VULUME Y5, NUMBER 18 MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1975

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A Cambridge group wants to have a say in how MIT will use this Cambridgeport property, on which thSimplex Company factory once stood. The land has been unused since MIT bought it in 1969 fronSimplex.

By Mike McNameeA neighborhood group has

charged MIT with bad faith,hostitlity, and arrogance in itsdealings with Cambridge resi-dents near MIT's Simplex pro.perty in Cambfitdgeport.

The Simplex Steering Com-mittee charged in a series ofletters and articles in theCambridge Chronicle that MIThas refused to acknowledge thewishes of area residents in thedevelopment of the 1 9-acre site,for:mnerly- t'he property ofSimplex Wire and Cable Com-pany, which MIT purchased. in1969.

The Committee claims a Cam-bridge City Council vote in Juneauthorized them to participatein MIT's planning for theSimplex property. The Councilruled at that time that no zoningvariances or permits for buildingon the property would be issueduntil MIT had "obtained themandate of the community" ondevelopment plans.

MIT officials have calledthe Council vote and "illegal"move, and say that the SimplexSteering Committee is not repre-sentative of the entire commu-nity. They add that Instituteofficials have offered to meetwith community groups, inclu-ding the Steering Committee, todiscuss the future of the Simplexland.

UnderdevelopedThe Simplex property - 19

acres of mostly-deserted build-ings, rubble, and empty land -has. been empty since MIT tookit over in 1 969 from the failing

- Simplex Company. Economictactors and lack of a privatedeveloping company interested

- in the site has kept the landf from being used since that time,.e "We've talked to at least 15

companies about possible usesfor that land since we boughtit," said Vice PresidentKenneth R. Wadleigh '43."Sometimes we've come pretty'

- close to closing deals with them.But we never have come up withthe package we want."

- MIT's guidelines for develop-> ment of the property, as stated

by then-President HowardJohnson at the time of the pur-

l chase, haven't changed, accor-ding to Wadleigh. MIT pledgedat that time to leave the land on

i the tax rolls, and to make theproperty useful to both the cityas a whole and the neighborhoodand area. "We're still commited

' to those pledges," Wadleigh said.The Council vote, reflected a

city view that MIT was not- listening to area residents in its- planning for the site. Since the; vote, the Steering Committee

has held a series of meetings,- hearings, and forums, resulting a

list of development features thatthe committee considered neces-sary, including communitykitchen, parking, and child-carefacilities; community groups to

Dorm rates increase 9%,4% less than last year;inflation cited as reason

By Margaret BrandeauRates in all of the undergraduate dormitories

will-jump by more than 9 per cent in September.This increase - which comes out to about $86

for the academic year in each of the dormitories -was mainly caused by inflation according toAssistant Dean for Student Affairs NancyWheatley. She added that the percentage increaseis about 4 per cent less than the total 1974 cost ofliving increase.

The housing costs at most other colleges anduniversities have risen by about 12 per cent,Wheatley said, so that "in terms of increases we'redoing okay." She said that in spite of soaringenergy and salary costs, the Housing 'Office andstudents have done well in "controlling expensesthat are controllable."

In setting dormitory rents, Wheatley explained,fA(Pite:e triurn to page 2)

help determine what use is madeof apartments vacated by Cambridgeport residents moving intohousing built on the Simplexsite; and facilities includinghydroponic garden; an auditorium, and recreational facilities

These considerations weresent to MIT in a letter to President Weisner in December. ask

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By Norman D. Sandlerand Mike McNamee

For five years, research activi-ties at MIT's Lincoln Labora-tories were regularly reviewed bya standing Institute committeeof faculty and students.

Now, however, it appears thatnobody - including the lastchairman of the committee -knows for certain who, if any-one, is overseeing Lincoln Labsresearch.

Chemistry Professor John CSheehan, contacted by The Techlast week following publicatiorof a report that Lincoln hadbeen involved in the transmittaof army intelligence data on znationwide computer networksaid that the last time hi!Standing Committee on theSpecial Laboratories met formally was more than one year ago

By Michael GarryJonathan Horn '77 and Tim

Wilson '78 have withdrawn ascandidates in the race for Under-graduate -Association President(UAP) and Vice-President(UAVP), throwing their supporton UAP-UAVP candidates KenBachman '75 and Dominick Zito'76.

Wilson was in fullwith him.

Undergraduates votmorrow's election vchoose class officers fothe four classes and correferenda - a proposala new UA constituticstatement of student othe program to train

I According to a paid advertise- Iranian students inment in Monday Bachman and engineering.

e Zito, if elected, will share their In a related matter,n positions with Horn and Wilson, is underway to hold

something which is "legally" dum on granting thepermissable, said UAP Steve Committee (Inscom) tWallman. to veto any exhibit thL Bachman and Zito will be set up for more thancompete against the remaining in the Lobby of BuildinUAP-UAVP candidate term - Jim Miller '76, a foriLee Allen '76 and Steve man of LSC who, withShagoury '76 - in the election, his friends in theto be held tomorrow in the government, initiated tl

e lobby of Building 10 from 9am siad he is presentlyI- to 5pm. signatures of undergra(

Horn told The Tech that he a petition to hold thewithdrew from the race because dum. He said he ha

a "I felt the best opportunity for gathered 150 signatn- electing responsive, capable needs a total of 400 -; government for the next year 10 per cent of the undee was in my withdrawal in support student body - tc- of Bachman and Zito." He said permission from the U.- he made the decision last week- the referendum.

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time he and his committee,established in September, 1969,would meet with people atLincoln (and at the CharlesStark Draper Labs, before itdivested in 1972) in annualsessions, during which thecommittee was briefed exten-sively on the unclassified aspectsof research activities at thelaboratories.

Following divestment of theDraper Labs, Sheehan said thecommittee concluded thatDraper no longer fell under itsjurisdiction and shortly there-after the formal discussions withofficials at Lincoln also ended.

Now, Sheehan says, theCommittee on the SpecialLaboratories "is in kind of alimbo situation. We don't evenknow if we're a standing com-

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That account of the commit-tee's chronology was in apparentconflict with statements madelast week to The Tech byPresident Jerome B. Wiesner andChancellor Paul E. Gray.

At a meeting attended byrepresentatives from The TechWiesner and Gray said theythought the Sheehan committeewas still in existence, althoughthey added that neither hadbeen aware of the committee'sactivities for more than a year.

The status of the Sheehancommittee and the extent offaculty participation in review ofLincoln research contractsappeared to be uncertain in

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Commons goes up $90;points plan to be startedto increase flexibility

By Margaret BrandeauIn an effort to make the partial meals plan

more flexible next year, Dining Service will insti-tute a "points" program for meals next year, andwill eliminate meal tickets and one-third mealsplan.

The annual rate for the 19-meal plan (includingIAP) will go up S90 to S1190 and the cost ofthe 15-meal plan will increase S80 to S930.

The points plan will provide a student with 268points for S230. A student can buy breakfast for 1point, lunch for 3 points, and dinner for 4 points.

On the points program, a student will be able toget unlimited seconds.

This plan will provide more flexibility in thepresent dining system, according to Assistant Deanfor Student Affairs Nancy Wheatley, because astudent can buy any meals he wants; he does not

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'75-'76 dormitory rentsincrease by avg. of $86

(Continued fro n page 1)the rate review committee pro-jects expenses for the next aca-demic year and estimates theamount of income that willcome into the dormitories dur-ing the summer. Student housingrents and housemaster-tutorrents are then set to provide abreak-even operation.

Wheatley stressed that nocurrent housing services will becurtailed next year. She said thateven residents of MacGregor andMcCormick, who pay about $30ayear for desk services have been

Simplex issue:city group angry

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ing Weisner for a written re-sponse to show MIT's willingnessto comply with the Committee'sdemands. Wadleigh said MITofficials had refused to answerthe letter in writing, requestinginstead to meet with the arearesident groups to discuss theirrequests. The group refused tomeet with Special Assistant tothe Chairman Walter Milne, whohandles most of MIT's relationswith the city, Wadleigh said.

The Committee has chargedthat MIT is trying to divide thecommunity and work againstthem through other groups. In aletter to the Chronicle, theCommittee charged that a Fac-ulty Club dinner with area resi-dents, attended by Johnson, wasa "tactic" to "divide the com-munity by catering to somecommunity leaders and disdain-ing others," calling this "sinis-ter."

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Wheatley said that the Newdorm probably will have notrouble in attracting new stu-dents, because it will be cheaperthan MacGregor, McCormickand Burton. She did say thatsome students may not want tolive in the dorm because it willhave no desk service.

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(Continued from page tfconversations last week withMIT officials.

Asked about the special labscommittee, Sheehan's secretarysaid, "You'll have to ask (MITVice President) ConstantineSimonides, who decided lastyear that we were defunct. Wecan't get straight answers fromhim; maybe you can."

According to Simonides, theinitiative for disbanding theSheehan committee came fromSheehan himself. "I believe thatstatutorily the committee is acontinuing committee,"Simonides -said yesterday."About a year ago, Sheehantalked to me or the President(Wiesner) and he said he didn'tthink he saw any further func-tioning for the committee afterthe divestment of the" DraperLaboratories. We said that wethought the committee shouldcontinue with only the LincolnLabs."

However, Sheehan said hewas never certain of the com-mittee's mandate following the,,Draper divestment. "We are notdoing anything actively,"Sheehan said, "I run intoLincoln director Gerald P.Dinneen every now and then andask him what's going on, but asfar as I'm concerned, we aren't astanding committee."

"I asked Dr. Dineen to alertme if anything the least bitcontroversial seemed to be devel-oping out there." But, Sheehanadded, there have been no suchreports.

Simonides said that MITofficials hope that the Commit-tee on the Special Laboratoriescan again become active, pos-sibly later this year.

