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n ExpectedCurrently, Widnall is in Wash- ing up

ington, D.C., receiving briefings to House "get he: up to speed on the state of officiathe Air Force," according to Major ond, CConnie Custer from the Air Force after Apress desk. Labor 1

Widnall is also paying courtesy "Thcalls to the 22 members of the Sen- Whiteate Armed Services Committee, in therwho will investigate her background thing vand make a recommendation to the firmedfull Senate, Custer said. After a 24- said.hour grace period, the full Senate Alttwill vote on her nomination.

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this process. First, the Whitehas not sent the paperwork to

fly nominate Widnall. Sec-;ongress will close sessionmugust 6 and reconvene afterDay.ere's a possibility that if theHouse sends.the paperworknext few days and if every-works" Widnall can be con-

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By Eva MoyNEWS EDITOR

is a woman of high achievement-a respected scientist, a skilledadministrator, and a dedicated citi-zen. I am confident that she will doan outstanding job of guiding theAir Force through this period ofpost-Cold War change."

Nomination timetable unknownAlthough Clinton's announce-

ment came on July 2, the actualnomination and confirmationprocesses take much longer. Thus,the schedule of events is not entirelyclear.

President Clinton announced hisintention to nominate ProfessorSheila E. Widnall ScD '64 to be theSecretary of the Air Force July 2. Ifconfirmed, she would be the firstwoman to head one of the militaryservices.

Widnall is currently associateprovost and professor of aeronauticsand astronautics at MIT.

"I am very proud to be makingthis announcement," Clinton said inhis announcement. "Sheila Widnall

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90 Spaces to be AvailableIn Huntington Hall This Fall

By Feva MoyNEWS EDITOR

In addition to the low rent to attract MIT stu-dents, "Students who live in the dorm for one yearare guaranteed return housing after that, as long asthey are eligible for undergraduate housing," Smithsaid in the memorandum. "Students who live therefor two years will be guaranteed one of their top twochoices for MIT housing, as long as they are eligiblefor undergraduate housing."

As soon as a contract is negotiated betweenDirector of Special Services Steven D. Immerrnanand MCA, Senior Vice President William R. Dick-son is expected approve it in time for the fall term.

Students must respond by July 28 to an infonnrma-tion mailing sent last Friday to reserve a room atHuntington Hall. The housing office will wait untilthese returns before making further decisions,according to Eisernmann.

Distance may be an issueThe main attraction for students will be the low

rent EisePnmSann said. Roms cost $7501 Or te.m assingles, about one-half of the cost of other dormitoryrooms. If two students opt to live in a room as a dou-ble, each student would pay only $375 per term.

Smith is presenting the dorm's location as anoth-er incentive. "While you will live farther away fromthe Institute, you will be closer to students fromother schools and be able to meet new people,"according to the memorandum he signed. "It's anopportunity to have the independence of living off

In an effort to relieve undergraduate dormitorycrowding, MIT expects to sign a one-year lease forpart of a dormitory at 620 Huntington Avenue inBoston within the next week or two, according toArthur C. Smith, Dean for Undergraduate Housingand Student affairs. The Institute also expects toneed to rent the dormitory for a second year, Smithsaid.

The dormitory, called Huntington Hall by MIT,has 150 rooms distributed over five floors; MIT isrenting 90 of these rooms. The other two floors willhouse students from the Massachusetts College ofArt.

Huntington Hall is currently known as BakerHall, but MIT changed the name to avoid confusionwith another MIT dormitory, Baker House, accord-ing to Smith.

MIT will be renting these rooms from MCA,which in tram is ren.tin. th, entire ;buiding from theWentworth Institute of Technology with the inten-tion of purchasing it in two years, according toSmith. MCA hopes that with the revenue from rent-ing to MIT, it will be able to buy, and then renovate,the dormnitory.

With rent set at $750 per term, MIT will notbreak even on this deal. In fact, the Institute will lose"a reasonably significant amount," said Andrew M.Eisenmann, assistant dean for Residence and Cam-pus Activities. However, MIT is willing to absorbthis loss to relieve the undergraduate housing crunch.

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megabytes of Ram and at least 400megabyte hard drives. They all useaugmented brands of the UNIXoperating system. The IBMmachines use an operating systemknown as AIX and the Sun comput-ers use Solaris. Both will continueto be adequate operating systems inthe near future. But the DECmachines use Ultrix, which is "defi-nitely on its way out," Jackson said.For that reason, MIT has boughtvery few new DEC 5000s this yearand will not buy many in the future.

DEC VAXstation 3100s will alsobe removed from public clusters byIndependent Activities Period. TheVAX 3100s in Hayden Library areespecially high on the list to bereplaced, according to Jackson.

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By Michael A. SaginawASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR

Old computers never die; theyjust become the butt of jokes byMIT students. That is the fate instore for the IBMI PC-RTs that cornm-prise 20 percent of the Athena com-puter workstations.

During the remainder of thesummer and the fall, InformationSystems (IS) will replace the outdat-ed computers from 1989 with SunSPARCclassics, IBM RISC Sys-tem/6000 Power-Station 220s, andPersonal DECstation 5000 Model25s, which are all about 10 timesfaster. The IBM and DEC comput-ers are already familiar sights inAthena clusters, but the Sunmachines are new. The upgrade ispart of the standard IS program toreplace computers after they havebeen in service for four years,according to Gregory A. Jackson,director of Academic Computing.

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President Clinton nominated New York federal Judge Louis Freehto head the FBI Tuesday, moving quickly to replace William Sessionsafter taking months to force the fonrmer director from the job.

At a Rose Garden news conference, Clinton said, "It can truly besaid that Louis Freeh is the best possible person to head the FBI as itfaces new challenges and a new century."

Calling the former FBI agent and federal prosecutor "experienced,energetic and independent," the president predicted that Freeh, 43,"will be both good and tough - good for the FBI and tough on crim-inals."

After introducing his wife and their four sons, Freeh said, "At itsbedrock, the FBI must stand for absolute integrity, be free of all polit-ical influence, be free of any racial or other bias and work solely inthe public interest."

Freeh, a Jersey City, N.J., native who recalled wanting to becomea FBI agent as a young boy, said, "Our country must be made safeagain," adding that children and young people "all too often are nowtrapped in virtual war zones controlled by vicious criminals."

Administration and congressional officials expect Freeh to be con-firmrned quickly by the Senate. Sen. Alfonse D'Amnato, R-N.Y., toldreporters: "He (Clinton) made a great appointment here. This willinstill tremendous confidence" within the FBI.

Post ffice Seandals Move FocusTo Internal-Management Issues

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turned bad. Hail and rain peltedMissouri. At one point, two inchesfell at St. Louis in an hour. Storms

ST. LOUIS raised the danger of new flooding inheaved parts of Kansas and Nebraska. Fore-st Tues- casters at WeatherData, Inc., pre-:r into a dieted heavy rain in western Illinois.e on the At 7 p.m., the National Weathershouted Service forecast a 47-foot crest inousands the Mississippi River near St. Louis

during the night. Hydrologist Tomt. Louis Dietrich said the crest might reachrrent of 47.1 feet from the river bottom earlyes Peres Wednesday. That would be two-ays. The tenths of a foot -- or more than two12ofoot inches - higher than a record crest

vee and overniglht Sunday.much of The St. Louis flood wall stands 52stated. feet tall, so the central city and therepaired base of its Gateway Arch wereter burst expected to be safe. Downstream init over- south St. Louis and below, however,places the threat was considerable. "It is hold

evee. It your breath for the next 24 hours,"eets and Dietrich declared. "it is touch and gotins. Tap until this river settles down."1. Raw The Army Corps of Engineersnes. said the surging crest would be theMoines, highest on record along 100 miles ofring its the river and could topple levees asaps and far south as St. Genevieve and Capee flood- Girardeau, Mo., where National10 days Guard troops and volunteers rushedipe was to shore up their river walls.," who Jean Rissover, emergency opera-ay and tions spokewsoman in St.sbefore Genevieve, said the historic town

was trying to stockpile sandbags. "Ading in small hole of 10 to 20 feet in thestood at levee about 12 miles from here lastbillion. night took 5,000 bags to fill," she,d to be said. "That shows you the kind ofriations stockpile we think we need."?proved In south St. Louis, authoritiesiton for said the normally timid River Desd added Peres was overwhelmed along itssaid he entire length because of the Missis-

sippi backwater. Evening hail andral sun- rain only added to the river torrent.states Officials said there was no relief in

sight."This whole four-mile area

between here and the Mississippi isat a critical stage," said St. Louispolice Lt. Col. Ray Lauer. He saiddamaged roads could develop dan-gerous sink holes. "It is not whatpeople want to hear, but we havebad news again."

