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W P I fo o tb a ll w in s th ird s tr a ig h t

by Roger Burleson Sports E d ito r

WPI continued its habit o f exciting games by letting RPI score 17 unan­ swered points, then proceeding to tie the gam e, then by winning it by a touchdow n in the final minute. Also, by w inning the gam e WPI brought home the Transit Trophy, which goes to the w inner o f this yearly game.

WPI had not had the trophy since 1985.

WPI struck first in this contest when Evan Elkington burned the de­ fense on a Greg W hitney pass. El­ kington had his coverage com pletely turned around. By the time he re­ gained his com posure, Elkington had gone 57 yards for a touchdow n, and WPI led 7-0. At the end o f the first quarter, though, the game would be tied.

WPI took the lead again at the beginning o f the second quarter when Socci hit a 32 yard field goal. Later on in the second quarter, WPI took ad­ vantage of a RPI interception on R PI’s own 25. On the very next play, W hit­ ney hit a wide open Elkington in the right comer o f the end zone. That gave a halftime score o f 17-7.

WPI cam e out in the second half on fire. On the fourth play o f the half, W hitney would connect for the third time on the day. This time it was a 78 yard touchdown pass and W PI led 247. After a field goal and touchdown by RPI, though, W hitney hurt his leg and never saw action again on the day. So, backup Pete Keller would have to finish the job. But K eller’s first pass was intercepted, which led to the tying touchdown for RPI with four seconds left in the third.

It would stay tied until very late in

the fourth quarter. A fter three great series by W P I’s defense, RPI did not score and W PI’s offense was given the chance to get the win. WPI took over with a 1:50 left to play. WPI took over on its own 20. But only five plays later, the Engineers scored the w in­ ning touchdown. The big plays came from a 21 yard run by Keller and a 39 yard wouned duck pass from Keller to Coughlin. Mark McGill put the fin­ ishing touches with a 2 yard run. The kick was good and WPI won by a score o f 31-24.

W hitney 12-26 for 264 yards with three touchdow ns, Keller was 5-11 for 71 yards. Elkington was the leading reciever hauling in seven catches for 216 yards and three touchdowns. WPI will play Amherst College away next week in a 1:30 game. WPI will return hom e October 14, when they take on an always tough Norwich team.

NEW SPEAK PH O T O /JA S O N EDKI.BI.ARK

W P I blocks R PI, d efeatin g them 31-24.

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 17, Number 19 Tuesday, October 3, 1989

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The predicted future of tuition at WPI

by Chris Barcus News E d ito r

It is a com m on fact of life that college tuition rises every year. Many questions are raised when tuition goes

does not pay full tuition. The adm ini­ stration therefore bases the budget on the number o f full tuition paying stu­ dents.

An increase in tuition o f 9% nets W PI about a 5% increase in revenue

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1887 1910 1923 1936 1949 1962 1975 1988 up 9 % w hile inflation only rises 5% The adm inistration o f WPI and the other schools in the nation do have som e valid reasons for the amount they increase.

One o f the reasons, which W PI found out the hard way last fall with the m illio n d o lla r d e fic it in the budget, is the fact that every student

because an increasing am ount o f the tuition is rebated to the students who cannot afford to pay full tuition.

Another reason why tuition rises is to help support those portions o f the budget which rise every year. Faculty and a d m in istratio n receiv e yearly raises, equipm ent needs upgrading, and both telephone and utilities in-

SNaP is there to help

by C indy Richards

I’m sure that you have heard of SNaP. H owever, you might not know exactly what their purpose is. Student Night assistance Patrol is a group of 18 male students w ho provide added security to the campus. SN aP serves as a link between the students and the cam pus police. The men in the sky blue shirts can be seen doing rounds in the dorm s, checking in with the R A ’s, m aking sure that the doors are locked, w atching for shady characters, and listening for much too wild parties. In the event o f a loud party, the SNaP people talk to the R A ’s. If the R A ’s are unable to convince the students to calm dow n, the SN aP workers will then intervene, and, if necessary, they will inform the police. SNaP also provides an escort service. If a stu­ dent ever needs to walk around cam ­ pus after dark, SNaP m em bers, when called, will either escort the person to w herever he o r she has to go, or the cam pus police will be notified for a car escort. T his is a valuable service to students. WPI is in the middle o f a large city, and some places on cam ­ pus, such as the area around World

H o u se, are d im ly lit, and c o n se ­ quently unsafe. SN aP’s purpose is to keep the cam pus safe; the escort serv­ ice is how the cam pus is made safe for those students who find it necessary to be outside at night on their own. SNaP has no female members. Last year, 20 applications w ere submitted for two open positions. Among the applicants w as one woman. Three m en were accepted because they were the most qualified for the job. The w orkers arc either on work-study, or are com m it­ ted volunteers. SNaP has it's head­ quarters in The W edge. The workers at headquarters spend most o f their time doing hom ew ork, just like any other work-study job. Five workers rotate two or three nights a w eek from 9:00 p.m. to 2 :00 a.m. weekdays, and until 3:00 a.m. weekends. In B-term, SN aP is planning to hold residence hall programs on personal and hall saftey. The anticipated result is that students will learn to avoid trouble before it starts. Please take advantage o f S N aP ’s escort service. Right now, only about tw o people a night are escorted around cam pus. In case you d o n ’t know the num ber, it is 831 5566.

crease every year. Since the cost to run the school rises every year, the am ount o f m oney w hich m ust be brought in by tuition needs to in­ crease.

A n o th er reason tuition rises is because the administration can raise it. The extra money goes into im prov­ ing the school, thus staying com peti­ tive with other well known engineer­ ing schools. According to President Strauss, rising tuition is not a factor which will discourage students from attending W PI, in fact the income generated by high tuition will attract students to the new er facilites, labora­ to ries and b uildings paid for and improved by tuition.

The problem arises when tuition rises more than the cost of inflation.

Inflation is about 5% a year, which m eans the income for a family in­ creases about 5% a year. However, tuition has been rising faster than in­

flation (see graph). O ver the last few years the difference between inflation and tuition increases has been grow ­ ing at an exponential rate. If som e­ thing does not change soon, by the time our children are going to college the cost of tuition will be close to $70,000 (at 9% a year). This figure includes only the tuition, not room and board plus all the extra expenses.

W ith room and board increasing at the rate of 5% a year, we will paying around $100,000 a year for our chil­ d ren ’s education.

T o stop the trend o f increases stu­ dents must start vocalizing their feel­ ings. If the adm inistration and the board o f trustees don’t know that the students object, the tuition will keep increasing. Long range planning is cu rren tly under way for projected estim ated costs over the next five years. These figures are just esti­ mated, and most likely will change by

the year they are instituted. There are many factors that must be taken into consideration when the school esti­ mates budgets. One o f the m ajor considerations which they must note is the drop o f high school graduates in New England as well as the decline in the pool o f students interested in engineering. T he various cases which are currently on the drawing board for the upcoming years have tuition in­ creases at a rate of 5 - 9% a year, depending on the conditions being considered.

All in all, the future o f tuition is a m ajor concern. For the freshm en class, they have three more years of tuition. But even for those upperclass students who feel they d o n ’t need to w o rry b e c a u s e they are a lm o st through, it will be an issue latter in life. This is a nationw ide problem and we will have to face it when we send our family to school to educate them.

Dead Men shine in Pub Dumptruck disappointing

by Shaw n Z im m erm an Newspeak S ta ff

This weekend two bands played in G om pei’s; Dumptruck and Dead Men On Holiday (DMOH). For no particu­ lar reason I ’ve decided to review Dumptruck first.

Dumptruck consists o f the usual college band lineup, two guitarists, a bassist, and a drum mer. They played well executed rock, with smooth vo­ cals and even sm oother guitars. D e­ sp ite th e ir te c h n ic a l e x c e lle n c e , though, I d id n ’t dig them . Even though they seem ed to get into it them selves, they lacked that special spark that makes a band truly good.

There was a small but vocal group o f fellow s in the back w ho kept scream in g about a song called “ I W anna Be a Dog.” They eventually got kicked for being jerks, but som e­ how they snuck back in and continued to irritate people. We never did get to hear this m ysterious melody but we did hear “ If you See Her Say Hello,” “ W alk Into M irrors,” and “W atch Her Fall.”

W hile I was not particularly en ­ thused with Dumptruck, if you like d e c e n t, n o n d escrip t m usic, by all m eans see them.

T he D ead M en, how ever, w ere brilliant as ever. This was the first

NEW SPEA K PH O T O /W IL L IA M BARRY

D um ptruck p erform s in the Pub last Saturday. con tinu ed on page 4

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday October 3,1989

NEWS World News In W yom ing, Secretary o f State Baker and Soviet Foreign M inister Sheverdnadze co n ­ cluded their summit. Bush and G orbachev will have a sum m it on long range nuclear weapons in late spring or early summer. Bush said it was likely that he and Gorbachev would sign a treaty reducing the number o f long range nu­ clear weapons. On Monday, in a speech to the UN, Bush said that the US would reduce its chemical weapons stockpiles by 80% if the Soviets reduced their amounts to sim ilar loads.

On T uesday, Sheverdnadze proposed that all chemical weapons be destroyed. The Soviets also proposed a European summit late next year to discuss conventional arms reductions.

Vietnam ese troops concluded their pullout o f C am bodia. Cambodian leader Hun Sen appealed to the rest o f the world to stop funding the three C am bodian rebel groups, including the K hm er Rouge. China has refused to shop arm shipm ents to the rebels.

C o lo m b ia ’s 460 0 ju d g e s th reaten ed to strike unless the governm ent gave them better protection. Columbian president Barro met with Bush in W ashington. He thanked Bush for previous aid, and said that he was not asking for more aid.

On Tuesday, in Beirut, two days after a cease fire was declared, fighting started up again. I million refugees had returned to Beirut. M oslem militiamen refused to accept the terms o f the cease fire agreem ent.

Moscow unveiled a new budget that will

spend less on the m ilitary and more on con­ sum er products.

Com m unist rebels killed two US civilian workers on an air base in the Philippines just hours before Q uayle was scheduled to give a speech there. US officials will begin to nego­ tiate with Philippine officials on the future of air bases there beginning in December. The US lease ends in Septem ber of 1991. Former leader Marcos, 72, died in exile in Hawaii.

Aquino said that Marcos could not be buried in the Philippines.

C hinese C om m unist part chief Jiang Zemin called the students arrested in last summers pro-dem ocracy protests crim inals who were en g ag in g in “co u n ter-re v o lu tio n a ry re b e l­ lion."

The European C om m unity (EC) proposed $650 million in aid to Hungary and Poland.

Hungary lifted m ost travel and em igration restrictions. Bush, in a speech to the Interna­ tional Monetary Fund and the W orld Bank, urged them to “move rapidly” to aid Poland.

The new Polish governm ent unveiled a new econom ic program that would cut food subsi­ dies.

Form er Greek Prime M inister Papandreau was ordered to stand trial for em bezzling $200 million from a bank. Last week he was ordered to stand trial for wire tapping. However, the G reek governm ent, led by a C onservativeC om m unist coalition agreed to resign. There will be elections in G reece on Novem ber 5.

S lo v en ia, a sm all rep u b lic in northern

Yugoslavia, said that it had the right to secede from Y ugoslavia if it wanted to.

In Cape Province, South Africa, there was an multiracial protest against apartheid. About 40,000 people attended. In Johannesburg, authorities agreed to desegregate swim ming pools and buses.

The Kremlin weakened plans for greater autonomy in the Republics.

