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Thursday, January 1 5, 1981Volume 100, Number 56

By Richard Salz"It's going to be scary. You're

going to turn on your gas rangeand all you'll get is a flicker ...and no heat," said Boston Gasspokesman Frank Arricale. Ar-ricale was explaining what wouldhappen if stringent conservationmeasures weren't enforced.

A bitterly cold winter and somemiscalculations have resulted in agas shortage that now threatensto turn the Commonwealth intoone large icicle.

The public first felt the effectsof the shortage this past Monday,when the towns of Lowell andCape Cod practically had to"shut down." Lowell city officialsdeclared a state of emergency,closing all schools and asking allbusinesses that could not switchto other fuels to close as well.Schools throughout most of theCape were also closed.

Officials intend to reopen theschools Friday. This would meana loss of only one school day, astoday is a statewide holiday. Inaddition to the school closings,the gas companies asked all resi-dents to turn their thermostatsdown ten degrees; othercustomers were asked to lower

hthem to 40 degrees.

Plans had been made by theLowell Gas Company and theCape Cod Gas Company incooperation with the state toswitch over to liquified naturalgas reserves, a more expensivefuel imported from Algeria, whilecutting down on their natural gasuse.

In his State of the Com-monwealth speech Monday night,Governor Ed King assured thetwo localities that the worst oftheir problems were over. Kinghad been re-assured that therewould be no problem with gettingthe Algerian supplies quickly, andBoston Gas said they would have"no problem" meeting their gasrequirements until the crunch hadeased.

Less then 24 hours later,however, the company was callingon the state for help during thiscoldest January on record. Kingquickly declared an "energyemergency" and outlined anumber of state-wide conserva-tion measures.

The utility had apparently mis-calculated their needs so badlythat an emergency declarationwas required to cut consumptionand get_ Boston thrQighk the next

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90 caseswas less than 36 ulnits.

"The limit of 36 unitrs is onlyused to consider the student at theGrades Meeting," explained Jef-'frey Spivak '82, a student memberof the CAP. "It isn't a limit underwhich warnings are immediatelygiven out."

Many students are under theimpression that if the product oftheir cumulative average and theirterm credit load is greater than100, they will avoid being flaggedby the computer. This "multiplia-tion system" was abolished by theCAP four years ago because itturned out that certain studentswith a D average on,,many unitswere escaping notice.

By Laura FarhieThe Committee on Academic

Performance (CAP) will bedeciding Monday whether or notapproximately ninety studentswill be asked to withdraw fromMIT next term.

The number is "very slightlylower" than in previous terms, ac-cording to E. Jane Dickson, Ad-ministrative Assitant to the CAP.Fifty-five students, 1.3.percent ofthose registered, were required towithdraw from the Institute lastterm, Dickson noted. "'Justbecause we're looking at themdoesn't mean that they will berequired to w'ithdraw." II

Those students not receiving aRequired Withdrawal will likelyget put on Academic Warning. Anumber of students have alreadybeen put on Warning as a resultof-the Grades Meetings held bythe CAP in conjunction withCourse representatives last week.

Although the final number isnot yet known, Dickson predictsthat the number of students onWarning for the upcoming termwill be "pretty normal." Last spr-ing, 204 students- 4.7 percent ofthose registered - were put onAcademic Warning.

Students being reveiwed atMonday's Deferred ActionMeeting received letters inform-ing them of an imminent Warn-ing or Withdrawal. The lettersurged-the students to see their ad-visor or any other person who canjustify their poor academic per-formance to the CAP.

The CAP members feel that hisDeferred Action Policy gives a'"fair break" to the student.

Dickson also pointed out thatstudents do not appreciate thefact that MIT considers personalreasons for poor performance,while "'certain other schoolsthrow a student out even if he'shad 'Mono' all term."

A computer puts a notation bya student's name on the end-of-term Summary Sheet, "flagging'them, if their cumulative averageis less Athnan d3. of-if thte temrn load

By Stephanie Pollack'It is possible that the "rather

elderly white males" of the in-coming Reagan administrationwill create "a- decade of terribledisorder and drifting and con-fusion," according- to formerRepresentative Robert Drinan.

