FeatureBy Akbar Merchant

Do people's impressions of aliving group change after Resi-dence/Orientation Week? JaiYoung Kim '90 thinks so. His im-pression of Senior House has"definitely changed," he claimed.

During rush "it was a prettynice place, but I couldn't see my-self living there," he said. NowKim feels "pretty positive" aboutbeing there, especially about thelarge rooms and the closeness tothe main buildings.

Senior House received an ab-normally high number of fresh-men this year who were assignedto the dorm involuntarily. Atleast three freshmen assigned toSenior Hiouse have moved out ofthe dorm, and several others haverequested reassignments.

These were just a few "individ-ual cases," said Ann Braden,staff assistant for residence pro-grams. There was no general dis-content among freshmen at Sen-ior House, she said.

Freshmen assigned to SeniorHouse had differing impressionsof life at Senior House. Somehad moved, or wanted to move,but others found the house totheir liking.

Helen Shin '90 was reassignedto Burton House last Wednesday,after she had been staying withfriends in Baker House. She hadbeen assigned to Senior House inthe third round of housing as-signmernts. Her advisor and par-ents called the Office of the Deanfor Student Affairs to plead her

case.During R/O week, Shin had

met three students she wanted toroom with. They had submittedtheir preference cards together,hoping for a quad at Baker.

Instead, they were assigned toBexley in the first round. "I wentto Bexley and realized in ten min-utes that I couldn't stay there be-cause of the cat," Shin said. "I'mallergic to cats."

In the second round she sepa-rated from her friends so thatthey could list Bexley as a secondchoice after Baker. She wasplaced in involuntary limbo whileher friends received a triple inBaker.

Shin had stayed at SeniorHouse during R/O Week, andshe remembered, "I liked thepeople. They were very nice. Asfar as living there for the term, Ididn't want to do that."

Ken Lu '90 is still at SeniorHouse but expects to be reas-signed this week. Lu felt that hiscase had received prompt clear-ance because his father hadcalled Braden personally. Earlier,the ODSA had informed himthat he would have to wait untilspaces opened up elsewhere.

Lu didn't visit Senior Houseduring R/O Week because hedidn't like their entry in the resi-dence booklet. "It was not reallymy lifestyle," said Lu.

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th CD candidatesspeak at arms rally

Students gather in front of the Student Center during Saturday's rally.

Rally focuses on arms CAO%By Michael Gojer

Noam Chomsky, Institute pro-fessor of linguistics, and GeorgeWald, Harvard University profes-sor, spoke at an arms control ral-ly Saturday afternoon organizedby United Campuses to PreventNuclear War (UCAM). The rally,held on the Student Center steps,attracted an audience of nearly200.

"The effort to stop [the nuclearbuildup] will not be easy,"Chomsky feared. Noting thatsupport for defense programs islargely tied to their economicvalue, he accused the business

community of regarding SDI andother programs as subsidies forhigh-tech industries. "Businesshas looked at the Pentagon thatway since 1945," he said.

According to Chomsky's analy-sis, US defense policy is orga-nized to maintain an intimidatingposture and protect America'sability to intervene around theworld. Seventy-five percent of theReagan Administration's militarybuildup has gone towards con-ventional interventional forces,he said, explaining, "nuclearforces provide shields behindwhich we can use our conven-

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roltional forces."

Chomsky was highly critical ofthe "Star Wars" research pro-gram because SDI technologywould be used for a first-strike,he said. A space-based defensewould be more effective against aretaliatory than a first strikeattack, and thus would pressureReagan to launch first to weakenthe enemy, he argued. Admini-stration officials admit that SDIis more important in a missile-

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nuew gay Im..By Andrew L. Fish

A group of homosexual stu-dents is starting a new organiza-tion to specifically fulfill theneeds of MIT students, accordingto Christopher P. Thorman '87,an organizer of the new Gay andLesbian Student Union.

The GLSU would complementthe existing Gays at MIT, Thor-man said. GAMIT includesalumni, faculty, staff, and mem-bers from outside the MIT com-munity, Thorman said. TheGLSU is a "smaller special inter-est group" which will consist onlyof MIT students, he explained.

Some gay students wanted a"particularly student group,"Thorman said. "GAMIT had dif-ficulty having events for just stu-dents," because the majority ofvoting GAMIT members are notMIT students, he said.

The GLSU is also planning tohold more activities, such as lec-tures, for the Institute as awhole, Thorman said.

"We are not a rival group,"Thorman said. "We intend towork with [GAMIT] as much aspossible," he said. "We made apledge to help them out."

The GLSU is currently in theorganizational phase, Thormancontinued. The Association ofStudent Activities' recognition ofthe GLSU is pending, he said.The group could be recognized intwo or three weeks, he added.

Because the group is new, it isunlikely to get office space orfunds, Thorman said.

The GLSU is also seeking les-bian involvement, Thorman said.'"GAMIT has no lesbian mem-bers," Thorman observed. Hehoped the GLSU could organizea "women's lesbian voice" oncampus, although he conceded

By Michael GojerCandidates for the 8th Con-

gressional District criticized theimbalance in the federal budgetbetween military and domesticprograms at an arms control rallyon Kresge Oval (see related storythis page].

Democratic candidates JamesRoosevelt Jr., Carla B. Johnston,George Bachrach, and Melvin H.Kinlg, as well as Socialist Wor-kers' Party candidate John Hill-son, spoke at the rally, sponsoredby United Campuses to PreventNuclear War (UCAM).

Joseph P. Kennedy 11, who isalso seeking the Democraticnomination for the 8th CD, wasinvited but could not attend therally because of previously sched-uled engagements.

Bachrach assails "Star Wars"

"We need to send a message to'the House of Representatives,"State Senator Bachrach said,"that this is the time for courage,the time to say 'no' to any dollarsfor any nuclear weapons, for anytesting, for anything as nonsensi-cal as 'Star Wars.' "

The arms race is not onlybringing us closer to nuclear ho-locaust, he explained, but is alsotaking a severe toll on domesticproglams.

- "One day's research on 'StarWars' costs $14 million, and forthat we could provide day carefor nearly 5000 children for ayear in this country," he pointed

out."Our national security does

not depend on weaponry, but de-pends on those children, andthose families, and those seniorsliving with some dignity," he as-serted.