British Prince Philip condemned the IRA attack last Friday against 10 Royal M arines who were in a Marine band. The attack oc­ curred in D eal, in Southeast England. The IRA has claimed responsibility.

W HO (W orld H ealth O rg.) said I in 5 people (1 billion) suffered from disease or were malnourished.

National News Bush concluded his education summit with the governors in Virginia. Bush and the na­ tio n ’s governors agreed to unveil a new pro­ gram that would overhaul the nation’s school system by 2000.

Charleston, SC began cleanup efforts from Hurricane Hugo. T here was an estim ated $2 Billion in damage. 200,000 people were still without pow er at the end o f the week. H ow ­ ever, medical supplies were moved in, and Bush did sign an em ergency aid bill.

The senate added $900 million to B ush’s drug legislation, and will spend $3.1 billion fighting narcotics.

T he senate also approved $4.3 billion in

funding for SDI, and restored $600 million that had been cut previously. The bill passed 53-47.

Form er HUD secretary Sam Pierce pleaded the fifth so he did not have to testify before a House comm ittee.

Salvage crew s got the w reckage o f the USAir 737 out of East River in New York.

Accident investigators now feel the wreck w as caused by mechanical failure.

NASA launched its last unmanned rocket to carry a com m ercial payload into space. The A tlas-Centaur rocket carried a $125 million com m unications satellite. Private industry will now do comm ercial launches.

The FDA announced it would increase the d istrib u tio n o f D D I, an anti-A ID S d ru g .

M eanwhile, Dutch researchers said that A ZT, another anti-A ID S drug, may prevent dem en­ tia, not just relieve some o f the sym ptom s.

Dementia is one o f the leading sym ptom s of AIDS patients.

Economic News IBM stock suffered substantial setbacks, since its earnings were not up to expectations.

Sony will buy Colom bia pictures for $3.4 Billion.

Braniff Air canceled many flights. M any analysts say that the end is near for Braniff.

Pepsi announced that it will begin to test market a high caffeine soda, Pepsi AM, in the Midwest next year. com piled by George M. Regnery

Intramural teams for the not so serious competitors

by M ark Saviano Have you heard people talking about being on an Intramural team such as volleyball or flag football and wondered “W hat’s this all about?” W ell, Intramurals is a program run by the WPI A thletic O ffice (Coach M assucco specifically) to provide students with som e­ thing to do and to allow them to have fun while exercising.

All full-tim e WPI students are eligible to participate in the Intramural Program with the exception that varsity athletes o f a sport cannot participate in the sam e Intramural sport. Last year over 1,000 students per term participated in one intram ural sport or another.

Each term different sports are offered. You can participate in as many or as few as you

wish. Last year the sports offered were: A T e rm : Flag Football, Volleyball, Table Tennis and Cross-Country.

B & C T e rm s Basketball, Bowling, W ater Polo, Swimm ing and Ice Hockey.

D T e rm : Softball, Floor Hockey, Soccer and Track.

Though some sports have been discontin­ ued due to safety concerns or lack o f adequate p lay in g eq u ip m e n t/p lac e , nearly all those sports will be offered again this year.

I know what y o u ’re thinking, “Sounds fun but I’m really not that good,” o r “ W ell, I d o n 't like to be really com petitive." Because of concerns about ability and com petitiveness, most o f the sports have two divisions. Division I is for the more serious people who want to play very com petitively. In this league, the

What does “daka” stand for?

by A ureen C yr daka stands for Dining and Kitchen Ad­ m inistration, but we all know it as the WPI Food Service and the staff prefers it that way.

Although daka is a private com pany, the em ­ ployees are from the W orcester area and think o f them selves as working at W PI. Some o f the staff have worked here at W PI for ten years.

Included in the staff are 6 cooks, 2 bakers and 2 salad people that m ake the salads for the salad bar.

About 75 students also work in the Food Service, m ostly from WPI. Their jo b s are not part o f W ork Study, so anyone can apply.

Normally 12 students and I student supervisor work per shift. There is also a student manager who oversees the student supervisors. A typi­ cal student works tw o nights a week for one meal. T hey receive a free meal before their shift in the dining hall they work in.

About 800 students eat their m eals in M or­

gan and 300 in Founders. Daka also runs all the catering on cam pus and the snack bar. With that many to feed, quality is necessary. The governm ent inspects about three tim es a year and W PI scores 85 and above every time.

In addition to that, the food service is proud o f their React to M anagem ent program. A table for questions and com m ents is set up twice a term so the students can m ake sugges­ tions and requests. A m ong suggestions made in the past were frozen yogurt and having juice available all day.

Com m ents about the menu are most com ­ mon. The menu operates on a four-week cycle, with one special a week. At the end o f a cycle the m e a ls are e v a lu a te d an d if n e e d e d , changed. The R A ’s are given a copy o f the menu each week. Som e special events coming up are a grazing bar o f hors d ’oeuvres on O ctober fourth and a sit-dow n dinner with volunteer faculty w aiters for the D ecem ber holidays.

Wireless association offers classes to obtain an amateur radio license

by Bob Inderbitzen The W PI W ireless Assoc, will offer a radio class entitled “Tune in the W orld with Amateur Radio.” Throughout the course, the students will leam som e radio theory and the interna­ tional M orse code. The class is free and is open to WPI students, faculty, and the general pub­ lic. All ages are welcome. The class will meet for the first time today, Oct. 3, at 7:00 PM in

H iggins L aboratory. Study m aterials (o p ­ tional) will be available for $15. The goal of this class will be to help the students earn a N ovice Class A m ateur Radio License issued by the Federal Com m unications Comm ission.

If your interested, drop by tonight’s class or contact Bob Inderbitzen, President o f the WPI W ireless, through club box 5393. Remem ber, A m ateur R adio is m ore than a hobby, it's a service. C om e Join The Ranks!

N C A A ’s rules are followed closely and player substitution is strict. Also the team that has the most success throughout the year o f intram u­ rals will win the “Intram ural Cup.” Division II is for anyone who has a little extra time and wants to have some fun. The rules are not so strict and substitution is easier.

In this division you’ll find som e co-ed teams, som e male team s, and som etimes a female team .

Now you might think “W ell, I ’d like to play, but I don’t know if I ’ll have the time.” Intra­ mural games are played at night and/or on weekends, m ost being one hour. Sports are usually organized into regular com petitions and then a play-off com petition for the w inners o f the regular contests. The num ber o f games each team will play depends on the num ber of

teams entered into that sport and the availabil­ ity o f playing areas. Intramurals and varsity sports have to share the fields, gyms, etc., so som etimes it is difficult to schedule games.

For example, last year, volleyball teams played five regular gam es, and bowling teams played forty. Also most teams have extra players that can be rotated in and out or take the place o f players who c a n ’t make it on a given night.

T o get involved with Intramurals, find som e people to form a team. Many dorm s, clubs, and fraternities/sororities have their ow n team s.

Then go see Coach Massucco (his office is next to the basketball court on the second floor of Alumni Gym) and he’ll tell you how to o ffi­ cially enter a team or yourself into a sport or event.

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Tuesday October 3,1989

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SPORTS

Engineer booters roll over Assumption in men’s soccer

E n g in e e r s c o m e b a ck

C o a st G uard

by Cindy Richards

by Gregory Humora The offense finally started clicking last W ednesday night as T ech’s m en’s soccer team upped their record to 3-3 with a strong outing against A ssum ption, here at Alumni Field. In the tw enty-six tim es these two team s have met, WPI has lost only once.

Freshman Jerem y Dieterle got things off and rolling just six minutes into the game as he broke through the G reyhound defense and calm ly beat the charging goalie to the far post.

But A ssum ption briefly climbed back into it with a goal tw eny-five minutes into the half.

Then Tech settled down for good, dominating the rest o f the match. It was Dieterle that put them ahead for good, lofting a well placed crossing shot into the back com er with ten m inutes to go in the period. Brian Daly closed out the scoring with his first o f the year, a left footed push-pass to the near post.

The second half began where the first left off. Sophom ore Greg Tucker got his first goal of the year, converting a penalty kick after being pulled dow n inside the box. The senior Chris Burke fed Daly for his second o f the game. Senior Chris Manton closed out the scoring, finishing off a loose ball in front o f the net. That m ade the score WPI 6, Assumption 1.

The entire W PI team saw action in this one allowing coach Allen King to rest his starters for most o f the second half. Senior midfielder Jam ie White turned in perhaps his best game of the year, controlling the midfield with excel­ lent ball skills and accurate distributions.

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T h e E n gin eers ran A ssum ption to the ground in the six to o n e soccer gam e on the h om efield .

The WPI football team earned a victory over Coast G uard Academy in a well played game on Saturday, Septem ber 25th, raising their record to 2 - 1. T he Engineers scored First, but quickly fell behind, 19-7. Near the end o f the first quarter. Quarterback Greg W hitney threw a 38 yard touchdown pass to Evan Elkington to raise the score to 19-14.

WPI gained m om entum despite the thou­ sands o f fans cheering for the Coast Guard B ears at the A c a d e m y ’s H o m eco m in g gam e.

The highlight o f the second quarter was a 98 yard touchdow n reception involving W hitney and Elkington. This set a NCAA Division III record, breaking the 97 yard record set by WPI last season. This reception

by Elkington earned him the ECAC Division III Northeast O ffensive Player of the W eek A w ard. He also won the D ivision II-III Coca-Cola Gold Helmet Award as noted in Septem ber tw enty-seventh’s Boston Globe.

At half time, the Engineers led the Bears, 2719. In the second half, Mark M cGill rushed five yards for W PI's last touchdown of the game. With two m inutes left, the bears tried, but failed, to wage a com eback. The game ended with the score WPI 34, and C oast G uard 27.

Coach Siedlecki said that WPI played a great game. He com m ented that the next four games are crucial; the future opponents are all off to good starts, and the games will tell exactly where the Engineers stand in the league. Hopefully, these upcoming games w ill involve repeat p erfo rm an ces from Uglevich (123 yards rushing, 22 carries, 1 touchdow n), Larson (32 yards rushing, 5 carries, 3 receptions for 39 yards), Je ff Joaquin (8 tackles, 1 sack), and Marty A r­ nold (7 tackles), all of whom aided WPI in the victory over Coast Guard Academy.

Men’s and women’s cross country run in City Championships W PI w om en’s cross-country fell to 6-1 with a tough loss to the division one team Holy Cross. The final score o f the City C ham pion­ ship was Holy C ross 31, WPI 35, Clark 78, and Assum ption 83.

A thena Demetry ran solo for most o f the race to break her own record by 1 second.

M aura Collins pulled away from Holy C ross' top 3 runners over the last half o f the race to PR in 2 1 :45. Chris M ikloiche ran a solid 6^ place in 22:22. Running well but in the m iddle o f the pack, were Jenn Schaeffer (12^, 23:19), Robin Fontaine (14^, 23:34) and Det Carraw ay (15^, 23:43). A fter the 6^ Holy Cross runner and the third Clark woman was a third “herd,” Kristen B rem er (182;, 24:19), Kelly M cQueeney (19^, 24:21), Deb Duhamel (20^, 25:33), and Jenn Do (21*. 25:47). Thirty-three runners com ­ peted.

If this had been scored as a dual m eet, the score would have been Holy Cross 27, WPI 28, the closest the m eet has ever been.

N ext week, the women travel to Bryant C ollege for the Tri-State Championships.

