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Responding to student criticcisms of ARA!s high prices,
Leoargued that althoughi there hadbeen pricing mistakes in the
past,ARA was now very conscious ofits pricing policy. He argued
thatthe typical board charge for Bos-ton area colleges was
around$2300 while MIT's board wasonly $14,00.
According to Leo, ARA pricesare on a per item basis, -unlikemany
programs in the area. Leobelieved that ARAs prices werecompetitive,
even below theaverage for most goods.
Leo favored the idea of ex-panding the "commons" system,so that
Baker House would notbe the only house on campuswith such a-system.
(Under thecommons system, students pay afixed price for a meal, and
re-eeive an unlimited quantity offood.) However, Leo said he hasnot
yet looked into the matterthoroughly.
Leo blamed some of ARAaspricing problems on the excessnumber of
food facilities inStratton. Student Center. Somedormitory
cafeterias and WalkerMemorial have been paraticularly ihl
GenleA~dam W Mest, the. originals. Batmana, atKresge'afteiaffected
by the competition, he : intKr a
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The Coalition Against Apartheid plans to demonstratetoday for
MIT to divest from South Africa. Page 2.
Sophie Calle explores her native Paris in photographs onexhibit
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4y--RBEvven ^.- beepsoThe- MIT Corporation is ex-
quarterly ineetiftg discussing theirnesxt step in the'
presidential-search' process. .
When- Biology Professor Phil-lip A. Sharp was nominated forthe
presidency on Feb. 14, manyfaculty and administration mem-bers
agreed that he would mostlikely be approved by the Corpo--ration.
His withdrawal on Feb. 20meant the Corporation had tochoose between
starting the
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services'Lawrence'. 9-aguire an-nounced that MIT-was likely
torenew its contract with ARAGood'Services. -ARA has
beenwith-MIT-since 19g5.
According. to. Maguire,'. relax,tidns between MIT and ARAhave
imp-rodved.-9teadily in recentmoiths.- Last-October, there
wasconsiderabled.speculation as to-whether MIT would continue
itscontract with ARA.
'Maguire commended ARA's re-cent effort to act on student
com-plaints-on prices and food quali-ty.- 'this effort, shows the
extentof ARANcommitent to MIT,"Maguire said.
According- to ARA, ManagerAlarl Leo, ARA has responded
to,student complaints. br'ought-through the Undergraduat'e
Asso-ciation Ad -Hoc Food Committee.This,.- committee took-a list
of"necessary improvements" to
ARA last term.UA Presidenit Paul.L. Antics
'91 claimed that students have ex-* pressed greater satisfaction
with
ARA since the UA ~ met withthem. Lines have shortened andthe
variety of foods has, increased, he.-said. These improve-ments have
been especially no-
--ticeable at Lobdell, Next Houseand McCornrick, Ahrtico
added.
There remained some longterm problems like the "exces-sive"-
minimum for the MIThouse meal pslan5*and the feelingthat 'the
prices "are not in linewith the quality of the food,'.added
Antico.-
-ARA took a student surveythis fall, and, based -on the
re-sults, decided, to make 'availablethe- nutritional information
ofcertain foods. A follow-up surveyis-due this spring. Leo hoped
thatthis interaction with'students willimprove ARA!s standing in
the
-MIT community.
I'I lirshle dirstribution.,.'~ B~~ea he -'.attack
.By Pftbbat Mehb -i- 1 I-Approximately,11 p q3Z *t;'i-·-.fThe
publicEtion of
M-rs- Alternative News Codllectiv, were found destroyed
earlyTuesday -morning several hours after distnbutioxi--in Lobby
7.S tevyen. D,.I~',e·enn 43?aprom~ioe nentmexe rT e.T istle,
saidhe.
''room 7f- Iiihi;'f, 'L:~ 5·1i~tli ~~asi~sus f hml~r menib I
ndtiic~ ibnth -i t~o tea said
c~~oiIi'eso he Thistle's "Science fdri.tlk People" issue had i
sist~ributed at S pm Monday -eveningwith approximately 1600
.copies .going -to Lobby 7. At approximately-l am Tuesday,Andres
Villarreal -G,-another member of. the collective, passedby Lobby 7
and discover ed that all of the issues were gone. Hefound some
copies in-the 7-107 bathroom, and proceeded to call-Penn. .
Penn and Villarreal found the rest of the issues, but
onlymanaged to salvage 300 from garbage cans. The issues in
thebathrooom garbage cans -hid been purposely soaked in water,Penn
said. -
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seorch, -from tlem beginning, orcontinuing frjom where they
had,fit off Witrr L.- Milne; an :as-
sistant to the Corporation chair-man-, s'aid that Iany option
...thait is- reasonable -within the- pa-rameters of the search"s is
apossibility.
The Executive Committee ofthe Corporation, which had orig-inally
recommended Sharp'snomination to the full Corpora-tion, met
yesterday to discuss-theoptions available to them. Milnesaid the
committee had discussed
the preidential .sarch on thetelephones utt added that
yester-day was Xh~ firs-ttime they hadmet "around the table."
Milne, acknowledged it waspossible; lthougli highly unlike-ly,
that a member of the Corpo-ration would nominate a candi-date
during today's meeting. "Intheory," he said, "someone couldnominate
someone else for presi-dent at any meeting when thesituation is as
it is now.'
The Corporation is also ex-pected to 'extend the terms
ofPresident Paul E. Gray '54 andCorporation Chairmlan David S.
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By Eun S. ShinLevel four -language courses,
previously grouped in the HASS-D, category of Language,Thought
and Value, have nowbeen placed outside of theHASS-D structure.
Under thenew policy, students may petitionto substitute level three
or levelfourlanguage courses to fulfillone of the -three
BHASS-Drequirements.
The new reform- resolved an"intellectual conflict" within
the
'HASS-D committee,,according toAssociate Dean of - umanitiesand
Social Sciences Phillip S.
--Khoury. Somne members of thecommittee had hoped to
elevatelevel three language courses toHASS-D standing in an effort
toencourage student participation.
"Alt-hough good argumentswere -proposed -by some mem-bers, "
they-- were unable to con-vince the committee, .`on inltellec-tual
grounds,' - that level .threelanguage courses deserve
'officialrecognition, in the HASS-Dsystem, Khoury, said.
However, the committee gavestudents the option to substitutea
language course for HASS-Dcredit by petition, as long as theydid
not fulfill the requirementwith other language-relatedcourses.
