Continuous Bj Jo > MIT NewNs Service ' 7r aB Ai 8 7 Cambridge Since 188 1 | 1 a Z ] Massachusetts Volume 104, Number 32 -a %- Tuesday, August 14, 1984 IPC---T~ a~ll P· -~-~II--- ~ III I 11 -- ---L·---L- --)- P.- 4--1.. _ 111 --- -- U _ r_ -- ---- 91_1 -IC Techfile photo by Simson L. Garfinkel Professor of Electrical Engineering Harold E. "Doc" Ed- gerton, pioneer of strobe photography, installed a strobe light on top of the Green Building last spring. Edgerton is featured in the September issue of American Photogra- pher. ,,_ ,, ,,, , Students lounge on one of the Killian Court sculptures during last week's hot speli. Stephen Andrews BC-c-b·P·rL- I I -·e st s3s -i-- -b ---- 1 I I I I I I I 6 I Cantonese cuisine should spice up the Central Square Szechuan crowd. Page 6. MIT No-Frills Theater pulls off a production of The Fantasticks and beats the odds. Page 6. Peter Sellars brings Cosi Fan Tutte into the twentieth century, while the Lake George Opera Festival stages a traditional Marriage of Figaro. Page 6. I The new director said she plans to hold an activities open house in early September to meet and talk with with activity leaders. "The university is ultimately responsible for student activ- ities," Fienman said. "1 hope to advise, to make a smooth student activities organization." Fienman would not yet suggest specific plans for student activi- ties. "I don't yet know what's missing, what is or isn't being done. I've only been here for five hours," she said yesterday. Fienmann had been assistant di- rector of student activities at Suf- folk University since 1980 before coming to MIT. From 1978 to 1980 she was first a residence counselor and then director of student activities at Mount Ida Junior College. Fienman received a master's degree in education from Boston University. She was an under- graduate at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she was head of residence during her last two years. By Robert E. Malchmarn Barbara Fienman began work as director of campus activities yesterday, replacing in part for- mer Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Stephen D. Immerman. Immerman, who was also advi- sor to fraternities and indepen- dent living groups, transferred to the position of district director in the Department of Resource De- velopment in April. The MIT ad- ministration has not yet named an independent living group advi- sor to succeed him. "There's great potential for a student activities program, here," Fienman said yesterday.- Fienman articulated several ideas, but stressed there were no plans for implementation in the immediate future. Considering activities fee Fienman said she would con- sider a mandatory student activi- ties fee levied and distributed by the student government. Such a system worked well at Suffolk IJniversity, where she worked be- fore coming to MLIT, she said. "I don't want to say [MIT's present financing3 system is un- fair because I don't know it yet," Fienman added. Before making any changes, "I have to see [stu- dent activities] run that way for at least a year. . .1 don't see it as wrong to have the university col- lect the fee," she continued. Funding for student activities now comes from the Office of the Dean for Student Affairs, which appropriates some funds from tuition, and from the activities' self-generated income. Fienman also suggested leader- ship seminars or workshops to aid student leaders in recruiting, retaining, teaching and managing activity members. She expressed interest in a cen- tral student activity information resource, like a bulletin board or a publication. Sandra Nett, a senior assistant in the Student Affairs Office, recommended the idea to her, Fienman said. Open house planned By Diana ben-Aaron Joseph Humberto Solano '85, an undergraduate in Aeronautics and Astronautics, has announced his candidacy for state represen- tative from the Eighth Suffolk District in Boston. Solano, a Republican, is en- dorsed by the Ward 5 Republican Committee. The deadline for fil- ing papers was in May, according to the Secretary of State's office. Election officials said he gave his address on the papers as 484 Beacon Street, which is the Sig- ma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) frater- nity. Solano could not reached for comment but two summer boarders at SAE said they thought he had withdrawn from the race. Solano will be running against incumbent Thomas J. Vallely, a Democrat who serves on the Health Care and Public Service committees. Vallely was elected in 1981 when US Representative Barney Frank, who had previous- ly held the seat, ran for Con- gress. x LS 5 is n I s e e- Solano is "the only candidat4 the committee has endorsed othe than President Reagan,". Thoma Kershaw, chairman of the Ward Republican Committee, said. Kershaw said he thought if So lano wins he might complete hi degree at MIT while serving i; the legislature. 'Representative are lawyers and businessmen The legislature was not meant to be a full-time job," he said. Mas sachusetts state representative are paid $30,000 a year. "Solano. .. explained to thi Committee that his-academic re sponsibilities came first, and pre vented him from actively cam paigning," a committee pres release said. "While the Committee fel strongly that his education cami first, it also felt that his expel iernce as a student member of th( NABB (Neighborhood Associ ation of the Back Bay) Board ant that his standing as an Hispani4 warrants his election as our nem state representative," the commit tee announced. By Amy S. Gorin l-MIT may be violating a federal s law by failing to fix breakdown- prone elevators in the Student t Center, Peter Myette of the Mas- e sachusetts Handicapped Affairs Office said. e IFederal Rehabilitation Act 504 d stipulates that recipients of feder- al funding, of which MIT is one, C must provide handicapped access v to all their services and pro- grams, he explained. If a building is inaccessible to the handicapped equal facilities must be provided elsewhere un- der the law, according to Myette. The elevators provide the only access for the handicapped to the top four floors of the student center. There is a formal grievance procedure to be followed if ac- cess is in doubt, Myette said. It is unclear if MIT is in violation since the validity of each com- plaint is determined individually, he commented. There is no accurate figure for the breakdown frequency of the Student Center elevators because calls to the repair company are recorded only if they originate at the Student Center Office itself, Both Barrett and Winsor also blamed the shoddy service upon the design of the building. The elevators are placed at opposite sides of a large lobby, and oper- ate independently. Thic is "not an ideal design or a desirable design for elevators," Barrett commented. Passengers (Please turn to page 2) Assistant West Plaza Manager Frank R. Winsor said. Winsor estimated repairs to the Student Center elevators are re- quired weekly. Often, a stopped elevator will begin working with- out a repairman being called, he added. The Institute has a contract with Payne Elevator Service which provides for two repair- men on campus during working hours and on call at all other times, according to Physical Plant Director Paul R Barrett. Physical Plant tries to attend to all problems as soon as possible, but gives priority to single eleva- tors, Barrett said. MIT spends $225,000 annually for maintenence of and repairs to the 110 elevators on campus, Barrett noted, adding that these figures do not include elevators in living groups. The problem is aggravated by the lack of a freight elevator in the Student Center, Barrett said. The elevators are used by the MIT Dining Service and by stu- dent activities to move freight, and are sometimes held on a floor while being loaded and un- loaded, he explained. Stephen A. Andrews '86 died in an automobile acci- dent July 22. He was 19 years old. Andrews lived in Baker House and would have been a junior in mathemat- icrs this fall. The accident occurred in his home town of Scotia, New York, where funeral services were held July 25. He is survived by par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Alndrews, and a sister, Jennifer. 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Volume 104, Number 32 -a %- Tuesday, August 14, 1984
Professor of Electrical Engineering Harold E. "Doc" Ed-gerton, pioneer of strobe photography, installed a strobelight on top of the Green Building last spring. Edgerton isfeatured in the September issue of American Photogra-pher.
