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By Barry S. Surman

A gene that can transform cellsinto a cancer-like state differsfrom a normal human gene byonly one chemical sub-unit, ac-cording to a report made by anMIT researcher last week.

Dr. Francois G. Dautry, apostdoctoral fellow at the Centerfor Cancer Research, reported onthe analysis of cells taken from ahuman bladder tumor to a medi-cal symposium sponsored by the

American Cancer Society at theRoswell Park Memorial Institutein Buffalo, NY, Thursday.

The discovery, made by a teamof scientists from the Center forCancer Research, the NationalCancer Institute and Merck Lab-oratories, shows that the changeof but one nucleotide-one ofthe roughly six billion "letters" ina human cell's genetic code -may cause a normal cell to be-come cancerous.

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Tech photo by Laurie GoldmanThe 1 1 th Hour Blues Band peforrmed in front of the student center yesterday afternoon.

By Leo HourvitzMlT's research centers and lab-atories are surviving in the face

f changing Federal budget prior-ties and continuing uncertaintiesbout government funding levels.Professor Peter A.Wolff, direc-

or of the Bitter National MagnetLaboratory, said, "We wenthrough a big crunch here lastear. We had a lot of pain ... Inpile of this, we're surviving ...

Ire managing to do the thingse have to do."The laboratory is searching forw funding sources, including a

roposed equipment grant pro-ram through the Department of)eense, Wolff noted.The effect of Federal budgetstrictions on MIT laboratories

aries widely. Although the lastademic year marked the first

ime in many years that spon-ored research at MIT's laborato-ies declined, in real dollars, theireclors of many independent re-earch laboratories said their pro-rams were being maintained."Overall, I would say, yes, [the

budget cuts] have negative ef-fects, but we have managed tomaintain at least the core of therograrm intact," said Professorhryssostomos Chryssostomidis

70, Director of the MIT Seairalnt College Program. "We areissing new opportunities we feelight have been beneficial to the

Institute."

Federal budget pressures onMIT research laboratories haveaused sone to search for alter-

naLe sources of funding.Director of the Center for

Transportation Studies, ProfessorDaniel Roos '61, noted, "Wehave been impacted quite signifi-cantly . . . About three years agothe center was about 90 percentfederally supported, and thisorMing year, for the First time in

history, we're getting less than 50

icuerai guvernment.T~he center has been able to

find private funding sources, so'"the mix of the research has

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By Jake MinioThis year's employment out-

look represented both the best oftimes and the worst of times for

MIT's graduating class of 1982."This was our best recruiting

year ever," said Alumni Associ-ation Executive Vice PresidentWilliam Hecht '61, but a numberof seniprs, particularly those ma-joring in architecture, geology,political science, and urban stud-ies, could not find jobs bygraduation.

Civil engineers specializing inwater resources also had difficul-ty finding jobs, according to a re-port by Robert Weatherall, Di-rector of the Career Planning andPlacement Office, on job place-ment for the Class of 1982.

The 1981-82 job market was"as full of contradiction as theeconomy as a whole," Weatherallsaid. Despite the recession, 450employers - the most ever -came to the Placement Office torecruit new graduates, accordingto Weatherall's report.

Wom en generally receivedmore job offers and slightly high-er starting salaries than men, ac-cording to Weatherall. Membersof minority groups received com-parable offers to whites.

Corporations actively recruitedmost engineering graduates. Me-chanical engineering graduatesfared extremely well despitestruggling automobile and ma-chinery industries, according tothe report.

Oil company demand forchemical engineering graduatesvaried wildly during the year dueto fluctuations in oil prices,Weatherall said. As a result,

chemical engineers not applyingearly in the year had difficultyfinding employment.

Last December, oil companieswere eager to hire engineers need-ed to launch massive projects, ac-cording to the report. Lower oilprices and high interest rates,however, soon deflated theirdesire.

"The dislocation in the oil in-dustry," Weatherall noted, "is aparticularly vivid example of thesort of dislocation which hashaunted many well-organizedprojections of the need for scien-tists and engineers. A student'straining in a technical disciplineis a perishable commodity, andstudents have reason to shy fromfields in which they may not beable to employ their expertise im-mediately, however promising thelong term demand may be."

Weatherall said he will givespecial attention this year to sen-iors in non-engineering courses inwhich graduates had problemsfinding jobs last year.