King urges community action

"You have to recognize [that]you have the most important roleto play," former State Represen-tative King told the crowd. "Youstart this process rolling and youkeep it moving, and we'll getSALT II [and] a comprehensivetest ban treaty."

Arms control "will only comebecause you start a movementacross this country that saysthat's one of the most importantthings you want to have happen,"King continued.

King expressed concern forboth nuclear and conventionalarms proliferation.

"While we are beating oiirgums about SALT and about thetest ban treaty," he explained,". .. millions of people on thisplanet are being killed by thoseso-called conventional weapons.There's only one way to deal withthat - and that is to end all wea-pons."

Roosevelt advocates caution"The pursuit of peace is the

fundamental issue every day be-fore the United States Congress,"Roosevelt said. "Because if we

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T student group formedthis goal was somewhat idealistic.

Thorman did not believe theGLSU would pull student mem-bership away from GAMIT. "WVehave a significant cross-member-ship," he noted. Should theGLSU ever put GAMIT's exis-tence in jeopardy, Thorman an-ticipated a merger between thetwo groups.

The GAMIT Executive Boardreleased a statement which read,in part, "Although [GAMIT has]always existed primarily to serveundergraduate and graduate stu-dents, we have always felt it im-portant to remain open to any-one who may need us."

The statement continued, "Thegay community at MIT is well en-ough established that we feelconfident that the GLSU can domuch to enhance the quality oflife of gay students at MIT, and,since the two groups will be cornm-plementing each other's effortsand activities, we hope that manystudents will become involvedwith both."

"We hope that all members ofthe MIT community, whether les-bian, gay, straight, or question-ing, will take advantage of theunprecedented opportunities nowavailable," the statement con-cluded.

Continuous M ITNews Service CambridgeSince 1881 If Massachusetts

Volume 106, Number 36 Tuesday, September 16, 1986

Freshmen react differentlyto Senior House assignments

Massachusetts primary todayToday is primary election day in the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts.Democrats and Republicans statewide will choose their par-

ties' nominees for the US House of Representatives. Indepen-dents may vote in the primary of their choice.

George Bachrach, 'Richard Black, Robert Meany Cappucci,Florenzo DiDonato, Thomas M. Gallagher, Carla B. Johnston,Joseph P. Kennedy 2d, Melvin H. King, Robert O'Connell,James Roosevelt Jr., and Janmes A, Spiegel are seeking theDemocratic nomination for the 8th Congressional district.Clark C. Abt and Joseph Baldanza are -vying for the Republicannomination.

Voters locally will select party nominees for the MassachusettsSenate and House.

Members of the MIT community registered in Cambridge canvote today. at the following locations between 7 am.and 8 pm;

a Those living in Senior House and Eastgate should vote atRoberts School, at Broadway and Windsor Streets;

* Those living in 500 Memorial Drive, Tang Hall, and West-gate should vote at Fletcher School at 89 Elm Street East;

* Those living in most other dormitories, fraternities, andindependent living groups in Cambridge should vote at the firestation at Massachusetts Avenue and Main Street.

Voters with questions about where and when they may voteshould call in Cambridge: 498-9087; in Boston: 725-4634; inSomrnerville: 625-6600; and' in Brookline: 730-2010.

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Candiates speak at arms rally(Continued from page 1) Recalling his stay in Nicaragua the defense industry between

don't have peace, if we don't stop in 1984, Hillson said, "The elec- and $20 trillion in profits, Hillsthis murderous arms race, it tions in Nicaragua were different. also criticized the influencedoesn't matter where we are onany other issue."

Roosevelt supports a mutuallyverifiable freeze, comprehensivearms control agreements, and theratification of SALT II. He alsourged the United States to "callthe Soviets' bluff [by] stoppingnuclear testing and holding themto their promise."

Roosevelt warned, however,"There are certain weapon sys-tems that we have to continue tofund until we reach a comprehen-sive agreement."

Johnston: politics hinderarms control progress

"You're not unlike most peoplein this country who want to endthe nuclear arms race," Johnstontold the crowd. "Nothing hashappened about it ... becauseit's business-as-usual politics."

If elected to Congress, John-ston promised to make sureSALT II is ratified, a comprehen-sive test ban treaty is put inplace, and economic diversifica-tion becomes a national priority.

She explained that, withouteconomic diversification, "we'renot going to do anything aboutending the arms race because thepeople who want jobs and wantto make money are only going todo it by building weapons insteadof by looking at other forms ofadvanced technology."

Hillson: money controlsmedia coverage

Hillson argued that the unevenmedia coverage in US elections"enables the richest person towin, or those who the rich like towin."

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F a quino visits United statesPhilippine President Corazon Aquino arrived in San

Francisco en route to Washington. In her first visit to the

Paris bombed for fourth time in weekParis was the target of a terrorist bombing for the

fourth time in a week. Monday's blast ripped through awaiting room at police headquarters, killing one personand injuring 51 others. The blast came a day after FrenchPremier Jacques Chirac announced increased securitymeasures to combat terrorism. Responsibility for all fourbombings has been claimed by a group seeking the releaseof convicted terrorists. An anonymous caller said the nextattack will be at the presidential palace. (AP)

Egypt raises oil pricesFor the fourth time since Aug. 1, Egypt increased the

price of its crude oil exports. As of Monday, the price ofall grades of Egyptian crude is up 60 cents per barrel. Theprice hike follows a major cut in production. Egypt is nota member of OPEC, which agreed this summer to cutproduction in order to prop up prices.

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Scientists have discovered a way of coating objects witha thin film of synthetic diamond. This process would becheap enough, experts say, that the diamond film couldbecome a common manufacturing material. The film, nomore visible to the naked eye than a layer of lacquer,would imporove the quality of the objects it coats.

