted N il S l | Mclellan.

Nelson Armstrong, AssociateDirector of Admissions, ex-plained that "at least one and ahalf times the number of appli-cants we accept are qualified."Armstrong said he was "en- 1 979 1980 1981couraged by the increasing accep-tance of minority applicants, but Applicants 5243 5643 5893this isn't the time to slow down."

All women admitted will be Acceptances 1767 1773 1694contacted by a woman from MIT Waitlisted 440 335 429by telephone on April 9. Everyminority applicant admitted willbe contacted on April I 1.

The telethons are "not so much Men 1410 1349 1 249to encourage minority andwomen -students to accept as Women 357 429 445much as to give them an oppor-tunity to ask questions, and Minority 170 147 170receive as much information aspossible to help them make this Foreign 61 55 52important decision," said Mclel-lan. Graphic by Robert W. Leishman

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.I_~= ,, I_No plans are being made by theAdmissions Office to ensure thatevery non-minority student willbe called, according to Mclellan."We're trying to make an extrapush for women and minority ac-ceptances," said Armstrong.

Neither Mclellan norArmstrong had noted muchchange in the character of thoseadmitted to MIT, although bothexpressed admiration for thequality of some of the poetry in-cluded in the application essays.Armstrong said he is making a

-collection of such poems.

CorrectionThe April -3 article "Tuition

Concerns Addressed" describedboth the PLUS loan program andMIT's Parent Loan Plan-as theycurrently exist. Both the borrow-ing maximum and inter est rate forthe Parent Loan Plan are set an-nually, and may be higher nextyear. The 9 percent interest ratefor the PLUS program "stands avery good chance of being raisedfor next year -the extent of thehike is unknown right now, butrates being talked about inWashington include 12 percent,15 percent, and 'full marketrate','' according to Director ofStudent Financial Aid Leonard

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basis." He observed that the Ad-ministration holds "a strong viewthat social sciences areideologically, presumably liberal-ly, oriented and therefore shouldnot be supported." Altshuler ex-plains that social science researchof the type that would have beenfinanced by the disputed funds"traditionally led to programsthat they [the Reagan Ad-ministration] would disapproveof."

Handler commented that theAdministraton is now embarkingon a "large social experiment"which could effect "profoundchanges in the direction society istaking." "It is only appropriate"that social research evaluating theexperiment be encouraged, heconcluded.

It is ironic that manyeconomists who together havedeveloped the "supply-side"economic theories embraced bythe Administration were fundedby the NSF, noted Altshuler.

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"The tone [of the motion] wasderogatory and to a certain extentdownright pushy," said JasonWeller '82, Vice-Chairman ofFinBoard.

"Instead of spending our timeserving the students, we spend ourtime dealing with motions whichare not needed," Weller added.

"The motion is reaffirmingwhat is already true. The Presi-dent has not requested a writtenreport in some time," said Tahil.He would always get one when re-quested. No chairman has theright to refuse a reasonable re-quest from the UAP as far as Iknow."

Similar remarks came fromLingelbach, "The GA is being runby a small group of people . . . acabal ... I don't think that that isdemocratic or a voice of the GA. Ihad to oppose the motion. Itwould have made me more ac-countable to a random group of

people on the fourth floor of theStudent Center, not to the GA."

"The only forum which existsright now for FinBoard to be heldaccountable to the students is theGA," noted Contreras. "Unfor-tunately, the General Committeescontrolled the debate tonight andwere successful at defeating themotion that would have insuredthat committee chairmen aredirectly responsible to the studentbody via the GA," he said, "TheGA has not received a reportfrom most of these committees inthe past six or seven years."

When asked for specifics,Contreras noted that "a couple ofweeks ago, I requested some in-formation from the FinanceBoard.

"The reaction from FinBoardwas, 'We don't have to report tothe General Assembly and whatauthority do you [the FloorLeader] have to come in and askfor this information?' "

"I'm the Floor Leader of theGA and I'm responsible for mak-ing sure that those groups arereporting to the GA," Contrerascontinued.

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"Many faculty members inMIT's Department of PoliticalScience conduct research spon-sored by various governmentorganizations including the NSF,according to Department HeadAlan Altshuler. Though he saysthat at present it is "impossible toassess the precise'magnitude" ofthe effects of the budgetary reduc-tions, Altshuler maintains thatthese cuts will prove to be signifi-cant.

Referring to one of his ownprojects, which was to draw $1.5million from the federal govern-ment over the next three years,Altshuler commented, "There'snot a lot of squeezing we can do."Presently, his group has a com-mitment for $150,000 from thefederal government with noguarantee that the rest of themoney will ever be awarded.

Altshuler said he hopes that hisproject can obtain grants fromprivate foundations to supplantany lost federal monies. He notedthat much of the social scienceresearch done at MIT may haveto be funded through suchorganizations.

