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Comparative tuition analysis

by Chris Barcus News Editor In the October 10, 1988 issue o f U.S. News and World Report 125 o f the nations colleges w ere ranked in five different categories. O f the five, W PI was placed with comprehensive colleges and universities. Require­ m ents of being placed in the com pre­ hensive college category is a popula­ tion of no fewer than 2500 students and awarding more than half o f its bachelor’s degrees in two or more occupational or professional disci­ plines, such as engineering.

The ranking of the schools is done on a quantitative basis, not on opin­ ions o f those who are conducting the survey. The areas w hich were evalu­ ated by the selection comm ittee in­ clude the school’s selectivity, the faculty as well as dollars budgeted per student, resources available for edu­ cational programs, and the retention

of the students.

The pool o f the nations com pre­ hensive colleges and universities in­ cludes 399 different institutions. As a result o f the evaluations performed, WPI was ranked fifth in the nation as a com prehensive university.

O ther schools in this category include Trinity University in Texas (#2), V illan o va U n iv ersity (# 8), Providence College (#11), and As­ sum ption College (#18).

T he m ajor factor which influ­ enced the appearance o f W PI in the list is the uniqueness o f the WPI plan.

No other university can com pare with the requirem ents fo r g raduation, therefore making WPI stand in a class of its own.

In com paring tuition o f the col­ leges in the list, WPI has the highest tuition, but what has to be taken into consideration is the rest o f the schools are not our competetors. W hen com ­ paring tuition with o u r competetors

for the 1988-89 academic year, out of fifteen institutions which are o f com ­ parative quality, there are only six which have tuition higher than what is being charged by W PI. T w o of our largest competetors, MIT and RPI, have tuitions which were higher than W PI. MIT charged 13,400 for 88-89, while R PI’s tuition was $12,600. These numbers are im ­ portant when increases in tution are in order.

For WPI to be considered com petive with other engineering in stitutions the tuition w hich is charged has to be comparable. The goal o f the adm inistration is to keep the tuition o f W PI in the middle o f the group, not too high on the list, but also not at the bottom.

T herefore, the increase in tuition for the 89-90 academ ic year is keep­ ing us in proper standing in relation­ ship to other schools. The tentative figure for the increase, which will have been voted on by the board of

trustees Sunday, February 26, is 9%, or $13,080.

A fter presenting the facts, it is now time to start asking some ques­ tions and drawing inferences from the material presented.

One question which is echoing around students is why to we have to raise tuition just because other schools are doing it?

According to President Strauss, we are not raising tuition soley to keep us comparative to our competition, but also so there is extra money to be reinvested back into the institution to im prove the quality o f life.

Looking at the other side o f the coin, justifications do not quite cover the 9% increase in tuition. Are we as students seeing a proportional in­ crease in the quality o f education we are receiving? Instead of applying money to provide entertainment for banquets and flying potential faculty to and from their current place of em ploym ent to view W PI, they

should upgrade life for students on cam pus.

A reas of im provem ent w hich would improve education on campus include investing money in instruc­ tors w ho not only can understand English but can also speak it. The various laboratory spaces on campus for many majors could also have some o f the basic equipm ent upgraded.

Afterall, how practical is it to use equipm ent which was outdated during W W II when WPI is suppose to be training individuals for a technical position in society? W PI does have many fine facilities, but it is time to upgrade the basics which are used on a day to day basis.

It is time that the administration as well as the board o f trustees start considering the student population when making decisions regarding us.

Afterall, they are not the ones who have to find extra sum m er jobs to pay the tuition bills.

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 17, Number 7 Tuesday, February 28, 1989

Infirmary to change hours (WPI News Release) - During the course of the last few w eeks a decision was made to consolidate services o f­ fered by the WPI Health Services.

Notice has been given that effective July 1, 1989 the WPI Health Services will eliminate evening and weekend hours. Beginning with the first day of A term 1989, the health center will be open from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, five days per week. The center will co n ­ tinue to provide four (4) hours per day o f physician coverage, moving the usual evening hours to the afternoon.

While much of the decision to consolidate hours is fueled by finan­ cial considerations, additional factors include the difficulty to contract with physicians to cover the evenings and the difficulty during the past year to

attract nurses to work evening and weekend shifts.

At the present time WPI has full nursing coverage. The change in hours will necessitate the laying o ff of five part times nurses who have capa­ bly served WPI for up to six (6 ) years.

A survey o f local colleges shows that area college health services oper­ ate anywhere from eight hours per day to maintaining a 24 hour facility.

Additionally the level o f service pro­ vided by each varies greatly. Staffing ranges from one full time nurse at Anna Maria College to four full time nurses plus a secretary/receptionist at Clark University. WPI will staff the center with two full time nurses each day beginning in A term.

During the course o f the next few

months the health center staff will be exploring evening and weekend refer­ rals for students who are unable to wait for scheduled physician hours.

These referral lists will be available throughout next year. Additionally Hahnemann Family Health Services with whom W PI contracts for physi­ cian coverage, will be available on an on-call basis for emergency situ­ ations.

T he W PI adm inistration and Health Service staffs remain com m it­ ted to providing quality health service for W PI students. W hile the first year of any change can present unpredicted challenges, the staff will make every effort to maintain the quality o f serv­ ice it has been known for over the years.

RA’s for 89-90 announced

by Troy Nielsen Newspeak Staff The Office of Housing and R esi­ dential Life has released the list o f students that have been selected as Student Hall Directors and Resident Advisors for the 1989-1990 academic year.

The Student Hall Directors are M ichael Donahue (Founders Hall), D enise Fortier (Daniels Hall), Anup G hosh (Houses), Patrick Healy (M or­ gan Hall), Inderpreet Khurana (Riley Hall), and Donna Roche (Stoddard Complex). O f course these people are also R A ’s in their respective build­ ings. The rest o f the RA staff for next year includes Steve A nderson(*), A rmando Aquino, G ail A uger(*), Michelle Burns(*), Rhodia Christodoulidou(*), Daniel Clark, Steve Collins, David Dickey(*), C hristo­ pher DiEllio, John Campbell, Ken Campbell(*), Paul G ibbons(*), Brian Gosselin(*), Christine Hajjar, W il­ liam Harrison, Kate Knapp(*), Eric Lindgren(*), Kawi Lami Neal(*), N an cy M c L a u g h lin , C a th y Pawloski(*), Darilyn Reuter, Lisa Ricker(*), Greg Robichaud, Caren Sarro, Michael Shorr, Rob Tiem an, Jennifer Tobin, Debbie W hitman(*), and Paul Wojciak(*). The (*) indi­ cates that this person is a returning Resident Advisor. All o f the Student Hall Directors are returning R A ’s also.

In case you were wondering, the Student Hall Directors are different from RA’s in that they have certain added responsibilities. These respon-

sibilities include overseeing the RA staff in their building, administrative tasks for their building, term break occupancy sheets, advising the other R A ’s in the building so that they work as a team , building resources for the new R A ’s, and they act as a liaison between students and the office of Housing and Res. Life.

This year there are a few changes in the selection process. The overall RA selection process is 3-fold. The first part of the process consists o f an application with questions and essays that convey whether or not the person has the aptitude to be a Resident Advisor. There were a few minor alterations o f questions on the appli­ cation.

The second part o f the selection process was totally changed. Up until now, this part was com posed o f sev­ eral group discussions that occurred at night in Stratton Hall. There were 3 discussion session w here the par­ ticipants talked about various situ­ ations that were given to them. Dis­ cussions were monitored by members of the Selection staff. A fter reviewing this part of the process, it was found that there was too much time being tied up for these discussions. It was found that some people were not get­ ting time to say their fair share in these discussion because others would talk too much. To solve this, the staff decided to change the format to a oneday session that involved activities that were supposed to bring out the real RA candidate, and not one that merely said what he felt should be said during discussions. A nother advan-

tage, as told to me by Elizabeth Sinkiewicz, the A ssistant Director of R esi­ dential Life, was that this session would be more fun and less tedious for the candidates.

Each candidate is supposed to display his/her group presentation skills, have one-on-one discussions, and clarify his/her values.

T he third part o f the process is basically the same. This section co n ­ sists o f individual interviews o f can­ didates that have been selected to reach this level.

Future Greek housing

by Chris Barcus News Editor WP1 recently released the pre­ liminary results of the Fraternity housing report.

The main issue w hich was addressed involved the condition of the houses in which the m em bers of the Greek system live.

The biggest concern to the adm ini­ stration is that the houses are be­ tw een 60-90 years old and are o f a w ood-fram e construction w hich constitutes a safety problem. The houses are currently in desperate need o f upgrading and many of the houses do not have funds to do the necessary work.

The money problem within the G reek system for im provem ents stems from the fact that they do not have enough money to pay the taxes on the property as well as upgrade.

The national charters which back each of the fraternal operations do not have the necessary cash to give to the houses for repairs.

Since the condition which the G reeks are living in are not up to current standards on the average, W PI feels as if there is a reduction in the quality o f life compared to other students on campus. Therefore it is W P I’s responsibility to lend a help­ ing hand to the Greeks.

A s a result o f the study, several possible alternatives were brought up to provide financial assistance to those houses which needed it. Some o f the suggestions include having WPI help finance loans for the houses which are below the market rate, provide college owned hous­ ing, establish an endow m ent for the Greek system to support upgrading, or to remain status quo. These are preliminary suggestions in regard to future Greek housing and will not be finalized until som etim e in May. A side note to this issue is the current stand the adm inistration is taking toward the Greeks. W ith the reduction in the num ber of students interested in pursuing careers in en­ gineering, the school is facing a decline in the num ber of students attending. Therefore, they are trying to m ake the school look as m arket­ able as possible. O ne aspect which has considerable im portance when potential freshmen are trying to find the college they w ant to attend is the Greek system, in the past, the ad­ ministration has not been extremely supportive of the G reeks, but they may be beginning to realize that their support may help keep WPI going strong through this period o f reduced interest in engineering.

WPI takes award at Harvard UN

by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff T he Harvard National Model United Nations was held from Febru­ ary 16 thru 19 at the Copley Square M arriott in Boston. The WPI Interna­ tional Relations Council sent a dele­ gation o f tw elve people to represent both the school and the nation o f Ire­ land. The participants in the confer­ ence cam e from over 100 schools, and several countries. The conference is organized and run by Harvard stu­ d en ts.

O v erall, the event ran sm oothly and was an enjoyable expe­ rience for all involved.

T his was the third year that WPI participated in the conference, and also the third year that WPI was rec­ ognized at the awards ceremony. The group WPI delegation members were: A thena D emetry, Mark Weil, G eorge Rcgnery, Inderpreet Khurana, Naray-

anan Rajan, Jehan Tamboowalla, A l­ ton Reich, Kevin D oyle, Joseph Baron, Rich M ichalew ich, Agnes C han, and Shilpa Shroff. The winners this year were Narayanan Rajan and Jehan Tam boow alla on the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural C om m it­ tee. Narayanan Rajan also won last year. The group was prepared to compete in the event because of weekly meetings and research into the topic areas being discussed.

The conference is organized like the real UN. Delegations send repre­ sentatives to the various comm ittees, and there the delegates try to develop mutually acceptable resolutions on the topics being discussed.

This y ear’s topics included state sponsored terrorism , mercenaries, denucleariza­ tion o f Africa, and child labor. All of the com m ittees o f the general assem ­ bly were able to develop resolutions on their topic areas. Due to time

constraints, not all of the resolutions came up before the General A ssem ­ bly.

In just a few w eeks, planning will begin for next y ear’s HNM UN when the W PI IRC has to fill out country preference forms for next year.

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Comparative tuition analysis

by Chris Barcus News Editor In the October 10, 1988 issue of U.S. News and World Report 125 of the nations colleges were ranked in five different categories. O f the five, WPI was placed with com prehensive colleges and universities. R equire­ ments o f being placed in the com pre­ hensive college category is a popula­ tion o f no fewer than 25(X) students and awarding more than half o f its bachelor’s degrees in two or more occupational or professional disci­ plines, such as engineering.

The ranking of the schools is done on a quantitative basis, not on opin­ ions of those who are conducting the survey. The areas which were evalu­ ated by the selection com m ittee in­ clude the school’s selectivity, the faculty as well as dollars budgeted per student, resources available for edu­ cational programs, and the retention

of the students.

The pool o f the nations com pre­ hensive colleges and universities in­ cludes 399 different institutions. As a result o f the evaluations performed, WPI was ranked fifth in the nation as a com prehensive university.

O ther schools in this category include Trinity University in Texas (#2), V illan o v a U niversity (# 8 ), Providence College (#11), and A s­ sumption College (#18).

The m ajor factor which influ­ enced the appearance o f WPI in the list is the uniqueness of the WPI plan.

No other university can com pare with the requirem ents for g raduation, therefore making WPI stand in a class of its own.

In com paring tuition of the col­ leges in the list, WPI has the highest tuition, but what has to be taken into consideration is the rest o f the schools are not our competetors. When com ­ paring tuition with our com petetors

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for the 1988-89 academ ic year, out of fifteen institutions which are of com ­ parative quality, there are only six which have tuition higher than what is being charged by WPI. Two o f our largest competetors, M IT and RPI, have tuitions which were higher than WPI. MIT charged 13,400 for 88-89, while R PI’s tuition was $12,600. These numbers are im­ portant when increases in tution are in order. For WPI to be considered com petive with other engineering institutions the tuition which is charged has to be comparable. The goal o f the administration is to keep the tuition o f WPI in the middle of the group, not too high on the list, but also not at the bottom.

Therefore, the increase in tuition for the 89-90 academ ic year is keep­ ing us in proper standing in relation­ ship to other schools. The tentative figure for the increase, which will have been voted on by the board of

trustees Sunday, February 26, is 9%, or $13,080.

A fter presenting the facts, it is now time to start asking some ques­ tions and drawing inferences from the material presented.

One question which is echoing around students is why to we have to raise tuition just because other schools are doing it?

According to President Strauss, we are not raising tuition soley to keep us comparative to our com petition, but also so there is extra money to be reinvested back into the institution to improve the quality o f life.

Looking at the other side o f the coin, justifications do not quite cover the 9% increase in tuition. Are we as students seeing a proportional in­ crease in the quality of education we are receiving? Instead o f applying money to provide entertainm ent for banquets and flying potential faculty to and from their current place of em ploym ent to view W PI, they

should upgrade life for students on cam pus.

A reas of im provem ent w hich would improve education on campus include investing money in instruc­ tors who not only can understand English but can also speak it. The various laboratory spaces on cam pus for many majors could also have some of the basic equipm ent upgraded.

Afterall, how practical is it to use equipm ent which was outdated during WWII when WPI is suppose to be training individuals for a technical position in society? WPI does have many fine facilities, but it is time to upgrade the basics which are used on a day to day basis.

It is time that the administration as well as the board of trustees start considering the student population when making decisions regarding us.

