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By David B. Koretz be continucd: for example. stu-Moving up the due date for dents will ha% e to turn in fall !97,

second-term registration nmaterial registratlon matcrial heforc the>to the l;!st day of classes was not !easc in Mal).intended bN the Registrar-s Office Itn thte pa;It. sprin-terimio incJlnvenience students, but re-istration Iforns have be-en duerather to generate usablhe pre- in mnid-Januar. ialthough theKtReistration Da)y enrorllment in- deadline url' rtoveLd up laLSt xcdrIornlation. to the rt x ec of lAP. -all

According to Ronald P. Smith. registratlionr ha.,. in rccent Cears.Assosciale Registrar, carl) return bCnl handeid out In May but nolOf the registration mnateri1al will due until carl, \uu,'t. Beforeenable the Regislrar's Office it) three \ctars ago;. the imaterial wasrive Icadtemic departmnlents clasc- imailed Out to ,rudtehis in the sum-size ctinlates in time t) affect lcrl alnd duc in A\ugut.tealching assignments. Smith clphsized that th,:

In addition. he indicatedi that chanlelr W;as a;l: atflter careftulilthL ill;matchup of cla;sses to) roorls CoI,-lldcring the pattern o .f

'ill bade al,~ Cicr h~ the carl> r-Clstrttilon n prcTiou. \;cars. tilreports. ,lad that In the pst. up to 75 per-

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A group calling itself theLeague for Concerned Stu-dents met Sunday at EastCampus to discuss what stu-dents can do about affectingthe quality of their own educa-tion,

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ic stated th;at deciningS.choli,,tic \ptitudC F,,t scores\tl)uId }ltot ;i'ffct N1 I admissionspoio>. zand added th;at he did notcln;-t f'n ;itn iJovcrint of stan-dlrdl, Il !)rder t)o accomodatcli i r C V, t)o Il C I. O)r Ir n e n.

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lDirector if Admi.%siuns PeterRichardso n '4S said that he is"caqtiwu.slx o)ptimistic" abouIhtt thenumhcber of \%orcin cxpecteld toenroll at M IT next fall.

(),cr it ten-yea~r per.od froam19-7 to 1977. the nunmbehr (if*ortcnii in the enterintg clao, ha.increased't froimil 52 to 1'71. Thenumbehr hax held swltady ox)tr th'Iast three .cztr- aifter at declnefroml the peaIk C-l:;', t1'`1: 7,S khichintcluded 2II utt11'cn.

Ba-cd mi the %2cneral increa.ceover the tcn-% 'ar period.RichardsOi -,aidf ht va, hopelfuiabtout next cJA',l", }:',,s

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Particuiarly outstanding isthe male of the species. Thisgender (more so tthan thefemale) has beenl known toprostrate itself before anything%,ith a high school degree.Such is its fervor that it does,in fact. gie veen Ph)'s thefourth degree. This prostrationdispla.s the posteriotr end toadvantaue. which should beadministered a good, swiftkick.

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M ideastJordan to miss Cairo peace talks - After meeting withSecretary of State Cyrus Vance yesterday, King Hussein ofJordan announced that his country would not take part in thepeace talks between Israel and Egypt, which begin tomorrow inCairo. Hussein said that "All that could be done has been doneon our side," although he did express some interest in a renewedGeneva conference on the Middle East.

WorldJapanese trade proposals called inadequate - Japanesetrade negotiators presented proposals to American officials inWashington in order to improve the trade balance situationbetwc-en the two countries. US trade official Robert Strauss saidthat the proposals fell short of American expectations. Themeetings were called in order to find ways to reduce the flood ofJapanese imports.

NationNatural gas debate still deadlocked - Senate and Houseenerg\ conferees are still trying to break their deadlock overnatural gas prices. In a closed session held yesterday, House par-ticipants made several minor concessions to the oil and gas in-dustry. and agreed to draft a new proposal to present to theSenate today.

LocalBlue Line service restored - The M BTA Blue Line shut downcompletely yesterday due to collapsed overhead wires near theOrient Heights station. Service was first restored to the 'live rail"stations between Bowdoin and Maverick, and was later restoredout to the end of the line at Wonderland.

SportsWashington suspended and fined for fighting - N BACommissioner Larry O'Brien suspended Los Angeles Lakerforward Kermit Washington for at least sixty days and fined hima league record S10.000 for fighting during last Friday's gamewith the Houston Rockets. Washington broke Rockets forwardRudy Tomjanovich's nose and jaw, putting him out of action in-definitely.

