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By Sarah Y. Keightley Avenue and Danforth Street - the
EDITOR IN CHIEF short street between McCormick
The Institute has converted about and Green Hall, according to Talitha
50 parking spaces along Amherst Fabricius of the Planning Office.
Street, near Ashdown House and MIT has installed "Resident Park-
McCormick Hall, to permit-only ing" signs along this area, noting
parking without giving students that cars must have the Kresge park-
advanced notice. ing permit.
However, Chief of Campus This move stems from a deal
Police Anne P. Glavin said, "We are made with the City of Cambridge in
not beginning enforcement until March 1993 where MIT offered to
Monday, Dec. 5." The grace period build a permrsanent facility for the
will give students a chance to Cambridge and Somerville Program
become familiar with the fact that for Alcohol Rehabilitation shelter in
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they cannot park in these spaces, exchange for the ownership of one Dancers (from left to right) Jennifer H. Shen '96, Katie J. Adams '98,/I AnR/MUi/s iva. H.U IlvWu erUcUlvh~Js-al, er 'I9L c6l,
Glavin said. street and the lease of three other Marnie F. Blando '96, Kaltlyn C. Liao '97, and Rachel J. Dowell '96 perform the Orniko Flow in
The parking spaces that are streets and sidewalks around campus. "Dance Collage," the first performance of the Dance Troupe this term. Performances are tonight
affected are those along Amherst and tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Little Kresge.
Street, between Massachusetts Parking, Page 15
Sept. Day Off to Fall
Administration Approves Senior
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By Jeremy Hylton In the interim, Smith hopes to explain to students By Daniel C. Stevenson last month's meeting.
CHAIRMAN what the decision making process is and how they NEWS EDITOR President Charles M. Vest pre-
The administration has made a definite commit- can be involved in it. "I'm willing to go pretty much Three motions were passed and sented some recent changes in the
ment to renovate Senior House and intends to finish anywhere, any time to talk to people about this," he two plans were presented at MIT retirement plan approved by
the renovations and have the dormitory ready for said. Wednesday's regular meeting of the the Corporation. Professor of Aero-
occupancy by the fall of 1996, said Arthur C. Smith, MIT is working with a contractor to plan major faculty. nautics and Astronautics John R.
dean for undergraduate education and student affairs. renovations that will be performed regardless of the A motion to move the class holi- Hansman Jr., chair of the Commit-
Major renovations will be made during the next building's eventual use. The heating and electrical day in September 1995 to coincide tee on Faculty-Administration, pro-
two summers, and students would probably continue systems must be overhauled or replaced, and with the first day of the Jewish New vided an update on faculty retire-
to live in the dormitory next year, according to asbestos in the basement must be removed, Smith Year, Rosh Hashanah, was approved. ment issues.
Smith. "We don't want to close the dorm during the said. Also, an experimental plan for
restructuring the Humanities. Arts, Changing holidays
acae;miniC jy.ar," he said. During sliummer rennvationn, students, who nor-
No decisions have been made about who will mally live at Senior House will find housing in other and Social Sciences Distribution The placement of this year's
inhabit the dormitory when renovations are done, dormitories or at independent living groups, Smith requirement by the Committee on the September holiday on the third
Smith said. The administration is considering several said. Undergraduate Program was present- Monday proceeding Columbus Day
options, including converting Senior House to a ed at the meeting. was "somewhat arbitrary," wrote
Housing report due Nov. 30 Motions to create Masters of Professor of Physics Robert L.
graduate student dormitory.
A final decision about Senior House's future will The administration hopes to make a decision Engineering programs in the Jaffe, chair of the faculty, in a Nov.
be made by the senior officers of the Institute, about who will inhabit the dormitory soon, and it has Department of Aeronautics and 9 letter to the faculty explaining the
including Smith, President Charles M. Vest, Provost asked the Strategic Housing Planning Committee to Astronautics and the Department of Faculty Policy Committee's recom-
Mark S. Wrighton, and Senior Vice President Civil and Environmental Engineer- mendation for the change next year.
William R. Dickson '56, Smith said. Housing, Page 13 ing passed unanimously. -The
motions were made and discussed at Meeting, Page 19
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the Registrar's Office until Tuesday tem in the Registrar's Office took A Problem
without any fine or need for peti- longer than expected to get started,
tion, said Registrar David S. Wiley Wiley said. Students may not have
'61. The original deadline was received their registration status
today. reports in the mail until yesterday, By Shang-ULin Chuang
"Drop date has not been moved," and would have only one day to STAFF REPORTER
Wiley said; only the deadline has make decisions if the deadline had While the Office of Housing and
been kept at Friday, he said. Food Services has added several
In the past, if the status reports features to the card key system in
came out late, the drop deadline was the last term, students are still find-
extended, Wiley said. Normally, ing problems with its operation.
students have a grace period until Card keys can currently be used
I the Monday following drop date for identification, to access certain
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Man Charged with Clinton
U.S. Seeks to Station Floating
Arsenal Off Thailand
LOSANGELES TIMES Assassination Attempt
BANGKOK, THAILAND
The Clinton administration Thursday urged Thailand to allow the
United States to store massive amounts of military equipment on
ships off its coastline. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said this By Toni Locy and fight the request, which the and attempting to reload as he was
request is part of a "strategic decision" to position U.S. materiel THE WASHINGTON POST prosecutors made because they want being tackled and subdued.
around the world. WASHINGTON to know as soon as possible for But another lawyer for Duran,
The request underscores the Pentagon's increasing concern about Francisco Martin Duran, the Col- strategic reasons whether Duran will chief public defender A.J. Kramer,
its ability to project U.S. military force to remote locations at a time orado man who allegedly opened claim he was insane at the time of revealed Thursday for the first time
when foreign governments are reluctant to have U.S. bases or troops fire on the White House last month, the Oct. 29 shooting. that one of the letters found in the
on their soil. It also appears to reflect American concern about was charged Thursday with attempt- The addition of the attempted- truck makes no mention of Clinton
China's growing military power in Southeast Asia. ing to assassinate President Clinton assassination charge came after days by name or of any intention to harm
"This is part of a U.S. strategic decision - that in this period, we after several friends and co-workers of debate in the Justice Department him in any way. Lawyers for The
can protect the security of our allies, not just in the Middle East but told investigators that he had said he and Holder's office over whether Washington Post, The New York
all over the world, by pre-positioning equipment in strategic loca- wanted to kill the president. the evidence was strong enough to Times, and NBC argued Thursday
tions," the secretary of state told a news conference. "This equipment Even though those people have charge Duran with that offense. for the public release of that letter.
will be valuable if there is a threat to security." now come forward with the infor- Conviction carries a maximum Legally, prosecutors must prove
Thailand had turned down the American request a few weeks ago. mation. U.S. Attorney Eric H. Hold- penalty of life in prison. two elements to win a conviction on
Nevertheless, in meetings with top Thai officials, Christopher - er Jr. had harsh words for them Duran, 26, a hotel upholsterer an attempted-assassination charge.
accompanied by Lt. Gen. Daniel W. Christman of the Joint Chiefs of Thursday during a news conference from Colorado Springs, allegedly First, they must show that the defen-
Staff -- said he hopes Thailand will approve pre-positioned U.S. mil- announcing Duran's indictment by a fired at least 29 rounds at the White dant "specifically intended to kill"
itary equipment off its shores some time "in the future." federal grand jury. House, striking the building many the president. That element can be
Calling their failure to report the times. Clinton, who had just proven with the statements of his
Democratic Staffers on Job Search threats before Duran came to Wash- returned from a trip to the Middle co-workers and friends about his
ington "very disturbing" and "unac- East, was not in sight but in the intentions, as well as any of his r-
THE WASHINGTON POST ceptabie," Holder said, "When any family quarters of the mansion alleged writings.
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WASHINGTON American citizen has solid informa- watching a football game on televi- Secondly, prosecutors must
Laurie Cody, who has spent the last three years working on the tion that a person" intends to harm sion. No one was injured, although show he took "a substantial step" to
Democratic staff of a House committee, expects to lose her job when the president or any other public Pennsylvania Avenue was packed carry out that intention. That could
the Republicans officially take control of Capitol Hill on Jan. 4. But official, that citizen has "a civic and with tourists at the time. include buying a gun and firing it at
she's determined to stick it out in Washington. moral duty to come forward with To support the attempted-assas- the White House where he knew the i
"I'm not ready to go back home yet" to Florida, she said. "To me, that information before that tragedy sination charge, the prosecution is president was, and driving to Wash-
that's admitting defeat in the big city, and I'm not going to do that." occurs." relying on the statements made to ington with a truck loaded with sup- e
Like a number of other Democratic aides, Cody's first choice is to He said the incident could have the FBI by several friends and co- plies to carry out a specific plan.
find a job opening in the executive branch and apply for it through a had a disastrous outcome if it were workers of Duran who say he told Duran also is charged with four
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1940 law that allows Hill staff members suddenly out of a job to not for the heroism of two tourists them before he came to Washington counts of assaulting a federal officer
bypass the traditional civil-service hiring process and ease into the who tackled Duran as he allegedly that he intended to kill Clinton. - the four Secret Service agents [
government's career ranks. attempted to reload a Chinese-made The evidence against Duran also who tried to approach him across I
On the Hill, that's called "Ramspecking," shorthand for the Ram- 7.62mm semiautomatic rifle. "We includes numerous items seized the White House lawn as he fired.