With increasing numbers ofMbIT students choosing immedi-ate employment over graduateschool, Hecht and Weatherallboth view the coming job marketwith a modicum of caution. "Stu-dents think the academic life isunattractive," offered Weatherall.

WeatherallI was unsu re a bo utthe coming year's job market."We don't know yet how eagerlycompanies will be looking forstudents," explained Weatherall.

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By Tony ZamparuttiNearly the entire freshman

class apppeared last Friday totake a writing test to evaluate

their language skills, according toPeggy Richardson, Executive Of-ficer of the Undergraduate Aca-demic Support Office.

Neither Richardson nor Asso-ciate Professor Kenneth R. Man-ning, Chairman of the facultyCommittee on the WNriting Re-quirement, could give an accuratecount of freshmen whoparticipated.

Beginning with the Class of1987- next year's freshmen-all graduating seniors will be re-quired to demonstrate a mini-mum level of writing proficiency.The MIT faculty approved thenew writing requirement lastApril 21. Manning's committeewill implement the new

requirernent.Last Friday's writing sarnmples

will provide freshmen with an in-dication of weaknesses in theirwriting ability and will assist thecommittee in evaluating the writ-ing needs of incoming students,according to Manning.

The writing evaluation askedfreshmen to either describe a sci-entific experiment or to discusstheir Residence/Orientation weekexperiences. Freshmen had onehour to write their sample.

"We have yet to decide what todo with students who missed thewriting sample last Friday", saidAssociate Professor Kenneth R.Manning, chairman of the facultyCommittee on the Writing Re-

quirerent. A number of fresh-men called to ask if there wouldbe a second opportunity to takethe writing sample, he added.

Manning refused to commenton details of the writing require-ment: "We're still working onthat. I don't want to say in anyprecise way what will be donenext year."

The Committee on EducationPolicy (CEP) declared in a reportreleased in December, 1981: "Asubstantial number of MIT stu-dents do not achieve a level ofwriting proficiency adequate foreither their course work at MITor their professional careers lateron."

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At the Artificial IntelligenceLaboratory, "we haven't felt anycrunch at all," said fiscal officerGordon Oro. "In fact, we've seenan increase in interest in whatwe're doing."

"In addition to the governmentinterest, we've had non-govern-ment interest in our programs,"he noted.

Direct costs of MIT's spon-sored research grew by four per-cent during the just-completed

lions, but the pressure on thesefoundations has increased."

"Available support for studentsand individual research projects,especially in the social sciences,have been cut," he added.

Professor Samuel J. Keyser, di-rector of the Center for CognitiveScience, said the center has notbeen affected "because we havebeen one of the fortunate few

fiscal year, but when adjusted forinflation, this translates to a re-duction in constant-dollar re-search monies.

Except for last year's decline,Institute sponsored research costshave grown two to three percenta year faster than inflation overthe past ten years.

MIT's unsponsored researchand instruction costs grew aboutfour percent faster than inflationlast year, as they have for thepast decade.

Congressional action is stillpending on next year's Federalbudget. A large majority of MIT

sponsored research funds comesfrom the Federal government.

Even those research units notdirectly affected by cuts in federalmoney have felt some pressure.Professor Eugene Skolnikoff '49of the Center for InternationalStudies said the center has notbeen affected "in the direct sense,partly because two-thirds of ourfunding is from private founda-

who have been able to find fundsing from the private sector. Hadwe not been so lucky, the level ofactivty we have now could not be;maintained."

Walter Milne, Special Assistant to the President, commented,-"Most Of them [research labs]

-have been sustained pretty well-. . but there are problems-everywhere."

By John J. YingAlthough a national survey re-

ported a 39 percent drop in theenrollment of lower-income stu-dents at private colleges and uni-versities between 1979-80 and1981-82, "there has been no sig-nificant change at MIT in thenumber of lower-income fresh-men from last year," said PeterH. Richardson '48, Director ofAdmissions.

Researchers for the NationalInstitute of Independent Collegesand Universities (NIICU) founda 39 percent decrease in the en-rollment Of students from fam-ilies with incomes between $61)00and $24,000 at 122 private col-leges and universities.

Julianne Still Thrift, NIICUexecutive director, said the de-crease in enrollment was causedby "continuing increases in col-

thought to be," Gallagher said.Although "there is a lot of un-

certainty around" about enroll-ment from poorer students, Rich-ardson said, the same number oflower-income students applied tothe Institute last year as in pre-vious years.

