MIT Dramashop's final set ofone-act plays, Embers and ASlight Ache, although success-ful,might have benefited bymoretime spent in rehearsal.

-- -p6The Tech looks a. how dor-mitory architecture and livingquality affects the social life oftheir residents in a photo es-say. Burton House is the focusin this investigation.

p7For the first time in six yearsan MIT swim squad will ap-pear in the NCAA Division IIIlNationals. Five swimmersqualified for the honor in theNew England Championshipsheld over a week ago.

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Professor of Political ScienceWilliam E. Griffith told TheBoston Globe Saturday that heis being considered by. theCarter Administration for aseat on the Board of Inter-national Broadcasting. Thefive-member board overseesRadio Free Europe and RadioLiberty.

Robert S. Pindyck, AssociateProfessor of Management andan expert on natural gasderegulatory policies, believesthat natural gas prices shouldbe deregulated in three stagesand that "energy stamps"similar to food stamps, shouldbe issued to low-income con-sumers to help defray the in-creased cost.

A blind person's alternative to-f computer terminal's videodisplay has been developed atMIT's Sensory Aids Evalua-tionr and Development Center.The device provides informa-tion in Braille through a set ofsolenfoid-operated pins thatthe blind computer operaterreads by- feeling.

NAlIONA study prepared by a com-puter research team at theUniversity of New Mexico andreleased recently by the con-gressional Joint EconomicCommittee said that solarheating would be cheaper thangas or oil by 1980 in NewEngland, New York, andother parts of the country.

WORLDFormer US Ambassador theUganda Clarence C. Fergusonsaid that while Idi Amin, con-troversial President of theAfrican nation. may not becrazy, he is "not very bright."'

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searching for pernoperations as efiand gain expericompleted.

Phil Veatch '79the group lookinguse by the Co-that refrigeratineeded, as well"size of a small cused for weeklyand distributing.

Wayne Christiathe MIT Food Cojoint activity withcoops. These locinclude the Cambop, Union Squarand New Englandative Organization

The MIT Co-NEFCO, whichthe Chelsea matributes it tocooperatives thEngland.

Members ofwould initiallyUnion SquareCo-ops for a few vperience for later

The Union Sqneighborhood orghas a format similMIT Food Co-iEach. week a difhouses in the Cwork, using pre-(distributing the f(nent location.

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food co-op toVasserman op, including a wider variety ofood Co-op is supermarket goods, besides food.manent space for The Cambridge Co-op is moreforts to organize convenient for MIT students,ence are nearly although an operation of that ex-

tent is not foreseen at MIT until9 is in charge of next year, according to Christian.g for a room for The experience gained at theseop. Veatch said neighboring co-ops wouldion space was facilitate the first month of opera-as a room the tion for the Co-op at MIT, main-

:lassroom" to be tains Christian. Fifty to 80 peoplefood drop-offs would be involved in the Co-op's

beginning, and a "lot of work willan '77 explained have to be done in the first fewo-op's interest in weeks," he added.other local food Initially the Co-op would have

al organizations a food delivery one day a week atridge Food Co- a 10 percent mark-up from

re Food Co-op, market prices. Individuals wouldd Food Cooper- contribute two hours of work pern (NEFCO). month toward running the-op would join organization.buys food from Christian said that the co-oparket and- dis- could expand to 200 members bysmaller food the end of this term, and possibly

roughout New 500 to one thousand by next yearif interest is shown. Deliveries

the MIT-Co-op could be increased to twice a weekwork with the and an expanded variety of goodsand 'Cambridge could be offered.weeks to gain ex- The idea of a food co-op at'work at MIT. MIT was first introduced at auare Co-op is a General Assembly meeting byganization which Undergraduate Association Presi-lar to the one the dent Phil Moore a short time ago.op is planning. Moore also presided over the firstferent block of Co-op meeting last month. Aftero-op does the this rieeting several students, in-rder forms and cluding Veatch and Christian.

Fod at a perma- stepped forward to plan theCo-op.

e Co-op has a At the second meeting commit-nplex food dis- tees were formed to look into theand offers more problem of finding space for theaion Square Co- Co-op and also to talk with local

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food co-ops.The next meeting of the MIT

Co-op will be Tuesday, March 15at 4pm in the Mezzanine Lounge-of the Student Center.

Christian and Veatch said thatgeneral organization of the Co-opwill be discussed, but the mainfocus will be on solving theproblem of space. Plans to peti-tion the Housing and Food Ser-

vices Office to allow the Co-op tobe housed in a dormitory will bemade.

Veatch recalled the MIT Co-opwas originated to help studentslower living costs because "stu-dents have more time thanmoney". The groundwork for theCo-op has been laid. and a per-manent home must be found soonto insure its success, he added.

Grad ng issues have complicated historyBy Mark James grades to more students - and the grading system. as unduly increasing the pressure

The Ad Hoc Committee on the distributionsofgrades onout- At that time, the faculty made on students. Proponents arguedGrading is scheduled to present side transcripts, specifically several changes in the grading that MIT should be obligated tothe first part oftheir report to the whether freshmen should remain system, including the institution provide adequate information tofaculty this Wednesday. on pass/fail. of the present add date and other graduate and professional schools

The continuing debate on This most recent grading corn- minor procedural changes. More about students' performances.grading centers on two issues: mittee was formed in April of important, however, were the The faculty gave tentative ap-grade inflation - the tendency 1975 in the wake of a heated changes that the faculty did not proval to Senturia's proposal. butfor professors to give higher debate over proposed changes in make. in the end, both the liberalizing

Demand for Petroleum Products The debate concerned recom- proposals of the Ad Hoc Com-(Thousandsofbarrels per day) mendations made by the present mittee and the plus minuscommittee's predecessor. These proposal were voted down. and

% Ch recommendations included the the only changes adopted a.ere% Chg elimination of F grades from the the add date, the extension of theProducts 1976 1975 1974 1973 75-76 external transcript, the addition senior pass, fail option to juniors.

