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a!ddrop date planE XCEKE IS

I don't think that We shouldever legalize pot. Legalizationwould take all the fun out of

.smoking, which in turn takesthe point out of smoking it.The thrill of breaking the lawincreases the with the severityof the penalties. This applies 'not-only to pot, but to rat rac-ing on Mass. Ave. with the,Cambridge Police, throwingwhiskey bottles at referees,questioning the masculinity ofpro hockey, players, and sm-uggling in illegal aliens. If youget caught indulging in one ofthese activities no one will stopat locking you up for a while;you'll get your Q(! head takenoff!

Peter AtkinsonTufts Observer

As we have heard, not morethan 6 percent of the students ac-tually use the current rules inorder to drop more than, onecourse. If only a minority will beaffected by the change, why are somany students so adamant intheir opposition?

The reasons are several. First,the existence of an option, evenone that is not often used,provides students with a potentialroute out of a work overload, onethat is in keeping with MIT's

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By Laurence Duffy Greytak's opinion. He mentioned hRecent. rumors claiming that that the committee now deals p

the Committee on Academic Per- somewhat more strictly with stu- Xformance' (CAP) has been asking dents who accumulate a "string of amarkedly increased numbers of warnings" without making an ef-students to leave the Institute are fort to deal with their situations. cmostly false, according to figures Due to the large degree of un-provided by Professor of Physics certainty concerning the real tThomas Greytak, chairman of the reasons for the increased number rCAP.. of students asked to leave, several

Alf Geller, a writer for thurs- student voting members of theday, said in.a Jan. 26 article that CAP have decided to undertake athe CAP "has been asking three detailed study of the possible fac-times more students to withdraw tors which could explain the in-from the In'stitute per term over crease, according to Greytak. Hethe past year than in -previous said that results of such a studyyears." According to Greytak's will probably not be available un-statistics, the-total numbers of un- til the end of this term.dergraduates asked to leave the Several things must happenInstitute in' the calendar years before the .CAP can formally1970 through 1977 were 73, 66, recommend that a student66, '67, 70,-- 89, 125, and 154, withdraw from the Institute. Atrespectively. the end of each term, the commit-

Though the numbers do show a tee looks into students whosesignificant increase over past "term rating" is 3.0 or less and/or

.years, it is certainly not threefold. took courses that term totaling 35Greytak offered some possible units or less. Those studentsreasons of his own for the in- whose situations are deemedcrease. Students may simply not serious are given "Deferred Deci-be doing as well as they have in sion Status".the past; the atmosphere may be At a Deferred Decision Statuschanging, and the "input mix may meeting, the committee considersbe changing," said Greytak. He the opinions of faculty in the stu-also mentioned "harder grading" dent's department, as well as ofas a possible factor. the medical department, Dean's

The fact .that the committee Office, and Financial Aid Office.itself may be getting tougher is This- is because a student on"to some extent true," in Deferred Decision Status may

,s-einberg: ,oppo'se,.Ediior's note: Theefollowing isa- able to achieve unanimity than

transcript of the statement made have other members of this corm- tby, Dean for Student Affairs munity. tCarola'isenberg at Wednesday's Thoughtful people disagree; c

faculty 'meeting concerning the there are virtues to the current ar- cproposed change in drop date rangemnent as well as to the ;policy. proposed changes. What I am r

As Dean for Student Affairs, I about to state represents my view, task a few minutes to present a rather than that of the office as astatement of my views, written in whole. But, I would be remiss in aadvance in the interest of brevity not expressing my opinion on' theand clarity. My colleagues and I likely effect of the proposed Ihave discussed the matter of drop change on the students' ex-date and we have been no more perience. 1

that he might return to the In-stitute one or more terms later.On the . average, according toGreytak, from 50 to 60 percent ofstudents who are asked to leaveare later readmitted, but only athird to a half of those go on suc-cesfully to receive an under-graduate degree.

have been having nmedical, family,personal, or financial problemswhich resulted directly inacademic difficulties.

In many instances when thecommittee approves "negotiatedwithdrawal" for a student, the in-tent is to give him a chance toresolve such external problems so

The Undergraduate Associa-tion sponsored a forum lastTuesday to allow students to,air their views on the changesin the course dropping policysuggested by the Committeeon Academic Performance.

