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trouble, and some had been broughtinto reconciliation discussions withRCA, Wyatt said

Groups did not keep good records"If a group had kept accurate

records, they would have knownthat there was some funky stuffgoing on," Wyatt said

In some cases, however, thoseaccurate records were next toimpossible to keep. RCA is current-ly dealing with student groups'questions over the source of some ofimproperly recorded charges.

"The old [RCA accounting] sys-tem was effective as long as groupskept their own accurate records,"said Counterpoint President MarkL. Huang '99. In some cases, how-ever, it was often difficult to keepup with the problems of having anRCA account, he said.

"There are certain kinds ofcharges that groups may not haveeven been aware that they wereincurring, and these charges werenot showing up in a timely way" onaccount statements, said AssociateDean for RCA Andrew M.Eisenmann '75.

These charges con isted mostlyof items that had to be charged to adepartmental account, like PhysicalPlant work orders that can beincurred after reserving a room inWalker Memorial, Eisenmann said

Hodges' job will be half-timeThe change in the title from dean

of undergraduate academic affairs todean of undergraduate curriculumwas a point on which both Williams

tee on writing. He has also beeninvolved in freshman adviser semi-nars and UROPs, Williams said.

the Committee on AcademicPerforinance, freshman advising,Residence and Orientation Week,and the writing requirement are allresponsibilities of the office.

Hodges has been active in manyacademic areas. He chairs theCommittee on the WritingRequirement and co-chaired thespecial Committee on theUndergraduate Program subcommit-

The Office of Residence andCampus Activities recently sente-mail to student group leadersinforming them of their activities'current account balances, whichwere recently adjusted to accountfor mismanaged transactions.

This notification brings someclosure to RCA's mismanagementof student accounts to the tune ofaround $140,000.

"1 think the surprises are over,"said Association of Student ActivitiesPresident Douglas K. Wyatt G.

The accurate accoWlt statementsnegatively affected roughly 20groups in a significant way, Wyattsaid.

The e-mail sent to studentgroups gave a detailed record oftransactions as well as a descriptionof the errors made. The mail alsospecified whether each incorrect.transaction had been either improp-erly voided, double-entered, or hadonly occurred 'halfway,' meaningthat the transaction was intended forthe student account but the moneynever actually got there.

Miscalculated transactions weremade both in favor of and againststudent groups so the totals tendedto even out in the end, Wyatt said.

Most groups who were signifi-cantly affected by the account mis-management had already knownthat their accounts were in serious

ReA Notifies GroupsOfAccounting Errors

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JNDRANATH NEOGY-THE TECHThe Muses a cappella group sings at an impromptu concert that took place in the Student Centeryesterday afternoon.

Professor of Earth, Atmospheric,and Planetary Sciences Kip V.Hodges PhD '8~ will head theOffice of Undergraduate AcademicAffairs as the new dean of under-grad~te curriculum.

Hodges will succeed Travis R.Merritt, who retired as dean ofWldergraduate academic affairs ear-ier this year. Hodges will officially

start his job as dean on Jan. 15.Along with Dean for Student

Life Margaret R. Bates and Directorof Administration and OperationsStephen D. Immerman, Hodges willreport to Dean for UndergraduateEducation Rosalind H. Williams inthe Office of Undergraduate By Jennifer LaneEducation and Student Affairs .. _NE_WS_ED_rro_'R _

Williams made the decision toselect Hodges.

The UAA deals with educationissues. The UndergraduateAcademic Opportunities Program,

improved dramatically. Still, mostcampuses can not be judged to bebroadly representative of the make-up of contemporary America," Vestsaid.

MIT, along with other universi-ties, has been trying to increase thepresence of minorities in its campus."} think it's been a strong policy inthat. .. MIT does have a diverse stu-dent body population," said Directorof the Office of Minority EducationLeo Osgood, Jr.

"I think MIT can be seen as abeacon in this area for the country,which I 'believe is being driven byemotionalism versus facts,"Osgood said.

Openness important to MIT"If this nation is to thrive - eco-

nomically, socially, politically -

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Vest said that the Institute'saffirmative action policy is "stillessential to move us toward the inte-grated, cohesive society we willneed in the years ahead."

The increased access to collegesand universities that different sec-tions of the population have enjoyedis one of the main reasons that insti-tutions are 'becoming !J1ore diverseracially, culturally, and economical-ly, Vest said.

"The presence and role' ofwomen on. our campuses have

rest of the house government,Jenrette said.

Apparently, the rush chair wasunder the impression that the $5,000budgeted for rush did not includethe money for in-house rush,although it did in actuality, Jenrettesaid.

This misunderstanding resultedin an additional $1,000 being spenton top of the $1,000 East Campususually overspends on rush eachyear, she said.

The money spent on rush eventswas necessary, Baird said.

"I've heard many people men-tion that we had an amazing rushthis year," ~aird said. "I think resi-

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Kip V. Hodges PhD '82

By Crlstilln A. GonzalezTECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR

, In his annual report, PresidentCharles M. Vest focused on MIT'scommitment to affirmative actionand to research and educationthro~h the pursuit of innovations ina variety of different fields. .

"Boldness and openness arequalities that we as a nation mustseek to reserve and advance. We inAmerica's research universitieshave a particular duty to do so,"Vest said.

Vest Emphasizes Need for InstituteTo Remain. Committed to Diversity

Last week, students living inEast Campus w~re infonned that theterm house tax for each resident willbe raised $10 to its new high of $50.

The increase was passed partlyto compensate for budget deficitsthat have accumulated from rushexpenses and other special expensesthis year that have drained funds,said Stephanie A. Jenrette '97, vicepresident of East Campus.

The tax has not been raised in anumber of years, and the accumula-tion of inflation costs also con-tributed to the need for an increase,Jenrette said. .

Even with the increase, EastCampus still has one of the lowesthouse taxes of any dormitory,Jenrette said.

The higher house tax meansadditional funds totalling about Ii:

$3,700 per term for the house.

Rush costs went over budgetOne reason for the higher tax is

that East Campus spent $2,000 morethan it budgeted for Residence andOrientation Week activities. While$5,000 was originally budgeted forrush events, $7,000 actually wasspent, Jenrette said.

Overspending during rush walargely a result of miscommunica-tion between the dormitory's rushchair Stephen V. Baird '97 and the

East Campus Raises Tax.To Replenish. Dorm Funds

By zareena HussainSTAFF REPORTER

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October 29, 1996

On the one hand, voters continueto give the Republican-controlledCongress low marks: just 39 percentapprove of Congress' job perfor-mance, while 55 percent disapprove.And just 39 percent of voters saythat ba ed on their recordRepublican "deserve to maintaincontrol of Congress"; 48 percent saythey don't deserv continued con-trol. By a similar 11 percentagepoint margin, voters say Democratsrather than Republicans can do thebe t job handling the country'sproblems.

On the other hand, theDemocrat now lead Republicans.only 48 percent to 44 percent whenlikely voter are asked which partythey will upport for Congress; ear-lier this month, Democrats held a 6point lead.

And the percentage of voterswho say they would prefer aDemocratic Congress if Clintonwins re-election has dropped from38 percent earlier this month to 31percent; the percentage who'd pre-fer Republican control in that cir-cumstance inched up from 31 per-cent earlier in October to 34percent.

Among Clinton voters, 84 per- •cent say they are certain in theircpoice; 15 percent say they mightstill vote for someone else. Reducedto a narrower base, Dole's supportis actually a bit firmer thanClinton's, with 89 percent oLhisbackers saying they are certain tovote for the Republican. Perot'sposition is the most tenuous" withjust 59 percent of his backers sayingthey are certain to stick with him, .and 38 percent saying they mightswitch.

eems Certain,egress Rages

Clinton' ethics, the urvey doefind a ub tantial minority of voteruneasy about the president' hon-e ty and integrity. And a 52 percentmajority of voters ay Clintonshould "unequivocally" rule out par-doning usan McDougal and otherfigure convicted in the Whitewatercase - as the president has taunch-Iy refused to do.

But the survey also make clearthat Clinton is benefiting from an"everybody does it" attitude amongmany voters. Only about four -in-l 0voters say Clinton is less ethicalthan Dole. Roughly an equal num-ber say Clinton is just as ethical l}

Dole, and another one-in-six say thepresident's ethics are superior to hisrival's. Three-in-five of those polledsay Clinton is "just about as ethicalas mo'st other modern-day presi-dents."

Along the same line, a majorityof voters said the controversy overdonations from foreign companiesand foreign nationals to the.Democratic ational Committeeconstitutes "politics as usual" ratherthan evidence of serious wrongdo-ing by Democrats.

The Times Poll, supervised byacting poll director Susan Pinkus,surveyed 1,626 adults, including1,394 registered voters from 0 t.24-27; from that group a pool of1,112 likely voters was determined.The survey has a margin of sam-pling error of plus or minus 3 per-centage points.

