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Volume 114, Number 10 Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Tuesday, March 1, 1994
Page SankaranPresent Platf orm Candidates Debate Role of UA A : iBy Aaron Belenky undergraduates and inclusion, rather ::-: .STAFFREPORTER than exclusion, of students and their
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dates for UA president and vice in facilitating improvements. president on Sunday evening. The In his opening statement, ' -.. 1event, open to all students, gave the Sankaran said that the UA should betwo teams an opportunity to present a "forum for for the exchange of G i_ their platforms for the upcoming ideas; a place where ideas can come l._elections, which will be held Mar. 9. to life." He expressed his dissatis- ' ..
About 20 students attended the faction with what he called "hob-debate. knobbing" with MIT administration
Moderated by Umit E. Kum- and lack of real achievement. Mostcuoglu '94, candidates Colin M. student governments on col leg istudent governments on college LL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.=::...::-............. :Il ........Page '95 and Michael R. Evans '95 campuses are more autonomous <--debated against Vijay P. Sankaran than the US, and the UA should'95 and Carrie R. Muh '96 for near- work to gain more freedom from the ly two hours. They also fielded MIT administration, he said. THOAMS R. KARLo--THE TECH
questions from campus press and Muh stressed the need for the The Undergraduate Association held its annual election debate Sunday in Room 1-390. Presidental can°students. UA to increase its accessibility to didate Vijay P. Sankaran '95 shakes hands with Michael R. Evans '95, vice presidental candidate for
Both teams stressed a need for the opposing ticket. UAP candidate Colin M. Page '95 and debate moderator Umit E. Kumcuoglu '94improved communication with Debate, Page 7 look on.
IJablonski Focuseson Student CommiunicationIi!i:! r B s B P By Daniel C. Stevenson
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As the new associate dean for|a~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Margaret A. Jabl the new Dean forresidence and campus activities,
Margaret A. Jablonski wants tofocus on opening communica-tion with students and creatingstability in her department.
In an interview last week,Jablonski said that she wants "toopen channels of communicationthat have been blocked and toreally look at how we canimprove our department's effec-tiveness in delivering service tostudents."
Jablonski also said, "I thinkthe immediate goal is to estab-lish a sense of stability in thisarea given the past year," refer-ring to problems associated withthe departure of her predecessor,James R. Tewhey, amid allega-tions of misconduct.
Jablonski started her MITposition on Feb. t. Before this,she was director of housing, thenassistant dean at Worcester Poly-
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APO president, said that the oldboard "was not in a very well-trav-eled location. It wasn't getting usedbecause it was so obscured."
The designers of the new ride-board have made some improve-ments. While the old board waspainted directly on the wall, the newboard is an actual map attached to aself-standing frame, which willmake any future relocation mucheasier, Johnson said.
The former board had hooks forstudents to attach pieces of paper.The new board has boxes that arenumbered and color-coded to corre-spond to colored regions on the U.S.map. Students write information onthe provided index cards and place
By Amy e. Hsu
Yesterday morning Alpha PhiOmega put up the newest version ofthe rideboard - a map of the Unit-ed States where students can postnotices soliciting or offering rides-- outside the Lobdell exit in theStudent Center.
The MIT chapter of APO, anational service fraternity, has beenplanning and designing the newboard for nearly three years.
The former rideboard is in thehallway leading from Lobby 7 toBldg. 9, and it will most likely berepainted to match its surroundings,said Campus Activities ComplexAssistant Director for Programs TedE. Johnson.
David C. Cho '94, the current
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Gilbert Leung '95 and David C. Cho '94, two Alpha Phi Omega broth-ers, put the finishing touches on the newly Installed rideboard yes-terday.Rildeboard, Page 6
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PLO Envoys to DiscussResuming Talks With Israel
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The Palestine Liberation Organization prepared Monday to sendtwo envoys to Washington to "discuss what is needed for resuming"peace talks with Israel as its executive committee met under PLOChairman Yasser Arafat to decide whether to suspend the negotia-tions.
Yasser Abed Rabbo, the PLO's chief negotiator, said in a tele-phone interview that steps taken Sunday by Israel's cabinet inresponse to the attack on a Hebron mosque Friday by a Jewish settlerthat killed 39 people "did not meet the minimum requirements" forsalvaging the faltering negotiations.
In Washington, meanwhile, U.S. officials began searching for acompromise formula that would rescue the talks.
Israel began arresting a small hard core of radical Jewish settlersMonday and clashes continued in the territories between Palestiniansand Israeli soldiers. Two Palestinians were reported killed, bringingthe Arab toll to 64 dead, including those shot by Baruch Goldstein, themilitant Jewish settler who opened fire Friday on hundreds of Arabworshipers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron in the West Bank.
Administration Adds RestrictionsFor Buying Rapid-Fire Shotguns
LOS ANGELES TIMES
1993, flexing its military musclesfor the first time beyond the territoryof its member states. But it proceed-ed to allow hundreds of violationsby all sides, most of them by heli-copters, to pass with impunity.
Gen. Ratko Mladic, commanderof Bosnian Serb forces, for exam-ple, led the assault on the strategicpeaks of mounts Bijelasnica andIgman near Sarajevo last summerfrom the passenger seat of a Gazelleattack helicopter. When Russianultranationalist leader VladimirZhirinovsky visited Bijeljina,Bosnia, on Jan. 31, a Serb warplanebuzzed the town as Serbs cheered.
Monday's attack occurred afterthe Galeb aircraft had bombed thenorthwest Bosnian town of BanjaLuka.
"This was a gross miscalculationon the part of the Serbs," said asenior Western military officialinvolved in the NATO operation."These changes have thrown txheSerbs seriously off-balance."
Rose said in an interview thatMonday's NATO action would helpto further calm the situation in Sara-jevo. "This shows that if there's aNATO ultimatum, it's not a hollowultimatum," he said. "There's aclear read across to other NATOorders," such as the one concerningSarajevo.
In the interview, Rose also saidthe NATO attack raises securityconcerns for U.N. troops. Thoseconcerns, along with violations ofSarajevo's cease-fire, highlight howoverstretched the U.N. force inBosnia has become, he said.
collision course with the interna-tional community. The result ofsuch a confrontation could be direfor both the Serbs and the thousandsof lightly armed U.N. soldiers andaid workers stretched across the for-bidding hillocks and valleys of thismountainous land.
Until recently, the U.N. opera-tion in the shattered republics ofwhat used to be Yugoslavia hasessentially tiptoed around the com-batants. Starting in 1992, the Bosn-ian operation's main task has beento deliver aid to the 2.7 million peo-ple estimated to depend on handoutsto survive. Despite U.N. SecurityCouncil resolutions approving theuse of "necessary force" to deliveraid here, U.N. troops have nevershot their way through one of themyriad roadblocks erected by thewarring sides.
Now, under the leadership ofRose, the fourth commander of theU.N. mission here since it began,the U.N. operation has adopted amore aggressive stance. Itannounced Sunday, for example,that it would no longer seek permis-sion for its aid convoys to cross bat-tlelines but would simply notify thewarning sides and proceed. Rosehas negotiated and implementedSarajevo's most successful cease-fire to date - an 18-day truce thathas brought some peace to thiscrumbling capital, where an estimat-ed 10,000 people have died sincethe war began.
NATO, too, had long taken anambiguous approach to involvementin the war. It began prosecuting a"no-fly zone" over Bosnia in April
By John PomfretTHE WASHINGTON POST
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
NATO's downing Monday offour Serb warplanes over Bosnia,like the deadly mortar attack onSarajevo's marketplace three weeksago, is a military action that couldalter the course of the war in thisbattle-scarred country.
The NATO attack in northwestBosnia proved to the Bosnian Serbsand their mentors in Belgrade that"NATO has teeth," said Britisharmy Lt. Gen. Michael Rose, thecommander of United Nationsforces in Bosnia. With-the U.N.-enforced cease-fire in Sarajevo andMonday's dogfight in the Bosnianskies, both the United Nations andNATO have now shown a willing-ness to go beyond mere words intheir effort to end the worst conflictin Europe since World War II.
These new roles raise the ques-tions of whether the United Nationshas enough personnel in Bosnia toimplement the changes, and how thewarring parties will react to the newsituation.
U.N. officials say that if theBosnian Serbs, largely seen as themain aggressors in this three-sidedconflict, accept the new involve-ment of U.N. forces and NATO,then Monday's strike against theGaleb ground attack aircraft couldprovide an impulse to the processaimed at stopping the 23-month-oldbattle to divide Bosnia.
But if Serb forces take issue withthe United Nations' more robustinterpretation of its mission here,then they will place themselves on a
WASHINGTON
On the same day that the Brady Bill took effect across the nation,the administration placed new restrictions on the purchase of threetypes of rapid-fire shotguns that Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsencalled "destructive devices, pure and simple."
Bentsen announced the reclassification of the "street sweeper,""striker," and USAS-12 during a press conference held at a District ofColumbia police department. Buyers and current owners of theweapons will have to undergo extensive screenings and certification,and new taxes will be levied on manufacturers, dealers and purchasers.
"Effective tomorrow morning, these weapons will be classifiedjust what they are: machine guns," Bentsen said.
President Clinton, speaking in Chicago, blamed the shotguns foran increase in deaths from multiple bullet wounds. Clinton said theguns, one of which can fire twelve rounds in less than three seconds,were developed in South Africa years ago for crowd control and arestill being manufactured in the the United States.
MCI to Invest $1 BillionIn Wireless Technology
THE JFASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON
MCI Communications Corp. said Monday it will invest $1.3 bil-lion to help construct a nationwide wireless communications system.
MCI said it has tentatively agreed to purchase 17 percent of thestock of Nextel Communications Inc., a Rutherford, N.J., companythat is assembling a wireless system that by the end of 1996 is intend-ed to serve regions that include roughly 95 percent of the country'spopulation.
