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WPI News Release - Diran Apelian, associate vice president for aca demic affairs and graduate studies and Howmet Professor of materials Engi neering at Drexel University in Phila delphia, has been named provost and vice President for academic affairs. Dr. Apelian will assume his new posi tion as W P I’s chief academic officer on July 1, 1990. He succeeds Richard H. Gallagher, who left to become president of Clark son University in July, 1988. Donald N. Zwiep, long-time head of W PI’s Department of Mechanical Engineer ing, has served as acting provost in the Interim. Provost-elect Apelian earned his bachelor of science degree in metal lurgical engineering from Drexel University in 1968 and his Sc.D. in metallurgy and materials science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. WPI President Jon C. Strauss an nounced Dr. Apelian’s appointment following a meeting of the Trustee Executive Committee at W P I’s Board of Trustees winter meeting on Friday. He described Dr. Apelian’s dedica tion and achievements in both teach ing and scholarship as well as his suc cessful administrative experience.
“WPI is indeed fortunate to have a person with Dr. Apelian’s accom plishments in teaching, scholarship, and administration join our institution as provost,” Strauss said. Dr. Apelian has served at Drexel University in various capacities since 1975, first in the Department of mate rials engineering rising in rank to professor and department head from 1983 through 1987, and then being ap pointed to a distinguished chair, the Howmet Professorship, in 1987. He served as associate dean, research and graduate studies for engineering from 1987 to 1989 and in 1989 became associate vice president for academic affairs and graduate studies for all programs at Drexel. As Drexel associate dean of re search and graduate studies, Apelian has been responsible for all research and graduate studies for the college of engineering with 120 faculty, five departments, and 450 graduate stu dents. he was instrumental in estab lishing multi-disciplinary research centers and the college’s research ex penditures flourished to an all-time high of $9 million per year. The new provost served as a visit ing professor in the Metallurgy De partment of Catholic University in
Leuven, Belgium in 1981, and during the summer of 1984 as a visiting pro fessor in the Department of Metal lurgy at the Swedish Metals Research Institute in Stockholm. Apelian is active in national and international engineering organiza tions. He was elected a fellow of the American Society for Metals in 1987 and is a member of a score of profes sional, learned and honorary societies including Alpha Sigma Mu, where he is president-elect and Sigma Xi. He also served on the National Re search Council, Committee for U.S. Army Basic Scientific research from 1986-89 and on the Committee on Materials Science and Engineering and Panel on Education from 1986 to the present. He has chaired several committees of the National Materials Advisory Board: Plasma Processing of Materials and On-Line Control of Metals Processing. Apelian is a mem ber of the Office of Naval Research Board of Visitors and serves on the Franklin Institute Committee on Sci ence and the Arts. Howard G. Freeman, chairman of W P I’s Board of Trustees, said, “I ’ve had several opportunities to meet with
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APSA discusses budget and standards by Pat Charles News Editor The Academic Planning and Stu dent Affairs (APSA) Committee met last Friday. APSA is composed of trustees, faculty, staff and students. The committee discusses strategic planning, faculty, and student issues. The topic of discussion last Friday was the obtainment of the commit tee’s goals with attention to the 199091 budget and the maintenance of W P I’s high educational standards. An update of individual commit tee’s activities was summarized by the Trustee’s Committee on Aca demic Policy and Student Affairs. Some of the actions underway are outlined below: The Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom reviewed tenure recommendations with Provost Zwiep concerning seven candidates. The Committee on Appointments and Promotions examined credentials of 11 faculty nominated for promotion to Associate Professor and 3 to Profes sor. The Committee on Administra tive and Financial Policy has been involved in the creation of an effec tive strategic plan for WPI. The Committee on Academic Policy’s proposed formal Technical Writing Major within the Interdisciplinary Studies Division was accepted by the
faculty and the major will be desig nated on the diplomas of students in this option. The Strategic Planning Committee discussed several goals. One objec tive was the enhancement of graduate level education. An increase of graduate studies to 20% involvement was proposed. Also, the BS/MS pro gram could be expanded. Corporate support would be a target for funding in these areas. Another goal of the SPC was to discuss options which would improve the campus environment. WPI this year has so far received applications from 52 countries and 49 states. As the college evolves into a national and global university, more students will desire access to facilities over breaks and additional hours will be required. In order to “foster meaningful interac tions between students faculty and staff,” the committee has been re viewing plans for a Campus Center. Mike Donahue represented student interest for such a project, and two major construction proposals are cur rently under consideration. In the light of recent budgeting, a slight increase in the student faculty ratio has been proposed as a source of new revenue. “For the financial via bility of the school, WPI could stand to increase the student to faculty ra tio.” According to the members of the
Harvard National Model UN by Alton Reich Newspeak Staff Harvard National Model United Nations for 1990 was held the week end of February 18 at the Sheraton in Boston. W PI’s International Rela tions Council Attended the Model UN. The Harvard Model UN is one of the largest in the country covering all the committees in the General Assem bly, ECOSOC (Economic and So cial), and Special Agencies. Each school at the conference represents one nation. This year WPI was repre senting the Arab Republic of Egypt. The idea is to accurately reflect the interests of your nation while discuss ing issues in your committee. Each
committee generally has two topics to discuss, these topics are developed by the Harvard students who participate in running the conference. Awards are given out at the end of the Model UN to individuals who accurately represent their country in their committee sessions. W PI did very well, out of 14 students attend ing, 4 received recognition. Naray anan Rajan, Jchan Tamboowalla, Mo Khan all received honorable mention; Alton Reich received an Outstanding Delegate Award. The WPI group did extremely well, and showed outstand ing preparation for the Model UN. The selection process of a country for next year’s Harvard UN will begin shortly, and those interested in attend ing the next H NM UN should contact Prof. Zeugner for information.