If the presidential race remainsone-sided, the battle for Congressappears increasingly difficult to call.The poll captures ambivalent andeveIT.'Contradictory attitudes .thatmake prediction hazardous.

hiring and access to public educa-. right here. You're the polls."tion. What Dole did not do. in

Navigating a gantlet of Clinton Anaheim was follow up on the care-supporters shouting, "Four more fully crafted defense of Propositionyears," Dole acknowledged the dif- 209 that he delivered in San Diegoficulty of campaigning on the affir- - a speech that he has waited tomative action issue "because feel- give until a time that someings on this issue run high, and it's California Republican~ think ,mayeasy for the demagogues of either be too late to help his strugglingside to play on fear or play on campaign.resentment. ... Even as we reject Dole's chief strategist inpreferences, we must also reject California, Ken Khachigian, insistedprejudices. Even as we oppose quo- that Dole was' not a reluctant mes-tas, we must also oppose scapegoat- senger for the anti-affirmative actioning and stereotyping." measure, which a Los Angeles

Acknowledging his past support Times Poll released last weekfor federal affirmative action pro- showed is supported by 54 percentgrams as a senator, Dole said these of those surveyed in the state.measures "were supposed to be Khachigian said Dole had waitedtransitional and temporary." But he until the campaign's final days tosaid he concluded that this approach focus on .the issue because the c n-"did not work." didate "had a lot of other speeches

He explained his new position to give," such as several attacks heby saying: "We cannot fight the evil has launched em Clinton's characterof discrimination with more qis- and ethics. _. ,crimination because this leads to an But Just a few weeks ago, Kempendless cycle of bitterness. We must publicly had said the campaignfight d~scrimination with equal jus- intended to steer clear of the affir-

- tice and equal opportunity." mative action issue.And he told supporters at the San Meanwhile, in an interview on

Diego Civic Center that he sees CNN broadcast Monday, DoleProposition 209 "as an extension of expressed bewilderment about whya commitment I -made in 1964, the ethical quystions he has raisedwhen I voted for the Civil Rights about Clinton do not ,seem to haveAct." Passage of the initiative, he undermined the president's lead insaid, "will elevate individual civil the polls.rights above group entitlements." Also' during the day, Dole was

At h.is afternoon rally in asked by eporters to. react to recentAnaheim, where he was joined by reports, that some Republican lead-running mate Jack Kemp and greet- e;:s have concluded he has noed by more toan 1,000 ardent sup- chance of defeating Clinton and arporters gathered in the parking lot of concentrating their efforts on help-the Arrowhead Pond, Dole indirect- ing the GOP retain control of

, ly .referred to the'leads Clinton Congress ..enjoys over him in various surveys .. "It's not O'\eer," Dole said in theof voters as he admonished the. lobby of'Sart Diego's Westgate.cheering group: "Don't watch all Hotel. "We're going to be workingthese polls ... You are the polls, every day .... It can be done."

By Ronald BrownsteinLOS A GELES TIMES

WASHI GTO

With just one week untilElection Day, voter appear poi edto pre ent Pre ident Clinton with adeci ive victory but remain ~eeplydivided in the battle for control ofCongre s, a new national LosAngel Time poll ha found.

Compared to the la t nationalTime survey in early October, thenew poll how the GOP positiontrengthening in the struggle for

Congre s, even a GOP nomineeBob Dole's stan ing further deterio-rate against Clinton. -

With more than 0 percent oflikely voter saying they have nowfirmly ettled on their choice in thepresidential race, the survey showsClinton leading Dole by 51 percento 34 percent, with Reform Partycandidate Ross Perot trailing at 12percent. That's a measurable turn upfrom Clinton's 12 percentage pointlead in the Times poll in earlyOctober.

But Democrats now hold only a4 percentage point margin overRepublicans when likely voters areasked which party they will supportfor Congress - a drop since earlierthis month. Indeed, even asRepublicans launch a new advertis-ing blitz meant to discourageAmericans from giving Democratsunified control of government, thesurvey already finds a slight declinein the percentage of voters whowant to see a Democratic Congresselected if Clinton wins.

Dole's arguments againstClinton seem tp be facing muchstiffer headwinds. With Dole andPerot now relentlessly assailing

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Dole Sharpens His Criticism .Of AflinnativeAction PoliciesBy Marla L. La GangaLOS ANGELES TIMES

SAN DIEGO

In his strongest endorsement yetof Proposition 209, Republicanpresidential candidate Bob Doleexpanded his arguments againstaffirmative action beyond the cru-cible of California politics Monday,asserting that the controversial statemeasure to do away with such pro-grams "represents and appliesAmerica's best principles."

Later in the day, at a rally inOrange County, Dole returned to thecon ervative building blocks uponwhich he he has formed most of hiscampaign, pushing his proposal fora 15 percent cut in income tax ratesand calling for an end to a contro-versial late-term abortion procedure.He was flanked by fourCongressional Medal of Honor win-ners as he spoke.

In a further sign of Dole's recentdecision to make California thelinchpin of his h.opes for an upsetvictory a week from Tuesday, the

. candidate extended his campaigning_ in the state for a fourth day. He can-

celed plans to fly to Denver Mondaynight and instead scheduled aspeech Tuesday morning to theWorld Affairs Council of Orange

. County in Irvine.Dole has used much of his cur-

rent California swing to detail his• disagreements with President

Clinton on immigration and affirma-tive action. Indeed, Dole's Monday

, remarks in San Diego representedhis first fully de iled speech on theissue in 20 months on the campaign

I trail, as he laid out a 30-minuteexplanation of how he has changed

. his own views to now vigorouslybattle against use of race- and sex-

. based preferences in government

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Mideast Peace Talks Hit Impasse

WASH I GTON

The financially beleaguered Medicare program got some unex-pected good news Monday as the Trea ury Department reported thattotal spending for the year fell $3.2 billion below previous forecasts.

Outlays for doctor bills and hospital outpatient services were lessthan expected, the Treasury said as it issued final figures for the 1996fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30. Medicare outlays were $196.6 bil-lion for the year, a 9.2 percent increase from the $180.1 billion spentthe year before but lower than the mid- ession forecast of $199.8 bil-lion in July.

Administration officials welcomed the news but were not surewhether the lower-than-expected spending was a fluke or representeda significant slowdown in inflation for the cost of caring for the 37million Medicare beneficiaries. I

"It will take awhile to crunch the numbers and figure it out," saidVictor Zonana, a spQkesman for the Department of Health andHuman Services. "It appear to be good news but you can't do along-term trend analysis yet."

The program, which serves people over 65 and the disabled of allages, is the government's fourth largest spending item, rankingbehind only Social Security, interest on the national debt and defense.

WEATHER

JERUSALEM

More than three weeks of intensive talk between I raelis andPale tinian foundered Monday on mutual indecision and distru t.U.. special envoy Dennis Ros , dispatched here in the aftermath ofgun battles that left more than 70 dead, announced he is flying backto Wa hington without a deal.

Both partie have de cribed the talks, which center on the WestBank city of Hebron, as the first important test since Israel changedgovernment of the three-year-old bargaining framework that broughtdecades of armed conflict to a hesitant close. either side declared acrisis Monday night, but the departure of Palestinian leader Yasser.Ar fat for Europe left no early prospect of agreement.

For the fourth time in five day, the two sides worked until dawnin an unsuccessful sprint to finish their work.

Ross disguised a helicopter shuttle mission to Gaza as a condo-lence call on Arafat Sunday night after the Palestinian leader's cousindied and he cancelled all meetings. But it was nearly 2 a.m. beforeformal talks resumed because Israeli soldiers delayed chiefPalestinian negotiator Mahmoud Abbas at the Erez crossing linkingthe self-ruled Gaza Strip with Israel.

By Gerard RoeSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

o OW

Pre ident Bori . Yelt in lipped deeper into the background ofRus ian rule Monday when his aide announced he would canceleven his hospital room meeting during a "final pha e" of preparationfor heart surgery.

The pre ident' late t retreat from the public limelight ince hiJuly re-election ha caused mounting concern that the 65-year-oldleader i too frail to rule thi country, although Kremlin officialinsi ted the su pen ion wa a routine tep ahead of the operation.

o firm date ha yet been announced for the surgery beyond thevague recommendation of a panel of cardiologi t more than a monthago that it hould take place in mid- to late- ovember.

Presidential spoke man ergei V. Yastrzhemb ky aid Yelt inwould- also refrain from his weekly se ions with Prime Mini terViktor . Chernomyrdin, a brief Tuesday ritual intended to keepYelt in informed of the action taken and contemplated by his con ti-tutionally de ignated tand-in.

Yelt in is ued a ept. 10 decree ceding some pre idential respon-sibilitie to Chernomyrdin for the duration of his illnes and ha aidhe will pas on the rest of hi power, including control of the nuclearbutton, on the eve of hi operation.

THE WASHINGTON POST

LOS A GELES TIMES

A Scary Scenario

Medicare Spending Falls BelowPrevious Forecasts

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A change of winds to northerly has heralded a cool down after theweekend's pleasant excesses. The trailing edge of a cyclone develop-ing off-shore today will bring blustery winds from the north adding ,a'bite to the air.

