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-In order to maintain a fixed class size, the number of applicantsoffered admission by BMIT has dropped, despite an increase in thenumber of applicants

StuOdent telethon raisesover $70,000 for- housing

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By William CB8iteThe number of-applicants offered admission to

MIT exceeds last year's figure byr 36. Of *be 5200 ap-plicants, 1748 were offered a place in the Class of1983. This acceptance rate of-33.6%-is one of the

-lowest rates in the past several years and was causedby the increased number of applicants.

The number of applicants for the Class of 1983was the largest number that MIT admissions officershave ever seen. Peter H. Richarson '48, Director ofAdmissions, stated, 'This was a very strong group,in both quality and quantity." Of the 1748 admitted,351 are women.

The admissions office is hoping for a final classsize of 1050. "What we do every year is to admit lessthan what we need." Richardson said. This allows-the difference to be drawn from the students on thewaiting list.

The recently announced increases in the studentequity level and in the-student budget may have aneffect on the yield of freshmen. Richardson stated,"I have not seen any evidence that this will have anyimpact. if it is a problem, we don't Scnow it- yet."'Since MIT loses prospective freshmen to other com-petitive colleges and to summer attritions, the finalclass size will not be determined until Fall of 1979.

MIT is a member of thie Ivy Group which consistsof admissions and financial -aid officers who meet afew times each year to discuss policy. This group

,provides a means tos stiandardize such policy.Previous to 1976 the-date at which MIT mailed ad-missions decisions was-earlier than the date for therest of the group. In 1976, MIT experimented withmoving the date up' to correspond with the IvyGroup. The yield of freshmen dropped drastically.The following-year the schedule was moved back tothe original date and the yield returned to the 'nor-mal level of about 54% to 56%. Richardson stated,"We finish the job, of selecting the class. Wahy shouldwe hold the letters for another four weeks?"

According to Richardson, the schedule wasmoved back to the original date in order to coor-^dinate Spring Vacation, when many-undergr.aduatesreturn-home, with the publication of the names ofthe newly-admitted students. This. allows interested"undergraduates to talk to prospective -freshmen inorder to introduce them to MIT life. "When youhaven't been to· MIT it can be an awe-inspiringplace, Students are most apt to come if they visitMIT. -Having talked to MIT students is also a.pro-MIT factor in-their decision." Richardson said.

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fraternities and all dormitories ex-cept MacGregor and Bexley.

Asked if there would beanother telethon in future, Sclarreplied, "Absolutely. We hope tomake it an annual event, just likethe U MOC and the Big Screwfund-raising events.' She addedthe the. Center hopes to be moresuccessful next year since by thenboth students and alumni will be

.. away~ of what itis all about_Sclar spoke very highly of the

enthusiasm, concern and thespirit of community belongingshown by the participating stu-dents. She extends the apprecia-tion of the Alumni office to alltelethon participants.

By Elias ToweThe first ever M IT student

'telethon ended March 12 withalumni pledging a total of$71,450.

The telethon, organized byJoan Sclar of the Alumni Center,started Feb 18 to raise money forthe Campus Residence Fund andhad been running for 12 nights.

D uring the telethon 2045alumni wnere- reached by 305 Stul-dents. Solar attributed the successof the telethon to the personallevel of communication involved."'Students were able to make thealumni pledge," she said..

The living groups involved inthe telethon included most of the

Cohen.The Facilities Use Committee

and the Walker Use Cbmmitteerageed.to_ allowv Aa'hthv s6mp' y pq4bce

cess to Walker on the conditionthat MIT students be used as'paidextras for the scene.

A local -casting company will beinterviewing the first I00 men thatshow up at room- 66-1lO this'Thursday at 2pm.: Of this number,

By Joel West and Katy GroppMIT's Walker Memorial will

provide the backdrop for a scenefrom-, A Small.. Cyrclef Ethnic aUnited Artists' -release which willbegin Filming at Harvard andMIT this April.