The move represents MCI's attempt to become a major player inwireless communications, the fastest-growing sector of the telecom-munications industry. It plans to offer wireless services in the Wash-ington area in a year.
MCI and Nextel will face formidable competitors, most notablyAT&T, the nation's largest long distance carrier, and McCaw Cellu-lar Communications Inc., the's largest cellular phone serviceprovider. AT&T hopes to complete its $12.6 billion acquisition ofMcCaw in the early summer.
Both long-distance companies are hoping to move quickly beforethe Federal Communications Commission auctions of new space onthe airwaves, which are expected to unleash a whole new field ofwireless competitors.
WEATHERSignificant Storm Possible
By ThursdayBy Michael MorganSTAFF METEOROILOGIST
Challengearound Hebron, smashing Arab car
the and store windows and inflictingised beatings. They listened to armythe co,,,,urlicactiots with electronicws. scanners and were rarely caught.Fish "There were two legal enforce-:d a ment systems in the territories," saidlers historian and newspaper commenta-eats tor Tom Segev, "the one whichiety acted against the Palestinians, andthe the one which looked the other wayon when the settlers acted wildly."
Even this week, the night afterorm Rabin's government approved thefie, arrest of Kach leaders, two of theon group's leaders eluded police and
ess- appeared on national televisionsuit boasting about their freedom.
Right after the attack, Rabin still)uld insisted that it was the work of onen is man, not connected to any organiza-ing, tion. At a closed meeting with for->ple eign diplomats, according to a par-said ticipant, a shaken Rabin was asked:rsi- why he had not moved soonerzing against Kach and other extremists,vish and he repeated dryly that the mas-
sacre was the work of one person.vist The same mentality allowedoup Goldstein to walk into the mosqueand with almost no resistance, eveniave though the ancient tombs of Abra-the ham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives is
hall, one of the most intensely fought-elis, over religious shrines in Israel andleir the West Bank.nvi- The militant settlers are well-rby known to the soldiers at the site andlent are nicknamed "cave meshuggeneh,"'ked or those who are crazy about the
Cave of the Machpelah, as Jews callcret. the site. According to Yatom, theHist Israeli commander, "It was notrged something extraordinary or unusualir, it to see this doctor, who was wellto a known by the soldiers, wearing hisem- military reserve uniform and carry-ally ing his rifle."
By David HoffmanTHE WASHINGTONPOST
protect - and open fire.From the prime minister to
JERUSALEM lowest soldier, Israelis have focuFish Settler lr nearly hals a century onIed at the threat from Arabs, not Jeast Friday Although members of a Jewlenged for underground were apprehendemunition decade ago and militant settl
have long been making vocal thrcd. Israeli against Palestinians, Israeli soc,hy he was was passive when it came tos uniform, potential for Jewish violenceknown as such a grand scale.genah," or As a soldier wearing a unifcwho con- carrying a Galil automatic riinside the Goldstein blended in as easily
the streets of Hebron as a busingsoldiers at man would be in a three-piecee already on a Manhattan street comer.implementt "The majority of Israelis wcer guards, like to believe that terrorisne arriving something that the Arabs are dohe border or the Iranians, or crazy peoGoldstein somewhere. We don't do that," sstinians as Ehud Sprinzak, a Hebrew Unive
ty professor who has been wars:n blamed for months that the militant Jevctions of a activists should be apprehended.who had Goldstein was a leading acti
id a deep in Kach, the Jewish extremist grli general, whose symbol is a clenched fist-re is "no whose members believe Arabs hto stop a to be expelled from Israel andterrorist, West Bank. Although it was a snshared by remote organization to most Israe
Kach - founded by Rabbi Ndecided to Kahane - thrived in the tense erorders, he ronment of Hebron and neaft open by Kiryat Arba, the Jewish settledtary estab- where Goldstein lived and wornowledge- as a doctor.L1 analysts. The Kach formula was no secI blunders In press releases, the nationaat made it group threatened violence and uroldstein to the expulsion of Arabs. Last yeawith Mus- invited television reporters 1- a place nighttime "training" exercise. Msibility to bers went on rampages, especi
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Baruch Goldstein arrivTomb of the Patriarchs lamorning, he was not challcarrying five clips of aminto the mosque.
He was not searchesarmy guards did not ask wwearing his army doctor'salthough he was widelyone of the "cave meshugg"crazies" - the settlersstantly harassed Arabs itomb's mosque.
It was dawn, and the sthe massive edifice wershort of the usual Friday coof four paramilitary bordwho were 20 minutes latfor their shift. When thguards finally got there,had already killed 39 Pale,they knelt in prayer inside.
The massacre has beeby Israeli leaders on the a(lone "lunatic," a doctoremotional problems anhatred of Arabs. An IsraeDanny Yatom, said theforce in the world" abledetermined assassin orgiven the close quartersIsraelis and Palestinians.
But when Goldstein cundertake his grisly muwalked through a door letIsrael's political and militlishment, according to krable military and politicaThey point to both smalland large blind spots tharemarkably simple for Gcenter a mosque crowded lims at Friday prayers -that Israel had a response
For the last 5 days, medium range forecast models have been sug-gesting the development of a significant cyclone just east of the eastcoast of the United States. Late last week the models were in amaz-ing agreement, suggesting that a cyclone would move northeast alongthe coast,threatening most major East Coast cities from Washington,D.C. northward to Boston with heavy snow. During the weekend, themodels began to show differing solutions - two models moving thecycon.e along or east of the east rcast, and the, other model forecast-
ing the storm to move well out to sea. By last night the numericalmodels began to converge on a solution which would take the low ona more inland route. Such a solution would give southern New Eng-land a big snow then rain and wind storm. With 36 hours before theevent really gets going, even this "solution" may not be "correct."
Today: Mostly sunny and cold. High 32°F (0°C). Winds north-west 10-15 mph (16-24 kph).
Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy and cold. Low 18°F (-8°C).Wednesday: Increasing clouds, cold. High 32°F (0°C).Wednesday night: Cloudy with light snow developing. Low 24°F
(-4°C)Thursday: Cloudy, windy, and cold with snow likely. Snow may
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NATO Downinlg of SerbianPlanes Could Change War
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In Russia's first diplomatic tiffwith Washington since the ColdWar's end, Moscow expelled asenior American diplomat Mondayin retaliation for last week's ousterof a Russian envoy to the UnitedStates.
The Russian Foreign Ministryidentified diplomat James L. Morris,listed as a counselor at the U.S.Embassy in Moscow, as the CIAstation chief here.
Foreign Ministry spokesmanGrigory Karasin expressed regretover the incident but said Moscowwas "forced" -to respond to the"unjust" expulsion Friday ofAlexander I. Lysenko, the suspectedRussian intelligence chief in Wash-ington, in connection with the Amesespionage affair. CIA officialAldrich H. Ames and his wife have i- I --
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By Karen HoslerTHE BALTIMORE SUN
Supporters of the amendment, ledby Sen. Paul Simon, D-Il., were notready to concede defeat. But theyacknowledged they were at least fourvotes short of the 67 required, with-out much hope of picking up all fourof the senators still undecided.
Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the WestVirginia Democrat who has beenpassionately leading a crusadeagainst the Simon amendment, saidthe vote would be "very close," butthat the momentum is going his way.
"This amendment is very popu-lar because a lot of people don'tunderstand it, but it is very danger-ous to the fabric of our country,"Byrd said in an interview.
The balanced budget amendmentfailed by one vote in the Senate in1986, the last time it was voted on.
When the Senate debate opened
last week, Simon had more than 50co-sponsors and an additional dozenor so private commitments.
Neither the Simon amendmentnor the Reid amendment could takeeffect until three-fifths of the statelegislatures vote to ratify them. Thechief distinction between the twoapproaches lies with the number ofexceptions that would be allowed.
Under the Simon amendment, athree-fifths majority of each house ofCongress would have to approvespending in excess of income, exceptin a national emergency. The Reidamendment would bar the divertingof Social Security tax revenue to bal-ance the budget, would permit deficitspending in periods of slow econom-ic growth and would allow Congressto borrow money for highways andother "capital" investments.
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again that Washington has overre-acted to the Ames case.
"To expel an officer who wasofficially recognized and not acovert agent goes beyond theboundaries and really calls for coun-termeasures," Foreign MinisterAndrei V. Kozyrev said Sunday.
In a closed briefing for Russianreporters, Yevgeny M. Primakov,head of the Federal Intelligence Ser-vice, the agency that conducts for-eign espionage, said he is baffled bythe fuss Washington has made overthe Ames case.
Primakov suggested that theadministration was using the Amesarrest to score domestic politicalpoints, to punish Russia for its inde-pendent stance on the conflict inBosnia-Herzegovina and to providea convenient excuse for cuttingAmerican aid to Russia.
WASHINGTON
This year's version of the bal-anced budget amendment appearsheaded for defeat in the SenateTuesday night, with many senatorslikely to back a less-stringent alter-native that is given an even smallerchance of winning the necessarytwo-thirds majority.
Concluding a week of debate onthe topic, the Senate's rejection of aconstitutional amendment requiringa balanced federal budget woulddoom action on the issue for the restof the year. Although the House mayvote later this month to endorse theamendment, Senate Majority LeaderGeorge J. Mitchell, a Maine Democ-rat, said Monday that there wouldnot be a second vote in the Senate.
been arrested on charges of spyingfor MviosCow since 985.
Morris is the first American to bedeclared persona non grata since Lt.Col. Daniel Francis Van Gundy III,an assistant military attache, wasaccused of espionage on March 15,1989, and given 48 hours to leavethe Soviet Union. The United Statesretaliated by expelling SergeiMalinin, a Soviet trade representa-tive in New York.
In a similar tit-for-tat, Morriswill be given seven days to leavethe country, the same grace periodthe Clinton administration extendedto Lysenko.
