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Souvenir shopping soviet style

by Stephen Nelson Production Editor The m ost treasured souvenirs of any trip are, of course, memories. However, during any trip, we also usually pick up a few odds and ends to help rem em ber where w e’ve been, who we met, and what we did. O ur crip to the Soviet Union was no exception. W e all have fond m em ories o f Moscow. Leningrad. Pushkin, the

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This brooch is one of the many laquered items available.

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students we met and the people we talked to.

We also brought back a lot of souvenirs to remind us o f those things.

People usually purchase souvenirs in sou­ venir shops and the Soviet Union is no excep­ tion. There are Berioska stores where souve­ nirs. alcohol, cigarettes, and other w estern goods can be purchased with non-Soviet money (only non-Soviet money can be used in these shops which w as one o f the exam ples o f segregation that we saw). Alternatively you can trade A m erican goods like jeans, t-shirts, cassette tapes and cosm etics for souvenirs. By trading, you get a lot more value for your money and it gives you a chance to meet Soviet citizens, especially teenagers, and in som e cases, a chance to visit their homes.

The trading atm osphere of M oscow is fierce. As soon as you step outside your hotel room you are besieged by people w ishing to trade. Many want to trade rubles for American dollars which can be spent in the Berioska or on the black m arket. O thers simply want to trade Soviet goods for American goods. The item most offered for trade next to rubles are small souvenir pins. These pins cost about 25 cents apiece but in the Soviet Union you can trade a pack o f gum for 2 or 3 o f these pins. Most o f us cam e hom e with a chest full of pins.

O ther goods that are frequently traded are lacquer boxes and fur hats. Lacquer boxes are safer to trade for because they d o n ’t have to be sm uggled out since they are a common souve­ nir. Fur hats are plentiful and there is a wide

variety available both in the shops and on the streets. Prices vary from $30 to $600, but you can also get one for a pair o f jeans.

Because everyone m ust serve in the Soviet military, citizens have a lot of military items for trade. Military items like coats and caps do make great souvenirs, but they are a bit harder to conceal. O ur group w as very lucky because they only searched one out o f every three suitcases. (My suitcase was one of those searched, but I had small military items and hid them in my socks.) The safest souvenirs are, however, those items w hich you could pur­ chase in a Berioska as well as trade for.

Believe it or not, the Soviets do have sou­ venir sw eatshirts and shirts. These are made in western countries, though, are very hard to find and rather expensive. A souvenir sweatshirt sold for $35 and was available in one size only.

The souvenir shirts which a mem ber of our group found he received as gifts from some Soviet citizens he met.

The quality of trade goods accepted by the Soviet traders depends on your proximity to a western european country. In Moscow, any pair o f jeans in almost any condition can be traded. In Leningrad, w here there is an abun­ dance o f european visitors, the traders are more professional and picky about what they accept.

They look more for nam es like L evi’s and W rangler and want new jeans, not the used jeans som e m em bers o f our group offered. It is peculiar to note that the traders we met in Leningrad all seemed to have rooms in our

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hotel and about h alf were on vacation from M oscow.

Souvenirs are meant to be rem inders of places you have been. Souvenirs from the Soviet Union serve as rem inders of adventures.

G oing to som eone’s apartm ent at 1:00 am, the students who constantly hung around outside the hotel, teenagers propositioning you the m om ent you step outside your hotel room are all things my souvenirs rem ind me of. It w asn’t the trip that made the souvenirs special, it was the adventure o f getting the souvenirs that m ade the trip special.

N E W SPEA K STAKE PH O T O /ST E PH E N NEI.SON

A babushka or "stacking doll".

Celebrate Volunteerism During National Volunteerism Week April 17-23

Kodak VP to deliver commencement address (W PI News Service)-Leo J. Thom as, Jr., senior vice president and general m anager of the Life Sciences Division o f the Eastman Kodak C om pany, will deliver the com m ence­ ment address a W P I’s 120th graduation exer­ cises on May 21st.

The them e of this year's com m encem ent is “T om orrow ’s Industry: W here Biology and E ngineering M erge.” The them e focuses on the rapidly developing fields o f biomedical engineering and biotechnology.

In these fields, scientists, through advanced research in such fields as biology, chem istry, physics, chem ical engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering, are furthering the developm ent of w holly new medical and agri­ cultural products and procedure, such as new drug, new diagnostic aids and new medical imaging techniques.

W PI has active research and student project program s in both biotechnology and biom edi­ cal engineering. Faculty investigations have focused on such areas as noninvasive medical sensors, the developm ent and com m ercializa­ tion o f new biotechnology applications and products, plant and anim al cell culture, fer­ m entation biology and such medical imaging techniques as ultrasound, m agnetic resonance and com puted tom ography (CAT).

In addition, W PI is an active participant in W orcester’s Biotechnology Research Park.

The Park, made possible by support from W orcester, the C om m onw ealth o f M assachu­ setts and the federal governm ent, houses a variety o f biotechnology com panies, a re­ search w ork, and Com m onw ealth BioVentures, Inc., which raises venture capital and provides managem ent services and low-cost rental space for start-up biotech firms. WPI is a principal in the research at the im aging center and a W PI researcher received the first grant from the research institute.

At its 1988 com m encem ent, it is expected that W PI will award about 990 degrees, includ­ ing about 720 undergraduate degrees. The nation’s 3rd oldest college engineering and applied science, WPI is renown for its unique, project-based undergraduate program. The WPI Plan.

T hom as, a native o f G rand Rapids, M inne­ sota, began his career at Kodak in 1961 in the color photography division after earning a B.S. in chem ical engineering from the University of M innesota and a m aster’s and Ph.D. from the University o f Illinois. He moved up through

the research and developm ent ranks at K odak, eventually being named director o f K odak’s Research Laboratories in 1977. That sam e year, he becam e a vice president of K odak, m oving up to senior vice president in 1978.

Thom as w as nam ed general m anager o f the Life Sciences Division in 1984.

Thom as is a m em ber of the Engineering Research Board and the Board of Chemical Sciences and Technology of the National Re­ search Council. In addition to his role on the Engineering Research Board, Thomas was a participant on a panel on bioengineering sys­ tems research which contributed to a 1987

N RC report on “ D irections in Engineering R esearch." He is also a m em ber of the National A cadem y of Engineering, the American Insti­ tute o f Chemical Engineers and the Rochester, NY, C ham ber o f C om m erce. He is a m em ber o f the boards o f directors o f the Rochester T elephone Corporation and N orthstar Bank.

Wireless Association aids campus police

by Alex Kuhn O n February 11, 1988, Bob Taylor, NA IQ, club trustee and several mem bers o f the WPI W ireless A ssociation came to the aid o f the C am pus Police when their two-way radio sys­ tem becam e inoperative due to a pow er line m alfunction. Several members o f the club aided the Police in maintaining a tem porary system to help in cross-cam pus com m unica­ tions. They will also help in installing a new, perm anently m ounted antenna for use in em er­ gency situations.

R ecently, the club has also been involved in

several o ther com m unity activities. These include O peration Santa Claus, in which five m em bers o f the club arranged for the children at the U M ass Medical C en ter’s Pediatric Ward to talk to Santa Claus via amateur radio.

Several radio club m em bers came to the aid of a local long-time ham, George Emmet, K 1KDZ. C lub m em bers set up a new station at his house. G eorge, who lives in Leicester, is handicapped and suffered in a car collision in N ovem ber which has m ade it difficult to oper­ ate his hom e station.

Both Inderbitzen, KA2PZD, and Mike Bilodeau, K A IPIU , went to his house to help make his station usable by G eorge once again w hile he is home recuperat-

ing. George has been very active assisting the National W eather Service during em ergency w eather conditions in the past via ham radio.

Some m em bers o f the club also aided in the G ardner, M assachusetss Sled Dog Race, held at the end o f January. They helped with com m unications betw een police, em ergency crew s, and checkpoints along the twelve mile course, to ensure none were lost, as well as ensure that the trails were clear o f snow m o­ biles and traffic.

Keep an eye open on your TV for the Boston M arathon in April as several WPI W ireless m em bers will be assisting with radio com m unications for this super event.

Hazing incident finds two students expelled

by Bob Vezis News Editor T w o Lambda Chi Alpha brothers were found guilty o f hazing a pledge. They have been kicked out o f LCA and suspended from WPI for D-term. This decision is the result o f several w eek long investigation by the Inter­ fraternity Council and Dean of Students O f­ fice.

The story begins w ith the two LCA brothers taking a pledge up to Bancroft Tow er and blindfolding him. A lthough at no time w as the pledge released from the LCA brothers grip , the pledges life was put in jeopardy therefore the M assachusetts hazing law was violated.

Several people apparently got wind o f this and LCA w as im mediately informed.

Several m em bers of the house went to Bancroft Tow er and stopped this incident.

Frats sitting under dark cloud

by Bob Vezis News Editor R ecent events across the nation have brought darkness to many frats across the nation. M any universities are cracking down on frats for being nuisances to the neighbor­ hood, taking part in malicious and childish acts, and causing as high as 80% o f date rape and forced group sex encounters. O f W PI,

Dean o f Students R ichardson stated. “O ur role is to advise the fraternities and not to control them .” She later added, “The students how ever will be held accountable for their actions."

President Strauss wholeheartedly supported the Dean o f Students' viewpoint, stating, "The fraternity system at W PI plays an integral part of the undergraduate life.” He later added, “ We hope that they will be good neighbors.”

The IFC conducted an investigation which revealed that the tw o brothers did this act under their own volition and that the whole fraternity was not at all responsible for the incident. With this the two LCA brothers had a choice: to go to the Cam pus Hearing Board and be proven innocent or guilty or they could plead guilty and receive punishm ent from either the C am ­ pus Hearing Board or a m em ber from the Dean of Students O ffice. Should the students choose the Dean of Students to sanction punishment the students have a right to appeal the DOS representative's decision. Dean o f Students, Janet R ichardson w eighed the facts and made the tough decision to suspend the students for I term.

Richardson later explained that the IFC could have tried to cover up or hinder the investigation but “ the response was there."

LCA could have also hindered the investiga­ tio n but th e y w ere very c o o p e ra tiv e .

Richardson added, “the fraternity system re­ sponded appropriately.” sanctioning

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ILETTERS Although well-written

Do we know where we’re going?

Reviewer lacks musical knowledge To the Editor:

Recently, Distribution Requirements fo r Society-Technology majors at WPI were passed. In the Computer Science department, a proposal has been offered that would create two new majors.

Computer Science/Mathematics and Computer Science!Management.

The Social Science major is a new one at WPI, and somewhat different from the typical major found on campus. Students studying this area would be taking courses in mathematics, economics and social sciences, basic science, and a series o f courses in the field o f science, engineering, or management.

