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out the arrest warrant," saidTheodore Ts'o '90, a systems pro-grammer for DCN S. Ts'o refused tocomment further due to the pendinginvestigation.

No one fromn the FBI3 was avail-able for comment yesterday, leavingthe suspect's identity unknown.

On Dec. 14, DCNS released astatement on the incident. "Thisindividual's mode of operation isbelieved to be limited to breakinginto accounts for the sole purpose ofdiscovering any user [identifica-tions] and passwords stored there toenable him to break into additionalsystemns," it said.

The suspect used a bug in the

dialup program to replace the telnetcommand, which allows users toremotely log on to other computers,with a compromised version whichcaptured every keystroke after thecommand was executed, accordingto Costello.

Ts'o said the Ucnet program wasmodified in October, two monthsbefore the statement was issued.Over 4,000 individuals may haveused the compromised server duringthis time, according to the statement.

The statemnent was printed anddistributed to all of the Athena clus-ters and was printed in Tech Talk.

In cooperation with MIT Infor-rnation Systems, the Federal Bureauof Investigation has started aninvestigation into the recent securitybreach of one of Athena's dialupmachines. An arrest warrant has beenissued for the alleged perpetrator.

The Distributed Computing andNetwork Services division of IS hasbeen "working with the appropriateauthorities to arrest the responsibleperson," said DCNS ManagerJoanne Costello. She believed theindividual was to be arrested lastweek, she added.

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said. Sixty-two percent of carlyaction students and 48 percent ofregular admission students enrolledlast year, he added.

To alleviate the dormitorycrowding problem, the projectedsize of the Class of '97 will beapproximately 1,050, the same thatof the Class of '95. The class-sizegoal for the Class of '96 was 1, 125,but 1, 140 were actually admitted andenrolled, leading to the crowding.

Financial aid an important factorThe decrease in the number of

applicants is "not particularly justearly action. That's the way thenumber of overall applicants is run-ning now. The easiest explanation isthe economy. Some engineeringschools are not even filling their

classes anymore," said Behnke.Behnke further speculated that

publicity about downsizing and lay-offs at IBM and other high technol-ogy firms might 'have decreasedinterest in engineering.

The reauthorization of theHigher Education Act last July mayalso have discouraged some appli-cants who need financial aid.

"Some rules are still not defined.Formns and rules changed complete-ly, so there is no way to apply foraid now. The process is delayed byalmost two months. The applicationprocess is getting more and morecompressed," said Stanley G.Hudson, director of StudentFinancial Aid. "Our intention was to

The number of early actionapplicants decreased 8 percent fromlast year. "It's the first decrease infour to five years," said Michael C.Behnke, director of admissions. Butit's "not a huge downturn. Under IOpercent is not a major fluctuation,"he said.

According to Behnke, 520 stu-dents were admitted from a pool of1,276 applicants for the Class of'97. In 1991, 517 out of 1,387 appli-cants were admitted -8 percenthigher than the 1,283 applicants in1990, 588 of whom were admitted.

Early action students usuallycomprise a quarter of the total num-ber of applicants offered admission,which was 2,219 last year, Behnkce

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As students finished exams 911 DEC. 18, the Green Buildingencouraged them to take IAP 183, "Science Treasure Hunt,or Joumney to the Center of the Earth," which Is offered by theDepartment of. Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.

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By Eva Moy,.NEWS EDI TOR

While at Oxfiord, -Lundstrom willstudy "how we can change the edu-cational system-of the United Statesto make our work force more com-petitive" by changing Americanschools and producing an environ-ment conducive to life-long learn-ing, he said.

"Future wars will not be foughtwith nuclear weapons, F-16s, andsmart bombs, but with lathes,robots, and the skills of the Amer-ican employee," Lundstrom said inTech Talk.

Other countries' governmentshave learned to work together withindustry to be competitive,Lundstrom said. The federal gov-ernment has the power to makechanges in America, but has notpursued it yet, he added. Lundstromhopes to gain a better internationalperspective by studying Americafrom the outside.

Lundstrom is currently a fellowin the Leaders for ManufacturingProgram, a partnership betweenindustry and academia, he said. Hecompleted an internship at TheBoeing Corporation as part of thisprogram, and he will receive mas-ters degrees from both the SloanSchool of Management and theDepartment of Aeronautics andAstronautics this year. Lundstrornreceived the SB in aeronautics andastronautics from MIT in 199 1.

Lundstrom is also actively

involved as a senior partner in anew high-tech machine tool andmedical products manufacturingbusiness, he added. Lundstrom cre-ated the company, an outgrowth of aproject in the Space Engineeringand Research Center, with anothergraduate student and a professor.

As an undergraduate student atMIT, Lundstrom was captain of theMIT ski team, founder of a programfor handicapped skiers, president ofSigma Alpha Epsilon, president ofthe MIT Chapter of the AmericanInstitute of Aeronautics andAstronautics, head Unified Engi-neering teaching assistant, and a pri-vate pilot, he said.

He is currently the head coach ofthe MIT ski team.

Marshall ScholarsThe British Marshall Scholar-

ships are "Britain's national gestureof thanks to the people of the UnitedStates for aid received after WorldWar 11 under the Marshall Plan,"according to a press release from theBritish Consulate-General inBoston.

Thirty-six American studentswon scholarships this year, from apool of nearly 800 candidates. Thescholarships cover tuition costs,books, travel, and living expenses atany university in Britain.

Three MIT students have wonprestigious scholarships to study inBritain next year. Mark E.Lundstromn G won a Rhodes schol-arship, while Ian M. Blasch '93 andSeema Jayichandran '93 wereawarded Marshall scholarships.

Lundstrom was one of 32 stu-dents to win a Rhodes scholarship,out of about 1,275 applicants from350 U.S. colleges and universities,according to a Dec. 9 Tech Talk arti-cle.

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'Secondhand' Smoke Causes Canlcer,EPA to Announce

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In a long-delayed decision that could eventually have a majorimpact on the American workplace, the Environmental ProtectionAgency Thursday will conclude officially that exposure to "second-hanid" cigarette smhoke causes lung cancer in adults and greatlyincreases the risk of respiratory illnesses in children.

EPA administrator William K. Reilly's endorsement of a report bya panel of scientific advisors to the agency will end a contentioustwo-year review of the issue during which the panel's evidence andconclusions have has been denounced repeatedly by the tobaccoindustry.

The EPA's endorsement of the scientific panel's findings willhave no immediate practical impact, because the agency has noauthority to regulate indoor air pollution. But the move could have asignificant influence on how local governments and the federalOccupational Safiety and Health Administration (OSHA) adopt andenforce workplace anti-smoking rules.

OSHA is in the beginning stages of soliciting information onindoor air quality, a process that could lead to new federal rules on airpollution in the workplace. An OSHA spokesman said Tuesday that"it's too early to tell" what the impact will be of the EPA's designa-tion of passive tobacco smoke as a human carcinogen.

U.S. Considering Options in Wak~eVI Ira~qi Deployment of Msie

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environmentalists called for tougherregulation of oil tankers. Just lastmonth, a Greek tanker, the AegeanSea, ran, aground near La Coruna.harbor in northwestern Spain duringa storm an d caugtflire, spilling 21.5million gallons. of crude along thecoastal fishing area.

On Tuesday, particular concerns.were. raised anew -about the ground-ed ship's structure-that thee Braer,managed-by B- and'H" Ship Maniage-'mfent f bfNew- York'and-built in.1975, had only a single hull, rathertha the~ more damag-eitnduble hull. -I !

