Continuous i MIXT| News Service | 8-Cambridg Since 1881 V | | t assachusetts| IVolume- 99, Numiber 9 Frdy Mac 9 197 -- -- 'LT-!I C---- --- -, I . Ad_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lt update: comnpl 8 1 < \E.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~La~st night, D~r. Louis Menland He cil 1 ;>S>P~~~~~bil~~~i ~issued a statement from the depicti S S | i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Provost's Office tathJesfrPurimn q l _ \~~~~~~~~~~~held 'tomorrow night, but can be as his M 11 _ ivlr t ~~~~~~~held at a date and place to be The . .- .- _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~decided later. Thefosllowing article are sin _ 3 i ~~~~~~~~~~was written before yesterday's ecutivc . . | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~decision ay witsade. For the official ationf , - t R a>>;* F |~~~~tatements from Menand and the gave it . . < . yit-,-,t, , ~~~~~~~~MIT Seekers, please read the let- day n - Hi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ters on page 7. Cormn By Sauionda patte rsopoal l stgmeet animal~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h facity ntetofor of ald J6 Tew forojects ahchoa rithuteosu hofp began last fall and will be competed In Junevity iilleeideterminedbtday by sciThe penthouse-like strucure on the roof willhouse the Various ci ofd thri P~rovo8 st wimeth Stev~ - handling sytems needed y the faciliy. (Photo byMarrecothis afternon byithe FacilS ASA,,, ti eqestUs Comthtee the committee awlt ,IT niernSalyi osbmb I " ews fr Jesuis me I the space, it had to be mentioned in the ads. "Secondly, the meeting is billed as a Purim celebration," continl- uled Berez. "'This is quite different than the purpose emnphasized by Jerry Pi atz at -a meeting last M on- dayi which is to educate the peo- ple in the beliefs of the Jews for Jesus,"' he added. Platz, the MIT Seekers liason, said that the meeting was a Purim celebration as well as an educational event. Lastly, Berez said, "This cele- bration~with its sponsorship has tile potential for becoming a vola- tile situation. This potential may be a factor in the decision of the Facilities Usc Committee." Ralph Giffonoe '82, a Jews for Jesus volunteer, said, "There is no substance in the committee's ob- jectionls." He explained that, technically, { Pleasfe turn lo page 3) aS AS rightly was a matter for the in- vestment committee rather than the A\CSR," while the Rocky Flats proposal fell into a category which he claims the ACSR "has consistently decided ... are mat- ters of public, rather than cor- p~orate policy; accordingly, the shareholder proponents should take their case to the public policy makers instead." But M ilne's position is disputed by the two students', who consider the statement symptomatic of a pooriy -defi ned decision-m akcinfg pro~cess at the ACSR. "Without passing on the substance of the Ro)ckwell proxy, I question the relevance of th~e past actio ns of the ACSR to the handling of cur- rent proxy questions," Saltzman said Wednesday. "ilf past prece-' dents are to be binding on the pre- sent and future.ACSR's, then the purpose of the committee is defleated.'".* Saltzman and DeMarco are ex-t pected to ask Milne today for an Up-to-date list of M IT's stockholdings, a full description o~f all shareholder proposals in companies in which M" IT is a part owner, and a clear statement of the ACSR's charter. IresoU 4%J of Februu that th stitutes and co In a Truesda Execut of the based The A' the B-I ly an plaining on three grounds." fted fraudulent advertising, ~tion of tlhe activity as a' n celebration, and the prose- ng nature of Jews for Jesus s reasons. e grounds Weinstein cited mhilar to the reasons the Ex- ve Committee of the Associ- for Student Activities (ASA) in its recommendation Mon-^ night to the Facilities Use rnittee. The recommendation ,sted that the MIT Seekers ,st for space should be re- ed. ~ve Berez '80, president of the ,said that the group included objections ill its recommen- n. The first objection, Berez ined, was "that the '"adver- ents for the event were mis- ng. Sponsorship of M IT ,rs wasn't mentioned at all or in small letters. Since this ;orship was used for getting I 3yass before the spring brealk. nman explained that the early ing is needed "even if we i't received any proxies yet, der to establish ground rules irocedures for the Commit- The ACSR has not met since 4, 1978, and Milne had r indicated that it would not this year until after the first .iril. e two-proxy resolutions cal- )n Rockwell to prepare ilreports on the company's ltions at the Rocky Floits )rado) Nuclear Weapons ty and on the "financial, n, physical-plant impacts" e cancellation of the B- 1 er. Proponents of tile first ition, which received about F the vote at the company's iary 15 meeting, claimed he Rocky Flats facility conl- ,s a serious health hazard ontributed to the arms race. aj prepared statement issued lay, Milne stated that the itive Committee's rejection eRockwell proposals was on previous ACSRK policy. ,SCR secretary claimed that *1 resolution was "essential- economic question that By Kent Pitmnas MIT has the finiest engineering faculty in the nation, according to a 1977 survey published recently in The Chronicle of Higher Educa- tion. The survey asked 4000 faculty members at 4-year colleges and universities to name the schools that they felt had the *'most'dis- tinguised faculties." M IT was nam d as one of the rive best engineering schools by 63 percent of those completing the survey, and it was ranked best in the- field by 32 percent. Close behind in the polls were Stanford with 57 and 1-4 percent, and Berkeley with 56 and nine percent in the same categories, respec- tively. Everett Ladd and Seymour Martin of the University of Conn- ecticut, conductors of the survey, comnpared the results to those of similar surveys made in past years, concluding that the ";hierarchly has remained relatively stable" since the most recent such study before this in 1969. Other departments at MIT which received favorable marks were Biology, Business, Chem- istry, Economics, Math2/Sta- tistics, Physics, and Political Science. Eighteen departments other than engineering were studied, and of these, eight colleges took top -honors in at least one field. Thle other "number one" schools - several in more than onie area - were Stanford, Berkeley, Har- vard, Yale, Cornell, University of Chicago and Indiana University, The surveyors warned that the statistics might be misleading if not interpreted in a proper per- spective. "1t may take several years for people to realize that ch~anges have taken place within a department," Lipset noted. But he said -he hopes the study will provide an indication of "where academe is moving." ification, are dangerous in -the level of their centralization, ac-, cording to Lovins. Centralization, he reasoned, leads to political, problems, including the hazards of blackouts due to easy failures of large power systems,, and bat- tles between large cities over the siting of power facilities. Soft technologies, on the other hand, are diverse, renewable, and relatively simple for the users to understand. In Lovins projections for energy use in the year 2000, soft technologies will virtually replace conventional sources such as oil, gas, and coal. In contrast, Lovins depicts a "hard energy course" which relies mostly on n uclear energy and diminishing sources of coal, oil, and gas, and necessitates a three-fold increase in energy generation for 'the US. Lovins soft energy path would forecast a 'slight reduction in total energy use for the year 200Q0 as compared to today. Further, the lecturer said, "Present soft technologies are more than ample for the world's future needs,"s thereby bypassing the 'technological' fix needed for the .hard path. There is no place for nuclear power in Lovins' energy design, however.