The Michigan Daily-Wednesday, October31, 1979-Page 3 'Fear of technology' focus of symposium UNREST PREVAILS IN EL SALVADOR- 200 leftists rush U.S. Embassy By SARA ANSPACH Historically, technology has, been considered a mixed-* blessing. For every triumph that helped make life a little brighter there have been technological pitfallssuch as pollution. Fear of technology and how. scientific advancements recently have led to pessimistic assessments of the future will be explored by four internationally- known experts during a- sym- posium "Technology and Pessimism," held on campus today, tomorrow and Friday. THE TOPIC of the symposium is particularly relevant today, as we approach a new decade, said Chairman of the Current Issues Lecture Series and Engineering Humanities Prof. Dwight Steven- son. He said participants in the R symposium will attempt to put the fear of technology in historical perspective and discuss the future of technology and the pessimism which often accompanies it. "The problems are not' the province of one discipline," said Stevenson. He explained that the symposium takes a multi- disciplinary approach, featuring speakers in the fields of history, political science, literature and engineering. The free lectures will be at the Rackham Amphitheatre. Guest speakers include: " Melvin Kranzberg, History of Technology professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology who will speak on "Technology: The Half-Full Cup" today at 4 p.m.; . Samuel Florman, a prac- ticing engineer and author of the best-selling Existential Pleasures of Engineering, who will speak tonight at 8 p.m. on "Technology and the Tragic View;" * Richard Falk, professor of International Law at Princeton University, who will speak on ."Technology and Politics: Shif- ting Balances" tomorrow at 4 p.m.; and * Leo Marx, professor of American Cultural History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who will speak tomorrow at 8 p.m. on "American Literary Culture and the Pessimistic View of Technology." IN ADDITION to the lectures, the symposium will feature two panel discussions which will enable University professors to respond to the guest speakers and allow audience participation in the symposium. The symposium is part of the annual Current Issues Lecture Series sponsored by the Humanities Department of the College of Engineering. The, series' objective is to explore the impact of technology on society and human values, and vice ver- sa, said Stevenson. looking for the intellectualide of life? Read the Michigan Daily SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - About 200 militant leftists marched on the U.S. embassy yesterday screaming "We will take the em- bassy!" but were turned back by tear gas fired from within the embassy compound, witnesses said. They reported that they heard some shots but said they did not know whether there were any casualties. REPORTERS IN the vicinity said they saw some helmeted U.S. Marines on the embassy roof but they could not determine if they were armed. The embassy was immediately closed, and incoming telephone calls were not answered. U.S. officials out- side the embassy, who asked not to be identified, said the embassy personnel were in an "emergency situation." Leaflets scattered on the sidewalk said, "Down with imperialism" and "We want to live in peace." AT LEAST 24 persons were killed and some 100 were wounded Monday in gun battles between security forces and lef- tists in a street demonstration. There were reports that left-wing ac- tivists, who hold 12 hostages in the ministries of labor and economy, oc- cupied the Ministry of Education yesterday and were holding 20 em- ployeesand visitors captives. The attack on the U.S. Embassy followed reports from Washington where U.S. officials said the United States was prepared to offer "significant" assistance, including tear gas and other non-lethal weapons, to the new government of El Salvador to help it overcome extremist violence. THE OFFICIALS, who asked not to be identified, said the aid was part of a supplemental economic assistance package for Central America that will be sent to Congress soon. They said it was being offered even though El Salvador's military-civilian junta has not asked for assistance. A spokesperson for the two-week-old junta that came to power after the right-wing regime of President Carlos Humberto Romero was overthrown said the Education Ministry was held by members of the Popular Revolutionary Bloc. But a ministry of- ficial, Roberto Batista Mena, said of- ficials were meeting with leftist leaders and denied that the ministry had been taken over. Bloc militants seized the labor and economic ministries Oct. 24. They released 276 hostages late Monday but still hold three cabinet members, a Chilean official of the Organization of American States and eight others. There was no official death toll from Monday's shootings, but the Red Cross said there were at least 24 dead. The new junta of two military officers and three civilians has said it would avoid confrontations where possible but would protect the country against violence. _.