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