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IIContinuousNewNs ServiceSince 188 1IVolume 104, Number 32'IIIPC---T JoBja llP·- - II---7r 1aBaZ]-a IIIIAi 8MIT7CambridgeMassachusettsTuesday, August%-14, 198411IFiennan joins IDSA---L·---L----)-P.-4--1.The new director said she plansto hold an activities open housein early September to meet andtalk with with activity leaders."The university is ultimatelyresponsible for student activities," Fienman said. "1 hope toadvise, to make a smooth studentactivities organization."Fienman would not yet suggestspecific plans for student activities. "I don't yet know what'smissing, what is or isn't beingdone. I've only been here for fivehours," she said yesterday.Fienmann had been assistant director of student activities at Suffolk University since 1980 beforecoming to MIT. From 1978 to1980 she was first a residencecounselor and then director ofstudent activities at Mount IdaJunior College.Fienman received a master'sdegree in education from BostonUniversity. She was an undergraduate at the University ofMassachusetts at Amherst whereshe was head of residence duringher last two years.fore coming to MLIT, she said."I don't want to say [MIT'spresent financing3 system is unfair because I don't know it yet,"Fienman added. Before makingany changes, "I have to see [student activities] run that way forat least a year. . .1 don't see it aswrong to have the university collect the fee," she continued.Funding for student activitiesnow comes from the Office of theDean for Student Affairs, whichappropriates some funds fromtuition, and from the activities'self-generated income.Fienman also suggested leadership seminars or workshops toaid student leaders in recruiting,retaining, teaching and managingactivity members.She expressed interest in a central student activity informationresource, like a bulletin board ora publication. Sandra Nett, asenior assistant in the StudentAffairs Office, recommended theidea to her, Fienman said.By Robert E. MalchmarnBarbara Fienman began workas director of campus activitiesyesterday, replacing in part former Assistant Dean for StudentAffairs Stephen D. Immerman.Immerman, who was also advisor to fraternities and independent living groups, transferred tothe position of district director inthe Department of Resource Development in April. The MIT administration has not yet namedan independent living group advisor to succeed him."There's great potential for astudent activities program, here,"Fienman said yesterday.Fienman articulated severalideas, but stressed there were noplans for implementation in theimmediate future.Considering activities feeFienman said she would consider a mandatory student activities fee levied and distributed bythe student government. Such asystem worked well at SuffolkIJniversity, where she worked be-Open house planned111----- Ur------91 1-ICITechfile photo by Simson L. GarfinkelProfessor of Electrical Engineering Harold E. "Doc" Edgerton, pioneer of strobe photography, installed a strobelight on top of the Green Building last spring. Edgerton isfeatured in the September issue of American Photographer.,, ,,,,,,Undergraduate plansState House candidacyBy Diana ben-AaronJoseph Humberto Solano '85,an undergraduate in Aeronauticsand Astronautics, has announcedhis candidacy for state representative from the Eighth SuffolkDistrict in Boston.Solano, a Republican, is endorsed by the Ward 5 RepublicanCommittee. The deadline for filing papers was in May, accordingto the Secretary of State's office.Election officials said he gavehis address on the papers as 484Beacon Street, which is the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity.Solano could not reached forcomment but two summerboarders at SAE said theythought he had withdrawn fromthe race.Solano will be running againstincumbent Thomas J. Vallely, aDemocrat who serves on theHealth Care and Public Servicecommittees. Vallely was elected in1981 when US RepresentativeBarney Frank, who had previously held the seat, ran for Congress.Solano is "the only candidat4xthe committee has endorsed othethan President Reagan,". Thoma LSKershaw, chairman of the Ward 5Republican Committee, said.Kershaw said he thought if Solano wins he might complete hiisdegree at MIT while serving i;nthe legislature. 'Representative Iare lawyers and businessmenThe legislature was not meant tobe a full-time job," he said. Massachusetts state representative sare paid 30,000 a year."Solano. . explained to thieCommittee that his-academic reesponsibilities came first, and prevented him from actively campaigning," a committee pres srelease said."While the Committee fel tstrongly that his education camiefirst, it also felt that his expeliernce as a student member of th(eNABB (Neighborhood Associ dation of the Back Bay) Board antthat his standing as an Hispani4Cwarrants his election as our nemvstate representative," the committee announced.Cantonese cuisine should spice up the Central SquareSzechuan crowd. Page 6.MIT No-Frills Theater pulls off a production of TheFantasticks and beats the odds. Page 6.Peter Sellars brings Cosi Fan Tutte into the twentiethcentury, while the Lake George Opera Festival stages atraditional Marriage of Figaro. Page 6.II-·ests3s-i---b----1IStudents