“Blahsney, Blahsney”
The Foreigner - a complete success by Troy Nielsen Newspeak Staff Well, if you don’t understand the title it is because you didn’t attend the Masque presentation of "The For eigner" which was a bad move, as the play was an incredible success in every aspect. If you did attend the play and still don’t understand the title, you obviously weren't paying much attention— shame on you! The play involves the experiences of Charlie Baker, a Englishman who is in Georgia with his military friend, Sgt. Froggy LeSeur. Charlie is para noid about attempting to carry on a conversation with anyone, especially when he is in a foreign country. Froggy thinks it clever to inform people that Charlie is from an exotic land and can’t utter a word of English, save for a stuttering “ thank you." This way Charlie won’t have to associate with anyone at the inn he is staying. Things take off from there when a corrupt reverend and his financee enter the picture. Seems that the Reverend has a plan to acquire the inn for a KKK headquarters. There are some other sub-plots, but they all
revolve around Charlie being a for eigner and the fact that he spontane ously creates his own language and customs. This makes for some very funny scenes that had the audience rolling in the aisles throughout the evening. The first act opened with Charlie (played superbly by Harold Mackiernan) moaning to Frog (portrayed by Bill Bullard) about his conversation problem, boring personality, and crumbling marriage. Basically. Char lie is a wreck on all accounts. It is around this time that Betty Meeks, the innkeeper (played by Jen nifer Knudsen), makes her entrance and talks with Frog while Charlie hides upstairs in his room. Jennifer does a great job of portraying Betty as your typical “ kindly old innkeeper.’’ It was amusing to watch Betty scuttle about, trying to make sure that Charlie is cared for while staying at the inn. She tells Frog that her dream would be to meet some foreign people that Frog encounters on a daily basis. Well Frog fulfills her dream by telling her that Charlie is a foreigner and can’t speak English. She is elated and pro ceeds to talk to Charlie in a very slow
and loud voice "HOW ARE YOU, C H A RLIE?” When Charlie replies “ thank you" she loves it. The play then proceeds to reveal the many sub-plots that will be af fected by Charlie's "new language.” We leam that the inn will soon be for sale. However, there is a chance that the value of the inn may be drastically reduced if it is condemmed by the town. Suspicions arise. All the while Charlie sits in the room, listening and understanding all of the conversa tions. Then we meet Catherine Simms, the future wife of the Reverend David Marshall Lee. Catherine is played by Cari Windt and the Reverend is por trayed by Jeff Yoder. The problem here is that she is already pregnant and does not want this fact revealed at the wedding. Catherine and David argue in front of Charlie, not knowing that he is there. Betty later explains much to Catherine's relief that he does not understand English. Then we meet Owen Musser (played by Jim White), your typical “ prejudiced against anyone who is not all-American by his standards" Southern character who taunts Char
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Betty Meeks (Jennifer Knudsen) and Froggy LeSeur (Bill Bullard) toast their victory over the Klan. lie to no end when he learns that Charlie is a foreigner (”a dummy boy” ). It is evident that Owen has a deep hatred for Charlie and “ his kind.” Finally we meet young Ellard Simms, Catherine’s brother. Ellard is
played by Brian Weissnian, who does a fine job in presenting Ellard as a sort of dumb but inquisitive young South ern boy. Ellard, if he proves he is intelligent enough, can inherit half of see Blahsney, Blahsney, page 13 also see Foreigner, page 6
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Tuesday, December 6, 1988 as shopping days left 'til Christmas)
Volume 16, Number 26
Projects honored with President’s IQP Award by Brian Weissman and J eff Yoder For the past term, we’ve high lighted various IQP opportunities in our column. This week’s column has a different purpose, however. The greatest achievement for any IQP is the President’s IQP awards. These awards are given to the two best IQ P’s completed each year. In order to de termine whose IQ P’s are “ best", the projects participants had to present thier projects before a panel of judges, who would decide the winners. This year, the two winning proj ects were “ Working From Home” by Janis Berka, Adrian Caceres, and Scott Dresser; and “ Implications of Reducing Wasteage in Primary Edu cation in Lesser Developed Coun
tries” by Cheryl Church, Lori DeBIois, and Tony Pechulis. The latter project was done at the Washington Project Center in con junction with the Agency for Interna tional Development (A.I.D.). The project was advised by Floyd Tuler, professor of Mechanical Engineering, and John van Alstyne. It focused on primary education (grades 1-6) in lesser developed countries. Countries were determined to be lesser devel oped by the world bank, and include Kenya, Botswana, Burundi, and the Yemenite Republic. In all, there are about 200 lesser developed countries in the world. Of these 200, the project researched 29, but only because there wasn’t more data available for the others. The problem was this: approxi
mately 1.8 million dollars is wasted each year on dropouts and repeating students in the average lesser devel oped country. That amount becomes even more impressive when consider ing the fact that the average GNP for these countries is about $250. The goal of the project was to come up with a working plan to reduce the amount of money wasted and present the study to all 200 countries. The students first task was to take the medians of several statistics from their data such as enrollment rates, completion rates, student to teacher ratio, population, average cost per student, and others. The results were called the average lesser developed country. This data was analyzed, and the group came up with some mathe matical models for dropout and repeat
Wrestling season opens up by Roger Burleson Sports Editor The wrestler’s opened up this week with the goal of winning the New England’s at the end of this year. They have an excellent chance to accomplish this feat, which was last accomplished in 1987 and previously in 1985. Last year's young squad placed fourth, but has many of the same faces as last year. Seven of last years place winners are returning and the team also spots thirteen returning letter winners. As far as the weight classes go this year. Coach Grebinar feels that they are deep and have capable back up in each spot. At 118, tri-captain Rick Maguire will lead the team off. Last year he placed second in New Eng land. Following him at 126 will be tri captain Todd Wyman who placed fifth in last year’s tournament. At 126 will be last year's sixth place winner Tom Sgammato. The 142 weight class will be filled by Chris Carey, who will be backed up by letter winners Dave Daniels and Ed Denave. Toby Wyman will start at 150. He placed fourth New Englands last year. At 158 will be tri-captain Dave Sun
derland who placed third last year. Matt Oney, also a letter winner, could see action in either of these weight classes. He finished last year in third place. The 167 class will be filled by Brian Glatz. Last year he finished first in his weight class and became an All-American by finishing eighth in the tournament. At 177 will be letter winner Jeff Graveline who saw much action last year and is very experi enced. Both the 190 and heavyweight classes will be filled by freshmen. At 190 will be Aaron Castellano and the heavyweight will be Mike Aheme. Both wrestlers are very talented and will be an assest to the team. Also going for the team is proba bly the best coaching staff in New England. Leading the team is head coach Phil Grebinar, who now has a career record of 207-66-3 (.75). As assistants, he has former wrestlers Paul Wyman, Stu MacEachern, and Steve Hall. All were former New England place winners, while Wyman and MacEachern were also AllAmericans. Also coaching will be Frank DeFalco and Steve Diguette. This year the wrestlers even had the opportunity to work with a former
Olympic Champion, Steve Fraser. He was the gold medalist in the 198 pound weight class in the GrecoRoman competition. He was in the area talking to high school students about drugs and physical fitness and decided to work out with the team. The other thing going for the team is tradition. W PI now has a winning tradition and teams are now intimi dated to face W PI, especially in Alumni Gymnasium. And the team showed that they were the team to beat again when they defeated Boston College by the score of 39-3. In that meet W PI took nine of the ten matches. At 118 Maguire opened up by taking his opponent 13-7. At 126 Freshman Mike Matukatis wrestled an extremely good match, but lost in the closing seconds by a score of 6-5. In the 134 match Sgammato won by a score of 6-5 and Carey won 10-9. Toby Wyman won 10-6 at 150 and Dave Sunderland won 9-6 at 158. BC failed to produce wrestlers at 167, 177, 190, and heavyweight so Glatz, Graveline, Castellano, and Aheme all won by forfeit. W PI will be away until January II, when they will face Dartmouth and Amherst.
rates. The models showed how much money could be saved if the students did not drop out. By staying in school, they acquire the basic skills needed to begin putting something back into the country. If they drop out in these early grades, most will barely be able to read or write. Thus the money already spent on them is wasted. The study offered several possible solutions, giving each country the chance to decide what was right for them. These solutions ranged from
food plans to reducing the number of schools built in the country, the result being that the money can be spent improving the education at the schools already there. A working model for improving the education system was given to 60 countries that A.I.D. helps. They were also given an extensive literature re view so that they could decide what changes would best suit their systems (if any at all).
Men’s basketball crawls over Babson, 95-86 by Melinda Nadeau Newspeak Staff Congratulations to the Men’s Basketball team for their win over Babson College Wednesday night, 95-86. The Engineers were quick to establish a 10-0 lead early in the game and increased the lead to 15 points ending with a half-time score of 4631. The Beavers recovered in the sec ond half by cutting W P I’s lead to 7976 with under three minutes left to play. But W PI did not weaken and “ iced the win” with sharp foul shoot
ing. The Engineers had five players score in the double digits. Skip Bonker scored a game high of thirty points which includes four threepointers; Mark Czerepuszko scored twenty-four points; Jeff Ayotte added sixteen points; Art Ouimet, thirteen points, and Tom Bartolomei ten points. This Saturday the Engineers will host the Lord Jeffs of Amherst Col lege at 7:30 in Harrington Audito rium.
Weininger elected president of Literary and Science Society by Chris Barcus Newspeak Staff Dr. Stephen Weininger, a Chem istry Professor at W PI, has been elected president of the Society for Literature and Science. The Society was founded in August of 1985 with the help of W PI, under the direction of Lance Schachterle, a Humanities Professor at WPI. Schachterle re mained president for two years, at which time Weininger was elected for his two year term of President. The goal of the Society of Litera ture and Science is to bring people of different disciplines together and
discuss how their knowledge is re lated. One of the common grounds connecting the aspects of science, literature, and the arts together is language, and the role it plays in all the various branches. The society currently has ap proximately 450 members. They are actively recruiting members, espe cially in the area of science and engineering. Members attend yearly meetings held in October. This year, the Society is going to be involved in the International Congress for the History of Science in Germany. Both Weininger and Schachterle are plan ning to make this trip.
