Lambda Chi Alpha suspended by Alex Kuhn Newspeak S ta ff
On October 2, 1988, a serious accident occurred at the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity house, in which a student was severely injured. Be cause of the severity of the incident, and because of the circumstances in which it occurred, the Pi Zeta chapter at W PI has been suspended in two separate actions, by W PI and the Lambda Chi National Office. The Lambda Chi National Office has declared W P I’s chapter inactive, which means that they are no longer an official unit of the fraternity, and
are not allowed to act as a fraternity chapter. In addition. W PI has sus pended official recognition of the fraternity chapter until January 1991, at which time they may request to become a chapter again. Until then, they are not allowed to function as a fraternity, so they are not allowed to have pledges or participate in the IFC. This action was not taken hastily, but was the result of, in the words of the National Office, “ the irrespon sible behavior of the undergraduate members of Pi Zeta.” They had vio lated several rules and laws during the party at which the student was injured, including serving minors and collect
ing funds for alcohol. In addition, when the fraternity was asked about how to avoid future occurrences of the same type, they responded that they would continue to serve minors and intoxicated individuals. This was unacceptable to W PI. Since this tragic occurrence, life has changed at Lambda Chi. Accord ing to Dean of Students Janet Richardson, the house is no longer called Lambda Chi Alpha, it is 12 Boynton St. The residents of 12 Boynton Street who wish to remain will be allowed to stay in the house for the rest of the academic year, pro vided that they sign a housing con
tract. An R.A. has been hired for the house, and the Campus Police make rounds through the house as they do through other campus housing. Prior to this incident, it had been decided that the brothers would no longer be allowed to live in the house after the end of this academic year. The house and land are owned by W PI, and the residents had been in formed last year that this would be their last year to occupy the house. The school has no plans at this time for the house or property. The transition has seemed to be relatively painless, though. Dean Richardson remarked about the coop
erativeness of all parties involved, but this occurrence has shown that frater nities are also responsible for their actions. Pete Mullen. President of the Inter-Fraternity Council, had the fol lowing to say about the incident. “ The suspension of a fraternity has become a reality at W PI. Not only at W P I, but nationwide, many universities are losing their fraternities due to stricter regulations and public pressure. The situation has shaken the stability of the Greek system, but we can all leam from, and build on one another’s experiences.” This has been a difficult experience for all involved, but hope fully others will listen and prevent this from happening again.
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Volume 16, Number 22
Tuesday, November 1, 1988
Area rapist apprehended by H eidi Lundy Newspeak S ta ff
Donald T. Comerford. 22, of Dudtey, Massachusetts, believed re sponsible for 7 area assaults, was ar rested Tuesday. October 18. He was charged with 21 offenses including: 3 counts of aggravated rape. 3 counts of kidnapping, 2 counts of attempted kidnapping, 3 counts of assault wiih a dangerous weapon. 3 counts of inde cent assauit and batter on a person over 14 years old. 3 counts of assault and battery, and 2 counts of threaten ing. The suspect was picked up by two Worcester Police Officers on Cool-
idge Street after being tipped off by a passerby who had spotted a man of his description. Earlier he had been seen inside Doherty High School where teachers informed the principal, who called the police. When the man real ized he was being followed he ran out of the school and across the athletic field. Comerford has been positively identified by several of his victims. His attacks allegedlv started on Sen tembei 14. Others occurred on Sep tember 20 and 23. and October 13 and 25 Because of several common fac tors. Worcester Police suspected from the start that one man was responsible for all the assaults. Several times a
knife was used to threaten the victim, and most of the assaults occurred between 5 am and 9 am. The Police Department was working around the clock on stakeouts to try to catch the man. and all of the members of the sexual assault team were utilized. W PI campus police assisted in the investigation, participating in the stakeouts and offering whatever sup port was needed. Although! the suspect is appar ently the man \VP! students have been warned about recently. Sgt. Ring of the W PI Campus Police stresses the continuance of safety measures. “ Be aware of your surroundings and prac tice personal safety" he stated, “ be cause you never know.”
Second annual Career Day to be held on November 5th by Robert G. D ietrich
The W P I Alumni Association will be sponsoring its second annual Ca reer Day on Saturday, November 5, 1988. The Career Day is part of a comprehensive program known as Career Connections, designed to help undergraduates plan their careers by drawing upon the experience and expertise of W PI alumni. “ The plan is part of an effort to increase lifelong interaction between students and alumni of W P I,” accord ing to Robert G. Dietrich, director of alumni programs. The Career Day is a day-long program which will include a series of workshops and round-table discus sions providing participants with ca reer-planning tips.
Again this year, the keynote speaker for that program will be Ellen Wallach. a career development con sultant to business and industrial or ganizations. educational institutions and governmental agencies. She is a frequent contributor to popular maga zines and professional journals and is the author of The Job Search Compan ion. The second part of “ Career Con nections” is a series of disciplinerelated panel discussions. Dietrich said the panels are “ designed to give the students a ‘real life’ perspective on careers in their chosen field.” Dietrich says he hopes to schedule a total of four to six panel discussions this spring. “ To make these panels really successful, we are relying on the support and participation of hon
orary societies and the W P I chapters of professional societies.” According to Dietrich, the pro gram was developed and planned by Career Day Chair Joel S. Loitherstein ’73 and a committee of alumni who will be serving as moderators and panelists on Saturday. Also partici pating in the program will be repre sentatives from Student Affairs in cluding Carol Theisen of the Student Counseling Center, Bill Trask. Direc tor of the Office of Graduate and Career Planning (OGCP) and Carolyn Tidwell, Director of the Cooperative Education Program. Information and registration ma terials are available at the Alumni Office (Higgins House), Dean of Stu dents Office, the Student Counseling Center and OGCP.
Changes at Boston University by Chris Barcus
In mid-September, the Boston University community was informed of several changes which would affect campus life. The first was established by the Boston Licensing Board to regulate the amount of alcohol con sumed on all the campuses in Boston. The new rule limits the amount of alcohol that can be brought into a University by astudent per day. Using beer as a standard, only 12 ounces, or one six-pack, is allowed per student who is of legal drinking age. This means kegs and cases of beer are banned from dormitories as well as fraternities. It is up to the school to enforce the policy, and failure to do so could result in the institution losing its
license to operate dormitories. The alcohol policy went into ef fect immediately, but the changes pertaining to dormitory policy will not be installed until the second se mester. The new dormitory policy states that a maximum of four guests per student are allowed in the rooms between 8 am and 11 pm Sunday through Thursday, and 8 am and I am on Friday and Saturday. Overnight guests are not allowed except for a family member or a prospective stu dent of the same sex. One of the main people behind the creation of the policy was Ronald L. Carter, Dean of Students at BU. Carter has been quoted as saying, “ We are not dealing with adults. We are deal ing with students growing into adult
hood. There's a big difference.” The University is trying to create a more tranquil and academic setting in the coed dorms. The policy has caused a large uproar and many schools are looking into the issue, but it is uncer tain how many will follow. The model for the dorm policy at W PI is based on treating students like adults and allowing them to make their own decisions. There are no cur few hours and overnight guests are allowed. The overnight guest policy currently states that guests of the same sex are allowed for no more than three nights, and should be registered with the floor RA in case there is an emer gency. However, the policy is going to be altered next year and expanded to include anyone as a guest.
Arbitration case settled by Jacq ueline O 'N e ill ________ Ed itor in C h ief
On October 19. the arbitration case between the Service Employees International Union. Local 254, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute was settled. The Union considered the arbitration case to be one of the main reasons behind the strike. Ihe Arbitrator agreed with the Union that the school’s administra tion incorrectly computed the school's contribution toward the Union's health care premiums, in the award, the arbitrator called for the school to “ re-compute the aggre gate amount of contributions it was required to make for the period from July I, 1987 through June 30. 1988....against the cost of health in surance coverage with respect to each of its Union employees who was covered during all or any part of said period under any health plan
listed in...the 1986 Agreement." After multiplying the fixed monthly payments by I 1.3 per cent, the Ad ministration must pay over the dif ference between this new amount and the amount actually contributed by the college during that time. The other issue included in the arbitration, that the verbal informa tion given to the Union during the negotiations of the previous con tract were false, was not awarded in favor of the Union. Mark Ferguson, Union Steward, fell that the issue may have been “ too complex and difficult” to convince an arbitrator. Ferguson also hoped that “ ...this paints a clear picture to the commu nity that we (the Union) are not de mons or dragons but only working men and women who do not and will not tolerate obvious injustices [such | as the ones that the Admini stration has portrayed on several occasions.”
Condom dispenser survey to be conducted by members o f S H E A C
On Thursday, November 3, the Student Health Education Advisory Committee (SH EA C ) will issue a survey to all student mailboxes ad dressing the possible placement of condom dispensers on the W PI cam pus. The survey will address several aspects concerning the placement of these dispensers on the campus, nota bly whether or not the student popula tion would like to see them on the campus. The students involved in SH EA C feel that dispensers are an additional aspect of a developing Sexually Transmitted Disease/AIDS preven tion strategy that merits exploration. This strategy is being developed by the Student Health Services, with SH EA C members’ assistance, to fo
cus on methods of addressing disease prevention that are in addition to education. SH EA C is a recently cre ated organization through which interested students can help identify student health concerns that need to be addressed, develop programs to meet these needs, and implement these programs. The need for a large student re sponse to this survey can not be stressed enough. Please do not let another student, or worse, a very small number of students, decide the issue. SH EA C will pursue a majority recommendation, provided that a rea sonable number of students respond to the survey. Additionally, SH EA C will con sider a minimal student response to represent student non-concern over this issue.
Due to a vacancy in the Health Office Staff the Health Office hours for Saturday November 5, 1988 and Sunday November 6 ,1 9 8 8 w ill be
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Lambda Chi Alpha suspended by A lex Kulin Newspeak S ta ff On O ctober 2. 1988. a serious accident occurred at the L am bda Chi Alpha Fraternity house, in which a student was severely injured. Be cause o f the severity of the incident, and because of the circum stances in which it occurred, the Pi Zeta chapter at WPI has been suspended in two separate actions, by WPI and the Lambda Chi National Office. The Lambda Chi National Office has declared W P I's chapter inactive, which means that they are no longer an official unit o f the fraternity, and
are not allowed to act as a fraternity chapter. In addition. WPI has sus pended official recognition o f the fraternity chapter until January 1991. at which time they may request to becom e a chapter again. Until then, they are not allow ed to function as a fraternity, so they are not allowed to have pledges o r participate in the IFC. This action was not taken hastily, but was the result of, in the words o f the National O ffice, “ the irrespon sible behavior of the undergraduate mem bers of Pi Z eta." They had vio lated several rules and laws during the party at which the student was injured, including serving m inors and collect
ing funds for alcohol. In addition, when the fraternity w as asked about how to avoid future occurrences of the sam e type, they responded that they would continue to serve m inors and intoxicated individuals. This was unacceptable to W PI. Since this tragic occurrence, life has changed at Lam bda Chi. A ccord ing to Dean o f S tudents Janet Richardson, the house is no longer called Lambda Chi Alpha, it is 12 Boynton St. The residents o f 12 Boynton Street w ho wish to remain will be allowed to stay in the house for the rest o f the academ ic year, pro vided that they sign a housing con
tract. An R.A. has been hired for the house, and the Campus Police make rounds through the house as they do through other cam pus housing. Prior to this incident, it had been decided that the brothers would no longer be allowed to live in the house after the end of this academ ic year. The house and land are owned by W PI. and the residents had been in formed last year that this would be their last year to occupy the house. The school has no plans at this time for the house or property. The transition has seemed to be relatively painless, though. Dean Richardson rem arked about the coop
erativeness of all parties involved, but this occurrence has shown that frater nities are also responsible for their actions. Pete M ullen. President o f the Inter-Fraternity Council, had the fol lowing to say about the incident. ‘ ‘The suspension o f a fraternity has become a reality at W PI. Not only at W PI, but nationwide, m any universities are losing their fraternities due to stricter regulations and public pressure. The situation has shaken the stability of the Greek system , but we can all learn from, and build on one another’s experiences." This has been a difficult experience for all involved, but hope fully others will listen and prevent this from happening again.
