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Is student apathy as bad aspeople say it is? In his columnEditor-inChief Glenn Brownsteinsays no, but nonetheless urgesstudents to take a more activerole in shaping Institute policy.

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"Delightful and vivacious" i'swhat reviewer Tina Krontirisalls Fiddler on the Roof the

spring Musical Theater Guildproduction, which opened lastFriday at Kresge Auditorium.Krontiris reviews the latest MTGeffort in this issue.

Senior Roy Henriksson'sfourth-inning gralnd-slam homerun paces the baseball team to a10-4 win over Boston State; theMIT men's tennis team defeatsthe University of Conneticut,6-3.

--------- 07A narrow mile relay victory' givesthe MIT track team 811/2-71 1/2upset triumph over the Uni-versity of New Hampshire atBriggs Field Saturday.

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OUTSILDEVoters in two states go to thepolls today to select Democraticand Republican conventiondelegates. Democratic SenatorHenry (Scoop) Jackson isfavored over Georgia GovernorJimmy Carter and ArizonaRepresentative Morris Udall inNew York, while in WisconsinCarter is-expected to win- the,majority of delegates with Udalla possible second. President Ford if favored over CaliforniaGovernor Ronald Reagan inboth state's Republican pri-maries.

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puter "'smart" are not only im-portant because of the thingsthat "smart" computers coulddo, but also because they helpinvestigators to learn more aboutthe human mind, a well-knownresearcher in the field told aTechnology Studies seminar lastweek.

Herbert Simon, a professor ofcomputer science and psycholo-gy at Carnegie-Mellon Universitygave his thoughts on ArtificialIntelligence before a crowd thatliterally packed lecture hall9-150 - the aisles and stage aswell as the chairs.

Artificial intelligence is thestudy of intelligence behavior bymachines - how to'achieve it,and what constitutes intelligentbehavior.

Simon noted some of theachievements made in the field- computers can now play chessat a "mediocre" level and thereare programs that allow the com-puter to converse about a simple"world" made up of a block of

By Allan JacobsThe Massachusetts state

legislature passed Cambridge'srent control petition last weekbut rejected provisions whichwould have extended covereageto federally subsidized housingin thie city. The law freezes rentsat the present level establishedby individual contracts and pro-vides for a maximum generalincrease on rents of housingwhich is not yet leased.

The law, which is the resultof the petition, forbids an owner"to ask for or receive any rent inexcess of the maximum lawfulrent or in -excess of the levelestablislhed in a then existinglease, whichever is less." Themaximum lawful rent for a givenhousing unit is now set at 130%of the rent paid and received forsuch a unit on September 1,1967.

Further general increases areallowed landlords to compensatefor increases in the property

N taxes of 1973 and 1974 and forU' increases in the prices of heatingoil where applicable. Rent in-E* creases can be obtained by ownm

E ers on individual units to makeo up for increased expenses, fol-

lowing appeal to and approva:by the Cambridge Rent ControlBoard, "provided that theamount of each of such expense.shall not be unreasonable in the

opinion of the Board."Tenants can hlalt reIt ad-

justmnents and increases if theirhousing fails to satisfy the StateSanitary Code or the H-ousingCode and Building Code of theCity of Cambridge. Violationsinclude frequent lack or cur-tailment of water supply, lheat,hot water, gas, or electricity,roof or wall leaks, insect in-festion, holes in the ceiling andwalls, exposed electrical outletsand wiring, defective plumbing,and the presence of the dangerof lead paint poisoning to chil-dren.

No provision is made for va-cancy decontrol as demanded bylandlord lobbyists. Such pro-visions remove vacant housingfront rent control and allow theprice to rise. Rents in Cambridgewould tend to increase quicklybecause of the high turnoverinduced by movenlents in thestudent population, so the pro-posed provision created strongoppostion from local tenants'groups and liberals on the CityCouncil.