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The new director said she plansto hold an activities open housein early September to meet andtalk with with activity leaders.
"The university is ultimatelyresponsible for student activ-ities," Fienman said. "1 hope toadvise, to make a smooth studentactivities organization."
Fienman would not yet suggestspecific plans for student activi-ties. "I don't yet know what'smissing, what is or isn't beingdone. I've only been here for fivehours," she said yesterday.
Fienmann had been assistant di-rector of student activities at Suf-folk University since 1980 beforecoming to MIT. From 1978 to1980 she was first a residencecounselor and then director ofstudent activities at Mount IdaJunior College.
Fienman received a master'sdegree in education from BostonUniversity. She was an under-graduate at the University ofMassachusetts at Amherst whereshe was head of residence duringher last two years.
By Robert E. MalchmarnBarbara Fienman began work
as director of campus activitiesyesterday, replacing in part for-mer Assistant Dean for StudentAffairs Stephen D. Immerman.
Immerman, who was also advi-sor to fraternities and indepen-dent living groups, transferred tothe position of district director inthe Department of Resource De-velopment in April. The MIT ad-ministration has not yet namedan independent living group advi-sor to succeed him.
"There's great potential for astudent activities program, here,"Fienman said yesterday.-
Fienman articulated severalideas, but stressed there were noplans for implementation in theimmediate future.
Considering activities feeFienman said she would con-
sider a mandatory student activi-ties fee levied and distributed bythe student government. Such asystem worked well at SuffolkIJniversity, where she worked be-
fore coming to MLIT, she said."I don't want to say [MIT's
present financing3 system is un-fair because I don't know it yet,"Fienman added. Before makingany changes, "I have to see [stu-dent activities] run that way forat least a year. . .1 don't see it aswrong to have the university col-lect the fee," she continued.
Funding for student activitiesnow comes from the Office of theDean for Student Affairs, whichappropriates some funds fromtuition, and from the activities'self-generated income.
Fienman also suggested leader-ship seminars or workshops toaid student leaders in recruiting,retaining, teaching and managingactivity members.
She expressed interest in a cen-tral student activity informationresource, like a bulletin board ora publication. Sandra Nett, asenior assistant in the StudentAffairs Office, recommended theidea to her, Fienman said.
Open house planned
By Diana ben-AaronJoseph Humberto Solano '85,
an undergraduate in Aeronauticsand Astronautics, has announcedhis candidacy for state represen-tative from the Eighth SuffolkDistrict in Boston.
Solano, a Republican, is en-dorsed by the Ward 5 RepublicanCommittee. The deadline for fil-ing papers was in May, accordingto the Secretary of State's office.
Election officials said he gavehis address on the papers as 484Beacon Street, which is the Sig-ma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) frater-nity.
Solano could not reached forcomment but two summerboarders at SAE said theythought he had withdrawn fromthe race.
Solano will be running againstincumbent Thomas J. Vallely, aDemocrat who serves on theHealth Care and Public Servicecommittees. Vallely was elected in1981 when US RepresentativeBarney Frank, who had previous-ly held the seat, ran for Con-gress.
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Solano is "the only candidat4the committee has endorsed othethan President Reagan,". ThomaKershaw, chairman of the WardRepublican Committee, said.
Kershaw said he thought if Solano wins he might complete hidegree at MIT while serving i;the legislature. 'Representativeare lawyers and businessmenThe legislature was not meant tobe a full-time job," he said. Massachusetts state representativeare paid $30,000 a year.
"Solano. .. explained to thiCommittee that his-academic responsibilities came first, and prevented him from actively campaigning," a committee presrelease said.
"While the Committee felstrongly that his education camifirst, it also felt that his expeliernce as a student member of th(NABB (Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay) Board antthat his standing as an Hispani4warrants his election as our nemstate representative," the committee announced.
By Amy S. Gorinl-MIT may be violating a federal
s law by failing to fix breakdown-prone elevators in the Student
t Center, Peter Myette of the Mas-e sachusetts Handicapped Affairs
Office said.e IFederal Rehabilitation Act 504d stipulates that recipients of feder-
al funding, of which MIT is one,C must provide handicapped accessv to all their services and pro-
grams, he explained.
If a building is inaccessible tothe handicapped equal facilitiesmust be provided elsewhere un-der the law, according to Myette.The elevators provide the onlyaccess for the handicapped to thetop four floors of the studentcenter.
There is a formal grievanceprocedure to be followed if ac-cess is in doubt, Myette said. It isunclear if MIT is in violationsince the validity of each com-plaint is determined individually,he commented.
There is no accurate figure forthe breakdown frequency of theStudent Center elevators becausecalls to the repair company arerecorded only if they originate atthe Student Center Office itself,
Both Barrett and Winsor alsoblamed the shoddy service uponthe design of the building. Theelevators are placed at oppositesides of a large lobby, and oper-ate independently.
