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The Office of the Dean forStudent Affairs (ODSA) assigned86 percent of new students totheir first-choice dormitories inlast night's first-round housinglottery, but 139 others wereplaced in limbo, according to As-sociate Dean for Student AffairsRobert A. Sherwood.

The Dean's Off-ice gave total of691 freshmen permanent housingassignments, Sherwood said. Thisfigure includes 96 freshmencrowded over the houses' capaci-ties. ''We had predicted 97crowds, so we were really closeon that," Sherwood said.

Of the men, 71% received theirfirst choice dormitory, while 97%of the women obtained their pre-ferred house, according to ODSAfigures.

The Dean's Office will hold ad-ditional lotteries daily for stu-denlts in limbo until the lastround on Thursday. Students inlimbo include both those whovoluntarily re-enter the room lot-tery as well as those whom the

iDean's Office could not assign toany of their choices. The numberand location of spaces available

,will change as upperclassmencancel, their fall room assign-

n libments and tresnmen pledge fra-ternities and re-enter the lottery,Sherwood said.

Women were not allowed todesignate multiple first choiesthis year ads they have been in thepast, Sherwood noted . H1e alsoemphasized that one of ODSA'stop priorities in the housing pro-cess was keeping the percentageof women in each coeducatticonalhouse or area at or above 25'%.

Bry 1 Opm last night, 1167 stu-dents, including 1080 freshmenand 87 transfer students, had

.checked into the Rush/Orienta-tion center; 23 more newt studentsare expected . "We'l11 be callIin gthem soon to find out whetherthey plan to show up at all,"Sherwood said.

Last year, 84 percent of fresh-men received their first-choicehouse, while 104 students werecrowded. Thirty new studentsfailed to appear for Rush '/Orien-tation week. "They decided to aIt-tend other colleges, but just nevertold us about it,'' Sherwood not-ed.

East Campus had the highestnumber of crowded students, 23.All thirty women w-ho requestedEast Campus as first choice were

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By Diana ben-AaronAs of 10pm last night 254 new

students had pledged indepen-dent living groups, according toAssociate Dean for Student Af-fairs Robert A. Sherwood.

"We had about the same num-ber this time last year," said BillMaimone '84, IFC rush chair-man, noting that the fraternities

-set an uno0fficial pledge goal of365 to 380 students. The finalnumber -will depend on howcrowded the fraternities choose

Chairman Joyhn Piotti '83 added-that there have been no rush vio-~lations this year. "Unless some-thing happened in the last twominutes, it would have alreadycome to my attention," he said.

"Everything I've seen indicatesthat things have been going ex-tremely smoothly," said AssociateDean for Student Affairs RobertA. Sherwood. The number ofpledges so far is "excellent," hesaid.

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"bIt's been the best year sinceI've been here. The numbersseem to be down but the qualityis definitely up. T here is a chancewe'll crowd," said Nu Delta'sTony Zarnparutti '84-

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John S. Kowtko '83, SCCchairman at the time of tile theft,said he believes the theft had lit-tle effect on SCC's members. Themembers "fail to see the impor-tance of [the theft]. They weremore annoyed that the Dean's()ffice intervened than at the lossof the monev. The way the com-mittee has budgeted money hasaiw avs created a buffer, so theloss doesn't matter. We can spend$15.000 a year on parties or

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By Charles P. BrownThe theft of $6,500 in concert

receipts from the Student CenterCommittee's safe this past springhas had little impact on the comn-mittee itself, but has sparked in-creased concern within the Officeof the Dean for Student Affairs(ODSA) with the business activi-ties of SCC and other student or-Panizsations. according to Assis-tant Dean for Student AffairsStephen D. Immerman and lead-ers of the committee.

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and wreckage, a promise thatsuich an attack will never occuragain, and monetary compensa-tion for the families of the vic-tims, according to Reagan.

"Vengeance is not the propercourse of action," Reagan said,despite the "act of barbarism" inwhich 269 people, including 61Americans, lost their liveIs.

MOSCOW has so Far only swldits pilot fired tracer bullets infront of the plane to warn the747 that it was in Soviet airspace.

A tape of the pilot wvho shotdown the aircraft belles the Sov i-et contention, Reagan countered.l he president played a staticy re-cording of a man's voice speakingRussian. The (ape proves the pi-lot deliberately fired his missle atthe Korean plane, even after hesaw the plane's strobe light andfor 21/2 hours observed it fivzing 11n

a straight line at constant altitude- the way only a passengerflight would, Reagan said.