"Sheehan has, had contactwith the Laboratories in somecases, through the director, al-though it's clear in my mind that'he does not want to stay on,"said Simonides.

Control'of lobby showsto be UA referendum ifpetition drive succeeds

(Continued from page 1)Because of Miller's late start

in collecting signatures on thepetition, the referendum will notbe included in tomorrow's elec-tiori, but will be conducted atsome later time.

The referendum proposalassumes that the new constitu-tion, which establishes Inscom asthe central governing body ofthe, UA, will be- approved intomorrow's' electfin. -In ·additionto giving Inscom the power toveto the holding of any exhibitin the Building 7 Lobby, theproposal provides that the vetocan be'overturned by a majorityvote in a special undergraduatereferendum in which at least 25per cent of the undergraduateswould have to participate.

Even if students approve theproposal, Miller noted, it muststill be accepted by the admini-stration in order to take effect.Suzanne Weinberg, coordinatorof the Lobby 7 Committee,which is in charge of the exhibitsthat are placed in the Building 7Lobby was not available forcomment on whether theadministration would accept theproposal.

If the proposal does gothrough, Miller explained,Inscom would for the most partserve as a "rubber stamp" inapproving exhibits for Lobby 7.Only rarely would Inscom "putits foot down" and object toexhibits which it feels obstructsLobby 7, preventing studentsfrom easily walking through thelobby or from relaxing and chat-ting with friends in it, Millersaid.

"I'm sick and tired of havingto fight my way through thelobby," Miller said. "I thinkundergraduates should havesome say about what gets put inLobby 7."

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Sheehan, he explained; "hasbeen wanting to rotate out ofthe chairmanship. I 'expect thatin the listing of standing com-mittees that will come out thisspring for next year, the com-mittee (on Lincoln-Labs) will belisted. I also fully expect thatDr. Sheehan will not remain aschairman."

Sheehan said that his com-mittee actively reviewed Lincolnresearch activities and contractproposals prior to the Draperdivestment. And, he added, thatsystem drew criticism frompeople at Lincoln and its pri-mary funding source, the AirForce.

"Some people objected to theapproval process. The fact thatcontracts had to be reviewed bya faculty committee disturbedAir Force people and some atLincoln Labs who felt Lincolnwas at a disadvantage comparedto other non-university compe-tit6rs for research contracts."

The Lincoln Lab Committeehas been endorsed in principleby the Ad Hoc Institute Com-mittee on Outside Commit-ments, chaired by InstituteProfessor Gordon S. Brown,which later thid week willrecommend strong measures foroverseeing MIT's research activi-ties and improving communi-cation between the Institutecommunity and its various labo-ratories.

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Hansen: 'MIT should help fulfill industrializatioBy Kent F. Hansen

Professor and Acting Head,Nuclear Engineering

I welcome the opportunity that The

Tech has made available to discuss the

issues that have arisen over the training ofnuclear engineers from Iran. I shouldmake it clear at the outset that my

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The discussions at faculty meetingsand other meetings around the campushave identified three issues of concernwith regard to this program. These issuesare the proliferation of nuclear weapons,the dealings with the nondemocraticgovernment of Iran, and the academicprocedures used in establishing such aspecial program. I will make brief com-ments with regard to all these issues.

The problem - of proliferation ofnuclear weapons has been of great con-cern to the nuclear profession from itsvery beginning over 25 years ago. Theefforts of people working in the area ofdisarmament and nonproliferation has led

to several landmark contributions to theproblem. The International AtomicEnergy Organization. (IAEA) was createdexpressly for the purpose of aidingcountries in the development of the

benefits of nuclear power and to preventthe spread of nuclear-weapons around theworld. The IAEA has sponsored theNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Underthe terms of this treaty countries which

are signatories have agreed to inter-national inspection of operating reactors,fuel fabrication facilities, and fuel repro-cessing facilities. The government of Iran

"has signed the Nonproliferation Treaty.Much work and research has continued inthe area of developing -safeguards tocontrol the inventory and flow of specialnuclear materials. Most experts now

believe that the safeguards procedures aresufficient -to detect whether or not

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proliferation aside, the generaleducational principles violated by thespecial program in nuclear engineeringarranged by MIT for and at the behest of

the Government of- Iran are so funda-mental as to give the entire MIT com-munity pause to ponder and debate theirviolation and to seek to prevent it.

There is this fundamental principle at

stake: Universities are not in the businessof selling admissions singl) -. in lots.They do not arrange to take in a fixednumber of students at the regular fee andbeyond _that number only those who canin addition pay the extra costs notunderwritten in their case by endowmentfunds, grant mony, etc. A Rockefeller -no matter how well qualified - could notbuy his way into MIT by offering todefray all costs.

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in goals'underdeveloped countries, and even to'

some very well-developed countries, arevery great. The cost of electric energyfrom nuclear plants is much lower thanthe costs- from oil plants and, in the

United States, it is also lower than thecost from coal plants. Countries withoutlarge amounts of fossil resources arecompelled to consider nuclear power ifthey wish to industrialize. A nation suchas Japan is moving very heavily into thenuclear field as it is essential for itseconomic well-being. Japan does have anindustrial base and it is possible .for them

to manufacture products which they cansell abroad to bring in the incomenecessary for the expansion of theirenergy resources. On the other hand, Irandoes not have a large industrial base andit cannot gain international credits exceptby selling its one major resource, oil.

From the Iranian view it makes sense togo nuclear now so that by the time the oilresources are gone the country will be ina position to, maintain and improve itsenergy productivity.

It requires something on the order ofsix to ten years to build a large nuclearplant. The current Iranian plans specify adevelopment period of about ten years

for their plants. They- will need an addi-tional ten years of experience with opera-

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Brown: Burvina our heads attenuates our inlluence with IrecmBy Gordon S. Brown

Institute Professor EmeritusI preface my remarks about the

faculty debate over the education of

nuclear engineers from Iran, by citing theact that nuclear power is already here,

and will be with us for several decades.The real world being what it is, leads meto conclude that it is in our own bestinterest to become a piece of the actionin the world-wide regulation of fissionpower and in the development of substi-

tutes. We must do all we can to ensurethat all nuclear engineers are educated to

the highest standards of competence and

integrity, are made fully aware of theirresponsibilities, and are motivated andhelped to add their voice in a responsibleway to the debate about how we managewhat we are now doing, and where we gonext.

Nuclear power technology is a rela-tively new and highly complicated busi-ness. Advances come slowly since it takes

a decade after the decision is made toconstruct a plant before we can learn how

well it will work. But we should notsuddenly stop the construction of nuclear

power plants, because the presenttechnology is really not that bad. Newdoctrines for the design of reactors, the

regulation of their operation, and thedisposal of radio-active wastes must be

and will be evolved. They must be taughtto hundreds of engineers. Our departmentof Nuclear Engineering must be, and I

believe will be, in the forefront of workalong these lines. I respect the integrityand value system of our Nuclear Engi-neering faculty, and I am relieved to learn

that with a sizeable number of Iranianstudents in our midst we will have anaudience for our expression of concern

for the establishment of strict controlprocedures. As the students developconfidence in us we can strengthen theirresolve to use nuclear technology only forpeaceful purposes.

If MIT should decide not to train theseIranians, we will be taking a counter-productive action that will be greatly toour disadvantage. By so doing we will notdeter Iran from its plan to have fissionpower. Iran can obtain nuclear reactors

from several countries, and will have theirengineers trained elsewhere. Such anaction would ensure only that we will not

be part of the establishment that in theshortest possible time must bring nuclearfission power in Iran under adequateoperational control in all of its aspects.

I have seen first hand the respect andthe admiration that our foreign-studentalumni have for MIT. When they returnhome substantially all of them achievepositions of influence in government,industry or education. We need manymore of them. But in order that theirvoice be heard it is important that theyhave credibility within their own society.I anm gratified rather than concerned,therefore, by the fact that these par-

the Humanities purchase the MIT Human-ities Department for its own use.

It is axiomatic that admission to theuniversity is open to individuals andwhere spaces are limited, that admissionis based on free competition among in-dividuals.

Of course, as with any fundamentalprinciples, these prohibitions might bebroken from time to time given ex-tenuating circumstances. We can then ask

if a request from the Government of Iranconstitutes reason to suspend normalprocedures. It is clear to us that it does

not: note that it is the Government of

Iran from which this request has come.So although it is well and good to speakof helping the people of Iran, it is not thepeople of Iran who have asked our help.

It is their government, and - put bluntly- that government is a military dicta-torship of the worst.sort. For Iran is a

country in which the basic civil libertiesdo not exist, in which any but a. verynarrowly defined political activity is con-sidered criminal activity and rewardedwith imprisonment, torture, and death.

We find it difficult to imagine what

reasonable arguments can be made in

ticular students have been selected from agroup nominated by their government. Iknow from past experience that all willmeasure up to our admission standards. I

am also gratified by the fact that we willhave a relatively large group here eachyear, because with a significant numberthese is a chance to develop in Iran amovement of sufficient magnitude toin'fluence both policy and practice. Byeducating only a few students each year

from any one foreign country the voicesof reform cannot go critical.

My observations of Persian culture,and my discussions with many people,teli me that Iran is rapidly becoming acountry where many of the world's bestscientists will be working. They will be

both Iranians and expatriates. Many of

them will be Americans. Iran has thedesire and the affluence-to influence theprogress of science and technology on abroad front. I hope their programs will beopen to scrutiny. I hope that some of uscan be part of the action. But by rejectingthe present proposal and by burying ourheads in the sand so to speak, ourinfluence will be greatly attenuated.