Although Lysenko arrived inWashington only last summer, theUnited States decided to expel himbecause "he was in a position to beresponsible for the activities associ-ated with the Ames case," StateDepartment spokesman MikeMcCurry said Friday.
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Appears Headed for DefeatUkraine's Nuclear Disanrmament
Faces New ObstaclesTHE WASHINGTON POST
KIEV, UKAINE
The repeatedly stalled nuclear disarmament of Ukraine appears tobe facing new obstacles in Kiev's negotiations with Russia and theUnited States over security guarantees that Ukraine has demanded inexchange for surrendering its inherited strategic weapons.
Moreover, the Ukrainian parliament has failed to ratify the nuclearNon-Proliferation Treaty, a condition of last month's Moscowaccord. Ukraine pledged then to begin dismantling its 1,800 nuclearwarheads in return for large-scale U.S. financial aid and inviolableinternational security guarantees.
Taking these factors together, analysts and diplomats here say, itappears unlikely that the final form of any U.S. security pledge toUkraine will be ready by the time Ukrainian President LeonidKravchuk meets with President Clinton in Washington on Friday.
Ukraine is trying to obtain from all five nuclear powers - theUnited States, Britain, France, Russia and China - as strong a set ofguarantees against potential aggression as possible, but it is the assur-ance that U.S. prestige and power will support its sovereignty that theKiev government covets most. U.S. diplomats have been trying toreach agreement with the Kiev government over the wording of asecurity pledge, but they have declared repeatedly that military aid toUkraine in the event of an attack by Russia is out of the question.
Ukraine, which was dominated by Russian czars and Communistcommissars for centuries before the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991,shares an 800-mile border with Russia and is fearful that a resurgenceof Russian imperial ambitions would leave it virtually defenseless.
Judge Orders Lorena BobbittReleased from Mental Hospital
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WASHINGTON
Saying Lorena Bobbitt does not pose a threat to herself or thecommunity, a Prince William County, Va. judge Monday ordered the24-year-old manicurist released from a Virginia state mental hospital,provided she gets weekly outpatient therapy and does not leave thestate without permission.
Bobbitt, who was in court for the brief proceeding, appeared a fewminutes later outside the Manassas courthouse before dozens ofreporters and cameras for a lO-minute news conference in Englishand Spanish, in which she thanked supporters and said she was eagerto get on with her life out of the harsh public spotlight.
"1 still have my American dream," said the buoyed, seeminglyself-possessed Venezuelan immigrant, who smiled at reporters andgave no hint of the mousy, withdrawn demeanor she exhibited in Jan-uary at her eight-day trial for cutting off her husband's penis.
Later, at her employer's home in Fairfax County, where herrelease was celebrated with a white chocolate cheesecake, Bobbittexpanded on her dream, adding that she still hopes to find "a family,children, a husband - a nice husband this time."
Ever since the morning of June 23, 1993 - when, Bobbitt said, shesevered her husband's penis with a kitchen knife because he had rapedher - the couple has been fodder for stand-up comics, feminists,columnists and armchair sociologists in the United States and abroad.
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MIT's proceedings in the selection of Jablonski are to becommended for soliciting student involvement. Graduate andundergraduate students joined faculty and administrators toform last summer's committee that evaluated applicants for theposition.
The role of RCA dean requires frequent contact with stu-dents and effective communication skills. Thus, including stu-dents in the selection process was an important and necessarystep to ensure the appointment of the most promising candidate.
The Jablonski selection demonstrates that student involve-ment can have a beneficial result. This practice should be con-tinued with other issues affecting student and campus life,including changes in food services, the academic curriculum,and the Institute calendar.
On Feb. 1, Margaret A. Jablonski began her position asassociate dean for residence and campus activities. Jablonskiwas appointed to the office formerly held by James R. Tewhey,who stepped down last April amid charges and counter-charges
, 0 i of sexual harassment. In her short
Edlittoral time at MIT, Jablonski has alreadyestablished herself as a motivated
figure who is ready to take up the responsibilities of an effectiveassociate dean for the students.
Jablonski has demonstrated an interest in student affairsand shown concern for the general well-being of students. Shehas already visited two dormitories to speak with students andhas opened necessary dialogue with the Undergraduate Associa-tion and the Graduate Student Council. Jablonski appears to begenuinely receptive to student suggestions and has many goodideas about a variety of student issues, including discipline,
told him to ask Eisenmann about the characterof the Bush Fund. Eisenmann described hisconversation with Kessler as general innature; he did not authorize the actions thatKessler took and did not feel that Kesslershould believe that the distribution of theinformation was permitted
In the matter of Chitaley's complaint ofNovember 7, 1993 against Kessler, the Judi-cial Ri e rsvicw uuau a ii r, adss that , Kessr did ;ill-
fully and knowingly distribute private accounttransactions without authorization. In particu-lar, he released photocopies of checks andtransaction statements from the Bush Fund tovarious campus press organizations. TheBoard does not find that this was done withmalicious intent. As Kessler is no longerFinance Board Chairman, the Judicial ReviewBoard sees no further action to take. Agents ofthe Undergraduate Association who workwithin an office directly supervised by MITmust adhere to the rules and regulations ofthat office.
Voted unanimously, February 14, 1994.Released, February 21, 1994.
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No Further ActionNeeded against Kessler
The Tech received a copy of the followingstatement, released by the UndergraduateAssociation Judicial Review Board:
In the matter of Raaj Chitaley's complaintof November 7, 1993 against Douglas Wyatt,the Judicial Review Board does not find anyevidence that Wyatt in any way abused hispowers as a member of the Finance Board.Investigation has shown that the informationfor the story which he authored in The Thistlewas obtained by entirely legitimate means.
Kessler stated that he knew that StudentActivity Account information is private; how-ever he believed that transactions of the BushFund, because of the unique character of thefund, are public information. Investigation hasshown that this is not the case: the Bush Fundis not an exception. These findings are basedprimarily on meetings with Associate DeanAndrew M Eisenmann '75 and Director ofLegal Affairs Thomas Henneberry. Henneber-ry gave Kessler general advice on the legalityof releasing such information, but specifically
Committee Should NotTarget Living GroupsNow that the intrepid Undergraduate Asso-
ciation Committee on Housing and Residenceand Orientation seems to have performed thedifficult task of determining the only livinggroups on campus which have an unaccept-able level of drug and alcohol abuse throughthe reliable method of voluntary surveys, Iencourage them to continue their mission untilthey find exactly which students are responsi-ble and print their names in The Tech as well.
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In response to the article regarding dormi-tory upgrades ["Draft Housing Proposal Callsfor Dorm Upgrades," Feb. 25], no investiga-tion into drug use at MIT will ever take awaythe reasons why MIT students use drugs.
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Noncompliance Leaut efforts to end the conflict with justice.
For all its promise the NATO-U.N. victorynounced on Feb. is a tempered and precarious one. In principle,outside Sarajevo the obvious move for NATO would be a show;e" with a NATO of the force that was supposed to be behindciting. However, the declaration of the ultimatum. There is no1 by Clinton and reason to speculate that any show of force,rs, evidence from even a warning run, would not have immedi-evo suggests that ate results; indeed, the mere threat of NATOnpliance" has lit- strikes was enough to clear the skies abovent flouting of the Sarajevo of Serbian shells.rbs. Ironically, NATO's own choice for a 10-r, is the possibili- day timetable for Serbian withdrawal haslIe to enforce the made this threat extremely difficult to carrynewly-deployed out, if not a practical impossibility. While the
ng a major con- West waited for 10 days, Russia sent 400and the United troops as peacekeepers specifically to key mil-
itary and strategic positions around Sarajevospecifies that all with the mission of aiding and overseeing theheavy weaponry Serbian military pullout. The Russian pres-
und Sarajevo and ence at potential air strike targets serves as ans. Noncompliance overwhelming deterrent to US bombers. Russ-ikes. ian deaths at American hands - combinedatements of man w xvith histnrir,! nnimnsities Rilig'sc unstahble
is rife with evi- political stage, the recent espionage controver-ance. A Bosnian sy, and deep Serb-Russian camaraderie-t there are still at would undoubtedly provoke an explosiveh weaponry in the Russian response.;ed Bosnian capi- In spite of the gradual warming of ColdEjup Ganic cited War relations between Russia and the United.0 heavy artillery States in recent years, the tremendous rise inis on and around popularity both of extreme conservatives and, in the very heart the fanatical liberal fringe makes for relations
that could quickly turn unpleasant for the Unit-were withdrawn ed States. The ascent of the opportunistic and
national control, very popular Vladimir Zhirinovsky has chal-f Staff Chairman lenged the administration of Russian President-sight reports by Boris Yeltsin, forcing him partially to adoptield commanders the ideas of more radical platforms to retainoborate this kind approval in the eyes of the Russian people.
Given the political circumstances, Yeltsin>ut essential, for cannot afford to condemn Serbia or the Bosn-ut a positive spin ian Serbs. Russians have historically come toum in the eyes of the Serbs' aid, united by religion and ethnici-Indeed, this long- ty, most notably in the sequence of events fol-n of strong U.S. lowing the assassination of Austrian Arch-ss, if only because duke Ferdinand that led to World War I. Inthe ravaged, once evidence of the firm bond between the twoitely, the besieged Slavic nations, the Russian peacekeepers werehope that the ulti- greeted by Serbian cheers and the three-fin-mational commu- gered Orthodox salute. With popular Russianbeginning of its support for the Serbs, Yeltsin does not have
the luxury of being able to dump Serbia nowthat the Balkan war threatens relations withthe West.
As a result, Yeltsin has repeatedly con-demned the decision to threaten air strikes,warning the West not to make a decision thatwould make Russia deeply resentful andwould leave the Russian people indignant,according to the Times. Zhirinovsky, in typi-cal outrageous form, in addition to condemn-ing the strikes, has threatened World War IIIif NATO forces bomb Serbian positions.
