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WPI President discusses future by Jeffrey Goldmeer Newspeak Staff In recent weeks, students and faculty alike have been anxious and curious about a number o f issues. President Jon Strauss, responding to these concerns agreed to an interview with this reporter. The interview covered numerous topics including parking, tuition, Alden Hall, Fuller Laboratory, and the future of under graduate education at WPI. F u lle r L a b o r a to r y Fuller Laboratory is the official name of the new informational sciences building. The building’s total cost is estimated to be $9.9 million, and construction may begin as early as this summer. The building will be located on the slope between Atwater Kent and Kaven Hall. The building is being named in honor of George F. Fuller, after a $2 million grant was made by the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation. The 55.000 square foot building will house
the Computer Science Department, the Instruc tional Media Center(IMC), the Campus Com puter Center, and a 400 seat lecture hal I. When completed, the new lecture hall will be the largest on campus. Strauss explained that one reason for mov ing the computer center, the C.S. Dept., and the IMC into the same building is the ‘Serendipity Theory of Management’. He stated that some accomplishments, or new resources, appear without any planning; they are products of their environment. Strauss forwarded the new ComputerAided Engineering Center as an example. This center has come about with no previous plan ning; new faculty stirred an interest in the area. He hopes that by placing these three groups into the same building, a similar situation may oc cur. At this time, approximately $4.5 million out of the $9.9 million has been raised. The Alden Trust donated $1 million, and the school re cently received a $750,000 ‘challenge’ grant from the Kresge Foundation of Troy, Michigan. The receipt o f this money is conditional
upon the school raising the rest of the funds necessary for the project. The school is plan ning on raising a total of $6 million; the remain ing funds will be secured through loans. President Strauss hopes to be able to ap proach the Board of Trustees in April to get their approval of the funding plan. To do so, he and
his staff must know the sources of all o f the required funds: gifts, grants, loans, and ‘bridge money’. A bridge fund is the money required to sustain a project until promised gift and grant monies are delivered. ( c o n tin u e d on p a g e 4)
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Special student seminar accepts applications by Professor Michael Sokal For the 11th consecutive year, WPI students have an opportunity to participate, with other W orcester-area college undergraduates, in a unique educational experience at the American Antiquarian Society. The Society, located at 185 Salisbury Street — only one block from the WPI campus — is one of the country’s most important libraries for research in American history and culture. Each year it sponsors an American Studies Seminar for undergraduates at local colleges, and WPI students have tradi tionally done as well as, or better than, students at other institutions, including history and English majors from Clark and Holy Cross. WPI students enrolling in the seminar typically substitute their participation in it for one course of their Sufficiency Programs, or for their Suf ficiency Programs, or for their Sufficiency IS/ Ps, and those who have taken part in past sem i nars have usually described the experience with such phrases as “intellectually exciting,” enjoy able,” and “eye opening.” In particular, many have praised the opportunity to work closely with students at other Worcester-area colleges. Those considering taking part in the 1988 semi nar should discuss the possibility with a memeber o f the Humanities faculty as soon as possible. The topic of the American Antiquarian Society’s 1988 American Studies Seminar will be HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA’S PAST. The leader of the seminar will be Philip Cash, professor and chair o f the history department of Emmanuel College. He is the author of Medical Men at the Siege of Boston ( 1973) and senior editor of Medicine in Massachusetts, 1620-1820 (1980). He has also written numerous articles on various aspects of the history of American health care which have appeared in such journals as the New England Journal o f Medicine, the Journal of the Ameri can Medical Association, and the Bulletin of the History of Medicine. Today, health care is both America's largest industry and its most pressing economic prob lem, while doctors in the United States enjoy a status, income, and power unequaled in any other country. From the colonial period to the 1870’s (the period of focus for this course), things were quite different. The primary agency for health care was the family, while regular
physicians were forced 10 compete with sectar ian doctors as well as quacks and such special ized providers o f health care as inoculators, bonesetters, bleeders, and midwives for the minority of paying patients. Although many doctors went to medical school, the prinicipal method of training physicians throughout most of this period was apprenticeship. Attempts to regulate medical practice were either weak or nonexistent. Hospitals were few and were designed primarily to serve the poor. Since the true nature of most illness was not yet known, those who treated or cared for the ill were forced to rely on logic and experience in their all- toooften losing battle against sickness and death. Yet, despite these great contrasts, the roots of our present health care system lie in this period, while the differences afford us a richer appre ciation of one of the most basic themes of the human experience: the race’s struggle for life and health. Drawing upon the rich resources of the AAS Library, this seminar will explore such topics as traditional medical theories and therapies, pub lic and private attitudes toward sickness and death, the role of women in traditonal health care, the training of physicians and others who cared for the ill, attempts to regulate the practice of medicine and to provide for public health, the image of doctors in literature and art, case studies of the health histories of individuals and families, as well as the early history in America o f such institutions as medical schools, socie ties, hospitals, dispensaries, and asylums. The Society’s extraordinary collections of printed, manuscript, and graphic arts materials will enable students to develop research projects (leading toward a major seminar paper) on a variety of subjects within the general seminar theme. This will be the eleventh American Studies Seminar offered by the Society in collaboration with the five undergraduate colleges and uni versities in Worcester. Students are selected by the Advisory Education Committee, composed o f representative of each o f the colleges and AAS. Students are selected by the Advisory Education Committee, composed of represen tatives of each o f the colleges and AAS. Stu dents completing their sufficiency programs in a wide variety o f subjects are encouraged to apply; the disciplines of history. Literature, religion, and American Studies are especially
relevant to the topic. In addition, biology and chemistry majors, as well as students enrolled in pre-medicine programs, will find the historical perspective offered by the seminar both illumi nating and useful. This seminar will meet on Tuesday after noon from 2 to 4 pm, beginning September 6, at the Goddard-Daniels House, 190 Salisbury Street (directly across from the Antiquarian Society’s library). Additional sessions will be scheduled on Thursday afternoons, also from 2 to 4 pm, during the first part of the semester. Since this is a research seminar dependent on materials in the Society’s library, students should expect during the term to spend a total of
at least a day a week at AAS, which is open from 9 to 5, Monday through Friday, except holidays. Further information and application forms may be obtained from WPI’s campus represen tative, Professor Michael M. Sokal, Department of Humanities (SL 023, WPI ext. 5363) or from John B. Hench at AAS (185 Salisbury Street, Worcester 10609; telephone 752-5813 or 7555221). Prospective applicants who wish to ask students in previous seminars about their expe riences should contact their campus representa tives for the students’ names. All application materials (cover sheet, personal statement, tran script, two letters of recommendation) must be submitted to Professor Sokal no later than Fri day, March 29.
Elections postponed to D-Term byBillRiccio Student Government President Student Government elections have been postponed in order to fill a vacancy on the student government ballot. Nominations are being sought for the posi tion of student government President. Petitions will be available Tuesday, February 23 in the Dean of Students Office. The petitions are due Friday, February 26 in the Dean o f Students’
Office by 4:00 p.m. The same election procedures and officer qualifications shall be followed as published in the January 26 issue of N ew speak with the exception of the various dates which have been amended as described above. Elections will be held Thursday and Friday, March 3 1 and April 1. in Daniels Hall from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Due to the postponement, elected officers will assume office immediately upon election.
Snow cancellation make up From: Dean W. R. Grogan To: Faculty and Students The College closed at noon on Friday, February 12,1988, due to the snow emergency. Faculty are free to w ork with their classes in finding another free time to make up missed | classes or labs. The scheduling Office will assist faculty in finding rooms if requested. In the event that a suitable alternate is not feasible prior to the end of classes on Thursday, March I 3, missed activiites will be held on Friday morning, March 4. The four periods which would have been held Friday afternoon, February 12 will be scheduled in sequence on Friday morning, | March 4 as follows (same rooms): F rid a y , F e b r u a r y 12 1 2 :3 0 p m 1 :3 0 p m 2 :3 0 p m 3 :3 0 p m
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NEWSPEAK
IEDITORIAM
Tuesday February 23,1988
ILETTERSI
Network coverage detracts^ LCA Co-Manager responds from Olympic Games To the Editor;
As most people know, the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary have gotten underway. Although
it is difficultfor many WPI students to watch much of the games, some still manage to catch a few events on the television. In doing so, they will no doubt have noticed the poor quality o f coverage byABC. Topping off the poor coverage is, of course, the bumbling Jim McKay, it isfrustrating ot have to watch and listen to McKay in between events. If he is not constantly stumbling over his lines, he is saying inane things htat would have been better left unsaid. Viewers would rather watch the Jamaican bobsled team or the British ski jumper, Olympians who are not in contentionfor a medal, participate in their event than listen to Jim McKay. Next, to pay for the exhorbitant price they paid to win the bid to cover the Olympics, ABC injects an ad in between everyother luge run or skier. Sometimes, events or key minutes are missed due to thefrequent ads. This occured during the Czechoslovakia!US hockey game. Many o f the goals made were missed because they occured during a commercial break. Understandable, some events will have to be missed, but if they had longer ads that occured lessfrequently, fewer key moments would be missed. Finally, there are the stupid analogies made to past games or events. An example o f this occured during a recent ice hockey game. Because the score o f the hockey game was the same as the United States/Russian game in 1980, the commentator insinuated that the US team would heat the odds again. Why make these trivial comparisons? Factual information is interesting, like some o f the profiles they do on the athletes, or the technical explanation o f equipment or events, but if the commentators are just trying tofill space, they shouldjust stop. The Olympic games are a time of national unity and pride, as is evident by the amount of par ticipants and spectators at the games. When the television coverage o f the games is broken up by numerous commercials, or interrupted by the insignificant remarks of commentators, the games are detractedfrom.
This letter is in response to your recent editorial on Plant Services supervision. It is fine for you to attack Custodians for sloppy work manship in the upkeep of dormatories, but snow removal is much more complicated and diffi cult. It is Plant Services goal to ensure safe passage along all walkways, stairwells, and other properties on campus. I represent one of the outside groups con tracted by Plant Services to remove the snow from stairwells and walkways that cannot be reached by the plows or snow-blowers. Plant Services has a large area to cover and during a snowstorm the employees concentrate their efforts on clearing the walkways, driveways, parking lots, etc.; while outside help cleans stairs and other walkways. All yearlong. Plant Services and outside help have managed to do a thorough and complete job in clearing the whole campus. The storm on Friday Feb. 12 was no excep tion to the plant services record. By 8:00 that morning, my crew had cleared our territory in order for the school to function properly. Un fortunately, the heaviest snowfall of the storm, approximately 6 inches, fell between 8:00 and
11:00 that morning. During this period o f time, snow became packed down and slippery on m any walkways and stairs. The only person to blam e for the slippery walking conditions is M other Nature (and she has been a mother this year). After all, this is New England. Plant Services has done a great jo b at the difficult task of snow removal this year and in years past. They have stayed out all night long when the job requires, I’ve witnessed this. It is financially impossible for Plant Services to have one person shoveling one stairwell during a brief 3 hour period. This is New England and we must adapt to the climate for a brief 3 hour period of heavy snow. It is wrong to criticize those who put in a good effort at a difficult task. If the snow had fallen during the nightime, the walkways and stairwells would have been cleared. However, it d id n ’t and they w eren’t. No big deal. After all, this is winter.
David Shaffer '88 Co-Manager, LCA Snow Removal p.s. 1 slipped down stairs leaving class at 11.
SOCCOMM member sounds off To the Editor;
The Student newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Box 2700, WPI, Worcester, Massachussetts 01609 Phone (617)793-5464 Jacq u elin e O'Neill
Faculty Advisor T hom as Keil
Editor-In-Chief
Sports Editor
Photography Editor
Roger Burleson
Chris Pater
Features Editor
Associate Photo Editor
Jeffrey Coy
Rob Sim s
News Editor Bob Vezis
Photography Staff
B usiness Staff
L ars Beattie S tev e Brightman Jim C alarese K. Christdoulides David Cohen A thena Demetry M egat Abdul Rahim Rob Standley Laura W agner Jo n W aples Ron W en
Alan Brightman Diane L egendre Minette L evee
Production Editor Stephen Nelson
W fillP flS la g S enor Allende Mike B arone Robert B ennett Andrew Ferreira Brian F reem an Jeff G oldm eer Monte Kluemper Tony Pechulis Robert Petrin Gary Pratt Eric R a sm u sse n Michael Slocik J o s h u a Smith T hom as T essier Secretary Bridget Pow ers
Circulation Manager Tim D eSantis ’ Business/Advertising Editor David Perreault
Graphics Editor G ary DelGrego Graphics Staff Chris Savina Michael Slocik
Associate Editors Mark O sborne Helen W ebb Jim W ebb
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I am writing this letter because of a comment I received while selling Winter Week shirts this past Tuesday. A student came to me and asked “ IS WINTER WEEK COMING UP?” I got a little upset by this (seeing as there was a banner above the mailboxes not 10 feet in front of him) but I was not surprised. This past year 1 have often -got-the fe e hTrglhat nrrly -S0C C 0M M rViembers (iind L<&L members who work the events) know w hat’s going on on campus. Since September, actually Aug. 31, 1981 ex cluding the Pub shows almost every Saturday night, movies tw o times a week, coffeehouses about every other Tuesday, and Cinematech/ Spectrum events about every other Monday, the events sponsored by SOCCOMM were; The Tonight Show with Mark Pitta, the Mu sical Mime, aC I A lecturer, Steven Wright, Simon-Sez on the football field, Mr. U.S.A., Hypnotist James Mapes, Battle of the Bands ’88, Dizzy Gilespie, Characturists, “D on’t Break the Ice” contest, Laser light show, ski trip to Okemo. This is even an incomplete listing (for space purposes). It gets very discouraging after plan ning all of the above events, for SOCCOMM members to hear comments such as “ is Winter Week coming up?” The work put into all of the above is totally voluntary, and with only 125 members, it is also very time consuming. Plan ning events consists o f getting the needed pub
licity (posters, shirts, T.V. ads), getting workers for the show, making arrangements for hotel accom odations or airport pick-ups, requesting checks and/or campus room reservations (A lden, Harrington, the lower wedge), and many other details. This past year attendance at events has been better than ever but SOCCOMM still needs more input from students. After all we decide how to spend your money. We need to know what the campus wants and what it takes to let them know w hat’s going on. There were more than 250 W inter W eek posters posted on cam pus, there were T.V. ads, there were banners m ade, and even people wearing shirts. What does it take to inform the campus o f w hat’s going on? Or are we informing the campus but students just d o n ’t care? If the answer to the second question is yes, keep in mind that on each student’s tuition bill is a social fee and whether you plan or attend events or not, we are going to spend your money. One last thing, while selling shirts a few stu dents also commented that we “must be making a lot of money on them.” We paid $7.50 for each shirt and we’re selling them for $5.00. I’ll let the math majors figure out how much we “ made”.