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Volume 16, Number 22
Tuesday, November 1, 1988
Area rapist apprehended by lle id i Lundy N ewspeak S ta ff Donald T. Com erford. 22. of Dudley, M assachusetts, believed re sponsible for 7 area assaults, was ar rested Tuesday. O ctober IS. He was charged with 21 offenses including: 3 counts of aggravated rape. 3 counts ot kidnapping, 2 counts o f attem pted kidnapping. 3 counts of assault with a dangerous w ea p o n . 3 counts o f in d e cent assault and batter on ; person over 14 years o ld . 3 counts o f assau it and battery, and 2 counts of threaten ing. The suspect was picked up by two W orcester Police Officers on Cool
idge Street after being tipped off by a passerby who had spotted a man o f his description. Earlier he had been seen inside Doherty High School where teachers informed the principal, who called the police. W hen the man real ized he was being follow ed he ran ou t o f the school and across the ath letic fie ld . C om erford has been p o sitiv e ly id en tified by several o f his v ictim s. H is attack s a lleg ed I', started on S ep tom b ei 14. O thers occu rred on • • ptem b er 20 and 2 3 . and O cto b er 13 and
Because o f several comm on fac tors. W orcester Police suspected from the start that one man was responsible for all the assaults. Several times a
knife was used to threaten the victim, and most of the assaults occurred betw een 5 am an d 9 am. The Police D epartm ent was w orking around the clock on stakeouts to try to catch the man. and all o f the m em bers of the sexual assault team w ere utilized. WPI cam pus p o lic e assisted in the investigation, p articip atin g hi the stakeouts and o ffe r in g w h atever sup port w'as n eed ed . entiv the m an VIM student- n ave been warned about r e c e n tly . Sat Ring of the WPI C am p u s P o lic e stresses the continuance ot s a l e ! \ m easures. Be
aw are o f your surroundings and prac tice personal sa fe ty " he stated, " b e cause vou never k n o w .'
Second annual Career Day to be held on November 5th hv Hubert G. Dietrich The WPI Alumni A ssociation will be sponsoring its second annual C a reer Day on Saturday, N ovem ber 5, 1988. The Career Day is part of a com prehensive program known as Career C onnections, designed to help undergraduates plan their careers by drawing upon the experience and expertise of WPI alumni. "T h e plan is part o f an effort to increase lifelong interaction between students and alumni of W P I," accord ing to Robert G. D ietrich, director o f alumni programs. The Career Day is a day-long program which will include a series of workshops and round-table discus sions providing participants with ca reer-planning tips.
Again this year, the keynote speaker for that program will be Ellen W allach. a career developm ent con sultant to business and industrial o r ganizations. educational institutions and governm ental agencies. She is a frequent contributor to popular m aga zines and professional journals and is the author of The Job Search C om pan ion. The second part o f "C a re e r C on n ectio n s" is a series of disciplinerelated panel discussions. Dietrich said the panels are “ designed to give the students a ‘real life’ perspective on careers in their chosen field.” Dietrich says he hopes to schedule a total o f four to six panel discussions this spring. “ To make these panels really successful, we are relying on the support and participation o f hon
orary societies and the WPI chapters o f professional so c ieties." According to D ietrich, the pro gram was developed and planned by C areer Day C hair Joel S. Loitherstein ’73 and a com m ittee o f alumni who will be serving as m oderators and panelists on Saturday. Also partici pating in the program will be repre sentatives from Student Affairs in cluding Carol Theisen o f the Student Counseling C enter, Bill Trask. Direc tor o f the O ffice o f G raduate and C areer Planning (O G C P) and Carolyn Tidw ell. D irector o f the C ooperative Education Program . Information and registration m a terials are available at the Alumni O ffice (Higgins H ouse), Dean of Stu dents O ffice, the Student Counseling C enter and OGCP.
Changes at Boston University by Chris Harcus In m id-Septem ber, the Boston University com m unity was informed of several changes which w ould affect cam pus life. The first was established by the Boston Licensing Board to regulate the am ount of alcohol co n sumed on all the cam puses in Boston. The new rule limits the am ount of alcohol that can be brought into a University by a student per day. Using beer as a standard, only 12 ounces, or one six-pack, is allowed per student who is of legal drinking age. This means kegs and cases o f beer are banned from dorm itories as well as fraternities. It is up to the school to enforce the policy, and failure to do so could result in the institution losing its
license to operate dorm itories. The alcohol policy went into ef fect im mediately, but the changes pertaining to dorm itory policy will not be installed until the second se mester. The new dorm itory policy states that a maxim um o f four guests per student are allowed in the room s between 8 am and I I pm Sunday through Thursday, and 8 am and I am on Friday and Saturday. O vernight guests are not allowed except for a family m em ber or a prospective stu dent o f the sam e sex. O ne o f the main people behind the creation of the policy was Ronald L. Carter, Dean o f Students at BU. C arter has been quoted as saying. “ We are not dealing with adults. We are d ea l ing with students grow ing into adult
hood. T h ere's a big d ifferen ce." T he University is trying to create a m ore tranquil and academ ic setting in the coed dorms. T he policy has caused a large uproar and m any schools are looking into the issue, but it is uncer tain how many will follow. T he model for the dorm policy at WPI is based on treating students like adults and allow ing them to make their own decisions. T here are no cur few hours and overnight guests are allow ed. The overnight guest policy currently states that guests o f the same sex are allowed for no more than three nights, and should be registered with the floor RA in case there is an em er gency. H owever, the policy is going to be altered next year and expanded to include anyone as a guest.
[Arbitration case settled by Jacqueline O 'Neill Editor in C hief ___ On October 19. the arbitration I case between the Servtee Employees International Union. Local 254. and W orcester Polytechnic institute was settled . The Union considered the ; arbitration case to he one ot the m ain : rea so n s b eh in d the strike. T h e A rbitrator agreed w ith the ■ ; n ion that the - c h o o i’s ad m in istram riooi' con trib ution tow ard the ; U n io n 's health ca re p rem iu m s. In i she aw ard the arbitrator ca lled for ne sc h o o l to " re-co m p u te the a g g r e ga te am oun t of contributions it w a s | required to make tor the period f rom Ju h !, 1987 through June 3 0 . | 19X8,,..against the cost oi health inj surance coverage with respect to
j each or its Union em ployees who j w a s c o v e r e d during all or any part of : said period under anv health plan
listed in...the 1986 A greem ent.” After m ultiplying the fixed monthly payments by 1 1.3 per cent, the A d ministration must pay over the dif ference betw een this new amount and the am ount actually contributed by the college during that time. The other issue included in the arbitration, that the verbal inform a tion given to the Union during the negotiations o f the previous con tract were false, was not aw arded in a v o r o f the U nion. Mark Ferguson, Union Steward, felt that the issue na\ have been " to p com plex and difficult” to convince an arbitrator. •erguson also hoped that ' ‘...this paints a clear picture to the com m uttitv that we (the Union) are not de mons or dragons but only working men and w omen who do not and w ill not tolerate obvious injustices |su ch | as the ones that the A dm ini stration has portrayed on several occasions.”
Conaom dispenser survey to be conducted by mem bers o f SHE AC On Thursday, November 3, the Student Health Education Advisory Com m ittee (SHEAC) will issue a survey to all student m ailboxes ad dressing the possible placement o f condom dispensers on the WPI cam pus. The survey will address several aspects concerning the placement of these dispensers on the campus, nota bly whether or not the student popula tion would like to see them on the cam pus. The students involved in SH EA C feei that dispensers are an additional aspect o f a developing Sexually T ransm itted Disease/AIDS preven tion strategy that m erits exploration. This strategy is being developed by the Student Health Services, with SH EA C m em bers' assistance, to fo
cus on m ethods of addressing disease prevention that are in addition to education. SH EA C is a recently cre ated organization through which interested students can help identify student health concerns that need to be addressed, develop program s to meet these needs, and im plement these programs. The need for a large student re sponse to this survey can not be stressed enough. Please do not let another student, or worse, a very small num ber o f students, decide the issue. SHEAC will pursue a majority recom m endation, provided that a rea sonable num ber of students respond to the survey. A dditionally. SHEAC will con sider a minim al student response to represent student non-concern over this issue.
ATTENTION Due to a vacancy in the Health Office Staff the Health Office hours for Saturday November 5, 1988 and Sunday November 6, 1988 will be 8 AM - 4 PM Students in need of care during the hours when the Health Office is closed should contact Campus Police at 831-5433.
Tuesday November 1,1988
NEWSPEAK
NEWS
World News Briefs
C by George Regnery N ewspeak S ta ff
S aturday, O ctober 8 - Y ugo slavians protested, dem anding the resignation of som e C om m unist party leaders. Pravda announced the town of C hernobyl will be razed due to con tam ination from the nuclear accident. In Latvia, a republic o f the USSR annexed in 1940, 100,000 people protested Soviet rule. Tuesday, O ctober II - Custom s officials from the US, France, and G reat B ritain uncovered a 50 m em ber narcotics and money laundering net work. T he Savannah River N uclear Plant will be delayed due to safety fa c to rs. 1500 p eo p le p ro te ste d R eagan’s AIDS policy in front o f the Food and Drug A dm inistration. Rub ber- gloved police arrested several protestors.
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Donald T rum p purchased the BostonNY-D C shuttle service from Eastern Airlines for $365 m illion. He paid in cash. C ongress said that the Pentagon could go ahead and close unneeded M ilitary bases - and save $5 Billion a year. T hursday, O ctober 13 - In a co ordinated effort between the FBI and local authorities, a netw ork o f Jam ai can drug dealers were arrested in 2 1 cities. D em ocrats claim the action was politically m otivated, because it was debate day. Scientists say the Shroud o f Turin is, at the most. 728 years old - and c a n ’t have been Jesus' shroud. The C atholic Church con firm ed this. F riday, O ctober 14 - The biggest seizure of counterfeit travelers checks ever took place - $37 million o f fake A m erican Express traveler's checks were seized. Reagan warned that if the Sandanistas attack the C ontras after C ongress goes out o f session, h e’ll call C ongress back into session. Mike Tyson is seeking an annulm ent o f his m arriage with Robin Givens on the basis o f fraud. M onday, O ctober 17 - The US renew ed leases for its military bases in the Philippines. G eorge Bush re ceived an endorsem ent from the T eam sters Union. H owever, they re fused to endorse Quayle. T uesday, O ctober 18 - Mike Dukakis blam ed the Reagan adm ini stration for doing nothing since the stock m arket crash a year ago. Ironi cally, the stock m arket closed above 2159, the highest since the crash. M issiles started to get destroyed in the US with hacksaw s in com pliance with the IN F treaty. W ednesday, O ctober 19 - In El Salvador, M arxist rebels used terror ism in attacks - they attacked coffee processing plants, a fast food restau rant, and a shopping mall. The rebels have asked for representation in the O rganization of American States. The Nobel prize for physics was aw arded to three A m ericans: Leon Lederm en, Melvin Schwartz, and Jack Steinberger for particle research. All three were professors at Colum bia U niversity in the 1960s. Three West G erm ans got the Nobel prize for C hem istry. They determ ine the struc ture o f special m olecules that capture sunlight during photosynthesis. Mike T y so n ’s wife Robin G ivens said she will not take money from Mike - she said she d id n 't marry him for money. T hursday, O ctober 20 - Three whales rem ain trapped o ff the north ern A laskan coast since the water froze a few days before. The whales have been breathing through small holes in the ice. An icebreaking barge was m oving to the scene very slowly, while a helicopter broke ice with a 5 ton cem ent block. A Dukakis aide, Donna Brazile. accused Bush of infidelity and racism. The reason she charged racism was because the man who was let out on furlough in M assachusetts, Willie Horton, w ho raped and stabbed a woman, was black. Mike Dukakis personally apologized that night to Bush while both were at a fundraiser. Brazile resigned from the campaign.
