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By Reuven M. LernerFrederick Meyer, a local realtor

and the author of the disputedProposition 1-2-3, announcedTuesday that he vwas "petitioninga single Justice of the Massachu-setts Supreme Judicial Court" toforce the City of Cambridge toput the proposition on the 'Nov. 7city ballot. Meyer claimed he didthis 'because the Cambridge Elec-tion Commission has failed tocome up with the ballot wording'for the proposal.

Rosemary White, executive di-rector of the Cambridge HomeOwnership Association, said tlhather group "is supporting Propo-sition 1-2-3, and supporting Fredin his attempt. to get it on the bal-lot." She added that the ElectionCommission has had enoughtime "to come up with ballot lan-guage," since her organizationhad collected 15,00 signatures inDecember.

In response to concerns raisedby opponents of the measure, theCambridge Election Commissiondecided to add three phrases tothe referendum. These additionsmention that the propositionwould "change rent control,"Usomething which Meyer ada-mantly denies. He said that hisproposition "doesn'~t change therent control act," but that "it af-fects a city ordinance in 1979 thatprevents rent-controlled unitsfrom being turned into cpno3Bs.'-

The revised wordi~ng-eld untilAug. 10, when Republican Com-missionler Artis Spears, who hadearlier voted in favor of the prop-osition, changed her vote andmoved to change the wording.With Sondra Scheir, one of thetwo Demnocratic commissionerson the Election Board, away onvacation, the Spears motionpassed by a margin of 2-1. Sincethen, the commission has beenunable to come up with a revisedwording that would break the 2-2commission deadlock.

Because of the unusual circum-stances surrounding these votes,City Solicitor Russell Higley wasasked to rule on their validity.Meyer said that he "decided to goto a Justice after Higley ruledthat all the votes were valid.'>

White explained that Justicestake turns hearing 'very timely"complaints individually, and that

it was now State Supreme Judi-cial Court Justice John Greaney'sturn to hear complaints. She saidthat Greaney would decide onMonday whether or not the issuewill go before the full court, andwhat, if any, actions the ElectionCommission must take.

Should Greaney wish to pre-sent -the issue before the fullbench, the suit would have towait until Oct. 2, when the courtreconvenes, White said.

According to The CambridgeChronicle, city of ficials hadplanned to print the ballots thisweek, and send them to absenteevoters on1 Oct. 7. -But White didnot think that waiting for a courtdecision would seriously delayelection procedure. "We feel it ispossible that they [the court]could make their ruling very ear-ly when they come back, and ev-erything would be on schedule,"White said.

According to White, Meyer hasrequested that the entire electionbe delayed should the Justices notdecide by Oct. 7. Opponents ofthe proposition would rather seea special election, with only thisissue on the ballot, White said.In either case, Cambridge ruleswould require the approval of asimple majority of at least one-third of registered voters. Shesaid that a special election wouldmake it "very unlikely" that the-proposition would pass, sincevoter turnout~would probably below.

Meyer stated in his suit that hisconstitutional rights have been vi-olated by the Election Commis-sion. He said that the Election

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Ognen J. Nastov/The Techin Wednesday's game. TheHannes Smarason '91 heads the ball toward WJPI's goal

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er Boston Area Chinese Studentand Scholar Solidarity Associa-tion, the evening paid tribute tothose who died and urged thepublic to continue supporting thefight for democracy in China.

Jing Wang G, president of theMIT CSSSA, said in very solemntones, "This evening is in memo-ry of those, who died at -Tiananl-men Sqaean althoug they

By Afleen Lee"The smell of gunpowder has

left from Tiananmenl Square.The sun is shining, flowers stillbloom; can it be that -only onehundred days ago this was -thesite of blood-smeared paths, theplace of a slaughter of thousandsof unviolenlt youths? We cannotforget." These~ words introduced-a memorial- program held inKresge -Auditorium -on. Mondayto mark the passing of onle hun-dred days since the June 4 massa-cre in Beijin1g's TiananmenSquare. Sponsored by the Great-

are no longer with us, they dfidnot perish in vain. For if theirdeaths represent freedom forChina, then they will never beforgotten by the world." He add-ed, "We are here for a memorial,but it is also a time for us to Te-llW1t on what ellse Al b>e done af-ter June- 4." Following Wang'sspeech a miute o~f- sience was

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_By Cliff SchmidtMany improvements have been

made onl MIT's 5ESS telephonesystem since its installation inNovr. 1988, according to Directorof Telecommunications SystemsMornon Berlan.

Work began on the 5ESS sys-tem in the spring of 1986 in aneffort to develop a more sophisti-cated yet economically -feasibletelephone system. The old Cen-

trex system was owned by NewEngland Telephone and locatedin their offices; this made effi-cient use of the, system muchmore difficult than the new MIT--owned 5ESS system.

Soon after the switch-over, inDec. 1988, approximately 30problems with the system (suchas no dial tone) were reporteddaily the same as the average forthe Centrex system. since then,however, the number of com-plaints has been reduced -by 33percent, according to Berlan. Heclaimed that the turn-around be-tween complaint and correctionhas been reduced to practically24 hours.

AT&;T, the designer of the5ESS system, warranteed the sys-tem -for one year beginning lastFebruary. ThuJs, in addition toMIT's own technicians, AT&Talso has their technicians tryingto fix the problems falling underthe warranty.

The current long-distance car-rier for MIT's dormitory phones,MCI, has not worked out as wellas hoped and wtill soon be re-placed by AT&T, Berlan said.Student complaints with MCIhave been building up since earlythis year. One of the problemswas with Bitek, the companyMCI hired to take care of all bill-ing for dormitory phones. Bitekhas been criticized for late billingand short business hours.

Berlan responded to the stu-dent dissatisfaction with MCI by'looking into new proposals fromMCI -and AT&T (Sprint did not

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Ken Church/The TechJ ing Wang G opens M\Jonday's commemoration of the 1 00-day anniversary of the Tlananmen Square massacre.I

By Hank LeIn late February of this year,

the Association of AmericanaMedical Colleges approved sever-al major changes to the MedicalCollege Admission Test, whichwill emphasize skills in data in-terpretation, problem-solving andverbal reasoning. These revisionsw~ill not become effective until1991.

The changes in the MCAT aremeant to shift the focus of theexamination from one that favorsthose pre-medlical students withstrong memorizations skills to onethat stresses an applicant'scomprehension of the material.

At present, the~ seven-hour'MCAT consists of 309 questionsin six subject areas - biology,chemistry, physics, science prob-lems, reading-skills analysis andquantitative-skills analysis. Thenew MCAT, however, will takeabout six hours and will have 221

questions in four sections -thebiological sciences, the physicalsciences, verbal reasoning, andan essay.

The sections on the biologicaland physical sciences will test thestuden~t's understanding of basicconcepts and abilityy to interpretdata and solve problems. Theverbal-reasoning part will evralu-ate an applicant's critical-tinking skiffs through the use oftexts from the humanities, socialand natural sciences.

The essay portion of theMCAT will require two essays tobe written in one hour. Instead oftopics in science, technology orhealth care, the student will begiven a famous quotation andasked to expound upon its mean-.ing. This essay par of the MCATwill givre medical schools an op-portunity to examie the abilityof an applicant to communicate

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umernorleal honors Tianan aen victims

Berlan sees phone systemas imsproving inl paslt year

Changes in MCAT to stressc:omprehension, not memory

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Following Kaixi's dramaticstatements, the program contin-ued with a broadcasted telephonecall fromn another student whohad escaped from Beijing thissummer, Xin Ku. He echoedWuer's sentiments, saying, "InTiananmen Square the tanks ranover many of our classmates -itis like the story of the sacrificedlamb. From their deaths, a newhope for China has already be-gun; we have passed the test withconviction and love for our coun-try and will not forget. Do notlose hope; our enemies are look-ing for us to fall, but we cannotbecause we will never forget thedeaths of our friends."

