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Frosh Lose Choice inTempDormitory AssignmentsBy Stacey E. BlauNEWS EDITOR

For the first time in severalyears, freshmen did not submit a listof preferences for temporary hous-ing assignments. Instead, membersof the Class of 1999 have beenassigned dormitories on an alpha-betical basis, according to

" Residence and Campus ActivitiesStaff Associate Phillip M. Bernard.

The change was made becausethe RCA office decided that the timeand effort neede.d to sort freshmenpreference cards and to assign fresh-men one of their top three choiceswas excessive, according toAssociate Dean for RCA AndrewM. Eisenmann '75.

Freshmen this year wereassigned temporary dormitoriesalphabetically by their last names.Starting with Next House, which ishousing freshmen with last names

',..-beginning with letters from A to C,each dormitory is temporarily hous-ing freshmen whose names fallwithin a specific alphabetical range.

In years when freshmen tookpart in selecting their temporary res-idences, the assignment process was"quite a bear to administer,"Bernard said. "It took two people 50hours a week for two weeks to com-plete the temporary assignments -something students only live in aweek," he said. The RCA staffthought it more worthwhile "to con-centrate our energy on better serviceto students," he said.

Studies of the housing assign-ment systems that other schools usehave shown that "any way you do it,people are satisfied at about thesame rate," Bernard said.

The RCA office consulted housepresidents and Residence andOrientation Week coordinatorsabout the idea of changing the tem-porary assignment process at theend of last year's R/O period,Bernard said.

Initially, the office attempted torandomly' assign freshmen theirtemporary dormitories by their MIT

I identification numbers, but comput-

er problems derailed that effort,Bernard said, and the alphabeticalscheme was introduced.

Only McCormick Hall, the soleall-female dormitory, was exemptfrom the main assignment system. Aset number of female freshmen wereinitially assigned to McCormick,and the remaining freshmen wereassigned alphabetically to the otherdormitories, Bernard said

Effects might be betterAs in past years, incoming fresh-

men received a booklet describingtheir on- and off-campus housingoptions. But the fact that freshmendid not have to send in a card listingtheir dormitory preferences this yearmay have meant that "the incomingclass didn't go through the book socarefully," Bernard said.

This may have the effect ofmany students "ending up makingdecisions on the basis of actual vis-its" to dormitories, Eisenmann said.

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THOMAS R. KARW--THE TECH

Pia Deleon '99, accompanied by a stuffed bear, walts for ashuttle to her temporary housing after arriving on campus.The bear was a going away gift from friends at home.

IntematiO)1a1 RIO IRecord Numbers of Admittees,Acclimates Students Women Join Class of 1999By Jennifer LaneSTAFF REPORTER

Over eighty new internationalstudents, representing 47 countries,yesterday completed the thr-ee-dayInternational Residence andOrientation program. The freshmen .participated in tours of Boston andCambridge, listened to presentationsabout MIT and immigration issues,and socialized at dinners and' dancemixes.

Although International RIO isonly recommended and not manda-tory, the majority of internationalstudents participate, said John M. deGuzman '97, Institute RIO publicityand personnel manager overseeingthe international program. Eighty to

ninety percent of the internationalfreshmen participated in RIO thisyear, said Kelly K. Chan '98, amember of the International R/Ocommittee.

Program eases 'culture shock'The first three days before formal

RIO allow international students tobecome acclimated to American cul-ture. "It's a real culture shock forsome freshmen," de Guzman said.

"Everything went really well thisyear," de Guzman'said. The fresh-men enjoyed meeting each otherand being introduced to Americanand MIT culture, he said. .

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By David D. HsuNEWS EDITOR

More people accepted by MITchose to attend the Institute thisyear than in any of the last 10 to 15years, according to AssistantDirector of Admissions Lisa J.Oliveira '90. Fifty-three percent ofaccepted students chose to join the1,130 students in the Class of 1999.

The Admissions Office did notanticipate the increased matricula-tion rate, Associate Director ofAdmissions for Information Serviceand Research Elizabeth S. Johnsonsaid. "We plan on a one percentincrease" each year in admissionscalculations, she said.

Over the last ten years, the per-

centage of adm itted studentsenrolling did not rise above about51 percent, Johnson said.

Reputations help yieldJohnson attributes the increase to

"a lot of different things." The strongreputations of biology and other sci-ence majors, along with the popularengineering majors, attracted manystudents, she said. Recent news sto-ries about the Institute also generat-ed positive publicity, she said.

This year's high enrollment ratecomes from a record applicant poolof nearly 8,000 students, Oliveirasaid.

The Admissions Office expectsthe yield to return to lower numbers

for the Class of 2000. "We don'texpect things to continue," Oliveirasaid. Already, "application requestsare down this year," she said.

To offset the increased matricu-lation, fewer transfer students couldbe accepted, Oliveira said. Only 16students, about half of the previousyear, were accepted as transfers thisyear, she said.

Women attend in record numbersA record number of women,

forty-two percent, enrolled this year,eclipsing last year's record by twopercent, Johnson said.

According to Oliveira, the

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Professor EmeritusGeorge Bekefi

VIctor '99 buys .. aIIIcIIII Residence .... 0rIent8tI0n WR_ Nad8gopIII '97at the RIO center.

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Professor Emeritus of PhysicsGeorge Bekefi, who retired thissummer after 38 years of teachingand research, died Thursday after abattle with leukemia. He was 70.

Bekefi was best known for hisaccomplishmenrs in the field ofplasma physics, specifically in theproduction of high-poweredmicrowave generators. His recentwork focused on the production offree-electron lasers, very shortwavelength coherent emissions thatare used in communication andmany other fields.

Bekefi taught several classes,including 8.02 (Physics II) and 8.03(Physics Ill), during his tenure. Hewas "a superb teacher, very warmand humorous," said PhysicsDepartment Head Ernest J. Moniz."Students appreciated him. He was

usually rated in the six region [outof a possible seven-point rating] byhis students" in Course EvaluationGuide evaluations, Moniz said.

In retiring, Bekefi remarked onhis enjoyment "of revealing to hun-

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i ue, The Tech will publishdai Iy through the end ofResidence and OrientationWeek, September 1. RegularTuesday/Friday publicationre urnes September 8.

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WORLD & NATIONAugust 24, 1995

that Iraq admitted last weekend thatits biological warfare effort wassecretly commanded by AhmadMurthada A,hmad Khalil, who isstill in Saddam's cabinet as theMinister of Communications andTransportation and obviously knewwhat had been withheld from theU.N. commission.

