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housemaster by next term, ac-cording to Vice President Con-stantine B. Simonides. The deci-sion was made by the Office ofthe Dean for Student Affairs(ODSA) in order to insure the"maximum faculty presence pos-

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.. ODSA's decision] was being han-dled in an appropriate wave" sawdProf. Judith T. Kildow, the pre-

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Big Screw Chairman Roseanne Hennessey '87 of APO sociate dean for residence andpresents Dean for Student Affairs Shirley M. McBay campus activities) suggested" thewith her award during All Tech Sing on Saturday. for new position, and "the cornmit-the text of McBay's acceptance speech see Page 1 1. tee decided, 'No.' 'a

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academic and social counselingeshe explained. 'It is very hardwhen you already hold one job todo those other things for over400 students," Kildow said.

The ODSA has "been talkingabout [a junior housemaster po-sition for East Campusl for 8-10years,' she said. Thle plan 'wasoriginally conceived by thehousemaster who preceeded Kil-dow, according to the committee.

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heard from the ODSA on thesubject was three weeks ago, onemember added. Sherwood was"of the opinion ever}yone knewabout it, and was behind theidea," said committee memberAdele A1. Bernard 's6.

The Tech was unable to con-tact Sherryood for comment.

The new position was createdbecause East Campus is "a bigdorm, the biggest in the system,"Kildow said. A housemaster issupposed to provide several ser-vices to the dorm, including both

By Charles R. JankowskiThe band REM headlined

MIT's Spring Weekend concertFriday. Concert organizers lostapproximately $5000 althoughthe event sold out, according toHenry T. Brush '87, Student Cen-ter Committee (SCC) concertcoordinator.

"At maximum, we lost $6400,but it will probably be less. Wehave to wait until physical plantbills come in," said Mark J.Brine '84, SCC president. Over3000 tickets were sold for theconcert, which was co-sponsoredby SCC, Theta Xi, Sigma Chi,Delta Tau Delta and Phi KappaSigma, according to Brine-

M IT students bought 2500tickets for $5 each, and non-MITstudents bought the remainder o~fthe tickets for $7. Total revenueswere approximately $16,500.

"~We paid REM $12,000 andalso spent $3000 for sound andlighting, " Brine said. O:ther ex-penses included the warmupbarnd, stage equipment, CampusPolice, tickets and publicity, foodand beer for the band and theworkers and "lots of other littlethings," according to Brush.

"We kcnew we were going tolose money on the concert,"Brush said. He had said earlierthat SCC was willing to lose

money in order to entertain thestudents. "SCC acts as a serviceto M\IT students," Brine ex-plained.

"A couple of people showed upas early as 6 pm, but the linestarted getting big around 7:30pm," Brush said. "We got thepeople in pretty quick. It tookabout 20 minutes to one-halfhour. We opened the doors aboutten after eight and the concertstarted about quarter of [nine;,"Brush continued.

The Neats, a local band, per-formed before REM. A comedi-an had been scheduled to per-form, but did not appear becauseof a "mixup in communication,"Brine said.

The concert was held in theNew Athletic Center. "The stagewas set up where the benches andthe penalty box [of the ice rink]are," Brush said. "People stoodin front of the stage, and therewere chairs all around the floor.It wasn't too crowded and thecrowd wasn't too rowdy. It was areally good crowd," Brush con-tinued.

Brine added that this was thefirst Spring Weekend concertwhere no one was arrested."Things went amazingly smooth-ly,"' Brine said.

-She spoke of an aborted fetus as. . . a child .. . fwhichl was kil-

led."Karen Keating Ansara, a repre-

sentative of Planned Parenthoodin Cambridge, said in an inter-view with The Tech that whethera fetus is a human being fromconception is "a matter of reli-gious or personal belief, andthere is no consensus in our socie-ty"

Elliott addressed one pro-choice argument that abortion isjustifiable because the fetus can-not survive on its own outside thewomb. She attempted to invali-date this argument by comparinga woman carrying a fetus to adialysis machine supporting a pa-tient.

She argued that society wouldnot pull the plug on the patient,so society should not allow awoman to abort the fetus shesupports.

Jorgen Harmse G rejected El-liott's argument when Elliottopened the floor for questionsFrom the audience. Harmse said

that- "in''Tact tblero's a great difpference between a dialysis ma-chine and a woman. A dialysismachine does not suffer." Someof the audience applauded.

Elliott countered that "a wom-an does not have the right to de-tach herself from a child." Sheargued that aborting a fetus isthe same as killing an unwantedchild. "I really don't see any dif-ference," she said. Solne mem-bers of the audience applaudedher point of view, also.

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By Lauren SieleyN/lembers of the MIT commu-

nity discussed issues concerningabortion prior to an April 29screening of Silent Scream, a filmon abortion. The MIT ChristianCommunity sponsored the event.

