News

• MIT Requires FSILGs to Select Resident Advisers for Fall Term
• MIT Withdraws Support for Fiji; House Will Not Re-Open This Fall
• FSILGs Expect Slower Rush in 1998, Few Freshmen Return Interest Cards
• Reorganization Combines Housing-Related Offices
• Retiring Provost Joel Moses Discusses Funding, Research
• High School Girls Learn Skills in KEYs Program
• Police Log

World and Nation

• Appellate Court Rules for Secret Service Disclosure
• U.N. General Assembly Votes to Upgrade Palestinian Status
• Nigeria's Would-Be President Abiola Dies of Heart Attack
• Nicotine Levels in Smokers Differ Based on Race, CDC Study Shows
• News Briefs I
• News Briefs II
• Weather: Summer Storms

Editorials

• MIT's Duplicity Towards FSILGs

Opinion

• The Line Item Vetoed: Supreme Court Decision Safeguards Constitution, Citizens
• Fraternity System Not to Blame
• Models and Paradigms for Accepting Cultures

Arts

• The Spanish Prisoner: For once, a movie of Hitchcockian proportions
• Out of Sight: The fine differences between a plot and a story
• Mulan: Disney's latest animated film shows cracks in a successfull movie formula
• The X-Files: Fight The Future: Mulder and Scully make the leap to the big screen

Comic

Noun Poetry by Katy-Cat

Photographs

Greg Kuhnen -- The Tech
Mohammed Kalifa Camara and The Spirit of Africa rouse the crowd to their feet during their portion of the concert.

Greg Kuhnen -- The Tech
A shower of sparks falls towards the Charles River, illuminating the boats and spectators below.

Greg Kuhnen -- The Tech
Guitarist Fellyko Mbuji-Mayi leads his band Sankai in a pop African song that combines sounds from Zaire with sounds from America. The group was one of three to play at the Project Mali Benefit Concert on June 26.

Garry Maskaly
Quick, to the Batmobile! -- A spotlight on the Harvard Bridge pierces the darkness just after the fireworks Saturday night.

Greg Kuhnen -- The Tech
Babatunde Olatunjui and the Drums of Passion Band rounded off a night of African dance music held in La Sala de Puerto Rico on June 26. The event raised ufnds for a medical clinic in Mali, Afrida.

Garry Maskaly
A battery of rockets flares over the Charles River in Boston's Fourth of July celebration. Over 500,000 people crowded both sides of the river to watch the pyrotechnics.