The MIT Dramashop is run-ning an excellent production ofBen Jonson's satirical comedyVolpone: Or, the Fox over'thisFriday Saturday, and Sundayevening.

---The women's gymnastics teamevened its record at 3-3 follow-ing two victories Tuesday. Themen's' gymnastics team, whilehaving only'ia 04. recrid; is- '-presently ranked fifth in Divi-sion III.

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tradition of flexibility and self-determination. Knowing that youhave a choice provides a safetyvalve. Its absence will be felt asrepressive, though that is clearlynot the intent of the faculty spon-sors of the change.

Second, the proposal occurs ata time when other academicchanges - notably in the gradingsysem - are under discussion.

The conjunction of these issues,though they may be independent,

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By Mark JamesThe defeat of the early drop

date proposal demonstrates. that,at least once in a while, studentvoices are not lost to the wind.

Prediction is always adangerous game, even in hind-sight, but it seems very unlikelythat the drop date plan wouldhave been defeated if it had cometo a vote in December. The plancarried the endorsement of twoimportant faculty committees,those on Academic Performanceand Educational Policy, but moreimportant, it was a popular planwith faculty members in general.

Student action on the issue mayhave started slowly, but by thetime of the meeting a surprisinglylarge number of faculty appear tohave been reached' by students. Itis impossible to guess how muchdifference student opinion madeto individual faculty members,but there is little doubt that atleast some professors wereswayed by the strength of the stu-derit sentiment.

More persuasive was CarolaEisenberg's strong statementagainst the plan. Such a clearstatement from someone who

doesn't jump to support everystudent cause was certainly in-fluential. She presented a solidcase for the easing of studentpressure, one that couldn't havebeen convincingly presented byanyone else, especially by a stu-dent. At Wednesday's meeting,Eisenberg was in reality a Deanfor Students.

Overconfidence among the newplan's backers may also haveentered in. Even among students,predictions-were that the proposalwouldn't have too much trouble.Some supporters of the CAP planmay not have shown up becausethey felt the vote wa§ secure.

Regardless of the reason for theoutcome, the elation many stu-dents felt at the close- of themeeting should help to bolster thesagging morale felt by many stu-dents involved in the activedefense of students' rights. It mayalso improve the image of thefaculty; many of them really dolisten to students..

If students won on Wednesday,they won only the battle. Debatesover pass/fail and grading policywill soon occur, and their out-come may also depend on studentaction.

.Yesterday's' special issue ofThe Tech incorrectly identified

Thomas Greytak, Chairmanof the Committee onAcademic Performance, as anAssociate Professor of Physics;Greytak is in fact a full profes-sor although listed as an as-sociate in the staff directory.

ITHE TECHAlthough the faculty hasscheduled classes for nextMonday and Tuesday, TheTech will not publish on Tues-day, because of difficulties in-volved in notifying ouradveritsers, printer, and staffof any change in ourpublishing schedule. The nextregular issue of The Tech will

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Professor of Physics Thomas Greytak, chairman of the Committee onAcademic Performance, presented a summary of his answers to themost common objections raised against the CAP proposal to changethe drop date at, last Wednesday's faculty meeting. (Photo by GordonHaff)

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By Bob WassermanThe Undergraduate Associa-

tion Forum on Drop dateproduced a good deal of discus-sion on the CAP proposal Tues-day. Most of the discussion,however, tended to be a debatebetween students and faculty.

UA President Peter Berke '78chaired the meeting, and beganthe discussion with a brief in-troduction to the drop date issue.He then proceeded to write thenames of the student members ofthe Committee on EducationalPolicy (CEP) and the Committeeon Academic Performance (CAP)on the blackboard of Room 10-250, and urged students to con-tact them about their views.

Professor Robert Hulsizer,Chairman of the Faculty, wasthen introduced. and he gave ashort explanation of when thedays missed due to the snowwould be made up. Soon after,the floor was opened for discus-sion and the question of why stu-dents are not allowed to be in-cluded in the Institute decision,making process was asked.

