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MIT withdraws AEPi recognition By Linda D'Angelo and Annabelle Boyd MIT will no longer recognize the national organization of Alpha Epsilon Pi as an indepen- dent living group, Associate Dean for Student Affairs James R. Tewhey confirmed yesterday. As a result, freshmen will no longer be able to reside there. The decision echoes a unanimous recommendation to President Paul E. Gray '54 passed by the Interfraternity Council at a meeting Wednesday night. The action is in response to the reorganization of the MIT chap- ter by the national organization, which is Jewish. After a series of individual interviews at the begin- ning of the term, the national discharged 45 of the 55 MIT Mu Tau chapter members. The 10 members invited to re- main in the fraternity have since declined the offer, leaving AEPi national with no MIT brothers. The national's abrupt discharge of the majority of its members was a major factor in the deci- sion to withdraw Institute recog- nition, according to Gray. "Even if all 10 [of the invited members] had said they would come back [to AEPi], one would still ques- tion if that was a sufficient kernel to assure that the house would be a satisfactory ILG." The alleged reason behind the national's reorganization efforts was the chapter's violations of the Fraternity Insurance Purchas- ing Group risk management poli- cy. But fraternity members have charged the national with attempt- ing to re-colonize the chapter as a Jewish fraternity. The FIPG is a "collection of national fraternities who pool their resources to buy liability in- surance at competitive rates" with the understanding that their chapters will follow a risk man- agement policy, Advisor to Fra- ternities and Independent Living Groups Neal H. Dorow explained. The policy includes provisions for alcohol and drugs, hazing, sexual abuse, education and safety. Richard P. Wong '91, an IFC cabinet officer and former AEPi vice president who was invited by the national to remain in the house, felt the decision to with- draw recognition was the appro- priate response. "AEPi is inher- ently discriminatory and does not deserve a place on this campus," he said. Many of the former AEPi Gray to allow shanties in apartheid protests brothers had prepared a resolu- tion calling for the expulsion of AEPi from the IFC to be present- ing at the Wednesday meeting. This measure was later found un- necessary, since the chapter had become "inactive," according to IFC President Miles Arnone '91. Once a chapter loses all its mem- bers, the "inactive" status is automatically conferred, Arnone explained. If, in the future, MIT students wish to re-establish an AEPi chapter at MIT, they will have to present a request to the IFC. The council will then take a vote, and if favorable, the MIT chapter will be put on a six-month, proba- tionary membership in the IFC without vote. At the end of this period, the IFC will vote on whether to recognize the chapter as a full voting member. Discharged brothers look to form new fraternity Both those members who were discharged and those who de- clined an invitation to remain in the house, plan to start their own fraternity, Delta Pi. According to discharged brother and DPi orga- nizer Sean R. Findlay '90, this is a "golden opportunity for the discharged AEPi members to be able to form a frat from the ground up based on what we be- lieve in ... unity, mutual re- spect, diversity. We've been kicked out because we believe that you shouldn't base your rush on race, religion, ethnic persuasion. Delta Pi has no national affili- ation. "We're a local, indepen- dent organization, starting from the ground up," Findlay explained. According to IFC Vice Presi- dent Dawn L. Mitzner '91, "the IFC executive committee is meet- ing with former AEPi members on Wednesday as if they were a totally new fraternity." The coun- cil should vote on recognizing the new fraternity at its April 25 meeting, she said. (Please turn to page 15) Tech file photo Associate Dean for Student Affairs James R. Tewhey IFC President Miles Amone '91 ACSR hears views on divestment Professor Melvin Against Apartheid H. King rally. -a ~ By Niraj S. Desai President Paul E. Gray '54 on Tuesday agreed in principle to allow the Coalition Against Apartheid to erect a pro-divest- ment shanty provided the CAA removes it the same day. The promise came during a two-and-a-half hour meeting between Gray and 14 coalition members arranged to ease cam- pus tensions following 32 arrests at CAA rallies on Friday and Monday. "I agreed that a portable shan- ty would be acceptable, one that I- MIT committee studies ROTC. Page 2. * * * * * * Deception deals with Philip Roth's favorite theme. Page 9. a I IP- - ~ p I . . ~~~~~~~~~A N W Chip Buchanan/The Tech addresses Tuesday's Coalition would be taken away at the end of the day,'" Gray said in press release from the MIT News Office. The coalition's attempt on Monday to bring a lightweight, portable shanty onto a lawn adja- cent to the Student Center was thwarted by Campus Police offi- -- cers, who dismantled the struc- ture and hauled it off in individual sections. On Friday, the coalition built a heavy, wooden shanty on the Stu- dent Center lawn. After four hours of discussions between the CAA and administrators, the Campus Police and Physical Plant workers moved in to arrest the protesters and destroy the shack. Gray said he wanted to talk with others at MlT and elsewhere before deciding on whether to allow a long-term shanty. CAA member Ronald W. Fran- cis G said he did not know if the coalition would try to erect another shanty in future. The CAA has attempted to (Please turn to page 15) By Andrea Lamberti Speakers at an open hearing of the Advisory Committee on Share- holder Responsibility (ACSR) Wednesday night overwhelmingly supported the view that MIT should divest its holdings in com- panies that do business in South Africa. The hearing in 10-250 allowed members of the MIT community to present their views on MIT's investments and South Africa. Twenty-two people spoke en- couraging MIT to act, through divestment and other means, to end the current political situation in South Africa. In support of their arguments, they cited per- sonal experience in South Africa, the symbolic value of divesting, MIT's campus discrimination policy, and moral reasons. The ACSR is "charged with making a recommendation to the executive committee" of the MIT Corporation, said Committee Chair D. Reid Weedon Jr. '41. The committee will convey state- ments and concerns heard at the hearing to the Corporation's executive committee later this spring. The executive committee is re- sponsible for policy on the issue of investments and South Africa, according to an open letter to the MIT community from President Paul E. Gray '54. The most extreme recommen- dation the ACSR has made to date is "to get out of companies who do not get a high grade ac- cording to the Sullivan Princi- ples," Weedon said at the hearing. The Statement of Principles, formerly the Sullivan Principles, list basic requirements for equal opportunity employment in com- panies operating in South Africa. They are now known as the Statement of Principles because the Rev. Leon Sullivan, author of the principles, withdrew his sup- port for them in 1987 due to (Please turn to page 13) I n'.. Andrea Lamberti/The Tech Christine M. Coffey '93 (right) speaks at Wednesday's open meeting of the MIT Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility. D. Reid Weedon Jr. '41 (center) and Glenn P. Strehle '58 (left) are members of the committee. l IFC votes to change Greek Week The Interfraternity Council has decided to limit funding for its fall Greek Week to $1000, converting it into a "Greek Weekend." The council felt Greek Week was contributing to a negative image of fraternities and losing too much money. By a vote 28-0, with one abstention, the members of the council voted Wednesday night to scale down the October events to a weekend of athletic activities and community service. A Greek ball, which would be open to the entire student body, might also be part of the new events. Greek Week, which lasted five days (Wednesday-Sunday), used to consist of parties and athletic events. It had been revived just three years ago, according to Sara F. Bottfeld '91, a former IFC social chair. IFC President Miles Arnone '91 felt the shift from a week of parties to a weekend of activities and service reflects changes in attitudes among members of independent living groups. "We are changing. We are trying to emphasize other activities than [big parties]," Arnone said. "There are a lot of other activities that should receive emphasis." The council also voted on Wednesday to change the name of the social chair position to activities chair to recognize the shift in emphasis of IFC-sponsored activities. Losses over the last two years also prompted the restructur- ing. Greek Week lost over $6000 two years ago and $2000 last year. "Participation has been pretty low in the past few years," Arnone said. The members of IFC include fraternities and other indepen- dent living groups as well as the three sororities. - LI -- I II s el I 11 111 - - u r I----.Y I __ II 7 L 1 :, f I I i '114, i ;,-,,7 iI j II I I i I I 11