Thic is "not an ideal design ora desirable design for elevators,"Barrett commented. Passengers
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Assistant West Plaza ManagerFrank R. Winsor said.
Winsor estimated repairs to theStudent Center elevators are re-quired weekly. Often, a stoppedelevator will begin working with-out a repairman being called, headded.
The Institute has a contractwith Payne Elevator Servicewhich provides for two repair-men on campus during workinghours and on call at all othertimes, according to PhysicalPlant Director Paul R Barrett.Physical Plant tries to attend toall problems as soon as possible,but gives priority to single eleva-tors, Barrett said.
MIT spends $225,000 annuallyfor maintenence of and repairs tothe 110 elevators on campus,Barrett noted, adding that thesefigures do not include elevators inliving groups.
The problem is aggravated bythe lack of a freight elevator inthe Student Center, Barrett said.The elevators are used by theMIT Dining Service and by stu-dent activities to move freight,and are sometimes held on afloor while being loaded and un-loaded, he explained.
Stephen A. Andrews '86died in an automobile acci-dent July 22. He was 19years old.
Andrews lived in BakerHouse and would havebeen a junior in mathemat-icrs this fall.
The accident occurred inhis home town of Scotia,New York, where funeralservices were held July 25.
He is survived by par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. EdwinL. Alndrews, and a sister,Jennifer.
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The chase sometimes unexpect-edly grinds to a halt, trappingpassengers between floors. In atleast one case, a passenger wascaught in a stopped elevator forover an hour.
Institute elevators are supposedto have an alarm button and atelephone for these emergencies,Barrett said. As of yesterday, thewest elevator had a workingalarm button, but no telephone.The east elevator was not avail-able for inspection.
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W~orldPolish ship hits Red Sea mine -A Polish cargo ship struck a mine at the southern entrance to theRed Sea Saturday; there was extensive damage, but no, casualties. Over a dozen other commercial shipshave been damaged by explosions in the waterway. Officials have said they do not know for certain who isresponsible for the mining.
Man killed when police storm Belfast rally -One person died and at least 20 were injured Sundaywhen police stormed a rally of the Provisional Sinn Fein in Belfast, wielding batons and firing plasticbullets. A police statement said plastic bullets were used because members of the crowd were throwingstones and forcibly impeding the police. The police charge was a failed attempt to arrest Martin Galvin,American publicity director of the Irish Northern Aid Committee. Trhe Sinn Fein is the political wing of theProvisional Irish Republican Army.
United States to free $19 million for family planning -The US delegation to the United NationsInternational Conference on Population in Mexico City announced Saturday that $19 million the US gov-ernment had threatened to cancel would be immediately given to the UN Fund for Population Activities.The decision followed assurances by Rafael Salas, the fund's director, that "the fund does not supportabortion as a method of family planning."
NationReagan concedes possibility of tax boost- President Ronald Reagan said Sunday he might have toseek a tax increase in a second term but he has no plans for one now and would allow one only as "a lastresort." Democratic Presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale has stated that new taxes will be necessary toreduce the federal deficit.
Ferraro's husband in tax controversy - Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine A. Fer-raro, who ha~s promised to release a fulll financial disclosure statement covering herself and her husband,said Sunday the statement, to be released next week, will not include her husband's tax returns. Ferrarosaid her husband, John Zaccaro, a wealthy real estate owner, told her release of the returns might adverselyaffect his business. Ferraro's past practice of withholding details of her husband's finances have prompted acall from a conservative legal foundation for a Justice Department investigation.
Law to allow religious meetings in schools - President Reagan Saturday signed into law a billprohibiting public high schools from barring student gatherings for religious or political purposes outsideclass hours. Some Administration lawyers expressed fears the law would require schools to allow meetingsof religious cults and extremist political groups as well. "It means the young Trotskyites can meet, it meansthe gay activists can meet. I think it's wonderful," said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.).
Reagan accuses Congress of "bottling up" agenda- Speaking from his ranch in Santa Barbara,President Reagan accused Congress of ignoring five of the six elements of his legislative agenda: a constitu-tional amendment requiring a balanced budget, an increase in the amount unemployed spouses can con-tribute to Individual Retirement Accounts, urban enterprise zones, tax credits for parents with children inprivate religious schools, and an anticrime package. The sixth element, permitting religious groups to meetin schools after classes, was just signed into law. Reagan gave the Democratic-cont rolled House a "failinggrade." House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. responded that if Reagan "really cared about his agenda," hewould have stayed in Washington to work on it." O'Neill offered to introduce a balanced budget amend-ment 48 hours after the President submitted a balanced budget.
"If this had been an actual emergency . . ." - During a sound-level test before his weekly radiobroadcast Saturday, President Reagan jokingly remarked: "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you Ijust signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes," an anonymoussource told the Associated Press. The White House refused to confirm or deny what was said.
Chimop gets drunk and disorderly -After raiding its owner's liquor cabinet, a pet chimpanzee di vedthrough a window and ran drunkenly through a neighborhood in Queens, New York, breaking windowsand biting a neighbor's toe. The four-foot tall, 150-pound chimp, named Congo, 'evaded the police for halfan hour last Friday evening until its owner arrived and persuaded it to return home. A police spokesmansaid the chimp had drunk a quarnt of vodka and two bottles of beer.
LocalUS; officials accuse Lawrence of ignoring warnings - Federal Justice Department officials sayLawrence city officials ignored three years of warning signs leading to last week's rioting between Hispanlicsand French-Canadians. Earlier this year, the city was placed on a list of potential racial trouble spots in thestate, the officials said, noting Lawrence has a history of racial problems. Lawrence Mayor John Buckleycontinues to assert that the rioting, which took place over two nights and resulted in 15 persons injuredand over 50 arrests, was not racially motivated, but was instigated by a few troublemakers. The areainvolved is still under a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Nine-alarm fire in South Boston destroys firm -A 25 year-old South Boston man, John Colan-tonio, was arrested and charged with arson in setting a fire which destroyed the Boston Plate & WindowGlass Company, damaged four other warehouses, and injured several firefighters. The glass company ware-house was destroyed an hour after the fire was set at 1:20 pm Saturday, according to Fire Departmentofficials, who estimated the value of the building at $600,000. The fire was discovered by an arson squadphotographer on routine patrol.
