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by Eric Rasmussen Newspeak Staff No doubt, this is a question that many W PI students and faculty have been asking themselves recently. The purpose o f this article is to try to present as clearly, com pletely, and as fairly as possible the facts on what has become a very sensitive issue for the WPI comm unity. To that end, this article will present a history o f budget related events leading up to the cur­ rent date, and some information on future budget related events.

O n S ep tem b er 15th, E lizab eth Miles, the school’s Budget Director, p resented to the In stitu te B udget C om m ittee a three part report on the budget. T he first section gave the prelim inary financial results o f the 1989 fiscal year, which ended June 30th. According to this report, the institute was able to operate within the

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established operating budget in 198889. The second section detailed the enrollment status as o f Septem ber 5th, 1989. This showed that the actual num ber o f freshmen that enrolled was h igher than the estim ate from the A dmissions Office. Because o f this, faculty and staff expenditures for this year were able to be increased. The third section was a planning model for the 1990-95 budgets. This section contained 5 different scenarios based on various reductions in enrollm ent, and the effect o f a 6% annual tuition increase for the next 5 years.

At the next Institute Budget C om ­ mittee meeting, on Sept. 22, it was noted that the average increase in tui­ tion for an independent 4 year institu­ tion was 9% in 1989-90, which is the amount WPI increased its tuition for that year. This was at a time when the CPI was at 5.2%. Also discussed at this meeting were some new param e­ ters for the 5 year budget projection

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model. At this time, the latest set of assum ptions w as for a 6% tuition increase and a 4% salary pool increase for each o f the next 5 years. With this set o f assum ptions, a steadily increas­ ing deficit for each year to 1995 was predicted. This prompted a discus­ sion about what sort o f issues WPI w ould face in this situation, and what the role o f the Budget C om m ittee w ould be. President Strauss m en­ tioned that there was a growing pres­ sure from the Trustees on cost control and “running lean”.

At the Institute Budget Comm ittee m eeting on O ctober 6th, among other things, it was noted that due to greater than predicted enrollm ent, after the effects o f related increased expenses, this year’s budget had an additional $358,000 in income. Also, a prelim i­ nary budget m odel, this time includ­ ing a limited list o f volume changes, was reviewed. (Volume Changes are the new budget requests issued by

each department.)

At the Institute Budget Comm ittee m eeting on O ctober 13th, two hand­ outs were reviewed. The first handout was a mailing sent to the T rustee’s B udget & Finance com m ittee two days earlier. That packet contained the financial effects of a large enroll­ ment and the budget model presented at the previous IBC meeting, w ith the exception o f the graduate tuition reve­ nue. The second handout was a run of the budget model with predictions for various levels of salary, tuition, and estim ated volume changes for finan­ cial aid given different levels o f tui­ tion. To quote the m inutes o f that m eeting: “The review o f the material prom pted several points of concern regarding the impact of the inform a­ tion presented and the proceedings of the com m ittee, namely: the levels of the salary pool, especially in regard to faculty, are untenable given the cur­ rent level of faculty salaries & the

growing national reputation o f WPI (U S N ew s & W o rld R e p o rt); the disparitites[sic] in salaries betw een new and incumbent faculty is a sig­ nificant concern of the faculty and the budget model does not address that issue; the budget m odel is not the solution by default; the minutes of the meetings do not reflect the sense o f the discussions taking place.” A dis­ cussion on faculty salaries then en­ sued, and it was agreed that President Strauss and P rovost Z w iep w ould meet with the Faculty Com m ittee on Financial and Administrative Policy (FAP). Also discussed were various health and salary benefits, and the possibility o f establishing an early retirement program.

The budget model presented at this meeting, showed a $50 million unre­ stricted budget in addition to a $10 million restricted budget. As its name

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Four Provost finalists visit campus

by Jeffrey S. Goldmeer Associate Editor Beginning yesterday, the four fi­ nalists for the position o f Provost began visiting WPI. The visits last two days, and each candidate visits the cam pus separately. The four final­ ists are: D iran Apelian, Ray Bowen, Paul King, and Richard Miller.

Dr. Bowen will be on cam pus today; his visit began yesterday. Dr. Apelian will be on campus the 25th and 26th o f January. Dr. King will visiting on January 29 and 30. Dr. M iller will be on campus February 1 and 2.

D uring their visits, each o f the can d id ates will have a variety o f meetings. Each candidate will meet with the Search Committee, President Strauss, senior members o f the ad ­ ministration, various faculty com m it­ tees, and students. A portion of the afternoon of the first day o f each visit has been set aside for an open meeting with each candidate. This meeting is open to all m em bers o f the WPI com m unity; faculty, staff and stu­ dents. These meetings will be held at 3:30 in Kinnicut Hall on the following days: January 25, 29, and February 1.

Dr. B ow en’s open meeting was held yesterday; the first day o f his visit.

D iran A pelian is c u rre n tly the A ssociate V ice President for A ca­ demic Affairs - G raduate Studies at Drexel University. Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has spent the past 14 years at Drexel. He has been Associate Dean o f Research and G raduate Studies, and D epart­ ment Head o f M aterials Engineering.

W hile at D rexel, A pelian has also been a Visiting Professor at the Swed­ ish Metals and Research Institute, as well as, the Metallurgy Departm ent o f Katholieke University, Leuven Bel­ gium. Prior to this, Apelian worked for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and Lincoln Labs. Apelian received his D octor o f Science (Sc.D.) in Met­ allurgy & M aterials from M IT in 1972. He graduated from Drexel University in 1968 with his B.S. in M etallurgical Engineering.

Ray Bowen is currently a Visiting Professor at the Rice University; on sabbatical leave from the University of Kentucky. Previous to this, he was the Dean o f the College o f Engineer­ ing at the U niversity o f Kentucky.

W hile serving as dean, Bowen was also the D irector o f the C enter for A pplied Energy R esearch, and the Director of the C enter for Robotics and M anufacturing Systems. Before working at K entucky, Bowen spent a year at the National Science Founda­

tion. He was the D irector o f the Division o f M echanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics. Prior to this.

Bowen taught at Rice University for 16 years. For five years. Bowen was C hairperson o f the Mechanical Engi­ neering and Material Science D epart­ m ent. Bowen has also w orked at Johns Hopkins University, where he was a Post-doctorate Fellow. Bowen received his Ph.D. and his B.S. from Texas A&M U niversity; Ph.D. in 1961. and B.S. in 1958. He received his M.S. in M echanical Engineering in 1959 from C alifornia Institute of T echnology.

Paul King is currently the Dean of the C ollege o f Engineering at N orth­ eastern 2 University, in Boston, M as­ sachusetts. Prior to this, King was D epartm ent H ead of Civil Engineer­ ing and Engineering M echanics at the U niversity o f A rizona. King also spent tim e at V irginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the University o f Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in Civil Engineering in 1966. King re­ ceived both his M.S. and B.S. from C alifornia Institute o f Technology.

His M.S. was awarded in 1961 in E nvironm ental H ealth Engineering, and he received his B.S. in 1957 in Civil Engineering.

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Problems at Founders discussed at meeting

by Heidi Lundy Features Editor Both Residential Life and Plant Services w ere represented at a meet­ ing to discuss hot water problems and other concerns in Founders last Tues­ day. About 60 students were present.

Peggy Jablonski, Director o f Housing and John M iller, Vice President of the Physical Plant fielded questions on everything from Daka to the lighting design in suites.

The first issue covered was the frequent lack of hot showers. Peggy Jablonski explained that surveys will be sent out this week asking students to keep track o f the times w hen show­ ers are cold. They think the problem may involve a poor circulation system instead of faulty hot water heaters.

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only two years old, and some students had plenty of hot water while some suites had none. W ith the students cooperation, Plant Services will be able to pinpoint the problem and get it fixed.

W hen asked about the tem perature in the rooms, most of the students agreed that it is generally too hot, and that the therm ostats are practically useless. The heating and hot water in the building are produced by two separate furnaces.

O th e r p ro b lem s stu d e n ts m en ­ tioned were the dryers that d o n ’t dry. game rooms and weight rooms that a re n ’t open enough hours and the nonworking heating-cooling systems in the study lounges. D aka’s quality was discussed at length, and Ellen Madigan, chair o f the RHC told the students that there is a com m ittee looking into Daka. The poor TV re­

c ep tio n in the building was m en ­ tioned, even the lounge is no longer receiving VHF stations.

O ne o f the com plim ents offered was that the custodians in Founders are great. There did not seem to be much concern about security in the building, when the group was asked, one student inquired as to whether they w ere “all done changing the locks.”

On Thursday students received the form for keeping track o f their hot w ater from RAs. The cover letter from Peggy Jablonski and John Miller stated that several of the problem s had already been looked into. Maytag has been notified about the dryers, com ­ m ents about D aka were passed on to Edward M urphy, and hopefully the reception problem s will be taken care o f soon.

A ssociate Dean for A cadem ic Af­ fairs, School of Engineering, at the University o f Southern C alifornia, in Los A ngeles, California. Prior to this, M iller taught at the U niversity of C alifornia, at Santa Barbara. Miller received his Ph.D. in 1976 from C ali­ fo rn ia Institute o f T ech n o lo g y in A pplied M echanics. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1972 from MIT, and his B.S. from the

University o f C alifornia at Davis in A erospace Engineering in 1971.

T he Provost S earch C om m ittee has eight members, six faculty, and two students. The faculty are Profes­ sors D avis, H offm an, O rr, Sacco, Schachterle, and Vassallo. The two student m em bers are Jeff Goldm eer and Tom Nowak. Schedules for the candidates are available through de­ partment offices.

Clark Cafeteria food carries money-back guarantee

by Lynne Tolman Telegram & Gazette Staff reporter If the food on cam pus is hard to sw allow, the price w on’t be.

T h at’s a prom ise from Clark Uni­ versity, where a m oney-back guaran­ tee will be added to the dining-hall menu Monday when students return from sem ester break.

Clark and its food-service contrac­ tor, daka Inc., will refund a student the price of a meal if the diner’s tastes cannot be satisfied. The student’s account would be credited $1.66 for breakfast, $3.32 for lunch or brunch, or $4.99 for dinner.

College food gets a bad rap, said Clark business m anager Jack Foley.

S tu dents everyw here “ w rite hom e about the quality of the food. But what students really want is value for their dollar,” he said.

Daka sees the guarantee as a way to elicit specific criticism s rather than general whining, said vice president Ron Cohen. “Sometim es our biggest problem is custom ers don’t com e up and tell us w hat’s bothering them .”

T hen kitchen m anagers are left to g u e s s w h ere im p ro v e m e n ts are needed, he said.

At C lark, the m oney-back offer coincides with the opening o f a new, 400 seat dining hall and expanded

meal hours. Daka served a free lunch yesterday to the faculty and staff to celebrate. “ It was really good food,” said C lark spokesw om an Kate Chesley, who had a cheeseburger, french fries, salad, and chocolate milk.

She said the new hall is set »p to offer more choices, so Clark and daka are co n fid en t en ough to bank on pleasing palates. T he school and c o n tr a c to r , b ased in W a k e fie ld , would split the cost o f refunds. Clark is the first school to try the guarantee.

“L et’s say that a student selects a roast beef m eal, but finds that the roast b eef has been o v erco o k ed ,” Foley said. “The student should bring it to the attention o f a food-services manager, who will then offer the stu­ dent one o f the other m eals — perhaps fish or pizza — being served that day.

If that doesn’t work, then food serv­ ices will offer to fix the student, say, a stir-fried meal or a special omelet. If all that d o esn ’t satisfy the student, w e’ll refund the price o f the meal. All we ask is that the student consider reasonable alternatives.”

Everyone who lives in the dorm s at Clark must buy a meal plan, and 1,350 of the 2,200 undergraduates eat in the school dining halls.

Reprinted with permission o f the Telegram & Gazette

Meeting Announcement An open Meeting with the Provost Finalists will be held in Kinnicut Hall at 3:30 on the following dates: January 26 - Diran Apelian January 29 - Paul King Febraury 1 - Richard Miller All members o f the WPI comm unity are invited to attend.

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Tuesday January 23,1990

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New program allows students to go global (W PI News Release) - Since its founding, W PI’s philosophy has been that traditional course work must be enhanced by real-w orld experience.

G radually, over the course o f the I2 l years since the first students enrolled at the Institute, the focus o f that expe­ rience has expanded to include oppor­ tu nities for learning in places far rem oved from the co lleg e’s W orc­ ester cam pus. Today, W PI supports project centers or program s in Bang­ kok, Lim erick, London, Munich, San Francisco, Stirling (Scotland), Stock­ holm , W ashington D .C., Venice, and Zurich. Additional project sites are being planned for Ecuador, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico and Russia.

In April 1990 W PI will inaugurate the International Scholars Program to re c o g n iz e th o se s tu d e n ts w h o se undergraduate curricula include stud­ ies of world econom ics, social struc­ tures, politics and technology, and an overseas living experience. The pro­ gram reflects the Institute’s com m it­

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(W PI News Release) - For most people, retirement m eans exchanging the frenetic pace o f a life lived by the clock for the luxury o f slowing to a Sunday-like cadence.

For Alfred T. W hitney, however, that transition has taken more than tw o decades. On January l , W hitney retired as W orcester Polytechnic In­ stitute’s cam pus police chief. It was his second such transition, but his first “retirem ent” has been anything but relaxing.

In 1969 W hitney concluded a 22year stint as a m em ber o f the M assa­ c h u se tts State P o lice and sh o rtly thereafter started his second career at WPI. If he expected to move through m iddle age at a more relaxed speed at the Institute, he quickly learned that the challenges were different, but just as numerous.

Paul Campbell, liaison officer for the W orcester Police Departm ent, has know n W hitney for about 15 years.

Cam pbell rem embers how the clim ate at the Institute changed in the 1960s and the early 1970s. “The w ar in Vietnam generated a lot o f dissent on the WPI cam pus — the college had a very active ROTC program at the time and that may have fueled student d e m o n s tra tio n s . G ro u p s a lw a y s seem ed to be congregating on H igh­ land Street or in Elm or Institute parks,” he says. “Civil rights becam e a m ajor issue, and there was about a thousand-fold increase in the influx of drugs to W orcester. All o f this meant that most of the colleges in the area began having the sam e problems, on a sm aller scale, that the com m unity was experiencing.”

The admission o f women to the college in 1968 and the gradual ex ­ pansion o f the cam pus towards the center o f the city provided additional challenges, but W hitney was wellprepared to m eet W P I’s changing security needs.

He began his career in law enforce­ m ent in 1947 as a radio and Teletype dispatcher on the M assachusetts State Police Network. He became a state trooper in 1948 and retired as a lieu­ tenant from Troop C in Holden, Mass.

During his years as a trooper he re­ ceived com m endations for his role in narcotics and alcohol investigations

exchange assignments. Students ac­ cepted into the program , which is com petitive, will be guaranteed an assignm ent with a project center or exchange program abroad, and will be designated International Scholars at graduation.

The International S ch o lars P ro ­ gram was the b rainchild o f Floyd Tuler, co-chairm an of the Interdisci­ plinary Studies Division (ISD), who worked with ISD C hairm an Lance E. Schachterle and Dean o f U ndergradu­ ate Studies W illiam R. G rogan to bring it to fruition.

“For years, WPI has had unique academ ic program s for engineering stu d en ts w ho ch o o se to com plete som e o f their education abroad,” says Schachterle. “The new designation will encourage students to choose a th e m a tic seq u e n c e o f h u m a n ities courses that will support their increas­ ing understanding o f the cultures they w ill be studying. I d o n ’t know of any o th er engineering school currently offering an international program that

ment to preparing engineers and ap­ plied scientists for the global econ­ omy o f the 1990s and beyond.

To q u a lify as an In tern atio n al Scholar, each candidate must accom ­ plish the following: com plete a Hu­ m anities Sufficiency (a thematically related course and project sequence) in a foreign language, or by exam in­ ing foreign culture, or by investigat­ ing foreign policy and international relatio n s; co m p lete an Interactive Qualifying Project (a distinctive ele­ ment in the W PI Plan that encourages e n g in ee rin g , science and m an ag e­ ment students to recognize how their professional work affects society at large by challenging them to investi­ gate a topic relating science and tech­ nology to a social need or issue) at an international project center or spend at least one sem ester at one o f W P I’s foreign exchange universities; be as­ signed to a faculty advisor w ith a special interest in international is­ sues; and m eet with W PI students who have com pleted overseas project or

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and for capturing a m urderer. In 1988 he received the National Society of Law E nforcem ent M edal from the Sons o f the A m erican Revolution, who honored him for his “ long and distinguished career in law enforce­ m ent.”

D uring his 21 years at WPI, Traffic Control and Security O perations, as the d e p a rtm e n t w as o n ce know n, evolved into the Cam pus Police. “ We are a well-trained police department whose m em bers have pow ers o f arrest an d c a rry w e a p o n s and w h o go through the same training as m unici­ pal police officers and are certified by the M assachusetts C rim inal Justice T raining Council (M CJTC ),” W hit­ ney says. “The M CJTC has also cer­ tified and approved our officers in such areas as rape prevention and counseling, firearm s, first aid and CPR. We work hand in hand with city and state police officers, and we are the only college in the area with a LEAPS (Law Enforcem ent Associa­ tion Program System ) NCIC co m ­ puter directly connected to the state police com puters that gives us access to all the data available to state and local police.”

WPI police officers are respon­ sible for the safety and security o f all the Institute’s owned and rented prop­ erty. The department provides a full range o f services, including fire and safety inspections, accident, fire and medical em ergency response, traffic enforcem ent, crim inal investigation and apprehension, and an escort serv­ ice. O fficers control crow ds and traf­ fic during sporting, musical and spe­ cial events on campus, conduct sem i­ nars for students, faculty and adm ini­ stration on such issues as rape, and cam pus security, and work with the office o f H ousing and Residential Life to supervise the Student Night A ssista n c e P atrol (S N A P ) w hich m onitors residence halls from late evening to early m orning when school is in session.

W hitney is a taciturn man who says little ab o u t h im se lf an d ten d s to dow nplay his skills in serving the college’s law enforcem ent and secu­ rity needs. “ W e are professionals who do what we have to as situations arise,” he explains. “Crim e on the

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W PI campus is just like in any town, except that we have the additional challenge o f dealing with a higher population o f 18-22 year olds than m ost municipal police departm ents.

W e en c o u n te r m any o f the sam e crim es municipal police forces do assaults, breaking and entering, van­ dalism — com m itted by outsiders and students. Life has changed and those changes touch people on cam pus in a different way.”

Campbell says that in his opinion, the WPI police force “ is once of the m ost professionally operated in the city o f W orcester. As far as training his people, getting proper equipm ent and m aintaining esprit de corps, Al has succeeded adm irably.”

The chief is ready to move on. A lifelong Maynard resident and a for­ m er selectman who retains an interest in local and state politics, W hitney and his w ife, B everly, have three grow n sons, all with careers in law enforcem ent, and recently purchased a home on Cape Cod. “ I ’ve probably been on the hob the longest o f all the cam pus police chiefs in the W orcester area,” he says. “ I spent 22 years in the State Police, before com ing to WPI; I ’ve been here for 21 years. I'v e never had a break for any length of time. I may keep working after I retire, but first I'm going to take a while to find out where I’m at.”

W hitney says there are challenges facing his successor and the college itself. “We are working today with the sam e number o f officers we had when I cam e to WPI 20 years ago, yet we do a thousand more things than we did then, and w e’d like to do a lot m ore.”

“W orcester is grow ing, the college is changing and police work is differ­ ent than it as years ago. Nowadays, parents (of prospective college stu­ d en ts) are m ore co n scio u s o f the safety of their sons and daughters than ever. They take the effectiveness of the campus police into consideration when they select a school. They come in to talk to me, they look over the departm ent. “ In my opinion, making sure the students are safe is one o f the highest priorities and I hope the college se­ lects someone who will carry on and b u ild the d ep artm en t and keep it g oing."

Security Phones operational again

by Ajay Khanna Newspeak Staff About six months ago, the Security Task Force of WPI decided that the cam pus needed some security phones which were to be used primarily for tw o purposes: to call someone from the residence halls that one wanted to m eet to com e down to open the doors, and to call the WPI police in case o f an em ergency.