lounge on one of the Killian Court sculptures during last week's hot speli.MNIT nay violate handicapped lawvBy Amy S. Gorinl-MIT may be violating a federallaw by failing to fix breakdownprone elevators in the StudentCenter, Peter Myette of the Massachusetts Handicapped AffairsOffice said.IFederal Rehabilitation Act 504stipulates that recipients of federal funding, of which MIT is one,must provide handicapped accessto all their services and programs, he explained.If a building is inaccessible tothe handicapped equal facilitiesmust be provided elsewhere under the law, according to Myette.The elevators provide the onlyaccess for the handicapped to thetop four floors of the studentcenter.There is a formal grievanceprocedure to be followed if access is in doubt, Myette said. It isunclear if MIT is in violationsince the validity of each complaint is determined individually,he commented.There is no accurate figure forthe breakdown frequency of theStudent Center elevators becausecalls to the repair company arerecorded only if they originate atthe Student Center Office itself,Assistant West Plaza ManagerFrank R. Winsor said.Winsor estimated repairs to theStudent Center elevators are required weekly. Often, a stoppedelevator will begin working without a repairman being called, headded.The Institute has a contractwith Payne Elevator Servicewhich provides for two repairmen on campus during workinghours and on call at all othertimes, according to PhysicalPlant Director Paul R Barrett.Physical Plant tries to attend toall problems as soon as possible,but gives priority to single elevators, Barrett said.MIT spends 225,000 annuallyfor maintenence of and repairs tothe 110 elevators on campus,Barrett noted, adding that thesefigures do not include elevators inliving groups.The problem is aggravated bythe lack of a freight elevator inthe Student Center, Barrett said.The elevators are used by theMIT Dining Service and by student activities to move freight,and are sometimes held on afloor while being loaded and unloaded, he explained.Both Barrett and Winsor alsoblamed the shoddy service uponthe design of the building. Theelevators are placed at oppositesides of a large lobby, and operate independently.Thic is "not an ideal design ora desirable design for elevators,"Barrett commented. Passengers(Please turn to page 2)StephenAndrews6Stephen A. Andrews '86died in an automobile accident July 22. He was 19years old.Andrews lived in BakerHouse and would havebeen a junior in mathematicrs this fall.The accident occurred inhis home town of Scotia,New York, where funeralservices were held July 25.He is survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. EdwinL. Alndrews, and a sister,Jennifer.BC-c-b·P·rL-I
b PAGE 2The TecheTUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1984notices'Elevators posenoUicslegal violation(Continuedfrom page 1)often call both elevators and thentake the first one to arrive. Oneelevator performs its functionand the other one chases it, Winsor explained.The chase sometimes unexpectedly grinds to a halt, trappingpassengers between floors. In atleast one case, a passenger wascaught in a stopped elevator forover an hour.Institute elevators are supposedto have an alarm button and atelephone for these emergencies,Barrett said. As of yesterday, thewest elevator had a workingalarm button, but no telephone.The east elevator was not available for inspection.noticesListingsStudent activities, administrativeoffices, academic departments,and other groups - both on andoff the MIT campus - can listmeetings, activities, and otherannouncements in The Tech's"Notes" section. Send items ofinterest (typed and doublespaced) via Institute mail to"News Notes, The Tech, roomW20-483," or via US mail to"News Notes, The Tech, PO Box29, MIT Branch, Cambridge,MA 02139." Notes run on aspace-available basis only; priority is given to official Institute announcements and MIT studentactivities. The Tech reserves theright to edit all listings, andmakes no endorsement of groupsor activities listed.-eSMApnnouncementsSummer residents: You can stillsign up to help with R/O week!Pick up a form at the UASO,room 7-106, or call Kathy Chamberlain at 253-6786. Openings arestill available in all phases of R/C week, including R/O Center,Clearinghouse, Daily Confusion,Elsewhere, Pre-picnic DiscussionGroups, and Thursday Dinners.Help us greet the Class of 1988.The National Endowment for theHumanities has announced aunique grants program for individuals under 21 to spend a summer carrying out their owI1 noncredit humanities researchprojects. The Younger ScholarsProgram will award up to I100grants nationally. Award recipients will be expected to workfull-time for nine weeks duringthe summer of 1985, researchingand writing a humanities paperunder the close supervision of ahumanities scholar. The application deadline is Sept. 15, 1984.For guidelines, write to YoungerScholars Guidelines CN, Rm.426, The National Endowmentfor the Humanities, Washinlgton,D.C. 20506The Peace Corps is offering skilltraining for programs utilizingthe backgrounds of collegegraduates with mathematics andscience minors. Peace Corps vol.unteers serve for two years. During their service they receive agenerous