"At MIT. a higher percentageof students will be on financialaid this year," Richardson added.Slightly more than 50 percent ofMIT undergraduate students re-ceive financial aid.

The Institute will not cover thelosses of any students it decidesare not in need of financial aid.Somne of these students may beaffected by cuts in the Guaran-teed Student Loan Program.

lege costs that coincide with de-creased dollars available fromFederal aid programs."

MIT has not been affected bycuts in Federal student aid as se-verely as other private universities"because we continue to have astrong financiaI aid program,"said Leonard V. Gallagher '54,Director of Student FinancialAid.

The Federal government cut fi-nancial aid to MIT students by$16 million this year, accordingto Gallagher. M IT raised its self-help level to $4000, and coveredthe remainder of the loss with In-stitute funds.

The Federal student aid cutswere "not as severe as originally

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The research on the recently-discovered "transforming genes"was done by scientists under Pro-fessor Robert A. Weinberg '64."One understands a bit nowabout the mechanism by which acell becomes cancerous," Wein-berg said.

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA),the molecule incorporating thegenetic code, is comprised ofmany triplets combining fourbases, labelled C, G. A, and T.One such triplet found in thebladder cancer cells-G-G-C inthe normal gene - was trans-formed to G-T-C in the cancer-producing gene, Dautry reported.

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The report noted, "The [MIT]curriculum as a whole does notreflect the importance of thisskill."

The-CEP recommended under-graduates fulfill a two-stage writ-ing requirement before gradu-ation. In the first stage studentsmust demonstrate basic writingskills, and in the second engagein "the more specialized forms ofwriting that are necessary withintheir professional disciplines," ac-cording to the CEP report.

The DNA code tells the cellwhich amino acids to use inbuilding a protein. The alteredtriplet tells a cell to use the ami-no acid valine, instead of glycine.

The function of the proteinproduced Using the transformedDNA code is not known. Thenext step in his research, Wein-berg said, is to find how the al-tered protein "is able to inducethe cell to behave abnormally."

Weinberg's findings will bepublished within the next fewmonths, he said.

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Freshmen and parents do not need to be told about MIT'sworld-wide reputation. Upperclassmen, however, who spendmost of their time during the term worrying about how best toremain sane despite being two weeks behind in their classes, of-ten do. It is refreshing to learn that professors do not spendtheir spare time devising further methods to inflict needlesspain on their students, but are intimately involved in some im-portant breakthroughs.

For example, a team of MIT scientists, together with re-searchers from the National Cancer Institute and Merck Labo-ratories, has made an important discovery concerning the ge-netic differences between a cancer cell and a normal cell.

MIT's reputation rests, to a large extent, on its researchprowess. Research priorities should- never be an excuse forshoddy teaching, but, paradoxically, a dynamic research envi-ronment helps fulfill MIT's primary mission of educating itsstudents. While students often complain with good reason thatprofessors ignore them in favor of test tubes, reading aboutone's alma mater in The New York Times does invoke a certainamount of something largely missing at MIT: school pride.

SC~re Doffmae

In its report to the Corporation Visiting Committee on Stu-dent Affairs,,the Student Center Committee claims the MITStudent Center suffers from a lack of lounge space, outdatedand poorly-utilized facilities, and excessive use by non-studentfunctions. The Student Center Committee (SCC) is right. TheJulius Adams Stratton Building was conceived and built as acenter for student life, as well as student activities, but it cur-rently fails to provide an environment encouraging to studentuse of its facilities.

There is 'almost no lounge space in the Student Center. Apair of sofas and a pair of chairs in the fourth floor lobby, forexample, do not a lounge make. Neither the Lobdell DiningRoom nor Twenty Chimneys provides a friendly atmospherefor social interaction, and the SCC's own 24 Hour Coffeehouse- perhaps the only inviting lounge space in the building- isoften overcrowded. SCC should use its financial resources tofurnish, redecorate, and otherwise improve potential loungespace on the second, third, and fourth floors of the StudentCenter.

It is time to reassess the utility of facilities use in the build-ing's basement, as well. If the barber, optician, and tailor shopsand recreation room can be removed without significant los s tothe student community, then the space should be mnade avail-able for more beneficial uses. SCC should, however, be carefulto include a broad range of student opinion in making antysuch determinations or recommendations to -theadministration.