Tw o Soviet Cosm onauts did a 4 1/ 2 hour spacewalk to fix a telescope on the M ir Spacestation. Friday, October 21 - Ex-Presi-. dent M arcos o f the Philippines and his wife Im elda were indicted on em bez zlem ent o f $100 million from the Philippines before they left. Suprem e C ourt Justice Sandra Day O ’C onnor has breast cancer, but will return to the bench in ten days after surgery. Vice President George Bush said that h e'd agree to ban chemical weapons. S aturday , O ctober 22 - The 100th C ongress adjourned. The C on gressm en go back to their districts to
work on re-election or to retire. One o f the three whales off the A laskan coast died. Sunday, O ctober 23 - Lloyd Bentsen, the D emocratic Vice Presi dential candidate called the Bush cam paign racist on This W eek with David Brinkley. His basis for this accusation is that the man D ukakis let out of prison on furlough is black, as Cam paign A ide B razile said on Thursday. Two Soviet Icebreakers are on the way to A laska to help the rem aining whales swim to open wa ter. The NFL season is half over. The New Orleans Saints are 7 - 1, their best
start ever.
Tuesday, O ctober 25 - The USSR and West G erm any are making many agreem ents while Chancellor Kohl visits Moscow. A W est German A s tronaut will travel to the Mir Space Station. G eorge Bush is starting a negative ad against Dukakis by at tacking a D ukakis ad which attacks a Bush ad which attacks Dukakis riding in a tank. W ednesday, O ctober 26 - W est German Chancellor Kohl said that the Soviets told him that they would re lease all political prisoners. However, the announcem ent was rather vague -
j no num bers or dates were given. Amnesty International says that there are around 200 political prisoners in the USSR. The Soviets announced that their shuttle would m ake it’s first launch Saturday morning- unm anned. Friday, O ctober 27 - In C zecho slovakia, 5000 people w ent to the streets and dem anded freedom . They were met by walls o f police w ho used water cannons. Some protesters were arrested. T he two C alifornia grey whales are finally free and sw im m ing south tow ards warmer water. The rescue effort is estim ated to have cost $2 million.
Risk Management and the Greek System Part Two: The Problem of Insurance by H eidi Lundy Newspeak S ta ff Liability insurance is a hard thing to acquire for fraternities these days. The num ber o f legal cases involving G reeks and alcohol abuse has suffered a dram atic increase over the past few years. Because of this increase, insur ance is essential for the protection o f each fraternity. When a lawsuit o c curs, undergraduate brothers are often first in line when it com es to finding the guilty party. Fraternities need to realize the m ajor causes o f risk, and try to elim i nate them. High risks related to alco hol include serving minors, intoxi
by Troy N ielsen N ewspeak S ta ff Ah yes, the roots o f rock and ro ll-e v e ry o n e has their own theory about what actually “ created” rock and roll. “ Oh yeah, jazz gave way to rock, m an...” or “ Blues is the begin ning o f rock and roll...” The list goes on. But what most people d o n ’t real ize is that rock and roll (or popular m usic) cam e from many different and som etim es unrelated sources. For exam ple, country and western had a big role in developing the rock and roll sound. Perform ers such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley, Johnny C ash, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and Carl Perkins started out in the country m usic field, and then were “ con v erted” to the new rock and roll m usic by various producers, studios, and record companies who saw a future in this new music. Sam P hillip’s Sun Studios was the place where m ost o f these artists first recorded with S am ’s small country-based studio bands. T ogether they merged the country and hillbilly influence with a driving rock backbeat and teenage ideology to develop a popular form o f rock m usic, called rockabilly. Even though rock abilly was enorm ously popular in the m id-Fifties, it can still be heard today through the recordings o f C reedence C learw ater Revival, X, Elvis C os tello, and the Stray Cats. W hile most people dism iss country and western to be “ hick m usic,” the fact is that coun try m usic had a large role in the m ak ing o f rock. A nother form of music that helped m ake rock is the blues. Blues is som etim es called “ the basic vocabu lary o f rock.’ ’ After al I, a large m ajor ity o f early 5 0 ’s rock duplicates the fam ilar 12-bar blues style and form at. The bent notes, call-and-answ er sing ing style, and sexual references are all directly from the blues. Just as “ ja s s " and dixieland music of early I9 0 0 ‘s were stolen from the black musicians by the white musicians to make popu lar for the masses, the blues m usic created by the black musicians from
cated people or strangers, dam age caused by intoxicated persons, buying alcohol with fraternity funds, allow ing people to drive drunk, and serving alcohol during the recruitm ent o f new m em bers. Insurance com panies suggest safety guidelines for parties such as using trained bartenders, holding keys, serving snacks and not advertis ing alcoholic functions. They also suggest and som etim es provide edu cational programs about alcohol and drug abuse. The m ajority o f the insur ance com panies exclude coverage on cases dealing with hazing, sexual abuse, and open parties. This is not surprising because evidence proves
that alm ost every lawsuit against Fra ternities is brought by non-m em bers. M any fraternity brothers d o n ’t realize how far-reaching extenuating circum stances can involve them in a m illion-dollar lawsuit. For exam ple, an 18 year old pledge attended a party where he was required to drunk a 40 oz. pitcher of beer. He becam e very intoxicated, yet the brothers of the fraternity pushed him to drink more, and then left him on the floor to sleep it off. Thirteen hours later he aw oke, had difficulty using his arm s and legs and was taken to the hospital. He suffered neurologi cal damage and partial disability. The court found the fraternity responsible, stating they had a legal duty to refrain
from requiring the pledge to partici pate in excessive drinking. This is not just a freak case; there are many other exam ples, such as a case that held a frat responsible for a 21 m illion dollar verdict when a m em ber suffered per manent injuried after the truck he was in crashed into a tree when another passenger held the driver’s foot on the pedal as a joke. Four fraternities on cam pus are not allowed to serve alcohol under their insurance policies. A gain frater nities must have insurance and must realize that any lawsuits will effect individuals directly, putting their parents financial security, their own education, and their whole future in danger.
post Civil W ar times, was stolen by the white musicians to fuse with teen age ideas to create popular m usic for the masses. Artist like C huck Berry, Fats Domino, and Ray C harles were using the blues as a foundation for Fifties popular m usic. The blues are still in popular m usic today, but in a g lossy and w atered -d o w n form . G eorge Thorogood and Stevie Ray Vaughn are good exam ples. Of course, occasionaly there are blues “ purists” that become som ew hat
popular in the rock field, such as Robert Cray. Rural blues church m usic, believe it or not, show s the earliest forms of rock music recorded. “ Church bands” that played during serm ons and hymns had the most prom inent fea tures o f rock and roll such as a small band consisting o f distorted guitars, driving drum s and pounding electric bass. A hym n leader would yell and holler while the congregation would respond. A popular song that illus
trates this style is the Ray C harles tune “ W hat’d I Say.” But even that song is a m ild frenzy com pared to the reelin’ and rockin’ m usic that blared from Southern black rural churches. I have only m entioned three sources o f rock so far, and I have not even scratched the surface yet. More sources include jazz, ragtim e, stride piano, vaudevillain m usic, ethnic folk form s, Tin Pan Alley, classical music, New O rleans m usic, etc. The list goes on.
We’re on Film The Aliens Who Stayed For Dinner by G eo ff L ittlefield and Todd F antz Todd: Howdy Hi! This week we look at a rather entertaining piece o f celluloid by the name o f Alien Nation, a satisfying flick that turned out much better than I expected. The movie begins with explaining how the aliens (N ewcom ers) cam e to earth and mixed in with us humans. T his sets the stage for interesting encounters be tween the two cultures, one o f the main themes o f the movie. The main character is an aging cop who has his partner blown away by som e New com er robbers in the first 5 minutes. He is reluctant to accept the N ew com ers, but decides to accept one as a partner in hopes that he can catch the guys who killed his old partner. His new partner’s name is San Francisco, (agk!) Geoff: Their investigations lead to a conspiracy led by an alien to begin producing an alien drug and take over the Earth by m aking the other New com ers dependent on the strength the drug gives them. Basically, this is Lethal W eapon with a twist. I w on’t give away the ending, but 1 will say that it has both an interesting and disappointing ending. The final bit had an odd shift but eventally it turned
into just-another-action-flick at the -end. H owever, the perform ances o f James Caan and M andy Patimkin were exceptional as the human and alien cops. Also, this m ovie m akes a good point about the racial issues concerning such things as im m igra tion. W hile it does not focus on them (as that is not its purpose), it does achieve a degree of success. Todd: I also noticed an anti-drug theme. No, Nancy Reagan was not standing there yelling “ Just say N O !” , but I think the creators used the aliens getting drunk and high as a mirror to show people how obnoxious and monsterous they can be when drunk or stoned, only these aliens got drunk on sour milk (sm ells just as bad as alco hol), and got high by drinking som e liquid blue stuff that looked like de tergent. These are just my observa tions and m ay not have been an inten tion o f the creators. All in all it was very entertaining and it only cost $3.50 as we went on a weekend after noon, so it was worth it. I have seen better m ovies, but I've also seen a lot worse ones. 1 give it six dead fly cookies and two tickets to an Atlanta Hawks game. Jeff? Oops, sorry, Geoff? Geoff: I have to agree with you there. O verall it was a very good
movie. It d id n ’t offend my sensibili ties and it m ade a good bit of sense. I’m rating it a really hip roller coaster ride and a penguin crossing sign. W ell, folks, the movie selection now really blow s so we may not have a colum n for you next week unless som ething decent comes out between now and then. W e’d also like to re mind you that any com m ents, ques tions, suggestions, money orders, etc. you may have may be sent to W PI box 2643. Until next time, “ try to enjoy the daylight.” Todd: Oh yeah, one more thing: VOTE! I d o n ’t care who you vote for. W ell, actually I do, but vote anyway!
VOTE** W I Iw « m Newspeak is conducting a survey o f the W PI C am pus for an article to determ ine how students will vote in the 1988 presidential elections, A table will be set up in Daniels on W ednesday, N o vember 2 in front of the eleva tor from 10:30 to 1:30. Please stop by and cast a vote.
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Arts and Entertainment
A farcical opening to the Foothills Season “Noises Off ” has audiences in the aisles by Jeffrey C oy F eatures E ditor The Marx brothers were geniuses at it. So were the Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy, even Ronald Reagan is pretty good at it, and he do esn 't even realize it. Farce. T h at's what w e're talking about here. Idiocy and error raised to an art form . The unusual mode com m onplace, the accidental mode appropriate. Farce. Perhaps the th eater's most difficult genre. And perhaps th at's why it took a collabora tion between the M errimack Repertory and W orcester Foothills Theaters to bring Noises O ff to the Foothills stage at W orcester Center. Penned by Briton Michael Frayn, this farce follow s the hilarious missteps o f a second-rate acting com pany as they attem pt to perform N othing O n, a third-rate English sex farce. The plot follow s the com pany from its dress rehearsal to its final perform ance some two m onths later. Essentially, the audience sees the sam e scene done three times. The first act, a dress rehearsal only hours before the w orld prem iere, com es com plete with a direc tor sitting am ong audience m em bers, shouting com m ands at his less-than-apt troupe. A ctors m iss cues, forget props, confuse lines, and generally bring to fruition their d irector’s nightm ares. Act tw o gives a behind-the-scenes view of the troupe’s perform ance one m onth later at the T heater Royal in G oole, England. In a m aster fully constructed com ic ballet, characters and props m ove offstage and on as the acto rs’ personal rivalries and relationships spill over into their perform ances. The action becomes so com plex and finely enm eshed that a descrip tion o f it is quite nearly im possible. The third act represents the adm iration of the inner love triangles and jealousies as the actors stumble about a booby- trapped produc tion. D oors lock shut, props are m isplaced, noses are broken, and lines are massacred beyond credulity as feuding actors attem pt to “ get even” with one another. D irector M ichael A llosso lends a capable.
controlling hand to the onstage idiocy. The wild physical farce could have very easily degenerated into confused mayhem under less able direction. However. Allosso, in his Foot hills debut, m anages to keep the frantic pace under reigns. The cast is headlined by Foothills new comer Ingrid Sonnichsen as a “ has-been'' lead ing lady. Secretly involved with her is Tim othy Scranton as a jealous, young “ hasn't been," and instigator o f m uch o f the backstage antics. Also new to the Foothills stage is Patrick Shea as the harried director attem pting to juggle his libido betw een tw o o f the tro u p e's actresses. Foothills favorites W illiam kilm er and Paul Mayberry are featured as, respectively, a mentally slow, alw ays apologetic actor and an over-the-hill has-been overly fond o f his w his key bottle. Tom O uellette, star o f last year's Foothills opener The Foreigner, is equally convincing as the hapless stagehand in charge o f the sardines and mashed bananas. Elizabeth Dickson gives an understated perform ance as the assistant stage manager; and Lynda R obin son ’s character is her foil as a brassy, know -it-all gossip. The only weak link is filled by Phyllis Lindy in the role o f an air headed actress w hose sole conversational abil ity consists o f repeating what others say. More the fault o f the w riter than the actress, the character’s running joke as a dim -w it soon wears thin. In all, how ever, the perform ance is a defi nite success, uproarious and unpredictable. The actors each grew m ore and m ore polished in their parts as the action progressed at its frantic pace. O nstage chem istry and comic timing w ere im peccable, and it seem ed all in the audience left with sm iles on their faces, Foothills will continue its season with Ira L evin’s D eathtrap, running from N ovem ber 3 to N ovem ber 27. The play’s com bination of suspense and unpredictable hum or are sure to delight audiences. WPI students are eligible for discounted student tickets available 15 m inutes prior to curtain time. Call the Foothills Theater C om pany at 754-4018 for m ore infor mation.
