Recognition 89 caps off the year by Chris Barcus N ews Editor Recognition 89 took place April 23rd in Harrington Auditorium, full of a wide variety o f students, parents, and faculty. This was the second year which aw ards were presented in a cerem ony which combines academic aw ards with extra-curricular activi ties. It is also designed to recognize outstanding service of advisors and coaches to organizations. The program is sponsored by the school in support o f achievements and the level o f excellence reached by the students o f WPI. The idea is to bring faculty, students, and parents to gether.
Plans for this years ceremony were begun in October. The committee consists o f a collection o f faculty members, administration, staff, as well as students. The guest speaker for the cere mony was Judith Nitsch, a 1975 graduate, who stressed that involve ment in activities can make all the difference. The following awards were pre sented: outstanding women students, departm ental, alum ni. Com m unity Service, et al. W inners of the Presi dents IQP Awards included Lori DeBlois, Cheryl Church, Anthony Pecbulis.Scott Dresser. Adrian Caceres, and Janis Berka.
The Class o f 1975 Award was e s tablished by the Class of '7 5 to pro vide start-up funds for students to conduct a project which they have designed on their own. W inners were Ira Nydick and Kenneth James. United Technologies corporation Minority Award was presented to an outstanding minority undergraduate student, Daniel Yip. The Class o f 1X79 Prize for O u t standing Projects in the H um anities is given each year to three students for excellent work in Sufficiency proj ects. This years winners are C hristo pher Buntel, Marc C ham pagne, and Jeanette Cheetham. Campus Leadership Honors and
A wards are presented to undergradu ate students in each class who have contributed and have made a differ ence at WPI through their personal contributions. The Winners o f the Freshman Excellence Award for Extra-curricular Activity were Jehan T anboow alla and Gregg Pelleren. The w inners o f the Sophomore were Tamatha Perry and Donna Roche. Rhodia Christodoulidou and Kim berly Lemoi were winners for the Junior Class. And the Award for Senior Excellence for Extra-curricu lar Activity were Lori DeBlois, Leslie Reed, and Kevin Webb. The Graduate Student E xtra-curricular A ctivity winner was Thom as Nowak.
O utstanding Student Organization Awards were also given out. The winners were Alpha Phi O mega and CHOICES. And the outstanding Advisors to a club or group were Tia Koziak, advisor to the WPI C heer leaders. and Dave Roy, Advisor to the WPI Hockey Team. The G reek system at WPI was also presented with various awards. The o u tstan d in g so ro rity w as A lpha Gamma Delta, and the outstanding fraternity was Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The outstanding Greek Awards were given to Danielle LaMarre o f Alpha Gamma Delta, and David Stec o f Alpha Chi Rho.
The Midgets stand tall in the Pub by Troy Nielsen N ewspeak Staff A first in Pub shows this year, there was an WPI student “talent night” last Friday in G om pei’s Place. Four bands, each with a different style of music, perform ed for a pretty small but enthusiastic crowd. Up First was “D ispolinapothis.”
The first thing I noticed about Dispolinapothis was their tons of equipment. Not only do they own excellent equipm ent, but more im por tantly, they KNOW how to use the equipment to enhance their music. The first song they played was “Organic Philosophy,” which fea tured an interesting chord progression with a melodic lead on top. Between
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T h e Q u e s tio n s in a c tio n . W hat this m eans I do not know. What I do know is that this band is now one of my favorite all-guitar bands. The tw o guitarists comprising this band displayed m uch talent, excellent m usical sense, good com position techniques, and a very good use of electronic effects.
the two guitars, there was an excellent use o f tonal contrast. One electronic effect the band that was tastily used was an “octaver,” which added a lower octave to one o f the guitars. Next up a sort of King C rim son-influ enced composition that featured a thick, fat, and distorted sound on the
lead guitar. A nother effect used ex tensively during the perform ance was a digital delay, which a spacey and eerie quality to the music. “Sometim e in October” was the title o f the next song. It hecame evident to me in this song that the band had great ideas and technique, but they didn’t take the time on stage to musically develop the ideas. In other words, they should’ve jam m ed out a bit, thereby resolving the musical ideas. The next band was actually a solo guitarist, Steve Pavao. 1 enjoyed the contrast between the bands, and this is in part due to the diverse talent in the W PI m u sician s that p e rfo rm e d . Steve, who relied on minimal equip ment— acoustic guitar, pickup, voice, and a large amount o f performing talent. He started off with "Pinball W izard,” a very difficult tune for solo guitar and voice. Then he played “ Love Me Tw o Tim es" by the Doors. This song gave Steve an oppurtunity to highlight his excellent vocal abili ties. The one original song that per formed was about a town bum called “ Red.” The song featured harm onica and Steve’s thoughtful lyrics. Also played was “ Psycho Killer” (from the Talking Heads) and "A qualung” (by Jethro Tull). A truly entertaining perform ance. For the next band, “ R eckoning,” this was their second pub appearance this year. This band opened for The Apple Creek T rio a while back. Reck oning is consists o f two guitarist (Tim and Steve Hall), who also sang. They opened up with a mellow blues jam
Infirmary cuts discussed by Chris Barcus N ews E ditor A fter the protest which was held on cam pus over a week ago opposing the cuts in the health service, Presi dent Strauss agreed to talk w ith a group o f students which were con cerned about the issue. T h e in firm a ry w as p a rt o f $150,000 cut from the Student Af fairs Budget. O ther areas which were cut include varsity sports, cam pus police, admissions, m ateri als and supplies for the offices, con ference attendance, and travel. The students were concerned with the fact o f money being spent, while the infirm ary was being cut. Such expenditures include repaving the parking lot in the quad at a cost of $70,000. O ther areas include the M ajor Selection Program through the adm issions office and rounseling
center, which has a budget o f $47,000. The students proposed an addi tional $12 to the health fee which w ould m ake up the $35,000 differ ence. However, the idea was quickly shot down saying that a majority o f the money would be com ing from the school via the students who are on scholarship. Information w hich had not yet been discussed was also brought up at this meeting. W ith the cut back in the infirmary hours, the num ber o f hours which a doctor will be available to treat students will be the same as what we currently have, but the hours would all be in the day. P an o f the reasoning behind this is the fact that there is a shortage o f physicians who are willing to work for such low wages. W PI currently has a contract with Hahnemann, in which they sup ply the physicians. Since they are
having problems staffing the various centers, they are relying more heav ily on nurse practitioners. The main theme of the meeting seem ed to be com ing up w ith alterna tive answers in regards to cutting the budget in such a way that the infir mary staff and hours would not b e cut back so drastically. Strauss agreed to set up a group consisting o f adm ini stration and students to recreate the budget situation and see if there are other areas which can be reduced. At the conclusion o f the findings, a final decision will be made. Even if the decision is not re versed, President Strauss is trying to appease those students which are concerned about the problem and is willing to listen to what is being said. But, students will have to wait and see if these plans are actually carried out and w hat the outcom e is.
type o f song that the crowd enjoyed. This band was good at jam m in’, as demonstrated by their instrumental numbers. One o f the covers they played was “O hio.” Reckoning per formed this timeless song was an acoustic style that was refreshing to hear. O f course both of the band members were serious Dead fans, and it was thus appropriate that they played a favorite Dead cover, “ Sugar Magnolia.” Unfortunately, this band was somewhat marred by technical difficulties after each song. Needless to say, it broke the momentum of their perform ance. The final band was “The Q ues tions.” Perhaps you saw them at the New Voices 7 Cafe. This band falls under the category of “rock." Instru ments present in The Questions were bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, and drums. I’m glad that they chose to go with a relatively quiet sound because all of the other bands were basically mellow bands. The evident leader of the band, Jon Lamkins, wrote and sang most of the songs from their set. The first tune was “Breeds There a Man.” It featured a lead repeating riff from the keyboards with chord ac
companim ent. The tune was fairly generic in nature. The next song was “ Land o f Steady Habits.” Again, a generic tune. The band changed the pace to a more ballad type of song called “The Girl W ho is Herself." 1 couldn’t quite catch the lyric content because Jo n ’s deadpan voice was not loud enough in the mix. The Q ues tions, like Reckoning, experienced tech problems on stage. One Q ues tions song that I did like was “V ise.” The lyrics were catchy, and the song grooved. The guitarist, who happens to a m em ber of the first band, per form ed one his originals called “W elcom e To the Real W orld.” This song w as enjoyed by the audience. M em bers o f the audience demanded that the Q uestions play “ Louie. Louie" as an encore. 'Fortunately the sound system crashed before the song ended, because the cover was really pretty lame. I’m pleased that this M idgets o f Rock thing occurred. 1 also like the crayon gimmick. There were crayons on each table so that you could draw on the paper-covered tables. Kept the audience occupied between bands.
Condom machines to appear on campus by Chris Barcus N ews Editor In a m eeting w ith President Strauss, the Students for Social Awareness were able to convince Strauss to place condom dispensers in the bathrooms o f residence halls. For the past two years students, faculty, and administration have sup ported the placem ent of condom machines in the various residence halls. The hangups in the past have been due to the executive staff, which was worried about the school’s image
with parents and potential students. W hen the group began presenting other sides to the story, Strauss said that he would take the heat from the rest of those opposed and would see that they are in place by A term. The argum ents which helped sway Strauss included the fact that the infir mary hours are being reduced and the availability of condoms would be reduced. Also they stressed that to day’s parents tend to be more realistic about life and would not take offense to the placement o f the machines.
House future uncertain by Chris Barcus N ew s Editor Lambda Chi A lpha's house will not have any boarders at the beginning of the 89-90 academ ic year. The residents of 12 Boynton Street have found other sources o f housing, leav ing the building vacant. The house is owned by the school and no decision has been made as to its future. However, the house is not going to be tom down and converted to a parking lot. The options which the school is considering include turn
ing the building into office space or resident housing. Before anyone can occupy the building, however, major renovations need to be done. If the building is to be used for residence, the amount of work would be greater than if it were used for offices due to fire codes for housing establishments. The reconstruction may begin this sum m er, but the building will not be ready for occupancy by August. How ever, by the end o f A term there is a chance that the building may be com pleted.
Recognition 89 caps off the year by Chris Hare us News Editor Recognition K9 took place April 23rd in Harrington Auditorium, full of a w ide variety of students, parents, and faculty. ThiN was the second year w hich awards were presented in a cerem ony which combines academic aw ards with extra-curricular activi ties. li is also designed to recognize outstanding service of advisors and coaches to organizations. T he program is sponsored by the school in support o f achievem ents and the level of excellence reached by the students of WPI. The idea is to bring faculty, students, and parents to gether.
Plans for this years cerem ony were begun in October. The comm ittee consists o f a collection of faculty members, administration, staff, as well as students. The guest speaker for the cere mony was Judith Nitsch. a 1975 graduate, who stressed that involve ment in activities can make all the difference. The following awards were pre sented: outstanding women students, departm ental, alum ni. Comm unity Service, et al. W inners of the Presi dents IQP Awards included Lori DeBlois, Cheryl Church. Anthony Pecbulis,Scott Dresser. Adrian Caceres, and Janis Berka.
The Class of 1975 Award was e s tablished bv the Class o f '75 to pro vide start-up funds for students to conduct a project which they have designed on their own. Winners were Ira Nydiek and Kenneth James. United Technologies corporation Minority Award was presented to an outstanding minority undergraduate student, Daniel Yip. The Class of 1S79 Prize for Out standing Projects in the Humanities is given each year to three students for excellent work in Sufficiency proj ects. This years winners are C hristo pher Buntei. Marc Champagne, and Jeanette Cheetham Campus Leadership Honors and
Awards are presented to undergradu ate students in each class who have contributed and have made a differ ence at WPI through their personal contributions. The W inners of the Freshman Excellence Award for Ex tra-curricular Activity were Jehan Tanboowalla and Gregg Pelleren. The winners of the Sophomore were Tamatha Perry and Donna Roche. Rhodia Chrislodoutidou and Kim berly Lemoi were winners for the Junior Class. And the Award for Senior Excellence for Extra-curricu lar Activity were Lori DeBlois. Leslie Reed, and Kevin Webb. The Graduate Student E xtra-curricular A ctivity winner was Thom as Nowak.
O utstanding Student Organization A wards were also given out. The winners were Alpha Phi O mega and CHOICES. And the outstanding Advisors to a club or group were Tia Koziak, advisor to the WPI C heer leaders. and Dave Roy. Advisor to the WPI Hockey Team. The Greek system at WPI was also presented with various awards. The o u tstan d in g sorority was A lpha G amma Delta, and the outstanding fraternity was Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The outstanding Greek Awards were given to Danielle LaMarre of Alpha G am m a Delta, and David Stee of Alpha Chi Rho.
The Student Newspaper o f Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 17, Number 13
Tuesday, May 2, 1989
The Midgets stand tall in the Pub by Troy Nielsen N ewspeak Staff A first in Pub shows this year, there was an WPI student “ talent night" last Friday in G om pei’s Place. Four bands, each with a different style o f m usic, performed for a pretty small but enthusiastic crowd. U p first was “ D ispolinapothis.’’
The first thing 1 noticed about Dispolinapothis was then tons of equipment. Not only do they own excellent equipm ent, but more im por tantly, they KNOW how to use the equipment to enhance their music. The first song they played was “ Organic Philosophy,” which fea tured an interesting chord progression with a melodic lead on top. Between
NKWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO /STEVE NELSON
T h e Q u e stio n s in u ction. W hat this means I do not know'. What I do know is that this band is now one o f my favorite all-guitar bands. The two guitarists comprising this band displayed much talent, excellent m usical sense, good com position techniques, and a very good use of electronic effects.
the two guitars, there was an excellent use o f tonal contrast. One electronic effect the band that was tastily used was an “ octaver." which added a lower octave to one o f the guitars. Next up a sort o f King C rim son-influ enced com position that featured a thick, fat, and distorted sound on the
lead guitar. Another effect used ex tensively during the performance was a digital delay, which a spacey and eerie quality to the music. “Sometime in O ctober" was the title o f the next song. It became evident to me in this song that the band had great ideas and technique, but they d idn’t take the time on stage to musically develop the ideas. In other words, they should’ve jam m ed out a bit. thereby resolving the musical ideas. The next band was actually a solo guitarist. Steve Pavao, 1 enjoyed the contrast between the bands, and this is in part due to the diverse talent in the W PI m u sician s that p erfo rm ed . Steve, who relied on minimal equip ment— acoustic guitar, pickup, voice, and a large amount o f performing talent. He started o ff with "Pinball W izard." a very difficult tune for solo guitar and voice. Then he played “ Love Me Two Tim es" by the Doors. This song gave Steve an oppurtunity to highlight his excellent vocal abili ties. The one original song that per formed was about a town bum called “ Red." The song featured harmonica and Steve’s thoughtful lyrics. Also played was "Psycho Killer" (from the Talking Heads) and "A qualung" (by Jethro Tull). A truly entertaining perform ance. For the next band, “Reckoning," this was their second pub appearance this year. This band opened for The Apple Creek Trio a while back. Reck oning is consists o f two guitarist (Tim and Steve Hall), who also sang. They opened up with a mellow blues jam
Infirmary cuts discussed by C hris Barcus N ew s E ditor After the protest which was held on campus over a week ago opposing the cuts in the health service, Presi dent Strauss agreed to talk with a group of students which were con cerned about the issue. T he in firm a ry w as p art o f $150,000 cut from the Student A f fairs Budget. O ther areas which w ere cut include varsity sports, cam pus police, admissions, m ateri als and supplies for the offices, con ference attendance, and travel. The students w ere concerned with the fact o f m oney being spent, while the infirmary was being cut. Such expenditures include repaving the parking lot in the quad at a cost of $70,000. O ther areas include the M ajor Selection Program through the admissions office and counseling
center, which has a budget of $47,000. The students proposed an addi tional $12 to the health fee which would m ake up the $35,000 differ ence. H owever, the idea was quickly shot dow n saying that a majority of the m oney would be com ing from the school via the students who are on scholarship. Information which had not yet been discussed was also brought up at this meeting. With the cut back in the infirmary hours, the num ber o f hours which a doctor will be available to treat students will be the sam e as what we currently have, but the hours would all be in the day. Part of the reasoning behind this is the fact that there is a shortage o f physicians who are willing to work for such low wages. W PI currently has a contract with Hahnemann, in which they sup ply the physicians. Since they are
having problems staffing the various centers, they are relying more heav ily on nurse practitioners. The main them e o f the meeting seem ed to be com ing up w ith alterna tive answers in regards to cutting the budget in such a way that the infir mary staff and hours would not be cut back so drastically. Strauss agreed to set up a group consisting o f adm ini stration and students to recreate the budget situation and see if there are other areas which can be reduced. At the conclusion o f the findings, a final decision will be made. Even if the decision is not re versed, President Strauss is trying to appease those students which are concerned about the problem and is willing to listen to what is being said. But, students will have to wait and see if these plans are actually carried out and what the outcom e is.
