Libby, Scheidler take top spot;Undergrads pass referendums

By Ellen L. SperoThe lowest turnout of MIT un-

dergraduates since 1974 electedthe unopposed team of David M.Libby '85 and Stephanie L.Scheidier '85 as the next Under-graduate Association presidentand vice president.

A majority of the undergrad-uates voting supported the por-nography referendum and thethree items on the UA constitu-tion referendum.

Libby and Scheidler received563 votes, representing 55.7 per-cent of those who voted and 12.9percent of eligible voters. The to-tal voter turnout for the electionwas 1010 - 23.2 percent of the4356 eligible undergraduates. In1974, the Undergraduate Associ-ation held a second election, dueto an alleged ballot-box stuffingduring the first election; 17.0 per-cent of all eligible undergraduatesvoted in this second election.

Write-in candidates Stephan J.Quentzel '85 and Edward J. Es-cott '85 finished second in therace with 201 votes. Bernard M.Gunther '83 and Stephen R. Baf-zac '85, write-in candidates cam-paigning as the "Penguin-Lem-ming" party, captured 131 votes.

"The turnout was goeodconsid-ering the competition. . . Noone other than freshmen had anyreason to show up," said HaukeL. Kite-Powell '84, chairman ofthe UA Election Commission.

Libby said, "I wish more peo-ple would have voted .... Somepeople will attribute [the lowturn-out] to student apathy, butthis was not a hotly contestedyear." Only five of the 25 officeson the ballot had more than onecandidate competing for the posi-tion.

Approximately 83 percent of1109 undergraduates voting re-sponded "yes" to the non-bindingquestion, "Do you feel that mo-tion pictures deemed by the Mo-tion Picture Council as unsuit-able for viewing by minorsshould be permitted to be shownon the MIT campus?"

Ishai Nir '85, a member of thePornography Committee of theUA, said, "Now that the studentbody has spoken, I believe that[James MacStravic '84, anothermember of the pornographycommittee,] and I will presentlegislature to help LSC and otherorganizations in their struggles."

"We now know what the com-munity thinks," Nir continued,"and we are going to try to dosomething to ensure the continu-ation of the majority's will tohave adult movies, but I'm hop-ing that the questionnaire willhelp us to make this the least of-fensive to opposed groups andindividuals."

Timothy L. Huckelbery '84,

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chairman of the Lecture SeriesCommittee, said, "Obviously,I'm very happy it passed. . ... It'snice to know that MIT under-graduates react rationally attimes."

The first item on the constitu- tional amendment referendum,which called for a "Council ofStudent Representatives [to] ad- .vise the General Assembly on : matters concerning the faculty"and administration," earned thesupport of 62.4 percent of the 934 undergraduates voting on theitem.

The second item, which calledfor the creation of an "Under-graduate Council [to] assume all Tech photo by P Paul Hs

(Please turn to page 11) David Libby '85 and Stephanie Scheidler '85, newly electedUAP/UAVP, congratulate each other after the election.

News Analysis

Students shun electionBy Ronald W. Norman

Only 23.2 percent of the eligi-ble voters cast ballots in the Un-dergraduate Association presi-dential and vice presidentialelections Wednesday, marking thelowest turnout for the election inten years.

Reaso.n.Jsthe. low.tllwnoxLmay include the lack of competi-tion for the government seats, in-convenience in voting, and lackof student interest.

David-M. Libby '85 and Steph-anie L. Scheidler '85 were electedto the top-Undergraduate Associ-ation spots with support of lessthan 13 percent of the undergrad-uate population.

"No one other than freshmenhad any reason to show up," saidHauke L. Kite-Powell '84, chair-man of the UA Election Com-mission. Of the 18 candidates, 13ran unopposed, and seven of theclass council seats were left open.'

Other potential voters may nothave known where or when tovote, and many who went to theLobby 10 booth were met by adiscouraging line of voters.

Lines of over 15 studentsformed at that booth, drivingaway potential voters who didnot want to wait several minutesto get their ballots.

The booth which was supposedto be between Baker House andKresge Auditorium was movedbecause of poor weather condi-tions and there were no clearly.visible signs mentioning themove. As a result, some studentsdid not know where to vote.

The problems with the votingmay, in effect, further separatethe Undergraduate Associationfrom the students. The passageof the referendums on constitu-tional changes to the Undergrad-uate Association may represent ageneral dissatisfaction with the

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Undergraduate Association does,or how it works. What they knowis that it is not working well.Therefore the students are willingto accept the changes as a possi-ble remedy for the problem.

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fully understood the constitution-al referendums. The referendumswere not offered in time for fulldebate by the community, andthe third item was not fully ex-plained before the-election.

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Class totals in;7 spots empty

By Ellen L. SperoVivienne Lee '86 was reelected

president of her class, whileDiane M. Peterson '84, MichaelCandan '85, and Grace M. Ueng'87 were elected to their classpresidencies in the Undergrad-uate Association electionWednesday.

Current class vice president Pe-terson, who ran unopposed; re-ceived 171 of the 230 votes castfor the position of Class of 1984president. Michael D. Battat,who ran unopposed, received 152votes to capture the position ofvice president. Lisa C. Tener,who also ran unopposed, wonthe office class treasurer, obtain-ing 119. In the race for Class of1984 secretary, Peter Tu defeatedHeni Meerman by receiving 113votes to Meerman's 89.