WPI bought 15 phones and 9 are currently installed. They were origi­ nally installed in the fall. However, they had one shortcoming: soon after

they w ere in stalled , they stopped working! T he problem was that these m achines had m icroprocessor chips inside them which, for some as yet undetermined reason, lost their m em ­ ory soon after they w ere installed. It is suspected that this happened either because people did not know how to use them properly, or because they were being intentionally mishandled.

G aitronics, the com pany WPI bought the phones from, arranged to have the phones replaced.

The phones, which have been in working condition since last W ednes­ day afternoon, cost $700 each, be­

cause they have m icroprocessor chips and are tam per-proof. It is our duty, therefore, not to misuse them . One can make only local calls up to three m inutes on these phones. To use the phone, press and hold the call button for about 3 seconds or until you hear the dial tone, then dial 9, and the num ber that you want to call. If it is an em ergency and you want to contact the WPI Campus Police, press and hold the em ergency button for a few seconds. If you have any questions, com plaints, or recom m endations, you are encouraged to contact the Office o f Plant Services.

can be com pleted within the tradi­ tional four-year engineering educa­ tion sequence. Other programs re­ quire e ith er sum m er study or the addition o f a fifth year.”

Several WPI seniors have satisfied the criteria and will be identified as In tern atio n al S ch o lars w hen they graduate in May 1990; Erik B. Ellis '90, a mechanical engineering major from Litchfield Park, Ariz., who spent his junior year studying in G erm any at Fachhochschule Muenchen, was the first student to be awarded the desig-

nation. All prospective WPI students have been notified of the new pro­ gram, and applications are currently being considered from m em bers of the co llege’s freshm an, sophom ore and junior classes.

A com p lem en tary program has also been designed to enable students from foreign countries to be named International Scholars. These stu­ dents will com plete a prescribed se­ ries o f requirem ents that focus on A merican studies.

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by Andy Alasso and James Calarese John Joseph Salvo, 22, died on January 4, 1990 in a skiing accident at V erm ont’s M agic M ountain Ski Re­ sort. He was participating in the WPI Ski team ’s annual race training camp when the accident occurred. John lived in Falm outh, ME and is survived by his parents, two younger sisters, grandparents, aunts, and uncles.

W hile at W PI, John studied aero­ nautical engineering and w as an ac­ tive m em ber of the Ultimate Frisbee Club, Pistol Club, Ski Team and Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity. John, who w as a ffe c tio n a te ly referred to as “Johnny C ool” by the brothers at the house, joined Phi Sig as a freshman.

As a Phi Sig brother Johnny served as house secretary, assistant treasurer, and treasurer. Johnny also held a co­ op job at G eneral Electric’s W ilm ing­ ton plant from January '89 to August ’89.

Services were held in Portland, ME on January 7, 8, 9 and a memorial service was held by Father Scanlon at WPI on January 14. The Brothers of Phi Sig perform ed the F raternity’s Funeral Ritual in Johnny’s honor and held a reception at the C hapter House afterw ard. A m em orial aw ard has been e stab lish ed by the house in Johnny’s honor. The award will be presented to the graduating brother who best exem plifies the traits of the late “Johnny C o o l.” A m em orial scholarship has also been set up at Johnny’s former high school. M em o­ rial contributions may be made to the John J. Salvo Scholarship Fund, care o f F a lm o u th H igh S c h o o l, 52 W oodville Road, Falm outh, Maine.

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Johnny will be remembered for the smile he always wore. He was unique in his ability to put everything in perspective. As he wrote in his high school yearbook; “A sense o f humor reduces people and problems to their proper proportion.” Johnny gave so much o f him self to all those around him and his generosity and love of life

J o h n S a lv o will never be forgotten. As a tribute to Johnny one o f his pledge brothers Rich Brown com posed the following song: From Me to the Almighty

by Rich Brown Why oh why must it be Johnny’s the one instead o f me A friend o f his I know was I Why did this one pass me by R efrain: Ooh. ooh. the chill has come He gave us love, Lord now bless him with some Ooh. Ooh I d o n ’t know why He w asn’t just another passer-by Can it be it was his turn 'C ause if you think so y o u 'v e got som ething to leam I d o n 't now- just what you see I just wanna say he meant something to me If this is the way it’s supposed to be then this is the way that it’s going to be He had a good life to live You better give him the best you can give.

AT&T PC Tutorial Schedule for Term C by the Office of Academic Com puting All classes are offered in the PC Classroom , H iggins 221A from 11:00 to 12:00 on the days indicated below:

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World News In the Soviet Republic o f Azerbaijan, there has been major unrest all week due to increasing ethnic tensions betw een the S hiite M oslem Azerbaijanis and the Christian Armenians. The rioting started on Saturday night in the A zer­ baijani capital o f Baku, where 150,000 people participated in an Anti-Armenian rally, as there is a large ethnic minority o f Armenians within A zerbaijan. Both A rm enia and A zerbaijan claim to control the N agom o Karabakh region, which is com prised mainly of A rmenians but controlled by Azerbaijan. 29,000 Soviet troops were sent into the region, and reserve troops will soon follow. So far, the troops have had little effect- A zerbaijanis have been barricading and mining roads and continue fighting. By weeks end, over 66 people had been killed and 220 wounded in the clashes. The citizens are well equipped, using m achine guns and hand gre­ nades to fight among each other. Most o f the weapons were stolen from the military.

The Yugoslavian press agency Tanjug re­ ported that a revolution had started in Albania, the last hard lined comm unist country in Europe.

Tanjug reported that one city was “ in the state o f revolution.” The governm ent o f Albania denied these claims, and played a video on TV showing that the street was quiet. However, the video was really a file tape and could be several years old.

Little information comes out o f Albania because of extrem e isolationism.

50,000 people participated in an anti-communist dem onstration in Sofia, Bulgaria over the weekend. The protesters demanded an end to the Com m unist P arty’s guaranteed grip on power, and wanted an end to the comm unist dominance over the army and work force. The next day, the constitutional guarantee on pow er was revoked by the Politburo. T he Comm unist Party also allowed the opposition to have its own new spa­ per. Near the end of the week, former hard lined leader Todor Zhikov was placed under house arrest for m isuse of the country’s funds and encouraging ethnic hostility.

Romania announced there would be a refer­

endum on w hether or not to ban the Communist Party and reinstate the death penalty. However, the governm ent later reversed itself, and said there would be no referendum. Trials did begin against C eaucescu’s oldest son and members of the Securitate secret police.

The Secret P o lic e ’s headquarters in East Berlin was storm ed and vandalized on Monday.

The governm ent blamed the New Forum oppo­ sition group, and said that elections might have to be postponed. New Forum denied that it advocated violence.

Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union have been negotiatin g Soviet troop w ithdraw als.

Czechoslovakia also announced that all exporta­ tion o f the plastic explosive Semtex had been banned. Semtex is frequently used by terrorist gro u p s. O n T u e sd a y , C zec h o slo v a k ia a n ­ nounced the dismantling o f the secret police.

El Salvadoran President announced that there were 9 suspects in the military for the November slaying of six jesuit priests. 8 of the suspects have been captured, one is still at large.

US and Soviet delegations met in Geneva to discuss a ban on underground nuclear testings, and an agreem ent could be signed by June.

Amnesty International has been criticizing Hong K ong’s forced repatriation o f Vietnamese refugees into Vietnam.

The UN Security Council has agreed to a resolution that would lead to free elections in Cambodia. In another vote, the US vetoed a motion condem ning it for raiding the N icara­ guan am bassador’s house during the invasion into Panama.

China freed 573 prisoners taken during the June pro-democracy protests in an effort to ease tension with other countries. Human rights groups say that thousands remain in jail.

The South A frican governm ent said that it would re-evaluate its prohibitions against the ANC and other anti-apartheid organizations.

Israel has said that it would settle Soviet Jewish emigrees in the occupied territories o f the West Bank and G aza strip. The US said that no aid would be given to Israel to support this move.

National News T he Space Shuttle Colum bia continued its m ission, and retrieved a satellite with 57 experi­ m ents that contains vital information for build­ ing a space station.

Federal Prosecutor Lehtinen said that he would let three veteran prosecutors prosecute Noriega, but he would still maintain some re­ sponsibility.

Secretary o f Defense Cheney announced a civilian hiring freeze and also announced that the US may close up to 20 m ilitary bases throughout the world within a year.

M ayor Marion Barry of W ashington, DC was photographed by FBI agents buying and sm ok­ ing crack cocaine at a party.

Jesse Jackson opened an office in W ashing­ ton, DC last week to start a drive for statehood, and said that W ashington was “the last colony.”

A T& T was hit with a major software error on M onday, and over half of the network was dis­ rupted. Many businesses lost millions in busi­ ness due to lost phone lines, but since it was M artin Luther King Day, many businesses were closed anyway.

T he FDA cut in half its recom mended dosage for A ZT, the only approved AIDS drug. This may let the m anufacturer increase the price.

Researchers in Boston report that Oat Bran does not reduce cholesterol any more than nor­ mal fiber products.

Form er nursery school teachers were acquit­ ted on 52 accounts of child abuse by a jury in Los Angeles. The judge declared a mistrial on the other 13 counts. It was the longest criminal case in history, and prosecutors have until the end of the month to decide if they wish to pursue another trial for the other thirteen counts.

E conom ic News T he stock market was off over 7 1 points last Friday due to fears of a weak economy.

It appears unlikely that the federal reserve board will reduce interest rates soon, because two o f the m em bers have announced opposition to a further reduction.

The US trade deficit increased to $10.5 bil­ lion. One o f the m ajor reasons for this was that Boeing w orkers were on strike, therby keeping Boeing out o f the market. Analysts do not think that the trade deficit will shrink very much in 1990.

C onsum er prices were up .4% in December, and inflation was 4.6% last year. This is barely more than last year, but it is still the highest since 1981.

IBM profit was down 75% in the fourth quarter and 35% for the year.

Disney announced a multibillion expansion for its theme parks in Florida and California.

Cam peau corporation of Canada filed for bankruptcy, and announced it was $7.5 billion in debt. Cam peau owns the two US com panies.

Federated and Allied department stores, and also owns Bloom ingdales, Jordan Marsh, Stem s and six other firm s. The department stores will continue to operate normally, as the bankruptcy filing includes a plan for reorganization. It was the largest bankruptcy filing in the US since Texaco filed.

The Luxembourg based Bank o f Com m erce and Credit Internationale admitted it was guilty of money laundering and that it would pay a record fine o f $14.8 million to the US govern­ ment for money laundering. The bank was used

by Noriega and other Panamanians to launder m oney.

Lech W alesa announced that the plan to convert P oland’s econom y to a free m arket based system was not working due to a lack of foreign aid and investments.

China and Hong Kong, the w orlds m ajor users o f ivory, rejected the world wide ban on use o f ivory.

Sports News The Broncos and 49ers will play each other in Superbowl XXIV. The Broncos defeated the Browns in the AFC championship and the 49ers defeated the Rams in the NFC cham pionship.

M o v e in to F u lle r L a b s is a s m o o t h t r a n s it io n

by Ajay Khanna Newspeak Staff Have any of you been to that new building next to Atwater Kent, Kaven Hall and the Li­ brary? It’s called Fuller Laboratories, in case you hadn’t heard o f it before. There are two

entrances: one next to Atw ater Kent, where you enter on the second floor, and one on Salisbury St, where you enter on the basem ent. It's a new building mainly intended for the com puter sci­ ence department. However, Perrault Hall, which can hold 386 students and is now the largest lecture hall at W PI, will also be used by some other departm ents, such as physics and chem is­

try, for freshman courses. It will prove to be ideal for other purposes as well, such as confer­ ences and movies. It already has a significance in the history o f WPI: its first major use by President Strauss for his controversial budget m eeting on January 17, was the first time the budget balancing process was made public and will probably be rem em bered by those who participated and the onlookers for a very long tim e.

Fuller Laboratories also houses the College C om puter C enter (CCC), the O ffice o f A ca­ dem ic Computing (OAC), and the Instructional M edia Center (1MC). The com puter science departm ent, the CCC, and the OAC have already m oved into the new building, and com puter science classes are being held in there now. The IM C will make the move sometime this term and be fully in place by D Term For the most part, the construction moved fairly smoothly, the building was on schedule, and there have been many praises about the new building. John Miller, Vice President of the Physical Plant, is very proud of the work. He said that Francis Harvey and Sons, the contrac­ tors, did their job very well, and that there has been a tremendous am ount o f cooperation be­ tw een the movers and the departm ents involved, which made the process much faster and easier than his original expectations. He also praised D ouglas Thompson and his student helpers from the Instructional Media C enter who carried out their part o f the job commendably.

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F u ll e r L a b s ’ a r c h i t e c t u r e c e n te r s its e lf o n a r e p e titio u s m o d e r n lo o k .

Department did their M Q P’s on Fuller Labs.

They did jo b scheduling and construction cost estim ating, and other phases o f the planning o f a major project.

A lthough the building was regarded as a success, people have noticed a few shortcom ­ ings. For one thing, there are only tw o class­ rooms in the building, besides Perreault Hall, which has m ade a few professors in the CS department a bit upset. Their consolation is that there are m any laboratories in the building, which is a useful aspect. Another com plaint was that it was difficult to find one’s way around because rooms were numbered haphazardly. Mr Miller says that they will be renum bered before the next academ ic year, so that is just a tem po­ rary problem. The professors had com plaints about the w hite boards. They do not erase properly and certain colors do not work on the boards. It seem s that the professors will just have to grin and bear it. There are also no toilets on the third floor. Mr Miller said that that is not a m ajor problem , and is not going to be rectified in the forseeable future.

There have been a few rumors about the new building. M any people have noticed cravks in the stairw ells, w here the cem ent has settled down. Mr M iller said that the steel girders which hold up the building are not affected in any way, and there is no chance o f your class beginning on the third floor and ending in the basement!

All in all, the WPI community is proud o f the new building and, though there have been m inor complaints, the building is a beautiful addition to the campus.

Around 1:30 am last Saturday morning, Snap m em bers noticed a smell of smoke in the wedge.

They disregarded it at first, thinking it was just incense, but, as the smell grew stronger, they decided to investigate. Snap m em bers Jagm it Singh, Keith W olasz, Adnan Mirza, and Melissa Herm an, checked the lower wedge, where the sm ell o f smoke seemed to be coming from the heaters. They then proceeded to thoroughly check all floors o f the M organ and Daniels residence halls and the laundry room, where they found no smell o f smoke. A couple of R A ’s were inform ed o f the situation.

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Police cam e quite quickly and proceeded to clear the wedge o f students.

At 2:20 am, four mem bers of the W orcester Fire Dept arrived, with axes in their hands, prepared to deal with any situation. They helped the Cam pus Police investigate the area, includ­ ing the daka kitchen, the trash receptacles, and the false ceiling. A fter looking around, they decided that, although they did not know what the problem was, it would be advisable to keep checking on what happened, and to call them if anything developed.

A Snap m em ber said that there w ere two possiblities o f what had happened: it could have been just a practical joke, like a smoke bom b, or something from the heater or the pow er system.

When the Snap m em bers left at 3am, the sm ell of smoke was still there, but things had calmed down.

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Budget confusion causes concern

im plies, the restricted budget may only be used for specific purposes, although it tends to have an alleviating effect on certain portions o f un­ restricted operations.

In a m em orandum from Liz Miles to the Budget and Finance com m ittep dated Oct. 20th, she writes the following: “The developm ent o f the operating budget for 1990-91 is underway. At this point in the fall term , departm ent heads and directors have been asked to evaluate their departmental fiveyear plans and to propose volume changes for the next fiscal year. These volume changes are an integral part o f the budgeting process as they reflect the program m atic and staff changes envisioned by departmental heads to respond to both external issues (e.g. enrollm ent in­ creases) and internal aspirations. As this proc­ ess continues through the fall, these volume change requests will be reviewed against each other, against current activity, the college’s priorities, and external cost factors. The final decisions will be reflected in the Institute’s FY 91 Budget G uidelines to be presented to the Trustees for approval at their w inter m eeting.”

The date of the w inter meeting being Feb. 23rd.

Further on in the mem orandum , she states that the budget model included in the m em o­ randum contains four separate scenarios con­ cerning tuition, salary, and student aid factors.

O f these four scenarios, all result in negative variances o f $400 to $600K. She then states: “It is expected that more than $1 million in additional volum e changes will be proposed. It will be a significant challenge for everyone involved to achieve a balanced budget.”

At the IB C m eeting on N ovem ber 6th, am ong other things the com m ittee discussed how it “can im pact the decision making proc­ ess regarding volume changes both in terms of detail and in strategic areas". The minutes go on to say: “W hile the com m ittee is not charged to m ake decisions it can have an impact upon them. There is a need for information however that will enable the IBC to address the detail; for ex am p le, loading activ ities o f various departm ents and com parative staffing infor­ m ation. The Provost and Liz Miles will begin to gather that inform ation”.

At Nov. 10th IBC meeting Liz Miles talked about the B udget and Finance com m ittee m eeting of 10/20/89. According to the m in­ utes: “ B&F was inform ed o f the status of budget developm ent at that time - that volume changes were coming in and we expected them to reach about $4 million. A significant result o f the B& F m eeting was that the trustees concluded, after a w ide-ranging discussion on cost controls in this economic environm ent, that they would com m unicate to the A dm ini­ stration a “sense o f the com m ittee" stating the necessity to stay within budget guidelines this year and prepare to address difficult decisions on cost controls in preparing for next year.”

A lso discussed at this m eeting was the budget proposal, now with the prelim inary volum e changes from each department added.

The volum e changes at this point totalled $4.5, and another $500K was expected to be added in the next w eek or two. Following this was a discussion on the role o f the IBC in the past and how it m ight influence the decision making process. Essentially, it was determined that “ it is up to the com m ittee to define the extent o f its influence and effectiveness; it will be neces­ sary to define the context in which the volume change requests are review ed” .

The list o f volume changes at this point still bore the original designations o f comm itted, necessary and desirable. D uring the next budget m eeting, a list o f proposed priority changes was to be reviewed. Unfortunately, N ewspeak did not obtain the IBC minutes for m eetings after Nov. 10th.

For those not fam iliar with the volum e changes lists, they are divided into three cate­ gories; com m itted, necessary, and desirable.

Comm itted and necessary requests are to cover such costs as salary for people already em ­ ployed by a departm ent, basic supplies, depre­ ciation on equipm ent, etc. Desirable items are just as they would sound, and are therefore generally considered last unless the school has some overriding interest in establishing a new service or facility.

One suggestion to reduce the budget pro­ posed to the IBC by Provost Zwiep, in a letter dated Nov. 30th was to increase the student to faculty ratio. This was topic was actually brought up in earlier IBC meetings, but this time it was in the form o f a written proposal com plete w ith figures on how much the school would save based on different scenarios. In the letter, the Provost points out that most techni­ cal universities have student to faculty ratios of 17:1, w hereas WPI currently has an 11:1 ratio.

His proposal shows how a slight increase in the ratio could easily be accom plished by normal attrition such as not autom atically replacing

retiring professors or faculty w ho decide to work elsewhere, unless specifically needed by the departm ents.

During the time between Nov. I()th and Dec. 1st, the volum e changes were scaled down so that approxim ately $1 million re­ mained to be cut in order to achieve a balanced budget. U nfortunately, making cuts past this point proved to be an extrem ely difficult task for President Strauss and the rest of the execu­ tive staff, who m ake the actual budget deci­ sions. It was out o f frustration, and a desire to draw attention to the budget, that President Strauss proposed the double asterisk cuts.

On Decem ber 1st, President Strauss pre­ sented to the IBC the now fam ous ** budget proposal, w hich, am ong o ther things, c o n ­ tained cuts which would elim inate funding for the Fire Protection Engineering program , close the N uclear R eactor, and elim inate the position o f A ssistant D irector o f Student A ctivities.

