1988 v16 i5

Hopes fo r new house

Lambda Chi extension imminent

by Troy Kuehl A c c o rd in g to n e w ly e le c te d L a m b d a Chi A lpha President Sean R eagan, the outlook for a y e a r e x te n s io n is p ro m is in g and m ay allow the fraternity enough tim e to raise funds for another house.

R e c e n tly , in c id e n ts led to the su sp e n sio n o f L am bda Chi and the subsequent prospect ol the term ination o f the fraternity as a m em b e r o f the W o rc e ste r P oly tech n ic Institute co m m u n ity .

U n d e r the p ro sp e c t o f te rm in a tio n . R eagan a p p ro a c h e d the D ean o f S tu d e n ts O ffic e w ith a fo u r part p ro p o se l to c u t o f f an y fu rth e r in c i­ d e n ts and re m e d y the p ro b le m s o f L am b d a as se e n by the school.

T he plan includes a house rejuvination proj­ ect to im prove the-condition o f the L am bda Chi

b u ild in g itself, the e sta b lish m e n t o f a P a re n t's A dviser) C om m ittee which will see p a ren t's o f L a m b d a b ro th e rs g iv in g input at fraternity m e e tin g s , the esta b lish m e n t o f a F in an cial S ta ­ b ility B o a rd w h ich will in clu d e the W PI B u si­ n e ss A ffa irs O ffic e and w h ic h will so lv e any fraternity funding problem s, and a party term i­ n a tio n p lan w hich w ould fo rb id any a lc o h o lic b e v e ra g e s fro m being se rv e d at L a m b d a Chi a n d w o u ld sto p all p arties at th e frate rn ity .

T h e final p o rtio n o f the plan is still u n d e r co n sid eratio n o f the school and a final decision as to the e x te n t o f the party te rm in a tio n ru lin g , as o f last Saturday, was not issued. L am bda Chi h o ld s th at the fratern ity m e m b e rs are o f legal age and should be allow ed to hold parties under th o se restrictions.

that (ru lin g )." R eag an said. " N o a lc o h o l is a l­ low ed in th e d o rm s, but we are c o n se n tin g a d u lts and w o u ld be tre a te d as s u c h " if p a rties w ere again allow ed.

T he extension will be granted on the c ontin­ gency that L am bda C h i's insurance coverage is a d e q u a te e n o u g h fo r the sch o o l. A n ational re p re se n ta tiv e o f L a m b d a Chi has inform ed W PI that this L am bda chapter is covered under the new guidelines conditional u nder the e x ten ­ sion.

A ll that re m a in s for the e x te n sio n to be fin alize d is the a p p ro v al o f the in su ra n c e p lan s p re se n te d by L am b d a to the sc h o o l. Final a p ­ pro v al w a s pen d in g a s o f th is N e w s p e a k d e a d ­ line. but a c c o rd in g to R eag an , the p ro sp e c t for the e x te n sio n is g o o d .

"It lo o k s very g o o d ." R e a g a n said. "I am alm o st p o sitiv e w e h a v e the e x te n sio n . W e are ju st w a itin g fo r final a p p ro v a l."

R eag an a lso sta te d that the y e a r e x te n s io n will o ffer the L am bda Chi bro th ers an opp o rtu ­ nity to raise fu n d s fo r a new h o u se , possibly im m ediately follow ing the te rm in a tio n o f the extension at the end o f academ ic y ear 19XX-X9.

He feels the key to g a in in g a n e w h o u se will be in cre ased d isc ip lin e e n fo rc e m e n t by the b ro th ers on th e m s e lv e s and an in cre a sin g re li­ ance 011 a lu m n i fu n d in g and su p p o rt.

"W e re ally h av e to in crease the d isc ip lin e w ithin the h o u s e ." R eag an said . " W e c a n 't a l­ low o n e in d iv id u a l to destroy the future o f 55 others. W e hope to raise enough funds next year w ith the help o f alum ni to build an o th er house."

" I ’m not sure w hat is g o in g to h appen w ith

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Tuesday February 16, 1988

Alpha Phi Omega holds “Big Screw” contest

by Jon Lamkins A lp h a Phi O m e g a , the n atio n al serv ice fra ­ ternity has announced that they w ill be taking a poll to d e te rm in e w h ic h p ro fe s so r o r te a c h e r's a ssista n t h as “ s c re w e d " stu d e n ts the m ost.

A P O w a n ts to know “ W h o at W PI h as "s c re w e d ’ you the m o s t.” H av e y ou. as stu ­ d e n ts , e v e r felt th at a p ro fe s s o r g a v e you a B w h e n you th o u g h t yo u d e se rv e d an A ? H as it e v e r se e m e d that a p a rtic u la r T .A . has d o n e e v e ry th in g p o ssib le to ru in y o u r lab? A re yo u ticked o ff at som eone or a particular departm ent

in B o y n to n fo r m essing up y o u r bill o r s c h e d ­ ule?

If you know som e professor. T. A., o r depart m ent that has "screw ed" you. this is your chance to get ev en ! D u rin g W in te r W ee k , from M o n ­ d a y , F e b ru a ry 15 to F rid ay , F e b ru a ry 19. you c a n vote fo r th is person o r d e p a rtm e n t d u rin g th e Big S c re w . V oting w ill tak e place in the W edge from 11 :00 to 1:00 p.m . every day and at F o u n d e rs fro m 5 :0 0 to 6 :0 0 p .m . each e v e n in g .

W ith the Big Screw. A P O hopes to establish a tra d itio n at W PI along the lin e s o f the U gly

the w eek p re ce d in g S p rin g W ee k en d .

A P O stresses that the Big Screw is done only in fun and is not m ean t to be d ero g ato ry in any m an n er. T he re c ip ien t o f the title T h e Big S crew 19X8' w ill g e t to c h o o se a c h arity to d o n a te the p ro c ee d s, g a th e red th ro u g h the v o t­

ing p ro c e d u re , to.

T o this e n d A P O e n c o u ra g e s p ro fe sso rs to try for the h o n o r o f T h e Big S crew I9 8 8 'c.by being slightly m o re d iffic u lt to th e ir stu d e n ts during W inter W eek.

M an O n C am pus Contest that A P O holds during

At Mechanics Hall

Rosenhontz duo perforins ( In tern a tio n a l A rtists S e r ie s ) R o se n sh o n tz , the p o p u la r m u sica l d u o in the w o rld o f fam ily entertainm ent, will perform Saturday, February 2 0 at 3 :0 0 p.m . in M e c h a n ic s H a ll, W o rcester.

R o se n sh o n tz is bein g p re se n te d by In te rn a ­ tional A rtists Series.

T h e d u o is c o m p rise d o f G a ry R osen and Bill S h o n tz , w h o h a v e been p e rfo rm in g to ­ g e th e r sin c e 1974. R o se n , a c o m p o s e r, an d S h o n tz , a fo rm e r c o lle g e m usic p ro fe sso r, p e r ­ fo rm e d to g e th e r fo r se v e ra l y e ars in N ew Y ork an d are now b a se d in V e rm o n t. R o se n sh o n tz h as e n te rta in e d a u d ie n c e s th ro u g h o u t the U n ite d S ta te s an d C a n a d a , in c lu d in g C a rn e g ie R e cital H all: S y m p h o n y Hall in B oston w ith T o m R ush: and the Im a g in a tio n C e le b ra tio n at the K ennedy C enter in W ashington, D.C. T hey w e re re ce n tly fe a tu re d on N B C 'S T O D A Y S H O W a n d in N E W S W E L K a n d P A R E N T S M A G A Z IN E . S esam e S tre e t's "B ig Bird" and “ O s c a r th e G ro u c h " sin g th eir so n g s, as has

R o b erta Peters o f the M etropolitan O pera, w ho recorded “T hese A re the Q uestions", perform ed o n the C a p ta in K a n g aro o S h o w . A m o n g th e ir c red its are four aw ard w inning album s, a video a n d a p rim e tim e B oston te le v isio n sp e c ia l, w h ic h w as n o m in a ted fo r an E m m y in c h ild re n 's program m ing.

T ic k e ts fo r R o sen sh o n t at $ 6 .0 0 are a v a il­ able through the M echanics Hall box office. For in fo rm a tio n , call 752-0888.

U p co m in g International A rtists S eries c o n ­ c e rts in clu d e : soprano A rle n e A u g er. F rid ay , F e b ru a ry 26: the M u sic ian s o f S w an n e A llery .

F rid a y , M a rch I I; and Je a n -P ie rre R a m p a l, F rid a y , M a rch IS. F o ra full sc h e d u le o f In te r­ national A rtists Series ninth season events, call 7 5 2 - 4 7 9 6 o r w rite the In tern a tio n a l A rtists S e ­ ries. 6 C h a th a m Street. W orcester, M A. 01601.

The International A rtists Series is funded in p a rt by the M a ssa c h u se tts C o u n c il on the A rts a n d H u m a n ities, a state ag en c y .

Student elections postponed Student G overnm ent elections for all classes have been postponed in order to fill vacancies on the C la s s o f 19X9 ballot.

N om inations are being sought for the position <>l secretary and class representative o f the class o f 1989. Petitions have been available since February 15 in the Dean o f Students O ffice.