A talk entitled "People orKleenex?" given by Elisabeth El-liott, author of 16 books, preced-ed the screening.

Approximately IO people,mostly students, attended thescreening in room 10-250. Mem-bers of Pro-Femlina, an MITfeminist group, distributed leaf-lets criticizing the film at the en-trance to the lecture hall.

Elliott said she spoke on theabortion issue as "a Christianwoman." She explained that shedrew much support for her anti-abortion stance from the Biblebecause of her -Christian back-ground. Some members of theaudience later criticized her useof religion to justify her beliefs.

Elliott argued that a fetus is ahuman being from conception,and therefore abortion is wrong.

have enrolled in computer scienceor double-majored in computerscience and mathematics if thenew degree had not existed, saidJoanne Murray, undergraduateofficer in the Department ofMathematics.

The Registrar's Office surveyindicated 16 freshmen planned toenroll in Course XV for nextyear. The Class of 1987 has 35management majors, accordingto the Registrar, but previoussophomore classes have enrolledaround 15 majors, said EstherMerrill, coordinator of the Man-agement Undergraduate Pro-gram.

"It matches pretty well withwhat we expected," said JeffreyA. Meldman '65, director of theManagement Undergraduate Pro-gram. "Our enrollment remainssignificantly higher than in pre-vious years."

Meidman attributed the gener-al rise in enrollment in CourseXVover the past few years to sev-eral reasons. 'I would guess thatthe MIS [Management Informa-tion Systems] option is the majorreason," he said.

"We beefed-up the curriculumto make it a little more attractiveto those interested in quantitativemethods," Meldman added."Once we felt we had a more sol-id curriculum, we began promot-ing it more. We had a booklet forthe first time this year."

By Earl C. YenSecond in a two-part series exam-ining freshmen choices ofmajors.

A Registrar's Office survey offreshmen majors indicated thatnew alternative programs to theDepartment of Electrical Engi-neering and Computer Science(EECS) may have played a role inthe apparent decrease in EECSenrollment for the Class of 1988.

Seventy-five percent of the fresh-men class responded to thesurvey.

The Course VIII-A option inPhysics with Electrical Engineer-ing attracted 18 students, accord-ing to the survey. The CourseXVIII program in Mathematicsand Computer Science attractedten students. The faculty ap-proved both programs thisspring.

The new physics option wasproposed to "open up the possi-bility of majoring in physics forthose people who thought theyhad to major in engineering tofind good jobs," said Alan J.Lazarus '53, undergraduate aca-demic officer in the Departmentof Physics.

The VIII-A students "will re-ceive a good education in physicsand fulfill the major require-ments for the EE degree," Laza-rus said. He stressed that stu-dents completing the new optionwould be knowledgeable aboutpresent technology and wouldalso have a firm analytical back-ground from studying the basicsciences.

The numbers from the surveywere "very heartening," Lazarussaid. The physics department hadbeen unsure how many freshmenwouuld be interested in the option,he added.

The freshmen who chose thenew mathematics prog.r! miOgt

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the dortnitoryl better," Simonidesexplained, "and do more to mixthe faculty and students ... Itlooked like it was a desirablething."

The junior housemaster' willbegin residence during the sum-mer as part of a general switch inhousemasters, Simonides said.Kildow is leaving the position atthe end of this term.

The new position will requirethat four "prime rooms" on Sec-ond East be converted to anapartment for the junior house-master, according to the commit-tee. Contracts for room renova-

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in the early 1970s by a Catholictheologian which found that incountries where abortion was le-gal, the respect for life had notdiminished. "In fact, I thinkyou'd find that it's in countrieswhere the poor are burdened byexcessive childbirth that infanti-cide is practiced," she said.

The audience discussed bothsides of the abortion issue for 30minutes after Elliot's presenta-tion. The forum's sponsors thenshowed Silent Scream.

The film's narrator, Dr. Ber-nard N. Nathanson, was once anabortionist who now speaksagainst abortion. He echoed El-liott's stance when he assertedthat "the unborn child is simplyanother human being, whosefunctions are indistinguishablefrom any of ours."

Nathanson first described howa suction method abortion is per-formed. He then narrated theabortion of a 12-week-old fetus,as seen by ultrasound imaging.

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- Junior housemastermPUStions were signed at least threeweeks ago, a committee membersaid. Simonides noted the newapartment will create "parity"between the two parallels.

The East Campus HousemasterCommittee voted last night on alist of prospective faculty mem-bers to replace Kildow as seniorhousemnaster. Their recommenda-tions will be submitted to theODSA today. The committee hasalso been charged with sending arecommendation for juniorhousemaster to the ODSA beforethe end of the term, "or they willdo it for us," said one committeemember.