In addition, former Russian PresidentMikhail Gorbachev sees a more sober threatto Russian interests, for the decision to bombSerbian positions establishes a precedent forNATO interference in regions outside theirtraditional sphere of influence.
Unquestionably, sending Russians andSerbians side-by-side to their deaths throughairstrikes would cause a dangerous, fatal con-frontation. By sending the peacekeepers,Yeltsin has made a very clever move. Notonly has e he as safeguarded the BosnianSerbs from the threat of air strikes, he hasappeased the demands of the Russian peoplethat Russia somehow aided their Serbianbrothers. Without the threat or use of force,Russia has gained a prestige unseen since theheight of the Cold War.
The American plan promises extensivefinancial aid to postwar reconstruction inBosnia if the Muslims and Croatians enterinto a confederation that would end the fight-ing Bosnia's south. Hopefully this would pre-sent a unified front to Serbian forces, whohave seized over 70 percent of its territory,though comprising one-third of the populationof Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Unless the situation of Russian peacekeep-ers changes, the Serbs have little to fear fromNATO bombing. Unfortunately, Yeltsin'sdecision may have left international relationsin a stalemate. It is highly uncertain what theWest can now do to ease the agony of theBosnian Muslims, who must live under fear,deprivation, and sorrow.
At least some small solace can be gleanedfrom the current situation, however. It isunlikely that the Serbs will resume bombingSarajevo, fearing that Russia will use anotherclever maneuver to remove Serbia's remain-ing human shields. Russia, after all, still hasdominating interests in working with theWest, and therefore with NATO and the Unit-ed Nations.
Mehmed Husic, a columnist for the dailynewspaper Oslobodjenje, said of the Muslim'scondition, "Now we don't expect anythingfrom anybody.
President Bill Clinton an21 that the parties warring cwere in "effective compliancultimatum to end the fighdespite the optimism voicedother NATO and U.N. leaderthe mountains around Sarajethe airy phrase "effective cortie meaning in view of blatarultimatum by the Bosnian Set
More distressing, howeverty that NATO will not be abultimatum for fear of killingRussian troops, thus causingfrontation between RussiaStates.
The NATO ultimatum swarring parties withdraw allwithin a 12.5-mile radius aroturn them over to U.N. forceswould result in NATO air strip
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western leaders, the mediadence of Serb non-compliagovernment report holds thatleast 40 pieces of Serb heavymountains around the besiegtal. Bosnian Vice Presidenteight tanks and more than 2pieces among those weaponMt. Igman and Mt. Trebevic,of the NATO exclusion zone.
Reportedly, 250 weaponsrather than put under interaccording to Joint Chiefs ofJohn M. Shalikashvili. On-both journalists and U.N. fipositioned in the fields corrof Serbian intransigence.
It is not only natural, bNATO and U.N. leaders to pon the results of the ultimatethe international community.awaited first demonstrationleadership is a notable succesit has quieted the skies overbeautiful Sarajevo. UnfortunaBosnians can only wait and 1matum is the end of the internity's simpering and the 1
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The new board was built in theHobby Shop under Stone's supervi-sion. He estimated that about 100hours was spent on its construction."The biggest problem was that itwas hard for students to find time towork on it," Stone said. The HobbyShop, which normally allows onlymembers to use space and equip-ment, donated the necessary time toAPO.
Johnson coordinated the effortsbetween APO and the Institute torelocate the rideboard. The CampusActivities Complex advisory boardbrought up the rideboard as an itemthat could be moved to the StudentCenter after the 1988 renovations,Johnson said. "Everybody agreedthat it was just a matter of gettingone built," he said.
There has been "a long history ofpeople trying to get work done" onthe rideboard, but the project chairswere often "snowed under by class-work," Cho said.
The last rideboard was built inspring 1974 and placed in Lobby10, according to Yale M. Zussman'74, an adviser for MIT's APOchapter. It was moved to the Lobby7-hallway when Lobby 10 was ren-ovated.
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Debate, from Page 1 on, though he felt his team was bet-ter equipped to face future chal-lenges. His team has more concreteplans for addressing importantissues, such as safety and harass-ment on campus, he said.
Presently, Evans is Class of '95vice president.
lessen the blow.Sankaran said the UA should
rgtanize !=etter · ris;tinCg1 capa.ignsI. to
impress upon Congressional repre-sentatives the value of the UROPprogram. Muh went one step furtherand suggested that UA representa-tives could travel to Washington,D.C. to meet with Congressmendirectly.
Page was less sure that the UAcould change laws that alreadyexist. "The administration is goingto make the rules on how theUROPs are funded," he said. "TheUndergraduate Association ... can'tdo that much." He was also criticalof Muh's idea of having studentslobby directly.
Page was questioned on his ear-lier statement that changing the wayMIT deals with harassment wouldbe a priority if he were elected. Thecurrent problem is a lack ofaccountability and centralization, hesaidu. nHe proposUed creating a posi-tion solely for handling harassmentissues, though he emphasized thatthe UA could only advise the MITadministration and was incapable ofaffecting changes on its own.
Any position adopted by the UA"should be the views of the entirestudent body," Muh said.
When the floor was opened tothe audience, the candidates facedquestions about how they would tryto gain more autonomy from MITadministration and how they wouldencourage student participation inUA activities.
Page said that the UA shouldtake more independent action togain the respect of the administra-tion.
Current UAVP Anne S. Tsao'94, questioned the candidates'commitment to what she describedas a "24-hour-a-day job." Bothteams stated they were prepared tomake personal sacrifices to assuretheir term would be as productive as
possible.During the closing arguments,
Mnu1h emphnsi7zed her team'S experi-
ence in the Class Council and otheractivities. Muh is currently Class of'96 vice president, and Sankaran isUA Council floor leader.
In response to some mud-sling-
ing, Sankaran said he does not thinkany accusations of past failings arerelevant. The important issues areplans for the future, and ways toincrease the UA's productivity, hesaid.
Evans, ending the debate, point-ed out how much the teams agreed
^ t' students. She wihl remakee it a torp pr;-ority to solicit opinions from asmany students as possible," shesaid.
Addressing the audience in hisopening statement, Page said, "TheUndergraduate Association has thepotential to do a great deal of goodfor MIT. It is our position that thispotential now is being wasted." Hepointed to the UA's recent accom-
i| plishments; "The UA has spent thelast several years focusing onitself," Page said.
One of Page's major goalswould be to see that Finance Boardallocations are directed away fromthe UA and more toward studentgroups, which he called "the lifeblood of the campus undergraduatebody." He also said he would "setthe precedent of using the VannevarBush ['16] fund for a project that
5 wiii directly benefit the studentbody."
The existence of the UAP's$4,000 discretionary fund provokedmuch discussion when it wasrevealed last semester.
Page also established a goal ofincreasing the UA's role in prevent-ing and addressing harassment, say-ing that the UA has not taken astand on the issue. If elected, hewould add the UA's voice to that ofthe Graduate Student Council andother groups calling for the adminis-tration to adequately address harass-ment at MIT, he said.
Student media pose questionsDuring the debate, the two teams
fielded questions from members ofCounterpoint, The Tech, and TheThistle.
One questions addressed theeffects of new federal laws onUndergraduate Research Opportuni-ties Program overhead funding andasked what the UA could do to
conducted with the help of almost one hundred MITcommunity volunteers, including students, staff, anda few professors.
The final contest pitted Newton North HighSchool against Lexington High School in Room 26-100. Newton North prevailed, 80-44.
The Science Bowl was sponsored by the U.S.Department of Energy, the Laboratory for NuclearScience, the Bates Linear Accelerator Center, theSchool of Science, and the Plasma Fusion Center.
By the way, the world's deepest freshwater lakeis Lake Baikal in Russia.
By Vipul BhushanSENIOR EDITOR
"What's the world's deepest freshwater lake?"was one of the easier questions at the New EnglandRegional Science Bowl held at MIT Saturday.
Twenty teams of high school students competedfor the right to travel to the National Science Bowl inWashington, D.C. this April to face-off against 40 to50 other teams from across the country.
The contest used a double elimination format,where teams of four faced off against each other toanswer questions in seven areas of science. It was
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on women college presidentsreceived three awards: the NationalAssociation for Women in Educa-
tion Research of the Year Award,the BU Graduate Student Associa-
tion Dissertation of the Year Award,and the Massachusetts College Per-sonnel Association Research Award.
Dean for Underraduate Educationand Student Affairs Arthur C. Smithin November. The selection com-mittee began with a field of 145candidates.
Jablonski received a bachelor'sdegree cum laude from UMass-Amherst in 1981 and a master'sdegree in 1984. She received a doc-torate in education from Boston Uni-
lablonskl, from Page 1 In addition, Jablonski is interest-ed in expanding her office's servicesto graduate students. "I look at resi-dence and campus activities asbroader than just who lives in theresidence halls," Jabionski said. "Ifwe're supposed to be servicing stu-dents at MIT, that includes graduatestudents." To that end, she wants to"open the channels of communica-tion with the Graduate StudentCouncil."
Graduate students "need servicesand programs that are a little differ-ent than what undergraduates need,"Jablonski said. She has started a"consistent dialogue" with graduatestudents to discuss issues importantto them.
Dealing with overcrowdingIn terms of dormitory over-
crowding, "our goal is not to have acrowded [housing] situation."Jablonski said. However, projec-tions for this fall's incoming stu-dents are similar to last year, and "itlooks like we will again have somelevel of crowding," she said.
Finding new on and off-campushousing options and examining thenumber of admissions are ways tolimit overcrowding, Jablonski said.
"There are still continuing discus-sions about purchase of buildings,etc. for the long term."
Moreover, the RCA is "lookingto expand housing options forwomen for the fall," she said.
Last December, Jablonskiaccepted the MIT appointment.Jablonski was chosen from a shortlist of three candidates submitted to
echnic Institute. She has previouslyvorked in student life jobs atBoston University and the Universi-y of Massachusetts at Amherst.