FLL seeks new head
More changes are expected inthe Foreign Language and Litera-ture
section as the search for anew head continues, Khourysaid. Dean of
Humanities andSocial Sciences Ann F. Fried-laender, acting FLL
section chair-person, recently announced thatshe will step down
from her postas dean on June 30. She will re-turn to teaching and
research inthe Economics Department, shesaid.
According to Khoury, the newhead is expected to come fromoutside
MIT.
Tech file photoDavid S. Saxon '41
Kristine AuYeung/The Tech-Some of the 500 copies of The Thistle
that were,found in toilets aid garbage cans of a men's bathroomnear
Lobby 7.
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Library operations have beenminimally disrupted, Rotch
Li-brarian Margaret E. De Popolosaid. Noisy drilling on the wallsof
the library, has been done onweekends, De Popolo said.
In June, library facilities in thepresent building will be moved
tothe addition. Whenn the renova-tion of the existing space is
com-pleted, facilities will be movedback and books currently in
stor-age will be put in the addition.
Fullding efforts continue
The "Rotch" name would nolonger apply to the architecturelibrary
if a "naming donation" ofat least $2 million were obtained,Deborah
J. Cohen, assistantdean for development in theSchool of
Architecture and Plan-ning, said. In any case, the!"Rotch" name -
in memory tothe first contributor to the library- will be retained
for the new
the project and regarded it as an"academic priority of
extraordi-nary importance," de Moncheauxsaid. "I am committed to
raise asmuch money as I possibly can,"he added, "lin order] to
reduce'the burden on MIT" There wasno deadline for the
fundraisingefforts, but "it is MIT's experi-ence that once a
project is fin-ished it is more difficult to raisefunds," de
Moncheaux said.
I"It is hard to raise funds for li-braries," Cohen said,
"especiallyin MIT's case, where libraries arecentralized and alumni
feel moreattachment to their departmentsthan to the libraries," she
added.,TheSchool of Architecture andPlanning is mailing letters to
allof its alumnae asking them forcontributions to the project.
Besides the $2 million requiredto name the library, there
wereother naming opportunities, Co-hen said. For -example,
for$450,000 a donor can name thelimited access area; for $50,000,a
reading oasis; for $1000, aBARTON workstation; and for$500, a book
truck.
Unusual structural design
Due to site and dimensionalconstraints, the building's
struc-tural system is essentially invert-ed. The six floors are
'hanging"from the top rather than beingsupported from the bottom.
Pe-rimeter columns hold enormousgirders on the top of the
struc-ture. These girders support hang-ers, which in turn support
thefloor slabs.
Since the inner courtyard ontowhich the library is being
ex-panded serves as truck access fordeliveries, the bottom floor
ofthe building had to be elevated 18feet above the ground. An
addi-tionfal problem w was, created bythe need to maximize area in
alimited space. According to localbuilding code the height of
the6addition cannot exceed that ofthe existing building.
The solution proposed bySimpson Gumpertz & Heger,
theproject's structural engineers, wasto provide a column free
interiorby suspending the six floors from .the roof. The hangers
supportingthe floor slabs do not consumevaluable floor space as
they fitbetween. bookstacks.
Further complicating theproject were the perimeter col-
mnns, which were placed 15 feetfrom each other and did notleave
enough room for trucks toturn around. To accommodatethe trucks, two
of the columnswere divided at the fourth levelinto an "A"
shape.
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By Mauricio RominAfter nine months of "fast-
track" construction work, the ad-dition to Rotch Architecture
Li-brary will be finished by the endof May, according to Director
ofMIT Libraries Jay K. Lucker.The addition is the backbone of a$6.5
million project to enhanceand renovate the library.
When the addition is finished,the renovation of the old
librarybuilding will begin. The en-hanced library will be ready
foroperation by the beginning of thefall semester, Lucker said.
Rotch Library, which now oc-cupies two levels in Building 7,has
been in desperate need ofrenovation for 15 years, Luckersaid. More
than one third of thelibrary's book and art collection,which is
regarded as one of thetop two in the nation, is storedoff campus.
Many books in thelibrary, which is not air condi-tioned, are
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The Coalition Against Apart-heid plans to demonstrate
againstMlT's continued investment incompanies doing business
inSouth Africa during today'smeeting of the MIT Corporation.
MIT pro-divestment groupshad hoped to present their viewsto the
trustees directly, but theirrequest to speak at the meetingwas
refused.
"A lot of people would like topresent their views directly.
Thelogistics simply do not permitthis," said Walter L. Milne,
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*cial assistant to the chairman of. the Corporation.
CAA member Ron W. FrancisG reacted angrily to the Corporaltion's
stance. "To try to speakwhen your voice is already notreally known
and then to be toldthat you cannot come to themeeting is really
appalling," hesaid.
Two weeks ago, the CAA, theBlack Students Union and theAfrican
Students Union askedthat the issue of South Africandivestment be
put on the Corpo-ration agenda. Both PresidentPaul E. Gray '54 and
Corpora-tion Chairman David S. Saxon'41 refulsed to do so,
according toa coalition press release.
Saxon said that the issue of di-vestment, will be addressed
-by"the Corporation's executive com-mittee this 'spring. ,An
advisory.committee, -the', -Shareholder'sCommittee, is to
completely re-view MIT's divestment policy."The issue is one of
pace," Saxonlsaid. "We regard the pace- as ap-propriate. They [the
coalition] donot. It. is on the agenda, but it'son our time
scale.'>
Three CAA members presentedskits on Wednesday and
yesterdaydramatizing their view of the cur-rent situation. The
skits por-
trayed Gray as easily influencedby corporate dollars. "[The
skits]tried to bring the situation topeople's attention," Francis
said.
According to Francis, the co-alition collected 1300
signaturescalling for MIT's complete divest-menat from South
Africa-relatedfirms during, the AA's recent pe-tition drive. "With
popular sup-port like that, we shouldn't beshut out [of the
meeting]," hesaid.
TThe coalition, the BSU, andthe ASU -plan to continue topress
.the Corporation to meetwith them ona matters of divesti-ture. "The
administration justneeds the same pressure [to di-vest] as
Coca-Cola, Shell, andothers," said BSU representativeJason P.
Vickers '90.
"The pillars of apartheid arestill in place, and by the very
factthat the administration does notsupport divestiture,"
Francissaid, 'it is unable to support thecause of the black South
Africanpeople."
Saxon believes divestment assuch will not have any real
conse-quences on events in South Afri-ca. "Nobody has persuaded
methat it has a contributing effect-to ending apartheid in
SouthAfrica," he said.
Government sanctions, on theother hand, have had a-
signifi-.cant role, according to Saxon,and he is in favor of the
USgovernment imposing them.