speck Act. The law has been used by Democratic and Republican are truly in their debt," Holder said. from his truck, found parked near Because Duran served prison
staff members through the years, usually when their employer - a Duran, through his lawyer, assis- the White House after the shooting. time when he was in the Army for
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senator or House member - lost an election or died. But this week tant public defender Leigh Kenny, In it, authorities found several hun- aggravated assault with a vehicle, he 1iJ
Congress has been awash in rumors and speculation that the White pleaded not guilty to the I l-count dred more rounds of ammunition, is charged with two counts of illegal
House will try to exploit the law to pack the civil service with indictment. another weapon, poison-gas anti- possession of a firearm by a convict- i
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Democrats. Prosecutors Thursday filed a dotes and numerous documents and ed felon. The remaining charges are
Republicans, noting that the Clinton administration supported leg- motion requesting that defense letters allegedly written by Duran. use of an assault weapon during a =
islation to cut the federal work force by 272,900 jobs, say they will attorneys divulge whether they And investigators have a dramat- crime of violence, destruction of
call for an investigation if they think the White House is using the intend to use an insanity defense to ic videotape of the shooting, made U.S. property and interstate trans-
Ramspeck Act as a cover to create executive-branch jobs for Democ- the charges. Kenny has until Mon- by a tourist, that shows Duran firing portation of a firearm with intent to
rats. "We don't want to circumvent the spirit of the (downsizing) law day to respond. She could refuse the rifle e had under his trench coat coirriiii a ['ieonty.
and have a bunch of people going to work up there when we've decid-
ed to reduce the (federal) work force," said Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind.
GOP Plan Calls for Prayer
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I l_ ,_ .- By David G. Savage If nothing else, the new Republi- prayer, that's not good news for
LOS ANGELES TIMES can proposal has prompted sharp religion," said Steven McFarland, D-
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WASHINGTON dispute over how to define volun- director of the Christian Legal Soci-
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The leading Republican proposal tarv nra\er. ety's Cenier for Law and Religious
to restore "voluntary prayer" in pub- "Clearly when (President) Clin- Freedom. "What do you do if you're
lic schools would let local school ton speaks about voluntary prayer, in Utah and 98 percent of the class
II authorities require the saying of a he means something quite different is Mormon and you are a Jew or a
prayer at the beginning of each class from (House Speaker-to-be Newt) Catholic or a fundamentalist Christ-
day. Students who do not wish to Gingrich and Istook," said Elliot ian? It's dangerous for religious
participate could sit silently or leave Mincberg, legal director for People freedom because there is an element
the room, its prime House sponsor for the American Way, a liberal of coercion involved."
says. group that opposes school-spon- Ralph Reed, executive director
The amendment would not make sored prayers. of the Christian Coalition, said he
prayer mandatory, nor would state Monday, Gingrich. the Georgia too is concerned about government
or federal governments be entitled Republican, turned a new spotlight sponsorship of prayer.
NATIONAL W'EATHER SERVICE
Hurricane Gordon moves north off the Carolina coast last night. to compose an official school on the school prayer issue when he "We are completely opposed to
prayer. However, its sponsors said said he would seek a vote "before any prayer that would be composed
local school officials would have the July 4 break" on the proposed by, directed by or supervised by the
Gordon Blows By
wide latitude to encourage and insti- amendment introduced by Istook. government," Reed said. "We sup-
tute school prayers. Asked about the proposal in port nonsectarian, student-initiated
By Mark Zebrowski "We want to let local school Jakarta Tuesday, Clinton said: "I'll prayer that is voluntary. That is a
STAFF METEOROLOGIST boards make the decision," said Rep. be glad to discuss it with them. I free speech issue, not a religion
A very mild November (six degrees per day above the norm so Ernest Istook Jr., R-Okla., who want to see what the details are. E It issue."
far) brings yet another surprise -- a late season call from hurricane introduced the constitutional amend- depends on what it says." The amendment, introduced by
Gordon, currently forecasted to brush past Cape Hatteras at noon ment on school prayer. "It does not C!inton's remarks were inter- istook with 44 cosponsors, says:
today and then move toward the north-northeast, passing east of Cape require that prayers be held. But preted by some, especially those "Nothing in this Constitution shall
Cod. A combination of a high pressure system over New England and why should an ACLU (American opposed to school prayer, as moving be construed to prohibit individual
a storm to the south will cause a tight pressure gradient and a signifi- Civil Liberties Union) attorney from farther toward the Republican posi- or group prayer in public schools or
cant onshore flow with local coastal flooding at high tide. As this New York City tell the people in tion than his words explicitly said. other public institutions. No person
high moves slowly southeastward, Gordon will likely slow down and, Chandler, Oklahoma, that they can- Thursday, the White House empha- shall be required by the United
initially, move on a more northerly track before the upper latitude not have prayer in the public sized the president's position is States or by any state to participate
westerlies sweep it eastward into the Atlantic. Cooler air and local schools? That's the essence of it." essentially the same it has been for in prayer. Neither the United States
water temperatures (currently in low to mid 50s, or about 11-13°C) Istook and other sponsors years. He supports a moment of nor any state shall compose the
will also cause Gotdon to weaken and most likely become downgrad- declined to spell out exactly how the silence but not a spoken prayer and words of any prayer to be said in
ed to an extratropical low by midday Saturday as it passes in the system they envision would work in not a constitutional amendment. public schools."
vicinity of Nova Scotia. practice. Opposition to the proposed If approved by two-thirds of the
Today: Partly cloudy with increasing cloudiness throughout the For instance, it is not clear amendment is bv no means limited Ho no. ..d Se.nate, .. tharee-forths
I day. High 5 -°1. °C). StaUily icram,,si, g eanstelly winds, especially whether school boards might be per- to the administration and liberal of the state legislatures, the amend-
along the coast at 15-30 mph (24-48 kmh). mitted to adopt a prayer or several groups. ment would reverse a series of
I Tonight: Cloudy with showers likely. Windy with easterly gales prayers - The Lord's Prayer or a Two leaders of Christian organi- Supreme Court rulings that since
on the Cape and islands. Low 52°F (1 °C). Psalm - to be used throughout a zations said Thursday they oppose 1962 have barred officially spon-
Saturday: Showers early, continued windy with breaks late in the school system. Another possibility the Republican amendment as it is sored school prayers. Presumably,
day. High 64°F ( 17 °C). would allow individual teachers or now drawn because it would give because of the phrase, "other public
Sunday: Partly sunny and seasonable, with lows near 40°F (5°C) even students to choose the prayer local governments too much power institutions," it would also allow
and highs in mid 50s ( --1I 3°C). i for their classroom or school, per- over prayer. official prayers in government
haps rotating among a group. "When the government sponsors offices, prisons and courtrooms.
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Deadly Anthrax Outbreak Traced
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Troops to Remove Militiamen
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, An unusual anthrax epidemic that killed 68 people in the former
By Keith Richburg The former soldiers and militia best hope of success would lie in Soviet Union began when the deadly spores escaped from a covert
THE WASHINGTON POST fighters, accused of killing hundreds quick and decisive action." military microbiology facility, Russian and American researchers
GOMA, ZAIRE of thousands of Rwanda's minority However, U.N. officials in New have concluded.
A team of U.N. and Zairian gov- Tutsis during a campaign of geno- York said Boutros-Ghali doubts he Their work, based on two years of interviews with survivors of the
ernment officials has concluded that cide last spring, have threatened to can raise either the funds or the 1979 outbreak in Sverdlovsk and unique access to Russian public
the only way to persuade hundreds kill Hutus who try to return to peacekeeping troops quickly enough health records, raises the possibility that one of the most controversial
of thousands of Rwandan Hutu Rwanda, now controlled by a Tutsi- for the aggressive operation called chapters in Cold War history arose from experiments that violated an
l refugees to return home is use thou- led government. That government for by the team. international accord forbidding biological weapons.
sands of foreign troops to remove was formed after Tutsi-dominated In a report he soon will present to The Sverdlovsk epidemic is the largest documented anthrax out-
militiamen, ex-soldiers and former rebel forces routed the former Hutu- the Security Council, Boutros-Ghali break of its kind. Thousands may have been infected by rare air-
Rwandan politicians from the led regime's army in July, prompt- lays out three options, including one borne anthrax disease spores, which can cause high fever, convul-
sprawling camps along Zaire's east- ing about I million Hutus to flee to involving 12,000 U.N. peacekeepers sions, lung lesions and, in severe cases, rapid death.
ern border. neighboring Zaire in fear of mass who would occupy all the camps and In an international debate over the incident, U.S. officials at the
The final report of the U.N. tech- reprisal killings. force out armed Hutu militias. time charged that the outbreak resulted from an accident at a military
nical mission studying the deterio- The assessment, prepared by a A second option, which Boutros- plant that was mass-producing the anthrax bacterium. Soviet and
rating security situation in the camps joint committee of U.N. military Ghali said he believes is more feasi- Russian officials argued for 10 years that the townspeople had been
concluded that "the separation of the and civilian officials and Zairian ble, is for a force of 3,000 to 5,000 infected by eating diseased meat or by natural causes.
militiamen and the politicians from authorities, was presented to Secre- U.N. peacekeepers to move through In research made public Friday in Science, Russian and U.S. sci-
the rest of the camp population is tary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali one camp at a time establishing tight entists confirmed that the infection was spread by the wind, pinpoint-
imperative." Fear of the Hutu mili- and his special representative for security, retaking control of food ed the day the anthrax spores escaped and traced the outbreak back to
tias that control the camps is pre- Rwanda, Shahryar Khan, during a distribution from militias and its source: a military microbiology facility known simply as Com-
venting refugees from returning to meeting earlier this month. encouraging refugees to return pound 19, which U.S. scientists suspect is still in operation.