Kathleen Murray Former SOCCOMM Special Events Chairperson
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Ask Mike
Dear Readers; How about some letters. I know my column was not in last week. I’m sorry, I took a long weekend to get some rest and relaxation. My column will be in every week (unless I feel like taking another long weekend) so let’s see some letters! A question has come up that is on everyone’s mind: W HY IS dA K A FO O D SO BAD? (a.k.a. greasy, cold, possible low quality) First o f all, it is not like your mother or father’s cooking. Cooking for 600 to 700 people is not easy. They c a n ’t prepare the food to everyone’s liking. That is why daka offers such a variety. Also, because so much food is needed, it has to be prepared beforehand and cooked very quickly. So things like spaghetti and noodles are cooked 1/2 hour before the meal and sit in boiling water. Although this keeps them hot, it also causes them to lose flavor. This
Daka delights? ) is also why food is deep fried. It is fast, but the food is needed so often that it ca n ’t drain prop erly. The results are sometimes greasy, bland, and/or watery food. Daka uses high quality food. All food is government inspected (and passed). Daka uses such well known brands as : Heinz, Kelloggs, G eneral Mills, Dole, Sunkist, Drake, Poland, Weeks, Lenders, Jello, Columbo, and La Choi. T heir meats are high grade cuts with small amounts o f fat. Most of their dry storage sup plies are distributed by Monarch, which is also well known. O ver all daka uses pretty good stuff. By the way, for those who don’t know, daka stands for Dining and Kitchen Administration. Do you have problems with your love life? “Ask Mike” for help. Send to box 2 142 or box 2700.
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NEWSPEAK
IEDITORIAL
Tuesday February 23,1988
iLETTERSl
Network coverage detracts from Olympic Games As most people know, the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary have gotten underway. Although
it is difficultfor many WPI students to watch much of the games, some still manage to catch a few events on the television. In doing so, they will no doubt have noticed the poor quality of coverage byABC. Topping off the poor coverage is, of course, the bumbling Jim McKay, it isfrustrating ot have to watch and listen to McKay in between events. I f he is not constantly stumbling over his lines, he is saying inane things htat would have been better left unsaid. Viewers would rather watch the Jamaican bobsled team or the British skijumper, Olympians who are not in contention for a medal, participate in their event than listen to Jim McKay. Next, to pay for the exhorbitant price they paid to win the hid to cover the Olympics. ABC injects an ad in between everyother luge run or skier. Sometimes, events or key minutes are missed due to thefrequent ads. This occured during the Czechoslovakia!US hockey game. Many o f the goals made were missed because they occured during a commercial break. Understandable, some events will have to be missed, but if they had longer ads that occured lessfrequently, fewer key moments would be missed. Finally, there are the stupid analogies made to past games or events. An example of this occured during a recent ice hockey game. Because the score of the hockey game was the same as the United States/Russian game in 1980, the commentator insinuated that the US team would beat the odds again. Why make these trivial comparisons? Factual information is interesting, like some of the profiles they do on the athletes, or the technical explanation of equipment or events, but if the commentators are just tiying tofill space, they shouldjust stop. The Olympic games are a time o f national unity and pride, as is e\’ident by the amount of par ticipants and spectators at the games. When the television coverage o f the games is broken up by numerous commercials, or interrupted by the insignificant remarks of commentators, the games are detractedfrom.
LCA Co-Manager responds To the Editor; This letter is in response to your recent editorial on Plant Services supervision. It is fine for you to attack Custodians for sloppy work manship in the upkeep of dormatories, but snow removal is much more complicated and diffi cult. It is Plant Services goal to ensure safe passage along all walkways, stairwells, and other properties on campus. I represent one of the outside groups con tracted by Plant Services to remove the snow from stairwells and walkways that cannot be reached by the plows or snow-blowers. Plant Services has a large area to cover and during a snowstorm the employees concentrate their efforts on clearing the walkways, driveways, parking lots, etc.; while outside help cleans stairs and other walkways. All year long, Plant Services and outside help have managed to do a thorough and complete job in clearing the whole campus. The storm on Friday Feb. 12 was no excep tion to the plant services record. By 8:00 that morning, my crew had cleared our territory in order for the school to function properly. Un fortunately, the heaviest snowfall of the storm, approximately 6 inches, fell between 8:00 and
11 :(X) that morning. During this period of time, snow becam e packed down and slippery on many walkways and stairs. The only person to blame for the slippery walking conditions is Mother Nature (and she has been a mother this year). After all, this is New England. Plant Services has done a great job at the difficult task of snow removal this year and in years past. They have stayed out all night long when the job requires. I’ve witnessed this. It is financially impossible for Plant Services to have one person shoveling one stairwell during a brief 3 hour period. This is New England and we must adapt to the climate for a brief 3 hour period o f heavy snow. It is wrong to criticize those who put in a good effort at a difficult task. If the snow had fallen during the nightime, the walkways and stairwells would have been cleared. However, it didn’t and they weren’t. No big deal. After all, this is winter.
David Shaffer'88 Co-Manager, LCA Snow Removal p.s. I slipped down stairs leaving class at 11.
SOCCOMM member sounds off To the Editor:
The Student newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Box 2700, WPI, Worcester, Massachussetts 01609 Phone (617)793-5464 Editor-In-Chief
Faculty Advisor
Jacqueline O'Neill
Thomas Keil
Sports Editor Roger Burleson
Photography Editor
Features Editor
Associate Photo Editor
Jeffrey Coy
Rob Sims
News Editor
Photography Staff L ars Beattie S teve Brightman Jim C a la rese K. C hristdoulides David C ohen A thena Dem etry M egat Abdul Rahim R o b S tan d ley Laura W agner Jo n W aples Ron W en
Chris Pater
Bob Vezis
Writinfl.5taff S enor Allende Mike Barone Robert Bennett Andrew Ferreira Brian Freem an Jeff G oldm eer Monte Kluemper Tony Pechulis Robert Petrin Gary Pratt Eric R a sm u sse n Michael Slocik J o s h u a Smith T hom as T essier Secretary Bridget Pow ers
Circulation Manager Tim D eSantis ’ Business/Advertising Editor David Perreault Business Staff Alan Brightman Diane L egendre Minette Levee Graphics Editor Gary DelGrego Graphics Staff Chris Savina Michael Slocik
Production Editor S te p h en Nelson Associate Editors Mark O sborne H elen W ebb Jim W ebb
WPI Newspeak ot Worcester Polytechnic Institute, formerly the Tech Newt, has been published weekly dunng the academic year, exoep* during college vacations, since 1909 Letters to the editor should be typed (double spaced) and must contain the typed or pnnted name o< the author as well as the authors signature and telephone number lor verification Students submitting letters to the editor should put their dass after their name Faculty and staff should include their full title. Letters deemed libelous of irrelevant to the WPI community will not be published. The editors reserve the nght to edit letters for correct punctuation and spelling Letters to the editor are due by 9:00 a.m on the Firday preceding publication. Send them to WPI Bo* 2700 or bring them to the Newspeak office. Riley 01. All other copy is due by noon on the Friday preceding publication. Hewip— k subscribes to the Collegiate Press Servioe Typesetting is done by Typesetting Services, Providence. HI. Printing is done by Saltus Press First Class postage paid at Worcester. Massachusetts Subscription rate is $18 00 per school year, single copies 75 oentswtthm the continental United States Make all checks payable to WPI
I am writing (his letter because of a comment I received while selling Winter Week shirts this past Tuesday. A student came to me and asked "IS WINTER WEEK COMING UP?" I got a little upset by this (seeing as there was a banner above the mailboxes not 10 feet in front of him) but I was not surprised. This past year I have often -gor rhe feebrrg-that only S 0 C C 0 M M members (hnd L&L members who work the events) know w hat's going 011 on campus. Since September, actually Aug. 31, 1981 ex cluding the Pub shows almost every Saturday night, movies two times a week, coffeehouses about every other Tuesday, and Cinematech/ Spectrum events about every other Monday, the events sponsored by SOCCOMM were; The Tonight Show with Mark Pitta, the Mu sical Mime, aCI A lecturer, Steven Wright, Simon-Sez on the football field, Mr. U.S.A., Hypnotist James Mapes, Battle of the Bands ’88, Dizzy Gilespie, Characturists, “D on’t Break the Ice” contest. Laser light show, ski trip to Okemo. This is even an incomplete listing (for space purposes). It gets very discouraging after plan ning all of the above events, for SOCCOMM members to hear com ments such as “is Winter Week coming up?” The work put into all of the above is totally voluntary, and with only 125 members, it is also very time consuming. Plan ning events consists o f getting the needed pub-
licity (posters, shirts, T.V. ads), getting workers for the show, making arrangements for hotel accomodations o r airport pick-ups, requesting checks and/or campus room reservations (Alden, Harrington, the lower wedge), and many other details. This past year attendance at events has been bfetter than ever but SOCCOMM still needs more input from students. After all we decide how to spend your money. We need to know what the campus wants and what it takes to let them know w hat’s going on. There were more than 250 Winter Week posters posted on cam pus, there were T.V. ads, there were banners made, and even people wearing shirts. What does it take to inform the campus of w hat’s going on? O r are we informing the campus but students just d o n ’t care? If the answer to the second question is yes, keep in mind that on each student’s tuition bill is a social fee and whether you plan or attend events or not, we are going to spend your money. One last thing, while selling shirts a few stu dents also commented that we “must be making a lot of money on them.” We paid $7.50 for each shirt and we’re selling them for $5.00. I’ll let the math majors figure out how much we “made”.
Kathleen Murray Former SOCCOMM Special Events Chairperson
ICOMMENTARY Ask Mike Dear Readers; How about some letters. I know my column was not in last week. I'm sorry, I took a long weekend to get some rest and relaxation. My column will be in every week (unless I feel like taking another long weekend) so let’s see some letters! A question has come up that is on everyone’s mind: W HY IS dAKA FO O D SO BAD? (a.k.a. greasy, cold, possible low quality) First of all, it is not like your mother or father’s cooking. Cooking for 600 to 700 people is not easy. They can ’t prepare the food to everyone’s liking. That is why daka offers such a variety. Also, because so much food is needed, it has to be prepared beforehand and cooked very quickly. So things like spaghetti and noodles are cooked 1/2 hour before the meal and sit in boiling water. Although this keeps them hot, it also causes them to lose flavor. This
Pafta delights? ) is also why food is deep fried. It is fast, but the food is needed so often that it ca n ’t drain prop erly. The results are sometimes greasy, bland, and/or watery food. Daka uses high quality food. All food is government inspected (and passed). Daka uses such well known brands a s : Heinz, Kelloggs, General Mills, Dole, Sunkist, Drake, Poland, Weeks, Lenders, Jello, Columbo, and La Choi. Their meats are high grade cuts with small amounts o f fat. Most of their dry storage sup plies are distributed by Monarch, which is also well known. Over all daka uses pretty good stuff. By the way, for those who don’t know, daka stands for Dining and Kitchen Administration. Do you have problems with your love life? “Ask M ike” for help. Send to box 2142 or box 2700.
