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Alfred Geller '79 askedWadleigh, 'How come you aredeliberately overcrowding [thedormitories]?" Wadleighresponded that he thought thatM IT was doing a good Job of pro-viding housing considering itslack of a "base of capital" to fundnew dormitories.

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suggested that the WritintProgram be removed from theHumlanities Department and beadministered by the School ofHlumalnities directly because ofpast conflicts with certai n seniormembers of the Department andthe Program's "emphasis onInstitute-wide activities,"

Sources within the WritingProgram attacked Hanham's pro-posai as "locking us into a

program that doesn't let us teachthe way we want to, the way wehave shown to be most successfulin filling the widest range of stu-dents' needs and abilities.

'Hanham's proposal is de-< signed to meet the leeds of aEi small number of talented people3 who pass !hrought MIT. We have> been trying to meet the needs

of the average student."Both Hanham and Sivin denied

that there was any substantivedifference between their recom-mr.endations.

"There is no basic conflictbetween Hanham's proposal andours, if you understand the dif-ferent nature of the papers," Sivinexplained. "Our report was anevaluation, his is a draft of anorganization. The functions arequite different."

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By Thomas J. SpisakThe year-long dispute within

the Humanities lDepartment overwriting at MIT erupted again thisweek amid an atmosphere of fir-ings, boycotted meetings, andcharges of backstabbing.

Wednesday, - five WritingProgram instructors receivednotices that their contracts werenot renewed for the next aca-demic -year.

Members of the WritingProgram declined to comment onthe dismissals but Professor BruceMazlish, head of the HumanitiesDepartment, asserted that thenotices were routine.

"Since we have an obligation toprotect people, the Institute givesnotices when appointments areterminated. With part-timeinstructors [four of the termi-nated personnel are part-timeinstructors] there is an almostautomatic assumption the. Jobends with the academic year,"

Mazlish explained. 'But becausethe situation has become nearlylitigious, we sent notices to thepart-time people to be on the safeside."

M azlish asserted that thenotices did not preclude the recip-ients being rehired.

Friday, the Hum-anitiesDepartment met to discuss the

In keeping with the holidayseason, The Tech presents itsown form of a traditionalChristmas classic.

Led by senior Phil Brucat; theVarsity pistol team crushedWPI saturday for its thirdstraight victory;

The MIT women's volleyballteam finds the California sunnot to its liking, droppingthree straight matches at thecollege division nationalchampionships last weekend.

Dean of the School of Humanities, Harold Hanhamrn discusses theproposed organization of a permanent writing program to succeedthe present experimental programtroversy again this week.

recommendations of the Com-mittee to Evaluate the PilotWriting program, chaired by Pro-fessor Nathan Sivin, and anorganization plan to administerwriting instruction proposed byDean of the School of Human-ities Harold Hanharn.

No members of the. WritingProgram attended Friday's

which was surrounded in con-

meeting, citing day-long meet-ings with colleagues from Har-vard and Cornell for theirabsence.

Sources within the HumanitiesDepartment called the Hanharproposal "completely oppositethe Sivin Committee's recom-mendations'and evaluations."

The Evaluation. Committee

Pi Kappa Alpha (PiKA) stu-dent members overwhelminglyselected the Big BrothersMovement (BBA) as its of-ficial national service projectduring the fraternity's Augustconvention here it was recentlyannounced.

tional experience as older IvyLeague schools such as Harvardhave had, and that this has madefundraising for housing moredifficult.

Wadleigh said that "we arebusting our guts" to get more giftincome.

Several students questionedwhether M IT was sufficientlystressing student housing needs inits fundraising efforts.

Geller said that "corporationsdon't see the quality of studentlife as important. This doesn'tmean that we have to accept thisattitude."

Dean of the School of ScienceRobert Alberty, also a member of

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dent Affairs Office, and the GA'sCommittee on Student Housing.Over fifty students also were atthe meeting.

Class SizeVice President Kenneth

Wadleigh '43, a member of theAcademic Council, said that theclass Of 198i would be "signifi-cantly smaller" than the I 100 thathad been planned for all futureclasses, but added the Councilhad not yet reached a final deci-sion.

