I -- - -- I I I 1. .l _l I I I 16 I No Continuous News Service Since 1881 Volume 105, Numri-ber 32 I T Tuaesdlay, Septem By Katie Schwvarz First in a series on issues af- fecting housing and class size. The rising number of upper- classmen returning to Institute houses will continue to contrib- ute to crowding of undergrad- uates, according to Associate Dean for Student Affairs Robert A. Sherwood. Many students desire on-can- pus housing this year, because rents In the Boston area are rising rapidly. Al colleges in the area are experiencing dormitory crowding as a result, Sherwood said. "Everyone got taken by surprise." The scarcity of affordable housing is likely to continue be- cause little moderate-income housing is being built, he ex- plained. "I would suspect we are in for a long haul." Sherwood sees bleak picture Crowding has a long-range ef- fect, Sherwood pointLed out, be- cause a large class stays in the housing system for four years. If crowding is high one year, there is less room for incoming stu- dents the next year. A "tolerable" crowding level would allow all crowded students to uncrowd in the spring term while maintaining full occupancy in the housing system, according to Sherwood. Approximately 65 undergraduates had left Institute housing during each school year in the past, he said. But the net decrease in occupancy this year was only 35, he added. Sherwood expects the number of students leaving the dormitory system between terms to remain at the new, lower level, just as the number leaving durin2 the qilm_ mer has dropped. "I suspect the same thing [that caused students to remain last year] is happen- ing," he said. Sherwood has denied housing to over 60 undergraduates on the waiting list because of the crowd- ing level. The waiting list includes 9th term undergraduates, read- mitted students, fraternity upper- classmen desiring dormitory spaces and transfer students who were not among the 40 transfers given Institute housing in a lot- tery earlier this summer. The Institute has no plans and no funding for more student housing, Sherwood said. MIT's current financial priorities are the endowment, financial aid and en- (Please turn to Neop 71 Tech photo by Stephen Demonstrators display posters stating their cause violence toward women Monday in Lobby 7. P. Berczuk against By David Pr Hamilton and Thomas T. Huang About ten students demon- strated against violence toward women at MIT yesterday. They rallied on Registration Day, a day on which the Lecture Series Committee (LSC) has traditional- ly shown pornographic films. LSC did not show an X-rated film yesterday, presenting instead "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai - Across the Eighth Di- mension." LSC last showed an X- rated film, "The Opening of Mis- ty Beethoven," in Mjarch. Four of the ten protesting stu- dents were members of Profe- mina, although all of the demon- strators supported the group's goals. _M. ~_ _ _ _ Profemina was formed in Oc- tober 1984 as an informal protest -and women's support group. The group elects no officers and keeps no official records. Membership last year was estimated at fifteen to thirty women. IIt was founded with the "intent of fighting pornography by means of educating, organizing and pro- testing," ada:Wding to the group's September newsletter. The newsletter states that "this kind of activism was necessary for real change to come about at MIT in the attitudes and ideas of both women and men." In addi- tion to fighting pornography, the group opposes oppression, in- cluding racism, classism and he- terosexism. "Aside from fighting pornogra- phy, we have done other things that we feel will help women at MIT," the newsletter states. Profemina can act as a support service for women students by re- ferring them to campus and Bos- ton resources, according to Caro- line B. Huang G. a member of Profemina. Most of its members are -. knovedglea. le. bout the re- sources and literature available to help women, she said. In its first year, Profemina par- ticipated In the search process to fill a part-time position in the Of- fice of the Dean for Student Af- fairs that relates to women stu- dents. Last year, Profemina sponsored "Not a Love Story," a film about pornography; protest- ed a sexist Rockwell recruiting poster; and protested "The Open- ing of Misty Beethoven." Profemina has arranged for groups to attend lectures and fo- rums for such activists as Cather- ine MacKinnon, Audre Lorde, Andrea Dworkin and Nikki Craft. Profenina releases statement Profemina released a statement concerning the rally. "We are i (Pleasse turn to page 14) amount' of money given to any group, however, will ultimately be at the discretion of the Fund- ing Board, Khan said. - A club must be formally recog- nized by the GSC to receive funds from the Activities Com- mittee, Nell said. She estimated the GSC has recognized 35 orga- nizations. . To receive Activities Commit- tee funding, a club rmust submit a constitution, according to Nell. In addition, it must report the to- tal membership, what percentage of that number is from MIT and what percentage is graduate stu- dents. Organizations should be "of interest to a large number of graduate students at MIT," ac- cording to the GSC Funding Poli- cy. Special consideration will be given for social events, because the Activities Committee -would like to have more interaction be- tween graduate students," Khan added. He also indicated a desire to see more graduate-undergrad- uate interaction' The Activities Committee was reorganized this summer. Only two of the fifteen current mem- bers were on the committee last Year, Nell said. - Only graduate students may serve on the committee, but GSC affiliation is not required for membership, Nell said. At least -five members on the Funding Board must actually be from the GSC, however. By Michael J. Garrison The Activities Committee of the Graduate Student Council (GSC) will have $17,000 to spend this year, according to Janine hf. Nell G. GSC president. The com- mittee's budget was only $4500 last year. The increased funding will mean better parties and an in- crease in graduate student acti- vites "thanks to the [Office of the Dean for Student Affairs (OD- SA)b," Nell said. The committee's money comes from the ODSA. 