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Responding to student criticcisms of ARA!s high prices, Leoargued that althoughi there hadbeen pricing mistakes in the past,ARA was now very conscious ofits pricing policy. He argued thatthe typical board charge for Bos-ton area colleges was around$2300 while MIT's board wasonly $14,00.

According to Leo, ARA pricesare on a per item basis, -unlikemany programs in the area. Leobelieved that ARAs prices werecompetitive, even below theaverage for most goods.

Leo favored the idea of ex-panding the "commons" system,so that Baker House would notbe the only house on campuswith such a-system. (Under thecommons system, students pay afixed price for a meal, and re-eeive an unlimited quantity offood.) However, Leo said he hasnot yet looked into the matterthoroughly.

Leo blamed some of ARAaspricing problems on the excessnumber of food facilities inStratton. Student Center. Somedormitory cafeterias and WalkerMemorial have been paraticularly ihl GenleA~dam W Mest, the. originals. Batmana, atKresge'afteiaffected by the competition, he : intKr a

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The Coalition Against Apartheid plans to demonstratetoday for MIT to divest from South Africa. Page 2.

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quarterly ineetiftg discussing theirnesxt step in the' presidential-search' process. .

When- Biology Professor Phil-lip A. Sharp was nominated forthe presidency on Feb. 14, manyfaculty and administration mem-bers agreed that he would mostlikely be approved by the Corpo--ration. His withdrawal on Feb. 20meant the Corporation had tochoose between starting the

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services'Lawrence'. 9-aguire an-nounced that MIT-was likely torenew its contract with ARAGood'Services. -ARA has beenwith-MIT-since 19g5.

According. to. Maguire,'. relax,tidns between MIT and ARAhave imp-rodved.-9teadily in recentmoiths.- Last-October, there wasconsiderabled.speculation as to-whether MIT would continue itscontract with ARA.

'Maguire commended ARA's re-cent effort to act on student com-plaints-on prices and food quali-ty.- 'this effort, shows the extentof ARANcommitent to MIT,"Maguire said.

According- to ARA, ManagerAlarl Leo, ARA has responded to,student complaints. br'ought-through the Undergraduat'e Asso-ciation Ad -Hoc Food Committee.This,.- committee took-a list of"necessary improvements" to

ARA last term.UA Presidenit Paul.L. Antics

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ARA since the UA ~ met withthem. Lines have shortened andthe variety of foods has, increased, he.-said. These improve-ments have been especially no-

--ticeable at Lobdell, Next Houseand McCornrick, Ahrtico added.

There remained some longterm problems like the "exces-sive"- minimum for the MIThouse meal pslan5*and the feelingthat 'the prices "are not in linewith the quality of the food,'.added Antico.-

-ARA took a student surveythis fall, and, based -on the re-sults, decided, to make 'availablethe- nutritional information ofcertain foods. A follow-up surveyis-due this spring. Leo hoped thatthis interaction with'students willimprove ARA!s standing in the

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M-rs- Alternative News Codllectiv, were found destroyed earlyTuesday -morning several hours after distnbutioxi--in Lobby 7.S tevyen. D,.I~',e·enn 43?aprom~ioe nentmexe rT e.T istle, saidhe.

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.copies .going -to Lobby 7. At approximately-l am Tuesday,Andres Villarreal -G,-another member of. the collective, passedby Lobby 7 and discover ed that all of the issues were gone. Hefound some copies in-the 7-107 bathroom, and proceeded to call-Penn. .

Penn and Villarreal found the rest of the issues, but onlymanaged to salvage 300 from garbage cans. The issues in thebathrooom garbage cans -hid been purposely soaked in water,Penn said. -

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seorch, -from tlem beginning, orcontinuing frjom where they had,fit off Witrr L.- Milne; an :as-

sistant to the Corporation chair-man-, s'aid that Iany option ...thait is- reasonable -within the- pa-rameters of the search"s is apossibility.

The Executive Committee ofthe Corporation, which had orig-inally recommended Sharp'snomination to the full Corpora-tion, met yesterday to discuss-theoptions available to them. Milnesaid the committee had discussed

the preidential .sarch on thetelephones utt added that yester-day was Xh~ firs-ttime they hadmet "around the table."

Milne, acknowledged it waspossible; lthougli highly unlike-ly, that a member of the Corpo-ration would nominate a candi-date during today's meeting. "Intheory," he said, "someone couldnominate someone else for presi-dent at any meeting when thesituation is as it is now.'

The Corporation is also ex-pected to 'extend the terms ofPresident Paul E. Gray '54 andCorporation Chairmlan David S.

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By Eun S. ShinLevel four -language courses,

previously grouped in the HASS-D, category of Language,Thought and Value, have nowbeen placed outside of theHASS-D structure. Under thenew policy, students may petitionto substitute level three or levelfourlanguage courses to fulfillone of the -three BHASS-Drequirements.

The new reform- resolved an"intellectual conflict" within the

'HASS-D committee,,according toAssociate Dean of - umanitiesand Social Sciences Phillip S.

--Khoury. Somne members of thecommittee had hoped to elevatelevel three language courses toHASS-D standing in an effort toencourage student participation.

"Alt-hough good argumentswere -proposed -by some mem-bers, " they-- were unable to con-vince the committee, .`on inltellec-tual grounds,' - that level .threelanguage courses deserve 'officialrecognition, in the HASS-Dsystem, Khoury, said.

However, the committee gavestudents the option to substitutea language course for HASS-Dcredit by petition, as long as theydid not fulfill the requirementwith other language-relatedcourses.

FLL seeks new head

More changes are expected inthe Foreign Language and Litera-ture section as the search for anew head continues, Khourysaid. Dean of Humanities andSocial Sciences Ann F. Fried-laender, acting FLL section chair-person, recently announced thatshe will step down from her postas dean on June 30. She will re-turn to teaching and research inthe Economics Department, shesaid.

According to Khoury, the newhead is expected to come fromoutside MIT.

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and interior finishes remain to bedone.

Library operations have beenminimally disrupted, Rotch Li-brarian Margaret E. De Popolosaid. Noisy drilling on the wallsof the library, has been done onweekends, De Popolo said.