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MIT withdraws AEPi recognitionBy Linda D'Angeloand Annabelle Boyd

MIT will no longer recognizethe national organization ofAlpha Epsilon Pi as an indepen-dent living group, AssociateDean for Student Affairs JamesR. Tewhey confirmed yesterday.As a result, freshmen will nolonger be able to reside there.The decision echoes a unanimousrecommendation to PresidentPaul E. Gray '54 passed by theInterfraternity Council at ameeting Wednesday night.

The action is in response to thereorganization of the MIT chap-ter by the national organization,which is Jewish. After a series ofindividual interviews at the begin-ning of the term, the nationaldischarged 45 of the 55 MIT MuTau chapter members.

The 10 members invited to re-main in the fraternity have sincedeclined the offer, leaving AEPinational with no MIT brothers.

The national's abrupt dischargeof the majority of its memberswas a major factor in the deci-sion to withdraw Institute recog-nition, according to Gray. "Evenif all 10 [of the invited members]had said they would come back[to AEPi], one would still ques-

tion if that was a sufficientkernel to assure that the housewould be a satisfactory ILG."

The alleged reason behind thenational's reorganization effortswas the chapter's violations ofthe Fraternity Insurance Purchas-ing Group risk management poli-cy. But fraternity members havecharged the national with attempt-ing to re-colonize the chapter as aJewish fraternity.

The FIPG is a "collection ofnational fraternities who pooltheir resources to buy liability in-surance at competitive rates"with the understanding that theirchapters will follow a risk man-agement policy, Advisor to Fra-ternities and Independent LivingGroups Neal H. Dorow explained.The policy includes provisions foralcohol and drugs, hazing, sexualabuse, education and safety.

Richard P. Wong '91, an IFCcabinet officer and former AEPivice president who was invited bythe national to remain in thehouse, felt the decision to with-draw recognition was the appro-priate response. "AEPi is inher-ently discriminatory and does notdeserve a place on this campus,"he said.

Many of the former AEPi

Gray to allow shantiesin apartheid protests

brothers had prepared a resolu-tion calling for the expulsion ofAEPi from the IFC to be present-ing at the Wednesday meeting.This measure was later found un-necessary, since the chapter hadbecome "inactive," according toIFC President Miles Arnone '91.Once a chapter loses all its mem-bers, the "inactive" status isautomatically conferred, Arnoneexplained.

If, in the future, MIT studentswish to re-establish an AEPichapter at MIT, they will have topresent a request to the IFC. Thecouncil will then take a vote, andif favorable, the MIT chapter willbe put on a six-month, proba-tionary membership in the IFCwithout vote. At the end of thisperiod, the IFC will vote onwhether to recognize the chapteras a full voting member.

Discharged brothers lookto form new fraternity

Both those members who weredischarged and those who de-clined an invitation to remain inthe house, plan to start their ownfraternity, Delta Pi. According todischarged brother and DPi orga-nizer Sean R. Findlay '90, this isa "golden opportunity for thedischarged AEPi members to beable to form a frat from theground up based on what we be-lieve in ... unity, mutual re-spect, diversity. We've beenkicked out because we believethat you shouldn't base yourrush on race, religion, ethnicpersuasion.

Delta Pi has no national affili-ation. "We're a local, indepen-dent organization, starting fromthe ground up," Findlay explained.

According to IFC Vice Presi-dent Dawn L. Mitzner '91, "theIFC executive committee is meet-ing with former AEPi memberson Wednesday as if they were atotally new fraternity." The coun-cil should vote on recognizing thenew fraternity at its April 25meeting, she said.

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Tech file photoAssociate Dean for StudentAffairs James R. Tewhey

IFC President Miles Amone '91

ACSR hears views on divestment

Professor MelvinAgainst Apartheid

H. Kingrally.

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Tuesday agreed in principle toallow the Coalition AgainstApartheid to erect a pro-divest-ment shanty provided the CAAremoves it the same day.

The promise came during atwo-and-a-half hour meetingbetween Gray and 14 coalitionmembers arranged to ease cam-pus tensions following 32 arrestsat CAA rallies on Friday andMonday.

"I agreed that a portable shan-ty would be acceptable, one that

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would be taken away at the endof the day,'" Gray said in pressrelease from the MIT NewsOffice.

The coalition's attempt onMonday to bring a lightweight,portable shanty onto a lawn adja-cent to the Student Center wasthwarted by Campus Police offi-

--cers, who dismantled the struc-ture and hauled it off in individualsections.

On Friday, the coalition built aheavy, wooden shanty on the Stu-dent Center lawn. After fourhours of discussions between theCAA and administrators, theCampus Police and PhysicalPlant workers moved in to arrestthe protesters and destroy theshack.

Gray said he wanted to talkwith others at MlT and elsewherebefore deciding on whether toallow a long-term shanty.

CAA member Ronald W. Fran-cis G said he did not know if thecoalition would try to erectanother shanty in future.

The CAA has attempted to(Please turn to page 15)

By Andrea LambertiSpeakers at an open hearing of

the Advisory Committee on Share-holder Responsibility (ACSR)Wednesday night overwhelminglysupported the view that MITshould divest its holdings in com-panies that do business in SouthAfrica.

The hearing in 10-250 allowedmembers of the MIT communityto present their views on MIT'sinvestments and South Africa.

Twenty-two people spoke en-couraging MIT to act, throughdivestment and other means, toend the current political situationin South Africa. In support oftheir arguments, they cited per-sonal experience in South Africa,the symbolic value of divesting,MIT's campus discriminationpolicy, and moral reasons.

The ACSR is "charged withmaking a recommendation to theexecutive committee" of the MITCorporation, said CommitteeChair D. Reid Weedon Jr. '41.The committee will convey state-ments and concerns heard at thehearing to the Corporation'sexecutive committee later thisspring.

The executive committee is re-sponsible for policy on the issueof investments and South Africa,according to an open letter to the

MIT community from PresidentPaul E. Gray '54.

The most extreme recommen-dation the ACSR has made todate is "to get out of companieswho do not get a high grade ac-cording to the Sullivan Princi-ples," Weedon said at thehearing.