Drinan, speaking in 10-250Tuesday night, predicted thatdespite ample cause for concernon the part of liberals, the 1980election would prove to be an ex-pression of dissatisfacion withPresident Carter rather than aradical ideological shift to conser-vatism.

The US has not, observedDrinan, "witnessed a revolutionas profound as that of 1932"when the liberal philosophy firsttook hold. Drinan said thatAmericans were simply scared this

.rme because they saw "fadingbefore their eyes the ideal of aconstantly rising standard ofliving." Drinan does not feel thatthe gains of the liberal era will bewashed away, and that therewould be no "generation-longshift to-the right."

Drinan represented Mas-sachusetts' 4th Congressional dis-trict from 1970 until 1980, whenthe Pope denied him permissionto run for re-election. Drinan hadbeen the only Catholic priest inCongress. A practicing lawyerbefore running for Congress,Drinan recently began teaching acourse in human rights at theGeorgetown University LawSchool.

The former representative.denied conservative allegationsthat the liberals had accomplishedas much as was possible. He citedthe Head Start program, foodstamps, and job trainingprograms as important productsof the liberal Demlocratic era of1932 to 1980. Drinan noted thatliberals had "miles to go beforewe sleep," mentioning tne exten-sion of pension services,improved occupational safety andthe eradication of poverty- par-ticularly among blacks -as im-portant but unfinished tasks.

Drinan sees the Reagan ad-ministration as having its "backto the wall," with perhaps' sixmonths to prove itself to thescared and dissatisfied Americanpeople. Dismissing the conser-vatives' supply side economics as,,snake oil economics," Drinanpredicted that "like most of us,[the Republicans) will not bethinking long-range." Drinansummarized the Republicanphilosophy. as wanting to cut"1,waste, fraud, and fat- and whocan be against that?"

Drinan confessed that his "'vi-sion of the world is very tragic atthis moment." He sees arms con-trol, as the "number one moraland scientific problem in theworld. "War is unthinkable -war always creates moreproblems than it resolves." Thecontinued rise of the defense

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budget will be a problem, heclaimed, as long as "wheneveryou have a hearing, generals andscientists from MIT come" totestify that more weapons areneeded.

Drinan urged young people tobe "well informed, to protest, andto be ready" to support theirviews. He found it "particularly

MIT starts hBy Steven Solnick

In an apparent modification ofits previously articulated position,the Institute announced yesterdaythat it would offer a special part-time degree program forengineers in high-technology in-dustry.

MIT's new Master's DegreeProgram for Students in Industrywill allow high tech employees to

D.inan spoke in 10-250 Tuesday

distressing that young peopledon't participate" in elections.During the lengthy question andanswer session following his briefprepared address, Drinan quip-ped that preparedness was neces-sary since young people "need toknow what new outrage they're[the Reagan Administation]perpetuating today or tomor-row."

lighmtech S.MWobtain a Master's Degree whileworking largely on a part-timebasis and doing their research attheir place of employment.Unlike a related degree programfor high tech industry offered byStandord Universtiy, the MITdegree wouild require a one-termresidence and a regular Master'sthesis.

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WorldIranian solution draws nearer - "We are going to release thehostages in two or three days or try them," said Iran's chief hostagenegotiator Behzad Nabavi, addressing the Iranian parliament. Anumber of Western reporters said that Nabavi's speech was an effort toprod the Majlis into action. The parliament adjourned, however, afterpassing only one of the bills necessry to implement part of the proposedUS settlement.

Rome paper relents - Rome's largest newspaper has agreed topublish propaganda from the Red Brigades, the Italian terrorist group,in an effort to save the life of a judge held by the Brigades. The paper isbreaking with the ranks of the other Italian papers who refused to yieldto what they termed "terrorist blackmail." The Red Brigades had con-demned Judge D'Urso to death for deciding which inmates should betransferred to maximum-security prisons.

Begin postpones election decision - Israeli Prime MinisterMenachem Begin postponed until Friday his government's decision onwhether to call early elections while one of his ministers tried to workout a plan to hold on to power through the summer. Leaders of Begin'scoalition have twice postponed a decisive meeting, and with the sessionnow scheduled for Friday, it means a final decision is almost impossiblebefore Sunday, when the Cabinet next meets.

