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Dormitory-Council ChairmanNelson Ronkin '821'said that theInstitute dormitories were"crowded to capacity," andechoed the statements of As-sociate Dean for Student AffairsRobert Sherwood that studentsstill in temporary housing will bemoved as spaces open up,

By Steven Solnick and Ivan FongThirty-two freshmen spent last

night in temporary barracks setup in Ashdown House and theNon-Resident Student Associa-tion House as the final round ofthe freshman housing lottery. leftthem in limbo. -

The'crowding situation in In-stitute Houses exceeded the worstfears of the Deans' Office atabout 2pm yesterday. The finalround of assignments of studentsin limbo left twenty freshmen as-signed temporarily, to AshdownHouse's basement and twelve tostudy rooms and television roomsin the Non-Resident Students'Hoouse. The Deans' Office told thefreshmen it hoped to give thempermanent assignments as morefreshmen pledged fraternities andupperclassmen' failed to return forregistration.

As of yesterday-afternoon, IFC'Rush Chairman Jim Wilber '81said the fraternity system still had'4about thirty openings." He ad-ded, "We expect about ten more

people to pledge in the next 24hours." Wilber said the resultingfigure of about'twe nty openingswas not an unusual one due to theIFC practice of allowing afreshman to accept bids frommore than one house and then al-lowing him at least the rest of theweek to decide upon -either.

Wilber announced that the I FCwould hold an unprecedentedmixer" in the Sala this Sunday at

noon to allow freshman one morechance to meet houses which stillcontained -openings. Wilber saidthe event was part, of a "large ef-fort to help the Deans' Office ai-leviate the problem by trying tofill the IFC Houses to theircapacity."

Members of the Deans' Officeconfirmed that upperclassmenwho have not returned byRegistration Day will forfeit theirfall assignments if students arestill in limbo.

A number of dormitories, in-cluding Burton House, wereforced to overcrowd upperclass-men. Room assigmnnents are in-ternal to each house, according toRonkin,- and he explained, "If

This NRSA television room has becorne a temporary dormitory room.(Photo by Rick Parker)

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Dining funding changes begin-By Jerri-Lynn Scofield

The new commons system in-troduced to this, year's freshmeninvolves changes in the financingand operation of the diningprogram that may affect manymembers 'of the undergraduateMIT community.

The student budget board al-lowance has been reduced by fourpercent. The Financial Aid Officearrived at this figure by the fol-lowing reasoning. If inflation hadno impact on food costs, it wasassumed that implementation ofthe' new plans, because of ef--ficiency improvements, wouldsave fifteen percent over lastyear's commons costs. However,since inflation has increased foodprices by approximately eleven

percent, there is a net four percentcdecrease in commons costs.

One of the strongest objectionsto commons is its high cost. Whilefood prices have increased in'thepast year,'visible commons priceshave remained roughly the same.When asked what is being done tolower commons costs, AssociateDirector of Food Services GeorgeHartwell replied, ". . . part of theprogram is being subsidized byI nstitute funds... I don't reallyknow where they come from. .. Acommitment has been made bythe Institute to help support thecommons system. . ."

Director of Finance John Cur-rie commented on the fundsneeded to enact the new mealplans: "We have them budgeted.as what we call special items.. .These things are not recurring.. .[They are] in the nature of a tran-sition plan. .. That funding isgenerally irrelevant to the student

tuition problem."

Eugene Brammer, Director ofFood Services, indicated that hehad been authorized to overrunexpenditures by approximately600,000 dollars. Currie said that400,000 dollars would be used foroperating expenses, while 200,000dollars would be used as capital.Currie emphasized, "That is notcoming out of today's tuitions.There will be other funding foundthat does not impact thestudents... If we continue thistype of program... this might[have] impact on the students."

Some changes that will be in-stituted in the dining program in-volve the reopening of the Mc-Cormick Dining Hall. Whenasked whether persons wishing toeat in the McCormick DiningHall would have to be on the Mc-Cormick guest list, Hartwellreplied, "The males will... Any

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Twelve cots have been placed in the basement of Ashdown House forfreshman still in limbo. (Photo by Rick Parker)

Senate to mull loan ceilingsby 'Stuart- Citlow

Financing for the NationalDirect Student Loan (NDSL)program would drop by 35 per-cent to $186-million under a billpassed by the House of Represen-tatives last week.

