Aeadernic Ad1Jising Day An Academic Ad vising Day has been scheduled for , February 26, to provide a practical supplement .......... \.4.;,.,,v,u~ begun on Planning Day of this week. s the emphasis of tomorrow's Planning Day will be the educational ot>jecti ves of WPI, Academic Advising yon the 26th affords students the opportunity to plan out details of their ac:ademic program for the next year hopefully beyond> in consultation with their • ._.,.u"'" ic advisors and with representatives and with ves from their major department. No classes ve been scheduled on the 26th so that students and alike can fO<!us their efforts on this single, eximportant task. The schedule for- the 26th is as follows: 1) All academic advisors meet at 9:00a.m. in Olin 107 a short, informational session. 2) Between 10:3C and 11:30 a.m., departments and aJor program areas will conduct meetings at which -uluc;u\.0) can learn about and discuss matters of relevance their particular class and major. All students should -~~·cuu one of these meetings; students who have not yet itted themselves to a particular major area may their time betv.reen the two or three areas of interest them. Room assignment information is contained in the of pre-registration material sent to all students this 3) During the afternoon, academic advisors will be ilable to discu.ss programs with their advisees. February 19, advisors will post appointment IICIIle<JIUl~es near their offices so that students can reserve times to meet with their advisors. Some advisors schedule gre>up meetings with advisees; thus, n"uu~~::uts should check with advisors in advance of the 26th confirm an app<>intment. Even though one particular day has been set aside for 1acaa~~mJ·tc planning, it is important for students not to put all thoughts of planning their programs until the 26th. new Operational Catalog and the Addenda listing the 74-75 class terms are available now, as is a wealth of infonnation concernimg project opportunities, and students can insure most ef:fective use of the time with their advisors by preparing a tentative program (or, better yet, several alternative programs) in advance of the 26th.
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Education at WPI
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by Prof. John M. Boyd PART II
"The important thing to know is not how to solve a problem but how to look for a solution ." 8 F . Skmner, Beyond t'reedom ud Dignity Although I am fnghtened by the world·view of Professor Skinner, the Plan philosophy embraces the above quotation, and t also support h1s psychological position that in order to reinforce a desired behavior pattern one must arrange an environment which promotes the desired behav1or. Since the philosophy of the new educational program is fully discussed in Tbe l'ulure or T"o To"era, I, II, Ill, and IV, and since tht> Implementation or an educational program based on th1s philosophy has hardly begun m three yt>ars, it is now necessary to arrange the academic environment so as to reinforce efforts to truly implement the Plan . The crucial changes required to promote a successful implementation are remarkably 1mple, and they are outlined below. They are for the most part suggested by C.L. Feldman who did the seminal thinkmg on the educational philosophy culminating in the Plan. 1\udemlc: 1. The basic Plan degree requirements are maintained except that the minimum t>qu1valent residence reqwrement will be four years. As will be seen below, the reqwrement for the completion or twelve units before laking the competency exam becomes meaningless since tmits per se will be meaningless. 2. The school year will begin in September and will end in June. There will be no specified terms. tThere w1ll be a specified student holidays.> All activities, projects. courses, seminars, etc. will be cut free from the artificial restraints of terms and will last as long as required to perform them weU. 3. There will be a limit on the number of courses offered during the 1974-75 academ1c year . Basically, only one section of each "essential" course will be given. The course will be given as rapidly as possible but without any restriction on length, consistent w1th proper preparation and the demands of TV scheduling. 4. All courses bemg offered during t~ 1974-75 academic vear
wilt be taped as they are oUered. Th('reafler faculty will only ha\'e to set aside t1me each week for student.,Jnstructor feedback on the course areas ror wh1ch they are respcnsibh.•. Students w1ll "lake a l 'OUr&e'" by using TV tapes, IPI matl'rials. etc. In th1 way, they t•an learn a set or factual material or techniques as they need it .... in response to the demands of the projects that occupy the mainsteam of the1r thoughts. In the future, new materials will be taped as the need arises. 5. The .student transcript will contain only the designation and description of the satisfaction or the basic degree requirements. There will be no listed course or course grades. 6. During the 1974-75 academic year Conly>, all students and faculty will participate ln a series of seminars on education. 7 . Students will be assigned as advisor the faculty member who is responsible for either his major discipline project work or his in· teractive project work throughout his academic career. This is his only advisor. <Of course, students can change advisors or vice ver-
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5. Each student will be given an 10 card when he pays his tuillon. There will be no further registration.
6. It wlll be the responsibility of the admissions office to educate the parents. It will be the responsibility or the placement office to educate industry, government, and educational institutions. It will be the responsibility of the students and faculty to educate eacb other. After Implementation of the environmental changes proposed above, the following behavioral patterns of the WPJ commWtity are expected to pertain:
1. Starting within a few days after h1s arnval at WPI, each student will solve Catone or in connection with other students) a series or real life problems. These problems will serve as the focus for a group or learning experiences selected by the student in response 10 the need for knowledge sa.) demanded by the project on which he is working. The material will be AdmlnlstratJve 1. After an Initial salary ad- available on video tape, In IPt justment ror equity over some time modules, etc. such that the student period, all faculty will be on a can use them in the time frame or standard salary schedule. sequence demanded by his own 2. All faculty will join WPI u needs. Associate Professors . After seven 2. Faculty will devote the vast years (or the equivalent), If majority of their time to close awarded tenure, they wiU become supervision of students engagmg in Professors. The Institute Professor project activity. The closeness rank will be awarded aa an should be such as to approach the honorific title to outstanding traditional master-student faculty. rt>lationship. A smaller fraction of 3. As a result of (1) and (2), the each faculty member's time will be faculty governance will consist of devoted to keeping current the selfthe Committee on Resource learning aids in the area for which Allocation; the Committee on · he IS responsible and to acting as Faculty Development, and Tenure consultant to students and faculty and Academic Freedom; the 10 that area. Only a small fraction Committee on Governance aod of faculty time need be devoted to work Academic Policy; and the Com- administrativ~mmittee mittee on Student Academic and this on a rot.ting basis . Affairs. The Committee on 3. Administration will devote Resource Allocation will work with their energies to tWining the the administration to determine physical plant, educating the which resources are available on a outside world as regards the goals short- and long-term basis and to and methods of the WPI allocate them, either on petition educational system, and securing from students and-or faculty or on sufficient funds to allow im· their own Initiative. The roles of plementation ot these WPI plans in the other three committees are a truly optimum manner.