W orcester City Meet at Holden W P I................................................... 17 Holy C ro ss....................................... 52 A ssu m p tio n .....................................78 C la rk ................................................. 98 W orcester State C o lle g e ..............142 David Berthiaume led the men's cross coun­ try in a one through four finish in the winning time o f 31:03 to win the W orcester City Cham ­ pionship.

Brian Foley was second for WPI, followed

by Alan Fosberry third and Phil W illiams fourth.

Mike Cum m ings finished seventh to round out W PI’s top five.

W PI’s record is now 7 - 1 .

The next meet is the tri-states at Bryant C ollege.

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NEWSPEAK

Gamer’s guide Drive Offensively

by Adam Johnson About tw o w eeks ago, a colleague o f mine asked m e w hy I d id n 't include the game Car Wars in m y opening list o f games. My reply was (and still is): a) I believe that C ar Wars belongs in a list o f wargam es, not RPGs, be­ cause o f its being played on a board (or in this case, road sections), and b) I haven't played it in over three years, so it slipped my mind.

N ontheless, I decided to devote this article to tw o g am es produced by Steve Jackson G am es: C a r Wars and Illuminati.

C ar W ars is, as the title may suggest, a game devoted to a futuristic sport o f destroying vehicles. W hen the game first hit the m arket, the sales o f the gam e were astronomical. It truly was the big break for S.J. Games. The version I am reviewing (in short) is the first edition, originally produced in a small plastic box. (Incidentally, S.J. G am es still m arkets gam es in these boxes — sort o f like a trade­ mark for them , I guess.)

The idea o f the gam e is sim ple for the players to understand. The rules are concise, and they cover just about anything the starting player w ants to know (new ideas and rules can be found in either the expansion sets or in A utoduel Q u arterly . S.J. G a m e s’ quarterly m agazine devoted to C a r W ars). Each player gets so m uch money (usually determined by an agreem ent with the other players) to build his mean m achine. He has to choose a chassis, engine (or pow erplant), arm our, and arm a­ m ent/defense systems, along with any com put­ ers and extra equipm ent (including d river’s weapons) they want, as long as they remain within budget. The vehicle’s stats are then derived from what the player has bought, and a simple plan o f the car (vis a vis, what goes w here) is draw n up. (Every important item needed for play is recorded on a vehicle stats sheet; two types are included: autom obiles and

m otorcycles). Then the fun begins, with hairraising turns, thrills and spills. The w inner is the one who actually survives the Autoduel!

The original version is available at most fine hobby shops and some bookstores for about $6-8. The deluxe costs around $ 15-20 (if not a little more). A ccessories for the game include expansion sets, road maps, details on the highw ays o f certain areas o f the U.S., and, o f course, A ulPdw ! Quarterly- For those play­ ers w ishing to update equipm ent and w eapons, there’s Uncle A lbert’s G unnery Shop, an ac ­ cessory that acts a a “catalogue” for such items as a V ulcan cannon, grenade launchers, ejec­ tion seats, and much, much more!

The other gam e previously mentioned was Illuminati. Based on the llluminatus! trilogy

by Robert Shea and Robert Anton W ilson, the game devotes itself into the realm o f secret societies, each trying to be more powerful than their com petitors.

The real fun o f this gam e is how an Illuminatus, like the G nom es o f Zurich, takes control o f a group, say, the Eco- G uerillas or the Reform ed Church o f Satan, through the use o f power, m oney, and cheating. (Yes, cheating is allowed and even encouraged; this is how the game is made fun.) Expansion sets give more groups and more Illuminati to choose from, like the League o f Assassins or the W orship­ pers o f Cthulhu. M oney chits come with each set. The only things not included in the sets are dice and a vivid imagination.

The gam e is not expensive (about the same price as any S.J. G ame that comes in a little plastic box, like R aid on Ira n or O gre!.)

O ne nice (and last) thing about lllum anti: each set gives a suggested reading list from w hich ideas for the game were derived; but d o n ’t expect your local library to stock many o f them!

‘Till next time.

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Minutes from the Executive Council Meeting M eeting called to order 11:50 AM M em bers present: Mike Donahue, Pres; Brian Gosselin, VP; Lisa King, Sec; Stephen Nelson, Academic Comm; M elanie Stoops, '90; Beth Schaefer, SAS; Becky G riffith, SAB; Brian Beauregard, '92; Jenn Tobin, PanHel; Dan Falla, IFC; Dave Dickey, CHB; Janet Richardson, Advisor.

C om m ittee Reports: A cadem ic Comm; In response to faculty complaints about student absenteeism at faculty com m ittee meetings a letter with contact inform ation is being sent to all faculty chairm en in hopes o f spotting problem s with student representatives early in the year.

Presently we are trying to resolve som e conflicts between meeting schedules and student schedules.

N ewspeak; A 16 page issue is com ing out Tuesday Sept. 26, I989. Everything is running smoothly.

PanH el; There will be a Tri-Sorority social function on Sunday Oct. 8 for all freshmen women. “G o G reek” T-Shirts are being sold for $6.

C am pus Hearing Board; W e will begin training shortly, there are no cases to report.

Old Business; New proposal for independent rep.

M eeting with Bemie to discuss when we meet with President Strauss.

New Business; Invite all freshmen class officers to the next meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 12:10 PM Respectfully subm itted, Lisa A. King Secretary

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Colleges sued for allegedly fixing their tuition

by D a rc ia D orries a n d Am y Hudson

(CPS) — T aking his cue from a federal probe into whether some schools really do have to raise their tuitions rates so fast each year, a W esleyan U niversity student has sued his school and 11 other private colleges, charging they illegally fixed their tuition prices.

In response to both the probe and the suit, m oreover, “higher education institutions are running scared at this point,” observed^David Breneman, the form er president of Kalamazoo C ollege in M ichigan now with the Brookings Institute in W ashington, D.C. Student Roger Kingsepp claims the schools “engaged in a conspiracy to fix or artificially inflate the price o f tuition and financial aid.”

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asking for triple dam ages on behalf o f the 125,000 students allegedly harm ed by the scheme. “ I d o n 't think it’s fair to students who economically might not be able to take advan­ tage o f certain schools to be forced out o f the market,’’ K ingsepp said.

The suit apparently is based on a confiden­ tial W esleyan m em o, since m ade public, that indicates adm inistrators knew tuition prices at 11 other schools for the 1988-89 year before the prices were made “official.”

It is illegal for com petitors in any business to swap price inform ation, or to divvy up potential custom ers.

Such conspiracies prevent custom ers — in this case students — from being able to choose among com peting products o r services, and relieve businesses from having to control their costs, improve their programs and keep down

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their prices in order to be successful.

Yet that is what some schools did, Kingsepp claim ed.

A Justice D epartm ent probe launched in Septem ber is investigating how 30 schools get together each year and, in effect, decide which students should go to which cam pus, agree not to bid competitively for some students, and even calculate what financial aid packages to give them.

N om inally com petitive cam pus officials also tell each other about their upcom ing price increases.

Such practices, Kingsepp and other critics claim , explain why the schools, free of worry that the students they covet would take advan­ tage o f lower prices at another cam pus, have raised their tuition at a pace higher than the inflation rate for nine consecutive years.

T he talks, Kingsepp said in his lawsuit, “elim inate any real price choices” for students.

In addition to W esleyan, Yale, Harvard, C o rn ell, C olum bia, B row n, P rinceton and S tanford universities, A m herst, D artm outh and W illiams colleges, and the University of Pennsylvania are nam ed in K ingsepp’s suit. “ I think th e y ’re g u ilty ,” said W esleyan sophom ore H eather R hoades. “ I t’s pretty obvious.”

R hoades applied to six private colleges, including Stanford. The aid packages offered her w ere so similar that money “w asn’t really a factor.” “ M aybe this will force the adm inistration to give us more inform ation,” said W esleyan senior Brian Shott. Colleges, he com plained, are acting like the victim , saying “we have to do it, it’s not illegal.”

B rookings’ Brenem an last year angered fellow campus leaders by asserting that some private colleges raise their tuition not because they need to. but because high fees make them look more selective and prestigious.

Since the Justice D epartm ent started its investigation, “there was a lot o f worry about (a law suit),” Breneman said. “ It was inevitable.”

Justice Department officials refused com ­ ment on the suit, because it’s “totally separate from the governm ent’s actions,” said spokes­ wom an Amy Brown.

She added investigators “w on’t rule out the possibility for requests for information from additional colleges in the future.”

“The Justice Department has made no alle­

gations of wrongdoing and W esleyan believes it has done nothing im proper or illegal,” said W esleyan spokesm an Bobby W ayne Clark. “ In regard to this particular suit, W esleyan believes it is totally without m erit.”

None of the colleges under investigation that College Press Service contacted would c o m m e n t b e y o n d issu in g d e n ia ls lik e W esleyan’s.

The schools make no secret o f the meetings, claim ing they’re necessary to avoid nasty bid­ ding wars for top students and to nix price from the list of criteria from which to choose a school.

Just exchanging price and scholarship in­ formation isn’t illegal, antitrust experts say. If the schools agreed to offer uniform financial aid packages to students or to fix tuition in­ creases, however, “that would be a traditional antitrust violation,” said Irving Scher, a New York lawyer w ho heads the A m erican Bar Association antitrust division. “ I have no doubt they had the intent to reduce com petition,” said Gary Becker, an econom ics and sociology professor at the U niversity o f C hicago, one o f the schools under investigation. “ But w hether th ey ’ve been successful is another m atter.”

If anything com es of the Justice Department investigation, the Kingsepp suit or any other subsequent suits, some thanks should go to form er Secretary of Education W illiam Ben­ nett, Breneman said.

Bennett, now heading the “w ar on drugs,” made a habit o f accusing colleges of setting tuition artificially high, because financial aid would fill the gap between what students could pay and what they end up paying. “ My sense is that a lot his public comm ents helped set the environm ent” for price-fixing investigations, Breneman figured.

This year, students are paying an average of 5-to-9 percent more for college than in 198889. And by the year 2005, a college education w ill cost $ 6 2 ,8 9 4 a year, p red icts Paine W ebber, the investment firm. “ It’s important for families not to be so naive,” said K alm an C haney, president o f Cam pus Consultants, Inc., a M anhattan-based financial aid consulting firm. “You have to deal with colleges as you do any other service or product. D on’t assume that colleges will put the students’ best interests ahead o f the institu­ tion.”

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(W PI News Release) Two W orcester Poly­ technic Institute students have created a com ­ puter program that simulates the basic opera­ tions associated with satellites to help students and scientists understand motion through the universe.

The “A stronautics T oolkit” was designed

by Jeffrey S. G oldm eer, son of Lucile and Barry Stangel o f Monsey, N.Y and David P. Smith, son of Mary R. Smith of W inslow , M aine.

The program addresses the questions posed in astronautics — the science o f travel beyond the E arth ’s atmosphere, including interplane­ tary and interstellar flights. Until now, say the students, there has been “no capacity to easily analyze satellites and the various operations associated with them, including orbital trans­ fer, tim e o f flight and rendezvous in orbit.”

The toolkit, which has been written in True Basic (TM ), and may be run on alm ost any MSDOS based com puter, can also be used to model systems other than the Earth, which allows for greater flexibility and usage.

G oldm eer and Smith researched and devel­ oped the A stronautics Toolkit as their M ajor Q ualifying Project (M Q P), one o f three proj­ ects all undergraduates at WPI undertake as part o f the innovate WPI Plan. Through the MQP, students solve real-life problem s in their major field of study. The goals of the MQP include the development o f creativity and selfconfidence, and the ability to com m unicate

ideas. George Y. Jumper, Jr., associate profes­ sor of m echanical engineering, served as proj­ ect advisor.