Afterall, they are not the ones who have to find extra sum m er jobs to pay the tuition bills.

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The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 17, Number 7 Tuesday, February 28, 1989

Infirmary to change hours Future Greek housing (WPI News Release) - During the course o f the last few weeks a decision was m ade to consolidate services o f­ fered by the WPI Health Services Notice has been given that effective July 1, 1989 the WPI Health Services will elim inate evening and weekend hours. Beginning w ith the first day c<( A term 1989, the health centei will be open from 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. five days per week. The center will con­ tinue to provide four (4) hours per day of physician coverage, moving the usual evening hours to the afternoon.

W hile much of the decision to consolidate hours is fueled by finan­ cial considerations, additional factors include the difficulty to contract with physicians to cover the evenings and the difficulty during the past year to

attract nurses to work evening and weekend shifts.

At the present time WPI has full nursing coverage. The change in hours w ill necessitate the laying off of five part times nurses who have capa­ bly served WPI for up to six (6 ) years.

A survey o f local colleges shows that area college health services oper­ ate anywhere from eight hours per day to maintaining a 24 hour facility.

Additionally the level o f service pro­ vided by each varies greatly. Staffing ranges from one full time nurse at Anna Maria College to four full time nurses plus a secretary/receptionist at Clark University WPI will staff the center with two full time nurses each day beginning in A term.

During the course o f the next few

months the health center staff will be exploring evening and weekend refer­ rals for students who are unable to wait for scheduled physician hours.

These referral lists will be available throughout next year. Additionally Hahnemann Family Health Services with whom W PI contracts tor physi­ cian coverage, will be available on an on-call basis for emergency situ­ ations.

The WPI adm inistration and Health Service staffs remain com m it­ ted to providing quality health service for WPI students. W hile the first year o f any change can present unpredicted challenges, the staff will make every effort to maintain the quality of serv­ ice it has been known for over the years.

RA’s for 89-90 announced

by Troy Nielsen Newspeak Staff The Office o f Housing and R esi­ dential Life has released the list of students that have been selected as Student Hall Directors and Resident Advisors for the 1989-1990 academ ic year.

The Student Hall Directors are Michael Donahue (Founders Hall), Denise Fortier (Daniels Hall), Anup Ghosh (H ouses), Patrick Healy (M or­ gan Hall), Inderpreet Khurana (Riley Hall), and Donna Roche (Stoddard Com plex). O f course these people are also R A ’s in their respective build­ ings The rest of the R A staff for next year includes Steve A nderson(*), Armando A quino, Gail A uger(*), Michelle Bums(*), Rhodia C'hrislodoulidouf*), Daniel C lark, Steve Collins, David Dickey(*), C hristo­ pher DiEllio, John Campbell. Ken CampbelK*), Paul G ibbons!*), Brian Gosselin(*), Christine Hajjar, W il­ liam Harrison, Kate Knapp(*), Eric Lindgren(*), Kawi Lami NeaK*), N ancy M c L a u g h lin , C a th y Pawloskit*), Darilyn Reuter, Lisa Ricker(+), Greg Robichaud. Caren Sarro, Michael Shorr, Rob Tiernan, Jennifer Tobin. Debbie W hitman(*), and Paul W ojciak(*). The (*) indi­ cates that this person is a returning Resident Advisor. All o f the Student Hall Directors are returning R A 's also.

In case you were w ondering, the Student Hull Directors are different from R A 's in that they have certain added responsibilities. These rcspon

sibilities include overseeing the RA staff in their building, administrative tasks for their building, term break occupancy sheets, advising the other R A ’s in the building so that they work as a team, building resources for the new R A ’s, and they act as a liaison between students and the office of Housing and Res. Life.

This year there are a few changes in the selection process. The overall RA selection process is 3-fold. The first part o f the process consists of an application with questions and essays that convey whether or not the person has the aptitude to be a Resident Advisor. There were a few minor alterations of questions on the appli­ cation.

The second part o f the selection process was totally changed. Up until now, this part was composed o f sev­ eral group discussions that occurred at night in Stratton Hall. There were 3 discussion session where the par­ ticipants talked about various situ­ ations that were given to them. Dis­ cussions were monitored by m em bers o f the Selection staff. After review ing this part o f the process, it was found that there was too much time being tied up for these discussions. It was found that som e people were not get ting time to say their fair share in these discussion because others would talk too much. To solve this, the staff decided to change the format to a one day session that involved activities that were supposed to bring out the real RA candidate, and not one that merely said what he felt should be said during discussions. Another advan­

tage, as told to me by Elizabeth Sinkiewicz, the Assistant Director of Resi­ dential Life, was that this session would be more fun and less tedious for the candidates.

Each candidate is supposed to display his/her group presentation skills, have one-on-one discussions, and clarify his/her values.

The third part o f the process is basically the same. This section con­ sists of individual interviews of can­ didates that have been selected to reach this level.

by Chris Barcus News Editor WPI recently released the pre­ liminary results of the Fraternity housing report.

The main issue which was addressed involved the condition of the houses in which the m em bers of the Greek system live.

The biggest concern lo the adm ini­ stration is that the houses are be­ tween 60-90 years old and are of a w ood-fram e con stru ctio n w hich constitutes a safety problem. The houses are currently in desperate need of upgrading and many o f the houses do not have funds to do the necessary work.

The money problem within the G reek system for im provem ents stem s from the fact that they do not have enough money to pay the taxes on the property as well as upgrade.

The national charters which back each of the fraternal operations do not have the necessary cash to give to the houses for repairs.

Since the condition which the G reeks are living in are not up to current standards on the average, WPI feels as if there is a reduction in the quality of life com pared to other students on campus. Therefore it is W P I’s responsibility to lend a help­ ing hand to the Greeks.

As a result of the study, several possible alternatives were brought up to provide financial assistance to those houses which needed it. Some of the suggestions include having WPI help finance loans for the hua.es which are below the m arket rate, provide college owned hous­ ing, establish an endowment for the Greek system lo support upgrading, or to remain status quo. These are preliminary suggestions in regard to future Greek housing and will not be finalized until som etime in May. A side note to this issue is the current stand the administration is taking toward the Greeks. With the reduction in the number of students interested in pursuing careers in en­ gineering, the school is facing a decline in the number of students attending. Therefore, they are trying to make the school look as m arket­ able as possible. One aspect which has considerable importance when potential freshmen are trying to find the college they want to attend is the Greek system. In the past, the ad­ ministration has not been extremely supportive of the G reeks, but they may be beginning to realize that their support may help keep WPI going strong through this period of reduced interest in engineering.

WPI takes award at Harvard UN

by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff The Harvard National Model United Nations was held from Febru­ ary 16 thru 19 at the Copley Square Marriott in Boston. The WPI Interna tional Relations Council sent a dele­ gation of twelve people to represent both ihe school and the nation o f Ire­ land. The participants in the confer­ ence came from over 100 schools, and several countries. The conference is organized and run by Harvard stu­ d en ts.

O v e ra ll, the ev en t ran sm oothly and was an enjoyable expe­ rience for all involved.

This was the third year that WPI participated in the conference, and also the third year that WPI was rec­ ognized at the awards ceremony The group WPI delegation members were: A thena Demetry, Mark Weil, George Regnery, Inderpreet Khurana, Naray

anan Rajan, Jehan Tam boow alla, Al­ ton Reich, Kevin D oyle, Joseph Baron, Rich M ichalew ich, Agnes Chan, and Shilpa Shroff. The winners this year were Narayanan Rajan and Jehan Tamboowalla on the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural C om m it­ tee. Narayanan Rajan also won last year. The group was prepared to compete in the event because of weekly meetings and research into the topic areas being discussed.

The conference is organized like the real UN. Delegations send repre­ sentatives to the various com m ittees, and there the delegates try to develop mutually acceptable resolutions on the topics being discussed.

This year’s topics included state sponsored terrorism, mercenaries, denucleariza­ tion o f Africa, and child labor. All of the com m ittees of the general assem ­ bly were able to develop resolutions on their topic areas. Due to time

constraints, not all of the resolutions cam e up before the General A ssem ­ bly.

In just a few weeks, planning will begin for next year’s HNMUN when the WPI IRC has lo fill out country preference forms for next year.

This is the last Issue of Newspeak for C Term. Our next issue will be March 28,1989.

Have a great spring breakJ L

Tuesday February 28,1989

NEWSPEAK

Housing means WPI loses struggle to Clark decision-making The engineers

by Troy Nielsen As always, this is the dreaded time of the year where the percentage of W PI’s student population tries their luck in the on- cam pus housing lottery— and usually luck has a lot to do with the outcome of on e’s housing situation.

This year the projected num ber of housing candidates is in excess o f 750 students. A fter talking with Margaret Jablonski, recently appointed Direc­ tor of Housing, she informed me that the Housing Office had printed 750 applications, and that they were all gone as o f last W ednesday. I know that the Office printed more applica­ tions, so you can count on 750 plus candidates. This number is quite sim ilar to the number o f applicants last year.

With the increasing num ber of freshman for the next academ ic year, one could ask, will WPI do anything to expand its housing facilities?

M argaret Jablonski informed me that WPI is always looking for more hous­ ing and purchasing property to fulfill the extra need. For example, the for­ m er Lambda Cfii Alpha house is being discussed as to what its purpose as a W PI-owned building will be. It could be office space or a residential building. No matter what the deci­ sion is, the building will have to be

rebuilt. This renovation process starts in June and will last for about a year.

My opinion is that it will be office space, because that would be a typical WPI bureaucratic move. Enough o f my opinion.

In the housing process, the most important thing to do is weigh the pros versus the cons. For some people, an off-cam pus apartment is the best deci­ sion because they d o n ’t want to go on Daka, etc. WPI will begin prom oting off-cam pus apartm ents more next year, because this will decrease the “load” on the housing lottery.

If you shop around, you can find apartment deals that are com parable or even cheaper than W PI’s prices for on-cam pus housing. Also, the W orc­ ester housing m arket in the Tech area is quite good when compared to schools in small towns or Boston.

Boston prices for lousy apartments are outrageous. W hen taking all o f this into consideration, one realizes that this area is excellent for finding qual­ ity apartments cheap. Go to Residen­ tial Life and look through the apart­ ment books there. The books are arranged according to how many bed­ room s you want.

W hile the housing lottery requires luck, rem ember that no large universi­ ties and colleges in the New England area offer guaranteed housing for all four years.

played a tough game Saturday night. Early in the game they pulled ahead by ten points but buy halftime had let the score slip to 46-45.

Clark came back in the sec­ ond half and ended the game with a reverse dunk defeating the Engineers 91-105.

Admissions for 89-90

by Chris Barcus News Editor The statistics for the incoming freshmen class have recently been released to the WPI community. WPI has received approxim ately 2600 applications this year, which is even with those submitted last year. The fact that the number of applications receiv ed has rem ained co n stan t places WPI in a very high position when compared to the applications received for engineering program s by our competitors. Examples o f such show that Cam egie-M ellon has 18% fewer applications submitted while RPI shows a 2% decline.

O f those students who have ap­ plied for admission next year, 45% ranked in the top ten percent o f their

class, 21% in the second decile, and 11 % in the third. There were 1993 students who applied that fit in the top 30% of their class. The adm inistra­ tion is predicting that 2000 students will be accepted for next year’s fresh­ man class. If the am ount of students who decide to attend WPI follows the past trends, approxim ately 30% o f those who are accepted, or 645 fresh­ men, will be on campus in August.

An interesting point about accep­ tance for the incom ing class is the fact that there will be no wait list. All those applications which make it through the first cut and are deemed to be a potential asset to WPI will be offered admittance. This translates into the fact that o f the 2600 applica­ tions accepted, only 600 will not m ake it through the first cut.

Women's Basketball has a 2-1 week (W PI News Release) - The WPI w om en’s basketball team regrouped after a sloppy first half to defeat New8 Conference opponent W ellesley C ollege on Tuesday, February 7.

The Engineers dominated the sec­ ond half, then boosted their eight point halftime lead while holding W ellesley to just six points in the first ten minutes o f the second half. WPI had three players in double figures: junior Jody N orm andin (19 pts and six assists), freshman M ichele L eB oeuf(15 ptsand 12 rebounds) and Senior Deb Carelli (14 pts and eight rebounds). Senior Carol Allen and freshman Tammy O ’Dea each added six points o ff the bench.

On Thursday, February 9 the Engineers lifted their New-8 C onfer­ ence record to 5-1 with a 52-40 win over MIT. MIT shot only 27 percent from the field, compared to W P I’s 60 percent in the second half. Nor­ mandin led all scorers with 17 points and four assists, followed by fresh­ man Det Carraway, with 10 points and six rebounds. Carelli added eight points. Dominating the boards for WPI was junior Kris G ately, who brought down 14 rebounds.

The Engineers finished the week on Saturday, February 11 with a 4864 loss to the undefeated Cougars from Clark University. Clark now boasts a 22-0 record and a 28-game winning streak.

WPI cam e out ready for the action and began the game by controlling the tem po and holding Clark to a onepoint lead at the half. But the Cougars cam e back and forced the Engineers into turnovers.

Normandin led all scorers with 20 points and was 3-3 on three- pointers.

L eB oeuf added eight points and C arelli and sophom ore Pam Peterson each had six.

The Engineers conclude a fivegame home stand this week as they host Amherst C ollege and SMU.

Basketball all over W.N.E.C. 82-79

by Melinda Nadeau Last Tuesday night the m en ’s basketball team travelled to W estern New England College. WPI beat W NEC 82-79 after being behind in the first half with a score o f 36-43. The Engineers, led by Mark C zerepuszko w ith 22 points, Jeff Ayotte with 21 points, and Tom Bartholomei with 14 points, put up a tremendous fight and despite the efforts o f W N EC ’s Paul S chw artz, Bill Parker, and G ary Barque, WPI won the game.

The Engineers’ record now stands at 12- 10.

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Pedestrians have the Right of way F ro m : R ay m o n d R. G ilb e rt T o :T h e W P I C o m m u n ity Y our cooperation is requested in regards to informing your respective teams, clubs, etc., in terms o f running and/or jogging on the main concourse in Harrington Auditorium. T oo many people are not using com m on sense when running and/or jogging as they go from the main lobby to either side o f the auditorium (toward perm anent seats). There have been occasions, and there will continue to be, when parents, alums, faculty, adm inistra­ tors, staff, students, etc., are walking toward the lobby and not be aware that people are running and/or jogging.

Please be aware that there may be people walking, not know ing others are running and/or jogging. Rem em ­ ber - P ed e stria n s have th e rig h t o f way!

Signs will be placed at either end o f the lobby to help warn people o f the dangers.

H arrington Auditorium has regu­ larly scheduled events throughout the day and night. It’s imperative that an atmosphere conducive to teaching and/or coaching be maintained when a scheduled class, team, or group is using the facility.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Recognition 89 Nominations still being accepted Any m em ber o f the WPI comm unity can nom inate a student, organi­ zation, or an advisor to a club or group for an Extra- Curricular Award.

