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By Katie SchwarzPresident Paul E. Gray '54 said

yesterday he will ask the Aca-demic Council to reduce the sizeof next year's incoming class toalleviate dormitory crowding.

"We're not going to have this[level of crowdingl again," Graysaid. About 500 students arecrowded this fall, includingupperclassmen in some InstituteHouses. The crowding affected195 dormitory rooms.

Gray said he would not raisetuition to maintain a constant tu-ition revenue level with a smallerclass. The "perturbation" in classsize would have only a "secondorder effect" on the amount oftuition revenue, he added.

Associate Dean for Student

Affairs- Robert A. Sherwoodreacted to Gray's decision to rec-ommend class reduction with"surprise and delight." He hadsuggested last week that the Insti-tute may no longer be able toguarantee eight terms of on-cam-pus housing to undergraduatesunless class size is reduced.

Removing the eight-term guar-antee "doesn't sound to me like avery attractive solution" becauseit would be unfair to students,Gray said. He could not saywhether the housing guaranteewill remain because the Aca-demic Council has not yet dis-cussecl the problem.

Gray said reducing the classsize is a more acceptable way toapproach the problem of crowd-

ing. But he did not know howmuch smaller the next incomingclass will be.

The Academic Council will ex-amnine the number of spaces ex-pected to be available in Institutehousing next fall, Gray said. Thecouncil will decide on the classsize in December, January OrFebruary.

Gray will also ask the Admis-sions Office to insure that the in-coming class does not exceed itstargeted size. The AdmissionsOffice must treat the target as a"ceiling," he said.

"I'm not eager to reduce theclass size," Gray said, because asmaller class would mean "moreunhappy people who wanted [togo to MIT] and couldn't."

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at Wellesley -College, lecturingTuesday. -

Beatrice Manz, Professorabout Central America on

discussed iBy Charles R. Jankowski

and Leon M. BalentsThe United States is becoming

involved in a 'widening war" inCentral America, according toMartin Diskin, professor of an-thropology at MIT. He spokeTuesday at a -teach-in" spona-sored by the MIT Political Sci-ence Group on Central Americaand the Central American Soli-darity Association.

Diskin discussed the war inNicaragua, the Central Americancountry where he spent a part oflast summer. He also outlined, theUnited States' involvement in theregion.

He detailed the disparity be-tween "fact and Washingtonideology." The foreign policy ofthe United States is aggravatingthe Nicaraguana situation, he ex-plained.

Diskin was among five speak-ers at the colloquium. The otherspeakers included Roxanne Pas-tor, cofounlder and director ofthe Honduras Information Cen-ter, Beatrice Manz, professor ofanthropology at Wellesley Col-lege, Jack Spence, professor ofpolitical science at the Universityof Massachusetts at Boston, anda 22-year-old refugee from El1Salvador.

The US administration, ac-cording to Diskin, is creating cir-cumstances "to provide the sparkfor an explosion" in CentralAmerica. H~e said US foreignpolicy is "bleeding [Nicaragua) todeath" by financing rebel fightersattempting to overthrow the pre-sent Nicaraguan government.

Diskin criticized, PresidentRonald Reagan for neglecting theCentral American region. "Ron-

at teach-inaid Reagan was so busy doing re'search and determining thatapartheid ceased to exist that heforgot about Central America."

He also attacked Reagan's de-scription of Nicaragua as "athreat to the national securityand foreign policy of the UnitedStates."

I:Nskin concluded by describinghow citizens could affect the go-vernment's policy by "breathingdown [the administration's]necks. We're not giving up untilwe stop this murderous policy inCentral America."

About 250 people attended thetwo-hour session. A donation oftwo dollars was requested for ad-mission to the conference.

Domino theory discussedManz spoke of "gross viola-

tions of- hurftal -ighW- if i-:&mala anld Costa Rica, whileSpence discussed US foreign poli-cy concerning El Salvador andCentral America.

"The countries [of CentralAmerica] a4re being treated as po-tential dominoes,' Spence said.

Pastor described the Honduranpolitical situation . " Hon~duras'main enemy is El Salvador, notNicaragua," she said. She calledHonduras a "country of contra-dictions."

The "people who govern thecountries of Honduras and ElSalvador are putting aside thewishes of their countries to sup-

.-port the wishes of the UnitedStates," she said.