Instead of participating in what isbecoming an emotional debate over the

proposed educational program for thesenuclear engineers, I urge the communityat MIT 'not only to proceed aggressivelywith this program, but to develop semi-nars or suitable programs on what might

io1ns'support of MIT's rushing to aid of theShah, whose despotism at home is

matched by aggressive claims tohegemony in the Persian Gulf area, claimsbuttressed with American military advice

and material.But we wish to hear and discuss the

issues in all their complexity. Thereforewe call for a general Institute forum, apublic 'inquiry, this spring on the Iranianprogram in particular and on the generalquestions raised therein.

Meanwhile we urge the Faculty to

recommend to the Administration ayear's moratorium on the Iranian pro-gram while the issues are debated incommittee, among the faculty and among

the students, and in the Institute at large.The Shah has thirty-five years' worth'ofoil left in the ground; he doesn't neednuclear energy tomorrow.

I Wayne O'NeilProfessor of Literature

Noam A. ChomskyProfessor Linguistics

April 1i, 1975

This letter was also signed by 55iother members of the HMIT 6omm'rmunity.

be. called "The Ethical Issues Involved inMan's Use of Technology." I do not

know of anything offered anywhere at

this time that is built on the solid harddata, and is of the scope and objectivity,that is needed to come to grips with thetechnical, political, economic and ethicaltrade-offs. The seminars on Technology

and Culture at MIT, and the varioussubjects offered by individual MIT Pro-fessors are a good first step,; but some-thing more formal and more visible in itsentirety is needed. What I have in mindwould integrate and reinforce what is

now going on and permit the calm,deliberate and realistic analysis of this

most complex and urgent problem by awider segment of the campus. It shouldpresent factual evidence rather thanopinion about the Shah's intention topervert the nuclear power program to thedevelopment of atomic weapons. At thepresent time there is no such evidence.Such a program would permit us to reacha wide segment of the general pubzc. Themessage should be directed at the French,

the German, the Canadian, the Arab, the

Israeli, the Iranian, etc. as well as the

Americans who work in the nuclear-power arena as engineers and as policymakers. It should stimulate thinking that

will lead to the new life style that

mankind in both the industrialized andindustrializing nations must seek andadopt in the next several decades.

By participating in Iran's developmentprogram, and by educating a large num-ber of their future policy makers, ouractions can have authenticity. They canmaximize our leverage to influencemankind's thinking. Doing what I have inmind with the good taste and sense ofproportion that is needed will be adifficult task and will take a long time.

But it must be done.Finally, there is an aspect of the recent

faculty meetings that deserves mention.The dialogue has been unstructured.About half a dozen different issues arebrought up at random. Most get only afragmentary hearing. Submerged beneaththe discussion is the question of whetherMIT, because of its size, should decidewhether it will operate as a participatorydemocracy or as a representative demo-cracy. But over and above this question isthe simple fact that the Administrationmust run the Institute. The question thenis how does it seek to obtain the neces-sary advice and council of its consti-tuents. The report of the Ad Hoc Com-mittee on Outside Commitments, pre-pared, in 1970 and about to be wvblished,says a lot about this matter.

I strongly support the Ad,::.nistra-tion's action to undertake the p- posedtraining- of the Nuclear Engineers fromIran. .-.

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,Weizenbaum: 'Identification with Iran identifies us with tortureBy Joseph Weizenbaum

Professor of Computer ScienceWhile Robert Benchley was still a law

student at Harvard (and long before hebecame a Justice of the United StatesSupreme Court) he was instructed towrite a brief for any one of the par-ticipants is a fisheries dispute betweenCanada, Iceland, and Great Britain. Hecarefully cited the many already recordedarguments in favor of one or another ofthe disputing'nations and then wrote hisbrief on behalf of the fish. The matterbefore us here has also produced a recordof statements, from the President, theProvost, Deans, and Professors Emeritiand otherwise. Each speaks to the in-terests of Iran or to those of one or moreconstituencies of the Institute. The pro-posed program is officially characterizedas, among other things, an experimentdesigned to measure the impact othersuch programs might have-on the Insti-tute. No one appears to have realized thatthe Iranian people are the actual subjectsof the experiment. They are the fish, soto speak, whose interests need first andforemost to be defended.

We have been told over and over againthat the issues that have been brought tothe surface by the proposed program,e.g., those relating to nuclear proli-feration, to the process of decisionmaking at the Institute, to whether or notthe Institute's resources are for sale, etc.,are exceedingly, even exquisitely complexand subtle. It has been said that no onewho has not had access to all the relevant

"data" on the basis of which the decisionto go ahead with the proposed programwas made and no one who has not hadmany weeks to study that "data" couldpossibly reach sound conclusions aboutthe proposed program. But at bottomthere is a crucial and starkly simplequestion: When one has, for only a briefmoment, the opportunity to enter apolitical prison in which people are tor-

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simple answer. Things get complicatedonly when one chooses wrongly.

The government of Iran does, as amatter of State policy, practice tortureon political dissidents. It'uses the threatof torture to terrorize and thus to controlthe population. The proposed program oftechnological cooperation between MITand the Iranian government identifies theInstitute with that government. Becausewe are free not to cooperate and becausewe know of its policy of terror andtorture, the identification of the Institutewith the Iranian government is at once anidentification of the Institute. hence ofeach of its members, with thatgovernment's policy of terror and torture.

The brave dissidents who languish inIran's prisons understand this and look tothose of us who are still free, particularlyto academics and intellectuals, for sup-port and understanding. They under-stand, and we should too, that everyacademic delegation that engages infriendly conversations with their govern-ment leaders buttresses their governmentand thus prolongs and intensifies theirand the people's suffering. It is preciselyon this basis that the Russian physicistSakharov opposes closeknit economic andtechnological collaboration between hiscountry and ours. Sakharov has declaredthat the Soviet state should not be giventhe advantages of such cooperation untiland unless there exist reliable guaranteesof internal Soviet liberalization. The samereasoning and the same principle ought,in my view, apply to our relations with

lran.President Wiesner just the other d'ay

reminded the faculty of howdeterminedly many members of thefaculty recently struggled to prevent theidentification of the Institute as suchwith the anti-Vietnam war views thesesame members held as individuals. Havingthen so strenuously sought to guard itsvirtue from becoming compromised in an

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By Mark P. Abbate et. al.The recently initiated plan for the

training of 54 Iranian students in nuclearengineering allows a significant number ofpotential harms as its byproducts whichare serious enough to warrant dis-continuation of the program. Analysis ofIran's internal and external politicsstrongly suggests that abuse of the nu-clear power capability resulting fromMIT's training is both possible andprobable.

Examining the Iranian governmentitself, one finds that the Shah wasinstalled in 1953 by a CIA-assisted coup.The Shah has maintained power andstability through brutality, oppressionand torture. Over the past ten years (andparticularly the last couple) Iran has beenin the midst of a massive United Statessupplied arms and military buildup (it isnow at the forefront of weaponstechnology, with the exception of nucleardevices), and is presently engaged inactive aggression in the Persian Gulfregion.

Based on the thoroughly militaristicnature of the regime, there are stronggrounds to assume that the Shah willdevelop nuclear weapons via thesupposedly harmless reactor technology.Bomb technology consists of having asource of plutonium, and engineering tobuild the bomb. For Iran to have a sourceof plutonium, it must operate the reactor

independently (an already stated goal)and have technicians that can divert fuelfor bomb production. It must also haveengineers versed in the difficult task ofhandling the plutonium.

The United States is aware that thisprogram allows the Shah to developweapons, and clearly has not tried to stopits implementation (in fact it hasprobably encouraged it). Coupling thisfact and the makeup of Iran's externalpolitics, one is practically forced to con-clude that the Shah will build nuclearweapons. The total political picturedemands opposition to the program. Irandominates the Persian Gulf region, whichis of crucial importance in the world oiltrade. In an area as ripe for war as theMideast, when the inevitable occurs, withIran as a, participating nuclear power, itwill be highly likely that the superpowerswould become involved - thus a largescale nuclear war could easily become areality. Short of full scale nuclear war,however, the mere threat of nuclearpower in the Mideast (in this case alignedwith the US) offers a significantdestabilizing change of the presentbalance of power.

If one re-examines the internal aspectsof Iran in light of the above analysis, itbecomes clear that the Shah is trying tomaintain a facade of productive tech-nology. That is, industrialization is sup-posedly in progress for the people, but

after 20 years starvation, malnutrition,illiteracy and poverty abound, while Irancarries the dubious distinction of beingthe world's largest arms importer. Maybethe Shah wants the people to bite thebullet. Two points emerge here. At best,if the reactors are used only for energy(again, highly unlikely) who will benefitfrom it? At worst, contributing nuclearweaponry to the Mideast power strugglecreates internal tensions which stiflesocial change, and can externally lead tonuclear holocaust.

In the face of these possible graveconsequences, why has MIT signed thiscontract? Justification is cited in thatdeveloping countries need a strong baseof technology to grow on. First, Iran isalready energy rich. If they would diverteven a small amount of their export oilfor internal use, they would have ampleenergy. The 35 year supply statistic is.based on very large export figures. Rightnow, Iran is burning off excess natural gasat wells. Secondly, there is strongevidence to suggest that nuclear powerfor Iran is economically a poor choice.Thirdly, again, is MIT dealing with thepeople of Iran? Will the people benefitfrom this technology? Does evidencesuggest that the Shah will suddenly turnfrom repression and militarism to usingall his resources for the good of Iran'?

Further justification is attempted viaacademic freedom. If we've learned

'Department doesn't consider politics'(Continued from previous page)

tion and refueling their plants in order tobe confident of their own ability tosustain their industry without outsidehelp. Thus, their present planning isfarsighted and essential for their owncontinued development. As signatories tothe Nonproliferation Treaty, they havedone everything that they have beenasked to do with regard to their inten-tions in- dealing .with nuclear power. Ifnations such as the United States andothers are to tell underdevelopedcountries that they cannot have thebenefits of nuclear power, then there isno question that the NonproliferationTreaty itself will crumble. For most ofthe undeveloped world their only hopefbr industrialization is nuclear power.