Police were "basically beggingpeople" along the Des Peres toleave their homes, said CandyGreen, a St. Louis city spokes-woman. Some residents, so dispirit-ed by another round of flooding,said they were finally giving up.

But others insisted they wouldstay in their homes until the cityturned offtheir water and electricity.

Dawn and William Winslow,who live several houses away fromwhere the levee broke, could notagree on the matter. Five monthspregnant and at wits' end, DawnWinslow sent the couple's threechildren to stay with relatives andhastily packed her own bags.

"I can't take it anymore," shesaid, standing with her husband out-side their single story clapboardhouse. "He can do what he wants,but I'm out of here."

William Winslow, a roofer, saidhe was having a difficult time leaving.

"We lose this, and we have losteverything," he said. "There are allkinds of strange people pulling up inthis area. Who knows what they willdo if I leave."

In Des Moines, the executivedirector of the city water plant saidhe would make public the names ofall "water cheaters" who draw fromtheir taps before the plant gets backup to full production.

"We have 200 cases that we areinvestigating," L.D. McMullensaid. The cheaters, he said, risk hav-ing their water intake valves pad-locked.

By Dean E. Murphyand Louis SahagunLOS ANGELES TIMES

The Mississippi Rivertoward a new and higher creday, hurling more floodwatetributary and through a leve(south side of town as policethrough bullhorns urging th(to flee.

The river, bent around Slike a comma, swept a torbackwater into the River Defor a second time in three dafloodwater broke through aspan of sandbags on a levpoured into south St. Louis, rit already drenched and deva:

Crews ran to the dike and !it. At 6:30 p.m., the floodwatthrough again. This time iwhelmed sandbags in fouralong two miles of the leswamped houses, buckled stnburst a halfa dozen utility mawater was contaminatedsewage rose in uncounted hor

To the northwest, Des Idown hoped to begein restowater service Wednesday. T;hydrants have been dry sinceing damaged a water plant Iago. Refilling 810 miles of pdelayed by "water cheaters,turned on faucets Mondrdrained a half million gallonsthe system repressurized.

After six weeks of floocthe Midwest, the death toll s31. Damage ranged to $10Relief for part of that seemein sight. The House AppropiCommittee in Washington apa request by President Clin$2.48 billion in flood aid and$500 million. Clinton hasmight ask for more.

Following a day of genershine, weather in several

WASHINGTON

House Denaocratic leaders tried for more than a year to shift pub-lic attention from its own affairs to the Busin- ess -V .;...g !.. s, b,,tnew evidence of embezzlement at the House Post Office has turnedthe focus back on internal-managemnent issues.

Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., said he found "deeply dis-tressing" Robert V. Rota's courtroom admissions that he illegallygave several House members cash for postage vouchers during histwo decades as the House's elected postmaster. Rota, who resignedlast March, pleaded guilty Monday to three misdemeanors and agreedto cooperate with federal investigators.

"Well, obviously I am surprised by the extent of them and distressed bythem," Foley said of Rota's allegations. "You know, I have a deep concernthat the public confidence in the House needs to be strengthened."

Republican leaders, as they did last year amid the House Bank andPost Office scandals, pressed for the disclosure of confidential docu-ments to distance themselves from any instances of wrongdoing.

"Public disclosure, like with the bank thing, is the best thing todo," said Rep. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., who participated last year in aninternal investigation of the post office.

Roberts, for instance, said House leaders should release the num-bers of 19 postage vouchers cited in court papers as ones that Rotaexchanged with "Congressman A" and "Congressman B" for morethan $30,000. The dates, amounts and descriptions of the vouchersmatch those of Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Ros-tenkowski, D-lll., and former Rep. Joe P. Kolter, D-Pa.

"No comment," Rostenkowski told reporters before going to aWhite House lunch, where he sat next to President Clinton. Ros-tenkowski, a leader of House negotiators on Clinton's economicpackage, indicated he was following lawyers' advice to remain silentabout Rota's allegations.

WEATHER A Dry Slot

Forecast by Marek ZebrowskiSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

By Martin KasindorfNEWSDAY

one way or the other," Nunn said,voicing a hope that testimony willenable the committee to draw uplegislation later this week "consis-tent with the policy announced bythe president."

Polled repeatedly for their pri-vate views by six senators, the fourgenerals and two admirals left nopolitically exploitable gap betweenthemselves and Clinton.

Asked by Sen. John Warner, R-Va., whether Clinton's policy wouldimprove combat readiness, five ofthe chiefs said it would do so bybringing clarity to a confusine anddivisive subject. Marine CorpsCommandant Carl E. Mundy Jr. dis-sented only to the extent of sayingthe new rules would maintain cur-rent readiness.

Powell, after rejecting publiccriticism that the service chiefs were"insubordinate" in battling Clintonin January, Tuesday sprang to thepresident's defense when Sen.Lauch Faircloth, R-N.C., impliedthat Clinton's views resulted from alack of military experience.

"It is unfair to single out the pres-ident in this regard," Powell said. Heattributed Clinton's attempt to makehomosexuals more welcome in themilitary to "a conviction" as well as"a political commitment."

Nunn's questions about how thenew policy will work in practice-it takes effect Oct. I - centered onwhether commanders will be able toinitiate investigations, leading todischarge for homosexual "con-duct," based on a single report thata service member has told a thirdparty that he or she is gay.

At first, Aspin and Powell saidthis wouldn't be enough "credibleinformation." Later, they said thedecision was up to the commander'sdiscretion. "That has to be pinneddown, Nunn said.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., saidthe entire policy was vague andwould spark countless court cases."What you are doing is beginning along, long lawyers' relief fund," hesaid.

Warner was skeptical about the"don't tell" aspects of the policy."You're asking homosexuals to takean oath of celibacy, mental andphysical, for the balance of theirterms of active duty," he said. "Ithink that's unrealistic, unfair, dis-criminatory ... and we're going to beback in this hearing room after thefederal courts knock it down in lessthan a year."

The Pentagon witnesses cited amemorandum to Clinton fromAttorney General Janet Reno, ana-lyzing the directive as defensible incourt. Defense Department generalcounsel Jamie Gorelick is to testifyon the point before Nunn's commit-tee Wednesday, while Aspin and theJoint Chiefs are to speak at a HouseArmed Services subcommittee hear-ing. The subcommittee chairman,Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., also plansto codify a policy on gay service.

Protesting the continuedrestraints on military service forhomosexuals, 70 placard-carrying,chanting members of Gay and Les-bian Veterans of America werearrested for refusing to leave thesidewalk in front of the WhiteHouse Tuesday.

WASHINGTON

The Joint Chiefs of Staff, whoseoriginal opposition led PresidentClinton to compromise on a pledgeto let avowed homosexuals serve inuniform, came through for theircommander-in-chief with close-combat support at a crucial Senatehearing Tuesday.

Enthusiastically led by ArmyGen. Colin Powell, the retiring JointChiefs chairman, the six servicecommanders joined Defense Secre-tary Les Aspin in backing Monday's"don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue"easing of the Pentagon's 50-year-old gay exclusion policy.

"The chiefs do not believe theyhave been shotgunned into this poli-cy just because we're good sol-diers," Powell told Sen. RobertSmith, R-N.H., one of several con-servatives who favored enacting thestrict ban into law and who termedthe new policy vague and threaten-ing to military readiness.

Senate Armed Services Commit-tee Chairman Sam Nunn, D-Ga.,faced with the solid military front,said he welcomed language in theWhite House-approved directivethat met his demands, and held offon sponsoring separate legislationthat would give the old ban theforce of law.

