News Briefs... Donald Z w iep, form er Chair man o f the M echanical Engineer ing Departm ent, has been named acting Provost and V P o f A ca dem ic Affairs, replacing Richard G allagher w ho w ent to Clarkson University. Kenneth Scott has been named acting Chairm an of the M echanical Engineering De partment. Searches are underway to find perm anent replacements for these positions. In May, President Stauss an nounced the departure o f Dean W illiam Taft. Michael Massouh has been named acting D irector o f Graduate Studies. A search is being conducted to find a new Dean of G raduate Studies. Ground has been broken for Fuller Laboratories, W P I’s new in formation sciences building. C on struction began on the $9.9 million Fuller Labs earlier this sum mer and when com pleted it will be hom e to the C om puter Science Department and W PI’s adm inis trative and academ ic com puter operations, began earlier this sum m er. The C ollege C om puter Center h as replaced its outdated DECsystem 20 com puter with a new En core M ultimax. All students who had login ID ’s on the D ec20 must apply at CCC for a new ID.
Doing business with the phone com pany
Reaching out and touching someone is not so easy by Jeffrey Goldmeer and Gary DelGrego What type of service would you like? W hat is your social security number? W ho is going to be your long distance carrier? Do you want touch tone, call waiting, call for warding, three-way calling, speed dialing,...?? These are just some o f the ques tions you are going to answ er if you are planning on getting a phone. New England Telephone will be in the Wedge Monday through W ednesday (9-4 Monday and 9-6 Tuesday and W ednesday), so be prepared when you go. There are only a few things that you need to do beforehand. The first is to decide who the phone bill will be sent to; you or your room m ate, and have that address ready. The phone com pany’s representative will also ask for that person's social security number, and if he or she has previ ously had a listing with New England Telephone and what the num ber was. If not, the representative will ask for a credit reference; eith er a parent’s phone number, or a bank
account number. The only other question that deals directly with bill ing is the installment charge of $31.77. This charge can be paid on the first bill, or broken up into two, three, or four equal m onthly pay m ents. (Hint: If you break it up over four m onths your money can be m aking interest for you and not the phone company.) The rest o f the questions that you will be asked deal with the type o f service that you want. If you have a touch tone phone, and want touch tone dialing, you must tell them so; this will also add a fee o f 58 cents to your bill each month. O ne o f the most im portant ques tions is what type o f service you would like. There are three options: (1) M e a su red R ate, (2) U nlim ited Local C alling, and (3) Bay S tate E ast. M ea su red R ate service is ideal for som eone who does not make many phone calls. It provides 30 m essage units per month. Each m essage unit is any full o r fractional part o f five minutes. For exam ple, a six m inute call would use two m es sage units, while a thirty second call
would use one message unit. This service costs $5.61 a m onth, plus .0898 cents for every additional m essage unit. U nlim ited Local C alling pro vides exactly what y ou'd expect: unlimited local calls. This covers all areas that can be reached without dialing a “ 1”. It costs $11.97 per m onth, and there is a charge for all calls that need a “ 1" when dialing. The last type o f service. Bay S tate E ast, offers unlimited local calling, and two free hours o f calling time to non-local areas in the 508 and 617 area codes. The cost is $23.05 a month, plus the charges for any amount o f time over the free hours. T h is year N ew E n g la n d Telephone no longer offers a free trial o f its custom calling services. If you want any of these special fea tures, which include call waiting ($2.58/month), three way calling ( $ 3 .1 5 /m onth), call fo rw a rd in g ($2.57/month), speed calling ($2.10/ month), or any com bination (ask the representative about special package rates), tell the representative when applying for service. Unless you like to pay New Eng
land Telephone for service visits, it’s a good idea to have basic m ainte nance service (45 cents per month). This provides free repair of all inter nal w iring and jacks. However, if the phone com pany arrives and discov ers the problem is your phone, they will not fix it and you will he charged for the service visit. To avoid this possibility, you could get m ainte nance plus ($1.95/m onth). This serv ice covers everything under basic maintenance and doesn’t charge for service visits if the problem is your phone. In addition. New England Telephone will loan you a phone for 60 days, free o f charge, while you get your phone repaired. Probably the last question you will be asked is to -choose a long distance phone com pany. There are many selections, and New England Telephone will not give out informa tion on any of the carriers. You must know what company you want when applying for service. The current choices are: T D X , AT&T. MCI, First Phone Link, ITT, US Sprint, W estern Union, A llnet, and ACC. Each o f these com panies has advansee T elep h o n e, page 2
Seventeen join faculty As classes begin this fall, W PI w ill be w elcom ing at least 17 new full-time professors. In addition, 11 part-tim e faculty m em bers have been hired. Here is the full time line up: BIOLOGY -and BIO TECH NO LOG Y ■ Samuel M . Politz, Assistant Professor; B.S., Louisiana State U., Ph.D.. U CLA , 1978. For the past three years taught at Georgia Tech. Research interest: genetic and im munological aspects of d e velopm ent o f the nem atode Caenorhabditis elegons. B IO M E D I CA L ENGINEERING C hristopher H. Sotak, Assis tant Professor, B.S., M .S., U. of N o rth e rn C o lo ra d o . P h .D ., Syracuse U., 1983. For past four years was w ith G E N M R Instru m ents, Freemont, CA. Research interest: m agnetic resonance im aging. CHEM ISTRY Jeffry A. A res, Assistant Pro fessor; B.S., URI, Ph.D ., Ohio State U. For past two years was a post-doctoral research assistant at U. of Illinois. Research interest: medical chem istry, design and synthesis o f drugs for use in pul monary, cardiovascular and aller gic diseases, antidiabetic drugs. COM PUTER SC IEN C E David Finkel, A ssociate Pro fessor, B.A.. Temple U .. M.S., Ph.D , U . o f C hicago, 197J. Served since 1971 am the m