WCA to communicate, guideJablonski also plans to introduce
nore of a "team process" in thetCA and work for more open com-nunication between student ser-,ices offices.
Jablonski said that "channels ofommunication need to be reestab-ished or strengthened. I think thatacludes those with the housemas-xrs and the tutors and also with theUndergraduate Association."
Jablonski encouraged students tosend any comments about what isfe really like at MIT."
Students should also look to theLCA office for "assistance whenicey're having a problem negotiat-ig outside of the classroom experi-nce at MIT," Jablonski said. She isIso interested in students' ideasbout "student activities, clubs andrganizations, or Greek life."
The RCA office can help stu-ents "make a situation better orlake the environment better,"iblonski said. "We are here touide and assist, and not mandateDlicy whenever possible."
valuation of disciplinary systemJablonski and other administra-
,rs are evaluating the entire disci-linary system to see if it can bemore effective and helpful," shefid. "I think we're going to getlore involved, or would like to getlore involved, in helping the stu--nts in the residence halls resolveieir own conflicts in-house."
MIT students do not have one set? guidelines of policies and proce-ires, for harassment or for disci-ine, Jablonski said. Several publi-itions outline mostly policies, shelid, but do not adequately describee procedures.
Jablonski olans to examine thesciplinary system to search forvays that we can basically empow-students to take more responsibil-
y for it" and then to "work withose students in training through:tually putting together a good pol-y guidebook that makes sense."
Such a guidebook could beitirely new, or it could be a revi-on or combination of existing pub-:ations, including Dealing withharassment at MIT, Policies and"ocedures, and the statement oncohol policy, Jablonski said.Jablonski regards harassment as
ore than a discipline issue, andid that mediation is a "key way"deal with the issues related to
irassment. "By dealing with con-ct, especially by mediating it, you.n develop solutions that peopleTee on," she said.
ands-on, collaborative effortJablonski described her leader-
ip style as hands-on and coopera-te. "I think anybody in this posi-mn has to really be hands-on ands to want to be around students at," she said.Jablonski met with students at
acGregor House and East CampusAt week. She plans to attend func-ins in other dormitories and theterfraternity Council.The "lack of interaction between
·eeks and non-Greeks" also con-rns Jablonski. She suggestedidging that gap through studenttivities and discussion. Addition-y, she is exploring ideas aboutw programs or activities for dif-·ent minority student populations."We all need to be working
;ether to accomplish that goal ofeating a really positive livingvironment," Jablonski said. "Irceive the system here to be oneit is very much cooperative.""In general I'd to see us spend amore time working together than
)rking against each other," sheid. Jablonski wants students to:w her role as an advocate and an;et to them, and not as a hindrancedisciplinarian.
Robert Cooper '97 competes on the pommel horse in the gymnastics meet Saturday afternoon.MIT lost to the University of Vermont by a slim margin in this final meet of the season.
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RUNEThe MIT Journal of Arts and Letters.
By Ann AmesARTS EDITOR
artists who are engineers," as editor DavidZapol '95 said.
Their greatest challenges now are finan-cial., especially since the new volume will bedistributed free of charge on the black news-stands around campus. Fund-raising is goingwell, however, and the group hopes to receivea grant from the Council for the Arts.
Most importantly, the editors are excitedabout Rune and the direction they are givingit. They have dispensed with bureaucracy -everyone on staff bears the simple title, "edi-tor" - in order to achieve their visionarygoals: they intend both to encourage youngpeople to get involved now and continue inthe future, and to leave a legacy of profession-alism. And they have truly focused on servingMIT's artistic community."There are pocketsof surprises ai MiT," 1-"' sa.id. Thats w.rythis medium needs to exist." If subsequenteditors continue to feed the life that Rune'scurrent staff has breathed into it, this journalshould be around for a long time.
others were sent to places like the MIT Muse-um Shop - places that get plenty of studenttraffic but are not likely to attract hungry arthounds.
The behind-the-scenes organization wasnot much better. Publication of 14Rune result-ed almost entirely from the efforts of LeelilaStrogov '93 and Tom Yu '95. The year beforethat, the journal was not published at all.
But even with these difficulties, Rune isimpressive. Included genres vary dependingon submissions, but always encompass thegeneral areas of prose, poetry, and graphicarts. There is even a sestina, "Dark Stream,"by David Duis '91, in 13Rune. In lines like"That afternoon, we were deep in our fishingwhen the sky/blossomed bruised clouds, shad-owing the deep/holes where the trout hid...."Duis brings full color to his page. With "Iloved to pretend I was a fish,/looking upthrough flowing stained glass at my father/ashe cast, his flyline arcing across the sky," heforged the first crook of a link between hisown loneliness and that of the fish trembling
in the deep.This year's Rune will bring together some
obvious choices for publication - thosealready honored publicly - and many thathave never been seen before. The editors havepublicized the journal through the grapevinesince October, sending e-mail to studentgroups, approaching departments within thehumanities for names of talented students, orjust talking to people they know. In addition,posters requesting submissions have been dis-played around campus for the last two weeks.Editor Gargi Patel '94 said the response so farhas been very good.
Other changes are being made, as well.The "graphic art" department has become"visual art," and its definition extends beyondtraditional boundaries to include such worksas video stills and musical pieces. One-actplays are being accepted, and poetry in a for-eign language is encouraged if the author pro-vides an English translation. The intention isto open the journal up to as many artists in thecommunity as possible, to create "a forum for
HT~fie call has been made for submissionsto Rune, The MIT Journal of Arts andLetters. Under a team of motivated edi-tors, the new-and-improved journal
promises an exciting exhibition of literary andvisual arts.
MIT seems a difficult place to keep anartistic journal alive. Indeed, Rune has suf-fered a troubled past. Battling disorganizationand the effects of periodically waning interest,students have struggled to stabilize Rune sincethe mid-1970s. Only 14 volumes have beenpublished during that time.
current editor A-bert T. ir"m '94 feels this
is mostly because of poor publicity and distri-bution. Last year, for example, 650 copies ofthe journal were printed and sold for $3 eachin locations unlikely to draw much attention.Some were sold at a booth in Lobby 10, but
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the Pardes Institute in Jerusalemsince 1984. is also a Rabbi at Minyan
Hehadash in Klar Saba. Israel. Dr.Leibowtz has received degrees from
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tributes some meteorological forecasts for TheTr-C. o.J o1l r..t moAlctl\ nf thick hnhhv.
respecting those professors in the meteorologydepartment who "tolerate" him. However, a
few years ago in an intercollegiate competi-tion for weather forecasting, Zebrowskiplaced ninth overall out of nearly 500 profes-sional meteorologists in the state, whichshows that he's' not completely whimsicalabout this hobby.
What does the future hold for MarekZebrowski? More performances, to be sure. Inanticipation of another compact disc releasethis summer (this time covering Schumann),he will hold a recital in early May at KresgeAuditorium. After that and his tour of Europethis summer, Zebrowski will no doubt contin-ue to carry on a strong music program here atMIT.
Casablanca, Marrakesh, Rome, and an exhibi-tion of the Dead Sea Scrolls in ,New Y vorkhave shown him artifacts "that tie this entire
civilization together."Zebrowski started playing piano at the age
of five, living in Poland and then France dur-
ing his early education in music. He graduated
from the New England Conservatory of Music
in 1978, though he has been lecturing at MIT
since 197-5. He has taught several music
courses, including Introduction to Western
Music (21M 011), but presently he is concen-
trating on chamber music coaching and one-
on-one teaching.In addition to his musical pursuits,
Zebrowski also studies meteorology. He culti-vated this interest when he was growing up inPoland and he flew glider planes: this fascina-tion with the sky still lasts today, as he con-
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minute interviews on Moroccan radio." Asidefrom having to contend with the minor perilsof stardom such as long interviews, unclearhotel etiquette, and untuned pianos, he feelthat his last tour was a success.
Now a grizzled veteran of concert perfor-mance, which he's done since 1985, Zebrows-ki takes the good with the bad. In one concertseason, he had a manager who was bookingfour performances a week, some of themoccurring five hundred miles apart. "After acouple of weeks of such tours, you're com-pletely exhausted. ... I was close to passingout," he says. Since then, he has found a newmanager who understands his interests betterso that he can get more satisfaction out oftouring. Zebrowski is also an avid photogra-pher, and chooses to document his travelswith pictures: his recent experiences in
It's not often that one hears about accom-plishments outside the science and engi-neering departments here at MIT. MarekZebrowski, a lecturer in the music and the-
ater arts department, seems content to live inrelative anonymity in spite of his achieve-ments. As a trained classical pianist, he hasrecently conducted a tour of Northern Africaand is poised to perform on the road again thissummer in Europe.
He has also recorded an album of compo-sitions by Prokofiev, which has deepened hisinternational following. (He also namesMozart, Bach, and Chopin as some of hisfavorites.) "How it got all the way to Moroc-
co, I don't quite know," Zebrowski says. "Butthe next thing I know, I'm conducting 90-
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of the men's hockey game Friday night. MITg during the 3rd periodIniversity, 7-6.
MIT players celebrate after scoringbeat Southern Connecticut State U
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Hockey, from Page 16 Schluetter made a slap shot that wasblocked, but defenseman NicholasPearce '94 took the rebound andstuffed the puck in the goal.
After many crowd-pleasing hits,the next score came a little less thanthree minutes later, when forwardDan Lee G stole the puck from anSCSU player, broke away, andflicked it high into the comer, out ofthe reach of the goalie.
On the other end of the ice, thedefense, led by goalie John Sim-mons '95, did an excellent job ofkeeping the puck away from theirhalf. There were many close calls,but the defense kept the Owls fromscoring any goals. The Engineerswere given a standing ovation bythe crowd, as they headed to thelocker room.
T E-ffoPmany players to the penalty box.The game became dictated by penal-ties, as MIT ended up scoring its lasttwo goals during power plays.