There is some uncertainty beyond today because of a large stormbrewing in the central United States. Currently, the storm is predicted

I to move through to Ontario and Quebec. If this is so, we will see onlythe southern edge of it and escape with light precipitation. However,we are protected by only a weak ridge in the mid-level flow,'and it

. would not take much of a deviation for us to see larger Tainfall totalsbeginning Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Today: A clear, fine day. Winds moderate to strong out of the •northwest. After a chilly start, temperatures will make it up to only

I 51°F (I 1°C).Tonight: Cold and clear with winds becoming calmer toward

midnight. Low 37°F (3°C).Wednesday: Increasing clouds from the West. Chance of rain by

afternoon. High 57°F (14°C). Low 43°F (7°C).Thursday (Halloween): Chance of showers early, then a good

chance of some clearing in time for ghoulish geek to emerge. Higharound 60°F (16°C). Low in the mid 40s (7°C).

Rwandan fuvo ve ent Seenfu Zaire Refugee Camp Attacks A tearful, emotional Richard Jewell, cleared in the Olympic Park

bombing case, said Monday that he had spent days in constant fear thathe would be arre ted and charged with "a crime I did not commit."

Jewell's "nightmare" began in late July, when he became a sus-pect in the Centennial Olympic Park bombing that killed one womanand injured more than 100 other people. The nightmare endedSaturday when the Justice Department delivered a letter to Jewellnotifying him he was not a target of the investigation.

Jewell's lawyers have said they plan lawsuits against news organi-zations including The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, BC ewsbecause of comment made by anchor Tom Brokaw and, possibly,the federal government.

The immense publicity surrounding the investigation of Jewell,and particularly the fact that his name was leaked to the pre s, haveraised question about the lengths to which law enforcement andmedia organizations will go in high-profile investigations.

Jewell was working security at a free concert sponsored by AT&Tduring the Olympics in the early-morning hours of July 27 when hespotted a knapsack containing the bomb. He was at first hailed as ahero for helping to clear the site, averting further injuries and death.But he was quickly vilified when The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionidentified him July 30 as the suspect in the bombing.

In a statement Monday, BC News also defended its reporting ofthe Olympic bombing case. "We believe any uit brought by Mr.Jewell would be without merit. BC ews and Tom Brokaw accu-rately reported what we were learning from law enforcement offi-cials: that Mr. Jewell was the prime focus of their investigation. Wealso reported that holes remained in the case, and that Mr. Jewell wasnot officially a suspect."

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Huang to Face Long Questioning

A Sobered Jewell Plans LawsuitsNEWSDAY

WASH I GTON

In a potentially damaging development for the Democratic Partyeight days before the presidential election, a federal judge ruledMonday that a reclusive Democratic fund-raiser must face wide-rang-ing questioning when he testifies Tuesday in a civil suit.

The fund-raiser, John Huang of Los Angeles, has been at the cen-ter of a controversy over his solicitation of hundreds of thousands ofdollars that may have violated or skirted the prohibition on foreigncontributions to American political campaigns.

In a four-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth saidthat although Huang's testimony will be taken behind closed doors,attorneys for the conservative legal organization pressing the suitmay videotape the session and make it public immediately upon itsconclusion.

Lamberth's ruling stemmed from a freedom-of-information actionfiled against the Commerce Department two years ago by JudicialWatch, a nonprofit conservati',c group seeking documents on over-seas missions in which the iate Commerce Secretary Ronald H.Brown and others sought foreign buyers for American goods.I Huang's attorney, Joh!1 C. Keeney Jr., arg,ued .in court that thescheduled deposition was "highly po itical," as proven by Klayman'sintention to videotape the session and immediately make the tapepublic. Keeney contended that the deposition should be kept confi-dential until a later trial.

WORLD &

ions between Tut is in Zaire andthe military there provided the per-fect opportunity for Rwanda's gov-ernment to solve it own cri i , andfor Burundi, which is also run by aTutsi-controlled army, to neutralizea Burundian Hutu rebel force oper-ating for two years out of Zaire,near Uvira.

The fighting inside Zairebetween the Banyamulenge and themilitary "opened the door to theRwandans, who are happy for thechance to clear away the refugeeproblem on their doorstep," saidAlison DesForges, a human rightsworker and regional analyst whohas studied Rwanda for threedecades.

Recent attacks on the campsaround the Zairian town of Goma -where most of the 1.1 millionrefugees live - are being carriedout by Rwandan soldiers, analystsand aid workers said.

rebel force toppled a Hutu-Ied gov-ernment whose campaign of triballaughter claimed the live of an

estimated half-minion Rwandans,most of them Tutsis. In the ensuingtwo years, the teeming refugeecamps around Goma, Zaire, haveprovided a haven for the leader ofthe Rwandan genocide and allowedthem to stage cross-border raidagainst the Tutsi-led governmentthat replaced them in Kigali.

Tutsis account for 14 percent ofthe population of both Rwanda andBurundi; in addition, there are anestimated 200,000 Tutsis in Zaire,known as the Banyamulenge, whohave been engaged in sporadicfighting with the Zairian. Analystssay the Rwandan military has beentraining the Banyamulenge for morethan a year, ever since the Zaireangovernment officials began seekingto expel them.

In essence, analysts said, ten-

By Stephen BuckleyTHE WASHINGTON POST

BUJUMBURA. BURUNDI

Fighting in eastern Zairebetween armed Tutsis and theZairian military, as wen as recentattacks on refugee camps, appear tohave been orche trated by aRwandan government weary of atwo-year-Iong crisis at its borders,according to political analysts.

Analysts and aid workers, stress-ing that they have no direct evi-dence, suggested that the Rwandangovernment is trying to goad 1.1million Rwandan refugees in Zaireinto dismantling their camps -something the United Nations andWestern governments have beenunable to do since the refugee crisisbegan in July 1994.

The Rwandan refugees -almost all of them members of thecountry's dominant Hutu ethnicgroup - fled to Zaire after a Tutsi

Russia Shares Archives DetailingEarly Holocaust Attacks on JewsBy David Hoffman others in 194) and) 942. soaked in blood and human suffer-THE WASHINGTON POST Most of the documents have not ing," said Alexander Yakovlev,

MOSCOW been seen before in the West and chairman of the Commission forRussia's Federal Security scholars have yet to examine them Rehabilitation of Victims of

Service turned' over copies of for their significance. But the deci- Political Repression and an architect15,000 pages from the archives of sion to turn them over to the muse- of the policy of glasnost, or open-the former Soviet KGB to the urn in Washington marks another ness, under the last Soviet president,United States Holocaust Memorial milestone in Russia's gradual and Mikhail Gorbachev. "These factsMuseum Monday in a gesture of sometimes hesitant path toward must not be archived in book stor-openness that may shed new light revealing the Soviet Union's darkest ages, but known to everybody."on the first mass killings of Jews secrets, which still lie in its vaults. At a Kremlin ceremony, a sam-after the ,German attack on the Soviet archives have been pie of the files was symbolicanySoviet Union in 1941. opened to chronicle key turning handed over to Walter Reich, direc-

The documents, culled from points in the Cold War, to show tor of the Holocaust museum, andwartime field reports and post-war' how writers and poets were tor- U.S. Ambassador ThomasSoviet legal proceedings, are mented, to reveal the secret pact Pickering. The fun load requiredexpected to offer fresh evidence of between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Russian experts to sort out "fourthe 'brutal attacks by the German Stalin, and to lay bare some aspects freight tra ns of documents,"units k~own as Einsatzgruppen, of the history of the Soviet according to Russian security ser-mobile killing squads that rushed Communist Party. But many other vice chief Nicholai Kovalyov.into Soviet territory behind the documents remain locked up, for Pickering said the materials are toinvading German troops and slaugh- now. be trucked away, and flown back totered more than a million Jews and "Pages of these documents are Washington shortly.

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doing, IT recognize that everyEd~torial graduate, regardle of hi or her -"technical or cientific pecialty,

mu t be proficient in a wide variety of area to ensure succe .We could not agree more.

The di crimination of what con titute a core curriculum isdebatable. But recent action by the admini tration to amend thewriting requirement force u to que tion MIT' method ofincluding what we feel to be a fundamental and nece sary killfor any MIT graduate.

The ability to write i the ability to communicate, omethingwhich i clearly a neces ity in the modem age. Writing is a tech-nique that hould be incorporated into departmental education, notkept eparate from it. The current Pha e I and Pha e II require-ment tand only a academic hoop to be cleared. Writing courseslike Expo itory Writing (21 W.730) that can be u ed to completePha e Iare often regarded a token mea ure. imilarIy, the pro-po ed "writing practica" announced last month by the Committeeon the Writing Requirement stand only to di tance writing as a

kill further from the main tream of a tudent' workload.We upport Profe or of cience and Writing Alan P.

Lightman' a ertion that' MIT at the pre ent time doe notgive [it] tudent the writing and peaking kills nece ary forprofe ional ucce ." Thi opinion i corroborated by taff ofthe Career Office, who cite deficient communication skills as acommon complaint from recruiters. But we propo e a revi ionthat integrate writing more intimately, rather than relegating itto nominal add-on mea ure .

