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Lecture hall temperatures cause sleepiness

by Ajay Khanna Newspeak Staff Do you feel that some lecture halls are hotter than others? That you feel sleepy in some, and that some keep you awake? If you do, you’re right!

There is quite a variation in the tem­ peratures of the various lecture halls at WPI. I recorded the differences and talked to Mr. John Miller, Vice Presi­ dent of the Physical Plant, about the variations.

The temperatures taken at approxi­ mately the same time of the day at the major lecture halls were as follows: Goddard Lecture Hall (GH 227)77 Higgins Hall (H L 109) 75 Milton P Higgins Hall (WB 229)73 Newell Hall (AK 116) 72 Olin Lecture Hall (OH 107) 70 Kinnicut Hall (SL 115) 66 Perrault Hall (Fuller Labs) 63

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These differences can be explained because every hall has a different heating and cooling system, and every building was built during different periods.

Higgins Hall is one of the oldest

lecture halls at WPI. Originally built about 50 years ago, it was renovated in 1978. It has windows on opposite sides, which let natural light into the room, making you more awake during most of the year. In the summer, it would tend to make you sleepy be­ cause it becomes quite warm. The heating and ventilating system is very old and is based on steam which comes in through pipes, and is con­ trolled by a valve. Since it has a capacity of about 100 students, it has to have an air flow of about 2000 cubic feet per minute. This air is brought in from outside and then pumped into the room. The radiators at the side of the room near the windows were changed during the renovation, and are there to offset the cooling effect from the windows.

Kaven Hall is quite similar. It was built during the same period, and has the same heating and ventilating sys­ tem as Higgins Hall. It can accomo­ date about 100 students, and has win­ dows on one side of the room.

Olin Lecture Hall, built in 1957, has a heating system similar to God­ dard Hall, Salisbury Laboratories, and Atwater Kent. There is a fan

which helps circulate the air. The outside air is mixed with the air from the room, goes through a fan and is heated by hot water, after which it enters the room. There are radiators near the windows to offset the cooling effect caused by the outside tempera­ ture. Even so, there are minor differ­ ences in the lecture halls. Olin Hall can hold about 200 students and has no windows at all, so it is a little cooler than the others. Goddard Hall is a little different from the others. It has a steam system, which is quite old.

Also, it has, overall, much more air going out than is coming in. This explains why Goddard sucks in as much air as it can, and why it is so difficult to open the doors. The reason there is more air going out than com­ ing in is that a few exhaust fans were added after it was built, so more air could go out, but nothing to bring in more air was added. The Goddard Lecture Hall, which can accomodate about 100 students, is one of the hot­ test lecture halls at WPI. Salisbury Labs is heated about the same way as Olin is, though Kinnicut Hall is differ­ ent. In Atwater Kent, the system is the same as the others. Newell Lecture

Hall, which can hold about 200 stu­ dents and was built in 1981, is heated similarly.

Kinnicut Hall and Fuller Laborato­ ries, including Perreault Hall, have a different ventilation system from the rest of the college. Basically, they have a fan that brings in air, which is heated or cooled by a mixture of hot and chilled water. There is a device that measures the temperature of the inside air as it sucks it out, and recom­ mends whether to heat or cool it de­ pending upon the set temperature. It mixes inside air with outside air be­ fore cooling or heating it. Kinnicut Hall, which can accomodate about 225 students, has no windows, so it remains cool. It is also air-condi­ tioned by the above method. Fuller Laboratories has a method that is quite modem. All the temperatures in all the rooms in Fuller are controlled by computer. Thus, there are no temperature dials which can be tam­ pered with or changed at will, pre­ venting mischief and damage to the equipment from misuse. There is a very elaborate set-up just above Per­ rault Hall that enables control of the temperature. It automatically heats or

cools if the room temperature is above or below the set temperature.

Washburn Laboratories has a sys­ tem which is unique at WPI. Basi­ cally, the Milton P Higgins Hall (WB 229) never has to be heated because it is insulated so well. This means that it only has to be cooled. This is achieved with a fan that mixes inside and outside air, then passes it through cold glycol, an antifreeze, before re­ leasing it into the room. The system also automatically checks whether it is getting too hot or too cold, and makes adjustments accordingly. The other systems, besides Fuller Labs and Kinnicut Hall, cannot make such adjustments. They are based upon the opening of a valve or diaphragm de­ pending on the temperature you set them too. Thus, they are less accurate, and, very often, innacurate. They are also technologically much older sys­ tems than the one installed here.

In conclusion, all the lecture halls at WPI are different from the others.

Some are hotter, some are colder.

Some make you sleepy, especially those wiihout natural light, like the Milton P Higgins Lecture Hall and Kinnicut Hall.

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 18, Number 5

Tiiesday, February 20,1990

W o m e n ’s i s s u e s p r o m o t e d t h r o u g h W P I P r o j e c t s This article is a continuation of an effort to bring attention to the lack of awareness of women and their accom­ plishments. On the average, only onefifth of W PI’s undergraduate popula­ tion consists of women. Over the past decade more than a few women stu­ dents have felt that this ratio causes

enough problems to make it worthy of an IQP or, in at least one case, an MQP. Subjects ranging from women suf­ fering stress, to women as pioneers in engineering, to women at WPI in general have been researched in depth

by WPI women. The following are

Ciao from the WPI Venice Project Center by the members o f the Venice Project Center We have been in Italy for about a month now and we would like to let you know how things are going.

There are seven of us here, including one girl, subdivided into two IQPs. Our apartment is in a convenient location on the Lido, an island near Venice. The Lido is the center of activity in Venice during the summer with its casinos, hotels and beaches.

However, during the winter months many of these attractions are closed, forcing the group members to come up with creative entertainment.

Apartment life has been enhanced with the purchase of two vicious snap­ ping turtles named Link and Cuff.

Socially, the first four weeks of our stay here in Venice have been more interesting. W e’ve met American students from Wake Forest Univer­ sity and the University of Virginia and we’ve met some Italian students as well. The groups have also found various bars and nightclubs which have provided many memorable esca­ pades. Members of the groups have been to Rome, Florence, Milan, Pa­ dova and the enchanting lagoon of Venice. In the future, we also plan a ski trip to the Alps, which are only a couple of hours away.

The IQPs are going well here at the Venice Project Center. The two proj­ ects include a study on the canal sys­ tem of Venice and a study on the phenomenon of acid fog in Venice.

The canals project is being conducted in conjunction with Dr. Zucchetta of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR). The CNR is the equiva­ lent of the National Research Council in the US. The goal of the project is the characterize the behavior of the

flows in the Venetian canals. The group’s experiments have taken them on all night vigils beside their adopted canal in Venice measuring fluctua­ tions in both tidal flows and heights.

The acid fog project is being done in collaboration with Vasco Fassina, director of the Laboratorio Scientifico della Misericordia. The labora­ tory is one of the most prominent in the world with regards to the restora­ tion of artistic treasures. The group is using a WPI-designed fogwater col­ lector to sample the fog and rain in Venice from three different locations, one of which is atop the magnificent Basilica of San Marco. From the preliminary analysis of fogwater al­ ready collected, the group has found fog in Venice to be considerably more polluted than rain.

The data gathered by both groups has been very impressive. In fact, there is a good possibility that both groups will have at least part of their work published.

As we are still learning the ins and outs of life in Venice, together the two IQP groups are preparing a compre­ hensive logistics manual for use by subsequent project groups. In the future, the WPI Venice Project Center is aiming to sponsor MQPs and Suffi­ ciencies, as well as several IQPs. Both groups are attempting to fin­ ish their projects soon, hoping to be able to spend at least a portion of the remaining three weeks in Venice just relaxing and experiencing the Vene­ tian life style. We would like to extend our best wishes to our neighbor and project advisor Fabio Carrera and his bride to be Jacqueline Beaurivage.

See ya after spring break!

Mike Ciacciarelli, Bill LaPrade, Ryan Marcotte, Brian O ’Connor, Patrise Puleo, Barry Sylvia, Steve Testa.

examples of such projects, all can be examined more closely at Gordon Library.

In 1989 Lauren Rowley and Lisa Marie Perry authored an IQP they titled “The Experience of Women at W PI.” Their advisor was Prof. BarOn in the ME Dept. In it they inves­ tigated the special needs and issues of women studying engineering. In their introductin they mention that they chose the topic due to the many needs they had projected through their own personal experiences at WPI. They interviewed and researched for infor­ mation on such issues as health, aca­ demic concerns, sexism, campus safety, athletic facilities, and emo­ tional support networks. One of their conclusions was that their was a lack of emotional support groups for women on campus at that time. They recommended a group such as the Society of Women Engineers and since then, SWE has reactivated on campus. They also stated that many professors don’t feel the need to ad­ dress problems faced by women in engineering fields because women are such a minority.

Since 1985, there have been at least two IQP’s written on women who

suffer extra stress because of their sex. One, written by Tracey A. Marshall and advised by Prof.

