New Voices festival starts today by Kevin Dahm It’s the m iddle of D-term, and you’ve had about as much o f this engineering-school drudgery as you can take in one year. Y ou're tired. Y ou’re restless. Y ou're sick of the monotony of it all. You need a break, but you have no money. W ell, relax, because this week, WPI Masque has the answers to all your problems. It’s the seventh annual New V oices play festival. There will be performances in Alden Hall at 4:30 and 7 every day Tuesday through Friday, plus one showing at 7 pm Saturday. New Voices features 25 fine student w rit ten plays, and great acting - and best of all, it's free! More than 200 students are in volved in writing, directing, produc ing and performing the New Voices plays. This year's shows feature the entire range from hilarious com edies
to beautiful, thought-provoking dra mas. They deal with such diverse is sues as abortion, the Vietnam W ar, what happens when an MQP takes an unexpected turn, dealing with losing a friend, the tribulations of giving an oral speech in class, what kids dig up in a romp through the attic, and the end of the world. Alpha Phi Omega will be running the cafe during the New Voices festi val, selling refreshments before and during the perform ances, so if you do happen to have some money, APO wants every nickel of it. The face will include som e special attractions. There will be an art display, plus a band for each performance. The m usi cians include Jon Bird, The Rules, Mike LeBlanc, Heaven Up Here, The Questions, and The Andy Fuelleman Trio. So if y o u ’re planning to show up early and Fight for those front row seats - d o n ’t worry, you w on’t be
bored while you wait. Each show will be performed twice during the week. Here is the com plete schedule for the festival: Tuesday at 4:30, “The M iracle o f Life,” by Steve Delfino, "W alking the Line,” by Jim White, "The T reasure C hest," by Cynthia Gould, and “ Beast Incarnate” by Brian Freeman. Tuesday at 7:00 will open with two video features, “Tall Hat, Deadly Hat,” by Michael Yoder and "R id i cule D oesn’t Floss.” by David Scampoli, followed by the plays “ MA 2051,” by Rob Tiem an. "S peech 101,” by Rob Everton, “ Som ething I Have to Do,” by Duane Morin and Karen Dockery, “ W ritten By Me... Myself... and I,” by Cheryl Church and Jon Lamkins, "D on’t Call Me D addee” by W illiam Katzman and “Tw ilight o f the G ods,” by Jon Lam kins. W ednesday at 4:30 will be the
second showing of “Written by Me... Myself... and I,” followed by William Bullard’s “Rem em brance,” “ It Takes one to K now O ne,” by M indy Neligon, “Jukebox,” by Peter Tousignant, and “ Astral Fantasy,” by Rob Everton. W ednesday Evening’s perform ance will feature “Subm ission,” by Anne Marie O ’Connor, 'Open Your Eyes... And Look Around,” by An drew Kutner, “W hat's Her Name,” by David D eGrange, “Ventriloquist," by Todd Fantz, "A Fugue," by Andy Wang, “The C lubhouse,” by Brian Berg, and “ Seasons in the Sun,” by Eric Salvador. Thursday at 4:30 will be a special feature, an entire performance pre sented in the cafe. This will include "M A 2051,” “ Speech 101,” Open Your Eyes... And Look A round,” and the videos “Tall Hat, Deadly Hat,” and Ridicule D oesn’t Floss.”
Thursday Evening “Submission,” “The C lubhouse,” “ It Takes One to Know O ne,” “W h a t's Her Name,” “The Treasure C hest,” "V entrilo quist," “ Seasons in the Sun,” and, seen for the first tim e, Harold MacKiem an ’s “G etaw ay,” and “The Final C hapter (T entatively),” by Brian W eissm an. Friday Afternoon will feature “Just Think Tw ice,” by Kristine Galley and “The Black Tulip,” by Ellie Falsafi. Friday Evening’s presentation will include “ W alking The Line,” “A Fugue,” “G etaw ay,” "A stral Fan tasy,” “Jukebox,” "Tw ilight of the G ods,” “ D on’t Call Me D addee,” and “The Final C hapter (Tentatively).” Finally, the festival will close Sat urday at 7 with "Som ething I Have to Do,” “The Miracle o f Life,” “ Remem brance,” "B east Incarnate,” “Just Think Twice,” and “The Black Tu lip.”
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute _____ Volume 17, Number 11__________________________ Tuesday, April 18,1989
WPI: A Closer Look The Office o f A dmissions has sent letters of acceptance to about 2000 very qualified high school seniors. Most of these students have also re ceived offers o f admission from many other highly competitive colleges and universities and now have to decide where they would like to spend the next four years! To assist in their decision-m aking process, the Office of Admissions is sponsoring “WPI... A C loser Look" on W ednesday, April 19 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Your cooperation and support in helping to make this a positive experience for these students and their parents will be greatly appreciated. Following is a brief description of the d ay ’s events. Robert Voss, Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, will address the participants about the newly developed Major Selection Program for students undecided about their field of study. Following this, Kay Dietrich, Associate D irector of Admissions, will present some inter esting and entertaining facts about the students offered admission to WPI as she profiles the Class o f 1993.
Throughout the rem ainder of the morning, the participants will attend panels about Co-op, Career Planning and Placement, and the role of the Humanities in W PI’s program of study. The group will then be divided into small discussion groups about student life, led by current WPI undergraduates. They will also have lunch and be entertained by the WPI Jazz Band as they stroll around the Activities Fair to discover the diverse student clubs and organizations avail able at WPI. After lunch, the participants will meet with faculty and current students as they attend presentations by the academic departments. At the end of the day, everyone will have a chance to sample some o f the exciting M Q P’s and IQ P’s being conducted by WPI students as they take part in a Projects Fair. By 3:30 pm, everyone will proba bly be exhausted, but hopefully enthu siastic about the variety of opportuni ties available to them if they select to attend WPI in the Fall. The program should prove to be a success in attract ing students to W PI’s Class of 1993.
Advisor Named to IFC (News Release) - Robert D ietrich accepted an invitation last week by IFC President, Greg Baryluk, to serve as the council’s advisor. Robert is presently the D irector o f Alumni Programs at W PI, and brings to the WPI Greek system co n siderable Greek experience at the local and national level. Robert began his Greek experi ence at W est Virginia W esleyan College where he became a m em ber o f Theta Xi Fraternity, and held the positions o f Rush Chairman, Social Chairm an and President. Upon his graduation, he traveled for tw o years for Theta X i’s National H eadquar ters as their C hapter Consultant. For the next four years he served as their Northeast Regional Director. During this time, he becam e
Nitsch to Speak at Recognition ‘89 by Jeffrey S. Goldmeer Associate Editor
WPI Students Selected by Antiquarian Society (News Release) - Two WPI stu dents, Dorothy Sue Malone and Alan W. Nordquist, have been selected to participate in a special sem inar for undergraduates at the American Anti quarian Society (AAS). Eight other W orcester-area college students will also participate in the sem inar next fall on “Religion in the American R evolution.” Malone, a WPI Humanities major, and Nordquist, a Mechanical Engi neering major, were selected on the basis of their letters of application, transcripts, and teachers’ recom m en dations, according to Laura J. Menides, associate professor English and W PI’s representative to the AAS. "These students have a unique oppor tunity,” said Menides, "a chance to work with original historical docu ments. things that would not be avail able to most college students.”
Located across Park Avenue from the WPI cam pus, the AAS is known by scholars around the world for its library collection of American his torical materials. The AAS library is used primarily by Ph.D. candidates and established scholars. Each year, however, the AAS and five W orcester Colleges (Assum ption, Clark, Holy Cross, W orcester State, and WPI) sponsor a research seminar for under graduates. The 1989 sem inar will be conducted at the AAS by Stephen A. M arini, professor o f religion at Wellesley College. According to Kevin J. Smith, a WPI student who participated in the sem inar in 1988, “the experience one gains from attending this seminar cannot be duplicated in any other academic setting. I learned valuable research skills that will aid me in my IQP and M QP.”
active in the Fraternity Executives Association and presently sits on the Board of Directors for Theta X i’s Educational Foundation, as well as, on their National Board of Direc tors. The IFC has been without its own advisor since its inception at WPI, this function was filled by the Assistant Dean o f Students who will still continue to oversee the entire Greek system. The Panhellenic Council at WPI has been fortunate to have Kay Dietrich as their advisor since 1983. K ay D ie tric h g ra d u a te d from LaFayette College in 1982 a Pi Beta Phi. D uring her undergraduate years, Kay served as her sorority’s Rush C hairm an and M embership Chairm an.
The Keynote Speaker at R ecogni tion 1989 is Judith Nitsch. Nitsch graduated from WPI in 1975 with a B achelor of Science in Civil Engi neering. She is currently a senior vice president at Allen, Demurjian. M ajor, and Nitsch, Inc. Nitsch has stayed involved with W PI. She was a member o f the: Alumni A ssociation Executive C om m ittee (1983 - 1989), and the Publica tions C om m ittee (1981 - 1986). Nitsch was also the chairm an for
C areer Day in 1988. Since graduation in 1975, Nitsch has been active in her profession. She has been a guest speaker at numerous New England colleges. In addition, she has m ade presentations to local groups, such as the M assachusetts Audubon Society. N itsch jo in ed Allen and D e murjian, Inc. in 1982, and became a senior vice president in 1986. Her professional interests include subsur face sewage disposal systems and drainage facilities, and the design of subdivisions and parking areas.
W ellness day ‘89 sponsored many health activities in the low er W edge last T hursd ay. Included in the activities w ere cholesterol level and blood pressure tests. NEW SPF.AK STA FF P H O T O /J O N FRF.NCH
Making a Difference by Stephen Nelson Academic Committee Chairman Have you ever had a suggestion about advising and didn’t know who to take it to? Did you ever feel that an academ ic policy m ight be outdated or unfair but had no idea where to voice your opinion? T hose are the duties of the WPI Academic Committee. The Academic Com m ittee is a branch of student governm ent whose function it is to appoint students to sit on various faculty com m ittees and insure the students receive fair representation in decisions concerning academic issues on campus. As a body, the Academic Comm ittee tackles student academic issues that do not fall under the aegis of any one com m ittee or act upon im portant issues being explored by one of the com m ittees. This past spring the com m ittee sponsored the freshman advising night in response to concerns that freshman advisors were usually faculty outside the stu d en ts m ajo r a n d th erefo re illequipped to help students create a sophom ore year schedule. We now need interested students to serve on faculty com m ittees for next year in order to replace our graduafing senior members. If you are interested we would like to hear from you. Positions only require two or three hours o f your time each week but it is a valuable chance to work with faculty on important issues. W ithout your participation we w ill lose a valuable voice on campus. Please mail the coupon to Stephen Nelson, Box 2307. D on’t hesitate, apply for a position today. j
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N ational N ews President Bush announced that federal assistance, including military troops and equipm ent, was being sent to Alaska to help clean up the Exxon oil spill. The Coast G uard said that rough water has helped break up the spill som ewhat, and this was clearly noticeable in aerial photographs. Hearings begin against the captain on May 16. Oliver North admitted that he lied to congress, but said that “he felt like a pawn in a giant chess game being played by giants.” North said he was acting on the P resident's orders. North concluded his defense late last week. Hundreds o f Thousands o f proabortion activists dem onstrated in W ashington, DC. The Supreme Court is going to hear a Missouri case this month that has the possibility o f over turning the 1973 Roe vs. wade deci sion. Drug C zar W illiam Bennett an nounced that between $70 and $80 million was going to be used in W ash ington. DC to fight against drugs. Part o f this money would be used to build new prisons. Georgia Institute o f Technology and Texas A&M researchers con firmed portions o f the University of U tah's experim ents in cold fusion. The House Ethics Committee is expected to release a report on House Speaker Jim W right (D-Texas) saying he received gifts from “a person who had a direct influence in legislation.” Wright denied the charges in an emotional speech. Bush announced that he wanted to see a 25% pay increase for Federal judges, but also tighter ethical stan dards imposed. Barbara Bush has G raves disease, in which the thyroid gland produces too many horm ones. She was adm it ted into the hospital last week, and apparently, the operation has been moving along sm oothly. S ta n fo rd U n iv e r s ity ’s atom sm asher created a "Z particle." which is crucial to studying the origin o f the universe. The House, in a vote o f 3 0 9 -1 1 I, approved S49.7 m illion in non lethal aid to the C ontras. The White House said it was con sidering W orld Bank loans and Ex port Import Bank Credits to Poland. W orld News A Soviet “ M ike” class submarine caught fire and sank north o f Norway last Friday. It was the only “ M ike” class subm arine. The Soviets say it was carrying two nuclear torpedoes, and the subm arine was powered by a nuclear reactor. Norwegian officials said they found no traces o f radioac tivity in the water. 42 Soviet sailors died. In Tbilisi, the capital of the Soviet
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republic o f Georgia, there was contin ued unrest as hundreds o f thousands p ro te sto rs d e m a n d e d sec e ssio n . There were widespread strikes in the region. Soviet troops and tanks were moved in. 19 people w ere killed in clashes with Soldiers last Sunday. Throughout the week, hundreds were arrested. Foreign m inister Shevcrdnadze canceled a trip to East Germany so he could go to Georgia to attempt to ease the unrest. G orbachev said the uprising was the result o f “actions of irresponsible persons" and asked the residents to “restore peace." Gorbachev said that the USSR would halt production o f enriched uranium, used in nuclear weapons. Japanese Prime m inister Takeshita faces a scandal- he admitted he re ceived $1 million from a company in the center o f a political scandal. There have been calls for Takeshita to re sign, but he says he will not. Pope John Paul II issued a letter that said radical fem inism "does not reflect or promote the full reality and full dignity o f wom en." Israeli foreign m inister Shamir said there would be no elections in the occupied territories until the uprising ceased. In Namibia (South W est Africa). Marxist SW APO (South West Africa People's O rganization) rebels agreed to retreat into Angola. UN Peace keeping forces are in place. The US State Department said that terrorism was up 3% in 1988. 192 Americans were killed in terrorist attacks (most of them were on Pan Am fiight 103). A voodoo cult/ drug smuggling organization was uncovered in Matamoros. Mexico. 12 bodies were found. Polish solidarity leader W alesa says he is being pressured to run for President in the upcoming free elec tions next year, although he says he has not decided if he is going to run yet.
The WPI Glee Club has a long standing tradition o f performing great works o f famous composers. Last y ear saw the C lu b p erfo rm in g H aydn's ‘Lord Nelson M ass.' Three years ago, the Mozart Requiem was perform ed in honor o f Professor Louis C urran's twentieth year with WPI. This year is certainly no excep tion; the Glee Club, directed by S uzanne M cA llister, traveled to W ashington D.C. to perform Arthur H onegger's “ King David" at the N a tional Cathedral. The “ King David" is a sym phonic psalm, written for chorus, narrator, and orchestra, lasting an hour. It is the biblical story o f David, from the slay ing of Goliath to his coronation as king, to his death and the succession o f his son, Solomon. Honegger, a Swiss, originally wrote the text in French (Le Roi David). It was later translated into German and English. In singing the King David, the WPI Glee C lub was joined by the W elle sley C ollege Choir and the Union College Choir. In all, the clubs gave four perform ances o f the King David: on the cam puses o f Wellesley College and Union College, in Glens Falls NY. and finally in W ashington. W hile in Glens Falls and at Union, the singers
(News Release) - On Saturday, April 8 ,4 5 WPI student leaders joined students from the local consortium schools by participating in “Take Me to Your Leader!” This half-day con ference was the first attempt by con sortium activities professionals and student programmers to offer such a program to local schools. The conference began with a key note address by Will Keim entitled “ Leadership for the 21st Century." In a m anner unique to this nationally recognized orator. Will Keim stressed
Sugar Ray Robinson. 5 time World Boxing Champion, died. Nick Faldo of Britain won the Masters g o lf tournament.