Thie home rule petition wassubmitted to the legislature be-cause Senators James Kelly andKevin Harrington blocked thestate rent control enabling law inthe Ways and Means Commrnittee.The enabling law contained a

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SunrmerIf you haven't found a sum-

mer or term-time job yet, maybeyour're not looking in the rightplaces. The Student Employ-ment Office has dozens.

There are 70 part-time jobslisted on the bulletin boardthere, and several dozen summerjobs, including three at theKennedy Space Center in Flori-da are available.

MIT and the National Aero-nautics and Space Administra-tion (NASA) have agreed to runa bicentennial exhibit at theSpace Center. Three students areneeded to staff the exhibit, ac-cording to Director Larry

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job s avaMcGuire of the Student Employ-ment Office (SEO).

SEO got started by an Oct.13, 1972 memo from ChancellorPaul E. Gray '54, who wrote, "Ihave the feeling that we mustorganize to be considerablymore aggressive concerning theidentification -and creation ofjob opportunities both on andoff campus."

'The growth in SEO's by stu-dents usage in recentyears might indicate either suc-cess at reaching Gray's goal or aneconomic upturn. McGuire saysnational statistics easily refutennv thought of an upturn, but

he says his office cannot takesole credit for the rising volumeof jobs.

First, not all the jobs show upin his office, since Dining Serviceand the Libraries hire withoutconsulting him. UndergraduateResearch jobs also bypass theSEO.

He also credited the CareerPlanning and Placement, the Ad-mission Office, the IndustrialLiaison Office and the AlumniAssociation with substantial sup-port in his effort to discover andexpand the intersection betweenstudents and jobs.

"I think employers are satis-fied. We get a lot of repeatbusiness," McGuire said. But heexpressed some disappointmentat the relative invisibility of theoffice.

So far, the number of jobsand the number of students havebeen growing at roughly thesame rate, McGuire said, but astructural imbalance in thegrowth pattern is starting toappear. The number of job

seekers is starting to grow fasterthan the supply of jobs.

"More and more students areworking, and not just because ofthe economy providing morejobs, but because the economyat home isn't as good as it usedto be. There are three mainreasons for tlie job growth:they're good, the price is right,and the cost of MIT is goingUp."

The approximately 26,000visits expected to be made to theoffice this year will mainly in-volve one of two services - indi-cating full and part-time jobsavailable and the resume refer-ence systnem kept by Mark Crane'76, an SEO student employee.

"A man from Hughes aircraftcame in unexpectedly lookingfor five junior or senior mechani-cal engineers," Crane explained."We have the resumes cross-referenced by interest and ma-jor. All we had to do was pullthe resumes, give them to themnian from Hughes, and set upthe meetings. They are with himnow."

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various sizes and shapes -- andlisted some of the areas whereadvances can be expected in thenear future - translation of textfrom one "natural language"(such as English or French) toanother.

Atfter his talk, Simon wasasked whether the fact thatmuch of the research in Artifi-cial Intelligence is funded by themilitary indicates that it mightbe applied toward non-peacefulpurposes. Simon noted that allthe AI research that he wasaware of was unclassified, andsaid that it was not any moredangerous than any other know-ledge. He added that it is "unfor-tunate" that AI researchers donot receive funding front othersources such as the NationalScience Foundation.

Simon and fellow researchersat CMU developed a system cal-led the Generalized ProblemSolver which solves problemsrequiring a number of steps in amanner believed to be similar tothe way humans solve them.

The International Brotherhoodof Teamsters settled its strikeover the weekend, and mosttruckers have returned to work.Key aspects of the new contractinclude a $1.55 per hour wageincrease to be implemented overthree years, an open-endedcost-of-living increase, and $17 aweek in fringe benefits.