Total Dernad 1i 9t t 653 17 30 1 of a space on grade reports for and other minor changes.Total Demand 17,291 16,291 16,653 17.308 +6.1 comments, allowing students to Professor of ManagementMotorgasoline 6,965 6,674 6.537 6.674 +4.4 repeat a course for a better grade. Zenon S. Zanneto. the chairman

Residual 2.728 2.433 2.639 2.822 +2 1 and several other procedural of the present committee, toldResidual 2,728 2433 2,639 2,822 +12.1 changes. The Tech that his group is aDistillate 3,118 2.849 2.948 3.092 +9.4 During the discussion of these "studs committee" that will offer

-Other products 4,480 4.335 4.529 4.720 +33 recommendations, which tended no recommendations, but willOtherpoducts ,480 4-335 4529 4 0 . toward liberalizing the grading mereli report on the effectiveness6 %tr l sstem, man) facult% members of the present systemPe Atroleum d emand up 6% took the opportunity to make it According to student member_ known that the% thought -the Louis Touton '77. the Commit-dX ~ue to v~eatl ~r, eoh ~no m y ~ system had become too liberal tee's initial report will covertY ~~~~~~~already. ~al~rea~dy. ~mainly grade inflation, since the

By David B. Koretz the economy and the colder Criticism was directed at Committee has not really studiedDemand for all petroleum weather. The demand for the freshman pass/fail from some pass fail yet. The Committee will

products in the United States residual fuel oil was up 12.1 who felt that students did not get present what is 'bv no means arose 6.1 percent last year above percent over 1975, but showed an adequate background for final report." according tothe 1975 level, according to the only a 3.4 percent gain over 1974 future course work from P!F Touton. who said that it may ex-Federal Energy Administration and a 3.3 percent dip from the courses. plore how some "less desirable ef-(FEA). 1973 mark. The greatest controversies fects of the present system could

The 17.29 million barrels per Home heating oil and diesel arose when Associate Professor of be corrected.day was 1.3 percent above the fuel, collectively known as distil- Electrical Engineering Steven Whether this spring * il see aFEA forecast for the year. an lates, were also in higher demand Senturia proposed that pluses and repeat the debate of two years agoincrease due largely to the severe in 1976 than in 1975. The in- minuses be attached to the pre- depends upon what the facultbwinter at the end of 1976. crease was 9.4 percent, again at- sent grades to give faculty more does after hearing the Commit-

Residual fuel oil, which is'used. tributable to colder weather. choices when grading students. tee's report. Man, of the sameprimarily by industry and elec- Demand for gasoline was up and when James Melcher, also an .iews on grading that %ere pre-tric-power generating plants, was 4.4 percent over 1975, and up 6.5 FE professor, proposed the sent tamo scars ago, are stillin much higher demand in 1976 percent and 4.4 prcent over the elimination of the second term of ar)ound, and mans c.'. ihcm ma,than in the previous year, proba- 1974 and 1973 levels, respec- freshman passfail. make an appearaync : whcn khebly because of improvement in tively. Both proposals met objections facult~ again look-. a' grading.

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* The Graduate School Office is seek-ing nominees for the Goodwin Medal.an a" ard for performance of teachingduties by a graduate student who isconspicuously excellent. Nominationsshould be transferred to Dean Ken-neth Wadleigh. Room 3-136 throughthe nominee's department headbefore Monday, April 4.

* The last in this year's series of ethnicnights at the Boston Museum ofScience will be a program on Japaneseculture on Friday evening, March 18.Hakata dolls, calligraphy, karate,origami, bonsai, and folk songs areamong the featured attractions. Thereis no additional charge above the Fri-day night admission fee of S1.50 foradults and SI for students, children,and senior citizens.

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* "Akiba: The Passion of God" willbe the title of a talk given by ElieWiesel. Andrew Mellon Professor inthe Humanities at Boston University.The lecture, tonight at the BU LawSchool Auditorium, 765 Com-monwealth Ave., is one in a seriesgiven in cooperation with the BU Hil-lel Foundation.

* The Department of Humanities hasannounced the I. Austin Kelly 11Prizes for Excellence in HumanisticScholarship for 1976-77. Two prizesof S250 each for scholarly essaysjudged to be outstanding inanthropology, archaeology, history,literary studies, or musicology will begiven to two full-time MIT un-dergraduates. A unified piece of ap-proximately five thousand to tenthousand words must be submitted byMonday. May 2. Contact the CourseXXI office at 14N-305, x3-4446 for in-formation.

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Which is not meant to malign Proctor & and microelectronics. We are very good at whatGamble. The, super-organization certainly-has its we do; in fact, you can put it down that we are theplace, and for a lot of graduates it's the only place. best.For those less organizationally'inclined, on the To stay the best requires a continuing supplyother hand, there's Teradyne. - of creative, energetic self-starters, the kind'of

Somehow Teradyne in 16 short years has- people who see what has to be done and then domanaged to become a decent-sized -(about -$50' it. Righit now we're most interested in summer andmillion in sales), highly respected company with- permanent technical help ... people with a tech-out institutionalizing.- We have no committee nical background who like state-of-the-art designmeetings because we have no committees. We and applications, If that sounds like you, see us-are also very short on titles and status symbols, on campus onand-who reports to whom-is rarely a matter of March 16, 1977interest beyond the people involved.