Selkow, focuses on stress and college women. In her conclusion she states that college women are under stress for many reasons such as discrimina­ tion and role pressures. She also states that women attending a college where they are the minority suffer more stress than their male counter­ parts because of the discrimination of male students, professors, and aca­ demic advisors. Ms. Marshall dis­ cusses the repercussions of these kinds of stresses and how they surface as migraines, eating disorders and depression.

Another important issue that has been covered in more than one IQP is the modem day “superwoman.” In 1983 Professor Valanz advised an IQP written by Daila L. Blaus and Michelle Bugbee called, “Women, Engineering and Marriage: a Decade of Change.” In their introduction, they state that the reason they are doing an IQP on this topic is because they are both anxious about their own futures. They say, "Both of us are planning to have a career, a husband and possibly children...it has been

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said that a woman can not have both, and if she does, either her family or her career suffers.” They hope to be living proof that the latter is untrue.

Laurie Ann Stefanov and Susan Hohlmaier did their IQP on “Women as Pioneers in Engineering.” Pprofessor Wilkes advised it, and their goal was to compare the psychological similarities and differences of the female engineering at various univer­ sities. They compared W PI with Brown University which has a more equivalent ratio. They concluded that women at WPI have a stronger femi­ nine self-image than the women who study engineering and computer sci­ ence fields at Brown. This may be because women who choose WPI are more confidant that they want to be engineers than the women at Brown, who have a more diversified variety of major choices.

Its easy to see the variety in women's issues addressed in IQP’s.

Its also easy to see the concern these women feel about the issues facing their sex. The new Women’s Issues Committee on campus was formed as a direct result of Lauren Rowley and Lisa Marie Perry’s IQP.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday February 20,1990

NEWS

P r i v a t e s c h o l a r s h i p s a v a i l a b l e in F i n a n c i a l A id The Financial Aid Office continuously re­ ceives notification of scholarships from pri­ vate organizations targeting students with interests in a particular field of study, special­ ized career or cultural interest. These scholar­ ships are awarded based on a variety of criteria, some by academic or extra-curricular merit and others by financial need. Below is a complete listing of scholarships and founda­ tions for which there are now brochures and applications in the Financial Aid Office. If you are interested or have questions about scholar­ ship assistance, please contact the Financial Aid Office in the lower level of Boynton, extension 5469.

1. The American Business Women's Associa­ tion 2. American Gas Association 3. Big ‘Y ’ Scholarships 4. The American Society of Naval Engineers 5. The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc.

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The Foundation of the Wall and Ceiling Industry 7. Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Fund 8. The Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors & Civil Engineers 9. Massachusetts Construction Advancement Program 10. Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs 11. National Academy for Nuclear Training Scholarship 12. National Association of Women In Con­ struction Founders’ Scholarship 13. The National Collegiate Athletic Associa­ tion 14. National Council of Jewish Women, Worcester Section 15. National Roofing Foundation 16. National Society for Professional Engi­ neers 17. National Space Club 18. New Hampshire Safety Council, Inc.

19. The Planetary Society 20. Raoul Wallenberg Scholarship Program 21. R.I. bar Foundation Thomas F. Black, Jr., Memorial Scholar , 22. Rotary Foundation Scholarships

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The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award 24. Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc., Pioneer Valley Section 25. Veterans Memorial Scholarship, Coors

Students worry about getting fat (CPS) — In an era of warnings of how drugs can wreck their health. University of Kansas students apparently are more worried about the threat of becoming fat junk-food junkies.

In a two-year survey of nearly 300 students enrolled in his introductory health course, KU associate Prof. Michael Adeyanju found most of his students said their greatest health con­ cern was that they’d become overweight.

Seventy percent of the students believed their health behavior was “very poor,” com­ pared to fewer than 3 percent who judged it “good.” None of the students called their health behavior “very good” or “excellent.”

Adeyanju said the stresses of being a stu­ dent are factors in students’ health behavior,

and speculated his results would be nearly the same at any college or university in the coun­ try.

Students themselves cited poor time man­ agement, too much stress, homework and money problems as some of the causes of their poor health.

Students who pull all-nighters, skip meals and drink lots of coffee so that they can stay up later, combined with the stress of college life, are prime candidates for heart disease later in life, Adeyanju said.

“Most students don’t sleep as much or eat as well. This combined with the stresses of student life, doesn't do much for good health,” Adeyanju said.

C o n t e s t W in n e r A n n o u n c e m e n t

President Jon Strauss has been voted the 1990 “BIG SCREW” winner. Last week Alpha Phi Omega raised over $120 for charity while members of the WPI community had the op­ portunity to vote for the Professor or Student Organization that “screwed” them over the most.

After the final count was taken the results were: President Jon Strauss Senior Challenge Committee Prof. Ling Prof. Sokal Prof. Bill Hardell College Computer Center Joe Mielinski Residential Life Prof. Davis Campus Police

226 150 116 30 26 25 20 17 10 10

The following professors and departments also received votes: ElKorchi, Rankin, Hachen, Turi, Graubard, Wittles, Gould, Rollings, Masseau. Dean of Graduate Studies, Carol Hebert, Accounting Office, and Allan Johannesen.

The following students also had the grand honors of receiving votes: Brian Weissman, Cori “Wooden” Lenois, Kevin “the Slug" Dahm, and the infamous Keith Picthall for being himself.

President Strauss, besides having the title of 1990 BIG SCREW will have the opportunity to name the charity that the proceeds will benefit.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday February 20,1990

Arts and Entertainm ent

Feiffer’s People should be worth attending

by Kevin Dahm WPI Masque’s C-term show, Feiffer's People, is coming this week, Thursday through Saturday nights at 8p.m. Tickets are on sale now at the Daniels Ticket Booth every day from l l to 1. They cost $1 for WPI students and $2 for general admission.

Masque has a schedule of three major pro­ ductions per year; the B-term show, which is directed by humanities professor and Masque advisor Susan Vick, the C-term show, which is directed by Masque’s president, and New Voices, a week-long festival of student written plays held every April. This year’s B-term show was a production of Shakespeare’s MacBeth set in a futuristic, post nuclear era. It was possibly Masque’s most impressive effort

to date.

A number of the performers from

MacBeth appear in the cast of Feiffer's People.

Jules Feiffer is a cartoonist, and his play definitely bears the image of a series of car­ toons adapted to the stage. It is a series of over 90 short skits, some 60 of which will be per­ formed in Masque’s version of Feiffer's People. Each skit focuses on one tiny part of the world, similar to the frames of a cartoon.

The skits are mainly monologues or dialogues which focus on a very specific situation or a single aspect of the subjects’ lives. The set of the play, which was created thanks to the efforts of Designer David Strong, Master Car­ penter Jim O ’Connor, and his crew, is divided into five small sections. These isolated per­ forming spaces help reinforce the image that each skit is a tiny snapshot of modem life.

NEW SPEAK STAFF PHOTO / LARS BE A TTIE

C om edian K evin K nox helps kick o ff W P I’ s “ W in te r W eeken d ” F rid a y night in G o m p ei’ s.

Good comedy returns to Gompei’s Place

by Joe Paker Newspeak Staff

On Friday night, as a kickoff to Winter Weekend, the WPI community was treated to a couple of comedians who could actually make us laugh. SocComm gets a gold star for finding Kevin Knox and Vinnie Favorito, a duo who kept the pace up and the crowd laughing.

Kevin Knox opened the show, and most of his act centered on drinking and the stupid things that are common to everyone when they are drunk. He went on to talk about a number of different subjects, including Health Clubs and fitness, Skiing, and Star Trek, while never losing relation with the crowd.

Vinnie Favorito said he threw away his routine because the audience was so coopera­ tive. He talked to and learned the names of

everyone in the front row, while keeping the entertainment roiling. He was able to use insults while not being taken very seriously.

He made the usual comments about the L & L crew, while throwing in a few digs at the reporter as well: “Oh, you’re a reporter... Uh-oh, I ’m gonna get a bad write-up. I ’ll just slit my wrists now.

There goes Letterman. ‘Who’s next? Favor­ ito... Let’s see what Newsweek (sic) has to say...’”

Some were upset by his name calling style of comedy, but it is good to see a comic who can improvise. The last few who have been here just have a set routine, and never deviate from it. Favorito was a welcome change. He was enjoying himself, and the audience enjoyed themselves as well.

Feiffer’s play is a satire, a funny and often thought provoking look at a number of per­ sonal and social issues in the modem world.

Many of the scenes deal with the relationships of men and women; romance and dating, motives and morals, the disappointments and frustrations of both single and married life.

Several others deal with the relationship of children to their parents, the generation gap and the mixture of dependence and rebellion which often exists. Other issues which Feiffer deals with are the business world, the way corporations and governments dominate indi­ viduals, and the many kinds of rebellion and conformity which are visible throughout our society.

Feiffer’s use of characters is very striking.

Most of his skits picture people in normal everyday situations, such as a job interview, a date, two friends chatting about a sunset, or a couple breaking up. Some very interesting insight shines through in these ‘ordinary’ scenes. A few other skits such as “Superman” and “George’s Moon” show fantastical situ­ ations and how typical people might deal with them. There are three characters who appear throughout the script. Two are a pair of col­ lege-age friends, Huey and Bernard. Huey is a shameless lady killer, played by Dan Bejune.