Concerning the proposed Computer Science majors, the question has been raised about its similarity with the Inter-Disciplinary Program. Why keep creating more specific "sub" -majors when the ID program exists? The reply is that as it stands now, when an ID student makes any changes or additions to his or her schedule, there must take place a meeting o f his or her ID advisors. Having these specific majors defined would eliminate the need fo r this committee to meet, while standardizing the curriculum in this area. And with a new major being created that is more on the idea o f Liberal Arts than an engineering or scientific area o f study, one must wonder where WPI is headed.

Once again, the question o f what is happening to the Plan arises. When the plan was first started, students were allowed a particular type o f freedom in picking out their courses. When degree requirements were established fo r accredidation purposes, as well as standardization, students who were independently minded and wanted something different could still fa ll hack on the Inter-Disciplinary Program. Now, however, this option is being stifled each time distribution requirements are established.

With the ID program being taken over by an increasing number o f specialized majors, and a new major which in many ways promotes an area of study much different than the typical one found at WPI. students may begin to worry that WPI is becoming more conservative, while p a tc h in g other schools use the WPI model to make their own changes.

1 am writing in regard to Monte K leum per’s “ 1NXS Kicks" article. A lthough I think INXS are a good group and the piece was wellw ritten, I am questioning the musical know l­ edge o f its reviewer. His review o f Public Im age Ltd. was merely an insult to progressive m usic fans. The com m ent about the Sex Pis­ to ls’ standards was also disconcerting. The Pistols are not a joke. Rolling Stone magazine, in a recent article, rated their album second

best rock album o f th< past 20 years (behind the Beaties' “Sgl Pepp !-onely Hearts Club Band" album), i hope tit"*' in the future, people who listen to m ore than Biily Joel will write the concert review. Oh. by i.he way, there are no Ferris brothers in INXS. but there are 3 Forris brothers.

F>ed Schneider 91

Notice Many people have pointed out that the winter parking ban ends on April 30 according to the signs. If you call the Worcester Police Station you will get answers ranging from March 1 to April 1. Either way the police have stopped ticketing Trowbridge Road and since this street is no different from the other WPI streets, the police have probably stopped ticketing the other streets. At any rate, if there happens to be another major snow storm some time during this month remember to move your car.

ICOMMENTARY My View From the Fourth Year Josh for President

by Joshua Smith Newspeak Staff W elcom e back from Easter break! I hope you all m ade it back from hom e safely (for that matter. I hope you all had tim e to m ake it home and back ). I bet you are all wondering why you why you had such a long break this year. My guess is that it was for Financial reasons W hereas other schools m ight shorten their breaks and squeeze classes into as small a tim efram e as possible so that professors will have m ore time to go out and scare up funded research. WPI realizes that the students are more important than research (that is, money can be raised more easily by raising tuition than by looking for research sponsors). As President Strauss explained in a recent N ew ­ speak interview, the school raises tuition be­ cause it CAN raise tuition.

I hear Ellen Sloan was elected student body president. I w onder if she plans to do anything about the insufferably long breaks. I wonder if she realizes that being student body president

doesn't give her the power to change anything.

I wonder where she got all the posterboard for her campaign. Maybe I should have invested in posterboard and chalk (she advertised on side­ walks. for God s sakes) and run for student body president. Sure. 1 w on't be here next year because I'm graduating, but 1 d o n 't think a n jone would notice. Check this out as a potential campaign letter to N ew speak Hi there. My name is Joshua Smith. I used to be in the class o f ’89. but now I ’m in the class of '88, so I guess that m akes me disqualified to run, but as I will explain, you should vote for me anyway.

Unlike the other candidates, I know what it means to be student body president (in abstentia). I know that my only real responsibility would be to chair the executive council. And since the executive council d o esn ’t have any apparent purpose, my not attending those meetings would certainly be inconsequential.

I. personally, (I had to do that because Ellen did it, and she won the election) w o n ’t try to convince you that I am aware o f the im portant

Election results

issues around the school, since I know that it’s not issues but advertising that makes a winning cam paign. The other candidates wrote about the “ important issues” al WPI, apparently unaw are that they would have no power to influence those decisions. The fact is that the only students who have any power over the operation o f the school are those on the faculty com m ittees. But they are not elected by you. the student body; they are appointed to their positions. Hence, there is nothing 1 can do about the issues around campus except con­ tinue to bitch about them in my columns.

The other candidates talked about repre­ senting your views. As student body president (in absufntia) I would not bother trying to represent your views. You are a bunch of uninformed, erratic dolts who don't deserve to have a say in school operations. In fact, I would fight to have all student input eliminated from the decision m aking process. Yank the stu­ dents o ff the faculty committees! Get them off the cam pus hearing board! No more student run organizations! L et's put the faculty and

adm inistration back in control of this school.

I can ’t list o ff all my overw helm ing quali­ fications to you, because I don’t really have any. All my political struggles have gone on outside the public eye. Let me just say that I have more experience dealing with campus politics than any o f the other candidates. Their experience has been with student organiza­ tions, not with the faculty or the adm inistra­ tion. Leadership experience is not critical to holding political office at WPI. Understanding the history and politics that lurk in the belly of this beast is w hat really counts. Sure the other candidates have chaired the SocComm social events com m ittee or other such im potent or­ ganizations. but I've done more than that — I've made fun o f them. Anybody can chair an organization but how many people do you know who have successfully made fun ot them for three years running? Just one. T h at's me.

Do your part to mock the ineptitude of student governm ent at WPI: vote for Joshua Smith as student body president (in abstentia).

H ow 's that? Do you think I w ould have won? I guess w e'll never know.

IHeiMspcali The Student newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Box 2700, WPI, Worcester, Massachussetts 01609 Phone (617)793-5464 Editor-In-Chief Jacqueline O'Neill

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Sports Editor

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Roger Burleson T he following are the results o f the Student G overnm ent Elections held Thursday and Friday, March 31 and April 1. i

STUDENT GOVERNM ENT PRESIDENT 227 Ellen Sloan 204 Jonathan H. Tucker 98 Kathy M urray 47 Frank Cartwright VICE PRESIDENT 390 Jon D. Lam kins 92 Lauren Rowley 4 SECRETARY 459 Leslie Ann Reed

Heather Julien

CLASS OF 1989 PRESIDENT 99 Alison Gotkin VICE PRESIDENT 97 Khris Hines TREASURER 90 Magda Bonnin SECRETARY 40 Kristen Breed 38 Danielle LaM arre 31 Anne Mannarelli CLASS REPRESENTATIVE 76 C hristine Gray 27 Sharon Mulligan CLASS OF 1990 PRESIDENT 135 Lynn Timmerman V IC E PRESIDENT 137 David A. Ross 44 H eather Julien TREASURER 137 Darilyn Reuter SECRETARY 140 Lisa A. Battista CLASS REPRESENTATIVE 140 Kim Lemoi CLASS OF 1991 PRESIDENT 108 Tammy Perry 66 Joseph C. Davis VICE PRESIDENT 141 Audra L. Ayotte 6 Mike Cronin TREASURER 95 Bill LaPrade 86 M elissa M. Lichwan SECRETARY 134 Leslie A. Thom as 49 Monique Hoekstra

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Tuesday April 5, 1988

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Senior class activities

Ask Mike Three exams? No problem!

Dear Mike, as term end starts to approach, I see m yself having to face 3 exams on May 6th.

1 faced this situation in C -term and only passed 2 courses. How can I avoid this situation? 2 for 3 in C-term.

D ear 2 for 3, alm ost all the students have run into this problem before. W hen it hap­ pened to me, 1 went and talked to all three o f my professors and asked each if I could take the exam early. Usually one professor w ill under­ stand your problem and let you take the exam early, o r move the test back a day for the whole class. Before going to any professor, ask others in your class who are in the same situation.

R em em ber that there is strength in num bers. If talking to your professors doesn’t help, then see your advisor and the departm ent head for help. If your efforts are still fruitless then go see Ann G arvin in O ffice o f A cademic A dvis­ ing O ffice in Boynton Hall or Bernard Brown, V ice President o f Student Affairs, in Daniels

Hall.

Dear M ike, where do you get all your inform ation and why do you try to help people?

Inquisitive.

Dear Inquisitive, all my inform ation comes from my ow n knowledge or experience, the professionals in the field of the question, and/ or research sources in the library. Alm ost all professionals who I ask for help are willing to answ er my questions and provide free inform a­ tion about problem solving.

As for w hy I try to help people, I like it, and it is my nature. People alw ays ask me for advice, and m y answ ers usually help.

Readers, do you wonder how to tell your parents about bad grades or problem s you’ve been having? Write to “Ask M ike" for help.

Box 2700 or 2142.

by the Class o f '88 Officers

Senior Walk

Senior Dinner Dance

As some o f you may or may not know, there is a tradition with the Senior Class called the Senior Walk. This will be on Tuesday May 17.

It involves meeting in the wedge at 6:30 p.m. and taking a walk down Main Street and back up Park Avenue stopping at every bar or night club along the way. Cost depends on how many bars and drinks you can handle.

This y e a r’s Senior Dinner Dance will be held at the Sheraton Boxborough (about 1/2 hour drive). Buses will be available for those who do not wish to drive. The cost is $50.00 per couple and this includes a buffet dinner with three available entrees and choices of various vegetables and desserts. This cost also covers the price o f the bus and a D.J. T here will also be a cash bar. The date is Saturday, May 7, and tickets will be on sale in D aniels Hall from Tues. A pril 19 - Tues. May 3.

Senior Cape Trip This year we are asking groups o f seniors to make th eir own reservations at hotels on the cape. T here have been problem s in the past with getting reservations under a college name.

We will be providing the names o f three hotels in the H yannis/Y arm outh area that we w ould like to see most people registered at. The dates for this event are May 9-11. On those days there will also be planned a C lam Bake and various other activities.

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Parent's Night this year will be held at the Mt. W achusetts Country Club. The cost has not been determ ined yet, but information will be sent to the parents o f seniors with all the details. The date for this will be Friday May 20.

Graduation May 21, 1988, 1:00 in Harrington A udito­ rium .

If you have any questions about any o f the events listed please contact any o f your class officers: Dave M cKnight — President Jean Laiosa — Vice Pres.

Diane Fyrer — Treasurer Diane Brissette — Secretary Scott Bishop — C lass Rep. Questions concerning graduation can be directed to Bill Trask in the Placem ent Office (rem em ber that place?).

Also, if anybody has the time and wants to help plan these events, please contact one o f us.

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The South African - Israeli Connection The second in a series o f articles on South Africa and apartheid.

by Marc Rose Mathematics Instructor In 1977, U nited Nations R esolution 418 prohibited all m em bers from selling military equipm ent to South Africa (S.A .), and called on them to review existing m ilitary contracts with a view tow ard letting them wind dow n. In the first article in this series, w e saw how S.A. cam e to acquire such a pariah-like status.

