The Tech - Volume 117, Issue 34

Volume 117 >> Issue 34 : Sunday, August 24, 1997

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News

Residence Selection Begins on Athena
Rush Alternatives Soothe Frosh
New Messaging System Accommodates Freshmen, Formitories
R/O Experiment to Address Race, Gender, Sexuality
Freshman Program Stresses Leadership and Unity
Upperclassmen and Freshmen Cope Well with Stress of Rush
Erratum

World and Nation

Volcano Continues to Hound British Island of Montserrat
GOP Kicks-Off 2000 Campaign in Large Midwestern Meeting
Montenegrin Leader Propels Country Toward Independence
Gore, Silicon Valley Executives Form New High Tech Brain Trust
Power Plant Experiment in N. Korea Implements Terms of Nuclear Pact
Shorts I
Shorts II
Weather: Fair Weather Ahead

Columns

Excessive Committees Devalue Governance
Preoccupation with Celebrity Is Pathetic
Too Many Perpetuate False Notions About Leadership

Comics

Dammed for Life -- By Je ssica
Noun Poetry -- By Katy-Cat
Rhino Man -- By Zachary Em ig

Photographs

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi -- The Tech
Bexley Hall hung an ominous greeting to freshmen yesterday.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi -- The Tech
FIRE AWAY -- Vis Taise '01 aims "Gloria," a homemade bazooka potato gun, while Amittai Axelrod '01 counts down to fire from Senior House.

Indranath Neogy -- The Tech
Although fraternities and others may communicate with frosh through Sun workstations in formitories, the system is seldom used.

Indranath Neogy -- The Tech
A rising pillar of smoke marks MacGregor's house barbeque yesterday afternoon.

Indranath Neogy -- The Tech
BOUNCY BOUNCY -- Students play on an inflatable tiger at the East Campus Carnival yesterday afternoon.