type of song that the crowd enjoyed. This band was good at jam m in’, as demonstrated by their instrumental numbers. One o f the covers they played was "O hio.” Reckoning per formed this timeless song was an acoustic style that was refreshing to hear. O f course both of the band members were serious Dead fans, and it was thus appropriate that they played a favorite Dead cover. “Sugar M agnolia." Unfortunately, this band was somewhat marred by technical difficulties after each song. Needless to say, it broke the mom entum of their performance. The final band was "The Q ues tions." Perhaps you saw them at the New Voices 7 Cafe. This band falls under the category of "rock." Instru ments present in The Questions were bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, and drums. I’m glad that they chose to go with a relatively quiet sound because all of the other bands were basically mellow bands. The evident leader of the band. Jon Lamkins, wrote and sang most of the songs from their set. The first tune was "Breeds There a M an." It featured a lead repeating riff from the keyboards with chord ac
companiment. The tune was fairly generic in nature. The next song was “Land of Steady Habits.” Again, a generic tune. The band changed the pace to a more ballad type o f song called "The Girl Who is Herself." I couldn't quite catch the lyric content because Jo n 's deadpan voice was not loud enough in the mix. The Q ues tions, like Reckoning, experienced tech problems on stage. One Q ues tions song that I did like was “Vise." The lyrics were catchy, and the song grooved. The guitarist, who happens to a mem ber of the first band, per form ed one his origin als called "W elcom e To the Real W orld." This song w'as enjoyed by the audience. Members of the audience demanded that the Q uestions play "L ouie. Louie” as an encore. • Fortunately the sound system crashed before the song ended, because the cover was really pretty lame. I’m pleased that this M idgets of Rock thing occurred. I also like the crayon gim mick. There were crayons tin each table so that you could draw on the paper-covered tables. Kept the audience occupied between bands.
Condom machines to appear on campus by Chris Barcus News Editor In a m eeting w ith President S trauss, the S tudents for Social Awareness were able to convince Strauss to place condom dispensers in the bathrooms of residence halls. For the past two years students, faculty, and administration have sup ported the placem ent o f condom machines in the various residence halls. The hangups in the past have been due to the executive staff, which w as w'orried about the school’s image
with parents and potential students. When the group began presenting other sides to the story. Strauss said that he would take the heat from the rest of those opposed and would see that they are in place by A term. The argum ents which helped sway Strauss included the fact that the infir mary hours are being reduced and the availability o f condoms w'ould be reduced. A lso they stressed that to d ay ’s parents tend to be more realistic about life and would not take offense to the placement of the machines.
House future uncertain by Chris Barcus N ews Editor Lambda Chi A lpha's house will not have any boarders at the beginning o f the 89-90 academ ic year. The residents of 12 Boynton Street have found other sources o f housing, leav ing the building vacant. The house is owned by the school and no decision has been made as to its future. However, the house is not going to be torn dow n and converted to a parking lot. The options which the school is considering include turn
ing the building into office space or resident housing. Before anyone can occupy the building, however, m ajor renovations need to be done. If the building is to be used for residence, the am ount of work would be greater than if it were used for offices due to fire codes for housing establishments. The reconstruction may begin this summer, but the building will not be ready for occupancy by August. How ever. by the end of A term there is a chance that the building may be com pleted.
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Tuesday May 2, 1989
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Provost search update by A llen H. H offm an and Jon C. Strauss
by C hris Barcus N ews E ditor
We write jointly to inform you o f the outcom e o f the Provost Search. As has been reported before, the search com m ittee is comprised o f six faculty (three elected and three appointed by the President), a graduate student (appointed by the G raduate Student O rgani zation), and an undergraduate student (appointed by Student G overnment). The C om m ittee was charged to conduct a thorough national search leading to two qualified candidates. The President, in consultation with the Trustees, was then to select and recruit the individual most capable of providing strong academic leadership for this institution as we approach the next century. Advertisem ents, nominations, and direct contacts led to some ninety applications. Initial screening by the Committee narrowed the field to twenty, and careful reference checking led to eight sem i-finalists who were invited to cam pus for interviews with the C om m ittee and the President. Four finalists emerged who were invited to-campus with their spouses for intensive interviews with various cam pus constituencies. U nfortunately, one o f the more promising finalists accepted another position before the search process was complete. The President and the Comm ittee discussed the rem aining finalists and agreed to respect one another’s judgm ents regarding reservations on each o f the' candidates. Accordingly, we have agreed to continue the Search Committee and reestablish the search process. In the interim, Donald N. Zwiep, who has done such an excellent job this past year, will continue
Last week the WPI com m unity was apprised o f the status of the provost search. In a memo from Allen Hoffman, chair o f the provost search committee, and Jon Strauss, President o f WPI, the announcem ent was made that the search for a new provost would be continuing, and Donald Zwiep will continue to act as provost until a replacement is found. The school recently brought four potential candidates to cam pus for a more in-depth review of them, their ideas, and how they responded to the WPI community. As a result of the visits, the comm ittee has found that they had one individual which they felt was qualified and would enhance WPI. However, the person accepted a job at another institution due to the fact that he had to respond before an offer could have been extended from WPI. O f the remaining three candidates, much discussion was held, yet a m ajority decision could not be found and each candidate had areas of weakness. The plan at this point is to accept more applications and begin the review process again with the hopes o f finding a new provost. Until that time, Donald Zwiep will continue as the acting provost.
World News by G eorge Regnery Newspeak S ta ff N ational News The House Ethics Committee continued to investigate ethical m isconduct by House speaker Jim W right (D- Texas). The com m it tee is investigating 69 violations. More contro versy surfaced when it was revealed that W right accepted 3 days o f use o f a small plane from a Texas businessm an. This is an $8,000 illegal gift, but a staff member o f W right's said that failure to pay was an “oversight” and the m oney was sent. This incident was not men tioned in the H ouse Ethics Comm ittee report. The com m ittee started to investigate Jim W right last year after Rep. Newt Gingrich (RG eorgia) initiated the investigation due to a book that W right wrote and received unusually high royalties for. He defended his book last week saying it was a “real book sold to real people.” His book had been criticized by D em ocrats. The jury continued deliberating on Oliver N orth, who was accused o f breaking 12 laws. The Space Shuttle A tlantis’ lauch was can celed on Friday at T-31 seconds due to a fuel pum p leak. The shuttle will carry the Magellan probe, which will explore Venus. The Secretary o f Energy said that the startup for the Savannah R iver nuclear plant was being postponed even further. The plant is the only place in the US that tritium, which is used in atom ic weapons, can be produced. Secretary o f Defense Richard Cheney said that the US would continue with both the MX and M idgetm an missiles. However, the Stealth bom ber would be delayed and the spending for SDI was being reduced. The USS Iowa returned to Norfolk. M emo rial services for the 47 sailors who died when the gun turet exploded were held on Monday. Q uestions are now being raised about the use of battleships. The US Suprem e Court began to hear a M issouri case that has the potential o f over turning the Roe Vs. W ade abortion case. The court also upheld a Federal Appeals Court de cision to throw out Ralph N ader’s case against the use o f the controversial Alar pesticide used on apples and other fruit. Ronald Reagan said that Bush was doing “ just fine” in his first 100 days o f office. Lucille Ball died. In te rn a tio n a l News Student dem onstrations continued in China. O n Saturday, 150,000 students staged a sit-in at B eijing’s main square, Tiananm en square. The pro- dem ocracy protests started after re form er Hu Yaobang died. In Xian, students attacked governm ent offices and set 20 houses and 10 vehicles on fire. 130 security officers w ere wounded. Unlinke previous years, the dem onstrations appear to be organized. P ro tests continued through the week. Students began to boycott classes. W est G erm an chancellor Kohl wants to have NATO and the W arsaw Pact begin nego
tiating the withdrawal o f battlefield nuclear weapons. The US and UK m aintain that they are the main deterent to a Soviet attack. The South African governm ent is suspected of trading weapons with extrem ists in Northern Ireland. The South African governm ent denied the charges. In Manila, Philippines, US military advisor Col. James N. Rowe was shot while in his car. The com m unist New People’s Army later claimed responsibility. Japanese Prime M inister Takeshita re signed due to an influence peddling scandal. In Moscow, thousands protested the use of police to break up a dem onstration in the Republic o f Georgia. In Jordan, Prime M inister Amman resigned after there were riots due to governm ent im posed price increases. King Hussein an nounced that there would be general elections for the first time in 22 years. Fighting between C hristians and Moslems continued in Beruit. In one instance a Cyproit ship attempted to pick up Christian refugees but it was fired upon by Syrian militiamen. The Soviet Space station Mir will be un manned until August. The 3 cosm onauts re turned to Earth last week. A tornado swept through central Bangla desh, killing 600 and injuring 12,000. 74 members of the Soviet C entral C om m it tee who were generally opposed to G or bachev’s policies resigned. There are a total o f 301 members in the Central C om m ittee. US intelligence reports state that defense spending rose 3% last year. E conom ic News In March, consum er spending was up only .2%, which was not as good as what economists expected. The Leading Economic Indicators fell .7% last month. The LEI is generally regarded as the key economic forecast. Mobil announced they w ere pulling out o f South Africa. Eastern A ir Lines announced that it is going to sell 40% o f its planes in the next 8 months. Sears profit was up 56% last quarter. Sears recently switched to “everyday low prices.”
KAP sweeps UMOC by H eidi Lundy N ewspeak S ta ff Last Saturday, Dave LeBlanc o f Phi Kappa Theta, was voted the ugliest m an on campus. The UMOC contest, sponsored by APO, the National Service Fraternity, raised over $850 to go to the charity o f the w inner’s choice. John Boyle o f Alpha Chi R ho held a strong first place until Saturday when Phi Kappa Theta united and raised their contestant’s votes from 2 to over 2,000. John Boyle had to settle for being the second ugliest and Todd M iller of Theta Chi was third. The charity Dave chose was C ystic Fibrosis. Alpha Phi Omega would like to thank all the entries for their participation and all the voters for their votes.
Executive council minutes M eeting called to order at 7:08 pm by Mike Donahue, President. M em bers present were: M ike Donahue, President; Brian Gosselin, Vice-President; Lisa King, Secretary; Brian Beauregard, Class o f ’92; Rob Sims, N ew speak; Dan Falla, IFC; Jon Tucker, CHB; Melissa Lichwan, Class of ’91; Stephen Nelson, Academic Committee; Kim Lemoi, SOCCOMM; Chris G ray, Class of ’89; Becky Griffith, SAB; Bridget Powers, RHC; Janet Richardson, Advisor. The minutes from the last meeting were accepted without changes. C om m ittee Reports: A cadem ic C om m ittee: T he A cadem ic Com m ittee ran an article in N ew speak this week and has received seven applications for next year’s committee. Tw o applicants have been interviewed and await com m ittee ap proval. CHB: Five professors have expressed an interest in the CHB and will be put on the student ballot. The three professors selected by the faculty for the board are Professors Hanlan, Berka and Graubard. CHB elections will be held on April 27th and 28th. SO C C O M M : The Denny Dent event went well even though we had to move inside to Harrington due to the weather. Spring W eek end 4/22, Hopefully it w on’t rain. Class o f ’89: Presently selling tickets to senior events and distributing t-shirts, posters, and key-chains in Daniels Hall. Senior events will begin the week of the 24th with the senior reception at President S trauss’ home. Class o f ’92: We have decided not to do any fundraisers for the rem aining o f the school year. We are currently in the planning stages for next year. Rather than strictly staying with fundraisers, we are planning som e events to em phasize unity in our class. N ew speak: We have contacted the T ele gram and Gazette to cover the picketing of Boynton Hall, in addition to our ow n coverage. This week we have received an unusually large
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number o f letters to the editor. SAB: Next year’s officers: President Becky Griffith; V.P. - Je ff Rozak; Treas. - Rob Tiem an; Asst. Treas. - Thom Bober; Sec. Chris M oran; Club Sports Rep. - Tom Zamecnik; Van Comm . - Jon Drummey; Funded Rep. - Brian D esousa; Unfunded Rep. -Theresa Schmidt. O ld B usiness: Constitution Changes: A m o tio n to a c c e p t the fo llo w in g Constitution changes w as made: - Section C, M eeting, #3, to reduce the num ber o f members needed from a 2/3 to a 1/ 2 (majority) vote. - To add that Student Government be re quired to hold campus wide meetings once a term. (See New Business) - T o add the responsibility to attend alumni council meetings to C lass Rep. duties. Motion was passed. A motion to donate $200.00 to the Harit M ajmudar Fellowship was accepted. A motion to purchase the College View newspaper (a trial period for next fall) 250 issues at $.10 each was passed. New Business: A motion to hold the campus wide m eetings with a trial period of one year was accepted. A motion to form a task comm ittee for the independent representative to determine how this person should be elected and how to deter mine his other student gov’t responsibilities was passed. A motion to donate $40.00 to SAB from Student G o v ’t for TN T (Talks at Noon-time) was passed. A motion to review Roberts Rules or the Principal Rules o f O rder was passed. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm Respectfully Submitted, Lisa A. King
Are you protected?
by Virginia M ahoney Supervisor o f N ursing Large outbreaks o f measles are occurring am ong college students and other young adults in several states throughout the nation. Due to the high mobility o f college students and the potential for mass exposure in classes and at athletic and social events, colleges have be com e a primary foci o f measles transmission in recent years. High immunization levels and prompt ac tion to identify and vaccinate unimmunized students appear to have limited the extent of infection in M assachusetts. H owever, because there is strong evidence to suggest that our schools will continue to be challenged by im ported m easles, WPI is issuing the follow ing guidelines for all students. Im munization Guidelines: All students bom after 1/1/1957 must pro vide docum entation o f immunity to measles in accordance with the State College Im muniza tion Law. Im m unity Recommendations: Although vaccination with live measles vaccine on or after the first birthday is accept able, current evidence indicates that for a M ax im u m Seroconversion R ate, M easles vaccine should be given a fte r ch ild ren have re ac h ed th e age of 15 m onths. T herefore WPI is recom m ending that all
students who were im m unized before they were 15 months of age consult with their physician and consider reimmunization. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Health O ffice, (508) 831-5520.