iteWSPEAK
Tuesday February 23,1988
ICOMMENTARY My View From the Fourth Year To the rescue! I know it’s unorthodox for a staff writer to respond to an editorial from his own paper, but no one ever accused me of being orthodox. I want to respond to the editorial printed last week which accused the custodians of doing a lousy job, and plant services of being lazy. 1 think the custodians do a magnificent job; they are amazingly tolerant, and extremely friendly. Likewise forplant services. The problem which the editorial addressed is not one with the custodians at all, it is a problem with the students. A great number of the freshmen here are away from home for the first time. When they lived at home, they had a well-defined set of rules governing their behav iors. Now that they have reached school, they are searching for some authority to provide the tension-reducing feedback of rule enforcement. Unfortunately, no such person exists. Hence, the students continually test the old rules like “Don’t put your toothpaste on the walls of the bathroom,” or “No vomiting in the hallway.” When these rule tests pass without enforce ment, the students try more and more extremes with the hope that someone will tell them to stop. “W here’s my Mommy?” The custodians perform their jobs admira bly. They persistently clean up after these students, undaunted by the apparent futility of their efforts. Some will rebel, like Stash used to when I was a freshman. He would come in Monday morning to face a whole weekend’s worth of rule testing in the hallway. He would drag out this huge vacuum cleaner at 6:00 a.m., and would start vacuuming, bumping into doors as he went, singing some unrecognizable song. I thought it was pretty funny. None of the stu dents ever complained, because they all knew why he did it. What the students want is an authority figure to tell them what to do, sort of like the house mother on “A Different World” (that horrible “Cosby” spinoff). The R.A.’s could serve that purpose, but they don’t want to. I can’t blame them, could you imagine trying to be a mother to 60 students while still attending school your self? In fact, I don’t believe they should play mother. One of the things students learn when they go off to college is how to be independent. It is a very difficult adjustment, especially for students whose parents live fairly close to the school. The natural tendency for the newly independent is to look for a new person to be dependent upon. Traditionally, women have looked to men for this role, and in a different way, men have looked to women. Of course, at
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continued from page 1 T u itio n In the past two years tuition has been raised 11 % per year. In the past decade the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the measure o f inflation, has risen 93%. During this same period, tuition has risen 45% over the CPI. President Strauss replied that this has occurred for two reasons: to cover costs and because the school can raise tuition. Strauss stated that WPI is in a ‘quality sen sitive’ market, not one that is ‘price sensitive’. “People are looking for a quality service, and are willing to pay for it.” After last years tuition increase, Strauss mailed 2500 letters to the parents of students announcing the tuition increase. He did not receive any replies. However, the President believes that there is an upper limit to tuition and he “does not want to approach it.” The second reason why W PI has raised its tuition is to cover its expenses. During the last decade, costs have risen 3 1% over inflation. This is approximately a 3% increase per year. The school’s costs have risen due to the fact that in a non- profit educational institution, one must invest in people, financial aid, books, and new equipment. Strauss described these items as being more costly than the CPI allows for, causing W PI’s costs to be above the CPI. When asked why the rise in tuition was greater than the rise in costs, the President replied that the school’s other sources o f in come, such as endowment, have not grown as fast. P a rk in g As dem onstrated in the past, parking is an issue that WPI students and faculty take very seriously. President Strauss understands this. However, he does not want “W PI to become a campus that has its parking lots connecting its buildings together. “ To improve this situation, the school is looking to expand its parking facilities. In the spring, a small parking lot will be built on the site of the old W orld House: on the corner of West Street and Institute Road. This lot will accommodate approximately 25 cars. The President noted that proposals for addi tional parking lots are being made. One pro posal stated that a lot could be placed on the land situated between Higgens House. Salisbury Street, and the church on the comer of Salisbury Street and Park Avenue. This lot could fit up to 80 cars, and could be made without removing any trees. The President also received a proposal for parking on the quad. This proposal reasoned that the quad should be re-arranged. The current grass area should be replaced with a strip of grass running from Morgan Hall to Alden Hall. The remaining area next to Harrington and Alumni Gyms would be used for parking. This would allow for more parking spaces while retaining the relaxing atmosphere created by the quad. Strauss stated that this would be a long term project, if ever approved. Alden Hall The administration recently received a $1.6 million grant from the Alden Trust for renova tions to Alden Hall. This grant was made specifically for Phase I renovations; the ground floor for the hall. These renovations would include the music and practice rooms, as well as the creation of faculty offices. Phase II, which was not funded by this grant, is the renovation of the great hall. Currently the architect is revising the plans for the renovation. The first set of plans had an estimated cost o f $2 million; above the total amount of money available for the renovation. The renovation could begin as early as this summer, and would require one full year to complete. During that time WPI would lease outside facilities for the music and drama groups. W e st S tr e e t President Strauss characterizes the closing o f W est Street as “important to the future of WPI. It will make the cam pus cohesive, and
more attractive. You will be able to forget, at least temporarily, that you are in a city.” The proposed closing of West Street was blocked by neighbors last year. The neighbors, in a backlash against WPI, would not cooperate with the school. This was a result of WPI not being a “cooperative neighbor”; excessive noise, litter, and the continual problem of park ing on side streets. President Strauss added that the school is now trying to repair its relationship with its neighbors. He hopes to bring the proposal to the city again, but specified no date. U n d e r g ra d u a te E d u c a tio n In the past few months, undergraduates as well as faculty members have become worried that WPI is being converted from an under graduate institution into a graduate school. Some have reasoned this from the large amount o f publicity that the graduate program and re search have received. The President’s response was that “the quality of undergraduate education is the single most important concern of the faculty, and this is reflected in the administration.” This state ment is echoed by others made in the 1986-87 annual report. The report stated that “the undergraduate program, as realized in the WPI Plan with its project emphasis, remains the highest priority ofW PI.” President Strauss described the graduate program as "a means to an end." This end being a higher quality undergraduate program. Again, this statement was echoed in the 1986'87 Annual Report. “Scholarship and research are not ends, but rather means to achieve the excellence in teaching that characterizes the primary educational mission of W PI.” The graduate program exists-at WPI, be-, cause it augments1thetindergradlicSte prbgfclm: It allows faculty members to keep up to date in their own fields, as well as contributing to an ever increasing pool of knowledge. This pro gram allows for all forms of scholarship, not just research. As to the amount of publicity that the gradu ate program and research receive, the President responded that it is a necessary activity for the institute. Outside sources of grants and equip ment recognize outstanding work in research, not in undergraduate education. To attract that type of recognition, WPI must have a graduate and research program that does important work in numerous fields. How ever, there is a fine line between the amount of research needed for recognition, the improve ment of the undergraduate program, and re search for the sake of research. President Strauss commented that this is a fine line that “must be fought every step o f the way.” To avoid this problem with research, a number o f steps have been taken. The Educa tional Development Council received $75,000 to grant to faculty members who will study the different aspects o f instruction at WPI. In addition to this. Strauss emphasized that new faculty members are made aware of the institution’s primary mission. As a safeguard, before new faculty mem bers receive tenure they are evaluated. This evaluation occurs after they have been at WPI for six years. In some cases, faculty members have not received tenure, because their teaching abilities have not been up to W PI's standards. Strauss describes the minimum teaching ability that the school will accept in tenured faculty as “first rate”. T h e F u tu re President Strauss sees WPI undertaking an intensive program of quality improvement. The drive will set forth goals o f growth in the institute's resources. He also sees the school doing “more and better of what it is already doing.” President Strauss would also like to stop students worries about the future of the under graduate program. He is “totally committed to the quality of the undergraduate program, and that the graduate program may grow, but not at the expense of undergraduates.”
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Faculty-Student interaction coming alive at WPI by Heather J.Julien, '90 Have you ever sat in class and wondered if anyone cared that you’re there? Or have you ever felt that if you didn’t show up for the class at all it would be just as beneficial? Surprisingly enough these are questions asked by both faculty and students. Until a week ago I thought only students felt this way. How, you may ask, was I so enlightened to this. W ell, I was one o f the lucky students to attend an overnight retreat sponsored by the Educa tional Development Committee (EDC). The purpose of this retreat was to informally gather a group of students and faculty to discuss issues relevent to the improvement of education at WPI. To start the weekend, we gathered to play Pictionary. This game set the stage for the weekend, a stage on which students and faculty were able to take away their titles (or lack of
title) and be equals. Together we shared our ideas on where improvements needed to be made. Topics ranging from course scheduling to syllabii were tossed around. After locoating troublespots we divided into groups to work on possible solutions. A major concern discussed was regarding course scheduling. It is felt that sometimes students do not have enough information to accurately plan the oncoming year. As fresh men we are pushed to choose majors before given the chance to explore all the opportunities which lie ahead o f us. If the selection of a major is not a confusing one then pehaps the selection o f your core area is. We cannot plan our classes without being sure o f our majors. Students are sometimes blindly folowing the road of educa tion, never seeing theirdestination or the paths needed to take in order to get there. Perhaps students could be briefly introduced to possible
majors before being pressured to make their own selection. Thiscom bined with a later date for selection could prevent students from hast ily choosing majors. The lack of student-faculty interaction was witnessed to be important to all. Why d o n ’t students and faculty feel comfortable casually talking with one another? We are all just people (believe it or not). To improve interaction we feel that it must be established that neither group is superior, we are all students and teachers in some sense. So next time you see a professor, don’t just duck your head and walk by, walk up to him/her and ask about their research or hob bies (Example: Did you know that Prof. Van Bluemel is a bee-collector?). I hope the faculty will do the same with the students. An overwhelming number of people sug gested that part of the First class of each term be an introduction period. An introduction to what
The following letter was sent to the organizations listed below. In the chance that it did not reach the appropriate persons, we are printing the letter as a public notice to notify groups about the up coming meeting. Please make certain that one representative attends this meeting.
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AICHE, AIAA, ASCE, American Society of Physics, American Society of Metals, AICE, Art Club, Bacchus, Brass Choir, Epsilon Upsilon Pi, European Student Association, IEEE, Kraut Club, Management Society, Micro-computer Society, Men's Chorus, Pershing Rifles, Pre-law Group, Recondos, Society of Automotive Engineers, Women's Chorale, Skull, Tech 3ig Brother/Big Sister, and all Honor Societies.
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As the enclosed article indicates, your group has not complied with the requests of the newly re-structured Student Activities Board, the "umbrella organization" for all student groups at WPI. In order to be in compliance a member from your organization must attend the SAB meeting on W e d n e s d a y ,
February 24 at 7:00 P.M. in Salisbury Labs 115. Bring a copy of your constitution if it is not already on file. The Student Activities Board is working very hard to collect information about all WPI groups in order to better serve students. The new structure, which all groups were invited to give input on and learn about is one which has as its purpose the bettering of the co-curricular experience for all students. Opportunities have existed during the last two terms for groups to get more information about the restructuring and to offer feedback. The Dean of Students Office fully supports the new SAB as the vehicle for accountability and recognition for ail student groups except those already represented by a vote on Student Government. Once recognized by the SAB, student groups are granted the privilege of recognition by the college and the ability to use W P I ’s name and facilities. Unless your organization takes affirmative steps to maintain your recognition by attending the required SAB meeting on February 24, the Dean of Students Office will assume that you are no longer interested in being recognized and will place your recognition on suspension. While under suspension your group will not be allowed to use "WPI's" name, facilities, or enjoy other privileges granted to WPI recognized student organizations. Please spend an hour of your time# or send someone in your place to this meeting. It will be well worth it! NH/dp cc:
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the course is and where it fits into our education as a whole, also helpful would be an introduc tion to the professor. A few simple statements about interests outside of school or about their research with the school. These few minutes would spark the interest of the students as well as allowing the professor a few minutes to relax. As you can see we had a lot to discuss and resolve. All the attendees gained from this experience: “ I was truly impressed by the real concern expressed toward each others aims for improv ing student-faculty relations.” (Tom Moore, ’9 1) “It seems most students attend WPI with the preconceived notion that professors are the enemy and studies the battle. This retreat proved that communication and interaction is all that is needed to improve education at WPI.” (Tracey Fallon, ’90) I would like to thank the EDC for this oppor tunity, along with the steering committee who did a wonderful job putting the retreat together; Tom Keil (Physics), Bill Riccio, Tom Moore, Nancy Hunter (Student Affairs), Laura Menides (Humanities), and Mark Richman (M e chanical Engineering). The friendship and understanding of one another that was built was well worth all your efforts.
Recognition event planned by Jeff Goldmeer Newspeak Staff Recognition 88 is a new Spring event planned to give public recognition to students with outstanding academic and/or campus lead ership achievements. They are the winners of the annual awards whose recognition in previ ous years has been limited to publication of their names in the Commencement Program. Recognition 88 will be held on Sunday af ternoon, April 24 at 4 p.m. as the concluding event of Spring Weekend. For long-time fac ulty and staff members, this event will be remi niscent of the annual Honors Assembly, a popu lar pre-Plan Spring program. Several new awards will be added in 1988, created by the Interfratemity Council and the Panhellenic Association, to recognize chapter achievement of several Greek goals on campus. Faculty and staff member who play a role in selecting recipients of various departmental or campus-wide awards will soon be receiving letters with more information on the program from Johnna Duval Coggin of Admissions, co chair of the committee planning Recognition 88.
Plant engineering graduates 10th class (WPI) — Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Plant Engineering Program recently graduated its 10th class. The seven members of the Class of 1987 received their certificates in a ceremony at Higgins House. The three-year program, lauched in 1976, is designed for plant engineering practitioners. The curriculum includes courses in communi cations skills, business law, energy conserva tion, codes and code enforcement, fire safety analysis and management accounting. The graduates are: — Lucian Brodeur of Brooklyn, Connecti cut, group leader in the maintenance division of Kama Aerospace Corporation. — George Hammilt o f Specer, Massachu setts, a facilities supervisor in the project man agement division of DEC. — Thomas Moreau of Concord, Massachu setts, a facilities supervisor for DEC. — Robert Obey of Gales Ferry, Connecti cut, assistat director of engineering at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London. — Richard Papapietro o f Farmington, Connecticut, genera) supervisor of mainte nance for Kaman Aerospace Corporation. — M ichael Slyne o f E ast W indsor. Conecticut, construction maintenance group leader for Kaman Acrospacc Corporation. — W illiam W all of Framingham, Massa chusetts, electrical supervisor for Polaroid Corporation.