Events like Industrial Liason Program luncheons and theConference on Issues Facing Black Administrators at Predomi-.nantly White Colleges and Universities, while they are benefi-cial to the MIT community and may not always conflict direct-ly with the need for facilities by student groups, do, indeed,influence the atmosphere of the Student Center. The SCC andthe Office of the Dean for Student Affairs should clarify and, ifnecessary, revise, the policies for use of Student Center facilitiesto ensure the building can become a center for student life.

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Don't become nearly as muchof a cynic as I am.

And as a TA friend of mineused to say: if MlT's campus de-presses you, spend an afternoonwalking around BU, and thendrop by Northeastern for a cupof coffee.

"Life isn't all beer and skittles;but beer and skittles, or somethingbetter of the same sort, must forma good part of every Englishman'seducation. "

- Thomas Hughes (1822-1896)

"Sport death. In other words,when in doubt, go for it."

- Anonymous Senior Houseresident

Now that virtually everyoneelse has offered the fruits of hisexperience to the Class of '86, al-low me to be among the last toadd to this seemingly endless re-pository of wisdom before classesstart and it's too late:

I was rather upset when a fair-ly-well-respected central Pennsyl-vania newspaper (no names; Ihave friends on the staff) ran aneditorial praising incoming col-lege students for being more ca-reer-oriented than their counter-parts of previous years, and fornot going to college "just to findthemselves." What unmitigatedbalderdash! This may well be thelast big chance you're going toget to find yourselves- don't bescared to change direction, oreven to take time away fromMIT if this will help you decidewhether where you are headed isreally where you want to end up.

Don't grimace when saying"humanities". Better yet, don'tsay it at all: say, "l'm taking In-tro to Truth and Beauty," or As-syrian Lit., or whatever. And putas much effort into them as intoyour major. Or more. If you'regoing into engineering you'llprobably be doing it for the restof your life, so learn a little

about other subjects while youhave the opportunity. Cross-reg-ister at Wellesley or Hrarvard -they have things to teach youthat can't be learned on thiscampus.

Taking substantially more than51 units a semester is just plainstupid. I refuse to say any moreabout it.

You stand to learn about athousand times as much out ofclass as in, and the real-life les-sons are more universally appli-cable. Visit New Hampshire, Ver-mont, and Maine. Dine out asoften as finances allow. Go to theMuseum of Fine Arts, SymphonyHall, Celtics games, The Rat, orwhat you will, but get away,damn it. MIT isn't the wholeworld, and distancing yourselffrom it on occasion will help youremember this.

Conversely, the whole worldisn't MIT. You won't (I hope) behere forever, and you will find ituseful to be able to communicatewith "real people". Learn to con-verse intelligently on subjectsother than operating systems orx-ray diffraction patterns, and ifyou already know how don't losethe skill.

Don't be scared to try newthings.

If you came here with religiousbeliefs, don't put them on hold orabandon them entirely just be-cause it seems fashionable. Forthat matter, peer pressure is apretty crummy reason for doinganything.

Dance.Join The Tech, or SCC, or

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susceptible to the ways of the me-dia; that is, to elaborate one issueat the expense of another. On

Lobdells bowlssame size ash the cups!

To the Editor:In this age of rampant unem-

ployment and spiraling inflation,it's always useful to know about-little ways to save money. A fewweeks ago, a friend revealed a se-cret to me, and I thought I'dshare it with the freshman classand anyone else who chooses topartake of Lobdell's sumptuouscuisine. He told me that a cup ofsoup, while costing between 10cents and 25 cents less than abowl of soup, still contained the

Isame amount of liquid. I wasskeptical, but a simple experi-ment showed him to be correct;both vessels hold about 6 fluidounces. When I asked an employ-ee about this anomaly, he replied{that Lobdell's prices were basedon 8-ounce soup bowls, of whichthey had none. He congratulatedmy friend and me on our detec-tive work, saying "probably lessithan 10 percent of the people.who buy soup know about thatfact."

I hope that this small hint willmake life a little easier on all ofLobdell's patrons.

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December 13, 1981, martial lawwas imposed in Roland, virtuallyenslaving the people of thatcountry. For several months fol-lowing, the MIT student wasswamped with flyers and lettersasking for support of the plightof the Polish people. I am one tosupport the causes of all op-pressed people and that is why Iam writing to supplement MarkTempler's column.

