Volume 117 >> Issue 44 : Tuesday, September 23, 1997

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News

• Cogen Lawsuit Referred To DPU
• Baker Renovations May Begin Next Year
• Teach a Child to Read Program Takes Flight
• TBP Carnival Delights Children
• First-Year Committee to Look At Grading, Community Issues

Editorials

• Rethinking the First-Year Program

Columns

• Twilight of the Professors: At Some Schools, Bashing the Students Has Become a Cottage Industry
• Writing to A Higher Purpose
• Taking In the Scenery: Affirmative Action's Patronizing Welcome Insults Us All

Entertainment

• Rhino Man -- By Zach Emig
• Trivia Corner: Same Name

Arts

• Interview: Carlos Prieto -- Musician turned Engineer, turned Musician

Sports

• Women's Tennis Off To a Strong Season
• Women's Volleyball Wins Against Smith for Upset
• Men's Water Polo Tonight, 7 p.m. -- Be There
• Field Hockey Win Brings Record to 3P0

Features

• The Evolution of R/O

Photographs

Dennis Yancey -- The Tech
Jason Szuminski '00 pitches for MIT in Saturday's first game against UMass-Boston. MIT won 9-8.

Milodrag Cirkovic -- The Tech
Sean Fabre '00 and Jen Shatiro '01 race across the finish line, winning the fifteenth race of the Hatch Brown Trophy on Saturday.