Rwanda, according to the report. The report concludes that rooting home. The peacekeepers would
It said such an operation would out the Hutu extremists from the avoid open clashes with Hutu gun- New Bosnia Policy Has Major Risks
last at least two months and involve camps "would require a large num- men.
"a force of significant strength" that ber of troops in a complex operation The United States generally sup- LOS ANGELES TIMES
could "forcibly disarm, collect and and would likely attract the atten- ports this plan but wants to limit the WASHINGTON
escort the RGF (Rwandan govern- tion of the world press and the cen- number of troops to abhnut 2,000, Thie (linnton administration has trnp!ied .rVth Congrs^e ' ord\-r- to^
ment forces) to cantonment sites." sure of liberal governments. The U.S. officials said. draft options for arming and training Bosnian government forces, but
it warns that carrying out the proposal would be risky, costly and
U.S. Bishops Condemn California
almost certain to jeopardize ties with major U.S. allies.
The scenarios, outlined in classified briefings with leading law-
makers this week, call for the United States to lift the current arms
Anti-Immigrant Law, Euthanasia embargo unilaterally, to arm and train Bosnian government soldiers
and to help evacuate allied troops now on peacekeeping duty in
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
By Holly Selby issues such as euthanasia and physi- ballot Measure 16, which decrimi- But officials have warned that the operation would require a sub-
THE BALTIMORE SUN cian-assisted suicide. nalized physician-assisted suicide. stantial U.S. air campaign to protect Bosnian forces during training
WASHINGTON What the bishops say about Earlier this week, the bishops and the deployment of thousands of American ground troops, with a
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops health care practices has a wide approved another $80,000 to be risk of widening the ground war to many more civilians. The cost
condemned Thursday California's effect: In 1992, nearly 5 million used for opposing euthanasia. could run as high as $4 billion, administration officials said.
Proposition 187, which denies people were treated at hospitals run Following traditional church They also have cautioned that any unilateral lifting of the arms
health and education benefits to by the Catholic Church - about 15 teachings, the directives also rule embargo would so anger major U.S. allies - such as the British,
undocumented immigrants, and percent of all admissions nation- out medical techniques such as French and Dutch, who together have 19,000 ground troops in Bosnia
reaffirmed the Catholic church's wide. abortion, artificial insemination and -that U.S. planes might not be allowed to use NATO bases.
position that every person has a "In cases of considerable moral in vitro fertilization. The administration consistently has opposed anrty unilateral lifting
right to health care until the moment complexity, the directives reflect the However, methods such as drugs of the arms embargo or outside training of Bosnian troops. But that
of death. church's teaching while preserving that enhance fertility and do not position has been popular among lawmakers, many of whom are frus-
However, doctors may give pain the legitimate freedom which the "substitute for the marital act itself' trated with the war and want to strengthen Bosnia's government
medication to a terminally ill person church provides," said Bishop may be used, according to the docu- forces, which are largely Muslim.
even if it indirectly hastens his death Alfred C. Hughes, chairman of the ment.. However, officials concede that President Clinton may be hard-
-as long as the sole goal is patient Doctrine Committee, which spent In a new section of the directive, pressed to avert such a move after Republicans take control of Con-
comfort. six years writing the 48-page docu- the bishops acknowledged that gress in January. GOP lawmakers have been among the most vigor-
At the heart of both actions, is ment. because of the rapidly changing ous proponents of lifting the embargo unilaterally. -
their belief that all people have a The bishops' medical document nature of health care delivery,
basic human right to health care, urges Catholic institutions to distin- Catholic hospitals increasingly are rish Prime Minister Resigns
said the 280 bishops, here on the guish themselves by service to and working with other, non-Catholic,
last day of their semiannual meet- advocacy for children, the poor, the medical institutions. And these LOS ANGELES TIMES
ing. uninsured, single parents, addicts, organizations may not follow LONDON
Nine days after California voters minorities, immigrants, refugees Catholic teachings. In a dramatic move, Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds
approved Proposition 187, the bish- and the elderly. In response, they developed a resigned in Dublin on Thursday after a fractious five days during m
ops endorsed a resolution stating the The medical directives for "principle of cooperation" that out- which his coalition government fell apart.
measure is "a catalyst for divisive- Catholics, which have not been lines how Catholic hospitals can Facing a no-confidence vote in Parliament, Reynolds also said he c
ness within our society." updated since 1971, come one week integrate programs with other orga- will step down as head of the leading Fianna Fail party.
And in a separate action, the after Oregon voters approved physi- nizations without going against Deputy Prime Minister Dick Spring had led his Labor Party out of I
bishops issued new guidelines cian-assisted suicide- something Catholic doctrine. And they devel- Ireland's governing coalition Wednesday in a dispute over a judicial I
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aimed at bishops and administrators the bishops said will never be oped a national committee to help appointment.
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responsible for the 1,200 Catholic morally acceptable. individual bishops decide what to Reynolds said he would recommend to President Mary Robinson
health care institutions nationwide The church spent more than do when faced with such extremely that Parliament not be dissolved, because that would mean new
who grapple daily with complex $600,000 trying to defeat Oregon's complicated decisions. national elections. Ireland will be left rudderless while the major par-
ties now explore ways to form a coalition that could win a parliamen-
Voters Slam Dents. in National Poll tary majority.
Reynolds' move came just a few weeks before all-party talks were
expected to begin in quest of a solution to the dispute over British
By Charles V. Zehren embodied by policies allowing gays as high a level of public sentiment rule in Northern Ireland, where a cease-fire recently ended 25 years
NEWSDAY in the military. Mention "Democrat" that Republicans favor the wealthy of sectarian violence.
WASHINGTON and the voters spit out these and corporations as in 1992. Gerry Adams, head of the political arm of the province's outlawed N
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If President Clinto)n and the responses: "Liberal," "Immoral," "It was a revolt against a politics Irish Republican Army, appeared in London Thursday for the first
Democrats needed more convincing "Spenders," "Hot Air," and that failed people's hopes," Green- time since the British government last month lifted a ban on his pres-
that they must considter radical "Kennedy." berg wrote in the attached report. ence, and he complimented Reynolds for playing a leading role in the
changes following last week's Pretty rough stuff, yet all the "There is little interest in the coun- peace process. But he maintained that the move toward peace in the
Republican congressionail landslide, more remarkable given that it was try in a Traditional Democrat that troubled province is "bigger than Mr. Reynolds."
they got it Thursday in tthe form of cited by Clinton's own pollster, believes 'government can solve
yet another national opiniion poll. Stanley Greenberg, who Thursday problems and protect people from Sony Overpaid for Columbia
While independent voters say offered his latest assessment of the adversity.' Instead by 66 to 19 per-
"their families are still just holding political mood of the country in the cent, the electorate prefers a 'New THE WASHINGTON POST
on," they said they believe the wake of last week's Democratic Democrat' who believes govern- Sony Corp., which stunned Hollywood in 1989 by buying Colum-
Democratic-dominated national pol- debacle. ment should help people equip bia Pictures, stunned Wall Street Thursday by all but conceding that
itics under Clinton has g,rown "cor- But despite the poll's bad news themselves to solve their own prob- it paid far too much for the movie and television studio. Sony thus
rupt," "divisive" andI "slow to for Democrats, Greenberg insisted lems." become the latest Japanese company to see an expensive American
address the needs of oredinary citi- that the election was a rejection of However, in reviewing the investment shrivel.
zens." both parties and national politics in results of the survey, Greenberg Dogged by a series of box office flops, such as "City Slickers II"
Not only did Clinton fail to pro- general. Only about 8 percent of acknowledged a "collapse in confi- and "Last Action Hero," the giant Japanese electronics company said
duce promised changes during his those surveyed attributed "the mess dence" in the Democratic Party. A it would rewrite its books to value Columbia and its sister studio Tri-
first two years in office, the respon- in Washington" to the president, he majority of independents - 55 per- Star pictures at $3.1 billion. It had been valuing them at S5.8 billion.
dents said, but the presidleent always said, adding that voters did not did cent - expressed disappointment The "write-down" contributed to a $3.2 billion loss that Sony
seemed to be "in trouble''in heading not cast their ballots to dismantle with the Clinton presidency. And reported for the first six months of the year.
a party that spent "too much and government. He said they sent a many Democrats stayed home and Sony's movie business fiasco is only the latest debacle for the
w nooto to v n/orsE rlnllare:" - mesisoge that Wnshinotnn must did not vote behPcncPause they feel Iaanesenpp whnop nverheated srnnnmir ornwth in the lo 80n nrnnp-llp-l
In fact, those surveeyyed said, become more efficient and respon- ambivalent toward the president. a huge wave of investments in American land, factories and securi-
Washington under the Democrats sive to average people. Meeting with reporters Thurs- ties. Many of those investments have gone bad.
clearly favored lobbyistss and "spe- Greenberg also asserted that day, Haley Barbour, the chairman of On Wednesday, for example, the company that owns New York's
cial interests" over co.nstituents, those surveyed did not express con- the Republican Party, scoffed at Rockefeller Center disclosed that it doesn't have enough cash to meet
emphasized big governiment pro- fidence in the Republican Party, such notions. A "New Democrat," the payments on its $1.3 billion mortgage, raising doubts about its
grams like the adminiistration's which posted a favorability rating he sniffed, is simply a politician ability to survive. The majority owner of the company is Mitsubishi
failed health care prolposal, and just slightly higher than the Democ- who "campaigns as a moderate and Estate Co., a large Japanese investment concern.
backed a liberal cultulral agenda rats. Indeed, he said, there is still just governs as a liberal.:', ..