Thle evening concluded withpoems and songs dedicated to thevictims of the June 4 massacreand a speech by Xieliang Ding onthe dilemma of the political de-velopment in China. Conductedforltthe most part in Mandarin,the program was translated by amember of the CSSSA for non-Chinese speaking members of theaudience.

At the end of this month, sup-porters of China's democracymovement, including many fromMIT, are expected to demonstratein Washington, DC.

(&Manly say that I was the lead-er in it, so they love me, theytake pictures of me -I'm notsure I should let them. If I donot let them they criticize me, butactually I am not much of a stu-dent leader. You have seen thatthere were many students, thebest of China there -they havepaid for the movement with theirlives. What I did was only alittle.

"Now, I've come out; I've es-caped. However, there are manystudents who are still in therewho will never have the chance tocome out. And at least for us sit-ting here, we do not have tanksin front of us; we can still do alot. I am here, exhausted; I havenot rested for months. Some peo-ple tell me that I no longer be-long to myself, for everyday Ibreathe for the movement. I hopethat I still have part of myselfleft, and yet how else can I re-spect those who died on June 4when there is not yet democracyin China? There is so much wecan do to honor them. Let ushope that their sacrifices andtheir deaths are not in vain, butare valuable to the cause ofChina."

Listed as one of the twentymost wanted "revolutionary trou-ble-makers" by the Chinese gov-ernment, Wu'er escaped from

all we had to fight with for ourdemocracy in China. There weremany in their teens, and all theyhad were their love and their livesto fight with. It was so importantto them that they sacrificed fordemocracy what they reallydeserved -freedom.

"Many ask me whether I or-dered the students to retreat. Iwill tell you the truth. It was verydifficult to tell others what to doin Tiananmen Square -we areso young, and it was such anemotional time. But I do believethat those [who died] in Tianan-men Square decided that theyshould not retreat from thetanks. They realized that wemight die; that we might neversee our parents again. Anld yetwe did not retreat.

.AT&T -set toreplace MC(:Ias carrier

(Continued from page 1)offer a campus phone plan suit-able for MIT). Among other rea-sons, AT&T's offer was chosenbecause it has had a better recordof success with systems such as.MIT's, Berlan said. AlthoughBerlan accepted AT&T's offer inlate spring, MIT is under con-tractual obligation with MCI t-o-conltinue service for 180 days af-ter statement of termination ismade.

Service from MCI will contin-ue until Dec. 31. Until then, stu-dents may continue to use otherlong distance companies by dial-ing a "950-"' number to connectthem to their own perso-nalcarrier.

(Continued from page IJobserved to remember those whodied in the massacre.

The silence was broken byXiaocong Peng G. who began aeulogy addressing those who"4paid for the price of democracy.You [who have died] were thecream of the crop; the first whodied in forty years, the first toscream out for us, for freedom,for human rights. You . . . lovedUS so much to stand with barefists for what you believed in.And indeed, you paid the price,and because of this Chinesehands will continue to fight forwhat they believe in. But why isit that [we are now grieving for]those who really loved China?Whose China is it?'

Author of 1-2-3sues ElectionCommission

(Continued from page 1)Commission has two options un-der the law -to print the propo-sition as it appeared on the peti-tion people signed, or to come upwith a wording that has the sameintent.

White felt that the wordingshould "reflect what thousandsof people signed a petition for,"and that 'the Election Commis-sion has an obligation to be accu-rate in the language that theywrite.' She was "ssurprised"> thatthe commissioners would oppose

-putting "the entire petition onthe ballot."

When asked if the measurewould hurt the poor, both Whiteand Meyer pointed out that theLinkage Fund, which has existedsince July of last year, has nothelped alleviate the low-costhousing problem at all. Meyersaid that since the tax on condo-miniums is higher than that onapartments, and since much ofthe money from such taxes wouldgo towards an "affordable hous-ing fund,' the proposition wouldonly help their situation.

White added that poor familieswould not have to move out oftheir rent-coyntrolled apartments,and that Proposition 1-2-3 ismeant to increase, rather thandecrease, the number of choicesavailable to tenants. Opponentsof the measure point out thatfunds raised through taxes wouldhave to be approved annually be-fore being allocated to a fund forthe needy.

He continued, " In seventyyears, the Chinese people are stillstruggling with the same thingssince the M~ay 4th movement of1919. The policies, of China arestill very much based on powerand strife. In 5000 years and with1.2 billion people, indeed we

-have done much in the past, butnow it seems like we have losthope. But the Chinese peoplewant freedom . .. and we will goback to Tianlanmen square andbuild on the spilled blood . .. tobuild China again."

Words were again absent as theorganizers showed slides of thedays leading to June 4 in Tianan-men Square. They depicted thethousands who had camped therefor months, the building of theGoddess of Democracy statue,and the masses of gaunt and mal-nourished students huddled onthe pavement of the square dur-ing a hunger strike. One slideshowed a young protester with anoutstretched hand gesturing to-ward a large group of soldiersguarding their tank, reminiscentof the picture many newspaperscarried in June of the unknownman who stood adamantly in theface of an advancing line oftanks.

A highlight of the evening fea-tured an extremely emotionalspeech given by W~u'er Kaixi, oneof the most prominent leaders ofthe Chinese democracy move-ment. With deep, grieving toneshe recalled the events of May andJune: "If you ask me what periodof time is most memorable tome, it is not when I met with[Chinese Premier] Li Peng orwhen I escaped. It is, the timewhen I was fasting. The students- all we had were our con-sciences and will power, that was

(Continued from page 1)while under time constraints.These essays are scored alphabet-ically, whereas the objective ques-tions continue to be graded on a15^poinlt scale.

Even though the MCA4T is un-dergoing such major revisions,Ernest G; Cravalho, a pre-medi-cal advisor at MIT, said this ex-amination now has less signifi-cance in the selection process formedical school applicants. In-stead, admissions staffs are em-phasizing the applicants' academ-

.ic records and letters ofrecommendation, he said.

Besides this change in the ad-missions criteria, "There is also adecline in the number of applica-tions," Cravalho, observed. Al-though the number of female ap-plicants has increased, the overallcompetition for entrance intomedical schools has decreased to1.6 applicants for each place.This can be attributed to a no-ticeable "exodus of white males"from the total applicant pool,Cravalho explained.

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Vietnamese troops beginpullout from Cambodia

Vietnamese troops have begun withdrawing from Cam-bodia. The Vietnamese said they are ending an occupa-tion that began 11 years ago to topple the fanaticalKhmer Rouge communist regime. However, Cambodianguerrilla groups said the Vietnamese are actually fakingwithdrawal and hiding their troops.

Duarte is givingin to his cancer

Former Salvadoran President Jose Napolean Duarte ap-pears to have given up his battle with liver cancer. A- doc-tor said Duarte, 63, is refusing medication that could pro-long his life. Duarte's cancer was diagnosed a year ago.He's been hospitalized in critical condition in E1 Salvadorsince Tuesday and is said to be near death.

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President.Bush is hearing praise from former PresidentJimmy Carter. Carter said he supports the plan for spend-ing $9 million to aid the anti-Sandinista opposition in theNicaraguan elections next year. Carter said the money willbenefit the election process.

Judge awards custody ofembryos to mother

Declaring that life begins at conception, a judge inMaryville, TN, has awarded custody of seven frozen hu-man embryos to the estranged wife of a man who doesnot want them to be born. But Junior Davis says he willappeal. Mary Sue Davis wants to try to carry the eggs toterm, but Davis says that would force him to become afather against his wishes.

Cubs making their move in NL EastThe Chicago Cubs came up winners on and off the

field yesterday. The National League East leaders pum-meled the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, 9-1, at WrigleyField, and the second-place St. Louis Cardinals lost to theNew York Mets; the Cub's "magic number" for clinchingthe division is how 6 games.

Also yesterday afternoon, the Cubs won a coin flip giv-ing them the right to host a playoff should they finish tiedwith the Cards atop the division standings. That wouldtake place at Wrigley on Monday, Oct. 2.

