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tickets were sold at Boston Uni-versity, Boston College, TuftsUniversity, and Harvard Univer-sity.

To further limit its losses, theStudent Center Committee even-tually sold tickets at the door toanyone who came, after an an-nouncer at the WBCN radio sta-tion brioadcast that Cheap Trickwould be playing at MIT, Personsaid.

After receiving the StudentCenter Committee's offer of$20,000, Cheap Trick built a lo-cal tour around the concert with-out informing the committee.Person said. The band offeredthe same concert it offered MITto schools outside a 60-mile radi-us of MIT for $10,000, he said.The contract signed by the Stu-dent Center Committee did notgive the committee exclusiverights to the concert, Person said.

Tubes concert theft- wascalled inside jobs

Last spring, $6500 in receipts from the April 22 Spifihg Weeksend Tubes concert disappeared from the Student 47enter Com-mnttee's officesafe. The money, which consistedi of$5300 in cashand $1200 in checks, hild been placed in the safe immediatelyafter the concert, but was left there for at leagftvwo weeks be·fore the theft was noticed.

The Campus P6lice investigated the theft and .concluded thetheft was an inside job. John S. Kowtko '83, then. the chairma,.df the Student Center Committee, said he douibtwd'te theft was-committed by are SCC member. Kowtko blamed the theft on tie·poor condition of.the SCC office.safe, saying it had- loud tum-bles that were extremely easyt bpitk. Chief of Camnpus PoliceJames Olivieri criticized the Studernt Center Commiittee for, itslax procedures ill hadling the fmids.

Th-ctwo primary' susp'ects in-the theft wereKovfko and theii-SCC Treasurer, Madeline. R. Fradd '8. Trhe' Office' oft the Dean,for Student'Affairs~ asked the, two offcers to 'step- down djaring-the investigation. Fiadd]dAd -so voluntarily. jn 'early SeptemiberSC:{s'sSummer C:thairman Jo'h Mark, Johnston '84.maint6a1inAKo*tk was: }A'i longer SCC: Chasirmn,, whil kow~tko sald -he,

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charges on April 17. Dumas willbe formally charged and will is-sue a plea at the May 17 hearing.Depending on the outcome ofthose proceedings, another trialdate will be set.

"lt is expected that [Dumas]would plead innocent - at leastfor the time being," said ThomasR. Henneberry, HIT insuranceand legal affairs officer.

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were unsuccessful.1Dumas issued a "voluntary sta-

tement" to the Campus Police,I and has "signed a waiver" to ap-

pear in the Middlesex CountyThird District Court on May 17,according to Olivieri. He has notbeen arrested, Olivieri said. Lar-ceny is a felony in Massachusettswhen amounts over $100 are In-volved.

Campus Police filed the

* . .-. By Ronald W. NormanThe MIT Campus Police have

: I:;:~-~~ charged Kenneth E. Dumas,president of tile Class of 1983,

I; with two counts of larceny formnisappropriation of funds from

^r· .~ ..the Student Center Committeeover the past two years, accord-ing to James Olivieri, chief ofCampus Police.

Dumas, who is also a formerchairman of the Student Center

~:~rmas~s Committee, vice president of theU~ndergraduate Association, andResidence/Orientation Coordina-

. - tor, has been charged in relationto the theft of approximately$30,000 from the SCCs 24-HourCoffeehouase, and the theft lastMay of $5300 in cash from theSCC's odffice safe.

"He has admitted to the theft[to me] ... all thefts," said MarkGBrine '85, SCC treasurer.

'A ~~"There is no indication thatthere was more than one personinvolved," said Dean for Student

Al~ 3~ a , Affairs Shirley M. McBay."He had a place of responsibil-

Tech file photo ity and trust, and he violated thattrust," Olivieri said.

Attempts to contact Dumas

sh~PowIV adult movieKenneth E. Dumas '83.

they expected us to go belly-upLike we did last time."

According to a memo from Re-peta to LSC, the ad hoc commit-tee established the followingguidelines for sexually explicitfilms at MIT:

Halo That they reflect believablereality or more normalcy in therelationships and sexuality dis-played;

"2. That the sexuality por-trayed not be objectified as beingseparate from the individuals in-volved;

"3. That the sexually explicitcontent and the emotional con-tent strive to equally reflect theviewpoint and the sexual feelingsof both men and women;

"4. That the films generallypromote a positive attitude to-ward sexuality."

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of any of them. The committeewas composed of representativesfrom the Lecture Series Commit-t.ee, the Association of WomenStudents, the Office of the, Deanfor Student Affairs, the InterFra-ternity Conference, and the Of-fice of the President of MIT.

The committee screened ex-cerpts from The Dancers, saidMichael J. Repeta '84, chairmanof the ad hoc committee and for-mer LSC treasurer. According toLSC Chairman Timothy L.Huckelbery '84, "The committee,as a whole, did not recommend[the film], but LSC feels [thefilm] meets the [committee's] gui-delines."

"There's no big secret; every-body's known since the beginningof the term what we were goingto do," Huckelbery said. "I seewhy everybody's so surprised -

By Peter R. VogeliThe Student Center Commitee

lost $15,000 on the Cheap Trickconcert during Spring Weekend,according to SCC ChairmanJames S. Person'86. The StudentCenter Committee paid CheapTrick $20,000 for the concert,Person said, and had expected tolose approximately $3500.

The large loss was attributed topoor ticket sales, poor beer salesat the concert, and SCC BandCoordinator Micheline K. Fradd585'S confusion over what was in-cluded in the $20,000 cost fof theband, Person said. Approximate-ly 1700 tickets to the concertwere sold, he added.

Person said the committee hadexpected the $20,000 paid toCheap Trick to include all equip-ment except the stage, but unex-pectedly had to provide a lightsystem for the show at an addi-tional cost of $2500.

The Student Center Committeehad calculated it would have hadto sell out all 3000 concert tick-ets, at an average of $9 per tick-et, to limit its losses to the $3500the committee deemed accept-able, Person said.

Tickets were sold for $8 beforeMay 1 and $10 after May 1 andat the door. In addition to rev-enues from ticket and beer sales,the Miller Brewing Companyprovided $5000 towards the costof the concert and $2500 towardsthe cost of concert promotion.

After slow ticket sales in Lob-by 10, the committee extendedticket sales to other colleges inthe Boston area, Person said.The concert was publicized and

tion, which has not yet beengiven a title, will involve workwith the Dean's Office and Phys-ical Plant with regard to alloca-tion and maintenance of spacethe needs .. especially in thefraternity area," McBay said.

"There is obviously a budgetconstraint," she added. The Aca-demic Council approved fundsfor the first two positions for aperiod of two years. At the endof two years McBay hopes to"... have developed a way tofund those two positions," shesaid.

The Office of the Dean for Stu-dent Affairs plans to advertisefor the positions immediately.When applications are received, acommittee of students and staffwill screen applications and inter-view prospective employees.

"Wle will first exhaust peopleon campus" for the positionls,Sherwood said.

Activities group to meetA working group of 19 people

will also meet today to discussstudent activities, McBay said.

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Walker Memorial Building."There are a lot of issues relat-

ing to student space," Mcaaysaid.

Before IInmernman left the of-fice of the dean for student af-fairs, he met with Institute VicePresident Constantine B. Simon-ides, McBay, and Sherwood, todiscuss what was needed to effec-tively fill his position, Sherwoodsaid.

The group decided that a full-time advisor to fraternities andindependent living groups wasneeded, as well as two positionsto handle student activities, Sher-wood said.