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Prof. Jerome Y. Lettvin '47 ofthe Department of Biology saidthat "we simply do not know thatthere is any awareness or cogni-tion" in the 12-week-old fetus."He [Nathanson] is lying throughhis teeth when he says that the fe-tus feels pain."

"The ultrasound image wasgrossly overinterpreted," saidProf. Vernon} M. Ingram, also ofthe Department of Biology. In re-sponse to Nathanson's claim thatthe fetus is indistinguishablefrom a human being, Ingramsaid, "No, that's not true. Thereare some major physiologicalchanges that occur before birth."

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I do not know whether mystep-sister's husband has a bluenumber tattooed on his forearm.I do know he was in Auschwitz.My step-sister said he believes hewould not have survived if theSoviets had- liberated the camptwo weeks later. I am torn be-tween wanting to ask him aboutit to learn, and fearing to makehim recall painful memories.

We tread a narrow, often un-certain path concerning the Ho-locaust. On the one hand, wemust never forget. Already revi-cla:;-. . `e tr 11ollocaust ivev:M1V112wtl l I, tra Li X l Ut ItV-

er happened, that the camps werea lie. If we are not vigilant,someday people may believe therevisionists; someday there maybe another Holocaust.

On the other hand, we cannotcondemn a population for theevil their fathers did. Hating theGermans is both pointless andunreasonable.

President Ronald Reaganstrayed from this path when hevisited the Bitburg military ceme-tery Sunday. He also went to Ber-gen-Belsen concentration camp.

Reagan at first did not- want toVisit Bergen-Belsen because hefeared it might embarrass theFederal Republic by drawing at-tention to its predecessor'swrongs. Going to Bitburg, where48 S. S. troops lie buried amongtne German army dead, wouldbring the new allies closer, Rea-gan said.

I do not know whether the oldman at the beer hall has a bluenumber tattooed on his forearm- or an S. S. uniform hangingin his past. I do know he was ofvoting age when the German peo-ple gave Hitler power. If he vot-ed, there is a four-in-ten chancethat he voted for Hitler.

What did this nice, old man doin the war? How would he reactif he knew I am Jewish? Howwould he have reacted 40 or 50years ago? Would he still buy mea pretzel? Or does it matter now?

As I stood up to leave, the oldman rushed over. He toasted me,wished me good health and hap-piness, and extended his hand. Ishook it warmly, sincerely wish-ing him the same. If I waswrong, if I left the narrow path,I also did not cause more pain.

I understand the president'sposition on Bitburg and Bergen-Belsen: He also does not want torecall painful memories. Hewants to help Chancellor HelmutKohl politically because Kohl isinstrumental in the implementa-tion of Reagan's European mili-tary policies, The Holocaust,however, is a lot more than pain-ful memories or an obstacle to

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The old man pounded his fiston the wooden table to get the at-tention of the six strangers sittingwith him.

He held up first seven fingers,then three. "Drei-und-siebzigJahren," he said. 73 years old.Satisfied with his pronounce-ment, he took a pull on the re-maining beer in his liter stein.

The rest of us toasted him forhis achievements I also munched.On one of the large pretzels hehad generously bought for the ta-ble, one of a hundred or so in theBavarian beer hall. The old mansmiled and laughed, asked -thewomen at the table to dance andcomplimented us all for things Icould not understand with myllfr�ir it -,voaeauiary.

This pleasant evening of beer,pretzels and music was almost arelief after-a day of disturbingsightseeing. My peregrinationshad taken me to a quiet suburbof Munich called Dachau. Al-most 50 years earlier, the firstNazi concentration camp openedthere. American soldiers liberatedit 40 years ago. Now what is leftof the camp stands as a memorialto and reminder of the peoplewho died in the Holocaust.

The administrative buildingsnow house a museum chroniclingthe rise of Nazism and its atten- -dant evils: militarism, anti-Sem-itism, repression, and genocide.

Most people know of theseevils and have an intellectual un-derstanding of what those wordsmean. But it was not until Iwalked through the reconstructedbarracks, stood in the gas cham-ber, saw the torture implements,that I felt what the words mean.

What got to me were theovens. The bodies of thoseworked to death, experimentedon and executed were burnedthere. I touched one of the ovens.Outside, I sat on a bench for along while before moving on.

I signed in the memorial's visi-tors book my full name: RobertErnest Malchman-Ernest afterthe grandfather who had thecourage and good sense to leavehis business and get out of FascistItaly with my grandmother,mother and uncle in April 1939.