Refugee tells his story

"To be a refugee is not achoice," explained Saul, a Salva-

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Was difficulties n space shuttle

The satellite antennas were to*have popped out 80 seconds afterElaunch and the satellite was to

have started to spin and propel it-self into its own orbit. Neither

.event occurre-d.The crew irnprovised "fly-swat-

! ters." These were to be attached* totheShipS 50-fot .M.nin ilatewarm and used to activate the sat-ellite switch, the assumed source

[of the failure."We didn't know whether we

were doing the right thing,"iHoffmann said. "The swatters

turned out even better than whathad been designed on the

|ground," he added.rTWO crew members, one ofwhom was Jeff Hoffman, had to,exit the ship and attach the swat-

*ters to, the end of the manipula-tor arm. -Hoffman said he "was-greatly. overw~elined" when hefirst stepped out into space.

" The greatest thing was hang-ing out there and witching the

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By Craig Jungwirthandi Simson L. Garfinkel

Three hundred eighty studentspledged fraternities and indepen-dent living groups in a rush gov-erned by the new Office of theDean for Student Affairs alcoholpolicy.

The Policy Statement on theUse of Alcohol places restrictionson the consumption of alcohol incommon areas and at certaintimes during the rush weekend. Itadditionally prohibits drinking bystudents under the. age of 21.

The InterFraternity Conference(IFC) reported three alcohol-re-lated violations.

As of Tuesday, three hundredeighty fre-shmen, t :Ats4fdia-perclass students had pledgedfraternities and independent liv-ing groups, according to Associ-ate Dean for Student AffairsRobert A. Sherwood.

"The fraternity system seemsto have a lot more stability than"the dormitory system, he said.

IFC Chairman Tinley Ander-son '86 said the fraternity systemrealized '6379 definite pledges"and "on the whole, met thegoal." But he estimated "three orfour" fraternities did not meettheir pledge projections.

Sherwood said "seven houses... did overcrowd, 14 met [their]target and 12 still had at leastone space open . . . Some spacesviewed as open are still crowds.

Goals were set with trying to ac-cept an extra" pledge.

"The fraternities took almostthe exact projection we had ex-pected them to. In some cases,they weren't physically able" tocrowd additional students intotheir houses, Sherwood said. "Wefeel very positive that [the frater-nity system] definitely put forth agood-faith efort.'

Three violations reported

Anderson reported three rushviolations of the Institute's newdry rush policy. "There were acouple of minor problems ...stemming from a misunderstarnd-ing of the rules," Anderson said.-. } _~PieB-·eP~er·-~;~isI can--dlythink of two incidents . . . whichwere very minor.

"The largest complaintstemmed from the fact that afreshman was seen [by membersof a fraternity' at another housedrinking a beer," Anderson said.That action violated the PolicyStatement on the Use of Alcohol.

He said that the infraction was"solved through mediation and[the IFC Judicial Committee] re-presentatives watched the house"throughout Residence/Orienta-tion (R/0) week. The house "re-gained the epitome of dry rushfrom there on out," Andersonsaid.

In another incident, "one ...brother was drinking a beer Fri-

day night in a common area" ofa fraternity house. Andersoncharacterized the incident as "nota flagrant violation."

Anderson said he could not re-call the third incident. He de-clined to identify any of thehouses involved in the reportedviolations.

IFC Judicial Committee "re-presentatives were assigned threeor four houses which they wereto visit periodically' during rushweekend, Anderson said. "Wedepended on other houses to helpmonitor and that worked outvery well."

The Dormnitory Council "sentout representatives to fraternity,houseS-r115 j.-'htbI g pose w6uldbe, monitor the situations. How-ever, the IFC didn't reciprocate,"Anderson said. "We did not sendanyone to the dorms."

"We had a good, clean rush,"he concluded.

Freshmen resate experiences

Several freshmen, who request-ed that their names and the fra-tetnities' names be withheld, de-scribed differing rush experiencesconcerning alcohol use.

Some observed consumption ofalcohol which violated the dry:ush policy.

One freshman said he saw akeg of beer in a side room off acommon area in a fraternity. The

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bridge City Coullcil to preserveaffordable housing in the city,"lots of forces are going on" todrive reits up, said CouncilmanDavid E. Sullivan '74.

There is less development oflow and moderate income rentalunits because they are less profit-able, Sullivan said. A steep risein the cost of construction andmaterials since the early 1970shas forced housing developers toconcentrate on the most profit-able investments, he added.

Owner-occupied houses aremore affordable than rentedapartments, Sullivan explained,because federal income tax lawssubsidize home ownership. Suchhouses are therefore more likelyto be sold and thus more profit-able for the developer, he contin-ued.

'We need government to inter-vene" because the need for lowand moderate income housing isnot being met, Sullivan said. Heurged MIT students to defendtheir interests by participating incity and local politics.