“The program will aid the student w ho has mastered the basics o f astronautics,” say the designers. “The student will use the program to solve tedious mathematical equations and co n c e p tu alize o rb ital p aram eters th ro u g h graphics. More advanced users can utilize the program by studying systems through trial and error; the program incorporates many timeconsum ing equations, so a system or transfer orbit can be analyzed by changing the input variables to solve problem s logically and quickly.”

The kit was integrated into W P I’s Astrodynam ics (M E 3713) course, beginning w ith Term D (M arch 1989) and is available for use by the WPI com m unity; a limited marketing program is being investigated for the sale of the program to interested outsiders.

G oldm eer and Smith were both mem bers o f W P I’s Class o f 1989. G oldm eer received a degree in mechanical engineering. He spend the sum mer working at N A SA ’s Lewis R e­ search Center in Cleveland, Ohio and has re­ turned to the Institute to pursue a m aster’s degree in mechanical engineering. At gradu­ ation, Smith was comm issioned a second lieu­ tenant in the U.S. Air Force through the ROTC program. He is currently working in Florida and will begin pilot training at Vance A irforce Base, Oklahom a in March 1990.

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IQP insights: Projects in technology transfer and sludge

by Brian Weissman and Jeffrey Yoder This week we are going to take a look at a very successful IQP dealing with "technology transfer” and how it applies to environmental engineering. For those o f you who d o n ’t know, technology transfer is the generation o f an innovation in one setting and its im plem enta­ tion in another.

The project is called “ Analysis o f Environ­ mental Engineering Research and Technology T ransfer Factors,” and it was com pleted by Mary B eth Liener, Susan E. M itchell, and C hristopher C. G illis and advised by Dr. Rich­ ard Sisson and Professor Dieter K leine. This project w as undertaken by request o f the Na­ tional Science Foundation and Dr. Edward H. Bryan, director of the Environm ental Engi­ neering division, acted as the group’s liaison.

The project was com pleted at the W ashington Project C enter last B-term.

T heir goal was to develop a pattern by which the success and/or failure o f environm ental en g in ee rin g techn o lo g y transfers could be analyzed. The National Science Foundation had a problem . They needed to know why

certain environm ental en g in eerin g innova­ tions were succeeding while others were fail­ ing. The group picked three innovations upon which they would focus their study.

The first innovation was “sequencing batch reactors.” This is a method o f treating m unici­ pal waste w ater so that it can be safely released into the environm ent. A nother innovation studied was “electron beam disinfection of municipal sludges.” This innovation treats municipal sludge by using an electron beam to kill harmful organism s. The last method they studied is called “biobricks.” This process is a method o f waste disposal which incorporates sludge into the brick making process.

Using these innovations as th eir focus, the group began a case study analysis. This con­ sisted o f research for background information as well as many interviews. They interviewed people who originated, researched, funded, or otherwise connected themselves w ith the inno­ vations. However, to properly analyze every­ thing they had learned, they needed a model for any environm ental engineering technology transfers. The model contained four stages. It starts with innovation. This innovation then goes through the four stages; prototype, end product, adoption, and diffusion. All technol­ ogy transfer must go through these four stages.

It was further determined that there were 16 factors which effected environm ental engi­ neering technology transfer. These were bro­ ken into four groups; social, econom ic, gov­ ernm ental, and technical. The interviews were based on these factors. The group needed to know what factors the people they interviewed considered important.

A fter careful analysis o f the data, the group were able to place each innovation into one o f the four stages. Biobricks were still deemed to be in the prototype stage. Electron beam disinfection was still stuck at end-product,

waiting for some com panies to adopt it. Se­ quencing batch reactors were flourishing in the diffusion stage. A total o f 10 of the factors negatively effected the innovations. The other 6 were non-conclusive.

With the aid of the model, the status of each innovation was determ ined as well as the fac­ tors which contributed to that status. Any innovation can be applied to it, and the reasons for its success or failure can be determined.

This makes the model an invaluable tool to all companies involved in environm ental engi­ neering innovations.

Continued from page one: Deadmen “official” concert since their lead singer W ayne graduated last year. The new singer Dave “ the Fist” has a voice that is just as good as W ayne’s was. He seem ed nervous, though, and a bad sound mix marred an otherwise great perform ance.

For those o f you who have never heard the Dead, why not? They have a distinctive sound characterized by screaming guitars, pounding drum s, and rude body noises. Last year they played punk music almost exclusively, but this year, as Bill, the bassist, quoth: “The Dead have moved into the ‘9 0 Y \ The upshot of this is tw o new songs, “ M cD onald L and” and

“ Instrumental 2” (which, unlike “Instrumental 1”, has no words). Although they aren ’t quite as obnoxious as past songs they still have the seeds of greatness in them.

DMOH also played the songs that made them legendary. All the greats, “T w itchin’ Like a C ockroach”, “ Som eone’s G onna Die Tonight”, and their cover o f “I W anna Be S edated”. C onspicuous in their absence, however, w ere “ Sunshine On My Shoulder” and “Twin Jutting Jugs of L ove”.

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Triton: the last satellite is brighter than expected

by Isaac Asimov T here are seven large satellites that we know o f in the solar system, and now astrono­ m ers have seen them all close up. O ur own m oon has been stu d ied telesco p ically for nearly four centuries. In the course of the past decade or so, the four large satellites of Jupiter — C allisto, G anym ede, Europa and lo — to­ gether with large satellites o f Saturn — Titan

— have been studied close-up by probes.

Until a month ago, how ever, N eptune’s satellite, Triton, the last (and m ost distant) o f the seven, had still been seen only as a point o f light through the telescope. O n Aug. 25, 1989, however, that magnificent probe. Voyager 2, passed within 24,000 miles o f Triton and was able to photograph it at close range.

It had been suspected that Triton would resemble Titan in appearance, but that proved

to be quite wrong. The big difference is that Titan has a thick atmosphere o f methane and nitrogen. The methane is acted on by light from the distant sun and forms larger hydrocar­ bon m olecules, which spread as a fog of liquid droplets throughout the atm osphere. The cameras o f Voyager 2 could not penetrate the fog, and T itan ’s solid surface was never seen.

Triton, on the other hand, is three times as far from the sun as Titan is and, therefore.

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considerably colder. It is, in fact, the coldest object astronomers have yet studied. Triton also has an atm osphere of methane and nitro­ gen, but it consists only o f a thin vaporous layer through which the surface can be easily seen.

That surface, it turns out, is slick with frozen methane and nitrogen, especially in the south­ ern hemisphere.

That slickness is important. Until now, the only way o f judging the diam eter of T riton was by measuring the amount o f light it reflected.

It was assumed that the intensity of reflection was equal to that o f the other large satellites.

From that, astronom ers could calculate T ri­ to n ’s size by determ ining how much light it would have to reflect to appear as bright as it does from Earth. The best guess was that its diam eter was about 2,175 miles, m aking it a tiny bit larger than our moon.

However, those shiny, frozen gases cause Triton to reflect light much more intensely than had been supposed, making it appear larger than it is. As it turns out, Triton is only 1,700 miles across, making it the sm allest of the solar system ’s seven largest satellites.

Still, it is the most colorful. The surface has pink regions where the sun has forced the m ethane into larger and more com plicated molecules. It is also bluish, where sunlight is reflected from tiny crystals, with the same scattering effect that gives our sky its own beautiful blue.

The most interesting feature about Triton, however, is the odd variation in its surface structure. It has ridges, grooves and all sorts of irregular shapes, but very few of the craters that mark most o f the other sm aller bodies of the solar system.

It must have developed craters in the first billion years o f its lifetime when it was bom ­ barded by sizable bodies that were com ing together to form the planets and satellites we know today. A fter that, though, Triton must have melted and then refrozen smoothly. What melted it? We d o n ’t know. Perhaps it collided with another of N eptune’s satellites. Perhaps the shock melted both bodies and com bined them. Perhaps that is why Triton revolves around Neptune in the wrong direction. Each o f the other large satellites revolves about its parent planet in the same direction the planet rotates on its axis. But Triton revolves oppo­ site of N eptune’s rotation.

If nothing had happened to Triton after it refro ze, its su rface w ould be c o m p letely sm ooth, but there are irregularities. That makes it different than Jupiter’s satellite, Eu­ ropa, which is com pletely smooth because it is covered entirely by an ice glacier that refreezes whenever it is struck, melted and broken by meteorites. Triton is more like Jupiter’s satel­ lite, lo, which is volcanic. The melted rock that pours out o f Io’s volcanoes fills up the craters and leaves the surface smooth except w here the volcanoes are actually active.

Triton also seem s to be volcanic. But, in T riton’s case, there is no rock to speak o f in the outer layers, and no heat source pow erful enough to melt it if there were. Instead, T riton’s tem perature, while extremely low, is still warm enough (especially in places where heat reaches the surface from the interior of the satellites) to melt and vaporize the nitrogen.

The nitrogen blasts outward, m elting some o f the water-ice that surrounds it. The ice refreezes quickly, forming ridges and mounds.

These ridges are up to a few hundred yards high and can som etimes run for hundred o f miles along the surface. All the variety of T rito n ’s surface may be the result o f “ice-volcanoes,” the only ones o f this kind that we know o f in our solar system.

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EDITORIAL

Is the Greek system worth the cost?

House tours have passed, and with the new Greek schedule instated, the rushing period has begun. Each w eekend, Freshmen dash down to their favorite house and fraternize with the brothers.

WPI now has tw elve eleven fraternities. Each one sponsors a variety o f interesting events to lure the freshman down. To name a few: “Car sm ash,” “ice cream with the Becker girls,” “snake feedings,” leg contests, and mud wrestling. D on’t be deceived though, these activities are just for show. Clearly, the main purpose o f these fraternal organizations is philanthropy.

Anyone w ho has ever read the Greek Comer knows the significance o f altruism, goodw ill and philanthropy in the Greek system and the important role these play in all the Greek activities on campus.

And why are all the sorority members so psyched?

by Ghostwriter As I was wandering around cam ­ pus during the first few w eeks of school, I noticed a few things that I thought were w orth m entioning to everyone.

PO INT ONE: The D om ino’s Man Everyone, especially the freshmen whose digestive systems have not yet hardened enough to handle daka food, knows the D om ino’s Man. It’s always the sam e guy, and he’s always here.

But what I’ve always wondered is: How com e he never sm iles? He

The PanHellenic society and the IFC are an alliance bound by this com m on goal. And o f course, just a little bit o f drinking on the weekend. And maybe an o cca­ sional party during the week.

Philanthropy is the aspect o f Greek life that PanHel and the IFC try hardest to promote. If converted directly to dollars, does this really pay for the increased police services, vandalism, and medical burden on our society?

Is it just a coincidence that Institute Hall has experienced a high rate o f vandalism? How many independents have been arrested for disturbing the peace?

C ollectively the Greek system raised over $25,000 dur­ ing the 1988/1989 academic year. But would this amount o f m oney have covered the damages incurred? It cost the Worcester Police and WPI Police time and m oney to investigate and pursue a drug bust at a fraternity last year.

m akes about $12 an hour, d o e sn ’t have to wear a tie, yet he always looks like his best friend was hit by a falling Delta Airlines jet engine. W hy? Does his boss get on his case? Does his girlfriend get upset over the “ 30 m in­ utes or less” rule? Or is he hiding som e deep, dark, evil secret behind his spiffy red -an d -a q u a u n ifo rm ?

Perhaps only he knows for sure, but it sure gives you som ething to think about, doesn’t it?

