atudent newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Tuesday, November 15, 1977
energy week
44o/o enrollment
atts under the. sun?
by Don Ct~IIJWII a cold, dismally grey Thursday l.lt.lt•v•,,..,,AI 10th, to be exact) the solar panels for hot water were Installed top of Stoddard C. A similar ironic twist coincidence provided WPI with itl key for that day's solar energy seminar - Mr. Peter Thorne. Mr. Thorne graduated from Yale with a In architecture in 1976. He did lllnJctiJntl design for Sun Works, a solar nel marketer, for about one year illnrn1Kfia1tf!lv following college. After this he went to work for the Mass. Solar Action Office, in June of '77, approx. month after the office was created. The Solar Action Office was formed by Secretary of Consumer Affairs, to "promote and encourage the use of solar in Massachusetts." It is funded by a U.S. government HUO grant ·~rnar.l!tm . The program provided for the dis...,,Jnll•n of a $400 subsidy to some 1,376 throughout Massachusetts the expressed purpose of installing domestic solar hot water heaters. Beyond lhll, the Solar Action Office intends to Inform and correct mistaken notions in pemment, business, and the general public about the value and feasibility of ID&ar power. To these ends. Mr. Thome ad· dr8lled the frfty-or-so people gathered In llnnecutt Hall on campus. The topic: The polltica of solar energy. He began by informing hfs audience of projected design and Installation op..-.unrT-. for domestic solar heating that create several thousand jobs. With activity (and sun power collectore their infancy), there are insufficient •rldJI.m. to protect the consumer from taken In by a poor-quality unit. At the
present time, the consumer has no recourse for processing solar complaints. Going further, Mr. Thorne spoke of insurance problems with solar, which have yet to be resolved. Two problems he touched on were owner rights and liabilities. If a solar panel system was poorly Installed -end the house was resold, who repairs any future water and/or storm damage? Or suppose the panels slide off your garage roof, and hit the Fuller brush man's (person' s?) car parked In your driveway? Who's responsible? Other problems are the roadblocks to home-builts: buildmg and plumbing codes. To smooth the path of independent experimenters, some legal points must be established. Peter Thorne alluded to the possibility of a " road-map" of plans for modifying the building codes; perhaps even some " solar amendments." He praised the do-it-yourselfers. citing that per cent of the solar manufacturing industry in Florida is comprised of groups of three people or
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Finally, in closing, he drove home the point that solar energy's strongest sales pitch is that it Is economic. A $2,000 solar hot-water heater, properly installed In a house here in Mass., will supply approx. 50 per cent of a home's hot-water needs. lf this seems overly optimistic on solar energy, think again. When a major oil company invests in solar equipment I Exxon Corp. Ia the parent company of Day-Star, the c:ornpeny which manufactures the panela Installed on Stoddard C.), and when a public utifity of the size of New England Electric ruShes a solar feasibility study in the Northeast, in order to put sun power in a bad liglit. irs time to look around. Big money is flowing, and that speaks for itaelf.
'here the;e's smoke
Friday, November 4th, etten minutes of
one, Prof Ken Scott left the TV studio in the beeement of Higgins Labs on his way to a c:lea. As he entered the building - length halfway, he quickly saw-and smelled-that it was filled with smoke. Security was alerted, and they called the Fire Department. The WOfcester Fire Department, eecurity, and eeveral profeuors and students checked the entire basement, with no results. The first cause was thought to be tar melting onto a balast in one of the florescent lights. Firemen opened the ceiling panels (left! but found nothing. The Stress Lab (above) was also checked, as were all the labs, yet, no cause for the acrid smoke was discovered. The Fire Department sounded all clear at 1:15, leaving a bewildered group of professors and students still seeking the phantom fire. (photos by David Titelbaum.l
Jntersession may fold lntersession 1979 may never be if the enrollment for this year's session does not Increase. According to Harriet Kay, coordinator of lntersession, only 44 per cem of the student body have registered for the January session. Thia figure is too small to justify the continuation of the program. "If they want this as an option they really have to come now and again," said Kay, " but it won't keep going for nobody." In past years, the number of registrants has comprised from 50 to 75 per cent of the
total student body, with each class contributing an equal numbef' of participants. Kay feels that If the period Is freed, there would be a demand by the student body to move the start of C-tarm. However, she counters that this will not be .the case. " If we don't havelntersession, we' ll have a blan)( lime; the terms won't be closer together," she explained. It 1!'1 still ponible to register for In· tersesslon with Kay !n the DIA on Washburn third.
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Soc Com asks fee hike by Maureen Higgins The WPI Social Commtttee has proposed that the social fee be raised to fifteen dollars a year, or seven·fifty per semester, starting C term of 1978. They believe that the end result would be a general upgrade, • and more variety of entertainment on campus. Specifically, how would this social fee increase be allocated7 To quota figures, three thousand would go to Thtt Peddler. Three hundred would go towards maintenance of the S.A.B. van, and another would be purchased, which would afford the campus a more accessible and reliable means of transportation. The GOHPEC budget would be doubled; included in this would be a stereo fOf the pub. The Spree
Day budgest would be aaproximately doubled also, and Intercession funds would also be increased, making it even more invaluable as an educational experience. Other possibilities would be live bands for Dance Night, and a HBO with a 6' screen in the pub Ito enable all of us forever-too· latera to see movies we missed over the last decade). Other additions would Include a permanent lighting board for the Pub, an updated and improved campus film series, and, also, more funds for Homecoming and J .P. weekends. The Social Committee believes that at least one facet of these allocations coUld be beneficial to every student, resident or commuter.