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How the energy|crisis chillsyour chancesSo you're getting your degree andlooking for that perfect job. Morepower to you. Literally. You'll need it.America will have to find the energyit takes to make you a job.

Expressed as heat. this nationspends at least 71 quads of energy ayear. That's 71 quadrillion BTUs. A 71followed by 15 zeroes. Since one BTUwill heat a pound of water one degree

'Fahrenheit. we're talking about bring-ing 219 trillion pounds of ice to a boil.That's a glacier thirteen miles long.two miles wide and a mile thick.Every year.

Each working man and woman'sshare of our 71 quads comes to80.00.0.000 BTUs. Of course all thatenergy isn't spent on the job. Nor doall jobs take the same amount,although most spend more than wethink. But when you look at our avail-able energy and the 89.000,000 peopleat work. then 800.,00000 BTUs iseach job's share.

Now think about the 18.000.(XX)more U.S. men and women experts saywill be looking for jobs over the nextten years. At 800.().,(X}0 BTUs apiece.we' 11 have to come up with an extra14.4 quad' of energyv to create newjobs for them.

At Armco. we face the energyproblem every day because it takesabout 29.XX),(X)0 BTUs to make each

ton of steel. Our energy bill last yearcame to over 5300,000.000. The costkeeps climbing every year. No wondercompanies conserve energy. We haveto. even though most of Armco'senergy comes from coal which we-mine ourselves. When companies can'tget energy. people lose their jobs. Weall learned that during the winter. Theenergy crisis is here. And it's huge.

Plain talk aboutENERGYWe Americans already know how tosolve the energy crisis. We have thetechnology to reach solutions. Yet eachsolution comes with its own set ofpolitical problems. Natural gas mustn'tcost too much. Offshore oil mustn'tspoil our beaches. Coal mustn't rapethe land or poison the air. The atommustn't threaten to destroy us. Energyconservation mustn't interfere withspending BTUs for worthy reasons.

Fair enough. But so far. we're pay-ing more attention to the problemsthan we are to the energy itself. We'vegot to stop making every social goalan ideological crusade. We need tothink things through and make rationaltrade-offs if we're ever going to getthose 18.000,000 additional jobs.

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The MIT Red Cross Spring cent of all those eligible to give than one fraternity hit 100]1977 Blood Drive ended Friday blood in both houses did so. Fiji on a Drive, and only threewith a total of 1595 pints donated. finished third with 76 percent. have ever done it - the tw

Although the original goal of Theta Xi, which was the most ing this drive, Delta Ups2000 pints was not reached, Blood, improved house with ajump from fall 1976, and Theta Chi a

"This was the best overall showingever for the fraternity system

Drive Chairman Steven Piet '78said that "this was the second-best Drive in three and a halfyears."

He pointed out the "steady in-crease" in the amount of blooddonated during the past threedrives. The Spring 1976 Drivenetted 1464 pints, and this pastfall 1523 pints were donated.

Theta Chi and Phi Delta Thetatied for first place in the Inter-Fraternity Conference's Blood

14 to 74 percent, took fourthplace. Each house won a keg ofbeer.

In the Dormcon-sponsoredcontest, Connor 4 reaped tophonors with 70 percent donating,with second place Connor 5 justfalling short with 68 percent.French House finished third with53 percent. Burton I was mostimproved, rising from three to 33percent. Each dormitory groupalso won a keg of beer.

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IBiology debate IinksHuxley and altimore

By William LasserWe also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized

human beings. as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers or.uture. . . Directors of Hatcheries.

- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World'

We in Cambridge were present at the creation; we were witnesses toand participants in the first of what will prove to be many debates andcontroversies over the social applications of biological science.

Recombinant DNA research is just the beginning. The danger of P3research lies not in the creation of monsters who will ravage theCambridge countryside. but in the possibilities such research will af-ford someday for the violation or elimination of the rights of humanbeings.

It is all so paradoxical, for the same research which could lead tosuch unthinkable results could also provide the cure for cancer and thecommon cold. But the dilemma we face is not unique - atomic power,which perhaps could solve our energy crisis, could also destroy theworld in a matter of seconds.

The City*Council decision and the procedures which led to it areremarkable in themselves. We have seen an attempt first by the scien-tific community and then by a local government to limit basic research.We have seen a panel of laymen study an inordinately complextechnical issue and make a reasoned, logical recommendation. Butmost importantly, we have seen men and women running scared, draw-ing parallels between tiny bacteria and gargantuan monsters, betweenHuxley's writing and David Baltimore's research.

The problem is not biology, but philosophy. We cannot acceptadvances in technology which are potentially hazardous because we

have not yet established a social ordercapable of controlling them. Somethingmust be wrong with a society which re-jects progress out of fear of its abuse.

Biological research presents specialproblems. Many are terrified by the

_~ To @ ~~words "bacteria" and "virus simplybecause they do not know what theymean, or because such microorganismsconjure up images of disease and misery."Genetic engineering" represents a threatto our family structure and to our present

value system.And behind all of this is politics, a fear that the government will

somehow gain a monopoly on genetic technology and use it to sub-jugate its citizens, rob them of their individuality and their humanity."A really efficient totalitarian state," wrote Huxley in a 1946 preface tohis 1932 classic, "would be one in which the all-powerful executive ofpolitical bosses and their army of managers control a population ofslaves who do not have to be coerced. because they love their ser-vitude." And to bring about such a conditioned people would require,

-among other things. "a foolproof system of eugenics. designed to stan-dardize the human product and so to facilitate the task of themanagers.