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New Voices 7, Congratulations! by G eoff Littlefield N ewspeak S ta ff Two weeks ago, the 20.(XX) work hours put in by 15(X) people resulted in the incredible production o f New V oices 7. New Voices is a dram a festival held each year that showcases plays written, perform ed, directed, and pro duced by the students o f WPI. This year’s production was an amazingly large spectacle o f organization and teamwork headed by dram aturgs Harold M acK iem an, Jim White, and Prof. Susan Vick and executive producer Rob Everton. Twenty five live plays, a vide otaped play, and an animated short comprised the works performed. Although the am ount of plays involved m akes reviewing each show extremely diffi cult, there were a few highlights to the produc tion. The first o f them is Adam G arcia’s excellent jo b o f perform ing Harold M acK iem an’s thoughtful m onologue. Getaway. The writing was beautiful and sublim e at the same time and Mr. G arcia impressed me with his solo acting ability. Lastly, the use o f a spotlight as a second character was both original and intriguing. Next, Brian Freem an wrote a great play entitled Beast Incarnate. The story becomes enthralling as the audience watches as a young m an in a fascist, post-W orld W ar Three nation finds it within him self to ask the question “ W hy?” The play ended with a fantastic dia logue between the young man, played by Brian W eissm an, and a governm ent agent, played by Dan Bejune, in which his questions are an sw ered. Remem brance, by Bill Bullard, was another excellent play. It was a realistic look at the post-V ietnam trauma. Two sides of the issue o f V ietnam and the effects o f being in a war where wom en and children were part o f what one was fighting against on both sides were shown quite effectively. N ext is a superb play about the abandoning o f o n e’s true personality for another in order to be accepted, called Submission. Anne Marie O ’C onnor made a brilliant move when writing this by using universal characters, such as Social Butterfly, who was a stereotypical girl
from a wealthy family. Todd Fantz’s play. V entriloquist, was a well written play about a WPI student trying to find him self and a purpose by exam ining his life and the people and things around him. It was expertly performed by Charles Lyons, who played the lead and perhaps needed to talk a little louder, and Jeffrey W aldin and included a brilliant satire o f the melodram atic in the form of a short skit in the middle o f the perform ance. W alking the Line, by Jim W hite, was d efi nitely a high point. Kevin Dahm did a great job in portraying an actor who delivers a long monologue about the vile creature, Man. Al-
though the play started out hum orously, it finished by putting this viewer in his place quite effectively. There were a few good com edies per formed, including Speech 101 and MA 2051. D on't Call Me Daddee, by William Katzman was a funny look at the field of genetic engi neering, but also carried a message of the strangling o f a ch ild 's life by his parents. The Final C hapter (Tentatively), by Brian W eiss man portrayed the sadly humorous effects of a husband and w ife’s life collapsing around them after what they think is a nuclear war. Through contrast, the tragic ending was very sobering. Finally, Something I Have T o Do
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DMOH: the end o f an era
L by Troy N ielsen N ewspeak S ta ff It’s sad but true kiddies. The “ fam ous” WPI band. Dead Men on Holiday, is losing their lead singer (W ayne) this May. H e’s graduat ing— can you believe it? H e’s going to work on a nuclear submarine or som ething. All is not lost. Dead fans, for the band has chosen a new singer for next year. I vowed not to reveal his name yet, so I will refer him in this article as “The New Singer.” H ere’s a stroll down the Dead Men on Holiday Memory Lane: From a small room in the upper levels of A lden Hall comes an overpow ering blare of fast and primitive m usic. During the clim ax of one song, the singer throws his body into the practice room ’s closet door. Pulsating with sound, the band’s am plifiers are old gutted stereo components and speakers. The innards of the amps are literally hanging out o f the housings. But much louder than the amps is the drum mer, who is pounding out a hardcore beat that gets faster as the song continues. Later on, DMOH m em bers called this music they played during the first year of their existence “crap.” The last band to play at the 1988 Battle of
Music Trivia by Troy Nielsen For the final colum n o f the year, I will just basically show er you with all kinds o f incredible, aw e inspiring trivia for a sundry types o f music. Thanks for tuning in during the year. Q uestions: Blues (by special request) 1). In the late 40 ’s and early 5 0 ’s, blues artists from the M ississippi Delta m igrated to two N orthern cities and created a new genre o f blues. Name the two cities. 2). It is rumored that this M ississippi Delta bluesman made a pact with the devil. The pact (if it existed) allowed the guitarist to play like hell during his lifetime. But when he died, the devil would have his due. 3). How did this sam e bluesman supposedly die? 4). N ame the three bluesmen whose last names are “ King?” 5). The Rolling Stones got that name from a song (“R ollin’ Stone”) originally recorded by whom? 6). This drum m er (and his band) started the free jazz movement in the 5 0 ’s and 6 0 ’s. 7). W hen angry at tenor sax player John Coltrane, what did drum m er Elvin Jones do to C oltran e’s car? 8). In order to play when thoroughly drugged on heroin, Charlie Parker had to what. 9). W hat is unusual about avante-garde jazzm an Sun R a’s style o f horn playing? 10). This big jazz band, founded in W orcester, has played M echanic’s Hall tw ice in the past two years. Answers: 1). Detroit and Chicago 2). R obert Johnson 3). He was murdered with a poison drink by a jealous husband whose wife Johnson had been rom ancing (didja follow that?). 4). Freddie, B.B., and Albert 5). Muddy W aters 6). A rt Blakey and the Jazz M essangers 7). He smashed C oltrane’s car with a sledgehammer. 8). Som eone had to prop his body in an erect position, or otherwise Charlie Parker would collapse. 9). He can play three reed instrum ents at the same time. 10). The WPI Stage Band
Class of ’89 News B y AUson Gotkin
CDR’s are in!! We have three days left and we’re finally alumni! If anyone was unable to get tickets, please contact one of your class officers tomorrow. • Look in your boxes for the list of events for the Cape Cod Trip at the end of this week. ■Following the Senior Barbeque on Higgins house lawn, we will start off the Senior Walk. Our first destination will be on Park Ave. • Get psyched for graduation and we hope everyone participates in all the Senior Week Activities!
the Bands is not your average “yeah, let’s play Van Halen covers” kind of rock and roll band. Instead, the Dead chose to shove their music down the audiences’ throats. A contorted group of bodies thrash at the foot of the stage. Soon the Battle o f the Bands security force goes into action because some of the stammers are stage-diving. D M O H ’s set concludes with the singer saying “Fuck You," throwing the m icrophone on the stage, and jum ping into the crowd. T he Dead came in second in the final standings. A stench of beer, sweat, and cigarette smoke fills the Ellsworth apartment. I can ’t see anything because the excessive heat in the apartment has caused my glasses to fog up. W ell, that doesn’t m atter much, because at the mom ent I am hurtling across the living room at breakneck speed waiting to collide into another person. Momentum was conserved. Later on, as part o f the “Christm as with Dead Men on H oliday” celebration, the band m em bers sm ash cheezy records against the living room wall. H ere’s a brief three-year history o f the band. The original idea for forming a band came from Bill Kallgren, the g roup’s bassist, while at The Fools concert at WPI in his freshman year. Bill knew T om G ref (guitarist) and soon met “T h rash er” (first DM OH drum m er) and W ayne, the singer. This would be the first Dead lineup. “Thrasher” was canned because he couldn’t really play. I’m not sure how, but the group found Jay Solomon to play the drum s. A fter scrouning for cheap or free equipm ent (excluding Jay’s drum kit), the band was suited up for action. At first, Dead Men on Holiday were really really bad. This can be attributed to the fact that except for Jay, none of the band m em bers knew how to play their instruments. W ayne showed Tom the standard bar chord shape (the shape for an A m ajor chord at the fifth fret) and away they w ent.... The first show was at the Quinsiquamond Com m unity Center in early May o f 1987. Here, DMOH opened up for The C lock’s last gig. The Dead were not well received. Next year, things start looking up with a num ber G om pei’s Place appearances, includ ing the Throw ing Muses gig. At this point, a small cult following at WPI was being formed. The following grew larger as the band played out more. It was this period (1987-1988) where the band began to explore the “club scene,” with gigs at Uptown and R alph’s. Also im por tant was the earning of second place at the Battle of the Bands that year. That was a year o f exposure for Dead Men on Holiday. People were now familiar with their songs and on stage antics. The band also was outlet for WPI students and W orcester residents who are into alternative rock, which is why “punk rockers” m ake up a large percentage of the D ead’s fan club. This year was action-packed for the Dead and their fans, for it was this year when the legendary E-8 series took place. Prompted by the E-8 apartment residents, the band was asked to perform at one of their parties. A ctu ally the sole purpose o f the party was to hear the D ead’s loud music. It was such a hit that more E-8 parties ensued. Without a doubt, these parties w ere the best on campus this year. W here else can you go for loud rockin’ music, booze, and fun? The raw energy, power, and honesty o f the Dead live in action attracted throngs o f people to these parties. As usual, DMOH played a num ber Pub and club gigs. The future is unwritten o f course, but the
was an entertaining look at the things people would do if they were informed the world would be com pletely destroyed in 24 hours. Make no mistake, the remaining sixteen w orks were exceptional, as well. These eleven, however, seemed to stand out. Everyone in volved, the actors, the directors, the tech crew, and the playwrights, deserves a heartfelt con gratulations for a job well done. As for the future, this sum mer, a group of WPI students will take at least one of these show s to a theater festival in Edinburgh. Also, next B term will be the production o f the great Shakespearean work, Macbeth. May fortune sm ile, folks!
\ j band will continue the same gig format for next year, with the aide o f “The New Singer.” I took a few minutes with each band m em ber in order to gain insight into the 3-year existence o f the Dead. First I talked with drum m er Jay Solomon. Jay told me that he intially stayed with the band mostly because it would provide him with an opportunity to conveinently store his drum s on campus. At first. Jay played mostly a standard hardcore beat because “ it is the easiest thing in the world to play.” Like the rest o f the band. Jay really wanted to change their style to more rock than hardcore. “ It Must Suck Being Y ou” was the song that did this. Jay informed me. Inciden tally, Jay wrote the lyrics to that fine song. Also, Jay told me that the Throwing Muses show was one of the big turning points in the band’s existence. Looking to the future, he tells me that the band will continue making good music with their new singer. Tom, the sole guitarist for the band, com mented that in the early years, hardcore was “ ok at the time,” and that “we couldn’t play anything else.” Tom calls the m ajor turning point in the band’s career as the full-band effort in the writing o f “Store 24” and “O ur Love.” As far as performances go, the gig with O Positive last year was their biggest show to date for Tom, mainly because of the large amount of people that saw DMOH play. However, Tom informed me that it is the E-8 parties that he enjoys the most because they don’t have to worry about the “soundm an’s interpretation of the band.” Also, Tom likes the cram ped atm os phere of the E-8 parties because it forces crowd participation. The club gigs are good for variety, but Tom is not into the W orcester club scene because most of the band’s fans are underage, and he doesn’t like “the W orcester scum bags” (not referring to non-W PI DMOH fans) that will som etimes show up. Tom sees promise for “The New Singer” and the band’s future. Bassist Bill Kallgren says that in the hardcore era, everyone in the band “knew that the music was bad from the start because we were stilling learning our instrum ents.” The change from this monotony, Bil says, was the song “It Must Suck Being You.” “The song broke the mold because it was raw energy...not artificial.” B ill’s im pression o f their first Battle o f the B and’s participation was that they “ played terribly but the crow d was into it.” For the future, Bill informed me that the band plans to “ regress into a different entity.” Also, “the new singer shows prom ise.” W ayne, the screaming singer, enjoyed the energy o f the band’s early hardcore m usic, but at the sam e tim e, “realized that it was crap,” and that it “was time to m ove.” The turning point for W ayne was the Throw ing Muses show because the m usic and the stae eshow were progressing. When writing lyrics, W ayne “thinks o f a topic or incident and expounds on it.” The DMOH o f next year he thinks “will do w ell.” Finally, I got a chance to talk to “The New Singer.” He has “follow ed the band intently” this year and enjoys “the energy o f the band on stage.” He expressed som e concern about the fan’s expectations of him as the new singer. He tells me that “I ’ll try m e hardest and have a good time singing.” The New Singer emphasis the fact that “ I’m not W ayne.” W hen it com es to his voice, the New Singer describes it as “quiet.” I’m sure that will change after the first gig next year. The New Singer leaves a m es sage to the DMOH fans, “eat your prunes.”
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New Voices 7, Congratulations! by G eoff Littlefield Newspeak S ta ff Two weeks ago, the 20.000 work hours put in by 15(H) people resulted in the incredible production o f New Voices 7. New Voices is a dram a festival held each year that showcases plays written, performed, directed, and pro duced by the students o f WPI. This year's production was an am azingly large spectacle o f organization and teamwork headed by dram aturgs Harold MacKiernan, Jim White, and Prof. Susan Vick and executive producer Rob Everton. Twenty five live plays, a vide otaped play, and an animated short comprised the works performed. A lthough the amount o f plays involved m akes reviewing each show extremely diffi cult, there were a few highlights to the produc tion. The first of them is Adam G arcia’s excellent jo b o f perform ing H arold M acK iernan’s thoughtful monologue. Getaway. The writing was beautiful and sublime at the same time and Mr. Garcia impressed me with his solo acting ability. Lastly, the use o f a spotlight as a second character was both original and intriguing. Next, Brian Freeman wrote a great play entitled Beast Incarnate. The story becomes enthralling as the audience watches as a young man in a fascist, post-W orld W ar Three nation finds it within him self to ask the question "W hy?” The play ended with a fantastic dia logue between the young man, played by Brian W eissman, and a governm ent agent, played by Dan Bejune, in which his questions are an sw ered. Remembrance, by Bill Bullard, was another excellent play. It was a realistic look at the post-Vietnam trauma. Tw o sides o f the issue of Vietnam and the effects of being in a war where women and children were part o f what one was fighting against on both sides were shown quite effectively. Next is a superb play about the abandoning o f o n e's true personality for another in order to be accepted, called Submission. Anne Marie O ’Connor made a brilliant move when writing this by using universal characters, such as Social Butterfly, who was a stereotypical girl
from a wealthy family. Todd F antz's play. Ventriloquist, was a well written play about a WPI student trying to find him self and a purpose by examining his life and the people and things around him. It was expertly performed by Charles Lyons, who played the lead and perhaps needed to talk a little louder, and Jeffrey Waldin and included a brilliant satire o f the melodramatic in the form of a short skit in the middle o f the perform ance. W alking the Line, by Jim White, was defi nitely a high point. Kevin Dahm did a great job in portraying an actor who delivers a long monologue about the vile creature. Man. Al-
though the play started out humorously, it finished by putting this view er in his place quite effectively. There were a few good comedies per formed. including Speech 101 and MA 2051. D on't Call Me Daddee, by W illiam Katzman was a funny look at the field of genetic engi neering, but also carried a message of the strangling of a child's life by his parents. The Final C hapter (Tentatively), by Brian W eiss man portrayed the sadly humorous effects o f a husband and w ife’s life collapsing around them after what they think is a nuclear war. Through contrast, the tragic ending was very sobering. Finally, Something I Have To Do
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DMOH: the end of an era by Troy Nielsen Newspeak S taff It’s sad but true kiddies. The “famous" WPI band. Dead Men on Holiday, is losing their lead singer (W ayne) this May. H e’s graduat ing— can you believe it? H e’s going to work on a nuclear subm arine or something. All is not lost. Dead fans, for the band has chosen a new singer for next year. I vowed not to reveal his name yet, so I will refer him in this article as “The New Singer.” H ere’s a stroll down the Dead Men on Holiday Memory Lane: From a small room in the upper levels of Alden Hall comes an overpowering blare of fast and primitive music. During the climax of one song, the singer throws his body into the practice room ’s closet door. Pulsating with sound, the b and’s amplifiers are old gutted stereo com ponents and speakers. The innards of the amps are literally hanging out of the housings. But much louder than the amps is the drum mer, who is pounding out a hardcore beat that gets faster as the song continues. Later on, DMOH m em bers called this music they played during the first year o f their existence “crap.” The last band to play at the 1988 Battle of
Music Trivia by Troy Nielsen For the final colum n of the year, I will just basically show er you with all kinds of incredible, aw e inspiring trivia for a sundry types of music. Thanks for tuning in during the year. Q uestions: Blues (by special request) 1). In the late 4 0 ’s and early 5 0 ’s, blues artists from the M ississippi Delta migrated to two Northern cities and created a new genre of blues. Name the two cities. 2). It is rumored that this Mississippi Delta bluesman made a pact with the devil. The pact (if it existed) allowed the guitarist to play like hell during his lifetime. But when he died, the devil would have his due. 3). How did this same bluesman supposedly die? 4). Name the three bluesmen whose last names are “ King?” 5). The Rolling Stones got that name from a song (“R ollin’ Stone” ) originally recorded by whom? 6). This drum m er (and his band) started the free jazz movem ent in the 5 0 ’s and 6 0 ’s. 7). W hen angry at tenor sax player John Coltrane, what did drum m er Elvin Jones do to C oltrane’s car? 8). In order to play when thoroughly drugged on heroin, Charlie Parker had to what. 9). What is unusual about avante-garde jazzm an Sun R a’s style o f horn playing? 10). This big jazz band, founded in W orcester, has played M echanic’s Hall twice in the past two years. Answers: 1). Detroit and Chicago 2). Robert Johnson 3). He was murdered with a poison drink by a jealous husband whose wife Johnson had been rom ancing (didja follow that?). 4). Freddie, B.B., and Albert 5). Muddy Waters 6). Art Blakey and the Jazz Messangers 7). He sm ashed C oltrane’s car with a sledgehammer. 8). Someone had to prop his body in an erect position, or otherwise Charlie Parker would collapse. 9). He can play three reed instruments at the same time. 10). The WPI Stage Band
Class of ’89 News By Alison Gotkin
CDR’s are in!! We have three days left and we’re finally alumni! If anyone was unable to get tickets, please contact one of your class officers tomorrow ■Look in your boxes for the list of events for the Cape Cod Trip at the end of this week. • Following the Senior Barbeque on Higgins house lawn, we will start off the Senior Walk. Our first destination will be on Park Ave. • Get psyched for graduation and we hope everyone participates in all the Senior Week Activities!