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Elliot Richardson Elliot Richards«>n, who stepped out of Nixon cabinet as attorney general diCferences with the President which from Vlatergate, will be the mencement speaker at Worcester ytechnic Institute, at 10 a.m ., Sunday, 2. Richardson refused to fire Archibald , the special prosecutor for the tergate investigation, before Leon and ch.ose rather to resign. He is a native of Massachusetts, who s graduated rr()m Harvard College and rvard Law Sctu>OI before a career at the r and in public service. He was •ali:M.x:•ated with the law firm of Ropes, Gray, Best. Coolidge & Rugg in Boston and later became a partner.
When his interest turned to politics, he assisted Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, and then became an assistant secretary for legislation in the U.S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, which he headed as secretary 10 vears later. In the interim, he was U.S. attorney general for Massachusetts and a special assistant attorney general of the U.S. At the state level, he was lieutenant governor <'65- '67) and attorney general ('67- '69). Richardson was· under secretary of state in the State Department in 1969, before moving over to secretary of HEW a year later. He also served briefly as secretary of defense before the president shifted him to the post of attorney general.
R.I. IPPLICITIOI for 1114-16 school r••r 1Y1il1ble in Student IH1i---..,. Office Fri., Feb. 22. New procedure effective this year applications will include essays, interviews, and a 5-minute videotape. See Dean Trask for details.
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ligure IS150-S4001.1f one can afford To the Editors: The letter "Mini-Brains" by Mr. to go to Tech one can somehow Lentendre seems totally out of afford a calulalor What is amazing is that he shoots place. The slide rule's introduction decreased ten fold the time it took down the calculator for the very to do the necessary but basic reasons •t should not be, such as calculations. Today the calculator :tccuracy. complicated math decreases it again, but by so fold ! functions . and time saved. As far as this person 1s con· If Mr. Letendre thinks that allowing calculators at a test is cerned the pocket caluclator has unfair I must say, and most of the everything going for it, and nothing faculty will agree, that most tests against it . As a concluding remark given here are based on the speed I and many others at this school and accuracy of the slide rule, not think the day of the slide rule is nver and the day of the Mini-Brain the calculator. Concerning the cost, he says that has arrived Sincerely, some people can not afford a Thomas Killeen calculator, but they pay $4,300 to go Class of 1977 to Tecb. A calculator coeta between P .O. Box 1567 3 per cent and nine per cent of that
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High School Hackers We, the computer users of WPI and the surrounding Consortium Colleges have been faced with a potenltal problem which could affect the future of the WACCC system of computers. It happened a few months ago that certatn students at Wachusett Regional High School were not satisfied with thetr own school's computer, and decided to favor us with their presence m stolen college students' accounts. These students were maliciously deleting files in these accounts and storing their own programs, many of which were nuisances when run . After a confrontation with some WPI students, as well as members of the WACCC starr. Ed Perkins. manager of operations at WACCC. dectded to issue these students their own accounts in the com· puler. so as to keep a watchful eye on them Now, they drop down on us during peak hours, and run their nUisance programs, much to the chagrin of most other users. Even though we have been against this policy from the beginning, we must reaffirm our stand 1n light of the recent facts that they are learnjng DEC-lO assembler language. While we feel that this is beneficial to their education as Computer scientists, we do not feel they have the maturity to use assembler language, since, improperly used, assembler language can be quite dangerous and can cause some serious results on the entire system . A few cases In point : 1) On the day or the last snowstorm, when most h1gh schools m the area had no school, this author noticed on the system that, first, the system was nearly full , and secondly. that one or these Wachusett students
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was under three dtfferent jobs pointmg out these facts to htm, he was in the same room, thia authol' was made to feel like dt which under most opintons, w totally uncalled ror. 2 l ln talkmg lriends around campus about th problem. a story was related nne sl udent of how he had had h' account exp1red for malicio damage, when it was obvious him that he had not done it . in fa he had not used the system at a time during the lime in queslio ll ts the cons•dered opinion many computer users that the ti has come for these students to back to their own school and wre their havoc there, mstead of tyi up our few terminals, as well much time. In thts vein, a num of concerned students are pass· around petitions to gel these a counts (X'rmanently expired bef any further damage can be done. you believe m our cause. and w to protect your right to the WAC system, please sign and return form below and mail it to box 719 soon as posaible. Also, I would only too happy to receive answer any reasonable questio comments, or objections. to policy and subsequent article. Scott Safller '77 Box 719
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"Bal WRITf;ns THIS ISSUE eaf-mu Thomas Killeen, John Zimmerman, Scott SafUer, Bruce t asgc D'Ambrosio. Len Goldberg. Chuck Vogt, ''Jerry". S B. Fine. Neal as poo1 Wright, Charles Gammal. Matte DiPolato. uple ot STAFF THIS ISSUE oviem Judy Nitsch, PauJ Kilinkman, Steve Diquette, Lee Little, Ed e time Pietraszkiewicz. Ont ason I The WPI NEWSP~AK of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, arried formerly The Tech News has been published weekly during the ebelil.'' academic year , except during college vacation, since 1909 Editorial and business offices are locatt>d at the WPI campus, West St. Second cla~s postage paid at Worcester. Mass. Subscription rate $4.50 per school year ; single copies 20 cents. Make aU checks payable to Business Manager. WPI Ne~speak Office Tel. 753-1411 1-::~:t. 464
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Gym Requirement Stays by S. B. FinP
b) Chuck Vogt
Some time ago, Professor Keil proposed abolishing the physical education requirement. He did this for two reasons. The first was that he believed non-academtc requirements in college are wrong and a waste of the student's time. The second reason was that the students were obviously cheating