Nom inations are also being accepted for the Com m unity Service Award.

N omination form s are available in the O ffice o f the Dean o f Students.

N ominations are due in by M arch 3. The aw ards cerem ony will take place on Sunday, April 23.

We’re on Film Flexibly Excellent

by Todd Fantz and Geoff Littlefield Geoff: W ell, this week it seems we have a bit of a disagreem ent on our hands. You see, I dragged Todd to see Bill and T ed’s Excellent Adventure last night. This was m y second time seeing it and from that you can proba­ bly guess my position. I felt that that film, while being completely ridicu­ lous, w as so in a good way. It provided just the sort o f fantastic escape that one’s m ind needs at the end o f C-term.

In short, the plot goes like this: Bill and Ted are destined to become great leaders in their lifetime, but it is necessary that they stay together to do this. They are in danger of failing history and if that happens, Ted gets sent o ff to military school, hence an im m inent sep aratio n . So, R ufus (George Carlin) is sent from the future to help them with their final history report. Bill and Ted use R ufus’ time m achine to travel into various parts of history, such as the Old W est and M edieval England, to shanghai his­ torical figures. That way, they can bring them into present time and find out w hat they think o f the future.

O n top o f that. Bill and T ed’s never stopped moving. Boring is one thing this movie is not. The special effects were o f superior quality (that includes all of the costuming that was needed for the different time periods).

The characters from the past all spoke their own tongues; Socrates spoke A n c ie n t G re e k , G h e n g is K han grunted a lot, Joan of Arc spoke French, etc. T hus, although this movie was very silly, 1 can see a decent am ount of intelligence behind it. Take it Todd.

Todd: THPTTHHPPP! First of all judging a movie as a C-term is not very sane, C-term is hell so anything is an escape no m atter how stupid.

Yes, 1 agree the m ovie was slick, but Bill and Ted were so obnoxious and airheaded that aside for a few m o­ ments with the historical characters I thought the movie w as pretty dumb.

Bill and Ted are tw o stereotypical surf-talking southern California idi­

ots, their speech lost all com edy after they said ‘dude’, ‘bogus’ and ‘excel­ lent’ a few times (this happened quite early) after that it becam e obnoxious.

The historical characters were pretty good, I think my favorite was Freud.

He always had a phallic sym bol in his hand and made several psychological jokes that were not caught by the general W orcester populace. Fortu­ nately we went with Jim, M ark, Mark, Bill, Bill, Brian, Nick, Steve, Gary, +??? so we supplied the laughter to make the locals feel sheepish. Though the movie never stops, it doesn’t re­ ally have a crisis that requires any brains to figure out. This m ovie might be worth seeing for the scene when Socrates, Freud, Billy the Kid, A bra­ ham Lincoln, Joan o f Arc, Beethoven and Ghengis Khan are let loose in a mall, but it is not worth the closing scene where Bill and Ted present their project to the whole school, dumb, dumb, dumb. Abraham Lincoln say­ ing ‘party dudes’ is not funny; it’s dumb. Do som ething else. Read a book or if you want a good surf char­ acter with supporting cast, go rent Fast Tim es at R idgem ont High with Spicoli, one of the few Califom iateen movies I have ever liked. It was supposed to be entertainm ent, but to even assume in fantasy that these two norks could be the foundation for fu­ ture society m akes the spine crawl. I give this movie 3 liters of air and a copy o f the W orcester Telegram.

Geoff: I think you’re being too hard on this movie. I don’t think it was really meant to provoke all that much thought. There w as a good theme about following your dreams in spite of what the system tries to do with you, but then again, this film is more o f a “just have fun” - type movie. In that respect, Bill and T ed’s was a lot like Ferris B ueller’s Day Off, al­ though it w asn’t as good. Anyway, 1 didn’t find Bill and Ted obnoxious as much as I did Napoleon, so that at least says something. Finally, I give Bill and T ed’s Excellent Adventure eleven other upturned thum bs from the friends we went to see it with and a date with Joan o f Arc.

Tuesday February 28, 1989

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Housing means WPI loses struggle to Clark decision-making The engineers

by Troy Nielsen As always, this is the dreaded time of the year where the percentage of W PI’s student population tries their luck in the on- cam pus housing lottery— and usually luck has a lot to do with the outcome o f o n e’s housing situation.

This year the projected number o f housing candidates is in excess o f 750 students. A fter talking with Margaret Jablonski, recently appointed D irec­ tor of Housing, she informed me lhat the Housing Office had printed 750 applications, and that they were all gone as of last W ednesday. I know that the O ffice printed more applica­ tions, so you can count on 750 plus candidates. This number is quite similar to the number o f applicants last year.

With the increasing num ber o f freshman for the next academ ic year, one could ask, will WPI do anything to expand its housing facilities?

Margaret Jablonski informed m e that WPi is always looking for more hous­ ing and purchasing property to fulfill the extra need. For example, the for­ mer Lambda Chi Alpha house is being discussed as to what its purpose as a W PI-owned building will be. It could be office space or a residential building. No matter what the deci­ sion is, the building will have to be

rebuilt. This renovation process starts in June and will last for about a year.

My opinion is that it will be office space, because that would be a typical WPI bureaucratic m ove. Enough of my opinion.

In the housing process, the most important thing to do is weigh the pros versus the cons. For some people, an off-cam pus apartment is the best deci­ sion because they d o n ’t want to go on Daka, etc. WPI will begin promoting off-cam pus apartm ents more next year, because this will decrease the "load" on the housing lottery .

If you shop around, you can find apartment deals that are comparable or even cheaper than W P l’s prices for on-cam pus housing. Also, the W orc­ ester housing market in the Tech area is quite good when compared to schools in small tow ns or Boston.

Boston prices for lousy apartments are outrageous. When taking all o f this into consideration, one realizes that this area is excellent for finding qual­ ity apartments cheap. G o to Residen­ tial Life and look through the apart­ ment books there. The books are arranged according to how many bed­ rooms you want.

W hile the housing lottery requires luck, rem em ber that no large universi­ ties and colleges in the New England area offer guaranteed housing for all four years.

played a tough game Saturday night. Early in the game they pulled ahead by ten points but buy halftime had let the score slip to 46-45.

Clark came back in the sec­ ond half and ended the game with a reverse dunk defeating the Engineers 91-105.

Admissions for 89-90

by Chris Barcus News Editor The statistics for the incoming freshmen class have recently been released to the WPI com m unity. WPI has received approxim ately 2600 applications this year, which is even with those submitted last year. The fact that the number o f applications received has rem ain ed co n stan t places WPI in a very high position when compared to the applications received for engineering programs by our com petitors. Examples o f such show that C am egie-M ellon has 18% fewer applications subm itted while RPI shows a 2% decline.

O f those students who have ap­ plied for admission next year, 45% ranked in the top ten percent o f their

class, 21% in the second decile, and 11% in the third. There were 1993 students who applied that fit in the top 30% of their class. The administra­ tion is predicting that 2000 students will be accepted for next year’s fresh­ man class. If the am ount of students who decide to attend WPI follows the past trends, approxim ately 30% of those who are accepted, or 645 fresh­ men, will be on cam pus in August.

An interesting point about accep­ tance for the incoming class is the fact that there will be no wait list. All those applications which make it through the first cut and are deemed to be a potential asset to WPI will be offered admittance. This translates into the fact that o f the 2600 applica­ tions accepted, only 600 will not make it through the first cut.

Women's Basketball has a 2-1 week (WPI News Release) - The WPI w om en’s basketball team regrouped after a sloppy first half to defeat New8 Conference opponent W ellesley College on Tuesday, February 7.

The Engineers dom inated the sec­ ond half, then boosted their eight point halftime lead while holding W ellesley to just six points in the first ten m inutes of the second half.

WPI had three players in double figures: junior Jody Normandin (19 pts and six assists), freshman M ichele LeBoeuf (15 pts and 12 rebounds) and Senior Deb Carelli (14 pts and eight rebounds). Senior Carol Allen and freshman Tammy O ’Dea each added six points o ff the bench.

On Thursday, February 9 the Engineers lifted their N ew -8 C onfer­ ence record to 5-1 with a 52-40 win over MIT. MIT shot only 27 percent from the field, compared to W P I’s 60 percent in the second half. Nor­ mandin led all scorers with 17 points and four assists, followed by fresh­ man Det Carraway, with 10 points and six rebounds. Carelli added eight points. Dominating the boards for WPI was junior Kris G ately, who brought down 14 rebounds.

The Engineers finished the week on Saturday, February 11 with a 4864 loss to the undefeated Cougars from Clark University. Clark now boasts a 22-0 record and a 28-game winning streak.

WPI cam e out ready for the action and began the game by controlling the tempo and holding Clark to a onepoint lead at the half. But the C ougars came back and forced the Engineers into turnovers.

Normandin led all scorers with 20 points and was 3-3 on three- pointers.

L eB oeuf added eight points and Carelli and sophomore Pam Peterson each had six.

The Engineers conclude a fivegame home stand this week as they host Amherst College and SMU.

Basketball all over W.N.E.C. 82-79

by Melinda Nadeau Last Tuesday night the m en’s basketball team travelled to Western New England C ollege. WPI beat WNEC 82-79 after being behind in the first half with a score o f 36-43. The Engineers, led by Mark Czerepuszko with 22 points, Jeff Ayotte with 21 points, and Tom Bartholomei with 14 points, put up a trem endous fight and despite the efforts of W N EC ’s Paul Schw artz, Bill Parker, and Gary Barque, WPI won the game.

The Engineers’ record now stands at 12- 10.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO'STEVK BR K illTM A N

Pedestrians have the Right of way F ro m : R aym ond R. G ilb e rt T o :T h e W PI C o m m u n ity Y our cooperation is requested in regards to informing your respective team s, clubs, etc., in terms o f running and/or jogging on the main concourse in Harrington Auditorium . Too many people are not using com m on sense when running and/or jogging as they go from the main lobby to either side o f the auditorium (toward permanent seats). There have been occasions, and there will continue to be, when parents, alums, faculty, adm inistra­ tors, staff, students, etc., are walking toward the lobby and not be aware that people are running and/or jogging.

Please be aware that there may be people walking, not know ing others are running and/or jogging. Rem em ­ ber - P e d e stria n s have th e rig h t of way!

Signs will be placed at either end o f the lobby to help warn people o f the dangers.

Harrington A uditorium has regu­ larly scheduled events throughout the day and night. It’s im perative that an atm osphere conducive to teaching and/or coaching be m aintained when a scheduled class, team, or group is using the facility.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Recognition 89 Nominations still being accepted Any m em ber o f the WPI com m unity can nom inate a student, organi­ zation, or an advisor to a club or group for an Extra- C urricular Award.

Nom inations are also being accepted for the Com m unity Service Award.

Nomination forms are available in the O ffice o f the Dean o f Students.

Nominations are due in by March 3. T he aw ards cerem ony will take place on Sunday, April 23.

We’re on Film Flexibly Excellent

by Todd Fantz and Geoff Littlefield Geoff: W ell, this week it seem s we have a bit of a disagreement on our hands. You see, I dragged Todd to see Bill and T ed’s Excellent Adventure last night. This was my second time seeing it and from that you can proba­ bly guess my position. I felt that that film, while being completely ridicu­ lous, w as so in a good way. It provided just the sort o f fantastic escape that one’s m ind needs at the end of C-term.

In short, the plot goes like this: Bill and Ted are destined to become great leaders in their lifetime, but it is necessary that they stay together to do this. They are in danger of failing history and if that happens, Ted gets sent o ff to military school, hence an im m inent separation. So, R ufus (George Carlin) is sent from the future to help them with their final history report. Bill and Ted use Rufus’ time m achine to travel into various parts of history, such as the Old W est and M edieval England, to shanghai his­ torical figures. That way, they can bring them into present time and find out what they think o f the future.

On top of that. Bill and T ed ’s never stopped moving. Boring is one thing this movie is not. The special effects were o f superior quality (that includes all of the costuming that was needed for the different time periods).

The characters from the past all spoke their own tongues; Socrates spoke A n c ie n t G re e k , G h e n g is K han grunted a lot, Joan of Arc spoke French, etc. T hus, although this movie was very silly, I can see a decent amount of intelligence behind it. T ake it Todd.

Todd: THPTTHHPPP! First o f all judging a movie as a C-term is not very sane, C-term is hell so anything is an escape no matter how stupid.

Yes, I agree the movie was slick, but Bill and Ted were so obnoxious and airheaded that aside for a few m o­ ments with the historical characters I thought the movie was pretty dumb Bill and Ted are two stereotypical surf-talking southern California idi­

ots, their speech lost all com edy after they said ‘d ude’, 'bogus’ and ‘excel­ lent’ a few tim es (this happened quite early) after that it became obnoxious.

The historical characters w ere pretty good, I think my favorite was Freud.

He always had a phallic symbol in his hand and m ade several psychological jokes that were not caught by the general W orcester populace. Fortu­ nately we went with Jim, M ark, Mark, Bill, Bill, Brian, Nick, Steve, Gary, +??? so we supplied the laughter to make the locals feel sheepish. Though the movie never stops, it d oesn’t re­ ally have a crisis that requires any brains to figure out. This m ovie might be worth seeing for the scene when Socrates, Freud, Billy the Kid, A bra­ ham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Beethoven and Ghengis Khan are let loose in a mall, but it is not worth the closing scene where Bill and Ted present their project to the whole school, dumb, dumb, dumb. Abraham Lincoln say­ ing ‘party dudes’ is not funny; it’s dumb. Do som ething else. Read a book or if you want a good surf char­ acter with supporting cast, go rent Fast Tim es at Ridgemont High with Spicoli, one o f the few Califom iateen movies I have ever liked. It was supposed to be entertainm ent, but to even assume in fantasy that these two norks could be the foundation for fu­ ture society m akes the spine crawl. 1 give this m ovie 3 liters o f air and a copy o f the W orcester Telegram.

Geoff: I think you're being too hard on this movie. I don’t think it was really meant to provoke all that much thought. There was a good theme about following your dream s in spite of what the system tries to do with you. but then again, this film is more of a "just have fun” - type movie. In that respect. Bill and T ed’s was a lot like Ferris B ueller’s Day Off. al­ though it w asn't as good. Anyway, I didn't find Bill and Ted obnoxious as much as I did Napoleon, so that at least says something. Finally. I give Bill and T ed ’s Excellent Adventure eleven other upturned thum bs from the friends we went to see it with and a date with Joan of Arc.

Tuesday February 28, 1989

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Arts and Entertainment

Metropolis sacrifices realism for art

New Voices 7 in production

by Kerin Dahm

by Conor Hayes ‘M etropolis” s opening shots were state of the art film making o ff the German cinem a o f 1927. Merging shots o ff cogs and turbines rotating in synch fills the screen and then faded to a shot o f workers marching in chain gangs to begin the day shift. Heads bowed and m oving also in synch, these were the inhabitants o f the dung e o n -lik e h o v els that c o m p rise worker city.