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The United St~ates will employonly minor sanctions against theSoviet Union in response to theSoviets' alleged destruction of aKorean A-ir Lines passengerplane, said President Ronald W.Reagan in a nationally televisedspeech from the Oval Office lastnight.

Despite characterizing the at-tack as a ";crime against human-ity which mnust never be forgot-ten," Reagan said the UnitedStates would only refuse to renewa bilateral transportation cooper-ation agreement and would seekinternational sanctions againstAeroflot, the Soviet commercialair line. The United States willalso suspend certain bilateral ne-gotiations for a time, though notarms control talks, the presidentcontinued.

The United States will demandfrom the Soviet Union a fullapology for and a complete ac-counting of their actions. permis-sion for the United S tates tosearch in Soviet waters for bodies

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SportsHow do the Patriots fumble; let us count the ways. -The New England Patriots fumbled four timesand missed two field goals, enroute to a 29-23 opening day loss to the- Baltimore Colts, who have consis-tently lost to everyone but the Patsies since November 1980.

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W~eatherOrientation, no sweat; the weather, well .. The hazy, hot and humid weather cont.inues today,with a high approaching the record of 92 degrees set in 1980. A sticky night follows, with temperatures inthe low to middle 70s. Cloudy tomorrow, with a chance of afternoon thundershowers, but a high stillaround 90.

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Undergraduates interested inshowing prospective freshman ap-

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please come to the Orientation

Party M onday, September 12

from 2-4pmn in the Bush Room.

Refreshments will be served. If

unable to attend, contact Stacey

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sored by the Massachusetts Asso-

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learn about services and equip-

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people who are visually impaired.

There is nlo admission charge.

Talkcing clocks and computers,

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displayed. Representatives from

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Irnmerman believes the theftwill have one major result. "Idon't think they will ever holdtheir-receipts from a concert,again, he said.

"MIT is more aware of what isgoing on with money in MIT or-ganizations," said Mark J. Brine'85, the current SCC treasurer.

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The theft "takes away eventswe could have done, but we arestill a viable organization," saidMark John Johnston '84, theSCC summer chairman. Johnstonadded that the money's disap-pearance also brought to the sur-face problems that SCC has withbookkeeping, money-handling,and security.-

Several SCC members saidthey believe thle major effect -ofthe theft will be the implementa-tion of a more formalized book-keeping procedure by the com-mittee, and that the members willhave "more concerrl" for the han-dlinlg of money.

Immerman echoed Kowtko'ssentiments, saying he was "a littledisturbed" by the lack of concernand responsibility on the part ofSCC. SCC's reaction seems to be,"Well, so we lost $6,500; we haveanother $1 0,000 coming in thismonth from pinball," lmmermansaid.

The theft also affected how theODSA relates to student activi-ties, Immerman continued. "It

shifted our priorities. It broughtthem into focus - on the onehand helping to meet the need ofthe Institute to have the businessactivity of student organizationsappropriately accounted for andreported, and on the other handtrying to devise ways that we canbe helpful in supporting studentorganizations around the sameset of business issues."

In a way it is "unfair" thatSCC has come under closer scru-tiny than other student organiza-tions as a result of the theft, Im-merman said. The theft -under-

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The attack was not out ofcharacter for the Soviet Union, anation which rules its citizens byforce, subdues revolts in Czecho-slovakia, and makes gas attacksagainst cities in LAfghanistan,Reagan said.

The president applauded Cana-da's decision yesterday to banAeroflot planes from Canadianfacilities for 60. The UnitedStates will continue its ban, be-gun as a response to the Soviets'invasion of Afghanistan.

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Secretary of State Charles P.Schultz will present the UnitedStates's demands to Soviet For-eign Minister Andrei A. Gromy-ko on Thursday at a previouslyscheduled meeting, the presidentsaid. The Administration is notcertain, however, that the meet-ing will still take place.

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assigned there, as well as 49 menwho had chosen East Campusfirst and ten women who haddesignated East Campus as sec-ond or lower choice.

B3urton-Conner House was themost popular dormitory amongnew students. 191 students, 131men and 60 women, chose Bur-ton; but only l l0, 43 male and 67female, were assigned there.