Hulsizer responded that therules and regulations were writtenby the MIT Corporation and notby the faculty itself. After severalsearching questions on the sub-ject, Berke immediately ap-pointed the questioner chairmanof the new UA Ad-Hoc conmitteeon Students in Policy-making.

The meeting then proceeded-with discussion on the proposalfor a fifth-week drop date withone drop allowed thereafter until

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the eleventh week of the term.Professor Robert Rathbone, amember of the CAP, discussedhow the CAP had come to theirdecision for the new proposal.Professor David Rose, a memberof both the CAP and CEP, saidthat the new proposal was neces-sary due -to the "almost onehundred students in academic dif-ficulty due to drop diflficulties."

Students then began to counterfaculty members' remarks byciting the SCEP poll, highly un-favorable to a fifth week dropdate. Students also stressed thatthe academic freedom of almost

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(Continuedfrom page 2)4400 students should not berestricted because of one hundredin trouble.

Fex new ideas were broughtup, except the "red dot" plan,which would restrict students onacademic wvarning because of

overloading to a limited courseload the next term. This was dis-missed by the faculty due toproblems with Incompletes. Asthe meeting wore on, many of thefaculty and students left and dis-cussion became more longharangues than debate.

don't have confidence in theirability to make choices. For thesake of that small percentage whomay gain by having their errorsprevented (and there are some) wewill have soured a far largernumber who make effective use ofa more flexibie system.

I urge you to keep the rules asthey are and to consider whetherwe cannot improve the systems ofadvising as the better way to helpthe needy few.

Thank. you.

is perceived by students asevidence of a,general tighteningup of an academic environmentthat is already a demanding one.Some are disaffected by what theyvie,, as a distrust of students byfaculty.

The Institute is no countryclub. With rare exceptions ourstudents work as hard, perhapsharder, than those on anycamrpus. Our students alwayshave, but today their situation is

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My primary objection to achange in drop date is its sym-bolic significance to the students.It will be read as a sign that we

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An Open Letter to the MIT Com- donated blood during the "Bliz-munity: zard Blood Drive" of February

On behalf of the Technology 10th and 13th. When otherCommunity Association and the sources of much-needed bloodAmerican Red Cross, we would were rendered inaccessable by thelike to thank all those who weather, the MIT Community

Movie critic unksind-

responded with donations total-ing 377 pints. Most of this total(70%) was collected fromn un-dergraduates, as short-noticepublicity is simpler to arrange forthis group than for graduates oremployees.

Those who donated during thisspecial drive are now ineligible togive blood during the coming Spr-ing Blood Drive [March 8-10, 13-17], although many of these peo-ple indicated that they had plan-ned to donate at that time. Unfor-tunately, despite these Februarydonations, if the March MITdrive falls short of projected col-lection totals, the Cambridge RedCross Chapter will be forced toorganize another March driveelsewhere - a costly operation.Thus, we ask all members of theMIT community who were notable to help out at the "BlizzardDrive" - especially faculty, staff,employees, and graduate students- to make a special effort todonate in March.

Once again, thanks toeverybody who helped out onsuch short notice.

Sincerely,Jim McCormack '79

Vinav Reddy '78Co-Organizers of "Blizzard Blood

Drive"February 14, 1978

To the Editor:The film review of Close En-

counters of the Third Kind- was in-sensitive, unfair, and poor. Yourcritic could not see past thespecial effects and partake of the

Tich human drama of the tale.Granted that the special effects

were not fantastic as was touted,they, were certainly believable andbeautiful. It is quite unfortunatethat being released after StarWars, which primed movieaudiernces for the sci-fi explosion,Close Encounters was placed in aposition where it was advertisedas another spectacular of the

same vintage in the genre.Almost the whole film dealt not

with the aliens and their accom-panying technology but with thefanaticism of Richard Dreyfuss(the electric company lineman)and the subsequent alienation ofhis family along with MelindaDillon's (the mother) similarsituation. It concerned not thespecial effects but the people in-volved. It was this overwhelmingcompulsion which led to thefinale, with the majestic aliens

who outclassed their ships,. aliensstunningly humanoid - a

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To the Editor:Have you noticed something

lately? Or should I say, Haven'tyou noticed something lately? Iam referring to the clock in theBuilding 7 lobby. You don't seemuch of it these days, what withbanners being hung in front of it

by the Day Club or the ChineseClub. You walk down towardsMass. Ave., look over yourshoulder, and you don't see any

clock. That's extremely irritating.I want to see this situation

remedied as.soon as possible.Steve Bock '78

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No birthday partiesfor Abe and George.