Manage your salary by Mike Shorr On W ednesday, April 19th. the Student Alumni Society is sponsoring a program called Manage Your Salary ‘89. This program is directed towards the monetary demands o f the graduating class and to the graduate students at WPI. The tw o hour presentation will begin at 7:00 pm in H iggins Laboratories. Room 109. The itinerary for the program is as follows: 7:00 - 7:20. P erso n al F in an ce, Jack O 'connor, Professor o f Management and Social Sci ence 7:20 - 7:40. R eal E sta te . Carol Hamilton. 1984 graduate. President of Carol Kalil-Hamilton Realty Responsibilities o f a lessee and renter Selecting an area to live Services provided by a real estate broker 7:40 - 8:00. In v estm en ts. Robert Flaherty, 1985 graduate with a Masters in Business, Financial C onsultant at Shearson Lehman Hutton Who.>»hould .iuvest and wUyi . . . .
the need for today's student leaders to step outside of their immediate envi ronm ents to see what injustices and so cietal co n d itio n s need to be changed. He challenged the audience to get involved, and in particular, to vote. He noted that only 24 percent of those people from the ages o f 18 to 25 vote, compared to 86 percent of those over the age of approximately 70. Will Keim concluded his rem arks by encouraging leaders to “listen, use em pathy, employ action, delegate, be
enthusiastic, reflect, employ stew ard ship. use humor, live with integrity, and lastly, to employ patience.” His rem arks were extrem ely well re ceived. Conference participants then split up for the rem ainder o f the confer ence, attending a variety of educa tional sessions from “M eeting Skills” to “Self M anagem ent” presented by area higher education professionals. This y ear's conference was hosted at Clark University.
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stand. Many positive com m ents were heard at the reception that followed, and the performers seemed pleased at the job they had done. The reception, was held in a room constructed in the space directly over the vaulting in the narthex on the West front of the C a thedral, and under the wooden roof. From there one could go into the two front tow ers and look over all o f W ashington and the cathedral roofs, and gardens. During the reception. Ten and Tonic, the small, select group of singers from the WPI Glee Club, sang an old madrigal “Amo. A m as." to the delight of those present. In fact, the song was better received at the reception than in the metro station the day before. After the reception, the performers boarded their respective vehicles and headed for home. This time, the ve hicles did encounter snow, and the vans enjoyed a brief but invigorating game of “ snowplow slalom ” on inter state 395. It was late at night when the weary performers returned home, and they slept soundly, content in know ing that they had sung well. Special thanks should go to Douglas W eeks for organizing the instruments and playing trombone, plus Debbie La Croix, who played bassoon.
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E conom ic News Unemployment was dow n .2% in March to 4.9% . It is the first time unemployment has been below 5% since 1973. The deal between Peter Ueberroth and Eastern Air Lines fell apart. Eastern said it was going to try and emerge from Chapter 11 as a sm aller and more efficient com pany. H ew lett P a c k a rd ’ b o u g h t out Apollo com puters- which is likely to result in a growth of the workstation industry. The Senate approved to raise mini mum wage to $4.55 by 1991. Bush says he will veto, because he wants a $4.25 limit.
were accom panied by the G lens Falls Symphony Orchestra. In W ellesley as well as Washington D.C., the orches tra was comprised o f musicians from the WPI Wind Ensembles, Brass Choir, W ellesley College and the two faculties. The concert itself proceeded w ith out any m ajor problems, although the piece was taken at a tempo slower than usual. This was due to the acous tics particular to a cathedral o f this size. It is to be noted that the National Cathedral is not only huge, but it is one of the major places in America where music is made. The four o ’clock hour is reserved for Even song. a service which is sung in every Anglican (Episcopal) cathedral in the world. That the cathedral staff al lowed this composition, performed by collegiate musicians, to replace the appointed service was a great com pli ment to the colleges involved as well as the composition. The level of performance reached professional standards, not only with the chorus of 125 singers, but with the orchestra, which played extremely well. The soloists from W ellesley vocally soared in the cathedral, and the scene with the 'W itch of E ndor’ was as much drama as one could
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How to select a broker Risk vs. Reward How do I make my first million? 8:00 - 8:15. Break, Refreshments provided 8:15 - 8:35, (ta n k in g Services, Cathleen Anischik. Assistant Vice President, Shawmut County Bank Why use a bank? Establishing credit? G uaranteed Student loads, autom obile loans Building equity Full service bank - credit cards 8:35 - 9:00, P an el D iscussion, the floor will be opened for questions from the audience Anyone, especially seniors are encouraged to come and participate in the open forum. The rem arks regarding Personal Finance. Real Estate. Investments, and Banking Services are all directed to the interests and to the incomes o f the graduating class. The goal o f the pro gram is to provide appropriate and informative knowledge to answ er the monetary concerns of WPI students.
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TNT Explodes Again by Brian DeSousa and Terry Schmidt O nce again, TN T — T alks at Noon Time — will explode again on the WPI campus. On Thursday, April 27, Professor Helen Vassallo o f the M anagement Department will present a talk entitled “Get Smart. Get Going!,” which will deal with motivation within clubs and organizations. It will be
held at noon in G om pei’s Place. All students are invited to attend, although attendance will be limited to the first 50 people who register in advance. Free pizza and soda will be served to all participants. If you are interested and wish to register, please send your name and box num ber to S A B, Box 5800, by Friday, April 21. Hope to see you there!
APO Booth for Spring Weekend Alpha Phi O m ega's booth for spring w eek end (April 22 and 23) would seem to be \{)()r/< original. A velcro suit, a trampoline, and a velcro wall are the three main components. Anyone willing to give it a try will be helped into the one size fits all suit and then take a running start, get a good bounce off the tram poline and "stick” to the wall. Now about the
originality, any late night TV watcher will know that the idea com es straight off David Letterman. It was probably one o f those “do not try this at hom e" events but Alpha Phi Omega decided it was just the sort of thing Spring Weekend needed. So come one, come all, and prove your strength, bravery and good sense of humor in A P O 's V elcro Booth'.
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National News President Bush announced that federal assistance, including military troops and equipm ent, was being sent to Alaska to help clean up the Exxon oil spill. The Coast G uard said that rough water has helped break up the spill som ewhat, and this was clearly noticeable in aerial photographs. Hearings begin against the captain on May 16. O liver North admitted that he lied to congress, but said that "he felt like a pawn in a giant chess gam e being played by giants.” North said he was acting on the P resid en t's orders. North concluded his defense late last week. Hundreds of Thousands of pro abortion activists dem onstrated in W ashington, DC. The Suprem e Court is going to hear a Missouri case this month that has the possibility of over turning the 1973 Roe vs. wade deci sion. Drug C zar William Bennett an nounced that between $70 and $80 million was going to be used in W ash ington, DC to fight against drugs. Part o f this money would be used to build new prisons. G eorgia Institute o f Technology and Texas A&M researchers con firmed portions o f the University o f U tah's experim ents in cold fusion. The House Ethics C om m ittee is expected to release a report on House Speaker Jim Wright (D -Texas) saying he received gifts from “a person who had a direct influence in legislation." W right denied the charges in an emotional speech. Bush announced that he wanted to see a 25% pay increase for Federal judges, but also tighter ethical stan dards imposed. Barbara Bush has G raves disease, in which the thyroid gland produces too many hormones. She was admit ted into the hospital last week, and apparently, the operation has been moving along smoothly. S ta n fo rd U n iv e r s ity ’s ato m sm asher created a “Z particle." which is crucial to studying the origin of the universe. The House, in a vote o f 309- I I I . approved S49.7 million in non lethal aid to the Contras. The W hite House said it was con sidering W orld Bank loans and Ex port Import Bank Credits to Poland.
World News A Soviet "M ike" class submarine caught fire and sank north o f Norway last Friday. It was the only “ Mike” class subm arine. The Soviets say it was carrying two nuclear torpedoes, and the subm arine was pow ered by a nuclear reactor. Norwegian officials said they found no traces o f radioac tivity in the water. 42 Soviet sailors died. In Tbilisi, the capital o f the Soviet
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republic o f Georgia, there was contin ued unrest as hundreds of thousands p ro te sto rs d e m an d e d se c e ssio n . There were widespread strikes in the region. Soviet troops and tanks were moved in. 19 people were killed in clashes with Soldiers last Sunday. Throughout the week, hundreds were arrested. Foreign m inister Sheverdnadze canceled a trip to East Germany so he could go to G eorgia to attempt to ease the unrest. G orbachev said the uprising was the result o f "actions of irresponsible persons" and asked the residents to "restore peace." Gorbachev said that the USSR would halt production o f enriched uranium, used in nuclear weapons. Japanese Prime m inister Takeshita faces a scandal- he admitted he re ceived $1 million from a company in the center o f a political scandal. There have been calls for Takeshita lo re sign. but he says he will not. Pope John Paul II issued a letter that said radical fem inism “does not reflect or promote the full reality and full dignity o f women." Israeli foreign m inister Shamir said there would be no elections in the occupied territories until the uprising ceased. In Namibia (South W est Africa). Marxist SW APO (South West Africa People's O rganization) rebels agreed to retreat into Angola. UN Peace keeping forces are in place. The US State Departm ent said that terrorism was up 3 c/c in 1988. 192 Americans were killed in terrorist attacks (most o f them were on Pan Am (light 103). A voodoo cult/ drug smuggling organization was uncovered in Matamoros, Mexico. 12 bodies were found. Polish solidarity leader Walesa says he is being pressured to run for President in the upcoming free elec tions next year, although he says he has not decided if he is going to run yet.
The WPI Glee Club: A Capital Tour ‘89 The WPI Glee Club has a long standing tradition o f performing great works o f fam ous composers. Last y ear saw th e C lu b p erfo rm in g H aydn's ‘Lord Nelson Mass.' Three years ago, the Mozart Requiem was perform ed in honor o f Professor Louis C urran's twentieth year with WPI. This year is certainly no excep tion: the G lee Club, directed by S uzanne M cA llister, traveled to W ashington D.C. to perform Arthur H onegger's “ King David" at the Na tional Cathedral. The "K ing David" is a symphonic psalm, written for chorus, narrator, and orchestra, lasting an hour. It is the biblical story o f David, from the slay ing o f Goliath to his coronation as king, to his death and the succession o f his son, Solomon. Honegger, a Swiss, originally wrote the text in French (Le Roi David). It was later translated into German and English. In singing the King David, the WPI Glee Club was joined by the W elle sley College C hoir and the Union College Choir. In all, the clubs gave four perform ances of the King David: on the cam puses o f W ellesley College and Union College, in Glens Falls NY. and finally in W ashington. W hile in Glens Falls and at Union, the singers
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(N ews Release) - On Saturday, April 8 ,4 5 W PI student leaders joined students from the local consortium schools by participating in "Take Me to Your Leader!” This half-day con ference was the first attempt by con sortium activities professionals and student program m ers to offer such a program to local schools. The conference began with a key note address by Will Keim entitled "Leadership for the 21st C entury.” In a m anner unique to this nationally recognized orator. Will Keim stressed
Sugar Ray Robinson. 5 time World Boxing Champion, died. Nick Faldo of Britain won the Masters golf tournament.
Manage your salary by Mike Shorr On W ednesday, April 19th, the Student Alumni Society is sponsoring a program called Manage Your Salary ‘89 . This program is directed towards the m onetary demands of the graduating class and to the graduate students at WPI. The two hour presentation will begin at 7:00 pm in Higgins Laboratories. Room 109. The itinerary for the program is as follows: 7:00 - 7:20. Personal Finance. Jack O ’connor. Professor of M anagem ent and Social Sci ence 7:20- 7:40. Real E state. Carol Hamilton. 1984 graduate. President o f Carol Kalil-Hamilton Realty Responsibilities o f a lessee and renter Selecting an area to live Services provided by a real estate broker 7:40 - 8:00. Investments, Robert Flaherty, 1985 graduate with a Masters in Business, Financial Consultant at Shearson Lehman Hutton W ho. should.iuve.st and. wby'i . . . .
the need for today’s student leaders to step outside o f their immediate envi ronments to see what injustices and so c ie ta l c o n d itio n s need to be changed. He challenged the audience to get involved, and in particular, to vote. He noted that only 24 percent of those people from the ages o f 18 to 25 vote, compared to 86 percent of those over the age o f approximately 70. Will Keim concluded his remarks by encouraging leaders to "listen, use empathy, employ action, delegate, be
enthusiastic, reflect, employ steward ship, use humor, live with integrity, and lastly, to employ patience.” His rem arks were extremely well re ceived. Conference participants then split up for the rem ainder of the confer ence, attending a variety o f educa tional sessions from "M eeting Skills” to “Self M anagem ent” presented by area higher education professionals. This year’s conference was hosted at Clark University.
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stand. Many positive com m ents were heard at the reception that followed, and the performers seemed pleased at the job they had done. The reception, was held in a room constructed in the space directly over the vaulting in the narthex on the West front o f the C a thedral, and under the wooden roof. From there one could go into the two front towers and look over all o f W ashington and the cathedral roofs, and gardens. During the reception. Ten and Tonic, the small, select group of singers from the WPI Glee Club, sang an old madrigal "A m o, Amas." to the delight of those present. In fact, the song was better received at the reception than in the metro station the day before. After the reception, the performers boarded their respective vehicles and headed for home. This time, the ve hicles did encounter snow, and the vans enjoyed a brief but invigorating gam e of “snowplow slalom " on inter state 395. Il was late at night when the weary performers returned home, and they slept soundly, content in know ing that they had sung well. Special thanks should go to Douglas W eeks for organizing the instruments and playing trombone, plus Debbie La C roix, who played bassoon.
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Economic News Unemployment was down .2% in March to 4.9%. It is the first time unemployment has been below 5 c7< since 1973. The deal between Peter Ueberroth and Eastern Air Lines fell apart. Eastern said it was going to try and emerge from Chapter I I as a smaller and more efficient com pany. H ew lett P a ck ard b o u g h t out Apollo com puters- w hich is likely to result in a growth o f the workstation industry. The Senate approved to raise m ini mum wage to $4.55 by 1991. Bush says he will veto, because he wants a $4.25 limit.
were accom panied by the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra. In Wellesley as well as W ashington D.C., the orches tra was com prised of musicians from the WPI Wind Ensembles, Brass Choir, Wellesley College and the two faculties. The concert itself proceeded with out any m ajor problems, although the piece was taken at a tempo slower than usual. This was due to the acous tics particular to a cathedral of this size. It is to be noted that the National Cathedral is not only huge, but it is one o f the m ajor places in America where music is made. The four o'clock hour is reserved for Even song. a service which is sung in every Anglican (Episcopal) cathedral in the world. That the cathedral staff al lowed this com position, performed by collegiate musicians, to replace the appointed service was a great com pli ment to the colleges involved as well as the composition. The level of performance reached professional standards, not only with the chorus o f 125 singers, but with the orchestra, which played extremely well. The soloists from Wellesley vocally soared in the cathedral, and the scene with the ‘Witch of Endor’ was as much drama as one could
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How to select a broker Risk vs. Reward How do I make my first million? 8:00 - 8:15. Break. Refreshments provided 8:15 - 8:35, Banking Services. Cathleen Anischik. Assistant Vice President. Shawmut County Bank Why use a bank? Establishing credit? Guaranteed Student loads, autom obile loans Building equity Full service bank - credit cards 8:35 - 9:00, Panel Discussion, the floor will be opened for questions from the audience Anyone, especially seniors arc encouraged to come and participate in the open forum. The remarks regarding Personal Finance. Real Estate. Investm ents, and Banking Services are all directed to the interests and to the incomes of the graduating class. The goal o f the pro gram is to provide appropriate and informative knowledge to answ er the monetary concerns o f WPI students.
