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Air Force ROTC comes to WPI (W P I N ew s R elease)-A ir Force R e se rv e O ffic e r T ra in in g C o rp s (R O T C ) announces that W PI w ill becom e the host institution for Air Force ROTC w ithin the W orcester C o n so rtiu m for H igher E ducation beginning in January.

D etachm ent 340 will move from The College o f the Holy Cross to WPI and join a m ilitary tradition dating back to 1943 when the Navy brought its’ V-12 officer candidate program to W PI. The Institute was one o f 22 colleges nationwide that housed this program . The Navy V-12 program processed 767 candidates before leav­ ing in 1946. Army ROTC at W PI began in 1951 and currently has a program o f 212 students at 10 differ­

ent locations. The A FRO TC program began at Holy Cross in 1951.

The decision to move the 89 stu­ dent detachm ent from Holy Cross to WPI was based on A FRO TC enroll­ ment figures declining at one college and increasing at another. Last year about 87 percent o f the unit w ere WPI students. This y ear’s enrollm ent in­ cluded 76 W PI students, five each from Holy Cross and Clark, tw o from W orcester State, and one from As­ sum ption. Thirteen are women and 48 are on scholarship.

The agreem ent betw een the Air Force, Holy Cross and W PI has been reached so that an A ir Force ROTC program w ould be available to all

colleges and universities in the W orc­ ester area through the existing consor­ tium. W PI has m ade a building at 35 Institute Road available for the Air Force detachm ent.

WPI D ean o f U ndergraduate Stud­ ies W illiam R. G rogan indicated sat­ isfaction w ith the move. “T his will be a highly desirable move since it will facilitate scheduling o f the A ir Force ROTC courses,” he said. Students had to travel across town to attend many o f the m ilitary classes. B egin­ ning this academ ic year the classes have been held at W PI. “ A ddition­ ally, there is potential for scholarship assistance and increased recruiting potential,” Grogan continued.

A pproxim ately 80 percent of the 2,800 undergraduate students at WPI are pursuing an engineering degree.

Three percent of electrical engineers accepted into the A ir Force through the A FR O T C program com e from WPI. A dditionally, WPI has a rapidly growing A erospace Engineering pro­ gram, and sees a tie with this depart­ ment and the AFROTC program.

The head o f the Departm ent o f Air Force A erospace Studies is Lt. Col. Jam es R. Coakley. He is a graduate of Oregon State and earned an MBA and PhD from the University o f Utah. His staff includes three other instructors, two enlisted personnel and a secre­ tary.

“The A ir Force is looking forward to working with W PI and the opportu­ nities there,” said C olonel Coakley.

“W e will have access to engineering students. O ur top three enrolled m a­ jors are aerospace engineering, m e­ chanical engineering and electrical engineering.”

T he A ir F orce R O T C Program presently averages 20,000 m en and women located at 151 colleges and universities throughout the U nited States and Puerto Rico. T here are 641 separate cross-town enrollm ent pro­ gram s or consortium agreem ents na­ tionwide. H eadquarters for A FROTC is located at M axw ell Air Force Base, A labam a.

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Volume 17, Number 22

* TUesday, November 7,1989

Field Hockey season comes to an end

by Roger Burleson Sports Editor Last year, the WPI field hockey team finished w ith a 19-1 record.

Despite having such an outstanding team , they did not m ake any post season tournament. That was despite the fact that some o f the teams they faced m ade it to the NCAA Division III tournam ent. This year, things were different. Not only did they m ake it to the N C A A ’s, but they were the num ­ ber one seed in the N ortheast region and cam e one game away from m ak­ ing it to the Final Four.

The action started on Friday night when W PI faced the 13-1-2 team of Southern Maine. W PI struck early in this game when two minutes into the gam e Nicky M cGowan would score the first o f her four goals o f the night.

A fter Becky H arasim ow icz hit the post on the w eak side o f the net, M cG ow an connected on the short rebound. M cG owan struck again at the 19:49 mark after converting on a pass from Kristen Baielein. The same com bination struck again in the sec­ o n d p e rio d a t th e 2 9 :1 3 m a rk .

M cG ow an ended the scoring on an unassisted goal with 2:54 to go.

T he gam e w as also m arked by great defense by the Engineers. There w e re m an y o p p o rtu n itie s w h e re Southern M aine could have had one on one opportunities on W PI goalie K im G abis. B ut, a h u stlin g and

scrappy defense got back and broke up the plays and G abis recorded yet another shutout.

By winning, the season was ex ­ tended an extra day so WPI could face the 14-2-3 team o f C ortland State.

T he en tire gam e w as a d efensive struggle. Both team s had their oppor­ tunities in the first half, but failed to score. So, at the end o f the first half the score was deadlocked at 0-0. But, at the beginning o f the second half W PI cam e out quickly. They took the ball dow n into C ortland territory and received a short com er. C ortland’s goalie had three quick saves before knocking the ball out o f bounds and g iv in g W PI an o th er sh o rt corner.

B aielein received the inbound pass from H arasim ow icz. She passed the ball to M cGowan who stuck it into the right com er o f the net to give W PI a 10 lead. Cortland cam e back though, at the with 25:37 to go, C ortland passed across the net to the w eak side o f the field, w here it was put into the open net. A fter that the defenses took over.

Both goalies made incredible saves and the defenses handled the short com ers well. Late in this game the score was still tied and it looked like the gam e might be going into over­ time. But, with one second left on the clock, Cortland passed to the weak side. Cortland took the ball and shot it high into the left co m er w here there was no chance for a save, and WPI ended its season by losing by a score

V o lle y b a ll s e a s o n e n d s w ith l o s s a t S m i t h

by Heidi Lundy Newspeak Staff T he W PI W o m e n ’s V o lley b all T eam finished their season last T hurs­ day night w ith 16-18 record. A l­ though their last game was a dismal loss, the team perform ed very well throughout the season. T hursday’s gam e was the first part o f the N ew -8 T ournam ent. It was away, at Smith C ollege. W PI did not score much, (the final scores were 15-4, 15-5, and 15-5) but team captains Pam Murphy and Stacey Cotton put on a good show with 17 com bined attem pted kills, 3 were successful. A kill is w hen a player spikes the ball over the net without a return from the other team.

Stacey Cotton is also one of the team 's setters and Thursday night she set the ball successfully 6 times. A setter sets the ball up so that another player has a better chance for a kill. The team ’s only other senior. Sue M itch­ ell, had 19 attem pted kills, 5 of which

w ere successful. Sue returned the ball 9 times out o f 21 attem pts, more than anyone else except Kim Johnson, a ju n io r w ho also returned 9. Amy Shoem aker, one o f the team s prom is­ ing sophom ores, had four successful kills with only 6 attem pts. A m y is the team ’s other setter and she set the ball effectively in Thursday n ight’s game.

Stephanie Buhl and M ichele Leboeuf, the team ’s other sophom ores, had 16 c o m b in ed attem p ted k ills, one o f S tephanie’s was successful. Michele returned the ball well 4 tim es with only 6 tries.

W PI had a strong team this year, finishing with a record ju st under 500.

It will lose three good players this spring when its seniors graduate.

A lthough there are no freshmen on the team this year, there is a lot o f interest on cam pus and our junior and so p h o m o re p la y ers are aw esom e.

W PI is entitled to a lot o f hope for a successful season next year.

of 2-1.

So, W PI ends its season with a 172-1 record. This team also loses five seniors who are captain Kristen B aie­ lein, captain Kim C loutier, captain Jody N orm andin, Nicky McGowan,

and T racy Fallon. The returnees for next year are junior Loree Griffin, junior B ecky H arasim ow icz, junior E laine L a ch an ce, ju n io r D anielle L eM ieux, sophom ore K im G abis, sophom ore Shellee M orehead, fresh­

m an Sandra Hardy, freshm an Nickie Hunter, freshman Susan Tarallo, and freshman Donna U nderwood. Even though the season is over, this team will still be rem em bered for a time to com e.

Security phones now working

by Andrew Petrarca Newspeak Staff Probably m ost o f us have noticed that sev eral secu rity p hone boxes were recently installed around cam ­ pus. W hat w e’d like to know is why.

Well, w onder no longer. According to Janet Richardson, Dean o f Students, the p h o n es w ere installed for tw o reasons: to allow Cam pus Police to be co n tac ted q u ick ly in the e v en t o f em erg en cies, and to m inim ize the need to peg open doors.

D ean R ichardson w ishes to let people know that the phones are there to be used. Anyone with a legitim ate reason to use them should not hesitate.

It is hoped that students will have their guests call in when they arrive, rather than pegging doors open.

O n the recom m endation o f the S e­ curity Task Force, ten phones have ((

been installed around campus. Six more are planned, but were not in­ stalled this year because wiring to those locations is more difficult, cost­ ing more than available funding al­ lows. B udget increases for next year have been requested and if approved the rem aining phones will be ordered next year.

The phones in place now are all hooked up and ready for use. They are the black boxes on the w alls labelled “phone.” Inside the box is a pushbut­ ton d ialin g pad, a sp eak er/m icro ­ phone, and tw o large buttons labelled “call,” and “em ergency.”

T o m ake a call, press the “call” button and w ait for a dial tone. Then simply dial the extention for an inter­ nal call, o r “9 ” followed by the num ­ ber for an outside call. C alls can be ended by closing the door to the box.

or when the person on the other end hangs up. All calls are lim ited to three m inutes, and will autom atically be terminated if this is exceeded.

The “em ergency” button autom ati­ cally calls C am pus Police, and tells them which extention is calling so that someone can be dispatched im m edi­ ately.

Plates are on order that will include instructions for using the phones, emergency phone num bers, and the numbers of cam pus payphones. The payphone num bers are there so that people w ithout phones in their rooms may be contacted.

According to D ean R ichardson, the phones may still have som e glitches.

If you have trouble with any o f these phones, contact yo u r RA , o r C on­ stance Z ajak at ex ten tio n 5210 or 5500.

S h iftin g G e a r s ” c o n f e r e n c e to b e h e ld

(W PI news release) — W orcester Polytechnic Institute and the M assa­ chusetts Foundation for Humanities and P ublic P olicy w ill co-sponsor “Shifting G ears,” a conference on the changing meaning o f work in M assa­ chusetts on Saturday, Novem ber 18 at W PI’s K innicutt Hall. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. follow ed by ses­ sions at 9:30, 11:15 and 2:30 p.m.

Luncheon speaker at 1 p.m. will fea­ ture C o n g ressm an C h ester A tkins.

Several hundred participants are ex ­ pected.

The conference will include ses­ sions with scholars, econom ists, jo u r­ nalists, labor and governm ent leaders discussing how the concept o f work has changed in M assachusetts from 1920-1980.