POINT TW O: A Calculus Book At the start of the school year, I found m y self standing in line for many hours to buy a large, expensive

Ask Mike Electric Problems Hello everyone. Two weeks until term break (Y eah!), time sure does fly when you’re working hard and party­ ing harder. I hope everyone had a productive w eekend, if not, you better start working your butt off. Finals are in two weeks.

This w eek’s question is on the screw up with Ellsw orth and Fuller A partm ents’ electric bills. It seems that someone at Residential Life for­ got to switch the electric bills into the spokesperson’s name. So the school was getting the bill. The school fig­ ured every apartm ent’s bill and in­ formed the residents that they would have to call Massachusett Electric to get service and fix the naming on the bill (It should be noted that this has never been done in the past. You figure the school could do something for the $ 1241.66 per month they get in rent!!). In addition, the school told the residents to pay their bills by October 1. There were only a few problems with this course o f action.

First, O ctober 1 is a Sunday. As we know , only the food service and church are open on Sunday. So most of the tenants had to either pay by Friday or wait until Monday (no big deal letting them wait; although, they might charge the spokesperson’s ac­ count. Oohh). Also, some residents called M assachusetts Electric about the m atter. Mass. Electric told them that they had to go down there and present proper identification and a rent receipt. Most occupants d o n ’t

know where Mass. Electric is, and none of them get rent receipts. Now being thoroughly angered, our letter w riter storm ed over to R esidential Life (this is an hour after reading his note from Res. Life).

He asked about the note and was told that no one had talked thoroughly about the problem with Mass. Electric and that Residential Life was sending them a list with the spokesperson’s nam e and address O ur heartless ten­ ant was told that this action would probably correct the problem , but our hero was not out of the forest yet.

Upon paying his bill on Friday, he ask if the problem was solved and explained what Mass. E lectric had said on Tuesday about going down in person. The secretary informed the weary traveler that unfortunately he would almost certainly have to go to M ass. Electric and present him self to them with positive I.D. The now pissed off resident called M assachu­ setts Electric.

A kind secretary/operator named D enise solved his R esidential Life induced problem. Mass. Electric had already changed all the nam es on the bills to spokespeople. No one would have to go down in person to prove that he/she wanted a bill. Mass. Elec­ tric had ju s t u se d th e lis t o f spokespeople for the bill, ju st like previous years. The hapless writer/ tenant of the letter asked me if he could thank Residential Life for add­ ing another worthless problem to his life. Next time do your homework before sending occupants o f any resi­ dent hall letters. Residents have more to do than figure out Res. L ife’s screw ups.

Need to air a gripe? Need a prob­ lem resolve. Ask Mike to help! He gets results where other c a n ’t. Box 2142 or 2700.

book that I d idn’t really want. O f course, it was a C alculus book, as was stated clearly on the cover in big, not p articu larly friendly block letters.

Underneath the brief but direct title was a silhouette o f Stonehenge, which did nothing to ease my apprehension at all. O f all things to put on the cover, why Stonehenge, an ancient artifact that nobody really knows ju st what the hell it does, anyway? Why d o n ’t they ju st nam e the tom e “C alculus and other M ysteries o f the Unknown U ni­ verse,” and call it even. M aybe they could get Tim e-Life Books to publish

it, throw in a clock-radio or some­ thing... but I digress.

The fun didn’t stop there, though.

W hen I began using the book, I no­ ticed a strange and disturbing thing: a group o f blank pages at the end of the book. Needless to say, I was worried.

Did I pay $56 (not a bad price when you figure it out by the pound, actu­ ally) for a book with blank pages? For that many clam s, I expect printing on every single page, maybe even on the inside covers. O r worse, what if there was supposed to be som ething on those pages, and it w asn ’t there?

W hat if I was m issing out on the Ultimate Secret o f Calculus, or maybe

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It cost a WPI freshman pain and suffering (equal to no amount o f m oney) after he fell from a different frater­ n ity’s w indow and injured his back. Further, why must fraternity “brothers” sign a legal statement to protect their pledges and brothers from physical abuse and harassment from the other members? That hazing form can ’t be for the Christian Bible Fellow ship. In addition, at an informational session about date rape, the discus­ sion quickly turned to fraternities. TKE recently voted to elim inate pledging, to help prevent hazing. This implies that hazing is inherent to pledging.

What fraternities do provide is a social life and housing. Sure, fraternity parties are fun. They do provide housing for a large percentage o f the campus (especially for those into Yoga). But at what cost?

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Observations from the Asylum Picking on a Dead Despot

by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff

W ell, he finally croaked! Yes, it’s official. Ferdinand M arcos is stone dead (either that or h e’s living with Elvis and John Holmes). Imelda said that she wants to, “fertilize the Philip­ pines with his ashes.” I always knew that he was full o f crap. . I ’m sort of glad that h e ’s dead. It has nothing to do with the way he raped the Philippines. Now we d o n ’t have to keep hearing about the way h e ’s expected to “die anytime now .”

How long has he been dying anyhow ?

Eight, ten months? Seem s like longer.

The radio news person read the list o f things that killed him , it took about five minutes.

Im elda said she is going to have him em balm ed and put on public dis­ play. I guess the first thing she said

when he died was, “Oh, good! More closet space!”

Oh, for shame Alton! Picking on the poor M arcoses in their time of grief; says my conscience. Piss off, says I, it’s been a tough week and I have to take it out on someone. Well, I don’t really, but I do.

Fraternity rush I’m sure is in full swing, but I d o n ’t carf; cause I live far away from here this year. O ther than that there is not much happening at W P I. A h, ex c e p t P a re n ts ’ D ay.

H ere’s a question for all the Froshpeople: Have fun with Mummy and Daddy around?

Ok, here’s the scenario: Mom and Dad spend 18 years trying to get you the hell out of the house so they can have some peace and quiet. Four weeks after they finally get rid o f you they visit and tell you how much they miss you. It just doesn’t make sense.

Joger’s View What to do on Saturdays?

by Joger Its funny. W hen we were accepted to W PI, and even during orientation, we w ere given the impression that there was plenty to do on cam pus, at all tim es (within reason). Now, before I start anything, let me say that I re a liz e that n o th in g can be o p en tw enty-four hours a day. That w ould be useless and stupid.

H o w ev er, w hen we a rriv e d in A ugust we w ere urged to stay on cam pus during the weekends for the first m onth or so. W ell, Barney and I had no problem s with that, really. W e figured that there w ould be plenty to do an y w ay . W e w ere o b v io u sly wrong.

The whole thing started last Satur­ day. W e went to play racquetball in the c o u rts a d jac en t to H a rin g to n Auditorium . It was 6:10. Barney and I started playing. About four m inutes later C am pus Police cam e by and told us we couldn’t play, the courts close at six. W e went over to Alumni, which was already locked tight. A guy out­ side the gym looked at us quizzically and asked, “It’s closed already?”

W e returned to our dorm. We w ere a little ticked by this time. It was sixthirty on a Saturday evening, and there was nothing to do until later, w hen the parties w ould inevitably begin.

N eedless to say, the parties began.

We w ent to one, which was pretty much under control. It was a little noisy, but the only one com plaining was the R.A. Just about everyone got drunk rather quickly, and the guy that threw the party, (I’ll call him Harry) m ade sure that everyone who couldn’t m ake it to their room s on their ow n m ade it back. It was still early, and we w ere th inking m aybe o f going to another one. Harry returned only to tell us not to bother: Campus Police and City Police had broken up every party on campus.

O kay, now please tell me, what the hell ae we supposed to do on Saturday nights? W e can’t play sports, every­ th in g ’s locked up tighter than Fort Knox. W e can ’t have parties o u r­ selves, and the frats a ren ’t supposed to let us into theirs (freshm en, that is).

W e are too young to get into the clubs dow ntow n without a fake ID. This is W PI, but does anybody really think that w e’re going to study on a Satur­ day night? If you do, take my advice, see a shrink.

The only other alternative is G om ­ p ei’s, but they would have to obtain som e heavy duty entertainm ent w eek after w eek to attract everyone one cam pus (w hich G om pei’s w ouldn’t hold anyway).

A s to the sporting facilities, isn’t it a possibility to set up a system much like the bank machines have? You

know the ones, where the door re­ mains locked until a student slides his/her ID card into the slot to open the door. I know, I know , administation will say, “That costs too much, that’s out o f the question!” Is that anymore out of the question than being a mil­ lion dollars over budget and spending thousands o f dollars (probably close to fifty thousand or more) to put in a new parking lot, with Vermont gran­ ite curbs, no less?

It’s obvious the parking lot was put in for the sake o f the visitors, but shouldn’t the powers - that - be worry more about the needs o f the students who are paying $18,500+ a year to attend this place?

The question remains, what are we supposed to do? But I suppose that should be enough for now. I welcome all com m ents on this, or other matters for possible future Jo g e r’s V iew s.

Send in the com m ents, students and faculty alike (please specify if you’d prefer not to have your name m en­ tioned), to Jo g er’s View, Box 1076.

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My parents did it last year and I spent months trying to figure it out. I still h a v en ’t.

It really boggles the mind how people can be so illogical. I suppose it’s all the emotional attachment our parents have for us. After all they d id n ’t spend lots of time and money raising us to send us o ff without one last guilt trip. I am only now realizing

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just how effective a good guilt trip can be, mostly because I feel guilty often (just kidding, but it sounds good).

Parent’s Day came and went, and boy are we glad. My parent’s elected not to show up. They spent the w eek­ end in a little Bed and Breakfast in Vermont (smart people). I was happy, and they were happy. But, for the rest o f you whose parents did come; my

deepest sym pathies.

News story of the week: Mike Dukakis m akes a speech about how the 55 mile and hour speed limit has saved lives in M assachusetts. Later that day his Environm ental Secretary (or som ething like that) gets caught paying a speeding ticket. He was going 104 mph in a state owned car.

Can you say “O O PS!”

Standing in Soapsuds Helper without the Hamburger

by Nathan Daniels T hroughout all of time, man and all living creatures have centered exis­ tence about two major themes; repro­ duction and food gathering. This week I will w rite about one of these m ajor them es. Hmmm, which shall it be? If this w ere ratings week and I was a m ajor netw ork, I would write about reproduction, o f course. H owever, this is the fifth week of the term and no one has time to watch TV and I’m not even sure if anyone reads this column anyway. So I choose to write about food gathering (besides, I have much more experience in that department).

Until recent history, food gather­ ing was a full tim e occupation. A guy w ould wake up in the morning and discover that he was hungry again.

W hat to do, what to do? W hy, catch som ething and eat it. Those who caught enough, were no longer hungry and could spend time on more im por­ tant things like evolving. Those who d id n ’t catch enough got tired and later were caught them selves. And so, to make a very long story very short, we hum ans o f today are the results of m illions o f years o f running after small furry creatures that really w ere­ n ’t that fast.

While A ncient Man had to muck about in the underbrush with a long stic k , M an o f Today has put his quickly learned evolution skills to work and created the Superm arket.

There, food appears in various shapes

and forms; from the versatile flour to the fully cooked B-B-Q chicken legs.

It’s all there for the purchasing. You d o n ’t need a big stick. You don’t need to be very quick. Everything is pack­ aged; it cannot run from you. All you need is money and some time. W hen you are lacking either, the Superm ar­ ket is of no use to you.

Last week I was lacking time. I meant to m ake time to replenish my supplies, but one thing lead to another and before I knew it, I was in culinary hell. It happened last Thursday. I opened the cupboard (why do they call it that - 1 d o n ’t store cup or boards in there) and the cupboard was bare.