Hauke L. Kite-Powell '84,chairman of the UA ElectionCommission, announced, "Therewere no official candidates andno conclusive write-ins for theposition of members-at-large, sothat will go to the Class of 1984council and they will come upwith their members-at-large."

In the Class of 1985 race, Can-dan ousted incumbent NoelleMerritt by 42' votes of the 231votes cast for the position ofclass president. Barry McQuaindefeated write-in candidateHeather Wayne by a vote of 140to 38, to capture the position ofvice-president. The Class of 1985social chairman will be GeorgeAllen, who received 165 votes inthe uncontested race.

The positions of Class of 1985treasurer, secretary, and public-ity/newsletter coordinator all hadno official candidates and no con-clusive winners, and will be re-ferred to the class council.

In the Class of 1986, each ofthe candidates ran unopposed.Lee received 185 of 236 votes castfor the presidency. Sharon A. Is-rael received 193 votes of 219 castto win the vice-presidency. Toi A.Beveridge won the position oftreasurer, with 175 votes of 207cast. The publicity/newsletter co-ordinator will be Hannah Bond,who received 196 of 214 votesAlka Jain and D'Juanna O.

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Weems new ASA presidentBy Charles P. Brown

The Association of StudentActivities elected Kenneth M.Weems '85 its president at anelection meeting Tuesday inwhich four of the six officerselected ran unopposed.

Stephanie L. Scheidler '85,who was defeated by Weenis inthe presidential election, waselected ASA Secretary, defeatingTimothy L. Hucklebery '84. Thefollowing officers ran without op-position: Edward S. Podszus '85,treasurer; Chiquita V. White '85,member at large with a seat onthe Undergraduate Association(UA) Finance Board; Karla L.Stickley '85, member at largewithout a seat on the UA FinanceBoard; and Althea T. Haylett'85, non-voting member with aseat on the UA Finance Board.

"I have gotten involved not be-

cause I have any specific goals,but because ASA hasn't donemuch over the past year, and Iwould like to see it do more,"Weems said yesterday.

Weems said he would like tosee more information made avail-able to activities about publiciz-ing events and getting space forthem. "Right now the only effec-tive source of information isHowToGAMIT, put out by theTechnology Community Associa-tion."

"[ASA has] got one of twoways to go, it can go the way ithas been, just recognizing consti-tutions, or it can define itselfsome goals and work on achiev-ing them," Scheidler said yester-day.

Scheidler said she would like tosee ASA work on completing anactivities handbook, operate in

an advisory capacity for its mem-ber organizations, and have gen-eral meetings regularly to discussactivities' concerns.

Weems declined to commenton the passage of the UA refer-endum that proposes to replacethe ASA with a joint Undergrad-uate Association-Graduate Stu-

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NlatiollHart squeezes by on Super Tulesday -Both Sen. Gary W. Hart and Walter F. Mondale, candidatesfor the Democratic presidential nomination, won delegated Jr Tuesday's primaries and caucuses. Hart wonin Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida, Nevada, anld Washinlgtonl, while Mondale took Alabama andGeorgia. In Hawaii, where only Mondale and the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson were on the ballot, most of the

caucus votes were uncommitted. Oklahoma's results were not final as of yesterday morning. George S.McGovern, having failed to place first or second in Massachusetts, kept his promise to withdraw from therace. Sen. John HI. Glenn, after another poor showing, was reportedly being urged to drop out of thecamnpaign. Jackson requalified for federal matching funds by winning 21 percent of the vote in Georgia.

Senate committee backs aid to Latin America - The Senate Appropriations Committee Wednes-day approved President Ronald W. Reagan's requests for emergency military aid to the El Salvadoran

Dgovernment and to the Nicaraguan contras. The appropriations are in amendments to a bill providingemergency assistance to drought victims in Africa. Last -week, the House of Representatives rejected at.tempts by the Administration to attach those amendmenlts-to a similar African food relief bill.

Senator says Meese should withdraw -Sen. Howard Metzen'baurn, D-Ohio, said Wednesday theEdwin Meese 3d, counselor to the-President, should withdraw as nominee for Attorney General because ofhis failure to list a $15,000 interest-free loan on his financial disclosure forms. Meese's nomination hearingshave been plagued by questions about his financial dealings, his activities in the 1980 Reagan campaign,

and his promotion in the Army Reserve.

LocalFlynn eases parking ticket enforcement -Boston Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, in a move that couldcost the city several million dollars, has ordered police to cut back on enforcement of parking regulationsin -neighborhood commfercial business -areas. Flynn also asked aides to design a plan to get tough with

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L ibby must followstudents desires

The approval of the proposed Undergraduate Associationconstitutional amendments should be interpreted as dissatisfac-tion with the past performance of student government. Howev-er, the enactment of these amendments will, at best, decreasethe usefulness and effectiveness of the already impotent Under-graduate Association.

There are several questions concerning the appearance of theconstitutional referendum on the Undergraduate Associationspring ballot. The referendum was placed on the ballot withoutGeneral Assermbly approval or petition approval of the studentbody. The students' first chance to read the full text of the ref-erendum was in the UA Election Supplement in The Tech,which appeared one day before the election. There was no timefor meaningful discussion of the effects of the referendums.

The primary problem with the current form of the Under-graduate Association is that some government organizations,like the Student Center Committee, are not accountable to thegroups they serve. Others, the General Assembly for example,have obligations only to themselves.