By Bob Wasserman -Now that school has been re-scheduled to meet on Washington's

Birthday next Monday, it seems appropriate . to remember ourcountry's first President with a few words. The same holds for Abe Lin-coln, whose birthday last week was forgotten by MIT as well as byeveryone else.

Little George Washington was an unusual child. While normalchildren .'ad regular birthdays each year. Poor Georgie had his on thefourth Monday of February. While other colonial youngsters werequite adept at fibbing to their parents to insure their innocence, littleGeorgie had to admit to his ineptitude: "I cannot tell a lie."

After getting tired of surveying, young George decided on a militarycareer. First, as a colonel in a Virginianregiment, he proceeded to get hischarges and himself nearly scalped byindians in thp French and Indian War.Deciding he'd rather fight the British, heagreed to command the RevolutionaryArmy. ·

Everything was going fine until oneX 1 s 1lll i. fall while George was trying to recruit

-- | some Pennsylvania Dutch (how couldS n M ~he have known that they spoke

z ii m kno German?). Winter set in quickly and hissoldiers were stuck in Valley Forge. The troops badly needed shoes andcoats, but all Martha W. could offer were chocolate chip cookies.

After winning the war, George took a breather back home inVirginia, but soon he was called upon to serve his country. George saidreasonably: "I'm no waiter," and became the first President. Georgetook the title Mr. President, presumably because there already was aKing George, but more likely because he could see what a mess thiscountry would be in the future if Richard Nixon was a kinea.

George's terms in office were busy ones, as he occupied himself byroaming around the country naming cities and states after himself andprocuring his portrait on the one dollar bill. He died peacefully.

Honest Abe Lincoln was a born President. He even succeeded in liv-ing in three states, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois before he was twelveso that each of these three could claim some historical showplace.

Some of young Abe's actions have made it pretty difficult on ourgeneration. Abe had to walk ten miles toschool each day in the driving snow,

-even in summer, just so our parentscould say: "When I was your age, I hadto walk ten miles to school in the drivingsnow"

So after an undistinguished buthonest career in-Illinois politics Lincolnran for President,:but much to his sur-prise, on winning he found that he onlypresided over half the states he hadplanned on. He then waited for hisbeard to grow in and took over the White House.

All of a sudden the Rebels down in South Carolina started firing onFort Sumter, just because some Southern statesmen wanted their pic-tures on dollar bills. It was a pretty dull war, they even had to use onebattlefield, Bull Run, twice, because there were not enough- good onesto go around. It was a war without much sense to it, as both capitals,Richmond of the Confederacy, and Washington of the Union, wereonly one hundred miles apart. Nevertheless, both armies were con-vinced that they had to run around and destroy half the U.S. in order towin the war.

Despite the grim war happening all over the country, Abe still foundtime to joke. One of his favorites was about the Union sailor aboard aship which sunk'in a fierce storm. After several tiring days the sailorfinally washed up on shore clinging to a log and his life. "Where am IT'asks the sailor. His rescuers reply: "You've just landed in New Jersey"."Oh, in that case," sighed the sailor, "I'll simply float on downfurther." Some stories still ring true.

Abe Lincoln's life ended prematurely, at the hand of an actor namedJohn Wilkes Booth. This was an unfortunate turn of events, because itis probable that there was a whole list of drarma critics Booth wouldhave liked to kill more.

So it's a good thing that our two most famous Presidents were notborn on Christmas or New Year's or something like that, so that weAmericans can still take a day off to honor and remember them.

David A. Schaller '78- ChairmanRobert Wasserman '80 Editor-in-Chief

Steven F. Frann '80 Managing EditorLeroy A. Lindquist '79 - Business Manager

[ - | | ~~~~~Volume 98, NumTber 4Friday, February '17. 1978

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vestigate and walks out to be cap-tured, or the young mother'sfutilely desperate attempts to saveher son, or Dreyfuss's ultimatelydetermined character who couldonly do as he had to, un-comprehending at best. His psy-chic obsession was the compellingsaga of the movie, exemplifynghis and mankind's inner desire toforever reach out into the un-iverse, into the unknown.