"We were not meeting some ofwere combined, and Immerman,who had been the ODSA advisorto fraternities and independentliving groups, assumed the newpost.

"It was an impossible chore toask anybody to do," said RobertA. Sherwood, associate dean forstudent affairs.

Next week, McBay will makeanother proposal to the Aca-dernic Council requesting approv-al of another position. This posi-

By Ronald W. Normanand Janice M. Eisen

The Academic Council Tues-day approved a request to createand fill two positions of full-timefraternity advisor and campus ac-tivities advisor, replacing formerAssistant Dean for Student Af-fairs Stephen D. Immerman.

Dean for Student Affairs Shir-ley M. McBay presented a"search plan" for a replacementfor Immerman to the council.The full-time fraternity advisorposition will directly replace Im-merman, assuming his salary al-location.

The request follows Irnmer-man's move from the Office ofthe Dean for Student Affairs toResource Development.

Two years ago, when AssistantDean Robert Holden retired, thepositions of residence advisorand student activities advisorfor student activities.

The person hired to this posi-tion would be concerned withspace and scheduling in the JuliusA. Stratton '23 Student Center,Kresge Auditorium, the MITChapel, and the Francis Amasa

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The Lecture Series Committehas decided to show The Dancers, a sexually explicit film, cMay 19, LSC announced thweek.

In February, LSC cancelled iplanned showing of High SchocMemories after receiving confplaints from the community anthe Office of the Dean for Student Affairs.

An ad hec committee waformed shortly afterward to co:sider sexually explicit filmsMIT. The committee met week]during the past semester to deveop guidelines for determininfilms' acceptability and to makrecommendations to LSC on tlfilms.

The ad hoc committee screeneseveral sexually explicit films bidid not recommend the showin

SCC loses $1 5K onCheap Trick concert

Acade :ic Council grants ODSArequest for two newv positions

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fall's activities midway will beheld Sept. 6. He urged activitiesto submit space requests for themidway.

"I estimate that 300 members ofthe freshman class participated lastyear. It's a good way to get themto join activities," Weems said.

Although the activities midwaywill be held before upperclass-men are allowed to return totheir, dormitories, 100 spaceshave been reserved in the dormi-tories for those returning for themidway. Weems has already re-ceived 85 applications for space,he said.

Two amendments to the ASAconstitution were also passedduring the meeting. The firststates that members of the ASAExecutive Committee may ac-quire no more than three unex-cused absences during a term. Ifthey do so, they may be removedby the Executive Committee.

The second amendment limitsto one the nlumber of proxiedvotes a person can hold for anelection.

By Edward WhangStudent activities now have the

option to have their financesmanaged by the UndergraduateAssociation's accountant, accord-ing to Michael A. Viddurri '85,Chairman of the UA FinanceBoard, at Tuesday's meeting ofthe Association of Student Ac-tivities.

Under this new system, activi-ties would keep their accountswith the Undergraduate Associ-ation. They would send all billsto the UA accountant, whowould be responsible for writingchecks and paying bills.

"The advantages to this systemare that clubs won't have to dealwith the dirty work and that theUA could offer interest. The dis-advantage is that clubs want tokeep control of money," Viddurrisaid. He emphasized, however,that clubs will retain full controlof their money if under the newsystem.

The option has been availablefor activities with smaller ac-counts, but the details for clubswith larger accounts are still be-ing refined, Viddurri said.

To obtain an account with theUndergraduate Association, anactivity must submit an applica-tion to the UA Finance Board,which then opens the account.

"This way, the UA accountantcan work more closely with clubsand offer help. Before it was notclearly defined which groups hadaccounts with the UA and whichdidn't," Viddurri said.

ASA elects treasurerIn other business, the Associ-

ation of Student Activities electedGregory A. Cook '86 to replaceEdward S. Podszus '85 as ASAtreasurer, contingent upon Pods-zus' taking a leave of absencenext term. Podszus is consideringa term abroad.

"I'm 99 percent sure I'll take aleave of absence," Podszus said.

Kenneth M. Weems '85, ASApresident, announced that this

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NationAnd the battle goes on . . - Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale won Tuesday's Democraticprimaries in North Carolina and Maryland, while Senator Gary W. Hart of Colorado won in Ohio andIndiana. The wins were Hart's first primary victories since his success in Connecticut on March 27. With977 delegates yet to be chosen, 1518 are committed to Mondale, 886 to Hart, 303 to Jackson, 58 toothers, and 339 are uncomnmitted. A candidate must have 1967 delegates to win the nomination on the firstballot at the Democratic National Convention in July.

Reagan wants more military aid in Central Amnerica - President Ronald Reagan called for in-creases in US military aid to El Salvador in a televised speech Wednesday. Reagan said current aid levels are"just enough to avoid outright disaster, but not enough to resolve the crisis." He asked Congress to in-crease funding to stop "a bold attempt by the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Nicaragua to install communismby force throughout the hemisphere. House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. said the speech was a "call toarms in Central America. What we wanted was a call to peace,"

Feldstein to leave admninistration post -Martin S. Feldstein, chairman of the President's Council ofEconomic Advisors, announced Wednesday that he will resign effective July 10 and return to teaching atHarvard University. Feldstein and White House officials said he resigned only so he would not lose histenure at Harvard. Feldstein has often angered White House officials by saying that large federal debtswould choke the economic recovery.

S~tudy cites housing discrimination - Blaclks and other minorities face widespread discriminationfrom real estate agents and landlords in Cambridge and Somerville, according to a study by the Massachu-setts Commission Against Discrimination. The study called for charges against more than 20 real estateagents and landlords.

White Sox beat Brewers 8-7 in record-length game - The Chicago White Sox outlasted theMilwaukee Brewers to win the longest game in major league history. The game, which began Tuesday butwas suspended after 17 innings, ended Wednesday when Harold Baines hit a home run in the bottom of the25th inning.The total game time was eight hours and six minutes. The game fell one inning short of therecord for most innings in a game.

Celtics take lead in playoffs -The Boston Celtics rolled over the New York Knicks i21-99 Wednesdayto take a 3-2 lead in the National Basketball Association Eastern Conference semifinals.. The two teams willmeet again in New York tonight to continue their best-of-seven series.

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Wealthy, right-wing conserva-tives might consider buying news-paper machines that charge adime. Then hire minimum-wageworkers to put all issues of TheTech in the machines as soon asthey come out. Nobody wouldpay for The Tech. The resultswould be the same: an adverti-sers' pullout, again putting TheTech out of its misery.

Finally, political activists andall concerned students should notwrite letters like this. These let-ters serve only to lengthen the pa-per, thereby providing more'room for advertisements. Insteadthey should take advantage ofthat phenomenon common to allcampus activities, turn-over rate.Everyone (hopefully) graduatesand leaves this place, even thosepresently writing for The Tech.That leaves a spot open for you.So join The Tech and change itfor the better. Write about thingsthat students want and need toknow. Leave out the arts section;that should be reserved for ahighly polished newspaper. Justget the basics down first. A ndnever, never leave out SpringWeekend.

James Person '86Chairman, Student Center

Committee

The opinion pages of anynewspaper serve several purposes.They provide an opportunity forthe newspaper to present itsviews, allow staff writers to ex-press personal opinions on a yari-ety of issues, and allow readers tostate their views on the contentof the paper and on issues theyconsider important.

The policy of this paper, andmost others, is not to argue withthe opinions presented in lettersto the editor. Editor's notes,therefore, generally address onlyfactual errors in letters.