Well, it w asn’t completely bare.

There was salt, pepper, spilt flour, half a canister o f sugar, a few coffee grounds, an assortm ent of spices that I used once each, and something way in back. I went up on tiptoes to get a better look. Yes, there was something way in back. I got a flashlight. I could see a four-fingered white glove. It was smiling at me. It was Hamburger Helper.

Surely this was sent to me from above; non-perishable food in the back of my cupboard! Jim and Tammy Bakker, let me send you my money now. A fter the initial on­ slaught of euphoria, I stopped to think if I had the right ingredients. I looked at the box and it said I would need a pound of ham burg and some water.

I turned the faucet. W ater cam e out. I was on a roll. I open the

refrigerator. I looked way in back. I saw ham burger. It saw me. It ran out the open door o f the fridge. Not one to stand in the way o f hamburger evolu­ tion (or a piece of rancid meat), I let the ham burger go.

So I had half o f what I needed to make the H am burger Helper. Not one to be daunted by setbacks, I proceeded to boil the water. If I couldn’t have Ham burger Helper, I would at least have Helper. I followed the instruc­ tions, discretely averting my eyes when it told me to brown the ham ­ burger. I boiled, I mixed, I simmered.

I let thicken upon standing. I had dinner.

In retrospect, I should have known it w ouldn’t taste right. I had the “B eef S tro g a n o ff’ H am burger Helper. I should have realized that they put a whole lot o f salt and seasoning in the H am burger H elper mix to give the pound of ham burger taste. I should have adjusted and used less of the flavor mix. But I didn’t. So I had enough salt in my dinner that night to salinate Lake Michigan. I got so much sodium in me, that all I could say for about an hour afterwards was “Na. N a.”

But I’ve since recovered and also have gone grocery shopping. I didn’t buy any H am burger Helper this time around. I wizened up and bought a whole bunch o f M acaroni and Cheese.

Now, o f course, I have to insure that I have butter and milk on hand to make that.

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Greek Views Greeks and Philanthropy

by Jenn Tobin Panhellenic President and Greg Baryluk IFC President

The WPI G reek system consists of over 1,000 m em bers belonging to 14 chapters, all o f whom partake in some type o f philanthropic activity each year. The activities vary greatly; ranging from sponsoring eat-a-thons to hosting parties for orphans.

Some o f last y ear’s main fund rais­ ing activities were Phi Sigm a K appa’s March o f Dimes W achusett Fun Fest which raised $2,000; Sigm a Alpha E p silo n ’s C ar R allye w hich raised $ 1,000 for the Easter Seals; Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Bench-a-thon which raised over $2,000 for the American Heart A sso c ia tio n ; S ig m a P i’s M iracle Mile, which raised over $9,000 for Multiple Sclerosis; Theta C h i’s Run for Life which raised $3,000 for the United W ay; and Phi Sigm a Sigm a’s Rock-a-thon which raised $2,000 for the National Kidney Foundation.

Some o f the sm aller events in­ cluded Phi Sigma K appa’s March of D im es W a lk -a-th o n w hich raised $200; Sigm a Alpha E psilon’s softball tournament to benefit AIDS research which raised $200, and its Smartfood Eat-a-thon which raised $50 for a W o rc e s te r so u p k itc h e n ; A lp h a Gam m a D elta’s w alk-a-thon which raised $600 for the Juvenile Diabetes

Foundation; and Delta Phi E psilon’s E aster chocolate sale which raised $100 for C ystic Fibrosis.

A lthough raising money for chari­ ties is im portant, Greek philanthropy activities have reached outside o f that scope. Last y ear the m em bers of A lpha Chi R h o were involved in North Pole Calling with the W orc­ ester Parks and Recreation D epart­ ment. The m em bers o f Sigma Alpha Epsilon donated time to the Mustard Seed, a soup kitchen for the homeless, rebuilt gazebos in Institute Park for the W orcester Parks and Recreation D epartm ent, and helped deliver roses to aid in raising money for the A rthri­ tis Foundation. Theta Chi partici­ pated in a leaf raking service, a can drive for the United W ay, and gave assistance to the American C ancer Service distributing flowers. Broth­ ers o f Tau K appa Epsilon donated their time to organize and run the 1989 International Student O lympics and to build housing for low income fam i­ lies every Saturday as part o f the Habitat for Humanity.

Several chapters also helped the youth o f W orcester. Phi G am m a Delta, Phi K appa Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigm a Phi Epsilon all held Christm as parties last year dur­ ing which the brothers played with the children and supplied presents for them. O ther projects included a Big Brother program which the m em bers

o f Phi Gamma Delta took part in, and a track meet which was sponsored and organized for the Big Brother/Sister program of W orcester by Phi Kappa Theta.

T he In te rfr a te rn ity and Panhellenic Councils also sponsored philanthropic activities. The B an­ croft T ow er clean-up was done in conjunction with the City o f W orc­ e ste r by m em b ers o f A lpha T au Omega, Sigm a A lpha Epsilon, Sigm a Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi, Phi Sigm a Sigma, Delta Phi Epsilon, and Alpha Gamma Delta. Since this com m u­ nity-wide restoration project proved to be successful, the Councils plan to sponsor it each year.

Members o f the Greek system as­ sisted in the planning and implemen-

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Along with auction, the Red Cross Blood Drive is another annual event which the Councils sponsored to raise supplies o f blood for the local Red Cross.

Collectively, the WPI Greek sys­ tem raised over $25,000 during the 1988/1989 academ ic year for chari­ ties and touched the lives o f many people in the surrounding com m u­ nity. Since m ost o f these philan­ th ro p ic a c tiv itie s are an n u al, the Greek system at W PI will continue to provide charity for the people in and surrounding W orcester.

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A detective story (C PS)-Jim m y Hoffa was a beefy fellow.

People used to accuse him o f terrible things.

They said he beat up sm aller folks who dis­ pleased him. They said he bludgeoned truckers into letting him safeguard their retirem ent savings, and that he ungratefully stole the money to buy huge pinkie rings, casinos in N e­ vada and other frills. Unappreciative Hoffa critics, they said, had a way o f losing limbs or disappearing altogether. H offa was perplexed, flabbergasted and probably personally hurt by the rumors. But you know how rumors can assume the force o f fact. So Hoffa was con­ victed o f offering a ju ro r a deal he c o uldn’t ref­ use in 1964 and, in 1969, of, w ell, m isplacing union funds.

W hen he got out of prison in 1971, he re­ portedly tried to regain control of the T eam ­ sters Union, despite the w ishes of an im per­ sonal federal governm ent insensitive to the needs of the people. Some o f the gentlemen who had come to control the union’s money in H offa’s absence also were displeased. But then, as luck would have it, Hoffa left his home one day for a luncheon m eeting at a Detroit restaurant. He never returned.

Sophom oric hum orists m ade jokes that he had been executed, and buried in concrete som ewhere. Om inously, a new highway con­ struction project began in Detroit soon after H offa’s disappearance.

A couple of years later, the m arching bands o f various Ivy League schools became locked in an informal battle to stage the most outra­ geous halftime perform ances.

Y ale’s band probably won — mem bers did everything from moon the-crow d at a Holy Cross gam e in 1985 to stage a show about “paranoia about the Red Scare” at W est Point — but the bands from Princeton, Harvard and Brown also m anaged to earn stem reprimands from adm inistrators.

T hus it was that C olum bia U niversity’s marching band decided the best way to top its rivals was to, you guessed it, solve the Hoffa case.

At a half-tim e show at G iants Stadium at East R utherford, N .J., the band form ed an arrow pointing to m idfield as the announcer suggested that Hoffa may have been buried in concrete at the spot.

The show w as widely dism issed as just another exam ple of tasteless Ivy League detec­ tive work.

In the N ovem ber, 1989, issue of Playboy magazine, a self-described m ob hit man said he knew w ho killed Hoffa, and that they had buried the rem ains in then-setting concrete in the w est end zone at Giants Stadium.

C o l l e g e tr iv ia f a c t s (CPS)-Meanwhile, Back On The Mean Streets Of Campus U niversity o f Illinois law student Joseph M ulcahy, 25, w as trying to deposit money at his bank Sept. 18 when police rushed in, threw him to the ground, arrested him , and tossed him into jail when he unknow ingly handed the teller a deposit slip on which someone had written a holdup note as a hoax.

In late A ugust, “som e” parents o f State Uni­ versity o f New York at Brockport students re­ ceived letters saying their kids had been put on probation for violating the cam pus’s alcohol policies.

A ngered, they called D irector o f Public Safety Leonard Neidert to discover the letters were forged by som eone who, Neidert said, ap­ parently was trying to pull o ff a hoax.

Does This Qualify As Pure Or Applied Research?

T he N ew M exico State U niversity fire departm ent rushed to respond to an Aug. 25 report of sm oke belching out o f the Home Ec kitchen, only to find a sm oldering oven full of abandoned hot chiles.

Departm ent chair Bob D elcam po blamed mem bers o f the C ooperative Extension Serv­ ice, which uses NMSU facilities for agricul­ tural research, for leaving the cooking chiles unattended.

When Profs Have Too Much Time On Their Hands: C arnegie M ellon University Professor Hans B erliner’s com puter, called Hitech, won the Pennsylvania State Chess C ham pionship in five straight gam es. He predicted com puters will be able to beat chess G rand M aster Gary Kasparov within four years...

C olum bia researchers G regory and David C hudno’ sky used a supercom puter Aug. 30 to calculate the value o f pi to over one billion places, a record. > v .. . . .

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Tuesday October 3,1989

GREEK CORNER A lpha C hi R ho G reetings to all the Crows and everyone else w ho cares to read this. The best news o f the week is the success of the annual Sex on the Beach party. Even though w e’ll be dum ping sand out o f our shoes for w eeks to com e, it was worth it. Thanks to Steve for the am azing job he did on the t-shirts. LCDR Savina lost that loving feeling, but we wish him the best luck in finding it.

W hile brothers are still recovering. R ush is m oving ahead. Carnival Night and M onday N ight Football w ere fun for everyone that cam e dow n. The Mt. M onadnock trip is sure to be a blast, so come on with us if you want to have som e fun and get out o f the dorm s for a change.

T he house is getting ready for o u r 25th anniver­ sary hom ecom ing in two weeks. G ood jo b on the C oke m achine, guys.

Intramurals are still going great with a foot­ ball win over Riley first (you guys put up a good fight). Hopefully Al got that violent streak out o f his system, and can look forward to B-Term sports.

Birthdays have been in abundance lately.

G ibelli and Anamasi are a year older. And Happy Birthday to our cook Mark, we w on’t m ention his age, but next year is the big one.

C ongrats to Carps on his Actuarial, we know you can do it. The Nibs should thank T rotta for his violin solo last week. It was, well, moving to say the least.

K eep that psyche up for Rush (the chaos in the house has been cute so far, but ju st wait).

We hope to see everyone at the Uptown Party this week. It prom ises to be another exciting night on Boynton Street. G o Greek, and I am outta here.

A lpha G am m a D elta As greek women, we are part o f a system that educates, develops and encourages self grow th in an atm osphere o f friendship. W e ask together to develop our personal lives as well as our bonds o f sisterhood. Personal develop­ m ent and growth incorporates many features with one being the capacity to change. One avenue o f change includes the actions taken toward the advancem ent o f one objective or goal. Success in attaining ones goal is also greatly enhanced once it has been shred with another. It is for this purpose that this com pos­ ite o f A GD goals is being shared with the WPI com m unity.