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TNT Explodes Again by Brian DeSousa and Terry Schmidt Once again, T N T — Talks at Noon Time — will explode again on the WPI campus. On Thursday, April 27, Professor Helen Vassallo o f the M anagement Department will present a talk entitled “G et Smart. Get G oing!,” which will deal with motivation within clubs and organizations. It will be
held at noon in G om pei’s Place. All students are invited lo attend, although attendance will be limited to the first 50 people w ho register in advance. Free pizza and soda will be served to all participants. If you are interested and wish to register, please send your name and box num ber to SAB, Box 5800, by Friday, April 21. Hope to see you there!
APO Booth for Spring Weekend Alpha Phi O m ega’s booth for spring w eek end (April 22 and 23) would seem to be 100% original. A velcro suit, a tram poline, and a velcro wall are the three main components. Anyone willing to give it a try will be helped into the one size fits all suit and then take a running start, get a good bounce off the tram poline and “ stick” to the wall. Now about the
originality, any late night TV w atcher will know that the idea comes straight off David Letterman. It was probably one o f those “do not try this at hom e” events but Alpha Phi O mega decided it was just the sort of thing Spring Weekend needed. So come one. com e all. and prove your strength, bravery and good sense o f humor in A PO ’s Velcro B ooth !
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The Wall creates one for its viewers by Jeffry J. Koziol On Sunday, April 9, W P I's Lens and Lights presented the film The W all in Alden Hall. The film stars Bob G eldof as Pink, the main character. G eldof was the coordinator of Live A id in 1985, the largest gathering of musical talent since W oodstock in 1969. Those w ho were seeing The W all for the first tim e, such as myself, were in for an hour and a half of confusing surreal im ages and anim a tion that seemed to have no order of arrangem ent. Although not a die-hard Pink Floyd m usic fan, I found the film very chal lenging to the view er. It takes lots of patience to sort things out through the
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film, of what is actually reality and what Pink is dream ing. For almost the entire hour and a half the film created a “w all” for me. It created a barrier to understand the concept o f the film. I’m sure at times it created “ walls" for other viewers as well. H ow ever, trying to be openminded about the film, I sat through the entire film trying to arrange the pieces together to make a story of it. It soon becomes clear that the m ovie’s title is the wall that Pink has built around him self due to the harsh child hood he has endured. His childhood has been one o f loneliness, sadness, and extreme discipline. T hree events occur in the film to defend this obser vation: the loss o f his father during World W ar II, the lack o f com passion showed by his mother, and finally the loss o f his pet that he has found and cared for while hiding it from his cruel mother. The film includes magnifi cent anim ation that the director of anim ation, Gerald Scarfe, should be highly praised for. At times the anim ation seem s to go on a tangent but it adds to the effect o f confusion in Pink’s life. Pink seems to have grown up in a time o f revolt such as went on in the U.S. during the 1960’s.
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Music Notes We like music here too! by Troy Nielsen Newspeak Staff The editor-in-chief informed me that this issue will be out when the prospective freshmen are here, so we have to be polite and all that. N or mally we are not. One o f the things that keeps me sane at this school, besides an occa sional large dose o f ethyl acohol, is the wide range of musical opportuni ties available to students at WPI. You would think that the only music on this cam pus would be the clanging heads against the wall when strug gling with a thermodynam ics prob lem set. For starters, WPI offers a large number o f music classes, from theory and fundam entals, to a study o f jazz history. The classes are rigorous, and are som etim es as difficult as music classes available at non-technical schools. The classes are available so that students can do their Sufficiency project in music if they opt to do so. Just take five music classes and think o f a project you can do in one term. Make sure that you pick an advisor who digs your idea. Then do it. For exam ple, I com pleted my Sufficiency by writing an original piece for a small brass ensem ble in the Miles Davis style. O ther people have arranged popular tunes for jazz bands, per formed musical works, and written papers on a certain aspect of music for their sufficiencies. If you play, and taking classes isn ’t your bag, you can enjoy playing in many o f the WPI music groups and at the same time receive course credit for your sufficiency! As far as music groups go, there is the WPI Stage Band, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz W o rk sh o p , S axophone E n semble, M en’s Glee C lu b , W o m e n ’s Chorale, W ind E n semble, Brass Choir, and Medwin String Ensem ble. The WPI Stage Band is the group o f jazz musicians who p la y m o d e rn b ig band charts. En trance to the group is by a u d itio n o n ly , thereby keeping very high stan d ard s o f m usicianship p res ent in the band. Last y e a r, th e g ro u p , a lo n g w ith o th e r
WPI groups, were invited to play at prime locations in Europe. This year, the WPI Stage Band was featured at M echanic’s Hall, which is the C arne gie Hall o f Worcester. This band is the big time, so if you’re into jazz, and have had some experience, check it out. Rich Falco, the main jazz man in W orcester, directs this group as well as all o f the other jazz groups on cam pus. If you like jazz, this is the man to see. His mailbox is located in the H umanities Office in the lower level of Salisbury. The Jazz Ensemble is a small group o f jazz musicians that perform modem jazz music with a touch of fu sion and avante-garde. This jazz group performs with the stage band at several concerts throughout the year. No auditions are required. The Jazz W orkshop has always been popular for WPI musicians who want to leam the fundamentals of jazz through rehearsals and performance. The band is also open to experienced jazzers who want to hone their skills. The 'Saxophone Ensemble is a group o f highly-trained sax players that play jazz, classical, and avantegarde sax charts. This groups has had radio performances on local radio stations, as well as performaces with the Jazz Ensemble. Interested? Get a hold of Rich Falco for the details. The WPI M en’s Glee Club, d i rected by Susan M acAllister, is the oldest student group on campus. The group perform s a wide range o f clas sical and modem pieces for voice. They perform frequently in the W orc ester area, as well as many trips during the year to places like Europe and M ontreal. T he W o m en ’s C horale is an award-w inning group o f women sing ers that study at WPI. This past year, the chorale won many awards at local competitions. As with most of the groups, the W om en’s Chorale travels frequently in the United States and abroad. The chorale is directed by Malama Robbins, Adjunct Associate Professor o f Music. The WPI Brass C hoir is a group o f students performing classical brass music. This group has traveled exten sively, playing at Montreal, W ashing ton, and Europe. Douglas Weeks directs the group. His m ailbox, along with the rest o f the music directors, is in the Humanities Office in the lower level o f Salisbury. Doug W eeks also directs the Wind Ensemble. The ensem ble performs
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classical and m odem concert band pieces. O ver the years, they have been invited to play in many locations in the W orcester area and beyond. The M edwin String Ensemble is the first such group to appear on the WPI campus. Michael M ega directs this small group of experienced string players. It just goes to show how diverse the musicians are at WPI. Of course, you d on’t have to play in any of these groups. You could make your own band and take advantage of the many playing opportunities in Worcester. You w on’t make a living off of the pay, but it can be fun. Many student rock bands have been success ful in the W orcester area. There are countless bars and clubs in W orcester where a band can perform. Every year there is the WPI Battle of the Bands, which features student bands playing in a com petition for mat. Every year this is a very success ful event because o f the wide range o f bands perform ing the competition. This year, there was everything from bluegrass to folk to punk rock. Finally, there is music on campus where you can just park your carcass and watch a band play. The place where this occurs is called G om pei’s Place. Most people just call it the Pub. In the Pub there is a variety o f music throughout the year. The Pub is the place for C offeehouse and Rock acts. The C offeehouse (part of the Two Towers A fter Hours series) features more “m ellow ” music during the week. For example, this year the Pub saw such acts such as Boston folk favorite Patty Larkin, the Apple Creek Trio, a group of WPI faculty that play a authentic blend o f country and blue grass, and college entertainer favorite Barry Drake. There have been “open mike” nights were students can try their hand at music performance. The Pub also brings in big-name and local rock acts for your viewing pleasure. I don’t mean Van Halen or Dokken, but alternative rock (“col lege rock”). These weekend rock shows have featured, for this year alone, the Heretix, the Reducers, Dead Men on Holiday, Treat Her Right, the Navy Blue Nuns, O Posi tive, and Big Dipper. Last year some of the nam es that were on the Pub’s bill were Throw ing Muses, Rick Ber lin, O Positive and the I-Tones. The price to see these bands is cheap, too— $2.00. So the music here isn’t really that lame.
Music Trivia by Troy Nielsen This week we feature some questions on musical instruments and music equipm ent in general. G ood Luck. Sucker! Questions: 1). H ow much does a decent double bass (stand-up bass) cost? ( 2). H ow much are strings for the double bass (provided you have enough money le ft after buying the damn thing)? 3). H ow often are strings changed? 4). M ost v io lin strings iire made o f catgut. W hat is catgut? 5). H ow thick is the slide o f an average trombone? 6). W hat is ranked as one o f the most d iffic u lt instruments to play? 7). W hat is ranked as the easiest? 8). It is rumored that this is one o f the ways that distortion through amps was created. 9). W hat are the tw o m a jo r differences between an English horn and an oboe? 10). W ho invented the double bass drum set up in 1946?
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Answers: 1). About S I0,000 2). A bout $150 3). A bout once every 4 years (B elieve it o r not, S150 every 4 years is the about the same cost fo r changing guitar strings once every 2 months fo r 4 years, at $6 a set) 4). Catgut is the th in cords (strings) made from the dried intestines o f certain animals. 5). The thickness is about .007 to .012 inches. T h is is o n ly three to fo u r times the thickness o f a human hair. No other instrum ent has a metal structure this thin. 6). The E nglish H orn , Oboe, o r French Horn. 7). The triangle. 8). Pencils were thrust through the speaker face in order to get a buzzing noise when the speaker vibrated. 9). The E nglish hom is larger than the oboe. A lso, the English H orn is a fifth low er than the oboe. 10). Louie Bellson Bonus Question o f the W eek: The on ly person w ho correctly answered last tim e ’ s question was C hris Jachim ow icz, Assistant D irecto r o f Student Activies. The answer was "G reen O nions,” by Booker T. and the M G ’ s. The song was a h it in the year 1958. T his week the question has been provided by my roommate. W hat rock star coaches little league baseball in Stam ford, Conneticut?
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We’re on Film And now for something completely different... by Geoff Littlefield and Todd Fantz Terry G illiam of M onty Python fame has created a wonderful fantasy that is guaranteed to o v e rw h e lm y o u r se n se s: B aro n M unchausen. Every second of this film is filled with the most precise detail and care, the true touch o f a m aster craftsm an. The film cost $40 m illion, but in this case I can understand why. The movie centers around the legendary figure o f Baron M unchausen, a noble figure who undergoes the most extraordinary adventures, much to the awe o f the young girl who is his com panion and much to the dismay o f the present reason-oriented government, the set ting is best described as being modeled after R evolutionary France. This lends Munchausen and the film a romantic magic that is entranc ing. Munchausen is joined in his quest by several characters o f extraordinary power. Most recognizable of these is Eric Idle (Monty Python) who does a splendid jo b as an almost supersonic runner who has to w ear weights on his legs to allow him to walk normally. The movie is PG, has little profanity, it doesn't need any o f the stereotypical fillers that PG -I3 and R movies have. The only disturbing scene is when the king of the m oon’s head (Robin W illiams) is having a fight with the k in g ’s body over sensuality or intellect, the distur bance is only due to Williams comedic style which is anything but normal, but is perfect in the role. My favorite line from this scene is where the head, flying away, says ‘I d o n ’t want anymore bodily functions!’ Gilliam deals with several issues in this play: death, logic, im agi nation and I suppose faith. It is all weaved into what is superficially a children's tale, but is much, much more. The cast o f characters is superb. I never thought I could be convinced by an actress attempting to play Venus, but I was, absolutely brilliant. Once again Gilliam, as in Tim e Bandits, makes us feel the wonder as if we were the child in his movie. Though this paragraph is a bit muddled the film is very hard to encom pass, but it was a jaw dropper. D on’t
go and see this movie if you d o n ’t believe in m agic, in fantasy, and if you d o n ’t regret losing the innocence o f your childhood, it w on’t do you any good, nothing will. Otherwise I highly recommend this masterpiece. I give it 9 RUSH album s and a jum bo shrim p at Legal's. Geoff: Masterpiece is precisely the word I would use to describe this incredible film. I read that G illiam said "If this film suffers from anything, it’s too much o f everything.” I find m yself completely in agreem ent, although the Munchausen did not suffer a bit. The entire production was done on such a fantastic scope with so many actors, costum es, and scenery, that one w onders w hether or not the actors had to do the film for free. I also understand that Munchausen was very slow in getting completed due to “creative d if ficulties.” I see only tw o possible reasons for this: either Gilliam burned him self out think ing up all of the different aspects o f the story and settings (highly unlikely), or those m oneygrubbing, blind execs from Hollywood did not want to shell out the funds for something their tunnel-visioned minds only saw as lacking the unusual money-m aking elements of cheesy action, big name stars (I think even Robin W illiam s’ brilliant portrayal was to go un credited), sex, and cheap thrills. Whew! Quite a long sentence, but it was appropriate. What Baron M unchausen IS is a beautiful epic of high romance, high fantasy, and high adventure. As Todd pointed out, Gilliam also succeeds in bringing out the same issues he did in Time Bandits o f science and reason vs. fantasy and faith (although not really faith in God), and the loss o f childhood. What im pressed Todd and I the m ost, I believe, was the fact that Baron Munchausen did not over em phasize the incredible work lhat was done on the sets. M unchausen him self could have been the only character, simply telling his tale to the viewers, and the story would still be captivating. I give Baron Munchausen a box o f SFS doughnuts (extrem ely rare), a tuition decrease to that of 1977 ($3200), and all o f the wonderment it brought forth within me.