T h e p e titio n s are d u e F e b ru a ry 18 in th e D ean o f S tu d e n ts O ffic e by 4 :0 0 \ m.

T he sam e election procedures and officer qualificatio n s shall b Mowed as published in the Ja n u a ry 2 6 , issu e o f N ewspeak w ith th e e x c e p tio n o f the v a rio u s d a te s w h ic h have been a m e n d e d as d e sc rib e d ab o v e.

E le c tio n s w ill be held T h u rsd a y an d F rid ay , F e b ru a ry 25 and 2 6 , in D a n ie ls H all from 11 a.m . - 3 p.m . O fficers elected will hold office beginning next D term and end in g C term o f the 1988-89 a ca d em ic year.

M a r k C z e re p u s k o goes u p fo r tw o p o in ts d u r in g W P I 's 7 4 -7 0 v a rs ity m e n 's b a s k e tb a ll w in o v e r M IT . See s to ry p a g e 13.

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Tuesday February 16,1988

IEDITORIAL Some dorms disastrous

Plant Services requires stricter supervision Although most would agree that Worc­ ester Polytechnic Institute has many beau­ tiful buildings and landscapes, many would also agree that there are several areas in which great improvement is needed on the part o f WPI Plant Services Engineering Technicians (custodians).

In some o f the dorms, the biggest prob­ lem is the state o f the bathrooms. Specifi­ cally, the bathrooms in these dorms spe­ cialize in floating islands o f hair in the shower stalls, week old toothpaste in the sinks and dried waste products on the floor.

The hallways in these buildings are typified by ingrained dirt in the carpet and dried mud on the stairwells.

Several attempts by students and Resi­ dent Advisers to improve the Technicians' work have been ignored by both the Tech­ nicians and Plant Services. It appears that the discipline process has broken down, and more forceful measures are in order.

Students signing the contract to live in the dorms expect to live in a reasonably clean and odor free environment. Some o f the dorms are fa r below what could he considered reasonably dean. Although students should be responsible to clean up individual messes, it is completely unac­ ceptable fo r students to live in the atmos­ phere allowed by some o f the Technicians.

Another major problem was clearly evi-

deuced during the most recent snow storm that blew by WPI . The snow removal divi­ sion o f WPI Plant Services spent the day driving around in their Keohring and Bobcat mini-plows, plowing and replowing sidewalks and roads. They did, however, seem to overlook i leaning off several stair­ ways. especially the steps in back o f Mor­ gan, those between the Project Center and Stratton, and the steps leading into Hig­ gins. Students often fall on the icy stairs and sidewalks, each one a potential plain­ tiff in a personal injury suit. Perhaps in the future. Plant Services could he more dili­ gent in ensuring that stairways are cleared as efficiently as the sidewalks and roads are. (It's a shame that the Koehring doesn't

plow steps!)

Both situations coukl he improved if the Technicians were more carefully moni­ tored. The school must consider whether it was established as an employment mecca or a institution fo r the educational and personal development o f students.

Although these are only two Plant Serv­ ice problems, they are the most outstanding and prevalent and some remedy must he developed quickly.

Most o f the custodians are truly excep­ tional as evidenced by the care taken in some dormitories and the generally excel­ lent grounds. It should be the goal o f the administration to achieve this standard o f work by all o f its employees.

ILETTERS

Welch agrees with Smith, WPI secession supported Dear Mr. Smith; I fully agree with your plans to secede from the union. The United States Government has become too lax on internal affairs, among many others. It's about time someone took matters in to their own hands, and (to quote a phrase) I think we are just the people to do it. Except for one problem...

Women. As most men on cam pus unfortu­ nately know, the campus in predominately male (80% , I think). We will need many more for morale of the populus. for while beer is good, it temporary. And just as unfortunate, there is no easy solution to this problem.

We could annex Becker Junior College, but that would devastate our education and technol­ ogy advantage. Also there would be such a large influx of land that we would not be able to hold our own for too long. What we could do is

offer immunity to any defectors from United States schools such as Wellesley College, Smith. Yale. Dartmouth. MIT, Cornell, etc.

This way we would not only have the most highly educated population of Earth, but we would have doctors, lawyers, artists, and writ­ ers. all fields that are lacking here at WPI. We should have no problem fitting the new defec­ tors; our fraternities have been holding half of the girls attending Becker within their houses every weekend for many years running.

Well, once again I would like to congratu­ late you on your brilliant idea (especially be­ cause your usual ideas to change our school are, to say the least, horrendous.)

Kent Welch.' 91

Council president addresses alleged hazing incident To the Editor; As President o f the Interfraternity Council at W orcester Polytechnic Institute it is my un­ fortunate duty to inform the WPI Community of an alleged hazing incident which is reported to have occurred on Tuesday, February 2.1988.

After reviewing statements from those al­ legedly involved in incident, the IFC Judicial Board met to determine whether or not this act was that of a chapter, or of a few individuals acting independent from the chapter. In a unani­ mous decision Lambda Chi Alpha was found not to have sponsored the alleged activity. This matter has now been turned over to (he Dean of Students Office.

Sean Reagen, President o f Lambda Chi Alpha, went on record saying the LCA does not

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practice hazing, and does not condone the ac­ tions of the individuals allegedly involved.

On behalf of the IFC. I would like to publicly state that the IFC does not condone hazing in any way, shape, or form. The IFC can only impose sanctions against chapters, not indi­ viduals, and if we had found LCA responsible, rest assured that strong actions would have been taken against them. In addition, L C A 's han­ dling of this situation has shown strong leader­ ship and is an example that chapters will not allow hazing to go on.

Mike Piispanen IFC President

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To the Editor; world and advancing society” (where?), then perhaps he’ll take a moment to sit quietly far from the sounds and smells of the city, marvel at the simplicity and perfectness of nature, and, in this light, critically analyze the scientific revo­ lution. the vain and arrogant attempt to dom i­ nate nature, and the social anti ecological conse­ quences of this “advancement”.

Thomas Webler Alumnus

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Alumnus disquieted by author’s ignorance and close-mindedness It’s a pity that President Strauss didn’t exer­ cise his right as Editor-In-Chief o f N ew speak and cut the letter by Jim Callahan in the Febru­ ary 2 issue. It would have saved Jim the embarassment which he undoubtedly must be expe­ riencing in the wake of his public announce­ ment o f his ignorance and close-mindedness.

But then again, college is a time for learning, for making mistakes, and besides, I’m sure many people got a good laugh out o f his letter. Of course, if Jim isn’t too busy “ improving the 1 j i V i »' t 1

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WPI Student suggests alternative viewpoint To The Editor: In light of the recent letters to the editor addressing the lack of. or overuse of. Newspeak editorial discretion. I thought that l would add another twig to the flame and address another topic that N ew speak has not adequately ad­ dressed or has only subtly hinted at in CPS condom articles. I do not begrudge Newspeak in any way since it is a touchy topic and few arc willing to address it. But I am not here to plug Trojans either; I am going to talk about som e­ thing that does exist, although hidden, on this campus: a homosexual community.

And with saying that, probably more than half of the people who had started reading this article have moved on to the wrestling scores or Rubes, which is probably for the better. How­ ever, of the remaining, most are probably curi­ ous as to what is going to be said and, hopefully, a few of you readers have been waiting for something like this to confirm some hopes about WPI. The easiest place to start is by simply an­ swering a difficult question: namely, what makes a person be homosexual? The answer: no one knows for sure. Throughout the past years, the scientific and psychological commu­

nities have thought many things could be the cause— including that homosexuality was a disease, or a mental illness, or caused by your genetic makeup, o r caused by the influences of society, or your personal upbringing and grow­ ing environment, and probably (snicker) by eating pink grapefruit with a fork. Today, either genes or the person’s growing environment is argued to be the cause. However, these are the same aspects being argued as to what makes a person intelligent, and both arguments are far from being conclusive. Personally. I would point to aspects of my upbringing as the “cause".

As for who is homosexual. Ann Landers and other sources continuously quote the number of homosexual people as about I in every 10 persons, o f which about 4% can be considered to be lesbians and 6% to be gay men. So at least statistically the homosexual population does exist at WPI and would number about 250.

Realistically, however, this figure is probably quite high. WPI by its very nature is not a true sample of a given population, since WPI is very conservative and you have to choose to come here. If you are willing to forgo personal life and growth or choose to stifle it, the choice becomes easier, particularly if you want a de­

cent education as an engineer. But still others “come out" and realize that they are different in college, whichever col lege that may happen to be.

But how do you spot “queers", “ fags", “ flamers", "homos", “dykes",- or as Jerry Falwell calls us."militant homosexuals"? I wish I could tell you for it would make my life easier as well. But the few groups I can tell you how to spot arc the "drag queens" (if you actually care to do so. that is) and the activists who march on town halls and Washington D.C. Homo­ sexuality is not class or gender specific as some may believe. We could as easily be your reani­ mate. or your best same sex friend, or some handsome jock, or cute female student, or col­ lege professor, as well as you yourself. We could also be someone who has told you that he or she is going through a difficult adjustment in life and needs the support and advice of a friend.