Even today, the media fail tocover the plights of many peopleand therefore there is no atten-tion given to the distressing situa-tions of the oppressed people ofSouth Africa. Nor do we hearmuch about the trials of the Hai-tians both in this country and intheir own. And what about theother oppressed peoples of thiscountry. Two million Americansslipped below the poverty line in198 1, and many of the 31.8 mil-lion poor people in this countryhave no way out of their situa-tion. I must metion that the

black-white family income differ-ential is approximately 1.65 to I.These issues, in addition to theconsequences of Communisticimposition in free-countries, mustbe addressed.

I am not discouraging ,he re-quests for national (and interna-tional) support for the plights ofthe oppressed in Poland, but Iam encouraging all to open youreyes to help correct the oppres-sion of other people who mayhave been in their present awfulsituaions years before martial lawin Poland was imposed. Some-times we live blissfully reapingthe benefits of liberty that manyof us Americans feel we have. Wemust all become aware that weare weeds of oppression growingin and around our gai~den of free-dom, and if we destroy one weedin a garden of many, no signifi-cant advance toward the emanci-pation of all peoples could befelt.

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ably won't come to pass). Against jchorded accompailiment, Belew -adplaintive vocal about the things 0when on the road'-- this s &, l"Two Hands" and "WNaiting M~ani~ues the sentiment of Dis('plioe'sKudasai." While not as com`-"Neal and Jack and Me" ishecut on the disc., spinning a taleoqi.Kerouac's On the Road over a g iiure derived from "Indiscipline"rphant Talk."

This observation is the keyl,merely a rehash of D~iscil~line or.ndeed fresh material? The answerl-~where in between. Yes, one heansof the earlier album in the laterlin Tangier" recalls "The Shelteri11and "Neurotica" is reminiscent mHun Ginjeet"), but the creativity GMability to recombine exristing sounew music. The situation is not~historical precedent: When Kin8breleased In the Wake of Posei~iclaimed it was derivative of It? theEthe Crimason KYing, although theservanrt realized that PoseidonAably the way Fripp ReallY wantlto turn out. And so it goes withinprevious album was an introdurrecord is how it's supposed tobcf`Fripp has commented in interj-you think King Crimson is anow, wait until you hear us in 11don't know about anyone else, bithaere.

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cy, there were serious questions as toGo4l's f'uture. Song~is qf'the Freer, the latest -release, is a dramatic change in direction,both lyrically and musically.

The one most prominent obstacle be-tween Go4 az~nd Success has atlways beenthe stridency of' its guitar charge. Therhythmn was intended to bang dogma intoyou~r head and niakee you believe. Now, Idon't --know whether -ii was the personnelchanger (ex-League of Gentlemen bassistSara Lee· replltced Dave Allen) or not, butthe who~le 1`el of' this albumi is diff'erent.Backing vocalls help som~e. as do a steadierbackground of'strings which tend towardsthe legator Lyrically, the difference here istha~t betwee'II a sermon berating you to be-lieve a~nd a mand'eisto of' strongly heldviews. A fine line. perharps, but it makesall tlac differetnce..

There's nothing particularly flashy here,but the recCord exudes the solidness of' awe~ll-madeid car (circca 1955).. II'you pref'er aharder edge. you'd like "Call M~e Up,""Muscle f 'or Brains," and "It is NotESnough." The latter is my personal I'lve,1'eaturing! a vocal stratining to go hoarseand lyrics depicting a restless nian, alwaysseekin , change because '"Nostalgia, it's nogoo~d.- On the other end of the spectruinis the current "hit." "I Lovce a Mban inklnila'Orm." The simplistic guitar rhythmicbase and Lee's backing vocals mask theIN-rics. which demrystifies the rom~anticiza-tl(on oI' the nilitary! (as in, Dul~e ei deco-vi-ion Iw,,o pai'ila mot-i es.O). It would he: veryeasy to appre~ciateo this tune if' it had noth-ing t(, S;Iy: the words just add much-appre-ciated c6`cntentl to F`orm..

C'ombat Rockt. Thre Otish on Ep~jic RHe-c~crds an(I Sonogs of the Frtee, Gang offi'iurwi Warnerrcr Brothrerv R elort ls.

[low loiig can you sayS;I the same11 thingsand get away with it'? Welll here's two dil--1'erent answers to tIhat question.