Tools, knives, and scientific instruments would be coat-ed using the new process. Scratch-proof lenses and win-dows, as well as high-speed computers impervious to theradiation of nuclear blasts, would be made possible by thebreakthrough. (The New York Times)

United States since her election, Aquino will meet withPresident Reagan and address a joint meeting of Con-gress. She told hundreds of cheering supporters in SanFrancisco that while the political and economic reasonsfor her visit are important, her overriding reason for com-ing to the United States is to visit friends. (AP)

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se-passed anti-drug bill "absurd." The measure calls forPresident Reagan to use the military to stop drug smug-gling on US borders. Weinberger said the military"shouldn't engage in domestic law enforcement." (AP)

Texas Air to acquire People ExpressTexas Air says it has agreed to buy financially-troubled

People Express Airlines for approximately $125 million.It also has agreed to acquire the assets of Frontier Air-lines, a subsidiary of People Express that was shut downdue to bankruptcy. Texas Air already owns ContinentalAirlines and New York Air. (AP)

"Doonesbury" pulled againOnce again, the comic strip "Doonesbury" is off the

cartoon pages - at least in one Iowa and one Virginianewspaper. This week, the strip lampoons the presidentialambitions of TV evangelist Pat Robertson, which mayhave offended some readers, according to the two newspa-pers. Robertson isn't taking the comics too seriously; aspokesman for the evangelist said he even "laughed at acouple of them." (AP)

First-time drug users are youngerA survey of youths being treated at drug rehabilitation

centers in the Boston area has found the average age of afirst-time drug user dropped to 12. The survey of 880youths at Straight Incorporated's eight centers also foundthat 69 percent have used cocaine - nearly triple thenumber from last year, and ten times more than two yearsago. Nearly two-thirds of the youths said they had beenusing drugs for more than a year before their parents dis-covered, and 70 percent of those surveyed said they wereintroduced to drugs by their friends. (AP)

Chilly air is on the wayCool is the word for our weather during the next

two to three days. After a brief encounter with aweak frontal disturbance, high pressure will buildinto our region. This will initially mean a flow ofcooler and dryer air into our region. By Thursday,we will begin to see a warming trend as the air flowswitches from northerly to southerly.Tuesday: Morning clouds and showers will give wayto partial clearing by afternoon. High temperatureswill be 60-65 ° (I6-19 ° C). Winds will shift tobecome northerly at 10-15 mph (16-24 kph).Tuesday night: Clear and quite cool. Lowtemperatures will range form near 40° (5 ° C) in thesuburbs to the upper 40s (7-10 ° C) here in the city.Winds will continue to be brisk from the north.Wednesday: We can expect mostly sunny and dryconditions. But it will continue to be on the coolside as cold Canadian air flows into our region.High temperatures will be 60-65o (16-19° C).Thursday: Partly sunny and warmer. Highs near70 ° (210 C).

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I -opinion - Il Column/Thomas T. Huang

N ighttime reflectionsIf the sky is clear (and the fog Bridge, away from the Institute. that MIT's working en

hasn't yet rolled in), the Charles The ice, which had covered the geared to producing sRiver is beautiful at night. You river for months, had finally gineers and scientists,can see the lights of the city mir- thawed. He was with a friend to dim these brightrored in the ripples, as the river who was thinking of coming to lights. Granted, theruns to the sea. The lights stand MIT, and she needed advice. should be challengedstill, content to play softly upon Most classmates he knew should also be allowethe water.

And if you've got the time (butwho does?), you can try to countthe number of different lightsthat shine in this reflection, thisnecklace strung from shore toshore.

And if you've got the imagina-tion (or the hallucinogens), youmight think this reflection is areal city, only everything is up-side-down. People nail their fur-niture to the ground. Childrendrop their vegetables when theirparents aren't looking, and thebroccoli and brussel sprouts andzucchini fall to the sky, never tobe seen or eaten again. Becauseeverybody's hair stands on endand looks punk, teenagers wearconservative crewcuts to rebelagainst society.

It was last spring that he sawall this as he stared at those lightsin the otherwise dark water whilewalking across the Harvard

would immediately say, "Yesdefinitely, come. It's a placewhere you can get an excelleneducation, as well as make a loof new friends. I wouldn't havegone anyplace else." But for himthings weren't that simple orclear-cut, as his was a love-haterelationship.

He wanted to tell her that heloved the people at MIT. In highschool, people classified eachother and boxed themselves intcimpenetrable social cliques. Here,the students come from manydifferent backgrounds and cul-tures. They are hard to catego-rize, for they shine in so manydifferent ways. For the most part,they tolerate each other - evenlove each other. They learn towork together, for there is thatcommon bond of staying up allnight, trying to solve the sameproblems.

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Column/Simson L. GarfinkelIs military work always undesirable?

Fall interview season is almostupon us. This year, that state-ment has a different meaning formyself and some of my friends.Instead of looking for summerjobs, as we have for the pastthree years, we are seeking per-manent employment.

"Well, Simson, I've decidedthat I'm not going to interviewwith any firm that does any busi-ness with the government."

Fffwwap!I'm playing darts in an East

Campus kitchen and talking withSam. Sam is graduating thisspring with a degree in electricalengineering. For the past fiveyears, he spent his summers pro-gramming at his father's invest-ment accounting firm. Now hewants to move on, but he is notsure where.

"That's a pretty harsh state-ment, Sam," I said. "What aboutall of the agencies in the govern-ment that help people? Do youmean that you wouldn't want towork on a computer system thatlocates candidates for public as-sistance? Or is there a particular

branch of the government, likethe Internal Revenue Service, thatyou don't want to work for?"

"I don't want to work for themilitary," Sam clarified. "I don'twant to work for any companythat has military customers."

"OK, Sam, how do you define'military' customers? Take TexasInstruments, for example. Theymanufacture chips that are usedboth by the military and by civil-ians. Would you work for a com-pany like TI?"

Fffwwap!

"I don't know," Sam said. "It'snot really clear whether they'redoing military work or not."

"Indeed," I continued, "manycompanies sit in sort of a grayarea like that, where some cus-tomers are military and some arenon-military and the productisn't clearly either. Few peoplewould refuse to work at a com-pany like TI. Most draw the linewhen the company's products areobviously intended for the mili-tary, but even that has problems."

"How so?" Sam asked.

"Well, I know of a small com-pany in Israel that has built amilitary-specification UNIX com-puter, the only one of its kind onthe market. The computer canrun underwater or in 140 ° heat.The company chose the specifica-tions because they were the mostsevere tests they could find. Butthe computer is intended for non-military use: on a farm, in a lo-comotive or in the desert. Someof my friends would refuse towork at that company because ofthe possible military applicationsof their work, but they would bemistaken."