By Benson Mlargulies"The time has come for the stu-

dents to show the faculty thatthev care about their education."stated John LoNManto '80 at ameeting of the League ofConcerned Students (LCS) inEast Campus's Talbot Lounge onSunday.

About twenty students met todiscuss responses to the facultyproposals on drop date. gradingzand freshman pass!fail. A policystatement was drafted. declaringthat the orzganization Aill tr, tounify student and faculty opposi-tion to the various "restrictive"proposals not,, or soon to hbebefore the faculty.

The group gre,. out of ameeting in the lUndergraduate As-sociation office that drafted a let-ter to be sent to the faculty. In ad-diticn to the letter, the L CS an-nounced .se'eral immediate oblec-til es:

1 tH taving a statement on dropdate read b: a faicult? membher atthe Dec. 21 meet;ng.

2) Encouraging students to at-tend that meeting.

3) Or.anizin,, student', andfacult\ over I \P for the Februar,facuit nieetifni.

According to a spokesman. theLCS Is interested in increasing the

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The new structure illprobably be built w,,ith studentlabor. Bro,,ne said.

He added that input on the newdesign is encouraged fror ansoneinterested. not Just architecturemaj ors. An organizationalmneeting for the competition isscheduled for Wednesda.. , Jan.I1. In Room 7-14i.

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"We are a fgour of studentsconcerned about our lack of con-trol of our education at M IT. tWehave been watching with increas-ing apprehension as certainmembers of the facults ha-eproposed a .,ariet, of actions that

would seterekl erode academicfreedom. These inciude change,to drop date. grading poiulc. andfreshman pass, fail.

"We wish to mornili/c studentand facultix ntcret izt these is-sues. and increase student deter-minat:on of academic poic1, \%Ve.cll upon all interested ,t adentsand facult, to) J!n us in rmakngour -voices heard,"

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Rebecca L Waring '79 - Managing EditorWiliam H. Harper '79 - Business Manager

Volume 97. Number 60Tuesday, December 13. 1977

NEWS DEPARTMENT

News Eilitors: Mark H. James '78, David B. Koretz'78; AssciateNews Editors: Bob Wasserman '80. Steven Kirsch G.; Attire: DavidCopeland '81. Vince Dovydaitis T81; Staff: Patrick Barron '78, DavidPotter '78. Richard Renner '78. Henry Fiorentini '79. Michael Ries'79. RogerSilverstein '79, Margot Tsakonas '79. William Cimino '80,Barbara Hill '80. Hillary Lust'80, Kent Pitman'80. Brian Aiello '81.Larry Duffy '81. Kenneth Hamilton '8 1, Michael Heaney '81. JordanaHollander '81. Rick McDermott '81, Lynn Radlauer '81, RobertSteinberg '81. Flias Towe '81, Herman Vargas '81.

SPORTS DEPARTMENT.Sports Editors: Tom Curtis '80, Gary Engelson '80; Staff: HelenMiyasaki '78, H. G. Weed '78. Jeannette M. Wing '78. Charles Cox'79, Audrey Greenhill '79, Gregg Stave '79. Al Albin '81. Bob Crane'81. Bob Host'81. Michael Taviss '81.

ARTS DEPARTMENTArts Editors: Kathy Hardis '78, Drew Blakeman '80; Staff: JimWalker '78. Mark Childs '81. Judith Frankel '81, Steven Lazar '81,David McCall '81, Dernis McGrail '81. Leigh J. Passman '81. BillRathbone '81. Ai Sanders '81, David G. Shaw '81, Daniel Togasaki '81.

BUSINESS DEPARTMENTAdvertising Mnagor: David Thompson '78; Accoun Recelivbli:Marcia Grabow '79. Brenda Hambteton '79; Accounts Payable: WesAsbury '80; Cash Receipts: Rochelle F. Grober '80: AdvertsingAccount Represntatives: Marty Weinstock 'S8. John Shelton '79.John Lupien '8;1 Circulation Mantager: John Love '80; CirclationStaff: Charles Funk '78, John Muggeridge '80.

CONVTRIBUTING EDITORS

Glenn Brownstein '77. Tom IXlimrwicz '77. Gerald Radack '77, JohnSallay '77. Lynn Yamada '77. David Schaller '78, Katy Gropp '80.Patrick Thompson '80, Leonard Tower Jr.; Indexing -Pr:oet

·Representative: A. David Boccuti '79.

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Wasting 750 wordson the NFL playoffs

By William Lassert I4'itl apologies to Glenn B'rownslein. )

The National Football League season is winding to a close, with thesecond-to-last week of regular season competition behind us, and foot-ball fans everywhere can now look forward to the playoffs, which beginthe vkeekend after next.