Senate candidates swap accusations-Democratic candidates for the US Senate seat being vacat-ed bySen. Paul Tsongas continued sharp exchanges over a $14 million tax break given the MassachusettsMutual Life Insurance Company. Lt. Gov. John Kerry has asked Rep. James Shannon to explain why andhow the company won passage -of an amendment to the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 which saves thatfirm, and no other., $14 million- in taxes. Shannon has accepted more- than $6000 in contributions fromindividuals connected with the company. Shannon has called Kerry "arrogant" and "self-righteous" inpursuing the issue, and maintains he had no direct role in the amendent's passage. Kerry says he willcontinue to raise the issue, which Shannon calls a "red herring."
Sportes Lopes wins men's marathon -Portuguese runner Carlos Lopes, at 37 the oldest runner in the field,won the Olympic men's marathon Sunday in a time of 2:09:21. Second and third were John Tr~eacy ofIreland and Charlie Speddingi of Great Britain, who also broke 2:10. Treacy, who was runningz his firstmarathon, brought Ireland its first Olympic medal in 28 years.
Controversy over Budd and Decker continues -Public argument continues over which of the tworunners caused the collision between American Mary Decker and South African Zola Budd during theOlympic 3,000-meter run last Friday. Decker, who was the favorite, has accused Budd of cutting her off,while Budd, who was granted British citizenship so she could compete, says she believes Decker ran intoher. Olympic officials have declared there was no foul. The gold-medal winner was Maricica Puica ofRumania.
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You really don't want to know - The weather will continue to be much the same at least throughtomorrow: mostly cloudy, very humid, with occasional rain and fog. Highs will be in the mid to upper loos.
.ment of Electrical Engineeringand Computer Science is, to putit mildly, inauspicious. Enroll-ment has doubled in the last tenyears. The Institute is franticallysearching for ways to cut downthe overcrowding, and the de-partment is just barely coping. Itis much harder and more frus-trating to complete a Course VIdegree than it used to be.
Last spring, there was anCemergency" meeting of the fac-ulty, at which various proposalsfor alleviating the overcrowdingwere 'discussed. One suggestionwas that sophomores be admittedselectively on the basis of fresh-man grades. This would havegutted freshman pass-fail andmade miserable both the poorfreshmen whose dreams would beshattered when they were forcedto major in something else, andthe "lucky" ones who missed outon enjoying their first year.
Another idea would have ad-m itted some students to MITonly on the condition that theynot major in Course'VI. (This isalready done with transfer stu-dents). This would have createdan unpleasant partition of thefreshman class into an "elite"group and a "'second class."Also, it is idiotic to classifysomeone as more or less suitablefor Course VI on the basis of ahigh school record, especiallysince students are not even sup-posed to be able to make a rea-sonable choice of major until theend of their freshman year, andmost don't choose EECS anyway.- Mercifully, the faculty votedagainst taking any immediate ac-tion. This was partly because itwas late in the admissions pro-cess and the current applicantshad been told there would be norestrictions on choice of major,and partly because the situationwas not intolerable yet.
It would be nice if the Depart-ment could expand enough tohandle the influx; they are doingthe best they can, but the re-sources are just not there. Thecourses get more crowded andhectic every term, the faculty-stu-dent ratio plummets, and the de-partmental majors feel more andmore lost in the shuffle.
I would like to put forth amodest proposal. The operativeword here is "modest". Why notwrite letters to prospective fresh-people, saying something like thefollowing:
Dear applicant,Congratulations, we'll
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eliminate entire functions ratherthan attempt to maintain the cur-rent level of service with a re-duced staff," Lucker wrote in hisreport.
A central library would meannever having to see a sign on thedoor of your department's read-ing room saying there would nolonger be a librarian present butpatrons were requested not tosteal the books. It would meannot having the same readingroom eventually closed to thepublic. That is what happenedwhen the MIT Libraries reli-quished responsibility for the VonHippel Reading Room (materialsscience) during the last set ofbudget cuts.
A central library would meannever having to go to the Hu-manities Library to use the gener-al catalogue, only to find the phi-losophy book you're looking foris in the Rotch Architecture Li-brary and you'll have to go half-way across campus to get it.
A central library would meannever having to hear, once youget to Rotch, 'All books with callnumbers beginning with A and Eare in the resource sharing center,and if you still want it you'll haveto wait half a day while we haveit sent over."
A central library would put anend to arbitrary distinctions andagendas that place a philosophybook in Rotch in the first place.And Model Engineer in Human-ities, and journalism books in theDewey social sciences library.
A central library would mean auniform set of circulation rules.Hayden circulation workers pres-ently have to keep track of oneset of rules for the Science booksand another for the Humanitiesbooks.
A central. library would meanXerox machines and microfilmfacilities in the same building aseverything else.
Don't tell -me computers are
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Call it a summer fantasy. Ihave a recurring dream in whichthe next corporate mogul who in-sists on donating a building toMIT and will not be deterred intoearmarking the money for gener-al funds, scholarships, or any-thing else, gives us a central li-brary. It's not really so far-fetched - according to popularfolklore, we came by severalbuildings through a scenariomuch like this.
"What do we need another li-brary for?" you say. "We alreadyhave about fifteen of them." Yes,but imagine the runaround andwaste that could be eliminated byintegrating all of the collectionsin one central building:
A central library would elimi-nate needless duplicationthroughout the system, especiallyin the reference collections.(Count the number of obscureforeign-language dictionaries ineach branch of the librariessometime.) This would free mon-ey and shelf space for improvingthe variety of books.
A central library would meanlower staff costs. Instead of staff-ing fifteen libraries for up totwenty-four hours a day each, thelibrary administration could keepthe library open twenty-fourhours a day. MIT people keep ir-regular hours and the study hallat the top of the student centerisn't a pleasant or useful place towork at any hour of the day.