Rocky Horror a wild time by Heidi Lundy Newspeak Staff Someone told me to bring rice, and som eone else said to m ake toast for the toast. The person I should have listened to was the one w ho said something about newspapers. Everyone told me to go, not for the movie itself, but for the drama in the audience. I d o n ’t know why I d id n ’t believe them. I actually paid my two dollars, walked into a crowded Har rington Auditorium at midnight, and sat dow n in the front row. Yes, the front row. I rem ember singing along with the rest o f the rowdy moviegoers during the Bugs Bunny cartoon. It was soon after that that the rain/rice storm began. Someone got married, I think, maybe even tw o couples. That explained the rice and toast. Then on the way to a castle (or something like that) it began to rain. And o f course that was when the squirt guns, plant sprayers and garden hoses (did I forget to mention these things in the beginning?) ap peared from out of nowhere (i.e. shirt sleeves,
pockets, and pants) and into the hands of many water happy viewers. I think I was having fun. During one scene the whole front three rows humped up and began dancing around in front of the seats. Then the mud sliders (or rice and water sliders?) began performing. They would begin about 20 ft away from the mess on the floor, get a running start and then belly flop. That was also very entertaining. It was right around then that the WPI police sergeant shut dow n the movie, carefully intro duced him self and told us if we didn’t cool it he’d shut it off for good. People started calm ing down a little bit then. A couple m inutes later something went wrong with the film reel and that took about 10 minutes to fix. I got really cold then, being soaking w et in Harrington w atching a movie that was too weird to understand in my state of mind and lost it’s interest. Sorry to say, soon after that I left. I guess everyone who stayed enjoyed themselves. I can ’t wait to see if SOCCOM M will do it again next year!
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by Isaac Asimov Los Angeles Time Syndicate (c) 1989, Los Angeles Time Syndicate For nearly 40 years, scientists have desper ately been trying to work out a controlled system of nuclear fusion that would give us all the energy we need for as long as Earth and humanity will exist. For nearly 40 years, scientists have failed. And now, in March, 1989, quite suddenly, two chemists, B. Stanley Pons at the University of Utah and Martin Fleischm ann at the University of Southam p ton, England, say they have done it in a com pletely unexpected way. So unexpected that most scientists are finding it a bit difficult to believe. First, why have scientists failed? Atoms consist o f a tiny nucleus at the center surrounded by clouds o f electrons. Most ordi nary changes we see about us involve those outer electrons, which are easy to push around. All chemical reactions are the result o f shifting electrons. We can get much more energy if we could fool around with particles in those tiny central nuclei, but we have to get past the electrons to do so. The small nuclei o f hydrogen can be made to fuse together to form nuclei o f helium, but to get those hydrogen nuclei to smash together hard enough to fuse, you have to make them very hot and squeeze them as close to gether as possible, which takes an enormous amount o f pressure. The sun gets its energy from hydrogen fusion at its center, but there, the hydrogen nuclei are squeezed together very tightly and the tem perature is about 15 million degrees C. In the laboratory, there is no way we can get the hydrogen nuclei to squeeze together as at the center o f the sun, so we must make the tem perature still higher, up in the hundreds of millions o f degrees. And we must use deu terium (a rather rare heavy kind of hydrogen)
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that fuses more easily than ordinary hydrogen does. So for nearly 40 years, scientists have been trying to put enough pressure on hydrogen and raise it to a high enough tem perature and force it to stay together in one place long enough to start fusing, but they haven't quite managed to do it. Chemists frequently find that some reac tions are very hard to force, but that if you add a substance called a catalyst, that substance offers a surface on which the reaction takes place quickly. In industry, all sons o f catalysts are routinely used to make things do what we want them to do. In the body, we have thou sands o f different enzym es that catalyze par ticular changes so that our cells can perform all their functions. All the catalysts we know, however, affect only the kind o f reactions that involve the outer electrons. No one has ever found a catalyst that can help in nuclear reactions, those that in volve particles in the central nucleus. The two chem ists, though, claim they have done it. Hydrogen atoms easily stick to the surface o f certain m etals, such as nickel and platinum. The metal to which hydrogen atoms stick in greatest quantities is a platinum-like metal called palladium . The experim ent these two chemists per formed starts with heavy water (made up of deuterium m olecules instead o f ordinary hydrogen). Palladium foil is inserted at one end and platinum foil at the other and an electric current is passed through the water. The water molecules break up into deuterium and oxygen. The oxygen goes to the platinum and bubbles off. The hydrogen goes to the palladium and rem ains stuck there, accum ulat ing on the surface in greater and greater quan tities. Eventually, the deuterium atoms on the palladium are present in such quantities that they are cheek by jow l with each other. Since all the particles inside the atom s have wave properties, and a particle can be anywhere along the wave at any mom ent, it sometimes happens that two particles from two different nuclei are in such positions in their waves as to be especially close together and then they can interact in ways they ordinarily w ouldn’t. This is called a “tunneling effect” because they can go through barriers that are ordinarily opaque. In other words, two adjacent deuterium atoms may fuse. They do so very rarely but each fusion gives off a little energy and raises the tem perature slightly. This m akes tunneling a little more likely and more atom s fuse. Eventually, the chem ists say, the solution is giving off far more energy than is being put in. In this way, we have fusion at ordinary tem peratures — not tem peratures in the mil lions o f degrees, but “cold fusion.” There is enough deuterium in ordinary sea water so that one cubic foot o f sea-water could produce immensely more energy than a cubic foot o f coal. W hat’s more, the fusing deu terium would form only helium , which is harm less. If this cold fusion works, then we have a source of clean energy that can replace other sources, cut down the greenhouse effect, cut down on air pollution and smog, and do other good things. There is only one catch. It sounds so good, scientists suspect that it may be too good to be true. The two chem ists have not yet published all the details of the experim ent, and others will have to see if they can repeat the work. Maybe — maybe not.
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Tuesday April 16,1989
EDITORIAL
Cold showers, anybody? As many Founders residents have already painfully discov ered, there has been little, if no, hot water in the mornings ever since the second week o f this term. This problem has been due to a leak in one o f the two hot w ater heaters in the building. W ithout tw o heaters, there is virtually no hot water between about 7:15 and 9:15 am, when everyone competes for the few drops o f lukewarm water that are left. After three weeks of chilly water, a show er above freezing is a joy, one that's warm is a celebration. W hen an R A asked the O ffice o f Housing and Residential Life when the heater would be fixed, the official reply was that “The heater needs replacement. One is on order and should be in by the middle o f the w eek." This message was relayed to everyone in the building. That was two weeks ago, and alas, still there is no hot water.
This week, residents o f Founders received a memo (dated April 11) from Peggy Jablonski, Director o f Housing. It stated that one o f the tanks was leaking and had to be turned off for repairs. The m em o also continued to say that “It now appears that we will need to replace the tank. Plant Services has requested [only] the purchasing information from a local vendor. We hope to have the tank replaced as soon as possible.” This letter implies that no heater has been ordered, yet they said two weeks ago that one w as on order and would be installed by the middle o f that week (around April 4th or 5th). These tw o statements are contradictory. W hy does Residential Life have to lie to Founders residents? Do they fear a revolt on this cam pus? Not likely. Can we expect the sam e service from Plant Services for the heater that they gave us with putting a phone in the front hallway (originally promised by January 1st, but not installed until the beginning of
D term). Using their track record as a guide, hot water might be restored for next year’s residents. If Residential Life had been honest from the beginning. Founders residents would only feel upset, not betrayed. Also, since Founders costs about $700 per term, for room, heat, elec tricity, and hot water, all residents should demand a rebate for the loss of the hot water, one o f the most precious com m odities in the morning. Founders residents should do as the memo states, “ Please contact the Office of Housing and Residential Life if there is NO hot water.” Since lukewarm water is NOT hot. Residential Life should receive sufficient motivation to actually order the damn thing. If you’re tired of cold showers in the morning, call them at 831-5308 or stop by Ellsworth 16 to voice your complaint, EVERY TIM E YOU HAVE A SHOWER THAT IS NOT HOT.
LETTERS/COMMENTARY
Mailroom Employees only human To the Editor: I don’t really want to stop Mark A. Sullivan from busting his gut laughing, but there are a few things he should understand about the m ailroom. First, every student is given a mailbox at the beginning of the school year. As far as actually receiving mail in that box, that is d ependent on the num ber o f friends he or she knows. If the illustrious Mr. Sullivan does not get letters, I’m not exactly sure what that tells us. Second, it is an unfortunate fact that some people feel it necessary to destroy the boxes provided to the students at WPI. I m ean, usually one o f the work study students stands guard all night, but I guess we must have been napping at the time M ark’s box was ripped off. The fact that it took three weeks to fix the box is also entirely our
fault. Wc filled out a work order form the second Mark informed us of his tragic occurrence, and it was rushed to the Plant Services build ing. After five minutes had passed, and the box hadn’t been replaced, we should have realized that some thing was amiss. I know that Plant Services performs many functions here at WPI trying to keep our campus in the perfect state that now exists, but didn’t they realize that one of our most illustrious students was being terribly inconvenienced? He was forced to take time out o f his daily four hour lab to visit the mail room window at the ungodly hours of 1 lam to 3pm. It is true that only mail with M ark’s name specifically on it was placed in the box at the window, but as Alton Reich knows (see last w eek’s Observations from the Asy
lum), we have several “ idiotic policies” here at the mail room. O ne oT those, which applies to everyone (including those with boxes) is that no mail will be put out unless it is labelled with the proper name and number. This includes junk mail and housing lottery information. Perhaps Mr. Sullivan w ould prefer to receive all the unlabeled solicitations sent to the mail room. We might be able to construct a new wing o f Daniels Hall to store all o f these for him. This may come as a com plete shock to readers of this page, but the mail room is staffed by a bunch o f human beings! Occasionally, these human beings commit such unforgivable sins as reading a “ M ark” as a “ M ike.” But would it be too much for a mail service to ask o f the students that when a per-
To the Editor: I am forced to write this letter because o f the absurd remarks that were made about the Central M ail room staff by Mark A. Sullivan. First of all, I would like to talk about my experiences with the Mail Room, and then I will address M ark’s comm ents. I have been the president o f the WPI W ater Polo Club for over three years and for the past three years, the W ater Polo Club has delivered the Boston Globe and New York Tim es to raise money. If it were not for the kindness and cooperation o f the mailroom staff, we, the W ater Polo Club, would not have been able to do this fund raiser. The mailroom personnel were nice enough to let a club m em ber (w ho is sometimes in the way) in every day to distribute the slips for the specific paper, which have to be turned into a mailroom
w orker to receive the actual paper. The mailroom personnel have also been helpful in distributing Hyers for the club and delivering the club mail. Now to comment on M ark’s remarks. First, about the length of time it took to get his mailbox re paired, Mark, if you were slightly more observant, and less likely to jum p to conclusions, you would probably know that plant services repairs the broken boxes, not the m ailroom workers. Also, I have heard rum ors that you, Mark, may have caused some o f the dam age to your mailbox the second time, and if not you are one unlikely person. About not getting any notices, if you were more observant you would know that for almost every notice put in the student mailboxes, there are several other ways to obtain the information (ie. WPIC-TV; posters
around campus; Newspeak; on the floor around the mailboxes; also if you have any friends, they could tell you.) About the problem o f your re ceiving Mark F. Sullivan’s mail and vice versa, you did not say how the mail was addressed. If it was just addressed Mark Sullivan then the mailroom personnel did their job. They, the mailroom workers, can not screen the mail to deter m ine which Mark Sullivan it is intended for. That would be illegal and you would complain even worse. What I suspect is that you tell everyone to put your full name and mailbox number on all the mail they send to you. I hope, M ark, that you take these suggestions to heart. Also, try to use your head when a prob lem arises, and do not start whin ing.
Joseph F. Pappadia, ‘89
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son receives a CD with a different name on it, he or she might inform us? (Listening, Mike?) Or perhaps Mr. Sullivan would prefer the mail room to give out C D ’s to any person who can tell us the name of a student expecting a CD. That would cut out the idiotic policy of forcing students to perform the tedious task o f show ing an ID. I know those plastic cards can becom e quite cumbersome in one’s wallet. One final point I would like to bring up: if a person wishes to raise an argum ent about something (even
a “ useless point”), he or she should not stoop to the level of attempting to cut down a person by attacking his or her appearance. To criticize someone because o f excessive use of makeup or perfume is quite childish. (Not to mention, some of Mr. Sullivan’s statem ents bor dered on being libelous.) Next time, try to criticize us on our ac tions, and m ake sure you’re aware of the facts and present them in a coherent manner. Sorry, Sully.
J. Michael Garvin, ‘88
Health office concerns To the Editor: RE: Five nurses laid off Charming. I guess now when w e’ve got health problems after 5:30 pm, we can just dial Jon and Jean at 753-2662 and ask for a bandaid. It’s very interesting to me that instead o f cutting back on some bureaucratic com m ittee-to-createanother-com mittee, Jon C. decided instead to rem ove a student-related service here at W PI. Possibly through this action, he intends to somehow increase the quality of student life here...? I have som e suggestions. Why not keep the nurses, who we really need, and fire the brilliant financial brains who put WPI a million bucks in the hole? O r bring back spree day
- it’s one less day w e’ll have to pay professors’ wages. Open the pub... “officially” again! T hat’ll generate tons of revenue, surely!_R etum ow nership of the bookstore to WPI, so that WPI can keep the profits. It’s kind o f sad that Jon C. isn’t even aware o f the im plications o f his actions (for exam ple his references to the 4 fired nurses, instead of the actual 5, and his ignorance of the actual infirmary hours)... this guy is the presiden t o f the college, after all. Maybe we shouldn’t be so hard on Jon for making these small er rors... after all, when the President of WPI gets bruised, he doesn’t really have to worry - all he’s got to do is pass his adm inistration’s inju ries down onto us.
Michael Voorhis, ‘91
Ask Mike Making the World Better Yes, I have triumphantly re turned from a prolonged sabbatical with renewed energy (who am I B.S.ing, I ’m looking forward to Summer). Seriously, I had to take a few weeks to get my life in order. This com pounded with the fact that I haven’t received any letters makes it difficult to w rite a column. Unfor tunately, I did not receive any letters this week, but I have some advice that should m ake you happy and the world a better place. When w as the last time you talked to a com plete stranger? Not an axe-m urderer, just the person sitting next to you on the bus, train, or subway. How about the people you’re waiting in line next to? The line will go faster (psychologically) and you’ll feel better. You might also make som eone’s day or make a new friend. Friday night I went to Boston to see my girlfriend off to the Baha mas. She’ll be gone for a while, so I was pretty bumm ed out. While waiting for the “T ” (MBTA, subway for non-Bostonians), I started talk ing to a pilot who had just flown in from Los A ngeles. We talked about flying and the weather in L.A. A couple next to us joined our conver sation. They were from Calgary,
trying to find Harvard. W e helped them with their directions and then we got talking about the NHL. I found out that the Canadian couple was running in the M arathon (they’ll probably win, and I didn’t even get an autograph) and we all had to go to the same stop. On the “T ” we just talked and learned a little about each other. W e all took separate trains after that, but the point was that we all went away feeling happy and with a sense of friendship. My trip continued with me head ing west. I told a girl she had a run in her stocking. She w asn’t terribly happy about it, but she laughed. She also learned about a bet I have with my girlfriend, that I ’ll m ake a mil lion dollars 18 months after gradu ation (legally). She got o ff the “T” thinking I was a total crackpot and crazy person, but she will look back at it and smile. The whole point is that laughter makes life easier and less stressfilled. Some people may shy away when you talk to them, but most will talk back. Try it, you may meet someone new! Having problems with drugs? Ask Mike for help- box 2142 %• 2700.
NEWSPEAK
Tuesday April 18,1989
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VIEWPOINT
What are the best and worst things about WPI?
Jeff Carter '92 The worst is the guy/girl ratio. The best is being in a fraternity and long spring breaks. I'd say to freshmen to keep up on your work and don't fall behind.