From railroads to chew-chew
P & W: highball to success by Don C.lt~wa A busy day, a pleasant dinner, and one heck of a talk would sum up last Tuesday's closed·session I.O.P. program on railroads, sponsored here at WPI by the Rockefeller foundation. With the help of Prof. Patrick Dunn of the WPI humanities department, approximately 10 students put the finishing touches on their railroad projects; giving a report on their findings on video tape. Such topics exposed were: the social and economic impact of Conrail in Eastern Connecticut by Rick Kiersted, examining the proposed development of Venezuelan National railroad by Felix Vargas, Silvia Metamora, and Armando Loreto, etc. This was followed by dinner at Higgins House. After dinner, the small group of some 30 teachers, accomplished students, and would·be railroad I.O.P.'ers retired to an ajolning room to hear the speaker. The guest lecturer, Mr. Orville R. Harrold, Is the general manager of the Providence and Worcester (P & WI Railroad. The P & W has one unique feature: it makes money. Mr. Harrold gave a brief background to the P & W R.R. saga. Incorporated In both Mass. and R.I. in 1844, the P & W leeeed itJ tracks to the New York-New Haven R.R. tn 1892, who were later acquired by the Penn Central in February of 1968. When the Penn Central went bankrupt in 1971, one Mr. Eider saw potential profit for the line, and applied to have the lease (no longer honored by Penn Central) returned to the P & W . The I.C.C. agreed, and the tittle line went out into a bear market, with no tratns, 35 miles of tracks, and a cobwebbed, pigeon-infested roundhouse. In the first phase of restoring the tracks to order, they found power transmission towers crossing the old tracks. P & W then did an unheard of thing· they asked the power company to move the towers. Reason· they're on company owned property. After the initial shock wore off, the power company settled with the ratlroad to the tune of $490,000. Further down the line was discovered an oil pipe line crossing beneath the track bed. With 8 straight face, they repeated the previous episode. A settlement of $9,000 paid each
year, was the final agreement there. ( later on, when the P & W acquired the Worcester- Gardiner branch, guess whose pipeline crossed the tracks7 Agsin. Another $9,000 yearly was allocated.) With that kind of money flowing in, some 6 year old trains were leased, and the flow of freight traffic on the tracks commenced once more. In this manner, by incredible ingenuity and an eager searching to exploit every possible opportunity, the railroad grew to its present 160 miles of track, 300 bo~tcars, several new engines. - and all owned free and clear. The bo~tcars themselves speak of another fairy tale come true. Due to a lack of good boxcars on the American linea, Congress appropriated monies to provide an incentive to those who build them. At this, Worcester County National has 300 bo~tcars financed and built. Now, when a bo~tcar is on a track, other than the ones of those who own the line the people whose line it Is on. pay rent to the boxcar owners. But Worcester County National, to receive this rent, had to have a legal. railroad insignia on the cars. And here P & W stepped in once more. In exchange for the use of their logo, P & W receives 7 Yl per cent of the rental revenues for the first ten years they are operational. From 10·15 years, the company receives 10 per cent of all monies accumulated. After 15 years, they split the profits 50-50 with Worcester County National bank. With the lifespan of the boxcars estimated at 40 years, this represents a tidy profit for 8 railroad whose only e~tpenditure on the 300 cars was the cost of painting them . Examples abound of the P & W achievements. and when Mr. Harrold left the small WPI group, tt was with a heady round of applause They had experienced a modern·day miracle in which Horatio Algejl lives again. In the words of " Rocky", the whole scheme was a one-ln-a-mJilion shot. The prize7 A solvent railroad. The Providence and Worcester line proved it could be done. How about It, Amtrack and i.nnratl?
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Tueeday, November 16, 1977
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. Take a careful look at the amendment proposing an increase in the soc1al_ fee before you vote - and you may be surprised. What begins to look like a reasonable request gets even more unreasonable every time you look.
A~ of now, we are assessed thirty dollars each. The new request of fo!ty-ftve dollars represe,nts a 50 per cent increase in the social commtttee budget, or approxtmately $31,000. Let's look at this more closely. The yearbook is presently allocated 8,000 a year towards the cost of the yearboo~ . At this time, the Peddler is operating with a $3000 debt. !he prop~sed mcrease just barely allows for this debt, a result of cost ~ creases tn the publishing business that have not been matched by mcreases to the Peddler..- The original proposal for the amendment brought by the social committee, alloted even less than this figure, bu~ they were pr~ssured to at least scrape the bottom to cover the debt. Other than th1s, the remainder of the increase goes directly to the Social Committee budget, which would total a whopping $84,750.
uu WE NEED I r7 Not on your life I The Peddler needs the money, and we are b~ing sucke~ed into loading the till of a mismanaged budget under the gu1se of helpmg people who need it. A four dollar increase would give an additional $9,000 to the budget, which split 50-50 would more than meet the needs of the yearbook while giving a healthy boost to the social committee budget. But it is not sound to give another $~,000 to a mism~naged effort. We can't tell you how mismanaged, st~ce we have no f1nan~ial reports as yet, but we can assure you that wtth some better plannmg the amount of money lost A-term would have been much less, and the artificial need for additional funds would not exist.