The Statement of Principles,

formerly the Sullivan Principles,list basic requirements for equalopportunity employment in com-panies operating in South Africa.They are now known as theStatement of Principles becausethe Rev. Leon Sullivan, author ofthe principles, withdrew his sup-port for them in 1987 due to

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Andrea Lamberti/The TechChristine M. Coffey '93 (right) speaks at Wednesday's openmeeting of the MIT Advisory Committee on ShareholderResponsibility. D. Reid Weedon Jr. '41 (center) and Glenn P.Strehle '58 (left) are members of the committee.

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IFC votes to change Greek WeekThe Interfraternity Council has decided to limit funding for

its fall Greek Week to $1000, converting it into a "GreekWeekend." The council felt Greek Week was contributing to anegative image of fraternities and losing too much money.

By a vote 28-0, with one abstention, the members of thecouncil voted Wednesday night to scale down the October eventsto a weekend of athletic activities and community service. AGreek ball, which would be open to the entire student body,might also be part of the new events.

Greek Week, which lasted five days (Wednesday-Sunday),used to consist of parties and athletic events. It had been revivedjust three years ago, according to Sara F. Bottfeld '91, a formerIFC social chair.

IFC President Miles Arnone '91 felt the shift from a week ofparties to a weekend of activities and service reflects changes inattitudes among members of independent living groups.

"We are changing. We are trying to emphasize other activitiesthan [big parties]," Arnone said. "There are a lot of otheractivities that should receive emphasis."

The council also voted on Wednesday to change the name ofthe social chair position to activities chair to recognize the shiftin emphasis of IFC-sponsored activities.

Losses over the last two years also prompted the restructur-ing. Greek Week lost over $6000 two years ago and $2000 lastyear. "Participation has been pretty low in the past few years,"Arnone said.

The members of IFC include fraternities and other indepen-dent living groups as well as the three sororities.

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By Irene C. KuoThe issue of sexual orientation

remains the biggest area of con-flict between MIT and Depart-ment of Defense policy, accord-ing to the chair of an ad hoccommittee that spent a yearinvestigating MIT's relationshipwith the Reserve Officers' Train-ing Corps.

The committee recommendedin its October 1989 report thatthe Institute take "every reason-able step" to convince the mili-tary services to accept non-discrimination policies based onsexual preference.

At the time, a minority feltthat if MIT could not convincethe DOD to change the policywithin five to seven years, MITshould consider kicking ROTCoff campus, while others wereconvinced that the need for theprogram was so "compelling"that it should stay even if theconflict were not resolved.

These recommendations werepassed to a presidential commit-tee on MIT-ROTC relations whichwill devise methods to deal withthem.

Because the military benefitsfrom MIT-trained leaders, Asso-ciate Dean for Student AffairsRobert M. Randolph, a memberof the presidential committee,said that MIT was in a positionto influence the military by pre-scribing a change in ROTC poli-cy, but he did not think MITshould force ROTC off campus.

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'MIT and people in the mili-tary will have to work together tochange it. Personally, I do notbelieve that MIT will not achieveanything by throwing ROTC offcampus [because] there are plentyof schools which would like tohave a ROTC program," he said.

"'We should not leave the train-ing of officers to institutionsthat practice homophobia," hecontinued,

Professor J. Kim Vandiver SM'75 of the Department of OceanEngineering, chair of the ad hoccommittee, speculated that theplight of Robert L. Bettiker '90,a Navy ROTC student who wasasked to repay three year's worthof tuition after he revealed hewas gay, would spearhead dia-logue between MIT and ROTCon discrimination on the basis ofsexual orientation.

Although the ad hoc commit-tee no longer meets, "it would beunanimous [in its opinion] thatBettiker not be asked to repay,"Vandiver said. "His review boardmade that recommendation, butthe Secretary of the Navy did notagree. There is no evidence thatBettiker was hiding anything.There are no grounds for govern-ment to recoup."

"Fortunately, the committeewrote its report before Bettikercame forward with his case,"Vandiver continued. "We had thebenefit of a year's worth of atime. In a crisis situation, youhave to respond overnight."

Senior Vice President WilliamR. Dickson '56, member of thepresidential committee, later con-firmed that the issue of sexualorientation would be discussed atits next meeting.

Committee stresses dialogue

The ad hoc committee, ap-pointed by Dean of Undergradu-ate Education Margaret L. A.MacVicar '65, discovered that thevast majority of officers in theUnited States today come fromROTC programs and not militaryacademies.

A majority of the committeesubscribed to the view that"ROTC is a unique American in-stitution that is the envy of mostdemocracies," and that mostcountries do not come close tomatching the educational level ofAmerican military officers.

Furthermore, the majority re-garded ROTC as an opportunityfor the university to influence themilitary. A minority, however, be-lieved ROTC was an instrumentof the military.

The committee summarizedthat since local ROTC command-ers could not unilaterally changeDOD policy, the interests of MITstudents would be best served byan "atmosphere of direct, openand honest communication."

For MIT-controlled offices orprograms to unilaterally take dis-criminatory action against ROTCprograms because of differencesover policies would 'underminethe spirit of cooperation thathelped MIT mold ROTC policiesin the past.'

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Ti'f11 r IEstonian Parliament rebels

The Estonian Parliament reportedly declared service inthe Soviet Army illegal and is calling on President MikhailS. Gorbachev to begin immediate talks on the Baltic re-public's independence.

Estonia's new law on conscription says "service by resi-dents of Estonia in the USSR armed forces is legally ille-gitimate" and will act to do away with criminal penaltiesfor draft dodgers. This move, accompanied by a stridentletter to Gorbachev, stepped up the push for independencein the small republic of 1.6 million residents. Estoniamade clear it intends to follow neighboring Lithuaniain seceding from the Soviet Union, but will do so morequietly.

When Lithuania passed a similar measure last month,the Kremlin rejected its legality and ordered the army todetain deserters anyway. Military authorities raided twoLithuanian hospitals where deserters had taken refuge,and beat men in the first reported violence after Lithua-nia's declaration of independence. A similar fear may bepresent in Estonia.

East Germany eager for reunificationEast Germany has positioned itself for unification with

West Germany. The new East German parliament ap-.proved the government of conservative Lothar De Mai-ziere and embraced his agenda for a quick reunification.The lawmakers also took care of two issues that couldhave slowed reunification: they agreed to merge currencieswith the West by July, and stipulated that Germany hasno claim on lands that are now part of Poland.

The new parliament also apologized for-Nazi atrocitiesagainst Jews and promised to make reparations.. The. law-makers also apologized to Czechoslovakia for East Ger-many's participation in the 1968 Soviet invasion ofPrague:

Iraqi pipe seized'A 131-foot long steel tube- seized by British customs

officers before it could be shipped to Iraq, could be usedto build a gun that could send nuclear or chemical weap-ons hundreds of miles, military experts said. Both Iraqand the British manufacturer denied this. Two weeks ago,customs officials reported seizing American-made partsfor atomic bomb triggers that were headed for Iraq.

Greenpeace accuses plantof contaminating water

Greenpeace accused a British company of contaminat-ing drinking water used by blacks in South Africa. Thegroup charged that wastes are improperly handled at aThor Chemical Mercury Reclamation Plant. Thor deniedthe allegation that the plant pollutes the river used by theKwazulu homeland. Greenpeace also said the New Jersey-based American Cyanamid is one of the largest users ofthe plant.