Sponsors indicate that the “Shift­ ing G ears” project results will be part o f the conference. The 18 m onth study exam ined econom ic and social ch an g es in d iffe re n t c o m m u n ities with the goal o f learning how the declin e o f m an u factu rin g and the growth o f the service sector affected people’s attitudes toward work.

The M assachusetts Foundation for H umanities and Public Policy indi­ cates that the C om m onw ealth lost

16,500 m anufacturing jobs during the first 10 m onths o f 1988, a greater decline on a percentage basis than any other state. The high tech industry is in recession with the loss of more than 30,000 jo b s in the past four years.

M eanw hile, the growth o f the service sector w ithin the state has been even more dram atic - 250,000 new “serv­ ice” jobs in the first half o f this decade alone. T his apparent shift from m anu­ facturing to a service based economy worries m any observers.

The 9 :3 0 session topic w ill be “ Why D oes M anufacturing M atter?”

M o d e ra to r w ill be C h ris to p h e r Lydon, W G BH -TV newscaster. O th­ ers on the panel will be: Robert Jackall, Professor of A nthropology and A merican Studies at W illiam s C ol­ lege; Bennett Harrison, Professor of Political Economy and Planning at the M assachusetts Institute of Technol­ ogy; Juliet Shor, A ssociate Professor o f Econom ics at H arvard University; and D om inic Bozzotto, union leader and President, Hotel and Restaurant W orkers Union, local 26 AFL-CIO, Boston.

The 11:15 session will be m oder­ ated by R obert F. Dalzell, Jr., Profes­ sor of H istory and American Studies

at W illiams College. He will m oder­ ate the session on “T he C hanging Meaning of W ork in M assachusetts, 1920-1980. Appearing w ith him will be working people and scholars-inresidence from “Shifting G ears,” the foundation’s statewide public history project. T hey include: C hristine Howard Bailey, scholar-in-residence and Raymond Beaudry, since 1960, president of the oldest paper makers union in the country; R obert Gabrielsky, scholar-in-residence and Eve­ lyn Jones, a Sprague w orker from 1946-85 and vice president o f IUE local 200; and from the Blackstone V alley, Doug R eynolds, scholar-inresidence and M argaret C arroll, a community leader.

The 2:30 p.m. session will cover “C an W e C o n tro l O u r E conom ic Destiny?” This session will be m od­ erated by Marty Blatt, Education Di­ rector, M assachusetts Executive O f­ fice o f Labor.

The conference is open to the pub­ lic. Seating is limited and advance registration is encouraged by contact­ ing the M assachusetts Foundation for Humanities and Public Policy at (413) 536-1385. The $15 registration fee includes lunch.

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W o rld News In Nicaragua, Daniel O rtega halted the 19 month cease fire between the Sandinista gov­ ernm ent and Contra rebels. He says this was due to contra attacks. He also said that if U.S. aid to the Contras continued, then the elections scheduled for February m ight be cancelled.

Bush is urging that the cease fire be restored, but said that all options, including military aid to the contra rebels, rem ained open as long as the cease fire was suspended.

Last w eekend, in Sow eto, South Africa, 70,000 people attended an ANC rally led by recently freed leader Sisulu. Sisulu urged that peace and negotiation be used, but the ANC refused to state that the w ould rule out vio­ lence. Police did not interfere with the rally.

N ear the end of the week, R euters news agency reported that ANC leader M andela would be released from prison in January, although no other information was provided. In Namibia (South W est Africa), South African officials claim ed that rebels crossed from Angola into N am ibia and conducted raids. The U.N. de­ nied that any action had taken place.

Elections are scheduled for next week in N am ibia, as part o f a U.N. sponsored peace plan and independence for Namibia, a colony o f South A frica’s since W orld W ar I. O ver the weekend in East Berlin, there were large dem onstrations in for freer speech and more control of the security forces. Some of the dem onstrations w ere organized by the com m unist party in hopes o f controlling the demonstrations. D em onstrations have become a daily occurrence in East G erm any. On M o n d ay , tho u sands p ro te ste d in L eipzig, Halle, and Schwerin for legalization o f the New Forum opposition group. East German leader Krenz said that the C om m unists would continue to hold power, and would not tolerate “destabilization.” Krenz w ent to the Soviet Union to meet with G orbachev. He said that Soviet style reforms would start taking place in East Germany. Upon his return, there were many people fired from their jobs, including form er leader H onneker’s w ife, who was the educational minister. T ravel was eased to Czechoslovakia, and thousands left to start heading for W est Germany.

In Czechoslovakia, 10,000 people protested in the capital o f Prague’s W enceslas square.

Pro-democracy leaders are saying that the prodem ocracy movement is grow ing rapidly. 350 people w ere arrested during the protest.

In Y ugoslavia (w hich is not an official mem ber o f the Soviet bloc), ethnic Albanians protested in the province o f Kosovo. The reason is that a form er local com m unist party

chief and 14 others are being tried for inciting violence and strikes. Police broke up the dem onstrations o f about 1,000 people. 5 people w ere k ille d in d e m o n stratio n s on Thursday.

The Afghan rebels conducted a m ajor raid on Kabul last w eekend- western observers say it is the biggest offensive since the Soviets completed their pullout last February.

About 1,000 people protested outside the K G B ’s headquarters in Moscow last Monday to rem em ber those killed by Stalin. In a nearby square, a radical splinter group was protesting, but the protest was broken up by police. In the northern city o f V orlata, coal miners went on strike and blocked coal shipments. The m iners are striking in hopes of getting better living conditions.

Nixon went on a six day visit to China, where he met with various C hinese leaders. At Tiananm en square, armed police replaced sol­ diers, in what the officials say is a scaling down o f the martial law. Chinese officials said that the U.S. played too big a role in the recent prodem ocracy dem onstrations. Nixon failed to im prove the relations betw een the US and C hina on his unofficial visit.

British Prime M inister’s approval rating was at a near low, due to the recent resignation o f Chancellor o f the Exchequer Nigel Lawson.

In a poll, 52% said they thought T hatcher should resign.

A bomb went o ff in a union hall in El Salvador, and 10 people were killed. Some o f those killed were A m ericans w ho were w ork­ ing with the M arxist FMLN rebels. FMLN rebels broke off peace talks with officials from the U.S. backed El Salvadoran governm ent, citing the bomb. T he rebels said they wanted to be assured that the opposition would be able to have adequate protection.

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P a te n ts P e n d in g

j private patent search companies in the U.K. Second, the main function o f the Patent Office is to grant patents, and if too much patronage to the SAS were obtained, it might detract form granting patents.

So the purpose o f this IQP was to examine how the Patent O ffice and SAS worked and make recom m endations as to how the SAS could be used to the fullest.

A fter doing m uch research, interviewing and a survey of the SAS users, the IQP team was able to make tw o m ajor recom mendations.

The first recom m endation was to educate industries about patent searches. It was found that there are many businesses that had not previously used patent searches; if their p a­ tronage is gained, it would not take business from established private patent search agen­ cies. The SAS has been trying to attract new patronage through advertisements, but the old a d v ertisem en ts w ere aim ed at th o se w ho understood the term inology o f patent searches.

It was recom m ended to fully explain this ter­ minology. It was also suggested to focus the advertisem ents o n m anagem ent consultants and accountants; those people who deal with more than one com pany.

The second recom mendation was to take a business-like attitude. Many present users o f the SAS suggested that the quality o f the papers and printings along with an im provem ent o f the paym ent system and client com m unica­ tions would m ake the SAS more attractive to patrons.

The relationship between society and tech­ nology o f this IQP is seen in that the purpose o f the SAS is to sim plify the method o f obtaining information about patents. This IQ P focused on making the SAS more effective.

If you are interested in this project or the London Project C enter contact Prof. Lance Schachterle in the Project Office.

by Brian Weissman and J eff Yoder T his past D term, three students, G reg Friel, Paul K irkitelos and Jeff Q uirke com pleted their IQP, “ An Assessment o f the Effective­ ness and M arketability o f the United Kingdom Patent O ffice’s Search and Advisory Service” at W PI’s London Project Center.

T o begin with, an understanding of a patent is necessary. A patent is a legal docum ent that gives an inventor the right to produce or use his specific idea or invention. It also gives an inventor the right to receive com pensation for the production or use o f his specific idea or invention.

N ow, to gain these rights through a patent, an inventor needs to fully describe his idea/ invention and file it with the United Kingdom Patent O ffice. The Patent Office has a library of all patents since approximately 1925; this is a lot o f patents.

From a com pany’s point of view, if they want to know what technology is already estab­ lished, the Patent O ffice is a great place to go.

In fact the Patent O ffice has a Search and Advisory Service (SAS), a branch o f the Patent Office that helps people search through patent docum ents.

T his service is a m ust for many people, since the filing system at the Patent O ffice is quite confusing. For exam ple, when the m icro­ camera w as patented it was classified under “cam era technology,” but since then it has becom e a “m edical technology” but is still found under “cam era technology.”

U nfortunately, the SAS has not been receiv­ ing as m uch patronage as desired. But, there are tw o problem s restricting their advance­ ment. First, the SAS is a governm ent agency and cannot take business away from estab­ lished private business; and there are many

If you were anywhere near the m en ’s locker room at around 9:00 tw o Fridays ago, you w o uld have heard th is rep eated cheer, “ Y EEA AA AA A CROSSSSSSSSSS !” This is what team m ates of the W PI m en’s soccer team were yelling to each other in celebration o f their 4-1 beating of The Cross (no pun in­ tended) town rivals. They were m im icking the C rusaders, w ho liked to yell, “yea C ross!” when they had something to cheer about. But, this gam e they did no yelling. The win upped the Engineers mark to 9-3-1 and increased their unbeaten streak to eight games (7-0-1). But, unfortunately for WPI that was also their last win o f the season, for the next m orning they were to leave early for M anchester, NH to take on St. A nselm s, who was ranked second in the very tough N ortheast-10. The gam e the night before, they travel, and the slow, soggy field were the main opponents that the Engineers could not overcome. At half-time the Falcons

by Mark Saviano T h is past w eekend, O ctober 29, W P I’s M en’s and W om en’s Bowling T eam s had their first com petition. Before I go into the results o f the com petition, let me explain a little about how the league works and how scoring is done.