These workers worked inces­ santly underground running the m a­ chines which were the lifeblood o f the futuristic city of Metropolis, a haven for the fam ilies of its industrial bosses. These sequences are powerful in their suggestion of a post-20th century world in the grip of totalitar­ ian corporations. However, I found that after these first few opening shots the film rapidly slips into self parody, full of irksome ornamentation, story line inconsistencies an amoral sub­ plot. In fact, I’m sure that any o f the large crow d that watched Cinem atech last Tuesday will agree that this is a frustratingly shallow film that de­ lights only in the ornamentation and technical achievements imbued in it by director Fritz Lang.

Before proceeding, I must point out that I am not criticizing this film for the technical limitations imposed on it by the lack o f color, model air­ planes on strings, etc.; nor am I criti­ cizing it for the comical technical inconsistencies that appear in the film - biplanes, huge analog com puters spewing forth rolls o f data. I am, however, criticizing this film ’s tech­ niques, its story line inconsistencies and its^sub-plot, the latter which is sacrificed for the self indulgence of the former.

‘M etropolis’^ story line is based on the attempts o f Maria, a socialistspiritual leader, to convince the rest­ less workers that their misery will be alleviated only by peaceful concili­ ation with the industrial bosses. The boss’s son, Freder, drawn down into the worker city by a sudden bout of com passion for his fellow man, hears her words and is bedazzled by her presence. Lang suggests that Maria is of divine origin, using lighting effects that illum inate her against a starry night sky. By suggesting some sort of divine incarnation in Maria, Lang suggests that this film is a fable and it made sense to me to consider it, from this point onwards, a type o f parable where story line inconsistencies are overlooked in favor of the underlying moral. C ertainly it had all the biblical undertones o f a fable: suppressed workers, a tyrannical boss, and a d i­ vine presence that preaches good will and patience to the downtrodden. The story o f the tow er of Babel is also m entioned for good measure.

In this context, I stopped question­ ing Freder’s rash conversion to an ideology that rejects everything he

has known and his lack of knowledge up to this point of the plight of his father’s workers. Such inconsisten­ cies are m ade redundant in a fable where reality is sacrificed at the hands o f inner meaning.

Fritz Lang, however, soon de­ stroys the spindly legs on which this hypothesis stands. Maria meets, after a meeting, this “socialist” rich kid, who pleads with her to allow him to mediate betw een the workers and his tyrannical father. Perhaps, it was a certain chem istry betw een them that causes M aria to immediately throw caution to the wind and fall passion­ ately in love with this m em ber of the bourgeoisie. But, are these the actions o f a true working class leader, com ­ mitted to bettering the plight of her colleagues?

I will not understand how she al­ lows herself to fall in love with Freder so suddenly, without even question­ ing his m otives or even how he came to infiltrate their meeting. Love at first sight notwithstanding this sup­ posed divine heroine’s im petuous desires have caused her to betray and risk the lives o f her workers. In fact, Lang shoots him self in both feet here: firstly he reduces his “heroine” to a ‘dumb blonde’ who falls in love with­ out a m om ent’s thought; secondly, her sudden relationship with Freder has corrupted her divine stature and her relationship to the workers. A fter knocking the legs from under the “ fable” hypothesis, I could only feel contempt for L ang’s earlier m elo­ drama virtually canonizing Maria. He used religious ornam entation here as a means to an end; it is melodramatic and in bad taste and proves to be an inaccurate reflection o f what Maria now stands for.

Most certainly the range o f effects and camera shots used in ‘M etropolis’ are impressive, but they do not add to the coherence o f the film and often detract from its humanity. In one shot Lang imposes decorative patterns on a mass of people trying desperately to escape the flooding o f worker city. On a cinem atic level it is quite an achievement; yet on a human level, the arranging o f the terrified workers into ornamental patterns for aesthetic purposes detracts completely from what should be a scary, claustropho­ bic scene. I got the impression that Lang cares little about the individual.

There is no intimacy between viewer and the worker: I could not sympa­ thize with them on a personal level as they were presented always as an inarticulate mob.

Another example o f L ang’s obses­ sion with pompous ornam entation is the melodramatic superimposing o f the tower o f Babel over the huge machines. Because we have no per­ sonal interaction with the workers this shot is simply a study in cold intellectualism, designed to stir the mind, not the heart. Again he tries to suggest that this is an epic futuristic parable in

the spirit of that of Babylon; however the narcissistic melodrama of the shot coupled with the triteness o f the story so far places this ‘epic’ firmly in the ‘Bugs Bunny’ category.

M eanwhile back at the ranch....

Incited by the Robot-M aria the en­ raged workers destroy the power plant and machines, the facilities of their bondage, releasing flood waters that threaten to drown their children. The children are saved and led to safety, however, through the intervention of Freder and the real Maria. This upris­ ing has hugely surpassed that which was planned by the conniving indus­ trialist in which the workers were supposed to drown and be replaced by a legion of robots. In the final scene he stands between Freder and Maria as a mob o f workers approach led by their foreman. Incredibly, the foreman of­ fers his hand to the industrialist in conciliation. Urged on by Fredo, he grudgingly accepts it. Maria, the quasi-divine overseer, consecrates this alliance between proletariat and bourgeoisie eulogizing on how the heart must mediate between hand and brain.

M aria’s role in this film galled me the most. It was unusual at the time to cast a woman in the role o f a workerleader: earlier in the film I had ad­ mired this. However the film ’s trite screenplay reduced her role to that of a well meaning but stupid woman. As a leader she has betrayed her workers: she can afford to talk about the heart mediating between hand and brain since she has secured her own future by means of her relationship with the boss’s son. It is the sickeningly coy ending to this film that left me indig­ nant to Lang’s treatment of the work­ ers. Despite the tyrannical boss’s abuse of human rights he escapes ret­ ribution and is placed firmly back in power. The ‘concession’ (the workers had bargaining power at this stage) he makes amounts to a policy o f appease­ ment that not only diffuses the work­ ers rightful outrage, but allows him to tighten his grip on them. He achieves intimate contact with them and thus is in a position to influence them. He has used his son Freder’s deeds to ingrati­ ate him self with the workers, and thus escaped punishment and regained his authority. M aria’s coy eulogy crowns the industrialist for his new found hu­ manism and totalitarian authority is all at once strengthened.

It is probably for this reason that both Hitler and his propaganda m inis­ ter, G oebbels, were fans of Fritz L ang’s film . H itler had actually wished Lang to direct the Nazi propa­ ganda films, but Lang had fled G er­ many at that time.

I hated this smug little film for its intellectualism and hypocrisy. C er­ tainly I could have dwelt on it’s tech­ nical achievements, but surely this would be like complim enting insipid food by discussing its ingredients.

Just a w eek after the very suc­ cessful perform ance o f “D ial *M’ for M urder,” W PI Masque is already hasd at w ork on the D -term produc­ tion - N ew V oices 7. This w eek long event w ill feature som e 25 {days written, directed, produced and per­ formed by students. A uditions for New V oices w ill be held the first week a lta r Spring break - W ednes­ day, M arch 22 a t 4:30 and Thursday, March 23 at 6:30. Everyone is in­ vited to audition. Previous theatrical experience is n o t required; in fact, there should b e lots o f room for beginners since there are a total o f more than 100 roles to fill.

If y o u 're interested in theater but aren’t looking for an acting r o k your help is still needed. T here’s more going o n backstage than you m ight chink! People are needed for set con­ struction, props and lighting crews, publicity, scene design, assistant di­ rectors, and stage m anagers. Once again, previous experience is not necessary. Production m eetings are held Fridays at 4:30 in the Green Room o f Alden Hall. N ewcom ers are alw ays invited to attend.

T hese are the plays for New Voices 7: “T h e C lubhouse,” by Brian Berg, in which three friends reunite after several years in their old club* house.

“R em em brance,” by Bill Bul­ lard, is about tw o com rades from the V ietnam W ar w ho m eet at a reunion years later. ‘‘W ritten By M e... M yself... and I,” by C heryl C hurch and Jon Larrikins, presents a playw right’s view o f his profession.

D avid D egrange’s “W hat’s Her Name” centers around tw o room­ mates and deals with how com pli­ cated relationships and social life can be.

“T h e M iracle o f L ife,” by Steve Delfino, is an abstract play about life and developm ent in today’s world.

R ob Everton has three contribu­ tions to New Voices 7. “A stral Fan­ tasy” is a science fiction story about a sc ie n tist ex p e rim e n tin g w ith dreams. “The Pow er o f M an,” which includes several singing roles, is about friendship and how im portant people are to each other. Finally, “Speech 101” is the story o f a nerv­ ous student w ho has to give a speech

in Falsafi’s “T h e Black Tu­ lip” is a sensitive political play about a young Iranian girl trying to com e to grips with h e r identity.

Brian Freem an’s “ Beast Incar­ nate” rs about the dark future of man.

K ristine G alley’s “Just Think Tw ice” is a frank and very sincere play dealing w ith a very im portant current topic - abortion.

“The Treasure C hest” by C yn­ thia G ould is about die memories tw o kids d ig up looking through the attic. “ Don’t Call M e Daddee” by W illiam K atzm an is a revitalization o f the Frankenstein story.

Andrew K utner’s “O pen Y our Eyes... A nd Look A round” is one num’s thoughts on life in general.

“T w ilight o f the G ods’’ by Jon Lamkins is die story o f an M Q P w hich had an unexpected outcome.

A dram atic m onologue by H a­ rold M acK iem an called “G etaw ay” is about talcing control o f your life.

“Som ething I H ave to Do” by D uane M orin shows how a couple tries to deal with th e end o f the world. “ It Takes O ne to K now O ne,” by M indy Neligon, exam ines friend­ ships and how strong they can be.

“Subm ission” b y Anne M arie O ’C onnor focuses o n a college freshman from a sm all town and w hat she has to do to fit in.

Eric Salvador’s “Seasons in the Sun” is an em otional play about the difficulties o f losing a friend “M A 2501” by R o b T iem an is a lighthearted look at classroom life in college.

“Jukebox” by P eter Tousigant, an abstract play, presents die theme that no m atter what problem s you have, som eone else is alw ays even w orse off. “ A Fugue,” by A ndy W ang, says a lot through the sim ple setting o f a conversation betw een friends.

Brian W eissm an’s “T he Final C hapter” is about a materialistic married couple.

And finally, “W alking the L ine”

by Jim W hite shows an actor having a bad day.

A synopsis o f each play is on the call board outside the G reen Room in Alden Hall. People looking for m ore information on the plays can also contact Jim W hite o r Harold M acK iem an.

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Metropolis sacrifices realism for art

New Voices 7 in production

by Kevin Dahm

by Conor Hayes ' M etropolis’’* opening shots were state o f the art film making o ff the G erm an cinema o f 1927. M erging shots off cogs and turbines rotating in synch fills the screen and then faded to a shot of workers marching in chain gangs to begin the day shift. Heads bowed and moving also in synch, these were the inhabitants of the d u n ­ g e o n -lik e hovels that c o m p rise w orker city.

These workers worked inces­ santly underground running the m a­ chines which were the lifeblood of the futuristic city of M etropolis, a haven for the families o f its industrial bosses. These sequences are powerf ul in their suggestion o f a post-2()th century world in the grip of totalitar­ ian corporations. However, I found that after these first few opening shots the film rapidly slips into self parody, full o f irksome ornam entation, story line inconsistencies an amoral su b ­ plot. In fact. I'm sure that any o f the large crowd that watched C inem atech last Tuesday will agree that this is a frustratingly shallow film that d e ­ lights only in the ornam entation and technical achievements imbued in it by director Fritz Lang.

Before proceeding, l must point out that I am not criticizing this film for the technical limitations im posed on it by the lack o f color, model air planes on strings, etc.; nor am I criti­ cizing it for the comical technical inconsistencies that appear in the film - biplanes, huge analog com puters spew ing forth rolls of data. I am, how ever, criticizing this film 's tech­ niques. its story line inconsistencies and its sub-plot, the latter which is sacrificed for the self indulgence o f the former.

‘M etropolis"* story line is based on the attempts of Maria, a socialistspiritual leader, to convince the rest­ less workers that their misery will he alleviated only by peaceful concili­ ation with the industrial bosses. The bo ss's son, Freder. drawn down into the worker city by a sudden bout o f com passion for his fellow man. hears her words and is bedazzled by her presence. Lang suggests that Maria is o f divine origin, using lighting effects that illuminate her against a starry night sky. By suggesting some sort o f divine incarnation in Maria, L.ang suggests that this film is a fable and it made sense to me to consider it, from this point onwards, a type of parable where story line inconsistencies are overlooked in favor o f the underlying moral. Certainly it had all the biblical undertones of a fable: suppressed workers, a tyrannical boss, and a d i­ vine presence that preaches good will and patience to the dow ntrodden. The story o f the tower o f Babel is also mentioned for good measure.

In this context, I stopped question­ ing Freder’s rash conversion to an ideology that rejects everything he

has known and his lack of know ledge up to this point of the plight o f his father’s workers. Such inconsisten­ cies are made redundant in a fable where reality is sacrificed at the hands o f inner meaning.

Fritz Lang, however, soon d e­ stroys the spindly legs on which this hypothesis stands. Maria meets, after a meeting, this "socialist” rich kid, who pleads with her to allow him to mediate between the workers and his tyrannical father. Perhaps, it was a certain chemistry between them that causes Maria to immediately throw caution to the wind and fall passion­ ately in love with this member o f the bourgeoisie. But, are these the actions o f a true working class leader, co m ­ mitted to bettering the plight o f her colleagues?

I will not understand how she a l­ lows herself to fall in love with Freder so suddenly, without even question­ ing his motives or even how he cam e to infiltrate their meeting. Love at first sight notwithstanding this sup­ posed divine heroine’s im petuous desires have caused her to betray and risk the lives o f her workers. In fact, Lang shoots him self in both feet here: firstly he reduces his "heroine" to a ‘dumb blonde’ who falls in love w ith­ out a m om ent's thought; secondly, her sudden relationship with Freder has corrupted her divine stature and her relationship to the workers. After knocking the legs from under the “ fable" hypothesis, I could only feel contem pt for L ang’s earlier m elo­ drama virtually canonizing Maria. He used religious ornam entation here as a m eans to an end; it is m elodram atic and in bad taste and proves to be an inaccurate reflection o f what Maria now stands for.

Most certainly the range o f effects and camera shots used in ‘M etropolis’ are im pressive, but they do not add to the coherence o f the film and often detract from its humanity. In one shot Lang imposes decorative patterns on a m ass o f people trying desperately to escape the flooding o f worker city. On a cinem atic level it is quite an achievement; yet on a human level, the arranging o f the terrified workers into ornamental patterns for aesthetic purposes detracts completely from what should be a scary, claustropho­ bic scene. I got the impression that Lang cares little about the individual.