ath and CS faculties of Bucknel! U . Research interest: operating system s, simu lation and algorithms. Nabil H achem , A ssistant Pro fessor, B.E., A m erican U. o f Beirut, Ph.D.. Syracuse U., 1988. W as with D itacom m , Lebanon, from 1979- 85. R esearch interest: artificial intelligence. ELE C T R I C A L ENGINEERING Valentin Boriakoff, Associate Professor; M .S., U. o f Buenos Aires, Ph.D., Cornell U ., 1973. Taught and d id research at Cornell fo r past 15 years. Research inter est: VLSI design, radio astron omy, aeousto-optical signal proc essing. Peter L. Levin, A ssistant Pro fessor, B.S., M .S., Ph.D.. C arne gie Mellon U ., 1987. Research interest: application o f numerical m eth o d s to e le c tro m a g n e tic s. HUM ANITIES Theodore K oditschek, Assis tant Professor, A.B., R utgers U., M .A., Ph.D., Princeton U „ 1981. For the past seven years taught at the U. of California at Irvine. Research interest: urban industrial history, industrial capitalism in Britain. M ANA GEM EN T Nanette J. Fondas, A ssistant P ro fe sso r:A .B ., Cornell! U„ M. Phil., Oxford U „ D.B.A ., Harvard see N ew s, p ag e 3
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Volume 16, Number 14
Sunday, August 28,1988
A brief history of the WPI campus by Howard B. Bernard W orcester Polytechnic Institute has alw ays been a school with a unique viewpoint. Founded in 1865 as the W orcester County Free Insti tute o f Industrial Science, WPI was created to provide an education which would, according to its open ing day notice, “aim at practical re sults as far as possible, in all cases.” A lth o u g h the In stitu te has changed with the times (it is no longer a “free institute,” despite the
plaque over the door to Boynton Hall), the emphasis on practicality has rem ained. Perhaps the best way to follow the developm ent of W PI - and a very good way to get a feeling for the WPI o f today - is to trace the history of the cam pus itself, buildings and facili ties. The oldest building on campus is Boynton Hall, built to house class rooms and a chapel, and designed for attractiveness and econom y. Today, B oynton Hall (nam ed for John
Boynton, the founder of the Institute) houses no classroom s, but rather serves as the adm inistration build ing. What was once the chapel is now, after several renovations, the Office o f Graduate and C areer Plan ning (O GCP), although the stained glass rendition of the school seal in the window still lends a chapel-like mood to the room. The next building built was the W ashburn Shops. The Shops were financed by Ichabod W ashburn, who set out to establish a w orking me-
Freshmen tally looks good Male:Female ratio better The following is a com parison of this y ear’s freshman class (projected) and the class o f ’91. They show a rise in enrollm ent of approxim ately 30 students, and a rise in female enrollm ent, bringing the male:fem ale ratio down to about 4:1 for the class o f '92. Class o f '92 Class o f ’91 APPLICATIONS 2,820 2,950 A DM ITTED 2,068 1,766 ENROLLED 640 612 SAT-V 550 560 SAT-M 660 670 FEM ALES 125 102 MALES 515 510 STATES REPRESENTED 35 25 Unlike the situation two years ago. housing is not a problem this year. All requests and there are even a few fem ale vacancies. Anybody with a housing question or problem should go to the Office of Residential Life.
WPI set to celebrate 100 years of football
see H istory, page 3
W P I’s New Number
Defensive keys are being explained to the team as they prepare to kick off the season on Friday, Septem ber 9 in a special 7:30 game against Division II oppo nent Springfield College. PHOTO BY WALTER FREEMAN
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chanical lab/m achine shop which would provide education for student apprentices w hile o perating for profit as a m anufacturing shop. W ashburn was erected shortly after Boynton Hall, its tow er com pet ing with that o f Boynton as a practical and academic struggle to unite on the hill. The original building has been added to and renovated often. The most recent renovation was accom plished four years ago and W ashburn now houses lecture halls, professor’s offices, the M echanical Engineering machine shops (aka “grunge lab”), and W P l’s nuclear reactor. The Salisbury Laboratories were next, built as an academ ic and labora tory building for the sciences. The building was nam ed for the Salisbury family, who did m uch to develop W orcester and W PI, including fund ing the school for years, donating the land for Salisbury Park, and arrang ing to have Institute Road curved around the bottom o f Boynton Hill. Salisbury is now home to the Humanities, Biology, and Biotech nology Departm ents, and a student lounge. Also in Salisbury is Kinnicut Hall, named for Dr. Leonard P. Kin nicut, a well-liked and forward think ing chemistry professor around the turn of the century. Also constructed around that time was the sm all, attractively un usual building at the com er of Boynton Street and Institute Road. It was built there because it was to be a laboratory for studying electricity and m agnetism and its designer,
As o f July 20th, all of cen tral M assachusetts has a new area code, including W PI. Aiso the WPI offices have a new prefix. The area code is now *508, and the prefix is 8 3 1. To reach offices at WPI, please dial (508) 831-(old ex tension). If you need the extension of a particular office, dial (508) 831-5000, our m ain sw itch board.
News Briefs... Donald Zw iep, former C hair man o f the M echanical Engineer ing D epartm ent, has been named acting Provost and V P o f A ca demic A ffairs, replacing Richard G allagher w ho went to Clarkson University. Kenneth Scott has been named acting Chairm an of the M echanical Engineering D e partment. Searches are underway to find perm anent replacem ents for these positions. In M ay, President Stauss a n nounced the departure o f Dean W illiam Taft. M ichael M assouh has been nam ed acting Director of Graduate Studies. A search is being conducted to find a new Dean o f G raduate Studies. G round has been broken for Fuller Laboratories, W P I's new in formation sciences building. C on struction began on the $9.9 m illion Fuller Labs earlier this sum m er and when com pleted it will be home to the C om puter Science D epartm ent and W P I's adm inis trative and academ ic com puter operations, began earlier this sum m er. The College Com puter Center has replaced its outdated DECsystem 20 com puter with a new E n core M ultim ax. All students who had login ID ’s on the Dec20 must apply at C C C for a new ID.