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by Isaac Asimov Since the time o f the ancient Greeks, think ers have been trying to answer the question: W hat are the basic objects making up the uni verse? Scientists today are still trying to answer this but the last bit of information continues to elude them. It seems to slip away. For instance, the universe is made up of a number o f elements, simple substances that cannot be made simpler by ordinary chemical methods. Scientists have identified more than 100 o f them. Each element is made up of atoms, objects so tiny it takes about 2S0 million of them lined up side by side to stretch across an inch. We can say, therefore, that the universe is made up of more than 100 different types of atoms. But are the atoms really what the universe is made of? Or are the atoms themselves made up
of still smaller and simpler objects? At the beginning of the 20th Century, scien tists discovered that atoms have a structure. The outskirts of the atom contain electrons and at the very center is an atomic nucleus, so tiny that it takes about 100,000 of them lined up side by side to stretch across a single atom. Electrons are all alike, no matter what kind of atom they are found in. Atomic nuclei, how ever, are different. Every kind of atom has its own kind of nucleus. However, atomic nuclei are, in turn, made up of two kinds o f particles, protons and neu trons, and all protons and neutrons are the same regardless o f which atomic nuclei they are found in. By the early 1930’s, it really seemed as though the m atter of the universe, in all its apparently infinite variety, might be made up of three types o f particles: electrons, protons and neutrons. But things got more complicated. Actually, there are three varieties of electrons, each associated with a variety of neutrino, and all six of these have a mirror image. That makes 12 electron-type particles (called “Leptons”) all together, and each one is a “fundamental par ticle” that, as far as we know, cannot be broken up into anything simpler. For scientists, 12 leptons are not too many to handle. The neutron and proton are different. In the first place, neutrons and protons are a little more than 1,800 times as massive as electrons so that
The Legal Advisor Q: I attend a one-hour aerobics class each morning at a local health club and every twenty minutes or so, the instructor asks us to take our own pulse reading which we recite to her aloud. In a recent class, an elderly woman had a very high pulse rate after some of the exercises and the instructor continued without warning her to slow down. About ten minutes later, the woman collapsed and an ambulance took her to a hospi tal. We later learned that she had a heart attack. Our instructor is concerned about being sued. Should she worry? A: Generally, if a person takes part in a sports activity, such as aerobics, and they are aware of their physical ailments and risks of injury, it would be unlikely that liability would attach to the instructor. To be held liable, there must first exist a “duty o f care” directly to the person injured. It may arise by statute, contract or other means. Without the existence of such duty, injury alone is not enough enough to file a lawsuit. A general duty of care may exist between the owner of the health club and the member. I have been able to find no cases on point at this juncture, but I’m still looking. Q: I am an editor of an university campus newspaper. Until now, our editorial board has been free to run articles without restriction from the administration. Our teacher/advisor would help us with story suggestions and business operations, but would stay away from editorial decisions regarding content. L#st mqnlh, the / U.S. Supreme Court ssiid that school adminis trators may supress controversial stories' Our advisor has warned us that the school has asked him to take a close look at our stories and censor ones that might be “troublesome”. We are trying to understand whether we have any First Amendment Rights and how far we can go after
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the case o f Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. A: Your problem is not rare. Last year, the Student Press Law Center in Washington, D.C. received more than 500 reports of censorship battles from student editors around the country. January’s ruling by the Supreme Court appears to grant school administrators broad latitude in censoring stories in state- funded school news papers. Writing for the majority of the Court, Justice Byron White said, “A school must be able to set high standards for the student speech that is disseminated under its auspices...and may refuse to disseminate student speech that does not meet with those standards.” This decision, which seems to overrule historical decisions outlining student First Amendment Rights, stemmed from a suit by journalism students at Hazelwood East High School in Missouri. Their school principal deleted two pages from the student newspaper involving stories about pregnancy and divorce. But the Hazelwood case may not be the deathnell of student rights that people think. The court voted 5- 3 against the student journalists and observ ers of the oral argument before the court sug gests that the student’s lawyer was inept. Another case with different facts may yield a different result. Read Nat Hentoff’s article in “The Village Voice”, February 16, 1988 at page 42. Q: I am going to be.working part-time this surrtmer and I understand that a new change in the tax law will effect students regarding filing o f income taxes. Can you tell me what’s in volved? A: Changes in the tax laws, made by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, come into effect this year.
they represent about 99.95 percent of the uni verse. Then, too, scientists began to identify all sorts o f other particles that were more massive than electrons, literally hundreds. These were too many and seemed to make the universe so complicated that once again sci entists had to wonder if these particles were made up of still smaller and simpler ones. In the 1960s, scientists postulated the exis tence of new particles that are the building blocks of the massive particles. They called these new particles quarks. Neutrons, protons and other particles even more massive, they theorized, are made up of three quarks each. Particles lighter than neutrons and protons (socalled “mesons”) are made up o f two quarks each. It turns out that there are 12 different quarks, just as there are 12 different leptons, and the quarks, too, seem to be fundamental particles. Now we can say that the entire universe in all its infinite variety is made up o f 12 different lep tons and 12 different quarks and all the panicles commonly found in nature are made up of some combination o f two kinds o f lepton and tw o kinds of quarks. T h at's simple enough. There is one problem, though. Scientists can detect free leptons very easily and can study them. But they cannot detect free quarks. The electron has an electric charge o f one unit, and so has a proton. All electric charges come as multiples o f that unit. Scientitst have calcu lated, however, that quarks must have fractional
electric charges. Can we be sure of that if we’ve never studied them in their free state? In fact, we can’t even be sure they exist at all and are not just mathematical conveniences. For instance, we know that a dollar is the equivalent of 10 dimes, but that d o en ’t mean that if we tear up a dollar bill we will find 10 metal dimes in the shreds. The dimes in a dollar are mathematical. It would be easy to identify a free quark by its fractional electric charge, which doesn’t exist in any other kind of particle — but those fractional charges have never been found. Some were reported in the late 1970’s, but when the experiments were repeated, it turned out the report was mistaken. Free quarks must exist under very extreme conditions — at the center of neutron stars, for instance, or immediately after the big bang. But how can scientists reproduce such extreme conditions in the laboratory? There is a little home here. It may be possible to force particularly massive atomic nuclei into collisions at enormous energies, if we built powerful enough atom-smashing machines. The shattering nuclei may then lib erate. just briefly, individual quarks, and scien tists may possibly catch a glimpse of these elusive fundamental com ponents of the uni verse. Possibly.
Isaac Asimov is an internationally renowned science writer and member o f the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
Anxiety over aerobics arrhythmia Last year, working students were able toclaim an exemption of more than $2,000.00. The new law says that students, who have summer or part-time jobs, can no longer claim a personal exemption on their Federal Income Tax Return. Also, many working students will now have to file a tax return for the first time. The new law also says that students who make more than $500.00 a year and receive more than $ 1.00 in unearned income, such as interest from a sav ings account or dividend from stocks, must now file an income tax return this year. W orking students, if they have earned no unearned in come, must file a return if they make more than $2,540.00 per year. Income Tax forms must be filed by April 15. For working students, the new law means that much more of their income is taxable and that, in effect, the new law reduces in half the amount which students can earn without paying taxes on their earnings. Q: My son is in the 12th grade and has a required reading list which my husband and I have reviewed. As we are Fundamentalist Christians, we believe that some of the books on the list violate our traditional Christian moral values and beliefs. For example, one of the books is “W orking” by Studs Terkel, and it is filled with blasphemous language and even a chapter on a prostitute. I have instructed my son not to read certain books and his teacher in formed me that if he does not read them, he will not pass the course. Can they force my son to read this stuff? A: Although I have been unable to find any case decided by our courts establishing your son’s right not to read certain books, such a right may exist by analogy to other decided cases. In one Supreme Court decision entitled Wolley v. Maynard, a Jehovan’s Witness was allowed to place tape over the words on his New Hamp shire license plate which has the state motto “ live Free or Die”. He felt that to drive around with the saying on his license plate went against his conscience. The Supreme Court explained that the First Amendment includes a right of free speech and a right not to speak at all. In another case, 40 years ago, parents (Jehovah’s W it nesses) told the W est Virginia school system that they would not allow their children to salute the American flag. They fell that all flags in their religion, are images within the meaning of the Old Testament commandment, “Thou shalt not bow down to them or serve them”. For refusing to salute, the children were expelled from school, but the Supreme Court of the United States later ruled that the children did have a right not to salute the flag. In the Supreme,Court case, Wisconsin v. Yoder, the H T jtX - <v v ti
court said the Amish, on grounds of religious liberty, have a right not to send their children to school past the eighth grade. Although I may disagree with you about the contents of “Work ing”, your son’s right not to read a book would seem well grounded in Supreme Court deci sions.
Legal questions? Call Jeffrey A. Newman, a practicing Boston attorney, at 1-800-448-0303 or write him at the law offices o f Jeffrey A. Newman, One Winthrop Square. Boston, MA 02110.
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Foothills gives impressive performance by Jeffrey Coy Features Editor Perhaps the W orcester Foothills Theater Company took a bit of a risk in presenting Neil Simon’s acclaimed play “Biloxi Blues.” Artis tic Director Marc Smith must have considered whether their production would be able to meet the public’s inevitably high expactations. A fter all, not only has the play been given the Tony Award for Best Play and the Outer Critics Circle Award, but it has also been running on Broadway to immense public and critical popularity. So, again, how would the Foothill’s production compare? Happily, the Foothills Theater has done it
again. Smith and his talented crew have taken an extraordinary script and drawn from it a lavish, emotional, hilarious production worthy of any stage. The second part of an autobiographical trilogy, “ Biloxi Blues” continues the m atura tion o f Sim on’s alter ego, Eugene M orris Jer ome, a young man introduced in “Brighton Beach M emoirs”. This play traces Eugene’s path through U.S. Army BasicTraining Camp in Biloxi, Mississippi. Here, away from his Brooklyn home for the first time, Eugene encounters the extraordinary diversity of humanity and is given a sharp first bite of independence. Eugene is introduced to, among other things, prejudice, greed, homosexuality, love, and lust. Throughout, he keeps detailed
memoirs of hi s experiences in the hope that he may some day become a great writer. Chris Connell, a University of Lowell graduate, executed with near perfection his role as Eugene. His simple, naive look and nasal Brooklyn accent make him completely engaging, just as his innocent asides to the audience make him totally endearing. Connell’s comedic timing is right on as he tosses verbal barbs at his fellow soldiers. Furthermore, it seems Connell completely understands the character: his Eugene is fully drawn and wholly demonstrative. He is, at turns, sympathetic, naive, angry, prejudiced, and understanding. Connell plays Eugene as a young man still forming his opinions of the world. In his first foray with independence, he
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Another event that brought many students out was the Voyager IV Laser Show on Friday night, for about an hour, Harringtonn Auditorium reverberated with the sounds of Pink Floyd, U2, Yes, Police, Led Zeppelin and Peter Gabriel, while laser images danced around a screen. Other events were the charicaturists, Poet Allen Ginsberg, a ski trip to Okemo Mountain, the Makoto Ozone jazz trio, and the Winter Week Tshirt sales. All in all the week went well, with a good turnout for most events.
is forced to struggle with the multitude of beliefs and personalities which fill his some times crazy world. In Connell’s meticulous hands, Eugene ultimately becomes the poign ant image of the adolesence which we all yearn to have again within our grasps. The rest of the cast is equally impressive. Harry Bennett’s Drill Sgt. Merwin T. Tooney is the stereotypical image of a drill sergeant: loud, com manding, and, in the end, sincerely caring. E ugene’s army buddies consist o f Don Carney, played by Brian Green; Joseph Wykowski (Joe Frustaci), a roughly hewn ladies’ man; James Hennessey (Tony Butler), a quiet loner; Roy Selridge (T.J. Sheahan); and Arnold Epstein, played by Brian Smith. Smith, perhaps, the best o f the group, plays Epstein, a wealthy, Jewish, New York intellectual, with great inflection and understanding of the comedic art. O f the play’s many well-wrought mo ments, perhaps the exchange taking place in a bordello is the funniest. Here, as Eugene lies in a small, creaking bed with Rowena (Deborah Bock), a rather full-figured Biloxi lady-of-tiienight, his hilarious innocence shines through. When she asks Eugene if this is his “first time,” he replies, “No. It's my second time. The first time they were closed.” This, and all of Simon’s other jokes, hit the mark head on. Much of the credit for so successful a production must go to director Jack Neary. Throughout, the actors practice impeccable timing, and attention is paid to every detail. Even minor things, such as blocking and stay ing in character while another is speaking, were attended to with precision. Such qualities stem from the director’s finely controlled hand. The result is an effort displaying only the highest forms of professionalism. And any less for such an eloquent, poignant play would have been a sad mistake. For, in this production o f “Biloxi Blues,” Sim on’s staggering emotional potential is made reality. Alternately poignant, nostalgic, sweet, sad, and, of course, uproariously funny. Foothills has, ultimately, scored another success. "Biloxi Blues” will continue at the W orc ester Foothills Theater through February 28. Special “student rush” tickets may be pur chased for only $6.00 at 15 minutes prior to curtain time. Call 754-4018 for further infor mation
Forum Theatre to present “As Is” by Helen Webb A ssociate Editor The Worcester Forum Theatre Ensemble will present the Obie award winning play "As Is” Thursdays through Sundays in the month of March. “As Is” is commonly referred to as "the AIDS play,” but actually, according to pro ducer Brian Tivman, it is a “love story." Although the main character is dying of AIDS, the play focuses more on how people must accept each other “as is” than on the pathology of the disease or the political aspects o f the AIDS epidemic. While the subject of AIDS is, by its nature, disturbing, the play tries to enlighten rather than to shock its audience. NEWSPKAK STAFF PHOTO / ROB SIMS
Bruce hysteria hits Worcester by Monte Kluemper Newspeak Staff As almost everyone is aware, Bruce Springsteen is planning to kick off his new tour at the Centrum, March 25, 28 and 29. Most people around W orcester are really excited and, as a local radio station reported, a few even camped out at one o f the ticket outlets for a week in order to get good seats. On campus, most students were psyched when they heard o f Bruce’s tour. As one student said, “ I can’t wait to see him. He looks so great on stage! I can’t believe h e’s coming
here first.” However, there are others who want to Iiear him sing. With his screaming, all-American voice, it’s no wonder why. His lyrics are, to say the least, very meaningful to his ardent fans. One fan said it like this: “ It’s not so much how he says things but what he says. A lot o f people do n ’t necessarily like his voice, but all you have to do is show them the lyrics and they will understand.” Although the majority o f the poeple I talked to said that they liked B ruce’s older music best, when asked to choose a favorite song, m ost chose “Dancing in the D ark”; and.
to put another issue to rest, a Bruce Springsteen fan IS a Bruce Springsteen fan, and nothing else. Well, to each his own. Even before tickets went on sale everyone expected the three shows to sell out, and sell out they did. W ithin a very short time span (2 hours), all the tickets were sold. For those who wanted but could not get tickets, the few on sale are not for the budget-minded. Prices for these ‘second-hand’ tickets ranged anywhere from 100 to 400 dollars. The people at the Centrum were amazed by the positive response o f the community. It’s not always easy to sell almost 40,000 seats, that is, unless you’re the Boss.