Cambridge attempts to ensureaffordable housing chiefly

through rent control, Sullivancontinued. The city's rent controlsystem is among the most effec-tive in the nation, he added, butthe "phenomenally hot" housingmarket can "overwhelm evensubstantial measures."

Only 17,000 of the 40,000 unitsof housing in Cambridge are sub-ject to rent control, according toSullivan. The remainder are one,two or three-family owner-occu-pied houses. Such houses areexempt from rent control andlikely to remain so because ho-meowners constitute a large po-litical force, he said.

It is important for the city to"hang onto" the 17,000 rent-con-trolled housing units, Sullivansaid. An ordinance he wrote in1979 prohibits rent-controlledapartments from being taken offthe market by demolition or con-dominium conversion without thepermission of the'rent controlboard. Permission for conversionis difficult to obtain, he added.

Suivan hopes to encouragethe construction of more rent-controlled housing through a

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By Katie SchwarzSecond in a series on issues af-fecting housing and class size.

The number of students whoremain on campus is on the rise,due to the decrease In availabilityand increase in cost of off-cam-pus housing, according to offi-cials at MIT, Harvard Universityand Boston University.

"A high percentage of apart-ments have gone condo, andmost rentals left are at least tento--15 percent more [expensive)than last year," said MIT Admin-istrator for Housing Service Lin-da L. Patton in an article in TechTalk Sept. 4.

The number of housing listingsthe MIT Housing Service re-ceived from rental agents andlandlords has dropped from 664in, 1982 to 392 this year, Pattonsaid.

Boston's economic growth hascaused demand for housing inthe metropolitan area to rise rap-idly for over a decade, said PeterDreyer, a consultant for the Bos-ton Redevelopment Authority, ina Sept. 4 article in Boston Uni-versity Today.

Despite the efforts of the Cam-

Gray calls for smaller class

Central American issues

Almost 400 pledge during dry rush

Demand increases off-campus rents

Hoffman relateas astronaut oi

By Jacqueline GottliebAstronaut Dr. Jeffrey A. Hoff-

man described his April flight onthe shuttle Discovery in a lectureTuesday. -Hoffman was one ofthree shuttle astronauts fromMIT.

Hoffman had worked on X-rayastronomy at the MIT Center forSpace Research until the late1970s, after which he left for as-tronaut training at 'the LyndonJohnson Space Center in Hous-ton, Texas.

The crew expected to performseveral experiments, launich somesatellites and -return after fivedays. Shortly after, launch onApril 12, the crew successfullylaunched a small Canadian TE-LESAr communications satellites

Trouble began with the launchOf a SYNCOM satellite whichfailed to operate as planned.Ground controllers decided to at-tempt a rescue operation whichincluded an improvised space-walk.

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European nations to impose sanctions on South Africa - West Germany, the Netherlands, Den-mark, Belgium, France, Ireland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, and Portugal agreed to a ban on nucle-ar cooperation, discouragement of cultural and scientific links, an embargo on oil, arms and law-enforce-ment equipment, and the withdrawal of military attaches from South Africa. The measures are designed to

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Chairman ........................................ Ellen L. Spero '86Editor in Chief ............... ... Thomas T. Huang '86Managing Editor ..................... Andrew S. Gerber '87Business Manager ............... Robert W. O'Rourke '85News Editors ...................................... Harold A. Stern '87

Craig Jungwirth '88Night Editors .................. ..................... Eric N. Starkman '87Mark W. Eichin '88

Opinion Editors .......................................... Andrew Bein '87Mathews M; Cherian '88

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Arts Editors ....................................... Corrado Giambaivo '86Jonathan Richmond GAdvertising Manager ...... .... ......... Michael J. Kardos '86

Contributing Editors ...................... .Robert E. Malchman '85Simson L. Garfinkel '86

P. Paul Hsu '86Ronald E. Becker '87

V. Michael Bove GSenior Editor ................................... Carl A. Laorombe '86Production Manager ........................ Robert E. Malchman '85Indexing Project Representative .............. Carl A. LaCombe '86

NEWS STAFFAssociate News Editors: Edward E. Whang '87, Michael J. Garri-son '88, David P. Hamilton '88, Charles R. Jankowski '88, BenStanger '88; Staff: Katie Schwarz '86, Lauren F. Seeley '86,Randi L. Rubin '87, Donald Yee '87, Lisa Doh '88, Brian T. Hou'88, Becca MuInroe '88, David B. Oberman '88, Sam T. Osofsky'88, Earl C. Yen '63, Joseph J. Kilian G.