D oing business with the phone com pany
Reaching out and touching someone is not so easy by Jeffrey Goldmeer and Gary DelGrego What type of service w ould you like? What is your social security num ber? W ho is going tu be your long distance carrier? Do you want touch tone, call waiting, call for w arding, three-way calling, speed d ialing,...?? These are just some o f the ques tions you are going to answ er if you are planning on getting a phone. New England Telephone will be in the W edge Monday through W ednesday (9-4 Monday and 9-6 T uesday and W ednesday), so be prepared when you go. There are only a few things that you need to do beforehand. The first is to decide w ho the phone bill w ill be sent to; you or your room m ate, and have that address ready. The phone com pany's representative will also ask for that person's social security num ber, and if he or she has previ ously had a listing with New England T elephone and what the num ber was. If not, the representative will ask for a credit reference: eith er a p aren t's phone number, or a bank
account num ber. The only other question that deals directly with bill ing is the installm ent charge o f S31.77. This charge can be paid on the first bill, o r broken up into two. three, or four equal monthly pay ments. (Hint: If you break it up over four months your money can be making interest for you and not the phone com pany.) The rest o f the questions that you will be asked deal with the type o f service that you want. If you have a touch tone phone, and want touch tone dialing, you must tell them so; this will also add a fee o f 58 cents to your bill each month. O ne o f the most important ques tions is what type of service you would like. T here are three options: (I) M easu red R ate, (2) U nlim ited Local C allin g , and (3) Bay S tate E ast. M easu red R ate service is ideal for som eone who does not make many phone calls. It provides 30 message units per month. Each message unit is any full o r fractional part of five m inutes. For exam ple, a six minute call would use two m es sage units, w hile a thirty second call
would use one message unit. This service costs $5.61 a month, plus .0898 cents for every additional message unit. U nlim ited Local C alling pro vides exactly what you’d expect: unlimited local calls. This covers all areas that can be reached without dialing a "1". It costs SI 1.97 per month, and there is a charge for all calls that need a " I ” when dialing. The last type o f service. Bay Slate E ast, offers unlim ited local calling, and two free hours o f calling time to non-local areas in the 508 and 617 area codes. The cost is $23.05 a m onth, plus the charges for any amount o f time over the free hours. T h is y ear N ew E n g lan d T elephone no longer offers a free trial o f its custom calling services. II you want any of these special fea tures, which include call waiting ($2.58/month), three way calling ( S 3 .15/m onth), c a ll forw arding ($2.57/month), speed calling ($2.10/ month), o r any com bination (ask the representative about special package rates), tell the representative when applying for service. U nless you like to pay New Eng
land Telephone for service visits, it’s a good idea to have basic m ainte nance service (45 cents per month). This provides free repair of all inter nal w iring and jacks. However, if the phone com pany arrives and discov ers the problem is your phone, they will not fix it and you will be ( hinged for the service visit. To avoid this possibility, you could get m ainte nance plus ($1.95/month). This serv ice covers everything under basic maintenance and doesn't charge for service visits if the problem is your phone. In addition. New England Telephone w ill loan you a phone for 60 days, free of charge, while you get your phone repaired. Probably the last question you will be asked is to choose a long distance phone com pany. There are many selections, and New England Telephone will not give out inform a tion on any of the carriers. You must know w hat com pany you want w hen applying for service. The current choices are: TD X , AT&T. MCI. First Phone Link. ITT. US Sprint. W estern Union, Allnet. and ACC. Each o f these companies has advansee Telephone, page 2
Seventeen join faculty As classcs begin this fall, W PI will be w elcom ing at least 17 new full-time professors. In addition, 1 1 part-tim e faculty m em bers have been hired. Here is the full time line up: BIOLOGY and B IO TECH NO LOG Y Samuel M. Politz. Assistant Professor; B.S., Louisiana Slate U.. Ph.D.. UCLA, 1978. For the past three years taught at G eorgia Tech. Research interest: genetic and im m unological aspects of d e velopm ent o f the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. B IO M E D I CAL ENGINEERING C hristopher H. Sotak. A ssis tant Professor; B.S.. M.S., U. of N o rth e rn C o lo ra d o , P h .D ., Syracuse U ., 1983. For past four years was with G E NMR Instru ments, Freem ont. CA. Research interest: m agnetic resonance im aging. CHEM ISTRY Jeffrv A. Ares, Assistant P ro fessor; B .S., URI, Ph.D.. O hio State U. For past two years w as a post-doctoral research assistant at U. of Illinois. Research interest: medical chem istry, design and synthesis o f drugs for use in pulmonary, cardiovascular and aller gic diseases, antidiabetic drugs. C O M PU TER SCIENCE David Finkel, Associate P ro fessor, B .A ., Tem ple U., M .S., Ph.D, U. o f C hicago, 1971. Served since 1971 on the m ath and CS faculties o f Bucknell U. R esearch interest: operating system s, sim u lation and algorithms. Nabil H achem , Assistant P ro fessor, B .E., A m erican U. of Beirut, Ph.D ., Syracuse U.. 1988. W as with D itacom m , Lebanon, from 1979- 85. Research interest: artificial intelligence. ELE C T R I CAL EN G IN EERIN G V alentin Boriakoff. A ssociate Professor; M .S., U. o f Buenos Aires, Ph.D ., C ornell U., 1973. Taught and did research at Cornell for past 15 years. Research inter est: V LSI design, radio astron omy, acousto-optical signal proc essing. Peter L. Levin, Assistant Pro fessor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.. C arne gie M ellon U., 1987. Research interest: application o f numerical m ethods to ele c tro m a g n e tic s. HUM ANITIES Theodore K oditschek, A ssis tant Professor: A.B., Rutgers U., M.A., Ph.D ., Princeton U.. 1981. For the past seven years taught at the U. o f California at Irvine. Research interest: urban industrial history, industrial capitalism in Britain. M A NA GEM EN T N anette J. Fondas, A ssistant Professor; A.B., Com elll U., M. Phil., O xford U „ D.B.A., H arvard
sec News, page 3
A brief history of the WPI campus by Howard B. Bernard W orcester Polytechnic Institute has alw ays been a school with a unique viewpoint. Founded in 1865 as the W orcester County Free Insti tute o f Industrial Science, WPI was created to provide an education which would, according to its open ing day notice, “aim at practical re sults as far as possible, in all cases." A lthough the In stitu te has changed with the times (it is no longer a “free institute," despite the
plaque over the door to Boynton Hall), the em phasis on practicality has remained. Perhaps the best way to follow the developm ent o f WPI - and a very good way to get a feeling for the WPI o f today - is to trace the history o f the campus itself, buildings and facili ties. The oldest building on cam pus is Boynton Hall, built to house class rooms and a chapel, and designed for attractiveness and econom y. Today. Boynton Hall (nam ed for John
Boynton, the founder o f the Institute) houses no classroom s, but rather serves as the adm inistration build ing. What was once the chapel is now. alter several renovations, the Office o f Graduate and Career Plan ning (OGCP), although the stained glass rendition of the school seal in the window still lends a chapel-like mood to the room. The next building built was the W ashburn Shops. The Shops were financed by Ichabod W ashburn, who set out to establish a working me-
Freshmen tally looks good Male:Female ratio better The following is a com parison of this y ear’s freshm an class (projected) and the class o f '91. They show a rise in enrollm ent o f approxim ately 30 students, and a rise in fem ale enrollm ent, bringing the male:fem ale ratio down to about 4:1 for the class o f ’92. Class of ’92 Class o f ’91 2.950 APPLICATIONS 2.820 2.068 1,766 ADM ITTED 640 612 ENROLLED SAT-V 560 550 660 670 SAT-M 102 FEM ALES 125 510 MALES 515 STATES REPRESENTED 35 25 Unlike the situation tw o years ago, housing is not a problem this year. All requests for housing have been filled, and there are even a few fem ale vacancies. Anybody w ith a housing question or problem should go to the Office of Residential Life.