The film, which is set at a men'sschool in 1967, will feature actorBrad Davis, last seen in MidnightExpress, and director Robert

approximately 80 will be hired.Short hair is preferred.

Becairse Walker is -an cast,-'camptiss dining-fiidihty, pref repnce

may be given to dining serviceemployees and residents Of eastcampus~ dorms. The filming willtake place on April 28, with theextras to recieve a mneal every 6hours and a salary of at least $35for a 12-hour day.

telephone survey of more thanl00 dormitory residents was con-ducted to "Give us a sense ofwhat was happening on campus,"according to John Kassakian '65,Associate Professor of ElectricalEngineering, committeechairman. Students also visiteddining programs at Harvard,Boston College, and Weflesley.

The impetus for the broad-based nuture of the study was thefeeling that the '"MIT experiencefor an undergraduate is four ir-

-retrievable years," according toKassakian. The primary objectiveof the proposed recommenda-

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working groups: East Cam-pus/Senior House, Baker/MacGregor, and the other westcampus dormitories. Each work-ing group is composed primarilyof students from the affected dor-mitories, with at least one studentnot from the associated dor-mitories in each group. The fullcommittee of twelve, of which-seven are students, has represen-tatives frome each workinggroup.

Since its inception (as described'in the Sept. 19, 1978 issue of TheTecch), the CCD has used variousmethods of obtainingt informationon which to base its decisions. A

By Joel WestCompulsory commons for dor-

.mitory freshmen may be recom-mended to Chancellor Paul Grayby a committee studying campuseating patterns.

The proposed combined room-and-bdard program is merely oneof a variety of options being con-sidered by the Institute Commit-tee on Campus Dining (CCD).The committee is in the process ofpreparing a comprehensive set ofrecommendations, which will bepresented to Gray in May orJune.

M uch of the work of the com-mittee is being done -by three

some aspects of humanexistence. Page 7.

For the first time in severalyears>- the Physical EducationDepartment will be offeringreffing courses in an attemptto solve recent problems. Pae8.

At their last meeting, the IM:Council elected thiree newmembers-at-large. However,football, socer, and outdoortrack manager elections had tobe tabled for- laclk of nomina-tions, Pte S.

Recently, Harvard PresidentDerek Bok issued a statementexplaining his view of the un-iversity's place in society. Page4.

Although for the most part anexcellent production, theCharles Playhouse productionof The Shadow Box places ex-peetations upon itself which itcannot hope to live up to.Page 6,

MIT Dramashopss produc-tions of Rendez-vous and Black

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{Continued fromn- page l)tions would be to en-hance the-current situation to "take advan-tage of the wide diversity of theMIT environment."

Suggestions have come up adodressing the problems faced by in-Aividuals who cook forthemselves, including .-educatingthose who have never. cookedbefore, have been made. Anotherproposal, establishing an on-campus food cooperative for stu-dents has met with nearly univer-sal approval.

The one proposal likely to meetwith substantial opposition is acombined room-and-board plan- in effect 'compulsory com-mons. The primary rationalebehind the idea is to improvestudent-student interaction; thus,the plan seems to be oriented)towards freshmen. Although ithad been considered for all dor-mitory frosh, Kassakian quicklypointed out that such an idea'would make little sense, for exam-ple, for Random Hall residents;Kassakian noted that the mostlikely dormitory for such a planwould be Baker, though otherdormitories were possible. Hecommented that one of the mostinteresting aspects of working onthe committee was to observe thedramatic turnaround by students on the working groups fromtotal opposition to compulsorycommons 'to almost a zeal ap-proaching that of a missionary"in favor of the idea.

Kassakian felt that the mostpositive outcome of the commit-tee's work would be "a very firmsense that the dining program isan ongoing responsibility oftheDean's office" after the commitstee's .work was.,completed. Oneproblem..he-said he' elt that must eventually addressed was the co'0n`struction of the Whitt~aker Col-lege, which would necessitateanother dining facility on the eastside of campus. He stressed,however, that CCD's work wasfar from complete, 4nd en-couraged students to comment toeither him or other 'cornmitteememnbers.