Diplomatic sources said Kameltold Ekeus, who went to Jordanfrom Baghdad, that the Iraqi gov-ernment's new admissions are cor-rect, and that Kamel also disclosedadditional infonnation about Iraq'sweapons programs. "I do not wantto address the extent of discrepan-cies between the two types of infor-mation," Ekeus told reporters,according to the Associated Press.

"We must verify these state-ments," Ekeus said about the newinformation provided by Baghdad."We cannot take it (at) face value.Every time we have done thatbefore, we have been misled." Henoted that "the Iraqi leadershipdeclared to me that its policy fromnow on is 100 percent implementa-tion" of the 1991 and 1992 U.N.resolutions authoriz~ng the destruc-tion of Iraq's weapons of massdestruction programs.

The documents that Iraq turnedover are in Arabic and will have tobe translated before their contentscan be verified, a process that U.N.officials have said will take months.The documents also will be subject-ed to delicate scientific testing toconfirm tha~ they are at least fiveyears old and were not createdrecently for the purpose of deceiv-ing the U.N. special commission,officials said.

"The toughest problem-and ourkey mission~wiJl be verifyingdestruction" of the biologicalweapons, Charles Duelfer, the com-mission's deputy chairman, said inan interview.

back, newly endowed with an abili-ty .to fend off the antibiotic drugsthat are the glory of 20th centurymedicine. In addition to the pneu-monia bugs, those that cause tuber-culosis, gonorrhea, staph infections,

.and certain intestinal diseases, havealso humbled medical scientists byproving that the victory over infec-tious diseases was not final.

"We've been lucky it hasn't hitus sooner," Dr. Robert Austrian, adistinguished infectious disease spe-cialist at the University ofPennsylvania School of Medicine,said of the emergence of drug-resis-tant pneumococcus.

Drug resistance poses an espe-cialJy serious obstacle to treatingpneumococcal meningitis, an often.fatal infection of the lining of thebrain and spinal cord. Blood flow tothose tissues is minimal, so it is dif-ficult to mount a heavy antibioticassault on infections ensconcedthere.

Following up on the Atlantawork, researchers are planning todetennine the prevalence of drug-resistant pneumococcus infectionsin eight other U.S. cities. "What wewould like is a sort of weather map"of the bugs, Cetron said.

To counteract the rise in drugresistance, researchers suggest thatnew antibiotics be developed, thatmore Americans consider taking thecurrently available pneumonia vac-cine and that doctors cut back onthe indiscriminate use of antibi-otics.

Despite having previouslyclaimed that it produced its entirearsenal at one factory, Iraqi officialsadmitted last weekend that five dif-ferent sites were used to produce alarger quantity of anthrax bacteriathan previously admitted, as well asbotulinum toxin and another toxin.It said all the weapons were elimi-nated in 1991, after the war ended.

Iraq also admitted to havingbegun a crash program in August1990 - the month it invadedKuwait - aimed at producing a sin-gle nuclear weapon within one year,two U.N. officials said. The appar-ent aim was to deter any militaryaction against its occupying forces,but the progr.am was still at leastthree months from completion w~enthe gulf war ended and the UnitedNations ordered all nuclear effortseliminated.

These secrets, as well as newdetails about Iraq's missile program,were divulged because Iraq wantedto preempt what it feared a defectorwould tell Ekeus this week, U.N.officials said. The defector, HusseinKamel Hassan Majeed, directed theIraqi weapons of mass destructionprograms before fleeing to Jordanon Aug. 7. .

Iraqi <;>fficialsblamed Kamel forkeeping the data secret before hisdefection, claiming he had threat-ened to kill anyone who revealed it.In an unusual bit of drama, theydiverted Ekeus's car while he wasen route to the airport and took him,to a fann tha~ they said was ownedby Kamel. There, in a chickenhouse, were the document-filledboxes and cargo containers.

U.N. and U.S. officials privatelydismiss this as an utter fiction, not-ing that Kamel could not single-handedly have kept this infonnationsecret in a government so tightlyruled by one man, President SaddamHussein. They note, for example,

twice as common among inner-cityblacks compared with suburbanblacks. .

The group with the highest pro-portion of drug-resistant infections- 41 percent - was white children6 and under .. Other studies haveshown that pediatricians make espe~cially heavy use of antibiotics in thisgroup and that day-care centers areprime incubators of antibiotic-resis~tant infections.

Americans spend an estimated$4 billion annually treating diseasescaused by pneumococcus bacteria.They include 500,000 cases ofpneumonia; 55,000 cases of bac~teremia, a blood infection; 6,000cases of meningitis; and as many as6 million inner~ar infections.

In addition to the "disturbinglyhigh" level of penicillin resistance,the Atlanta researchers also foundthat 25 percent of the pneumococ~cus samples were resistant to at least'three other commonly used antibi~otics. However, none of the sampleswere resistant to the last line ofdefense, the drug vancomycin.

The study had been scheduled tocover an of 1994, but striking earlyresults prompted the researchers tocurtail it .by two months to rush thefindings into print. It appears inThursday's issue of the NewEngland Journal of Medicine.

Over the last decade, medicalscientists have grown increasinglyconcerned about the emergence ofantibiotic resistance as seeminglyvanquished microbes have bounced

ew Iraq ocumeilfS ShowProduce Weaponsffort

By Terence MonmaneyLOS ANGELES TIMES

In a disturbing sign of the grow-ing danger of drug-resistantmicrobes, a new federal survey hasfound that 25 percent of the peoplesampled had pneumococcal infec-tions resistant to penicillin, whichwas once nearly infallible in killingthe bugs.

That figure is 1,000 times greaterthan estimates made only a decadeago, indicating that antibiotic-resis-tant pneumococcus germs havespread quickly and are now morecommon than researchers believed.Moreover, among one group of chil-dren under age 6, more than 40 per-cent had infections resistant to peni-cillin.

The bacteria cause pneumonia,meningitis and other diseases.Doctors worry about antibioticresistance because it renders drugsuseless or weakened, requiringmuch higher doses.

The study of 431 people inAtlanta, by researchers at EmoryUniversity and the U.S. Centers forDisease Control and Prevention, isthe most thorough analysis yet ofthe prevalence of drug-resistantpneumococcus in a U.S. city. "Wewere quite shocked," said. Dr.Martin S. Cetron, a CDC epidemiol-ogist involved in the study. Headded, "This gives us the first han-dle on the extent of the problem, atleast in Atlanta."

In the Atlanta study, drug-resi~tant pneumococcus infections were

By R. Jeffrey SmithTHE WASHINGTON POST

Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs onThe Rise, Federal Study Finds •

WASHINGTON

Iraq abruptly has turned over tothe United ations thousands ofdocuments that describe a broaderand more advanced effort by thecountry to produce nuclear arms,genn weapons and ballistic missilesthan previously known, senior U. .and U.S. official said Wedne day.