Social and behavioral scientistsacross the nation are disturbednot only by the loss of funding fortheir research but also by thereasons behind the budget cuts.Calling the cuts "very short-sighted," Eugene Skolnikoff,'director of the Center for Inrer-director of the Center for Inter-national Studies and Professor ofthat they have "some ideological

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CampusUnion files charges with NLRB over Coop vote - After employees of the Harvard Cooperative Societyvoted 273 to 156 against representation by Local 1445 of the Untied Food and Commercial Workers (U FCW),UFCW attorneys filed objections with the National Labor Relations Board concerning the fairness of lastweek's election. UFCW officials contend that the Coop management intimidated its workers into votingagainst the union, although this allegation is denied by the managers of the Coop.

SportsNBA Playoffs continue, Celtics, 76-ers roll - Rookie forward-center Kevin McCale led the Bostonopitics to a 121-109 victory the first game of their best-of-seven National Basketball Association quarter-lin'Ml series with the Chicago Bulls Sunday. In the other quarter-finals, the Philedelphia 76-ers beat theN\lilwaukee Bucks 125-122 to go one-up, while the Houston Rockets - San Antonio Spurs and Kansas CityKings -Pheonix Suns series begin tonight.

NHL Playoff matchups set - For Winnepeg, betriot, CQolorado, Hartford, and Washington, theirNational Hockey League seasons are over. The remaining sixteen teams matchup for the Plalloffs thusly:Boston vs. Minnesota, NY Inlanders vs.Toronto, NY Rangers vs.Los Angeles, St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh,Montreal vs. Edmonton, Buffalo vs. Vancouver, Philadelphia vs. Quebec, and Calgary vs. Chicago.

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Italian terrorist arrested - Mario Moretti, reputed leader of the Red Brigldes terrorist group,surrendered his gun and turned himself over to police near the Milan train station yesterday afternoon.Moretti is presumed to be military leader of the Brigades.

NationReagan recovers rapidly President Reagan's temperature returned to normal Monday after fluctuationsin his body temperature were reported. Doctors attributed the fever to the result of coagulated blood anddamaged tissue along the path of the bullet wound in h09'ehest. Vice President George Bush reported that thePresident had been updated on the "world situation." including a briefing on the increased Soviet militaryactivity near Poland. Doctors also reported that White House press secretary James Brady, shot in the headduring last Monday's assassination attempt, continued to show steady progress.

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LocalDNA research firm seeks laboratory space in Boston - Genetics Institute, Incorporated, has rsked tolease laboratory space in the Brigharn and Women's Hospital in Boston. The teaching hospital is dssociatedwith Harvard Medical School; the company's founder, Mark S. Ptashne, is the chairnan of Harvard'sdepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biochemistry.

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LastThursday, the General Assembly refused to grant itselfadditional oversight authority over its standing committees. Thevote was a major defeat in the battle for increased accountabilityin student government.

Both opponents and proponents of the motion allowedegotism and misplaced concern for protecting their turf to in-terfere with the more important issue of improving studentgovernment. The standing committee chairmen who organizedthe successful opposition displayed an almost paranoid concernfor primarily semantic issues. Those favoring the proposalrefused to admit their desire for more control, claiming only toseek increased communication.

Improved communication between the GA and its standingcommittees is an important objective, but one that can be ac-complished only through some measure of increased control.The committees must be responsive and responsible to the stu-dent body: the money, computer time, Student Center space,and faculty committee positions allocated by the standing com-mittees are the property of the undergraduates. It is completelyreasonable and undeniably logical that the only organization oncampus designed to be representative of the undergraduates, theGA, maintains control over these resources and their distribu-tion.

Thy- committee chairmen argued that they have carried outtheir responsiblities adequately without the aid of the GA. Atbest, this is only partly correct, as well-organized committeeshave been eliminated over the years. Those that remain existbecause they control important assets, not because they are par-ticularly competent.

The GA, as the representative body of the undergraduates, isanalogous to Congress, and the standing committees operate asif they were independent regulatory agencirs. Such nationalagencies undoubtedly would prefer that Congress have no over-sight authority, but submit to -some control because it is part ofthe carefully planned system of checks and balances.

The time has come to) restore some balance to the relationshipbetween the GA and its standing committees. At a minimum,the GA must vote itself the authority to approve committeechairmen and to require appointees to submit written reports atleast once a year. Committees will not necessarily be responsiveto students unless they are responsible to the GA.

The tentative decision by the Office of the Dean for StudentAffairs to schedule a meeting designed to elicit student responseoil a. Friday evening illustrates the wide dichotomy between the

enlltality of the typical student and the understanding of thoseadminlistrators responsible for addressing student concerns.

By "ifolowillg the structure that has been followed in thepalst, - in effect choosing to hold the meeting on a Fridayflight -those setting the tentative agenda have shown an asppa1-ing insensitivity and a disturbing lack of empathy.

What is most preposterous is the apparent belief of some ad-111imistraltors that scheduling a meeting for a Friday night is alc-tull,11y a boon to students. While is is true that "students calnno~tclalini that they have a quiz or a problem set due the next day,"aldminlistrators should recognize that there is more to an MITeducation than concern for academic assignments and that somestudellts p~refer to spend their Friday nights exploring theseother dimensions of the college experience.