When Cambridge Mayor Alfred Vellucci attacks DNA research,when he travels to Washington to meet with others who feel as he does,perhaps he is not really worried about his city in a physical sense.Instead, he might be much more concerned about his society, hisvalues, his way of life.

The early history of atomic research was conducted in secret. Theresearch itself, carried out under a Chicago football stadium, and theimplications of the work were both far more dangerous than in theCambridge-DNA case. Even had the existence of the Manhattan Pro-ject been known, it would not have engendered as much controversy aswe have just been through. Atomic energy, for all it can do to us, doesnot require a totalitarian regime to wreck its havoc. And such a govern-ment is at least as fear-inducing as the mythical DNA monsters.

The transfer of small amounts of genetic material from one species toanother, while it will not produce 80 lb. mushrooms or dogs with sevenfeet, could be hazardous to the health of the people of Cambridge. Butthat is not the real fear working on Vellucci and his supporters. Profes-sors Baltimore et al., they fear, are writing the first chapter of a new,nonfiction edition of Brave New World.

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By Glenn Brownstein glorify it as well. Gary. MAre they publicity-seeking, Gilmore was a convict

genuinely disturbed, or a corn- murderer who gained naticbination of the two? All of them notoriety by insisting on his rihad similar motives: revenge, or to die-. Some have called his"out to make a point." tions deliberately suicidal. Oti

One 'of 'them claimed to be defended his wishes, -assertswindled by a loan company; one that the laws are made to behad a fight with a girl friend. One forced.wanted to find a son he had given But through the coupleup for adoption 20 years earlier; months that it took for Gilmone wanted a presidential apology to be executed, the press for black oppressionbywhites. everywhere, probing bey

And last week all ofWashington and the rest of thenation waited tensely whileAmerica's latest hostage dramaplayed itself out - the taking of134 hostages by Hanafi Moslemgunmen out to gain some sort ofrevenge on members of the BlackMuslim sect that had murderedseven Hanafis four years ago.

There have been seven hostage-taking incidents in the UnitedStates in the last five..weeks, anepidemic that is likely to spreadfurther before any cure can befound. On March 2, the TaskForce on Disorders and Ter-rorism, a government organiza-tion commissioned to prepare areport on the widespread terroristviolence, warned in its report thatan increase in terrorism andviolent political protests was ex-pected.

To quote from the report,"general orderliness in the nationis a false claim, and we must see inthe current social situation an as-sumulation [sic] of trouble forthe future."

Why the current upsurge m ,,-rorist incidents in the US? Is thenation populated with morecrazies than in past years? Has theAmerican bureaucracy become sotangled that citizens must resortto violence to get their way? Notlikely. What is likely is that moreand more Americans are learningthe power of the media to glorifynot only the good, but the evil.

There are many of us who oftentread the thin line between sanityand uncontrolled behavior. If weare angry at society, so angry thatwe feel we must lash out atsomething or someone, the ap-propriate kind of action will notonly publicize our plight, but

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It is true that the first executionin this country since 1967 is news,but not to the extent that it wassensationalized.

It is that tendency of modernmedia to sensationalize dramaticstories that has led us into an eraof hostage crimes, terrorism, andother forms of violent protest.Would Stephen Gregory have feltthat the best way to "make apoint" was to hold seven hostagesin a bank for several hours if hisaction would have gone un-noticed by the public? The Hanafi

IWashington are the ones it doesbest. But is it justified to spend anumber of hours over two daysprobing 'every angle, giving theHanafis as much free coverage asthey desire?

Censoring the press is a delicatetopic. Blacking out all mention ofthese incidents, while perhaps in-strumental in diminishing theirnumber, denies the public its rightto news. A famous example oc-curred in 1962, when The NewYork Times knew of the Bay ofPigs invasion before it was to oc-cur. Under a "'request" from theState Department, the story washeld, and the botched-up incur-sion failed miserably, with someloss of life.

If the Times had run the story,the invasion would probably nothave occurred, and fewer wouldhave died. The negative publicitythat the Kennedy Administrationwould have received would havebeen weathered within a month ortwo, and an unfortunate chapterof history might have beenaverted.

So perhaps the answer is tocontinue giving any crazy with theguts to round up a few hostages acity-wide or national forum for acouple of days and hope that thecrisis abates. Maybe the answer isto stop running these four-pageTime or Newsweek spreads on"The New Wave of Terrorism,"or "The Right to Die." I think theanswer is to cover these occur-rences as straight,,news, letting thefacts speak for themselves andonly adding as much background

'"There have been seven hostage-takingincidents in the United States in the last five

weeks, an epidemic that is likely to spreadfurther before any cure can be found."

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Moslems apparently felt that thecoverage they received from thepress was worthwhile; to them, itapparently seemed like the mostexpedient"way to publicize theirfeud with the Black Muslims.

Television's job is to bring usnews more quickly and moregraphically than either new-spapers or radio can manage.And stories like t)ie holding of134 hostages in three locations in

as-is necessary to give a clear pic-ture of what is going on. Andthat's all. Televised executions areextremely distasteful and serve nopositive purpose. Giving severalAmericans a -chance to keep notonly a number of hostages captivewith their guns, but also millionsof Americans captive with theirideas, is equally distasteful, andonly a provocation for furtherincidents.