"This 'is ~a potential ,major- disas-ter; 'for 'wildlife,"7 said Na'ncyHarfiso~n, an. officer. 'with, the RoyalSociety for the Protection of-Birds:"Question's inist-be asked whty asin~gle-hulled, tankeri which -is-bannied, around, sensitiv'e coastlinesin' othdr 6ouinties, is' allowed to bein one of lBrititin's miostvulnelrablesites foftnkrihe wildlife.?''. *. The. Oil P6116tiodt -Aeti-siegdi byPresi~denrt Butfin- i r 1-990,4;equitivis--allnew J.'S. tankers carryinig pinlo'bedouble-htilldd: Sinfgle--hulledvessels-must be'rettofitted, or pha'sed out'over timeGQolb said.'-

-As -for tiheBraer it- was, movingwestward throogh- the storm whenits fuel tanks were contaminated by.-sea waterjits vrew ~reported.; Theship, iost po wer, Tue~sday, 'o (na in'gand was driven by winds and cur-rents toward the rocky coast.

' A rt~il recu eilicopter-pul led the 34-mremnber Greek,Filipino and Polish crew from theship. But five crew mhembers andtwo officers, from the Sullom Voeternrinal later were lowered- backonto the'ship to try to attach a lineto a nearby. tug, the Sirius Star.Before a line could -be-secured, thetanker went -aground, and the CoastGuard -ordered the crew and militarypersonnel remnoved.

By William Tuohyand Maura DolanLOSANGELES TIMES

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and. the area has been impor-)r sea birds like puffins, long-ducks, and great northern.Eiders, loons, guillemots andrantis also can be found there.eals-, otters, comimon porois-I killer whales roamn the Shet-trea waters, from which is-s pull salmon that fetches -tpbecause it is said- to -come

ituch a pristine spot.lie im-pect on-fish ind birds'-,,less -than it wrould have been'

Pspill -had taken ~pfaci in 'the-,"said Richard Golob, puV--of Golob's Oil P61tution-

tin, a Massachu'setts-'based'-tter onl oil pollution prdvenil-id cleanup.'and others noted that damage,not be as rteAt~beause manybirds have' already migrated-e fishlare not'spaw~ninig.it Golob said the spill'still'Lhave a significant effect onirbird aid fish Oooulations. &t far frorn the area whe're tht-,ran aground, there- is a crude-minal at Sullom Vde, whiches somes of gritafin'swNorth1. platfonns. Its spill-confain-,equipm enitincluding planes,prays to break up' oil sltiks-Dorralling, booms, was made'for use, once weather allows.nle experfts noted.that the

-in contrast to -theExxon,Z, which went aground on an Alaska's'Prince WilliambI ion March 24, l1989 v-was

ig. akind-of oil that might be'Imaging to the coast.cargo was "a light crude,evaporates more quickly androcess is- helped by the badDr." said David Deas, spokes-or the Marine Pollution Con-nit of the British government.,ting that Tuesday's incidenthe second major Europeanwn a little more -than a -mont,

LONDON divers.A single-hulled, 700-foot tanker cormon

carrying almost 25 million-gallons And'se'of oil ran aground and was breaking es, andup in the Shetland Islands Tuesday, land-afcreating a potentiall y major environ- landedsmental disaster in an internationally pricesknown wildlife area. . from, Su

The ship, the Liberian-registered 'ThIBraer, was carrying almost double will be'the amount of crude that was aboard if the the Exxon Valdez when it ran spring,aground in Alaska in l 1989. Ii sher,

Attempts to contain oil gushing Bulletifrom the Braer were thwarted by new'slethurricane force winds blasting the tion an~Shetlands, off northern Scotland He between the North Sea and the would Atlantic. The British Coa'st Guard local brfeared the tanker -would -be and thedestroyed on the rocks during the Butnighit,'spilling its'entfire cargo in o woud ,the sea. nearbAy

Salvag.e teams could do little Notwith the ta'nkeir, which lost power Brair rduring- a storm while ttaveli-ng oil ternthrough the 22-mi le channel servicebetween Sumburg'h Head and 'Fair Sea oilIsle on a voyage from Norway to ment .eCanada. Its crew was evacuated and with 9pthere were no reports of injuries. and cii

But, said one Coast Guard duty ready ltofficer: "It is a horrendous -scene. SoltThick. black oil is pouring out. -Braer -There is very bad weather." Valdez,

While experts awaited daybreak reef into fully assess the 'scene, they held. Sound lout little hope for-containing the -carryinjdamage from the Braer, which ran less danaground on a rocky beach in Its Quendale Bay and was being bat- which tered by the raging storm and enor- this pr(mous breakers. -weather

The prospect of a huge oil spill man fbiraised fears for wildlife in the trol aniShetlands, an area to which bird Notilovers from around the globe flock. was thi

Sea ducks winter in the local spill in

WASHINGTON

White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Tuesday theadministration is considering "options" in the wake of an Iraqideployment of surface-to-air missiles in the southern part of the coun-try patrolled by U.S. and allied warplanes.

"We're monitoring the missiles," Fitzwater told reporters travel-ing with President Bush to West Point Tuesday morning. Other off-cials said the anti-aircraft weapons were Russian-made SA-2s recent-ly deployed in three major groupings along the 32nd parallel, whichis the northern border of a zone where the United Nationls SecurityCouncil has barred Iraqi military flights.

"We're very concerned" about the deployments, Fitzwater said.He did not specify the U.S. options under consideration, but anothersenior official said one is to seek a U.N. statement ordering Iraq toremove the missiles.

Iraq's action follows the downing of an Iraqi Mig-25 by anAmerican F- 16 on Dec' 27 and is assumed by some officials to be inresponse to that event. It may also be timed to signal defiance to theincoming Clinton administration.

While Fitzwater's remarks raised the possibility the United Stateswould do something to respond to the Iraqi deployment, DefenseDepartment spokesman Bob Hall appeared to play down the develop-ment in a midday briefing for reporters.

"in and of itself, it's not that big a deal," Hall said, adding thatIraq's action was "an item of particular interest'? only when takentogether with other recent Iraqi moves he said were aimed at under-mining U.N. authority in the area.

Backi to Normal?By Marek ZebrowskiSTAFF MfETOROL~OGISI'

between the U.N. and the U.S., and- ~~~that's not going to happen;".

ABABA, EHIOPIA Boutros-Ghali, although he! hagtown warlord, had. differences with the Busharrah Aidid, administration over its refusal, tod the United: accept disafmamentsasa formnal goalprevented an, of- the- U:S.;-led. unified commahd_ ini

[ng of Somnall Somalia,- dismissed: Aidid's attemptom- reach ing. to push them apart:- "The' Unitedat steps toward States is part~of the- United

- Nations," he- said; .'and-coop'eratioinU.N., sponsor between the unified command and-ed to extend the U.N. is perfect."and Secretary- But 136utros-Ghali; refused -toDutros -Gha'li discuss Aidid's rancorous attacks onintinued nego- the U.N. and the secretary-general.iore important "Thley are not important,", Bouttos-ree. Ghal-isaid, "if they were -important,nt is that the I would answer them."~n created, and Pressed whether- cooperationire talking to between the United Nations and

Aidid was now possible, the secre-ributed among tary-general replied, "Our role is to-es, Aidid said cooperate with everybody, and I canDnger has any assure everybody will cooperatedership of the with us."

