Volume 117 >> Issue 36 : Tuesday, August 26, 1997

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News

• Living Groups' Pledge Results Likely to Meet Expectations
• Core Blitz and Expo Introduce Academics
• R/O Tours Introduce Frosh to Boston Sites
• Several Options Available for Textbook Purchases
• HASS-D, PE Lotteries Set to Begin on Athena Today

World and Nation

• De Klerk Resigns as Leader of S. Africa's National Party
• Documents Indicate Al Gore Made More Fund-Raising Calls
• Damaged Oxygen Generators Repaired on Beleagured Mir
• House Leader Flunks Agencies' Strategic Plans for Improvement
• Coverdell Joins Helms in Opposition to Weld as Ambassador to Mexico
• World Briefs I
• World Briefs II
• Weather: Labor Day Hopes

Columns

• Religious Groups Can Often Be Divisive
• Extropians Flounder on Diversity, Reason
• FLP Promoted Freshman Involvement -- Not Elitism

Comics

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  Dammed for Life -- by Jessica
  
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  Noun Poetry -- by Katy-Cat
  
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  Rhino Man -- by Zachary Emig
  

Photographs

David D. Hsu -- The Tech
JUNIOR SWIM TEST -- Kappa Alpha Theta members dunk Margaret C. Tsai '99 in the MIT Chapel moat as sosority rush draws to a close. After preference parties on Monday night, bids were extended to freshmen yesterday.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi -- The Tech
Farzana Mohamed '98 drives a go-kart during the ISP open house.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi -- The Tech
Samuel Christian, an MIT Dining Services chef, made a full recovery after collapsing yesterday during the Activities Midway in the Johnson Athletics Center. An ambulance was called in to the center to assist.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi -- The Tech
Joyce Wei '01 prepares to plunge into the pool while coach Slovenski watches cautiously during yesterday's swim test.