committee, the change could be made without a loss of quality in the WPI education. The adjustment could be accomplished through normal faculty attrition: faculty retirement and de parture. According to the report, a SFR of 14:1 could mean an income savings to WPI of $750,000 per year. Compared to other technical and comprehensive colleges, W PI’s ratio is low, and even with a slight increase in the ratio, WPI would be in range of these other colleges. Other compre hensive schools with similar SFR’s, for example. Rose Hullman has a ratio of 15:1; Cooper Union, 26:1; Carnegie Mellon, 18:1; and Harvey Mudd 11:1. Current levels of instructional loading were discussed and models presented. Projected load data for CD of 1990 and comparisons were considered by the committee. Poten tial changes in W P I’s student faculty ratio were considered against faculty
productivity, a continued high quality of education, and the financial viabil ity of the institution. In the executive summaries of the meeting, current student recruitment was discussed. Many schools have suffered due to interest in science and engineering which continues to de crease on the high school level. A survey of PSAT takers indicated that only 7.7% of High School students have interest in science or engineer ing. This figure is down from 12.5% last year. Further, the college popula tion continues to decline. Tufts Uni versity suffered a 10% decline in applications, Boston College 7%, and Harvard University 7%. Despite negative trends, WPI has been able to maintain a constant application pool. So far this year, 2643 applications have been received. WPI projects a freshman class of 650 next year. This means a maxi mum acceptance rate of 80% and a .31
enrollment yield on accepted stu dents. Problems that may lie in the future if this trend continues, though. Over the next five years, an average freshman class size of 650 will mean that the undergraduate population will stabilize at 2440. Currently, the undergraduate class is around 2500. This gradual decrease will bring fu ture budgeting problems and could mean millions of dollars in deficit based on the current budget structure. The committee is optimistic, though. Expanded recruitment around the globe has attracted a larger and more diverse student body despite dismal recruitment statistics at other New England colleges. Plans for a the new Campus Center, planned dorm refurbishments, and attention to the expansion of W P I’s graduate pro grams will further improve quality of life at WPI and aid in the structure of a firm financial growth.
A cry for student representatives by Brian Gosselin Class o f 1991 In the light of the present uproar about the budget, you would think students would jump at the chance to be a student representative. Not so. In the past two weeks, there have been a few articles looking for students to become members of the academic committee. These committee mem bers are the student representation on
many faculty committees. One such committee is the Institute Budget Committee, which decides W P I’s budget. So if these positions are so important and vital to how the school is run, why is nobody interested in being a member? This is your chance to be a voice. The means for student input is there yet nobody is willing to come forward and be a representative. Why? Apathy maybe? There are six committees. They are the Committee
on Academic Operations, Committee on Academic Policy, Committee on Student Advising, Educational De velopment Council, Faculty Awards Committee, Institute Budget Com mittee. If you are interested in repre senting students on any of these committees please send your name, phone number, WPI box number, and major to Student Government or Brian Gosselin at WPI box 101.
Sophomores claim third victory by David C. Cortese President, Class o f 1992 The sophomore class has claimed its third victory this year with a win over the freshmen in the Freshmen vs. Sophomre basketball game last Tues day in Harrington Auditorium. The
final outcome of the game after five minutes’ playing time was sopho mores 8 - freshmen 5. Representing the sophomores were Sean Doherty, Tom Sheehan, Mike Murphy, Ellen Madigan and Tammy Odea, all of whom played an excellet game. This puts the sophomres at 3-0 in Freshmen
vs. Sophomore competition this year. I would like to thank everyone who helped to make the game possible, especially Ray Gilbert, Mel Massucco, Chris Jachimowicz, Mike Donahue, and of course the freshman class officers and players.
