House meeting minutes - MIT Class of '81

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"Politics is the diversion of trivial men 'Fho, when they
succeed at it, be'come imnortant in the eyes of more t~ivial men."
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BAKER HOUSE MEETING MINU f 2ES Mon l"eb 25, 1980
Meeting called ..to order at 8:16 pm by President Silvano 'lrewster
.ANNOUNCIDIIEHTS
Brian Feldman .. Anyone interested in v!orkinp; ·on Sprinrr, "~eekend see
me or Dean Phillips. AlSoali.yone interested in helpin.~ to
plan our Mar 8 Le'.'.7 Year's Party see me. .
,Dean Phillips - There are 5· Dormcon positions soon to be availabl~.
includin~ Chairman. Anyone interested see me.
Joel Foner - ?litdh Tasman is responsible for our new piano. If
anyone finds anythin.o; wronrr, with it, leave me or J. Klets~ky a note.
Tim Kuo. - Thanks to all \"ho helped with the Telethon.
Rita Fdthaft - Anyone. with ideas 0.1'1 ::t!Osee me.
BarrY'.. Star - If. anyone wa·n.te reprintsQ'f house slides, see me.
John Colton - 'f. e may do Dart&Jelloshirts ap;ain; leave me: 'a note
if you mi-q;ht want one.
Steve Aschken.a.se (3par-ss) - Anyone -interested inrunninr!;for any
I.1'il. 0 ffic.~·,; see me. . '
Mike Colucci ... q.alen Seitz is l.:.QW in charge of the fooshall table•
.:~ilvano - ~H:'~~ 3ill Skatnarocl{ iethe new Roo:rn Assigmnents person *';H~
note: shovierir.gwas: po.stponed until after the WIEret'inp;.-
AGENDA
ll.,Fooshall .Wahle
The foosball table has wandered all 'over the hOuse, which is both
bad for the table and bad for people who have the urp;e to play and
can't find it" rrOTIONby Pete L€;!r.nme,{an ackn.owled'A:ed master of
i.;he game), to e's"tahlish the s'outheast iorneto of' the balcony as
the per'"!lanerthome'for the table.. ,MilEI'D by Briani~eldma.n to add
that the table camiot be move4 \"lithout the conpent',.O:i', the athletiC:'
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For the VPHO - "T.'e :,:,:ot a lot of e;ood frosh,. but VIe also 'rot Ruy."
Pres - Highlights of the year were the 30th Am'liversary .to.rty and
the Bashi-Bazouk Chmupionship. "People are always willing to
volunteer help--this is the great thiJ!.(j about this dorm."
SUDDENLY A SHORT, AI{r:IED T3RRORISl' })UHST OITTO THE MJi:ETIFG. He pointed
a rifle at Silvano and cried "lIe have your new presidenti " Yes, it
was Ricardo Sitchin of the John Harvard Liperation Army. He demanded
that beer and soda be distril:mted to. the mass,es or Radka v!ould die.
Of course we had to comply. aefreshmer~ts·were served and presidentelect
Ralcda was carried in, bound and gagged. HadJca: "That's the
last time I'll ever trust Fabricius."
6) 'Change of Officers
After "Radlca \.,as released, the time had come for him to assume
the Presidency. Fishting back the tears, Silvano Bre~~ter offer­
XNed'thegavel to l\liark at 9:25 pm. Silvano stepped down to a
sem~-standing ovation--afree man at last.
7) Other Ratifications ,
r!IOTIo:Nl:>y someone torati:fY the efections of the ne"r Secretary,
Treasurer, Room Assignments person, and Elections Chairwoman.
Several people 'I:'lanted to unratify the new ~3ecretary

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much to spend on a piano , , especially si1':.ce V,re just bought.a new
one. MOTION 'by' Dean Phillips to chanr.;e ~)lOOO PianQ Eaintenance to
$500 PlKUX PASSES -33-9. The ne.edfor lie;ht fixtur;es over the
foosball table was also discussed. President's budget: No $
was budgetted for Slide Collection. as had been done' last term.
Amidst complaints that all pictures were of Brian ,Feldman, Barry
Star requested slide *to broaden the scope of the collection.
Pete Lemtne wanted to bude;et $1!500'.!'0·r a pet pro ject'of his; most
people agreed'with the spirit ,of hi13. suggestion" though som~, dis-
. agreed with the amount. MOTION ·bySandy to add .~p1500 to the', President's
budget for a l.ine item called "Project LUSH", to add $75 to
the President's budget for a Slide Collection line item, and to
add $60 to the VPFS bUdget for a Foosball Lights line item
PASSES 36-3. "." , .
Mark Vershelthen suggested bUdgetting ;~ for the .creation of
.an "S-Lab" (sex lab) ill room 142. Noney would be neede

SECRETARY
Suppl~es "
Baker Letter
S ilkSereen '
Cori.stitution
Repail:'
Mise,,', ' ..;
,TREASU.i~ER
Mise
ATHLETIC
Football,
.Basketball
Softball
Volleyball'
'.j
. .. Pool
Ping Pong
OanoeTrip
: 1fJeights .
Jock Part~r
Mise
SOCIAL
':Pub, ".
Cocktail Parties
Happy Hours
Spring i::eekend
Sept. 'Mixer' .
Pool Party
Party w/:pand
March Party
Harbor, Cruise
Blender
Floor Mise
Mise
JUDCOMN
Butteries
Mise
BAKER HOVSE BUDGET - SPRING '80
200.00
200.'00
50.00'
30.00
50.00 , '
~o. 00 '
5· o~oo
30.00
30.00
30.00 '
150.00
60.00
200.00
350.00
200.00
,,' 50.00
100.00 ,
,150.;00 '
132Q;~OO
, ,JOO.oo
50,0.00
250'~ 00'
300.00,
450~00
7.5.00
500.00
t:$Q.OO
1600;00
100.00
, 800.00
-'" Lf.75. 00
, 5650. OQ
h'
65.'00
10.00
75.00
VpiR',
,Client [ream "Butt.
01ient Team Mise
House I\1eetings
A1t~'Tl. 'Relations
Dinne'r for Hies'ner
Living.Group ReIns
Mise
'VPRO
Breakfast
Thur & Fri
Saturday
Sunday
Drinks
Blue 'Hills
Promotion.­
Women 's Activity"
COrrnTIOllS' Dinner" ,
r:::iise
VPFS
, Snack,Bar Radio
E-lab/Computer '
Stereo/TV . ,-
, Pianof1aintenanee"
"",' Darkroom
FoosballLights
Mise
President ,"
Gavel
Technique Ad
Slide Collection
,'. ror'DC Window. >
Pro jeetLUSH'­
S"l~sh Fund
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60.00
25.00
.160.00
50.00
500.00
100.00
100.00
995.00
220.00
330.00
740.00
2.50.00
150.00
760.00
170.00
100.00
60.00
2Z0.00
3050.00
75.00
50.00
200.00
500.00
50.00
60.00
2~0.00
115.00
35.00
)00.00
75.00
. ,';",28.00
1500.00
200.00
2138.00
THE GRAND TOTAL IS
$15,0~3
out of an estimated ~~15, 533 .75 in bUdgetable funds

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"Politics is the diversion of trivial men vlho, ~!hen they
succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men."
BAKER HOUSE MEE':j:'ING MINUTES WIon Feb 25, 1980
Meeting called to order at 8:16 pm hy President Silvaho 'Jrewster
ANNOUNCErtlEHTS
, Brian Feldman .... Anyone interested inworkinp;on3pring l' \:eekend See
me or Dean Phillips.' Also anyone interested in helnin-.; to
plan our lVlar 8 Le~j Year's Party see me. -
Dean Phillips - There are 5 Dormeon p.osit·ions soon to he available,
includinf'; Chairman. Anyone interested see me.
Joel .ft~oner - ilitch Tasman is responsible for our new piano. If
anyone finds anything wronEr, with it, leave me or Jo Kletsky a note.
Tim Kuo - Thanks to all who helped with the Telethon.
Rita Hothaft - Anyone with ideas on. l1rQ$ee me. . .
Barry Star - If anyone wat'.ts .reprintso:f hous.eslides,see me.
John Colton - Le may do Dart&Jello shirts again.; leave me a note
if you mi~ht want one.
steve Aschkehase (Spa~sJ:" AhYone·~nte:te,stedinru.nningf'0rany
I.~1.offiee,see me.
"MikeColticci .,. Galen Seit'!. is nOVJiti charge of the £'0080all table.
;~11vano'" {'~~.•1:' Bill Slcamarock i.~ .then.e.w ROO!!l Assign..11'1erltsperson *{;..~.
note: showering was'po8tpotretl:> uhtilafter the WIe.etd.l1.p;.
AGENDA
1') Foosball Table
The £'0'os1:>a11. tablehaswanderedalloveirthe hO'use,. :which is both
bad for the table-a.n.d bad .fJorpeople:wno have the ur,c;e to play and
can'tfind it. rco'.:mtoN .by Pete Lemme, fan. ackfJ.owledged master of
the game), to establish 'the southeast c017ner of the balcony as
the perwna..nent home for the table. M':lEID DyBrian Feldman to add
that the table cannot be moved vlithowt the consent6fthe athletic
!chaiI'rnan··· '0 AM.El/u

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For the VPRO - It;'e got a lot of t",;ood frosh, but Vie also ~ot Ruy. It
Pres ... Highlights of the year were the 30tl). AEniversary inrty and
the Bashi-Bazouk Cha-mpior'ship. "People are always willing to
volunteer; help--this is the great thing ahout this dorm. '.'
SUDDENLY A SHORT, AIZ01j'!;D T3aRORI3T .;3Ui{ST OUTO THE rfl}~ETIEG. He pointed
a rifle at 3ilvano and cried "~Je have your new president2 n Yes, it
wasRicardoSitchin of the John Harvard Liberation Army. He demanded
that beer and soda be distributed to the masses or Radka would die.
Of course we had to comply. Refreshments were served and presidentelect
Ralcda was carried in, bound and gagged. Radlca: "That's the
last time I '11 ever trust li'abricius."
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6 ) ,Change' of Officers
After Radka~'!as ,released, the time had come for him to assume
the Presiden.cy. Pit,;h~ting back ;thetears;, Silvano Bre1Nster offer­
:tRect ,the gavel to ~13;rk at: 9:2,5 pm. Silv8.n,o stepped do"vn to a
semi-standin,~ ovatio'l''l---a ,freeman 'at last.
7) Other Ratifications -
WlOTIO:rr '!:>ysom8dne -to ratify the ele,ctions of .the new Seoretary,
Treasurer, Room Assi,':p.'lments nerson, ,and Elections ,Chairwoman.
Several people 'planted to unratif.'y th~ l'!.ew Secretary ( that's me)
because' 'he:'sbasically an a8s1101e. Brian Fe.ldinanmade a motion
to, divide the qUQstio11.0f ratifications, but, t'larlc blata:n.tly
i~nored it (Thanks, Mark--it's nice to know ~10 your friends are.)
Notion PASSES 49-8. WIQirIOl: by C. T. ( "Status1') Kuo to ra:tify the
new Tutor Selection Committee (includinc; Roy ;":einstein, Rtchard
'Norto,l1.; Patty Rohin.so'n,; Lina Janavicius, Rmfny j3ehlau, Jeff Solof,
~vayne S. '~Jarrel1, t 81, Irene 'Goldberg, Pete Leinm..e, Fhil Fiore,
and Karen (It'abricius) PASSES 56-2. 'Note: T,he nev,TSC will be
evaluatin,4000, and to
add at least~;50Qa term to. brint;it back up to (;;1..1-000 if it '?;oes
illid,l8l, below $4000. l'Jayne has sutr,.:;ested we increase this amount to
',;$4500; (in.flatiorl). However it was decided to leave this RX issue
to a later House I'!Ieetinn;.' traw polls and motiOl-1S the;n made
changes to ,the budgetproposec1 by Execcon as :('0110w6: ,Rio budget:
Discussion centered EXHX on. ""hether the $230 proposed for "Thur
and l;jlri 'and the, 125 proposed for Sun were adequ~te. ',Straw poll
'favored raising these to 330 and 250, respectively. VPFS: The
main item of contention was the i~;1000 in. Piano .0~aintenance for
repair of the House 's ~rand piano. This piano'; which'lJlTaS donated
to Baker" is' worth'muchmoney (it ",rould be about

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much to spenddn a pian:o·,'especHtlly sJ.ncewe just bought,:a ,new
one. MOTIOrLby Dean 'Phillips ,to" change :.;31000 Piano l'!Iaintenance to
$500 lllXKB.RX PASSES 33.-9., 'rheneed for liGht fix,tures ,OYer the
ifoosball;table was' also c1iscussed~ President's pud.