age or one volcaruc rock was judged to be between twelve and explain the creation of the world in twenty one million years, yet It was tenns or purely natural processes, known that the material was tbe Bible states that God created formed less than two hundred all things supernaturally. The years ago. A living mollusk was worlds were frame-' by the spoken tested with carbon 14 and found to .ord of God, and it therefore be dead for 3,000 years! follows that that whtch we see did Dr. Robert Whitelaw, professor Radiocarbon supports a date of not come Into being out of that of nuclear Engineering at Virginia Creation at approximately 7000 which is visible. Polytechnic Institute, has taken B P <before preaent>" If Dr. Contrary to the billions of years the radao carbon ages of 15,000 Whitelaw's findings are true, needed to support evolutionary various materials and corrected evolutionary theory cannot stand, theOry, the Bible states that it took for the increasing concentration of for it demands billions or years. six literal days. By the use or radio carbon in our atmosphere. Darwin's theory or natural potassium argon, men have His conclusions are published in an selection demand an Increase in claimed that <leaky's " nut cracker article entitled "Time. Life and · order. This contradicts the second man"l bones were t:l-.4 million History in the Light or 15,000 law of thermodynamics. All exyears old. When material in the Radiocarbon Dates." They are: perimental evidence supports the same strata was tested by carbon "1. Radiocarbon supports the idea second law . Some say that in life 14 it was found to be 10,000 years of Biblical Creation by pointing there is a negative entropy. This eld. This leads to a contradlction. unmistakably lo a recent begin· theory has been assumed without Who is right? The potassium argon ning of cosmic radiation. 2. any experimentation, and yet the basis of all natural laws is ex· perimentation. Evolutionist say that the second law is not needed because there is energy £rom the sun. There Is still a difference The weather is fine between energy and order. If you I wish I could match the feeling put the parts of a watch together in of the warmth that the sun gives me a box, and shake up the box, thus and share a bit of the energy that it gives supplying energy. will that energy I wish 1 could: match the light make a workable watch? that brings forth· life and abundance If man is descendent of an ape creature, where did we get our +++ intelligence? An ape may have the intelligence or a 2 or 3 year child. The sun brings forth mspiration and yet a dolphin has the in· that enriches the outlook on li(e telligence or a 6 or 7 year old. How and helps improve living was the transfer of Intelligence accomplished? Why are there only +++ two specific groups or life? Why are there still billions of single The winter brings forth a change celled animals? Why bas man that covers the greens and abundance, stopped evolving? Is there an but yet brings its beauty in white answer? flowing and reflecting fields that The Bible says "In the beginning soften the pace of life. God created the heavens and Ute earth." The account continues ++ + with the creation of vegetation, the creation of the sun, the moon, and The stillness and serenity of a winter's night all the stars. It goes on to explain makes sound echo all thru tbe creation of sea creatures, the fields and pacifies the crying birds, land animals, and finally of a small child and to whose man. ears it has a whistling tone Man is therefore an intelligent that only nature can bring ape occurring by chance, or a man and melody is so untouched is a being, created in the image and by man's chaos. Jilteness of God. A Creator who "loved the world, so mucb that He +++ gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not Time belongs to nature in the perish, but have eterpal life." sense that man has no say on row it passes and leaves references: the happenings, sights, sounds of I Witcomb, The Early Earth. p 21. this world behind and time Baker 1972 waits for no man 2 Hebrews 11 : 3 no matter who he is or 3 Mulfinger. "Recent Findings what he is That Refute Evolution". Voice, April 1971, p4 +++ 4 Creation Research. June 1970 5 ibid In one man's lifetime if he is 6 ibid observant bis eye can meet wiUt 7 Geneis 1:1 nature's eye and enjoy the beauty 8 John 3:16 so untouched by man's mechanical world and aOow I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 the peace and harmony to now 1 234567 8 into man's mind which can add happiness and joy to him and his loved ones.
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on the requirement. The proposal was tabled and has never been brought up again. When Professor Keil made the proposal. 1t brought some activity Two or three ar· ticles were wratten in the '"~"peak, ror and against, and a poll was taken on gym requirements. Then the issue was dropped. Nothing has been done since. Professor Keil stated that there was an overwhelming apathy among the faculty and student body on the subject. They thought there were many more important issues. But whether one agrees or disagrees with Keil's first reason for his proposal, there is still his second one. The students do cheat on the gym requirement. The freshmen come in , talk around, find the easiest gym course. and sign up for it. The general con-
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Len Goldberg Under the Types of Love Cinemalech series, two movies were eened last Thursday These were "Ballad of Love" and "The iracle." "Ballad of Love" was a pleasant story of a music student's love for a f·mute It was a weU written story, but the execution of it on film was I as good as it could have been or should have been The photography s poor, the direction only adequate, as the film seemed to drag in a uple or spots. However, the overall effect was not all that bad, and the ov&e made a gentle impression on your mind. It was a nice way to pass time. On the other hand, "The Miracle" was very tense and for some son I was very anxious about where the movie was headed. An un· rried peasant woman becomes pregnant by the grace of St Joseph, so beheves, is tormented by the townspeople, and ha::. a baby That is all re really is to the story line, but the film Is really questioning some igious attitudes that the pious have. The story never really says aightrorwardly that she did or did not have a holy son by a miraculous th. and this is probably what savt.>d it from the cen!>or's stamp. at least Catholic Code for Movies. The movie implies that it isn't a miracle . tit is to her and where does that put her on God's Christmas list'' The raises the questaon but does not answ&it.
sensus is that recreational bowling 1s the easaest course. but now it is also the most crowded . Anyone who really wanted to bowl would find no openings anywhere. Dean ReuUinger has written a paper questioning the philosophy behind competition and physical education . The purpose of this article 1s not to go into the philosophy or gym requirements but only into the fact that it is there and that nothing is being done about it But he does bring up one extremely valid point. Phys-Ed does not have to be just sweating In a gym , Physical conditioning can be acquired while one is learning outdoor subjects. such as geology, archeology. and agriculture. If there as no interest tn abolishing the gym requirement. maybe some can be aroused for imaginatively expandmg the gym program.
We would like to thank all members of the Tech Community who helped out in the Blood Drive this year. The 450 pints of blood given thus far equals the record set last year, and those participating in the contests have till the end of February for the donations to count in the race. Results will be made available after the official lists have been received from the Red Cross. Thanks again for helping others.
Wed. 20 STUDENT ACADEMIC PLANNING DAY.
'lllurs. 21 FACULTY MEETING. Olin Hall, Room 10'7. 4:05 p.m. SWIMMING at Brandeis. 7:00 p.m. +CINEMATECH 73-74. Types of Love. "Alexander" France, 19619. Alden Memorial Audltorium. 7:30 p.m. CHRISTIAN BIBLE FELLOWSHIP. Janet Earle Room . 7:30 p.m. FREDERICK STORASKA speaks on Rape, BaUroom, Holy Cross, 8 p.m.