'The increased budget proposal was approved by the office of Vice President Con- stantine B. Simonides. Katherine R. Cochrane, ODSA administra- tive officer, explained that Dean for Student Affairs Shirley M. NtcBay was "instrumental" in getting the budget approved. The Activity Committee's mon- ey will be divided in half, $8000 for the committee's social events and $9000 for distribution to GSC-recognized activities, Nell said. The distribution will be de- termined by the Funding Board which is chaired by Mansoor A. Khan G. The procedures for funding applications will be more formal this year, Nell said. Clubs must submit a proposed budget to the committee by-Sept. 23 if they are to receive money from the GSC. The committee has set a limit of approximately S600 per orga- nization per term Thle actual Tech photo by P. Paul Hsu Men and women of Alpha Phi Omega assist in registering over 9000 students for classes yesterday in DuPont. MIT } Cambridge Oassachusetts Iber 10, 1985 Dorm overcrowding worsens Profemina protests discrimination - - - - - -- 'Mm ODSA increases budget for graduate activities
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By Katie SchwvarzFirst in a series on issues af-
fecting housing and class size.The rising number of upper-
classmen returning to Institutehouses will continue to contrib-ute to crowding of undergrad-uates, according to AssociateDean for Student Affairs RobertA. Sherwood.
Many students desire on-can-pus housing this year, becauserents In the Boston area are risingrapidly. Al colleges in the areaare experiencing dormitorycrowding as a result, Sherwoodsaid. "Everyone got taken bysurprise."
The scarcity of affordablehousing is likely to continue be-cause little moderate-incomehousing is being built, he ex-plained. "I would suspect we arein for a long haul."
Sherwood sees bleak pictureCrowding has a long-range ef-
fect, Sherwood pointLed out, be-
cause a large class stays in thehousing system for four years. Ifcrowding is high one year, thereis less room for incoming stu-dents the next year.
A "tolerable" crowding levelwould allow all crowded studentsto uncrowd in the spring termwhile maintaining full occupancyin the housing system, accordingto Sherwood. Approximately 65undergraduates had left Institutehousing during each school yearin the past, he said. But the netdecrease in occupancy this yearwas only 35, he added.
Sherwood expects the numberof students leaving the dormitorysystem between terms to remainat the new, lower level, just as thenumber leaving durin2 the qilm_
mer has dropped. "I suspect thesame thing [that caused studentsto remain last year] is happen-ing," he said.
Sherwood has denied housingto over 60 undergraduates on thewaiting list because of the crowd-ing level. The waiting list includes9th term undergraduates, read-mitted students, fraternity upper-classmen desiring dormitoryspaces and transfer students whowere not among the 40 transfersgiven Institute housing in a lot-tery earlier this summer.
The Institute has no plans andno funding for more studenthousing, Sherwood said. MIT'scurrent financial priorities are theendowment, financial aid and en-
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Tech photo by StephenDemonstrators display posters stating their causeviolence toward women Monday in Lobby 7.
P. Berczuk
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By David Pr Hamiltonand Thomas T. Huang
About ten students demon-strated against violence towardwomen at MIT yesterday. Theyrallied on Registration Day, a dayon which the Lecture SeriesCommittee (LSC) has traditional-ly shown pornographic films.
LSC did not show an X-ratedfilm yesterday, presenting instead"The Adventures of BuckarooBanzai - Across the Eighth Di-mension." LSC last showed an X-rated film, "The Opening of Mis-ty Beethoven," in Mjarch.
Four of the ten protesting stu-dents were members of Profe-mina, although all of the demon-strators supported the group'sgoals.
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Profemina was formed in Oc-tober 1984 as an informal protest-and women's support group. Thegroup elects no officers and keepsno official records. Membershiplast year was estimated at fifteento thirty women.
IIt was founded with the "intentof fighting pornography by meansof educating, organizing and pro-testing," ada:Wding to the group'sSeptember newsletter.
The newsletter states that "thiskind of activism was necessaryfor real change to come about atMIT in the attitudes and ideas ofboth women and men." In addi-tion to fighting pornography, thegroup opposes oppression, in-cluding racism, classism and he-terosexism.
"Aside from fighting pornogra-phy, we have done other thingsthat we feel will help women atMIT," the newsletter states.
Profemina can act as a supportservice for women students by re-ferring them to campus and Bos-ton resources, according to Caro-line B. Huang G. a member ofProfemina. Most of its membersare -. knovedglea. le. bout the re-sources and literature available tohelp women, she said.
In its first year, Profemina par-ticipated In the search process tofill a part-time position in the Of-fice of the Dean for Student Af-fairs that relates to women stu-dents. Last year, Profeminasponsored "Not a Love Story," afilm about pornography; protest-ed a sexist Rockwell recruitingposter; and protested "The Open-ing of Misty Beethoven."