But Nunn, ignoring pleas byAspin and Sen. Charles Robb, D-ya., to let the Pentagon keep han-dling the issue by administrativeregulation, remained set on enactinga tough policy in statute.

"Congress will vote on this issue

Northwesterly flow will bring a refreshingly dry airmass to ourarea for the next few days. Brisk and at times gusty winds will resultfrom a large pressure gradient between a stationary high pressureridge in the middle of the country and a large cutoff low over north-ern Maine and the Maritimnes. This low will rotate colder and unstableair down towards the central and western New England, causing con-siderable cloudiness from midday on with an added chance of scat-tered afternoon rains'nowers and thunderstorms.

Southern New England and the Cape should enjoy more sunshineamids batches of cumulus clouds drifting from west to east over thenorthern horizon. This particular weather pattern is forecast to holduntil Friday at least; should the upper low over the Maritimes trackeastward, the high pressure ridge will move in , ushering muchwarmer and more humid conditions for the weekend.

Today: Partly sunny, breezy, high of 86°F (30°C). Winds west tonorthwest, 15-25mph (24-40 kmh).

Tonight: Clear, dry and comfortable. Low of 64°F (18°C) withfresh northwesterly breezes.

Thursday: Partly sunny, continued windy with a slight chance ofwidely scattered afternoon showers and thunderstormns. High around80°F (27°C).

Thursday night: Partly cloudy and pleasant with a low about66°F (19°C).

Weekend outlook: Friday: Fair with highs of 80-85°F (27-30°C).Saturday: Sunny, warmer and more humid. Highs 85-90°F (30-33°C).Sunday: Hot and humid with afternoon thunderstorms likely. Highsin low 90s (32-35°C).

Cape Cod weather: Wednesday through Friday: Sparkling sun-shine, dry, breezy with unlimited visibility under cloud-dotted skies.Highs 75-80°F (24-27°C), lows 60-65°F (16-18°C). Weekend: Partlyto mostly sunny, warmer and more humid with highs 80-85°F (27-30°C). Chance of thunderstorms late on Sunday. Surf temperatures60-65°F (15-18°C).

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In a warning shot aimed at Con-gress and the Clinton administration,Federal Reserve Board ChairmanAlan Greenspan signaled Tuesdaythat the central bank is poised to raiseinterest rates to head off rising infla-tion - or to counteract congressionalbacksliding on deficit reduction.

Greenspan cautioned that anyattempt by lawmakers to back offtheir target of $500 billion in deficitreduction over five years would be a"negative" that would quickly roilthe nation's financial markets,prompting an increase in long-terminterest rates. The Fed, he suggest-ed, would then have little choice butto raise short-term rates to dampeninflationary expectations.

Faced with increasingly difficultbudgetary choices, House and Sen-ate negotiators who are trying tocraft a compromise economic pro-gram have tentatively raised thepossibility of scaling back thedeficit-reduction target.

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major credible deficit reduction billbe passed.... I fear that (without it),the markets would respond in a neg-ative fashion," Greenspan said.

A package that lowered the five-year deficit reduction target from$500 billion to $400 billion, forexample, would lack credibility, hesaid. If the financial markets becomeconvinced that Clinton and Congresswill not achieve meaningful deficitreduction, they are likely to forcelong-term interest rates higher asinsurance against future inflation.

"If the markets perceive that weare backing off the size of the com-mitment, I think that they will reactappropriately negatively, because itis suggesting that the will of theCongress and the administration tocarry forward, to finally bring thisprocess to success requires some-thing large," Greenspan said.

The Fed, meanwhile, released asemi-annual policy report disclosingthat the central bank has moved totighten its long-range targets formonetary growth. It described themove as a "technical adjustment"that won't increase the likelihood of

a quick jump in interest rates.Greenspan, however, disclosed

that the Fed came close to raisingshort-term interest rates at a keypolicy meeting in May. Continuedweakness in job growth and theoverall economy staved off anyaction, he said.

Beginning in late 1990, the Fedreduced short-term interest rates bya total of 4 percentage points in aneffort to revive the stagnant econo-my by encouraging more borrowingand spending by businesses and con-sumers. The Fed has not changedinterest rates since last September.

Greenspan said the central bankis currently leaning toward higher,rather than lower, interest rates,despite the Fed's own forecasts thatpredict only modest economicgrowth for the remainder of theyear. That policy, adopted at a Maymeeting of the Fed's Open MarketCommittee, means that "furthersigns of (inflation) would merit seri-ous consideration of whether short-term rates needed to be raisedslightly," Greenspan said.

That is bad news for the Clinton

administration, which is trying tosell its budget package to Congressand the public by arguing that it willbring about a sustained reduction ininterest rates.

With many of its new spendingprograms stripped out of the budgetby a deficit-conscious Congress,Clinton is finding it increasingly dif-ficult to argue that his plan will fos-ter job creation or economic growth.Now, virtually the only way theadministration can argue that theprogram will have a stimulativeimpact on the economy is by stress-ing that a stiff dose of deficit reduc-tion will lower interest rates andsharply reduce the borrowing costsfaced by businesses and consumers.

Administration officials are con-tinuing a subtle campaign to con-vince the Fed to hold off on any rateincreases, at least until the budget ispassed.

"We maintained earlier this year,and still believe, that there is nothingin the economic fundamentals thatindicate a need to raise interest rates,"said Lauaa D'Andrea Tyson, chairmanof the Council of Economic Advisers.

By James RisenLOS ANGELES TIMES

opposed such a move. But some inCongress argue that it may be theonly way to resolve the deep divi-sions between liberal Dermocrats inthe House and conservative Democ-rats in the Senate over the most con-troversial tax and spending provi-sions in the budget package.

The Senate, for example,scrapped the administration's broad-based energy tax, replacing it with amodest 4.3 cent-per-gallon gasolinetax that would raise far less money.To make up the difference, the Sen-ate took a bigger bite out ofMedicare and scaled back severalpopular measures that were includedin the House version of the budget,such as the creation of inner-city"empowerment zones."

Greenspan, appearing Tuesdaybefore a House subcommittee toreview the health of the nation's econ-omy, declined to endorse Clinton'seconomic program or any Republi-can-backed alternatives. Yet he insist-ed that the $500) billion deficit reduc-tion target must be met for the finalproduct to be taken seriously.

"I think it is important that some

concerns. "I welcome the increase inthe strength of the conservativeforces as a whole," said GaishiHiraiwa, chairman of the Keidanren,Japan's big business association.

"The historical mission of eco-nomic development is finished, yetthe conservative parties keep push-ing economic growth rather thandeveloping proper welfare ser-vices," says Inoguchi of SophiaUniversity. "People don't havebabies because of the lack of socialservices. All these problems aren'tbeing dealt with." !noguchi arguesthat such needs create the potentialfor a Socialist revival.

A major reason for the fall of theSocialists was the loss of unqualifiedsupport from the Japan Trade UnionConfederation, which represents thelargest group of Japanese unions."The Socialist party will have littleimpact on Japanese politics in thefuture," Akira Yamagishi, presidentof the Confederation, said Monday.

tion by advocating extreme, impracti-cal policits while offt.n roopnnerating

closely with the ruling party behindclosed doors. Fistfights in Parliamentwere sometimes staged as a show offorce by the opposition against anunpopular bill - even though theSocialists had already made back-room deals agreeing to the policy.

Such Kabuki-style drama mayno longer be necessary. The newconservative opposition parties areopenly seeking power. And on mostpolicies, they have few differenceswith the arling party.

The result will be a new politicalstructure dominated by conserva-tives. "You will have the LDP and anequally conservative opposition,"says Masao Kunihiro, a Socialistmember of the upper house. "We (inthe left wing) will be pushed out."

What is still unclear is whetherthe new conservatives, most ofwhom are former members of theLDP, are different enough from the

ruling party to promote real change.Snrnme analysts argue that comne-

tition for power will eventually forcethe new groups to differentiate them-selves by becoming more pro-con-sumer, in contrast to the pro-produc-er, pro-farmer policies of the LDP.