And it is here that the lime of crisis hits. Will you turn away in horror? Or will you stand firm asa true friend? All we really want is someone else to accept us and in turn it will be easier to accept ourselves.

Nor do homosexuals have very different likes and dislikes from the heterosexual popula­ tion. We hatecalculus. physics. DAK A. DilTy

ICOMMENTARY My View From the Fourth Year

by Joshua Smith I was down at Great Cuts, getting a haircut (I always go there because all the barbers are female) and talking to.th.e girl cutting my hair. when<I observed that whatever-t-do aftef gradu­ ation. I'm getting the hell out of Worcester.

“Why?” she asked, “I like Worcester.” I told her she was right, Worcester is heaven (never argue with a girl with scissors). But she w ouldn't accept my plea for mercy, so she asked what I have against the city. In an attempt toexplain I came up with a top ten list o f reasons why I’m getting the hell out of Worcester (most of which I thought of after I left the barber shop, ain’t it always the way?).

Number 10: The Weather. It is too hot during the summer. It is too wet and disgusting during the winter. And the rest of the time, the place is plagued with a weather phenomena which a friend calls Worcestering — it looks perfectly clear outside, but after a few minutes outside, you are all wet. It’s strange and it only happens in Worcester.

Number 9: The Nightlife. Worcester is a dead town. Go downtown after 9:00 pm some night. All you will see are cops and hookers.

The clubs w on’t let people under twenty-one inside — back home, the bars will let you in and ask you not to drink; here they prevent you from

Rubes®

entering altogether. I hate that.

Number 8: WAAF. It’s not a bad station, but I'd like to have a choice of what I listen to.

WAAF is the only station on the FM dial which will come in consistent^; in this tpwn.

— * Number 7:~Lef't Jums.-J hate the Massachu­ setts' left turn method. Suppose some jerk wants to make a left turn onto a four lane road, like Salisbury street. He (or she) will wait for the far right lane to clear and will pull out. Then he will wait for the next lane to clear and will pull out a little further. And so on, until he finally has his car in the lane he wants. In any other state, doing that will get your car creamed.

Here it’s standard.

Number 6: The Slums. They’re every­ where. The further south you go, the worse they become. I d o n ’t feel safe walking anywhere.

I’ve taken to carrying my pocket knife open when I walk, ju st so I feel secure.

Number 5: Traffic Signals. What the hell does a blinking green indicate? What do you do when the green, yellow, and red lights are all on at the same tim e? And who designed these intersections, anyway. The one I hate the most is at the comer o f Route 9 and Worcester Center Boulevard (also known as Lincoln Square — I hate that, too; why do they have to name every intersection in this town?). Suppose y ou’re coming down H ighland, and you want to make a left turn onto Route 70. As you come down the

By Leigh Rubin

How do I hate Worcester? hill past the courthouse, you see that the left turn light is green. Great, you think, until you realize that the light to go straight is red. and you can't get into the left turn lane until the cars going j straight get past the island at the corner of i Highland and Main. So you wait in the left-hand through lane until the light turns green. Then you pull forward into the left turn lane, and loand-behold. the left turn signal is red. Arrrgh!

Number 4: The Committee on Academic Policy. I know, they're W PFs problem, not W orcester's, but I like tocom plain about CAP anyway.

N um ber3: landoli's. That store used to be just bad. Since it's been bought out by Shaw's, it has gone tothefurthestdepthsofhell. I went shopping last week — I started at 6:00. Bv 6:10.

I had collected everything I needed (except the half of my list which was out of stock). Then I stood in line until 6:55, at which time I reached the register, and the teller announced that nature called and he would be back in ten minutes.

Fifteen minutes later, he came back and took my money. An hour and ten minutes to get half the things I needed!

Number 2: The Water. Every couple of months it turns brown for a day. W henever the snow melts, it gets opaque. If you leave it in a jar, it will grow mold. The chlorine in it will turn my shower green in three days. It eats through the bottom of my tea kettle. Word is, restaurants aren’t allowed to serve it to out-of-towners.

How convenient — hazardous waste as close as the kitchen sink.

Number I: Parking. When you are lucky enough to find a legal place to park, the cops will find some obscure law so that they can give you a ticket. A couple weeks ago I got a fifteen dollar ticket for parking after two inches of snow. As if it was my fault it snowed! When I parked there w eren’t two inches. The Worc­ ester Police ticketed every car parked along Salisbury that day — they must have made $500. When I went to get my haircut, I found a legal space with a meter and everything.

When I got out of my car I saw a ticket cop (they ride around in these yellow sub-compacts) writing tickets. So I put fifteen cents in the meter and got a half hour (even though the meter said one hour per twenty cents). When I re­ turned, the same ticket cop was sitting behind my car waiting for the time to run out on the meter. I gave her a dirty look, got in my car. and drove away. She followed me!

T hat's it. I've had enough of this town.

There should be a sign at the city limits saying, “Welcome to Worcester. The Armpit of West, em Civilization."

Q 's. grapefruit, and cold limp handshakes as much as the rest of the world. The one thing that we like more than the rest of the world is sex partners of the same sex. Oh. boy! So tell us more! seems to be the thing that the world wants to know: namely, what do we do in bed and not whether we are really people too. I really would explain if I could since it is of at least some small interest, but I would surely get "censored". Bui "gay" sex is not all “golden showers” and “ rimming" as one reporter in the Globe sug­ gested il was. You do similar things as hetero­ sexuals do. but you just cannot make babies.

And if you have walked both sides of the fence, you can vouch as I can that each sex feels the same when that person is holding you in their arms. Men do not feel like sandpaper while women feel like cotton: both feel the same and the sensations are similar. It is just that sex between two men or two women has the (dis(advantage that some body parts are similar.

The one problem (and I am oversimplify­ ing) is that you also cannot be freely open with yourself in today's society. From the start, as children, we are taught that homosexuality is a "no-no" and is nasty. Your parents, school teachers, books, religion, the media, movies.

Pf.AYBOY. et al. and your peers all told you. and beat it into your head, that it is WRONG. The problem arises w hen your mind and body start screaming contradiction when a beautiful person of your sex walks by or sits next to you.

How do you rectify this w ithin yourself? Do you even try or do you continue to live as society is wrongly pointing at you and hoping that you change? As long as both people are consenting and one is not forcing the other, what harm is really done? Yet society has the right to force men and women to emotionally and physically rape themselves, and indirectly their opposite sex partners, over something they do not find natural or desirable. That is the bigger wrong in my eyes, rather than two people of the same sex making love to each other.

The options remaining open for a homosex­ ual person are sadly few. For most, the closet is the valid choice. Not that they prefer to be in hiding, just that their jobs or other life situations force them to. A gay or lesbian in a public position would more than likely cause some form of panic among the narrow- minded. I recently learned of a male high school teacher in this situation; can you imagine the uproar if he were a teacher at a chi Id care center? Of course there are the clubs, bars, movie houses, and getaways; but you still feel less than human in going to them. In picking up a gay m en's magazine at the newstand. I feel more em bar­ rassed than I would in picking up PLAYBOY. But then there are people who do stand up and say they are different and, surprisingly, gain respect in doing so.

As for bisexual people, there are no percent­ age figures at all for us as a group, akin I guess to leprechauns or pink elephants. The figure is hinted at being higher than that o f the “pure” homosexual and, considering that the potential for homosexuality does exist to various extents in each person, il is probably true. But you also run into the problem of being considered "half­ gay” by the straight community and “halfstraight" by the gay community. Thus you have to mentally weigh the risks of telling a person of the opposite sex that you are attracted to your own sex and risk losing that person, or lying to him or her and risk being found out. And hopeful ly you find someone who does not care about all that, just about you.

But what can help make the process of accepting yourself easier? Simple— a support group where you can find someone to relate to and to talk to about what you are experiencing and someone who is willing to share what they themselves are experiencing. The age-old ad­ age “comfort in numbers” is certainly true.

Heterosexual friends are fine for the relatively small support they can offer, and I deeply appre­ ciate the ones I have spoken to, but it can go only so far. Such a group exists at Clark and the Student Counseling Center has information on who to contact if you need someone to talk with.

Carol Theisen, a counselor at the Center, helped me to see that I was not such an “icky” person as society suggests; and it truly does beat living a life of running from your own feelings.

Name Witheld

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Tuesday February 16,1988

ICOMMENTARY Isaac Asimov Where the Universe Ends m o v in g ste a d ily aw ay fro m e ac h o th e r. T h e w a v es in th e light from a g a la x y m o v in g aw'ay from us a re stre tc h e d , m a k in g the lig h t seem re d d e r in c o lo r. T h is is c a lle d a “ red sh ift "and can be m easu red by the position o f certain dark lines in the w ave pattern (spectrum ) o f the light.

T he g re a te r the red sh ift the fa rth e r aw ay the galaxy.

By the 1940s, it w as quite clear that even the n e are st la rg e g a la x y o u ts id e o u r o w n w a s m ore than 2 m illio n lig h t-y e a rs a w ay . M ore d istan t o n es w e re h u n d re d s o f m illio n s o f lig h t-y e a rs aw ay. B e y o n d that th e re m ig h t still be m any o th e r g a la x ie s, but at g re a te r d ista n c e s they

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by Isaac Asimov H ow far is far? A s 1988 opens, astronom ers m ay h ave se e n o b je c ts th at are 17 b illio n lighty e ars a w ay . T h is is a bout IOO b illio n trillion m iles aw ay.