N... the U.N. The U.N., which called the ses-secretary-gen- sions an "informal preparatoryte failed time meeting," had asked the delegates,,monstrate an from 14 Somali political factions tointricate politi- come up with a date, site and agen-lia." da for national reconciliation con-Ficials as "too ferenlce and to appoint the commit-sive, and too tee that would serve as a liaisonD long accused between the Somali leaders and thes against him, UXN

the warlord of'Kismaya.;-But-th ey. could not- agree. on'the

other members of the committed.,-IMoreover, while most factions-

proposed that a conference. be held-in, Mogadishu tin, 60-da 's,:Aidid,-backed -by- three othe'r -leaders, balkied. I~nstead, Aidid insisted that anational con-ferenceibre postponeduntil- each leader established Jocalauthorities. in,-tlieir regions -and'municipalities. These local authori-ties would. then send representativesto. a national conference.

Aidid's" motivation was unclear,spawning a host of theories fromforeign diplomats and U.N. orffi-cials. Aidid, according. to one view,wanted to have time to consolidatehis position in his own territory dur-ing an era of preparation for peace.

Another view held that Aididwanted to embarrass Boutros-Ghaliby scuttling his peace meetings.Aidid believes that Boutros-Ghali,when he ran foreign policy forEgypt, favored Ali Mahdi overAidid.

Aidid, according to still anotherview, figures- that his best chance tomaintain power in Somalia is toattract the U.S. government with itstraditional penchant for backingstrongmen.

Finally, some analysts guessedthat Aidid -and this theory did notpreclude the others -simplyenjoyed basking in the spotlight ofdefiance. "So far," noted oneEuropean diplomat, "Aidid has.managed to maneuver himself intobeing linchpin of the meetings."

By Stanley MelslerI LOS ANGELES TIMIE

ADDIS /

Following a heady high of 62°F (I 7°C yesterday (a new recordfor the day), our temperatures will gradually subside. to more season-able levels; yet, no bitter (or even normnal) January cold is expectedfor the rest of the week. Weak high pressure will briefly crest overotir area, moving offshore 3y -late Wednesday night, and the skiesshall be fair for the most part with some cloudiness confined to thesouthwestern sections of our region.

The weekend may bring some unsettled weather for Saturday(light rain or mixed precipitation associated with a cold front pas-sage); Sunday will feature a return to seasonal highs of 35-40'F (2-4°C) and lows in the 20s (-6 to - I °C).

Today: Partly sunny, high of 43°F (6°C), winds northwest 5-1 0mph (8-16 kmh).

Tonight: Partly cloudy and frosty with a low of 34°F (VQC in thecity, 20s (-6 to -1°C) in the suburbs.

Thursday: Increasing cloudiness, high around 41°F (5°C), lightto moderate winds from west and southwest 8-15 mph (12-25 kmh).

Friday: Fair skies, highs in the 30s (2-4°C).

Weekend Skid RepnortBy Mlarek ZebrowskiSTA FF MEWOROLOGIST-

-states to recon:-rith the U.N. inian operation.plomat, after'Mnt, said thatdrive a wedge

Sornalia's best kn(Gen. Mohammed Fascorned and belittle(Nations Tu esday and.unprecedented meetirpolitical leaders froagreement on the firstpeace.

Nevertheless, the of the m~eetings agreethem for anothe'r day,,aGeneral Boutros Bomaintained that the coitiation itself was far mithan the failures to agrc

"What is importatpeace process has beerthe Somali leaders Eieach other," he said.

In a statement distriall the Somali delegatethat his faction "no loconfidence in the leadSecretariat of the U.Ntbureaucrats, from theseral downwards, hav4and time again to deiunderstanding of the ircal problems in Somali

Deriding U.N. offlmeddling, too divis,secretive, Aidid, whoBoutros-Ghali of biascalled on the United Stsider its association withe Somali humanitaria

An Americian dipreading the stateneiAidid was "trying to

With the unseasonably warmn weather so far this January, all NewEngland ski areas (except Blue Hills locally) report a base of at least6 inches; in most areas it ranges from I to 3 feet. The only areas withnew wet snow are Sugarbush in Maine; Bretton Woods, Lookout andWildcat mountains in New Hampshire; and Killington, Okemo, andStowie in Vermont. (All others report wet granular and loose granularconditions).

With failing temperatures for the rest of the week, some flurriesare expected in the next two days; additionally, there is a chance ofsome more snow associated with a cold front passage on Saturday. Itseems then that the best bet for skiing this weekend would be to headup to Maine, northernmost areas of New Hampshire and Vermontand the highest elevations, where a decent coating of new snow willimprove the condition of trails.

The Somalis, meeting for many'hours since Monday at a hotel,agreed on the principle of a commit-tee headed by three leaders: Aidid;his arch-enemy in Mogadishu, AliMdahdi Mohamed; and Omar Jess,

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After a short, successful career as a Senate staff member, RonaldH. Brown decided in 1981 to change course. He went to work as alobbyist and soon was representing corporate clients before theSenate Judiciary Committee, where he had served as chief counsel.

The move launched Brown on a political shuttle between theworlds of power and money, a path he has traveled regularly on theway to becoming a highly paid partner in Washington's largest lob-bying firmn, chairman of the Democratic National Commnittee andmost recently, President-elect Clinton's choice for commerce secre-tary.

Wednesday, as he becomes the first Clinton Cabinet nominee tocome up for a Senate confirmation hearing, Brown seems a fittingchoice to mark the return of the Democratic establishment. Theascent of Brown as premier power broker even obscures his mile-stone as the first African American nominated to head theDepartment of Commerce.

But the key ingredients of his success raise questions aboutBrown's appointment. He is far from the first politician with corpo-rate ties to be named to the post. But after an election in whichClinton declared war on special interests, Republican senators arecompiling questions that go to the heart of Brown's lobbying connec-tions, including:

^ Will his past solicitation of campaign contributions from largecorporations influence the department's choice of companies toreceive technology development grants?

* Will he Tecuse himself from dealing with business clients repre-sented by partners of his old firm?

Will his past -lobbying for Japanese electronics, companies softenthe department's resolve to crack down' on fioreign-subsidized importsand the dumping of foreign products?

More general questions of B3rown's judgment may come up inconnection with his lobbying work for the Republic of Haiti duringthe dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier; a $250,0 0 fund he used tocampaign for party chief in 1989 without disclosing contributors, andthe contract negotiations between his political allies in local govemn-ment and companies in which he has a financial interest.

Brown, 51, declined to be interviewed for this article. When hisappointment was announced Dec. 12, he brushed off such questions,saying, "I obviously will do everything that is proper and ethical inmy role as secretary of comumerce."

Pointing to his 20 years of practice, he added, "I am proud of myskills as a lawyer and my skills as an advocate."

His supporters say Brown has always been aboveboard in hispolitical and lobbying work, and that he has demonstrated a willing-ness to mediate differences and rise above self-interest for the largergood.

"He is very skillful in understanding what constituency he repre-sents, the interest of that constituency and when it's important to sep-arate personal and constituent interest one from the other," saidVernon E. Jordan Jr., Clinton's transition chairman who hired Brownfor his first job at the National Urban League.

"I don't know any instance where they've conflicted," saidJordan. "Ron Brown is a man of the highest integrity and character."

Bush Gives GuidelinesFor Mili'taxy Intervention

By R. Jeffrey Smithrand Peter Behr 7CHE WASHINGTON POST

know what decision Fitzwater'sstatement referred to. BP America,like BP Chemical, is a subsidiary ofBritish Petroleum and would pro-vide support for the chemical plant.

Evans said that in April last year,the Defense Department approvedth e proposed deal, provided BPmade certain modificati ons, in theplant's design and observed certainrequirements for monitoring hydro-gen cyanide produced by the plant.

Since then, Evans said, BP offi-cials have met a half-dozen timeswith- State Department officials andhad many telephone conversationswith them, most recently inDecember. He said that to hisknowledge, the last governmentdecision on the matter occurred lastsummer. "It was not a decision tokill it .. .They decided not toapprove it at that time," Evans said.