WPI set to celebrate 100 years of football Defensive keys are being explained to the team as they prepare to kick off the season on Friday, Septem ber 9 in a special 7:30 game against Division II oppo nent Springfield College.
chanical lab/machine shop which would provide education for student ap p ren tices w hile operating for profit as a manufacturing shop. W ashburn was erected shortly after Boynton l lull, its tower com pet ing w ith that o f Boynton as a practical and academ ic struggle to unite on the hill. The original building has been added to and renovated often. The most recent renovation was accom plished four years ago and W ashburn now houses lecture halls, professor’s offices, the M echanical Engineering machine shops (aka "grunge lab"), and W PI’s nuclear reactor. The Salisbury Laboratories were next, built as an academ ic and labora tory building for the sciences. The building was named for the Salisbury family, who did much to develop W orcester and WPI. including fund ing the school for years, donating the land for Salisbury Park, and arrang ing to have Institute Road curved around the bottom of Boynton Hill. Salisbury is now home to the Humanities, Biology, and Biotech nology D epartm ents, and a student lounge. Also in Salisbury is Kinnicut Hall, named for Dr. Leonard P. K in nicut. a well-liked and forward think ing chem istry professor around the turn o f the century. Also constructed around that time was the sm all, attractively un usual building at the corner of Boynton Street and Institute Road. It was built there because it was lo be a laboratory for studying electricity and m agnetism and its designer, see H istory, page 3
W P I ’s N e w N u m b er
PHOTO HV W AI TER FREEMAN
As o f July 2()th. all o f cen tral M assachusetts has a new area code, including WPI. Also the WPI offices have a new prefix. The area code is now <508, and the prefix is 8 3 1. To reach offices al WPI. please dial (508) 8 3 1-(old ex tension). If you need the extension of a particular office, dial (508) 831-5000, our main sw itch board.
Page2_________________________________________________________ NEWSPEAK________________________________________’Sunday/August 30, 1988
A com]parision of local banks BASIC C H E C K IN G
EASY C H E C K IN G
P E R S O N A L C H E C K IN G
NOW
BANK O F BOSTON
no interest, no minimum, 6 checks/ month, 6 ATM withdrawals. $ 1.50 service charge
no interest, no m inim um . $7.00 monthly fee
no interest, $3.50 fee if account falls below $500 or $5,000 com bined m aintanence, $.30 per transaction ‘
5.25% interest, variable interest $1,000 minimum $10 service fee $3.50 if below min. $.30 per transaction
BANK O F NEW ENGLAND
no minimum $2.50 service fee 7 checks/m onth
no interest, no m inim um $7.00 monthly fee
$500 m inim um or $3.50 fee $.30 per transactions
com petitive rates variable rate $1,000 minim um $2,000 minim um or $5 fee, $.30 per or $7 service fee transaction and $.30 per trans action
BAYBANKS
$2.50 service charge and $.30 per transaction unless maintain: $1,000 daily balance or
no interest no m inim um . $7.00 monthly fee
$2.50 fee unless $500 checking or $1000 savings or $2,500 capital savings
$2.50 fee unless $10 monthly fee unless $1,000 checking or$5,000checking or $1,500 savings or $10,000 capital saving $2,500 capital savings
SU PE R N O W
$1,500 savings or $2,500 capital savings no minimum $5.00/m onth if below $1,000
CO M M ERC E
$5.00 if under $ 1.000 nominal charge for checks
$2,500 min varyable interest
CON SUM ERS
$2.50 monthly fee 7 checks/m onth unlimited ATM use
$7.00 service fee unlimited ATM use and unlimited checks
$500 checking or $31,000 saavings or $3.50 m onthly fee and $.30 per trans action
$1,000 checking or$2,000checking or $5,000 savings or $10,000 savings or $5.00 service fee $7.00 m onthly fee and $.30 each and $.30 per trans transaction action
SH AW M U T
service fee no minim um unlimited checks
$500 minimum unlimited checks
variable interest $2,500 minim um unlim ited checks no service fee
variable interest variable interest $1,000 m inim um $5,000 minimum no service fee. unlim ited checks unlimited checks no service fee
Telephone questions continued fro m page 1 tages and disadvantages. For current inform a tion, contact the com panies directly. The only other thing you need to know is that New England Telephone does not supply the phone, but they do provide a free phone book and a m ap o f the 508 and 617 area codes. Although the phone book is free, if you want your room mates listed in it or on directory assistance, there is an additional charge of $1.26 per person per month. Also, non-listed (not in the book but available through directory assistance) is an additional 68 cents per month and non-published (not in the book or directory
assistance - your num ber will not even be given out in an em ergency) costs $1.41 per month. After going through all this, you may won der when your service will be installed. A c cording to a representative at New England Telephone, lines will begin to be installed starting Thursday, Septem ber 1. As always, first com e, first served, so get in line early. If you have any questions about having a phone installed, either see the representative in the W edge o f call New England Telephone at 798-5830.