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One month ago in this space, we faulted the Campus Police safety issues? Postering in living groups is unlikely to reach
for failing to promptly and adequately communicate relevant independent living groups or ststudents living in apartments, let
information about crimes and safety to the MIT community. alone faculty and staff. Anotherr possibility, interdepartmental
People need specific information rather than vague alerts or mail, is sometimes slow and is notoriously inefficient for con-
Chairman
safety tips to protect themselves. Such specific information, we tacting ILG residents.
Jeremy Hylton G said, is necessary to protect members of the community from Despite this drawback, Thee electronic bulletins certainly
Editor in Chief the otherwise nebulous perceptions of campus crime. represent an opportunity for improving communication with
To help solve this problem, the Campus Police has taken a ILGs. The Campus Police shouId also explore other methods,
Sarah Y. Keightley '95
noteworthy step with the creation late last month of an electron- perhaps coordinated through the regular and frequent activities
ic mailing list designed to keep of the Interfraternity Council, too improve the likelihood that
Business Manager
Pradeep Sreekanthan '95 Editoriallon fi al members of the MIT community important crime information wiill reach ILG residents.
C/UJV/ informed about crime on campus. Electronic mail, pestering, and interdepartmental mail all
Managing Editor The new list is an improvement and an important first step; lack person-to-person commun:ication. To remedy this and sup-
Michelle Sonu '96 however, it can only be one component of a larger community plement the e-mail bulletin, the Campus Police should seriously
awareness system. consider notifying graduate resiident tutors about campus crime
NEWS STAFF The most obvious drawback to using the electronic mailing issues, possibly through the e-nnail bulletins. Graduate resident
Editors: Ilyun Soo Kim '96, Ramy system to disseminate crime and safety information is the very tutors in the undergraduate donmitories have close connections
Arnaout '97, Daniel C. Stevenson '97; nature of how people can use it: They must choose to add them- to the 30 to 40 students they eacch advise. The tutors can easily
Associate Editor: Ifung Lu '97; Staff: selves to the list. While students, faculty, and staff who try to be communicate important crime aand safety bulletins as part of
Trudy Liu '95, Eric Richard '95, Nicole A.
aware of campus safety issues will likely add themselves to the their daily contact with studentss. They are also more likely to
Sherry '95, Charu Chaudhry '96, Deena Dis-
raelly '96. A. Arif Husain '97, Stacey E. list, those who are not aware of such issues may not know about regularly read their e-mail than some students and house mas-
Blau '98, Shang-Lin Chuang '98, the list or choose not to add themselves. Yet, these are the very ters, although house masters, heouse managers, and house fel-
Christopher L. Falling '98, David D. Hsu students that need to be made aware. lows also have their own network of student contacts.
'98, Don Lacey '98, Jennifer Lane '98, And while MIT students may pride themselves on their The occasional failure to be aware of our surroundingss is an
Venkatesh Satish '98, Stream S. Wang '98;
technical prowess, not all students read or check their e-mail unfortunate consequence of our busy lives as MIT studentsI, fac-
Meteorologists: Michael C. Morgan PhD
regularly, and not all the people who should be notified of crime ulty, and staff. The open and urban nature of our campus
'94, Gerard Roe G, Marek Zebrowski.
concerns have e-mail access. Therefore, while electronic mail demand that we recognize the limits of the Campus and Calm-
can certainly be an integral component of a communication sys- bridge Police to absolutely protect us from crime. The electron-
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ter, the Campus Police should not rely on the mailing list as ic bulletin is a good first step to increasing awareness and thus
Editors: Matthew E. Konosky '95, Teresa
Lee '96, Jimmy Wong '97; Staff: Dan the remedy to all of their communications problems. safety, but further methods need to be implemented before the
Dunn '94, Laura DePaoli '97, Christine How should the Campus Police better communicate about job is complete.
J. Sonu '97, Saul Blumenthal '98, Larry
MIT Card Puts Student Safety at Risk
Chao '98, Joseph Irineo '98, Gilbert
Kim '98, Jennifer Peltz '98.
OPINION S7'AFF Guest Column by Kathleen Misovec well-being in at least three ways. First, enter- the presence of a wallet can attract the atten-
z.
Editor: Anders Hove '96; Staff: Raajnish ing a building late at night is now much more tion of potentially harmful people. Students
A. Chitaley '95, Matt Neimark '95. Observing the trend of several recent dangerous. An MIT Card proponent who are now more exposed to mugging, theft, and
administrative decisions affecting life on cam- came to a well-attended meeting last spring of rape. |
SPORTS STA FF pus, one seriously begins to wonder if MIT concerned Ashdown House students, told us The second security risk is due to duality
Editor: Daniel Wang '97; Associate will still be qualified to call itself an "Institute that the card is quicker than a key. Yet after of the card as a key and as an ID. If you lose |E
Editor: Eric M. Oliver MArch '94; Staff: of Technology" in the near future. Some of using the card keys, students have found the your card, the finder will know exactly who
Thomas Kettler SM '94, Bo Light '96, Gara these decisions cause only embarrassment and practical reality is that the card can actually you are and can easily find out where you live
Mendez '98. threaten only our reputation as one of the take longer to open a door than a metal key. and work. How many people place name and
world's premier institutions for engineering This is due to the added time it takes to address cards on their house and car keys? It
ARTS STAFF
design. For example, while it is laudable to remove a card from a wallet and also because is ridiculous to imagine the thought of attach-
Editor: Scott Deskin '96; Staff: Thomas have a handicapped accessible door, the door minor scratches and wear from only a few ing a note to your keys, "In case found, please
Chen G, Dave Fox G, Adam Lindsay G,
for Buildings I and 5 can swing open in the weeks use can increase the number of times return to . .. " Yet this is what the MIT Card
J. Michael Andresen '94, John Jacobs '94,
face of someone unfamiliar with the system in the card must be swiped through the reader to effectively does.
Gretchen Koot '94, Christopher Chiu '95,
addition to being slow, inconvenient, and fre- six or seven times. The third way the card increase ScPoruri;h
Teresa Esser '95, Evlyn Ka. '9,o r:~aIg .
quently malfunctioning. Card fragility heightens security risks sig- risks is that the cards may be able to be dupli-
Chang '96, Brian Hoffman '97, Robert W.
Much more critically, the decision to adopt nificantly when the card breaks down unex- cated and additionally card readers can break
Marcato '97, Kamal Swamidoss '97, Anne
a poorly designed system known as the MIT pectedly late at night or takes an unreasonable or be tampered with, enabling easy entrance
Wall.
Card, poses serious security threats to the number of times to swipe through the card-
a PHOTOGRAPHY STAFF physical well-being of members of the MIT reader. The extra time to open the door and Misovec, Page 5
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Editors: Sharon N. Young Pong '96,
inconveniences.
Thomas R. Karlo '97; Associate Editor:
The first purpose of this column is to alert
Helen M. Lin '97; Staff: Rich Fletcher G,
the community of the security risks and incon-
Rich Domonkos '95, Justin Strittmatter '95,
veniences of the card. The second purpose is VcA DW?is.X A*oMerw-7-fwII/
Sherrif Ibrahim '96, Lenny Speiser '96,
to request that the administration consider the
Adriane Chapman '98, Carol C. Cheung '98,
simple change of separating the MIT Card
Indranath Neogy '98.
from its function as a key in order to reduce
FEATURESSTAFF some of these risks and inconveniences. A _ - . J~--_
separate key-sized non-identifiable magnetic
Christopher Doerr G, Pawan Sinha G,
strip card could be issued as a key and the
Mark Hurst '94, Steve Hwang '95, Ben
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Reis '95. MIT card could be kept as an identification
and cash card. The third purpose of this letter
BUSINESSSTAFF is to request that in the future the administra-
Advertising Manager: Anna E. Lee '97; tion consider and act on student input on
Associate Advertising Manager: Jin important decisions which affect student lives.
Park '96; Accounts Manager: Oscar The MIT Card is a picture ID with a mag-
Yeh '95; Staff: Diana Bancila '95, Jeanne netic strip similar to a bank card. The multi-
Thienprasit '95, Syed Abid Rizvi '96, Mary purpose card functions as a key, an ID, and a
Chen '97. cash card. The key functions allow access to
the outer entrance of dorms but may soon be
TECHNOLOGYSTAFF expanded to MIT buildings. The ID functions
Director: Garlen C. Leung '95. will be used for parking and athletics. The
cash card functions currently include only
EDITORS AT LARGE
meal plans, but in the future will be a general "I don' know what's wrong with him. He just koeps mumbling 'NEWT
Contributing Editor: Yueh Z. Lee '95; GINGRICH, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE' over and over again.'
cash card as MIT moves toward becoming a
Senior Editor: Eva Moy '95.
"cashless campus."