Iraq previously claimed that allpertinent documents on its weaponsof mass destruction programs hadbeen turned over to the U.N. ordeliberately destroyed to hide theircontents. But on Sunday, Iraqi offi-cials released what one officialdescribed. as "several planeloads" ofdocuments in 147 boxes and twolarge cargo containers.

Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, whochairs the U.N. Special Commi~sionon Iraq and was given the docu-ments moments before ending athree-day visit there, Wednesdaysaid the Iraqi disclosures contain"radically new valuable data." Hesaid they will give the UnitedNations a fuller picture of the dead-ly arsenal Iraq developed during the1980s to' use against its enemies.

Among the new disclosures is anIraqi admission that it had germ- ortoxin-filled artillery shells, aircraftbombs and ballistic missile war-heads ready for possible use during

. the 1991 Persian Gulf War with· U.S. and allied forces that ousted

Iraqi troops from Kuwait. Iraq firstdenied having such arms, then saidthey were destroyed before the war.

Iraq never used the weapons dur-ing the conflict, but if it had, theeffects could have been devastating.Only some of the U.S. soldiers sentto the region were given vaccina-tions, and the shots covered onlytwo of the three highly lethal bio-logical and toxin weapons that Iraqhas now admitted it produced.

OKLAHOMA CITY

Oklahoma City bombing defendant Terry Lynn ichols saidWednesday that the federal judge assigned to preside over his trial hasan "actual, personal bias against me" and should be removed from thecase because of his extensive contact with victims of the explosion.

In an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City,Nichols also embraced a series of allegations raised by attorneys forco-defendant Timothy 1. McVeigh that say the trial should be movedbecause of the heavy damage to the courthouse caused by the bomb-ing of the nearby Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.

But while the McVeigh allegations focused on the courthousedamage, the ichols affidavit goes a step further. The 40-year-oldNichols argues that U.S. District Judge Wayne E. Alley has had an"extra-judicial exposure" to victims of the bombing because so manycourthouse employees were related to or friends with many of the168 killed and hundreds injured in the April 19 blast.

In addition, the Nichols affidavit is in his own words, in contrastto the McVeigh court motion filed Tuesday, which was prepared byMcVeigh's attorneys.

A relatively gentle start weather-wise to this years Tech run, atleast for the Boston area. A ridge in the steering flow sitting squarelyin the middle of the country will save us from the worst of a lowpressure system heading out of central Canada. Northern NewEngland will see some showers Thursday but we should remain dry.Temperatures will rise towards 90°F (32°C) by noon. Expect a fewscattered clouds ahead of a cold front and then a shift of the winds tonorth keeping night time temperatures down to around 60°F (16°C).The real action is to the south of us in the Atlantic where there arecurrently three named tropical stonns on the go and a possibility ofmore. Way out east Hurricane Humberto is expected to gather steamwhile drifting northwestward Closer in Hurricane Iris is sitting 500miles (800 km) east of the lesser Antilles. Tropical stonn Jerry hasjust made landfall over Florida which is in for yet another lashing ofrain. This year promises the most active hurricane season for twodecades.

Today: Partly cloudy but dry in the morning. Moderate winds outof the west at 15-20 mph (24-32 kph). Then clearing and turningcooler. High 87°F (31°C).

Tonight: Clear with a brisk wind. Low 58°F (15°C).Tomorrow: Continuing fair with northerly winds. High 80°F

(27°C).

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Bombing Defendant ichols SaysTrial Judge Biased

By Gerard RoeSTAFF METEOROLOGIST

The real action elsewhere

MOSCOW

Voters in the industrial heartland where President Boris Yeltsinrose to political prominence have dealt a sharp rebuff to the Kremlinleadership, electing a populist governor who has pledged to wrestmore economic independence from Moscow.

The vote in the Ural Mountain region of Yekaterinburg was thefirst for a regional governor in Russia in two years and was beingclosely watched by political analysts as a bellwether of parliamentaryelections scheduled for December. The ballot was also the first directelectoral test for Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin's centristparty, and its perfonnance was an embarrassment.

The victor, Eduard Rossel, was sacked last year as governor byYeltsin after he threatened to declare an autonomous "UralsRepublic" in the heavily industrialized region. In his campaign, hetried to capitalize on voter resentment growing out of Russia's post-Soviet industrial collap~e and ran openly against Moscow's rulingestablishment, at the center of which is Chernomyrdin's party, OurHome Is Russia.

A final tally of Sunday's vote showed that Rossel won a two-to-one victory over incumbent governor Alexei Strakhov, the regionalleader of Chernomyrdin's party, who had outspent Rossel by morethan three to one.

JERUSALEM

Shin Bet, Israel's secret security force, said Wedne day that itsmashed a network of the Hamas militant Islamic movement in theWest Bank that it blamed for planning and carrying out Monday'ssuicide bombing here and an earlier attack in Tel Aviv.

"This cell repre ented the infrastructure of the military wing ofHamas in the West Bank," Shin Bet's chief told I raeli militaryreporters in a briefing.

Military censors do not allow Shin Bet's director to be named andit is highly unusual for the agency's head to conduct a news confer~ence.

But Shin Bet ha been under increasing pressure as Israeli casual~ties mount from the string of suicide bombing attacks by Islamic mil~itants since Israel signed its September 1993, framework peaceaccord with the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The security agency seemed eager to take credit Wednesday foruncovering the suspected Hamas cell, with its director describing indetail for reporters a complex network of relationships that he saidare rooted in Gaza and Damascus.

WS ANGELES TIMES

THE WASHINGTON POST

Russian Prime Minister's partySoundly Beaten inElections

Israel Smashes Barnas GroupBlamed for Bombing

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China Won't Link Hillary Clinton VISitTo Continu~d Detention of Harry Wu

Three More Want to Join LegalChallenge to Citadel, Lawyers Say

GOMA,ZAIRE

At the point of a gun, Rwanda's suffering refugees are being senthome.

This week, as of Wednesday, 13,000 or so men, women and chil-dren have been rounded up and trucked to the border here and at twoother locations in eastern Zaire. They have been uprooted fromentrenched camps, plucked off streets, corralled at watering stations,marehed from jails, packed along, then ordered to walk the last eerie100 feet across no-man's-land, back to the country they left in panic14 months ago.

Back to the unknown.This is, some say, exactly what was needed. But not this way. It's

a shame. But it might work. It's brutal. But it could forestall evengreater tragedy ahead. Or, it may be just another kind of misery inone ofthe world's most infernal reaches.