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A foundation for dealing with- the issuesThe bulk of Bok's statement is devoted to setting a foundation for

dealing with the issues. He states that universities must consider notonly the positive direct effects on society, caused when, unliversities takea position, but also the negative indirect effects which might result fromtaking sides. He notes that if the university has'an official position onan issue, a junior staff member seeking promotion -may be reluctant tospeak out against that position. Furthermore, he says society as awhole may not like the position of universities and tr y to impose sanc-tions on them.

Also, taking certain positions could lead to financiall losses andeconomic collapse of the university, according to Bok. Finally, he notesthat the deliberation required for the university to decide its positioncould take "hiundreds and'hundreds of hours ... away from regularacademic pursuits.

All the points Bok raises are legitimate. However, there are stillmany times when universities should take positions. Bok recognizesthlis.'

He notes that universities have to take positions in their routineacademic activities. Whether or not to puseaffirmative action is adeci-ion universities must -make. Also-, he says universities have aresponsibility as shareholders to vote on Waoxy resolutions. Finally, hesays universities should take positions on issues in society like the Bak-dke case Which directly affect universities.

Univorities dGn have an effect

The really controversial part. of Bok's statement is how he wouldapproach certain issues such as South Africa and the Nestle's boycottgiven his reservations. He indicates that he does not believe that theseissues are included among those on which the university hastraditionally taken a position. -- -.This point is. debatable, however. Some pepple,-woul argue that

decisions on which goods to purchase and which investments to makeare important parts of the routine activities of universities even thoughpurchases and investments do not directly deal with, academics

Bok also states '*neither as stockholders nor as purchasers nor ascontractors of services do universities possess sufficient leverage. tomove large corporations, let alone entire governments."

Although this statement is somewhat true, it represents a very bad at-titude. No boycott could succeed if each individual thought thatbecause the effect of personal action is insignificant, he should take noaction. Imagine if all eligible voters decided not to vote because theirindividual vote would have an insignificant effect. onl the outcome.

Individually, a university may have no effect; however, as part of anationwide boycott by all consumers, universities can have an effect. Ifuniversities take no action, then their non-action will serve to effective-ly thwart whatever action is taken by others.

Still, Bok is right that universities must keep issues in perspective. Atrivial ethical error by a company should not be ground for severingties with that company. If it were, universities would probably not beable to find any companies to invest in or products to buy.

On the other hand, however, universities should not totally ignoreethics when making investment or purchase decisions or accepting.gifts. Very few universities would accept the proceeds from a bank rob-bery as a contribution.

The difficult part is handling issues which lie between the two ex-tremes where the problem is not so clear cut. Bok has promised to issueletters devoted specificallyuto South Africa and Nestle's.

These statemlents will appear as supplements in the Harvard Gazette,Harvard's version of Tech Talk. Copies of Bok's letter will be availablein the Harvaord News Office on the tenth floor of Holyoke Center inHarvard Square.

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To the editor:The decision by M4IT to posts

po ne t he "sPu rim Party "organized by the so-called "Jewsfor Jesus" and-its subsequentfailure to enforce that decisionhighlights an interesting dilemmain the concepts of free speech andreligion.+ That dilem ma ariseswhen persons or groups such asthe "Jews for Jesuis" abuse freespeech by asserting a right todeceive and trick others, or dis-tort freedom of religion to justifyattacks on other's beliefs.