Europeans, especially the Dutch and B ritish, who have settled in S.A. since 1652, have developed a N azi-like capitalist state in which 4.5 million whites profit from the extrem e econom ic, social, and political dom ination of about 28 million people o f A frican, A sian and “ m ixed” ancestry. This dom ination was per­ fected by the “apartheid” or separateness plat­ form o f the N ational Party, which has been in power since 1948.

Blacks, who cannot vote, are legally con­ fined to only 13% o f their ow n country, and m illions have been forcibly rem oved to segre­ gated urban tow nships or bleak rural areas.

These rural areas are called “ hom elands” by the governm ent in order to legitimize ghettoization. Four “hom elands” have been given a sham independence which no other country recognizes.

South Africa and Israel have used each other to maintain their strength in the face o f worldwdie condemnation.

But in spite o f the lip service which the world gives to opposing apartheid, many coun­ tries with ties to S.A. have retained them in one form or another. This article, whose data mostly come from Jane H unter’s Undercutting U .S .. and S a n c tio n s:_____ Is ra e l, th e S.A.fW ashinpton. D.D., 1987), is a case study o f how S.A. and Israel have used each other to maintain their strength in the face of w orld­ wide condem nation.

The U.N. R esolution of 1977 prohibiting m ilitary sales to S.A. came tw o years after the famous (or infam ous, depending on o n e’s point o f view) resolution calling Zionism “a form o f racism and racial discrim ination.” In 1976, apparently cem ented by their sharing o f pairah status, their mem bership in the same W estern bloc o f political and economic inter­ ests, their ties with the U.S., their positions at the north and southern gatew ays to A frica, and their Jewish populations (there are about 100,000 Jew s living in S.A.), Israel and S.A. signed the V orster agreem ents. These agree­ ments, which strengthened w hat had been an erratic pattern o f ties until then, had open economic and, probably, secret military as­ pects. The ironies o f such an alliance are many.

V orster had spent 20 months in prison during W orld W ar II for his Nazi sym pathies, and the apartheid program has many sim ilarities to that o f the Nazis in both theory and practice.

For exam ple, the yellow badges and skin tat­ toos worn by Jew s under Nazi control to iden­ tify them selves are paralleled by the S.A. Population Registration Act, which forces all South A fricans to submit to racial classifica­ tion (the categories are "W hite”, “ A sian”, “Coloured”, and “A frican”.) While the state may rarely openly proclaim that whites are the superior “race,” this attitude is clearly re­ flected in their policies, ranging from the “grand apartheid” o f the hom elands program to the inferior education given to blacks.

Since the V orster agreem ents were signed in 1976, S.A .-Israeli relations have filled out in five m ajor categories: (I) Israeli export o f weapons and weapons technology to S.A .; (2) Actual aid in both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons; (3) tw o-w ay non- lethal trade, much of which goes unreported in official figures; (4) S.A. investm ent in Israel; and (5) Israeli investment in S.A. Israeli w eapons sales have included a highly advanced 155 mm how itzer w hose design was illegally obtained from Space Research C orporation o f the U.S. This piece o f artillery, which S.A. can now produce and export, filled a key military gap illustrated in S.A .’s unsuccessful invasion o f A ngola in 1974 (S.A. troops occupy A ngola now, aiding Jonas Savim ibi’s U NITA guerilla force in their U.S.-aided insurrection against A ngola’s gov­ ernment. T heir occupation o f Southern A ngola parallels Israel’s occupation o f Southern Leba­ non to create a buffer zone against hostile forces.) Israel has also shared advanced fighter It ohnology with S.A ., some o f it from the U.S. and some o f it stolen from the French. Superior

arm or plating design and production is pursued through joint ventures like ISKOR (see below).

These and other exam ples o f tangible military aid, together with the sharing o f military and intelligence inform ation, have enabled Israel to help S.A. build its own arms industry and thus defend apartheid against sanctions. It

South Africa now boasts that it can produce several atom bombs a year. should be noted that Israel (and its patron, the U.S.) are not the only countries continuing to give m ilitary aid to S.A. France, G reat Britain, and W est Germ any are listed by H unter as aiding in S.A .’s nuclear program, and Belgium has continued to share machine gun designs.

M utual aid in nuclear matters has funnelled atom ic power and weapons technology from the w est through Israel to S.A. In return, S.A. has sent raw m aterials to Israel, and aided it in establishing distant test sites for nuclear weap­ ons. South Africa now boasts that it can produce several atom bombs a year.

Tw o-w ay nonmilitary trade may far exceed official figures, both by design and by the com plicity of international financial organiza­ tions. The International Monetary Fund lists $69 m illion in exports from Israel to S.A. and $142 m illion in other directions in 1983. Note that Israeli arm s sales to S.A., w hich com ­ prised about 35% o f total Israeli arm s sales betw een 1970 and 1979, are not included in these figures. In the S.A. to Israel direction, diam ond sales are not included because S.A. m arkets most o f the w orld’s diam onds (includ­ ing those o f the Soviet Union and Australia, the other members o f the w orld's Top Three) through the S.A. - controlled Central Selling O rganization in London. The CSO is a subsidary o f DeBeers, a S.A. company whose name is well-known in diam ond advertisem ents throughout the world. In 1983, Israel’s sales of polished industrial diam onds were about $1 billion, but in only about one-fifth o f this value was labor added. Thus, imports from S.A. were probably close to $800 million. Partici­ pation in the world diamond trade is also a m eans by which countries like India which purport to carry on an economic em bargo against S.A. in reality contribute to its income.

S.A . investm ents in the Israeli econom y in effect allow S.A. products to be exported with a “m ade in Israel” label. These exports take advantage o f Free Trade agreem ents between Israel and the U.S. and between Israel and the EEC (European “Comm on M arket” ). One object o f S.A. investm ent is the steel company ISKOR, a joint venture which is 51% Israeliow ned and 49% S.A.- owned. ISKOR aids S.A. in their arm or plating technology. Their diversity o f products, together with S.A .’s overall presence in the Israeli econom y - about 35% o f non-U.S. investment - may make it very difficult to determine just which Israeli exports contribute money to S.A. Israeli investm ents in S.A. include the joint venture Agri- Carm el, which shares famous Israeli agricultural technology with white, large-scale S.A. comm ercial farmers (note that it is next- to im possible for S.A. blacks to own land o r their own businesses). S.A. has pub­ licly stated that “ labor-saving” is not a priority in agriculture. This is possible because the S.A. econom y has millions o f unem ployed and underem ployed blacks to draw on, especially from the “hom elands.”

These cheap w ages are less a function o f some morally neutral equilibrium between supply and demand than of a system o f political econom y which deprives blacks o f their tradi­ tional means o f livelihood - land and livestock - while keeping them in a perm anent state o f underdevelopm ent.

Israeli money is also going into key industries like electronics which S.A. can use to compete in the world econom y and strengthen its military and po­ lice. Many other countries and corporations, e.g. IBM , have helped S.A. to “autom ate apart­ heid.” Israel has also begun to invest in “hom eland’’areas, including the nominally independent Ciskei. Israel has begun to build factories here and has sold airplanes to the black puppet governm ent. Investm ents by Israel, Taiwan, and other countries, which are a key part o f the h w ites’ blueprint for continued suprem acy, serve to strengthen apartheid in several ways: (1) investors profit greatly from the artificially cheap labor that is available (note that the returns to investm ent by U.S. multinational corporations in so-called “Third W orld” countries is often incredibly high); (2) the existence o f these investm ents lends an aura o f legitimacy to the “hom elands” as inde­

pendent political entities; and (3) the hom e­ lands* puppet governm ents, like that of Len­ nox and Sebe o f the Ciskei, are strengthened.

(These “governm ents”, like that of “C h ie f’ Gatsha Buthelezi in Kwa Zulay the Zulu “hom eland” in Natal, follow and enforce the white governm ent’s line in return for money and guns. T heir leaders use patronage and force to build support. Buthelezi, a darling of W estern governm ents and a recent guest of President John Silber of Boston University, heads a Zulu “cultural group” called Inkatha which has slaughtered anti-apartheid workers under the eyes o f the S.A. police). Israel also stands out as the only country in the world to offer “developm ent aid” for N am ibia (the for­ mer Germ an South W est A frica.) Namibia is occupied by S.A. troops so that the S.A. state can profit from its uranium and other raw materials and use it as a buffer zone against

The U.S. bears a special respon­ sibility to lead efforts fo r construc­ tive change in South and southern Africa.

Angola and other hostile nations on the “front­ line” in southern Africa.

In conclusion, Israel and S.A. maintain a wide range o f both open and unreported politi­ cal, econom ic, and m ilitary ties. These strate­ gic ties, which also funnel incom e and military technology from other countries into S.A., have helped S.A. to strengthen itself in some ways in the face of those international sanc­ tions which have already been passed. As the leader o f the W estern bloc and the chief source of military aid for Israel (about $ 1.8 billion per year), which is its lynchpin in the Middle East, the U.S. bears a special responsibility to lead efforts for constructive change in South and southern Africa. The U.N. resolution banning military sales to S.A., and the C om prehensive Anti-Apartheid Act passed by C ongress in 1986, provide legislative tools in the fight against apartheid. The latter Act directed

C ongress to consider cutting off U.S. military aid to any countries found by the State D epart­ ment in 1987 to have military ties with S.A. Clearly, either the State Department has been blind, or the C ongress and President Reagan have responded weakly to the challenge.

Since the Reagan A dministration and m ost of the U.S. Congress are staunchly com m itted to preserving the current world order in which the W estern bloc dom inates Latin America and as m uch o f the rest o f the “Third W orld” as it can, it is difficult to be optimistic that strong steps to expand sanctions will be taken in the near future. Only an infom ied and concerned A m erican populace can help redirect our nation’s foreign policy. We have so far been largely successful in preventing direct U.S. m ilitary intervention since Vietnam. The next and most difficult step is to expand and deepen the dialogue on the true, and not advertised, effects o f W estern political and econom ic policies on the rest o f the world.

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Improving on the Diamond

LA T IM E S SYNDICATE

by Isaac Asimov D iamonds are the quintessential gems: beautiful, sparkling, rare and expensive. Yet we seem to be on the threshold o f making diam onds com m on, cheap and very, very use­ ful.

Diamond is pure carbon and carbon is one o f the cheapest substances there is. Coal is carbon, for instance, and so is the graphite we use in pencils.

But if coal and diam ond are both carbon, what makes them so different?

It is entirely a question of how the carbon atom s are arranged. In every form o f carbon except the diam ond, th e carbon atoms are arranged loosely. In diam ond, how ever, the carbon atom s are arranged very compactly.

Every carbon atom in diam ond is tightly sur­ rounded by four other carbon atom s.