the Bands is not your average “ yeah, let’s play Van Halen covers” kind o f rock and roll band. Instead, the Dead chose to shove their musicdown the audiences’ throats. A contorted group o f bodies thrash at the foot of the stage. Soon the Battle o f the Bands security force goes into action because some of the slammers are stage-diving. DM OH ’s set concludes with the singer saying "Fuck You," throwing the microphone on the stage, and jum ping into the crowd. The Dead came in second in the final standings. A stench o f beer, sweat, and cigarette smoke fills the Ellsworth apartment. 1 can ’t see anything because the excessive heat in the apartment has caused my glasses to fog up. Well, that doesn’t matter much, because at the moment 1 am hurtling across the living room at breakneck speed waiting to collide into another person. Momentum was conserved. Later on, as part of the “Christm as with Dead Men on H oliday” celebration, the band m em bers smash cheezy records against the living room wall. H ere’s a brief three-year history of the band. The original idea for forming a band came from Bill Kallgren, the group's bassist, while at The Fools concert at WPI in his freshman year. Bill knew Tom G ref (guitarist) and soon met “T h rash er” (first DMOH drum m er) and W ayne, the singer. This would be the first Dead lineup. “Thrasher” was canned because he couldn't really play. I’m not sure how, but the group found Jay Solomon to play the drums. After scrouning for cheap or free equipment (excluding Jay’s drum kit), the band was suited up for action. At first, Dead Men on Holiday were really really bad. This can be attributed to the fact that except for Jay, none o f the band members knew how to play their instruments. Wayne showed Tom the standard bar chord shape (the shape for an A major chord at the fifth fret) and away they w ent.... The first show was at the Quinsiquamond Comm unity Center in early May o f 1987. Here, DMOH opened up for The C lock's last gig. The Dead were not well received. Next year, things start looking up with a number G om pei’s Place appearances, includ ing the Throw ing Muses gig. At this point, a small cult following at WPI was being formed. The following grew larger as the band played out more. It was this period (1987-1988) where the band began to explore the “club scene,” with gigs at Uptown and R alph’s. Also impor tant was the earning o f second place at the Battle of the Bands that year. That was a year of exposure for Dead Men on Holiday. People were now fam iliar with their songs and on stage antics. The band also was outlet for WPI students and W orcester residents who are into alternative rock, which is why “punk rockers" make up a large percentage of the D ead’s fan club. This year was action-packed for the Dead and their fans, for it was this year when the legendary E-8 series took place. Prompted by the E-8 apartment residents, the band was asked to perform at one of their parties. A ctu ally the sole purpose of the party was to hear the D ead’s loud music. It was such a hit that more E-8 parties ensued. W ithout a doubt, these parties were the best on campus this year. W here else can you go for loud rockin’ music, booze, and fun? The raw energy, power, and honesty o f the Dead live in action attracted throngs of people to these parties. As usual. DMOH played a number Pub and club gigs. The future is unwritten o f course, but the
was an entertaining look at the things people would do if they were informed the world would be completely destroyed in 24 hours. Make no m istake, the rem aining sixteen works were exceptional, as well. These eleven, however, seemed to stand out. Everyone in volved, the actors, the directors, the tech crew, and the playwrights, deserves a heartfelt co n gratulations for a jo b well done. As for the future, this sum mer, a group of WPI students will take at least one of these shows to a theater festival in Edinburgh. Also, next B term will be the production of the great Shakespearean work, Macbeth. May fortune smile, folks!
..... .... .\ J band will continue the same gig format for next year, with the aide o f "The New Singer.” I took a few minutes with each band m em ber in order to gain insight into the 3-year existence of the Dead. First I talked with drum m er Jay Solomon. Jay told me that he intially stayed with the band mostly because it would provide him with an opportunity to conveinently store his drums on campus. At first. Jay played mostly a standard hardcore beat because "it is the easiest thing in the world to play." Like the rest of the band. Jay really wanted to change their style to more rock than hardcore. “ It Must Suck Being Y ou” was the song that did this. Jay informed me. Inciden tally, Jay wrote the lyrics to that fine song. Also, Jay told me that the Throw ing Muses show was one of the big turning points in the band's existence. Looking to the future, he tells me that the band will continue making good music with their new singer. Tom, the sole guitarist for the band, com mented that in the early years, hardcore was “ok al the time,” and that “we couldn’t play anything else.” Tom calls the m ajor turning point in the band’s career as the full-band effort in the writing of “Store 24” and “O ur Love.” As far as performances go, the gig with O Positive last year was their biggest show to date for Tom , mainly because of the large amount of people that saw DMOH play. However, Tom informed me that it is the E-8 parties that he enjoys the most because they d o n ’t have to worry about the “soundm an's interpretation of the band.” Also, Tom likes the cram ped atm os phere of the E-8 parties because it forces crowd participation. The club gigs are good for variety, but Tom is not into the W orcester club scene because most o f the band’s fans are underage, and he doesn’t like “the W orcester scum bags” (not referring to non-W Pl DMOH fans) that will som etimes show up. Tom sees promise for “The New Singer” and the b and’s future. Bassist Bill Kallgren says that in the hardcore era, everyone in the band “knew that the music was bad from the start because we were stilling learning our instrum ents.” The change from this monotony, Bil says, was the song “ It Must Suck Being Y ou." “The song broke the mold because it was raw energy...not artificial.” Bill’s impression of their first Battle o f the B and’s participation was that they “played terribly but the crowd was into it.” For the future. Bill informed me that the band plans to “ regress into a different entity.” Also, “the new singer shows prom ise." W ayne, the screaming singer, enjoyed the energy o f the band's early hardcore m usic, but at the same time, “ realized that it was crap,” and that it “was time to m ove.” The turning point for Wayne was the Throw ing Muses show because the music and the stageshow were progressing. When writing lyrics, W ayne “thinks of a topic or incident and expounds on it.” The DMOH o f next year he thinks “will do w ell.” Finally, I got a chance to talk to “The New Singer.” He has “ followed the band intently” this year and enjoys “the energy o f the band on stage.” He expressed some concern about the fan ’s expectations o f him as the new singer. He tells me that “ I’ll try me hardest and have a good time singing." The New Singer em phasis the fact that “ I’m not W ayne.” When it com es to his voice, the New Singer describes it as “quiet.” I'm sure that will change after the first gig next year. The New Singer leaves a m es sage to the DMOH fans, “eat your prunes.”
Tuesday May 2, 1989
NEW SPEAK
Arts and Entertainment
Alden to Walden by Ellen M adigan From Alden to Walden we merrily went O ur English class, and W es, and Kent. Early in morning we went on our way How lucky we were to have such a nice day. The journey was pleasant and we soon reached the spot W here Hawthorne and Thoreau were together a lot. We walked to the bridge and looked at the Concord River In the cold morning air we could not help but shiver. What a sight to behold - nature in all her glory And Ljungquist and Mott then related a story O f the shot that was heard ‘round the world way back when And our professors then sang - we gave them a "10.' The students who were lost found us at lastThey claimed they stopped at Exxon for gas. They said they saw Roger Clemens go by In his little red sports car - it was probably a lie! We left from the bridge and drove down the street Into beautiful Concord - Oh what a treat. With two wonderful tour guides like Ljungquist and Mott As we walked through the town we sure learned a lot. We went to the jail site, and then to a cemetery And we then journeyed over to the Concord Library And all will recall lhat Ljungquist got his thrill Holding the first copy o f W alden, the librarian looked ill. We then stopped for lunch at a nearby restaurant And we had a good meal before our next jaunt. W hich was to go to the pond where Thoreau chose to stay And this was the high point o f the whole day. We strolled around the pond and saw where Thoreau stayed. And the thought of condominiums had us dismayed. We heard a dog bark, but we didn't see any woodchucks So instead we took a picture o f two lovely ducks. We sadly left W alden - we w ould’ve died to stay But we had more graves to visit - so we went on our way We stopped to see more houses - then we got some ice cream And then back to WPI where the pressure makes us scream. Well to sum it all up our day was a blast And all will agree it went by too fast. That bright, sunny W ednesday we w ent to transcend Like Thoreau at his pond. And that is the end. NF.WSPF.AK STAFF PHOTO/LAURA WAGNER
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by Frodo Well not really, but apparently Strauss has agreed to place dispensers in A term ’89. This was told to be by members of SSA after they talked to Strauss about the infirmary' situation. I am glad to see this decision, but I don’t see why it took so long. I really enjoyed the SSA protest. Although it was small, it was spirited, and it really brought out the apathy of the school. I also enjoyed the people who stood outside Daniels last week. Responses ranged from ‘I can’t, someone might see m e’ to ‘We should shoot the fuckers.’ Need I say which organization the speaker of the latter belonged to. It is interesting that such a simple act as people standing on a curb can elicit such re sponses and gazes. It says something about this school. I am not sure what. Thanks to Steve Delfino for starting the spontaneous standing, it w as fun to watch. On to other things. D on’t you think they should close off West St? Maybe Institute, too. I d o n ’t know about you, but I am sick of playing chicken with speeding motorists who are too lazy to use Highland or Park. I saw two students alm ost get creamed on Institute last week; we are talking screeching tires, the works. If I rem em ber correctly WPI has been trying for a w hile to get W est St. blocked off, but have them selves been blocked by the city. What does it take to get a street cut off in Worcester? I’d like to know. I ’d like people to notice that this makes two com m ents in a row that have been favorable to
the administration. This is a first and probably a last. This brings us to the unfortunate situation of a WPI student. We will call him Mr. R. (I d id n ’t check with him first). Mr. R has had three VCR’s and two T V ’s stolen out o f schoolowned apartments in the last two years. Poor Mr. R, he is a living testimony to the crime problem at WPI. Cars on campus are con stantly vandalized and broken into and any door is an open invitation. The police patrols are rather ineffective and both the cops and SNAP, to offend another group, are paranoid and handcuff happy in my opinion. What is a solution? I am not sure, but better lighting couldn't hurt. WPI is very dark or at least very dim after dark. I don’t know; it’s just a low cost suggestion. The problem could be dealt with better if somehow it could be determined how much of the crime comes from o ff campus and how much o f it is students trying to raise money for next year’s tuition. W ell that about wraps it up for this week and for this year. I will be waiting with quivering pen for next year, for a new set of problems, screw ups and angry responses. I will also be looking forward to seeing how the new Greek pledging system works, how it affects mem bership and the G D I’s. I will close by answ er ing the most frequently asked printable ques tion directed at my column. “W hy Frodo?” Well, the best explanation I can come up with is that I like to give people the ‘finger’. Bad joke. So sorry.
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by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff I love the CCC. Nowhere else are so many desperate people cramped so close together. I just finished a history term paper. Gosh 1 love those things. Ever notice that you often have more information than you have space for? I have that problem a lot. I had that problem this time too, so I got out the o l’ hatchet and started trim m ing it down. 1 hate editing. It really is more effort than it’s worth, well sometimes. It’s been a quiet week around here. The only real controversy is over the flag on Beach Tree Circle. Did you know that there is an A merican flag on the Circle? Most people d o n ’t because it is largely hidden by the tree. A nyway, it seems that when President Bush declared a week of mourning for the 47 crew m em bers o f the U.S.S. Iowa last Thursday those in charge of the flag were out to lunch or som ething. On Monday, the day of the big funeral service, the WPI flag was flying at full staff. All across the country flags were at half staff, except at WPI. I sure hope the Soviets had spy satellites trained on us that day. The R ussians must love WPI engineers, w e’re so aw are o f world events. I must admit that even I w asn't informed of the flag until Tuesday morning. At that point a WPI senior, Marc Champange. decided to address the problem. He began by writing a letter to President Strauss, as far as I know it w asn 't answered. He went to see som eone at Plant Services about having the flag lowered. W hen C ham pange told the person he saw that the flag should be lowered his reply was, “ W hy?” Finally the WPI Police were con tacted and the flag was lowered. It was even taken dow n that night, but the next day it was back at full staff. This really w asn’t a problem, but I’d like to think that people around here are at least informed enough to know when to lower the flag. I sent a letter about the flag to President Strauss, but as of this writing I haven't gotten a reply. President Strauss, Last Thursday a week of m ourning was declared for the 47 sailors who died aboard the
U.S.S. Iowa. Flags all across the country were lowered to half staff to sym bolize the grief we all share at this tragic event. It is times like this that all Americans must reflect on what it is that keeps us free, and must unify as a nation to keep the memory o f our servicemen alive even after their untimely passing. I bring this up because I noticed that the flag on Beach Tree Circle was still at full staff. It is incumbent upon you. as President o f this institution to ensure that the flag is brought to half staff with all due haste, so that proper respect may be paid to those who gave their lives in service to their country. I have also included some other points o f flag etiquette. I have noticed that the flag that is located on Beech Tree Circle is left up at all times. It is there at night and during periods of bad weather. According to custom, and out of respect the (lag should only be displayed when it can be clearly viewed. It should be taken down at night unless it is in a well lit area where it can be clearly seen. The Beach Tree Circle area is not well lit, and no spotlight falls directly on the flag, therefore it should be taken down at night. The flag should also be taken down during periods o f bad weather, be it rain, snow, or any other precipitation. This is not only out of respect, but for practical reasons to keep it from being damaged. Old, worn out, or dam aged flags ^re never simply thrown away. A flag should be burned, and any ashes should be scattered. Yours truly, Alton J. Reich It could be that he doesn’t care, or it could be that he is too busy. It could also be that he hasn’t gotten to my m essage yet, after all he does spend several hours on each screen of text. W ell, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all the seniors the best o f luck, so... Good luck on all your endeavors. As for the rest of you, just make it through the relative boredom that the sum mer brings. If you ever find yourself lacking things to do this summer, just think back to the end o f D-term. I ’m sure that’ll help, I know it will for me. One last thing for you all to ponder: Life is like a sewer, what you get out o f it depends on what you put into it.
