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...Planck Society in West Berlin, has at long last won the Nobel Prize for his invention, which was cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as "one of the most important of the century." Said Ruska, 79, who learned of the honor while at a health spa for treatment of rheumatism: "I am very happy indeed. I believed I was forgotten." He will receive half of the $290,000 physics award. The other half will be shared by two scientists at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory -- Gerd Binnig, 39, a West German, and Heinrich Rohrer, 53, a Swiss...
...taste for inflated prettiness set forth in its Alex Katz retrospective, the reluctance to edit that made Eric Fischl's show such a letdown? True, Director Tom Armstrong valiantly tries to establish a link by pointing, in a catalog note, to Sargent's "highly expressive manner and his treatment of subject matter and narrative content, all of which are of great interest to contemporary artists." However, Sargent's "manner" was not that of a neoexpressionist but of a virtuoso; his drawing lacks the tenacity of an Eakins, let alone a Cezanne, yet it was drawing of a high order, heartless...
...Chase Cancer Center. A group of Boston-area scientists announced that they had discovered a gene that normally blocks retinoblastoma, a rare and often hereditary eye cancer that develops in children. The find should lead to an accurate test for genetic susceptibility to the disease and perhaps improved treatment. It has also raised hopes that other genes will soon be found that inhibit the more common cancers of the lung, breast and colon...
...same day that the retinoblastoma team made headlines, the Muscular Dystrophy Association announced another important find. A group of scientists, led by Louis Kunkel of Boston Children's Hospital, had discovered the gene that, when defective, causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The discovery may lead to an effective treatment, even a cure, for the crippling and usually fatal disorder that afflicts 200,000 people in the U.S., most of them young boys...
This litany of council accomplishments is only partially complete, but it should suffice to illustrate the grossly unfair nature of yesterday's editorial. Is it "wildly optimistic," to borrow your phrase, to hope for fairer treatment of the council in the future? Richard Eisert '88 Chairperson, Undergraduate Council