Volume 118 >> Issue 23 : Friday, May 1, 1998

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News

• Uncertain Funding Vexes ILG Resident Tutor Pilot Project
• Boston Police Dispute CP Claims of Inaccuracy in Crime Reporting
• Report Criticizes Focus of Research Universities
• Thurow, Dornbusch Use Wits in Economics Debate

World and Nation

• U.N. Will Consider Request for Khmer Rouge Tribunal
• Pentagon Chooses Boeing Co. to Develop Defense Systems
• Report Questions Safety of FDA's Standards for Imported Drugs
• China Maintains Its Hard Line Stance Prior to Clinton's Visit
• Nation's Economy in Near-Ideal State, Growing Without Inflation
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather:Come What May

Editorials

• Poor Planning and Worse Communication

Columns

• Commencement Communique
• The Real Rose of Britain:Tony Blair's Labor Party is Delivering the Reforms That It Promised

Letters to the Editor

• Editorial on Boston Police Inaccurate
• MIT's Alcohol Policy Myopic, Unfair
• ID Cards Smart; Open Campus Unsafe
• Technology Review Changes Misguided

Arts

• Nomathemba is a delightful display of African hope
• Dramashop proves that success can be Illusory
• Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation
• Les Miserables are the ones in the audience
• On The Town

Sports

• Women's Track Ends Season with Strong Show at NEW-8
• Men's Track Squad Outruns Springfield
• Coach of the Week

Photographs

Arifur Rahman--The Tech
Nicolas Cauchy '88, takes advantage of the good weather to practice his climbing technique along the brick walls near the Chapel yesterday afternoon.

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
The Maid (Rachael A. Butcher '98) comforts her mistress (Stacy J. Pruitt '97) in Dramashop's remarkable production of The Illusion.

Miodrag Circovic--The Tech
Eric Chen '00 volleys in his singles match against Dartmouth College yesterday afternoon. MIT won the match 5-2.

David Tarin--The Tech
Juliet (Sarah R. Cohen '00) cradles Romeo's head in her lap in a short performance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet given Wednesday night in Walker Memorial. The act was one of eight collected in a show entitled A Lighter Side of Life.

Ying Lee--The Tech
Ja Hyun Shin '99 played assorted works of Beethoven, Brahms and Kreisler in an Advanced Music Performance Concert held in Killian Hall Monday afternoon.

Off Course by Hugo Ayala

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig

Dammed for Life by Jessica