Evans said. hydrogen cyanidewas not considered a chemicalweapon because it disperses soquickly. "Never were we inclined, to'do anything to contribute to any-one's chemical warfare capability,"he said. Several experts said, bow-ever, that a. global chemicalweapons treat.y to be signed in Parisnext week will impose. restrictionson the sale of hydrogen cyanide,which~acts through the bloodstreamto asphyxiate those exposed to it.

sources.The sources said the meeting did

not resolve two other export licenseWASHINGTON controversies: the proposed sale totration has Iran of American-made crop-dust-the sale to ing, planes and the export to China

11plant that of U.S.-made jet engine technology.y within the Some' administration officials

House oppose these exports on grounds,water said that the planes could be used by Iran

to spray chemical weapons and theit appeared engines could be used by China inat least for cruise missiles. and -attack aircraftlefte unclear, that China wants to sell to Pakistan.nufacturer, Advocates of the exports -within thepermitted to' administration argue- that military-under the use of the crop-dusting planes by

Iran or diversion. of the engines byPChemical China would be-highly unlikely andoposed sale readily detectable.ad not~been Fitzwater said the administration)vernment decided ."a -month ago" not toFtion for an approve the. chemical plant exportn officially but he did not elaborate. AnotherrToused. cgt- White House -official said the -deci-'s manufac-, sion was made after the. Commerced~producc Department-included the proposedas that has, export in- a list of~licienses -it suggeSt7wveapon. ed. the. administration approvesh adminis- before President Bush's term endsdicted on. on Jan. 20.posed .salle Larry W . Evans, director ofiesday at a patent and licensing. -for BPon export America, said the firm's principalI:ter, was -not contact at the State, Department had, to, several told him Tuesday that he did not

The Bush- administidecided not to authorizeIran of a large chemicalhad aroused controversygovernment,' Whitespokesman Marlin Fitz,Tuesday.

Fitzwater" s .statemento lay the matter to Testthe next two weeks, butIwhether the plant's maiBP Chemnical, wvould be 1renew i-ts, applicationClinton administration.

A spokesman for BPTuesday defended the pr(and said the company hainformed by-,any goagency thatffits applicatexport license had beetdenied. The, export-had aiicism because. the plant',turing, process, wouldhydrogen cyanide, a gabeen used as a chemicalvn

.Although several B~ustration officials pre(Monday that the propwould be discussed Tu,White House meetinglicensing cases, the nmattraised there, according,

By ~Michael Rossand WDillam J. EatonLOS ANGELES TIMES

and the Virgin Islands."What a dismal way to begin the

Clinton administration!" saidWASHINGTON Republican Rep. Henry J. Hyde of)st diverse Illinois, who argued that thelakers since Democratic proposal was unconsti-at of office tutional. "This is intolerable and weingress con- shall not tolerate it," added Rep.Iceremony Roscoe G. Bartlett, a freshmannocrats and Republican from Maryland. ears of gov- The rules change allowing the

- elegates- all of whom areickly struck Democrats-to vote for amend-, when the ments on the House floor was laterirst substan- adopted 249-176 ont a straight party-over rival line vote.,

can propos- The rules squabble did little toTiCS govern- dim the mostly festive spirit of theAr. day, however.lying their A mood of cheerful chaos filledrn aside a the Houlse as I110 newly-electedolimit the members of Congress took the oathirmen to six of office in a mass swearing-in cere-mns bitterly mony administered -by Houseproposal to Speakcer Thomas J. Foley (D-of five de]- Wash.). Many of the lawmakersDistrict of brought their families onto the floornd the terri- for the occasion and the aisles wereDan Samoa filled with scampering children and

so much noise that Donald K..Anderson, the exasperated clerk ofthe House, had to pound his gavelfor five minutes to call everyone toorder.

Amid the uproar, Rep. Peter J.Viscloskey (D)-lnd.), entertainedtwo of his children by reading thebook "Aladdin" to them. Other chil-dren squirmed in their seats, or usedthe historic occasion as an opportu-nity to fall asleep.

When the newly elected mem-bers raised their right hands andswore to uphold the Constitution,many of the youngsters jumped upand raised their hands as well. Itwas a sea of faces that includedmany more blacks, Hispanics andwomen than ever before -a diver-sity that leaders of both parties pre-dicted would have a powerfulimpact on the agenda of the newCongress, whose-first legislativebusiness is expected to be passageof a family and medical leave actadopted last year but vetoed byPresident Bush.

The largest and mo:class of freshmen lawmaWorld War {I took the oafTuesday as the 103rd Cotvened amid pomp andand pledges by both DerrRepublicans to end l12 ye~ernment gridlock.

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Democrats were rallHouse majority to turRepublican demand totenns~bf committee chainyears, while Republicayprotested a Democraticpexpand the voting rights egates representing theIColumbia, Puerto Rico antories of Guam, Americ

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A lame duck president's last days in office are a series of finalacts, and President Bush, who gives every appearance of havingcome to terms with this new role, engaged in another "last" hereTuesday, delivering his final major policy address on the proper useof military force in the post Cold War world.

Some 4,000 appreciative West Point cadets engulfed an emotionalBush in waves of applause as he took the stage to put into a policycontext the issue of when, why and how a president should sendAmericans into harm when there is no direct threat to the UnitedStates.

Bush is the expert -having sent forces to Panama, to the PersianGulf first to eject Iraqi invaders from Kuwait and then to protect theKurds, and finally to feed the dying Somalis when there was no threatat stake. Even in these final days, military force is threatened inBosnia.

America, Bush said, cannot be policeman to the world and the factthat it is powerful enough to act does not mean it should act. Thenation's fundamental role abroad, he said, is to "marshal its moraland material resources" to promote peace. "There is no one else," hesaid, who can lead the way. In selected cases, that means militaryforce, but "there can be no single or set rules" to define when militaryforce should be usedl.

But Bush laid out guidelines: Before the military is used, otherpolicies should have proven unsuccessful; force should be likely toachieve a set goal; the ufse of the military should be limited in scopeand time, the benefits justifying the likely sacrifice; the missionshould be "clear and achievable," the military's way out as defined asits way in.

F-DA Orders Proof of SagetyFor Sali'ne Breast Implants

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Norton, who researched the legaldoctrine to support the legislation,called the House action "a spectacu-lar, historic win."

"On 99 percent of the businessof the House, the District will havea vote," she said. "This is somethingthat only recently didn't seem possi-ble."

Under the plan, the District'sdelegate and representatives fromPuerto Rico, G:uam, AmericanSamoa and the U.S. Virgin Islandswill be allowed to vote on virtuallyall contested matters in the House,except the final passage of legisla-tion.

House Democrats initiallyaccepted the proposal early lastmonth, but opposition grew steadilyafter the GOP began to focus publicattention on it. Democrats agreedTuesday to weaken the delegates'power somewhat by preventingthem from providing the margin ofvictory for any legislation.

House Republicans denouncedthe mnove, and Minority Whip Newt

Gingrich said the GOP will go tocourt and attempt to overturn it, per-haps as early as this week.

In debate on the floor, MinorityLeader Robert H. Michel called it "araw grab for power" by Democratsand "unconstitutional, unprecedent-ed and unacceptable, under anyguise, whatever the motivation."

Tuesday's action was part of anunusually sharp battle over rulesthat will govern the House's proce-dure for the next two years. Rulesare traditionally adopted on the firstday of a congressional session, andthe two parties traditionally fightover them. But House Democratsraised the stakes by proposing thenew rule allowing the five delegatesto vote on the floor.