Combat Ri-ockk is the Clash'' s sixth release(,I' po~litir)ck, andd sul'I'ers 1'rom at real-kickof'1' rcsh ideas. TFhis alhum is ril'e' 13 Lc emlore witah aniti-Establishme mc~n rhetoric, buttills timeo it either la~cks dire~ctitmi or is go-ing over old ground. This year's worstsom,,· by a mnile, has got to be "KnowY(,ur Rig~hts." It's g~ot absolutely iiothiiigOmlig ifiOr it: the meclody has little structureother thaii it mid-speed rocker tempo, fiandJoec StrUmmeIr sounlds like his I;arynx wemlthrough a meat griinder. Yoau and I haveheardi tills theme~ bef'ore,. to~o ("G(;uns of'B~rixton" anid -Julic's ill the D~rug Squad.-I'O~r examlple). It's not even agreeablle to theccars. the opcrallvve wo~rd here is th-ek..

'riils disc· is very mnuch like e~very oitherCla~sh albt.111. miliy worse. There arre theo~bligatory song~s W5hich are. repectively,

V--W ("1110Cl~lated City") and anti-socialificilibationl. ("Ghett81o Del'ei-idwit"). Aw-·

I'Lliw'u. !1W1ful Krics.It' there is miac 6giht spo~t, it's that the

mrisic~al qulllitV ol' these el'17(rts is still verSoo~od. 11' VOU CZ11 isrL·gard w·hat the bandis tryin 1 to, saN· "Cal~r Jammning.- "liloctii atecj Citv.- "Rock the Cash ah- iled"bOverpcwered by Fmink" are decent

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ole: M~r. Sohn (Class of-entry living in exile some-,,Island. Whbenever he can,respondence we will print it:sanity.))~a -l rm00 I-P*, = -no;":~

I guess when -you really come down to anu k UMUM ACit, there's one fundamental difference (Editor's Ncbetweeent~ these two albums. Gang of F~our '82+n) is currem~akes music with. a niessage, while the where in LonggClash accompanies its message with music. smug~gle ourt coreAnd·r that is why Sopp qfr6' he Free wins it's vital for his-- No rdB BWO~ B ___* -01 -No. 119810 -0 - * ls - 8*b

grrrtitng vo~ice. "Girl of 100 Livits" is a veryw~hinlsi cal tuncC about classiilying and keep-ing a; tally of every aspect fo life. and fea-turesi an ceSCllent bridge (Charlottte Caffevis actlually a very clecent'II guitarist).

But. d Vvou o-nol\· listen to one sonne onthis aarhunoi. pick up on -Reartnic~k Scach.-.It's the ultinOate ill carnp. fr ont the lyrics,on down., There·'s a neat little balss power-~divet. but what gets me: the most are thebackingrr vitalri· which consists of manicj%-alt-1·reahis during the chorus.

I said this~ albutn 'was utnevett. Well. thteOvvrics work; oniv occasionuliv. Mostb~ of theetattempts at seriousness and hleavy enwtionfall flat on their fajov. Pcwnaily. I~ wouldnot shedJ a tcar if Jane Weidlini (aurthor or-10;g EvervthinsI Buta Parttime")) never

Vacatim. Go-Go'srr~ onl IRS RCec<ordls.

I approlached this alhum w~ith a! lot of'trepidation. The odds werv gtx~ that theCo-G(o's. intoxticated by the. heady successorf Heattiv and the Beat~8~111. wRould travel down)#.tkhaa old tried-and-true route1L to AORP (A~l-bunin-Oriented Rock.). suivrsturdom; It is arare band that sticks to its artistic gunsrather tharo producing Mtat wh~~ch sells.

Ona thois w-ow. at leamt, &iotaUli4, wins.SThe girls have produtvd another slab-tiwax of songs about love. both in the pastand prITC·Sest tense-, wit~h *otnv t aulws at pro-pgressing rousically. On1 the whole. however.ihis, album~ is uneven.

SomeP of the behir tunesi are those u.-hichadhere best to the Go-GoPs girtl-group an-ccstry. In particular. "This Old tixiing-and the title track are well-crcrafted potuncs. with thae hannonk-s. on -Vacation-softening Belindar Carisle's somewhat

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Iiw~e wouldn't know a growl if it hit herand her attenlpts at being soulful are piti-ful. It was so much bettLeI r in concert~ lasttimte I saw them (cvcn bettertta~ than HumanoSexuarl Response's cover): it's a pity· itdoesnr't translate well to vinyl.