The MIT Card is a threat to our physical
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Misovec, from Page 4 able, the loss of the card enables the finder to for the same reasons; outer doors and large The MIT Card is a security risk, a financial
go on a small spending spree. A Lobdell laboratories will operate on key cards, offices threat, a major inconvenience in many ways,
into dormitory buildings. Ashdown residents Court cashier is not going to look at the ID will operate on metal keys. Wee will have to and a potential invasion of privacy. Changes
pointed out to MIT Card representatives that picture carefully or ask a person using a card carry both the key card and me;tal keys - a should be made next term. Further extensions
"it's a hack waiting to happen." We students for a signature or a password. major annoyance. of the MIT Card to offices and labs should not
are worried about the security of our persons Because the MIT Card does not offer the Many students are also conicemed about happen until these issues are addressed.
and our dormitory belongings. With the protection of a credit card or bank card, finan- issues of privacy and protection. The potential Additionally, in the future students should
expansion of the MIT Card, professors will cial loss incurs until the card owner realizes to track people exists, though tthe MIT Card be consulted about major issues affecting their
have to worry more about the laboratory and the card is lost and reports it and MIT people assure us that they will rnot utilize this lives before decisions are made, and they
computer equipment and office belongings responds to disable the card. feature. However, because the ffeature is pre- should have strong input to these decisions. A
against theft and damage. Due to the fact that the card readers that sent it increases vulnerability to loss of priva- disturbing trend is beginning to become
The inconveniences associated with the open the doors are prohibitively expensive, cy. apparent. Is the administration willing to lis-
MIT Card are so numerous and annoying that another major inconvenience is that the people In conclusion, there are such major design ten to the input of the students on issues such
it is surprising that the designers of the cash- are forced to carry both MIT keys and card flaws in the MIT Card system that it makes as the MIT Card, the future of Ashdown, East
less campus could overlook them. Like the keys. At Ashdown, some doors such as outer one wonder about the MIT admilnistrators who Campus, and Senior House, and the potential
name and address card, would anybody attach doors use key cards while other doors such as made the decision to adopt it. Perhaps they removal of vital parking spaces accessible
a 20 dollar bill to his or her key chain? While room doors still use metal keys. This trend should really sit in on an engineering design near the living groups of Ashdown,
it would be nice to always have cash avail- would probably be extended to MIT buildings class such as 2.70. McCormick Hall, and Baker House?
Letters To
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Lobdell's Recycling
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On Sunday, my family had lunch in Lob-
dell Court. Our two-year-old daughter was
very proud when she put her empty juice bot-
tle in the glass recycling bin and the straw and
wrapper in the trash can. But Lobdell employ-
ees seem to feel differently.
We saw one of them empty the trash. She
took the bag out of one of the tall trash cans,
emptied the recycling bins into the trash bag,
tied it shut, and tossed the bag onto her cart. I
find it very hard to believe that she later
would re-sort the garbage to recycle the bot-
tles.
The question then is why Lobdell gives the
impression of having a recycling program
when in fact everything goes to the dump. Is
this just to deceive environmentally conscious
students, or is there some greater cosmic joke
that ! don't get?
Asbjoern M. Bonvik G
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Wi ritten and directed by Jean-Luc Godard. What is romanticism? What does it mean to Those unaccustomed to the French language, from hallucination. It is an extremely d
IStarring GerardD epardieu love someone? What does it mean to suffer? culture, literature, and philosophy may have movie.
ai nd Laurence Masliah. Director Jean-Luc Godard attempts to difficulties deciphering the message behind Helas Pour Moi is not meant to be vie
Museum of Fine Arts. "write" an essay with his film. It is at once a Godard's work, for the brief interchanges lightly - it's not a typical American mov
dissertation into the aforementioned questions between characters and plot are often inter- is not really an enjoyable film, but more a
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love story or horror movie. The title Helas Bach, Beethoven, and other
Pour Moi (which roughly translates to woe is classical composers to disorient
me) is no indication of what is to come, but it and envelop the viewer with the
is a fitting title, for it leaves this viewer with horror and magnitude of the
that feeling. It is impossible to leave this event. Synthesized disruptive
dizzying film feeling indifferent or atnbiva- voices provide a surrealistic
lent. feeling to the film. The choppi-
On the exterior, this film is the modern ness of scenes and flashing sen-
retelling of the Greek myth of Heracles' birth, tences and narratives complete
when Zeus takes the form of a mortal to have the signature Godard style.
sex with his faithful wife. This film however Fans of Godard will not be
explores the deeper implications of such an disappointed. Helas Pour Moi
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Here, a very cruel and very human God distinguished critics. For most,
descends to earth to experience real love. Here the confusion of the different
the creator must seek the answers from his cre- messages will prove to be
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ah), for she is turly a strong woman, oine who incomprehensible.
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Depardieu). They seek her out to find the amount of information and by
answers to true human desire and affection. the ideas that are being Gerald Dep;ardieu woos Rachel Donnadieu in Helas Pour Mois, a film by Jean-Luc Godard.
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STAR TREK: GENERATIONS siren-like addiction and are able to walk away he's first transported to the surface of the my fellow Star Trek fans, Data now has emo-
r "t Directedb y David Carson. without any signs of withdrawal. planet where Soran holds the fate of millions tions, and his "personality" isn't the only
h·' ".I.i Written by Ronald D. Moore The movie's subplots revolve around the of people in his little rocket. thing changing. Though the emotion chip is
and Brannon Braga. magical tri-lithium weapon that will enable It then becomes man against man in physi- played out well and the character is quite
:ruth StarringP atrickS tewart, Jonathan Frakes, the main villain, Dr. Soran (Malcolm cal and mental confrontation. Picard fails, gets intriguing, makeup and general appearance
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ense Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, McDowell), to destroy a star. Of course, the sucked into the Nexus, and, for a time, lives in are detrimental to the character. White shoe
Gates McFadden, MarinaS irtis, Malcolm Klingons want it, and they are willing to assist the fairy tale world of family, children, and polish with glitter and so unlike the android
wed McDowell, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Dr. Soran with his evil plan if he will share happiness of Christmas. Sacrificing his own Data we know - could a personality chip
e. It and William Shatner. the secret with them. happiness and the opportunity to live forever, change the components of his "skin"?
dis- Loews Cheri. The Enterprise becomes involved when Picard is directed by Guinan's "shadow" in Makeup and general appearance of the
Romulans attack the observatory where Dr. the Nexus to Kirk, in a pivotal "past meets extremely small female crew of the Enterprise
(cid:3)::;:I··:By Charolette Iverson Soran is working. In order to escape and carry present" sequence. are soap-opera-perfect in every scene through
out his devious plan, Dr. Soran abducts Geor- Supposedly the producers have the two crashes and the carnage of wounded bodies.
f atching the new Star Trek movie di (LeVar Burton), chief engineer of the captains act the way they do for the good of But maybe looking good is the trade-off for
Generations is a like a long car Enterprise. The challenge then becomes the the planets and innocent people, but the ratio- not being able to speak, for there is very little
p: ride on a bumpy road. The movie captain's responsibility to discover Soran's nale of the story presented in the movie is a of that occurring on the Enterprise. However,
is packed with enough asteroids, plot with the aid of Data (Brent Spiner), an bit sketchy. They do it for the "adventure" or aboard the Klingon ship, the female crew
explosions, "lucky coincidences," and cliche android aboard the Enterprise, who finds it more for the effect of the two captains fighting speaks enough to be controlled by Soran and
M "bad guys in black suits" to make just about difficult to concentrate due to his new emo- side by side in this most anticipated of Star stupidly attacks the Enterprise.
anyone sick to their stomach. Enough with the tion chip. Trek films. The film truly is a Captain's ship and
jiggling cameras and escapes from dangling Guinan, played by Whoopi Goldberg, is a Picard just isn't himself in this movie. It's show. Though the script is too limiting and
F bridges! What - did the screenwriters think soulful adviser working as bartender on the as if all the captains, including Riker pushes the tolerance level of the audience to
they were writing a western? Enterprise. It is discovered that she was on the (Jonathan Frakes) when he's in command, its limit, both actors stay true to their charac-
As if the action isn't exaggerated enough, same ship Kirk risked his life for in a struggle take on the same type of management style: ters. William Shatner is in true melodramatic
the movie's plot consists of a shadowy villain with Soran earlier in the movie. She gives dictatorial - as if they alone knew the form - humorous, adventurous, and impres-
who is wants to propel himself to a Picard little information on Soran, and answers, never asking for advice and asking sive overall. Patrick Stewart shines as brightly
heaven/nirvana "Nexus" at the expense of an informs the audience of the addictive powers for only minimal information, and taking on as this starring role and faulty script allow for.
entire solar system and a few hundred thou- of the Nexus. all positions of the team (strategist, engineer, Stewart is dignified even when squirming
sand lifefonns. Needless to say, the good Cap- Upon discovering the maniacal plot of etc.). through a hole in a rock and a force field.
tians Kirk (William Shatner) and Picard Soran and racing to the scene, Picard trades Other personality elements of the new Teresa Esser '95 contributed to the wriiting
(Patrick Stewart) are immune to the Nexus' himself for Geordi under the condition that Enterprise crew produce mixed results. Yes, of this review.
ON TH E SC R E-
****: Excellent Frankenstein's adopted sister and love inter- men (John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson); which includes Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth,
|r***: Good est, becomes the weak link in the chain, mak- second, Travolta's character involved with his is excellent. - Scott Deskin. LSC Sunday.