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Let's not kid ourselves - it's too much money to give away Wlt~out a c~mplet~ breakdown of where it's going, along with a more equitable dtstnbutton of funds. Any way you look at 1 ·t w • b · take f 'd , e re etng . n or a n e 11 we vote for this amendment. We urge yo~ to vote no m order that a better a~endment can be proposed. Rory J. O' Connor
LetterS: PI RG gives thanks To the editor. The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group thanks the majority of WPI students for their continued support. During the refund period that ended last Thursday, Mass PIRG gave refunds to slightly more than 45 per cent of the student body. Although a news artlcle in this paper and some misleading posters around campus led many students to believe that PIRG was leaving the campus and refunding the $2 fee to all students, in the end less than 50 per cent of the students decided to get their refunda and PIRG will therefore remain on campus. In the spring, the PIRG fee will appear ae a deductible item on the term bill and an explanatory lener will be included in each student's billing. Now that refun1s ara over, PIRG will return to the work that it is most accustomed to - foreceful advocacy of social change on consumer and environmental issues. Specifically, we will continue our efforts to create a Telephone Consumers Action Group that would oppose phone company rate Increase and
that would fight to end phone comp1ny policies that discriminate against cena1n classes of customers, particularly atudenta. We Will also begin a solar energy winterized homes to demonstrate the feasibility end desirability of winterizing and 80iarizing Worcester area homes, models that will be taken around to community groupe and organizations in the Worcester .,.. Finally, we hope to begin a nutrttton project, to Improve the nutritional value of food served on campus and perhape 10 create a student-run alternative food service, as was done by PIRG studentlat U Mass Amherst. Any WPI student who willhet to work with PIRG on these projects or to '-" more about our almost one dozen odw projects should contact PIRG at 7~1 , or drop by the office on the third floor of Washburn. PIRG also acts as a reeource for It number of lOP projects, and lnterellld students should get in touch with Ul. Charles Harak Staff Attorney
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To the Editor. The athletic department is In a ,eriod of transition. Mr. Pritchard is stepping down as chairman after over 20 years of service, and a search Is in progress to replace him. I would like to comment briefly on some of the athletic department's past pollclea and actions and express some hopes for the future. For the four years which I have been here at WPI, the athletic department has been in a period of stagnation. Except for the addition of several women's sparta (which came about in spite of resistance within the department), there hal been little or no forward movement On the negative side, there was the fiasco over who was to coach the basketball team last year. The refusal to provide a full-time swim coach. The necessity of the two best teams on campus. track and soccer (sorry, ski and crtNtJ team), to practice and play on archaic and hazardous facilities. The soccar team which two years ago qualified for the national tournament and was not allowed to go. And currently, several members on the CfOSS·country team who are qualified to run in the Nationals, will not be allowed to go even though they have offered to foot the bill. I could go on and on about the defeats of the football and baseball teams or the success of the hockey and crew and ski teams, but I have made my point Unless some new ideas are forthcoming within the athletic department things will remain as they are. What 1s needed is new blood, for with new blood will hopefully coone n&w Ideas
and a move away from the idee that ., athlete at WPI should not shoot for mcwt than New England competition, or that niW facilities cannot be provided for. It is my understanding that at least three memblrl of the athletic department have applied for the position of chairman to replace Mf, Pirtchard. It would be a great milt8ke to choose someone from within the dtplrt· ment. A mistake becau~e I have aeen no signs of any new or controveralll ~ forthcoming from the preMnt depertrnenl members. If one of the current memblrt II chosen, what wiH happen Is thet cunent policies will continue and nothing will hlvt been gained from what It potef'ltilllly an Important transition. A further suggllllon might be to appoint a temporary chalrmlll and wait for Input from the new colllel president. Some people may wonder why I hlvt aired mv views. It is bec:auee I hopl1hlt future athletes at WPI will not hive to flcl the frustration which I have as a memblr of the Track and Cross-Country teams. I trUlY hope that the committee chosen to appoint the new athletic department chalrmll'l II intelligent enough to realize that theft II something seriously wrong with manv of the past actions and policies of the athletiC department, and that the committee d bl open-minded enough to realize that someone new, who has some new, excltinll and hopefully controversial ideas, is needed to correct those policies. Frank Leahy Captain, WPI Cross-Country
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Nuclear age by Philip Czs{JM We as college student• exist at a very crucial tlme in our nation's history. Our generation is one that has seen the futile efforts of war, In an era of national unrest end student prote.t. We have aeen a war end, and a relative peace established. Within this peace, the mood of our natlon'a cempuleS has changed from activism to passivenesa as the meenlr,g or threat of war end ita conaequenc• slowly slips from our memoriea. With our government mired in a tea of economic end energy woes, we .-em to have forgotten that our government it stiU at war, with a ltaggering national defense budget to prove it. Thla unaeen war Ia a by-product of the technOlogical era into which we went born. For we are children of the atomic age, a dme when the tplinlng of the atom has come to symbolize the ultimate lclentiflc IChievement • wet! • the dOOI'TWdly mulhroom doud. It is thl8 latter vision which should most concern ue. Today we are at war to prevent war, a most bittersweet irony. It teeme that an lrrever.lble trend ha fallen upon us, for In the ~ 25 yell"' our government and the raet of the world appears hellbent to follow • cout"'e of action to incraeM the chances of blowing aM mankind to emithentens. The nuclear arms race il prevllllng upon us. Unfortunately, it seems that the majority of us are choosing to Ignore the fact that chances for a nuclear confrontation are not decreesing. The poaibility of a nuclear attack has been lost from our consciousness. No longer Ia there any emphuia on civil _!lefente ptannlng; and how many of us
O.p-Ed~ remember where the nearest fallout shelter Ia Iocated? Today it seeme that the threat of
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N n Energy conservation There are many ways to conserve energy in the home. One auch way it to insulate the home with she inches to one foot of insulation. This can seve hundreds of dollars on your fuel bill and there are even incentives to the homeowner so that It is possible to get loans to buy insulation. Another idea is that of filling an area below the house with rocks. The house would then be overheated until the rocks are heated. Then, this area would be sealed off and the heat would be used later on when needed. This may not sound like conserving energy, but consider this: often the house Is overhetted to over 68°F (often due to the use of wood fwes or stovetl and energy Is wasted. If a piece for this wasted energy was made. then it could be used later on, say, the middle of winter. A third idea that is quite commonly used presently, and becoming more and more popular. is that of using a wood stove to help heat the house. This idea, coupled with the Idea of insulating the home, can help save large amounts of energy and save money on your fuel bill. Thera are other ways of saving energy in the horne that involve the use of more advanced technologies and new ideas. The first of .these is the uee of photovoltaic cells to provide electricity for the home. Over the long term this is a good idea considering the high coat of solar celll ($60 per watt). However, the high cost and the coat of maintaining these cella makes this idea leas attractive, at least for the present time, than