His nephew Victor was not aslucky. Hiis family spent the warhidden by a Catholic family inTrieste. I met Victor a few yearsago. He was warm and friendly,but his eyes never rested, and hishands almost always trembled.My uncle told me Victor has beenlike that since the war.-

My mother made a point of ex-posing me to the Holocaustwhenever possible. I rememberone day as a small child when sheand I were riding in a taxi. It waswarm and the driver had hissleeves rolled up. "Look at theman's forearm," my motherwhispered. There was a number

reader of another world problem:international terrorism. Callingthe people in the cartoon "rree-dom fighters" instead of "terror-ists" does not alter the fact thatthey are, indeed, "the ones whouse the bombs and guns so youstop living." Their violent tacticsshould not be tolerated.

Franzblau also labels the car-toon "racist," apparently becauseof its depiction of Iranians, Irish,Arabs, and Central Americans asviolent terrorists. However, all ofthe characters in the cartoon areclearly identifiable as specific,well-known indiviuals or mem-bers of well-known terrorist

To the Editor:I write in response to Susan He

Franzblau's letter Of Tuesday,April 23, in which she took of-fense at a cartoon based on thesong, "We are the World, We arethe Clhildren." The cartoon is nei-ther insulting nor racist, and itmakes an important point in aclever way.

To call the cartoon an insult tothe performers who sang theoriginai song misses the wholepoint of the cartoon. Theirmotives in raising money to helpalleviate hunger in Africa areneither challenged nor parodiedby the cartoon. Rather, the car-toon's intent is to remind the

groups, not as representative citi-zens of their respective countries.For example, the Iranian in thecartoon is clearly intended to beKhomeini. Does Franzblau seri-ously believe that Iranians atMIT support the Khomeini re-gime? The cartoon can only beoffensive to those who do, andthey deserve to be offended.

The "offensive" cartoon servesas a grim reminder that terrorismis an ever-present world problemand should be dealt with as such.The cartoon was certainly one ofthe better ones to appear in TheTech in a while.

Scott I. Berkenblit '86

To the Editor:In Diana ben-Aaron's April 26

column ["The class gifts seniorsshould be sponsoring"], she pro-posed that seniors should donatetheir "class gift" to a worthycause and not ".s, waste ourmoney on shrubbery." Her sug-gestion to donate money to aid fi-nancially needy students is, wethink, an excellent idea. We urge,however, that like-minded stu-dents consider those needy stu-dents who will not be aided bygifts to the alumni fund.

We are referring to studentswho have been denied federal aidbecause of the so-called Solomonamendment. The Solomonamendment denies all federal aidto students who will not sign anoath stating they have registeredfor the draft. Since the fall of1983, this reprehensible law haslinked receipt of educational aidwith the unrelated goal of mili-tary service.

Similar to those students de-scribed by ben-Aaron in her col-umn, there are students who haveleft MIT both temporarily andpermanently because they havemade a decision of consciencenot to sign the Solomon compli-ance form.

Among the reasons for notsigning the Solomon form are:purposeful nonregistration; beliefthat the financially needy shouldnot be discriminated against bythe Solomon amendment; andbelief that the Solomon amend-

-ment in requiring universities tobecome agents of law enforce-ment constitutes an infringementan academic freedom.

The class of 1984 considereddonating money to assist Solo-mon-affected students. Unfortu-

nately, MIT decided it would ac-cept no donations for such a pur-pose, and the class chose to useits gift to purchase ice-skates in-stead.

Concerned students, however,thought that aiding those wholost money because of the Solo-mon amendment would be a wor-thy cause; they formed the Com-mittee to Assist Nonregistrants(CAN). CAN established a fundseparate from MIT and manystudents gave to this fund as indi-viduals, contributing over I/3 of

the $300Q raised last spring.In the interest of continuing

the CAN educational assistancefund, we are again sending lettersto the Senior class.

We agree with ben-Aaron.-Class gifts should be used forpurposes more significant thanshrubbery. We therefore eoncour-age seniors - and other interest-ed students as well - to respondto our letters by making a dona-tion to CAN.

Greg O'Conner GScott Saleska '86

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To the Editor:Aside from regular communal

worship, there are few opportuni-ties for people of faith at MIT toexpress the faith that undergirdsthe morally conscientious attitudethey share with many others here.I propose a service of blessing oflaboratories and facilities as anew and effective opportunity forpersons of faith to act out of theunderstanding that science andits fruits are fundamentally goodand not opposed by religion.

Far from being a superstitiousor magical action, or a threat tofreedom of scientific inquiry, ablessing is a prayer of thanksgiv-ing that recognizes God's involve-ment with the use of the blessedobject or space through the peo-ple who use it. It recognizes thepresence of God in human activ-ity. and contains a petition forguidance so that the humanactivity may be aligned with thedivine activity.

The blessing of a laboratorywould be performed by the peo-

ple who work there who Xvish torecognize and celebrate in ormepublic way the potential for holi-ness in their work and workplace.Such a liturgy of blessing shouldprovide them with the opportuni-ty to commit themselves andtheir work to cooperation wvithGod's purposes of the care of theearth and the human good.

