Volume 118 >> Issue 52 : Friday, October 23, 1998

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News

• Fiji Members Fail to Appear at Manslaughter Arraignment
• Lab Fire Causes Limited Damage
• Bacow Announces a Design Contest To Revamp Institute Housing Policy
• MIT Alum Proposes Referendum Calling For Reactor's Removal from Cambridge
• Weschler Survey Finds Level of Binge Drinking Unchanged

World and Nation

• Middle East Leaders Near Agreement At Conference
• Pinochet Case Throws SPanish Establishment into Confusion
• Experiment Reveals Monkeys Able to Count at Least to Nine
• Diesel Manufacturers Settle Suit With EPA; Will Pay $1.1 Billion
• Boxer Rebounds to Gain Advantage Over Fong in California State Race
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: A Fair Deal

Columns

• The General and His Teacup
• A Season of Glory, Grandeur, and Class

Letters to the Editor

• Inaccurate Reporting in The Tech
• A Message of Hope and Love
• Thought Crimes

Arts

• Movie Review: Beloved
• Dance Review: Riverdance
• Movie Review: Pleasantville

Sports

• Williams Leads MIT to Victory
• Women's Tennis Edges Out Bates To Rebound From Loss to Smith
• NEWMAC Honors MIT Athletes for Outstanding Individual Performances
• Women's Volleyball Sweeps U.S. Coast Guard Academy
• Women's Rugby Club Shuts Out Northeastern
• Rugby Football Club Beats Seacoast 16-0

Photographs

Omar Roushdy
Pascal-Delache Feldman performs classical pieces by Handel and other composers on the double bass during the Chapel Concert Thursday.

Bart Squeek

Ajai Bharadwaj -- The Tech
Agneta Cederstrom '99 dribbles the ball on Tuesday when MIT hosted Worcester Polytechnic Institute. MIT lost 2­0.

Damned for Life

ranDomeland

Thomas E. Murphy -- The Tech
Dr. John H. Gibbons, former science adviser to President Clinton, discusses the impacts of science and technology on society at the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture in Wong auditorium Thursday.

Down With Science