In June, library facilities in thepresent building will be moved tothe addition. Whenn the renova-tion of the existing space is com-pleted, facilities will be movedback and books currently in stor-age will be put in the addition.

Fullding efforts continue

The "Rotch" name would nolonger apply to the architecturelibrary if a "naming donation" ofat least $2 million were obtained,Deborah J. Cohen, assistantdean for development in theSchool of Architecture and Plan-ning, said. In any case, the!"Rotch" name - in memory tothe first contributor to the library- will be retained for the new

the project and regarded it as an"academic priority of extraordi-nary importance," de Moncheauxsaid. "I am committed to raise asmuch money as I possibly can,"he added, "lin order] to reduce'the burden on MIT" There wasno deadline for the fundraisingefforts, but "it is MIT's experi-ence that once a project is fin-ished it is more difficult to raisefunds," de Moncheaux said.

I"It is hard to raise funds for li-braries," Cohen said, "especiallyin MIT's case, where libraries arecentralized and alumni feel moreattachment to their departmentsthan to the libraries," she added.,TheSchool of Architecture andPlanning is mailing letters to allof its alumnae asking them forcontributions to the project.

Besides the $2 million requiredto name the library, there wereother naming opportunities, Co-hen said. For -example, for$450,000 a donor can name thelimited access area; for $50,000,a reading oasis; for $1000, aBARTON workstation; and for$500, a book truck.

Unusual structural design

Due to site and dimensionalconstraints, the building's struc-tural system is essentially invert-ed. The six floors are 'hanging"from the top rather than beingsupported from the bottom. Pe-rimeter columns hold enormousgirders on the top of the struc-ture. These girders support hang-ers, which in turn support thefloor slabs.

Since the inner courtyard ontowhich the library is being ex-panded serves as truck access fordeliveries, the bottom floor ofthe building had to be elevated 18feet above the ground. An addi-tionfal problem w was, created bythe need to maximize area in alimited space. According to localbuilding code the height of the6addition cannot exceed that ofthe existing building.

The solution proposed bySimpson Gumpertz & Heger, theproject's structural engineers, wasto provide a column free interiorby suspending the six floors from .the roof. The hangers supportingthe floor slabs do not consumevaluable floor space as they fitbetween. bookstacks.

Further complicating theproject were the perimeter col-

mnns, which were placed 15 feetfrom each other and did notleave enough room for trucks toturn around. To accommodatethe trucks, two of the columnswere divided at the fourth levelinto an "A" shape.

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By Mauricio RominAfter nine months of "fast-

track" construction work, the ad-dition to Rotch Architecture Li-brary will be finished by the endof May, according to Director ofMIT Libraries Jay K. Lucker.The addition is the backbone of a$6.5 million project to enhanceand renovate the library.

When the addition is finished,the renovation of the old librarybuilding will begin. The en-hanced library will be ready foroperation by the beginning of thefall semester, Lucker said.

Rotch Library, which now oc-cupies two levels in Building 7,has been in desperate need ofrenovation for 15 years, Luckersaid. More than one third of thelibrary's book and art collection,which is regarded as one of thetop two in the nation, is storedoff campus. Many books in thelibrary, which is not air condi-tioned, are deteriorating becauseof humidity

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The Coalition Against Apart-heid plans to demonstrate againstMlT's continued investment incompanies doing business inSouth Africa during today'smeeting of the MIT Corporation.

MIT pro-divestment groupshad hoped to present their viewsto the trustees directly, but theirrequest to speak at the meetingwas refused.

"A lot of people would like topresent their views directly. Thelogistics simply do not permitthis," said Walter L. Milne, spe-

*cial assistant to the chairman of. the Corporation.

CAA member Ron W. FrancisG reacted angrily to the Corporaltion's stance. "To try to speakwhen your voice is already notreally known and then to be toldthat you cannot come to themeeting is really appalling," hesaid.

Two weeks ago, the CAA, theBlack Students Union and theAfrican Students Union askedthat the issue of South Africandivestment be put on the Corpo-ration agenda. Both PresidentPaul E. Gray '54 and Corpora-tion Chairman David S. Saxon'41 refulsed to do so, according toa coalition press release.

Saxon said that the issue of di-vestment, will be addressed -by"the Corporation's executive com-mittee this 'spring. ,An advisory.committee, -the', -Shareholder'sCommittee, is to completely re-view MIT's divestment policy."The issue is one of pace," Saxonlsaid. "We regard the pace- as ap-propriate. They [the coalition] donot. It. is on the agenda, but it'son our time scale.'>

Three CAA members presentedskits on Wednesday and yesterdaydramatizing their view of the cur-rent situation. The skits por-

trayed Gray as easily influencedby corporate dollars. "[The skits]tried to bring the situation topeople's attention," Francis said.

According to Francis, the co-alition collected 1300 signaturescalling for MIT's complete divest-menat from South Africa-relatedfirms during, the AA's recent pe-tition drive. "With popular sup-port like that, we shouldn't beshut out [of the meeting]," hesaid.

TThe coalition, the BSU, andthe ASU -plan to continue topress .the Corporation to meetwith them ona matters of divesti-ture. "The administration justneeds the same pressure [to di-vest] as Coca-Cola, Shell, andothers," said BSU representativeJason P. Vickers '90.

"The pillars of apartheid arestill in place, and by the very factthat the administration does notsupport divestiture," Francissaid, 'it is unable to support thecause of the black South Africanpeople."

Saxon believes divestment assuch will not have any real conse-quences on events in South Afri-ca. "Nobody has persuaded methat it has a contributing effect-to ending apartheid in SouthAfrica," he said.

Government sanctions, on theother hand, have had a- signifi-.cant role, according to Saxon,and he is in favor of the USgovernment imposing them.

Francis asserted that manyCorporation members oppose di-vestment because of their person-al stakes in South African invest-ments. ""MIT's holdings incompanies that do business inSouth Africa indicates approvalof their policies. The Corpora-tion's decision shows that theyvalue economic relations, morethan the political value of pullingout," he said .

through the second level.