- One of the GA motions callsfor future classes to be set at l050students, and recommends thatnext year's class be limited tol000 in order to reduce over-

By Mark JamesMIT's fundraising and

spending priorities and their ef-.fects on student housing werechallenged by students at anUndergraduate Association (UA)Housing Forum held last Thurs-day.

The forum was held to discussissues relating to four motions onstudent housing that have beenbrought before the' Under-graduate Association General As-sembly (GA), and specifically toallow student input to the classsize decision to be made by theAcademic Council soon.

Participating in the forum wererepresentatives from the Aca-demic Council, the Dean for Stu-

Alan Altshuler. M IT professorof polictical science, is beingseriously considered byPresident-elect Carter for theposition of Secretary of Tran-sportation, The New YorkTimnes reported recently.Aitshuler told Tie Tech,however, that he has received"no direct confirmation" fromthe Carter-Mondale transitionteam that the report is ac-curate.

Second term registrationmaterial will be available to-day in lobby 10. Completedforms are due at theRegistrar's Office beforeJanuary 12. jor problems involving women at

MIT is "the attitude towardwomen in a number of classes.There are still some professorswho will make sexist comments,and imply that these women can-not do particular work." Heineexplained this in part, by a "sheerlack.of numbers. Women tend tostand out more."

Another problem she pointedout is the "lack of focus.Everybody's so busy - and theydon't have help withorganizational aspects."

Asked whether MIT shouldmake a specific effort to recruit.more women, Heine replied thatit already does, explaining thecatch phrase of the Admissionsoffice: "MIT - A Special Placefor Women."

Heine added that 'the number[of women] seems to have hit akind of plateau, this twenty percent women. It will take quitesome time to increase the appli-cant pool, to increase the number

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By David B. KoretzEfforts to improve the status of

women "can not be purely aimedtowards one sex," asserted MaryC. Heine '67, the recently -ap-pointed Assistant Dean for Stu-dent Affairs with special respon-sibilities for women students.

"The point is a general humanliberation. We want input fromboth men and women," explainedthe former Wellesley student whotransferred to MIT to receive adegree in biology.

For the near furure, Heine feelsthat her Job will entail mainly"talking to people, and doing alot of listening. I've got to go outthere and meet people, renew oldacquaintances."

She added that "by having beena student, a graduate student, aninstructor, and by having lived inthe dorm [as a Senior Tutor inMcCormick Hall while a doctoralcandidate], I can be particularlysympathetic, and be able to seepotential problems."

Heine noted that one of the ma-

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This is the last issue of TheTech for this term. The Techwill be published once a weekdwing IAP, starting Friday,Jan. 7. Regular semiweeklypublication will resume on Fri-day, Feb. 8.

Mary C. Heine 67 recently assumed the role of assistant dean forstudent affairs in charge of women.

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The deficit is expected to beclose to $1 million this fiscal--year,according to Alberty.,t ,

Tom Ginldin '77 ~ac_'W0' theadminlistration of not taking thebudget cuts that other de'part-ments are experiencing', pointingto a doubling in, the- budget of thePresident's Offc'e "sinice JeromeWiesner took office. Albertyresponded that "you have to bevery careful about [analyzing] theInstitute budget," since respon-sibilities may be shifted betweendepartments.

Rate ReviewThe rate review process - a

series of meetings between stu-dents and Housing and Dining of-ficials to determine how the feesfor these services are to be dis.tributed among students-should be expanded so that stu-dents could question items in thebudget itself, according to one ofthe GA resolutions.

Director of Housing and FoodServices Eugene Brammer saidthat he was willing for the budgetto be discussed, but that" theamount of time available mightnot allow a complete discussionof the budget.

Baker House PresidentNorman Smith '77 said that whenhe asked to see the budgetduring last year's rate review, hewas to:ld by Associate Director ofHousing and Food ServicesArthur Beals that it would just"confuse me."

Smith defended the commonssubsidy -the amount paid fromdormitory rents to subsidize thecommons meals program - bysaying that being allowed to cookin dormitory roomns adds a loadto the system in terms of extramnaintenance that justifies thecharging of a fee.

Coed Situation1C oed living at MIT and the

results of a UA survey on at-titudes of undergraduates con-cerning this question were alsodiscussed at the forum.