This was a fine movie in whichthe human element was marvel-lously portrayed and stood main-stage, not a special effects filmdesigned to coerce awe andwonder from the viewer with thepeople taking a backseat to thehardware.

It is very much like HIT and itsstudents to inspect and criticizethe technical aspects of such awork and then to overlook itsother qualities. I for one shall notbe drowned by this tide of ig-norance and bias.

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The acting of all concerned wasexcellent, especially the preciouschildlike innocence of purecuriousity and fun invoked by allthe youngsters like when Dreyfusswas imitated by his children whenplaying with his mashed potatoesor throwing dirt into his kitchenwindow. The exact method ofkidnapping (or whatever se-quence one chooses) is indeedtrivial concerning whether or notextra-terrestrial life wouldproceed to do precisely so. Themere fact of these incidents es-tablishes the non-Terranpresence. It is the reactions tothem that matters, such as thechild who is unafraid to in-0hScGulp-tors%_

disgrruntledTo the Editor:

Last Saturday a group of MITstudents got together to make asnow sculpture. It ended up beinga six-foot-tall beaver, standing onthe Kresge Lawn facing McCor-mick. During the day it took tobuild him, passersby were show-ing interest, and once he becamerecognizable most people seemedto enjoy him tremendously. It'snice when people smile at yourwork, and laugh because they'seethe humor that was'intended.

The sculpture had not been.standing twenty-four hoursbefore someone knocked his headoff.

We hope whoever felt they hadto do it got enough satisfaction tojustify depressing the seven peo-ple who worked at creating thebeaver. It really hurts.

Janet Freeman '78Peter Cunningham G

Rich Perlstein '78Leigh Slaughter '79

Karyn Altnan '81Lori Ullman '81

(Editor's note: Most of the othersnow sculptures done at MIT werealso de.strmyed in a short time).

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pies. The avarice of the principle charactersis so great that they are willing to sacrificetheir families for a wealth they only thinkthey will realize. Thedramasho p productionfollows Jonson's script quite closely and hisrealistic and potent moraf tone ispreserved.

The production, which lasted slightlyover three hours, including two intermis-sions, experienced several minor technicalproblems, but these should be worked out.

The sets, designed by William Fregosi,were attractive, effective, and functional.However, the design, which yielded these

By Leigh J. PassmanYolponrae: Or, the fox, which will be

presented by the MIT Dramashop this Fri-day, Saturday, and Sunday, February 17,18, and 19, opened this past Wedensdaywith a lucid and enjoyable production-ofBen Jonson's Elizabethan comedy.

Jonson's play, a fore-runner ofElizabethan realistic satire, centers aroundVolpone (Andrew Piecka 72), a rich Vene-tian, and his knavish cohort Mosca (AlbertRuesga '80), who greedily extract lavishgifts from townspeople who shower himwith them, in hope of being named

-Volpone's heir. The three main suitors ofhis wealth are Voltare, a lawyer (Mark deLemos '78), Corbaccio, an old gentleman(Emil Millet '73), and Corvirio, a merchant(Curtis Fennell '78).

The acting by these five principalcharacters is'excellent, with Mosca's abilityto con the three "heirs" skillful and mostentertaining. At one point when each of thethree "heirs" suspect that they have beendeceived, Mosca quickly concocts an ex-planation and convinces them each that theactions. he has taken, which seeminglythrow the wealth to one of the other"heirs", will actually benefit them in theend. Volpone's greed for wealth. and hislust for the power over people that it com-mands, are well demonstrated by AndrewPiecka.

A fourth "heir" (who appears later in theplay) is Lady Politic Wouldbe. Joan Tolen-tino, who played this role, stole the showwith her hilarious and perfect portrayal ofthe vociferous.and excitable Lady. -

Jonson's play, while a comedy, 'has astrong moral tone, and in fact it is Jonson'suse of satire that drives his negative exam-

-results and the good flow, was also respon-sible for the cumbersome and noisily dis-tracting set changes that went on behindcurtains as the actors continued in front.Lighting in Kresge's Little Theatre wasadequate but undistinguished.