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Racial violence in TeaneckTeaneck, NJ, experienced a day of confrontation, inju-

ry and looting after police tried to disperse people at apeaceful candlelight vigil to protest a black teenager'sslaying by a white qfficer. Police had said the teenagerwas armed, but his friends denied it. A county prosecutorsaid a grand jury will look into the case but the governor'soffice has made no decision on requests for a specialprosecutor.

Puerto Rican communityunearths buried treasure

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have convergedon Vega Baja - a Puerto Rican community rife with re-ports about an unearthed treasure. According to the re-ports, residents of the beach town have gone on a spend-ing binge, after finding drums packed with cash that mayhave been buried by drug traffickers. Both the residentsand the FBI were tight-lipped about the reports. One localtabloid quoted a federal estimate that the drums may havebeen filled with $20 million.

Boston man held in shootingA 20-year-old Boston man is being held without bail in

connection with the shooting of his girlfriend. Gary Som-mers pleaded innocent to murder yesterday in RoxburyDistrict Court. He was charged with shooting 18-year-oldCharlene Hudson in the head on Wednesday. The womandied at Brigham and Women's Hospital early yesterday.

Sommers was identified as the father of one of thewoman's two- children. A neighbor told police he sawSommers fleeing from the residence. He was arrested ashort time later. Witnesses told police they had heard thecouple fighting Tuesday night. Police said the couple's six-month-old son was asleep in bed next to his mother. Thechild was not injured.

Dukakis presents new planGov. Michael S. Dukakis has proposed giving cities and

towns the option of raising additional revenue without go-ing to voters first. The proposal included a measure to setthe yearly two-and-a-half tax limit at the inflation rate. Itwould allow communities to adopt excise taxes on meals,parking, and admissions.

Dukakis said the bill creates more options for localgovernment to generate revenue. He said it adopts a pre-dictable revenue sharing policy so that cities and townscan plan their budgets in advance.

The measure would guarantee that the state will allo-cate 26 percent of state taxes to local aid by 1992. Itwould exempt new debt service for long-term capital pro-jects from the levy limit and would change the auto excisetax depreciation schedule so that taxpayers would paymore in the first years.This plan was based on recommendations from a taskforce headed by Shawmut Bank President John Hamill.Hamill said it is time to return decisions on municipal ser-vices to the local officials and town meeting memberswho know what is best for their communities.

Citizens for Limited Taxation head Barbara Andersonsaid she doubts the bill will work. She said the last thingthe legislature needs to deal with is proposition two-and-a-half. Anderson's group gained passage of propositiontwo-and-a-half in 1980.

The group has a ballot petition pending that would rollback recent tax increases and said that the governor's billwould add fuel to her referendum.

College studentsprotest education cuts

Thousands of college students from across the state ral-lied at the Statehouse yesterday protesting cuts in highereducation. About 5000 students chanted "no more cuts"and "save our schools." They were angered over reducedclass offerings, increased class sizes, reduced library hoursand increased student costs.

Education tax possibleDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Francis Bellotti

may propose a special tax to pay for higher teacher sala-ries. Camnpaign spokesman Mark Roosevelt said yesterdaythat Bellotti will elaborate on his proposals in the comingweeks. Roosevelt made his comments after previewing hislatest commercial, which describes how he "stood up" tothe teachers' union by endorsing competency tests andlonger school days. The commercial said Bellotti believes"teachers deserve more money but must also accept moreHow theWright rothersreallydid it.ComccoenbyaJoaiAbbot

Gobie assaults off-duty copStephen Gobie, a male prostitute at the center of ethics

allegations against Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), pleadedinnocent yesterday to drug and assault charges. Gobie wasarrested Wednesday after an off-duty police officer inWashington, DC, Karen Zibrat, saw a car being drivenerratically that nearly struck her car and another vehicle.

Gobie got out, jumped on the roof of her car andbroke through the sunroof. He fell inside the car andstruggled there with Zibrat. Gobie did not speak duringhis four-minute court appearance. His attorney asked fora jury trial in the case.

Gobie gained notoriety last year when he claimed hehad been operating a prostitution service out of Frank'sCapitol Hill apartment. Frank admitted he paid Gobie forsex, but has denied any knowledge of the prostitution ser-vice.

Bush diagnosed with glaucomaPresident Bush was diagnosed with "an early glauco-

ma" in his left eye after a routine physical given yesterdayat Bethesda Naval Medical Center. The president said ithas not affected his vision. It will be treated with eyedrops. Otherwise, the president is in excellent health.

The White House released a copy of the first couple'sjoint 1989 return, and it showed that President Bush andhis wife Barbara had an income of more than $456,000last year. The couple paid more than $101,000 in taxes.

NASA to attempt launchThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration

said it will try again to launch the space shuttle Discoverywith the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope on April 25.The date is based on the decision to remove and replace afaulty power unit on the shuttle, and to recharge the tele-scope's batteries.

Pulitzer Prize winners announcedThe Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday. In the

journalism category, The San Jose Mercury News and TheTribune of Oakland won awards for their coverage, of lastOctober's earthquake, in northern 'C-alifornia In h artscategory, playwright August Wilson captured his, secondPulitzer for drama for his work The Piano Lesson.

A University of New Hampshire professor, Charles Si-mic, won the poetry prize for his work The World Doesn'tEnd which is a series of humorous anecdotal poems. Os-car Hijuelos won the prize for fiction with his book titledThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. The book is amournful melody of events distorted by nostalgia andloss.

Former West Virginiagovernor to plead guilty

Federal authorities said yesterday that West Virginia'sformer governor, Arch Moore, agreed to plead guilty tocharges of extortion, mail fraud, tax fraud, and obstruc-tion to justice. The charges stem from his 1984 campaign,his third term in office, and his unsuccessful re-electionbid in 1988. Moore will face up to 36 years in prison andfines up to $1.2 million.

Greyhound to increase serviceGreyhound said it plans to add another 100,000 route

miles to its service, bringing it to almost three-quarters ofthe miles it covered before the strike. Union officialsclaimed the service is nowhere near that amount.

Tuna canners to stop using netsTo the praise of environmentalists, three US tuna can-

ners said they will no longer buy or sell tuna that arecaught with dolphins in nets. The actions were announcedby companies that sell the "Starkist," "Bumnble Bee," and"Chicken of the Sea" brands.

The new dolphin-free policy was criticized by the Amer-ican Tunaboat Association. The group said the policy ismerely a political response that threatens to destroy theUS tuna fleet, reduce tuna stock and do little to help savedolphin lives.

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lowed to sit in the faculty meetings where pass/fail

was decided.

Sometimes we who consider ourselves moderates

become complacent and even justify such actions -

the students were too radical, too confrontational;

they should have worked within the system. But

such rationalizations leave us more conservative and

less able to effect change after every round of

confrontation.

Student leaders, faculty, and administration

should take a strong stand against the recent arrest

of demonstrators on the grounds of our Student

Center. The Undergraduate Association and the

faculty could pass resolutions, but such resolutions

would be inherently weak as they would have to ap-

peal to everyone and not be "too radical" to pass.