Mewsieali PHOTO BY W ALTER FREEMAN
Christopher Jachimowicz, the new Assistant Director of Student Activities.
DOS staff changes announced by Jacqueline O 'Neill Editor in C hief During the summer, several changes where m ade in the Dean of Students office which will affect both students and student organizations. Christopher Jachim ow icz, a graduate of Shippensburg University, is the Assistant D i rector of Student Activities, a newly created position. His responsibilities include advising SO CCO M M , overseeing the campus program ming budget, coordinating SAB van usage and managing and publishing the campus activities calendar. As o f Septem ber 2, he will be located in what is now the Vice President o f Student
Affairs Office, across from the mailroom. SOCCOM M will also be located in that office as will the new secretary for the Student Activi ties O ffice, Audrey Kennen. Also new to the Dean o f Students office is Helen Rhoades, the new adm inistrative secre tary. SAB and Student government have moved to the old SOCCOMM office in the wedge. The Dean o f Students office and the Stu dent Activities office handle student issues, student government, orientation, campus hear ing board, club sports, fraternities and sorori ties, student clubs and organizations, and lead ership programs.
Financial Aid and registration information -S tu d e n ts w h o h a v e rec e iv e d w o rk stu d y as p art o f th e ir fin a n c ia l aid p a c k a g e sh o u ld g o to the A lu m n i C o n fe re n c e ro o m in A ld e n H all on T u e sd a y , W e d n e sd a y o r T h u rsd a y , 9 a m - n o o n , l-4 p m , to fill o u t fo rm s a n d g e t in fo rm a tio n .
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History of campus part of its charm Continued from page 1 Professor Charles Kimball, had located a m agnetic meridian there. Because o f its pur pose. no iron was used in its construction, and it was made to be alm ost vibration-free. Its usefullness as a m agnetic lab ended when electric wires and horse trolleys set up interfer ence and vibration. But the building was not to go unused. Robert H. G oddard used it for experim ents while he was at W PI, and now it is the hom e of Skull. W P I's senior honor society. Following, in a succession which is re flected in the architectural styles used, were other buildings: -A tw ater Kent Laboratories, named after A. A tw ater Kent. WPI '00. the m aker o f the A tw ater Kent radio. Built as the home o f the Electrical Engineering D epartm ent, which today shares space with the Com puter Science Departm ent, A tw ater Kent was designed to allow cars from the W orcester Trolley system to enter for testing. After its renovation, the building retains the trolley- sized door frame on the W est Street side. The room that was once testing space now has. as a wall decora tion. the gigantic control panel, com plete with knobs, dials, and Frankenstein-like knife switches, that were used for making electrical tests on the trolleys. -Alum ni G ym nasium , now extended by H arrington Auditorium . This im pressive building, with ivy on its sides and athletic gargoyles adorning its top, houses the bowling alleys, the pool, the rifle range, basketball courts, handball and racquetball courts, and weight lifting equipment. --Higgins Laboratories (the Mechanical Engineering building). Alden M emorial (the school's chapel and cinem a), and SanfordRiley Hall (the oldest dorm atory) complete what was known as the Quadrangle. They share, by design, similar architecture. Note the many-paned windows, for example. Riley once held the pub (G om pei's Place) and game room, now closed except for Soccomm activi ties. as well as the N ew speak and P ed d ler offices, and student rooms. The Q uad is now delineated by the Daniels and Morgan Halls, and by Harrington A udito
rium. Stratton Hall housed the ME Department before Higgins Labs was built. Now, it houses the M athematics Department and the campus w oodshops. Kaven Hall, the Civil Engineering build ing, w as built next to A tw ater Kent on Salis bury Street and modeled after it as Higgins Labs and Alden Hall were patterned after Sanford-Riley. G oddard Hall (nam ed after Robert Goddard and home to C hem istry and Chem ical Engineering) and D aniels Hall, both built in the late sixties, share a mood also. The rem aining major academ ic building on campus is the O lin Hall o f Physics. Funded by the Olin Foundation, the building was built in the early sixties.
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First of all. 1 would like to congratulate all of the incom ing freshmen on making WPI their choice o f colleges. You will find out that although it is a very difficult school, it will be worth it in the long run. W hile the most important thing here at WPI is stud\ ing tor good grades, there is more to do here besides studying. There are numerous i lubs to join that will appeal to the interests o f most o f the WPI student body. The clubs here range from music to writing, from sports to religion, and from drama to governm ent. H owever, students with the time, ability, and desire can join a sports team on the varsity level. At WPI there are a total o f 18 teams that compete on the varsity level, while 23 operate as clubs. In addition. WPI has instituted an intramural program where fraternities, sorori
Named for Ralph Earle, a popular president o f W PI. the bridge was com pleted to link the east and west cam puses just as Alden Hall was finished. The bridge spans the road from the old cam pus to the new, allowing us to visit our past yet live in our present. M uch o f the information in the article is taken from Two Towers, the book written about W P I's history on the occassion of its 100th anniversary. It is an excellent source. But the future of WPI lives with us. W e. too. are excellent sources. So. w elcome, class of '92. Enjoy the campus. Its charm lies in its history and its history, like its future, lies in its people.
An often neglected place on the WPI cam pus is the Student Health Center. You should m ake yourself familiar with this facility before you need il. The Health C enter is open 7 days a week from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. The C enter is there to help you not only when you are sick or injured but also to help you to remain healthy. In the event o f a medical em ergency or when you are feeling ill the center is staffed with at all times with a registered nurse and 2 hours each morning and afternoon there is a physi cian available. The Health C enter will pre scribe medication for you if necessary and
provide you with a 24 hour starter pack which will help you start your recovery until you get your prescription filled. If you need help when the C enter is closed call cam pus police at 831 -5433 and if necessary they will arrange transportation to the nearest hospital. When you are not ill. the Health C enter is a good source of information for staying healthy. Pamphlets are available on nutrition and pro tecting yourself from various com m unicable diseases. The Center can also arrange to adm inister allergy injections and provides gynecological services by appointment.