Judy Stein '78 of the GA Hous-ing Committee announced 'the thepreliminary results from the sur-vey. a one-to-one male-femaleratio was preferred by the largestfraction of those' surveyed,allthough opinions varied widelyon this question.

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Most respondents said thatdecisions about the coedity of liv-ing groups should be made by thegroups themselves. Stein cited thisas a contradiction of the desire fora more even male-female ratio,because allowing any living groupto go coed with no restrictionmight not permit each group tohave an adequate number ofwomen.

Browning said that the presentdecision-making process involvesgroup discussions to get inputfrom both the group in questionand groups that are already coed.

He said that two factors wereessential for a successful group: a64critical mass" (minimumnumber) of women and areasonable male-female ratio.

Ken Kantor '78 proposed that,except for one all-male and oneall-female group, all other assign-ments should be-given out by freechoice.

Many objections were raised tothis plan, including concerns forwomen who ended up in a groupthat had almost no women, andquestions about what would hap-pen to groups that did not suc-ceed in providing a good livingenviron ment.

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Professor of ArchitectureDonlyn Lyndon, the new head ofthe Committee for the Visual Arts(CVA), was also at the forum toanswer questions on the CVA'splans far selection of sculpturesand other artwork to be placednear dormitories.

Lyndon said that the selectionof the New House sculpturewould be done in cooperationwith residents. He said that hehad no objections to makingCVA meetings opern to the com-munity, but that it had not beendiscussed by the Committee yet.

One of the GA's housingresolutions asks "that livinggroups on campus be given morecomplete control over the usesand decoration of internalfacilities and over the placementof statues and other objects" bothinside and outside dormitories.

Lyndon said that he was notpersonally involved in the selec-tion of Transparent Horizons, butthat to his knowledge, there was'&no deliberate bypassing of EastCampus people" in the selection

process, which only involved of-ficials in the Chemical Engineer-ing department.

When asked if the CVA had"learned its lesson" from theTransparent Horizons con-troversy, Lyndon replied thatarchitects "try to learn from allbuilding processses."

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Heine is looking forward tobeginning her duties here - sheexpects to start during IAP. "Ittakes a definite recognition of tfiegiant steps made so far," she said.

"It can seem cold and imper-sonal, but MIT can make excep-tions to the rules, to helpeveryone adjust. The entiresociety must make changes; it'slike moving a very bulky object. Ittakes time."

greater admissions, and a "lack ofantagonism" towards women,enabling them to be more positiveabout their performance insociety.

Heine allowed that furtherimprovements would necessitatebeing "open for suggestions. Wewant to get lot of input, to seewhat ideas can be gotten from awide variety of sources." She ad-ded that she hopes to work closelywith the-Association for WomenStudents, 'the Wellesley-MIT ex-change, and with Mary Rowe, the

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Commenting - further on theAdmissions Office's role, she saidthat they have been "urgingwomen to be very positive, goback to high school, tell theirmath professors, guidancecounselors, and students" aboutMIT. Heine added that "a lot ofthem are doing concrete things,working to increase admissions."

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To 1he Editor:I have noticed$ a dangerous

journalistic trend surrfacing in ThezTech. Thte Trech has become amouthpiece for a -socially ir-responsible ideology held by somesegments of the MVIT Administra-tion; namnely, that political andmoral issues take second place tothe narrow economic andpolitical interests of a particularinstitution or group. Let mereview some recent cases:

0 Taiwlan. Wheen it was disclosedthaat 15 milita-ry officers from aNdati ona list Chinese defenseresearch institution on Taiwanwere learning inertial guidancetechnology at MLIT, The Tech im-mediately responded with a kow-towing article which presenteduncritically the views of theprogram's administrators whowere trying to exoneratethemselves.0 Flat electric rate referendum.WVhen Chancellor Giray told TheeTech that tuition would go up ifflat electric rates were instituted,his words were printed verbatimwithout criticism and with-;out apresentation of the other factorsrelevant to this issue. The A~d-ministration already has itsmouthpiece in Techh Talkc. As waspointed out exhaustivelyelsewhere (in a 28 Oct. thursdq~,article and-a -1 Nov. SACCleaflet), a siniple calculationshows the economics of the tui-tion increase to be untenable, andeven so, some very importantsocial is-ues such as energy con-servatiuai the rising cost ofelectricity, and the subsidizing ofcorporations come into play.These are all issues that studentsand their newspapers should con-

cern themselves with. Paul Graydidn't care as much about a tui-tion increase, let alone social is-sues, as creating F. scare tactic toconvince students to vote in theinterests of thPe big businessesrepresented by' the MVIT Corpora-tion, and to pisychologically con-dition us into- accepting yetanother tuition increase because

Congress will be holding hearingson this matter. Thus, if P-3-research is in fact harmaful anyguidelines will most likely b~enationwide. This line of reasoningwould seem to be one that an alertreporter should be following anddrawing questions from.