It is up to individuals on the faculty committees,

within student government, within student activities

and at every level of administration to assert that

students, and in fact all members of the MIT com-

munity, deserve the right to express their views in a

peaceful, non-violent way. This should be a campus

governed by the free and mutually considerate ex-

change of ideas, not by the fear of arrest.

For a student who has seen a number of contro-

versial issues arise on this campus, the divestment

issue stands out as one that has provoked very little

intelligent action on the part of MIT administra-

tors. Other issues, like pass/fail, IAP, freshman

housing, ARA, ROTC, HASS reforms, and the

proposed calendar changes saw varying degrees of

faculty-student and administration-student

cooperation and respect. The arrest of students last

Friday leaves me wondering what to expect next

from administrators who cannot seem to handle

confrontation.

When students are assaulted by Campus Police as

in the Faculty Club protest, or arrested - after a

20-minute ultimatum -for peacefully and non-vio-

lently protesting, something is lacking in the type of

mutual respect necessary for a productive student-

administration relationship.

There is always a rationale -"they built an 'ille-

gal structure' "-to justify the crackdowns on

what I could term the "radical element" on campus.

But when does the "radical element" become the

general student body? Protests in the 1970s saw

Camlbridge Police storming the Student Center, lob-

bing tear gas canisters at McCormick and chasing

the MIT president off Kresge Oval. Only through

care ful planning and silent protest were students al-

Dave Atkins '90, a double major in political sci-ence and management, is a columnistfor The Tech.

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OPINION STAFFPawan Sinha G. Karl Dishaw '89, Andrew L. Fish '89, DaveAtkins '90, Michael Gojer '90, Adam Braff '91, Bill Jackson '93.

It appears Vanessa Layne '93

["Abortion critic would be more

credible if he acted on his be-

liefs," April 101 has missed the

point of James P. Donahue '91's

letter ["Society morally responsi-

ble for care of unwanted chil-

dren, " April 31 as well as the

main point of the right-to-life

movement. Donahue was trying

to answer the allegation of abor-

tion advocates that pro-lifers do

not care about the lives of those

who would otherwise be aborted.

Rather than list the many organi-

zations and individuals who pro-

vide support (financial, educa-

tion, emotional, etc.) to women

in crisis pregnancies and their

children, Donahue chose to de-

scribe one particularly beautiful

example of human solidarity.

It is difficult to understand

how Layne managed to read this

as abdication of responsibility on

the part of Donahue himself. The

conviction that we all have re-

sponsibility (to differing degrees)

for each other's welfare can be

lived out in a myriad of ways.

Some pro-lifers work in soup

kitchens or care for elderly neigh-

bors living alone or take in un-

wed mothers and their children

or dedicate themselves more to

educating others.' It does not fol-

low from pro-life convictions, as

Layne seems to think, that one

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should drop out of school. On

the contrary, Donahue's educa-

tion will enable himto support a

future family and work to create

a world in which there will be no

such thing as "an unwanted

person."

The vision guiding the creation

of such a world is also the moti-

vation of the right-to-life move-

ment and the fundamental way in

which pro-lifers differ form ad-

vocates of abortion. The pro-life

ethic is that each human being is

intrinsically valuable simply by

the virtue of being a human per-

son. This means that no human

being can be devalued or dis-

pensed with on the basis of race,

gender, intelligence, "productive-

ness," stage of development, or

the judgment of anyone else con-,-

cerning the "quality" of that

human being's life.

This is a high ideal to live by

and no one is claiming to have

reached its perfection; individuals

and societies must constantly

struggle to put it into practice.

The ideal recognizes not only a

right to life but a corresponding

responsibility to contribute to the

quality of life of those around us

according to each one's opportu-

nities and capacity.

It is evident that the "ethic" of

those who favor the availability

of abortion is fundamentally op-

posed to this vision of humanity.

Abortion advocates are willing to

make a trade-off between a hu-

man life and one or more other

criteria. Some may truly think

that human life is dispensable;

others may resign themselves to

abortion as the most pragmatic

solution, giving up on getting

human beings to care for each

other. It is a vision without

responsibility.

When abortion is supported on

the contention that the child will

not have "quality of life," this is

an abdication of responsibility. It

is saying that one sees a potential

need in the life on another, that

the other should not be forced to

live without that need fulfilled,

and therefore the other should

not live at all. Precisely what is

missing from this argument is re-

sponsibility, the responsibility to-

help provide for the need in

whatever way one can.

If the fundamental right to life

does not inhere in the person

then there are no "rights" prop-

erly so called. There are only

privileges granted by those with

power. This is what the abortion

advocates' argument boils down

to: Might is right. That is not the

kind of world in which I would

like to live.

Ann Brach G

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I was very moved by TheTech's account of what happenedduring the demonstrations lastFriday and last M-onday. Youhave made me think a great dealduring the last two days, and Iwould like to share some of thesethoughts with you.

I did not attend either the Fri-day or the Monday rallies. Iwould first like to tell those whodemonstrated peacefully and en-gaged in civil disobedience whilefighting, non-violently, for acause in which you believe, that Ihold you in the highest respect. Ialso think that ending apartheidin South Africa is a very noblecause. It is hard to believe thatsuch a racist regime can still existas we approach the end of the20th century. To those of you (ifany) who acted violently duringthe demonstrations, I want to saythat I deplore any act of vio-lence, regardless of who commitsit.

I attended the rally on Tues-day, and I read with great interestall the information that washanded out during the rally. -Iurge you to continue fightingagainst apartheid, but I encour-age you to do so in an effectiveway.

According to one of your leaf-lets, the leaders of the AfricanNational Congress have calledfor economic sanctions as an ef-fective way to put pressure on thegovernment in Pretoria to end itsinstitutionalized racist practices.Therefore I think that we, as stu-

dents, should look for effectiveways to impose economic sanc-tions against South Africa.

I have divided economic sanc-tions into three levels, from themost direct to the more indirectones.

First Level Sanctions. No stu-dent should buy from or sell toSouth Africa. No student shouldlend money to the South Africangovernment. I do not think anyMIT student does any of thethings I just mentioned. Howev-er, some of our parents or rela-tives may actually be responsiblefor making similar decisions inthe companies for which theywork. Talking to these parents orrelatives would be the first step.

Second Level Sanctions. Nostudent should buy anythingfrom, or sell anything to, or doany business with an individualor corporation that does not irm-pose first level sanctions onSouth Africa. This, by itself,would not be effective, unless astatement is made to the compa-ny or individual upon which thestudent imposes sanctions. It isnot enough to refuse to buyCoca-Cola products. One mustsend a letter to the Coca-ColaCo. every time one does notdrink Coke because they do busi-ness in South Africa. One shouldnot work for any of the compa-nies that do business with SouthAfrica either. Again, this by itselfwould not be effective. So oneshould interview with these com-panies anyway, and if offered aposition then refuse to accept it,telling the company that one isnot accepting the position be-

out that these events were causeddirectly by the reprehensible ac-tions of the Metropolitan DistrictCommission Police and MITCampus Police.