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There's a game that some jokerput in the lounge on my hallcalled Gnip-Cnop (I think thatthe G's are pronounced, as ingnurd). The game consists of along plastic-enclosed board sepa--rated into two halves by a plasticshield in which three large roundholes are cut. On each end of thecontraption are three paddleswhich rest against six big plasticballs - three in bright pink andthree in lemon yellow.

The game starts with three si-milar-colored balls on each side.At a word, the two players beginferociously batting their paddles,trying to fling their plastic ballsthrough the center into the otherplayer's side before the opponentcan return them. The winner isthe one who manages to get allsix balls onto the opponent's sideof the arena at the same time. It'sa pretty silly time, not a game onwhich outsiders would expect ma-ture, erudite, scientific MIT stu-dents to waste much time. Never-theless, frenetic banging andcursing can be heard emanatingfrom the lounge at any hour ofday or night.

Most outsiders don't knowmuch about us. I've come tO ex-pect one of a few typical re-sponses whenever I tell someonethat I go to MIT. Most comnmon,of course, is "Oh! You must bereally smart!" Well, yes, I ampretty smart - so is everyonehere. People don't realize,though, my intelligence doesn'tsay anything at all about who Iam. Gnop.

Another typical response is"-You- -must be-- a--real- computer- -whiz." I admit it: I know moreabout computers than the typicaloff-the-street citizen. I even enjoyusing them. But that still is notme. Cnop.

fortable life, the acknowledgeddriving force of all of Westerncivilization. What better goal fora young, enterprising college stu-dent? The fact that, for most ofus, making money is a fairly cer-tain proposition, involving nojuggling with Lady Fortune orher minion, Unemployment, can-not but be in our favor. Whycourt insecurity unnecessarily?Gnip.

The proverbial Good Time:that's another goal, perhaps lesssafe than wealth in the long run,but more easily accessible, hereand now. It's surprising how badMIT parties are in general, con-sidering the number of enthusias-tic party-monsters on campus.We have all the essentialsbooze, colored lights, bands,loud music. What's, wrong?Gnop.

The best party I've attended inover a year was at East Campus,during R/O week. There was abonfire in our new sandbox,"fruity beverages" on the side,and a reggae banld playing in thebackground. It took a few min-utes before I realized why theparty was so good. People couldtalk without having to shout over

People frequently ask me,"What kind of engineering areyou studying?" and recoil in as-tonishment at my response that Iprobably won't study engineeringat all. Why must I be an engi-neering stud^nt jUSt becaase I at-tend MIT? Gnop.

The one stereotype that mostclosely corresponds with realityat our Great Institute in the Skyis that concerning the pressurehere. It is true: there are simplynot enough hours in the day todo all the work assigned, letalone to play IM's, sing, act,throw frisbees, sail, ring bells,hack, and have sword-fights inKillian Court (and 26-100, butthat's another story...), to saynothing of such mundane activi-ties as eating (if you can call theingestion and hopeful digestionof Institute food 'eating"), oreven (occasionally) sleeping. Yetsomehow all this happens oncampus. People never believe mewhen I tell them that MIT fieldsa greater number of Varsityteams than any of the Ivy Leagueschools. Gnip, or perhaps Cnop-I'm not sure.

Okay: that's the good side.People seem to make time forwhatevrer on-campus activities in-terest them (gnip, gnip). But,submerged in the throes of prob-lem sets (gnop), papers Cgnop!)and even (shudder, though I may,to mention these words this earlyin the term) tests and exams(GNO:P!), students all too oftencannot summon up the energy tobreak the potent wall of abstrac-tion that separates their lives andMIT from "out there."

How can we possibly reconcileourselves to work with the inten-sity that is a prerequisite of sur-vival at such a goal-orientedplace as MIT, while at the same

time remaining uncertain of oureventual goal in life? It is nothingunusual for college students to beunsure about their eventual ambi-tions, to try different paths in thehope of stumbling upon a way oflife that appeals to them, to feeluncertain and insecure upon con-templation of the "real world."

The tragedy is that we chosenones at MIT feel that we mustfulfill the stereotype, that wemust be superhuman, that we aretoo talented to be insecure aboutanything. Acceptance of com-plexity is the victim; too many ofus, grasping for a justification ofour monumental labor here, re-fuse to acknowledge the inter-twining complications involved inany life of value; we seize any se-curity blanket that presents itself,and confidently claim to "knowwhere we're going."

This tendency is frightening,for by nature the universe is toobig and complex a place for anybut the most mature or the mostblindly complacent to contem-plate without at least a small gulpof uncertainty.

What are the plastic goals thatwe pursue? A biggie is money,the ticket to status and a com-

the music. It was incredible 1- met more people in one nightthan at the entire previous year'sparties. Some of the best conver-sationalists in the world go toschool here - they just can'tusually be heard over the music.