Francis asserted that manyCorporation members oppose di-vestment
because of their person-al stakes in South African invest-ments.
""MIT's holdings incompanies that do business inSouth Africa
indicates approvalof their policies. The Corpora-tion's decision
shows that theyvalue economic relations, morethan the political
value of pullingout," he said .
through the second level.
The project includes renovat-ing the existing space,
adding22,000 net square feet by expand-ing into the adjacent
courtyard,and improving the environmentalconditions. This will
result in atripling of space in the library.The library's seating
capacity willincrease from 30 to more than130 students.
Construction began in March1989 but foundations were notpoured
until July, Lucker said.The steel structure was thenerected, and
the concrete slabspoured. Work is being done onthe facade, but
partition walls
library's reading rooms Cohenadded.
The School of Architectureand Planning and the MIT librar-ies
are conducting a joint effortto raise funds for the projectfrom
external sources. Accordingto Jean P. de Moncheaux, deanof the
School of Architecture andPlanning, a target of at least $3million
has been set. So far,$300,000 have been raised, most-ly from two
donors who wish toremain anonymous, Cohen said.
For the time being, MIT is fi-nancing the project in its
entirety.The Institute was committed to
Lerothodi-Lapula Leeuw/The TechMembers of the Coalition Against
Apartheid Mark A. Smith G (left) and Cinthia R. Evanko'92 (right)
perform a skit in Lobby 7.
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temperatures to well above normal today before thepassage of a
cold front. After the passage of thefront, northwesterly winds will
advect colder airthrough the region. The front will stall along
theEast Coast tomorrow morning as an upper leveldisturbance
approaches from the west. A smallcyclone will develop on the front
and threateneastern sections of southern New England withsome rain
and snow.
Friday afternoon: Increasing clouds and mild. High48-54°F
(9-12°C). Winds from the southwest at10^25 mph.
Friday night: Cloudy with scattered showers. Windshifting north
then northwest at 15 mph. Low35 °F (2 °C).
Saturday: Cloudy and colder with the chance of aperiod of rain,
possibly mixed with snow. High37°F (3°C). Low 25°F (-4C). Wind
north tonortheast 10-20 mph. Precipitation ending latefollowed by
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The contra- rebels could hold the key to the pace oftransition
in Nicaragua. Nicaraguan President 'DanielOrtega spelled out his
demands for a smooth'transition ina speech to a crowd of. cheering
supporters. Ortega- wholost Sunday's election to. opposition leader
VioletaChamorro, has demanded that the US-backed contrarebels
-e'-,disb'anded.
Congressional :leaders-met with President George BushWednesday
to chart a new strategy for dealing with Nica-ragua, a nation that
has long been considered a US adver-sary. Bush indicated change in
US policy regardingNicaragua would be dramatic and-swift, according
toSenator Alan Cranston (D-CA). However, the WhiteHouse meeting
came before Ortega's hardline speech.
Not everyone in Central America is applauding the ap-parent
demise of the Sandinistas at the ballot box. Salva-doran leftist
guerilla leaders issued a statement Wednes-day deploring what they
called the adverse results ofNicaragua's election. The Salvadoran
and US govern-ments have long accused Nicaragua ofgsupplying
weaponsto the Silvadoran, rebels.,
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1990
Nelson Mandela Day,-a national holiday, as the black
na-tionalist leader arrived in Lusaka to a herd's welcome. Itis the
first time Mandela has been outside South Africa in28 years. During
his six-day visit, he will meet with exiledmembers of his African
National Congress, which isheadquartered in the Zambian
capital.
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NC State players accused ofpoint-shaving
Four members of the North Carolina State basketballteam,
including star center Charles Shackleford, haveconspired to fix the
scores of up to four Wolfpack games,according to ABC television
reports. The network said in-side sources, including an
unidentified teammate, have re-ported that a New Jersey gambler
paid Shackleford andthree other Wolfpack players as much as $1000
dollars pergame.
Robert Kramer, cited by ABC as the mastermind of theconspiracy,
has denied any point shaving. And the agentfor Shackleford, who now
plays for the National Basket-ball League's New Jersey Nets, said
his client did notshave points. NC State coach Jim Valvano has
denied anyknowledge of a conspiracy.
Seabrook gains licenseThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission granted
a full-
power license yesterday to the'Seabrook Nuclear PowerPlant. The
NRC approved the license by a 3-0 vote, butwill delay issuing it
until the expected appeals can be filedin federal court. Two of the
five members of the NRCboard abstained from the vote because of
previousinvolvement in Seabrook.
Massachusetts Governor Michael S. Dukakis claimedthe NRC placed
nuclear industry interests above thesafety of the people who live
near the Seabrook plant.The Massachusetts border lies just two
miles from theplant, which is located in New Hampshire. Dukakis
saidMassachusetts Attorney General James Shanrnon plans tochallenge
the licensing in federal appeals court.
Consumers in New England will now face utility ratehikes to pay
for the $6.5 million planlt, Dukakis said. Healso said that
President George Bushl's support forSeabrook during the 1988
presidential campaign and thesubsequent actions of his
administration helped the plantgain its license. Massachusetts
Senator-John F. Kerry (D)accused the NRC of being the "Nuclear
Booster Commis-sion" and vowed to continue to battle the plant.
Controversy *bewa. overInhdian _election
tThe Bureau of Indian Affairs said it will not get in-volved in
the recent Narragansett Indian tribal election,despite claims by
the ousted Chief Sachem-that there were"irregularities. A spokesman
for the bureau said thematter was an internal onie within the tribe
and that thefederal agency recognized the people who were elected
asthe new tribal government.
The so-called traditional faction, led by George Hop-kins,
defeated a council headed by Kenneth Babcock in aJanuary election.
Earlier this month, Babcock and mem-bers of the ousted council
called Williamn Ott, area BIAdirector, and asked him to intervene
and investigate themanner in which the election results were
handled.
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Grand jury indicts Exxonon five counts
A federal grand jury in Alaska handed a five-count
in-dictment-against Exxon and its shipping subsidiary inconnection
with last year's massive oil spill, AttorneyGeneral Dick Thornburgh
said at a news conference,Wednesday. The Imeiessage
'Wds'lliat'eivironmenltal crimeswill not be tolerated, Thornburgh
explained. The indict-ment was presented by the grand jury after
after a pro-posed plea deal fell through, but Thornburgh said
he-wasnot ruling out the possibility of a deal in the future.