Tivman said the Forum Theatre chose to perform "As Is” because "AIDS is starting to become a real problem in W orcester.” He compares the situation here now to that of San Francisco or New York five or six years ago, when AIDS was spreading. Currently there are over 100 AIDS victims in Worcester, the majority of whom contracted the disease through shared needles. As the number of cases increases, it becomes more likely that most people will know someone with AIDS. This shows the importance that the public know as much as possible about AIDShow it can be transmitted and not transmitted, how it affects its victims, and how it can be prevented. To help spread information about AIDS, after every Sunday matinee, open forum dis cussions will be held with area experts, in cooperation with AIDS Project Worcester. These discussions will cover topics includ ing AIDS research, the needs of AIDS patients, and AIDS and the clergy. All discussions are free and open to the public. Additionally, literature about AIDS will be available in the Forum Theatre lobby. Every season during the run o f the play the Forum Theatre stages a project o f community interest. In I985, a play dealing with suicide was produced and discussions were held after performances. In 1986, the musical “W ork ing” was performed for W orcester high school students. Area senior citizens starred in last years’ production of a play about the preserva tion o f a W orcester restaurant. Tickets for “ As Is” are on sale now. Prices range from $9 to $12. A student discount is also available.
Tuesday February 23,1988
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Men and Muses great at Gompei’s by Troy Nielsen There were at least 200 people who showed up at G om pei’s Place to enjoy the music of Dead Men On Holiday and the Throwing Muses. Most people agreed that this was the biggest turnout for a show in G om pei’s Place since Rick Berlin. It’s no wonder that this concert drew a large crowd— Dead Men on Holiday have formed quite a “cult” following at WPI and in W orcester. The Throwing Muses, o f course, are a very well known band out of Newport, R.I. They have recorded numerous albums and are frequently played on many New England alternative rock stations. There was an interesting contrast between the Dead Men and the Throwing Muses. Dead Men On Holiday are all guys, playing what is basically rock and roll with a punk attitude. On stage Dead Men are electric and energetic. The Throwing Muses consist of three girls and one guy. The music they play is an interesting blend of rock, folk, and hoedown rhythms. After about a 15 minute delay, the doors opened and the first band. Dead Men On Holi day took to the stage. They started of their 45minute set with an interesting song entitled “ Bangles Cover.” Supposedly the song is in protest to a D.J. who called them a band that played covers and sounded like the Bangles. The intensity and style of the song caused some spurts of slam dancing to break out. Some mild thrashing occurred throughout their set. The next few songs were various covers such as “ Urban Struggle”, “ Som eone’sG onna Die Tonight”, and “Donut Shop Rock.” For
those of you who w eren’t there, the Dead Men played their standard soundcheck song— a cover of the ever-popular “Louie, Louie.” After the covers, they moved to their more recent original material. Some of the original songs they played were “21”, “V ietnam” (something which they know nothing about, according to the drummer, Jay), “Bill’s Song”, and “T om ’s Song.” Sometimes during the songs, Bill (the bassist) would venture off the stage into the crowd, and “Stain” (the singer), jumped off the stage into a small crowd o f slam dancers, and joined in the fun. The best songs played by D.M.O.H were their self-proclaimed “cult classic”, “ Store 24.” Bill informed the crowd that you could hear this song on radio stations throughout the world. Their final song, “ It Must Suck Being You”, is popular enough to be considered another cull classic. As usual. Dead Men On Holiday put on a very enjoyable show. On stage, they were fun to watch because they really put a lot of energy into their perform ance. The enthusiasm of the crowd made it evident that they really enjoyed Dead Men On Holiday’s performance. The Throwing Muses then entered and the majority of the audience moved up to the front of the stage to get the best view of this incred ible band. 1 was lucky enough to be one of the people right in front of the stage. After a very brief greeting (hi) by the guitarist and singer, Kristin Hirsch, the Throw ing Muses launched into their set, starting off with “Garoux des Larmes.” Here is another part of the contrast between the two bands. The Muses are not as energetic on stage as
Nelson Mandela’s message to the world by Thomas Tessier Newspeak Staff On Wednesday evening, a movie entitled “ M andela” was held following the theme Black History Month. Mac Mohambehlada is a South African student here at WPI and lives in World House. Mac. as he likes to to called, introduced the movie after first saying a few words. Mac mentioned the conditions in South Africa over the past few years with so many blacks being jailed or detained. He said that their is still much trouble in South Africa because o f need for human rights. He also mentioned that racism was very present in South Africa, even with the African National Congress (ANC) working for a society where whites and blacks live in harmony. He criticized the Reagan and Thatcher administration as having done very little to support their cause. Mac described how South Africa is slowly being forgotten because o f the problems in Central America. Mac also promoted the documentary on South Africa Apartheid in World House on February 18, as well as a two man play, “The Blood Knot,” on February 22. Both are being sponsored by the African American Cultural Society. With the introduction finished, “M an dela”, which deals with a fight within a country for basic human rights, began. Nelson M an dela, the main character, and an attorney were found going to the Africans and telling them o f the A N C ’s defiance campaign and its non violent methods. Next, the whites were portrayed complain ing that membership in the ANC increased from seven thousand to one hundred thousand, and then the whites wanted a catch all cause to stop those so-called Com munists from taking over. A Freedom Charter was formed by the Congress of the African Peoples in an attempt for more rights. The whites responded by arresting the offi cials o f the ANC. Mandela was one o f one hundred and fifty-six accused o f high treason, most o f which were found not guilty. Nelson Mandela fell in love and married a beautiful woman who was a social worker and works in a newspaper business.
In March of 1960, non-violent protests of the Africans not going to their jobs were con ducted. These people went to the white em ployer’s headquarters to sing and chant. The white military was called out to stop this “siege” and openly killed many Africans. The whites blamed Communism, and the ANC was disbaned, while twenty thousand people were imprisoned. These members were declared innocent, and Mandela left his family to be more in volved with the fight for human rights. Man dela urged the Africans that self-defense is necessary. He decided that sabotage was the method to use but with no fatal losses of blacks or whites. Mandela also went abroad for sup port for the cause and became wanted in his own South Africa. He returns to South Africa and received three years of hard labor for his rebellious ideas and two years for leaving the country without the proper papers. The courts found evidence of sabotage, proved that the ANC was to blame, and sentenced Mandela, along with several other officials in the ANC, to life imprisonment at Robben's Island. With Nelson Mandela jailed, his wife took over where he left off. She became politically active, but whites prohibited her from publish ing anything. She was arrested and put into solitary confinement for seventeen months, where she only remained sane by thinking of those she loved. She was released to find several years later that fifty African children were killed by the whites. Her husband was moved from the island prison to an on land prison. After twenty-two years. Nelson M andela was allowed contact visits with his wife. In 1985, foreign countries protested against M andela's imprisonment. The white government agreed to free Mandela if he would give up his cause, which he would not do, and his wife understood. The movie was very moving and presented the point that human rights are necessities in any society, but what is even more important is the indomitable human spirit. Mankind has the power to change its destiny. Although one person may die before their goal is achieved, their spirit for what is right and good will live on through others, so that one day their goal will be accomplished.
D.M.O.H., but their stage presence is an exten sion of the music. The majority of the Muses’ songs are dream-like with lyrics describing broken images. On stage, they themselves seemed to be in a dream. But the songs were by no means mellow or boring. They cranked out songs that combined distorted and droning guitars, intri cate bass lines, and creative rhytmic drum ming. Over all of this was Kristin Hirsch’s amazing voice which floated and screamed unpredictably. After those explosive songs (’’Fish”, “ Hate My W ay”, “Soap and Water”, and more), the Throwing Muses played a more mellow song titled “R abbit’s Dying.” In this song, and through their set, the members of the band put a lot emotion into their playing. Some
of the songs they played after “Rabbit’s Dying” were “The River”, “Fear”, and “ Soul Solider.” When they left the stage, the crowd cheered long and loud so that the Throwing Muses came back for two more songs for theirencore. The songs were “Call M e” and “Cry Baby Cry." And with that, the Throwing Muses left the stage but did not go into hiding immedi ately like most big-name bands do. They hung around after the show to talk with people and sign t-shirts and albums. I talked with all the members, and I was struck by their friendliness towards everyone. It was refreshing to see a well-known band mingle with the crowd after the show. If you missed the show, I feel sorry for you because it was the best two dollars worth of music you could get anywhere!
NEWSPKAK STAFF PHOTO/ROB SIMS
T h ro w in g M u ses (L e ft to R ig h t): T a n y a D o n elly , D av id N a rc iz o (m issin g : K ristin H irsh a n d L eslie L a rg s to n )
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D ead M en on H o lid a y (L eft to R ig h t): T o m G re f, W a y n e V elzis (m issin g : J a y S o lo m o n a n d Bill K a ilg re n )
End of the World is coming by Jon D. Lamkins AS FEBRUARY COMES TO AN END SO SHALL THE WORLD!! O f course God will hold a symposium immediately afterward. For those of you who have just had thoughts of running to your nearest fallout shelter, DON’T PANIC!! From Thurs. Feb. 25 thru Sat. Feb. 27 W PI’s Masque Theater Group will present Arthur K opit’s End o f the World with Symposium to Follow in Alden Hall at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $1.00 and may be purchased at the door prior to the show. End of the W orld tells the tale of a play wright, named Michael Trent, who is commis sioned to write a play about nuclear war. Trent
must wade through a slew of nuclear politics while attempting to discern the fate o f the world. Director Jamie Anderson describes End of the World as a serio-comedy full of dark humor. After the show, theater-goers can relax in the Symposium Cafe. There they can enjoy the original music of piano virtuoso Lee Lopes, the folk group Tapestry, and the guitar duet o f Michael Marando and Michael LeBIanc. Re freshments are available for a reasonable price. End of the World with Symposium to Follow is directed by Jamie Anderson and produced by Tom Balon and Rob Everton. The set has been designed by Paul Szylk while the lighting plot has been created by Jonathon Drummey with Master Electrician John Stoffel.
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Tuesday February 23,1988
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Wrestlers ready fo r NNET Tourney by Roger Burleson Sports Editor All of this week and last week, you may hrve seen the WPI wrestling team jogging around Harrington or doing aerobics, dressed in their rubber sweat suits to make weight. Or perhaps you may have seen them lifting every other day to increase their strength. And that is just in the morning. In the afternoon they have their regular, intense practice. They are doing this with one goal in mind, to defend their New England Championship. They have been work ing for this goal all year, though. For each weigh-in, they would sacrfice meals and sweat each day to make the weight. Once it was made
they could eat to gain their energy for the match. Then the whole process would start over again. The dual meets they wrestled all year long were to get the best seeding in the New England Tournament. In fact, they were good enough to be ranked number one in Division III, New Englands throughout much o f the year. And that was only taken away from them two weeks ago by the Coast Guard Acad emy in a meet that could have gone either way. But weight by weight, here is how the weight classes will look for the tournament. At 118, will be junior Rick Maguire. During the year, he had a lO-l record. He should be seeded highly in his weight class. He also recently placed first at the Northern New England
Merl Norcross named coach of the year (WPI News Service)-Merl Norcross was named Division III New England Track and Field Coach o f the year for 1987. He was nam ed to this position by the Division III New England Track and Field Coaches Association. As he enters his 33rd season as head track and field coach, Merl Norcross can tick off other accomplishments of long standing. He has been a member o f the college athletic staff for 35 years, during which time he also served as an assistant football and basketball coach. Norcross has been cross country mentor for Five years. A fixture in New England athletic circles, Norcross holds an impressive 184-97-3 track and field record at WPI and twice led the Engineers to undefeated(61 and 75). Last spring’s 9-1 track record marked the 20th consecutive winning track season at WPI. Norcross is a proven developer of talent. He has produced five All-New Americans and many Eastern and All-New England track champions over the past past three decades. An outstanding athlete himself, Norcross enjoyed a stellar scholastic career at Kingston (Pa.) High School where he starred in football, basketball, and track. At the University of North Carolina, Norcross ran track and played football. He was a member of two consecu tive Carolina Bowl teams-the 1949 Sugar Bowl and the 1950 Cotton Bowl. In track, N orcross’ sprinting and hurdling talents played an integral role in leading the Tar Heels to two Southern Conference championships. Norcross holds his B.A. and M.S. degrees in Education from UNC. Before coming to WPI, he coached at Chapel Hill(NC) and M ooresville(NC) high schools.
Tournament (NNET). At 126, will be Todd W yman who had a 8-4 record. He placed third in last years New England Tomament and took a second at the NNET. Sophomore Tom Sgammato will be at 134 to take over for the injured senior captain Jason Beniot. He has a 8-1 record and placed fourth at the NNET. Junior Matt Oney will wrestle at 142. He has looked impressive with a 6-0-1 record on the year. Freshman Toby W yman will wrestle at 15Q. He has a 10-2-1 record and place first at the NNET. Junior Dave Sunderland will wrestle at 158. He just had an impressive showing in the NNET placing third in his weight class. At 167, will be sophomore Brian Glatz. He was a third place winner in the tournament last year. This year he has a 11- 1 record and placed second in the NNET. Junior Seung-Ho Choi
will wrestle at 177. Last year he took a first in the J.V. New England tournament and he could be a force in the tournament this year. Filling the 190 and heavyweight classes will be junior Jim Rogers and freshman DeanZenie. Both of them have looked sharp all year long and should do well. Coach Grebinar, who now holds a 205-669 record, expects the tournament to be ex trem ely close and competitive. He feels the team s o f WPI, Coast G uard, Western New England, and Rhode Island College will have the best shot at winning the title. The tourna ment will be held in Harrington February 27 and 28. WPI has never won the title two years in a row, but it does stand a very good chance this year.