The question of dealing with anondemocratic government occurs in allaspects of our educational prograrnsthereat MIT. The Nuclear Engineering Depart-

ment had 66 foreign students enrolled asof September 1974. Forty-four of thesestudents come from governments whichare nondemocratic. Of those 44 students,24 of them have financial support fromagencY As government or governmentalri,,-cy As a matter of policy in the

Department we have never considered thepolitical view of the country of origin o'an applicant, nor have we considered theapplicant's personal political views, as acondition for admission. Within our ownDepartment I am certain we havestudents from Iran who are of dividedopinion with respect to the Iraniangovernment. Nevertheless, I feel it wouldbe a mistake to impose any politicalconditions on the admissibilitv of stu-dents.

The final issue, involving the academicprocess by which the decision establishinga. ep, t- sp ecia -program was made,deserves considerable attention. I

personally endorse the proposals thathave been made to the faculty to create acommittee, either ad hoc or a standingcommittee, to review the process andmake recommendations to the Adminis-tration regarding the future. I am con-vinced that MIT will have many requestsfor special programs from developingcountries in the future. It is evident thatthe area of energy production is not theonly area in which developing countriesswill -need technical assistance. One canvery quickly identify problem areas suchas medicine and health care delivery,transportation systems, development ofnatural'resources, and education itself asareas where any developing country willinvest its efforts for its own futurebenefits. I believe that MIT should recog-nize its unique character as aninternational resource and help countriesin. 'fulfilling' their personial goal ofindustrialization. '

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anything in the last 250 years, we must atleast realize that technology, education orknowledge can be abused, and as thesource of that technology, we must takeresponsibility for its real consequences.The contention that knowledge is di-vorced from the consequences of itsapplication and hence can be withheldfrom no one is simply untenable. Thecase at hand involves nuclear pro-liferation, coupled with placing thenuclear weapons into the most dangerouspart of the world, and actively con-tributing to the existence of a terroristicregime. At this point in the analysis, theadministration and Nuclear Engineeringconcluded, in their words, that the dealwas a "net plus." Apparently "net"judgments don't include moral and poli-tical concerns (or give them infinitesimalsignificance), since these concerns over-whelmingly condemn the program. Thepoint has already been raised that deci-sions on the basis of moral or politicalarguments are very difficult. Admittedlythey are, but it is all the more reason whythey should be confronted, not ignored.Has MIT built its reputation on ignoringdifficult questions? We're now told thatthe Iran contract is already signed, andthat besides, if MIT doesn't provide thetraining, someone else will. This argumentis the last refuge of a Wiesel. If MIT wereto take a stand against this, at least someother universities will take it as anexample and also say no. If a mistake hasbeen made in signing the deal, it shouldbe revoked - especially withconsequences of this magnitude.

If Iran is so anxious to solve itsproblems with technology, why doesn't itdeal directly with those deserving im-mediate attention. Eighty per centstarvation strongly suggests emph asisshould be on agricultural technology,rather than vast outlays on something sotenuous as nuclear power (assuming theShah's intentions are xwith the Iranianpeople).

On the basis of academic and tech-nological responsibility regarding nuclearproliferation and actively maintainingdictatorships, we strongly oppose theexecution of this training program.

(.llark P. .Ibbate '76 is a member o.t'tht Commnlittee .-Against Training ,VuclLcarl-ngineers for the Shah. HIis statementwias drafjted with the assistance ofJ[loward Shrohe G. A .idrew Cahn '6 andBrucet A ckerlnan; '~7 oJf thdt CComr!nmittee.)

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Letters .to The TechTWO views of 'Food'

(A copy of this letter was the only exhibit that has beensent to The Tech. - Editor) annoying. We have had confettiDear Dr. Wiesner: strung in our trees, water

We are a concerned group of dripped in our halls, and mush-students who would like to raise rooms strewn on our steps. Mustsome questions about the exhi- we put up with this again andbit now being shown in Building again? It is embarrassing to us7, Food, and about the whole that visitors to MIT see theseidea of "art" in Building 7. exhibits first and see them as

1) Safety: A safety officer MIT's idea of art. Why shouldemployed by MIT informed a the MIT community be consis-group of students last year at tently subjected to this "art" asthis time that 1/4" carpet on a defined by a very small group ofhallway floor (for the M.E. people?Student Lounge) was not per- Marian Tomusiak'77mitted because a blind person Gail M. Rubin '76wouldn't know it was there and Pat Callahan '75would trip - seriously now, with Susan Coppersmith '78all our senses intact we all felt Channing Lai '75menaced by this exhibit, Food. John C. Wall '73Ropes, waste baskets, broken Laurie Turkanis '78"Apple" supports lying unpro-tected on the hallway of build- (A copy of this letter wasMug 9, not even a straight line to sent to Tech Talk which made itwalk in - think about the blind available to The Tech for publi-members of our community - cation. - Editor.)think about those with walking Dear President Wiesner:disabilities - is this fair to them? Today there were hundredsIs it fair to us? of apples hanging from a fishing

2) Energy: Huge amounts are net installed up to the ceiling ofused by this exhibit (note blown Lobby 7.circuit breakers in the Dean's Yesterday there were hun-Office) - but not as much dreds of mushrooms on theperhaps as "Weather," last year's front steps of Lobby 7, crushedbig display. How can we accept by hundreds of people walking.this use when we are trying to Please, may I say:cut-energy use during the height 1 ) That food is preciousof the energy crisis, not to because millions of people domention waste of money which not have enough food, andwe address next? because it is expensive, even for

3) Thousands of dollars!!! American people.Come now. Feed the Cambridge 2) That we, parents andpoor o help other world star- educators, want to show ourving - don't throw mushrooms young people how to respecton the steps and let apples rot in food and how to use it in a waythe air? How can we believe the that it will not be spoiled orMIT deficit problem, understand wasted. -why we have to pay for class 3) That we are proud of MIT,notes now, and why UROP we do not want people visitingmoney is hard to get when we us from foreign countries gosee the tuition we're struggling back to their home and tell theirto pay for put up in plastic as a friends that we are ignorant andred blob called an apple. We extravagant.walk through building 7 and see Thank you very much.this incredible sink of time and Michele Halversonmoney, then we see in building Bi-weekly employee10, people asking for money for April 10, 1975Vietnamese Relief, Israeli Relief,and the John Asinari Scholarship Editor's Note: There is currentlyDrive. All this money, time, and a petition drive being conductedspace for the self-indulgence of a to call a special referendum onfew "artists" whose art is not Lobby 7 exhibits. The proposedgenerally appreciated. referendum would allow the

Hi/re raisingth eser questions : : student; tg'erngenta voice inin regard to Food, but this isnot exhibits placed in the Lobby.

w. UA cons titution?'SCo.10mmentary

Why a netBy Steve Wallman

A new UA Constitutfion willbe on the ballot tomorrow. Oversix years ago, a UA constitutioncalling for a general assemblywas voted on in a UA referen-dum. Not long after that pro-posal passed, it became generallyobvious that it was not going to

. work.The General Assembly was

set up in a purely and pleasinglyrepresentative way. One studentfrom each living unit was electedto represent that unit. HIe wouldconfer with his constituents,discuss the issues, and vote in aninformed and representativemanner.

The GA would thus trulyrepresent the student body viewson all issues. Accordingly, it wasgiven the power to control anddecide on all issues that relatedto undergraduate studentgovernment.

This included such things asthe Finance Board allocations,Nominations Committee ap-pointments, student activitiesspace allocations, NominationsCommittee appointments, stu-dent activities space allocation,the policies and expenditures ofthe Student Center Committee,movie schedules, grading policy,the fate of the Draper andLincoln Labs, and rush pro-cedures.

So what happened? To begin-with, the Polaroid Corp. decidedthat it was not going to pay toomuch attention to a GA resolu-tion concerning war research,then the SCC decided not toenforce some rules concerningmixers and admission proceduresand walked out of the meeting,then one of Harvey Baker'senemies (Harvey was a NewsEditor of The Tech at the time),'decided to use the GA to keepHarvey off a committee, thenBexley Hall decided to elect acat (actually a kitten, I believe)as its representative, then theUAP stopped calling meetings,no one complained, and peoplestarted to think about what elsethey could do.

Since then, the variousmembers of student governmenthave been thinking up newconstitutions. This constitutionis nothing new. Last year ameeting was held to try to comeup with some constitution thatwould work. What came out of

There will be a regular meet- ing of the faculty at 3:15pmWednesday in Room 10-250

ito discuss grades and the Iran- .an progra I

that meeting was almost acarbon copy of this one (or is itthe other way around?). Somepeople felt that it was notrepresentative enough (theyliked the GA idea) others feltthat everything was func-tioning perfectly the way it was,(they favored the abolishment ofthe previous constitution per-iod). Before that, Curtis Reeves(the UA`P two years ago) cameup with a three-paragraph consti-tution that was printed in TheTech, which gained absolutelyno opponents, nor proponents(except Curtis). There have beenmeetings now for three and onehalf years on "what should bedone" and the answer hasgenerally been "who cares?" Soyou may ask, what am Isuggesting? I'll tell you.

Right now we have a systemthat works generally well. Mostof the operating groups are runby anybody who has the time towork on them. Most of thegroups do well by themselves,taking care of whatevever smallpieces of the earth (or MIT) theyare set up to administer. Butherein lies the problem. Most ofthe people in the various activi-ties will agree that cooperation-and communication in studentgovernment is not very high,that a great deal more can bedone to alleviate at least sched-uling problems, set up jointprograms and run much largerevents, it is just that nobody hasany formal mechanism for get-ting this done, and the informalones have a habit of breakingdown every so often.