Covrprav-tioll visiting committees have had great influence inthe past upoz)1 tile governance of MIT. A previous suggestion bythe samlle Corporation Visiting Committee on Student Affairsresulted ill plans to build a new dormitory. The visiting commnit-tee is noseV charged with recommen ding improvements in thesystem of support services administered by the Office of thel)e-,in foir S~tidenlt Affairs. In order to) fulffill this task, it i's vitaltli Lit its mlemibers mneet with as many MIT students as possible,and no)t 'usit talk with those students who happen to be Eledersor represenitatives of camnpus, special interest groups. The bestwaly to ensure 'that average students have influence on the en-tire process is to hold the single open meeting at a timie which isrealsona~ble for iilost students to attend.

The tentative agenda should therefore be altered and the openmeeting scheduled at a mnore convenient time, such as Thursdalynight. While this slot had been originally reserved so theltmlembters of' the visiting committee could "get to know eachother," it is much niore in-iportaint for committee miembers togel to knio\, MIT students.

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vIl deliberatecly scheme hisdemiseF~. Obviously, history ;andprelsent daly events; tell us; thatl wecminiot dependle uponl the Ch ris-tian* mlorall. or humaneu idealls ol'Whities (or t'lair tre;atmellt. 11 .illwerec pechS:Iy keenl, AflriCZ111-Amler-ic:,lis wouldi oc:cupy alt lealstI() percenlt of' Lill positions 1rom.'ilenial" 'obrs to the balstionse of'corpora;te p~oxer. Clealrly, ;Lill Is

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the Comlgress, the courtsi, ;lnd !heI'izlMnviall 1ill.titUtio11S are invokedto insure our constE~itutiomlillIrights. whlich, by tite waly, hild tobe Lidded to the origina~l constiitu-tionl. Remembelirr, pl1ease, thmlMlricanl-Amellricawns zire nlot illl-miorrants. We were stolell and kid-

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atctiozn i~s ;L smallli price. indeed, Iorth1] heel'lits -you reapl todaN-- Whites halve enjoyed mlore thaliithecir share,- of' tllis coulltr'.>,ss C;,th." opportrtullities, .laid 'ohs;.

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Aff~irmaive acionis not unishm entTo the Editor:

!I was greatly dismayed by the letter to the editor in the March 20thissue of The Tech entitled, "Affirmative action is inherently unjust." Itis true that MIT supports affirmative action. These programs havecaused widespread controversy as to their moral and legal legitimacy. Ioffer my opinion to try and clear up misinterpretations concerning af-frmative action programs.

The definition of "inherently unjust" means to intrinsically have theproperty of being unjust. Clearly this definition only applies when affir-mative action programs are interpreted as being "reverse discrimina-tion programs." We must be able to look around this falsification andsee that affirmative action policies were not designed to punish non-minorities for past social injustices. It would be ridiculous to try and in-terpret them in this way. The sole purpose of the program is to glivewomen and minorities a chance to participate in today's job marketsand education institutions.

While it is the duty of the intelligent employer to hire the bestqualified applicant for a particular job, this has not been the action inthe past. There have been many qualified women and minorities seek-ing employment that have been discriminated against by the employersolely on the basis of sex or race. It goes without saying that this hasbeen the attitude in the past and it continues even today.

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employer can deliberately ignore qualified African-Aniericans and stillmaintain "good" business practices of "efficiency and productivity."Before you write about UNF~AIR government regulations, Mr. Fan-tacone, know about the unfair practices in business, lending, hiring, Fir-ing, harrassment, red-lining, urban removal, underfunded schools, cur-riculum contents, lynchings, burnings, murders, trials, sentences, policebrutality, gerrymandering, Jim Crow, and apartheid which the Africanhas encountered in this country and around the world wherever whiteshave ventured. Even though slavery has been abolished de 'ure, thestrange fruits are still being en'oyed by whites and the horrors still echoin the African-American's daily life no matter how assimilated he may

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pair of letter on "militarism" byLubarksy and Leishman to throwin my own two bits on the subject.I will atempt to refrain from beinga flaming militarist, but introducea few observations which I thinkare appropriate.

Vietnam is still very much acontroversial topic, and I think itunwise to claim sweeping and ab-solute judgments. Some considerthe Vietnam War to be merely apopular uprising. But it must alsobe considered that the Viet Congwere not totally indigenous toSouth Vietnam, and for a largepart directly reported to NorthVietnam. Nor was it strictly aguerilla war. When the Viet Congdid not get the spontaneous pop-ular uprising they expected, andinstead found themselves upagainst a stable government with

popular support, they brought inthe entire North Vietnameseregular army, and a style of warmore closely resembling WWII. Itwould seem that by such a defini-tion, the Soviet invasion ofAfghanistan, and the Vietnamneseinvasion of Cambodia are also"popular uprisings."

In many respects, Korea wasn'tmuch better than Vietnam. But atleast in that case, the US and theUN succeeded in preventing theNorth Koreans (backed in sup-plies and men from China andR us si a) f r r f o rc i I "liberating" South Korea. Whilethere is now much to complainabout in South Korea, there isnevertheless nearly unanimousagreement that a strong defenseagainst the north is still necessary,and they are glad that their peopleweren't abandoned to the fate ofVietnam's boat people. I am sur-prised at the notion that theSoviet Union was not involved,since it is well known that the in-famous M IG series of jet fightersfirst made its spectacular debutover Korea, courtesy of theSoviets.