At 15:35, the referee did not failto notice SCSU player Dave Hansenknocking Lee down. Hansenreceived a penalty for cross-check-ing, giving MIT a one-player advan-iage yet again. Seconds later, Pearcesneaked up from behind the SCSUgoal, and stuffed the puck in theside of the goal.
For the next few minutes, MIThad many more opportunities to goahead, but could not score.
SCSU responded to Pearce'sgoal by scoring one of their own, at7:38, leaving the game in a 6-6deadlock.
With 6:18 left in the game, PatO'Neil tangled up with Lee, andwent to the penalty box for holding.While still serving his time, JoeMaus joined O'Neil, for high-stick-ing. The Engineers then had another5-on-3 advantage.
The Engineers were not able toscore before O'Neil returned to thegame, but did so soon afterwards.With less than four minutes left inthe game, Pearce passed the puck toHemingway, who passed it in theside of the net, for his second goalof the evening.
In the final minute of the game,SCSU pulled out its goalie to add anextra attacker, thus applying pres-sure throughout the closingmoments. MIT was fortunately ableto hold off the challenge.
After the final buzzer, the MITbench cleared onto the ice to showjubilation. The audience gave simi-lar praise, with another standingovation.
The statistics clearly showedpenalties to be the deciding factor.SCSU players went to the penaltybox nine times, which converted tofive goals for MIT. Meanwhile, onthe other side, the penalty box wasquiet, as only one MIT player wasassessed a penalty in the entire game.
"It was a complete team effort.We knew that we could beat them,"said Joe Quinn, coach of the Engi-neers. "Some individuals played upto their level of talent."
"They [SCSU] were a fasterskating team, but our kids played ingood position," Quinn said.
Quinn gave a lot of credit to thedefensive players, most of whomprovide outstanding efforts, yetoften go unrecognized. Quinn con-sidered the goalie to be a major con-tributor, saying, "Simmons madegreat saves. Whichever team scoredthat sixth goal [with the score tied5-5] would have won the game."
neers were still fighting to partici-pate in the New England CollegiateClub Hockey Association Champi-onship Tournament.
The Engineers took on SCSU,the top-ranked team in the NEC-CHA, Friday night at Johnson Ath-letic Center. The game had beenpostponed from Feb. 12.
In their previous meeting in theseason, also at Johnson, the Owlssoundly defeated the Engineers, 7-3.
The Engineers had the luck ofplaying at home with an enthusiasticcrowd. In the end, they were able topull off the upset win, 7-6, in ahard-hitting thriller.
Throughout the first period, theaction was fast and furious. Earlyon, MIT trailed, 1-0, when SCSUplayer Bill Bogenicki scored 4:35into the game.
Less than 20 seconds later,defenseman Stephen Schluetter '95responded with a goal of his own,with an assist by forward Josh Fed-derly '94.
MIT then went ahead with a goalby right wing Daryl Hemingway '94off of a rebound, assisted by centerTetsu Inada '97 and left wing LloydJohnston G. Schluetter's goalhelped spark an explosion, as MITadded two more goals to go up, 4-1.
The third MIT goal came with6:56 remaining in the period.
Second period rough for EngineersFortunes seemed to turn around
for MIT in the second period. In theearly part of the period, the MITdefense continued to deliver, mak-ing many steals, and often clearingthe puck out of the defensive end.However, the offense was unable tohold the puck long enough to gener-ate an effective offense.
As a result, SCSU exploded,scoring three goals within two and ahalf minutes, to tie the score, 4-4.
The second goal was perhapsaccidental, as it slipped out of thegrasp of Simmons after he suppos-edly stopped it.
Offensive campaigns continuedto be unsuccessful, while Simmonsmade many great saves, in additionto receiving some lucky near-misses.
Simmons was not invincible,though, and SCSU scored with 5:47remaining. Pearce fell to the ice in avaliant attempt to stop the puck, butthe driving player passed off to ateammate, who scored with a wristshot.
With SCSU up, 5-4, both sidesbecame even more aggressive thanbefore. The referee spotted twoSCSU players repeatedly shovingSchluetter into the SCSU bench with4:18 left. Both of them were assessedpenalties for roughing, giving theEngineers a 5-on-3 advantage.
Less than 40 seconds later, withMIT dominating the offense,Schluetter drove, stuttered for ashort moment, then netted a wristshot, to tie the game again. Johnstonand Inada were credited with assists.
Scoring, penalties prevail in thirdThe intensity of the action did not
drop at all in the third period, whichturned out to be a down-to-the-buzzer battle. SCSU seemed to havebecome too aggressive, sending
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Olympics, from Page 14 solution of the Soviet Union, thetraditional medal-winning jugger-naut in b.eth. \,7',n ta W a. 'nLoS u C.mml^e,
Olympics. The Russians did well,but did not come out on top as theyused to.
Some former Soviet athletesearned the first Olympic medals everfor their republics, now individualnations. Gold medalists, like Baiul,probably felt more pride in hearingthe anthem of their own home coun-try. Indeed, it is better for them,especially since many citizens of theformer Soviet Union always feltmore attached to their own republic,than to the hammer and sickle.
Most of the U.S. medals cameeither on the speed skating oval oron the slopes, but the overall perfor-mance in other events was not toobad. Indeed, the Americans won 13medals, the most ever in one WinterOlympics.
The future for American teamsin tuhe W'iiter Olympicspl is a bigmystery right now, as far as I know.The alpine skiers show a lot ofpotential, with top results by peoplewho are almost certain to return.
The case is different with sportssuch as speed skating, especiallywith the women. For the past threeOlympics, Bonnie Blair was virtual-ly the entire team, and fortunatelyfor the Red, White, and Blue, ableto come away with gold medalseach time. There was no one else,
appeared on television, by lookingat USENET newsgroups. Perhapsthe- nnl Y"" xention may have been
CBS Radio airing the women's fig-ure skating competition live. Mostpeople I overheard already knewthese results before CBS televisedthe action.
It is unfortunate that theOlympics have become so commer-cialized. Commercials seemed to betoo important for CBS, whichshowed one performance, then threeor four commercials, before return-ing to the action. There was toomuch skipping around, not good forpeople like me, who turn on the setto see sports.
I liked seeing the gold medalceremonies for all the Americanswho come out on top. I wonder ifNBC (not CBS, fortunately) will dothe same for the Summer Olympics,when the Star-Spangled Banner willbe played many, many more times.
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and the organizers in both Atlanta,in summer 1996 and Nagano in win-ter 1998 can do better. The Norwe-gians have definitely put up quite astandard to follow.
In closing, just think of howmuch I could tell you about theseOlympics if I were actually there. Ifyou have believed that my columnshave been pointless, you are fortu-nate that the Olympics are over, foryou will hear no more from me (I
hope). Not until 1996 ....Well, now that the Olympics are
over, ! can go back to work. Thenagain, the NCAA Basketball Tour-nament will begin soon....
and if that continues to be the case,the Americans might not see many
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There were many veterans whocompeted in Lillehammer, most ofwhom were competing in their lastOlympics. With what I have seen,there will not be much after the vet-erans are removed. For the U.S.teams to do well in future competi-tions, more interest will have to begenerated.
Americans can compete with theworld's best in almost all wintersports, even in events such as thebiathlon and cross-country skiing.The United States does have facili-ties and coaches that match theworld's best, or at least come close.All that is needed is someone whohas enough of "the love" (as Reebokputs it) to seek them out, take fulladvantage of them, and give his (orher) all, perhaps more.
During the second half of thesl-jlipiCs, qui mied i did a MMtter ju
of hiding the outcomes until primetime. At least that's how I saw things,as I missed the morning shows. Theradio station that woke me up withOlympic results, WBUR, eitherstopped broadcasting such news, ordid so when I was not listening.
Things were still good with CBSand TNT, which did not give any-thing away too soon, for those whowanted to wait and see for them-selves. I still got results before they
cor . .an ood llr.ck to .araievo theformer Olympic host that now liesin shambles. Let's hope its beautycan be restored. Let's hope some-thing like this never happens again.
Looking back, looking aheadThe organizers and the Norwegian
supporters made this Olympics one toremember. Not a bad job for such asmall country. The Norwegians didnot fail at expressing their pride, cul-ture, and interests. Where else wouldcross-country skiing and speed skat-ing be the events whose tickets werein greatest demand? Where elsewould you see people camping outthe night before, just to see a cross-country skiing race? Where elsewould nearly all the fans go crazyabout the ski jumping competition?
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wegians have always been verygood at winter sports, they per-formed even better this time, com-ing out as the country with the mostmedals - 26 in all, with 10 GoldMedals. Not bad for a countrywhich won 20 in Albertville, andonly 5 in Calgary. They accom-plished the feat with awesome teamand national unity.
The medal standings have gonethrough a great change with the dis-
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By Thomas KettlerSTAFFREPORTER
The MIT women's basketball team finished the season with a dis-appointing performance against the Babson Beavers in the New Eng-land Women's Eight conference tournament losing 88-50. The lossleft the team 10-14 overall, and 1-6 in the conference.
The game was lost in the first half when the Engineers fell behind,ending the first half, 51-27. During the first half, Babson shot anincredible 56 percent from the floor while MIT only shot 32 percent.
In the second half, Babson shot 43 percent, but the Engineers didnot take advantage of this slip, shooting a terrible 27 percent. Thisresulted in a horrendous 29 percent average for MIT this game.
For the game, starting forward Mari Casserberg '94 was the highscorer, finishing her career with 11 points. Her final game left herwith 1197 total points, which puts her ninth on the career list, oneplace ahead of Maureen Fahey '90, whom Casserberg surpassed forthe career lead in points among MIT women.
Casserberg also led the team in rebounds with nine, while theother starting forward C.J. Doane '95 and starting center KristinRatliff '95 tied for second with eight rebounds each.