Still, a few of those crossing from Goma Wednesday bore mile.Most were stoic, holding the hands of their children and followingorder. One man resisted and was dragged screaming.

Another 100,000 refugees from Rwanda and neighboring Burundihave refused to leave Zaire, and, instead fled for shelter in more dis-tant refugee camps or into the forbidding rain forests of CentralAfrica. Perhaps I million others spent Wednesday night holding tightand wondering what fate held for them.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Rwanda's Suffering RefugeesForced back Home

Public Education GetsMixed Report Card

LOS ANGELES TIMES

THE WASHINGTON POST

FBI's Freeh Says Agency CapableOf Policing Itself

Federal investigators focused Tuesday on whether a problem withthe left engine could have caused the crash Monday of an AtlanticSoutheast Airlines commuter plane in Georgia that killed five people.

Several of the 24 surviving passengers on the flight from Atlantato Gulfport, Miss., reported hearing an explosion on the left side ofthe Brazilian-made Embraer 120 twin-engine turboprop and seeingthe left propeller tom apart. The pilot, who died in the crash, told pas-sengers and air traffic controllers the plane was having engine trou-ble.

At a briefing Tuesday night in Georgia, John Hammerschmidt ofthe National Transportation Safety Board said investigators foundnothing mechanically wrong with the left engine, although it hadbeen ripped from its mount.

A turboprop uses a jet engine to turn a propeller. Part of the pro-peller blade was found missing from the left propeller, thoughHammer chmidt said the blade could have snapped before or after thecrash. A 16-inch piece of the shattered propeller blade was retrievedin the wreckage and will be analyzed.

The flight data and cockpit voice recorders - the "black boxes"- were recovered. Hammerschmidt said the data recorder indicatedthe left engine failed at 18,000 feet.

Investigators Focus on Engine1rouble in Commuter Plane Crash

THE WASHINGTON POST

WASHINGTON

FBI Director Louis J. Freeh, saying he does not doubt the FBI'sability to police itself, Wednesday rejected any suggestion thatbureau officials' conduct be examined by a review process outsidethe U.S. Justice Department, as has been done at some big city policedepartments.

At the same time, Freeh said, he could not think of allegations"more serious" than those against the five senior FBI officials herecently suspended because of accusations that they did not accurate-ly disclose what took place in a 1992 siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Awhite separatist's wife was killed during the siege by an FBI sniper inwhat Freeh has described as a "tragic accident."

If the allegations prove to be true, Freeh said, "I can't think ofanything more serious, and I would be very concerned about under-mining the public confidence in the FBI."

Freeh, in a telephone interview, voiced no alarm at a new pollshowing that public confidence in the FBI had plummeted in the lastthree months, possibly tied to congressional hearings on the FBI's1993 siege of the Branch Qavidian compound near Waco, Texas, inwhich more than 80 people died.

WASHINGTON

American public school students are dropping out less and scoringhigher on math and science tests than a decade ago, but educators arestill not moving quickly enough to close a stubborn proficiency gapbetween white and Hispanic students, according to a report issued bythe Department of Education.

The annual "Condition of Education" report, released this weekby the department's National Center for Education Statistics, alsosaid that students are taking more difficult courses than they werebefore the landmark report "A Nation at Risk" was issued in 1983,and that more high school graduates head for college right after highschool.

"Areas on which schools, communities and states have focusedattention are now showing results of greater student achievement,"Education Secretary Richard W. Riley said in an interview.

While he acknowledged that progress was "not as fast as we'dlike it" and that some areas of the American educational systemremain "in crisis," Riley said the country was "on the right path, and... this is no time to retreat from our efforts to keep education anational priority."

Riley criticized the $3.8 billion in education budget cuts passed bythe House, especially when the number of students enrolled - inkindergarten through grade 12 - will reach a record high of morethan 51 million in 1997, according to Education Department projec-tions. The Senate has yet to take up the budget cuts.

Many women reportedly havecanceled their plans to attend thenongovernmental forum and theconference.

Chen said the main reason forthe delays in visa processing "is thatthere are too many applicants." Buthe said Chine e officials are "work-ing around the clock to solve thisproblem."

He also said women from coun-tries without diplomatic relationswith China could apply from neigh-boring countries and they would notbe excluded.

But in his remarks, Chen madeclear that it was China as the hostcountry, and not the United Nations,that has the final say on who will beallowed to attend and who will bebarred. H is comments seemed tocontradict an agreement between theBeijing government and the UnitedNations that all those groupsapproved by the world body wouldbe allowed into the country for theconference.

"As the host nation of this con-ference, China is responsible forguaranteeing the smooth and safeoperation of this conference, andthe safety of the delegates," Chensaid.

this week to become a plaintiff is a20-year-old student at another SouthCarolina college who has beeninvolved in the Reserve Officers'Training Corps on her campus,Faulkner's lawyers said. Theywould not describe the otherwomen.

School officials say they havemailed information on the school toabout 200 women in the past twoyears, but that only two haveapplied. Both those applicants areon hold pending the outcome of thecourt case, Leedom said.

Faulkner arrived on campus IIdays ago with nearly 600 other first-year students, and moved her uni-forms and' other belongings intowhat normally would have been atwo-person room in Law Barracks.Two days later, on the first day ofthe orientation session cadets call"Hell Week," she was admitted tothe infirmary with four other first-year students who became ill in thesweltering heat.

Faulkner stayed in the infirmaryuntil Friday, then called her parentsto say she wanted to go home. Shesaid she was defeated not by therigors of Hell Week, but by theemotional rollercoaster she'd beenon since applying to the schoolwithout revealing her sex 2 1/2years ago.

Wednesday is expected to costbanks about 5 bi II ion pesos -slightly Ie s than I billion - andthe government 7 billion pesos -slightly more than $1 billion.

The cost to banks will come outof their margins, the differencebetween the market rate they pay onsavings accounts and the now-lowerrates they will be charging on loans.The government will absorb someof that cost by loaning the banksmoney at lower interest rates thanthey would have to pay on saving~accounts.

Finance Ministry officials saidthe program would cut interest pay-ments in half for 75 percent of allbank debtors.

The announcement was greetedwith skepticism by consumer andsmall business debtors as well asindependent economists.

restructuring loans, and to stopcharging late-payment fees.

"We think this is an extremelyimportant step in helping those whowant to pay their debts," said asenior Finance Ministry official.

The bad-debt portfolio ofMexican banks has swollen to 15percent of total outstanding loans assome interest rates have exceeded100 percent. High interest rates area result of the economic crisis pro-voked by the devaluation that hascut the peso's value more than 40percent since December.