There is no intimacy between viewer and the worker: I could not sym pa­ thize with them on a personal level as they were presented always as an inarticulate mob.

Another example of L ang’s obses­ sion with pompous ornam entation is the melodram atic superimposing of the lower of Babel over the huge machines. Because we have no per­ sonal interaction with the workers this shot is simply a study in cold intellectualism, designed to stir the mind, not the heart. Again he tries to suggest that this is an epic futuristic parable in

the spirit o f that of Babylon; how ever the narcissistic melodram a o f the shot coupled with the triteness o f the story so far places this ‘epic’ firmly in the ‘Bugs Bunny’ category.

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Incited by the Robot-M aria the en ­ raged workers destroy the power plant and machines, the facilities of their bondage, releasing flood waters that threaten to drown their children. The children are saved and led to safety, however, through the intervention of Freder and the real Maria. This upris­ ing has hugely surpassed that which was planned by the conniving indus­ trialist in which the workers were supposed to drown and be replaced by a legion o f robots. In the final scene he stands between Freder and Maria as a mob o f workers approach led by their foreman. Incredibly, the foreman o f­ fers his hand to the industrialist in conciliation. Urged on by Fredo, he grudgingly accepts it. Maria, the quasi-divine overseer, consecrates this alliance between proletariat and bourgeoisie eulogizing on how the heart must mediate between hand and brain.

M aria’s role in this film galled me the most. It was unusual at the time to cast a woman in the role of a workerleader: earlier in the film I had ad­ mired this. However the film ’s trite screenplay reduced her role to that of a well meaning but stupid woman. As a leader she has betrayed her workers: she can afford to talk about the heart m ediating between hand and brain since she has secured her own future by means o f her relationship w ith the boss's son. It is the sickeningly coy ending to this film that left me indig­ nant to L ang’s treatment o f the w ork­ ers. Despite the tyrannical boss's abuse o f human rights he escapes ret­ ribution and is placed firmly back in power. The ‘concession* (the workers had bargaining pow er at this stage) he m akes am ounts to a policy o f appease­ ment that not only diffuses the w ork­ ers rightful outrage, but allows him to tighten his grip on them. He achieves intim ate contact with them and thus is in a position to influence them. He has used his son F reder's deeds to ingrati­ ate him self with the workers, and thus escaped punishment and regained his authority. M aria's coy eulogy crowns the industrialist for his new found hu­ manism and totalitarian authority is all at once strengthened.

It is probably for this reason that both Hitler and his propaganda m inis­ ter, G oebbels, were fans of Fritz L an g ’s film. H itler had actually wished Lang to direct the Nazi propa­ ganda films, but Lang had fled G er­ many at that time.

I hated this sm ug little film for its intellectualism and hypocrisy. C er­ tainly I could have dwelt on it’s tech­ nical achievem ents, but surely this would be like com plim enting insipid food by discussing its ingredients.

Just a week after the very suc­ cessful perform ance o f “ Dial ‘M ’ for Murder,” W PI M asque is already hard at work on the D-term produc­ tion - New Voices 7. This w eek long event will feature some 25 plays written, directed, produced and per­ formed by students. Auditions for New Voices will be held the first week after Spring break - W ednes­ day, March 22 at 4 :30 and Thursday, March 23 at 6:30. Everyone is in­ vited to audition. Previous theatrical experience is not required; in fact, there should be lots o f room for beginners since there are a total of more than 100 roles to fill.

If you’re interested in theater but aren’t looking for an acting role your help is still needed. T here’s more going on backstage than you might think! People are needed for set con­ struction, props and lighting crews, publicity, scene design, assistant di­ rectors, and stage managers. Once again, previous experience is not necessary. Production meetings are held Fridays at 4:30 in the Green Room o f Alden Hall. Newcomers are always invited to attend.

These are the plays for New Voices 7: “T he C lubhouse,” by Brian Berg, in which three friends reunite after several years in their old club­ house.

“R em em brance,” by Bill Bul­ lard, is about two com rades from the Vietnam W ar who m eet at a reunion years later.

“W ritten By M e... Myself... and I,” by Cheryl C hurch and Jon Lamkins. presents a playw right’s view of his profession.

David D egrange’s “W h a fs Her Name" centers around two room­ mates and deals with how compli­ cated relationships and social life can be.

“The M iracle o f Life,” by Steve Delfino, is an abstract play about life and development in today’s world.

Rob Everton has three contribu­ tions to New Voices 7. “Astral Fan­ tasy” is a science fiction story about a scien tist ex p erim en tin g w ith dreams. “The Pow er o f M an,” which includes several singing roles, is about friendship and how im portant people are to each other. Finally, “Speech 101” is the story o f a nerv­ ous student who has to give a speech

in class.

Elite Falsafi’s “The Black Tu­ lip” is a sensitive political play about a young Iranian girl trying to com e to grips with her identity.

Brian Freem an’s “ B east Incar­ nate” is about the dark future o f man.

K ristine G alley’s “Just Think Tw ice” is a frank and very sincere play dealing with a very important current topic - abortion.

“T he Treasure C hest” by Cyn­ thia G ould is about the memories two kids dig up looking through the attic. “ D on’t Call M e D addee” by W illiam K atzm an is a revitalization o f the Frankenstein story.

Andrew K utner’s “O pen Your Eyes... A nd Look A round” is one m an’s thoughts on life in general.

‘T w ilig h t o f the G ods” by Jon Lam kins is the story o f an M QP which had an unexpected outcome.

A dram atic m onologue by Ha­ rold M acK iem an called “G etaw ay” is about taking control o f your life.

“Som ething I Have to D o” by Duane M orin shows how a couple tries to deal with the end o f the world. “ It Takes One to Know O ne,” by Mindy N eligon, exam ines friend­ ships and how strong they can be.

“Subm ission” by A nne Marie O ’C onnor focuses on a college freshman from a small tow n and w hat she has to do to fit in.

Eric Salvador’s “Seasons in the Sun" is an em otional play about the difficulties o f losing a friend. “ M A 2501” by Rob T iem an is a lighthearted look at classroom life in college.

"Jukebox” by Peter Tousigant, an abstract play, presents the theme that no m atter what problem s you have, som eone else is alw ays even w orse off. “ A Fugue,” by Andy W ang, says a lot through the simple setting of a conversation between triends.

Brian W eissm an’s “The Final C hapter” is about a m aterialistic married couple.

And finally, “W alking the Line”

by Jim W hite shows an actor having a bad day.

A synopsis o f each play is on the call board outside the G reen Room in Alden Hall. People looking for more inform ation on the plays can also contact Jim W hite o r Harold M acK iem an.

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ELECTION LETTERS

Student Body President Michael Donahue - ’90 Student G overnm ent is the voice o f the students. It is the direct line o f comm unication between the students and the administration.

For both the candidates and the student body, your involvement in the election process is most im portant. Student Government elec­ tions are the First week o f D-term. My name is M ichael Donahue and I am pursuing the office of Student Body President.

I am conFident that my experiences here at WPI have prepared me for, and will help me excel in, the office o f president. As an RA/SHD I have established the important working rela­ tions with both faculty and the administration heirarchy which will be essential in effectively carrying out the duties o f president. I have been required to act as a liaison between students and the adm inistration. I have developed effec­ tive com m unication and interpersonal skills. I have also m ade im portant associations with faculty as the assistant coach o f the WPI W om en’s Soccer Club and a m em ber o f the M en’s Tennis team.

WPI students have seen much change over the past few years. Some for the good and some which are questionable. Changes have been im plem ented for the beneFit of students, but made with minim al student input. As Presi­ dent, and with the help o f the Executive C oun­ cil and student body, I know we can increase student involvem ent in decision m aking in order to beneFit students. Thank you for your time and consideration.

influence we have over the school and its effects on us.

Through its various branches, Student Governm ent has a powerful voice. A s a m em ­ ber o f several com m ittees I’ve learned how to use that voice and what it can accom plish. In the year ahead I would like to teach all the parts o f student governm ent how to use the voices, separately and in unison to represent our best interests.

vice- president o f my high school class so I have had a lot o f experience with organizing graduation, fundraisers, and dances. With this experience in mind, as well as new ideas for our senior class, I would like to be your President.

Rem em ber that it is your senior year and the leaders o f your class is your choice, and your vote is very important. When you are voting please vote for Laura Fries for President o f the class o f 1990.

Weekend, Senior Week activities and G radu­ ation, to name a few, and I have already been involved in their planning. I would like to continue participating in the planning o f these activities and holding the ofFice o f T reasurer will allow me to do so to the fullest extent.

Remem ber to support your class and vote on election day and please, vote for me for C lass of 1990 Treasurer.

Thanks.

Student Body Vice President

Lynn Timmerman - ’90

Class of 1990 Secretary

Brian Gosselin - ’91 The effectiveness o f student governm ent stems from the enthusiasm of the vice-president. Personally, I, Brian G osselin feel that 1 possess the ability to hold this ofFice. My experience includes being a form er member of Residence Hall Council as well as presently being a Resident Advisor. These positions have enabled me the opportunity to work with the administration and the policies o f W orc­ ester Polytechnic Institute. T his familiarity should be an asset to the position o f vicepresident. O ther activities that I am a member o f are IEEE, Soccomm , and the Signals new s­ paper. By electing me vice-president you will be able to ensure the needs o f the student body will be fairly and equitably met. T hank you for your votes.

Class of 1990 President

Hi - my name is Lynn Tim merm an and I’m running for re- election for the ofFice o f Presi­ dent o f the Class of 1 9 9 0 .1 have the experience o f the ofFice for the past year and have accom ­ plished a lot. I am fam iliar with the responsi­ bilities and hardships, as well as the fun and enjoym ent that accom pany this position. Over the past year I have attempted to plan more class activities to bring our class closer in our Final years at WPI, and look forward to con­ tinuing this. We have had a class cookout, a lip sync contest, and we have been diligently working to make Spring W eekend the best it has ever been. Also, this is the First year that we have been able to get class ofFicers involved in planning Graduation. Being on the core com ­ mittee, I have experienced the planning o f ’89 Com m encem ent, as w ell as, believe it or not, begun planning ours. I w ould like to be there to com plete these plans as well as plan other fun activities for our senior year. I believe there should be more interaction between students and the administration, and have been working towards that end. Rem em ber to vote on elec­ tion day and take part in your class. I hope you will consider me for the position o f President o f Class o f 1990.

Thank you.

Laura Fries - ’90

Stephen Nelson - ’90

My name is Laura Fries, and I am running for President of the class o f 1 9 9 0 .1 realize that senior year is essentially the m ost important, and interesting year o f college. It is a time when seniors participate in such things as comm encement, the senior dinner dance, the senior walk and the class trip. I w ould like to make our senior year one that we w ill look back on and remember. I understand that being Senior Class President requires a great deal o f time, but I have the time to devote to it. I was

For the last three years I have served the student body as a m em ber o f Residence Hall Council, the Institute Budget Comm ittee, the Educational D evelopment Council and as chairman of the academ ic committee. During that time I have come into contact with many members o f the administration such as Nancy H unter Denney and Dean Grogan and learned how many behind the scenes operations work.

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Lisa Battista - ’90 Once again, I am seeking the position o f Secretary o f our class. Being involved in our class activities for the last three years has been very rewarding for me. Spring W eekend will soon be here and our hard work will pay off.

With graduation just next year, many plans need to be made. I hope to help with these plans as secretary of our class in order to m ake our ceremony meaningful and memorable.

Please remember to vote for your class ofFicers.

Class of 1991 Officers Behind every successful class stand Five dependable class ofFicers. Each ofFicer has speciFic duties which he/she can best accom ­ plish by working together with the other ofFi­ cers. Presently, the class o f 1991 has Five ofFicers that are not only organized, creative and reliable, but also work well together.

For the class o f 1991, the next two years will be very important. In the following years, we must start organizing JP weekend, gradu­ ation, and senior week. W e the present class ofFicers, are already fam iliar with the work these events require and feel with our experi­ ence we can make them a success. One o f our most important duties is the fundraising re­ quired to Finance these activities, such as our “Adopt a Fish” campaign. In fact, we have a few great ideas planned for this spring, but we cannot fulfill them if we are not in office.

Please think seriously when you vote on

Class of 1990 Treasurer Darilyn Reuter - ’90 Hi - my name is D arilyn Reuter and I ’m running for re-election for the C lass o f 1990 treasurer. I’ve held the ofFice for two years and have learned a lot about it and our class, in addition to enjoying m yself. The Class o f 1990 has many m ajor events coming up - Spring

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ELECTION LETTERS Election Day. For dependable class officers, vote Tammy Perry - President Audra Ayotte - Vice President Leslie Thom as - Secretary Bill LaPrade - Treasurer Chris Jankowski - Class Representative

Class of 1991 Treasurer Robert M. Ballasty - ’91 Greetings. My name is Robert Ballasty. I am running for the office of Treasurer, class o f 19 9 1.

I am running for this office because o f my desire to get involved in student governm ent and my belief in my own ability to do the job well.

If elected, I will do the best jo b as treasurer that I can. I include in that such things as keeping accounts in balance, working on new fundraisers, and most especially, keeping the class well informed. That last thing was most notably not done this past year. W hile solicit­ ing signatures for my nomination petition, I learned that many students had no ideas as to our C lass’ current financial state. This is not a situation I would allow to continue were I our treasurer.

If elected, I promise sound m anagem ent o f our class funds and I will keep you informed.

Class of 1992 President David Cortese - ’92 Hello - and greetings Class o f 1992!!! My name is David Cortese and I ’m running for Class President next week. Just to tell you about myself, I ’ve had a successful start my first year at W PI and like m any of you I ’m greatly interested in becoming involved with student activities. So far I’ve enjoyed success academ ically and have been w orking to be­ come an integral part o f the W PI community.

A lthough I belong to no fraternal organization I have been a m em ber of the Varsity Cross Country and Indoor Track teams and presently

I’m com peting with the Outdoor Track team.

W hat credentials do I have that would make me a good Class President? W ell, in high school I’ve had the experience with student governm ent as our c lass’ Vice President, I was a three time captain of athletics, and also was a m em ber o f the National H onor Society.

These accom plishments alone I feel show my versatile ability in com bining leadership, com ­ mitment, and just plain hard work in order to be a well rounded student. I believe that a Class President should be open, devoted, and able to com m unicate well with his or her class and on top o f it all willing to listen and deal with the dilemm as that arise.

The task o f being a Class President is an im­ portant one and I know that if elected I would live up to the expectations of my classmates.

But first, with your cooperation, I hope you will all work with me and make the right choice in voting. I have big plans for our class and there’s a lot that has to be done so that all o f us can enjoy our years to come here at WPI. Please vote for som eone that can make things happen, vote for David Cortese for Class Presi­ dent. Thank you.