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Satu rd ay, Novem ber 19- Jimmy Carter confirmed that he wrote a letter to the Khomeni asking him to use influence to help get American hos tages in Beruit freed. Israeli soldiers raided orcurfewed nine towns while looking for antiIsraeli activists. 13 Palestinians were shot during confrontations with Is raeli soldiers. Sunday,
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Newsweek magazine reported that American hostage Allen Steen tried to escape but was recaptured. Former Vice President Walter Mondale announced that he will run for Senate in 1990 in Minnesota. In the NFL, the Buffalo Bills de feated the New York Jets and clinched the AFC east title. Dallas, Green Bay, and Pittsburgh are all 2-10. M onday, Novem ber 21- Presi dent-elect George Bush announced that Richard Thornburgh will remain as Attorney General and Lauro Ca vazos will remain as Secretary of Education under his administration. Former Reagan aide Richard Darman will be director of the Office of Man agement and Budget (OMB). Former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter met with George Bush and urged him to take a “ realistic" ap proach to the deficit (i.e.- raise taxes). Yassir Arafat met with Egyptian President Mubarek. The Israeli gov ernment said that they may put sanc tions on Egypt due to their recognition of the new Palestinian state. Egypt is the only Arab country with diplomatic ties to Israel. Canadians voted in national elec tions. The main issue is the trade agreement with the United States. Tuesday, Novem ber 22- In Can ada. Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative Party won 170 of 295 seats in parliment. This means that the Canadian- US trade pact is highly likely to pass in the parliment. The B-2 stealth bomber was un veiled in California. 132 will be built at a price of $500 million per plane. The plane is made by Northrop and
has been under development for ten years. Ronald Reagan said he will pocket veto (not sign, which means the bill won’t pass because congress is not in session) a bill that would tighten re strictions on lobbying. George Bush advocated signing during the cam paign. The office of Government Ethics said the bill went too far. W ednesd ay,
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George Bush picked Brent Scowcroft to be his National Security Advisor. Scowcroft is an Air Force Leiutenant General and has advised the last four presidents on National Security is sues. In Azerbaijan, one of the U SSR’s 15 republics, three Soviet Soldirs were killed and 126 civilians were injured during ethnic clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis (2 of the U SSR’s many ethnic groups). The dispute was over land that both the republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan want. A PLO spokesman announced that Yassir Arafat will address the UN General Assembly on December I. Thursday, Novem ber 25- Arme nians are fleeing Azerbaijan due to re peated ethnic clashes. Soviet soldiers patrolled several Azerbaijani towns and a curfew has been placed over Azerbaijan. OPEC is trying to push up the price of oil by limiting production, but need Iranian aprroval to have impact. South African officials are easing restrictions on former leader of the African National Congress (ANC) Nelson Mandela- he is now under house arrest. He has been in prison for the last 26 years. Some of Bush’s advisors say Bush will back cuts in MediCare to help reduce the deficit. The Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions both lost their traditional Thanksgiving day games. Dallas is 211, Detroit is 3-10. Friday, November 25- Two more people were killed in Armenia which has been placed under curfew due to the unrest. Gorbachev said that glasnost is letting people “express their opinions." El Salvador’s marxist FMLN reb
els are stepping up attacks- they killed five mayors in the past week. The B-1B crash of November 17 is being blamed on pilot error and ice buildup on the wings. Currently, BIB 's do not have de- icers on their wings. Floods ravaged large areas of Thailand and Malaysia. Satu rd ay, Novem ber 26- Secre tary of State George Schultz denied a visa to PLO leader Yassir Arafat, making it impossible for him to ad dress the UN General Assembly in New York. In his final weekly radio address, Ronald Reagan hailed free trade and praised the Canadian voters for reject ing protectionism on November 21 in their parlimentary elections. A Soviet Soyuz rocket blasted off with two Soviet and one French cos monaut for the Mir space station. The Soviet Union’s Supreme Soviet invalidated the Estonian claim of sovereignty. The Soviet Union faces countinued unrest in many of the republics- there were riots in the republics of Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 70 attempted attacks by Azerbaijanis against Armenians were stopped by Soviet troops. Sunday, Novem ber 27- Several Arab countries and US allies de nounced the decision to not give Yassir Arafat a visa. Arab countries want to move the UN General Assem bly to Geneva so Arafat can address the body. In the Israeli occupied territories, 23 Palestinians were in jured by Israeli soldiers. Gorbachev said he was deter mined to uphold Soviet unity. Red Army trops remain in Azerbaijan to stop ethnic strife. In the NFL, the Chicago Bears cliched a playoff spot as they beat the 'Packers 16-0. Dallas and Green Bay share the bottom spot- both are 2-11 (Pittsburgh improved to 3-10). 17 of 28 teams are still in contention for the 10 playoff spots. Monday, November 28- Torna does in Raleigh, NC caused $20 milion in damage. The prime rate rose .5% to 10.5%. This signals that interest rates are on the rise. The trade deficit for the third
quarter (July- September) fell 5.4% to $28.53 billion. Bush asked Marlin Fitzwater to remain as official spokesman under his administration. OPEC reached an agreement to produce a maximum of 18.5 million barrels of oil a day. This will cause oil prices to rise if all countries follow the agreement. In Yerevan, Armenia, USSR, public transportation is nearly at a standstill due to strikes. Strikers are protesting the stationing of Red Army troops in Armenia. The countdown for the December I launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis began. In Monday night football, the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Los Angeles Raiders 35-27 and are now tied with the Denver Broncos for first place in the AFC west. Tuesday, Novem ber 29- Senator George Mitchell (D- Maine) was elected Senate majority leader. Sena tor Bob Dole (R- Kansas) was elected Senate minority leader. General Electric was indicted for charging too much to the Defense Department for computers. Secretary of State George Schultz restated that Yassir Arafat can not come to the US to address the UN. Four major airlines recut fares after raising them just last week. Last summer’s drought is blamed for the slow growth in the US econ omy- the GNP was up only 2.6% Wednesday, November 30- The UN voted 151-2 to condemn the US for denying a visa to Yassir Arafat. Israel and the US were the only two countries to vote No, the UK was the only country that abstained. France’s socialist government faces striking transit workers- public transport in Paris is nearly at a stand still. The government has Army troop transports in place of buses and sub ways. Many French citizens blame the communist party, which has a strong influence in the union. The union workers say they just want more money. France has been plagued by strikes this year. A fire on the USS Nimitz aircraft
carrier killed a sailor. The fire was caused by a gun that malfunctioned. In the NBA, the two expansion teams faced each other for the first time. The Charlotte Hornets (3-10) defeated the Miami Heats (0-11). Thursday, Decem ber 1- In a joint effort, the Italian police and the FBI arrested over 200 drug smugglers. 100 mph winds kept the Space Shuttle Atlantis from taking its top secret military satellite into space. The Supreme Soviet endorsed Mikhail Gorbachev’s political re forms. President Reagan ruled out a pardon for Oliver North. National Security Advisor Colin Powell was upgraded to a four star general. The key economic forecast for the future, the Leading Economic Indica tor, was up. I % in October. However, September’s figures were revised- the L E I was down .3%, not .1% as previ ously reported. NBC got the rights to televise the 1992 Summer Olympic Games from Spain (NBC lost money on the 1988 summer games). C BS has the rights for the 1992 winter games, which will take place in France. Frid ay, Decem ber 2- Five hi jackers hijacked an Aeroflot (Soviet national airline) cargo jet from Moscow to Israel. No one was harmed and the hijackers surrendered peacefully after they were sure they were really in Israel. The UN General Assembly will be moved to Geneva, Switzerland so Yassir Arafat can address the body. The vote was 151-3 (Israel, the UK and US were the only countries to vote no) This is the first time the General Assembly has been moved from New York. George Bush met with former campaign rivals Mike Dukakis and Pat Robertson. Police in New Bedford, Mass. fear there is a serial killer in the area- five bodies were found near the intersec tion of Rte. 95 and 140. Unemployment rose .1% to 5.4%. Five Cuban prisoners (the Mariel boat people) were sent back to Cuba. A year ago they had protested deporta tion in prison riots.
Tuition money expenditures explained by P a l Charles Newspeak Sta ff
Summary of Incom
The costs of operating and main taining a college are enormous. Ev eryone is aware of the high costs of tuition, room and board, but it is not exactly clear how these funds are spent. “ What does my tuition pay for?” students ask. The W PI Annual Report reveals exactly how money is appropriated and where W PI puts its emphasis. (A ll information taken from Worcester Polytechnic Institute An nual Report, 1986-1987)
Tuition and Fees 26787
Total Expenses Library 1084 Student Service 2081
Auxiliary Operati 5340
Other EducationalN 3511 Istruction/Research 15428
Endowment 4477
Public Service Info 1520 Operation and Maint 3689
Gifts and Grants 7023
General Admin & Inst 3169
Auxiliary Operations 4379
Staff Benefits 3438
College Comp. Center 927 Student Aid 9273
Other Educ. Operat. Sponsored Research 2293 2969
Reimbursed Expenses 1653 Sponsored Research 2576
Tuesday December 6,1988
NEWSPEAK
INTERVIEW
Fifteen minutes with Jay Leno by Je ffre y S. Goldmeer News Ed itor
As most know by now. Jay Leno will be performing at W PI on Decem ber 10. Leno is one of the ‘hottest’ comedians today. Recently, I had a chance to speak with Jay. The phone conversation only lasted for fifteen minutes, but it was a thrill. Jay is easy going and personable, which made the interview enjoyable; he is as funny off-stage as on. Q: Why do you like stand-up comedy? A: “ It’s better than doing a movie or TV. With stand-up, you think of a joke, and get to try it out on the audience. If it does not work, you do not have to try it again. TV, on the other hand, is laborious. You have to work every day, and the script is set; it’s not easy to change lines.” Q: Why do you travel so much? (Jay is on the road an average of 300 days a year.) A: “ I get to stay close to my audi ence. As you become successful, you have to stay close to people (your fans). Then you can do jokes about
ordinary experiences that you have both had.” Q: What about comments like, “Jay Leno’s Year” , or “Jay Leno’s Decade?” A: “ You say ‘Well, thank you.’ It’s like when you walk down the street in New York and a group of ladies say, ‘Hey, you want to party?’ It’s better than them saying ‘You stink, get away from me.’” Q: When you were growing up, who were your role models? A: “ Older comedians like Alan King, Jack Benny, and Buddy Hackett. They were all older, Jewish, and came from poor families. I thought that maybe I ’m not cut out for this business (comedy). But in the 60’s, a new group of comedians appeared: George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Robert Klein. They weren’t much older than me, and they did material I knew about.” Q: What about movies? A: “ I don’t care about movies; if it comes about, it’s nice.” Q: What about the movies you filmed with Pat Morita? When is it premiering? (It is entitled Collision
Course.) A: “ I don’t know. DeLaurentis (The Film corporation) went bank rupt. The film is probably locked up in a vault someplace. I got my dough." Q: What about hecklers? A: “ Not too much of the drunken bottle tossers today. They think they are helping you. You just have to fight fair. If you do not, the audience will be on their side. Just respond to him; give him a chance. Usually their comments are so stupid; let the audience laugh at them.” Q: What is Dave Letterman like? A; “ He’s a good guy, down to earth, and more shy than anything else. He’s not aloof. He hasn’t really changed since we first met.” Q: What are your hobbies? A: “Cars and motorcycles. I like to tinker around, restore and renovate them. I have no interest in show busi ness. I don’t collect Ed W yn’s hats.” Q: What’s in store for the future? A; “ I ’ve got a job; just have to keep writing jokes.” For those who have not purchased tickets yet, there are still a large number available.
CAMPUS NEWS
Solar power in motion at WPI by Kam ran Farivar-Sadri and Brian Glatz
High speed solar powered electric vehicles attempt to simultaneously implement the use of solar energy, preservation of the environment, and the achieving of high speed vehicles with very low power consumption. The extensive challenges and poten tials within this field have captured our imaginations. Worcester Poly technic Institute has established a program of basic study, design, and implementation of solar cars as part of its normal educational and research programs in order to meet the clear demands of our engineering students and to meet our own vision of the future. A central aspect of this program involves an effort to design and con struct a solar powered racing car to compete in the ‘Tour de Sol” during the summer of 1989. The Tour de Sol is an annual solar powered cai race through Switzerland. It is organized on behalf of the Tour de Sol Founda tion located in Switzerland and holds as its major purpose the promotion of
solar energy, with particular empha sis being laid on the promotion of solar vehicles for everyday use. Vehicles are classified into three different categories in accordance to the Tour de Sol regulations. W PI will be competing in the “ Category I” clas sification, which is that of racing solar vehicles. The race itself will take place over the course of five days, preceded by registration and some preliminary testing, all of which will take place between June 25 and July 4, 1989. It is expected to be a very excit ing and competitive event, as well as an extremely educational one, as it has been in previous years. In the past several collegiate efforts such as those of the Engineering College at Biel in Switzerland, that of Dart mouth College, and those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy have been fairly successful in the Tour de Sol. However, competition is not restricted to the collegiate level. There is also large participation by several industrial companies, both large and small, including many auto motive companies. The range of inter ests peaked by this event also vary
widely. Observers range from engi neers and technical experts intrigued by the technological advancements evident at such an event to environ mentalists relieved by the efforts and overjoyed by the potentials that such technologies could have in reducing the stresses on our environment. W P I’s Tour de Sol program is an extremely indepth and exciting proj ect involving a total of 26 students and five faculty members taking part in seven mechanical engineering and four electrial engineering MQP’s as well as an IQP. The entire project is headed by Prof. Clarke, founder and head of W P I’s Center for Solar Elec trification. The project was started at the beginning of Term A, 1988 and is presently in the state of pursuing monetary and material funds, as well as designing each individual compo nent. A competitively designed, and completely constructed vehicle is anticipated by the end of Term C, 1989. A group of up to ten students and four faculty will then test the car throughout Term D-1989, and travel to Switzerland in June of 1989 to compete in the Tour de Sol race.