A central library would im-prove services. Director of Li-'braries Jay K. Lucker noted inhis last annual report that he hasbeen forced to curtail services du-plicated within the system. Forinstance, the Student Center Li-brary will no longer keep coursebooks on reserve because the Re-serve Book Room has them too.The Reserve Book Room is notopen 24 hours a day; in the sum-mer, it is open noon to five onweekdays only, making it uselessto anyone who works businesshours. "Efforts were directed to
and you may be disap-pointed or frustrated withit. Please consider thatMIT has many other fasci-nating departments. Ifyour heart is set on major-ing in Electrical Engineer-ing or Computer Scienceeven more than it is oncoming to MIT, note thatCarnegie-Mellon, RPI, andmany other schools haveexcellent departments inthese subjects.
Sincerely, etc.Would this work? By itself,
probably not. An examinationof why it might not workleads to a deeper understand-ing of the problem.
One reason some prospec-tive freshpeople are certainthey want to go Course VI isthe mystique associated withit. The people influenced bythis mystique are also likely tobe influenced by the mystiqueMIT possesses - indeed, thetwo are related. They think"MIT Electrical EngineeringDegree" (or "MIT ComputerScience Degree") and theireyes light up (sometimes withlittle "$" signs, as in certaincartoons). It would be difficultto persuade this type of per-son not to come here.
For the same reason, lots ofpeople who have been here fora year and seen how painfulCourse VI can be still chooseto major in it, not becausethey love electrical engineeringor computers so much, butbecause it's "macho." (Don'tlet the word mislead you; fe-male students are not immuneto this). Many MIT studentshave big egos and are reluc-tant to admit that it might bebetter to change a goal than toachieve it at all costs.
I don't want to add to themystique by seeming to implythat Course VI is somehowmore worthwhile than othercourses or that only thosewith "the right stuff" canhack it. As an intellectual dis-cipline, it isn't any harderthan several other depart-ments in the school of engi-neering. It's just that otherfactors, such as faculty-stu-dent ratio, administrative dif-ficulties, a department-widetendency towards assigningexcessive work, and inad-equate facilities make gettinga degree in it much more of ahassle than in other depart-ments.
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You know you're in troublewhen you go to Pritchett, ask forthree orders of onion rings, twodouble bacon burgers and asteak-and-swiss with mushrooms,and don't feel compelled to tellthe captain you are getting someof it for a friend. The situationbecomes critical when you orderthe handy quart size of Board-walk Fries for a light snack. Thedisease becomes terminal whenyou buy a gallon bottle of Criscoand say, "Don't bother to wrapit; I'll drink it here."
The sickness is one that strikesevery lipid acid based lifeform:grease addiction. You start outslow with Chimneys half-pounders, and then you graduateto the hard stuff: Lobdell frenchfries. Before you know it, yourfingertips slosh every time youtouch something and you start tosweat Mel-Fry.
Sweet dreams plague many -11:58 pm runs to Toscanini's orpersonal deliveries from theCoca-Cola company. That's finefor sugar wimps; I've got TrueGrease on my side. Now, some
misguided individuals believegrease is confined to student gov-ernmnent, but we all know aboutTrue Grease. You either have itor you don't.
The sugar/grease dichotomy isa basic fact of nature: there aresugar ants and there are greaseants, and neither will touch theother's provisions.
Nothing could be finer than toeat in greasy diners, in the morn-ing. I cannot understand anyonewho starts a work day with ahoney-dipped doughnut. Any-thing less than a McDonald's sau-sage and biscuit, with a side oftheir hash brown patty product,is clearly in violation of the Rec-ommended Daily Allowances.
I once spent a delightful weekin Los Angeles, dining on twolarge helpings of hash browns ev-ery morning. This mystic mixtureof Idaho's and Exxon's finestproducts, lightly blackened on agrill with a patina carbon-datedbefore my birth, could causeacne at forty yards. Of course, Iprefer that fate from my favorite
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Chairman ........................................ iMlartin Dickau '85Editor in Chief ........................... Diana ben-Aaron '35Managing Editor .......................... Scott IL Chase '85Business Manager .................... Paul G. Gabuzda '85
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going to save the library system.They may speed up and compressthe catalog referral process, butthey will not substantially im-prove the collections or services.And it is said the computer cata-log will initially be available onlythrough library staffers, which ishardly a saving of labor.
I have difficulty picturing thenew library building. The onlyspaces both central and largeenough are Killian Court orBriggs Field, unless the architectmanages to fit a skyscraper intothe chinks between two otherbuildings.
Remember, I am just fantasiz-ing. I realize why the system grewup the way it is. Departmentswant to disburse their own funds,set their own priorities, have theirlibrary near their faculty offices.And it can be convenient to havea library in almost every build-ing.
My central library will never bea reality. All the forces are work-ing against it. It is cheaper to re-duce the quality of the status quothan to maintain it, much lessrestructure. Yet I suspect moreand more students will be wish-ing for a self-contained unit asthe system continues its decline.
1roposalience you'll be in great shapein the job market anyway.Similarly, a 6-1 major who'sinterested in, say, physics ormechanical engineering mightbe better off in those depart-ments.
(This rule can be general-ized Institute-wide: chooseyour major because you likeit, not because you want agood job. You will like bothschool and your eventual jobbetter. But I digress.)
So what should be done? Idoubt the admissions officewill adopt my proposal; itwould reflect on MIT's pres-tige. Mystique dies hard. Butwhen I think about the effectsof the proposals at the facultymeeting, the maxim "persua-sion is better than force"comes inevitably to mind.Maybe humility and candorwill not be enough to reducethe problem to manageablelevels, but they are worth atry.
Ise livesment type.
Grease may cause heart attacksand well-hardened arteries, butsugar is the root of many greatevils. For example, the TriangleTrade bartered molasses for rumand rum for slaves. Corrupt Yan-kee shipowners and Southernslaveholders both bore the markof cane.
Sugar does have many advan-tages. Candy bars are more por-table than fried dough, and Ihave never seen a vending ma-chine for salami. As a solid or asa spirit, sugar strengthens usfrom our first Gerber's to our lastGimlet.