CH A PTER GOALS T o be a good and organized leader. To make sure the sophom ore class rem ains enthusiastic.

T o get to know more o f the sisters better than I do now . For everybody to make more effort to participate - so that it is not just the sam e few w ho accom plish everything. For the different classes to become more unified. For social events to include more o f the other greek organizations. T o have a year o f sisterhood and smiles. To keep involved as a sister. Raise a lot o f money for our philanthropy.

YEA RLY GOALS To pass all my classes. T o m ake senior year the best year ever. Get a job. Get an “ A” on MQP. Lose I0 L B S . Pick up better grades. To becom e more involved in cam pus activities.

To graduate and remain close to sisters. To have one hell of a year!! Meet lots o f new people. To be more open. Not to be so hard on m yself or others under pressure or when things go wrong.

LIFETIM E GOALS T o have m ore patience. To be able to function better under difficulties. T o relate better to other people. To find more satisfac­ tion in giving than receiving. Em phasizing the positive and have an optimistic attitude w hen­ ever possible. T o be happy and becom e a happy successful engineer. To be happy. To m ake better decisions. To be the best that 1 possibly can be. To not be so nervous. T o be friendlier to everybody. Treat others how I like to be treated. Establish high standards. To becom e a better listener. To be more assertive.

Q UA RTER GOALS G et an “A ” in a class. To pass EE. To get 3 “A ” this term. To become better organized.

To becom e more physically fit. To learn better time managem ent. To have a pulse under 19 at aerobics. Lose 5 LBS. To pass Kinem atics, D esign o f M achine Elem ents. Do well in C REW , and other sports teams.

A lpha Tau O m ega W hat a week, or should I say two, m aybe three, w eeks it has been at the Tau House. O ur annual Cocktail, er, - excuse me, sem i-formal was an enorm ous success as usual. I wish I could rem em ber some o f the more m em orable events that occurred, but you know how things go. A TO is well on its way to recapturing the sports cup this year. Both football and volley­ ball team s are undefeated and A team volley­ ball is in the play-offs. Thank you, Karch

Slocik fo r y o u r w o n d erfu l ju m p service.

RUSH is going extrem ely will so far, and freshmen, be aware of one o f our best events com ing this Friday, our annual Mud W restling night. D on’t forget to com e on up, watch, or even participate in some great com petition between th e brothers and local co-eds. Be prepared, w e got some real bruisers at this school.

Ma w ould like to say one thing and I must oblige her, so here is her quote o f the week, “ Now listen boys, y o u ’re nothing but a hateful bunch o f ungratefuls and if I was your mothers and fathers. I ’d have sent you all to reform school a long time ago!” Thanks Ma, we love you too, now G O HOME! We got som e dirt on you anyw ay, found out you have been m oon­ lighting at th e “Lam plighter lounge." And we believe you when you d o n ’t come in on M on­ days. Spiderm an, spiderman, nobody knows w ho you are, Spiderm an, W ingerman - oops w ell now w e know who that m asked wall craw ler really is. Hang in there, bud. HA! No pun intended. Lie. Spyglasses for sale in the Blue Peter. Buy two and get the latest C D from the Brig boys titled, “Oh please w on’t you just say y o u ’ll, y o u ’ll, y o u ’ll SING for me. Ed Head dolls o n sale next week. Bye the w ay, that song rem inds me o f an old 1960’s hit that goes “ Bye, bye M s. Chinese Pie, took Fiacco to the M ushroom but the mushroom had died, and Ed and Steve and Yenna too, said let’s go to the Blue Peter, how ‘bout you?” W ow , really exercising that literary freedom lately.

Hey Ma, when are you gonna make us some D eep-D iving-D ish pie for dinner? If you need help with the recipe, just ask Skigs o f Deli.

Everyone m ake sure that you talk to Dr. Phillip M. Fistfinger concerning strange dream s and nightmares. He will analyze your nocturnal anecdotes and explain them with clarity and honesty, and he may even tell you a story or two. Like the last time he was at N ancy’s Italian restaurant, and he had this strange dish.

W hat did it taste like anyway, Dr. Phil? A wheat cracker, a burrito? No, it was sweeter, much like chocolate milk. Yeah, th a t’s it. I asked for seconds also. Be warned though, not all his explanations of dream s have pleasant consequences; just ask J.C., that is if you can catch him, that wheelchair o f his moves kinda fast you know. Detox for Howey and Puda. 72 hours and counting. By the way, Puda, what was that you said about a certain group partner o f mine, I d id n ’t quite catch that. Watch out G rimm, Som ething is chew ing on your arm.

And its not from Albany, either. You’ll proba­ bly want to kill me for that one, get all huge and exasperated, blow a gland or two. Just rem em ­ ber w ho’s the boss. And the real Boss could be none other than Rip. Great job, nuffsed. A land Skigs, it is strongly suggested that you both take a valium , d o n ’t get so discombobulated about things, you know. G ee, I must have swallowed a dictionary this morning. Korol, you LITTLE devil you. Ha ha, welcome to the world o f sm all prominence. Face man greets you heartily. He was getting lonely. Why Yenna, what lovely condim ents you are serv­ ing lately. Deli is especially DELIghted, not only cuz o f that but because he just got a new sandbox of his own and doesn’t have to sleep on the couch anymore. Hope to have a box wetting party last Friday. NACHOS!!. We are really glad you got a bed finally, Jimmy. You need the rest, especially since you are always running “SM A C K ” into adventuresom e situ­ ations at the State w aterm elon store. Thanks to Darrell and R andy for fixing the chapter room door. We w ill give you a vote or two for house manager, h o w ’s that sound? Bill Nichols, have you recovered? Some concerned brothers want to know cuz they want to take you out drinking after a M etallica concert. Oh yes, a very belated, but happy birthday to our Septem ber babies, N ichols, Slocik, and yours truly. And hopefully, this article is more com prehensible than the last one. I know I promised a decoder in this issue, but, as resource limitations have it, I cannot supply it through the paper. Fret not! I think they can be found in this years freshman handbook. So if y o u ’re willing to pay for meat, you can get som e mud too. Later.

You wrote bout little ‘ol me?! Jules, it was great to see you!! W e miss you!!! I’m coming.

Poppa!!!

P hi G am m a D elta It’s not my fault! Really!? Well, here it is, the long awaited article in Newspeak that so many o f you have reminded me about. Hope you're all satisfied. There have been a lot of happenings dow n at FIJI in the first four weeks o f the term, but everybody know s what they are so who cares, m aking any sense yet.

First I'd like to thank the Brothers o f the Class o f '8 2 for joining us for dinner last week, too bad it c o u ld n 't have been for different reasons, but it was great having you back to the house, none o f you will probably read this, but hey, thanks. Also like to congratulate Brother Elkington on his receiving the Gold Helmet award for last w eek 's performance in W P I’s win over C oast G uard and overdue congrats to B rother W hitney for being nam ed ECA C Player o f the W eek a few weeks back, keep it up guys. Patriots are looking for some talent.

In other news, FIJI A flag football team appears to be on the way to capturing the title with a 4-0 record so far. W e w on’t mention volleyball... Clicks to thank Doug F. for the great jo b h e’s doing as house destroyer, I mean house manager. C ouldn’t have picked a better person, now h e ’s supposed to fix everything he breaks. Brother Dorhety, when are you gonna stop looking at everyone when they come out o f the shower, it’s starting to get annoying to a lot of people. To my roommate who has been troubled by a an evil MQP advisor, Cancun is only 5 months away...

Until the next article, w henever that is, d on’t drink and drive, just drink, lots. Ntill

Phi Sigm a Sigm a Greetings. We have many exciting activi­ ties happening this weekend to look forward to and to get us through this week: Friday, October 6th - Phi Sigma Sigma and Sigma Pi are hosting C ocktails in G om pei’s. It’ll be a blast - be there! Saturday, O ctober 7th - you thought it was gone, but now it’s back... the Bowl-a-thon! This year Phi Sig Kap will be an official cosponsor. Sunday, O ctober 8th - the Tri-Sorority Reception will serve to show off the three wonderful sororities that this campus boasts!

Enough about this coming weekend, this past w eekend was equally exciting. Cari, D o n n a, an d D a n ie lle did su p erb ly w ith M W Rep’s production. Thanks to the sisters who went — your support was definitely ap­ preciated! A grand time was had by all who went to the festivities after the football game (Cheers to M elissa, Ellen, Maria & Heidi).

ATO cocktails, FIJI woo woos - need I say more.

Remem ber to help Michelle with H om e­ coming float ideas, etc. Personal Hi(s) to Moe and Chris (so they’ll stop pestering me) and to their pal the milk carton kid. 15 days until the end o‘ the term; 21 days until Rush; 65 days until the XMAS party. Until we meet again, LITP.

S igm a A lpha Epilson Last Saturday’s party with Hush Hush was awesome, holy crowded party room. These “new” kegs we have been using are the best beer from Milwaukee. Even though everyone was drinking and partying we must rem ember one fact: The zoo is looking for a few good brothers, let’s increase membership. Rem em ­ ber, w e’re still in rush so let’s keep the house in great condition. Hi, Dumpy!! The Chiseler made an appearance last weekend and he es­ caped from being bowled. L et's get psyched to bowl him next time he comes by. How about A-Term football winning the division. Great job. L et’s not forget about the volleyball teams. W ho said “A real man doesn’t get bow led?” Hey G rabs, how 's it hanging? How about changing the zipperhead award to being called the bubblehead award? Finally, let’s get psyched for some CS/PR events in the future.

D elta Phi Epsilon T au K appa Epsilon Hello sisters o f Delta Phi Epsilon. Everyone did a great job with the carnation sale!! Thanks. We all had a great tim e at Livingston Taylor Friday night. Carolyn, you did a wonderful job. We love you!!!

W hat, cold season? I think Val started it.

The question is, w ho’d she get it from?! Sh­ eryl- get better please!! We need our pledges.

Is Mark sick yet? It’s all G ooch’s fault. Or maybe W anda’s. Gooch, thanks for the m iserywe love you anyw ay- Fuller 17. Thanks for the “you know w hat” pobre cito. Anybody want a carnation? Jen, is Andy alive or does he always act like that? An hour a night Chris? Just say NO!! D on’t w orry- you have triple A (AAA)!

The Rush events for this week are a Wet N ’ Wild Party on Friday after 9:(X) PM for all freshm en; punch, soda and snacks will be provided. A water slide will be constructed in the basement for your pleasure. Bring a bath­ ing suit, a towel and good attitude. Saturday we will be going to Par 3 Golf. Monday we will have a Movie Night with subs.

We will be hosting cast members of Up W ith People on O ctober 17-18. For our work last year we received from the school an Excel­ lence in Comm unity Service Award and from our International Headquarters we received an award for Top Public Relations. If you would like to learn more about the people that repre­

sent T K E in this cam pus, come up any time a id meet the fraters... or dial l-800-RUSH -TKE. N ow, a report on the happenings o f our house: W e had a great comedian out o f Boston for one o f our Rush events, what was his namet?

David, er, uhr, Kevin, yeah that’s it, Flynn had the house rolling in the aisles Monday. So, Spud w hat part o f C anada are you from?

M aine?! Xan is a Becker chick. Joel is hung like a... cubseat!!

JP had a great solo at last w eek’s G lee Club C oncert. Frater Dr. Y. H. Ma, was up for lunch on Tuesday and we had a very nice talk with him. W e’re glad he enjoyed the meal and skipped his swim m ing hour to visit us. In football our record is now 2-2 and in Volleyball o ur record is 2-1 w inning against our last opponent SP in two sets. That was a good gam e.