Creation of a new "steering committee" of undergraduate re-presentives to Institute committees creates a body with no de-fined duties or responsibilities. Replacing the General Assemblywith a UA Council does not address the problem of its lack ofresponsibilities. Creating the Undergraduate Association/Grad-uate Student Council Joint Committee, which would have re-presentatives from the Graduate Student council and the pro-posed UA Council, creates a body with no obligations to itsconstituents.

Newly elected UA President David Libby should recognizethe message that undergraduates sent by approving these refer-endumrs: It is time for a change in student government. Thestudents want the undergraduate representatives on Institutecommittees to be more accountable to the student body. Theyfeel it is time for a meaningful restructuring of the GeneralAssembly, and they would like to see a closer relationship be-tween undergraduate and graduate activities.

Libby should use his past experience in student governmentto mediate among the various branches of student government.He should develop a workable definition of the structure androle of the student government organizations, including thechanges that his constituency clearly desires.

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"W" was interested in geology.Her specialty was radio-activedating - she only went out withmutants. She loved puns. In fact,she once assured me that girlsjust want to have puns. Since Iam on a diet, I will share withyou only two of Ms. W's favoritegeology puns: Did you hearabout the shy rock who wantedto become a little boulder, orabout the piece of marble whowas tired of being taken for gran-ite? Ms. W now makes tremen-dous quantities of money findingformer dinasours for a large pet-rochemical company

"V" was interested in meteo-rology. In the middle of a coldstreak, Mr. V told me, "I wish itwere 20 degrees warmer ... but,if you asked me if I would actu-ally make it 20 degrees warmer ifI could, I'd have to say I justcan't take that kind of responsi-bility into my own hands." Need-less to say, Mr. V is a bit wimpy.His ambition is to become a TVforecaster and be blamed for thebad weather by millions of peo-ple.

Here is a practice weather fore-cast by Mr. V:50 percent chance of rain,10 percent Celsius,283 percent -Kelvin.

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of space, as it were. You canstudy geology, geochemistry, geo-physics, seismology, planetaryphysics, observational astronomy,physical oceanography and me-teorology.

Ironically, the strongest andweakest plug I can make forCourse XII is that one of the ri-chest and most famous scientistsin the entire world became richand famous as an expert in abranch of Course XII, planetaryatmospheres. I will not mentionhis name, for fear of scaring offpotential Course XII majors, butI will say that the Boston Glo-beonce called him a television in-tellectual and an MIT professor.He has recently been promotingthe "nuclear winter," and a con-fused soccer fan once called himthe leading scorer for the Cos-mos, claiming the scientist scoredbillions and billions of goals.

There is some good news andsome bad news for potential

I want to thank everyone whoreads The Tech for not writing inabout my column. You see, dear-est readers, if even one of youwrites a letter - favorable or un-favorable -- to the editor, TheTech will know someone actuallyreads my column and this serieswill be discontinued immediately.And we would not want that tohappen, would we?

Today I am going to talk aboutCourse XII -- Earth, Atmo-spheric, and Planetary Sciences- and Course XIII - Ocean En-gineering. I am lumping them to-gether for a lot of different rea-sons, but mainly because I thinkthey both deal with the Earth,and if you do not think they gotogether, write your own column,or, better yet, write a letter toThe Tech and have my columncancelled. I dare you.

Course XII, Earth, Atmo-spheric, and Planetary Sciences,covers a lot of ground and a lot

To the Editor:In a letter to the editor [Feed-

back, March 6], John K. Bur-roughs '87 expresses his strongobjections to the idea of univer-sal youth service which he attri-butes to a proposal of mine. For

the record, I have urged only thatserious study be given, through a

congressionally-mandated selectcommission, to the potential of aprogram of universal youth ser-vice combined with, an analogousuniversal "GI .Bill" for educa-tion. Despite my obvious enthu-

siam for what I believe would bethe potential benefits of this kindof plan, it must not be assumedthat I view a study of the idea asa. pre-programmed prelude to itsimplementation. Not at all. Ihave by no means thoughtthrough all the ramifications -both beneficial and, perhaps,hurtful - of the proposal. Thatis what the work of the selectstudy commission would do andthat is what I have proposed.

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It was difficult to decide wheth- Athena may make it cheaperer this column should be about for a professor to use computersJoseph J. Romm's attempts at badly - one estimate of comput-humor and ill-mannered digs at er time cost for the previously-innocent columnists, or about the mentioned attempt at combiningamazing problems of bringing materials and computers I en-computers into the MIT educa- dured was $10,000 - but the re-tion. However, as appealing as view process should eliminate themight be to write about Romm's worst applications, after a fewfailings as a human being, I think classes have suffered. Of course,that Institute-wide issues must we tend to forget that mroost sub-take precedence over personal jects have been polished by years,vendettas. even decades, of trial and error.