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M. Lynda Robinson and Thom as Ouelette in "Noises Off" at Foothills Theatre, now thru O ctober 30th.
Music Trivia: Names This is a new addition to the puzzle co m er that will challenge you in the area of m usic (m ostly rock) trivia. This w eek's them e is the nam es o f rock musicians. M iddle nam es are included in the answ ers, but d o n 't sweat it. Good luck. Questions: 1. W hat is Ringo Starr's real name (birthnam e)? 2. W hat is Bob D ylan’s real name? 3. W hat is David B ow ie's real name? 4. W hat is Fats D om ino’s real name? 5. W hat is D onovan’s full name? 6. W hat supposedly is Sid V icious's real name (there are 2 answ ers)? 7. W hat is Jimi H endrix’s birthnam e?
Answers: 1. Richard Starkey 2. Robert Zimmerman 3. David Robert Jones 4. Antonie Domino 5. Donovan l^eitch 6. John Ritchie or John Beverly 7. John Allen Hendrix, then changed to James Marshall Hendrix by his father.
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i, 1988
SPORTS
WPI Football gains third win of season (W PI News Release) - The E ngi neers gained their third win of the season on Saturday, O ctober 22 with a 43-21 victory over the Falcons o f Bentley College. T he win lifts W P I’s record to 3-4 with one gam e rem ain ing in the 1988 season. T he E ngineers’ offense chalked up 241 rushing yards against Bentley, w hile the defense posted a total o f nine sacks and tw o fum ble recoveries. Junior running back M ike Bucci added 115 yards to his new career rushing record o f 2,077. The record cam e on a 95 yard gain in a losing effort against N orw ich. His efforts
earned him a spot on the ECA C H onor Roll for the week. Bucci put the Engineers on the board first with a 9-yard touchdow n run at 11:20 in the first quarter. B ucci’s touchdown was set up by a fum ble recovery by freshm an defen sive linebacker Jeff Joaquin. Joaquin turned in a fine perform ance with six unassisted tackles, one assisted tackle and three sacks. The tw o- point co n version pass failed and W PI took the lead, 6-0. On the next drive the Falcons cam e up short and were forced to punt. A bad snap sent the ball over the head
of Falcon punter Rob Sinkew icz, who eventually picked it up and ran it out to the 7- yard line. W PI took over and, two m inutes later, junior fullback Neal Sabourin put the ball in the end /.one from the I-yard line. The twopoint conversion pass from sopho more Pete K eller to senior wide re ceiver Evan Elkington was good, giv ing W PI a 14-0 lead. C apping o ff an 11 -play, 58 yard drive, Bentley retaliated ju st five m in u tes later w hen q u arterb ack Kevin Lucey hit tight end Steve G rim w ood with a 17-yard pass. The kick by C ollins was good, leaving
Women’s Field Hockey Team suffers first loss (W PI N ews Release) - T he w om en’s field hockey team cam e up short in overtim e against New-8 co n ference opponent W ellesley College last w eek, suffering its first defeat o f the 1988 season. T he team ’s record now stands at 15 w ins and one loss. D espite the 4-2 loss, the Engineers outplayed their opponents, am assing 70 shots on goal to W ellesley’s 16.
But in the end, the team could not put the ball in the goal, according to coach Judy Soderlund. Senior Sw eeper Lesley A ndrews and senior halfback D anielle LaM arre performed well on defense, as W elle sley crossed the 50- yard line just twice in the second half. Freshm an Shellee M orehead, fill ing in for the injured ju n io r Kristin
Women’s X-C ties Amherst College at Smith Invitational (W PI News Release) - On Satur day, O ctober 22, the w om en’s cross country team tied A m herst College for fifth place in the Smith College Invitational m eet, posting a score o f 191. T he top two spots were captured by nationally-ranked W illiams C o l lege (34) and Sm ith C ollege (43). M IT (177) finished third, follow ed closely by W ellesley (181). C ontinuing an outstanding debut season, sophom ore A thena Demetry finished second overall with a time o f 18:59. She crossed the line ju st 100 yards shy o f S m ith’s Meg W hite, who
B aierlein, turned in a fine perform ance at the right link position, Soder lund said. Seniors C arrie Nolet and Kathy G oggins scored W P I’s two goals. “ It was evident that WPI was the stronger team, but we were overanx ious and did not handle the pressure w ell,” Soderlund said.
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was the New England Division III Champion in 1987. Sophom ore Maura C ollins was 32nd with a time of 21:27; freshman Jenn Schaeffer was 42nd with a time of 2 1:53; freshm an Det C arraw ay was 56th with a time of 22:25; and junior co-captain Robin Fontaine rounded out the pack, placing 59th with a time of 22:32. Coach Brian Savilonis said he feels the team turned in a solid effort on a cold, rainy day. He said he will be working with Demetry on her speed work for the New E ngland’s, saying she is clearly in to p -10 form.
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Bentley dow n 14-7. The Falcons inched closer when W PI’s punter Chris Ferrari stepped out of the end zone after a bad snap, giving Bentley a safety and making it a five point ball game. A Ferrari interception set up W P I’s next touchdow n, a I-yard run by junior fullback T om Cum m ings. K eller’s 2-point conversion run put the Engineers up 22-9 at the half. In the third quarter, Bucci added a 9-yard touchdown run. Senior kicker Kevin Buckler added the extra-point. Bucci started the fourth quarter with a 20-yard touchdown run and B uckler’s kick gave W PI a com m anding 36-9 lead. * But Bentley fought back as Lucey connected with wide receiver Jay
Sym onds on a 7-yard pass. The 2point conversion pass failed, leaving the score at 36-15. W PI’s final touchdow n came on a 15-yard run by junior running back Joe U glevich who rushed for 79 yards during the gam e, turning in his best perform ance o f the season. B uckler’s kick put the score at 43-15. With eight seconds rem aining in the gam e B entley’s second quarter back, Bob Breault, hit G rim w ood with a 20-yard pass. The tw o-point pass failed, m aking the final score 43-21. D espite the victory, the Engineers got tagged with 12 penalties for a loss o f 127 yards in what head coach Jack Siedlecki term ed “ sloppy football.” “ We m ade some m istakes, but we overcam e them all,” Siedlecki said.
Men’s X-C finishes Dual Meets 12-1 (WPI News Release) - The E ngi neers defeated Trinity College, 18- 39 on their hom e course at the Alden Research Laboratory in Holden, MA on October 20. The to p five runners for WPI all posted personal bests in the com petition, the last dual meet o f the season. The win gives WPI a sea son record o f 12 wins and one loss. Senior captain Art Resca was the overall winner on the 5.5 mile course
with a time o f 29:47. Freshman Robert Lanctot was second with a tim e o f 30:57; sophom ore David Berthiaum e was 3rd with a tim e o f 31:25; freshm an David C ortese was fourth with a time o f 3 1:33; and sophom ore Robert D ouglas was fifth with a time o f 32:17. The team travels to A lbany State C ollege for the ECA C C ham pion ships on N ovem ber 5.
Tennis Team wraps up season (WPI News Release) - On W ednes day, October 18, the w om en’s tennis team fell to Sm ith College, 0-9, in the Engineers’ last regular season m atch. Performing well w ere sophom ore Kara M cCarthy, sophom ore Lesley Thomas, and sophom ore Anna C ush man. The tennis team com peted in the New-8 Tournament held at Brandeis University on Saturday, O ctober 22, but was elim inated in the first round. Freshman Ellen M adigan defeated a player from Mt. Holyoke C ollege in
three sets, but lost in the second round to an opponent from W ellesley C ol lege. The team finished with a 1-13 record for the 1988 season.
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Tuesday November 1,1988
NEWSPEAK
SPORTS
WPI Football gains third win of season (W PI News Release) - The E ngi neers gained their third win o f the season on Saturday, O ctober 22 with a 43-21 victory over the Falcons o f Bentley C ollege. The win lifts WIM's record to 3-4 with one gam e rem ain ing in the 1988 season. The E ngineers’ offense chalked up 2 4 1 rushing yards against Bentley, while the defense posted a total o f nine sacks and two fum ble recoveries. Junior running back M ike Bucci added 115 yards to his new career rushing record of 2,077. The record cam e on a 95 yard gain in a losing effort against N orwich. His efforts
earned him a spot on the ECAC Honor Roll for the week. Bucci put the Engineers on the board first with a 9-yard touchdown run at 11:20 in the first quarter. B ucci's touchdow n was set up by a fum ble recovery by freshm an defen sive linebacker Jeff Joaquin. Joaquin turned in a fine perform ance with six unassisted tackles, one assisted tackle and three sacks. The two- point con version pass failed and WPI took the lead. 6-0. On the next drive the Falcons cam e up short and were forced to punt. A bad snap sent the ball over the head
o f Falcon punter Rob S inkew ic/. who eventually picked it up and ran it out to the 7- yard line. WPI took over and, two m inutes later, junior fullback Neal Sabourin put the ball in the end /.one from the I-yard line. The twopoint conversion pass from sopho more Pete K eller to senior wide re ceiver Evan Elkington w as good, giv ing WPI a 14-0 lead. Capping o ff an I I -play. 58 yard drive. Bentley retaliated just five m inutes later w hen qu arterb ack Kevin Lucey hit tight end Steve G rim w ood with a 17-yard pass. The kick by Collins was good, leaving
Women’s Field Hockey Team suffers first loss (W PI News Release) - The w om en's field hockey team came up short in overtim e against New-8 co n ference opponent W ellesley College last w eek, suffering its first defeat of the 1988 season. The team 's record now stands at 15 wins and one loss. D espite the 4-2 loss, the Engineers outplayed their opponents, am assing 70 shots on goal to W ellesley’s 16.
But in the end, the team could not put the ball in the goal, according tocoach Judy Soderlund. Senior Sw eeper Lesley Andrews and senior halfback Danielle EaMarre perform ed well on defense, as W elle sley crossed the 50- yard line just twice in the second half. Freshm an Shellee M orehead, fill ing in for the injured junior Kristin
Women’s X-C ties Amherst College at Smith Invitational (WPI News Release) - On Satur day, O ctober 22, the w o m en 's cross country team tied A m herst College for fifth place in the Smith College Invitational meet, posting a score o f 191. The top two spots w ere captured by nationally-ranked W illiam s C ol lege (34) and Smith C ollege (43). M IT (177) finished third, followed closely by W ellesley (181). C ontinuing an outstanding debut season, sophom ore A thena Demetry finished second overall with a time of 18:59. She crossed the line just I(K) yards shy o f S m ith’s Meg W hite, who
was the New England Division III C ham pion in 1987. Sophom ore M aura C ollins was 32nd with a time o f 21:27; freshman Jenn Schaeffer was 42nd with a time o f 2 1:53: freshman Det Carraway was 56th with a time o f 22:25: and junior co-captain Robin Fontaine rounded out the pack, placing 59th with a time o f 22:32. Coach Brian Savilonis said he feels the team turned in a solid effort on a cold, rainy day. He said he will be working with Demetry on her speed work for the New E ngland's, saying she is clearly in to p -10 form.