Carbon atoms are so sm all and, when tightly arranged, hold together so firmly that diam ond is the hardest substance known.

The trick is, o f course, to force the carbon atoms into that tight and compact arrangem ent.

To do it, you have to heat ordinary carbon to a very high tem perature so that the carbon atom s can move about more o r less freely, and then put the hot carbon under huge pressure in order to squeeze the atoms together tightly. The com bination of high tem perature and high pressure is hard to attain, and it w asn't until 1955 that scientists at G eneral Electric were able to convert ordinary carbon into small diam onds.

Is there any way. how ever, o f producing diam onds at low tem peratures and pressures?

One would suspect there isn 't, but Soviet chem ists have been experim enting for years with a novel and very im aginative technique.

The trick is to produce a gas that contains single carbon atoms and allow these to layer them selves on to som e other substance. For instance, you can begin with m ethane, a very com m on gas. Each m olecule o f m ethane c o n ­ tains a carbon atom attached to four hydrogen atom s.

If the methane is heated enough, the m ole­ cule is broken up into a m ixture of carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms. If the vapor is then passed over a sheet o f glass, for instance, the loose carbon atoms (which have a strong te n ­ dency to hook on to other atom s) will attach them selves to the atom s on the glass surface.

World news briefs

by Bob Vezis News Editor

MONDAY MARCH 28, 1988 W ashington While House sources deny allegations that they will release frozen Pana­ manian bank assets in exchange for a White House approved Ciovemmnient in Panama; N oriega's resignation and the dropping o f the indictm ents against Noriega.

Panama General N oriega's army sur­ rounded the Marriot in Panama City to contain reporters. In additon. other reporters were also detained.

Israel Israeli troops closed the W est Bank and G aza Strip to all reporters and Arabs. Only the military and residential Jews were perm it­ ted access to the areas. The Israeli G overnm ent expects more violence for this W ednesday, March 30, because it is a traditional day of Arab protesting.

TUESDAY MARCH 29. 1988 W ashington Two top Justice Department m em bers resigned today. An A ssociated Press report states that they are resigning in the wake o f an investigation into the activities of their immediate superior. Attorney G eneral Edwin M eese.

Panama Deposed President Arturo el Villa called upon the United States to send a com m ando unit to arrest G eneral Noriega.

Panamanian Canal workers staged a protest calling for support from the United States

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troops to protect them from G eneral N oriega’s nascent wrath.

Venuzuela In Caracus. 22 Latin American nations convened and stated that they would consider supplying G eneral Noriega with money if the United States does not unfreeze Panamanian assets immediately.

S w a g g a rt Reverend Jimmy Swaggart w as told by the A ssem blies o f God based in S pring­ field. Missouri that he will be suspended for one year. Swaggart has 30 days to respond.

R eagan President Reagan gave out aw ards for bravery to cancer victims. Among those receiving awards was his wife Nancy for her battle against breast cancer last year.

Dole Senator Bob Dole from Kansas re ­ nounced his presidential canidacy and gave his lull support to George Bush.

C o n tra s The House is considering a bill for humanitarian aid to the C ontras.

C o n n ecticu t G overnor M ichael Dukakis and Reverend Jesse Jackson are cam paigning hard today. Political pundits say that M ichael Dukakis must win with at least 50% of the vote if he is to stay in the presidential race.

W EDNESDAY MARCH 30, 1988 M eese President Reagan gave Attorney General Edwin Meese his full support in wake o f recent resignations o f 6 Justice Department members. Many Congressm en including a few Republicans are calling for M eese’s resigna­ tion. Meese is under investigation for a p o s­ sible connection to W edtech bribes. Iraqi p ip e­ line. and abuse of influence to obtain a $40,000

There will bean invisible layer of carbon on the glass that would be only one atom think.

If. however, the heated m ethane vapor continues to bathe the glass, additional carbon atom s attach them selves to the carbon atoms already present to form a layer several atoms thick. A fter years o f experim entation, the Soviet chem ists were gratified (and perhaps a little surprised) to find that the carbon atoms in the thicker layers took on the com pact diamond arrangem ent.

In other words, the glass was not merely coated w'ith carbon, it was coated with a dia­ mond film. And only high tem perature was needed to obtain the carbon-containing vapor.

No high pressures were necessary.

Im agine spectacles, or sun glasses, with a diam ond film. The film would be a perfectly transparent and unnoticeable. but the surface o f the glass would have the properties o f the surface o f a diam ond. It couldn't be scratched (except by another diamond).

If the process is made sufficiently fool­ proof and routine, it is perfectly conceivable to im agine that all quality glass w ould be made with a diam ond film — “diam ondized.” Such diam ondized glass, almost as cheap as ordi­ nary glass, would be immune to scratching and scuffing.

W hat's more, diamond film s could be form ed on surfaces other than glass. Diamon­ dized knives and razor blades would never lose their sharpness under ordinary use. Diamon­ dized bearings and machine tools would last

just about forever. And since diam ond is w aterproof and virtually untouched by chem i­ cals, diam ondized materials would be immune to rust and corrosion.

Diamond also is an electrical insulator and an excellent conductor of heat. This means that electronic devices can be diam ondized to good effect. Electronic equipm ent would in this way be less affected by stray electric fields and would not accum ulate heat.

Diamond can also be made into sem icon­ ductors by the proper addition of traces o f boron or phosphorus. Such sem iconductors would be resistant to radiation, transparent to ultraviolet light, and its electrons would move about must faster than those o f other sem icon­ ductors. It is possible that by proper diam ondizing, enourm ous advances can be made in com puter technology.

More surprising still is the word com ing out of the Soviet Union (which still leads the world in this technique) that new ways o f m aking diam ond films produce some sort o f distorted arrangem ent of the carbon atom s that seem s to m ake a film that is even harder than ordinary diam ond They are not sure what the distortion is or why it should make diam ond even harder, but if the initial reports are borne out, we can only guess at what more diam ondizing might do.

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Israel West Bank and Gaza Strip hospitals place 4 settlers killed and up to 70 wounded in violence which erupted on this traditional antiZionist Day also known as Land Day. Lebanon Israeli troops attacked a small Lebanese settlement. Amidst heavy fighting 7 M oslem guerillas were killed.

Panama The United States is considering new sanctions against Panama. U.S.S. Okinowa. a helicopter aircraft carrier passed through the Panama Canal en route to San Diego. General Noriega claims the warship a threat to his governm ent. The I()-day old strike has ended with food stores opening up: banks will open Thursday with limited service.

Congress The Senate Foreign Relations Com m ittee voted 7-2 in favor o f the proposed INF- Treaty which limits intermediate nuclear ranged missiles in Europe. The full Senate will vote on the treaty early next month.

Connecticut Michael D ukakis won the primary with 58% o f the vote: Jesse Jackson had 22c/i .

Jackson Jesse Jackson held a breakfast in which he met with several D emocrats in an effort to strengthen his Dem ocratic ties.

Swaggart Reverend Jim m y Swaggart staled that he will abide by the 3 month suspen­ sion sanctioned by his district Assem blies o f God rather than the I year suspension sanc­ tioned by the National Congress o f the Assem­ blies o f God. He stated that he will resume preaching after May 22.

country.

M eese A form er Justice Department e m ­ ployee stated that Reagan should talk to one o f the six resigning em ployees about the serious­ ness o f the Meese charges and why Reagan should fire Attorney General Edwin Meese.

C o n tra s The Senate passed a S48 million hum anitarian aid package for the Contras and children displaced because o f that war by a vote o f 87 to 7. The bill will now go to President Reagan.

Schultz Secretary o f State George S chult/ left for a meeting with lop Mid East officials in hopes of stim ulating a peace agreement.

UN Israeli's Am bassador to the United Nations resigned in the w ake of the Secretary o f State G eorge S chultz's talks w ith two PLO m em bers.

Israel Prime M inister Itzak Sham ir an­ nounced that the West Bank and G a /a Strip will be reopened tom orrow .

He also added,"W e will crush the revolutionaries."

M IA /K IA Viet Nam announced the return to the United States of the remains of 23 U.S. servicem en. This is the largest shipment of rem ains by the Viet Namese. The rem ains w ill be taken to Hawaii where Forensic Patholo­ gists will try to determ ine their identity. The number o f rem aining Ml A s are 2377. 1750 of whom were lost in Viet Nam. Panama The White House admits today a setback in ousting o f G eneral Noriega. Several US businesses payed back taxes to Panama.

G eneral Noriega used this money to pay his military. The W hite House also recom m ended that the next lax paym ents should go to an account that Noriega cannot touch.

Federal Governm ent A judge for the fed­ eral governm ent invalidated one of the seg­ ments of the new illegal aliens eligibility law.

This segment had stated that to be eligible for legalization the alien must have been known to Immigration officials before January 1. 1985.

Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize w inners were announced today.

THURSDAY MARCH 31, 1988 FBI The FBI announced the largest crack­ down on drug distributors. The tally for the day was 233 indictm ents with 130 in custody.

This ring distributed drugs from Italy to the United States through Pizza Parlors across the

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FRIDAY APRIL FOOLS DAY Meese The special prosecutor for Edwin Meese stated today that at this point in his investigations he does not have enough infor­ mation for any indictments.

C o n tra s President Reagan signed the $48 million hum anitarian aid package.

India President Ghandi stated today that the Sikh state o f Punjab may declare a state of em ergency. In the month of March alone 230 people have died. Y esterday's violence pro­ duced 32 dead and 18 wounded.

Israel The West Bank and G aza Strip reo­ pened today. V iolence erupted resulting in 2 deaths and 13 wounded.

South Africa Several protester silently marched against the governm ent o f President Botha.

C ongress The House" and the Senate com ­ promised on a trade bill.

The Gephardt Amendment which called for regulatory m eas­ ures against nations that purpose create a huge trade surpluses would result in mandatory tar­ iff increases was scratched from the final bill.

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Police arrest 75 during spring break riot (CPS) — T em pers and efforts to show off, apparently raised to explosive levels by intense heat, led to the second major riots o f the college spring break season the last weekend of March.

Palm Beach, Cal., police arrested 75 people and issued citations to 200 others during a weekend o f sporadic fighting and public drunkenness among the 50,000 students vaca­

tioning in town. “ When you have alcohol involved,” said police O fficer Karen Holtz, “m ouths start get­ ting bigger, and guys start thinking th ey ’re tougher than they are.”

Holtz said the mixture o f 100-degree heat and alcohol contributed to the disturbances.

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Holtz said the troubles in Palm Springs — where in 1986 hundreds o f students ran wild, vandalized property, threw rocks, assaulted female passersby and briefly took over the central business district before police moved in to arrest 708 people and issue 4,943 citations — were "nothing out o f hand."