Poles strike, briefly - Thousands of workers called a two-hour strikeyesterday in a towl near the Soviet border, where the Soviet com-mander of East Bloc forces met with the Polish Communist Party chief.The two-hour strike was to support farmers seeking to unionize in-dependant of any Communist Party control. Solidarity, the nation'slargest union, continued to urge workers to boycott their jobs over theweekend to press demands for an immediate five-day, forty-hour week.

N ation'Super' tampons dangerous - A study conducted by the MinnesotaHealth Department claims that wonmen who use high-absorbancytampons run a much greater risk of getting toxic shock syndrome thanthose who use smaller, less absorbant ones. The study found that ailusers of a "super," tampon were 17 to 30 times more likely to get therare, but sometimes fatal. disease. Those using a low-absorbancytampon were two to three times more likely to get it than woman whodo not use tampons at all, the study continued.

Haig: I won't apologize - Calling Watergate "comparable to theworst of the so-called McCarthy era," Secretary of State-designateAlexander Haig, Jr., said he would not judge the actions of the Presi-dent or others involved at the time, only that "I think it was illegal andstupid." Haig admitted the White House was guilty of trenmendousabuses of power, but told the committee he would "not engage in meacu.pas."

By Richard Salz

Announcements

A committee is being formed to,investigate the inability to activelyinclude off-campus students in UA..programs. The central issue thecommittee will be addressing isthe lack of proportional represen-tation in the General Assembly.All are encouraged; for more info,call Bill Ogilvie at x3-2198 or stopby the UA office.

H ELP Loans are now available atthe interest rate of 9% at yourlocal bank or credit union. Anystudent attending school in Mas-sachusetts is eligible to apply.Undergraduate students can bor-row up to $3000 aI year, andgraduate students up to $5000 ayear. You don't have to start pay-ing anything back until sixmonths after you- Iinish school.Contact your bank for informia-tion, or call MASS-HELP at 426-9434.,

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In declaring the emergencyyesterday, King asked BostonGas customers to lower their ther-mostats to 63 during the day. Theutility additionally asked resi-dents to turn the heat down to 58'at night. The elderly are exemptedfrom these requests. In addition,local industries have been askedto set their thermostats at 55degrees.

Boston Gas also normallydraws on reserves of liquefiednatural gas, LNG, to offsetwinter's added need for fuel. OnDecember 28, however, they

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di-essed the Massachusetts HighTechnology Council last Octoberon the subject of MIT's coopera-tion with industry. That speechwas widely interpreted at the timeas excluding the possibility of anypart-time Malster's program forindustry employees.

The High Tech Council hadbeen pressing for MIT to institutea part-time program similar toStanford's. The Institute's an-n ou ncernent v es t e r d a

acknowledged the High TechCoullcil's Interest in the programand thus, presumably, its impacton the decision.

The announcement indicatedthat MIlT would expect industryto be a ''partner in thiseducational venture."

The degree would be offered bythe D:epartment of ElectricalEngineering and ComputerScience: high tech companies inMassalchusetts consist largely ofthe semlicollductor firms alongRoute 128 outside of Boston.

received word that their Algerian_shipment would not be forthcom-ing. Still, the company projectedthat it had enough reserves to lastuntil February 15.

Boston Gas has-two LNGstorage tanks, both in Dorchester.One of the tanks was completelyempty, and the other held onlyfive feet of LNG according to acompany spokesman. The normalcapacity of the tanks is 100 feeteach.

The problem has been exacer-bated for all three firms becauseof delays in the shipment ofemergency LNG supplies fromSavannah, Georgia.

The first delay was caused bymechanical problems in the com-munications lines,. preventingutility officials from reaching a

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tanker's owner until 7:30 Tuesdaynight.

The second delay is the result ofa Coast Guard regulation requir-ing tankers to dock only indaylight hours at high tide. Thetanker is now expected to pull inJanuary- 26 with 50,000 cubicmeters of LNG, equivalent to atwo-to-three day supply forBoston Gas.

While there is plenty of naturalgas in areas such as Texas andLouisiana, the Commonwealth'spipelines are already full. Conse-quently, the only major deliveryexpected from any quarter is thetanker -and that won't be forabout two more weeks.