The m en ’s league consists o f the following 11 team s: Bentley, Boston University (BU), Coast G uard Academy (CG A), Johnson and W ales (J & W ), University o f Lowell, MIT, R ensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), State U niversity of New York at Albany (SUNYA), U SM A W est Point, W estern N ew England College (W NEC), and W PI. T here are 8 tournaments in the season in which all 11 teams compete and try for the highest point totals. Each tournam ent has two

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led 1-0 but W PI w asn’t really w orried because they had com e from behind before. A s the half progressed W PI was repeatedly denied as they forced the play until finally coach King was forced to m ove one of his defenders up to offence. The switch paid off with less than ten minutes to play with senior Jam ie W hite tying the score. But the overtim e was just too much.

Tech couldn’t find enough mental and physical energy and St. Anselm , at the end o f two hours was the victor 2-1. W ith that loss went the Engineers hope for a post season bid. Despite being dejected, deep dow n they knew that they had a super season and would be back next year. But best o f all they had fun.

Thank you managers, Carrie and Becky.

And thanks to all the seniors: Jam ie “C ’M ON!” W hite, Paul “ D r.Hook” H anlon, Kev in “Jum pher” Jum per, R ichie “ 3-m an” T occi, R ob “mouth” D iGregorio, Chris “R ebound” M anton, Chris “w atch this I can get a yellow card being ball boy” Burnett, and C hris “P .K .”

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segm ents; the doubles com petition and the team com petition. It is possible to earn up to 27 points in each for a tournam ent total 54 pos­ sible points. Each m en’s team consists o f 6 bowlers that form 3 doubles team s and then bowl in a 5 and 1 format for the team com pe­ tition.

Doubles: The breakdown of how points are earned in the doubles com petition goes like this: each person who beats opponent 1 point X 6 people X 3 strings = 18 points. Each double team that wins 1 point X 3 teams X 3 strings = 9 points. Total 9 + 18 = 27 points.

Team: The first five bowlers from each team bowl o ff against each other and the sixth bowlers for each team bow l off separately. The point breakdow n is as follows: each person who beats opponent 1 point X 6 people X 3 strings = 18 points. Team s (5 people) with highest pinfall 2 points X 1 team X 3 strings = 6 points. T eam s (5 people) with overall high total 3 points. Total = 1 8 + 6 + 3 =27 points.

This system is more or less the sam e for the w om en’s team except that the w om en’s teams have 4 bow lers (2 doubles teams and a 4 person team c o m p e titio n ). T h e sc h o o ls in the w om en’s league are Bryant C ollege, U niver­ sity o f Low ell, RPI, SUNYA, USM A W est Point, W N EC, and WPI. The point breakdown for women is: Doubles: Each person who beats opponent 1 point X 4 people X strings = 12 points. Each doubles team that wins 1 point X 2 teams X 3 strings = 6 points. Total = 12 + 6 = 18 points.

Team: Each person who beats opponent 1 point X 4 people X 3 strings = 12 points. Each string team wins total 2 points X 3 strings = 6 points. Total overall pinfall w inner 3 points.

Total = 12 + 6 + 3 = 21 points. Total tournam ent points for w om en = 21 + 18 = 39.

T w o m ore things I should m ention before I get to the actual tournam ent results. First, you may have noticed that both the m en’s and the w om en’s leagues has an odd num ber of teams.

Instead o f a team getting a bye (how would points be aw arded?) they must com pete against what is called Phantom U . This is the league average scores for that tournam ent (com puted after all bow ling is completed). To win the points a team must beat this average score.

Second, team s compete against one opponent for doubles and a different opponent for the team com petition.

This tournam ent was hosted by SUNYA in A lbany, New York, at the Palladium Lanes.

W orth m entioning I think is that the lanes had com puterized scoring and display. W P I’s m en’s team (one bowler short at this time), was D ave W heeler, John M acD ougall, Jerem y D elorey, R uss B eavis and M ark Saviano.

W ithout the sixth bow ler the best the team could have done would have been 21 points in doubles and 24 points in the team competition.

The m en’s team bow led against RPI in the doubles com petition and picked up 9 points.

For the team com petition they bow led against CGA and picked up 16 points, giving them a total o f 25 points. Since the m ost any team could have achieved w as 54 points, W PI should be som ewhere in the middle o f the pack.

W P I’s w om en’s team consisted o f Carrie A yers, K im Johnson, Jill C o zzag lio , and Stephanie Apprille. For the doubles com peti­ tion they bowled against USMA W est Point and picked up 13 points. For the team com pe­ tition they bow led against Phantom U and picked up an estim ated 18 points. This gives the w om en’s team 31 out of a possible 39 points place them in, or near first place.

The w om en’s team also won the team total cham pionship which is based on total pinfall.

This achievem ent together with the fact that the w om en’s team has not recently w on such an award is to be congratulated.

The next tournam ent will be N ovem ber 12th hosted by CGA in G roton, Connecticut.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

N E W SPEA K P H O T O /G E O F F M ER SFELD ER

NEW SPEA K S T A F F P H O T O /B IL L BARRY

T he Zulus rock all ages w ith their "wild " style o f music.

The Science Fiction Society "Foods and Games" in the lower wedge during their role playing weekend.

F ie ld s E ric k so n a n d Z u lu s ro c k at G o m p e i ’s

by Shawn Zimmerman Newspeak Staff This w eekend tw o pretty incredible bands, Fields Erickson and the Zulus, played down in G om pei’s. The crow d was disappointingly sm all, less than thirty or forty people the whole evening. A large percentage o f those who actually deigned to show up were non-WPI students. There was even some six year old kid there w ith his parents. M ost o f the WPI students there were in charge o f the show.

O bviously everyone else on cam pus was par­ ticipating in the breath-taking array o f exciting things to do on campus.

By the way, if you m issed the G om pei’s Place T-shirt sale in the W edge the other week, they are still available. You can get either a red or black shirt during any Pub show for only five dollars. C heap at tw ice the price.

I w asn’t sure what to expect from Fields Erickson. Face it, most opening bands suck.

But their array o f a guitarist/singer, bassist, drum m er, keyboardist, and even a saxophone player (“Any sax is good sax”) boded well for their com ing perform ance. They opened up with a cover o f Eric C lap to n ’s “ W hipping Post” and just got better. W ith all the solos, the whole set felt like a big jam session. Pretty m uch the w hole a u d ien c e w as gro o v in g .

Som eone said that the type o f m usic that they played was hard to define, but it w asn ’t really.

It was laid back, casual Instrum ental Bluesey Jazz. Obviously this kind o f stuff isn’t for everyone, but it was very m ellow and very good.

The Zulus, on the other hand w ere anything but m ellow . T heir genre is harder to describe than Fields E rickson’s. You could say that they were alternative rock. You could also theorize that they were hard rock. You m ight even go so

Fields Erickson warms up the crowd in Gompei's Last Saturday night.

far as to say that they were a com bination o f the two. Or you just forget it and say they were excellent. They presented an interesting im age up on stage. The guitarist and lead singer jum ping around and gyrating presented an interesting contrast to the bass player, who basically ju st stood there and played, and the drum mer w ho really can ’t do a whole lot in the way o f m obility anyhow.

From the firs! song they exuded enorm ous amounts o f energy. The lead singer bounced around stage and screamed a lot. Surprisingly

enough, though, most of the lyrics w ere pretty com prehensible although his soliloquies left som ething to be desired. The longest one went so m e th in g lik e “ U h ..y e a h ..U m m ..U h huh...Y eah!” T here really was not any room for long speeches, because they barely even paused in between songs. And the songs had some pretty wild lyrics. “I Think I A m ...” was about finding his girlfriend on the floor with some other guy. I m ean this is really classy stuff!

The band seem ed pretty disappointed with

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the audience participation. And well they should. The lead singer kept m otioning for someone, anyone, to go up and dance. H ow ­ ever, except for a few brave souls dancing off in the com er where nobody could see them, ev­ eryone opted for the safety o f their seats.

A nyhow, after several years o f problems, band m em bers quitting, and copyright prob­ lems with their name, the Zulus finally have a record out on a major label and are on their way to the fame they deserve.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Stanley Kunitz to read poetry at WPI On M onday, N ovem ber 13, Stanley Kunitz will read from his poetry at W orcester Poly­ technic Institute. The reading, sponsored by the W orcester C ounty Poetry A ssociation, W PI’s D epartm ent o f H um anities, and the O ffice of the Provost, will take place in Newell Hall (A tw ater Kent B uilding) at 7:30 p.m.

This event is a com m em orative reading in honor o f D r. Samuel Bachrach, who died in N ovem ber 1988. A co-founder of the W orc­ ester C ounty Poetry A ssociation, Bachrach spearheaded many literary, cultural, and social service activities in the W orcester area. A physician, he was editor-in-chief of the Worc­ ester M edical News, publisher and editor o f the New England Adage, founding president o f the Age C enter o f W orcester, and founder o f the W orcester Forum for the Study o f Values. He was a m em ber o f W P I’s Torch Club.

C o m e d y in G o m p e i ’s

The many honors o f Stanley K unitz include the Pulitzer Prize, the B ollingen Prize, the Brandeis Medal o f A chievem ent, and a N a­ tional Endowm ent for the Arts Senior Fellow ­ ship. He is a chancellor o f the A cadem y o f American Poets and has been consultant in poetry to the Library o f Congress. The Stanley Kunitz Comm on Room was recently dedicated at the Provincetow n Fine A rts W ork C enter. In O cto b er, K unitz w as in terv iew ed by Bill Moyers on the PBS series on contem porary poetry, “The Power o f the W ord.” Bom in W orcester in 1905, Kunitz w orked as a reporter for the W orcester Telegram, and was the first newspaperm an to interview Robert Goddard.

The reading is free and open to the public.

For additional inform ation, contact Profes­ sor Kent Ljungquist (831-5246).

N EW SPEA K ST A FF PH O TO /ST EV E B R IG H TM A N

The com edians at cocktails created laughter for many on Friday night.

S h a k e s p e a r e c o m e s to W PI The WPI Drama Club, Masque, will present S hakespeare’s M acBeth on the weekend o f N ovem ber 16-18. Susan Vick, the director, says the play is being approached with no preconceived notions. To view M asque’s contem porary version o f M acB eth all one needs to do is purchase a ticket November 13-

17 from 11:00 to 1:00 PM in the D aniels Hall ticket booth. All WPI students may purchase tickets for $1, all others for $2. Shows will be performed Novem ber 16, 17, and 18 at 8:00 PM in Alden Hall. This is one play you w on’t want to miss.

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Ashley Cleaveland sings up a storm at Twin Towers After H ours a week ago last Thursday.

SOCCOMM presents

“Adventures in Babysitting” Wednesday, November 8th 8:00 pm Gompei’s Place It’s Free!

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Hey - WPI Students, Faculty, and Staff Did you get your 10,000 Maniacs tickets??

Ticket sales open to the General Public on the 13th so get yours quickly.