There is a new school year starting but it w ill be filled with some ot the same old prob lems. theft o f student property. The job of the W PI Police Department is to keep the campus safe lor students but they can not do the job alone. Students have to be aware of the secu rity risks on campus and be cautious. The police and SN aP do patrol the campus every night but they can not be everyw here at once. T he WPI Police would like students to lock their rooms whether they are in them or not. W hile you are taking a quick trip to the bath room your stereo may be taking a trip to som eone's car. The Police also ask for you
cooperation in dealing with an annual prob lem. door to door vendors. These people usually appear right after students move back to cam pus. WPI does not authorize outside vendors to go door-to-door on campus. If you see any or one knocks on your door, call cam pus police and report. Often times these vendors are casing the dorm s tor a late night visit. A nother annual problem has been the propping open o f doors. W hen you prop open a door for your friends to get in the dorm, it also allows people who do not belong on cam pus at all to enter. Please think twice be lore you act. The WPI Police can be reached at 831-5433.
W PI cam pus is the bridge across West Street.
Both articles by Stephen Nelson Production Editor
Good security is good sense
Get your nose out of that book! by Roger Burleson Sports Editor
In the late sixties, G ordon Library was built, which now holds the library, school archives, and the C ollege C om puter Center (CCC). To increase available on-cam pus housing, the Ellsworth and Fuller apartm ent complexes w ere built in the seventies. In 1985. Founders Hall was opened. This building houses the o ther daka cafeteria (the first is in Morgan Hall) along with meeting rooms and study lounges. Scheduled for com pletion in a few years is Fuller Labs, future home o f the Computer Science department. This $9.9 million build ing will be located on the hill between Salis bury and Kaven Hall. Perhaps the most endearing feature o f the
ties. dorm floors, and individuals compete against each other. Students may also wish to belong to a fraternity or sorority. If they do. they should "rush" the particular chapters that they wish to belong to. During the period o f "rush" students will leam about the Greek life through events put on by the chapters. Extra-curricular activities can also be a nice way ot meeting new people who share y our interests. Students have found out that sports are a good way to relieve the tension built up from all the studying and classes. Also, belonging to an organization can make you feel like y o u 're part of the school. An activities fair will be held from I 1-3 Septem ber 7 on the Quad. All groups and organiza tions will be represented there to help give everyone a chance to see w hat's available. W hile I'm not telling everyone to join som ething. I am strongly suggesting it. It will m ake your college life a m ore mem orable experience.
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NCWS Briefs... C ontinued from page 1 U., 1987. Was a Rhodes Scholar as well as a teacher at Radcliffe. B.U.. and Cornell. Re search interest: organizational behavior, busi ness policy, human resource management. Sharon A. Johnson. Assistant Professor: B.S.. U. of Michigan. Ph.D.. Cornell U.. Il)88 Research interest: operations research, dy nam ic program m ing, stochastic problems, com plex water resource systems. Enio E. Velazco. Assistant Professor: B.Sc.. U. of Lima. Peru. M.Sc.. Rutgers U. and C ase W estern Reserve U.. Ph.D., C.W .R.. 1988. Research interest: m anufacturing prob lem s, queueing, air traffic control problems. M A THEM A TICA L SCIENCES Frederic Dias. Assistant Professor: M.S., Ph.D.. U. of W isconsin. 1986. Did postdoc toral work at W oods Hole O ceanographic In stitute for two years. Research interest: poten tial flow, free surface flow, nonlinear wave theory, wave- wave interactions, com puta tional fluid dynam ics, cellular automata. Kathryn E. Lenz. Assistant Professor: B.A.. St. O laf College. M.S.. U. of Illinois. Ph.D., U. of Minnesota. 1988. From 11>84 to 1988 was a research scientist at Honeywell System s and Research Center. Research inter est: mathematics of control theory, robust and optimal control, operator theory, linear alge bra. Jam es I. Northrup, Assistant Professor: B.S.. Davidson College. Ph.D.. North Carolina
State U.. 1987. Served as teaching assistant at N.C. State 1982-87. Research interest: nu merical analysis, nonlinear differential and integral equations, parallel and vector process ing in numerical linear algebra, optimization. Dalin Tang. Assistant Professor: B.A.. Nanjing Inst, of Technology, M.A.. Ph.D.. U. o f W isconsin. 1988. Served for past four years as a teaching assistant at W isconsin. Research interest: theoretical fluid m echanics, nonlin ear analysis, numerical methods, biological fluid dynam ics, transport theory. M EC H A N I CAL ENGINEERING V ahid Motevalli. Assistant Professor o f ME and Fire Protection Engineering; B.S.. M.S.. Ph.D.. U. of M aryland. 1988. Research interest: experimental studies of fire-induced flow behavior, characteristics of flaming com bustion, measurement techniques in fire safetv and combustion research. SO CIAL SCIENCE A ND POLICY STUDIES Kent J. Rissmiller. Assistant Professor; A.B. M uhlenberg C ollege. J.D .. Franklin Pierce Law Center. M.A., Ph.D.. Syracuse U., 1986. For past two years taught at New M exico State U. Research interest: moral philosophy and justice theory. In addition, the following part-time faculty m em bers will be joining WPI: Laurie J. Bates. SS. Robert W. Bosnia. ME. Davis B. Dollenmayer. HU. Paul R. Douillard. HU. Gary G. Gu. CS. Andrew Karellas, BE. Christopher P. Landee. PH. John W. M orris. CH. Colin L. Read. SS. Richard A. Schoenfeld, CM. Robert L. Starnes. CM.