Until then, state residents andother users had better bundle upand turn down the heat -or itwill just run out.

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Volume 100, Number 56Thursday. January 15, 1981

News Editors: Jay Glass '82. Richard Salz '82Night Editors: Cindy Delfino '81, Judy L. Passman '83Photo Editor: Rick Parker GSports Editors: Bob Host '81, Eric Flemming '83Arts Editors: Linda Schaffir '82, Jon von Zelowitz '82Advertising Manager: Rich Epstein '83Production Manager: Cindy Delfino '81Indexing Project Representative: A. David Boccuti '79Senior Editor: Leigh J. Passman '81

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other day. I didn't get there. Instead, I spent 45 minutes in 15 degreeweather waiting for the Harvard bus. I Finally gave up.

I took respite in the Coop where I waited 15 minutes to buy a roll offilm. 1 finally gave up.

I went home where I have been waiting for the Registrar to produce acopy of my transcript so that I may apply to graduate schools.

They say all good things come to those who wait. I was beginning todoubt it.

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On the other hand, I got to thinking. The last year has actually beena particularly fine one for patient people.

Take Paul Gray, for example. After a wait of 30 years in Cambridge,he finally made it to the top of the Tech heap.

Or take the MIT Dining Service (you've got no choice if you're afreshman). After ten years of having to be sensitive to customers'wishes, they finally got their captive clientele back last year.

On a larger scale, of course there are the Republicans, who finallygot what they've been waiting for since the fifties - the government.

Ronald Reagan finally got to move out of the Pacific Palisades andinto the White House- after only sixteen years of trying.

George Bush may get the same thing if he can ony wait a little bitlonger.

Henry Kissinger was resurrected after only seven years. Or, at leasthis foreign policy was. If you doubt this, you need only look at thesooth being said by our incoming Secretary of State, Alexander Haig:

"It neither serves the purpose of social justice nor the vitalinterests of America to pursue policies under the rubric ofhuman rights which have the practical consequences ofdriving authoritarian regimes friendly to the West intototalitarian models where they will remain in a state of per-manent animosity to the American people and our in-terests."'

That must also have brought a smile to the face of many a SouthAmerican despot, who has also been waiting eight years for such a tuneto rise over Washington.

McCarthyists have been waiting 25 years to hear government aidesdeclare, "The threat to the internal security of the Republic is greatertoday than at any time since World War 11." Congressional andReagan transition aides have been endorsing the revival of internalsecurity committees in Congress to counter the threat to "internalsecurity." McCarthy must be looking down (up?) on it all with a broadsmile.

Anti-environmentalists got what they have been waiting for since themid-sixties: a Secretary of the Interior like James Watt.

Defense contractors like Simon Ramo (of TRW) got what they havewanted since World War 11: control over the civilian science advisoryapparatus of the government.

Philadelphia got what it always wanted: the Phillies as World Chanm-pions and the Eagles with a shot at it.

Back on the home front, either William MacLaurin or John Freemanmay finally get a bridge named after him, after patiently waitingthrough scores Of years of obscurity.

Finally, perhaps the best news of all, the MIT male may finally beachieving widespread social respectability after enduring over a centuryof stereotyped ridicule. According to a Wellesley student quoted in, ofall places, the H1arvard Crim1.sont, "While Harvard guys night be fun fora few weeks, it is generally the MIT guys who call back and arel riendlicr."

Hvoray for us.

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Performers, politicians, andothers appearing in the publicspotlight have a number of keysentences in their vocabularywhich they can use to get anautomatic and predicatble reac-tion out of their audience. For ex-ample, a stand-up comedian willoften open his act with, "Gee, it'sgreat to be here! Isn't GreaterNorth Podunk a wonderfultown'?!" If it is said sincerelyenough, the crowd will be reflexyell and cheer. Having thuswarmed up the crowd and lessen-ned some of their inhibition andembarassment, they are morelikely to laugh at his other jokes.Johnny Carson uses this techni-que almost every night: "'Howmany of you ate too much thisThanksgiving'?"

Likewise, a politician may endhis speech with "We have hadenough; America isn't going to bea second-rate power any more!"If sadd with enough force, he canthen walk off the podium and outof the auditorium leaving a cheer-ing crowd behind. This wasalmost the exact wording ofRonald Reagan's campaignslogan, and Geo~ge Bush endedmany of his speeches with asimilar phrase.