The resolution, now in theSenate, would allocate $63-million less than was ap-propriated for the current fiscalyear. However, the total of $3.36-billionr is still some $200-millionmore- than President Carter re-quested.-Action [within theSenate] is imminent," accordingto MIT Director of Financial AidJack Frailey. -

The House AppropriationsCommittee argued that the cut.back is insignificant when the"availability of $400-million incollections on prior year loans,and the 10 percent matching re-quired from institutions" is takeninto account.'

According to a reportpublished Tuesday in the Chroni-cle of Higher. Education, thedefa-ult rate within the loanprogram is about 16 percent; assuch, increased collection effortsto recover the $100-million cut-back from defaults are not ex-pected.

Originally, the Carter Ad-ministration had proposed drasticchanges within the GuaranteedStudent Loan program as seen inthe higher-education bill,HR5192, which maintained thecurrent seven percent interestrate.

Frailey commented that thefinal bill has left "most of theprogram essentially unchanged. Itis possible that those who former-ly received student loans will nolonger be. eligible. If the bill doespass the Senate, this would notoccur until 1982." Frailey,although very much concernedwith the possible outcomes of thebill, does not foresee any greatchanges within the loanprograms.

If the guaranteed and directloan programs clearly fall short ofnecessary funds, lobbyists hopeCongress might pass additionalappropriations next year for thestudent loan programs, accordingto the C'hronicle report.

A discouraging picture ispainted by freshman still inlimbo. Page 4.

Harlan Ellison was one. of over 6000 science fiction authorsfans, and artists present at'NOREASCON 1i1 the 38th AnnualWorld Science, Fiction Convention held in Boston last weekend.(photo by Kevin Osborn)

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McCormick was forced tocreate a c, , for the first time in Baits histe i in its West tower, and Be)Senior House was forced to Bucrowd into quads as well. Baker ECHouse created five additional Maquads out of triples to try to ac- Mccomodate the overflow of Neifresh men. Rar

The extreme situation this year Serwas created by the arrival of a Frelarger freshman class than was Ge;hoped for. The situation was ex- R ucacerbated by a larger than usual Spanumber of upperclassmen return- (locing to the dormitory system, dueto the scarcity of off-campushousing in Cambridge andBoston. Tw(

Burton President Guy Petrillo mitl'82 said that "People are up in Asharms at Burton House." He con-tinued, "A number of upperclass-men who remained doubled lastyear to preserve suites were as-sured by the Deans' Office theywould not be tripled, and they arenow tripled." He charged theDeans' Office of assigningfreshman to Burton withoutregard. for the House's coedityrules for its suites, and added, "Itis incredibly hard to assign roomsto women who want to live insingle sex suites."

Many women are unhappywith the unavailability of spacesin single-sex dorms. The pop-ularity of McCormick Hall ex-ceeded its capacity by three-to-one ratio, and so over two-thirdsof its applicants must resort totwo single-sex suites in Burton,Bexley and Random Hall, ac-cording to Sherwood.

Random Hall was also beingovercrowded a year earlier thanthe Deans' Office had said itwould be. The Class of'81 hadpreviously been told, according tohouse residents, that they wouldnot see Random Hall becomecrowded unless the most severecrowding possible were to occur.

Sherwood was not available forcomment late yesteday but it islikely he would have given thatclassification to this year's situa-tion.

The students living temporarilyin Ashdown and NKSA said thatthey were particularly upset thatthe Deans' Office continued to as-sure them they would be out oflimbo alter the last round of thehousing lottery. They said theywere given "no assurances wewould have housing by Registra-tion Day."

Wilber said Sunday's rushpaurty, if it filled the IFC Housesto calpacity, could "single-hanndedly alleviate the problem"'of housilg the displacedfreshmlen.. KRnkin said that he"appreciated what the IFC is do-ing to. help the situation and IsUpporIt them." He said thatDormconn would meet today todiscuss the issue.