__ _ thj' (;outs wi 1.cost 0 o 31 'ith tu I MSA admits By TOM MIRGA An introspective Michigan Student Assembly (ISA) conceeded it has been unresponsive to student needs in the last two months and devoted most of its meeting last night to discussing potential future projects aimed at meeting those needs. "I was beginning to get thoroughly bored-with this \Ssembly," MSA member Marc Breakstone said af- ter the discussion. "If you look at the last two months, all we did was give out money. We could have hired an accounting firm to do that. Now that we have some good ideas, it's about time we started moving. If not, we just lie on our bellies for the rest of the year.'' Assembly President Jim Alland assured the body neglect of stud that MSA executive officers would take a more active role in promoting policy decisions and directions in the future. "I think we can make a great impact on campus," he said, "but it's going to take a lot of work. Presently, we're lacking direction and there's been concern we haven't addressed student needs." THE ASSEMBLY touched on a number of problem areasa including the lack of student parking sapce, improving the quality of the University Health Ser- vice, the increasing cost of tuition, the possible elimination of language requirements for LSA students, as well as the quality of life in dormitories. Assembly member Jack Hall suggested MSA's next move should be to focus on those issues offering the best chances for success and Assembly member ents' needs ,.. _....._ , Anne Fullerton added that once this is done priorities should be set. "We've proposed no solutions tonight," she said, "make no mistake about that, and it's going to take a lot of time to get things moving." In other action, Assembly Treasurer Brad Canale said that the body had no contractual agreement to match funds with campus radio station WCBN in or- der to boost the station's wattage. Last April MSA made an open statement of support to seek the increase through University channels. A recently passed Federal Communications Com- mission ruling would remove all legal protection prohibiting large radio stations from encroaching on station's of WCBN's wattage. Tighter fuel economy A considered for 1980s -" ITT _____________m__u"__.._______________i !_lour,_by__ d b .. d 1.. I - FILMS Max Kade House-Schloss Vogeloed (The Haunted Castle), 8 p.m., 603 Ox- ford Road. Free. Cinema Guild-Hollywood Boulevard, 7,9:05 p.m., Old Arch. Aud. Ann Arbor Film Co-op-Thundercrack, 7, 9 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall. SPEAKERS Department of Romance Languages-Patricia Harris Stablein, "The Fragmented Image of War in 'The Aneid,' 'Beowulf,' 'The Song of Roland,' the poetry of Bertran de Born, and the paintings of Hieronymous Bosch," 7:30 p.m., West Lecture Room, Rackham. National High Blood Pressure Education Program-Graham Ward, chief, Helath Education Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 4 p.m., School of Public Health Aud. II. Spartacus Youth League-Frank Hicks, labor organizer and member of UAW Local 600,7:30 p.m., Conf. Room 2, Michigan Union.- College of Engineering, Department of Humanities-Symposium on "Technology and Pessimism," Melvin Kranzberg, Georgis Institute of Technology, "Technology: The Half-Full Cup," 4 p.m., Samuel Florman, "Technology and the Tragic View," 8 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Center for Chinese Studies-&Prof. Allen S. Whiting, "Foreign Policy Af- ter Chou En-Lai," 7:30 p.m.,'150 Hutchins Hall, Law Quad. Theater and Drama Department-C. Walter Hodges, "Shakespeare's Globe Theater," 4 p.m., Aud. C, Angell Hall. Center for Russian and East European Studies-Prof. Carl Proffer, "The Story of Metropol," noon, Lane Hall Commons. Center for Research on Learning and Teaching-George Williams, "Audio-Visual Techniques," 3-5 p.m., 2417 Mason Hall. Environmental Science and Technology-Prof. John W. Moore, Eastern Michigan University, "Computer Simulation in Chemical Kinetics and En- vironmental Systems," 3:30 p.m., Room 136, Engineering lA Building. Industrial and Operationis Engineering-Prof. Katta G. Murty, "The Allipsoid Algorithm for Solving Linear Programs," 4-5 p.m., 229 W. Engineering. MEETINGS Women in Communications, Inc.