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EDITORIAL
Professors must learn to teach W PI is a school that likes to be know n as being on the leading edge o f education. In order to do this, they purchase or acquire state-of-the art equipm ent. U nfortunately, good equipm ent is only h alf the picture. T he other h alf is teaching. Professors are hired based on their know ledge o f the subject, and not their ability to teach it to som eone else. Elem entary through high school teachers study education in college. T hey are taught how to teach. P rofessors here are given a room full of students and told to teach them. T he problem o f professors not being able to teach is not unique to W PI; in fact the Institute for R esearch on
H igher E ducation at the U niversity o f P ennsylvania produced a tw enty page report on the problem . A cc o rd ing to the report, professors d o n ’t interact w ith one another to help im prove teaching. A lso, m any p rofessors were uncom fortable w ith evaluating o th er professors o r having th eir ow n teaching evaluated. T here are no education courses; there is no help w ith teaching from other faculty. The business o f a college is teaching. A nd teaching skills are w hat several colleges lack. If W PI w ants to be truly on the leading edge, le t’s see them offer education courses fo r professors. It could be conducted at one o f
the consortium schools that o ffers an edu catio n m ajor. T he courses should not be a co m p lete education cu rricu lum , but at least a basic course. M ost p rofessors really w ant to teach and help students. If the cou rses were o ffered to professors, m any w ould voluntarily attend. W PI had a lot o f good publicity because o f the Plan; a program to produce better pro fesso rs should put W PI in a good light. Education is a business. W PI can produce a better product; if it actually does so there will be m ore people w illing to pay for it. T h e courses should pay for them selves in short order.
COMMENTARY
Apartments are not safe To the Editor: I just discovered that for the THIRD time in TW O years, my Ellsworth apartment has been robbed. The first two lim es, last year, were w hen both DOORS W ERE LOCKED and W E W ERE A SLEEP UPSTAIRS. I know this because on both occasions the front door w as found wide open by the first person who woke up. Entry, how ever, had been gained through the back door, and only after these two incidents was our note to Res. Life about the poor quality o f the door paid attention to. (i.e. They put up a steel bar which made it impossible to open with a butter knife or credit card.) This year, however. I’m not sure when it happened. All I know is that I woke up to a note from my roommate who left at 5am asking if we had loaned out the VCR. After it had been determined
that no one had, we realized that we had been robbed. This brings the total to 3 vcr’s and a color TV which have been stolen from my apartments here at WPI in only two years. This really pisses me off. The fact that thieves can come and go as they please, especially when I am sleeping upstairs, does not make me feel safe at all. In many recent police logs, I have read about people finding som eone in their house/ apartment when they got home. WHY H A V E N 'T TH ER E BEEN ANY A RRESTS?!? O b v io u sly , lo ck s d o n ’t stop thieves, so som ething else such as alarm systems should be used. All the rooms now have such nice fire alarms, why not burglar alarm s? This is an engineering school. I ’m sure someone c an co m e up w ith so m eth in g ingenious. Clark, a liberal arts school.
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has a lock on all the buildings which re a d s th e m a g n e tic s trip on everyone's ID’s and only allows you into the building you are supposed to be in. Why not implement something such as that here? We certainly are paying enough for it. This type o f system would also solve the stupid security problems at Founders. Lastly, I would like to say that I do not blame the campus police for the problems, they can only be expected to do so much, and with mischievous students everywhere. I’m sure they have their hands full. However, it seems as if there have been many, many cars being vandalized and b u rg la riz e d as w ell as m any a p a rtm e n ts /h o u s e s /d o rm ro o m s getting broken into recently, and I think it’s about time we find a way to catch the person(s) responsible. Eric Rasm ussen, '90
Read this... but only if you care T o the Editor:
disgusting and this place wreaks!" Apathy IS disgusting. People are W arning to all WPI students... p ay in g trem e n d o u s am o u n ts o f there is an epidem ic sweeping the money to attend this fine institution, cam pus, a disorder so deadly it can and they d o n ’t seem to care about destroy the whole fabric o f your anything that goes on outside of their being. There is no drug or treatment to own sphere o f existence. For ex cure it or even lessen its effect (you ample, a couple of w eeks ago there c a n 't go to the health center anyways). was a protest at Boynton Hall against The disease is called apathy. Do you the health care cuts that President know what this word means, or do you Strauss initiated. Health care is som e not care? “A pathy" was just an SAT thing that we should be concerned vocabulary word to me until I came to with because we all have to pay for it. this school. For those o f you unfamil Even though (he protest was an iar to the term, apathy is a state of nounced well in advance, 30 people at uncaring, stronger than indifference. most showed up. H undreds of people U nfortunately, many o f the people passed by, but very few came over to around this cam pus suffer from it. If support the cause. W ouldn't you be a you are not sure w hether you are apa little pissed if Boynton told you that thetic or not, take this short quiz: they were going to split your dorm i I. Have you attended a theatricaltory in half so that they could have or musical perform ance this year? more office space? It’s the same kind 2. Have you filled out any of the o f deal. surveys that you have received in the As a musician involved with vari m ail? ous WPI music groups, I constantly 3. Do you ever skip N ewspeak ar witness poor attendance at concerts. ticles after reading just the headline? The group performing usually out 4. Are you involved in or support numbers the audience. W e've had any cam pus im provem ent groups joint concerts with other colleges and (Students for Social Awareness. APO they are shocked at the low number of Service Fraternity, N ew speak)? people attending. I d o n ’t want to re 5. Have you ever voiced an opinion strict the conversation to one subject, about cam pus-related issues (DAKA but it's a good example o f the lack of react to m anagem ent, letter to the support that most organizations on editor, suggestion box at the CCC)? campus receive from the students. 6. Are you still reading this article? On a lighter note, 1 wish to thank If you answered “ no" to half of the mem bers o f Masque and all who these questions o r more, chances are contributed to New V oices this year. that you have been infected with apa The plays and perform ances were first thy. To quote someone from the rate and the w hole week o f theater ran Health Care Cut protest, “Apathy is very sm oothly. It makes me feel good
Doors were installed promptly T o the Editor: Soon after I sent off a letter to N ewspeak about doors on the stalls in the m en’s changing room toilet I dis covered that new doors have been fitted! Now let’s see. I need new fur
niture in my office, my own secretary, free lunches,... and while we are at it, how about an underground parking garage and a w ell-staffed Infirmary ? Prof. D avid C. Brown C om puter Science
Correction Sigma Pi won th e chariot race, not Theta Chi.
that it is possible for a group o f stu dents can get together and make such a contribution to the school. The main purpose o f this article is to get the people around here to care about something. Anything. There is always som ething going on around here, good and bad. You should sup port the things that you like and voice your opinion about things that you d on't like. School involvement is vi tal to creating a more unified cam pus (maybe then we w ouldn’t have so much friction between fraternities and independents). We sh o u ld n ’t leave all the organizations in the hands o f about 150 or so students, because one day, maybe one day, w e'll all get really mad, and then. AND THEN!!!...sorry about that. Have a nice sum m er everyone. P.S. to music department members: R ockin’ with the Reds Tour 1990! Save your pennies!
To all WPI Students: The five nurses in Health Services w hose jobs have been terminated would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for all your efforts to keep us here at WPI. W hether or not the petition and protest you staged in our behalf will save our jobs, we want you to know we appreciate the caring and support you have shown us. We hope you will always voice your convictions with such courage. Each of us chose our position at WPI not for the financial aspect, but because we believe in you and felt a
personal satisfaction in being a small part o f your com m unity. W orking with students o f your talents and integrity has been an in spiration to all o f us, and by your actions you have proved our efforts well worth while. We wish you well in all your en deavors. It has been our pleasure to serve you. Sharon C ahill R oseanne Egan R uth Voosen M arilyn Reich M argaret Keevan
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TKE aids homeless To the Editor: There has been a lot o f bad press about fraternities this year and I wanted to be sure to let people know about the w onderful contribution made to the W orcester community by the brothers o f Tau Kappa Epsilon (TK E). Habitat W orcester, the local affili ate o f Habitat for Humanity is a pro gram that builds and rehabilitates hom es for low incom e families at no profit and no interest. We have several projects throughout the city. A key part o f H abitat’s success is a strong volunteer com ponent. Habitat for Humanity offers a partnership and not a handout to low income families. Dave Newman. (BBT, ’91) came to me in January and offered to coor dinate a regular crew o f the brothers to work at our Queen Street project. The relationship has been fantastic! On a
regular basis, the TK E brothers have been ready, able and willing workers. They have not com e once or tw ice but have consistently contributed their Saturdays to Habitat. The jobs to this point have not been glorious; there have been skilled jobs but also a lot of necessary “grunt w ork” (house-build ing lingo for heavy/boring labor), all crucial to put a roof over a W orcester fam ily. W hen the duplex at 33 Queen Street is dedicated this sum m er dur ing H abitat's W orld W ide House Raising Week, June 11-17, the broth ers o f TKE will be listed as valuable contributors. And w hat’s even better we will look forward to a continuing relationship! G ary M cCaslin Cam pus M inistry - WPI P resident - H abitat W orcester
T h is is the last issue o f the year. I f an y o n e w an ts to su bm it things for next year, our first " w elcom e back" issue will be on A ugust 29, 1989 . O nly local ad vertising will be accep ted for the first issue.
John M acN eill ’92
H e —ip e a fc The E d itu r-In -C h ie f J. Robert Sims III S n u r b td il u r Roger Burleson F e a tu re s Editor Pat Charles News E ditor Chris Barcus (jra o h ic s E ditor Gary DelGrego C a r to o n is ts Joseph Am atucci Jason Dem erski Brian Freeman
S tu d en t n ew sp a p e r of W o rcester Polytechnic In s titu te Box 2700, W P I, W o rcester, M a s s a c h u s e tts 01609 P h o n e (508)831-5464 W ritin g Mike Barone Todd Fant/ G eoff Littlefield Heidi Lundy Mindy Nadeau Troy Nielsen E ric R asm ussen G eorge Regnery Alton Reich M ichael Sexton
r iiu iu s ra iih y S taff Lars Beattie Steve Brightman Pcjman Fani Dan Malloy Chris Moran Chris Pater Budhi Sanyoto Rob Slandley Tom Turner Mike W illiams
B u sin e ss /A d v e rtis in g E d ito r David Perreault
U r tu U liu u M a n a tti Gary Prall
tu m i Alex Kuhn
F a m ily A d u s u r Thom as Keil I’h u lu sra D h j t d i l u r Jonathan French Associate Photo E d ito r Laura W agner A s s o u a n ; b d ilu r s Jeffrey Coy Jeffrey S. Goldmeer Stephen Nelson Jacqueline O ’Neill Jim Webb A d vfirlhing b u f f Carol Gendron M arianne K opc/ynski Diane Legendre
WPI New speak o f Worcester Polytechnic Institute, formerly the le c h News, has been published weekly during the academic year, except during college vacations, sincc 1909. Letters to the editor should be typed (double-spaced) and must contain the typed or printed name of the author as well as the authors signature and telephone number for verification. Students submitting letters to the editor should pul their class after their name. Faculty and staff should include their full title. Letters deemed libelous or irrelevant to the WPI community will not be published. The editors reserve the right to edit letters for correct punctuation and spelling. Letters to the editor are due by 9:00 a.m. on the Thursday preceding publication. Send them to WPI Box 2700 or bring them to the Newspeak office. Riley 01. All other copy is due by noon on the Friday preceding publication (this includes electronic submissions, classifieds, greek and club comers) and must include the authors name, telephone and box number We reserve the right to edit all other copy. All ads are due by noon on the Thursday preceding publication. Articles may be sent via the Encore by mailing them to our account ("Newspeak"). The editorial is written by a member or members o f the New speak staff. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions o f the entire N ew speak staff. N ewspeak subscribes to the Collegiate Press Service. Typesetting is done by Good Impressions Publishing. Oxford. MA. Printing is done by Saltus Press. First Class postage paid at Worcester. Massachusetts. Subscription rate is SIK.00 per school year, single copies 75 cents within the continental United Slates. Make all checks payable to WPI Newspeak
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What are you planning on doing this summer?
VIEWPOINT
Conors
Hayes (Exchange)
"I'm going on COO P and hope to go to C alifornia, and to Nashville, Tennessee to hear som e country music."
Holly Hodgdon - ’89
Kris Szwaya - ’89
"I'm going to waitress in a lobster house in Maine or get a job in my m ajor in Portland."
"For the month of June I'm going to the beach, and for the rest I’m working in Arling ton, Virginia."
Steve Callender - ’91 "I’m going to walk across a small country."