Casserberg said, "We played a pretty good game. We had a reallypoor shooting percentage. That was the difference."
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re Skatingd "I'm going to Disneyworld."s Now it is quite ridiculous that Kerri-e gan, under the lure of money, decid-
ed to punt the Closing Ceremony,I just to appear in a parade in Orlan-a do. Does she have no team or
Olympic spirit at all? She alsoskipped the Opening Ceremony.
t Did the pressure of the competitioni really get to her that badly?
e Hockey full of surprisesr Surprise was a big theme of the
Olympic competition, and that cer-e tainly held true on the ice hockeyr rink. The biggest surprise turned out
to be Finland, which went undefeat-ed before bowing to Canada in thesemifinals. In an effort that earned
e them a bronze medal, the Finns beatI the Russians twice, and also beat thei Americans. It was interesting that iny Albertville, the same country - not
necessarily the same team - lost toI Teami U.S..A. 4-1 in pool play. 3!'Vi one could touch this year's Finnishs team.i In its two games against Russia,a Finland had a combined score of1 9-0. I didn't see the bronze medal> game, but it proved that the 5-0e embarrassment handed to the Rus-
sians in pool play was not a fluke.1 Finland effectively proved that thes Soviet dynasty is dead, not onlyi handing the Russians (or their pre-
decessors) their first ever shutout,but also making.these Olympics the
, first where their hockey team didt not medal at all. It is a big sign of- change.I The U.S. hockey team certainly; had reason to feel disappointed afterI its performance in Lillehammer. AsI always, they came in with hight hopes, only to start out with three- ties in pool play, even if one ofI them came against a strong Canadi-r an team. They were certainly psy-t ched about playing Finland, hopingr to defy the odds, but were simply
outplayed, and beaten badly, 6-1.Team U.S.A. then proceeded to
lose to the Czech Republic, anotherformer power fallen, and thendropped a 4-3 decision to Germanyfor eighth place, its worst resultever. I am willing to bet that, for theplayers, the scene of the Americanplayer sliding and pushing the puckinto his own goal will be extremelydifficult to forget.
Look out in 1998 - NationalHockey League players might beallowed to compete in the Olympicsthen. One fellow Tech sports staffmember pointed out that if this hap-pens, there could be three "DreamTeams": the best of Canada, theUnited States, and Russia, especiallythose who went from past Olympicglory to big bucks in the NHL.
Those who flyIn the individual ski jump events,
there were two memorable perfor-mances. These Games included sev-eral veterans, and this certainly heldtrue for the 120-meter large hillcompettiion. In this event, JensWeissflog of Germany won two gold
u.s. Fitines, but received low 5s. She di(not even fall crhaps the j dgeU
thought that while her performance(was not bad, it was not good, eitherIf so, I disagree with them, and finethis to be a problem with such ,subjective sport.
Hats off to Nancy Kerrigan, whodespite missing gold by the slimmes-cu margins, prevented an Americarshutout from figure skating medalsIf she had not done so, the talewould not have been too good foiwhat is usually the strength of U.SWinter Olympic teams. Once theskating started, I was pleased to heavery little about the ongoing Kerrig-an-Harding soap opera.
The women's figure skatingcompetition in Lillehammer was themost unusual one I have ever seen.'don't need to go into too muckdetail about it, since you probabl)know more than I do.
After aii the drama, Kerrigarmissed the gold medal by one-tent}of a point, by one judge. So that'"how the scoring system works, ancthat is how it has worked for .while. The same system allowecPaul Wylie, by the same margin, tcgo to Albertville in 1992, and takehome a Silver Medal. Kerrigan skat.ed her best, but not perfectly, as dicOksana Baiul. I'm sure the judge,went through a great dilemma wheredeciding the winner.
Did you notice the age differen-tial on the podium? Kerrigan, at 24was the oldest by far, standing nexito the 16-year-old Baiul and the 17-year-old bronze medalist, Chen Lrof China. It would have been quitescary if 13-year old AmericarMichelle Kwan had qualified, ancmedaled with Baiul and Chen. Thalis probably what would have hap-pened if the assailant had injuredKerrigan more severely. Too bad foithose pursuing the unusual, buexpect to see an older and betterKwan in 1998.
Olympics, from Page 16 figure skating gold medalists. It isgreat to see they loved comipetiiing somuch, but things have changed.
* These athletes, who skipped one ortwo Olympics after their winningperformances, were one for four inregaining gold medals, and two forfour in regaining a medal.
Two of them, Katerina Witt andthe British pair of Jayne Torvill andChristopher Dean, deserved muchmore than what they received. In theice dancing competition, Torvill andDean gave a fine performance, butreceived low marks, thereby notrepeating their gold of 1984. TheBritish press slammed the judges forthe scores - I agree with the British.
Witt, a gold medalist in 1984and 1988, skated two flawless rou-
be fixed right away.To make things worse, the second
U.S. sled suffered the embarrassmentof finishing behind the Jamaicans, byone one-hundredth of a seconds. Youcan consider the result either goodfor the Jamaicans, who still hit theside walls sometimes, or bad for theAmericans. I must honestly say thatthe finish is not good for athleteswho have pursued a medal throughcountless amounts of money andhours of training.
Unusual events in figure skatingIn the Northern Lights Hall, the
first and foremost subject that cameto mind was the fate of returning
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Shutoutmedals 10 years apart, despite oppo-sition from younger flyers and a par-tisan Norwegian crowd. In Sarajevoin 1984, Weissflog won the event offthe then-normal hill, 70-meter com-petition (which no longer exists).This is pretty impressive for some-one who was affected by unification,and took a while to master the V-style that later generations pickedup, lofting them farther. He hadtrouble getting it right, but perse-vered in doing so, as his gold medalperformance demonstrates.
The big story of the 90-metercompetition was the 1994 champi-on, Espen Bredeson of Norway. Hisfeat wasn't too bad for someonewho finished dead last the last timearound. Bredeson is like this pastseason's Philadelphia Phillies, justone step better.
Now whatever happened toAmerican Jim Holland, who accord-i., g AI{ A r',-nd, "*tho lntae1- cli
jump in history," and aimed to make"the second longest jump?" CBS didnot show his performances, so Idon't know how he jumped. Accord-ing to the results, however, heseemed to have come up short. Inlarge hill competition, he placed46th, landing almost a total of 300feet behind Weissflog. Off the 90-meter hill, Holland wasn't even thebest American finisher, placing 48th.
All good things must endDue to other commitments, I
missed most of the Closing Ceremo-ny, but managed to catch the tailend of the action. It was nice to seeDan Jansen carry the flag for theUnited States, as someone who tri-umphed over tragedy and frustra-tion. I commend his teammates forelecting him to the honor. Of what Idid see, the only thing that IOCPresident Juan Antonio Samaranchsaid, that the crowd did not cheerabout, was his declaration of theofficial closing of the 1994 OlympicWinter Games. It was a sad momentindeed, after a fun two weeks.
After the Olympic flag camedown, the Norwegians performersgave a superb show. It is incredibleto see all the kids, who sang so well,coordinated and choreographed sowell. The Japanese, as host to thenext Winter Games, then came toshow their stuff. There was a clearcontrast of cultures, but the sightsand sounds were no less impressive.They essentially gave a good pre-view of coming attractions. Both theNorwegians and the Japanese whoperformed, probably spent yearspreparing for those few minutes infront of the crowd. To spectatorslike me, all the time and workseemed worthwhile.
Finally, the. occasion prompt meto make two more notes. First, goodluck to the dogs and their drivers,who recently began their 10,000-mile "Environmental Expedition"from Lillehammer to Nagano, hostof the Winter Olympics in 1998.
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Table Tennis, from Page 16 In the second game, Shuster tookthe early lead, returning Mehta'sbest shots with something better.Shuster took an 11-7, only to see aninspired Mehta close the gap, at18-18. The two had a few drawn-out rallies, but Shuster managed tooutlast Mehta on most of them.Shuster himself started yelling"Yes!" on points that he had won.When Mehta missed a shot onmatch point, Shuster had emergedvictorious, 24-22, 21-19, and hewon the singles tournament withoutdropping a-single game.
Doubles Pair Reaches Final
Before the conclusion of the sin-gles tournament, Maung and Shusterplayed together in the doubles tour-nament, and reached the finals. onewin shy of heading to the nationalcompetition. After receiving a first-round bye, the pair faced the Brownteam of Kumar and Wong. The MITteam committed many errors in thefirst game and lost. They came back,combining Maung's quickness withShuster's heavy topspin, connectingon their shots and forcing errors.They captured the second and thirdgamlCes, Willnig llIbIte .ILa lL,,!.-l, allu
21-17 in the final game.The pair then faced the brother
and sister combination of Chi-Mingand Jane Chui, of UMass-Amherst.The MIT pair outlasted their oppo-nents in the first game, winning21-15. In the second game, they fellbehind but came back to tie thescore, 13-13. After that point, how-ever, the UMass pair exploded onan 8-2 run, winning the secondgame, 21-15.
In the deciding game, the Chui'semployed a strategy of serving, thenkilling the return of serve. The strat-egy worked well enough, as Maungand Shuster made many mistakes,and fell behind, 10-2, and 11-18,before losing the game, 21-12. "Icould have improved my servicereturn," Maung said. "We picked upa mentality in the second game thatjust carried over into the third."
Shuster will head to the ACU-INational Table Tennis Champi-onships in April at Anderson Col-lege, S.C. Shuster, however, is notthe first person to represent MIT atthe national tournament. Chi-SunChui '93, brother of Jane and Chi-Ming Chui, won the regional com-petition four years in a row. Heplayed his best at the national tour-n.amenLt tlrec years ago, when hereached the finals as one of the topjunior players in the United States.
victorious in two close games.The double-elimination format
allows someone to lose a match, butstill win the entire tournament.Hence, Maung had another match toplay, but to win the tournament, hewould have to fight through theloser's bracket. Unfortunately, hewas eliminated in his first match,against Chi-Ming Chui, brother ofJane Chui, also from UMass-Amherst. Chui, another penholder,overpowered and outplayed hisopponent in the first game, winning,21-17. In the second game, Maungcame back from a 13-17 deficit totake a 18-17 lead, only to see Chuirun off four points in a row to com-nplete the match.