So what does the new Consti-tution call for? To begin with, itredefines the UndergraduateAssociation to be the studentgovernmental body, as opposedto all of the students. Thismeans that when the UAP (orany other office) talks he is nottalking for all of the students,but simply for the studentgovernment which he represents.He may be providing a valuablestudent viewpoint, but he shouldmake no mistake about it, he isnot talking for every individualMIT undergraduate student.

Second, it declares the opera-ting entities as existant on theirown, without the GA, andindependent on their own, freefrom interference from a UAP oranybody's executive committee.

Third, and most important, itsets up an Institute Committee.This is a totally different Insti-tute Committee from the pre-l .968 terTy.be with, it.hasno power o r control over any-

body or any group. It cannotforce or coerce (persuade, per-haps, but not force or coerce)anybody or group to do any-thing ( or not do anything).

What then can it do? Thiswill seem like a trivial point, butif you have been involved inthings, you can start to see theimportance of it - the InstituteCommittee can meet and talkand recommend. It calls for agathering of almost all of thepeople integrally involved inproviding services and studentviewpoints to the student body -and the administration. It ena-bles the various groups to discussjoint programs, not as competi-tors but as partners. It allows thestudent groups to have a largerbody to bring issues to and toask for support. It provides for apooling of resources when theneed arises. It strengthens thestudent's hand by creating aunified recognizable front whenthe actions of the Faculty or theAdministration require it. It alsocreates a beginning, a founda-tion, which the potential goodof a student government cancontinue to grow.

This constitution, if it passes,is not meant to last for all time(or even more than a few years).It is a compromise between theideal representative democracyof everybody coming to meet-ings,' of everybody havingnothing to do but be concerned,with a system near the presentone nobody talking, nobodyhelping, nobody cooperating. Asthe students change, and thegroups change, this constitutionallows for quick change.

People have been talkingabout constitutions for overthree years. Let's pass one thatcan work, for now, during thesetimes, that will encourage peopleto talk about something else.This constitution guaranteespeace to all of the various groupsthat now exist, while encour-aging cooperation and a unifica-tion of roles and resources.Maybe this one won't be anybetter than the other; it doeshave three years worth ofthought behind it, but noexperience. The Constitution wehave now, on the other- hand,had much less thought, and hasalmost the same amount ofexperience. Why keep somethingthat hasn't worked for so long?Won't you vote to give some-thing new a try?

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Return to Forever and Orleans puton a very interesting show at theOrpheum at the end of March. Unlikelast year's Orpheum concert, theauditorium was completely packedand both bands were well received.

Orleans opened the Orpheumconcert with a very long set. Theystarted -the program with a very ac-curate reproduction of their bestacoustic cuts from their latest album,Let There Be Music, and grew heavieras the night wore on. The electricwork they did near the end wasimpressive, especially the long bluesjam featuring the wonderful dualguitar work of John Hall and LarryHoppen. Unfortunately, their albumdoes not quite meet these highstandards.

The crowd, of course, roared at thesight of Chick on stage. The bandopened with a smooth medley ofStanley Clarke's "Dayride" and"Beyond the Seventh Galaxy." Icouldn't help being amazed at how aband like Return to Forever couldimprove so much since their last

0Boston concert. As usual, Clarke wassuperhuman, and Lenny White isproviding increasingly formidable com-petition for Billy Cobham.

Corea was amazing with hislightning fast riffs at the opening ofLenny White's "Shadow of Lo." It wasin this piece and in the followingextended solo rendition of "VulcanWorlds" that I began to notice AlDiMeola's development of a personalstyle. There wasn't as muchMcLaughlin in his playing; he's stilldeveloping. An interesting and comicalpattern emerged in the middle of thenumber. Chick would play a riff andeach member of the band wouldattempt to duplicate it. At times it washilarious and- it showed just how tightthe band can be.

The renditions of "No Mystery"and "Celebration Suite" were faithfulto their recorded versions and broughta delightful change of pace to theconcert. The encore medley of "JungleWaterfall" and "Lopsy Lu" (the latterfrom Clarke's solo album) spotlightedthe master bassist. With little effort heexecuted the bass line and melody of"Lopsy" - simultaneously!

Return to Forever frightens me abit, because I can't conceive of howmuch more they can improve. It is nodoubt, however, that Chick Corea andband have left Weather Report, TheMahavishnu Orchestra, and TheEleventh House crawling in the wake

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Return To Forever's No Mystery

With the release of each Return toForever album, Chick Corea experi-ments with new musical ideas. Hymnof the -Seventh Galaxy was his firstheavy electric album. Where Have IKnown You Before explores syn-thesizers, organs- and acoustic pianos.As his style gradually changed, Chick

.began to reach a wider, youngeraudience, while alienating some of hismore traditional jazz fans. However,with his latest release No Mystery,Chick will have all actions smiling.

The secret of No Mystery's successis that it's two albums in one. Side oneis the hard rock, funky, electric, foot-stomping Chick; side two is tastefulsophisticated acoustic and electricjazz. The album opens with"Dayride," a heavy funky piecepenned by bassist Stanley Clarke.Synthesizers predominate in contra-puntal fashion, and Chick even joins inon vocals with one riff.."Jungle Water-fall" (believe it or not, they're tryingto get a hit single out of this one,

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folks), follows the trend of drivingfunk with a rhythm- reminiscent of"Earth Juice." "Flight of the New-born" is basically an improvisationaloutlet for nineteen-year-old guitaristAl Di Meola. Al is an amazingly fasttechnician, but he lacks themusicianship of his predecessor, BillConnors (who left RTF when hethought the band was getting toofunky). He's possibly been listening totoo many Mahavishnu Orchestrarecords. "Sofistifunk"' is written bydrummer Lenny White and features asequenced synthesizer introduction.

Corea includes a strange mixture oftextures in "Excerpt from the FirstMovement of Heavy Metal." It openswith a pompous acoustic piano soloand fades into an acid-rock passagewhich grows louder and louder,moving towards it's own destruction.(Is Corea commenting on the latesixties?) As the distortion fades theacoustic piano returns and ends thecut on a quiet note.

Interestingly, the album seems sub-liminally geared towards Top 40. Thecover resembles a commercialpsychedelic cover of the '67-'68 era;inside are enclosed pictures of thefriends and relatives of the band, andthe address for correspondence (a fanclub?!). Side two opens with "NoMystery," which is perhaps the highpoint of the album. The band is verytight, but with little restriction, andit's probably the only opportunityyou'll have to hear the entire bandplay together with no electric instru-ments. "Interplay" is an im-

provisational duet between Corea andClarke and works very well. Theremainder of the side is devoted to"Celebration Suite." A drum roil andorgan fanfare reminiscent of bullfightmusic. Chick is then featured on aphase shifted organ chorale solo andsnare drum duet with Lenny White. Avery latin improvisation sectionfeatures all members of the band.

The major problem with ChickCorea's Hymn album was the lack oftonal variety among the pieces. Thenext record Where Have I Known YouBefore resolved this predicament, butwas lacking in overall musical value.Both aspects are satisfied admirablyquite well on No Mystery - Corea hassucceeded in releasing a fine discwhich will satisfy his "pure jazz" fans,as well as allowing more rock en-thusiasts to become interested in hismusic. Perhaps more of his con-temporaries should follow suit.Discography:

Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (PolydorPD5336)

Where Have I Known You Before(Polydor PD6509)

No Mystery (Polydor PD 6512)

Backstage At The Orpheum

Chick Corea was gracious enough togrant me a personal interview beforethe concert. With children Thad andLee Lee on each knee and close friendGayle Moran (pianist with the Maha-

vishnu Orchestra) seated at his side, wetalked extensively about his music.

I asked Chick how the first electricband came about. When Flora Purim.Airto, and Joe Farrell left the originalReturn to Forever, oniy Chick andbassist Stanley Clarke remained. "Meand Stanley were talking about havingan electric guitarist in the band... Ihad the idea of writing for an electricguitar like a horn-type instrument andI wanted to experiment with that. Ihad no idea it would sound the way itdid after we got into it .. I did havein mind that long, stretchy guitarsound... like what Jimi Hendrix orwhat John McLaughlin does... Ithink John did [influence me directly 1a bit. What Mahavishnu was doing atthe time really impressed me, becauseit was the first time I had heard a bandplay with that kind of physical impactbut [who] also play their instrumentsgreat."

I commented on the continuousexpansion of his keyboard entourageand asked him when it was going tostop. The only instrument he plans toadd is a large Moog. He's interested inelectric keyboards but "I'm alsobecoming reinterested in acousticmusic. The concept I like is realbreadth in music and a wide range ofcolors and ways of playing."

We spoke about the dichotomybetween the two sides of No AMystery.Was he really trying to satisfy twoaudiences simultaneously? "When wefirst formed the first electric group wewere making a lot of people who likedus formerly very disappointed andthey couldn't get into immediatelywhat we were doing. I don't like tolose people who I've established afriendship musically wilth. So that wasthe idea to form the music so that itreaches lots of different kinds ofpeo ple."

Chick's music has been exploring somany types of music that Return toForever no longer has one "sound." "Idon't enjoy playing one kind of musicbecause I can feel good playing musicand if I just do it without thinkingabout it, it comes out different. I'mtrying to find a balance in life where Imyself continue to get freer and moreaware of the people and create better,but at the-same time not lose touchwith the world that I'm living in andstay in contact with people andreality. What we're doing is for peopleand then after that how each indi-vidual contributes to it."