Ickey may be out forthe rest of the season

The knee injury suffered by Cincinnati Bengals runningback Ickey Woods last Sunday could be severe enough tokeep him out- of action for the rest of the season. Bengalsofficials said a magnetic resonance scan performedWednesday showed evidence of a torn anterior cruciateligament. Woods will undergo surgery in the next fewdays.

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optimistic about summitPresident Bush and Secretary of State James Baker met

for nearly two hours with Soviet Foreign Minister EduardShevardnadze yesterday in Washington, in a prelude to apossible superpower summit next year. Baker said that nodate has been set yet, but he said that the summit wouldbe held in the United States. Baker and Shevardnadze willcontinue talks today and tomorrow in Jackson Hole, WY,where Baker said it is hoped that a general time framewill be set for a Bush-Gorbachev summit.

DeGreiff's resignationreported on radio

Unconfirmed radio reports late last night in Colombiareported that Justice Minister Monica DeGreiff has re-signed. She got. the job only three months ago, and hasreceived death threats since signing an order that sent areputed member of the Medellin drug cartel to the UnitedStates for trial. There were, however, also reports inAugust that she resigned.

Hugo moves onshore,heads north

Hurricane Hugo's winds strengthened lateyesterday afternoon to 135 mph as the hurricaneheaded for the coast of the Carolinas. Withweakening winds and heavy rains, Hugo will crossVirginia this afternoon. Our weather will likely beaffected by Hugo late tonight and early tomorrowmorning as Hugo passes to our northwest. Heavy

· sh~ower' 'and:'thUndersto~s ar likely with windslikely exceeding 40 mph at 6roes. After _Hugo exists

Hrew England, winds will shift to the neort and,dryer, considerably ooler weather will follow. Theweather on Sunday should be favorable for outdooractivities from the Blue Hills of southeastern

Massachusetts to cent ral New England.

Friday afternoon: Partly cloudy, warm and humid.Showers and thundershowers arriving from thesouth late in th e afternoon. Winds ea st-southe astat 10 mph. High 77-80 °F (25-27 °C).

Friday night: Mostly cloudy and humid. Becomingwindy. Rain showers and thundershowers -some heavy at times. Winds east to southeasti ncreasing to 25-40 mph toward dawn. (Gusts toabout 50 mph.) Low 66-69°F (19-21 °C).

Saturday: Cloudy with diminishing winds. Showersending by early aft ernoon .Winds becomingnorth then northwest at 15-25 mph. Hi gh 75o F(24 ,. Low 55, (13 C).

Suiday : Partly cloudy and cooler. H igh 63d(170C). Low 47-50 °F (8-10 °C).

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Chaos sweeps St. Croixin wake of hurricane

The US Virgin Islands are promoted as "the AmericanParadise." Today the island of St. Croix is being patrolledby US Army troops in the wake of Hugo and the lawless-ness that has swept the popular vacation spot. PresidentBush dispatched more than 1100 military police to theisland to put down looting. Pentagon officials said theGIs found "chaos and near anarchy" when they landedyesterday morning.

Two bills on flag burningsent to the Senate floor

Two rival measures on flag burning have been sent tothe Senate floor. The Judiciary Committee approved botha Democratic bill and the constitutional amendment fa-vored by President Bush. But the amendment idea goeswith an unfavorable recommendation. The measures aimto reverse a recent Supreme Court ruling that flag-burningin protest is free speech.

Bus accident kills 19The community of Alton, TX, remains stunned follow-

ing yesterday's school-bus accident that killed 19 young-sters. Authorities said the crowded bus plunged morethan 40 feet into a water-filled gravel pit when it was hitby a delivery truck. Investigators quoted the truck driveras saying his brake failed. Sixty-five people were sent tohospitals. At least one student is believed missing.

Supporters of Bakkergive words of praise

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Public service centerbonds MIT to city

Many MIT students want to volunteer their efforts in support ofworthy causes. MIT's new Center for Public Service provides aneeded focus for such activities. It has already made valuable con-tributions to both coordinating existing service efforts and encour-aging new ones. The center operates at minimal cost to MIT andhas quickly shown it can increase the service MIT communitymembers provide in and around Cambridge.

Local service organizations which previously benefited fromMIT volunteers are now getting even more help: there are twice asmany people from the Institute donating their time to the Cam-bridge School Volunteers, for example. Eighty-two freshmensigned on with the center at the recent Activities Midway andabout 300 freshmen expressed an interest in the center through thefreshman summer mailing package.

With a growing awareness of the need to remedy the stresseswhich exist between MIT and the community around us, the arriv-al of the center could not have been more timely. It provides anexample of which we can all feel proud.

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States. Though the residents ofthe city may not believe that theactions taken by the town wereracist actions, the Virginia Beachincident was one of manyincreasing incidents of racialviolence. The trend toward racistviolence coupled with increasingeconomic inequity in the UnitedStates cannot be ignored inanalyzing specific events.

Dave Atkins's letter on Virgin-ia Beach ["Cartoon misrepresent-ed Virginia Beach riots," Sept.19] presented an abbreviated ac-count of the events and a slantedperspective. Patterns of thinking,such as the one displayed by At-kins, develop from a raciallyprejudiced training in both earlyeducation and popular media.Atkins's opinions are not in-formed by often omitted facts orthe sharp increase in racist vio-lence sweeping the country. Let'sreview the happenings at VirginiaBeach.

The town of Virginia Beachhad experienced problems withthe festival events in 1988 attend-ed by 40,000 mostly AfricanAmerican students. There weresome minor incidences which oc-curred and some damage, butnothing unusual for a beach par-ty. White student groups hadused the beach in previous yearsand had damaged property andexperienced the same difficultieswith the town.

This year however it was blackstudents reusing the beach. Onecan decide for oneself based onthe collection of facts which fol-low whether or not a racist policywas adopted by the town toblock the .access to the publicfacility by the black students.

Prior to the event the town de-clared the public facilities closedfor the day of the festival andplaced a ban on concerts and ongatherings for the weekend. Po-lice forces were beefed up towhere there were police on al-most every corner and barricadeswere put up, preventing peoplefrom moving about in the streets.The Ku Klax Klan maintained anunchallenged presence. The Na-tional Guard was called in. Policeinitiated arrests of students forloud music, shouting, and jay-walking. Many police referred tothe students as "boy" and usedother racial slurs.

In addition, hotels requiredidentification for black studentsregistering. Such identification

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was not required of others regis-tering at the hotels. Accesses tothe beach from hotels wereclosed off to the students butwere made available to otherhotel residents.

By not getting or ignoringmany of these facts, Atkins canblame the victims (the students)for the riot while neglecting boththe town's actions to halt the par-ty activities and the harassmentof students initiated. by the policeand the Ku Klux Klan.

National Association for theAdvancement of Colored Peoplerepresentatives were concernedthat the situation might turn vio-lent and tried to talk with townofficials to negotiate the situa-tion. The town refused to talkwith the NAACP. This is furtherevidence that the rights and be-havior of the town and the policewere modified because of thepresence of black students.

The rejection of the NAACPby town officials negated anypossibility of calming the grow-ing unrest. Faced with a disman-tling of rights and continuingracist mistreatment by the police,it was inevitable that matterssparked into violence. The stu-dents were pushed to the point ofphysical violence the followingSunday morning.

In analyzing the violence, At-kins would have you believe -thatthe students were all criminalsand the police did a good job re-straining their abuse. Unlike inSouth Africa "no tear gas . . . nobullets" were used, Atkins said.What you are not told is that thepolice used dogs, horses andnightsticks. Many TV accountsshow the police mercilessly beat-ing onyouth with nightsticks.Photographers were arrested be-cause they were taking pictures ofthe police atrocities. Many of thehundreds of people arrested wereindiscriminately targeted for justbeing on the street. Is this com-mendable" behavior by thepolice?