New House, Bexley, and SeniorHouse -were, . each- --designated asfirst choices by fewer than halfthe number of students for whomthey had spaces, while FrenchHouse, Russian House, RandomHall, and McGregor were slightlyundersubscribed. All otherhouses had more first-choicefreshmen than spaces, althoughthe policy of 25% women in coedareas caused some readjustmentin the number of first-choicefreshmen actually assigned toeach house, according to Sher-wood.

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The current investigation into the loss of $6500 in con cert re-ceip~ts from a safe in the offices of the Student Center Commit-tee points to basic flaws in the administration of student affairsat M~IT.

lThe Office of the Dean for Student Affairs has taken properaction in investigating the incident and mandating reform inthe committee's financial procedures. The Student Center Comn-mittee has been irresponsible; this was riot the first instance ofpilfein from the committee's safe, only the largest. Outsideintervention was not merely prudent, but necessary.

Control ~nid -uidance of the errant committee should origi-n1ate faith +the student governmenlt, rather than the Dean's Of-fice. but the Undergraduate Association seems to have little in-terest in the Student Center Committee. Undergraduate Asso-citatio~n President M~fike Witt promised "a total revamping" ofstudent government when he was installed in March. He hasdelivered none. Instead, he has allowed quasi-independentcommittees, like the Student Center Committee, to drift fartherfrom the student body's conrtrol.

The General Assembly, the only se mblance of representativedemocracy in the convoluted structure of student governmentat MIT, is not scheduled to meet until Oct. 6, after-the variousliving groups have chosen their representatives. If the Under-graduate Association and Witt's presidency are to enjoy anycredibility, Witt must, at that first meeting, call for a new stu-dent government constitution, invite proposals, and schedule atimely referendum.

Without an effective, representative student governmnent, stu-dent activities, with their long tradition of student control, willnecessarily come more directly under the purview of the Dean'sOffice. The time for change is now.

A2 ~ g ,{85 .^p~v Nes'rl 5Robert E. Malchmanl

Volume 103, Number 32 Tuesday, September 6. 1983

Chairman ....................... V.;-NMithael"B~ov~e G.--.Editor ineCif...... Barry". S. Surman '84

Managing Editoxr..... ............ Matthew W. Giampbrcaro '85Business Manager .................. Keith Tognoni -84Executive Editor ................ Robert E. Malchma'n'8.5

News Editors ........................................ John J . Ying '84................................... I......... .... ............... Burt S. Kaliskci '85

Night Editors ......................................... Bill Spitzak '83................................. I......................... Charles P. Brown '84

Photo Editors ............................ Laurie- S. Goldmani '84...... I................. .................... . .O m ar S. Valerio '8Ei

Sports Editor .............................. Martin Dickau '85Arts Editor .............................. Jonathan Dippert '83Advertising Manzagehr ......................... Paul G. Gabuzda '84Contributing Editors .......................... David G. Shaw '82

............. ........................ ...... Jon von Zelow itz '82~~~~. ............... ....................... ........ .. ....... ...... M ax H a ilpe rin '8 5

................... ................................... Daniel J. W eidm an '85Senior Editors .................................... Eric R. Fleming '83

......... I...........>...................... ..... .... Ivan K. Fong '83

................................... I .. .. .. ............. Jerri-Lynn Scofield '83

......................................... To... .................. ny Zamparutti '84Indexing Project Representative ... .... .. ................... A. David Boccuti '79Advisor................... ........................................... Edwin Diamond

NEWS STAFFAssociate News Editors: Sam Cable '85, Daniel Crean '85, ThomasHuang '86. Ron Norman '86; Staff: Arnold Contreras '83. David W.Bower '84. Roderickc A. Dick '84. Will Doherty '84. Wei-Chung Hu '84.Ben T. Tien '84, Diana ben-Aaron '85. Gene Deune '85. Gary J. Drlik'85. Jamnes F: List '85. Andrea Marra '85. Steve Pang '85, Jake Tinio'85, Joel Gluck '86. James J. Reisert '86, Paul Sheng '86. Ellen L.Spero '86. Al Yen '86. L. S. Wiener G.

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SPORTS STAFFArthur Lee '85. Jean Fitzmaurice '86.

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"Hah," I replied, "snap onyou. I'm. living at Wellesley thisyear."

"Write it," Surman hissed, "orI'll resign and make you editor inchief. And I don't hiss."