I have heard quite a few com- The basic issue comes down toplaints about the possible prob- academic freedom. We have tolems with Project Athena. Hav- tolerate bad teaching so that pro-ing sat through one abortive fessors have the opportunity toattempt at using computers to teach well. As annoying as it mayteach the mechanics of materials, seem in the middle of 23.321I can understand these worries. when the professor makes the

My comprehension of the ma- thirtieth sign error in as manyterial was not helped by the com- equations, central control overputer exercises and the time re- subject content would be evenquired to cope with the computer worse. Project Athena just addstook away from time we needed one more variable to an equationfor the course. One hopes that already too difficult to under-Athena would reduce such idi- stand.ocies with its review processes, About the only way to avoidbut it seems likely that more than major problems with Projecta few students will have to en- Athena is -to change only onedure bad courses. thing about major "core" classes

The crux of the problem lies in at a time. We do have five yearsth'e fact that professors must to play around with new ideas; ithave some freedom to determine would be a shame if we blew itthe contents of their subjects. by trying everything in the firstCertainly, it does not require the year. Restraining professors willuse of a computer to screw up a be difficult; any professor thatclass. A bored professor is just as really cares about teaching willmuch a danger as all of the Athe- want to use the best methods,na staff. The worst subject I ever even if they are unproven. Abouttook at MIT, a freshman physics all that I can recommend is thatclass, did not need courseware to students should talk with their in-make the time I spent as much structors, and that the instructorsfun as root-canal work or wart- should listen.removal.

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I think it is wonderful that theSupreme Court has finally wokenup to the fact that we live in aChristian country. It has longbeen thought by many citizens ofthis great land that this businessof separating church from statehas gotten out of hand. It is ashame the Supreme Court cannot repeal the First Amendent onthe grounds that it is unconstitu-tional. Unfortunately,_ the entireBill of Rights is constitutional bydefinition.

Christmas was probably madea holiday originally so peoplewould not have to work andwould instead be free to go tochurch. Or perhaps it was be-cause, to the wise old men whodo such things, Christmas wasobviously a holiday: "holyday."

Whatever the reason, manynow think of Christmas as a sec-ular holiday. People think it ismaintained by tradition andholds little, if any, religious sig-nificance.

Luckily the Supreme Court hasnot fallen into this trap. If thecourt had considered Christmassolely a secular holiday, it wouldnot have allowed the constructionof nativity scenes with publicfunds on public land. It stillwould have allowed the construc-tion of Santa Clauses, reindeer,huge "Merry Christmas!" signsand other non-religious thingsthat go along with the Christmasseason, but not of nativityscenes. Nativity scenes are obvi-ously religious. They represent

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And just think of how it couldchange! We would not have toput up with boring old crossesany more. Around Easter, a newkind of crucifixion scene could beerected - erected by a new kindof government: a governmentthat understands the moral neces-sity of not separating the statefrom the church.

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While it is probably too latefor the court to rule on the Eas-ter issue this year, there is alwaysEaster 1985 to think about. Andonce both Christmas and Easterare established, legitimate secularholidays, we can not be far awayfrom writing the repealed "bluelaws" -laws outlawing certainactions on Sundays - into theconstitution. Or at least from re-pealing parts of the First Amend-ment.

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Ueng won the Class of 1987presidency in the fourth round ofpreferential voting with 119votes. Kevin R. Foote came insecond with 78 votes. Steve Gei-ger received 59 votes, followed byTodd C. Malone, who received46 votes.

Bryan Moser '87 captured theclass vice-presidency in thefourth round of preferential vo-ting, capturing 123 votes. JanetDesaulniers came in second with49 votes, closely followed byThomas R. Hoffman who re-ceived 44 votes, and Tom Abell,with 36 votes. Stephen J. Thornmereceived 22 votes in the race.

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In the race for Class of 1987treasurer, Timothy B. Jones wonin the third round of preferentialvoting with 108 votes. Paul G.Shepard came in second with 78votes, followed by Kerry E.O'Neill, who received 51 votes.

Randi Rubin, who ran unop-posed, won the position of pub-licity/newsletter coordinator with202 votes of 221 votes cast.

Kevin Murphy and DavidBrown, who also ran unopposed,will be the Class of '87 socialchairpersons, receiving 232 of257 votes.

The position of class secretarywill be left to the class council.

Kite-Powell described a "non-conclusive write-in" as a candi-date with "no substantial votes."He said if a write-in candidatehad gotten "30 to 40 votes, wewould have given it to him."

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Grace W. Ueng, Class of 1987 President-elect, castsher vote during Wednesday's election.

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M~inutemen fir-e anotkIne Prolitics of Time, the Minutemen on ginnings in 1979, when it was then knownNew Alliance Records. as the Reactionaries, to its European tour

Well, the Minutemen have done it again. last year. The bulk of the cuts are culledOnly a few months after releasing their from the 1980-81 era, before the bandlast record, the world's most prolific band broke out of the Los Angeles club scenehas come out with yet another disc. Even and into the international limelight.now, another album is already in the Usually, the Minutemen record for SSTworks, set for a spring release. After this Records; this release is on New Alliance.barrage of three records in the space of Unlike large commercially-oriented labels,only six months, there will be about a which gererally require contracts guaran-hundred or so Minutemen songs pressed teeing exclusive rights to everything pro-into vinyl. Not bad for a band which has duced by an artist, companies dealing withonly been in business for four years. alternative music tend to be less restrictive.

The Minutemen's latest record, The Often, two labels ostensibly in competitionPolitics of Time, is a collection of old with each other will unite in their best in-tunes which had been collecting dust in the terests as well as the band's.archives. The 27 songs on this album span Since SST is saturated with Minutementhe group's career from its embryonic be- product, they were more than willing to-~ ~~~. ·;·e· ~b

or salvohave New Alliance clear out the group'sback catalog. New Alliance is perhaps bestknown for its Life is. .. series of compila-tion albums, which features otherwise un-available tracks by the Minutemen as wellas other SST artists. This benefits bands,which often record songs not entirely suit-able for inclusion on their own records, aswell as fans interested in hearing songswhich otherwise would not be made avail-able to the public.