MaryBeth Liener '90
Scott Breining '89
Enjoy your freshman year while you can. The best thing is the attitudes o f the students - they're not competitive or cutthroat. The worst thing is that students don't get involved with campus activities as much as they could, because greek life is so prominent.
I'd say the best things are the studentteacher ratio and the ability to do project work.
Dong Koyu Lee '90 The worst thing about this school is the lack o f girls. H owever, it's also good because it allows you to work.
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COMMENTARY
Standing on a Soapbox Hook, Line ,and Sinker by Frodo I just had to write a column this week, all these gullible people who have decided to come here next year have the possibility of reading it. First I will deal with contem porary things then try to give next year's Freshmen som ething to look forward to. First off, once again an eeking of social life has been snuffed out at W PI. As you may or may not know, my friends at E8 have thrown several parties this year. Well, they were in formed after their last one that they could not have a band in their apart ment. This is not expressly stated in the housing rules, but they derived it quickly enough. How about this lan guage folks, "Due to the potential disturbance resulting from and the possibility o f attracting a large num ber of students to such an event, bands are not perm itted to practice/play within on-cam pus housing." Oh hor rors! We w ouldn’t want people to get together, they might have (shudder) fun! iNote the words 'possibility' and ■potential’. I liked it better when they would just simply bust a party when it becam e too much. I mean what are the police going to do now? Not only will they have even less to do, but the few parties that are going on they w on't be able to hear. Will this eventually apply to stereos? No, no music, no bands, but you can sit there and get plastered o ff your butt as long as we d o n ’t see it. What a bunch of hypo crites. People consum e alcohol at parties, this is a fact. I would argue that if you have an alternative to dance, you w on’t get as wasted. It is noteworthy to say that Res. Life didn’t Find out about E8 from a complaint about noise. Next, did everyone’s parents re ceive a letter over break explaining the tuition increase, etc.? W ell, I’ve already made my position clear on tuition, but what got me were the statem ents saying that the adm inistra tion has consciously tried to make WPI safer. Bull, WPI only put locks on things after incidents occurred. To top it all o f the conservative, narrow minded, sheltering, prudish, M&M adm inistration and alumni have con spired to prevent condoms from being dispensed on campus. This IS a safety issue, no m atter what your moral position is. If any parents have gotten this far, I ask you, w hatever your perception of your kid is. angelic to devilish, d o n ’t you want them lo at least have access? The administration would rather prop up some infantile image o f a spotless institute than deal with the issues of the day, this is all after a survey was conducted and stu dents overw helm ingly favored dis pensers in dorm bathrooms. Next, the Science Fiction Society would like to convey it’s eternal frus tration to SAB and connected people for last Saturday’s van incident. The w om en's crew team didn't bother to
return the keys to the red van, so some 20 SFS members were stuck in the wedge Saturday morning for about 90 minutes fighting with police and the SAB trying to get keys, given the run around. They finally m anaged to acquire the van in enough time to m ake Boston on time. All I have to say is that this is typical o f some types o f overinflated bureaucracies, the type that seems to thrive at WPI. On to the freshmen! W ell, you have decided to com e here, well, well, uh, it was your decision. From my perspective the place is not so hot. W orcester is an utter pit. My sugges tion is to go into Boston frequently or get in a car and drive off in a random direction occasionally. If you have to slay here there are few forms o f enter tainment in the city, # l the Silver Ball (good arcade, downtown), #2 Show case Cinema (downtown) #3 Bop City (cool shop), #4 the Galleria (bunch of worthless shops), except for Book Com er, #5 The Art Museum (good museum). Most clubs in W orcester are 2 l+ , just ask the Dead Men. W orcester is deserted after about 7pm normally. This leaves the cam pus; it’s no better. You are either in a frat or you do very little, I will not argue here which is better. Hidden deep within WPI are good faculty, most people take a while to find one, if you do, hold on for dear life, especially in the math dept. You will find that the student body is most apathetic, the administration is worse and if you have any shimm ering o f creative and/or artistic talent you will either become a slave to the adm ini stration or you will find yourself in a small, outcast, but very vocal group o f about 150 students. If you wanted to go into activism you are out of luck, you have the College Republicans (no comment), and the Students for Social Awareness who are very good at bash ing the Republicans. There is also the Student Pugwash, a rather elusive group, and I also recommend the In ternational Relations Council. None o f these groups will probably do any thing major, if they do I will be pleas antly surprised. To give you an ex ample of student apathy the last Cul tural Festival at WPI turned out a big 20 students, independent lectures are also not well attended, not even if the topic is science related. As for the women at W PI, well. T he overwhelming majority are not, um. attractive. I’m not saying that is everything, d o n ’t get me wrong, but this school does not seem to attract women that are very visually pleas ing, it’s a fact. Most of them also have an attitude. They are just as cold as the average male engineer and they also realize what a position they are in, the ratio of Males to Females is 5:1, and are rather bitchy and stuck up. 1 do know some nice girls at WPI, but I can count them on one hand. If you hoped that the other 9 colleges in W orcester would provide coed com panionship
you are out o f luck. Most o f these schools take an isolationist position anyway and most girls on other cam puses will either run away from WPI guys, thinking them to be sex starved perverts or run to them hoping to finish a pre-W ed program by marry ing a nice rich engineer. I hope you w ouldn't want that. Just to give you an idea o f what sort o f people you can look forward to dealing with next year, here are some o f my favorite quotes overheard at WPI while I have been here. These are REAL, sco u t's honor. Student after seeing TH E WALL: “ I ’ve seen it before, I d id n ’t under stand it. like THE SONG REM AINS THE SA M E .” (sigh)
T y pical M ale C hauvinist Pig homophobe: "I gotta keep fucking my girlfriend or I might turn gay.” In response to ’W hat makes a good engineer?': “One who makes a lot of m oney” and: "M y goal in life is to rise as high as I can and m ake as much money as I possibly can.” Typical Frat brother when faced with a problem: “Come down to the house and say that.” WPI claim s to create 'hum an tech nologists’, that’s a load of crap. If you were drawn here by something called ‘The Plan.’ it doesn't exist, the school uses it to draw students. The only difference is projects. Which go as
follows, The Sufficiency (a concen trated excretion), the IQP (a contrived wool-pull), and the MQP (no different from what a senior has to do at most colleges.) There are some unique opportunities at WPI, but for the most part the adm inistration is unaware of them,* if you see something you want to do, be prepared for a lot o f red tape and for disappointm ent. You are in for an interesting four years. I don’t know how you will do it, 1 don’t know how I’ve com e this far. As one faculty m em ber said sarcastically when pre sented with problems at W PI, one solution is ‘drugs, heavy drugs.’ These are my opinions, and as anything human they are flawed.
Observations from the Asylum The New Soviet Union? by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff There has been a considerable amount o f press and talk recently devoted to the discussion o f the new Soviet Union. In what w ays has the U.S.S.R. changed, and will it continue to change are questions that need to be answered if the governm ent is going to make effective foreign policy deci sions. I'm sure that right now there are people in the State Department wondering about these very same things. Soviet Prem ier G orbachev brought into office with him a program called glasnost; openness. He found an economy crum bling under its own weight, and a people who would rather consum e vodka than any other product. Gorbachev needed a way to get the people enthusiastic about the country, and giving them a sense of more freedom seemed like a good idea. If you look at the current Soviet governm ent it isn’t any different from any o f the previous ones. The real power lies in that segment that agrees with the prem ier. If that balance of power shifts, then w e’ll see a new head for the governm ent. Right now G orbachev is doing well for himself. He is fairly firmly in power, and he has been able to elim inate at least some o f the opposition. The way things look at this point, and this is very sim plified, 50% o f the people in the P olitburo support G orbachev, 25% are m ore conservative, and 25% are more liberal. G orbachev is w alk ing a political tightrope. In the U.S. when a leader falls from favor, he loses an election. In the U.S.S.R. when a leader falls from favor he. at best, ends up in Siberia. Gorbachev has much m ore to lose than power. L et’s take a look at what Gor-
bachev has done. He has given the people some measure o f free speech. Last year he proclaim ed that govern ment officials no longer had to be party members. Some people took that as a hint that they could form their own political party and participate in elections; they w ere arrested several hours later. Improving international relations, especially in the form of trade agreem ents has been big on Gorbachev's list of things to do, because the Soviet econom y needs all the help it can get. The problem with the So viet economy has nothing and every thing to do with communism. The level o f production is low, the quality of goods produced is poor, and there is no competition to make things better. W orkers were never rewarded for producing more o r doing better work than their peers. Now Gorbachev is trying to “capitalize” production. He has made reform s to give superior workers more money in the hope that people will work harder for more. He is hoping to get a superior product by offering compensation to the workers for their effort. It seem s to be working * so far. A big problem that the Soviet Union has is that they are only now admitting to is alcoholism. A fairly large portion o f their population is alcoholic. How Gorbachev solves this problem will be interesting, but he has already tried simply decreasing the production of vodka. There was a great cry from the people over this action: they wanted their vodka. I’m not sure that he’ll find an easy solu tion to this problem. For the first time the Soviet gov ernm ent is having problems with re bellion. As of this date there have been six provinces in which there has been some form o f rebellious move ment. Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are all on the Baltic Sea and would
declare them selves independent in a m inute if they felt they could get away with it. A rmenia, and Azerbaijan have felt hatred for years. The only thing that keeps the residents o f these two provinces from killing each other is the Soviet army. The really funny thing is that Soviet soldiers are getting killed in the cross fire as A rmenians and A zerbaijanies shoot at each other. G eorgia is the most recent entry into this group, in the past week m ore than 25 people have been killed by Soviet troops during protests. The U.S.S.R. can ’t afford to lose Georgia because il is home to the only port they have close to the M editerranean Sea, via the Black Sea. Soviet foreign policy has changed a little. Sure they signed the INF treaty, but that may be a purely eco nomic m ove. If they limit the number o f w eapons, they limit the num ber that they have to produce. The less they have to spend on defense the better off they are. In other ways, nothing has changed. They are still using their satellites and friends to threaten A m erican interests. The Soviets re cently sold M ig-24 Fencers to the Lybians. This fighter gives the Lybians the ability to deliver bom bs, in cluding those o f the nuclear variety, lo Europe. This is not what I’d call a friendly foreign policy gesture. There are three possible outcom es to G orbachev’s reign. The worst (from an American standpoint) is that G orbachev will succeed, and the Soviet U nion will be stronger than ever. A nother possibility is that the country will break up via provinces declaring independence, and the So viet U nion as we know it will be gone. Most likely, how ever is that an ultra conservative Stalinist regime will com e to pow er and clam p dow n on the people. The problem with this is that a little bit of freedom can be a great poison to a totalitarian society.
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Perspectives on Pledging - Part One by Jeffrey Coy Associate Editor and John Bell W ithout a doubt, much o f friction betw een G reeks and non-G reeks com es as a result o f the pledging process. Unlike m any Greek activi ties, pledging takes place, for the most pari, on cam pus because of the location of the freshmen. As a result, many independents only see this view and conclude that the entire Greek system is similar. Non-Greeks as a result often don't get a clear picture of what is occurring during pledging. Often, pledge activities such as raids can disturb individuals who are not involved. While this is regrettable, it's important to realize that the m a jority of pledging activities occur w ith o u t in v o lv in g independents; raids and sim ilar activities are only a small part o f the entire pledging proc ess. This process is designed to prepare prospective brothers or sisters three productive years o f service to their house. Pledging is designed to take a certain number o f total strangers and turn them into a functioning group which is capable o f running an or ganization. Although no houses have the same pledge program, all do contain simi lar themes. Among these is learning about those who cam e before you. Thus, an integral part of any organiza
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tion is it’s history. The history of each group is unique, for, by learning the history of his Fraternity or her soror ity, the m em ber is instilled with a sense o f pride. Not only that, but it also teaches the m em ber about the traditions and ideals o f his predeces sors. Perhaps the most important aspect of learning history is that it gives the brothers and sisters a sense o f involvement with other members nationwide in the organization. For these reasons, most G reeks make learning history an integral part of the pledge program. An effective pledge program should also foster leadership and or ganizational skills in the prospective brothers. These skills can be devel oped by various methods. Pledge pro gram s often contain a miniature ver sion o f the internal workings of the house. Pledges are given tasks which are very sim ilar to those which are carried out by brothers. The main difference between the two is the size o f the project and the intensity o f the undertaking. Sometimes projects can be as complex and involved as de signing. publicizing and carrying ut a com m unity service project. Other times, just the mere helping o f broth ers during simple housekeeping tasks will aid in organizing the pledge class. However, many times, inde pendents only see the light-hearted events such as raids. Still, even these types of events further educate the
pledges in organizational and leader ship skills. It is the culm ination o f all these events that prepare the pledges for the responsibilities of being a brother. As we have m entioned in previous articles, perhaps the m ost important aspect of any house is the closeness of its brothers. The overall intent o f the activities mentioned before is to in stall this closeness am ong the pledge class. Whether a pledge class is plan ning a community service event or a raid, members are drawn together to achieve a com m on goal, while at the same time, the individuals o f the pledge class grow closer in friend ship. Unfortunately, this closeness is sometimes seen by independents as an elitist attitude by the G reek system. It is understandable why someone out side of the Greek system would not be able to fully com prehend the son of love that is felt within a fraternity or sorority. However, it is this sort of love that an effective pledge program should breed. This is more important than any community service project, lead ership school, know ledge of history, or any other assigned task. The ulti mate goal is really achieved by the culm ination of the many facets of a successful pledge program. John Bell. '90 and Jeff Coy, ‘91 are, respectively. President and Vice-President o f Sigma Alpha Epsi lon
Victims of Pan Am 103 Learn the Truth By Mark Carioto A n most of you have heard, on Dec. 21. 1988. 270 people w ere killed on Pan Am Flight 103. This was the single largest act of terrorism against the United States. The families and friends o f the victims o f this horren dous act are desperately trying to gather information. W hat they have found out so far is that the incident could have been prevented. Starting March 14, 1989, Holy Cross is working with the "V ictim s of Pan Am Flight 103" in order to obtain a Congressional investigation into Pan Am and the FAA prior to the llight. and in regard to increasing security, which presently is little to none. We are petitioning Congress in the form o f letters with students at Holy Cross. Harvard. Yale. Princeton, Stanford. Skidmore. Cornell. SUNY Oswego. Union, Syracuse and G eor getown. The group is also forming contacts at Trinity. W PI, and Clark, and several schools throughout the Northeast.