I saw his point immediately. Isuppose that even if you wereable to find a place to live byyourself, you will probably needmore help. Heretowith, then, aresome common questions andtheir answers:

Q: How do I get laid?A: The best way is for you to

go to places populated primarilyby members of your own sex toincrease the likelihood that somne-one of the opposite sex will findyou. After -all, people do- tot goto a desert for water. Thus, wom-en, especially beautiful ones,-should go to Wellesley. I am toldthat the second floor of TowerCourt West is an excellent placeto meet articulate, interesting, at-tractive men. On the other hand,men should congregate in theMacGregor dining hall as fre-quently as possible.

Q: What kind of classes shouldI take?

A: Surprisingly enough, it de-pends on your gender. For men itreally does not matter much atall. Classes are all mzore or lessthe same, you sleep through th efirst one, skip the second one forlunch, -and catch the last one ifyou decide not to go back tosleep. For women, though, espe-cially the beautiful ones, it can beshown statistically that they willreceive both more interesting, in-

a e~~atM~formative educations and bettergrades if they take 2.70, 15.301,

;21.770, Wellesley Phil 106 (theafternoon, not the mnorning one),

*and Poll Sci 323.

Q: What activities should I join?A: The Tech. We'll take any-

,body, but if you're pompousenough to want to see your namze

Iin print, you've probably joinedaready.

IQ: Will people stop beingfriendly after RIO Week?

A: (Only if you do not join TheTech.

Q. What happened to all thefrosh who tried to take 6.0()1 lastspring?

A: Only H. Stuart Cobb andEECS knzow for sure.

Q: How do I get to Kellesley?A: Practice.Q2: How do I get to Harvard?A: Don't.Q: What should I do to be hap-

py here?

A: In all honesty, now, take thetime -to enjoy yourself. Have afew laughs. MIT is too funny andtoo pressurized for you not to. Ifyou open yosur eyes to see what isaround you and stop to appreci-ate it, you will be happy. It is noteasy by any stretch of the imagi-nation. It took me a whole se-mester to find my way to TheTech, where I have been gettingmost of my jollies since, so donot worry if in one week your lifehas not changed significantly forthe better. And remember, if allelse fails, you can always gradu-ate.

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Welc~ION1Welcome, kindered gloomns!

Congenial horrors, hail!r-James Thomson

I amn just a new boy,Stranger in this town.Where are -all the good times?Whose gonna show this stranger

around?- Roger Waters

Once again the -Editors of thisof this publication have asked meto impart part of my collectedwisdom and 'knowledge, at least18 inches worth, to you, thefreshmen. Tradition holds thatthis take the form of Q's and A's,caveats and dicta, prefaced, pref-erably, by a long and ramblingpreface.

I got up here late on Thursday,so I did not have the chance totell you where you should live. Iassume you-i Cso satisfactorily.Even if you did not, do not wor-ry about it too much. Whatevernegative -characteristics your liv-ing group suffers under will be-come so deeply a part of your ex-istence by -Thanksgiving that youwill nlo longer notice them. In-deed. when you return home youwill miss them, much to the cha-grin of your parents upon whomyou will inflict them. So cheerup.

I do not even know why theywant me to write a column; H.Stuart did such a nice job withhis. At least this year they hadthe decency to wait until I arrivedat the Institute before makingtheir obeisant entreaties.

"Write it," Surman hissed, "orwe won't let you go out to covershenanigans at Wellesley any-

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What would you say if you were sittingcalmly in the fifth row watching a theatreproduction when suddenly, in the middleof a song, one of the performers comesdown and asks if she can sit in your lap?What do you do -when she starts runningher hands through your beard and compli-menting you on its appearance? What ifshe tells you that, once the performance isover, nay, right now, you should run outand get two cans of Hershey's syrup, somewhipped cream, and 47 boxes of lime Jelloand meet her in her dressing room, youknow, the one with the big gold star onthe door? What if she suddenly notices therest of the audience and says, "There areall kinds of people around here. Maybe weshouldn't do this now. But don't forget.'and then turns to the musicians and says,"Hit it." and picks up right where she left(of'S?

I was hard-pressed to find anything tosay, but I loved it. And not Just becauseI'm into lime Jello.

From start to finish the entire produc-tion of The Robber Bridegroom was enter-taining, interesting, innovative, and incur-ably insane. The convoluted themes ofmistaken identity and the quest for wealthare well worn devices, but in Bridegroomthey are presented with such vigor- and en-thusiasm it is difficult not to becomewrapped up in the telling of the story. Wefollow the path of Jamie lockhart -a.k.a. the Bandit of the Woods (played bySteve O'Donnell)- as it crosses manytimes and in many ways with that of theMusgrove family, while the rest of the castprovides witty asides and banters with theaudience. If you don't enjoy audience par-

ticipation then this probably isn't the showfor you, but this byplay is a large part ofThe Robber Bridegroom's appeal.