BAKER HOUSE BUDGET ... SPRING '80
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. $ECRETARY
. Supplies
Baker Letter
. ., 'S;ilkScreen
Constitution
··Reuair·;
l'flisc;" ..,
TREASJJ~I~R' .
Mise;:
ATHLETIC"
Football'
Ba:sketball
Softball
. Volleyball
Pool' '.
Ping p.ong .
Canoe 'Trip
tJeights
Jock Party.
Mise
SOCIAL'
.. Pub ...·....
'Cocktail Parties
.:,,: Happy Hqurs
Sp'ring l:Jeekend
Sept. ,Mixet' q'
Pool Party"
Party wiEand
March Party
Harbor Gruise.·
Blender' ,;
Floor Misc' '
Misc
JUDCONIN
Butteries
Mise
.'
,...
200.00
.2'00.00
':50.00
)0.00
50 ..00;'
····.··.50.00'·;··
580.00
)0.00'
)0.00
)0.00
150.00
60.00
200.00
350.00'
200.00
.. 5Q.OP
100~OO
150'.00
1320~00.
300.00,
500.00
250.00' .
300'.00
450.00
7.5.00
500~'O0 .
150.00
1600.00 '
10Q.QO
800.00
475.00
5630.00
.. ' 65.00
'.
J
t.o.QO.,
75.00 '.
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VPIR
Client Tea~Butt•
.Client Team Jlisc
House Meetings .' '
Alum. }{elationS'~c·
Dinner for·.' ijJiesner
Living Group ReIns
Misd
VPHO
. Breakfast
rrhur Be Fri
~)aturday
Sunday
brinks
BIue'lfills
Pr6m6ti'on
. .Woniet~'s Activity
.Commons Dinn.er;
t'lisc·
VPFS
. ; Snack Bar Radio
E-'lab/Computer
Stereo/TV'
.Plano r:'iaintenance;
Darkroom,,,, .
Foosblill Lights
Misc
pfe§'ide~t
Gavel.
Technique '-Ad:
Slide Collection
.. TDC Window."
Project"LUSH
S1.ushFuhd·
60.00
25.00
160.00
:' 50.00
500.00
. 100.00
'100.00
993.00
220.00
330.00
.740.00
250.00
150.00
760.00
170.00
100.00
60.00
... 2Z0.00
)050.00
75.00
50.00
200.00
,;; " 500. 00
50,00
60.00
2~~.• 00
11 .00
35.00
300.00
75.00
.28.00
1500.00
200.00
2138.00
THE GRAHD TOTAL IS
$15,023
out of al1es~imated :~15,533.75 in bUd:~etable funds
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flame /'flam/ vb flamed; flaming (ME flaume, flaumbe, fro MF flamme
(fr. L flamma) & flambe, fro OF, fro flamble, fro L flammula,
dim. of flamma - flame; akin to L fla~are to burn - more at
BLACK). vt 1: to send or convey by means of flame (~ a message
by signal fires) 2: to treat or affect with flame: as a: to
cleanse, sterilize, or destroy by fire b: to dress food with
flaming liquor (oJ!- pork chops at the table). vi 1: to burn with
a flame: BLAZE 2: to burst or break out violently or passionately
(flaming with indignation) 3: to shine brightly: GLOW
(color flaming up in her cheeks) 4: a mode of expression,
used mainly at a
BAKER HOUSE MEETING
Agenda for House Meeting to be held Thursday, March 13
at 8:30 pm in the Dining Hall
1) Ratification of Washcom Chairman Election
2) Approval of new room rates (for Fall '80)
3) Budgetting of $150 for Culture Night
4) Discussion of Baker boycottin~ the Summer OlJmpics
5) Discussion of Spring Weekend
6) Consideration of raising EX. Washcom salary to $15/week
7) Consideration of increasing the washer-dryer fund
8) Consideration of cha~ging dryer cycle time to 30 minutes
9) Discussion of a Proposal to respond to the new Commons plan
flame I' flaml vb flamed; flaming (ME flaume, flaumbe, fro NIF flamme
(fr. L flamma) & flambe, fro OF, fro flamble, fro L flammula,
dim. of flamma - flame; akin to L flagare to burn - more at
BLACK). vt 1: to send or convey by means of flame (-l!- a message
by signal fire) 2: to treat or affect with fla~me: as a: to
cleanse, sterilize, or destroy by fire b: to dress food with
flaming liquor (* pork chops at the table). vi 1: to burn with
a flame: BLAZE 2: to burst or break out violently or passionately
(flaming with indignation) 3: to shine brightly: GLOW
(color flaming up in her cheeks) 4: a mode of expression,
used mai~~y at a
BAKER HOUSE MEETING
Agenda for House Meeting to be held Thursday, March 13
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at 8:30 pm in the Dining Hall
1) .Ratification of Washcom Chairman Election
2) Approval of new room rates (for Fall '80)
3) Budgetting of $150 for Culture Nieht
4) Discussion of Baker boycotting the Summer OlYmpics
5) Discussion of Spring kk Weekend
6) Consideration of raising 1.tuashcom salary to $15/week
7) Consideration of increasing the washer-dryer fund
8) Consideration of changing dryer cycle time to 30 minutes
9) Discussion of a Proposal to respond to the new Commons plan

flame /'flam/ vb flamed; flaming (ME flaume, flaumbe, fro MF flamme
(fr. L flamma) & flambe, fro OF, fro flamble, fr, L flammula,
dim. of flamma - flame; akin to L flagare to burn - more at
BLACK). vt 1: to send or convey by means of flame (~ a message
by signal fires) 2: to treat or affect with flame: as a: to
cleanse, sterilize, or destroy by fire b: to dress food with
flaming liquor (~~ pork chops at the table). vi 1: to burn with
a flame: BLAZE 2: to burst or break out violently or passionately
(flaming with indignation) 3: to shine brightly: GLOW
(color flaming up in her cheeks) 4: a mode of expression,
used mainly at a
BAKER HOUSE MEETING
Agenda for House Meeting to be held Thursday, March 13
at 8:30 pm in the Dining Hall
1) Ratification of Washcom Chairman Election
2) Approval of new room rates (for Fall '80)
3) Budgetting of $150 for Culture Night
4) Discussion of Baker boycottinG the Summer OlJ~pics
5) Discussion of Spring Weekend
6) Consideration of raising EX Washcom salary to $15/week
7) Consideration of increasing the washer-dryer fund
8) Consideration of changing dryer cycle time to 30 minutes
9) Discussion of a Proposal to respond to the new Commons plan
flame /'flam/ vb flamed; flaming (ME flaume, flaumbe, fro MF flamme
(fr. L flamma) & flambe, fro OF, fro flamble, fro L flammula,
dim. of flamma - flame; akin to L flagare to burn - more at
BLACK). vt 1: to send or convey by means of flame (~~ a message
by signal fire) 2: to treat or affect with flame: as a: to
cleanse, sterilize, or destroy by fire b: to dress food with
flaming liquor (* pork chops at the table). vi 1: to burn with
a flame: BLAZE 2: to burst or break out violently or passionately
(flaming with indignation) 3: to shine brightly: GLOW
(color flaming up in her cheeks) 4: a mode of expression,
used mainly at a
BAKER HOUSE MEETING
Agenda for House Meeting to be held Thursday, March 13
at 8:30 pm in the Dining Hall
ttl l).Ratification of Washcom Chairman Election
2) Approval of new room rates (for Fall '80)
3) Budgettipg of $150 for Culture Night
4) Discussion of Baker boycotting the Summer Olympics
5) Discussion of Spring xx Weekend
6) Consider~tion of raising Washcom salary to $15/week
7) Consideration of increasing the washer-dryer fund
8) Consideration of changing dryer cycle time to 30 minutes
9) Discussion of a Proposal to respond to the new Commons plan

13) Election of Elections Chairman
Candidates were lCathy Yelick, lynn Schnap:o, and Fran'.!: Ditaranto-.,,\
After questionil1.:?;, Xathy Yelick was elected.)·
ii.ike: "1'!hat wouL, you do if an election was protested?"
Joel: "Shit 3 bricks."
14) Showering of new officers
'I'11e Secretary ,nade a quick motion to ad.journ, seconded by the
Treasurer, but it was i~orec ffi1d we all got wet (Kathy too).
Thanks to all who helped, especially the ex-VPIR who elbowed
me in the balls. There was a brief adjournment for us to dry off.
15) Judco~~n screenings
No one to be screened
15t) Settil1C; the agenda of the hon Feb 25 (8pm) House I~Ieetin~
Lotion by llike, Second by I~ancy to ad0_ Election of Charles Dale
to the Commons Committee to the agenda passes 5-0-1-3, (The -3
now includes me and Bill, since we don't get votes till we're
ratified.) dotion by Hike, Second by Rita to set the order of
items on the agenda as (l)Foosball, (2)TV Games, (3)Zlection
of Charles Dale, (4)Ratification of Election, (5)Outgoing officers'
reports, ~H*~~RRR**H~i~iRH~a~H¥*~~~-(oops!) (6)Change of
officers, (7)Other ratifications, (8)JudcOffif;1 elections,
(9)Sprinz Budget ?asses 5-0-1-3.
16) Budget Proposals
After much discussion, the proposed budget looles something
like this: (I give only totals; for details be at the House r:Ite)
Secretary: ,>580 VPIH:·p995
Treasurer: 30 VPRO: 2795
Athletic Chmn: 1320 Vl'FS: 1625
Social Chmn: 5650 President: 563
Judcomm Chinn: 75
TOTAL: :·1>13633
Our total budgettable funds are about :~i)15,500. Anyone with'
specific suggestions on expenditures ca~ talk to the officer
responsible before the fi.onday meetin:s. A complete copy of
the proposeij budget will be available at the House i;eeting.
17) f'.otion by Bill, Second by Rita to set the next Execcon neeting
for Wednes::lay f Feb 27th, at 8: 30 pm, in the dining hall
Passes L~-1-1-3. Feld: "I'm 3:onna die,"
Llotion by Lil{e, Second by Barton to adjourn Fasses 5-0-1-3.
r,\eeting adjourned. at 1:07 am
~he New Execcon
President IVIar1'c Ralika rm 618 0.1 7368
VPFS Jeff Kletsky 306 7306
VPRO Rita Nothaft 507 7257
VPIR Nancy Greenbaum 606 7356
Judcomm Chmn Sue Dovming 532 7282
Social Chmn Brian Feld.man )/+3 73'·/,3
Athletic Chnm flike Colucci 418 7168
Treasurer Bill Flarsheim 618 7368
Secretary John Goree 332 7332
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John A. Goree

'rile citizen;:-; of t]i.e ,CI:{O:U:'O :,;atll.e:ced 8.nxiov.;:;ly arolJl1c1 t:18 J:al