Dan is the president of W PI’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the honor society for outstanding participants in the art of drama. Bernard admires Huey and wants to imitate him in some ways, but he is hindered by his personal values and doubts in himself. Bernard is played by Kevin Dahm. The third character is the dancer, and emotional, moody girl who delivers a number of soliloquies. These pieces all start brightly and hopefully, but many drop off into depression and frustration as the dancer is confronted with the realities of life. The dancer is played by Veda Ulcickas, in her first acting role.

Feiffer’s other characters generally have generic names like “he,” “she,” “middle-aged man,” or “mother.” The script is written as if each of these characters only appear in one scene. However, in casting these roles, the directors - Rob Everton with assistant Jonathan Drummey - made connections between these characters by assigning compatible roles to the

same performer. For example, Brian Weissman, an experienced actor who appeared most recently in MW Repertory Theatre’s Blue Win­ dow, is in several scenes as a businessman.

Instead of playing these as different characters, Brian fuses these aspects into a single, consis­ tent character. Similarly, Harold MacKieman and Tim Mclnemey play a pair of friends who have a number of dialogues while sitting in a park. Harold was the director of the production of Blue Window last January, and Tim starred in it as Norbert. This consistency in characters makes them both more interesting and less confusing to watch. All the members of the cast have this continuity, at least to some degree, in their roles. It’s unusual for freshmen to have major roles in the B and C-term shows, but Ryan Smart, like Tim Mclnemey, was cast in both. The remaining cast members include two more newcomers to theatre at WPI, Diana Hart and Karen Cyr. Several of the performers, including Stephanie Apprille, Brian Fennell, and William Katzman, were valued partici­ pants in the company which Masque sent to perform in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this past summer. Bill Bullard is also in the cast of Feiffer's People, he gave a scintillating per­ formance last fall in the title role of MacBeth.

Two other members of the Blue Window cast, Cari Windt and Joe Provo, will also perform in Feiffer's People. The cast is rounded out by three stars from last year’s New Voices 6, Jonathan Davis, Kelly McQueeney, and Ch­ eryl Pegnam. Original music for the show is composed and performed by David Rostcheck of the band Thin Red Line.

The performances will take place Thursday through Saturday nights at 8p.m. in Alden Hall.

Before the performance and during the inter­ mission, the audience will enjoy the traditional Masque cafe. The cafe will be run by members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and man­ aged by Tara Zaharoff. There are a number of other crucial non-performing roles in a produc­ tion of this scale - producers, stage managers, lighting, set, props, and publicity crews, too many to recognize all of them here. Close to 100 students will be involved in one capacity or another, hoping to make this another success for Masque. It should be well worth attending.

Crossbow demonstration at Higgins Armory Members of the US National Crossbow Team will explain and demonstrate the history and uses of the crossbow at the Higgins Ar­ mory Museum on Sunday, February 25 at 1:00 p.m. Visitors will have an opportunity to shoot hobby crossbows following the demonstra­ tion.

In the Middle Ages bows used in Europe fell into two groups: longbows and composite bows, which could be drawn and fired manu­ ally, and crossbows, which often required mechanical assistance. The use of the cross­ bow greatly extended the hunter’s reach and kept him at a safe distance from his prey.

The crossbow consisted of a wooden or steel bow mounted at a right angle to the stock. The bowstring was pulled back manually or with the aid of a special mechanical device held to the stock, and it was loaded with a foot-long bolt. The stone bow, or prodd, was a special type of crossbow that fired pellets of stone, lead or clay. They were popular in hunting small game where hunters wished to avoid damaging the fur or plumage of the prey. .

Operating the crossbow did not require the

skill or strength needed in handling the long­ bow. Consequently, it became a popular sport during the Middle Ages, even with women, who used it for hunting both on horseback and on foot. Bows remained popular even after the advent of gunpowder and are still in use today for both hunting and match competition.

The Higgins Armory Museum’s permanent exhibit, The Noble Pursuit of Hunting, dis­ plays a number of different types of bows, including several crossbows.

The Higgins Armory Museum, located at 100 Barber Avenue, is open Tuesday through Sunday and is closed on legal holidays. Week­ days hours are 9 to 4, weekend hours are 12 to 4. General admission is $4.00, $2.75 for senior citizens and children. Ample free parking is available.

The Higgins Armory Museum is the only institution in the Western Hemisphere solely dedicated to arms and armor. Programs and operations are funded in part by the Massachu­ setts Cultural Council and the Institute for Museum Services.

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Tuesday February 20,1990

SPO RTS

Freshmen and Sophomores go into round three

by David Cortese President, Class o f 1992 Tonight during halftime of the WPI vs.

WNEC basketball game the freshmen and sophomores will participate in the third event of the year in the traditional freshman-sophomore rivalry. During halftime the freshmen and sophomores will both put their five chosen

players on the court to do battle for five min­ utes time. The sophomores are 2-0 and hope to claim their third victory tonight. The teams will consist of three men and two women for both the freshmen and sophomores.

Remember...tonight in Harrington during halftime of the men’s basketball game, the game starts at 8:00pm so I hope to see everyone there supporting their class.

WPI Ski Team victorious at Magic Mountain

by Jonathan Webster The WPI Alpine Ski Team returned to the site of its training camp. Magic Mountain in Vermont, for a race February 10-11.

The weekend started well as everybody had a good time in the van. Thanks Rick for heading the refreshment committee.

Burritt Haag smoked everyone by coming in first overall in the slalom event on Saturday with Jeff Rozak close behind in sixth place.

Rick Willet was in the top twenty five and Jeff Mclane was nineteenth after the first run on Saturday. With good times from the rest of the men Saturday the men’s team came in first place boosting them in the NCS standings.

Tori Pesek was dominant again for WPI against all other women coming in first overall on Saturday.

Saturday night saw WPI victorious again in the top to bottom banzai sled run.

Sunday saw Burritt Haag repeat and take first place with Tom Zamecnik on his heels in

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third overall, Igor Manoylovich had a blazing run on Sunday morning and was in the top fifteen but fell in the second run. The WPI men’s team came in fourth overall on Sunday.

Tori Pesek skied well on Sunday and placed second overall. Karen Tegan was in the top twenty five after the first run on Sunday.

Wendy Sears was in fifteenth after the first run on Sunday and definitely moved into the top ten during the second run. Carrie Schienman had an excellent weekend, skiing much faster.

Sunday saw the WPI team spirit come through in the snow sculpture contest.

Thanks to all the parents who came to cheer us on, the Tegans, the Scheinmans, (thanks for lunch!) Mrs. Sullivan, (thanks for the brown­ ies!) and the Zamecniks (thanks for the video!).

February 17 and 18 we will be at Haystack for a double giant slalom race. Everybody sharpen and wax your skis because this will be our weekend to go ballistic on the GS course!

Good luck GBOG and TTFN!!!

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Looking out at the stars to see the light

by Isaac Asimov For the first time in history, human beings are now able to study pure starlight.

This must seem an odd statement to anyone who has ever looked up at a quiet night sky on a clear, dark night, but it is true.

The trouble with seeing the starts is that, in our solar system, we are located in the near neighborhood of one particular star, the sun, whose light is so much greater than anything else we can see that it drowns out everything.

Of course, half the time, our spinning Earth whirls us into its own shadow. The sun sets, night falls, and the stars emerge. That, how­ ever, is not enough. The moon is likely to be in the sky and it reflects sunlight to such an extent that its light is far stronger than everything else in the night sky put together.

In addition to the moon, there are the bright planets — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — which also reflect sunlight and, put together, are brighter than all the stars. For that matter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, although very dim or even invisible to the unaided eye, also contribute reflected sunlight.

And yet there are times that when the moon is not visible in the night sky (that’s true half the time, actually) and there are also times when the planets all happen to be on the day­ light side of Earth. This does not happen very often, but it is possible, on rare occasions, to see the night sky minus the moon and planets.

Can we not see pure starlight then? Unfor­ tunately, no.

There are tens of thousands of asteroids circling the sun, even greater numbers of me­ teoroids, and an uncertain number of comets as well. All of them reflect sunlight and this

significantly dilutes the otherwise pure star­ light that we would see.

In fact, there are still worse sources of interfering light, the solar system is a system of bodies, large and small, and some of the “bodies” are very small indeed. They are, in fact, nothing more than dust particles. The solar system, in fact, is a very dusty place.

Where does the dust come from? It proba­ bly comes from slowly disintegrating comets and from large bodies that occasionally collide and shatter into progressively smaller pieces.

Some people estimate that there are 10 trillion tons of dust in the solar system. This is continually being swept up by larger bodies, but it continues to form at the rate of about 10 tons per second, so the total amount remains steady.

What harm does this do as far as starlight is concerned? Well, the dust reflects sunlight and produces a constant faint light on even the darkest night. The light is brightest in the plane the planets travel in, through the constellations of the zodiac. The light is therefore called “zodiacal light.”