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aThen," I added, "there is awhole class of equipment whichwas designed for military use butwhich finds applications in non-military environments. Over atthe Media Lab we have a synthet-ic image generation system whichwe use for viewing animations.The device was intended to be aflight simulator for the Air Force.It just happens to be better at

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Column/Kenneth D. Leiter

Simson L. Garfinkel's harshdiatribe levied on Israel ["Israelhas its shortcomings," Sept. 9]demonstrates a classic case of atourist's misunderstanding of asociety. Garfinkel seems to haveheld many preconceived ideasabout Israel, since the generaliza-tions he makes could not havebeen the result of a single visit.

I am by no means an expert onthe sociology or psychology ofthe Israeli society, but I havemade several trips to that countryand have close personal contactswith Israelis here and abroad.This has led me to believe that ei-ther Garfinkel gave little consid-eration to the variation amongdifferent cultures, or he clearlymisjudged what he heard, learn-ed, and saw during his summer in

Israel.Israel is not for everyone. If it

is a comfortable lifestyle I amafter, I could move to Switzer-land, South Africa, or Singa-pore. If I do not like paying tax-es, then 1 could always move toKuwait, Brunei Dar es Salaam,or Saudia Arabia. If crime is myfear, then I could safely dwell inNew Zealand, North Korea, orJapan. In order to avoid manda-tory military service I might beenticed to move to Canada, Ice-land or Greenland. However, Iknow of no country which couldbe labeled Utopia.

Of course Israel has tremen-dous problems. However, theshort history of the nation mustbe taken into account. In 40years, Israel has taken a barren

wasteland and produced one ofthe most technologically ad-vanced societies in the 'world.

The United States might be theoptimal country in which to live,but it does have its problems aswell: the highest per capita crimerate in the world, a controversialforeign policy, massive povertyrates, and an ever-growing illiter-ate population.

Those who make aliyah (moveto Israel) do so neither to im-prove their economic positionsnor to endure an easier way oflife. Rather, they do so to im-prove Israel, regardless of per-sonal cost and inconvenience.Garfinkel claims that "a personwould have to be very unhappyhere to want to move to Israel."

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Chairman ................................... Ronald E. Becker '87Editor in Chief ............................. Harold A. Stern '87Managing Editor ........................ Mark Kantrowitz '89Business Manager .................... Eric N. Starkman '87

News Editor .................................................. Earl C. Yen '88Opinion Editor ..................................... Edward E. Whang '87Night Editor ................................................ Ezra Peisach '89Arts Editor......................................................Michiel Bos GPhotography Editor ............................ Stephen P. Berczuk '87Contributing Editors .................................. V. Michael Bove G

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very little opportunity, aside fromworking with each other on classprojects and problem sets, to talkto their classmates and get toknow them. They can learn somuch from each other, yet theydon't have the time.

Burdened by the work loadand degree requirements, onlythe brave and the foolhardy dareto investigate areas that have lit-tle to do with their majors. Somestudents are deadset on their ca-reers and want to focus on onearea, and that's fine. But othersare less certain about what theywant to do, and, unfortunately,the university doesn't offer themthe time to broaden their educa-tion. Extracurricular activitiesand student involvement in cam-pus issues, for example, all sufferfrom a lack of participation.

In his four years at MIT, hehas seen countless young, prom-ising writers decide to throw theirpens away, because there is somuch to do, and so little time.They are not cowards, or quit-ters. They are only trying to sur-vive in a place which is costingthem $15,000 a year. They areonly trying to get into graduate

The fraternitysystem needsrenovationsTo the Editor:

I was rather taken aback bythe article ["Lower class sizeforces a more competitive rush,"September 9].

I was surprised by Mark Ertel'sstatement, "I am very happy withthe outcome of rush," as I had ofa number of rush violations. Ihad also heard of a number ofindependent living groups whichhad not housed the members theyhad hoped for. I had heard fromClearinghouse that through Sun-day a large percentage of fresh-man had neither gone to anyhouse nor even to their tempo-rary dorm assignments.

I felt the statement about a re-duced crowding problem to bemisleading. With an enteringclass of 900 versus a graduatingclass of over 1000, this result haslitle or nothing to do with theperformance of the InterFrater-nity Conference or the fraterni-ties in general.

I was appalled by Daniel T.Dismukes' statement, "Dormi-tories should be a default choi-ce." A more crass statementwould have been hard to imag-ine, as it smacks of an antago-nism which has no place at MIT.Many dorms are more distinctivethan houses I could name.

Lastly, I recalled the actualpre-rush event. After being re-leased from Kresge, the freshmenand women huddled together inthe oval leaving a 15-foot "noman's land" between them and asemi-circle of screaming fraterni-ties and sororities. If this was de-signed to lessen the stress ofrush, it should be sorely exam-ined for the opposite.

If nothing else, this year's rushwas an indication of the out-moded nature of the "down-house" fraternity system. It is adinosaur, which could use seriousrenovation rather than a blithe"Hey, everything here is great"from the IFC. I hope this year'sGreek Week can prove me wrong.

Julio Friedmann '88

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Toward the end of the term, hefelt like a zombie. He watchedstudents walking down the Infi-nite Corridor, and some of themlooked like zombies, too. Underthe weight of days, they hadgrown numb and lost the lightwithin themselves. They didn'tcare about what was going onaround them.

He wanted to tell his friendthat, in high school, he was sosure of himself, so confident thathe could do whatever he set hismind to. Academics were every-thing, and getting to know peo-ple was not so important. Butthat was before the four grindingyears at the Institute. He wasnow unsure, indecisive, with-drawn. Because he was unable toaccept the fact that he was onlyhuman, he had become a zombie,groping for those who seemed tohave the answers.

The beauty of MIT is thatthere are unlimited opportunitiesand challenges for the student.But this beauty can hypnotizeand then disillusion, because in aharsh way the Institute, like a be-

guiling lover, shoves your limita-tions right in your face.

In gazing at the reflection ofBoston, he realized that MIT re-sembled that upside-down city,where people had to hang on fordear life, nailing everything theyowned to the ground, afraid ofletting go and flying; where doingthings differently and rebellingagainst the Institute merely be-came a joke, a parody of itself.

But he didn't tell his friend anyof this. He studied her face, freshand full of optimisn, and won-dered whether she would becomea zombie, too, and whether ornot he should warn her. Instead,he recalled how he had first no-ticed the city lights, like colorfulpoppies blooming at night, as hewalked toward MIT across thesame bridge during Rush Week asa freshman.