After the 1986 riots. Palm Springs and Fort Lauderdale in Florida dropped their efforts to attract students for spring break. O nly Jamaica, the G ulf Coast of Texas and a handful of Florida tow ns now actively try to lure students to their beaches.

Mexico reportedly also is considering dis­ couraging American collegians from vacation­ ing in traditional places like M azatlan, Nogales and Rocky Point.

“There aren ’t very good feelings in Mexico about young A m ericans." said University of Arizona Dean o f Students Rosalind Andreas, who added students “are behaving as if they do n 't have to be responsible for their actions."

A ndreas's office, hoping to prevent stu­ dents from offending their hosts, in late Febru­ ary published a list o f trip guidelines advising ^students they don't have the sam e rights in Mexico as they do at home.

In D aytona Beach — by far now the most popular spring break locale, this year bringing an estim ated 500.(XX) students to town — 6 people have died this season.

The fatalities occured when vacationers, reportedly drinking, fell from hotel balconies.

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The AIDS test (C PS)— W hen 10 people live in a house they talk about a lot of communal stuff: paint­ ing murals on walls, feeding the neighbor’s dog grenades, cleaning the living room. A lot o f talk, not so much action. So when we agreed to take the A IDS test together, I kind of doubted w e’d follow through, even though it was one of our more important decisions.

None of us are heroin addicts but we haven’t exactly led cloistered lifestyles either.

The next thing I know the 10 of us are wandering around the county parking lot at the ridiculous hour o f 8 a.m., looking for 1080 Emeline St. We found 1050, 1060, 1079 and the Mental Health Services office. But where was 1080?

"1 think this is a scam. I think the FBI just made up this place to see w ho’d show up to take the AIDS test,” Ben said.

We finally find it: "W A ITIN G ROOM — FREE AND ANONYM OUS HIV A NTI­ BODY TEST IN G ." We enter, go to the desk and get inform ation sheets with fake names to guarantee anonymity.

Mine is Bob. Then we sit down on the blue cushy plastic benches to read the papers they gave us, and things aren’t so funny anymore. " I t’s not who you are, it’s what you do. Individuals known to be at risk are...” and it lists IV drug users who share needles, hem ophiliacs and others who have had blood transfusions, gay and bisexual men and everyone else and their mother who doesn’t practice safe sex and have had multiple sexual partners o f either sex. And the real heart-stopper for me: sexual partners of any of the above individuals.

It goes on to explain what test results mean.

"Positive” indicates y o u ’ve been infected with the AIDS virus and your body produced anti­ bodies. In most people, this means an active virus is in (he body and can be passed on to others. But positive doesn’t necessarily mean you have or will get AIDS or AIDS Related Com plex, or that you're immune to it.

“N egative” m eans no antibodies to the AIDS virus were found in your body at the time of testing. The obvious conclusion is you’re not infected, right? But you're not home free yet. It could m ean you've had contact with the virus but haven't become infected and haven't produced antibodies. O r it could mean you have been infected but haven't made any anti­ bodies. It takes most people 2 to 8 weeks to produce them after infection.

I'm mulling over this dreary information when I hear a voice calling “ Bob.” My friends nudge me, “ Hey th at's you.” I rise, go with the nice young man. Didi is sitting with Ben, face hidden in his dreads. She looks like I feel.

Down corridors, past closed doors, open doors, into a sm all sterile room used for family planning. As he tells m e about AIDS, goes over everything in the sheet, the anxiety deepens.

Then the questions start: “H ave you ever used intravenous drugs or shared needles?”

T h at’s easy. “ No.” “ Have you had more than 1 partner in the last 5 years?”

“Y es.” The man doesn’t smile. Check.

“W ere any o f them bisexual or intravenous drug users?”

I suck in air. "Probably.” He doesn’t look up. Scratch-scratch. A nother crisp X. “ Have you ever had a blood transfusion?”

Stare at his hand, forget to breath. “Yes.” The man looks up. tells me the blood is tested in Santa Clara. Tells me if it tests posi­ tive they send it to Berkeley to retest. Tells me, either way, it’ll take 2 weeks. I schedule an appointm ent to get the results. He goes to get the nurse.

The nurse enters, friendly, asks how I ’m doing. I do n 't tell her I hate this particular test, hate what it means, how the epidem ic is far from over. Hell, the generation before me slept around and got herpes and cold sores. We screw around, get AIDS and die.

Two weeks until the results.

I feel faint.

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Tuesday April 5,1988

ISPORTS Two new football coaches added to staff (WPI News Service)-Jack Siedlecki, WPI head football coach designate, has appointed Robert Benson o f M orgon, Vt., and Kevin Morris o f W estfield, NJ assistant football coaches. Both come to WPI from the coaching staff of Albany State College.

Benson will serve WPI as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach for the 1988 season. He attended M arietta College in Ohio, where he played football until suffering a seri­ ous ankle injury in his freshman year. He then transferred to the University o f Vermont and began aquiring coaching experience. Before graduating in 1986 with a degree in history, Benson served as assistant football coach at Essex Junction (Vt) High School for one year

and at South Burlington (Vt) High School for tw o years.

Benson continued his coaching career while earning a m aster’s degree in history from Albany State. He coached the Albany defen­ sive backs in 1986 and the defensive line in 1987.

Morris will be the quarterback and receivers coach for the 1988 season. He attended W il­ liams College in W illiamstown. Ma., where he majored in history and played football and baseball for four years. He received his bache­ lors degree in history from W illiams in I986.

M orris then joined the Albany State football staff where he coached the quarterbacks and receivers for two years.

Golf spring preview (WPI News Service)- Coach Mel M assucco is looking forward to the golf season with an optim istic eye. W hile he has a lot o f experi­ ence retum ig from last year, the team faces a tough schedule that includes Holy Cross.

Springfield College, and MIT. The Engineers will miss senior captain

Duane DeFabio o f Danvers, M assachusetts who is away on a co-op assignm ent. Junior Mark Bugbee o f W est Brookfield. Ma. has been named the new captain and will play the num ber one position. Senior Rich W holey o f Durnham. NC and junior Tim Brindam our o f North Kingston. RI„ arc projected to fill in the num ber-tw o and num ber-three positions.

Softball team hopes for good season (W PI News Service)-H ead coach Sue C hapm an hopes the women can sustain the mom entum with which they finished the 1987 season. Last year's team struggled through a rain-shortened season which ended with victo­ ries in three of the last four games.

Returning pitchers are ju n io r Deb Carelli o f West Boylston. M assachusetts sophom ore Kim C loutier o f Berlin, New H ampshire.

Carelli pitched superbly in her last four gam es

and will be counted on to help lead the Engi­ neers to their first winning season in three years. The team will also be looking to the outstanding glove and bat o f their leading batter in 1987, junior shortstop C arrie Nolet o f Berlin, New Hampshire.

O ther key players include senior catcher Eileen Sullivan o f West Springfield. M assa­ chusetts and left-fielder Jean Laiosa o f Brain­ tree. M assachusetts.

[CLUB CORNER AFROTC Ops Plan for the Week o f 3 April: W ednes­ day, 6 April, LLAB. 1530 al Holy C ross Field House, in Service Dress. Friday. 8 April: Alternate LLab. 1545 at the DET. uniform optional.

ETA KAPPA NU Congratulations are in order fo r Seniors: Willard Howard, Richard Laferrierre. Jon W aples. Doug W illard, and Scott W olpert: and Juniors: Mark Bugbee. M ike G oodhue, Mike Haley, Mike Legere, M ike Siciliano. and Ronald Skoletsky. At the Spring Initiation on April 22 at H iggins House, these electrical engineering students will be inducted into the honor society.

O ther future events include the excursion to Fenway Park to see the Sox clobber the Texas Rangers on April 17. All arrangem ents should have been made by now. On April 27, w e will be holding a cookout during EE Day. Anyone who wishes to volunteer some time in organiz­ ing or running the event should contact Eric Pauer ASAP. A date has not yet been set for the G olf Tournam ent, contact Dan Bourget for more information.

Next year, the IEEE, HKN. and Professor Hakimashadi are hoping to produce a new spa­

per for the prom otion of interaction among the E E ’s on campus. On Thursday at 4:30 in the AK lounge, Don G ale will be holding a meeting to set goals for the paper and to organize interested people into a staff. ALL interested m em bers o f the W PI comm unity are welcome to attend.

HILLEL On Sunday, March 27. m em bers o f WPI Hillel met to vole for next year’s officers. They will include Ken Bromfield: president, Abe Fainsod: vice president, Rob M endelsohn: secretary, Avi Klinger: treasurer, and Aaron Konvisser: S.A.B. representative. Also at the m eeting, a letter from the Soviet refusenik to whom members o f Hillel wrote was read to the rest of the group. The college aged refusenik, w ho has been trying to obtain a visa to leave his country, wrote that he was interested in attend­ ing medical school in the United States. A second letter has been written and will be sent

by Hillel to provide him with some information on American medical schools. Hillel will be holding movie nights every other Tuesday night at 9:00 in the campus religious center where food and refreshm ents will be served.

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Normandin named ECAC all-star (WPI News Release)— Jody N ormandin, a sophom ore biology and biotechnology m ajor, has been named to the 1988 ECAC Division III New England W om en's Basketball A ll-Star Second Team.

Normandin was the 1987 ECAC Division III New England W om en’s Basketball Rookie of the Year. She spent m ost of the 1988 season ranked second in the nation on the NCAA Division III list o f players with the highest

three-point field goal percentages and threepoint field goal made per game.

She single-handedly led WPI to the number one spot in the nation on the Division III team three-point field goal percentage chart.

Norm andin ended the season w ith a threepoint field goal percentage of 49.6% . She averaged 2.6 three-pointers per gam e. The E ngineer’s three-point field goal percentage was 49.27r.

Fire protection engineering: a fast-track major (W PI N ews S ervice)— "Fire protection engineering is one of the best kept secrets in career education today." according to David A. Lucht, director o f the C enter for Firesafety Studies at WPI. In fact. Lucht notes, the demand for engineers trained in the field o f fire protection may exceed the supply by a facor o f 10 to I. “em ployers c a n ’t find fire protection engineers fast enough,” Lucht said. “And it's distressing to realize that young men and women facing career choices rarely hear about this expanding field."

T o help narrow that gap, WPI. in associa­ tion with the Aetna C asualty and Surety C om ­ pany and the Society o f Fire Protection Engi­ neers. has developed tw o video productions designed to introduce high school and college students to the types of careers fire protection engineers can pursue and to show them how to prepare for those careers. “ Fire protection engineers work in a w ide variety of settings."

Lucht said. "They help m ajor corporations and governm ent agencies protect their facilities form the danger o f fire. They assist architects and designers in applying firesafety principles to the design of buildings and transportation systems. They work as consultants to probe the causes o f fires and explosions. Through NASA and m ajor aerospace contractors, they work to protect our future habitats in space from lire.