a nuclear war is remote from our minds, and there is little concern over the new weapons we are adding to our nuclear arsenal. Have we become apathetic about our nuclear age? According to the speech given by Mr. Sidney lens, noted author on nuclear arms and the government, this is precisely so. We, as Americana, have most certainly lost concern over the role of our government In nuclear arms. Speaking to an audience of 100 people at Clark Univ8f'lity one week ago at a "Teech io on Nuclear Arms and Power," Mr. Lens epoke pointedly on the theme of nuclear lm\8ment. Mr. lena began by stating that our "right to life" as guaranteed by the U.S. conltitution has gradually been taken away from us by the nuclear powers. Only if we r.:lalm this right to life can our chances for eurvival In this nuclear age ever change. At a time when the U.S. government has spent 1.8 trillion on defense since WWII, we must seriously consider what is Worthwhile...mllltary spending or people spending. We have given up our rights because we aa American people are just not lnten•ed and not concerned. We view ' the nudeer arms race as just a game played The Student Government meeting of bv the officials of our government. October 18, 1977 was called to order at 4:15 In general, Lena feels that our praaldents p.m. in the Student Affairs Office by heve told us that we must have nuclear Secretary Paul Wrabel. The roll was taken. eons becauee the Rusalans have them. Past Unexcused Absences: Peter Kent. cw-idents have prof8118d "peace" but The minutes were read and accepted. hive allowed increased military spending. Announcements While President Carter compalgned to The Clark Student Government will be work toward "zero nuclear weapons," he hosting a party for various Student hat allowed development of the neutron Governments on Wednesday the 19th. We bomb, a "clean" bomb which kills people will be leaving from the Wedge between 7without destroying their living area or the 7:15. environment, and the cruise miaalle, a Committee Reports. highly accurate and deadly first strike IRHC elections have been postponed to weapon. 11·B-77. The committee is also looking Into We may be comforted or lulled into a changing the frve day meal plan so that it lalte sense of security by the fact that a runs from Sunday supper to Friday lunch nuclear war hasn't happened - yet. But In instead of Monday breakfast to Friday reality there have been at least 13 known supper. OCcasions, fiV8 of which were accidents SAB Where we were close to nuclear war. These The SAB did not have a quorum at its occasions include the Berlin Crisis, the 1962 last meeting, however, it is considering the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the 1973 Yom purchase or leasing or a second vehicle. Kippur War. Commuter Rep. We may be comforted by our governCommuters have been complaining that ment's stalemate policy in maintaining the cars parking on Institute Road behind the balance of terror between us and Russia to Football Field have made the driveway a Prevent war, but this Is essentially untrue, bhnd driveway, which could produce according to Mr. Lens. In reality we are accidents. WPI Secunty was contacted escalating the arms race, our ar~enals about this and they referred the Comm. ~ntain 30,000 warheads and 41 nuclear Rep. to the Worcester Police. IUbmarines. We also are developing the Acsdemic Comm cruise misSile, a highly accurate weapon First meeting will be next term.
other energy sources. The second of theae ideas is the use of solar heating collectors to provide heat for the home. Thia takes normal wafer from the well (or slightly warm water at 70°F) and heats it to higher temperatures (lll(e 90°Fl by exposing to the sun through clear plastic pipes. The water is thus heated to provide hot water for the home to help In heating the home and providing hot water for normal use. This is a vary practical idea and will soon be coming into wider use in homes within the next ftve years as the energy crisis gets worse. This is the idea: use a large vat of water under the house. This vat can be heated by using solar collectors, waste heat from wood stoves, and normal ground "heat" (since the temperature In the ground varies only 10°F all yearl.This vat can be used· to store heat for the winter which would be used throughout the season or until around March when it would be allowed to freeze and would be kept cold until summer when it would be allowed to melt and spread cool air throughout the house. This would eave energy for heating during the winter and cooling during the summer. Thla Idea would also save substantial amounts of money on fuel and electricity billa and Ia a very practical idea since water freezes in winter and melts in the spring and summer, anyhow. There are ways of saving energy In the home that involve red81lgning the houee and building it into the ground. The design
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of a normal house leaves a lot to be desired because there isao much expoeed area to the surrounding sir with the four sides and roof being the places where heat Is lost to the air. However, if lfU area is expoMd to the air then leas energy Is loSt to the surroundings and energy Is saved. The first Idea embodying this concept is the idee of the earth burm house, many of which were built by the renowned architect, Frank lloyd Wright. This housa is builf so that the bottom, each side, and parts of the lides ilre covered by the ground. If this house is then built on a ttill facing southward, then solar collectors can be operating at a maleimum efficiency most of the time and with the use of a large picture window with a storm window on the outside to ute the greenhouse effect to help in heating the home, also. Other sources such as hydroelectric power, wind power, and oilburning furnaces can be used to provide heat and electricity that is needed to fully provide the home for its full energy needs. The partially building the house into the ground will help minimize this amount of energy. The second idea is that of an underground house. The temperature in the ground varied only about 10°F all year long from about 40°F In winter to about 50°F in summer. Meanwhile the surface temperature may vary from -20°F to 96°F in the area of New En~and. An underground house can have one or two aides open to the air depending on where it is built and
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CommittH of Concerned Students The Committee has been investigating getting a student or recent graduate appointed to the WPI Board of Trustees. However, the faculty, the alumni and the administration seem reluctant to help. Old Business· The motion dealing with matriculation and class elections was taken from the table. Under discussion it was learned that class dues go to the class to which one is reclassified. The motion was tabled New BuSiness: The new policy of the Accounting Office which does not allow it to cash checks between students was brought up. It was decided that the controller be invited to the • next meeting to explain why the new policy is necessary. The next meeting will be Tuesday 11-877 at 4:00 p.m. in the Student Affairs Office. Respectfully submitted, Paul S Wrabel Secretary
The Student Government meetmg of November 8, 1977 was called to order at 4:00 p m. in the Student Affairs Office by Prestdent Tom Panek. The roll was taken.
Unexcused Absence: Laura Mattick, Tlna Tuttle. The mtnutes were read and accepted.