The list of circumlocutionsused by the "Jews for Jesus" tocover up the truth surroudingtheir "Purim Pary" has recentlygrown even longer. They claim tohave held a "nonmeeting" Satur-

-day night to inform people thattheir program had been "cancel-led;" in reality they effectivelythwarted the decision of theFacilities Use Committee by hav-ing their speaker give his presen-tation in the corridor outside theroom where the program hadoriginally beien scheduled. Their-

earlier semantic gamaes arealready well known: a Christianmissionary program was dis-guised as a "Purim Pa ity"' (aJewish religouls event); they hidtheir purpose of proselytizng un-der the-guise of practisinlg an un-usual, synchretistic version ofJudaism and Christianity; theyhave sought -to redefine the word*'Jew" to include "Christians"' bycalling themselves "iJews forJesus."' Although fully aware thatthey have been previously barredfrom spreading their propaganda-at MIT, they sought to sneak inthrough thd back door by obtain-ing co-sponsorship fromn an MITgroup a~nd reserving -one of thefew rooms which couled be ob-tained at MIT without goingthrough the Dean for Students orInstitute Secetary.

The "Jews for Jesug" insult andattack Jewish belief throughparodying Jewish practice andmisappropriating Jewish symbolsfor the purpose of Christian mnis-sionary activity. They seek to ob-ytain converts by deceiving the un-educated and pressuring peoplethrough constant pamphletingand mnassive publicity campaigns.Yet they would claim thatbecause their relgion, requiresthem to} seek converts they areprotected -in these actions byfreedom, of religoin.- In So claim-ing, they reveal a 'fundamentalmisunderstanding of religiousfreedom, which -presupposes thepossibility of alternative modes ofworship, respect for the beliefs ofothers and the right of the inl-dividual to pursue his own beliefsfree of outside pressure'. Shouldthe Assasins of India have beenpermitted to continue sacrificing.in nocent, wayfarers simply,because their religion requiredhuman sacrifice?? Bigotry, evenwhen it ha s-- a the ological base, re-mainls bigotry.I N~o one would deny the "Jews

for Jesus" the right to practicethecir own synchretistic version. ofJudaism and Christianity at MWIT,provided they adhere to the samepolicies, of mutual repect whichevery other religious group is re-qwl~redto ob__ey. Those policies in-

.-c-udedt, definite limits onorganized missionary activityam ong members of other religiousgroup~s. for the purpose ofprotecting the religious rights ofothers and ensuring harmonious

-relations 'among the- various'faiths' Such limits are'ab:solutelyessential in a community as comn-pact' and ingrown as a collegecampus. Through their. actions-indeed, even through their choice

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whether or not I wfas a Je'w beforeoffering me a t ract, and thus do.not restrict their, evangelism toany one group.

There is no ethnic insultimplied by the desire of certainblack students and Chinese stundents at MIT to worship withothers- of the same ethnic originl.Why should Jews for Jesus beviewed differently? The membersof such groups mauy feel anenhanced a bility to communicatewith those of their own ethnicorigin; if so,, their efforts atevangelism arise out of love, notprejudice.

Darrell J. Haftwick '80

seting'Wis hsges out of context. When this

was pointed out to them they-didnot answer the objections, butjust quoted more passages. At onetime Moishe Rtosen wasquestioned'on the Hebrew text ofone of his quotes. He immediatelybecame angry, Oeclaring that theoriginal text was irrelevant..

I heave yet to figure out what",very Jewish event" Ralph GiP-

fone referred to, but it was- surely-not thc-"Purim celebration" thatJews for Jesus held. Indeed theonly thing at all Jewish about thatevent was the people, who' Mr.Rosen was trying to converiti. u%.hdeception is clearly beyond thelimits within which the right tofreedom of speech applies. Whatwould be the reaction of Jews forJesus, Seekers, et al. if a group offformer- Christians were to adver-tise' an Easter mass and then giveas lecture on why Christianlsshould abandon their. faith?

Miriam H. Nadel '80

To the editor.I was pleased to.-find out from

Thie Tech (3/16) that the in-terchange of ideas at MIT Wistilfree enough for Mr. Sillman topursue his interest in Judaism,Christianity, atheism, andEastern religions., I hope that inthe future he will discover thethree contradictory views of Godand the- world represented bythese religions, without in-terference from the Facilities UseCommittee and the Provost's Of-rice.