Artificial these goals may be;still they are not the worst mani-festations of our inability to ac-cept complexity. Most frighteningare those of us who deny theneed or the place of a goal at all,who spend our days "getting by,"who make no commitments andfrown on those who do. Apathyis a defense against uncertaintyfor these people, but what drablives they lead! Neither gnip norgnop, nor anything else, for thatmatter.

This Gnip-Gnop is entirely andcompletely unnecessary! We, thesuperhuman intellects of theMassachusetts Institute of Tech-nology, faster than a speedingneutrino, smarter than a capital"E ", able to climb the GreatDome in a single hack, are stillhuman. Nobody expects us to bemachines - except ourselves.

Have a great year. Gnip-Gnopis a silly game, anyway.

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To the Editor:I am responding to correct sev-

eral misperceptions in SimsonGarfinkel's Sept. 3 column on theLibraries' automated system["Libraries' catalog needs auto-mation"l-

The MIT Library system isautomating its circulation systemand building the database for anon-line catalog. While the pro-cess of automating has been ti-me-consuming, the first librarywill go live with circulation thisfall and other libraries will bebrought up sequentially through-out the academic year. When thefirst library comes up, public ac-cess to the database will be possi-ble from terminals at referencedesks in all libraries. Access tothe Libraries' database and otherlibrary services will ultimately beavailable through the Athena net-work (as was previously reportedin this newspaper) and throughdial-in ports.

The automated system will al-low us to monitor the borrowingpatterns of the MIT community:

what types of materials. Whatmaterial an inaividual patron hasout at a particular moment is in-formation available only to au-thorized staff and is not retainedonce that material is returned.The MIT Privacy Committee hasreviewed and approved the Li-braries' information handlingsystem.

The computer that will supportthe Libraries' database and circu-lation system is being intensivelyused by staff as we format andload many years' worth of data

and test and modify the pro-grams that manipulate the data.We in the Libraries are spendinga considerable amount of time onour automation efforts. We con-sider that spending time on care-ful work at this juncture will al-low us to avoid many of themistakes made by libraries earlierto automate and will pay off inquality service to the MIT com-munity.

Shirley K. BakerAssociate Director

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My friend's reactions were no different.It was either that the engine was too small,or the suspensions too high, or the factthat it didn't have a wind-jammer, or thatit would be difficult to maintain. I startedto question my decision. Had I really de-cided to do something stupid? But at thispoint I was too excited to let go. I wasahead of the game; summer had not offi-cially started, and I was already having anaffair with a ravishing, red riding machine.

Finals were finally over. I felt satisfiedwith my academic performance, but now Ihad a new thing to consume my mind: get-ting ready for the trip. Given-my unavoid-able low budget, I thought immediately toplan the route according to where some ofmy better friends resided. Remarkably,there was an almost perfect linear distribu-tion all the, way to L-awrence, KA, fol-lowed by a big void all the way to Los An-geles. This posed the first major problem.Martin had agreed to pay for the gas, buthad made no mention of accommodation.

Myr second worry regarded what tobring. The bike had limited space, and Iwas constrained by the number of toolsand bike accessories I had to carry withme. In the end my cargo consisted of twosmall backpacks: one full of tools, clothesand personal items, strapped on the fenderbetween the front part of the saddle andthe back light. The other, my school pack,filled with my documents, money, maps,etc., fit firmly onto my back.

Myr third and final worry was my father,who, being a motorcyclist himself, was ab-solutely horrified when he heard what kindof bike I intended to use for the trip. Sogreat was his worry that he offered to ridedown from Montreal to meet me in Alba-ny, NY, and check out exactly how I was

dling his black and white BMW RTIOU,clad in a black leather riding suit. Helooked like a chic version of The RoadWarrior, feet on the ground stabilizing thebike, his white full-face helmet resting onhis lap. At first I admired him, then I en-vied him and the experience of his 63 yearsas a navigator and travteller (he was a com-mercial airline pilot.) But then I reconsi-dered the nature of my trip and I felt likea young, idealistic, romantic and slightlyfoolish pioneer. I have always been attract-ed to doing things at a self-imposed disad-vanntage. Call it masochism if you will, Iprefer to refer to it as love of life. In anycase, I just wanted my father to be proudof me.

After coffee, bran muffins, a mandatorylavatory visit and the biggest hug, we hitthe road; he in front, me following like agosling following Father Goose. He lookedlike the greatest Dad in the whole world.All I could think of was whether I wouldalso be riding motorbikes with my son at63. The 250 miles left for Buffalo suddenlyseemed not so distant.