Technically, the change revolvesaround an arcane parliamentarydevice called "the committee of thewhole." Almost everything that hap-pens in the House chamber, includ-ing virtually all the important busi-ness, occurs when it is in session asthe committee of the whole.

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The House voted Tuesday togrant the District of Columbia avoice on the-floortof Congress forthe first Time in its history, narrowlyapproving a plan that gives Del.Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) avote in the full House.

In the first political confrontationof the 1 03rd Congress, which con-vened Tuesday, the House'sDemocratic leadership beat back alate surge of opposition to the planand preserved a 22-vote margin.

The measure, unanimouslyopposed by House Republicans,gives Norton and representatives offour territories the right to vote onall contested issues that come beforethe full House. Previously, theyonly voted in legislative commit-tees.

GOP leadership called the voteunconstitutional and a Democratic,,power grab," and vowed to fight itin court.

WASHINGTON

The manufacturers of saline-filled breast implants -the onlybreast implant still generally available -must prove that theirdevices are safe enough to remain on the market, the Food and DrugAdministration announced Tuesday.

The decision means that the agency intends to put saline implantsthrough the same intense scrutiny given silicone gel implants lastyear. Both reviews are part of the FDA's continuing study of medicaldevices sold before 1976, when Congress gave the FDA the authorityto regulate them.

The FDA said that it also would investigate the safety of testicularimplants, which are used for cosmetic purposes, and inflatable penileimplants, used to treat impotence.

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Next you say that I was "Drunk and abu-sive when he demanded to get into theMedical Center," and the nurse who let the"two young men in" was afraid of us, so shecalled the Campus Police. Let us please getsome basic facts straight. There were three ofus, not two. More importantly, the statementthat we were drunk is blatantly false. Sean hadhad absolutely nothing to drink all night. I hadthree beers in two and a half hours. This doesnot by any measure constitute intoxication ina 255-pound man.

Next, I was not demanding to get in. Theman who drove us there demanded that thenurse open the door when she continued toquestion him after he explained that therewere two students with knife wounds whoneeded treatment. He became frustrated atwhat he perceived to be incompetence on herptart. He simply wanted to see somethingbeing done about his friends, which I think isunderstandable. I said nothin g until a CPasked if I had been stabbed, which I thoughtwas self-evident. I answered, "Yes." In whatway does that constitute abuse?

I can understand that the nurse may wellhave been frightened by an unfamiliar situa-tion that involved two bleeding men, but Ideliberately remained calm to facilitate somesort of treatment. I can back this up with state-ments from guests at our house that night andfrom two nurses at NIGH who "couldn'tbelieve how calm" I was. The statement-that'lwas hard to manage because of these things-isso blatantly untrue as to make me wonder

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where this information comes from.

You seem to have completely missed thepoint of why I spoke to The Tech. I wasattempting to point out possible areas inwhich the preparedness and organization ofour medical facility may be lacking. The MedCenter is advertised as a 24-hour emergencyfacility. If this is to be the case, I believe someimprovements should be made. If it is not thecase, the community should not be led tobelieve that it is. I made my statements in thehope that they would be taken into considera-tion, so that if something similar or worsehappens, it may be handled in a more orga-nized and efficient manner.

Instead of this, you are disputing facts andmaking the situation into some sort of con-frontation between the Medical Departmentand the victims of an assault. In so doing, youare adding more evidence to support the gen-eral student impression that the MedicalCenter is insensitive to their needs and inca-pable of offering the student body the qualityof service it should.

I hope you can handle the situation in amore mature way than you have thus far, andat least take my statements into consideration.Please stop trying to deny any possible mis-take or poor organization on the Med Center'spart with the knee-jerk reaction of makingpersonal attacks ontme, and handle this situa-tion'like the responsible medical professionalyou are.

John P. Olynyk '94

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staff stationed on the third floor of Building 4.A succession of bicyclists, in-line skaters, andthe occasional skateboarder pass my door inthe course of each day. Not a few of themseem convinced that they are on theMassachusetts Avenue Bridge (my favoritewas the 'boarder who did his speeding whilewearing a Walki-an). I have considered con1-structing speed bumps and passing them off asa hack, but the pedestrians might get hurt, asthe lighting isn't so hot up on 3.

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Weinlberg's StatementsWere Inaccurate

The Tech received a copy of this letteraddressed to MI T Medical Director Dr.Arnold Weinberg.

There are some glaring inaccuracies inyour statements quoted in the Dec. 8 issue ofThe Tech ["Stab Victim Faced Wait forTreatment"]. I feel these statements mustaddressed.

First, you state that I was evaluated tomake sure the injury was not life threatening,and that I "was in absolutely no danger." Thisstatement implies that the physician could tellmy life was not in danger, so it was all rightfor me to sit there. However, when I got toNIGH, doctors there immediately began multi-ple IV's and used a CAT scan to determinewhether or not there was bleeding in anyinternal organs. They then kept me for obser-vation until Sunday aftemnoon. I do not believeyou can seriously suggest that with a few min-utes and a stethoscope the MIT MedicalCenter physician was able to say with certain-ty that everything was fine.

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LEAP OF FAffHDirected by Richard Pearce.Screenplay by Janus Cercone.Starring Steve Martin and Debra Winger.

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after their money. Nightengale is too slick,though, and foils him every time. Sheriff Willalso confronts Nightengale, asking for him totake pity on the people, most of whom havelittle money. The reverend responds:

"Up in New York City they've gotBroadway shows that cost $65 a pop just towalk in the door. Maybe you like the showand leave humming a tune, maybe you don'tand kick yourself. I give my people a goodshow, plenty of music, worthwhile sentiments,and most of 'em go home feeling like they'vegot some hope in their lives that wasn't therebefore."

The problem with this is that it remainsclear that delivering hope to the people is the

furthest thing fromNiglitengale's mind.He is after the moneyand the ego-boosting

praise his shows generate.The plot is further complicated by a love

interest between Will and Nighengale's sec-ond-in-command and technical coordinator,Jane (Debra Winger).

The climax of the movie occurs whenJonas is called on to perform a true miracle.Preparing to blame his failure on the crowd'slack of faith, he goes out to make a decentperformance of it. After the reverend layshands on young Boyd (Lukas Haas), the boygets up, hobbles over to the giant crucifix atcenter stage, and throws away his crutches.Jonas is dumbfounded and quits his evangeliz-

ing career, supposedly because he realizesthere are powers greater than him at work in theworld. Jane also quits, finally won over by Will.

The problem with this ending is that Boydbegins to devote his life to Jonas, rather thanthe true "powers that be." There is no cathar-sis. Jonas ends up running away in the middleof the night, Boyd ends up thoroughly con-

fused, and Jane and Will end up questioningwhat went on and what they believe.

The acting in Leap of Faith is good (SteveMartin makes an excellent evangelist/conman) and the singing of the gospel choir (theAngels of Mercy) is wonderful. Overall,though, this is a poor movie that will offendmost and turn the rest away.eap of Faith is a horrible, even offen-

sive film. Its substance is shallow, itsmoral reprehensible, and none of itscharacters are endearing in the least.

The music could have been great, but seemedawkward and out of place in the context of thefilm. Though not badly acted, this movie isnot at all entertaining. Supposedly funny, thefilm will strike a nerve with many people.

Reverend JonasNightengale (SteveMartin) is a con mantouring the country asan evangelist. He gives reviva ist tentmeetings, performing "miracles" and relievingpeople of their money. The Nightengaletroupe is on its way to Topeka when theyencounter some trouble on the road. They endup marooned in the small town of Rustwater,Kansas, so Jonas decides to set up shop thereto milk the local inhabitants for all he can.