IfExxon is- epodicted' on . all counts, criminal -fines couledtotal
as -much as $1.6 millflox}
Assistant Attorney General Dick Stewart said the in-dictment
accused Exxon and the subsidiary of two felo-nies and three
misdemeanors. The company is chargedwith violating a regulation
prohibiting any person frombeing engaged on a crew if that person
is known to bephysically or mentally incapable of performing his
duties.
Joseph Hazelwood, captain of the tanker, faces crimi-nal
charges, in a separate action in Alaska. He is accusedof being
drunk and letting his ship get away from him.Exxon also stands
accused of violating the Clean WaterAct, unlawfully discharging oil
and violating theMigratory Bird Treaty Act.
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bathroom out- Through these acts, a self-side Lobby 7. One stack
was righteous few seek to determinejammed into the-toilet and the
re- what-ideas, are -allowable for, the,
.mainaer were-. soaked--in. Water -entire --commu-nity.- They
raise ~be-and thrown into the trash can. fore us the specter of
censorship
That some people disagree which -has haunted our societywith the
views expressed in our throughout history and againstnewspaper.
affingis that thereJisa- · whigh, the freedom movements ofhealthy
plurality of 'opinions 'atr ̀ the`,i6st ",year have fought.soMIT.
That some individuals steadfastly.would deign actively and
illegally Abrogating the freedom of oneto, censor us and suppress
our press is not just an attack on anewspaper indicates that there
is single newspaper, but an assaulta dangerous level of intolerance
on the entire community's ability
.at MIT to access a wide range of opinionThFre Thistbe is a
newspaper. We and fact. This act has no place in
are a forum of ideas and infor- a community dedicated to
themation. Whlat idea was so dan- free ¢xchange of ideas. We
there-gerous that it had to be answered fore call on the MIT
communitythrough violent retribution rather to-join us in
unreserved conadem-than public discourse? Though in nation of those
who would perpe-the past we have written on more trate such
injustice.emotionally-charged subjects, it Steven Penn Gis our
latest issue, dedicated to and five othersthe social implications
of technol- The Alternativeogy,, that suffered the harshest .News
Collective
In the past year, we have clear-ly heard peoples' eloquent cry
forfreedom and democracy aroundthe world. At such an
inspiring.historical -moment, it, is both- de-7pressing and,
outrageous to seesome individuals curtail thesevery same freedoms
in our owncommunity. In an university com-mitted to the ideal of
greater en-lightenment, everyone must cher-isfh and respect the
basic freedomof free speech. We are thus thor-oughly'disgusted by
and totally-condemn the recent-assaults onthe MIT newspaper The
Thistle.
On numerous occasions overthe past six months stacks of pa-pers
distributed in Lobby 7 havebeen attacked, often only hoursafter
they were distributed. Bun-dles of Thistles have been re-moved and
whole stacks of pa-pers destroyed. In the latestassault on Monday,
Feb. 26, astack of 800 papers was throwninto a Lobby 7 garbage can.
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This morning, while walkingdown the Infinite Corridor, I hadthe
misfortune of coming acrossa miscreant in the process of
van-dalizing some· posters. -Ma-nyreaders may have seen this
per-son's work. The posters, whichhad been put up by MIT Stu-dents
for Israel, asked why thePalestine Liberation Organizationhad not
changed its charter if itwas really interested in peace.
Our "friend's" addition to theposter was, "Israel is
Apartheid,'scribbled in bright red markeracross the front of the
poster,much in the manner of a"Today!" notice. When-I askedthe mad
scribbler to,_please stopvandalizing the posters, he toldme that he
just wanted to let peo-ple know the truth.. I remindedhim that he
could just as effec-tively let people know the truthby putting up
his own posters;his response was that it was morecost-effective to
convey his mes-sage on- other people's posters. Itried to -remind
him that vandal-ism was wrong, but his responsewas that so was
blowing uppeople's houses, and so wasdeporting people.
We are at MIT, not in Israel orthe occupied territories. At
MIT,the issues related to the MiddleEast are (believe it or not)
moreor less academic, not a matter oflife and death, nor a matter
onwhich our actions here will havea palpable impact. Thus,
debatesthereon should be fought cleanly
and legally, not with petty, stupidacts such as vandalism.
If we were in Israel, if we werein the occupied territories,-if
wewere a family whose olive groundhad- been uprooted or whose
fac-tory had been confiscated, a casemight be, made for the
necessityof illegal actions against the au-thorities for lack of
effective al-ternatives. But we are not, andthose who disagree with
MITSIare not in a life-and-death strug-gle with the authorities,
and thusvandalism, and .other - illegalitieshave no place.- -
If this argument about meansstirs no understanding, let me
ad-dress ends. What. did our vandalthink he was accomplishing
byvandalizing the posters? Did he-think that -scribbling 'Israel
isApartheid" would have any ef-fect upon people's thinking
about
-the issue?Those who .disagreed or -agreed
would continue to do so; the nia-jority in the middle would
be-completely -repulsed by ourfriend's tactics and would be
in-clined to -be more receptive to themessage of the MITSI poster
-that the untrustworthy PLO wouldstop at nothing to accomplish
itsgoals.
Those with some understand--ing of the issue,- in cluding
thosewho sympathize with the Pales-tinians' plight, would of
courseknow, that the slogan,-Israel isApartheid" contains little
truth,as Israeli Arabs are voting citi-
zens of -the State of Israel, asthere are Arab members of
theIsraeli Parliament, and as Arabsconsist of only- about 10
percentof the total Israeli population.(Most people would- agree,
Ithink, that the most monstrousquality of apartheid'is its
disen-franchisement of 80 percent ofthe South African
population.)
Of course, discrimination ex-ists in Israel, is
reprehensible,and should be eliminated, andone must, agree that the
situationin the, occupied territories (whichare NOT -a - part; of;
Israel) iswretched afid full of --injustice; Iam only saying
that-"apartheid"is not an appropriate term,, andits use serves only
to inflame thepassions of interested parties. Ifour vandal
disagrees with this, hehas every right to do so. But if heis trying
to win others over to hisviews, rather than isolate
himselfpolitically -and Unsocially, he -haschosen the wrong
tack.
I hope that the marking mani-ac will, pause to consider some
ofthe thoughts in this letter. Hissense of the injustices that
thePalestinians have suffered mightactually do them some-good, if
itwere properly channeled in a waythat would win the respect
andconcurrence. of others. Until helearns some of the basic
lessonsof civjlized- behavior, though, -Iam afraid that-his
angervwill do-no good either "for the -Palestin-ians or
for-himself.