'];11e citizGl1f3 of' tJ:.e ,.;,·!.Inr'G ;,;athered anxiou:c;ly arOlUld tho ·De-lace.
Jerceantens of t:1e 01.1.8.:( c1 JUf;2J.la um"Tnia 8.l'ld her -er'oo:pEi ~:: trtl,,:--:clecl to
hold the crm'!Cl bac];: fro,:' the i'min r.:)t::('(,:;lcd~p ar:i the nOFly elected ;,·!.ini8ters
VTera 800n. to arrive. JLlc1clenly tJ.13 fir:3t cJ:18..riot a)j)YOacl1adi
within r 0'1:10 the Be8.j:dec1 (C10--" ;:i-':::l:L> teY' of Ga:le;'; Ard.cu;::; Collu.cm:;, an.d
",;iJ.lister of 0rc;ios .Ja:ctoniu:,-.; ii'elc1iut.l, tl10 tVlO raJ?iclly draJ.nli1C a
bottle of wine bet'.'loen tl1Gil. iiext to ar1:ive 1,'10.0 "J.n.istres8 of .Gn.;)ir·e
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.llelat~on8 i:aiYGJ~a li-rGGlyc:r 1.0. or 'che Gur-!:-j _~a:u=, her ent~re rO\TDl der.;l;:
"+a:c".L''=' ,...:. v 'PollOi'·,; .10. _ • -".&.b I" r.' ~.. ., 11 0.+-(;'-''''''1(1 v WR(...\.o_J. r-,'I"C C v. :P'1 _J. 0J C~l;:' ~._c:..I.J.. '" ...'. ~ 0 ':- '" Ool'" .l\,,..:.. ) ~ +0::' ut:...l. __ ;·'0 1:11''''' \/.~ c..",..t.. 'P-"U" lj .t,J c' 0 .l -'=' the ......
Sho-r·t '-:'a;r' · ..\1-1 1 F'-!-1""' ........ Dol'''' ':'1r.'O--)a:'::":le. '];he ;,d.nhi"CoY'r::j took thoir' chairs
in tI10 Hall of the Council '(;0 m-ntit t:le nG'..: ~::;i~qeror •••
J ilvan.Uf~ the 3rd had died Guclde:i'11y a j,lOntl1 before without na.;.lin(~
his succeSfwr', taki:,lg the~:·l!.'ire to t~lC !)!inl~ of anarcI1;:;-. Jitl1
Lieutenant -GnJ)eror j-oello ii'oner'o tired of ::?olitic;'.), and 2nd Lieutenant
Carena J,.Ial::eru8 unrm.itable for cO;'.1rl8.nd, the ;.!;;'noro:cship 11acl
been hotly contooted. After na:n.y threats of r-Tar the" people had
finally choGen ~:ar'cw3 of .0uffalo to leadthec;. out of c1arkn.eso. At
last his day of cor'onation had COi":.1e. ~ie sat nervousl;y- in the palnce,
his ro~ral ".1e:tl.ches arolU'1d 115.;1, ::Jreparinc; to face the challenGos ahead•••
At lac;t Juliu(-; :"lets},;:uC3, Lee)0.t"' of the ... ~o~:al ,.[usic, signalled
the tr1.,lrlpets, and aD they sounded the crowd beGan to chant I1.c.larcus i
Llarcu8 i" 'rIle B.'·l})(~rOr 8teTmed out of the ',)[1.lace and tool;: hiu nlace
vIit11 the Cou.ncil ~ lie rais'ed his hand to ;,~ilence the ';)eo;)le, and
8pol~e--h.5:8 voice full of confide~'1ce and enthusiasEl: .. "
"Citizens of tIle ':':;;::11.)ire, i give you the
BAI-j1R I-IOU...>B J:,IEi,i;TIHG ~ •••••••••••
Agenda for the Februar'y ...·Iouse .' 1eetinc of the ~verett
to be held J..lOHDAY, 2/25/30, at 8:00 id .... in the DillJ.ll{; ...·{all.
10!
2)
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5)
6)
7)
8)
J,!oore Bal;:er ~.i.ouse
DiGCUGS ion of f incline; a J?err-lanent hone for the j?oosball i.l.la1:>le.
Consideration of ~.v. Ga~e3.
>.aoction of Char'les Dale to COL'1Llons CO;:1f1ittee (to fill a
vacant spotJ.
Ratification of the general elections of 2/12/80.
J,(eJ)orcs of 'ou.tgoinG officers.
C118J.l.ce of officers (at this :point the Cravel will be cere;:'10niously
])af38ed froll,d.lvano Brewster to iiarl;: ~1ad1;:a).
Other ratifications, includin; the neVI ... ecretary/,rroafJurer/
Dlection[j CJ.lairperfJOn!llutor ,,,election COJ:.lf

pat,;e 1
"Politics is the diversipn of trivial men \'Iho, when they
succeed atit,become impori1ari't in the eyes.of more trivial-men."
BAKER HOUSE MEETING MINUTES' I'10nFeb 25, ":1980
Meeting called to order at 2::16 pm by President :::-;-ilvano "3re'lNster
ANNOUNCEJ.IJIEHTS .
Brian Feld!"lan - Anyone interested in vIorldn,,: on Sprins';:e'ekend see
me or Dean Phillip·s.· Also an~rone interested in helpin~ to .
plan our rilar 8 LeVI Year's Hlrty see me.
Dean Phillips - There are 5 Dormcol!. positions soo!' to be available,
includin'~ Chairman. Anyone interested. seet\1e. '.
Joel loner - ~i'.itch 'rasman is responsible for our new piano. If
anyone finds anythin,o; '11'.11'01'1('; 'wlth it, leave me orJ-.Kletsky a note.
Tim Kuo - Than.ks to all '1'1110 helped with the Telethon. '
. Rita Fothaft~ Anyone with ideas, 'on R/O see me. .'
Barry Star - If anyone warl.ts reprints of houseslides, see me.
John Colton -~. e may do Dart&Jello shirts aa.:ain;leave me a note
if you mi~ht want one.
Steve Aschkenase (.Jpan:s)- Anyone interested in runnino; for any
Ie)YI. office, se'e me.
rIlike Colucci -Galen ;Seit~ is I.cOW ir;. char.?;e of'the foosball ta1)le.
;3ilvano - ~HH~ :aill Skamarock is the ne"lf I~60m, Ass1{':nrtler~ts person *';H<
note: showerinr; was postponed until after theWIeetin.p;.
AGENDA'
1') FoosballTable. .
The foosball table has '\1al~dered allover thehou.se, ,which is both
badfo!' the table and bad j~or peopTe ,who have the ur,o;e to play and
;can't find it:.': fiOTIOn by. Pete': Lemme ,( an. ack:rlOwledp;ed master of
the game),toestahlishthe southeast corner' of the balcony as
the pernanert home for the table. AJ::iEI!") by Brian :fi'eldman to add
that the tahle cannot be moved without the consent of the 'athletic
chairman. M'iELD PA3SES 50-4. MOTION (as amended) I>AS3ES49-6.
. Announcement by rJIike Colucci: If ariyone.tvants to move the
table, see me at least ·15.min. bi.advance.
2) T.V. Games
The games movearoUTld too much' from, 'lounge .tOloune;e. 1':10body
if/ants them for more than a. couple of days because, flb~e1J-boopbop-boop"::,;ets
very irritatinr;. Crairr, Albert suer,gesteq appointing
a cOlTITl1ittee to stUdy the matter. Other suggestions included
sellin~ the ~ames, leaving them behind the desk for check~9ut, and
puttir.-; them i!'l. the "Dean Phillips Nem.orial T.V. Room." j)'Iark
Hellin~er 8urr,gested sellin~ the ~ames along with the lobby ve~etables
in a packaGe deal.' iVlOl'IOI": by Joel For~er to sell the T.V.
r;ames FAIIJ-.) 22-29~ mOTIOn by .Brian XliX Hess that the T.Y. ,~ames
be made available for check-out: from the desJc, PASSES 43-16.
'}) i'/jOTIOE by someone (sorry, I missed that one). to. elect Charles
Dale to the Commons Comm.i t~ee. PA.SSESll~om~&XXHOC infinity_L~.
$) Ratification of Gener.al Ele.ct1ons'·. ,'.' .,
!';.:OTION by Lisa Klein to" rati:fY ali officers elected on 2/12/80
PASSES 36;,.26. "If they' re'l:"'.ot ratified can v,re have another
election pool?" . .
5) Reports of Out!,,;oine: Officers
Secretary - "To my successor I say: 'there's on~ horn every minute'"
. (Amen, Dan--Amei-i.) Dan Vient 01):~ to the chant of "Ayatollah."
. Treas - Thanks to Silvano for keeping al:i;. receipts, and to Mark
for the inverse. Athletic - t:e lost; some equipment, but ;

pa,,;e 2
For the VPRO· - . "~'e gc·( '8. lot of· g,ood: frosh, but Vie a180'"[ot Ruy."
Pres -.Highli:shts 0:1.- the year 'were the 30th Al~tniversary..k'f\rty and
the Baslli,-J3azouk d.ht;ul1pior'ship. ~'People are al:iNayswilling:tp
volunteer help--this Is the great thing about· th~S dorm. II.
SUDDENLY A SHORT, Affi;m;D T3RHORIST J3UaST OFTO THE NII!;ETILG. He pointeq'
a rifle at Silvano and c.ried tl1!Je have your new preside1}t~ " Yes;,. it
was Ricardo' Sitchin o£ the.John Harvard, Liber.ation·Arm~r. He demanded
that treer and soda be 'distributed .to,the masses or Radka would die.
Of course we had to comply. Refreshments .were served and presidentelect
Ralcda was carried in, bound and gagged. l{adka:"That's the
last time I'll evertrlJ8t 11'abr.icius. ". .
6) Change ·ofOr·ficers
After Radlcawas released f the time had come for him to .assume
the Preside:".cy. li'ighting backi;,he tears, Silvano Brewster offerxN.ed
t.he.gavel to mark at· 9: 25 pm. Silvano stepped 40wnto a
semi-standing ovation--a free man at last. '.
7) other Ratifications , .
mOTION by SOT'leone. to ,ratify the elections of the new Secp~taryt
Treasurer, R00ID A88L~mnents person, and ElectlonsChairwoma1')..
, Several 'people ·vlantedto urJratify the r!.ewSec'retary(that'sma)
because he'sl)asically ana$8ho1e. .Briar). Feldnan 1 made a'motion
to ,divide thequ0stionof ratifications, hutI!larl~:hlatantly
i~nored it (Thanks, Mark--it's nice to know who your frie~~s are.)
j,i~otion PASSES 49-8. MOTIOr by C. T. ( "Status") Kuo to :rat.ifI{ :the
new Tutor Selection Committee, (includinr!; Roy ;;,'~instein, Rj;chard
',' Norton, Fatty RobinsoYl,LinaJanavicius,;

, ,
, '
paBe 3
muc,h to spend on a -pi,ano, eS'Pec~ally since: we just bOixght·1:i 'new
one. MOTION by Dean Phillips to 9hange ,~)lOOO Pi/3:no Naintenance to
$500 tuxu.:mx PASSES '33-9. The rie'ed for lie;ht fixtures