Also present at the meeting w as Prof. W im m ergren representing the FAP. A ccording to the m inutes o f the D ecem ber 14th faculty meeting, Prof. W im m ergren said that when he left the m eeting, “ he was not aw are that an academ ic program was being proposed for abolishm ent.” He also stated about the budget proposal: “ Buried on page 9, there was one line to reduce FPE by $ 168,0001 believe. It was not discussed.” Prof. Parkinson, who also attended the Dec. 1 IBC m eeting, stated the following: “ ...after Professor W im m ergren and Looft had l e f t... I brought up the topic o f Fire Protection Engineering. Provost Zw iep w as there and President Strauss was also there. I said ... that I thought it was a very dangerous attitude to take, to set up a trial balloon for fire protection engineering, and that indeed it w ould be easy to set the campus back five years in terms o f a favorable attitude tow ard graduate program s, and that it ought to be examined very carefully before any decision was to be m ade. I also made the same point about nuclear engineer­ ing. It was presented to the com m ittee as a so called trial balloon, it was not presented to the com m ittee as a decision that had been m ade.”

During the follow ing week, Liz Miles went around to the departm ent heads as part o f the regular budget process w hereby, after subm is­ sion o f the volume changes, she comes back and discusses w ays to further decrease the am ount o f money a departm ent will need for the upcoming year. This year, in light o f the sensitive nature o f the proposed ** budget cuts, she was also to inform the departm ent heads o f these cuts. In this way, the departm ent heads would be responsible for inform ing the poten­ tially affected personnel. On D ecem ber 4th, as part o f this series o f meetings, Liz met with Professor Lucht, the head o f the Fire Protection Engineering program . At this meeting, she informed him o f the ** cuts which effectively elim inated his program . During her discussion with Prof. Lucht, she indicated to him that there was “nothing to talk about” because the program had been elim inated from the budget.

This is a quote w hich, at least am ong the people who have heard it, seem s to have caused quite a lot o f concern. The problem is that taken by itself, out o f context, it is very easy to m isinter­ pret. A ccording to Dave Lucht, when Liz show ed him the budget proposal she meant that trying to make adjustm ents to save money on the budget was a m oot point at the time as it had been virtually elim inated, not that the cuts should be taken as final.

On D ecember 15th at another IBC meeting, Steve Nelson, one o f the student representa­ tives on the IBC presented a list o f figures from the A ssociation o f Independent Technological Universities Report which detailed the Dean o f Students spending for 7 colleges including W PI for the 1988-89 fiscal year. It clearly show ed WPI as having the low est budget per student o f any o f the colleges. For this fiscal year, the budget per student at each o f the colleges was as follows: Harvey Mudd: $713.09 Lehigh University: $231.18 R.I.T.: $210.58 Polytechnic University $188.85 R.P.I.: $170.83 Clarkson: $150.08 W .P.I. : $109.23 W .P.I. (1990-1991) : $ 97.62 (estim ated) A lso at this m eeting. Student Council Presi­ dent Mike Donahue made a speech about how much the students were concerned about the possible elim ination o f the position o f A ssis­ tant D irector o f Student A ctivities currently held by Chris Jachim ow icz.

Later that afternoon, the faculty held their D ecember meeting. One o f the main topics o f discussion at this m eeting was the budget.

A lthough there was quite a lot o f discussion, and many interesting points w ere raised, it would not be feasible to include them all. One o f the most im portant points o f the meeting

was when Prof. Fitzgerald m ade a motion, w hich was seconded, stated as follow s: “ I m ove that the C om m ittee on G overnance study the process by which current adm inistrative practices impact on academ ic program s. In p articu lar, the C om m ittee on G ov ern an ce should determ ine w hether due process was followed in the decision to propose term ina­ tion o f the academic program in Fire Protection E n g in eerin g . F u rth erm o re, I re q u est the C om m ittee on G overnance to present a pre­ liminary report on its findings at the January 18, 1990, faculty m eeting.” Also very relevant was these com m ents from Prof. Lucht: “ I would like to say a few w ords about the impact that this process has had on us, our program, our faculty, and our students. O ur graduate program at WPI is the only one of its kind in the w orld, which is the result o f the scholarly work o f one senior m em ber o f the faculty w ho spoke to you earlier. I think it is great that WPI provides a forum within which a m em ber of the faculty can pursue unpopular or perhaps nontraditional areas and see the fruits o f his work turn out to be a graduate program that is really respected internationally. It truly is. I see no factual foundation that would be cause for closing down the program. O ur work is good, we have a positive international reputation, and we bring in more money than we cost. The budget process has been dam aging. T his word got out before I knew about it. I am getting telephone calls from across the U nited States and abroad. O ur colleagues want to know what is going on? How can this happen? It is the only program in the w orld that has an interna­ tional reputation for doing good work. Anyone who wants to study this topic on a graduate level has to com e here. Now we understand U.C. Berkeley is going to start a program next year, along with the University o f M aryland.

Students out there are hearing that we are going to close dow n. I’m getting calls from appli­ cants, potential students, research colleagues, benefactors; industry has invested $800,000 in corporate gifts in our program to date. These people want to know what is going on. They trusted us all the way through. O ur research sponsors are calling. How about my contract for next year? I was just ready to put out another RFP. W hat am I supposed to tell these people? W e have been placed in an intolerable situation that is dam aging our reputation and our ability to do business. I think it is horrible, it is not the way to do business, there has got to be a better way, and I hope the Com m ittee on G overnance will take a look at this, look at the procedures, regardless o f what departm ent it is, and come back with a report that will help us avoid this from happening again". Finally, a quote from Tom Newton, director o f the Nu­ clear Engineering program: “ I just w ant to let everyone know that no one has really consid­ ered the impact on the students o f this budget cut. I have taken an informal survey o f nuclear students that are involved in Professor M ayer’s course, and o f fifteen respondents, about 80% indicated that they w ould either leave o r con­ sider leaving W PI if this reactor w ere shut dow n. I think this is som ething that has not been considered; the loss o f tuition revenues and the loss o f educational opportunities for the students” .

Som etim e around the date o f this faculty m eeting, both the Fire Protection Engineering departm ent and the N uclear Engineering de­ partm ent issued fact sheets on why it w ould not be in the best interest o f the school to close these program s down. T he following are some o f the facts from the sheet put out by the Fire

Protection Engineering department: “ During the first ten years of operation, total operating costs were $1,393,000, or an average of $ 139,300 per year.

Incom e generated by the FPE program during the sam e ten year period exceeded $ 3 ,000,000, including sp o n so red research ($1,490,000), philanthropic gifts ($800,000), tuition ($750,000) and short courses and sem i­ nars.

During this period, the program accum u­ lated a re stricted gift fu n d in ex cess o f $300,000, along with three endowments.” It goes on to show how cutting the FPE program would actually cause a net loss in income for the school of over $ 100,000. From the NE fact sheet: “On D ecem ber 6th, the D irector o f the Nuclear Engineering Program was informed by the Head of the M echanical Engineering D epartment that the fiscal year 1991 budget proposed to close the reactor. This was the first indication that any staff associated with the Nuclear program had o f any proposal. Review of the cursory analysis w hich “dem onstrated the savings” showed no understanding of the regulatory fram ew ork in w hich the reactor exists, and as a result grossly overestim ates the savings.

Also o f concern is the lack o f any inter­ change betw een the adm inistration and the faculty regarding the im pact o f this or any other proposal on the educational program o f the college.” This fact sheet went on to e sti­ mate the actual savings to the school under several different scenarios for closing dow n the reactor legally.

O n D ecem ber 19th, the executive staff had another m eeting. At this m eeting, they decided to, in the words o f Liz M iles, “put on the brakes and throw out the ** cuts” . It was out o f this meeting that President Strauss’ letter o f the 21st cam e. For those students who did not get to read it, here is an excerpt: “ ...a balanced current year budget plus the proposed im ­ provem ents would lead to a very large deficit, even assum ing an 8% tuition increase w ith a 4% average salary increase.

Faced with this situation, I suggested a num ber o f hypothetical budget adjustments for prelim inary review by the Institute Budget C om m ittee and Executive Staff... Due to the ‘what i f character of these adjustments, I did this without prior consultation with those that might be affected. My intent was to focus further discussion and to illustrate the depth of the problem. Unfortunately, this discussiononly inform ation was transm itted far m ore widely than intended. The conflicting inter­ pretations led, I regret, to a great deal o f anxiety. The process, as it developed, w as neither intended nor correct.

I can tell you now that m any o f the specific “hypothetical” adjustm ents will not happen and any that do will only be after significant additional review and discussion.”

On January 15th Liz M iles met with the members of the Student G overnm ent during their Executive C om m ittee meeting. Her p u r­ pose in attending the m eeting was to answer the questions of the Student Government about what was going on with the budget. At this meeting, she reassured the mem bers o f the Student G o v ’t that there w ould not be a budget deficit, and that the ** cuts were only meant as ‘trial balloons’ and not as final. She explained President Strauss’ reasons for making the ** cuts, and why there was such a large initial co n tin u ed on page 6

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WPI hockey team ranked 4thin nation

by Brian Campbell A fter finishing the first half of the season with a perfect 10-0 record, the WPI hockey team was awarded a national ranking by the National Collegiate Club Hockey Association.

WPI and Ohio University are the only two team s that are still unbeaten. Last y ear’s national cham pion. North Dakota State Uni­ versity is ranked first with a 10-2-0 mark.

T he engineers are right where they want to be at this point in the season. WPI has been a truly dominant team with 128 goals scored and only 26 goals given up.

The main reason for the engineer’s stingy defense this year is goalie John Kurdziolek.

A fter goalie R ob Barthelmes graduated last May, goaltending became a big question mark before the season began. “K urdzo” has si­ lenced all the critics with his brilliant play w hile the “ W innipeg w onder,” John Henry Borger, is ready and able to step in betw een the pipes at a m om ent’s notice.

T w o players improving most steadily in the last few gam es were Rich Kashian and Mike Solom ita. Rich, the leading scorer two seasons ago, seems to have regained his high-flying speed and is now making mincemeat o f oppos­ ing defenses. Mike Solom ita has recently been

pumping in goals at an alarming rate. M ike’s early season frustration which resulted in large am ounts o f time logged in the penalty box has been replaced by discipline and a newfound scoring touch.

O ther forwards w ho have made great contri­ butions are senior Jon Lonczak and ju nior Andy San Clem ente. Jon has becom e an im­ pact player; this Braintree native is a threat w henever he touches the puck. Andy San Clem ente is a tough physical player who can go either through or around an opponent on his way to the net.

The engineers also welcome the addition of sophom ore forward Todd Parks to the squad.

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This new com er will be joining a talented group o f rookies led by forw ards Chad Binked and Mike Dolan.

The injury bug has bitten the engineers once again. C aptain Jim D ellagatta has been side­ lined for the second tim e this year, and Roger “ rabbit” G agnon has also been thrown from the horse of good health. In R oger’s case, it was more like falling off the horse. Roger fell out of bed and knocked out his two front teeth.

W e’re pulling for you rabbit.

WPI opened the second half of the season against Springfield College in the Ben Martin M.I.T. tournament on Saturday, January 13.

The engineers exploded for 17 goals enroute to the final round versus M.I.T. On January 17th the Jim O ’Shaugnessy show rolled into Bos­ ton. T he senior c ap ta in and tournam ent M.V.P. had eleven points in a spirited 12-4 rout.

On Friday, January 19th the engineers trav­ elled once again to “ beantow n” to take on W entworth. John Henry Borger played his first complete game in net for tech and played superbly. It was apparent from the early going that WPI was in for a battle. Questionable refereeing necessitated superb shorthanded penalty killing efforts. George “the animal steel” Oulundson, Kevin Fitzpatrick, and Mike Canniff answered the call, and WPI left town an 8-2 victor.

The engineers currently boast a 13-0-0 mark and have proven that they are the team to beat.

Barring any overconfident and lax attitude which might be developing from such easy lopsided victories, the W PI hockey team has a legitimate shot at reaching the national tourna­ ment this year in A thens, Ohio.

The next home gam e is against the W estern M assachusetts Indians on Friday, January 26th at 7:30 pm. The gam e site is the N orthstar Youth Forum off R oute 9 in W estboro, Mass.

The Hockey team w ould like to thank Brian Campbell for writing these fine works o f litera­ ture and give him the recognition he deserves.

The season Brian “ B east” Campbell has shown his defensive prowess and lately has shown that he too can light up the scoreboard with goals. In the last three o r four games the former Holy C ross superstar, known there as the “enforcer” as had two blistering shots from the right point that left goalies stunned. W ith these two goals and a num ber of assists, Brian has once again shown that he is a man o f many hidden talents. Thanks Brian.

W P I's J.V. Basketball hustles on d efen se again st V erm on t T ech .

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by Christopher Savina W inter W eekend is the weekend o f Febru­ ary 16, 17 and 18th. Sponsored by the Special Events C om m ittee o f SOCCOMM with the help of the Junior class, it offers a weekend packed full of entertainment. W e’ll start the weekend o ff laughing, with two top comedians in G o m p ei’s. Comedians Kevin Knox and

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(C PS) — Sororities and fraternities may soon be a thing o f the past at Bucknell U niver­ sity if faculty m em bers have their way.

The faculty voted 94-46 on Nov. 13 to abolish the groups, asserting they are “racist, elitist, sexist and anti-intellectual.”

B u ck n ell’s Board o f T rustees w ill vote w hether to accept the faculty recommendation to drive Greeks from the Lewisburg, Penn., cam pus next May. “ G re e k s,” explain ed B ucknell librarian G eorge Jenks, who sponsored the motion to banish the school’s 13 frats and 10 sororities, “by nature are sexist, racist, elitist and anti­ intellectual, and the university shouldn’t sanc­ tion them because (those) ideals go against the university ideals.”

Bucknell Greeks were upset by the vote. “ I don’t feel that some o f the faculty have m ade an effort to get to know G reeks,” com ­ plained Dave Suplee, president o f the school’s Interfratem ity Council. “ I would agree that elitism and racism are at Bucknell. but it’s not only within the G reeks.”

Jonathan Brant, head of the National Inter­ fra te rn ity C ouncil in B lo o m in g to n , Ind., agreed. “ We see such problems as racism, alcohol abuse and sexual abuse as a societal issue,” Brant said. “ But I d o n 't see it as an excuse for fraternities. We have to address the problems of society.”

The Bucknell vote came five years after a faculty report examining the value o f Greek life on campus. The report was critical o f the

Vinnie Savorito are direct from the Boston C om edy connection. Entertainm ent will start at 8pm and admission is $1.

Saturday com e down to G om pei’s and enjoy tw o film classics in a relaxed atm osphere.

Starting at noon is one o f Jam es B ond’s best, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. T his is follow ed by the com edy Better O ff Dead.

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fraternities and sororities, but suggested they be allowed to remain open pending the conclu­ sions o f a G reek Review Committee.

At the sam e time, several other cam puses — including A m herst (M ass.) C ollege, C olby College in M aine and Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania — dismantled their Greek systems.

Like Bucknell, Gettsyburg College, also in Pennsylvania, formed a comm ittee to evaluate Greek life.

B ucknell’s com m ittee released its report earlier in 1989, prompting the November fac­ ulty vote to withdraw university approval from the houses.

The com m ittee report was generally critical of the whole Greek system, which in fact had yielded few exam ples o f m isbehavior recently.

“T here have been no specific incidents within the past year” to prompt the faculty’s desire to ban Greeks, said Bucknell spokes­ woman Deanna Congileo.

Almost w eekly incidents have prom pted offical punishments o f Greeks at other cam ­ puses.

The same week B ucknell’s faculty voted, for exam ple, brawls broke out at fraternity functions at Harvard and Marquette universi­ ties. U niversity o f New M exico o fficials prom ised to probe a hazing injury suffered by a pledge, and an Ossining, N.Y., judge sen­ tenced 18 Pace University pledges to three months probation for “disorderly conduct.”

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sion.

At 6pm Saturday is the highlight of the weekend, the 1990 Snow Ball. In past years this dance has been held in the Spring and called the Junior Prom (JP). The Snow Ball will be the only WPI Semi-formal this year and is open to all WPI students. The Snow Ball will be held right down the street at the W orcester Marriott. There will be no need to drive or walk as transportation will be provided to and from

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got into trouble with the law for hazing and drinking policy violations earlier this fall.

The University o f Missouri at C olum bia banned all “little sister” programs in Novem ­ ber after getting its fourth report o f rapes — all o f them occurring either during or after frater­ nity parties — since September.

Fraternities at the universities o f Pittsburgh, O klahom a, N ebraska-L incoln, Illinois and Mississippi as well as at Penn State University, have been involved in various racial incidents — ranging from “theme parties” to selling offensive t-shirts to fights — this term.

W hile national fraternity spokesman Brant em phatically denounces such incidents, he sees them as unrelated to Greek life. Buckn ell’s Jenks claim s they are inherent to Greek life. “ Fraternities and sororities have been in existence for more than 100 years," Jenks said.

“They w ere founded to exclude Jew s and blacks. U nfortunately, they still maintain that tradition.”

Suplee countered that "close to 50 percent o f the sch o o l’s minority population are in­ volved in Greek life.”

Only 2 percent o f Bucknell’s 3,500 students are minorities. “ I would hope there will be an open dialogue on the Bucknell campus. It’s our experience that when there is open discussion. Greeks can contribute positively and significantly to the university com m unity,” Brant said.

the M arriott aboard M axw ell S ilv erm an ’s double decker bus. It will be continuously running from 6pm to 12:30am, stopping in front of Daniels, Founders and the Marriott.

The Snow Ball starts at 6pm with some light snacks. A full sit dow n dinner will be served starting at 7pm. A cash bar will be available throughout the evening, so for those 21 and over d on’t forget your ID. After dinner, dance the night away while a DJ from Good Vibra­ tions spins your favorite tunes. The dance will conclude at 12 midnight. Tickets are $20 each or $35 per couple and includes admission to Friday’s Comedy N ight. It is all reserved seating and tickets are limited so purchase them early.

For those who haven’t had enough fun yet, there will also be- a ski trip to W achusett Mountain on Sunday. A $25 registration fee includes Bus Transportation on a Suburban Coach Bus and an all day lift ticket. The bus will leave from in front of Daniels at 9am and leave W achusett at 4pm . Rentals are also available for $14. Tickets are limited to one bus load on a first com e first serve basis.

Win a free pair o f Snow Ball tickets by designing a paper snow flake. Snow flakes must be recieved by February 2nd. All of the snowflakes recieved will be used as decora­ tions for the movie festival. Mail them to SocComm or drop them off in the SocComm office. Be sure to attach your name and box number to the snowflake.

1990 W inter W eekend boxer shorts with the penguin logo are available in M,L and XL for $5 each. Snow Ball tickets, ski signups and boxers will be on sale every weekday from 111 in Daniels across from the bookstore starting today. You can also purchase them during the Battle of the Bands this Saturday at 7pm in Alden Hall.

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Budget confusion causes concern deficit in the budget.

O n W ednesday, Jan 17th President Strauss held a conference and Q& A session in Fuller L abs’ Perrault Lecture Hall. At this meeting, he explained to around 400 people, com prised o f a mixture o f faculty and students, what was going on with the budget. His reasons for the large deficit at the beginning o f the budget process included lower than expected income from external sources and the natural aspira­ tions o f departm ents to im prove them selves.

He also informed people that subsequent pre­ dictions for next y ear’s incom e had been raised by about $300,000. He also made it quite clear that tuition m akes up a very im portant portion o f the school’s income, and that one o f the corresponding high drains on the budget is financial aid. Also, he pointed out that because o f the way financial aid rises when tuition rises, that an 8% increase in tuition resulted in a 4-5% increase in real income.

Following his speech was a question and answ er session which was fairly informative.

The following are some o f the questions and answ ers asked and received by the students and faculty attending the meeting: Q: How much student input is there in the budget process?

A: There are 2 student m em bers on the Budget Com m ittee who get their input on the wishes o f the student body through the Student G overnm ent. The President o f the Student G overnm ent, Mike Donahue, also stood up and replied that he feels that the interface between the student body and the students on com m it­ tees needs to be improved. This is supposed to be looked at in the future.

Q: W hat is the reason for an 8% increase in tuition?