The two above examples il-lustrate a well-known fact: it ismuch easier to get a reaction fromsomeone by appealing to them onan emotional level than a rationalone.

Aroulnd Christmas time, Iranreleased film of the captives' holi-day celebrations. All the TV newsprograms dutifully showed clips.Several commentators pointedout that the film was a blatant at-tempt to strike an emotionalresponse with the American peo-ple. The Iranians, they said, weretrying to galvanize the public intoforcing thefgovernment to acceptthe speedy settlement - Iran'ssettlement - to the hostageproblem.

The captives' situation hasalways been an emotional one. Atthe beginning, an official wouldmerely have to mention the words"United States," and thousandsof Iranians would be mobbed infront of the embassy yelling,screaming, and burning our flagin effigyike Joe of Greater NorthPodunk applauding his hometown, it was a reflex reactionbrought about by a key phrase..

There was no clear-cut reactionin the US during the same period.Some people thought the actionjustified, others called it a heinousinternational crime. PresidentCarter stayed clear of rhetoric,and the other presidential can-didates agreed not to comment onthe situation.

The situation now, however, isquite different. W-e are strikenwith an overwhelming sense offrustration as the situation con-tinues, while our hopes for a set-

tleme'nt are raised and smashedon a near-daily basis. "That's it,we've been reasonable, now we'remad." Columnists such as Wil-liam Buckley now suggest that wewarn the Russians to keep out ofthe area while we string a militarycordon around the nation.

While disagreeing with this sug-gestion, it appeals to me on anemotional level., rustrated at ourinability to get- our countrymenback, I'm now willing to tryanything as a possible cure. Whilerecognizing that Reagan's' state-ment, "we shouldiit pay ransomto barbarians," did nothing to al-leviate the tensions, I'm glad hesaid it.

As America's publicemotionalism grows, that in Iranseems to be waning. References tothe "Great Satan" (that is, theUS) by the Iranian Parliament nolongr generate much public reac-tion. Rather, they add to the slowburn most Americans are current-ly experiencing;

Nevertheless, it is rationalthought, not knee-jerk emotionthat generates results in any com-plex issue. The Iranian decision toinvolve the Algerian negociators,I think, shows that they haverealized this. Carter's statementsshow that he realized this fromthe beginning.' It is a lessonReagan would do well to followshould he inherit the situation onInauguration Day.

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Eric OelkersEast Campus President

To the Editor:w It has been nearly one full year

since the MIT administration in-itiated a new dining program onthis campus. This new programcalled for many improvements inthe dining of the undergraduate,residents. T-iese improvements re-quires concessions by both thestudents and the administration.The students would give up theirfreedom to choose how and wherethey would eat. They would alsopay a higher price to eat the mealon the meal plan as opposed tocooking on their own. The ad-ministration promised to improvethe MIT dining- system, addphysical improvements to some of

-the dining facilities, and try tomake the dining'service moreresponsive to the students' needsand desires.

The dining report, which waspresented in December 1979, cal-led for a complete investigation ofdining on the east side of campus,to include either kitchens in eitherEast Campus or Senior House,improvements and expansion ofWalker Memorial, or the con-struction of a house dining hall.This investigation has yet to bestarted. The only result of thisdining program at Walker seemsto be the increase of crowds dur-ing the meal hours. The crowding,roach, and rodent. problems areworse than ever. The residents ofthe east campus dormitories feelthat the administration has notkept their end of the bargain. Weresidents now request that thepromised improvements bestarted immediately, or the re-quired dining program for the

Gray shouldspeak soloTo. the Editor:

Apparently, the Commence-ment Committee is beginning asearch for an outside commence-ment speaker. But why'? This-willbe the first commencement underour new 1IT President. Whatwould be more appropriate thanto allow Dr. Paul Gray to followrecent tradition and give the June1981 Commencement Address?

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The tale of Sweeney Todd, themurderous "Demon Barber ofFleet Street," has been cap-tivating audiences for over ahundred years. The story first ap-peare on the stage in VictorianEngland in I847 and has beenpopular ever since. StevenSondheim's current version play-ing at the Metropolitan Center isample explanation of its pop-ularity.