The project includes renovat-ing the existing space, adding22,000 net square feet by expand-ing into the adjacent courtyard,and improving the environmentalconditions. This will result in atripling of space in the library.The library's seating capacity willincrease from 30 to more than130 students.

Construction began in March1989 but foundations were notpoured until July, Lucker said.The steel structure was thenerected, and the concrete slabspoured. Work is being done onthe facade, but partition walls

library's reading rooms Cohenadded.

The School of Architectureand Planning and the MIT librar-ies are conducting a joint effortto raise funds for the projectfrom external sources. Accordingto Jean P. de Moncheaux, deanof the School of Architecture andPlanning, a target of at least $3million has been set. So far,$300,000 have been raised, most-ly from two donors who wish toremain anonymous, Cohen said.

For the time being, MIT is fi-nancing the project in its entirety.The Institute was committed to

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temperatures to well above normal today before thepassage of a cold front. After the passage of thefront, northwesterly winds will advect colder airthrough the region. The front will stall along theEast Coast tomorrow morning as an upper leveldisturbance approaches from the west. A smallcyclone will develop on the front and threateneastern sections of southern New England withsome rain and snow.

Friday afternoon: Increasing clouds and mild. High48-54°F (9-12°C). Winds from the southwest at10^25 mph.

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The contra- rebels could hold the key to the pace oftransition in Nicaragua. Nicaraguan President 'DanielOrtega spelled out his demands for a smooth'transition ina speech to a crowd of. cheering supporters. Ortega- wholost Sunday's election to. opposition leader VioletaChamorro, has demanded that the US-backed contrarebels -e'-,disb'anded.

Congressional :leaders-met with President George BushWednesday to chart a new strategy for dealing with Nica-ragua, a nation that has long been considered a US adver-sary. Bush indicated change in US policy regardingNicaragua would be dramatic and-swift, according toSenator Alan Cranston (D-CA). However, the WhiteHouse meeting came before Ortega's hardline speech.

Not everyone in Central America is applauding the ap-parent demise of the Sandinistas at the ballot box. Salva-doran leftist guerilla leaders issued a statement Wednes-day deploring what they called the adverse results ofNicaragua's election. The Salvadoran and US govern-ments have long accused Nicaragua ofgsupplying weaponsto the Silvadoran, rebels.,

FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1990

Nelson Mandela Day,-a national holiday, as the black na-tionalist leader arrived in Lusaka to a herd's welcome. Itis the first time Mandela has been outside South Africa in28 years. During his six-day visit, he will meet with exiledmembers of his African National Congress, which isheadquartered in the Zambian capital.

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Four members of the North Carolina State basketballteam, including star center Charles Shackleford, haveconspired to fix the scores of up to four Wolfpack games,according to ABC television reports. The network said in-side sources, including an unidentified teammate, have re-ported that a New Jersey gambler paid Shackleford andthree other Wolfpack players as much as $1000 dollars pergame.

Robert Kramer, cited by ABC as the mastermind of theconspiracy, has denied any point shaving. And the agentfor Shackleford, who now plays for the National Basket-ball League's New Jersey Nets, said his client did notshave points. NC State coach Jim Valvano has denied anyknowledge of a conspiracy.

Seabrook gains licenseThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted a full-

power license yesterday to the'Seabrook Nuclear PowerPlant. The NRC approved the license by a 3-0 vote, butwill delay issuing it until the expected appeals can be filedin federal court. Two of the five members of the NRCboard abstained from the vote because of previousinvolvement in Seabrook.

Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis claimedthe NRC placed nuclear industry interests above thesafety of the people who live near the Seabrook plant.The Massachusetts border lies just two miles from theplant, which is located in New Hampshire. Dukakis saidMassachusetts Attorney General James Shanrnon plans tochallenge the licensing in federal appeals court.

Consumers in New England will now face utility ratehikes to pay for the $6.5 million planlt, Dukakis said. Healso said that President George Bushl's support forSeabrook during the 1988 presidential campaign and thesubsequent actions of his administration helped the plantgain its license. Massachusetts Senator-John F. Kerry (D)accused the NRC of being the "Nuclear Booster Commis-sion" and vowed to continue to battle the plant.

Controversy *bewa. overInhdian _election

tThe Bureau of Indian Affairs said it will not get in-volved in the recent Narragansett Indian tribal election,despite claims by the ousted Chief Sachem-that there were"irregularities. A spokesman for the bureau said thematter was an internal onie within the tribe and that thefederal agency recognized the people who were elected asthe new tribal government.

The so-called traditional faction, led by George Hop-kins, defeated a council headed by Kenneth Babcock in aJanuary election. Earlier this month, Babcock and mem-bers of the ousted council called Williamn Ott, area BIAdirector, and asked him to intervene and investigate themanner in which the election results were handled.

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A federal grand jury in Alaska handed a five-count in-dictment-against Exxon and its shipping subsidiary inconnection with last year's massive oil spill, AttorneyGeneral Dick Thornburgh said at a news conference,Wednesday. The Imeiessage 'Wds'lliat'eivironmenltal crimeswill not be tolerated, Thornburgh explained. The indict-ment was presented by the grand jury after after a pro-posed plea deal fell through, but Thornburgh said he-wasnot ruling out the possibility of a deal in the future. IfExxon is- epodicted' on . all counts, criminal -fines couledtotal as -much as $1.6 millflox}

Assistant Attorney General Dick Stewart said the in-dictment accused Exxon and the subsidiary of two felo-nies and three misdemeanors. The company is chargedwith violating a regulation prohibiting any person frombeing engaged on a crew if that person is known to bephysically or mentally incapable of performing his duties.

Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the tanker, faces crimi-nal charges, in a separate action in Alaska. He is accusedof being drunk and letting his ship get away from him.Exxon also stands accused of violating the Clean WaterAct, unlawfully discharging oil and violating theMigratory Bird Treaty Act.