Fir t off, MIT mu t do away with the fluff in the currentwriting program. Practica and mini-course are not the answer.They serve only to weaken what hould be viewed as a solidcommitment. In the same vein, writing quota , like tho eapplied toward Humanitie , Arts, and Social SciencesDistribution cia e should be pha ed out.

To encourage student to value communicative writing as askill, writing must be an extension of departmental work. Thewriting committee should work with individual departments todevelop a rigorous program that promotes writing enhancementtogether with practical training. Writing should be included stillin the HASS program, but it rou t not be isolated there.

Inevitably, we mu t exchange the knowledge we attain withour peer . Writing is a basic route to this end.

thousandth of a percent of my financial contri-bution to MIT, my gut teJJs me that somebodyshould have written it off.

Ultimately, the answer lies in the fact theMIT is first and foremost a corporation.When a corporation is owed money, be it 50dollars or 50 cents, it gets its money. Butwhen I decided to spend my undergraduateyears here, I didn't do so with corporate aspi-rations in mind. As a soon-to-be aiumnus, Iforesee many years of donation requests froman MIT that will try to present itself as ashort-tenn family which I've left and shouldhelp support. Unfortunately, efforts to thatend should have been made now and notthen. I don't know if my graduation will beheld as a result of my current bill, but I'llprobably end up paying it off well beforethen.

It's just too bad that last impressionsstick with you. Maybe after some years I'llhave the decency to reconsider, but for now,I've got a whole stack of 50-cent checkswith Alumni Association written all overthem.

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later nostalgia, and rethinking the benefitsand sacrifice's that were associated with mysenior year high school decision that hadbrought me here, I got a subtle but significantreminder of MIT reality. It turns out that anexpected scholarship payment on my accounthad been reduced by the amount of fiftycents, and so natura))y I was asked to coverthe difference.

In some ways, a 50-cent bill from theBursar's Office is so trivial that I wouldn'tbother to mention it. But perhaps for this rea-son it symbolizes a sort of pettiness andinconsideration to the end that I wiJ) never beable to divorce from this concrete schoolyard.Last year I was similarly irritated by a one-doJJar bill, but since it was for my own libraryfine, it seemed a bit more tolerable.

Perhaps the most logical explanation is toblame the bill on the accounting system.Maybe no human being ever laid caring eyeson the request. Clearly, though, some humandesigned the system, and MIT ostensiblyapproved of the design.

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Campaign Format PreventsProper Assessment of IssuesColumn by Anders Hove Dole belatedly raised (or rather, entioned)EXECUTIVE EDITOR the issue in his second debate with Clinton.

It's a real pity that this year's presidential Instead of responding to the charges, or evenrace has flopped so badly. A horse race is fine acknowledging them, the president floatedentertainment for those of us who follow poli- serenely above the issue. He looked presiden-

tics and 'Bovemment all tial, according to most observers, and Doleyear round every year. looked mean. .The rest of the country, Given the limited number of issues thathowever, has little rea- could be discussed during the election as ason to learn about or whole, and given the format of the debatediscuss the nation's (where Dole had to ignore audience queries inproblems, and a close order to attack the president), I sY1TIpathizeelection is about the with those who wanted to let Clinton off theonly thing 'that can hook. Indeed, I believe the charges siJly,tempt people from their because it seems to me that once they knewapathy. This election, by an the facts about the Riady contributions andcontrast to others, has the FBI files, people would not find the evi-

failed to awaken tlie electorate from its slwnber. dence very damning as far as the president'sOne casualty of this year's campaign bore-

dom has been the Clinton ethics issue. Bob Ho~e, Page 5

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Pride is being studiousenough to like thisplace but worldlyenough to deny it. Forbetter or for worse,thousands of brightyoung folks will callMIT home, and somefraction of them willeventually do so in thepast tense. Like anyrigorous training regi-

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But the Institute as a university can't sur-vive with alumni that grab their diplomas andrun. A successful university must impart itsstudents with a sense of membership and loy-alty. Colleges were founded with the idea thatlearning is best done as a collective; toemphasize cooperation, not commiseration.MIT was recently marked down in nationalcollegiate rankings largely because of pooralumni satisfaction. Whether it be truth orconvention, the fact is, anyone who's beenhere for some time will surely have no troubleproducing a hefty Ii t of reminder that MITreally doesn't con ider it student body a toppriority. La t week, I got one more.

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October 29, 1996 OPINIO

Low Writing Standards Yield Inadequate Performance

Negative Attacks More Often Hurt Attacker

Column by Brett AltschulSTAFF REPORTER

As I placed the finishing touche on mypaper for Animal Behavior (9.20) at 11:30p.m. on the night before it was due, anotherstudent in the class approached me, askingwhat I thought the e say question meant. Iwa shocked that she apparently hadn't evenbegun a five page paper that was due in 16hours. The encounter set me thinking aboutthe overall quality of writing at MIT.

In general, students at MIT are lousy writ-ers. The biggest single reason for this is pro-crastination. We wait until the very lastminute to write. papers for our classes. As aresult, quality of the final products rangesfrom low to abysmal. The papers are poorlyconstructed and badly composed, and theyreceive a minimum of editing.

I must confess that I am guilty of this pro-crastination just like everyone else. I take twodays to compose essays on which I oncewould have spent a week. This isn't a signthat I write faster now; the quality of my worksuffers more than a little. However, as I'veseen quite clearly, I'm far from the worstoffender in this regard.

The fact that MIT students produce suchmiserable prose has little to do with their actu-al writing skill; it's a product of the MIT envi-ronment. We spend minimal time on ourpapers simply because we get away with it.Professors at MIT appear not to care whethertheir students write with any facility whalso-ever. (A quick look at the scientific prose thatthose professors themselves produce offers ahint why this is the case.) Since the expecta-tions in classes are so low, the material pro-duced is oflow quality.

The level of writing that I was expecte~'to produce in high school was much higherthan it is at MIT. My high'school teachersdidn't operate under the assumption that theirstudents would end up in fields other thanscience and engineering, fields where writing

i considered marginal at be t. It wa n't aecret that I wa going on to be a cientist,

but I still needed to produce high-qualityes ays.

I rather doubt that all the techno-nerd atMIT managed to get accepted to a college likethis one without doing well in the upper-levelEngli h classe in high school. They musthave produced much better pro e before arriv-ing at MIT. But once they get here the qualityof their writing plummets precipitously.

The MlT administration recently recog-nized that the paltry writing requirements atthe Institute don't suffice and that graduateslack the ability to communicate effectively.

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conduct is concerned.It bothers me, however, that candidates

who raise charges about other candidates' con-duct tend to get hammered even more than theperson whose conduct is in question. In the1984 debates, Democratic challenger WalterMondale raised all sorts of questions aboutPresident Ronald Reagan's policies over theprevious few years. While most audiencemembers felt Mondale had won on substance,real-time "hot buttons" analysis of televisionaudience .emotions during the debate revealedthe opposite result. When Mondale rebuttedReagan, viewers felt negatively about him.

A similar study of the second Dole-Clintondebate revealed a similar result: When Doleattacked, viewers poured out their negativefeelings -.:.-on Dole. Sure enough, now peoplethink Dole is meaner than ever. So the lessonis, have the candidate stick to upbeat {if irrele-vant) platitudes, and have your surrogatesmuck around with charges and counter-c:ha~ges. . (

What they fail to gr p i that the vapid andeffete academic pro e typical of MIT studentsis a creation of MIT itself. Throwing morewriting a signments in the faces of tudentserves no purpo e unle s profe ors hold tho eassignments to a much higher tandard thanthey currently do.

For a tart, papers shouldn't be graded bypeople who can't write themselves. PerhapsMIT should put a little more effort into findingfaculty who can communicate without resort-ing to a maze of field- pecific jargon all thetime. Or maybe the faculty members shouldput a little more effort into finding literateteaching assistants for their classes rather than

One might think that maybe people reactrationally to negative charges. Maybe theydon't agree with Dole's charges and wish he'dnever brought them up. Depressing though itmay seem, the evidence tells against the idea.The Mondale-Reagan debate study, for exam-ple, showed that people had negative feelingtoward Mondale's charges only when thecamera was fixed on his face; when the cam-era showed Reagan's face, Reagan's ratingfell.

The average watcher, then, behaves verypoorly: He or she just transfers all negativefeelings about the attacks onto the person onscreen at any given moment. If Jim Lehrerhad been on screen during Dole's attacks,maybe Dole wouldn't have suffered so muchfrom his own attacks.

If candidates can't discuss their opponents'records for fear of viewer backlash, what canthey say? They have to rely on platitudes. Thedebates were full of those. Clinton brought upa host of inconsequential or self-enacting pro-

.grams to s'erve this bland purpose. Dole keptharping on his tax cut plan. The candidates

ones who just count the number of buzz~rdsu ed in an essay and base grades on that.