The costumes, designed by Cecelia Eller(whose cute daughter played Nano, th-dwarf) and Peggy King, were good. Thewide variety of costumes was interesting,colorful and appropriate. Several playerswho had more than one role had to makequick costume changes.

The production of Volpone was offeredby the MIT Dramashop as an IndependentActivities Period project by Prof.Everinghm- and Prof. Scanlan. Studentswho participated in any aspect of theproduction received academic credit.

Volpone: Or, the Fox; will have its lastthree shows this weekend. Tickets are $2.50and can be purchased in Lobby 10 or at thedoor; for more information call x3-4720.

The Dramashop's production was an.-.entertaining and enjoyable evening andshould not be missed.

Mosca (Albert Ruesga '80) and Volpone (Andrew Piecka '72) in the MIT Dramashop'sproduction of Volpone: Or, the Fox. (Photo by Tom Russ, courtesy Technique.)

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Volpone: Or, tie Fox,Ben Jonson's com-edy, which is being presented by the MITDramashop, has been rescheduled to Fri.-Sun. Feb. 17-19, at 8pm in Kresge LittleTheatre. Tickets are $2.50. For reserva-tions or to exchange tickets for cancelledperformances, call x3-4720. Tickets alsoavailable at the door and in Lobby 10.

Pre-Spring Fling, billed as the first allcampus semi-formal in years, Sat., Feb. 25.Swing to AI Cooper & his Orchestra inLobdell or rock to the sounds of Spur inthe Sala. Hors d'oeuvres included, cash baravailable. Sponsored by UA, SCC, andDormcon, tickets are $4 per pair and areon sale in Lobby 10 and all dorm desks.

The MIT Concert Band, under the direc-tion of John Corley, will present its WinterTour Finale Concert on Sat., Feb. 18 atSpm in Kresge Auditorium. The premiereof Merton Brown's Concerto Grosso forConcert Band and works by'Tull, Gould,Giannini, Chance, Tucker, and Maloof areincluded in, he program. Admission is free.Strat's Rat, in Lobdell Friday 8:30pm-I am.Cheap beer, fine music. Free withM IT/Wellesly I.D.

American Ballroom Dance, informaldance with Swing & Jitterbug, Sat., Feb. 18in the Burton Dining Hall. Sponsoced bythe Ballroom Dance Club, there will be freerefreshments and a nominal admission feefor non-members._

The Mezz a relaxed setting, a talentedperformer or two, free coffee and donuts;Fri., Feb. 17 at 9pm in the Student CenterMezzanine.

Vincent Price will speak on the topic"Villians Still Pursue Me," Mon., March 6,at 8pm in Kresge. LSC ticket sales willbegin this Fri., Feb. 17 in Lobby 10, at allLSC movies, and at -the LSC office, W20-457. Tickets are $3, or $2 with MIT or Wel-lesly ID.

A T THE MOVIES

LSC has a minixed ineup ofj' movies this'weekend:

The Omen (Fri) 7 & 10pm in 26-100.Hitchcock Double Feature (Sat): The

Thirty-Nine Steps at 6 & l0pm and Spel-lbound at 7:45 & 11:45, both in 26-100.

The Great Escape (Sun) 6:30 & 10pm in26-100l

The Russians Are Coming, The RussiansAre Conming, the MidNite Movie, Sat., Feb.18 in Lobdell;free with MIT/Wellesley I D.

The Thief of Bagdad, the LSC's 3rd An-nual Silent Movie, with John Kiley at theorgan, will be held Mon., Feb. 20, at 8pmin Kresge. Tickets are on sale now for 75¢.

The Fourth Annual Winter AnimationSeries, continues the second of eight con-secutive weekends, with a NormanMcLaren Retrospective, parts I, 11. and 1I1to be shown Fri., Sat., & Sun., Feb. 17, 18,&.19 respectively at 7:30 & 9:30pm at theCarpenter Center for Visual Arts, onQuincy St., outside Harvard Yard. Singletickets are $2, series $7, ($8 at the door).For more info, call Center Screen, 253-7620.