The random and violent ha-rassment of protesters, and of aTech photographer in particular,fueled the passions of the crowd,and could have easily led to trag-ic results. Perhaps this is all wecan expect from our "peace offi-cers." We certainly hope not.

Our purpose in writing this let-ter, however, is to remind fellowprotesters that we have the moralhigh ground on this issue, and nodegree of harassment or intimida-tion can change that. We feel thatwe have a responsibility to com-port ourselves in a non-violentmanner, and to keep in mind thegoal of the struggle, namely topressure the MIT administrationinto divesting from companieswith holdings in South Africa.

Many protesters were sweptaway in a maelstrom of emotionsin response to the despicable ac-tions of the police officers, butwe must remember that mob vio-lence does not serve our noblepurpose of freedom or all SouthAfricans. We have made a com-mitment to attend future ralliesas long as our presence will con-tribute to that goal. We have alsomade a commitment to try to re-main true to the principles ofnon-violence that were the cor-nerstone of the civil rights move-ment of the 1950s and '60s. Wehope that all concerned membersof the MIT community will sharein these commitments.

Arya Akmal GJonathan Pasternak '90

cause of the company's ties inSouth Africa.

One of the coalition's leafletslists 51 companies that conductbusiness in South Africa. This isa good starting point. Oneshould not drink Coke or Pepsi,or buy personal computers fromIBM or Hewlett-Packard, or carsfrom Ford or General Motors, orpurchase gas from Exxon, Shell,Chevron, or Texaco. One shouldrefuse, to buy textbooks pub-lished by John Wiley & Sons, orbuy anything at Sears. Oneshould give up one's AmericanExpress or Citibank Visa/Master-card credit cards. If sick, oneshould not use medicines pro-duced by Shering-Plough orPfizer. As I said, each time anyof these decisions is made, oneshould write a letter to the com-pany explaining that one is refus-ing to buy its products because ofthe company's doing business inSouth Africa.

Third Level Sanctions. Eco-nomic sanctions should be im-posed upon those individuals orcorporations that refuse to im-pose second level sanctions.

It is very hard to find an indi-vidual or corporation who wouldnot be eligible for third levelsanctions. For example, oneshould not fly with an airline thatbuys its planes from Boeing. Oneshould not visit restaurants whereCoca-Cola is served. One shouldnot work in any company thatuses IBM, Hewlett-Packard orDigital computers. One shouldnot pay for copies made with Xe-rox machines. One should refuseto buy food harvested with trac-tors produced by Caterpillar.

And so on.As it turns out, MIT is eligible

for third level sanctions, becauseit buys products from and investsin companies eligible for secondlevel sanctions. If one were to im-pose third level sanctions on allof those individuals and corpora-tions that are eligible for them,one would in fact, find it verydifficult to survive in our modernsociety. It is hard enough to im-pose second level sanctions on allthose who deserve them. I wouldencourage all students to concen-trate on these second level sanc-tions first, before demandingagain that MIT divest.

I reiterate my respect for themembers of the CoalitionAgainst Apartheid. The divest-ment rallies were very effective inreminding me that apartheid stillexists. I think it also reminded usthat the right to have peacefuldemonstrations cannot be takenfor granted. I'm sure the "God-dess of Liberty" erected in Beij-ing last summer was consideredby the Chinese government alsoan "unauthorized structure." Weshould fight to demonstrate andwhile doing so, remember thatthere are many countries aroundthe world in which not only ar-rest, but also imprisonment andtorture are probable outcomes ofa peaceful rally.

Alejandro Cano-Ruiz '91

We would like to express ourconcern over some of the eventsthat transpired during the anti-apartheid rally on April 9. Fromour perspective in the crowd, therally came dangerously close toan all-out riot. We must point

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issue, transfer to another school.Ken Ellis '93 the police officers who were try- ifi<£Elb~te author -iit nflecets's'rily hro hGo to a university where the ad- ing to remove the shanty. I am rw*s> ..... ... X.fi..

ministration is soft and weak and surprised that more of the pro- .. 9 'OXn*iW-44c06o bm...........Tey, uOpetdIoublegives in to every exhibitionist Unlike the editors of The Tech, testers were not arrested for as .dR t6T Ae. chtP3.x lTBanhwith a cause, and you can be sure I do not feel betrayed by the ac- saulting police officers. < i, .....<tAM.. r}$ ;0ate ... dtnatmnial mai .tthat your tuition money is not tions of the Campus Police on My only sympathy in this af- v, 84.ti 9tmio.>h b n"ldtsupporting something you don't Friday and Monday. I think they fair is for the unfortunate off- .<¢ .. .want it to. were clearly within their rights to cers of the Campus Police who ,,,an cdar bous- Stt .- ieat% utt signatures,

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beginning of the novel and continues to itsend.

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Towards the end of the book, Philip hasa conversation with his wife, who so farhas not appeared. The wife has found thenotebook in which he has recorded theseconversations. She tearfully confronts himwith this evidence of his infidelity. He pro-tests his innocence and says that these con-versations, and the mistress who appearsin them, are fictions, mental exercises -tooccupy a novelist's idle time.-Even after she is convinced, she resents

his creation of the perfect woman for him-self -a woman who, though nonexistent,is competition by the fact that she is Phil-ip's ideal woman. The deception is re-vealed not as Philip deceiving his wife butas Roth -deceiving the reader. However, ina kcind of postscript, Philip has one finalconversation with the fictitious mistress,years after the affair, in which the implica-tion is made that a character in one ofPhilip's books is based on this woman. Afiction based on a fiction. Roth has basi-cally set us Up. He takes advantage of thetendency to associate his characters withhimself and uses it as a plot device.

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ECEPTION, the title of PhilipRoth's newest novel, is also adescription of the framework of

Dthe novel. The conversations inthe novel deal with deception in variousforms and the novel itself is a sort. of de-ception. In fashioning this framework,Roth treats a favorite theme.

The work that made Roth famous, Port-noy's Complaint, also changed the natureof Roth's writing. For Complaint and hisprior works, Roth, like most authors,drew from personal experience for fiction-al inspiration. But with the publication ofthat best-seller, with its highly personalizeddescriptions of a strongly sexual Jewishmale, there was widespread -speculationthat Roth based the character of Portnoyon himself.

The Jewish community was outraged atthe unflattering portrait of Jewish familylife that Roth painted. These experiencescaused Roth to become strongly concernedwith the relationship between author, char-acter, and reader. While denying that hewrites autobiographical fiction, he has cre-ated characters like Nathan Zuckerman,an alter-ego who, in Zuckerman Unbound,writes a blockbuster hit novel that soundsmuch like Portnoy's Complaint. Zucker-man is pilloried by the Jewish community,and his sexual habits are questioned. Rothhas played with this authorial mythmakingin other works, but never so much as inhis latest novel.

Deception consists almost solely of con-versations which occur between a writernamed Philip, who has written of a char-acter named Zuckerman, and variouswomen. One of these women is Philip'smistress. She visits him illicitly in a smallflat in London. She is married and often

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at hearingadise said he accepted the 'Moraljudgment" of black South Afri-can leaders, "who have gainedgreat moral stature."