In reference to looting stores,Atkins refers to the students ashaving "fun" and profiting. Al-though it is not always clear whatconstitutes appropriate' violencein response to state-supportedracism, it is not surprising thatoppressed people respond as theydo. In battling back against busi-

.nesses and other town authori-ties; people look for ways of lib-erating themselves againstprivileged authority. People ofcolor realize that often thosecontrolling large business

interests in the town are responsi-ble'for decisions made by towns.

Given what kinds of fun areavailable to have, isn't it strangethat African Americans are sin-gled out for liking riots as "fun."If riots and looting are so muchfun why then don't other groupsengage in these activities? In anyevent, the students did not enterthe town looking for a riot. Theconditions were forced upon

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on the upsurge. In the last monthalone there have been racist kill-ings of African Americans inBensonhurst, NY; Vineland NJ;'and in my home town the Bronx,NY. This September has also seenthe racial killing of a VietnameseAmerican in Raleigh, NC. InBensonhurst and -Chicago therehave been violent racist beat-ings of a Latino and a BlackAmerican respectively.

Besides the heightened eco-nomic trauma and covert dis-criminations people of color havebeen subjected to over the lastdecade, there have been rising oc-currences of overtly racist behav-ior. Anti-Semitic and'anti-black(and anti-everything not white,American, Christian, and hetero-sexual) by the Ku Klux Klan haverecently occurred in Philadelphia,Atlanta, Seattle, Georgia, andother places. No one should haveto accept racist actions and it is acredit to the righteous peoplewho take principled stands andfight back.

Native American people in thiscountry face the most severeform of genocidal oppression ofany people. During the AIDS cri-sis, health care facilities and in-formation have been almost non-existant in Native Americancommunities. One in five NativeAmerican infants face a form ofmajor sickness or death. The sur-vival of several Native Americancommunities have been- threat-ened by relocation onto barrenlands. Water supplies, roads,schools and other communitystructures are all pitifullysubstandard on reservations.

Race riots occur because a peo-ple are subjected to racist vio-lence and are pushed into a cor-ner where they can tolerate nomore. State-supported police ter-ror and other violent acts againstpeople of color--aVie forced peo-ple to defenid-tlemselves. Virgin-ia Bea~eii*: itheiost recent exam-ple of a_;acismEnthe UnitedStates which is alive and kicking.

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Third World countries edging towards freer marketsColumn by Pankaj Vaish

Who would haveimagined even fiveyears ago thatPolish shipyards mightbe bought over byAmerican capitalists?Or that Aerfiotwould start a frequent-flyer kind ofprogram called"perestroika perks?"

tries are realizing that their past economicpolicies, professed in the name of social-ism, have just not produced the goodiesthat most of their citizens desire.

The origins of these policies perhaps liein the historic experiences of these formercolonies. Influenced by 19th century so-cialism while studying at liberal Europeancolleges, the post-independence ThirdWorld leaders put into place a centralized,bureaucratic system, ostensibly to protectthe poor masses from the evils of industri-al capitalism. This brand of economic andpolitical system was labelled "democraticsocialism" - an oxymoron, in the opinionof some critics.

Simply put, a lotof developing countriesare realizing thattheir past economicpolicies, professedin the name ofsocialism, have justnot produced thegoodies that mostof their citizens desire.

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crease private investment and employ-ment, and to curb out inefficiency. Someleftist intellectuals question the wisdombehind such moves. Remember Castro'sdecision to ban certain "bourgeois" Sovietpublications in Cuba just a few monthsago? Or the denunciation of perestroikaby many Third World communists? Butgiven the distinct possibility that govern-ment officials are much more corrupt thanwe publicly know, I find it hard to imaginehow the private sector could hurt thecountry any more than the big govern-ments have done so far.

Is it any wonder then that privatizationand liberalization have become the buzz-words of these years? Who would haveimagined even five years ago that Polishshipyards might be bought over by Ameri-can capitalists? Or that Aerflot wouldstart a frequent-flyer kind of programcalled "perestroika perks?" Would anyonehave predicted the bizarre scene of Chinesesoldiers dancing in Tiananmen Square aspart of a government program to convey asense of normalcy to those foreign inves-tors who had left after the massacre?Which Latin American analyst would havepredicted that Carlos Andres Perez, theVenezuelan President and the Vice Presi-dent of the Socialist Internationale, wouldhave adhered to the IMF austerity pro-grams so religiously? Or that MexicanPresident Salinas would have turned out tobe the tough man on union-busting that hehas proven to be?

This past year has witnessed a rathersudden demise of communism as it hasbeen practiced in most Eastern-bloc coun-tries. The events in Poland, the SovietUnion, and Hungary highlight the prob-lems inherent in a centrally-planned econ-omy while demonstrating the increasingfascination worldwide with the apparentwonders of free enterprise. In fact, tosome analysts the free-market "victory'has been so decisive that the "evil empire'is no longer considered to be so evil afterall. Instead, it is now treated as a defeatedenemy worthy of sympathy. WilliamSafire, a columnist for The New YorkTimes, even lamented the fact that he nolonger had any bad Russians to beat up onanymore.

These analysts might have celebrated theconversion of the big communist giants abit too early, as the tragic events in Chinademonstrated last June. They have, none-theless, some cause for celebration in theslow conversion of several developingcountries, where a big fraction of theworld's population lives. Although invol-untarily at times, many less-developedcountries (LDCs) have gradually trudgedalong the path towards free marketsthroughout this decade. This transforma-tion is as much a result of arm-twisting bythe International Monetary Fund, theWorld Bank, and their chief sponsor, theUnited States, as it is of the unmistakablefailures of the communist or socialist poli-cies practised in these countries. The briefexperimentation with freer markets thusfar has produced encouraging results formany LDCs. Mexico has managed to winsome concessions from its creditors andtheir economy promises to make a recov-ery. The Thai and Malaysian stock mar-kets are booming, and a handful Africancountries are now in the good books of theIME. Simply put, a lot of developing coun-

Summit in Yugoslavia actually managed toissue a communique at the end of themeeting without denouncing the UnitedStates! Whether it is the muscle behind themighty dollar, the resurgence of conserva-tism, or a realization of failed policies inthe name of socialism, developing coun-tries seem to be moving irreversiblytowards a more market-oriented system.

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FILMA v VIDEOThe Harvard Film Archive begins itsMonday series Soviet Cinema with Shad-ow of -Forgotten Ancestors (1964, SergeParadzhanov) at 5:30 & 8:00. Screeningsat the Carpenter Center for the VisualArts, Hfarvard University, 24 QuincyStreet, Harvard Squaj-c, Camnbridge. Ad-mission: $3 general, $2 seniors and chil-dren. Telephone: 495-4700'.

Bedroom Farce, Alayn Ayckbourn'saward-winning come~dy of marital dis-cord, continues through October2X atthe Lyric Stage, 54 Charles Street, Bos-ton. Performances are Wednesday-Thursday at 8:00, Saturday at 5.0() &8:30, and Sunday at 3:00. Tickets:S13.50 to S17. Telephone: 742-8703.