They perform engineering activities in the insurance industry and, as researchers, they explore the very nature o f fire.” Fire protection engineering is an interdisciplinary field. Lucht adds, com bining chem istry, m athem atics, physics, mechanical and civil engineering, architecture and even m anagem ent science. It is also a field that m akes use of advanced technology, such as com puter simulation.

One o f the two new videos. Careers in Fire Protection Engineering (8.5 min.), provides an overview o f career options, job functions and educational opportunities in fire protection

engineering and engineering technology. The second production. Fir Engineering at WPI (10 min.). covers the same material, but also de­ scribes educational opportunities at WPI in more detail. WPI offers the only fire protec­ tion engineering m aster's degree program in North America. Al W PI. high school graduates can lake a com bined B.S./M .S. (3/2) program, leading to a bachelor's degree in traditional engineering and a m aster’s degree in fire pro­ tection engineering— in 5 years.

College graduates can earn the fire protection engineer­ ing m asters degree in as little as 12 months. " W e ’re excited about these videos and their potential to educate young men and women about the FPF. field." David A. Kocher, presi­ dent of A etna’s C om m ercial Insurance Divi­ sion, said. Kocher has been active in the developm ent of fire protection engineering program s at WPI for several years as a m em ber of the WPI Firesafety Board of Advisors.

R olf Jensen, president. R olf Jensen & Asso­ ciates. Inc.. president of the Society o f Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and a m em ber of W P I's Firesafety Board, said, "this is the first time SFPE has had a professionally developed educational tool to make our profession known to the next generation o f engineers. We plan to distribute copies o f the Careers in FPE videos to our 40 chapters w orldw ide.”

A prem ier showing of the video is planned in conjunction w ith the SFPE Annual Meeting in Los Angeles the week o f May 16. Partial funding for the video productions was also provided by the Texaco Philanthroopic Foun­ dation and the SFPE Educational and Scien­ tific Foundation and the SFPE Educational and Scientific Foundation. Copies o f either video are available free on loan. They can be ob­ tained as .5 inch VHS or .75 inch video cas­ settes, or as I6m ni films, from C areers in Fire Protection Engineering. Society o f Fire Pro­ tection Engineers, 60 Batterym arch Street, Boston, MA 0 2 1 10.

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by Troy Nielsen

Well, last week in this column, 1 didn't really complain as much as I would have liked to, so I’ll make up for it this week. I thought I’d rag on some of the fools o f the music world. The list is long, so let’s get to it. By the way, this list is no particular order.

My friends on the floor and I sometimes play this game where you have to name the artist of the song while someone switches the station.

You can only listen for about 5 seconds, so you have to think quick. I've learned a Ipt about modem music from this game, namely the fact that today’s ballads all sound the same. Let’s face it, the ballads today are quite generic in nature. Consequently, I find them exceedingly boring. Here’s the recipe for an 80’s ballad: I electronic piano sound (no variations please), electronic drums with no syncopation, alternat­ ing male/female verses with both singing dur­ ing the chorus. Oh, think of some title that is the same as the chorus that is about undying love.

Play often, because the finished product will only be popular for at most, a month.

Led Zeppelin was one of the most popular bands of the late 60’s and 70’s. It’s hard to say when people will start asking, “Led who?” For reasons unknown, certain groups feel that if they blatantly copy the Zeppelin sound until kingdom come, they too will be as popular as Led Zep. Sorry, it doesn’t work that way.

A short while ago, a lot of groups that used to be well-known started creeping out of the woodwork. My theory is that they ran out of money, so they have to make some hits to survive. The bad thing about the comeback bands is that the majority of them don't retain their original sound, which is why people liked them in the first place. But now they get this 80’s sound, and they lose their fans. I hope they made some money in the process, though!

H ere's something that really pisses me off.

There’s a lot of singers in the music industry today, and if they are popular enough, they get more hype than the crowning of the Queen of England. The media follows them around like they were God or something. Enough already!

Finally, there is always some “teen idol” who gets a lot of airplay when he or she make their debut, singing a basic 6 0 ’s dance cover.

Wow, a child prodigy! As a general rule, if you’re younger than 20, or older than 40, you can count on as much as twice the hype the average star gets.

Until next week, keep cranking those Tif­ fany and Michael Jackson hits!

Peking Acrobats to Appear at Worcester Auditorium (W.A. News Release)— Direct from the People's Republic of China, THE PEKING ACROBATS are set to appear at the Worcester Memorial Auditorium (I Highland Avenue, Worcester), Thursday, April 14th at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets at $18.50 and $16.50 ($2.00 off for children 12 and under) will be available imme­ diately at box office prices at M.T. Plante Ticket Agency (321 Main Street) until the day of show, when box office prices will be available at the Worcester Memorial Auditorium box office.

Tickets are also available at all Ticketron outlets, all Strawberries Record Stores, out of Town Tickets in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Bostix, Gracia Tickets in Worcester, and by phone through Teletron (1-800-382-8080) and Ticketcharge: 752- 0888. Special discounted rates are also available for organizations and groups of 20 or more persons. For more infor­ mation, call Mark Plante at M.T. Plante Ticket Agency at 752-0888.

Twenty-five acrobats will provide a show which has thrilled audiences world-wide. They range in age from fifteen to thirty. However, the leading acrobat with the group this year is a sixty one year old veteran, CHE LI, who as­ tounds audiences by appearing in virtually every act of the show. CHE LI was introduced to acrobatics at the age of eight, and was imme­ diately obsessed by this Chinese art form which dates back 2,000 years. His fascination led to almost six decades of dedication which has included rigorous training, teaching, designing and performing.

Now, at an age when most acrobats and dancers would be retired to teaching, CHE LI continues to perform feats of unbelievable prowess both with THE PEKING ACROBATS and in his one man show, which he tours regu­ larly around China. Also unusual is the fact that his wife and three children are not acrobats, since in China, it tends to become a family affair. CHE LI preferred to avoid potential

WPI Cultural Festival (WPI News Release)— WPI will hold its Fourth Annual Cultural Festival on Wednes­ day, April 6, 1988 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Alden Hall. The Festival is sponsored by the International Student Council at WPI and the Dean of Students Office.

At the Festival there will be exhibits with art items, typical souvenirs, posters etc. from over 25 countries. We will have live presen­ tations of Latin Dances, Asian Dances, Mar­ tial Arts Demonstrations, Cultural Fashion Shows, Folkloric Songs and more.

This year we are fortunate to have Ranjana and the Nataraj Dancers perform classical In­ dian dances at the Festival. The Nataraj Danc­ ers are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

This program is funded in pan by a grant from the Zayre Corporation, The Endowment for the Arts, and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities, through the New Eng­ land Foundation for the Arts.

At noon City Councilor Raymond McGrath is scheduled to visit the Festival and bring greetings from the City of Worcester.

For more information contact Assistant Dean of StudentsTom Hartvig Thomsen (793 5201).

Foothills Announces Second Season

by Jeffrey Coy Features Editor Already enjoying a spectacularly popular first season, the Worcester Foothills Theater Company recently announced the planning of its second season. Set to begin in October 1988, the season will feature seven shows, each start­ ing with several preview performances fol­ lowed by a grand opening and then a three week run, with eight performances weekly.

Nearly 18,000 people have already enjoyed the theater’s offerings, and early subscriptions for these people and the general public are now available. For those who subscribe, tickets for all seven shows may be purchased for the price of five and each play can be seen for as little as $6.79 per ticket. Because all of the seating in the 349-seat house is reserved, the earlier subscrib­ ers will receive the best seating choice.

Executive Producer and Artistic Director Marc P. Smith announced several of the plays that are now being considered for the 1988- 89 season: "Greater Tuna”: a contemporary “tour de force” where two actors portray the bizarre in­ habitants of a small Texis town.

“The Diary of Anne Frank”: The riveting drama based upon one of literatures most pow­ erful works. “ Broadway Bound” : the third part of Neil Simon’s semi- autobiographical trilogy, this continues where “ Biloxi Blues.” on the foot­ hills stage last month, left off.

“The 1940’s Radio Hour”: a behind the scenes look at a musical variety hour broadcast live from the Hotel Astor's Algonquin Room on December 21,1942. Audiences are sure to get their fill of singing, dancing, and funny com­ mercials.

In addition, the company is considering another new work or classic to round out the season.

For those wishing more information, a sub­ scription brochure can be obtained by calling the Theatre at 754-3314, or by stopping by the box office in the courtyard of the Worcester Center Galleria.

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problems of favoritism amongst the group by discouraging his children from performing. “I was a group leader for twenty some years while my children were small,” he explained. "The trust and confidence of my group were most im portant.”

CHE LI excels both as an acrobat and a comedian, as audiences discover when they see his crowd pleasing Charlie Chaplin, moments stolen from his one man show on Chaplin.

Comedy like this works perfectly in a show packed with breathtaking and death defying feats such as wire walking, the tower of chairs, and the seemingly impossible teeter board bal­ ancing.

The PEKING ACROBATS are China’s most gifted tumblers, contortionists, jugglers, cyclists, and gymnasts. They are bringing their

2000 year old tradition of acrobatics to North America for an extensive 100 city tour that began in Hawaii in January and will end in California in May. Their ability to perform the astounding is rooted in centuries of Chinese history and folk art. Records of acrobatic acts can be found as early as the C h’in Dynasty 225207 B.C. Acrobatics originated from people’s daily life, drawing from their experiences in work, war, and sacrificial rights. During the warring states period, acrobatics became wide­ spread, as it was believed that practicing acro­ batics could steel people’s will and increase people’s strength and accuracy of movement.

The Peking Acrobats will also be appearing at The Berklee performance Center in Boston on Wednesday, April 27th and Thursday, April 28th at 7:30 p.m.

(WAM News Release)— The Worcester Art Museum will present After Hours: Worcester Art Museum Staff Exhibition, a show of works ol art created by members of its staff, on view to the public in the Higgins Education Wing, March 14 to April 17.

The exhibition is organized by a committee co-chaired by Sally Freitag. Registrar, and John Rossetti, Preparator, and will represent the crea­ tive and diverse talents of the staff during their hours away from the museum.

Many staff are professional artists or studied art in school, several are graduates of the School of the Worcester Art Museum. Other staff just enjoy creating objects, though their museum jobs may not reflect their hidden talents. Many members of the staff who by day are museum professionals, spend considerable time creating artwork after hours.

In the words of museum director, James A. Welu. “The museum is blessed with an excel­ lent staff, who have demonstrated their creativ­ ity in so many areas, not the least of which is the making of art.” The exhibition is expected to span a variety of media from painting, sculp­ ture, and photography to textiles.

For example, the Director does watercolors, the Director of Administration and Planning is a professional ceramicist. Two of the Preparators are painters and, most surprisingly, the Curator of Photography practices photography.