Bob Grossman G
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of thisweek, an entire series of posters(600 of them, to be
precise) wereripped down. These posters wereadvertising a lecture
by IsraelShahak, speaking on humanrights violations in the
OccupiedTerritories.
What is most distressing is themalicious nature in which
theseposters were shredded to pieces. Ifind it offensive and
franklyfrightening to see how vicious theoffenders were in
disrupting therights of others. One would hope
that in the superior intellectualatmosphere of an academic
insti-tution such as MIT's peoplewould refrain from such imma-ture
acts and respect the existenceof others.
I cannot think why the posterswere so offensive to those whotore
them down. It was merelyannouncing an event, a lecture onviolations
of human rights thatwould be of interest to the gener-al MIT
community. I am shockedand offended at what I have
,witnessed.Rudayna Abdo '90
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When reading The Tech comicssection, one runs the necessaryrisk
of having one's aesthetic
-sensibilities assaulted. Friday,. Iran this risk and got the
addedbonus of having my intelligenceinsulted.
Apparently the author ofNermal gives as little thought tohis
political opinions as he givesthe artwork. The Sullivan Princi-ples
(which he seems to k now in-side out) ,Aand -the·
.principle--bf,--.constructive engagement are lamerationalizations
used to justifyUS corporate support for apart-heid. No doubt
Coca-Cola does
not mind being labeled "one ofthe most progressive companiesin
South Africa," [Nermal,Feb. 231 but could we stop andthink- about
what that means?Doing business in South Africameans reapigg..t4heft
nepfitaof the; ,barbaric social and economic seg-regation that
exists there. If mostof Coca-Cola's South Africanemployees are
black, what doyou think they are being paid?Do you believe
everythin youre'd?
Sanctions work. Why werethey appropriate for Nicaragua(to affect
election results) and
Panama (to weaken resistance toa US invasion), but not for
SouthAfrica, where the human rightssituation is far worse? To
thosewho say that pulling out of SouthAfrica would- -hurt
black.-,SouthAfricans more-than -whites, theanswer of the African
NationalCongress and other reformgroups has, been "hurt Us,please!"
The only way to encour-age reform in South Africa is- toapply
economic pressure th*r6ghtrade sanctions. The only way tomake US
corporations apply thispressure is to alter our consump-tion of
their products.
Joel J. Gwynn '89
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(Editors Note: The Tech re-ceived a copy of this letter
ad-dressed to Associate Dean foroStudent Affairs James
R.Tewhey.)
Opposition to the reactionarygroup Women Exploited by Abor-tion
is the stated purpose of theMIT student group known asMen Exploited
by Masturbation,as taken from the Strategies forMass Resistance
National Con-ference publication, Dec. 2-3,1989, This conference
was spon-sored By Refuse and Resist, thenational group responsible
forthe December vandalism ofSt Patrick's Cathedral in NewYork.
WMe, as MIT Pro-Life, are writ-ing you 'this letter in protest
tothe continued recognition ofMEM, a-group whose stated pur-pose is
to-specifically oppose an-other campus group. Their per-sistent
harassment of MIT Pro-Life is certainly unacceptablewithin the
regulations of recog-nized MIT student groups.
This group has taken severalpieces of the literature
distributedby our group,-. distorted it, andplaced it on display in
the Infi-nite.Corridor. When MEM firstposted this' distorted
literaturelast fall, several members of MITPro-Life approached me
asking ifwe were responsible!
Understandably, these individ-uals did not want to be involvedin
ant organization which wouldcreate such an obscene exhibit.MEM's
actions are not only an-embarrassment to the membersof MIT
Pro-Life, but to the en-tire MIT community as well.Both Physical
Plant and theCampus Activities Office wereflooded with complaints
and
phone calls when the MEMdisplay first went up last fall.
Allow us to address the issueof what harassment really is,
andthe atrocious double standardswhich permit this offensivegroup's
continued recognition.Last fall, an anonymous groupcalling
themselves HAMIT pub-licly displayed an offensive anddefamatory
drop poster in Lobby10 which ridiculed homosexuals.There was public
outcry over thisaction, and the entire MIT com-munity agreed that
this constitut-ed harassment. If this group hadrequested official
recognition asan MIT student group with thepurpose of ridiculing
and oppos-ing homosexuals, would theyreceive such recognition?
The purpose of MEM and thenature of their expression behindthe
Infinite Corridor panel isidentical to that of the anti-homosexual
group, except thatthis time the attack is directed atthose who hold
a pro-life stancerather than at homosexuals!There is absolutely no
differenceexcept that one group is anony-mous and the other is
granted allthe privileges of an MIT studentorganization.
In a column protesting theanti-homosexual display
[Attacksthreaten sense of community,"Nov. 3, 1989], Rebecca D.
Kaplan'92 pointed out that if HAMITwere to form an official
studentgroup, they would then be "con-strained by the same
regulationsunder which all groups who donot hide behind anonymity
mustwork, [such as) regulations aboutwhat can be said on posters,
andaccountability. Is this in fact thecase? Our observations
indicatethat MEM is nlot held account-
able for the content of the mate-rial placed on display in Lobby
10.
As additional confirmation ofthe true purpose of MEM, wecite an
article in the Oct. 1989 is-sue of The Thistle written by amember
of MIEM. The writerstates that the group "uses satireto expose both
the logical falla-cies and misogynistic world viewof Pro-Life." The
use of the word"satire" could seemingly be a le-gal loophole for
any group whichwants to be abusive.
Let us restate exactly whatMIT defines as harassment, asquoted
from the MIT guidelines:"Harassment of any kind is unac-ceptable at
MIT and'is in conflictwith the policies and interests ofthe
Institute.... Harassment isdefined as verbal or physical con-duct
that has the intent or effectof unreasonably interfering withany
individual's or group's educa-tional and/or work performanceat MIT
or creating an intimidat-ing, offensive, or hostile educa-tional
and work environment.Harassment on the basis of race,color,
religion, sex, handicap, na-tional origin, or sexual orienta-tion
includes harassment of anindividual in terms of a stereo-typed
group characteristic or be-cause of that person's identicfca-tion.
with a particular group."
Simply by reading the paneldisplay in the Infinite Corridor,one
can clearly see how MEM'sexhibition serves as harassmentunder this
definition. This groupconsistently stereotypes membersof the
pro-life movement as prej-udiced, religious, right-wing
hyp-ocrites. In their own Refuse andResist literature they call us"
Reaganites, racists," and"would-be Rambos." They liken
us to Nazis and televangelists.Although our group is non-
partisan, a large portion of ourmembership is Catholic. Many
ofthese Catholics espouse the pro-life ethic as a matter of
religiousbelief. One of MEM's captionsreads as follows, "We at
MEMeagerly await the day when theCatholic Church will intercede
onbehalf of all those poor littlehomunculi," a statement whichwould
undoubtedly offend anyCatholic.
