Volume 118 >> Issue 19 : Tuesday, April 14, 1998

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News

• Building Reopens after Flood, Lectures Relocated This Week
• Dorms Not Involved in Residence Mailing
• New Study Supports Use of Embattled Obesity Drug Redux
• Florida Libel Defendant Hurt in Car Crash
• Police Log

World and Nation

• UN Nuclear Inspector Teams Find Iraq in Full Compliance
• Ashcroft Gains an Early Lead in Republican Nomination Race
• Administration Backs Changes to Embargo against Castro's Cuba
• Astronomers Observe Water Forming in The Orion Nebula
• Virginia Governor May Possible Postpone Scheduled Execution
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: April Angst

Columns

• Tax Problems? Ask The Accountant: Congress Has Created An Industry That Simply Has to Go
• At Last, A Painless Holiday
• When I Was Spy for A Day

Sports

• Ballroom Dancers Win Several Awards at MIT Competition
• Tennis Team Loses Two Tough Matches
• Athletes of The Week
• Amber Crabbe '00
• Matthew Coates '98

Photographs

Dennis Yancey--The Tech
Lightweight crew's 2nd varsity squad rests after losing a close race to Yale University Saturday morning.

Rita H. Lin--The Tech
Amro M. Farid '00 of Phi Delta Theta helps decorate eggs during the fraternity's annual Easter Egg Hunt for children from local shelters and homes.

Dennis Yancey--The Tech
The lightweight crew team's new state-of-the-art boat was dedicated to Thomas Folger '48 Saturday morning. Folger donated funds to help finance the craft's construction.

Dennis Yancey--The Tech
Michael T. Buttville '98 takes a shot at the goal in Saturday's lacrosse game against Western New England College. MIT won the game 8-3.

Miodrag Cirkovic--The Tech
MIT's boat number six, piloted by Jennifer A. Kelly '99 and Susanna B. Mierau '00, sails to the finish line in the seventh heat of the Emily Wick Trophy race last Saturday.

Comics

Bartholomew Squeak by Solar Olugebefola

Off Course by Hugo Ayala

Perhaps... by Jennifer DiMase

Noun Poetry by Katy-Cat

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig

Dammed for Life by Jessica