Baierlein. turned in a fine perform ance at the right link position. Soder lund said. Seniors C arrie Nolet and Kathy G oggins scored W P I’s two goals. “ It was evident that WPI was the stronger team , but we were overanx ious and did not handle the pressure w ell.” Soderlund said.
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Bentley down 14-7. The Falcons inched closer when W P I's punter C hris Ferrari stepped out o f the end /o n e after a bad snap, giving Bentley a safety and m aking it a five point ball gam e. A Ferrari interception set up W P I's next touchdow n, a I-yard run by junior fullback Tom Cumm ings. K eller's 2-point conversion run put the Engineers up 22-9 at the half. In the third quarter, Bucci added a 9-yard touchdow n run. Senior kicker Kevin Buckler added the extra-point. Bucci started the fourth quarter with a 20-yard touchdow n run and B uckler's kick gave WPI a com m anding 36-9 lead. But Bentley fought back as Lucey connected with wide receiver Jay
Sym onds on a 7-yard pass. The 2point conversion pass failed, leaving the score at 3 6 -15. W PI’s final touchdow n cam e on a 15-yard run by junior running back Joe Uglevich who rushed for 79 yards during the gam e, turning in his best perform ance o f the season. B uckler's kick put the score at 43-15. With eight seconds rem aining in the game B entley’s second quarter back, Bob BreauIt, hit G rim w ood with a 20-yard pass. The two-point pass failed, m aking the final score 43-21. D espite the victory, the Engineers got tagged with I 2 penalties for a loss o f 127 yards in what head coach Jack Siedlecki term ed ‘‘sloppy football.” “ We m ade som e mistakes, but we overcam e them a ll,” Siedlecki said.
Men’s X-C finishes Dual Meets 12-1 (W PI News Release) - The Engi neers defeated Trinity C ollege, 18- 39 on their home course at the Alden Research Laboratory in Holden, MA on O ctober 20. The top five runners for WPI all posted personal bests in the com petition, the last dual meet of the season. The win gives WPI a sea son record o f 12 wins and one loss. Senior captain Art Resca was the overall w inner on the 5.5 mile course
with a tim e o f 29:47. Freshm an Robert Lanctot was second with a tim e o f 30:57; sophom ore David Berthiaume was 3rd with a time o f 31:25; freshm an David C ortese was fourth with a time o f 31:33; and sophom ore Robert D ouglas was fifth with a time o f 32:17. The team travels to Albany State C ollege for the ECA C C ham pion ships on N ovem ber 5.
Tennis Team wraps up season (W PI News Release) - On W ednes day, O ctober 18, the w om en's tennis team fell to Smith College, 0-9, in the E ngineers’ last regular season match. Perform ing well were sophom ore Kara M cCarthy, sophom ore Lesley T hom as, and sophom ore Anna C ush m an. The tennis team competed in the New-8 Tournam ent held at Brandeis U niversity on Saturday, O ctober 22, but was elim inated in the first round. Freshm an Ellen Madigan defeated a player from Mt. Holyoke C ollege in
three sets, but lost in the second round to an opponent from W ellesley C o l lege. The team finished with a 1-13 record for the 1988 season.
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Volleyball Team second in MAIAW Tourney at WPI (W PI N ew s R e le ase ) - T he w om en's volleyball team fell to con ference leader MIT, 0 -3 on Thursday, O ctober 20, by scores o f 3 -15, 11 - 15, and 5 - 15. C oach N ancy Vaskas said the team found the experience o f per form ing against a team o f M IT 's cali ber “ very rewarding.” On Saturday, O ctober 22, the vol leyball team placed second in the M A IA W T ournam ent, which was held at W PI. The Engineers topped Sim m ons College (2-0), Framingham State C ollege (2 -1), W orcester State C ollege (2-0) and R egis C ollege (20), and then lost to Brandeis U niver sity ( I-2) in the finals. Senior Ellen Sloan and ju n io r Sue M itchell were nam ed to the A ll-Tour nam ent team for their performances.
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The Shroud of Turin no miracle centuries or how it cam e to surface only then. Skeptics (and there w ere some from the very start) supposed it had been m anufactured by some hoaxer not long before it was displayed. But how can one decide for sure? O ne way is to determ ine how old the linen o f the shroud is. If it is at least 2.0(H) years old, then it may indeed have a connection with Jesus. If, how ever. it is only 700 years old. then it cannot be Jesus' burial shroud. In the last generation science has devel oped the means o f telling the age o f organic material such as linen. The method is based on the carbon atom. Three varieties o f carbon atom exist in nature: carbon 12, carbon 13. and carbon 14. Carbon 12 and 13 are stable, but carbon 14 is radioactive and breaks dow n. O f any quantity of carbon 14. half breaks dow n and is no longer carbon in 5,700 years; h alf o f what is left breaks down in another 5,700 years and so on. C onsidering the billions of years Earth has existed, any carbon 14 present at the start would long since have broken down. However, new carbon 14 alw ays is being form ed by the bom bardm ent of atom s in the atm osphere by cosm ic rays. The am ount being form ed bal ances the amount breaking down so that there is alw ays a tiny am ount in the atm osphere that has been formed and has not yet broken down. This am ount is alw ays the same from year to year and century to century as long as the cosm ic ray bom bardm ent is regular. Although
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bv Isaac A sim ov The Shroud o f Turin, which some have supposed to be the burial cloth of Jesus, has turned out to be nothing o f the sort, as skeptics have suspected all along. T he shroud is a piece o f linen. 14 feet long and four feet w ide, that seem s to bear blood stains and the faint brownish im age o f a human being with w ounds corresponding to those inflicted on Jesus, according to the biblical account. It was first put on display about 1350, more than 13 centuries after Jesus' death, and no one ever explained where it had been all those
the quantity o f carbon 14 present on Earth is m iniscule, it is easily detected, and its am ount m easured, because o f the energetic particles it produces on breakdown. Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air, including carbon 14. Carbon 14 has the sam e chem ical properties as other carbon atom s and is treated the same in plant tissues. Therefore all living plants contain a fixed quantity o f carbon 14, for they are alw ays replacing the atom as it breaks down with fresh carbon 14 from the atm osphere. A nimals ingest the car bon 14 from plants (or from other anim als that have eaten plants) so that they. too. have a fixed am ount in their tissues. O nce a plant dies, however, the carbon 14 in its tissues slowly breaks down and is not replaced by fresh carbon 14 from the air. This is true o f anim als, too. Any relic that was once part o f a living organism can have its carbon 14 content m easured. The lower the carbon 14 content, the longer it has been since the object was a part o f a living organism. This can be done quite accurately. By m eans o f such carbon 14 dating, the age o f old wood in prehistoric dw ellings has been deter mined. as has the age o f mum m y w rappings, and so on. Ages up to 45,000 years can be worked out and the technique is of infinite use to historians and archeologists. What was necessary, then was to take a small bit o f the linen of the shroud, about the size o f a postage stamp, clean it and burn it.
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Carbon dioxide (m ade up o f carbon and oxygen atom s) is then formed, and this can be con verted into carbon itself by getting rid o f the oxygen atom s. The carbon atom s are then put through their paces in a rather com plicated fashion so that the different varieties can be separated. The carbon 14 is obtained and its quantity m easured carefully by judging the rate at w hich it is breaking down and producing particles. The results in the case o f the shroud were clear. The linen had been part of living flax plants 700 years ago. The shroud was m anufac tured. therefore, not long before it was first displayed and had nothing to do with Jesus. O f course, it is not clear just how the m arkings on the shroud were produced. They do n 't seem to have been form ed in any obvi ous. easily understood way. So if the shroud is a fake, it nevertheless seems to many to be a m iraculous fake*. But this is unlikely. For three centuries, scientists have puzzled over how A ntonio Stradivari manufactured his violins. They cannot reproduce the tone of a Stradivarius violin no m atter what they do. No one pretends, how ever, that Stradivari had the help of a m iracle. And neither did the shroud-m aker. If scientists were allowed to exam ine the shroud thoroughly, they m ight well be able to find out just how it was manufactured. (c) I9HH L.A. Times Syndicate
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by Isaac Asim ov The Shroud o f Turin, which some have supposed to he the burial cloth of Jesus, has turned out to he nothing o f the sort, as skeptics have suspected all along. The shroud is a piece o f linen. 14 feet long and four feet wide, that seems to bear blood stains and the faint brownish image o f a human being with wounds corresponding to those inflicted on Jesus, according to the biblical account. It w as first put on display about 1350. more than 13 centuries after Jesus' death, and no one ever explained where it had been all those
centuries or how it cam e to surface only then. Skeptics (and there were som e from the very start) supposed it had been m anufactured by som e hoaxer not long before it was displayed. But how can one decide for sure? O ne way is to determ ine how old the linen o f the shroud is. It it is at least 2.000 years old. then it may indeed have a connection with Jesus. If, how ever. it is only 700 years old. then it cannot be Jesu s' burial shroud. In the last generation science has devel oped the m eans o f telling the age o f organic material such as linen. The m ethod is based on the carbon atom. T hree varieties o f carbon atom exist in nature: carbon 12. carbon 13. and carbon 14. Carbon 12 and 13 are stable, but carbon 14 is radioactive and breaks down. O f any quantity ot carbon 14. half breaks down and is no longer carbon in 5.700 years: half of what is left breaks down in another 5.700 years and so on. C onsidering the billions o f years Earth has existed, any carbon 14 present at the start would long since have broken dow n. I lowever. new carbon 14 alw ays is being form ed by the bom bardm ent o f atom s in the atm osphere by cosm ic rays. The am ount being form ed bal ances the am ount breaking down so that there is always a tiny am ount in the atm osphere that has been formed and has not yet broken down. This am ount is always the sam e from year to year and century to century as long as the cosm ic ray bom bardm ent is regular. Although
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GET YOUR FUTURE OFF THE GROUND
Carbon dioxide (made up of carbon and oxygen atom s) is then formed, and this can be con verted into carbon itself by getting rid o f the oxygen atom s. The carbon atom s are then put through their paces in a rather com plicated fashion so that the different varieties can be separated. T he carbon 14 is obtained and its quantity m easured carefully by judging the rate at which it is breaking down and producing particles. The results in the case o f the shroud were clear. The linen had been part o f living flax plants 700 years ago. The shroud was m anufac tured. therefore, not long before it was first displayed and had nothing to do with Jesus. O f course, it is not clear just how the m arkings on the shroud were produced. They d o n 't seem to have been form ed in any obvi ous. easily understood way. So if the shroud is a fake, it nevertheless seem s to many to be a m iraculous ta k a But this is unlikely. For three centuries, scientists have puzzled over how A ntonio Stradivari m anufactured his violins. They cannot reproduce the tone of a Stradivarius violin no m atter what they do. No one pretends, however, that Stradivari had the help of a miracle. And neither did the shroud-m aker. If scientists were allowed to exam ine the shroud thoroughly, they might well be able to find out just how it w as manufactured. (e ) I9SS L A . Times Syndicate
Ward Hill Ski Patrol looking for help Ward Hill Ski Patrol is looking for a few good or better intermediate skiersand also junior 15 to 18 year old who would enjoy skiing, helping skiing public, and som e additional excitement. Candidates will get good benefits such as free skiing for direct family m em bers or friends, discount in other ski areas, free beverage, discount on food in Ward Hill lounge snack bar. Ward Hill Ski Area is family and children oriented operation em phasizing safety, skiing, and fun for everyone. Y ou get a lot of skiing front W ARD HILL! Lift lines most o f the time don't exist. You get Plenty of skiing for your money. For m ore information come to the meeting at W ard Hill Ski Area (Main Street, Shrewsbury) 1:00 pm on November 5 or call John David, 4814800 ext 300 days or after 6 pm 756 7957.