**: Average ing what is intended to be a climactic and dra- gangster boss's wife (Uma Thurman) as an
*: Poor matic scene rather silly. As a whole, the film escort; and third, the plans of a boxer, who ** The Santa Clause
is weakened by an eagerness to revel in Victo- has been paid off to take a dive in the ring, This vehicle for television-sitcom star Tim
*** Bullets Over Broadway rian-era excess, but the monster story remains instead choosing to win the fight and take off Allen is cute enough in its initial premise:
Woody Allen's latest film deals with the a good one. - CP. Loews Cheri. with the money and his girlfriend. Although Once Scott Calvin (Allen) climbs into Santa
Mafia, the theater, and trademark comic these film noir concepts may seem a bit Claus's sleigh after the fat-man in the red suit
escapades in Roaring '20s-era New York *1/20Oleanna cliched, writer-director Quentin Tarantino has fallen dead in a pile of snow, he is com-
City. It's a terrific, light-hearted portrait of This film, David Mamet's screen adapta- infuses his characters with crackling dialogue mitted to fill Santa's shoes by the little-known
playwright David Shayne, played by John tion of his play, describes the increasingly and a sense of purpose (i.e., Jackson's hit-man legal contract of the film's title. Not only does
Cusack, who struggles to resist the commer- hostile relationship between a female college character quoting Bible verses as a prelude to Allen's character feel a moral obligation to do
cialism of show business during the film's student named Carol (Debra Eisenstadt) and execution). Tarantino's career may still be this duty, but he undergoes the physical trans-
time frame. His latest theater work, funded by her somewhat arrogant male professor, John young, beginning with the cult hit Reservoir formation into Santa as well. As the new
Mafia boss Nick Valenti (Joe Viterelli), pro- (William Macy). Through a series of after- Dogs (1992) and recently surfacing in his Santa, he fights for the rights of children
ceeds under the condition that the bosses class mecfings; Carol and John experience a scripts for True Romance and Natural Born everywhere, much to the dismay of his ex-
speakeasy-dancer girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly) breakdown in their lines of communication Killers, but his latest film confirms his mission wife (Wendy Crewson) and her psychiatrist
gets a lead role. Another actress, Helen Sin- and have a brief, subdued physical confronta- to shake up the current course of cinema. boyfriend (Judge Reinhold). In the end. the
clair (Dianne Wiest), seduces Shayne into tion C.. .....o.a.e.r.ln. .s..u.l lts with -ap, ! .it.i.a.l.!y!jcyo rcc.,ct -IRx U'o IJIMalcaio. Loews Cheri. film scores high for its compassionate view of
rewriting the script for her and her children, but it rings false when it
condemns adults for not under-
eccentric, over-the-hill career.
The comic entanglements on standing the world as it really is.
screen are balanced by the splen- ll The film is tailored to children
did set design of Allen's set under 12: If you must go, take one
designer, Santo Loquasto, and the with you. - TE. Loeiws Copley
Place.
jazz soundtrack definitely adds to
the film's general presence. : '
*A-**k* The Shawshank
-Carrie Perilman. Loews Nick- p a
Redemption
This extraordinary movie
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elod*e*o*n . Interview with the |'.~$'"' 1vy^ *' wy'<iy~ about hope, friendship, and
Vampire renewal in the face of suffering in
life is much more heartfelt than its
At many points. Interview with .x
title suggests. Tim Robbins
the Vampire risks drowning in the
gloom that pervades it, but just embodies the classic protagonist
enough comic relief keeps it in Andy Dufresne, a banker who
afloat. Tom Cruise plays Lestat, a is imprisoned for two murders he
swears he did not commit, and he
vampire who draws his vitality
from his way of life, who bestows { is forced to face the abrasive real-
ity of prison life. He eventually
the gift of immortality on Louis
comes out of his shell and culti-
(Brad Pitt), a sorrowful man who
vates a friendship with Red (Mor-
can't come out of the depression
gan Freeman), whose connections
that he enters when his wife and
inside the prison provide a neat
infant daughter die. This film is
counterpart to Andy's own talents
basically a variation on the Bram .,l =
as a financial planner, which he
Stoker legend, a cautionary tale |
eventually exploits to get on the
about the dangers of our own ani-
good side of the prison guards.
mal. Director Neil Jordan, best _
Through all of Andy's suffering
known for his Oscar-winning film Ja D dson is the enigmatic ruler, Ra, in Stargate.
in prison, he never loses the hope
The Crying Gamne, does well to ye
remain faithful to Rice's story and give emo- group that tells her she has been sexually ***-/2 Reservoir Dogs of being free, and this carries both Andy and
tional weight to the gruesome accounts on the harassed, and she spends the remainder of the This film, above all others, resurrects the Red through the tough times. This film tran-
screen. - Gretchen Koot. Loews Cheri. film in her newly-empowered state to destroy film noir label from the grave and baptizes it scends its short-story basis (originally written
her professor's career. This disturbing take on with a fresh, punk-like attitude for the '90s. by Stephen King) with excellent performances
|**/2 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein the recent sexual harassment cases may be The razor-sharp dialogue that flows readily and artful direction - it has "Oscar" written
ii ~| Kenneth Branagh has remained fairly close timely, but Mamet's treatment makes Carol a from the professional thieves in the film com- all over it. - John Jacobs. Loews Harvard
to the original story in the newest film version nasty, vengeful character who enjoys turning plements the ultraviolent behavior and notions Square.
of this tale of science-gone-bad. Branagh has the tables on her tormentor. As such, it of betrayal conveyed in the characters. The
created a film which is visually chilling - the endeavors to reduce modern-day trials to film is writer-director Quentin Tarantino's *'h2T he Specialist
cinematography is fantastic - but not as psy- 17th-century witch hunts. Mamet's writing debut, and his canny use of flashback to show The latest film in a long line of testos-
chologically affecting as it should be. Doctor style and sense of plotting doesn't lend much the buildup to a jewel heist gone wrong fore- terone-dominated action flicks has a lot more
Victor Frankenstein (Branagh) becomes sympathy to either character, and makes it casts his slick temporal control in Pulp Fic- going for it than its plot. It's a movie of
obsessed with immortality in medical school, hard for the audience to care. - Teresa Esser. tion. The characters meet in an abandoned moments, whether the scenes marvel at the
Loews Copley Place. warehouse after the robbery, where one of modem-day sensitivity and chivalry of explo-
where he gathers "raw materials" from the their number slowly bleeds to death. The sive.< expert R y Quick (Ses. t.e.,. CetallVI, ) o-
city morgue, stitches them together, and
via zrc~y He's atmosphere is crude and sometimes repellent, succeed in evoking weak Basic
things =icsr eationi to life via eieciiciiy. ... s
**** Pulp Fiction but it's also keen how Tarantino derives plea- /nstinct/femme fatale parallels with the female
convincing as a lunatic-genius who later lives
Winner of the Palm d'Or at this year's sure from pain for his characters and his audi- lead May Munro (Sharon Stone). Everyone on
to regret his actions. As the monster, Robert
DeNiro is nearly unrecognizable under his Canncs Film- rFestival, this movie combines ence. Thne "70s music that pervades the sound- camera is ideal - at least physically - with
makeup, but he gives the character a lot of standard plots of hit men, junkies, and crimi- track creates a post-modem, post-disco style Stone dressed in black and perfectly coiffured
pathos and depth. Tom Hulce is enjoyable as nals, with an amazing facility with story- that is alternately hip and grotesque. The film for the pivotal explosion scenes and Stallone
telling. The plot consists of three principle has a sense of humor, too, and this helps dif-
Frankenstein's bumbling companion from
medical school; but Helena Bonham Carter, as stories: First, the daily experiences of two hit fuse the downbeat subject matter. The cast, Screen, Page 9
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tives, and avant-garde selections that explore a-top-secret government agent-who hides his between Helen and Simon (Bill Paxton), a
hardly breaking a sweat in his confrontations Gould's music in the cinematic art form. real identity from his wife, Helen (Jamie Lee man pretending to be a spy. The film is par-
i with the bad guys. The plot, which concerns Some of these experimental pieces seem aim- Curtis), who thinks he is a computer sales- tially redeemed by the easygoing performance
Quick being lured out of retirement for some less, but the joy of sitting in a darkened the- man. That premise is no less believable than of Tom Arnold as Harry's sidekick, but most
of Munro's personal revenge killings, is _---.-of the performances seem forced.
secondary to the spectacle of normal -SD. LSC Friday.
action-movie exploits: violence and sex. ,-m
You can love it, but you don't have to H i Wes Craven's New Night-
watch it. -TE. Loew~s Cin~ema 57. . mare
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*!/2 Stargate .. g^ ^ Bf 11 write off the Nightmare on Elm Street
This is one of the strangest, most ill- *j, | series and the Freddy Krueger charac
conceived movies in recent memory. The l1 l^ @: ^Aer t-UBS^ altogether, horror maven Wes
previews for the film suggest the standard | C || ||a B Craven creates another horror confec-
ingredients for a science-fiction film of -tl -: tii on that bridges the gap between the
this caliber-a distant planet, lots of Ad-/XA evil in c--inema and in the real world.