NEWSPF.AK S T A FF P H O TO S/JO N FR EN C H
Comments on “Observations from the Asylum” To the Editor: T his is, in part, in response to Alton R eich's “Observations from the Asy lum " of April 25th. There are two questions one would like to raise, concerning the related problems o f the WPI Police, alcohol, and the laws concerning the two. O ne is led to believe that the WPI Police do not have full powers of arrest. I have not seen any evidence that the WPI Police have used such
To the Editor: First, I ’d like everyone to know that the tabulated results o f the fresh men math survey are reserved at the library desk and are on the Encore in /u s r3 /d a v id r/p u b lic . I e n co u rag e people to look them up and read them. The conclusions section contains real suggestions for changing the prob lems I saw the survey as showing, not just math bashing. N ext, I’d like to say a few words about the past year. Many real prob lems have been addressed in N ew sp eak this year, including the greekindependent tensions, the budget problem s, the infirmary cuts, and the math program. For every issue that com es up, too many students are apa thetic or in fact question why we even want to defend ourselves when serv ices are taken away. UM ass had a one time tuition increase less than our annual increase and they had every thing short o f riots; at WPI students are apt to say “Oh well. My parents will have to pay for it.” This campus has a real apathy problem, and I’m going to do my little part to solve it by asking everyone to get m ore involved in cam pus activities. G reat things go on at this college: New Voices was a masterpiece, and we have at least ten excellent music groups on campus, to name just two examples. But, as F rodo’s recent article pointed out, about 150 people are doing all these things. In fact, I saw a great deal o f
powers. When there is a serious o c currence, such as the alleged assault in Elm Park of last week, the W orcester Police Department is contacted. Since the W PD has the responsibility for the entire city, this makes sense. H ow ever, it makes one wish that this point of capability should be cleared up. Should a WPI student, if assaulted, call the WPI Police or the W orcester Police? Perhaps the tireless reporters of N ew speak could clarify this point? For, although the members o f the WPI
Police repeatedly encounter minors in possession o f alcohol (a crime in M assachusetts) one has never seen legal action taken against the said crim inals. O ne also must question the frater nities and sororities about the ques tion o f alcohol, since they seem a m ajor source of the crim inal use of alcohol. From my understanding, many chapters (term used for both frats & sorors), have a creed that they mem orize as pledges. From the one
truth in Frodo’s famous “Hook, Line, and Sinker” column. I, among many others, underwent the “ freshmen ex perience” this year, where admissions propaganda measures up (or fails to) against reality. I had many of the problems Frodo referred to, including the apathy, the administration bs/red tape, the tuition. Res. Life idiocy, fraternity harassm ent, and doubts about the validity o f the projects. I d id n 't agree with everything (spec, the ugly women bit), but I think people would really do well to read that column again and think about what it says. He criticized a lot o f things, but a lot of things need criti cism here. Frankly, WPI is not the school I applied to. It has problems. Jon C. Strauss (yes, he does exist; I have seen him) acknowledges the “freshmen experience” problem; it’s time that many o f the students did. W hy d o n ’t I transfer? Well, if I were concerned with education per dollar, I’d be gone now. But I cam e here not for the name but to get a great undergraduate technical education. I haven’t yet found someplace that provides one. I thought WPI was the place. It isn’t. So I’m trying to at least im prove what I have. I may well leave, but while I ’m here I’m trying to do w hat I can to make WPI better. W hat I’d really love to see is student involvement in creative organizations such as Pathways, Masque, the S tu dents for Social Awareness, N ew sp eak , performance bands, and all the
others. The fact that 150 people do all these things is sad. I know this school is a (m etric) ton of work, but please consider being a part o f the things that are going on. Recently several independents and IFC representatives met to discuss some o f the problems that are causing tension between G reeks and Inde pendents. We certainly w on’t be able to change anything quickly, but m aybe we can at least establish some kind o f com m unication. The math survey took a decent am ount of effort (thanks very much to the survey crew) and as a result the students and faculty now have hard data on the views of both students and professor regarding the math program, and a plethora of suggestions. A lot of people signed a petition; later some stood on a bridge. As a result, some o f these met with Pres. Strauss and, while the infirmary issue certainly is not resolved, we will at least be getting the condom dis pensers that surveys and committees have overwhelmingly favored for two years. Things can change, but first people will have to recognize that this school has problems and that they aren’t going to change unless YOU do som ething, whether it be writing a play, signing a petition, or standing on a bridge. Please think about these is sues and try to make sure that in the next year y o u ’re on the right side of the 150. D avid Roslcheck, '92
Replies to “Standing on a Soapbox” To the Editor: I wish to reply to a Mr. Frodo that has been w riting comm entaries in N ewspeak. I have a few things to say too. Mr. Frodo, I believe you really have some gall. You say there are no good girls! W hat a crock! I know m any, including a basketball player that is so nice you would never know it from her good looks. You think I’m through, but I ’ve only just begun! Frodo, why do you hate the WPI Plan? It is, I believe, a good plan to prepare
for jobs and graduate school. You com plain about everything at the school, yet I see you at no events, no functions. Get o ff your butt and do som ething or get the hell out o f this school. And another thing, get a hair cut you hippie weirdo! Mark Nelson, ‘92
com m ent that Frodo m ade about hav ing his legs broken if he signed his name to his column. First, Frodo is a loud-mouthed coward and a sensa tionalist! Second, I would like to suggest that Frodo change the name of his colum n to ‘Standing Behind A S oapbox’, which seem s to be more appropriate due to his fear o f being recognized.
To The Editor: Ed Chernosky, 92
creed I have seen in written form, it deals with the support and care of society and one's fellow man. This somewhat implies an obedience (in letter, if not spirit) to the laws society places upon itself for the greater good of all. In following this logic, I ask any chapter officer two honest questions: 1) Can you honestly say your chap ter doesn't violate Mass. Law (and thus your creed) by serving alcohol to minors? Does this not violate a large part of your "purpose” as a chapter o f people devoted to helping society? 2) Could a non-drinking person enter your chapter, be comfortable in it. and not be ridiculed and harassed by your fellow members? Why does this person, who does follow your creed, your purpose, not fit in? Can you set the example o f “proper leadership, motivation, and high ide als” that your chapter claims to em u late? (Quote from “Greek V iew s," April 25.) One is not so much both ered by the social drinking, but by the drinking under the pretense o f social responsibility. As long as the various chapters cannot answer "yes” to both of the above questions, one cannot help but think that they are hypocrites.
I don’t understand where someone comes off tearing apart the WPI Campus Police, the entire WPI Greek system, and Housing and Residential Life, while insulting the intelligence of all the Newspeak readers. The example he gave about the Police Officer receiving a call to assist in a fraternity party was all in a world of fantasy, and I think he should confine his imagination to “ Dungeons and Dragons" and out of the Greek com munity. I would like to know if Alton has ever been to a fraternity party, and what his basis is for his fiction. Is his “sour grapes” attitude founded by a rejection from the Greek system? And exactly how is HE held “accountable” for any of their activities. For his information, a party at my particular fraternity was broken up by the Police back in B-term for no apparent rea son! Obviously, we haven’t bought the campus police o ff yet, as im pli cated by Reich! My advice to Alton, is to go to "Friendly’s” and stuff his mouth with all the chocolate ice cream he can eat.
John D unkelherg, 92
John T. Sturrock Jr. ‘92
To the Editor:
Greek/Independent conflict solution offered To the Editor: We have a problem here on cam pus. It has been going on for months now. I am speaking of the independent-greek conflict. I am tired of the continual bantering. I feel I have come up with a solution. As I see it the main problem is that people have no place to go when they have a problem with a fraternity or any other party. If someone com es home drunk or is just being a pain during pledging people feel that they have no place to go and com plain. This is why people have turned to Newspeak. It is the only alternative. I feel it is time we set up another alter native. My idea is a court system. The purpose o f the court would be to hear the complaints. If someone is both ered by the pledging activities or by a drunk from a party (either fraternity or independent), he/she can go to the court and present his/her com plaint. Once the complaint is registered, the people who are found, by the court, to be responsible will have to “pay” for their crime. In determ ining the responsible party, we should use a law that is used in our government; the bar ow ner or
party organizer is responsible if he/ she serves too much alcohol and a person com m its a crime as a result. Otherwise the individual perpetrator will be held responsible for his/her own actions. As for punishm ent, I believe that campus comm unity service should be used. The punishments should be things that benefit our campus. For example, picking up papers around the school, fundraisers for the school or helping incoming freshmen move in (not just laughing at them as they bring in their stuff), are just a few examples of how we could both help the campus and deal with the conflict between the independents and the greeks. The court itself should be made up of half greeks (a representative from each greek organization), the same number of independents, a faculty member associated with the greeks, and a faculty m em ber not associated with them. It is also imperative that the court have adm inistrative support. I am now hoping for support from all the students. I will take any sugges tions or comm ents. Please send them to box 1476. Thank you. D avid Joshua Friedman. '92
T his letter is in regards to the
Have a great summer - see you all next year!!! #
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T uesday M ay 2, 1989____________________________________ ____________________N E W S P E A K ____________ ________________________________________ *____________________P a g e _ 9
The Year in Review
It is hard to believe that the scool year is coming to an end, only yesterday we were walking into the first day of A term. The day o f moving in is still a vivid pic ture in many minds, even as we begin to pack our belongings away for yet an other year. Many things have occured on campus, yet it is hard to actually think of more than three. The first major news item of the year started off with the Plant Serv ices strike. However if you asked most residents living on campus the absence was hardly noticed. NKWSPKAK STA FF P H O TO /JO N FR EN C H T he G reek system on cam pus also T h e p recious few m om ents o f good w eather d uring the year w ere received noticeable attention, especially taken ad van tage o f by m any students. when the number of fraternities on cam NE W SPEA K STA FF PH O TO /JO N FR EN C H pus was reduced to eleven when Lamda T h e era o f Dead Men on H oliday com es to a halt NEWSPEAK STAFF' PHOTO/JON FRENCH due to the graduation o f W ayne V elzis, the lead Chi Alpha’s national charter was revoked SA E and Sigm a Pi lire up for the chariot race on S pring singer. as a result of an accident at their house. W eekend . S igm a Pi took first p lace overall. The athletic teams of WPI also came W PI celebrated 100 vears o f football in O ctober. into the spotlight. We celebrated one hunded years of football in October. The women’s field hockey team gave an incredible performance with a record of 19-1. And the wrestling team had another successful year with a record of 15-1. S everal well known p erson alities JMSL _< 1 also were on campus to educate and/or i mJM entertain the student body. Kurt VonJ jS negut and Jam es M apes, h yp n otist, were part of Parent's weekend. How' r.7. g j || c m i. I he biggest celebrit \ this \ear was IMM Ja\ Leno in December. h The campus is slowly growing with the addition of Fuller Labs. Hut all has £. . ! , 1 ■// .‘. not gone well with the building. In mid * M asque provided en tertain m en t for the cam p u s th rou gh their December, just before break, a floor in hard w ork and d ed ication , such as D ial M for M u rd er. the b u ild in g collapsed, injuring five ^ ^ w o rk ers. v The last major issue of the year deals with money. Those who are going to be Plant S ervices w ent on strike last A term . It w ent T h e con stru ction o f Fuller L abs w as an on going project throughout here next year will pay 9% more for their the year. T his is how the construction site looked at the beginning of on for about tw o w eeks before being settled. education than they did this year. Also, A -term . W PI's budget was one million dollars less than anticipated, causing large cuts for not only this year, but into next year as well. _______________________________j M oving in day m arked th e real b eg in n in g o f the new year. One area which was hit hard as a r e su lt of th ese cuts is the in fir mary. The adm ini s tr a tio n an nounced their plan to cut back hours to day time only. H ow ever this has NEW SPEAK S T A FF PH O T O /JO N FRENCH m et w ith m uch Snakes and L ad ders captured first place in the B attle o f r esista n c e and is the B ands for th e secon d year in a row. still under consid era tio n . W e h ave s u r vived the year at WPI and would like to c o n g r a tu la te By the end o f the year, Fuller L abs progressed from a hole in the ground the seniors for a to a b u ild in g w ith th e end in sigh t. job well done and NEW SPEAK STA FF P H O T O /M IK E W ILLIA M S w ish you all the S tu dents protested the reduction in the n um ber o f health care best of luck in your w ork ers. life in the “ real NEWSPEAK STA FF PHOTO/BUHD1 SANYOTO w orld.” And for S ta n ley J o rd a n b ro u g h t ja z z to W PI in th ose o f you re F eb ru ary. turning next year, have a w onderful W om en 's field hockey had an NF.WSPF.AK STAFF PHOTO/ROB SIMS excellen t year, finishing 19-1. su m m er and see NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO/MIKE WILLIAMS S o cco m m 's big event this y e a r NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO/LAURA WAGNER President S trau ss faced a d ifficu lt year w ith budgetary you in August. w as b rin gin g Jay L eno to p erfo rm T he w restling team had an oth er ou tstan d in g year, finishing 15-1.
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Women’s track undefeated at 7-0 (W PI News Release) - On April 12 the w om en's track team put together a solid effort to rem ain undefeated at 7-0, according to head coach Brian Savilonis. “ We had very solid perform ances by the throwing squad, virtually sw eeping the events," he noted. The final team scores were WPI 88, Mount Holyoke 47 and A ssum ption 23. S enior Kim W ebber took first in the shot (32 feet, 8 3/4 inches); sophom ore Dianna Furlong
won the javelin after fouling her first three throws (101 feet, 5 inches); sophom ore Chris Mikloiche won the 3000 (11:28.6); freshman Laura Paciorek had personal bests in the ham mer (71 feet, 5 inches) and took First in the discus (99 feet, 3 inches); freshman Kristin Conley placed second in the triple jum p (32 feet, 2 inches), missing first by just one-half inch.
ATTENTION Gym Work Study Students: Coach Massucco will not be on campus after May 2, to sign time cards. All cards have to be signed before May 2 (Tuesday). To have your check sent home... leave a self-addressed STAMPED envelope in the athletic office.
Baseball clinches first victory (W PI News Release) - The W PI m en’s base ball team defeated Mass. M aritime Academy 3-2 on April 11 to gain their first victory. The game, which was tied 2-2 in the eighth inning, went to 13 innings. WPI finally won it on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Tom Yeaw. The winning pitcher was junior Mike Bowen, who pitched four innings of shut-out relief. O n April 13 the Engineers lost 7-3 to peren nial power Brandeis, but played one of their best games to date. The judges w ere ahead 4-3
heading into the eighth inning, but pulled out three runs in the eighth to clinch the win. Junior Greg Allagrezza pitched five strong innings of relief for the Engineers. Senior first baseman Chris Iovino had two hits for the day while the team chalked up three double plays. The team ended the week with a doubleheader against the Lord Jeff’s o f Amherst College. In the pouring rain, WPI lost 9-0 and 10-0. The second game was called after 4 innings o f play.
N E W SPEA K STA FF P H O T O /T O M TURNER
A W PI E ngineer runs hom e to gain som e w in nin g points.
NEWSPEAK STA FF PH O TO STEVE BR1GHTMAN
A W P I tra c k m em b er su cceed s in a p o le v a u lt in S a tu rd a y ’s m eet.
The homing turtles by Isaac Asim ov
Scientific investigation can ’t always tell you exactly what is true, but som etim es it can tell you that som ething that is dramatic and sounds good may not be true. That happened early in 1989 in connection with, o f all things, green turtles. M any anim als routinely migrate, breeding in one place and feeding in another place that may be thousands o f miles away. This means they m ust find their way from one place to the other w ithout benefit of anything more than their senses and their instincts. G reen turtles, for instance, feed along the shores o f Brazil, but toward the end o f each year, som ething drives them eastward across the A tlantic O cean on a journey that takes them two m onths. They finally end up on the beach o f A scension Island, a small bit o f land in the m id-A tlantic about 1,200 miles east o f Brazil.
There they nest and breed, and then return (another 1,200 m iles, another two m onths) to Brazil to feed until the end o f another year drives them eastw ard again. The little turtles that hatch out on Ascension Island, and survive, also swim back to Brazil, only to return at the end o f the year. Actually, it is com m on for anim als to travel long dis tances to return to the place where they were bom, when they want to breed; it’s called “natal hom ing.” Biologists speculate on just how these anim als manage the navigation, but what really puzzles them is, why? Why should turtles make such a long jo u r ney? What has Ascension Island got that other places d o n ’t have? Actually, some green turtles do nest in other places. T here’s one place o ff Florida and one off Venezuela, but Ascension Island is the most popular. Back in 1974. Patrick Coleman and Archie Carr, two Florida biologists, made an interest ing suggestion. A scension Island is very close to the M id-Atlantic Ridge, where, some 40 million years ago, Africa and South America nearly touched. In those days, green turtles would feed o ff Brazil and swim a couple o f miles to Ascension Island and breed. H owever, the Atlantic Ocean was forming, because material w as oozing up from the ridge and forcing the land masses apart (“ sea-floor spreading”). Every year, the feeding grounds o ff Brazil were an inch or so farther away from the ridge and from Ascension Island. Every year, the turtles sw am an additional inch to get to the A scension beaches. At no time did the turtles have any sense that the beach was
perceptibly farther away, but after 40 million years, they were making a 1,200 mile trip each way. T h ere’s som ething so dram atic about the possibility o f sea-floor spreading fooling the turtles that there was a strong tendency to believe the suggestion, but Stephen Jay Gould of Harvard was one skeptic. He said that in 40 million years there must have been times when Ascension Island had no beaches or when it may even have been tem porarily beneath the waves for a few hundred years. That would have broken the spell. Is there any way of testing the m atter and of seeing whether the green turtles have been visiting Ascension Island for 40 million years — o r not? T w o scientists at the University of Georgia, Brian W. Bowen and John C. Avise, along with Anne B. Meylan of the Florida Institute of M arine Research, have been checking the nucleic acid m olecules in the mitochondria of turtle cells. T hese are inherited through the generations and slowly change with the years (that’s what m akes evolution possible). The turtles that visit Ascension have nucleic acids that slowly changed, and so do the turtles that nest off Florida and those that nest off Venezuela. If, however, the turtles have alw ays clung to their breeding grounds for tens o f millions of years, each group would have undergone a different set o f changes and the three sets of nucleic acids ought now to be far apart. Scien tists nowadays have ways o f telling how far apart they ought to be.