living allowance, paidtravel, training and health care.A post-service readjustmentallowance of 175 per month ispaid to each volunteer. For information on1 Peace Corps service,--call 223-6366 or 7366, or writePEACE CORPS, 1405 McCormack POCH, Boston, MA 02109 BEw55U.S. Student Pugwash has prepared a directory of Science inSociety Internships for studentswho are interested in summer experience with various aspects ofhow science affects society. Acopy of the directory is availablein the Placement Office, Room12-170. For more information onthe directory, contact Robin atx3-6466.International Student ID cards'(ISIC) are now available in theoffice of Career Services, Room12-170. The ISIC can be an invaluable asset to the student whowill be studying or travellingabroad. Foreign students holdingF-1 visas are also eligible for theISIC. 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TUESDAYAGS141984IThe TechPAGE 3ISend to:Correspondence Management Div isionBureau of Public AffairsU.S., Department of StateWashington, D.C. 20520IPlease send me a copy of "YOUR TRIP ABROAD"i-NamePlease PrintAdfrlrp-qrW orldcoyPolish ship hits Red Sea mine -A Polish cargo ship struck a mine at the southern entrance to theThis space donated by The TechRed Sea Saturday; there was extensive damage, but no, casualties. Over a dozen other commercial shipshave been damaged by explosions in the waterway. Officials have said they do not know for certain who isresponsible for the mining.Mon07tgomery Frost Lloyd's Inc.Man killed when police storm Belfast rally -One person died and at least 20 were injured SundayPrescriptionOpticiansQuality Eyeware Since 1870when police stormed a rally of the Provisional Sinn Fein in Belfast, wielding batons and firing plasticbullets. 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Some Administration lawyers expressed fears the law would require schools to allow meetingsof religious cults and extremist political groups as well. "It means the young Trotskyites can meet, it meansthe gay activists can meet. I think it's wonderful," said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.).Reagan accuses Congress of "bottling up" agenda- Speaking from his ranch in Santa Barbara,President Reagan accused Congress of ignoring five of the six elements of his legislative agenda: a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, an increase in the amount unemployed spouses can contribute to Individual Retirement Accounts, urban enterprise zones, tax credits for parents with children inprivate religious schools, and an anticrime package. The sixth element, permitting religious groups to meetin schools after classes, was just signed into law. Reagan gave the Democratic-cont rolled House a "failinggrade." House Speaker Thomas P. 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Lawrence Mayor John Buckleycontinues to assert that the rioting, which took place over two nights and resulted in 15 persons injuredand over 50 arrests, was not racially motivated, but was instigated by a few troublemakers. The areainvolved is still under a dusk-to-dawn curfew. . .D.Ii, . .Nine-alarm fire in South Boston destroys firm -A 25 year-old South Boston man, John Colantonio, was arrested and charged with arson in setting a fire which destroyed the Boston Plate & WindowGlass Company, damaged four other warehouses, and injured several firefighters. The glass company warehouse was destroyed an hour after the fire was set at 1:20 pm Saturday, according to Fire Departmentofficials, who estimated the value of the building at 600,000. The fire was discovered by an arson squadphotographer on routine patrol.Senate candidates swap accusations-Democratic candidates for the US Senate seat being vacated bySen. 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lPAGE 4The TechTUESDAY, AUGUST 14; 1984eeColumn/Diana ben-AaronUnify library systemto broadenr ollectioneliminate entire functions ratherthan attempt to maintain the currrent level of service with a reduced staff," Lucker wrote in hissreport.A central library would meannever having to see a sign on thedoor of your department's reading room saying there would noIlonger be a librarian present butpatrons were requested not tosteal the books. It would meannot having the same readingroom eventually closed to theIpublic. That is what happenedwhen the MIT Libraries reliquished responsibility for the VonHippel Reading Room (materialsscience) during the last set ofbudget cuts.A central library would meannever having to go to the Humanities Library to use the general catalogue, only to find the philosophy book you're looking forrNois in the Rotch Architecture Library and you'll have to go halfThe situation in the Departway across campus to get it.ment of Electrical EngineeringA central library would mean and Computer Science is, to putnever having to hear, once you it mildly, inauspicious. Enrollget to Rotch, 'All books with call ment has doubled in the last tennumbers beginning with A and E years. The Institute is franticallyare in the resource sharing center, searching for ways to cut downand if you still want it you'll have the overcrowding, and the deto wait half a day while we have partment is just barely coping. Itit sent over."is