An indication of the shakinessof The Tech - Baltimore posi-

tion is evidenced by the statementof John Dowling, haead of Har-vard's Biology Departm~ent, that"I don't think from the H~arvardpoint of view, Baltimore has anaccurate statement. I don't knowanyone who will leave Harvardbecause of the ban."'

! n any case, the basic issue athand is whether P-3 research is infact hazardous, not whether MITwill be losing Nobel Prize win-ners.

Thze Tech has done some finestudent-oriented investigativereporting in the past. For exam-ple, its exposure ''O'f"flk Ira'nnuclear engineering program andof black admnissioins recruitmentat MIT r spurred awareness and ac-tion among the student body onthese issues. As a student new-spaper, let's hope it continues inthis tradition.

Bonnie Buratti, GDe~cemnber 12, 1976

things are so "ti ht" for them.D~oes anyor, believe that the an-nual tuition increase will be anyless because the flat rate wasdefeated?0 A report of the statement byNobel laureate Baltimore that aP-3 DNA. recombinant researchban in Camnbridge wil! cause hirn.to leave Cambridge. The scenariopresented is naive, and constitutesanother scare tactic. If P-3 werebanned in Cambridge, a prece-dent would be set for resisting andbanning it elsewhere. Therefore ifa researcher moved elsewhere beor she would possibly be facec4with another banning. Theresearcher would be worse offthan before - no opportunity todo P-3 research, plus-the hassle ofmoving. Already the New YorkAttorney -General has begun aninvestigation into the Cold SpringP-3 facility on Long Island, andthere are also indications that

The clock struck one. "Cabot, Cabot,"' a sagacious voice drawled."Who are you?" Cabot demanded.

"I ani Vannevar, the Spirit of MCIT Past.""And I'm Bobby Orr," he replied sardonically, and rolled over.'"Arise. ye son of MI~T. Come with me to the banks of the Charles,"

he commanded, taking a firm grasp of the collar of Cabot's nightshirt.Almost ait once the scene had changed. Cabot was floating in the

Building 7 rotunda, overlooking the well-groomed, intent, bean-ledfigures scurrying in all directions on the floor of the lobby below.

"Do vou rememnber, Lawrence? There you are," Vannevar remarked,pointing down to a young, clean-shaven Tech man. "You were onlytwenty then, an ambitious, determined young man striving hard to sue-ceed as an engineer."

"Yes, I recall," C~abot sighed. "Those were fine years at the Institute.Tuition was but a pittance - no financial difficulties back then. I fond-ly rememn~ber those verbal jousts with old Professor Cratchit. How weused to . .

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possible. Many decisions aremade by a simple show of handson the dancefloor. In short, wewould all rather spend time danc-ing than attending formal ameetings to -vote on every minordaecision facing the club.

While the arbitrariness sur-rounding the Un-ited Waysolicitations is questionable, Ifind the anonymous author'sjudgements and suggestions to beharsh and to lack perspective. As,many of the older members willsubstantiate, the informal natureof the folkdance club hashistorically made it one of themnost democratically runorg~anizations on the MITcampus. What a shiame it wouldbe to sacrifice this distinction topersonality differences between ahandful of shortsighted members-,and this year's overzealouis butwell meaning off~icers.

Mark Horenstein G

To ihe Editor:I was greatly saddened by the

annoymous letter (The Tech12/10) concerning internal dif-ficulties in the MIT Folk DanceClub. As the author suggested,the question of soliciting UnitedWay contributions for dance re-quests is a minor one. 'The true is-sue is whethrer this decision of theofficers was made democratically,or by a "casual asking of friendsand acquaintances." The anon-ymous authior suggests that theFolk Dance Club could betterserve the MIT community were itmore closely supervised by theASA, and the officers forced, by4ictated policies and proceedings,

to be more responsive to itsmembers.