If the administration and the faculty recog-nize these facts and take steps to remedy theproblem, the extra writing classes that havebeen propo ed will become superfluous. Theamount of writing that students are nowrequired to produce would fully suffice if thereal is ues were addre sed.

The basic ineptitude of MIT students' writ-ing is a creation of MIT, with its lax attitudetoward the ability to write. That attitudebreeds procrastination and leads to the poorquality of writing that characterizes studentsand graduates of MIT.

rarely clashed on ideas.Of course, there i one way for a candidate

to go on the offen ive without dropping in thepolls: the negative attack ad. egative adswork, however, not by contra ting the candi-date's idea and thus winning support of theopponent' er twhile followers. egative adswork because they drive people away fromthe polls; the victim of the ad suffers morethan the attacker, but both suffer because ofincreased cynicism and negativity.

No matter what the polls say, peopledeserve to see the candidates clash on ideas.Only then can people contrast the candidates'ideas and decide what vision is right for them.Unfortunately, the current format of cam-paigns and debates does not facilitate this con-trast. It may even impede it.

I believe we need to think hard about howto juice up our presidential campaigns. Thepoint is not to increase the amount of mud-slinging. The point is to let people see the dif-ference between the candidates. Without thatcontrast, every election becomes boring andcynical.

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Buffett, Iguanas, Saul Coughing come aut with new albums

THEATER REVIEW

Aboard a cruise ship, plotting to steal back a lost love

By Joel RosenbergSTAFF REPORTER

Looking for something new to listen to?Here are a few relatively new CDs(some more so than others) to check outnext time you're browsing ewbury in

Comics. If you want to check for yourself, allof these bands have World Wide Web pages.Start at the Ultimate Band List(http://www.ubl.com) as a general rule.

Medeski Martin and Wood: Shack-manYou might be getting sick of my saying

it, but these guys are not to be missed. Theyjust came out with their fourth album calledShack-man a couple of weeks ago, and it'spretty damn good. MMW went down to theirHawaiian hideaway to put it together andproduced their most tuneful collection yet.

Their musicianship is unbelievable. Thisisn't a random collection of guys whodecided to form a band. Each one is a virtu-oso at he does, and it makes for amazingmusic to relax to, to study to, to dance to, orwhatever.

"Bubblehouse" is an awesome build- 'til-you-drop song that is even more amazing live."Henduck" starts experimentally but developsan amazing coherence. And "Jelly Belly" is asgood a funk groove as I've heard in a while.Check out the album and try to see them at theSomerville Theater this Sunday, 8p.m. CallTicketmaster (931-2000) to get tickets. It willbe dollars well spent.

They Might Be Giants: Factory ShowroomIf you've never heard TMBG, you're miss-

ing a valuable musical niche in your life onlythey 'can fill. Nobody else can pull off suchcatchy tunes with such inteJJigent lyrics andplayfully experimental music.

The new album, Factory Showroom,holds true to what the Johns have given us

. before. They've added a band, along withfull horns and strings on certain selections,and it sounds great. The topics for the songsrange from recreational beach treasure hunr-ing in "Metal Detector" to 11th President ofthe United States "James K. Polk" (factual-ly accurate, of course) to a fictitious rivalrybetween '80s rock icons "XTC vs. AdamAnt." The song "New York City" deservesto rank right up there with Sinatra orBernstein in the I LOVE NY propagandadepartment.

In keeping with their wacky avant-gardeshtick ("Fingertips" off of Apollo 18, "Minimum Wage" on Flood), for this outingthey recorded "I Can Hear You" at the

Edison Historic Site in We t Orange, J onan Edison war cylinder recorder. You'llknow why people love TMBG when youhear it.

Jimm Buffett: Christmas IslandIf this was the first album by Jimmy

Buffett you listened to, you'd probably neverlisten to him again. Jimmy was born onChristmas day and probably did this albumout of sentimentality - certainly a mistake. Acollection of Christmas covers like "JingleBells" and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" aremixed with new songs like "Merry Christmas,Alabama" and "Ho Ho Ho and a Bottle ofRhum." They've got the classic Jimmy soundto them, which moves you from snowy moun-tains to the calming Caribbean.

Still, it's questionable whether Jimmyshould be following up Banana Wind withsomething so poor - shaken faith needs nofurther shaking. Even so, the album is a nice

ANYTHING GOESMIT Musical Theater Guild.La Sala de Puerto Rico.Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter.Book by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse.Directed by Paul Dixon.Starring Debbie Hyams '97, James Kirtley G,Waleed Anbar '99, Liz Louik W '99, TeresaRaine '97, Bruce Applegate '94.

By Teresa HuangSTAFF REPORTER

The Musical Theater Guild's productionof Anything Goes has its moments.Although it feels thoroughly like aamateur performance, it has several

strong performances, the dancing is polished,and the singing is excillent. '

Anything Goes takes place on a passengercruise ship from New York to England whereyoung Billy Crocker (Waleed Anbar '99) dis-covers his lost love Hope Harcourt (LizLouik W '99) is aboard but about to marrythe stiff Englishman Sir Evelyn Oakleigh(James Kirtley '95), mostly under the duressof her mother, Mrs. Harcourt (StephanieZielinski '98). Crocker enlists the help of thefamous nightclub singer and former evange-list Reno Sweeney (Debbie Hyams '97) aswell as public enemy Moonface Martin

change from more traditional christmaalbums, and "Mele Kalikimaka" is particular-ly pleasant. If you are unfamiliar with Jimmy,I recommend Songs You Know By Heartbefore making the leap to this. But if you'realready a fan, you shouldn't have a problemenjoying these holiday favorites.

oul Coughing: Irre i tible BlissThese guys rocked Tech last spring, and

they've got the album to prove it. Theirsound is pretty intense, even on slowertunes, and even the slow tunes build toreveal a deep-rooted anger that is strangelyappealing. The title of the album, IrresistibleBliss, summarizes that fact. The angersounds irvana-inspired - mean but stillfriendly.

The opener "Super Bon Bon" sounds like afunked up rap/rock with a mild melody.There's no choice but to bop your head. Sometunes are more fun than others, like

(Bruce Applegate '94) to turn his hopelesssituation around, only to find it more hopelessthan before.

The highlight of Anything Goes is the tapdancing, skillfully choreographed by ChristinaSchofield '98. MTG has a history of shyingaway from most musicals that truly depend ondance, but this show proves that dancing canbe done successfully. The tap dancing wasenergetic and really absorbed the audience.

I also wholeheartedly commend the direc-tor for eliminating and replacing the offen-sive portrayal of the two Chinamen charac-ters that Lindsay and Crouse originally wrotein their show. This switch was done intremendously good taste and was politicallycorrect as well as a good way to avoid thewrath of this parficular reviewer. The PlumBlossom thing could have been removed,too, though.

Teresa Raine '97 as the flighty gangstersidekick Bonnie was show-stopping and byfar the best character in the show. Her stagepresence was strong throughout her acting, aswas her dancing, right down to her swingywalk. Debbie Hyams '97 does an uncannyEthel Merman as Reno Sweeney, and herenergy is good, although she came off as lesssexy than Bonnie, which I don't think wasCole Porter's intention. Applegate also turns

"Oi seminated," which uses a melody similarto a sampled cartoon theme. They sound tigh~but still experiment a bit, messing around withfeels and rhythms.

The Iguanas: SuperballFrom Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville

label comes The Iguana and their latest CO.Superball. Their Tex-MexlR&B/rock groovesound from ew Orleans should be a taplein anyone's dance collection. The album hassomething for everyone. "Lupita" shouldhave gained Macarena-level popularity with-out the associated cheese and in a more per~feet world would be on the set list of anydecent party. "Don't Blame Me" soundsalmost like country but is kept from that cat-egorization by a Texican twang. And there'sno resisting the Spanish serenades with a,rock feel. Definitely worth checking out ifyou're from the Southwest or just like goodmusic.

out a successful performance as Moonface,the street smart, wise-cracking gang ter.

Anbar was a terrific ham, but his interac-tion with Louik failed to create the sexualtension that should have existed betweenthem. Such was the case with Hyams and'Kirtley, though Kirtley's usual aloofness wasactually put to good use in his role, makinghis individual character quite effective.Despite good individual performances, eachfailed to convince they were in love with any-one else.

A flaw of the production was the absenceof detail in the acting, the set, and the cos-tUTn;;.S.The show lacked nuance, which isessentiai in making a period musical believ-able. A necklace here and a table there wouldhave added so much to the production. Andkey turning points in the plot were passedover too easily.

Despite its plainness at times, AnythingGoes is an okay production. This is one of thefew traditional-type shows MTG has done in awhile, and I think the change is refreshing.Though I feel this production was not com-pletely successful, it's a step in the right direc-tion. The singing and dancing save AnythingGoes, leading me to recommend it to anyonewho misses the old-fashioned song and danceand can overlook a few flaws.

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Scholars Discuss Middle East lSsues' at SymposiumBy Noimi GlszpencSTAFF REPORTER

Last week's torrential rains did-n't dampen the turnout at a talk onU.S. policy on the Middle East, heldlast Sunday in 54-100. Three schol-ars featured at the meetingaddressed issues that concern Iraq,Israel, and Palestine.