T h a t’s not b ad re ally . A s re c e n tly as 1920, a stro n o m e rs th o u g h t o u r ow n M ilk y W ay g a l­ axy and som e sm aller neighboring o bjects were all th ere w a s to the un iv erse: the m o st d istan t o b je c ts w ere o n ly 15 0 ,0 0 0 lig h t-y e a rs aw ay.

But th en , in the 1920s, it b e c a m e c le a r that there w ere o lh er galaxies, m any o th e r galaxies, billions o f them . W h at's m ore, the universe was e x p a n d in g , so that g ro u p s o f g a la x ie s w ere

b e ca m e to o d im to see.

In th e 1950s, it tu rn e d out that c ertain o b ­ jects that looked just like ordinary stars em itted radio w a v e s in u n u su al q u a n titie s. W h en they stu d ied th e se o b je c ts, s c ie n tists w ere u n a b le to id en tify the d a rk lines in th e irs p e c tra . In 19 6 3 . the sc ie n tists re aliz e d that the d a rk lin es w ere red sh ifte d out o f p o sitio n by an e n o rm o u s a m o u n t, m e a n in g the o b je c ts m u st be very far aw ay.

T h e se stra n g e sta rs w ere c a lle d " q u a s a rs ."

T h ese q u a s a rs tu rn ed out to be very d istan t g a la x ie s w ith c e n te rs that b laz e w ith light fo r som e reason. T hey are so far aw ay that we c a n 't m ake o u t a n y th in g but th o se b laz in g c e n te rs, w hich m a k e th em look like stars.

E v en the n earest q u a s a r is I b illio n lighty ears a w a y . O th e rq u a s a rs a re m u ch fa rth e r, as m uch as K) b illio n lig h t-y e a rs a w ay o r m ore.

W e n o w k n o w that larg e n u m b e rs o f q u a sa rs

e x is t in e v e ry d ire c tio n , but it is n o t e a s y to d e te c t th em a g a in st the ev e n larg e r n u m b e rs o f o rd in a ry sta rs that fill sp ace.

W h en w e look at an o b je c t that is K) b illio n light-years aw ay, we are looking at light that has taken K) billion years to reach us. W e therefore see the o b je c t as it w as 10 b illio n y e a rs a g o , w hen the universe w as only h a lf its present age, p e rh a p s. A p p a re n tly , q u a sa rs fo rm e d in vast num bers in the early days o f the universe, reach­ ing a p e ak a b o u t 13 b illio n y e ars a g o , and then d e c lin in g in n u m b e rs e v e r sin ce, as fe w e r and fe w e r n e w o n e s fo rm ed and m ore an d m o re old ones faded out. So the study o f very distant (and th e re fo re v e ry old (q u a s a rs sh o u ld g iv e us u s e ­ ful in fo rm a tio n ab o u t the y o u th fu l d a y s o f the universe.

O n e w'ay o f e x p re ss in g the d ista n c e a n d age o f a q u a s a r is by m e a su rin g how m u ch its light w a v e le n g th s have b e en stre tc h e d . If the w a v e ­ lengths are double w hat they should be, that is a red shift o f 2; if triple what they w hould be, that is a red sh ift o f 3; a n d so on . T h e h ig h e r the n u m b e r, the fa rth e r an d o ld e r the q u a sa r.

U ntil v e ry re c e n tly , the g re a te st red shift o b se rv e d w a s 3.8. c o rre s p o n d in g to a d ista n c e o f a b o u t 15 b illio n lig h t-y e ars. A s tro n o m e rs su s p e c te d that th ey w o u ld n 't be a b le to d e te ct fa rth e r o n e s b e ca u se the u n iv erse m ig h t not h av e fo rm e d g a la x ie s e a rlie r than that.

T h e y w e re w ro n g . In S e p te m b e r. 1986. a q u a s a r w as d e te c te d that had a red shift o f 4 . 0 1.

In 19X7. a n u m b e r o f d iffe re n t q u a sa rs w ere d e te c te d w ith red sh ifts o f m o re th an 4. T h e

c u rre n t re c o rd h o ld e r h a s a re d sh ift o f 4.43.

T h e se are p e rh a p s 16 b illio n y e a rs old.

T h e light w a v e s fro m the m o st d istan t q u a ­ sa rs are stre tc h e d so m u ch th at m o re and m o re o f that light is in the in frare d . T h e light w e can a ctu ally se e is v e ry d im . G e n e ra lly w e d e te c t such quasars only because their radiation is rich in ra d io w a v es.

So what if scientists searching for even m ore d ista n t q u a s a rs fo c u se d on fin d in g o b je c ts w hose spectra are rich in inarared light and that also had very high red shifts? At the U niversity o f A riz o n a, a te a m u n d e r th e le a d e rs h ip o f R ich a rd E lsto n h as u sed a rra y s o f p o w erfu l in frare d d e te c to rs fo r ju s t th at p u rp o se .

In Ja n u a ry , (hey re p o rte d th at th ey h ad lo ­ c a te d o b je c ts rich in in frare d light that se e m e d to have u n u su a lly h ig h red sh ifts — so m e as h ig h as 6, p e rh a p s. It se e m e d fro m w hat in fo r­ m atio n th ey g a th e re d that th ese o b je c ts w ere g a la x ie s in the p ro c e ss o f fo rm a tio n a n d that th ey w ere at lea st 17 b illio n lig h t-y e a rs a w ay .

At th at tim e th e u n iv e rse m ay h av e been o n ly 2 o r 3 b illio n y e a rs o ld . If th is is w hen g a la x ie s w e re fo rm in g , w e c a n ’t e x p e c t to see a n y th in g fa rth e ra w a y , b e c a u se th ere w o u ld be nothing to see — ju sl a haze o f energetic m atter that had not yet collapsed into galaxies. W e will have com e to the end o f the universe because we will have com e to the beginning o f the universe.

T h e tw o are the sa m e.

Isaac Asimov is an internationally re­ nowned science writer and member o f the Los Angeles Times Syndicate bv C a rlo s M . A llen d e

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Projects Competition Held

Easy Rider: Great for What It Wasn't

by Robert A. Petrin Newspeak Stuff The first national projects competition in the field of Science, Techonology and Society stud­ ies (STS) was held on campus last term in conjunction with the twelfth annual meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S). WPI, in co- sponsoring the competition with the Society, was interested in gauging the caliberofitsow n work against that coming out of formal STS programs from across the nation.

At the same time 4S sought to recognize and encourage exceptional undergraduate work in STS and related fields.

The concept of the competition was the brainchild of professor John Wilkes of W PI’s Social Sciences department. In explaining some of the motivation for the competition Wilkes said: “ ...there was no question that the best of this work should be encouraged at whatever level it was...it was quite likely that scholarship activity would follow if indeed quality work was discovered...” Wilkes, head of the local 4S arrangements committee, simul­ taneously extended an invitation to spokesper­ sons from STS programs across the country.

This move would lend student competitors even more exposure, while at the same time launching W P I's own STS program out of anonymity.

The Society for the Social Studies of Sci­ ence is a prestigious professional organization whose focus is limited to researching and the studies of the implications and social policies associated with science and technology. The 4S international membership is often thought of as comprising the premier professional group in this area of concentration.

STS studies are a concentration o f work in the areas of Social Sciences and the Humanities linked with a strong background in a physical science or technical field. The goal of an under­ graduate STS program is to expose students to a particular skill and method useful in analyzing policy studies and decision making processes regarding the implementation of scientific in­ novation or technology. W PI’s social sciences department is currently in the process of ex­ panding its own small, though strong, STS programs. To date, W P I’s STS graduates are commonly the recipients of dual degrees - one in a science field, one in STS. The $500 put forth by 4S as student prize money, was matched by an equal contribution from WPI. The Institute lent further support by providing one of the two judging panels for the competition. The WPI screening committee decided on the strongest contenders for the top prizes, after which point a final selection was made by a second panel of 4S members. This second committee would also decide on the allocation of $ l (KK) worth of prize money.

by Simpleton

After a solicitation of all known STS pro­ grams in the U.S., 52 entries were received for awards consideration. Half o f these papers came from WPI, primarily in the form of a block entry forwarded directly from the 1987 WPI President’s IQP Award submissions. Not all of the approximately 26 WPI entries were in the form of IQP work.

The preliminary review committee was composed of three members of the WPI faculty from the Social Sciences, Humanities and Mechanical Engineering departments and two members o f the Student Pugwash chapter of WPI. The three faculty representatives were persons who, beyond having an interest in STS. had been active in the field for some time. This first committee evaluated entries primarily on the basis of the submitted abstracts of student projects. Students who reached the semi-finalist level were then informed that their full pa­ pers, as well as the nature of the assignment that had influenced the project research, would be needed by the select committee for final evalu­ ation. From the original group of submissions, this first committee chose the 17 strongest papers as finalists. Seven of these were WPI works.