True Grease requires strength,fortitude and a hot fryolator. Su-gar's sappy simplicity may makeit easier, but there is only onejunk food for me. Tempt mewith Toblerone or tease me withToscanini's, I will still follow theone true path, the Way ofGrease.
A modest p(Continued from page 4JThe mystique needs to be
debunked. Many students inCourse VI would be better offin another department. Onegood candidate for transfer isthe student who is majoring inComputer Science because'"computers are the wave ofthe future." It is possible tolearn a great deal about com-puters here while majoring inanother department (they dohave computers, you know). It-is not necessary to major in 6-3 and take 6.002 and 6.035 inorder to take advantage of thecomputer boom. As KenMeltsner stressed in his col-umn last issue, computers area tool, and being able to applythat tool to another discipline(materials science, in his case)is very valuable. If some othersubject turns you on butyou're majoring in 6-3 in or-der to get a good job, remem-ber that as an MIT graduatewith some computer exper-
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frystuff to a similar attack fromchocolate, privately calling themmy "red badges of courage."
At this point, I should slide insome slippery arguments aboutthe critical problems of today. Irefuse, however, to say anythingserious in this column. Enoughof Athena licensing and the false-hoods of Commodore computercommercials; I am getting backto meat and potato issues. I havefound my tuberous roots.
Sugar people who read this willshake their collective heads andturn the page, thinking this col-umn has nothing to say to them,but if I had made Drake's Cakesjokes and commented on the sen-suous feel of a cold bottle ofCoke, their eyes would be stuckto the paper, waiting for my nextwords to treacle out. But thereare grease people and there aresweet people, and this is a col-umn by a former student govern-
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To the Editors:Reading the July 31 issue of
The Tech I was disgusted enough-to write this letter. What alarmsand infuriates me so much is thesubmissive attitude that MITtakes towards property rights. Iam referring to the housing situa-tion, and Assistant Dean [forStudent Affairs Robert A.] Sher-wood's view of it.
Explaining his euphemistic"community problems" that theAlpha Phi independent livinggroup is experiencing, Sherwoodoffers: "Boston is now closed tonew fraternities, and Cambridgedoesn't want us to build MIThousing on Simplex property;they want low income housing[instead]."
By what right do the yuppiecondo owners limit what theowner of a piece of real estate (oranything else) can do with theirprivate possesion? If a group ofpeople infringes upon the peaceof-others, then the wronged per-sons may use the law to defendthemselves -but not until then.
One cannot legitimately denyone group Of people for the ac-tions of others. As long as myneighbors don't disturb or endan-ger me I don't care what they do,nor do I have any valid title tointerfere with them - and nei-ther does any branch of the gov-ernment.
As a member of a group ofMIT undergraduates who live inBoston, I know that our neigh-bors can be as loud at impropertimes and as equally offensive asthey are quick to complain col-lege living groups are. We aremore overt about our presenceand the Deans' offices of MIT areavailable to hear them, so we areeasily harassed.
There is an attitude held by
some landlords and "COmUlutYleaders" that this is their city, andthey can legislate what they wish,regardless of the basic rights ofothers, specifically: no group ofpeople, no matter how much inthe "majority," can deny theright to live where one pleaseswithout regulation by anyone,unless one harms others. Andthey cannot legitimately stop any-one from selling their property towhomever one wants.
If Boston were 'closed" bytown mandate to groups of Flat-Earthers, or Buddhists, or anyracial group, no decent personwould allow it. But a group ofcollege students with practicallynil political pull, because theyneed MIT's OK, and because ofvarious preconceptions aboutthem, are kept out without hesi-tation by the wrongful restric-tions of those in city hall.
On the same principles I can-not stomach MIT's buttocks-osculating posture towards thecity of Cambridge. MIT owns, Ibelieve, that piece of land for-mnerly held by the Simplex Cor-poration. Becau se a few residentsof Cambridge fear MIT's expan-sion, MIT will not do what itwants with that property.
These residents, perhaps out offear of big Institutions, or tech-nophobia, or perhaps out of thedesire to get what they have notearned, -wish to dictate to MITthat MIT is to build subsidizedhousing in that place. BecauseMIT is exposed, it is vunerable;because it is not one person, itsrights are not strongly defended.
Who is to pay for it? Is MIT,out of some imagined public dutyto the people of Cambridge? IsMIT, that for its own purposessupports thousands of local em-ployees, that gives hundreds of
thousands of dollars of appease-ment for the taxes it is not re-quired to pay to the city, that at-tracts many people who produceand consume and live their livesin this area, supposed to drain it-self for no other purpose than tomake a few very local manipula-tors smile?
Maybe this letter seems unreal-istic, naff. Maybe I am idealistic;I expect to be left alone, to livewith my friends where I please,in any building that I can afford,regardless of my neigbors' para-noia. And in return they will re-ceive the respect from me that.they express.
I expect other groups of stu-dents to be able to do this too. Iexpect the administration of MITto be rational and to carry outthose plans that better MIT -and if some people object, theyought to have reasons for theiropposition better than "we don'tlike it" and "we want this."
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Most aficionados of Szechuan Chinesefood sneer at the idea of a restaurant de-voted to Cantonese cuisine. This is prob-ably the result of childhood exposure tothe boring, Americanized food that passesfor Cantonese in most parts of the coun-try. The newest member of the CentralSquare Chinese restaurant family, the JadeTerrace, is proof that Cantonese food,while not hot, need be neither boring norblanld.
The Jade Terrace is close to MIT onMass. Ave., opposite Mary Chung's andjust before the group of Indian restau-rants. It specializes in delicious Cantonesefood, prepared with care and served at-tractively enough to make one suspect aJapanese influence. From the radish rosesaccompanying certain dishes to the pine-apple brought out with the fresh, crispfortune cookies, everything about the res-taurant reveals a concern for the diner of-ten lacking in some of the more estab-lished restaurants in the area.
The menu is fairly small, but there seemto be no bad dishes, and there is enoughvariety to satisfy anyone but the mostdyed-in-the-wool lover of hot peppers.While not cheap, the meals are certainlynot overpriced; a full mneal can run from$8-12 a person, depending on how manyare eating and how hungry you are.