U nderg rad uate AssociationP'resident Chuck Markham '81sauid he hoped "fraternities wouldconisider overcrowding as an 'in-SUrancee policy' for next year,"Nkhcn Next iHouse will open upmnorn dornmitorv beds and whenhe salid he expected the Admis-simIss Office to be more conser-

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WorldChinese premier quits post - Hua Guofeng, the Prime Minister of,the National People's Congress of China resigned his post Wednesday.The resignation took place amidst a full-scale shakeup of high Chinesegovernment officials. Hua will retain his position as chairman of theChinese Communist party.

NationFDA to release caffeine report - The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is planning to release a study which links caf-feine to birth defects. After much discussion, the FDA has decided not

to require warning labels for caffeine-containing beverages such as cof-fee, cola, tea, and hot cocoa, but the agency will propose that soft-drinkmalkers be allowed to market decaffeinated versions of their productsunder the name "colas," which they presently cannot do. In the mean-time, the agency has warned pregnant women to cut down or totallystop their intake of caffeine until more conclusive tests-can be run.

W eather -- By Bob Host and Alan Lichtenstein

Generally cloudy today with occasional periods of rain. Daytime highswill be 75-79. Damp and cool tonight with scattered showers and lows

62-66. Rain ending and skies clearing by or during the morning on

Saturday, and by afternoon under sunny skies highs should reach 80.

Clear and cool Saturday night with lows 60-64. Mostly sunny and plea-sant Sunday, highs again near 80., Chance of rain 60 percent today, 50

percent tonight, decreasing to 20 percent Saturday afternoon through

Sunday. - By-James Franklin

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Announcements

Registration for Physical Educa-tion classes-for the first quarterwill be held Tuesday September 9at 8:30-11:30am in the du PontGymnasium. Seniors should besure of their status.

The Student Accounts Office willbe open Friday, September 5,from 9am to 4pm for receipt ofpayments and emergency deanfund loans only. Students whohave other- financial matters todiscuss should delay coming tothe Student Accounts Office untilMonday, September 8, 1980,.when normal office hours willresume.

Auditions..for the MIT MusicafTheatre Guild's production ofCaharet will be held September 8,9 and. 10 at 7pm in Kresge LittleTheater. Call 253-6294 for moreinformnation.

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woman can eat in McCormick...We are, letting the residents ofMNcCormick determine'who cangg on their guest list..-; They aregoing to control who goes intotheir dining hall as far as malesare concerned."

Anita Walton, Program Coor-dinator for Dining and ResidencePrograms, confirmed these state-ments. "It- [McCormick DiningHall] is open to all. women oncampus. .. where the- dining hallis placed,there is a problem withsecurity." When' asked how Mc-Cormick's security-problem dif-fered from other dormitories withcentrally located dinirig facilities,Walton, said, "McCormick is aspecial case," because of its statusas the only all-women's dor-mitory on campus.

Important recommendationsfrom last year's Report onCampus Dining have not yet beenimplemented. Plans for. purchas-ing food items in bulk for all din-intg facilities have not yetmaterialized, primarily becauseadequate storage areas for largequantities of food do not now ex-.ist on campus. Both Hartwell andWalton said that bulk food buy-ing will probably not go into ef-fect until "Next House," with itsproposed additional storagefacilities, is completed.

Suggestions for a student foodcooperative have also been dor-mant. Hartwell said, "Those havenot been worked on this sum-mer." Hartwell and Walton bothsaid that these proposals wouldbe considered this fall.

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the hard wayEverlrone wr ill have a housing assignment by the Thursday before

Regi.strcation Day.1980/81 Freshm an Handbook, page 34.,

This statement, generally overlooked and previously acceptedas fact, proved false yesterday. Given the method used to es-timate class size and the housing situation in Boston, it was in-evitable that the system would eventually break down. For atleast the past three years, the incoming class size has exceededpredictions, and as upperclassmen find it difficult to move offcampus, the housing system has become increasinglyovercrowded.

The first priority of the Deans' Office must be to remedy theunacceptable situation of the 32 displaced persons currentlyhoused in Ashdown and the Non-Resident Students' Associa-

tion now that the system has failed to place them.The Deans' Office must next look to next year to be sure this

year's unacceptable happenings become the exception and notthe rule. MIT's luck with the success of its unorthodox housingassignment process may be close to running out. Unless all par-ties involved conduct a careful reassessment of their plans, thisyear's absurd I I th hour limbo dance may prove only the beginn-ing of a long, tragic, jitterbug.

