Volume 117 >> Issue 20 : Friday, April 18, 1997

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News

• New Requirement Moves Still Closer
• UROP Participation Increases Despite Rise in Overhead Cost
• Survey to Examine ACUS Phone Service
• Dorms, FSILGs Provide Summer Living Options
• Students, Faculty Form Group To Address Homosexual Issues
• Police Log

World and Nation

• Dole Loans Speaker Gingrich $300,000 for Ethics Penalty
• Reorganized State Department Will Accomodate Republicans
• Jumbo Jets Fly Dangerously Close over South Los Angeles
• Clinton Announces New Infant, Child Care Funding Initiatives
• Yeltsin Says Russia Will Sign Treaty With NATO Over Issues of Security
• World Briefs I
• World Briefs II
• Weather - Wet and Wild

Opinion

• Erratum

Columns

• Excellence, Not Race, Inspired America

Arts

• MTG's homegrown stories about love and technology
• As nasty as he wants to sing -- Frank Zappa at his best (worst?)
• On The Town
• The Business of Independent Filmmaking Forum
• On The Town - On Campus

Sports

• Heavyweight Crew Edges Out Williams To Avenge Past Loss
• Women's Track Starts Season By Smashing Many Records
• Robinson's Number to Retire; Will Vaughn Go to New Jersey?
• Rugby Competes Well In Bahamas Tourney
• Women's Ultimate Team Ranks Tenth in Nation
• Men's Golf Affected By Adverse Weather
• MIT Equestioan Team Makes Striking Debut

Photographs

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
A performance entitled "The Wall of the Self" was given in Lobby 7 last night by Wild Wind Studios.

Chunhua Zheng
Robert Dell, research affiliate at the Center Advanced Visual Studies, explains the significance of his geothermal sculpture which documents environmental changes. The sculpture was at MIT on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.

Jiri Schindler--The Tech
Connie Sadowski '99 fights off two Smith College opponents for the ball in Tuesday's woman's lacrosse game on Jack Berry Fiels. MIT lost the close game 12-10.

Jiri Schindler--The Tech
Robin Evans '99 finished fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:35.10 in last Saturday's track meet against Bowdoin, Bates, and Colby Colleges.

Jiri Schindler--The Tech
Connie Sadowski '99 prevents Smith College from reaching the ball in Tuesday's hard-fought game against Smith College. The team lost the game 12-10.

Christine Chan--The Tech
Jason Weintraub '97 serves in a tennis match against Connecticut College on April 10.

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
The Gilbert and Sullivan Players present "Patience," which opens tonight in La Sala de Peurto Rico in the Student Center.

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
A uniquely erotic performance by Martha Tonkin, "A Study in the Process of Self Portrature," took place in Lobby 7 yesterday as part of the "Brick Wall Series," produced by Joe Davis.

Comics

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig

Off Course By Hugo

dammed for life by jessica