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Beat, King Crimson on EGI WarnerBrothers Records.

Those who were amazed by last year'sresurrection of the venerable art-rock en-semble King Crimson will be even moreamazed by the appearance of their secondalbum in less than a year, an unheard-ofevent in the Crimson saga. That this al-bum features that same personnel as Disci-pline, the previous release, will seem im-possible to those who know that no twoalbums by K.C. ever maintained a consis-tent lineup. The same disbelievers will nodouibt fall into a swoon when they hearFI 5Beat and realize that it may well be Crim--son's most com~mercial effort to date. Ybet,despite the potential shocks that may be-fall the staunch art-rocker, all of these as-sertions are true.

The renewed energy of the once-dead Nband is largely due to the manic presenceof guitarist/vocalist Adrian Belew. At last,Crimson has a front man that is bothmusically accomplished and an excellent ~~~~~singer as well. All the credit must not goto Belew, however, because this is stillRobert Fripp's band. His hiatus from pr ~ ----forming and his solo experiments provided r~~~a rare opportunity to try out his ideas on his own before integrating them into the ~~~context of a performing ensemble. Thecontributions Fripp makes to Beat aresubtle; the Frippertronics chord changes in pointed, Fripp does offer the latest in histhe bridge of "Sartori in Tantpgier" are the series of sonic sandpaper solos in the al-,best example of a practical application of bum's final cut, "Requiem," a workout forhis experiments. Lest the fanatics be disap- guitar and guitar synthesizer.i--?- -10 1. _=M;~ O~bb~ ~i - =__ Lil~> W-20> -- *I -001 -011 -o -> --- 0 .ssan rll~~th e~i~S

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While the freshmen cavorted and thefraternities rushed, some of us could befound at the only other good time in Bos-ton on the last Friday in August, a perfor-mance by America's most innovative newwave band, the Talking Heads. The Headschose to remind us of their presence (as ifanyone could forget them) with a shorttour to preview their forthcoming studioalbum, although it also provided the indi-vidual band members an opportunity toperform segments of their earlier solo ef-forts in public.

Joined onstage by the Talking HeadsAuxiliary (percussionist Steve Scales, key-boardist Bernie Worrell, guitarist AlexWier and singer Dollette McDonald), theband performed a set that concenstrated oanthe Fear Of M~usic and Remain In Lightalbums. Singer/guitarist David Byrne add-ed yet another interpretation of '{PsychoKiller" to the repertoire; backed by Mc-Donald he altered the phrasing of the cho-rus in a manner that lent a streetwise airto the song, rather than the original por-trait of urban paranoia we've all learnedto love. Most of the tunes received a simi-lar treatment - looser renditions thatyielded slightly different interpretations."Take Me To the River" was tramsmutedinto a Sunday revival meeting, while "Life,During Wartime" became a non-stop ec-static dance raveup in spite of the lyrics in-sistent "This ain't no party, this ain't nodisco" chorus.

The highlight of the set was Byrne's in-clusion of hfis, three big songs ("Big Busi-ness," "My Big H~ands," and "Big BluePlymouth") from his solo album Songs

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Keyboardist Jerry Harrison shyly tookcenter stage to sing "Slink" from his soloeffort The Red and the Black. While the

g tune remained faithful to its album form,Harrison's self-conciousness seemed to getthe better of him, causing him to deliver arestrained performance. A better songchoice (perhaps "Fast Karma/No Ques-tions") might have alleviated the strain.

Much to the crowd's surprise, drummerChris Frantz and bassist Tina Weymouthdid not perform anything from their su-perb dance record Tomn Tonm Cluh. Al-though this may have been the pair's owndecision, I suspect that their solo wasomitted so as not to disturb the flow and

||tone of the concert. Pity, the audience waschafing for something funky like "Geniusof Love" to skanlk to.

The long-awaited "tune from the newalbum"' (No, I don't know what it'scalled.) was finally heard, and, as ru-mored, suggests a return to the earliersparse Heads sound. The low-key, almostnight-clubby number felt out of placeamidst all the funking, but it will probably

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It is refreshing to see an establishedband that still enjoys playing in public, es-pecially when that band is at the cuttingedge of new music. The Talking Headsabandoned their "serious art students" im-age for two hours that night and provedthat you don't have to fuck art in order todance. Let's hope they stay that way.

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where else on campus we mightinstall machines," Dickson said.The Cashier's Office in Lobby 10Is a possible location for theATM's, he said.

