Volume 118 >> Issue 24 : Tuesday, May 5, 1998

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News

• Vandals Mar Smoot Marks, LCA House with Anti-Gay Graffiti
• Newly Installed Software Causes Outages in 411 Directory Services
• New ASA Leaders Study Funds, Summer Mailings
• Straczynski, Jablokov Discuss Television, The Future
• Police Log

World and Nation

• Unabomer Kaczynski Given Four Life Prison Sentences
• McDougal Indicted for Silence on Whitewater Investigation
• Three VMI Seniors Indicted on Hazing, Harassment Charges
• Malaysian Finance Chief Defends Bailout of Hobbled Companies
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: May-Day Incoming Rain

Editorials

• Spray Paint and Shame

Columns

• Getting Barbie Some New Makeup:Matel should redress pop culture icon to reflect diversity
• Living Or Mere Survival?
• Armenian Genocide Reaffirmed

Letters to the Editor

• Card Readers for Peace of Mind
• Limit Appeals, Spend More on the Innocent
• Resources for the Ignorant

Sports

• Merchant Successfully Defends Squash Title Despite Injuries
• Athletes of the Week
• Tracy Sadowski '99
• Justin Verdirame '00

Photographs

Karlene Rosera--The Tech
Satoshi Asari '94 spikes the ball in last Saturday's doubles volleyball tournament. Asari and his partner Mike Margetts '97 came in first place.

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
Jennifer E. Grucza '98 plays the viola in the MIT Symphony Orchestra and Concert Choir concert last Friday in Kresge Auditorium.

Chun Hua Zheng--The Tech
Rory S. MacKean '00 works on his Design and Manufacturing I (2.007) project in preparation for next week's 2.70 competition.

Dennis Yancey--The Tech
Music and Theater Arts Lecturer James R. O'Dell directs the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble last Sunday at Kresge Auditorium.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi--The Tech
Veteran mudwrestler Catalina M. Buttz '98, dresses up as "Fireball" at this year's Steer Roast. Steer Roast was held at Senior House last Friday.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi--The Tech
A militant Junta (Eric R. Traub '99) struggles against the common Thug (Dylan J. McConaghy '00) at Senior House's annual Steer Roast.

Comics

Off Course by Hugo Ayala

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig

Noun Poetry by Katy-Cat

Perhaps by Jennifer DiMase

Bartholomew Squeak by Solar Olugebefola

Dammed for Life by Jessica