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Th T-* h (30 percent of their production, ifIn 1965, Defense Secretary you believe Solzhenitsyn) to fur-

McNamara stated the nuclearly ther military build-up, if the con-vastly inferior ".. Soviets have cept of superiority is meaning-decided that they have lost the less, as Kissenger claims?quantitative race, and they are C.M. Haaland and E.P.not seeking to engage us in that Wigner respond that ".. ifcontest." As of 1967, the US their elaborate civil defense plansfroze deployment at 1,054 are executed, the entire US strik-ICBM's and 656 SLBM's. In the ing force will not be able tofive years that followed Soviet destroy more than a small frac-ICBM's went from 460 to 1,527 tion of the Soviet population,and SLBM's from 130 to 560. much smaller than the number of

Today, whatever arguments Soviets killed in World War IH."exist about budgets andexchange Lord Chalfont, Harold Wilson'srates, "The USSRiis ahead of the Secretary of State for ForeignUS in strategic weaponry. US and Commonwealth affairs fromtechnical superiority in some 1964-70, asserts "' . . continuedareas reduces the awesomeness of and even reinforced insistence inthe bare figures, but in terms of Soviet military analysis thatsheer military weight, the Soviets nuclear war is a risk that has tohave taken the ad.,"refore preparedhave taken the lead.fac e acnodin t hfore.. Thepre i vdeneo

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Dram ashop's last set of one-acts ambitiousByKem Pitmn

What? No instant replay? Those whowent to Dramashop one-act plays overthe weekend to relax their tired brains weremet with a surprise, for the plays being of-fered were not of the class that one can justsit and watch mindlessly. Indeed, manyprobably wished that they could have seenthem several times before attempting todecipher them.

Samuel Beckett's Embers, thedramatized psychoanalysis of a man,Henry (Jerry Epstein '78), who is constant-ly speaking aloud to himself and to hislong-dead father about the "realities" ofhis world, was perhaps a touch too am-bitious to be attempted on such a shortrehearsal schedule. Dramashop allows ninedays from the night its one-acts are cast toopening night in which to rehearse.

Alanna Connors produced the play ad-mirably considering the circumstances, butthe show dragged noticeably during partsof Henry's long monologues, and no doubta few extra days of preparation would havebeen desirable.

It is difficult to criticize Jerry Epstein'sportrayal of Henry for approximately two-thirds of the play is devoted to hismonologues. It is a tremendously difficultpart because of the depth of character re-quired to pull it off effectively; Epstein'sperformance was par for a college actor,though lacking life in some places.

Gayle Ehrenhalt '78, as Ada, was a muchmore fluid character and much morebelievable. She contrasts well with Henry,providing a basis against which he can bemore easily understood.

Set design by David Muller '77 was ex-cellent. The scenery, several large bouldersagainst a rocky background and a coldblue sky, added much to the atmosphere ofthe play. Lighting, by Mitch Hollander'78,was reasonably effective, but transitionsbetween areas were often abrupt and dis-tracting.

A Slight Ache written by Harold Pinterand directed by Susan Morgello '78, wastechnically well presented, although themeanings of all its subtleties were not madeclear. -

The play deals symbolically withEdward, a middle-aged man approachingthe doorstep of old age. He fears the on-coming effects of the aging process andrefuses to accept them or to discuss themwith his wife, Flora. The playwright in-troduces the character of the Matchseller, avery old man who never speaks and seldommoves throughout the entire play, to act asa mirror against which Edward and Floramay display their inner selves.

The Matchseller is invited into theirhouse, but refuses to speak to either ofthem. Flora and Edward take turns beingalone with the Matchseller to try to con-vince him to speak to them.

The Matchseller, who representsEdward's old age, is rejected by Edward,but in the end, accepted by Flora. Shewalks out of the room at the end of the playholding the Matchseller's arm. leavingEdward behind her on the floor.

Edv, ard has made the transition to oldage. but whether the audience is to believethat Edward has triumphed (since theimage of himself as an old man has beenaccepted by Flora) or been defeated (beingleft on the floor) is difficult to say, and wascertainly not made clear by the production.

Performances by Mark de Lemos '78and Ellen Sullivan were extremely goodand very entertaining. Michael Herrera '77,the Matchseller, deserves special praise forhis characterization of the Matchseller. Hisability to stand motionless for long periodsof time while interrogated by Flora and

Micheal Herrera '77. the Matchseller in Dramashop's prodiiction of A SlightAche. stands oblivious to the characters around him.

Edward is a feat of concentration requiringa great deal of talent and practice.

Settings by Michael Connor '79 madeexcellent use of the small size of the stage todepict the dining room, study, and gradenof the couple's house.

Following Dramashop tradition, theshows were followed by a question-answer

session at which members of the audiencewere able to discuss the plays with. the-castand crew, piecing together any parts of theplays which remained unclear. in theirminds.- .

Perhaps the necessity for such a critiqueto tie up the loose ends is a comment on the

productions themselves. Like the famed"tie-up-the-lboseends" scenew at the end ofa Perry Mason re-run, the critique sessionalmost apologizes for making the plot toodifficult for many in ihe audience to follow.A bit more time spent .. working on theoriginal presentation ,would seem.a muchbetter solution.

IThe MIT Shakespeare Ensemble will

present scenes in the chapel tonight at 8pm.The performance includes scenes fromAgamemnon, Henry IV, Part 2, Othello,Measure for Measure, The Changeling,Footfalls, Bingo, Caesar and Cleopatra, andEquus.

The celebrated Spanish classical guitaristNarciso Yepes will give a concert on Sun-day, March 20, at 3prm in KresgeAuditorium. The concert, sponsored by thieMIT Music Section, is open to the publicfree of charge. Yepes' program includesworks by Fernando Sor, Luis Milan andIsaac Albeniz.