A: The 8% increase was an expression o f restraint from a 10 to 12% increase. Com peti­ tion between schools for new program s, facili­ ties, etc. causes spiraling costs and thus the high tuition increases each year.

Q: W hy not use some current capital as an investm ent for a future student center?

A: The capital is m ostly already restricted for certain purposes and is being used to gen­ erate income for the current budget. There are not enough capital reserves to divert to a stu­ dent center.

Q: Is the tuition increase worth the increase in financial aid? Does it cause a loss by lowering the num ber o f students able to attend and pay tuition?

A: For every $1 increase in tuition, 45 cents must go for financial aid.

Q: W on’t lowering tuition increases further bring down financial aid increases and help reduce the ‘deficit’?

A: A bout 30% o f the students are currently paying full tuition. G etting more students to pay full tuition by lowering the tuition rate, and thus raising incom e, has historically failed when tried at other schools.

Q: W hat areas are additional cuts going to be m ade in if the ** cuts are to be avoided?

A: The savings will have to com e from decreasing allowances for inflation, and other general budget squeezing measures.

Q: W hat changes will occur in the budget inform ation distribution process?

A: M ore people, such as departm ent heads, will have to be involved in the process.

Q: W hy is the increase in financial aid for the next year three tim es the increases o f the previous years?

A: This is the effect o f state, local, federal, and restricted financial aid not increasing fast enough, which m eans the unrestricted budget m ust m ake it up.

Q: W hen will the budget be finalized?

A: February 23rd. Right now , it is predicted that none o f the ** cuts will be made. If the tuition increase is limited to 6% then som e o f the ** cuts may be necessary.

Q: Have you thought o f taking a salary cut as a gesture o f good will?

A: I d o n ’t see that it serves a useful purpose.

If salaries aren ’t com petitive then W PI will not be able to hire high quality faculty.

Q: W hat expenses are going up more than the 4 or 5% real increase in incom e from the tuition?

A: The tuition is becom ing an increasing portion o f the budget as other external incom e sources are slowing down.

Q: How much does incom e from sponsored research contribute to W P I’s income?

A: Not much at all, not nearly as much as at other schools. This will probably be developed further in the future.

Q: Could the percent o f the endow m ent used as income be raised from 5% to som ething higher?

A: It is being looked at as a possibility.

Q: W as it made clear to Liz M iles that the ** cuts were proposals?

A: Yes. Everyone seem s to be having different views on what happened.

Q: How can you, the president, justify to the students the increasing tuition and the decreas­ ing quality o f the programs?

A: I feel that the quality is very high, espe­ cially com pared to other institutions.

On the following day, January 18th, the faculty had its monthly m eeting. At this m eet­ ing Prof. W im m ergren announced that we are now within $300,000 o f a balanced budget w ithout any o f the ** cuts. Dean G rogan explained that the income from just 4 students

m a jo rs a n d c a r e e r s Deciding on a m ajor and, more broadly, a career, can be one o f the most daunting deci­ sions facing you as an undergraduate. W hile an interest in science, engineering o r m anage­ m ent is assum ed am ong WPI students, the career choices within those fields can be over­ w helm ing.

In an effort to provide students w ith more inform ation about different majors and related career paths, the Alumni A ssociation is w ork­ ing with the new M ajor Selection Program on a special workshop called “What T o Be O r Not To Be.” The goal o f this program is to put you in touch with successful alumni w ho are will­ ing to discuss career paths in each o f W PI’s m ajor fields o f study. This w orkshop will be helpful to you if you are 1) undecided about your major, 2) thinking about changing your m ajor or 3) w ondering w hat you’ll do with your m ajor once you graduate.

“W hat T o Be O r Not T o Be” will take place on Tuesday, January 30, 1990 from 7:00 to 9:30 PM in M organ Hall and the L ow er W edge.

The program will feature a series o f informal discussions, each one focusing on career op­

demic program s which are yet to be observed.”

On Friday, January 19th, in an interview was held with President Strauss. The following are some o f the questions which were asked: Q: If sufficient cost cutting m easures can not be agreed upon, w ould you co n sid er cancelling or delaying the opening o f the new Bio lab in order to protect existing programs and facilities?

A: It requires very little operating costs, and the capital has already been raised.

Q: W hat changes would you like to see made to the process by w hich a balanced budget is created?

A: W e need to create sufficient confidence in current representatives. I think that more representatives are needed.

1: In response to the first question COG has concluded that although a specific procedure for the elim ination o f an academ ic program or the closing o f a m ajor academ ic facility does not exicts, it is clear from Section II, Paragraph 3, o f the C onstitution o f the W PI Faculty* that any such procedure m ust involve the faculty governance system.

Q: Do you agree or disagree w ith the recom ­ mendations of the C OG for the procedure by which academ ic programs and facilities should be elim inated?

A: I agree 100% w ith the recom mendations.

Part o f the problem is that in the attempt to involve people, not everyone understands all the details and processes, and this has caused problems. It is not practical to explain all the details o f cam pus finance to everyone. That is why a few people, such as Steve Nelson, who understand it all, are needed.

* S e c tio n II, P a ra g ra p h 3, o f the Constitution o f the Faculty o f W PI reads: The faculty has a responsibility for initializ­ ing, considering and m aking recom m enda­ tions on questions o f educational policy and problem s arising therefrom . A question is one o f educational policy to the extent that it bears upon conditions facilitating instruction, study, research, publication and other scholarly or cultural activities of faculty m em bers and stu­ dents.

COG has concluded that the following pro­ cedure is consistent with the observance o f due process implied in the above paragraph and consistent with the concepts o f shared govern­ ance and collegiality: Procedure:

Q: W hat is the size o f the endow m ent now and what growth is predicted?

A: Currently, it is at $100 million. M ost grow th com es from money dedicated to som e­ thing, so that it cannot ju st be spent on any­ thing.

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was equal to the incom e from having $1 m il­ lion in the endow m ent fund. Prof. Long, o f the C om m ittee on G overnance, presented their findings on the questions raised by Prof. Fitz­ gerald’s motion, and amended by Prof. Mayer, at the last faculty meeting. In this report, the COG considered 3 questions. The report went as follows: 1. Is there a specific procedure at W PI for the elim ination o f an academ ic program or the closing o f a m ajor academ ic facility?

2. W as due process observed in the propos­ als to elim inate the Fire Protection E ngineer­ ing program and to close the N uclear R eactor Facility?

3. W hat has been the impact o f those pro­ posals on the academ ic program s at W PI?

portunities associated with a different major.

O ver 25 alumni, currently working in com pa­ nies such as Raytheon, Digital, GE, M onsanto, Pfizer, CR Bard, and N.E. Electric will share their career experience with interested fresh­ men, sophom ores and juniors. Each m ajor area o f study will be discussed, as well as several areas o f concentration w ithin the larger depart­ ments. You will have an opportunity to attend up to three sessions.

A lum ni will talk about th eir jo b search experience, the positions th ey ’ve held since graduation, and their current position, includ­ ing a d escrip tio n o f th e typical w orkday.

Y ou’ll have a chance to ask questions at the end o f each session. A reception will be held after the last session to give you a chance to speak one-on-one with alumni.

D o n ’t m iss this e x citin g opportunity to gather inform ation that will help you m ake a better decision about your m ajor and career goals. The program is free o f charge but we ask that you please register in advance. For a registration form or m ore inform ation contact Lisa M. Hastings, Assistant Alumni D irector at the Alumni O ffice, 831-5072 or Mary Beth Harrity, C oordinator o f the M ajor Selection Program at 157 W est Street, 831-5012.

In the event that a proposal for the elim ina­ tion o f an academ ic program or the closing o f a m ajor academ ic facility is formulated by any faculty and/or adm inistrative group, the pro­ posal shall be conveyed to the C om m ittee on Governance. COG shall conduct a critical review o f the proposal, which may include referring the proposal to other com m ittees for consideration. Upon receipt o f all relevant input, COG will fram e its recom m endation and present it to the faculty for action.

2: In answ er to the second question, COG concluded that in the case covered by the faculty motion o f D ecem ber 14, as amended, due process was not observed.

3: At this point COG cannot answ er the third question. H owever, COG believes that there could be negative im pacts on the aca­

Q: W hy is the Cam paign For Excellence Finale in M echanics Hall, w hich will cost $10,000, considered a ‘n e c e ss a ry ’ budget item?

A: This is to thank the overly generous donors who have given the school more than $55 million. Sometim es it takes money to make money. We are just now getting money from people I visited 3 and 4 years ago.

Q: Is there anything that you w ould like to add?

A: I feel that this whole thing w as ju st blown out of proportion. You have these kind of issues every year, they ju st haven’t been as public in the past. Also, m ost institutions expect engineering faculty to raise 20-30% of their costs through external sources. This is not the case at WPI. As a final note on this whole budget issue, it should be pointed out that this is not the first time that there has been talk of the dem ise o f FPE. In a telephone interview w ith Prof.

Lucht, he confirmed that early in 1989 rumors were going around that FPE w ould be closed down. He said that faculty m em bers would come up to him and say “ I’m sorry you’re going to be closed dow n.” A fter this, he spoke to the adm inistration, and as it turns out, Presi­ dent Strauss had mentioned that the coming year’s budget was going to be tough and that some programs, such as FPE or others, could have to be closed down. Again, this was a hypothetical situation, but rum ors spread. The major difference is that this time it was more serious because it was on paper.

M*A*S*H Schedule for C Term ‘90 M A 1003 Day Sunday M onday Tuesday W ednesday Thursday

Tim e 6:30-7:30 pm 11:00-12:00 noon 4:00-5:00 pm 6:30-7:30 pm 4:00-5:00 pm 6:00-7:00 pm 2:30-3:30 pm 4:00-5:00 pm 6:30-7:30 pm

Location Morgan Dining A Stratton 204 Stratton 204 Stratton 304 Stratton 204 Stratton 203 Stratton 203 Stratton 204 Stratton 304

Leader Pete Rodski Sue M oser Jim D etora Jim D etora Pete Rodski Sue M oser Sue M oser Jim Detora Pete Rodski

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Morgan D ining A Goddard 311 Goddard 3 l l Goddard 311 Goddard 311 Goddard 311

Chris Buntel Chris Buntel Rick Pires Rick Pires Rick Pires Chris Buntel

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Andy Galasso Rick Calaw a Rick Calaw a Rick Calaw a

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Professor Wagner retires from WPI

by Melanie Wallace Circulation Manager In today’s academ ic environment, it is rare that one com es upon a professor with the time and energy to be dedicated 100% to teaching.

With the demands o f research, even the highest quality professor is often distracted by outside pressures. Such is not the case for Dr. Robert Wagner. Throughout his entire academ ic ca­ reer, he has been making students his number one priority. Now, after forty-one years, he is retiring.

His career in academ ics began at Drexel University, which he attended a few years after graduating from high school. A fter receiving his B.S., he w orked that sum m er as a thermodynam ist doing com pressor design. He then

attended Princeton University on a fellowship, where he got his M aster’s Degree and Ph.D. Directly following that, in 1949, he came to WPI. He chose to teach at WPI for several rea­ sons. W hile in graduate school, he worked on a project with a graduate student from WPI. Also, one o f his professors from Princeton, to whom he was very close, accepted a teaching position at WPI. That sam e professor spoke with him as he was finishing his doctoral work, trying to convince him to come to WPI to teach.

Dr. W agner also liked the New England area, as he is an avid outdoorsman. Finally, he says he sensed a relationship between students and professors that he “ju st didn’t see anyplace else” .

Dr. W agner feels he w as very lucky to have

made the choice he did. He says the experience he has had at WPI has been “tops with m e”. He gives a lot o f credit to the students in terms of the experience he has had here. It is clear that students have been very important to him in his teaching career. During what used to be know as “ Intersession”, Dr. W agner would take students to the W hite M ountains and teach them winter mountaineering. He also took a few groups on two week trips to Baxter Park, in Maine, where they w ould either snowshoe or cross-country ski to their cam ps, and spend two weeks braving the elem ents.

While at WPI Prof. W agner has taught several courses, including two undergraduate therm odynam ics courses. He has been the coordinator for the Unit O perations laboratory for many years, and his leadership will be

missed. He was also advisor to the AICnE student chapter for 26 years. A lot of changes have taken place in Dr. W agner’s 41 years here. W hen he First joined the faculty, the Chemical Engineering departm ent was located in Salisbury. There was no drinking on cam ­ pus, a policy which has since changed twice.

One of the m ajor changes to occur was the admission o f women to WPI. Dr. W agner says that he was at first apprehensive about wom en coming to WPI. His teaching style has alw ays been to joke with the students, and he w asn ’t sure if that style would work with women in the classroom . He discovered that his style did work, and he says that overall, he feels that women have enhanced the classroom atm os­ phere. He says that the presence o f women and their com petitive spirit really im proves the spirit of the classes.

The most significant change, according to Dr. W agner, was the adoption of the Plan. He feels that the Plan was what really got WPI on the map. He also feels that the modified Plan that is now in use is the best, the projects being the most important part. If Dr. W agner could give every student one piece o f advice, it would be to “give it the full tilt". He advises you to give your studies a 110% effort, so that after a while they become enjoyable. Enjoying what you do is a large part o f being successful. Dr. W agner’s presence in Goddard Hall is c e r­ tainly going to be missed by all those who had the pleasure o f having known him. Those of us who never had the experience of having him as a professor can benefit from our contact with him in social situations. Dr. W agner is going to be a tough act to follow.

Campus leaders put stop to snowball fights

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(CPS) — Hoping to avoid a repeat o f m ass student snowball fights that turned violent and destructive at a num ber o f campuses, adm inis­ trators at Amherst College and the universities o f Idaho and M assach u setts-A m h erst are pleading with students to keep their hands out o f the snow.

“We have asked police for help,” reported spokesman Terry M aurer o f the University o f Idaho, where last w inter’s first snowfall turned into a violent three-day clash between dorm residents and greeks.

Presidents and chancellors at other schools have threatened to call in police officers, pub­ licly condemned the fights and issued pleas for students to restrain themselves.

A m herst P resid en t P eter P ou n cey an d U M ass C h an cello r Joseph D uffey, for in ­ stance, issued a joint statement blasting an annual snowball fight between Am herst and UM ass students at the first snowfall o f each winter. At that time, UM ass students m arch three m iles to the Am herst campus to engage in battle.

Administrators hope a show o f force by local police, who have promised to put addi­ tional officers on duty the night o f the first big snow, will dam pen the w arriors’ ardor.

“This is not a venerable tradition,” A m herst spokeswom an Terry Allen explained. “It’s a crim inal event.”

Idaho’s annual snow ball fight last y ear deteriorated into a “three-day riot,” said Ray Horton, president o f the Residence Hall A sso­ ciation. Damages, mostly in the form o f bro­ ken windows, amounted to nearly $5,000.

“Som ething went wrong the first night,” Horton recounted, “and the next two nights were spent trying to get people back for what happened the first night.” In addition to tossing snowballs, Horton added, students were toss­ ing firecrackers and rocks.

The A m herst fight caused nearly $2,000 in dam ages to A m herst College buildings.

An A m herst student, G ary G onya, w as nearly blinded in one eye. He has since becom e a crusader o f sorts, w riting open letters to students at both schools in hopes o f discourag­ ing another exchange.

Both snowball battles started out as little more than an excuse to play outside in the snow.

“The fights are inherently fun,” G onya said, “but it’s become som ewhat deranged in the anim osity and destructiveness.”

Gonya said he was most likely hit by a snow-packed rock. A year after the injury, his vision in the dam aged eye is only 50 percent o f norm al.

Official pleadings can help. A snowball fight that injured several students and caused property damage at the University o f Nebraska in early 1988 prompted NU administrators to send letters to students last Novem ber asking them not to engage in a mass snowball fight.

Students apparently took the plea to heart.

There have been no large-scale snow battles on the campus since then.

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TUescfay January 23; 1990

C o n g r e s s m a y f o r c e c o l l e g e s to r e v e a l c r im e r a te s (CPS) — Congress this month will start seriously considering a bill that would force colleges to tell students, em ployees, applicants and their parents how m any crimes occurred on their cam puses.

W hile many public relations-m inded ad­ m inistrators oppose the bill because it could make their schools look bad, a group of college security experts resolved Jan. 12 to oppose it because it would be unenforceable.

“W e’re not in favor o f the law because it’s not policeable,” said Jan Sherrill o f the Center for the Study and Prevention of Cam pus Vio­ lence (CSPC V ), which concluded its annual conference Jan. 11.

M ajor support for the bill comes from stu­

dents, parents and faculty m em bers who say they need to know about local crim es in order to protect them selves from them.

Currently, only 352 o f the 3,200-som e twoand four-year colleges in the country bother to report crim es to the Federal Bureau o f Investi­ gation, which tracks criminal activities.

The quality of the statistics, m oreover, is uneven. While one school may report a crime com m itted on what is legally a city-ow ned curb, another school may decide not to report it as a “cam pus” crime. C onsequently the former college, appearing to be a dangerous sinkhole, may have a harder time recruiting students and faculty members than the latter one, which com es o ff looking like a relatively

pacific oasis o f learning.

The result, students and experts seem to agree, is a highly unrealistic image o f leafy, safe campuses in which residents feel so secure that they d o n ’t take basic security precautions. “ It’s easy to get a false sense of security on cam pus,” said University of W yoming student Amy Bell. “Students, especially freshmen, think nothing bad will happen to them .”

“Students often have a false sense o f secu­ rity on college and university cam puses,” said Rep. Bill Goodling (R-Pa.), who in Septem ber introduced the federal bill that would require schools to tell the public about the crim es com m itted in their comm unities.

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campus that they would never do at hom e,” said Sherrill of the CSPCV, which is based at Towson State University in M aryland.

“You would never prop your front door open for the pizza man or leave the window open for your boyfriend to craw l through at home, yet it happens routinely in the dorm s,” Sherrill said.

Just such an incident sparked the current move to force colleges to confess that crimes happen on campuses.

In 1985 Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Clery was brutally beaten, raped and murdered in her Pennsylvania dorm room. H er attacker got into the dorm because a pizza box was propping the main door open, and C lery ’s room remained unlocked while she slept.

Je a n n e ’s p aren ts, H ow ard and C onnie Clery, sued Lehigh for negligence, claiming that, given the dearth of crim e statistics, no one knew such an assault was likely or even pos­ sible at the school. They were awarded $2 million in an out-of-court settlement.

The couple used the money to start a non­ profit organization, Security on Cam pus, dedi­ cated to help other universities im prove cam ­ pus safety measures.

Thanks to the C lerys’ lobbying, Pennsylva­ nia was the first state to require schools to report crim e statistics. The bill becam e law in May, 1988.

Since then, Florida, Louisiana and Tennes­ see have passed crime stat laws. New York, New Jersey, M assachusetts, M issouri, Califor­ nia and Delaware are considering sim ilar laws.

The penalty for non-com pliance w ould be $10,000, except for Tennessee and New York, where the fine would be $1,000.

G oodling’s bill, the Crim e A wareness and Campus Security Act of 1989, w ould make all cam puses provide “tim ely n o tificatio n ” of crimes and publicize their security policies.

“If details of crimes are not publicized, a student may unknowingly walk alone into a parking lot where several rapes occurred, or may prop a dorm door open unaw are that burglars robbed students in other dorm s where doors w ere left open. If these students were properly informed, they might have m ade dif­ ferent choices,” Goodling said.

W yom ing’s Bell believes that G oodling’s bill would make a difference.

“Crim e (on campus) happens more often than students know. If they knew more, they would be a lot more careful,” she said. “ It’s our responsibility to get crime statis­ tics out to students so that they can be aw are,” added Traci Bauer, editor o f the Southwest Statesm an at Southwest M issouri State U ni­ versity (SM SU) in Springfield.

“People are so sure this cam pus is safe because they don’t hear about crim e,” Bauer added.

B auer’s paper, in fact, is trying to pry crime stats from unwilling SMSU administrators.

SM SU ’s police force says it will release information only through university relations director Paul Kincaid who, in turn, w on’t give crime data to the Statesman on the grounds it would violate the Privacy Act of 1974. The Privacy Act keeps students’ private records from becoming public information.