On El Salvador, even I can seethat there is considerable reason,and support, for popular revolu-tion. What isn't obvious iswhether this support is universalenough to constitute a true pop-ular mandate, and ho~w much of itis cominc, from Cuba and theSoviets. While the governmrent isclearly not a good one, andsomething really should be doneabout conditions there before wehave a real mess on our hands,letting a bad governmentdegenerate into chaos and civilwar, and supporting leftist revolu-tion doesn't strike me as being anoptimal solution either.

As for the military build up, Ithink it simplistic to think that theonly way to peace is in disarma-ment. War occurs not simplybecause sides arm. They occurwhen one party perceives benefitsin winning a conflict, and thatthey can win the conflict with

some certainty. Another probleis making unconmfortable concesions when it becomes obviolthat the other guy is powerfenough to declare war and win Iget it. Being weak and unprepartfor war hardly solves thproblem, especially for a naticthat finds itself as the leader in tf·defense of the free world.

A typical argument is that itcompletely senseless to impro\upon strategic defenses that cadestroy the world many tim(over. While the analogy has gre,,psychological impact, it is alsquite meaningless if the missilecan be sunk or destroyed beforthey are launched, or if bornbeican be intercepted before thereach their targets. If megatornage were all that mattered, thewe would be no worse off with F29s and Atlas ICBMs. But it is thcredibility of the deterrent whicis important, and is addressed bTrident, MX, and the ne%bomber programs.

Defense is much more thaidoomsday weapons. Updatin,,tactical arms is also important, especially in light of the quantunimprovements in the sophistication of Soviet arms. Even cornpletely discounting claims oSoviet superiority in terms omoney spent, anyone with an,familiarity with weapons system:can recognize the awesome poten.tial of the newest Sovie-weaponry. For example, a tanbwhich is even more expensive, a riclearly as potent as our own neNXM-1, fighters in the same clasisas the F-16, A-10, and F-111,ICBMs far beyond anything evencontemplated by the US, andships more numerous and heavilyarmed than their US counter-parts. It is difficult to maintain acredible tactical defense withweapons which are obsolete. Forthis reason, funding of advancedweapons systerns is important tobe able to counter these currentand future threats.

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carry on 3o i icsTo the Editor:

We feel it is timely to respond to serious misconceptions which haveappeared in the pages of The Tech and the New York Tintecs about thenature of the conflict in El Salvador. First of all Jose Napolean Duarteis not a force for moderation or social change. He is merely a fig leaf toappease international public opinion. His much touted land reform is apublic-relations fraud to impress the US. The nationalization of landholdings over 500 hectares actually applies to very few of the nation'scoffee plantations, and many others have evaded the law by dividingthe land among family members.

In fact, the land reform has served as a front for the military occupa-tion of the countryside and the repression and murder of the peasants.In some localities, the military invited peasants to elect leaders for theirnew co-operatives, made lists of the winners, and returned the follow-ing morning to shoot them.

Similarly in the cities, the penalty for participating in demonstrationsor strikes is death. El Salvador is a country where political activity canonly be carried on under the protection of the guerillas.

The Junta is a criminal gang deriving its sole support from the USand making genocidal war on its own people.

Joesph F. Johnson GDevra Garfinkle G

Bob Lubarsky's letter, "Ex-amlining what the niilitary reallydoes"' is characteristic of thepolitical naivete, irresponsbility,and illogic on which the anti-ni Iiilary cult has been based forwell over a~ decade.

In support of his view that thePro-militarv attitude is "factuaalkyindelfensible," he a~sserts its flaict(ne· claimn after another that Lirehisto~rically fidlse. The assertion7lhlim the Ko~rean War "haddnothim,~ to do with the SovietU nion" is so blata~ntly absurdthat Iit Is haird to understan~d how~it COL)Lld be madec with a~ straighthI'.-ice. Mr. Lubalrksy apparentlydoesn't' know thatt the part of'~Timo~r Invadetd by Indonesiri Witscontnrolled by Portugal, it member~ofI NATO. I can~'t seeml toremembe~be r on which side USli'orces were used there-- perhapsbeca~use~ they weren't.

Vie~tnam and El Salvador re-,LILIrre it deeper ulnde~rstandingl ol'the c~onlectio~n between develop-mnent, popula~r revolution, and

C01111111-111It Insurgency than isnormnal among17 people who claim~to, be interested ill "iniproving thepolitical climate.- Let's stay thatpopLllar uprisings- result 1'romndespair a;nd the poverty due toUnderdevelopmentll' II . The best way~~to, prevent suc~h uprising~s then isecorionic developmecnt. Develop-mcmll recluires In~vestmnent whichhill turnn recluires a~n investable: SUr-pl1us and coUnditionsS that mlake itlikely thatl some return will bere~al//ed. The si/e ol' the investarble

surplus depends oil whether theCOLIMIA has~it valuable natural~l

resources to exploit and themecchanismis ava~ilablee to extractl

LhC surpluS froml curreilt prodUC-timii.

