Completed 1-9 form necessary for pay by David Perreault Advertising/Business Editor The 1-9 form is a new form which Immigration and Naturalization Serv ice (IN S ) requires all employees to complete it if they were hired after November, 1986. Everyone who is working, regardless of whether or not they are a foreigner or a U S citizen, is required to fill out this form. The form is a result of the Immigration and Reform Act of 1986, which states that employers “ should hire only Ameri can citizens and aliens who are au thorized to work in the United States." The penalties for allowing some one to work without the complete 1-9 form are as follows: First offense: $250 - $2000 per employee
Second offense: $2000 - $5000 per employee Third offense: $3000 - $10,000 per employee The Human Resources office did send out memos to each department explaining that several students had not filled out the 1-9 and listed the names of the students so that the indi vidual departments would know who to notify. The other measure the Human Resource department made was to pass out a memo at registration so that students would be informed about the 1-9. Unfortunately the form was only passed out to those students who knew that they were on work study. In addition, Financial Aid was told to inform students who were get ting work study cards that the 1-9 form needs to be filled out by everyone.
Unfortunately, even with all of these measures to inform the students, there are still around 120 people who are not getting paid because they ei ther did not complete the 1-9 form correctly or the department has not completed the paper work for that person. If you are not getting your paychecks and you have not filled out the 1-9, go to the Human Services office in Stratton Hall and fill out the form. If you are not being paid and you have filled out the 1-9 form, you should check with the payroll office and see if the department you are working for has completed the paper work or if the 1-9 form has been filled out incorrectly. There are several people who have filled out the I- 9, but since the department paperwork hasn't been completed, the student can’t get paid.
When filling out the 1-9 form you should bring proof of employment eligibility. The forms of legitimate identification are as follows: Type A: (1) US Passport (2) Certificate of US citizenship (3) Certificate of naturalization (4) Unexpired foreign passport with attached employment authoriza tion (5) Alien Registration Type B: ( I ) State issued driver's license or state issued ID card with photograph or information including name, sex, date of birth, height, and color of eyes. (2) US military ID TypeC: (l)Original Social Secu rity Card
(2) A birth certificate issued by state, county, or municipal authority bearing a seal or other certification. (3) Unexpired INS employment authorization You need to bring with you either one Type A item; or, one Type B and one type C item. The 1-9 form needs to be com pleted only once each academic year. However, all students are terminated at the end of D-term and rehired at the beginning of A-term. The Human Services department doesn't know, yet, whether or not this means stu dents will have to fill out a new form each year. As soon as the payroll office learns any new information about the 1-9 form they will forward the information to the rest of the campus.
The Student Newspaper of W orcester Polytechnic Institute
Volume 16, Number 20
Tuesday, October 11, 1988
WPI defeats Amherst in Homecoming by Roger Burleson Sports Ed ito r
W PI football defeated Amherst before a small homecoming crowd to up its record to 2-3. In a game that was played on a rainy, 37 degree, and winds of eighteen miles an hour, one would expect a low scoring game, and that was what the fans got. a 9-6 victory for WPI. After a first quarter of trading the football back and forth, the second quarter started with a W PI drive that resulted in a 24 yard field goal by Kevin Buckler. The Engineers had a
first and goal at the seven yard line but a holding call put them back to the seventeen. On third down, freshman Marc Buchan’s (subbing for the in jured Greg Whitney) pass fell incom plete. That set up the chance for Buckler who converted at the ten minute mark to put W P I up by three. The rest of the second quarter was controlled by the defenses, and just like every time this season. W PI went into the locker room with a lead at the half. W PI fumbed the ball during their first drive and Amherst recovered at the W PI 35. Amherst was threatening
stalled at the Ainherst 41 yard line. with a first and goal at the ten yard Chris Ferrari punted the ball to the line, but on second and goal they seventeen yard line which was in turn fumbled the ball and W PI recovered fumbled and recovered by W PI's on the nine yard line. W PI stopped Mark Schweitzer. On a third and one, another threat by an interception by Buchan scored from eight yards out to Kevin Whittaker at the W PI 26 yard retake a W PI lead. The kick by Buck line. ler was no good and W PI held a 9-6 The end of the third quarter saw lead with 8:18 left to play. Amherst start a drive from their own W PI had a chance to ice the game 42 yard line. Aided by a fifteen yard penalty from a W PI late hit. they * •when they took the ball over on loss of downs at the Amherst 21with 2:33 left opened up the fourth quarter with first to play. A fifteen yard run by Mike and goal from the W PI on the one yard Bucci gave the Engineers a first and line. On second down they would goal at the six but penalties forced score to open up a 6-3 lead. The kick them back to the 20 yard line. On was no good. fourth down they were unable to con The Engineer's next drive was vert. After stopping Amherst's last drive and W PI ran out the clock. With the weather conditions being like they were. W PI went to its ground game. Bucci ran for 157 yards on 34 tries for an average of 4.6 yards a carry. Buchan ended up four for six in the passing category for 16 yards.
WPI offers programs for Fire Prevention Week (W P I News Release) -The Center for Firesafety Studies, which offers the only graduate degree program in fire protection engineering in the United States, will offer two special programs during Fire Prevention Week. October 9-15. On Wednesday. October 12, be tween 1I am and 1 pm. W PI and the W PI student chapter of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers will spon sor live demonstrations of residential sprinkler systems. The demonstra tion, which will take place on the Quad, is part of a special mobile ex hibit on sprinklers prepared by the United States Fire Administration. While sprinklers have been used primarily in commercial and indus trial buildings, lower cost sprinkler
Picking the banjo with ease, Livingston Taylor’s style of crooning pleased the “Starlight Cafe” audience at Homecoming 88. ’
Photo by B u d h i Sanyoto
systems based on state-of-the-art techology, are now being installed in many homes, apartment complexes, hotels and other residential buildings around the country. The exhibit in cludes a special trailer designed to look like a room in a home. While observers watch from outside the trailer, a volunteer sits in the room and a fire is ignited and then quickly extin guished by a sprinkler system similar to those that can be installed in homes. Representatives from Worcester’s In spection Department and Fire Depart ment will be on hand for the first demonstration at 11 am. On Thursday. October 13 at 3 pm. Dougal D. Drysdale, lecturer in the fire safety in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ed
inburgh, Scotland, will talk about “ Ignition and Fire Growth Scenar ios.'' Drysdale will focus on the theory of ignition and fire growth and will also examine the controversial fire that swept through the Kings Cross subway station in London earlier this year. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Higgins 109. Drysdale, who helped organize the University of Edinburgh's fire protection engineering program, served as the C IG N A Visiting Profes sor of Fire Protection Engineering at W PI in 1982. During that year, he wrote the first definitive textbook on fire dynamics. It has become the stan dard textbook in the field.
PHOTO BY DAN MAI I.OY
M ike Bucci and tea m m a tes celeb ra te their w in n in g to u c h dow n again st A m h erst. W PI w on the con test 9-6. Next week W PI will travel to Norwich College for a 1:30 matchup.
Campus Police release escort service policy The Campus Police department provides an escort service to all members of the W PI community. The purpose of the escort service is to insure that you reach your intended destination safely. When calling for an escort the dispatchers taking your call will make every possible effort in having Campus Police or SNaP security escort you as soon as possible. However, there are times when situations do arise that may delay your escort, such as crimes in progress, medical emergencies, etc. These calls are answered,on a priority basis and will be handled as expedi tiously as possible. There are times when a mobile escort is unavailable or not deemed necessary and a walking escort will be provided. This walking escort will either be handled by a Campus Police officer or SNaP security personnel. If you choose to utilize the escort service the following guidelines have been established to assist you and clarify this service. 1. The escort service is available 24 hours a day. every day of the year. 2. All escorts must fall under a limit of a one ( I ) mile radius. 3. Escorts will be provided from off campus housing, to campus and from campus, to off campus housing. 4. Escorts will be provided when on campus to all points of the campus. 5. Escorts are not meant for grocery pickups, rides to social activities, shopping centers, etc. 6. When calling the Campus Police or SNaP extention numbers please supply the following information: a. Specify your current location and intended destination. b. Give your name to the dispatcher. c. Give the dispatcher a call back number in the event you must be noti fied of a delay for your escort. Please note: There may be extenuating circumstances and exceptions to certain rules. These circumstances and exceptions will be based on the discretion of the shift supervisor. E S C O R T S E R V IC E P H O N E N U M B E R S Campus Police - 831-5433 SN aP Wedge - 831-5566 SN a P Founders - 831-5035
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NEWSPEAK
NEWS
World News Briefs
Changes in the Graduate Program
October 1 - October 7 Monday, October 3
by George Regnery Newspeak Staff Saturday, October 1 Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev strengthened his grip on power as he took the ceremonial office of Presi dent, held previously by Gromyko. Gorbachev is likely to get a higher executive post job next spring. In Canada, Prime Minister MuIroney called for a November 2 1elec tion.
In Beirut, Lebanon, an Indian hostage, Metella Singh, was released. He is a resident of Massachusetts. At Edwards Air Force Base, the Space Shuttle Discovery landed after its four day mission in front of 425,000 people including Vice Presi dent George Bush, who met with the astronauts as they exited the Discov ery. The next shuttle mission will be in November when the Atlantis will carry out a mission for the Depart ment of defense.
Sunday, October 2 In space. Discovery astronauts held a tribute to the Challenger astro nauts. They also held a press confer ence where they asked that space funding not be cut. Three Haitians forced their way onto an airliner bound for New York where they for political asylum; no one was hurt. In Seoul, Korea, the Summer Olympics closed with the US Volley ball team defeating the U SSR for the gold medal. The U S team received a total of % medals, third behind the U SSR and East Germany. Pope John Paul II released a letter that said while women can't be priests, they should receive "fair dig nity” .
experience, and what he’d do if he was to become President. When Quayle said he had more experience than Jack Kennedy had in I960, Lloyd Bentsen responded “ You’re no Jack Ken nedy.” In Chile, Augusto Pinochet lost in the referendum - open elections will be held in 1990. According to his doctor, Mike Tyson is not manic depressive. Last Friday, on 20/20, his wife said he was. In the American League playoffs, the A ’s beat the Red Sox 2-1. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Mets.