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Field Hockey players tapped for All-America honors (WPI)-Two WPI students were recently honored by the College Field Hockey College Field Coaches Association (CFHCA) for their talents on the hockey field and in the class room. Kim Cloutier was named to the the CFHCA/Penn M onto Division III Academic All-America for her outstanding academic and athletic performance at WPI. Kim is a sopho more majoring in mechanical engineering with biomedical interests. She has maintained a 4.0 average while making outstanding contribu tions to the field hockey team. She was the second leading scorer for the engineers, mak ing 15 goals in the 1987 season. In addition to playing field hockey, Cloutier plays on the WPI softball team. Teammate Carrie Nolet received honor able mention as a CFCH A/Penn Monto North east Regional All-American. The junior for
ward currently holds the school record for career goals, with 42. She lead the team in scoring with 23 goals in the 1987 season. Carrie has been an All-East and All-New England nominee. A management engineering major, Carrie currently plays on the w om en’s basketball team. Cloutier and Nolet bring the total number o f W PI women athletes honored for their aca dem ic and athletic prowess during the autumn o f 1987 to five. Volleyball player Stacey Cotten, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, was named to the first district team by the College Sports Information Directors As sociation (CoSIDA)/GTE Academic All America selection committee. Teammates M aria Carvajal and Ellen Sloan were named to the second team. Carvajal, a senior, is a chemistry major. Sloan is a junior majoring in civil engineering.
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WPI men anticipate final games by Kris Weeks Saturday night the WPI Engineers m en’s basketball team play their final game of the season against W orcester rival Clark Univer sity. “W e’re looking forward to Clark,” senior forward Ken W illis said. “We want to go out in style with a win over them.” “(The Clark game) is without a doubt the biggest game o f the year,” senior guard Mike McCourt said. WPI plays Suffolk tomorrow night as a lead into the final game with Clark. The Suffolk game begins at 8:00 p.ni at Suffolk and the Clark game will be held at the Clark Student Activities Center at 8:00 p.m. On February 13, the Engineers overcame a slow pace to upend Salve Regina, 79-59. While Salve Regina took their time for each posses sion on offense, the Engineers also patiently worked the ball around consistently for good shots. Most of the WPI scoring came from junior center Mark Czerepusko who scored 22 points. While Czerepusko kept Salve’s 6 ’8" center John Graziano in check, sophomore guard Jeff Ayotte and McCourt chipped in with 15 and 13 points respectively. Freshman forward Eric Perry had a strong performance off the bench with 11 points. “ I like the challenge o f playing against bigger guys,” Czerepusko said o f the Salve game. The Engineers maintained their winning ways last Tuesday night as they defeated the Nichols Bison, 96-73. In the first half, Nichols shot extremely well to keep the score close. In the second half, McCourt and Ayotte spear headed an effective fast break, and the Engi neers coasted to their 12th win o f the season.
Ayotte and Czerepusko led the scoring, w ith 22 points apiece. Ayotte also had 13 rebounds and made eight assists. McCourt poured in 18 to round o ff the top three WPI scorers. “ My job is to get the ball to Puko (Czere pusko),” Ayotte said, “ but tonight the shots were there also.” On February 18th, WPI traveled to South eastern Massachusettes University and were defeated by the nationally ranked Corsairs', 9082. The Corsairs continually led the game but
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Women’s basketball playing better ball by Roger Burleson Sports Editor D esp ite lo sse s to E m m an u el and Southeatem Massachusetts University this week, the w om en’s basketball team has been playing better ball. Against Emmanuel, a team that is ranked in the top five o f the country in Division III, the WPI women played inspired ball. Despite a fairly easy win, they were held far below their usual scoring average. The women also lost to SMU 73-47. But, the WPI played a hustling defense and worked real hard during the game. The high scorer for the game was Eileen Sullivan with 13 points. Deb Carelli and Donna DeFreitas each chipped in nine points. SMU played great defense against the WPI leading scorer Jody Nor mandin by holding her to eight. The women hope to get on the winning track again by beating Trinity, in their last home game o f the season, Tuesday, and by winning at Clark Saturday in their season finale.
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NCAA TRIES TO CALM UNRULY BASKETBALL FANS WITH THREATS Grayer allegedly threatened Antler Mike Har vey for making cracks about his mother. “ All I did was hold up a sign that said ‘Your Momma is a Cow ,” ’ Harvey said. After Missouri beat Iowa State 119-93, ISU coach Johnny Orr filed a complaint about the Antlers — known for, among other pranks, greeting the announcement of visiting team s' players’ names by shouting “smells like a bus” in unison — with the Missouri athletic depart ment. Athletic department officials later told A ntlers’ representatives to be nicer. So Antlers showed up at M U ’s next home game against the University of Colorado dressed as Ghandi, Pope John Paul II, Abe Lincoln, Santa Claus and other sweet charac ters, gave visiting coach Tom Miller a box of V alentine’s candy, shouted “good try” when CU players missed shots and, when Missouri took a commanding 2 1-4 lead, yelled, “sorry about the score.” The NCAA’s Steitz contends the new rule is working, noting even coaches are trying to keep their fans inline. University of North Carolina Coach Dean Smith, for instance, interrupted a Jan. 17 home game to admonish some UNC fans waving their arms to distract an opponent trying to shoot a free throw. The opponent, moreover, was Danny Ferry of archrival Duke University, whose Cameron Indoor Stadium fans often are cited as among the most insulting in the land.
(CPS) — Tossing a dead chicken — or even a live one — on the court during a college basketball game now could cost the home team 2 points. Hoping to control what it sees as increas ingly unruly fans at basketball games across the country, the National Collegiate Athletic Asso ciation (NCAA) announced Feb. 11 it was empowering referees to get tough with specta tors. Its “reinterpretation” o f existing rules lets referees award visiting teams 2 free throws and possession of the ball if their opponents’ fans deliberately delay a game by throwing debris on the court. In the past, only I foul shot was awarded. “We want it called consistently,” said Dr. Edward Steitz o f the NCAA’s basketball rules committee. “This is the result of a continued increase o f fans throwing objects like toilet paper, ice cubes, dead fish and chickens on the court.” If the crowd doesn’t stop, referees can as sess a technical foul on the home team coach. “In the past, some players and coaches even encouraged fan rowdyism,” said Steitz. Steitz said no single incident led to the rules change, but it was announced shortly after University of Missouri at Columbia fans pro voked Iowa State University player Jeff Grayer during a January game at Columbia. Mizzou’s infamous student rooting section, known as the Antlers, teased Grayer so fiercely he jum ped into the stands to silence them.
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CaiTipUS HGWS briefS P R O F LO SES CLA SS O V E R A N IM A L SURGERY DISPUTE (CPS) — University of California at Davis officials have dismissed veterinary Prof. Nedim Buyukmihci as a “course leader” of a surgery class in which students operated on live, healthy animals as part o f their coursework. Buyukmihci, who had taught the course since 1987, was removed from it in January for giving his students the option of refusing to perform any surgeries they considered “unethi cal or immoral.” The teacher, a Dept, o f Opthalmology spokesman said, hadn’t gotten official permis sion to give his students such a choice. Al about the same time, 2 University of North Florida students asked UN F’s Dept, of Natural Science to stop using live animals in an upper-level physiology class they are taking, and asserted they should not get bad grades solely because they refused to participate in the experiments. “I don’t like it when someone says you must kill to get a good grade,” Terry Powers told The Spinnaker, U N F’s campus paper. "Because of my beliefs, I ’m being penalized.” Davis’ Buyukmihci was reprimanded for trying to avoid penalizing students for such feelings. Buyukmihci repeatedly had asked Dept, of Ophthalmology officials to let him use cadavers of animals that had died o f natural causes, terminally ill animals or, “as a last resort,” abandoned pound animals instead of live, healthy ones. The department refused his requests. George Cardinet, a member of the department’s curriculum committee, said Buyukmihci’s proposals were “contradictory” to what other faculty members wanted students to accomplish in the courses, and that once Buyukmihci decided to press his case anyway he’d begun, in the department’s view, to use the class for his own “political purposes.” SID EBA R: BUT T H E N T H E R E ’S ‘AD VANCED CLASS C U T T IN G ’ FOR CREDIT (CP§) — While m any college,presidents, vehemently disagreed with U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett’s Feb. 4 assertion that some courses d on’t belong on serious campuses, virtually every school in America apparently has offered some classes that do n ’t seem narrowly aimed at academic literacy. Pomona College in California, for example, offers “Principles and Practice of Pagan Magick,” taught by a real-live witch. One of the most popular courses at the University of Ala bama was “Home Brewing World Class Beer,” until state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shut it down last year because it violated a Prohibition-era statute about home-brewing beer and wine. In 1985, the University o f New Haven of fered “ Introduction to Nuclear W eapons,” a do-it-yourself course on how to build a nuclear bomb. Cuyahoga Community College in Ohio is the place to be for aspiring disco owners: it offers classes on how to make it in the nightclub business, covering everything from lighting,
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sound and video to marketing. San Francisco State offers “The Bay Area Music Industry in Historical Perspective,” a review of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Blue Cheer. But perhaps the class most likely to inspire Bennett’s ire is offered through the University o f M issouri’s Adult Extension Program. “ Advanced Class Cutting for the O ver Com m itted” guarantees no bells, no grades, no class. The course description advises students to just “put it on your calendar and d on’t go.” INDIANA STA G ES ’T H E G R E A T E S T SPECTA CLE IN COED MUDW R E ST LIN G ’ BLOOM INGTON, IND. (CPS) — About 100 Indiana University students engaged in a spontaneous midnight mudwrestling brawl Feb. 2 until it was broken up by Bloomington police. “It was the greatest spectacle in coed mud wrestling,” freshman Keith Burger enthused. The phenomenon reportedly began when 4 women, letting off steam, broke from their Teter Quad dorm and started screaming and playing in the mud. W ithin 10 minutes, an estimated lOOotherlU students joined them in a mass wallow. About 400 other students watched as a fire alarm was set off, and the police arrived. The crowd quickly broke up without arrests. “It’s a nice way to meet people,” freshman Jeff Huston told the Indiana Daily Student. While the mudwrestling was lighthearted, a similar snowball fight at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in late November degen erated into violence in which 15 were injured, 5 were arrested and some $10,000 in damages to UNL property were incurred. At Indiana, the worst dam age seemed to be mud caked throughout the dorm. “W e’re pretty aggravated,” dorm maid Violet Lake told the Daily Student. NEW AIDS RISK: T E L L T H E TRUTH OR BE EX PELLED TULSA, OK. (CPS) — Tulsa Junior ColJ e g e st^e^itspr.staffers jvho don’j report they ’ Thrive Al£)S (acquired immune deficiency syn drome) or other sexually com municable dis eases would be kicked o ff campus if TJC officials adopt a policy proposed to them Feb. 9. Under the proposal, however, students who tell the truth, even if they have the diseases, would be allowed to continue to attend classes. Administrators, m oreover, would be re quired to keep the information confidential if they adopt the proposal, which they plan to vote on Feb. 18. A Georgia Tech study released last week, however, suggests students w on’t have an easy time of it if knowledge o f their illness becomes public. G eorgia Tech Dr. David Herold found in a survey that 66 percent o f the American public would be “concerned” about sharing bath rooms with AIDS victims, and that 40 percent wouldn’t eat in the same cafeteria or share tools or equipment with them.
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Profile: Karen Lemone by Gary Pratt Newspeak Staff Karen A. Lemone is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and currently acts as the Interim Department Chair for the CS Depart ment. Her job at WPI is, therefore, two-fold: being a full- time professor instructing students, conducting research, and doing the myriad other little professor jobs and yet having to juggle her time to be able to facilitate the actitives of the CS department as the department chair. She has experienced the academic life at WPI for7 years and holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from Northeastern University. Inside the area of com puter science, Lemone enjoys the facets of Language Process ing and Assembler Language programming and she also likes to dabble in Systems program ming. As an instructor, Lemone points to watching and having an influence on the evolu tion and growth of the ways student tackle problems from when they entered as freshmen to graduation as the most rewarding aspect of being a professor. With this in mind, she re flected on the first class that she taught at W PI, CS 10 0 1-Introduction to Computers. She immediately saw that the course was a bad foundation for a CS major to build upon because o f the limitations o f the FORTRAN program ming language; she now sees the course for students in other majors rather than CS majors. Two favorite classes that she has taught have been two Pascal II courses in which the students were challenged to build programs, namely a computer operating system and a language compiler, that the students initially did not think they could and yet did build. Another course sequence that she particularly enjoyed was the two Assembly language courses during which she was writing her own Assembly program ming textbook.
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On the personal side, Lemone enjoys cross country skiing, bicycling, and can be seen working up a sweat in the WPI aerobics course. The last good book that she read echoes this interest in activity: Cross-Country Ski Trips, and she is planning on a ski trip to Yellowstone Park on spring break. The last good movie she saw was The Last Emperor which reminded her of the time she spent in the Forbidden City in Peking China. Icecream, Ben & Jerry’s or her own homemade, heads her list as her favorite pig-out food. As for her greatest unfulfilled ambition, Lemone would like to teach summers in a for eign country, even if it is California. Her greatest accomplishment, and if you hear the story behind the incident you would agree, is getting her fam ily's bicycles back to the States after a bike trip in France. If she were not at WPI teaching, she is sure she would be somewhere else doing the same things and she knows that the best time of her life is now. And she hates folding laundry.