The above letter, however,demonstrates such a serious mis-understanding of the philosophyof this newspaper - in additionto containing several factual er-rors - that it deserves more thanan editor's note.

First, The Tech does give"breaks to student activities."The Tech's regular advertisingrate is $5.30 per column-inch,one inch high by two incheswide, while the student activityrate is only $3.30 per column-inch. Since this charge is actuallyless than the average cost of thisspace, The Tech loses money onadvertisements purchased by ac-tivities. The production depart-

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To the Editor:My first letter to The Tech and

boy am I embarrassed. Instead ofwriting to the paper with "con-tinuous news service since 1881, "I'd rather, be writing to the bestcampus newspaper now. But thisis MIT, not Harvard, and wehave no English majors here.Therefore I shouldn't expect anybetter, right? Wrong! The Techhas one of the most sophisticated(and expensive) typesetting ma-chines in the world. Thanks to anambitious business department(no breaks for student activities),they have no shortage of money.The Tech is staffed by students,who by virtue of gaining admis-sion to MIT, cannot be dumb. Sowhy are we subjected to eight totwelve pages of this trash twice aweek, of which half is devoted toadvertising, and one quarter isfilled with dumb editorials and"meaningful" letters like this? I

have two theories, but that's notwhy I wrote this letter; so, on toparagraph two.

I am chairman of an organiza-tion of about twenty dedicatedand hardworking students whoare trying, in conjunction withthe all-new Undergraduate Asso-ciation, the Lecture Series Com-mittee, Social Council, and oth-ers, to improve student social lifeat MIT. Thanks to very recentrestructuring and reorganizationof our committee, we have beenable to diversify to help betterserve students. We'll be taking aneven bigger part in next year'sSpring Weekend to help make itbetter. Spring Weekend: that'swhy I'm writing this letter.

Our committee either donatedequipment, advisors and man-power to, or actually ran the '86-'87 Ice Cream Orgy, the Junior-Senior Pub, the FridayAfternoon Club, Tank, theCheap Trick Concert, All-TechSing, the Midnight Movie, andthe Picnic. So in the Friday edi-tion, in the middle of SpringWeekend, our campus newspaperrallied all of MIT around its big-gest social happening of the year,right? Wrong again. The Tech'sentire Spring Weekend previewwas a caption at the bottom of apicture showing the Ice CreamOrgy. Why couldn't they devotean article (or two or three) to itand print a schedule like InFoCusdid? Why doesn't The Tech everreport on the positive things thatthe UA does instead of requiringpaid advertisement by them? Idon't have the answers, but I canoffer some solutions.

First, for you extremists: youcan organize a campus-wide boy-cott of The Tech and send out alist of grievances to its major ad-vertisers. By this Wreck-the-Techcampaign you would shut itdown.

t stand ideaMIT for future students. Thebenison of past classes surroundsus; the scoreboards in DuPontand the benches in the lobbies ofBuilding 7 and Building 2, for in-stance, are class gifts.

According to the Class of 1985newsletter, class officers will begintaking suggestions for its classgift next term. "One suggestionhas been to renovate ... theDonut Stand. It needs it (desper-ately) and it would be an im-provement, not only for futurejunior classes, but also for Lobby7 itself," the newsletter says.In case the officers of the Classof 1985 have not heard, MIT ad-ministrators are struggling des-perately to keep costs down. Tu-ition increases are quickly eatenup by MIT's attempts to keepemployee wages rising with thecost of living, according to Presi-dent Gray; even so, hundreds ofInstitute employees have beenlaid off or reduced to workingpart-time. The Office of the Deanfor Student Affairs has frozen

the Undergraduate Associationand Graduate Student Councilbudgets as part of a planned 15percent cut in MIT administrativebudgets over several years.Speaking of MIT's plans to

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EditorialAlcohol problems needpersonal solutions

If the pervasive and conspicuous consumption of alcoholduring Spring Weekend is an indication, MIT has joined a na-tional trend: alcohol is becoming the "drug of choice" amongcollege students. In response, the MIT administration recentlyestablished a task force to study ways to contain alcohol abuseon campus.

Attempting to prohibit or limit alcohol consumption by de-cree will not solve the problem. Alcohol is an accepted part ofMIT social life, and this will not easily be changed. The perva-siveness of alcohol consumption at the Institute aggravates in-dividual drinking problems, but the administration must notrestrict the rights of the entire student body as a result. Indi-vidual help for those with drinking problems, and recognitionof the condition by the student body, is needed.

The administration cannot forbid access to alcohol, but per-sonal contact can help alleviate serious cases of abuse. Toutingthe dangers of excessive drinking will not dissuade groups fromserving alcohol at parties, but social chairmen can emphasizethe true function of social gatherings - socialization. Partyorganizers should offer sufficient non-alcoholic drinks, bothfor those who prefer not to drink and for those who mightforgo alcohol. A cold jug of cider placed next to the keg mightbe a welcome alternative.

According to this week's Chronicle of Higher Education,most colleges have alcohol education programs, most of whichare ineffective. Neither horror stories nor unrealistic in locoparentis decrees will stop alcohol abuse on campus. The solu-tion will come from sensitivity to the problem, and a commit-ment by the students to- live up to -their reputation as some ofthe most intelligent people in the country.

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Volume 104, Number 24 Friday, May 11, 1984

Chairman ...... . ... Martin Dickau '85Editor in Chief .................... ....... Charles P. Brown '84Managing Editor ........................... Scott 1. Chase '85Business Manager ..................... Paul G. Gabuzda '85

News Editors ......................................... Janice M. Eisen '85Thomas T. Huang '86

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reject donulLast week, I got a newsletter

from the Class of 1985. This isthe first time I have heard frommy class officers, probably be-cause the freshman and sopho-more classes don't do muchworth writing about. Brass ratand T-shirt designs, one icecream study break per squareterm, and a few UA Councilmeetings are about all that is re-quired of underclass officers.

MIT class officers, like highschool class officers, are not po-litical leaders but fund-raisersand social chairmen. High schoolclass officers, you m ay recall, ex-isted to raise money to holddances, the proceeds of whichpaid for more dances, the rev-enue from which was eventuallyspent on other dances, and so o nuntil graduation. The fund-rais-ing mania reached fever pitchsenior year, when the class wipedout its entire class bank accounton a last danc e (called a prom )before graduation.

MIT classes are a little differ-ent. Most importantly, each classspends some of its money o nsomething permanent, somethingthat lasts longer than a dance.Thi s is called a class gift. The as-sumed purpose of a class gift isto improve the quality of life a t

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Establish Class of '85scholarsiip fund gift

(Continued from page 43 Improving financial aid, bycharge Harvard and Tufts for however small a margin, wouldROTC participation, Provost directly benefit students. It wouldFrancis E. Low said, "You just permit some who might not oth-look everywhere for reasonable erwise be able to attend MIT tosources of money." study here, and reduce the finan-

With the financial noose tight- cial pressure on others. Theening around the necks of MIT alumni who were barely able toand its students, revamping the work their way through MIT ac-donut stand is a frivolous waste knowledge that this route has be-of money. It would improve the come virtually impossible. "'Iquality of life at MIT negligibly if could not afford to go to MITat all. The present donut stand is now," a 1981 alumna told me lastadequate for the needs of the year; today's MIT junior couldMIT junior classes which use it, have saved $4100 in tuition aloneand in any case, donuts in Lobby simply by being born a year earli-7 are a luxury, not a necessity. er. Until tuition is made again

I propose instead that the within everyone's reach, unneces-Class of 1985 and future classes sary improvements to MIT'sdevote their class gift funds to physical surroundings are an in-scholarships. Each year, an in- sult to the community.creasing number of talented high By the way, another differenceschool seniors must choose to as- between MIT and high schoolsume the triple burden of term- classes is that MIT classes solicittime jobs, loans, and encroach- money directly from their mem-ing on parental income - or bers. They begin this practice indecline MIT's offer of admission the senior year and continue forentirely. Once here, they face the as long as it seems profitablepossibility of having to take after graduation. I can speakterms off (no small inconvenience only for myself, but the Class ofwith tuition rising so rapidly) or 1985 will not get a penny of myleave the Institute entirely if their money for donut stand improve-debts rise too high. People are ments. The nature of class organ-MIT's greatest resource, but they izaiton may be essentially apoliti-cannot contribute to the Institute cal, but class officers still have aif they cannot afford to come responsibility to act in the besthere. - interests of their constituents.