Tuesday, October 4 In Atlanta, 280 Anti-abortion pro testers were arrested. The protests in Atlanta started last summer during the Democratic National Convention. In Chile, there was a large power blackout on election evening. The government’s opposition blamed the government, but the government blamed leftist rebels. In sports, the New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 32 in the first National League playoff game.
Wednesday, October 5 In the Vice Presidential debates. Sen. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) was asked several times about qualifications.
Thursday, October 6 Analysis of who won the Vice Presidential debates go along party lines. In a nationwide poll, Bentsen was said to have won. Bentsen and Dukakis campaigned in Texas hoping to pick up momentum (and Texas votes) from the debate. In Chile, Pinochet’s cabinet re signed. In Yugoslavia, workers took the streets of Belgrade demanding Eco nomic reofrm - inflation has been 217%. Yugoslavian officials did little to try and stop the protest. In Algeria, a state of emergency was declared after thousands pro tested food price increases. A grand jury in New York said
by Chris Barcus The Graduate program of W PI has undergone many changes in the past three years. The series of im provements began three years ago when the faculty committee decided they wanted to place more emphasis on the graduate program, and in doing so hired a full- time faculty member to head the graduate studies program. In the 1986-87 academic year. Dr. Taft was hired for the posi tion. Over the two years under Taft showed the attempt to coordinate and encourage the graduate program at W PI. The BS/MS program received more attention by letting students know they could get 40 percent of Tawana Brawley lied about being raped. Her lawyers called the decision racist. In sports, the N H L season started. In the American League playoffs, the Oakland A ’s beat the Red Sox 4-3.
Friday, October 7, 1988 The Presidential campaign heated up as both candidates started a new round of negative TV ads. In a Repub lican fundraiser dinner, President Reagan was interrupted by a man who claimed he was a victim of C IA mind control. Mike Dukakis made a blun
their graduate work done while still a Senior. As a result, they could ac quire the Master’s Degree in one additional degree. The most recent change has been resignation of Dr. Taft at the end of the 1987-1988 year. Dr. Michael Massouh has been hired on a tempo rary basis of one year as a replace ment while the administration works to find a permanent replacement to head the graduate program. The graduate program currently has approximately 360 full time, and 700 part time graduate students. Dr. Massouh does feel this number is comparable to other engineering schools of the same size, such as Carnegie Mellon and RPI.
der - he said he would not tolerate foreign investing in the U.S. How ever, he did not know he was speaking at a foreign owned auto parts factory. In Morristown, NJ, 5 nuns barri caded themselves inside their monas tery protesting modem conveniences. Mike Tyson’s wife filed for di vorce. In other countries, there were demonstrations in Chile, Algeria, the West Bank and Yugoslavia. In Alge ria, the government has started shoot ing demonstrators.
Arts and Entertainment
Don’t follow “The Trend’ by Troy Nielsen Newspeak S ta ff
For Homecoming Weekend en tertainment. SOCCOM M brought to Harrington Auditorium guitarist Livingston Taylor and the nostalgia band. The Trend; these two groups created “ The Starlite Cafe.” The setup in Harrington was much different from the norm—I guess they wanted to create a casual and relaxed cafe atmosphere. The stage, which is normally beneath the scoreboard and the W P I seal on the wall, was instead placed in the left corner of the gym. Instead of just chairs in rows for seating, there were chairs and tables with candles. A little after eight o’clock, L iv ingston Taylor started to perform. A person at the table I was sitting at informed me that Livingston was James Taylor’s brother. Come to think of it, Livingston and James do look very much alike, and their voices are very similar. In fact, during some of the songs, one could swear that it was James Taylor who was singing. The first song of the night was a song about life and love, which fea tured Livingston's great voice. He could sing sweetly for one verse, and then depending on the lyrical con tent. he could belt out a rough and raw voice, or perhaps a voice that was filled with sarcasm and snarls. The next song started out with a repeating bluesy riff on the guitar, so I was waiting for him to wail and moan some down-home blues tune. Instead, he started lo sing an incredi bly funny song about Jacques Costeau. He sang, “ Jacques Costeau, how low can you go—from sea to shining sea, he’s checking ‘em out for you and me.” His overall per'formance style and stage persona made the song just that more hilari ous. What followed the Costeau tune was a mellow love song that sounded a lot like James Taylor. I guess these mellow songs run in the family. Now you wouldn't think that a song about world destruction could possibly be funny, but Livingston sang a song about this topic that had the crowd rolling. It presented the destruction in a light sense, saying
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Livingston Taylor and Carolyn Tidwell, director of the W P I Co-Op Education Program, perform a single from Livingston's new album. that it would probably be on a Mon day, and that he was glad that it would finally shut John Denver’s trap. But then there was a serious side to the song, with Livingston stating that basically nothing will matter when it’s all gone. No one was laughing when he sang this part of the song. Unfortunately, the pattern of song types was very predictable at this point, and it took the surprise out of the tunes. He played a mellow song and then a funny song, then a mellow song.... Livingston explained to the audi ence what the people in Nashville are
like, seeing that he just went there a couple of weeks ago. He said that they have “ country music on the brain." He then played “ his own country song” called “ I Hate Country Music.” It was very funny like the other hu morous songs he played. At the end of the song, he said that he doesn’t hate country music. I think he just wrote the song that way because he knew it would be very funny. Later in his set, he performed a song off of his new album, called “ Life Is Good.” The song is normally a duet with his brother James, but
obviously James was not there, so Livingston sang both parts. For one of the songs, Livingston brought to the stage a W PI employee to sing the song with him. The em ployee was Carolyn Tidwell, direc tor of the W PI Co-Op Education Pro gram. She had a good voice which complemented Livingston’s voice. They performed a single from L iv ingston Taylor’s new album. I noticed that Livingston was the first folk guitarist whom I have seen at W PI that does not use a capo, thank God. A capo is a cheating device for guitars that allows you to play songs in different keys without learning new chord forms. He played many jazz chords and used unpredictable rhythms to make all of his songs very interesting. Living ston Taylor put on a great show, and was a truly talented performer. The Trend was up next to per form for the crowd. They came out from behind the bleachers playing the opening figures from the popular Motown hit “ I Can't Help M yself" on a wireless guitar and bass. Once on the stage, the remaining members of the band took their spots at the keyboards and drums. There were 4 people in the band. The keyboardist and guitarist thought that they were real cool with bright yellow dinner jackets, shades and trendy hair styles. They looked ridiculous. The keyboardist was wearing a New York Mets cap too. That's just bad taste in my opinion. The next tune was a Smokey Robinson cover, “ The Tears of a Clown.” They played the covers fairly well, but nothing spectacular. A number of couples got up in front of stage and danced to the beat. Well, they were introduced as a “ very good dance band," so I sup pose that if they were people danc ing, they lived up to their reputation. The next song was a Michael Jackson cover, and at that point I knew I was in trouble. They sounded like a radio. I must confess, I left to watch Dead Men on Holiday play at a local party. But I heard that The Trend got the crowd into it later in the evening with some students sing ing the theme to Ciilligan’s Island, among other things.
Behind “ The Reel Thing’’ by George Regnery Newspeak S ta ff
Most students are aware of the Sunday Movies on campus called The Reel Thing. The admission is $2, and is jointly sponsored by SOCCOMM and Lens and Lights. A considerable amount of prepa ration goes into showing the movies. Lens and Lights usually starts setting up at 5:15 for the 6:30 showing. There are five different crews every Sunday night -one concessions, two projection, and two sound. The sound crew must set up the speakers -usually four full ranges (but it depends if any other sound events are going on and what speakers are working.) It takes less than a half-hour to set up the speakers, but they must be tested to make sure they work, and that there is no hissing or other de fects. The movie sound is never in stereo - the line from the projector booth (o the speakers is only a mono line. The first sound crew sets up the speakers, and the second crew takes them down. In order to project films, a license is needed, unless it is a 16mm film shown in Gompei’s. Reel Thing films are 35mm. The projection booth can not have any major modifications done to it or it would be in violation of new codes since the booth was last inspected. Now the booth is “ Grand fathered". The booth was built in the I940’s to show training films for the Navy. The concession crew must get drinks (which are stored in Harring ton) and ice from D A K A . They must also get the popcorn popper out, clean it, and start cooking popcorn. SOCCOMM is in charge of get ting the film reels, and for security of Alden Hall. SO C C O M M keeps money from admissions, while Lens and Lights keeps money made from concessions. While attendance varies depend ing on the movie, the amount of time spent is usually the same. It is just one of many things that is done by SOC COM M and Lens and Lights each week to bring social functions to the W PI campus.