In a practical vein, the job ofworking out Such a service couldprove to be a formidable task ifpeople of different religious ori-entations work irn the facility;and while the potential for divi-siveness is certainly recognized,so also is the potential for mutualunderstanding and enrichment.In order for a lab blessing to becarried out in the right spirit, itwould seem that the dissentingviews of anyone in the lab shouldbe respected.

I welcome all thoughtfulresponses to this proposal.

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review of the MIT Choral Soci-ety's performance of Verdi's"Requiem" was inaccurate anddevoid of feeling. My impressionis that Miss Gottlieb was moreconcerned with artificial pseudo-intellectual criticizing typical ofthe art critic than in the music,the performance, and moreimportantly, the people whoperformed.

I find Miss Gottlieb's accusa-tion of "superficial interpreta-tion" extremely ironic and her*t.^.ffi..:o thatI t11v lgVILF V1 filemusic and the performers shouldhave been exploited with moreenergy and dedication" meaning-less, even preposterous.

During the performance therewas an old lady sitting next to mewho had the score in her handsand was following it dilligentlyfor two hours. Now and then shewould glance around to see howshe was impressing everybodywith her musical expertise. Dur-ing the forte she became very ani-mated. I did notice one littlething. She had to look at thechoir in order to know when toturn the pages. I felt like turningto her and saying, 'You silly littlelady nobody cares whether youare a musical genius or not. Whydon't you just relax and immerseyourself in the beautiful music."Somehow, Miss Gottlieb, you re-mind me of that little old lady.

I have listened to the greatestmusicians and performances inthe world, from San Francisco toBudapest. I take a holistic ap-proach to art, never the reduc-tionist viewpoint. The nature ofreal art precludes the latter. Frommy perspective, the Choral Soci-ety's performance, conducted byJohn Oliver, was magnificent. Itwas a flawless execution of amost difficult work showing a tal-ent, competence, and dedicationof the highest order. There maynot have been any famous namesthere, nevertheless, I left with theimpression that I had witnessed amasterpiece.

People are the ultimate judgeof what is good and what is not.Critics rave about pieces of artthat the rest of us recognize asgarbage. It seems that in many

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(Continued from page 4)political agendas.

The Holocaust will claim vic-tims forever. Our knowledge ofthe beast in others awakens thebeast in ourselves. We turn to thesame methods of repressionagainst those we hate.

We try to silence the words ofthe neo-Nazis, the Klan, theCommunists, not realizing thatmaggoty evil grows best in thedark, out of sight. And I darklysuspect an old man who may beguilty nf nothing more heinousthan being a 73-year-old Germanwho buys people pretzels.

I hate the Nazis, but still I re-alize that hatred will not removethe blue numbers from people'sforearms, or help my cousin ormy step-sister's husband. It cer-tainly will not help the millionswho did not escape, who diedduring World War II.

Reagan succeeded in remindingthe world of the horrors of Na-zism. But the anger and demon-strations his actions caused ob-scure the message that the peopleof West Germany should have nomalice borne against them for thesins of the Third Reich.

cases, artists and critics of thetwentieth century have lost them-selves in a solipsistic world of de-lusion. Miss Gottlieb mentions a"too enthusiastic applause." Shefails to mention that this justhappened to be a ten minutestanding ovation.

To the ladies and gentlemen ofthe Choral Society my heartfeltcongratulations and admirationfor your creation of beauty. Yourperformance was a demonstra-tion of the magnificence of hu-man life and what can be createdwhen we work together as one

Alexander F Serenrford '86{Editor's reply: The Arts editorssupport the quality and credibil-ity of Jacqueline Gottlieb's Re-quiem review. Of course, every-body is entitled to his ownopinion. But Serenford's criti-cism would do better to give pre-cise, constructive argumentsagainst the reviewer's statements,rather than resorting to personalattack.)

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Nerds met with their highestbidders and were to arrange onehour of service for the winner atthe Spring Weekend picnic Sun-day.

The 45 "nerds" sold in the two-hour auction garnered $600 forthe cardiology unit, Lee contin-ued. The ratio of male-femalenerds auctioned reflected thesame male-female ratio as it is

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Alpha Phi "expected $250-$300*. [*andl wasn't sure that finan-cial constraints at college" wouldlimit the bidding level, Lee said.";That didn't seem to stop them,"she added.

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Joel Kehle '88, a member ofthe Alpha Delta Phi fraternity,was named Mr. Spring Weekendand presented with a sash andmedallion, according to IngeGedo '85, president of WILG.Kehle also received a dinner fortwo donated by a local restau-rant.

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fundraising events reported wide-spread success in their efforts.

Schembor said. The Kappa Sig-rna Tau team took first place inthe women's division.