W atch out everybody, TKE should be tak­ ing all the top places in this y ear's foosball tournam ent. Trip around the world approach­ ing. See y ’all next week..

T h eta C hi HI! Freshmen- Remember, there is an open invitation to stop by the house anytim e. There are alw ays brothers around to tutor or to hang out. Another fine pizza night this Friday, come down and grab a bite- Smitty challenges you to a dough fight (he’ll clean up). Parent’s day went well thanks to |Cent (my room m ate).

G reat pie. And if you guys liked the party you can thank Alpha brother Todd M iller for doing two clean-up details and then two party details and postering the entire city. Thanks Grinch.

Intram urals are going w ell, I think?, who knows? Hi Blaze. Paul G ugino challenges anyone to show er him, especially J.C. Paul says y ou're fat and ugly. Hendu announces G eorge’s pregnancy. Hi Kent. Elario called Stas a #@ !$% #@ #@ ! goof. Parties are still the best. Hi Tom. H o w ‘bout that Jello -w h o made it? G reat job Neil. You are the best. Home­ com ing is near. H ow ’s the chariot Oompa?

D on’t be lame- help him out. Congratulations to our newly initiated brother Andy Uniacke.

Finally. A true I.P. Keep the kitchen clean. If there is anything I missed, fill it in yourself.

See Ya.

Zeta Psi Brothers, howz your radiators? Jim has that Busch can become part o f your arm. 12 beers and you’re more sober than I am. T-E-A-M team xerox strikes again, whats Mo doin’ that we aren ’t? Great car smash people, keep up the good work Pete Kak. Piggy howz ya bolt, looks good there stuck in the middle o f your face.

Skin d o n ’t drink and smash, nice mirror, re­ m em ber it, oh ya total blackout upstairs. Whoa time out for Mike to be an asshole. Bridge, did a friend come to see ya last week, w hat’s with the napkin rub down? Speaking o f new unexpecting friends, Andy the pledge ans Sar...

STOP TH A T UP THERE people dow n here are trying to sleep. D idn’t ya ever watch Dr. Ruth “ when you use your penis use pw ote^tion.”

That tape is scary for this house, bum it. Chris go see if ya can rent Hemp for Victory. Did anyone see a desk. I ’m just looking for a desk, w here’s that confounded desk... are flames suppose to lick the mantle? We should re­ charge the fire extinguishers. W e need more wood now... do we need the porch that much?

Look Nus a paragraph, happy. Hey ‘skirda, rem em ber this little bit o f history... “ Dennis, this is Maria our stripper” that’s what I always liked about ya Joe, you’re filled with tact (like beer....... ). TJ great job, reject burnt pizzas, rotten pay, long late hours, snotty customers... you’re right I should go work with ya. They are great pizzas though at 3am with hot peppers, d on’t get me wrong, don’t stop bringing them, 1 was only joking, please don’t stop. I ’m sorry, I’ll drive you wherever you want to go. No more roulette for Lucus, Pete what ever hap­ pened to NO RAISING ODDS THIS TIME. Papa slept over again, get up ya lazy shit. I wonder who is gunna get custody after this article. I think Z iggy’s become part of the com puter, he thinks he’s a flying ace o r some­ thing. By the way Ziggy, the piggy called, good, it’s a cruel world out there and we are just given ya a nibble. Nus, shut the hell up and get out o f the room ...sorry slipped....um m m m m go hit a bag or something. W elcom e home Tony, like your party, w e’ve been waiting patiently. Black Light Electric Jello well nice goin’ people the jello was good. The Sox, well they’re the Sox, I ’m the wrong one to be com m enting on them as long as som eone got drunk, there was at least one fight and the bus ran three cars o ff the road, who cares w ho wins.

Nice set o f legs, but I think they should have shaved better. If everyone on the third floor was goin on with the old in out, in sync with the floors the way they are, would the house be­ com e a 2 story building? ‘nuff said.

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Tuesday October 3,1989

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C LA S S IFIE D S 3 Room, furnished apt. $255/m on in­ clu d in g central heating, hot water and cooking. Available now. Call Aza 8425 5 12 Hey JOE...Put som e SA L V E on it!

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Herald the dawning o f a New Age in Mathematics, Fall Mathematics R enais­ sance Art Festival.

No Liz, your cold beer didn’t make m y NIPPLES hard.

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

Classified ads must be paid for in advance No information which, in the opinion ot the Newspeak editors, would identify an individual to the community will be printed in a personal ad. The editors reserve the right to refuse any ad deemed to be in bad taste or many ads from one group or individual on one subject.

The deadline for ads is the Friday before publication.

All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be accompanied by the writer's name, address and phone

Do you really think a gross will be enough?

H olly & Suzann O ptim ist’s Comer: C ynics are a bore.

True love is everywhere, yo u ’re just hid­ ing it.

C y n ic’s Comer: The death o f today m eans nothing but yet another m eaning­ less tomorrow.

Stinky - Your candle needs a longer w ick .

1 week later... the bet is still on. The Kitchen floor remains unmarred.

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TR A V EL FOR FREE! Looking for cam pus reps to sell trips to the Bahamas, Barbados, Cancun, and Jamaica. Must be organized and motivated, earn a free trip if you get a group o f 20 people. Call T ollFree 1-800-666-4857, M - F, 9 AM - 11 PM .

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Did anyone know that Bo Jackson was living in Founders?

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So Bo, you say y o u ’re a DOORS fan?

Did som eone ask for a loaf o f warm Stone-Ground W hole Wheat bread?

Why were pizza plates flying all over Dean St. Friday morning?

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Where did the Jordan Marsh catalog go?

the 1st floor ladies room. Come to Math.

Dept office to identify.

Hey 209, should one apply in person or by mail? Sounds like a decent job.

W isconson....W here’s W isconsen?

To Carl: Are you sure you don’t have another classified to put in this issue?

Maybe you could start a column. (Joke)

D id an yon e hear the dog and the chicken fighting with the giant skunk behind Founders Thursday night?

THIN RED LINE and TW ELVE MILE LIM IT... liv ea g e... C ocktails, O ctober 6th, (Friday) 8:00 PM. Make the hang. ...I thought it was a gumball.

Damn, those spiders are getting loud.

N icole, can I sleep in your bed?...W ith you?

W EL LN ESS C LA SS B Term P.E. 1000-B 17. Improve your mental and physical health! Lecture, discussion and non-com petitive exercise. Info: Judy, 831-5588; M adeleine 831-5540 Bands wanted for “W eekend Riot” in G om pei’s. Contact Bill at Social Commit­ tee O ffice or Box 2196 Pathways needs you to write short sto­ ries, poem s and create pen and ink draw­ ings. Please submit to Box 5150.

TUTORING Math, Physics and other EE and BE courses. From Grad. Student.

Call 752-8234. 10 PM - 11 PM ask UB.

Breyer’s Grape Jelly on warm StoneGround W hole Wheat bread. YUM!

D O N ’T SCRAM BLE AT THE LAST MINUTE! Sign up today or tomorrow for Pi Tau Sigm a’s A N N U A L EGG DROP CONTEST in the wedge. Anyone can join. Only $2 to enter.

RING & KEYS FOUND! A set o f keys including a Subaru key has been found in Stratton Hall. W e have also found a ring in

Kitty fried rice-a San Francisco treat.

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Tuesday October 3,1989

POLICE LOG Saturday September 23 12:02 AM - A Sergeant reported that a large tree had just blown down in front o f Institute Hall. There was no damage to the building, and the tree w as removed by the G rounds Crew later that m orning.

2:54 AM - A Sergeant reported that two canvas P arent’s Day banners had been stolen from the footbridge over W est Street within the past 10 minutes.

9:30 AM - A m em ber o f the Sigm a Phi Epsilon fraternity reported that grafitti had been painted on the fraternity house som etime overnight.

9:32 PM - An RA reported a strong smell o f marijuana in Founders Hall. Responding officers located a room which was em itting loud m usic, and determ ined that marijuana had been in use within that room . After speaking with the occupants o f the room, drug paraphenalia and a small am ount of m arijuana w ere confiscated. The student responsible for the subsance later stated that it belonged to a friend who was not a W PI student but had been in the room earlier. The student was referred to W P I’s judicial system. A half case of beer was also confiscated from the room as all o f the occupants were under 21 years o f age.

Sunday September 24 12:15 - A Sergeant reported closing down tw o parties in Founders Hall, one o f which consisted o f in excess of 50 persons. AH non-residents were rem oved and all alcohol found w as dum ped.

2:25 AM - A student reported that his apartm ent on Institute Road had been broken into. Entry was gained through a window on the first floor. A Sony W alkm an tape player was stolen.

1:18 PM - A report o f a 3 car accident at the intersection of Highland and W est streets was received.

The W orcester Police D epartm ent was contacted.

1:45 PM - A guest o f a WPI student reported the theft of a spare tire cover from his Chevy Blazer which had been parked in the Fuller lot. The theft occurred sometime since 12:30 AM the previous evening.

Monday September 25 10:40 AM - A WPI police officer responded to a m otor vehicle accident at the intersection o f Hackfeld Road and Institute Road. There were no injuries.

10:20 PM - A com plaint was received of a man soliciting in Founders Hall. Officers located the subject, who was soliciting for United A ppalachian Relief. He was removed from the prem esis and warned of trespass.

Wednesday September 27 5:50 AM - Food service (daka) reported that three large plate glass windows on the west side of the Founders Dining Hall had been broken. Rocks which had been thrown through the windows were found within the dining hall.

12:15 PM - A Sergeant reported assisting an unmarked State Police cruiser with a m otor vehicle stop on Highland Street. W orcester Police also assisted with the stop.

Thursday September 28 9:00 PM - A Professor reported the theft o f his w allet from his office in Stratton Hall. The theft occurred between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Tip of the week: Take note o f suspicious activity. If you hear someone yelling for help, call Cam pus Police. Do not assum e it is a jo k e. Campus-wide safety aw areness can significantly reduce assaults and lead to a safer campus environment.

Library Hours - Poster exhibit: "W illiam W ordsworth and the Age of English R om anticism ” Exhibit runs until O ctober 31, George C. G ordon Library 11:00 am - OAC tutorial: WPI Network C om m unications (inc. Kermit, FTP, TELNET), H iggins 221 W ed n esd ay , O cto b er 4, 1989 11:00 am - 7:00 pm - Education Expo ’89, W orcester Centrum , Free 8:00 pm - Video: “ W illy W onka and the Chocolate Factory,” G om pei’s Place, Free.

Thursday, October 5, 1989 11:00 am - CS Colloquium and Artificial Intelligence Research Group: “Learning A daptive Strategies in Simple G am es,” A tw ater Kent 233 11:00 am - O AC tutorial: WPI Supported Software (inc. PC-Calc+, PC -File:dB, GEM D raw +), Higgins 221 8:30 pm - Folk G roup Practice at Religious Center, 19 Schussler Road

Friday, October 6, 1989 3:00 pm - Sacram ent o f Reconciliation, Religious Center, 19 Schussler Road

Sunday, October 8, 1989 10:30 am - First Presbyterian Church, W orcester, invites you: Join us for spiritual grow th, personal involvement, making new friends. W orship is at 10:30 am. 125 Holden St., W orcester. Call 852-2111 or 829-3378 for a ride or directions.

11:30 am - Catholic Mass in Alden 6:00 pm - Catholic Mass in Founders Dorm 6:30 & 9:30 pm - Film: “ Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” Alden Hall, $2.00

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