WPI IQP group in Venice, Italy by M ichael Cote, Tony C u cciJ)avid George, Rich G ranfield, M ichael Kroese, and JohnLankhof
Ciao everyone! This is the W PI Venice IQP group writing from beau tiful Venice, Italy, to inform you about the status of the future Venice Project Center currently being estab lished in Italy. What? You haven’t heard about W P I’s newest off-campus project opportunity? Yes, it’s true. Our group of six students, along with our on-site consultant, Fabio Carrera, is currently engaged in doing the pioneer work for the establish ment of a new off-campus project center. Here in Venice our objectives are twofold. First, we are here to learn the ins and outs of daily life in Venice so that future groups are not slowed by logistical problems. Second, and more importantly, we are to seek out, identify, and set up IQ P topics for future groups coming to the Project Center. By the end of our stay, our group will have put together a guide for living in Venice, enabling future students to work efficiently on their project once in Italy, and also will have written commitments from proj ect sponsors enabling students to begin projects as soon as possible. We
will also identify a large number of future projects to ensure the long life of the center. W PI chose to establish this new off-campus project center based on a proposal from W PI graduate student and natie Venetian, Fabio Carrera, our current on-site project consultant and primary support. Prior to D-term last year Fabio identified a number of areas that could be researched in Venice through W P I’s IQP, and would in return improve the quality of life in Venice. Because W PI liked the proposal, Fabio returned to Venice to make the initial contacts necessary for sending the current group of six stu dents to do the ongoing bootstrap project. Currently our prospects for suc cess look very favorable. Our first objective, the guidebook for students planning to do their project in Venice, is in the process of being revised and completed. We have also been doing work on our chief objective by meet ing with our primary contacts and discussing possible IQP topics. A number of possible IQP’s have al ready been studied, and rough IQP proposals with accompanying out lines are being worked out to present to the organizations with whom we have been meeting. In general the
response of these organizations has been quite favorable. In addition to offering numerous IQ P possibilities, Venice offiers a wealth of opportunities for doing one’s Sufficiency. Our group is also planning to identify potential Suffi ciency topics for students who want to complete that project in Venice. All project work aside however, we have also spent some time explor ing beautiful Venice itslef, and have found its diversions to be endless. Our group has even met other American college students studying in Venice through regular exchange programs with their universities. If the idea of doing your IQP in Venice, Italy, sounds interesting, consider preparing immediately. Se riously consider taking Italian lan guage courses. If you are a freshman, consider doing your Sufficiency in Italian and then putting what you've learned to use. Being able to fluently speak the language is not absolutely necessary (only one of us speaks proper Italian), but knowledge of the language would be extremely useful. For more information on Venice con tact Professor Lance Schachterle in the Project Center, or Professor John Zeugner in the Humanities Depart ment. See you in C-term. Arrivederci!
Last call for Soviet Tour in the 1989 tour of the Soviet 121. Portions of a videotape made March 8*17, during the break between $1369. The price includes all travel meals, and all activities in the Soviet the tour, hot cannot attend the Professor Dunn, Salisbury 26 or
A.P.O. food drive by H eidi Lundy Newspeak Staff
Alpha Phi Omega, the national service fraternity on campus, and a couple of determined, generous W PI R A ’s organized a food drive at Shaws on Park Avenue the week before Thanksgiving break. The donated food was divided into 51 Thanksgiv ing Boxes, including turkeys, and donated to Prospect House in Worc ester. Julie Bolton and Michelle Leblanc were committee co-chairmen on the Alpha Phi Omega end and Paul Wojack organized the RA’s and resi dents into action. People from both groups took 2 hours shifts standing beside a table at the doorway of Shaws, handing out pamphlets and explaining the project to shoppers. The public’s reaction varied. There were people who stalked through the entrance who, when asked if they would donate wrinkled their noses and replied “ No thank you.” Some people simply averted their eyes from the food-filled table, their entire stance screaming “don’t solicit me!” Thankfully, there were many people who did contribute. Our food-filled table had some people scrambling through their bags of food searching for canned foods, soups and other staples. A few extremely caring and generous people stood and talked with the volunteers for a while, then went shopping and came out to put all or
almost all of their bags on the table. Every evening, Monday through Thursday of that week, there was at least 3 cartloads of food that had to be hauled up to the APO room in Alden Hall. Saturday donations were also collected but the food given that day was donated to the Mustard Seed, another soup kitchen in Worcester. Saturday night the food collected all week long was transported to the Prospect House which is a place that "helps people to help themselves.” The people at Prospect house were overjoyed. Their entire dining room table was heaped with turkeys and boxes of food covered the floor. “They were dancing around and sing ing" said Julie Bolton, “ they were really happy.” Almost $2,000 was collected alto gether, including $600 in monetary donations that was used to buy tur keys. Several groups on campus de serve to be applauded for their contri butions. Most notably are Morgan Hall’s donation of $172 and Lens and Lights $50. Other contriubuters in cluded Newspeak, Riley (2nd floor). Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Phi Epsi lon, RHC, Residential Life and the Athletic Department, C.E., C.S., M.E., Physics, Math, Social Sciences and Humanities Departments contrib uted along with the Vice President of Student Affairs, Bernard Brown. Prospect House had requests for 368 boxes of food. Because of the tremendous effort from W PI, they were able to meet that demand.
Industrial Engineering scholarships awarded (W PI News Release) - The Worc ester Chapter of the Institute of Indus trial Engineers awarded scholarships to Anastasia Valhouli and Daniel Bruso of the Management Depart ment.
In addition to being outstanding students, Stacy is President of the Management Society and Dan is President of the Management Honor Society.
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Fifteen minutes with Jay Leno by Je ffre y S. Goldmeer News Ed itor
As most know by now. Jay Leno will be performing at W PI on Decem ber 10. Leno is one of the ‘hottest’ comedians today. Recently, I had a chance to speak with Jay. The phone conversation only lasted for fifteen minutes, but it was a thrill. Jay is easy going and personable, which made the interview enjoyable; he is as funny off-stage as on. Q: Why do you like stand-up comedy? A; “ It’s better than doing a movie or TV. With stand-up, you think of a joke, and get to try it out on the audience. If it does not work, you do not have to try it again. TV. on the other hand, is laborious. You have to work every day, and the script is set; it's not easy to change lines.” Q: Why do you travel so much? (Jay is on the road an average of 300 days a year.) A: “ I get to stay close to my audi ence. As you become successful, you have to stay close to people (your fans). Then you can do jokes about
ordinary experiences that you have both had." Q: What about comments like. “Jay Leno’s Year", or “ Jay Leno’s Decade?" A: "You say ‘Well, thank you.’ It s like when you walk down the street in New York and a group of ladies say, ‘Hey, you want to party?' It's better than them saying ‘You stink, get away from me.” ' Q: When you were growing up. who were your role models? A: "Older comedians like Alan King. Jack Benny, and Buddy Hackett. They were all older, Jewish, and came from poor families. I thought that maybe I'm not cut out for this business (comedy). But in the 60’s, a new group of comedians appeared: George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Robert Klein. They weren’t much older than me, and they did material I knew about.” Q: What about movies? A: “ I don’t care about movies; if it comes about, it’s nice.” Q: What about the movies you filmed with Pat Morita? When is it premiering? (It is entitled Collision
Course.) A: "I don't know. DeLaurentis (The Film corporation) went bank rupt. The film is probably locked up in a vault someplace. 1got my dough.” Q: What about hecklers? A: “ Not too much of the drunken bottle tossers today. They think they are helping you. You just have to fight fair. If you do not, the audience will be on their side. Just respond to him; give him a chance. Usually their comments are so stupid; let the audience laugh at them.” Q: What is Dave Letterman like? A: “ He’s a good guy, down to earth, and more shy than anything else. He’s not aloof. He hasn’t really changed since we first met.” Q: What are your hobbies? A; “ Cars and motorcycles. I like to tinker around, restore and renovate them. I have no interest in show busi ness. I don't collect Ed Wyn’s hats." Q: What’s in store for the future? A: “ I ’ve got a job; just have to keep writing jokes.” For those who have not purchased tickets yet, there are still a large number available.
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Solar power in motion at WPI by Kam ran Farivar-Sad ri and B ria n Glatz
High speed solar powered electric vehicles attempt to simultaneously implement the use of solar energy, preservation of the environment, and the achieving of high speed vehicles with very low power consumption. The extensive challenges and poten tials within this field have captured our imaginations. Worcester Poly technic Institute has established a program of basic study, design, and implementation of solar cars as part of its normal educational and research programs in order to meet the clear demands of our engineering students and to meet our own vision of the future. A central aspect of this program involves an effort to design and con struct a solar powered racing car to compete in the “ Tour de Sol" during the summer of 1989. The Tour de Sol is an annual solar powered cai race through Switzerland. It is organized on behalf of the Tour de Sol Founda tion located in Switzerland and holds as its major purpose the promotion of
solar energy, with particular empha sis being laid on the promotion of solar vehicles for everyday use. Vehicles are classified into three different categories in accordance to the Tour de Sol regulations. W PI will be competing in the “Category I” clas sification, which is that of racing solar vehicles. The race itself will take place over the course of five days, preceded by registration and some preliminary testing, all of which will take place between June 25 and July 4, 1989. It is expected to be a very excit ing and competitive event, as well as an extremely educational one. as it has been in previous years. In the past several collegiate efforts such as those of the Engineering College at Biel in Switzerland, that of Dart mouth College, and those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy have been fairly successful in the Tour de Sol. However, competition is not restricted to the collegiate level. There is also large participation by several industrial companies, both large and small, including many auto motive companies. The range of inter ests peaked by this event also vary
widely. Observers range from engi neers and technical experts intrigued by the technological advancements evident at such an event to environ mentalists relieved by the efforts and overjoyed by the potentials that such technologies could have in reducing the stresses on our environment. W P I’s Tour de Sol program is an extremely indepth and exciting proj ect involving a total of 26 students and five faculty members taking part in seven mechanical engineering and four electrial engineering MQP's as well as an IQP. The entire project is headed by Prof. Clarke, founder and head of W PI's Center for Solar Elec trification. The project was started at the beginning of Term A. 1988 and is presently in the state of pursuing monetary and material funds, as well as designing each individual compo nent. A competitively designed, and completely constructed vehicle is anticipated by the end of Term C, 1989. A group of up to ten students and four faculty will then test the car throughout Term D-1989, and travel to Switzerland in June of 1989 to compete in the Tour de Sol race.