(Continued from page 4)ment also offers typesetting forstudent activities and MIT orga-nizations at a rate substantiallylower than that available frombusinesses.

Second, The Tech has run sev-eral stories on Spring Weekendactivities, including several arti-cles on the Spring Weekend con-cert, as well as the article "SocialCouncil to fund Spring Weekendevents" [April 3], which reportedon the events planned for SpringWeekend. The last issue of TheTech [May 8] also contained twophoto essays and listed the SpringOlympiad results.

The Tech does have sophisti-cated typesetting equipment -but it is far from the ""the mostexpensive in the world." The Techpurchased this equipment with itsadvertising revenues.

Until 1975, rhe Tech chargedfive cents for an issue. Thischarge was then necessary tomeet expenses. Due to an in-crease in advertising revenues,The Tech was able to drop thischarge, and has since met ex-penses with advertising revenues.Our production department hasworked very hard to build up areputation for quality, which iswhy we are able to attract a large

amount of national advertising.Our business department is ex-tremely efficient, both in book-keeping and in handling of funds.

Finally, The Tech does not haveunlimited funds, as Person im-plied. Yearly surpluses are invest-ed in equipment necessary for theoperation of the paper. The Tech,unlike most student organiza-tions, is self-supporting.

The primary purpose of anewspaper is to report the news- to inform its readership offacts and events which mightconcern them and about whichthey they might not alreadyknow. An article listing theschedule of an event that has al-ready been publicized acrosscampus and previously reportedin The Tech is not a news story- it is a free advertisement.

The fine line between what isnews and what is a free advertise-ment is often unclear. A cynic'sdefinition of news is "news iswhat editors say it is." Unfortu-nately, this definition is the mostaccurate one I can give.

As the editor in chief I am inthe position of having more sto-ries to cover than people I haveto cover them. This is an unfor-tunate situation, but it exists atThe Tch - and most other stu-

Lkewise, I tend not to assign re-porters to national issues, such asthe presidential campaign, be-cause it is not our role to coverthese stories unless they directlyaffect MIT students. If studentswant to find out the results ofTuesday's primaries, they can getthem from other sources. Theycannot, however, read about nextyear's tuition level or plans tocombat Course VI overcrowdingin The New York Times.

Unlike rnFoCuls, which is theofficial publication of the Inter-Fraternity Conference, or TechTalk, which is the official publica-tion of the MIT News Office, TheTech does not represent anotherorganization. It does not exist inorder to publicize the activities ofany particular group, nor to "ral-ly" the campus around any par-ticular event.

I am sorry that Person doesnot approve of The Tech's philos-ophy. However, newspapers donot exist to be liked, but ratherto report the news. The Tech willcontinue to do so.

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rarely complete or fully credited. In onecase, a letter was transcribed from news-paper to yearbook with the author's namemisspelled exactly the way The Tech hadit; in another, a Tech weather report tak-ing three sentences to announce it wouldprobably rain was included.

As in the past two years, the seniorswere asked to sum up their MIT exper-ience for the Seniors section. Techniquewas apparently unable to take a lessonfrom last year's disappointingly anony-mous essay section; again, they failed tolink the lines with their authors. I'm notsure why. The book would have been mar-kedly improved if these personal glimpseshad been edited or eliminated entirely. Per-sonal without being individual, they revealnothing about MIT or their authors. Afew examples will suffice: "My experienceshave been good in all respects other thanfinancial." "MIT is a trained-monkey fac-tory." "Laughter is tremendously health-

sponding image of Barker's grotesque newdecorating scheme, nor is there an expla-nation of what happened to the tables.

Yet this year's layout and photo staffwere particularly taken with the idea of aseries of modern photos of the same thingtaken at different times. Their reluctanceto add cutlines makes this confusing attimes; in one series, Isaac Asimov mysteri-ously metamorphoses into (this is a guessfrom the text; I am not really sure if it isin fact him) Francis Crick. A note aboutwho won the 2.70 contest accompanies fivephotos of an anonymous contestant.

The bulk of the text in Technique 1984is an extended "journal" section similar tolast year's. The journal appears to havebeen kept day by day and never reread;very few of the items are evocative of MIT.Many are items of local and national newsand ephemeral importance, making it readlike an extended Tech News Roundup. Ex-cerpts from The Tech are frequent, but

Technique 1984, the yearbook of the stu-dents of the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Volume 100.

Here's the good news about Technique1984: It's a lot of yearbook for your mon-ey. At 436 pages, the long-awaited Centen-nial Volume weighs in as the largest Tech-nique ever, and it includes excerpts fromthe previous 100 Techniques (that's not anerror; there were two one year). This year'sbook is a commemoration of MIT's histo-ry as well as the past year's happenings.

Now for the bad news about Technique1984. With such a lot to choose from, thebook should have been the best ever. Re-grettably, the editors tried to include somany different things that they were un-able to print enough of anything to givethe reader pause for thought. There aresome stunning photos, but they are buriedamong unimaginative portraits and clich6dlandscapes. Technique 1984 contains lotsof the photos every student in CreativePhotography I takes and every publicationat MIT uses: Lobby 7 from above, the en-tering people silhouetted against the glassfront wall; the campus spread out beneaththe Green Building; the joy of victory, theagony of defeat, and the thrill of watchingthe 2.70 contest.

Seniors who remember Technique 1982'sill-fated experiment of cropping the hairand ears from the senior portraits will bereassured to find that their photos, al-though small, are clear and complete.There is hardly any imaginative croppinganywhere in this year's Technique; most ofthe photos are perfectly centered abouttheir most prominent feature.

The historical material is copious, oftendull and rarely identified by a date; whocares what percentage of MIT studentswere "special students" when Technique 9went to press? The yearbook staff wouldhave done better to reprint some essays infull, or to reproduce Stone and Webster's1916 guidebook to the newly-built Insti-tute. To compound the injury, it is poorlyintegrated into the modern sections. Thereis a photo, taken from inside the GreatDome, of students studying at BarkerLibrary's old tables, which are arc-shapedto fit the room. But there is no corre-

ARTS ful." Some of the snippets promise more,but the yearbook staff chose to print (I as-sume) everything they were given, ratherthan developing a few really good senioressays.

The faculty has obligingly contributedstiff little essays to be typeset in the year-book's cramped, spidery Baskerville type- and probably left unread. If you readnothing else in this book, take time tolook in the mirror of Professor FrankMorgan's inspired seven-paragraph explo-ration of time management:

Every time, it is the same. Joansigns up for eight courses, crew,the Shakespeare Ensemble, aUROP job, and plans seven week-end tripos. She loves her activitiesand courses. Although rushed,pressured, and way behind in hercourses, she cannot bring herselfto drop any of her courses ("But Ihave .put so .much work intoit. 'I. . .