10,000 Maniacs Sunday December 3rd1989

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EDITORIAL

Vandalism is just plain stupid Tuition, fees, room and board at a college are very costly. Most o f this money goes to where it’s needed: Professors, buildings, labs, materials, security, admini­ stration, and maintenance. However, a significant portion also goes to vandalism.

The act o f vandalism includes breaking windows, doors, locks, writing on the walls, bathroom stalls, and other physical damage, and littering. This year many windows have been deliberately broken, including a very expensive one in Founders Hall with the WPI seal etched into it. Shrubs have been stolen, and the freshly painted bathrooms marked up. Plant Services spends a signifi­ cant portion o f their time (remember time is money) cleaning up garbage deliberately thrown on the ground and repairing deliberate acts o f vandalism.

Accidents happen, and a few broken windows can be

expected. But when an etched window has a rock thrown through it, or a bunch of toilet paper is set on fire, it is plain stupid. It doesn’t take any brains or guts to sneak into a deserted bathroom stall and scrawl a few words on the wall. It just takes everyone’s money to repaint it.

When doors or locks are broken, it not only costs to repair them, they represent a security problem. The locks are there to prevent access to potential criminals, and when they are broken, anyone can have free access to the building.

Littering is a major burden on Plant Services. They are constantly removing garbage from all over the campus. This work should be unnecessary; there are garbage cans every 30 feet around the residence halls, and they can’t be missed inside any building. The worst offenders are the smokers; there are more cigarette butts

thrown on the ground than all other garbage combined.

Smokers, you already have a socially undesirable habit; why make it worse? You surely can’t claim that tossing the butts just anywhere increases your pleasure?

Recently, daka replaced all o f its trays because so many o f them had things written on them. This is not cheap, and the money did not come from the tooth fairy.

In addition, the new trays are a trade-off: they’re more vandal-resistant, but they aren’t much better than foam for strength; they warp and flex. The nice sturdy ones were too easy to vandalize, so they disappeared. A perfect example o f the indirect effects o f vandalism.

So, next time you’re about to toss garbage into a urinal, think about the guy who has to fish it out. Sure, he’s paid to do it. That doesn’t make it any more pleasant. And, who has to pay him?

LETTERS

Violence is not the solution to a problem To the Editor: T sk tsk! Such silly people in this world, eh? I would ju st like to com ­ ment on the obvious om niscient intel­ ligence show n by one M ichael “I ’m a product o f too many G.I. Joe w ar toys” Barone. In his wise and oh-so keen letter last w eek about the protest on the quad concerning flag desecration he stated, “...if these individuals want to abuse the freedom o f speech by desecrating the U.S. R a g , then I will abuse one o f m y rights. No, not free­ dom to print w hat I w ant, but the right to bear arm s against enem ies, both foreign and D OM ESTIC. I prom ise that if I see you desecrating a U.S. Flag and I have a gun in my hand, I will KILL Y O U !” Now correct me if I am w rong, but I alw ays thought e v e ry b o d y ’s m om m y tau g h t them that two w rongs do not m ake a right and that violence is not the solution to a problem . A nother fault I see with Mr. B arone’s intensely logical quote is the fact that it contradicts itself. He is sim m ering in his shorts because individuals on cam pus are abusing a freedom granted by the Constitution to citizens o f the U.S. but ironically enough, he is abusing another free­ dom granted by the Constitution for his w hiz-bang Captain A m erica solu­ tion to the problem. I am sure killing a person in cold blood is the answ er to such a grave and dire crim e as m utilat­ ing colored fabric. Boy, the last time I ex p e rie n c e d such a w e -in sp irin g logic was on an episode o f the Super Friends vs. the Legion o f Doom.

Furtherm ore, Mr. Barone also says that the U.S. Flag is “ ...the American Spirit, Constitution, People, and the Nation.” H ellllooo M cFly. Anybody home? The U.S. Flag is not the Spirit, Constitution, People, and the Nation.

It is a S Y M B O L o f th e S p irit, Constitution, People, and the Nation.

The spirit o f a nation is not held in a piece of colored nylon, it is held in the h earts and m in d s o f the n a tio n ’s people. N ow som eo n e m ight be showing the spirit he has tow ards his nation. This is not alw ays true. On one hand, there is a person who dese­ crates the U.S. Flag because they hate the U.S. To this I say they should go somewhere else where they will better like the country they are in. But on the other hand, there is the person who d esecrates th e U .S . F la g fo r one

sim ple reason: because they can.

Something im portant is shown here.

It is shown that freedom is so im por­ tant to our nation that our own people are allowed to mutilate the flag o f the very country that grants them that right. Wow. Pretty heavy, eh? Oooo, I smell an IQ P topic in the air!

For those o f you who think that desecrating the flag o f the U.S. is the sam e as desecrating the U.S. itself, I offer a little example. Let us suppose that Mr. Strauss raises tuition by eight percent again (I know. Hell will freeze over first but this is just an exam ple).

Som e students may with to protest th is by d em o n stratin g in front o f Boynton Hall. In order to make their dem onstration more effective, let us say they construct an effigy o f Mr. Strauss (w hoops. I m ade a faux pas. I should have been typing P resident Strauss all along. A fter all, he does deserve the sam e title that such keen and worldly people as G eorge Bush and Dan Q uayle hold) and bum it.

Does this m ean that the students par­ ticipating in the protest wish to actu­ ally bum Mr. Strauss? No. Does it necessarily m ean that the students dislike the school and wish to bum it?

No. The sam e thing goes for flag desecration. Just because one m uti­ lates a U.S. flag does not necessarily m ean that they wish for the sam e fate to befall the U .S. I m yself would not bum a U.S. Flag simply because it doesn’t give m e that much o f a rush. I have better things to do with my time, like solving R u b ik ’s Cube or co n ­ s tru c tin g an e ffig y o f P re s id e n t Strauss and burning that.

Now, one day might com e when I just have this desire to bum a U.S. Flag. If it is a flag that is rightfully my ow n property, I will. But if I do not feel like it, I w ill not bum it. Actually, I really do not care what I or anyone else does with our respective flags.

Display it proudly in front o f your house. Hang it on your wall. Line your bird cage w ith it. Blow your nose with it. Hell, take it to your proctolo­ gist and tell him to be creative. I do not care. A s long as you do not suffocate som eone with it or strangle som eone with it or do anything else o p en ly m alicio u s to w ard s an o th e r hum an being w ith it, it really doesn’t m atter what you do with it. That is the beauty about freedom. O ne m ight not

agree with a certain granted freedom or one might think that another one serves no real purpose. But the point o f it all is that they are ju st there fo r us to have. It is little rights and privi­ leges like this that separate us from such countries as South A frica or China.

N ow, do not get m e wrong. I am no staunch gung-ho Y ankie Yahoo. Nor am I some political extrem ist. I am just a regular Joe who likes his coun­ try but, to me, it ju st is not w orth all o f the trouble to bawl and bitch about a legitimate citizen (by ‘legitim ate’ I mean a citizen w ho is not som e halfcrazed anarchist on acid or som eone who prays for the dow nfall o f the U.S. or other things along those lines) us­ ing (not abusing) their right to free speech. It may sound corny but I do not believe in a piece o f cloth, I be­ lieve in America. There is a differ­

ence.

Wait! I ju st got a great idea! How about everybody gets together on cam pus and we all argue about w hich side of a K ellogg’s Crispix flake is the crispier! That is really important. I just cannot stand people who think the com side is crispier. They are all com m unist m utant pig dogs, y ’know.

E very true-blue, red-blooded, god fe a rin ’, Jell-O sn o rflin ’ A m erican knows that the rice side is crispier.

M aybe we can m ake this argum ent rival the even more crucial ‘Less Fill­ ing/Tastes G reat’ controversy. Now TH A T w ould be something worth a Constitutional amendm ent. To Hell with the G reenhouse Effect, O zone layer depletion, and global pollution.

All of that stuff is small time com ­ pared to conflicting opinions over a breakfast cereal. Seriously.

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peachy closing statement: GIVE M E FR E E D O M O R G IV E M E C O N ­ V EN IENCE, BUT D O N ’T G IVE M E CO N V EN IEN T FREEDOM .

Todd Squire ‘92 P.S. If you agree or disagree with my view s, let m e know. My box num ber is 2205. Send me fan mail.

Send m e hate mail. Send me an FTD Pick-M e-U p Bouquet. Send me w ad­ ded up pieces o f paper w ith used ‘Juicyfruit’ in it. I ’m not picky.

P.S.S. Yo, Mr. Barone. I would really like to see you shoot some guy for desecrating a U.S. Flag. Then I could com e and visit you in prison (that is the usual pun ish m en t fo r som eone w ho com m its prem editated m urder these days) and check the p ro g ress o f h air g ro w th on y o u r palms. Ho Ho H a Ha Hee Hee.

Think about what you’re doing To the Editor: T his past sum mer, as we all know , the Suprem e court said that d esecrat­ ing the flag was not unconstitutional.

Since then, congress has passed a law that prohibits flag desecration. H ow ­ ever, people on all sides of this issue know this law w on’t stand up in the Suprem e C ourt, just like the last one did not.

Many people did participate in the flag d esecratio n cerem ony on the quad last week. I think that many individuals are out simply to m ake a statem ent, and d id n ’t really think too hard about what they were doing. Just because som ething is legal does not m ean that you should run out and

exercise that right.

A ctions speak louder than words.

W hen you bum a flag, you are saying that you do not agree with what the United States stands for. It is the same as saying you hate America, and eve­ rything it stands for. I wonder how Glenn Flaherty can describe him self as a patriotic Am erican, then bum or stand on an A merican flag. The flag is a symbol o f everything this country stands for.

By burning it, you are saying that you do not agree with the U.S. stands for; and if you d o n ’t agree with what the U.S. stands for, then you certainly are not patriotic.

H ow ever, I am not saying that burning the flag should be made ille­

gal. That m akes us ju st as bad as the flag burners. Everyone in Am erica has the right to say w hat he or she wants, even those who state that they hate A m erica. They have a right to be unpatriotic. However, they also don’t call them selves patriotic.

It seem s as if many WPI students confused this RIG HT to bum a flag with actually taking part in a flag burning. They are N O T the same. So before you decide to bum an A m eri­ can flag, take a m inute and think about what you are really doing.

Actions speak louder than words!

So think about what your actions will say before you do them!

G eorge Regnery '92

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VIEW POINT

What do you think o f flag burning and the people who do it?

Sherrie Curria ’93

Mike Bristol 93

Scott Burbank ’93

"I don't think it's right because people die for that flag... burning a sym bol breaks our unity."

"They m ust have been really cold [laugh] to bum the flag...[laugh] and cheap not to use wood..."