WPI IQP group in Venice, Italy by M ich ael Cote, Tony C u c c iJ)a v id George, R ich Granfield, M ichael Kroese, and Jo h n La n k h o f
Ciao everyone! This is the W PI Venice IQP group writing from beau tiful Venice, Italy, to inform you about the status of the future Venice Project Center currently being estab lished in Italy. What? You haven’t heard about W P I’s newest off-cam pus project opportunity? Yes, it’s true. Our group of six students, along with our on-site consultant, Fabio Carrera, is currently engaged in doing the pioneer work for the establish ment of a new off-campus project center. Here in Venice our objectives are twofold. First, we are here to learn the ins and outs of daily life in Venice so that future groups are not slowed by logistical problems. Second, and more importantly, we are to seek out, identify, and set up IQP topics for future groups coming to the Project Center. By the end of our stay, our group will have put together a guide for living in Venice, enabling future students to work efficiently on their project once in Italy, and also will have written commitments from proj ect sponsors enabling students to begin projects as soon as possible. We
will also identify a large number of future projects to ensure the long life of the center. W PI chose to establish this new off-campus project center based on a proposal from W PI graduate student and natie Venetian, Fabio Carrera, our current on-site project consultant and primary support. Prior to D-term last year Fabio identified a number of areas that could be researched in Venice through W P I’s IQP, and would in return improve the quality of life in Venice. Because W PI liked the proposal, Fabio returned to Venice to make the initial contacts necessary for sending the current group of six stu dents to do the ongoing bootstrap project. Currently our prospects for suc cess look very favorable. Our first objective, the guidebook for students planning to do their project in Venice, is in the process of being revised and completed. We have also been doing work on our chief objective by meet ing with our primary contacts and discussing possible IQP topics. A number of possible IQP s have al ready been studied, and rough IQP proposals with accompanying out lines are being worked out to present to the organizations with whom we have been meeting. In general the
response of these organizations has been quite favorable. In addition to offering numerous IQP possibilities, Venice offiers a wealth of opportunities for doing one’s Sufficiency. Our group is also planning to identify potential Suffi ciency topics for students who want to complete that project in Venice. All project work aside however, we have also spent some time explor ing beautiful Venice itslef, and have found its diversions to be endless. Our group has even met other American college students studying in Venice through regular exchange programs with their universities. If the idea of doing your IQP in Venice, Italy, sounds interesting, consider preparing immediately. Se riously consider taking Italian lan guage courses. If you are a freshman, consider doing your Sufficiency in Italian and then putting what you've learned to use. Being able to fluently speak the language is not absolutely necessary (only one of us speaks proper Italian), but knowledge of the language would be extremely useful. For more information on Venice con tact Professor Lance Schachterle in the Project Center, or Professor John Zeugner in the Humanities Depart ment. See you in C-term. Arrivederci!
Last call for Soviet Tour A gathering of those interested in the 1989 tonr of the Soviet Union led by P ro fe s s o r Dunn will be held Wednesday, December 7, from 4:30 to 5:30 in Salisbury 121. Portions of a videotape made on the 1988 tour will be shown. The tour is planned for March 8-17, during the break between C and D terms and will cost $1369. The price includes all travel from New York City, hotels, meals, and all activities in the Soviet Union (tours, circus, etc.). If you are interested in the tour, but cannot attend the gathering, you should contact Professor Dunn, Salisbury 26 or e x t 5584, as soon as possible. V;
A.P.O. food drive by H eidi Lundy Newspeak S ta ff
Alpha Phi Omega, the national service fraternity on campus, and a couple of determined, generous W PI RA’s organized a food drive at Shaws on Park Avenue the week before Thanksgiving break. The donated food was divided into 51 Thanksgiv ing Boxes, including turkeys, and donated to Prospect House in Worc ester. Julie Bolton and Michelle Leblanc were committee co-chairmen on the Alpha Phi Omega end and Paul Wojack organized the RA’s and resi dents into action. People from both groups took 2 hours shifts standing beside a table at the doorway of Shaws, handing out pamphlets and explaining the project to shoppers. The public’s reaction varied. There were people who stalked through the entrance who, when asked if they would donate wrinkled their noses and replied “ No thank you." Some people simply averted their eyes from the food-filled table, their entire stance screaming “ don’t solicit me!” Thankfully, there were many people who did contribute. Our food-filled table hud some people scrambling through their bags of food searching for canned foods, soups and other staples. A few extremely caring and generous people stood and talked with the volunteers for a while, then went shopping and came out to put all or
almost all of their bags on the table. Every evening, Monday through Thursday of that week, there was at least 3 cartloads of food that had to be hauled up to the APO room in Alden Hall. Saturday donations were also collected but the food given that day was donated to the Mustard Seed, another soup kitchen in Worcester. Saturday night the food collected all week long was transported to the Prospect House which is a place that "helps people to help themselves.” The people at Prospect house were overjoyed. Their entire dining room table was heaped with turkeys and boxes of food covered the floor. “They were dancing around and sing ing” said Julie Bolton, “ they were really happy.” Almost $2,000 was collected alto gether, including $600 in monetary donations that was used to buy tur keys. Several groups on campus de serve to be applauded for their contri butions. Most notably are Morgan Hall's donation of $ 172 and Lens and Lights $50. Other contriubuters in cluded Newspeak, Riley (2nd floor). Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Phi Epsi lon. RHC. Residential Life and the Athletic Department, C.E., C.S., M.E.. Physics. Math, Social Sciences and Humanities Departments contrib uted along with the Vice President of Student Affairs, Bernard Brown. Prospect House had requests for 368 boxes of food. Because of the tremendous effort from WPI, they were able to meet that demand.
Industrial Engineering scholarships awarded (W PI News Release) -The Worc ester Chapter of the Institute of Indus trial Engineers awarded scholarships to Anastasia Valhouli and Daniel Bruso of the Management Depart ment.
In addition to being outstanding students, Stacy is President of the Management Society and Dan is President of the Management Honor Society.
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Can’t get enough in the pub (a three-part epic) by Troy Nielsen Newspeak Sta ff
Part One: 12 Mile Limit and Edgemere This review should have been in the Nov.22 issue, but 1lost it in the PC Write data banks of hell. So. here it is finally. 1 know that some people have had some very sleepless nights over this. A couple of weeks ago, a W PI band. 12 Mile Limit, and a UMass band called “ Edgemere" played the Pub. From what I heard, “ Edgemere” is quite a popular band in the UMass area. ” 12 Mile Limit" is a relatively new band that is quickly becoming wellknown in the W PI area. This is their second pub appearance within a month. There wasn't that much of a delay before 12 Mile Limit started to perform. They started the set with "Believe In Yourself,” a straight ahead rock and roll tune that featured a lot of stage presence and lots of energy. Jon Bird, the lone guitarist of the group, dished out an effects-laden solo that was quite tasty. I enjoyed the fact that he didn’t resort to typical blues rock solo. He also pulled some Van Halen tapping-style out of his hat. John proved throughout the set that he is not your typical rock/blues/heavy-metal soloist who knows how to play a few bar chords. Most of the songs featured very interesting chord forms and in telligent solos. The band cranked out Rush's “Tom Saw yer” next, much to the crowd’s approval. They did a fine job with this very difficult tune. Jon Bird used some foot pedals during the song that were very low and shook the audience’s ribcages. There was no rest between songs through out their set, save for a couple of seconds before the intro to the next song was started. A few songs later, 12ML played “ Fire” (no, not the Hendrix tune) which featured the very talented Stephen Arnold on bass. Well to make a long story short, Edgemere came on and did their rather large sets. They stick mostly to 60’s and 70’s rock, while 12 Mile Limit is definitely an “ 80’s” band. Edgemere played stuff like Neil Young, Doobie Brothers, Pink Floyd (which went over very well with the crowd), and some fine originals. The only problem was that Edgemere needed to shed one of their 3 (count 'em) guitarists and get a steady drummer to make a better group. All in all, they weren’t that bad. I think that Edgemere should have opened for 12 Mile Limit. P a rt U : The Eggs are Hatched
Since I don’t get the opportunity to mix politics and music too often, so here goes.... This concert featuring ‘The Eggs of Evolu tion” (from Hanson, M A) was not just a show on your average Friday night— it wasn’t even put on by SOCCOMM. The purpose of the show besides music was to raise money for
“ Pathways” the student poetry, prose, and art magazine of WPI because once again SAB has failed to provide sufficient funds to a student organization. But of course every club on campus has to be in SAB. and the club has to be in SAB for more than a year in order to receive funding. I don't know the details but what I do know is that somehow SAB has a tendency to cut budgets in a bad way, and consequently fund-raisers like this show are necessary for certain clubs to survive. Thanks to all the people who did donate to keep Pathways alive. Of course. Pathways is always willing to re ceive prose, poetry and art to consider for publication (send to Box 5150). Oh yes, the Eggs of Evolution.... It's a four-man band consisting of vocals (lan Adams), guitar (WPLstudent Alan Allen), bass (Michael Jacques), and drums (Eric Nay lor). It was a refreshing change to see an uncluttered stage of equipment—just 2 amps and basic drum kit. Their attitude seemed to be “ plug in and start blasting." I like that. The Eggs opened with a screaming version of “ Wild Thing" that was quite different from the original. Although the Eggs did a lot of covers, they did change the original format of the song as to make a sort of “ personalized” cover. Next they played the ever-popular Roman tics song “ What I Like About You” complete with harmonica solo, which the singer played. All of the songs contained brain-beating rock steady drumming. It was amazing how much energy the drummer had during both sets, which lasted for a total of 2 hours. If you looked closely at his drum kit, you could see how unusually low the kit was. Obvious Sex Pistol fans, the Eggs played 2 Pistol covers, “ Submission” and “ Anarchy In the U.K.” The singer did his best Johnny Rotten snarl while the rest of the group dished out the powerful beat. The Eggs of Evolution played 3 originals “ Love?” , “ Welcome to Martyrdom," and “ Give It Away.” These were fine composi tions, each varying in style and format. “ Love?” featured bass and drums inter locking to make a bluesy- rock sound. The harp (harmonica) solo added a further blues tinge. “ Welcome To Martyrdom” was my per sonal favorite. It was a song about their high school, which they evidently did not like. Like most of their songs, there was a lot of energy in the music. The singer would occasionally venture out into the small crowd in front danc ing and roll about. He was very entertaining. Ian reminded me of a combination of early Roger Daltrey (from The Who) and Johnny Rotten as he collapsed, leaped, snarled, and sometimes just stood while singing. There were other covers like “ Jumping Jack Flash” (a Rolling Stones classic), “ Walk on the Wildside” (Lou Reed), “ Stepping Stone” (the Monkees), “ Destroyer” (the Kinks), and a couple of U2 tunes, “ Bullet the Blue Sky” and “With or Without You.” For
one of the songs they brought a guest singer on stage, Lee. Lee knew all of the lyrics and sang real well. My favorite covers they played were "Jet Boy, Jet G irl" by The Damned and "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by Sid Vicious. This tune cooks, basically. The drummer pushed and pushed the group with constant high energy. Also, the bass player, who slung his bass down to his knee, was always in synch with the drummer. This is the main reason for the band sounding together. Alan Allen would play some nasty noises and feedback over the top and the result was pure raunchy rock and roll (early punk). Near the end of their second set, Alan announced the start of the famous Eggs of Evolution dance contest. The winner of the contest would win an Eggs of Evolution shirt— the light blue model complete with Eggs logo on the front and back. They took a vote on what song to play and a persistent fan demanded they play “Jet Boy, Jet Girl.” lan told the crowd that it was too close to decide the winner so he threw the shirt into the crowd. I am now the proud owner of that shirt. Just as a note, when I asked the singer for any random comments he informed me “ We Like Fish.” That’s fine by me. Overall, the Eggs played really well in the Pub and I highly recommend to the W PI com munity to “check them out.” If you wish to get some info about the band, call 792-3626. P A R T I I I : Reducers and Dead Men
What a strange twist of fate—The Reduc ers, a rock band from New London, Conneticut, scheduled 2 gigs in one night. One gig at W PI (where?) and the other at 12:30 in New London. Well they forgot to tell this to the Pub Committee, so there was much confusion, especially when The Reducers arrived 3 hours late. They got lost. So to make a long story about confusion short, the near 200 people in the Pub witnessed The Reducers open for the popular W PI band. Dead Men On Holiday. A great number of these people were from the band’s hometown area. The Reducers took to the stage with their huge Hiwatt amps and quickly set up. With not much of a soundcheck, they opened up 24-song set with “The Hippie Shake,” a 50’s style rock and roll tune. In a word, they were loud. Next, the Reducers cranked out “ How Did Your Mother Ever Let You Get To Be That Way?” Like most of the songs, this was a straight-ahead rock tune. The bassist played really well, making sure that he was tight with the drummer. This band displayed a undying energy supply throughout their set. They played tune after tune with not much talk in between songs; sometimes they would just play song after song. Either this was normal for them, or they just wanted to get the hell out as soon as possible. As part of their slower and “ lighter” sound, the band played a song entitled “ All About You.” One of the 2 guitarists sang this song, showing off his strong and gritty voice. The
other guitarist and the bassist sang at other times. They all had good strong voices that were perfect for their music. After a couple more originals, I saw Father Scanlon come into the Pub to observe the situation— I wanted to see him slam with the crowd in front of the stage. Well, I cut this short because this is getting a tad too long. The last song The Reducers played was a great Clash song, “Jamie Jones.” This band was really good, perhaps the best pure rock and roll band in the pub for quite some time. Check out their many albums, or request them on the radio. The headlining band. Dead Men On Holi day, started to set up their stuff and did a quick soundcheck and then changed into their new uniforms. Ascanother DMOH-exclusive gimmick, the band started to play their set in paper-like painters suits with caps. Their names were displayed on the suits—Joe, Joe, Joe, and Jay. They opened up with “ I Wanna Be Sedated," a popular Ramones tune. With each performance, DMOH does fewer and fewer covers. During this show they debuted an untitled new song that was wellreceived by the crowd. This song feature Joe on bass. Next they played another cover “ Someone’s Gonna Die Tonight.” As usual, the crowd added backup vocals with the “ Oi, Oi, Oi” chorus. The other covers were “ Louie, Louie,” “ Sunshine On My Shoulder,” and “ Donut Shop Rock.” Dead Men played their staple blend of rock and punk that was bristling with raw unalderated power. Jay’s new drum kit really cuts through and drives the band harder. “ Vietnam” was the next song. I ’m not sure what the lyrics are but I heard “ my MQP" in there somewhere. There is a small minority of people who actually know the lyrical content of Dead Men tunes. Fortunately the singer Joe is most of the time in this minority. Joe the Singer’s voice is getting stronger with each show. Other high-energy, frenzied songs that followed “ Vietnam” were “Twitchin’ Like A Cockroach,” “ Store 24,” and “Our Love.” Next was a song called “ Instrumental.” This song has word too, though. Believe it or not. Dead Men also play a blend of “ lighter” music that is somehow surf and country influenced. Of course they won’t agree with me on this, but I ’m writing this damn article so I can say what I please. Hah! Some of these songs are “ Beach Song,” “ Ba bies Die (Cry),” and “Tom’s Song.” Dead Men fooled their fans but not playing “ It Must Suck (Being You)” last. The last tune was “ B ill’s Song" which is the kind of tune that assaults you with its power and volume. Well, that ends this epic Pub Review. This review is of unprecedented length, mind you. You’ve just read Newspeak history in the making. Wow.