IN TOWNDave Mason/Bob Welch are in concert at

-the Music Hall on, Fri., Feb. 17.Santana is in concert at the Music Hall,

Sat., Feb. 18.Monet Unveiled: A New Look at Boston's

Paintings, a successful exhibition at theMuseum of Fine Arts in Boston has beenextended until Sun., Feb. 19. It features thelargest collection of Monet's works outsideof Paris.

A Musical Dream On lce, the 1978 edi-tion of Shipstads and Johnson's Ice Follies,will be running at the Boston Gardenthrough Feb. 26. Tickets are $4-$7. Fornore info, call 742-0200.

IN THEAiTREPippin, the Broadway smash, will be run-

ning in-Boston at the Schubert Theatre, 265Tremont St., thru March 11. Tickets, rang-ing in price from $9 to $6.50, are availableat the box office (426-4520) or Tele-charge(482-2425).

Deathtrap, Ira Levin's successfulmystery-thriller is currently at the WilburTheatre, 252 Tremont St., Boston. Perfor-mances are Mon. through Sat. evenings at8pm and Sat. matinees at 2pm. Tickets areavailable at the box office (423-4008).

Dancin', a new musical directed andchoreographed by Bob Fosse will run atthe Colonial 'Threatre, 106 Boylston St.,Boston, through March 4. Tickets areavailable at the box office (426-9366) or byTheatrecharge (426-8181).

Vanities, opens at the Charles PlayhouseTues.,- Feb.. 21, for. more info, call 426-6912.

Metropolitan Opera:All members of the MIT community can

take advantage of a special advance ticketsale for the New York MetropolitanOpera's annual appearance in Boston,

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The first all campus semi-formal in years! An elegantoccasion for people of all tastes. Waltz and Swing withAl Cooper and his Orchestra in the Lobdell DiningRoom'or if you prefer, rock to the sounds of Spur in theSala de Peurto Rico. Hors d'oeuvres will be served andthere will be a cash bar. -

Tickets are four dollars per pair in advance"and are onsale in the lobby of Building 10 or at alldormlitorydesks.

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(Continuedfrom page 12)Among the outstanding swimsrecorded was the amazing perfor-mance of Tim Rfamsey '79 in the200-yard freestyle. Ramsey com-pleted'the eight laps in 1:54. Hewas also one of six MITfreestylers who swam the 100-yard freestyle race in :51. Twoyears ago the Beavers had onlyone swimmer who could ac-complish this- feat.

Chris Moss '80 set a poolrecord when he took the gold inthe 100-yard breaststroke with a1:03.6 clocking. In the 100oyardbutterfly, Greg Floro '79_pickedup a silver medal. Floro's butter-fly leg of the 400-yard medley relaywas timed at :55.6, only six-tenthsof a second slower than his per-formance at the Nationals lastyear.

For the past few years thebackstroke events were theBeavers' weak spots. Mark Hunt-zinger '81 has changed that. Justone-tenth of a second off- theschool record, Huntzinger's2:07.6 in the 200-yard backstrokewas good enough for secondplace. John Dieken '80, who setfive school records last year, ad-ded to the backstroke effort witha sub-minute swim for onehundred yards. Dieken also won abronze medal in the 500-yard

The team missed three days ofpractice last week because of theblizzard. Third year coach JohnBenedick bicycled twelve miles tothe pool, because of the drivingban, to run-practices this past Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday.

Tomorrow MIT faces the Bow-doin Polar Bears at the AlumniPool.

freestyle missing the silver by onlysix one-hundredths of a second.Captain Preston Vorlicek '79,who also holds five MIT records,finished third in-both the 100- and200-yard breaststroke events. Onthe diving boards Ken Brady '79was awarded a silver medal at onemeter and a bronze medal at thethree meter height. Service,

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On the balance beam, Mt.Holyoke was strong and solidwith very few falls. This trickypiece of equipment, 4" wide and4' off the ground, is often the fac-tor that determines the outcomeof the meet. Smith lost their- leadwhen each of their gymnasts fellseveral times, giving them a verylow 14.3 total for beam. Mt.Holyoke won this event with 22.2points. MIT took second with20.0 but took the lead in totalscores.

ed, 54 52could not get a shot off for almost40 seconds and Salem Statescored 4 unanswered points tomake it 54-50. MIT scored a shotwith 12 seconds left to make it 54-52, but although the crowdcheered them on, they couldnotgain possession again, so that ishow the game ended: a bitterdefeat for the Engineers. -.