By the most incredible bit of statistical manipulation since someMadison Avenue advertising agency tried to prove that Tylenol soldmore capsules of pain relief than Bayer aspirin. the New EnglandPatriots, who have been chasing the Baltimore Colts since the middle ofthe season. are in worse shape because the Colts lost than they wouldhave been had the Colts won. And Baltimore is in better,,Shape becauseNe\, England won then if the Patriots had lost.

Here's the story: because the Colts lost, New England must win nextweek against Baltimore, and Miami mustlose to Buffalo for the local club toqualify for post-season competition. Hadthe Colts defeated Detroit on Sundav. aNew England victory next week wouldhave clinched a Patriot playoff spot.

I know it sounds weird, but that'sbecause it is. Before Sunday's action.Baltimore and Miami were tied at 9-3,followed by New England at 8-4. Now,had Baltimore won, they would now be10-3, and, assuming New England v on,

as they did. both the Pats and the Dolphins would be 9-4. Then a::xtX eek. a Patriot sin combined with a Miami win would put all threeteams at IV-4. and, by the NFL's bizarre way of breaking ties for di -I-sion championships (which I can't even begin to understand) ticePatriots would be declared the winners.

In that situation. if the Colts defeat New England, they would willwith and 1} -3 record. But if New England defeated Baltimore, then itwouldn't have mattered what the Dolphins did - the Dolphins woutchave been eliminated as of this week.

In reality, Baltimore lost to Detroit. and the Pats defeated Miami -that leaves all three teams tied at 9-4. So, if the Patriots beat Baltimore,and Miami defeats Buffalo, that would leave the Patriots and theDolphins tied at 10-4 for the championship - and Miami would winbecause they have won more games in the Eastern Division than havethe Patriots.

Now. if the Patriots lose to the Colts, and Miami beats Buffalo,Baltimore and Miami would be tied for the lead at 104, and the Coltswould win. Why? Because although Baltimore and Miami would betied in Division play at 6-2, Baltimore would be 9-3 in AmericanConference play while Miami would be. only 84.

If the Patriots beat the Colts, and Buffalo - by some miracle -defeats Miami, then the Pats would be the outright winners, with a I04record. The Colts and the Dolphins would be 9-5.

So, you see, the Patriots must win next week and hope Buffalo beatsMiami. Whereas, if the Colts had won today, the Patriots would have

been able to clinch a playoff spot by beating Baltimore next week,regardless of what happens in the Buffalo-Miami game.

There are about a dozen other situations, or so it seems - such as ifthe Pats and the Colts tie next week and Miami and Buffalo fight to atie also. Then all three teams would be tied and New England wouldwin the Division. And had the Patriots lost Sunday, then Miami couldclinch the championship with a win against Buffalo.

It boils down to the fact that Baltimore - a team ahead of NewEngland before this week - would have helped the Patriots out by win-ning in their game against Detroit. That's ridiculous.

And, to make things worse, the National Conference wild card spotis so much in doubt that point spreads will be invoked to declare a win-ner. But that's too complicated and remote for anybody without a com-puter to attempt to solve.

Isn't it wonderful, that with all the problems of the world, withCarter's energy bill still being hashed out by the congress, with theDrop Date under debate and freshman pass/fail threatened by anoverzealous faculty, that anyone can devote this much time tosomething as stupid as the NFL's playoff system?

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of which is especially apparent atM IT. that the prime objective of

the professor would be betterserved. I would therefore like torequest that each CAP member

ask himself sometime before thenext meeting. whether his actions ,--are directed towards the improve-ment of the educational processor for the mere convenience ofsimplifying the responsibilities as-sociated with teaching a class.

Bradley S. Albom, '78Dec. 2. 1977

retrospect that my effort was attimes slightly diluted but I alsofind the extended background Ihave gained by overloading to be

much more beneficial than anymarginal gain I might have made

by limiting myself. This is just oneof the arguments centeringaround the student's control ofhis own education. The underly-

ing argument is that as a neces-sary part of his education, a stu-dent should begin to realize hisown limitations. 'He shouldtherefore be allowed as much con-trol over his own life as possible.Therefore, the CAP should notpresume to tell the student where

to set his limits.In conclusion, while I admire

f Editor's note: The Tech received acopy of this letter to the Commit--ee on Acadernic Performance.)Dear CAP Menbers:

What is your raison d'etre atM 11T How many professors haveasked themselves this question?.As a student, I certainly have myown conception of a professor'spurpose at an educational institu-tion but my opinion would ap-pear to differ from your ownviews most recently elucidated inthe drop date controversy. In thisletter I hope to shed some light onthe nature of the current problemby clarifying the differences in ourperceptions of the same role.