Tuesday October 11,1988
NEWSPEAK
FEATURES
Exploration of space is a global effort by Isaac Asim ov
Now that we are back on track with the shuttle, where do we go from here? It’s important to have our future in space planned, for the road is an ex pensive one and we cannot afford to flounder. One obvious dream goal is that of a manned flight to Mars and its satel lites. If we accomplish this, we will explore a world that is not too faraway and that in some ways is like the Earth. It is smaller and colder, but it has a thin atmosphere, a 24-hour day and ice-caps. And it has mysteries, too — dried-up river- beds that once may have flowed with water, volcanoes that once may have spewed lava, a vast canyon that may betoken a onceactive crust. Yet the task of sending human beings to Mars and bringing them back alive is so enormous and so barely within the realm of possibility that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union can undertake it without back-breaking effort and unimagina bly suspenseful fears for the safety of the astronauts. It becomes marginally less dangerous if the United States and the Soviet Union pool their resources and expertise, making the Mars Proj ect a global effort rather than a na
tional one. That might encourage globalism in other directions, too; and since the problems we now face on Earth are global in nature and require global solutions, that might be an even happier result of this difficult project than the exploration of Mars would be. Still, a trip to Mars from Earth-asbase is bound to be a showpiece not easily repeated. It would be like the trips to the moon 15 years ago, which, however spectacular, seemed to lead to nothing broader and deeper. It is absolutely necessary that we build a base other than Earth for our ventures into space -- a base with a lesser gravity and one without an interfering atmosphere. The logical beginning is with a space station, one larger and more versatile than the Soviets have set up in space, one that would be continu ously inhabited by crews working in shifts. To the space station, the parts could be brought out of which new space vessels can be built. The intact vessels could not be lifted off Earth without vast rocketry, but the parts could be brought up much more cheaply and safely. The vessels, once built, taking off under weaker grav itational pull than they would from the more distant Earth, and with the initial
advantage of the special properties of space, and help lift the pall of industry and pollution from Earth itself; settle ments that may each be large enough to house LOW) human beings in orbit about Earth under conditions that closely mimic the environment we are used to. It may take us the better part of the 21 st Century to build up, and put into use, the space between Earth and moon, but once that is done, we will have, at last, a firm base for operations in space beyond; one that is far supe rior to Earth itself. When a settler steps into a space ship, he will be moving into a world that is smaller than the one he is used to, but its properties will remain fa miliar. What would be impossibly foreign to an Earth person would be
kick of the space station’s orbital velocity, would need less fuel and would carry larger payloads. With space-station-as-base, it would be far easier to reach the moon and set up a permanent base there. The moon could then serve as a huge mine. Suitable chunks of the moon's surface can be fired into space by means of “ mass-drivers” that use electromag netic forces for propulsion. This would be relatively easy on the moon, where the surface gravity is only onesixth that of Earth. In space, the lunar ore could be smelted and from it all structural metals could be obtained, as well as concrete, glass and soil. It is with moon materials that we will be able to build structures in space -- power stations that make use of solar energy and relay it to Earth; automated factories that would take
home-sweet-home to a settler. The settlers, then, being much better suited, psychologically, to life on a spaceship, will be better equipped to face long voyages through space. It is they who will be the Phoenicians, the Vikings, the Polynesians of the future, making their way into the 22nd Century through a space-ocean far vaster than the water- ocean traversed by their predecessors. It is from the settlements-as-base that repeated voyages to Mars and its satellites can be made. That will be on ly the start too. for other trips can be made to the asteroids, to the satellites of Jupiter and eventually to all the solar system. And beyond that are the goals of the 23rd Century — the nearer stars.
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SPORTS
Field hockey team sweeps Assumption, SMU and Amherst The team scored four goals in the second half to roll over Southern Massachusetts University (SM U), 5I. The performance was the team's best so far this season, according to Soderlund. Goggins scored two goals, the first assisted by at 22:03 in the first half. Her next goal came at 32:24 in the second half. Cloutier also added two goals. She scored at 2 1:2() in the second half on an assist from Junior Kristin Baierlein and netted the sec ond goal a few minutes later. Nicky McGowan, a junior, added the fifth goal for the Engineers on a hard cross from Goggins. which Sod-
(W P I News Release) - The field hockey team shut-out Assumption College by a score of 5-0. Junior Kim Cloutier scored a hat trick in the victory, scoring two goals in the second half and a third from a penalty stroke. Seniors Kathy Gog gins and Carrie Nolet added the two remaining goals. Coach Judy Soderlund praised the performance of junior Jody Nor mandin. who did an outstanding job on offense and defense. "She is a true athlete in every sense of the word,” Soderlund said. “ She gave l(H) per cent throughout the game to keep W PI in the first half.”
erlund called the “ prettiest goal of the season.” Soderlund said she was pleased with her team's performance against SMU. “ The second half was impres sive," she said. “ The forwards really clicked with one another with their passing.” The team went on to defeat Amherst College. I-O to bring their season record to 5-0. The only goal of the game was scored by junior Kim Cloutier in the first half. Sophomore goalie Lisa DiFrancesco turned in a good performance with five saves on five shots. NKWSPF.AK PHOTO
(R ig h t) Pam Peterson battles Assumption for an open shot on goal. W P I went on to win 5-0.
Women’s cross country (6-0); Demetry continues winning streak (W P I News Release) - The women's cross country team boosted its season record to 6-0 on Saturday, September 24 in a match against Wheaton College, Simmons College, Regis College and Pine Manor Col lege. The Engineers ran an excep tional race, according to coach Brian Savilonis, who said the team moved up steadily and took command after the First mile.
Demolishing the field was W P I's sophomore Athena Demetry, who turned in a time of 19:16 on the 3.1 mile course to clinch first place by 22 seconds. Sophomore Chris Mikloiche grabbed third with a time of 20:26. Senior co-captain Lori Deblois was 6th (20:55). while freshman Jennifer Schaeffer, who ran ‘‘a gutsy race with sore shins,’’ Savilonis said, came in 9th (21:37).
Foot Pounders take X-C meet Sophomore Maura Collins fin ished I Ith (22:05), freshman Det Carraway was 13th (22:25), junior Robin Fontaine was 15th (22:40), and freshman Noelle Bonin was 19th (22:40). The final score was W PI 28, Wheaton 47, Simmons 65, Regis 91, and Pine Manor 125.
Men’s crew team finishes strong in regatta On Sunday, October 2, the W PI men’s crew team participated in the first race of its 1988 fall season, the Textiles Regatta in Lowell. Fresh man, JV , and Varsity boats were fielded in the novice, club, and open events respectively. The results were very promising, especially in the open race, where the varsity eight finished third, behind crews from the Coast Guard Academy and Northeastern.
Last year, the varsity team finished first in the club event, but decided this year to move up to the open race to face stiffer competition. Although finishing third, the team beat strong crews from Williams, Connecticut College, U R L U M ASS, and Colgate. Rowing in the varsity eight were: Tom Stottlemyer, Chris Winalski, Greg Tsouprek, John Carpentier, and John Troupe, all Seniors, Joe Baron a Jun
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ior, Mike Ferreira and Jon Loveland, Sophomores, and the Coxwain was Rob Lindberg, a Junior. The Crew team’s next race is Oct. 9 at the Head of the Connecticut in Middletown, Ct., followed by the Head of the Charles in Boston on Oct. 23. The Head of the Charles is the biggest race of the season and one of the most widely attended sporting events in the country. Last year, over
Team Placings
Ninety eight runners participated in the annual intramural crosscountry meet that was held on October 5, 1988. This year, with 25 points, the faculty regained the title that they lost last year to ATO. The Foot Pounders consisted of the team of Brian Sav ilonis, Bob Fusco, Bland Addison, Ken McDonnell, and Herb Beall. Finishing first in the race was Sav ilonis followed in second by Fusco. Army was second in the meet with 70 points. Rounding out the top five individual spots was Sig E p ’s Doug Bellfy in third, Army’s Joe Lawendowski in fourth, and S A E ’s Jim Pratt in fifth. Team placings are as follows: Compiled from News Releases 200,000 people, most of them college students, saw the regatta. Two busloads of W PI students went to the race, as well as many in their own cars, most of whom viewing the race from where the W P I crew team was set up.
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The same kind of support this year would be greatly appreciated by the team.
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E ig h teen Years o f R esearch More than 350 scientific studies conducted in the past 18 years at 160 independent research institutions have shown that TM benefits all areas of life: mind, body, behavior, and en vironm ent.
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Tuesday October 11, 1988
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SPORTS
Volleyball (4-2): Whitney ties ECAC Division III all-time Engineers sweep UMass completion record and Worcester State (W P I News Release) - The women’s volleyball learn racked up wins against the University of Massa chusetts at Boston and Worcester State College to boost their overall record to 4-2. The team took UMass 15-5 and 15-3, and defeated Worc ester State 15-7 and 15-3. “ The team played w ell," accord ing to Coach Nancy Vaskas. “ It’s dif ficult to stay motivate against weaker teams, but we were able to stay up enough to play well as the whole team saw action.” Having a good day for W PI was senior Ellen Sloan, who chalked up eight service aces in each match and three digs against UMass. The team never gave up as they faced Amherst College and Tufts University on Saturday, September 24. but their efforts fell short of vic tory, according to Vaskas. With the losses the team's record now stands at 4-2.
Exciting moments from the Homecoming football game
(W PI News Realease)-WPI's sen ior quarterback Greg Whitney com pleted 34 passes Septeber 24 in a game against the United States Coast Guard Academy. Whitney's performance put him in a five way tie for the most comple tions ever by a quarterback in a single game played by an EC A C Division III school. Whitney now holds this honor with Tom Erhardt (C W Post College, 1981), Jeff Hagen (Coast Guard.
1986), John Simeck (Cortland Col lege, 1978), and Kevin Enterlein (Pace College, I987). Whitney completed 72 passes in the first three games of the 1988 sea son for a total gain of 838 yards and six touchdowns. That gives him a passing percentage 54.5 Whitney has also rushed for an average of 43.3 yards per game for a total of 130 yards. During W PI's first game on Sep tember 9, against Division II Spring field College. Whitney rushed for a
total of 95 yards and completed 21out of 42 passes for a total of 273 yards. That performance eamed him the New England Division II-III Gold Helmet Award for the most outstand ing player of the week as a spot on the E C A C ’s Division III honor roll. “ Whitney has done an outstanding job picking up a totally new offense.” Noted Head Coach Jack Siedledki, who said he is extremely pleased with Whitney’s performance.
Men’s and Women’s X-C runner-up on Saturday by M e rl Norcrosse Track Coach
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W P I returns a serve and gets a w inning effort to defeat UM ass.
The Tri-state cross country meet was held Saturday on the muddy hills of Roger Williams Park. Providence. Both the men's and women's squads came away with runner-up trophies. In the women's race, Athena Demetry remained undefeated with an easy 19 :19 win over Swantast of Coast Guard. The rest of the team
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packed together well: Maura Collins was 5th (21:26), Robin Fontaine was 6th (21:38). Jennifer Schaeffer 8th (21:39), and Det Carraway 9th (21:44). Unfortunately. Coast Guard had the other five spots in the top 10 and ame away with a 26-29 squeaker. Well back were RIC with 70 and U. Hartford with 100. The team perform ance was particularly pleasing since the W PI #2, #3 runners were on the sideline with illness.