Profemina has arranged for groups to attend lectures and fo-rums for such activists as Cather-ine MacKinnon, Audre Lorde,Andrea Dworkin and NikkiCraft.
Profenina releases statementProfemina released a statement
concerning the rally. "We are i(Pleasse turn to page 14)
amount' of money given to anygroup, however, will ultimatelybe at the discretion of the Fund-ing Board, Khan said.- A club must be formally recog-nized by the GSC to receivefunds from the Activities Com-mittee, Nell said. She estimatedthe GSC has recognized 35 orga-nizations. .
To receive Activities Commit-tee funding, a club rmust submit aconstitution, according to Nell.In addition, it must report the to-tal membership, what percentageof that number is from MIT andwhat percentage is graduate stu-dents. Organizations should be"of interest to a large number ofgraduate students at MIT," ac-cording to the GSC Funding Poli-cy.
Special consideration will begiven for social events, becausethe Activities Committee -wouldlike to have more interaction be-tween graduate students," Khanadded. He also indicated a desireto see more graduate-undergrad-uate interaction'
The Activities Committee wasreorganized this summer. Onlytwo of the fifteen current mem-bers were on the committee lastYear, Nell said. -
Only graduate students mayserve on the committee, but GSCaffiliation is not required formembership, Nell said. At least
-five members on the FundingBoard must actually be from theGSC, however.
By Michael J. GarrisonThe Activities Committee of
the Graduate Student Council(GSC) will have $17,000 to spendthis year, according to Janine hf.Nell G. GSC president. The com-mittee's budget was only $4500last year.
The increased funding willmean better parties and an in-crease in graduate student acti-vites "thanks to the [Office of theDean for Student Affairs (OD-SA)b," Nell said.
The committee's money comesfrom the ODSA. 'The increasedbudget proposal was approved bythe office of Vice President Con-stantine B. Simonides. KatherineR. Cochrane, ODSA administra-tive officer, explained that Deanfor Student Affairs Shirley M.NtcBay was "instrumental" ingetting the budget approved.
The Activity Committee's mon-ey will be divided in half, $8000for the committee's social eventsand $9000 for distribution toGSC-recognized activities, Nellsaid. The distribution will be de-termined by the Funding Boardwhich is chaired by Mansoor A.Khan G.
The procedures for fundingapplications will be more formalthis year, Nell said. Clubs mustsubmit a proposed budget to thecommittee by-Sept. 23 if they areto receive money from the GSC.
The committee has set a limitof approximately S600 per orga-nization per term Thle actual
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ly supported the bill, now also supports the president's plan.
Soviet Union prepared to reduce missiles by 40: percent -A Soviet bloc diplomat has informed the Boston Globte that the SovietUnion is intent o)n breaking the arms control deadlock. In lieu of a
ban on "Star Wars," the Soviet Union will match a decrease by theUnited States of up to 40 percent in missiles and long-range bombers.The USSR is also willing to freeze and eventually reduce the numberof intermediate-range missiles.
NationU~nemployment lowest since 1980 -The Department of Labor
announced that the unemployment rate has dropped to 6.9 percent.This rate is the lowest in 64 months and is widely interpreted as anindication of economic rejuvenation. Although the decrease in the un-temployment rate surprised most analysts, stock market officials agreedwith President Reagan's assessment of the economy as "packing newpower."
Stroke victim receives artificial, then human heart -MichaelDrummond of Tucson, AZ, was given a heart transplant after ninedavs; on a Jarvik-7 artificial heart. A dramatic journey from Tyler,TX, brought the heart of deceased Tarro Griffin by Learjet to Univer-sity Medical Centre, Tucsonl, and within minutes the operation wasunlderway. Friday morning Micheal Drummond had a healthy humanheart again.
Jet crash kills 31 -A Midwest Express Airlines DC-9 jet crashednear Milwaukee, WI, killing all 31 passengers. The airliner had justleft Mitchell Field Airport and reached a height of 1000 feet whenwitnesses saw its right engine burn. The pilot radioed an emergencymessage, and in minutes the plane crashed in woods near MitchellField Airport. Over 1400 air crash fatalities have occurred this year,creating the worst flight safety record in over a decade.
LocalResearchers unlock metabolic mystery - Biologists at theWhitehead Instfitute for Biomedical Research have discovered howcells in the human body assimilate sugar from the blood. Practicalapplications of the discovery could include a screening test for diabe-tes and, in the far future, a gene therapy cure for diabetes. The dis-covery is also expected to expose new avenues for research.
SportsRose ties Ty Cobb's record -Pete Ro~se on Sunday hit his 4091thbase hit to reach the Ty Cobb's record of most career hits. Cobb'srecord had stood for 57 years. A huge crowd was on its feet to ac-knowledge the feat of one of the all-timne greats of baseball. ReggiePatterson of the Chicago Cubs had the distinction of throwing thehistoric pitch.