"The [inclement] weather madeit a little difficult," Schemborsaid. "We may have lost a littlebit of the crowd."

beer might be sold to spectatorsat future TANK contests as an-other source of income. "Wecould build up, in a few years, to[the level] where we were in thepast," he concluded.

Nerd Auction

Alpha Phi sponsored a NerdAuction Saturday afternoon onthe Student Center steps. Pro-ceeds from the auction were do-nated to the Boston Childrens'Hospital cardiology unit accord-ing to Sooji Lee '87, the sorori-ty's community service chairman."Cardiology is Alpha Phi's phi-lanthropy," she said.

"We couldn't just sell" AlphaPhi members, Lee said. AlphaPhi, instead, contacted MIT fra-ternity members and residents ofdormitories to be sold as slaves."We got pretty good response. . . and it worked out well," shesaid.

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services to the auction, accordingto Lee. Each nerd completed ashort description prior to thecontest.

Diane Caramore '88 was soldfor $50, the highest bid of the

Weekend contest, sponsored byWILG, was to collect money todonate to Shelter, Inc., a half-way house in Cambridge, and toprovide an activity for the MITcommunity, Gedo said.

Seven competitors entered thecontest at a fee of $20 per personor team. Shelter, Inc. will receivethe entire $140 raised by WILG.The contest, held Thursday dur-ing the Junior-Senior Pub, sawsix participants vying for the ti-tle.

Anne St. Onge, administrativeassistant to the Graduate StudentCouncil, emceed the competition.Five MIT community membersjudged: Royce Flippen, directorof Athletics; Marilee Jones, assis-tant director of admissions; GaileGordon '85, Society of WomenEngineers president; Sharon Plan'79, WILG corporation presi-dent; and Ellen L. Spero '86,chairman of The Tech.

Gedo said the contestants werejudged in four categories: im-promptu charades; talent; eve-ning wear; and a short-answerquestion. Originality, humor, au-dience response and overall ap-.pearance were among the criteriaupon which the contestants werejudged, she explained.

TANK, the speed drinkingcompetition sponsored by theSigma Chi fraternity, a NerdAuction, sponsored by the AlphaPhi Sorority and the Mr. SpringWeekend contest, sponsored bythe Women's Independent LivingGroup (WILG), were among sev-eral activities sponsored by MITgroups.

Sigma Chi is hoping to donateapproximately $100 to the JirnmyFund, a charity for children withcancer, according to Schembor.Sigma Chi's annual donationsfrom TANK proceeds had beenbetween $500 to $700 in previousyears, he said.

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ARTS ARTS ARTS in ARTS ARTS NS ARTS ARTS ARTS A.RTS ARTS ARS Ap\Rapid Eye Movement Llve in Athletic CenterREM, May 3, New Athletic Center. lege tour to promote their soon-to-be-re- These hands tear at his face when he bass, and drums swell, he flits and floats

The lights abruptly fell in the athletic leased album Preconstruction. They had hugs the microphone. Off the band goes. and sleepwalks across the stage. Someotiecenter. Distant echoes of a freight train played at Princeton University the night Like a train, the band hurtles through the hands him a bouquet offlowers. He drinksrumbling against iron tracks came from before. set. There is little talk. Often the only in the fragrance.the speakers. I was alone in a crowd of Here is lead singer Michael Stipe, hiding thing Stipe says after a song is "Thanks. " Here is the thin Mike hfills, wearing astrangers waiting when REM came to Bos- in M large overcoat, his hair covered by a More than half of some 25 songs they black Neats t-shirt, glasses of His basston. drooping baseball cap put on backwards. played were new. Only two songs came underlines Peter Buck's piercing, sole-

The band members entered the stage White charcoal stains the skin under his from their first album. They notably left times droning, RickenbackerZ Stipe andquietly, shining flashlights like thieves. eyes like mourning tears. His hands are out their hit single "Radio Free Europe," Mills sing different halves of a lyric, over-They are from Athens, GA, on a long col- taped. perhaps to say that no band should be lapping layers of sound. Bill Berry holdstr-amm-r hv tht- nnst the band together-on drums.

This band has come a long way. In a barin Albuquerque, NM, drunken patronspaid them five hundred dollars not to play,At an Air Force base in Wichita Falls, Tex-as, they were pelted with oranges anddeath threats. The crowd yelled: "Rock 'n'roll, rock 'n' roll!" Buck, REM's guitarist,grabbed someone and asked, "What .. doyou mean by rock 'n' roll?"

Answer: "Def Leppard.""At the end they booed so loud we came

back and did an encore," Buck said.Times have changed. Murmur and Reck-

onzing, the band's first two LPs, won acco-lades from music reviewers and college ra-dio stations. REM is still an obscure band.The MIT audience was receptive. It wasnot as enthusiastic as last year, whenCheap Trick played.