I could not more strongly dis-agree with this viewpoint. Ibecame involved in the club's ac-tivities as a7 freshmnan, seven yearsago. Since that time, I have beencontinuously amnazed at itscaacity to grow, change, and res-pond to new members withj newideas and interests. whilesimultaneously retaining a threadof unity and friendship among itsmembers that is indescribable toanyone but a f~fellow folkdancer.Over the years, we have built up arefreshing informality about thebusiness of the club, and seldombracketed ourselves in arbritaryconstitutional rigor, formal elec-tions, and bureaucratic rules. Thisinformality helps put newcomers(always self-conscious anyway!)at ease and allows activities to beefficiently planned with as muchinput from the membership as

To the Ediitor:I don't see how you can allow

an article like "Avant-gardetasternakers" written by Roge'rKolb to be printed in a"reputable"' college newspaperexcept possibly for the sen-sationalistic excitement it maycause. This hardly makes yourpaper reputable in the journalisticsense. The article is filled withstatements taken out of the air,for example, there are quotedstatements taken out of context,faulty generalizations, and massstereotyping. You call this kind ofarticle a commentary or an opi-nion, but are opinions soimproperly argued worth the at-tention they will receive in the col-

lege community? I neither denynor accept many of the ideaspresented in Mr. Kolb's articlebecause I am not as familiar withthe art world as he and thereforehave been unable to reach anvconclusions of similar import, yetat the same time I ani not movedby such faulty methods of argu-maent.

Alex -Theodorou

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A Crriostrnas aro a~A. Lawrence Ebenezer Cabot XXXIII '43 stood in his sparsely fur-

nished State: Street office. The phone rang. Cabot picked up therecei ver and heard a voice sav: "Hi, this is Paul over at MIT. Just beengfoing through the budget figures and we're going to be $25 millionshort for the Leadership Campaign. I don't see any way we can comeup with the dough - all the alumni I've talked to just care about usingthe squash courts and the Faculty Club. Can you help?"

"No!!!" Cabot replied gruffly, slamming down the receiver. Heturned to his shivering secretary. "I don't want another phone call fromthat turkey. All he's interested in are those blasted students or his -imagine $6 million for some chemical building and $5 million for aplace for ungrateful undergraduates to eat and slee~p - and who knowswho they're sleeping with, anyway! He should learn to manage hismoney better!"

The shivering secretary stammered, "Yes, s-sir. M-M-May I p-put-another p-p-piece of c-coal on the f-f-f-rire, almighty liege?"

"No, we spent $2 on coal last month. What're you trying to do,bankrupt nme?"

Cabot closed his roll-top desk and locked it. "I'm walking home toNewton now. Anything else?" he sneered.

"May I have tomorrow off, liege? It's such aspecial day."

"What - another day off? You 'ust had oneeight years ago. Well ... I suppose, but I'll expect

S~\\\ you to work overtime next week." Cabot walkedto the office door, opened it, muttered, "Bab,huhlmbug!" and stalked out of the room.

Back at home, Cabot amused himself for awhile by signing the foreclosure papers for anorphanage, then quickly retired to hisbedchamber. After putting on his nightcap andclimbing into bed, Cabot turne-k off his bedside

light and was startled to see the visage of his forme:· law partner,Quincy Wadsworth Hancock XII, on the far wall.

He nicked on thee light quickly, but the apparition had disappeared.Cabot muttered to himself, "Must have been a misdigested french fry- I think I'll repossess the corner Burger Boy." He turned out the lightand went to sleep.

The clock struck twelve. "Cabot, Cabot," a stentorian ethereal voicebellowed. Cabot arose with a start. "Who goes there?" he insisted.

"Why, Lawrence, don't you recognize your old law partner?""Waihat? You've been dead for vears. I buried you myself. You can't

be niore than some 'special sauce' I had for dinner."Hancock rattled the mnassive chains hanging from his body. "These

chains are th~e sins I accumulated on Earth. The chains you are forgingare heavier still. Tonight, before the clock strikes thrice, you shall bevisited by three more spirits," he moaned and faded away.