Sat. 23 SKI CLUB at Berkshire East, Mass. +SWIMMING vs. Tufts . 2:00 p.m. THE NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL OPERA presents the children's opera ''Jack and the Beanstalk." Alden Memorial AudJtorium. 2:00 p.m . Tickets at Student Affairs Office. +BASKETBALL vs. Colby. 8:00p.m. LIVINGSTON TAYLOR CONCERT, Holy Cross Ballroom, 8:00p.m. Sun.24 C\lEW TEAM presents the movie: "Reefer .Madness." Alden Memorial AudttorilDlt. 8:00p.m. DUET RECITAL, Margaret O'Connor and Doreen Marszalk.owski, Anna Maria College, Miriam Hall, 3 p.m . Mon. 25 HOCKEY vs. Stonehlll. Worcester Arena. 6:20 p.m . BASKETBALL at Assumption. 8:00p.m. WPI FACULTY WIVES READING WORKSHOP. Gordon Library Seminar Room . 8:00p.m. Tues. 26 STUDENT ACADEMIC PLANNING DAY.
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Corner Whtn you raise your hand, watch fulfilled. Last week. :=£ AE mentioned the out: What in the world is meant by word and happily found them· th1s crazy title?! Basically, when selves submerged in appeals. The following organizations after you mention the word, "Volunteer'' <and are one), you 'll have no five phone calls made appeals for problem in finding a need to be needed physical renovations:
During the ftlm, however, it appeared that she would die by suicide or murder at any moment. She talks about wanting to dle and go to heaven as !lOOn as St Joseph lets her at the very beginmng of the £ilm when she Is talking to him Thus, the mood Is set for the rest of the picture and the real issue is lost. What we see is a bunch of emotions and our attention is focused on them instead of at the resolution of the problem. It is because or this that the direction seems a bit orr and the movie is not enjoyable and rather tense. It seems that the Cinematech showing or these two movies gives a good example of how a good idea can be badly mistreated in film without the help or good technicians. director<; and actors.
Friendly House <community good time day care center>, Head Start < pre-school - teaching organization>, YMCA in Worcester, and YWCA in Westborough. The brotherhood will be voting next week for choosing tbe project that looks tbe most promising. The projects run from painting lobbies, plastering walls, to building a playground. 1f one of these organi~ations captures your fancy , please call ~AE- 752·9667 and ask for Rog. There is a great need, a need for you! The law of service states : If x amoung of service is given the blessing in return is always an exponential increase!
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WPI Moves Towards a Car-free Campus · by Nul \\'right In recent weeks NeY.spnk has been following the proposed closing· of West Street and the scheme for a greening over of the WPI campus. Ney.speak was at a meeting on Wednesday February 13, in the Wedge, to discuss the details of this greening. The meeting was sponsored by a committee on campus environment which consists of Larry Jones '75, Professor Lamothe, Professor Heaventhal, and Mr. Pierce. This committee has had several meetings in which ideas were exchanged ; the alternatives which were presented to the audience of 60 students, staff and faculty had their origin with this committee. Speaking for this committee, Gardner Pierce gave a short presentation reviewing the attempts to get West Street closed off • on a 90 day trial basis. Due to the temporary nature of the trial closing, he explained that litUe money could be spent for really major alternative street use schemes. However, the Idea of making West Street a green mall or a park ran very strongly through Mr. Pierce's talk. Setting the priorities for the greening process, Mr. Pierce indicated that the east campus surrounding Boynton, Washburn, Strallon and Salisbury would receive the first treatment. Here certain design limitations were cited, such as the need to provide service access ways for oil truckers delivering fuel to the Washburn area. The west campus would then be reworked, again with an emphasis on practical aetthetic improvement. For the more technical details of the plan, Mr. Pierce introduced Bruce Miller, the landscape architect retained by the school for the redesign. Bruce toured the campus recently and Newspeak went along. Throughout the tour it was very evident that Bruce was very capable, professional and deeply concerned with good aesthetics. Bruce related many of the campus problems to the automobile, which brings clutter, noise and air pollution. By changing our outlook, to assign the pedestrian first priority and relegate the auto to a secondary role, we might again be able to have a really "livable campus". We could save our best trees and preserve the historically valuable buildings we now have , I.e., Boynton Hall and the Higgins Estate. Our older buildings bave an architectural style similar to nineteenth century New England mill buJJdings. If the clutter were reduced around these buildings, these beauty and intricate craftmanship would again be appreciated. Cities the size of Worcester are, according to Bruce, the cities or the future. They are or manageable size and scope. As Worcester grows and its skyline changes, WPI should become a point of community interest and pride. By greening the campus we might create a focal point similar to Giradelll Square in San Francisco:
a uniquely hvable inter-city area lhat attracts an interaction of the citizen and the c1ty. Immediate steps to improve the campus aesthetics might be to sandblast some buJJdings. Ir any further additions are made, they should be consistent in architectural style with the existing campus bulJdings. Asphault should see reduced usage only for service roads of ten to twelve foot width. Turning the area between Washburn and Salisbury into a brick courtyard could create an area which people might gravitate towards and relate to. With proper plantings and earthwork, this area might be given a vista to further enhance the effect. The essence of Bruce Miller's ideas is building for people, so as to achieve a natural environment in which constant interaction occurs
A student inqu1red about buildmg an athletic f1eld on the quadrangle. wh1le another suggested an additional playing field in Salisbury Park. Both s uggestions met with poor response. Professor Corey expressed his concern that the project center be serviceable by some means and was assured that this would be the case. Finally Mr. Tom Denny, Vice President m charge of University Relations, explained what funds were available and the school's general construction priorities. These including refurbishmg Salisbury and providing several improvements on entrances to the campus, for better identity. The meeting broke up after an hour and a half with everyone having a little better understanding of what may be accomplished here on WPJ's campus. Whichever option Is finally acted on, it w11l require the cooperation of the outside community and an active concern by all at WPI. Wednesday's meeting was a step in that direction .