Men's Race - A strong Hartford Team defeated W PI by 9 points 2938. Rhode Island followed with 82. Coast Guard 102. and Eastern Nazarene 121. Senior Capt. Art Resca was second overall in the race and first for W PI. Chris Labarre was sixth. Brian Foley 7th. Robert Lancelot 1Ith. and David Berthiaume 12th. It was the first defeat for teh team who have a 12 - I record.
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M ike Bucci runs through the Am herst defense for a first down.
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NEWS
Parents’ Day ’88..A big success by N ancy H unter Denney Assistant D ean of Students
The Parents’ Day ’88 Express is now out of sight and on to another destination after bringing approximately 950 visitors to W P I on Saturday, September 24 for Parents’ Day ’88. The success of our program this year can be directly attributed to the participation of a sig nificant number of faculty, students and staff. Faculty and staff members combined to present 14 Special Sessions. Many parents commented that “ they just couldn’t decide which Sessions to attend because they all looked so good.” Attendance ranged from 30 to 225 in all sessions, significantly higher than in previ ous years. An additional 20 faculty and staff members also participated by joining visitors for a delicious lunch prepared by the W PI Food Service. Laboratory and Campus Tours were ex tremely well attended. Our competent student tour guides had no trouble figuring out how to fit
175 people into a lab. Parents were most im pressed with what they saw. The 55 students who served as “ conductors” , wearing red shirts, blue and white conductors’ hats, and smiles were invaluable throughout the day. These students were up bright and early blowing up balloons, putting up signs, working registration tables and greeting parents. It is al ways refreshing to see how giving of their time and talents W PI undergraduates are. Finally, SOCCOM M played a vital role in the success of Parents’ Day ’88 through its sponsorship of Kurt Vonnegut and James Mapes. Both events had over 1,200 in atten dance! Parents and visitors really appeared to be enjoying the opportunity to be entertained while spending time with their student. The Dean of Students Office extends their sincercst appreciation for the involvement of faculty, students and staff in Parents’ Day ’88. If you have any comments about the program, or would like to make suggestions for next year’s program, please drop a line to Nancy Hunter Denney, Assistant Dean of Students.
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Minutes of the Executive Council Meeting October 6,1988 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 by Jon Lamkins, Vice President. The minutes from the last meeting were accepted without changes. A TTEN D A N C E: Members present were Jem Lamkins, Vice President; Leslie Ann Reed, Secretary; Seth Hillman, Academic Committee; Chris Talbot, Residence Hall Council; James Connelly, Campus Hearing Board; Allison Moran, Penhellenic Council; Chris Gray, Class of ’89; Brian Horgan, SOCCOM M ; Lisa King, Committee of Con cerned Students; Lauren Rowley, Student Activities Board; Denise Fortier, Student Alumni Society. Committee Reports: • Academic Committee - Dean Grogan spoke about the affect of fraternities and so rorities on freshman academic achivement. The Greek system is being asked to encourage academics and a policy requiring freshmen to pass 4 classes in their first two terms before pledging is being considered. The satisfactory progress for freshmen is under scrutiny. It is felt that allowing freshmen to fail 3 classes in their first two terms and still retain satisfactory progress may be contribut ing to poor freshman performance. The new policy under consideration would allow only 2 failures tn the first two terms. C C S - At 5:00 am last Wednesday, 2 W PI policemen were asleep in their cars in the park ing lot in front of Riley Hall. Lisa will speak with Chief Whitney about this concern that was brought to her attention. R H C - They are planning their most succesful event of die year. Cookies and coffee in the wedge and in Founders TV room. It will be held Tuesday, October 18 from 9-11. They made a change in their in their constitution and everyone who filed a petition is now a floor rep. S O C C O M M - Homecoming was Satur day. They are considering combining the Pub committee and the Coffeehouse committee into one under the tide Pub Entertainment. N A C A convention is Nov. 10-13. S A B -The S A B van driver registration pro
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cedures are all set. The Korean association was let go because they missed four meetings in a row. Many other clubs are on suspension. All clubs must send representatives to SA B meet ings. IF C - Dr. W ill Keim gave a presentation ‘' Demythologizing the Animal House” , on Oct 10. There are over 220 new pledges or associ ate members. Panhel -They are discussing rush changes. They want to continue having the same rush period as the IFC. Surveys will be sent to all freshmen women asking about why they did or did not rush. Valentines day dance plans are under way. There will be a faculty reception in B-term. The blood drive is Oct 12 & 13. All sisters and pledges will be helping. The sorori ties are encouraged to attend Dr. Keim’s pres entation. Class of ’90 - They werre selling conces sions at the Livingston Taylor concert. Newspeak -Tuesday's issue is the last for A-term. All clubs were advised to get end of the term advertising in immediately, O L D B U S IN E S S : Seventy people regis tered to vote yesterday. The idea of having an S A B van available to take people to and from the polls is being considered. Freshmen elections were completed. Presi dent - Noel Christopher. Vice President -Greg Pelleren, Treasurer - Andrew Hilnbrand, Sec retary - Darlene Blanchard, Class Rep - Brian Beauregard, N E W B U S IN E S S : There has been a change in who will be advising class officers. Nancy Hunter Denney will advise Freshmen and Seniors and Chris Jachimowicz will advise Sophomores and Juniors. ■ All members are asked to review the E x ecutive Council Constitution and be ready to make changes if necessary in B-tenm on Nov. 17. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35. The next meeting will be Nov. 3 at 6:30. Respectfully submitted, Leslie Ann Reed
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NEWS
Parents’ Day ’88..A big success by N ancy H unter Denney Assistant Dean o f Students
The Parents' Day '88 Express is now out ol sight and on to another destination after bringing approximately 950 visitors to W PI on Saturday, September 24 for Parents’ Day ’88. The success of our program this year can be directly attributed to the participation of a sig nificant number of faculty, students and staff. Faculty and staff members combined to present 14 Special Sessions. Many parents commented that “ they just couldn't decide which Sessions to attend because they all looked su good." Attendance ranged from 30 to 225 in all sessions, significantly higher than in previ ous years. An additional 20 faculty and staff members also participated by joining visitors for a delicious lunch prepared by the W PI Food Service. Laboratory and Campus Tours were ex tremely well attended. Our competent student tour guides had no trouble figuring out how to fit
175 people into a lab. Parents were most im pressed with what they saw. The 55 students who served as “ conductors’’, wearing red shirts, blue and white conductors’ hats, and smiles were invaluable throughout the day. These students were up bright and early blowing up balloons, putting up signs, working registration tables and greeting parents. It is al ways refreshing to see how giving of their time and talents W PI undergraduates are. Finally, SOCCOM M played a vital role in the success of Parents’ Day '88 through its sponsorship of Kurt Vonnegut and James Mapes. Both events had over 1,200 in atten dance! Parents and visitors really appeared to be enjoying the opportunity to be entertained while spending time with their student. The Dean of Students Office extends their sinceresl appreciation for the involvement of faculty, students and staff in Parents’ Day '88. If you have any comments about the program, or would like to make suggestions for next year’s program, please drop a line to Nancy Hunter Denney, Assistant Dean of Students.
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NEWS
Students utilize computers to Second Soviet tour being organized for March study defects in metal (W P I News Release) -Four W PI students are finding flaws with personal computers. W illy M. Beeck, Sergio E. Levi, Timothy S. Moore, and Steven C. Ouellette recently found a way to combine the personal computer and ultrasonic energy to detect potentially dangerous flaws in metals. The technique, known as the Synthetic Aperture Focusing Technique (SAFT), is a form of nondestructive testing. The goal of the student’s project was to
design and develop an ultrasonic nondestructive testing system capable of producing images of internal defects in blocks of aluminum. They assembled the components of the system and wrote the software that operates the system. Levi and Ouellette received their bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering in May. Beeck and Moore are senior Electrical Engineering majors. They completed the project as their Major Qualifying Project.
Can an American wander about Red Square in front of the Kremlin at 1:(K) am or talk to Soviets on the streets without being harassed by the police or K G B ? Have her or his portrait painted by a street artist on the main street of Leningrad? Attend a Catholic Mass in Moscow? Meet Soviet college students? The answer to all these ques tions is: we did this -and more -on the tour of the Soviet Union last March by twenty three mem bers of the W P I community, including students, faculty, staff, and even the parents of a student. The tour was “ an incredible success” according to its organizer. Professor Dunn of the Humani 3) A store can sell a product with defects if ties Department. “ We had a lot of fun, and the stereotypes we all have about the Soviets melted they clearly mark it with the words “ as is.” away at every turn.” The 1989 tour is scheduled for March 8-17, TRUE FALSE
College students fail consumer quiz College students need to spend more time studying their consumer rights is the lesson to be learned according to a survey released by the Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Busi ness Regulation. The results showed that the majority of stu dents asked failed a quiz summarizing their consumer rights. “ The results of this survey,” said Secretary of Consumer Affairs and Busi ness Regulation Paula W. Gold, “ highlight the need to inform the college students of their consumer rights. For many students this is their first experience with housing, banking, used car purchase or repair and with purchasing a variety of goods and services. Most students survive on a very limited budget. Being educated consum ers can help them.” One hundred and seventy-six students par ticipated in the random survey which was con ducted at four major universities in the Boston area. Consisting of seven true/false questions, the test touched on a range of issues from the number of days a consumer has to cancel a contract to standards on store’s return policies. Students on average answered only 52 percent of the questions correctly. The Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, with assistance of summer interns, prepared a pamphlet called “ College Consumer: A Student Guide toConsumer Affairs” which will be deliv ered to colleges and universities across the state. The pamphlet contains tips on shopping rights, auto rights, tenants’ rights, banking tips and more. “ I am hopeful that the information con tained in this pamphlet will help contribute to a student’s education.” Since it would be impossible to deliver pamphlets to every Massachusetts school, the pamphlet may not be available on your campus. If this is the case, write to the Office of Con sumer Affairs and Business Regulation, One Ashburton Place, Boston, M A 02108. The questions are as follows: 1) By law, there is a 3-day right to cancel most consumer contracts. TRUE
FA LSE. No Massachusetts merchant may sell any consumer product “ as is.” (32 percent answered correctly)
during the break between terms C and D. Four days will be spent in Moscow, four in Leningrad, and a half day in Helsinki [where last year a Big Mac cost $6!]. The cost from New York has risen slightly to S I 369 due to continued slippage of the dollar abroad, but covers all lodgin, meals, transportation, and tickets to special events [last year those included a circus, nightclub with entertainment, and ballet.) The price does not include the cost of obtaining a passport or visa. The tour will be limited to twenty four partici pants, and a $ 100 deposit is due December 23rd. Brochures with more detailed information have been posted around campus, mailed to students who have had courses dealing with the Soviet Union, and are available at the counter in the Humanities Department office area -or from Professor Dunn. Picture yourself in the Soviet Union, then have a friend take a picture of you in the Soviet Union!