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SECRETARY
Supplies
Baker Letter
Silkscreen
Constitution
Repair
Mise
TREASU~ER
Mise
ATHLETIC
Football
Ba'Sketball
· Softball
Vol1eybal.l
Pool
Ping Pong
· Canoe,T'rip
· Weights
Jock Party
Misc
"'S'OCIAL
Pub
Cocktail Parties
Ha.ppy Hours.
Spring l:Jeekend
Sept. Mixer '.
Pool Party"
Party ',i/ Band
March Party
Harbor Cruise.,
Blender
Floor Misc
Mise
JUDCOMN
Butteries
r.lfise . < c.
200.00
200.00
:50.00
30.,00.
56.00
~o.oo.
3~o.00
30.00
"30.00
}o.oo
'150.00
60.00
200.00
350.'00
. 200.00
.' 50. 00
106.00
l'5()~OO
1)20.'00
300.00
500.00
2.50.00
300.00
450.00
75.00
500.00
15,(>". CO
1600.\00., ,
100~OO
80o~00
4~2"OO
56 o~oo
65.00
10.00
75.00
VPHO ' ,.
Breakfast
. Thur & Fri "
Saturday
. SundaY'
Drinks
Blue, Hills
Promotion
Women's Activity
Commons D,inner
t:iisc
VPFS.,
'
Sriaclt13a;~'~adio .
,E,-lab/Computer
Stereo/TV ..
Piano Maintenanee
Darkroom .,'
Foosball Lights
Mise
;;Pre'Sldent
Gavel
Technique Ad
Slide:C&11ection
~l' •••• ',' • .:" 1 . .• r
TDG W~ndO\'l
ProjeetLUSH
Sl~Sh lj'un,d, ".
i i··
'i." :
60.00
25.00
160.00
50.00
500.00
100.00
100.00
995.00
220.00·
330.00
740.00
250 .. 00
150.00
760.00
170.00
100.00
60.00
. 270•00
3050.00
75.00
50.00
?oo.oo
SOO.oo
. ~ 50.00
60.00
2~0.00
11 5.00
35.00
300.00
75.00
28.00
1500.00
200.00
2138.00
t. ! ... i',
THE GRAND TOTAL IS
. $15~ 023
out of an estimated :1~15,533.75 in budgetable funds

flame /'flam/ vb flamed; flaming (ME flaume, flaumbe, fro MF flamme
(fr. L flrunma) & flambe, fro OF, fro flamble, fro L flammula,
dim. of flamma - flame; akin to L flagare to burn - more at
BLACK). vt 1: to send or convey by means of flame (-l:. a message
by signal fires) 2: to treat or affect with flame: as a: to
cleanse, sterilize, or destroy by fire b: to dress food with
flaming liquor (-l~ pork chops at th.e table). vi 1: to burn with
a flame: BLAZE 2: to burst or break out violently or passionately
(flaming with indignation) }: to shine brightly: GLOuJ
(color flaming up in her cheeks) 4: a mode of expression,
used mainly at a
BAKER HOUSE MEETING
Agenda for House Meeting to be held Thursday, March 13
at 8 :30 pm in the Dining Hall
1) Ratification of Washcom Chairman Election
2) Approval of new room rates (for Fall 'SO)
3) Budgettinc; of $150 for CUlture Night
4) Discussion of Baker boycottin~ the Summer Olympics
5) Discussion of Spring Week~nd
6) Consideration of raising WX. Washcom salary to $15/week
7) Consideration of increasing the washer....dryer fund
8) Consideration of changing dryer cycle time to 30 minutes
9) Discussion of a Proposal to respond to the ne~N Commons plan
flame /'flam/ vb flamed, flaming (ME flaume, flaumbe, fro MF flamme
(fr. L flamma) & flambe, fro OF, fro flamble, fr.L flammula,
dim. of flamme. - flame; akin to L flagare to burn - more at
BLACK). vt 1: to send or convey by means of flame (* a message
by signal fire) 2: to treat or affect vIith flame: as a: to
cleanse, sterilize, or destroy by fire b: to dress food with
flmning liquor (* pork chops at the table). vi 1: to burn with
a flame: BLAZE 2: to burst or break out violently or passionately
(flaming with indignation) 3: to shine brightly: GLOW
(color flaming up in her cheeks) 4: a mode of expression,
used maip~y at a
BAKER HOUSE MEETING
Agenda for House Meeting to be held Thursday, March 13
at 8:30 pm in the Dining Hall
~l 1) Ratification of Washcom Chairman Election
2) Approval of new room rates (for Fall '80)
3) BUdgetting of $150 for Culture Night
4) Discussion of Baker boycotting the Summer Olympics
5) Discussion of Spring xM Weekend
6) Consideration of raising Washcom salary to $15/week
7) Consideration of increasing the washer-dryer fund
8) Consideration of changing dryer cycle time to 30 minutes
9) Discussion of a Proposal to respond to the new Commons plan

"I have never let my schoolir~_f; interfere with my education"
--Mark Twain
'. "I have never let my love life interfere with \ATriting up the
--The Secretary
BAKER HOUSE MEETING MI~roTES Thur Mar 13, 1980
Meeting called to order at 8:52 pm by President Mark Radka
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Brian -We have·.a. new (industrial strength) blender.
Dirk Baaaars - We I re going to Fathers 5 tonite instead of Fathers 4,.
Mike - Signup for Softball before Monday at 5:00 pm, and for
squash before Thursday at 5:00 pm.
Kathy Yelick - GA Rep petitions are due the Saturday before the
el~c.tion (Mar 29). Four positions are open.
Brian (again) - The New Year's Party was a mild success (I liked
it, especially the champagne - ed.)
Mark - There's a living group exchange program in the works, where
people go xmi live in another living group for a week. 'Anyone
interested see me. fiLet's send Fral"'.k away for a week" --' chorus
AGENDA
. 1) Ratification of Washcom Chairman
MOTION by Tim Kuo to ratify Jim Askey as the mflK new Washcom
Chairman PASSES 27 -3.i.... -
2) Approval of room rates for Fall
New. rates weren't determined at time of meeting, so this was
~R' postponed. .
:3) Budgetting $150 for CuItureNight . .,
This item was imi inadvertently left. out of the Spring-Social
Budget. In response to questions of what "Culture Night" 'Nas,
Feldman responded: "I thought maybe the house could do~:spmething
besides get drunk together." MOTION by Steve Weiss to
budget $150 as a down paYment for a sauna, ruled out of order.
MOTION. by Jeff Kletsky to budge-t 15,000 pennies for Culture
Night PASSES 28-5.
4) Boyco-tt of Summer Olympics
MOTION by Nancy Greenbaum that Baker urge all of its .athletes
not to attend the Su.rnmerOlympics in Moscow PASSES 18-T.
5} Discussion of Spring Weekend . _.
Our illustrious Social Chairman, Brian·Feldmari.,isactively involved
in planning Spring Weekend (Apr 25-27) which will replace
Kaleidoscope this year. Events will include: Opening ceremonies,
_.wi1:h. Jack Martin carrying a vodka--soaked. torch; a 35-keg party on
. Friday; a concert on Saturday; a picnic on· Sunday; and the
Olympiad. Olympiad events include a.chariot race (for 'Nhich we
. n.eed someone to build a chariot, and people to pUll it) ; iceeream
eating and team speed beer drinking contest,and a tricycle
race. For the Olympiad we also need a house flag and a house
anthem. Anyone at all interested in any of these things please
see Brian as soon as possible.
6) Raisin~'Washcom salary
Salary is currently $10.70/week, and wa~ $10 a lonl!, time before
that. MOTrON by Dave Powsner to raise the salary to $15/week
PASSES 39-3. To Croe: "How many hours a week do you put in, not
including your ovm personal laundry?" .. "~ell, I don't do that
anyw8;Y. " ( "Croc" is a synonym for Jim Askey, if you didn't know)

washer
pap.;e 2
7) Raising ~~Ou§,~-dryer fund
Currently the ceiling for ..,'the, was.her-dryer fund is $4000 (which
means we have to put in '$500 a term ur'.til it rr,ets back to $4000
if it ever drops beI9w.) But the replacement ~~KRcost of the
laundr;)T. room is now $4500.' ,iMo·tion b¥ Jeff Kletsky to raise the
ceiling of the ,washer-dryer fund to $4500 PASSES 27-1.
8) Chan~ing dryer cycle time
We have a problem 'in that washers and dryers are not synchronized,
so dryers often'fill' 'up' faster.· ' Croc suggest~d changing the dryer
time to 30 minutes (from 20 now). MOTION by Mark ("Moose")
Hellinger to change the dryer time to 15 ~inutes (for a dime).
The impact ,of ,this change on crowdin-s is unclear. 'In any case,
motion- PASSES 29-8.:.':" ' ", l
,Bill J:i'larsheim: " ••• war.sh•••". "
,
i,.!:
Moose: "There's no R in'bhe word!"
Pete Robinson: "I wapt "'t(j, pu~ a stop' to this w8:shcom a,ctivi;sm."
. .... . .
Impromptu, Announcement 'by Mark .Radka-" re: Selection of HQusemasters
Nafi and MRXRlllatX Helena want ·to leave by July, so 'new Housemasters
wi],l be chosen soon. The f-inal decision is by Presidential appointmeJ.!.t
(that is ,Preside:r\t of MIT), upon recommendation from the Deans'
Office. While we have' no o.fficial "veto power", the Deans do want
our input. Firstly, they will take any suggestions we have for
faculty we think would make good housemasters.lf anyone has:any
ideas, do not approach the person yourself" as, we don't want to scare
anyone off. Instead;' ple'ase tell Mark, Radke. and he will suggest the
person to the Deans. Secondly, housemaster'candidates will be
brought over hereto see the house, and Mark has 'asked Sandy to head
a small, unofficial committee which lQRX wilt be available to meet
these people. In short, the selection process ts' not under our
control by any means, but we: are not being'completely bypassed.
, ,
9) Comm.ons Proposal
,Some form of Mandatory Commons' 'next year now seems inevitable.
Commons Com.rnitt.ee want through ,the new plan,andcame up with
some major points to be discussed by the House'~We are going to
draft a letter with. our ma'jor :objections to the plan.:$traw
polls determined that the following items be included in:: the
letter:'..',
(1) Late opening of dining hall. We ",jould like torem8'.in open
ope hour later Mon thru Thur, but 'oNe are ap.:ainst' 'late openin~
on Friday. This V'lillbenefit:athletes in the house,' and· pO'Ssiblyhelp
to ease crowding. A late Friday would interfere with
our activities.
' '.
(.2) lnJeekend openin.g. We are vehemently. opposed to haviinf';' the
dining hall open on weekends. This would totally screw our parties
and other weekend activities. ' .'
(3) ·Carpetin..g the dining hall. We DO NOT want carpetinG'in the
dinin.r-;hall. It would be a bitch to clean, and would again
screw a. lot of· the activitmes we have in the dining hall~
(4) Increasedse:atingcapacity. lNe oppose expansion of sea~ing
into the balcony. or replacement of the round tables. The
balcony is a place for socializing; it should remain so. As for
the round tables, they are important to the "social interaction"
that Mandatory Commons
is supposed to promote.
(5) Special diets. Wewant·provisions·made for Kosher or Vep.:etarHm
diets.' McCormick is supposed to have vegetarian. 'meals,
but we may be 'denied access to their dining hall :.tam' (see item 9).