Scott, on the other hand, fol-/loWS a reasonable schedule heworked out freshman year. Hedoes not let other interests or cir-cumstances upset his plan. Unfor-tunate/y, the regular instructor of acourse he has been eagerly wait-ing to take is on leave this termand he is unhappy with thechange. Moreover, his job hasturned out to be a boring disap-pointment. He feels lethargic andfritters away his free time...

People who have never before seen anMIT yearbook will be impressed. Butthose familiar with the ability of pastTechniques to pack meaning and memo-ries into a few strong themes - thethought-provoking essays in the early 70sand the intriguing photos in the 1980through 1983 books come to mind - willbe disappointed. Technique 1984 wentwrong because of, not despite, its embar-rassment of riches.

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MIT Dramashop presents Harold Pinter'sThe Homecoming, tonight and tomorrowevening at 8 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre.Admission is $4.50, or $3.50 with MITID. Call x3-4720 for information or reser-vations.

The Evolution of Banjo Playing Styles, 7p.m., 10-105, free.

e o 0The Unknown Columbia: Secrets of aMovie Studio Film Series at the Museumof Fine Arts, Boston, playing through May18. Musem of Fine Arts, 465 HuntingtonAve, Boston, 267-9300.

0 0 0The Cine Club Film Series at The FrenchLibrary in Boston presents The Force ofthe New Wave, playing through the 13thof May. 8 p.m., 53 Malborough St, nearthe Arlington subway stop. $2.50 non-mernbers/$1.50 members. 266-4351.

Monday, May 14Moe Shore, Senior video editor at AtariCorp. will discuss videodisc editing in gen-eral and Atari's first laser videodisc game,Firefox. N51-100, 7 p.m., free;

Thursday, May 17The Challenge (John Frankenheimer, 1981)Now the wise old martial arts teacher, Mi-fune aids a young American in his searchfor a contemporary understanding of thetradition, playing at the Museum of FineArts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. 5:30p.m. 267-9300 for ticket information.

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DANCE & MUSICFriday, May I 1

Libana, a Women's Chorus celebrateswomen of Eastern Europe and the MiddleEast with women's music and dance fromRoumania, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria,Macedonia, Armenia, Persia, Israel, Ye-men and other lands. Tonight and Satur-day night, 8 p.m., tickets $6 at the door.First Church Congregational, 11 GardenSt. in Cambridge. 864-6912.

The MIT Battle of the Band Winners,"Most experts...", performing FridayMay 11, 9:30 p.m. at The Rat (528 Comm.Ave. Boston, Kenmore Sq.). $1 Off withMIT I.D. Proof of age required; looseclothing advised.

The Cell, playing through June 9 at theGalaxy Theater piano factory, 791 Tre-mont St. 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays andSaturdays. $7/$5 students. 395-4443.

'Til Tuesday and Little Sister at the Inrn-Square Men's Bar, (Ladies invited), 1350Cambridge St., Inman Sq. 491-9672

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The New England Conservatory ChamberSingers, Lorna Cooke deVaron, conduc-tor, present The Cries of London, Les Crisde Paris, Market Street, and The Unicorn,the Gorgon, and the Manticore. 8:00p.m., Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Ave..,Boston. 262-1120.

Saturday, May 12MIT Concert Band, "100 Years of OriginalCompositions for Band" Tucker, Lavy,Kazdin, Grossman, 8 p.m., Kresge.

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Sunday, May 13MIT Brass Ensemble, Outdoor Concert,3:30 p.m., Kresge Oval.

o · -MIT Chamber Players series, Music asso-ciated with the 1880's, 8 p.m., Sala dePuetro Rico, Stratton Student Center.

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The Black Sheep presents Doc & MerleWatson, Riders in the Sky, Dakota DaveHull & Sean Blackburn, 7 p.m., SandersTheatre, Harvard University. Tickets $9.50& $8.50, reserved seating. Call 879-0099for info.

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John Scallon, U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Poland, will exam-ine Poland fifteen months afterthe official suspension of martiallaw - Has Solidarity beencrushed? Sponsored by the WorldAffairs Council of Boston in theCouncil Rotunda at 22 Battery-march St., at 6 p.m. Reception/program $6, members $3, stu-dents $2. Call 482-1740 for moreinfo or reservations.

Mount Auburn Hospital will of-fer a program on "TMJ (Term-pormandibular Joint Syndrome)"presented by Walter Guralnick,D.M.D., and David Keith,D.M.D., Harvard School of Den-tal Medicine, Mass. General Hos-pital. The program will be held inthe cafeteria, 330 Mount AuburnStreet, Cambridge, at 7:30 p.m.Fee:$3. Please call 492-3500, ex-tension 1766, for more informa-tion.

The MIT Dramashop will holdits final meeting at 7:30 p.m. inKresge Auditorium, RehearsalRoom A. There will be an elec-tion of next year's officers, slidesfrom this year's productions andplans for next year. Refresh-ments. If there are any questions,call Jeanette I. Mitrano, 3-2877,

Immerman informed the Cam-pus Police, who conducted a sep-arate investigation, Person said.

Irmmerman declined to com-ment until the matter is furtherresolved.

"We were involved in discus-sions ... and concluded thatthere was a problem," saidMcBay. The Office of the Deanfor Student Affairs wants to"help establish the facts," sheadded.

"Our office will rely on thecourts to address the charges,and the Committee on Disciplineto handle and charges whichmight be made here," McBaysaid.

"No charges have been filedwith the Committee on Disciplin-e," said Elias P. Gyftopoulos,chairman of the Committee onDiscipline, adding that such casesare usually brought before thecommittee.

Charges to the Committee onDiscipline in this case might befiled by the Campus Police, theOffice of the Dean for StudentAffairs or some student commit-tee, Gyftopoulos said. If chargesare filed, a hearing will be held

and the members of the commit-tee will reach a decision.

The Committee on Disciplinecould prohibit Dumas from reen-tering the Institute, or do "awhole spectrum of things," Gyf-topoulos added.

Dumas did not receive a degreefrom the Institute, and he hasnot re-entered the Institute.

MIT filed an insurance claimfor $6500 last year to cover themoney which was lost from theStudent Center Committee's safe.A settlement of $5000 wasreached because "the committeehad left that amount of money inthe safe for what was determinedto be an inordinate amount oftime," according to Henneberry.

"At this point, we are contem-plating whether or not a claimwill be filed" for the $30,000.The decision may hinge onwhether restitution is offered andwhether an employee was in-volved.

"He was definitely willing tostart returning the money," Brinesaid.

The Campus Police are con-tinuing to investigate, McBaysaid.

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Olivieri would not comment onthe possible outcome of the courtappearance, saying it would be"foolish to make any conjectureprior to the arraignment."

The $5300 were cash receiptsfrom last year's Spring Weekendconcert which was sponsored bythe Student Center Committee.According to James Person '86,SCC chairman, the uncounted re-ceipts had been locked in the in-ner compartment of a doublesafe in the Student Center Com-mittee's office. Micheline K.Fradd '85, then SCC treasurer,later counted the money and leftit in the outer safe before its de-posit. The money was foundmissing "within the week," Per-son said.

"There was a lengthy investiga-tion of larceny of funds from theStudent Center in early February.That was $5300," Olivieri said.