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WPI and Opera Worcester arc proud to presen t the Ne" England Opera's performance of " Jac k & lilt Beanstalk" on February 23 a t 2 p m. in Alden Memoria l Auditorium , WPI. The New England Regional Opera !NERO !, was founded in 1967 to provide opera for all areas or New England for people of all ages. It has gi\'en over 70 per· tormances since its funding going 1o Portland, Worcester. Spnngfield, New Bedford and ID&ny smaller communities an eastern New England. Last year it ..as given an award by the AssOCiation for the Performing ArUI for Its service to New England . It is now a member of the American Guild of Musical Artists aod has an extensive educational program in addition to its major ldult productions. The company was recently .cclaimed for its production of Floyd's "Of Mice and Men" which ..UI be given again at the National Theater in May Plans are being made lo, tour with this opera in lll&sSia m 1975-76. Tickets will be on sale at the Judent AfCairs Office, Boynton Ball. Room 206, WPI, Steinerts, 308 Main Street, Worcester. Admission is $1.00 .
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MARCH 1st and 2nd !THINK ABOUT IT! FRIDAY : A Blanket Concert in Alden with the enjoyable Edmunds and Curly Comedy Team, followed by a little soft rock with the Pousette- Dart Band. SATURDAY: In Harrington, a nigh? for Rock and Blues with the James Montgomery Band.
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WICN Worcester's public radio station has joined the oldest network of non-commercial stations in the United States. WICN <90.5 FMl is now an affiliate of the Eastern Public Radio Network. The president of EPRN made the announcement following the unanimous vote of the organization's board of directors at a New York City meeting attended by Keith J . Thompson, general manager of WJCN. Robert D. Carey, of Boston's WGBH, which also is a member of EPRN, said that "the network pays tribute to the talents and initiative of everyone involved io the development of this fine, young public station." In welcoming WICN to the network and expressing admiration for Lhe station's role ln the community of Worcester, Carey explained that "EPRN stations look forward lo a healthy, exciting, and mutually-beneficial exchange of programs in the days to come." EPRN is comprised of 10 of the leaders of public broadcasting covering an area stretching from Maine to Virginia. The Worcester stat1on, already a member of the National Public Alexander Is a dreamer who CIWOU:Id rather play billiards, lay on back in a field and look at the or go fishing than work on his . He is married to a woman as La Grande, who, by aa~1pir1g her fingers and by using wwKie·tatkle. keeps him jumpShe gives him orders In the to plough the pasture, put fence poles, prime the pump pick the pumpkins. One day his wife and her parents an accident and Alexander ls to foUow a funeral procession, the condolences of his ~~>~.,.,hi\,..., who pity him, saying, r man , all atone." But ...........u.,. has his own plans. When ast mourner has shaken his he rushes off to the farm, the animals and jumps into He stays there as the weeks to grow. His dog does all the •opp,ing with a basket. Alexander a 'Rube Goldberg' con• •ptton:· he can pull down a bottle a salami or his musical He is happy. ighbors worry about _..:AKnut:.- not working. They try to him to his senses, but he will budged. Then gradually, one man, then another, then a rd decides that perhaps
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Alexander is right, that man should rest and enjoy, not work. Now it becomes imperative for his neighbors to get him out of bed before his pbUosophy threatens to affect more villagers. Unsuspecting of the villagers' plot, Alexander gets up when his dog disappears, but when the dog Is found he does not return to work. The establishment)s still unhappy because now he fishes, he swims, he drinks his wine in the fields . Agathe, a lazy new girl in town, is intrigued by this man who wants to steep and rest. She sends food to him and finally delivers it in person. They fall in love, Alexander proposes, she accepts. Then Agathe discovers he owns a 300 acre farm. Suddenly this lazy girl has become business-like and has plans to make a fortune by developing the real estate. At the wedding, Alexander, while kneeling at Agalbe's side, hears his dog bark outside the church and turns his bead ; Agathe snaps her fingers, a Ia La Grande, and Alexander, startled, looks around at her. He rises to his feet and backs out of the church, saying. " No, no." Agathe pursues him through the fields in vain . Alexander remains a free spirit
II you have ever walked into the ;nack bar and heard the panic>tricken scream, "We need a fourth" . then you have stumbled into lhe world of the bridge players. Between nine and four every week day. there is a bridge game gomg on in the snack bar. The players are made up of a good percentage or commuters intermixed with on campus dwellers and non-students. The aforementioned bridge addicts officially meet every Wednesday at 7 p rn. to play duplicate. Duplicate is a form of bridge where everyone plays the same hands. The pair that does the best in that hand gets the most points. Usually around 28 bands ... played. The pair with the most points at the end of the game is awarded a certain number of rating points. While they receive the lion's share of points, the other top 40 percent of the finishen get a lesser amount. The duplicate games are open to anyone who knows how to play bridge and can get up 35 cents. The bridge club has just recently been rejuvenated.-Towards the end or '73, the club was dying on its feet, but the newly formed affiliation with the American Contract Bridge League saved the club. The ACBL gives out the rating points and is the onJy
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U.S. Should Not Back Israel Why is the U.S. tM only country in the world backing Israel? It is not because the Israeli cause is just, but because of the overwhelming influence of a small but vocal Jewilh minority on the minds of lhe American people and the American Legislators Virtually all of the broadcast media and most of the newspapers are controlled or influenced by Israeli sympathizers . Nearly every presidential and congressJonal candidate is heavily financed by American Zionists in exchange for support for Israel. President Truman is a good example. Delpite a firm recommendation from his advisors that Palestine should never become a Jewish state, he yielded to Zionist pressure groupe and ordered full pressure to be exerted oo U.N. delegates to vote in favor of panitioning Palestine. He later said "Top Jewish leaden in the U.S. were putting all kinds of pressure on me to commit American forces on behalf of the Jews in Palestine." In order to understand the present situation in the Middle East, which has been greatly distorted by American Jews, it is necessary to know a little of the history of the Mideast Conflict and how Israel came to be. During W.W.I. the Arabs joined forces with Britain against the Turks. In return, Britain promised complete independence for aU Arab countries, but it went back on ita word, and Palen tine became a British Mandate. Britain then turned around and said it favored a Jewish homeland existing in Palestine even thoujh more than 90 percent of tbe population consisted of Arabs. The Arabs fmally persuaded Britain that this was