When a telescope points at the night sky, even if the moon and all the planets are absent, and even if you don’t want to count the light of asteroids and comets, some 40 percent of all the light that reaches the photographic plate is zodiacal light.

What can be done about this? Until now, nothing. However, back in 1972 and 1973, two probes were sent out to Jupiter — Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11. They did their job and went flying past Jupiter and are now well beyond the orbits of the planets, still sending back mes­ sages.

The dustiness of the solar system decreases as one moves away from the sun, and the two

Pioneer probes are now so far from the sun that the zodiacal light is insignificant. With their backs to the sun, the planets, and the dust, they are now looking out at the stars and they detect only the stars and other objects outside the solar system and nothing more (except possi­ bly for the insignificant occasional flicker of light from a distant comet belonging to the solar system).

Garry Toller of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD., has been analyzing the messages sent back by the probes and he finds that 82 percent of the light one sees in our sky, as one looks out at the starry universe, is indeed produced by starts in our own galaxy; almost all of it from stars that are too faint to see with the unaided eye.

However, all stars seem to exist in the midst

Sigma Phi Epsilon Benchathon Last Wednesday the members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity held a benchathon to support the American Heart Association.

Close to 60 brothers attended the contest rais­ ing over $2800 for the AHA. Sophomore Lyle Coghlin organized the event, arranging the contest itself and coordinating the donations.

Donations came from brothers, pledges and local corporations. Consolidated Beverage Co. of Worcester contributed money, a sign for the event and a T-shirt for each participant.

Here is how the contest ended.

The rules of the contest were to bench the heaviest weight possible (one repetition) in your weight class. In the 180 lb and under class there was a close race but Brian (call me “Sticka”) Abraham put up 280 lbs, only five more than his close competitors Jay Bradshaw, Rich Burgess and freshman Tim McGuire. In

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of dust, so that virtually all starlight is reflected in zodiacal light. Almost all the rest of the light we see is, therefore, not directly from the stars but is starlight that bounces off the dust.

A small fraction of the light, about 0.6 percent of the whole, arrives from sources outside our galaxy, from the myriads of galax­ ies that lie beyond.

This information does not seem, at first glance, to tell us much but, combined with other measurements, it has served to locate the sun more accurately in our galaxy. There is an imaginary plane that cuts our lens-shaped Galaxy in half, and the solar system, it now appears, is just about 40 light-years above that plane. (c) 1990, Los Angeles Times Syndicate

the 180-190 lb group Mark McGill won with a 285 lb lift. In class 3 (190-200 lbs) senior Joe Uglevich benched 385 lbs, which was the best lift of any class. Pete Prevolarakis won the over-200 lb class with a 315 lb lift. And in the Heavyweight division senior Mike Long edged out junior Mike Zelnick with a lift of 225 lbs.

Each of the winners received a trophy to show the appreciation of their efforts by the Ameri­ can Heart Association.

Getting a degree in four years is a myth (CPS) — Only about 15.5 percent of the students who entered college in 1980 earned their degree in the traditional four years, a study released Feb. 13 by a private college association found.

Graduating within four years is “a thing of the past,” concluded Oscar Porter of the Na­ tional Institute of Independent Colleges and Universities, which studied the academic progress of 28,000 students who were fresh­ men in 1980.

By 1986, 40.7 percent of the students had graduated, 4.5 percent were enrolled for their sixth straight year, and 10.4 percent of the students were back in college after taking some time off.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday February 20,1990

EDITORIAL

Everyday vandalism deserves concern too T he recent fire in Fuller Labs has justifiab ly sparked a great deal o f indignation against the students involved. A large am ount o f dam age w as caused by the fire, and people could hav e been hurt or killed. Setting the fire was obviously a prem editated action, and the students responsible d eserv e to be d ealt with severely.

In passing judgem ent on these students, how ever, it m ust be rem em bered that there are innum erable other prem editated acts o f cam pus destruction com m itted each year which h av e com e to be accepted as com m onplace.

W hile lesser in m agnitude than torching a building, these actions do cau se property dam age and could result in bodily injury.

For instance, ju st last w eek som eone lit o ff an M -80 or sim ilar explosive in the D aniels stairw ay. T he explosion shattered a light fixture; sending glass across the stair­ w ay. The fire alarm s w ere activated by the sm oke.

A nyone entering the stairw ay at the m om ent the ex p lo ­

sion w ent o ff could have been injured by the shock or the flying glass, or co u ld have suffered p erm anent hearing loss by the sound o f the ex p lo sio n . N obody expressed m uch co ncern o v er this incident. W hy? T h is act w as as prem editated as the F u ller fire, but w as view ed as ju st an o th er every d ay o ccurance, like an o th er bro k en w indow o r discharged fire ex tin g u ish er.

M ost people w ho light M -80s, discharge fire ex tin ­ guishers, in tentionally break w in d o w s, etc. d o n ’t intend to harm anyone by th e ir actions. T hey d o n ’t see harm as being a likely con seq u en ce, and m ay b e d o n ’t even co n sid er the po ssib ility . L ikew ise, the students w ho lit the fire in F uller L abs com m itted a p rem ed itated act w hich probably w a sn ’t intended to hurt or kill anyone.

T he differen ce is that this action had a m uch g reater and m ore direct likelihood o f causing harm , and th at any m oron should have realized the potential. T h eir m otive.

how ever, w as undoubtedly sim ilar to that o f students w ho d ischarge fire extinguishers or light M -80s in stairw ells, perhaps because it is “fun.” If w e accep t M -80s and discharged fire extin g u ish ers as the norm , then by com parison we can only criticize the students w ho lit the fire for their com plete lack o f ju d g m e n t and total stu p id ­ ity. W e co u ld n ’t hold them entirely responsible fo r the consequences o f their action.

T he people w ho com m it the lesser senseless acts should be held responsible for their actio n , as should those students responsible fo r the F u ller fire. (W e hold drunk drivers accountable fo r th eir actio n s, even though they never intend to hurt an yone.) If we absolve p eople o f responsibilty fo r senseless actions up to a certain som ew hat arbitrary “ th reshold,” then how can we hold them com pletely responsible for those actions w hich are above that threshold?

LETTERS/COMMENTARY

S tu d e n ts s h o u ld To the Editor: Last week, a Newspeak column notified students that the Academic Committee is accepting applications from students who are interested in becoming involved in such groups as the Institute Budget Committee. I am writing to appeal to students to con­ sider applying for these chairs, espe­ cially on the controversial budget review.

Last year, after massive health care cutbacks were announced. Students for Social Awareness (SSA) looked at the impact of student representatives on the budget committee: We were disappointed to learn that the chosen student representatives had aban­ doned their participation on the com­

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mittee for various reasons, leaving the students with no opinion in budgetary decidsions, and no information about priority issues raised in those meet­ ings.

With generous tuition increases, and widespread departmental cut­ backs, are you curious where your tuition will be allocated? Are you interested in watching the 1990-91 budget recommendations compiled and learn the facts firsthand about where our money will go? Do you think the students need a voice in this decision-making process? The Insti­ tute Budget Committee has chairs for interested students.

This year, an enthusiastic panel of student representatives can make a difference in student awareness in

Seminars deserve attention To the Editor: In your academic department, have you ever noticed a posting of a semi­ nar or a colloquium and wondered what it’s all about? It is quite simple, it is the way that scientists and engi­ neers tell others about the work that they are doing. Some departments run regular seminars for their faculty and students. There are even campus wide presentations. Two of these programs are the Carl Gunnard Johnson Collo­ quium series, and the Sigma Xi lec­ ture series.

The Johnson Colloquium is a year­ long series of presentations by distin­ guished scientists and engineers from other academic institutions, as well as prominent figures from industry.

There have been five seminars al­ ready this academic year. The topics presented have been multi-discipli­ nary in nature; earthquakes, fluid flows & surface tension, non-linear vibrations, advanced structural mate­ rials, and chaos. The Sigma Xi lec­ tures are hosted by W PI’s Sigma Xi

chapter. Sigma Xi is the national research society. These lectures high­ light new and interesting research arenas.

These presentations are a show­ case for WPI. They let others within the school learn what their fellow faculty members and professors are doing as well as attracting outside scholars. However, when was the last time you read that a well-known sci­ entist or engineer visited WPI to pres­ ent a seminar? In an academic envi­ ronment these are important events, and yet they receive little or no press coverage. This letter is not intended to be an accusation against Newspeak or University Relations’ publications: the Journal and the Wire. This is just a gentle reminder that there is more to WPI than athletics, fundraising, and debates on resource allocation.

Mohammed N. Noori Assistant Professor, ME

every area of campus concern. Al­ though these titles look great on resu­ mes, they are wasted if used as a popularity contest: Students with genuine interest, motivation, not afraid of asking questions, and will­ ingness to follow through with their responsibilities as representatives are

desperately needed to give a voice to the student population.

I implore the Academic Commit­ tee to carefully use depth of commit­ ment and interest as highest criterion when selecting from their pool of can­ didates. By ignoring the ‘popularity factor’ and class year, the academic

committee can help avoid the repeti­ tion of past oversights.