In response, farmers, small busi-ness owners and credit card holdershave banded together in increasing-ly militant movements to demanddebt relief, insisting that the gov-ernment and banks share the bur-den.

The program announced

cadet this month after the 4th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals ruled itwas unfair to make her wait for averdict in the November lawsuit.She originally wanted to enroll atthe school in 1993.

Noting that aJJ women will havethe right to apply to The Citadel ifthe school loses in November,Citadel lawyer Dawes Cooke Jr.said there was no reason for morewomen to join the suit.

School spokesman TerrenceLeedom accused Faulkner's lawyersof "trying to make sure they eventu-aJly get their fees, because rightnow, they're without a client."

But Val Vojdik, a New York citylawyer who is on Faulkner's te'am,said women who do 'riot sign ontothe lawsuit could be barred fromnext year's freshman class if TheCitadel loses in November, thenappeals.

"They're not going to open theirdoors. They're going to appeal thisthing aJl the way to the SupremeCourt," Vojdik. said. "It could takeanother two years ... and in themeantime, these young women arebeing discriminated against."

The judge in the case has notruled on a motion filed byFaulkner's lawyers months ago tomake the case a class action.

The woman most likely to apply

"whose activities actually threatenthe safety of the conference."

Chen denied that China is tryingto block thousands of women fromattending the conference by delay-ing visa processing or rejectingsome delegates outright. He saidgroups or individuals that might fallinto. those two excluded categorieswas "very, very small in number."

"The vast majority of applicantswill get their visa at the appropriatetime," he said. "To say.a lot of peo-ple have been denied visas is false."

Several organizations, particular-ly those advocating Tibetan inde-pendence, have complained thatthey already have been denied visas,while many other women have saidthat delays and bureaucratic obsta-cles - such as requiring attendeesto obtain a confirmed hotel room inadvance - would prevent manywomen from coming. Many of thoseaffected are from developing coun-tries.

Anotner issue to arise recentlywas concern that some countries,such as Niger, which recognizeTaiwan, were being denied accessor finding it too difficult to obtainvisas. Beijing considers Taiwan tobe a breakaway province of China.

exican Government and BanksCap Rates to Defuse Debt Crisis

By Keith B. RichburgTHE WASHINGTON POST

BEIJING

A Chinese governmentspokesman said Tuesday it is up tothe United States to decide whetherfirst lady Hillary Rodham Clintonattends next month's United N'ationsFourth World Conference onWomen, but he said the decisionmust not be linked to China's con-tinued detention of Chinese-American human rights activistHarry Wu.

"Those two issues have nothingto do with each other at all," ChenJian, the Foreign Ministryspokesman, told reporters in hisweekly press briefing. He said thecase of Wu, who has been accusedof the capital crime of espionage,was being handled through "normaljudicial procedures."

In his news conference, Chenalso spelled out for the first time thetwo "categories" of people he saidwould not be admitted to China toattend the women's -conference,which begins Sept. 4, or a meetingof nongovernmental groups thatbegins Aug. 30. Chen said groupsnot approved by the United Nationswill be barred, as well as anyone

By Debbl WligorenTHE WASHINGTON POST

Three more South Carolinawomen want t~ join the legal chal-lenge to The Citadel's all-maleadmissions policy, according tolawyers for Shannon Faulkner, the20-year-old who dropped out of theinstitution last week after attendingonly one day.

The lawyers said tIley expect tofile papers in U.S. District Court thisweek on behalf of at least one of thewomen. They hope to have severalplaintiffs so the women can lendeach other moral support in courtand - if they win - on campus,said attorney Robert R. Black.

"That's how The Citadel wasable to'deal with Shannon Faulkner,by isolating her as an individual,"said Black, noting that the first coedclass at West Point in 1976 included120 women. "My own feeling isthat we'll need a handful of hardypioneers here." ,

School officials said they willfight the addition of any plaintiffs tothe lawsuit, which is scheduled for aNovember trial to determine if aplanned women's leadership pro-gram at another school is a suitable

. alternative to admitting women tothe state-sponsored Citadel.

Faulkner, whose original victoryin the lawsuit was appealed by theschool, was allowed to become a

. By Juanita Darlingws ANGELES TIMES

MEXICO CITY

Mexico put a cap on soaringinterest rates Wednesday as part ofan attempt to defuse a mountingdebt crisis.

Interest rates on existing busi-ness loans will be limited to 25 per-cent and on credit card loans, 38.5percent, under an agreement negoti-ated between the Finance Ministryand the Mexican BankersAssociation. The cap affects onlyoutstanding debt, not new loans.

Mortgages will peak at 6 percentif homeowners agree to renegotiatethe principal owed under a complexsystem that integrates inflation ratesinto the value of the principal.

The bankers also agreed to haltforeclosures until Oct. 31, to absorb

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dangerous, and their location so close to oneof the goals makes it very'likely that someonewill be injured. Both of these problems (thehill and the obstacles) can be corrected bymoving the field 10 feet to the west. Thiswould move both the hill and the obstacles offthe east end of the field.

Second, don't carry any textbooks: Real nerdsdon't read. Third, complain a lot. Sure, get-ting admitted to MIT was the best thing tohappen to you since ttte invention of the tac-tile-feedback keyboard; but that doesn't meanyou can go around looking excited. Twomonths from now you'd sell your soul for avacation in Siberia; so don't start off lookinglike you're in La La Land. Besides, it's justnot right.

Most importantly you need to have theright demeanor. Your expression shouldreflect maturity, wisdom, and a deeper under-standing of the world, while maintaining thedazed apathy characteristic of an overworkedbeaver. If you need help, drink about 5 cupsof coffee and then run to Wellesely and back.That should give you the right flavor.

I'm willing to wager my monogrammed-Chuck Vest boxer shorts that a little carefulplanning will make rush a far more palatableexperience. After all, you're bound to end upliving somewhere. Even if it turns out to bethe sofas on the fifth floor of the StudentCenter, I guarantee you won't be alone.

There is a problem with the placement ofthe lines for soccer on Briggs Field. The eastendline is partway up a large hill. In addition,there are several dangerous obstacles on thefield near the east goal: two large metal accesscovers just outside the goal box on the southside and a sprinkler control box inside thegoal box. As an avid soccer' player and a goal-keeper I consider these obstacle extremely

approached by more than your share ofpledge-seeking Greeks inviting you to every-thing from dinner to dance aerobics. If youfeel the urge, by all means, don't let me inter-fere. But if "fun with velcro" isn't your thing,help is just around the column.