What more blatant proof ofharassment is necessary? Con-fronted
with insults like this,some of our more volatile 'mem-bers might be
provoked to takematters into their own hands,Although MIT Pro-Life
wouldstrongly oppose retaliationthrough any means other
thanofficial channels, we cannot beresponsible for the actions of
in-dividual members acting on theirown behalf.
Our paramount concern, how-ever, is not only for our 150members,
but also for the groupWomen Exploited By Abortion.This group's only
purpose is toact as a resource to women whohave been physically or
emotion-ally scared by abortion. WEBAcame to the MIT campus andgave
their time to speak to anoverflow audience of both pro-life and
pro-abortion supportersabout their own personal traumaswith
abortion.
As stated, MEM was formedto oppose this organization, andthey
have repeatedly lashed outat these women through the"satire"
exhibited in their insult-ing posters, many of which wereposted
around campus on the dayof WEBABs visit to MIT. It is un-
fortunate that these women,already victimized by abortion,were
forced to face this disgust-ing display of hostility, but it isalso
unfortunate that MIT wom-en who may have had unpleasantabortions
are forced to endurethe insults of MEM on a regularbasis.
Free speech is one concern, butdefamation of character is
anoth-er. Personal attacks on the wom-en of WEBA occur every
timeMEM's "satire" appears. Thevery name "Men Exploited
byMasturbation" is a direct parodyof Women Exploited by Abor-tion.
WEBA serves a very usefulpurpose, and we cannot stand bysilently
while their reputation isslandered. In the event that MITdoes not
take action againstMEM, we will certainly encour-age WEBA to take
legal actionagainst both MIT and the mem-bers of MEM on the grounds
oflibel.
Although our group has no ob-jection to students
expressingviewpoints which conflict withour own, we do object to
harass-ment, personal attacks, and ob-scenity. Their display
contains nofactual discussion or any materialwhich could be useful
in under-standing the abortion issue.
MIT Pro-Life would like MEMto cease to be recognized as
anofficial student group. We recom-mend that the individuals ofMEM
be formally charged withharassment, and that the Insti-tute
administer the appropriatedisciplinary actions. We requestthat this
action be taken expedi-ently, before any further damageis
incurred.
Monnica WilliamsPresident
MIT Pro-Life
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Languagesand Literatures section, whichwas'severely restricted by
the newdistribution rules, lost studentsand faculty due to the
reform[The Thistle, May 1989 and TheFaculty Newsletter, March
19891.
The provost's stated views oneducational reform are generaland
his end goals unclear. -But his.ideas'are much more explicit inthe
reports of two committees:-the Department of Defense-University
Forum and the MITcommission for Industrial Pro-ductivity. These
reports advocate'changes in university educationto make it more
responsive to theneeds of the DOD and industryBoth reports
characterize the uni-versity as a factory which manu-factures a
pro'duct (trained stu-dents) for a client (industry and/or
thq,;,>.DOD) [The Thistle, May19891. In-Made -iia-merica, theMIT
Cominmission ;'on IndustrialProductivity refers to MIT's"Product
[students]," and states,"we could do more to cultivatecloser
relationships' with our'clieniis,' whlo hire our students,
land our 'suppliers,' the second-ary schools that provide
them"1P- 165]. These reports reflect theworst, impulses of the
military-industrial complex to mold.education to the needs of
theeconomically powerful.
Deutch offhandedly, dismissedthe investigation into 'his
corpo-rate and military connections,but these reports, authored
bynmembers of the Science ActionCoordinating
CommiEtteeand-theAlternative News' Cllective, arewe''ll-referenced-
and.'based onpublic -dcuroents,, research arti-cles, nd -personai l
interviews.Even when news reports ap-peared in The Boston
Globe,National Public Radio, theChronicle for Higher Education,The
Baltimore San, The Scien-tist, and Science, Deutch contin-ued to
reject them. But neither henor anyone else has
substantivelychallenged our information.
In the Tech interview, Deutchtried to justify his views on
my-cotoxin (a biological weapon)and Star Wars research. Accord-ing
to Deutch, the mycotoxin re-search was valid campus researchbecause
it was non-classified, wassponsored by faculty, and hadpotential
medical as well asweapons applications.
Deutch implied that he has not
iver studentsactively encouraged mycotoxinresearch at MIT.
However, he hasserved as chairman of the De-fense Science Board
Task Forceon Biological Defense and Chem-ical Warfare, which
proposedthat the DOD increase fundingon biological warfare
research.
In order to promote SDI andother' weapons'- related researchon
campus, the DOD-University.Forum initiated changes in theDOD
classification guidelines.The forum argued that the mod-.est loss
in security would be bal-anced out by the
increased-publiccredibility of this research if it)was performed on
universitycampuses.
The elimination of the Depart-ment of Applied Biological
Sci-ences was described by Deutch asa matter "I wish I had
accom-plished differently." There was noacknowledgment of mistake
orfailure. His single regret was thatnow the faculty will be more
cau-tious before accepting the re-structuring-of other
departmentsor programs.
Deutch painted the ABS crisisas a "genie" with a mind of itsown
that escaped and was toolarge for the administration to"put ...
back in the bottle."However, the controversy was theresult of the
decision by Deutch,President Paul E. Gray '54, andDean of Science
Gene M. Brownto dissolve ABS before consultinganyone and before
constructingany proposal about how the fac-ulty, students, and
staff of thatdepartment were to salvage theireducation, their
research andtheir careers. Deutch did not, evenhold himself
accountable for hisdecision.
Deutch currently receives in ex-cess of $205,150 annually
fromthe corporations he directs, andhe has served on several
DODpolicy boards. Deutch's director-ship lends academic credibility
tothese industries. As an industrialdirector and a Pentagon
advisor,Deutch learns how to reformMIT's ."product" (students)
tomeet the needs of MIT's "clients"(industry and government).
Hisactions as provost have notserved the needs of students,
orsociety in general. John Deutch'spriorities carried him to the
posi-tion of provost, and they wouldhave elevated him to -the
presi-dency had the MIT communitynot soundly rejected these
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AT THIS SHOr YOU'LL SEECELEBRATED ARTISTS WELL AS
ar SOME RECENT STUDENT WORK.B~4rP e
Deutch favor"In my mind, al of those com-
menfs are based on mislinforma-tion, and they're largely
non-sense. " - MIT Provost John M.'Deutch '61
John Deutch, interviewed byThe Tech on Feb. 16 ["'An inter-view
with MIT Provost'John M.Deutch"], simply could not un-derstand why
anyone would everquestion or react negatively to hisreign as
provost. When ques-tioned, he instinctively blamedthe students.