Elaine Hagopian, a professor ofociology at Simmons College, was

the first of the three to speak at theevent. She described a general pic-ture of U.S. policy with respect toIraq, Israel, and the Palestinians.

Hagopian characterized theapproach of U.S. foreign policy inthe Middle East as containment andcompared it to a "compacto'r."During the Cold War, communismneeded to be contained, whereasnow the containment strategy focus-es on nationalist Islamic separatistmovements, she said.

Since Israel is a strategic asset tothe United States, its concerns are

meshed with those of the UnitedState , Hagopian said.

To de tabilize jraq, Israel'spolitical enemy, Israel and theUnited State channeled funds,weapons, and training to theKurdish minority in Iraq via Iran,both before and after the fall of theShah of Iran, Hagopian said.

In the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,Palestinian Liberation Organizationleader Yasser Arafat had set twoterms: that Israel admit it is an occu-pying power and that it set an endgoal of a Palestinian state, Hagopiansaid.

But he later gave them up, shesaid. The Oslo peace accords -signed in late 1993 by Arafat andIsraeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu '76'- do not specify anend goal, and since Israel is not des-ignated a an occupying power, theterritories are disputed and every lit-tle thing needs to be negotiated,Hagopian said.

For these reasons, "sooner orlater [the] 0 10 [accords] wouldhave blown up. etanyahu made itblow up quicker," Hagopian said.

Fawzi discusses Iraqi plightHagopian was followed by Mary

S. Fawzi, a research associate atHarvard Universi'ty's School ofPublic Health, who was the fieldsupervisor and data analyst for theUnited ations Food andAgriculture Organization study enti-tled "Iraq Infant and ~hild Mortalityand utrition Survey."

Fawzi switched gears fromHagopian's political overview byfocusing on the impact of U.S. eco-nomic sanctions on the health ofIraqi children under five.

The study that Fawzi supervisedfound that infant mortality wentfrom 40.6 for every 1,000 childrenbefore the sanctions were imposedto 198.2 per 1,000 afterward.

The main causes of the rise in

infant mortality and malnutrition arefood insecurity, the lack of anita-tion and clean water because of thedestruction of infrastructures, andthe deterioration of basic health careservices that used to be provided bythe government, Fawzi said.

The conditions in Iraq, whichused to be equivalent to those incountries like Kuwait, are now on alevel comparable to less developednations like Mozambique andZimbabwe, Fawzi said.

Roy tal s about PalestiniansThe last speaker, Sara Roy, is a

research scholar at the Center forMiddle Eastern Studies at Harvardand an authority on the Gaza Stripand on the Palestinian/Israeli con-flict.

Roy, author of The Gaza Strip:The Political Economy of De-Development, pre ented her view ofthe Palestinian situation. She agreedwith Hagopian that the current prob-

lems are a result of labor policiesand the Oslo accords, not

etanyahu's positions.Economic, social, and political

conditions have deteriorated in theregion since the Oslo accords, Roysaid. The very high unemploymentand poverty rates among Palestiniansare a result of the closures of the ter-ritories' borders, she said.

Roy contended that economicreform was prevented by the agree-ments because a viable Palestinianeconomy could lead to a viablePalestinian state.

The talk was sponsored by theGraduate Student Council, theLebanese Club at MIT, and a host ofoutside organizations including theBoston Committee on the MiddleEast, American Friend ServiceCommittee, Grassroots Inter-national, Boston Mobilization forSurvival, and Arab student associa-tions at Boston University andHarvard.

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Albert G. Hill a fermer vice pre ident forre earch who wa one of the leaders in the develop-ment of the World War II radar, died la t Monday ofpulmonary di ea e at the age of 86 at his home in

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after having earned hi doctorate degree in phy ic atthe University of Roche ter and a B degree in-mechanical engineering and an MS degree inphysics from Washington University in St. Louis.

In 1941, Hill joined the staff of the new RadiationLaboratory at MIT, whose major goal was the devel-opment of a radar-based navigational sy tern for mili-tary use in World War II, according to The Educationof a College President, the autobiography of formerinstitute president James R. Killian Jr. '26.

In 1946, Hill became associate director of thenewly-formed Research Division of the RadiationLaboratory, which became the Research Laboratoryof Electronics. A year later Hill became a full pro-fessor of physics, and in 1949, he succeeded JuliusA. Stratton '23 as the director of the RLE.

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Among the many honors that Hill received werethe Presidential Certificate of Merit in 1948, the AirForce Distinguished Civilian Service Medal in 1955,and the Secretary of Defense Distinguished CivilianService Medal in 1959.

Hill is survived by three nieces and a nephew.Donations may be made in his name to the AmericanLung Association, 1505 Commonwealth Avenue,Brighton, MA 02135-3605.

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that time, it is hard for groups tohave institutional memory of whatwent on."

The time limit on studentgroups' responsibility is agreeableto everyone but came after consider-able discu sion between RCA,ASA, UA, and Dean for StudentLife Margaret R. Bates and Deanfor Undergraduate EducationRosalind H. Williams.

"We were of the opinion that[the accounts mi management] wasan RCA screw-up and RCA shouldpay for it," Wyatt said. "Somegroups had tried to fix the problemand were not allowed to."

UA Treasurer Russell S. Light'98 and Wyatt argued for as muchstudent group forgiveness as possi-ble, Wyatt said.

It was clear that RCA would payoff debts for groups that died in debtand would also pay for the 'half-entered transactions, Wyatt said.Beyond that, "it was mostly a ques-tion of convincing the people withmoney to pay," he said.

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transactions, Lau and repre enta-tive from RCA had to go througheach transaction according to centralaccounting, RCA, and tben TheThistle's record.

orne unable to follow transactionsComplicating the confusion is

the fact that student group leader-ship often changes completely everyyear. Many student group leaderswere not around when the mis-placed tran actions occurred, Wyattsaid.

"A lot of groups have very highturnaround and are unable to keepup with all of their account informa-tion," Huang said.

Because of this situation, RCAand representatives from the ASAand the UA decided to hold studentgroups responsible for their accountbalances only for the past fiscalyear.

Any debts from the previous twofiscal years will be absorbed by theProvost's Office, and any surplusfrom those years will be credited tothe groups, Eisenmann said.

"People seemed to agree thatholding folks responsible for thatone fiscal year seemed to makesense," Eisenmann said. "Before

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Without any better alternative,physical Plant and other organiza-ions would bill charges to an

brella student group accountnumber, and the charge would theneither show up very late or not at allon individual group account state-ments.

It was "like having your personalbank account handled by 350 family-members every day," Huang said.

In order to correctly place thecharges, members of RCA, ASA,'and the Undergraduate Association.had to sift through original docu-ments pertaining to the charges andassign them to the appropriate

oups, Eisenmann said."Once [groups] were provided

with the documentation, they usual-ly understood" the charges,Eisenmann said.

"We put in a lot of work over thesummer," said The Thistle'sFinancial Coordinator Teresa W.Lau '95. We were "a lIttle scaredtthat all this money didn't comehrough to us, and we didn't knowwho would be giving us thismoney," she said.

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age , by government at all levels, bythe ma media and the entertain-ment industry, by ports figures, bythe criminal justice ystem, and,above aU, by the paren! andguardians of the young," he aid.

Vest noted that a recent nationalsurvey found that the va t majorityof Americans want the UnitedStates to be the world leader in sci-entific and technological progre s inthe next century.

"Educational institutions ofhigher learning have not taken sci-entific and technological literacyvery seriously," said said formerDean of Undergraduate AcademicAffairs Travis R. Merritt.

"MIT takes it quite seriously,indeed. Other place will require acour e or two in science and let it goat that," Merritt said.

Public support of certain projectsvaries a great deal, Ve t said.Some, like the Space Station andHuman Genome project, captured

out, Jenrette said. we are really in the clear," JenretteIn addition, $],013 was spent said.

this year to celebrate the dormito- Some hall chairs were concerne,ry's house manager's retirement. that no one would give them copiePlans'to renovate the house's weight of the proposed budgets before theyroom will cost a significant amount , were passed', although copies wereas well. distributed eventually, said Michael

"Not aJ1 of our money goes to .' A. Behr '98, a hall chair.partie,S," Jenrerte said. . The house government is cur-

/ . .rently thinking of revising the dor-Ta.x passes lYit~ concer~s t;n~tQry's constitution. "We're going

JEast Campus residents, for the . to-review at least som'e'sections,"most part, agre((d to the house tax, ~ehr said." ,Jenrette said. The increase has, - '{here will probably be ~ mov~ to

'however: raised some concern clarif)/ the budget process.~ "Thatamong tudents, " just'seems like a useful thing to,put

"There is a sense th'ilt we need to , in the constitution," he said.h~ld people more responsible to ~I To get an idea 01' how Elistrister budgets," Jenrette said. Campus allocated its money in ~he

"Since we passed the house tax, past, members of the house's 'g<;lV-ernment spent time during rushlooking at the past records of housebudgets.