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Chairman ............................ Deborah A. Levinson '91Editor in Chief.............................. Prabhat Mehta '91Business M\/lanager ........................ Russell Wilcox '91Managing Editor .................. Marie E. V. Coppola '90Executive Editor .................... Linda D'Angeld '90

News Editors ........................................ Annabelle Boyd '90Andrea Lamberti '91

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.mainaer were-. soaked--in. Water -entire --commu-nity.- They raise ~be-and thrown into the trash can. fore us the specter of censorship

That some people disagree which -has haunted our societywith the views expressed in our throughout history and againstnewspaper. affingis that thereJisa- · whigh, the freedom movements ofhealthy plurality of 'opinions 'atr ̀ the`,i6st ",year have fought.soMIT. That some individuals steadfastly.would deign actively and illegally Abrogating the freedom of oneto, censor us and suppress our press is not just an attack on anewspaper indicates that there is single newspaper, but an assaulta dangerous level of intolerance on the entire community's ability

.at MIT to access a wide range of opinionThFre Thistbe is a newspaper. We and fact. This act has no place in

are a forum of ideas and infor- a community dedicated to themation. Whlat idea was so dan- free ¢xchange of ideas. We there-gerous that it had to be answered fore call on the MIT communitythrough violent retribution rather to-join us in unreserved conadem-than public discourse? Though in nation of those who would perpe-the past we have written on more trate such injustice.emotionally-charged subjects, it Steven Penn Gis our latest issue, dedicated to and five othersthe social implications of technol- The Alternativeogy,, that suffered the harshest .News Collective

In the past year, we have clear-ly heard peoples' eloquent cry forfreedom and democracy aroundthe world. At such an inspiring.historical -moment, it, is both- de-7pressing and, outrageous to seesome individuals curtail thesevery same freedoms in our owncommunity. In an university com-mitted to the ideal of greater en-lightenment, everyone must cher-isfh and respect the basic freedomof free speech. We are thus thor-oughly'disgusted by and totally-condemn the recent-assaults onthe MIT newspaper The Thistle.

On numerous occasions overthe past six months stacks of pa-pers distributed in Lobby 7 havebeen attacked, often only hoursafter they were distributed. Bun-dles of Thistles have been re-moved and whole stacks of pa-pers destroyed. In the latestassault on Monday, Feb. 26, astack of 800 papers was throwninto a Lobby 7 garbage can. An-NEWS STAFF

Associate News Editors: Joanna Stone '92, Brian Rosenberg'93, Katherine Shim '93; Staff: Neil J. Ross G, Joan Abbott '90,Anita Hsiung '90, Miguel Cantillo '91, Seth Gordon '91, Adnan-Lawai '91, Chitra K. Raman '91, Gaurav Rewari '91, Aileen Lee'92, Karen Kaplan '93, Michael Schlamp '93, Cliff Schmidt '93;Meteorologists: Robert X. Black G. Robert J. Conzemius G.Michael C. Morgan G. Greg Bettinger '91, Yeh-Kai Tung '93.

PRODUCTION STAFFAssociate Night Editors: Kristine J. Cordella '91, David Maltz'93; Staff: David E. Borison '91, Lawrence Hl. Kaye '91,Jonathon Weiss '93.

ARTS STAFFStaff: Frank G.illett G. Mark Roberts G. Manavendra K. Thakur'87, Michelle P. Perry '89, Peter Parnassa '90, Paige Parsons '90,Paula Cuccurullo '91, David Stern '91, Alfred Armendariz '92,Sande Chen '92, Alejandro Solis '92.

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This morning, while walkingdown the Infinite Corridor, I hadthe misfortune of coming acrossa miscreant in the process of van-dalizing some· posters. -Ma-nyreaders may have seen this per-son's work. The posters, whichhad been put up by MIT Stu-dents for Israel, asked why thePalestine Liberation Organizationhad not changed its charter if itwas really interested in peace.

Our "friend's" addition to theposter was, "Israel is Apartheid,'scribbled in bright red markeracross the front of the poster,much in the manner of a"Today!" notice. When-I askedthe mad scribbler to,_please stopvandalizing the posters, he toldme that he just wanted to let peo-ple know the truth.. I remindedhim that he could just as effec-tively let people know the truthby putting up his own posters;his response was that it was morecost-effective to convey his mes-sage on- other people's posters. Itried to -remind him that vandal-ism was wrong, but his responsewas that so was blowing uppeople's houses, and so wasdeporting people.

We are at MIT, not in Israel orthe occupied territories. At MIT,the issues related to the MiddleEast are (believe it or not) moreor less academic, not a matter oflife and death, nor a matter onwhich our actions here will havea palpable impact. Thus, debatesthereon should be fought cleanly

and legally, not with petty, stupidacts such as vandalism.

If we were in Israel, if we werein the occupied territories,-if wewere a family whose olive groundhad- been uprooted or whose fac-tory had been confiscated, a casemight be, made for the necessityof illegal actions against the au-thorities for lack of effective al-ternatives. But we are not, andthose who disagree with MITSIare not in a life-and-death strug-gle with the authorities, and thusvandalism, and .other - illegalitieshave no place.- -

If this argument about meansstirs no understanding, let me ad-dress ends. What. did our vandalthink he was accomplishing byvandalizing the posters? Did he-think that -scribbling 'Israel isApartheid" would have any ef-fect upon people's thinking about

-the issue?Those who .disagreed or -agreed

would continue to do so; the nia-jority in the middle would be-completely -repulsed by ourfriend's tactics and would be in-clined to -be more receptive to themessage of the MITSI poster -that the untrustworthy PLO wouldstop at nothing to accomplish itsgoals.

Those with some understand--ing of the issue,- in cluding thosewho sympathize with the Pales-tinians' plight, would of courseknow, that the slogan,-Israel isApartheid" contains little truth,as Israeli Arabs are voting citi-

zens of -the State of Israel, asthere are Arab members of theIsraeli Parliament, and as Arabsconsist of only- about 10 percentof the total Israeli population.(Most people would- agree, Ithink, that the most monstrousquality of apartheid'is its disen-franchisement of 80 percent ofthe South African population.)