BLACK RAIN sponds with an oversized ego temperedStarring Michael Douglas. -only by his Italian buddy, Charlie. TheDirected by Ridley Scott. two brash Americans and their shadow,

Mas, take turns bashing each other's cul-By FRANK GILLET ture. Mas states America is only good for

By FRANK GILLETT music and movies. Nick in turn tells MasaLACK RAIN is another adventure he's too "tight," and that sometimes youi& vehicle for Michael Douglas. just "gotta go for it." They end .up learn-

. ~Rather than pursuing treasure in ing from one another, but Nick seemed tothe Jungle, as in Romancing the get the better deal. He returns with a

Stone, he's trying to navigate a completely stronger character and a repect for beingalien culture. His character, Nick Conklin, honest. Mas must endure censure by hisis a tough New York detective down on his own department for not keeping a lid ontluck and under investigation by Internal Nick to learn the lesson that sometimes it'sAffairs. He happens to witness a brutal better to ask forgiveness than permission.murder at the meeting of a Mafia chieftan Surprisingly for a movie of this genre,and Japan's equivalent, a Yakuza chief. As the Black Rain features no sex and littlea result he ends up collaring the suspect romance. Kate Capshaw's role as a highand escorting him to Japan. The bulk of class hooker is a trivial part, with littlethe movie takes place in the surroundings room for creativity. A second Japaneseof Osaka, as Nickc ends up pursuing the film star, Yusaka Matsuda, as the youngescaped suspect into Japan's underworld. renegade Yakuza chief Sato, is much more

The Japanese setting makes this a some- impressive. Sato is a chilling, cold bloodedwhat different cops and robbers story. mobs ter yuppie who wants to bypass theNick is completely lost without his gun, traditional Yakuza hierarchy and godepartment resources and street smarts. straight to the top. It's a glimpse into theThe Osaka police grudgingly grant him current Japanese debate about young peo-and his partner observer status and assign ple who have it made, don't respect theirassistant detective Masahiro Matsumoto elders and want all their toys now. If you(played by Japanese film star Ken Taka- have an interest Japanese-Americanl rela-kura) to escort them. Nick is quickly taken tions, these reflections of larger issues maydown a peg by "Mas," who speaks the En- interest you as it did me.glish that Nick's been arrogantly demand- Overall, Black Rain was a well made,ing. Our New York detective never quite entertaining adventure movie, although itgets accustomed to Japan but he eventual- did little to provoke or challenge the view-ly develops a respect for the Japanese er intellectually, its treatment of the cultur-police and culture. al conflict being somewhat superficial.

The Japan in this movie is one most of Black Rain's cinematography is reminis-us aren't familiar with. You realize this as- cent of Blade Runner, also directed by

Nick's plane descends over countless fac- Ridley, Scott, with- lots- of-scene's ill- dow,,ns-tories spewing steam and sm'oke in the town canyons at night, with rain, steamsunset and continues as you meet Japanese and seedy characters. The pace and stylehookers, hoods and homeless. The hero is are similar, so if you liked Blade Runner Ijust as disoriented as we are, and he re- you'll probably like this one too.

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* * * CRITIC'S CHOICE * *4TRU, Jay Presson Allen's poignant,Iroller-coaster comedy with Robert Morse as Truman Capote, continuesithrough September 24 as a presen~ta-tion of the American Repertory The-atre at the Hasty Puldding Theatre, 12Holyoke Street, Harvard Square,Cirnbridge.- Performances are Tues-day-Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at2 pm & 7 pm. Telephone: 54748300.

Yankee See, Yankcee Dan off-beat, ir-reverent look at how New Englanders actand think, continues indefinitely at theBoston Baked Theatre, 255 lElm Street,Davis Square, Somerville. Performnancesare Thursday-Friday at 8 pm and Satur-day at 8 pm & 10: 15. Tickets: Sl I1 to $ 14.Telephone: 628-9575.

ON CAMPUSLabore: The City Within, an explorationof the cultural, artistic, and architecturalcenter of Pakistan, continues throughDecember 17 at the MIT Museum, 265Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. Mu-seum hours are Tuesday-Friday 9-5 andweekends 12-4. Admission: $2 requesteddonation, free to MIT community. Tele-phone: 253 4444.

Remo Campopirmo: In Residence, fea-turing a room-size installation includinga coffee-table landscape inhabited by acolony of live ants, continues throughNovember 19 at the List Visual ArtsCenter, MIT Wiesner Building E15. Gal-lery hours are weekdays 12-6 and week-ends 1-5. No admission charge. Tele-phone: 253 4680.

Still Perforraaace: Rim];a and VateryGerlovin, collaborative photographs bythe Soviet emnigre artists, continuesthrough October 8 at the List Visual ArtsCenier, NUT I Wlesnrd,- Drig Ell x l. C-a!-lery hours are weekdays 12-6 and week-ends 1-5. No admission charge. Tele-phone: 253 4680.

***CRITIC'S CHOICE***The Boys Next Door, Tom Griffin'shumorous portrayal of four men withmental disabilities living together in agroup home, continues through Sep-tember 24 as a presentation of theAmerican Repertory Theatre at theLoeb Dramna Center, 64 Brattle Street,Cambridge. Performances are Tues-day-Saturday at X pmn, Sunday at7 pml, with Saturday and Sunday mat-inees at 2 pm. Tickets: $14 to $28.Telephone: 547-8300.

CONTEMPORARY MUSICBrave Combo performs at Johnny D's,17 Holland Street, Davis Square, Somer-ville, neat the Davis Square T-stop onthe red line. Telephone: 77S6-%67.

CL1ASSICAL MUSICItalian Baroque Workss, featuring worksby Francesco Manfredini, Giacomo Car-issimi, and Antonio Vivaldi, is presentedat 5 pm at King's Chap el, 58 TremontStreet, Boston. No admission charge.Telephone: 876-8375.

FILM & VIDEOThe Harvard Film Archive continues itsseries Thle Films- of John Cassaveles withHusbands (1970) at 4:00 & 7:00. TheHFA also presents the Lumiere BrothersFirst Program (1894-95, France) andNadook of the North (1920-21, RobertFlaherty) at 5 pmn (Room B0-4). Screen-ings at the Carpenter Center for the Vi-sual Arts, Harvard University, 24 QuincyStreet, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Ad-mission: $3 general, $2 seniors and chil-dren. Telephone: 495-4700.

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Imnage and Imaginations: 150 Years ofPhotography, an exploration of theevolvement of the technology of pho-tography, opens today at the MITMuseum Building, 265 MassachusettsAvenue, Cambridge. Continuesthrough December 31 with Museumhours Tuesday-Friday 9-5 and Satur-day-Sunday 12 4. Admission: $2 re-quested donation, free to MIT com-munity. Telephone: 253 4444.

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CONTEMPORARY MUSICPieces, The Royal Pimps, Maximum,Swreet Cheater, In The Pink, and Poi.son T perform at the Channel, 25 Necco,Street, near South Station in downtownBoston. Admission: $5. Tel: 451-1905.

Right Time performs at Johnny DEs, 17Holland Street, Davis Square, Somer-ville, near the Davis Square T-stop onthe red line. Telephone: 776-9667.

Big Blue Meanies and IBlack RiverSnakes perform at 7:30 at Necco Place,One Necco Place, near South Station indowntowvn Boston. Admission: $5.50/$6.50. Telephone: 426-7744.

hMike Stern 'and Bob Berg perform at8 pm & II pma at Nightstage, 823 MainStreet, Cambridge, just north of MIT.Telephone: 497-8200.

FILM & VIDEO'The Cambridge Center for Adult Educa-tion begins its series Famitv Matters.Films of the 1980's with Smash Palace(1981, Roger Donaldson, Australia) 'at7 pmn & 9 pmn. Located at 56 BrattleStreet, Cambridge. Admission: $3.50.Telephone: 547-6789.

The Harvard'Ahn7mArchive continues itsseries The Films of John Cassavetes withToo Late Blues (1961) at 7 pmn and AChild Is Waiting (1963) at 9 pm. Screen-ings at the Carpenter Center for the Vi-sual Arts, Harvard University, 24 QuincyStreet, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Ad-

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Adventure Set and Idaho Alaska per-form at T.T. the Bears, 10 BrooklineStreet, Cambridge, just north of MIT.Telephone: 492-082.

Ludcy Seven and Boogeymsan perform atJohnny D's, 17 Holland Street, DavisSquare, Somerville, near the DavisSquare T-stop on the red line. Telerphone: 776-9667.

Jaro, Vision, and Different Drum per-form at 7:30 at Neeco, Place, One NeccoPlace, near South Station in downtownBoston. Admnission: $6.50/$7.50. Tele-phone:- 426-7744.