What the heck is this?
4) Although many stores do it, it is illegal in Massachusetts for a store's return policy to be “ all sales final.” TRUE
FALSE
F A LSE. Retailers may set up any type of return policy they choose as long as (1) it is disclosed prior to the sale and (2) it allows consumers their right to have defective goods repaired, replaced or refunded. (69 percent answered correctly) 5) If an item goes on sale just after you bought it at full price, the store is required by law to give you back the difference. TRUE
FALSE
FA LSE. No such law exists, but some stores have made it their policy to make such refunds. (70 percent answered correctly) 6) Under State law, if heat is included in the tenant’s rent, the landlord must provide heat at the required temperature starting September 16. TRUE
FALSE
TRU E. From September l6toJune 14,every room must be heated to minimum temperatures of 68 degrees Fahrenheit in the day, and 64 degrees at night. (68 percent answered correctly) 7) State health laws prohibit the return of swimwear and underwear to retail stores if the package has been opened.
F A LS E TRUE
F A L S E . Only door to door sales and contracts for health club services can be cancelled within 3 business days. (54 percent answered correctly) 2) When you buy a used car from a private party, there is by law a 30-day warranty on the car. TRUE F A LS E F A L S E . There is no implied warranty in a private party sale. (56 percent answered correctly)
FALSE
FA LSE. According to the Department of Public Health, no such state law exists, but stores may adopt such a policy if it is disclosed prior to purchase. (16 percent answered correctly) The Office of Consumer Affairs makes no claims that the survey is in any way definitive. The 176 students from four Boston area univer sities we randomly selected, however, no scien tific polling techniques were used.
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Tuesday October 11,1988
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VIEWPOINT
The run for the White House
How Dukakis can still win the election by Je ffre y Coy Features Ed itor
Even now, with less than a month to go, this presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most absurd in history. Once again, back drops and sound bites are dominating over competence and issues. This election is again being decided by the television camera, a trend that is bound to continue. And, unfortunately, the character of Governor Michael Dukakis has not yet proven comfortable in such a for mat. Despite his clearly superior showing in the first debate with Vice President Bush, Dukakis continues to find himself a good 8 to 10 points behind in nearly every poll. The American public still does not know who the real Michael Dukakis is. However, all is not yet lost for the faltering Democratic campaign. If Dukakis and his advisors will only recognize - and soon - a few vital
things they are doing wrong, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue could still be theirs’. The key to most of Dukakis' im age problems is his constantly defen sive attitude. To achieve success, the good Governor from Massachusetts must stop wasting his time defending against attacks that don’t even de serve attention. His advisors have most recently erred in this category by running a T V ad about the making of a Bush ad. The topic is Dukakis’ oft criticized fur lough program, and even though the “ producers” in this behind-the-scenes ad discuss the positive aspects of the program, the overall effect is one of futility. Why pay good money to publicize your opponent’s attacks upon yourself? Why waste valuable time on the defensive, all the while weakening your image as a competent leader? Why not simply allow such shallow accusations to die a natural death?
In this same vein, the Dukakis campaign has made a big deal of de fending their candidate against Bush’s charges of a lack of patriotism. Dukakis said he “ resented” such accu sations, again casting himself in a defensive light. He made himself appear as a candidate on trial. Had he simply laughed off such accusations as the ridiculous lies that they were, the situation would have been quickly and calmly diffused. (John Kennedy, the man to whom Dukakis so enjoys comparing himself, would have re sponded in such a manner, cool and suave, with a wave of the hand and a subtle toss of the head.) Instead, Dukakis’ style of damage control took up much valuable news time and caused damaging reverbera tions which echo still today through his campaign camp. And, finally, just what does M i chael Dukakis find so wrong with being called a liberal? Why not accept the label with open arms? Histori cally, liberals are better educated than
conservatives. They have been the ones to think through the great re forms which have carried society ever forward. Name our country’s great Presidents. How many weren’t liber als? Adams? Lincoln? The Roosev elts? And, again, Kennedy? Liberals all. If Dukakis would only embrace this heritage, his identity as a serious political player in this election would become more clear to the American public. He would achieve that inti macy with the voting public which he has, thus far, found to be so elusive. Some might argue that an appro priate next move would be for the Duke to publicize the fact that the Republicans are the ones who, in fact, do not adequately represent the American public. After all, their convention delegates, supposedly a cross-section of the party, included only about 25% women and 8% blacks (compared to the Democrats’ 48% women and 26% blacks). However, I think Dukakis should
instead withdraw from this inane mudslinging and focus instead upon (yes, you’ve heard this before) issues and competence. In such a forum, the Governor would undoubtedly suc ceed. Perhaps he could be the one to bring integrity and democracy back to the American electoral system. And, perhaps also, these changes would be all the American public needs to finally wake up and see the absurdity of continuing down Reagan Lane for another four years. Sure, the houses on this Lane look nice, but take a closer peek. They’re all built of flimsy plywood and coated with leadbased paint. The foundations are set in sand. And, besides, they’re all mortgaged to the hilt. So, perhaps these small changes are all that’s needed to bring America around to the Dukakis campaign and for the Dukakis campaign to bring America back to integrity and compe tence. But the Democrats must act now, for time is running short.
COMMENTARY
Simpleton On:
Wisdom, Objectivity, and Low-Hanging Trees J
There is always a confilict in writ ing. If I write what makes perfect sense to me, it might make a great journal entry, but it will sound like non-sensical babble to anyone else. If I write in a way that would make perfect sense to who is reading, and this is not the same as what I would have written to me then it is unlikely that they mean exactly the same thing. My point? Its like Christmas shop ping. You spend hours walking around the mall, trying to think of gifts and you discover the only person for whom you see the “ perfect’ ’ gift is yourself. This presents another problem. THe one time that people can commu nicate exactly what they mean is when they share the same perspective, but if people share the same ideas, views and perspectives to that degree, what is there to talk about? The weather?
I think that is why we like talking to wise people. Even if we agree with them, we think they look at things just a little different then most of us otherwise they wouldn’t be wise. They just don’t look the same far away as close up. You know how you get kind of dizzy (or at least ocnfused) during the opening of Alf. It’s be cause the camera is right at his nose. If you’re going to be really objective, if you’re going to say something new, you’ve got to be somewhere else. Let me digress for a moment. About a year ago a friend recom mended Being There, a Peter Sellers movie. Even though my friend ruined the ending, I won’t. I must thank him, though, because this guy (Sellers) was the Simpleton’s Simpleton. He spent his whole life in a garden. It served as a microcosm, but it certainly wasn’t the “ real world” . He was always at
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More bio majors should mean increased budget To the Editor: After reading the article “ Class of ’92: A Diversified Group” , we real ized that the Biology/Biotechnology department has grown to be the fifth largest major. This is substantial growth compared to four or five stu dents a few years ago. The problem is that many of the B B/BBT courses are running on the same budgets as when there were fewer students. As a result, we are performing labs with a short age of equipment. In our last labs we were forced to mouth pipet which is very dangerous! By the estimated BB/ B B T majors in the freshman class, there is an increase of about thirty-
five students compared to four years ago. That is approximately $420,000 in tuition. If more students are BB/ B B T majors, shouldn’t their tuitions be directed toward their given depart ment? In the long run, this will guar antee more faculty which mean more project advisors for this increased enrollment. Also, many of the classes are offered every other year, so more faculty will promise more courses. For these reasons, the BB /B BT de partment should be given more funds. M aura E . C ollins '91 (This letter was also signed hy 32 members of the B B /B B T Class o f '91)
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Ask Mike A Thank-You and More Letters Readers: Sorry I missed last week’s column. I had it written, but I had a few discrepancies with several people. By the time I had worked things out, the deadline had passed. M y apologies to all my readers. Dear Mike: Hope you remember me, I was the one who didn’t know what to do with a gay room-mate? Anyways, I thought that you would like to know how everything turned out. In one word: great. My ex-room mate is now a very close friend, and definitely more of a person now that he has come out of his closet. You were right about him not being some form of non- person and worthless. Inside the society imposed shit-coat ing was a decent person simply asking to be himself. I ’m glad I listened and gained respect for my friend, and more importantly, for myself. I ’m glad, Mike, that you took the time, that I originally would not have, and did the beginning research. Per haps you could repeat some of it so someone else can be spared the trouble my friend originally went through. Thanks again. A pro-gay supporter. Dear friend: I ’m glad I helped you and your roommate. When I gathered all that information, I learned a lot about homosexuality. I have learned to respect gay men and women, and I would never discriminate against them. Many individuals are learning that it (being homosexual or having a homosexual friend) is not a disease, crime, or virus. It is just a feeling, instinct, and/or desire of some indi viduals. A homosexual person likes someone of the same sex in the same manner a heterosexual person likes someone of the opposite sex. Thank you for your letter. It makes me proud and glad to know I ’m help ing people. Here is the information for others who would like it. Lesbian and Gay Alliance (LaG A )
Box 5965. Contact: Lauren Rowley Box 2171. Advisor: Professor Iris Young, Ext. 5226 - HU Departmentor the Campus Counseling Center: Dr. James E. Groccia or S. Carol Theisen - 157 West St. Ext. 5540. The above groups and people can help you get in contact with gay and lesbian groups and/or gay and lesbian support groups. If there are any prob lems I ’d be glad to help. Dear Mike, I got a letter in my mailbox last week to alert female students on campus that there have been increased incidents of violence towards women in areas surrounding the W P I campus. Though no W PI students were in volved, the letter’s purpose was to increase awareness, and to let stu dents know they can get a police es cort if they feel it is necessary. W ell, I called that number when I had to walk a short distance one night. Under normal circumstances, I would not have asked for an escort, but after reading the letter, I felt nervous about it. I was told that the campus police could not help me, that escorts were only to go to class or to the library. I don’t need an escort to class in the middle of the day. I was shocked by the callousness of the officer who told me there was nothing he could do for me. Not only that, but he was so unconcerned that he said, “ Tell her to take a taxicab if she’s so insecure.” I pay my bills. I am entitled to a campus security that will protect me. Why should we waste our money paying the salaries of officers who arent’s really concerned with the safety of students on campus? Rape is not an unfamiliar event on the W P I campus. How many women have to be attacked before someone decides something has to be done? Dear Escortless, After talking with several officers
and the Chief, I found that your case was misunderstood. The escort serv ice is for any individual who is going from on-campus to off-campus or from off- campus to on-campus. In your case you wished to go from an off- campus place through W P I prop erty to another off-campus place. In some circumstances this might war rant an escort, but in yours the Police thought it was too far or unnecessary. Unfortunately you did not specify the circumstances to me in your letter. I heard them from a second hand source. Your case might have some valid points, but I don’t know them. One thing is for certain, the officer’s comment about the taxicab was rude, crude, offensive, and uncaring. He or she should be reprimanded. Please don’t take this slight prob lem as an insult. New guidelines are being posted for the escort service, so all students will understand it. Sorry I couldn’t help you more. Follow up on Cheesy Music: Dear Ken, I found out that Douglas Th ompson picks the choices out of a company catalog. The problem is that most of the tapes are for religious melodies or foreign melodies. His selection is therefore highly limited. Also, each tape is specially choreo graphed so that it fits W P I’s limited chime range and sounds natural with the surrounding. Mr. Thompson is trying to find new and better sounding tapes, but they are rare and expensive. By the way, I saw the tapes and the catalog, and he is definitely being truthful. Do you need help? Are you wor ried about failing and wondering what to tell Mom and Dad? Are you con templating suicide? Don’t despair. Ask Mike, I can help you! W rite to box 2142 or 2700.