The Politics of Time should not be con-sidered as the latest Minutemen record,and is not meant to be. It is a retrospectiveof previously unreleased material whichcan serve as a history of the band's devel-opment into its current form. Overall, thisrecord works when considered in this for-mat, but the material could have been bet-ter presented. In particular, a lyric sheetwas not included, breaking with thegroup's previous practices.

The music on TFhe Politics of Time,though, is not much different from otherwork by the Minutemen. DrummerGeorge Hurley lays down a strong rhyth-mic foundation over which Mike Wattadds bass lines which are sometimesfunky, sometimes punky, but alwaysquirky and full of unrestrained energy.Dennis Boon contributes a noisy and inno-vative guitar and half shouted, halfscreamed vocals.

Watt and Boon write the band's songs,which concentrate on leftist/anarchisticphilosophies without the bombast usuallyassociated with such polemics. All threeband members have full-time jobs as well,and consider themselves to be part of thelower-middle working class; they do notplace much stock in the value of arguingobscure points of political theory.

The first side of The Politics of Time be-gins wifhi several songs recorded in the stu-dio late in 1981 and remixed last summer.*Their sound quality is quite similar to ear-lier Minutemen records; they appear to beouttakes from the band's first album, ThePunch Line. The best of these are "Work-ing Men Are Pissed" and '" ShookHands," the latter an instrumental whichwas reworked and included on WhatMakes a Man Start Fires? with lyrics add-ed.

Side one's "Tune For Wind God" is in-teresting in that it was recorded in a driedriverbed in the Mojave- Desert. "PartyWith Me Punker" is currently one of themost-requested songs on Rodney Bingen-heimer's infamous show on Pasadena'sKROQ-FM. These latter songs lack the po-lish, such that it is, of the studio songs,but are still eminently listenable.

The same, unfortunately, cannot be saidof the second side of The Politics of Time.These songs are culled from tapes of Min-utemen practice- sessions and live shows,and sound as if they were recorded on acheap cassette recorder. The sound rangesfrom barely listenable to utterly atrocious- the album's jacket even says "Note thequality of the recording."

This points out a dilemma faced by aband and its followers. Fans extremely in-terested in the career and development ofa band are often not satisfied with only theauthorized, nicely-produced records; hence

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the proliferation of bootlegged albumsand tapes. While these performances canbe of great value to anyone truly immersedin a particular band, they were usuallynever intended for public release and thusfrequently sound terrible.

Although The Politics of Time is an au-thorized release, at least half the recordsounds no better, and occasionally worse,than most bootlegs. The issue, thern, iswhether or not to release sub-standard re-cordings, and in what form. Much of thisparticular record might better have beenreleased on more inexpensive tapes, apractice currently popular with many al-ternative bands, rather than on vinyl.

Even considering the deficiencies insound quality of the second side of ThePolitics of Time, it is still interesting tohear the music in the context of being arefinement of the Minutemen's music.Songs like "Futurism Restated," "Subur-ban Dialectic" and "Spraycan Wars" onlyadd to this band's legacy, even if they arein a less-than-desirable form.

Anyone unfamiliar with the Minutemenshould take the plunge and pick up one oftheir earlier records first. Once convertedto Minutemania, though, The Politics ofTime will undoubtedly be high on any"must buy" list.

G'tslay' noGatsby's, 300 Boylston St., Boston.

It has been said that advertising mirrorsreality. In the case of Gatsby's, this has tobe true. The name on the building says"Great Gatsby's," but advertising thisopinion in the Yellow Pages would be farfrom proper. So the management adver-tises in the phone book as "Gatsby's," andlets the customer decide.

We decided. We decided that we wouldnever let our stomachs, our egos, or ourhappiness be subject to such rude treat-ment again.

The external appearance gives every in-dication that Gatsby's holds a great deal instore for the wandering epicurean insearch of "that" meal (which must eternal-ly be sought). The brass, wood, mirrorsand old-fashioned bar give Gatsby's thelook of a progressive restaurant. The wait-ers are dressed neatly and the whole placelooks sharp. This is where the similarity toa real restaurant ends.

We called ahead to find out if we wouldhave to wait for seating. Although the 20-minute wait we found when we arrivedwas not the zero to five minutes we werepromised, at least, as the hostess informedus, we were not waiting 90 minutes at Le-gal Sea Foods. As far as I can tell, Gats-by's customers are indeed Legal Sea Foodscustomers who got fed up with waiting tobe seated. This might explain why theGatsby's patrons look so well-dressed.

Overlooking the delay was all right byus, because 20 minutes later we were seat-ed and ready to order. Which brings us tothe service. We sat patiently yet another 10minutes for our waiter, who was one ofthe rudest people we had ever met. He hadno pretentions of being friendly and madeno suggestions. He simply took our ordersfor main dishes.

We could deal with a curt waiter byleaving a miniscule tip,' but we could nootdeal with a waiter who failed to-inform usthat a salad and bread came with each en-tsee. When we pointed this out to him,after we had taken another menu from thehostess to prove our point, he simply said,"Well, wuddaya want.' No apology, no ex-cuses, nothing. Rudeness is something Icannot stand in a Waiter. For a servicewhich professes that the customer is al-ways. right, a waiter who is rude without

provocation is a terrible detriment to agood meal.

