Volume 117 >> Issue 50 : Tuesday, October 14, 1997

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News

• State Officials Block Keg Sale at Zeta Psi
• Offbeat Studies Win Ig Nobels for Humor
• MIT May Be Criminally Liable in Scott KruegerUs Drinking Death
• Noted Author Talks About Arab Issues
• 150 Companies Make Up Largest Career Fair in Institute History
• Oktoberfest Events Featured Variety

World and Nation

• Blair Meets with Sinn Fein at Belfast in Historic Talks
• Musician John Denver Dies in Experimental Plane Crash
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: Stalling for Time

Editorials

• Lack of Judgment at Zeta Psi

Columns

• An Intrinsically Painful Process: Real Learning Takes Place Alone
• MIT's Alcohol Blame Game
• A Day for Celebrating Western Culture

Letters to the Editor

• Don't Blame Tragedy on Freedom
• Velazquez and Plotkin Embarrass MIT

Entertainment

• Rhino Man -- By Zach Emig
• Off Course -- By Hugo
• Noun Poetry -- By Katy-Cat
• Trivia: Folklore Today

Sports

• Field Hockey Surges to 7-3 with Three-Game Streak
• After Tough Loss to Skidmore, Tennis Crushes Mount Holyoke
• Upcoming Home Events

Photographs

Chandranath Neogy
Duane Stevens '98 returns a blocked point after attempt for a safety in Saturday's game against Assumption College. MIT won 34-30.

Gabor Csanyi -- The Tech
Center Spread: Fall Foliage of Vermont, 1997

Indranath Neogy -- The Tech
Quarterback Scott Blackburn '99 scrambles across the goal line to score MIT's third touchdown. MIT beat Assumption College 34-30 on Saturday afternoon.

Ajai Bharadwaj -- The Tech
Tracy Sadowski '99 attempts to steal the ball from an opponent in Thursday's game against UMass-Dartmouth. MIT won the game 4-1.

Gabor Csanyi -- The Tech
Numerous student groups erected a memorial on Friday in Lobby 7 honoring the lost cultures of pre-Columbus America.