Coach Jean Heiney wasremarkably even-tempered as sheexplained the loss: "We gave uptoo many offensive rebounds,"she declared, "and had a lowshooting percentage. We shouldhave gotten sixty," she continued.But she also added: "We've comea long way since the beginning ofthe season. . We've got a toughbunch of girls. We're gonna winsome ballgames' before the seasonends. They [Salem State] -putmore points on the board so theydeserved to win."

MIT's record now stands at 2-8.

s tsake 3dstion scoring 286 points.

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defeated Mt. Holyoke and SmithColleges Tuesday night to makeits record 3-3 for the season.Because of illness, MIT was not atits strongest, but a little deter-mination made up the temporaryloss of two members.

After vaulting, the first event,MIT was trailing Smith 28.9'to26.85. However, MIT won the un-even parallel bars event by 0.6point, narrowing Smith's lead.

Excellent routines were thrownby both all-arounds Leslie Harris'81 and Elaine Sears '79 withscores of 8.2 and 7.5 respectively.

Cagers nippyBy Alan Albin

Although the halftime scorestood at 23-20 in favor of the MITvarsity women's basketball teamrnin their Tuesday night game inRockwell Cage, the Salem Statewomen played to an aggresive 54°52 win over the home team.

MIT used a 2-1-2 zone defensefor much of the game, and thiskept Salem State tied up until thevery end of the contest. However,the MIT women had trouble onboth the offensive and defensiveboards, as well as being inac-curate when shooting. At onepoint, MIT had as mnuch as a fivepoint lead, but Salem State tied itat thirty-five with a couple of setshots from around fifteen feetwith ten minutes left in the game.The shooting and passing forboth'tearnms became a little wild asthe game drew to a close, enablingthe score to stay within 3 pointsmost of the time.

With 1:20 left in the game,trouble began for MIT. They

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The MIT swim team placedthird in the Greater Boston Col-legiate Athletic Associationchampionship meet held this pastTuesday at Harvard's just com-pleted Blodgett Pool.

Preparing for the remainder ofthe dual meet season and the NewEngland championship meet,MIT did not interrupt training to.rest for this contest. Despite this,the Beavers picked up 248 points,finishing just one point behindTufts. Harvard won the competi-

Mt. Holyoke had strongtumblers on floor exercise to winthis event also, but hMIT held the.lead with beautiful routines byHarris and Wendy Myers '81.

Final scores were MIT 92.4,Smith 86.7, and Mt. Holyoke85.65.

"We are consistently doing bet-ter. I think that we will be testedby Northeastern and Salem Statebut should do well in the Statemeet," commented head coach,Jane Betts, on the team's outlook.on the remainder of the season.

Leslie Harris has now obtainedthe scores necessary to be con-sidered for all-around competi-tion in the AIAW EasternRegionals.

The next- home meet is thisSaturday against Coast Guardand Northeastern in duPont gym-nasium at l:00pm.

The men's gymnastics team iscurrently ranked fifth in DivisionIII schools in the nation. Thoughthey are 0-4 for dual meets; coachBruce Keeshin is optimistic aboutthe team's chances at the NewEnglands. Part of his philosophyis-to train through dual meets in order to learn-basic skills proper-ly. "Even though this meanssacrificing team scores in thebeginning, it enables the team to 'finish well in the New Englands,"coach Keeshin remarked.

Among MIT's hopefuls at theNew Englands will be captainJohn Troiani '78 on floor exer- 1cise, Robert Lucero '79 and JohnFelleman '79 on pommel horse,and the powerful duo on rings,Jim Cherry '78 and LarryYablong '78. The rings team isundefeated and these two shoulddo very well at the New Englands.

Freshman Mark Perkins hassurprised us all with his excep.-tional vaulting and may do thesame at the New Englands.

What the MIT team lacks indepth and difficulty, it makes upin excellence of execution andtechnique, The next meet will beSaturday at Central Connecticut.

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