All staff members are eligible to enter.

Entrants will submit up to three samples of their work from which a maximum of two will be selected by a jury for the exhibition, made up of curators and staff not submitting works them­ selves.

The spring 1988 exhibition is the second staff show in recent years; members mounted an exhibition in March 1985. However, for many artists who joined the staff recently this will be the first time that their work will be seen by their colleagues and the public; others are well known to the community.

The Worcester Art Museum is open Tues­ day through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday I to 5 p.m. For further information contact the Mu­ seum at 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609; telephone 799-4406.

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| GREEK CORNER K yle B renner T h eta Chi Fraternity W PI D ean Street W orcester, M A D ear Kyle: T he W orcester C hapter o f the M arch of D im es w ishes to extend its thanks to Theta Chi for their involvem ent in the 1988 W achusett M ountain Fun Fest. T heta Chi m em bers did an excellent jo b soliciting donations for the M arch o f D im es.

I trust that the m em bers o f your Frater­ nity enjoyed the day long festivities. O nce again, thank you for being a part o f this effort. It w as a pleasure w orking w ith you.

V ery truly yours, L auren M cLean C om m unity M anager Kyle Brenner, Philanthrophy Chairman Erik Maki Theta Chi 85 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA, 0I609 D ear K yle and Erik: A very special thank you to T heta Chi for providing the back-up for o u r callers during seven nights o f the Y W C A 1988 Phonathon. Y ou w ere all terrific! It w as no sm all task to m anage balloons, tend the back door, do occasional calling and, help

to keep the spirits high. Y our flexibility and w illingness to take on the task was truly rem arkable.

T he com m unities w here you will settle after college will certainly benefit from y o u r volunteer spirit. Y ou understand that non-profit o rg an izatio n s exist because there is a com m ittm en t from the co m m u ­ nity. W e hope you co n tin u e your good w ork.

On b eh alf o f the staff. B oard, v o lu n ­ teers, residents, ch ild ren , scholarship re­ cipients, special program trainees, and all th o se who en jo y o u r recreational program s, a heartfelt thanks.

E dna P. S p en cer President C orinne C. T u rn er Chair, Y W C A A nnual Fund

X l p h a GAMMADELTA We’d like to congratulate the newly elected officers of AICHE: Lori DeBlois-President, Michelle Petkers - Vice President and Patty Newcomer - Junior Representative. Great job - roses to you all! Also, congratulations to Christin Schaefer for her recent pinning to the KAP brother Ed Lagoy.

Don’t forget to wear your letters and show your support on Wellness Day, April 14th in Alden. Spring Weekend is only 3 SHORT weeks away. This means it’s time to start finding a date for the JP. Also, get psyched for a fun weekend on the quad with chariot races, live music and our booth.

Happy 20th Nancy! Congratulations to

M ike Bucci and Earl Bob for w inning D irty Pictures at the A G D /Sig E p happy h o u r last week - w e ’re looking forw ard to m any m ore T uesday Bashes. D eb, co n g ratu la­ tions on y o u r co m p letio n o f C -term . The B arrio Little Sisters w ould like to apologize to the B arrio B rothers for the recent ca n ce l­ lation o f o u r pledge class and hell day. W e are sincerely regretfully sorry. Lynn - H ow bad d o we w ant th o se pretzels? W ay to go Sarah!! Y ou seem to be q u ite interested in K A P lately, the baseball team too - W h a t’s up?

PHI SIGMA SIGMA H as everyone heard the latest? It’s so incredible I can hardly b elieve it m yself!!!

Phi S ig Sig is going to be even better. H ow can w e im prove on PE R FE C T IO N , you may ask ? Just look at the New com m ittee heads: Asst. Pledge - M oe M adden (T he Red B aron) A sst. Rush - T am m y Perry Social - K risten B aierlein P hilanthropy - K im S cheffer H istorian - D onna “ W ild W om an” R oche A sst. T reasu rer - K athy Palm eirie Fund R aiser - Sufe M itchell A lum ni - M o M urphy Song L eader - A shton Sisson H ouse - K ris S zw aya IFC Rep. - Jen D onohoe S cholarship - L eandra C lark A ctivities - Patty D ube

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P ublic R elations - H eather J O rders - M aria “T he G re ek ” K aranikolov

Judicial Board: M em ber at large - Leslie Reed S en io r - Heidi Sellers Ju n io r - M oe K elly S ophm ore - Cari W indt H ope everyone got lot o f chocolate from the E aster Bunny! N ow y ou have to d o A erobics. G et psyched fo r D -term cooko u ts, PHI SIG SIG B each C lub. H ey C oum ou - h o w ’s your “ S pace C h im p ” B oyfriend!!!

SIGMA PI H ello, again, and w elcom e back from D aytona, all you idiots w ho w ent to support o u r ow n “ S pinner D ude” and sexpose.

S o m e new s from the hom e fro n t... T e c h -4 1 is O P E N , let’s catch som e rays. A lso, N A Z finally g o t a y oung pussy (I m ean the K A T !) in his room . The q u estio n is - how long is it going to be there? F lo o r H ockey team is undefeated - so o th er team s are “ im p ro v in g .” - so, it w o n ’t be long before T H E D E A D are in tow n - a n d yours truly is looking fo r som e reaso n ab ly priced tickets to this psychedelic experience. H ave a happy Easter! See you n ex t week!

TAU KAPPA EPSILON C ongratulations to M ark and E llen and to G u id o and M elanie on th is sp rin g ’s pinnings.

T K E intram urals are o f f to a great start fo r D term . (A ) team so ccer is 2-0 after w ins o v er TC and S P and (B ) team w on its o p en in g m atch o v er ATO. (A ) team so ft­ ball is 1-0 after an o p ening day w in 12-6 o v er KAP. A nd, o f course, the T K E (A ) B o w lin g team , C h ris B o z z in i, P ete C h apm an, Steve D elusky, Phil B ourgeois, and G eorge H osey finished second overall in intram ural com petition.

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W e ’ve got a few sports scores to report from the w orld o f intram urals. B -team flo o r hockey had a 2-1 victo ry over D2 w h ile A -team w on their opening gam e ag ain st SA E 4-2. A -team so ccer is un d e­ feated w ith a 4-1 w in over G P and an 11-0 shut-out over SA E. Last w eekend T heta C hi held its Run F or Life to benefit the L eu k em ia Society. At the cerem o n y held at G ov ern m en t C enter, B oston, we presented the L eukem ia S ociety w ith a check for $4,900. W e w ould like to con g ratu late D ave Latham for for receiving his p ilo t’s slot in A ir Force R O T C an d w ish him luck at Field T raining in K ansas this sum m er.

L ast year at this tim e, E p silo n ch ap ter hosted the T heta C hi regional co nvention.

T h is w eekend we will be p acking up and road tripping to E ta ch ap ter at th e U n iv er­ sity o f Rhode Island for the regional. V ari­ ous highlights shall inevitably follow .

W elcom e to w eek three o f D -term and o n ly 23 days o f class left! (N ot including w eekends, o f course) T h e Pi T au Z etes w ould like to thank the B ro th ers from the Phi E psilon ch ap ter w ho stopped at o u r house on their w ay to the annual Irish W ake party at M cGill in M ontreal. T ell us how it w as! W e ’d also like to thank C am pus C lassics for finally getting us o u r sp o rts­ w ear. after that slight delay (you co u ld ’ve gotten it here faster if it had gone to the M oon first...). N evertheless, all w e can say is. “ Oh - Eat M e!!”

Brad - exactly w hat d id that cop on the phone w ant w ith you - yo u know . O fficer C hestna. Probably nothing, right C aptain H erbalife? T hanks for a good one Pete.

T hanks also to BK for initiating a scorching gam e o f T ales last W ednesday, although I m y se lf could not take part. T h an k s to T om fo r giving the P urity T est, and helping us realize ju st how m uch soul-clean sin g som e o f us have to do- except, o f course, you K elly.

O n a parting note, th an k s again to the co n tin u ed house support o f Z ete intram u­ rals. All our love to H arry w h o ’d “still be alive if he drove a C a d illac,” and I am outta here...

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E xcellent pay plus w orld travel. H aw aii, B aham as, C aribbean, etc. Call N ow: 206736-0775 Ext. C362.

H IR IN G ! Federal governm ent jo b s in y o u r area and overseas. M any im m ediate o p enings w ithout w aiting list or test. $1568,000. P hone call refundable. (6 0 2 )8 3 8 8885. Ext. 7679.

H O M E W O R K E R S W A N TED ! T O P PA Y ! C.I. 121 24th A ve., N.W . S uite 222 N orm an, O K 73069.

S U M M E R JO B S FO R TH E E N V I­ R O N M E N T : Earn 2500 to 3500 PIR G s hirin g sum m er sta ff in 60 cities including W orcester, B oston, DC, C hicago, S eattle, B erkely, B oulder. C o u rier opportunities also available. C all D an toll free 1-800622 -2 2 02. In W orcester call W ill 7561936.

Pagem aker V 2.0 for M acintosh for sale.

Best offer. C all N ew sp e ak , 793-5464.

P art-tim e em ploym ent for sm all co m ­ pany. L ooking for som eone to help p ro ­ gram com pany needs in A pple II. Call Mary Jean at 792- 9895.

Newspeak will run classifieds Iree for all WPI students, faculty, and staff. Free classifieds are limited to six (6) lines Ads of a commercial nature and ads longer than six lines must be paid tor at the off campus/commercial rate of $3.00 for the first six lines and 50 cents per additional line Classified ads must be paid tor in advance.

No information which, in the opinion of the Newspeak editors, would identify an individual to the community will be printed in a personal ad The editors reserve the right to refuse any ad deemed to be in bad taste or many ads from one group or individual on one subiect The deadline tor ads is the Friday before publication All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be accompanied by the writer's name, address and phone

W A IT E R S W A N T E D . 4 0 Y ard Line Pub, W est B oylston, W orcester Line RT 12. E xcellent tips. Call 853-0789 and ask for Jim G irouard or Bill Paquette.

A PA R T M E N T S FOR REN T. 3-4 bedroom s o ff H ighland St. A lso threedecker w ith three apartm ents, all have three bedroom s. Call 835- 2806.

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N ice 2-3 bedroom apartm ents, near cam pus. G as heat, appliances, parking.

Year lease. Call Shea Realty - 755-2996.

R O O M FOR R EN T. N ear W PI. Fur­ nished, utilities included. $55 per w eek or $220 per .month. N on-sm okers only. Call 757-6814.

FOR S A L E : M A X IM A A M /FM S T E ­ REO C A S S E T T E - 18 Mos. old-$75-w as $175 new . LCD clock display, 6 m em ory presets, au to reverse, seek... JE N SE N 80 W att co areial speakers 6X 9s - 1 yr old. $75. If interested call Tim 792-3116.