-"Nuclear energy is a techniology of the future whose time has past," said the speaker. N uclear energy fails, in Lovins' view, in its inefficient conversion of energy and its low delivered functions of power. *'"The government must stop spending large amounts on sub- s id i es on large-scale technologies," warned Lovins, ''this is making the h~igh technologies look cheaper than they really are and reducing the economic attractiveness of the soft technologies." On current US energy policy Lovins said, "6We all agree on the neccessa~ry use of renewable resources for the future." Sometimes, however, the UJS goes about tapping these sources in the wrong manner. The most interesting and telling part of the lecture was a -table shown by Lovins documenting projecti'ons of future energy use. When Loviis. beganl pushing his By Bob Wasserman What path energy? For Amory Lovins, America's energy needs for the future can only be met ef- ficiently by soft technologies such as solar energy, wined power. and energy conservation. Lovins spoke on "Institutional Barriers to Soft Paths Implemen- tation" last Wednesday at M IT to a crowd of almost 300 people. Lovins, the author- of Soft Energy' Paths, is a pioneer in the field of alternative technology. Hard energy technologies, such as nuclear power -and coal gas- Amory Lovins explains a point in his talk last Wednesday evening. (Photo by Chuck Irwin) soft energy paths in the early seventies, his predictions were seen as unrealisticly low. Today, however, due to events such as the oil embargo, Lovins' original predictions are higher than the ,most conservative figures of in- dustry , anid government. This proves, as Lovins insists 'that, "Today the choice of the soft energy path is inevitable." brillllant cast, Neil Simon's Chapter Two loses to an unrealistic plot. Page 8. The women's basketball team concluded its season with an 8- 9 record. The team was paced by Diane Ozeliu's '79,, whose graduation will leave a big hole for te team to rilal next season-.- Page 11. , Despite several minor flaws, ,-national service" may be an ideal whose time has come. Page 4. The Madhouse Company of L ornon provides an evening- ,of totally insane comedy in their latest production, Silly Buggers. Page 9. Although it is performed by a I .ovins predICts greater sof energ use 141low "
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Continuous i MIXT|News Service | 8-Cambridge Since 1881 V | | t assachusetts|
IVolume- 99, Numiber 9 Frdy Mac 9 197
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. Ad_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lt update: comnpl8 1 < \E.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~La~st night, D~r. Louis Menland He cil
1 ;>S>P~~~~~bil~~~i ~issued a statement from the depictiS S | i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Provost's Office tathJesfrPurimn
q l _ \~~~~~~~~~~~held 'tomorrow night, but can be as hisM 11 _ ivlr t ~~~~~~~held at a date and place to be The
. .- .- _ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~decided later. Thefosllowing article are sin_ 3 i ~~~~~~~~~~was written before yesterday's ecutivc
. . | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~decision ay witsade. For the official ationf, - t R a>>;* F |~~~~tatements from Menand and the gave it
. . < . yit-,-,t, , ~~~~~~~~MIT Seekers, please read the let- day n- Hi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ters on page 7. Cormn
By Sauionda patte rsopoal l stgmeetanimal~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h facity ntetofor of ald J6 Tew forojects ahchoa rithuteosu hofp
began last fall and will be competed In Junevity iilleeideterminedbtday by sciThepenthouse-like strucure on the roof willhouse the Various ci ofd thri P~rovo8 st wimeth Stev~- handling sytems needed y the faciliy. (Photo byMarrecothis afternon byithe FacilS ASA,,,ti eqestUs Comthtee the committee awlt
,IT niernSalyi osbmb
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the space, it had to be mentionedin the ads.
"Secondly, the meeting is billedas a Purim celebration," continl-uled Berez. "'This is quite differentthan the purpose emnphasized byJerry Pi atz at -a meeting last M on-dayi which is to educate the peo-ple in the beliefs of the Jews forJesus,"' he added. Platz, the MITSeekers liason, said that themeeting was a Purim celebrationas well as an educational event.
Lastly, Berez said, "This cele-bration~with its sponsorship hastile potential for becoming a vola-tile situation. This potential maybe a factor in the decision of theFacilities Usc Committee."
Ralph Giffonoe '82, a Jews forJesus volunteer, said, "There is nosubstance in the committee's ob-jectionls."
He explained that, technically,{ Pleasfe turn lo page 3)
aS ASrightly was a matter for the in-vestment committee rather thanthe A\CSR," while the RockyFlats proposal fell into a categorywhich he claims the ACSR "hasconsistently decided . . . are mat-ters of public, rather than cor-p~orate policy; accordingly, theshareholder proponents shouldtake their case to the public policymakers instead."
But M ilne's position is disputedby the two students', who considerthe statement symptomatic of apooriy -defi ned decision-m akcinfgpro~cess at the ACSR. "Withoutpassing on the substance of theRo)ckwell proxy, I question therelevance of th~e past actio ns ofthe ACSR to the handling of cur-rent proxy questions," Saltzmansaid Wednesday. "ilf past prece-'dents are to be binding on the pre-sent and future.ACSR's, then thepurpose of the committee isdefleated.'".*
Saltzman and DeMarco are ex-tpected to ask Milne today for anUp-to-date list of M IT'sstockholdings, a full descriptiono~f all shareholder proposals incompanies in which M" IT is a partowner, and a clear statement ofthe ACSR's charter.
IresoU4%J of
Februuthat thstitutesand co
In aTruesdaExecutof thebased The A'the B-Ily an
plaining on three grounds."fted fraudulent advertising,~tion of tlhe activity as a'n celebration, and the prose-ng nature of Jews for Jesuss reasons.e grounds Weinstein citedmhilar to the reasons the Ex-ve Committee of the Associ-for Student Activities (ASA)in its recommendation Mon-^night to the Facilities Usernittee. The recommendation,sted that the MIT Seekers,st for space should be re-ed.~ve Berez '80, president of the,said that the group includedobjections ill its recommen-n. The first objection, Berezined, was "that the '"adver-ents for the event were mis-ng. Sponsorship of M IT,rs wasn't mentioned at all orin small letters. Since this;orship was used for getting
I 3yassbefore the spring brealk.
nman explained that the earlying is needed "even if wei't received any proxies yet,der to establish ground rulesirocedures for the Commit-The ACSR has not met since4, 1978, and Milne hadr indicated that it would notthis year until after the first.iril.e two-proxy resolutions cal-)n Rockwell to prepareilreports on the company's
ltions at the Rocky Floits)rado) Nuclear Weaponsty and on the "financial,n, physical-plant impacts"e cancellation of the B- 1er. Proponents of tile firstition, which received aboutF the vote at the company'siary 15 meeting, claimedhe Rocky Flats facility conl-,s a serious health hazardontributed to the arms race.aj prepared statement issuedlay, Milne stated that theitive Committee's rejectioneRockwell proposals wason previous ACSRK policy.,SCR secretary claimed that*1 resolution was "essential-
economic question that
By Kent PitmnasMIT has the finiest engineering
faculty in the nation, according toa 1977 survey published recentlyin The Chronicle of Higher Educa-tion.