Of course, discrimination ex-ists in Israel, is reprehensible,and should be eliminated, andone must, agree that the situationin the, occupied territories (whichare NOT -a - part; of; Israel) iswretched afid full of --injustice; Iam only saying that-"apartheid"is not an appropriate term,, andits use serves only to inflame thepassions of interested parties. Ifour vandal disagrees with this, hehas every right to do so. But if heis trying to win others over to hisviews, rather than isolate himselfpolitically -and Unsocially, he -haschosen the wrong tack.

I hope that the marking mani-ac will, pause to consider some ofthe thoughts in this letter. Hissense of the injustices that thePalestinians have suffered mightactually do them some-good, if itwere properly channeled in a waythat would win the respect andconcurrence. of others. Until helearns some of the basic lessonsof civjlized- behavior, though, -Iam afraid that-his angervwill do-no good either "for the -Palestin-ians or for-himself.

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What is most distressing is themalicious nature in which theseposters were shredded to pieces. Ifind it offensive and franklyfrightening to see how vicious theoffenders were in disrupting therights of others. One would hope

that in the superior intellectualatmosphere of an academic insti-tution such as MIT's peoplewould refrain from such imma-ture acts and respect the existenceof others.

I cannot think why the posterswere so offensive to those whotore them down. It was merelyannouncing an event, a lecture onviolations of human rights thatwould be of interest to the gener-al MIT community. I am shockedand offended at what I have

,witnessed.Rudayna Abdo '90

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When reading The Tech comicssection, one runs the necessaryrisk of having one's aesthetic

-sensibilities assaulted. Friday,. Iran this risk and got the addedbonus of having my intelligenceinsulted.

Apparently the author ofNermal gives as little thought tohis political opinions as he givesthe artwork. The Sullivan Princi-ples (which he seems to k now in-side out) ,Aand -the· .principle--bf,--.constructive engagement are lamerationalizations used to justifyUS corporate support for apart-heid. No doubt Coca-Cola does

not mind being labeled "one ofthe most progressive companiesin South Africa," [Nermal,Feb. 231 but could we stop andthink- about what that means?Doing business in South Africameans reapigg..t4heft nepfitaof the; ,barbaric social and economic seg-regation that exists there. If mostof Coca-Cola's South Africanemployees are black, what doyou think they are being paid?Do you believe everythin youre'd?

Sanctions work. Why werethey appropriate for Nicaragua(to affect election results) and

Panama (to weaken resistance toa US invasion), but not for SouthAfrica, where the human rightssituation is far worse? To thosewho say that pulling out of SouthAfrica would- -hurt black.-,SouthAfricans more-than -whites, theanswer of the African NationalCongress and other reformgroups has, been "hurt Us,please!" The only way to encour-age reform in South Africa is- toapply economic pressure th*r6ghtrade sanctions. The only way tomake US corporations apply thispressure is to alter our consump-tion of their products.

Joel J. Gwynn '89

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(Editors Note: The Tech re-ceived a copy of this letter ad-dressed to Associate Dean foroStudent Affairs James R.Tewhey.)

Opposition to the reactionarygroup Women Exploited by Abor-tion is the stated purpose of theMIT student group known asMen Exploited by Masturbation,as taken from the Strategies forMass Resistance National Con-ference publication, Dec. 2-3,1989, This conference was spon-sored By Refuse and Resist, thenational group responsible forthe December vandalism ofSt Patrick's Cathedral in NewYork.

WMe, as MIT Pro-Life, are writ-ing you 'this letter in protest tothe continued recognition ofMEM, a-group whose stated pur-pose is to-specifically oppose an-other campus group. Their per-sistent harassment of MIT Pro-Life is certainly unacceptablewithin the regulations of recog-nized MIT student groups.

This group has taken severalpieces of the literature distributedby our group,-. distorted it, andplaced it on display in the Infi-nite.Corridor. When MEM firstposted this' distorted literaturelast fall, several members of MITPro-Life approached me asking ifwe were responsible!

Understandably, these individ-uals did not want to be involvedin ant organization which wouldcreate such an obscene exhibit.MEM's actions are not only an-embarrassment to the membersof MIT Pro-Life, but to the en-tire MIT community as well.Both Physical Plant and theCampus Activities Office wereflooded with complaints and

phone calls when the MEMdisplay first went up last fall.

Allow us to address the issueof what harassment really is, andthe atrocious double standardswhich permit this offensivegroup's continued recognition.Last fall, an anonymous groupcalling themselves HAMIT pub-licly displayed an offensive anddefamatory drop poster in Lobby10 which ridiculed homosexuals.There was public outcry over thisaction, and the entire MIT com-munity agreed that this constitut-ed harassment. If this group hadrequested official recognition asan MIT student group with thepurpose of ridiculing and oppos-ing homosexuals, would theyreceive such recognition?

The purpose of MEM and thenature of their expression behindthe Infinite Corridor panel isidentical to that of the anti-homosexual group, except thatthis time the attack is directed atthose who hold a pro-life stancerather than at homosexuals!There is absolutely no differenceexcept that one group is anony-mous and the other is granted allthe privileges of an MIT studentorganization.

In a column protesting theanti-homosexual display [Attacksthreaten sense of community,"Nov. 3, 1989], Rebecca D. Kaplan'92 pointed out that if HAMITwere to form an official studentgroup, they would then be "con-strained by the same regulationsunder which all groups who donot hide behind anonymity mustwork, [such as) regulations aboutwhat can be said on posters, andaccountability. Is this in fact thecase? Our observations indicatethat MEM is nlot held account-

able for the content of the mate-rial placed on display in Lobby 10.

As additional confirmation ofthe true purpose of MEM, wecite an article in the Oct. 1989 is-sue of The Thistle written by amember of MIEM. The writerstates that the group "uses satireto expose both the logical falla-cies and misogynistic world viewof Pro-Life." The use of the word"satire" could seemingly be a le-gal loophole for any group whichwants to be abusive.

Let us restate exactly whatMIT defines as harassment, asquoted from the MIT guidelines:"Harassment of any kind is unac-ceptable at MIT and'is in conflictwith the policies and interests ofthe Institute.... Harassment isdefined as verbal or physical con-duct that has the intent or effectof unreasonably interfering withany individual's or group's educa-tional and/or work performanceat MIT or creating an intimidat-ing, offensive, or hostile educa-tional and work environment.Harassment on the basis of race,color, religion, sex, handicap, na-tional origin, or sexual orienta-tion includes harassment of anindividual in terms of a stereo-typed group characteristic or be-cause of that person's identicfca-tion. with a particular group."