The rain eventually stopped and the sunbroke through. We averaged 65 mph whichsapped away a lot of my energy. At the lasttoll booth before Buffalo, we stopped, em-braced for the last time and then Dadheaded north, back to Montreal. Knowingthat I had made it thus far, he could nowsleep better at night - only after I calledto reassure him.

Megan Smith's house was not too faraway. I arrived after 20 minutes to a warmwelcome. I once again appreciated MITfor being an institution which gathers peo-ple from everywhere.

The next day I spent with Megan andher father touring Niagara Falls. It washere that I had the idea to open a businesscalled "Enter the Waterfall." Essentially, itwould provide a closer look at the falls bylowering a tourist as close as possible tothe falls via a cable attached to a helicop-ter.

(Corrydo's journey will continue in thenext issue of The Tech.)

set up to cross the land of opportunity.

STAGE 1: Boston, MA, to Buffalo, NYOn the 30th of May, I was ready Since I

did not own any adequate riding gear. Ihad to improvise. I borrowed- a pair ofhillbilly look-alike overalls and a combatjacket from a friend who had AWOLedthe army. Martin had given me his red hel-met, which I windproofed with maskingtape, and for my hands I had a pair ofgardening gloves. My feet were in a pair ofold Brook racing sneakers. I couldn't findany size 11 l/2 riding boots. Lastly, to pro-.tect me from the rain I had a yellow rain-jacket with matching pants.

It was 6 am when I walked through thefront door. There was a slight drizzle. Mybackpacks were waterproofed with plasticbags and I had my foul weather gear on;still, I could not help feeling discouraged."What happened to all the sunny daysduring finals week?" I asked myself

The first operational problem becameobvious wien I tried to kickstart the coldengine. (That's right, more often than notenduro bikes do not have electronic igni-tion.) As I fumbled with the decompressorlever (a device to decrease the pressure inthe cylinders) and began pressing violentlyon the kickcstarter, I scraped my shinagainst the protruding foot rest. I wassweating profusely, very nervous and em-barrassed. My visor steamed tip. All thisin front of my Cambridge home. Eventu-ally the wretched bike started. The deeprumble played like a lullaby. I headed to-ward the Mass Pike thinking to myselfthat it would be very difficult to ride all theway to Los Angeles if I had so many prob-lems starting the bike, let alone riding it.

After this disappointing debut I madefor a gas station. I filled the tank and resetthee odometer. The bike had a range ofabout I 10 miles with a full gas tank, sothe only way to know how much gas wasleft, without waiting for the bike to stall,was to monitor the miles travelled.

Near Albany, I met my father at a pre-established exit. It was quite a relief to seehim, since the relentless drizzle had damp-ened my spirit somewhat. I saw him strad-

I remember last May. Finals and end-of-term papers suffocated my id. Suddenlymy only preoccupations were those damngrades and the hope I had not wasted$5500 of tuition. Yet, I couldn't stopthinking about summer waiting on thedoorstep, asserting itself with the occa-sional day in the 80s, subtly disrobing thepeople and seducing them outdoors.

I had planned nothing. There was talkof going to China with a friend fromWellesley to make a film, but due to lackof funds and motivation to organize thetrip, we folded. Desperately, I started toshop around for-something exciting to do,but it was difficult with the pending dead-lines of end-of-term papers and finals.Even a job would have been acceptable atthis point. Panic set in.

With my mind obfuscated by despairand wishy-washiness, I started to give upon the idea of excitement and began to ac-cept words like "mundane" and "medio-cre" in my summer prospects... Untilone fine day, while sitting around withMarco honzini, we were visited by a mu-tual friend from Harvard. He informed usthat he was going to La Jolla in SouthernCalifornia for the summer to work with ahigh-tech company (it happens to peoplefrom Harvard also!) and he wasn't surehow he was going to take his motorcycleacross.

Without letting him utter one moreword and with my brain racing at 1000miles a second I offered: "I'll drive it foryou!" His eyes stared at me in disbelief.Then, as my face could not hide my eager-ness and sincerity, he started to make somecalculations.

In the end he agreed to let me drive it. Isuppose he figured that it would becheaper that way, despite the considerableadditional mileage. On my part I was ec-static; in one briefimpulsive moment I hadrescued my summer plans.

After dealing with insurance and someminor check-ups and repairs, Martin (the

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Hoffman tested one of thetraviolet telescopes in April tfwill be used for observationsHalley's comet.

It seems that accurate obserntions will be possible despite tdust that gathers on the telescoduring launch. As an astronomthe observations will be the mnexciting aspect of the trip, Homan said.