Observations from the Asylum Political Doings by Alton Reich A ll in all Wednesday, October 5 has been a good day for politics around here. There was a discussion on the occupied territories in Israel, followed by the Vice-Presidential debate. I think the only reason for it’s timing is to keep people’s minds off the baseball playoffs. Ediorial com ment: G o Mets! I normally try not to express an absolute opinion on complex issues, but this is an exception. I have my own unique solution to the “ Palistinian question” , and I think mine is the best. It is well known that this prob lem has existed for years and is not going to go away overnight, but I ’m allowed to fantasize, are’t I? M y plan seems relatively simple to me. I propose giving all arabs living in Israel a choice, stay or move. Those who wish to leave will be al lowed to. The Israeli government will, through the U.N., get neutral officials to act as appraisers. These appraisers will determine the value of whatever property is being left be hind. The Israeli government w ill pay the people for their land, homes, fur niture, or other belongings too big to take along. If the emigrants need assistance in finding a place to go the government of Israel will help in that also. There is a catch, though, those who leave can never return in order to live. They may visit, but only for a period of time specified by the gov ernment of Israel. Those who want to stay in Israel
will be treated as a valuable resource and ally. They w ill be given full citizenship, and the responsibilities that come with it. These truly “ Israeli Arabs” will have representation in the Kneset and the same liberties as all other citizens, but they w ill also have mandatory military service like all other citizens. The arabs who want to stay in Israel obviously feel they have a stake in the country’s survival and well being. I think that they’d be as willing as any Israeli Jew to defend their homes and families. I don’t expect that the barriers of mistrust would crumble overnight, but the more people work together, the more those barriers weaken. I wouldn’t expect to see high ranking arab offi cers in the military, at least not for a while. Who knows there may some day be arabs as high ranking govern ment officials. The point is that Israeli Jews tend to distrust arabs as a whole. Those that stay would have as much reason to wish the country sucess as their jewish counterparts. Everyone knows that a boat is easier to move when everyone is paddling in the same direction. A country is much the same, if people work together then good things happen. Moving somewhat closer to home I also saw the Vice-presidential de bate. There is one thing that struck me, Lloyd Bentsen is a real profes sional politician. He’s been in the creative exaggeration business longer than Miracle Mike, his running mate. For those of you who know less about Bentsen than I do, here’s what I know.
He is from Texas, was a bomber pilot during World W ar II, is a sucessful business man, and has been politicing a long time. For all of Lloyd Bentsen’s experience and good quali ties, I like Dan Quayle. He’s a Hoosier, and there’s an intangible quality about people from Indiana that you just have to like. He told a story about his grandmother giving him advice. I picture a white haired woman sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of an old house with little Dan on her lap, she’s looking out over the rows of com, and tells little Dan that he can be anything he wants to be. I used to live in Indiana, among other places, and this scene could easily have occured. I wish people would stop wonder ing about Quail’s qualifications. I believe that the only time a person is truly qualified to be President is when he’s had the job before. Niether Bentsen nor Quayle has had the job before, and they aren’t qualified. By the same token, Dukakis has never had the job, but Bush has, it may have been temporary, but he had it. Bush simply has more experience at being President, and is logically the most qualified. The point is that electing a Vicepresident has no effect on the Presi dential election. When a person votes for George Bush, that’s all that person does. People don’t worry about the Vice-president until he takes over, and by then he’s had the experience. Just be sure, however, to vote, no matter who it’s for. ’ V
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Housing crunch puts students in lousy lounges or lap of luxury (C PS) -- University of Miami sophomore Ronnie Issenberg lived in the lap of luxury for almost a month this fall, and hated it. Issenberg was one of the 160 students who the university temporarily put up at the Biltmore Hotel, one of Miami's swankiest, because of oncampus housing shortages. Another 200 will live at a local Holiday Inn for the rest of the term. "When you're a new student," said Issenberg, who transferred to Miami from a community college, "you live on campus to meet people. But I was isolated. After classes, I couldn't hang
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out on campus. I had to go back to the Biltmore." Issenberg, alas, was not alone: students on swcores of campuses nationwide opened fall term in recent weeks living in hotels, dormitory lounges, or sharing roommates than usual. Students at Mississippi State and North Caro lina universities. Clarion University of Pennsyl vania, Grinnell College in Iowa and the Univer sity of Texas-Austin, to name a few, are all suffering from on-campus housing shortages. Housing officials tend to blame the shortage on students' unpredictability. "The situation is that you never know who is going to show up" to take rooms they sign up for, said Loyola University of New Orleans Director of Residential Life Robert Reed. Students, Reed said, sometimes sign up for rooms both on and off campus. To make sure they can fill their buildings, dorm officials commonly overbook their dorms, figuring they can put excess students into lounges untiol some of their dormmates drop or flunk out. But this year is different. There's a major housing crunch on campuses. "It’s fairly regional," said University of Geor gia Housing Director Dan Hallenbeck, who is also the president of the Association of College and University Housing Officers. "In the North east, there's a real crunch, especially in Con necticut and Rhode Island. The further West you go, it's not so bad." That's little consolation to the students at the universities of Houston, North Dakota and Iowa who are living in dorm lounges because their schools don't have room for them. Boston University, like Miami, was forced to house students in hotels to cope with the housing crunch, while Loyola sent students to live at nearby Tulane Universty. And at the University of Connecticut, students are doubled and tripled into rooms to accomodate the overflow. Baylor University, on the other hand, has too many rooms. Administrators there announced two weeks ago they were converting a dormitory into a guest and conference hall. "It's been confusing enough," Hallenbeck said. "None of us really has a handle on it. As far as determining the reasons, we have nothing concrete. We're just guessing." He speculated that many campuses —expect ing big enrollment drops this decade — failed to plan for a "little baby boom" in 1970 that now is producing a temporary surplus of freshmen or for their own success in keeping enrollments up by convincing "a greater percentage of high school students" to go to college. Consequently, they put off building new dorms. "Building new student housing is a huge capital investment," said David Byer of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (N A CU BO ). "Schools, in their strategic planning, maybe figured they wouldn’t need more housing and put their priori ties into academic programs." More students, too, want to live in the dorms because off-campus housing has become very expensive, particularly in the Northeast. "In the past, 74 percent of the students who lived oncampus returned to the university (of Connecti cut) housing," said Carmen Vance, assistant vice president for student affairs at UConn. "This year it's about 82 percent." When schools do find room for students oncampus, it's often not very satisfying. Issenberg, forexample, finally got a room on cam-pus, but his new dwelling, he said, leaves a lot to be desired. "The dorm room was very dirty when we moved in, and the beds stink," he said. "When we complain, the only response we get is they say they can’t do anything about it."