Excerpts from the Baker House Constitution:
Article Five - The Executive Council
Section Eight - PUblicity
The Executive Council shall publicize each House iJeeting. The
pUblicity shall be distributed at least five days in advance to
each member of Baker House individually in writing and shall contain
the date, time, and place of the meeting, the agenda for that
meeting, and any other relevant information the Executive Council
may wish to include.
Section Nine - Punishment for Lateness
If the Secretary fails to publish the House l~Ieeting Agenda at
least five days in advance, he shall be punished in the following
manner: First he will be chained to the railing of the balcony
for forty-eight hours so that all who pass by may spit at him.
Immediately afterwards he will be forced to read his own minutes
and agendas continuously for twenty-four hours. If still living,
the Secretary will be locked in the TV Room for another twentyfour
hours watching only Gilligan's Island reruns. Finally, a
special Execcon i1eeting will be called to formally remove him from
office. He will then be shot at dawn by the Judcomm Chairman, but
only after he has written up the minutes of this last meeting.
BAKER HOUSE MH:ETING AGENDA
I.:leeting to be held liJednesday, April 2), 1980 at 8:00 pm in the
Baker Dining Hall
1) Ratification of G.A. Representatives
2) Ratification of Client Team officers
) Ratification of Commons Committee officers
4) Approval of new room rates
5) BUdgetting of $4000 for Execcon trip to South America
6) Discussion of the responsibilities of Client Team and Commons
Committee
7) Consideration of the Laundry Fund and of possible changes to
the Laundry room
8) Budgetting money for bnd-of-Year Party for Seniors
9) Budgetting money for new roof furniture
XJaqC
• uSual, "refreshments" will be provided by VPIR/Desk Captain
Nancy Greenbottom. Comic relief will be provided by Socialxx
Chairman Barton Feldstadt. Expert leadership will be provided
by President Mark Radka.
All stupid things Kix~g which are said will be faithfully
recorded by yours truly and then published, so watch what you
say. If you say something really stupid, I will accept bribes
to keep it out of the minutes.
yours in corruption,
X~XI~ JG

These things are coming ,out so late I wonder if anyone still wants
them. bl1ell, youfve got no choice this time. ~Jhat's worse, I even
refuse to think of anything funny as a lead-in to the
BAKER HOUSE LffiETING MINUTES
hieeting called to order at 8:21pm by President 1.l8.rk Radka
ANN OUNCEllJENTS
Jeff - 1 resign.
JG - I also resign in support for the VPFS •
. Mark - I refuse to accept your resignations.
Jeff & JG - Shit.
noose Hellinger - Somebody is defacing 1st Central. Quit it or we'll
kill :mx ;you.
Jim ("Croc") Askey - Anyone interested in being Summer VJashcom see me.
Jeff Solof - Bring all empty fire extinguishers to m&, not to the desk.
fuark- The Harbor Cruise is fuay Jrd (next Saturday). Tickets are
$J.OO each, available soon from floor Social Chairmen•
. Charlie Dale - Anyone interested in being on ComCom, or in being
ComC om S~cretary.piea;sen·seemme •
. tUke - Lanagers are needed for many If;! sports f.or next fall. If
. interested, see me.
AGENDA
1} Ratifiaatioriof Q.A. Reps
In the recent election, the following were elected as GA
Ken Dumas, Lynn Schnapp, Ruy Cardoso?, and Sam Todd?l!
Repsi
1.l0TION
21-S •
by Charlie Dale to ratify .tlmxK the election PASS~S
.2) Ratification of Client Team Officers
·Client Team recently elected the following officers:
Chairman - l:!anteI:iakhlouf , Vice-Chairman - Kathy Yelick
. Secretary - Kimmie Lennhoff. tIOTION by Jeffrey R. Solof, Fire
hlarshal to deport Dito Borromeo PASSES,2J-S.
ratify the Client Team officers PASSES JO-1 •
.. J) Ratification of ComCom Officers .
Charles Dale was recently elected ComCom Chairman.
illOTION by JG to
No Secretary
hOTION EJtix by Charlie to ratify himself
has been chosen yet.
PASSES 26-7.
4) Approval of new room rates
t:ark Radlta and Dan V. D' Eramo went through the rates we charge
for each type of room (e.g. couch, pie~:etc.) and made a few
changes to the old distibution of rents. bl1e have no choice as to
the total amount the dorm pays to aIT; but we get to divide this
total among individual rooms however we want. lJOTION by Dan the
Man to approve these rates PASSES (ix 20-6. Any questions of
complaints, see tiark or Dan.
S) BUdgetting of ~4000 for Execco~ trip to South America
hOTION by Jeff to appropriate $4000 for an Execcon trip to South
America, at some unspecified time in the future. This was followed
by a rash of .amendments, inclUding one by Croc to include himself
as translator. All the minor grease ,wanted to know if they would
be included, as did ex-members of Execcon. At any rate, motion
FAILS 9-2J. We'll try again in the fall.
6) Discussion of the responsibilities of BomCom and Client Team
It was stressed that all House· Committees are responsible to the
House, and should not bypass the House to deal directly with the
Institute. The question of the role of ComCom was also discussed-­
specifically, how active a role should ComCom take in the
(more on back•••••••••••••• )

implementation of L~aildatory Commons. The Dining Advisory Board
currently being est~blished is supposed to take this role, but
on an Institute-wida~level. Consensus seemed to be that Comcom
should be involved,though to what extent is unclear. Some
people calleq. fo~.. ~ction to convince UIT of our concern•. l;.loosee
"I believe we should all eat commons, then sit outside their
offices and fart."
7) ConsiEleration of the LaundBY Fund and the Laundryroorn
We set up the Wash~r-D~yer fund so that we could replace our
machines in case pf a disaster. However we recently found out
that we are insured (by hIlT) for almost all disasters imaginable
(short of e;.o.m~Q.n~. stealing all our machines). Thus it seems pointless
to keep ~4500 tied up in the Laundry Fund. ~OTION by Charlie
Dale to lower the limit for the Laundry Fund to -/)2500 (leaving
the $3200 which is currently in the FUnd there for now until it
gets spent down to $2.5'00) PASSES 25-1. Croc has researched possibilitiesfor
new machines. The only place to put more than 4
washers' and 4 dryers is the TV Room. The current room cannot
hand~e more machines. liJe might be able to add one or two machines
to s'omerOO!l'i$ ". e,g.•.. the :.tx 1st floor women's room. Straw poll to
decide whether Croc should research the matter further Passes
many-a few less than many.
8) Budgetting of ~$ for Senior End-of-YearCocktail Party
According to the Kg Treasurer, we haye ~500 unspent fro~~he
cancelled liJiesner Party, plus abptit ~2000 from extra revenues.
Nancy wants ·to run a, party for the Seniors the day before Graduation
so that everyone can meet.parents and have.a good·cry.
LIOTION by Dean Phillips to Budget --p650 for this party.. AhiEND
by Charlie. ;bDaleto change. $650 .to $500 PASSES 20-13.. botiom
xx as amended PASSES 30-0..
9) BUdgetting of ~$ for roof furniture. .
The current roof furniture is in bad shape, though some of it
might be salvageable (sp?). I.IOTION by Charlie Dale to bUdget
$500 for a roof furniiure line item (under VPFS). AkJEND by 1:100se
Hellinger to chang~~.$500 to $6!JO FAILS 13-19. Original motion
PASSES.24-4. '.,
LIOTION to adjourn by yours truly, PASS~S
by standing vote at 9:46 pm.
The l()ttery is tonight.
Good luck to everyone, especially me.
) "
submitted 48 hours late"
~)L=r-
John A, Goree. Ex-Secretary
....
Drop date has come and gone ~ vJ.e •re all in for it now.
on the Green Building••••••', .~ ~
See you all
(Careless omission from page.'l:: . this meeting was held on
ItbtJmXuJednesday, April ?-3. ,1980 for those of you who care.)

President Radka had called a special meeting of his cabinet and
key advisors in the oval office, which had been recently redecorated
in brick to suit the President's taste. ~Jhen all had settled down,
he began:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I've called this meeting because there
seems to be a growing discontent among the piople of this natiion.
They feel overworked, underpaid, undersexed, and overcrowded. They
don't trust their government, and they don't trust their KH own
mothers. I would like you all to help me pinpoint the problems facing
our country, and to suggest what we can do to solve them."
Secretary of State Greenbaum was the first to speak (as usual):
"\rie11, the Ayatollah is still holding those 50 hostages," she said,
"and 1'm amazed he has the time to keep them with his thesis due so
soon. "
"Crime is rampant in the streets," said Chief Justice Downing.
"1fJhy--just the other day there were four cases of people having their
clothes stolen while they were in the showerl"
"Terrible, terrible.,," muttered the President,
"lrIe had a party with that all-girl embassy the other night,"
said lJhite House Social Director Feldman, "Unfortunately they invited
all the other embassies too--the ratio was awful!"
"It's an outragel" replied the President. u "~ay, Bill--how
does the economic picture look?"
"Inflation is out of control," replied Secretary of the Treasury
F1arsheim; "A single can of soda now costs )O¢ at the lfJhite House
Snack Bar."
"This cannot be tolerated!" cried the President.
"tJe're having to cut back on expenses, too~ said Secretary of
Defense Kletsky. "Hhy, just today we had to throw one of our new
X-141 Pianos off the roof, because we couldn't afford the maintenance
anymore."
"Unacceptablel" replied the President.
Secretary of Immigration Nothaft spoke up: "liir. President.
thousands of Freshmen are landing on the southern coast of Florida.
and we don't know what Jix to do with them."
"Can any of them play basketball?" asked Ii/hite Rouse Athletic
Director Colucci.
"Enoughll" said the President in disgust. "The situation is far
worse than I had imagined. we'll have to resort to drastic measures.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to call a
BAKER HOUSE MEETING
Agenda for the Lay House bleeting of the .i.!:verett Loore Baker House
to be held Hednesday, liIay 14, 1980 at 8:00pm in the Dining Hall.
1) Censuring of the Room Assi~lents COlnmittee (tabled from long ago.)
2) Dining Committee update
) Ratification of the new Snack Bar i.laJ.'lager
4) Ratification of the Commons Committee Secretary
S) Discussion of Room Assignments Priorities policy
6) Discussion of policies towards traJ.'lsfers into Baker (from other
living groups and esp. from other schools)
7) Setting next year's House Tax
8) A~t1ARDSi 21 (including WOF and many others)
*-it-{l-
If you want an award given, see lIark Radlta ASAP
Be there of be a nerd.
--JG

Dear Seniors,
To those of you who are goil1g off L

the ~ottom ot,their class inpriori~Y for orie year, then equal with
thei.r, class :fxx afterwards, re-l"i:i:'oactive to people already in the
dorm. Amend by Jeff Solof that freshmen be made equal after one
term only Passes 59-16.1l0tion as amended Passes 61-19. Gavel
returned to'LIr. Radka.
7) ;Jetting the HOUSE TAX. ,
Hou~etax last year was ~3.3/y~ar. I,lotion by Looset,o ,s,et the.
House tax at ~33/term. Amend 'by Jeff Kletsky to change "/term"
to "/year". Amendment is ,ruled out of order (don't ask me why).
Lotion fails 28-54. Botion by Dan V.D. te set the House Tax at
$16.50/term (=~33/year=same as this year)' Passes w£xx 60-.3.3.
8) A~JARDS
Gavels to Dean Phillips (Dormcon Chmn) , Pete Let-arne (II. Council
Chmn) , and Silvano Brewster' (Baker President). Tutors: '"
Red Ed Griffor - Guide to Scandanavia and the xx game "Class Struggle
John Border - Dart Board. "Rag" Lofton J. Happiness. \!iiithoutS.ex
Heidi - cookware", Dave - Hine glasses and xx wine' Al & Sue -
The Complete LIarathoner and a cutting board and knife. Nafi &
Helena - Project Lush , ,.' . .. : "
Barry Star - showered by Bordeli's Hoarders' tealU '. '
Eddie Grado - tIexicari Disco King/ Armand .... Armenian D1.sc:o King
Dave Powsner - a broken guitar string( Bob Pfeiffer - a bag of oregano
VJayne Warren - box of Tampons/ Fred Sschecter - Susie Homemaker gourmet
Brownie mix of the year award/ Ed i.laxwell - an RCH , ' . '
1iaria Pettrocci ~ The Jordan Kreidberg, Liz Hoberg', Pat liartitl memorial
Premed of the year award. .• . " "
Steve 'i!Jeiss - Bottle of correcting fluid f,orhisresume
-Brian Haggerty - the Dave Heller look-alilce award
Nancy Greenbaum '- the "little screw" award
Karen Fabricmus - named Chmn of the Ex-tutor selection committee
Cady Coleman - Nicest Fre~hman girl/ Sandy t~Carley - Nicest ~enior
girl/ "nicest'" freshman girl - not given .
Ruy Cardoso - the Steve Aschkenase Lemorial Lard-ass award
Frank Ditaranto - ,the.l:iark HelTinger Dirt-bag award
Like Colucci -the Frank Ditaranto loole-alike award
Jeff Solof - the Charles River/ Sue Dovnning - a gun and handcuffs
Bill Flarslime - Cutest beer belly and best pronunciation of "warsh"
Dean'Phillips - silliest mustache / Jeel Eisen - runner up ,
Brian ,Feldman - the social chairman's broken leg award
Jacl{ (Jello 2) I.Iartin .:. Best looking Senior guy,
LIark Vershel - Best looldng grad student
Dirk Baars - Social Chairman's ban of the Year
Dean Phillips t Pete Lemme, and l'.lark Vershel -'the Beer-coop munchies
(the presentation of this award was foll'owed by' ,a brawl in Which the
sixth floor oppressors tried to shower Brian Feldman. They were
unsuccessful. )
nOST OBNOXIOUS FRlES}ll,JAN: Ruy Cardoso
Runners up: every othe~ freshman .
..•If you don't understand some of these awards--don't ask:' you
had to be there.
submitted. period.,
John A. Goree, Secretary