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Foreigner warmly received by WPI students Com piled by Je ffre y Coy Features Ed itor
For the past several years. Professor Susan Vick has directed Masque, W PI's student thea ter group, under the assumption that theater GOOD theater -can succeed at an engineering school. Most would argue that technical stu dents do not belong in. and do not enjoy to watch theater. However. Professor Vick has long since proven such conventional dictates wrong. Through years of hard work and with the aid of talented students, she has been able to forge a reputation of theatrical excellence for Masque. And all this from an engineering school. Masque’s success has not gone unnoticed. Recent performances have enjoyed capacity audiences comprised mainly of W PI students. The supposedly “ uncultured” Tech commu nity is indeed responding to the efforts of Professor Vick and her crew. One who has recognized this positive stu dent reaction is Laura Jehn Menides, W PI Associate Professor of English. In turn, she assigned her students to write reviews of a preview performance of Masque’s most recent offering, Larry Shue’s The Foreigner. Follow ing are excerpts from several of these essays.
and a slight scuffle ensued. The Sheriff entered and calmed the place down. He then cleared out the bar, giving the audience the feeling that they were in the play. The audience then pro ceeded to the seats that they would accomodate for the rest of the evening. - Joseph W. Mahoney
If you were unable to attend one of the performances of The Foreigner on November 17-19, you missed out on an extremely funny play. The play was performed by members of W P I’s student- run drama organization, Masque, in Alden Hall at 7:30 p.m. on the three nights. The preview performance, which I was able to view, was held on Wednesday evening, November 16, and seemed to run perfectly. Upon entering Alden Hall, the audience sat around tables in a simulated bar room called “Cliff’s.” Actors and actresses walked around conversing. A few people got into an argument
The W PI Masque production of The For eigner is well acted and funny. This comedy by Larry Shue is set in Tilgman County, Georgia in the recent past. It tells the story of a corrupt Reverend David Marshall Lee (Jeff Yoder) as he plots to rise to power in the K KK using the inheritance of his fiance, Catherine Simms, who was played by Carrie Windt. This plot includes the acquisition of the Fishing Resort Lodge, owned by Betty Meeks (Jennifer Knudsen), with the help of KK K building inspector Owen Musser (Jim White). The plot is enriched by the “ Foreigner” , a socially in verted proofreader named Charlie Baker
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Sgt. Froggy LeSeur (Bill Bullard) confronts the dastardly Rev. Lee (Jeff Yoder)
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Visitors to Betty Meeks' Fishing Lodge are fascinated by the visiting foreigner, Charlie.
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(Harold MacKieman) who is staying at the lodge for a few days vacation. Charlie poses as a foreigner at the suggestion of his friend, Sgt. “ Froggy” LeSueur (Bill Bullock) to avoid having to interact with anyone. Charlie finds himself hearing startling conversations as an omniscient observer that he supposedly doesn't understand which only makes the play funnier. A scene with Catherine Simms and Reverend Lee where the two discuss her preg nancy is well done as Catherine is hilariously embarrassed by Charlie’s presence. The fol lowing scenes are equally funny as Charlie’s “ foreignness" allows him to enrich his boring personality as well as become close to the people at the lodge especially his “ tutor” Ellard Simms (Brian Weissman) - Chris Weeks Throughout the play Charlie forms rela tionships with each person, who all believe he can’t speak English. This makes for some very funny scenes. In one scene Charlie tells a story in which Betty, Catherine, and Ellard believe is his language, only it was bologna he made up. Betty translates it into some crazy story and Charlie goes along with it. Another scene in volves Charlie imitating Ellard at the breakfast table. Ellard puts a glass on his head and Charlie does the same as Betty walks in. Betty scolds Ellard for making fun of Charlie as she encourages Charlie that it’s o.k. to wear a glass on his head. Another scene has Charlie teach ing “ his language" in which he makes up words and gives English meaning to them. Each per son is to repeat the word and when Owen repeats it, Charlie makes fun of him saying that he sounds like how a woman sounds in his country, which infuriated Owen. Throughout the play there are humorous situations like those in which Charlie carries through with his lie and forms his personality as a loving, outgo ing foreigner. - David Fagan All of the actors performed well. I espe cially liked Jeff Yoder. His portrayal of Rever end David Marshall Lee was excellent: he handled the Reverend’s two-sided personality splendidly. He was exceptional in his presenta tion of the deceitful side of Reverend David because of the attitudes which were evident in
Questions: l. “The Book of Love" 2. “ Dirty Water” 3. “Journey to the Center of the Mind” 4. "Land of 1000 Dances” 5. “ Little Bit O’ Soul” 6. “ Doo-Wah Diddy” 7. “ Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” 8. “ Psychotic Reaction” 9. "Venus” 10. “ Surfin’ Bird”
Answers: I. The Monotones, #5, 1958 2. Standells, #l l, 1966 3. The Amboy Dukes (with Ted Nugent), #16. 1968 4. Cannibal and the Headhunters, #30, 1965 5. Music Explosion, #2, 1967 6. Manfred Mann, #1, 1964 7. Steam, #1, 1969 8. Count Five, #5, 1966 9. Shocking Blue, #1, 1970 10. Trashmen, #4. 1964
BONUS Q U ESTIO N O F T H E W E E K Well the only person who sent in an answer last week was Todd Corey, and he was correct— Gretsch. What I want to know this week is what is the name of the all- female backup vocal trio that sang with Bob Marley during his career. His wife, Rita Marley, is in this group. . Send in answers to Box 2124. A random winner is selected from the group of correct answers.
The costumes of the characters also help to enhance the characters’ personalities. To mention, Ellard, played by Brian Weissman, with his farmer jeans really came across as a southern hick, and Charlie resembled a typical aristocratic englishman with his button down sweater and long wool overcoat. More promi nently still, the costumes of the Ku Klux Klan members were superbly designed. The background effects were also helpful in setting the mood and aiding the action of the play. In particular, the lighting along with the music were well used. For instance, a car really did appear to go by the house with the head lights showing through the window, and when the radio came on, the soft orange light really set the mood for that scene. Further, when Charlie pretended to be possessed, he was highlighted by eerie lighting as well as spooky music. Still in that scene, the red lighting used under the supposedly K K K member as Charlie melted him was also used effectively. - Kevin Sullivan These actors combine for a spectacular performance, one which ended in typical comical style (in accordance with Aristotle anyway) with the celebration of life. This occurs when Charlie receives notice that his wife has run off with her proctologist, and he and Catherine get together to start their lives over again, while Ellard is using his inheri tance to help Betty fix up the lodge. In addition to the performance was the quality of the costumes, in which the Costumer, Lynn Stan ton, deserves a mention. The director has portrayed a thought pro voking, zestful comedy over a marathon three hours in which there was never a dull moment. Taking into account the response of the audi ence. this play is a must see, for the measly one dollar ticket charge should not be an inhibitor in one’s attendance. - Mike Bradford
Jeremy Rifkin at WPI by C hris Barcus Newspeak S ta ff
by Troy Nielsen
For trivia this week, I chose to pick some familiar "one hit wonders" song titles— you have to tell me who recorded the song, the year it was a hit, and the highest position on the charts it reached. These groups are the kind that had only one hit in their musical career. Too bad groups like Whitesnake and White Lion can’t follow this format, (had to let that out)
his voice and his facial expressions, especially during his discussions with Owen Musser. Owen Musser is the classic “ redneck,” played by Jim White. White fully emphasizes every aspect of that particular type of character and he handles Owen’s attitude toward strangers especially well, which later explains his in volvement in the KKK. Cari Windt played Catherine Simms, Rev erend Lee’s fiance, who is romantically doting over Charlie. Her younger brother, Ellard, though, provides a lot of the laughs. Brian Weissman plays the dim-witted Ellard and is very comical in the scenes where he thinks he is teaching Charlie to speak English. But the actor who stole the stage was Ha rold MacKieman, as Charlie. He was “ remark able!" MacKieman was able to control a scene and reveal his thoughts to the audience solely by the expression upon his face. Even when he character began to relate to the Georgians, he didn’t lose this control. Some of the most comic scenes were between Charlie and the owner of the fishing lodge, Betty Meeks, por trayed by Jennifer Knudsen. Knudsen inter preted her role quite well, and she was very effective in displaying the simplicity in her character. - Beth Wildgoose
Social activist Jeremy Rifkin appeared November 21 in Alden Hall at WPI. Rifkin’s presentation was informal, as he walked throughout the audience gaining participation from those who attended. The performance began with a very somber story set in the year 2025, emphasizing how the Greenhouse effect pertained to Earth at this point in time. Rifkin touched on the biotechological age and emphasized the moral issues. He stated that genetic engineering takes engineering priciples for inanimate objects and applies them on genetic pools. Rifkin does admit we have created a very powerful tool with genetic engineering, but said that we are only con cerned with the short term benefits. It is up to society to demand more students to predict
what will happen years down the road when genetically altered organisms are released into the environment. Although genetic engineering was the main issue covered, Rifkin did bring up other social concerns. He entertained the audience with a discussion on surogency and the possibility of parents ‘creating’ their own child. The discus sion also included God. and Rifkin noted how over the years, the role God has changed as society changed. God first was a shepherd, then a craftsman, and now he is a clockmaker. To wrap up his performance, Rifkin offered $20 to anyone in the audience who could tell him the dominant value in society. Many an swers were given, but the correct answer, effi ciency, was not given, saving Rifkin his money. The performance was very interesting and even those who attended who were against his principles found themselves agreeing with Rifkin in various aspects.