However, of his many musicalstyles, there is one that is close to hisheart. "If I looked really closely andpersonally at what I myself enjoy, I'denjoy playing very delicate acousticmusic. But that's a very personal thingwhich I couldn't feel satisfied doingfor really long periods of time becauseit just concerns me in relation tomyself."

Why is Chick trying for a hit single?"'Jungle Waterfall' was reallly anexperiment. For the first time I said,'Okay, stop messing around. If wewant to hit that kind of an audiencelet's do it and say we're going to do it!So I sat down and I said, 'Okay, howcan I communicate to that audience?'and then just wrote that piece."

Chick Corea, the individual, is awarm, friendly human being. Besidesgranting me the last-minute, un-scheduled interview, he eliminated allof the security and managementhassles that confronted me backstageat the Orpheum.

In the future Chick plans to touruntil June, where a long vacation willleave him performing only a fewsporadic large rock festivals thissummer. In the fall, we can expecttours of Japan and the US, as well as asolo album featuring pianist GayleMoran.

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The Boston Light Opera, Ltd., is acompany designed to offer high qualitylive theatre for the price of a first-runmovie. Thus, for S3.50 ($2.50 for aSunday matinee) you can spend anevening watching H.M.S. Pinafore. OnFriday and Saturday evenings, Trial ByJury is offered as a curtain raiser. This is adouble bill not to be missed by those whofeel that good theatre dissappeared whenthe MIT Gilbert & Sullivan Society wasabsorbed into the Musical Theatre Guild.

The entire production is staged with aflair I have never seen before insemi-professional theatre. Every actor onstage knows precisely what to do, downto the smallest gesture, and opening nightjitters were all but absent.

It is a shame that a production with

such excellent standards for the playerslacks technical finesse. It is obvious thatthe technical problems are due partly tothe lack of working capital that unfor-tunately afflicts new theatrical com-panies. The sets for both productionswere poorly designed and sloppilypainted. The lighting, although accept-able, shows little imagination. Thisunfortunate combination detractsstrongly from the rest of the show.Makeup, with only two exceptions, ismediocre, and some of the costumes needrevamping. Josephine, a lovely girl, isdressed like a fishwife:

The entire production thus rests uponthe merits of the company and theorchestra. And a cast of this quality couldeasily make up for far more. serious

debits. Pinafore is a compliment to thesuperb direction of Francis Piatti andKathleen Lang Nuber, and is a showcasefor the entire cast. Robert Sutton, anMIT alumnus, sings Ralph with seeminglyeffortless ease. His outstanding voice isthe perfect complement to DeniseFreeland's (Josephine) lovely soprano.Norman Nuber, who played IHiggins inthe MTG production of My Fair Lady,gives an outstanding interpretation of SirJoseph Porter, the socially discriminatingAdmiral of the British fleet who hopes towed Josephine.

Dick Deadeye is overacted to perfec-tion by Philip Baas; his performancealone is worth the price of admission.Mark Owen adds gusto to the sailorchorus, and his solo is the best in the

show. Sheila B. Duffy wears Cousin Hebelike a second skin, stealing the show withbackground bits.

Unfortunately, Neil Ferguson sings therole of Captain Corcoran too weakly tobe heard above the orchestra in manyplaces. He looks impressive but is notstrong enough to carry his part above therest of the cast. His love interest, LittleButtercup, is played cleverly, thoughpatchily, by Beverly DalPozzal.

Trial Boy Jury is one of the shortestworks composed by Messrs. Gilbert &Sullivan, but it is just as flashy as theirlonger operettas. Mr. Sutton is in topform as Edwin, the man who is beingsued for breach of promise by Amgelina.Cheryl McDermott as Angelina is exactlythe character called for by the play. Sheis light and exuberant, yet at the sametime beautiful and tragicomic.

However, it is the Judge, executed byTrent Jones, who makes this productionsuperb. He mugs his way through some ofthe most difficult patter ever written. Hislight interpretation adds charm to thestage and he is a perfect foil for the restof the cast.

A competent orchestra under theexpert leadership of Christopher Blairhelps to augment the fine voices of thecast. The orchestra is quiet enough toallow the voices to carry. An added treatis the use of the original Sullivan score inTrial.

The Boston Light Opera, Ltd. is a newcompany-Friday evening was its pre-miere performance-and it promises manyfine shows in the future. Technical areasneed improvement, but the production islaudable for its high caliber of acting. Soeveryone, Gilbert & Sullivan fan or not,should see this performance and helpcelebrate the birth of a talented troupe.

at the Madeleine Lee Theatre140 Clarendon St., Boston

April 25, 27; May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11Eves. at 8 pm, Sun. Mat. at 2 pm

No reservations

- spring tour previewby Stephen Owades

The program presented by conductorDavid Epstein and the MIT SymphonyOrchestra on March 15 in Kresge con-tained the works that the orchestra hasprepared for its spring tour (which will beconfined this year to a series of day-tripsto nearby colleges). Thus it was withparticular interest that I attended theKresge concert, since the opinions ofmany outsiders (and particularly prospec-tive MIT students) about music at MITare affected by what they hear of theMIT Symphony on tour. As always, theorchestra has nothing to be ashamed of.

Kresge Auditorium and its balkyacoustics presented a serious problem inthe opening piece, the Overture to DieTeufels Lustschloss ("The Devil's Pal-ace") of Schubert. The electronic rever-beration system, which must be carefullyadjusted to aid the otherwise dry soundof the hall without itself becoming ob-trusive, added a wiry and metallic sound,especially to the strings in their upperregister. The overture itself is ratherlightweight, relying heavily on hackneyedgimmicks to convey an atmosphere ofsuspense. It didn't seem to inspire theorchestra's best efforts, though except forsome shaky and tentative chords from thetrombones (in a difficult, exposed sec-tion), the playing was serviceable enough.

Some attention seemed to have beenpaid to the reverberation system 'beforethe next piece, Portals by Carl Ruggles,since the wiriness was no longer apparent.Portals is written for string orchestra inthe powerful, blocklike fashion charac-teristic of Ruggies, and the decisive andunanimous attacks of the MIT ensembleconveyed the uncompromising spirit ofthe music.

Beatrice Erdely, the wife of MIT musicfaculty member Stephen Erdely, was thesoloist in Mozart's Piano Concerto in AMajor, K 488. Though she played all thenotes efficiently enough, the sparklewhich the outer movements demand waslargely missing-though perhaps the over-refined tone of' the Bosendorfer pianowas partly to blame. The rapport between

orchestra (and conductor) and soloist wasless than perfect, and Mrs. Erdely's ten-dency to rush toward cadences led tosome splayed downbeats. The orchestraacquitted itself well in the Mozart, withoutstanding solo woodwind playing.

The Bartok Concerto for Orchestrawas presented after intermission. Knownas a tough fest for even the most virtuiosicof orchestras, the Concerto must havebeen a great challenge to the MITSymphony players. The results were mostsatisfying. :All of the difficult solo lines,scattered throughout the entire orchestra(thus a "'oncerto for orchestra"), wereplayed with accuracy and a confidencethat belied the anxiety which any instru-mentalist must feel when faced with thelegendary difficulty of this score. DavidEpstein's concern for the rhythmic struc-ture and flow of large-scale works madeitself evident in an interpretation thatspanned an unbroken arch and kept therapt attention of the audience through-out. (It was, in fact, as successful aninterpretation of the Concerto for Or-chestra as I have ever heard.) Uponrehearing this piece on the WTBS broad-cast, my attention was drawn to variousflaws in ensemble that had passed unno-ticed in concert, but the emotional inten-sity of the performance would have hid-den or excused far more serious prob-lems.

John Buttrick, director of music atMIT, and Beatrice Erdely will participatein a performance of Bartok's Sonata forTwo Pianos and Percussion in the MITChamber Players' final concert of theseason this Wednesday night, April 16, at8 pm in Kresge. The percussionists will beDavid Stork (whose percussion playing inthe Crumb Madrigals on the last ChamberPlayers program was one of the highlightsof the evening), Leslie Markman, andRichard Horn.

Also on the program will be Hummel'sQuartet for Clarinet and Strings, IrvingFine's Quintet for Winds, and Introduc-tion and Allegro of Ravel. photo by Stephen Owades- David Epstein conducts MIT Symphony

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Tensegrity from Greece to Cambridgeby Guy Nordenson

Dr. Hugh Kenner was at MIT lasfWednesday for an in formal talksponsored by the Course XXI Society(an "organization" 'of humanitiesmajors). Dr. Kenner; a Professor ofTwentieth Century Literature at JohnsHopkins University, is the author ofbooks on Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot,James Joyce and- R. BuckminsterFuller.

Kenner brought along a TensegritySphere to illustrate his remarks. TheTensegrity (tentional integrity) is thesinmplest example of the principleswhich extended include those of thefamous Geodesics. The Tensegrity-Sphere is made up of 12 sticks(actually dowels) held in 4 intersectingplanes by wires extending from theirends. The Tensegrity is. -particularlyuseful for demonstration purposessince it effectively separates thecompressive and tensive stresseslrespectively along the sticks and wire.The wires then lie outside and thedowels inside the sphere outlined bytheir points of intersection.

Centering on this sphere Kennercontinued, using its system of dif--ferentiating tensions and compressionto illustrate aspects of Pound's andother's poetry. He explained hisnotion of the space between words,noting that early Greek did notoriginally include,. Greek was origin-ally written across the page thenaround and backward, and aroundagain and forward, much as a ploughruns across a field. The space betweenwords most likely came along with thephilosophic differentiation of a con-tinuous "real" into particular "ideas."Anyone who has listened to a foreignlanguage which they did not under-stand can attest to the tendency of thewords to run into one another. Atmost, phrases may be isolated, but it isonly in the written language that thewords separate. -

It is only in 19th century Francethat the potential, poetic and other-wise, -of this late addition to thealphabet was fully understood andimplemented. It was the Symbolistpoets and in particular StephaneMallarme who gave these "silences"their place in verse.. Through EzraPound and T.S. Eliot and later WilliamCarlos Williams this element enteredEnglish verse. Both poets made dif-

ferent thougfh equally powerful usageof this space to both -tie togetherseemingly jarring subjects and expressthe tensions that can only be com-municated silences.