It is my belief that theoverwhelming-responsibility of aprofessor is to provide as best aneducation as possible to the stu-dents at MIT. All other concernsshould be secondary to thisparamount goal. In relation to thedrop date issue, it seems that onlyone of the CAP's two basic argu-ments relates to this idea. Theother, which I will treat first, con-cerns the deflation of the gradingsystem. A system which is merelyan indicator of the educationalsystem and therefore secondary tothe actual process. Why then doprofessors hold this secondaryaspect in such high esteem? Couldit be that they have mistaken theirobjectives to imply that their solepurpose is to segregate studentsinto neat little groups irregardlessof their education) It seems cer-tain that a professor should beable to ascertain whether a stu-dent has assimilated the educa-tion which he himself hasprovided without having to com-pare the student to anothervariable quantity, that is his fel-low students. At least I wouldhope this to be the case. Gradedeflation therefore provides apoor basis for the drop dateproposal.

The second of the CAP's argu-ments deals with the educationalprocess in a very noble andfatherly way. Re-worded it mightbe read, "Thou shalt not bite offmore than thou can chew." WhileI am deeply touched by the CAP'sapparent concern for itsoverworked students, I am notwilling to be told how manycourses I can and cannot take. Ifail to see the heinous crime oflearning only 2/3 of a course.Having personally overloaded toa small extent during all of my 3years here, I will admit on

In a recent letter to The Tech(Dec. 6), Professor RobertHulsizer stated, "the recommen-dation for a change in the DropDate policy has been made solelyon educational grounds." We feelthat revisions to the presentpolicy should be opposed oneducational grounds.

Bogdan Dawidowicz '79Michael Kass '79

Bowei Lee '79Beth Marcus '79Gregg Stave '79

Ann Conway'80Tabetha Frey '80Charles Lutz '80

Robert Matteo '80Russell Steinweg '80

Debra Utko '80Dec. 8, 1977

f Editor's note: The Tech received acopy of this letter to the MIT com-munity. j

As officers of the Classes of1979 and 1980 we feel compelledto comment on the proposedalterations to the present DropDate policy. A decision by theFaculty to shift the Drop Date,restricting the options of the stu-dents, would reflect an un-derestimation by the Faculty ofthe maturity of the student body.Replacing the present systemwould serve only to increase theacademic pressure. Learning willnot be enhanced by constrictingthe students' freedom. Morefreedom of choice is needed, notless. An important part of theeducational process is being givenresponsibility.

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Snow emergencies River ice dangerousWith the arrival of winter,

motorists are reminded that snowremoval operations often requireremoval of automobiles from cer-tain areas so that plows canoperate effectively. Snow removalparking regulations, which are en-forced as a matter of publicsafety, are generally as follows:

City of CambridgeCambridge "snow emergen-

cies" are declared by the citymanager. and are then announcedover most local radio and T.V.stations. Parking is thenprohibited on designatedemergency arteries. Permanentstreet signs indicate the existenceof an emergency artery; manystreets in the MIT area areemergency arteries. Any vehicleblocking snow removal equip-ment may be subject to ticketingand/or towing at the owner's ex-pense.

On campusRecognizing that the circum-

stances of each snowstorm differas to the day (business day vs.weekend, or holiday) and thehour (12 Noon vs. 12 Midnight)of the occurrence of the snowfall,information and guidelines fromthe Institute may vary. Duringperiods of heavy snowfall, infor-mation concerning on-campussnow removal operations may beobtained by calling CampusPolice Headquarters (x3-1212).Note that after heavy snowfalls,parking in large open parking lots(Sloan, Tang, Westgate, Kresgeand Albany Open) may be tem-porarily prohibited to allow forsnow removal. In such cases,"Snow Removal" signs will beposted eight hours in advance ofplowing.

Storage of carsThough facilities are very

limited, persons who wish to storetheir cars on campus while theyare away during thevacation/lAP period may in cer-tain cases obtain special "deadparking" permission from park-ing personnel at Campus Patrol.Information concerning this per-mission and certain requirementswhich must be met may be ob-tained by calling Headquarters(x3-1212) during regular businesshours. Cars left dead parked oncampus without display of thespecial permit may be towed andstored at the owner's expense.

Christmrnast/IAP StorageAs in past years, the Campus

Police will make available storagespace for students absent from thecampus over the Christmas vaca-tion and/or lAP who have small,valuable property to store (T.V.'s,stereos, etc.). Due to a seriousstorage space shortage, the fol-lowing guidelines will beobserved:

- items to be stored must bereasonably small,

- they must be completelycontained in sealed boxes or cases

the boxes or cases must beclearly marked with the owner'sname, term address, and expecteddate of return.