The $30,000 was allegedly sto-len from the coffeehouse cashregister over "... at least twoyears," Person said. The figure isnot an exact amount. he said, butwas "tentatively agreed upon byboth sides."

Dumas, as a coffeehouse em-ployee, had allegedly taken $30to $50 from the register duringeach shift he worked, Personsaid. "He had devised a fairlyelaborate scheme," Person said.The accounting method used bythe coffeehouse at the time couldnot detect the missing funds."We now have a new method."

"We were looking at receiptsfrom different shifts ... fortrends" to analyze staffing needs,Person said. The coffeehousemanager, Peggy Scott, found thatDumas' last shift, which hadbeen in early February, was shortsome amount of money, Personsaid. Scott then contacted Dumasabout that shift, and a meetingwas set up with Stephen D. Im-merman, former assistant deanfor student affairs, to discuss thematter.

Mary Rorabaugh G, formercoffeehouse manager, then wentthrough past records, and foundthat Dumas' shifts consistentlyhad low receipts. The evidenceagainst Dumas was then present-ed at a meeting with Immerman,and "within one or two meetingshe admitted to the crime," Per-son said.

A forum for candidates runningfor the U.S. Senate will be heldfrom 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the St.Botolph St. Towers. Moderatedby Mary Richardson (Channel 5News) the forum will address theissues of economic justice, equa-lity, and the provision of servicesin the state. Open to the publicfree of charge. For more infor-mation call 451-3389.

A 5-kilometer Spirit of AmericaRoad Race sponsored by AT&Twill be held at noon at the LStreet Bathhouse, 1663 ColumbiaRoad, South Boston. Entry fee is$5, post entry fee is $6. Open toall males and females of all ages.Applications are available atConventures, Inc., 45 NewburyStreet, Boston, or call 267-0055.

Noted psychologists Dr. JeanChin, Director of the DouglasThom Clinic, and Dr. Jack Ling,Professor of Psychology at Bos-ton University, will speak in a fo-rum entitled " The RelationshipBetween Chinese Men and Chi-nese Women." Sponsored by theMIT Chinese Student Club andthe Organization of ChineseProfessionals. The forum will beat 3 p.m. in the MIT StudentCenter Mezzanine Lounge, 3rdfloor, 84 Massachusetts Avenue,Cambridge. Refreshments. Non-members $3, members free.

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The group will split into foursubgroups, each of which will beco-chaired by a student and astaff member. One group will dis-cuss the maintenance and use ofstudent activities space. Anothergroup will discuss general policiesin the "student activities area,"McBay said.

"Not very much attention hadbeen paid to the student activitiesarea," when she arrived at MIT,McBay said. Since then, the Of-fice of the Dean for Student Af-fairs has been trying to focusmore attention on this area.When the ODSA Visiting Com-mittee convened in November1982, "two days were devoted tostudent activities," McBay said.

A third group will discuss the"roles and responsibilities of stu-dent leaders, " she said. Thisgroup will also discuss leadershipdevelopment.

"When you're president ofsome organization ... you mustbe a leader . . . and be

High Technology Professionalsfor Peace and MIT DesarmamentStudy Group are sponsoring aBenefit Chamber Music Concertto be held at 7:30 p.m. in MIT'sKresge Auditorium. Suggesteddonations is $6, students and sen-ior citizens, $3. Refreshments willfollow; all are velcome.

responsible," she said.A fourth group will discuss "fi-

nances and funding" of studentactivities. In the past, "it wasvery painful . . . getting informa-tion from some organizations"about their funds, she said.

This group will also discuss thequestions of: "How do we con-tinue-to support student activi-ties?" and "Should the ODSAfund activities?" McBay said.

When the Office of the Deanfor Student Affairs tried to exam-ine the financial records of activi-ties in the past, "there was con-cern [among the activities] that[the Dean's Office] wanted . . . tocontrol the organizations,"McBay said.

All accounts, whether Instituteor activities, are auditable, andfinancial information must beavailable, she added.

"There were also cases of poorrecord keeping," McBay said.

"We hope to get a lot of thisstarted during the summer," shesaid.

"Holography: Astonishing Real3-D Laser Photography" featur-ing Stephen Benton, AssociateProfessor Media Technology atMIT, will be held at the MITClub of Boston. The reception/dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m.Price: $13 for club members andtheir guests; $15 for non-mem-bers and their guests. For moreinformation or to make reserva-tions, call 965-7701.

Pianist Mary Carol Communewill perform at the French Li-brary in Boston at 3:30 p.m. Theprogram will include works ofPoulenc, Debussy, and Schu-mann. Admission is $3, mem-bers, students, and senior citi-zens, $2. For further informationcall 266-4351. "Nuclear Issues and Our Fanmai-

lies" will feature speaker Dr. EricChivian, staff psychiatrist at MITand co-founder of InternationalPhysicians for the Prevention ofNuclear War. The forum will beheld from noon to 4:30 p.m.atthe Belmont High School, 221Concord Avenue, Belmont.

stantial number of people,"Huckelbery said.

In the telephone conversation,Gray also said money from thefilm rental would support "kiddieporn," Huckelbery said. Repre-sentatives of LSC will meet withGray when he returns from a tripnext week, he added.

Lombardi said Gray is "reallydeeply disappointed ... It's puz-zling that LSC has made the deci-sion that it has .... We wouldall like the rationale of LSC."

"We show movies from justabout every film genre ... "Huckelbery said, and '... weview it as kind of an experiment"since some have stated that sex-ually explicit films would not at-tract large audiences unless theywere shown on Registration Day,he added.

The Lecture Series Committeemay permanently move sexuallyexplicit films, traditionally shownon Registration Day, to the "ToBe Announced" position near theend of the term, Huckelberysaid. Some felt showing such afilm on Registration Day associat-ed it with the MIT administrationand put too much pressure on in-

coming freshmen, he noted.Moving it "would give freshmena term to get used to the idea."

Lombardi said, "I would hopethat LSC would continue to workwith other people ... to findfilms that are not hurtful to somany people in the community."Repeta said LSC would work tokeep the ad hoc committee going.

McBay also expressed disap-pointment with LSC's decision,saying, "I thought we had madean awful lot of progress. thatpeople were acting in good faith. .. I think this action is going toset back that progress."

According to Huckelbery,"Those are the exact same thingsthat were said in February. Theiridea of progress ... is for us notto show [sexually explicit films],period... We're not going toback down."

Only written orders from theAssociation of Student Activitiesor from the MIT Facilities UseCommittee, which regulates theuse of Kresge Auditorium, wouldhalt the showing of the films,Huckelbery said, noting, "MIThas the power to stop us fromdoing it."

(Continued from page 1)According to Kathryn Lom-

bardi, a spokesman for PresidentPaul E. Gray '54, "We received acopy of the memo from the adhoc committee to LSC" statingthat the committee could not finda film meeting the criteria. "Itwould be nice to know that sucha filmn existed."

Dean for Student Affairs Shir-ley M. McBay said the committee"didn't feel [this film] met thecriteria ... It's kind of difficultto see how LSC could decide" thefilm followed the guidelines.

Repeta said The Dancers "wastouted as a breakthrough ... a'sensitive' pornographic film."Huckelbery noted the film wasproduced by a woman, and said,"She's very proud of it ... I'mgoing to give her phone numberto President Gray."

Gray said in a telephone con-versation with Huckelbery thatLSC should not show the film be-cause it would be offensive to asubstantial portion of the com-munity, Huckelbery said.