Most people in this country think that security is at least adequate and the Pan Am incident was a fluke. What the "V ictim s of Pan Am 103” found out is that there really isn't any security: - less than 10% o f all luggage is hand-searched after it is checked in; we have been told that luggage is constantly checked. - x-rays do not presently detect plastic explosives and the airlines will not hand check luggage because it is too expensive and inconvenient. Until equipm ent is placed in these airports, the "V ictim s" are asking that baggage be hand searched and that passengers be questioned so that each bag will be matched. These are the precautions Israel’s airline El Al takes. Israel is the number one terror ist target and yet because of their security precautions, they have not had one act of terrorism occur on their planes. Incidentally, the United Stales is the number two terrorist target. In regard to warnings being made, the President and many high-level
airline officials said that if they issued all high level warnings, air traffic would stop. W hat the “V ictim s" re ally discovered: - there were only 24 high level warnings out of 6 million flights, so in all practicality, passengers could have been warned. - if they issued all warnings, m ean ing what they considered to be practi cal jokes to light warnings, that would have totalled 500 out o f 6 million flights. After the "V ictim s" found out this information, the State Department told the American people that things would change. What they have found out is that they refuse to tell the pas sengers and the crew members about serious threats. They are only going to let security o fficials know. This means that terrorists can tell the gov ernm ent and the airlines exactly when they are going to place a bomb in a plane and no single person besides governm ent officials will be warned. If the airlines know that they c a n ’t protect us and then have the audacity
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to admit that they w on’t warn us, airline executives and governm ent officials are gambling the lives of the flying public. This takes away from some o f the anger we have toward the terrorists and shifts it to the officials who can let criminal acts such as these go on. The Pan Am tragedy seem s to have marked the beginning of a new wave o f terrorism in the United States. Groups o f Iranian terrorists have de clared war on the United States and the governm ent still hasn't taken adequate security measures to in crease security. The FBI has recently adm itted that 300 Iranians, most of whom are trained terrorists, have com e into the United States using student visas. These terrorists have issued bomb threats against interna tional corporations and bookstores carrying the Rushdie book, but still nothing is being done and terrorists are being encouraged because of the apathy o f the government. These ter rorists have already started making their threats valid by blowing up the car o f the USS V incennes’ Captain in California two weeks ago. If the United States doesn’t do som ething quick, it is going to be a matter of weeks before terrorism is going to increase dramatically. Specifically regarding Pan Am 103, the plastic explosives were found in a radio cassette player. In October, three months before the incident, a bomb mechanism was found in the sam e sort of cassette player along with stockpiles o f these cassette play ers. In November, it was recently revealed that the British government knew about the warnings and sus pected where the bomb was supposed to be placed; in a Toshiba radio cas sette player. The governm ent knew specifically how to detect bombs in these radio cassette recorders since 1986. and still they didn't increase airline security and warn passengers or crew members. The "V ictim s" are asking that electronic devices able to carry plastic explosives be banned from passenger planes for six months to a year until adequate technology is installed in airports to detect the plas tic explosives. To pass this sort of legislation would only take 48 hours. The “V ictim s” are pressuring the U.S. Government to carry out a full Congressional investigation into Pan
Am and the FAA concerning flight 103. It is more and more evident that many of the facts before and after the flight are still being covered up in light of T hursday's revelation that Pan AM received three separate warn ings instead of one. Only governm ent officials were warned about the threat and those officials on the plane got off except two, but they were warned. A plane that was fully booked had 168 vacant seats and Pan Am sold the tickets for half price during the C hrist mas rush. Congress has jurisdiction over the FAA to investigate the matter and hopefully with the public support can close this security gap. Right now, the 8% tax we pay with a ticket for security is “ lying dormant in the federal Airport and airway trust fund.” So far they have accum ulated 6 billion dollars, none of which they have used on security. A large portion o f this money is going towards mak ing the federal deficit look smaller. If all of the security actions proposed in this letter plus the addition of the adequate technology to detect plastic explosives was installed in the six hundred international airports around the world it would total a mere 50 cent to one dollar increase on each ticket. The "V ictim s,” although they can not make up for the loss, just want to know the truth. My friend. Melina Hudson, along with other passengers w eren’t supposed to be on that plane, but warned diplom ats affably gave up their seats for innocent, unwarned victims to die. In order to m ake the wishes of the “ Victims” and the American public come true we have to reach six to ten Congressional com m ittees. This is only feasible with the active support o f the American governm ent. Three Middle Eastern countries: Iran. Libya and Syria and between three to six groups in Europe have the capability to use plastic explosives, and they are more than willing to use them against United States citizens. Under Presi dent Reagan, there were I(Mi members o f the anti-terrorism comm ittee, un der the present adm inistration, there are four. Currently, there is no head o f the FAA, no A m bassador for terror ism. It is for your safety also, because we the people should be able to fly overseas safely, and until changes are made, riding on a plane is like taking a gamble with your life.
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Voting for this year's UMOC contest will take place Monday thru Friday 11-4 and on the quad Saturday 10-4. The winner will be announced at the New Voices Cafe Saturday night and at the Spring Semi-formal. Please make your decision very carefully! Who will be voted the Ugly Man On Campus?
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SPORTS
Women's track takes city While a spring snowstorm caused most of W P I’s sports activities to be cancelled Saturday, the w om en’s track team won a lop-sided "L ittle” City Meet: WPI 86, Clark 36. W orc ester State 17. Nichols 10, with As sum ption opting not to com pete due to the weather. While the tem perature sat at 40 F. the track and throwing areas were clear of snow; virtually all perform ances were better than a week ago.
The most competitive events were the throws. Kim W ebber won the shot by 4" on a clutch fifth throw o f 34-4 1/ 2. Leslie Reed got closer to qualifying for ECAC, winning the discus in 99-6 and taking 3rd in the hamm er with 100-10. Lesley Andrews had a best in the javelin, winning in 102-4: she also won the high jum p and ran on both winning relays. Kate Knapp won both sprints, coming from behind each time. Robin Fontaine won the 400
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easily and led o ff the 4x400 relay. Noelle Bonin made up 30 meters in the last lap to pull out a victory in the 800; she also anchored the 4x400 re lay. Kristin Conley picked up a pair of close seconds, but she continued to dominate the triple jum p with a 32' win. Although the team is still short a few runners, it puts together an excel lent performance. A better test will be Mount Holyoke on W ednesday.
With beautiful weather on hand for the first day o f the City Invita tional W om en’s Track Meet, the performances w ere of high quality. WPI (Noelle Bonin, Robin Fontaine, Maura Collins, Christine Mikloiche) finished 2nd to Connecticut College in the 4 x 800m relay, but cracked the school record. Lesley Andrews won the pentathlon, quali fying for the ECAC heptathlon. Patty Dube returned to action in the
100m hurdles with a 16.6 second clocking, well under the ECAC standard. T he infrequently contested 5000 m eter run was filled with 12 ath letes. Mikloiche (19:41.9) led from start to finish in a school record p e rfo rm a n c e , w h ile C o llin s (20:21.2) moved up through the field to finish second in the 3rd bestever WPI performance.
THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE IS ACCEPTING APPLICATONS FOR TOUR GUIDES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1989-90 If y o u ’re interested in sharing your enthusiasm for WPI w hile gaining com m unication skills, stop by the A d m ission s O ffice (1st floor B oynton) and pick up a Tour Guide Application. A pplications m ust be subm itted by Friday, April 21, 1989. Students elig ib le for work-study are g iv en preference.
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When my friends and I graduated from high school, we all took part-time jobs to pay for college. They ended up in car washes and hamburger joints, putting in long hours for little pay. Not me. My job takes just one weekend a month and two weeks a year. Yet, I’m earning $18,000 for college. Because I joined my local Army National Guard. They’re the people who help our state during emergencies like hurri canes and floods. They’re also an important part of our country’s military ID defense. So, since I’m helping them do such an important job, they’re helping me make it through school.
As soon as I finished Advanced Training, the Guard gave me a cash bonus of $2,000. I’m also getting another $5,000 for tuition and books, thanks to the New GI Bill. Not to mention my monthly Army Guard paychecks. They’ll add up to more than $11,000 over the six years I’m in the Guard. And if I take out a college loan, the Guard will help me pay it back-up to $1,500 a year, plus interest. It all adds up to $18,000—or more —for college for just a little of my time. And that’s a heck of a better deal than any car wash will give you. THE GUARD CAN HELP PUT YOU THROUGH COLLEGE, TOO. SEE YOUR LOCAL RECRUITER FOR DETAILS, CALL TOLL-FREE 800-638-7600,* OR MAIL THIS COUPON. •In Hawaii: 737-5255; Puerto Rico: 721-4550; Guam: 477-9957; V irg in Islands (St. Croix): 773-6438; New Jersey: 800-452-5794. In Alaska, consult your local phone directory. t 1985 United States Governm ent as represented by the Secretary o f Defense. A ll rights reserved.
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Women’s track still undefeated by Brian Savilonis O n W ednesday, A pril 12 the W om en's Track and Field put to gether a solid team effort to remain undefeated at 7-0. The team score ended at WPI 88, Mount Holyoke 47, A ssum ption 23. Also com peting in a non-scoring scrimmage were pow er
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ful squads from Fitchburg State and Holy Cross. Kim W ebber was the overall win ner in the shot, despite back pain. Dianna Furlong fouled her first three javelin throws, but won the event on her fourth toss with 101-5. Chris Mikloiche ran a kamikaze pace to place in the 800 but won the 3000 in
I 1 :2 8 .6 . F re sh m a n Laura Paciorek had a personal best in the ham m er and d isc u s, winning the latter in 993. Kristin C onley was second in the triple jum p, edged out by 1/2 an inch in 33-2. Deborah Long also had a good day jum ping, hitting 3 11, and ran a solid 200 meters in 29.8. N ex t W e d n e sd a y W PI w ill h o st a w om en’s relays with 68 teams in attendance. Then on April 22 the squad will tangle with Trinity and Tufts, the latter being #1 in New England Division 111.
WPI ROTC at Ranger Challenge Ranger Challenge, the varsity sport of ROTC, is an intercollegiate com petition that em phasizes teamwork, physical toughness, and proficiency in military skills. On Satur day, 8 April, the Bay State Battalion Rang ers raced the clock against a highly trained squad from the University o f M assachusetts in a game at home. Brian Leary captained the Bay State Rangers to a tie with UMASS. The visiting team won the 20 m eter grenade throw and the one-rope bridge, while WPI captured the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) and the 8 kilom eter forced road march. The UMASS R angers threw grenades w ith slightly greater accuracy than W PI. They con structed a one-rope bridge over a forty foot wide obstacle and crossed the entire squad in ju st over two minutes, out-distancing the WPI team by half a minute. However, the strength and endurance of the WPI team
prevailed in the remaining tw o events. O f a possible 2400 points in the APFT, WPI gleaned 2155 points to 1928 for UMASS. The final event was a grueling 8 kilom eter (5 mile) forced road march over a hilly route carrying combat gear and 40-pound packs. The teams twice traded leads; but at the 3 mile marker, WPI outdistanced UM ASS and continued to widen the lead. The WPI team marched at an average rate o f 10 minutes per mile in spite o f the cum bersom e equipm ent. The other members fo the WPI team are Joseph Auger, Michael Faubert, Thom as G uyer, Jeffrey Weir, Russell Flugel, Rexel G allom oza, David Boos, and Sam Doherty. They have been training together since the start of the Spring semester. In the Fall, they will travel to Fort Devens to com pete against 16 teams in a brigade tournament.
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W PI's b aseb all team beats M ass. M aritim e A cadem y 3 -2 in the 13Hl inning A javelin is hurled d uring last W ednesday's track m eet.
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The T-Shell By Gary Gray T here have been a num ber o f additions to the software on the Encore recently, and one o f the most useful is the Tcsh, (T-shell) . A shell is a program that takes your com m ands and relays them to the com puter’s operating sys tem which does the actual work (like deleteing a file, running a program, etc.) W henever you type something at the "% ” prom pt on the Encore, you are actually using the csh (a.k.a. C shell) program. The problem with the “C shell” is that it is quite unforgiving o f mistakes. If you type in a long com m and and make one single mistake, you have to re-type the entire the line over again, or if you catch your error you have to back-space-delete to the place where you made your typo, fix it, and then type o f the rest o f the command over again. The Tcsh program fixes this problem , and adds a num ber o f features that make U NIX less pain ful to use. First, you will have to change your default shell with the chsh command. This command tells UNIX that you want a different shell program to be run when you first login. At the prom pt, type: “chsh <your username> tcsh” and press return. To m ake sure that your
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shell has been changed, use the finger com mand on yourself by typing “f <your username>. Where it says “ Shell:” in your finger entry, you should see “tcsh” right next to it. Now, logout and log back in again to get tcsh running. The prompt (the character next to the cursor) should now be a “> ”, indicating that you are in the tcsh. Try typing a com m and and use the left arrow key to move into the center o f it. You can insert text at the cursor, or use the delete key and have the line updated for you, just like using a real editor. As a matter of fact, if you are fam iliar with the Emacs editor, you'll feel right at home editing command lines, since tcsh uses Emacs com m ands in its line input. So, you can type control-a and get to the begin ning o f the line, or use control-k to delete to the end o f the line you are currently typing. The editing features of tcsh alone would make it worthwhile, but there are more features such as tab-com pletion and spell checking built in. Tab com pletion means that you can type in only a few characters of a com m and or a file name and the com puter will attem pt to finish it for you. Try this: type “cat “ and the first few characters o f a text filename in your directory (if you d o n ’t have one, type in “ .I” to specify your .login file). Now press the TAB key. W hat should happen is that the name of your file will be com pleted for you and the cursor will be moved to the right o f it. If your terminal beeped at you instead, it means that tcsh could not find a unique file starting with those characters, and you will have to be more specific by typing in enough characters to tell tcsh just what file you wanted. W hile typing in a comm and, you can also see all o f the possible completions by typing control-d. By typing “cat” again and hitting
control-d, you will get a directory listing (be cause any file in your directory can be concate nated). This is especially useful when chang ing directories or even getting a directory while you are editing a com m and. You can check the line you are typing in for spelling errors by m oving the cursor next to the section o f line to be checked and typing “<ESC>$” (ESC is one of the function keys on the keyboard). It is apparent that the spell checker is not perfect (missing characters seem to confuse it) but it is occasionally useful. The last really powerful feature o f tcsh is its history command. A fter typing a few com mands, hit the up-arrow key. The last com mand you typed should appear next to the “> ” prompt. Hitting the up-arrow key several times will put the com m ands you recently typed on the com m and line. If you m ade a mistake on the last com m and you gave, you can type up-arrow to retrieve it and edit it to fix your mistake. If you want more information about the tcsh, type “man tcsh” to see the offical (and therefore hard to understand) UNIX manual on it. One quick tip for advanced users: you can get an MS-DOS like prompt, which shows your current directory, by adding the line “alias cd ‘cd \!*; set prompt = ‘pw d’”> ’” to your .cshrc file. While we are on the subject o f new-software-starting-with-t (a rather limited topic) you can try the new game on the Encore call “tetris.” This rather addictive game can be started by typing “tetris” at the UNIX prompt. It’s up to you to figure out how to play, since the help feature seem s to be broken. And remember, don’t take up a terminal by playing games when others have to do work, and d o n ’t ever tie up the modem lines to play games.