Referring to the FreshmanHousing Committee report,Deutch
scoffed, "I've noted-- Ihaven't been, surprised, but I'venoted-the
almost universal re-luctance of the undergraduatestudent body to
consider anychange whatsoever."
When questioned by the na-tional media about the expose ofhis
Pentagon and industry con-nections, Deutch's most explicitrebuttals
were "[the studentsl aremisinformed.... It's not a bigdeal' [ The
Scientist, Oct.; 16,1989] or "the students' allega-tions [are]
foolish' [Chroniclefor Higher Education, July 26,19891]
While explaining his actions,Deutch avoided any notion thathe
bears responsibility for the;many authoritarian decisions hehas
made over the past five years.
Is it any wonder why JohnDeutch has acquired a reputationfor
ignoring students?. And sinthis behavior any different fromthe way
he has treated thefaculty?
The provost presented-as hisgreatest accomplishment the
re-examination of undergraduateeducation, including the
"estab-lishment of the Dean for Under-graduate Education ... and
theseries of discussions and commit-tees to review undergraduate
edu-cation . . ." The reforms towhich Deutch referred
includededucational reform, the proposalto gut pass/fail, the
restructuringof Independent Activities Period,and the FHC report.
None ofthese "reforms" have requiredrepresentation or approval of
thestudent body; all of them havebeen strongly opposed by
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the depth of the book.The death of Ramius's wife receives
baremention and little importance. The Britishare nearly
nonexistent. No credit is givento CARDINAL, a Central
IntelligenceAgency agent deep within the Kremlin,who relayed the
initial information onRamius. Clancy extensively develops
thecredentials and abilities of CIA analystJack Ryan (played by
Alec Baldwin). Inthe film, Ryan's conclusions seem to ap-pear more
from thin air than from a deepunderstanding of Ramius and
theRussians.
Despite the omissions from the book,The Hunt for Red October
stands by itselfas a thoroughly enjoyable movie, set in atime
before the rise of glasnost and peres-troika under Mikhail
Gorbachev. Much ofthe credit for this must go to SeanConanery, who
stars as Captain Ramius, arespected Communist Partymember
andtrusted submarine commander.
To defect, he must calm the fears of hisofficers-all
hand-selected from his stu-dents and with no family in Russia -
andhide the defection from the young crew. Atthe same time, he must
avoid the entireRussian fleet - sent to destroy him -and the
Americans who have been led tobelieve 'that he is a madman bent
onstarting World War III.
Connery succeeds as a forceful and wilycommander willing to push
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self-assurance during the head-on approach of a torpedo and in
dealingwith the-enemy submarines emphasizes hislengthy experience
as a seaman. But hisdiscussions with executive officer Borodinon
their hopes and dreams of life in Amer-ica indicate'that he is more
than just asimple man of the military. He is a tragichero who must
leave his homeland tosecure peace.
Until Ramius and his submarine. ap-peared, Jack Ryan sedately
compiled his-tories and profiles of Russian officials for,
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBERDirected by John McTiernan.Starring Sean
Connery, Alec Baldwin,Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones andSam
Neill.Opens today at the Loews Cheri.
By MICHAEL FRANKLIN
SUBMARINE CAPTAIN MARKO RAMiUS
takes advantage of the latest ad-vances in Soviet technology to
si-lently slip away from his country
for the freedom of the United States. Hisescape takes him
through narrow canyons,racing ahead of the Soviet fleet into
themenacing presence of the American navy.The Hunt for Red October,
directed byJohn McTiernan, traces the journey ofRamius, slowly yet
methodically buildingsuspense and action to finish with a
high-stakes game of "chicken" involvingsubmarines and
torpedoes.
Readers of the novel by Tom Clancy, on
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the CIA. The disappearance of the RqedOctober, and the
subsequent massive mo-bilization of the Russian fleet, thrust
himinto the maelstrom of CIA and Navy oper-ations. Abstract
theories give way to con-flicts between his professional
opinionsand the prejudices aind misinformation ofmembers of the
military.
Ryan's film transition from researcher,to gun-toting
intelligence agent extra-ordinaire lacks the smoothness and
devel-opment of the process in the book. Hispreparation for a
meeting with the secre-tary of defense is limited to a few
scantmoments in the film,,while Clancy allowsseveral hours of
preparation for a meetingwith the president.
Baldwin as Ryan tries to make the-bestof the situation. He
boldly support's his of-ten unpopular opinions agsainst the
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the Cold Warwhen the Russians were still the "badguys'!
and-displays of military forceagainst them was still in vogue. The
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film, however. Ramiusis half Lithuanian, and this is a primesource
of discontent among the higherechelons of Soviet bureaucracy. The
plothas bwpn, mqdioied to account for therecent calming of 'some
internationaldifficulties; nonetheless it maintains muchof Clancy's
suspenseful drama withremarkable action and superb directing.Sean
Connery as a Soviet captain in
The Hunt for Red October
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Gall~~e.--potog0ps oSe,.SOPH'IE-CALLE: A SURVEY . to realie
-that people are 'not independent
Photographs bySophie Galle . of their context; that is, people
define andAt the r Instue by Sophiempoarye rt derive' their
identity through the places
Aitheog~M h Inttteo1. neprayAt they live and visit-, their
friends, and their
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* lTR SEVEN YEARS outside her getting caught. In Calle's world,-
placesnative Paris, photographer and belongings move beyond mere
sym-
~~~Sophie,_Calle.,.returned. home'. bols- of- the person; for,
Calle; they are thes B~ ~and bega-n following -people.
