Volume 117 >> Issue 61 : Tuesday, November 25, 1997

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News

• New Program Nets Six Arrests
• Students, Panelists Discuss Asian Issues
• Card Talks About Ender's Game, Sci-fi
• Turkeys and Traditions Blend at Thanksgiving
  • O'Dair's Home-Style Vegetable Cranberry Stuffing
• Police Log

World and Nation

• HUD to Refund $70 Million For Homeowner Mortgages
• U.S. and Asia-Pacific Leaders Likely to OK Monetary Plan
• FDA Approves Obesity Drug, Noting Possible Side Effects
• South Korea Seeks Strong Leader In Wake of Recent IMF Bailout
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: Cold Turkey

Columns

• A World of Wonder: Weather Scrooges Should Warm Their Hearts to New England Winters
• Buffet Marks Authentic MIT Culture
• A Mechanism for Change: Community Problem-Solving Would Eliminate Haphazard Decisions

Opinion

• Institutional Wisdom Watch

Arts

• Movie Review: Alien: Resurrection -- You can't keep a good woman down

Sports

• Heavyweight Crew Places 6th In Foot of the Charles Regatta
• Athlete of the Week
  • Stephanie Maifert '98
  • Zachary Lee '98

Photographs

Greg Kuhnen -- The Tech
The Chorollaries perform "Wichita" in their annual winter concert on Saturday in Room 10-250.

Amy Yen -- The Tech
Fredi Meli and Tien-Yi Lee G perform Bemsha Swing as a part of the MIT Festival Jazz Combo in Kresge Auditorium last Saturday.

Han Chou
Daniel J. Bush '01 prepares to pin his opponent at the Springfield College Open on Saturday morning.

Dalie Jimenez -- The Tech
Nora Szasz '99 lunges but her thrust is parried by her opponent in a match at Harvard. MIT lost the match.

Karlene Rosera -- The Tech
William C. Cutter conducted the MIT Concert Choir in their annual fall concert, performing works by J. S. Bach.

Ajai Bharadwaj -- The Tech
A budding star practices his above-the-rim technique during half time of the women's basketball game last Saturday.

T. Luke Young -- The Tech
Members of MIT crew erg in Lobby 10 to raise money for the team's trip to Florida next year.

Ajai Bharadwaj -- The Tech
Victoria A. Best '99 fakes out a defender as she drives to the hoop. MIT lost to Plymouth State College in the final of the MIT Engineer Tip-off Classic, 62-47.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi -- The Tech
Students gathered in huge numbers to gorge on a variety of exotic foods at the Infinite Buffet, held in the Infinite Corridor on Saturday.