Four years ago, he had pointedat those lights in the water, excit-ed about all the possibilities thefuture held in store for him.Now, he pointed at those verysame lights, hoping they wouldn'tdim, and history repeated itselfas his friend told him how beau-tiful the Charles River was atnight.

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Garfinkel's criticismsof Israel are unjustified

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Moving to Israel is meant to ful- with Rabbi Daniel Shevitz ["Isra-el is misunderstood," Sept. 12].

fill an ideal, not to ease deep de- el is misunderstood Sept. 12]It is a good thing that Garfinkel

~~pression. ~"won't be going back to Israel."It is difficult to deny the exis- Israel does not need him.

tence of racism in Israeli society.Israel is racist to the extent thatall nationalism is racist. Since theJewish State is the embodimentof Jewish nationalism, Israel ex-ists under a racist premise bydefinition.

All nationalism is exclusive,and most nation-states preservetheir national character by strin-gent immigration control. Thus,Israel could not allow Arabsfrom Judea and Samaria (theWest Bank) to become citizenswithout initiating a process of de-struction of the Jewish State.

The other aspect of Israel'sracism is impossible to defend.Israel has been a haven to Jewsfrom poorer nations. Unfortu-nately, many of the original citi-zens have responded to a wave ofimmigration no better than citi-zens of other countries. Conflictsarise between the European-descended Ashkenazic Jews andthose of North African and Arabdescent.

Garfinkel is also disturbed bywhat he perceives as a lack ofproductivity among Israelis. If Is-rael truely suffered from poorproductivity, then Israel's techno-logical and defense achievementswould not be renowned aroundthe world. The apathy about timethat exists in Israel is common tomany Middle Eastern and South-ern European nations. It is a factof Israel's style of life that re- :quires getting used to.

Israel's economic problems arenot nearly as severe as Garfinkelportrays them. Though few peo-ple would deny that skyrocketinginflation rates are of serious con-cern to the Israeli economy, mostAmericans and Europeans wouldnot find Israel "a very expensive -place to live." Tax rates are some-what higher than those in theUnited States, but that is the casefor all countries that operate on asocialist economic system.

Many Israelis complain aboutthe high cost of living, yet few Is-raelis do without the latest inhigh-technology consumer goods.Many people find it difficult tounderstand the similarity betweenthe incomes of the upper andlower classes, but Israelis seem toaccept it as part of their uniqueway of life.

Finally, Garfinkel believes thatfew Israelis value the importanceof American aid to their country.This is not true. For the mostpart, Israelis are fully aware ofthe importance of American mili-tary, economic, and moral sup-port.

Also, military service is not sohateful to Israelis as it is to manyAmericans. The people of Israelvalue their freedom, their land,and most of all their country.Manv would not think twiceabout giving up their lives for thedefense of their homeland; therecertainly is little resentment.

It troubles me that Garfinkelleft Israel with such a bad feel-ing. The Israeli lifestyle is not aneasy one, and it requires a specialsort of person to make the sacri- I

morally bankrupt thing to build aflight simulator for the military?Flight simulators save lives. Doyou have any idea how manymen die each year in training ac-cidents? Is it such a terrible thingto give the Air Force somethingwhich could result in fewer pi-lots' deaths?"

That's the way the conversationwent last night. Now, I'm notquite so sure. Perhaps if the AirForce didn't have the simulators,it wouldn't be able to train thelarge number of pilots it nowdoes. Perhaps it wouldn't feel sojustified in losing a few men on abombing raid over Lybia if morepilots died in training.

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"But wouldn't that device havebeen built and sold without themilitary involvement, if it is sucha terrific machine?" Sam asked.

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Garfinkel's portrayal is falseTo the Editor:

Simson L. Garfinkel's columnupon his return from Israel ["Is-rael has its shortcomings," Sept.9] calls for several responses. Inthe first place, one wonders whaturged him to write it. No oneever reads columns along thelines: "Scotland isn't what I hadexpected," or: "Tanzania isn'tperfect after all." Yet Garfinkelchose to write a column detailingsome alleged shortcomings of Is-rael. Why?

That uneasy feeling is strength-ened when one considers hisclaims, most of which are patent-ly false, even to an outsider. Theportrayal of the Israeli as work-ing about 4-5 hours a day is ludi-crous; even Garfinkel admits hedoes not understand when theydo research. And what is one todo with the complaint that "al-most without exception" Israelisconsider everything they do asperfect? I am thankful for the"almost;" but as a social scien-tist, I wonder about the size andstratification of his sample, col-lected leisurely during his sum-mer at the Weizmann Institute .Again, his sample must havebeen singularily skewed, if it wasof the opinion that US militaryaid is unimportant. I never heard

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or read that opinion since I ar-rived in Israel ten years ago. Andhow about the paradox that Is-raeli wages are low even by Israe-li standards?

Where Garfinkel's amusingcomments are no longer funny iswhere he writes of a "rigid castesystem" among the Israelis ofdifferent origin. Actually, the per-centage of inter-marriages acrossthese boundaries is exceedinglyhigh, while sociological studieshave shown time after time thatsocial mobility in Israel is almostentirely accounted for by educa-tion.

Is Israel without shortcomings,then? Certainly not. Wages arelow by Western standards, notonly because salary disparitiesare smaller, as he' notes, but be-cause there is less to go around.

ForldWe have thelenses

Taxes are very high indeed. Mili-tary service is no joke. And Arabterrorism demands constant vigi-lance.

This should be no reason to re-nounce Zionism. Life in Israel isindeed harder than in the richestnation in the world. It is alsomore fulfilling for those whowish to deepen their Jewish iden-tity. The goal of Zionism is to re-unite Jews in Israel and to createa Jewish nation despite the diffi-culties.

Garfinkel has now discoveredwhat is involved in Zionism. It isa choice, and a harder one thanhe had anticipated. Instead offacing that choice honestly, hechooses to blame Israel for it.Not fair.

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ARTS ARTS ARTS ARTSSpeclal effe'cts mnake ""The Fly"" worth seeingTHE FLYDirected by David Cronenberg, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena iPn'is.

..By PETER DUNN

ANY READERS of this reviewwill have already seen theoriginal version of "The Fly"when it played at last year's

Lecture Series Committee science-fictionmarathon. Although I went to the mara-thon, I don't remember much of the film,since that was the movie during which Icaught all of my sleep for the night.