The survey asked 4000 facultymembers at 4-year colleges anduniversities to name the schoolsthat they felt had the *'most'dis-tinguised faculties."
M IT was nam d as one of therive best engineering schools by63 percent of those completingthe survey, and it was ranked bestin the- field by 32 percent. Closebehind in the polls were Stanfordwith 57 and 1-4 percent, andBerkeley with 56 and nine percentin the same categories, respec-tively.
Everett Ladd and SeymourMartin of the University of Conn-ecticut, conductors of the survey,comnpared the results to those ofsimilar surveys made in past years,concluding that the ";hierarchlyhas remained relatively stable"since the most recent such studybefore this in 1969.
Other departments at MIT
which received favorable markswere Biology, Business, Chem-istry, Economics, Math2/Sta-tistics, Physics, and PoliticalScience.
Eighteen departments otherthan engineering were studied,and of these, eight colleges tooktop -honors in at least one field.Thle other "number one" schools- several in more than onie area- were Stanford, Berkeley, Har-
vard, Yale, Cornell, University ofChicago and Indiana University,
The surveyors warned that thestatistics might be misleading ifnot interpreted in a proper per-spective. "1t may take severalyears for people to realize thatch~anges have taken place within adepartment," Lipset noted. Buthe said -he hopes the study willprovide an indication of "whereacademe is moving."
ification, are dangerous in -thelevel of their centralization, ac-,cording to Lovins. Centralization,he reasoned, leads to political,problems, including the hazardsof blackouts due to easy failuresof large power systems,, and bat-tles between large cities over thesiting of power facilities.
Soft technologies, on the otherhand, are diverse, renewable, andrelatively simple for the users tounderstand.
In Lovins projections forenergy use in the year 2000, softtechnologies will virtually replaceconventional sources such as oil,gas, and coal. In contrast, Lovinsdepicts a "hard energy course"which relies mostly on n uclearenergy and diminishing sources ofcoal, oil, and gas, and necessitatesa three-fold increase in energygeneration for 'the US.
Lovins soft energy path wouldforecast a 'slight reduction in totalenergy use for the year 200Q0 ascompared to today. Further, thelecturer said, "Present softtechnologies are more than amplefor the world's future needs,"sthereby bypassing the
'technological' fix needed for the.hard path.
There is no place for nuclearpower in Lovins' energy design,however.-"Nuclear energy is atechniology of the future whosetime has past," said the speaker.N uclear energy fails, in Lovins'view, in its inefficient conversionof energy and its low deliveredfunctions of power.
*'"The government must stopspending large amounts on sub-s id i es on large-scaletechnologies," warned Lovins,''this is making the h~ightechnologies look cheaper thanthey really are and reducing theeconomic attractiveness of thesoft technologies."
On current US energy policyLovins said, "6We all agree on theneccessa~ry use of renewableresources for the future."Sometimes, however, the UJS goesabout tapping these sources in thewrong manner.
The most interesting and tellingpart of the lecture was a -tableshown by Lovins documentingprojecti'ons of future energy use.When Loviis. beganl pushing his
By Bob WassermanWhat path energy? For Amory
Lovins, America's energy needsfor the future can only be met ef-ficiently by soft technologies suchas solar energy, wined power. andenergy conservation.
Lovins spoke on "InstitutionalBarriers to Soft Paths Implemen-tation" last Wednesday at M IT toa crowd of almost 300 people.Lovins, the author- of Soft Energy'Paths, is a pioneer in the field ofalternative technology.
Hard energy technologies, suchas nuclear power -and coal gas-
Amory Lovins explains a point inhis talk last Wednesday evening.(Photo by Chuck Irwin)
soft energy paths in the earlyseventies, his predictions wereseen as unrealisticly low. Today,however, due to events such as theoil embargo, Lovins' originalpredictions are higher than the,most conservative figures of in-dustry , anid government. Thisproves, as Lovins insists 'that,"Today the choice of the softenergy path is inevitable."
brillllant cast, Neil Simon'sChapter Two loses to anunrealistic plot. Page 8.
The women's basketball teamconcluded its season with an 8-9 record. The team was pacedby Diane Ozeliu's '79,, whosegraduation will leave a bighole for te team to rilal nextseason-.- Page 11. ,
Despite several minor flaws,,-national service" may be anideal whose time has come.Page 4.
The Madhouse Company ofL ornon provides an evening-,of totally insane comedy intheir latest production, SillyBuggers. Page 9.
Although it is performed by a
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Xeroxr Advancedf Systems Departmnent in Palo Alto,.Californiia, has severalopenings for systems prpogramm~ers. If you are grad~uating thfis year, if youdesire to develop highly adlvanced so~ftware systems, if you want to work in achallengigng developmenlt and mParketing o rganaization; then you shouldconsider working for Xerox Adva~nced Systems iDepartmaent (ASD).
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(Continuedfrompn age 1 )Seekers' sponsorship was notneeded to get, the space. "TheeBush Room is available to anyoneaffiliated with MIT'and we're.MIT students," he added.
An Alumni Association em-ployee said the Association al-lows events to be, held in the BushRoom'by -people affiliated withMIT who are nlot holding money-maki ng activities. Whether or nota group is of~ficially recognized bythe ASA is not a criterion for us-ing the room," she added.
11 Berez said later, "'It does notmatter what requirements werenecessary for booking the room,but that once the reservation ismadae on the basis of an affiliationwith a speciftW group, advertisingmust' include this affiliation." Helsaid further, "'any event of possi-ble controversial nature.mHust beapproved in advance by the Facil-ities UJse Comm-ittee."
The planned Pulrimn celebrationwill be a "very Jewish' event," Gif-fone: said. "We are celebratingPurim 'and God's preservation ofthe Jewish people."
Giffone, who said his Jewishheritage meant more to him afterhe became a Christian, explained,"We're not trying to convinceJews to deny their heritage. Wewant to tell th~em that Jesus is theJewish Messiah and the fuaiflll-ment of God's promises in theHebrewr Scriptures."
Charles White, MIT Seekersadvisor and a Park Street Churchminister, said, "If the comimitteedecides against us, we'll investi-gate our Firpst Amendment rightsunder- the law." He added, "itwould be backing down to Hilllelpsressures for Seekers to withdrawits bid for the room."
White said attempts to cancelthe activity clearly violated aca-demic anddreligious freedorns~andthe right to free speech.
"It goes against the very idea ofa university that one group is ableto stop another from meeting.~ IfSeekers objected to Hillel's meet--ings; could we stop them?" Whitesaid.
He added that the decision sets
a dangerous precedent by de-stroying meaningful dialogue. "Aliberal society allows its oppo-nen~ts to speak and then refutesthem. It doesn't prevent-themnfrom speaking."
