Volume 118 >> Issue 22 : Tuesday, April 28, 1998

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News

• Tang Will Receive Undergrads to Relieve Dormitory Crowding
• Funk Festival, Granian, Games Headline Event-Filled Weekend
• Senator Kerry Talks On Environment, Diplomacy
• Lemelson Winner Discusses Innovation, Education
• Police Log

World and Nation

• U.S. Acknowledges Iraq's Effort in Reducing Arsenal
• Hoffa Cleared to Run in New Race for Teamster Presidency
• Bishop Jose Gerardi Brutally Murdered in Guatemala City
• U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Campaign Spending-Limit Law
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: May-Be Rain

Columns

• A Shameful Punishment:No Criminal Deserves the Death Penalty
• Through A Locked Door Ambivalently
• A Press That Polices Itself

Letters to the Editor

• Genocide Denied
• The Character of History and Palestine

Sports

• MIT Club Squash Team Places Second in League Competition
• Lady Engineers Win First Place at 'Taco Bowl' Tournament

Photographs

Ajai Bharadwaj--The Tech
The Toons, the MIT/Wellesley coed a capella group, held their spring concert in 6-120 on Saturday night with special guests, Columbia's Notes & Keys, and Harvard's Callbacks.

Ajai Bharadwaj--The Tech
The annual Baker piano drop was resurrected on Saturday afternoon. It had been cancelled last year due to safety concerns.

Dennis Yancey--The Tech
Emeka Iffih '98 demonstrates African Masquerade at the second annual cultural show held on Saturday in Burton-Conner House.

Dennis Yancey--The Tech
Duordami J. Lisk '98, Saria M. Hassan '01, and Davis F. McGill '99 (left to right) modeled traditional African garments during Saturday's second annual African cultural show in Burton-Conner.

Arifur Rahman--The Tech
Soosan Beheshti G serves food at the Iranian students' booth.

Ajai Bharadwaj--The Tech
The Delta Upsilon pledge class of 2001 paid $410 for an afternoon barbeque with the Alpha Phi freshmen at the Alpha Phlea Market on Saturday. All proceeds from the event were donated to charity.

Miodrag Circovic--The Tech
Music and Theater Arts Lecturer Mark S. Harvey and the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra performed pieces by Harvey last Saturday in Kresge Auditorium.

Thomas E. Murphy--The Tech
Robert S. Langer ScD '74

Ajai Bharadwaj--The Tech
Lila French '99 vaults to victory on Saturday in Steinbrenner Stadium. With the victory, French became the NEW 8 Conference pole vault champion.

Rita H. Lin--The Tech
James L. Chen '00 and Kaechy Chen '00 modeled traditional Chinese clothes during the I-fair fashion show.

Miodrag Circovic--The Tech
Anna Michel '98 and Jessica Lackey '00 try to right their capsized boat during the Sailing Invitational on Saturday, April 18.

Comics

Dammed for Life by Jessica

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig

Bartholomew Squeak by Solar Olugebefola

Perhaps... by Jennifer DiMase

Noun Poetry by Katy-Cat