Kincaid added he has asked M issouri’s at­ torney gen eral’s office to issue an opinion whether he is correct or not.

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Tuesday January 23,1990

I n d ia n a s t u d e n t s b l a s t c l a s s m a t e s o v e r s e x i s t s h i r t s (C PS) — Students at Indiana U niversity’s T eter Quad Hall have filed a formal com plaint against classm ates who printed up and tried to sell t-shirts that the complainants blasted as sexist.

The shirt portrays a man with a knife stand­ ing next to tw o women chained to a wall. The back o f the shirt lists the 10 reasons to explore “The D ungeon,” the nicknam e of the h a ll’s first floor. O ne reason was that “Every m outh­ ful is a m em ory.”

In response, the Residence Hall A ssocia­ tion’s (RHA) Presidents Council filed a com ­ plaint against the students with the R H A ’s Judicial Board. The board could ban floor activities and cut RHA funds to the floor.

“This isn’t being done to discipline them ,” said T e ter Q uad P resident Paul Brom ann.

“W e’re just taking steps to let them know this shirt is not acceptable.”

A sim ilar shirt em blazoned with “Ten Rea­ sons B eer Is Better Than W omen At T ufts” was

Indiana’s Brom ann readily agreed students could w ear or print whatever they wanted. “ Personally, I take offense to the shirt,” he said. “But (D ungeon residents) have every right and freedom to make any shirts that they want. W hat I’m against is putting T eter’s name on the shirts.”

He said peer pressure and simple market mechanism s seem to be solving the problem. “(The students) don’t seem to be wearing them as m uch,” Bromann said.

m arketed at T ufts University. Com plaints that it dem eaned women led Tufts to issue a com ­ plex set o f rules that perm itted students to wear and say w hatever they wanted only in “private” areas o f cam pus, but that m ake it illegal for them to w ear such shirts in “public” areas like classroom s.

T ufts President Jean M ayer scuttled the rules in Septem ber, suggesting they may have violated students’ constitutional rights to free speech.

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Tuesday January 23,1990

F e d e r a l e d u c a t i o n b u d g e t w ill i m p a c t s t u d e n t a i d (C PS) — Nearly 200,000 students could lose grants and another 1 million could get reduced grants during the 1990-91 academic year under the new federal college budget signed into law by President George Bush.

O thers predicted obscure rule changes in the new budget also would provoke m ore banks to drop out of the Stafford Loan program.

O n paper, the budget increased minimally when Bush signed it Nov. 21.

O f the $24 billion set aside for education in the law — which provides money for the U.S. D epartm ent o f Education for the Oct. 1, 1989, through Sept. 30, 1990, fiscal year — $10.6 billion was for postsecondary education, a 2.2 percent increase over last y ear’s budget.

But the small increase in funds for the departm ent, which adm inisters m ost federal school programs, was more than wiped out by the inflation rate of 4.5 percent.

“T he overall numbers on the budget are not very inform ative,” said a House A ppropria­ tions Com m ittee aide who asked not to be named. “Although there are increases in the budget, there are more students applying for financial aid.”

A lm ost as soon as the bill becam e law, m oreover, autom atic cuts triggered by the Gram m -Rudm an deficit-reduction law lopped another $226 million o ff the Education Dept, budget.

The Gramm -Rudman cut, maintained de­ partm ent budget director Sally Christensen, “ has not really harm ed the education pro­ gram s. The cut is prorated am ong 200 pro­ gram s. It’s not significant.”

“T h a t’s a lie, but what can you expect from the Education D epartm ent,” countered Becky Tim m ons of the American Council on Educa­

tion (ACE).

The A CE projects the budget will force 192.000 students to lose their Pell Grants next school year. About 1 million more will have their Pell Grants reduced, while 12,000 stu­ dents will lose Supplem ental Education O p ­ portunity Grants, 16,000 W ork-Study grants, 3.000 Perkins Student Loans and 3,000 stu­ dents will be cut off from State Student Incen­ tive Grants. “ We think (the cuts) are harm ful in a lot o f respects,” Tim mons said. “The biggest prob­ lem is the Pell Grant shortfall. We already have less than what is needed to fund the maximum grants of $2,300.”

C ongress appropriated $4.48 billion for Pell Grants, up from $4.42 billion last year, T im ­ mons noted. After the G ram m -Rudm an “se­ quester” cuts, however, the amount available for the 3 million students who get Pell G rants this year will be a little less than last year.

L ast y e a r ’s b u d g e t, m o re o v e r, w a s n ’t enough.

L ast sprin g , ACE and o th e r ed u catio n groups warned that budget woes would soon force schools to stop giving students the m axi­ mum am ount of money they could get in Pell Grants for this school year.

Now Tim m ons worries the sam e thing will happen for next school year, especially for students from m iddle-incom e fam ilies who need the grants.

The shortage “clearly has consequences for the budget submitted next year. There is the possibility that the m axim um (Pell G rant) aw ard will be reduced in the future,” she warned.

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ceded Tom Skelly o f the Education Dept.

T im m ons b lam ed the higher ed budget losses on the governm ent’s unw illingness to raise taxes to get the money to fund the pro­ gram s. “ In part, this was an almost inevitable out­ com e o f the p resid ent’s stance on no new taxes,” she claim ed.

President Bush initially vetoed the educa­ tion budget O ct. 21 because it included an amendment that would have allowed women who had becom e pregnant through rape or incest to use M edicaid funds to get abortions.

Bush, who is against all abortion except in cases in which the m other’s life is in danger, refused to sign the bill.

Congress subsequently stripped the abor­ tion amendm ent from the bill, and resubmitted it to the president, who signed it Nov. 21.

The budget contains no new m ajor college programs, and is not dram atically different from the budget Bush first proposed at the start o f the appropriations process last February.

At the time college lobbyists in W ashing­ ton, D.C., while disappointed the president was advocating slight cuts in most campus pro­ gram s, seem ed alm ost relieved B ush had dropped President R eagan’s efforts to make drastic cuts.

During his first six years in office, President Reagan had asked Congress to slash as much as 50 percent o f the federal college budget.

Congress did in fact accept many o f the presi­ d e n t’s reco m m en d ations in the early 80s, eliminating or drastically reducing the budgets for student Social Security, N ational Direct Student Loans, campus housing and library pro g ram s, b lack co lleg es. C o lleg e W orkStudy, Pell G rants, Stafford Loans and Middle

Income Student A ssistance funds, among oth­ ers.

In 1983, however. Congress began rejecting the White H ouse’s proposals for drastic cuts, and generally has granted m odest cuts, in­ creases or freezes in most of the remaining programs each year since then.

The 1989-90 budget continues that pattern, though it includes a few small-print items that could adversely affect students.

For example, the budget includes special rules that tem porarily raise student loan “origi­ nation fees” from 5 to 5.5 percent o f the value o f the loan, at least through this December.

In effect, that means students would pay an extra $2.50 fee on a $500 loan.

C hristiansen also noted the governm ent lowered the subsidy it grants banks that make student loans from 3.25 percent to 3 percent above the current Treasury Note interest rates.

Although there w on’t be much of an im me­ diate effect on Stafford Loans for now, T im ­ mons warned that banks may threaten to stop lending money because o f the lower allow ­ ance.

Already, 53 lenders in C alifornia and two in Illinois have pulled out o f the Stafford Loan program, reports the Consum er Banking A sso­ ciation (CBA), a lobby group in W ashington.

“Some banks in the program have already dropped out,” said the C B A ’s Fritz Elmendorf. “ If the cuts go further or the temporary cuts becom e perm anent, it could be a big blow. This could be the straw that breaks the cam el’s back.”

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In November, faculty at Bucknell Univer­ sity in Pennsylvania recom mended abolishing its 13 fraternities and 10 sororities because they are “racist, sexist and anti-intellectual.”

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EDITORIAL

What the hell happened?

Anyone w ho has ever prepared a budget knows that you always start with more than you can afford and then slow ly make adjustments until the budget is balanced.

Hoping to speed up this process, President Strauss came up with a number o f “hypothetical budget adjustments” for next year. These included the elimination o f the nuclear reactor, the Fire Protection Engineering budget, and the position o f Assistant Director o f Student A ctivi­ ties.

It is plausible to believe that, in Strauss’ mind, they were alw ays just suggestions - no President in his right mind would be stupid enough to elim inate programs and positions arbitrarily and without discussion. Such action is not only political suicide, but according to the Faculty Committee on Governance, it is also a violation of due process.

So then how did everyone get the idea that they were real? N o one knows. Maybe Liz M iles, Budget Director, misinterpreted it all, flew o ff the handle and told those affected that their budgets were cut. Maybe

the professors misinterpreted Liz M iles’ explanation o f the proposed cuts. In a m id-Decem ber m eeting o f student leaders with Bem ie Brown, Vice President for Student Affairs, he seem ed to think as though all the cuts were likely to happen. H ow does a V ice President get the wrong idea?

One explanation is the mysterious secrecy surround­ ing the now famous double-asterisk budget. Members o f the Institute Budget Comm ittee (IBC) were told to keep the budget confidential because the names o f all the positions to be cut were listed. Why keep it quiet if it was only “hypothetical?” Som ething was wrong som ewhere. O bviously, Liz M iles must have given the IBC the impression the budget was serious. Since she got the budget directly from Strauss, she either m isun­ derstood him or was follow ing his instructions. Only they know for sure.

Either there was a lack o f com m unication or, alter­ nately, his proposed cuts W ERE serious. After Strauss’ success with Infirmary cuts last year perhaps he thought

he could get away with something bigger. Once he found out in m id-Decem ber that a movem ent against the cuts w as growing he cam e out with the “letter o f the 2 Ist” which told faculty that it was never intended to be a proposed budget, they were “hypothetical budget adjustments for preliminary review by the IBC.” Possibly this letter was intended to soothe ruffled feathers by changing his story.

Due to extreme negligence on the part o f President Strauss by putting together a preliminary budget shrouded in mystery, he caused a panic o f unprece­ dented proportions. Regardless o f whether or not the budget was hypothetical, the damage was done. WPI suffered a lack o f com m unication which can only be blamed on Strauss, not on the student representatives (they were told not to share the budget with the students they represent).

O nce again, WPI has suffered severely because o f a lack o f communication.

LETTERS

C o m m e n ta r y w a s u n c a lle d fo r To the Editor: The arrogance displayed by Alton R eich’s recent article in Newspeak (O bservations from the Asylum - Dire S traits, 12/12/89) is only slightly more appalling than the incredible irresponsibility of the Editor o f New­ speak in perm itting Mr. Reich to use the language he does in his article.

There is absolutely no place in any paper, even Newspeak, for language such as “cranium out o f his anal ori­ fice” and “he has a handicap, h e ’s brain dead.” Argum ents and com ­ ments can and should be offered w ith­ out relying on such offensive and inane phrases. Mr. Reich and New­ speak owe Dr. Strauss an apology.

Looking beyond the points noted above, I w ould like to offer some constructive com m ents regarding Mr. R eich’s assertions about the demise o f the Fire Protection Engineering (FPE) Program and the closing o f the nuclear reactor. My com m ents are offered as a counterpoint to Mr. R eich’s article because he has, by his ignorance o f a com plicated budgeting process, used Newspeak as a personal soap box tirade against the adm inistration in

general and Dr. Strauss specifically.

First, the demise o f FPE is far from the foregone conclusion Mr. Reich makes it out to be. Although it is true that the administration listed FPE as a possible target for a budget reduction, no decision has yet been m ade regard­ ing this, or any o f the proposed cuts in the budget as outlined in the most recent Institute Budget C om m ittee (IBC) documents.

Second, no decision has yet been m ade regarding the closing o f the nuclear reactor. As Mr. Reich alludes to in his article, the cost savings in­ curred by such an action may be more than offset by the follow -on costs associated with reactor decom m is­ sioning and safety. A lthough Mr. Reich quotes figures in his article, I am not aware o f any analyses that have been put forth with his, o r any figures. Indeed, it is my understand­ ing that such studies are currently being perform ed and that the pro­ jected long term co sts/sav in g s in­ curred by closing the reactor will be discussed at a future IBC meeting.

T hird, the budgeting process is complicated. As such, the process can be expected to result in rumors that are

at best, only half truths. Mr. R eich’s article is a classic exam ple of how a little bit o f inform ation can be danger­ ous and, subsequently, result in erro­ neous conclusions.

T o be responsive and open to the faculty, staff and students o f W PI, and to provide inform ation as accurate as possible, m em bers o f the adm inistra­ tion and the Faculty Comm ittee on

Administrative and Financial Policy (FA P ) have continually reasserted their willingness to answ er questions about the budget and/or budgeting process. Students in particular are urged to contact their student repre­ sen tativ es to the In stitu te B udget C om m ittee if they have concerns and/ or budgeting issues they would like to be presented.

As m eet group FY91

a closing note, I am willing to w ith any student or student that has concerns regarding the budget.

T o the Editor:

w ould be w illing to bet that most faculty do care, and that they work quite hard.

I’d like to suggest that you could try sending some reporters on special assignment to find out what a “typi­ cal” faculty day (w eek) is like. You m ight want to pick your favorite fac­ ulty m em ber in each o f several repre­ sentativ e d epartm ents, or, altern a­ tively, ask the departm ent heads to suggest a victim.

I'd be willing to bet that you’d find a variety o f activities occupying their tim e, w ith tea c h in g , p re p aratio n , grading and course developm ent just part o f their efforts. However, make

sure you ask them , and yourselves, how th e ir a c tiv itie s b e n e fits the undergrads. It isn’t always direct.

I guess that as I have made the suggestion I'm probably autom ati­ cally suggesting m yself as a target for study, but that’s OK. Believe it or not, most faculty are concerned that stu­ dents do know about faculty activity, but very often the only way to have time to do these things is to close the office door, do them at home, or do them when nobody else is around.

F J. Looft, Professor o f E lectrical Engineering Member, Faculty Committee on Administra tive and Financial Policy

Faculty are concerned

I’ve noted at various times during the last tw o term s, and in various articles in the newspaper, a wide vari­ ety o f (often strange) opinions about W PI. As a faculty m em ber I have to keep rem embering what life was like as an undergrad in order to understand why certain topics are burning issues for some o f your writers.

The opinion that irks me m ost is that undergrads have education in­ flicted upon them by uncaring, lazy professors who do nothing else but give one lecture a day. While that may be true o f the occasional person, I

D avid C. Brown Assoc. Prof., CS Dept

M o s t d e c i s i o n s a r e m a d e w it h o u t s t u d e n t in p u t President Jon Strauss: As a senior here at WPI I have had the opportunity to observe how deci­ sions are m ade here. I like to believe that I have been at W PI long enough to be fam iliar with the background o f many o f the decisions that have been made in the past. Because o f my background I am very surprised to find out that in your proposed budget the position o f Assistant Director o f Student A ctivities has been elim i­ nated. % I was here when Barry Pi Ison was the Assistant Dean o f Students and we had no Asst. Dir. o f Student A ctivi­ ties. I had to work very closely with Mr. Pilson. As a result I know that he had more duties than he could possi­ bly do, never mind do well. I was a m em ber of the student committee that recom m ended Nancy Hunter-Denny as the person to replace Mr. Pilson. I also had to work closely with Mrs. Hunter-Denny and know that she also could not do all the work assigned to her. I have had to work closely with C hris Jachim ow icz during the last year and a half. During this year I have observed a num ber o f im prove­ ments in the services offered by the Student A ctivities O ffice, which I attribute directly to the hiring of Mr. Jachim ow icz. These included prompt

handling o f all financial m atters, es­ pecially the payment of bills, involv­ ing student groups which in the past would languish for a couple o f weeks.

Also more events scheduled by the Social Committee for which he is the very able advisor, and his willingness to sit down and sort out any problems a student group might have.

This marked improvement in serv­ ices to student groups and thus to students themselves, comes at a very low cost to the school. His salary is paid partially by the Social C om m it­ tee (Student Activities Fee) and the Frontiers in Science program. About $7,()(X).00 o f his salary com es from the school budget, not a particularly large sum, and certainly not as large as the $21,000 cited in the budget pro­ posal.

I must wonder what kind o f m es­ sage this sends to Ihe students. It says to me that the administration has no respect for the extracurricular activi­ ties that are available here. They do not care about the practical experi­ ences in supervising others, m anag­ ing budgets and long range planning that being part of a student group entails. There is no other place here at WPI to learn the practical aspects of these skills. Nor do I think the adm ini­ stration cares about the em otional and stress release that the Social C om m it­

tee and student activities give the students.

I w onder, Mr. President, if you could answ er a question for me. Why do I feel that my education here at WPI is a by product o f the system and not the product? W hy do I feel that the

only reason undergraduates are neces­ sary is to pay the bills? What I mean is most decisions that are made here are done without the students’ input, including the closing o f the infirmary, the renovation o f A lden H all, the changes of the Plan, and the design of

Fuller Labs. In all these cases the students were informed after the fact.

Why do I feel left out of what goes on here at WPI? C aleb Warner '90

—H ro e a h Edttor-ln-Chief

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Letters deemed libelous or irrelevant to the WPI community will not be published The editors reserve the right to edit letters tor correct punctuation and spelling. Letters to the editor are due by 9 00 a.m. on the Friday preceding publication.

Send them to WPI Box 2700 or bring them to the Newspeak office. Riley 01. All other copy is due by noon on the Friday preceding publication (this includes electronic submissions, classifieds, greek and club corners) and must include the author's name, telephone and box number We reserve the right to edit all other copy All ads are due by noon on the Thursday preceding publication. Articles may be sent via the Encore by mailing them to our account ("Newspeak") The editorial is written by a member or members of the Newspeak staff. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the entire Newspeak staff Newspeak subscribes to the Collegiate Press Service. Typesetting is done by Good Impressions Publishing, Worcester. MA Printing is done by Sattus Press First Class postage paid at Worcester, Massachusetts. Subscription rate is $18 00 per school year, single copies 75 cents wittiin the continental United States. Make al| checks payable to WPI Newspeak

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NEWSPEAK

T u esd a y January 2 3 ,1 9 9 0

VIEWPOINT

If y o u w e r e P r e s i d e n t S t r a u s s , h o w w o u l d y o u b a l a n c e t h e b u d g e t ?

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Scott Doughty ’93

John Campbell ’90

Kawi Neal ’90

“ I like how he's handling it now. I think everyone is blowing it out of proportion.”

“Charge women at fraternity parties...’

“ I would increase the price of books at the school store.”

“You have to spend money or you don’t.

Make a list of priorities, keeping in mind that students are very important, and if the students of the school are happy, it will make it easier for the administration to make its decisions.”

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Happy Birthday Jon

by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff Wednesday of last week, as most of you know, was Jon Strauss’ little tell the students what they want to hear meeting. It was also something else, it was his birthday. I’m kind of curious, how old is he. Here’s a good contest, you try to guess how old he is, and mail it tom e. In the meantime I’ll try to find out, the closest guess will get something (I have no idea what).

Anyway, in light of the fact that it was

his birthday, I should be nice to him.

I don’t know how many of you have been in the big Fuller lecture hall, but it is impressive. There is room for almost 400 people in there.

The back is so high above the stage that when the doors are opened it depressurizes and oxygen masks fall from the ceiling. I was also impressed by the sound system, its nice to see my money going for something th at’s high quality.

As for Jon, before Wednesday I wasn’t really sure he existed. He’s

J o g e r ’s

one of those mysterious people that you hear about, but never see. Well I saw him, I was in the front row.

Basically he sang and danced. He was entertaining, but I was unsatisfied.

His answers to questions were at times devoid of substance, and at others simply alarming. For instance one question dealt with Strauss’ lack o f restrain t in tu itio n increases.

Strauss very coolly replied that he thought that an 8% increase in tuition was showing restraint, he had ex­ pected a 10-12% increase. All I have

to ask is: Who is this madman, and why does he want my money so much?

One thing that Jon said that I feel is really a concession is that this year budgets for postage, phone, and travel expenses would be cut. It seems to me that most of the postage costs come out of Boynton Hall. You see, I have a theory. I believe that there is a giant leech that lives in Boynton. It feeds on our money and our blood. The more you give it, the bigger it grows, and the bigger it grows, the more it needs. I’m

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The Flip Side Well, folks, w e’re back again, and so am I, after a si wveek hiatus. It felt good, time to get the brain back on track a little (but not much, after all this is college!). I think things should be a little less hectic this year than last ( ‘89, that is) so there should be time for a little bit more fun (and exercise, daka food is beginning to grow on me, literally.)