I would also like to make theobservation that the members dfJews for Jesus have never asked

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Jews for Jesus and MIT Seekerslast Saturday night was merelyanother in a long line of cir-cumnlocutions concerning- their"Purim celebration." In actualitythe only difference between the..non-meeting" and the plannedactivity was the location. Thehighlight of the program was amissionary speech which hadbeen -advertised under the title*'Jewish Survival." This was fol-lowed by the singing of a Chris-ti-rn hymn. Mqoishe Rosen, thenational director of Jews" forJesus, then revealed his feelingsabou~t Judaism in -a lengthy-harangue in which he accusedH illel and Rabbi Shevit'z of"deceit and chicanery.'' Aftler the-non-meeting"* was over.,-*e~veralsmall discussion groups formed.The Jews for Jesus proceeded todisplay their lack of knowledge ofJudaism by consistently distortinghistory and quoting Biblical pas-

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of the lack of criticism rif theregimes in Uganda'and- elsewherein -Africa, one could conclude'thatsome of those. who condemnSouth Africa aren't doing- sobecause it is a minority that rules,but because it is a white minority,and that they would be perfectlycontent to see a black minorityreplace it. Should this be the cashj,'it would seem that these certainpeople'are as racist as those theycondemn, and are in fat evenmore reprehensible because theymake-phony claims to moralitywhile doing so.

I suspect that a combination ofthe-three is involved, though Idon't know; there may be otherfactors. .I do know that the wholesubject needs a lot more discus-sion, and a lot more rational andcritical thought.

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The call to hysteria has beensounded again.

Once more we are being toldabout the evils of South Africa.South Africa, they cry, is Repres-'sive. It is ruled by a Minority.-And worst of all, South Africa is,horrorsl Racist, and that-is the

*absolute ultimate abomination,making mere political repressionseen positively liberal. In otherwords, South Africa is Bad.

Now we in the United Statesare Good. Since we are Good, wemust not in any way support anygovernment that is Bad.Therefore, if. a certain govern-ment is repressive, or is not sup-ported by the majority of its peo-ple, or is in any way Bad, we mustnot have anything to do with thatgovernment. In fact, we shouldtake. steps to have that govern-ment replaced with one -that isGood. Namely and to wit, MITshould divest itself of stock that'has anything to do with BadSouth Africa, since such invest-ments support Repression andthus are not Socially Responsible.

Suppose we forget for. the mo -ment that such an attitude- totallyignores geopolitical reality, andthat should such a proposal be

-adotped' students at MIT wouldbe hurt a lot more than SouthAfrica would be, and examine thisargument logically.

Proponents of divestment claimto be opposed to "repression"and "minority rule" when they at-tack South Africa. Now, the pointhas been raised before, I have saidit before, but is bears repeating:There are many other regimes inthis-world -that are far, morerepressive and even less represen-tative than South Africa. If youhaven't guessed already, one ex-cellent examp'fe is the SovietUnion. I can't imagine anybodyrationally arguing that South

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There are a dozen -otherregimesr more repressive- than

--South Africa I can name without-.even thinking hard, likeCzechoslovakia, or Uganda, orSouth Yemen, or Vietnam, or the

-former regime~ in Cambodia. Sothe very same people who con-demn South Africa should be.protesting conditions in the statesnamed, and 'demanding divest-ment of stock in any corporation involved with them and callingfor Majority Rule.

To my knowledge this has nothappened. I'don't recall the for-mation- of a '*Coalition againstPol Pot," or -a *'Committee toFree Orlov and Shcharansky."No petitions have ben circulatedsuggesting that we boycottUgandan coffee. In -fact, protestover any of the above, or indeedover any government not a US al-ly, has been conspicuous by itsabserlce.

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one could logically conclude anumber of things. One could con-elude that these people are reallysincere in their opposition torepression and minority rule, andsimply don't know all the facts.This is mere ignorance and can beeasily remedied. Hopefully whenthey are alerted to these facts theiractions will reflect it.