The select committee was headed by Dr. Yorum Neumann of Boston University and included Susan Cozzens from RPI as well as Rachelle Hollander of the National Science Foundation. It was the charge o f this group to determine the recipients of the first and second prizes. At this point, the decision was also made to award one $400 first prize, and $200 for each of three second prizes. The four award winners turned out to be students who had done a thesis specifically in the field of STS. The $400 first prize went to a student of the Society Technol­ ogy program at Weslyan. while the remainder of the cash awards went to a student who had done an MQP at WPI, a student who produced a Sociology thesis at Indiana University, and a Yale student who’s work dealt with ethical evaluations in the field of science and technol­ ogy.

The preliminary review committee had decided to create a second group of awards to distinguish four projects whose work, though meritorious, deviated from what were consid­ ered classic STS areas of studies. It was fell that this second group of category awards were necessary distinctions to make as some pro­ grams such as the WPI IQP and the Washington Internship in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program, while involved with science/technol­ ogy areas, did not focus on broader STS issues but had a strong policy analysis element and were a separate type of project altogether.

Professor Wilkes explained: “ ...there was a

I have to admit that when I agreed to go with a friend to see "Easy Rider." more than half the reason was that Jack Nicholson was in it. When I actually saw it I w asn't all that impressed.

Easy Rider definitly doesn't have a whole lot of flash, and the whole movie is so simple - even forme - that it didn't at first seem to have much substance.

Why was it so powerful? Why have I woken up in the morning with Nicholson's alien speech on my mind? Why has it been one o f those movies that I didn't leave in the theater with my stale, unfinished popcorn, but instead find myself thinking about it often?

After giving these questions some thought.

I still haven't quite figured out what makes it so special, but I did notice several things. First of all, the film is filled with drugs. The characters are very high, very often. Dispite this the film is far from glorifying drug use. Nor does it allow itself to get preachy or trite. There is no clear cut line between moral or immoral. We don't watch someone being destroyed by drugs.

We just get the feeling that maybe something is not quite right.

One scene in particular was amazing. Wyatt and Billy -two characters out to sec America and George (Nicholson's character) were at­ tacked by a group of southerners and George

was killed. It was followed by a brief scene in which Wyatt and Billy searched George's wal­ let for more information about him. and then nothing more was said. A man was beaten to death with a baseball bat. and the film left it at that. George came and went before the audience even knew what hit them.

Toward the end of the film. Wyatt and Billy were discussing the plans for the future. They had gotten a lot of money selling drugs in the beginning o f the film, and Billy, quite pleased, said that they were all set. They didn’t have to worry about money anymore and could retire in Florida. Wyatt said "we blew it", and went to sleep. The film could have easily taken the easy route and lead into a deep discussion over the fire - instead Wyatt went to sleep. Maybe it takes a Simpleton to be impressed by this, but I was.

The bottom line. I guess, is that the movie gave you a lot to think about when you left it. It was a great film because it was so simple that it was powerful. It was moving because it pursued a lot of difficult topics with amazing subtlety. It was impressive for what it might have done, but did not - instead leaving a lot for the audience.

I respect the film because it respected me. It left unanswered questions - it left you moved. If you have seen it. I hope Simpleton hasn’t left you feeling that you saw a different movie. If you haven't seen it - see it.

large number of very fine projects w hich had not received nomination at the semi-linalist level...these papers were fine contributions, but were considered less than ideal subjects of study or analysis in STS. In short, there was high quality work with more modest goals that was not recieving the appropriate level of recogni­ tion form the field...analysis of these contribu­ tions suggested that the programs involving the education o f engineers in particular...were straying from the ideal focus for a STS program, concentrating much more on projects which were serviced to particular organizations - some of which involve Society Technology issues more than others. There was also a strong interest in technological literacy within this group...hence four honorable mention catego­ ries were created to give recognition to the best contributions of this type while still holding the position that these were not as gcxxl an example of a classic Science Technology project as the ones that were going forward in the com peti­ tion....” ' The four categories created for honorable mention were in the areas of: Service to Schol­ arship in STS. Contribution to Technological Literacy. Contribution to Increased Under­ standing o f Science and Technology by chil­ dren. and an Honorable mention for an STS

related Service Project for a Governmental Agency or Voluntary Organization. All of these awards went to WPI IQPs. When asked how he felt the IQP fared at the competition. Wilkes responded: "...the overall reaction was that the IQP fared well. We learned some things that bear watching, but the overall message was good. The fact that the very best work by majors in the field, from the top programs in the country were judged as being better than the IQP was not surprising - how ­ ever. half of the projects at "the top of the heap" were from WPI. “Anextraordinary revelation was that WPI students' projects were lopping an elite pro­ gram. the Washington Internship in Science and Engineering. The WISE program isverysim ilar to the Plan and highly thought of...it was a lough benchmark for an IQP. Hall of the final­ ists were WPI projects, whereas only one WISE work was in the group of finalists...STS was highly impressed with our whole projects pro­ gram. O ur projects were going head to head with the best from the field. Just because we submitted half of the entrees didn't mean that we would produce half of the projects in conten­ tion for the final awards..."

After the events conclusion, it was decided that 4S w ould continue to recognize outstand­ ing project work in what has been established as a biannual STS projects competition. WPI has pledged to continue co-sponsoring the event with4S. There will be another competition next year open to any undergraduate work completed within the last three years. The biannual sched­ ule will follow, beginning after 19X8. The cash award level is expected to remain at $1000 and some student prize winners will have their work recognized in Science and Technology Studies, the official journal of 4S, as well as in WPI Interactions.

Students planning to enter next year's competition should keep the following parame­ ters in mind. Entrants must send a letter to professor John Wilkes expressing an interest in submitting an abstract in the competition. This first letter is due by July I with an extended abstract of the work due just one month after this date. Final judgement for awards will be based 2/3 on the written document submited, and 1/3 on a 20 minute oral presentation. Wilkes can be contacted at the following address or his cam ­ pus phone number for other information regard­ ing the second annual competition in the field of STS: Professor John Wilkes, Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, Chairman of the Student Project Competition Committee.

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Our Thoughts on the Senior Challenge

by Dave McKniglit and Bill Riccio Our years at WPI have been many things.

They have meant barely surviving some allnighters, enduring a long Worcester winter, late night at the Acapulco, and making friends fora lifetime. Along with an excellent academic experience, our time here at WPI has meant laughter, shared smiles, and occasional tears.

Currently, a group o f seniors has put to­ gether what has been known as The Senior Challenge. This is a challenge o f involvement.

As students here at WPI. you have given to the college in many ways, whether it be through your academic contribution to the campus, or your membership of leadership in clubs, frater­ nities, or sororities. This challenge of involve­ ment continues as you become a first-year alumnus/a. The college and all its related activi­ ties and programs must continue to attract stu­ dents to WPI and provide quality and com peti­ tive facilities and services for them; this cannot be accomplished w ithout your support.

As WPI continues to deal with the challenge of new technology, the challenge of survival for the private sector o f higher education, and the challenge to remain competitive amongst the

outstanding colleges of engineering, sciences, and management, il must receive new breath and vigor from its students, faculty, and alumni.

Currently, The Senior Challenge is looking for a financial contribution — not today or tom or­ row, but during the following year. Your in­ volvement, at whatever level or in whatever form, can contribute to the enhancement o f the total quality o f life for current and future stu­ dents. The Senior Challenge is a challenge of commitment, involvement, and dedication to your alma mater to make things better for all future students.

The value o f our own degrees will be only as good as W'PI's continuing reputation of excel­ lence. We now have the opportunity to provide financial support for W PI’s growth and devel­ opment through The SeniorChallengc. This is a one-year pledge, payable over the year after we graduate, sponsored by the Senior C hal­ lenge committee and the Alumni Fund. At some point between February I and February 19. all seniors will be approached by a fellow senior to "follow our cue" and meet The Senior C hal­ lenge.

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by Tim DeSantis Cin ulation Manager Our February 2nd issues were stolen from Daniels' Hall and destroyed before many stu­ dents got a chance to pick one up. Among the papers vandalized were the over 4(H) copies which are distributed to the faculty. One hundred and fifty people who pay for subscrip­ tions were also denied copies.

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Please don't let all our hard work go to waste. When you feel the urge to throw papers down the stairs, use your math notes or some­ thing. Please just let those who want to read the paper do so since we put so much work into it.

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Lenten Mass - Monday through Thursday -10:00 P.M. (Center) Friday - 12:00 Noon (Center) Ecumenical Bible Study and Praver Group Meets Tuesday night at 7:00 P.M. at Center

W hat happened? N obody correctly identified N ew sp e ak Staff P hoto g rap h er Laura W a g n er's photo o f the fire hydrant in front o fO lin Hall as last w ee k 's "W h at The H eck is T h is" stum per. It w asn 't that tough w as it? Isn 't an y b o d y interested in a FR EE D o m in o 's pizza? T ry giving this w e e k 's photo a try. S o m o n e 's bound to get it right.