"Forced commons upsets asubstantial number of people.Tuition hikes ... [and] defensespending on campus upset a sub-

Join the World Affairs Council ofBoston for An Evening in FrenchCanada featuring French foodand film presentation on Quebec.Will be held in the Council Ro-tunda at 22 Batterymarch St., at6 p.m. Admission $6, students$3, new members free. Call 482-1740 for more information orreservations.

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A lecture-discussion entitled"The Ex-Spouse Relationship:How to Reduce Conflict andStrengthen the Remarriage" willbe at 8 p.m. at the Institute forRemarriage and Stepfamilies, 259Walnut St., Newtonville. Ques-tions and answers, and discussionwill follow. Free. For more infor-mation call 964-6933.

Mount Auburn Hospital will of-fer an "Alzheimer's Workshop,"presented by Daniel Asnes,M.D., director of PsychiatricConsultation Liaison Services atMount Auburn Hospital. Theprogram will be held in the cafe-teria, 330 Mount Auburn Street,Cambridge, at 7:30 p.m. Fee: $3.Those over 65 will be admittedfree. For more information call492-3500, ext. 1766.

Wednesday, May 16Paul E. Gray '54, President ofMIT, will give a Lowell Lectureoh "Science and a Liberal Educa-tion" at the Cambridge Forum, 3Church Street, Harvard Squareat 8 p.m. . Free.

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Class president is chargedwith Student Center thefts

Saturday, May 1 2

Council passes ODSArequest for new spots Thursday, May 17

Friday, May 18

Sunday, May 13

Saturday, Maay 19

LSC to show sexually explicit filmTuesday, May 15

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Recipients of awardsat 1984 Convocation

The William L.Stewart, Jr. Awards

Steven E. Barber '84Arunas A. Chensonis '84Peter H. Diamandis GWilliam D. Doherty '85William Ferrara GMandana Hedayat '85 and

Tina Bahadori '84InFoCus (Robert W.

Irion,'85 and Jeremy E.Verba '86)

Sabrina L. Lewis '84Bernard Palowitch GRaymond E. Samuel '84Ronald Siegel G

The Class of 1948 AwardRobert W. Schoenlein '84

The Betsy SchumackerAward

Cynthia C. Robinson '84

The Admiral Edward L.Cochrane Award

John M. Taylor '84

The Pewter Bowl AwardAmy B. Smith '84

The Malcolm G. KispertAwards

Louise Jandura '84Kenneth R. Shull '84

The Burton R.Anderson, Jr. Awards

James W. Bishop,. Jr. '84Karen E. Welch '84

The Varsity Club AwardsMartha R. Beverage '87Clark E. Dorman '87Gordon C. Holterman '87

The Harold J. PettigroveAward

Kevin T. Coffey '83

The Laya W. WiesnerAward

Stella Hetelekidis '84

The Laya and Jerome B.Wiesner Awards

In the visual arts:Barry I. Strongin GIn the performing arts:MIT Symphony OrchestraMIT Concert Band

The Albert G. Hill PrizeRichard F. Williamson '84Deborah L. Rennie '85

The Frederick GardinerFassett, Jr. Award

John F Piotti G

The James R. Killian, Jr.Community Service AwardLambda Chi Alpha

The Irwin Sizer AwardProfessor Nathan H. CookMechanical Engineering

The Goodwin MedalJanice H. Hammond G(Mathematics)

The Louis Sudler PrizeWilliam J. Glickman '84

The Billard AwardsStuart H. CowenVice President for

Financial OperationJulia A. McClellanAdmissions Office

The James N. MurphyAwards

Patricia A. DixonCivil Engineering,

Parsons LaboratoryConor MoranManager, West PlazaIdella A. TapleyEconomicsSandramarie W. TepperMechanical Engineering

The Karl Taylor ComptonAwards

Alpha Phi OmegaPatricia A. Kellison '84Charles R. Markham '84NightlineJohn E Piotti, GKarl W. Reid '84Edwin V. Seidewitz '84Senior House Hunger

Committee

Graduate Student CouncilAwards for Teaching

(Presented separately ineach department)

Professor John J. BradyChemical EngineeringProfessor Stephen H.

CrandallMechanical EngineeringProfessor John M.

EssigmannNutrition and Food ScienceProfessor Edward H. FarhiPhysicsProfessor William W.

KaufmannPolitical ScienceProfessor Jae S. LimElectrical Engineering and

Computer ScienceProfessor James McCuneAeronautics and

AstronauticsProfessor Chiang C. MeiCivil EngineeringProfessor Stewart C.

MeyersManagementProfessor Alan C. NelsonNuclear EngineeringProfessor Karen R.

PolenskeUrban Studies and

PlanningProfessor Donald R.

SadowayMaterial Science and

EngineeringProfessor Michael F. SipserMathematicsProfessor Frank SolomonBiologyProfessor Frank S. SpearEarth, Atmosphere, and

Planetary Science

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President Paul E. Gray '54 congratulates StuartOperations, recipient of the Billard Award.

Tech Photo by Grant M. JohnsonH. Cowen, Vice President for Financial

the more thigs change. . 'From The Tech, May 21, 1884:

Good bye, eighty-four!SUBSCRIBE FOR VOLUME

IV!Hope you'll enjoy vacation!

Going to be very busy on "condi-tions" [incompletes]?

Course VI, metallurgy, hasbeen dropped from the list ofcourses, or rather, it has beenchanged to III C.

Specimens of the work of thestudents in the weaving depart-ment have been sent to an exhibi-tion of such goods in the West.

The papyrograph [mimeo-graph] notes on quantitativeanalysis, used in the analyticallaboratory, are being revised, andare to be printed and publishedin pamphlet form. Papyrographnotes must go.

The Commencement Exerciseswill be held in Huntington Hall[at that time, on MIT's Bostoncampus, not Room 10-250] onthe afternoon of the 27th inst., atthree o'clock, and will consist inthe presentation of degrees andthe reading of abstracts of thesesonly. There will be no music.

Prof. Lanza gave a very pleas-ant reception to his fourth-yearmechanics class at his house onthe evening of May 2. Nearly allthe members of the class werepresent, and in addition, some ofthe professors and their wives.After a sumptuous collation sing-ing was indulged in until a latehour. Prof. Lanza has had severalof these social gatherings thisyear, which evince the very cor-dial relations which exist between

professor and students.A majority of the Freshman

class have replied to the circularfrom the registrar in regard tothe choice of course, and the fol-lowing is the result: civil engi-neering, 18; mechanical engineer-ing, 41; mining engineering, 13;architecture, 8; chemistry, 8;medicine, 2; electrical engineer-ing, 16; general courses, 3. Thesefigures will be increased on thereceipt of the remaining circulars,but are liable to change, as thischoice is not final. An examina-tion of the figures shows that thecourse in electricity gains nothingover last year, civil and miningengineering more than hold theirown, while the great increase is inthe direction of mechanical engi-neering.

Of the Harvard Freshmen, nin-ety-nine per cent part their hairin the middle, thirty-eight percentuse oil of bergamot, ten percentgo to recitations without gloves,sixty-seven percent chew tobacco,seventeen percent eat hasheesh.- Princetonian.

The Torchlight of 1884Each November preceding the

Presidential election there aremany torchlight processions, butall the interest centres in the greatRepublican torchlight processionjust before the election takesplace, which is the final effort ofthe campaign. It is usually severalmiles in length and includes com-panies from all parts of the State,and always includes a battalionfrom the Institute.