Others warn against expectingtoo much change in this area. "Thereis no great cleavage between theLDP and the opposition on thisissue," says Gerald Curtis, a politi-cai scientist at Columbia University.

The new conservatives talk ofdecentra!izing governrment, rootingout corruption and taking a moreassertive foreign policy position. Butfew talk of promoting the more fun-damental shift in economic policyfrom growth to quality-of-life issuesthat economists believe is necessaryif Japan is to cut its trade surplus.

And the success of the new con-servatives has been welcomed bybusiness interests, who expect thenew parties to be sympathetic to their

By Leslie HelmLA_.4NEL ES 77TIES

new government bring?The verdict is .ix o as Japan

digests the election results."The change (in voter support)

was big enough to destabilize theLDP but not big enough to create analternative government" said KunikoInoguchi, a political science professorat Sophia University in Tokyo.

For the longer term, however,observers said the emergence of aconservative alternative to the rulingparty vastly increases the chancethat a non-LDP government couldcome to power, with a plaffo,"rn forat least moderate change.

For decades, the Socialist party hasserved as the vehicle for protest votesagainst the ruling party. When the LDPinstituted a consumption tax threeyears ago, for example, voters support-ed the Socialists in large numbers.

But few Japanese have ever seri-ously considered a Socialist-controlledgovernment. And the Socialists haveremained a largely symbolic opposi-

Voters here brought an end toJapan's own little "cold war" Sun-day when they gave a thumbs-downto the left-leaning Socialists andshifted their support to three newconservative opposition parties.

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But can Japan's new conserva-tives unite and forge an alliancewith the old-line opposition to forma new government in the comingmonth, before elections are held fora new prime minister? And if theydo, what kind of change will the

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MCA discourages car use, stating that theydon't want to have to deal with a lot of stu-dents' cars on campus.

And, nearly most importantly, what if notenough students choose to take this offer?Will graduate students be given the option tolive there? Rent the rooms to young facultyand other MIT workers? Or just leave theempty rooms alone, and let MIT, or evenworse, all other dormitory residents, make upfor the difference?

The same letter that went out to studentsdescribing the dorm and whatever little it hasto offer, said that "we may have to requiremoves by some students who would normallybe assigned to other dormitories. We do notexpect that this will happen and hope that itwill not, but if it does, we will notify you ofany change of your fall term assignmentimmediately."

Quite simply, the Undergraduate Educa-tion and Student Affairs and Residence Cam-pus Activities Offices are trying to pull a fastone on the current upperclassmen in order tomake a quick solution to a recurring problemwithin MIT housing. By sending abbreviatedinformation about the dormitory (for instancethere were no photographs of the building orof the surrounding area), potential residentsare getting put on the spot. If a student signsthe fonn, given a room, and then decides that

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is currently no option to retract the decision. Ifthere are students willing to trade with them,then maybe it will work, but there is no guar-antee on that happening.

If they are interested, there seems to bealmost no way for people away from MIT forthe summer to see the place for themselves.Those students staying in the area may be ableto see what the dorm actually looks like, andthen form a more complete picture of what isbeing skimpily presented to them.

nishings - a desk, chair, closet, and bed), butdon't count on any full-size kitchens to showup on your new hallway. The only kitchenthat may be built will be 'small,' and designedfor use by students who cannot eat the MCAcafeteria food (if it's through ARA Food Ser-vices, you'd better get to the kitchen early.)Plus, there were no visible grocery stores inthe area.

Another thing - there are currently no per-sonal telephones, only hallway pay telephones.And you people living in fraternities know howmuch of a mess public phones bring about.And what if someone wants to log into Athena,since there is no Athena cluster? Is InformationSernices going to ins!tn! .those nifty easy-accessAthena modem lines (that will go into dormson campus) over there in Baker Hall? Not with-out having to put in individual phone lines. Inyesterday's mailing to students, it is stated thatthey "are actively investigating the feasibilityof installing phones in each room and provid-ing an Athena Cluster."

Another issue - safety of the students.Apparently, A Safe Ride will incorporateHuntington Hall as a new stop on its schedule.(Can't wait to wait for a free ride across theriver now, eh?) Will MIT Campus Police stillgive transportation to and from Baker Hallduring the other hours if requested? Or willZBT, ET, and Baker Hall do the carpoolLUII! t' ~"llnd how abuit d.livery of .1TL TC-ChL.

to this place?)There will be a 24-hour security guard,

but, as mentioned previously, no protection ofthe parking lot. In an area of one of the high-est vehicle crime rates in the nation, muchpersonal security will be required to maintainautomobile security. Picture it now - late atnight, people trying to sleep, when all of asudden, car alarms go off, no one knowingwhich one is which. Can you imagine theparanoia? In fact, the Housing Secretary of

By Michael K. ChungOPINION EDITOR

The new dormitory building MIrr is plan-ning to rent at 620 Huntington Avenue is agood idea, but the simple fact is, it is too faraway from the main campus to be convenientfor MIT students to make the experienceworthwhile.

MIT housing officials look to rent thebuilding for a year, and expect to need toextend the lease for a second year. MIT's goalin so doing is to reduce the number of crowd-ed students from 226 (this past year's number)to 165 on campus. The current plan is to rentthree of the five floors, giving MIT room forninety' more students. Students were recentlysent letters saying that this new dotr wouldbe opened to them this fall.

The various benefits include: substantiallylower cost ($750 per term for a single, $375per term per person in a double, which is thesame size room, 9' x 12'), guaranteed on-campus housing after staying there one year,and guaranteed first- or second-choice hous-ing after two years at Huntington Hall, a park-ing lot (but no parking lot guard), discountedmonthly MBTA combo subway-bus passes, aswell as access to MCA's recreational andphysical education activities.

There are many disadvantages to living atthe new dorm, however. Inconvenience ofIo.;ailOl ciaot bte e1phasized rfi/ ugh. The

dorm is located near the Museum T-stop onthe E-train of the MBTA Green Line, andabout one and one-half miles down Hunting-ton Avenue off of Massachusetts Avenue. Canyou say "'Sleep in through morning classes?"

As for food, a meal plan will be providedfor students to eat at the MCA cafeteria,across the street (they even pack your lunchfor you). Luckily, the dorm rooms, designedto be doubles, will have enough room forrefrigerators, (partly because of meager fur-

Editors: Karen Kaplan '93, KatherineShim '93, Sarah Y. Keightley '95, EvaMoy '95; Associate Editors: JacksonJung G, Eric Richard '95, Hyun SooKim '96, Michael A. Saginaw '96; Staff:Rahul T. Rao '94, Sabrina Kwon '95, TrudyLiu '95, Matt Niemark '95, Ben Reis '95,Nicole A. Sherry '95, Kevin Subraman-ya '95, Charu Chaudhry '96, Deena Dis-raelly '96; Meteorologists: Michael C.Morgan G, Yeh-Kai Tung '93, ArnoldSeto '96, Marek Zebrowski.

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Editor: Michaei K. Chung '94.

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At Museum ofFine Arls.July I 6-Aug. 27.

POLICE STORY 2Directed by Jackie Chan.Starring Jackie Chan and Maggie Cheung.Aug. 13, 6 p.m.

OPERATION CONDOR:ARMOUR OF GOD 11Directed by.Jackie C~han.Starring Jackie Chan, Carol Cheng,and Eva Cobo de Garcia.Aug. 13, 8 p.m.

By Garlen C. LeungMAYA GING EDITOR

on the heads and shoulders of their supporters.The fast-moving plot is filled with great actionmixed with the usual comic genderbendingand slapstick.

Chow Yun-Fat is the cool leader of threeart burglars in John Woo's Once a Thief.After stealing paintings around the world,these three thieves are challenged to pull offthe ultimate burglary: stealing a painting thathas already been stolen. This film is filledwith wonderful romance, plenty of comedy,and (as always) lots of action.

Other films in the series are The HeroicTrio, Dragon Gate Inn, The -Fast is Red, andSwordsman 2.

