Volume 118 >> Issue 8 : Friday, February 27, 1998

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News

• Pornogrpahy Display in 6.001 Provokes Debate on Decency
• Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program to be Revised, Unified
• Director of NIH Discusses Biological Research, Funding in Luria Lecture
• John Withers Irvine Jr. PhD '39

World and Nation

• Alleged Spy Incident Strains Swiss-Israeli Diplomatic Ties
• Expansion of the Universe Is Accelerating, Data Suggests
• Sen. Lott Kills Latest Proposal for Campaign Finance Reform
• Oprah Says Free Speech Prevails in Win over Texas Beef Industry
• World Briefs I
• World Briefs II
• Weather: Storms March On!

Columns

• Valentine's Day Imbroglio: A Romantic Evening Raises Serious Issues about the Faculty and Alcohol
• Fwd: My Inbox Overfloweth
• Orientation Information Wants to Be Free

Letters to the Editor

• Ultimate Frisbee Worthy of Olympics
• Olympic Spirit Lost on Sunkavally

Arts

• Triumphant, Magnificent, Grand Hotel
• The Vegetarian Gourmet
• Scoop
• On The Town

Sports

• UVM Defeats Men's Gymnastics Squad
• Lady Engineers Beat Mt. Holyoke, Advance to Semifinals of NEW8
• Women's Ice Hockey Team Finishes Home Season with a Tie
• Hefferman Bolsters Men's Hopes

Photographs

Adriane Chapman--The Tech
Aaron K. Wong '98 and Stefan K. Bewley '01 lead the men's swimming team out of the Infinite Cooridor before leaving MIT for the New England Chapionships in Connecticut this weekend.

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
Desire Greene '99 plays a young Dr. Mae Jamison, dreaming about her brilliant future. The performance was directed by Thomas DeFrantz, Brenda L. Cotto-Escalera, and Ayida Mthembu and used the set of the ongoing musical Grand Hotel. The sharp, quick vignettes were designed to give the audience a view of the successes of the individuals and a broader imsight into the cultural traditions.

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
The short play "The African-American and Latino Living History Museum" was performed Wednesday in La Sala de Puerto Rico. Actors portrayed famous figures of American history while a guided tour of about thirty people gathered around each one in turn.

Gabor Csanyi--The Tech
Stephanie C. Espy '01 portrays Edith Sampson, Esq., the first black female judge in the United States, in the Living Histry Museum.

Comics

Rhino Man by Zachary Emig