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FILM M AKER OFF CAMPUS (CPS) — Director Spike Lee's first Him — a low-budget sex farce called "She’s Gotta Have It" — made him famous. But when the nowsuccessful Lee returned to Morehouse College, the Atlanta school from which he graduated in 1979, to shoot his second movie, he wasn't very well-received. In fact, he was asked to leave. Lee says it was because the film — now being released across the country — is about class and color divisions among students at a black college. Morehouse administrators say it was be cause Lee w ouldn't tell them what the movie, called "School Daze," was about. "We asked him what the film was about," recalls Dr. Hugh Gloster, then M orehouse’s president, “but he wasn't inclined to tell us. After the film was being shot, we began to receive reports concerning what it was about from the students." He didn’t like what he heard: "School Daze.” it turns out, is set at a fictitious black southern college called Mission, where the students divide themselves into cliques of lighter-skinned "wannabees" — as in "want to be whites" — and darker skinned, lower-income students called "jigs.” It all sounded "downgrading” to Gloster, who then told Lee to get off the school grounds, and the ban on filming the movie was extended by the 5 other presidents whose schools share the Atlanta University Center (AUC) campus. "He w ouldn't show it," AUC Chancellor Dr. Charles Merideth said o f Lee and the script, "w e couldn't see it. so we said it couldn't be shot." Lee figured, "I had nothing to gain by letting them read the script,” adding he thought its subject would be enough to provoke the presidents into exiling him. Lee insists “School Daze" is accurate, that Morehouse was socially divided along skin lone and class lines when he attended. “We exagger ated it (in the film), but there were cliques.” Gloster disagrees. “ It (happens) in black society, yes, but not among our college stu
dents." Merideth also concedes that "a long time ago there were fraternities and sororities for light-skinned people only, but nothing would suggest that's operative today." “ It’s a lie.” asserts Dr. Calvert Smith, presi dent of Morris Brown, another AUC college. "Y ou’re not going to find that kind of differen tiation on these college campuses." Campus residents themselves are not sure. "There are cliques," observes Janet Jones, a senior resident al Spelman, Morehouse "s sis ter school, “bul I don’t think it's a matter of skin tone as much as socioeconomic background." Spelman freshman Tracy Williams doesn’t see divisions of any kind, noting her circle of friends are a diverse group. Classmate Stephanie Brown thinks "there are (cliques), but it's not really obvious. Most of the light-skinned girls hang with light-skinned girls, and the dark-skinned girls hang with darkskinned girls. But it's not as if they d on’t like each other. They just d o n 't hang together.” Morehouse senior John Atkinson disagrees. "It doesn't matter how light your skin is. Every one is of one race. We stick together. Thai's how I see it.” "S pike’s main aim is to make films and make money." Gloster says. "Our concern is to protect our schools while he’s doing that." “ His portrayal was sensational in an effort to make money." Smith adds. "I hope he gets rich, but not at the expense of black institu tions.” Lee ultimately did move the filming off Morehouse grounds, though he finished shoot ing at other parts of the AUC campus because of a previous binding agreement he’d gotten. Merideth called it “an amicable resolu tion" to the problem but Lee. on tour to promote “School Daze,” remains angry. “ It w asn’t as if I was somebody who didn’t know the history of black schools, and was coming down there to hurt them,” he says. Gloster, though, says it’s a closed issue. “All we wanted was to get him off our cam puses.”
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IGREEK CORNER ALPHA GAM M A DELTA Roses to Bridget for your work with the Datings Game!! Congratulations to Kim for breaking two school’s records in swimm ing!!! Congratulation to me & Jean for our endurance and patience to stick it out for FOURTH ROW CENTER OPENING SHOW!! They’re worth more than $1000!!! - Slatto, just an experiment, ‘huh Nance!?! Hey Tracey! The phone rang! Thank guys for the stripper birthday present (even if he was gross) and thanks Ken and Dan for the encore (your show was awesome) 5 X 7 poster size!! Watch out for the ... car! Oh, well! Who will win this weekend, Susie or Clair? Shamim, you sound great on CHC. W hat’s the deal? Congrats on the tickets too! By the way, Val, who is that blonde bombshell? Hey, Kay the stripper wants your bod!!! Tracey, do you have a couple bucks? Or did you give them all to Bruce’s 6-string??? Jen, Nancy, Tracey, Caren & Kay - don’t you feel a tan coming on? Nancy, watch out for those Sig-Ep stairs - they have a Kibit o f pulling off shoes!! So Pam, I gue1: you weren’t such a good Girl this weekertj, were you? So Sonja - what was it that happened in the middle o f KAP’s party room? Hey Jenn, how about the ach, denny’s or should be settle for Nachos and soda? Anne, only us legal ones can get in!! Trace, glad to see your volunteer effort in working security! Julie, I would like to thank you for being such a super R. A. your programming ideas have been great and innovative, you’ve really gone out o f your way for the D aniel’s residents, thanks again! Nance, I really think you should change those wood chips. Lynn, why were you running in the halls o f Founders at 3 a.m. in a ripped night gown? Scary, I hope someday you’ll outgrow your teen charms. Trace, how many times were you jumped?? D ELTA PH I EPSILO N Cindy, are you comfy under the table? Jules & Lisa - how was you’re half of the ‘soup’ pizza?! Cheryl sorry we missed you - congrats you’re a sister now. Congratulations to the newly installed offi cers: President - Maria Marques T reasurer-C indy Bechelder Secretary - Chris Jarzobski Pledge Trainer - Jen Knudson/Amiee Dion Rush Chairman - Julie Bolton Panhel Rep. - Liza Sighinlfi Thanks to all out-going officers - you did a great job! It’s all yours Maria.
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Hey Kathy - glad swimming is over. She finished the swim season Saturday with a total career points to date of 385. She also qual ified in the 100 backstroke for the New Englands’ thisweekend! W e’recheeringforyou!! Glad to hear about those job offers! We’ll be waiting for more. Everybody hang in there d o n ’t get the C-term blues - get Spring fever! Carolyn - why were the Coast Guard guys here? Did you need rescuing?!! THETACHI The brotherhood of Theta Chi Fraternity would like to congratulate three of our brothers for pinning their girlfriends last weekend. Jim W achala pinned Kathy Irish, Chris Canzano pinned Dawn Foley, and Amy was pinned by Jim Craft. Last Saturday, as part o f the fund raising efforts for our Run For Life to benefit the Leukemia Society, we held a can drive. Over $ 1000 was raised from the Worcester area. The final event will be the actual run across Massa chusetts on March 26 and 27th. We would like to thank the sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma for decorating the party room for our Egypto-Mania party on Saturday night. W e’d like to crown two new Robo kings Sean, and Kyle. And finally we would like to con gratulate brother Christian Weeks on receiving his first A on an exam at WPI. Z E T A PSI Good day, our topic this week is bitching, now that we are experts in the field (right. Brad?). We had a successful, if not drawn out, “bitch meeting” this week, and boy, it lived up to its name. I’m sure the Brotherhood would like to congratulate Brad on his filibuster, and for his ability in extending meetings (it was a good speech anyway, Brad...). The Zetes had a mixed blessing this week with one win and one loss in intramural basket ball. D on’t worry Tony, next time they’ll have refs that aren’t legally blind. Well, you wanted your name in print, so here it is - T.J.! Once again, w e’d like to congratulate Ralpher on his unbroken streak good work! W e’d also like to wish our new pledge class “G ood Luck” - ‘cause they’re going to need it! Worry not - B.K. will (try to) keep you safe> And, for you Marshall (just ‘cause you asked) “Oh, Eat Me!!!” I think I’ve babbled quite enough for this week, so I am outta here...
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A LPH A PH I OM EG A Yes, m a’am ; no m a’a m .. .W orcester Pearl Twirlers.. .It’s the breakfast song: I’m a danish, I’m a danish. Come on and eat me I’m a danish. . .How many M & M ’s can you catch in your mouth: 12 or 14 or 16 or 18???.. .Nice Briefs. . .Pete, how many M&M’s did you eat?.. .Doing what on the co uch .. .la te ’em a ll.. .O h, gawd!. . .Get a grip but not on m e!.. .How come no body went in drag? Everybody just took their pants o f f .. .Portugese vasectomy?? Excuse m e ?? .. .Get psyched to paint guys, L !.. .Did Pete and Seth get their haircuts at the same time? (No says Seth).. .Pledges: What about the rock(s). . .Is it true that Cupid struck a few A PO ’s on Valentine’s Day? Shall I give nam es!!?.. .But my IQP proposal is due Monday!. . .Paint?! HAH!! Who’s calling you?.. Jon, Ann Mckenzie thanks you (Sorry, the name which appeared as Ann Mackenzie should have been Ann Erskine. Hope I got it right this time. JD ).. .Did T P op.. .So who’s gonna get screwed ? .. Boy am I m aking frie n d s or w h at?. .Arrrrrgggghhhhh!!! The club com er that appeared in last weeks N ew speak was the column which I said I lost two weeks ago. I guess they found it. However as a result, you missed my nickname test which was to have appeared last week, as well as a revelation on the secrets of the universe. In the news: Conclave is comingfast. There is cur rently one spot, maybe two, available see Jon or Jenn if you are interested. The pledges will be painting the laundry rooms, if Paul agrees. Con gratulations to the new officers. So who won the Big Screw? Jeff’s Escort is officially dead. W ell I’ll sign of now because I can think o f nothing good to say. Bye. GERM AN Kameval in Germany, Kameval at WPI Every year at the 11/11 at 11 a.m. the carni val season, the so- called 5th season, begins. From that day on the clubs who are organizing the peak of the carnival season in February meet and prepare the celebrations and parades. Each region in Germany and other European coun tries celebrates carnival differently according to different ancieut trad itioBS^h ich canalrcatiy be seen by the variety of names for the event. In Munich, one o f the major German carnival cities, it is called “Fasching” while in Mainz it is named “Fastnacht”. Naturally you ask yourself: why the heck are the Germans having a major event like carnival in the cold season, why in February? The custom has pre-Christian roots and repre sents the belief in bad demons who arise be cause of the change of the seasons. The carnival season was meant to exorcise demons and evil spirits by noise, lights and conjurings. Later with the Christianization of Germany the carni val season was the last time to have fun and rich food before the beginning of the fasting season of Lent. So what’s going on? Apart from lots of private and public parties the major events are the parades. The streets are filled with crazy crowds of laughing, singing, dancing, swaying people in costumes and masks. During this time everybody seems to be out of his mind and days like “Rosenmontag” (Rosemonday) are unbelievablyjoyful and colorful. The whole event finds a sudden end each “Aschermittwoch” (Ashwednesday) and the Germans return to work and seriousness. So, what does this have to do with WPI? WE ARE HAVING A GERMAN KARNEVAL AND YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IT1!! Friday the 26th at 9 p.m. you can go crazy at G om pei’s Place. Come in disguise, get your halloween costume out of the closet and you will have fun, fun, fun and German food.
Friday, the 26th at 9 p.m. we will have a German cam e val party at G om pei’s Place. Everybody who wants to help organising or has ideas should come this Wednesday at 6.30 p.m. to the world-house fordiscussion. H IL L E L So far this year the members of Hillel have enjoyed many social events with different schools around Massachusetts. On Saturday evening, February 6, W PI Hillel went to MIT and were joined by students from Lesley C ol lege for the Boston Area Night On Ice. Every one who went that night had quite the good time. We look forward to many more such events this year. On Wednesday, February 24 Hillel will meet to vote for new officers including presi dent, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and S.A.B. representative. All members whould be present at this very important meeting. On Thursday, March 3 there will be a H illel mocktail part for all those members who haven’t already taken off for spring break. Look for more information about these events in your mailboxes. See you Wednesday. SAB There is a SAB meeting tomorrow night at 7:00 in Salisbury 115 (note room change). This will be the last meeting of the academic year that new groups can join so be sure to have a repre sentative at the meeting and a copy of the group’s constitution on hand or registered with the SAB. It is important that all non-members be inducted at this meeting. All current mem bers are also required to attend. Budget request form s for next year are cur rently available in the Student Activities Office. They will not be mailed to any club boxes. Any SAB group requesting funding must pick up a form and return it by March 3. Late requests will not be accepted. Quiestions about the forms or the budget process w ill be answered at Wednesday’s SAB meeting. W PI W IRELESS ASSOCIATION The club would like to welcome its newest member, Eric Martin. He is currently working on his license and hopefully will get his ticket at the next VE exams! Dean Baruffi is selling his Kenwood TR2600 2 meter handheld. It is about a year old and he is asking about $200 for it including a spare battery pack. Its a really nice rig. If you are interested, call him at 792-9061. Yellow Kilowatt(formerly the Brute) is still down at the ARRL undergoing an overhaul. The target date for completion is sometime in May. YK will be rack mounted in several components and will include many new features including a clock to keep track of how long it has been running. Tom Miller from the ARRL was at WPI last week to teach one of the novice classes. He said that things went well and that he would like to come back sometime soon for a general Q& A session. Now for the really big news! The Tailtwister antenna rotor has finally arrived from the Twilight Zone. Dan Malloy will be signing up an installation crew as soon as we have the weather for it. Before transmitting HF from the shack, make sure you call the numbers on the phone list. Note th at there ,are additions and one delete.(Now only 8 numbers!). N ext w eek’s newsletter w ill include a complete list so you can check the situation before going up to the shack. The next meeting o f the Wireless Associa tion will be on W ednesday, February 24 at 4:30pm in Salisbury Labs OIL Bring a friend!
T h o u s a n d s m a y lo s e p e l l g r a n t s WASHINGTON, D.C. (CPS) — Pell Grant checks for millions of students during the 198889 school year may get smaller, or vanish en tirely, the U.S. Dept, o f Education warned col leges around the country. As many as 53,000 low-income students could lose their Pell Grants while 1.2 million students could get smaller grants next year because the government is about $99 million short in its grant budget, the administration warned. In a Feb. 1 “ Dear Colleague” letter to campuses, Education Dept, officials blamed Congress for the shortfall, saying it raised the maximum Pell Grant to $2,200 for 1988 without appropriating enough money to give students that much more.