Class of 1992 Vice President Tara Zaharoff - ’92 My name is Tara Zaharoff, and I am running for the office o f Vice President o f the class of 1992. For those of you w ho d o n ’t know me or haven’t heard me. I want to tell a little about me and my freshman year, so far, at W PI. A term, like most o f you, I entered WPI a little over­ whelmed but excited. That first term consisted of a lot of new beginnings for me. For example, I am a m em ber o f the Crew Team, a sport that I ’ve never done before but loved. I pledged Alpha gamma Delta, of which I am now a new sister. B-term I gained a little more confidence in m yself and earned a varsity letter on the Swim team. I d o n ’t know about you, but C term I think is the hardest term to get motivated. But I’ve finally gotten my act together (too bad there is only two weeks left). I also gained the office of Junior Panhellenic Delegate for AGD. Well that is my life so far at W PI. I feel that these activities have helped prepare me for the

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office that I hope to be elected for. I have learned to budget my time to get the most out o f it. I have also learned the m ore important quality o f leadership, being the V ice President of my pledge class, and being in charge of fundraising for our pledge project. 1 have the person ability to work with other people, and being a team m em ber is essential for me and you. Because as a team, the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Class R epresentative, we will work for a successful sophom ore year for you. I am asking you to pick the best team! I think 1 am a qualified candidate for this office because o f these assets and my ability to take charge.

Class of 1992 Treasurer Todd Carlson - ’92 Many people have asked m e why I am running for Treasurer of the class the last few weeks, so here it is. From my perspective, I see a desperate need for change on the student council. This is not based on the qualifications o f the present m em bers, but rather their neglect to keep the class regularly i’n form ed on the present topics. Reflecting on m y experience with my High School’s student council, a few paragraphs were published in the school paper every three weeks by each officer of the class to explain what he or she has accom plished and what plans they have for com ing events or topics. I feel that this is not too m uch to ask of our class officers.

The feelings I mentioned above come about as a result o f personally being able to mention only one thing that I knw o the present student council has done. In m y opinion, it should do more and be more responsible to the student body it represents. I guarantee that as Treasurer, I w ill not only be dedicated to the position, but I will keep the class informed through N ew speak. My qualifications and past experience are certainly enough to ensure that I will provide the class with everything it needs from its treasurer. I have served this position, and higher ones for many groups in the past, let me put it to work for the Class o f ’92.

Kevin Chin - ’92 My name is Kevin Chin and I am running for T reasurer o f the Class o f 1992. For those of you who d o n ’t know me, I am a Chemical Engineer living on Morgan fourth. I have chosen to run for treasurer because I feel much more can be done to generate funds for the class in the upcoming year. I believe I have the level of responsibility to execute the duties of class treasurer. My goal is to keep accurate records and support class activities to m ake the class stronger, financially and as a whole. Last year I held a management position in a popular Chinese restaurant, in charge o f w orker’s wages. I also coordinated the financial aspect o f several fund-raisers for my senior class.

These experiences have given m e the know l­ edge required to effectively manage money, which is the primary duty o f class treasurer. I hope you will consider me on election day.

Thank you for your consideration.

Mike Patinha - ’92 Hello, my name is Mike Patinha, and I am running for Treasurer of the Class o f 1992.

Since arriving at W PI, I have interacted with many people with a wide range of inter­ ests. I have participated as a dedicated mem ber o f Soccomm , soccer, baseball, and the NACA convention in Springfield, Mass. As an active part of the WPI com m unity, I have thus devel­ oped essential interpersonal skills required to be an effective class officer in the student body.

In high school, I obtained valuable experi­ ence in the AFS Club, French Club, and N a­ tional H onor Society. For the past four years I have also worked as an assistant to the treasurer o f a business stationed in Connecticut. I have henceforth procured the necessary skills to function as an efficient treasurer for our class o f 1992.

My decision will be conducted in the best interest o f the Class o f 1992. I work hard and I ’m dependable. If you have any questions and / or suggestions, write to me... M ike Patinha, Box 1659.

Class of 1992 Class Rep Brian Beauregard - ’92 G reetings class o f ’92, election time has come upon us once again. I, Brian Beauregard, current Class Representative will be seeking re-election. W e’ve m ade it through a sem ester and another term is alm ost as it’s end.

L et’s take a look at what I’ve accom ­ plished: As Class Rep, I gave considerable input to the Class O fficer meetings as well as Student Governm ent. I feel I have gained the experi­ ence necessary to both understand and carry out the duties and responsibilities needed as Class Representative.

The most important aspect of a Class Rep should be som eone who can easily interact with others. Through Soccer and Baseball I have dem onstrated the ability to work as a team. By attending the NACA conference in Springfield, MA, I have acquired certain lead­ ership skills necessary to exercise my position to its fullest. As a m em ber o f C offeehouse (SO CCO M M ), I have showed responsibility and good com m unication skills w ith agents through evaluating and booking entertainers.

Also, as the only student representative on the newly formed Bookstore Com m ittee I feel I have been able to express my thoughts in a coherent way.

I will allocate as much time that is needed for Class Representative, if not more. As a part of the Student G overnm ent I would continue to give inform ation pertinent to the class, yet, would also like to address other issues avail­ able for research (eg. rising tuition). I enjoyed my first three terms representing my class.

Combining both my past experience with the knowledge gained each additional day I will prom ise to serve both the class of ’92 and the entire student body (through Executive Coun­ cil) to the fullest possible.

Please on election day vote for the person with the past experience, who is willing to devote 110% towards the betterm ent of WPI. I thank you for your past support and only ask you to RE- ELECT BEAU FOR CLASS REP­ RESENTATIVE!

Engineering students decreasing

by Chris Barcus News Editor Over the past several years, the number of students interested in pursuing a career in a field o f engineering has reduced at a steady rate. Current numbers indicate that engineer­ ing interest is down 12% from those college freshmen in ’83, and down 8.5% from ’87.

This decrease in students poses a definite problem for WPI. At this point in time, one of the major considerations of the school is re­ cruitm ent. Their plan includes saturating New England, intensifying national recruiting, clarifying our market, prom oting the WPI plan, and considering global engineering.

Other items which are being considered to help improve the image of WPI includes the gradu­ ate program, faculty utilization, and increasing the number o f m inorities and wom en on cam ­ pus.

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Tuesday February 28,1989

NEWSPEAK

EDITORIAL

Student union would be a great asset In articles appearing in recent issues o f N ew speak, the G reek system has been attacked continuously. I think it is time to set down and try and figure out where the problem stems from. After reading and listening to individuals on both sides o f the issue, a general lack o f understanding becomes apparent.

This understanding doesn 't only include those involved in the Greek system and the independents, but also others in the WPI com m unity such as the administration.

The main factor appears to be a lack of comm unication between the different groups. T hose who are involved in the fraternal system do not have the opportunity to associate with

independents in a setting outside the classroom . This fact does not apply to the G reeks only because independents do not try and talk with the G reeks. Instead they have created a wall that the two groups are as different as night and day and there is nothing they have in common. I think it is about time that everyone wake up and realize that by being a student at a engineering school means that everyone has som ething in com m on.

An obvious solution to the problem is the proposed student union. This idea is becoming more feasible as time goes on. In the results of recent surveys, students, faculty, and trustees have

indicated that a student union would be beneficial to prom oting a social comm unity on the campus. Hopefully the administration can see how this meeting place would encourage interaction between the Greeks and Independents.

By providing a place on campus where people can meet and get to know each other on neutral grounds, some of the feelings which influence the relationships between Greeks and Independ­ ents can be eradicated, making life on campus more bearable. At this point in time it is important for students on cam pus to let the administration know that a student union would be a great asset on cam pus for everyone who attends.

COMMENTARY

LETTERS

Daka deserves an apology T o the Editor: I would like to respond to a co m ­ m ent written in Alton R eich’s O bser­ vation from the A sylum “A Real Handbook to W PI.” In this colum n, Mr. Reich quotes from “The H and­ book” that “A m azingly low grade substances are served poorly cooked at every meal. C ould this be referring to our beloved DAKA?” This co m ­ m ent can be classified because daka uses Grade A m eat and other grade A foods. My director, managers, as well as m yself invite Mr. Reich to get the facts before incrim inating him self further. Quality is very important at

daka and m yself as well as superiors and co- workers work very hard to ensure it.

The WPI daka branch serves some o f the best food in W orcester com ­ pared to the other area colleges. A study done in the mid- I9 8 0 ’s rated the WPI Foodservice as # l in W orc­ ester. I personally try the entrees that will be served at night. Occasionally one is not that good, and very rarely both are not good; however, the greater majority of the time the food is tremendous. W e realize that occa­ sionally one entree is not liked by students, so hotdogs, hamburgers, and omelets are always available. The

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problem arises in that students are afraid to try a new meal because they d o n ’t like its appearance or their mom m y never makes it. If there are Dear Readers, problem s with the food, the m anage­ Sorry about my missing colum n ment is always willing to listen and last week. My boss fired me for the correct it, if it warrants correction. weekend. She thought I could use a I, along with my superiors, would few days off. I thank her, and so does like to invite Mr. Reich in to view my mother. I had to zip home for a 30 what kind of food daka uses and how hour furlough, which turned into bad it is prepared. I think he will find that news about a death and a suicide of more than an apology is warranted. two friends.

I hope the people who sent me M ichael A. Barone letters did not mind the wait. Here are Student Supervisor your letters and responses.

W PI Food Service, M organ Hall Dear Mike, I have a problem. It’s not a big problem, but it has been bothering me.

You see there’s this guy across the hall who has been ignoring me lately.

I m ean he never used to do this A or B term. It almost seem s like he w ants nothing to do with me. If h e’s in someone else’s room and I walk in he’ll leave and com e back after I ’ve left. If I start talking to him h e ’ll usually give a quick answ er and turn to walk away.

I don’t know what I’ve done time. What a bunch o f insecure ego­ tists. What an expected situation. wrong or if there’s anything I can do to Oooops.. N ew speak is up for that fix it. Have you got any suggestions? aw ard, oh well.

Out in the cold P.S. I don’t want to confront him W ell, I still haven’t gotten around to the NeXT stuff yet, apparently because I think that’ll just make m at­ because the story is not complete. ters worse.

W RITE, W RITE, W RITE! I do ex ­ D ear Out in the cold, pect a reply from Skull, but Hey, Idea, a CONTEST! Suggest ideas on how to Since you d o n ’t want to confront this guy, confront his friends. Ask ruin a skull ritual or how to improve them why he acts this way tow ards faculty/adm inistration/student rela­ tions. If I receive more than 1 0 ,1 will you. See if you have done anything buy the creator of the best one a pizza. wrong or if he got the wrong im pres­ D om ino’s or Boynton, your choice. sion about something you did. It could Send to Frodo, Gray Haven, Box 2700 be that he has other things on his m ind W PI. and he doesn’t feel like talking with you; however, this is highly unlikely.

O h, and for those o f you trying to Y our best bet would be to confront find m e, you can ’t. I’m lost. him. It could make m atters worse, but at least you will be getting facts from the main source. Talking out a prob­

Standing on a Soapbox Screw up Skull

by Frodo Boing! Yes, back again! This w eek’s fun people will be (envelope please) SKULL! That great bunch o f elitist monks who plod around in black burlap bags tapping out others o f their kind, opening portals into the low er planes o f the Abyss and m anag­ ing to pat them selves on the back all at the same time! W hat a bunch o f ch ild ­ ish people. Oooo... L et’s walk about in robes like we are brain dead, but really we are the brightest students on campus. OK, SK U LL is a secret soci­ ety, right? If they are our best and brightest, why did they have their picture printed (hoods off) in the yearbook? Brilliant. If they are not a secret society then why wear the garb?

‘Oh, it’s tradition.’ How dumb, to do som ething because it is a tradition is one o f the m ost inane, m indless, m oronic, conform ist and unpraise­ worthy things a human being can do.

How fitting that it graces the honor society at W PI. W hat do they do?

T hey honor each other. At least the

Editor-In-Chief J. Robert Sims III Soorta Editor Roger Burleson Features Editor Pat Charles News Editor Chris Barcus Graohics Editor Gary DelGrego Cartoonists Joseph Amatucci Jason Oemerski Brian Freeman Jon S. Rennie

G reeks might DO something.

If you see a train o f SKULL guru’s heading your way I challenge you to mess them up. Throw yourself in front o f them as a sacrifice. Steal their skull. Start chanting ‘O hm ’. Laugh, loud. Get a robe and get in behind them. Play hunchback. Ask them if they are virgins? C elibate? Give di­ rections to a monastery. Be creative!

Skull is the sort o f thing we d o n ’t need at WPI, more cliques, more bar­ riers, more fascists and more walls.

Speaking o f walls. Pink Floyd’s The Wall might be here D-term. Go, View, Experience, Listen, Leam. Anyway, groups at WPI should quit congratu­ lating themselves and get on with something. Can you believe this R ec­ ognition ’89 stuff? W hat a waste o f

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D ear Mike, I’m having problem s with the al­ location of Expanded Memory on my A T compatible. Most applications d o n ’t recognize m em ory beyond 640K, so I am left with 360K o f inac­ tive, 0 wait state, fast RAM . This is very disturbing, for program s like AutoCAD and T etris do not run prop­ erly without a full Mbyte.

Thanks for your help, “C onfused” Dear Confused, I called a few computer w izards and asked them about your problem .

Basically you are not using all your available com puter memory space.

This causes slower programs.

You mention AutoCAD in your letter. There is probably either an error in your copy or it is an older version that does not know how to use expanded memory. You could contact the manufacturer to help w ith this problem; however, your A utoCAD is probably pirated (at $2000 a copy, it is a good assumption), so the m anufac­ turer w on’t help you.

Your best bet would be to get together with some brilliant hackers to help you. There are numerous hack­ ers on W PI’s campus. This would probably be an easy problem for them.

If worse comes to worse, ask a CS professor.

Sorry I could not help you more.

Wondering what you can d o about a professor who bones you on your grade? Ask Mike fo r help. Box 2142 or 2700.

Admissions and the budget

by Chris Barcus News Editor

The Student newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Box 2700, WPI, Worcester, Massachussetts 01609 Phone (508)831-5464

lem like this is the easiest solution.

You both may find it is a simple m isunderstanding.

Good luck.

After seeing the statistics for the incoming freshman class and seeing how those numbers are being applied to the budget next year, many ques­ tions are raised.

One such question deals with the num ber of students being accepted for next y ear’s freshman class. W ithout the waitlist, the size o f the incom ing class has the potential to be very large.

The school is estim ating that o f those who are offered acceptance, 30% will actually enroll here for the fall o f 89.

However, lhat num ber is not etched in stone, and a larger portion o f those accepted may choose to attend. T hus, without the waitlist, there is no way in which to control the size o f the class of ’93.