Differences did indeed turn out to exist among the three groups, but they were far sm aller than would be expected of a multimillion-year separation. The difference was o f a size that suggested a separation o f only 40,000 years rather than 40 million. That gives rise to two possibilities. In one case, the homing instinct isn’t infallible after all. A certain small fraction o f turtles get confused and end up at the wrong beaches. They breed and mix their nucleic acids with those w ho belong there. Even a small rate of “ leakage” o f this sort would wipe out most of the difference. The other possibility is that turtles in gen eral are more flexible than we think. Forty thousand years ago, som e may have acciden tally discovered the A scension Island beaches, which, for all we know, may have ju st formed then and may not have existed before, or ex isted only at long intervals. These turtles colo nized them and used them ever since, while other turtles used other beaches. If scientists could somehow determine w hether Ascension Island has been in uninter rupted existence for 40 million years, that would help them determ ine which theory o f the green turtles’ behavior is correct. But it seems probable that there would have been times when the island was subm erged, and that the turtles are indeed flexible. And if, someday, the A scension beaches become unusable, the turtles may shift to oth ers. A less dram atic theory, perhaps — but more sensible. (c) 1989, Los A ngeles Tim es Syndicate
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(iREKK CORNER A lpha T au O m ega Well here it is finally, the last article of the year. (And the First in 2 weeks). Sorry guys. First off, have a great sum m er everyone, and congrats and “best of luck” wishes go to all the seniors. Even those who are coming back next year. Special thanks to our Senior D-term D___ ’s Darbs and Drake. Congrats to Knute for his recent pinning to Sarah Lowe. Another one falls... Great party last week Knute. Fraser thinks so also. Also, thanks to all the bros who helped with the phone-a-thon and W ellness Day activities. ATO came in 3rd place behind SA E and CREW in the phone-a-thon with pledges totalling $7,240. Tom Moore and Pat King were our top callers that evening, and if you are ever in Arizona and need some dry cleaning done, talk to J.C. Good jo b everyone. Now you don’t have to listen to anym ore of my draw n out speeches anym ore, until next year. O n the sports scene, ATO finished not as we had all wished but valiant efforts were made and we are proud of our athletes nevertheless. ATO-A hockey was defeated by Theta Chi-A in overtim e. Very tough break. ATO-A soccer lost to FIJI also that evening. Out o f the play offs for now, but wait till next year. Great jo b M urph, this year, with coordinating our teams. Alas, the Senior walk occurred Thursday. M any confusing mem ories o f that evening still exist. But, one could tell a great time was had by all, especially after seeing Poth that night! Farm er Ted, how is your harvest thus far? M aybe if you added a little vanilla extract to your crops they would do better. And, as a final decision is due in the year long music wars contest. I’m sorry to say AL, that your group did finally win, but Einer, d o n ’t worry. He paid me to say that. Next year, try
something different. I turn over my job as m ediator once and for all. On a final note, let’s have everyone present tonite for our Clam bake and the Alumni pic nic. But, th a t's already over, so forget it. Lobsters courtesy o f Jimi D. and Grimm. Howey, hope you have many more weekends in D.C., you are much happier after one. Also best of luck to you this sum mer at Navy Seals BUDS program , you’ll be a house. Have a great summer, rem ember full work party, and let’s get some psyche and SAC in the house next year!!! G o ______ ATO!
Alison Gotkin, Deb Reisinger, Khris Hines, and Magda Bonnin. See y a ’II at graduation, H om ecom infc, and get psyched for the phonothon. Thanks to SAE for the festivities last T ues day! And thanks to Sig Ep fo the use of their facilities for the official Awards night. Stand ing O ’ to Carmen B and her committee for doing such an excellent job. Personal Hi to Kathy Fanous. Thanks to PRof. V. for Sundaes on Sunday. 3 days ‘til the end o ’ the year; 18 days ‘til Grad! Until we meet again... LITP
Sigm a Pi Phi Sigm a Sigm a Well, Phi Sigs this is it., the final count down. Three days remaining! But what a qual ity year it was— just look at the results o f Recognition ’89: Andrew Holt Memorial Award - Ellen Sloan Sophomore Excellence Award - Tamatha Perry, D onna R oche’ Senior Excellence Award - Leslie Reed O utstanding Student Organization Award CHOICES (a subdivision of Phi Sig Sig) Com m unity Service Award - LEslie Reed Congrats to all the recipients! Another indi cation o f what kind o f quality year it’s been... Senior "aw ards” night. The things you leam about your senior sisters (TSK, TSK, TSK, TSK ) Speaking o f the seniors: Good luck with attaining all o f your aspirations; w e’ll miss you: Carol Allen, Karen Krikorian, Kristen Breed, Heidi Hirsbrunner, Chris Gray, Pam Fein, Heidi Sellers, Leslie Reed, Ellen Sloan, Kris Szwaya, Beth Stefanov, Kim Breunig,
“ And the winner is, Theta G UY!" W hat’s up with that. You lost!_Clam bake was awesome, it's always cool to see cocked Alumni. The cup, w e’ll get it next year, psych is increasing. Football, all we have to do is put flounder on the line and w e’ll win and soccer, if we keep Chase-head from playing w e’ll e all set. I'm sure w e’ll have our share o f cocked blackhole’s this weekend, I hope they all boot. And leaving us: Desruisseaux - nice job, you make me feel so confident in this hell hole; RUT- maybe Betsy will stay away when you leave, w e’ll all miss her; Belfart- I can see you playing pitch and drink Busch with Knapton on-the-job al ready; Buthead - or should I say, Slik-bo-bick, “Trim that head, it’s so dam n hairy”; Bertwatch them collisions, there’s a lot of cocked pilots to ruin your day: Johnson - IQP? Ooops!; Rosado - what arc we gonna do without him?; Mound - y o u ’ll always be a grimace to me, by the way, nice boot last Tuesday; Mendard, Nisi, Tippy, & Kiev - I know I’ll see you next year, that’s ok, it’s always nice to have a few A lchi’s in a fraternity. And finally, Lowen-
dowski, we need somebody to play that annoy ing music anyway. One word of advice to you holes, keep your cocks in your underwear, you’re lucky Monstrila w asn’t there. With leaving Seniors we have incoming J.A .’s so phomore of the day, you know it - SPANK. City third, I don’t see myself getting much work done. But until then, it’s beach time, come drunk with us in LINY!
T a u K ap p a Epsilon The new President o f Tau Kappa Epsilon, Zeta Mu chapter for Fall 1989 is David Woodilla. Congratulations!!! and good luck with the job. Congratulations to all the people that got recognized in Recognition '89. par ticularly to our past President Mark Napiany for winning the American Institute of C hem ists Award, and to Susan Shorey for the Insti tute o f N uclear Power O perations Scholarship. In sports TK E has won the last two Soccer games in the quarter-finals against OX and semi-finals against Fiji to get into the finals. The last game was won in overtime. In softball TKE(B) is undefeated and played a quarter finals game last Sunday. To all the Seniorsthat are leaving us: Peter Babigian, Carl Boloyan, Chris Bozzini, Mark Goddard, Ken Hamilton, Ron Holt, George Hosey, Jeff M asoian, Greg Mathis, Mark Napiany. A.J. Rando and Dave W right we wish you good luck and hope to see you at the sum m er party and at retreat. Red Sox trip this Friday, d o n ’t get lost in Boston o r else see Joe Brown. See ya in Vermont in August. (This time I’ll go to Montreal instead o f Q ue bec).
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Well, this is it. The final week o f the year! Best of luck to everyone on their projects and final exams. We would like to congratulate all of our soon to be alumni: Paul Anastasia, Derk Rogers, Randy King, Scott Bailey, Jon Tucker, Pete Dorr, Don Gallucci, Erik Maki, Mike Perriello, Bill Mahoney, Andy Robes, Al Cho. Mark Chisholm . Mark Beauregard. Pete M ul len, Dave Latham. Jim Schoonmaker, and Tom Me M orrow. T here’s nothing stopping our soccer Ateam. We had a solid 6-2 victory over Sig Pi last Thursday and we are confident we will take Teke in the upcoming finals. Our Budmen of Softball are definitely a force to deal with in the playoffs. Speaking of playoffs, we wish the WPI Lacrosse team, including Harald Lucas, Scott M anchuso, Andy Robes, and Pete Mul len, good luck in the finals. The team is undefeated to date. This Friday we will be celebrating the endO -year with our traditional import beverage fest. The next day, Theta Chi will be having its annual clam bake at Bob C leary’s house. Also that day, our alumnus brother Bill Leslie will be getting married to Cathy Wheeler. T hat’s about it for this year. Have a superb sum m er and w e’ll look forward to seeing ev eryone at the sum m er party.
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C l I B ( ORNKR A lpha Phi O m ega W e had a fantastic past week. APO did a super job fundraising. UMOC raised $850 for Cystic Fibrosis thanks to Dave Leblanc and Phi Kappa Theta. Someone said that our New V oices Cafe was the best ever - C ongratula tions to everyone who helped. O ur quotes this week reflect all the o f last: “Jum p-Boing! Wheee-Oof! Wow this is great! Uh. can som eone take me down now? Please?" Custom er: "Can I have some apple juice please?"... APO Brother: "My hands are fro zen. som eone help me." Actually you know. Mike Nowlan will always live in my heart and souls as the true UMOC. 1 gave her a fur and a great big box o f Stella Doro Cookies. W e d o n ’t have a quorum , does it matter? Ed + Rug: Next year, for Recognition '90. you two should be masters o f cerem onies - Kay and congrats to Cherl, Cindy, Kevin. Michelle and Seth for
their achievements. We are quorom i/ed!! Steve Pratt seem s to be more of an "ugly man" since he got one more vote than me (Mike). I want a cookie! Hey, what horse is going to win the fifth race at Suffolk? My IQP is complete. The results are in. Everyone in APO is psy chotic and has a foot fetish. Have a great sum m er brothers. Hope to see you in Bar Harbor!
I EKE Best o f luck to o u r graduating seniors! I hope that all o f you have a good and joyous summer. See you in September.
L esbian a n d (Jay A lliance Thank you everyone for a great year. We
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have grown enormously from our humble beginnings last April. The fact that our m em bership has iiv reased so much since then indi cates our success in reaching out to people on campus who need a group like ours. The many alumni w ho have contacted us have congratu lated us on the work that we have done. L et’s keep it up for next year. The planning for our sum m er trip to Provincetown is going well. It is shaping to be a fun weekend. We are still looking for som eone to put together an end-of-the year LAGA flameo-rama party. Any ideas? Good luck our graduating members. W e are truly saddened to see you go and hope that you will keep in touch (and will be generous in supporting the LAGA Alumni Fundraising D riv e!!). For any students who will be at WPI during the sum mer, many LAGA members are going to be here also. Please don't hesitate to contact us at Box 5965 during the sum mer if you want more information about the group.
Society of M an u fac tu rin g E ngineers All the best to our Seniors takiijg leave for the “real world.” I'll see the rest of you in Aterm. I hope your sum m er is the best!
W ireless A ssociation The last blurb of the year, ’tis so sad. The year has been eventful and mem orable, with lots o f upgrades, the Hurricane in Jamaica (Jamica?), new Guy W ires, The M arathon, the Kids Fair (okay, some things we don't want to rem ember...), the 80th Anniversary Special Event Station including special visitors. Boxboro, the Novice class, and there must be things I'm forgetting. Whew! A busy year for the W PIW A, and W1YK. We are still sans amp, but the station is in good shape. Maybe next year w e’ll be able to procure one. Events for next year, a REAL field day. Novice class, more VE exams (do-nahts!), more Upgrades, lotsa contesting, courtesy o f
our potential Contest M anager, and other m is cellaneous occurrences, probably including 'pulco runs late at night. Just an overall thank you to the people who made this year good for me and everyone else, Bob Taylor. NA1Q. ME Lab Technician and Welder extraordinaire. Trustee, Bob "El Presidente’ Inderbitzen, NQ1R. who managed to get through the year without clipping too many ‘940 wires, our tireless Treasurer/VP. Mike ‘PIU’ Bilodeau, KA1PIU. whose books are better than the SA B ’s and A ccounting’s, our impeccable Secretary, Mike Kentley, N IE X T . who gels beautiful notices out months in ad vance ol our actual m eetings, our fearless QSL manager. Dan K A 1R D Z' Malloy, who ad dresses QSLs with a vengeance, our person able and friendly Repeater Controller. Paul Mareiello. N1GFL who always has an ear open to welcome people to the joys o f the 449.000 machine in sunny W orcester, our head of Graduate Studies, Ed W alsh. N IG C I. new call pending, who is always on hand for the latenight videos with beautiful wife in hand (the pizza?), our NASA liaison and former T reas urer, Bob B Q V Morales. W P4BQV, who is always available for those translation problems with the QSL cards and other misc. prob lems, our other Grad. Student. John Whitson, KB2GNC (right call this time?), who never listens to his radio but who is very interested in the club, our future Contest Manager and DX God Gary ’O verm odulate' DelGrego. our resi dent alumni and favorite dispatcher. Greg ‘DEM ’ Doerschler, N1DEM . our ex-President. Joe Fitzgerald. KM I P. who still comes around once in a blue m oon, and other m iscel laneous people who have attended during the year and have been very appreciated: certain Professors, Victor. N IG FJ. Scootie, Richard, Beaker, and others. Thanks for a great year, and hope to see you all in A-term. '73. '88 (where appropriate), and GD DX Alex N1FGX (HA! The Radio club gets the longest sen tence in a last issue of the year award! Even if we D ID N 'T get anything at REC89.)