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General Noriega, the dictator of Panama, was indicted for his involvement with Colum­ bian cocaine dealers. The Senate has been hearing evidence all week on some of the esca­ pades o f Noriega. One o f the first witnesses before the committee was Jose Baldon, a key aid of Noriega. Baldon went on to explain how Noriega got information from the CIA about the personal lives of the members of Congress, par­ ticularly Senator Kennedy. In addition, Baldon stated that Noriega used Columbian money to sell arms and that he transported drugs through his country. Another witness stated that Bush was supposed to have told Noriega about the Grenada invasion and that Noriega was to relay this information to Cuba. Bush denies these charges.

Results o f the Iowa Caucus: Republicans finished in the order of Robert Dole, Pat Robertson, George Bush, Jack Kemp, Pete Dupont, and Alexande- Haig. Bush spent the rest o f the week fighting o ff reporters questions about the poor returns in Iowa. Robertson claimed a victory in that his silent army o f moral Americans canie to his side when it counted.

Robertson rode the wave and continued on to the next state. New Hampshire. As for the Democrats, the big three candidates finished very close together. Gary Hart’s position re­ mained at the bottom o f the lot. Haig, because of his extremely poor showing at Iowa, dropped out.

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Edward A. Wagner, chairman of the Board of Governors o f Pima Community CoUege in Tucson, Arizona, called for Pima administra­ tors to put the college’s newspaper "back on the right track.”

“In (view) o f the recent Supreme Court de­ cision, we as as the board have the right to edit or not to edit,” Wagner asserted.

The court, however, specifically excluded college papers from its January mling, which said school officials could “regulate the con­ tent" o f high school papers run as for-credit courses just as they can regulate the content of other classes offered in the schools.

At least 1 other board member agreed.

Wagner, said Mark Webb, is trying to “intimi­ date” the paper. “The Aztec Press should be published without interference o f any kind,” he said.

Wagner said the A tzec Press, Pima's student newspaper, needs greater guidance from school officials because of “shoddy reporting.” He proposed that professional journalists “helpour students by giving advice on writing positive stories."

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Slappy Sulewtoboggan, What a n a m e ......? .. .Seth, w here's your tie? Oh sorry Pete. . .OK so I suck with nam es...A lzheim ee's!!!.. .And you should see the legs in Italy!!

Once again I’m coming to you live and in black and white in this wonderful publica­ tion. My apologies to the pledges that I forgot to mention last week: Keith Luttig. Anne Mackenzie, Brian Weissman. and David Wheeler. Hey, when you add these four to the five I mentioned last week plus the three tall pledges who went to Washington(Jennifer Knudsen. Cheryl Church, and Jay Boyd) you get a pledge class of 12. Not bad tor not having done any rushing.

In other news: The Big Screw is coming up during Winter Week, sign up with Steve P. to work the table. From what I hear, reaction among most students is favorable. The baby sitting wasn't the greatest success, so lets think positively and plan it better next year.

Spring Conclave at Maine Maritime is just aroung the corner(Mar. 4,5,6) so get psyched to go. If we get enough brothers interested we just might win the man-mile award instead of UCONN. SAS is holding a W inter Olympics deal during W inter Week; Should we put together a team? (if possible). Well thats all for now folks. See ya in the funny papers.

C H O IC E S Last night, I had the best time of my life!

Had l(). 12. 20 beers W ho's counting? I forget.

They say I went wild!

I can't remember exactly what I did. though.

I met this guy, he was great!

What was his name? I forget.

Then we went somewhere else -some party, I forgetAnd drank this awesome drink Can't remember what it was.

I DO remember being sick On someone’s car - somewhere.

And someone brought me home.

Wish I knew who!

Woke up with a hellacious headache And a different shirt than I'd worn out.

Isn't that the funniest thing?!

No doubt, last night i had the best time of my life!!

Would you like some information about substance abuse? Do you know someone who might like to talk to someone about an alcohol problem? If so contact Judy Robin­ son at the Office o f Residential Life or Leslie Reed, Student Coordinator for CHOICES: The Peer Advising System, at WPI box 1874.

Also, watch the CHOICES bulletin board for upcoming events and information.

FEN C IN G C L U B The WPI Fencing C lub's almost full team almost walked away from a quad meet at Brown University that almost was their last for the season with almost straight wins.

Almost. At the meet were Ken Workinger.

Ray Labbe. Joel Young, Rob Pettit. Brian Freeman. Rick Wood, and Don Seville, against a host o f contenders from Brown.

B.U., and SMU. Competition was fierce as the club pitted itself against the varsity teams o f its opponents. In the end. the results were: WPI vs. B.U. tie l l - l I WPI vs. SMU lost I l -16

WPI vs. Brown lost 3-24 Individual teams went as follows: Foil: 14 - 13 EPEE:6-I5 Sabre:5-I7 The last match for the club will be this Wednesday at Tufts. Then the New Englands at Fairfield U. in Connecticut. As always, there are still inter-team bouts every Thurs­ day at 5pm on the court level of Harrington.

M ASQUE MASQUE proudly announces its cast and staff for it's February production of Arthur Kopit's The End of the World with Sympo­ sium to Follow.

M ichael Trent-H arold M ackiernan.

Philip Stone-Dan Bejune. Audrey West-Katrina Kleber. Paul Cowan-Jeff Yoder. Merv RosenBlatt-Brian W eissman. & Stanley Bernett. Stella/Ann- Jen Shcldrick, General Wilmer-Bill Bullard. Pete-Jim White. JenM.B. L iener. C harles-Jason B udinoff, A udrey's Assistant-Michclle Diquette. Director-Jamie Anderson. Exec. Producer-Rob Everton. Technical Director-Tom Balon.

Production Stage Manager-Brian Freeman.

Stage Manager-Johann Von der Wal. Pro­ duction Manager- Tony Mastromatteo. Assitiant Production Manager-Brian Weissman.

Costume Designer-Jen Giles. Set DesignerPaul Szlyk. Lighting Designer-Jonathon Drummey. Master Electrician-John Stoffel.

Audio Engineer-Joe Rimstidt. Assistant Audio Enginecr-Theresa Kist. Publicity Coordinator-Jon D. Lamkins.

T h at's a lot of people. But this list hardly represents everyone involved in a production of this magnitude. Truly everyone i-- equally important when it comes to making a show a success.

SAB News by David T oupin, '89 Last W ednesday's Student Activities Board meeting though a little disjointed.

went off well and nine clubs were inducted bringing the total to 58 members. Due to the importance of getting existing student groups into the SAB. there will be another SAB meeting this term. It will be held on W ednes­ day. February 24. at 7:00 in SL 104. All current members must attend or be fined and/ or lose their voting priveleges.

The meeting should not last very long and will be primarily covering membership and the budget request forms. There will be no in­ ductions allowed during D-lerm so it is im­ perative that all organizations be present and apply lor membership. To be a member a club has to have a constitution on file with the SAB and have a representative at the meet­ ing. Failure to become a member could result in exclusion from the Student Handbook, restrictions on the use of WPI facilities, and a loss of the club mailbox. Some of the organi­ zations that still need to be admitted into the Student Activities Board are: *AIChE *AIAA *Ainer. Society of Physicists *Amer. Society of Metals *AICE European Student Assoc. *IEEE Management Society * Micro-computer Soceity *Pershing Rifles Recondos W om en's Chorale Women on Campus Management Society Skull Tech Big Brother/Big Sister all honor societies ^constitutions already on file Any questions should be directed to the SAB mailbox (box 58(H)). Budget request forms for next year will be mailed to the club mailboxes by Thursday and must be returned by the end of C-term. Extra forms will be available in the Student Activities Office.

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Dizzy Presents a Laid-Back and Awesome Show o f the band...to each other. He flow ered up his m usic by using big w ords to d escribe it, ca llin g it effervescent.

In "L and o f Milk and H oney", the puffy-cheeked m an used a sim p le beat, got the audience involved by clap p in g , then added jazz, but w as laid-back. He gave each m em ber in the band a ch a n ce to do his iliing, then D izzy reorganized them into the sam e sim ple beat, and then added m ore ja z z .

O th er songs perform ed include “ Round M idnight", w here Sam R ivers was fea­ tured on tenor saxophone, and “ A N ight in T u n isia ”, w hich w as w ritten by D izzy him self.

D uring the show . D izzy gave us a little history on him self. H ailing for C arolina, D izzy has p erform ed and taught m usic all o f his life. He thanked the people for en jo y in g his m usic.

A fter the co n cert. D izzy w as given a key to the city o f W orcester. He told us that the concert w as w orth the w ait— not for us. but for him. He enjoyed the show as m uch as we did.

Soccom m ust also be co m m en d ed on a w ell organized show .

by Tony Pechulis A huge crow d w as treated on S unday afternoon to a ja z z co n c ert at Flarrington A u d itorium , featuring D izzy G illespie.

T he con cert w as orig in ally scheduled for Friday night, but w as postp o n ed because o f the storm . That d id n 't keep fans aw ay, though; H arrington w as filled w ith en th u ­ siastic students and W orcester residents as D izzy helped kick o ff W in ter W eek at W PI. A fter aw ards and reco g n itio n s w ere presented, we w elcom ed D izzy and his quintet. He featured m usic that d e m o n ­ strated the q u in te t's trem en d o u s ability in m any instrum ents, including D iz z y ’s ow n horn- raised trum pet, soprano and tenor sax o phones, drum s, flute, and bass.