Obviously, our dear brothers and sistersare working hard to distinguish freshmen fromthe few upperclassmen fiHering about. Youhave the power to profit from the difficulty oftheir task. To get noticed, stroll around look-ing lost while singing your favorite Top 40hit. Carry at least three campus maps andmake sure they're visible. If possible, stop andget directions to the Charles River. Make con-versation about that lovely cafeteria in theStudent Center. Inquire as to the differencesbetween the courses "one-eight-point-zero-one" and "one-eight-point-zero-one-one." Iguarantee you'll hit Beacon Street before youcan say omicron.

On the other hand, impersonating anupperclassmen can be perfected quite easily.First, make sure you're in a hurry. My theoryis: if it can't be done fast, it's not worth doing.

Lines on Soccer FieldPresent Danger

The Tech received a copy oj the Jollowingletter addressed to Grounds Supervisor JohnR. Butts and Director oj Athletics Richard A.Hill:

Welcome, Class of 1999Congratulations and welcome, Class of 1999. While your don't find your kind of people right away.

hard work has indeed gotten you far, be proud not only of your While you should of course do your best, the importantadmission but also of your decision to come to MIT to begin the thing is to keep perspective. College is where you find out whofirst of what may well be the most important years of your life. you really are, and part of who you want to be. Live it for your-

That decision was not unique. During your time here, you'll self; don't waste your time pretending or trying to please others.face many decisions, both trivial If you try to please somebody other than yourself, especially

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enl and vital, immediate and long-term. during rush, consider ifit will be worth it in the long run. Don'tUti I fIUI On your way to Commencement be afraid to explore new activities, people, and ideas, even for

you will be challenged in ways you discovery's sake.may not be able to imagine yet. But fret not. Whether academic, And as you face new challenges and make tough decisions,physical, or social, those challenges will teach you what MIT is never be afraid to ask for help, especially of your peers. MITreally about: expanding your mind, honing your abilities, and students are extraordinarily helpful in giving advice, and therepushing yourself to the limit. are many people who will just listen as well. For better or

The important thing is being ready for the challenge. Expect worse, you're all in this together: Ifyou remember it, that bondand embrace it. Go ahead and take that hard class, try out for that will serve you well, both at MIT and beyond.team, join that activity. Rush your favorite living group; meet as MIT is a great place to be. While the system has its flaws,many people as you can. But while you can count on the chal- you will find your time here well spent. The Institute's resourceslenge, don't assume success: Don't be disappointed if you don't are vast, and its reputation and quality will help you whereverget an A+ (though with the new grading system, you just might), you may go afterwar4s. Though we may call it hell, you willdon't make the team, or don't have time for an activity. Don't get look back on this place fondly. And so once again, congratula-upset if you don't get a bid, don't get invited back to a party, or tions, Class of 1999. Welcome to MIT.

Column By A. Artf HusainASSOCIA TE NEWS EDITOR

On this first day of Residence andOrientation Week, I extend my pen in a ges-ture of welcome to this year's freshmen, ournewest stock. Your decision to join the ranksof the world's most technologically-endowedhas landed you on the doorstep of a two-weekinitiation. You will be faced with life-shapingchoices and newfound obstacles. At the sametime, you will be overrun by new opportuni-ties and potential.

Think of it this way: rush is like puberty.Everybody goes through it. Nobody reallylikes it. But you're basically better off whenit's over.

The good thing is, rush has loads of poten-. tial. Unfortunately, when I was a frosh, I did-

n't have the perspective to tap into it. If onlysomeone could have written a column in TheTech with some useful suggestions.

Okay, so that was a cheap transition, butyou're still reading aren't you? Now wherewas I? Right, Rush.

The most important thing to remember isthat through all the pomp and circumstance,this thing was set up for your benefit. Secondly,realize that my last statement was a bold-facedlie. Rush is as much for your benefit asOperation Desert Storm was for Kuwait's. Thereal issue is that there are more freshmen thanthere are Institute beds. The Institute thereforedepends on the independent living Iroup system(i.e. fraternities and sororities) to compensate,and rush is the time for them to do so. True,there is also a dormitory rush element, butthat's just the bun; ILGs are the real beef.

Don't get me wrong, however. I don't faultthe system. I don't really mind the book; I justdon't like the cover.

In any case, you'll have to make a choiceabout your living arrangements. Fraternitiesand sororities prepare all year for these fewweeks. Because of this, you can expect to be

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New Intemational Students,by Country of Origin

Countries sending one new MIT student: Algeria, Argentina,Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, Finland,France, Guyana/Jamai, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Netherlands,Norway, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, SriLanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay,Vietnam, and Yugoslavia

SOURCE: INTERNAnONAL STUDENTS OffiCE

Canada 10Hong Kong 4Malaysia 4Mexico 4Singapore 4Thailand 4Turkey 4Hungary 3Pakistan 3Colombia 2Cyprus 2Greece 2India 2Jordan 2Kenya 2South Africa 2United Arab Emirates 2Venezuela 2

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Esther Kim '97 paints her name on a sorority rush poster. Rush begins tomorrow night.

International students reallyenjoyed "talking to upper classinternational students, especiallysophomores," said Chris Gil '99, aninternational freshman from Spain.Students had the opportunity to dothis during the dance mix party heldin Baker House Dining Hall onTuesday night.

Other popular RIO events weretours of Boston, including a harborcruise and tour of Faneuil Hall, andthe many free food events likerestaurant tours and organized break-fasts and dinners, said freshmenMichel Alslam '99, from Kuwait,and Carlos Tapia '99, from Mexico.

One of the most useful servicesprovided to students during RIO isoffered by the International StudentsOffice, de Guzman said.International students may bringtheir immigration or visa papers tothe ISO and receive information onhow to avoid or fix potential prob-lems related to the students' interna-tional status, de Guzman said.

Other useful events included pre-sentations about United States bank-ing, health care, and immigration.The MIT Medical Center put on sev-eral skits about loneliness, drinking,and sex, said Satayan Mahajan Jr.'96, who acted in all of the skits. "Itwas really good to see that the fresh-men are making friends," he said.

International, from Page I

International Students EnjoyBoston Tours, Free Food

POLICE LOGThe following incidents were reported to the MIT Campus Police

between July 14 and August 8:July 14: Bldg. E15, laptop stolen $4,500; Bldg. II, $70 cash

stolen.July 15: Tang Hall tennis courts, wallet stolen, $50.July 16: Bldg. E52 plaza, bicycle stolen, $520.July 17: Bldg. E15, malicious destruction; Bldg. E15, male arrest-

ed for trespassing: Jamal Greene, of 137 Marcella St., Dorchester.July 18: Bldg. 9, suspicious person; East Campus, 1) volleyball

court, wallet stolen, $80; 2) basement, bicycle stolen, $600; Bldg. 16,stamps stolen, $50.