In last Friday's The Tech, it waserroneously stated in-the "FoulShots" column that nextMonday's Fenway Park openerwould pit the Red Sox againstMilwaukee. Boston opens itshome season against Clevelandand not Milwaukee on Monday,The Tech regrets the error. Herbert Simon

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Opponents of rent controlused the delay to substantiallyweaken the provision of the Bos--ton Statute. In February 1973,representatives of the banking

and development business toldthe mayor that they would notissue loans in the city unless rentcontrol was phased out over aperiod of three years. By Janu-ary vacancy decontrol had beenenacted, allowing rents to rise onvacant apartments.

Similar movements towardvacancy decontrol were thwart-ed in the City Council but weresuccessful in Somerville. In thatcity, Mayor Lester Ralph pushed

a decontrol measure through thecouncil.

The state became involved inrent control legislation a few

years ago when a Brookline lawenacted without an enabling lawor petition procedure was de-clared unconstitutional by astate court. This led to pressurefrom black and worker constitu-encies for the passage of a staterent control enabling law.

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The Chemical Engineering De-partment moved from Building 12to new and more spacious quartersin the just-completed Building 66.The building, .named for RalphLandau, was designed by 1. M. Pei'40, a New York arclhitect who alsodesigned the Green Building, theDreyfus Building, and the Jolhntancock tower in Boston, as well asseveral other buildings on campus.

The building is triangular inorder to make best use of its plot ofland. The sharp angle that thebuilding's concrete walls milake asthey coime together at Amnes St., aswell as the round "portlhole" will-dows found in interior doors havemisled some into helieving that thlestructure is actually a ship. Indeed,workers had an ancchor draped overthe side while the buildlillng wasunder construction.

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A return to acivismBy Glenn Brownstein

Is widespread campus activism dead or dormant? Is the studentvote no longer an important force to be considered? Are collegesnow simply professional training schools where students work forthe so-called "job-ticket" and care little about any outside role theinstitution might play in shaping (good or bad) the world aroundthem?

About two weeks ago, the New York Times ran a story about theapparent lack of student presidential campaign workers in the NewYork area, and that this signified a trend away from the turbulent'60's-style activism toward a more materialistic, middle-class-valuedstudent population, less concerned with ideals and protest than withgraduate school, a well-paying job with a future, and basic materialconcerns (the stereotypical home in the suburbs, two cars, etc.).

The article restricted its insights to the New York local area,although it speculated that this seemed to be a national trend. It'strue that there's a different nature to '70s-style activism - it's muchmore "work within the system" oriented nowadays than before.Here at MIT, though, it's a little disturbing to think that the vastmajority of students. may be apathetic about most aspects ofInstitute policy whether they affect them or not.

After all, Kent State didn't happen that long ago (six years, to beexact, next month), and I'm sure many of us presently at MIT cannot only remember the campus riots and anti-war demonstrationsthat went on when we were in high school or college, but also tookpart in the protests, whether it was distributing petitions, rallying, orpicketing.

It's hard for me to believe that we've all just tucked away a cutelittle memory of "the good old days" and gone about our business asif nothing had happened. Watergate affected us all in some profoundway, and maybe there's a feeling that there's nothing we can do,because everyone's corrupt anyway. Still I can't believe that the vastmajority of MIT students don't want to take an active part in the1976 Presidential elections, and, more importantly, are apatheticabout the Iranian or Taiwanese programs, or about Institute policyconcerning sculptures, the coexistance of MIT and the nonacademicCambridge community, or overcrowding.

If most of us feel that way, then I feel we're getting exactly whatwe deserve regarding unpopular administration decisions. It seemsobvious that if most MIT students don't have an opinion about thematters I've mentioned above, then there's no reason for theInstitute administration to consult them. I'm not referring to smallercampus-activist groups or even the less modest number, though still adefinite minority, who bothered to vote on the referenda concerningTaiwan and Iran, but the student body as-a whole.

In a school like MIT, where tree time is at a premium, it's perhapsunfair to require students to join committees to give feedback,especially when many committees handle a so-called "hot issue"every four or five years at most. This isn't apathy, but merelyprotecting our $6,000-plus investment each year.