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Cynics should get involved or get lost To all the apathetic people who have made continual com plaints all year, and probably all your life, this editorial’s for you. (If you do not fall into this catagory, please do not take this editorial personally.) Too often in life, people make statements before giving any consideration to their outcome. We are all guilty of this act of inconsiderate behavior at some point in our lives, but some of us are more guilty than others. In some cases, one just ignores such statements, knowing that they were made without any intended malice. However, in other situations, these statements do not cease. Before actually discussing the point of this edito rial, let us diverge for a moment or two. As everyone knows, the primary goal of attending W PI is to obtain a college education. In addition, many students choose to give up some of their free time to various campus organiza tions. Of this group, there is a smaller group of students who belong to not one, but many campus organizations; many of these students hold active positions in these clubs. Remember, being a part of a group or groups does not lessen one's course work. Some cynics may now begin to wonder how these “ prodi gies" are able to actually DO their school work. This editorial is not meant to preach on how some students choose to spend their time or to lecture on how to improve one’s study habits. . The point of this editorial is to discuss the mindless and pointless criticisms of campus organizations that goes on. It is
also aimed at the students who do not participate, and yet feel obligated to continually criticize. Let’s take Newspeak for an example. Not to be biased on our own behalf, we realize that this is true of all campus organi zations; we just know more about Newspeak than any other campus group. Newspeak is the student newspaper of WPI. It has been published on a weekly basis since 1909. Let that sentence sink in for a second, especially the phrase ‘student newspaper’. We are not professionals, nor are we paid. We do not represent the administration, any non-student groups, or any particular student group. The paper is run by students; students write stories, edit stories, take photographs, develop these photos, layout the paper, as well as handling the business and advertising aspects of the paper. This takes devotion, and a certain desire; students join Newspeak because they want to. Running a newspaper is a full 40 hour a week job, but one must remember the members of Newspeak all have full time positions already; we are students at WPI. A great deal of work goes into producing a newspaper every week. A newspaper cannot be ‘slapped’ together at the last minute, like a homework assignment. It takes a great deal of time and effort. That does not mean that we are perfect, we make mistakes. But that is human nature, we all make mistakes; it is part of the learning process. We at Newspeak, like others, do not mind criticism; that is
we do not mind constructive criticism. If any member of the W PI community has a suggestion to make, or has found a significant error in the paper, please contact Newspeak. In contrast, we do mind those who make comments based on personal bias, not the facts. Since we cannot stop people from making these comments, we issue a reply of our own: “To properly criticize Newspeak, or any other campus organization for that matter, one must be a part of that group. So go out and get involved. If after learning about a particular club from the ‘inside’, you still want to criticize that organization, then it is your right, but not until then.” In addition to this, we have another complaint to make. We are tired of having people ‘get bent out of shape’ over the fact that we did not cover their event. We are not technical geniuses; we do not have, nor have we created, a ‘brain wave receptor system’. Just because an event is important to you, do not linger under the delusion that Newspeak knows about it. Instead of getting mad at us because we did not send a reporter, tell us about your event, and we will try to report it. Sorry if we seem to be complaining too much, but we just felt that it was our turn. It is just that we put in a large amount of time every week to publish this newspaper with little or no recognition from the student body. It would be nice to receive a little thanks once in a while instead of the continual moaning, groaning, and complaining. So how ‘bout it?
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How can WPI promote social interaction with other schools?
Chris Charland - '92
Jennifer Knudsen - '89
Kevin Beaulieu - '89
Brian Johnson - '89
There should be more cross knowledge of events, like what's going on over at Holy Cross.
They could sponsor co-campus activities such as a cultural exchange or exhibition.
Activities like dances and competitions, and fund raisers with prizes between schools, because the end result of competition is inter action. Also, there should be speakers from other schoools to talk about them.
We should invest in dances and other things of interest, and have people go out to schools to put up signs and get in contact with other social committees. We need to move the social functions away from the frats. A consortium shuttle on the weekends would help.
22nd issue of Newspeak is a fine example of the apathy displayed by the typical W PI student. His statement, “ Some ridiculous idea pops into someone’s head and they feel compelled to put it in print” is way out of line. Are any of the issues he mentions, SOCCOMM events, bookstore prices, DAKA dining, etc. as ridiculous as he really says they are? All of these are constructive comments and however humorous he may find them, Newspeak is the only forum available for W PI students to bring up these types of issues. Unless you, Mr. Rafal, are so independently wealthy that the social fee or money to
eat, please do not criticize those who A RE CONCERNED for not having more important things to do with their time. Change does not come by sitting around waiting for things to happen. If some of the points brought up lead to change, although rare as it may be, then this forum is certainly a good starting point. So, Mr. Rafal, go ahead, sit back, and watch Al Bundy in your world of TV reality, but please do not tell those who are concerned about W PI what is important and what is not. Je ff Gornstein, '90
by Alton Reich Newspeak S ta ff
In a remote government facility in Oregon, scientists are now working with some of the most deadly viruses ever created. These viruses have only one purpose: they will some day be unleashed to wreak havok on the Soviet Union. The viruses are de signed to cripple any computer sys tem they attack and to spread as quickly as possible through any net work they encounter. This latest round of germ warfare has the United Nations up in arms over the possibil ity of global computer destruction. Remember the good old days when you could hook up to any main
frame, or trade software with anyone and not have to worry about a thing? Now, with all these strange viruses you have to be so much more careful about who’s on the other end of the modem. The problem of computer viruses has greatly escalated over the past few months, and it's getting worse. A spokesman for the Center for Viral Research in Palm Springs said, “The computer virus is nothing new, but we only used to see minor cases. Sometimes data would get scrambled, or files lost, but now things are much worse. Entire sys tems fall prey to these data devils and valuable CPU time is spent just repro ducing viruses.” It’s amazing how nervous the
Ask Mike Unresponsive Guy Dear Mike, I have a problem. I used to like this guy a whole lot, and although I thought this feeling might be recipro cated, after a week or so it was quite evident he did not feel the same. Well, he realized this, and ended our rela tionship, saying he still wanted to be friends. It took me a while, but I finally learned to accept this. Now, totally unexpected, he has started being really rude to me, and making nasty comments, which I don’t understand why. I just wish I knew why he says things to hurt me, and how I can get him to stop. I still care and would at least like to be his friend, but I guess he doesn’t want to be friends after all. Please help. Thank you.
Still Am Wondering
worth it. Good luck.
Dear Still Am Wondering, It sounds like this guy is really confused. He may need some time to think or to get to know you better. His rude comments might be because he has had a bad day or he doesn’t under stand your actions. You could try taking a walk and talking out your feelings. Sometimes it takes a few words to clear the air, and a friendship or a romantic interlude could blos som. If he is a true friend (which he sounds like he is), he will come around and talk with you. Maybe he has other problems to deal with or maybe he just got over a difficult relationship. Give him a chance to start over. Maybe you’ll find him
Dear Mike, I ’m writing to tell you that I am absolutely disgusted with some of the advice you offered to a student in the November, 22, 1988 issue of New speak. This student wrote to you ask ing for help on how to relieve stress. One of the ‘stress relievers’ that you suggested was ‘drinking... (and] once in a while... get really drunk.’ As you assumed in your response, this stu dent is a freshman. That means he is eighteen years old and therefore three years under the legal drinking age. Not only is this act, then, unquestion able illegal but drinking is also a proven health risk. Alcohol causes various types of cancer and kills mil-
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lions of very precious brain cells. Now I ask you, is this a mature way to deal with problems? A Teetotaler Dear Teetotaler, Is your signature legitimate or just to impress me? First of all, let’s not be naive. At least 98% of all the freshmen have drunk alcohol. Does that make them criminals? There is a lesson to be learned by drinking. I am not promot ing the idea of drinking to intoxica tion, but it happens. Usually in high school, but quite often in college. Many students use it as an outlet for stress, strain, and problems. How ever, students usually get severely intoxicated once and either puke their guts up or sleep with an undesirable person. This leads them to set limits for themself. Second, you are quoting me out of context when you say that one of my stress relievers was drinking. The column states “ there are some people who will tell you drinking helps re lieve stress.” Drinking loosens most people up, so they don’t have to worry about their problems for a while. So in essence, it does relieve some stress; however, I don’t promote it because (as stated in my column) it can lead to alcoholism. Finally, getting drunk once in a while is all right. I did not say to go out and try to kill every brain cell. Drink to your known limit and enjoy your self. Just remember to drink safely and responsible, and please don’t drink and drive. By the way, I am not a drinker. In my whole lifetime. I ’ve been drunk once. When I drink, it is only moderate (very) amounts. Are you using drugs to solve your problems? Do you want to kick the habit? Ask Mike fo r help -Box 2142 or 2700.
average programmer is about catch ing a virus. One person I spoke to said, “ Once one of my favorite pro grams fell prey to a virus, since then I’ve been a lot more careful about what I do with my disks.” Another person is trying to find vaccines for some of these viruses, “ I ’ve got five viruses isolated on disk that I ’m trying to eliminate, but I haven’t had much sucess yet. The process is very expensive and government funding is limited.”One student who fell prey to a virus had this to say, “ I lost two weeks worth of work on a report be cause I wasn’t careful. I ’ve learned my lesson.” Many have been asking, is there any way to avoid this prob lem? A California company says there is. They have come out with what they claim is a safe, cheap, and effective way to avoid computer viruses. It is called the “ Disk Condom” and it is simply a latex jacket that goes around the disk. You put it on before insert ing the disk into the drive, and the makers insist that it works. “ We can’t tell you the details, but it keeps un wanted material from being written to a disk. W e’re also working on a device that will help mainframes avoid being infected with viruses,” said a company spokesman. I called the Surgeon General’s office to see if he had any opinion on the matter, and he said, “ In the absence of abstainence, use a Disk Condom.” Nancy Reagan said last week at a luncheon, “ Just say no to down load ing from strange computers.” Main frames are the biggest culprits in the spread of computer viruses. When a virus infects a disk or a small com puter its effects begin to show almost right away. Data on a disk will be come scrambled, and then it will ei ther be destroyed, or moved to a spe cial lab where it can be studied. When a small computer becomes infected it is usually isolated until it can be cured, but sometimes it is hopeless and the machine is simply put to sleep. The problem with mainframes is that they tend to be the carriers of viruses. They have so much memory and power that viruses often aren’t dis covered until they have reproduced many millions of times. Infected mainframes are much too expensive to destroy, and often they are too necessary to have off line while a vaccine is found. So these carriers keep working and infecting other systems, while a cure is being found. Many hours of research are currently being devoted to devlop ways to pro tect against contamination from these known carriers, but a solution is still far down the road. While we wait for a solution there are some precautions that we should all take. Always know about a system before you link up, make sure it has not been in contact with known carri ers of viruses. Care is the best precau tion. Remember, one nanosecond is all it takes to become infected.