The show, which won the 1979Tony Award for best musical, isan avalanche of sheer theatricalenergy. Sondheim's score is themost operatic one to hitBroadway since Porgy and Bess,

Ir delighttour de force by George Hearn.Portraying the vengeful barberwho goes on a jugular-cuttingrampage, he is at one momentcold and brutal, at another pitiful,and another positively droll.

His frenetic build to a climacticexplosion of gore is artfully com-plimented by the performance ofAngela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett,the batty baker who sees Todd'svictims as a cheap source of filling

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Todd: shecand almost certainly unparalelledfor a musical comedy.

There is a diverse collection ofsongs, all distinctly Sondheim.Some- are hauntingly beautiful,like the recurring theme "'Joan-na.-" Others are hauntingly wittyand upbeat, like the act I finale,"A Little Priest," in whichSweeney Todd and his bakercompanion Mrs. Lovett concocttheir cannibalistic scheme.

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indoor track-Bates faces coachGordon Kelly's 3-1 squad tomor-row at 5:30 in the athletic center.With four wins in middle distanceevents, Jeff Lukas '82 has alreadyrun the 800 meters in under twominutes this year (1:59.5), as wellas posting a 2:34.88 time for the1000-meter run and turning in a4:05.07 clocking in the 1500. LastSaturday, in a 73-63 win over Wil-liams, Paul Mahoney '81 won thelong jump and triple jump withJim Turlo '8 1 taking the highjump. Paul Neves '83 started forthe first time all season afterrecovering from an injury and.took second in the 1500 meterrun.

Gymnastics -The Engineers faceDartmouth at 2pmn Saturday inDuPont Gymnasium in, thisseason's home opener. The men'steam prov ided coach RobertHorwitz with a 145.75 - 124.65win over Harvard in his MI1Tdebut last week. In that competi-tion, Jiro Nakauchi '83 took theall-around title, with teammateMark McQuain '82 scoring an8.75 in vaulting. The wonen alsoface Dartmouth Saturday, withcaptain Sandy Young '83 leadingthe team, which is looking for itsfirst win of the season.

Women's basketball - In themidst of a three-game losingstreak, coach Jean Heiney's teamattempts to return to the winningtrack at Endicott Saturday atlpm. After five gamesand a 1-4record, Anita Flynn '83 is theteam scoring leader with an 11.9average. Donna Wilson '82, theteam's top rebounder, is out forthe season with a leg injury.

Men's basketball - Coach FranO'Brien's 6-5 squad completed athree-game home stand with threewins in five days last week. Theteam now faces Bowdoin on theroad Saturday at 2pm. TheEngineers finished the month ofNovember with a 3-0 mark, butwere winless in rive games lastmonth, and are currently un-defeated in the new year. MarkBranch '83 was named to thisweek's ECAC honor team inDivision III on the basis of hiscareer high 26 points in last Satur-day's 74-72 win over Bates.Branch is the Engineers' scoringleader this season with a 17.6average. In addition, Bob Clarke'81 had his best game of theseason in Monday's win overNew England College with 19points and 13 rebounds. MikeWeiss '82 had a career high 14points in MIT's 68-56 win overThomas College of Maine lastThursday, a game in which the

Fencing - Both the men's andwomen's fencing teams face Navytomorrow at Annapolis beforetravelling to Philadelphia to facethe University of PennsylvaniaSaturday. The men's team is 3-1,with its sole loss at the hands ofHarvard (14-133 and, in the wordsof coach Eric Sollee, has "thepotential to be one of our morepowerful teams." The womenhave posted a 2-2 records so farthis season, giving the team a 63-30 record in six years of varsitycompetition.

Hockey - Co-captains ScottSchwartz '8l and Dale Malone'83, both defensemen, lead theEngineers in battle against As-sumption Saturday at 2pm in theAthletic Center.

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Wrestling a- Coach Tim Walshreturns to Amherst, where he hadbeen coach for the last fourseasons, when MIT tries to

Men's basketball 68, Thomas 56Gordon 79, Women's basketball33Men's basketball 74, Bates 72Bates 56, Women's basketball 38Men's basketball 84, NewEngland College 67

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