He meets some opposition from the localsheriff (Liam Neeson), who sees Nightengalefor what he is, a skirt-chaser, a liar, and athief. He attempts to persuade the poor town-folk, mostly farmers in the midst of a longdrought, that Jonas is nothing but a con man

Raeverend Jon~as NightOlengale (Steve Martin) leads his ministry In Leap of Fafth.

only had voice recordings of JonathanFreeman. I kind of liked his voice - therewas a sort of an arrogant attitude in it. Then,through the drawing, I tried to come up withsomething that would fit the style of the moviebut also that I could have some fun with. Sohe's got this eerie mask and he's very skinnyand has a cape and so forth. Once I had thisdesign set and started the animation, wordwas getting around that Jonathan wascoming by. I remember when he cameinto my room I was saying, 'Oh myGod, I can't believe you're Jafar,'because he's a little chubby Ialmost couldn't imagine thatvoice comingout of thatB itm an. Uwe had lunchand we talked and I watched how he moved. iJonathan's been on Broadway, so when hemoves there's a little bit of a theatrical qualityto it - the way he gestures and rolls his eyes.I thought, 'I can make that work. That's some-thing I can really push.' And therefore Jafarturned out a little- theatrical and over the top." I

If the strikingly punt appearance of War iis far removed ftm that of Freeman, it is cer-tainly'even faitliefrernov�d- from that -of theother characters who inhabit the fictionalArabian kingdom of Agrabah. Dejasexplained that the differentiation was quite I

intentional. "Eric Goldberg, who designed theGenie, was the first one on the show and heturned us all on to drawings and caricatures byAl Hirschfeld. Eric found that his styleworked very well for the Genie and soon theother guys tried to do that as well - making

one that I can think of is pi7obably Maleficentbecause she was a villain who was strong bynot doing very much. It was all in her posesand her subtleties, versus people like CruelleDe Vil and Captain Hook, who are very phys-ical. Starting out, I didn't know which way to

go, because in the storyboards he was dig-ging for the lamp in the sand and scream-

ing in one scene, and in oth-ers he was holding still. The

more I animated, the more Ifound out that this is a guy

you real lywant tounderplay. He

becomes muchmore powerfulyou keep him

btle."The work of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld has

been cited by many people associated withAladdin as a strong graphic influence, but inthe early days of Disney's feature animation,he was one of Disney's strongest critics. Afterihe release of Snow White and the SevenDwarves, the first animated feature-lengthfilm, Hirschfeld complained, "The illusion ofa well directed pen line is not to be confusedwith the gingerbread realities of a SnowWhite. Disney's- treatment of these charactersbelongs in -the oopsy-woopsy school of artpracticed mostly by etchers who portray dogswith cute sayings. To imitate an animatedphotograph-except as satire is in poor taste."

When I brought this up, Dejas responded,"He came to our studio about three weeks agoand we talked about this. What he was object-ing to were characters like Snow White whowere drawn really close to life and seemed tobe copies of live action. He loved the dwarvesand said that they were great but he didn't likethe straight characters. We also showed himAladdin and he just loved it. I don't think thatany of the characters are realistically por-trayed like Snow White or something likeCinderella. Actually when he saw the screen-ing, he said that he was jealous of us becausewhile his lines were just on paper, our linesmoved."

The narrative structure of Aladdin wasadjusted and reworked fairly often during itsproduction. Some scenes were added, whileothers, such as a conclusion which revealedthe street merchant narrator to be the Genic indisguise, were excised in an attempt tostreamline the film. The sequence which con-tained Jafar's only song was revised severaltimes.

"What happened was that towards the endof the movie when he is really powerful andhas the lamp, all of a sudden he broke into asong talking about his problems and who heis. Even though it was a great song, at thatpoint in the story it just didn't fit. They triedto cut the song out altogether, replacing it

ith the 1992 crop of movies finallydrawing to a close, it is fair to saythat Naddin was one of the year'smost entertaining films. As with

most of Disney's animated successes, one ofthe strengths of Aladdin lies in its villain, theonly character with both the greedy ambitionand the power to set the workings of th6 plotin motion. War, the sly and scheming vizierto the Sultan of Agrabah, is a wonderfullydepraved character, and a worthy peer ofDisney villains of the past. Jafar's angulardesign and understated movements were cre-ated by supervising animator Andreas Deja,who has previously overseen Gaston fromBeauty and the Beast.jand King Triton fromThe Little Mermaid. j s�Oe� to Dejas about hiswork in Aladdin'when the film opened nation-ally in lat6 Noveimber.-

More than a-few-'Qf Pisney's many memo-r9ble characters -shre'-phyAcal- qualities withthe actors who' -pr&idetMr vocal talents.Dejas, though, created, the. look' of Jafar.- longbefore seeing Jonathan-Frteman; tke..yoicebehind the vizier. I came onto the movie andwas supposed to design the character but they

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When asked to compare Jafar with pastDisney villains, Dejas observed, "The closest

The sharp angularitles and vertical lines present In the face of Jafar (right), designed by supervising animator Andreas Deja, con-Aladdin, Page 8

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mously entertaining, but because Williams'

talents are not the only ones fleshing out the

popular character. "I'm actually very much

with you on that," Dejas said when I asked

him about this. "We were talking with the

Academy to find out whether Robin Williams

could actually receive an award for a support-

ing role and he can! So I think that they're

going to try to make that happen. And I'd be

very disappointed if, were he to win, only he

goes up on the stage to pick it up. It's a S50-5

thing and Eric Goldberg should be up there

because he made it act. Robin Williams gave

us a beautiful track -it's a sort of stand-up

comedy radio show in a way -but Eric had

to visualize all of that and he brought that

character to life."Apparently the victim of some type of ani-

mation typecasting, Andreas Deja will next be

bringing to life the villain in the animated fea-

ture King of the Jungle, which Disney plans to

release in 1993.

have had a song with Jafar maybe at the

beginning of the movie. Later on I had an idea

that when Waar is changing into the old man,

he could s'ing about his problems while you

actually see him dress up. It would have given

him some nice character development."

In many reviews of Aladdin, Robin

Williams, who provides the voice of the

Genie, has been getting the bulk of the credit

for the film's success. This is a bit unfair, not

only because the entirety of the movie is enor-

Aladdin, from Page' 7

with story continuity, and that sort of worked

but it was kind of dry and someone said that it

really missed a musical piece. Then someone

suggested we pick up the Prince Ali theme

and humiliate the lad with a reprise version ...