Simply by reading the paneldisplay in the Infinite Corridor,one can clearly see how MEM'sexhibition serves as harassmentunder this definition. This groupconsistently stereotypes membersof the pro-life movement as prej-udiced, religious, right-wing hyp-ocrites. In their own Refuse andResist literature they call us" Reaganites, racists," and"would-be Rambos." They liken

us to Nazis and televangelists.Although our group is non-

partisan, a large portion of ourmembership is Catholic. Many ofthese Catholics espouse the pro-life ethic as a matter of religiousbelief. One of MEM's captionsreads as follows, "We at MEMeagerly await the day when theCatholic Church will intercede onbehalf of all those poor littlehomunculi," a statement whichwould undoubtedly offend anyCatholic.

What more blatant proof ofharassment is necessary? Con-fronted with insults like this,some of our more volatile 'mem-bers might be provoked to takematters into their own hands,Although MIT Pro-Life wouldstrongly oppose retaliationthrough any means other thanofficial channels, we cannot beresponsible for the actions of in-dividual members acting on theirown behalf.

Our paramount concern, how-ever, is not only for our 150members, but also for the groupWomen Exploited By Abortion.This group's only purpose is toact as a resource to women whohave been physically or emotion-ally scared by abortion. WEBAcame to the MIT campus andgave their time to speak to anoverflow audience of both pro-life and pro-abortion supportersabout their own personal traumaswith abortion.

As stated, MEM was formedto oppose this organization, andthey have repeatedly lashed outat these women through the"satire" exhibited in their insult-ing posters, many of which wereposted around campus on the dayof WEBABs visit to MIT. It is un-

fortunate that these women,already victimized by abortion,were forced to face this disgust-ing display of hostility, but it isalso unfortunate that MIT wom-en who may have had unpleasantabortions are forced to endurethe insults of MEM on a regularbasis.

Free speech is one concern, butdefamation of character is anoth-er. Personal attacks on the wom-en of WEBA occur every timeMEM's "satire" appears. Thevery name "Men Exploited byMasturbation" is a direct parodyof Women Exploited by Abor-tion. WEBA serves a very usefulpurpose, and we cannot stand bysilently while their reputation isslandered. In the event that MITdoes not take action againstMEM, we will certainly encour-age WEBA to take legal actionagainst both MIT and the mem-bers of MEM on the grounds oflibel.

Although our group has no ob-jection to students expressingviewpoints which conflict withour own, we do object to harass-ment, personal attacks, and ob-scenity. Their display contains nofactual discussion or any materialwhich could be useful in under-standing the abortion issue.

MIT Pro-Life would like MEMto cease to be recognized as anofficial student group. We recom-mend that the individuals ofMEM be formally charged withharassment, and that the Insti-tute administer the appropriatedisciplinary actions. We requestthat this action be taken expedi-ently, before any further damageis incurred.

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The provost's stated views oneducational reform are generaland his end goals unclear. -But his.ideas'are much more explicit inthe reports of two committees:-the Department of Defense-University Forum and the MITcommission for Industrial Pro-ductivity. These reports advocate'changes in university educationto make it more responsive to theneeds of the DOD and industryBoth reports characterize the uni-versity as a factory which manu-factures a pro'duct (trained stu-dents) for a client (industry and/or thq,;,>.DOD) [The Thistle, May19891. In-Made -iia-merica, theMIT Cominmission ;'on IndustrialProductivity refers to MIT's"Product [students]," and states,"we could do more to cultivatecloser relationships' with our'clieniis,' whlo hire our students,

land our 'suppliers,' the second-ary schools that provide them"1P- 165]. These reports reflect theworst, impulses of the military-industrial complex to mold.education to the needs of theeconomically powerful.

Deutch offhandedly, dismissedthe investigation into 'his corpo-rate and military connections,but these reports, authored bynmembers of the Science ActionCoordinating CommiEtteeand-theAlternative News' Cllective, arewe''ll-referenced- and.'based onpublic -dcuroents,, research arti-cles, nd -personai l interviews.Even when news reports ap-peared in The Boston Globe,National Public Radio, theChronicle for Higher Education,The Baltimore San, The Scien-tist, and Science, Deutch contin-ued to reject them. But neither henor anyone else has substantivelychallenged our information.

In the Tech interview, Deutchtried to justify his views on my-cotoxin (a biological weapon)and Star Wars research. Accord-ing to Deutch, the mycotoxin re-search was valid campus researchbecause it was non-classified, wassponsored by faculty, and hadpotential medical as well asweapons applications.

Deutch implied that he has not

iver studentsactively encouraged mycotoxinresearch at MIT. However, he hasserved as chairman of the De-fense Science Board Task Forceon Biological Defense and Chem-ical Warfare, which proposedthat the DOD increase fundingon biological warfare research.

In order to promote SDI andother' weapons'- related researchon campus, the DOD-University.Forum initiated changes in theDOD classification guidelines.The forum argued that the mod-.est loss in security would be bal-anced out by the increased-publiccredibility of this research if it)was performed on universitycampuses.

The elimination of the Depart-ment of Applied Biological Sci-ences was described by Deutch asa matter "I wish I had accom-plished differently." There was noacknowledgment of mistake orfailure. His single regret was thatnow the faculty will be more cau-tious before accepting the re-structuring-of other departmentsor programs.

Deutch painted the ABS crisisas a "genie" with a mind of itsown that escaped and was toolarge for the administration to"put ... back in the bottle."However, the controversy was theresult of the decision by Deutch,President Paul E. Gray '54, andDean of Science Gene M. Brownto dissolve ABS before consultinganyone and before constructingany proposal about how the fac-ulty, students, and staff of thatdepartment were to salvage theireducation, their research andtheir careers. Deutch did not, evenhold himself accountable for hisdecision.