Committee Reports None. Old Business None NewBusmess Freshmen elections will be held on December 8, 19n. A motton was made and seconded that the following amendment to the constitution be put to a vote: To be added to Article VII, Section 4, Paragraph 0 - "An assessment to $45.00 per year per undergraduate student shall comprise the Social Committee budget. This charge will be included on the official college bill for each student. From the budget, $1 1,500.00 ts allotted 'to the college yearbook and $5.000 00 is alloned to the Junio.r Prom Commtttee." This raises the social dues by $15.00 per year. It also raises the money g•ven to the yearbook by $3,000.00. The motion passed. It will be put to vote on Monday, November 2B. 1977 from 10:00 a.m. - 4~ 00 p.m in Daniels lobby. The next meeting of the Student Government will be Thursday, December 1 at 4:00p.m. Respectfully submitted, Paul S. Wrabel Secretary
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which offers a flrs1 strike, surprise attack capability to destroy enemy Installation certainly a weapon not in line with a stalemate position. Further, we are at war with the Soviets at a more subtle level. such as in the CIA's involvement in overthrowing Communist governments in small countries. We are at war by proxy In the Middle East with U.S. Involvement with the Israeli's and Soviet involvement with Egypt Mr. Lens believes that the U.S. is making nuclear war thinkable by making it smaller, since a total nuclear war is not winnable (both sides would annihilate each other). We thus wish to break down Soviet resistance piece by piece. In Lens' opinion, the nuclear arms race is moving very quickly by self-propulsion, making it very hard to stop. One reason for this setf-propulsion, he claims, is the fact that the scientists and engineers responsible for our rapid technological advancement do not care about the consequences of nuclear arms, but simply want to build bigger, better, and more advanced weapons. This IS exemplified by the developer• of the Polaris missiles who after producing the basic Polaris missile, came out wi1h the Polaris II. Ill, IV. and V, much like a car manufacturer coming out with a new model each year. Another reason for self-propulsion are the many constituencies who depend heavily on military spending. Contractors and subcontractors vie for new military orders. Military spending means jobs in many industries and big defense firms. A third, and non-the-less major reason for self·propulsion is Anti-Communism. The feeling that "the Russians are about to take us over" is one. that is unsubstantiated, says Lens. He believes that much of this fear syndrome has been produced by our own government which must ratlonalize its mHitary spendi~. Lens points out that he knows of no one who believes that the Soviet Union now plal'llt conquest by open military aggression. The U.S.S.R., like the United States, wishes to expand its influence and power, and thus far the Soviet Union has done so by national revolutions, but not by outright military aggression. Today. we are entering a "Second Nuclear Age" states Lens, with a dozen or
Merriam professorshi so smaller countne~ able to construct nuclear weapons. No longer are the United States and Russia the exclusive superpowers they once were. By 1985 it is expected that 40 countries will have the capability of nuclear armament. The danger of nuclear weapons in volatile hands is underscored by the fact that implementable plans for nuclear bombs have been constructed by the general public, such as in the case of a 14 year old honora student from Orlando, Florida anonymously threatening to blow up the city, unlea one million dollars ransom was paid. Included with the ransom note was an accurate blueprint for a crude atomic bomb. On the subject of nuclear power, Mr. Lens believes that the proliferation of atomic power plants greatly enhances the chances of atomic weapons production In the hands of terrorists and other countries, as among the radioactive waste products of a nuclear reactor is plutonium. Plutonium is a key ingredient to an atomic bomb, end can be obtained from the waste by a method of "reprocessing." A number of reprocessing plants have been constructed or are under construction in foreign countries. In addition. at present, Lens says, the nuclear reactors in this country only produce two per cent of our total energy needs, thus raising doubt over the usefulness of further nuclear plant production outweighing the risks involved. With the nuclear age already so far advanced, lens feels the only hope toward disarmament is an increase in popular pressure. Unless there is increased attention by the public toward stopping weapons escalation, the U.S. and Russia will continue building arms, despite any agreements to the contrary. To control atomic energy as a power source, Lens advocates the formation of some son of international atomic organization to control and oversee atomic power in all countries. Prophetically, Lens wams that "our generation will either save humanhy or kill it." Stressing the urgency of the situation, Lens feels that we must act soon, or eoon it will be too late. As he writes In one of his articles: "The nuclear arms race Is humanities immediate enemy, and we must concentrate our efforts thera, for the choice we will be confronting in the next decade or two is between Zero Nuclear Weapons and ZMo Human Population."
Soc. fee vote An amendment to the Student Body Constitution will be put to a vote on Monday, November 28, 19n. Voting will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Daniels Lobby. The amendment is to Article VII, Section 4, Paragraph D. The amendment states: "An assessment of $45.00 per year per undergraduate student shall comprise the Social Committee budget. This charge will be included on the official college bill for each student. From the budget $11,500.00
•s alloted to the college yearbook and $5,000.00 is alloted to the Junior Prom Committee." As it now stands the Con· stitution states: "An assessment of $30.00 per year per undergraduate student shall comprise the Social Committee budget. This charge will be included on the official college biU for each student. From the budget $8,600.00 is alloted to the college yearbook and $5,000.00 Is alloted to the Junior Prom Committee."
Soc. Com chairman Election for the position of Social Committee Chairman· Co-Chairman will be held on Thursday, December 8, 19n In Daniels Lobby, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Qualifications The Chairman-Co-Chairman shall be a full time sophomore or junior at the time of his appointment and in academic residence three out of four terms (excluding E term). All candidates must have actively served for one year on the Social Committee, Pub Entertainment Committee, or Coffee House Comm1ttee. Method of Nomination:
The candidate will present a petition of not less than fifty signatures of full-time WPI students to Tom Panek (Riley 309) on Tuesday, November 29, 19n by 4:00 p.m. On Thursday, December 1, 19n, each candidate will be asked to present a description of his participation in Social Committee Activities. Specific respon· sibilities should be described. At least two Social Committee members must speak on his behalf. Each candidate can have two students from the student body speak on his behalf. Eligibility of each candidate shall then be determined by a simple majority vote of the Executive Council.