O f course, when we got back, things weren’t as ok as they could be.

We got back just in time to stand in a line for three hours so we could get registered for classes. Now, who m asterm inded th is b rillian t trip through Harrington. It’s like the guided tour, or something. There has to be a better way! I came from a high school of 2,000 students, and we

never had to go through this garbage to get into classes. The first day we got a schedule, (which could be changed if necessary), and off to class we went. They never made us stand in a gymnasium for three hours. Now I pay $ 18,500 to come here so that they can teach me to stand in line again?

This brilliance ranks right up there with Strauss’ economic genius.

Then come course changes. Now for someone who has never had to change courses before (like me) this is a real treat, because they tell you nothing. No clues whatsoever as to where the line starts, what to do, noth­ ing. This is another exercise in line standing and stamina. You wait in line to fill out a course change form, the shortest, and fastest moving line.

Then to another line to change the schedule, and yet another line to sign up for the waiting list. It makes me wish I had a blank schedule, like someone else I know.

O f course one must understand these were changes for D Term (in other words, this was the short line).

Barney and I went to scheduling be­ fore the end of B Term to see if we could change it then, which makes sense, since they screwed up and made up a conflicting schedule when none was necessary. O f course not.

They made us wait until we could stand in these lines. Is this some kind of lesson, some sort of punishment?

I’d like to know. You’d think with all the brilliant minds attending WPI at least one could come up with a system

that would be more efficient than this, after all, w e’re going to be engineers!

And, I guess I should let the truth be known. I hate to admit this, but, the lime has come. I like WPI. I really do.

There is quite a bit to do here, when the facilities are open, and the people are friendly. It’s hard, but could be worse. Not much, mind you, but it could be. Alas, the time has come that I must sign off from this week, but, in the meantime, remember my favorite quote: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it.”

- Ferris Bueller Joger, Box 2700

glad to see that an attempt is being made to curb spending in the one building that contributes nothing toward educating the students. (Some of you might argue that Boynton teaches us lots, especially about stag­ nant bureaucracies. That’s not wha I came here to learn, and I rather just hope the whole thing sinks into the ground.)

The most interesting situation had to do with Elizabeth Miles. On the Encore, a discussion of this entire fiasco turned its attention toward the treatment of the FPE staff. Prof.

Lucht went to Ms. Miles to discuss the situation of the budget. He was basi­ cally given the “you have no budget” routine. Now from this incident it is clear that Ms. Miles took the Presi­ dent’s “trial budget” as hard fact. Jon maintains that the ** cuts were never really seriously considered. This leaves me in a quandary. What do you believe, the evidence presented by Ms. Miles behavior, or Strauss’ rheto­ ric? Being the inherently nice person I am, I felt I should give him the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he never told her the cuts were not final, and she mistakenly assumed they were.

So I asked if he had made it clear to Ms. Miles that the proposed changes were not gospel. He replied that he was, “confident that she well under­ stood.”

Oh, now we have a dilemma. Ei­ ther Ms. M iles intentionally took these changes to be written in stone when she knew they weren’t (warrant­ ing her termination), or the much es­ teemed Jon is lying to us. No one really knows what is going on, but I hope this bit of a crisis will be re­ solved in such a manner that the stu­ dents come out ahead. Only time will tell.

LETTERS

In m e m o r y o f J o h n S a lv o To the Editor: On the fourth of this month the WPI community lost a great student, friend and person when John Salvo passed away. Although Johnny's death was sudden and tragic, and a great blow to us all, I believe all have reacted very well in their early stages of mourning. No single friend of John’s could have made it through this difficult time without the support of

all his other friends. I would like to thank Father Scanlon and Dean of Students Janet Richardson for being so very supportive and helpful to the brothers of Johnny’s fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa. I would also like to thank brothers Andy Alasso and Jim Calarese for traveling to Falmouth, Maine to offer comfort and support to the Salvo family. Finally I would like to thank the brothers and alumni of

Phi Sig, the WPI ski team, and all the other friends who attended the funeral service for John. The Salvo family was pleased to have every one of you there. Johnny would be damn proud to have each and every one of you as his friend.

Michael Bergevin President, Phi Sigma Kappa

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To the Editor:

As the Freshman Class President 1 would like to thank everyone who was involved in our holiday charity fundraiser. On the night before De­ cember break Father Scanlon and 1 presented the convent of the Little Sisters of the Assumption with a collection of money you helped provide. T his sum totaled the amount of $76 and subsidized the clothing, bathing and feeding of many needy people. The sisters and those affected were very thankful to all those who generously contrib­ uted to their support. I would espe­ cially like to thank Father Scanlon and Cindy Richards for the time and help they provided me to make this a successful project.

As the former WPI Pub Commit­ tee Chairman 1 would like to extend my most sincere thanks to Chris Jachimowicz of the Student Activi­ ties Office for all the help and en­ couragement that I received over the past year. 1 would also like to thank the Lens and Lights club for all their assistance in the past year. 1 know that they did an incredible job work­ ing with the many varied bands.

Often these bands were very hard to work with and L & L (especially Mark Guetersloh) persevered and produced spectacular show after spectacular show. I would also like to thank the SocComm Pub Commit­ tee for all their help and enthusiasm in organizing the past year of events.

Kimberly Philipp President. Class of 93

Bill Kallgren '90

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T uesd ay January 2 3 ,1 9 9 0

S N a P is t h e r e t o h e lp

by Elizabeth Sinkiewicz Assistant Director o f Residential Life The Security Night Patrol (SNaP) program is now underway in its 9th year. SNaP's mission focuses upon students assisting Cam­ pus Police and the Residence Hall Staff in securing the campus and in providing for the personal safety of the campus community in operating a nightly escort service.

SNaP provides lock-up nightly for the resi­ dence halls. Additionally, while on rounds, SNaP members monitor and report damage, inappropriate behavior, potential safety secu­ rity problems, potential fire hazards, and re­ spond to personal emergencies within the resi­ dence halls. SNaP maintains constant commu­ nication with Campus Police and the Resi­ dence Hall Staff and will assist when needed.

The escort service is available to all WPI students. Simply call 831 -5566 (the Wedge) to contact SNaP for an escort on campus. Please remember, personal safety on campus is an issue for both men and women. Look for telephone labels publicizing SNaP’s telephone number. Labels with the escort service infor­ mation are available to place on student IDs. Contact a SNaPer to get one.

Through their training and on the job expe­ riences, SNaP members acquire transferable skills which may include CPR and First Aid, confrontation skills, crisis intervention, safety and security issues awareness, fire prevention and safety techniques, and methods to decrease vandalism and increase community pride.

SNaP members are available to present pro­ grams on personal safety and crime prevention in the residence halls. The campus community is encouraged to utilize their resources.

SNaP is currently on duty Sunday through Thursday from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am and Friday and Saturday form 9:00 pm to 3:00 am. If you require assistance and SNaP is unavailable, please contact Campus Police at 831-5433.

For more information about the program, contact Elizabeth Sinkiewicz Reid. Assistant Director of Residential Life, or John Boyle, SNaP Coordinator, through the Office of Housing and Residential Life in Ellsworth 16.

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The Catholic Campus Ministry Term C Calendar Newman Club February 2nd - Graduate Forum 12:00 (Noon) at the Center. Lunch will be provided February 5th - Executive Board Meeting 9:00 PM at the Center.

February 10th - Day of Recollection 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Leave from Wedge, c/f Terri Schmidt, Box 104 February 23rd. 24th. 25th - Winter Retreat At St. John’s Seminary c/f Terri Schmidt, Box 104 Folk Group Practice - Thursdays. 6:15 PM at the Center, c/o Mike Marando, Box 1723

Campus Ministry Sunday Masses: 11:30 AM Alden & 6:00 PM Founders Sacrament of Reconciliation: Fridays, 3:00 - 5:00 PM at Center. Sundays, an hour before Masses. Other times by appointment.

Ash Wednesday Masses: February 28th, Alden Memorial12:00 (Noon) and 5:00 PM Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM Saturday & Sunday by appointment Availability: Father is always available for emergencies.

Just call. For non-emergencies, it is preferred that you make an appointment.

Lenten Masses: Begin March 19th at the Center - 10:00 PM

Freshmen Lunches - Every week. Watch you mail box Marriages: Last call for pre-marriage conferences Events to Come - Term D 1. St. Patrick’s Day Trip to Boston or “Post Pat” Trip.

2. Boston Show Trip 3. Spring Barbecue Maura Collins President

Mike Messer Vice President

RCIA & Spring Confirmation Classes will begin soon, If interested, contact Father Scanlon.

New Eucharistic Ministers Class and Lectors Class will begin in February. Watch for announcements.

Melissa Lichwan Secretary

ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO ALL

Rev. Peter J. Scanlon Religious Center 19 Schussler Road Worcester MA 01609 Phone: 757-6097 ..............

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(WPI News Release) - Lester C. Thurow, Dean of the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of technology, will deliver the commencement address at WPI’s 122nd graduation exercises on Saturday, May 19. This year’s graduation also commemo­ rates the 125th anniversary of the founding of WPI. On May 10, 1865, the Institute received its charter from the Commonwealth of Massa­ chusetts. Among the nation’s 300 plus engi­ neering educational institutions only Rensse­ laer (1824) and MIT (1862) are older than WPI. The theme of this year’s commencement is “WPI in the World,” representative of WPI’s

diverse international education programs for undergraduates as well as in honor of alumni now living in all states and 88 nations world­ wide. This topic focuses on the increasing globalization of technology, manufacturing, and commerce and the interdependence of the scientific and technological com m unities worldwide. It also recognizes WPI’s role in preparing its graduates to be both citizens and practitioners in an increasingly interconnected world.

Lester Thurow is an economist by training, a writer with a global perspective and one of A m erica’s major educational leaders. A

Academic planning schedule for 1990-91 has begun The 1990-91 planning cycle has begun. Key dates are: Late January

Distribution of official audits for upperclassmen to advisors and students

Wed., February 7

Project & Academic Planning Day

Thur., February 8

Advising Appointment Day (no classes)

Tues,, February 13

Course Prescheduling Deadline

Thur.-Fri., February 22-23

Project Registration Period I

Wed.-Fri., April 18-20

Project Registration Period II

February 7 (Wednesday): Project Information and Academic Manning Day Students will receive in the mail a complete listing of activities for that day. Included will be listings of IQP and MQP topics proposed by chi- and off- campus sponsors and appropriate registration information. Individual department heads ami program directors are responsible for posting information on their respective programs along with signs indicating rooms for presentations.

February 8 (Thursday): Advising Appointment Day In order to provide adequate time for consultation with students, bo classes will be held this day. Academic Advisors should assist students in developing their programs for 1990-91 and projected planning for the years ahead. Such programs as dual majors, exchange programs, project centers, BS/MS programs and Co-op should be discussed with the students at this time.

(It is suggested that advisors become familiar with this material in the new catalog.) The distribution requirement audits should prove of great assistance in developing programs which meet distribution requirements.

It is strongly urged that faculty post half-hour conference periods, for signing-up, outside their offices. The conferences would be most productive if faculty would insist that advisees think through their alternatives in advance and arrive with a PROPOSED PLAN IN HAND for initial discussion!

NOTE: The new 1990-91 Catalog contains significant new information about programs and project centers. It is well worth reviewing before Academic Planning Day.

member of MIT’s faculty since 1968, he be­ came Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Man­ agement in 1987.

Bom and raised in Montana, he is a 1960 graduate of Williams College. Thurow re­ ceived his M.A. in 1962 on a Rhodes scholar­ ship from Balliol College (Oxford) and his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1964. He taught at Harvard in 1964 and 1965 following a term as staff member on President Johnson’s Council of Economic Advisors.

In addition to his formal academic appoint­ ment, focusing on public finance, macroeco­ nomics and income distribution, Thurow car­ ries on his educational activities as an articu­ late spokesman, clarifying and illuminating the discipline of economics for the lay public and providing informed commentary on public policy issues and the state of the economics profession.

A prolific writer, Thurow is the author, co­ author or editor of several books. His bestknown book, The Zero-Sum Society (1980),

postulates an economy of limits, in which gains achieved by one group must be traded off against losses for other groups. His next book, Dangerous Currents: The State of the Econ­ omy (1983), Thurow turned his critical sights onto his own profession, taking colleagues to task for their hesitancy in accepting new con­ cepts and paradigms when old ones have been exhausted. His latest book. The Zero-Sum Solution: Building a World-Class American Economy (1985), describes what Americans must do to change many of their traditional operating procedures in order to regain Amer­ ica’s competitiveness in the world economy.

Among his many interests, Dean Thurow has served on the Editorial Board of the New York Times (1979), was a contributing editor for Newsweek (1983), and a member of the Time Board of Economists (1983-87). He currently writes for the Boston Globe, and appears regularly on television, The Nightly Business Report.

Recognition ’90 call for nominations for Extra-Curricular and Community Service Awards (Dean of Students Office) This year marks the third annual all-campus awards ceremony.

Recognition ’90, which is scheduled for Sun­ day, April 22 at 2:00 pm in Harrington Auditoruim.

The intent of this all-campus ceremony is to acknowledge the outstanding contributions WPI students have made to the academic and extra-curricular life at WPI. Recognition '90 will provide an opportunity for a variety of academic honors and extra-curricular awards to be given to outstanding individuals in the presence of their peers, the Worcester commu­ nity, faculty, parents and the WPI administra­ tion.

With this announcement, the Recognition ’90 Planning Committee is calling for nomina­ tions for the extra-curricular and community service awards to be presented at Recognition ’90 as listed below. Award descriptions and criteria along with corresponding nomination forms are located in the Dean of Students Office. Department heads will also have sample copies o f award descriptions and nomination forms in their offices. Please note that fraternity and sorority awards and nomina­ tions are being handled by the Interfratemity

Council and Panhellenic Council. Likewise, academic awards and nominations are being handled by each academic department.

The deadline for all nominations is Friday, February 2, 1990. Nominations can be handed in or sent to the Dean of Students Office.

Should you have any questions or need nomi­ nation forms, please feel free to contact the Dean of Students Office. We appreciate your assistance and support of this important all­ campus event.

Extra-Curricular and Community Service Awards Freshman Excellence Award for ExtraCurricular Activity Sophomore Excellence Award for ExtraCurricular Activity Junior Excellence Award for Extra-Cur­ ricular Activity Senior Excellence Award for Extra-Cur­ ricular Activity Graduate Student Excellence Award for Extra-Curricular Activity Outstanding Student Organization Award Community Service Award given in Mem­ ory of Edwin B. Coghlin ‘23 Outstanding Advisor to a Club or Group

GETABSURD!

Tuesday, January 23 7:00 pm Gompei’s Place

Young People from Alcoholics Anonymous

Wednesday, January 24 11:00 am -1:00 pm

Information table in the Upper Wedge

Thursday, January 25 7:00 pm Alden Hall

KEGS, KICKS, and COLLEGES Michael Green Collegiate Consultants on Drugs and Alcohol

Friday, January 26 9:00 pm Gompei’s Place

Mocktail Party with a Disc Jockey What’s an ORIENTATION LEADER?

Are you the kind of individual who wants to assist entering students with their transition to college life at WPI? Become an Orientation Leader and give to others while developing your own leadership skills and abilities.

Qualifications: * responsible, creative, caring, confident, flexible * appreciation for diversity * possess leadership abilities and good communication skills * ability to work closely with others

Application Process: Interested candidates should pick up an application and information sheet from the Dean of Students Office and return it by February 9, 1990.

NOW AVAILABLE ORIENTATION LEADER APPLICATIONS

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T u esd ay January 23, 1990

S c h o o l o f M a n a g e m e n t to d e liv e r c o m m e n c e m e n t a d d r e s s

(WPI News Release) - Lester C. Thurow, Dean of the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of technology, will deliver the commencement address at WPI's 122nd graduation exercises on Saturday, May I1). This year’s graduation also commemo­ rates the 125th anniversary of the founding of WPI. On May 10, 1865, the Institute received its charter from the Commonwealth of Massa­ chusetts. Among the nation’s 300 plus engi­ neering educational institutions only Rensse­ laer ( 1824) and MIT (1862) are older than WPI. The theme of this year's commencement is "WPI in the World," representative of WPI’s

diverse international education programs for undergraduates as well as in honor of alumni now living in all states and 88 nations world­ wide. This topic focuses on the increasing globalization of technology, manufacturing, and commerce and the interdependence o f the scientific and technological com m unities worldwide. It also recognizes W PI’s role in preparing its graduates to be both citizens and practitioners in an increasingly interconnected world.

Lester Thurow is an economist by training, a writer with a global perspective and one of A m erica’s m ajor educational leaders. A

Academic planning schedule for 1990-91 has begun The 1990-91 planning cycle has begun. Key dates are: Late January

Distribution o f official audits for upperclassmen to advisors and students

Wed., February' 7

Project & Academic Planning Day

Thur.. February 8

Advising Appointment Day (no classes)

Tues., February 13

Course Prcscheduling Deadline

Thur.-Fri., February 22-23

Project Registration Period I

Wed.-Fri., April 18-20

Project Registration Period II

February 7 (Wednesday): Project Information and Academic Planning Day Students will receive in the mail a complete listing of activities for that day. Included will be listings of IQP and MQP topics proposed by on- and off- campus sponsors and appropriate registration information. Individual department heads and program directors are responsible for posting information on their respective programs along with signs indicating rooms for presentations.

February 8 (Thursday): Advising Appointment Day In order to provide adequate time for consultation with students, no classes will be held this day. Academic Advisors should assist students in developing their programs for 1990-91 and projected planning for the years ahead. Such programs as dual majors, exchange programs, project centers, BS/MS programs and Co-op should be discussed with the students at this time.

(It is suggested that advisors become familiar with this material in the new catalog.) The distribution requirement audits should prove of great assistance in developing progrants which meet distribution requirements.

It is strongly urged that faculty post half-hour conference periods, for signing-up. outside their offices. The conferences would be most productive if faculty would insist that advisees think through their alternatives in advance and arrive with a PROPOSED PLAN IN HAND for initial discussion!

NOTE: The new 1990-91 Catalog contains significant new information about programs and project centers. It is well worth reviewing before Academic Planning Day.

member of MIT’s faculty since 1968, he be­ came Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Man­ agement in 1987.

Bom and raised in Montana, he is a 1960 graduate of Williams College. Thurow re­ ceived his M.A. in 1962 on a Rhodes scholar­ ship from Balliol College (Oxford) and his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1964, He taught at Harvard in 1964 and 1965 following a term as staff member on President Johnson’s Council of Economic Advisors.

In addition to his formal academic appoint­ ment, focusing on public finance, macroeco­ nomics and income distribution, Thurow car­ ries on his educational activities as an articu­ late spokesman, clarifying and illuminating the discipline of economics for the lay public and providing informed commentary on public policy issues and the state of the economics profession.

A prolific writer. Thurow is the author, co­ author or editor of several books. His bestknown book. The Zero-Sum Society (1980),

postulates an economy of limits, in which gains achieved by one group must be traded off against losses for other groups. His next book.

Dangerous Currents: The State of the Econ­ omy (1983), Thurow turned his critical sights onto his own profession, taking colleagues to task for their hesitancy in accepting new con­ cepts and paradigms when old ones have been exhausted. His latest book. The Zero-Sum Solution: Building a World-Class American Economy (1985), describes what Americans must do to change many of their traditional operating procedures in order to regain Amer­ ica’s competitiveness in the world economy.

Among his many interests. Dean Thurow has served on the Editorial Board of the New York Times (1979), was a contributing editor for Newsweek (1983), and a member of the Time Board of Economists (1983-87). He currently writes for the Boston Globe, and appears regularly on television. The Nightly Business Report.

Recognition ’90 call for nominations for Extra-Curricular and Community Service Awards (Dean of Students Office) This year marks the third annual all-campus awards ceremony, Recognition ’90, which is scheduled for Sun­ day, April 22 at 2:00 pm in Harrington Auditoruim.