The format of the tournamentalso left Shuster waiting for theopponent of the last finals round. Inthe end, Shuster took to the table,with Mehta on the other side again.
Mehta came into the openinggame full of energy, pumping him-self up after each point he had won.He was able to return everythingShuster gave him, forcing numerouserrors. Despite thi-s, S1huster w.t up16-10, only to see the lead disap-pear. Mehta won eight points in arow to go up 18-16. Shuster wonsome important rallies, in additionto some mistakes by his opponent,to win four straight points and havea game point, at 20-18. Mehta man-aged to come back and force adeuce at 20-20. Mehta had somechances to win the game, but couldnot finish it off on game point.Shuster's last few shots were toomuch for his adversary to handle,which allowed him to capture thefirst game, 24-22.
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q ayoffsneers tied the game during a powerplay of their own. Tetsu Inada '97scored the goal five minutes into theperiod with assists by Hemingwayand Stephen Schlueter '95.
Both teams had other power playopportunities throughout the periodbut neither could convert. SCSUhad problems, as they could noteven get a shot on the goal duringsome of their power plays.
The Owls got the final and win-ning goal three minutes into thefinal period. MIT had chances toanswer but the SCSU goalie madesome excellent saves to seal the vic-tory. Players from both teamsfought at the end of the game.
"Bogenicki made the play in the3rd when they needed it. He's agreat player," Assistant coach TomKeller said. "We had our shots. Cou-ple point blank ones [shots on goal].Their goalie played very well."
Only one day earlier, the Engi-
Only a day after having beendefeated by the MIT men's hockeyteam, the Southern ConnecticutState University Owls got theirrevenge Saturday night with a 3-2victory behind a hat trick by BillBogenicki. The loss left the Engi-neers 6-11-3 overall for the season.
The Engineers had defeatedSCSU, 7-6, the previous evening tomake the Eastern Collegiate HockeyAssociation playoffs.
Saturday's game started quicklywith the first period leaving SCSUahead, 2-1. The first score came on abreakaway by SCSU 7 minutes and18 minutes into the game. MITanswered five minutes later on a goalby Chad Mikkleson '94 with assistsby Josh Fedderly '94 and DarylHemingway '94. The Owls scoredtheir second goal off a power playwith four minutes left in the period.
In the second period, the Engi-
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Sunday to Southern Connecticut's Owls, 3-2, despiteThe MIT men's hockey team losesthis second period goal.
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Column by Daniel WangASSOCIA TE SPORTS EDITOR
similar achievements, but received differenttreatment.
It blows my mind that Koss has alreadybecome a living legend. After his super-human time in the 10,000-meter race, wherehe shattered his own world record, the Nor-wegian fans suggested erecting a bronzestatue outside of the Viking Ship Hall wherethe races were held. At least Koss, in hismodesty, said, "I suggest that we wait atleast 50 years." I don't think Michael Jordanever received this kind of recognition. Jor-dan's fans see him as an exceptionally goodplayer, and not a national hero, as Kossseems to be to the Norwegians.
At these Olympics, Bonnie Blair provedto be the best female sprinter in the world,capturing an Olympic double-double byrepeating her 500- and 1,000-meter victoriesof 1992. Moreover, despite being 30 yearsold, Blair has only lost one race this year.She is even the best American woman at the1,500-meter, breaking the U.S.- and person-al bests at Lillehammer. At that distance,anything but her best, she managed twofourth-place finishes in four Oiympics.
Even so, she does not receive enoughrecognition. People who follow the newsmight recognize her name, but only consider
her to be a good performer. To everybodyelse, she is relatively unknown. So she maynot be as marketable as Michael Jordan, butshe is definitely as much of an athlete. Allthe excitement about Blair will very likelyfade away with the excitement of theseOlympics. I hope the nation remembers herwhen the speed skating World Champi-onships come to Milwaukee next year.
Jamaican bobsledders disqualifiedSome interesting things happened in the
two-man bobsled competition early in thesecond half of the Games. The U.S. teamswere in a race for futility, as the UnitedStates continued to be shut out of bobsled-ding medals. After thousands of hours anddollars, the Americans came to Lillehammerwith American-made sleds for the first timein 40 years. When the two American pairstook on the course with their Bo-Dyn sleds,they broke the track record. The only prob-lem was that 16 other sleds broke theirrecord immediately afterwards. Coming inwith high hopes, the two U.S. teams couldmanage only 13th and 14th places.
In their third Olympics, the Jamaicanbobsledders were no longer a novelty, butserious competitors. After two runs, their
one sled was 25th out of the 43 sleds thatfinished, ahead of countries such as Russiaand Bosnia-Herzegovina. Unfortunately, theother Jamaican pair was disqualified whenthe weight of the crew combined with thesled was seven pounds over the weight limit.
Brakeman Wayne Thomas appeared tohave gained all of the weight that pushedthem over by seven pounds. Leo Campbell,head of the Jamaican Bobsled Federation,admitted, "Basically, we didn't manage ourweight management." Not good for a teamlooking to touch the world's elite. Thomas'driver, three-time Olympian Dudley Stokeswas angry, and had a good reason to beupset.
Things did not fare any better for theAmericans in the four-man event. Afterstanding a disappointing tenth place aftertwo runs, the top U.S. team, led by BrianShimer, was disqualified because the sled'srunners were too warm.
The verdict is totally absurd. Three othermeasurements proved the sled to be legal.The officials could have at least measured itagain. Ever if the blades were too warm., theproblem was not something that could not
The XVIIth Olympic Winter Gamescame to a close this Sunday. It was a well-hosted event, one that provided many mem-ories, including both the thrill of victory andthe agony of defeat. Here are some of my
...-. observations offFeature P events that hap-
s wvwi- pened in thesecond week, as well as others that tookplace in the first week which didn't makelast week's column.
Most of the action, especially for theAmericans, happened in skating and skiing.In these Olympic Games, there were manypeople from around the Boston area, butnone from MIT. The two local standouts,both of whom won medals, were speed-skater Eric Flaim of Pembroke and figureskater Nancy Kerrigan of Stoneham, who iscurrently a student at Emmanuel College,just across the Charles.
I followed much of the speed skatingaction, and two skaters stand out in mymind: Johann Olav Koss of Norway, whodominated the men's distance races, andBonnie Blair of the United States, who dom-inated the women's sprints. The two had Olympics, Page 14
Tennis Meetthird game, Maung figured hisopponent out, started making hisshots, and went on a roll to finishoff the match, 21-18, 17-21, 2 1-11.
Both MIT players met true chal-lenges in the semifinals of the win-ner's bracket, but both had differentoutcomes. Maung drew top seedJignesh Mehta of the MassachusettsCollege of Pharmacy, formerly oneof the top junior players in the Unit-ed States. Mehta's shots, carryingextreme topspin, simply turned outto be too much for Maung, who wasblown out in the first game, 21-6.Maung found Mehta's weakness ina much closer second game, but stilllost, 21-17.
In his semifinal match, Shustermet up with Krishna Kumar, anoth-er Brown player. Kumar aive himsome trouble in the first game, espe-cially with returns of serve. Despitestruggling, Shuster managed to pullout the win, 21-19. In the secondgame, Shuster stringed many pointstogether and had an easier time ingaining a 21-9 win to close out thematch.
With two players left in the win-ner's bracket, Shuster faced Mehta,and delivered everything he had.The two styles matched up well, butShuster managed to come out ahead,
By Daniel WangA SSOCIA TE POR TS EDITOR
robin pitted current U.S. nationalteam member Jane Chui, of theUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst, against former Vietnamnational team member NgocTruong, playing for NortheasternUniversity. Truong gave Chui sometrouble for the first few points, butChui prevailed in the entertainingmatch, 21-16, 21-10.
Men's Singles ActionIn men's singles action, both
Shuster and Maung won their firsttwo rounds to reach. the semifinalsof the winner's bracket. The firstround matches were quite easy forboth of them. Shuster's spin servesand heavily topspinning strokeswere too much for Joshua Lewit ofJohnson and Wales Universitvy, andhe won effortlessly, 21-2, 21-3.Maung had a closer contest withKeith Kutilek of the University ofMaine, but still won quite easily,21-8, 21-15.
Shuster had another easy two-game win, against Pete Cardillo ofFitchburg State College. Maungplayed against Jasper Wong, a goodfriend, from Brown University.Although there were many errors onboth sides, Maung split two hard-fought games with his opponent,who used a different, penholderstyle, of holding his racquet. In the
Many people think of table ten-nis as a simple game of batting asmall celluloid ball around on atable. However, for the field thatgathered at Rockwell Cage on Sat-urday, it was a fast-paced sportwhich tested speed, spin, and skill.
The competitors came to partici-pate in the Region I (New Englandarea) Table Tennis Championships,as part of the Association of CollegeUnions-International Games Tour-nament. Regional champions in thevarious contests would go on to theACU-I National Championships.Entrants in the table tennis eventcame from as far away as Maineand Connecticut.
After six hours of competition,MIT's Eugene Shuster '96 plowedthrough the 15-player field to winthe double-elimination men's sin-gles tournament to advance to thenational level of ACU-I competi-tion. Both Shuster and DanielMaung G qualified for both themen's singles and doubles tourna-ments at SCC Games Tournament atMIT in late January.
Although there was no one fromMIT participating in the women'ssingles competition, the event wasone of the early highlights. Thefinal match of the 5-player round
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Janet Sollod '96 competes for MIT on the uneven bars duringtheir meet Saturday with Northeastern.
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