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• Or. Raymond A. Hagglund of Kendall Road. Jefferson. has been named as the first Kenneth G. Merriam Professor on Mechanical Engineering, on October 15th, by the WPI trustees. Hagglund, a tech graduate, recei~ed his Masters here in 1959 and his Ph.D., in mechanics, from U. Illinois in 1962. He has received an honorarium and citation from the trustees as the Outstanding Teacher Award winner In 1974. Last year, Hagglund was selected for the Western Electric Fund Award 1$1000) at a dinner of the New England Section of the American Society for Engineering Education at the University of Maine. The award is "fOf excellence in training of engineering students.'' The Merriam chair Is named for Kenneth G. Merriam, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering. who died just three days after the announcement. Merriam served on the WPI faculty from 1923 until his retirement in 1969. He headed the aeromechanics program from 1927 to 1957. Merriam received his masters from WPI. Prof. Merriam was born In Belfast, Maine, Nov. 11. 1901, son of Eli and Adelle ( Mooiel Mariam. He leaves his wife, the former Alice E. Blandin, and two daughters. Mrs. Janet M: Cornell of Tolland, Conn., and Joyce Merriam of Amherst, Mass.
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On Tuesday, 1 November, my roommate and I decidei:f to play some squash. So we drove the 3.5 miles to school and walked to the sports equipment room. Upon requesting to borrow a school owned squash racquet, I was informed that the racquet lending policy has been changed. Only gym class members are allowed to borrow racquets. I then walked to the P.E. office tOfind the reason for this change in policy. I was informed that there was to be no more lending because too many racquets 'were being retumed damaged. I would like to inform the P.E. Department that when one uses a piece of equipment, that piece may sustain some damage from normal use. Would you buy a new car, park it in your garage and never use it for fear of damaging it? This policy does not seem
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consistent wi1h the WPI way of th. . . For example, I do not own a pipe orgen 10 I use the one in Alden Hall, with permilllan from the Music Dept.; I do not own 1 llltll so I uee the ones in any of the mac:tn shopi: on campus, with permission from tf1l techniCians; I do not own a drawing baird so I use the ones in Higgins Labs. wllh permission from the M.E. Dept All of" pieces of equipment 8Ustain some nomlll wear and tear, however their u• II nat limited. Mr. Pritchard I ask you, the next time I want to play squash, since I cannot use any of the many racquets controlled by the P.E. Dept., may I borrow yours7 Sincerely, Gary S. Knox '78
PE requirements To the Editor: It seems to me that there ia eomething seriously wrong with the phys. ed. requirements here at WPI. Not that they should be made easier, on the contrary, the only way you can NR a PE course is nol to go. What needs to be done is to tailor the PE courses more to the individual. Many of us get our exercise off campus, and feel we should get credit for it. "Sign up for PE 1000", you say. I did. Some friends and I run the VIe Selubre course at Green Hill Park at6:30 a.m. at least twice a week. This course is set up by the depanment of public works specifically to offer a researched health program to anyone who wants it. It consists of a half mile track with stops including instructions for exercise and special equ1pment for instance. one in-. eludes a cross bar and Instructions to do five to ten pull ups; another has a barbell and tells you to press ten times end run to the next station. A proposal was submitted to the PE department for PE 1000 approval; it was denied. I guess ping pong (PE-1015) is considered more strenuous. Also the crew team rows both spring and fall and works out year round, every day, to 14.1Ch an extent that they are constantly accused of being masochists (ask anyone who's been there). In spite of this PE credit ia only available 0 term. When I asked why, I wu told it was
because the team only competes in tf1l spring. I guess the guys at Alumni Gym .,. a little out of touch, in A and B term of 1111 year I rowed in two races, the Head of the Charles in Boston and another in our own Oulnslg. Our Outing Club also bends its k~ occasionally. Over term break some of Ul climbed seven 4000 ft. peakl in the Whhl Mountains with some fifty pounds on our backs, walking about twenty seven milll. sleeping outdoor~ and getting a lot of exercise. But if you want credi1, go boWling twice a week (PE 1021). Some lntersesslon courses offer a greet deal of exercise also. A week of skiing f!NfllY day on one of the toughest Mountainl In the east, or instruction In wintet' mountlln climbing provide physical betterment that II at least as challenging as badminton. I believe a complete re-evaluation of our phys. ed. requirements is nec:etiiiiY• making more credit available to team aportl and outside activities that provide exercise. 1ncreased physical awe~~ build endurance exceeding most OTTWIIgym courses. I would also like to ki'IOW exactly what is available for PE 1000; the description in the operational catllog II ambiguous and should be clarified. As 8 result I think we would have some hap~ healthier engineer~. Tom EQS!'