person'.-From her-cool distance, she feels
around Ahe streets in Order to-rediscover she-'a control
the-relationship but; in re---
her city. In this effort-, Calle- soonileamned. -ality, the
person and-her obsession withhow much she could. ascertain about
the that -perlson, control her.lives and habits of her unkniown
sub-- in' some of Ca lle's later, more interestingjects. She became
obsessed with the people work, she turns the camera not at othershe
was following and especially the physi- people, but at herself.cal
details of their existence. Eventually In The Shadow,. Calle hires
a private de-
this obsession brought her to Venice where tective to follow and
photograph her for a
she tracked down and photographed a day. She first gets her hair
done "'to please
man she had previously met in Paris. She him." She then takes
him for an exhaus-
then published a collection of photographs tive chase through
Paris in a type of flirta-
and writings in her book: Suite Ventienne, tious game. She wants
to "show him" thePlease Follow Me. places she loves, such as the
park where
Here began Calle's obsession with at- she received her first
kiss. Calle's colorfultaining an intimacy with people while
description of the day is sharply contrasted
maintaining a cool distance. In~her'recent with the banal
photographs and text of the
photography exhibit, 'Sophie Calle: -A detective. For Calle,
the- day was imbued
Survey,' Calle explores issues -relating to with. meaning; for
the detective, the day
intrusion into people's personal lives. Her was -merely
reporting -the facts.format & -documentary: black and -white,
In one of Calle's most successful works,police-likce photography.
juxtaposed-;with -Autobiographical Stories, Calle again
hasdescriptive texts. The result is. not neces-- the camera turned
on herself, but this time
sarily refined or composed, but. is Instead she has the courage
to do it herself. She
an intriguing look at Calle's obsessive rela- photographs the
things important to her: a
tionlship to her subjects. It i's a relationship white silk.
wedding dress she wore the first
in which Calle knows her subjects not night together with a man
she had silentlythrough their direct existence, but through admired
since she was a child; a bathrobe
traces they leave behind. her first lover wore that reminded her
of
In The Hotel, Calle, working as a cham- her father. Here Calle
abandons her -docu-bermaid in a Venetian hotel learns about mentary
approach and instills her photo-the lives of the tenants by going
through graphs with a self-consciously high degree
and photographing their belongings. Like of composure. The
photographs are Again
a detective looking for the incriminating' accompanied ,by
descriptiVe-texts, but now
cluej'Calle -scrutinizes every" 'object in the the 'photographs
are no longer literal.
room.' She meticulously searches through They are imbued with a
supernatural char-
the tenants' baggage,,diaries, and even the acter in accordance
with their -personal
garbage -to piece together their fives. She symbolic meaning.
Calle is no longer deal-
makes-note-of the-smallest details-sulch as. ing-. solely with
the .- relationship betweenS a dirty comf.y sotW broken teeth^" or
a -herself and the subject; she now challenges
44"mind-bog9*,sihoeshofies Rom -~her- -the- nature of
documentary photography
scrutiny she pieces together where the peo- and brings the
photographs closer to the
ple are 'from, what they are doing that day, viewer.what they
like or dislike, and, so on. In In another of her more
successfulthis work, -Calle disp lays her photographs works, The
Blind,- Callie asks'people blind
accom panied by texts. describing her find- from birth "what
theit- "ge of- beauty"
ings. In one text, Calle reveals the attach- is. The responses
range from a painting in
ment -she feels for the tenant. After he is which the subject
says, "4I can feel the
gone, she writes, "He hsas left his -orange three masts and the
main sail. I oftenpeels in the. wastebasket, thlree -Res
gstuitmheeug..tote lig v
on the windowsill,, and the remainsof -a,.-.,sponse --̀ Zdo~n't
need. beautiful- 1mages, in
croissant which I polish off. . . . I will try my brain . . .
since I can't appreciateto forget-him.... I shall miss-him.' --
beauty,-I've always run from-it.1.4ib-this:
In another work, VY~omme an Carnet, wo& Callt juxtaposes,
unflattering black
Calle, after finding an address book, de- and white photographs,
text, and color
cides to approach the owner through his photographs of how she
interprets their re-
-friends. She contacts the people in the sponses. She draws us
into the world of
book (over 400) and interviews them in -or- the blind person and
asks us how we iden-
deF to piece together the owner's life. She -tify With' the
response -a's well as her.finally ends up knowing as much rmoe
interprtio ofta esponse.
about thi's man than some of his friends. In Calle's later
works, one sees consider-
The piece itself is an account of the weekly. able maturity
compared to her earlier
findings, both photography and text, ones. She. moves from the
realm of self-
which Calle published in the French news- absorbed obsession to
that of photography
paper Liberation. that includes and questions the viewer.Through
Calle's photography, we begin Sophie Calle's best work is yet to
come.
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(Continued-from page 1)The'1300 issues lost that night
represented 17 percent of TheThistle's 7500-issue campus
pressrun. Only part of~the 7500 issues,however, were distributed
aroundcampus Monday evening.
The collective, a leftist group,denounced the destructionAin
aletter written to The Tech., "Weare ... thoroughly _ disgusted
byand totally condemn the recentassaults on the'MIT newspaperThe
-Thistle," reads the letter.
"That: some individuals woulddeign actively and illegally
tocensor us and suppress our news-paper. indicates, that- there is
adangerous level of intolerance atMIT," continues the letter.
In'an interview,-Penn said, "'Ifeel actions like this' are
antitheti-eal to an educational institutionlike this."
The Campus Police were notnotified of this incident, Pennsaid,
although the administrationwas informed. The collective hadno
knowledge of anyone in-volved, Penn added.
Not the first time
This was not the first. timecopies of The Thistle had-
beendestroyed, Penn said. The Thistlehas continually had
-problemswith issues being thrown away inthe evenings, when the
hallwaysare empty. IQuring Residence/Ori-entation, Weok last fall,
-sororitymembers -organized- to destroy-
would occasionally leave the cir-cle, pick up a stack of
Thistles,walk down the Infinite Corridorto the nearest garbage can,
throwthem away, and some rejoin thecircle.
During the rush week distribu-tion, Penn said members -of
thecollective pulled approximately1500 Thistles out of garbage
cansand redistributed them.
The rush week attacks on TheThistle were the result of
resent-ment onl the part of the Inter-Fraternity Council,- said
Penn. Hesingled out former IFC PresidentAnthony N. Gerber '90 and
Al-pha Chi Omega member Maria T.Arriola '90, whom Penn claimedwas
Gerber's girlfriend at thetime. Arriola led the circle ofwomen the
day the collectivecaught them throwing away This-tles, according to
Penn. I'TheIFC [president] was outraged andhis girlfriend was
leading a troopof women- to get the paper, " hesaid.
Penn said he confrontedArriola after she threw away astack of
Thistles herself and thatshe at first denied it bult thendefended
her actions.
In an interview last night,Arriola denied having led anyonein an
attack against The Thistle.But she did not deny involvementin
throwing out copies. "It's a lie;I led no such band of wom-en., . .
. I never instructed anyoneto throw papers, never instructedor-,
conspired, with anyone," -she
"We didn't print anything thatattacks anyone."
Penn claimed MIT was moreinsensitive to minority opinionthan
other schoo