"W hatever they want to do... but it's a fool­ ish, pointless act o f freedom o f speech."

Scott Bergin ’93 "It's fine... it's just their freedom o f speech."

N E W S PE A K S TA FF P H O T O /C H R IS L 'H O M M ED IEU

LETTERS

WPI deserves to be ranked number one To the Editor: I am writing in response to Alton R eich’s article “Observation from the Asylum: They can’t be serious” which was printed in the O ctober 31 issue of Newspeak. It upsets me to see such negative criticism directed tow ards the faculty and adm inistration and in general tow ards W PI, which I believe is an excellent academ ic institution.

I also think that R eich’s opinion that he represents the feelings o f the m ajority o f the WPI students popula­ tion is wrong. I for one trust the judgem ent o f US N ews and World Report that says that WPI is ranked num ber one in the northeast. A ccord­ ing to the article on the front page of Newspeak for O ctober 31, “the report was based on a survey of 2,348 col­ lege presidents, deans and adm ission officers and a quantitative analysis of student selectivity, faculty quality, academ ic reputation, finan cial re ­ sources and retention.” This shows that other schools had high praise for W PI, and that statistics concerning WPI were generally higher than the other institutions.

A nother reason that I believe WPI is num ber one in the northeast is based on m y ow n academ ic ex perience.

Many of the teachers that I have en­ countered show a genuine interest in the aspirations of the students and

show a willingness to help students that com e to them with problems.

I also take offense to R eich’s state­ ment that many of us ask “W hy am I here? I could be som eplace better.” I think that by saying this, Reich im ­ plies that W PI’s education is hollow.

As a senior having undergone more than three years o f hard work and dedication to get to w here I am today, I strongly believe I have received the best education possible. I do not want to h ear that the education I have re ­ ceived is less than that which I could have received at other schools.

A nother point I would like to a d ­ dress is this griping over the tuition, expressed not only in R eich’s article but a lso by som e o ther Newspeak w riters as well. W eek after w eek I have read articles slandering W P I’s ad m in istra tio n co n cern in g th e $1 m illion deficit and the tuition raises. I am not sure why the deficit exists and thus w ould like to see some construc­ tive article w ritten about how the deficit came about and perhaps som e su g g e s tio n s o n h ow it m ig h t be solved. I am ju st getting sick o f this “the adm inistration is out to screw the stu d en ts” attitude that some N ew ­ speak writers seem to have.

I think that in order to judge W PI one should examine the reasons for high tuition. First of all I would like to point out that com pared to other top

W P I is c o m m i t t e d t o p ro p e r w a s te d isp o s a l To the Editor: I’d like the opportunity to respond to R ick C alaw a’s recent letter regard­ ing recycling and chemical wastes on the cam pus of WPI. I will not address the area o f solid waste disposal, as I am not involved with that process.

H owever, I would like to address the WPI com m unity concerning our haz­ ardous waste policy. There is a w rit­ ten hazardous w aste policy for the cam pus. It was instituted in 1987, and was d istributed to all departm ents where hazardous m aterials are stored or used. The policy is m ore o f a users manual, designed to informed poten­ tial w aste generators about the M assa­ c h u s e tts R e g u la tio n (3 1 0 C M R 30.00), the location o f W PI’s Central Storage Facility in Goddard H all, and disposal m ethods, as well as a defini­ tion o f proper storage techniques and labeling requirem ents. The policy also endorses the recycling o f useable c h e m ic a ls w ithin an in d iv id u a l’s departm ent, and using waste disposal as a last resort.

By statutory definition, W PI is a Small Q uantities G enerator (SQG).

One o f the provisions for S Q G ’s is that w e have 180 days to accum ulate and store our wastes on site. For the past several years, W PI has com piled with this regulation, and shipped our wastes off site within the allotted time with a licensed contractor, m ost re­ cently Clean Harbors, Inc., o f Brain-

tree, M a. B eginning in 1982, and con tin u in g through 1987, we c o n ­ ducted a thorough (and expensive) “house cleaning” o f many areas o f our cam pus. During that time, all depart­ m ents were requested to provide an inventory o f their w astes, and their projection of w aste in the future. W e disposed o f many obsolete and un­ wanted chemicals during this period, as well as redistributing useful chem i­ cals to laboratories with a need.

W e have now been in a m ainte­ nance mode, m eaning o u r teaching and research w aste stream s are being better .defined and are som ewhat con­ stant. The o ccasio n a l lab o rato ry renovation or faculty retirement al­ ways contributes an unknown factor to our waste generation, but even that factor has stabilized recently.

I hope this inform s the WPI com ­ m unity about the handling of hazard­ ous chem icals and hazardous w aste on the W PI campus. It is a relatively new area o f activity com m itm ent and re­ sponsibility which has been driven by new regulatory m andates this decade.

It is a challenge to com ply with the m yriad o f regulations on the local, state and federal levels. However, WPI is com m itted to providing a safe teaching and research environm ent for all o f students, faculty and staff.

D avid H. M essier Chemical Safety Officer

colleges in the nation, W P I’s tuition is relativ ely low . F o r ex am p le, my brother goes to Cornell and he has to pay over $ 18,000. I know that some schools run even higher than that. I agree that raising tuition is a problem but I feel that it is a result o f inflation and the need for quality teachers, and not that the adm inistration is some money hungry monster. M any o f the p ro fe sso rs w ith P h d ’s a c ro ss the country can get more lucrative jobs in industry. It’s hard for a college to co m p ete w ith co m p an ies, w ithout offering higher wages to professors,

w hich results in a need for m ore funds.

A nother reason for increasing tui­ tion is the need to update equipment.

This is another area that Reich at­ tacked in his article. W here does he expect the money to com e from for this new equipm ent? The costs o f new technologies are always climbing. I believe that WPI is doing the best it can. Right now its budget is under the strain o f the new CS building. I have also seen the in stallatio n o f new com puter systems over the past three years to keep WPI on the cutting edge

o f technology.

The reason why I wrote this article is to show that at least one student has a different opinion towards W PI than that held by Reich. I think that Reich should realize that there are reasons why things are the way they are. In­ stead o f just blam ing the faculty and adm inistration for the problem s on cam pus, he should determ ine how the problem s arise and what sort o f solu­ tions exist.

Padraic Elliott '90

Bloodshed is not the answer To the Editor: In the O ctober 31s1 issue o f New­ speak, a letter to the Editor w as w rit­ ten by M ichael Barone in response to the Flag desecration that took place on the quad on O ctober 26. In this letter, he stated, “ I prom ise that if I see you desecrating a U.S. Flag and I have a gun in my hand, I will KILL YOU! No ju ry in A m erica would convict me and the police will also be on my side, I can assure you o f that.” W ell M i­ chael, I beg to differ with the reason­ ing behind your methods.

If anyone killed one o f the desecrators for desecrating the flag, he/she would be convicted o f a second degree m urder charge. Furtherm ore, since you stated in your letter that you have intentions o f killing these people, you would be convicted o f a first degree m u rd er ch a rg e b ecau se it can be proven that you thought about the killing beforehand. In addition to being convicted, you would probably suffer the death penalty (depending on w hat state you co m m itted the

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crime in).

Nobody has the right to kill a per­ son who desecrates the flag. Desecra­ tion o f the flag is a crime against the Union, not the individual. Sure, you might feel enraged, and you might feel that harm has been done to you mentally, but let’s see that hold up in a trial court as a defense against a first degree m urder charge. You have no standing for that argum ent. The law was passed by Congress in order to provide for these “m ental” damages against the individual. The only ones who can legally do anything about the desecration o f the flag and enforce the law prohibiting it are the police.

You also defended your methods by saying that you have the right to bear arms against enem ies. Those enem ies referred to in the Second Amendment o f the Constitution are those people who pose a life-threaten­ ing situation to citizens. Those flag walkers are not threatening your life M ichael (although, maybe if you are an extrem ely paranoid person, you might think they are). The right to

Ask Mike Where’s Melanie

D ear M ike, A s a student o f W PI, I ’m very concerned about the lack o f entertain­ m ent on cam pus. I tip my hat to those g ro u p s w h ic h p re s e n t m o v ie s throughout the week but there are only so many D M O H concerts I can attend before becom ing violently and physi­ c a lly ill. M y co m p la in t/q u e stio n stem s from the unavailability o f the pool tables in G om pei’s Place to stu­ dents. As an avid pool aficionado and bored W PI student I ask “ W hy can’t W PI students freely use these pool tables? And w hat’s the purpose of ow ning these tables if they c a n ’t be used?” Because I work on weekends, I cannot use the tables during the hours when ‘C ocktails’ is open. I own my ow n set o f billiard balls, cuestick and chalk and am w illing to accept responsibility, even financially, for the well being o f the cam pus tables if granted access. Mike, why c a n ’t I go

out and play?

Grounded Dear G rounded, The problem stems from a lack o f money and student work study jobs to watch the gam e room (where pool tables are lo cated ). SO C C O M M owns the tables and can only have access when they have volunteers to watch them. You said you would take responsibility, but the problem is still trusting people. If too many people have keys to the game room , problems could arise.

Chris Jachim ow icz, A ssistant Di­ rector o f Student A ctivities, is aware o f the problem. He said that a solution is trying to be found.

bear arm s does not give you the right to kill anybody that does something against your beliefs.

So guess what Mike, if you did kill this person, neither the police nor the court would be behind you, and you would be history!

The issue of w hether Flag desecra­ tion is right or w rong is one that holds m any d ifferen t opinions. A s for m yself, I have my own opinion, but I w on’t state it because I don’t feel that it is called for in this situation. I do, how ever, feel that your violent ways should be addressed by a countering opinion. Not only is your reasoning stupid, it is wrong. In order to deal with this situation, one must take an e f f e c tiv e , n o n v io le n t a p p ro a c h .

Those who do com m it such violent acts are ignorant cow ards w ho see no other m eans to a solution than through bloodshed. Bloodshed is not the an­ sw er M ichael; it is an addition to the problem .

Marc Aubin ‘93

A J give a fem ale’s view o f certain things.

W hatever happened to M elanie?

H er fem ale views are needed. Believe it or not, there are wom en at this school, and we need to be heard.

Sincerely, Concerned Female

D ear Concerned Female, M elanie is alive and well. W hen a letter com es to m e needing a female point o f view, I contact M elanie and she can answ er it. However, lately M elanie has been busy. Since I write the colum ns, I use only Ask Mike.