Jackie Chan is one of modem film's bestaction stars. His fast-paced stunts are trulyamazing. I find it incredible that he has sur-vived all his physical, action-packed martialarts and stunt scenes, which unlike mostactors, he performs himself. Chan's gravity-defying stunts and humorous antics make hisfilms some of the most enjoyable and satisfy-ing I've ever seen.

Pol'ice Story 2 is the record-breakingsequel to Chan's original comedy PoliceStory. In it, Chan returns to defeat the orga-nized crime members who continue to haunthim and his girlfriend (Maggie Cheung). Chanboth directed and starred in this story abouthow an officer's personal war with crime hasled to his demotion from detective to trafficcop. Even with his newer, safer job, Chan stillgets into trouble with the crime gangs.

He gets into even more of a mess when hegets involved in a wave of bomb attacks andbomb scares across Hong Kong. Chan followsleads that eventuaily bring him to thebombers, who have kidnapped his girlfriend.The exciting climax occurs in a fluny of fistsand feet at a large bomb- and firecracker-stor-age building.

Although this sequel is disappointing incomparison to the first movie, it is still filledwith the wonderful action and great comedythat is the hallmark of a Jackie Chan film.

In another sequel, Chan is incredible asAsian Hawk in Operation Condor: Armour ofGod II. Here, his adventures take him on amission to recover a lost vault of Nazi gold inthe desert, ande and his accident-prone com-panion encounter other treasure seekers.

Their adventures through the desert bringsopportunities for mind-boggling action andamazing acrobatics. The climax is a spectacu-lar battle in an giant, abandoned Nazi windtunnel.

Operation Condorwill bring you manylaughs and wonderfulaction; this is a definitemust see.

It's no wonder whyJackie Chan films bringsell-out crowds where-ever they are shown.Police Story 2 and Oper-ation Condor: Armour ofGod II sold out not onlyin Hong Kong, but alsoAnl Chicago and LosAngeles. Both are defi-nitely worth taking thetime out to see.

Tire Museum of Fine Arts will present12 films from Hong Kong from July 16to Aug. 27. The series features some ofthe biggest movies from the past five

years, including Mary from Beijing; AuRevoirs .Monln AmoI>ur; O$ncU"porn a IA'ims: inChina; Fong Sai-Yuk; Love and Death inSaigon: A Better Tomorrow II; Once a Thief,Police Story 2; Operation Condor: Armour ofGod II, The East is Red; and Swordsman 2.These include some of the biggest stars ofHong Kong cinema - Anita Mui, TonyLeung, Jet Li, Chow Yun-Fat, and, of course,Jackie Chan.

Gong Li, star of Zhang Yimou's RedSorghum, Raise the Red Lantern, and TheStory of Qiu Ju, also stars in Maryfrom Bei-jing, a romantic melodrama. Directed bySy-!'vZi Chan~g, thfis is thc story of a new immi-grant to Hong Kong from Guangzhou whofinds a boyfriend rather than a job. Althoughher rich boyfriend ignores her, Mary (Li)eventually finds true love with an evenwealthier man.

Once Upon a Time in China is a beautifulmovie about the folk hero Master Wong Fei-Hung (Jet Li), the legendary leader of the TenTiger sect of Guangdong. Director Tsui Harkfills the screen with lightning-fast moves andunbelievable fight choreography.

Director Yuen Kwai has packed Fong Sai-Yuk, his latest creation, with enough actionand speed to make it a box off-ice hit in HongKong. Jet Li stars as Fong Sai-Yuk, martialarts champion and member of an undergroundsociety dedicated to the overthrow of theManchu emperor. The highlight is a fight inwhich the rival groups battle while standing

Above: A scene fom Fang Sal-Yuk. Below: Cherie Chung, Leslie C:heung, and ChowYun-Fat star as three cool burgla In Once a Mthb.

With the fickle romance between Kitty andMark, this film is every bit as typical andimplausible as its American counterparts. It isstill entertaining to see Anita Mui's heroic,Rambo-like actions and Chow Yun-Fat'spromisingly good acting. But by no means canLove & Death in Saigon compare to its excel-lent predecessor, A Better Tomorrowv /, not tomention that the two plots have absolutelynothing to do with each other.

in Au Revoir, Mon Amour, a "yet-another-war-time-love-story," Tony Leung plays abrave Chinese rebel leader at the time of thel930s Japanese occupation of Shanghai. In ananti-Japanese demonstration, Leung meets hislover, played by Anita Mui. Leung's patrioticheart keeps him from having a family withMui, who becomes a nightclub singer.

Leung coincidentally meets fMui againafter an injury from fighting a Japanese man.Passion rekindles, and Mui becomes pregnantwith Leung's baby. Leung, however, has toleave Mui again for his movement against theJapanese. As thfe Japanese army leaves Shang-hai in chaos, Leung makes the difficult deci-sion to continue his patriotic service to thecountry instead of taking care of Mui and theirson, leaving Mui with no choice but to manya faithful servant, long her suitor. After thewar is over, Leung finds Mui with her hus-band and family, producing a tangle of lovethat has to be resolved at the end.

Au Revoir, Mon Amour has an elegant lovetheme but also plenty of confusing details andflashbacks. In general, this film, with the poct-;c Chinese title that translates as "When willmy man return?" has an interesting storylinetrapped in a not-so-creative theme. Au Revoir,Mon Amour still manages to rise above thepack with its surprisingly good directing, filrn-ing, and acting.

e Museum of Fine Arts' 1993 FlongKong Festival continues through mid-summer with Love & Death int Saigon:A Belter Tomorrow III. Tsui Hark's

film has an intriguing plot set in war-timeVietnam in 1974. In the course of trying tohelp his cousin (Tony Leung) and uncle leaveVietnam, Mark (Chow Yun-Fat) unexpectedlymeets Kitty Chow (Anita Mui), a powerfulwoman with influence in the corrupt Viet-namese government. 1he war doesn't preventKitty and Mark from failing in love with eachother. With Kitty's help, Mark, his family,and Kitty all leave Vietnam for Hong Kong.

Kitty's criminal ally and ex-lover, thoughtkilled in an accident, returns and seeksrevenge on Mark for stealing Kitty. A pursuitback to Vietnam follows, and after a series ofviolent run-ins among Mark, the local army,the Viet Cong. and Kitty's ex-lover, Love &Death in Saigon ends with a sappy ending.

If you like gun fights, blood, and violence,Love & Death in Saigon has it all -just likeany other violent film made in Hollywood.

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LOVE & DEATHN IN SAIGO1N:A BEATTR OWMORROW IIIDirected by Tsrui Hark.Starring Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung,and Anita Mui.Aug. 6, 8p.m.

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With so many students living inthe area, the crime rates are not outof the ordinary, according to a Rox-bury Police Officer. There haven'tbeen any problems of students beingharassed, but, "like any other resi-dent you~have your problems" withcrime, she said.

There is a 24-hour security guardand security cameras at the dormito-ry, she added. These security mea-sures will continue to be providedby MCA, according to Eisenrmann.

However behind the dormitory isalso the Mission Hill Projects,according to Glennon. "'We advisestudents not to go back there," shesaid, although she added that therehave not been any serious problemsrecently.

The most frequent crimesinvolve motor vehicles and stereosstolen from them, according to thepolice officer.

Dorm to relieve overcrowding"We knew for a long time we

were going to have trouble housingeverybody," Smith said. Afteradmitting record numbers of stu-dents in recent years, the Institutedecided to both reduce the numberof admissions as well as look forother housing alternatives.

Led by Immerman, a group ofMIT administrators started lookingfor a new dormitory site last spring.The Huntington Avenue site wasseriously considered by June.

Most of the other potential dor-mitory sites were either in worsephysical condition or could not havecontracts negotiated in time for thefall term, Smith said. The Institutealso looked at hotels as an option,he added.

For the 1992-1993 academicyear, there were about 226 under-graduates in crowded dormitoryrooms, Smith said. Twenty under-graduates were also housed in West-gate. This year's goal is 165 crowds.But, without including rooms inHuntington Hall, there are moreunassigned people than beds avail-able, he added.