wrong ; and in 1947 Britain helped the Arabs fight off Jews migrating to Palestine. Britain turned the situation over to the U.N., which promptly divided Palestine into 2 parts, one for the Arabs and one for the Jews somethina which it had no right to do under its Charter. When the Jews moved in they drove 1.6 million Palestinians out of Palestine and Into the desert, where they still remain today, being fed by tbe U.N. all the while for 9 cents per person per day . Both the U.S. and the U.N. deplored this action and ordered Israel to either pay the Arabs for their land or let them back ln. Israel 's refusal to do either precipitated the 1948 War. In 1967 it started a war of aggression and further extended Its bo111daries. About 1170, when the U.S. told Israel to give back the land taken in the 1957 War, Golda Melr went on the news and told tbe U.S. to "stop meddling in my eotmtries business. "That's gratitude for you! Where would her CO\Dltry be if the U.S. didn't "meddle" in her country's business? Zionist propaganda has prevented the American people aa a whole from being COIJllzant of what has been said in favor of the Arabs. On Dec. 22, 1m, in his
solemn address to the CoUeae of Cardinals, Pope Paul spoke of " the sons of the Palestinian people who have been wailmg for so many years and who seek a just recognition of their aspirations, not in opposition to but in the necessary harmony with the rights of other peoples." Howard k . Smith, the newscaster, once said: "Our conscience was awakened by Hitler's treatment or the Jews. So to pay our debt of conscience, we let the Arabi, who have done no harm , root the bill ." Senator Fulbrlaht said: "In what is probably lhe most delicate international situation which exists in the world today. 200,000,000 Americans find their foreign policy being whipsawed by a minority pressure group." The Israelis say that they seek only peace. However, Moshe Dayan recently said : "After the present cease-ftre lines, there will be new ones. 'lbey will extend beyond Jordan, perhaps to Lebanon and perhaps to central Syria as well." Today many Americana think of Palestinians, and of Arabs in general, as a people of violence. The image Is unjust, for the reality is just the opposite. The Palestinian people have been overwhelmln&ly the victims of violence, not agents or it. Hwu:lreds of thousands of Palestinians have been diapollae~sed of their native land, while those who still reside in Palestine are ''refugees " on their own soU, and aU inferior citizens in law and in fact. Attempts are stlll being made to further decrease the Arab population in Israel ... Three Incidents have been brought to light in the last 2 years. The first took place in Gaza. Twenty-five thousand acres were fenced off, displacing more than 5,000 Bedouins ; their huts and tents were destroyed. and most or their water sources were sealed up. The second incident took place in Akraba on the West Bank where the Israeli Army s prayed destructive chemicals on 500 acres of wheat because the Palestinians refused to sell their land. The third and most striking example is lhe renewal of the honstanding affair or Kafr Bir'im and lkrit, two Christian villages in northern Galilee. In 1MB, the inhabitants or these 2 villages were asked for security reasons to move out for a few weeks with the assurance that they would be back soon. They have been struggling since that time to return. These 3 accounts are examples or the unprovoked in· stitutionallzed violence which has been perpetrated on the Palestinians for the past 25 years and is atill being carried out today. Why ia this being done1 The Israelis say it is a matter of national security. But history shows this claim to be absurd. In 1947 and 1948, when the Israelis wen mUltarily weak, virtually none of the Palestinians fought them : so how can they say the Palestinians wiU fight them now, wben they are many times stronger? The real reason for dimlnilhing the
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Arab pop•Jlation m Israel is to see to it that the population consists ol many more Jews than Arabs, so that the Arabs will not have any political power. Israel has been called the most democratic country in the world, but consider this: What IS the difference between a country being run by a dictator and one from which one small fraction throws out all of ita opposition and then holds free elections'? Think about it. Anyone cognizant of the Iaruli government will agree that the Tul Palestinians are being treated the way they are s1mply because tMy are Co.1 not Jews. Israel is run by Zionists. According to the Zionist way Of th thinking, only Jews should live in Israel. Also, under Israel's " Slatua Law" all Jews everywhere owe a primary loyality to Israel. This " double FN loyaUty" can be dangerous to the security of our country. Co The Israelis claim that the Bible says that Palestine will be the horne w~ of the Jewish People and hence say the creation of Israel has religioul thil connotations. But the Bible does not say that ONLY Jews will live in thll fin4 area. The Bible does not say that Jews may expell many peaceful OCJito raU Jews when they move into Israel . The Bible does not say that tM Jews must politically and militarily control the area . Thus, any knowledgeable person saying that Israel is the fullfillment or Biblical prophesy is a and religious hypocrite. The U .S. is giving up a lot to back Israel . Our Middle East policy hal resulted in the enmity of 110 million Arabs, previously frtendly to the U.S. and many of our European allies . In addition 1t has introduced Russians into the area. Recently we even came so close to a war Ruuia that a full military alert was called. Now our economy and our llfe•tyle are going down the drain due .. the present oil embargo. Where will it stop? The Arabs have been adWII~ Israel to abide by U.N. Retlolution 242 which says that Israel should draw from the occupied territory. The U.S. looks favorably on this. Israel refuses to budge. Many are also presently concerned over larael'l refusal to de-nationalize Jerusalem . This refusal is in spite or the U.N. Partition Plan of 1948. Pope said "Jerusalem cannot belong to any ooe becaUit! Jerusalem belongs everyone." · In this century the U.S. hu given the Uvea of many of its ftnelt Americans, seen many permanently handicapped, and has spent 11 awesome amount of money in 4 wars to protect the lives, freedom posseaiona of oppressed people aU over the world ..- including Jews. now. this country has abandoned all the nne and noble principles it sacrificed so very much to uphold by defeodinl not the but oppressors in the Midd1e Eut. We Americans, who respect the priJM:i11111111a for which our friends, relatives and neighbors died to preserve, some serious soul-searcbin~ and ask ouraelves why we refuse to out as vocally as we do aaainst a policy beina determined by a minority which is totally contrary to those principles.
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for students interested in the LONDON EXCHANGE will be held on Wednesday, Tl February, at 4:00 p.m. in the Gordon Library Seminar Room. The exchange is open to Juniors and first-semester seniors in all departments. Faculty, English exchange students, and WPI students who have been in London will all be present to discuss the great opportunities the program makes available. Students may pick up applications for the exchange at the meeting. These applications will be due by 6 March.