Unfortunately, while the housegovernment was examining severalpast annual budgets, the originalcopies were left in the open, and acustodian mistakenly recycled them.

"It was really sucky," Jenrettesaid.

Ve t emphasizes teachingVe t also emphasized the impor-

mative action program are nolonger nece ary, "but for now, wetill have a compelling need for

proactive efforts, despite calls bysome that what is needed in tead isimply tronger enforcement of anti-

discrimination laws," Vest said.Vest also explained the impor-

tance of international scholars. "Itis an ongoing fact that the excel-lence of our in titutions is due invery large measure to our openne sto international cholars. MIT fac-ulty who have received the obelPrize include individual who wereborn in Japan, India, Italy, andMexico."

About one third of the PhDdegrees in science and engineeringgiven by U.S. universities areearned by foreign students, Vestsaid. "Openness and meritocracy arewhat have made our universitiesgreat, and we must continue thatspirit and philosophy in our nationalendeavors. "

dents of any dorm benefit from rush.It's important to find new residentswho will enjoy the flavor of life thatis pursued in a particular livinggroup."

Jenrette also said that EastCampus normally spends an amountof money that exceeds revenue col-lected from the house tax each year.The dormitory has spent moremoney recently because two yearsago it received a large influx ofmoney from washing and vendingmachine revenue.

H0v.:'ever, that money has runI

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President Charle M. Ve t'reorganization moved many opera-tion offices, like the Bur ar'Office and the tudent FinancialAid Office, under the Dean' Office.The Dean' Office now ha to dealwith both teaching and operation ,William said.

"I think the main [ta k] will begiving some sense of positivemomentum to the UndergraduateAcademic Affairs Office," Merrittsaid. Hodges can help individualson staff feel that their contributionsare valued.

Secondly, Hodges will need towork with departments to maketeaching at MIT more effective,Williams said.

He will look at the future offreshman seminars, the coordinationthe freshman curriculum, and thelaboratory requirement.. Hodges willcontinue the process of reformingthe writing requirement, Bacow said.

To some extent, Hodges' joboverlaps with the job of the presi-dential task force on student life andlearning, he said. Hodges is not amember of the task force but willclosely work with them to achieve acommon goal. .

Faculty pleased with selectionHodges was selected as dean after

consultation with faculty, UAA'staff,and students, Williams said. Openstudent forums were' well attendedby both deans and undergraduates.

There were two main messagesfrom the student forums, Williamssaid. Undergraduates wanted thedean to be someone approachableand someone who would ac\ivelyinteract with departments toimprove education. "This is verymuch Kip's agenda," she said.

While Hodges as been active inchanging the writing requirement,he is a scientist and not a "humanistin disguise," Williams said. Hisinterest in writing is at a profession-al training level.

The selection of Hodges, a scien-tist, helps balance out Williams, aprofessor of writing, and Bates, apolitical scientist, Williams said.

Faculty and staff were pleasedwith Hodges' selection.

"Absolutely wonderful," Merrittsaid. "He's a long-time colleague ofmine having to do with undergradu-ate education."

"I think it's a terrific appoint-ment," Bacow said. Hodges caresdeeply about education and is high-ly respected by both students andfaculty, he said.

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concentrate on the undergraduate cur-riculum," Hodge aid. Hodges' rolewill be to review the undergraduatecurriculum and improve the qualitybeyond what it is now, he aid.

With a title involving undergrad-uate academic affair, Hodges tendsto think of worrying about numbersdescribing individual students, hesaid. His job will focus more on thegeneral philosophy of educationrather than day-to-day issues.

Unlike his predecessor, Hodgeswill only have the dean's job as ahalf-time job. This way Hodges cancontinue his research.

In addition, Hodges did not wantto be a full-time administrator. "Idon't pretend to be a micromanagerof things," he said.

With this in mind, the sectionswithin the Office of UndergraduateAcademic Affairs will have to pos-sess more autonomy, Hodges said.

"I think the people within thosedepartments will have to managemore," said Associate Dean ofUndergraduate Academic AffairsPeggy Enders. Associate deans havehad that kind of managerial rolebefore, and it should not be a prob-lem, she said.

"I think it's a good model," saidProfessor of Urban Studies andPlanning Lawrence S. Bacow '72,chair of the faculty. "If we are goingto be successful in getting facultydeeply in issues of undergraduateeducation, we have to structurethese jobs so they don't have to giveup their scholarly lives."

"It may be necessary to makeadjustments,'; Merritt said. "Themain thing is to get a good personlike Kip into that role."

The job will essentially be thesame even though it is half-time,Williams said.

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Dean to improve education, UAAFocusing on the undergraduate

curriculum, Hodges wants to serve asa catalyst for change in education, hesaid. A lot of his energy will go intointeracting with students and faculty.

"The administration should betr' .1sparent to students," Hodges said.If a student has some kind of prob-lem, whether financial, personal, oracademic, it should be clear what thestudent needs to do. It is importantthat students get a good educationwithout a layer of hassles, he said.

When Hodges takes office, hewill face a variety of tasks.

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Secondly, it will be hard to makethe story include much outside ofBoston, Minneapolis, and LosAngeles. Most of the early decadesof the league were dominated byBoston, with periodic surges by theMinneapolis/L.A. Lakers.

Have you ever seen footage ofold b~sketball games? It's a bunchof white guys in short shorts playingin what looks like my high schoolgym. Old baseball, of course, looksthe same, and football looks kind ofcool with the leather hClmets. Butold basketball just looks hokey inblack and white.

I'm eager to see what they comeup with because it'll take my mindoff the horrendous season theCeltics will have.

win. In college, team can takeprid in a ea on even if they winone or do not win it all.

ometime that get 10 t if youare a Buckeye, Gator, or Volunteerfollower. And while I refu e to give

orthwe tern top lOre pectbecause they eem to just barely winevery game they play against any-one, their games could be watchedjust for their pure entertainmentvalue, But I will shower the purpleand black with all the re pect theyde erve if they survive the next twoweeks at Penn State and Iowa.We'll ee.

Thi weekend weeded out two ofthe championship pretenders in my

Let's see 'em tryI can't wait for the NBA to try to

dig up footage from before 1980 fortheir 50th anniversary. I've alwayswanted to see if they had anyfootage of Wilt C~amberlain~s 100-point game in 1960. In celebr~ting.the history of the game, Stern'sgang faces a number of obstacles.

First of all, fundamentally, for itsfirst 35 years of its existence,nobody cared about the NBA.

have an especially big series. Butthe Braves showed him respect byintentionally walking him when run-ners were on.

Although their overall perfor-mances were up and down, the field-ing of Darryl Strawberry and PaulO'Neill - and the tremendouspitching of Pettitte in Game 5 afterbeing shelled in Game 1 - can notbe ignored.

What's interesting is that thevaunted Yankee bullpen did notquite perform as expected. Yes,Wetteland was the seri'es MVP, butregular season superman MarianoRivera seemed hittable, ~nd the crit-ical performances came out of for-gotten men like Graeme Lloyd andDavid Weathers. You never can tell.

la t week, and they ha e won th irla't four game by a total of 10points. While they merit re p t, theyhould not be feared in any way. 1

point this out because the announcerfor the Ohio tate-Iowa game thiweekend declared Ohio tate walucky they did not "have to play"

orthwestem this year. Get real.But that i the appeal of.college

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orthwestem barely won again

nobly pitched two games wellenough to win, but lost thanks to anunearned run in Game 5.

Andruw Jones exploded onto thenational stage in Game I with two

i home runs and continued to makeoutstanding plays at the plate and inhe field throughout the series. Oneot the same feeling that fans mustave had when a rookie namedickey Mantle made his Wor~dies debut in 1951. This guy is for

real.Of course, the Yankees had a

number of heroes. One has to startjth Joe Torre, who managed a

he'avy underdog to a victory in aseries of close games with a stringof good managerial decisions. HisNational League experience can not

I be discounted as a factor.Even though Joe Girardi was the

catcher of choice, you have to givecredit to Jimmy Leyritz for the mostclutch home run of all, and to Wade

,.g:5, the much-maligned thirdf.' baseman, for patience at the plate.

David Cone's gutsy Game 3 winwas also huge.

Because I sung his praises a fewweeks ,ago, Bernie Williams didn't

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ThUT day on the turf at 3 p.m. Ih

round one of the EW8Conference Tournament at 7 p. .If they win they will move on tthe semifinals at WPI on Satur .and then to the championship gameon Sunday if they win in the semi-fmats.

taken, the team's undercla smendumped the remaining contents ofthe water cooler on top of them.Fortunately or the eniors it was awarm day.

The team will be facing eitherMount Holyoke College orWorce ter Polytechnic Institute on

the team, on their last regularlycheduled home game of the eon.

After the game ended, the teamgot to together as a group, and theseniors on the team - Merrilees,Ellen Hwang '97, and Laura Walker'97 - got together to have theirpicture taken. After pictures were

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Katherine Merrilees '97 scored the I.t goal for Mil to clinch the win over Clark University to 4-1 inSaturday's game at Barry Reid.

