Volume 117 >> Issue 2 : Friday, February 7, 1997

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News

• Behnke Leaves MIT Admissions Office
• Admission Before And After Behnke's Career
• Housing Team Finishes Final Report, Suggests Improving Communication
• Essigmann, Oppenheim, Lindgren Awarded MAcVicar Fellowships
• Preregistration Moves Online for Convenience
• Profs Use Quantum As Coop Alternative
• Weightroom Will Be Redone this Spring With Donated Funds

World and Nation

• Tax Issues May Stymie Work On a Balanced Budget Plan
• Special Peruvian Commission Begins Talks With Gov't, Rebels
• U.S., Russia Dismiss Rumors Yeltsin WOn't Attend Meeting
• Sudanese FLight Ban May Disrupt U.N. Humanitarian Aid Efforts
• Jewish and Congressional Leaders Praise Swiss Banks' Holocaust Fund
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather - Easy Ride

Columns

• Exorbitant Prices for Textbooks Have No Justification

Letters to the Editor

• Fishbowl Move Shows No Concern for Students
• Nobody Makes Trig Cheers Anymore
• Taking Comics Raw
• Appeal of 'Red Meat' Should Be Universal

Sports

• Intercollegiate Volleyball CLub Wins Season Opener Tourney
• Rowers Cane Miami To End Florida Trip
• Alpine Skiers Race Well Despite Course Violation

Photographs

Off Course - By Hugo

Rita Lin--The Tech
Charles I. Morton '97 serves in the volleyball match against Harvard University on Wednesday night in Rockwell Cage. MIT lost 3-0.

Gabrielle Migliorini--The Tech
Joe A. Charlson G gets up after being checked in MIT's hockey game against Springfield College on Jan. 29 in Johnson Athletics Center. MIT won 7-3.

Indranath Neogy--The Tech
The new Athena cluster in Building 56 features a design with windows facing the Green building.