But REM was the band that was willingto take a risk. It explored new musicalground at the possible expense of the au-dience's rejection. Their experiments aregetting better known as they tour the col-leges. They may well be setting a newtrend in contemporary music.

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In the Preconstruction concert, REM'ssongs dealt with expectations and the dis-appointment that comes with them."Gravity calls," sang Stipe at the top ofthe set. In "Camera," Stipe stood stillstaring, and said, "I fell by your bed once.I didn't want to tell you."

Ever since its conception, REM hastried to gain a rapport with its audiencethrough sound alone; Rapid Eye Move-ment, band of dreams. The band cannotreach the audience through words, becauseStipe mumbles his lyrics with a rasping,pleading voice.

Many people don't like the band's mu-sic. It is easv to listen to bands which intergrate memorable lyrics with a catchingmelody. REM often defects from the pop-ular format.

But the combination of murky lyricswith straining guitar often strikes one un-expectedly. During "South Central Rain,"Stipe turned his back to the audience andcried out in pain. 'Sorry... sorry. .sorry."

At times, when the music of guitars,

Code of Silence, produced by RaymondWagner; directed by Andy Davis; withChuck Norris. Playing at the Sack- Cinema57. Rated R.

Code of Silence is far from perfect, butit isn't a bad action police-story. Thestoryline, direction, and acting fit nicelytogether in a way that makes this police-nan-as-hero flick a, cut above the averagetelevision cop show.

Macho actor Chuck Norris plays a po-lice sergeant whose uncompromising hon-esty and incredible fiyhting ahilitie.s makehim seem a little too good to be true. Nor-ris is ouit to stop a drug war between rivalcrime organizations, even if all his mendesert him and he has to do it single-han-dedly.

Norris is so good in this movie he madethe hair on the back of my neck stand up.Female lead Molly Hagen is so good shemade something else stand up, but this is afamily newspaper and the editors Won't letme elaborate.

Norris is a tough-guy actor similar toCharles Bronson, only better than Bron-son. In Code of Silence he is quiet buttough, unliked by his peers but very lika-ble to the audience. Always in control ofhimself, nothing is ever out of Norris'sabilities. He can do anything if he sets hismind to it.

Unlike other macho actors like ClintEastwood, Norris isn't an elitist, brooding,mystery man who rules other people byforce of personality. Norris is much moreof a down-home type. You can imaginehim being your next-door neighbor, andyou get the impression that he has reachedhis high level of competence only through

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tremendous self-discipline.The main problem with Norris, though,

is that in all his movies he does karate.Norris is a former professional karatechampion, and in real karate movies hisexploits are acceptable; but in Code of Si-lence they seem out of place, especially asNorris takes on about thirty gang mem-bers in an unfriendly bar and almost beatsthem all. In a movie in which as manypeople die as in Code of Silence, we haveto suspend belief somewhat; but havingthe Star gn into seme. karate Craw-e when

the going gets tough makes it harder to di-gest the fantasy.

Norris aside, the best thing about themovie is some first-rate action direction byAndy Davis. There are no fancy directortricks, just simple, straightforward story-telling, at a good pitch and pace. Daviscaptures the urban atmosphere of the sto-ry well - the atmosphere in which no-body, gang member or policeman, breaksthe "code of silence."

The screenplay could use some work.There is some pretty stupid dialogue here:too many obcenities and too much exposi-tion in the conversations.

The story is exciting all the way throughand it climaxes in a good chase/shootoutsequence. This is basically a populist fan-tasy about a no-nonsense hero who isscared neither of the most ruthless crimi-nals nor of his own police departmentorganization and who is concerned onlyabout justice. It may sound a little implau-sible if you think about it, but if you'rejust out to have a good time, Code of Si-lerne is not a bad choice for a movie.

Dan Crean

Unevencould be done with the form. An especial-ly strong and cohesive rhythm section en-hanced the band's sound by maintaining ahigh level of activity.

At this year-end time, full credit shouldbe given to Everett Longstreth for hiswork and influence. While the majority ofschool's (including most liberal and fineart colleges) support only one jazz band,Mr. Longstreth has given MIT's secondband a sense of balance, a feel for tradi-tional swing (a forgotten form accordingto the band's elders) and an identifiablesoud of their own. In the process, he wasdeveloping musicians for positions inMIT's first band.

And of course, MIT's premier FestivalJazz Ensemble made their top-billed ap-pearance, after an award-winning displayat the Montreal Jazz Competition. Ac-cording to trumpeter Matt Lehman, theJazz Ensemble succeeded in competition,above bands from the New England Con-servatory and other colleges.

Distinct sections of the group skilfullywove through a myriad of syncopated linesand superimposed time signartures on"Tinsel Town Trap" and "Crossing TimeZones." For the most part, a confidentrhythm section held the band together.