Currently, there are not enoughunassigned undergraduates, such astransfer students and students whohave taken time off. to fill the roomsavailable at Huntington Hall,according to Smith.

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Nevertheless, the administrationis anticipating that the distance fromcampus might discourage some stu-dents from choosing HuntingtonHal!, and the Institute will sellmonthly combination bus and sub-way T-Passes at half price -approximately $24 per month - toresidents, according to Smith. Inaddition, a permanent A Safe Ridestop will be added at the dormitory.

Whether students can park atHuntington Hall has yet to be deter-mined. While there is a small park-ing lot behind the dormitory, MCAstudents are not allowed to parkthere, said Diana Glennon, secretaryof housing at MCA. There is nosecurity in the parking lot, which isonly surrounded by a wire fence,and MCA doesn't "want to have todeal with a lot of students' cars oncampuss," she added.

Eisenmann said there may belimited parking available. There isalso some on-street parking, Smithadded.

Day-to-day living arrangementsThe rooms at Huntington Hall,

measuring 9x12 feet, are intended asdoubles, but will serve as large sin-gles for MIT students. There are 30rooms per floor on each of the fivefloors.

Included are a bed, desk, chair,and closet. The furnishings are "ade-quate," but "the standard is certainlyno higher than MIT," Smith said.

There is one pay phone per floor,and there are no personal phones inthe rooms. The communicationsoffice is currently looking into thecosts of installing phones in individ-ual rooms, as well as the possibilityof bringing Athena to the dormitory,according to Smith.

There is currently no kitchen atHuntington Hall, although a smallfacility may be added later. Studentsmay also opt to eat at the MCA din-ing hall, at $1895 per year for 19meals per week.

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Roxbury. Nearby are WentworthInstitute of Tecnnology, Mvassachu-setts College of Art, NortheasternUniversity, Harvard Medical

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enough change in occupancy, wemay have to require moves by somestudents who would normally beassigned to other dormitories. Wedo not expect that this will happenand hope that it will not, but if itdoes, we will notify you of any

change of your fall term assignmentimmediately," according to thememorandum.

Some alternatives may be tohouse freshmen or graduate studentsin the new dorm, if they choose tolive there.

There is currently a committeestudying how to achieve a more sta-ble admission and dormitory situa-tion, Smith said. He added that MITis close to reaching a decision tobuild another dormitory within thenext r -aslrs.

Wldnall, from Page I tion, and research faculty funding.Back at MIT, Widnall has also

been a strong force in these issues.As associate provost since January,1992, Widnall has dealt with theissues of MIT's policies and proce-dures for promotion and tenure poli-cies, a study on mandatory facultyretirement, MIT's international rela-tionships, and the Council on Feder-al Relations.

Widnall also had a strong inter-est in academic integrity at MIT,both with students and researchers.She was a member of the C:ommit-tee on Discipline and supported theidea of having an honor code forstudents.

'he was also the first womanfaculty chairman at MIT.

As an engineer, Widnall alsocarries many distinctions. She wasthe first alumna appointed to thefaculty in the School of Engineer-ing, and received the 1986 AbbyRockerfelier Mauze Professor ofAeronautics and AstronauticsAward.

In addition, Widnall is interna-tionally known for her expertise influid dynamics, specifically in theareas of aircraft turbulene and vor-tices created by helicopters. Shealso holds two patents, one of whichis an aerodynamic device for eitherwater or air craf

served in the Air Force, she hasbeen an advisor on various militaryboards. These include: Chairman ofthe Air Force Academy's board ofvisitors, member of the military air-lift committee of National DefenseTransportation Association, memberof the Iat-olonal Acaudemy of Sci-ence's Panel on Scientific Responsi-bility and the Conduct of Research,the first director of universityresearch at the U.S. Department ofTransportation, and adviser on aero-nautic systems at Wright-PattersonAir Force Base near Dayton Ohio.

Widnall was also the fifthwoman president of the AmericanAssociation for the Advanement ofSciences. As president and chair-man of AAAS, she testified onnumerous occasions to Congres-sional committees dealing withissues of research, science educa-

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day. "That number has been rising steadily over time. This spring itwent over 6,000 several times," Jackson said.

Although many computers are idle before 9 a.m., by two thirds ofthe way in to each academic term, every computer is in nearly contin-ual use from 11 a.m. until about 1 a.m., according to Jackson. "Thesystem is way beyond its capacity," he said.

But this is not because IS does not have the financial means to buynew computers. "The scarcest resource we have is space. If we couldcram more computers into W20, we would," Jackson explained.

He added that students spend a lot of time using the computers forcommunication activities, such as mail and zephr-grams. These activi-ties do not require the power of an Athena workstation. They can bedone from personal computers in students' rooms, and two-thirds ofMIT students have their own computers, according to Jackson. But thedialup connections, which use conventional modems, work slowly.

It would be much faster to put ethernet drops in all dormitoryrooms and in each fraternity, and connect the ethernet cables to thesame servers that the Athena computers use. Officially, IS will havethese ethernet drops ready by September 1994, but they will probablyhave them ready well before that, according to Jackson. Each ethernetdrop will have an address whose prefix will include the name of thedormitory or fraternity it is in, so that IS maintenance workers will beable to locate troublesome computers easily.

Students will also have the option of buying a workstation fromthe MIT Computer Connection and hooking it up to the ethernetcable in their room. Then they will have the full power of Athena intheir room. This option would cost $S6,00 plus a service and mainte-nance charge of about $350 per month.

With ethernet installed, the Athena clusters would be less crowdedand could be used for computationally intensive work and graphics.Thi s Is just one vision of the future of Athena clusters at MIT,according to Jackson.

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MIT. The more likely one wouldmake the two buildings into all-female undergraduate housing. Thesecond possibility would make thebuildings residences for the house-masters of Ashdown House andMcCormick and convert the currentliving spaces of those housemastersto student rooms, he added.

This project is still in the plan-ning stages, but the administrationwants to get this done as quickly aspossible.

"My goal is to bring this addi-tional housing on-line by September1994. I hope we can achieve it,"Dickson said.

Building WI I will then housethe offices of the religious chaplainsand student activities which are reli-

gious in nature. The Kosher %_AKitchen, which is now in the Blue Room in Walker Memorial, willalso be moved to Building WIl . U 1.1 This dining facility may also serve By Abhllash R. Valshnavas a Muslim dining facility.

There will be a seminar room, a On June 21, Dorit Ginsberg, a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, whosmall reference library, and a video had previously disappeared in mnysterious circumstances, returned toroom which might have a satellite her home in Brookline. She told Brookline police that she was wellconnection to be used for religious but had gone to New Haven to be alone.and cultural programming. There "I was wandering around," Ginsberg told The Boston Globe, inwill also be a semi-restricted space order to explain her sudden departure. "I wanted to be by myself."for a Muslim temple to replace the She stated that although she had realized that her husband wouldone which is currently in the base- be worried, she had no idea that her disappearance had lead to such ament of Ashdown. massive regional search.

"Most of the activities will cen- Ginsberg, a 31 year old Israeli neurobiologist, is currently work-ter around uses that would be con- ing under Professor Robert Horvitz. She was frustrated with hersistent with its proximity to the research and felt that she was unable to master the required researchchapel," Dickson said. techniques at a fast pace. She was considering changing jobs, accord-

"This space is designed to be as ing to her husband and colleagues. However, her supervisor, Profes-inter-religious as possible. I hope sor Horvitz said that he was pleased with Ginsberg's work and want-that it will allow ample opportunity ed to have her continue working for him.for mixing," said Father Bemrnard J. Brookline Police Sergeant William Ellis visited Dorit Ginsberg atCampbell, the Roman Catholic her apartment after her husband reported that she had returned. "Shechaplain. looked good, healthy and rational and she apologized for causing so

Although the conversion of this much effort to find her," Ellis told the Globe. She said that she hadbuilding is still in the preliminary traveled alone and had not stayed with anyone in New Haven.stages, it is set to be finished as She was not willing to provide any more information on her sud-early as January 1994, and no later den and unexplained disappearance or her reasons for leaving. "Ithan June 1994, according to Father think there is more to it," Brookline Police Chief Howard BrackettCampbell. told the Globe. "But it is not a crime and she is over 21. She is

Any continuation of CAVS allowed to leave if she wants."research will be determined at alater date.