Thank God I hadn't animated yet. It was sto-

ryboarded and composed and scored actually,

but nevertheless we went for the shorter ver-

sion and that's the way it is now. We could

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O N T H S C R N****:~ Excellent (Stephen Rea) is a remarkably well-written

piece of work that at first seems to follow itsprotagonist in aimless yet intriguing direc-tions, but eventually reveals itself to be a per-fiectly- structured look at violence, race, love,and sexuality. Rea is ordered to guard a kid-napped British officer (Forest Whitaker), buthe begins to care for the hostage and laterflees to London, where he meets the officer'sgirlfriend (Jaye Davidson). The two halves ofthe film, which contain some completelyunpredictable plot twists, become mirrors ofone another, reflecting how understanding andcompassion may be a means of salvation.Loews Harvard Square

**** Howards EndThe filmmaking trio of James Ivory, Ismail

Merchant, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala havetranslated E. M. Forster's novel of class strug-gles in 20th-century England into a brilliantfilm that is an astonishing achievement. Thescreen is filled with contrasting elements suchas the rich and the poor, the romantic and thepragmatic, and the urban and the pastoral. Thealternately funny and moving story considerswhich group will ultimately inherit the nation.Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter,

and Samuel West are excellent,Redgrave and Emma Thompson ing. Loews Copley Place

and Vanessa Caine does a commendable job at playingastraight Scrooge while his more lively artifi-cial co-stars contrast nicely with the darkLondon setting. And the movie makes themost it can out of amusing scenes involvingsinging vegetables, Dr. Bunsen Honneydcwand Beaker as charity collectors, and FozzieBear as Scrooge's former employer,Fozziwig, but most of the humor comes fromthe audience's prior knowledge of theMuppets rather than any genuine wit. LoewsCopley Place

*I/2 Peter's FriendsAfter going two for two with Henry V and

Dead Again, actor/director Kenneth Branaghhas made his first disappointing film. A cosmicdrama about six college friends who reunitefor the first time in years, the movie is finewhen it sticks with its smart sense of humor.Unfortunately, it ventures all too often intosmarmy and contrived melodramatic territoryas every one of the characters faces some typeof crisis. All the performers are good, particu-larly Emma Thompson and Stephen Fry, butfor every extremely funny one-liner there is ascene in which the host walks up to someoneand spurts, "Well, congratulate me! I just didX to Y and ruined Z and..." LoewsNickelodeon

**** The PlayerRobert Altman's comedy about the intel-

lectual decay of Hollywood is as hilarious asit is true to life. Tim Robbins is very good as amovie executive troubled both by an upstartmoving in on his job and by threatening post-cards from a writer whom he ignored in thepast. The film's self-reflective style entertainsimmensely while revealing the highly con-structed and constricted nature of today'smovies. L oews Copley Place

*** SinglesThis light and entertaining film focuses on

the struggles of six singles in their 20s as theytry to understand love and relationships. SteveCambell, Kyra Sedgwick, Bridget Fonda, andMatt Dillon are all good, the script by directorCameron Crowe is often extremely funny, andSeattle locations and music provide an inter-esting backdrop. Although it is not as realisticas Crowe's Say Anything, the movie is filledwith wonderful isolated moments that arefilled with truthful familiarity. ArlingtonCapitol Theatre

Spike Lee has translated the complex lifeof Malcolm X into a fascinating and involvingepic which, like most of Lee's work, raisesmore questions than it does answers. Despiteoccasional lapses into excess and the omissionof some of Malcolm's more incendiaryremarks, the film is a well-balanced portrayalof a man who went through many differentphases, each flawlessly-acted out by DenzelWashington, in an attempt to right the injus-tices done to blacks. Although the film, likeMalcolm, never comes to a truly workablesolution, it expresses the racist problems at theroots of society more powerfully than anyother recent movie. National AmusementsCircle Cinema

**1/2 The Muppet Christmas CarolThe latest film featuring the late Jim

Henson's Muppets provides a few solidlaughs and is a fair version of CharlesDickens' perennial classic, but it is easily theweakest of the four Muppet movies, Michael

Never less than enormously entertaining,Disney's latest animated delight is a hilariousmusical adventure based loosely on theArabian Nights tale of a peasant boy and amagical lamp. Thanks to the vocal talents ofcomedians Robin Williams and GilbertGottfried and clever animation by Disneyartists, this is probably the funniest animatedfilm ever, but it never loses sight of the exu-berant sense of wonder that permeates all ofDisney's best works. And with a breakneckpace and an abundance of wonderful images,only a second viewing reveals most of thebackground gags and beautiful artistry thatwent into producing this absolute pleasure.Coolidge Corner Theatre

*1/2 The BodyguardWhitney Houston essentially plays herself,

a temperamental pop singer who lacks song-writing ability and good musical taste, andKevin Costncr is a Secret Service agent hiredto protect her after she begins to receive deaththreats in this mediocre romantic thriller. Theromance in particular is emotionless, thanks toCostner's dry character and Houston's unde-veloped acting abilities. M~ost of TheBodyguard, including the casting of Houstonmerely to cash in on the sale of a soundtrack,is little more than an unpleasant reminder thatHollywood is an industry more interested inproducing money than art. Loews Cheri

*** Bram Stoker's DraculaDirector Francis Ford Coppola has fash-

ioned a film with a frenetic pace and ubiqui-tous visual tricks in a style that is closer tothat of MTV and Barman director Tim Burtonthan it is to the Victorian gothic horror ofDracula author Bram Stoker. The movie'sappearance completely dominates over thedisjointed plot and poorly drawn characters,making most of the film an attractive muddledmess. But the effects, sets, and costumes areso vivid and excessive that Dracula managesto be very interesting even as it frustrates witha lack of coherence and drama. Loews FreshPond

**** The Crying GameNeil Jordan's story of an IRA terrorist

scrooge (Michael Caine) is confronted by the Ghost of Christmas Present, one of thefew original muppets in the disappolinting Muppet Christmas Carob.

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by tuition, earnings on investments,or gifts, he added. "If you assumethat there is pressure to keep tuitionlow ... you're going to have to

..decide what's not going to be donesomewhere else."

Phones, lights also addressedGlavin said the Institute was

working on the installation of eightn'ew emergency telephones alongMemorial Drive. She said more-phones will be added in future years"jas budgetary restrictions allow."

MIT is also, planning to installlights along, the Memorial Drivesidewalk. Glavin -said MIT is cur-rent ly, negotiating with thieMassachusetts District Commissionover the use of electrical conduit leftfrom sidewalk lights it-maintainedin the past.-

G~lavin said the pairing of MITand Cambridge police officers onLpatrols on t'he campus perimeter hasbeen very successful since its incep-tion in early December. She 'said themultiple daily patrols were focusedoie five -zones: Memorial Drive,Vassar" Street, Albany-: Street,-Massachusetts Avenue, and-KendallSquare. Glavin added that "therewill probably lie some increase" inthe number of Campus Police offi1-cers, but said she did not yet knowthe exact number. ..

Nicholas Thismond G. a GSCrepresentative, suggested that theburden on Campus Police could beeased slightly by the creation of stu-dent patrols inside buildings. Glavinconcuffed, saying that she stronglyencourages such patrols and could

arrange for training and use ofpolice radios for committed volun-teers.

."People besides the CampusPolice need to stand up and say thatpeople need to think about changingtheir behavior.- People hear it fromus all the time and become numb toit," Glavin said.

Glavin and Associate Dean. forResidence and Campus ActivitiesJames IL Tewhey raised the idea ofadding a safety program toResidence/Orientationl Week-.Tewhey said the two would discussthe idea with Associate Dean forUndergraduate Academic AffairsTravis R. Merritt, who coordinatesR/O activities.

Attempted armed robberyAn MIT employee was the vic-

tim of an attempted armed robberyon Dec. 175 1992. The victim waswalking between Buildings 9 and 13at approximately 8 p.m., accordingto a Campus Police bulletin. Thevictim was not harmed, and theattacker escaped toward Massachu-setts Avenue.

The attacker approached the vic-tim an'd said,, "Give me your wal-let,": according to the bulletin. Asthe employee continued walkingaway, the subject slashed his sleevewith "'a sharp object which the vic-tim could not identify," the bulletinreported. The victim described theassailant as 'a 17 to 18-year-oldblack male with medium build-andwearing dark clothing.,

No other incidents have beenreported since Dec. 17, Glavin said.,

Safety, from Page I

Glavin said she has "heard noth-ing negative" about the expansionso far. She said the true measure -ofits success will not be made "proba-bly until IAP is over" or a fewmonths later. "We can't reallyassess the impact of the new vansuntil more students come back tocampus," she said. "I expect that aspeople see the system wo~rking bet-ter, they will rider it more,~ and by theend of the semester waiting timesmay be back where they were at thebeginning of the year," she added.