"Bah, humbug," Cabot growled, pulling the covers back over hishead and failing into a deep repose. is ain ~ok oance infortna ite

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"Good morning, officer," Cabot shouted joyfully. "Pray tell me,what day is this?"

"'iWhy, it's Commencement Day, gov'nor!"Cabot, who did in some ways resemble Francis Sargent, threw on his

clothes and raced, clutching his checkbook, to the bedecked po;tals ofRockwell Cage.

"Paul, Paul," he exclaimed, entering the hallowed fieldhouse. "Takethis, buildsome buildings, pay some professors, give some morescholarships. It's the least I can do."

Tod amazed to reply, Paul could only shake his head in disbelief."Please, Paul. It's me, Cabot. Here's your $25 million."Paul gratefully gazed skyward and said, "God bless us, everyone."

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: "That's enough," interrupted Vannevar. "My time has passed. Ishall return you to your bedchamber now."

Cabot found himself back at home, trembling slightly from his@ journey. "Just a nightmare, I imagine," he said, shutting his eyes once

miore.

The clock struck two. "Cabot, Cabot," another voice called. "Whatis this?" Cabot cried out.

"I am Jerry, the Spirit of MIT Present. Let us see what your almanater is like today."

Cabot discovered himself floating above a multi-colored, oddly-shaped ironwork next to the familiar ivy-covered walls of his formerresidence.

"Look carefully, Cabot, at this deteriorating bastion of technology.Paul tells me we have almost reached the point where we can no longerraise tuition. We are even forced to save scrap metal to pay off ourdebts, just as the Allies did when you were a senior."'

" 'Surely the Great Court has not been blemished by suchnimontrosities," Cabot protested. "Yes, Cabot, only there it is worse,"Jerry explained.

"Can it really have come to this?" Cabot muttered." 'And Paul tells me next year will be no better. But come, Lawrence, I

must return you in time to receive your next visitor."

I The clock struck three. ''No more, oh Lord, no more," pleadedCabot, who had been unable to return to his slumbers. But still thereappeared another figure, draped in white, his features obscured by ahood pulled around his face.

A long, bony fingerr beckon~ed him forth. "'I am the Spirit of MITF uture," he announced. "I have come to show you what fate holds illstore for beloved Technology."

"Please, I've seen enough," Cabot implored.E"Nonsense, my boy."

And though he tried to resist, Cabot could not prevent himself frombeing carried away to Twenty-first Century Cambridge.

"My God, where am I? Hlow can this be?" said Cabot, surveying abarren plot where once the Sloan School of Management proudlystood.

The hooded figure pointed to Cabot's right. Cabot exclaimned," Where is Walker Memoridl?"

The Spirit of MIT Future lowly shook his head and whisked Cabotaway to Memorial Drive, from where they viewed the Great Dome

Swin shambles.5"Oh, no!" Cabot screamed, breaking down in sobs. Wordlessly, thespectre lifted him up and deposited the pitifully weeping miser into hisbed.

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ing paper' to test what conditionspeople can agree on for a regularwriting program to replace theexperimental one we have now,"Sivin added. "He can't just wavea magic wand or give a set oforders and make everythinggroovy.

"Working consensuses do haveto be achieved and they call onlyhappen where everyone is willingto give something," he con-ciuded. "Unfortunately a lot ofvery positive signs are being ter-ribly misread by members of theProgram."

The Sivin report, according toHanham, did pat the WritingProgram on the back but also said"now it's time to look at a wider

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By Glenn BrownsteinThe Eastern champion MIT

women's volleyball team dis-covered just how good the rest ofthe country's top teams were thispast weekend, as the squad com-pleted its stellar 1976 season on adown note by losing all threematches at the Nationals at Pep-perdine College in Malibu,California.

Perhaps the key to MIT'sshowing rested in a pre-tournament injury to top spikerSheila Luster '78, who jammedher thumb in the final practicebefore the first tournament matchWednesday night.

While Luster was still able toplay an adequate frontcourtgame, the team missed her abilityto boom spikes through and overopponents' blocks~ until theteam's final match.

MPIIT's fortunes might still havebeen better, though, had notLewis & Clark College of Idahodashed their hopes of advancingto the double-elimination roundof the tourney with a 19-17, 14-16,15-12 win over the Engineers.