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I ’m gonna try a format change on Seth's request, so yell at him if you don't like it. Congratulations to all of our new brothers: Chris Marr, Renee Grenon, Chad Schwartzchoff, Wendy Sears, Sharon Savage, Lisa Desrochers, Amir Akbari. Babar Malik, Quentin Rissler, Ed Bouchie, David Andrade, Paul Roy, Heidi Lundy, Janet Scott, Donna Roesing, Jennifer Smith, Jennifer Klingbeil, Bridget Powers, Debra England, and Kevin Bowen. Sorry if I spelled any of your names wrong or forgot anyone. Their are so many of you it’s easy to forget a name. On the positive side, we have a whole lot of new blood to take over when our vast number of seniors graduate. In other news: How about that Christmas Party. Was your Secret Santa good to you? If not may he/she get coal in their stocking. Caroling tonight, 6:30 in the Wedge, it should be jammin, if we can remember the words. Bell dinging for the salvation (not salivation) army tommorrow. Elections next Monday. VERY IMPORTANT. Goodies will be served. And now the comments: Real Bowlers don’t bowl a perfect game then blow it in the last frame!...Do I get lingerie next?...Only if you’re really “ Good” !...What a perfectly rotten day this has turned out to be...Pinky’s Actually At a Meeting!...I Smell Awesome!...Kevin, what are those picutres of? I don’t under stand them. Keep up the good turk(eys)...HA!...Congratulations to the plegdes (now brothers) on their project...Send your photos to the historian or you’ll be history!...Get psyched for the Christmas party - small animals beware!...The word of the day is “Golly!” Yeah...Oscar and Annette are alive and well...mm is hot...Welcome to our new brothers! We are glad to have you as members of APO...Just call him shaky Jon!... I finally made it to a meeting!...Something Stupid. Well congrats to the new brothers. Com’on Joe P. Why is my little brother always the last to
do everything? Luv L...Cindy Lou Who you looked better at two...I don’t care what Nancy Sinatra says; these boots weren’t made for fitness walking. Before I go just a run down on the food drive (though Heidi’s article should be within in this paper somewhere. Thanks for saving me time.). We were able to make up 51 complete boxes with turkeys for the Prospect House. According to Jules (I think) the people at Prospect House were “ Dancing around and singing” because we helped them make their quota. We also collected around $600 in cash with more on the way in and around $2000 worth of food. So thanks to every organization, department etc. that donated turkeys and thanks to all in APO and Morgan who worked at Shaw’s. Kinda makes you wanna do one every week. Hillel
Happy Hanukkah, the festival of lights, the feast of the Macabbees. Today is the third day of this holiday that lasts eight days. This is to celebrate the victory of the Macabbees over the Greeks during the times of the second temple. It’s celebrated for eight days in celebration of the Macabbees’ reinauguration (hanukkat a beit) of the temple, and discovery of menorah (seven branched candle) that was lit with a small jar containing olive oil that lasted for eight days (a miracle). During this holiday it’s traditional to light a nine branched candle stand. It is also traditional to eat oily food like potato pancakes and donuts with jelly filling. We at Hillel are going to celebrate this holiday this Saturday with a small party with people from colleges around the area. If you’re interested in joining us for this event contact box 1123. Hillel is a club interested in giving Jews at school a social meeting place, and is also interested in giving an awareness of Jew ish culture and traditions. If you have an inter est in joining Hillel contact our box (5497).
GREEK CORNER Phi Sigma Sigma Now that the Christmas party is over we only have caroling to look forward to. A stand ing “ O” goes to Kristan B and her committee for all their hard work. Everyone had a great time. Thanks to all the elves who made the night even more fun. The decorations were awesome, good job to everyone who pitched in. Has anyone guessed who their Secret Santa is yet? Don’t forget the Christmas Party Wednesday night!! Maybe Santa Claus will show up!!! Remember he knows when you’ve been bad or good. Start getting your sponsors to support our Rock-a-thon for the National Kidney Founda tion. January 17 & 18 are the big days. Get psyched for decorating F IJI’S Christ mas Tree tonight at 9:00 and for caroling before. I want to hear everyone spreading Christmas Cheer. Pledges - we love you and we are psyched for Wednesday night. LITP Sigma Pi Hello, I ’m back after a long memory re lapse in which I forgot how to write in English. I submitted a few of my works in Swahili, but they never got published. The main object of my distaste this week is Lenny, who not only refuses to fix my favorite table, but who smashed my face in one morning a few weeks ago. I hope everyone enjoyed the party Friday night, I know my weekend was enhanced by it. Thanks to Phi Sig Sig for such a fun Christmas dance. I ’m sure everyone there had a great time. Looking forward to our own this week end! I also noticed that many of our brohters are feeling a recurring need to migrate up towards Daniels Hall - especially on Tuesday nights. See you next week! PIG. Sorry, I almost forgot -The question of the week - “ Who will be Mrs. Deadwould Snow flake ’88?” a) Teri? b) Monstrilla? c) Suzanne? d) M EL? P.S. “ How many other stupid couples will we see this weekend?” Zonk & Rosy Palm? Donahue & Fangface? B2 & Christine Betsy & Rut? Tousignant & Anyone? Rod 10 plus + ? Tau Kappa Epsilon The Brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon would like to congratulate Chris “Trev” Chamberlin for pinning his girlfriend Jen Nunes. We’ve been having either a pinning or an engagement every week for the last two months. When are
the weddings? Last Friday’s Christmas party went very well, we would like to thank our special guests for attending. Everyone loved the tree with its trimmings. Many thanks to our Little Sisters for decorating the tree, to our Associate Members for getting a good tree (no shrubbery!) and for the “ original song” . Now that we’re on the way of giving thanks, we would like to thank two special people for their time: Sgt. Hill and Dean Brown. To Matt Rees we would like to recommend playing frogger at home and not in the street. Theta Chi Theta Chi had an excellent turnout of beach goers for our 4th annual Beach Party. There were plenty of rays to be absorbed and and our first water tight pool to cool everyone off. Much thanks to everyone who extended the helping hand in preparation and clean up ef forts. Last week we were pleased to host Ralph Aspell, one of our national field representa tives. Ralph had a good time visiting our chapter and seeing Epsilon’s pride in action. W e’d like to thank alumni brothers Matt Colangelo, Philo Shelton, Matt Vessie, Mike Thompson, and Dave Polcari for coming back to construct a new walkway, deck, and stair way beside our house. It was a long awaited, and much appreciated addition. We would like to congratulate our new kitchen steward, Harald Lucas, who is expected to provide our long lost steak and lobster meals. PledgopHhe breakfast raid has been the best one to date. Along the same line, “ whats’s the name of the game?!...” ’Tis Christmas time and the Theta Chi Christmas party is coming up this Friday. We will be looking forward to having packages handed out this year by Spooger Clause- carb up dude. If anyone is still dateless, check out the Thurston rent-a-date service. Todd, sorry it couldn’t be a holiday party for you. The Theta Chi walkers wound up a night of partiness safely at good of store 24. Booboo holds the award for most athletic accomplish ment of the night: heel clicking. The finance award goes to Randy. The most captivating entertainment award goes to the Pin Stripe Pub where Beau’s demon girlfriend says “ I don’t mind". The rescue award goes to Manch and Jonny for the pick up. The brothers don’t seem to be having the best of luck with cars these days. Latham’s carburetor blows up; Rick blows a thermostat job (expected); Thos, Booboo, and Serge, blow head lights; Cohen’s ignition doesn’t work; and who knows what’s wrong with Jon’s car this week. Hey Deuce, gotta like that new office of yours. And in various comers we have eagle eye Brenner, wrist shot Hoey, blood hound Stascavage, and head butt Cho. A final note for Tang, Barry, and Tatum- there’s one coming.
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Congratulations to the new officers of the Rugby Club. After hours of deliberation and voting (many casuals too...) the following members were elected: President - Matt McGrath VP - Alex Indeck Treasurer - Brian Walsh Match Secretary - Joe Rock Secretary/Publicity - Jeff Tubbs Social - Jim Hennageek Good luck in the Spring season, comeout! Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Greetings to all! Welcome to the final stretch of B-term ’88. This is probably the busiest term of the four with the holidays and all and it has been quite busy for SME. We had a tour of the Jamesbury Corp., had the Granting Ceremony dinner with the Senior Chapter, are having the T-shirt contest going on now (re member, has to be in before Dec. 16), had two General Meetings with the last one featuring Bob Bean, P.E. of MEAC. During that meeting Bob gave a slide presentation of PC-CADD Robotics. It was a very informative and inter esting talk about how PC’s are being used with robots for simulation and programming. It was too bad there were not more freshmen, sopho mores, and juniors there because it was a great presentation to see what M EAC has to offer to the students for project work and practical applications information. For those who did not attend, do not despair. SM E will be having more General Meetings with guests from MEAC sharing their knowledge and informing the W PI community about what MEAC has to offer. As always, everyone, members as well as non-members or soon-to-be-members, is in vited and encouraged to attend. Please check our bulletin board before entering Higgins 109, on the right side, for an up to date posting of our offerings and pick up an application and return to Box 2157. To all the people who have already picked up their application, please get
it in to me before break so you can be processed by Nationals over the holidays and begin to enjoy the benefits of being a member as soon as possible! Thank you and look for our SM E Club Comer again next week! Vietnamese Student Association
The Vietsky, the Vietnamese Student As sociation cordially invite the faculty, staff members, and students of W PI to come and try our delicious Vietnamese Eggrolls and support our fundraising cause. Where: In the wedge When: Thursday, December 8, 1988 Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Thank you for your support!! Wireless Association
It was an interesting week for W 1YK last week. We had our officer nominations at the last meeting, with elections coming up this Thursday. All full members are invited to attend and vote, or mail a sealed ballot to the club box, 5393, or my box, 2286. The slate will be out sometime today. Apart from this, we have some other things going on. Operation Santa Claus will be next week, as will our pizza party. This Saturday, VE exams will be held in Higgins Labs 109, starting as soon after 9:00 am as possible. All exam elements will be given, so come prepared for your favorite code/theory test. Get there early if possible to fill out some forms, and bring about $5.00 if you’re going for anything but Novice exams. Thanks go to President Bob for fixing the rotor after that little mishap with the extension cable, in those sub-arctic temperatures with the 50 mph winds. Thanks go to PIU for creating the occasion for him to go up there. Remember, the YK QSL card contest is still up and running, so work on those designs. They have to be in for the first meeting of Ctemi, whenever that is. See you all at the meeting, Thursday, December 8, 1988, 4:30 pm, SL 01 1.
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Here on W P I’s campus there is a group of concerned students who meet weekly to talk about topics that interest them. This informal forum has been founded to discuss and act on issues ranging widely from education to poli tics. The goal of this group is to spark social awareness in W PI students by bringing speak ers to campus to address current issues. This group is named Students for Social Awareness. C O M
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his father’s money. If not, then all of the money goes to Catherine. Rev. David Lee seems to be interested in this... Throughout the play we see that Charlie is aware of all of the wrong-doings and schem ing done between Owen and Rev. Lee. In fact, Charlie is involved with every sub-plot pre sented in the first act. He becomes an essential part of correcting the evils of the Reverend and his plan to buy the condemmed inn and con vert it into a KKK headquarters. Of course the plot only hints at this at first, but latter in the play it is obvious what is going on. This part of the play was very predictable, while Charlie's plan to stop the plan presents situ
ations which are totally unpredictable. Charlie has to be and is very quick on his feet. In the second act. the Reverend Lee s plan is crumbling before his own eyes, til lard, who is suppose to be quite dumb, is acting very smart because he is ’teaching" the English language to Charlie. This means that David can not solicit all of the inheritance money from Cath erine. Also, Catherin is getting upset and sus picious with his continual absence from the inn. All of this action boils down to the final scene where Owen breaks under pressure and in a frenzied speech tells Charlie, Betty, Cather ine, and Ellard that the Klan is coming to sieze Charlie since he is a foreigner. This occurs when Charlie, in one of his amusing lessons where he teaches the other people his own language, cleverly makes fun of Owen in front of the Catherine, Ellard. David, and Betty. The KKK storms the house and places Charlie on a
counter and demands that he "dance” in his weird way shown to Owen earlier in the play. During the dance all of the sudden, he begins to give a speech in English, saying that he was a powerful outer-space being. Then Charlie appears to make one of the KKK members melt much like the witch's death in "The Wizard of Oz." The special effects, brought about by the suspended stage, were excellent. The rest of the KKK was terrified and fled the inn. David is found to be a Klan member, as Charlie and Ellard’s plan was revealed. It was Ellard who knocked David out. and then took his KKK outfit. Ellard then staged this meltdown scene which scared the real KKK members. A very clever plan, I might add. The icing on the cake occured when Froggy blows up the KKK van containing all of the material for headquarters right before David's eyes. Froggy's remark was "bloody foreign
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cars.” A happy ending overall, with Catherine, Ellard, Betty, and Charlie working together to restore the inn to tip-top condition as it was many years ago. All of the talented actors did an excellent job of fulfilling the roles, especially Harold Mackieman as Charlie Baker and Cari Windt as Catherine Simms. 1saw the Friday night showing, which was in my opinion was practically flawless in every respect. I was told by Cari Windt that "the plav definitely progressed from the first to the last night.” with the final showing containing the most energy. It is interesting to note that this was a veryhigh-tech play when it came to the complicated sound and visual effects. I was not aware of this until I was introduced to the play Technical Director Brian Freeman. Backstage he showed me the setup for cueing the effects, jukebox, etc. There were TV monitors, control boards. 3 tape decks and I CD player. The micro phones placed in the front of the audience on the far sides of the first row were there to capture the actor dialogue for the backstage monitors. You must remember that there was no visible controlling of the lights and sounds—everything was done from backstage. The numbers are incredible considering the amount of cues that had to be coordinated between the stage and backstage for scene changes, effects, and the like. It took 7 hours for the crew to do a “ cue-to-cue." This is the run-through that ensures that all of the cues are performed perfectly. There were about 30 cues, each one consisting of about 5 separate components. It is now a Masque tradition that there is a pre-play thematic cafe in Alden before the audience actually files into the viewing area, which is partitioned from the cafe by a mas sive wooden wail. Since "The foreigner" deals with Southern themes and is set in Georgia, the cafe was redneck all the way-complete with the confederate flag, deer's head, and a jukebox (the "scratchy hi-fi" model) that favored Elvjs tunes. Of course, credit has to go to Masque and supporting organizations such as Lens and Lights for such an incredible production, but without the careful direction and coaching of Director Susan Vick, the play, and drama at W PI for that matter, would never be.