much harder and more frusA central library would put an trating to complete a Course VIend to arbitrary distinctions and degree than it used to be.agendas that place a philosophyLast spring, there was anbook in Rotch in the first place.Cemergency" meeting of the facAnd Model Engineer in Humanulty, at which various proposalsities, and journalism books in the for alleviating the overcrowdingDewey social sciences library.were 'discussed. One suggestionA central library would mean a was that sophomores be admitteduniform set of circulation rules.selectively on the basis of freshHayden circulation workers presman grades. This would haveently have to keep track of one gutted freshman pass-fail andset of rules for the Science books made miserable both the poorand another for the Humanitiesfreshmen whose dreams would bebooks.shattered when they were forcedA central. library would mean to major in something else, andXerox machines and microfilm the "lucky" ones who missed outfacilities in the same building as on enjoying their first year.everything else.Another idea would have adDon't tell -me computers aremitted some students to MIT(Please turn to page 5)only on the condition that theynot major in Course'VI. (This is-- I C9- --I- CC-)----··I I already done with transfer students). This would have createdan unpleasant partition of thefreshman class into an "elite"group and a "'second class."Also, it is idiotic to classifyVolume 104, Number 32Tuesday, August 14, 1984someone as more or less suitablefor Course VI on the basis of aChairman . iMlartin Dickau '85high school record, especiallyEditor in Chief . Diana ben-Aaron '35since students are not even supManaging Editor . Scott ILChase '85posed to be able to make a reaBusiness Manager . Paul G. Gabuzda '85sonable choice of major until theend of their freshman year, andNews Editors . Janice M. Eisen '85most don't choose EECS anyway.Thomas T. Huang '86- Mercifully, the faculty votedRonald W. Norman '86against taking any immediate acEllen L. Spero '86Night Editors .Andrew S. Gerber '87tion. This was partly because itGregory D. Troxel '87was late in the admissions proOpinion Editor . Daniel J. Crean '85cess and the current applicantsPhotography Editors .P Paul Hsu '86had been told there would be noHenry Wu '36restrictions on choice of major,Advertising Manager . Robert W. O'Rourke '85and partly because the situationContributing Editors .Burt S. Kaliski '84was not intolerable yet.John J. Ying '84It would be nice if the DepartDrew Blakeman '85ment could expand enough toSimson L. Garfinkel '85Matthew W. Giamporcaro '85handle the influx; they are doingOmar S. Valerio '85the best they can, but the reV. Michael Bove Gsources are just not there. TheSenior Editors .Keith i. Tognoni '84courses get more crowded andTony Zamparutti '84hectic every term, the faculty-stuProduction Manager .Amy Gorin '84dent ratio plummets, and the deIndexing Project Representative . A. David Boccuti '79partmental majors feel more andAdvisor .Edwin Diamondmore lost in the shuffle.I would like to put forth aPRODUCTION STAFF FOR THIS ISSUEmodest proposal. The operativeNight Editor:Ronald E. Becker 87word here is "modest". Why notAssociate Night Editor: .Carl A. LaCombe '86write letters to prospective freshStaff: William L. Giuffre '84, Diana ben-Aaron '85, Scott I. Chasepeople, saying something like the'85, V. Michael Bove G.following:Dear applicant,The Tech (ISSN 0148-9607; is published Tuesdays and Fridays during the academicCongratulations, we'llyear (except during MIT vacations), Wednesdays during January, and alternate Tuesdays during the summer for 12.00 per year Third Class by The Tech, 84 Massachutake you! However, candorsetts Ave. Room W20-483, Cambridge. MA 02139. Third Class postage paid at Boston, MA. Non-Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. POSTMASTER: Please send all addressrequires us to inform youchanges to our mailing address: The Tech, PO Box 29, MIT Branch, Cambridge, MAthat the department of EE02139. Telephone: 1617) 253-1541. Advertising, subscription, and typesetting ratesavailable. Entire contents O 1984 The Tech. Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc.& CS is very overcrowded,. sarr ---- ----.--.,5Call it a summer fantasy. Ihave a recurring dream in whichthe next corporate mogul who insists on donating a building toMIT and will not be deterred intoearmarking the money for general funds, scholarships, or anything else, gives us a central library. It's not really so farfetched - according to popularfolklore, we came by severalbuildings through a scenariomuch like this."What do we need another library for?" you say. "We alreadyhave about fifteen of them." Yes,but imagine the runaround andwaste that could be eliminated byintegrating all of the collectionsin one central building:A central library would eliminate needlessduplicationthroughout the system, especiallyin the reference collections.(
Open house planned By Diana ben-Aaron Joseph Humberto Solano '85, an undergraduate in Aeronautics and Astronautics, has announced his candidacy for state represen-tative from the Eighth Suffolk District in Boston. Solano, a Republican, is en-dorsed by the Ward 5 Republican Committee. The deadline for fil-