H~illel Rabbi Dan Shevitz's ob-jectionrs to the Jews for Jesus acti-vity were based on reasons similarto the ASA Executive Committeerecolmmendations and Wein-stein's -objections. Hie called'the,activity "tdeceptive, because, aChristian Evangelical group isacting as a front for a New Yorkorganization." -
Shevitz said -6e objeceted to theactivity because, "from what -Iknow of the organization's litera-ture, actions, and aims, Jews forJesus' goal is to make Jews intoChristians."'
Platz, said "I sincerely hope thedecisionp of the committee will'bepositive. But if their decision goes'against us, we'll disagree with- it,but we'll comply."
Platz said that Special Assistantto the Provost Louis M~enandwho heads the Facilities UseCommnittee "would like Seeskersto withdraw thPeir bid for therooma so that the: issue dfoesn'thave to come uep before the com--mittee.. We will not voluntarilywithdraw." M~enand refused to,,,.comment on the status of a deci-sion still in progress."
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Rings on Jupiter?7 - Photo raphs'taken last Sunday by instrumentsaboard the Vloyager I spacecraft gave ~evidence: for the existence of 'athin ring circling Jupite'r. Juapiter, after Saturn and Uranus, is the thirdof the nine planets found to' have such a ring.
VMorldCarterp to Eg'ypt Presidlent Carter flew to Egypt yesterday claimingthat peace in the Mideast "has come within reach." Carter departedafter he and Prime Minister Begin had mad~e significant breakthroughson several issues stalling the ]ISFaeli-]Egyptian peace negotiations. At thesame time, Palestinian terrorists bombed tourist buses in Israel, inprotaest of the new agreements.
EBazargan in trouble - New tensions arose -in. Tehran, yesterday. as7Ayatullah Khomeini charged that aMehdi Barzagan, his~hand-pickedPrime Minister, was ""weak." The chnallencge follows the criticism thatBairzagan directed at Khomeini's aides last week, claimaing that theyhad undermined government ef~forts to -resduce violencce and restorestability in Iran.
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LocallDrinki~ng age to 20 - Governor Edward King officially signed thedrinking- bill yesterday, raising the Massachusetts drinking age to 20.The bill becomes effective sometime in mid-April.
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The other viewpointon"National Service'
A national service for American youth is one of the best and most ex-citing social action proposals to come out of Washington, DC in a longtime. The idea has some question marks, of course, but the benefits ofsuch a program easily outweigh any possible harm it would do.
Work programs right out of New DealThe program plans to place 18-year olds in a variety of social work
positions, including schools, hospitals, jails, and urban ghettoes, or intwo years of military service, or six years in the draft.
The social work programs are right out of the New Deal. Whilemany of the Work programs in the 1930's were simply busywork, andthose from this proposal might also be just that, there are many areasof American society which need any help they can get.
Volunteer work is needed desperately in many health institutionsacross the country, especially in rural health centers, state homes forthe aged, and homes for the mentally retarded.
American jails are overcrowded, dirty, and inefficient. Youth couldserve in correctional institutions and in jails themselves so that the con-victed who come out can function in society and stay out of jail, and sothat the ones in jail could be treated humanely.
Jonathon Kozol, author of Death at an Early Age, has proposed aplan to educate the thirty million Americans who are "functionally il-literate" by using young people with excellent reading abilities to openlearning centers and to tutor. National service could accomplish thisgoat and raise the American literacy level.
Naturally, like any other Federal program, this one would have itsshare of waste and inefficiency.
However, there are several existing successful models with which theprogram could draw on, such as the Peace Corps and VISTA.
Additional draft would not Cause warThere is also the value such a program would have on American
youth itself. It would expose teenagers to an aspect of American societybeyond what they could learn from TV, and get them (and us) to wor-ry about something else besides records, movies, and vocational educa-tion. Voter registration and turnout for the newly enfranchised USyouth is dismal; and perhaps a year or two iri service to the countrywould interest Americans in the political system beyond their owntaxes.
Opponents of the plan point out correctly that middle and upperclass youth will probably end up in the schools and hospitals, while thepoorer teenagers would likely wind up in the draft or military. This is areal concern which must be considered by legislators; perhaps they canoffer incentives to the poor to entice them to work in the social workarea.
The fear that an additional draft would propel the US into anothermajor war is unfounded, however. For one thing more help is needed inthe army reserves and national guard than in the standing army. Foranother, America's present armed forces are perfectly adequate for in-vading quite a few countries in theN world; the Joint Chiefs of Staff donot have to wait until the draft is re-initiated in order to start a conflict.I -hope that the American public, Congress, and even the Presidentmight be reluctant to create another Vietnam no matter how large theArmy Is.
National Service for youth could have a marvelous impact onAmnerican society and on Americans themselves. Every new idea takessome getting used to, and this one is n~o exception. In light of its poten-tiai benefits, though, this idea is a good one.
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Steven C. Frann '80 - ChairmanThomas Curtis '80 - Editor-in-Chief
Kathryn E. Gropp'80 -- Manaiirg EditorPandora Berman '80 - Business Manager
wl roa Bob Wasserman '80 - Executive Editorid~h -Volume 99. Number 9
Friday, March 9. 1979
SPOQRS DEPARTMENTSports Editors: Gordon R. Haff'79, Bob Host '81; Staff: GreggStave '79, Dennis Smith '81. Rich Auchuls '82.
ARTS DEPARtMENTArts Editors: Joel West '79. David G. Shaw 81; Associate ArtsEditor: Margie Beale'82; Staff: Bruce Nawrocki '79, Al Sanders'81,Dan Togasaki '81, Kevin Cunningham '82.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENTAdvertising Manager: Brenda L. Hambleton '79; AssistantAdvertising Manager: John Hopper'79 Circullation Manager: JohnMuggeridge, '80; Staff: Marcia Grabow'79, Kathy Dutrow'80. LynnGrabert '80. Penn Martin '81. Doug Marden '81.
CONTRIBUTING EDITORSGary Engleson *80. John Grunsfeld '80, Jordana Hollander'81, LeighPassman '81, Michael Taviss '81; Indexing Project Representative:A. David Boccuti '79.
SENIOR EDITORSDavid Thompson '78, David Schaller '78, Michael Brzustowicz '79,Brenda tHambleton '79, Lee Lindquist '79, Rebecca L. Waring '79.
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The position of a reviewer ofthe performing arts is a perilousone. How perilous it is I did notrealize until sonrine I'd known along time reacted to one of myreviews.
The function of a critic is wide-iy debated by those whose opi-nisns do not reach print.Although some swear by theirfavorite critic, others will onlybuy records or attend movies thata particular CritiC (or every critic)has panned. As a consumer ofcriticism, I have developed a
critics as a fact of lise, an inherentdanger to tany performer; theirreaction to an urfavorable reviewis to simply ignore it. A thirdschool feels that a critic shouldadhere to the philosophy of"where you don't have anythingnice to say, don't say it."
Finally there is even one groupthat feels that critics have a con-structive, useful purpose,providing a necessary feedback tothe performer. To a large extent, Iwould guess that the reactions of
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talent for gleaning factual infor-mation from other peoplesreviews ill order to ascertainwhether it is something that Iwould enjoy.