Thank you, in advance, to each applicant, and also to the Academic Committee for their contributions to student representation.

Bridget Powers ‘91

Looking out from Bancroft Tower To the Editor: Actually, this has very little to do with Bancroft Tower, except that sit­ ting at the top of it at four in the morning is one of my favorite things to do when I ’m troubled. From there, you can see most of Worcester, and all of WPI, yet not hear it. It’s very peaceful. The lights at night are pretty fantastic, too. All the streetlights and houses make me think of all the people living in them, with their own problems and solutions. InC-Term, it seems like our problems become that much greater. The infamous C-Term Blues...

But it isn't just C-Term. Life can get us down anytime. Most of us grin and bear it, or just bear it. Six months ago this Thursday, Nadeem Ahmad stopped bearing it. He was a grad student and TA in the Chemical Engi­ neering Department. It was only a few days before the freshmen arrived. The school didn't say anything about it, probably so as to not disturb the stu­ dent body or our parents. We found out by word of mouth, in some cases after school had started.

Apparently Nadeem's thesis wasn’t going well, but no one I know is sure of why he committed suicide, but I ’m sure of one thing: If he’d talked to someone, just about anyone.

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he wouldn’t have done it.

Why didn’t WPI say anything?

There’s been a lack of recognition that in getting an education here, students put themselves under enormous pres­ sure. By not doing anything, our faculty, Deans and Board of Trustees (the people in charge) are setting themselves up for another person to take Nadeem’s step. Perhaps they felt that by not taking notice, the whole thing could be swept under the rug.

Yeah, we could just forget Nadeem and get on with our lives, but that’s wrong. There’s a real problem with student support here, but the problem can be recognized, and people can work towards a solution.

Yes, there are people in already existing positions to help out. The RAs, the people at the Counseling Center, Father Scanlon and Gary McCaslin at the Campus Ministry, for instance. But how many people even know where the Counseling Center is? I wouldn’t, except I walked by it all summer. (It's on the comer of West St. and Institute, with a sign with eight arrows on the door.) Maybe they told you about it as a freshman, but will you remember by your senior year?

I realize that in this day and at our age that a person who is talking to a complete stranger about her/his prob­

lems is often considered to have a few loose screws. But when we run into difficulties, often the best thing to do is to just talk it out with someone. If W PI doesn’ t present that option openly, what’ll happen? If you’re not all that close to your friends, or they’re part of the trouble, then who can you turn to for help when you don’t know where to go?

When you start thinking of suicide, your mind begins to move in a down­ ward spiral. If there’s no one to talk to, there’s no one to point out the fact that though your ex-girlfriend is dat­ ing a jock from UMass who’s headed for the pros, she has to tie his shoe­ laces in the morning. If you’re alone, suicide soon becomes the only way out.

If classes, pledging, or relation­ ships are getting you down, please talk about that final step with some­ one before you take it. Who knows, maybe they'll tell you that you just won the Mass Millions. If life’s going well for you, smile and say hi to the people you barely know or don’t know at all. When you’re depressed, it’s nice to know that someone else recog­ nizes your existence...

Miss ya, Nadeem. 8/22/89

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A Bit of Everything

S t u d e n t N e w s p a p e r o f W o r c e s t e r P o ly te c h n ic

by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff Well, for the first time this year I present to you a column the was writ­ ten before my deadline. There is a reason for this, otherwise I wouldn’t be here for another two days furiously typing away. The Harvard Model U.N. is this weekend, so I ’m leaving tomorrow.

Before I get involved with interna­ tional issues I thought it might be a good idea to comment on some things closer to home. First of all, how about the Mass. Governors race. Evalyn Murphy reminds me too much of Mikey Dukakis. In fact the entire Democratic party reminds me too much of him. The Republican candi­ dates seem to be a similarly unsavory bunch. The person I ’d really like to see run, and win, is Joe Malone. I

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voted for him for the Senate in ’88 for two reasons: l . He had a lot of good ideas. 2. He was running against Ted Kennedy.

Well, aside from two idiots setting Fuller on fire, it has been unusually quiet around here lately. Remember that just a few weeks ago we were all protesting the budget and the process, but all of a sudden no more noise. I wonder how all that stands, and how things will change as a result of all the student protest generated by Strauss.

One wouid hope that the Trustees have noticed the chaos created by him. and take appropriate action. In the mean time all we can do is wait until the next tuition increase, and hope it isn’t too big.

In conclusion. Happy Valentines Day (I know that by the time you read this, it’ll be a bit late, but who cares).

And I promise to have more to say next time.

Jonathan Drummey ' 91

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Associate Photo Editor Jason Edelblute

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday February 20,1990

LETTERS/COMMENTARY

Tales from Riley Two

E s p e r a n t o is n o t

The Maytag Repairman

th e a n s w e r To the Editor: As Professor of German and For­ eign Language Coordinator at WPI, I would like to respond to Shawn Oesterle’s article “A solution for the international communication prob­ lem," in Newspeak of February 6, 1990. First, I commend Mr. Oesterle on his idealism and his interest in promoting international understand­ ing. However, I must take exception to his assertion that the synthetic lan­ guage Esperanto is a realistic way to achieve such understanding.

In the more than 100 years of its existence, Esperanto has failed to achieve its idealistic goal of universal communication via a common lan­ guage. This is largely because the premises on which its goal is based are false. Our native language is not just the series of symbols we use to com­ municate with each other, but is inti­ mately tied up with who we are and how we think about ourselves as indi­ viduals and as a nation. For Mr. Oesterle, it is a virtue of Esperanto that it is free of “economic, political, cultural, or religious ideologies." For me, that is Esperanto’s weakness. If you want to know how the Germans, the Japanese, the Thais, or the Rus­ sians think, you won’t do so by speak­ ing Esperanto with them, but by learn­ ing their native languages. Thus Mr. Oesterle’s assertion that if he was in a

country whose language he didn’t speak and could Find an Esperantist in his directory who would escort him abroad, he would “in effect almost become one of the natives" is false.

Engineering students abroad are not learning Esperanto. Since early in their secondary education they have been diligently learning English, Russian, Japanese, German, and other foreign languages. In a rapidly glo­ balized economy and scientific com­ munity, Americans are increasingly at a disadvantage because they have not been doing this. WPI is in its 125th anniversary year emphasizing the theme “WPI in the World” and launching exciting initiatives like the International Scholars Program and the "globalization" of the WPI cur­ riculum. To take full advantage of these initiatives and prepare them­ selves for the international world of engineering, management and re­ search they will enter, it is imperative that WPI students begin to close the foreign language gap.

Join the Cooperative Esperanto Club as a hobby, but if you're serious and realistic about international com­ munication, study German, Spanish, French, Japanese, or any other “real” foreign language.

David Dollenmayer Visiting Assistant Professor of German

by Matt Meyer Well, I ’ve got to say it has been millennia since I ’ve written a column for Newspeak. Initially the absence of my column could be credited to a lack of material. Things became pa­ thetically quiet around here after Bid Night. The only real entertainment has been watching the drunks come staggering in at all hours of the morn­ ing or joining them and staggering in yourself.

I told myself I wouldn’t sacrifice the integrity of my column by grasp­ ing at overused topics which were merely wisps of material lust in the passing wind (for example, daka, besides I work there and let me tell you, it is a lot of fun and boy have I got stories [Is this sarcasm? Ask me sometime)). Material eventually ar­ rived but I neglected to put my pen to the paper. Thus, my readers, whoever they are, missed the story about the tagteam shaving cream fight and the midnight serenading of the Coke machine by a certain inebriated some­ one (it was an awesome rendition of “Star Spangled Banner"). Anyways, I ’ve resurrected my column from the depths of literary ambiguity.

Tell me, do you remember the Maytag repairman who was always so extremely bored in those commer­ cials because Maytag appliances were so reliable? He died sometime in the

past year and a half, and just in time (sorry if that sounds cruel, but tough).

God knows he must be doing cart­ wheels in his grave and his replace­ ment (another old gray-haired man) must be an insomniac by now.

"Why?” you ask? If that is your question, you haven’t been to the laundry room lately (the one in Daniels Basement). That also means, if you’re a student living in the dorms, you haven’t done your laundry in three weeks. Which means you either have one hell of a wardrobe or you are a serious grub.

I went down there Sunday morning to do my laundry. “Sunday morning, what are you nuts?” you may ask yourself. Sunday morning is one of the few times you can get your share of washers and dryers without a fight, without pulling other people’s clothes out in midcycle, and without fearing the same fate for your own clothes. It is quite obvious enough that there aren’t enough washers and dryers for the students, maintenance workers, faculty, and Worcester residents who use them. I have seen people who don’t have any connection to this school use the machines. Of course, it wouldn’t be so bad if all the machines we had worked.

As I walked in that morning I saw a note on one of the machines which read: “MAINTENANCE DEPT.! I lost $4.00 on broken washers and

Joger’s View Geez!!

by Joger Well, it’s been quite a week. I was attacked verbally from many different directions. It’s about time!