"When these leaders tell usthat these investments in SouthAfrica give aid and comfort tothe South African government,and that we ought to divest, I'minclined to believe them," hesaid.

Paradise urged MIT not to for-get the moral grounds for divest-ment or other action against theSouth African government. Heasserted that divestment is a mor-al action as well as an economicone. "If the moral side is ig-nored, it communicates a mes-sage to the world -that moneyis all that matters, he said.

David R. Afshartous G at-tempted to explain the structureand function of the South Afri-can military. "The military maybe viewed as the guardian of theapartheid" government, he said.The military in South Africa in-cludes the police as well as thearmed forces, and these branches"tact in tandem" to maintain thesystem, he said.

Afshartous added that thebusiness of producing arms "'em-ploys 100,000 people, many ofwhom are black." Blacks aretherefore working to support theindustry that manufactures thetools of their own oppression, hesaid.

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South Africa's lack of progresstoward ending apartheid, accord-ing to Gray's letter.

The administration claims itsholdings in companies involvedwith South Africa total $84 mil-lion. The Coalition AgainstApartheid, using an alternateassessment scheme, says MIT'sholdings are worth $289 million.

Christine M. Coffey '93 arguedthat MIT's definition of involve-ment in South' Africa was toonarrow. Operations are not theonly [way] of supporting" theSouth African government, shesaid.

Distribution agreements and li-censing and trade agreements areways companies stay involved inSouth Africa that do not get reg-istered under MIT's assessment,she said.

Speakers argue for divestment

Coffey encouraged M1IT to"take action as a whole body; [it]can't continue to support apart-heid with its name and money. Itmust take responsibility for itsown actions and divest."

Susan M. Minter G spoke atthe hearing to "refute three [ofthe main] arguments" usedagainst divestment. The first one,"an institution or university isnot the right place to implementor formulate policy," Mintercountered with "it isn't only ourright [to demonstrate and speakout against apartheid]; it is ourmoral obligation" to do so.

The second argument common-ly used against divestment is that"it's a misguided policy; it is onlygoing to hurt the blacks," Mintersaid. To counter that statement,Minter recalled her six-week visitto South Africa, when she was"taken illegally into areas whitesaren't supposed to see: Soweto,Crossroads, and the shantytownoutside Capetown.'

Minter said, "Every day, peo-ple were putting their lives on theline" in order to maintain apart-heid. "I think it is hypocriticalfor us to be worrying aboutsaving lives," she said.

The third argument Minter re-futed was that "sanctions will notwork." The Anti-Apartheid actof 1986 "has made a tremendousimpact," she claimed. "'It is ex-actly those sanctions that havebrought Nelson Mandela out ofprison and de Klerk to thenegotiating table."

Leerothodi-Lapula Leeuw '92,a South African citizen, recount-ed "a personal account" of tryingto get a job in South Africa as atrainee in a "company thatclaimed to be using" the State-ment of Principles.

The manager of the companytold ]Leeuw axld other blacksworking there that they werehired "to increase the number ofblacks in management" posi-tions. The manager knew that anexisting law prevented blacksfrom taking a certification examnecessary to assume managerialresponsibilities, Leeuw said.

"South Africa has a constitu-tional racial system by whichthey allocate funds for public

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-He added that "it is the SouthAfrican constitution that hasbeen keeping us away from ourrights. [Companies with opera-tions in South Africa] pay taxesto the South African govern-ment. By working in South Afri-ca they directly support this ra-cial allocation of funding inSouth Africa."

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Gillian P. Hart, senior lecturerin the Departmeht of of UrbanStudies and Planning, claimedthat "divestment is not first andforemost an economic act....[It is] an unequivocal statementof a disassociation" with a sys-tem that "denies basic humanrights."

Hart said that part of the"long and difficult and compli-cated" process of dismantlingapartheid "is going to entailwhite South Africans relinquish-ing" their power.

"An act like divestment con-veys a very strong message towhite South Africans," who arethe force behind "the most un-equal system in the world today,"said Hart, who grew up in SouthAfrica and has studied itseconomy.

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These corrections indicate all 26 of the protesters arrested Fri-day were students.

In addition, Faris M. Sayegh G was incorrectly listed as hav-ing been charged only with trespass after notice. He was alsocharged with disturbing the peace.

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sue of divestment and the right ofstudents to protest. There was novisible police presence at therally.

Three of thiose arrested,Kenneth S. Chestnut Jr. '92,Steven B. Chanin G. and CynthiaR. Evanko '92, gave accounts oftheir arrests. Chestnut andChanin claimed the police hadbeen particularly rough in arrest-ing them, and appealed for wit-nesses to come forward to testifyon their behalf.

But Chanin told the crowd thatit should not place most of theblame on the shoulders of the po-lice. "The police, a lot of them,weren't happy about what theyhad to do, " he said.

Rather, the administrationshould be held accountable forarresting its own students,Chanin said. 'We have to dosomething to prevent the admin-istration from thinking it can useviolence to [intimidate us]."'

Evanko rejected the idea thatthe students brought arrest uponthemselves by refusing to obeypolice orders. "I am not going togive up my freedom of speechjust because Paul Gray does notwant to hear us, " she said.

Kig, Johnson back students

Adjunct Professor of UrbanStudies Melvin H. King, a well-known political activist, offeredthose arrested during the protestsa "real heart-felt thank you."S

The administration reacted as-it did because the campus pro-divestment movement "is a veryreal reminder of their corruptpolicy and their betrayal of thepeople of South Africa," Kingsaid.

He called on other members ofthe faculty to intervene on1 thestudents' behalf. It is importantthat faculty come forward andsay that building a shanty, involv-ing oneself in political protest, ispart of the educational process,he said.

"What is education if not-[spreading] peace and justice toall parts of this planet?" Kingasked.

Professor of Political ScienceWillard R. Johnson, who haslong been active in favor of di-vestment and disinvestment, alsospoke at Tuesday's rally.

He said that "MIT is verythick-headed.... We've learnedvery little over the years institu-tionally." MIT "'won't get it, butthere is a wider world" that will,

he added."Part of the value of [demon-

strating and protesting] is to cap-ture the attention of the widerworld, " as well as MIT's ,Johnson said.

He encouraged the demonstra-tors to continue their activities,saying, "The victory is not lost ifthis instituition doiesn't tin t~heright thing."

Arrests total 32

Twenty-six students were ar-rested on Friday after they re-fused to move a shanty they hadbuilt on the lawn between theStudent Center and Massachu-setts Avenue. All were chargedwith trespass after notice and dis-turbing the peace. One was alsocharged with assault and batteryon a police officer.

The 26 were arraigned onMonday morning. According toCampus Police Chief Anne P.Glavin, five students pleaded notguilty in Middlesex County Courtbut admitted to sufficient facts towarrant the judge to continuetheir cases without finding untilJuly 27, when they will tell thecourt whether they wish to pay$200 court costs or work 50hours of supervised communityservice. The cases of the 21 oth-ers, who simply pleaded notguilty, were continued until April30, with a trial anticipated inJunle, according to Glavin.