A lecture recital, "The Song Cycle as En-tity: Schumann's Liederkeis, Opus 39," willbe held in the MIT Music Library (Rm.14E-109) at 5:15pm on Thursday, March17. Arthur Komar will give the lecture andwill accompany at the piano tenor RufusHallmark who will sing the collection ofsongs. Both Dr. Komar and Dr. Hallmarkare members of the Music Section in theDept. of Humanities. The lecture is open to

the public and is free of charge-o * * *

Soprano Linda Terry and pianist VictorRosenbaum will be performing works bySchubert, Vebern and Mozart on Thurs-day, March 17, at 8pm at the CommunityMusic Center, 48 Warren Ave. in Boston.All concerts are free and open to thepublic. For more information call 482-7494.

The Quincy House Music Society, astudent-run, non-profit organizationdedicated to the promotion of jazz in theBoston area, is planning to reopen TheAmphion. At this time, the House is tryingto compile a list of jazz fans interested inhelping to organize, and of jazz musiciansinterested'in performing at The Amphion.For further information, please contactJennifer Cohen at 498-7306.

A "Swing into Spring" Benefit PopsConcert sponsored by the Boston Univer-sity Women Graduates' Club and theBoston University Alumni Association willbe held at 3pmn, March 20, at the Boston

University Case Center, 285 BabcockStreet, Boston. The program will featureGuest conductor Arthur Fiedler and theGreater Boston Youth SymphonyOrchestra. The orchestra will performworks by Tchaikovsky, Rogers and Ham-merstein, Sibelius, Purcell, Prokofiev, Of-fenbach, Bizet, Handel, Moussorgsky andGershwin. General admission is 55. Ticketsand reservations .are available by mailorder from Dr. Jane S. Norton, 881 Com-monwealth Ave., Boston University,Boston MA 02215. or at the Boston.University George Sherman Union TicketCounter, 775 Commonwealth Ave.,Boston.

Lily Tomlin will bring her special style ofcharacter, comedy, and song to Boston atthe Wilbur Theatre for a seven-performance engagement beginning onWednesday evening, March 16. She willgive performances Wednesday throughFriday evening at 8pm, Saturday at 7 and10prm and Sunday at 3 and 7pm. TheWilbur Theatre box office is now openfrom iOam to 6pm and mail orders may besent to the theatre, 252 Tremont St. Formore information, call 423-4008.

Stewart AwardsThe William L. Stewart Awardsare given to students in recognitionof a single, outstanding contributionto a particular activity or event.

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The physical structure of a dormitoryshapes the social life of its residents

By Gordon HaffIn the early 1970's MIT under-

took a campaign to renovate itsdormitory system. It was a movefrom the old corridor-style dor-mitories like Baker House, EastCampus, and th'e Old BurtonHouse to new ones which employthe suite system familiar to thepresent residents of MacGregor"and Burton. Itwas an attempt toincrease the social interactionwithin the Institute Houses andto generally make them morecomfortable.

The most interesting case isthat of Burton, since it has existedboth as the classic example of acorridor dormitory before itsrenovation in 1971, and' as adorm employing the suite systemafter that.

In the years before its renova-tion, it was generally consideredthat the physical aspects ofBurton were worse than Bexley'stoday. A former resident related,". .. the plaster flaked, the pipesjutted inconveniently, the carpet-ing (where it existed) aged un-gracefully and when wet smelleddankly of old beer, the furniture

stubbornly resisted anything re-sembling interior decoration, andthe Servend machines consis-tently denied their services seem-ingly with a frequency correlated -

to the degree of desperation ofthe vendee. No one disputed thefact that Burton was ugly, de-crepit, institutional and often de-pressing in its own right."

Twenty years of water fightsand beer blasts had taken theirtoll. Despite this, Burton at-tracted many people. On the sur-face this seems surprising. Bakerand even East Campus andSenior House had far better phys-ical facilities. All had roomsalong the sides of long corridorsand large communal bathrooms.Of course none were co-ed yet.

Why, then, did people volun-tarily move into the Oid Burtonand, indeed, why do many peopleseem to prefer the old corridor-style dorms today?

To an architect the old dormsare a disaster. They tend to limitsocial ' interaction by puttingpeople in rooms on either side oflong corridors. They are com-paratively uncomfortable. Theyare in many cases so run downthat there is no reason why theirresidents should have any pride inthem. What is largely overlookedin the new dorm construction isthat what the old dorms couldn'tprovide in terms.of comfort, theymade up for in adaptability.

Residenits could do almost any-thing to them and no one cared.They could paint their rooms,they could break the walls withhockey pucks, they could conductmassive waterfights up and downthe stairwells. they could break

lights with frisbees, and no onecared. Traditions grew up aroundthese events.

Freshman shower night datesback to the days of the old dormi-tories as does Burton Third's"Drink 'till you Drop" weekendand a variety of: other localizedtraditions. -The 1973 Committeeon Student Environment (CSE)report agreed that "traditionswhich gave each floor a distinc-tive and describable character,were an important feature of theOld Burton."