I don't believe the New York Times story assessed the trendcorrectly in New York. There is currently a student protest at StateUniversity of New York/City University of New York schoolsagainst possible budget cutbacks that will force some schools toclose, academic programs to be discontinued, and many students totransfer. There was a successful protest at Columbia against increaseof freshman class size from 750 to 900 - there'll only be 750admitted next year.

Are we apathetic at MIT? I sincerely hope not. I feel that mostof us would have liked to see some well-pulicized open meetingsabout sculptures, overcrowdin.g, and academic program cutbacks, toname some things that directly affect students. Not all of us havetime for committees, but would like a chance to give our side of theissue. I don't think people here are as upset about these unpopulardecisions as they are about the feeling that their opinion isn't worthconsidering. If all these decisions supposedly have the student'sinterest in mind (and you'd have to argue loud and long to convinceme of that), why aren't students actively asked what their interestis?

I think the time has come for each of us (students, faculty,administration, employees) to figure out exactly what our role hereis, and to begin making an effort to preserve it. If people here areupset about decisions made that affect them, then every individualshould begin to mobilize a response and make it known. If enoughpeople raise enough of a stink about an issue, the administration isgoing to have to hear them. It's remarkable what a group can do thatindividuals cannot.

It's my honest belief that matters here could escalate to the pointwhere our "cute little '60s memory" could be dusted off and reusedin the near future. I can't say it that's what many of us want tohappen, but it may be inevitable if we continue the status quo.Maybe campus activism is dormant now, but you can only kick asleeping dog for so long before it awakens and begins to bite.

To the Editor:I was rather amused by

Chancellor Gray's reply of "bull-shit" (The Tech, 3/30/76) to myreporting that large portions ofthe gifts recived by MIT are notreported as income (thursday,11/13/75). However, I am notvery amused by the fact that theadministration of this Institute isstill pursuing a strategy of ob-scuring open debate of bud-getary issues.

My article in Novembersought to outline the history ofMIT's financial "crisis" and pre-sent evidence, from the work ofProfs. Harold Bierman, Jr. andThomas Hofstedt of CornellBusiness School, that MIT's re-porting of its financial status isbased upon highly arbitraryshuffling of funds. Their data,evaluated for the year 1970-71(tile study was done ill 1973),shows that MIT could have pre-sented itself with anywhere froma $23 million loss to a $100million gain for that year, andthat a significant factor in thereported $5 million deficit wasthe fact that only 24 per cent ofthe $40 million worth of giftsreceived by the Institute werereported as revenue. To quotefrom the original source (Non-Profit Report, May 1973), "Onthe 'gifts applied system' usedby most of the Universities inthis sample, unrestricted giftsmay be termed as current reve-nues ... or else termed someform of endowment, therebyhaving no effect on this year'sdeficit."

In a recent communication tome with regard to the ongoingSACC investigation of the MITbudget, Prof. Bierman affirmedhis conclusion, "Gifts are con-ventionally split between a por-tion that affects the deficit and aportion that does not. This ob-viously leads to questions aboutany one deficit number" (em-phasis added). He went on toexplain that gifts, investment in-come, transfers among funds anddebt payment are all areas thatcould "give rise to difficulties"in our being able to figure outMIT's true status.

Unfortunately, ChancellorGray's recent statements make itclear that the Institute's ob-scurantist tactics have notchanged since 1973, when theBierman and Hofstedt paper wasreported in both Time andNewivsweek and the administra-tion had no response. For exam-

ple, rather than asserting at theopen forum that tuition pays"40 per cent of operating costsnot covered by research spon-sors," it would have been muchmore useful for Gray to explainthat only 12 per cent of theoperating revenues reported inlast year's Treasurer's Reportwere attributed to "tuition andother income," but this wouldhave seriously weakened hisargument that such large tuitionincreases are necessary for theInstitute's survival. Asing, Gray admitted atmeeting of UA leadersthat existing plans towings to New Housedelayed only to helppotential contributors