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Washington projects Working tn a governmental or private agency, living in Washington, D.C. for several months, and doing prolact work on essucs or problems which wtll form the bases of recommendations that will con· stitute the national policies in areas of soceetol concern; these are the major featuroa of the WPI Washington D.C. Pro1ect Center. Each fall, during terms A and B, fifty students partiCipate in the Washington ProjeCt Center Program. These students, usually juniors or seniors working on their lnteracttve Qualifying Prolects, work in prorect teams of two or thr""' students with a major governmental or private agency based tn the nation's capital. The problems that these students study are ones that are Important to the agency's operations, but not cructal to the agency's existence. Such "back burna(' problems, with their lack of stnct deadlines, constitute the major source of project work at the Washington, D.C. Project Center. In the past ftve years, prolects have been done w1th the President's Council on Enwonmental Quality, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Trans· portation, and the Energy Research and Development Administration; and private agencies such as the National Institute for Educatton, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the National Science Foundation. The work done by almost 200 students to date has resulted, in soma cases, in the savings of time and money to agencies who did not have the personnel or .;the time to consider, study, and make recommendations about these problems or issues. Agencies have demonstrated their appreciation for such efforts by continuing to express a high level of interest in having more students working in their agencies, and by forward1ng on a yearly basis ideas for projects in Washington to the WPI Projects Office While In Washington, students live in housang provided by WPI, for the past several years the housing has been et Hampshire Towers located in Washington just several blocks from Dupont Circle and "embassy row." In addition to the unusual and unique project work, students are encouraged to utilize the special cultural and social events ever present In Washington. The National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian, the multitude of museums, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are just a few of the highlights that Washington provides throughout the fall while WPI students are there. Due to the special circumstanc• and requirements of the Washington, D.C. Project Center, students are required to participate 1n an application and selection process for Washington almost a year In advance of their planned worked in the nation's capital. The application PfOCedure, presently underway, begins early in T•m B wi1h various meetings around campus and the distribution of informetion and preliminary applications of interest to sophomores and juniors It W.P.I. Students considering Wathington as their project experience should be aware of the fact that the Projects Office and Dean Lutz, who coordinates the Washington
PrOject Center. are looking for students
who have made en effon to prepare themselves for a term in Washington. Students should have some background in economics, social sc1ence, government, and history; but more importantly, students should have en intellectual curiosity and energy demonstrated by their self· dtrection, .and self-motivation, along with a genuine concern for the Impact that science and technology can have on solving or creattng societal problems. Once students have indicated an interest in the Washtngton Project Center via an initial application, they are assigned an interview appotntment with a member of the faculty or administration who are directly involved with the Washington Project Center's operation or who have been past faculty advisors tn Washington. This year, these Interviews have been scheduled for November 30, December 1 and December 2. Prior to this mterview, students will be required to complete a more extensive application which gives students the opportUnity to express In writing, their interest in areas of societal concern and their relative level of preparation for fJ term in Washington. The material in this second application con· stitutes the basis of diScussion between the student and the faculty member during the interview. The completed application forms should be returned to Dennis Lipka, at the lOP Center, no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 28. Students in· terested in scheduling an interview or getting an epplicatton for Washington should also see Dennis Lipka at the lOP Center. Once all the interviewing is completed, the faculty involved and the Projects Office staff will select the fifty students who wilt work at the Washington Project Center in the Fall of 197B. These students will be notified by December 15, 1977 of their selection. During January, February and March, Dean Lutz and Prof. Demetry will contact various agencies, both privata and governmental, in Washington soliciting project sponsors for the fall of 1978. The results of their efforts will be a series of letters which will briefly describe the projects available at the sponsoring agencies. These descriptions of possible projects are made available to those students selected for Washington, in a course offered D Term entitled: "Interactive Project lnttlation," liD 3040). All students selected for Washington are required to register for and take the 10 3040 course in Term D of the spring prior to their term in Washington. During this course, students select their project topics from those submitted by the sponsoring agencies, and develop a propoeal for doing their project work. Project teams are established in the course, thereby insuring the prompt start-up of project work once in Washington. Students interested in applying for or having questions regarding their preparation for a term In Washington are • encouraged to talk with F.rank Lutz, Assistant Dean for Projects; Jim Demetry, Chairman of the Division of In· terdisciplinary Affairs; or Dennis Lipka, Associate Projects Administrator.
Theta Chi fraternity Is proud in an· nounclng its 19n pledge class. All thirty of them will be a fine addition to the house. They are M1ke Bergeron of Leominster, M.~. R1ch Cady of Watertown. CT, Tim Carew of Glenrocks, NJ, Alan Cave of West Hartford, CT. Peter Connoly of Stony Po1nt, NY, Mike Curry of Sc1tuate, MA, M1ke DelaCruz of White Plains, NY, Dave Desroches of Auburn, MA, Steve Domke of Newton, CT, Brian Dumont of Fall River, MA, Tom Fahey of East Brookfield, MA, Jorge Garcia of Panama Cltv. Panama, Lee Hass of Georgetown, MA, Tom Hryniewicz
TKE is looking forward to Term B. We are proud to have these new 8180Ciate members: Tom Amoruso, Tony Cabral, Paul Chetham, Ron Conese, Tom Cotton, Bob Coughlin Ill, Louis Greuling, Bill Hall, Rich Halprin, Ken Hogue, Jeff Labuz., Dave Lussier, Joe Leeman, Mark Malenbaum, John Nicholson, Tim Pee, Paul Rice, Gregg Shahian, Bob Sisson, Don Soubie, Bill Stange, and Ed Wysocki. These are fine men and from their A term r81ulta, fine scholars.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dep.,tment of Physics Colloquium
Dr. Donald Searl Polytechnic IMtltute of New York Farminecs.le, New York "Photon Time Correlations in Stimulated Emission" WEDNESDAY, November 16,19n Olin Hall, Room 107 4: 1S p.m. Coffee serveo at 4: oop.m.
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We are also proud to have Pror..Patrick Dunn as our new Chapter AcMiar We would like to thank Profasaor BennMa Gordon for his ftne job of advi8ing aur chapter In the past. Congratulations are extended to t,.. Bill Emmet and Dave Roderick. AI ~ elected offJCers, we at TKE wish them 1hl best in their endeavors aa Houae Super and Secretary, raspectlvefy.
Zeta Ps1· The Brothers of Zeta Psi are proud to announce that 14 men and five woman have pledged the fraternity thla fall. The Brother's pledges are: Mike Canale, Rich Champoux, Joe Colangelo, Dale Curtin, Bart Foster, Dan LaBella, Bob Makowsky,
AI Martins, Eric Mcintyre, Steve Monfibellos, Gordon Reynolds, Rich VanHouten. John Wheeler, and S-. Anthony. The Sister's pledges are: Vallril Boynton, Debbie Corser, Joyce Poulloft Cathy Ricci, and Mary Ellen Shea.