Human-Powered Sub Places 3rd

As part of a solution for theovercrowded conditions in the dor-mitories,the religious center, whichis currently in building W2 nearMcCormick Hall, will be moved tobuilding W 11 by the Spring of1994. This change will enable thebuildings W2 and W2a to be usedfor housing.

Building W 1 I is now the homeof the Center for Advanced VisualStudies (CAVS), but the researchprogram by that group is beingphased out.

Two plans are being consideredfor the conversion of W2 and W2ato housing, according to William R.Dickson, senior vice-president of

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Despite inclement weather, theSea Beaver II craft made by theMIT Sea Grant team placed wellagainst opposing vessels firom otheruniversities and around the world inthe Human-Powered SubmarineCompetition, which was held over aten-day period in Fort Lauderdale,Florida. Some of the participatingteams were from England, Ger-many, British Columbia,variousparts of the USA, and Walt DisneyWorld.

The Sea Grant team earned sev-eral awards, including third bestperformance as an academic insti-tution, third place in cost effective-ness, and an award commending thesafety features of the boat.

Cliff Goudey, an engineer withthe Sea Grant program, led the MITgroup. The other team memberswere David Gerson G, DianeD)imassa G, Drew Bennett G, BrodyHynes '96, and Jacqueline Brenner'96, Eill Hall G, and Hauke Kite-Powell.

By reusing the same hull fromthe last contest in 1991, they MITteam saved time and money becausethey only had to redesign parts ofthe craft. The boats were operatedby two people. One team memberdid the steering and the other did thepedalling, providing power to theboat.

Both occupants were equippedwith wet-suits and the equivalent ofabout two and one-half scuba tanksof air. In the Sea Beaver II, insteadof wearing the air tanks, the boatersinstalled them to the inside of thecraft to give themselves more free-dom of movement.

Judges conducted safety inspec-tions for several days before the rac-ing events. There was a series of on-shore tests. To ensure that water

r could flood freely into the boats, thehulls were not allowed to be pres-surized. Boats also had to be acces-sible from the outside and inside toensure that a rescue would be possi-ble. Finally, each boat had to have a

f sufficient oxygen supply.I There were also safety checks inthe water. The hatches of each boatwere required to be accessible fromboth sides, and all the boats had torelease safety buoys when required.Forty-two boats passed these testsand moved on to the underwaterracing.

There were two events: a I00meter race and 400 meter race. WithHall as pilot, and Kite-Powell, atriathlete, pedaling. the MIT teamcompleted the 100 meter race in48.75 seconds, the fastest time ofthe day.

In the remaining time trials, theteam from Florida Atlantic Univer-sity was the only team to better theMIT 100-meter time, completingthe race in 45.58 seconds. This wasreportedly similar to the times theyachieved practice trials prior to thecompetition, near the race-site.

Of the twenty-four boats that fin-ished the time-trials under the ten-minute limit, the times were evenlyspread from 45.58 seconds to 130seconds. The corresponding speedsin knots were from 4.26 to 1.49knots.

The fastest times were scheduledto compete against each other in asingle-elimination tournament, withtop finishers to compete in the 400-meter race. The weather, however,made those plans impossible and ledto an altered format.

In MIT's next match, a 400-meter race against FAU, a surprisewas in store for the crew of the SeaBeaver If. In the beginning of therace, the linear pedal system failed,leaving MIT out of the race com-pletely. Because of the limited racetime, a rematch was out of the ques-tion.

Of the twelve boats that didcomplete 400-meter races, the rangeof times were from 3:58.86 (set byFAU) to 7:15.55.

At one point in the competition,the MIT group found an old, beat-up sign which read "Watch out forPedestrians." Late one night, theydove into the water and planted thesign near the finish line, in the MIThacking tradition. However, the signwas found and removed by U.S.Naval divers before it could benoticed by other submarine opera-tors.

Looking to the futureBecause of high susceptibility to

weather conditions, future eventsmay require that submarines beindependent of surface boats. Thisway, wind and small waves will notprevent submarines from enteringthe water safely.

Goudey hopes to enter two boatsin the next competition in 1995: anew vessel, and a modified SeaBeaver. He hopes that their perfor-mance will bring them more spon-sorship for the project. This year,the project cost around $10,000,most of which went to traveling andlodging expenses.

Goudey hopes to have morepreparation time in similar waterconditions, so that bugs can beworked out more easily. The teamalso hopes to gain more support forthe program in future events.

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The Human-Powered Submarine, designed and built by the MIT SeaGrant Team, won third place in performstre as an academic Insftu-tiorn, third place In cost effectivepes, and a safety award.

MIT students p-ay at Summer Session's "Music at Noon."MIT Studegnts Pray at Slimmer Sesian'S SMUICas at Noon."

MIT Athletes Perform Well at Bay State Games

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Games, from Page 11 divisions: the scholastic, collegiate,and open divisions. Each race wasan 800-meter sprint, which lastedbetween 2 1/2 and 3 minutes,depending on water conditions andthe strength of the crew.

Rowing in a novice women'sfour under the Boston CollegiateRowing Club (the collegiate divi-sion was canceled here due to a lackof entrants) were Charla Lambert'96, Renata Pomponi G, twoWellesley women, and Jason Yip'95 as coxswain.

Wearing bright pink shirts, therowers won their preliminary heat.In the finals, they were also victori-ous, slugging through rough waterand side winds, edging the otherboat by about a second. "It was alot of fun, and the medals and jack-ets we won are nice," Lambert said.

In another boat fielded by theBoston Community Rowing Club,this time in the open division,Conan Hom '95 coxed his boat toanother victory involving MITrower Suzelle Tardif '93, one of thisyears picks for the New EnglandWomen's Eight.

In the finals of this competition,as Hom's shell pulled away fromthe opposing crew after the start,Hom declared that, "we're pullingahead - the race is ours." Indeed itwas, as Horn guided his boat, cladin glowing purple shirts, to a clearvictory.

MIT Women's Varsity CoachMayrene Earle coached the boats forpart of the training, while MITNovice Women's Crew Coach Sue

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Foight coached a crew affiliated withthe Quinsigamond Rowing Club.

In the open men's competition,Eric Martin '94, Jeff Tomasi '95,Sean Olson '93, Steve Carbone '94,Jonathan Li '93, Jeff Li '96, andGeoffrey Parker G rowed in an eightcoxswained by Peter Yao '95.According to Yao, the organizationand conditions did not lend them-selves to good rowing. They lost toa Community Rowing Club boat bya second in the finals.

Events at MIT went smoothlyThe Bay State Games were a suc-

cess once again this year, and theMIT campus was excited to partakein the games, except for one incidentin the boy's scholastic basketballevent. According to The BostonGlobe, one of the backboards wasshatteredwith five minutes remainingin a Thursday night game, temporari-ly delaying the game, as well as dent-ing the hardwood floor considerably.

Nevertheless, the game was con-tinued the next day at University ofMassachusetts-Boston, where theremaining men's open tournamentwas moved. Despite the setback,track-and-field, lacrosse, and fieldhockey still took place in Steinbren-ner stadium and on the MIT fields.

The lacrosse matches were acrowd pleaser, and made Fran Lee'93 recall, "The whole scene broughtback memories of my years of com-petitive lacrosse." Such happy eventsshould continue to encourage youngand old to participate in the Bay StateGames in the future.

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an 8.3 out of 10, high enough toplace him in the top six.

The next day, Shectman vaultedwith the same routine and scored a7.7, not high enough for a top-threefinish, but well enough to bring MITpride in its gymnastics program.

Also, MIT Men's Gymnasticscoach Fran Molesso competed inthe open event. His performance onthe rings earned him a spot in thefinals, where he placed fourth. Hisroutine included a kip to an L-cross,dismounting with a flip with a fulltwist.