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Students continue to practice unsafe sex (C PS) — More evidence emerged last week that indicates that the A ID S (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) scare has not markedly changed students' sexual habits. More than 700,000 men aged 18 to 29 have had at least 10 sexual partners during the last year, a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) study found, putting them at "considerable risk" of getting A ID S or other sexually transmitted diseases, AID S, a virus which fatally destroys the body's immune system, is spread by contami nated blood products, sharing hypodermic needles with infected people or by having sex with someone who is carrying the virus. There have been about 70,000 reported A ID S cases in the United States. The disease's spread, of course, provoked a wave of efforts - ranging from government pamphlets sent to every American home to the
installation of condom vending machines in campus washrooms — to persuade citizens to adopt "safe sex" practices. The results of the efforts seem mixed. Some reports indicate students - a relatively promis cuous sector of the population - have changed their sexual habits, while others indicate they haven't. A University of Wisconsin study conducted last year indicated that half the students at the Madison campus had changed their sexual be havior. A March poll conducted by the Michi gan State University campus paper, the State News, revealed the A ID S threat had moved almost three quarters of the students there to make some changes in their sexual activities. But University of Texas researcher Dr. Scott Spear reported that students are still contracting other sexually transmitted diseases, indicating that students aren't heeding efforts to practice
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GREEK CORNER Alpha Tau Omega The Brothers of Alpha Tau Omega welcome their newest pledge class of '88: Steve Baker, Dapper Donovan, Chris Fiacco, Rich Garska, Jeff Caughin, Ed Kelley, Scott Korol, Andrew Leone, John Loveland, Keith Peabody, Greg Tucker, and Mike Vecchione. Allhough this year’s shot-a-minute contest lasted a disappointingly short time it was still quite the ‘colorful’ event - red. blue, green, yellow, and combinations thereof. We hope that will kick off a dynamite pledging for you guys! A very special thanks goes out to our own ‘M A ’ Fell who showed her colors once again on delivering delicious delightful delectables for Parents Day and for our formal dinner with the Tau House neighbors including Provost Zwiep, Dean Brown and their wives. 'M A '. thank you very much and we love you! Too bad you can’t play cards. For all of you out there with late night appetities; Fitz, Gilly, Psycho and Kluzak have found ’T H E ’ place to go for the best chicken wings, atmosphere and dancing by Juanita, that’s right, it’s SH A B A Z Z open ’til 3 am. Howey (Boo Mets!)and Chips (Boo Mets!) successfully defended their intercontinental Beer Die champion titles last week in our 2nd annual tourney. Speaking of toumies, the sportscup race is underway and the Tau men are out to make it 3 in a row! The ATO bachelor club lost another two members this week as first to ‘lose’ his pin was Al ‘Iceman’ Mousseau to Lori Haywood and
following suit was Bill ‘Johnny Travolta' Nichols to Andrea Smith. Congratulations to you both on your pinnings. All the best to you. Who's going to fall next? By the way, where’s your pin Rega?! Last but not least, Harry, hope you're back on your feet soon, where else can we go for frosty Black Labels at 2:30 am? P.S. The ATO hockey team thanks the Coffin boys for their generous contributions to this year’s campaign. Phi Sigma Sigma Congratulations to our newest pledges: Ju lie Lockner and Gina Pitriangelo!!! Phi Sig Sig is psyched on you. Our family continues to grow. Don't forget to wear those pins. Pledges, we loved the sign on the house. Keep up the psyche. Did everyone have fun frolicking in the leaves at Prof. Sisson’s? That is one way to keep Ash from doing yard work. Homecoming was fabulous. Patty did an other fine job and the float was terrific. The marionettes were awesome, yes, I ’m bragging. I hope everyone bought a T-shirt. Sue did a great job organizing that. Moe M. deserves a hand for welcoming our Alumni with open arms. Let’s remember to keep in touch with our graduated sisters. Congratulations to field hockey, crew and soccer for sticking it out in the cold. Good luck with exams. We want to win the scholarship award again. LIT P Sigma Alpha Epsilon Congratulations to our awesome 1988 pledge class: Marc Sullivan, Chris Remington,
Ray Vincent, Jim O'Connor, Jim Blanchette, Lou Minichino, Rob Raftery. Mike Gatta, Rich Inman, Ed Paluch, Randy Levere, Gene Goldman, Brian Kraft, and Dave Mann. It's looking to be a very promising year. A good job by all at the soup kitchen this week; the Mustard Seed really appreciated it. Way to go Schlong and Guilio for making the ping pong finals, the football team for qualify ing for the play offs, and A-team volleyball for a good post-season showing. Also, a great game by Webb’s C-team against ATO. And Disco's C-team? Anytime, guys. You’re buying. Homecoming '88 proved to be a great suc cess as brothers and alums alike chowed some of Bob’s incredible Seafood Newburgh. Spring break-type dudes, get ready for a train ride to hell. Hey, Chiseler! Happy birthday Mark, slap it and ride the waves. “ I hold an Eminent office!” Super Mario potatoes. Look, Webber - no hands!. From the House Manager: those with weak hearts cannot ride the dumbwaiter. Tickets are still available at $5.00 per roundtrip. Good job, Duh. Keep Nellie in line. Daniels 4 needs a doctor. Hey, Sox! Five Apples.
Sigma Pi Hello again - sorry we missed you all last week, I believe there were some technical diffi culties at our own Newspeak office. Oh well! I would first of all like to congratulate our new maggots... sorry our N E W P LED G ES, we're so proud of them! Doug Campbell, Jeff Carter, Hank Eppich, Dave Gnage, Dan Huben, Dave
661wasn’t rubbing it in-Ijustwanted Eddie to know the score of lastnight’sgame.”
King, Brendan McLellan, Ryan Marcotte, Decio Mendes, Tom Mower, Mike Murphy, Tyler Palmer, Jason Porier, Shane Rice, Mike Rothkugel, Christian Scott, Todd Squire, and Dave Wurts. Get ready for an exciting year boys. I would also like to congratulate our two great airbands. KISS, and The Wailers, who took first and third in the Lip-Sync contest Thursday night at Gompei’s place. And now the sporting news. Volleyball team suffered its first defeat but it was close and they are still contenders, and great job X-country team. I st place among all Greeks as a team (and also individually by Doug Bellfy). And a proposal for a new intramural sport by Van Wooley - platform diving. Hey Lenny do these initials ring a bell? TFT2? Finally the question of the week? “ When are we gonna see those stinking maggots again?” [I've almost forgotten we had some!]
Tau Kappa Epsilon Congratulations and welcome to our 23 new pledges: Amir Akbari, Chris Bonvin, Jason Byme, OliverClaus, Bill Cramer, StanCzyczk, Peter David, Jon Davis, Chris Haley, Jeff Hemstreet, Aaron Hinchliffe, Charles Homan, Hany Khechfe, David Kouros, Robert LeBrun, Jeffrey McNeal, Bryant O ’Hara, Mike Patinha, Kevin Quine, Matthew Rees, Chad Schwartzkopf, Eric Wagensonner, and Steve W il liams. Congratulations also to our Rush Chair man Xaviier Trevisani on getting back all 23 bids given out. And in intramurals, T K E ’s J.P. and Xavier Trevisani reached the table tennis semi-finals.
Theta Chi To start out with, we would like to thank all of our alumni who traveled to the house this weekend to enjoy Homecoming. Our float was constructed with the greatest of care by Petey, Randy, and committee. The Fuzzy Grape is surely entertainment at its brest. Sports couldn’t be going better. A-team volleyball defeated Sig Pi in their last game and our football team romped on S A E 20-14. Theta Chi also took 4th place overall in the cross country meet thanks to a multitude of runners. We would like to congratulate Dave Elario for pinning his girlfriend Robyn Labonte. Con grats also go to Dave Latham for making the big move, signing on the dotted line for a pilot ca reer in the Air Force. Good luck and ‘keep the wings level and true".
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Tuesday October 11,1988
NEWSPEAK
CLUB CORNER Alpha Phi Omega
Wireless Association
Pugwash
Steve, where are my copies?...HA!...Wink, wink Pete!...Nice Boxers Jeff!...Hey!!!...Keith, why are you always practicing mouth to mouth?...Watch out for the APO 5 in the Lip Sync...Steve -where were you Sunday morning between 1:40 and 6:00? With whom were you? Have you found the owner of the undies?...Hi Drew!...Hi Pete you E E god!... Wake up JF!...Cindy, have you figured out how to open the door to Higgins Lab yet? Don’t feel bad; Mindy had the same problem awhile back Kay...Hey! I forgot what happened at the party. I remember going....?...Thanx Slap, for the walk up (down?) the stairs...Hurray, they got the shuttle to work again! Like I surmised in last weeks column (which no one saw), it was a wild party on the 1st. And Treasure Valley wasn’t that bad either. Just ask our haybailing crew, our landscaping crew, or the Demolition crew (Axe Sulewski, Smash Roy, Hammer Lamkins, and Anvil Curtain). The servant Auction went over real big. Our sincere thanks to Dean Trask for being the auctioneer and making interesting and lively conversation. Lets hear it for our awesome Fall Pledge class: Bridget Ann Powers, Lisa Desrochers, Janet Scott, Heidi Lundy, David Andrade, Paul Roy, Amir Akbari, Reg Hopkins, Ed Bouchie, Renee Grenon, Quentin P. Rissler, Kevin Bowen, Chris Marr, Jennifer Smith, Chad Schwartzkopf, Jennifer Klingbeil, Wendy Sears, Donna Roesing, Debra England, Sharon Sav age, Babar Malik, and Joseph Paraschac. W ell thats all I can think to say, so I ’ll see all of you in B- term. Mr. PC.
Well, guys, it’s been a great term. We got a lot done, and had a pretty good time doing it. Thanks to President Bob for all his work on the towers, and to everyone else for the hours spent on the Jamaican emergency, the N A SA video link, and the Boxboro trip. Some things to look forward to in B-term are: Operation Santa Claus, some contests, and maybe a trip to the A R R L in Newington, Ct. The meeting this week is its traditional Thursday, at 4:30 in S L lounge. The beautiful meeting notices and membership lists should be out courtesy of our illustrious secretary, Mike. If you’re not getting the no tices, send him a note via the club, box 5393. See you all there, good luck with exams!
Pugwash lives again! W e’ll be dealing with issues such as nuclear power, toxic waste dumping, appropriate technology, Star Wars, etc. Pugwash was started by Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell as a vision of science and technology being used in humankind’s best interest. The first organizational meeting will be held Weds., Oct. 12 in Higgins 109. There, we’ll choose issues of interest and plan events. Re freshments provided.