FILM & VIDEOThe Harvard Film Archive continues itsseries The Films of John Cassavetes withFaces (1968) at 7:00 & 9:30. Screeningsat the Carpenter Center for the VisualArts, Harvard University, 24 QuincyStreet, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Ad-rnission: $3 general, $2 seniors and chil-

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(Continued from page 12)MIT was fighting to protect aone touchdown lead, they turnedthe ball over to the Greyhoundsdeep in Beaver territory. But eachtime defensive backs Art Wang'91 and Brian Teeple '91 came upwith huge interceptions inside theMIT 10-yard line to shut As-sumption down.

Outstanding play from theBeaver defensive front was an-other key to victory. MIT con-trolled the line of scrimmage, asLawrence Donohue '90 (11 tack-les, 21/2 sacks), Monty Frazier '92(8 tackles, I/2 sack), and MikeAhrens '91 (10 tackles) shutdown the Assumption runninggame to the tune of 2.2 yardsaverage per rush.

The MIT secondary, shored upby the return of co-captains RickBuellesbach '90 and Mark Nau-gle '90, held up when the gamewas on the line.

Week 4: MIT 14, Stonehill 13-The Stonehill College Chief-

tains had a month to simimerover their opening day embar-rassment. They came out fight-ing, rolling to a 13-0 lead after

g tIthree quarters. But the MIT teamnever quit, and after tight end-Joe Jones '89 brought the Bea-vers to within one with a touch-down reception in the game's fi-nal minute, quarterback Tim Day'89 and LaHousse combined fora two-point conversion with 33seconds left in the game for adramatic one-point victory, 14-13. Jones' catch was his only oneof the season.

The Beaver defense was wellacquainted with quarterbackAndy Morency and wide receiv-ers Dan Smith and Nick McCar-thy. MIT applied more pressureand covered the receivers betterto prevent the short completionsthat were the backbone of theChieftain offense.

The result was that Stonehillhad most of their success on theground, using a punishing run-ning game that had not been inevidence four weeks ago. MIT, inturn, had to look to the air, ledby wide receiver Anthony Lapes'90. The Chieftains actually out-

.gained the Beavers rushing, 223-129, and MIT out-passed Stone-hill, 147-122. Lapes, named theplayer of the game, finished thegame with six receptions for 126yards and a touchdown.Week 5: MIT 21, Providence 17

The Beavers must have felt sor-ry for the 200 loyal fans whoshowed up for MIT's final homegame of the season. After scoringon two quick strikes in thegame's first eight minutes androlling to a 21-7 lead at the half,they must have been concernedthat the game against winlessProvidence College was not excit-ing enough.

To make things more interest-ing, the Beavers turned the ballover to Providence three times in-side the MIT 40 yam ~line. Theproblem was that they made-things too interesting, and it tooka questionable roughing-the-

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* Linebackers: The strengthof the defense, MIT's linebackerswere led by Darcy Prather '91,another Football Gazette All-American honorable mention.Prather led the team in tackles(117), averaging better than 16per game.

) Secondary: The defensivebacks had some problems, butseveral times they came up withkey interceptions to save games.Rick Buellesbach '90. a formerlinebacker, played in the secon-

dary,led the team with four passbreak-ups, and tied for the teamlead with three interceptions. Healso recovered two of the team'sthree fumble recoveries. BrianTeeple '91 also picked off threepasses.

Special Teams

e Kick returning: LaHousseand Day handle this job quitewell. Day averaged 30 yards perreturn, and returned one fora touchdown at rainsoakedAssumption College.

- Punt returning: This ismore of a problem. Sunny Ahn'92, the primary returner, aver-aged under 4 yards per return.But he playing one of the mostintuitive positions in football andwas only a freshman.

* Kicking: The Beavers had adefinite problem here. They at-tempted only one field goal theentire year (the try failed), al-though last year was the first yearin memory that the Beavers actu-ally made quite a few of theirPAT kicks. Moose, the punter,averaged under 29 yards per kickand had one disastrous fake puntattempt.

This year, however, MIT hasan actual kicker for the firsttime. Dan McGahn, an incomingfreshman, will have kicking as hisonly responsibility. He does not,however, kick off.

Rulle changes

The NCAA Rules Committeevoted last spring to prohibit theuse of kicking tees on extrapoints and field goals. Any regu-lations which hinder placekickersmight help MIT, since the otherteams in-the ECFC haive experi-enced more success tkcking theball-than the Beavers. MFIT was0-1 for field goals, while oppo-nents connected on a perfect fiveof five, including Mike Chon-iere's 24-yarder that won a 17-14game for Assumption. But ifMcGahn proves himself to be aquality kicker, this change mayactually hinder the Beavers, asgood kickers at this level are fewand far between.

The changes in the crowd noiserules are unlikely to affect any-one in the conference.

The unsportsmanlike conductrule was made stricter - allow-ing referees to penalize for a sim-ple finger point. This could af-fect emotional players like Day,who was hit with three unsports-manlike conduct flags in thegame against Bentley, althoughthey were not for taunting.

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College), and third in passing de-fense (behind Merrimack and As-sumption). However, they did notgive up many points. The defensetypically gave up mid-fieldground but held very tightlyaround the 20 or 30 yardline.

9 Line: The Beavers didn'thave much of a pass rush (only13 sacks in 7 games). MIT neededto use its linebacker blitz in orderto pressure the quarterback.

kicker penalty in the game's finalminute to preserve the 21-17victory over the Friars.

The Beaver offense started thegame out strongly, demonstratingthe improved passing attack un-veiled last week against StonehillCollege. Lapes, coming offMIT's second-best performanceever by a wide receiver, burnedthe Friars for 100 yards on fivereceptions.Week 6: Assumption 179 MIT 14

After winning some games theyprobably deserved to lose, a teamis supposed to lose a game theydeserved to win. Unfortunately,while playing Saturday at the As-sumption Greyhounds' homefield in Worcester, the MIT foot-ball team only managed to lose agame which neither teamdeserved to win.

There were some standout per-formances, notably by Day,Lapes, Buellesbach, and Assump-tion running backs Terry Biaforeand Rich Danrdini (whose 102yards led the field'. and movedhim to 2t48 career).

It also featured a much im-proved MIT-passing attack whichgained 114 yards, seven morethan they rushed for. This wasthie third game in a row in whichDay out-passed the opposingquarterback.

But overall, neither teamlooked impressive. MIT's offensecouldn't move the ball for mostof the game and never did scoreany points. Most of the gamewas played on MIT's side of-thefield - there was no play fromscrimmage by either team in As-sumption's territory during theentire third quarter.

Week 7: Bentley 41, NIT 35In the final ten minutes of the

season, MIT gave the crowd -and perhaps more importantlythemselves - something to re-member. The Beavers scored 20points in those final ten minutes,while standing tall and shuttingdown the Falcons. In the end,they came up short, but althoughthe clock defeated MIT, Bentleysurely didn't.

Lapes, who started off the sea-son slowly with just four recep-tions for 78 yards and no touch-downs in the -first three games ofthe season, caught fire at Stone-hill and never cooled off; he fin-ished the season with 27 recep-tions for. 545 yards and 6touchdowns in\the Beavers' finalfour games.

The last game was by far hismasterpiece. Despite Bentley'sknowledge that the Beavers hadto put the ball in the air in ordermount a comeback, and their re-alization that Lapes was Day'sonly target, the Falcons justcouldn't stop him, even with thedouble coverage they put on himvirtually every play.

When time ran -out on Lapes,he had three touchdowns amonghis 11 receptions for 225 yards,including two scores in the fourthquarter, and broke every MITsingle game, season, and careerreceiving mark.

(Continued from page 12)yeari. I was afraid I would levelout" in performance.

Although the team competedin the NCAA Division III inPrather's sophomore season (theBeavers were a club team in1987), the step up had little efect

.on Prather or the team, he be-lieved. The competition was nodifferent because MIT played althe -same teams, he pointed out.