However, the report alsonoted: "In corridor-style dormslike East Campus and the OldBurton, the addition of carpetingand attractive lighting has helpedconvert the corridors into floorliving rooms, where people wouldgather for good conversationrather than hockey and waterfights. This has helped create amore quiet and civilized floorlife... These changes have givenstudents a greater pride in theirresidence (italics mine) ... On thewhole we conclude that all hall-ways should be carpeted and thatthis will increase both the quan-

tity and quality of socializing 'The CSE's facts are correct. Theirconclusions are also, for somepeople. It is true that thesechanges would make the dormmore civilized and quieter, butthe CSE forgot that this is notwhat all residents want out of adorm. Not all people want adormitory that they can show offto their parents. Not everyoneconsiders peace and quiet ofparamount importance. Mostimportantly, many would disputethe fact that eliminating hallhockey and waterfights is "in-creasing the quantity and qualityof socializing."

A concrete example is fresh-man shower night. Many peopledo not approve of it and supportits abolition. By the same token,many feel that it is an essentialway of bringing freshmen into anew environment. These peoplecomprise a sizeable majority onseveral floors in Burton. Forthese people, it is -a night ofshowering and massive water-fights.

War is waged with countlessfire extinguishers. slingshotspowered by ten feet of moriahtubing, wastebuckets full ofwater, eggs. and other weapons.Covert strategy meetings are heldin various suites and the battlegenerally ends when a floor andits residents have more thanreached their saturation level.and the smell of old beer hasbegun to rise out of the carpeting.

Certainly, this is hardly quietand civilized. Clearly, :arpetingand other luxuries tend to deterthis sort of activity (There wasover $ 1300 in damages charged to

'Burton House two freshmanshower nights ago). However,many people would prefer this toa quiet conversation in a carpetedhall.

The same can be said of othersimilar activities. After the Regi-stration Day Beer Blast, thecarpets of Burton Third were sosaturated with beer that it couldbe smelled by people walking upthe stairwell for several days

:!' afterwards.If one were unfamiliar with the

dorms, he might feel that thedifferences between the "civi-lized" and "uncivilized" furnish-ings and structures are so minorthat they could easily be over-come, were there the desire. Thisperson would be correct. SeveralBurton floors stayed togetherduring the year of transition. Theresidents stayed in leased effi-ciency apartments (HamiltonHouse and an apartment inMedford) and went on to becomeclose-knit, rowdy floors in thenewly renovated Burton.

It seems fairvly clear. however.that these floors remained close-knit and rowdy in spite of. ratherthan because of, the new struc-ture. Dormitory floors have onlya very limited ability to choosetheir residents. In the Old Burton.just about the only people whomoved in were those who enjoyedthe atmosphere of the place: theycertainly wouldn't move in forthe physical facilities.

The same is not true in the caseof the new Burton. Many peoplemove in only for the rooms,which are among the nicest :oncampus. Since a rowdy floor isnot average at MIT. an avei:aeperson who joins a rowdy. cicse-knit floor will detract somethingfrom it and, given enough timethat floor wvill become average iosMIT. As a result, dorm floors inthe physically desirable dormstend toward homogeneity and theindividual character whichexisted from before moderniza-tion will in time tend to disap-pear.

In Burton. floors have, as arule, become more quiet witheach year since renovation. Bur-ton One. Three, and Five andConner Three and Five were allat least somewhat typical of theOld Burton House atmosphereimmediately after renovation.This is becoming less true withore or more of these floors. Still,some want very much to preservethe past, and as a result they holdonto old traditions, be they floornames (It is an interesting side-light that in the old Burton, allfloors were known as First, Se-corid, etc. while in the new Bur-ton they have generally changed

Jerry Fly. Phil Barber. and Mike Lerer throw Chuck Coplik Into

Paramecium Pond A former Burton House tradition,. t has nort ocur-red since renovation

to One. Two. etc), party tradi-tions, hacking traditions, orwxhatever.

The CSE report of 1973 states."The dormitory environmentplaces very little pressure on any-one to conform in his choice of alife styie. and most students seemcontent with a sort of anarchy. Itis somewshat ironic to note thatthis feeling increases as the quali-tv of the facilities increases. con-trary to the hope of the 1963(CSE) report. When conditionsare bad as in the Old Burton,students see a need to pull to-gether to make the place work atall: with luxurious accomoda-tions, they are content to goabout their own business. Ver,few complain. because the onlyrestrictions on house autonornanow, are those involving majorexpenditures or space limitations.but there is no great enthusiasm."

t he other major change im-plemented in the new dorms, inaddition to making them looknicer. was the creation of the suitesubunit. They were created withthe intent of providing an alterna-tive to Commons. where suite-mates could cook and eat to-gether in a pleasant atmosphere.However, they were not reallyintended to be significant socialunits. It was generally agreed thatthey were simply too small tofunction independently. In spiteof this assumption. asurvey taken by the CSE immedi-atelv after renovation in Burtonrevealed that 53.8 percent lof theresidents considered the suite as

the basic unit. Onl> 1i.2 percentconsidered the unit to be thefloor.

Since a large number ofi people*ho considered the floor to hethe basic unit probabl' camefrom the fevw close-knit floors. itwould seem that the floor as abasic unit targel? disappearedupon renovation.

"While the Old Burton used toha\e effective unit, of 70-rnmanfloors. the ne\, Burton has notcone far bheond the suite as basicunit though in time the entr, masbecome more viable. The physicallayout. constrained by the shell ofthe old building tends to workagainst greater unification."(CSE report. 1972)

A former resident of Burtonirote the followeingo hen heviewed the renovation. Thereare some who maintained that theonly reason that the Old BurtonHouse was tolerated at all wassvnecdoche - the fact that theexperience was an allegor% ofMIT. Not that there was an.-thing resembling elan. or schoolspirit. but rather. the tic thatbound was survival, and perhapsa subdued pride therein. Forsome, life-in Burton appealed to acertain latent hippie instinct; forothers. it might have been thecomfort that this was as iow asthey would ever get. No,. per-haps, a new, dimension of all thatallegory has been added. thatfollows a pattern of insttutionailevolution: along with wealth andindependence comes departmen-talization and isolation."