Nowhere is the role of the criticso hotly discussed, however, thanamong those on the other side ofthe footlights - those beingreviewed. There are those who seeno need for ctitics, and considerthem essentially worthless;parasites who prejudice audienceswhile feeding their own egos.Others accept the existence of
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Intrzamurals contains a number ofquestionable statements that needsone major clarification. Mr.Haff reports of a conversation hehad with Gerald Adolph. Mr.Adolph seems to feel that there is";3 lot of pressure to play XMsports to let off steam, and that itis therefore only natural that theysometimes give refs a hard time."There are two separate issues thatneed to be addressed from thisstatement.
First, the purpose of theIntramural program at M IT is toprovide organized, recreationalsporting activities for the MITstudent body. While we recognizethat sports are a good way to "let'off steam," there is no pressure todo so, and the vast majority of IMgames are played in a relaxed,friendly ;itmosphere.
Second, for the times that IM'sfire used to let off steam, thereferees should not be the targetof that stealm. I don't understand%,.hy Mr. Adolph thinks giving thereferee a hard time is a "natural"wavly to let off steam. Isn't it muchmore natur;l to let off steanm byplaying the game! Giving thereferee a hard time is not part ofthe game. There is no reason,justification. or excuse to give anIsntramural referee a hard time!
Mr. Haff finishes his article bysaying' "The problems of refereefind ineligibility rule abuse havebeen steadily worsening over thelast year. They have reached apoint where they can no longer beglossed over and swept under thetable." By saving this, Mr. Haffindicates that he -is only nowbecoming aware of probiemns
which the IM Executive Commit-tee has been dealing with for anumber of years. The ExecutiveCommittee has considered refereeabuse a major offense and hasacted on every case that it hasheard about. Depending on theseverity of the infraction, playersand teams have been warned, puton probation, and suspended. Ac-tual physical abuse of referees hasbeen rare, but when it has occuredit has been dealt with severely.
The reason that ineligibilityrule abuse has seemed to go up isthat the Executive Committee hasbeen cracking down on ineligibleplayers, and generally tighteningup on all IM rules. IndependentA-League soccer playoffs werecancelled when three out of the
four teams were found to have in-eligible players. A complete checkof the A-League Independentbasketball rosters was done by theExecutive Committee, and anumber of ineligible players werediscovered, -and action was takenagainst them; (Mr. Haff evenreported this in his last article on{M's).
The problems fa c i n gIntrarnurals have not been "glos-sed over." They have been methead on, and thus they are nowmore publicized. I'm confidentthat the new Executive Commit-tee will' continue to face these-problems, and I hope that theyget the cooperation of the rest ofthe student body.
'Richard D. Kunin '79
physically or verbally abuse him.If a team feels the ref has mis-interpreted the rules, the captainis entitled to protest the game.The captain is the only personwho may enter into a discussionwith a ref.
Also, I must point out thatbecause of past problems. we arecvn.sidering having A-league in-dependent soccer teams bringtheir student ID's to games. .Noother leagues are in danger of thisduty- being placed on them.
I hope this will straighten outany questions regarding my opi-nion of referee problems.
Peter W. Lemme '80Chairmranst. IM Council
To the Editor:In Gordon Hlaffs column of
Tuesday, March 6, 1979, severalstatements I made wereparaphrased in a way that did notconvey my true feelings. In par-ticul;ar Mr. Haff states, "Lemmesaid that he felt refs not knowinghow to handle game situationscnrauved many of the recent refereeabuse problems." This is not whatI meanlt.
In lno situation can I findreferees- bringing abuse uponthemselves. I feel some refereescan present possible trouble betterthan others. However, no matterhow baad a ref is, there is no ex-icSC e rdr-d apldye'dr'rspectiator to
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church, lovers and friends: all are:examined as sources of security,Land all are shtattered to differentdegrees. Unlik~e IMr. West, I donot believe that The Deer Hunterrepresenrts a manifestation of theantiwar sentiment of the 60's, butmoreover, a presentation of theexistential dilemma of ther 70's. Iwould strongly recommnend thismovie to all those who have
To the Edi~tor:A~lthough Jo,61 West com-
plained (The Tech TuesdayMlarch 6) thnat The Deer Huntersuffered from a lack of depth andinsight, I must assert that this ap-pearance lies more in Mr. West'sSuperficial interpretation than inthe movie: itself. Unfortunately, itseems that Mr. Wiest fell prey tothe common blunder of mentallyreviewing a movie while watchingit, a crime whose punishment isconstricted vi~sion and loss ofhindsight as one is handicapped
the motivation an~d foundation ofthe "typical" American characterby observing where it breaks un-der conditions of severe stress.One- might claim thqt the condi-tions depicted by Cimino are un-documented and therefore in-valid. However, I feel thm~t fewwill argue that similar conditionsof horror have been and will bedocumented. What is importantto Cimilno is the way the glassbreaks (or does not break) ratherthan the brand of hammer used tobreaik it.
.~.. it serves as a commentary on the
a seem-- non-existentrTo the Editor:
Ydou are to be~ cornrnnded for-your EXCELLENT coverage ofintramural sports. Threrefore,.your negligence in covering theintramural track meet (indoor) of2/25/79 was extremely unusualand' conspicuous. T~he men's andwomen's teams of the Black 9tu-dents Union each took first place.We expect to read about our ex-ploits on the track shortly.
Sheryl Karen Strothers '80Rudolph Allen Bellinge.es79
Edb. note:. A story on the intr~ra-inural track wrieet 4is on page 11. ofthisF issue.
by seeing each vignette as, an endin itself, thus missing the broadermeaning of the movie as seen inthe sum of the parts.
Shortsightedness is particularlydangerous when dealing with TheDePer-Hunter. For although afterabout two-thirds of the nloviee theaudience is allowed to sympathize with the solitary frustration of thecharacter of -M/icfhael, for the ma-jo'ity of the film the viewer is leftwithout a character to identifywith and thus must pass judgmenton each scene as "an` outsideobs-e--rli~&e `rafhePr'-vhan' a-s -acharacter with a purpose. In addi-tion, a lot of the symbolism used~by Cimino is unusually shockingas well as threatening. Because ofthe intense horror Produced bymany scenes, the viewer will oftenfind cornfort in removing himselffrom the scene by questioning itsapplicability to our own reality.T~his is especially true of suchscenes as the prisoner-of-warscenes, where the graphic detail ofcells fillted with water rats and'physical and mnental torturenecessitate that one disassociateoneself from the ;IAelihood ofsuch threats, if only to preserveone's sanity.
One might plausibly argue thatCimino's use of such harshimagery is unnecessary as moresubtle less traumatic symbolismmight well have less gruesomelyconveyed the same, messagewithout losing a major part of hisaudience. Unfortunately for theweak-stomached, Cimrino hasdeemed it necessary to examine
Thus, the meaning of the movieis not obviously a documentary ofthe pointlessness of war. Rather itserves as a commentary on thedesigns of "typical" peoplesearching for the power to carryon in a seemingly purposeless life.In examining the effect of extremestress on the lives and valuesystems of Nick, Steve, Mike, andLinda, Cimino makes a powerfulstatement on the fragility ofhuman security. The flag, the
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Both critics and performersshould keep in perspective thefact that reviews are merely opi-nion, and not the Gospel Truth.