The intent of this all-campus ceremony is to acknowledge the outstanding contributions W'PI students have made to the academic and extra-curricular life al WPI. Recognition ’90 will provide an opportunity for a variety of academic honors and extra-curricular awards to be given to outstanding individuals in the presence of their peers, the Worcester commu­ nity, faculty, parents and the WPI administra­ tion.

With this announcement, the Recognition '90 Planning Committee is calling for nomina­ tions for the extra-curricular and community service awards to be presented at Recognition ‘90 as listed below. Award descriptions and criteria along with corresponding nomination forms are located in the Dean of Students Office. Department heads will also have sample copies of award descriptions and nomination forms in their offices. Please note that fraternity and sorority awards and nomina­ tions are being handled by the Interfraternity

Council and Panhellenic Council. Likewise, academic awards and nominations are being handled by each academic department.

The deadline for all nominations is Friday, February 2, 1990. Nominations can be handed in or sent to the Dean of Students Office.

Should you have any questions or need nomi­ nation forms, please feel free to contact the Dean of Students Office. We appreciate your assistance and support of this important all­ campus event.

Extra-Curricular and Community Service Awards Freshman Excellence Award for ExtraCurricular Activity Sophomore Excellence Award for ExtraCurricular Activity Junior Excellence Award for Extra-Curricular Activity Senior Excellence Award for Extra-Cur­ ricular Activity Graduate Student Excellence Award for Extra-Curricular Activity Outstanding Student Organization Award Community Service Award given in Mem­ ory of Edwin B. Coghlin ‘23 Outstanding Advisor to a Club or Group

GET ABSURD!

Tuesday, January 23 7:00 pm G o m p ei’s Place

Young People from Alcoholics Anonymous

W ednesday, January 24 11:00 am -1 :0 0 pm

Information table in the Upper Wedge

Thursday, January 25 7:00 pm Alden Hall

KEGS, KICKS, and COLLEGES Michael Green Collegiate Consultants on Drugs and Alcohol

Friday, January 26 9:00 pm G o m p ei’s Place

Mocktail Party with a Disc Jockey What’s an ORIENTATION LEADER?

Are you the kind of individual who wants to assist entering students with their transition to college life at WPI? Become an Orientation Leader and give to others while developing your own leadership skills and abilities.

Qualifications: * responsible, creative, caring, confident, flexible * appreciation for diversity * possess leadership abilities and good communication skills * ability to work closely with others

Application Process: Interested candidates should pick up an application and information sheet from the Dean of Students Office and return it by February 9, 1990.

NOW AVAILABLE ORIENTATION LEADER APPLICATIONS

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D e e p T h o u g h t ” c o m p u te r d e fe a ts e x p e r ts

by Edmund J. Delaney and Ajay Khanna “Deep Thought,” the world's top-ranked computer chess machine created by five Car­ negie Mellon computer science students, has beaten Scottish international master David Levy, 4-0. in a four-game match played Dec. 11-14 at the British Computer Society in Lon­ don. Deep Thought’s creators will split a $5,000 prize known as the Levy Challenge.

One thousand dollars comes from Levy him­ self. The other $4,000 has been offered by Omni Magazine to the first computer chess

program to beat Levy.

Levy has had considerable experience play­ ing computer chess machines. In the late '60s, when these devices were just beginning to be built, Levy said he would be able to beat all such mechanical challengers for a decade.

Between 1974-84 he played five chess ma­ chines, including Cray Blitz, and beat them all.

He hadn’t played a computer chess machine for the last five years, however, until he chal­ lenged Deep Thought.

David Levy has not played an OFFICIAL game for the past five years because the world

chess computer champion during that period (BELLE) did not become much better. He has had a great history in the realm of chess and chess computers, and the above achievement is not in any way less because he has not played an official game for five years. He has written books on playing chess and writing programs to play chess, and created a chess computer that was quite strong. He has also been a respected critic of chess com puters and has played against every world computer chess champion, at least up to 1984.

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by Isaac Asimov Last month, T.R. Smithson of Cambridge Regional College reported the finding of a fossil reptile in Scotland, which seems to be the oldest reptile yet found. It dates back about 338 million years. This may not seem very impor­ tant since most of us don’t think much of reptiles — snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators.

But if we dismiss them, we are wrong for they are extremely important creatures. To see why, we must go back in time.

Some 450 million years ago, the Earth was about 4,000 million years old, and life had existed on it for about 3,000 million years at least. In all that time, however, life had existed exclusively in water. The dry land was sterile.

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For 50 million years, plant life lived in isolation on the land. Then animals began to follow. The plants provided a plentiful food supply and any animal that could develop ways of enduring land life could multiply freely.

The first animals that emerged on land were primitive spiders, scorpions, snails, worms, and, eventually, insects. They were all small creatures. They had to be small so that the pull of gravity would not be strong enough to immobilize them.

For large land creatures to develop, they would need to have limbs and bodies stiffened by bones. In short, we would need vertebrates.

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Four hundred million years ago, there were swarms of vertebrates, but they all lived in the water. They were the fish and, to this day, they dominate the oceans of the Earth.

Some fish had delicate fins that were fitted chiefly for steering and propulsion, but some had sturdy, fleshy fins that were almost like small legs. These fleshy-fin fish were, by and large, not as successful as ordinary fish, but they had one advantage. If they lived in a pond, which grew brackish or threatened to dry out, they could stump across land into another and larger pond.

Such fish developed the ability to stay out on land for longer and longer periods. They developed primitive lungs that allowed them to breathe out of water. These were the “amphibi­ ans,” who seem to have made their first appear­ ance about 370 millions years ago. They were the first large land creatures. Some had the size and appearance of modem crocodiles and were formidable creatures.

They had one important flaw, however.

Their eggs had to be laid in water, and while they were developing to adulthood they re­ mained fishlike. The most familiar amphibi­ ans todays are frogs. Their eggs develop into tadpoles, which only gradually become frogs.

On the whole, then, amphibians were tied to the water and were not truly land creatures.

Then came the reptiles who evolved a new kind of egg, one that contained complex em ­ bryonic membranes called an amnion. The egg had a shell that allowed air to enter and leave

but not water. It came with a water supply sufficient for the developing embryo, and the wastes were deposited within the amnion. This “amniote egg” could be laid and hatched on land, making the reptiles the first true land vertebrates. For more than 250 million years they dominated the land, producing the most magnificent creatures who ever clumped over the Earth, the animals we refer to as dinosaurs.

It is important to remember that birds are simply modified reptiles. They are warm­ blooded and have feathers, but they lay reptil­ ian eggs with an amnion.

Mammals are also modified reptiles. They are warm-blooded and have hair, but when they first appeared, some 200 million years ago, they laid reptilian eggs with an amnion.

The birds and mammals were not successful while the reptiles dominated the Earth. They were small creatures whoe survived only be­ cause they wer largely unnoticeable. They were the equivalent of sparrows and mice, peeping about in the shadows of the great reptiles.

If the dinosaurs had not been wiped out by and asteroidal collision 65 million years ago, birds and mammals might still be nothingcreatures today.

It was the development of the amniote egg that made everything else possible, including us. So when we find fossils of the oldest reptile, we may have in hand remnants of the creature who invented the egg on land — and that’s supremely important.

P u rd u e s e a r c h in g fo r m y s te r y sex re s e a rc h e r (CPS) — A phony researcher who purports to be a Purdue University researcher has been calling Indiana residents to ask about their sexual behavior.

Last term, officials at Baylor University in Texas and Ohio State University also reported that someone was making a rash of obscene phone calls to students.

At Purdue, officials say the phone calls have been going on since 1986. The most recent call was reported to police the first week of Janu­

ary. In all cases, the caller identifies himself as a Purdue researcher and says he’s studying sexual behavior, Purdue spokesman Charles Leslie related. Those contacted live in another part of the state, Leslie said, and none of the victims have been students.

“This is absolutely a hoax,” Leslie says.

“No reputable researcher from Purdue or any­ where else would conduct a study in this manner.”

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New Voices looking for submissions

by Kevin Dahm A reminder to all student writers - Masque is now accepting submissions for this year’s New Voices festival. Any WPI undergraduate or graduate students are welcome to submit their original works. There are essentially no restrictions on length, form, style or theme; everything submitted will receive considera­ tion. The focus of New Voices has always been on plays, but it is open to all performing arts.

Last year’s festival featured some twentyseven works including a video called “Tall Hat, Deadly Hat," the monologue "Getaway,” an animated film, “Ridicule Doesn’t Floss," and a multi-medium skit, “ MA 2051,” which used a pre-recorded voice track. Several bands also participated in the festival by playing in the cafe before performances.

New Voices is an annual week long festival in which students are responsible for every phase of production - directing, acting, set and

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by Cindy Richards Newspeak Staff Blue Window was an interesting play to say the least. The first scene cleverly introduced seven people residing in five separate apart­ ments to the audience: Tom and Emily, a musician and his girlfriend; Boo and Alice, a psychiatrist and a writer; Norbert, a skydiving instructor; Griever. an illiterate bachelor; and Libby, a widow. This scene was a bit hard to follow at first, but as one got used to the flow of the play, it became understandable. The second scene occurred at Libby’s apartment.

She was throwing a dinner party for the people in the five apartments. Libby was nervous about her guests being able to get along; the two lesbians, the eccentric musician and his girlfriend, the illiterate, and the quiet skydiver.

The party ended up being a huge success. In the third scene the audience learned how the char­ acters were related, and what the characters were hiding from both the audience and from each other.

lighting design and publicity as well as writing.

Well over 100 students were involved in last year’s festival in one capacity or another.

Many people took both acting and production roles. Masque is currently working on the CTerm show, “Feiffer’s People," which will be performed February 22-24. Preparations for New Voices will begin shortly afterwards, with auditions and casting taking place in March.

Masque, as always, welcomes newcomers. In fact, with so many roles and positions to be filled. New Voices is the perfect opportunity for someone with no previous theatrical expe­ rience to get very involved very quickly.

The selection of works to be performed in New Voices will be handled by Masque advi­ sor Susan Vick w ith assistant dramaturgs

Daniel Bejune, William Katzman, Jennifer Papp and Donna Roche. Although casting will not take place for well over a month, the dramaturgs need all entries by January 31.

This will allow sufficient time to evaluate each entry, find a director for each play, and in some cases perhaps ask for revisions. Submissions should be given to Susan Vick (SL05). If you cannot make the January 31 deadline, please remember it’s never too early to start thinking about the 1991 New Voices festival. Good writing takes time.

Anyone who is interested in Masque can reach me at box 2426, or attend a Masque meeting, which are held every Friday at 4:30 in the green room, which is behind the stage in Alden Hall. Again, newcomers are always welcome.

I felt that the actors performed exception­ ally. I was highly impressed with the quality of their work. Every word that was spoken was audible. The crew did a marvelous job with the construction of the set. The entire play came across as polished and professional.

However, I didn't exactly like the play itself; Or, I don’t think that I did. The script was difficult to understand. I am still trying to decide how I felt about the play. Each charac­ ter had some sort of personal struggle to over­ come: Tom had his song that he couldn't write; Emily had her dismal past; Alice and Boo had their relationship; Norbert had his ‘stupid name'; I’m still not sure if Griever was suppose to be in love with Libby or not; and Libby had the tragic death of her husband to deal with.

Overall, the item which stood out the most in my mind about Blue Window was the quality of the acting. Helene Andersson, Brian Weissman, Cari W indt, Tim M clnerney, Donna Roche, Joe Provo, and MaryBeth Liener put forth spectacular perform ances as Emily, Tom, Libby. Norbert. Boo, Griever, and Alice, respectively.

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by G eoff Littlefield and Richard O ’Steele Geoff: That’s right, boys and girls, this week we hit the movies playing right here in Alden Hall. The truth is, we didn’t get a chance to see a movie before this had to be turned in, so we had to think of something, quick. We figured that a review of upcoming movie would be helpful in case you were wondering which ones were good to see.

We start with Lethal Weapon II. While this will have already been shown last Sunday, we feel that it deserves some space. Frankly, this movie was one of the best action films I have ever seen. Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are back to reprise their roles as police detective partners who seem rather mismatched. Gi­ bson’s character is living on the edge of sanity, caused in part by the death of his wife in a car accident. Glover, on the other hand, is a family man, hoping to get to retirement in one piece.

The relationship between the two estab­ lished in the first picture has developed into a strong sense of trust and friendship. Lethal Weapon II makes food work of showing the chemistry that links them. I believe that’s why I enjoyed this film so much when I saw it this past summer. There was more attention to character development than one finds in many dramas, much less action flicks.

On top of this the film proceeded at a breakneck pace. There was never a dull moment and all of the action scenes were done with a great amount of technical and directing expertise.

Rich: To add to what Geoff said, the char­ acters were so three dimensional, I found myself hating the “bad guys” with every bit I could muster, I fell in love with Gibson’s love interest played by Patsy Kensit, and I got a real sense of familiarity from Glover’s family. The only complaint I can really think of is that Gibson’s character lost some of the insanity that made him so intense in the first movie, but the difference is minor, at best. I’m not sure if this one is out on video yet, but it is definitely one for the collection.

To continue, this Sunday, Heathers is being shown in either Alden Hall or Perreault Hall.

Wherever it may be, seek it out by all means.

This movie stars Winona Ruder (Beetlejuice)

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and Christian Slater as a pair of high school students trying to rebel against the most pow­ erful clique at school, a trio of Heathers. Ryder plays a girl who is a member of the clique, but gets tired of their “power-bitch” attitudes and neuroses. Slater plays her newfound rebel boyfriend who is kind of a cross between Jack Nicholson, James Dean, and Clint Eastwood.

They devise a series of practical jokes that ends in a series of deaths. They cover up the murders by making them look like suicides and sud­ denly the entire school becomes a thriving pit

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by Troy Nielsen Sun Ra, who is from Jupiter (or is it Saturn?) and is approximately 75 years old will be temporarily coming out of orbit to land in Worcester for the annual Jazz Worcester festi­ val. The festival also features many other big name jazz musicians to be appearing in Worc­ ester during the first week of February, culmi­ nating with Sun Ra’s performance here at WPI on Sunday, February 4th.

I would strongly advise that all musicians and/or students who are interested in music attend the Sun Ra show. You will witness a master o f his craft in action with a band that should blow you away.

Of course, you would probably like to know who this spacey guy, and if he is for real. Sun Ra (whose passport name is “Le Son’y Ra”) is an eclectic and mystifying bandleader/com­ poser/arranger/keyboardist and synthesizer pioneer. He is the leader of his big band (about 18 pieces), the “Arkestra,” which, since 1955, has also been called the Myth-Science Ark­ estra, the Solar Arkestra, Solar Myth Arkestra, and the Omniverse Arkestra. You get the point.

Sun Ra began composing and arranging jazz music in the same style that fellow legends Duke Ellington and swing-era pioneer Fletcher Henderson used. The basic idea here is to showcase specific talents of his individual players while still keeping a large ensemble feel. Surprisingly enough, Sun Ra enjoys

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of “suicide-awareness.” Ryder realizes the extent of what their actions have caused and tries to stop it all, but Slater has his own plans.

When you find out what those plans are, the thought of them will leave you absolutely astonished. No lie.

Geoff: As if the mind boggling overtones of Heathers aren’t enough, the film also has an especially sharp, dark sense of humor. Almost every teenage stereotype and subject, includ­ ing teen suicide hysteria itself, is satirized from a particularly poignant point of view.

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rearranging old standards such as selections from a Disney program (“ H i-H o,” “The Mickey Mouse Club Theme Song,” etc.).

The sound of the Arkestra itself is incredi­ bly eclectic and staggeringly unique. You could say that it is far out, yet the average Joe w ho’s into music should be able to relate to it.

Bumptious rhythms emanating from both acoustic and electric instruments, fresh and interesting harmonies, sonic power from the reed section, with a monster of a backbeat. The Arkestra also has an immense repertoire of textured, atmospheric music that is legitimate, not just “sounds.”

Sun Ra is also a very talented keyboardist whose experience on electric (synthesizer) and acoustic piano rivals other “heavies” such as Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, and Herbie Hancock. Sun Ra was the first jazz musician to perform on electric keyboards (l 956). To substantiate his verstility, the August 1988 issue of Down Beat, listed Sun Ra in five categories of the International Critics Poll. He was number two in the Electric Piano and Synthesizer categories, number three in the organ category, number four in the arranger category, and number one in the Big Band category. This guy is good.

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Everything is in place in this film. Perform­ ances are superb on the part of the youn actors, the plotiine is complex but not enouj so you lose the point of the story, and the cinematography and directing is of high qual­ ity.

Now for the ratings. Overall, I give WPI a set of fine bone china for Lethal Weapon II and a large hamster named Orpheus for Heathers.

Rich: And, for Lethal Weapon II, I give WPI a better budget plan and for Heathers, I award a cup of “wow”s and three coins in a fountain.

s o o n somewhere that Sun Ra believes in his ex­ traterrestial origins. Sun Ra proclaims that he is from Saturn. Why not? “ I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is because the Master-Creator of the Universe is making me do it. I am of another dimension.”

In my opinion, if being from Saturn is his gig, then so be it. Sun says “you must realize that you have the right to love beauty. You must prepare to live life to the fullest extent. Of course, it takes imagination...” People should not get hung up on his E.T. beliefs, they should just enjoy his show. The show, by the way, will not only feature a great band, but also the experience usually includes dancers, singers, and elaborate and exotic costumes.

Sun Ra’s performance will take place in Harrington Auditorum, on February 4th at 7:30 pm. Tickets, which are free to WPI students, are available NOW at the Daniels Ticket Booth, from 11-1. Check the booth for com­ plete information.

I’ll let Sunny give the closing words. “The real aim of this music is to coordinate the minds of people into an intelligent reach for a better world, and an intelligent approach to the living future.”

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by Joe Parker Newspeak Staff On January 12, another comedy night was held in Gompei’s place. A Two Towers After Hours event, it was another in a series of Comedy Nights sponsored by SocComm.

However, this comedy night seemed to be lacking something. The two comics, Steve Hurley and Mark Fidiero, had some bright spots, but overall the two were kind of bland, reverting back to old reliable subjects. Mark, who has some national credit to his name, was clearly the better of the two. He hit on some phenomenon that everyone is familiar with, over-friendly dogs, friends who say ambigu­ ous statements, and dealing with older rela­ tives during the holidays.

There were some minor interruptions to his act, such as when he produced a student’s I.D.,

and was able to get some original put downs in.

He also had to deal with some overly rude members of the audience who decided that their conversation was much more important than letting the rest of the audience enjoy the show.

One glaring omission: On that odd pipe that comes out of the wall behind the stage hung a condom. This only proved to me that the comics were following a set act. The condom was nothing less than a comics dream! Imag­ ine the laughs they could have gotten out of that, but alas, it went either unnoticed, or unmentioned.

Overall, the talent in these shows seems to be waning. Maybe it was just a bad night, but on the whole, the Comedy Night series is good fun, and a nice chance to loosen up from the hectic life here at WPI. If you haven’t been to one, give the next one a try.

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I'm back in the saddle. I hope that during my sabbatical you were studying up, because here’s a heapin’ helping of music trivia for you to devour.

Questions: 1). In what year was Genesis formed?

2). Peter Gabriel cofounded Genesis with classmates at what school in England?

3). What was the original lineup of Genesis?

4). Who recorded the tall-tale song “Alice’s Restaurant”?

5). Who dropped his cowboy image in 1952 and covered the R & hit “Rock the Joint”?

6). Name any three of the famous musicians performing at the 1971 Concert for Bangla­ desh.

7). What member of the Hollies went on to play with Crosby, Stills and Nash?

8). What is the name of the blues musician performing the song that goes “Ah ho ho ho” in the street in the movie the Blues Brothers?

9). What is the name of the studio pianist who has played with the Who, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks?

10). Willie Dixon and a certain blues guitarist wrote an immense number of blues tunes (“Killing Floor,” I Ain’t Superstitious,” “Back Door Man,” etc.) that have been frequently covered by the likes of the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, the Doors, and the Yardbirds. Name the guitarist.