The Kresge Little Theatre is the perfectperformance space for this type of produc-tion because it alloivs intimate interaction.The audience and the performers are inthe same room with a clear view of the

props, costumes and other stage trappings,which furthers the idea that this is just abunch of plain folks sittin' around tellin'tall tales.

The musicians are right up on stagewhere you can see them - they even getto participate in some of the action. Theyare not so obtrusive, however, that their

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The Museum of Fine Arts is located onHuntinagton Avenue in Boston, onl the GreenLine near Northeasternz University. For re-corded information on hours andS exhibi-tions, call- 267-9377; for other informationacall 267-9300.

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If you have never seen the portraits ofGeorge and Martha Washington, if youare unable to differentiate between a Mo-net and a Manet, or if you cannot trans-late the headline of this article, then a tripto the Boston Museum of Fine Arts(MFA) will remedy at least two of thesethree deficiencies. A joint program withthe MEA and the Council for the Arts atMIT makes it possible for all MIT stu-dents to enjoy the MFA Membership Pro-gram for free - all you need do is showyour student identification.

Benefits of membership include the freeadmission, discounts on special eventssuch as lectures, concerts and special exhi-bitions, and discounts in the MFA Muse-um Shop -youk need no longer rely onthe Coop for your art- prints. In order toacquaint student members with the muse-um and its programs, the M FA will behosting an open house on Wednesday, Oc-tober 5, from 7-9 pmn; introductory toursand music will be provided.

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> Off the Wall Cinema presents The Revengeof Squaresville, U.S.A., starring James rDean, Alfred Hitchcock, Superman, Cru-sader Rabbit and John Farbotnik! Show- 0ing nightly at 7:55 and 10 pm, plus Sat.- Sun. matinees at 2:30 and 4:35. For infor-

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music clashes with the setting - I can'timagine chugging down the Mighty Mis-sissippi on a riverboat bound for New Or-leans to the accompaniment of cello andharpsichord. Piano, fiddle, and banjo arefar more appropriate, and that's what TheRobber Bridegroom gives you.

The cast does an amazing job of work-ing together, considering the diverse char-acter representations. Frank Ridley isClement Musgrove, the kindly (and rich)plantation owner, who loves his daughterRosamund (Lauren Hoffman Cochran).Rosamund finds her life uneventful andwants desperately to fall in love with atall, dark stranger. Bonnie Derman '84portrays Rosamund's shrewish step-motherwho has desires of her own, most notablymoney and handsome young men.

Don Baillargeon and Joseph Bo\ren LireBig and Little Harp, rcspectiv-ely. Themost interesting thing about this buniblinIpair of highway robbers is that Big Harpis Li disembodied head -- it seems thatanN-thing at all can happen in these tales.Camalia Pharms is the aise. old planta-tion mistress with an inexharstable collec-tion of stories and legends. Phoebe Green,Gregory R. Brown, and Juile Md. Tiao 'K3are the members of the 'Goat" fanm ivpoor farmers who can't seem to muster '5brain cells between them and, therefore,are drawn unwittingly into the schemes ofothers. And in perhaps the most creative,if less talkative, role Irina Rakin plays TheRaven, dressed ail in black silk and bro-cade.

Whether or not you've ever traveled theNatchez Trace and heard those long, talltales of the Bandit of the Woods you'll besinging, clapping, and laughing with de-light at The Robber Bridegroom.

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September Home EventsSeptember 20

Soccer vs. WPI, 3pm.Men's Tennis vs. BC, 3pm.

September 21Baseball vs. Northeastern, 3pm.

September 22Baseball vs. Suffolk, 3:30pm.

September 24Baseball vs. Bentley (2), 12pm.Golf vs. Bowdoin, Ipm.Woniens Sailing, Single-HandedChampionships, 9:30am.Mens Soccer vs. Trinity, 2pm.Men's Tennis vs. Maine, II am.Wotnens Tennis vs. Bates, Ilam.

September 25Wotnens Sailing. Singie-HandedChampionships, 9:30am.

September 28Field Hockey vs. Endicott,3:30pm.Men's Tennis vs. BU, 3pm.Women's Volleyball vs. SC, 7pm.

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September 16Wotnlel'y Tennis vs. Assumption,3:30prm.

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