(Continuedfrom page 4)performers to critics is stronglyinfluenced by the type~s) of criticsthey have encountered.
Student critics (e.g. myself)defy classification: they are eitherdoing it as a hobby, or are in theprocess of developing a maturestyle.
However, among estatb shed,non-evolving sty S, c ritics I cansee three types:
1) The critic as God. Thisperson is critical and arbitrary.Criticism is an ego trip for thisperson. (S)he is often plainwrong, and loses no sleep overthat reality. A testament to LordActon's "absolute power corruptsabsolutely," these critics oftenhave a make-or-break power overorganizations in their field; suchhas been said about a well-knownlocal theater critic. Such a critic isnot above cronyism. It is unfor-tunate that this is probably thebest-known type of critic.
2) The critic as a publicist.His/her, reviews are always lavishand effusive; the 'worst one canever fare at his hands is being"damned with faint praise."Though not taken seriously byperformers, his are the reviewsthat are quoted in hyping asecond-rate product. The mostnotorious such critic is Rex Reed.
3) Thle c ritic as an ijptelligentaludi'encef. This person is "'right"almost all the time, and when(s)he is wrong, readily admits thatpossibility. Although his reviewsmay he subjective, they are basedon factual Inmterial that is in-disputable (e.g. "Smithniunbled" or "the violins were(lat.") Even where the reader'staste is totatly in-opposiaion, oneflnds his reviews always valuable.lie is an enlightened individual,no morc and no less-and not acalpricious power-broker or a one-maln advertising agency. Before
he becanerthe BSO's director ofpublications, Michael Steinbergwas such a music critic for theGlobe; the Globe's David St.George appears to have such aphilosophy, though the news-paper uses him only part-time.
Others debate the question ofsubjectivity vs. objectivity. Sufficeit to say that a totally subjectivereview is worthless to all but theauthor, while a totally objectiveone is impossible. The critic mustattempt to divorce himself fromiAis personal prejudices, and admitto them when he cannot. He alsomust approach each performanceor work on its own merits,without adherence to somepreconceived absolute ideal; twoentirely different interpretationsor styles may be equally valid.
It is not hard to guess whichsort of critic I aspire to be. As a(former) performer myself, Iregretted the lack of feedback tomy efforts; I would also hopesuch experience would make memore sensitive to the individualswhose souls are in the work I'mcriticisi ng.
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Dear Dr. Menand:
MIT Seekers regrets the disturbance that our proposed meeting hasoccasioned in the MIT community and sincerely appreciates the timeand concern that those involved have given to this issue.' As aresult of our helpful conversation with you. Dean Holden, RabbiShevitz, Hillel Chiel, and Dean Rruce you should know That:
wep regret that the room we chose for our meeting is also used bythe Jewish Comman-ity for-religious observances> We-were not-previously-:ware of this use of the room, and since'we do notwish to cause confusion, we would be {pappy to move our meetingto any other MIT room of comparable size and accessibilitysuggested by the Facilities Use Cormmittee.
We regret that some of our publicity is objectionable to some membersof the Jewish comawnity., In thee future, when the MIT Seekers planssimilar meetings, every effort will be made to inform all partieswell in advance so that a thorough discussion can occur .,
We regret that we have not previously invited Dean Holden to theregular meetings of the "Communicators," who attempt to facilitatethe exchange of information among the evangelical Christian groups,the MIT religious community and the total MIT community. We,therefore, invite him to the next meeting of this group which willbe held March 15 at 6 PM in Ashedown House lobby.
March 8, 1979
Seekers I, a recognized undergraduate student organization,reserved the Bush Room (10-105) several veeks.ago for an activitySaturday evening, March 10. The activity has been advertisedwidely on campus as a Purim celebration in cooperation with a.movement known as Jews for Jesus. The nature of the event andthe advertising have caused a considerable stir among members ofthe MIT community, including Christians and Jews. Because ofthe character of the event and the nature of the advertising,the Association of Student Activities has requested thatpermission for this meeting be denied, and the Dean for StudentAffairs has-asked the Facilities Use Committee to consider thematter. M~any expressions, both written and oral, have been,made about the appropriateness of this meeting, the bulk ofthese expressions being opposed to its happening.
This' campus has long been known for the comity among the manyreligious groups which make 'up its student body. A longstanding agreement has been that no religious group engage in missionaryact'ivity in an organized way among members of any other religiousgroup. This proposed meeting is viewed by some is in violationof that long standing tradition. Others feel that because Seekersreserved meeting time and place in good faith,' that to deny them,the use of an MIT facility would be to'deny them the right not onlyto have the meeting but-to control the contents of such a meeting.
Numerous groups have met to discuss this issue And theFacilities Use Committee which advises the Provost has alsoreviewed the issue, The Seeker organization has issued a statesnentexpressing regrets over the disturbance that their meeting hasoccasioned, regrets that the room chosen for the meeting is associatedwith other religious activities, and regrets -that the publicity itselfhas been objectionable to members of the Jewish conununity in particular,
In light of its long-standing commitment as being an openuniversity in which multiple points of view can be heard, andwhile regretting instances of poor taste or of Actions wvhich seemto be insensitive, and in light of the need for a continued comityamong religious groups on this campus, and in light of the I-nstitute's;responsibility to maintain communications among diverse group~s,permission to hold a meeting is being granted for a 'date and place,to be agreed upon between Seekers I and Facilit ies U~se Conmittee.This action is taken because of the uncertainties concerning theway earlier publicity has been distributed and characteriz~ed, andbecause of the need for havin,- sufficis-nt time to avoid misunder-standings in the MtIT Community.
We regret we have notRabbi Shevitz and theestablish those bonds
had stronger bonds of communication withJewish community and we will strive toin the future.