Lendl beats McEnroe in final -Ivan Lendl won his first USOpen by defeating John McEnroe 7-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the final. Lend] hadbeen defeated in three previous US Open finals. The Czechs swept theOpen singles championships with Hana Mandlikova. beating MartinaNavratilova Saturday to win the women's title.
W~eatherNo sunbathing today, please -It is going to be yet another cooland cloudy day today. Better dig up the umbrella, too, because period-ic drizzling is likely. Perfect weather for starting the term.'
Saimaa Akhtar
GAYS AT MIT
We also give away pnizes forthose who can answer the ques-tions from our "King Chip"computer trivia game. It has4,000 questions in five catego-ries and five levels of difficulty,from easy to impossible! Allyou need to take part is a radioand a telephone.
For two hours each week,"Computerworld9' creates atwo-way, interactive microcom-puter club of the air onWDLW, radio 1330. We haveknowledgeable guests (both in-studio and on the phone), inter-esting conversation, and a lot offun talking about everything todo with microcomputing.
NEW PERSONS MEETINGfor lesbian, gay, and biseXujal students
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Join the mi-icrocomiputer clubof the air,
Learn more about your own micro,help others with theirs,
and play the "King Chip" computertrivia game!
Freshmen! U pperclassmen !Grad. Students!
The time is Sunday night from 5 to 7 PM.The place is WDLW radio, 1330 on your AMH dial.
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will stand up over time, especiallywith the exigencies of "now" de-manding attention.
I can't give you a laundry listof things to do at MIT that mightnot seem worthwhile now, butthat will later, and vice versa. Ican tell you some general princi-ples that worked for me:
* Diversity: Especially as anundergraduate, you should seekto study as broad a range of sub-jects as your major will allow,and even select a major givingconsideration to how much diver-sity it will allow for you. Keep aneye open for different academicprograms and opportunities. Youcan't know what you'll like untilyou've tried it.
& People: You will learn asmuch or more from the peopleyou meet than from the classesyou take. Allow time for a sociallife. Then work at it. You shouldconsider taking classes at Welles-ley or Harvard, going to a sum-mer session at another school, ortaking a term or year at anotherschool. You will meet more peo-ple, and they will have morediverse interests.
e Activities: You cannot doeverything at MIT, but finding afun place where you can work atsomething other than academicscan provide some of the mostrewarding college experiences.Look at several potentially inter-esting activities and pick the onethat satisfies you the most.
O Experiences: There is nosuch thing as a bad experience.Those that turm out to be un-pleasant are worthwhile if youlearn to avoid them. You shouldonly avoid experiences that couldlimit your ability to experienceother things (like jumping off abuilding), or those that couldhurt others (like jumping off abuilding on to someone).
No matter how interminableMIT may seem, it's really oververy quickly. You're going to re-member MIT for a much longertime than you will be here. Keepthat in mind when you pick yourexperiences.
One thing they do not teachyou in 8.01 is that time is a func-tion of perception, and both itsfirst and second derivatives arepositive.
In other words, I can't believefour years have gone by. Not onlyam I no longer a fresh-facedfreshman fressing free frat food,but I have become a graduate ofthe Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology. I am an ex-student. Iam a real-worlder.
This realization, while jarringto my present sense of reality, hassomehow also provided a senseof perspective on my time here.Evren though I'm still in contactwith the Institute through myfriends, my work and The Tech,I am not part of the system.Since MIT no longer affects me, Ican study it, if not better, thenr atleast differently.
I noticed that most of whatfreshmen hear these days con-cerns things that are happening"now' and how to deal withthem "now" - classes, livinggroups, activities, social life.What the freshmen, and upper-classmen, too, do in terms of44now" is naturally important."Now" frequently seems to be allthere is at MIT. When it doesnot, a student can be pretty surethat "now" will return soon andstay for a long time to come.
But the student's "now" stopseventually and becomes "backthen." The ex-student then real-izes how quickly "now" passed.You- are at MILT for such a longtime that later turns out not tohave been as long. You do a lotof things that later turn out notto have been as much.
That's a depressing thought,though you can't regret missedopportunities. You have to realizethat there are more good and in-teresting things to do in your lifethan you have time to do. Thus,you must choose the ones thatseem most worthwhile not onlynow, but that will still seem themost worthwhile in the future.
It's very difficult to guess what
why are we being blamed for it?The moral majority, the press,second grade teachers and anendless number of charities allscream at us about how we're notdoing the right thing, how we'remerely advocating short term,financially easy solutions thatwon't drain our resources toomuch but won't solve the prob-lems either.
I'd like to know how we cando any better. Short term dona-tions are the most plentiful ave-nues of charity open to us, Thechild sponsor programs, thePeace Corps, and other long termprograms are more demanding,less-numerous and often not thebest solution either. Just becausetoday I have money to donatedoesn't mean I'll have the moneylater.
-I believe that people are gener-ally good: They care about oth-ers. No sane and rational personwants to see injustice in theworld. There's a tremendous con-sciousness in this country of ouraffluence compared to othercountries, and of the responsibil-ity we have to help those less for-tunate than ourselves.