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e lu d in g R e m b ra n d t, El G re c o , van R ijn , R e n o ir, a n d M o n e t, are re p re se n te d . In a d d itio n , W A M c o n siste n tly o ffe rs fa s c in a tin g sp e c ial e x h ib its and fo ru m s. O n e o f last y e a r ’s b e st w a s a h o m a g e to th e O p a n d P o p art m o v e m e n ts o f the S ix tie s. T h e W a rh o l, R a u sc h e n b e rg , and O ld e n b e rg w e re e v e ry w h e re , su rro u n d e d b y c o lo rfu l im a g e s o f M a rily n M o n ro e , Ja c k ie K e n n e d y O n a ssis, a n d C a m p b e ll’s S o u p c a n s. T h e M u se u m e v e n ran a S ix tie s F ilm F estiv a l in c o n ju n c tio n w ith th e a rt e x h ib it. A m o n g th e m o re p o p u la r film s w e re E asy R id e r, H a ir, Y e llo w S u b m arin e , a n d th e W h o ’s T o m m y . P lu s , th e M u s e u m ’s R e n a iss a n c e C o u rt, fe a tu rin g a larg e re s to re d m o sa ic, is o fte n th e site o f m u sic re c ita ls. S e v e ra l u p c o m in g p e rfo rm a n c e s in c lu d e w o rk s fo r th e p ia n o an d a c o u stic g u ita r. A d m issio n to th e m u su e u m is o n ly a c o u p le o f b u c k s.
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T h e s ta ff at the S tu d e n t C o u n s e lin g C e n te r w e lc o m e s th e c la s s o f 19 9 2 an d all stu d e n ts n ew to W P I. It is tra d itio n a l th a t th is issue o f N e w s p e a k c o n ta in a few w o rd s in tro d u c in g the se rv ic e s an d s ta ff o f th e S tu d en t C o u n se lin g C e n te r. T ra d itio n m u s t be m a in ta in e d , so h e re g o es. T h e S tu d en t C o u n se lin g C e n te r is a re s o u rc e a v a ila b le to all e n ro lle d W P I s tu d e n ts . T he se rv ic e s w e p ro v id e fall in to the fo llo w in g c a te g o rie s : p e rso n a l c o u n s e l in g ; c a re e r c o u n s e lin g a n d te stin g ; w o rk s h o p s and se m in a rs ; c o n s u lta tio n an d r e fe rra l. P erso n al c o u n se lin g o fte n fo c u se s o n is s u e s such as: a d ju s tin g to c o lle g e a n d d e a lin g w ith h o m e s ic k n e ss ; lo n e lin e s s; d e p re s sio n ; a n x ie ty a n d stre ss; an d re la tio n s h ip d iffic u ltie s. In th e se situ a tio n s o u r c o n v e rs a tio n s are k e p t p riv a te a n d c o n fid e n tia l. M any W P I stu d e n ts c o m e to th e S tu d e n t C o u n se lin g C e n te r as a ste p in th e ir c h o ic e -o f-m a jo r an d c a re e r p ro c e s s. W e o f f e r a w ide ra n g e o f c a re e r te s tin g o p p o r tu n itie s as w ell as D IS C O V E R , a c o m p u te r-a id e d c a re e r g u id a n c e p ro g ra m . If y o u c o n sid e r c h a n g in g m a jo rs o r h a v e s o m e q u e stio n s a b o u t c a re e r d ire c tio n , c h e c k us o u t. E ach term d u rin g th e sc h o o l y e a r th e S tu d e n t C o u n se lin g C e n te r o ffe rs a w id e ra n g e o f se m in a rs th at s tu d e n ts fin d q u ite in te re stin g . T o p ic s to b e p re s e n te d th is y e a r include: a c a d e m ic s u c c e s s tip s; h y p n o s is ; s tre s s re d u c tio n ; w e lln e s s ; le a rn in g to b e m o re a ss e rtiv e ; a n d m a n y m o re . As w ith all o f o u r se rv ic e s, th e re is n o a d d itio n a l c o st fo r th e se se m in a rs. S tu d e n ts a lso c o m e to th e S tu d e n t C o u n s e lin g C e n te r to g e t a d v ic e a b o u t h o w th e y can h e lp o th e rs; e .g ., ro o m m a te s, p a re n ts , b ro th e rs an d siste rs, b o y frie n d s o r g irlfrie n d s. W e m ay be a b le to p ro v id e a fre s h , o b je c tiv e p e rs p e c tiv e a n d s u g g e s tio n s that y o u . d u e to y o u r c lo s e n e ss to th e s itu a tio n , m a y n o t see. P riv acy an d c o n fid e n tia lity are th e e s s e n tia l sta n d a rd s o f all o u r se rv ic e s. T h e S tu d en t C o u n s e lin g C e n te r is lo c a te d at 157 W e st S tre e t ju s t o f f c a m p u s a c ro s s the stre e t fro m th e p a rk in g lot at In s titu te and W est S tre e t. O u r htiurs are 8 :3 0 to 5 :0 0 M o n d a y th ro u g h F rid a y , a n d th e p h o n e n u m b e r is 8 3 1-5 5 4 0 . W e s u g g e s t c a llin g o r s to p p in g b y to m a k e an a p p o in tm e n t first, a s th in g s g et p re tty b u sy . T h e sta ff o f the S tu d e n t C o u n s e lin g C e n te r c o n sists o f: B ev L o o m is, s e c re ta ry ; M a d e le in e L a n g m a n , c o u n s e lin g in te rn ; D r. R ic k H a lste a d , S. C a ro l T h e ise n , c o u n s e lo rs ; and D r. Jim G ro c c ia , d ire c to r.
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Judith Soderlund named field hockey and softball coach (WPI News Service)-Raym ond Gilbert, Director o f Physical Education and A thletics at W orcester Polytechnic Institute has named Judith Soderlund head coach o f field hockey and softball. Soderlund received her B.S. in physical education from Plymouth State C ollege in 1982 and her M.S. in sport psychology and physical education from Ithaca College in 1984. M ost recently she served as the field hockey coach at Bridgew ater State College, coaching the team to the 1987 M ASCAC Field Hockey Championship.
Soderlund has coached field hockey at Bridgewater, Bethany (W V ) C ollege, Sim m ons C ollege, and Ithaca College. She has served as softball coach at Bethany, Emm anuel College, and Ithaca. She was named to the AllAmerica softball team in 1982. She is a m em ber of the National College Field Hockey Coaches A ssociation and the National College Softball C oaches A ssocia tion as well as many other associations and comm ittees. Soderlund will replace Sue Chapm an w ho coached field hockey and soft ball for the last 10 years, including last season’s 16-2-1 field hockey leam.