Answers: 1). 1966.

2). The Charterhouse School.

3). TonyBanks(keyboards), Michael Rutherford(guitar, bass, vocals), PeterGabriel (vocals), AnthonyPhillips (guitar), andChris Stewart (drums).

4). ArloGuthrie.

5). Bill Haley (and the Comets).

6). Ringo Starr. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston. Ravi Shankar, Leon Russell, ami Bob Dylan.

7). GrahamNash.

8). John Lee Hooker.

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Dear fellow seniors: Have you noticed the subtle message that has infiltrated our campus recently? Just Do It... Sure, it looks familiar. Everyone has seen the Nike ads, admonishing the public at large to stop procrastinating their good intentions to get in shape. But what does this message have to do with WPI? Just Do It is the theme of the Senior Challenge ’90, our senior class campaign to support WPI through a pledge to the WPI Alumni Fund. The goal of the Senior Challenge this year is to get every classmate to participate, pledging whatever you can afford. (A key point here is that pledges are not payable until our first year after graduation!) The solicitation period will be short and sweet, ending by the date of our 90 Days party in mid-February.

Take a minute, in the wake of current discussions about next year’s budget, to think about the significance of the Alumni Fund. The Fund provides the college with a 2 - 3% margin of generally unrestricted funds which are used throughout the year where the needs are the greatest. Last year the $1.6 million contributed by alumni helped accomplish many things here on campus and beyond, such as the development of project centers in Venice and Bankok, enhancement of the campus telecommunications network and increased resources available for financial aid. The Fund also helped balance last year’s budget.

It’s difficult to think about the Alumni Fund while we’re still on campus. But the Fund plays a significant role in supporting the operations of the college. In the decade ahead funding from outside sources will become increasingly important to WPI. Our class is unique - we are the largest graduating class in WPI history, we are the first graduating class of the 1990’s and we graduate during the 125th anniversary of the founding to the school. Let’s set ourselves apart even further by completing the most successful Senior Challenge campaign ever.

Join us in making a pledge to the 1990-91 Alumni Fund. Pledge what you can afford; remember, its not payable until next year. Just Do It. The Senior Challenge Committee Lisa Battista Jim Berube Ken Campbell Denise Fortier Stephen MacDonald Nancy McLaughlin Michelle Petkers Darilyn Reuter Lisa Ricker Vince Tyer

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CLUB CORNER Alpha Phi Omega

Sharon’s Neighborhood. Bwoop! Bwoop! No pictures or Cori comments? Whatsa matter Keith?! Sean! D o n ’t push that button.

LALALA Linda aren’t you going to mention

No laughing, Brian! And get those plants out o f the elevator!! Welcome back to Pres.

the fire alarm at 3:00 A.M.? - 4 A.M. Keith, you better be checking your mail (yes, this is a threat). Oooh, I like threats. It’s all Brian’s fault. Steph lies. Bye, Bye Birdy. Upset at having 2 1/2 more years of school while others slack off? Just call Linda.

Nominations for officers for 1991: Heidi Lundy - Publicity. Thanks a ton to the person that gave Keith his noisy ditto machine - His roommate and a future pledge.

For any of those interested in pledging Alpha Phi Omega, W PI’s own service frater­ nity, welcome to Spring Rush! For those of you who are seriously interested in doing commu­ nity service projects and helping others, this is for you. Anyone interested should attend the regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Janu­ ary 29, at 6:30 in SL105. The following Monday, Pledge initiation will take place so please make every effort to attend Monday’s meeting. AND PLEASE those interested, contact Janet Scott at 752-6039 or box 1900 to sign up and for more information.

Epsilon Upsilon Pi

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Epsilon Upsilon Pi, the Management honor society, is offering tutoring this term in MG 1700, MG2101, MG2500, and MG3400.

For information about how to obtain help, please see Chris in the Management Depart­ ment office.

Our newest member, Ed Latham, was in­ ducted at the end of B-term. Congratulations, Ed! The next member recruitment period will occur in D-term.

1989-90 Officers are President: Pat Healy, Vice President: Jeff G om stein, Secretary: Melanie Ting, and Treasurer: Don LeBlanc.

Tomorrow night's meeting at the Boynton will begin at 6. See you there.

Flying Club Welcome back to all of our members. We hope that all of you had a terrific break and are ready to begin all over again. Unfortunately we

were unable to place our order for sweatshirts over break because we were short of the mini­ mum order by three sweatshirts. Anyone who still wishes to order but has lost their form can do so by sending a fifteen ($15) dollar deposit for each (checks made out to WPI Flying Club) along with their name, box #, year, size (small - XL; XXL extra $3), and call sign or nickname that you might like on the sleeve near the shoulder (optional) to box 327. Please do so soon! The total cost is only $30. Any questions can be directed to Tom Silva at box 327 or by calling 792-6883. Going on to other topics, keep an eye out for the date of our next meeting.

Also, watch for news of an FAA meeting here at WPI late in C term or early in D te.m. That’s all for now so keep FLYING NAKED!!!

Lesbian and Gay Alliance Hello out there all you WONDERFUL LAGA members!

Well, only half of you managed to show up for our last meeting and boy did you miss out!!!!

For our next meeting we will be announcing who won? (is that the right word?) the elec­ tions. Also on our agenda is a riveting game of ***SCRUPLES*** Ideas for the WAG art project are still needed. AND— It has just come to my atten­ tion that a well known department store has had a serious episode of gay discrimination. Our response to this problem will also be discussed.

Other topics for discussion:”Friends of LAGA,” and projects for the new year...

Next meeting is Wednesday, January 24 at 7:30pm. Same place as always.

Anyone interested in joining or speaking with WPI LAGA can contact: LAGA Student Activities Office Kevin Tefft 752-1579 or Kelli Clark WPI Box 2190

E N JO Y: -being their own boss

THIS JOB IS NOT FOR EVERYONE - BUT IT COULD BE FOR YOU! Schlumberger, the world leader in Wireline Well Logging has immediate career opportunities Overseas for individuals with an M.S. or B.S. degree in E.E., M .E., Physics or the Qeo-Sclences, excellent scholastic record, hands-on aptitude and 0-3 years work experience.

OPENINGS FOR PERMANENT POSITIONS

ANDERSEN CONSULTING ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.,S.C Information technology. Critical to the success o f business today and in the future.

Vital to managing change in industries as diverse as health care, retail, financial services, telecommunications, and manufacturing. From designing and installing computer systems, to simplifying and automating a company's manufacturing process, to reshaping the way an organization operates its business. Understanding and managing information technology is becoming essential in every industry.

Andersen Consulting, a strategic business unit o f Arthur Andersen & Co., is the leader in management information consulting. At Andersen Consulting, we help organizations and individuals effectively apply technology to their business advantage.

If a career with Andersen Consulting interests you, we would like to meet you on Wednesday, January 24.

For more information, please contact: SC H L U M B E R G E R -IN T E R N A T IO N A L

Recruiting Coordinator 2707 North Loop West, Suite 1090 Houston, Texas 77008 (713) 863-9673 (in Texas) 800-222-1587 (outside Texas)

INFORMATION SESSION: We are holding an information session for juniors, seniors and grad students interested in learning more about Andersen Consulting.

All areas o f study are encouraged to attend.

ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS:

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24 7 PM LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM GORDEN LIBRARY

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We will be conducting on-campus interviews for qualified seniors and grad students.

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T u esd ay January 2 3 ,1 9 9 0

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When you work as a Part-time Package Handler with UPS, you'll receive phenomenal pay and benefits, and tremendous opportunities for career advancement! In addition, college students who work selected shifts* in our Shrewsbury facility are eligible for up to $6,000 in tuition reimbursement every year! ($2,000 each semester after taxes) * e l i g i b l e s h i f t s approx.

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T u esd a y January 2 3 ,1 9 9 0

GREEK CORNER Alpha Chi Rho The Brothers of Alpha Chi Rho would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone back from what we hope was an enjoyable Christmas Break. The I990’s have started off with a wild first week of C-term. Our postu­ lants have been amusing us with puny attempts at defeating the brotherhood. We’re still wait­ ing for a raid, if you can ever find the plaque guys. Why don’t you get working on your books and the project; we’re not getting any younger you know.

Congratulations this week go to Carps for being the first to get a job, and fixing his car, with the help of his able pit crew. Also to Link Bonger for his Nintendo conquest. We can’t forget the Knight Rider for purging the drive­ way of the unroad-worthy and creating valu­ able parking spaces, namely Matt, Treece, Schiller, Becker, and Al. Hey let’s watch Mad Max again, I’ve only seen it 20 times.

I can’t forget to mention McPuke-again for his Friday night antics, and Bonger for a tech­ nicolor yawn on the table last Tuesday (Who bought light-beer?). At least no one has puked on the new rugs yet. Steve is keeping his fingers crossed though, when he is not playing with the thermostat.

Everyone in the house is glad Falla’s not moving in. And who let Mark play hoop, shouldn’t he be in the kitchen cooking our weekend meals or something.

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the retreat with Quinnipiac College. Two things to look forward to are the upcoming Ski Chalet party

this week, and the USF&G National Collegiate Drive to Cure Paralysis volleyball tournament next month. That’s it, make the most out of the rest of the term, especially second semester seniors. Good luck to everyone, and go Crow.

Phi Sigma Sigma Welcome back to all! Romance must be in this winter air = warm wishes for the future go out to a few special sisters. First of all Con­ gratulations to Monique on her recent acquisi­ tion of an SAE’s pin (and thanks to SAE for the resulting festivities on Thursday)! Also a great big hurrah goes out to Chris Donoghue on her engagement! Wait there’s more - Congrats to Danielle L. on her midnight mass pinning!

Cheers again go out to Lisa, Kathy, Patty, Moe and Moe for providing a successful start to C term for us! (Next time 70’s?) After two weekends in a row of work party mania the old house and the new house look spic and span (no, sillies, not Marcela and Maria).

Thanks from Cari and Donna to everyone who atten d ed the m esm erizin g th eatre experience Blue Window. Reminder to attends Kegs Kicks and Colleges on Thursday the 25th.

A note to the pledges: glad to see you folks had a great time on the sophomore’s ‘spirit booster.’ Remember to have your homework done at all times, you never know when the next surprise will strike!

THE ROCKATHON IS COMING AGAIN! Personal Hi’s to Karen T, MaryBeth K, and TinaC. 37 days until the end o ’the term. Until we meet again, LITP.

Sigma Phi Epsilon The Sig Ep Ape, which can usually be seen on top of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house at 11 Boynton St., is now a part of an exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum. The exhibit, “New York, New York; The City In Photographs,” will begin Saturday, January 20th and will remain open to the public until March 4th. On Opening night the museum will be transformed into New York City, complete with Time Square and the Empire State Build­ ing. The Ape will be used as a King Kong replica, along with “Barbie" as his captive.

The King Kong scene will take place in the museum’s Garden Court. For more informa­ tion call the Worcester Art Museum, 7994406.

Tau Kappa Epsilon Congrats, again, to all the new officers.

Thanks, D-Phi-E pledges for the unexpected visit and all the toilet paper — Oh yes, we really enjoyed the company of Tina and Amy (and the pizza). Happy B-day to Oliver and “Aaron.” Traveling Party sweeps the WPI campus (P.W. Russ - l- Ricky -0- ). Hey Russ, who gets the F-award this week? Congrats to Pete Cavallo for being last w eek’s POW. Thanks to “The Crusher” for leading TKE-A bowling to victory.

Zeta Psi Brothers, pledges, hope you had a kicking

holiday and got lots of loot. We should have Christmas parties more often. Santa chug!

Santa chug! Memo from the stair diving club: Skin, next time you stair tumble, stop at the bottom. At least the wall broke your fall... well... let’s just say it broke. For all you registered voters out there, NBC just reported that the election results are in: President: Michael Bradford Vice President: Joe Wisgurda Treasurers: Nathan Crowell and Arthur Weeks Secretary: Lucas Young Corresponding Secretary: Shane Stanek Historian: Chris Mair Master at Arms: Pete Chestna Rush Chairmen: Pete Chestna and John Jacobsen Pledge Trainers: Adam Pease and John Jacobsen House Manager: Jim St. Amant Social Chairman: Jim Murphy IFC Representative: Shane Stanek Steward: Jim St. Amant S uprem e C o u n cil: Jim S ito m er, Joel Young, Steve Tomas, Chris Coyle Congrats to all those elected. Campaign promise: Pete wants a “poet in every home.”

Say, Friendly, heard you were going into the applesauce business. Skin, somebody men­ tioned you almost killed someone in the latest bowling adventure. Art, you could have gone after Rob with Saint’s new blade. A new line: “Would you like to come upstairs and pet my kitten?” And on that note, till next week, adios, sayonara, aloha, nyaah, boink, aaaaakk, and splunge. nuff said.

K E G S , K IC K S , a n d C O L L E G E S Michael Green Collegiate Consultants on Drugs and Alcohol Thursday, January 25 Alden Hall 7:00 pm Sponsored by: CHOICES, Inter-fraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Dean of Students Office, and the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education

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T u esd a y January 2 3 ,1 9 9 0

CLASSIFIEDS A T T E N T IO N A L L STU D E N TS who p articipated in the “ H ealth N eeds A ssess­ m e n t” on N ovem ber 17, 1989. Y our P er­ sonal H ealth A dvisory is available, upon presentation o f your anonym ouse identifi­ cation num ber, in the H ealth O ffice.

M ike - H A PPY B IR T H D A Y !! (w el­ com e to the club) Luv, KJ + D A re you undecided about your T h in k in g ab o u t c h a n g in g y o u r W o n d e r in g w h a t y o u ’ll d o g r a d u a tio n ?

W h at to be o r fa*...Tuesday, January 30, 1990, 9 :3 0 pm , M organ Hall and the W e d g e.

m ajor? m ajor? a f te r n o t to 7:00 L ow er

P olybag, sittin ' on the shelf, lookin’ like a hag Are you confused about your m ajor?

D o you w ant m ore inform ation about op ­ tio n s? T he M ajor Selection Program can help. D rop by the office at 157 W est St., 2 n d floor o r call 831-5012.

T hin Red Line w elcom es you to the N ineties. R em em ber this key phrase for easy living, “ W eird and S lick.”

W A N T E D !!! Students to jo in the 1990 S tu d e n t T rav el S e rv ic e s ’ S ales T eam .

E arn C A SH and/or FR EE Spring Break travel m arketing S pring Break packages to Jam aica, C ancun, A capulco, and D ay­ to n a Beach. For m ore inform ation call I8 00-648-4849.

Low Rent: $45 per week per student w ith 4 students.

2, 3, and 4 bedroom a p artm en ts, near cam pus, gas heat and appliances. A vailable now to M ay 1990.

C all Jim at 799-2728 o r 755-2996 or 8426 601.

L onely? N eed a D ate? M eet that spe­ cial som eone today! Call D A TE T IM E (405) 366-6335 T he M anagem ent H onor S ociety is o f­ fe rin g tu to rin g in M G 1700, M G 2101, M G 2500, M G 3400. D etails available in th e M anagem ent D epartm ent office.

A T T E N T IO N S O PH O M O R E S! H av­ ing doubts about your m ajor? W ould you like to explore your options? C om e to the m ajo r selection program , 157 W est St., 2nd floor, or call 831 -5012 for m ore infor­ m atio n .

C ongrats to M o & Tom on their pin­ ning!!

L ooking for a fratern ity , sorority or stu d en t organization that w ould like to m ak e $ 5 0 0 - $1000 for a one w eek oncam p u s m arketing project. M ust be o r­

ganized and hardw orking. C all Elizabeth or M yra at (800) 592-2121

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Is It T rue You Can Buy Jeep s for $44 through the U.S. G o v ern m en t? G et the facts today! C all 1-708-7 4 2 -1 1 4 2 ext 5883 The Computer Science Department will be giving the Compentency Exam in March. If you are eligible and wish to take the comp, you should pick up an application at the CS office, fill it out, and return it to CS by February 6.

$11-13 PER H O U R . A cadem ic tu to r­ ing. S A T instruction. N eed a c a r and G PA o f 3.0 o r higher. C all 1-800-M Y -T U T O R .

Tuesday, January 23, 1990 7:00 pm - Women’s Basketball vs. Wheaton 7:00 pm - A.B.S.U.R.D. Week presents Alcoholics Anonymous Speakers in Gompei’s place.

G et psyched for the Phi Sig Sig R ockA -T hon!

Wednesday, January 24, 1990 H ittin ’ m y hands with a H am m er C O M M O D O R E C O M PU T E R FOR SA L E : C om m odore 64 C o m p u ter with 64k m em ory plus, accelerato r plus disk d rive fo r the C -6 4 w ith all boxes and d o cum entation, tw o delu x e co m petition jo y stick s (A rcher), plus o v e r $100 w orth o f gam es on disk w ith boxes and all d o c u ­ m entation including: GI Jo es, D ecathlon, T op G un, Raid!, C o m m an d o , Zork I., and Echelon! E verything to g e th er...$250.00 or best offer!! Please call B ob I. at 7921375 or Box 1993.

H E L P W A N T E D . W ork in bookstore.

F u ll/p art tim e ho u rs av a ila b le . $ 5 /h r.

A pply in person. A cross from P ercy ’s on G rove Street. 755-7147.

W A N T E D - A ny artists o r perform ers to participate in Art show in February.

Any type o f art is w anted i.e. paint, d raw ­ ing, photography, dance, d ram a, m usic.

For February art show held here and at W o rcester A rtist G roup. C ontact Box 2564, SSA club box or call G lenn 7529753.

6:00 pm - Swimming vs. UMass and Boston 7:00 pm - Wrestling vs. ULowell 8:00 pm - Video : “ National Lampoon’s Vacation,” Gompei’s Place.

Thursday, January 25, 1990 7:00 pm - Mike Green, consultant on “Kegs, Kicks, and Colleges” - Alden Hall.

7:00 pm - Spectrum : Sikhism: In a Contemporary World Perspective. Higgins House 8:00 pm - Mechanics Hall - Dave Brubeck and the Handel and Haydn Society, conducted by Christopher Hogwood, perform an evening of J.S. Bach and Dave Brubeck. Tickets $31 and $29. Call 752-0888.

Friday, January 26, 1990 7:30 pm - Ice Hockey vs. WMASS Indians, Northstar Rink.

9:00 pm - 12:00 midnight : Band Party / Mocktails party - G om pei’s Place.

Saturday, January 27, 1990 1:00 pm - Wrestling vs. Bowdoin, Maine-Orono, Northeastern 7:00 pm - BATTLE OF THE BANDS w/ Jonathan Solomon, Alden Hall, $2.00.

Sunday, January 28, 1990 6:30 & 9:30 pm - Film : "Heathers,” Alden Hall, $2.00.

Tuesday, January 30, 1990 6:00 pm - Women’s Swimming vs. Regis 8:00 pm - Conematech: “Powaqqatsi” - follow up to “Koyaanisqatsi”

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Phi Sig Sig pledges m ake sure to have your hom ew ork done!

D O N ’T G E T L E FT O U T . N ow sh o w ­ ing 2 to 4 person apartm ents practically on cam pus. Heat, hot w ater included, o ff street parking. A vailable Ju n e I, 7999833 6:00 to 7:30 pm, M on-Fri. M any thanks to W 1YK fo r rescuing my yellow Beetle. Because o f the Radio C lub, I w as able to get to the G R E ’s despite a frozen fuel line.

M U S T S E L L : 1981 S u b a ru sta tio n w agon; four-w heel drive, A M /FM ca s­ sette. N eeds w ork on ex h au st and clutch. $250 or best offer. Call B o b at 792-1375 or Box 2502.

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L am p p ow er supply included. $100. Call B ob at 792-1375.

H ow m an y d ay s u n til g ra d u a tio n ? T O O M A N Y !!

K eep y o u r eyes open for the n ex t ex cit­ ing issue o f P athw ays soon to be in the new stands here on cam pus.

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SOCCOMM and LENS & LIGHTS presents “ H e a t h e r s ’'

Sunday, January 28th 6 :3 0 & 9 :3 0 pm A ld e n M e m o ria l O n ly $2°°