. Nevertheless, Prather called thechange "nice, because I didn'thave to explain [what club foot-ball is] to my 'friends any-more.... Overall there were afew more people [at the games],but I don't pay a lot of attentionto the stands; except for the firstgame I didn't really notice it allthat much."

Many times the Beaver defensewas called on to save a game latewhen the MIT offense sputtered;Prather said that this was nothinghe was not used to. "It's the samestyle as we played in high school... really solid defense." The of-fense's emphasis on a wishbone,grind-it-out running game is aholdover from club days whengraduate students gave MIT alarge size advantage, heexplained.

One result of MIT's style ofplay is a large number of closegames. "I almost never get overly

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hyped in the game," Prathersaid. He just tries to "stay calmand do the things I am supposedto do," and then "you just haveto trust the coach to call the rightdefense."

He admitted, however, that itwas nerve-racking during lastyear's season when it "seemedlike the defense would bend a lotbut never quite break." Thatmade it hard on the offense be-cause they didn't get the ball verymuch. "Part of that," Prathersaid, "was just being a youngteam'"

Prather saw promise for a-more aggressive offense, hoping

that the coaches will "open upthe offense a little more - like inthe Bentley game." [In last sea-son's finale at Bentley College,quarterback Tim Day '89 andwide receiver Anthony Lapes '90spearheaded a comeback effortwhich scored 20 unansweredpoints in the final ten minutes.Day completed 14 of 24 passesfor 273 yards and three touch-downs for the day, although MITlost 41-35.]

This season "should be muchbetter," Prather predicted; "theentire defense is returninr." Inaddition Jason Hunter, an incom-ing freshman, looks to be the".prototypical linebacker - Sixfoot one And 220 pounds." Withthe addition of Hunter and theother freshmen, the defense nowis big enough to suit up a fullsecond team for practice.

The coaches have told the play-ers that the level of competitionwill be greater this year. But hav-ing Day return for a ninth term is"the final piece of the puzzle."Day "is an excellent quarterbackwho got the job done on theground or in the air."

Prather's goals for this year area little more subtle than the pure-ly numerical targets he had setbefore last season. 'I want theteam to go undefeated," he said,abut who 'doesn't? My biggestgoal is to grab some intercep-tions." In six years of playingcompetitive football he haspicked off only one pass - in thelast game of his freshma'n year atMIT. He also wants 'to do themore finesse things a linebackeris expected to do, like strippingthe bail and causing fumbles."

Prather feels positive about his-progress this year. "I should havea good year," he remarked.Prather also promised to "liftweights more than I have in thepast," a pledge which mustdishearten opposing coaches.

(Continued from page - 12)Frank Strachan. Strachan playsboth tailback and defensive backfor the Chieftains. Dan Smith ledthe conference in receiving. Theyhave a good kicker in Marc Vec-chio, whose 33 points (12-13 ex-tra points, 7-8 field goals) led theconference. They were last in theconference in total defense, butsecond in scoring defense.

Once again the Beavers openup with Stonehill at home. Theyhave been practicing all week forStonehill's short pass orientedoffense.

Assumption Greyhounds(2a4-0 2-5-0)

Although they were second inthe league in total defense (yield-ing 246 yards- per game), theywere last in scoring defense(yielding 21.6 points per game).Obviously this was due to poorfield position; they were last inconference in both -rushing of-fense (100.3 ypg) and passing of-fense (80.1 ypg). They also hadproblems putting the ball in the

end zone when they did get theopportunity.

Quarterback John Daddonaand wideout Don Kinney burnedthe Beaver secondary both timesthey played. But they are gone,as is Rich Dandini, a 2000-plusyard running back and Terry Bia-fore, another of the Greyhoundrushers. They should have ayoung team this year.

Westernl New England College:The newcomer to the confer-

ence is pretty much an unknown;they will be leaving the New En-gland Football Conference, wherethey were pushovers for oppo-nents such as Plymouth StateCollege (ranked first in the East-ern College Athletic ConferenceDivision III North Region).-

WNEC opened up last seasonwith a six-game losing streak,and spent the entire season in theNEFC cellar. But WNEC servednotice to its new conference rivalsthat it would be a force to bereckoned with by trouncing As-sumption late last season, 35-15.

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One of the most attractivethings about fall sports is theirsetting; a crisp, sunny autumnday has a hot, steamy summerday or a sweaty gym in the winterbeat by a mile. And in thespring, you want to be out thereplaying yourself: But in the fall itjust seems right to hang out inthe stands and catch the last raysof the year.

So if you find yourself withnothing to do for a few hours onthe weekend, why not drift out toBriggs field or Steinbrenner stadi-um? Any of the sports will do;MIT plays baseball, soccer, ten-nis, rugby, and field hockey outthere. But the classic fall sport is,of course, football.

passer despite the obvious focuson the run. Day will return as aninth-term senior.

Receiver Anthony Lapes '90broke every MIT single game,season, and career receiving re-cord. He was also-given an hon-orable mention by Football Ga-zette. It is unlikely, however, thiscan continue without a secondtarget for Day to throw to (over70 percent of MIT's completionswere to Lapes). The Beavers areworking on getting him somehelp.

Defense

If you have never seen the MITfootball team in action, don'tworry. You are not alone. In factyou can probably sound like themost loyal fan in the stands ifyou just read the articles in thisspecial Beaver football preview.To start you off, let's take a lookat this year's team:

* Last season: MIT had awinning record in their first sea-son in the NCAA Division III (4-3). MIT and several other clubteams formed the New EnglandCollegiate Football Conference.Although the Beavers did have a-winning record, they sufferedfrom somewhat inconsistent play-ing. Their best game was the sea-son's first (in front of CBS cam-eras), while their best quarter wasthe season's last (against Bentley

in a losing cause).* This season: Everybody

who is anybody is returning (21of 22 starters). MIT should havethe most experience of anyone inthe league. And speaking of theleague. . .

O Opposition: The NECFCbecomes the Eastern CollegiateFootball Conference (even thoughconference standings will not betaken for the first year). TheMerrimack College Warriors(who were a club team last sea-son even though they participatedin the NECFC and finished sec-ond) and the Providence CollegeFriars (in last place) dropped out.Merrimack might come back nextyear, although unofficial word isthey won't. As usual, Bentley isfavored to win this year. The onlyteam added to the conference isWestern New England College,which MIT has never played.

OffenseMIT runs a wishbone, rushing

dominated offense. Last year'steam led the conference in rush-ing offense (averaging 194.4yards per game) but was onlyfourth in passing offense (be-hind Bentley, Stonehill, andMerrimack).

* Line: The offensive lines-men are good run blockers. Of-fensive guard Bob Kupbens '90was named to the third string ofthe Football Gazette 1989 Divi-sion III pre-season All-Americanteam. Kupbens is MIT's largestoffensive lineman. The Beaversran to his side nearly 70 percentof the time in 1988 while pilingup 193 rushing yards per game.

· Running backs: Last year,Shane LaHousse '90 was namedthe NECFC player of the year.

He broke a bevy of records, andled the NCAA rushing listagainst Stonehill College (260yards). LaHousse was also givenan honorable mention in the pre-season All-American team.

Fumbles were a big problemfor Beaver rushers; they fumbled30 times and lost 15, while theopposition lost only three thewhole season. Solid fullbackGarret Moose '90 returns thisyear, and several new prospectshelp to fill out the backfield.

c Quarterback/receivers: Thepassing game started off slowly,but picked up steam as the sea-son progressed. By the end of theyear, Quarterback Tim Day '89was the conference's top-rated

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the conference's best passer. Heled the league in every passingcategory (attempts, completions,completion percentage, yards,and touchdowns) and finishedthe season ranked behind MITquarterback Tim Day '89 onlybecause of his conference-high 13interceptions.

Linebacker Charles White ledthe team in tackles. Many keypeople graduated, however -they lost leading rusher and scor-er Kevin McMahon and leadingreceiver Steve Grimnwood. Theirpossession of a huge offensiveline is a definite advantage.