Responding to a question byBarbara Sirota, Kenner elaborated thismetaphorical connection between20th Century poetry and Fuller'sTensegrity. He pointed out that thesame discontinuity that underlies thempervades throughout much of con-temporary art; that it has as well muchof our cultural patterns (e.g. the recentswitch from continuous to digitaldisplays in clocks, stereos etc . .).

Kenner spoke as well to thepecularities of academic learning. Inresponse to a remark by Mykl Castroconcerning the "museum-ification" ofvisual art, Kenner pointed out thatmuch the same was occuring in poetryTo accomodate the classic "survey"course, anthologies have emerged asarbiters of "importance" and "rele-vance." The student can then be ledby the hand through these museums,pausing to note each piece. The

art-object is thus divorced from itsoriginal context in the artists work toserve as evidence of some thematic.qualitative or chronological intent.

Overall, Dr. Kenner concentratedon the meaning of words and language.Language has, according to him,evolved to the point that the wordsand lines have become the basic unitsof a kind of literary constructionbusiness. Novels rise from a careful,and arbitrary, blueprint: beginningwith a point of view, insight, plot, etc..The novelist adds on structure andsuperstructure ("And besides," "Andover and above that...") till thewhole · thing is sufficiently fleshed out.According to Kenner this processunderlies much -of contemporaryliterature and to .some extent otherarts.

The evening was essentially Fuller-esque, extending over an astonishinglywide range of topics. Like Fuller,Kenner does not prepare his lectures,but instead will let the topic emerge*from a rather free-flowing expositionof his extensive knowledge.

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yeroin from Turkey to Long Islanadby Michael D. McNameeThe Heroin TrailBy the Staff and Editors of NewsdayHolt, Rinehart, and Winston;$8.95, 313pp.

The events of the 1960s -- antiwarprotests, counterculture, civil rights,racial violence, and so forth - caughtmany American institutions unaware,but probably nine more so than thepress. Reporters and editors found-that, while they had no problems withriots or marches or demonstrations,the root issues which they should havebeen covering - the causes for thelooting, rioting, and demonstrations-usually escaped them. As reportersand editors are wont to do when theyfind themselves unable to cover some-thing adequately, they fell back uponofficial explanations and pat theoriesto explain what they really didn'tknow how to explain (and perhapscould not have explained in terms ofstandard journalism); this failure, asmuch as anything else, accounts forthe growth of the alternative press, thenew journalism, and other such -formsin that troubled decade.

Drag coverage by the media is anextreme case of that weakness. Repor-ters didn't know anything about drugs

or the drug culture; drug users couldnot be dependended on to be "credi-ble sources;" there was nothing avail-able to report but the official side,which promptly became folk wisdom,common knolwedge, and accepteddogma - right or wrong. Even themost comprehensive attempts to coverthe drug situation by the "straight"media failed on these grounds.

That, if anything, is the weaknessof The Heroin Trail, a book composedof reprints of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsday (a Long Island news-paper) series on heroin. The series,which ran daily from February 1 toMarch 4, 1974, represents and incred-ible alolocation of newspaper re-sources and reportorial talent on onesubject - 14 reporters in 13 Asian andEuropean countries, proeuding 32excellent articles tracing the heroinbusiness from the poppy fields ofturkey literally to the arms of theLong Island addicts.

But the book still suffers fromnewspaper myopia - from the accept-ance of cifficial theory and dogma,from the riding of old "commonknowledge" about drugs and theireffects, and from a standard middle-

class-Long Island view of the drugculture and its inhabitants. As adocumentary for tracing the "busi-ness" side of drugs across the globe, itis excxcellent; as a story for under-standing the why of drug usage withina mile of Newsday's Garden Cityoffices it fails.

This failing becomes noticeableonly in the last few chapters, after thereporters have finished telling theirglobe-trotting story of crime and viceand smuggling, when they get to NewYork and Long Island and try toexplain to their readers what happensat home. Until then the story is fairlystandard investigative reporters stuff.Like all the newspapers of the 1960s,however, when the social issues cometo the fore, Newsday fails.

Perhaps the book would be better ifthe reporters who worked on the NewYork/Long. Island end had comeforward with personal essays or chap-ters at the end. The traditional news-paper "feature" cliches they appar-ently feel required to -use in thearticles just don't convey what theyprobably could say about drug use.They've left out an important part ofthe story.

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Berserkers Planet -Fred Saverhagen(DAW Books, 173 pages, $1.25)

Fred Saberhagen is a modestlycompetent writer of pulp sciencefiction. His graceless style is wellsuited to his favorite topic - the warbetvween man and a race of doomsdayrobots known as the Perserkers. Whilehis writing is unlikely to be longremembered, it just happens to work.Berserkers Planet, his latest effort, isgood enough to spend an afternoonreading. There are no pretensions tomaking enduring statements about thehuman condition. Saberhagen onlyclaims to be entertaining; this time hehas succeeded.

2018 A.D. or The KiXzg Kong Blues -Sam J. Lundquist(DAW Books, 153 p. $1.25)

Billed as the succ :. ;)r of Brave NewWorld, 1984 and ,l CI ckwork Orangethis crock fills . ne of its promises.The situation 'contrived, the plothoarier than J.:;.us Ceaser, and theending inconsist.nt with the rest ofthe story. Lunc; iuist has presented uswith The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit

'set in the twent-first century, theending of which does not seemplausible within the previous construc-tion. I hope that the translation of thistripe was bad, otherwise the readingpublic of Sweden has less taste thanthe rest of the world.

Two sets of re-releases to bethankful for are Simon and Schusterdoing Henry Miller and Pinnacle doingthe Hornblower saga. Miller is thegreatest living American movelist.While his general reputation is basedon the "pornographic Tropic ofCancer and Tropic of Capricorn, hislesser known works, like The Colossus'of Mfaroussi and Big Sur, demonstratesa deep and abiding love of writing andlife (n.b. it iw very difficult to seperatethe two in his work.). His craftsman-ship is magnificent. Simon andSchuster seems to be selling the booksat $1.95: each. They are more thanworth it.

The Hornblower saga is a very finestudy of a man in command. The sagaalso is good entertainment, there areenough blood, gore, and death tosatisfy all but the most hardened TVwestern fanatic. While it does have itsshare of warts, like Forester's habit ofsignallingthat Hornblower is doingsomething heroic or brilliant by havingthe hero worry about whether it isheroic or brilliant or what he shouldhave done, the saga is among the mostimitated series of books on themarket. At $1.50 each, the six booksthat have been released already are adamned good buy.

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(Continued from page 3)jects, another faculty committeein a position to oversee anyresearch involving the use ofdata such as that which wascontained in the intelligencefiles, suffers from almost asmuch confusion as the Commit-tee on the Special Laboratories.

The Human Use Committee isnot sure what its charge isregarding work undertaken atLincoln Labs, or regarding pro-jects involving the use of compu-terized data in social scienceresearch.

Similar confusion"The whole area of social

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science data and research is verymuch is the air, and is a matterof great concern to the commit-tee right now," said Dr. WarrenPoint, Associate Medical Direc-tor and chairman of the HumanUse, Committee. "We've beenstudying the question intentlyfor several weeks now andhaven't been able to formulateany clear guidelines."

The Human Use Committee,which is charged with "makingsure human experimental sub-jects aren't misused or abused,"normally would have jurisdictionover Lincoln research, Pointsaid. But many people working

with social science data onindividuals, he said, don't realizethat their work falls in the.committee's jurisdiction, and sodon't report to the group. "It'svery difficult to ensure thatpeople report to the committeeon this type of research," Pointsaid. "Computerized data is theworst kind - many people don'trealize the possibility for abuseof such data. They don't thinkof the data as representingpeople."

The MIT research in questioninvolved computer modeling ex-periments, based on data com-piled by the US Army Intelli-gence Command on antiwarcivilians. The data reportedlywas received at Lincoln over theARPANET, a research orientedcomputer network funded bythe Department of Defense.

The nature of the workwould make it "unlikely" thatresearchers would report to hiscommittee, Point said. "To beperfectly honest," he told TheTech, "there are a lot ofloopholes in the way the com-mittee's charge is set up. Thereare a lot of projects that-go onwithout any review."

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- (Continued from page 12)time Tufts had left the field andwas ready to hit. Then came theincredible decision, when theumpire at the plate decided thatthe ball had really hit theground, ordered Tufts to takethe field again, put the r4unnerson first, second, and third withtwo outs, with MIT still at bat.

This was understandably toomuch for .the Jumbos, whoangrily claimed then that theball had never hit the ground,that it wasn't right to let theirpitcher sit for fifteen minuteswaiting for a call to be made,but the home plate umpire stuckto his decision, and the infuri-ated Jumbos took the field.However, Rick Olson '78 hit anembarassingly innocuous groundball to the second baseman, whoflipped it to first to squash therally.

From 'then on the game wasnasty, featuring junior MikeRoyal's tackle of Bob Berlutibetween third and home, afterBerluti had crashed third base-man Felton on an earlier playknocking him out of the game.Tufts tried to give the gameaway in the ninth inning, butVince Maconi '76 took a 3-2pitch with the bases loaded andtwo outs for a called third striketo end the nightmare.

