Volume 116 >> Issue 51 : Friday, October 18, 1996

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News

• Student Attacked Outside Random
• Writing Sections Added After Demand for Phase I Classes
• Faculty Hears New Plan On Writing Requirement
• Fusion Center's Thome Leads MIT Officials in Total Salary
• Three-Year Streak Ends as MIT Wins No '96 Nobel Prizes
• Killian Lecturer Rota Looks Back At Teaching Career
• Dean's Office Student Meetings

World and Nation

• Dole Opens Up Broad Attack On Clinton's Ethics in Debate
• Yeltsin Fires Ambitious Lebed In Attempt to Settle Conflicts
• Democrats Under Fire Again For Illegal Foreign Donations
• Lebanese Leader Refuses Peace Until Israel Progresses with Syria
• GOP Pessimistic on Dole's Chances, Urges Focus on Control of Congress
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather - A Stormy Scenario

Letters to the Editor

• GSC Activities Shoud Not Be Overlooked
• Forums Will Pave Way For Student Input
• Turkish Violence Evinces Attitude on Life, Law

Arts

• Macdonald on the gay love story, Beautiful Thing
• Ingmar Bergman's personal story about family and lost love
• On The Screen

Sports

• Crews Race Well, Set Sights on Head of the Charles
• Field Hockey Wins Two
• NFL Special from New Hampshire: Take the Yankees?
• Only in New York: 12-Year-Old Sends the Yankees to World Series
• Women Runners Win One, Lose Two

Photographs

Alkan Kabakcioglu--The Tech
Participants in the 10K U.S. Women's Championships, sponsored by the Tufts Health Plan, pass MIT while racing along Memorial Drive on Monday afternoon.

Alkan Kabakcioglu--The Tech
Pete Spaulding from Boston College races in the New England Singlehanded Championships in sailing held this weekend at MIT.

Alkan Kabakcioglu--The Tech
An elderly couple dances in the spirit of Oktoberfest, which was held Sunday in Harvard Square.

Tiffany Lin--The Tech
Abdoulaye Sall & African Rhythm, a west African music and dance group, presents an exhilirating blend of exotic music and dance at "Boston Rhythm," held Friday evening in Kresge Auditorium.