Deutch currently receives in ex-cess of $205,150 annually fromthe corporations he directs, andhe has served on several DODpolicy boards. Deutch's director-ship lends academic credibility tothese industries. As an industrialdirector and a Pentagon advisor,Deutch learns how to reformMIT's ."product" (students) tomeet the needs of MIT's "clients"(industry and government). Hisactions as provost have notserved the needs of students, orsociety in general. John Deutch'spriorities carried him to the posi-tion of provost, and they wouldhave elevated him to -the presi-dency had the MIT communitynot soundly rejected these ideas.

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menfs are based on mislinforma-tion, and they're largely non-sense. " - MIT Provost John M.'Deutch '61

John Deutch, interviewed byThe Tech on Feb. 16 ["'An inter-view with MIT Provost'John M.Deutch"], simply could not un-derstand why anyone would everquestion or react negatively to hisreign as provost. When ques-tioned, he instinctively blamedthe students.

Referring to the FreshmanHousing Committee report,Deutch scoffed, "I've noted-- Ihaven't been, surprised, but I'venoted-the almost universal re-luctance of the undergraduatestudent body to consider anychange whatsoever."

When questioned by the na-tional media about the expose ofhis Pentagon and industry con-nections, Deutch's most explicitrebuttals were "[the studentsl aremisinformed.... It's not a bigdeal' [ The Scientist, Oct.; 16,1989] or "the students' allega-tions [are] foolish' [Chroniclefor Higher Education, July 26,19891]

While explaining his actions,Deutch avoided any notion thathe bears responsibility for the;many authoritarian decisions hehas made over the past five years.

Is it any wonder why JohnDeutch has acquired a reputationfor ignoring students?. And sinthis behavior any different fromthe way he has treated thefaculty?

The provost presented-as hisgreatest accomplishment the re-examination of undergraduateeducation, including the "estab-lishment of the Dean for Under-graduate Education ... and theseries of discussions and commit-tees to review undergraduate edu-cation . . ." The reforms towhich Deutch referred includededucational reform, the proposalto gut pass/fail, the restructuringof Independent Activities Period,and the FHC report. None ofthese "reforms" have requiredrepresentation or approval of thestudent body; all of them havebeen strongly opposed by thestudents in forums and petitions.

Deutch sidestepped the prob-lems of the anti-democratic na-Fure of these "discussions andCommittees" by characterizingstudent opposition as irrationalreflex. Does he attribute this"reluctance to consider change"to our mental inferiority, to ouremotional instability, or to ourinability to accept that the ad-mninistration obviously acts in ourbest interest?--

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Despite the omissions from the book,The Hunt for Red October stands by itselfas a thoroughly enjoyable movie, set in atime before the rise of glasnost and peres-troika under Mikhail Gorbachev. Much ofthe credit for this must go to SeanConanery, who stars as Captain Ramius, arespected Communist Partymember andtrusted submarine commander.

To defect, he must calm the fears of hisofficers-all hand-selected from his stu-dents and with no family in Russia - andhide the defection from the young crew. Atthe same time, he must avoid the entireRussian fleet - sent to destroy him -and the Americans who have been led tobelieve 'that he is a madman bent onstarting World War III.

Connery succeeds as a forceful and wilycommander willing to push his crew andhis vessel beyond the limits of their endur-ance. Calm self-assurance during the head-on approach of a torpedo and in dealingwith the-enemy submarines emphasizes hislengthy experience as a seaman. But hisdiscussions with executive officer Borodinon their hopes and dreams of life in Amer-ica indicate'that he is more than just asimple man of the military. He is a tragichero who must leave his homeland tosecure peace.

Until Ramius and his submarine. ap-peared, Jack Ryan sedately compiled his-tories and profiles of Russian officials for,

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the CIA. The disappearance of the RqedOctober, and the subsequent massive mo-bilization of the Russian fleet, thrust himinto the maelstrom of CIA and Navy oper-ations. Abstract theories give way to con-flicts between his professional opinionsand the prejudices aind misinformation ofmembers of the military.

Ryan's film transition from researcher,to gun-toting intelligence agent extra-ordinaire lacks the smoothness and devel-opment of the process in the book. Hispreparation for a meeting with the secre-tary of defense is limited to a few scantmoments in the film,,while Clancy allowsseveral hours of preparation for a meetingwith the president.

Baldwin as Ryan tries to make the-bestof the situation. He boldly support's his of-ten unpopular opinions agsainst the judg-

ments of generas and submarine com-manders. Indeed, it is primarily thestrength of his reasoning that ties much ofthe movie together and helps to saveRamius from the US Navy.

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Photographs bySophie Galle . of their context; that is, people define andAt the r Instue by Sophiempoarye rt derive' their identity through the places

Aitheog~M h Inttteo1. neprayAt they live and visit-, their friends, and their

Gallery hours, are Wednesday & Sunday beognsAtheamtiweeeht11-5,- Thursday-Saturday 11-8. Calle is u hiable (or chooses not) to~enter arelationship directly, but only through its

By PAUL GROH ~~context. She'enshrouds herself in a worldBy PALIL GROH ~ of safety where the only threat is that of