One could also conclude thatthey don't really oppose all

St-aies sold computers, ball-bearing machinery, and other

.high-technology equipment, andeven an entire heavy truck plant(r) to the Soviet Union. This notonly helps maintain the repressiveregime there, it actually reinforcesa direct threat to our own ex-istence and well-being. Yet MIThas taken an "'institutionalposition" here. Last May, theACSR rejected a recommenda-tion to avoid dealing with Com-munist countries.

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of name-the "Jews for Jesus"'have demonstrated that they can-not comply with such policies.

An Institution such -as MIT,whose first responsibility is toprotect the well-being of its stu-dents and provide fOr their educattion, is under no obligation topush feedomn of speech andreligion to the absurd limitsneeded to tolerate the antics of

the "Jews for Jesus." Indeed, it isactually under an obligation to itsstudents to protect them from un-wanted pressure and:blatant mis-representation in matters asprivate as one's religion. As such,it has acted properly by insisting.that this "Purim Party" be-post- -poned, and be rescheduled onlyunder the supervision of theFacilities Use-Committee.

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first-rate, .however, as he repeats his--Broadway role of the guitar-playingadolescent, his singing and playing-areperfect,' both in setting the mood and inkeeping with the nature of his role.

Let there be no mistake made: whilemost of the characters are shallow and thefinale is disappointingly stiff and -cliched,The Shadow Box- is undeniably goodtheatre. In tackling such a difficult subject,Cristofer and Chamhberlain have chosen thestandards by which they wish to be judged,standards by which they fall short. Thisdoes not stop The Shadow Box from being-one off the best (if not the best) dramas tohit Boston this season.

patient-comes onstage and.carries on a.dialogue with an unseen interviewer (JamesOyster). Joe (David Sabin) is the first, a tireing New Jerseyite who could be from Deathof a Salesmnan's Willy Loman .transplante~dinto the 1970's. His wife Maggie (KarenShallo) is dutifully supporting, while hisonly child Steve (Rob DeRosa) is at the"gee-whiz" stage of his life.

In the second group, Brian is the 50ishintellectual played by Frank Converse,with Betsy Palmer as his ex-wife Beverly, afun-loving dancer, and Tony Blake asBrian's handsome young lover Mark. Thethird family is an aging-but spunky grand-mother figure Felicity (Elizabeth Fleming)who is attended to by her unloved daughterAgnes (Alexandra Borrie).

And therein lies the problem. It is badenough that Cristofer chose his charactersfrom literary cardboard; but most of themseem to have come pre-printed, with only aslig ht coloring here and there to add anysemblance of originality.

The character of Brian holds the mostpromise. Intelligent, sensitive, and yet in-comprehensible to himself and thosearound him,b1e is. the only character who is-not aptly summed up in two sentences.Converse's interpretation at times is bril-liant, als real as if he himself were going todie in 6 months. At other times, however,he demonstrates a confused presentation ofa confused charact er. '.That the charactershould pose problems to such an obviouslytalented actor as Converse is a testamfent tothe writer's ability, but one' would hopethese are problems that the actor can ironout during the pl~ay's six-week run.

Betsy Palmer- steals the show. Someonewho has enjoyed life to its fullest',toughened by her education in the collegeo~f halrd-knocks, she nonetheless very muchcares about what has happened to the manwhose life she once shared. When onstage,Palmer totally dominates Blake and isclearly in control in her scenes with

Converse. .The only other individual that does an

exceptional job with a complex character is'Alexandra Borrie. Constantly being com'-pare'd to her -mother's favorite daughterClaire, Agnes is nonetheless the one whoministers to her mother's needs duringFelicity's interminable path to the grave.Trhough she 'has some good scenes in thefirst act, Borrie's big moment comes in ActIt, when she realizes she is trapped in a.situation of her own making.