Before dozing off, I gathered the basicgist of the story: a scientist invents a tele-port device and, by accidentally teleport-ing himself while a fly is in the contrap-tion, exchanges various parts of hisanatomy with the corresponding parts ofthe fly's. The remainder of the film chroni-cles the gradual transformation of theinventor's mind into that of a fly and hisattempts to catch the "white fly" so that hecan reclaim his body parts.

David Cronenberg (director and co-writ-er of the screenplay) has kept the basicpremise the same - namely, that the si-multaneous teleportation of a human anda fly causes disastrous results via fusion ofaspects of both. The plausibility of theusual sci-fi mumbo jumbo is substantiallyupgraded: in the new film, the computergets confused by the two entities in the te-leportation device and genetically fuses thetwo.

At this point the storylines of the twomovies diverge. Cronenberg's "Fly" con-cerns itself mostly with the transformationof the scientist into a walking, talking, six-

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The brilliant scientist, Seth Brundle, iswell played by Jeff Goldblum. Most willremember him as the obnoxious "RollingStone" reporter from "The Big Chill." Hisfast, staccato delivery and tall, thinnishfigure suit well the Hollywood image ofthe brilliant, slightly warped scientist whotalks above everybody's head.

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her acting duties amount to little morethan gasps at each new mutation andwords of consolation for the beast. Fur-thermore, the believability of the Veronicacharacter is questionable: after a relativelyshort romance, it is hard to understandhow she can feel so attached to the mon-ster when the audience can barely keeptheir stomachs down when looking at him.

To round off the cast of main charactersis Veronica's sleazy editor, played by JohnGetz. Unfortunately Getz must play acharacter even less believable than Veroni-ca. The editor starts off as an obnoxioustwerp, constantly making crude sexual ad-vances toward Veronica, but ends as acompassionate, gun-toting hero. A littlemore attention to the characterizationwould have been nice.

Cinematically, "The Fly" was fine. Giv-

en David Cronenberg's reputation withsuch films as "Videodrome" and "Scan-ners," I attended this film gleefully expect-ing to be grossed out. And I was not dis-appointed: the special effects in "The Fly"are superb and Cronenberg uses them tobest effect by making the most disgustingthings look totally realistic. Cronenberghas this nagging habit, however, of punc-tuating each gory episode with a closeup,as if admiring his own handiwork. Thisdevice is not very subtle and quickly be-comes tedious. The rest of the time Cron-enberg stays with standard Hollywoodconventions with nothing interesting tospeak of.

As far as plot is concerned, "The Fly" isnot on a par with the original. Several of

the characters are not believable, and alarge portion of the movie drags as Cron-enberg shows off what a great group of F/X people he has working for him. Al-though an attempt is made to see how thetransformation emotionally affects the twolovers, this part of the storyline never getsoff the ground.

"The Fly" fares well as a horror movie:it delivers the gross-outs you expect andattempts to add some humor and emotionsto the storyline. Several parts are veryfunny (intentionally, as opposed to the hu-mor in the original) and it is good to seethat Cronenberg can laugh at the genrethat he is most closely associated with. To-gether with the special effects, this makes"The Fly" worth seeing.

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Crimeis more revalent in the US tha in IsraelTo the Editor: barbed wire, 15-foot fences, or dents was 28 per 100,000 and the marriage between Sephardim and trend. Nor can Israel hold a can-

Simson L. Garfinkel ["Israel 24-hour guards. Some factories overall rate of 10 per 100,000 ac- other Jews is very close to color die to the United States' histori-has its shortcomings," Sept. 9] may have security arrangements, cording to Crime in the United blind, given Israel's demogra- cal record of slavery, lynching,lost his taste for Israel after but so do their counterparts States, whereas the Israeli overall phics. Would that white/black and Jim Crow against blacks andspending the summer there at the worldwide. Israeli institutions rate was 1.6 per 100,000, accord- marriages here showed the same (Please turn to page 12)Weizmann Institute. He is enti- take some precautions, such as ing to the World Health Organi-tied to state his opinion in The searching visitors' handbags, zation. That's a factor of sixTech. Good columns, though, do which are unnecessary in the overall - and it is much worse inmore than state opinions. They United States, but they are a far the cities.make rigorous arguments sup- cry from fortresses. Weizmann Garfinkel claims that "the rac- -ported by documented evidence. Institute, for instance, occupies a ism in the United States can't ix.Garfinkel does not even try to beautiful campus. Its modern hold a candle to Israel's rigorousmeet that standard. Instead, he buildings, shaded pathways, bril- caste system, which segregates rests his case on a mixture of liant flower beds, and neighbor- European Jews from Arabic Jewsunwarranted generalizations, in- ing orange orchards make a far from Yemenese Jews from nuendoes, and outright false- stronger impression than does the Arabs." Israel has no caste sys-hoods. wall fronting the campus, It re- tem, not even an unwritten one.

According to Garfinkel, "New sembles Harvard Yard, not a Every year greater numbers ofYork may have urban crime, but fortress. European and Israeli born chil-the Israeli office buildings, fac- The American side of Garfink- dren marry Sephardim, Arab, .tories, and houses, with their el's analogy is flawed too. Statis- and Asian Jews. (Garfinkel re- 'barbed wire, bars, 15-foot tics show that violent (and non- veals one facet of his pervasivefences, and 24-hour guards are violent) crime is many times ignorance when he distinguishesfortresses in a much more intense more prevalent in the United between Yemenite - not "Ye- combat zone." This comparison States than in Israel. In 1984 for menese" - and Arabic Jews. Ye-is doubly flawed. Israeli offices example, the US murder rate in men is an Arab country.) The and homes are not surrounded by cities of over one million resi- current rate of 25 percent inter-

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finkel get his figures? As for themale faculty and female secre-taries at Weizmann, is the situa-tion any different at MIT orother American universities?

The rest of Garfinkel's claimsfollow the same pattern. He as-serts that "almost without excep-tion, Israeli's consider themselvesand the work they do perfect"based on the testimony of onestudent. He decides that all Weiz-mann researchers work threehours a day, after spending onesummer there. How can they dothe research that brings Weiz-mann worldwide renown? Thisquestion is cogent enough to pen-etrate even Garfinkel's arrogantself-satisfaction and puzzle him.However, not for one minutedoes he reconsider his ill-founded

(Continued from page 11)slaughter and pillage against na-tive Americans.