In a letter to the editor I was told by Mike Morando that I should enjoy what WPI has to offer, and I do. He also said it is ridiculous for me to say that a band is bad. No it’s not. The name of the column is Joger’s VIEW .

View, as defined in Webster’s Second College Edition new world dictionary of the American Language is, and I quote: “view (vyoo) n. 7. manner of regarding or considering something; judgement; opinion [ones v i e w s on a matter]” This column is my opin­ ion, so nothing is ridiculous, or out of the question (within tasteful limits). I can say pretty much what I want, but I also realize that everyone else has this right, too. ( I ’m big on rights lately.) I welcome discussion, but it seems I have to insult someone before I get any. However, I did not mean to insult DMOH. directly, anyway. I didn’t (and still don't) think they deserved to win, but they did. I can

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write what I think about the whole thing. The judges thought they de­ served to win, so they did.

Bill Kallgren from the Dead Men approached me this past week. It was an interesting confrontation in which I was told that my article lacked in­ sight. Could be. He reviewed with me the qualification that decided a win: professionalism, energy, stage pres­ ence, etc. Yep. He tried to put the point across that they deserved to win and had a great band. Weeeell. That is the point where opinion comes in. I don't think so, personally. 1 will probably see Bill again in the near future about this column, too. Oh well.

Bill and Mr. Marando also seem to think that I don’t appreciate SocComm’s effort to get Sun Ra here.

Bill seemed of the opinion that I has directly insulted Sun Ra. Oh, no. I wasn't sure myself, so I checked. I merely said that I thought it was weird that Sun Ra said he came from Saturn.

I then went on to say that a few people around campus looked like they were from Saturn as well. Bill, on a similar

note, when I told him that that was my point, also said something to the ef­ fect of “look around.” I have nothing against Sun Ra. who I ’m told is one of the great names in Jazz. I have noth­ ing against jazz. I rather enjoy some of it. I applaud SocComm’s efforts to get him here, and expose the WPI community to a wide variety of musi­ cal styles. However, wouldn’t you think it odd if I said I come from the Alpha Centauri solar system?

This is the point: Whatever I say, anyone can look at it, and translate it the way they want. Someone I talked to said that if the gentleman who wrote the letter to the editor heard something that he didn’t like, he wouldn’t say, “Well, I don’t like that, but someone else might, so I ’ll leave it at that." Of course he wouldn’t, just like every other normal human being he would say, “That sucks.” It’s human nature to say that. The point of this column, to me, anyway, is not to push my opinions on someone else to make them adopt my feelings. That's not what I do. I merely make my opinions known to the public. It is up to you to decide whether you agree or

not. I will not come to your door with a stick and say “you agree with me or else.” The vision of that is ridiculous.

Which makes me wonder about some­ thing Bill said. He knows where I live, and made sure that he had it right before our little meeting adjourned.

Does this mean he’s out to get me?

Makes me wonder a little bit.

Now, on to last weeks article.

Some people I know applauded it, others took it nastily. One thing I did not mean to imply was that people like Martin Luther King, Jr. or other re­ formist should be banished. I was referring to people who disagree with everything America stands for and want to see the government come toppling down. I mean the people who complain about things that need not be changed, but just complain to complain. Some people agree with me, and some people think I should really have gone off on the people who attack me, but that would make me a hypocrite. They said what they thought, and it is my choice to accept or discard what they say as my own doctrine. And, the same choice is theirs, as well. Joger, Box 2700...

dryers. Besides the immeasurable frustration of moving clothes three and four times before getting them clean and dry! Fix them you [exple­ tive deleted]’s !!”

I found this somewhat amusing at the time, but soon I would be able to commiserate with this obviously up­ set, actually much more than upset, person. No sooner had I loaded up four working (or so I thought) ma­ chines with my quarters, I found that one of them inhaled my money and refused to start. Piss me off! There goes all my millions! I live on a truly college student-style budget: Pocket change and anything else you can find on the sidewalk.

The only other washers available didn’t have lids, or at least they were­ n’t attached. Since I didn’t have all day to do my laundry, I threw my clothes in it anyways! No sooner had I put in my quarters than the machine gave me an unbalanced signal because the lid wouldn’t set right anymore.

Undaunted, (a really macho word) I slid a piece of cardboard between the lid and the balance indicator button, which is located near the hinges of the lid. It’s a good trick which really works. I ’m sure someone else has figured this before.

O f course, you may wonder how to find a washer that works. Well, open the lid or remove it, whichever is applicable. If there is a handful of dry detergent or a congealed puddle of liquid detergent, I suggest you look elsewhere. Dryers, on the other hand, aren't so bad. They seem to break on a rotating schedule. To find ones that work, look for the machines which feel warm inside or have multitudes of lint residing in the lint filter. If there is less lint in the filter than in your navel on any given day forget it be­ cause the only person who empties the filters is the person about to use them.

So when the student center is fi­ nally built (preferably on President Strauss’s front lawn) the designers and students should make sure there is a new laundromat with larger capacity washers and dryer, a live-in Maytag repairman, and a dollar bill changer.

On another, completely unrelated note (or al least I hope so, because if these two topics are related by cir­ cumstance there is something truly wrong in the universe), my idol, my inspiration (no, not Alton Reich), the best T V journalist ever, Andy Rooney, has been dismissed from his position on bOMinutes for some racist comment he was quoted as saying by some newspaper. This is a horrid injustice. It’s not like he told George Bush to “get his head out of his anal orifice” on the air (although that quote has a familiar ring to it). I wonder if we can get Prof. Berka to write a letter to the network in Andy Rooney’s defense.

Oh, and finally, I need some fuel for my fireplace. So please send all hate mail and letter bombs to Box 1589.

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Tuesday February 20,1990

CLUB CORNER Alpha Phi Omega

Panhellenic Association

Hello new pledges...

Ha Ha Ha Ha-Fresh Meat!

Honest... I ’m innocent. I don’t know nothin’ about no vote.

Wait I can find it.

What’ s that, Rob? 21-5? That’s pretty Humiliating.

Just when you thought you were safe...He came back. Vlads rule!

Keith P, do you like your small wooden carving? It’s REALLY nice.

Just as long as nobody gives me anything that, “looks like the letter J.” My dearest eight thirteen! $10 just won’t do it!

Who did the technicolor yawn in Keith’s pants?

Ed, I ’m locked out of my room. Can I use your CREDIT CARD???

Hey Kev...just remember the FIRST two games!!

Nice shirt, Linda! Nice watch, Linda!

Matches your “new” shirt, right?!

I ’m really sorry Keith.

So are my pants.

The gas tank looked much better the third time we went past it.

Don’t ya mean the bowling alley John?

John - hey at least you use your head for something!

Drew, wanna get a pizza? Paul C.

On February 13 our weekly Panhel meeting was held. Megan Moore, Vice President/Rush, handed out applications for Rho Chi (Rush Counselor) to the delegates of each sorority. If anyone is interested in becoming a Rho Chi talk to your sorority delegate. Panhel is think­ ing of doing more tri-sorority events next year.

One idea is having a tri-sorority dance. If anyone has any comments or ideas about hav­ ing this dance we will talk about it at next meeting. Junior Panhel is working on a fund raiser which is to be held in D-term. Dean Grogan Greek Scholarship Award will be made into two separate awards. It will be given to the sorority and fraternity with the highest GPA. However, there will be a stipulation that it can become one award in the future. The Greek Awards Banquet will be held on April 3.

If anyone is interested in coming to a Panhel meeting they are held every Tuesday at 11:00 in Riley Conference room.

Lesbian and Gay Alliance Another reminder to all of you that the next meeting is Wednesday, February 21 at 8:30pm.

And it is going to be a movie night! Wow! A social event!

The movie that was decided on last meeting was “Pick Up Your Ears.” — No, I don’t know what happens ( I’ve never heard of it before!).

The “results” of the rap group will be dis­ cussed— as will the results of postering for LAGA at WPI. It is important!

BE THERE! CONTACTS: LAGA Student Activities Office Kevin Tefft 752-1579 or Kelli Clark WPI Box 2190

Science Fiction Society Hello again comrades of the Glorious People’s Science Fiction Society. I must now convey the news. As most of you recall, CODE manifested itself two weekends ago. Due to a horde of Vlads with baseball bats, I was not able to report the news until now. The Freaks are no more. Peace (?) has broken out. John Phoenix made an appearance as John Phoenix.

Everyone saw through his clever disguise, the plague co-starred, but was out-acted by the vaccine. Overall, things were peaceful in Cluster except for the weekend of CODE. During that time, chaos ruled. Afterwards, it was quiet again. A joint resolution by the four major factions in Cluster has banned any fur­ ther live role-playing games within the city limits to preserve peace.