Articles to be stored may bebrought to Headquarters (Ar-mory, 2nd floor) Mondaythrough Friday, 8am to 4pm.

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With the onset of long periodsof cold weather. sooner or laterice is bound to appear on the sur-face of the Charles River. Thecommunity is reminded that, dueto the peculiarities of the Charles'currents and eddys, the rivernever freezes to a depth sufficientto safely support much weight.Consequently, despite how solidthe surface may look from shore,it is always extremely, dangerous towalk on river ice. We urge

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Eyeglasses in Lost &Found

Nearly thirty pair of prescrip-tion eyeglasses. some in cases.have been turned in to Lost andFound over the past few months.Anyone missing a pair is invitedto view the collection at CampusPolice Headquarters (2nd floor ofArmory).

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Loverhas potentialbut notmemorable

4,44 The \Vorld's Greatest Lover, aTienrtietl Cenirurtv-Fox release: produced.directed, and written by Gene lWilder: starr-ine Gene lt'ilder. Carol Kane. Domn Deluise.and Fritz Feld: opening soon at Sackrheaters; rated PG.

By Drew BlakemanGene Wilder is quickly becoming one of

cinema's comic geniuses. Someday he willjoin the ranks of NMel Brooks. Woods Al-len. Buster Keaton. and Charlie Chaplin,but he isn't there vet. The Iforld's GreatestLo-ver is not a bad movie. but it isn't thatgood either. The word I'm looking for is"mediocre."

This movie is a pleasant little comnedyabout a baker in Milwaukee (Wilder) \whopacks up and moves to Holl Blood \with his

.ife. Annie (Carol Kane). He auditionsalong with thousands of other men aspiringto replace Rudolph Valentino as the na-tion's sex s\mbol. Producer Adolph Zitz( Dom DeLuise) sees his audition and, well.

,ou can guess the rest.Although this film is fairly funny, there

is very little that sticks with the viewer afterthe final credits have been shogun. Peopletend to remember man' of the lines androutines in the films of W\ilder's mentorNMel Brooks, but there is nothing par-ticularlN memorable about The World'sGreate.st Lover. This is only the second filmthat VWilder X rote. directed. and starred in,and is considerably better than his first ef-fort. Tle .4dventures of Sherlock Hlolmes'Smarter Brother.

Much of the humor in this movie con-sists of sight gags and one-liners, which isnot bad in itself. However. the runninggags don't work. and the flow of the film'saction seems too disjointed. Most of thecomedy revolves around mild profanityand sexual innuendo. which becomes tiringafter a little while.

The acting is effective, but not exciting.Both Wilder and DeLuise play parts thatthey have played countless times before inother movies. although DeLuise is moreappealing here than he has been previously.Kane turns in this fiim's best performanceas Wilder's naive and frightened wife.

With time and experience, Gene Wildershould become one of the most importantproducers of comedy during the next fewdecades. He has the potential and the train-ing: the only thing lacking is the execution.And that should be forthcoming in his nextfilm or two.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, iscurrently holding an exhibition of works bythe French Impressionist painter ClaudeMonet entitled Monet Unveiled. A NewLook at Boston's Paintings. The stunningexhibition, which is the first exclusive

Records by War, Roberts and othersGalaxy - War on MCA Records

This is W'ar's first album on the MICAlabel. after several years with United Ar-tists. Perhaps in commemoration of thisswitch, the band has abandoned its boringquasi-rock style and returned to its soulroots.

The change is definitely for the better -just about everything War has put out inthe last three ',ears has either sounded a lotlike their first hits. "Slipping into Darknes-s" and "Cisco Kid." or just sounded dumb("W'hy Can't ,e be Friends?," for exam-ple).

This album, hovever. is a solid collec-tion of soul with a L.atin beat that is notreally disco - it's pleasant listening.

- Dasid B. Koretz

Bruce Roberts on Elektra RecordsBruce Roberts has a reasonable voice

and writes reasonable songs. but thisaibum really doesn't do anything morespectacular than take up sapce on the shelf.

This record was released almost concur-rently on Elektra with Carole Bayer Sager'ssolo attempt; on both albums are a lot ofsongs co-written by Roberts, Sager andBette MNidler. I would guess they just div-vied them up evenly. Where as Sager's styleis pleasant, Roberts' is boring.

There's nothing really objectionable onthis album: the instrumentation isn't badand the easy-listening beat isn't too annoy-ing. But really Bruce, why bother?