Israeli society may not treatwomen and men as completeequals, but it has some things toteach the US in the opinion ofGloria Steinem, the feminist ac-tivist. The Israeli governmentprovides paid maternity leave, in-fant health care and nutrition,child care, and child support sti-pernds to all mothers. How aboutus? Garfinkel's claim that "in thearmy, women hold only clericalor mundane positions" is patent-ly false. Over half serve as teach-ers, radar minitors, ;intelligenceanalysts, and other skiiled pro-fessionals, according to the fall1985 issue of "Bamachane," theIDF magazine. Where does Gar-

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protecting than people-protectingcontext, he said.

Superior alternatives fornational security policy are dis-missed either because they do notmaintain an intimidating postureor because they do not subsidizeindustry with expensive researchprojects, Chomsky continued. Hegave a number of examples, in-cluding joining the Soviets in acomprehensive test ban and re-ducing contact in high frictionareas like the Mediterranean Sea- where nuclear war is mostlikely to break out. "Security isnot even a concern" of the pre-sent administration's nationalsecurity policy, he asserted.

Wald presents planfor nuclear security

Professor George Wald, fol-lowing Chomsky, cited a four-count prescription for security. Itincluded:

I) A pledge of no first-use ofnuclear weapons.

2) The immediate cessation ofall nuclear testing.

3) A ban on "Star Wars" pro-grams.

4) deep cuts in present stock-piles.

The Soviet Union has pledgedagainst first use of nuclearweapons, while the United Statesrefuses to, he claimed. The Sovi-ets are entering their 13th monthof unilateral test bans, yet theUnited States has no plans for atest ban, Wald continued.

He argued strongly againstSDI, maintaing that it wouldonly result in increased arms pro-ductions to circumvent the defen-sive systems. "Unless 'Star Wars'stops, there can be no reduction,but on the contrary an escalationon both sides in nuclear wea-pons," he said. " 'Star wars' andthe cutting of the nuclear weap-ons stockpiles ... are simplyincompatible."

Stockpile cuts must be large;neither doubling or halvingstockpile sizes would make anysignificant difference, he said.Meaningful cuts, his conferencesuggested, would bring stockpilesto between two and five percentof present levels.

Wald challenged the assertionthat the United States and NATOneed tactical nuclear arms tomake up for deficiencies in con-ventional forces and manpowerin the case of a European attack."That's absolute nonsense," hesaid, "a fine article by Vice-Admiral John Marshall Lee . . .on no first-use [points out that]nuclear weapons are so enor-mously different in scale fromeven the most powerful conven-tional weapons, that the moment... a nuclear weapon is intro-duced, conventional weapons be-come irrelevant. It's a nuclearwar."

Jerome Grossman, president ofthe Council for a Livable World,said the arms control movementis becoming increasingly influen-tial. According to Grossman,"We have never been in such astrong position in Washington

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has recently passed a number ofarms control measures, hepointed out, including: a- fundingcutoff for nuclear weapons test-ing, a moratorium on The Houseof Representatives has recentlypassed a number of arms controlmeasures, he pointed out, includ-ing: a funding cutoff for nuclearweapons testing, a moratoriumon anti-satellite weapons testingin space, a funding cutoff for all

production of chemical weapons,and an SDI budget freeze at lastyear's level of $3.1 billion.

Grossman underscored theimportance of local political ac-tivism to these recent legislativeevents and urged the crowd to be-come involved.

The rally was organized by theUCAM groups of several areacolleges, with assistance from theMIT Science Action Coordinat-ing Committee and the MIT Dis-armament Study Group.

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(Continued from page 1)signment now feel that they got amisleading or incomplete pictureof Senior House during R/OWeek.

John McNulty '90 was as-signed to Senior House in thethird round and found that thepeople were much more friendlythan he had expected. Freshmenstaying there during R/O Weekhad told him of long-haired,barefoot residents, and he hadalso heard that Senior Houseresidents gave ROTC students ahard time.

misleading"The people who gave it that

image are mostly a minority," hesaid. Such people hang around inthe courtyard and are thereforemore visible, he explained.

McNulty moved to RandomHall last week, however, sincethere was no competition for thespaces that had opened up there.

Jay Damask '90 did not visitSenior House during rush. Healso did not receive much infor-mation from other freshmen."Very few people .showed up [toSenior House rush activities],"Damask said.

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Fencers succeed in MontrealBy Christine Chu many of the top fencers in North tential for success in this season'

and Jason BMedainski America. collegiate meets," Sollee said.Olympic Gold Medalist Rafael Tehgqultofhirpp- On Saturday, the women's foi

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took place.Competing for the first time in

two years, Epee Coach BobHupp polished his fencing ineach successive round. He ad-vanced to the round of 16, andfinished tenth in the tournament.

Captain Linda Ysueta '88 metwith success in women's foil.Though she was not at the top ofher game, Ysueta's bouting savvystill took her all the way to thethird round.

In epee, Jason Bochinski '88erased a poor start and qualifiedup to the second round beforebowing out.

Sunday brought more successto the MIT fencers as the wo-men's 6pee, men's foil, and men'ssaber competitions took place.

Dorshka Wylie G. who fencedwomen's 6pee, overcame a slowstart and roared to a fourth placefinish.

In saber, Jae Sang '88 sur-prised both his coaches and op-ponents by fencing his way intothe semifinal round. "Jae hascome very far, very fast," CoachSollee said. "We're extremelypleased with his progress." SaberCoach Peter Brand slashed hisway to seventh place in the com-petition.

(Editor's note: Jason Bo-chinski '88 is a member of theMIT men's fencing team.)

six. Atoning for the poor play se-lection on the previous play, hecalled for a pass. Sure enough,Charbonnier connected to MattScarborough, who went all theway for a 25-yard touchdown.The extra point was good, andUMass led the rest of the way.

Richard Buellesbach '90 gavethe Beaver offense a golden op-portunity to score in the fourthquarter, intercepting an errantCharbonnier pass at the UMass35-yard line. MIT drove down-field, getting a first and goal onthe 8-yard line. Then the Bea-cons' domination of the line ofscrimmage showed, as four rush-ing attempts couldn't put the ballover the goal line.