More recent occurrences include the gam­ ing “convention” of this past weekend. There were several campaigns being run as well as impromptu mini-games. Alas, Chronos has again decided to stay my hand and not let me write any more of the gaming weekend lest I disturb the space-time continuum. “Further reports in previous issues of Newspeak.” Chronos In the future, D-term shall bring another live role-playing game in to our midsts. It is known by some as It Was Belter In Real Life. I cannot

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divine its nature at the present time, but it does not seem to be malignant. More shall be told as more is learned. Wait... a distant voice is telling me that there are no more spaces for characters. Well, I guess that means that you should contact no one about trying to get a character if you have not already done so.

Quote of the Week: 787 Sumeria — “Come and see the violence inherent in the system!!

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Students for Social Awareness INTERNATIONAL NEWS...

South Africa frees Nelson Mandela!

Russia declares PEACE on US, Bush drops ball.

REGIONAL NEWS...

There will be a presentation on “factory farming” and “animal industry” on Wednes­ day at 7:30 at Clark University in Jefferson 218 (contact box 234). We have invited a speaker from MassPIRG to our meeting on Thursday to talk about Earth Day. Some of us will be going to Brandeis University on Saturday afternoon to plan for a Pro-Choice rally on May 1st in Boston. With the Supreme Court’s indecision,

the issue is in the hands of the states and May 1st should be a good chance to make a state­ ment for personal freedoms.

W P I Ultimate Frisbee Well it’s almost D-Term and all of you ultimate players out there must be psyched for the spring season. Congratulations to our new officers: President Conan Fitzgerald, CoCaptains Andy Meschien and Steve Rigatti, Treasurer Eric Decosta, and Secretary John Mahoney.

This spring season should be as exciting as ever. We have recently adopted a new team name, “Laminar Flow”. We made it to region­ a l in the fall (well, some of us made it) and hope to go even further this spring. We will hopefully be hosting an alumni tournament sometime this season so get ready to take on all of your old teammates.

If anyone is interested in joining the team for gym credit, to get in shape, or to have a great time contact Conan Fitzgerald at box 2623 or John Mahoney at 792-0740.

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Tuesday February 20,1990'

GREEK CORNER Alpha Chi Rho Greetings from hell! It was one heck of a week here at AX P. The brothers enjoyed early morning wake ups, and especially the fine breakfasts those postulants cooked for us. Did you get enough sleep, boys? We trust that you got some interesting facts from the bedtime stories. (Are you sure that wasn’t a personal experience, Cathy?) And you will never watch Hawaii-5-O again without thinking of Brother Mike “Surfer Dude” Bowen. The bagpipe session was almost as motivating. Gibba had his fill of popcorn, I think. The postulant project turned out pretty well, which was no surprise considering the multitudinous hours put in by the faithful postulants. I think they all snapped long ago, but let’s just make sure. It’s a good thing they have 3 years to leam how to dress before they go to business interviews.A very warm thank-you to our always positive BOD for axing the idea about getting a new house. You’re right, guys, we really don’t need one that bad.Keep an eye out don’t let the civils infect our PC with social diseases any more.

And when will those silly M E’s stop playing pitch and actually design something?Well, that’s all, folks! Congratulations to the NIBs, a list is forthcoming. Only 7 school days left until spring break, sodon’t blow it off. Good Luck, and “I..Am..Outta’ ..Here.”

Alpha Gamma Delta Congratulations to our newly elected offi­ cers: President: Audra Ayotte, V.P. Fraternity Education: Tara Zaharoff, V.P. Scholarship: Karen Chmielewski, Recording Secretary: Anna Cushman, Corresponding Secretary: Lisa Pearson, Treasurer: Jennifer Wood, Asst.

Treasurer: Chris Javorski, Panhellenic Dele­ gate: Michelle Owens, Panhellenic Alternate: Holly Morrison, Panhellenic Activities: Tammy Watson, Activities Chairman: Kathy Waterhouse, Philanthropy Chairman: Jodi Pisinski, House Chairman: Tori Hunter, Pub­ licity Chairman: Kristen Conley, Ritual Chair­ man: Leslie Thomas, Membership Chairman: Sarah Glow, Rush Chairman: Lisa Picker, Social Chairman: Lisa Chabot, Standards Chairman: Rachael Forgit, Sisterhood Chair­ man: Lynn D ’Arruda, Song Chairman: Leilani Muth.

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Thank-you to all the old officers, you all made the past year a very successful one.

Congratulations also go out to Karen Chmie­ lewski for being awarded the Carolyn McCabe scholarship. The banner and balloons on the bridge looked great. Well seniors, 90 days to graduation has passed - it’s getting closer, good luck! One last note, all the sisters would just like to say one thing to Chris H .,“HIH ” Oh yeah, thank you to the pledges for the fine entertainment during voting and we would like to say Hello to Joe also.

Alpha Tau Omega It was late Saturday Night. The stage was set. the room was filled. And the chants could be heard throughout downtown Worcester...

Budda... Budda... Budda... BAKER! He had finally arrived. Along with his illustrious group: lead guitarist Jeffrey Castellano, Par­ rish "Hey Pussy” Heppenstall, the Fitzman, Bill "Don’t shine that flashlight in my face” Howey, Bonehead, and Ciro “These things are selling like hotcakes” Dimeglio on keyboard.

The battle for the lead singing spot between longshot Bill “Axel” Howey and odds on fa­ vorite Steve “The Orb” Baker continues.

Good job pledges the other night in the “Crescent.” The fun and excitement however was soured by Snoopy who once again “over­ indulged" unfortunately and found himself waking up in the mushroom for the sixth “count them” sixth straight time. ATO hockey continues to rule with senior redshirt Rob Faser leading the way. The voting for he “most awkward man on skates award” could be very close this year with Chapman barely edging Joe “Yo, Yo was up" Mannerelli. And the word is just in: After a post-game locker room scuffle, team brawler Paul DeCosta is OK. The third floor ghost has a new friend. Speaking of new friends, there’s something fishy going on down on Cape Cod, huh Murph? Maybe it’s nothing though and he’s just down there look­ ing for those crabs that gave Deli a Rough Time. Stay clear of Penna’s room, legend has it that there are squirrels on the loose: be careful, they scratch. The Big Stew’s girl­ friend lasted almost as long as the Tyson fight, but in the end the Champ fell. Thanks buddy.

The first annual B Team vs. C Team hoop game is set, and it is official that they will be playing for a keg. World Famous Sports Promoter

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Parrish Heppenstall was on hand, as expected.

Quote of the Week: “...They’ll be no more singing in Worcester Town.” - William “Axel” Howey.

Go UTAH! Later Tater.

Delta Phi Epsilon Congratulations to our four new sisters: Aimee Brock, Nancy Bullock, Laura Gregory, And Tania Wolanski. Welcome to sisterhood and the fun has just begun. Congratulations to our new officers. You guys will be great!

President: Kim Johnson, Vice President: Kris Govertsen, Secretary: Julie Bailly, Treas­ urer: Sheryl Pucko, Rush Chairman: Valerie Kschinka.

Let’s give our old officers a round of ap­ plause for a job well done. We’ll miss you all next year so stay in touch. Hope everyone is psyched about our Meal-In-A-Bottle auction.’

Come see us in the lower wedge on February 20 at 4:30 p.m. to get a good homecooked meal.

Be on the lookout for our Spring Rush appear­ ing around campus after Spring Break. Get psyched for an awesome informal Rush, good luck to Nancy, Amy, and Val on their search for the cutest cadet at West Point. Watchout for FRESHMEN running around in their under­ wear while delivering cakes, Lisa, Kim, Amy, Julie and Val. Sue’s saying for the week is: “YOU DWEEB!” - who she’s referring to is unknown. Little and Big sisters get psyched for a night out on the town. Until next time TOT ZIENS!

Greetings!! Let’s start off the by taking care of some old business, congratulations are extended to Tom Zamecnik for his pinning of Monique Hoekstra. Zam, how was the pond? thanks for the keg. Cheers to Social, the Graffiti party was most excellent.

Hey pledges! Skits were fun, hope you guys enjoyed yourselves Monday night. Great Valentine’s Party guys. Looking forward to a great time in Gompei's Place Friday night.

Questions of the week: 1. Will any Seniors get a job or go on to grad school? 2. How will Bill get to class now?

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Sigma Pi

Finally! The lame new secretary got some­ thing printed in the paper. Since this is my debut entry in the Greek Comer, I guess this ties me with Wax and Wilbur for total number of articles they submitted during their terms.

Last week, elections were held. The new cabinet for 1990-91 is as follows: President: James “Fluffy” Detora, Treas­ urer: Mark Licciardi, Recording Secretary: Michael “IQP" Canniff, Corresponding Secre­ tary: Tim Masterson, Historian: David “The Late-nite Runner” Fleury.

The new cabinet has many innovative new ideas planned for FI JI’s near future. It will prove to be another successful year.

The chapter would also like to thank Janet Richardson and Elizabeth Reid for having dinner with us at the house in the last two weeks. We enjoyed having you both.

Hey, someone should call the police or something to have Staff’s pool cue surgically removed from his hands. Yea, Staff, you do have to finish (START!) your sufficiency to graduate. IKS HATU! The truth is, Fleury is not on Co-op. It’s all a cover-up. He’s making a tour of the Elbridge Street area trying to find the most sleepable front porch.