nmne
_
Institute Awareness Quiz
The following diagnostic quiz~ designed primarily for freshmen,
will test your knowledge of MIT. Please circle the best answer
for each question. You have one hour. Return completed quiz to
Box 5250 for grading.
(1) MIT
(a) sucks
(c) bites the big one
(b) blows dead goats
(d) all of the above
(2) The best place on campus for socializing is
(a) the Student Center Library (b) 26-100
(c) the GAMIT Lounge
(d) Room 321, Baker House
(3) The living group with the largest percentage of ~omosexuals is
(a) Burton
(b) the Deans Office
(c) WILG
(d) the Baker Execcon
(4) All classes at MIT are
(a) optional
tc) worthless
(5) Everyone in Course 6
(a) smells bad
(c) owns his own computer
(b) poorly tau~ht
(d) fascinating and educational
(b) can't speak English
(d) all of the above
( 6) The lowest form of life at MIT is
(~) an amoeba (b) a pre-med
(c) a full professor
(d) a freshman
The most widely read pUblication on campus is
(a) the Tech
(b) the bathroom walls
(c) the Gi~1IT bulletin board (d) the one and only•••
BAKER HOUSE MEETING AGENDA
Meeting to be held Vliednesday, Sept 17th at 8 g30pm in the Dining Hall
1) Tabled Motion to censure the Room Assignments Committee
(tabled from May 1980 House Meeting)
2) Discussion of and approval of piano loan
3) Discussion of the Country Kitchen and Policies for its use
4) Discussion of proposed interdorm transfer policy
(placed on agenda by petition, received 9/10/80)
5) FALL BUDGET
Those of you who attend this meeting will have the immense
satisfaction of knowing that you participated in the democratic
process. Those of you who do n~t attend will have absolutely no
rig~t to bitch about anything the House spends money on for the
entire term. So bo there or forever hold your peace.
--JG

"Money corrupts, and absolute manGY corrupts absolutely"
BAKER HOUSE tjEETI1~G UINUTESvJecmesday, ,September 17, 1980
meeting called tq order-' at 8 :4)pm by Presid'ent Mark Radka
.; o. .: 0" .• ~
," ANNOUNCEMENTS· ..' , I
. Jeff - (i) The Joei·B. Eisen Planter Drop will be Sunday at 12:)0-­
all frosh are invited to stand at the bottom to wait for it•
. (2) Refrigerator Auc~ion will be Sunday at 1:00pm; move your
fridge ifx;\mK from the.-basement.if you don't want it sold.
r.Uke '- ,Arno :Sorrimeris Cros.s~c6untry and Indoor Track I,ianager. See
.,. him if you'd lilte t~' he'lp ·.nut.·' ;People who haventt given me
. Athletic Card numberS!, ari,da;re. on :lliI teams I I want "your numberl
.. Rick N'Otton '- Baker Picture'O.ookLast Chance Pictures will be taken
' .. -::,'l;'londay 7-f:J:pm (by mvit'at'ion only) ~ .See me or Steve Reis if RX
'you'd like to l1elpwith. t~e.; pic.;turebook or have'suggestions.
, Brian ~~.Please see me, ,or. ~at}1Y'.fe;:Lickifyou·reinterested in
:runn~ng fDr Floor Soc~a;L ChaJ.rman. " .... . ':'. .
.::;
Rita ~ Any :frosh' o:t:'tI'ansfer~:who,. don"t have a Contidential b
.'Guide please ,s,se me'~; .' .... -. -- ,: .., ,
Nancy ... Cocktail: p,a.fty thi~ 'Ti;;UI'sday (the 25th) at 5pm. .Invite your
. ' favorite profs' tif any)., ,; ." .' '"
Sue - Next Baker ;Let~er wil1,colJlo out ThursdaYJ contributions due
byMonday.·.. · :',
.,.f·· ~ '," .
• 1 "
" AGENDA '
,1 J TabledI11otion to censure the 'Room Ass ienments ' :Coromittee:
.This motion was tabled frorn'l1la.y 1980,:prev.iously,.tabled from
October 1978•. ~hismotion w&\90rigihally made because the 611
, .. quad'w:;sm.a~e"'fem~et:much,to the ,chagrin of a few'homosexuals •
.... '... (A-sk 'BJ.ll FlarsheJ.m J.f yOU really want to understand) .XID!IIlDl
:'Ali,{END,:,by!Jeff' to" :certsur'e the current Roam Ass. "Corom. 'for letting
. ; too many'womeninto the dorm FAILS few-manY.. Original motion
(to censure the MCof t ?8: George F.lo~entine
and Thatcher Root)
FAIts:' few~mM.'y.''Res't iii I'eac'e. . ',:
2) Discusl?ion.. of, :r!ano.: +,.0,ar:l· an,aApproval·,:thereof·'..
'.; tJi-IT: 'gave us 43100b mgr:a.n~and lent u~ ~1800f.Qr'the'·repair of
. our"lgrand'piancf.' -liJe' have, 'alreadYPaicl 4>'1000 in., House,'Ivloney for
. its· repa.ir. Th~ .loan if? a 2-year, intt1rest-free loan,' which we
will repay $.500 perte·I'm." .fAOTION by' Nancy to approve this loan
PASSES ,57-). '. ": .', .' !. ~
-:3} D~sc':lss~on, of Countr:t Ki~chen and flXm ~olicies 'for its ,';lse
;';.' VJe wl.].l·need .somegu~clelmes for I,reservJ.ng the Country Kl.tchen
!~:;·an4. for takirtg caJ:'e ..Of, it;. The door· will be' locked. so the
.. question' of where' the' key(s) wil). :p:e ~ept ,mus t als 0 be answered.
Finally we will need to establish a cleanup policy, . NOQ~e:,,1fJhy
don't we just have the women clean lllK up'?" MOTI;ON by Steve
~Jeiss to have Client Team draw; up a set of propos'alsfpr 'presen-
;, ,tn.:, tatiortat the next House .Iileeting ,PASSES 47-9. ".
4) Discussion ofihterdprm Transfer Policy:', ,
Nelson Ronkin,'pormcbn Chairman, took the' floor to explain his
':' . attempt' to standardize ·inter¢J..Qrmtran~ferpolicies. As Nelson
was a.~saulted with fire e.xtiilguishers,:-it.becameclear that our
.. ,. ,cUrrent policy is cOffipatiple with Dormcon gliidelines~· MOTION
I): 'QDUDUUhy Roy 1iieins'tein. to. reaffirm our current policy
PASSES 77-). ' ..
',' , L.
(the best iS'yet to come: please turn over•••• )

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5) The infamous, yet ever-popular Fall Budget
Starting with the,bu~get recommended bYi il;xeQcon, straw polls,and
motions refined the beast until a final product was produced '... ',
(see below). The Secretary, Treasurer and Athletic bUdgets were
accepted without chango. Straw poll to add -J3$ to A.thletic bUdget
for a weight scale fails .' As' discussion .turned to the ,Social :,
:eudgot,'the House hieeting was attacked from above by masked men
armed with aquat~c weapons. Th~' .brave Secretary, in, an attempt
to capture the villains, was injured and went to the infirmary.
In his absence, intense discussion over the social budget
continued. Some felt that it ,was excessive; others that socIal
is'the best place 'to spend House Iioney. Argument centered around
the, philosophy of ",if W.e have 'money why not spen---' it?" vs. the
possibility of a lower House, ,Tax or some other oGQnomizing :measures.
rr'he Holiday Party. (ex-ChristmasI:arty) specifically was ,discussed;
some w~ted lower. ticket prices. while some felt" that
this "special" party justifie o:r;der a copy of, the Baker House hleeting Minutes
you will, also receive absolutely>~ a brand":,,new ver.sion o'f the
BAKER EXECCQN biliETING MINUTES Thursday, Septe~ber 18, '1980
meeting called to order at 10:10pm by Prez. Mark Radka. in the lobby.
attendance - PREZ VPRO VPIR JudCSoOC AthC (la-tei) Tres Seer +
Elections Chmn, Ed Ivlaxwell, and Connie ~lIest(?i ) • Kletsky was en
route to Syracuse, NY.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kathy. Yelick>·Elections :for Frosh Rep, Floor Social Chairmen, and
G~A. Reps willbe held Tue, Sept• .30. Petitions are due to me
by midnite Sopt27; see me if you need one. , '
Brian·- There will be a Kletsky'Party on October .3rd with a jazz
bana and open bar. ' Be there.,
'
Steve Levin - Parking stickers must be picked up by Friday, Sept 26.
Ed Maxwell -I just wanted to make' an ann~uncemtBrit becaus'e. I've
. 'never been in the minutes.
lu10n. - The Stop and Shop bus is runni:t'}g on Satu~p.ays.;,
continued
on
next
page

page 3
AGENDAX
1) Approval of the minutes of the Tue Sept h 9 Execcon Meeting
Motion by Brian, Second by JG to approve said minutes. Amend
by Sue, Second by Ne~cy to add the correction that the vote on
item 9 (Sept House J;ItG Agenda) was actually 6-0-1 (not·'.6-0-2 as
reported) Passes 4-3-1. Notion as amended Passes 6-1-1 •. ,i
2) Motion by Bart, Second byJG to rent the dining hall to'the ChineSe
Student Club on Saturday, Sept 27 Passes 7-0-1.
3) Gavel passes to Rita (actually, the "gavel" was Feldman's hand).
Motion by I1lark, Second by '!',like to appropriate 4>700 from Baker
Picturebook line item Passes 7-0-92. Barton's hand returns to fiIark.
4) Motion by Bart, Second by Mike to appropriate ~120 from Badminton
line item for racquets nnd birdies Passes 4-2-2•. _ .
5) .(Appropriation of Soccer line item), 'rhe Athletic Chairman found
a way to repair our c'l:lrrent soccer balls, so this$$ was' not
needed. Punt.
6) motion by Bart, Second by JG to appropriate ~150 from Floor Misc
for a,3irJ Party on the weekend of the 28th (Sept) Passes:jQ5-0-3.
7) hotion by Eart, SecQndby bike to appropriate cP500 frontOocktail
Party line item for a OF (not Campus :i?atrol) on Sept 25 (the
day before the coronation) Passes 6-0-2. .
8) motion by Dart, Second by. JG tOilPpropriate $210 from H:appy Hrs
line item for a string of Happy Hours Passes 4-2-2.'
9) Motion byBa~t, Second by hlike tbappropriate 451000 from~ October
Jazz Party ("Kletsky Party") on Oct 3 Passes 7-0-1. . .
10) Motion by Bart, Second ~JY Rita to appropriate ~800 fro11l Octoberfas't
line i temj;lassos 6-0-2. . . . .
11) Mqtion' by Bart, Second' by Rita to appropriate 4>500 from KeK..
.Friage line item for (you gB guessedXtexitl) a Keg Fringe
Passes 4-3-1. Nancy calls, for a roll call vote:
Secr - Yes ,SapC - Yes. VPRO - Yeah
Tres - Yea" . JudC - Nay VP1'-'S - Apsent
AthC - Yea VPIR Yes ?RES Yes
rJIQ't.ion still ?asses -, 7-1-0•
D~IX]~~
12) Llotion by Sue, Second by Brian G. Feldman '82 to have ,the next
Execcon Meeting Wednesday, September 24 at 10:15pm in Fifth West
Lounge Passes 3-2-3.
Meeting disbanded at approx. l1pm.
(House Mtg and Execcon
Mtg IVlinutes)
Reprehensibly Submitted,
****~~NOTICE:
John A. Goree, Secretary
Sign up for Execcon Agendas and minutes .§.Q.Q!l (on the
Room Chart H£X~RXR across from the desk) or you'll stop
getting them. iiiouldn.'t that be horrible? i
Fall Budget opposite (on page 4)
Good night, everyone•• , •••••••••••••• , ••••••••••••••