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Tuition increases a burden S o o n , the W P I A d m in is tra tio n w ill b e m a k in g d e c is io n s on th e 19 8 9 -1 9 9 0 T u itio n . B efo re th is o c c u rs , th e re are se v e ra l th in g s th a t sh o u ld be c o n s id e re d on b e h a lf o f th e stu d e n ts. L ast y e a r th e tu itio n in c re a se w a s 1 1 p e r c e n t, m o re th a n m an y o f th e s c h o o l’s th a t W P I c o m p e te s w ith fo r stu d e n ts. W h e n P re s id e n t S tra u ss w as a s k e d w h y th e sc h o o l ra ise d tu itio n so m u c h , he g a v e tw o re a so n s: to c o v e r c o s ts , w h ic h h av e in c re a se d a b o u t 3 p e rc e n t p e r y e a r fo r th e last d e c a d e , a n d b e c a u se th e sc h o o l c a n raise tu itio n . “ P e o p le a re lo o k in g fo r a q u a lity se rv ic e , an d are w illin g to pay fo r it.” O n e m ig h t w o n d e r h o w m a n y stu d e n ts w ill be a b le to a ffo rd c o lle g e if th e sc h o o l c o n tin u e s to in c re a se tu itio n 8 p e rc e n t a b o v e th e p ercen t in c re a s e in c o sts. O n e m a y e v e n w o n d e r w hat th e 8 p e rc e n t is to be used fo r. It c o u ld n o t be fo r th e C a m p a ig n fo r E x c e lle n c e b e c a u s e th at is fu n d e d by all th e p riv a te d o n a tio n s an d fu n d ra isin g e v e n ts s p e c ific a lly fo r that p u rp o s e . W h a t a b o u t fu n d in g th e W o rk S tu d y b u d g e t? W e ll, sin c e th e re are so m a n y s tu d e n ts w h o w a n t jo b s b u t are n ot e lig ib le , th a t c a n 't be tru e. P e rh a p s th e m o n e y g o e s to h e a tin g a n d e le c tric ity . B ut n o , th o se u tilitie s are p a id fo r b y th a t y e a rly in c re a sin g c o st m e n tio n e d b e fo re . W h at d o e s th a t 8 p e rc e n t g o to w a rd s?
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W e a re re m in d e d th a t stu d e n ts re c e iv in g fin a n c ia l a id w ill h a v e th e ir n e e d m et by th e fin a n c ia l a id o ffic e . S o d o e s th a t m e an th a t a s tu d e n t w h o ca n a ffo rd to p ay $ 7 ,0 0 0 p e r y e a r w ill o n ly h a v e to p ay th a t a m o u n t n o m a tte r w h a t the tu itio n is? T h a t is fin e fo r s tu d e n ts w ith fin a n c ia l a id , b ut w h a t a b o u t s tu d e n ts w h o d o n o t re c e iv e fin a n c ia l aid a n d w h o s e p a re n ts h a v e s a v e d e n o u g h to se n d J u n io r to c o lle g e . If th e y h a v e o n ly a set a m o u n t to c o v e r J u n i o r ’s e x p e n s e s , b u t n o t e n o u g h to se e in c re a s e s o f $ 1,0 0 0 o r m o re a y e a r, is th a t fa ir? T h e s e p e o p le a re p a y in g th e full fa re , an d are not a b u rd e n o n th e sc h o o l, y et th e y a re th e o n e s w h o w ill a lw a y s b e a ffe c te d by th e in c re a s e s , w h ile th o s e w ith fin a n c ia l aid w ill o fte n not feel th e e ffe c ts. A lth o u g h th e re are s o m e o f th o s e p a re n ts w ith e n o u g h m o n e y to e a sily c o v e r tu itio n in c re a s e s, th e re are m a n y p a y in g th e full fa re w h o c an n o t a ffo rd m u c h m o re. T h e p o in t is th a t c o sts d o n e e d to b e c o v e re d , a n d W P I m u st k e e p th e ir tu itio n c o m p e ta tiv e to th a t o f R P I a n d C la rk s o n . If W P I had a tu itio n o f o n ly $ 7 ,0 0 0 w h ile R P I w a s c h a rg in g $12,(XX), m a n y p e rs p e c tiv e stu d e n ts w o u ld w o n d e r a b o u t th e q u a lity o f W P I. H o w e v e r, c a n n o t W P I s lo w d o w n its in c re a se s so as to still sta y c o m p e ta tiv e a n d yet g iv e th e w a lle ts a little rest?
LETTERS
Greek system deserves praise President Strauss: Three years ago WPI was rated top in the country for its outstanding aca dem ic program. Although, a strong academ ic program is im portant, one of W P I’s truly outstanding qualities was its interaction between students and faculty. During the past three years, this interaction has undergone a rapid dem ise turning this adm inistra tion into one that believes students are products, not people. T he WPI plan was a unique alter native to traditional undergraduate studies. Due to a close interaction betw een students and faculty the plan flourished and grew in reputation within the technical industry. That was our freshman year; now we are upperclassm en and the school has undergone many changes that have had a detrim ental effect on the overall quality o f student life. The loss o f the C om petency exam and the increase in distribution requirem ents discarded the cherished philosophy o f the “ T w o T ow ers” tradition. M ore recently, the changes in the relationship between WPI and the G reek System have driven a wedge betw een the once cololaborative forces. We believe that the adm ini stration does not recognize the conse quences and im plications o f its ac tions in aggressively attem pting to suffocate the Greek system . The G reek com m unity is a m ajor part o f this U niversity. It provides an enjoy able social life in an otherw ise stifling cam pus environm ent. W hether it is a cad em ic o rg an iz atio n s, stu d en t
groups, or student governm ent, G reek involvement is vast, to say the least. If one were to view a list o f Resident Advisors, Orientation Leaders, class officers, cam pus tour guides, honor society m em bers, and students that donate their time to various philan thropic causes, one would think that these m em bers o f the G reek system deserve praise not hostility. T hat is just on the undergraduate level. C onsider the impact o f the G reeks who have already endured their years at WPI, the alum ni. Those who return to the Institute to spread the reputation o f the University, bolster support, give advice, and, yes, their great fi nancial donations to the betterm ent of
the cam pus they are proud of. What a slap to their pride it w ould be if they realized that those in the upper eche lons o f the Institute are attem pting to create a cam pus devoid o f the frater nal life they once led and to this day still cherish. When we applied to this school three years ago, we were prom ised one thing and were given another. In a court o f law. that would be considered a breach o f contract. At W PI, it is called policy. Thomas J. La Rosa 90 Heather L. K allquist '90 Lisa A. King '90 Jodi-Ann M edeiros '89
S o o rtt Editor Roger Burleson Features Editor Jeffrey Coy N s w i Editor Jeffrey S. Goldmeer Q n n tita . Editor Gary DelGrego Cartoonist* Carlos Allende Brian Freeman Mark Siciliano Daniel Yip
Dear Editor; The term is alm ost a w eek old, but m ost students returning from va cations had their first unpleasant ex perience even before the term had started. Last Tuesday night, the dining room in Founders Hall was closed for a school function. This meant that all students had to eat in DAKA Morgan. In itself this is not terrible, how ever, if one considers that this was the night before classes, and that students were returning from vacation, the situation takes on a different light. I do not know who scheduled the dinner in Founders for last Tuesday
night, but it was poor timing. M or gan was not designed to accom odate the num ber o f students that it had to feed; over 800 people in one hour. The over crow ding was evident from the lines at the serving counters; stu dents had to wait over 20 m inutes for food. In addition, the food that was served was in short supply, and cold! I do not blame the managers of DAKA for this situation; it was not their fault. I can only hope that in the future, those who scheduled the d in ner, will try to avoid using the Founders dining hall during the weeks that school is in session. Jeffrey G oldm eer 89, M E.
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School function spoils student’s dinner
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by A lton Reich N ewspeak S ta ff O ver the break WPI w as the sight o f a real time role playing gam e spon sored by the Science Fiction Society. The aim of the players was to stay alive, out of trouble with the law, and create as much chaos as possible. I talked to some o f the players and they had som e interesting stories to tell. Som e of the best com e from C hief o f Police Roger Abrams, played by K evin M atthew s, w inner o f the K obiyashi-M aru Award for m aking the best o f a hopeless situation. There were about six attem pts on the ch ie f's life, one o f which involved the bom b ing o f Alden Hall (no more bells every hour). C hief A bram s survied the blast only to have another bom b go off in the police station, Riley third, as he was w alking up the stairs. On one other occasion the chief was am bushed behind H arrington A udito rium by the m em bers o f Zodiac, an evil crim inal organization. He sur vived this encounter only because he w ould have killed half o f the group before he died because of his superior
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firepower. The chief was finally done in Sunday m orning when his choco late milk was poisoned in Daka (how appropriate). C hief A dram s was bur ied in accordance to his w ishes with a mouth full o f C ocoa Crispies. C hief A bram s was one o f the more important people in the gam e. Acording to Tim Storey, representative o f Roxon Oil, the more people there are who try to kill you the m ore important you are. Alas not one person tried to kill Tim, better luck next time. There were lots o f other people killing each other. W hen the sm oke cleared not one of the forces o f good remained alive. H alf o f Zodiac was dead and lots of others as well. No one took a body count, it w o uld've taken too long. Since the m ajority o f students were away from cam pus, y o u 'd think the WPI Police would have had a quiet week, but the gam e kept them from getting bored. O fficers spent part o f Saturday night in the wedge trying to keep order while num erous gunfights and other acts o f mayhem went on around them . They seem to have enough trouble with bom b threats,
by Jason Demerski
and there were at least three that went o ff in the course o f the gam e. I'm alm ost curious to find out what they think of this little excercise in creative chaos. The final 24 hours o f the gam e was a destruction contest. Points were aw arded for size of building d e stroyed with extra points for toxic and nuclear waste left behind. I’m not sure what buildings were trashed d u r ing the contest, and which were de stroyed before, but nearly half the cam pus needs to be rebuilt. Alden was blown up by two doubble agent policemen (the only two in the gam e) trying to kill C hief Abrams, and so was Riley third. W ashburn was blown to bits, but the reacto r's containm ent held so extra points couldn't be given for contam ination. A tw ater-Kent was stepped on by a two story tall man in an orange costum e, he then shrunk into the rubble and slipped aw ay. The winner o f the destruction contest was the green costum ed man with the large wrecking ball that destroyed Riley Hall. A cording to witnesses he did the job with great style and precision and was aw arded extra points for this. The gam e kept things lively dur ing break and was fun to w atch. The SFS did a great jo b in organizing it and keeping most of it under control. I know they'll keep doing things like this, and people will keep playing.