Sincerely,
Jerry PlatzMIT Seekers Liaison
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drew a, well-deserved round of applause the persdn next to me, Is that supp ,0-sed toChapter Two is being performed at the from the audience. sound like rain?" My question was
Schubert Theatre in Boston through March Jerry Orbach, as George, gives a very answered by one of the actors mentioned17. Tickets are $10-17.50. good performance. His characterization,,is who just then remarked at how hard it had
By.Kent Pitman smooth and appropriate for the role. been raining.if not memorable, the Schubert The Playbill for the show describes Herb Lighting for the show was not particular-
Theatre'� production' of Neil Simon's Edelman as overqualified for the role of ly good and detracted from the excellentChapter Two was at least entertaining. Leo. This description was certainly set. This defect may be partly excused due
The play is very identifiably Neil Simoll, matched by his outstanding performance. t(; the physical constraints of the Schubert,although a bit less topical in theme than Marilyn Redfield �Faye Medwick, a which make lighting the main Area of thesome of his other plays - a good move for friend of Jennie's) did not add the polish to stage difficult.Simon, who is often criticized for writing her role that Edelman had achieved, but The script calls for rapid transitionson current problems rather than timeless her performance was not by any means between the apartment interior of each ofones. But choosing a 'universal'them is not poor. the two protagonists, and some scenes in-all there is to good drama, there must also Although the emotions of the characters volve actors on both sets at the same time.be something underlying it all and Chapter are adequately portrayed, there is, on more The set desiSner, William Ritman, hadTwo, like Simon's others, doesn."t seem to than one occasion, a seeming lack of 6hosen to have the two sets side-by side,capture it. realism in the show. In the opening scene, with a couch in the middle which could be
Chapier Two deals with the 'second Leo rubs his hands excliaming about how rotated to allow in-crease acting area forchapter' in the life of George Schneider, cold it is in the room, but neith6r his nor either set as appropriate. The set also.,whose wife, Barbara, has recently passed George's actions before or after the line reflected beautifully the contrasts andaway, leaving him unsure about how to go give any indication of the cold, making the similarities in the lives of George and Jen-on living happily. With the help of the Jane A. Johnston, Jennie., gives by far line very unbelievable. n ie.,matchmaker' meddling of George's the best performance in the show. She is Later in the show, the actors enter from In spite of good perforn ebrother, Leo, George meets; Jenny Malone the very image of a woman who has fallen what is supposedly' pouring rain - but set, there is still something -missing. Theand falls immediately in love with her. in love with a man (George) and is deter- they are not wet. The unbelievability of this plot doesn't go anywhere. An evening of
Thr- plot is simple and not particularly mined to keep him nc; matter what the- scene is magnified by a pitiful recording of, entertainment looking into the lives of -origiiial. Guy meets girl. They marry. They emotional price. One of her more rain pouring down which is blasted from what were their names? I've forgottenrtifit all -,the. time. Poof! Happy ending. emotional speeches near the end of the play two speakers on the side of stage. I asked already.
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The Open Door Theatre opens a paii ofone-act plays by Harold Pinter. The Loverand The Collec6on will be playing togetheras "tonight at 8:3 I," 'Mondays throughWednesdays at 8:31pm. On Thursday-through Sunday evenings at 8pm, the OpenDoor continues its run of Edward J.Moore's The Seahorse. Performances are at367 BovIston Street, Boston; for more in-formation call 522-5492.
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The Boston Shakespeare Co tripany pre-sents Two Gentlemen of Verona in repertorywith- Measure for �Measure. Performanceswill be on March 9 & 10, and Thu"rsdaysand Saturdays thereafter. For more ir)for-matioh call 267-5600.
The Next Move Theatre presents ThisEnd Up, a to 'ical comedy review withmusic. Performances are Wednesdaysthrough Sunday, With two shows-on Satur-day. The show runs through March 4; stu-dent rush is available. For ticket informa-tion call 536-6769.
uai xesponse. wnije otner concerts wiji oe-filled with a potpourri of more local NewWave groups. The concerts will be at 7pmTues.-Sun. at 528 Co 'mmonwealth Ave; formore information call 739-2121.
M oviesThe Way We Were, the Midnite Movie
Saturday in the Sala.'Ihis iveek's LSC line-up:The Turning Point Fri., 7 & 10, 26-100The -Philadelphia Story (classic) Fri.,
7:30, 10-25'0.Patton Sat., 6:30 & 10, 26-100
Theatre -The Madhouse Cbrnpany of London has
imported insane British, comedy to these
MITThe first All-MIT Talent Show will take
place Friday, -March 9, at 8 pm in the Sala.Comedy, music and dance, acts frorn, eachclass will be featured. Admission is free.Theatre
PhIlosopher/inventor Buckminster Ful-ler-will give a lecture March 14. Tickets arecurrently on sale in Lobby 10, the LSC of-fice, find at till LSC movies.
Due to a cancellation on the part ofRalph Bakshi and his agent, LSC must an-
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The Madhouse Comnpany' of London pre-sents Silly Buggers, slarrintg Hf amletAMc Wallbangr, Reggie Rutherford, MarcelSteiner and D. M. Waldo. Currenlfy playingat the Charles Playhouse Cabaret.
By David Shaw"Madness shouldn't be repressed - it
causes mental illness." Thus proclaimsFather Fun (occasionally known as theReverend Pleasure) between puffs of acigar. This odd fellow is actually oneMarcel Steiner, a member of the MadhouseCompany of London, a troupe that hasbrought its special brand of insanity toBoston for a month in the form of a reviewtitled Silly Buggers.
These fellows are indeed quite silly, andthey never let you forget it for a moment.As you enter the theatre a derelict(complete with black trenchcoat and runnynose) accosts you and asks if you wouldlike a "sweetie" from the bag he offers.After the expected negative response he ex-claims "Well, I didn't stick 'em up menose!" When he finally convinces someoneto take something he adds "'That one I didhave up me nose."
And so the show begins. We-soon meetthe rest of the company: Hamlet McWal-lbanger (a.k.a. Marc Weil, Man ofDestiny), Reggie Rutherford (his realname) and D. M. Waldo, who provides the-music. They perform a series of the mostbizarre sketches you've ever seen: '"TheRules of the Game," a game show parody;
Hllaiucinogenic Hammer Tom," a spoofof modern theatre; a detective story featur-ing "The Amazing Creamiwell"; and more.The highlight of the show is Steiner'spresentation of "'he Smallest Theatre inthe World," a box the size of two telephonebooths attached to a biycle. The taheatreholds only two people, and is billed as "theonly theatre in the world never to ptay toiess- than a 58% house."
In an interview Steiner explained: 'Weused to have a very small person in thecompany - not a midget, mind you, hewas just scaled- down a bit. I built thetheatre for him so he would have a comfor-table place to act. I showed the theatre toSamuel Beckett, but all he said was'Small,isn't it'T."
One can't resist comparing theMadhouse Company to Monty Python orBeyond the Fringe, yet the M adhouseCompany existed before Monty Pythonand coexisted with the Fringe. There is alsoa tremendous difference in styles - Pythonis very television oriented, the Fringe israther intellectual, but- the MadhouseCompany is best described as rowdy pubhumor. When they attempt something outof this style, however, the material provesto be a bit thin. The "h DementedShakespeare" sketch features Steinerdelivering a confused Hamlet's soliloquoy- a joke invented and best developed byMark Twain. In "The Amazing Cream-well," Weil (the only American ih the com-pany) delivers a perfect Sam Spade perfor-manc, but the sketch loses to an absolute-ly ridiculous plot.