This leaves us with the food. Unfortu-nately, the food was lacking, too. Betweenthe three of us we ate two orders of beefteriyaki ($7.95) and one of fettucine Al-fredo ($6.95). Both of the beef dishes weretepid, weak tasting, and appeared to havebeen reheated. The texture of the fettucineand cheese also showed signs of reheating,and the dish's taste was uninspiring. For a10 p.m. meal, reheating might be a neces-sity; for a 7:30 p.m. meal, there is no ex-cuse.

It might be possible that we found arude waiter on an off night. It might bepossible that we picked the two worstdishes on the menu. It mnight be possiblethat Gatsby's had a lot more to offer thanwe could find. Frankly, after hearing some,of the horror stories of other people whohave eaten there, I doubt it. I certainlyhad a horrible experience, and I am notready to waste my money trying to findout if that experience was just a ghastlymistake.

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by a few cuts that captured some of theband's performing intensity, in particularthe tracks "It's Only Words," "Sentinel"and "New Man". It is not completely clearwhether that record's true selling point wasactually the music, or just the listener'shope of capturing a hint of the live JonButcher Axis sound.

The new Jon Butcher Axis album, Stareat the Sun, is not unlike their first record.It contains a couple of cuts which meritsome attention, but for the most part it isa collection of sappy love songs withoutany saving musical hooks to capture theinterest of the listener. The first song onside one, "Wind It Up," is one of the fewtunes worthy of listening time. It has somecutting guitar work and a good beat over-layed with a catchy pop melody. It is moreof an accident than an inspiration,though, and needn't be listened to morethan once or twice.

The remainder of side one contains agroup of songs featuring uninteresting mu-sic and cheaply melodramatic lyrics. Thesecond side fares no better. Again, the si-de-opening tune "Don't Say Goodnight" isa rocker which is fairly listenable and hasthe capability of bringing attention to thisalbum. This is to be expected, though,since it has already been released as a sin-gle. Nonetheless, even the two cuts thatkick off each side are a far cry from beingparticularly creative or innovative.

.A couple of other tunes are worth men-tioning for the sake of completeness. Twoof the songs on the album feature somemoderately interesting guitar solos. JonButcher still does have the ability to playblues-rock guitar that retains its concertperformance freshness even when pressedonto record. Particularly, "Can't Tell theDancer from the Dance" features guitarwork similar to that which propelled theearly performances of the Axis. Finally,"Eros Arriving," although not appreciablybetter than the bland mediocrity displayedby most of the album, does have a differ-ent sound with an unusual vocal and gui-tar mix that is more reminiscent of theYardbirds than of the typical Jon Butchersound.

Although I haven't seen the Jon ButcherAxis in concert lately, I hope that theyhave retained at least some of the excite-ment they have always generated as a liveband. Hopefully, the blandness of their re-cords is just the result of having too manypeople, or simply the wrong people, withtheir hands on the control knobs in the re-cording studio.

Because of these deficiencies in the re-cord's production, Stare at the Sun cancertainly be passed over at the recordstore. With any luck, Jol Butcher willtake a few chances and regain some musi-cal prestige, rather than directing his ef-forts toward becoming a pretty-boy popstar and competing for groupies withDuran Duran's Simnon Le Bon.

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Stare at the Sun, the Jon Butcher Axis onPolydor Records.

The Jon Butcher Axis originally caughtthe ears of Boston-area radio listeners inmid-1981, when an early demo tape of"Ocean in Motion" made it onto the air-waves of local FM stations. Those peoplefortunate enough to see the Jon ButcherAxis at local clubs at this stage of their ca-reer were afforded a rare treat of somegood no-frills rock and roll.

As is the unfortunate case with manybands, however, commercial successbrought the demise of the Axis' musicalintegrity. Their success really started tosnowball after they opened for the J. Geils

Band at three sold-out shows at the Bos-ton Garden in the spring-of 1981. By thetime their first record came ou~t, a perhapspremature nationwide release on Polydor,the telltale signs of overly commercializedmusic were excruciatingly evident.

That album contained a watered-downversion of "Ocean in Motion" as well as anumber of uninspired tunes which werenot at all reminiscent of the Jon ButcherAxis of old. Most of Butcher's originalsongs had been remixed into a blur of ho-mogeneity. Jon Butcher had misdirectedhis energy toward the production of therecord and away from where it shouldhave been directed: the music itself.

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Overweight, don't know what to do,and have a tremendous sex urge? Thenthis book is for you. In 168 pages, Rich-ard Smith, author of The Dieter's Guideto Weight Loss During Sex and The BronxDiet, shows how losing weight is simply amatter of being uptight.

In the introduction, Smith claims thatstress causes extreme weight loss and is thedieter's secret weapon against fat. Then,for the remaining 160 pages, Smith listsvarious "stressful" situations and giveseach an appropriate "Ounces Lost" or"Calories Burned" rating. Every 15 pagesor so you will find a "Stress Test" - anembarassing or stressful situation that the

"Part Three: Stop Timing Me! A Guide toStressful Sex." In this section, it becomesclear that this book is merely retelling oldjokes from Smith's previous books, and isnot simply a repository for unused materi-al. Last time out, Smith told us how manyounces- were Lost from engaging in a par-ticular sexual activity. This time, Smithtells us how many ounces are lost from the.stress resulting from engaging in a particu-lar sexual activity.