For Sale: 640K Eagle S PIR IT IBM C om patible System w ith Internal 1200B Hayes M odem . 120 C.P.S., N .L.Q . Printer, and G reat Softw are. A sking $900 or best offer. C all G ordon at 792-1081 o r stop by Fuller 7.

FOR SA LE - K aw azaki N inja 600.

5 8 0 0 M iles - $2,500.00. Call T om at 7571767.

C R A G A R W H E E L S FOR SALE: 15x6 with P 2 15/75-15 Tires in go o d condi­ tion. Will fit m ost 5-bolt patterns - all for $ 2 0 0 o.b.o. Scott 755-0463.

FOR SA L E : 1974 Plym outh Valiant. $500.00 or best offer. R espond to C G ould on the DEC o r W PI Box 945.

•• For Sale: “ Lite on ta p ” B eer Sign. In perfect condition. Only used fo r 12-20 hours. O riginal price$10()by will ta k e $75.

Call G ordon at 792-1081.

FOR SA L E . 3 family clo se to W PI. 5/ 5/6, three bedroom s each, separate utilities.

10 year old roof, alum inum sided. Room for off-street parking. G ood location, long term investm ent. $169,000. H om e and Hastings A ssociates - Shirley N ew ell 7565761.

FOR SA LE: 6-E L D O R A D O Fiber­ glass belted - less than 5,000 m iles on them m ounted and balanced. 2 are snow tires $100 for all six. Call Tim 792-3 1 16.

S T U D E N T C A R PE N T E R S are now available to custom design & build your hom e im provem ent needs, deck s, ad d i­ tions, and sidew all. Many references av ail­ able. Please contact box 1504 or call 7421884 and ask for Mark.

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Tuesday April 5,1988

What’s Happening Tuesday, April 5,1988 9:00 p.m. Coffeehouse with Paul Strowe, Gompei’s Place 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. Campus Ministry Gathering in the Wedge

Wednesday, April 6,1988 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fourth Annual Cultural Festival sponsored by the International Student Council and the Dean of Students Office. A variety of exhibits, folkloric music and dancing, cultural fashion show etc. Alden Hall. Admission Free.

12:00 p.m. Weekday Mass held in the Campus Religious Center.

7:30 p.m. “Take Back The Night” March. Women’s Energy Against Violence meeting at Worcester Y.W.C.A., in Salem Square.

8:00 p.m. Jennifer Eley, Pianist. Salon, La Maison Francaise, Assumption College.

9:00 p.m. The New Thing - Arthur, Gompei’s Place, $ 1.00

Thursday, April 7,1988 7:30 p.m. Folk Group meeting at the Campus Religious Center.

Saturday, April 9,1988 7:30 p.m. WPI Lacrosse vs. University of Rhode Island, (H) 9:00 p.m. and Midnight SOCCOMM Special Film Feature, Rocky Horror, Alden Hall, $2.00

Sunday, April 10,1988 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass held in Alden Hall 6:00 p.m. Sunday Mass held in Founders Hall 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. The Reel Thing - Stripes, Alden Hall, $1.50

Monday, April 11,1988 4:00 p.m. Symposia - College Science Teaching - Dr. David N. Harpp from McGill University: “Classroom Demonstrations in Science Teaching” . Dr. Leonard W. Fine from Columbia University: “The Role of History in Teaching Chemistry”.

Goddard Hall, Room 227.

8:00 p.m. WPI Stage Band, Richard Falco, Director.

Tufts University Band, John McCann, Director, Alden Hall.

8:00 p.m. Chamber Music Recital, Gabriel Chodos - piano, Mary Lou Speaker Churchill - violin, Mark Churchill - cello. Salon, La Maison Francaise, Assumption College.

GAIN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS WHILE SHOWING YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR WPI! BECOME AN ADMISSIONS TOUR GUIDE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1988-89!

If you’re interested, stop by the Admissions Office (1st floor Boynton) and pick up a Tour Guide Application. Applications must be submitted by Friday. April 22. 19X8.

Police Log Sunday, M arch 18, 1988 2:35 a.m. — Officer requests an ambulance at the Alumni Gym front entrance, student there with possible head injuries. Ambulance arrives and student transported to Hanneman for treatment.

Saturday, M arch 19, 1988 — Complaint of fireworks disturbance. Situation at Boynton Street. Officers responds, and cannot locate any kind of disturbance in that area. % Tuesday, M arch 22, 1988 — Student in to report that the passenger window of his vehicle had been broken. Items stolen from same. Officers take report and investigation continues.

W ednesday, M arch 23, 1988 3:30 p.m. — Several students report to campus police that vehicles have been broken into during the prior evening. Various articles and personal belongings taken and damage done to vehicles.

Sergeant investigating currently.

T hursday, M arch 24, 1988 12:46 a.m. — Disturbance, loud noise coming from Stoddard area. Officer responds and determines the cause of noise, situation cleared up.

S aturday, M arch 26, 1988 1:30 p.m. — Someone called to report that he had hurt himself on Alumni field during a Lacrosse game. Officers respond and transfer student to hospital for a dislocated shoulder.

Sunday, M arch 27, 1988 12:20 p.m. — Student reports his car being vandalized in the Founders’ parking lot. Officers investigate, investigation continues.

6:00 p.m. — Student from Daniels reports that someone entered his room as he was sleeping.

Suspect fled. Officers were given a description and officers report to searching all of the Daniels and Morgan areas for the suspect. No one found, reports taken. Investigation continues.

A.A. Zamarro Realty Company

Apartments Available!

Walking Distance to WPI Locations:

Students eligible for work-study are given preference.

SummerHelp Wanted!

Applications are now being accepted by the Office of Housing and Residential Life for the following positions: 1)Summer Conference Supervisors 2)Summer Conference Staff Flexible hours for E-term students available! «

Application deadline

Types:

Institute Rd., Dean St., Lancaster St., Dover St., Elm St. Studio, 1,2,3 bedrooms, starting at $350-$750, full tiled bathrooms, disposals, clean building.

Call Today - Won't Last Pam 755-6789 Yearbooks are Here!!!

Get excited!!!

(Don’t even think about how long you've waited)

GET YOURS NOW Today and Tomorrow in the Peddler Office Riley Basement, Alden Hall Side l i - i

Page 12

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 5, 1988

What’s Happening Tuesday, April 5,1988 9:00 p.m. Coffeehouse with Paul Strowe, Gompei’s Place 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. Campus Ministry Gathering in the Wedge

Wednesday, April 6,1988 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fourth Annual Cultural Festival sponsored by the International Student Council and the Dean of Students Office. A variety of exhibits, folkloric music and dancing, cultural fashion show etc. Alden Hall. Admission Free.

12:00 p.m. Weekday Mass held in the Campus Religious Center.

7:30 p.m. “Take Back The Night” March. Women’s Energy Against Violence meeting at Worcester Y.W.C.A., in Salem Square.

8:00 p.m. Jennifer Eley, Pianist. Salon, La Maison Francaise, Assumption College.

9:00 p.m. The New Thing - Arthur, Gompei’s Place, $ 1.00 Thursday, April 7,1988 7:30 p.m. Folk Group meeting at the Campus Religious Center.

Saturday, April 9,1988 7:30 p.m. WPI Lacrosse vs. University o f Rhode Island, (H) 9:00 p.m. and Midnight SOCCOMM Special Film Feature, Rocky Horror, Alden Hall. $2.00

Sunday, April 10,1988 11:30 a.m. Sunday Mass held in Alden Hall 6:00 p.m. Sunday Mass held in Founders Hall 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. The Reel Thing - Stripes, Alden Hall, $1.50

Monday, April 11,1988 4:00 p.m. Symposia - College Science Teaching - Dr. David N. Harpp from McGill University: “Classroom Demonstrations in Science Teaching”. Dr. Leonard W. Fine from Columbia University: “The Role of History in Teaching Chemistry”.

Goddard Hall. Room 227.

8:00 p.m. WPI Stage Band, Richard Falco, Director.

Tufts University Band, John McCann, Director, Alden Hall.

8:00 p.m. Chamber Music Recital. Gabriel Chodos - piano. Mary Lou Speaker Churchill - violin, Mark Churchill - cello. Salon, La Maison Francaise, Assumption College.

GAIN COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS WHILE SHOWING YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR WPI! BECOME AN ADMISSIONS TOUR GUIDE FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1988-89!

If you're interested, stop by the Admissions Office (1st floor Boynton) and pick up a Tour Guide Application. Applications must be submitted by Friday. April 22. 1988.

Police Log Sunday, M arch 18, 1988 2:35 a.m. — Officer requests an ambulance at the Alumni Gym front entrance, student there with possible head injuries. Ambulance arrives and student transported to Hanncman for treatment.

Saturday, M arch 19, 1988 — Complaint of fireworks disturbance. Situation at Boynton Street. Officers responds, and cannot locate any kind of disturbance in that area. % Tuesday, M arch 22, 1988 — Student in to report that the passenger window of his vehicle had been broken. Items stolen from same. Officers take report and investigation continues.

W ednesday, M arch 23, 1988 3:30 p.m. — Several students report to campus police that vehicles have been broken into during the prior evening. Various articles and personal belongings taken and damage done to vehicles.

Sergeant investigating currently.

T hursday, M arch 24, 1988 12:46 a.m. — Disturbance, loud noise coming from Stoddard area. Officer responds and determines the cause of noise, situation cleared up.

S aturday, M arch 26, 1988 1:30 p.m. — Someone called to report that he had hurt himself on Alumni field during a Lacrosse game. Officers respond and transfer student to hospital for a dislocated shoulder.

Sunday, M arch 27, 1988 12:20 p.m. — Student reports his car being vandalized in the Founders' parking lot. Officers investigate, investigation continues.

6:00 p.m. — Student from Daniels reports that someone entered his room as he was sleeping.

Suspect fled. Officers were given a description and officers report to searching all of the Daniels and Morgan areas for the suspect. No one found, reports taken. Investigation continues.

A.A. Zamarro Realty Company

Apartments Available!

Walking Distance to WPI. Locations:

Students eligible for work-study are given preference.

SummerHelp Wanted!

Applications are now being accepted by the Office of Housing and Residential Life for the following positions: 1)Summer Conference Supervisors 2)Summer Conference Staff Flexible hours for E-term students available!

Application deadline

Types:

Institute Rd., Dean St., Lancaster St., Dover St., Elm St.

Studio, 1,2,3 bedrooms, starting at $350-$750, full tiled bathrooms, disposals, clean building.

Call Today Won't Last Pam 755-6789 -

Yearbooks are Here!!!

Get excited!!!

(Don't even think about how long you've waited)

GET YOURS NOW Today and Tomorrow in the Peddler Office Riley Basement, Alden Hall Side l i - i