Students and Faculty Vote to Impeach Reagan

Students and faculty of Hampshire College this week voted by an overwhelming margin that President Reagan should be impeached because of his foreign policy blunders.

The referendum, launched by a group calling itself Republicans for the Impeachment of Reagan, passed 456-19 during voting on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

"We are asking other colleges to join us. It looks like it's taking hold," said Thomas Landry, one of the group's 11 members. Landry said, however, that a referendum similar to his group's was defeated last year at Brown University.

The results of the vote at Hampshire, which is located in Amherst, Mass, have been sent to the Massachusetts congressional delegation, Landry told the AP.

The referendum listed as reasons for impeaching the president: his refusing to comply with World Court decisions on Central America, his approving a disinformation program on Libya, and his allegedly sending secret arms shipments to Iran, transferring the profits to Nicaraguan rebels. MIT

More Early Applicants Than Ever To Cambridge Trade School

A record number of applicants vied for early admission at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this year, and the institution has met its goals of attracting more women and minority applicants, The Tech reported last week.

The rise in early applications is coupled with a 14 percent rise in general applications, but the general application pool does not reflect the increased diversity of the early applications, MIT officials said.

This year's mark of 1425 early action applications represents an increase of 35 percent over last year. But MIT only accepted 408 early applicants, fewer than last year, making admission more selective, according to Michael Behnke, director of admissions.

Of the 408 students accepted early, 134, or almost one-third, are women. Last year MIT accepted 111 women under its non-binding early admission program. In addition, this year MIT accepted 54 minority applicants early, more than doubling last year's mark of 23.

Traditionally, about 70 percent of those admitted early to MIT decide to attend the school. MIT's target of 1000 students per class is unchanged from last year. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

Divestmentgate?

Eight Brandeis University divestment protestors broke into the school's Office of Development and sifted through confidential files, The Justice reported last week.

Before the break-in, the university had allowed demonstrators to hold a continuous vigil in the building lobby.

"The door was open. Some went in to sleep, some to look at the newly renovated office. I looked through some files," said Daniel Weintraub, the only alumnus among the eight intruders. He claimed that he and the seven students who entered the office caused no damage to Brandeis property.

The university will not press any felony charges, but it will have its regular disciplinary body review the case. Brandeis is unsure whether it will take action against Weintraub, said Rod Crafts, dean of student affairs.

The university has allowed the protest to continue, but some protestors have stopped participating in the vigil in order to divorce themselves from the break-in. BROWN UNIVERSITY

Good Homes Real Cheap...Sort Of

Looking for an affordable house? Brown University is selling homes in Providence, R.I. for only $10 each.

The only catch is that you have to move your new domicile away from its current location--a site on which the university plans to build a 400-bad dorm starting this summer.

In addition to the minimal price tag, Brown is asking that would-be buyers submit detailed plans of how and where they plan to more the house, The Daily Herald reported.

When in 1982 Brown itself moved six houses in order to make room for parking lots, the relocations cost the university about $100,000 per house.

The university has not moved the house because it has no land on which to put them, said Ancelin Lynch, associated director of university relations. If the houses are not sold, the university will demolish them.

Brown will give preference to prospective buyers who plan to live in the homes they purchase rather than renting them, Lynch said.

The houses must be moved by loading them onto large trailers. CORNELL UNIVERSITY

School Gets Some E. V. Money

A Cornell alumnus has left approximately $15 million to his alma mater, the largest bequest in the university's history and one of the largest ever donated to an American institution of learning.

E. Vreeland Baker, a 1921 Cornell graduate who died in December, 1985, left the university the funds it will now use for a new agriculture professorship, two new financial aid funds, an agriculture research fund and athletic facilities.

The record bequest will have "a substantial influence" on the university, Provost Robert Baker told the Daily Sun.

The E.V. Baker professorship of agriculture has been awarded to Robert Lucey, who has led a drive to increase northern New York's agricultural productivity for 25 years.

The E.V. Baker Student fund will help students in Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences pay school expenses, and the E. V. Baker Cornell Tradition Fund will provide agriculture students with job opportunities.

During his life, Baker, who received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, was one of Cornell's foremost benefactors.