Specifically, next fall's opening of a new dormitory is current-ly scheduled to coincide with a raising of the class size to thelong-discussed figure of 1100. Considering this year's problems,this plan can no longer be taken seriously.

Next House was heralded as a home for 150 transfer and.readmitted students. If we consider the undergraduates movedin to alleviate overcrowding and add an increased class size ontop of this, we will find ourselves quickly back where we startedfro 7.

The system needs a rest. MIT's housing system must movieback from the cliff it has been edging itself off of for the last sixyears. New House saved the operation once, then Random HallAjnd Zeta Psi helped, and next year, Next House will get to playsa'ety valve.

There is nothing after Next House for a while.Overcrowding can not continue as it now stands.-The goal of

housing transfers and readmits. must not be forgotten. Frater-nity rush should not be forced to continue as late as the daybefore Registration. Freshmen should never again be forced toreturn frons registration to the basement of Ashdown House.

The class size should not be raised.

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He showed us the four b1eds in the "study room.""I guess our people will eventually want to study,"he told me, "but I suppose they won't try it justnow." He said the freshmen arrived just as he was inmid-renovations and he would probably paint one ofthe frosh's temporary rooms anyway "and just hope,the paint smell -was gone by nights

When we got downstairs he pointed out fourfreshman in the cluttered living room "all gettingpissed together," as one told me.

I narrowly avoided sitting-on the cat as they beganto describe the same plight I had just heard.

"There's just nothing we can do," they alllamented.

'They said we would definitely have a permanentassignment today. They told me that as late as 1:30today. All week there was a day we could shoot for.Now the impression I got from Dean Sherwood was'Don't call us, we'll call you.' "

At that very moment, the entire Deans' Office, es-pecially Sherwood, was trying to weather a storm ofphone calls from angry students and distraughtparents. It was not a good day for anyone.

"It seems like it just keeps dragging on," whinedone of the freshmen sitting next to a Tech whichbeamed "Record Crowding to Greet '84."

One Californian freshman looked up and shookhis head, "I think if my mother was coming she'dtake me home.

Another chirhed in, "If I would have known aboutthis beforehand it might have changed my decisionto come to MIT."

Still another, sitting beside an unstrung banjo, "IfI'd known it was this much hassle to get a dormroom, I would have moved into a frat." None saidthey were still looking at frats, though.

"We just can't do anything. We don't have a per-manent address. We can't open a checking account,can't get mail, can't get stuff shipped ... I just hopethe professors understand. There are -no desks hereor.-anything. i wouldn't be able to take living out of asuitcase for two weeks."

They started to joke about drying their laundryout on the sidewalk. Then the room quieted downfor a second.I --"I just can't believe they screwed up this much,"from one. Then they all went out for Chinese food.

The Ashdown desk worker was reluctant to even,talk about the undergraduates camped out in thebasement. He finally pointed in the general directionof downstairs and we went off in search of the unfor-tunates.

Unfortunate they' were. 'We passed' two as weentered the game room, but they popped back inlater to talk to us when we promised themanonymity. We leaned against the pool table andsweated as we discussed their plight.

Stan (not his real name) was angry, resentful, andvery, talkative. "They got some kind of nerve," hetold me. "They're breaching some kind of promise.They said we'd have housing by Thursday. I don't.think you could call.this hiousing."

I looked around as his friend pushed a ball aroundtfie pool table. I had to agree. Twelve beds clusteredaround a medium-sized room, with a communalshower a few steps away and no furniture at all in.sight seemed hardly plush for $10,000 a year.

"I spoke to Barbara Chuck in the Deans' Office,"Stan told me. "She was sympathetic. Sympathy iswell and good but where are we supposed to live?"

Stan grappled to find words as his friend con-tinued to bounce a S-ball off two cushions and back."My Dad will be here tomorrow. He won't be happyabout this but what the hell can he do?

"This way it looks like they're just sweeping usinto the basement. It would have been better ifthey'd put us in a motel room or some thing; at leastthat would have shown some intent."

Stan slammed the brown door to his temporaryhome- it sounded paper thin. "I'm not an activistor a militant by nature," he pointed out. "I'm justpissed off."'