Finally, I know there are women at this school who w ant and need to be heard. I do address answers to their questions all the time. I am not sexist, and I can answ er questions with a Dear Mike, slight fem ale aspect. My 4 sisters and I am a curious female student. A my m other m ade sure I understood while ago your article was expanded things from a fem ale’s standpoint. to Ask M ike or M elanie in order to

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Slightly off campus (CPS)-A Tough Season For Homecoming C elebrities W omen hoping to become Purdue’s hom e­ com ing queen — who win or lose solely be­ cause of their looks — “ are treated like some product on the m ark et,” ch arg ed Fem inist Union m em ber Diane G ruber w hen she tried to slow down voting for this y e a r’s “court” in m id-O ctober.

Yet women w eren’t the only degraded can­ didates this year.

U niversity o f N orth T exas officials dis­ qualified Hector, a Dalm atian dog, and Agnes, a squirrel who haunts a tree near the Physics building, as H om ecom ing k in g and queen candidates just because they w eren’t people and because they h a d n ’t m aintained a 2.5 cum ulative grade-point average.

Paying Parking Fines W ith Part O f The Parking Lot W estern M ichigan U n iv ersity freshm an C huck Hynek tried to pay a $25 campus park­ ing fine in early O ctober with a 2' x 2’ concrete slab he had made to look exactly like a regular check drawn on his bank account.

H ynek, who had a friend help him lug the “check” to the appropriate office to pay his fine, told the W estern H erald, the cam pus paper, that he believed the slab might be legal tender, and that everyone except campus po­ lice Capt. Jack W elsh seem ed amused.

“He told me if the check d id n ’t clear the bank, I would have to pay late charges,” re­ ported Hynek, who later paid the fine with a regular check ju st in case W elsh was correct.

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A nother First At Harvard N ineteen students show ed up for the first m eeting of H arvard’s new est social club, the Society o f Nerds and G eeks (SO NG ), in O cto­ ber.

The club aims to “encourage the outside w orld to take more notice o f nerds and geeks, and to recognize our value,” organizer Jeremy Kahn told the Harvard C rim son, the campus paper.

Kahn said the club w ill hold BYOB (Bring Y our O wn B ooks) parties, m atch m em bers w ith “ learning partners,” show movies like “Revenge o f the N erds” and “Real G enius,” and hold an “all-geek dance where only non­ dance music will be played.”

Maybe He Should T ry “W heel O f Fortune” N ext Time Six-foot, seven-inch Iow a State student Daniel Hartman says he answ ered all the ques­ tions correctly and w hom ped 100 other ISU students in a contest to appear on M T V ’s “Remote C ontrol" gam e show, only to be un­ fairly disqualified from the show at the last m inute because he was too tall.

It’s true, confessed MTV publicist Irene Fu. A lthough H artm an’s know ledge of TV trivia qualified him as a finalist to appear on the show, he was too long to participate safely in a regular “Remote C ontrol” feature in which contestants are strapped to a big wheel and spun around.

W hy G roovy and Fab Students Can Still Find H appiness At M ichigan State A questionnaire meant to help white MSU resident advisers com m unicate better with m inority students features definitions o f such long-dusty slang term s like “chicken eater” (a phrase once favored by street radicals to de­ scribe politically conservative black reform ­ ers) and “do rag” (sw eat band).

A nother test question: “ Y ou’ve got to get up early to...” A) catch worm s B) be healthy C) fool me D) be first on the street.

MSU officials dropped the questionnaire in late O ctober after discovering it had originally been written 20 years ago to point out comm on white stereotypes o f black people.

Why Ballistics M ajors C a n ’t Find Happi­ ness At Michigan Claiming that fans use them to form gooey bombs that they throw from the stands. U niver­ sity of M ichigan officials said they would stop students from bringing m arshm allow s into M ichigan Stadium.

And, From The People W ho Brought You Phrases Like “Tuition H ike” : Rutgers Prof. W illiam L utz, in a new book about b u reau c ratic “ D o u b lesp e ak ,” asked educators what they call the lurid practice of stealing professors from other campuses and raiding other college faculty staffs. George M ason U. officials call it “ selective develop­ m ent.” The sam e unseem ly headhunting is

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O ssining, N.Y. police charged 20 Pace University Delta Kappa Epsilon pledges with disorderly conduct Oct. 14 after the students, following the orders o f their “brothers” who had blindfolded and abandoned them at m id­ night at a local dam , answ ered all police ques­ tions about who they were and what they were doing by saying only “ Sheep run north, sir!”

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by Alton Reich Newspeak S taff Once again this weeks deadline has come and gone and I ’m just starting to put w ords into the *A%$A% com puter. I really hate com put­ ers. W ell, m aybe not, but they seem to have been very uncooperative this week. A nyway, there was som ething I w anted to w rite about this week, but I can ’t seem to recall w hat it was.

Oh, a m essage to the W PI Flag B urner’s Club: If you w ant SAB funding, I’m going to vote NO. A lso they say that if you ignore som ething long enough it’ll go away. I ’ve been ignoring you, SO G O AW AY! Sorry about that, I had to get it off m y chest.

A nyway, I shall now return you to our regularly scheduled conservative colum n.

For many years mankind has been looking

for the ultimate way to express his annoyance towards others. Back when we lived in caves, if you pissed me off, I’d club you upside the head. I felt better, and you had a headache, and probably didn’t annoy me any m ore. It w asn’t a very good system for two reasons. If you were bigger than me, it was unlikely that I’d bash your brain. Also, if I was really annoyed, I m ight manage to kill you. A s m ankind got m ore civilized, we began to put restrictions on when it was proper to clobber som eone’s nog­ gin (how many different words can I com e up with that m ean head?). Just cause you annoyed me, I no longer could smash your cranium.

Expression o f annoyance began to take more sophisticated forms (the lawsuit is thought by some to be the ultim ate form o f this expression, but that’s a topic for a different day).

Soon the revolution was in vogue, and it

seemed that everyone was doing it. The revo­ lution usually led to a governm ent in which one person didn’t wield all the power. I refer you to the M agna Charter (I know that’s spelled wrong, but I ’m pressed for time) in England.

Well England had this screw everyone else attitude, and these 13 colonies began to get a bit peeved because no one was paying any atten­ tion to their complaining. So a bunch o f guys (you w om en’s libbers leave m e alone, I ’m not going to change the story and say it was all M artha’s idea); W ashington, Jefferson, Fran­ klin, Adam s, etc.; got together and decided to let King George know ju st how annoyed they were. They couldn’t simply ham m er away at his skull, it w asn’t proper; so they declared independence. The nation w as firmly behind them, cause no one liked the Brits, and they succeeded in kicking the English out.

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That was all w ell and good, but these guys were bright, and they said, w e’re here because of a revolution, but w hat about the possibility of a despot taking over? They set up the governm ent in such a way that a dictator could not m ove in w ithout m aking obvious changes in the governmental structure, and then they could only rely on the will o f the people to resist this.

T h e founding fa th e rs g u a ra n te e d free speech and press. These they saw as the only effective form of com m unication in making changes in society. They guaranteed the forms of comm unication that they had used in mak.ing changes in their society. I think that if you look, all great changes in A m erican society have com e about because of effective comm u­ nication of ideas through w ords, printed or spoken.

Joger’s View d a k a W ell, it had to happen. Things are getting low on the “to write about” agenda, so I ’m falling back on old reliable... daka.

Yes, we all know about daka, and we all com plain about daka. It’s ju st som ething in­ herent to cafeteria food. Students have been complaining about their lunches since the very first one they got in the first grade, (w ell, after the enchantm ent wore off, o f course.)

Anyway, on to new things. They changed the trays! This is unfair move num ber one. We now have no literature to read w hile eating. We can no longer see things starting “T ray of...”

This will cause excessive boredom w hile eat­ ing, so now we ju st get to veg. Barney was thinking o f w riting “Tray o f Invisibility” di­ rectly on the table. Think about it. T he new trays are to “deter people from w riting on them ” says a daka source. T he diam ond shape that is molded into the surface is what prevents this. I think the trays are cheap, that is, cheaply made, despite my source telling me it was a great expense. They warp, they do not hold up to dishwashing. You can put your plate in the middle of the tray, give 'e r a quick spin, and bingo, instant turntable. It does make it easier to get to the “ food” on the other side o f the plate, though.

That brings me to my next subject. The “food.” I’m on to them. Have you noticed that we have hamburgers one night (or every night if y o u ’re picky), and then the next day we have S alisbury steak, follow ed the next day by Swedish m eatballs follow ed b y sloppy joes followed by... W ell, you get the point. W here do they come up with som e of this stuff? Does som ebody have the daka cookbook, or is all this stuff ju st thrown together and on very rare occasions it is moderately okay?

Then there are the special events. Yep, real special all right. The latest was that Hallow een night thing. The first thing we noticed were those quality tablecloths. They were easily cut by a daka knife, w hich is kind o f amazing, because you ca n ’t cut mashed potatoes with a daka knife. This is so the students can ’t stab the cooks and servers to death. Then they had H allow een whoopie pies w hich lasted four days. And just how rare was that m eat they were giving us. My legs are cooked more than that.

And who makes up the rules in daka? Now there are two entrees, chicken & rice and beef & potatoes. Now you get the beef, and ask for rice. You can ’t get rice, only potatoes with the beef, but you can leave and com e back to get

The Ghostwriter Communication This week, my room m ate and I em barked upon a dangerous and exciting adventure. W e decided that it was finally tim e to clean the room and reclaim it from the G ods o f Stinki­ ness and Filth.

Actually, w e had decided m any tim es be­ fore to clean the room , (a.k.a the “P it” or “ Hole”), and the conversation usually went something like this: “W hat tim e are you getting up tom orrow ?”

“About 7:00, unless there is a fire drill. I have an 8:00 Calc class.”

“Sounds good. W e can clean the room too, and get rid o f that nasty yet unidentifiable sm ell.”

“Sure thing.”

That all m akes sense so far, right? O f course, it’s a great plan, excep t none o f it happens that w ay, because w e both sleep until noon, and the room stays dirty for yet another day.

H ow ever, it eventually b ecam e ju s t too much. Y ou’re asking: W hat w as it? The mess?

The sm ell? T he fam ily o f vagrants living beneath my room m ate’s desk? A ctually, it as the simple fact that we could no longer actually get into the room. The “pile” had gotten out o f hand. An innocent heap o f laundry had grown and mutated into a nasty creature made o f both dirty and clean clothes, and it claim ed ow ner­ ship o f the room.

So anyway, we som ehow got to the point o f actually cleaning the room. A rm ed with oxy­ gen masks, shovels, and such, we began by moving everything against the walls, for no apparent reason other than that we co u ld n ’t think o f a better m ethod. A t this point, we began to uncover m ysterious things. A fan.