MIT trailed in the first game

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Tuesday night, the Engineersmet a decidedly stronger Jacksonteam. Despite the better caliber ofthis year's swimmers, the MITwomen found themselves behindduring the entire meet. Jacksonwon the opening relay event andcaptured first place in eleven ofthe Fifteen events. The final scorewas M IT 49, Jackson 8 1.

Point winners for MIT were:Sheila Konecke '80, winning the100 I.M. and 100 breaststroke;Enora Kunica '80 in the 200freestyle and 50 backstroke; BarbThornton '77 in the 100 I.M., 100freestyle and 50 freestyle; TinaKangas '78 winning the 50breaststroke; Carol Brown '79winning the 50 freestyle and plac-ing in the 100 freestyle; PeggyPage '78 in the 50 fly, 100 fly and500 free; Karen Fabricious'80 inthe 50 fly and 100 fly; Lori Lamel'79 diving; Barb Belt '77 in the

100 backstroke; Beth Marcus '79in the 100 breaststroke.

Thursday night, however, was adifferent story. Having beatenWheaton last year, the M ITwomen were determined to soagain.

MIT jumped to an early leadwinning the first two events, butfound it had to battle hard allevening. By the diving event, thehalf-way point, the score wasMIT 31, Wheaton 30.

The scored see-sawed back andforth, neither team having anedge until MIT pulled away bytaking first and second in twoconsecutive events. Page and Irv-ing took first and second in the500 freestyle. Knocke and Marcustook the 100 yard breasststoke,one, two. Finishing up the meet,the Engineers blasted their way towin in the 200 yard freestyle relayfor a final score of MIT 72,Wheaton 5 1.

12-2, but ran off ten straightpoints to even the score. Thesquad had one game point at 14-13, but Lewis & Clark retied thegame and the teams battledthrough more than ten minutes ofovertime before the Idaho schoolgained the victory.

Trailing 8-12 in the secondgame, MIT rallied~to win 16-14,but Lewis &i Clark held off yetanother come-from-behind effortby MIT to clinch the match in thefinal contest.

Discouraged by the close loss,MIT could not match up againstawesome Texas Lutheran Col-lege, 1975 national championsand the eventual winners of thisyear's tournament (in a three-game thriller against UCal-Riverside). TLC, paced by theJunior Olympics MVP LaurieFalch, simply outclassed theEngineers 15-3, 15°7.

In the final pool match Thurs-day afternoon, Kearney State ofNebraska overcame a strong MITstart to top the Engineers 15-!2,5-15, 12-15.

Top player for MIT, despitetwo heavily taped ankles, was set-ter Lisa Albright '78, who wasalso used as a blocker againstTexas Lutheran's super spikerFalch.

The team's three losses setstheir final all-competition recordat 27-4, an incredible achievementlor only a second-year varsitysport. That accomplishment, plusthe return of four starters (onlyLisa Jablonski and' Sue Copper-smith graduate this year) shouldbe an encouraging sign for theprogram's immediate future.

By Dave SchallerThe MIiT varsity pistol team stretched its winning

streak to three last Saturday in a match against,Worcester Polytech.

Leading the 3,133 to 2,951 victory for.MIT wassenior Phil Brucat with his best score of the year. Adouble alibi in the rapid fire stage of the StandardPistol course prevented him from breaking 800, as hewound up with a 792. Junior Phil Morris earned se-cond place overall with his score of 790, DavidSchaller 78 took third with a 785, and Denny Mc-Mullen '78 fired a score of 766 to give MIT a sweepof the top four individual positions in the team's last

match of the year.The Varsity Pistol team now has a free schedule

until February 12, allowing them to practice formatches against the Army, Navy, and Air ForceAcademies which will be fired during a three weekperiod. The MIET shooters have a good chance ofdefeating both Army and Air Force, although theirchances of defeating the midshipmen appear to beslim.

The Varsity team has a perfect 3-0 record in col-legiate matches and a 6-1 record in the GreaterBoston Pistol League. The JV team has a 6-2 recordin the GBPL.

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f~gePAGE 8 THE:TECH^ -TUESD>AY, DECEMBER 14. 1976

V swvimnners spli3t 1nets

Natiola toumey provesunlucky for volleyall

Pistl takCes 3rd straight

NM Hockey standings and Aeru.