Volume 118 >> Issue 60 : Friday, November 20, 1998

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News

• Two Course VI Classes Impose Limits on Spring Registration
• CUP Nears Approval of Alternative MAS Program for Freshman Year
• EC Tutor Receives Probation After Plea Agreement With Middlesex DA
• $27M Gift Paves Way For New Media Lab Annex on E10 Site
• Information Systems Increases Athena Disk Quotas One-Third
• Faculty Talk About Bioengineering PhD

World and Nation

• Starr Explains Decision Not To Discuss Whitewater Issue
• Israel Will Begin Withdrawal of Troops Under New Peace Deal
• Federal Court Tells Boston to Cease Race-Based Admissions
• Ilyumzhinov Threatens To Secede Amid Charges of Mismanagement
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: Warmer Weather Today

Columns

• Wise Planning
• Denver Deal for Democrats
• Terror, Semantic Constructs, and the Middle East

Letters to the Editor

• Unneccessary Vandalism
• Alcohol-Free FSILGs
• The Threat of Iran

Arts

• Theater Review: Fiddler on the Roof
• Restaurant Review: Dessert, Dessert, Dessert

Sports

• Sadowski and Williams Named As Field Hockey All-Americans
• Won Earns Berth to Championship Race
• Equestrian Team Closes Out Season With Strong Performances by Riders

Comics

Damned for Life

Down with Science

ranDomeland

Photographs

Greg Kuhnen -- The Tech
The town of Anatevka celebrates tradition, the source of their happiness, but change is in the air.

Greg Kuhnen -- The Tech
Tevye (Jake Yara U93) and his wife Golde (Lora Maeurer) discuss their children in Musical Theater Guild's presentation of Fiddler on the Roof. See review, page 6.

Wan Yusof Wan Morshidi -- The Tech
Angela Kelic G accepts an orange ribbon from Nicholas T. Ingolia '00. The ribbons, distributed in Lobby 10 and in the Student Center, protest several of the administration's recent decisions.

Michelle L.. PovinelliQthe tech
This kinetic sculpture, as well as several others by sculptor Arthur Ganson, is now on display at the MIT Museum.

Jelena Srebric
Dean William A. McDonough from the University of Virginia discusses the future of modern architecture Tuesday in Room 10-250. The lecture was part of the Department of Architecture lecture series.

Krzysztof Gajos -- The Tech
Katie Adams G performs "A Walk in the Park" in Fever, Dance Troupe's fall concert this weekend in Kresge Little Theater.

Krzysztof Gajos -- The Tech
Seema Awatramani '01 gives her all in "Oops... Excuse Me," one of several acts in Fever, Dance Troupe's fall concert this weekend in Kresge Little Theater.

Priscilla Cheung
Undergraduate Association President Paul T. Oppold '99 and UA Floor Leader Ryan Pierce '99 run the November UA Council meeting Monday.