Volume 115 >> Issue 6 : Friday, February 24, 1995

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News

• Students First on Scene of Helicopter Crash
• Fire at East Campus Does Little Damage
• Survey on Grades Show 47% Prefer Current System
• Proposals Could Hurt Financial Aid
• Continued Losses Threaten Future of Baker Dining

World and Nation

• Nothing Sacred as House Republicans Slash Budget
• Dow Jones Average Climbs over 4,000 for First Time
• Clinton Gingerly Steers around Quebec Separatism Tempest
• Carter Returns to Bolster Haiti's Democratic Process amid Anxiety
• American Spy 'Caught Red-Handed' by French, Left Paris Immediately
• News Briefs, part 1
• News Briefs, part 2
• Weather

Editorials

• UA Should Avoid Mid-Election Changes

Letters to the Editor

• Current Grading Scheme Lets Students Focus on Learning
• Graduate School Office Provides Scholarship Information
• Election Commission Clarifies Rules
• UA Council Elections Changes Inappropriate, Judboard Chair Says

Arts

• Eastwood and Leone master western genre
• Shallow Grave dissects murder plot with humor and wit
• On The Screen
• On The Town

Sports

• Women's Gymnastics Falls Short of Defeating Brown
• UCLA Heads Top 10, But Hardly Dominates Like UNLV, Duke Did
• Track Places 3rd at Championship
• Upcoming Home Events

Features

• The African-American Living History Museum

Photographs

Rich Fletcher--The Tech

Thomas R. Karlo--The Tech
Firefighters use an aerial ladder to remove a body from the roof of the Harvard Yacht Club. Two state police troopers and two officals from AT&T were killed in the crash.

Rich Fletcher--The Tech

Thomas R. Karlo--The Tech
The wreckage of the crashed state police heliocopter is examined by firefighters as it sits on top of the Harvard Yacht Club Wednesday. The top engine section and main rotor, seen here, were the only major sections of the aircraft left intact after the crash.

Rich Domonkos--The Tech
A member of the varsity squash team prepares to smash the ball during MIT's 9-0 loss to Dartmouth College.

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