for hous-a budgetlast termadd new

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Institute really needs the money.More important is the fact

reported in the New York Timesof Marcl 21, that MIT has justelevated itself to the nationwidelisting of the ten leading gift-receiving universities. Now, howcan MIT claim serious deficitproblems while this is the case?Well, most of SACC believes thatthe key is in the sources andallocations of the Intitute'sfunds. MIT exists not as anindependent institution, strug-gling to survive the recessionwith all -the rest of us, but aninstitution to which powerfulpotential funding sources lookfor-.specific ends, a conclusion-supported by even a cursoryexamination of the actual rec-ords of gifts to MIT. For exam-ple, the new Chemical Engi-neering Building was fundedlargely with oil company money;all of last year's reported gifts tothe much-flaunted EnergyLaboratory were from oil andautomotive interests (including$125,000 gifts from Exxon andFord); and MIT has certainlyindicated its willingness to sellmilitarily useful training to themost repressive of US clientstates in the Third World.

The timing of Gray's budgetforum is, then;, only one exam-ple of the same desire to silencedebate on Institute policy evi-denced by his and PresidentWiesner's refusal to discuss theTaiwan program in public. Stu-dents are on a tighter schedulethe week before Spring Breakthan any other time of the term,save the last two weeks includingfinals (I had two conflictingcommitments, myself), and thealmost total lack of publicity forthe forum certainly com-

pounded the effects of the tim-ing. And add to that the factthat many universities offer stu-dents complete summaries ofnext year's budget and lastyear's line-by-line books, whileall we have to even look at is theannual Treasurer's Report (re-leased six to seven months aftereach Fiscal Year).

I am graduating in June, so Iwill not be paying next year's$4000 tuition to this institution.But new UAP Phil Moore is inthe process of setting up stand-ing committees to study thebudget, along with other issues,and evaluate what students cando about them. Copies of bothmy article and the Bierman &Hofstedt paper are available inthe SACC office (Walker 304),and everyone is encouraged tostop by or leave a note there ifyou are interested in helping toanswer some of the questionsraised in the two articles.

Brian Tokar '76April 3, 1976

Rat. Burnin"To the Editor:

I read the following article inthe Boston Sunday Globe,March 21, 1976:

The director of a college areagallery in Los Angeles hasbeen fired because one of theexhibits featured burning liverats to death. Frank Brown,director of the Union Galleryof Art at California StateUniversity at Los Angeles,was dismissed after protestsfrom those who saw theburning. Artist Kim Jonessaid the killing of the rats was'conceptual art,' a genre inwhich other artists havestaged events including self-mutilation.

Sirs, since it is obvious to methat this "conceptual art" is the"6state-of-the-art" genre in mod-em art,- I am eagerly awaiting arat burning exhibition at theHayden Gallery by the end ofthe year.

Name withheld by requestMarch 21, 1976

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* CARE is currently conducting aprogram in which they are sellingMother's Day cards in exchange for adonation, which will be used in theirworldwide programs to help thehungry and needy people of theworld. TCA is handling distributionof order forms at MIT and dormitoryand fraternity residents are receivingthem in their mailboxes this week.

* A Martin Luther King memorialmeeting to carry on his work will beheld April 7 at 7:30 in the WestLounge of the Student Center.

* Dr. Irving Greenberg, Chairmanof the Department of Jewish Studiesat City College of New York willspeak on "Science, Technology,Morality, Reflections after the Holo-caust" in Room 9-150 at 7:30 tomor-row evening.

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in the Old Testament ethic of"an eye for an eye and a toothfor a tooth," for, as he says,"that way, all the world wouldbe blind and toothless."

Constance V. Miller playsGolde, the wife of the gooddairyman. Golde provides a con-trast to her kind and gentlehusband: she is blunt and lacksthe sentimentality. But those arenot defects; tiey are qualitiesthat prevent the musical frombecoming overly sentimental. Aninstance of this nice balancecomes when Tevye, after twen-ty-five years of marriage, asks hiswife, "Do you love me?" andthe surprised Golde gives himni arealistic and pragmatic answer.

