Volume 118 >> Issue 14 : Friday, March 20, 1998

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News

• UA Presidential Election to Be Rerun Because of Violations
• MIT Shines in Programming Contest, Putnam Math Exam
• Teams Design New Storage Systems in TBP Engineering Design Contest

World and Nation

• India Installs Nationalist Government Amid Concerns
• Governors Agree to Support 3-Year Ban on Internet Taxes
• Iraq Seems to Be Keeping Word in Allowing Access to Facilities
• Clinton's Testimony Confirmed and Attacked by New Evidence
• New Mexican Nationality Bill Allows Expatriates to Be Citizens
• World Briefs
• Weather: Spring Reigns?

Editorials

• Trust Betrayed by Election Impropriety

Columns

• Evaluating Evacuation Day: St. Patrick's Day Might Be a Celebration of Immigration
• The Health of a Vegan Texan
• Election, Perception, Machination

Letters to the Editor

• Photograph Choice in Poor Taste
• Election Enforcement Not Even-Handed
• Comic Should Have Been Delayed
• Lebanon Instigated War with Israel

Arts

• The Vegetarian Gourmet: The Great American Meatout
• Famous Vegetarians
• A Collection of Vegetarian Web Sites
• Facts About Vegetarianism
• If you've seen Chan, you've seen them all
• Dangerous Beauty
• On The Town

Sports

• Nordic Ski Team Ends Season on High Note with Kleiss' Win

Photographs

Greg Kuhnen--The Tech
Josh E. Glazer '00, Tanis A. O'Conner '01 and Jessica M. Kleiss '00 (top to bottom) of Roadkill Buffet perform the skit "Buddha has Spoken" at the Coffeehouse yesterday evening.

T. Luke Young--The Tech
Building 20 will be demolished this Spring to make way for a new Electrical Engineering and Computer Science building . Constructed as a temporary building during World War II, Building 20 later served as the birthplace for achievements ranging from stroboscopic photography to advances in the science of linguistics. "The Magical Incubator," a day-long celebration honoring the people who worked in Building 20 and achievements made there in the past 55 years, will be held in Edgerton Hall (34-101) on Friday, March 27.

Dennis Yancey--The Tech
Author Bruce Sterling reads selections from his work on the theme of "Media and Imagination" in 26-100 yesterday evening as part of a series sponsored by the Lecture Series Committee and the Film and Media Studies Department.

Agnes Borszeki--The Tech
Soprano soloist Kathleen Campbell, accompanied on piano by MArgaret Ann Martin, performs Victorian parlor songs yesterday at noon in the MIT chapel. Campbell created a 19th century atmosphere by telling anecdotes related to the songs and explaining the musical and historical background of the era.

Karlene Rosera--The Tech
Garry Maskaly '00 serves in the second set of Monday evening's game against Johnson and Wales University in duPont Gymnasium. MIT won 3-0 (15-4, 15-13, 15-13).

Comics

Perhaps... by Jennifer DiMase

Bartholomew Squeak by Solar Olugebefola

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig

Noun Poetry by Katy-Cat