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H is unique personality shined through betw een and during songs. The first thing that he said w as “ fill up these seats” , referring to seats up front that w ere being saved for V IP ’s. P eople ran at the chance. T hen he introduced the m em bers

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- [SPORTS Five Men’s Swimmers Qualify for New England’s and ECAC’s (WPI) — Despite a 160-88 loss to South­ eastern Massachusetts University, the Engi­ neers qualified five swimmers for seven posi­ tions at the New Englands, scheduled for March 4-6 at Bowdoin College.

Senior Jim Matthews qualified for the 50 yd. and 500 yd. freestlye with times^of :23.52 and :53.34. Junior Andy Owen qualified in the

100 yd fly and the ICX) yd. backstroke, posting times of :58.06 and 1:02.19. Ben Gray quali­ fied in the 100 yd. freestyle with a time of 53.54. Sophomore Bill Howey qualified in the 100 yd. fly with a time of :57.l I. Freshman Brian Sylvester qualified for the I (X) yd. frees­ tyle with a time of :53.71.

The men will be home February 20th. when they will take on Trinity, in a 1:00 meet.

Engineers Take Second Place in Worcester City Track Tournament (WPI)The WPI track team placed second at the W orcester City Meet on February 3rd. The Engineers finished with 49 points. Rounding out the top three finishers was first place Holy Cross and third place W orcester State.

The Engineers placed first in six events and captured two second place slots. Senior tri­ captain Tom Schibly finished first with a long ju m p o f 20ft. 3in. In the pole vault, junior Hein Brutsaert won with a 13ft. 6in. vault. Lee

Sullivan, also a junior, crossed the 800m line first with a time of 2:20.7. and junior Art Resca placed first in the 3000m with a time of 9 :2 1.3 In the 4x800m the team of freshman Mike Cummings, freshman Dave Berthiaume, so­ phomore Alan Fosberry. and Brian Foley posted a winning time of 8 :4 1.7.

Freshman Mike Thibert. with a shot put of 44ft. I0.25in.,and junior Brian Johnson, with a 100m dash of 6.7 sec., gained second place finishes.

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Women’s Basketball Finally Wins

by Helen Wehh Associate Editor The WPI W omen's Basketball Team seems to finally be turning the tide. Winless since December, the team won two games last week to bring their record to 4-16.

After defeating MIT Thursday night, the Engineers met a struggling (2-18) W NEC on Saturday, and soundly earned the team's fourth

victory of the year. 79-58. As has been the case most of the season, the Engineers' main of­ fense producer was sophomore Jody Nor­ mandin. who scored 29 points (including 3 three pointers) and was credited with 6 assists.

Eileen Sullivan played solid basketball on both halves of the court, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.

Strong Showing for Wrestlers in Tournament

by Roger Burleson Sports Editor In the Northern New England Tournament this weekend, the WPI wrestling team had a strong third place showing with 66 3/4 points.

They trailed two teams which had defeated them earlier in the season. In first place was Coast Guard with 82 1/2 points, and in second was the Division 1 team of UNH with 74 1/2 points. Trailing WPI in fourth, was Norwich with 45 1/2 points.

Two grapplers had first place finishes for WPI. They were Rick Maguire at 118, and

Toby Wyman at 150. Taking seconds were 126 Todd Wyman and 167 Brian Glatz. A third was registered by 158 Dave Sunderland. Tom Sgammato took a third at 126. The only unfortunate news o f the day came when senior captain, Jason Benoit broke his leg and will be out for the season.

The wrestling team is now getting them­ selves ready for the big New England Tourna­ ment. It will be held at WPI this year on February 26 and 27. They are the defending champion and are looking to repeat this year.

Women’s Swimming Sets Two New School Records (W PI)Despite losses to Regis and Colby, the women's swimming team continued to post impressive times last week. During the last two weeks, the team has qualified several members for post season tournaments and have set two school records.

The 200yd. freestyle relay team of junior Kim Kuzmitski. sophomore Jennifer Lambert, sophomore Jennifer Tobin, and senior Diane Fyrer. set a new school record of 1:50.32 erasing the old mark o f 1:54.39. Kuzmitski also set the school record in the 60yd. free with a time o f :32.58 beating the old record of :33.55.

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Fyrer qualified for the New Englands and the ECAC’s in the 200yd. freestyle, 500yd. frees­ tyle, and the 400yd. individual medly with times of 2:05.91.5:43.91, and 5:15.87 respec­ tively. Meanwhile, senior Katherine Cushing qualified for the ECAC’s with a time of 2:32.32 in the 200yd. backstroke.

The wom en’s swimming team will host Trinity, Saturday in a 1:00 meet.

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Men’s Basketball Drops One to Tufts, Nips MIT

by Roger Burleson. Sports Editor and Norman Turnquist Despite losing to Tufts, the m en's basket­ ball team has still been playing very good ball lately; winning eight of their last ten games.

Their record now stands at 10-8. They will face challanges by three teams this week. Tuesday they will face Nichols at home. Thursday they will travel to take on a very tough SMU team.

Saturday they will be backe at home to battle Anna Maria. All of the games begin at 8:(X).

Against Tufts, the tempo of the game was set in the first eight minutes. A red hot Tufts team got off to a really great start and WPI was down by 19 points midway through the first half. After that WPI was forced to play catch­ up all night. At the half Tufts had a 45-39 lead.

Even with the great performances by Mike

McCourt, Jeff Ayotte. Mark C/.erepusko. and Dan Sioui, the Engineers were unable to close the gap. which was down at one time to three with two minutes to play. McCourt had a great night with 27 points. Sioui ended up with 18.

Ayotte had l(). while C/.erepusko finished with 14. Czerepusko is currently ranked seventh in the nation in Division III men's basketball with a 65.2 field goal percentage.

A determined WPI m en's basketball team defeated rival MIT in an exciting game Thurs­ day night that was decided in the final seconds.

MIT played tough on its home court, but WPI made up for the lackluster first half and overcame a 16 point deficit to win 74- 70. In

finish. But McCourt was fouled with only 14 seconds remaining, and his cool foul shooting put WPI in command.

A frustrating first half saw MIT take a commanding lead, as they capitalized on the absence o f Czerepusko. who got in foul trouble early. While W PI's offense looked somewhat disorganized. MIT consistently worked the ball down low to a hot Doug Cornwall, who led MIT with 20 points, and Jay Fraser, who fin­ ished with 17. Czerepusko and Bartolomei were the leading scorers for WPI, finishing with 23 and 14 points, respectively.

theend. it wasclutch foul shooting by standout Mike McCourt that won the game.

Down by a score of 4 2 -3 1 at halftime. WPI came alive midway through the second half, beginning with a 3-pointer by Jeff Ayotte. whose assist to Tom Bartolomei less than a minute later brought WPI to within six points o f MIT. Aggressive rebounding and some key free throws bv Mark C/.erepusko closed the gap further, and with I I minutes left in the game, WPI took the lead on a layup by Bar­ tolomei. W orcester never looked back, but MIT never fell behind by more than six points, and the game went right down to the wire. Two baskets by MIT with just over two minutes left made the score 6.8-67 to set the stage for a close

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Rooks stay psyched and d o n ’t forget Mardi Gras tonight.

D ELTA PHI EPSILO N Good Job! You finally made it!

Congratulations to our newly initiated sis­ ters: Sue Barnabo Vanessa Brown Lisa Desrochers Amy Feld Rebecca Hutnak Veda Ulcickas Kathy and Joan - you did a great job! Does Dawn have a middle name? How do you roast marshmallows in a room without a campfire?

Garage doors?!

Congratulations to all other newly initated pledges from D Phi E. Get psyched from Spring Rush! Come join us tonight!!

P H I SIG M A SIG M A Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day last weekend and thank-you to everyone who bought carnations for the ones they love last week. Also thank you to everyone, espe­ cially all the fraternities that donated their pledges who bow led last Sunday for the Na­ tional Kidney Foundation and also to those who pledged.

Get psyched for Division Conference as we welcome Phi S igSigsfrom all over to the WPI campus! Joanie. you and your committee are doing an awesome [ wait to see Theta Chi t h i s a y th you in charge of the decorations for the Egyptian party - it should look great! Happy Birthday to Jodi M.. and a just belated Happy B-day to Danielle B. and Kris S.! Everybody - Remem­ ber Kathy’s this Friday!

SIG M A PI The brothers would like to thank the pledges for spending so much time down the house this week. Fun was had by all and much was accomplished. This is the last week before the annual Miracle Mile, lets get psyched to sell lots of raffle tickets. Congratulations to the swim team which finished second this year and also to the hoop team for their 100 point victory which upped their record to 5 -1. Last week -'so marked our annual Beach Party. It w as^reatto see all those alumni back to their drinking form. Good psyche was also shown the next day with the sand being removed in less than an hour.

TAU KAPPA E PSIL O N It was a big week for TKE intramural sports. Boh Dzwil and Tony Bangrazi led TKE to a third place finish in the Intramural Swim Meet. Also. TKE Bowling beat SAE 4-0 and SPEED 3-1 to move into a first place tie with SPEED with a 32-4 record. The team was led

by Phil Bourgeois (211) and Chris Bozzini (2(H)).