good action, good special effects. It sort -: .; BB tTti Ths:. clever device manifests itself in
of plays like a hybrid between Raiders of , : f ||^the life of Heather Langenkamp (who
the Lost Ark and Return of the Jedi: In ,f i ^BBH played Freddy's archnemcsis Nancy in
I fact, the movie seems to borrow (or steal) |A _ e the first Nightmare on Elm Street film),
a lot of its source material from other -iIMHH .. who begins having nightmares that
films such that Stargate is less than the Hi * t w s s B '-.-.. -- serve as omens in her personal life on
sum of its parts. Jaies Spader plays an .^ X: 'JiSS -the eve of the 10th anniversary of the
expert on ancient Egypt and Kurt Russell S - t -- dtTV_- 1e first film. Her special-effects expert
is the serious army officer who brings his - husband and her brooding son Dylan
platoon, along wiPth. MSikp ader, through an Hughes) are furtherr causes for
ancient alien space portal. The tyrannical l Azconern, as are the "prank" phone calls
leader of the alien civilization is played o - X--- of that she receives from someone who
by Jaye Davidsoul, from Tise Cryingmson ltiaklek s anFdr edtdhye sudden surge
Game, on nlyo w wearing lot eye a of asof earthquas.k es in Los Angele She
shadow. E s typiecna l thHeo llywoo fight d isfirst meets with foorther cast members
between gooedweeny1 and bad giuyssemsA. k usda oa ito.A h n fteflsdrn h emeseso ia rdc e dvaorlf itef als shich'sc onvmedwhe'aetherm
especially canned. Thi filem i sn s t the eXoticnsne she'o has s onisthd
worst I've ever seen, set tile most disi pulse of some source of evil. This is
jointed. - Mark P. Hurst. Loews Copleya s (ucl ScAw arze aien effort, Term inaTru Liese. iconfirmed when shem naeets with Ws
Place. fry Arnold §chwarzenegger' atest acion- d rags tweenCraven himself, who describes a new
ater listening to Gould playing Bach or Hin- any of the other plot twists, which primarily script he's been working on -one which
*** 32 Short Films About Glennl demith is more than enough to sustain these involve the efforts of Middle Eastern, terrorist parallels what's been happening in Heather's
Gould few moments of visual emptiness. This is as of the "Crimson Jibad" (Arlt Malik) to hold life (and in the filni we're watching) thus far.
This filmn really is what the title says: a thorough an outline of a man's life as can be America hostage with some nuclear warheads. Eventually, she must confront the physical
series of 32 films? ranging in length from 45 presented in two hours, and it is cleverly disc The special effects are pretty impressive. con1- form of evil, in the guise of Freddy, at the
seconds to between I 0 and 15 minutes. A bril- guised as total fiction. At the end of the film, sidering the seamlessness of the final product end of the film, which is somewhat formula-
liant pianist, the ecceontric Gould was known you will be surprised to find that in addition to - including some nifty scenes with Harrier ic. But Craven cleverly pulls away from the
for his insightful interpretations of J. S. having had a wonderful time, you have jets and exploding bridges -which seems to screen to counterpose a new viewing frame
Bach's work, and this film is full of Bach-like learned something. L~oews CopleY Place. be a direct counterpoint to the exotic morph- of horror for his audience, with the twisted
preludes and fugues, some subtle -and some ing effects of director James Cameron's, last landscape of real-world LA to reflect
bold, bult all fascinating. Styles vary as much **/2T rue Lies effort, Terminator 2. But most of the movie mankinds' deepest subliminal fears. SD.
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Classical Music
Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont
St., Boston. Through Nov. 20:
Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.;
1
Sat. & Sun. matinees, 2 p.m.
MJT Concert Choir
Kresge Auditorium, 84 Mass. Ave. I Admission: $45-60. Information:
Ticketmaster, 931-2787. This
Nov. 18, 8 p.m. Admission: $10;
Tony-Award winning adult musical
$5 with MIT ID, students/seniors.
comes to Boston for a limited two-
Haydn's The Creation, with
week run. Maurice Hines and
Dominique Labelle, Richard
Savion Glover, two of America's
Clement, and James Kleyla.
premier tap musical performers,
star in this sophisticated tale
World Music at MIT
about the birth of jazz through the
Kresge Auditorium, 84 Massachu-
eyes of jazz legend Jelly Roll Mor-
setts Ave. Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Infor-
e ton.
mation: 253-2826. 'An Evening of
Balinese Music and Dance," with
"The Who's Tommy"
MIT's own Gamelan Galak Tika.
Wang Center, 270 Tremont St.,
MIT Professor Evan Ziporyn, direc-
tor. Guest artistic directors from A week ly guide to the arts in Boston Boston. Through Nov. 20:
Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m.;
Bali, I Nyoman Catra and Desak
November 18 - 24 Sat. & Sun. matinees, 2 p.m.
Made Suarti Laksmi artists-in-resi-
Admission: $27.50-67.50. Infor-
dence.
Compiled by Scott Deskin mation: Ticketmaster, 931-2787.
The widely-acclaimed adaptation
Boston Chamber Music Society
Send submissions to ottethe-tech.mit.edu or by Interdepartmental mail to "On The Town," The Tech, W20-483. of Pete Townshend's original 25-
Jordan Hall, Boston. Nov. 18, 8
year-old rock opera returns to
p.m. Admission: $12-27.50. P- - I ~P ___ Ie r·,-,~ ·--- , _-a- L pa-~ IB i88
Boston for a two-week engagment.
Information: 422-0086. Music by
and Kabalevsky, featuring cellist Jamaica Plain Firehouse Multicul- 21: Blessed Event (Roy del Ruth, 27: In the Land of the Deaf This winner of five 1993 Tony
Prokofiev, Mozart, and Schubert.
Owen Young. tural Arts Center 1932); 4:30, 7:45 p.m. Female (Nicholas Philbert, 1992); Fri., Awards includes the songs 'We're
659 Center St., Jamaica Plain, (Michael Curtiz, 1933); 6:40 p.m. 6:15 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m. Not Gonna Take It," 'Sensation,"
Old Post Road Historic Concerts
Boston Synphony Orchestra Nov. 20, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free The Monster Within. Nov. 22: and, of course, 'Pinball Wizard."
Great Hall at Faneuil Hall, Boston.
Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Admission: $15; Symphony Hall, Boston. Two admission. Information: 524- Edvard Munch (Peter Watkins,
series of shows, described below. 3816. Bagels 'n Bop presents the 1976); 7:50 p.m. Recent Raves. Theater Open- "Pterodactyls"
$9, seniors/students. Informa-
tion: 648-4824. Folk Song Set- Admission: $21-59; open Paul Combs Duo. Nov. 23: Bhaji on the Beach Huntington Theatre Company, 264
tings of the Early Romantic - rehearsals priced at $11.50; limit- (Gurinder Chadha, 1994); 4, 8 Huntington Ave., Boston. Through
vfoolcka l saonndg sin satrnudm emnteallo dsieetsti ngfrso mof epde r ncuumstboemr eor,f rsuosldh tfoicrk Teutse,s doanye, World Music p1.9m9.4 );W 6id, o1w0's pP.me.a kB e(rJgomhna n Iravnind, ings NOocvt.. 2300: Tauned. -SNaotv.,. 81 3p,. m7. ; pS.mun..;.
many cultures. Thursday, and Friday evening con- Friends. Nov. 24: Best Intentions Sat-Sun. matinees, 2 p.m.; Wed.
certs at $7 each. Information: (Billie August, 1992); 4, 7:30 matinees, Nov. 2 & 16, 2 p.m.
Isabetla Stewart Gardner Museum 266-2378. (1) Through Nov. 22: p.m. Admission: $12-39;
280 The Fenway, Boston. Both Fri., 1:30 p.m.; Sat., 8 p.m.; Tue., Jamadca Plain Rrehouse Multicul- "Eleemosynary" students/seniors, $5 off. Informa-
concerts begin at 1:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Seiji Ozawa conducts the tural Art Center French Library and Cultural Cen- Spingold Theater, Brandeis Univer- tion (tickets): 266-0800. This off-
Admission (in addition to museum BSO and John Oliver conducts the 659 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. ter, Cin6 Club sity, Waltharn. Nov. 18-20: Broadway play tells the story of an
admission): $4, $2 members. Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Nov. 6, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free 53 Marlborough St., Boston. Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 & 7 p.m. affluent Main Line Philadelphia
information: 734-1359. Nov. 19: Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette. (2) admission. Information: 524- Admission: $5, $4 for members. Admission: $9-11. Information: family as they face the daily chal-
I Young Artists Showcase - There- Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. Ozawa and the 3816. Bagels 'n Bop music Information: 266-4351. All screen- 736-3400. Janet Morrison directs lenge of living in the 1990s.
sa Santiago, lyric soprano (1994 BSO with bass-baritone Gilles series: After Hours Trio. ings are Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., or Sun., Lee Blessing's masterfully-con- Parental discretion for those
Naumburg Vocal Competition Win- Cachemaille in works by Ses- 7 p.m. The Cine Club presents a structed look at the tangled bond under 16 years of age is suggest-
ner). Nov. 20: Sunday Concert sions, Berlioz, and Ravel. Wellesley College retrospective of the career of between three generations of ed for this adult comedy.
French actor Jean Gabin, lasting women.
Series - Gardner Chamber Tower Court, Wellesley. Nov. 9,
Orchestra. 12:30 p.m. Free admission. Infor- through December. Nov. 18-20: 7"The Proposal'
Popular Music mation: 283-21028. Sol y Canto French Can Can (Jean Renoir, 'King Lear" Emmanuel Church Library, 15
Emmanuel Music Trio: Rosi Amador, Brian Folkins, 1954). Emerson Majestic Theatre, 219 Newbury St., Boston. Nov. 18-20;
Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury and Eugenio Huanca perform Tremont St., Boston. Nov. 18-19, call for showtimes. Admission:
St., Boston. Nov. 20, 10 a.m. music of Spain, Central American, Harvardnpworth Rim Series 8 p.m. Admission: $15-10. Infor- $6-15. Information: 695-0659.