A nother recurring issue is how the administration is planning the budget for next year. O nce again, they are basing the budget on the num ber of students who are expected to enroll next year, before decisions have actu­ ally been made. In the face o f the one m illion d o llar sh ortcom ing, one would think that the school had learned its lesson, but it is obvious that they have not. However, Presi­ dent Strauss sees this as no problem

since the number of tuition paying students for which the budget is being based is 2500.

From the information gathered, one can infer that the budget is the driving factor behind admission. The school obviously needs money, and the more students who enroll the more money the school receives. Thus, with the school facing financial diffi­ culties, they need as much revenue as they can get, therefore more students are going to be accepted. H ow ever, when questioned, those in the adm ini­ stration state that the projected num ­ ber for the incom ing freshmen class is no different than what was projected for this year’s freshman class.

With the num ber o f students ap­ plying for an engineering education decreasing, the pool from w hich the school is drawing from is dram ati­ cally reduced. An inference which can be made from this is the fact that the quality of students in the upcom ­ ing years will be low er than w hat it is currently. This can be supported by the fact there is talk o f introducing remedial classes such as calculus for those who have never been exposed to this before. These classes may be offered during the summer for those who will be attending the fall term.

Tuesday February 28,1989

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NEWSPEAK

VIEWPOINT

If WPI built a Student Union, what facilities should it have?

Jon Austin - ’91

Tim Jung - ’90

"I don't think it's really necessary; we have enough facilities."

by Brian Weissman and Jeffrey Yoder W hat’s in store for the future?

Will the “green house effect” be ef­ fective? W hat modes of transporta­ tion will be outdated in a hundred years, what new modes o f transport will arise? These questions and more have been examined in a recent IQP

by Dianne Sarkisian and Richard Snow.

The focus o f the project was to create a realistic hypothesis about the future o f the world and its relations to technology.

The initial approach to this project was creating a literature review. This was completed by locating and read­ ing as much literature on the topic of future technologies.

The project team then took its knowledge o f what it had read and decided what predictions m ade sense and what predictions did not make sense. Using the most logical predic­ tions, the team sketched a time line.

The time line spans from 1989 through 2100 and lists this project team ’s interpretations and predictions for future effects o f technology. Such as: 1994 - Start of construction of U.S. Space station 2000 - Some vaccines for cancer will exist.

"A gam e room would be nice!"

2023 - Eight billion mark in popu­ lation reached.

2050 - Level o f carbon dioxide will be double that o f 1988.

2100 - W orld grow th stable. There will be 175 million m ore women than men on the earth.

U sing this time line and some creativity, the project team then for­ mulated an explicit technology sce­ nario for the year 2050. Using this scenario as a guideline the team then started the heart of the project; they began writing a story set in the year 2050. T heir story is entitled, “To Catch A V irus”. The story they cre­ ated is quite interesting. It follows the adventures o f a wom an biologist. Dr. Joanne Reardon, as she experiences a theft o f a virus from her research laboratory. The authors created an im pressive set o f characters and a solid scenario in which the story takes place. I will not go into a plot sum ­ mary, but it was evident to me after reading the story that many hours of creativity and organization went into making such a solid story.

At this point in tim e the story has been sent out to a few publishers in hopes o f publication.

If there are any students interested in this sort o f IQP they should contact P rofessor M ayer Humi of the M athe­ m atical Sciences department.

Mary Beth Liener - ’90

Matt Cunning - ’89 "A jaccuzzi, a stage for a band, a bar..."

by Jeffrey Coy Associate Editor and John Bell Perhaps these past few weeks, we have been a bit too idealistic. We naively thought that the division be­ tween Greeks and non- Greeks on the WPI campus stemm ed from mutual m isunderstandings. We thought that in publicizing the many facets of G reek life that non-G reeks rarely see, the division could be narrowed. O bvi­ ously, judging from recent articles, this did not work. It has become ap­ parent from the recent barrage of negative articles and com m entaries in N ewspeak that many non-Greeks still refuse to accept the positive aspects of G reek life.

We could join in the recent flurry o f nam e-calling and cynicism which several past c o m m en taries have popularized. W e could counter Greek stereotypes by publishing stereotypes that non- Greeks som etimes carry on this campus. However, we feel this tactic would not be beneficial to uni­ fying the cam pus. Last week we wrote about a cam pus that, through its unity, has been able to accom plish much more than this cam pus has ever dream ed about. It is this unity which we hope to help bring about. Instead o f writing slanderous and misguided

"I think we don’t need one; open Gom pei's!"

accusations, we wish to sim ply state the facts and let the readers decide for them selves.

Nationally, the Greek system has a long and proud history o f nurturing many o f this country’s greatest lead­ ers. Every one of our nation’s 41 Presidents has been affiliated with some G reek- letter organization. For exam ple, John F. Kennedy was a m em ber of Phi Kappa Theta and W illiam McKinley was a m em ber of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, two fraternities with chapters on the WPI cam pus. It is also a fact that 80% o f all the members o f our present Congress are m em bers in a G reek organization.

In o u r system here at W PI, Greeks do much more than solely party, as some writers have implied. Many activities in which brothers often par­ ticipate are philanthropic, and it is unfortunate that many non-G reeks do not see this aspect of the system . We believe that our house is representa­ tive o f others on campus. In the past year, our brothers have volunteered for num erous charitable causes. Past events include working at the “M us­ tard Seed," a local soup kitchen, host­ ing holiday parties for the W orcester O rp h an ag e, fund-raising fo r the Easter Seals, the Red Cross, Multiple Sclerosis, the AIDS Foundation, the A rthritis Foundation, and several

Observations from the Asylum Satanic Commentaries

by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff Recently there has been a lot of discussion about a book called Sa­ tanic Verses by Solomon Rushdie.

For some strange reason Ayatollah Khomeni is a little annoyed about some o f the things the book has to say.

I did some inquiring as to why Khom­ eni has taken the stand he has, and what the United States is going to do about the threats to our constitutional rights.

Khomeni has offered a price for Rushdie’s head, I’ve heard o f offers of up to $5 million dollars. W hat can a book say that could upset som eone so much? K hom eni’s reason is that the book portrays M ohammed in an unfa­ vorable light.

Mohammed is the founder o f the Moslem religion, he is to M oslems what Jesus is to Chris­ tians. In a scene in the book the main characters meet M ohammed, and he is portrayed as a poor man in a city.

Khomeni is upset at Mohammed being shown as a “beggar.” I think that if we look at great leaders, both religious and cultural, they have gen­ erally not come from affluent back­ grounds. Let us look at Ghandi in India. He was well educated, and could have been quite wealthy. He chose a different path. He chose to

lead his people to freedom and en­ lightenm ent, and he certainly did not live like a king during this period of his life. I think that most great spiri­ tual leaders d o n ’t care about material possessions as m uch as they care about being individuals.

Rushdie portrayed M oham m ed as a beggar, but how can we honestly say that he had m ore material possessions than a beggar? He may have had no interest in m aterial things. H e was a prophet, a teacher, not a w ealthy landowner.

T his is probably Khom eni’s rea­ son for taking the stand he has, but is it necessary to put a $5 million price on som eone’s head to make a point?

K hom eni, as we all know, has a style all his own. He m akes a point of liberally threatening whoever he likes w henever he wants. This is the same person who had the U.S. embassy taken over all those years ago, and it d oesn’t surprise me that he is willing to spend $5 million on a head. Part of the reason he will keep making lots on noise is because he has never been forcibly told not to. Khadaffi tried to push us around, and he got bombed.

Khomeni hasn’t had to face that, al­ though I think he m ay deserve it more than anyone else.

T here was also talk o f threats against the New York firm that pub­ lishes the book. The general consen­

sus is that if the publisher gets blown up, or w hatever, then the governm ent should order the bombing of Iran.

O ne of the users o f the board on the Encore even laid out a plan for the mission. W hat about Rushdie? He isn ’t an American citizen, and he is under British protection. I’m not sure that we have any right under interna­ tional law to retaliate if he is assassi­ nated, but I still think that we should.

Khomeni m ust be shown that we will not stand by while he terrorizes the world.

The United States has this odd thing called the Bill of Rights, and the first right is the right to freedom of speech. Some countries d o n ’t allow their citizens this right; Iran is one of them. If an American were trying to deny another his rights as guaranteed by the C onstitution, then that person could be duly prosecuted and jailed.

It’s difficult, how ever, to prosecute any foreign national, especially when he isn’t in this country to begin with.

W e can legally do nothing to K hom ­ eni unless he acts first. If he does, then we are free to retaliate, but as it stands we can only hope that no American gets killed because o f K hom eni’s stand on R ushdie’s book.

This country was bom because the founding fathers spoke their minds.

The rights o f free speech and freedom

o f the press are part o f the First A m endment because they were the most im portant. The founders o f this nation felt that a governm ent that can limit the flow of inform ation and ideas, can easily oppress the people.

The current regime in Iran regulates what the people see, hear, and read.

W hile it may have the right to do this because it is a sovereign governm ent, it has no right to determine what the world is exposed to. I’m not encour­ aging all o f you to rush out and get a copy o f this book, I am encouraging that we all keep in mind what the constitution says about freedom . We have the freedom to be ourselves, and when those freedoms are endangered, we all have the right to defend them.

others. In fact, donations for the past year totalled more than $5,000. This figure is quite typical for the G reek system.

However, even more im portant than the money donated is the am ount o f time that the brothers have volun­ teers out of their busy academ ic schedules, all in the name o f charity.

Rough calculations of time spent on the above activities come to over 1378 total man hours. This breaks down to about 24.7 hours per brother per year.

If the brothers in our house were paid the same as the workers o f the city of W orcester, $10 an hour, the value of the labor offered by our house would total $13,780. This breaks down to $247 worth of work that is given by each brother o f the house each year.

The thing to rem em ber is that we are just one house out o f eleven in the Greek system. If one were to use our figures as averages, the entire G reek system put in just over 15,000 man hours last year. Using those sam e figures, we also raised, as a system , just over $55,000.

It would be interesting to ask how much time and money non- G reeks have donated in behalf o f charitable causes.

O f course, such philanthropic ac­ tivities do not at all make up for som e of the things that G reeks may be doing wrong. W e do not claim this. H ow ­ ever, we also b elieve that o u r “w rongs” should not at all detract from our “rights.” G reeks are justly proud o f their trem endous charitable contributions, and it’s about time that non-Greeks began seeing this aspect o f G reek life. A s we have argued all along, m isinform ed, b itter ste re ­ otypes such as those in “The Real Handbook to W PI” (publicized last week by Newspeak staff writer A lton Reich) have no place in a civilized, intelligent commentary.

Perhaps its time for the propo­ nents o f such m isguided ideas to w ith­ draw from their cocoons o f arrogance, ignorance, and self- righteousness.

Perhaps its time to start accepting solid fact and rejecting tired stere­ otypes and m isconceptions. Perhaps its time for this cam pus to begin w orking together.

John Bell, ’90, and Jeff Coy, ’91 are, respectively, President and VicePresident of Sigm a Alpha Epsilon

Buckle Up For Spring Break ’89

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday February 28,1989

CLUB CORNER Alpha Phi O m ega W e’ve got lots of im portant stuff going on new brothers. W e’ll know the w inner o f the Big Screw in the beginning of D-term. Other Dterm events to think about: U.M .O.C., New V oices Cafe, Spring W eekend and hopefully (Take a hint Bill) a happenin party to reward us for all our hard work.

Interesting quotes this w eek: ... my face is cold... No beard. Mindy, thanks for the help!

D on’t forget - B io’s back to Sharon ASAP. Party at G o d ’s in D-term, A im ee, any good m essages lately? Larry is o u r pledge presi­ dent? God help us!! W hy is everyone on this cam pus losing their hair? I W ANT A FIG NEW TON!! 89 days til graduation! Thank G OD . Only 2 days til spring break.

Pete would appreciate it if everyone would read their by-laws. (I’m sure I ’ll bring mine hom e over break!)

And there’s late breaking news this week.

O ur magnificent team has reached the bowling pinnacle o f success. Yes, the APO bowling team are the intramural cham pions. T hey’d like to thank SAE for beating TKE and all the brothers would like to congratulate and show our appreciation to Steve Delfino, Steve Pratt, A nne Erskine, and Drew Boynton. Thanks guys! Have an awesome break!

Association for C om puting Machinery W ell, the new year for A CM has gotten off to a good start. Two successful colloquiums and it looks like starting next year w e’ll be sending people to teach C om puter Science at a local high school. A belated thanks to the professors who spoke at our colloquium on courses offered next A and B term, and wel­ com e to our new mem bers Lisa Pearson and Kathleen O ’Sullivan. W e’re planning a BBQ for next term, more on that later, and another H appy Hour. Those o f you w ho haven’t paid your dues - it’s never too late! ( right, Dan? ) Masque CONGRATULATIONS! to all of the new officers of Masque.

President - Rob Everton, M aster Electri­ cian - Paul Szlyk, Technical Director - Mike Friedel, Publicity - Kevin Dahm, Production M anager - Cari W indt, Secretary - Jim White, T reasurer - Caleb W arner, SAB rep. - Jon -ii D rum m ey.i' Good luck! Also, a special thanks to all of the outgoing officers for a fantastic job in the past year. “Y ou’re all fired!” have an awesome spring break and see ya D-term. TTFN

We will miss our previous officers and all our seniors. Thanks John for all you did in establishing our chapter.

We hope everyone has a great spring break and we are looking forward to an eventful and fun filled D-term.

WPI Flying Club Thanks everyone for show ing up last T ues­ day night, w e’re o ff to a great start. If you want to be considered for an office, drop a note to Scott at box !5 l3 ,o rM ik e , box 1385. Elections will be held after break.

WPI Ultim ate Frisbee

meeting. The 440 radio is still Kaput, although “ El Presidente” reassembled the antenna so it can operate. It works, you just need a medium to tell what frequency it’s on.

We did decide to order new QSLs and tshirts with the famous ‘YK Logo on it. Place your order with Bob. Input as to color o f the shirts is still being taken.

O ur special event station, com m em orating the WPI Wireless A ssociation’s 80th anniver­ sary, will be on the air Saturday, April 1st. The location will be the club, and festivities will range from m assive amounts o f operating to a possible cookout. Final plans will be m ade at the beginning o f next term.

T h at’s about it for this week. Bob will be in the club all day Saturday, so if y o u ’re bored and

Good day fellow disk players, beer drinkers and strange people (in other words all WPI students). Did you know that playing disk lowers your cholestorol level, reverses hair loss, makes you a better lover and helps you to lose weight and keep it off? Yes, yes, we are better than Sy Sperling and weight watchers put together. W ell if you d id n ’t know this (and neither did I till I wrote this article) come and check out the “Spring C o-E d Ultimate Frisbee Team .” You d o n ’t even have to know how to throw a frisbee (look at me I ’m the secretary, and I still c a n ’t throw one.) Just drop a line to our barbarious president (Bonin) Conan Fitz­ gerald at 752-1838 and he will hook you up with all the info on becom ing one o f the few, the proud, the Ultimate Frisbee Players.