In January, Harvard Cooperat-ive Society General ManagerJames Argeros approved theplacement of two or three ATM'sadjacent to the Tech Coop BarberShop.

If ATM's are installed at theInstitute, operation hours may berestricted and security provided,according to Dickon. "Realisti-cally, if we put machines in thearea of the Cashier's Office, notmany people [fron outside the In-stitute] will come into MIT tothem," he said.

Since MIT is a non-profit enti-ty, it cannot operate a commer-ciai venture such as a bank's cashmachine, Argeros noted last Jan-uary. This problem could be cir-cumvented if MIT provided Bay-Bank with the' floor space andthe company supplied the ATM's,according to Dickson.

By Laura FarhieMIT has decided not to allow

BayBank Harvard Trust Com-pany to install automated tellermachines (ATM's) in the base-ment of the Student Center be-cause of security problems, ac-cording to MIT Vice Presidentfor Operations William R. Dick-son '56.

The Student Center basementis a '^lousy location" for the ma-chines because it is isolated andhas a low level of nighttime activ-ity, according to Dickson.

Another problem with the Stu-dent Center location is the possi-bility of the public coming onMIT property to use the ma-chines, Dickson noted.

The MIT Campus Police havereceived reports of M4IT studentsbeing robbed of money at theBayBank ATM's in KendallSquare, he said.

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Engineers recruitedheavaly lat year;others find few jpbs

(Continuedfrom page I)"May ended with blood on thefloor; the summer was the inter-lude between two plays. We arestarting in the dark, but we willdig deep to give students goodideas."

"There are serious structuraldifficulties in the economy," saidHecht, 'which require the skillsof the engineer and scientist ...A hell of a lot depends on wheth-er society sucks up its socks andmakes some tough. decisions."

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will not be appearing in the Student Center in the near future.Machines like this one

New office hours for intramur-als (W32-121) are 2:30-6pm,Monday through Friday. Thetelephone number is x3-7947.

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Intramural soccer and footballentries are due Monday, Septem-ber 13 in the Intramural Office(W32-121) by 3pm. New officehours are Monday through Fri-day, 2-5:30pm. The phone 'num-ber is x3-7947.

The MIT football team islooking for statisticians. Anyoneinterested in working at bothhome and away games shouldcontact MIT sports informationdirector Ken Cerino at x3-7946or stop by W32-129.

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By Martin DickauA forty-nine-day test of deter-

mination and endurance came toan end Sunday afternoon as CliffLansil '83 and Greg Kern '84rode into Killian Court, complet-ing the last leg of their 4,200-milebike ride across the UnitedStates.

A group of about twenty-Fivepeople was on hand to welcomethe travellers home from theirtrip which started in WinchesterBay, Oregon and covered thirteenstates, including Idaho, Mon-tanal, Wyominig Colorado, Kan-sas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana,Ohio, Pennsylvania, and NewYork.

Thr. two c~yclistts experiencedsome difficulties early in theirtrek, manalging only rive milesthe first day and fifty-fisve the sec-ond due to flat tires. They hadplanned on doing a hundredmiles ecah day. However, as timewore on, mechanicall problemstook second place to mental out-look,."'We rode for a week inWyoming," commented Kern."Thslt takes patience."

Kalensas, the site of twenty-mp~hheadwinds for two days, wasnamiled the niost difficult stage ofthe trip. There the riders wouldhalve ended their journey and tak-e~n at bus home but for o~ne small

problem, according to Lansil:'There were no busses inKansas."

The two men have no immedi-ate plans to do any more longdistance riding. When askedwhether she would discourageher son from another undertak-ing of the sort, Lansil's motherreplied with a laugh, "I don'tthink I'd have to."

Swimmer receivesNCAA scholarship

By Martin DickauKaren -IMarie Klincewicz G. an

all-American swimmer, recentlyreceived a $2.000 scholarshipfrom the National CollegiateAthletic Association (NCAA).Last year Klincewicz earned all-Amaerica honors in five events atthe AIAW Division III cham-pionships and was given the Bet-sy Schuniacker Award as MIT'storp e1ellmle athlete.

One of the outstanding athletesin the school's history, Klincewiczholds eleven individual MITwomen's, swimming records andparticipated on five record-settingrelay teanms. She is the First MITwoman to receive a graduatescholarship from the NCAA.

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