- David B. Koretz

It Takes One To Know One - Detective onSwan Song Records

This album is good if you needbackground music for a party - it refusesto distract you. Detective is a group of verytalented musicians whose potential, sadly,is not realized on this disc.

This band has two speeds. medium slowand medium fast. Side One sounds like BadCormpany planed at 16rpm "Help Me Up"has A.%5' possiblities. but only if it's cut tohalf its length (it just goes on and on andon.. . ) the lyrics to "Are You Talkin' ToMe" are right out of a scene from TaxiD)river.

The second side is much better. They ac-tualln started to rock. "Ever" is easily thebest song on the album, even if it does"ound like something right off of Led Zep-pelin II (which shouldn't be too surprising.considering whose record label they're on).

Someone else should write their songs.Michael Des Barres is straining his voice to

sound raw and raunchy, Larry Kaye (Yes'sfirst keyboardist) is wasting away playingaccompaniment, and Michael Monarchpla.ed a much more enthusiastic guitarwhen he was with Steppenwolf.

- Katy Gropp

Works Vol. It - Emerson. Lake & Palmeron Atlantic Records

In mid-March ELP finally released thelong-awaited Works `Vol. I. the group's firststudio album in over three years. Now,only seven months later, we have WorksIVol. II the conclusion to the Works project.In contrast to some of Vol. l's lengthieroutings, the single LP of Vol. 2 showcasesthe ,irtuosity of ELP in twelve tracks ofsolo and group pieces, each clocking in atunder five minutes.

The album opens with the group effort"Tiger in a Spotlight", an ultra-fast boogiethat originally was released as apromotional single for. the Brain SaladSurgery album. Next is another collectivework, "When the Apple Blossoms Bloomin the Windmills of Your Mind, Will YouBe My Valentine?" an instrumental featur-iig Emerson's synthesizer wizardry. "Bull-frog" is the first Carl Palmer contributionto the album. In this song, he is backed upby the British jazz-rock trio, Back Door.As usual, Palmer continues to amaze uswith his skill on drums and tuned percus-

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sion. "Brain Salad Surgery," another rock-ing group collaboration, was originallyreleased as the flip side of "Tiger in aSpotlight." The Emerson solo, "Bar-relhouse Shake-Down," displays anotherfacet of his talent: honky-tonk piano play-ing. Side one closes with the Greg Lakeballad "Watching Over You." Lake is as-sisted in the lyrics department by Peter Sin-field.

Sinfield's lyrical talents appear again inthe piece "So Far to Fall." a piece in whichthe group is backed by an orchestra.Emerson and the London Symphony arefeatured in the next cut, a rendition of theScott Joplin rag: "Maple Leaf Rag." Justin time for Christmas. Lake's 1975 hitsingle "I Believe in Father Christmas" isincluded in the collection. A Palmer bigband effort follows: "Close But NotTouching." this leads into Emerson's in-terpretation of an old Meade "Lux" Lewistune: "Honky Tonk Train Blues." Thealbum closes with the last group effort, anorchestrated version of the b'arroom blues:"Show Me the Way to Go Home."

I recommend this album very highly, es-pecially because of the addition of the un-released singles - they are an ELP fan'sdream come true. As always ELP's releasesare of the excellent quality that made themthe supergroup they are.

- David Shaw

ELP reassert their return to-activiy with the release of Works Vol. II (Photo courtesy ofAtlantic Records)

Monet show at the Museum in 20 yeawill continue'through Jan. 29.

The M FA's Monet collection is tlargest outside of Paris and willaugmented in M'onet Unveiled by a sm:number of paintings on long-term lo-from private collections.

The Museum's 36 paintings by Mon-now freed of discolored varnish, are -cluded in this special exhibition. "We Wathis amazing collection to be seen againa group," said John Walsh, Jr., the M FrCurator of Paintings and organizer of t:exhibition. "lt represents Monet at ?strongest and now that the dirty varnishgone, the experience will be quite new fevervene. The paintings are vibrant w:-light and color that have been obscured f1years.

The M FA's collection is unusualstrong in the paintings done by Monetthe 1880's and '90's. and offers an unpar'leled look at a vitally important periodhis career. Monet lived from 1840 to 192and spent the last forty years of his life eploring the fleeting, shifting appearances -the natural world under changing conctions of light and atmosphere.

The exhibition presents some of his mcfamous paintings, including I I works freseveral renowned series of paintingssingle subjects seen in various conditionslight. The Haystrack. Rouen Cathedral, arWater-lilies series are all representedeither pairs or trios of canvases.

The cleaning of the Monet collectionthe achievement of a two-and-a-half ye:effort by the M FA's ConservatorPaintings, Elizabeth H. Jones, a leadirfigure in art conservation who has a strorinterest in Monet's works, and her asociates .Brigitte Smith and JeaWoodward.