The Beavers collapsed againstBates Friday, as they couldmuster' only four singles offBates sidearmer John Willhoite.The Bobcats scored in everyinning but the fourth, collectingthirteen hits and eight stolenbases on their way to a 13-0victory. The Beavers againlacked the clutch hit and playeda very poor game in the field, asseveral fly balls sailed overoutfielders' heads, and the Batesbaserunners ran wild when pitch-er Rick Olson '78 did not show

W softball facesBU Friday night

By Kathy Roggenkamp(Kathy Roggenkamp '77 is a

member of the women 's softballtea m. J

The MIT women's softballseason will begin Friday after-noon when the team facesBoston University at NickersonField at 6:00. Preparation forthe four-game season began inmid-March with workouts inRockwell Cage. In April, theteam began concentrated prac-tive outside under the directionof grad student Dave Castanon.

Individually, the team mem-bers are more talented thanthose who played last season.That team faced only Brown andlost decisively. The success ofwomen's softball at MIT thisyear will depend on how well

the women work together. Bigbats for the team may includeLisa Jablonski 77, Maura-Sullivan '76, and Fran Lussier G.

The MIT nine will play atUNH April 29) and here againstEmerson May 2.

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them any pickoff move.Bowdoin's field still had snoW-

on it in places, but this couldnot cool the Beaver bats thathad been frustrated for so long.After a stretch of five gameswith only twenty hits and tenruns, MIT pounded out twelvehits and cashed in 15 walks fromthe Bowdoin pitchers to burythe Polar Bears, 20-3. TheBeavers saw a 3-0 lead vanish asBowdoin got three walks arndthree Texas league singles onpop flies to knot the score, 3-3

.in the second inning. MIT thenscored 17 runs, eight in the sixthinning, to put the game away.

It was Bowdoin's turn tostrand runners, as they left 15men on base while the Beaversleft only six on the sacks whilewheeling twenty runs. Beaverbatting stars were legion, asMaconi went two for three, withthree RBI, three walks, and two

runs scored; and Dziekan hadthree RBI, three hits (including adouble and a triple) in six tripsand two runs scored. Henrikssonsmashed a bases-loaded triple inthe sixth, Kummer went one fortwo, scored twice and added twoRBI;, Felton connected for twohits in three at-bats, three runs,and two RBI, and David Yauch'75 got one hit in two trips,three walks, four runs, and twostolen bases. Royal pitched thefirst six frames and picked up hisfourth win against one loss.

The Beavers will face HarvardTuesday and Lowell Tech Wed-nesday, both on Briggs Field at3pm. Both are crucial games,and the Beavers must alsoovercome their problem oflosing their home contests. Thenon Saturday, the Beavers willtravel to Wesleyan, the reigningNew England ECAC champs, fora 2pm contest.

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CAfter Bates,

By Lawrence D. DavidThe MIT baseball Beavers

extended their losing streak tothree games with uninspiredlosses to Tufts, 8-4, and toBates, 13-0. then reboundedSaturday to roast the BowdoinPolar Bears on their own field,20-3. The Beavers will take a 7-4mark into their biggest game ofthe season versus Harvard onTuesday.

On Tuesday April 8th theTufts Jumbos stampeded theBeavers, 8-4, as the Beaver batscould not produce any key hitswith men on base.

MIT had hammered out a 3-1lead at the end of three inningson the strength of DanSundberg's single, which scoredMike Dziekan '76 and HerbKummer '75. The Tufts catcherheaved the ball into right fieldtrying to get the sophomorespeedster going back to first, andSundberg legged it around thebasepaths on the three-base errorto put the Beavers up by two.Then the roof fell in.

Tufts catcher Mike Russoblasted a three-run homer in thefourth to put Tufts up to stay,4-3. GBL All-Star Bill Nortonmade it 5-3 with a run-scoringdouble in the fifth. The Beavers

By Bob Nilsson(Bob Nilsson '76 is a member

of AMIT's golf team.)In a golf match as exciting as

Jack Nicklaus' win in this week-end's Masters Tournament, theEngineers topped two of NewEngland's perennial golf powers,Wesleyan and Tufts, on Fridayto open the team's spring season.

The match was highlighted bytwo sudden death playoffs withthe outcome of the meet indoubt until MIT's number sevengolfer Leo Bonnell '77 won onthe 19th hole. Captain PeterWolczanski '76, playing numberone, downed his Wesleyan oppo-nent 3 and 2, but lost to Tufts 2down. Number two for MIT,Mark Swenson '78, defeatedWesleyan 1 up and Tufts 5 and4. MIT's numbers three JimHarrison '76 and four BobNilsson '76 could not produce a

Tufts lossesthen had their chance to getback. in the game in one ofthe strangest baseball incidentsever to take place at BriggsFields.

There were two outs in thebottom of the MIT seventh, withRoy Henriksson '76 on secondand Jeff lelton '78 on first.Steve Edelson '76 struck out andthe catcher rolled the ball backto the mound, thinking that thethird out had been made.

However, Coach Fran O'Brienhad other ideas, as he orderedhis men to run the bases, as theball had hit the ground asEdelson swung at it and thus wasstill alive. A third strike pitchthat hits the ground cannot belegally caught by the catcher,and thus the catcher must eithertag the batter-runner with theball or throw the ball to third,second, or preferably first basefor a force-out in order to putthe batter out in this situation.The catcher had done none ofthese and all three runners camearound to score.

Meanwhile, Coach O'Brienargued with the umpires, claim-ing that the pitch hit the groundand that Edelson had never beenput out. The argument raged onfor fifteen minutes, in which

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point, Harrison losing 5 and 4 toTufts; Bob Kneeland '77 num-ber five, and John Nugent '77,number six, swept their matches,Kneeland up on both andNugent 2 up on his twoopponents.

Bonnell, in the thriller againstTufts, won on the first hole ofhis sudden death playoff. Healso defefeated Wesleyan 5 and4. The final scores were 5-2against Wesleyan and 4-3 againstTufts. These wins boosted theyear's record to 5-1-1.

For those unfamiliar withscoring in golf matches, there areseven team members who com-pete head to head in 18 holematch play with the corres-ponding number on the oppositeteam. One point is awarded tothe victor in each match. Theoutcome of the individualmatches are expressed in termsof holes up and holes to go. Aa___

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MIT's newest intramural sport, Community Baseball, got underwaylast weekend with all four teams playing twice. Over 70 members ofthe MIT community are involved in the sport's first season.

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Lacrosse co-captain Rick Bye '75 (25) tries to dodge three Amherst defenders in Saturday's 12-8 losswhile Engineer Defenseman Craig Johnston '77 (9) looks on.

Amherst rallies to top la crosseBy Glenn Brownstein

Scoring six goals in the finalquarter, Amherst's varsity la-crosse team broke open a closegame to defeat MIT, 12-8. TheEngineers led three times in thegame (2-0, 3-2, 6-5), but hadtheir problems with Amherst inthe final period as the Lord Jeffsscored four straight goals mid-way in the quarter to gain thevictory.

For the first time this year,MIT scored the first goal of thegame as Bob Connor '75 took a

score of 5 and 4 means that thewinner closed out his opponenton the 14th hole, being fiveholes up with only four holes togo. Should 'the match end on theeighteenth hole the outcome isexpressed as one or two up.

The week of spring break wasspent shaping up the team'sgame in Georgia and Florida.The team played matches inSavannah, Ga. against ArmstrongState College before heading toMelbourne, Fla. where theystayed at FIT and played at theAdmiralty Golf Club. Along theway the team also matched upagainst Williams College at SeaIsland Country Club andValdosta State and CaliforniaState at Francis Lake CountryClub, both in Georgia.

The golfers always face theirtoughest competition in thespring when the schedule in-cludes Harvard arid Trinity. Anew threat to MIT this year maybe Babson who defeated Tufts intheir opening match with theirtop men in the 70's.

Aside from intercollegiatematch play, the team will beplaying in the 36 hole GreaterBoston Collegiate Athletic Asso-ciation's Tournament on April22 at Concord Country Club andthe first annual MassachusettsCollege Championship to be heldin May.

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This year's IntramuralTrack Meet will be held onSunday, April 27. The meetwill begin at 11:00am withboth trials and finals on thesame day.

Although entries will beaccepted up until the time ofthe meet, all team rostersmust be submitted by5:00pm, Wedresday, April23, to be eligible for the teamtrophy and personal awards.Please leave all entry forms inthe IM Track Manager's mail-box in W32-l 21.

pass from George Braun '75 atthe 2:43 mark to put the Engi-neers in front, 1-0. EvanSchwartz '75 followed with ascore one minute later to putMIT up 2-0.

Amherst rallied to tie thescore at 3-all early in the secondquarter, though, and the teamstraded goals three times to sendthe squads into the game's finalfifteen minutes tied, 6-6.

Throughout this season, MIThas started games slowly, allow-ing opponents to roll to five- andsix-goal leads early in the con-test. Although the Engineers hadno problem in the early mo-ments of the Amherst game, theteam's recurrent "first-quarterblues" came in the fourthquarter this time, as Amherststeamrolled MIT.

After two Amherst goals inthe period's first two minuteshad staked the Lord Jeffs to an8-6 lead, a Braun-to-Schwartzgoal at the 5:29 mark broughtMIT within one. However, just

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Amherst' then added threemore times before Rich Henige'75 scooped a ground ball intothe net to close out the scoring.

Amherst outshot MIT, 59-24(37-13 on net), but the Engi-neers stayed in the game largelyon the strength of sophomoreJeff Singer's goaltending. Singermade 24 saves in his best single-game performance of the year.Also sharp in net was middleBob Kenley '75, who made adifficult save in the second peri-od while substituting for Singer,who was serving a slashing penal-ty at the time.

MIT's difficult schedule (sixof New England's top eleventeams) continues today atBowdoin. The Engineers thenreturn home Friday to play HolyCross in a 4:00pm contest.

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