The Beacons added anothertouchdown on the next series.Several long completions addedup to a quick drive downfield -this time, they didn't require anythird-down magic from Charbon-nier.

(Continued from page 16)as it took for Arnold to fumblethe opening kickoff at the MIT23. Two rushes yielded little, andon third down, Rice got to thequarterback before he could un-Load the ball. Following the sack,UMass went for the field goal,but the kick was wide.

Problems with pass protectioncontinued to cause problems forGasparini, who was sacked twiceon the Beavers' next series. MITwas forced to punt; the returnerbroke several tackles, and BrianVajda '90 finally brought himdown at the MIT 23. MIT heldfor three downs, and the Beaconswere forced to attempt the fieldgoal, which missed.

Another MIT fumble occurredon the next play, as Gasparinicouldn't get a handle on thesnap, but the Beavers recovered.Gasparini was sacked on thirdand long, and MIT had to givreup the ball again after threeplays.

The Beaver defensive linestopped two pitchouts but withthird and six, Charbonnlier corn-pieted a pass for the first down.Two rushes gained nine for theBeac~ons. On third down, UMasstried a trick play - a handoff.They should have stuck to the air.Poulin met the back head on,and drove him back for a two-yard loss.

On fourth and three, theUMass coach decided to go for

Stacy Mann '88 (left)Western New Englandgame. MIT lost 2-1.

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By Harold A. Stern call on the Beavers set them backand Leslie A. Stern to the 21. Two plays later, Pete

MIT's defense put on their Gasparini '88 faked a handoff tousual strong performance in the Adams, then broke right, gainingBeavers' first game of the season the first down.Saturday against the University Two Adams rushes up the mid-of Massachusetts at Boston. But dle brought up a third and 1. Theproblems with the MIT offensive Beavers' pass protection brokeline kept the running game from down, and the Beacons sackedgetting on track. The Beaver de- Gasparini. The scoring opportu-fense was eventually worn down nity was lost when a field goal at-by the Beacons' impressive pass- tempt went wide.ing attack, giving UMass a 16-6 After yielding one first downwin. to UMass, the Beaver- defense

The Beavers have traditionally toughened, as Kevin Poulin '88relied upon their defense to keep and Steven King '90 stoppedthem in games long enough for successive rushes. Charbonnierthe running backs to wear down dropped back to pass on thirdthe opponents' defense. Two and ten, but his attempt wasyears ago, MIT qualified for the broken up by Dana Pirkets '88.National Collegiate Football As- An impressive 24-yard punt re-sociation playoffs, losing to the turn by Shane Arnold '88 gaveeventual champions in the semifi- the Beavers the ball on the Bea-nals. cons 47-yard line. This time,

But last year, the Beavers' lack MIT would not waste the oppor-of a scoring punch resulted in tunity.several shutouts en route to a 3-5 After a poorly executed sweepseason. Saturday's game showed brought up a second and 18, Ga-that the problem may loom again sparini engineered the Beavers'this year. most impressive offensive perfor-

MIT had its share of chances mance of the afternoon. Takingin the first half. Seven minutes to the air, he connected with Keninto the game, Mike Charbonnier Corless '87 over the middle for aof the Beacons overthrew his re- 13-yard pickup. On the next play,ceiver on third and long. The Gasparini scrambled for the firstBeacons' punter shanked the down. A leaping, sideline catchkick, and MIT recovered the ball by Mark Naugle '90 gained MITon the UMass 24-yard line. another first down. One play lat-

On first down, Christopher J. er, Adams broke right, and droveAdams '87 went right for an 8- 16 yards into the end zone. Ga-yard pickup. An illegal-motion sparini's extra point attempt was

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blocked.In contrast to the Beavers' con-

servative style of play, the Bea-cons relied the passing ability ofCharbonnier. Although theUMass quarterback completedonly 11 of 28, the Beacons' out-standing corps of receivers alwayscame down with clutch recep-tions; their ability to consistentlyturn third and long situationsinto first downs seemed to de-moralize the MIT secondary.

Starting off at the UMass 42,Charbonnier dropped back topass on first down. MIT pene-trated well, but Charbonniermanaged to complete a six-yardpass while a Beaver lineman hada hand on the quarterback's jer-sey. Charbonnier overthrew a wi-de-open receiver on the followingplay, but on third down, he con-nected for a first down.

On first down at the MIT 33,Hong Mo Yang '87 broke up apass. Charbonnier tried to forcethe ball into triple coverage onthe next play, and the pass wasalmost intercepted. Faced with athird and ten, Charbonnier againfound an open receiver, this timefor a 13-yard completion.

The Beacons lost two yardsover the next two plays, but,once again, it didn't matter. Onthird and 12, Richard Rice '87pressured the quarterback, butcouldn't get Charbonnier downbefore he released the ball. Thepass was incomplete, but King

was roughed on the play. The ref-eree disagreed, giving UMass theball on the MIT 30.

Two miscues brought up thirdand long and Charbonnier againtook to the air. The pass wascompleted for a first down. Twodrives up the middle gave UMassanother first and goal. Ricestopped the first rush, and Ar-thur Gregory '87 broke up a passattempt. Dawley stopped thethird down play, and with 58 sec-onds left in the half, UMass set-tled for a field goal.

MIT came onto the field at thestart of the second half lookingconfident, but that lasted as long

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was called for interference.After gaining another first

down, UMass had a first andgoal on the 5-yard line. On thefirst play, Christopher Moreno'88 stopped a rush up the middle.Two more runs yielded nothingfor UMass, as MIT's goal-linedefense held strong. On fourthdown, a pass into the end zoneappeared to be intercepted byJohn Dawley '87, but the refereeruled that he dropped the ball.

MIT's offense was unable toget a first down, and the Beaverswere forced to punt from deep intheir owU,1 erd. The kick wasshort, but Gasparini, who alsopunts for MIT, claimed that he

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Adams 1-16.Kickoff Returns - Arnold 2-37, Norrigan 1-21,

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Dawley 8, Arnold 7, King 6, Martin 5,Buellesbach 5.

Sacks - Rice 2, Poulin 1.

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MIT stops a rush in Saturday's game vs. the UMass Bea-cons. The Beavers lost their season opener 16-6.

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