The seven freshmen upstairs in Ashdown have it abit better. Still barracks, but some -very bright'carpeting. No signs of any semblance of furniture,and no signs of any freshmen either. Wne jogged overto NRSA and peered cautiously through the frontdoor.

The House Manager in the kitchen stared blanklyat us. "Can I help you?" he asked cooly, fearing we'didentify ourselves as more freshmen to be housed.

He let out a chuckle when we told him we wantedto see the freshmen's "accomodations." He took usupstairs, past the renovations and beside thebathroom that worked "if you flush twice."

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The MIT Musical Theatre Guild is proudto present Pippin, Stephen Schwartz'swidely acclaimed musical comedy aboutCharlemagne's son's search for personalfulfillment. Performances are at 8pmSeptember 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13 and 2pmSeptember 6. Tickets are $4.50, or $2.50with MIT ID. For reservations and infor-mation, call 253;6294. There will also be aspecial free freshman matinee performanceSeptember 7 at 3:30'pm.

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Oct. 28 at Noeastern with SalemState-Nov. 1, BC Tournament, SamNov. 4 at Springfield.Nov. 8, MAIAW Championships

Water Polo --,Sept. 17 vs. BU, 7pmSept. 19 vs. Harvard, 5pmSept. 26-28, Brown TournamentOct. I at Coonnecticut, 5:30pmOct. 3-4, MIT-Invitational-Oct. 8 vs. Amherst, 6pmOct. 11, Harvard League Tourna-mentOct. 15 vs. Air ForceOct. 22 at Exeter, 4:30pmOct. 25, Yale League TournamentOct. 31, National AAU Ciam-pionships at Brown .,Nov. 7-8, New Englands at Har-vard'

GolfSept. 11 at St. Anselm's with Mer-rimack, 12:30pmSept. 15 vs. Northeastern andMerrimacki IpnaSept. 23 vs. Boston College andBentley, .1:30pmSept. 26 at Bryant, 2pmSept. 29-30, New EnglandsOct. 10, ECACs

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Football21 at Norwalk Community,

Woments SailingSept. II vs. Babson, 3:30pmSept. 13 vs. Stonehill (2), 12noonSept. 17 vs. Brandeis, 3pmSept. 20-23, Collegiate Tourna-mentSept. 27 vs. St. Anselm's (2), 12-noon

Sept. 30 vs. Mass. Bay Com-munity, 3pmOct. 2 at Brandeis, 3pmOct. 6 at Lowell (23 12noon-

Cross CountrySept. 20 vs. RPI and WPI, IpmSept. 27 at Coast Guard withConn. College, 1:30pmOct. 3 at Lowell, 4pmOct. 14, GBC Meet, 4:15pmOct. 18 at Williams with Tufts,I:30pmrOct. 20, IC4AsOct. 25, EasternsNov. 8, New EnglandsNov. 15, NCAA Division IIIQualifier

Nov. 22, NCAA Division IIIChampionships

Men's SailingSept. 13, MIT Invitational,9:30amSept. 14, Harvard Invitational,9:30amSept. 20, Lane Trophy at Tufts,9:30amSept. 20-21, Nevins Trophy atKings Point, 9:30amSept. 28, 3-crew team race at BU,9:30am

Oct. 4-5, Danmark Trophy atCoast Guard, 9:30amOct. 5, Tufts Invitational, 9:30amOct. I11, GBC Oberg Trophy,9:30amOct. I I, Sloop Championships atCoast Guard, 9:30am.Oct. 11, Harvard Invitational,9:30a m

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Nov. 1-2, Schell Trophy, 9:30am

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Sept. 13, MIT Invitational,9:30amSept. 14, Wheaton Invitational,.9:30amSept. 20, President's Trophy at-BU, 9:30amSept. 20, Learner's Regatta,9:30amSept. 21, Captain's Cup at Tufts,9:30amSept. 27-8, Man-Labs Trophy,9:30am

Oct. 4-5, Single-handed Cham-pionships, 9:30amOct. 11-12, Yale Intersectional,9:30amOct. 18, 3-crew team race,Marehiando Trophy, 9:30arnOct. 19, Rhode Island In-vitational, 9:-30amOct. 25-6, Victorian Urn atRadcliffe, 9:30amOct. 25, MIT Invitational, 9:--30am

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