I noticed this su-mmer thatalong with this consciousness,there is a tremendous sense offrustration at not being able tohelp. The example which stoodout so clearly was the Live Aidconcert. Thousands of peoplewent to see the concert at exorbi-tant prices; of course, they wentto hear the performers, but ev-eryone was glad that their moneywould be put to good use.
Before the concert millions ofpeople bought records by BandAid and USA for Africa, whichcertainly weren't the rock androll tour de force the concertwas. An entire society saw someopportunity to help, and they did
so with a passion and vengeancewhich surprised everyone. Peoplethought: "Hey, if my ten dollarscan make a difference, I'11 buythis record. It makes me feelgood to do something."
What happened next? I read anewspaper column decrying theten dollar quick-fix solution. Iread how we're being selfish bybuying this record, since it willtemporarily allay our feelings ofguilt at being such a wasteful so-ciety and allow us to sleep betterfor a few nights.
For crying out loud, is every-thing we do wrong? There are somany roads to travel, so manyopinions to consider and choicesto make that we're beset by con-fusion and perplexity. This oftenleads to indifference and apathy:if all that I do is wrong, then Ican avoid hurting anyone by notdoing anything. Is this a betterattitude to take?
At this point in an argumentmy debate partners would ask formy solution to the problem. Ican't give one; I don't know howto eradicate world hunger or howto organize an effective charitywhich satisfies everyone.
I've been reproved for thisanswer. People say I shouldn'tcomplain about a system if Ican't offer anything better. Atleast the system is working as itis.
Sure it's working. We've got asociety of people who truly wantto help in some way and are per-petually frustrated since every-thing they do is condemned as aquick fix and guilt pacifier. No, Ican't offer any solution. But Ican look around and see the ten-sion in the air. Why this pressure,why the negativism, why is every-thing we do wrong? Who's doinganything better?
Summer is supposed to be atime for mulling things over, forsitting back in the easy chair andletting things come to you for awhile. It's a lot of fun to watchthe world turn for a bit and pre-tend to be an objective observer.
Occasionally something slips into disturb the peaceful trails youwere blazing. This was the sum-mer of Live Aid, when the coun-tries of the world got together fora common cause. For those of ustrying to get a taste of life, thiswas . .. our Woodstock, and itwas a long time coming."
The concert was also, accord-ing to some, one of the most self-ish and despicable acts we've everdone. 1 couldn't understand thisaccusation; how could a massiveact of benevolence be selfish? NNotdiscounting the purely rock androll aspects of the event, this the-ory seemed incredible.
What the critics were decryingwasn't Live Aid in particular, butany form of charity we make. Tothem, it isn't enough. We're con-stantly being told how selfish andwasteful we are as a society andhow our one-time charitable con-tributions are not going to helpin the long run; in some casesthey may even make thingsworse.
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where the people rushing me act-ed very friendly, only to tell melater that I wouldn't fit in. Eventhough I made many friends inthe process, all of this rejectiondestroyed my ego. I had to facethe truth: MIT is not a homogen-eous community in which I canget along with everyone.
After this rejection process, Ireceived even more bad news; Iwas put in "limbo," a euphemismfor being homeless. I went backto my temporary room at 12:30,only to hear blasting music anddrunken revelry. I couldn't be-lieve what was happening; I'd al-ways expected I wouldnl't have todeal with wild partiers at MIT. Igot another room that very night.
Now that I have my permanentassignment at Random Hall, I've
had time to reflect on this pastweek. I've realized that it wasn'tall that bad. I've actually madequite a few friends and gotten afeel for what goes on at MIT. Itdoesn't quite feel like home, butthat's expected since I've onlybeen here for a short period oftime.
It's hard to break away fromhome, make new friends, and getadjusted to a totally differentenvironment. I've discussed thiswith several upperclassmenr hereand at other colleges, and they'vetold me that they went throughthe same experience when theywere freshmen. It takes a longtime to adjust fully to collegelife.
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Although I no longer live inBexley Hall, I feel I have a dutyto refute junior Eli Niewood'sguest column ["Bexley antirushpolicy unfair to MIT students,"Sept. 61 Niewood gives theimpression that the residents ofBexley Hall have, through theiractions during Residence/Orien-tation Week, actively discouragedfreshmen from choosing to livein Bexley.
Nothing could be further fromthe truth.
Unlike other dormitories and-independent living groups, Bexleyresidents believe R/0 week is atime to give freshmen a taste ofthe true nature of the livinggroup. The image projected fromthe Bexlqy courtyard during R/Oweek is, if somewhat condensed,a wholly accurate representationof what lies in store for futureresidents.
While other living groupscrowd R/O week with parties,free food, movies and the like,Bexley has no such activities.Freshmen who choose to live inBexley will not do so in the an-ticipation of future, nonexistenthandouts.