Phi Sigma Sigma The Sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma are proud to announce that we received 14 pledges th1s fall. The newly pledged members of Phi Sigma Sigma are Suzanne Call, Mary Anne Cappa, Cyn Carey, Heather Cate, Cathy Coughlin, Elly Cromwick, Lisa Fearn, Patty
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AAS speech On Wednesday, November 18, 19n, Ceceha M . Kenyon of Smith College will inaugurate a new series of educational programs at the American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester. Professor Kenyon, a well-known historian and political scientist and Councillor !Trustee! of the Society. will deliver a lecture designed to acquaint students at WPI end other area colleges with the collect1ons at AAS and 10me of the scholarly uses to which the sources might be put. This 1s the first of three presen· tat1ons scheduled for this academ1c year 09n-19781, all of which will indicate various sources at AAS and their ap-plication to problems facing students of American history and culture. Professor Kenyon's topic Is " Dissension and Conflict 1n American Political Thought from the Glorious Revolution to the American Revolut1on." She has developed her th me of the Arowth and acceptance of the concept of majonty rule in this corollary concept of minonty rights, by
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1acement speaker W. Brocksbank is Manager of Relationa and College Recruiting ., .~"""'" Oil Corporation. Brocksbank joined Mobil et the (N.J.) Refinery in 1974 as a later, he became a laboratory and In 1949 was promoted to a personnel as a job analyst. 1960-52, he served in the Conflict as a U.S. Marine Officer. his return to Paulsboro, he rose from Assistant In Industrial Relations to Employee Relations Manager. In he was transferred to New York rtera, and in 1969 became of College Recruiting. In 1964, he responsibility for Mobil's cor· recruiting activity. Due to In Mobil's college relations Mr. Brocksbank assumed as Manager of C<'llege and College Recruiting in 1969. World War II, he enlisted in the served In the Pacific Theater reltNIIEI<f in 1946 as a lieutenant. as a Major in 1961. Dro~;;M~Hllnll was bom June 2, 1924, New York. He attended University and Drexel University, from Drexel with a BS in in 1947. He did work
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He lives-in Princeton, New Jersey. Active in civic aHalrs prior to his transfer to New York, Mr. Brocksbank received the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award in 1965 for outstanding community service. He is a member of the Middle Atlantic, Eastern, Southern, Midwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest and Western Placement Associations, and a former member of the Board of the Eastern and Middle Atlantic Associations. He Ia currently serving on the Board of Directors of College Placement Services, and Ia a member of the Board of the Southeastern Economic Development Foundation In Atlanta. He Ia Chairman of the Business Advisory Council at Hampton Institute, Chairman of the Corporate Advisement and Recruitment Committee for the University of Maryland's Minority Engineering Opportunity Program, a member of the North Carolina Central University Business AcM.ory Council, a member of the National Commission For Cooperative Education, a member of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, and a member of the National Urban League Advisory Committee Summer Fellowship
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Ferguson, Hancock, Chatterway, Miller.. The music of these and other iazz greats will be heard on Thursday, November 17, when the WPI Stage Band presents its first concert of the year. Be sure to be in the Wedge at 7:30 when Louis Vella kicks off the night's fireworks. The Shane Chalke Quintet will fill in during breaks, with their own smooth going improvisations and riffs. Admission is free, and the entire campus is invited.
AITENTION There will be a placement seminar meeting for graduating students at the Morgan Dining Hall on Monday, November 28 at 7:30p.m . for all those who wish to ettend. Mr. Robert Brockabank, Manager of College Relation• and College Recruiting for the Mobil 011 Corp. will be our keynote speaker. Dr. Potter of Clark University will be the Moderator. Panel members include; Paula Stretouly. ME 76 !EXXON); Mike Graham. MG 74 (Albany In ternatlonal); Fred Sowa. CE 71 (Cialrol); Rick Predelht, CE 76 IAT&T-l.ong lineal; John Petrfll. EE "n (Al"&T·long Unea); and David Gerth, MGE 74 (Arthur Anderaen). Anyone '- Invited to attend.
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Grapplers, winners? by Barry Aronson " What kind of season you going to have?" " Me, or the team?" " The team." "A season." " How do you think you'll place in the toumament7" " I don't know. It's like trying to say when the Radskins will win." Predicting how well the wreStling teem will do is limilar to predicting when the Redskins will win. The wrestling teem hu the potential to win, the quastion Ia how often will they win? last Saturday WPI has a ac:rirnrnege wi1h the University of M~ (Amblrlt) wrestling team. While Tech did not euctly take apart the excellent U. U... te.n, U. Mass.'s fruatrated att••4* to O¥erPO•* the Grapplers we1 met by eome flne, stubborn wrestting dietllr t.cf by moet of the Tech W'l'8ltten. There was no acore for 1he w::rimmege, since the two teemr had agr8M to keep the competition to wortcout drillr. H tt.¥ hid had actual matches only two ~ra would be able to workout at once, lnd then they would be more concemed with winning then getting a good WOftu)ut end improving their technique. U. a divilion one teem, w1eatlee URI (national champiol•), Mic:t9n, end Syracuse this weekend and started woritlng out two weeks before WPI did. Tech did not stan fonnal workouts until October 16th, the eartieat they could start under the current school rule, and lost valuable practice time over term break. One of the biggest problems the Grapplen~ had While wrestling U. Mass. was that they were not quite in shape. Tach's firat regular season match is December 1st and is against Boston College, whom they beat 28-16 last year. The game will be at WPI and will start 7:30p.m. There were a couple of match-ups that provided some really outstanding wrestling. One was between WPI's Tony Masullo, a sophomore, who will probably be wrestling at 134 pounds, and Larry Otsuka. Another
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What's Happening? Tuesday, November 15
Cinematech Film, "Harlan County, USA", Kinnicutt Hall, 7:30 p.m. ME/ CERD Qolloquium, "Engineering Career Development" Jack R. Farrow, Bendix Corportion, Higgins Lab 109, 4:30 p.m. (coffee at 4) Wednesday, November 16
WPI Informational Meeting, sponsored by Admissions Office, Kinnicutt Hall and Olin 107, 7-10 P..m. The Masque presents "Not 1". 8 p.m. in The Library Seminar Room (through Friday) Thursday, November 17
Stageband Concert, Wedge, 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 18
IFC Basketball Marathon (benefit of United Way), Harrington Auditorium, 8 p.m. through 9 p.m. Saturday Saturday, November 19
Pub Entertainment, "The Imaginary Dance Band", 8:45 p.m. Sunday, November 20
Lens & Lights Movie, "The Omen," Alden Hall, 7 & 9:30 p.m. (Admission $1) Tuesday, November 22
Cinematech Film, "ldi Amin Dada", Kinnicutt Hall, 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Recess, starts at 4 p.m. through November 27
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