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. SECRETARY
.. SuppJ:ies
Baker-Letter
Typewriter
Silkscreen
Constitution
Repair
Misc.
'TRBASURER
File.Cabinet
Misc.
. I.l.THLETIC
Hock'ey
Basketball
Badminton
Soccer
Trophy CaS'e
Weights
Table Games Mis c.'
··Misc.'
soCIAL
Pbu, . '. . .500.00
Cocktail Parties L 800.00
Octoberfest 1)00.00
cOct~ Jazz· Party 1000.00
.Halloween Party )00.00
Pool Parties; 100.00
Happy Hours )00.00
Hol,iday Setup 150.00
Holi~ay Party·,' -2000.00'
UP' .." 1200.00
Blender 150.00
Keg Fridge 500.00
Party w/ Theme 500.00
Floor Misc. 1400.00
Misc. 500.00
10700.00
BAKE? H91JSEE·tJDGET - J:t".(,..TClL'80
)00.00
)00.00
500.00
60.00
40.00
75.00
75.00 .•
1)50.00
50.00
50.00
100.00.
250.00
120.00
120.00
60.00
;}oo,.oo
< 100.00
·100.00,
200.00
1250.00
JUDCOI:l
Misc.
VPIR . Client Team II!fisc.5
ComCom Misc.
House Meetings
Living Grp R€'''ns
Alumni Relat:t:.ons
hiisc.
VPRO
Misc.
VPFS
Darkroom
?ianoRepair
Cable/HBO
Stereo/TV/Radio
E-lab
. . CGuntry Kitchen
'];'00Is
Baker Bar
. Projector Screen
VIisc. .
PRESIDENT
Technique Ad
Slide Collection
?icturebook
·Slus:h Fund
15.00
)0.00
)0.00
290.00
150.00
50.00
100,00
560.00
150.00
250.00
1000.00
200.00
200.00
50.00
500.00
50.00
450.00
SO.OO
250.00
)000.00
300.00
70.00
700.00
·69.92
11)9.92
THE GRllND TOTAL IS
;$18,264.92
dutof an estimated ~19,.4)0 in budgetable funds
. ., . .

HOlViOSEXUALITY UNOOY'.L.!;RED IN l~l. 1. T. DORlliiITORY
Cambridge, Oct. 11 (AP) -- t.IT President Paul Gray announced
today that homosexuality of "vast proportions" had been discovered
in Baker House, an undergraduate coed dormitory. IlIore shocking
was the news that this perverse behavior had penetrated into the
highest levels of student government. Indeed Baker House seems
to have become a haven for homosexuals of both sexes on the LIT
campus. The few heterosexuals that remain feel oppressed by the
gay majority. ~ays House Secretary, John Goreel "These faggots
have been carrying on their orgies far too long. They call them
'Execcon Meetings· and make me sit in the corner and take notes.
Well they can take their minutes and shove it--I'm sick of the
whole thing and I'm gonna expose the lot of them."
Goree went on to implicate Dorm President ~~rk Radka and
Social Chairman Brian Feldman as ringleaders of the homosexual
conspiracy. Commented Radkal "I don't underthtand what all the
futh i t11 about. It'th all tho thillJri" Feldman denied that he
was planning a .$.5000 l'iazola Party in place of the dorm's D traditional
Halloween Par;jy". "1'1e don't lUee gays here," said l"eldman
as he and Radl'l:a disappeared into Radka' s room to "discuss the party."
Dorm Athletic Chairman Mike Colucci was also mentioned in
connection with certain ~x perversities involving hockey sticks.
The Fire I,iarshall, Jeffrey R, Solof. was reported to have performed
similar acts with fire extinguishers. Treasures Bill Flarsheim
supposedly held a "waterbed-filling party" ~ recently for
all his male friends; no water was used. The gays have also taken
a motto -- "BOASLAP" -- which stands for "Boy our asses smell like
apple piel"
Cambridge Police are planning a crackdown on the next monthly
dorm-wide orgy. According to Goree: "They get 50 or so people
in the. dining hall. rtadka starts playing with his !gavel'--as he
calls it--and it degenerates from there. They call it a
BAK.ER HOUSli:: r/lE:ETING
Agenda for the meeting to be held Thursday f
in Beautiful Baker Dinlllg Hallo
October 16th at 9100 1-'101
1) Consideration of I-aising the ,Jashcom is. salary
2) Consideration of bUdgetting $$ for a House safe
3) Consideration gx of bUdgetting ~$$ for a House soda machine
4) Presentation of Client Team proposal on Country Kitchen policies
5) Discussion of the utilization of House space
Do try to attend. A good time will be had by all (the Secretary
excluded) •
P.~.
-- JG
If anyone would like to be added to the distribution list
for Execcon minutes and agendas, leave a note in my box
(5250) and I'll do my best to accomodate you. If anyone
would like to be deleted from the list, you may suck me
right off••••••••••••

gx In the headlines tonight: U.S. declares war on Iran; stock
market crashes; life ~iscovered on D~rs; TDC Sucks; and in tonight's
top story--Goree finally writes up the
BAKER HOUSE ~iliETING MINUT~~ Thursday, October 16, 1980
meeting called to order at 9c11pm by President Nark Radka
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jeff - The world can go fuck itself.
Coluch - (1) Frank and I are so ugly we 're running for Ul,iOC. (2)
Basketball and Hockey signups are posted; sign up' if interested.
Vivian ("the Frep") - There will be a J:t~reshman XlI Breakfast on Nov.
2nd at 11100am in 4th West LOlli~ge.
Croc - Don't wash nylons in the washers.
Colucci (agall~) - Cross-country and Cycling signups are also posted ••
Sue Berg - Anyone interested in hosting pre-frosh see me or Rita.
Pre-frosh c~~ get free meals on Commons.
Nark - Anyone interested in being Country Kitchen Chairman (see item
4 below) see me or Jeff.
AGENDA
1) Consideration of raising thevlashcon salary
Croc (alias Jim Askey, our Washcom Chairman) wanted a raise (note:
not a "rise"). He was getting $1.5/week, wanted $20. MOTION by
Nancy to raise Hashcom salary to $19.9.5!week. The President
heard $20/week. Nancy complains I . "You're showing them how
fuclcing corrupt we are!" The Secretary (which is me) decides to
gowith.the President. ffIoj;ion stands at ¥I $@O/week. Botion
PASSES 42-2. '.
2) Consideration of bUdgetting $$ for a House safe
Lir. Bill Flarsheim and Lir. James Ask4.ss"'ey have looked into safes
and xx have found a "good,. sturdy" one for about 432.50. Bill
now keeps a "fair amount", of $$ in his room and 'would lilt:e to
make i tmore secure. LlOTION by Bill to budget,,:p250 for a House
safe line item from unbudgetted funds PASSES J.5-6. The six
people who voted against it probably wro~t to steal the money.
J) Consideration of bUdgetting $$ for a House soda machine
Sue Berg and (once again) Croc have looked in to the ~xmxii
possibility of getting a soda machine for the House. The machines
now in the basement belong to Coke. and the $$ from them is split
betvleen Coke and LIlT, i.IT's money going to Food Service and an
Employee benefit fund. With a House machine, the House would
receive the profit from the machine.
A used machine would cost about $1000 and comld be placed
dovmstairs with the other machines. ,~'e can stoch: anything we
want except Coke products since this would compete with MIT's
machines. Croc has volunteered to do maintenance. Sue Berg
calculated that even charging lower prices (JO¢/cro~) the machine
would be paid off in about a ~aaxx with the profit. MOTION by
Jeff to take $1000 from unbudgetted funds to increase the Snatch
Bar reserve, and that the Jnack Bar I,iIanager be authorized to buy
a soda machine (lfin-cans-type") and be responsible for repair
and stocking of said machine PASSES J8-12
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The Life of W~rcus the First
ACT III, Scene I scene c the court of l'iarcus I, Bakershire Castle
Flourish. imter King l:iarcus and ...icribe.
King: vJhat judgements must we pass today, good scribe?
3crc The first complaint falls 'gainst ~ir Barton Feldstadt-­
Accused, my lord, of squandtring the royal funds
Enter
King:
Bart:
King:
,ii;nter
King:
L.Kletl
King:
Enter
King:
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L.Rital
L.Kletl
King:
Enter
h.ing:
Exch:
King I
Beyond all bounds of reason or demand.
i;)ir Barton, in chains
How plead ye, sir?
tty lord--please hear my casel
I swear th'charges are ~% falsely brought. I've kept
Withingx my allotted sum. The fault lies with
Lord Klets~y, who hath outspent his monies thrice this month.
Bring him here--that we might hear his answer.
Lord h.letsky
Lord Kletsky, is it your misdeeds which bring
The treasury to such a fallen state?
Your majesty cannot believe these lies!
l:Iy spending has been always just and true.
Corruption is abhorrent to ?lY nature--
The fault, my lord, lies \:."th the fairee sexi
'Tis Lady UK Rita who hatl1 spent your funds.
Then she shall answer for it,: bring her here 1
Lady Rita
1'f~y
Who
lady, what say you to these noble lords,
do accuse you of conspiracy
To spend the royal treasury to death?
-Tis slander born of jealousy, my lord-­
For they do envy my position in the court
As trusted counsellor to your royal self.
~he lies, my lordi--
Enough of this mistrust:
Call forth th'exchequer; he will put to rest
These accusations which disturb our court.
Exchequer
\1ho is't that hath spent such grevious sums
To so deplete the coffers of the king?
Ny lord, the culprit is the royal Scribe-­
For wastage of paper and ink beyond beliefl
The penalty is death--t~te him away! ~xit ~cribe with guards
So doth the villain get what he deserves.
-Tis no great loss I lile were growing tired of his
BAKER HOUSE MEETING AGENDA
Meeting to be held Tuesday, Nov 18, 1980 at 9:00pm in Baker ~ining
1) Ratification of Frosh Rep, GA Reps, and Floor ;;)ocial Chairmen
2) Consideration of budgetting for an end-of-year stUdy bre~t
J) Discussion of ~ House Soda Machine
4) Discussion of the State of the Dorm
Hall
--JG