-Career Planning and Placement resume writing workshop, 7 p.m., Conf. Room 6, Union. Washtenaw County Child and Family Service-Discussion group for men, 7:30-9 p.m., 12 sessions, 118 S. Washington, Ypsilanti. Call 453-0890 or 971-6520 for information. Stilyagi Air Corps-Science fiction club, 8 p.m., Conf. Room 4, Union. Dharma Study Group-Michael Greenleaf, "Meditation: The Buddhist r Path of Non-violence," 7:30 p.m., 215 Kingsley. Students International Meditation Society-"Transcendental Meditation and TM Sidhi Programs," noon-8 p.m., 4315 Union. WASHINGTON (AP)-The Carter administration told Congress yesterday that it is considering setting tougher auto fuel-economy standards as part of a campaign to make conservation its No. 1 energy priority. Deputy Energy Secretary John Sawhill said strengthening the standard beyond the 27.5 mile-per-gallon' per- formance specified for 1985 models un- der existing law is being studied. "BECAUSE OF the critical role that the automobile plays in our energy pic- ture, it is important that we continue to, explore ways to improve mileage ef- ficiency," Sawhill told a House sub- committee. He also said an effort will be made to apply the same type of fuel economy standards to light trucks, beginning in 1982, that now apply to autos. He said the energy officials would meet with Transportation Department and En- vironmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to review the situation. The 27.5 mpg average-which represents the "fleet average" for an automaker's entire production-can be raise Deyona 19 by administrative action, if neither house of Congress votes to block such a move within 15 days. THE CURRENT standard, for 1980 models, is 20 mpg. This escalates by several miles per gallon each year ,to the 27.5 level. Sawhill said he thought the 27.5 mpg standard "is attainable and I think we should go beyond it." The energy official also said the ad- ministration intends to take steps to make sure that EPA gas-mileage postings for autos will more accurately reflect actual on-road performance. It was Sawhill's first appearance before the key congressional energy panel since he took over the energy post about a month ago. He made it clear that the ad- miristration's new emphasis is on con- servation, a shift away from the production-oriented policies of former Energy Secretary James Schlesinger. "It is my first priority and the first priority of Secretary Charles Duncan," Sawhill told the panel. Sargent s Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1923). now Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth theQueen Mother ;o~i~tncs.agnu and tke:Zwa d'Ig f~7otratt fhkgh socda Exclusive North American showing of 100 portraits, figure drawings and watercolors by John Singer Sargent. Included are paintings the London Telegraph calls the twelve most beautiful portraits in the' world. Among them, Lady Agnew and the notorious Madame X. Witness the glamour, elegance and splendor of the Edwardian Age through Sargent's grand portraits. The Detroit Institute of Arts Now through Dec. 9 ADMISSION: General $2; Students, Seniors $1 Members, Children under 12 with Adults -Free. Hours: Tues. through Sun. 9:30 a:m.-5:30 p.m. JICIVERISI.TY c MUSKIAL &OCIETY presentA &n7J 04 43:00 MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT Saturday, November 3 at 6 p.m. until Sunday, November 4 at 11 p.m. Join our on-air staff for 29 hours of listening fun: premium give-aways, interviews, live music. . . and much more! Call (313) 763- 5880 to make your pledge. Help us reach our $100,000 v goal! Ir .} MISCELLANEOUS a Roller Rama benefit-9:30-midnight, Roller Rama, 6995 W. Grand River, Brighton, admission to benefit American Cancer Society. Wear costumes. Women in Action-Self-defense workshop, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Conf. Rooms 1, 2, 3, Union. F UAC-Mini-course on Cardio-Pulmonaru Resuscitation (CPR), 7-10 p.m. Tickets on sale at Union 'Ticket Central. Call 763-1107 for information. I University Folk Dance Club-Intermediate and advanced dance. 8 n.m.. -'V rV o_____ "lt combines modern dance technique with tra- ditional Peking opera movement to tell old 4 Chinese folk tales. It is igniting the begin- ning of a unique new culture-fascinating. Time Magazine I