The Jade Terrace serves the best wontonsoup I've tasted in this area, made with atasty broth, mushrooms, and crisp, greenvegetables ($1.50). The egg drop soup($1.25) is thick, made with meat, mush-rooms, aned lots of egg. Chinese vegetable($1.25) and Yatka Mein ($1.75) soups arealso available in individual servings.
Four unusual soups may be ordered intureens for large groups. I found the Vel-vet Chicken Corn 1$4.50 small, $7.50large) delicious. Also on1 the menu are Wa-tercress with Poached Egg ($5.00 and$7.75), Westlake Minced Beef ($5.50 and$8.003, and Eight Treasure Bean Curd($5.25 and $7.50).
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The Fantasticks, book and music by Tom.Tones and Harvey Schmidt; presented bythe MIT No-Frills Theater, directed byLarry DeLuca; showing in tHe Sala dePuerto Rico on Friday, Saturday and Tues-day, August 17, 18 20, 24, 25 and 27 at8pm; $3 donation requested.
Tobe quite frank, this show is some-thing of a kludge. This is not meant as avalue judgement; it is merely a statementof fact.
Originally, the MIT No-Frills Theaterhad planned to do Hlair as its summer pro-duction. With three weeks to go beforeopening night, several members of the castand crew left the show for a variety of rea-sons. That was two weeks ago.
Rather than throw in the towel, thetroupers who remained decided to try toput together another show. The smallernumber of people dictated a less ambitiousproduction; thus was this version of TheFantasticks conceived.
Had this been any other theater group,the show probably would not have goneon. The "no-frills" approach adopted by.director Larry DeLuca '86 and companypermits such a complete change of planson such short notice because of its flexibil-ity and simplicity.
Very basic, unadorned sets and a mini-mum of costumes and lighting allow great-er attention to be paid to the actual per-formances, with a correspondingly lesserconcentration on the physical space inwhich the performance takes place. Thiscan potentially be a pitfall, however, sinceeverything is laid bare - nothing is hiddenbehind glitz and gloss.
Not the least of the problems with thisparticular production of The Fantasticks isthe play itself. The show has been per-formed osff-Broadway nearly 10,000 timessince it first opened in 1959, far and awaythe longest skein of performances in thehistory of American theater. Now celebrat-ing its 25th anniversary, it is still playing inthe same theater. It has been performedmore often than any other non-Shake-spearean play, by over 4500 different com-panies. I honestly don't see why.
The play also spawned a hit song in"Try to Remember (The Kind of Septem-ber).' With that single exception, the restof the music is more or less forgettable,basically consisting of variations on thesame theme. The plot is rather straight-forward in the first act, but Act Two is
more unfocused, with a surrealistic feelthat just doesn't jibe with the earlier ac-tion.
The Fanfasticks is yet another of thou-sands of variations of the Romeo and Ju-liet story, and it is not one of the betterexamples. But there is an interesting twist- the parents of the young lovebirds builta wall between their houses to bring theirchildren together, instead of driving themapart.
This experiment in reverse psychology isnot needed, however, as Matt Hucklebee(Craeg Strong '87) and Luisa Bellamy(Mette Schwartz) have already fallen inlove with each other over the top of thewall. No one can tell these two anything,least of all about love, and they reject theplans for an arranged marriage.
action without really taking part in it. Asthings transpire, however, things go betterfor the young couple with the wall in placethan without it.
Overall, the cast does an effective job inpresenting the action. None of them has aworld-class singing voice, but all are atleast adequate. There were problems withsome of the actors. vocal ranges, buttransposition of the score into more singa-ble keys by music director Dave Fagen '87solved some of these difficulties.
Zitzow has a very good sense of comictiming, and her clumping portrayal of Lui-sa's mother is the show's best perfor-mance. Stickle is appropriately swashbuck-lingly sinister as El Gallo, and Kellogg andAbrahamson are effective as his hench-men. Unfortunately,, Strong and Schwartz
To ensure their children's future matri-monial bliss, Mrs. Hucklebee (ElizabethGlaser W '86) and Mrs. Bellamy (LizZitzow) arrange for a mock abduction andrape of Luisa, enabling Matt to rescue her,save the day, and win her love. They em-ploy the services of the dashing El Gallo(Walter Stickle '85) to arrange for a "first-class rape with all the trimmings."
He hires a pair of low-rent actors tohelp with his scheme. Henry (Russell Kel-logg), who is most comfortable misquotingShakespeare, and Mortimer (Jeff Abra-hamson '87), whose specialty is the over-acted stage death, join El Gallo in beingsinglehandedly defeated by the love-struckMatt. As Act One closes, everything seemsto be headed for a happy ending.
But all is not to remain so rosy. As thetwo mothers lament, raising vegetables is alot easier than raising children. Matt andLuisa learn of their parents' deceit andsplit up - he goes off to see the world,while she falls for the less-than-gallant ElGallo.
The wall, which was torn down in theafterglow of the wedding, is rebuilt by theMute (Sarah Willig), a sort of prop man-ager/stage hand who assists with the play's
need more ""oomph" as the romanticleads; the show is stolen right out fromunder their feet.
The biggest problem, potentially, withthis production is its venue: The Sala dePuerto Rico is hardly an acoustic engin-eer's dream. Dialogue can easily be lost inthe far reaches of that cavernous room,and the piano accompaniment tends to re-verberate throughout the room and over-power the singing.
Any group attempting to stage a playwith only three weeks of preparation timedeserves a lot of credit. Granted, the No-Frills production of The Fantasticks is farfrom perfect, but it is farther from lousy.It should stand as evidence of what agroup of dedicated people can do withlimited time and resources.
Drew Blakeman
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Cosi fan tutte, Castle Hill, August 1; TheMarriage of Figaro, Lake George OperaFestival, August 4.
If the first half of Cosi fan tutte shouldbe very funny, the remainder must be pro-found. The Peter Sellars production atCastle Hill went out of its way to push thehumor before the intermission, and didsucceed in touching the heart thereafter,but there were some costs.