Dear Mike, My girlfriend of six m onths told me it w ouldn't work any more. She said she felt too much pressure from me being aw ay for a few weeks at a time. Her life was getting really hec tic. She w orks five hours a day non stop and she has school. Also, she felt like she had to m ake time for me when I was home. She is really upset about breaking up. She still sleeps with a teddy bear I gave her and she still loves me. She said she wants som e time to herself. She had a rough past and childhood. Finally, at times she do esn 't think she is worth the time and things I give and do for her. Do I wait for her or find som eone new to call my honey? Lonely in W orcester Dear Lonely, If you love her and think she is worth it. then wait for her. Prove you love her for her. Just be her friend and maybe she will com e around. If she really loves you for you and the hap piness you bring her. then she'll re turn. H owever, women are com pli cated. They need time to think things out and grow . G ive her time, but be there when and if she falls or calls. Dear M ike, My problem is my room m ate. He com es from a strict fam ily living in a quiet, backw ards-ass, northern state. Free from his “ T ipper G o re " m other and subm issive father, he tends to
Residence Hall Judicial Board elections on Thursday D ue to close adherence to cam pus election procedures, the date for the R esidence Hall Judicial Board Justice election has been changed to Thursday, N ovem ber 3. Elections will be held in front o f the D aniels Hall elevator between 10:00 and 3:00. A ll residence hall students are
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encouraged to vote for 3 Justices and 2 alternates. The candidates are: Jam es B erube ’90 Cindy G&uld *89 Kim M ain '91 M indy Neligon '9 0 Jason W olfe ’91
drink heavily and uncontrollably. O nce drunk, he abusively insults and assaults people, em barrasing and in furiating me. I d on’t know w hat to do; I try to cover for him , apologizing to all o f those that he approaches, but I cannot stand his constant carousing. He hasn’t brought any strange, inebri ated women back to the room with him yet, but I know it will happen soon. How can I be expected to get any studying done? H elp me, M ike, and please help him. Sick of Babysitting Dear Sick of Babysitting, Y our roommate definitely has a problem . He is feeling the freedom of being away from home. A fter 18 years of living under those conditions (" T ip p e r G o re" m other and subm is sive father), he is rebelling. He might stop his ludicrous behavior on his ow n, but more than likely h e’ll keep doing it until he fails out of W PI. This is a classic case o f what I call the Rollin Butzski syndrom e. He was a freshm an who had a tw elve thousand dollar good time. He passed one class out of nine. Then he just left school. T o help your room mate you should confront him with his problem . This could shock him into m oderating his drinking and straightening out his behavior. Also, give him a horror story to straighten him out. Tell him a hypothetical situation: He gets drunk, brings hom e a girl who is equally drunk, they have intercourse, she is pregnant, she wants to get m arried or have an abortion. W hat will he do? Or. he gets arrested by causing an uproar. W hat will his parents do or say? Your room m ate needs som eone to help him with his problems. He is trying to run. Try just talking to him. If it d o esn ’t help, let him make a fool o f him self or get in trouble. Then try helping him again by talking to him. You could try getting him to see a counselor at the C ounseling C enter on W est Street. He probably w on’t want to go, d o n ’t pres sure him or h e’ll hate you. You could try going and see what the counselors tell you. I hope I'v e helped. D ear Mike. Just a quick question: do civil engineering students at WPI partici pate in the construction work going on right behind their own (K aven) Hall? T hat would provide them with some real life experience... d o n 't you agree? What about C om puter Science students being involved in the cam pus-w ide introduction o f new com puters- are they supposed to be just observers? Any com m ents? D ear Any Com m ents, A fter placing several phone calls to the civil and com puter science departm ents, 1 found out that only the C ivil E ngineering D epartm ent is w orking in conjunction with the con tractors. The com puter science de partm ent has nothing to do with the new com puter wiring. The project is m ainly pulling w ires along. It does not involve actual com puter workings. T he new building project (Fuller L aboratories) is a w orking classroom for the Civil Engineering D epartm ent. I talked with Professor Salazar who know s of 4 M Q P’s and 2 classes w hich are working in conjunction w ith the builders. C E 585 is develop ing tim e observation sim ulations for a com puter and CE 3020 is doing hom e w ork problem s based on the actual w ork going on at the construction site. A lso, they have been using videos m ade by the Instructional Media C enter to aid in their classes. Profes sor Salazar thought there were other professors using the construction site as a classroom . To quote him , " th e building is very helpful.” W orried about catching a sexually transm itted disease? W hat is the best answ er: NO, condom s, birth control, or other methods? Ask M ike for help. Box 2142 or 2700.
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COMMENTARY
Observations from the Asylum
Ask Mike
Chaos and Destruction
Waiting for Lost Love
by A lton Reich N ewspeak S ta ff O ver ihe break WPI was the sight o f a real time role playing gam e spon sored by the Science Fiction Society. The aim o f the players was to stay alive, out o f trouble w ith the law, and create as much chaos as possible. I talked to som e o f the players and they had som e interesting stories to tell. Some of the best com e from C h ief o f Police Roger A bram s, played by Kevin M atthew s, w inner o f the K obiyashi-M aru A w ard for m aking the best o f a hopeless situation. There were about six attem pts on the ch ie f's life, one o f which involved the bom b ing of Alden Hall (no m ore bells every hour). C hief A bram s survied the blast only to have another bom b go o ff in the police station, Riley third, as he was walking up the stairs. On one other occasion the ch ief was am bushed behind H arrington A udito rium by the m em bers o f Z odiac, an evil crim inal organization. He sur vived this encounter only because he would have killed half o f (he group before he died because o f his superior
firepow er. The ch ief was finally done in Sunday m orning when his ch o co late milk was poisoned in D aka (how appropriate). C hief A dram s w as bur ied in accordance to his w ishes with a mouth full o f C ocoa Crispies. C hief A bram s was one o f the more important people in the gam e. Acording to Tim Storey, representative of Roxon Oil, the more people th ere are who try to kill you the m ore im portant you are. A las not one person tried to kill Tim , better luck next time. There were lots o f other people killing each other. W hen the sm oke cleared not one o f the forces o f good rem ained alive. H alf o f Zodiac was dead and lots o f others as well. No one took a body count, it w ould’ve taken too long. Since the m ajority o f students were aw ay from cam pus, y o u ’d think the WPI Police would have had a quiet week, but the game kept them from getting bored. O fficers spent part of Saturday night in the wedge trying to keep o rd er w hile num erous gunfights and other acts o f m ayhem went on around them. They seem to have enough trouble with bom b threats,
by Jason Demerski
and there were at least three that went o ff in the course o f the gam e. I'm alm ost curious to find out what they think of this little exeercise in creative chaos. The final 24 hours o f the game was a destruction co n test. Points were aw arded for size o f building d e stroyed w ith extra points for toxic and nuclear waste left behind. I’m not sure what buildings were trashed dur ing the contest, and which were d e stroyed before, but nearly half the cam pus needs to be rebuilt. Alden was blown up by two doubble agent policem en (Ihe only two in the game) trying to kill C hief A bram s, and so was Riley third. W ashburn was blown to bits, but (he reactor's containm ent held so extra points c o u ld n 't be given for contam ination. A tw ater-K ent was stepped on by a two story tall man in an orange costum e, he then shrunk into the rubble and slipped away. The winner o f the destruction contest was the green costum ed man with the large w recking ball that destroyed Riley Hall. A cording to w itnesses he did the job with great style and precision and was aw arded extra points for this. The game kept things lively dur ing break and was fun to w atch. The SFS did a great job in organizing it and keeping m ost o f it under control. I know th ey 'll keep doing things like this, and people will keep playing.
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Dear Mike, My girlfriend of six m onths told me it w ouldn't work any more. She said she felt too much pressure from me being away for a few w eeks at a time. Her life was getting really hec tic. She works five hours a day non stop and she has school. A lso, she felt I ike she had to make time for me when I was home. She is really upset about breaking up. She still sleeps with a teddy bear I gave her and she still loves me. She said she w ants some time to herself. She had a rough past and childhood. Finally, at times she doesn't think she is worth the time and things I give and do for her. Do I wait for her o r find som eone new to call my honey? Lonely in W orcester Dear Lonely. If you love her and think she is worth it. then wait for her. Prove you love her for her. Just be her friend and maybe she will com e around. If she really loves you for you and the hap piness you bring her, then sh e’ll re turn. However, women are com pli cated. They need time lo think things out and grow. G ive her tim e, but be there when and if she falls or calls. Dear Mike, My problem is my room m ate. He comes from a strict family living in a quiet, backw ards-ass, northern state. Free from his "T ip p er G ore"' mother and subm issive father, he tends to
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Residence Hall Judicial Board elections on Thursday D ue to close adherence to cam pus election procedures, the dale for the R esidence Hall Judicial Board Justice election has been changed to Thursday, N ovem ber 3. Elections will be held in front o f the Daniels Hall elevator betw een 10:00 and 3:00. All residence hall students arc
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drink heavily and uncontrollably. O nce drunk, he abusively insults and assaults people, em barrasing and in furiating me. I d o n ’t know what to do; I try to cover for him , apologizing to all o f those that he approaches, but I cannot stand his constant carousing. He hasn’t brought any strange, inebri ated women back to the room with him yet, but I know it will happen soon. How can I be expected to get any studying done? H elp me, Mike, and please help him. Sick o f B abysitting Dear Sick o f Babysitting, Vour room m ate definitely has a problem . He is feeling the freedom of being away from hom e. After 18 years of living under those conditions ("T ip p e r G o re " m other and subm is sive father), he is rebelling. He might stop his ludicrous behavior on his own, but more than likely he'll keep doing it until he fails out of WPI. This is a classic case o f what I call the Rollin Butzski syndrom e. He was a freshman who had a twelve thousand dollar good time. He passed one class out o f nine. Then he just left school. To help your room m ate you should confront him with his problem. This could shock him into m oderating his drinking and straightening out his behavior. A lso, give him a horror story to straighten him out. Tell him a hypothetical situation: He gets drunk, brings home a girl who is equally drunk, they have intercourse, she is pregnant, she wants to get married or have an abortion. W hat will he do? Or. he gets arrested by causing an uproar. W hat will his parents do or say? Your room m ate needs som eone to help him with his problem s. He is trying to run. Try just talking to him . If il d o esn ’t help, let him m ake a fool o f him self or gel in trouble. Then try helping him again by talking to him . You could try getting him lo see a counselor at the C ounseling C enter on West Street. He probably w on't want to g o ,d o n 't pres sure him or h e'll hate you. You could try going and see w hat the counselors tell you. I hope I'v e helped. Dear Mike, Just a quick question: do civil engineering students at WPI partici pate in the construction work going on right behind their ow n (Kaven) Hall? That would provide them with some real life experience... don't you agree? What about Com puter Science students being involved in the cam pus-wide introduction o f new com puters- are they supposed to be just observers? Any com m ents? Dear Any C om m ents, A fter placing several phone calls to the civil and com puter science departm ents, I found out that only the C ivil E ngineering D epartm ent is working in conjunction with the con tractors. The com puter science de partment has nothing to do with the new com puter wiring. The project is m ainly pulling w ires along. It does not involve actual com puter workings. The new building project (Fuller Laboratories) is a w orking classroom for the Civil Engineering Department. I talked with Professor Salazar who know s o f 4 M Q P ’s and 2 classes which are w orking in conjunction with the builders. C E 585 is develop ing time observation sim ulations for a com puter and C E 3020 is doing hom e work problem s based on the actual work going on at the construction site. Also, they have been using videos m ade by the Instructional M edia C enter to aid in their classes. Profes sor Salazar thought there were other professors using the construction site as a classroom . T o quote him, " th e building is very h elp fu l." W orried about catching a sexually transm itted disease? What is the best answer: NO. condom s, birth control, or other m ethods? Ask Mike for help. Box 2142 or 2700.
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GREEK CORNER A lp h a ('h i R ho W elcom e back Brothers. Postulants, and friends o f A lpha Chi Rho! Hope you enjoyed both days of A -T em i break. Since I did not write the last week o f A-Terrn, there is lots o f news to catch up on. First, we w ould like to congratulate o u r 3 1 new Postulants on their decision to join AXP. They are: Dan Levine, Gil Burton, Chad Stein, C hris Patstone. Rich Paulhus, Pete A nim asi, Reuben Spencer, Tim O'Connor, Pat Campbell, Mike Henry, Ron Passerini. M ike Schiller, Eric Rosentel, Brian M alone, Dan Falk, Chris S av ina, M ark G ibelli, Joel Litman, D aveC olum bo, Matt Teague, Brian W hitley, Cory Shinier, W alden Leverich, Bill Letoum eau, Brian Treece, Jay M cG affigan, Jeff Lenier, Rob Langer, Chris Trota, Steve Becker, and Jay Sheehan. W e w elcom e them to the first step to Brotherhood, and wish them a speedy (ha!) and m eaningful Postulancy. Second, we are proud to be celebrating our tenth year as A lpha Chi Rho on the W PI cam pus this N ovember, and, in order to share the Landmark occasion with the Alumni Brothers, held an Anniversary Tailgate/ D inner/D ance bash at the H ouse on H om ecom ing. W e are thankful to our G rads for the tenplus years o f strong foundation which they left us to build our Brotherhood upon. A lso during H om ecom ing, for the sixth consecutive year. A lpha Chi Rho captured the H om ecom ing Float Award for a float depicting the A tw ater-K ent radio. Thanks to all the guys who put forth the extra effort to m ake our entry the best. Special thanks to Dave Stec for sustained efforts in the IFC , particularly for organizing the recent G reek Luau, which was a great su c cess largely, I understand, due to his efforts. (And the fact that they gave away all kinds o f food and cups and stuff.) And congratulations to Pic who, as new ly appointed I st Asst. H ouse Mgr. is doing a thorough, fantastic, bang-up job. (H e m ade m e say that because I m issed my house-job). Finally, congratulations to the six Brothers (Jeff, Sean, Seano, Carps, Tony, and Mike) who drove 12 hours to Crow Bowl East at T em ple U niversity in Philadelphia to play football. Though out- m anned in size and speed, and playing both offense and defense w ithout re placem ents. their spirit could not be broken.