I know you've all been anxiously waiting for'the
BAKER HOUSE MEETING EINUTES Tuesday, November 18, 1980
and here they are at last!
meeting called to order by President Mark Ra~ka at~ 9112pm
ANN OUNCEI;iiENT3
Cooch - (1) Than~s to everyone who cheered on the Octathon Team, and
(2) Congratulations to the Baker Grapes for winning the Pentathalon.
Rick Norton - The Picturebook will be distributed after TurRey Day.
Charlie Dale - Write comments in the Commons COlnments Book, and come
to menu meetings--Thursdays at 6:00pm.
Bill - The Holiday ?arty is December 6th -- "Ask someone".
The Prez - Anyone interested in a living group exchange with a
BU Dormitory, see me.
AGEND.l
1) Ratification of recently-elected grease
1'f~OTION by C. T. "Timothy" ("Status") Kuo to ratify the election of
the Frosh Rep, GA Re~s, and Floor Social Chairman PASSES 37-3,
followed by a (brief) acceptance speech by the Prep, Vivian Wang.
2) Consideration of (re)budgetting for amtx end-oi-year study break
Hampton (:~enior tutor) tool{ the stand to explain that at a ft:tUla
Tutors' Meeting about a month ago, the tutors suggested having
several housewide study breaks during finals week. Unfortunately,
they have no $$~ MOTION by Jeff Kletsky to take $80 from unbUdgetted
funds + $100 from the Country Kitchen line item for
these study breaks (totalling $180 in a new "END-OF-Year ,;)tudy
Breaks" line item) PASSES 37-0. They will be held on the Sunday,
Lionday, and Tuesday of Finals )(WBkx Week.
3) Discussion of House Soda Machine
Although the last House neeting authorized the 3nack Bar Nanager
to buy a soda machine, the question of what to do with income from
it was not resolved. Among the alternatives were to consider it
a ~XK part of ~nack Bar income, or to treat it like income from
washers and dryers (going into bUdgettable funds directly). Also
the Snack Bar debt was raised to $3000 fD~ the purchase of the
machine. MOTION by Jeff that income from the soda machine be
considered part of ~nack Bar income. ~NE Dies for lack of
second amidst much confusion~ MOTION by Bill that the ~Back Bar
Manager be instructed to use the income from the machine to lower
the 3nack Bar debt to $2000, and afterwards that income from the
machine will be considered part of Snack Bar income PASSES 40-2.
~Jhat this means is that we will. let the machine "pay itself off"
and then treat it as ro~ extension of the Snack Bar.
4) Discussion of the ~tate of the Dorm
President Radka expressed a concern that "dorm spirit" seems to
be declining lately. Among tho commentsl "House circuits are
way down", "Nobody leaves their doors open anymore", "There's
nothing new to do". Lark suggested that perhaps with our newfound
wealth, people feel that money cures everything and are reluctro~t
to put work into anything. Some felt that the dDrm is
splitting into smaller cliques. As to how to km~ get more people
involved, some felt that Floor 30cial Chairmen could be more active.
Publicity also seems to be a problem. Frank Ditaranto volunteered
to place memo boards in all the toilet stalls ant write
notices on dorm activities. ll~rk appointed him Bathroom Grafitti
Chairman. To sum it up, perhaps everyone ~ should try to contribute
a little more -- it won't kill you.
hleeting adjourned at 10:05pm yours truly: ~~

Well, soon the Holiday Party will be upon us. Asking someone is
not always the easiest thing to do, so to help some of you out I am
providing this ~ Ask-A-Date form. Just fill it out, check the
appropriate choices, and put it in the mailbox of your dream boy/girl.
Good luck!
Dear (Room )
Would you like to go to the Christmas Party Holiday
Party LSC Saturday Movie with me? I've noticed you for a
long time and I think you're really cute __intellectually
fascinating available. I know it's kind of late to be asking,
but you see I've been _in the infirmary _hoping to go with
someone else waitll~g for the right moment scared shitless.
If you say no r think I'll kill myself kill you
___find somebody better maugh in your face. If you say yes I
might even ---pay for your ticket take you to diru~er
___d~Lce with you laugh in your face.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I'm a great person to
~o with because I have a 4.7 cum I have a 90 purity test
score I have a 10 purity test score nobody else will ask you,
I'm perfectly safe because I don't believe in sex before marriage
___sophomore year foreplay 10 P.M. rleallY--don't worryi
When the elves put mistletoe over our heads we can ---play
kissy wissy ----play feely weely -pretend not to knovl each other
___punch them out. But seriously, I think we'll have a great
timei And after the party we can each try to pickUp somebody
else ---eo up to my room, put on some music, dim the lights, and
open a bottle of wine ~o up to my room ro1d fornicate ~o
up to my room and read the
BAKER HOUSE W£ETING AGENDA
meeting to be held Thursday, December 4, 1980 at 9pm in the Dining Hall
1) Ratification of the Country Kitchen Chairman
2) Presentation of Client Team Report
J) Consideration of rebudgetting all budgetted funds for ro1 Execcon
trip to South America
4) Discussion of Front Door Policy
Hoping to hear from you soon,
(your name) (room #)

BAKER HOU33 M2:~TING IHNUTE:::> iiHTHOUT FUN'NY LEAD-In Thur Dec 4, 1980
meeting called to order by the Prez at 9: 15pm in the Diming Hall
ANN OUNCEHENTS
Nancy - Congratulations to mike Colucci, neW' 1M Council Chairman
Mark - Anyone (especially frosh) interested in being on Commons Committee
should put a note in my box or come and see me.
AGENDA
1) Motion by Jeff to rafify the election of Larry McKenna to the new
position of Country Kitchen Chairman Passes 27-5. Congratulations.
2) Presentation of Client Team Report
Kathy Yelick, Client Team Vice-Chairman, presented the following
proposed list of priorities for renovations: (1) Renovation of
the bike room and Trunk Room for increased security, (2) Refinishing
of room furniture, especially elephants and ar~llidillos,
() Replacement of lounge furniture, with color-coded furniture so
that it \"10n' t move from lounge to lounge, (4) Renovation of the
roof, with new furniture, plants(l?), etc., (5) Reclamation of
som0 of the back rooms for lounges, weight room, etc.
These proposals were discussed, and the following suggested
additions were offered: Repainting of bathrooms, Putting insulated
windows in hallways, lounges, back rooms, Paper towel dispensers
in bathrooms. Motion by Jeff to approve the list of
priorities as suggested by Client Team Passes )9-).
)) Various and sundry rebudgetting
Mdstion by Jeff to rebudget all funds for an .c;xeccon trip to ~;)outh
America. tlention was made of the fact that the $500 keg fridge
money was now available for other purposes. Amend by Jeff to
add "and rebudget $200 from Keg Fridge line item for a Firewood
& Explosive~ line item". (vie are mysteriously missing some firewood.)
Amend to the amendment by Jeff to add "and rebudget the
remainll~g $)00 from Keg Fridge for a Miscellaneous Construction
a.1'1.d Bathroom Memo Boards line :iR item". Debate raged over the
utility of memoxx» boards in the bathroom, with :8athroom Uemo
Board Chairman Frank Ditaranto '8) leading the discussion. l,otion
by Ken Dumas to divide the question of the last amendment Passes
20-19 amidst mass confusion. But the original motion was never
reco~nized, so all this was mero~ingless. Motion by Bill to rebudget
~200 from Keg Fridge line item for Firewood line item Passes
27-8. l',iotion by Croc to rebudget $)00 from Keg Fridge for hisc
Construction ro~d Bathroom Liemo Boards Fails 10-22. Liotion by
Larry I,~cKenna to rebudget the remaining 43)00 in Keg Fridge for
I-lisc Construction Passes 28-9. lilhewJ 1
4) Discussion of Front Door Policy
Vie have a problem wit~ theft, particular~y of our lounge furniture.
The key question is whether locking the front door would
help. Judcom Chairperson Sue Downing pOll~ted out that within a
few years everyone on c~upus would have our front door lcey. ~lso
people could follow residents in, or enter thru other doors if
they were unlocked. The problem of residents who forgot their key
and were 10cIted out would also have to be faced. hlotion by Lisa
Klein to lock the front door (which is really the "back door")
between 12midnite and 7~n on weekdays, and 2am - 7am on weekends
Fails 12-)L~.
submitted in fear for my life,
-:::S-G--
John A. Goree, Secretary

gx In the headlines tonight: U.S. declares war on Iran; stock
market crashes; life discovered on Lfurs; TDC Sucks; and in tonight's
top story--Goree finally writes up the
BAKER HOUSE ~iliETING ML~UTES Thursday, October 16, 1980
meeting called to order at 9:11pm by President Mark Radka
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jeff - The .world can go fuck itself.
Coluch - (1) Frank and I are so ugly we're running for Ul,iOC. (2)
Basketball and Hockey signups are posted; sign up' if interested.
Vivian ("the Frep") - There will be a Freshman XR Breakfast on Nov.
2nd at 11,00am in 4th West LOlli~ge.
Croc - Don't wash nylons in the washers.
Colucci (again) - Cross-country and Cycling signups are also posted ••
Sue Berg - Anyone interested in hosting pre-frosh see me or Rita.
Pre-frosh can get free meals on Commons.
Mark - Anyone interested in being Country Kitchen Chairman (see item
4 below) see me or Jeff.
AGENDA
1) Consideration of raising the~jashcon salary
Croc (alias Jim Askey, our Washcom Chairmro~) wanted a raise (note:
not a "rise")•. He was getting $l5,/week, wanted $20. MOTION by
Nro~cy to. raise ~'Jashcom salary to $19.95!week. The President
heard $20/week. Nancy complains: ."You're showing them how
fucking corrupt we are 1" The Secretary (w'hich is me) decides to
gowith.the President. IvIo.tion stands at ~I $iO/week. Botion
PASSES 42-2. .
2) Consideration of bUdgetting $$ for a House safe
hr. Bill Flarsheim and l::ir. James Ask4.ss--ey have looked into safes
and xx have found a "good,. sturdy" ohe for about $250. Bill
now keeps a "fair amount"· of $$ in his room and'would like to
make it more secure. nOTION by Bill to budget.,:p250 for a House
safe line item from unbudgetted funds PASSES J5-6'. The six
people who voted against it probably wro~t to steal the money.
J) Consideration of budgetting $$ for a aouse soda machine
Sue Berg and (once again) Croe have looh:ed in to the lOuai »3cn
possibility of getting a soda machine for the House. The machines
now in the basement belong to Coke, and the $$ from them is split
betvleen Coke and HIT, LIT·s money going to Food Service and an
Employee benafit fund. With a House machine, the House would
receive the profit from the machine.
A used machine would cost about $1000 and comld be placed
dovmstairs with the other machines. ,'~'e can stock anything we
wro~t except Coke products since this would compete with NIT's
machines. Croc has volunteered to do maintenance. Sue Berg
calculated that even charging lower prices (JO¢/can) the machine
would be paid off in about a ~~ with the profit. MOTION by
Jeff to take $1000 from unbudgetted funds to increase the Snatch
Bar reserve, and that the 3nack Bar IJlanager be authorized to buy
a soda machine (" in-cans-type") ro~d be responsible for repair
and stocking of said machine PASSES J8-12
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page two of two
4) Presentation of Client Team proposal on Co~~try hitchen policies
At the l)revious House heeting, Client TeaLll: was asked to draw up
a proposal for administration of the Country Kitchen(b under
construction). In fulfillment of this request, the Hon. br•.
Makhlouf, Client Te~n Chairmro1, presented the following proposal:
1) T11erewill be one person in charge of the Country hitchen.
'I'hisperson will be elected by .a;xeccon and ratified by tl1e
Hous~. .
2) The responsibilities of this person shall include the following.
a) Inventory and maintenance of equipment.
b) Bnsuring the facilities are kept reasonably clean.
c) Scheduling of use.
d) Llaking sure that thefacl1ity is .used only by Baker
residents.
3) T11e position shall be a Paid job i The ini1;ial salary will
be ·$10 per \llee1\:, paid by the House.
l'iOTION by Frro1k ("ULOC". "Dirtbag", "Freshman") Bitaranto to adopt
this proposal. Concerning item 2d, some felt that we should allow
groups which may inc.lude non-Bal{er re$idents that are sPQnsor.~d b~r
a Baker resident to use the CK. At-JEND by Jeff to change'3d to:
~ILa1';:ingsurethat,the facility is used mi: only by Baker residents
8.!."1.d their guests",PilliS& 46-3. 'he.otion as amended P~SE846-3 •
.5) Discussion of the utilization of House space.
'M11;:e Colucci took. theflaor to explain the.basicproblem: Vie
have ideas and:$:$, but.no space to put anything new. The exping-pong
area has furniture filling it. The TV room is a potential
source of space if we want to scrap the TV. Other closets
and rooms are scatter.edaround the House but ,most are beingu used
or aretQo small for anything worthwhile. hr. Colucci asked for
suggestions froIn .the aUdienc·e. He was met largely with,s.ilence
and apathy. No motions made; the problem remains. If anyone
has any .bright ide,a,s as'to what to do about the space 'problem,
tall>: to ~Coluch.
lVIeetingfinis at1011.5pm, followed 'by food and general.merriment.
club~ittedx from the bowels of my heart
,y(]
John A. Goreeeeeeeeeeee, Secretary