To solve the problem, the department said it will either shave $31 off every Pell Grant recipient’s check next year, or cut as much as $400 from “least needy” students so the “most needy” students could get the full $2,200. Garwood doubts Congress could meet the deadline — which the Education Dept, says is necessary because it m ust establish final Pell Grant paym ent schedules by April 30 — and questions the department’s numbers. Congress, depending on a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate, budgeted $4.42 billion to give out in Pell Grants for the 1988-89 school year, Garwood said. But the Education Dept., using different estimates, thinks it’ll have to give out $4.5 billion in Pell Grants.
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Tuesday Febrdafy 23,1988
jCLASSIFIEPS SPACIOUS APARTMENTS for rent next year. Appliances, three, four, and five bedroom units. Short walk to cam pus/ nice buildings/ parking and some furnishings. Call now to arrange view ings 792-0049,799-6119. Apartments, no fee, Tech area, five minute walk. Students welcome, appli ances, gas heat. Shea Realty, 755-2996. ROOM FOR RENT. Near WPI. Furnished, utilities included. $55 per week or $220 per month. Non-smokers only. Call 757-6814. For sale- three family close to WPI. 5/ 5/6, three bedrooms each, separate utili ties, 10 year. Old roof, aluminum sidedroom for off street parking- good loca tion . L ong term in vestm en t. $169,000.00. Horne & Hastings Associ ates - Shirley Newell, 756-5716. HOMEWORKERS WANTED! TOP PAY! C.I. 12124th Avenue, N.W. Suite 22, Norman, OK 73069. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel...It’s a train headed my way! Death to C-Term!!!
CRUISE SHIPS now hiring m/f. Summer and career opportunities (will train). Excellent pay plus world travel. Hawaii, Bahamas, Caribbean, etc. Call now: 206-736-0775 ext. C362 FOR SALE: Waterbed frame, $50.00; sewing machine, good condition - $100.00; Sears-o-Pedic mattress, excel lent condition • $50.00; Almost unused bureau, desk, bookcase set - $200.00; Call 568-1131. FOR SALE: 512K Macintosh (Fat Mac). Includes screen, keyboard, mouse, carrying case, manuals and lots of software. $950.00 firm. Contact Prof. Karen Lemone at 793-5357. I NEED A TICKET! - for DEAD shows in Hartford or Wore. Contact Box 644. Escher, Mutual Assured Destruction, Petard, Tossed S a la d Found - bag of clothing near Institute Road. Please call 792- 0049.
Shortly, you will be receiving an IQP survey regarding 7 week terms. Please think twice before you throw this survey on the mailroom floor. The response from the student body is very important and would be greatly appreciated.
What happened to the 3 Musketeers and my surprise? Cheryl.
Fred is a good name for a gun, but Donald?!...
Ann Margaret as the Soviet Pre mier?...
“Is SONJA der?” Wage nuclear war rationally? F*ck it, let it blow!... Lost: A quartz metronome by Seiko. If found please contact Doug Wennberg at 791-1908 or Box 1535.
Friday night reminded me that I haven’t felt that stupid in oh, lets see, a week... right Ames?
Hey Babs - Oh no! Frankenstein knocking at the back door! DON’T LET HIM IN - Safety first!!! ...End of the World with Symposium to Follow, Alden Hall,Thursday, Friday and Saturday. $1.00.
It ain’t easy starting a nuclear war; really...
Congratulations to the happy couple on their one month and one week anni versary!
Doom, Doom, Doom, Doom. I need a drink...
Mary and Treesah - IT IS OBSES SION!!!
Interested in organizing a car club? Swapping parts and stories? Give or get advice on your latest project. Write “WPI Car Club” c/o Fran Box 1196.
Hey roomies, we’re almost to vacation — let’s hang in there! Best of luck, F 108! [Joe, we’re proud of you! Keep up the good(home)work!!!]
SAB Meeting Wednesday at 7:00 in SL 115. Be there.
Hey, you’re goin’ the wrong way!! Wanna get together, drink a lot of beer, and tell everyone how hot your car is? Wanna swap parts, organize drag races, trips to N.E. Dragway? Write Box 1196.
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NEWSPEAK
What’s Happening Tuesday, February 23,1988 8:00a.m. - J1 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 11:30 a.m. Campus Ministry Gathering in the Wedge 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. The Tase o f Black Culture: Discussion and Samples of Foods from the Black Experience. $6.00 non-members. Abiel Smith School, Joy Street, Beacon Hill. 7:00 p.m. Bible Study. A t the Religious Center.
Tuesday February 23,1988
STUDENT SPECIAL
S anrem o 's
7:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Trinity (H) 7:00 p.m. We are (he Dream, the Life and Times of Reverend Dr. Martin King, Jr. - live performance by Al Eaton - W inner o f the 1987 Em m y Award for the Best Production, Reception and Voter Registration, Wore. Public Library, Saxe Room, Main Branch. A Black History M onth Program. 7:30 p.m. Poles, Jews and the Holocaust. Prof. Bryk, Holy Cross.
$11.00
with Student I.D.
WASH - CUT - BLOWDRY Our Reg. $13.50
Hogan Campus Center, room 519. 9:00 p.m. Coffeehouse - Dennis Warner, Gompei’s 10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center.
Wednesday, February 24,1988 8:00 a.m. - 11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 11:30 a.m. W orcester State College - Jazz Group - “Coast to Coast”, Ehibit Area, A Black History Month Program. Free. 12:00 p.m. Weekday Mass. At the Religious Center. 4:00 p.m. Dr. Bruno Vittimberga (URI), Ground State Complexation Reactions of Diphenyl Ketyl with Pyridinyl Radicals. Goddard Hall 227. 4:00 p.m. Hockey at Conn. College J V 4:30 p.m. J.V. Basketball at W orcester Academy 7:30 p.m. Lenen. Prof. Philip Pomper, Holy Cross. Hogan Campus Center, room 519. 8:00 p.m. M en’s Basketball at Suffolk 9:00p.m . The New Thing - Footloose, Gompei’s Place, $1.00 10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center.
Thursday, February 25,1988 8:00 a.m. -11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 25th-27th N.E.C.C.W.A. Wrestling Tournament, Harrington Auditorium 7:00p.m . SAS Sponsored DRESS FOR SUCCESS, G om pei’s 8:00 p.m. 25th - 27th Masque Play - End of the W orld, Alden Hall 8:00 p.m. 25th - 28th Holy Cross - Senior Class Play - “Cabaret”. Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. 10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center.
Friday, February 26,1988 26th - 27th N.E.C.C. W restling Championships (H) 26th - 27th Track, All-New England Championship at Boston Univ. 26th - 28th W om en’s Swimming, New Englands at Bowdoin 8:00 a.m. -11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 12:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Confession at the Religious Center. 9:00 p.m. German Conversation Group, Kameval Party, Gompei’s, $2.00, no cover with costumes.
Saturday, February 27,1988 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 5:30p.m. Hockey, NESCHA Playoffs, Thayer Rink, Warwick, RI, $1,00 2:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball at Clark 6:00 p.m. J.V. Basketball at Clark 8:00p.m. Men’s Basketball at Clark 9:00 p,m. Pub Band - “New M an”, Gompei’s, $ 1.50
Sunday, February 28,1988 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass. In Alden. 12:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. Exhibit' Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library, 11:30 a.m. Hockey, Finals at Thayer Rink, Warwick, RI, $1.00 6:00 p.m. Sunday Mass. In Founders. 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. The Reel Thing - Heartbreak Ridge, Alden, $1.50 7:30 p.m. Assumption College - Closet Theatre Rep’s production of “A Lie of the Mind”. Auditorium. Admission $4.00 -$1.00 with ID.
755-5852 Appt. or Walk In
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Spectrum presents
American Vocal Quintet Monday, February 29th Alden Hall 8:00 PM FREE
Monday, February 29,1988 8:00 a.m. -11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 3:45 & 7: p.m. Fine Arts Series: The Big Sleep, Holy Cross. Hogan Campus Center, room 519. 4:30 p.m. Solar Cars in Australia: A Milestone in Human History and a Personal Adventure. Dr. Edward N. Clarke. Higgins Labs 109. 8:00p.m. Spectrum American Vocal Quintet, Alden Hall 8:00 p.m. Assumption College - Humariarts sponsors "The Arcadian Winds Concert”. Chapel of the Holy Spirit. Free. 10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center.
THE NEW THING Presents
FOOTLOOSE 9:00 PM Gompei's Place Wednesday, February 24 ONLY $1.00
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NEWSPEAK
What’s Happening Tuesday, February 23,1988 8:00 a.m. - J 1 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievem ents Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 11:30 a.m. Campus Ministry Gathering in the Wedge 6 :3 0 -9 :0 0 p.m. The Tase of Black Culture: Discussion and Samples of Foods from the Black Experience. $6.00 non-members. Abiel Smith School, Joy Street. Beacon Hill. 7:00 p.m. Bible Study. At the Religious Center. 7:00 p.m. W om en’s Basketball vs. Trinity (H) 7:00 p.m. We are the Dream, the Life and Times of Reverend Dr. Martin King. Jr. - live performance by Al Eaton - W inner of the 1987 Emmy Award for the Best Production, Reception and Voter Registration, Wore. Public Library. Saxe Room, Main Branch. A Black History Month Program. 7:30 p.m. Poles, Jews and the Holocaust. Prof. Bryk, Holy Cross. Hogan Campus Center, room 519. 9:00 p.m. Coffeehouse - Dennis W arner, G om pei's 10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center.
Wednesday, February 24,1988 8:00 a.m. - 1 1 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievem ents Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 1 1:30 a.m. W orcester State College - Jazz Group - “Coast to Coast” , Ehibit Area, A Black History Month Program. Free. 12:00 p.m. Weekday Mass. At the Religious Center. 4:00 p.m. Dr. Bruno Vittimberga (U R I), Ground State Com plexation Reactions of Diphenyl Ketyl with Pyridinyl Radicals. Goddard Hall 227. 4:00 p.m. Hockey at Conn. College J V 4:30p.ni. J.V. Basketball at W orcester Academy 7:30 p.m. Lenen. Prof. Philip Pomper, Holy Cross. Hogan Campus Center, room 519. 8:00p.m . M en’s Basketball at Suffolk 9:00 p.m. The New T hing - Footloose, G om pei’s Place, $ 1.00 10:00 p.m. Lenten M ass. At the Religious Center.
Thursday, February 25, 1988 8:00 a.m.- 11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 25th-27th N.E.C.C.W.A. Wrestling Tournament, Harrington Auditorium 7:00p.m . SAS Sponsored DRESS FOR SU C C ESS,G om pei's 8:00 p.m. 25th - 27th Masque Play - End of the World. Alden Hall 8:00 p.m. 25th - 28th Holy Cross - Senior Class Play - “Cabaret". Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. 10:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center.
Friday, February 26,1988 26th - 27th N.E.C.C. W restl ing Championships (H) 26th - 27th Track, All-New England Championship at Boston Univ. 26th - 28th W om en’s Swimming, New Englands at Bowdoin 8:00 a.m. -11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds. George C. Gordon Library. 12:00 p.m. Lenten Mass. At the Religious Center. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Confession at the Religious Center. 9:00 p.m. German Conversation Group, Kameval Party, Gompei’s, $2.00, no cover with costumes.
Saturday, February 27,1988 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievem ents Against the Odds. G eorge C. Gordon Library. 5:30 p.m. Hockey, NESCHA Playoffs, Thayer Rink, W arwick. RI, $ 1,00 2:00 p.m. W om en’s Basketball at Clark 6:00 p.m. J.V. Basketball at Clark 8:00 p.m. M en’s Basketball at Clark 9:00 p.m. Pub Band - “ New Man”, G om pei's, $1.50
Sunday, February 28,1988 11:30 a.m. Sunday M ass. In Alden. 12:00 p.m. - 1 1:00 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievem ents Against the Odds. G eorge C. Gordon Li brary. 11:30 a.m. Hockey, Finals at Thayer Rink, Warwick, RI, $ LOO 6:00 p.m. Sunday Mass. In Founders. 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. The Reel Thing - Heartbreak Ridge, Alden, $1.50 7:30 p.m. Assumption College - Closet Theatre Rep’s production o f “A Lie o f the Mind". Auditorium. Admission $ 4 .0 0 -$ 1 .0 0 with ID.
Tuesday February 23,1988
STUDENT SPECIAL
S anrem o 's $11.00
with Student I.D.
W ASH - CU T - BLO W DR Y Our Reg. $13.50
755-5852 Appt or Walk In
237 Park Ave Worcester, MA (Corner of Elm & Park Next to Parkview Towers)
Spectrum presents * *vl?*'
American Vocal Quintet Monday, February 29th Alden Hall 8:00 PM FREE
Monday, February 29,1988 8:00 a.m. -11 p.m. Exhibit: Black Women: Achievem ents Against the Odds. G eorge C. Gordon Library. 3:45 & 7: p.m. Fine A rts Series: The Big Sleep. Holy Cross. Hogan Campus Center, room 519. 4:30 p.m. Solar Cars in Australia: A Milestone in Human History and a Personal Adventure. Dr. Edw ard N. Clarke. Higgins Labs 109. 8:00 p.m. Spectrum American Vocal Quintet, Alden Hall 8:00 p.m. Assumption College - Humanarts sponsors “T he Arcadian Winds Concert” . Chapel o f the Holy Spirit. Free. 10:00 p.m. Lenten M ass. At the Religious Center.
THE NEW THING Presents
FOOTLOOSE 9:00 PM Gompei's Place Wednesday, February 24 ONLY $1.00