Stonehill Chieftains(2-3-1, 3-3-1)

The Chieftains are a youngteam, like MIT. The Beavers blewthem away in the season opener,but they improved a lot over thecourse of the year. They providedthe only blemish on Bentley's un-defeated record when they tiedthe Falcons, and then crushedMerrimack College, the confer-ence's second-ranked team and ateam that had defeated MIT, inthe final game of the season.

The team is led - both offen-sively and defensively - by

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By Michael J. Garrisonand Harold A. Stern

Although most of the teamsMIT plays this year are regularsfrom past years, the Beavers willbe playing Sienna College, Uni-versity of Massachusetts-Boston,

·and Worcester Polytechnic Insti-tute in non-conference games.MITplayed UMass two years ago(losing 28-3), but Sienna is prettymuch an unknown factor. Disap-pearing from the schedule areMerrimak and ProvidenceColleges.

The following are profiles ofsome of MIT's key opponents.The numbers below each teamname are the team's 1988 recordin MIT's conference and overall.

Bentley Falcons(4-0-1, 5-2-1)

Finished first in the NECFClast year, and looks like the teamto beat again. Bigger and stron-ger than MIT, with a more bal-anced offensive attack, they ledthe conference in scoring offense,passing offense, and total offense(they were second in rushing toMIT).

Rifle-armed quarterback KevinLucey (6'-3") returns - probably

By Michael J. GarrisonOne of the most unlikely MIT

football stars of the past two sea-sons has been junior linebackerDarcy Prather. Despite his smallsize (listed at 6'-0", 185 lbs.),Prather was called "the best line-backer we've had here in the 11years we've been playing foot-ball" by Head Coach DwightSmith.

As a freshman, he broke theBeavers' single-season mark fortackles (with 95), a record heshattered last year with 117stops. Prather was one of twoBeavers recognized by Pizza Hutas an honorable mention to theirDivision III All-America Team(along with offensive linemanBob Kupbens '90). He was alsogiven an honorable mention onthe 1989 Football Gazette Divi-sion III pre-season All-Americanteam.

As with so many success sto-ries in athletics, Prather's mightnever have come to pass were itnot for an opportune break.

Prather started playing insidelinebacker "in ninth grade," herecalled. When he tried out forfootball at MIT, the coaches test-ed him at several positions. Butwhen linebacker Mark Hanson'88 fractured his wrist, they"gave up the experiments com-pletely" and handed the positionover to Prather.

The Beavers' 4-4 defense, thesame scheme Prather played inhigh school, puts a lot of pres-sure on the linebackers to makemost of the tackles against therun - and none of them mademore tackles than Prather, whoaveraged almost 17 tackles pergame in his sophomore season.

But Prather's responsibilitiesdid not end when opposing quar-

terbacks dropped back to pass.Although MIT's game plan calledfor the blitz only rarely, the Bea-vers found themselves doing it alot. "We usually didn't feel theline was putting enough pressureon the quarterback," Rrather ex-plained. When additional heatwas needed, Prather succeeded inturning it up; he accounted forthree of the team's 13 sacks lastseason.

Prather had set two personalgoals last year before the seasonstarted: to get over 100 tacklesand to set the MIT record fortackles (he hadn't realized untillater that he already owned theMIT record from his freshmanyear).

Overall, last season was "verysuccessful," he remembered. "Iwas pleased with myself becauseI was improving [over freshman

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By Michael J. Garrisonand Harold A. Stern

And just in case you missedone or two of the games in lastyear's exciting season ...

Week 1: MIT 29, Stonehill 7Shane LaHousse '90 and

George Carlin were the stories ofthis game. The Beavers openedtheir NCAA careers amid doubleedged publicity which overshad-owed even this year's storiesabout SMU returning from theDeath Penalty.

LaHousse ran for 260 yards,four touchdowns, the ECACplayer of the week award, the Di-vision II-III Gold Helmet Award(presented to the most outstand-ing performer in all of DivisionsII and III), and the top of theweekly NCAA rushing honor role- for all of Division I, II, andIII. Eventual Heisman Trophywinner Barry Sanders onlyrushed for 157. And all GeorgeCarlin did was recite a few linesfrom a routine which was a de-cade old. But he got all the press.Week 2: Merrimack 12, MiT'7

MIT's only Friday night gamewas a serious mistake. The Bea-vors were flat and listless, proba-bly because the "Rocket Back-field" of aero-astro majors allhad problem sets due that day.Dropped passes, trick plays thatfailed, and offensive collapses inkey situations made the differ-ence in the Beavers' 12-7 defeat.

LaHousse suffered a mild con-cussion on the game's openingdrive; although he did return toaction, he had trouble recogniz-ing his teammates and remember-ing the plays. The Warrior defen-sive front took control of the lineof scrimmage, and the Beaver of-fensive line was unable to openup holes for the ballcarriers orprotect Day when he droppedback to pass.

On the plus side for MIT, theBeaver defense, a question markbefore the season started, put inits second consecutive solid per-formance and kept MIT closethroughout the game. LinebackerDarcy Prather '91 (19, tackles, /2sack) and defensive lihnemen Rod-rigo Rubiano '92 (17 tackles, 1/2sack) and Shin Hirose '90wreaked havoc with the Warrioroffense, coming up with big playsto shut down several scoringopportunities.Week 3: MIT 21, Assum ption 14

Despite the typically outstand-ing numbers generated by La-Housse, this 21-14 win over theAssumption College Greyhoundswas without a doubt a victory forthe defense. Whenever it lookedlike the MIT offense was on aroll, and the Beavers would turnthe game into a rout, a turnoveror some other error would letAssumption back in the game.

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By Elizabeth QuinnThe women's tennis team be-

gan its fall season last week withan 8-1 victory over Simmons Col-lege. The Engineers dominated,winning singles and doublesmatches in straight sets. Al-though a minor competition, thewin was a great confidenceboost, according to the teammembers and their coach.

But confidence proved not tobe enough over the weekend asMIT fell to two top East Coastregion schools, Skidmore Col-lege, 7-2, and Vasser College,9-0.

The two MIT wins over Skid-more were obtained by the #1and #4 players, Fiona Tan '91and Co-Captain CatherineGioannetti '90 respectively. Tanplayed hard, winning a tiebreakerin the third set over HeidiHeusner, who was ranked as highas 13th last year nationally.

Gioannetti played equally well, asshe kept the ball deep and ap-plied constant pressure to her op-ponent. Co-Captain DheeraAnanthakrishnan '90 and AmitaGupta '91 also played closematches.

Although appearing somewhatsluggish, the team pressed on toplay Vasser. "Against Vasser, weplayed indoors and on a very fastsurface," Coach Candy Royernoted. "We didn't adjust in time,and were already down by thefirst set." Gioannetti was the onlyplayer to win her first set, andwas one of only two Engineers,along with Ananthakrishnan, tolast a full three sets. The doublescompetition was equally disap-pointing, as the #1 match had tobe defaulted due to an injury sus-tained by Tan and the g2 and #3matches also resulted in losses.

On Wednesday, the team over-came their weekend losses,

sweeping Worcester PolytechnicInstitute, 9-0. With Tan sittingout from a pulled stomach mus-cle, each member played at-rankshigher than usual. This made thewin especially sweet, as most sin-gles matches were won in straightsets. Gupta faced some difficultyin her second set, but came backstrong in the third and won thematch 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.

Already 2-2 for the season,team members are looking for-ward to more successful matches."The women have been steadilyraising their game and are look-ing good," Assistant Coach JenHyman pointed out. "They havebeen working hard on nutrition,speed, endurance, and especiallytheir mental game."

The women's tennis team willplay Bowdoin this afternoon andColby on Saturday. Tan is expect-ed to play in both of thesecompetitions.

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sportsMIT football enters second year in NCAA Divt III

1988 champion Bentleylooks like team to beat

Prather a suprising success at linebacker

Looksing back week by weekat the 1 988 football season

Womnen's tennis begins season, 2-2