One of the themes ofNiewood's column is that Bexleyis "one of the most attractivedormitories on our campus."Niewood cites Bexley's largerooms, fireplaces, soundproofwalls, location, and its minimalamount of overcrowding as posi-tive features - reasons thatwould make any rational fresh-men choose to live there.
Niewood ignores Bexley's phys-ical realities such as the lack of adining hall, a darkroom andclean walls, which are usuallypresent in other dormitories.Niewood completely misses thereal selection criterion mostfreshmen use in choosing a dor-mitory: the freshmen's impres-sion of the people who live in thedorm.
For all of Niewood's apprecia-tion of Bexley's rooms and loca-tion, if he cannot co-exist withthe other Bexley students, he willbe hopelessly miserable, no mat-ter how close the dormitory is to26-100 or the Student Center.
Niewood mistakenly states that"a dormitory belongs to MIT,and its expenses are shared by allresidents of the dormitory sys-tem. A dorm must be accessibleand appealing to all MIT stu-dents." Contrary to what onemight infer from this passage,MIT dormitories are financiallyself-sufficient. The dormitory sys-tem breaks even; one dorm's ex-penses are not shared by otherdormitories, as I have been toldby numerous house masters and-taff workers in the Office for the
Dean of Student Affairs.Several years ago, when Bexley
did engage in anti-rushing, theOffice for the Dean of StudentAffairs warned that rents wouldincrease if rooms in Bexley werevacant while the rest of the hous-ing system was crowded.
Niewood states that a "dormmust be accessible and appealingto all MIT students."
MIT dormitories cannot, norshould they be, "accessible andappealing to all MIT students,"as Niewood states. Dormitoriesare different. A dormitory char-acteristic that is appealing to onestudent might be terribly unap-pealing to others. Such character-istics include single-sex housing,mandatory meal plans and loca-tion. The purpose of R/O is toallow freshmen to examine theliving facillities, decide whichthey find appealing and move into them.
Niewood suggests that BexleyHall be converted from a dormi-tory to a fraternity or sorority.
This suggestion is silly.Bexley Hall would require ex-
tensive renovations to be convert-ed into an independent living
group. It would require the in-stallation of communal dining fa-cilities, redesign of the hallways,and a repartitioning of the livingspace. The furniture, property ofthe MIT housing system, wouldhave to be removed and new fur-niture purchased. The building'sgas, electric and telephone utili-ties would have to be cut and me-tered seperately.
Without these changes, a livinggroup in the building could nothave any measure of autonomyfrom the Institute. While thesemassive renovations were beingmade, Bexley's living space wouldbe lost to the MIT housing sys-tem, exacerbating, rather than al-leviating ovrerrowding. .
Niewood concludes that theresidents of Bexley must not beallowed to chase away freshmen.In doing so, he neglects twopoints: First, upperclassmentransfer to Bexley from otherdormitories after their freshmenyear, making the rush less impor-tant there. Second, some fresh-men genuinely love Blexley Halland choose to live there, becauseof, rather than despite, its resi-dents.
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dowed professorships.There is little possibility of al-
leviating the current crowding byreducing the class size becausethe administration is unwilling toface the consequent loss of tu-ition revenue, Sherwood said. Asa result, he will ask for a reviewof the Institute's guarantee ofeight terms of housing to under-graduates.
The policy will be examined bySherwood, President Paul E.Giray '54, D~ean for Student Af-fairs Shirley M. McBay, the dor-mitory housemnasters and the Fac-ulty Committee on StudentAffairs, he continued.
Numbers overshot targets
The Office of the Dean for Stu-dent Affairs (ODSA) was notable to determine the aictual num-ber of upperclassmen returningto the dormitories this fall untilconfirmation cards were due onApril 22.
The Admissions Office admitsstudents from the waiting list inMay. "We made it very clear tothem" at that time that the num-ber Of returning upperclassmenovershot the projection, Sher-wood said. Nevertheless, theClass of 1989 exceeded its target-ed size of 1025 by 37 students.
Sherwood has suggested toMIT Vice President Constantine
B. Simonides, and Director ofAdmissions Michael C. Behnkethat the Admissions Office reviewits procedures and attempt tocontrol the class size more accu-rately.
The ODSA moved the cancel-lation date for dormitory assign-ments from August to July thisyear because it was "imperativeto know" the rnumber of return-ing upperclassmen, Sherwoodsaid. Upperclassmen cancellingtheir assignments after this datewere originally required to pay afee of $100 plus $25 per businessday.
Sherwood waived the late can-cellation fee last week to encour-age upperclassmen to leave thedormitory system.
Return rates underestimated
Sherwood estimates the num-ber of dormitory spaces availablein the fall for incoming studentsin December. He presents his pre-dictions to the Academic Coun-cil, an administrative body com-posed of all MIT deans and vicepresidents. The Academic Coun-cil sets the incoming class size.
The ODSA predicts the num-ber of upperclassmen returningto the dormitories by assuming apercentage return rate for eachclass. The Dean's Office thenmultiplies this percentage by the
number of students currently re-siding in Institute housing, ac-cording to Sherwood.