Undergraduate AssociationSafety Committee chai~r Colin M.Page '95 agreed. "Many people usethe shuttle as WarmkRide rather. thaniSafe Ride, and that's going toincrease i~f. waits are shorter," hesaid.

Glavin would not comment onlthe cost of the.Safe Ride expansionexcept to say that the system wasessentially doubled in termss of vansand drivers.

Immerman estimated that thetwo vans .cost -$50,00,0.. He also saidthe, total operatingiotf the nfe'wsy stem would come to about$2,35,000 a year, based on'lastyear's $135,000 cost.

Immerman did not -know howth e costs would increase in futureyears "~since, we don't have experi-ence about how quickly the vehicleswill outlive their usefulness.".

The purchase and operationalcosts are -considered "as a generaloperating expense of the Institute,Immerman said. These are covered

Scholars, from Page I be an astronaut.Blasch is a pilot and skier and

l also enjoys bungee jumping.LJayachandran is a senior in elec-

Itrical engineering. However, sherealized that she liked the physicsside of EE more, she said. She is

lcurrently working on her thesis inLsemiconductor research. She is also

concentrating in philosophy at MIT."I've always been interested in

rpolitics, especially science policy. Iwas interested in politics' in high

[school, like in current events.. So.it was natural to volunteer in

[Clinton's, presidential] campaignIthis year. Politics has always been

on the side, but now I want to com-bine it with science," in a positionsuch as analyzing environmental

orpolicy in the Department of Energy,Jayachandran said.

Combining these interests,Jayachandran will study the philoso-phy of physics at Oxford, she said.

She also participated in severalactivities at, -MIT, including. the.Committee on Curricula, associateadvising, and varsity tennis (win-ning an Intercollegiate TennisAcademic All-American Award).

She added that she likes kiyow-'ing, that she will. not have to applyfor jobs or graduate school nextyearI. After that, "I like the idea ofbeing a professor, going on and get-ting a Phl). I want to study somemore in science, go on to academiaor policy," Jayachandran said.

-"I was definitely'very excited.when the final word came," she.added.

Hyun Soo Kim '96 contributed tothe reporting of this story.

that being deferred is disadvanta-geous, so they don't apply waly.That's another reason the early'poolis strong.";

MIT does not reject any earlyaction applicants. They are eitheradmitted or deferred to be consid-ered with the regular applicants.>

Behnke added that the male-to-female ratio in the early applicantpool was similar to last year's, sothat the projected ratio in nextyear.'s freshm an cl ass is three-to-onle.

Blasch is a senior in mechanicalengineering and plans to study for amasters degree at the ImperialCollege of Science, Technology,and Medicine in London.

"My heroes have been the menand women who have challengedfate and made the unknown known.Like the soldier Odysseus, I want totravel through the unknown trustingin my knowledge and ingenuity toguide me safely," Blasch said inTech Talk

Blasch is a member of the AirForce ROTC program and receivedone of two scholarships to the AirFo'rce's Flight Training School,according to Tech Talk. He won theAir Force Association "Top Pilot inthe, Northeast" award and aspires to

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1Admissions, from Page I anything different in selecting early

action applicants. "In early actiondecisions, we try to ask ourselveswhether we would take them lateron in regular admissions -if yes,then we take them."

However, "since they are thepeople that have chosen MIT earlyon, these students tend to be morefocused on science and engineeringthin regular applicants," saidBehnke.

Though it is not the case,Behnke said "a lot of students feel

give financial aid as soon as theadmitted student's materials arecomplete, but now no one will getaid until April."

"Knowing there would be noresponse to -financial aid applica-tions may have slowed down earlyapplicants, 14udsonl added.

Students receive same considerationBehnke also said that the admis-

sions committee does not look for

Athena, fronrPage 1 "The user ID, password, and the.name of the system to which theAthena user was connecting wereevidently captured" and placed inhidden files, which occupied a largeamount of space, said Ceciliad'Oliveira '77, director of DCNS.

DCNS Network Manager Jeffrey1. Schiller '79 noticed signs that thisbreach of security was: similar toother occurrences across theInternet, said Ts'o. "The pattern wasobvious, so we looked around and'found the hidden files."

The suspect may have used asimilar program to initially gainaccess to Athena, Ts'o said. "Wehave discovered how he then made

himself superuser and have closedthat loop now."

"Basically part of the problemwas that we weren't paying as closeattention to the dialup servers as ws,should have," Ts'o said. "it wasblind luck that we found it when wedid," he said. He added that thedialup machines require a littlemore attention than the workstationsin the clusters because-machines inthe clusters have a program thatautomatically purges modificationslike the one the suspect made.

"Someone. is working on ways ofsecuring the dialup servers so thatsomething like this can't happenagain," Ts'o said.

DCNS explicitly refrained from dis-tributing the notice electronically,Ts'o explained. "One of our big.concerns was that we did not wantto tip off the guy that he might bearrested. At the time we sent outthat notice, he was still active."

Full directory led to discoveryDCNS became aware of the

security breach 'when "~one. of thepeople who was maintaining-dialupsfound that the Atmp [directory] wasfilled up. He also found a programwhich made you a superuser on thatdialup if you executed it,," Ts'o said.

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member Ian Blasch '93 were namedMarshall Scholars.

Women's sailingThe women's sailing team is

ranked third in the nation followingcompletion of the fall portion of itsseason. The Engineers trail defend-ing national champion DartmouthCollege and Tufts University in theratings, which were recently pub-lished in the January, 1993 editionof Sailing World.

Men'ts basketballCenter Keith Whalen '96 has

made an immediate impact not onlyon the MIT basketball program butalso in the Constitution AthleticConference (CAC). Whalen leadsthe CAC in scoring with an averageof 17.6 points per game. Whalenwas featured in the Jan. 3 edition ofThe Boston Globe.

Men's tennisCoach Jeff Hamilton won the

Men's 40 Division singles champi-onship at the recently concludedIntercollegiate Tennis AssociationNational Convention andTournament in Tampa, Fla.Hamilton defeated John Messick ofColorado State University in thefinals 6-1, 6-2 after defeating LarryHarris of Fresno State Universityand Peter Lehmann from FloridaInternational University in straightsets. Hamilton also teamed with PatBreen of Samford University andadvanced to the semi-finals in thedoubles competition.

Honors continue to roll in forfootball wide receiver RoddyTranum '93. Tranum has beennamed the GTE College SportsInformation Directors of America(CoSIDA) College DivisionFootball Academic All-America ofthe Year, and has been selected asthe winner of a prestigious NationalCollegiate Athletic Association

- ~(NCAA) post-

Sno~~~s graduate schol-Spr t arship. Withsap these awards,;>n~ts Tranum joins

- ---- Rill Singhose'90, the only other MIT athlete toreceive the national Academic All-America of the Year honor.Tranurn's vote total was the highestamong the 25 members of the GTECoSlDA Academic All-Americafirst team. The selection of Tranumfor the scholarship marks the thirdconsecutive year MIT has producedan NCAA postgraduate Scholarshipwinner in football.

In other GTE CoSlDAAcademic All-America news, MITvolleyball outside hitter ColleenJohnson '93 has been named to thenational third team.

Three MIT athletes have beenselected to study in England by theRhodes and Marshall Scholarshipcommittees. Mark Lundstrom G. amember of the ski team, is the recip-ient of a Rhodes Scholarship, whilewomen's tennis player SeemaJayachandran '93 and rifle team

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