Tevye's three oldest daughters

provide most of the action in theshow with their boldness in re-fusing to follow the matrimonialtraditions of the village. SharonLowenheim, Lynn Sanker, andKatie Spillars provide. Tevyewith many hair-pulling inter-ludes as they reject the match-maker's choices for their hus-bands. All three are excellent.

The rest of the cast easilykeeps up with tile leading char-acter's pace and style. They arebacked by a strong chorus ofvillagers, all of whom can danceas well as they sing. The stagenumbers - especially in the wed-ding scene, where four of thevilagers dance with wine bottlesbalanced on their heads- arebeautifully choreographed by

director Nancy-Ellen Rainer.John Q. Peers Jr. has been

doing MTG sets for some time -his masterpiece perhaps being thegia n t s e t d e signed forCelebration last fall - and haslived up to his usual high stan-dards with the simple designchosen for the village. The cos-tumes combine with the set tocreate an atmosphere of OldWorld charm and "tradition" -the cement that keeps life to-gether in Anatevka. Lighting isexcellent, especially in Tevye'ssolo scenes where a single spot-light plays on him - and God.

The MIT Musical TheatreGuild deserves high praise forthis production. I think every-one should see it.

By Tina KrontirisA delightful and vivacious

production of-Fiddler on theRoof opened last Friday inKresge Auditorium.

This musical, by now a clas-sic, captures a moment of lifeand fills it with song, laughter,festivity, emotion and senti-ment.

The musical, based on thestories of Sholem Aleichem,deals with the customs of aJewish community in the smallRussian village of Anatevka.While it encloses the whole vil-lage, it centers on one familyand abounds in local color.

Thie village represents a primi-tive microcosm that seeks happi-ness within its own strong tradi-tion and is adverse to anyclhanges. Although the eventstake place at the turn of thecentury, there is a sense thatthings have always been thesame in the lives of lhe villagers.

T here is a touch of tragedy,however, in that in spite of itsefforts to remain isolated, thevillage is constantly threatenedby outside forces - by the realworld, one might say -- and isdoomed to eviction.

The greatness of the musicalas a comment on life ties in, thehope that it contains. Though

the poor Jewish villagers areevicted and forced to go tostrange lands, there is a spirit oflife and hope that they take withthem. At the end, the Fiddler,who represents that spirit, isinvited by the villagers to followthem .

Although there is usually lit-tle attempt at characterization inmusicals, Fiddler manages toportray a few fully developedcharacters. The most captivatingof these is Tevye, the humbledairyman who has a sharp-tongued wife and five daughters.

R.L. Lipman as Tevye couldnot have been better. His appear-ance and movements seemed justright. With a full beard contri-buting to his pious look, a pairof old trousers and a plain shirt,he was careful not to put on anyairs.

Lipman plays the role of aman whose main virtue is good-will. No one can forget themomients when Tevye, facedwith a conflict, stops to carry onbrief dialogues with himself, ar-guing both sides of an issue. Healways communicates with God,even though he realizes thatGod's help is long coming.

Tevye patterns his life on theprinciples of the "Good Book,"which he frequently quotes andmisquotes. He does not believe

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openned its 1976 season with animpressive 81 2-711/2 upset vic-tory over New Hampshire. Se-nior co-captain Greg Hunter ledall competitors, scoring 14points in four events.

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He and junior Juhn Lundbergled an MIT field event barragethat saw the Engineers take sixof eight events for a 50¼/2-20¼/2scoring bulge. Lundberg's finetoss of 159' in the hammerthrow was a personal best.Teammate Fred Bunke '78 ad-

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ded second places in the hammerand shot put. Other field eventindividual winners included Reidvon Borstell '78 (high jump -6'4"), Steve Sifferlen '78 (discus- 124'9"), and Bill Heil '79(triple jump - 4.1'8-3/4").