The opera, set in a diner, was very mod-ern. Act 1 was full of slapstick, includinga scene of ketchup and mustard tubesquirting. The acting was lively, and pro-vided a refreshing contrast to some of to-day's more staid productions but, as heunfortunately so often does, Sellars wenttoo far.
The music sometimes suffered. The cho-ral scene, Bella vita militar was taken tooquickly and carelessly sung. And, al-though Freda Herseth's Smanie implacabiliwas nicely sung, Susan Larson's Comescoglio fared poorly, largely because ofover-attention to exaggerated body move-ment, most of it quite inappropriate in anycase. Come is an insightful aria, and givesus many clues to developments which areto come later but, hampered further bymediocre singing, it was lightweight atbest, and told us nothing.
Sanford Sylvan made what must be themost cynical - almost evil - Don Alfonsoin history. A harsh edge to some of hissinging at times detracted from what wasotherwise a strong performance. ButJames Maddelena made amends with anicely sung Non siate ritrosi, and CarrollFreeman with a stunningly beautiful rendi-tion of Un' aura amorosa accompanied bysensational orchestral playing under con-ductor Craig Smith.
And Act II was nothing short of en-chanted. Freda Herseth's Prenderb quelbrunettino was quite lovely, and fiade themore so by simply delicious woodwindplaying. And the wonderful softness in theorchestra to accompany Dorabella's"downfall" made her conquest inevitable.Susan Larson was much improved in adeep-searching Per pieta.
The atmosphere was continuously elec-tric, at times almost terrifyingly so; carefulstaging and music of untold depth tookthe audience on an excursion into the hu-man psyche.
The Lake George Opera Festival took arather more conventional approach fortheir production of The Marriage of Fi-garo. Occasionally there were lapses intorather old-fashioned arm gestures fromotherwise static singers concentrating alltheir efforts into the vocal line; perhaps,then, the staging was not the most imagi-native that might have been wished for.
But musically the production excelled,and the drama in the music produced anear-perfect Figaro. Mozart does not takelong to let us on to the troubles to be
[ICA IACI[ tthe menu but sometimes available are friedscallops ($8.00 for a good-sized portion)which are lightly breaded and crunchy.
The Jade Terrace really shines with itsentrees. I highly recommend the HongKong Steak ($7.25), beef seared in garlicsauce and served on a bed of sauteed on-ions; it is sweet and tasty and resembles noother beef dish I've been served in thearea. For those who crave spices, the SaltBaked Spare Ribs ($6.50), while not hot,are very sharp and equally delicious. Alsovery tasty are the Golden Fried Chicken($6.95) and the Roast Duck ($4.50). Duckin Tangerine Sauce ($6.95) is not on themenu, but ask your waiter whether it isavailable; the flavor is superb.
Of the more familiar dishes, I tried theShredded Pork Pan Fried Noodles ($5.25),which were good both hot and eaten coldfor lunch the next day. Other lo meindishes are available, as are favorites suchas Moo Goo Gai Pan ($5.75), Egg FooYong ($3.75), and Chicken Chow Mein($4.50).
It's hard to judge the Jade Terrace's ser-vice, since the restaurant is new and stillrather empty. However, it is evident thatthe waiters know what they are doing: theservice, while solicitous, never becomesoverbearing. That is, you can take a sip ofwater without having your glass refilled,
awaited a little further down the road. Inthe very first scene, where Figaro and Su-sanna (soon to be wed) are inspecting theirliving quarters, he imposes a key change toleave us in little doubt that the new roommay not be quite up to Figaro's B flat de-light.
Susanna, moving to G minor, warns ofthe proximity of the Count's bed, and weare immediately led to wonder whether in-deed their employer will abolish his feudaldroit du seigneur. The orchestra, underLouis Salemno, darkening and mildlyslackening off in pace as the transition oc-curred left us well-prepared for Susanna'sstatement of doubt, itself skillfully givenby Amy Burton.
Rick Vale, replete with slippery tongueand sleazy deportment was a wonderfullycreepy Basilio; Cynthia Miller provided atouching account of Non sb pig, althoughher Vol cke sapete was somewhat stiff. JanOpalach sang Figaro's Non pig andraismoothly.
Timothy Nolen and Edith Davis madean interesting pair as Count and Countess,the Count arrogantly noble in voice, theCountess' role marked by beauty in sing-ing throughout. Nolen was at his peak inCrudel! Perchb finora, suggestive arpeg-gios in the violins aiding and abetting thetension. And Vedrb mentr'io sospiro, inits power demonstrating the Count's ill-disguised weakness, was magnificentlysung.
Davis then performed the Countess'Dove sono to show a nobility of heart tomatch the Count's nobility of skin. Withgently supportive orchestral accompani-ment, the aria began sadly, oboes rising tohighlight Rosina's grief; her singing, care-fully weighing every note, was sublime,and naturally transcended from doubt tohope, leaving us with a detailed study of acomplex character.
The last act, peppered with Mozartiantones of darkness and light, was the mosteffectively staged. Amy Burton's Dehvieni, non tardar was notable, made themore so by suggestive plucking on strings,but the opera reached its ecstatic height asthe Count, his infidelity revealed, pleadsfor forgiveness. Nolen's voice suddenlylost its self-righteous veneer, and to re-morse that is genuine, Mozart's music can-not but forgive. Burton pronounced thatforgiveness to the glory of a composer'smusic which lives with us today and forever more.There are further performances of TheMarriage of Figaro at the Lake GeorgeOpera Festival, Glens Falls on August 16and 18. Call (518) 793-6642 for informa-tion.
Although there are no further perfor-mances of Cosi at Castle Hill, Cosi fantutte will be on the repertoire of the Met-ropolitan Opera this fall.
Jonathan Richmond
but when you need more water, the waiteris there. The waiters are friendly and hap-py to suggest dishes to round out yourmeal.
In short, the Jade Terrace serves deli-cious food, well-prepared and presented.The varied, interesting cuisine shouldmake some converts to Cantonese food,even among those who are crowded out ofMary Chung's on weekend evenings. It is agem of a restaurant that deserves to suc-ceed, and I predict it will.
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