Information: 536-3356. Bach Can- Kendall Cafe and the Andean countries. Harvard-Epworth United Methodist mation: 578-8727. The Emerson This performance examines the
tata #5 with soloists Margaret 233 Cardinal Medieros Way, Cam- Church, 1555 Massachusetts Stage presents William Shake- painfully common condition of
Johnson, Gloria Raymond, Frank bridge. Admission: varies, see Ave., Cambridge. Nov. 20, 8 p.m. speare's classic tragedy of decep- people who have lost their ability
Kelley, and Mark McSweeney. below. Information: 661-0993. Film Admission: $3. Information: 354- tion, avarice, and betrayal; direct- to love through two Russian one-
Each week's will feature local and 0837. Record of a Tenement Gen- ed by Maureen Shea. act comedies: Anton Chekov's
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston national artists including conternm- tleman (Yasujiro Ozu, 1947). The Marriage Proposal and con-
465 Huntington Ave., Boston. porary singer-songwriters, "Twelfth Night" temporary dramatist Nina Sadur's
Nov. 20, 3 p.m. Admission: $17; unplugged rock acts, blues and Brattle Theatre Boston Public Library Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Git Going.
$14, MFA members/ students/ traditional folk. This week features 40 Brattle St., Harvard Square, Copley Square, Boston. Nov. 21, Brattle St., Cambridge. Nov. 23 &
seniors. Information: 267-9300. Bob Halligan, Tom Kimmel, Cambridge. Admission: $6 for all 6 p.m. Information: 536-5400 ext 26, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 25, 6:30 'A Little Princess"
Harpsichord Sonatas by Scarlatti Richael Lille, and Tom Prasada- shows; $4 for Brattle members; 319. Screening of Ride the High p.m.; Nov. 26 & 27, 1:30 p.m. Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The
and Frazelle, performed by John Rao. MIT alumnus Hugh Blumen- $3 for seniors/children under 12. Country (1962), starring Randolph Admission: $10; $8, ART sub- Riverway, Boston. Through Nov.
Gibbons. feld '79 performs his own blend of Information: 876-6837. Scott, Joel McCrea, and Mariette scribers; $5, students/seniors. 27: Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 3
folk and acoustic music. Special Engagements. Nov, Hartley as a part of 'A Six-Gun Information: 547-8300. David p.m. (except Sat., Nov. 19 at 7:30
Bank of Boston Celebrity Series 18-19: Thirty-two Short Films and a Conscience: The Western Gammons directs this perfor- p.m. only). Admission: $9-10.
Symphony Hall, 301 Massachu- The Middle East about Glenn Gould (Francois Grows Up." mance of Shakespeare's comedy Information: 734-4760. The stir-
setts Ave., Boston. Nov. 20, 3 472/480 Massachusetts Ave., Girard); Fri. 4, 6, 8, 10 p.m.; Sat., of mistaken identity, lost love, ring Victorian tale of Sara Crewe,
p.m. Admission: $20-$36. Infor- Cambridge. Some shows have age 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. Boston Jewish Museum of RFte Arts self-conceit, delusion, and divi- who falls from great wealth and
mation: 482-6651 or 266-1200. limits. Admi,,ssion: varies; tickets Film Festival. Nov. 19: Martha 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. All sion. position to poverty in an English
Houston Symphony Orchestra with may be purchased in advance at and I (Jiri Weiss, 1994); 5:30 films screened in Remis Auditori- boarding school, where she must
violin soloist Joshua Bell; works Strawberries, the In Your Ear p.m. Genghis Cohn (Elijah Moshin- um. Unless otherwise noted, use her imagination to sustain
by Brahms, Bright Sheng, and Northhampton Box Office (1-800- sky, 1993); 7:35 p.m. The Visitor admission is $6.50, $5.50 for Ongoing Theater herself. An original musical ver-
Prokofiev. THE-TICK), and the Middle East (Droro Zahavi, 1992); 9:50 p.m. MFA members/students/seniors. sion of the story by Frances Hodg-
Box Office (Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 Nov. 20: Le Nombril du Monde Information: 267-9300. son Bunett, author of The Secret
Boston Conservatory Chamber p.m.; call 492-5162 to charge (Ariel Zeitoun, 1992); 12:30 p.m. Premiere Engagement. Nov. Garden. (Ages six and up.)
Ensemble tickets). Information: 497-0576. Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg 18-27: H6las Pour Moi (Jean-Luc "?he Mikado"
First and Second Church, 66 Marl- (Kjell Grede, 1992); 3:25 p.m. Godard, 1993), with Gerard Kresge Little Theater, 84 Massa- "Private Lives"
borough St., Boston. Nov. 20, 4 Wellesley College Choir Yidi with his Fidl (Joseph Green, Depardieu; Fri., 8:15 p.m. (addi- chusetts Ave. Nov. 18-19, 8 p.m. Lyric Stage, 140 Clarendon St.,
p.m. Admission: $10; $7, stu- Houghton Memorial Chapel, 1936); 5:40 p.m. 1001 Wives tional screening Fri., Nov. 25, Admission: $6-10. Information: Copley Square, Boston. Through
dents/seniors. Information: 536- Wellesley. Nov. 5, 8 p.m. Informa- (Michal Bat-Adam, 1989); 7:30 4:30 p.m.); Sat., 3:15 p.m.; Sun., 253.0190. An MIT Gilbert & Sulli- Nov.27: Thu.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 5
6340. Artistic director Michael tion: 283-2028. Dober Memorial p.m. Forbidden Hollywood. Nov. Nov. 27, 1:30 p.m. Through Nov. van Players production. & 8:30 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m.; Thu.,
Lewin and cellist Martha Babcock Concert: The Wellesley College
perform works by Gordon Jacob, Chorus and the Cornell University
Richard Strauss, and Beethoven. Glee Club perform.
Wellesley College Chamber
Boston University's Tsai Perfor-
Music Society
mance Center
Jewett Auditorium, Wellesley Col-
685 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.
lege. Nov. 20, 8 p.m. Bach's
Infornation: 237-2277. Nov. 19, 8
Recitative and Aria from The Cof-
p.m. Admission: $35. Robert
fee Contata. with works by Mozart.
Shaw will conduct the Boston
Univ. Symphonic Chorus and
Fromm Contemporary Music
Orchestra performing Beethoven's
Series at Harvard
Mass in C major, Op. 86 and
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall,
"Choral Fantay, Op. 80 with
Music Building, Harvard Universi-
guest artist Anthony di Bonaventu-
ty, Cambridge. Nov. 21, 8 p.m.
ra on piano. Nov. 20, 2 p.m.
Information: 496-6013. Cleveland
Admission: $15. an opportunity to
Chamber Symphony performs
sing selections with Robert Shaw
Bernard Rand's The Canti Trilogy.
and Ann Howard Jones.
Information: 496-6013
Havard and Yale University Glee
Long School of Music
Clubs
Edward Pickman Concert Hall, 27
Sanders Theatre, Harvard Univer-
Garden St., Cambridge. All perfor-
sity, Nov. 18, 8 p.m. Tickets:
mances begin at 8 p.m. and all
$10-12, Adults, $5-6, Students
events free unless otherwise
and Seniors. Information: 495-
noted. Information: 876-0956
5730. 1994 Harvard-Yale Football
x130.
Concert featuring woks by
Nov. 19, 8 p.m. New England Con-
Gombert, Pa"rt, Milhaud, Koda'ly,
servatory Chamber Orchestra,
Parker/Shaw, and Jameson Mar-
Aaron Kula, conductor. More infor-
vin.
mation: 734-7512. Nov. 20, 4
p.m. Early Music Sunday, in the
Folk Song Society of Greater
Wolfinsohn Room. Nov. 20, 7 p.m.
Boston
Boston debut of violist Michelle
Paine Hall, Harvard University,
LaCourse with pianist Nadine
Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Admission: $16
Shank. Works by Benjamin Brit-
at door, $14 advanced. Informa-
ten, Vincent Persichetti, Astor
tion: 623-1806. Gordon Bok, Ed
Piazzolla, and Brahms.
Trickett, and Ann Mayo Muir per-
form their works.
Cambridge Society for Early
Music
Kendall Cafe
Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard Uni-
versity, Cambridge. Nov. 21, 8 233 Cardinal Medeiros Ave., Cam-
p.m. Boston-based Renaissonics bridge, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Informa-
tion and reservations: 661-n993.
quartet in Terpsichore on the
Thames - dance music of the
Italian court, French and English The Green Dragon Tavern
dances, and chamber music. 11 Marshall St., Boston. Free
admission every Wed. and Thu.
Boston Conservatory Orchestra night with a college ID. Informa-
Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway, Boston. tion: 367-0055. Nov. 18 and 19:
Nov. 21, 8 p.m. Admission: $10; Bark Like a Dog; Nov. 23: The
$7, students/seniors. Informa- View frorm Here; Nov. 24:
tion: 536-6340. Works by Shubert Cherries. Martha and I, directed by Jiri Weiss, is playing at the Boston Jewish Film Festival tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.
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