At times the Festival Jazz Ensemblesounded like it was running away from it-self, but was always put on the right trackby Herb Pomeroy's fluid conducting. Thegroup was not perfect: it suffered fromover-playing (i.e. volume) and too great asimilarity between pieces. But the finesseof saxophonist Ray- Zapeda's solos and thespirit of the group were not to be denied

this Friday. "Tinsel Town Trap" was re-ceived with a standing ovation.

Such a reception was well-deserved forthe successful band and its leader. HerbPomeroy who later announced privatelythat he-would be retiring after 22 years ofperformance with the Ensemble. Compos-er and recent MIT graduate JamshiedSharifi will be leading the group next year.Under Mr. Pomeroy's distinctive direction,this group has become a force to be reck-oned -with in college jazz.

MIT Jazz Band Concert, Friday, May 3 inKresge Auditorium.

Friday night's emotional jazz concert atKresge featured guest bands from the Uni-versity of Lowell and Westfield State Col-lege. For truth-in-reporting's sake, I'll addThe Tech's customary disclaimer up front.-Note: Scott Lichtman is the guitarist forthe Concert Jazz Band.

The Westfield State band under the abledirection of Don Bastarache, put on awell-rehearsed set. Bastarache made sureto emphasize the ensemble's numerousstrong points. Successively, "Impressions"(by John Coltrane), "Darn That Dream"and Just Friernds" featured an extendedpiano solo, a trumpet and guitar interlude,and several tight instrumental breaks(without the rhythm section). The pianosolo, the guitarist's support and saxophonesolos in particuar displayed depth and ex-perience in jazz improvisation.

One of the only problems with WestfieldState's performance was a lack of dynami-cal variation. Everything was loud; astrong and piercing trumpet section and aheavy-handed drummer added to this de-traction.

Everett Longstreth, better known as di-rector of MIT's Concert Jazz Band, pre-sented The University of Lowell StudioOrchestra. Lowell's performance, third ofthe evening, was strongly guided by theconductor. "Prelude to a Kiss," "SweetGeorgia Brown Upside Down" and a blueschart made the fullest of harmonic ar-rangements, Lonmgstreth's hallmark.

The band possessed a wonderful feel of,time. For the most part, they required noconducting, and in their final piece, "Poetand Peasant Overture," the Orchestraslipped deftly between time- signatures."Poet and Peasant Overture," a classsical-folk composition was the maost uniquepiece of the evening.

The first performer of the concert hadbeen the MIT Jazz Band. Once again, thegroup offered its distinctive blend of bluesand straight-ahead swing. The "take-it-slow" weight of "Wolafunt's Lament"combined with the bounce of "TZN.T,,

MIT Concert Band, John Corley, Conduc-tor with Carl Manning '85 as AssistantConductor. Saturday, May 4 at Kresge.

The MIT concert band, despite beingsaddled by repetitive and uninterestingmusic gave an enjoyable performance lastSaturday in Kresge.

The first half of the concert; consistedof modern works, all somewhat depressingbecause of their monotonous rhythms.The first piece on the program, Hoist'sHammersmith, was a combination of asteady, pulsating rhythm suggestive of ariver combined with bursts of activity.

Unfortunately, the combinations lackedvariety, and the piece seemed to meanderaimlessly. Aimlessness is not always fatalto music, except when it lasts too long andhas little variety. Further, the acoustics inKresge made the brass sections seem tooloud and overbearing.

The other two pieces were not much bet-ter. Neither Vincent Persichetti's Masquer-ade for Band, op. 102 nor Hoddinott'sConcerto No. I for Piano were particular-ly memorable pieces. Though Yocono'splaying was technically facile, the piece be-came too repetitive. Its simple, but force-ful rhythms were drowned by the rest ofthe band. The band and the pianist didn'tseem to be cooperating. This lack of to-getherness left me wondering who was

really at fault, Kresge, Hoddinott, or theband (or all three.)

The Band played well enough during thesecond half of the show to redeem itselffor the first. Three 20th Century Perspec-tives was lyrical, with changing rhythmswhich gave the impression of floating in avoid. The euphoniad gave the piece therequisite magical touch. For the finale, theband rose wonderfully to the occasion forReed's Armenian Dances, a true represen-tation of what band- music is supposed tobe like, rhythmic, energetic, crisp andclear.

Had the band chosen their pieces morethoughtfully, fewer of them, and mixedmoods creatively, the concert would havebeen worthier bf attendance. The concert,like Holst's piece, seemed too long, notbecause of any inherent faults with its con-sititution, but due to a lack of variety dur-ing the first half which made it seem long-er.

The Armenian Dances, and the Twenti-eth Century Perspectives by NicholasCaiazza were worth the trip. If the concerthad consisted only of the Piano Concerto,and these two pieces, it would have beenof satisfying length, and would have had abalance of different types of music. Fortyminutes serious music, forty minutes fun.

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