THE SENIOR CHALLENGE THE SENIOR CHALLENGE COMMITTE WISHES TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SENIORS FOR FACING THE SENIOR CHALLENGE, AND RAISING $4,338
Carol Allen Ilya Alshine Joe Banavige Mark Beauregard Todd Bednarek Bill Bennett Tim Blake Thomas Bogaczyk Christopher Bozzini Kevin Buckler Bill Bullock Brian Campbell Debra Carelli John Carpentier Michael Carroll Lauren Carter Tim Cassidy Albert Cho Paul Coggin Mark D ’Angelo Steven DeCoste Michael Dezzani Aimee Dion Mike Eldredge Pamela Fein Tom Foley Paul Frost Donald Gale Karen Garbowski Michael Goodhue
Dave Gosselin Richard Gutowski Kathy Hepp Seth Hillman Brian Horgan Sean Hurley Ricardo Icaza Pat King Kim Knight Karen Krikorian Danielle Lamarre Jon Lamkins Robert Laventure Paul Lavigne Karl Labkuchner Andrew Lewis Richard Lupien William Mahoney Anne Mannarelli John Marc-Aurele Maria Marques Jeffrey May David Meunier Peter Michelson Philip Minotti Mark Nelson Michael Nowlan Scott Orzell Smita Patel Steven Pavao
Steve Pederson Brian Perry Michael Phaneuf Leonard Pomeranz Brian Pothier Christime Procopio Leslie Ann Reed Jon Rennie Lisa Ridolfi Matt Roberts John Roughneen Lauren Rowley Rony Seyouri Sami Seyouri Christopher Simmler Ellen Sloan Elizabeth Stefanov Matthew Sudbay Kristina Szwaya Valerie Tanigawa Brian Thomas A David Toupin Michelle Townsend John Troupe Jon Tucker Kevin Webb Kimberly Webber Chris Winalski Kevin Windoloski Amir Zulfiquar
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CLUB CORNER A lpha Phi O m ega We had a fantastic past week. APO did a super job fundraising, UM OC raised $850 for C ystic Fibrosis thanks to Dave Leblanc and Phi Kappa Theta. Som eone said that our New Voices Cafe was the best ever - Congratilla tions lo everyone who helped. O ur quotes this week reflect all the of last: "Jump-Boing! W heee-Oof! Wow this is great! Uh. can someone take me down now ? Please?” Custom er: "Can I have some apple juice please?”... APO Brother: "M y hands arc fro zen, someone help m e." Actually you know, Mike Nowlan will alw ays live in my heart and souls as the true UMOC. I gave her a fur and a great big box o f Stella Doro C ookies. We d o n ’t have a quorum, does ii matter? Ed + Rug: Next year, for Recognition '90 , you two should be masters o f cerem onies - Kay and congrats to Cherl, Cindy, Kevin. M ichelle and Seth for
their achievem ents. We are quoromized!! Steve Pratt seem s lo be more o f an "ugly man" since he got one more vote than me (M ike). I want a cookie! Hey, what horse is going to win Ihe fifth race at Suffolk? My IQP is complete. The results are in. Everyone in APO is psy chotic and has a foot fetish. Have a great sum m er brothers. Hope to see you in Bar Harbor!
IE E E Besi o f luck lo our graduating seniors! I hope that all o f you have a good and joyous summer. See you in September.
L esbian an d («ay A lliance Thank you everyone for a great year. We
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have grown enorm ously from our humble beginnings last April. The fact that our m em bership has increased so much since then indi cates o u r success in reaching out to people on campus who need a group like ours. The many alumni who have contacted us have congratu lated us on the work that we have done. L et’s keep it up for next year. The planning for our sum m er trip to Provincetown is going well. It is shaping to be a fun weekend. We are still looking for som eone to pul together an end-of-the year LAGA flameo-rama party. Any ideas? Good luck our graduating m em bers. We are truly saddened to see you go and hope that you will keep in touch (and will be generous in supporting the LAGA Alumni Fundraising D riv e!!). For any students who will be at WPI during the sum m er, many LAGA mem bers arc going to be here also. Please don't hesitate to contact us at Box 5965 during the summer if you want more information about the group.
Society of M a n u fac tu rin g E ngineers All the best to our Seniors takiijg leave for the “real world.” I'll see the resl of you in Atenn. I hope your sum mer is the best!
W ireless A ssociation The Iasi blurb o f the year, tis so sad. The year has been eventful and m em orable, with lots o f upgrades, the Hurricane in Jamaica (Jamica?), new Guy Wires. The Marathon, the Kids Fair (okay, some things we don't want to remember...), the 80th Anniversary Special Event Station including special visitors. Boxboro. the Novice class, and there must be things I’m forgetting. Whew! A busy year for the W PIW A, and W 1YK. We are still sans amp. but ihe stalion is in good shape. Maybe next year w e'll be able to procure one. Events for next year: a REAL field day. Novice class, more VE exams (do-nahts!). more Upgrades, lotsa contesting, courtesy o f
our potential Contest Manager, and other m is cellaneous occurrences, probably including ‘pulco runs late at night. Just an overall thank you to the people who made this year good for me and everyone else, Bob Taylor, N A IQ . ME Lab Technician and W elder extraordinaire. Trustee, Bob "El Presidente’ Inderbitzen, NQ1R, who managed to get through the year without clipping too many ‘940 wires, our tireless Treasurer/V P, Mike ‘P IU ’ Bilodeau, K AIPIU , whose books are better than the SA B ’s and A ccounting's, our impeccable Secretary, Mike Kentley. N1EXT, who gets beautiful notices out months in ad vance of our actual meetings, our fearless QSL m anager, Dan K A IR D Z ' M alloy, who ad dresses QSLs with a vengeance, our person able and friendly Repeater Controller. Paul Marciello, N IG F I, who always has an ear open to w elcom e people to the jo y s o f the 449.000 machine in sunny W orcester, our head of G raduate Studies. Ed Walsh, N IG C I. new call pending, who is always on hand for the latenight videos with beautiful wife in hand (the pizza?), our NASA liaison and form er T reas urer. Bob BQV' Morales. W P4BQV, who is always available lor those translation prob lems with Ihe QSL cards and other misc. prob lems, our other Grad. Student. John Whitson. KB2GNC (right call this tim e?), who never listens lo his radio but who is very interested in the club, our future Contest Manager and DX God Gary ‘Overm odulate' DelGrego. our resi dent alumni and favorite dispatcher. Greg D EM ' Doerschler. N ID E M . our ex-President. Joe Fit/.gerald. KM IP. who still comes around once in a blue moon, and other miscel laneous people who have attended during the year and have been very appreciated: certain Professors, Victor. N1GFJ. Scootie, Richard, Beaker, and others. Thanks for a great year, and hope to see you all in A-term. '73, '88 (where appropriate), and GD DX Alex N1FGX (HA! The Radio club gels the longest sen tence in a last issue of ihe year award! Even if we D ID N 'T get anything at RECX9.)
THE SENIOR CHALLENGE THE SENIOR CHALLENGE COMMITTE WISHES TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SENIORS FOR FACING THE SENIOR CHALLENGE, AND RAISING $4,338
Carol Allen Ilya Alshine Joe Banavige Mark Beauregard Todd Bednarek Bill Bennett Tim Blake Thomas Bogaczyk Christopher Bozzini Kevin Buckler Bill Bullock Brian Campbell Debra Carelli John Carpentier Michael Carroll Lauren Carter Tim Cassidy Albert Cho Paul Coggin Mark D ’Angelo Steven DeCoste Michael Dezzani Aimee Dion Mike Eldredge Pamela Fein Tom Foley Paul Frost Donald Gale Karen Garbowski Michael Goodhue
Dave Gosselin Richard Gutowski Kathy Hepp Seth Hillman Brian Horgan Sean Hurley Ricardo Icaza Pat King Kim Knight Karen Krikorian Danielle Lamarre Jon Lamkins Robert Laventure Paul Lavigne Karl Labkuchner Andrew Lewis Richard Lupien William Mahoney Anne Mannarelli John Marc-Aurele Maria Marques Jeffrey May David Meunier Peter Michelson Philip Minotti Mark Nelson Michael Nowlan Scott Orzell Smita Patel Steven Pavao
Steve Pederson Brian Perry Michael Phaneuf Leonard Pomeranz Brian Pothier Christime Procopio Leslie Ann Reed Jon Rennie Lisa Ridolfi Matt Roberts John Roughneen Lauren Rowley Rony Seyouri Sami Seyouri Christopher Simmler Ellen Sloan Elizabeth Stefanov Matthew Sudbay Kristina Szwaya Valerie Tanigawa Brian Thomas A David Toupin Michelle Townsend John Troupe Jon Tucker Kevin Webb Kimberly Webber Chris Winalski Kevin Windoloski Amir Zulfiquar
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CLASSIFIEDS T u to rs N eeded. In math, sciences, and S A T instruction. W orcester area tutoring firm seeks bright, energetic people to tutor area high school students. R equirem ents are access to a car. G PA o f 3.0+, and SA T instructors m ust have a score o f 1200. M ust b e available for May and June. Pay is $ 10/hr. Call C ollegiate T utors at 7556030. Is it true you can buy je e p s for $44 through the U.S. governm ent? G et the facts today! Call 1-312-742-1142 ext. 5883. H E A D IN G FO R E U R O P E T H IS S U M M E R (O R ANY T IM E )? Jet there for no m o re than $160 with A IR H IT C H as rep o rted in C onsum er R eports, NY Tim es, L e t’s G o, G ood H ousekeeping, and na tional netw ork m orning show s. For details call (2 1 2 ) 864-2000 o r write: A IR H IT C H , 2901 B roadw ay Suite 100A, NY NY 10025.
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Sarah and Bridget - E very day I have thought about you, and bitterly regretted w hat I have done to you both. Y our w ords (gentle and harsh) and faces are burned indelibly into m y heart and I shall carry them w ith m e forever, both a com fort and curse. I know I shall never see your faces o r hear y o u r voices ever again. But I beg you to som eday, please, find it in y o u r hears to forgive me. M ay you both find happiness in life w here I co u ld not. F are well Forever... - U nicom
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NEWSPEAK
POLICE LOG
What’s Going On? G ordon Library Art Display for May - August: Images in C ontrast. Photographs by Lora Brueck and Dorothy M agadieu Recent black and white infrared photographs by WPI Archivist Lora Brueck, including a panorama o f Humarock Beach. Scituate. Black and white photographs of village life in Chad, Africa, by Dorothy Magadieu. T uesday, M ay 2, 1989 3:30 pm - Baseball vs. Anna Maria W ednesday, M ay 3, 1989 8:00 pm - Video : “ Ferris B ueller's Day O ff,” G om pei's Place, Free. F rid ay , M ay 5, 1989 Last Day o f Classes S a tu rd a y , M ay 6, 1989 10:30 am - W o m en 's Track vs. Bates/CC
YOUR PAREHTSWILL CRY WHENTHEY SEE THIS REPORT CARD. T ears o f joy. In our age of exhorbitant tuition costs, your parents will truly appreciate the bene fits of th e UPS Tuition Reimbursement Program. W hen you w ork the early morning or late night "packageTiandling" shifts in our Shrew sbury facility, UPS pays your tuition up to $2,000 every term. That could add up to $6000 a year! You'll also earn up to $2,000 in extra cash awards as well as hourly pay of $8-9/hour. Eligible shifts: 11pm-4am, 3:15-8:15am. A pply n o w f o r th is se m e ste r! UPS is located on Route 20 in Shrewsbury at th e junction of Route 140. Apply this Monday-Friday, 1pm to 7pm.
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Tuesday May 2, 1989
S a tu rd a y , A p ril 22, 1989 12:25 am - A com plaint was received o f a loud party in a room in Founders Hall. O fficers responded and reported shutting the party down. 1:55 am - SNaP reported students urinating in the hallways in Founders Hall. 2:04 am - A fire alarm was reported in Founders Hall. It was determined that a pull station had been pulled in the building, setting off the alarm. 2:45 am - A citizen reported a group o f students disturbing the peace in the area of 12 Boynton St. 8:57 am - A student reported that his vehicle, parked in the Founders parking lot on D ean St. had been dented sometime during the previous night. 11:58 am - A complaint was received of loud music com ing from the Sig Pi fraternity. An officer spoke with the Fraternity president who agreed to lower the music. 1:15 pm - A student reported that the hood o f his vehicle in the Theta Chi parking lot had been dented. 1:55 pm - The athletic trainer requested an ambulance to the athletic field to transport a student from another college who had a back injury. The ambulance was called, and the student was trans ported to the hospital. 6:08 pm - An officer reported viewing students at the Phi Sig fraternity on Dean St. launching water balloons from the roof o f their house. The President of the Fraternity was contacted and the problem was rectified. 8:25 pm - A teenage black male subject on a BM X-type bicycle was observed checking out vehicles in the Stoddard parking lot. The subject entered one o f the vehicles and then fled. 10:39 pm - W orcester Police reported receiving a complaint of persons at the intersection o f Institute Road and Dean St. at a fraternity party jum ping on cars. An officer responded and reported that everything was quiet at that time. S u n d a y , A p ril 23, 1989 1:43 am - A complaint was received o f loud music com ing from the Sig Pi fraternity. T he Sergeant responded and reported that the music was not excessively loud but was turned dow n. 3:15 am - The Sergeant reported speaking to a subject who had entered the station dem anding to use the telephone. The subject was very abusive and intoxicated. 3:47 am - An officer reported an auto accident at the intersection o f Salisbury St. and West St. W orcester Police was contacted. 5:20 am - The Sergeant reported assisting W orcester Police Department on W achusett St. in apprehending two Hispanic male subjects wanted for a break into a m otor vehicle which had just occurred on G oulding St. The subjects were found to be in possession of num erous car stereo items, radar detectors, in addition to a crow bar and som e magic rocks. They were placed under arrest by W orcester Police. 5:12 pm - A call was received reporting a student on the football field with an ankle injury. An am bulance was requested and the student was transported to the hospital. 8:19 pm - An officer reported observing two juvenile suspects stealing a Jimmy Fund container from the Honey Farms store on Highland St. The subjects were apprehended and the container was returned to the Honey Farms store. The incident was turned over to the W orcester Police Juvenile Division. M onday, A p ril 24, 1989 8:30 am - A student reported that a tire was stolen off o f his vehicle, parked in the Founders parking lot, and was replaced with another tire. 8:28 pm - A guest o f a WPI student reported a radar detector stolen from his vehicle, parked on Institute Road. The incident was referred to the W orcester Police Dept. W ed n esd ay , A pril 26, 1989 12:17 am - A student reported observing another WPI student breaking an antenna off o f his vehicle, parked on Dean St. The student responsible was located, and agreed to pay for the dam age to the vehicle. 7:45 pm - A call was received of a possible drunk subject on the Football field, interfering with the w o m en ’s lacrosse practice. Officers located the subject, who appeared to be psychologically unstable. He was questioned at the scene and sent on his way. T h u rsd a y , A p ril 27, 1989 10:24 pm - A complaint was received of someone trying to break down the door to the house on Schussler Road. O fficers responded and reported speaking with a resident o f the house who was found banging on the front railing with a stick. The student was reportedly upset because other students had thrown w ater balloons at him. 11:03 pm - A call was received reporting an auto accident at the intersection o f Boynton St. and Institute Road. The accident involved a red pickup truck and numerous WPI students, and a vehicle being operated by an employee o f WPI. The WPI employee was taken by ambulance to UM ASS Medical Center. The operator o f the pickup truck was charged by W orcester Police with speeding and failure to keep right. F rid a y , A p ril 28, 1989 10:45 am - A report was received of two youths hanging around the loading dock of Morgan Hall. The two were determined to be high school students, suspended from Doherty High. 5:55 pm - W orcester Police called reporting that they were receiving com plaints o f loud music com ing from the ATO fraternity on Regent St. O fficers responded and spoke to m em bers o f the house, who lowered the music.
W hen M oving O ut... T he W P I C a m p u s Police D ep artm en t have received n um erous re p o rts of b re a k s in to m otor vehicles p a rk e d in the W P I a re a over the p a st few m onths. S tu d en ts leaving fo r the su m m er should avoid loading valuables into vehicles until they are actually ready to d e p a rt. C a m p u s Police w ould also like to wish all a safe an d enjoyable su m m e r b reak .
Soccomm presents Ferris Bueller's Day O ff’ 8 :0 0
Weds., May 3rd Gompei’s Free Admission