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SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS Engineers End Losing Streak
This week's hoop action saw WPI fall short against Trimly 85·51 on Tuesday and eased by Coast Guard 64-50 on Friday. The victory over Coast Guard put WPI back on the winning track after having lost the three prevtous games. ln the Trinity game, Marty Frengs led WPI in the losing cause. Frengs hit 12 of 18 shots from the floor and six of eight attempts from the foul line. His hot shooting enabled WPI to cut a 12 point Trinity lead to six WPI couldn't sustain this drive and the host team went up by 12 again At this point it was Frengs who brought WPI back one more time to cut the fmal deficit to four. Trinity led throughout most of the game but WPI rallied time and again only to fall short in the end. Richie Allen added 17 points to the cause along with Rick Turner's 14 and Kevin Mischler's 10. Against Coast Guard WPI spotted them a quick 9-0 lead but Pete Krupinsky and Rick Turner led a comeback. The reboWlding strengths ol both gave WPI a 14-13lead midway through the opening half. Bolh teams ran their set of£enses but it was WPI reboWlding duo that gave WPI the extra basket. WPI held a 31·24 halftime lead as the Bears fell into early difficulty. In fact, 22 fouls were whistled against the visitors as well as two technicals against the Coast Guard coach. This doesn't seem at all fitting for our clean cou cadets. Only eight fouls we_re called against WPI's five · starters, who came out hiring in the second half and proceeded to run orr 12 consecutive points and obtain a 34-33lead with 16 minutes left. Here the Engineers started to put it together. WPI outscored the risitors lH in this stretch to assume a <t9-34 advantage. Turner and Mischler led the baJTage combining for 12 points, many coming at the end of some pin-point passing to Frengs. Richie Allen put the icing on the cake as he scored five unanswered points and gave WPI a 57-40 cushion. Neither team shot spectacularly well in fact WPI managed only two more field goals. WPI's conversions from the charity stripe proved to be lbe difference. Rick Turner led all scorers with 16 points followed by Krupinsky with IS. Both big men had a big night off the boards. Turner collected 10 carrons and Krupinsky pulled down 17. Kevin Mischler and Richie Allen collected 14 and 12 points respectively. Marty Frengs had an off shooting light but managed to contribute seven assists. This win brought WPI's seasonal record to 8 wins and 10 defeats The WPI Jayvees continued their fine play as they defeated both Trinity and Coast Guard. These wins bring their record to lG-3.
FENCING CLUB LOSES
The WPI Fencing Club attempted to frustrate Norwich University last Saturday in Harrington Auditorium. The unfortunate score - Norwich 18, WPI 9 - was urdly a close meet. the epee team performed with acceptable finesse, taking 5 out of 9 bouts, giving both Robert Smith and Charles Price a 2 wins 1 loss record. The foil team, minus the aptain who was suHering from a rare disease acquired in unknown activities, made a good attempt, losi~ 7 out of 9 bouts. The sabre t•am, starring Jeff Yu with 2 wins and 1 loss also suHered a 1 out of 9 loss. A close meet? Hardly, lnspite of the 6 out of 1 bouts, WPI lost 5-4 then were tied at 4-4.
Ierman Fishtail to Even Record by Johnny Dieters After getting off to a slow start, ~ WPI mermen have come back 10 even their record at five wins and five losses by wlnnlng their last four consecutive meets over Assumption, Nichols, Trinity and Northeastern.
Ranney - optional diving. The final score was WPI 73, Trinity 40. Against Northeastern, it was co· captain John Palitsch 's turn to lead the team to victory. Palltsch placed first in the 200 yd IM and 200 yd butterfly as well as swimming a leg on the winning 400 yd medley relay along with Wilson, Letendre Due to Coach Peterson's out- and Hahnel. Wilson and Hahnel standing intensive training session also placed first in the 200 yd back during the month of January, the and 500 yd freestyle events well-conditioned WPI swimmers respectively. Hadji won the 50 and ked their opponents with 100 yd freestyle events. Ivo Slezak ~alive ease. In the meet against won the 200 yd breaststroke and Nichols, van Herwarde, Slezak, George Ranney the required Aseltine, and Fox won the medley diving. Strong performances were relay. Other first place finishers also shown by freshmen Livingston were : Lindberg - 200 yd free ; and Komich in wmning the 100 and Aseltine - 160 IM ; Palitsch - 200 fly: 200 yd freestyle events respecWilson - 200 back : Letendre • 200 tively. The final score was WPT 76, breaststroke; Hadji - 500 freestyle . Northeastern 36. The final score was WPI 66, Since the Intensive training Nichols 46. session, co-captains Palitsch and Co-captatn AI Hnhnel led the Hahnel have each set records, twim team Lo a victory over Palitsch in the IM and fly, Hahne! Trinity College. "Oscar" took first in the 100 yd freestyle event. place in both the 1000 yd. and 500 yd ~""<,peak wtshes to congratulate frtoestyle events, as well as an- them along with Coach Peterson, the winning 400 yd who has done a magnificent job e relay, along with O'Lear, With the team. tine and Livingston. WPl also The swim team goes to Brandeis ved first places from: Wilson, th1s Thursday and meets Tufts at re. Palitsch, and HadJi - 400 home on Saturday, which could relay ; Lindberg - 50 free ; prove to be thP most exciting meet tsch - 200 yd fly ; Hadj1 ... 100 yd ofthe year . Let'scheerour team to . Wilson · 200 back : and another winning season.
Matmen Win
Tri-leet by Rick Dew
Coach Phil Grebinar's wrestling team traveled to Hartford, Conn. last Saturday for a trl·meet with the University or Hartford and Wesleyan University and won both matches. The final scores were: WPI 31; Wesleyan 16; WPI 33 : Hartford 13; Hartford 30: Wesleyan 24. The team's record is now 6-7 and has a shot atsoo season against U.Mass., Tuesday night In the last regular season match. Freshman Steve Barnicle beat his Wesleyan opponent 12·2 and then lost a close decision to last year's New England Champion at 118 lbs. Co-captains Larry Martiniano ( 126) and Eric Isbister 050) along with freshman Tom Pajonas all won both or their matches each with a pin and a decision. Freshman Paul <Witman ( 134 >and senior Steve Schlitt <158) won both or their matches by a pin and a forfeit. Steve Williams Cl42) won a decision versus Wesleyan 6-2 and freshman Gerry Batchelder 040> picked up his first win or the season with a pin at 6:06. Larry Martiniano is now 11-2 on the season, Eric Isbister is 1()-2. Freshman Steve Barnicle and Paul Wittman are both 7-4-l. There will be a Varsity and J.V. match at U.Mass Tuesday. They were Number 1 in the University Division last year. The New England Tournament is this weekend at the Coast Guard Academy and they will send 6 Varsity and 7 J.V. members there and several of them have very good chances of placing high. The preliminaries and quarter fmals are Friday with the semi-finals aod finals on Saturday. It is only an hour and a half drive to the Academy so if you like to watch wrestling the team would ap-. preciate your support.