IIn no~n-tota!litarian Countries,

the m~echa~nism flor extracting~ theInvestablee surplus Is to allow ill-dividua~ls to decide betwveen cur-

rent COIISLI111plion aInd future c~on-sumption in the ko~rm of` inve~st-ment. The f'rac~tion 01' Output thatt

fl]l be·iv~e dependds oil totalOuLtput an1d thet expected returnI'Or those~ \Rho choose to miake the

i II v est M le 'It - Ii to1>t rt I I tzi r 1 1cCcuuitries, the nitechzirnisni7 isgovernmentc~n control 01'C 11SLIIIIP-

tion which permits the govern-men.t to invest the surplus to suitits own ends.

Now consider whN~zt ha~ppens illa ilon-towl~liwarizn country underr~onditiuois of' polltlc~il insuibillty.

Whe7n thit Instability is cre,,it, thelikelihood ol` no retltrn M t ~dl isI'Ziirly hill, so the incentive to ill-

I-educecd. I ligh instabilitv Ierls to,r-educed investment which ineains

recduced living stzindzirds (o~r ~~dihich ill turilt increases instzibilitv.

Flils is the scenrlrioc pkiye~td Out ill

Vietmun wi~~d E~l Saal idor i nd isalre~~y heiric, observed here ill theUnited Stateos.

Th`~e tot~tlitztriwi zipprozich~ hzisno~ne or tflese weatknesses. )-irstol'I" l inst~wblfity need notf redL]CC the towtl ziniount ol' inve~stmient evenif' liroduction triAls - the govern-m~cnt cmi cetsilyv lower fivincy~ stwl-7

dzirds to nimnwi~~n itnvestnment.Sec(,ndIVv, tot~iltzirnin g~ove~rn-111crits kltve 110 LILIIIIIS 11)01.t US-

im,~ I'O~rc~e i-Linst their popul~i-tionis, that is their essence, whichhhas tile iniportzintt result of' redLIC-

ino the level of' instability, they zirelikcly to I'.-ce. Peocple who coil-cicnin t)he Sha~h I'or whiat he 'didseeml to h~tve· no problem zi c-Ceptilli! the works of1' Stalin or theKhnicr Rouge o~r even the fiel1111,111AI, despite the I'llct thitcompaired to tho~se others, theSihAi was zin uniiiteur

It should now be obvious whytile C011111,11ists, on whose sidear-e I'Ound all the tot~itirimins intile world today, interven~e ill con-flictts such as Viettnwii Lnd EllSalvidor, whatever the origins of'those~ connllicts freight hivet been.By ensuring thmt instability re-mlains ait , level high enoughh toprevent investment, they can pre-vcntl deve~lopinent, ncreaisc mis-ery, midd thus nl~ike ZI COL11trymoreT Vulnierable to, to~~ltahrirwtakeovcr. 11' we ;irc not to see theszime 1)attern repeulted adl over thew~orld, inClUdino i the US, it ise'sse`17li; r th1;it some wztv be FOL1lt1dto linilt the ltbillty of' Soviet-sponsor-ed I''orces to nmiumunan Null

levels of' inswabiity. 11' devcelop-me~nt is dcs~i ihle. sw~billty~ is 11plrecondition I'or non-totzil]Wrlzillndevevlop metnt, an~d z i governnientlaicks the rescourc~es to zichlievesuitbilttv oil its o~wn, then outsidlu

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It was realized that something had to be done to compensate for thelong-standing problerns of discrimination. Simple acknowledgement of'past and present mistakes would not be enough. This soniething is cal-led affirmative action aind it is acting as a catalyst to initiate women and iniinority involvement in the job market and school. If these problemsof racial and sexual discrimination could not be remedied in any waythen affirmative action programs would be doing more harm thangood. But the unemployment problems of qualified wonien andminorities can and must be assisted. When all forms of discrimination,whether blatant or subtle, are wiped away, there will be no need for af-

Editorials. which arem~arked ais such and printed ina distinctive forniat, representthle offficiall opinion of T/leTi~ch. Thev alre written bv theE:ditorial Boatrd, which con-sists of' the chairman, editor-in-chief, manaraging editor, andnews editors.

Columns are usualiv writtenby memnbers of The iech staffand represent the opinion ofthe author only, not necessari-ly that of the rest of the staff.

Letters to the Editor alrew~ritten by memibers of theM 11' CommunitV and representthe opinlorn of' the writer.

The TecL(h will attempt topublish all letters received, Lindwill co~nsider columnns orstories. All1 submissions shouldbe typed, preferably: triplespa ced, on a 57-character Imne.Unsigned letters will not beprinted. Authors' namnes willbe withheld upon request.

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hinm ;l chaincc to unlload tlwo ol' his ue.akertIuIes ("Thc1 IHuman;11 13einlgs" zind "K1illcr iIIthe Ho()m11c ") b'iOrC pec(pleC bcgtYll1 tO p;1v ilt-

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high eincrgy, level -with pred3ictalble hihroints during} '"D)og, F ;at D)og-" td "Anilt-

music. hut it xvits the oncore --A1.N.-L .S,- (to the tullC ol, thie Villi e I'co-pie's " YMCA")-tLhal elicited the· grcatestrespolnse.

