North Masters Will Fund Cable TV

A North House dispute over cable television service was resolved last night when the house's masters agreed to pay for its installation and maintenance.

In a house committee meeting, Co-Master Hannah Hastings said she would pay for a year of cable so that North students can "move on to more worthwhile issues."

After a poll of North House residents showed that 118 out of 189 favored buying cable service, the house committee voted 9-7 last week against cable installation.

Indignant students in Jordan Annex later resolved to raise funds to supply their buildings with cable.

The house committee members agreed to buy cable for the house if they couldco-sponsor a fundraiser dance this weekend thatwas intended to raise at least $70.

But the committee did not cosponsor the dance,North House Committee Co-President Katherine A.Woo '95 said last night.

House representative Michael S. Gleeson '96said he also had not taken all the installationfees into account. Cable for North House andJordan would cost $70 a month, plus a $75 initialinstallation fee and a $25 deposit, or $658 ayear.

Woo then asked the 25-person meeting what thehouse should do in light of the fact theco-sponsorship would not work and that cableinstallation was more expensive than previouslythought.

The committee was poised for debate whenHastings stepped in and said she would pay forcable to the end of the year in both North Houseand the Jordan Annex.

She did not specify what would happen nextyear.

Gleeson said Hastings' announcement took him bysurprise.

Randall A. Fine '96, one of the students in theJordan Annex who raised money for their own cable,said he and two friends had raised $140 in pledgesand were planning to have cable installed onFriday. But they delayed because the T.V. in theircommon room is broken, he said.

"The committee will just flail and wave theirarms," he said. "When you think about the numberof manhours wasted over $200, this is ridiculous."

"We are one of the few schools in the northeastwhere students don't have opportunity to be fullyeducated because of cable. We have no access toC-SPAN or CNN," he said

But the committee did not cosponsor the dance,North House Committee Co-President Katherine A.Woo '95 said last night.

House representative Michael S. Gleeson '96said he also had not taken all the installationfees into account. Cable for North House andJordan would cost $70 a month, plus a $75 initialinstallation fee and a $25 deposit, or $658 ayear.

Woo then asked the 25-person meeting what thehouse should do in light of the fact theco-sponsorship would not work and that cableinstallation was more expensive than previouslythought.

The committee was poised for debate whenHastings stepped in and said she would pay forcable to the end of the year in both North Houseand the Jordan Annex.

She did not specify what would happen nextyear.

Gleeson said Hastings' announcement took him bysurprise.

Randall A. Fine '96, one of the students in theJordan Annex who raised money for their own cable,said he and two friends had raised $140 in pledgesand were planning to have cable installed onFriday. But they delayed because the T.V. in theircommon room is broken, he said.

"The committee will just flail and wave theirarms," he said. "When you think about the numberof manhours wasted over $200, this is ridiculous."

"We are one of the few schools in the northeastwhere students don't have opportunity to be fullyeducated because of cable. We have no access toC-SPAN or CNN," he said