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(Continued from page 1)build a shanty to symbolize itssolidarity with South Africanblacks and to protest MIT's in-vestments in companies doingbusiness in South Africa.

Tense situation seen

The Tuesday morning meetingwas arranged the previous nightwhen coalition members contact-ed Gray about discussing the situ-ation, which had become pro-gressively bitter during the twodays of protest. Associate Pro-vost Samuel J. Keyser, FacultyChair Henry D. Jacoby, andAssociate Dean for Student Af-fairs Jamnes R. Tewhey also at-tended the meeting.

Gray said the central concernwas the increasing level of con-flict and the risk of people get-ting hurt. "The goal of all of uspresent was to reduce the level ofconfrontation," he said.

CAA members told Gray thathis administration had reacted vi-olently to peaceful demonstra-tions and that the police had usedunnecessary force.

According to Francis, Grayagreed that actions taken by theMetropolitan District Commis-sion Police at the Monday rallyafter it had moved to the presi-dent's house were "dumb," buthe declined to fault the behaviorof the Campus Police near theStudent Center.

"Basically [Gray] said he want-ed to get all the information" be-fore passing judgment on theCampus Police actions, Francissaid. He added that the studentswere disappointed by this re-sponse, "We were looking to gethim to take swift action onparticular officers 'that wethought lost control at thedemonstrations ."

According to the News Officerelease, Gray did agree to order"a little inotio'nal'and physical

distances' between the CampusPolice, and demonstrators, butblamed CAA tactics in part forcreating an atmosphere ofconfrontation.

He singled out for criticism apro-divestment demonstrationduring the March 2 meeting ofthe MIT Corporation. Studentdemonstrators infringed on theright of others to move freely atthat rally, Gray claimed. Studentshave a right to express and arguetheir views and to demonstrate,but there are limits to thoserights, he said.

CAA members pressed Gray atthe Tuesday meeting to act onthree specific complaints: under-cover police attendance at CAAmeetings, harassment of photog-raphers at demonstrations, andthe tearing down of flyers by. po-lice. Gray said he did not knowthe validity of the allegations, butagre~ed that, if true, the actions

were inappropriate.The students also asked Gray

to set up a Campus Police reviewboard composed of students, fac-ulty and administrators. Gray re-sponded that there was already aprocedure for dealing with com-plaints against police -officers,but CAA members believed theprocedure was inappropriate.Getting "the police to policethemselves ... [is] an invalidway of making the policeaccountable," Francis said.

Gray will be meeting again thismorning with students to discussthe underlying issues of SouthAfrica and MIT's investmentpolicy.

Arrests recounted

After meeting with Gray,, theCAA continued its campaign toforce MIT to divest its holdingsin Sauth Africa-related compa-nies. The coalition held a Tues-day afternoon rally attended byabout 150 on the Student Centerlawn.

The rally focused not only onthe arrests but on the general is-

one arrested on Friday -werearrested by Campus Police onMonday near the Student Cenlterafter the foiled attempt to bring aportable shanty onto the lawn._They each were charged with as- _sault and battery on a police tF i 1!

After the Monday demonstra-Ad ittion moved to the president's - ; t A _-house, Metropolitan DistrictHi_Commission Police arrested an _ __ MIT lecturer, a Tech photogra- ; !> _ ;l __ ,,S, , _pher, and a non-MIT person. All 7::!*n_! - _ tX Jwere charged with disorderly con- ja, I! ,jr1 _ 1!l $t I;~~~w4~t t.E

duct. The lecturer and the non-_ _MIT per-son were also accused of lassault and battery, while the lec-turer and the photographer werecharged also with failure to obey a police officer. Sean M. Dougherty/The Tech

Gray said at the Tuesday meet- Lynn Robertson of the Rape Crisis Center of Cam-ing that he would not act to have bridge and members of the MIT faculty lead Tuesday'sthe charges against arrested forum on date rape.students dismissed.

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"It may very well happen thatthe IFC votes to recognize[I)Pil," said Arnone.

.But it may be years beforeDelta Pi can find housing. Ac-cording to Tewhey, the first prior-ity of the Housing Office is toprovide funds for housing the so-rorities. "We would have to com-plete that project before wewould agree to provide funds foranother all-male housing unit,"he said.

"We haven't given up hope ofgetting our new fraternityhoused, but we're in the dormsnow,' Findlay said.

Most of the 45 dischargedbrothers have been absorbed intothe dormitory system, Tewheysaid.

Claims of religious~ discri-minaftion addressed

Members of the MIT chapterof AEPi have charged that reli-gious discrimination was themain reason the national organi-zation disbanded their fraternity.When each brother was inter-viewed by the national, Wong ex-plained, they were -asked about"issues relating to the religiouscomposition of each individual"and not about FIPG violations.

A brief prepared by the house'sad hoc legal committee was sub-mitted to the Civil LibertiesUnion of Massachusetts, charg-ing that "the basis for -people be-ing asked to leave was religiousdiscrimination," Wong said. TheCLUM has decided not to takethe suit under consideration.

These charges of religious dis-crimination are "false," accord-ing to AEKi Supreme GovernorSidney Dunn. "That was not themotivation" for the reorganiza-tion, he said.

Instead, it was the chapter's~repeated violation of FIPG riskmanagement policy whichprompted the reorganization ef-forts, he said. "The policies werebeing violated even when theywere on probation,", Dunn noted.

In response to the claims ofchapter members that the inter-views conducted during the reor-ganization process focused moreon religious attitudes than onFIPG safety policies, Dunn saidthat '610 basic questions wereasked that dealt with being inAEPi." These questions, whichare asked of all brothers under-going the reorganization process,address "attitudes of being inAEPi, not religious preference."

Dunn noted that the restruc-turing of the MIT chapter "wasnot unusual." The national orga-nization has reorganized sevenchapters in the past year. AtBrooklyn College no one -was.taken back into the fraternity_-af-ter reorganization and at Cor'nell.

vited six" brothers back, Dunnsaid. Even the original AEPi

chapter at New York University,which was suspended by the na-tional organization last week, iscurrently being reorganized.

"The only other claim of reli-gious discrimination" leveledagainst the national was atRhode Island University, Dunnsaid. The "affirmative action of-fice at the school, investigatedthese claims and found AEPi in-nocent of any wrongdoings, headded.

Tewhey stated that religiousdiscrimination- did not appear tobe a factor in the national's reor-ganization efforts. "I have notseen conclusive proof that itwas," he said.

But currently several Jewishstudents interested in joining

AEPi have spoken with represen-tatives from the national. DavidE. Borison '91 and Steven H.Baden '92 have contacted Jewishstudents by word of mouth to re-cruit prospective members for thefraternity.

Dunn denied any involvementon the part of the national to re-cruit new members. Dunn saidthe national had not planned tohold a meeting until the Institutedecided on AEPi's future.

Arnone, however, claimed thatthe national had planned to holda meeting with representatives ofarea chapters and Jewish studentson campus. Blorison and Badendid hold a meeting last night, butrepresentatives of the fraternitydid not attend.

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