Iistelling to the .lbum won't provideany easy ainswer. It opens with the one-twopunch ol"'DOog E at Dog" .Lnd "Antmusic,"lunes that define the Ant style. A relentlesstwo-drurnmer, heavy tOlt-tom backbeatpropels the music, punctuated by repetitivebaiss lines and Malrco Pirroni's twanging,distorted guitar. Adam delivers his lyrics ina mianner that is more chant than song,backed by the war whoops and cries of theAnts. All this makes tor an infectious corn-tbination- it's impossible not to like thesetunes. The problems begin after the Firsttwo cuts. uvhen riffs are recycled and thedruns and chantls get a bit wearing. Someot the songs still Il're well ("Feed Me to theLoins' tind "Press Darlings"), but theyrcprcsent the lurthest departure from theAllt stvfiC.

Thc probleh l with the showv waas Adzim'stotal lack ol Aidicelu rrppvort. H- is moc0strro l'ound st.tnlien t wa~s 'H' I lllo AmI-nerica"-not exzlcth anythint, originall. I got theimpressio1n Ift the sh)ow Was just atnother

example of' slick paocka1i1, .1 Iaarketim,procedurer n()t a genuine effort to bring

fllew music to ln ca;geTr audienlce. This WaLS

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%vith a visiting Enlglish flricnd. When .askedwhmt he thougght ahout Antmn~lia, , hereplied: "I thirik It's rcally great. the kidsget ;a chancc to drxess LlIPl d thlll they go

out a3nd buN rccords." Buv records indeed.Adamrll and the A/nts wNill deflniteiv be a

commnlericial succss with their Antillusic.

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Perhaps being in with the in-crowdniakes some things easier and some thingshaIrder. Certainly it didn't hurt publicitythlt the drummer and the guitarist of theRiavbeats worked with the infamous JanesChance On the infamous No NewM' Yorkcoriemplation LP and that the band hasiiiore connections than New EnglandlFclephone. On the other hand, maybe itxvasn't all that much fun either, late lastycar the Kaybeats' bassist, George Scott,olflfd himself in a heroin overdose thatc~iused sonething of a transatlantic music\k·orld uprorar. Scott was a talented andNcll-knownl muscian, and in a year thats .w a number of similar deaths, his ownhbcanime emblemanatic. While one would ex-

Ptczt this to color the Raybeats' following\\ork, it doesn't- the only acknowledge-InlctL is a dedication on the record sleeve," F or George.- They still make the sarnepleasannt background sounds they did intheir earlier grouping as Minneapolis'sOvertone-es. the move to NYC and ensuingtragedy left then unscathed.

This EP, mysteriously recorded inAustin, Texas, seems like updated cocktaillounge nlusic to me. It swings along anddisplays sone marvelous influences, butstalkes out little new territory. Numerous60's instrumental groups come to mind,but the Raybeats cite the Shadows as theirl'orenmost inspiration, a choice which prettymuch encapsulates their whole approach.Ind "genre classification."

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The most pleasant surprise lies in thequaility of the acting-- a general level of ex-cellence is maintained with no poor perfor-mances, and some stellar interpretationsare g~iven. Evan Morris '82 is a naturalharn, perfect for the role of Blade; CullenJohnson '81 as Lord Crumpet lends theproper absurd touch to his alreadypreposterous character; but the show-stealer here is Chartreuse, protrayed byMary Anthanis, a perenial Guild partici-pant. She plays her part perfectly--- anoverly heavy French accent, expansivegestures, animated expressions - whatwould have been called overacting in anyother role is found to be exactly what isnecessary for this one. The actors are alsoto be commended for their ability to over-come technical difficulties. (When willsomebody fix the Kresge sound systern?)

The music suffered from a few balladsthat seemed to drag interminably ("DeadlyDilemma" and "Instant Clones"), butthere were also some winners ("A Messagefrom Our Sponsors" and "What Will I beToday'?'"). The orchestra was a bit loud attimes, but this problem would have beenovercome with a properly working soundsysteni.

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Murder and niayhem, horror and hotfudge, evil scientists, private detectives, amaster of disguise, missing brothers, clones- sounds like Genreral Ro.spital, doesn't it?

At the risk of disappointing all you hard-core GH fans, all of these plot devices areto be found in this year's Tech Show, IScreaml C'lone.

The show, written by Michael Taviss '8 , iis a remarkable pastiche of seemingly dis-parate elements fused into the structure ofa Spillane-esque detective story (with morethan a passing note to Firesign Theatre'sN~ic~k Danger, Third Eveu). People have beenfound dead in the Ice Cream Express, anew dessert emporium. Bruce Blade,private detective, is called in to investigatethe case, in direct competition with Lieute-nant Arch, who is determined to makematters difficult for Blade. Blade learnsthatt the murders are part of a revengescheme perpetrated by the evil Dr. VeraLoverly and her dreaded Clone Gang.There are numerous subplots, buteverything ties togther (doesn't it always?)in the standard musical cornedy happyending..