July 19: Briggs Field, persons known to each other became upsetwhile playing soccer, and one punched the other.

July 20: Bldg. 7, larceny of tools, $4,000; Bldg. N52, projectorstolen, $7,500; Bldg. 18, I) AM/FM radio stolen, $30; 2) radiostolen, $10; Hermann garage, bicycle stolen, $35.

July 21: Boathouse, wallet and contents stolen; Bldg. E38, taperecorder stolen, $50; Westgate, bicycle stolen, $250.

July 22: Bldg. 33, calculator stolen, $200; Bldg. 54, bicyclestolen from hallway, $100; Bldg E25, vending machine vandalized;Baker House, various items stolen, $400.

July 24: Bldg. 2, $100 cash stolen; Bldg. E38, squash racquetsstolen, $200; Bldg. E52 plaza, bicycle stolen, $300; Student Center,1) wallet stolen, $20; 2) wallet and contents stolen; Alumni Pool,wallet stolen, $60; DuPont men's locker-room, wallet stolen, $25.

July 25: Bexley courtyard, bicycle stolen, $90; Alumni Pool, wal-let stolen, $8; Bldg. E 17, 1) wallet stolen, $30; 2) wallet stolen, $25;Bldg. E 10, wallet stolen, $15.

July 26: Outside Bldg. E 19, bicycle tire stolen, $80.July 27: Student Center, radio stolen, $20.July 28: Bldg. 18, fax machine stolen, $1,800; Bldg. E38, video

camera stolen, $300; Bldg. 35, suspicious activity.July 29: Bexley Hall basement, backpack stolen, $110; Tang,

$160 bicycle removed from rack; Baker, $500 cash stolen; Bldg. E 15bicycle rack, bicycle stolen, $350; Tang, harassing phone calls;Eastgate, bicycle stolen, no value.

July 30: Baker, bicycle stolen from hallway, $300; Bldg. 66,typewriter stolen, $1,000.

July 31: Student Center, backpack stolen, no value; Bldg. E52,pocketbook and contents stolen, $67; Bldg E17, stereo stolen, $150;Bldg. 54, bicycle stolen from racks, $500; Bldg. NWIO, suspiciousactivity; DuPont weight room" wallet stolen, $25.

Aug. 1: Student Center, I) bicycle rack, bicycle stolen, $500; 2)food stol~n from food court; 3) male juvenile arrested for attemptedlarceny of a bicycle and other related charges; Bldg. 54, suspiciouspersons around bicycle racks; Bldg. 66, I) speakers stolen, $200; 2)CD player stolen, $150; East Garage, 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierastolen; Alpha Tau Omega, bicycle stolen, $400; New House, bicycle

- stolen, $100; Student Center, malicious damage; Next House, bicyclestolen, $400; Bldg. E40, suspicious person; Bldg E25, suspiciousactivity.

Aug. 2: Student Center, two gym bags stolen and later recoveredI) minus checkbook; 2) CDs stolen, $40; Bldg. 2, pocketbook andcontents stolen, $170;. Bldg E52, suspicious activity; Oldsmobilestolen in Boston, recovered in East Garage.

Aug. 3: Bldg. 14, vending machine vandalized; Buick stolen out ofLawrence, recovered in East Garage; Bldg. 12, VCR stolen, $480;East Garage, Toyota stolen; Bldg. 3, memory chips stolen, $ I3,000;Bldg E25, CD player stolen, $120; Walker, attempted larceny of agym bag.

Aug. 4: Sailing Pavilion, attempted breaking and entering; Bldg.68, suspicious activity; Bldg. E 15, male arrested for trespassing:Michael Nee, of 384 Washington St, Braintree; Bldg. E53, bicyclestolen from plaza, $800.

Aug. 6: MacGregor, harassing phone calls.Aug. 7: Bldg. 33, computer stolen, $4,000; Bldg. 10, harassing

phone call.Aug. 8: Tang, attempted larceny of a bicycle; Bldg. 14, bicycle

rack, bicycle stolen, $120; ATO, wallet stolen, $20.

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look at something that was a bithigher on my list," she said.

Canida said that she plans tovisit all the dormitories before shedecides which dormitories she willlist as her preferences in the housinglottery.

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Freshman Christy L. Canida '99said, "It would have been nice if Ihad a bit of a choice about where Iam." Canida is temporarily housedat Next and said that the dormitorywas not her first choice. "I wouldhave preferred to have an inside

"Making choices that way is a greatway to do it" because students getmore of an idea of what a dormitoryand its residents are like when theyvisit, he said.

Temps, from Page IThe theft of computer memory chips appears to be a growing

problem on campus and has gained recent media attention.Since the beginning of the year, there have been five incidents of

memory chip thefts on campus, at a loss of several thousand dollars.The thefts of memory chips have included, but are not limited to,Sun, Hewlett Packard, and high-end Macintosh systems.

In these recent thefts, the thieves enter both locked or unlockedrooms, carefully remove the computer case, remove the memorychips, and replace the cover. To the user the machine does not appearto have a problem until it fails to start or starts but has little memoryspace available.

The Campus Police Special Services Division is investigatingthese thefts. Special Services is also researching how wide the memo-ry theft problem is in the Cambridge and Boston areas and if certainsuspects are responsible for these types of crimes.

The Campus Police Crime Prevention Unit, along with the MITComputer Connection recommend the following crime preventiontips:

• Install a security enclosure device manufactured by Anchor Pad. or Compu-Gard. Additional information about these devices can beobtained from the Crime Prevention unit at x3-9755, or the MCC,W20-o21, x3-7686.

• Contact Jerry Issacson, Information Systems Security, at x3-1440, for virus and storage data security. Information Security OfficeWeb Page: http://web.mit.edu/security/www/

• Always keep your office, lab, or dorm room secure.• Contact the Campus Police at 3-1212 to report any suspicious

activity and any incidents of theft.

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Tim Beaver (Surekha VaDhala '96) takes a short rest at the Residence and Orientation Centerwith RIO workers Noeml L. Glszpenc '98, Mark A. Herschberg '95, and SanJay Chugh '97 (left toright). .

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dreds of undergraduates the myster-ies of physics and guiding some 50[graduate students] toward their MSand PhD degrees."

Bekefi was born in Prague,hoslovakia in 1925, but left

for England following the Nazioccupation in 1939. At University .College in London he received abachelor of science degree withfirst-class honors in physics andmathematics. He went on to earn amasters degree from McGillUniversity in Canada.