With the absence of hurd-ling/sprinting ace Rich Okine'77, the runners were put to thetest to hold the line against theirUNH counterparts. Despite ex-cellent performances by two-miler co-captain FrankRichardson '77 (first in 9:24.4),miler Jeff Baerman '76 (second4:22.3), and half-miler Joe Egan'77 (second in 1:58.7), the meethinged on the last event, themile relay. With MIT ahead byfive points, to lose the racewould mean a disappointing tie.

Senior Jim Banks, who hadalready taken thirds in the 100and 220 yard dashes, sprang theEnginers into the lead. AfterDave Foley '79 lengthened it abit, indoor track co-captain Mick

Ryan '76 pulled away to a20-yard margin before handingoff to anchor man Egan. Eganhad the unfortunate task of run-ning against John Demers,UNH's ace sprinter who hadalready w.on the 220 and 440.But -pride and the enthusiasticencouragement of teammatesand spectators alike combined tohelp Egan hold off a closingchallenge by Demers ro preservethe victory.

Coaches Grodon Kelly andPete Close were visibly pleasedwith the team's ability to rise tothe occasion. Without Okine, thesquad's victory hopes had beensomewhat dim. Now with a fullline-up, the Engineers look toavenge an indoor loss to Bateshere this Saturday afternoon andthen continue on to what couldbe undefeated outdoor slate.

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backs slowed the backfieldenough to keep the game withinMIT's grasp. During the secondhalf the Engineers held Harvardscoreless while Williams booted apenalty goal for the final threepoints of the game.

In the 'B' game the BusinessSchool tallied five unansweredtries in the first half and added asixth in the second half beforeJohn Kavazanjian G'put MIT onthe board with a penalty goal.Harvard followed with one lasttry and Kavazanjian connectedon another perialty goal toround out the scoring.

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and Dave CohenA fourth-inning grand slam

home run by captain RoyHenriksson '76 helped the base;ball (6-3) team to a 10-4 victoryover Boston State College atBriggs Field Saturday afternoon.Henriksson's blast erased a 3-2deficit and gave MIT a lead itnever relinquished.

The Beavers added threemore tallies in the sixth to clinchthe win. Freshmen Pete Stein-hagen leading hitter on the Flori-da trip pitched seven innings andreceived credit for the victory,getting relief help from JohnDavolowsky '76 and Mike Royal'76 in the final two innings.

MIT shoots for its first Great-er Boston League victory againstTufts tomorrow at Briggs Fieldin a 3pm start.

Lacrosse (2-3) met with farless success against Boston Col-lege Saturday night, dropping an11-1 decision to the Purple

Eagles. Although BC's elevengoals were one less than thenumber MIT allowed in 1975,the Engineer offense was unableto run anything against the Eagledefense due to sloppy play andinexperience. Goalie Jeff Singer'77 continued his excellent play,though, stopping 27 shots on netand raising his save percentage to69 per cent (anything above 60per cent is excellent).

MIT faces Tufts at Hometomorrow afternoon.

Tennis (1-0) opened itsseason with a 6-3 victory overUConn on Wednesday, gettingdouble victories from the firstdoubles team of Peter Moss '77and Neil Rockowitz '78 (theyeach captured a singles match aswell as winning the doubles).

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Shotokan Karate the University of Lowell for firstthe competitive place.

training this semnes- In the team competition, MITNew England Col- lost its first match to a strongarate Conference BU team, scoring one draw ande-Sparring Tourna- four losses. The second matchannual competition against Tufts 'A' was closer withto person with less MIT posting one win, one draw,tr of training. and three losses. Kasting contri-T team of Jerry buted the only MIT victory.

By Charles CoxMIT's A-side and B-side rugby

teams lost to the Harvard Busi-ness School on Tuesday byscores of 13-7 and 28-6.

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