The sh~ow is a true delight. The script isthe most coherent of the recent Tech Showefliorts, and Taviss displays a talent for thesubtle reference as well as the bad pun.There are s ome structural problems - theHP character is totally extraneous, andsongs should not be used to provide neces-

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,baroque flute, harpsichord, and viola daIgamba will be presented on April 9 in theM IT Chapel at noon. Admission is free.

For something completely different, the~:": Qc:~Dead Kennedys, San Francisco's punk darl-

ings, will appear, along with the Lyres andthe Dark at the Channel, 25 Necco Street,Boston, near South Station.

Spoofs!, a program lampooning the· cf-. ;tworks of Woody Allen, F~rancis Ford Cop-

pola, Steven Spielberg, and others operis+ Thursday, April 9 and plays through April(21 rl2 at th Off th Wall Cinema, 15 Pearl#Street, Cambridge. Show times are 6 pm,

courtesy Technique) .+7:55 pri, aind 9:50 prn._.dkh,_.dh.-_.dh.~44ab. -A.- .det: Adlk.

Screenings of experimental films fromHolland and Poland, plus discussion, willItake place at the BFVF, 1126 BoylstonStreet, on April 9 at 8 pm.

The Boston Shakespeare Company's Richard III opens on ~April 8 and runs inrepetory through early June. Perfornmanceslare Wednesday through Saturday at 8 pmand Sunday at 2 prn. Tickets are $4 to $8.50depending on the performance. We arereminded that this is the towering tragedyof' the "struggle to possess England'sQueen and Crown."

Or stay home and c-atch the Tech Show'81, 11' you haven't already. This year it's I Sci-eaml C'lone---a flavorful tale ofrivalry and revenge. . .- of horror and hotfudge.- Perform~ances are April 10 and II at 8 pm in Kresge auditorium.

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.Saturday and will soon be postedin Lobby 7.

Nearly 30 percent of the classresponded to the survey. Ques-tions concerning mandatory com-mons, calculus tutored exams,

R/O Week, and overall opinionof MIT were asked.

Ken Freedman '84, developer ofthe survey, said that many stu-

-dents made unfavorable com-ments about R/O week. "They[the students surveyed] felt thatthere was not enough time," hesaid, "and that there was toomuch pressure both to conformand to have an effervescent smileat the same time." Some said thatR/O should be either extended ormoved to a later date.

Freedman said that freshmenwho have not yet mailed their sur-vey can still send it in to theCouncil.

Seventy-four percent of thoseresponding were opposed to theconcept of mandatory commons.The following categoreies wererated, with 5 being the best scoresand I beinL, the worst, choise ofmenu ottered (2.9), quality offood served (2.6), size of portions(2.7), convenience of hours (2.8),and price (2.2).

Peter Tu, president of thefreshman class, said, "We willrelease results to Commons Com-mittees as soon as they are fullycompiled. The idea of the surveywas for the Council to serve theclass better by knowing what theythought -of major issues."

Additional ratings which thesurvey gave included the overallopinion of MIT (3.9) and theR/O Week experience (3.6). Eachstudent responding is involvedwith an average of two campusactivities and has participated intwo intramural sports.

By Tim KnealeThe market value of MIT's en-

dowment properties increased by12.5 percent last year, exceedingthe national average of 11.9 per-cent. Despite this increase, tuitioncosts for next year have not beenaffected significantly by the in-creased revenues. Income fromendowment properties, accordingto MIT treasurer Glenn P.Strehle, accounts for only a smallportion of Institute revenues, andtherefore has little impact on tui-tion.

As of June 30, 1980, the marketvalue of MIT's investments was$ 4 21 ,2 58 ,0 00, u p f r om$374,373,000 a year earlier. Thelargest portion of this money is atpresent invested in stocks. MITalso -invests in real estate, long-and short-term bonds, and mis-cellaneous securities. Report ofthe [MITI Treasurer for the fiscalyear 1980 noted that stocks havebeen the form of investmentwhich has kept closest pace withinflation, and says that MIT iscommitted to continue to "investa large portion of the endowmentfunds into common stocks."

The Institute builds its endow-ment with money from two mainsources: gifts and return- on in-vestments. Over the most recent

fiscal year, the amount of giftfunds applied to investment ac-tually decreased slightly, to about$18.5 million. The remainder ofthe $46,885,000 increase in en-dowment last year resulted main-ly from investment- income ofnearly $29 million. TheTreasurer's report for fiscal year1980 showed that last year'srecord investment return occuredin spite of a major redistributionof funds from bonds to stocks.

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The Football Cheerleading Clubwill start gearing up 'for the fallseason by having its first practiceon Tuesday, April 7, at 9:30pmr inthe McCormick gym. Even ifyou've never done anything likethis before, if you're at all in-terested, show up in shorts and T-shirt to see what it's like. We needguys, too. If you can't make it orfor more information call: HyunaPark (d17345), or Angie Liao(d18381).

There will be an electionmeeting of the Association forRecording Science Tuesday, April7 at 7pm in 20F-009A. Call Jon atd15-6663 for more information.