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CLUB CORNER Alpha Phi Omega I ihink w e ’ll start with quotes be cause m aybe if I put all the stuff w e're doing right now after maybe it will stick in your heads. “T here’s a hole in the bottom of the s e a ... D & M sittin g in a tre e, K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Do you know w hat’s at the bottom o f the sea? Ed, the Frag's dead, so shut up! But I d o n ’t wanna leave! G reat Party, what fun, what pain!!! Everybody limbo! Only 3 weekends left - oh, no! UMOC, UM OC, U M OC, UMOC, UMOC, UMOC, Ed, w e're sorry we molested you, we were drunk, forgive UT. Did you have fun though? HA! So, D&M, W hen’s the big day?? How low can you go? BAKE, BAKE, BAKE, BAKE! T here’s a frog on the bump on the log.. No, it’s a bump on a stump on the log... Hi there. I’m actually at a meeting. Hura, Hura, Bugga, Bugga, Boo! NNNNNORKA!! Bip... Blorp.. Beeble-Dworp! T here’s a flea on the fly on the wart... boetine. Ed?” Okay, listen, here’s the business part: Sit at your times for UMOC, help with the velcro booth, bake for your time for NVC, sit and sell for your time at NVC and be an active partici pant over spring weekend. Have a
Alpha Chi Rho Hello everyone. I would like to start by thanking those die-hard Brothers w ho participated in the S&B party, which turned out to be a whop ping failure. The real party, aka the Hawaiian party, was a great success. Nice legs Mikey and G-Spot. Thanks, M indy, for helping with set-up again. Night in Cairo, our annual sem i-for mal, was an awesome time for all who attended. T hanks go out to PDL and Mikey. Some Brothers road-tripped to RPI for a Saturday night party. W obbler appreciation day was a great time, rem embered by few the next day, with A lumni support at a peak for the event. Congratulations to Seano for win ning the RVO award, and to the chap ter for bringing home the prize for best scholastics program on campus. C on grats also to Dave Stec on entering Pi Tau Sigma and to Rick Rogers for his honorary award. And d o n ’t forget to vote for Lurch for Ugly Man on Cam pus. Crow Bowl North is becoming a reality as our Ultimate Frisbee team practises hard to take home the tro phy. Thanks to Steve, Pete, Mindy, Tony, Carps, Rueben, DP, G-Spot, etc. Thanks to Lem and Pat for run ning in W ellness day. Finally a note to Keary, that Mindy wants you to stop making those faces during...
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ton, and the width o f a typical bar is a Beck-width. If you see someone from E-5, buy him a beer!
Good day, eh? O .K., like, today's topic is the Great W hite North. OK, here goes. Awesome trip to Canada, eh you hosers? Sources say it was a seven scoop weekend. (Take off, eh?) W ell, in case you d id n ’t have enough, W heaton rehearses here on Thursday. Then Regis and W heaton come for a weekend of fun in the sun in the hills o f beautiful W orcester. Concert on Sunday at 4:00, banquet to follow. SI2/person to Don for the dinner. Please attend and bring a friend. Sports Spotlight: The AJI floor hockey team stretches its perfect rec ord to 0-2 after getting hammered by Sig Ep last Thursday. Good turnout though. T hat’s what we like to see; people who aren’t afraid to sacrifice bodily parts for a piece o f plastic. Great party Friday night! Sur prised Mike?? W hat am 1 saying? Mike never reads this anyway. Things you should know: Good times are measured in Holts, usually Mega-Holts. The conduciveness to having a good time is measured in M o's. One keg weighs a Heathering-
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a concert or a play, o ra l a movie? If so, then Lens & Lights is for you. We are a service organization whose business is professional qual ity stage lighting, sound reinforce ment, and motion picture projection. We are involved in nearly every enter tainment event on cam pus. New members are needed to replace gradu ating seniors. Why join? It’s a quick way to meet 50 new friends. Y ou’ll never say “ W hat’s there to do around here?” (W e're always busy.) You can stay aware of all the events on campus. You get into lots of show s for free. The experience you gain is worth real money in the outside world. (D on’t worry if y o u ’ve never done this be fore; neither did most o f us. W e’ll teach you everything.) It’s fun. And then there are the parties... Interested? Then say hello. Any time is fine. Just ask an officer about
great week (Rack up those service hours!)
The sisters o f A lpha G amma Delta would like to thank our seniors for the wonderful entertainment and artwork at last w eek’s meeting. W e are sure Fiji appreciated your aid in decorating for our cookout. The song and poem brought tears to all our eyes. Wait, I have that wrong... it was your creative use of ice that brought the tears. Our meeting next week will be held on the Quad. Thanks again seniors. Michelle P., we all ow e you an apology. We didn’t give your award at the last meeting the proper recogni tion. So on behalf o f AGD, congratu lations. Speaking of aw ards, our AGD awards banquet last Friday went well. T he standards program following was quite educational. I hope all who m ade purchases put them to good use. To all who are planning to attend the Spring Formal we hope you have a wonderful time. Congratulations and Good luck to ou r nom inee’s for King and Queen, M att M cGrath and Deb Whitman. The sisters do have one request. Matt please shave!!! A GD has big hopes of building a chariot and racing it, let’s just hope o ur engineering ability and junkyard connections come through.
Phi Sigma Sigma Thought for the week: Be There! O r Be an Egg Salad Sandw ich. There is tons O ’stuff a happenin' this week - so be there or be an egg salad sand wich. For instance: New Voices 7, com e see Cari W „ Donna R., and
SOPHOMORES A N D JUNIORS ADM ISSIONS INTERNS FOR 1989-90 The Office of Admissions is accepting applications for Admissions Interns for the academic year 1989-90. The position includes assisting the Admissions staff with high school college nights, campus tours and on-campus programs for prospective students. If interested, please contact Johnna Coggin in the Office of Admissions. Applications must be submitted by Friday, April 21. 1989.
Lens and Lights
Magda B. in various roles (or be an egg salad sandwich*). V ote for Melanie S. and Tom J. for prom Queen and King, or be an egg salad sandwich. Help with the chariot and scooping ice cream or be an egg salad sandwich. W orship the senior appropriately or be an... never mind, just m ake sure you srap a lot o f dirt on them. Fresh men better make it a good (dirty?!?) movie fest for the seniors; Sophs: it’ll be fun to "roast" the seniors at the BBQ; and Juniors - what do they mean “vodka based?” Anyway get psyched to wish the seniors a fond farewell. I hope the sisterhood had a grand o f time at the various happenings of the weekend: Standing O to KAP for the BBQ, A T O ’s scream ing what? party, Sig E P ’s Mud. F IJI’s global experience, and KAP’s ancient Greek tradition. Good Luck to Kathy F. in assuming the evil duties that Leslie is leaving to you. And I’d like to thank C hris G. for passing on the evil PR binder to me. Good luck to Carmen B. with the Funny Awards. Hope the Jr. Panhel Car Wash was a success. T hanks Dara for helping with this G.C. 4 days til JP (better get a date quickly), 17 days til end o ’ d-term and 32 days until grad! LITP
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Congratulations on a successful Parent’s day. Adopt a Parent went well. T - y o u ’re going to scrub out the garbage cans and like it. D.M. is on dumpster duty. News from the semiformal, Mom made out w ell, but Lew, the loser, lost his date, literally. Soft ball won, over TKE. The gam e win ning homerun by “Bench” Sullivan. How about those Celtics. Party ’til you Puke. C ar Rallyers, get ready for an all new, exciting, route around the local area. Sign up this w eek in the wedge.
Sigma Phi Epsilon A very late congratulations to our 25 new brothers: Brian A braham , Jay Bradshaw, Marc Buchan, R ich Bur gess, Rick C em iglia, Lyle Coghlin, Todd C randall, Erik Dombrowski, Rich Eierm ann, Rob Fitzhenry, Dan Greenwood, Dave H aberman, Dave Jolie, Igor Kuperman, Eric Leclair, Marc M cGill, Don Peterson, Todd P ie tra sia k , B rian P o w e rs, Tom Purcell, Brian Reilly, Kevin Sullivan, Mike Susi, Pat T om pkins, Dave Tweedt and Don Wyse. W e are proud to call you our brothers. Also, congratulations to Greg Baryluk on his election to IFC Presi dent and being tapped by Skull. Pretty soon they will just put him in charge of everything. W ord is out that with his 2-0 record and fresh o ff his latest KO Donga wants a shot at Tyson. Now that room picks are over you can put your knives or meat slabbers away and stop chucking them. Has anybody seen Ron Jordan lately? He probably co u ld n ’t stand
the club, or better yet, ask any mem ber. A schedule o f our meetings and events can usually be found posted outside our office in Alden Hall (Room 111, stage level, left corridor). And, with Spring Weekend coming up, now would be a great time to find out what w e’re all about. Hope to see you!
Society of Manufacturing Engi neers G eneral M eeting today, April 18th, in HL 109. L et's see those t-shirl designs. Even if you haven’t thought of one yet, there is still time to enter a design and put yourself in the running for a terrific prize! Happy hour (when the prize will be awarded) is being held on Tuesday, April 25, at 4:45 with the Management Society - place TBA at the G eneral Meeting
Wireless Association Sort of a lame clubcom er this week, as all the stuff we are doing hasn’t quite happened yet, tho the Kid’s Fair at the Centrum is happen ing in about 45 minutes from when I’m writing this. Reason this is so is because of the bountiful feast pro vided to us in Nature’s W onderland:
being bored out of his mind by the 3rd floor front house, either that or Donga didn’t like him and kicked his ass. M assachusetts Beta: Care and C on cern. T hat’s pretty funny. A word to those n the 1st floor back house, Maynard High prom tickets are going fast so get yours now. Who is B.T. going to talk to now that Cindy is in the Bahamas. Our Vice President is a cave dweller.
Tau Kappa Epsilon The Brothers o f Tau Kappa Epsi lon would like lo congratulate Lora Chapman and Dave Allison in their recent engagem ent. We sent 9 people to the Leadership W orcester confer ence at Clark. Lots o f interesting things said. Thank you Nancy for the great presentation about recruitment. We are very proud to serve W PI’s international community and A m nesty International by helping in the In tern atio n al S tudent O lym pics. Almost all TKE brothers were in volved in the different aspects of the games including refereeing, scorekeeping, and helping ut in general. We want to comm end Tom Thomsen for all the work he put into this event and the recognition he provided for us. In sports TKE is looking great. TKE (A) soccer has won almost all their games. The last one was against “soccer” aka KAP, we defeated them 7-1. Against the Hispanics we scored one goal and had a bunch o f people injured. Almost got into a brawl on that one. In Hockey TKE (A) won 8-3. I w asn’t fast enough during our last meeting to write down the opponent but who cares as long as we win. TKE (B) softball did great on their doubleheader two weekends ago: we won against SAE and OX. I don’t need to mention the score o f the second game because it would be embarrassing to that team. Hey, have you seen my picture on the paper today? I d o n ’t think I look as good as JP on the Telegram last week, but I’m not sup posed to. UMOC: Ugly Mexican On Campus. How about voting for me, yeah! “C ookie” is the name, charity votes is what I’ll get. Most important o f all, CON GRA TU LATIO NS to our new est A ssociate M em ber: Paul McMahon, our cook. You look m ar velous with a pin on!
Theta Chi We w elcom e all our brothers back from the Theta Chi regional conven tion in Maine this past weekend. The University of Maine brotherhood did a good job organizing this this year’s convention. Intramurals took an interesting twist this past week with our C-team hockey winning their first game all term! Some things remain remain the same though, like our B-team soccer crushing the gam 5-2. Congratulations are in order for Brian Berg and Ed Urquhart for being initiated lo Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering H onor Society. Addi
Hopedale, M assachusetts. Thanks lo M r & Mrs M for providing such a nice meal and great conversation from those of us poor YK members who haven’t eaten good food for a while. And the paper had to get done, so I ’m here late. The K id’s Fair presumably went well, as did the Boston Marathon. Too bad those o f you who can’t (couldn’t) go missed out, it will be (was) a good time. Confusing writing stuff about stuff that hasn’t happened yet. But anyway, More on these items at the next meeting, which will be, unlike last week, at the normal time in the normal place. Salisbury 011. 4:30 Thursday. D on’t know w hat’s left to be discussed, w e’ve done everything. 36+ QSLs in from our Special Event Station, have fun Paul. T hat’s about it for now, go on up and work DX. ‘Specially early morn ings, 'bout 6. Good DX on then, I know. See ya Thursday, bring a friend. '73.
tional Congrats go to Don “G ooch" G a llu c c i, Erik M aki, and Tom McM orrow for getting initiated today into Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society. We would like to thank President and Mrs. Strauss for having dinner at our house on Thursday night. We enjoyed their company very much and we wish them all the best with the new addition to their family on the way. As Spring W eekend approaches, the Seniors are gearing up for their Montreal Excursion. L et’s see if they can keep away from train accidents this year. Back on cam pus, our UMOC vote has got to go to the truly ugliest man on campus, Todd “The Slimy G rinch” Miller. The underdog Serge, defeats Blaze in the lunch-time version o f Wrestlemania. Somehow the electric bills are down with Lester L.B. on. watch. Where oh where did the partners go? See Smitty for the scoop on red clam sauce. If you get some free time be sure to check out Randy and Derk starring in their own Excellent Ad venture video.
Zeta Psi Brothers, w hat’s upc...? I can ’t say it I’ve said it much too often and the sex police are going to pick me up. Well let’s see w hat’s hanging, I mean happening? The ugliest people were not in the ugly man picture I’m not gonna name names but... Joel, John, BK, Jam ie, Sgirda, Tonus, Daddy Saurial and a few others but w ho’s naming names. X! yes TJ, not TH, TJ turned 20... whoopie shit. Pete turn down the tem perature in your room, y o u ’re cooking your Rocky Mt. O ys ter’s off. A nyone want a 1/2 yard, Pete want tw o John c a n ’t finish his. Peeeeepin kicked a little ass on Fri. didn’t he? Hardly anyone went to the TIT, you dweebs. Ralph you anarchist chemist, corrupting Pyro Steve like that. G od-Em p bored? Lonely? R est less? REad my wall it’s may help. Andy the pledge how ’s your 400K existentialism report. Skin, how ’s your beer soaked coat and your failing liver. I ’d like to thank everyone that helps the G od-Em peror and our buddy Joe G ale m achine off the super foos. Ed you have taken over R alph’s job as house gim p, shake a leg. Joel, honor ary Junior G w eep of the year, not bad for a gw eep. Shit, fuck, dam n... I just wanted to see if they’d print this, I know I’ll drink. Jim are steroids con sidered a recreational drug? ‘Til Adam writes another scandalous, in crim inating, rowdy, M orton Downey style, fact-filled letter to the high leader and we all get kicked out, ‘nuff said.