(Continued from page 1)world go by. It was the first timeI felt like a satellite myself, re-volving around earth." The entireoperation took about three hoursbecause of the low manipulativeability in a space-suit.

The ship was brought near thesatellite after the space-walk wascompleted. The swatter was ma-neuvered using the manipulatorarm and the switch was turned asplanned. But this did not solvethe problem.

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ages presented at the lecture willbe compiled 'and serve as educa-tional films for physics classes.

Hoffman, an avid mountainclimber, likened the food, hy-giene and personal space on theshuttle to those of a campingtrip.

The astronauts got some of themost fascinating views of theearth as the landscape beneaththem changed at a rate of fivemiles per second. Hoffman spokeof and showed views of the An-des, the Nile River delta covered

be rescued during a subsequentspace shuttle flight. The rescuewas "a remarkably successfulmission," Hoffman said.

Hoffman described the experi-ments and day-to-day life onboard in detail. He showed slidesof the crew watching precession-free spins. of gyroscopes andplaying with yjo-yos, drops oflemonade and free-floating mag-net-containing marbles.

'It's really a shame we can'ttake physics classes out there,"Hoffman said. Some of the im-

'by a dust storm and the massiveland erosion in Madagascar.

The crew saw 110 sunrises and110 sunsets during the five-daymission. Hoffman showed a pic-ture of a bright, perfect, red,white and blue ribbon on a blackbackground as an example of

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The ensemble performed with great en-ergy and kept up the momentum of thistightly constructed piece of froth. Ethel-wyn Worden sang Nicolette, theaging co-quette. In a wonderful costume, designedto highlight the character's coarseness, shestruts across the stage, fooling no-one withefforts at mock-repectability. Having in-formed the two girls of the "bad news"that their boyfriends are- really runningafter her, she launches into a hilariousaria, nicely sung and supported by a con-spiratorial keyboard part deftly played onthe harpsichord by Wayne Ward.

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LSC shows The General at 7:30prn in 10-250, and Beverly Hills Cop at 7 and lpmin Kresge.

Saturday, Sept. 14Amnadeus in Kresge today, at 6:30 and 10lSaid Tech critic-Jonathan Richmond (9/!8/84), "If Amadeus does not answer allthe questions, it takes us deeper withintheir inpenetrability. The acting is magnifi-cent, direction extraordinary and the mu-sic - played with a Classical cleanlinessby the Academy of St. Martins-in-the-fields under Neville Marriner - is put to-gether to maximum psychological effect,and justly so, for if ever we are to under-stand Mozart, it will not be through wordsor visions, but through his music alone."Go see the most brilliant, telling film ofthe decade.

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Fraternity brothers served an"6abortion" in addition to beer,the freshman continued. "It's or-ange sade, 7-UJp and vodka. Iwas at [the partyl late, so maybethat's why they were doing it."

But a second freshman said, "Ihaven't seen fraternities with al-cohol. A lot have been really con-scious. 'This time it's dry,' saidthe brothers. They knew the rulesand were following them."

"I was a freshman with beer. Iknew they were serving" otherfreshmen, said a third student.

A fourth freshman had "onlybeen to two" fraternities."There's alcohol there," he said,"but there's also pot. But theydon't ask you if you want it ornot. If a freshman wanted it,they would give it."

Other fraternities had alcoholfor brothers but did not servefreshmen, according to a fifthfreshman. "It was strictlybanned. I saw a graduate oralumnus having a beer. It wasn'tovert ."

"There wasn't a lot (of alco-hol]. No freshmen were served,"he said. "They all had Sprites orCokes. I wasn't offered [any alco-hol] or pressured. Personally, I'msurprised."

A sixth freshman said he sawalcohol in fraternities on bothsides of the river, but not in pub-lic places. He added that therewas a non-alcoholic bar on a fra-ternity-sponsored boat cruise.

"Most frats figured 'You're go-ing to have the next four years todrink, so you can hold off for a

week.' " One fraternity in Boston"was really good. There was lotsof soda. The brothers didn't havealcohol," he said. At another fra-ternity, "Brothers had alcohol,but no freshmen' had alcohol.

Anderson said he hadn't "beenaround asking people. But no re-ports [of violations of the dryrush policyl have come to my at-tention."

(Continued from page 1) pleased" with the teach-in. "Theattendance was pretty good," hesaid, although he was disappoint-ed with the lack of time availablefor questioning the speakers.

Klinger said most MIT stu-dents are "apathetic" towardCentral American issues, but henoted a "lot more activity lastyear." Klinger attributed the in-creased awareness to recentSouth African demonstrationsand President Reagan's re-elec-tion.