However, hortly after this goalClark pulled together and tookadvantage of a temporary lap e inintensity' for the Engineers to scoretheir first and only goal of the day,to bring the core to 3-1.

Entering the econd half, MITwas up by two and was determinedto widen that margin. Much theyhad in the first half, the Engineerscontinued to play with intensity tooverpower Clark throughout theecond half.

With 26:40 left in the half, MIThad Clark' goal completely cov-ered when Connie Sadowski '99pa sed the ball back to KatherineMerrilees '97, who shot the ball intothe net to bring the score to 4-1.

Up by three points, theEngineers continued their offensivedrive again t Clark to secure theirwin and attempt to widen the mar-gin of victory. Excellent defensiveplaying for the Engineers keptClark from taking any clear shotson goal and kept the ball on MIT'side of the field for only a brief

time.There were ,several good plays

for MIT in the remaining minutes ofthe half. These resulted in severalmore shots on goal - which wentwide of the net or were blocked bythe Clark goalkeeper - to keep thescore Wlchanged.

In the end, MIT won the game4-1. The game was also senior day,when the team honors the seniors on

By Erik S. Ba eyASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

On an unseasonably warm andbeautiful Saturday, the field hockeyteam defeated Clark University 4-1in their la t regularly scheduledgame of the eason.

The win bring the team' ea-on record to 9-4 and their ew

England Women's Eight conferencerecord to 6-1.

The Engineers dominated mo tof the game and got off to an earlylead. About only one minute intothe game, Anshu Sinha '98 coredMIT's first goal.

With MIT up by one so early,Clark tightened up their defense andbegan to cluster very clo ely togeth-er near the net, making it difficultfor MIT to take clear shots on goal.

Despite playing into the un,MIT had the ball on Clark's ide ofthe field mo t of the time and con-tinued to take shots at goal, gradual-ly wearing down the Clark defense.Finally, with 7:44 left in the fir thalf, Tracy Sadowski '99 broke.through Clark to score an Wlassistedgoal to bring the score to 2-0.

The Engineer continued theiraggressive playing to keep thepressure on Clark. About four min-utes after the last goal, with 3:27left in the half, Stephanie Maifert'98 drove the ball pa t the Clarkgoalkeeper off a pass from TeresaPower '00 to bring the score to3-0.

Rifle Shoots Against Alumni, Honors Coach of 20 Years

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For the fifth time this decade, we watched an' out-standing World Series. The 8-6, lO-inning Game 4and 1-0 Game 5 were some of the greatest gamesever, and Game 6 was no slouch. It shows that base-ball can be great when the game itself is allowed totake center stage.

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addition, the alumni had a chance toflex their muscles while the currentteam worked out potential glitcheswith valuable competition. .

The team now fears the daywhen Melaragno can begin shootingwith alumni teams in future. Not tolook too far ahead, the varsity team ,is setting its sights on its first matcof the season, which will be againstthe Unitea States Coast Guar',Academy the weekend of Nov. 8 tv9 at the pistol range.

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hard as they could to make up lostground. Klatsky fell behind at least20 other women at the gun butmoved her way up to the lead pa~kby the en.d of the race. She finish .in third place with a time of 19:51

Eisenberg and Shue-F J

Tung '00 also hung tough. finis . ~in the 10th and 17th spots withtimes of 20:28 and 20:44, respec-tively. Leah Nichols '00 and DebbieWon '00 put in strong efforts, cross-ing the finish line within two sec-onds of each other. They came in26th and 28th places as the clockread 21: 15 and 21: 17, respectively.

Tanya Zelevinski '99 and RobinEvans '99 rounded out the vars'squad in 30th and 31 st posih _with times of21:24 and 21:27.

Any of the three top teams cohave won, making the race. ver ..competitive. Coach Joe Sousa sai~that Wellesley and Wheaton werejust the better teams on that partic~-lar day.

The team looks forward to theirnext race - the ew EnglandDivision m Qualifying meet in twoweeks - and hopes to make theirbest showing ever in that meet.

Tbursday, Oct. 31Field Hockey ew England Women's Eight Tournament, 3 p.m.Women's Volleyball vs. Amherst CoUege~ 7 p.m.

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'83 with a 558, and Dave Schaller'78 with a 556.

The varsity team was lead bycurrent All-American Ben Leong'9.7 with a 551 and Myong-Sin Yi'98 with a 537. Yi is currently thereigning national champion inwomen's air pistol, a distinction shewon at West Point this past spring.

In all, team members, past andpresent, were on hand to celebrate20 years of success by a man whoguided the team to excellence. In

By Lauren KlatskyTEAM MEMBER

MIT finished third at the NewEngland Women's Eight CrossCountry Championship at SmithCollege last Saturday.

With a score of 82 poiBts, theEngineers were defeated byWelle ley College and WheatonCollege, which received ~cores of39 and 54, respectively. In additionto the team ~s strong performance,Lauren Klatsky '97 and JanisEisenberg '98 were named to theall-conference team.

Beautiful autumn weathermasked the difficulty the runnersfaced on Smith's demanding crosscountry course. Although the firstportion was mostly downhill, a chal-lenging incline awaited the runnersat the mile mark.

The terrain flattened at the mid-point. allowing the athletes to recov-er before the worst part of thecourse, a steep 200 meter uphill.After reaching the top of the incline,the runnerS had a fast half mile leftbefore the finish.

The Engineers got off to a slow-er-than-ideal start and worked as

. UPCOMING HOME EVENTS

Women'sCross Co~tryFinishes Third at Smith

to Ben Ball '48. Alumni regularlyconvene at MIT in the spring to com-pete with the varSity team prior to thenational championships. Since sever-al All-Americans invariably attend(in effect creating a pistol "dreamteam"), it is a tall order for the cur-rent varsity to achieve victory.

Saturday's match was specialbecause of Melaragno's retirement.Over a dozen alUlllIli. including fiveformer All-Americans, were inattendance. The current and formerteam members as a group presentedMelaragno with a collage of all theteam pictures from the past 20 yearsas a memento of his dedicated ser-vice.

The match itself was as adver-tised. In air pistol, the alumni cardi-nal team defeated the varsity teamby a score of 2214 to 2138, setting anew range record in the process.The alumni, all former All-Americans were paced by Joe Mayo

Of course, there's Bobby Cox, whose decision tointentionally walk Bernie Williams in the top of the10th, loading the bases for Wade Boggs, may be sec-ond-guessed for decades. Personally, I don't think itwas that horrible of a decision, but combined withhis inability to rally a team that had so recently dom-inated, it did not look good

There's the Marquis Grissom-Jermaine DyeKeystone Kops team in right center field, whose sin-gle error in Game 5 meant the difference in thegame. If it's fair to judge Wohlers for one pitch, it'sfair to attack Grissom and Dye. And there was alsoGrissom's playing far too shallow against Girardi inGame 6.

Even the Yankees had potential goats. The one thatfirst comes to mind is Mariano Duncan, who constant-ly came up in key RBI situations and came up empty.

Another is Kenny Rogers, who pitched so horri-bly in his single appearance that he nearly pitchedhis team out of the series.

HeroesAs there are in every series, there are outstanding

performances as well. For the Braves, John Smoltz

shooters have been on the team mul-tiple years. ational collegiate andjunior shooting records have regu-larly been broken at MIT over theyears as well.

Success in the sport requiresintense concentration, steady nervesand physical stamina, characteristicswhich are common within the MITstudent population.

In addition to the varsity pro-gram, Melaragno has taught thou-sands of students in his pistol physi-cal education classes and hassupervised the varsity and juniorvarsity teams during local shootingevents.

Through his efforts, the MITfacility has become a key regionalsite for qualification matches thatlead to national and internationalcompetitions, including theOlympics.

The pistol team has an unusuallyactive alumni group that dates back

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A post-mortemSo who's to blame for the Braves' sudden col-

lapse after such a strong start? There are manypotential villains: Mark Wohlers,who gave up the huge three-runhomer to Leyritz in Game 4 and wasnot exactly dominating otherwise, iscertainly a good candidate. I willalways remember the image of hiswild pitch in the process of inten-

tionally walking a batter. Although it dido't score arun, it was indicative of what kind of series it was.

Steve Avery did a lot of damage in his one seriesappearance, giving up two runs in the top of the10th. Combined with the disastrous comeback fromthe injury he's had this season, his free-agent situa-tion may be quite unfriendly.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, the varsitypistol team hosted a preseasonmatch against an alumni team fea-turing several former All-Americanshooters.

While the high lev 1 of competi-tion prepares the team for toughupcoming matches against the ser-vice academies, the primary pmposeof this faU' s event was to honor theretiring pistol coach and range mas-ter Pasquale "Pat" Melaragno.

Melaragno has been a fixturewithin the MIT shooting communityfor the past 20 year . Hi varsityprogram has consistently fieldedtop-flight teams that competeagainst the service academies andschools that have strong ROTCshooting programs.

During this period, 15 shootershave been named to the nationalAll-American team. Some of those

By John D. Blasco and Danny Yu

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