"Monet painted with a high-keyed palete, making use of his brush to create subvariations of color," Miss Jones explainer"The fine- gradations of color Moontcreated cannot be appreciated whnemasked bv a cover of varnish that acts i,-

a filter, dampening and even altering tAoriginal colors."'

The exhibit is held in two spacious sky!galleries that are flooded with daylighThe canvases are hung to give the viewersense of the chronology and inte-relationships of Monet's works: eachlabelled with relevant art historical an,technical information. Several large-sca.Polaroid photographs taken while tipaintings were half-cleaned demonstra:the dramatic results of the conservation efort.

The Department of Public Educationorganizing a variety of activities which irclude gallery talks. lecture series, anworkshops. One of the special programs ireludes a srmpasium on Monet. Sat., Jar21. from 10 to 4prm in the Lecture Hall -admission is 52 for students. It should ban interesting and educational addition tan artistically beautiful exhibit.

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in an impressive team total of3216 to MIT's 3146. The MIT team was without Captain DennisMcMullen '78, who would havebeen expected to shootsomewhere in the 790's, to gowith a 796 by senior Dave Schat-

ler and a 798 by senior PhillipMorris. junior David Miller's 792and sophomore Kyle Brown's760.

Sundavy's tryouts ,vere part of aseries of such matches whichdetermine the people to be invitedto Phoenix in June wvhen the. willattempt to become part o" theU nited States team in a three-daymatch. In the Open class ofshooting. B3arr Colt. a BostonState instructor and pistol coach.took top honors , ith a 376 in in-diviudal competition and a 372 inthe team effort. The First Masterspot was attained by an MITgraduateic student, Steve Goldstein*ith a 374 and a 372. *lllerbecame Second NMaster with a 365and 379. The second score brokethe coliegiate record of 3'78 andthe junior record of 370. but sincethey were recorded in team com-petition they will not become thenew records. In the Expert classSchaller took top honors with a373 and 365. An administrator inthe Mechanical EngineeringDepartment was right behindSchaller with 352 and 371. .All ofthese scores are good enough toreceive an invitation to June'smatch. MNIT had no shootersplace in the Sharpshooter orN-iarksman classes.

On Dec. 17 the Engineers *illface Boston State and Kutgers iat9gm. NIIT is expected to bringtheir 2-1 record up to 4-1 in thatnmatch. The next internationaltrvouts held here sill be on Ja;n.2 in w-hich the shooters wiil shootthe free: and standard pistols.

By Gary S. EngelsonThe varsity pistol team hosted

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By Tom CurtisThe arrival of winter has once again emphasized the need for new

athletic facilities at MIT. In particular, the skating rink has had manyproblems staving in working order and appears to be on the verge ofdeath.

The major problem with the rink is that it was designed to have onlya ten to twelve year lifetime. However, on January 8, it will begin its23rd year of operation (that is, if it does not break down again beforethen.)

Even if the rink were in good operating order. there would still beproblems. Being an outdoor facility, the rink is at the mercy of theweather. When the weather is warm. as it was in November. nothingcan be done to keep the ice from melting. Of course, this can Mork both-. ays. In fact, recently, the only reason the rink was open was the coolweather since the pipes were not working properly.

Although not as pressing a problem as the ice rink, Rockwell Cage isnevertheless a problem. The Cage has brought new meaning to the

phrase "freezing, thebasketball." Fansalmost always weartheir coats andsweaters throughout

a sporting event in Rockwell Cage. I am amazed that no basketballplayer or trackman has been frostbitten in the Cage.

The problem may be that the facility was not designed for the NewEngland climate. It was originally used at an Army Training Camp inthe South before M IT purchased it in 1948 and moved it here.

Besides being cold. the Cage is less than a spectator's paradise inother savs. For one thing, the only good vantage point for watching atrack race is the top of the basketball stands which are located in thecenter of the track oval. Spectators are thus forced into the dizzyingposition of having to spin around and around to watch a race.x3 atching a mile run can be a sickening experience.

Finall?. there is the problem of Alumni Pool. While there is nothingstructurall' wrong with the Pool. its one 25-yard pool is just not ade-quate for the 18.000 members of the MIT community.

What then is to be done to solve the problem? The MIT administra-tion first realized these problems about ten sears ago. Four years agothe present proposal for a new athletic complex was made. This com-plex sould include an indoor rink, an indoor track. and a swimmingpool.

}toue,,er, virtually nothing has been done towards construction ofthe athletic complex because of the lack of alumni funding. In fact, thepresent rate of contributions is barely keeping up with inflation.