Congratulations to the FIJI seniors on their job offers. Very impressive numbers boys!

Scooby said he would take us all out to Legals since he’s leading the pack so far. Matty, how’s Pittsfield looking? You might want to have that bladder control problem taken care of before you get there. You wouldn’t want to offend anyone when you’re just starting out.

The effort to defend the rights to the Intra­ mural Sports Cup continues. FIJI is third in overall points, however not far out of reach of first. Hoops is presently dominating the field with its newly acquired freshman standout dunkaholic "Big L" Bailey. Bring on the playoffs! Condolances to the swim team.

Looking good for heated D-Term action. The softball team has been in the batting cage for three weeks now and Nolan Ryan Kowal is chomping at the bit for another shot at “the house across the park”.

Pledges, keep shoveling.

Quotes of the week: “Jim may be president, that don’t matter cuz I ’m King.” — DD “Whaddaya mean? Excuse Me? What are you talking about?” — BB I almost forgot. Doug, that boxer, Mike Tyler, no, Mike Dyson, wait.... TYSON!!! yea Mike Tyson. Well, he lost to some other guy nobody has ever heard of last Saturday night. Didn’t know if you’d heard. All for now.

Congratulations to the Sig Pi swimmers for their victory last Thursday - that’s four years!

A-team basketball made the play-offs - as did the bowlers. We’ve got some strong D-term teams. So we’ve got a good shot at the cup.

The pledges are worthless - try to steal more than a foos ball on the next raid. Good to see you back Squire, healthy and drinking more than ever. Cote, Dwight, and Doug (of all people) are psyched! It looks as if the Golden Gonad may be resurfacing... Nice truck Dwit - hope you have insurance. It’s also good to see so many guys getting huge. And Margaret, what’s up with those stupid cast iron bars on the second floor windows? Seriously...

Krack: a man with an eternal half loaf and women helping him with it. Greenpeace is going to be onto Po, you chipmunk assassin just keep it up. Well, that’s it for this week. I ’m going to have some lunch now, that is if the pledges haven’t eaten all the food already!!

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Sandy, BethAnne and Lisa: your turn will come soon. Enjoy these last moments!

Cheers to KAP for the social on Tuesday. It was great to see so many dazzling Phi Sig Sigs at the Snow Ball! Get psyched to participate in SAE’s Dream Come True philanthropy in Gompei’s on Friday!!!

Personal H i’s to Stacey D„ Cari W., Ther­ esa C„ and Kathi L. NINE Days Until The End of the Term! Until we meet again, LITP.

This past week was relatively calm com­ pared to last week, but nonetheless there’s always something going on in our chapter.

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Tau Kappa Epsilon Toilet Bowl Toss, Team Tang, Three Man, RCB - what a weekend! Thanks, Little Sisters, for that Valentine’s day surprise. Congratula­ tions to Mr. Collins who recently got his car back - perhaps we should also congratulate the guy who so wisely decided not to hang on to the car! Here’s to 14 stitches lengthwise in my head - but I feel just peachy after the band-aid.

Congrats also to Ken and Cheryl for thier engagement. Let’s hear it for RattleSnake! It must be a dream. Win, Drose, or Law tonight - this should be interesting! Congratulations to Abe for being elected president of Hillel and also to Sergio for being elected secretary. The terms coming to a rapid close - hang in there!

Zeta Psi Oh well, it’s been another week blown away. Not much to say this week. Looks like we’ve got a good spring pledge class coming up. Good job, guys, working the five mile run for the Heart Association, heard Joe threw himself in front of a few cars.

Now for some rubble dug out of the ashes of the Fuller basement. If you haven't noticed, it looks like everything is printable except that famous four letter word. Let’s try last weeks missing phrase again. Oops, looks like it was struck again. Quote of the week: “She was a virgin, I was a virgin, now we’re both screwed.” A holy day shall be declared on 2/ 17, for it is then that the Papal procession shall complete the pilgrimage to South Carolina to join in glorious communion with the Rush Heads of the world. Now at least it’ll be quiet for a weekend. The house is declared a Rushfree zone. Joel’s secret square was a real event.

So, it’s been a short week. ‘Til Barbara Bush collects the life insurance, nuff said.

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FOR SALE: U SA F Nomex Flight Suit, sage green, official issue, Size 42-L $75; A lso, Sm ith-C orona PW P14 W ord P roc­ essor/T ypew riter $425. M ust sell 792I 107.

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

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

The deadline for ads is the Friday before publication All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be accompanied by the writer's name, address and phone

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What’s Going On? Tuesday, February 20, 1990 6:(X) pm - Women’s Basketball vs. W. Conn State 8:00 pm - Men's Basketball vs. WNEC. halttime Frosh-Sophomore bball Wednesday, February 21, 1990 11:00 am - Lab Safety Seminar: “Chemical Safety and Hazardous Waste Reduction” with Explosive Video, GH 227 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm - Film: “Little Vera,” Kimball Theatre, Holy Cross, $1.50 8:00 pm - Video: “The Seventh Sign,” Gompei’s Thursday, February 22, 1990 7:30 pm - Lecture: Tanscendental Meditaion, Maharishi Ayur-Veda and Transcendental Medi­ tation Center 8:00 pm - Masque: “Feiffer's People,” Alden Hall, $1.00 8:00 pm - Musical: “Oklahoma,” Hogan Campus Center Ballroom, Holy Cross, S6.00 Friday, February 23, 1990 11:00 am - Computer Science Colloquium, Fuller 320 7:00 pm - Film: “The Package," Kimball Theatre. Holy Cross, $1.50 8:00 pm - Masque: “Feiffer's People,” Alden Hall, $1.00 8:00 pm - Musical: “Oklahoma,” Hogan Campus Center Ballroom, Holy Cross, $6.00

Sunday, February 4,1990 12:04am. - Students from Zeta Psi Fraternity into station with guests re: alleged incident. Incident discovered to be unfounded and of little merit, investigation closed.

1:18am. - Zeta Psi Fraternity calls to have two females removed from house. Sgt. and Officer respond, females sent on their way.

2:29am. - Fight Complaint received in the area of 72 Salisbury St. Sgt. and Officers responding, Worcester Police Department also responding, possible gunshots reported.

2:30am. - WPI Dispatcher reports fight within WPI Police Station, subjects attempting to restrain two others. Sergeant and Officers back off to Salisbury St. and respond to station. Situation in station determined to be remains of 72 Salisbury St. call. Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity brother was stabbed with broken bottle, other students chased the perpetrator. Incident under investigation.

Thursday, February 8, 1990 2:38am. - Campus Police were notified that there was a dumpster fire in the rear of the Washburn Shops. Our patrols were dispatched to that location along with the Worcester Fire Dept. The fire was extinguished by the Worcester Fire Dept.

3:25am. - Two callers notify Campus Police of a fire alarm sounding within Fuller Labs. All Officers were dispatched to this location, along with Worcester Fire Department. Emergency evacuation plans and emergency notification plans were put into effect. Many of the college administra­ tive staff responded to the area along with Plant Services emergency personnel.

Campus Police officers Sgt. Ring, Sgt. Hill, Sgt. Martunas and officers Paryyck, Doylewicz, Burnham, and Michr under the direction of Chief Whitney contained the crime scene and conducted an intense investigation into this arson.

4:34am. - Campus Police arrested two suspects for the arson. They were arraigned in Worcester Central District Court at 9:00am on the same date.

Saturday, February 10, 1990 12:59am. - Disturbance reported by SNAP in the Ellsworth apt. area courtyard, officer responds.

Officer reports disturbance quelled, dispersed approx. 25 students. Party at Ellsworth 3 also closed down. Officer clear.

Saturday, February 24, 1990 7:00 pm - Film: "The Package,” Kimball Theatre, Holy Cross, $1.50 8:00 pm - Masque: “Feiffer’s People,” Alden Hall, $1.00 8:00 pm - Musical: “Oklahoma.” Hogan Campus Center Ballroom, Holy Cross, S6.00 Sunday, February 25, 1990 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm - Reel Thing: “Look Who’s Talking,” Alden, $2.00 7:30 pm - Lecture: Tanscendental Meditation. Maharishi Ayur-Veda and Transcendental Medi­ tation Center Monday, February 26, 1990 7:00 pm - Black History Month: Forum on South Africa, Gordon Library 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm - Film: “The Seven-Year Itch,” Hogan Campus Center, room 519

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WEEKLY SAFETY TIP: If there is afire - Sound thefire alarm and exit the building. Know what fire alarms in your building or residence hall sound like. Report any damaged fire fighting equipment or any potential fire hazards which you encounter to Campus Police.

The following information is being provided by the WPI Police to the community for general knowledge and informational purposes.

Massachusetts General Laws: Chap. 266S2. Burning or Aiding to Bum. Other Buildings.

Whoever willfully and maliciously sets fire to, bums, or causes to be burned, or whoever aids, counsels or procures the burning of a Church, Courthouse, College... Whether the same is the property of himself or another and whether occupied or unoccupied or vacant.

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