Last election The Tech battal-ion comprised five companies,

one from each class and onefrom the Mechanic Arts - in all,about 150 men; but next year thisnumber ought to be greatly in-creased, owing to the larger num-ber of men in the Institute, to atleast 500 men, and instead of be-ing one of the best battalions inthe line it should be the "crack"battalion with no exception. Theuniform adopted by the Instituteat the last procession was an Ox-ford gown of gray cambric withcrimson trimmings, and a crim-son number of the class on thechest, a crimson mortar boardwith a white tassel, and a red,white, and blue swing torch,making a very striking and effec-tive show.

The torchlight procession is theonly amusement or recreationduring the four years' course atthe Institute in which all can takepart at a very small cost, and asthe term has just opened and thesolid work hardly begun when ittakes place, it does not interfereseriously with the studies of anyone.

The drum corps is a feature inwhich we should excel, as we nowhave a very considerable numberof fifers in the Institute to addtheir dulcet tones to those of thedrums.

Of course, each company hasone or more transparencies -wooden frames covered withcloth on which appropriate in-scriptions are placed and lightedby candles inside - carried onpoles; and these are not the leastfun of all, as no end of remarksare caused thereby among thecrowd.

AnnouncementsDr. Gray will hold open hoursTuesday, May 22, from 3:30 to5:30 p.m. Members of the MITcommunity may schedule a fif-teen-minute appointment on afirst-come, first-served -basis bycalling 3-4665 or stopping by thereception area in Room 3-208 onMay 22. This is the last session ofopen hours to be held this term.

The 24th edition of Serials in theMIT Libraries is available. Pre-payment is required. $10.00; MITstaff and students, $3.00. To or-der please send check payable toMIT, Office of the Director,Room 14S-216, MIT Libraries,Cambridge, MA 02139.

All sophomores are expected tohave completed a proposal formfor a humanities, arts, and socialsciences concentration before theend of this semester. Visit theconcentration field advisor forthe field of your choice. Furtherinformation and names of fieldadvisors available in the Human-ities Undergraduate Office, 14N-409, 253-4441.

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Golf season ends with winThe golf team finished its

spring season with an 8-4 record,adding to its 2-4 fall record andgiving the team its 11th consecu-tive winning year.

Eric Asel '87, who played inthe number one position, led theteam in scoring in all but onematch. Asel also won the GreaterBoston Intercollegiate Confer-ence Tournament, becoming thefirst MIT player to win the cham-pionship in the tournament's 25-year history.

Strong play from Dave Line-man '85, Rob Irion '85, BrentFoy '85 and captain Rich Steines'84 contributed strongly to theteam's success. Alex Romeo '86and Rich Chleboski '87 alsomade contributions this seasonand will brighten next fall's out-look considerably.

The Engineers had wins overTufts University, Babson College,Northeastern University, BrandeisUniversity, Clark University, Suf-folk University, Bates Collegeand the Worcester Polytechnic In-

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Both the M1T Athletic Associ-ation and the Varsity Club re-cently elected new officers. TheMITAA elected George Jaquette'85, president; Mike Ambrogi'85, vice president; and JulieKoster '85 and Joe Lo '86, mem-bers at large.

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MIT, the first seed, playedfourth seeded Smith in the firstround of the single-eliminationtournament. MIT scored first inthe third inning. Stacy Thomp-son '86 led oDf with a walk andadvanced to second on a singleoff the bat of Julie Chen '86.Two batters later, Lou Jandura'84 tripled to score them both.

The opposition scored first inthe fourth inning on MIT pitcherCindy Robinson '84. The firsttwo Smith batters reached firstbase after being hit by pitches,but the first runner was thrownout at the plate when the battersingled down the first base line.Smith, however, soon scored itsfirst run, making the score 2-1. Asingle and a triple tied the gamein the top of the fifth inning.

In the bottom of the seventh,Thompson again walked and LizAnderson '84 drove her home.

MIT then faced Regis for thechampionship. MIT had alreadybeaten Regis twice this year, byscores of 3-2 and 14-1.

MIT scored the only run of thegame in the third inning. Thornp-son walked and then went forthird on Chen's sacrifice bunt.Thompson scored on an overth-rown ball on the play. Robinson,backed up by good defense,pitched -a strong second game,striking out five and walkingnon~e. Christy Bellinger '84 alsogave a noteworthy performance,playing her first games at firstbase.

Editor's note: Terry Felts '84 isa co-apain of the softball team.

By Terry FeltsThe MIT softball team defeat-

ed Smith College and Regis Col-lege by scores of 3-2 and 1-0 towin the state championship atSmith last weekend.

Competing in the Massachu-setts Association of Intercolle-giate Athletics for Women tour-nament were Brandeis University,Regis, Smith and MIT.

"The most important thing inthe Olympic Games is not to winbut to take part, just as the mostimportant thing in life is not thetriumph but the struggle. The es-sential thing is not to have con-quered but to have fought well."

The Olympic Creed, as statedby Baron Pierre de Coubertin,founder of the modern-dayOlympic Games in 1896, hassince lost its meaning. The SovietUnion, in retaliation against theUnited States' boycott of the1980 Summer Olympics in Mos-cow, announced Tuesday its ath-letes will not attend this sum-mer's games in Los Angeles.

It is too bad that the politics ofthe Olympics now overshadowthe athletic competition. Nolonger is there a place for freeworldwide athletic competitionand the glory that should accom-pany such events. The decline ofthe Games into a political circushas ruined the entire purpose ofholding the Olympics.

Politicizing the Olympics isnothing new. Dr. Laurence Bar-ton of Boston College, an experton the politics of the Olympics,said the trend began in 1936."There has always been a senseof nationalism in the Olympics,

but Hitler's was the first attemptto blatantly use politics," Bartonsaid. "Hitler used the 1936 gamesin Berlin to glorify his policies."

Hitler's attempts might havebeen successful if it were not forthe spectacular performance ofJesse Owens, a black Americanwho won four gold medals.

Politics were again in the spot-light of the 1968 Games in Mexi-co City, when black Americanathletes demonstrated against ra-cial problems in the UnitedStates. In 1972, the very existenceof the Olympics was threatenedwhen I I Israeli athletes weremurdered by Palestinian terror-ists in Munich.

Large-scale boycotting of theGames began in 1976, when 88countries attended the SummerGames in Montreal, down fromthe record 122 which were at theMunich Games in 1972.

In 1980, the President JimmyCarter withheld the United StatesOlympic Team from the summerGames in Moscow to protest theSoviet Union's invasion of Af-ghanistan.

The Soviets have until June 2to reverse their decision, but Bar-ton believes there is no chance of

that right now. "There is a newregime in Moscow and this is animportant foreign policy," Bartonsaid. He explained that changingthe decision "would underminethe credibility of the Kremlin'spolicy."

"The Soviets are using theOlympics for propaganda pur-poses, just as we did,'" Bartonsaid.

While governments use theOlympics as a political tool, theathletes are the real losers. This isespecially true in sports where theOlympics is the pinnacle of theathlete's career and there is noprofessional alternative.

It must be very discouraging totrain very hard for several yearsonly to be barred from competi-tion in the Olympics. in view ofthe recent boycotts, many prom-ising young athletes may chosenot to train for future OlympicGames, knowing there is a possi-bility of not being allowed tocompete.

The Olympics are no longerthe real Games. "We are losingthe intent of the Olympics," Bar-

ton said. "It has all been replacedby politics and every one of us lo-ses."

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