Despite the occasional mediocre sketch,each member of the Madhouse manages tobe an excellent performer. Marc Weilstands out as the best of the troupe, handl-ing the greatest variety of roles. ReggieRutheford's protrayals of the seriousShakespearean actor are studies in subtleparody. (Rutherford was actually trainedas a Shakespearean actor.) The strangerparts have been assigned to Marcel Steiner,who handles them excellently. And oneshouldn't forget the musical contributionsof D. M. Wtaldo, who plays a multitude ofinstruments &-azoo, piano, organ, syn-thesizer, trumpet and cymbals) throughoutthe show. His self-composed backgroundmusic is quite effective, espeically during
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Hamlet McWalfbanger. a' meembEr ofdemonstrates his "Time Travel Apparatus."
the "Amazing Creamwell" sketch,If you have ever wondered how the Marx
brothers might have behaved onamphetamines, or what Monty Pythcnwould be like after -dropping acid, go seethe Madhouse Company of London and
, the Madhouse Comrpany of. London.
join "the raving twits."It is not true that the Surgeon General has
i.&~sued a warning that the Madhouse Conm-putay nyay be dangeroo to yor'' mentralheaPlt.
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In only 10 years, we've achieved a position of unparalleled leadership in the field of high fidelity and professional sound. earning intermalional ac-claim for setting a new standard in music reproduction. Based on a solid foundation of research in electronics, acoustics, and psycloacoustics, theBOSE engineering team has pioneered developments in audio technology that have resulted in unconventional products itih, demonstrablysuperior performance.
And we will continue to do so. With more of the right people on our team. The best people we can fiW. We appreciate their contributions and welet them know it. In fact, most members of our original staff are still with the company. And that's saying something.
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team ended the season with astrong finish last-eek, defeatingBryant, Brandeis, and Babsonbefore succumbing to Holy Crossin the finale. After a slow start,the Engineers showed great-improvement through the season,ending with an 8-9 record. One ofthe highlights of the season was asecond place finish in the BatesInvitational Tournament inFebruary.
Co-capstain Diane Ozelius '79--led the team throughout thewinter by averaging over 18points and XI rebounds a game.
She was the top scorer, shooting41 percent from the floor. A ter-rific center, Diane was selectedfor the all-tourney team in Bates,then wAs further honored with theMost Valuable Player Award. Shewill definitely be missed by, theteam next year. /
Another leading scorer wassophomore Karen Samuelson,who averaged I I points a gamefrom her guard position. CoachJean Heiney will be relying on
-Samuelson, along with forwardsLatanya Sweeney '8 I, DeniseMartini 'aid and Kate Mulroney'80 to pace the team next year.With the return of Susie Stultz
'80, who is spending a term inAustria, and the development offreshwomen, Emmy Behlau andDonna Wilson, the Engineersshould be looking forward to arunning game, next year. CoachHeiney is optimistic that the teamwill put together a winningseason.. The last four games were allfast paced. Against Bryant, MITled all the way. Ozelius wastremendous against the taller op-ponents. In the last five minutesBryant staged a comeback, butMIT was able to hold.them off.-The Brandeis garme was alsoclose, and here;it was Sarmuelsonwho led Tech to victory, callingthe plays and scoring 19 points.Sylvia Barrett '80 led the defenseby forcing many turnovers andstealing the ball eight timnes. HolyCross pulled away from theEngineers early in that game, butMIT managed to come back towithing one by the half. HolyCross again dominated the sec-.ond half, slowly building up a leadthat deprived MIT of finishingabove .500. The play and spiritshown in these games should car-ry over to a good season next
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ftE in- Title IX okLs. for MITTotal (Continuedfront page 12)
320 I tanked to generally had the300 former- impression, however. One
stated, "I think women's sportsshould be adequately funded, but
450 it's absurd to allocate as much for450 women's sports as men's."385 Another claimed it would be "a
travesty for MIT to equally fund"the sports, bruit "with a population
450 so heavily weighted ini favor of400 males, I think the funding shouid
follow somewhat along the samelines," which is basically the way
510 the guidelines presently read.495 Another expressed the opinion460 that "equal funding would be
reverse discrimination against themales."
460 Betts noted that she feels "very445 good about our situation," and
that the athletes are happy andthe coaches are satisfied.
580 However, she feels that the485 women's sports program would45o be helped best by having more
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Pont weightroom, Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) won its third strteam title, as team captain Dave DeBellis '81 led an SAE sweep c198 pound class. Delta Kappa Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, and ZetaTau all tied for second place in the team scoring.
The competition was highlighted by some outstanding indivperformances, notably senior Keith Goldstein's 360 lb. bench 1Scott Smith's 255 lb. clean and jerk, and the overall lifting ofMenzel '8 1, who had the highest total weight in proportion to hisweight.
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"reasonable limits, all discirimina-tion has been eliminated." Hewent on to state that MIT wascommitted to Affirmative Actionbefore Title XX was developed.One femanle student said that'"people (in the athletic depart-ment) really encourage women totake part in athletics."
The stipulation that is used tocompute allocations, according toBetts, is that funding per maleparticipant should equal fundingper female participant. Smithnoted "We don't want to get inthe numbers game," but that atpresent he has received no com-plaints from any MIT coach. Headded that they are generally freeto schedule as they please, andpointed out the specific exampleof the use of Rockwell Cage forbasketball practice - the men'steam uses it one night and thewomen's team the next, so as tobe fair to both teams.
One point that should be madeclear about the matter is that TitleIX does ndot mandate a 50-50 al-locatit:->n of federal funds betweenmen's and won-ten's sports, butrather the ''per participant" for-niulaI mentioned above. Students
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By a-Bb HostThe MIT athletic department
should have no trouble conform-ing to Federal Title IX fundingguidelines, acording to athleticdirector Ross Smith and women'sathletic director Jane Betts.
Conceived seven years ago byCongress, Title IX states in part,"no person in the United Statesshall. on the basis of sex, be ex-cluded from participating in, bedenied the benefits of, or be sub-jected to discrimination underany educational program or ac-tivity receiving federal financialassistance." It was not untilrecently that Title IX was appliedspecifically to athletic programsat colleges and universitites thatreceive federal funding.
The Department -of Health,Education, and Welfare (HEW)established guidelines on whichuniversities were Invited to com-ment. The comment period,scheduled to end this February,wvas extended by HEW until last'Frid ay;, u8ett'is in. possession of acopy of" these guidelines and ad-mitsi that there can be a good dealof ambiguities in their interpreta-tion. towever, she noted that, at
this point, "'we are reasonablywell in compliance" 'with' theguidelines.
Basically, the guidelines es-tablish a comparion of men's andwomen's sports funding, based onthe total program (as opposed toa sport-by-sport basis). Betts ex-plained that there are two majorcategories: financially measurableitems and non-financiallymeasurable items. The former in-cludes equipment, food and hous-ing, scholarships, and publicity.The latter includes practice space,coaching, locker rooms, medicalcare, and training. clearly, someof these do not apply to MIT, but-is for those that do, Betts pointedout that MIT is not likely to get inany trouble with HEW or haveany problems with federalfunding.
At this point, preliminary workhas been done by the departmentin general and by Betts in par-ficulair, on anaLyzing MIT's posi-tion. Smith noted that no study isneeded to show that MIT offersno athletic scholarships, whichboth and he Betts admitted makesM IT's position easier to analyze.Sm ith aidded that within
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