Athletics are the only activity - beside eating. sleeping. and studying-in which the maiorit? of the student body participates. We studentsshould not be forced to continue to use inadequate, inferior. unreliablefacilities. If the MIT administration cares at all about students, itshould make the athletic complex its rnumber one fund-raising priority.

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MIT lost a close track meet Saturday in the running events despite a fine effort. The team fared better inthe field events. (Photo by Gary Engetson)

By Michael TavissLast Friday the M IT track

team came within 9 points ofbeating the competitive HolyCross team in Rockwell Cage. Inthe first meet of the season, theEngineers beat Brandeis andWorcester Polytechnic institute(WPI), but they weren't able torepeat the win this time.

M IT started out very stronglyby winning the 35 pound weightthrow, the long jump. and theshot put. The winners wereStephen Sifferden '78, KwakuTemeng'79. and Frederick Bunke'78, respectively. In the first two

events, the Engineers also tookthird place.

Then MIT took both first andsecond place in the mile run.Leonard Nasser '80, and DavidWestenberg'80 brought in timesof 4:34.2 and 4:36.3 to do this job.

Norman Toplosky '80 gave theEngineers a first in the 600 yardevent, and John Dillon '78 did thesame for the 880. MIT did not doas well in the other events exceptfor the pole vault, where theymanaged to take both first andthird, freshman Lewis Benderwinning that.

At this point MIT had 64points and Holy Cross 62 points.There were only two events left,the one and two-mile relays, and

Holy Cross won them both by se-conds, dealing the Engineers agreat disappointment. The finalscore was Holy Cross 72 and MIT64.

"We know we were going to bethe underdog," veteran coachGordon Kelly said after the meetwas over. He has been coachinghere for 16 years, and this is hisfifth season as head coach. "Wewere very pleased with the win wehad last week (vs. Brandeis andWPI). We are very pleased tocome as close as we did to HolyCross." he concluded.

Friday evening in RockwellCage. the Alumni meet will beheld. The opposing team is madeup entirely of M IT alumni, so this

everything hinged on them but should be a lot of fun to watch.

By D)re BlakemanIt', ;:lmiost crer. One more

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Minnesota 7,. I)etroit 6 -- Thet\iknlg- h~.c .c nct hurting bedlt'.Ul!! VL <sel ;1. r - hc L i ki n1 ll un

.:hemn the d'i;,;-l)n tlic.

Miami 34. Buffalo 13- -e:cn :''e [),.) phnIi v. n here. thex mun,jXderpend ,n'T the I'llatriot, t-) heat the('olt- r, o rdcr to vkn the XL\-

~'¥ashington 31. Loos Ungeles 27- Theh Red-'kin-, need u, 'ton ,t

h,.ome...nd haxc c'thcr the \ Kin,.,,,or the Bears is,. ,n I rid r o tdchlrch t:h x }'C xid-car ,,oti.

Baltimore 17. \em England 14- Fhe (',it,, ,:;..rl ,'rp it up'.tthut help From an.x one el,,c ifths: '1. n irn :lni.11tiorc.

Dener 27, Dallas 20l - Th:.-,.. ,uld ,cal be the nmaitchup ilS~Lpcrhkx~]l m Conic Jinuar\.

Atlanta 17. \e% Orleans 6\n, tcaml thJl Ioncs to l'r,:pl

B.A ,houd hbe .l.en a l>xo-:,:uclnd,,7n handicap on gencral

('ieweland 19, Seattle I0 - AF rw)kin, %jczorx l them a .5(x){; :ord - ntt hard i')r a Ilast placeI CI I1 .

St. Louis 28, Tampa Bay 7-The Cardinals will end the Buc-caneers winning streak at one.

Pittsburgh 22, San Diego 19 --The Steelers need to haveHouston upset Cincinnati inorder to .in their division.

San Francisco 27, Green Bay 13- This is just another one ofthose "x,,ait until next Year"gaimes.

Oakland 44, Kansias City 10 -Nornmatlly. the last game listeSd in

this column is a M1ondav nightgame, but we're through %iithHoward Cosell for the year. }t ur-ray!

(Chicago 14, New York Giants 3- he etcars clinch the wild-card

iN!0h ai vXictor3 -- ma)be.

('incinnati 38, Houston 7- Alli.hc Bengals need do is beat the(ilt:r,. and they'll be the AFC

r ntrail Champs.

Philadelphia 7. New York Jets 3- So> \ho reali cares about thisriaele ansua)

Last week:Season:

7- 7 .500125-57 .687

Track loss brings record to 1Track loss g ns record to 1-

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