Volume 117 >> Issue 25 : Friday, May 9, 1997

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News

• CPs Eye Upgrade Of Outmoded Guns
• Phone Company Illegally Uses MIT Name
• Interns to Connect Chinese Schools to Internet
• Panel Discusses Ethical Issues Of Cloning at Crowded Forum
• Harvard Students Lose Early Returns For Activities Fair

World and Nation

• RNC Returns Contributions With Hong Kong Connection
• Britian's Labor Party Unveils Sweeping Legislative Proposals
• Witness in Bombing Says McVeigh Drove Rental Truck
• House Crime Bill Permits Teens To Be Treated as Adults in Court
• Hong Kong Leaders Urge Congress Not to Tie Human Rights and Trade
• World Briefs I
• World Briefs II
• Weather - Moms May Like It

Columns

• Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
• Broader MIT Mission Demands Recruitment Changes
• MIT Needs a More Serious Attitude on the Humanities
• Protesters' Claims About Racism at MIT Are on Target
• Athena Access for Alumni Would Promote Interaction

Letters to the Editor

• First the Dripping Arch, Then the Green Building

Arts

• Earth, Wind, Fire - and a hapless cabbie?
• On The Town

Sports

• Two Wins Give Men's Rugby Division Championship
• Dartmouth, Wisconsin Defeat Heavyweights
• Athletes Earn Many End of Year Honors

Photographs

Rich Fletcher--The Tech
Performers soar during Dance Troupe's "Unstoppable," playing this weekend in La Sala de Puero Rico.

Ahmed Ait-Ghezala--The Tech
Mohan Gurunathan '97 performs Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 in Kresge Auditorium on Wednesday evening.

Rita Lin--The Tech
Students get a well-deserved massage at the Health Fair held last Friday on the steps of the Student Center.

New York City in 2259.

Greg Kuhnen--The Tech
Actors, directors, and camera crews were on campus on Wednesday outside the Johnson Athletics Center to film parts of Good Will Hunting. The movie features Matt Damon (Chasing Amy) as a Boston genius coping with his talents. Robin Williams, Ben Affleck (Chasing Amy, Mallrats), and Minnie Driver (Grosse Pointe Blank, Sleepers) also star in the movie. Gus Van Sant (To Die For) directs this Miramax film, scheduled for release on December 25, 1997.

Rich Fletcher--The Tech
Dancers perform to the theme music of The X-Files during the Dance Troupe's "Unstoppable," playing in La Sala de Puerto Rico this weekend.

Greg Kuhnen--The Tech
David Phio '00 pounds a ball deep into the outfield in a game vs. Eastern Nazarene College on Wednesday. MIT lost the game 9-8, putting their record at 16-14.

Comics

Off Course by Hugo

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig

Noun Poetry by Katy-Cat