Some empty beverage cans. A very unhappy-

looking D o m in o ’s deliverym an. W e also found som ething soft. It was white. It looked just like a carpet, except I didn’t know we had one. W here the hell did it com e from? My room mate said he thought I put it there, but I don’t think I did. M aybe it grew out o f som e­ thing else, and was a giant m utated sock or something. I guess I ’ll worry about that later.

Then we discovered a half-dozen 2 x 4 ’s and a bulletin board that neither one o f us rem em ­ ber leaving there. W e decided to use them as the basis for a loft to hold our dirty clothes.

N ext, we decided to start moving furniture.

My room mate moved his desk and discovered a m ysterious pink m ark that outlined the spot the desk had occupied. A fter som e heavy pondering, we concluded that it w as the residue o f his bad experience with unidentified, yet certainly p otent, alco h o lic b ev erag es. So that’s where that raunchy smell was coming from!

Eventually, we decided that w e had cleaned enough. W e had found the hot pot, th e T V , a D om ino’s man (not sm iling), a table, and a m ysterious carpet, am ong other things. At this point, our R.A., “ M om ,” walks in to survey our handiwork. “W ow ,” she says, “ W hat a mess!

When are you guys going to clean up this place?”

Now it’s time for the DAKA TRA Y O F THE W EEK: Except there isn’t one! T h ey ’re all gone! W hat’s the story here? W hat am I supposed to put in this spot? D on’t these people realize ju st how im portant those trays w ere?

A nyway, th at’s it for this week. U ntil next time, remember: if it sm ells, put it in your room m ate’s closet.

the rice. Or, if there is no line, you can go to the NEXT W INDOW and get the rice, but not at the first window. W ho’s brilliant plan is this?

Then you go to the grille. You can get tw o hot dogs, or tw o hamburgs, but you can ’t get a hamburg and a hot dog on the same plate, you have to go around and get the latter separately.

This is wonderful logic if you ask me.

Then th ere’s running out o f stuff. Not just things like croutons, carrots at the salad bar, no, thinks like bowls, glasses, you know, stuff th a t’s im p o rta n t. N ow th e y ’ll say they w ouldn’t run out if we didn’t take so many glasses at once, but we w ouldn’t have to if they had som ething larger than those .04 ounce shot glasses, and y o u ’re not allowed to bring in your own glasses, either.

And where do they get the people who serve.

C ouldn’t they at least get people who speak English? They know num bers. You kind of have to point and say “two o f those, please,” and they still d o n ’t know what you want. This is why the lines are always about a mile long.

but m aybe they think that gives the impression that people are actually lined up to get the food.

W rong. And they should leam to keep their signs straight. They never say w hat is actually under them, you have to guess.

I suppose this is part o f the learning process.

L earning where to scrounge glasses from, learning to use body language to tell them what you want (and even then you don’t REALLY want it), and learning to guess what you’re eating.

Occasionally they get som ething that al­ most tastes homemade, but only rarely.

W ell, this is the part where I m ust admit that daka food is actually, well, edible. It’s usually not too bad, if you cover it with ketchup to kill whatever flavor it m ight actually have, but this is the price we have to pay. And it’s a pretty hefty price if you ask me.

Joger, box 2700 (Please send me some ideas, there must be som ething out there on campus you want to com plain about. Tell me, chances are you’re not alone!)

Tales from Riley Two The shower curtain conspiracy

by M att M eyer After 10 weeks o f inhabiting the halls o f W PI w e’re all accustom ed to the creature com forts and idiosyncrasies related to life in the dorms. Having shower curtains and hot water constantly are blessings of enorm ous proportions while only having two properly working showers for thirty m en is considered quite a problem. W hen a problem is eliminated there is great rejoicing but when a comfort is done away with, rebellion incurs.

Such was the case last w eek when 3 o f the show er curtains from the m en’s room disap­ peared o r otherwise spontaneously combusted.

Sure, w e in R iley have it easier than the guys in M organ who have to put up w ith gang showers but, hey, that com es with housing preference.

It just so happens that the show ers in Riley become frigid without the curtains to contain the steam.

Mass chaos ensued the discovery o f this malicious thief, whereas one show er curtain was stolen from the w om en’s bathroom. Un­ fortunately, w hen our R.A. found out, he had us return the show er curtain. (I sense something wrong with the order of priorities here. We do him a favor and what do we get? An R.A. kissing up to the women. I mean, really! Duty before a hot show er? I bet this w ouldn’t happen in a school where the ratio was 1 to 1).

Soon after these events, the theory that another floor had stolen them took shape about the rum ored lack o f shower curtains on that floor.

The following day a m ilitia was formed w ith the intention o f retrieving our shower curtains no m atter what the cost, but the plans were suspended until the following night in favor o f having a party (definitely priorities I can deal with). W hen m orning creeped up from under the darkness the one thing that was more noticeable than the crow d of sloth-like, hung-over zom bies or the scent o f vomit waft­ ing through the air, was the three pink shower curtains that had been placed on the shower

stalls. How quaint! W e have glistening pink shower curtains and the w om en’s bathroom has white translucent show er curtains. But that’s o.k. they have a urinal and we don’t.

W hat’s wrong with this picture? Thus, the militia without a m ission dissolved, or so we thought.

That weekend an excruciatingly bored stu­ dent had planted him self in the hall and was zoning out when he noticed a peculiar inscrip­ tion on Riley Rock. It was a brief note, as a m atter o f fact a clue from the conspirators who had stolen our shower curtains. By brilliant m ethods o f deduction (just a little boost for this person’s ego) some people were im plicated as having an angle, or m ore to the point, a tri­ angle, on this crime. W as revenge in order?

Hell yes!! It was not long before the women found large triangular tears in their shower curtains (how very appropriate). L ater that day after the usual bullshit denial routine the cul­ prits admitted their guilt and w ere soundly insulted behind their backs.

Nary was the soul w ho realized the toll of the dam age the devil had done.

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(CPS) — Between 10 and 20 out-of-state students w ho apply to the U niversity o f Ver­ m ont each year are adm itted because their parents m ake a lot o f money, adm issions direc­ tor L inda K ream er admitted after a local new s­ paper published a report about the practice.

“This is not an unusual p olicy,” Kreamer m aintained. “Colleges that have w ell-devel­ oped fund-raising program s probably have sim ilar situations.”

U nder the admissions policy, students from fam ilies w ith “ d ev elo p m en t p o te n tia l” — those w ith a history o f giving to higher educa­ tion and to UVM in particular — get special consideration, she said.

UVM accepts all qualified V erm ont resi­

o f p a r e n ts ’ w e a lth dents, so the incom e criteria apply only to outof-staters, K ream er said.

U niversity officials say it’s ju st another special adm issions category — like being ath­ letic, “non-traditional,” having a special talent or a m ulti-cultural background — that they weigh.

Students who w anted to know if they were accepted partly because o f their parents’ pocketbooks probably w ouldn’t be able to find out, Kream er said. “ It’s never com e up. It’s not som ething most o f us talk about.”

Cam pus reaction, said student governm ent President R ob R osen, is mixed. “The question is, should we be idealistic or realistic? Ideally, this is terrible, but we have to be realistic.”

Tuesday November 7,1989

CLUB CORNER A lpha P hi O m ega

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Vinny says he stinks. H e’s gonna w hif I know he is! You guys, w h at’s the significance o f “hey, hubba hubba, hey, hubba, hubba?” I mean does this have any m eaning at all to the rest o f the chapter? Sam e w ith “ W ugga, W ugga, W ugga.” How am I supposed to create lots o f exciting publicity for WPI on campus with quotes like this to w ork with! O nom ato­ poeia just isn ’t helping me!

Anyway, we have lots o f good service proj­ ects to m ake us look good (and serviceful). We must get psyched for Thanksgiving baskets, bell rings, caroling, and helping out at the M ustard Seed. By now you know about J e f fs “ student service” idea - hope you like it.

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GREEK CORNER Alpha Chi Rho

together. Now it’s time to relax and have a great time tonight - thanx Karen.

G reetings Brothers. B term is cruising right along. O nly 38 studying days left until Christ­ mas, so get ready for a wild term.

Social is keeping everyone busy so far. The Around the World party was a blast, and con­ grats to anyone who made it all the way around.

T hanks to Delta Phi Epsilon for the hearty partying (V al go home). W e hope to see you and everyone else at the Bam Blast party this week. W e ’re looking forward to another great tim e.

O ur annual Brewery Trip proved to be a lot of fun, thanks to everyone who went. Pete seem s stable, hopefully we can watch him snap again before Rush ends. Bowling and Basket­ ball are still undefeated. L et’s keep it up guys, this term looks promising. A nd good luck this term to the brothers getting stressed out with that Stress course.

A couple o f thanks this week also. Tim, good jo b working on the party room. And all of the brothers would like to thank the wait­ resses for their much appreciated hard work at Casino Night.

Finally, will you guys in the triple ever name your room? Hurry up, the y e a p * i|l be over soon. And Trotta, nice try. Are you looking forw ard to your date with G abriella?

Well, th at’s it. Study hard and party hard (in that order o f course). See ya.

Phi Sigma Sigma

Alpha Gamma Delta The sisters o f Alpha Gam would like to w elcom e our new pledges. We are all very happy to have you along. The rest o f this year will be great - only great stuff ahead!

We w ould like to take care o f some official business now. Zeta Zeta chapter would like to make a public apology to A X P for the m isun­ derstanding with regards to the student center location. O ur intention was not to displace a fellow fraternity. O ur idea of using WPI property near their house was mistaken be­ cause o f lack of clarity on our part. It is unfortunate that the situation had to reach the level it did by uninvolved parties. AGD is very sorry, AXP. A w ord o f great appreciation goes out to the sisters who participated in the walk-a-thon for JD F and in addition a congratulations for find­ ing it. A lso congrats to the chapter - R ush went great and w e got to spend a lot of quality time

Well, the 2nd and 3rd RUSH parties and the Pref party were an outstanding success. Jen K, Melissa M, Sam S, Stacey D, Maria K, Kim S and the entire Rush Comm ittee: your intense effort to pull o ff each party is com m endable, thank you. And, of course, Tamm y, C O N ­ G RA TU LA TIO N S on the success o f Rush.

Your dedication resulted in a fabulous new pledge class. Speaking o f w hich, W ELCOM E PLEDGES! The Sisterhood o f PHI SIGM A SIGM A IS PSYCHED ON YOU!!! We had to wait until B-term to get pledges— but it was worth the w ait, you guys are awesome!

To totally change gears. I ’d like to rem ind the Sisterhood and the W PI com m unity to attend an excellent program : “A Cam pusW ide Effort for Dealing with the Issues o f Alcohol and Drug Dependency Among C ol­ lege S tudents” on Wed the 8th, 1:30 - 2:30 PM in SL104.

