Early ILG Numbers Bring Some Worries

Epsilon Theta received four freshmen, one junior, and a student from the one-year Cambridge-MIT Institute exchange program, said Rush Chair Susannah M. Dorfman ’05.

Sophomores Declare Exploratory Subjects, Explore Different Majors

287 sophomores, or 29.2 percent of the class, have designated a subject as exploratory by the Oct. 3 deadline, said Assistant Registrar Peter R. Hayes.

Off-Campus Rep. Plans Kitchen for Constituents

Katherine H. Allen ’05, the new Undergraduate Association senator for off-campus students, will work to make kitchen space available for off-campus students and student groups in Walker Memorial, and establish a mailing list for off-campus students.

WORLD AND NATION

Congress Debates Creating Medicare Home Co-Payment

New Fertility Treatment Swaps Nuclei of Fertile, Defective Eggs

Incoming Student Surge Causes Crowding in New York Schools

Fees, Business Practices of Credit Counselors Under IRS Investigation

Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Attacks, Iraqi Governor Targeted with Bomb

News Briefs

News Briefs

EDITORIAL

Erratum

COLUMNS

Racism Is Not a Fashionable ‘-ism’

Discourse, Not Discipline Needed in ‘Ghetto’ Issue

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A Case Of Overreaction?

ARTS

CLASSICAL REVIEW: The Art of Adagio with Haitink -- BSO’s ‘La Mer’ Sparkles at Symphony Hall

FILM REVIEW H: Intolerable Banality -- Coen Bros.’ Latest Marriage Needs Serious Counseling

THEATER REVIEW: Food for Thought -- ‘Chocolate in Heat’ Leaves a Bittersweet Aftertaste

FEATURES

Pumpkins in Glass: MIT Glass Lab Showcases Wares for the Season

Sex and the SafeRide: Pubic Relations