A return rate represents a com-parison between the number ofstudents in the dormitories thisfall and last fall, Sherwood ex-plained. It does not mean thatthe indicated percentage of stu-dents actually returned, he said,because some students enter thedormitory system during theschool year.
Sherwood predicts the returnrates by examining past returnrates and current trends in off-campus housing prices. He gener-ally assumes that each year's re-turn rates will be about the sameas they were the year before.
Last year, he predicted returnrates of 97 percent for seniors, 91percent for juniors and 93 per-cent for sophomores this year.These figures were slightly abovelast year's results, when theseclasses had return rates of 97 per-cent, 90 percent and 92 percent,respectively. The fall 1978 returnrate for seniors was only 83 per-cent.
Sherwood projected 1981upperclassmen would claim dor-mitory spaces based upon theseestimates. As of last week, 2049upperclassmen had confirmedtheir intention to reside in Insti-tute housing this year.
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Musical Theatre Guild presents Applause.August 30, 31, September 1, 6, 7, 12, 13,14 at 8pm, September 14 at 3pmn, KresgeLittle Thentre.
Jonathan Glickman G3 (Bill) deserves ap-plause: He sang wondrously, acted com-pellingly, and was the one player in theshow to develop his part as a full flesh-and-blood character, loving, longing, indesperation, in romance. Glickman's solonumber - "Think how it's Gonna Be"was done with captivating lyricism, his lastpiece - also the finale of the show -"Something Greater' won over the heartsof not only Margo - whom he had beentrying to capture all along - but of theaudience as well.
Maryann Pasciuto did well too, showingEve develop from early (supposed) naiveteto fully-fledged diva status. Her haughtybehavior during the latter phase seemed tospring naturally from her newly star-struck status, but also reach back to herpast. The strong, clean lines of "OneHallowe'en" propelled the song along.
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however, and made a touching companionto Bill in the finale. Some of the othercharacters had their moments-MatthewGiamporcaro '85, for example, as the slea-zy promoter Howard Benedict - but theevening was too long, the action too slow.The story - about back-stage theatricalpolitics - seemed insubstantial; the script,not being the most imaginative, does littleto help matters.
Some choral scenes - "BackstageBabble," for example - were lively. Oth-ers - such as "Applause" - were rot soslick. Singing was not of uniformly highcaliber, but was redeemed by sensitive or-chestral playing to set the tone and illulmi-nate the action: Instrumental colorationfor some of the softer moments was quitesubtle.
The costumes were evocative of theplace and time, the sets nicely put togeth-er.
So, although this is not one of the Musi-cal Theatre Guild's most memorable pro-ductions, it has enough good points towarrant your visit.
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matter of moments a decision was madeon acceptance. In sympathy with the 1863Impressionist protest, Nichols created alottery process whose outcome was a gath-ering of 74 additional artists collected inThe Gallery of Refuses.
The latter had a strikingly diverse collec-tion of works; not unlike the other twogalleries. All possible artforms with the ex-ception of Film and Video were represent-ed unhindered by any restrictions on sub-ject matter.
Nichols' concern for the artists wasgenuine and sincere, having witnessed therejection of the majority of the entries. Hewas asked by a collegue, 'did the jurorsbleed?" - apparently an indexing methodto measure the quality of the work.
Although not an artist by training, sure-ly Nichols is an artist at heart. (His canvasis currently being painted on the espla-nade.)
Were it not for the inclemency of theweather there would have been hundredsof people enjoying the art work and exper-iencing the performing arts scheduled forthe evening. As it was, only a handful ofcops, a Boston journalist and two die-hardTech reporters escorted by the revivor ofthe Boston Arts Festival tread the soddenpath.
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years since its $200,000 deficit in 1964."Were it not for the financing of New
England Philantropist and business DavidG. Mugar this would have not been pos-sible," said Nichols candidly.
It soon became apparent that what wesaw around us was primarily the work ofNichols, a dedicated and passionate per-son out of whose love for the A-rts camethe vision of the Boston Arts Festival.
According to Nichols, Mugar's desire torevive the Arts festival came after the un-timely death of his fire-engine chasingbuddy Arthur Fiedler. After reading an ar-ticle in the Globe, Nichols approachedMugar as a volunteer in his project andsubsequently was appointed director.
"It took 4 months and 21 days," saidNichols. During this time, he had to
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Registration day: frustrated graduatestudents, yelling freshmen, the all-knowingDean's Office, excitement, rain, drizzle,humidity, an arts festival to cover with aMlonday night deadline.
The last thing we wanted to hear afterthe Reg Day mob-scene was the coarselaughter of the MDC police. How appro-priate it was that they were dressed in theirorange and blue raincoats, for we wereSupposed to review a Jazz band by thesame name. But noT We were being turnedaway for meteorological reasons.
As we were making our exit, two officiallooking people (sans uniform) approachedthe token fence set around the tents. Indesperation for even the most minimal ofexhibits, we introducaed ourselves to noneother than Guild Nichols, the executive di-rector of The Boston Arts Festival, fol-lowed by a young Clark Kent-type journal-ist interviewing him.