Naomi Graves named Assistant to the Athletic Director
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Get to know your library by Donald Richardson
(W PI News Service)-N aom i G raves, w om en’s basketball head coach at W orcester Polytechnic Institute, has been prom oted to Assistant to the Athletic Director, according to Raym ond G ilbert, D irector o f Physical Educa tion and Athletics. G raves, a 1982 graduate o f the University x>f Rhode Island, will continue her w om en’s basketball and tennis coaching duties in addi tion to teaching physical education classes.
She cam e to WPI in 1985 and has served prim arily as the w om en’s basketball head coach since that time. During the three year span she has accum ulated a 35-39 record. Her new responsibilities will include the assigning o f all athletic facilities in addition to all aspects o f contest m anagement. G raves will replace Sue C hapm an w ho held the position since 1981. C hapm an left WPI to become the Director o f A thletics at W orcester State College.
The staff o f the G eorge C. G ordon Library welcomes all new and returning students and wishes you good luck as the academ ic year begins. Gordon Library offers a com fortable at mosphere for study or relaxation. Desks, tables, lounge areas, and study room s are lo cated throughout the building. On the first floor, the Audiovisual Room houses a wide variety o f m aterials, from videotapes of courses to films to com puter software. The Music Room on the main floor provides a re-
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laxed setting for listening to music or for study. The third floor gallery area displays travelling exhibits as well as works by local and cam pus artists. The WPI student ID card serves as a library card and is necessary to borrow books and to access other library services. Books may be charged out at the Circulation Desk on the main floor, where students also will find materials that instructors have placed on reserve for courses. Photocopy machines and typewriters are located adjacent to the Circulation area, and a coin-operated copier is available outside the Audiovisual Room. The Reference Department is on the main floor opposite the front entrance to the build ing. Reference Librarians can help you locate sources, use library catalogs and reference tools, do com puterized literature searches, and locate m aterials in other libraries. Come to the Reference Departm ent when you have to find sources on a topic, or if you have a question about using the library. Students can utilize both the card catalog and the online public access catalog to identify materials in the Gordon Library collection. The online catalog also lists items in other area libraries. Both catalogs are located on the main floor across from the Reference Department. During the academ ic year. Gordon Library is open over 1(K) hours each week. Regular library hours are: Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 12 midnight. Friday - 8:00 am - I 1:00 pm. Saturday - 8:00 am - 9:00 pm. Sunday - 12 noon - 12 midnight. For changes in hours during term and se m ester breaks and in the summer, consult the schedule o f library hours at the main entrance. Students are encouraged to make use of the services and resources available at the library and to ask a staff m em ber for help w henever they need assistance.
Don’t walk alone by Stephen Nelson Production Editor WPI has a beautiful campus with lots of trees, flowers and grass. Many students tend to forget that WPI is on the edge of a large city and o ur cam pus and its students are prey to city crime. Part o f W P I’s security is a student group operated out o f the Office of Residential Life called the Security Night Patrol or SNaP for short. This group patrols the WPI dorm s at night and provides an escort service for stu dents walking at night. M embers o f SN aP are easily recognizable by their gray jackets with m aroon trim that have SNAP em broidered on both the front and back o f the jacket. At night you will see SN aP members in your dorm checking that doors are locked and that no one who should not be on campus is lurking around the dorms. If you are playing your stereo a bit loud at I in the m orning a SNaP mem ber may ask you to turn it down. Please rem ember that SN aP m em bers are thinking o f the other stu dents on your floor and turn it down a few decibels. In addition to patrolling your dorm, SNaP is also available to escort you to your home from the library or anywhere else on cam pus. W alking alone late at night is not a smart move. SN aP m em bers are on duty in the W edge and at Founders hall from 9 PM to 2 AM every night. If you need to walk from Morgan Hall to Founders at 1 in the morning for a study session, please play it safe since SN aP people are availble on the way to escort you. If you find yourself facing a walk alone from anywhere else on campus you can call the W edge at 831 -5035 9 r the Founder’s Station at 8 3 1-5566 for an escort. Its worth the extra five minutes to get hom e safely. Remember, guys get mugged as well as girls
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Upcoming events and important dates Plant Sale - September 6 P la n ts w ill b e sold in th e w e d g e fro m 9 a m to 4 p m . G e t a p la n t to liv en up y o u r ro o m .
Treasurer’s Meeting - September 6 A ll g ro u p tre a su re rs a re to m eet fro m n o o n to lp m in K in n ic u tt h a ll to rev iew n ew a c c o u n tin g p ro c e d u re s a n d g et in fo r m atio n o n th e ir a c c o u n ts.
Student Activities Fair - September 7
August 29 Senior and N ew Transfer Enrollm ent and C ourse Changes A.M. Junior E n ro llm en t and Course Changes P.M.
T o b e h eld o n th e q u a d , th e fa ir w ill fe a tu re the m a n y o rg a n iz a tio n s at W P I. A ll s tu d e n ts a re w e lc o m e to a tte n d a n d to p a rtic ip a te in W P I life.
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Go Greek Bar-B-Que - September 9 A ll stu d e n ts are in v ite d to a tte n d th is e v e n t fro m 5 -7 p m on th e q u a d . T h e re w ill be a liv e du o , a n d you a re e n c o u ra g e d to b rin g a b la n k e t, frisb ee s, e tc . 10 0 y ea rs o f
August 30 Sophomore Enrollment and Course Changes A.M. Freshman Enrollment and Course Changes P.M.
W P I F o o tb a ll is b ein g k ic k e d o f f a t th is e v e n t, s o co m e p re p a re d fo r so m e real fun.
Opening Football Game - September 9 T o c e le b ra te 100 y e a rs o f W P I fo o tb a ll,
August 31 First Day o f A-Term Classes
th is e v e n in g g a m e (7 :3 0 ) w ill be h ig h lig h te d b y h a lf tim e fe s tiv ite s , in c lu d in g the S A E ca n n o n , C h e e rle a d e rs, S o ro ritie s, an d th e P ep b a n d .
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