They made it to the second round where they were elim inated only after a close struggle with the host team (T em ple), who was playing their first gam e o f the day and had unlimited replace ments. How about a raid. Postulants???
lum pa(how could you)...hey Kowal, does Gary Colem an ‘ 'd riv e a fa stc a r'' too?? And finally... there will be a silver-bullet taking place at the Sheraton- Sturbridge, Room 169 on O ctober 29th. A nyone interested in going please see W ax o rG u m b y .(T h etrip will be cancelled if we c a n 't get five brothers to go.) PE R G E ’!
Alpha Gamma Delta Phi Sigma Sigma W elcom e back, hope everyone had a great break. Pledges, we love you! Keep up the psy che. G et ready for an exciting B-term. Start thinking of C hristm as - there's only tw o w eeks until the crush party, get psyched. W elcom e back, Chris, C hris, and Lisa, great jo b in W ash ington. The MEN O F WPI are alm ost here! Prepare yourself for quite a sight. They are expected to arrive this week. K eep an eye out for them - you w o uldn't want to m iss them. Phi Gamma Delta Ya whoo!! For those o f you who w eren't able to catch the m en o f FI JI si lence the boys o f Theta Chi in this years intramural flag football cham pionship, well you m issed a good game. C ongratulations to all the brothers who played on this years team . Very sweet victory. Sports Cup, here we come. Finally...Rush is over!! C ongratulations to our Rush C hairm an Dave Ross and Paul Clappin, fo ra job well done. We would also like to congratulate and introduce our 19 new pledges: Brian Blanchard, Mark Licciardi, Steve C ollins, Dan M cCleery, Dan Diplacido, Dave M cIntyre, Sean D oherty, Dan M ichaud, Dave Fiori, C hris Paraskevakos, Frank H olmes, Jeff Poggi, Jack Holt, Tony Renka, Dan Howe, Rob Ricci, Brian Kuture, Jam es Smith, and Scott Speicher. H om ecom ing was a huge success...thanks to all those who helped in the preparation. It’s too bad that it was snow ing, but I think the cider helped out a little. Thanks to the alum ni w ho’s donations totaled $156,784.09. This will help cover som e o f the expense o f FIJI Island this year. The brothers o f Fiji would like to express our deepest regrets to the brothers o f Lam bda Chi. You guys have been great friends over the years and we sincerely hope things turn around foryou. In other new s. ..Lil, umpa luinpa, umpa
I hope everyone had a great break! I’m sure you all rested because we have a busy term ahead o f us; Founders Day, Christm as Party, etc... B etter start looking for those dates. D on't forget Kim A ble, our G rand Archon, will be here to celebrate Founders Day with us. C ongratulations go to Dara Zuckem ick and Mike Nolan on their recent candle passing. C ongrats to tw o super people. U nfortunately a few sisters have disap peared for the term . Actually they are in W ash ington DC doing projects. I hope everyone rem em bers to write to Patty, Sue, Kathie, & Pam. Send them some Phi Sig Sig cheer. Just to let all the fraternities know we are actually w inning the sports cup. With our su perb volleyball team how could we not win it. G ood luck to seniors who are starting those interviews. W e know y o u ’ll dazzle them. Pledges - rem em ber to com e to the house & visit. O ur door is alw ays open. If you want to make apple pie with all your apples from our trip to B rookfield Farm s com e down and use a kitchen. Keep the psyche up! LITP. Sigma Alpha Epsilon C ongratulations to all the brothers and pledges who successfully com pleted A-term. and to those w ho d id n ’t, rem em ber, studying com es First. A nyw ay, great to have the son of Gilbert back amongst us, it’s been too long since he graced our presence. Don’t forget, this is pos sibly m ailguy ’s last Sr. term, so party with him. Pledges, get your act together and be careful out there. Just a small public service announcem ent, if you need anything fixed, call Webb, h e's the handym an. Hey Fish tanks. What about, Tom, “ I’m not such a W ilm a" Dionne. Really. Gene G oldfish wins the prize and if this gets printed 1 probably won’t be around to write another one. Five big red ones.
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Sigm a Pi W elcom e back everyone. W ow, I had a l most forgotten what WPI looked Iike after such a LONG term break. Also, 1 hope everyone survived another really scary H ALLOW EEN and enjoyed the costum e party. G O O O O O O O O O D M ORNING, M A G GOTS!!! W elcom e to PLEDGING. H ere’s a helpful hint for pledging - com edow n and visit the brotherhood, every day. Pledges can be the stupidest o f people. (I’m shaking my head and slapping the back o f my hand as I say this.) Hey D onahuge, why d o n 't you go out and get yourself a bottle opener? Lenny - put on a shirt, man ... Hey Zonk, get a REAL ceiling... and Rod ten plus - get a R EA L “ A ” . Finally, the question o f the week: “ When is Desrvisseaux and his silly band o f neophytes going to get a clu e?’’ Zeta Psi A term is over and I think it’s not a m inute too soon. The Zetes had an interesting term, to say the very least. W e’d like toco n g ratu lateo u r new pledge class: M ike Bradford, A rthur W eeks, A ndrew Bastien, and C hristopher Marr. G ood luck, guys, and your p in ’s upside down... Say, does anyone find the Greek data card system vaguely rem iniscent of 1984? Just a thought. T hanks to everyone who attended for the success o f our recent Electric Jello party, and A rthur, you mad dog! (The soccer field? W ow !) Y ours truly w on’t be eating anything even resem bling jello for a long time, th at’s for sure. T hanks also to all of the brothers from other chapters who m ade the trip o u t! Hey, Joe, w hat’s this I hear about you and a m ushroom pizza? W e'd definitely like to thank the broth ers and little sisters (especially the little sisters) of our Theta C hapter for a hell of a party last weekend. Brothers, get psyched for the upcoming AllZete w eekend at MIT! L et’s drink them under the table too... Also, get psyched for our Brother/Alumni/Pledge Work Party coming up also. Talk to John Anthony about what y o u ’d like to work on. T h at's about all for now. Remem ber, Satan is com ing - stock up on canned goods.
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I w asn’t gonna subm it a club corner this w eek because I have just so little work to do besides, but the officers decided that we should really have som ething input about the Servant A uction that we had last term . The Facts: The Servant A uction raised 700 dollars through the sale o f over 30 servants. T his money was presented to On Our W ay, a charity organization for the mentally and physi cally challenged, at their headquarters just out side of Boston on Thursday O ctober 27th. A lpha Phi O m ega would like to thank all those people who volunteered their time to be ser vants and all those students who bought ser vants. APO w ould also like to thank and con gratulate M indy Neligon for doing a superb job in organizing and coordinating this m onum en tal event. Thank you all. In other APO news. A m ie has arranged a project for us on National Service Day this Saturday, though I forgot the name. Julie and M ichelle are organizing a T hanksgiving basket drive to be accomplished real scx>n. The pledges have come up with some real nifty ideas for their pledge project. Jennifer needs suggestions for our other fellow ship activity this term, besides the C hristm as Party. Thats all for now. See ya.
The Pistol Range is in the process o f being renovated. Hopefully it will reopen the begin ning o f C -term . There are several reasons for these renovations. The main reason is that for the past 4 years the lead content of the air in the Range has risen. Il is now at a level where it is necessary to have a better, more effective ven tilation system installed. At the sam e time, the condition o f the Range will also be im proved. We hope all of you presently interest in the Range will keep your interest, and join when it reopens. T he Pistol Club can boast o f being the largest club on campus with an annual average o f over 175 m em bers, and we would like to see that again this school year. More information will be posted in future editions o f N ew speak. If you have any specific questions please feel free to send mail to the Pistol Club. Box 5536. We apologize for your disappointm ent and look forward to seeing you when the Pistol Range reopens.
E ta K a p p a Nu Just a few notes for all Eta Kappa Nu m em bers - both new and used: C ongratulations to all new senior initiates to HKN: Joe Banavige, Thom as Bruns, G lenn Butler, Stephen Fuest, Jeff M atthew s, Jam es Tremblay, and John Waszak. Initiation will be held promptly at 5 pm on Friday, N ovem ber 18th. Make sure you arrive at least 15 m inutes early at Higgins H ouse. D inner will follow the initiation at the W indsor restaurant. Please RS VP to either Don G ale @ 755-8373 o r Kathy Hepp @ 752-0763 by N ovem ber 2 with the num ber o f parents/ guests attending. Hey freshm an and sophom ore EEs! If you w ould like an HKN big brother/big sister for help with your studies or ju st to talk to, contact D on G ale at box 176. R umors are running ram pant o f a happy h our in the not-too-far- o ff future. W atch this space in future Newspeaks. Hispanic Student A ssociation O ur last m eeting was last Friday at noon. T he follow ing people were elected for offices and our two com m ittees: President - Felipe H olguin, Vice President - Luis Carlos Campo. Secretary - A braham Fainsod, T reasurer C arm en Barillas, A ctivities - Frank Davidson, and Public Relations - Diego Leske. The HSA is a group that sees the im portance o f Latin A m erican and Hispanic culture and provides students interested in speaking Spanish, and sharing different view s w ith a group. If you're o f H ispanic origin, speak Spanish or are inter ested in learning about a foreign culture, write to o ur box (5201).
Claus, and som e operating in betw een classwork... A nyway, w e’re going to be having our first meeting o f B-term Thursday, at 4:30, hope fully in Salisbury O il. If not, w e'll be in the lounge. If you c a n 't m ake it at 4:30, be there at 5:00, because w e'll be having our picture taken for the Y earbook. All Full m em bers. Associate m em bers (including those w ho've been in m edia pix with us), tem porary m em bers. T rus tees, Honorary T rustees, and interested parties are invited. Beakers need not apply.
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PAL, you are definitely the sweetest guy here at W PI!! H ope you had a fun O ctober break. John, any luck picking up Faeries lately? The Robin G oodfellow s K ings, Prime M inisters, Parliam ents and Presidents for your perusal on Wednesday night
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POLICE LOG Friday, O ctober 7, 1988 8 am -
Sergeant reports speaking with a couple of students in the Daniels first floor area. He observed them tam pering with the mailboxes.
S aturday, O ctober 8, 1988 I I pm G eorge C. G ordon Library Exhibit for November: Im ages in C olored Pencil and Photography by B arbara Tiffany-Eginton and Robert E ginton Open during Library Hours O ctober 31 through N ovem ber 4 is Alcohol A wareness W eek.
T uesday, N ovem ber 1,1988 N o C am pus Ministry in the W edge. D ram a by M ASQUE in the W edge. 8:00 pm - Cinem atech: "R osem ary’s B aby,” Alden Hall, Free.
O fficer on W edge detail reports that she has one subject under arrest for disorderly behavior and trespassing. Subject is transported to W orcester PD for booking.
Sunday, O ctober 9,1988 12:27 am - Call received regarding Founders and som eone attem pting to jum p from a window. Sergeant and officers respond, and advise that it was a party in progress and that the person was sitting on the windowsill. No further problem s. 11:55 pm - Com plaint o f noise on Daniels fourth. O fficer investigates and finds source of noise and has sam e secured.
Tuesday, O ctober 11,1988 11:55 pm - C itizen calls com plaining of noise and lights com ing from Alumni Field. O fficers respond, securing lights and rem oving players.
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