Without hesitation (or excessive plead-ing on our behalf) Mr. Nichols invited usto tour the three main galleries (housed intents) featurted at the Festival. Clad in aBoston Arts Festival sweatshirt, Mr. Ni-chols immediately asserted himself as thedriving force behind this once extinguishedfestival which had laid dormant for 21
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demonstrating today to establisha new tradition: a tradition ofopposition to violence againstwomen and the oppression ofwomen. The old tradition on reg-istration day was to show a por-nographic film, which promotedviolence against women on thiscampu s.
"We feel that violence againstwomen is nade acceptable byideas expressed in advertising,popular culture and pornogra-phy. Women are shown in ads forconsumer products, for exampleautomobiles, as if they too arecommodities. Women are shownsubordinate to men and in por-nography are shown as sexuallyavailable to any man at any time.This stereotyping of women issimilar to the racist stereotypingwhich affects both sexes.
"'Violence against women iswidespread and affects women ofall ages. In a recent survey of 800randomly chosen households inSan Francrisco, women reportedthat: 44 percent had been rapedonce or more times (not includ-ing marital rape), 38 percent hadbeen sexually abused as children,and 33 percent suffered from vio-lence in the home (D. Russell, inpress).
"The fact that women are thevictims of violence and thatwomen are discriminated againsteconomically is no coincidence.Each situation maintains the oth-er. Full-time working women re-ceive 6i¢ for every dollar full-time working men receive. Thisholds true for men and womenwith the same skill level and edu-cation.
"There is a current attack onthe rights of women by the Rea-gan administration. Since he
took office in 1980, 2.5 millionwomen have fallen below thepoverty line. Reagan is now try-ing to take away the right ofwomen to control their own bo-dies and to have the choice ofabortion. At the same time Rea-gan is cutting all the programswhich aid women and children,he claims to be 'pro-life.'
"We call on people to join ourdemonstration and to oppose vio-lence against women. We shouldoppose those who commit vio-lence against women, we shouldoppose the advertisers, the mo-vie-makers and the pornogra-phers who promote violenceagainst women and we shouldoppose Reagan as he tries to takeaway the gains of women andminorities."
The rallyIn the mid-afternoon drizzle,
as they prepared to move in-doors, demonstrators held upsigns reading: "Oppose sexist ad-vertisers, movie-makers and por-nographers," "Oppose violenceagainst women," "'.4Down withReagan's attacks on women."
According to Elinor WilliamsG. a member of Profernina, thepurpose of the rally in Lobby 7was to educate people and to"1cut into their consciousness"about the problems that womenare facing today. She called therally a "frst-step approach," ex-plaining that Profernina hoped tosubtly advertise its cause.
She compared Profernina's tac-tics to subliminal advertising,saying that the rally's messageshould remain with people subt-conscioulsly even if they ignoredit consciously.
The rally was targeted at bothsexes, Williams said. Many wom-
en are unaware of the dangersthat Profemina protests, she said,because of their relative ignio-rance and apathy. Many womenare too wrapped up in their ownlifestyles to be concerned withfeminist concerns, she said.
These women's self-imposedisolation is partially the result oftheir involvement with their fam-ilies and careers, Williams, said.This attitude is more commonamong upper-middle class wom-en who are farther removed fromthreats of violence and economicdiscrimination, she added.
Additionally, many womenface male pressure "not to get in-volved" with feminist concerns,particularly from husbands andboyfriends, Williams said.
Goals and issuesProfernina's, stated goals in-
clude increasing public awarenessof different kinds of discrimina-tion against women and pointingout the many activities thatthreaten women. The types ofdiscrimination that they opposeinclude economic discrimination;violence against women, includ-ing innuendoes in advertising andthe portrayal of women in por-nography; and legislation thatwould restrict a woman's controlof her own body.
In its September newsletter,members of Profemina studiedthe issue of reproductive rightsand the Reagan administration'ssteps to end legal abortion in theUnited States. Theyr wrote on thedisparity between the salaries ofthe working women and men.They also described the threat ofviolence against 'women, which"defines 'limits on [their] free-dom."
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Golf team -toopen season
by Jerome BraunsteinThe'varsity golf team opens its
season today with a matchagainst Division I Northeasternand Division II Merrimack.
Coach John G. Barry was un-able to make any predictions forthis season because three of theseven varsity players graduated,last year. The openings will befilled by junior varsity playersand incoming freshmen.
Alexander A. Romeo '86 willcaptain the Division III team thisyear, and Christopher F. DeBlois'87 will manage.
Eric D. Asel '87 led the teamlast season to a record of 15wins, two losses and one tie.Asel, described as "high caliber'by Barry, has competed in boththe National Collegiate AthleticAssociation Division III finalsand the Eastern Collegiate Ath-letic Conference finals in the pasttwo years. He also won theGreater Boston Tournament lastyear.
Barry said that he's dependingon Asel, last year's most valuableplayer, to be the key player onceagain.