In the final, after Molesso per-formed solidly, one of the judgesawarded him with a score of a 9.9.Because there were four judges, andthe high and low scores weredropped, this was an excellent wayfor well-deserved tribute to be paidto Molesso. However, the otherjudges did not give Molesso suchhigh scores.

CrewMIT rowers, coxswains, and

coaches were involved with thecrew portion of this year's Bay StateGames. This year, there were three

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lolarshipthe Engineers' number one pitcherand finished 1993 with an 8-2 recordand an earned run average of 2.58.Although he was selected as a pitch-er, Hinteregger, from Newton, Mass.,also played 20 games at shortstop.

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ciation (ITA) has released its final1993 Spring rankings and MITteams and athletes figure prominent-ly in each of the categories. Thewomen's team finished l th nation-ally in Division III while the men's

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ing of 19. The men's doubles teamof 1993 graduate Alan Walpole ofTuraunga, New Zealand, and juniorJay Muelhoefer from Brussels, Bel-gium, finished as the fourth rateddoubles team in Division III. In theindividual rankings Walpole was22nd, and fellow graduate ManishBhatia of Okemos, Mish., was 49th.For the women, Freddie Turner ofCambridge, Mass., was 34th, whilethe doubles team of Turner andValerie Tan of Singapore wereranked 22nd. Turner will enter herjunior year in September while Tanwill be a senior. Additionally, coachCandy Royer has been named theITA East Region Coach of the Yearfor guiding the Engineers to a 14-5regular season record.

FootballAlthough no MIT football play-

ers were natned to the Pre-seasonDivision III All-America team by1993 NCAA Preview magazine,wide receiver Rod Tranum and line-backer Nolan Duffin were named tothe magazine's "Best of the Rest"list. Tranum, a graduate studentfrom Chatsworth, Ga., was one of 1 Ireceivers mentioned, while Burke,Va., native Duffin was one of eightlinebackers. Duffin will be a senior.

1993 MIT graduate Julie Lyren,of Akron, Ohio, has recently beennamed winner of a prestigiousNational Collegiate Athletic Associ-ation (NCAA) Postgraduate Schol-arship. Lyren, an All-America gym-

nast, is theSportsw? third winner of

Spov w one of thetShonS {, $5,000 grants

during the1992-93 acad-

emic year at the Institute. A materi-als science and engi..ering major asan undergraduate, Lyren plans topursue a teaching and coachingcareer.

Academic All-AmericasThe ranks of MIT GTE College

Sports Information Directors ofAmerica (CoSIDA) Academic All-Americas has swollen by tworecently with the naming of 1993graduates Seema Jayachandran andRob Silva to the At-Large teams forwomen and men respectively. Jay-achandran, a tennis player fromSalinas, Calif., earned her award forher perfect grade point average in adouble major of physics and electri-cal engineering. Silva played bothlacrosse and hockey at MIT andended his career as the leadingcareer scorer in both sports. A Gold-en, Colo., native, Silva's selectionto the team was as a lacrosse player.He mnajored in mechanical engineer-ing and finished his career with a4.2/5.0 grade point average.

BaseballMIT baseball player Peter Hin-

teregger, a 1993 graduate from New-ton, Mass., has been named to thefirst team Eastern College AthleticConference Division III New Eng-land All-Star Team. Hinteregger was

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Two members of the MIT var-sity fencing team, two alumni, andan incoming freshman competed inthe U.S. Fencing Association'sNational Championships this Junein Fort Myers, Florida. Team cap-tain Mark Hurst '94 and ep6esquad leader Keith Lichten '95fenced in Division I and DivisionII events for their respective

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back up to 12-13, then to 13-13.Although Southeast pulled ahead

to 14-13, Metro was able to clinchvictory in an exciting finish, win-ning 16-14.

Chong credits Klemas, a strongoutside hitter with powerful shots,and Asari as an effective setter andbackcourt man throughout thegame. Also key to the team's victo-ry was a deep bench.

Chong was glad to have partici-pated in the event. "The final wasespecially exciting because theteams were evenly matched," hesaid. Because of the good competi-tion, an intense and dramatic cham-pionship was played in front of anexciting crowd.

GymnasticsMen's and women's gymnastics

took place at the MIT Gymnasticspavilion. In the men's event, therewere two categories: scholastic,which fielded 30 to 40 gymnasts ofhigh school age and under, and theopen division, which fielded around20 to 30 competitors of collegiateage and older.

The men's preliminaries wereheld on Saturday. The top six gym-nasts in each event moved on to thefinals, which were held on Sunday.Art Shectman '95 was experiencedthe thrill of being a finalist. In thevault, Shectman performed a fronthandspring off the horse, and scored

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weapons. Team alumni Joe Har-rington G and Lenore Kerber '87,and incoming freshman DaveLewinnek '97 competed in onedivision event apiece, with Lewin-nek also competing in an Under-19event.

Lichten fought his way intoteam history by winning a medalin a national competition. Heplaced third in Division II Men'sEpde and 57th in Division I Men'sEpde. Hurst slashed his way to a

respectable 35th place in DivisionI Men's Sabre and 37th in DivisionIt Men's Sabre. He also served asa director for the Under-19 Men'sSabre event. Harrington, compet-ing in Division I Men's Ep6e, took48th place. Lewinnek, a strongfencer from the New England area,took 120th in Division II Men'sEp6e and 44th in Under-19 Men'sEp6e.

Kerber took 33rd place in Divi-sion II Women's Ep6e. Following

the lead of the Intemation FencingFederation, the National CollegiateAthletics Association will havewomen's epee starting this fall,and MIT is currently seeking newpeople for this team. Women'sep6e will be an Olympic event in1996.

MIT Men's head coach JarekKoniusz, a bronze medalist in the1989 World Championships, wasalso in Fort Myers for the annualevent. Though he was in Florida as

a director, he received an invita-tion to attend the World Champi-onships as co-captain of the U.S.team. Koniusz traveled to Ger-many in late June to participate irethat prestigious event.

MIT varsity fencing is lookingforward to the 1993-1994 season.Award-winninlg coach Eric Solleewill head the women's team, andKoniusz will begin his second yearwith the men's team, assisted bycoach Rob Hupp.

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finals, but then lost the title to atougher team. "We didn't play aswell on Sunday as we did on Satur-day, but we had a good time,"Alexander said. She noted that thecrowd was fairly large and lively,which made the competition better.

Men's VolleyballThe men's division shared the

same format as the women's divi-sion. MIT volleyball players ChrisChong '94, Satoshi Asari '95, andTom Klemas G were on the Metroteam. After about five weeks ofpractice, the Metro team was readyto compete.

In the preliminaries, the Metroteam sported a record of 9-1, losingits only game to the Southeast team.Throughout the round-robin, theteam played reasonably well, con-sidering the short amount of prac-tice time.

Entering the semifinals as thefirst seed, Metro won its matchagainst the Northeast team handily.The other semifinal, pitting South-east and Coastal against each otherwas more closely contested, goinginto a third game.

In the final, Metro lost the firstgame. It then surged back in the sec-ond game, winning 15-8.

The last game was neck andneck in the beginning, until South-east went ahead 11-6. Metro battledback to I -13, when Chong, playingthe middle position, made animpressive block to pull the team

Last weekend, the Bay StateGames, a "sports Olympics" ofMassachusetts, took place in thegreater Boston area, including theMIT campus. The events includedwomen's basketball, field hockey,lacrosse, shooting, volleyball, andgymnastics.

VolleyballVolleyball took place in Rock-

well Cage on Saturday and Sunday.To compete, one had to try out forone of the teams in the six areas ofMassachusetts. These teams thenpracticed together and prepared forthe event.

Women's VolleyballKamilah Alexander '96, the lone

undergraduate woman who repre-sented MIT in this event, played forthe "Metro" team. First was the"pool play" portion of the competi-tion. In "pool play," each of the sixteams played each other in a round-robin format. Two 1 l-point gameswere played.

At the end of the round robin,the top four teams were seeded andwere invited to play for the champi-onship on Sunday. The Metro teamemerged as the second-seeded teamand faced the third-seeded team inthe first semi-final, which was abest-of-three match, with each gameplayed to 15 points.

The Metro team made it to the

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