By comparison, the other characters andactors warrant only cursory attention:while on-ly the performance of Tony Blakehas serious flaws,.the lesser characters areseverely lacking in depth. Rob deRosa is

The Shadow Box, a two-act play byMichael Cristofer, Starring FrankC'onverse, Betsy Palmer, directed byRichard Chainberlaia. Now playing at MheC'harles Pla Mouse.

By Joel WestThe plaudits for The Shadow Box are

numerous, a Tony and a Pulitizer Prizeamong themr. And yet, taken together,while the current production and the playitself are very good, they are only near-great.

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Each of the three "families" is in-troduced when the respective terminal

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The M adhouse Company of London hasimported -insane British comedy to theseshores under the title of Silly Buggers. Theshow plays" Tuesday-Friday at 8pm, Satur-day at 7pm & lOpm, and Sundays at 3pm.For further information call the CharlesPlayhouse at 542-0095.

The Next, Move Theatre presents. ThisEnd- Up, a topical comedy review within usic. Performances are Wednesdaythrough Sunday, with two shows on Satur-daly. The show runs though April 8, studentrush is available. For ticket infgrmationcall 536-6769.

Alexandra Bosrie tries to cope with- thefinal years of her mother (ElizabethFleming), in The"Shadow Box.

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lower leagues, i.e. a 'C' leaguecaliber player who plays for a 'C'league, team even though hehasn't put himself on the roster.

Peter Lernme'80, chairman ofthe IM Council, announced at themeeting, whose 50 person atten-!dance was one of the largest in re-cent years, that the Council is go-ing to follow the IM. constitutionwhich stated that if an athleticchairman misses two consecutiveIM Council meetings, his teamloses its affiliaticn. Affiliation in-cludes such privileges as exemp-tion from providing a forfeitdeposit with the roster.

In other business, 11 Fencing,which was begun last year byseveral members of the fencingteam, was given IM Council af-filiation. Members of the VarsityFencing Team will direct thesport. This year, they plan to use

By Gordon R. HaffAt its March 11 meeting, the

IM council elected three newmembers-at-large: SteveAsclkenase '81, George Dowd'81 and Paul Mahoney '8-1. Theprimary topic which all three dis-cussed. was the referee problem.All discussed the possibility ofhaving PE classes in reffing -which has since come to pass.Mahoney also mentioned that hewould "like to see more publicityto living groups on campus tofind trained refs."

In addition, candidates discus-sed their feelings on the enforce-ment of eligibility rules. They allagreed that violations such as theJunior high school player whoplayed for Sloan School's hockeyteam were totally uncalled for.Their only disagreement came onthe point of the enforcement of"technical eligibilities'.' in the

Steve Pettinato discussed IMUltimate Frisbee-which he is try-ing to get off the ground. The ma-jor problem right now is a lack offield space. He said that last yearwhen he sent out a letter, about 30teams were interested.

Elections for Football, Soccerand Outdoor Track Managerswere all tabled for lack. ofnominations. They will be on theagenda for the next meeting.

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electronic scoring equipment.Like last year, foil will be the onlyweapon used.

Dave Michaels, the -IM- advisor,talked about the new hockey rink.He said that "Prof. -Srith has as-sured us that the ground breakingwill be in April which means thatthere will be no hockey rink for 18months." It was suggested thatthe IM hockey m-a-inager for nextyear should be elected at the nextmeeting so that surveys could bedone to determine interest inrenting ice time for IM's nextwinter.

By Gordon HaffThis coming quarter, the

Physical Education Departmentwill' for the first time in severalyears be offering courses inrefereeing. These courses, are be-ing instituted primarily to in-crease both the quantity andquality of IM referees.

The two courses being offeredare soccer reffing, taught b-yWalter Alessi (Varsity soccer andlacrosse coach) and softball ump-ing, taught boy Debbie Clum

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These courses have the poten-tial to rescue I M's -from thisproblem.

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(Women's Varsity field hockeyand softball coach). These courseswil! stress not only the writtenrules but also those qualitieswhich make a good all-round of-ficial, according to Peter Lemme'80, chairman of the IM council.

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