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CLASSIFIEDS Boston area Patent Law firm desires to meet students with a strong technical back ground interested in pursuing careers in patent law. Candidates should have an electronics, computer science, chemical engineering, or biotechnology background. W ill consider full-time or part-time working arrangements while candidates attend law school. If inter ested, please send resume to James M. Smith, Esq., Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, Two Militia Drive, Lexington, MA 02173. Shea Realty: Apartment Specials. Some one, two, three bedrooms left. $350 and up. Near Tech. For one to three people. Call Jim at 799-2728 or 755-2996. The PATHW AYS deadline is almost upon us. Send in your short stories, poetry, and pen & ink drawings to BO X 5150 and see your name in print. Program Specialist in gym. Some basket ball experience preferred. Work part-time with school aged children in recreational pro gram. Apply to Deb Martel, Worcester Girls Club, 67 Lincoln St., Worcester MA 01605. 752-6075 EOE. Part-time maintenance also available. For Rent: 6 room apartment, 3-4 bedrooms, clean, quiet. Walking distance to college (off Highland St.). Rent is $550, call 835- 2806.
Looking for a Part time job after school? W PI Foodservice has employment opportuni ties for you. Hours and Days are flexible. Positions vary from dishroom to serving posi tions. DON’T W AIT!! For more information call Ed Murphy or Mike McCullough at W PI, 831-5253. Work Study positions available. Wide variety of duties. Ten hours per week. See Penny Rock, Humanities Department, Salis bury Labs.
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George C. Gordon Library Exhibit: Frank Lloyd Wright, Selected Drawings Portfolios 100 reproductions of original drawings by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for designs of buildings, some of which were never built. The drawings have artistic merit in themselves, as well as showing the evolution of the architect. Dates: Now until January 27, 1989 Tuesday, December 6, 1988
11:30 am - 2:00 pm - Clark University Employees Association Fair: Jefferson Hall Handmade crafts and home-baked foods for sale 4:00 pm - College of the Holy Cross - Student Faculty Recital, Fenwick Chapel 8:00 pm - Cinematech Films Series : “ Repulsion,” Alden Hall, Free W ednesday, December 7, 1988
8:00 pm -College of the Holy Cross - Festival of Lessons and Carols. St. Joseph Chapel, by the Holy Cross College Choir 8:00 pm - Video : “ Spacebars,” Gompei’s Place, Free Thursday, December 8, 1988
12-2 - Assumption College Bazaar: Mini Christmas Bazaar & Poinsettia sale. Campus Center. Sponsored by volunteers, all proceeds go to Assumption Scholarship fund. Frid ay, December 9, 1988
11:00 am - CS Department Colloquium: B. Dasarathy - "A Network Operating System Framework for Future Public Switched Networks” . AK 233 8:00 pm - Clark University Concert : The Clark U. Concert Choir and Chamber Chorus -A cantata and mass by Stravinski, and Russian sacred music by Titov and others. Free.
2 -4 pm -UMASS Medical Center Reception : Exhibit of Fine arts by SMU faculty members. Medical School Lobby. 8:30 pm - Comedian Jay Leno, Harrington Auditorium Tickets now on sale: $8.00 - W PI Students, $10.00 - Faculty and Staff w/ W PI ID, $14.00 General Public and at the door. Sunday, December 11, 1988
6:30 & 9:30 pm - Film: "Biloxi Blues," Alden Hall. $2.(X) 7:30 pm - Assumption College Concert: Sing-it-yourself Messiah, Chapel of the Holy Spirit.
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8:44 pm - A student reported that he had put his hand through a window in Morgan hall, accidentally. Officer responded and the subject was transported to the hospital. Tuesday, Novem ber 22, 1988
8:36 pm - Officers responded to a call of a student with a broken thermometer in his finger in Goddard Hall. The student was transported to the hospital for treatment of lacerations. 9:56 pm - A report was received that a cooler in the pub was broken into and several cases of soda were stolen. Officer responded and a report was taken. Wednesday, November 23, 1988 12:17 am - A complaint was received of loud music at Sig Pi fraternity. An officer responded but reported that the music was not loud. 1:03 am - A report was received of two subjects walking around inside the construction area where the new Fuller Labs is being built. Officers responded and the subjects fled the area. 1:55 am - A sergeant reported assisting Clark Police and Worcester Police on Lee St. with some subjects in a vehicle that were observed breaking windows on other vehicles. 9:51 pm - An officer reported finding several subjects on Alumni Field, who were all high school students from West Boylston. An altercation was later reported in the Stoddard lot involving several youths. The altercation was broken up and approximately 50 youths were evicted from Alumni Field. The Youths were all from Grafton and West Boylston and had gone to Alumni Field to play football. Satu rd ay, Novem ber 26, 1988
2:17 am - A member of the Theta Chi fraternity called reporting several subjects in a vehicle in front of the house causing a disturbance and attempting to gain entry to the house. The Sergeant responded and observed a subject with a 2-by-4 in his hand trying to break down the door, and a fight ensued between members of the Theta Chi Fraternity and the four subjects in the vehicle. The four subjects were all placed under arrest by W PI police and Worcester Police and were all charged with assault and battery, disturbing the peace, and trespassing. One W PI student was treated on the scene by Worcester City Ambulance for facial injuries.
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2:45 am - A report was received that the F IJI rock in Institute Park was on Fire. Officers responded and the fire was extinguished. 7:50 am - A report was received of a student having a seizure on the Quad. The Ambulance was notified and the student was transported to Hahnemann Hospital. There were no gigantic skunks observed loitering in the area.
You must possess a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering with an empha sis in Thermodynamics Fluids and Heat Transfer Analysis. Familiarity with the Boil er Industry and Energy Systems is preferred. When you come to Riley, you will be join ing a team of men and women who bring experience, professional dedication and commitment to their work. >bu may be en gineering boiler and fuel burning systems for coal, oil and gas, or you may be design ing units fired by such unconventional fuels as bark, bagasse, coffee grounds, petroleum coke or beet pulp. Riley’s en gineering expertise has been proven in the resource recovery (municipal solid waste) and fluidized bed combustion boiler markets. An engineering career with Riley leads to either a managerial or technical career path within the engineering function. Whichever path you choose to follow, this "dual career ladder’’ allows for profes sional growth and increased responsibil ities. For those with a technical background, positions in project manage ment, estimating, sales and field service are open to you as career options.
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3:40 am - Two calls were received regarding a large party in the Fuller Apartments. Officers responded and reported that the disturbance had been caused by a student who had just gotten engaged and was celebrating the occasion. It was also observed that the front window of the apartment in question had been broken. However, the residents could not recall how it happened. F rid a y , December 2, 1988
3:16 am - Officer reported that a window in the stairway of Morgan Hall had been broken, and there was a large amount of glass and graffiti in the area. 3:22 am - An officer reported observing an ambulance arriving at FIJI. Officers investigated and determined that a female in the house was very drunk and the ambulance refused to transport her. 4:20 pm - A call was received reporting a student in Salisbury having a diabetic reaction. An ambulance was called and the student was transported to Hahnemann Hospital. 11:54 pm - A call was received from Fuller Apartments regarding several subjects in his apartment refusing to leave and becoming combative. Officers responded and report that the subjects had departed upon arrival.
E.I.T.'s at Riley gain a special understand ing of the company's operations, and in sight into how their talents and interests can best advance their careers with our company. Our E.I.T program is an invest ment in the future - for you and for Riley. Contact the placement office for an in terview on Tuesday, November 29. An equal opportunity employer m/f
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12:37 am - Sergeant reported finding a very intoxicated student on Motvelle St. Student was transported to TKE where the President of the fraternity took charge of him. 1:01 am - Student called from Sig Pi reporting that approximately ten subjects were trying to force their way into the fraternity. An officer responded and the subjects were dispersed upon arrival. 1:23 am - A sergeant requested assistance with a motor vehicle accident and assault in progress at the intersection of Dean St. and Institute Road. W PI officers and Worcester Police responded. A female had been observed standing on Institute Road in front of a stopped vehicle containing 3 female subjects. The pedestrian was arguing with the operator of the vehicle, when the operator accelerated the vehicle, striking the pedestrian. The vehicle continued moving with the pedestrian on the hood until a member of the Sigma Pi fraternity punched his fist through the passengers side window of the vehicle. The vehicle again attempted to flee after the pedestrian was thrown from the hood, but its exit was cut off by the W PI cruiser. The operator of the vehicle was arrested by Worcester Police for assault & battery with a dangerous weapon (a motor vehicle), leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, operating under the influence of alcohol and operating with her driver's license under suspension. The pedestrian struck by the vehicle was transported by ambulance to the hospital. A passenger in the vehicle was also transported to the hospital by ambulance with facial lacerations resulting from the broken glass in the vehicle. The Sig Pi member was taken by cruiser to the hospital for treatment of hand lacerations. It was later determined that this incident had originally started as an altercation between two groups of females at a party at Sig Pi. 1:38 am - A student called from Morgan Hall reporting that a friend of his was extremely intoxicated and vomiting up blood in the men’s room. Officer requested an ambulance and the subject was transported to Memorial Hospital. 3:12 am - A citizen called about loud noises and tires squealing, etc. coming from a party at ATO on Regent St. An officer responded and reported that all was quiet now, but he spoke with students at the house, and they agreed to try to keep the noise down. 11:25 pm - SNaP reported a very drunk student on Morgan 3rd. Officers responded, and the student was assisted to his room. The RA agreed to keep an eye on the student.
The Engineer-In-Training (E.I.T.) program is designed to provide the newly graduat ed engineer with an understanding of our industry, corporation and products. As an E.I.T., you will spend your first year work ing with experienced engineers on projects in our Boiler Design, Stress Analysis and Proposal Engineering groups. You will also gain three months of “ hands-on” ex perience working with our Service En gineers at a customer jobsite. We have several openings in our E.I.T. program for:
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