Hockey Team Wins Big byJa) and Mikr
In hockey action last week WPI's pucksters continued the1r winning ways. Wednesday night the tream travelled to Waltham to play Bentley College. Bentley is the only team to register a victory against WPI this season. 'fhe game featured some outstanding defensive play by both clubs. Bentley opened the scoring with two unanswered goals past Steve Alvitl. WPI came back after Walwroth scored on a pass from Ed Shea to make the score 2-1 with Bentley in front. WPI went to the dressing room at the end of .the first period after a flurry of activity in the Bentley end • but to no avail. for the score remained 2-1 at the end of the period. Bentley made it 3·1 at the start of the second period. The Bentley goalie was immense in the nets, making several key saves. Alter phenomenal pressure by the WPI icemen, Dave Blackstone put one through the legs of the Bentley goalie to make the score 3-2. Jim Sweeney made a fme rush, assisted by Walworth and Fair, and evened the score at 3·3. WPI continued pressing the faltering Bentley team but was unable te> score: Near the end of the period, the WPI goalie, Alvltl, while making a cleanng pass, was struck down with a cross check in the face by number 16 Steve Sheehan of Bentley. AlviU continued his fine play althougll bleeding profusely from a bad cut below his eye. The third period saw WPI come back with some unsurpassed play. Pete Walworth put WPI ahead 4-3 assisted by Sweeney Bentley answerect this goal to tie it again 4-4. This set the stage for the game winning goal by Ed Shea, who blasted the puck by the Bentley goalie arter receiving a pass from Sweeney; another assist went to Fair. WPI held Bentley off for ~e remain~ng 5 minutes of the game with superb defense and goalten· ding. The fmal was WPI 5, Bentley 4. Shots of net were 35-28 with WPI holding the edge. . Saturday night WPJ ~ayed an away game with Curry College in Qum~y. The game was played in a rink C?> which was a reconverted bowlmg alley. It can best be described as a glorified frozen~ver mud hole. There were no locker rooms except a few sheets of plywood to dress behind. The scorekeepers from Curry were three obscene lol.ad· mouthed Schlitz~rinking girls (?). There was no clock except for a stopwatch held by the so~alled scorekeepers. Thus the game was played under these conditions. WPI was leading 4-1 on goals by Blackstone, who scored two Men~d, and Fair. Throughout the duration of the game, the reter~ continued to let charging, slashing, tripping and various other offenses go uncalled. Finally the inevitable happened. Bill Scothan was run down by a Curry player on a bush play that occurred after the stoppage of play. Then all hell broke loose, with every player on the Ice involved In a donnybrook. After the fighting subdued, the coach Len Bowen calltd t..be team off the ice and stopped the game. The whole team was fed up with the bush league tactics of the Curry College team and decided there wu no reason to continue to bend to their level or play. WPI's record now stands at 6 wins, one Joss and one tie. Their next game will be Monday, February 25 at 6:20p.m. at Webster Square Arema.
Intramural Basketball by'M.D. And then there were two. This sums up last week's action In League A as two teams fighting to stay in the race were, for aU intents and purposes, eliminated in showdown battles with the two front runners. Action was hot and heavy in League C also with the three undefeated teams teeing orr on one another, and SAE comlng up bruised and battered but still undefeated. On Monday SAE (5..() ) met ATO lf)..()) but when th~ dust cleared SAE emerged a relatively easy winner thanks to the outside shooting of Larry Patty and Bruce Beaupre. The next night it was again the shooting or Patty and Beaupre which saved SAE. This time il was against Sig Pi <5-o>. which surprised everyone except themselves and showed why by putting on an excellent display of ball control offense and aggressive defense to battle SAE into overtime before succumbing 50-48 on clutch foul shooting by Palty. It was Without a doubt the besl game played in IM basketball in awhile as both teams showed excellent teamwork, husUe, aggressiveness and coolness under pressure. Both wall be heard from again, especially SP, which will play ATO 16-1 >for the last spot in the playoffs Tuesday at 7:00. In League A, four teams started the week in contention for the playoffs: BSU 6-1 , TKE 6-l, LCA 6.() and KAP 6.(). On Monday, LCA met BSU in what was expected Lo be a close game, but BSU could not handle LCA's full court trap press and was smothered The game was marred by an all-out brawlm the first half when the officials lost control of the game by allowing too much pushing, hacking, and missed calls which were too obvious to be believed This must be prevented from now on. With many important, tension-Oiled games coming up, if ofCicials let these fouls go on, brawls wiJI be common place as tempers will again Oare. ln the other big game of the week, TKE, 6-1 , and needing a win met KAP. 6~. In a very sloppy display of basketball, KAP somehow muddled through the week·s second overtime to finally win 44-39. TKE made a game errort, outhustling and out-r eboundmg KAP by showing much more aggressiveness. In overtime though, KAP showed some signs of straightening out and playing basketball and won it on the shooting of freshman Bob Dolan. After last week's display LCA has to rate a solid favorite in the league going into their showdown Thursday with KAP. In League C. SAE has wrapped it up and SP and ATO must fight it out. League B gets into it this week wilh SPE meeting PGD and Cans. and GDE playing PGD
Girl's Basketball Little Lynne Buckley's basket started last Wednesday's game with Becker Jr. orr to a goodat..art. The game proved to be more exciting than anticipated. Becker was out to kill, but didn't quite make it. At the end of the first half~ the score was 13-11 in favor of WPI. Prof. Pritchard gave the girls a litUe incentive to wm the game by announcing that the new budget of $200 was enough to get the team uniforms. ·The final score was 19-18 giving the girls a 3-(1 won-loss record . The starting team included l.ynne Buckley . Terry Cirone, Pat Graham, Sue Germain ( lligh scorer I. and Terry Murphy. Other team members ready to Jend their support 1f needed were Michele Beaupre, Karen Bird, Laura Gardosik, Chrts Powers and Amy Schne1der.
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