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Sullivan speculated that "butfor MIT," the proposal wouldhave passed. MIT "fought toothand nail" against linkage, hesaid, as did Harvard.

Linkage is a proposal tochange the city zoning laws. Suchchanges ordinarily need the ap-proval of two-thirds, or six mem-bers, of the City Council. Theproposal needs the approval ofthree-fourths, or seven members,of the council if the owner of 20or more percent of the affectedland protests.

The Simplex site owned byMIT constitutes more than 20percent of the land affected bylinkage.

Sullivan said he will introducethe linkage proposal again afterthe City Counlcil election in No-vember, when all council seatsare being contested. H~e thinks itis "likely" that at least one addi-tional supporter of linkage will beelected, and the proposal wouldthen have a "sgood chance" ofpassing.

(Continued from page 1)proposal he sponsored in CityCouncil. Sullivan's "linkage"proposal would "link" large newdevelopments to housing by re-quiring the developers to providea certain number of units of lowand moderate income housing.Such developments include Cam-bridge Center and MIT's planneddevelopment of the Simplex site.

Large developments createjobs, leading to increased de-mand for housing, Sullivan ex-plained. Furthermore, these jobsare generally high-paying, andthe people who take them can af-ford expensive housing, he add-ed.

Major developments thereforedrive up housing prices in theirvicinity. Sullivan intends the link-age proposal to counteract thiseffect.

Sullivan's proposal recentlyfailed a City Council vote. It wasapproved by six of the nine coun-cil members, one fewer than thenumber needed to pass.

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Defensive co-captains Larry S.Monroe G and Nicholas S.Nowak '86 both mentioned thatthe defense looks really good.Most of this yeat's team playedlast year.

Last Saturday, the Engineersheld a practice scrimmage againstBentley College. Monroe com-mented that the "offense reallymoved the ball," garnering twotouchdowns in the three fifteen-minute quarters played. The de-fense claimed many interceptionsand fumbles, keeping Bentleyscoreless.

The Engineers' record of fivewins and three losses sent theteam to club finals last season.Their loss in the NCFA semifinalswas disappointing, since theywere leading Worcester State atthe half. Worcester State laterwent on to win the champion-ship, and it is now a member ofDivision IlI.,

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to, if not better than, any otherteam he'has coached in his lastseven years at MIT. Because theteam "lacks depth," Smith hopeshis starters will stay healthy. -

This year's starting quarter--back is Peter J. Gasparini '88.He started a few games last sea-son when last year's startingquarterback was injured. JoiningGasparini in the backfield is full-back Hugh B. Ekberg '88, weigh-ing approximately 255 Ibs. Ek-berg is one of the fastest runnerson the team.

Blocking for Gasparini andE~kberg are two of the most ex-perienced 'offensive line players

By Jerome BraunlsteinThe MIT football team will

open its season against StonehillCollege tomorrow at 1 pm atSteinbrenner stadium.

Head Coach Dwight Smithsaid tomorrow's game will be"one of the most difficult gamesof the season," but he predictsthe team will hold its ownthroughout the season.

Coach Smith described thisyear's defense as better than inpast years. He said the offense isnot quite as good as it was in thepast, but it is improving. Heplans on an overall team equal

tage of MIT's play to score a tryand go up 0-4 after five minutes.A penalty kick made it 0-7 beforeMIT began to settle down and as-sert itself.

Solid play on loose balls withaggressive rucking and runningput Boston under heavy pressureas the half wound down. Thepayoff was a try under the postsas the clock ran out by Rich Se-lesnick G. The conversion made

the halftime score 6-7.MIT came out in the second

half fired up and Boston wassoon reeling. Continuous pres-sure off the kickoff led to an ap-parent try in the corner by LeoCasey G. MIT drove in anothertry a minute later under the postson a pass from Casey to ChrisKuszmaul '86 to make it 10-7.

Boston struck back with a tryon an MIT breakdown to go up

10-11. Captain Joe Goss G madea fine run leading to a try by Ca-sey off a pass from Dave Simson'86. Selesnick converted and thenscored again to run the score to20-11. Scoring was wrapped upwith two penalty kicks by Seles-nicl.

By Mike MurphyThe MIT Rugby FootbaJl Club

opened its season last Saturdayon Briggs.Field with a 26-11 de-feat of the Boston Minutemen.The game was part of the BostonRugby Club's 2Sth anniversarycelebration, which was hosted byMIT.

Sloppy play marked MIT's ef-forts in the early part of the firsthalf. Boston quickly took advan-

(Editor's note: Murphy isPresident of the MIT RugbyFootball Club.)

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