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Mudville Begins Baseball Reviewwith NL EastColumn by David Bertand Jeremy CohenSPORTS COLUMNISTS

From the dartk, seedy under-world of MudviJle comes a team-

by-teamThe Vwwfrorn 1. review of

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-------- ball. Ourfirst installment details the ationalLeague East.

Atlanta BravesIt's hard to imagine that a team

with an overall batting average hov-ering around .250 can win anything,but this year's Braves have been theexception to the rule. Behind a stel-lar starting rotation that includes"God with a curveball" GregMaddux and a rejuvenated JohnSmoltz, the Braves have easily dis-tanced themselves from a mediocrepack in the ational League East,reaffirming the ancient adage,"When God is on the mound, eventhe Angels can't hit you."

A key factor in Atlanta's successthis season has been the rise toprominence of three highly toutedprospects - left-fielder RyanKlesko, third-baseman ChipperJones, and catcher Javier Lopez -who have supplied enough pop tocarry the offense in the wake of dis-appointing years from veterans FredMcGriff, Dave Justice, and MarquisGrissom. In addition, flame-throw-ing closer Mark "Concussion wait-ing to happen" Wohlers seems tohave overcome his inabi lity tothrow over small, white, plate-likesurfaces and converted his last 18save opportunities.

Outlook: Unless the Braves'recent acquisition of firearms-toting

Luis Polonia from the Yankees getsthe FBI on their trail, look for theTomahawk Chop (along with thou-sands of bitter Florida State alumni)to rear its ugly head come the sec-ond week of October:

Dugout Chatter: "Greg, stopgiving Lemke the ten plagues andget back to work." - ManagerBobby Cox

Montreal E.xposThe only constant for the Expos

this year has been their inconsi ten-cy. After a pre-sea on fire sale thatincluded MVP candidate Larry "I'mCanadian, Darn it" Walker, swollen-headed and salaried center fielderMarquis Grissom as well as rent-a-wreck starting pitcher Ken Hill andcloser John Wetteland, the Exposbegan their second rebuildingprocess in the last three years. Withthe advent of young outfieldersRondeJl White and Tony Tarasco, aswell as the promising play of short-stop Wilfredo Cordero, FelipeAlou's Expos have now officiallybeen reborn more times than DarrylStrawberry.

The strength of this team, how-ever, has surprisingly been the start-ing pitching, which has achieveddespite a subpar year from left-han-der Jeff Fassero. Montreal has beenthe beneficiary of some brilliant per-formances by ace Pedro Martinez,but the most consistent performershave been spastic rookie Carlos"Where did I put my surfboard"Perez and second-year southpawButch Henry, who, after an unfortu-nate muscle tear, may have to haveTommy John's aging left armattached in place of his own.

Outlook: Montreal figures tofight off the Phillies for second

place in the east this year and makea solid push for the wildcard nextseason provided star left-fielderMoises Alou (rumor has it he ha an"in" with the management) sticksaround and midseason acquisitionDavid Segui stays hot at first base.

Dugout Chatter: "Perez, getdown from there" - ManagerFelipe Alou.

Philadelphia PhilliesAlthough the defending ational

League champions came out of thegate with the same .confidence theyexuded so aromatically in 1993, theirstench began to change in the middleof June. The poor play of catcherDarren "Dutch" Daulton and chronicinjuries to sparkplug chewing-tobac-co fiend Lenny Dykstra and baby-faced Greg Jeffries have left generalmanager Lee Thomas with JohnKruk-sized headache. Unfortunatelyfor Mr. Thomas, all the Tylenol inthe clubhouse is already in the blood-stream of a patchwork starting pitch-ing staff that has included such dig-nitaries as Jim Deshaies, TommyGreene, David West, and MikeWilliams. Indeed, the only two pitch-ers of consequence this year for thePhils have been knuckle-curveballerTyler Green and overweight recla-mation project Sid Fernandez, whomthe Orioles attempted to convert intoa self-contained "bullpen by commit-tee."

The only positive signs for thePhillies this year have beenDaulton's to relievers HeathcliffSlocumb, Ricky Bottalico and TobyBorland. The three have combinedfor an ERA well under 3.00 andhave, until some slips of late, safe-guarded the Phillies' late-inningleads.

Outlook: Dismal. AlthoughThoma is a geniu with veteranacquisition , the farm ystem i theweake t in baseball.

Dugout Chatter: "Lenny, stopspitting on my couch" - Thirdbaseman Charlie Hayes.

Florida MarlinsThe Marlins seem to have turned

the hot corner since the All-Starbreak and are playing the best ballin the young franchise's history.The keys to their outstanding playof late have been the steadyimprovement of rookie catcherCharles Johnson and the slugging ofveteran leader Terry Pendleton.Johnson, a superstar signal-caller atthe University of Miami only twoyears ago (are you out there, GinoToretta?), is finally adjusting tomajor league pitching. He alreadyhas the best arm behind any plate inbaseball - he's thrown out morerunners than the InternationalOlympic Committee (are you outthere, Ben Johnson?) -- andappears to be learning to handle hispitching staff with greater ease.

Outlook: With Pendleton andGary Sheffield due back next yearalongside Jeff Conine and GregColbrunn, the Marlins have themakings of an outstanding lineup. Ifsecond baseman Quilvio Veras cancontinue to keep his on-base per-centage high and the front office canobtain an ace starter, the Marlinswill contend next year.

Dugout Chatter: "What kind ofname is Quilvio?" - RelieverYorkis Perez

New York MetsAfter trading away three veteran

wonns from the Big Apple, the Mets

could film an episode of RomperRoom in their clubhouse. BabysittersDallas Green and "Mean" JoeMcIlvaine did the right thing in purg-ing themselves of Bobby Bonilla,Bret Saberhagen, and Brett Butl(may this be the last "Grace ur6Fire" reference ever) for prospectsAlex Ochoa and Juan Acevedo, butsetting the lineup for next year andscheduling diaper changing timesmay prove a difficult task. Three out-fielders must be chosen from a list ofover-ripe prospects: RyanThompson, Damon Buford, CarlEverett, Chris Jones, and Ochoa. Inaddition, Rico Brogna is the onlycertainty in an infield that may heraldin the arrivals of Triple A sluggingleader Butch Huskey and slick-field-ing shortstop Rey Ordonez.

The pitching staff is also in a sta eof transition with future All-Stars BillPulsipher and Jason Isringhausenbeginning to acclimate themselves tothe major leagues. Rounding out thestaff for next year will likely be DaveMlicki, Bobby Jones and ReidCornelius, although the arrival of studpitchers Paul Wilson, Kirk Presleyand Acevedo is imminent. -'

Outlook: Damned if we know.Dugout Chatter: "Why is there

a velcro nametag on my locker,Dallas?" - Ryan Thompson

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