R em em ber I’m not only the secretary but I ’m also a client.

going to be here then, why not go on up and give HF a try? Get that code speed up, and then we can have more advanceds in the club...

Have a good break, and good DX! FGX

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GREEK CORNER Alpha Gamma Delta Hey guys - just two more days and then it will be here. SPRING BREAK! Get psyched for your trips and if you’re not going anywhere just be glad you’ll be away from “the books” for a while!

Congratulations to Denise Fortier and Jen Tobin for being tapped for Skull! Roses to you!! Sonja - The jolly Kopperschmidts really does belong above your door - not mine! G reg and Jeff - The score is now tied one to one - Lisa and Anne Alpha Tau Om ega Birthday week at the Tau House began with Bonehead on the 20th. Happy 2 1’st Mike, o r is it 20 - couldn’t finish the last one, eh? Thanks for the keg, too - G illy - besedecker! Einer hit 20 on Thursday and AL celebrated in his usual manner - obnoxious. We almost lost our Prez, Vice Prez and Academic chairm an that night.

Thanks W PD for being “not that stupid.” B irth­ days continue with P.K on the 25th, and Jutras and Fraser on the 27th. REGA. Advice from Bad-Ass Bill: M orrissey needs better beer goggles. John Travolta Rest in Piece. Too bad he couldn’t get one lately.

Maybe as B.A. Bill, he’ll find his heart in San Francisco. Speaking of San Fran, good luck to the Bros who are venturing W est for D-term, including those who are simply moving to Highland St. W e’re sorry, Bill, Randy, and Jim, that the house has been too noisy and rowdy for you guys to study. Hope you can find a piece and quiet in your new home. We all feel really bad about this.

The Japanese, they’ll do it quicker and cheaper every time. Right, Ringer?

Want to hear a good joke? REGA. PK-1 put my fish in your tank, but it w asn’t looking good. Please call me if it’s dead.

The ATO Invitational Keg Race will co m ­ mence in the driveway during the first weekend of D-term. At half-time, there will be a PIEeating contest. Only persons with the afore­ mentioned named DBag, Bowl, Blow, Psycho, Doggie, Showtime, and OOF will be allowed to enter. REGA was here.

Got any good hood lately, Billy Phillips?

Ball-Bug cries w olf and Fraser is now noctur­ nal. His only friends are Psycho, the Raccoons, and Channel 38. Stewards pass their crashcourse in cooking as MA lets the boys see what

it’s really like to serve a house o f 40. Good job guys and hope you get well MA. Beaners and wieners is taking a toll on the atm osphere. Why do you think the pipes leaked?

Latest scores: Oak tree - 2, Lamo - (-3800); SMITHS - 12 1, D.L. - 96; Sorry AL, but it was E iner’s B-Day, and you spoiled it for yourself with your atrocious behavior Thursday.

O scar Meyer, your house is on fire, Your pets are gone and your wife is a liar, D on’t have parties, don’t park in the Street, Come on our side o f the post and you’ll be meat.

REGA! Have a good spring break. See you in the driveway in a few weeks.

Phi Gam m a Delta There have been a lot of changes down here at ‘ole 99 since the last time we had an article in Greek com er. We w on’t mention any names, W AX. First o f all and most important, C on­ grats go out to the newly elected Cabinet: President - Mike Kelleher; T reasurer - Jim Detora; Recording Secretary - Matt M cGrath; Corresponding Secretary - Brian W ilchusky; Historian - Paul Wile. Good luck to them and many thanx to the retiring Cabinet.

Last w eekend after a small vacation down here at the house, we initiated 15 new m em ­ bers.

They are: Brian Blanchard, Steven Collins, Sean Doherty, Frank Holmes, Daniel Howe, Brian Kuchar, Marc Liccardi, Jam es McCleery, David M cIntyre, Daniel Michaud, Chris Paraskevakos, Jeff Poggi, Robert Ricci, Jam es Smith and Scott Speicher. By this time everyone will have had some Funky Cold M edina and gone down South o f the Border.

W e all know what was on everyone’s mind, G irls L.G.B.N .A.F tonight, especially Stevie, still looking for number 21. Just a week and a half left for all those ready to hit the white beaches, how are the tans going? Coca-cola better hope that nothing goes wrong getting down there. W hich room ’s gonna do the best?

Bets can be placed with G ebo cause we know he ain ’t. C ongrats to Matt M cGrath, the newest Fiji tapped for Skull. Sports this week? We w on’t talk about. And on a final note, for all those who drive a Supra, watch for the “KING” o f merchandising.

Phi Sigm a Sigma C-term is almost over. Good luck on exams

We survived Spring Break'88.

"Hurricane Gilbert" was just

and projects. Enjoy Spring break in Florida, Mexico or where ever you m ay go. Congratu­ lations to Heidi on her pinning and Kristen on her engagem ent to Stu. Out w ith the old, in with the new. Happy Birthdays to Kim Duff, Cari W indt, M ichelle Brideau, and Karen Ricci.

Remem ber to tell M ichelle your decision.

Panhel raffle tickets and m oney needs to be turned in today. LITP Sigm a Alpha Epsilon The brothers o f Sigm a Alpha Epsilon would like to congratulate our new initiates: Marc Sullivan, Chris R em ington, Ray Vincent, Jim O ’Connor, Brian Kraft, Jim Blanchette, Lou Minichino, Rob Raftery, Randy Levere, and Gene Goldman. Y ou’ve com e a long way and we are proud of it. I ’ll save the rest o f my practically m eaningless incoherent babbling for the next article, let’s get on to sports!

Our Hoop team ended a fantastic season last week, coming in second overall. We fi­ nally ended the G am ’s reign on the courts handing them their first loss in what, two years? They couldn’t quite cover their self­ acclaimed 20 point spread in an overtime de­ feat. O ur team was: Joe “W h o ’s on the line” Patton, Bill “The W all” Klein, Bob “ Boards” Gilbert, Jim “Go a little deeper on your J” Grabowski, Chris “Bonker” Newington, Chip “?” Brown, and Marc “B ench” Sullivan.

SAE A -team Hockey defeated Phi Sig in the Championship Game 5-3. Hey Trophy!

Fred Macys, Billy Ray, Ray Vincent, Schlong Roget, Andy Lewis and Dave M. played great.

Hat tricks up the yin yang.

We com pleted our w inter sports sweep over the gam in bowling. O ur A-team came in 3rd overall, losing 2nd place by 2 pins. Con­ gratulations to T Brez, Rob Raftery, Big Toe and Captain S. Our Initiation Party is this weekend. It only comes once a year so don’t m iss it! H ere’s to Jeff Coy, the Shaving Cream Boy. By the way, Black-snack-sacks are abound. Car Rallye is coming soon in D-term, form your teams. Have a good spring break, and let’s be careful out there. Fresh A ’.

Sigma Pi With there only being tw o class days left, I ’ll make this short and sweet. Miracle Mile = biggest. M ound = D-term, M onstilla = Back and big, M aggots = still m aggots, Octopus = full swing, Black Jen = Tell m e a story. And he did. M ike’s gonna be jealous. Lenny and Sue = sitting in a tree. D on’t fall out. C-term = Over.

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Theta Chi To start things off, the Brotherhood of Theta Chi would like to congratulate V incent “T y ” Tyer for being tapped by the Skull honor soci­ ety.

Dan the man decorates R andy’s door this time. Did anyone rem em ber to show er Jackie on her birthday? On their quest for the best bod, Petey and Randy try out a Dexatrim diet.

Neil and Todd, your campaign last week w as most entertaining. The third floor is at 40% bleep. Beaker is a dent m aster also. Pig pile up on Sped. Oh Pete, time to loosen up a bit. So much for the green house effect, check out the ice box effect.

On a more serious note, our fundraising efforts for the United Way are going well. W e will be holding The Third Annual Theta C hi Run For Life from Boston to W orcester’s City Hall on Saturday, April 1st. And in closing, good luck to everyone on finals and get ready Daytona/Key W est, w e’re there in a week.

Zeta Psi Brothers, how ’s it g oin’ on the last week o f the term. I ’d like to congratulate the brothers that played basketball, last week they won the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, but lost in a heartbreaker in overtim e in the finals. What do you expect when y o u ’ve got to play two gam es in a row? I ’d also like to congratulate Johnny Z for graduating this term, and if he doesn’t finish his M Q P oh well see you D term. Art and Nate grow up already, I can’t take you kids everyw here as you know. TJ where have you been, Zete South wants their movies w e’re having withdrawals. Everyone that is going to the Irish W ake should meet at the house on the 16th to find out w ho is gonna drive and rem em ­ ber to wear black to this (non)sober event. If anyone wants to go to Atlantic City tell me I ’m going sometime between the 6th and the 12th probably for only 2 or 3 days, if you need money do what I ’m doing... borrow it from someone else, Marshal for example. Pete watch out someone has your num baa and your lettaa. John A. you had a tough time last week, lost your V.A. D river’s at State Liquor and the school lost your Sufficiency, I guess I ’ll see you next year. To the sorority pledges that borrowed Jo el’s shirt, he wants it & A@ +*% $#! back, his exact words. To the letter stealers, w e’re not gonna hurt you, w e’re ju st gonna bust your brains in, heeere’s Johnny. Rem em ber we have brothers that work at Colt Firearms that get discounts on w eapons o f destruction and Nazi Rotcies that know how to use them, now isn’t that special. The police never withhold evidence, do they? Happy Birthday Cheryl from the brotherhood. Oh well, ’til M arshal finds a credit card, a ride to Braintree, a troll oh ya he already has one, and ID for MR. and MRS. John Smith, a really cheap motel that takes checks no questions asked, should I go on, na that’s enough to hold him through the break, ‘nuff said.

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T uesday, February 28, 1989 6:30 - 8:30 pm : Assum ption College - Support/Insight G roup for women with anorexia and/or bulemia. Open to public. Student Development Center. For more inform ation, contact group leader, Rena M altzman, 752-5615 ext 275.

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POLICE LOG Sunday, February 19, 1989 1:28 am - Sergeant reported locating three Becker students, in possession o f open containers of alcohol, at the com er o f W est and Institute. Subjects were advised.

1:32 am - Sergeant responded to a report o f subjects on the roof of Zeta Psi on Dean St. They were in the process o f stealing the fraternity emblem. Two WPI students were observe climbing down from the roof with the emblem. They were apprehended a short distance away. The incident was referred to Student Affairs.

2:02 am - Officers responded to a report o f two m ale subjects, naked from the waist down, walking South on Dean St. near the Founders parking lot. O fficers followed both subjects into the Sigma Pi Fraternity, but were unable to identify them inside the house.

2:13 am - The Sergeant reported finding tw o fem ales at the intersection o f Boynton and Institute Roads. Both w ere m inors in possession o f alcohol. The subjects were advised.

The Sergeant also reported speaking with members of the Sig Ep fraternity regarding allowing persons to leave the party with alcohol.

10:15 pm - A report was received o f a student having a seizure in Alden Hall. O fficers re sponded, an ambulance was dispatched and the patient was transported to the hospital.

M onday, February 20, 1989 12:45 am - A student reported returning to his Ellsworth apartment and finding a black male inside on the first floor. He was described as approximately 18 years old, about 5 ’6" tall, with short hair. T he subject fled when he was discovered and nothing was reported missing from the apartment. The investigation also revealed that the subject had been observed in Riley Hall earlier in the evening.

1:30 am - Members o f the Phi Sig fraternity reported finding a subject matching the same description inside their house. He was evicted by the fraternity members.

6:38 am - A student reported finding two vehicles parked in the Stoddard parking lot along Institute Road. Both had their driver’s side window smashed. An officer responded and determined that the stereos had been stolen from both vehicles. The incident was believed to have occurred within the previous hour.

4:15 pm - The athletic departm ent reported some non-students using Alumni Gym. Officers responded and evicted two subjects from the premises.

W ednesday, February 22, 1989 12:25 am - A complaint was received regarding youths in Alumni Gym. An officer responded and reported several high school students inside. They were asked to leave.

Thursday, February 23, 1989 8:35 pm - An officer reported that a student had fallen from the South side o f Higgins Labs and received a head injury. An ambulance was dispatched and transported the student to the hospital.

Friday, February 24, 1989 3:46 am - A complaint was received of loud music in the area of Boynton and Institute Road.

The Sergeant reported shutting off a loud stereo on the third floor of 12 Boynton St. There was no one around and the ow ner o f the stereo could not be located.

11:53 pm - A student reported a hit and run accident at the intersection o f Boynton Street and Institute Road. A red D odge Daytona had reportedly struck two vehicles and fled the scene. W orcester Police was notified.

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Saturday, February 25, 1989 12:56 am - A complaint was received of a loud party in the Ellsworth apartments. Officers responded and shut the party down.

2:33 am - A fire alarm sounded in Riley Hall. O fficers responded and determined the alarm had been pulled due to a bulletin board on the second floor which had been set on fire.

There was no damage reported to the building aside from the bulletin board.

3:05 am - A call was received regarding a disturbance in Riley Hall. O fficers responded and found that trash had been thrown around on the first floor, but that no one was in the area at the time.

1:57 pm - The Sergeant reported that a pane of glass in a fire door on the first floor o f Riley Hall had been broken, and that one of the inner doors to the front entrance was missing.

4:23 pm - A call was received regarding an injured subject in Alden Hall. The subject was a m em ber of a glee club o f a visiting college, with a spinal-type injury. An ambulance was dispatched but the victim refused medical attention.

Sunday, February 2 6 , 1989 12:27 am - A report was received o f a loud band playing in an Ellsworth apartment. An officer responded and reported that the music had been shut down.

1:43 am - Sergeant reported finding five fem ales on Institute Road who had just departed the KAP fraternity. Subjects were all minors in posession o f open containers o f alcohol and were advised.

3:21 am - A complaint was received regarding loud music coming from a room in Morgan, second floor. Also firew orks were being discharged in the hallway. O fficers deter mined that the firew orks had been lit o ff in front o f the room where the m usic was coming from, and also set o ff the building’s fire alarm, which sounded at the same time.

Num erous breaks into motor vehicles have occurred o a the WPI cam pus and in the adjoining area in recent weeks. In most o f these breaks, side windows to the vehicles were broken, with stereos or other item s removed . Some o f these incidents have occurred in the early m orning pre-dawn hours. Students are requested to take note o f and report any suspicious activity in the vicinity o f parked vehicles.

There have also been recent reports of non-W PI individuals being found in residence halls or other buildings. Investigation o f these incidents is often hampered by delays in report­ ing them , which greatly dim inishes the chances that police officers w ill be able to locate the persons involved. Incidents o f this nature should be reported to the police im m ediately.

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