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C H O IC ES Choices, choices, choices... please make yours count!!! Everyone get ready for alcohol awareness week in B-term! It begins October 31 with the Mocktail Halloween Party and continues through the week ending with alcohol free fra ternity night on November 1. Watch for all of the prizes that C H O IC ES will be giving away during the scheduled events. Hope to see many people there! If you have any questions or if you are inter ested in C H O ICES please contact: Leslie Reed, Box 1874, 795-1904 or Lisa King, Box 495, 753-7383.
Eta Kappa Nu As was apparent on Wednesday, September 28th, the IEEE/H KN Barbeque was a smashing success. Luckily the weather permitted a good turn-out. Help received from IE E E and HKN members was greatly appreciated. By now, new junior and senior candidates for HKN have been contacted via campus mail. Congratulations! We hope to see each of you as new members and look forward to an actionpacked year filled with events, both social and, yes... even intellectual and cultural. Cheers for now. Wubba-wubba-wubba!
W P I Lesbian and Gay Alliance - LAGA This week we discussed topics which will influence our direction in the upcoming term. And just where were you,____ , ____ , ____ , and ____ ? Out again as usual! We would like to tell everyone that you can now send us correspondance anonymously through the Encore com puter system. The account is named LA G A and we will answer A L L mail sent to us. (Thanks for helping us set up our account A l!) We would just like to remind everyone that A L L G RO U P M E M B E R S N A M ES A R E H ELD C O N FI D EN TIA L. You can also write to: LA G A , W PI box 5965. Have a great week!
Science Fiction Society First order of business: King Richard’s re imbursement. Get your money back from me when I get the check from SAB. Details to follow... Gaming weekend is on! Oct. 29-30 in the lower wedge. Be there Friday the 28th for a pre weekend Movie Night! Send your movie sug gestions to our Esteemed Secretary Geoff Lit tlefield at box 2643. Details to be followed... Dr. Who appreciation night! Date to be de cided. Send date suggestions to the Wombat at box 929. Send Episode suggestions to the Wombat also, and he will put them into the right hands. Details to lead... Fred the Reasonably Bright runs away into the forest, leaving the man to be devoured by maggots. Details to be led on... Remember, meetings are every Wednesday at 7PM in the Alumni Conference Room in the basement of Alden Hall. Show up and you too can decide what happens to all the old Analog magazines in the library. Details to be exploded upon on Wednesday...
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65% of all Freshmen now know that Boynton Hall does not house Boynton Pizza. To the Sisters of D Phi E, thanks for my new room, even though I don’t like the view of the urinal. A Wedge called Planda. What does Wade Boggs’ batting average and Pacemonkee’s girlfriend have in common? M E ’s don’t forget about The PIZZA AND M O VIE NIGHT, TONIGHT in Gompei’s Place at 7 pm. Looking for P.E. Credit? Try our P.E. 100017 Wellness Course for B Term. It will enhance your lifestyle and help keep you healthy and fit during the winter months. Everyone Welcome! Offered Tues & Thurs 11-11:50 am Harrington Conference Room, starting Nov. I. For more information contact Judy Soderlund or Carol Theisen at 831-5063. Project Students: Need statistical help? Contact the W PI Statistical Consulting Service. Available to faculty and students. Send all in quiries to Prof. Petniccelli, Stratton Hall 105C.
T R A V E L S A L E S : Sell Spring Break pack age tours to Carribean. Free travel and money. Great sales experience and flexible hours. Call 1(800)426-7710. Sunsplash Tours Inc.
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What’s Going On?
POLICE LOG Saturday, October
10:00 - 4:00 : Blood Drive, Alden Hall 3:00 & 8:00 pm : Holy Cross - Film : “ Rosa Luxembourg’’, First Floor Kimball Hall, $1.50 w/ ID, $2.50 general public 7:00 - Soccer : Brandeis, Home - Anna Maria College : Teaching and Healing Service, Eileen George of Meet-thcFather Ministry, College Chapel 8:00- Film : “ Predator” ,Gompei’s Place, Free
1,1988 12:01 am - Noise complaint from Sig Pi. All quiet. 12:23 am - Sergeant speaks with a student outside of Riley Hall regarding a minor in possession of alcohol and open container. Alcohol was confiscated, student was advised. 1:37 am -Call comes into the station regarding a fight in the parking lot at West and Institute. Officers respond, officers speak with two subjects and the area was cleared. 1:42 am -Noise complaint in the area of Boynton and Elbridge. W P D and W PI respond. Officer from W P I speaks with Lambda Chi and Alpha Chi Rho, problem is taken care of, noise was quieted. 1:55 am -SN A P reports loud noises coming from Riley, Daniels, possibly fireworks. Officers respond, no problems at this time. 2:37 am -Officers respond to Lambda Chi regarding a complaint from a citizen, noise will be turned down. 10:58 am -Officer responds to T K E to investigate a complaint from a neighbor. 2:35 pm -Complaint called into station regarding noise coming from FIJI. Officers respond, the frat was advised. 9:05 pm - Noise complaint at Lambda. The noise will be turned down. 11:05 pm - Noise complaint at ATO. Officers respond, all quiet. 11:20 pm -Officer escorts student to on-campus residence. 11:25 pm - Noise complaint at 11 Dean St. Officers respond, no noise. 11:27 pm - Escort to on campus residence. 11:33 pm - Noise complaint in the area of Boynton and Elbridge. Officer responds. No noise at this time. 11:37 pm - Officer escorts student to on-campus residence. 11:40 pm - W P D calls regarding noise complaint in the Boynton St. area. Officers go out and speak with Lambda Chi and Sig Ep. The noise was turned down.
Friday, October 14,1988
Sunday, October 2 , 1988 -
7:00 pm - Holy Cross -Film : “ In the Name of the Rose” , First Floor of Kimball Hall, $1.50 w/ ID, $2.50 general public 8:00 pm - Holy Cross - Concert : Holy Cross College Choir, St. Joseph Chapel 9:00 pm -Anna Maria -Band : “ Undercover” , Spiritwoods Pub, $2.00
12:25 am -Worcester PD calls to request an officer at 11 Dean St. W PI officer meets W PD officer at 11 Dean St and quieted down the fraternities involved. 1:35 am -Call from a residence of Dean St. regarding noise coming from the fraternity at the comer. Sergeant speaks with Alpha Chi Rho to turn down the music and disperse the party. 2:20 am - Student calls from Founders requesting an escort. Sergeant responds. 2:35 am -Call from Fuller about a loud basketball game in progress. Officer responds and disperses the game. 3:35 am -Call received from a Fuller residence that a young lady is being carried away by a man, apparently against her will. Sergeant responds, the young man was escorting her home from a party she didn’t want to leave. The situation was undercontrol and she was escorted home. 4:35 am - An RA from Morgan calls about a girl in the residence who is acting somewhat strangely and requests Officer’s assistance. Officer responds, spoke with the non-WPI student who had a recent fight with her boyfriend. Both parties are in good order and the incident was taken care of. 4:30 am -A W P I student is involved in a serious accident. The person was taken by City Ambulance to UMass Medical Center. Officers accompanied the victim and an investigation was begun. 12:17 pm - Several calls received regarding fraternity members in Institute Park causing a disturbance. Officer responds. Upon arrival a large group of Sig Pi members are returning from the Park and causing a disturbance. Officer will investigate. 1:35 pm - Resident calls about loud music at TKE. Officer responds, there was no loud music this time.
Tuesday, October 11,1988 10:00 am -4:00 pm : Blood Drive, Alden Hall 4:00 pm -Organizational Meeting : Medicinal Chemistry - Applying biology and chemistry to develop new drugs - Goddard 227. Refreshments will be served. 7:00 pm - Women’s Volleyball: Roger Williams, Home -Clark University -Speech: “ God in Russia -The Millennium of the Baptism of St. Via dimir” by the Very Reverend Dr. John Meyendorff, Little Center Theatre. Call 7937771 for info. 7:15 pm - Field Hockey : Nichols, Home 8:00 pm -Ski Club/Team Organizational Meeting, Newell Hall (A K 116)
Wednesday, October 12,1988
Saturday, October 15,1988 8:00 am -Anna Maria : Harvest Weekend 5 mile road race. Race start at 9:00. $5.00 registration fee. For more info, call Kathy Spellman, 757-4586. 9:00 am - Women’s Volleyball : Worcester City Tourney, Home 10:00 am - Field Hockey : MIT, Home 7:00 pm -Holy Cross-Film: “ In the name of the Rose” First Floor of Kimball Hall, $1.50 w/ID, $2.50 general public
Sunday, October 16,1988 6:30 & 9:30 pm - Film : “ The Running Man” , Alden Hall, $2.00 Begin National Alcohol Awareness Week Monday, October 17,1988 3:45 & 7:00 pm - Holy Cross Film : “ Witness for the Prosecution’ Hogan Campus Center, Room 519, Free
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Monday, October 3,1988 11:20am -Call received regarding an injured student. Sergeant responds, and student was transported to Memorial Hospital by ambulance. 1:15 pm -Student calls reporting a breaking and entering into his room. Some personal items stolen. Officers respond. 4:05 pm - Sergeant escorts student. Tuesday, October 4, 1988 1:26 am - Fireworks reported behind Riley Hall, all quiet. 7:28 pm -Call received regarding individuals collecting cans outside of Ellsworth. Officers respond, and advise individuals of trespassing. Wednesday, October 5, 1988 12:12 am -A call from a town police department regarding W PI student being involved in a minor auto accident. Sergeant on duty arranges for a ride back to the campus. 3:30 pm - Student calls for an escort, officer responds. Thursday, October 6, 1988 10:10 am - Officer provides escort for student. 9:56 pm -Officer provides escort for student. Friday, October 7,1988 2:55 am - Sergeant provides escort for student. 11:55 am -Call from resident of Ellsworth apartments regarding an intoxicated, non-WPI student in the area. Sergeants respond and speak with the individual and advise of trespassing.
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