T H ET A CH I Here it is made to order The Theta Chi social corner.

Without further ado H ere's w hat's new.

A-team B-ball floats like a butterfly and stings likes a bee What a supurb victory over SAE. On Friday. WPI tried to stay open But gave in and a shut down was chosen.

The snow was very sticky around noon The snowballs began to fly quite soon.

We took on SAE Who went down mighty quickly.

We teamed up to conquer FIJI Who ran inside their house immediately.

At this point we were tired and thirsty Some liquid refreshment did nicely.

Who would be the next to beat Seems Sig Pi was just down the street.

Their pledges had fear in their eyes Seeing their sidewalk full of guys.

Into the house they ran Brothers came out but lacked a plan.

The onslaught continued for a while Until police showed up without a smile.

We didn't feel that bad Look at all the fun we had.

It's election time on campus again W e'd like to put in a good word for Mike Donahue. Dave Elario, Pete Mullen.

The due date for ads has been extended Lets get all the ads we intended.

Our Friday party was as popular as could be Attendance from other fraternities seemed to agree.

On a lighter note. Packy and Bill Found WPD to be a double thrill.

T hat's it for our rhyming skill.

ZETA PSI Congratulations to Ralphie. what is it - 30 or 31 days now? No matter- keep up the good work! It w on't be long now before we have more pledges around - so, neophytes - get psyched! I think I speak forTony when I thank Nancy for a lovely weekend, and I hope his dream comes true (you sick rat, you...)

T.J. - If you're wondering why you’ve been getting a hard time this week, d on’t w e’ll stop someday! Joe and Tom - why don’t you ask the Bud-Man how to do that Optics assignment? (ya, and while w e’re at it, w e’ll give him a bid...). W e’ll have to see what we can do about Boo so that Joe’s hamsters can procreate in peace, too. O f course, we could always let the damn cat go at Dennis’ gerbils and satisfy her appetite for small rodents!

I think I’ve rambled quite enough this week, so until next time, I am outta here...

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11:00 a.m. Panhel Assoc. General Meeting, Alumni Conf. Rm. 11:30 a.m. Campus Ministry - Gathering in the Wedge 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Presidential Politics and the Black Vote: Promises Made and Promises Broken. Light refreshments, no charge. African Meeting House, 8 Smith Court, Beacon Hill.

7:00 p.m. Ecumenical Bible Study and prayer group, at the Religious Center.

7:30 p.m. Assumption College - Timothy Rucho, Lecture, “The Design and the Theology of Icons”, Salon, La M aison Francaise 8:00 p.m. Donald Mocher, “ Human Sexuality”, Holy Cross, Kimball Autorium.

8:00 p.m. Spectrum, Poet-Alien Ginsberg, Alden Hall 8:00 p.m. Basketball vs. Nichols (H) W ednesday, F e b ru a ry 17,1988 8:00 a.m. - 1 1 :00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. G ordon Library.

12:00 p.m. Catholic Mass, Alden Hall 12:00 p.m. Weekday Mass, at the Religious Center.

1:00 p.m. Salisbury Mansion - Bethany and Abby: W orcester Women Black and W hite •Dramatic performance by storytellers Jay Goldspinner and Barbara Spence, 40 Highland Street.

4:30 p.m. “D on't Break the Ice” contest. Wedge 4:30 p.m. “Introduction to D ISCOVER," computer-assisted career guidance system. Student Counseling Ctr. Seminar Room, 2nd floor, 157 West Street.

7:00 p.m. Film - Black Music, Saxe Room W orcester Public Library, Main Branch, A Black History Month Program.

8:00 p.m. Hockey vs. Community Coll. of R.I. T h u rsd ay , F e b ru a ry 18,1988 8:00 a.m. - 1 1 :00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library.

6:00 & 8:00 p.m. W om en’s Basketball at SMU 7:30 p.m. Documentary - Portraits o f Apartheid, W orld House, A Black History Month Program.

7:30 p.m. Clark University - Bethune Multicultural Center - Play, The Man Nobody Saw presented by Community Change, Inc., Academic Center, 950 Main Street.

8:00 p.m. M en’s and W om en’s Basketball at SMU 8:30 p.m. Speaker John Preston, “ An Orientation to Campus Sexual Issues of 1988” Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center Ballroom.

10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass, at the Religious Center.

F rid ay , F eb ru ary 19,1988 8:00 a.m. - 1 1 :00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. G ordon Library.

12:00 p.m. Lenten Mass, at the Religious Center.

3 :0 0 -5 :0 0 p.m. Confessions, at the Religious Center.

9:00 p.m. Voyager IV Laser Light Show, Harrington Auditorium, $2.00 S atu rd ay , F e b ru a ry 20,1988 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. G ordon Library.

10:00 a.m. Track - NCAA Div. Ill at MIT 1:00 p.m. M en’s & W om en’s Swimming vs. Trinity (H) 2:00 p.m. W om en’s Basketball vs. Anna Maria (H) 8:00 p.m. Panhel Valentine’s Day Dance, G om pei’s 8:00 p.m. Basketball vs. A nna M aria (H) 10:45 p.m. Hockey at Central Conn. State S unday, F e b ru a ry 21,1988 11:00 a.m. J.V. New England Wrestling Tournament (H) 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass, Alden Hall.

12:00 - 11:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds. George C. G ordon Library.

6:00 p.m. Sunday Mass, Founders Hall.

6:30 & 9:00 p.m. The Reel Thing, The Color Purple, Alden Hall, $ 1.50 M onday, F eb ru ary 22,1988 8:00 a.m. - 1 1 :00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. G ordon Library.

3:30 p.m. Holy Cross - Spring Forum on War and Peace - U.S.- U.S.S.R. Relations in the Global Village. Dinand Library Browsing Room.

7:30 p.m. The Blood Knot, a play by Athol Fugard. Performed by WPI students Mcebisi Mahambehlala and Raheem Hosseini, G om pei’s Place, free admission.

7:30 p.m. Basketball vs. W NEC (H) 7:30 p.m. Assumption College - Human arts sponsors James Simmons, Balladeer and poet.

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What’s Happening T uesday, F e b ru a ry 16,1988 8:00 a.m. - 11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds, Chronicles the contributions of 120 black women in such diverse fields as religion, sports, medicine and business. It was prepared by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. George C. Gordon Library.

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7:00 p.m. Ecumenical Bible Study and prayer group, at the Religious Center.

7:30 p.m. Assumption College - Timothy Rucho, Lecture, “The Design and the Theology of Icons”, Salon, La Maison Francaise 8:00 p.m. Donald M ocher, “Human Sexuality”, Holy Cross, Kimball Autorium.

8:00 p.m. Spectrum, Poet-Alien Ginsberg, Alden Hall 8:00 p.m. Basketball vs. Nichols (H) W ednesday, F e b ru a ry 17,1988 8:00 a.m. - 1 1 :00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. Gordon Library.

12:00 p.m. Catholic Mass, Alden Hall 12:00 p.m. Weekday Mass, at the Religious Center.

1:00 p.m. Salisbury Mansion - Bethany and Abby: W orcester Women Black and White Dramatic performance by storytellers Jay Goldspinner and Barbara Spence, 40 Highland Street.

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T h u rsd ay , F eb ru ary 18,1988 8:00 a.m. - 1 1 :00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. Gordon Library.

6:00 & 8:00 p.m. W om en’s Basketball at SMU 7:30 p.m. Documentary - Portraits of Apartheid, World House. A Black History Month Program.

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10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass, at the Religious Center.

F rid ay , F e b ru a ry 19,1988 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. G ordon Library.

12:00 p.m. Lenten Mass, at the Religious Center.

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Confessions, at the Religious Center.

9:00 p.m. Voyager IV Laser Light Show, Harrington Auditorium, $2.00 S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry 20,1988 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievem ent Against the Odds, George C. Gordon Library.

10:00 a.m. Track - NCAA Div. Ill at MIT 1:00 p.m. M en’s & W om en’s Swimming vs. Trinity (H) 2:00 p.m. W om en’s Basketball vs. Anna Maria (H) 8:00 p.m. Panhel V alentine’s Day Dance, G om pei’s 8:00 p.m. Basketball vs. Anna M aria (H) 10:45 p.m. Hockey at Central Conn. State Sunday, F e b ru a ry 21,1988 11:00 a.m. J.V. New England W restling Tournament (H) 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass, Alden Hall.

12:00 - 11:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. Gordon Library.

6:00 p.m. Sunday Mass, Founders Hall.

6:30 & 9:00 p.m. The Reel Thing, The Color Purple, Alden Hall, $1.50 M onday, F eb ru ary 22,1988 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievement Against the Odds, George C. Gordon Library.

3:30 p.m. Holy Cross - Spring Forum on War and Peace - U.S.- U.S.S.R. Relations in the Global Village. Dinand Library Browsing Room.

7:30 p.m. The Blood Knot, a play by Athol Fugard. Performed by WPI students Mcebisi M ahambehlala and Raheein Hosseini, G om pei's Place, free admission.

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