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SUMMER SESSION COURSE SCHEDULE MAY 24 - JULY 14, 1989
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Koom
H I ----
Independent Study and Projects
To be announced
MG 1100*
Financial Accounting
LEC
KTTF
9- 9:50
VB 229
Vlaaergren
MG 1250*
Personal Finance
LEC
HTTP
10-10:50
VB 229
Vlaaergren
MG 2101*
Management Accounting
LEC
KTTF
1- 1:50
VB 229
Vlaaergren
HG 2260*
Investaent and Security Analysis
LEC
KTTF
2- 2:50
VB 229
Vlaaargran
MG 2500*
LEC Management Science I: Deterministic Decision Models
KTTF
9- 9:50
VB 323
Graubard
HG 3600*
Marketing Hanageaent
LEC
KTTF
10-10:50
VB 323
G raubard
H G ----
Independent Study and Projects
To be announced
MG 310*
Management Accounting
LEC
KV
6:30-9:30
V B 229
Vlaaargran
MG 560*
Marketing Hanageaent
LEC
TuTh
6:30-9:30
VB 229
Graubard
MA 1013*
Calculus III
LBC
KTTF
10-10:50
SB 203
Christophar
MA 1014*
Calculus IV
LEC
MTTP
9- 9:50
SB 203
Malona
MA 2031*
Ordinary Differential Equations
LBC
MTTP
8- 8:50
SB 203
Connolly
MA 2071*
Matrices and Linear Algebra I
LEC
KTTF
9- 9:50
SB 204
Tang
T o be announced
CH 1010*
Chemistry I
LEC CON LAB
MVP V V
8- 8i50 10-10(50 1- 3:50
GB 227 GH 217 GH 110
Hubacz
CB 1020*
Chaalstry II
LEC CON LAB
MVP V V
9- 9i50 Il-lli50 1- 3:50
GH 227 GH 217 CH 110
Klldahl
CX 2000
Analytical Mechanics I
LBC
KTTF
9- 9*50
KB 116
Staff
C B 2001
Analytical Mechanics II
LEC
KTTF
10-10150
KH 116
Staff
MTVTP 11-11150
KH 116
D'Andrea
CB 3041
Soil Mechanics
LBC
C X ----
Independent Study and Projecta
To be announced
CS 1001
Introduction to Coaputera
LEC
HTTP
9- 9i50
AK 233
Gu
CS 1021
Introduction to Prograaalng
LEC LAB
KTTF V
1- 1:50 2- 3:50
AK 233 VB 337
Jasayeri
HTTP
10-10:50
AK 233
Gu
CS 2023
Data Structures
LBC
HTTP
11-11:50
AK 233
Meng
KB 2001*
Fundamentals of Blectrlcal Knglneerlng I
LEC
MTVTf
8- 8:50
AK 219
Torrey
K B 2002*
Fundamentals of Blectrlcal Engineering II
LBC
MTVTP 11—11 iSO
AK 219
Staff
KK 2703*
Basic Blectrlcal Engineering Laboratory
LAB
MIT
1- 3:50
OH 117
Blooa
BK 3101*
Electric Transalaslon Lines
LEC
MTVTF
8- 8:50
AK 232
Krackhardt
KB 3201*
Basic Electronics
LBC LAB
MTTP V
9- 9:30 9-11:50
AK 232 AK 317
Krackhardt
KB 3303
Signals and Coaaunlcations
LBC
NTT
2- 3:30
AK 232
Vas
KB 3601*
Principles of Blectrlcal Engineering
LBC LAB
KTTF V
10-10:50 9-11:50
AK 232 OH 117
Kaprlellan
KK 3801*
Logic Circuits
LEC LAB
MTTP V
8- 8:50 1- 3:50
AK 233 AK 317
Choo
BK 3901*
Seelconductor Devices
LEC
MTVTP 10-10:50
AK 219
Lanyon
KS 2001*
Introduction to Material Science
LBC CON
KTuF V
1- 1:50 1- 2:50
VB 229 VB 229
Sisson
KS 2301
Introduction to Static Systeas
LEC
KTTF
10-10:50
HL 201
Noorl
Introduction to Dynaalc Systeas
To Be Announced
Baamond
T h e Statistical Development of Classical Thermodynamics
LEC
KTTF
11-11:50
BL 201
Staff
Beat Transfer
LEC CON
KVF Th
10-10:50 10-11:50
HL 130 HL 130
Juaper
KS 3004
Fluid Mechanica
LEC
MTVTF
9- 9:50
HL 224
Hotaval11
KS 3011*
Control Engineering I
LEC
KTVTF
9- 9:50
AK 219
Deaetry
KS 3323*
Introduction to CAD
LEC LAB
HTh V
BN 2211*
Elements of Vrltlng
LBC
MTTP
BN ----
Independent Study and Projects
To be announced
11-11:30 1- 3:50
CAD LAB CAD LAB
Richard Scott
8- 8:30
SL 121
LJungquist Bayes LJungqulst Mott Vick
10-10:50
Dunn Banian Parkinson Zeugner
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MA 2611*
Probability and Statistics
LEC
MTTP
11-11:50
SB 204
Srinlvasan
MA 3231*
Engineering Matheaatlcs
LEC
MTTP
9- 9:50
SB 202
Turl
MA 4291*
Applicable Coaplex Varlablaa
LBC
MTTP
10-10:50
SB 202
B ra n ch *
MA 4451*
Boundary Value Probleas
LBC
KTTF
11-11:50
SH 202
Huai
MB 3310*
Kineaatlcs of Mechanises
LEC CON
MTTP V
11-11:50 1- 2:50
BL 212 B L 212
Baaaond
MB 3320
Design of Machine Eleaents
LEC CON
MTTP Tu
B L 212 B L 212
Grandin
MB 3420*
Thermodynamic Applications
LBC
MTVTF
3- 3:50
B L 224
Motavalll
MB 3504
Stress Analysis
To Be Announced
ME 4506
Mechanical Vibrations
LEC
M X ----
Independent Study and Projecta
To be announced
KB 2001*
Introduction to Nuclear Technology
LEC LAB
P T ----
Independent Study and Projecta
To be announced
PX 1005
Introduction to Life-Tlae Sports: Svlaalng, Bowling, Table Tennis, Raquetball
TuTh
1- 1:50
GYM
Massucco
PK 1021
Recreational Bowling
MV
2- 2:50
GTM
Masaucco
PB 1110*
General Physics— Mechanics
LEC
MTVTP 10-10:50
OB 126
Long
PH 1120*
General Physlcs— Blectrlclty and Magnetise
LEC
MTVTP
9- 9:50
O B 126
Long
PB 1130*
Introduction to Modern Physics
LBC
MTVTP
8- 8:50
O B 126
Goloakla
PB 1140*
Oscillations, Vaves and Optica
LEC
MTVTP 11-11:50
O B 126
Goloskla
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MTTP
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Coaputer Organisation and Asseably Language I
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Ok1 H1
CS 2011
KS 3003
Parkinson
LEC
Independent Study and Projects
KS 3001
SL 121
Topics In Science, Technology, and Society
C M ----
KS 2303
I m true tor
HI 3331*
LEC
SL 208
R oom
Cheathaa
General Biology I
10-11i50
Schedule
Number
BB 1010*
TuTh
T itle
Instructor
11-11:50
MVP 9- 9:50 To Be Announced
Baaaond H L 224
Noorl
B L 224 NRF
Mayer Gottllab
HI 2314*
American Bistory, 1877-1920
LJSC
MTTP
9- 9:30
SL 121
Banian
SS 1110*
Introductory Hlcroeconoalcs
LEC
MTTP
11-11:50
S L 105
Staff
HI 2313*
The Shaping of Post-1920 America
LBC
MTTP
11-11:30
SL 121
Zeugner
SS 1120*
Introductory Macroeconoalca
LEC
MTTP
1- 1:50
SL 105
Staff
*May be given on an independent study basis if there are seven or fewer students registered.
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Tuesday April 18,1989
POLICE LOG
What's Going On?
Saturday, April 1, 1989 12:07 am - A report was received o f loud music coming from 25 Trowbridge Road. An officer responded and advised the person responsible to turn down the music. 1:04 am - An RA in Stoddard requested an officer to aid a very intoxicated student on the floor. 1 1:10 pm - Complaints were received of a loud party at a Fuller apartment and o f a disturbance outside that apartment. O fficers responded and the party was shut down. The W orcester Police Department also called and reported that crank phone calls were being made to the 911 emergency telephone num ber from that apartment.
Sunday, April 2, 1989 12:58 am - SNaP reported observing a male subject enter an Ellsworth apartment through a window. O fficers responded and determ ined the subject was a resident of the apartment. 1:56 am - A com plaint was received o f loud music coming from a room in the Stoddard Complex. Officers responded and found two radios playing very loudly in an unoccupied room. The radios were shut off. I 1:45 pm - A student reported that the rear windshield wiper o f his vehicle, parked in the Founders parking lot, had been vandalized sometime Friday night or Saturday morning.
Monday, April 3, 1989 7:45 am - A report was received o f an auto accident at the intersection o f Salisbury St. and Boynton St. Officers responded and the W orcester Police Dept, was notified. 4:00 pm - O fficers responded to a report of a fire alarm in Stoddard B. On arrival smoke was observed com ing from the building. The W orcester Fire Department was notified and responded to the scene. Investigation revealed that some items, hanging on a room door, were lit on fire.
Tuesday, April 4, 1989 2:23 am - Complaints were received reporting a group o f loud students in front of Riley Hall. An officer responded and the students were sent on their way. 7:00 am - A report was received o f a suspicious male sitting in a vehicle in the Stoddard Parking lot. The subject tied in another vehicle just prior to officers' arrival. Investigation revealed that the vehicle in which the party was observed was broken into and he was believed to have been trying to steal it. WPI police later recovered the vehicle in which the suspect lied in the rear o f Doherty High School on Highland St. It was determined that vehicle had been reported stolen from the Auburn Mall on April 1. The W orcester Police Dept was contacted and the incident was turned over to the WPD Auto theft unit. 1:30 pm - A report was received o f a theft of a newspaper distribution bin from the wedge, which had occurred som etime during the previous week. 1:45 pm - A student reported the theft of his wallet and coat from a room in Higgins Labs.
Wednesday, April 5, 1989 1:16 am - C om plaints were received of loud music coming from 12 Boynton St. An officer responded and the music was turned down. Complaints o f loud music from 12 Boynton St. were also reported at 2:26 am.
Thursday, April 6, 1989 12:44 am - A complaint was received o f students ‘acting like anim als’ outside the Ellsworth apartments. Officers responded and reported speaking with residents o f the Ellsworth apart ments who were playing in a puddle in front o f the Residential Life office. 6:08 pm - A report was received o f an autom obile accident at the corned o f Institute Road and Boynton St. Officers responded and W PD was contacted. 7:39 pm - A complaint was received o f vehicles parked outside o f Morgan Hall which had been covered with food, apparently thrown out o f the windows of Morgan Hall sometime during the day. 9:25 pm - A student reported the door locks in her car, which had been parked in the Founders parking lot, had been tampered with and broken. 9:35 pm - A com plaint was received o f loud music coming from a Fuller Apartment. An officer responded and the music was turned down. I 1:35 pm - SNaP reported receiving a report of an individual walking down W est St., sm ashing the windows on vehicles. WPI and W orcester Police officers responded, checked the area, but could not locate the subject. One vehicle was found with a smashed window.
Tuesday, April 18, 1989 3:00 pm - Baseball vs. Trinity 3:30 pm - CS Department Ph.D. Thesis Defense : Leon Tabak, "O perators for Modifying Polyhedra,” A rchives Room, Gordon Library. 4:30 & 7:00 pm - New Voices 7 plays, in Alden Hall. See article for specifics. Free.
Wednesday, April 19, 1989 3:00 pm - Softball vs. Brandeis 4:00 pm - Chem istry Dept. Colloquium , Dr. Henry Lee, Connecticut State Police Crim e Lab, “ Modern Applications of Chemistry in the Investigation o f H omicides", GH 227. 4:30 & 7:00 pm - New Voices 7 plays, in Alden Hall, Free. 8:00 pm - Video : "Blade Runner," G om pei’s Place, Free.
Thursday, April 20, 1989 4:30 & 7:00 pm - New Voices 7 plays, Alden Hall, Free. 5:00 pm - Softball vs. Anna Maria
Friday, April 21, 1989 4:30 & 7:00 pm - New Voices 7 plays, Alden Hall, Free.
Saturday, April 22, 1989 SAE Car Rallye - all day 11:00 am - C aricaturist, Quad. 11:00 am - Softball vs. Babson 12:00 noon - Special Event: Jabberwocks, an A Capella singing group. Quad, Free. 12:30 pm - Chariot Races 1:00 pm - M en’s and W om en's Track vs. Coast Guard 1:00 pm - Baseball Vs. Coast Guard 1:30 pm - Smart food bash 7:00 pm - New V oices 7, Alden Hall, Free. 9:00 pm - Special Event : Spring Sem i-Form al, W orcester Auditorium
Sunday, April 23, 1989 4:00 pm - Recognition 1989, Harrington Auditorium 6:30 & 9:30 pm - Film : “ Midnight Run,” Alden Hall, S2.00.
Monday, April 24, 1989 3:30 pm - Baseball vs. Tufts 8:00 pm - Spectrum : Borealis W ind Quintet, Alden Hall, Free.
Sunday, April 9, 1989 12:15 am - SNaP reported a person in the Library parking lot breaking bottles. O fficers responded and could not locate the individual, although they found several vehicles which had their mirrors and antennas vandalized. 12:27 am - An officer responded that som eone had just attempted to light a newspaper on fire at the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Harrington. The movie was stopped temporarily and the Sergeant announced that if the audience did not calm down the program would be shut down. No further problems were reported. 1:47 am - SNaP reported that several intoxicated persons had just broken mirrors in the first floor m en’s room in Daniels Hall. The Sergeant responded and located two students who stated that they had accidentally bumped into the tw o mirrors on the wall in the m en’s room, causing them to fall and break. 7:34 pm - An officer reported rem oving 8-10 non-W PI students from Harrington Auditorium.
Monday, April 10, 1989 Friday, April 7, 1989 10:36 am - A report was received o f a student having a seizure in the Salisbury lounge. An ambulance was dispatched and the student was transported to Hahnemann Hospital. 12:18 pm - A complaint was received o f students throwing ice cream out of the windows o f Daniels Hall. 2:10 pm - Student reported that his vehicle, parked on Trowbridge Road, had been broken into som etime between W ednesday the 5th and Friday the 7th. The stereo in the vehicle had been stolen. 8:04 pm - A report was received o f two suspicious persons walking up H ackfeld Road towards cam pus. An officer located the subjects in the Stoddard parking lot and were advised o f trespassing and were sent on their way.
Saturday, April 8, 1989 3:39 am - A student from Fiji reported that a very intoxicated male in his 30s has been found in a room in the house. O fficers responded and the subject was transported by W orcester Police Departm ent to the Pip shelter on Main St. 1 1:26 am - A graduate student reported that his office in Atwater Kent had been broken into. Som eone had apparently entered the office through the window, though nothing was reported m issing. 1 1:10 pm - A complaint was received o f a loud party in a Fuller apartment. O fficers responded and the party was broken up. 11:35 pm - A citizen com plained o f loud students walking up Institute Road. An officer responded and reported advising several Becker females o f the noise complaint. They were en route to the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
10:10 am - A report was received o f a student in Olin Hall, complaining of abdominal pains. An officer responded and requested an ambulance. The student was transported to the hospital.
Tuesday, April II, 1989 5:38 pm - A report was received o f a student in Alumni Gym who had received a cut to the head. An officer responded and requested an ambulance for that student. He was also transported by ambulance to the hospital.
Wednesday, April 12, 1989 2:45 am - A report was received that a student had just been observed vandalizing antennas and windshield w ipers on cars parked on Institute Road. WPD and WPI officers responded and determined that 5 vehicles had been vandalized. A com plaint is being sought in court against the student w ho had been observed vandalizing the vehicles. 9:00 pm - Newspeak reported that a new spaper distribution bin in Founders Hall was missing. The bin was later returned, however, the poster that had been attached to the bin was removed. 9:00 pm - A student reported the theft of a com forter from a dryer in the Founders laundry room.
Thursday, April 13, 1989 8:57 am - A report was received of a breaking and entering into the pub.
Friday, April 14, 1989 3:47 pm - A report was received of w ater balloons being launched from the roof of the Phi Sigm a Kappa fraternity. Officers responded and advised them to get off the roof and to stop launching the balloons.
Soccomm presents ‘Blade Runner’’
Wed, April 19th 8 :0 0
Gompei’s Free Admission