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For the first time since 1971,MIT will be represented at theNCAA Division 111 Nationals.Rick Ehrlich '77, Sam Senne'78.Preston Vorlicek '79, Bob Hone'79. and John Dieken '80. willmake the trip to Oberlin Collegein Ohio on Thursday for thechampionship meet. The swim-mers qualified for the Nationalswith spectacular performances atthe New England Championshipsheld March 3-5 at SpringfieldCollege. At the New Englandsseven school records fell and allparticipants swam personal bestsas M IT finished a very respec-table eleventh out of thirtyschools.

Last year the Beavers finishedeighteenth but sparked by PrestonVorlicek's amazing performances.a fired-up MIT squaddemonstrated their improvedabilities. Among the teams MITfinished ahead of were Amherstand the University of Mas-sachusetts. Earlier in the seasonthe Beavers were narrowlydefeated by Amherst in a meetcharacterized as a near upset. Thevictory over UMass avenged lastvear's loss. The New EnglandChampionships are dominated byDivision I and Division 11powerhouses and this makes theeleventh place finish even morephenomenal.- Every time Vorlicek went to theblocks. a school record was

By Glenn BrownsteinIt's a conspiracy, that's what it

is. It's a carefully constructed plotto draw a big television audience,to keep the big-name conferenceteams in the tournament as longas possible while knocking out thelesser-known eastern indepen-dents as quickly as possible.

It's the NCAA Division Ibasketball tournament, that'swhat it is - a tournament sup-posedly designed along regionallines, but now so big and almostunwieldy that the average fancan't tell a regional tournamentby the teams that play in it.

Sav you're a Providence fan.Well, if you didn't mind taking ashort hop to Norman. Oklahomalast Saturday, you could followyour team in action a2ainst BigEight champion Kansas State.

Eastern Collegiate AthleticConference (ECAC) NewEngland regional champion. HolyCross. was "rewarded" for its up-set ,win over Providence. 68-67

'with a trip to Indiana Universityto play )1Michigan. only thenumber one team in the nation.

Or consider St. John's of NewdYork Cit% - the Redmen cap-tured the ECAC New YorkMetropolitan title, and traveledto Tucson. Arizona to meet UtahSaturday night.

The other ECAC tourney win-ner, Syracuse. faced Tennessee inBaton Rouge. Louisiana Sundayafternoon.

So we have four eastern teams,all forced by an unusual selection

broken. He qualified for theNationals in the 400-yard in-dividual medley and the 200-yardbreast stroke. He is also on themedley relay team that qualified.In the breast stroke, Vorlicek'strail heat time of 2:18 placed himseventh and into the consolationfinals.

Dieken also assaulted therecord book. In the 1650-yardfreestyle, a race that is usuallyswum only at championshipmeets, Dieken watched as juniorDick Henze broke Dieken'sschool record in an early heat.Henze's superb swim brought him

-the record. but only for one hour.Dieken won back the record withan incredible 17:29 performance,bettering the old mark by fifty se-conds in a sport where improve-ment is measured in tenths of se-conds. On the way to the 1650, healso broke the school mark forthe 1000-yard freestyle. In addi-tion he set a new record in the200-yard freestyle and swambackstroke on the medley relay.

On the diving boards MIT waswell represented by Ehrlich andHone. Ehrlich placed eighth on theone-meter board and an impres-sive fourth from the three-meterheight. Hone.finished seventh onthe low board,. MIT divers havefared well all year. Ehrlich andHone will be traveling to theNationals with the four swimmersto vie for All-American honors.

Captain Senne swam freestyle

process to travel a considerabledistance from home. Such aproblem is not confined to theEast alone, however.

NCAA rules specify that if twoteams from the same conferenceare chosen to play in the nationaltournament, they cannot competein the same regional.

Five "runner-up" selectionsand the 19 automatic regionalberths given to league champions,leave just eight spots open for theECAC regional winners, con-sidered independents by theNCAA, and five other indepen-dent teams.

Of those five independents,Detroit (mideast), Marquette(midwest), and Nevada-LasVegas (west),' were placed inproper geographic tournaments,leaving just Providence, and theone independent team placed inthe east - Notre Dame.

If geography meant anything,surely the NCAA would switchNotre Dame and Providence andmaybe allow at least one ECACteam to compete in the East. Uh-uh. So chances are the easternteams will be sitting on thesidelines when the NCAA finalsroll around in 10 days. Andmaybe North Carolina. WakeForest. and Syracuse will all pullupsets and make it an easterntourney. But their way, anddefinitely that of Providence.Hoiy Cross, and St. John's, is asdifficult as it could possibly bemade.

The time has come for theNCAA to re-examine the logic in-

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Preston Vorlicek '79 who qualified for the nationalshow the butterfly is done.and Greg Floro '79 swam butter-fly for the 400-yard medley relayteam that qualified. Floro hadbeen a freestyler until this year'sGreater Boston Championshipmeet when he tried the 100-yardbutterfly, just for fun.

The Beavers' strong finish thisyear was a product of depth in ad-dtion to record-breaking perfor-mances. Personal bests wereregistered by Tom Colton '80.Henze, and Gene Henschel '78 inthe 500-yard freestyle. In the 200-yard freestyle John Bradstreet '80,Colton and Henschel all broke-the magic two-minute mark.

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