* lTR SEVEN YEARS outside her getting caught. In Calle's world,- placesnative Paris, photographer and belongings move beyond mere sym-

~~~Sophie,_Calle.,.returned. home'. bols- of- the person; for, Calle; they are thes B~ ~and bega-n following -people. person'.-From her-cool distance, she feels

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her city. In this effort-, Calle- soonileamned. -ality, the person and-her obsession withhow much she could. ascertain about the that -perlson, control her.lives and habits of her unkniown sub-- in' some of Ca lle's later, more interestingjects. She became obsessed with the people work, she turns the camera not at othershe was following and especially the physi- people, but at herself.cal details of their existence. Eventually In The Shadow,. Calle hires a private de-

this obsession brought her to Venice where tective to follow and photograph her for a

she tracked down and photographed a day. She first gets her hair done "'to please

man she had previously met in Paris. She him." She then takes him for an exhaus-

then published a collection of photographs tive chase through Paris in a type of flirta-

and writings in her book: Suite Ventienne, tious game. She wants to "show him" thePlease Follow Me. places she loves, such as the park where

Here began Calle's obsession with at- she received her first kiss. Calle's colorfultaining an intimacy with people while description of the day is sharply contrasted

maintaining a cool distance. In~her'recent with the banal photographs and text of the

photography exhibit, 'Sophie Calle: -A detective. For Calle, the- day was imbued

Survey,' Calle explores issues -relating to with. meaning; for the detective, the day

intrusion into people's personal lives. Her was -merely reporting -the facts.format & -documentary: black and -white, In one of Calle's most successful works,police-likce photography. juxtaposed-;with -Autobiographical Stories, Calle again hasdescriptive texts. The result is. not neces-- the camera turned on herself, but this time

sarily refined or composed, but. is Instead she has the courage to do it herself. She

an intriguing look at Calle's obsessive rela- photographs the things important to her: a

tionlship to her subjects. It i's a relationship white silk. wedding dress she wore the first

in which Calle knows her subjects not night together with a man she had silentlythrough their direct existence, but through admired since she was a child; a bathrobe

traces they leave behind. her first lover wore that reminded her of

In The Hotel, Calle, working as a cham- her father. Here Calle abandons her -docu-bermaid in a Venetian hotel learns about mentary approach and instills her photo-the lives of the tenants by going through graphs with a self-consciously high degree

and photographing their belongings. Like of composure. The photographs are Again

a detective looking for the incriminating' accompanied ,by descriptiVe-texts, but now

cluej'Calle -scrutinizes every" 'object in the the 'photographs are no longer literal.

room.' She meticulously searches through They are imbued with a supernatural char-

the tenants' baggage,,diaries, and even the acter in accordance with their -personal

garbage -to piece together their fives. She symbolic meaning. Calle is no longer deal-

makes-note-of the-smallest details-sulch as. ing-. solely with the .- relationship betweenS a dirty comf.y sotW broken teeth^" or a -herself and the subject; she now challenges

44"mind-bog9*,sihoeshofies Rom -~her- -the- nature of documentary photography

scrutiny she pieces together where the peo- and brings the photographs closer to the

ple are 'from, what they are doing that day, viewer.what they like or dislike, and, so on. In In another of her more successfulthis work, -Calle disp lays her photographs works, The Blind,- Callie asks'people blind

accom panied by texts. describing her find- from birth "what theit- "ge of- beauty"

ings. In one text, Calle reveals the attach- is. The responses range from a painting in

ment -she feels for the tenant. After he is which the subject says, "4I can feel the

gone, she writes, "He hsas left his -orange three masts and the main sail. I oftenpeels in the. wastebasket, thlree -Res gstuitmheeug..tote lig v

on the windowsill,, and the remainsof -a,.-.,sponse --̀ Zdo~n't need. beautiful- 1mages, in

croissant which I polish off. . . . I will try my brain . . . since I can't appreciateto forget-him.... I shall miss-him.' -- beauty,-I've always run from-it.1.4ib-this:

In another work, VY~omme an Carnet, wo& Callt juxtaposes, unflattering black

Calle, after finding an address book, de- and white photographs, text, and color

cides to approach the owner through his photographs of how she interprets their re-

-friends. She contacts the people in the sponses. She draws us into the world of

book (over 400) and interviews them in -or- the blind person and asks us how we iden-

deF to piece together the owner's life. She -tify With' the response -a's well as her.finally ends up knowing as much rmoe interprtio ofta esponse.

about thi's man than some of his friends. In Calle's later works, one sees consider-

The piece itself is an account of the weekly. able maturity compared to her earlier

findings, both photography and text, ones. She. moves from the realm of self-

which Calle published in the French news- absorbed obsession to that of photography

paper Liberation. that includes and questions the viewer.Through Calle's photography, we begin Sophie Calle's best work is yet to come.

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(Continued-from page 1)The'1300 issues lost that night

represented 17 percent of TheThistle's 7500-issue campus pressrun. Only part of~the 7500 issues,however, were distributed aroundcampus Monday evening.

The collective, a leftist group,denounced the destructionAin aletter written to The Tech., "Weare ... thoroughly _ disgusted byand totally condemn the recentassaults on the'MIT newspaperThe -Thistle," reads the letter.

"That: some individuals woulddeign actively and illegally tocensor us and suppress our news-paper. indicates, that- there is adangerous level of intolerance atMIT," continues the letter.

In'an interview,-Penn said, "'Ifeel actions like this' are antitheti-eal to an educational institutionlike this."

The Campus Police were notnotified of this incident, Pennsaid, although the administrationwas informed. The collective hadno knowledge of anyone in-volved, Penn added.

Not the first time

This was not the first. timecopies of The Thistle had- beendestroyed, Penn said. The Thistlehas continually had -problemswith issues being thrown away inthe evenings, when the hallwaysare empty. IQuring Residence/Ori-entation, Weok last fall, -sororitymembers -organized- to destroy-

would occasionally leave the cir-cle, pick up a stack of Thistles,walk down the Infinite Corridorto the nearest garbage can, throwthem away, and some rejoin thecircle.

During the rush week distribu-tion, Penn said members -of thecollective pulled approximately1500 Thistles out of garbage cansand redistributed them.

The rush week attacks on TheThistle were the result of resent-ment onl the part of the Inter-Fraternity Council,- said Penn. Hesingled out former IFC PresidentAnthony N. Gerber '90 and Al-pha Chi Omega member Maria T.Arriola '90, whom Penn claimedwas Gerber's girlfriend at thetime. Arriola led the circle ofwomen the day the collectivecaught them throwing away This-tles, according to Penn. I'TheIFC [president] was outraged andhis girlfriend was leading a troopof women- to get the paper, " hesaid.

Penn said he confrontedArriola after she threw away astack of Thistles herself and thatshe at first denied it bult thendefended her actions.

In an interview last night,Arriola denied having led anyonein an attack against The Thistle.But she did not deny involvementin throwing out copies. "It's a lie;I led no such band of wom-en., . . . I never instructed anyoneto throw papers, never instructedor-, conspired, with anyone," -she

"We didn't print anything thatattacks anyone."

Penn claimed MIT was moreinsensitive to minority opinionthan other schoo