Volume 117 >> Issue 45 : Friday, September 26, 1997

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News

• Committee Releases Student Life Report
• Mosquitoes Infiltrate Institute Dormitories
• Freshman Dies after Tragic Accident at Home
• MIT Women's Collective Promotes Issue Awareness
• Chomsky Lectures on U.S. Foreign Policy
• Obesity Drug Recall Ends MIT Royalties
• Princeton Review's Advertising Prompts Lawsuit

World and Nation

• VP Gore's Staff Routinely Destroyed Phone Records
• Albright Decries Decision on New Settlements in Jerusalem
• American Receives Permission To Board Russian Mir Station
• Albert Pleads Guilty to Assault And Battery, Loses Job at NBC
• Court Says 'Shoot to Kill' Practice Used by FBI at Ruby Ridge Unlawful
• World Briefs I
• World Briefs II
• Weather: Fair Fall Flair

Columns

• Now You See It, Now You Don't
• Beyond 77 Mass. Avenue
• Things That Make Us Think

Letters to the Editor

• Affirmative Action Is Not Patronizing
• The Paper Waste

Entertainment

• Rhino Man -- By Zach Emig
• Dammed for Life -- By Jessica
• Off Course -- By Hugo
• Off Course -- By Katy-Cat
• Trivia Corner: Same Name

Arts

• Film Review: The Peacemaker -- When keeping track of just most of the missiles isn't good enough
• Game Review: Age of Empires -- No! That's not where I told you to go today!

Sports

• After 17-Year Dry Spell, Water Polo Beats Harvard
• Women's Tennis Defeats Wheaton To Stay Undefeated in Conference
• Men's Cross Country Finishes Behind Tufts To Take Second at Meet
• Women's Cross Country Places Fifth Out of 20 at Invitational
• Despite Gusty Winds, Sailors Perform Well
• Nothing is Settled Until the Buzzer on Monday Nights
• Springfield Edges Out Field Hockey for Win
• Women's Volleyball Defeats Wheaton In Tough Five-Game Away Match
• Upcoming Home Events

Photographs

Collage by Chun Hua Zheng and Gabor Csanyi -- The Tech
ITS A KIND OF MAGIC -- The MIT Museum recently opened an exhibition entitled "Evolution of ten holographers", showing classic and contemporary works.

Karlene Rosera
Indian dance master Chitresh Das gave a demonstration of his art on Monday in Killian Hall. He was artist in residence this week, and has taught several classes to MIT students.

Gabor Csanyi -- The Tech
Ananya Guha '99 performed a short kathak dance with her fellow students in the recently opened Endicott Center (behind the MIT museum). She is among the four students who take classes in the dance form taught by Gretchen Ruckert, who studied the art with Chitresh Das (opposite) for 25 years.

Gabor Csyani -- The Tech
WORLD MUSIC WEEK -- Famous kathak dance guru Chitresh Das (left) was artist in residence during Sept. 22-24, he will be performing tonight in Kresge Auditoruim to conclude his visit. Carlos Prieto '58, a renowned cellist and MIT alumnus, gave a lecture demonstration about Bach's cello suites in Killian Hall on his Stradivarius instrument. He recounted the story of the delicate cello, which was manufactured in 1720. He recently finished a book affectionately known as the "Biography of a Cello".

Rebecca Loh -- The Tech
Alexandra Pearlman '00 shoots on goal in Tuesday's game against Curry College. MIT won 2-0.

Rita H. Lin -- The Tech
Eric Chen '00 volleys during a doubles match against Boston University on Tuesday evening. Chen and partner James Matysczak '99 won 8-6.