Though Smith comes up with some fun-ny sexual situations, there is too much ma-terial coupled with not enough variation,hence a lot of repetition. Roughly halfwaythrough the book, Smith tires of the for-m7at he has established and tries to changeit. He does this by simply listing stressfulsituations, without the associated ounceslost. The book then becomes a list ofthings you can do to be tense, for exam-ple, live in New York City.

If this book almost succeeds as a parodyof a diet guide, it fails miserably as a how-to-put-stress-in-your-life book. The newformat does not work well with the old,each pointing out the faults of the otherbut leaving them no better.

The worst thing that can be said about ahumor book is that it is too long and toodull. The Dieter's Stress Guide, while fun-ny in spots, is indeed too long and toodull.

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reader is supposed to try out for himself,or at least imagine. The book ends with a"Coronary Risk Evaluation Chart."

Wait a second! Isn't this a book aboutstress and dieting? The answer to thatquestion is an unequivocal 'sort of." Theproblem with Stress Guide is that Smithhas a tendency to forget what he is writingabout. It often seems as if many of thejokes that did not make it into WeightLoss During Sex and Bronx Diet havefound their way into Stress Guide.

Smith has managed to put the words"stress" or "tension" at the top of almostevery page, but many of his categories aredubious at best. For example, Perrier islisted under "Tension-Increasing Drinks"because of the the high price one must payfor it.

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(Continued from page 1)legislative and representativepowers now held by the GeneralAssembly," was approved by 59.7percent of the 970 undergrad-uates voting on the item.

The third item, which calledfor the Undergraduate Associ-ation to adopt "the charter of theGeneral Assembly-Graduate Stu-dent Council," received the sup-port of 57.5 percent of the 888undergraduates voting on theitem.

Libby said he is "very glad theamendments passed." Scheidler

said she is "ecstatic" they passed.The first and third items on the

amendment referendum were"more a referendum on theideas," than on the specifics, Lib-by said. The second item, callingfor an Undergraduate Council is"a specific by-law council chan-ge."

Libby and Scheidler said theirfirst goal is "implementing theconstitution referendums."

Their second goal is to "im-prove communication" by pub-lishing a bi-weekly newsletter andby creating what Libby called an"exec-comm." The executive-

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dent Council Council, except tosay he feels "ASA is the bodythat should be recognizing activi-ties since the people involved in[ASA] are the people who arevery involved in activities."

Scheidler said she approved ofthe passage of the referendum."It forces ASA to sit down anddecide what it wants to do."

"I don't like-the idea of peoplecoming from the UA and repre-senting activities," Scheidler add-ed, saying she felt the referendumshould be viewed as an "idea"

that did not propose any by-lawsor amendments to the ASA con-stitution.

"It would have been nice" ifformer UA President Michael P.Witt '84 had talked to the ASAExecutive Committee about thereferendum, Scheidler said, "butthe important thing is that it hap-pened, not how it happened."

Podszus declined to commenton the passage of the referen-dum, and out-going ASA Presi-dent Kirsi C. Allison '84 couldnot be reached for comment

committee will consist of the UAPresident, the UA Vice President,the Secretary-General, the GAfloor representive, the chairmenof the major committees, thefour class presidents, the Inter-Fraternity Council chairman, andthe Dormitory Committee presi-dent, Libby said.

"The exec-comm will not be alegislative body. It will meet forcommunication reasons and forcarrying out projects and ideas,"he said.

Libby and Scheidler have cho-sen their Secretary-General, butthey have not had the chance toask that person yet, they said.

A third goal is "to meet the ac-tivities' needs through more effi-cient use of funds, alternatefunding sources, and a consolida-tion of capital resources," Libbysaid. The activities have request-ed a total of about $120,000 fornext year, Libby said, "but tofund these groups we [FinanceBoard] only have a total of$65,000 in the activities budget."

"We want to have a part in thedecisions made by MIT," he said.

Libby and Scheidler will be"co-UAP's - as opposed toUAP-VP," they said. "I'm notjust going to disappear,"Scheidler said.

Data M aaer/ResearchAssistantMcLean Hospital, a teaching affiliate of MassachusettsGeneral Hospital and Harvard Medical School. is seekingan experienced Data Manager interested in clinicalresearch. This individual will be responsible for thecollection and maintenance of data on psychiatricpatients enrolled in drug trialor epidemiologic studies.Data management responsibilities will includedesigning data collection forms in collaboration withthe bio-statisticiarn and investigators, programming inthe tAMP database management system, entering data,generating periodic reports and summary statistics,monitoring inter-rater reliability in the accuracy ofdata entered. Clinical responsibilities will include;administering psychiatric ratings scales, and insuringthat the appropriate data forms are completed.

College degree, working knowledge of a programminglanguage, (Basic, Fortran or Pascal), 1 or 2 + years' inmanaging data with the SAS statistical package arenecessary. A Master's Degree in biostatistics, epi-demiology or public health would be preferred.Salary commensurate with experience.

Please send resume to Frank O'Malley, 115 Mill Street,Belmont, MA 02178.An equal opportunity employer.