Personal H i's to Deb Long and Dara Z — I ca n ’t wait to see you guys in letters again! 15 days until Turkey Recess; 31 days until the XMAS Party; 38 days until the end o ’ the term.

Until we m eet again, LITP.

Sigma Pi I’m talking CHOM P! Since last w eek ’s article is mysteriously missing I start o ff by catching up. Last term definitely went out with a bang. O f course I’m talking about hom ecom ­ ing, with a record num ber o f Alumni coming home to the Pi. Dave C hasse’s Mom. The theme o f O ktoberfest carried right on into the night with a kick ass party. Tuesday nights are on the up sw ing and bonus rounds could be­ come an institution.

Rush U pdate: Rush events held so far this term are. G reasy H ole’s taco fest, Rockingham horse track, M onday Night tackle the guy next to you Football. And w ho can forget the midnight barbecue.

Question o f the W eek: W ill there be an article next w eek? (W ho knows? I d o n ’t even know .)

Tau Kappa Epsilon The Rush events for this w eek are: Bowling in the Gym on Thursday. A Nyuck, nyuck

Stooge Fest on Friday at the house and Monday Night Football with Pizza. Bids day is ap­ proaching soon and it’s never too late too start rushing. GO GREEK!!!, you will never regret it.

W e had a great PR event last week and in our neighborhood; we kegged the Callahans (just joking) and raked the island on Mass. Ave. Guess what? The city says they will clean up leaves on Monday (yesterday)... all streets!

What a bunch o f jokers!... O ther important events... T U P P Y ’S Birthday was yesterday..

H appy birthday..

Congratulations to W alt and Alex for their perform ance in the TEK E connection, hope­ fully everything went well. Hope you guys didn’t forget your Fiestas. Thanks to all that participated and the great audience. So, w hat’s your favorite organ?... See y ’all next week..

T h e ta C h i The brothers o f T heta Chi fraternity would like to congratulate Dave Marshall for pinning his girlfriend Jaye. We would all also like to encourage Freshmen to visit at any time. Feel free to roam throughout the house and talk to the brothers.

The past few weeks have been eventful at Theta Chi. A road trip to Theta Chi at Penn State was fun-filled. W as Ty guilty o f a most heinous crime? Brothers Berg, Burlingame, and M anchuso found an excellent hide-out.

The Penn State campus was rocking - they have over fifty fraternities! H om ecom ing was a great success. Food and drink w ere well c o m p lim e n te d by the co m p an y o f m any alumni. Kent Costa did an excellent job, the day went very smoothly. This year’s H allow ­ een party was a blast - a special thanks goes out to Lens & Lights for letting us borrow a couple o f speakers when ours experienced some tech­ nical difficulties.

Upcoming events include the bid day fes­ tivities and the Christm as party. Oh, and it’s never too soon to start thinking about the 5th annual Beach Party. (Tentative date is som e­ time in January) On a lighter note — Sum o definitely was guilty o f a most heinous crime. (W ith a little help from O om pa!) Poor Brian, ho w ’s your car? W ater Fest ’89 was definitely wet. JJ, Thos, G ugino, and Smitty - how dirty can you get? Has KK been leaving all those shower m onkeys? George says, “ Has anyone seen my Stones tapes?” W h o ’s that in T om a’s closet?

Zeta Psi G o o d m o rro w B ro th e r s , E v e ry o n e now....Thank you Chuck and Cheryl for letting us p a rty w ith all y o u r ro o m m a te s friends....except for an attitude problem up­ stairs everything was OK, we w eren’t busted and the glam ’ boys didn’t bother us that much, th ey ’re actually not bad when they’re half in the bag. N ate, wanna play K ing’s. Nate, ‘Skirda luvly costumes, I want to smash them.

Andy the pledge had the best one though, his babalazoos were firm yet squishy, but I think the chest hair was little too much. Sar, take out those teeth the next tim e you talk, y o u ’re spitting everywhere. Thank you Skin for not waiting til I got home to party on the 3rd floor.

Editors, very nice classified pages, yor tieping iz eggsaldent... you could probably get a jo b at the Herald, they can’t type either. N ate, Bridge d o n ’t make a mess in the back of my cab, who do ya tink is gunna clean it up, I ain ’t got no vinyl seat covers ya know. J, J, J ’boa, just bustin’ loose. I am IRON TOO TH. How about it inspection tim e came around and we didn’t have to go to court this year. Next year we tell them that the car is a natural habitat for rodents and vermin, and to move it would cause a com plete collapse of the ecological system in the area. Freshmen, like C oney Island, you’ll be fartin’ it out for a week, your ass will love ya. John, just supposin’ you wanna us to a tell ya roomy Bobby that accidents are very preva­ lent when he a plays wit his knee caps, ya know they cud a break, accidentally of course. John, you Duncan m oist browny. The New Britain faction o f the house is taking over, w ere like the black plague; no more Brocktonites. Sam the barber, two types of cuts, short and shorter.

Mate what did ya say, “take a little off the top.”

My idea is catching on, now Bridge want to go chapter 11, TJ should follow. A dam control your woman, we don’t want to go to a movie.

Pete how ’s the war going, is the sequel coming out in tonight’s dream or is it slim e again.

Thank you Saint for the food we payed you to get, also thank you for the cake. Fred, Ian, watch out, Pete knows about the cream ing. TJ, Bridge we now know that the table is actually a piece o f unbum t molded plastic, then again at 3 am anything is possible. Thank you pizza gods. Oh well, different letter, sam e shit. ‘Til Petee finally figures out, that Boyer has shown him the path to riches and fortune, and a little time in the sun, ‘nuf said.

All members of the WPI community are corrdially invided to: “A CAMPUS WIDE EFFORT FOR DEALING WITH THE ISSUES . OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG DEPENDENCY AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS” Presented by: Bruce Donovan, Ph.D. Associate Dean of the College Professor of Classics Brown University WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm SALISBURY LABORATORY, ROOM 104 Sponsored by the WPI Alcohol and Drug Standing Committee

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through the U .S. Government? Get the facts today! Call 1-312-742-1142 ext, 5883.

SPRING BREAK 19 9 0 - Individual or student organization needed to promote our Spring Break trips. Earn m oney, free trips and v a lu a b le w ork ex p e r ie n c e .

APPLY NOW!! Call Inter-Campus Pro­ grams: 1-800-327-6013.

Lonely? N eed a date? M eet that special som eone today! Call DATETIM E 405366-6335.

GREECE GREECE GREECE. March 9 -1 8th. 2 nights in Athens, 6 nights on the Isle o f Rhodes. Only $799. Call ISTA 2 03-429-1032.

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CYNICS CORNER: half-empty Hey freshmen guys! Pay attention to your m ailboxes! Our class (93) is sponsor­ ing a ‘tuck-in-party’ - Have a girl read you a story and tuck you in on 11/15. More info in boxes.

T-roll another!

Typing available, w ill pick up and drop off, most done in 24 hours. Cheryl 8322913.

S - been to confession lately?

L and J - avoid sucking face around bunnies bearing silly string

Bands wanted for “W eekend Riot” in G om pei’s. Contact Bill at Social Com m it­ tee O ffice or Box 2196.

A Love Supreme Looking for a fraternity, sorority or student organization that would like to make $ 5 0 0 -$ 1000 for a one week oncam pus marketing project. Must be or­ ganized and hardworking. Call Elizabeth or Myra at 800 592-2121.

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Easy Work! Excellent Pay! A ssem ble products at home. Call for information.

5 0 4 -649-0670 Ext. 9595.

quickly. Submit your artistic creations before Decem ber 15, 1989.

5 little girls with bad intent

ROOM M ATE W ANTED: to share an apartment with 2 fem ales, 2 minutes from campus, $ 175/month + 1/3 utilities: Call Lynn at 368-8798 or write to B ox 1218

Looking for Diplomacy players for FTF or PBM gam es. Contact box 2128.

G UITARIST - looking to join a band.

Can read m usic, im provise and write.

Like blues, R & R (ex. CCR). Call Scott 754-7724 or write to Box 1389.

Pathways is looking for subm issions.

Submit your pen and ink drawings, short stories, and poetry to Box 5150.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday November 7,1989

T u esd ay , N ovem b er 7, 1989 10:00 - 3:00 pm - OGCP: IBM R ecruiting Table, Wedge.

8:00 pm - C inem atech presents film: “Sw im m ing to Cam bodia,” Kinnicut H all, free.

W ednesday, N ov em b er 8, 1989 4:00 pm - Chem istry Seminar, “ Photoresist: Chemistry and A pplications,” Dr. Dana Durham, G oddard 227.

7:30 pm - YMCA therapeutic hypnosis program for Smoking, call the YMCA at 755-6101 for pre-registration.

8:00 pm - Video “O verboard,” G om pei’s Place, free.

T h u rsd a y , N ovem b er 9, 1989 11:00 am - AIRG “ I Remembered, Relaxed and A bsorbed,” Ed Meehan, W PI C om puter Science Departm ent, AK232 6:15 pm - Folk G roup practice, Religious Center, 19 Schussler Road.

7:30 pm- YMCA therapeutic hypnosis program for W eight Control, call the YMCA at 7556101 for pre-registration.

F rid a y , N ovem b er 10, 1989 3:00 - 5:00 pm - Sacram ent o f Reconciliation, Religious Center, 19 Schussler Road.

8:00 pm - W orcester Artists G roup presents New Rock with W avering Shapes and Voice o f Reason, call 754-0545 for more info.

8:00 pm - Cocktails: “The Conjunto Latino Band,” G om pei’s Place, $1.00.

Nobody can resist a p izza from D om ino's P izza1*1 E specially w hen It s so easy lo gel. Just pick up the phone and call us. We’ll d eliv er a hoi, fresh, in a d e -lo -o rd e r p izza lo your door in 3(1 m in ­ utes o r less G u aran teed C all Dom ino's Pizza. Nobody D elivers B e tle r"'.

S a tu rd a y , N ovem b er 11, 1989 1:30 pm - Varisty Football vs MIT. 8:00 pm - W orcester Artists Group presents a night o f blues with The United Snakes, the Brown Bag Guzzlers, and Patrick Murphy, call 754-0545 for more info.

S u n d ay , N ovem ber 12, 1989 10:30 am - First Presbyterian Church service, 125 Holden St., W orcester. R ides available, 852-2111.

11:30 am - C atholic Mass in Alden 6:00 pm - Catholic Mass in Founders (dow nstairs) 6:30 & 9:30 pm - Film: Animation Festival, Kinnicutt Hall, $2.00.

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