Freshmen should turn in theirCourse Selection Card to theRegistrar's Office by April 20.

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To honor Dr. and Mrs.Wiesner for their contribution tothe arts at MIT, the Council forthe Arts at MIT established in1979 an endowment fund toprovide two annual awards of$500 each to students, eithergraduate or undergraduate, forachievement in the creative artsand in the performing arts. Theawards are not limited to in-dividuals but may also be given toliving groups, organizations, andactivities which have contributedsignificantly to the MIT com-munity through the arts. Therange of contribution is wide andincludes the various forms ofcreative work in literature, music,drama, visual arts, photography,film, for example, as well as allthe performing arts. The deadlinefor the receipt of nominations isApril 17. They should be sent toDean Robert J. Holden (RoomW20-345). If you have questionsor need further information aboutthe awards, call the staff of theCouncil for the Arts (20D-220;x3-4003). The awards will bepresented at the Awards Con-vocation in May.

Civil Engineering Open Housefor Freshmen and Undesignated

-Sophpmores: The Civil Engineer-ing Department will sponsor anOpen House on Monday, April13, from 2-4:30pm in the Bushroom, 10-105. Come and find outabout civil engineering programs,research opportunities, andcareers. Meet with civil engineer-ing students and faculty. Refresh-ments available.

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The R/O Committee is nowforming. The committee worksover the summer organizingevents for incoming students andR/O Week. If you are interestedin helping on R/O call RhondaPeck (5-9688), R/O Coordinatoror Ken Dumas (5-7364), Asst.R/O Coordinator or leave a noteat UASO, Room 7-103, phone 3-6771.

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The Student Financial Aid Of-fice has clarified the terms forHELP (Guaranteed StudentLoans, GSL) applicable to allMIT students. DependentUndergraduates may borrow upto $2,500 per year with a total notto exceed $12,500; independent(as defined by the FederalGovernment) undergraduatesmay borrow up to $3,000 per yearwith a total not to exceed $15,000.Graduate students may borrowup to $5,000 dollars per year witha total not to exceed $25,000.

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Engineers opened their season M IT had only one hit in the ODEIERED DIETY TOLEPHON

Saturday, and faced Radcliffe and gamne, and that lone safety was on HOMIEORE OFICECLTOYU

Northeastern. The important first a controversial play. Other than ALL MAJOR CREDIT CAR1DS ACCEPTED

varsity race saw MIT finish third, two walks, that was it for the OUR 8TH YEAR WORLD WIDE

but Tech came back to win the se- home team. The team's record 9"-8"0t/7 DAY- 24 HOURcond varsity in a time of 5:57.3 now stands at 0-2. SE"RVICE over the 1300-meter course. The Lacrosse - Manny Oliviera '81 OF OAPMEERICA, INTERNATIONALifirst and second novice fours had three goals and two assists to Reading, Mlassachusetts 01867 U.S.A

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MIT catcher Tom Wolfe '83 in action against Bowdoin. (Photo Dy

r June Graduates in EE and CS withi nterest i n

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A VER Y HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DA YeTHE SHOWERHEAD PEOPLE

To those we missed - maybe next year

To those who took them from the Student Center -PAYBACKS ARE HELL!

Ohio Scientific representative will be on campus Thursday, April 9,For more information, please contact the Car-eer Planning and Place-Office, Room 12-170.

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MITAA8 meingto8 elc oficers

By Eric R. FlemingOn April 15, the MIT Athletic Association (MITAA) will hold a

meeting to elect new officers for the coming year, and to discuss thepurposes and goals of the association.

The MlTAA consists of the Intramural Council, Captains andManagers of all intercollegiate teams, the Varsity Club (miade up ofcaptains and managers of all intercollegiate sports), and representativesfronm all association-sanctioned clubs. The purpose of the association,as stated in the constitution, is to "promote the athletic interests and topalrticipatle in the policy planning of the athletic program of the Mass-achusetts Institute of Technology."

The constitutional changes are highlighted by a change in the struc-ture of the membership of the MITAA.

Eliminated from the constitution are the officers of the Women'sAthletic Council, which has decreased in importance over the years.The vote given to the Women's Athletic Council in the MITAA ex-ecutive voting strucutre has been-transferred to the club represen-tatives, giving them a total of three votes. MITAA President PeterLemme '80 stressed that the elimination of the Women's AthleticCouncil does not diminish the association's commitment ot women'sathletics, since the Council has been dormant in the recent past, and thelast two Varisty Club presidents have been women.

This meeting also will make the first time that the IM ExecutiveCommittee and the Varsity Club will meet together in a number ofyears. Lenime explained that the two groups have gone their separateways in previous years, and that each tends to believe that it is more im-portant. The meeting of the whole association, which now has beenmade manldatory by the revised constitution, is hoped to end the divi-sion between the two organizations.

Another purpose of the meeting is to explain the plans and futuregoals of the committee. Lemme has expressed a desire for the M ITAAto becamel more visible in the MIT community, since it exists for thebellelit of' sutdents,

The meeting is scheduled for 9pm, Wednesday, April 15, in the WestLounge of the Student Center.

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