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Lori A.- Blac:Okelder '86 earnedNCAA Division, III All-A~rnericarecognition for -the second con-secutive year. B~lackwelder placed third in the thre'e-meter dive atthe Division III Women's Swim-rning and Diving -Cham'pionshipsat Emorfy University iii Atlantalast week to qualify for the na-tionals.

Blackwelder, who finished sec-ond in the three-mete'r dive lastyear, injured her back in practicethe first day of th.- meet and wasunable tQ qualify for the finals inthe one-meter dive.

She won the three-meter divingcompetitionI in the New Englandregional chamipionships earlierthis season with a score of437.75. Her win made her eligibleto qualify for the NCAA Divi-sion I Champ~ionships. To com-aplete the qualification, Black-welder needed to place first ineither the one- or three-meterevent in Atlanta.Six swimmers qualify for NCAAs

Six members of the men'sswirnning and diving team arecompeting in the NCAA DivisionIII Championships this week atEmory University in Atlanta.

Bob Schoenlein '84 is makinghis fourth trip to the nationals,swimming in both the 100- and200-yard breaststroke events.Schoenlein, a three-time AllAmerican, finished tenth in the1'00-yard bsreaststroke last yearafter placing third in 1982.

Andy Renshaw '85, a two-timeeAll-American, will compete inthe 100- and 200-yard butterflyevents. Clark Dormnan '87, win-ner of the one-meter dive at theNew England Championships, isentered in both the one- andthree-meter diving events.

Also competing will be the400-yard medley relay team ofJohn Belzer '84, Schoenlein,Raenshaw and Peter Hickman '85

and the 800-yard medley relayteam of Belzer, Hickman, BrettMiwiva '86 and 'Wenshaw.

The Engineers, coached byJohn Benedick, finished 18th outof 65 in the team competition lastyear, and seventh of 75 teams in1982 for their best-ever showingin the NCAA Championships.Eskey competes in nationals

Cliff Eskey '85 will competetoday and tomorrow in theNCAA Rifle Championships atMurray State University in Mur-ray, Ky. This is the third consecu-tive national meet for which Es-key has qlualified. Last year, hefinished 11th of 40 shooters inthe small-bore rifle event.

"'Cliff is a steady performerand I wouldn't be surprised if hefinished in the top five this wee-kend," said MWIT Coach Tom Per-ry..

Eskey had the highest average- 547 out of 600 - in the NewEngland Collegiate Rifle Leaguethis season. MIT won the confer-ence title with a perfect 36-0 re-cord and had an overall slate of42-5.

Maxfield sixtb seed in regionalsMissy Maxfield '85 is seedeh

sixth at the NCAA Division 11Regional Women's GymnasticsChampionships at Keene StateCollege in New Hampshire.

Maxfield qualified for the re-gional meet by winning the bal-ance beam competition and plac-ing third in the overallcompetition at the New EnglandDivision III Gymnastics Cham-pionships March 3.Basketball travels to invitational

The men's basketball team hasbeen invited to participate in theLa Pota Invitational BasketballTournament at Washington Uni-versity in St. Louis,-Ma/o.

Besides MIT and WashingtonUniversity, teams from the Cali-fornia Institute of Technologyand Johns Hopkins Universitywill also be competing in thetournament. First round pairingsfor the tournamernt have not yetbeen announced.

If MIT faces Caltech, it will betheir first meeting in men's bas-ketball and only the second MIT-Caltech mnatchup in intercolle-giate athletics hi-story.

The Engineers finished 2-20duringa the regular season. CraigPoole '86 led the team in scoringwith 16.1 points per game andMike McElroy '87 averaged 16.0points. McElroy also led the teamin rebounding, averaging 7.9 pergame.

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MIT pisto, sn.uadsweeps sectionals

By Len Rafuse Martin, Johnson, and Jerry Mar- ll The MIT pistol team swept the tin. Len Rafuse '84 led the Ma-

New England Collegiate Pistol roon team. Dave McCormack ofSectionals, held at MIT this Norwich won the individual cormn- skweekend. The MIT team compet- petition with Dave Martin in sec-ed with the Worcester Poltechnic ond and Johnson in third. Nor-Institute, Norwich University, wich, a new team in the sport, and the US Coast Guard Acade- took second place with a 2016.my for the sectional titles. The air pistol event found MlT

In free pistol, the MIT Gray Gray and Maroon in first and -

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and second with scores of 2041 and 1433. The first team was Jer-and 1972, respectively. The first ry Martin, Landrau, Deschaine 4team was Dave Martin '84, Will and Dave Martin. Johnson led jJohnson '85, Roberto Landrau the second team. Jerry Martin| '85, and Larry Deschaine '84. won first with Landrau one pointJerry Martin '86 led the Maroon behind him in second. Third I team. Dave Martin, Johnson, place went to Dave Barlow of Aand Jerry Martin finished first, WPI. The WPI team finishedsecond and third. WPI finish third with a 1410-third in the team competition The MIT team is now trainingwith a score of 1895. for the Collegiate championships d j *.

in standard pistol, the MIT at the US Air Force Academy on ' s teams placed first and third, with April 6-8. The squad finished the Tech photo by Jim Butlscores of 2148 and 2012 respec- regular season with a 7-1 record. RselHtz84pcho b i uletively. The winning Gray team Editor's note: Len Rafuse is a RussellHoltz'84 p;iies a blowfromhisopponentduringthe IntercollegiateFencingwas composed of Landrau, Dave member of the pistol team. Association Championships last Saturday in duPont gymnasium.

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