The staff of N ew speak wants to wish everyone a safe and happy spring break. The next issue of Newspeak will be on March 2 7 .
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NEW S W orld News Former dissident playwright and current Czechoslovakian President Vaclav Havel vis ited the United States last week. He was the first non communist leader of Eastern Europe to visit the United States. He addressed a joint session of congress where he said that Czecho slovakia “has returned to Europe.” Havel met with Bush during his visit, and Bush lifted all trade restrictions on Czechoslovakia. Last Sunday, demonstrators in Romania shouting "Down with Communism” stormed government offices and smashed equipment with rocks and iron bars. The government said that the demonstrators were a tiny segment of the population and would be punished. On Monday, coal miners demonstrated in Bucharest in support of the new government headed by Ion Iliescu. The Yugoslavian government has ordered that the army begin helping police control ethnic unrest in Kosovo, where ethnic Albani ans have been fighting Serbs. Later, a curfew was declared across the region. In Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party [which is actually the conservative party] won 275 of 512 seats in the Parlament, gaining a clear majority. The Socialist party increased their power, by winning 136 seats. Several smaller parties suffered setbacks. Secretary of Defense Cheney visited the Philippines and other East Asian nations to assess the US military strength in the region. Philippine president Aquino refused lo meet with Cheney, but Cheney did meet Philippine Defense chief Ramos. Cheney said that the US was committed to Ihe Philippines, but would pull out from the six bases if it began to cost too much or if they were not wanted. Many leftists protested the visit by Cheney. Nelson Mandela and his wife were granted passports, and thus they are able to meet with ANC leaders in Zaire. South African President De Klerk was invited to Zambia to meet with other African leaders, but he later postponed his visit indefinitely. Great Britian did lift many sanctions on South Africa, but no other European Community (EC) country followed Britian’s move. Ariel Sharon, a leader of the Likud party in Israel, resigned from his cabinet post in protest
of the Shamir peace plan, which Sharon says has too many concessions to the Arabs. Later, five legislators decided to form a faction with the right of center Likud party, and this may signify an eventual breaking of the party. In Beruit, fierce fighting raged between General Aoun’s forces and forces from the Lebanese militia in the Christian area of Be ruit. Most residences have fled to safer Mos lem neighborhoods. In French Guiana, a French territory in South America, a French Arianne rocket ex ploded after liftoff. The rocket was carrying two Japanese satellites.
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Dr. Apelian. The Trustees and i share the en thusiasm of President Strauss and the search committee in welcoming our new provost to the WPI community.” His materials research activities include clean metal/melt refining, plasma processing, spray forming/casting, continuous casting, aluminum casting, and structure characteriza tion. While at Drexel, Apelian was the first visit ing professor to ever be voted the University’s Undergraduate Teaching Award by the stu dents. He later won one of the American Society for Engineering Education’s DOW Outstanding Young Faculty Awards in 1979 and the American Society of Metals’ BradleyStoughton Award for Outstanding Young Faculty in 1980. Apelian was awarded the Howe medal for the Best Paper in the Metallurgical Transac tions in 1989 and is a renowned author in his engineering field with more than 170 technical publications and several books to his credit. He earned the Howard Taylor Gold Medal for the Best Paper in the Transaction of the Ameri can Foundrymen’s Society in 1987. In April of this year he will receive the society’s prestig ious Scientific Merit Award. In his present position at Drexel, Apelian is
establishing a new course on the history of ideas that have shaped technology. Apelian is looking forward to his activities at WPI. “I ’ve been a teacher, researcher and administrator and am looking forward to the opportunities at WPI. I want to be involved in the management of the Institute, of course, but I also want to give an occasional seminar to maintain contact with the classroom experience and keep cur rent in my research and scholarship.” The faculty search committee, chaired by Allen H. Hoffman, professor of mechanical en gineering, wrote, “Dr. Apelian is an outstand ing teacher and scholar with a proven ability to mobilize support for academic programs. His references were consistent in praising his abil ity to build consensus, he has been extremely successful in a variety of administrative roles.” The provost-elect is a recipient of the Union League of Philadelphia Citizenship Award and chaired the development committee and later the Board of Directors for the Armenian Sisters Academy, Radnor, Pa. from 1983-87. He and his wife, Dr. Seta Masseredjian, an orthodontist who looks forward to setting up practice in Worcester, will take up residence at Hughes House, the home of W P I’s provost, in the spring. They are the parents of two daugh ters, Lara, 11, and Teni, 12.
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We’re on Film Monsters can be keen by G eoff Littlefield and Rich O'Steele
Geoff: Between the psychotic edgedweapon-wielding killers who seem to have a special place in the hearts of those in Holly wood and the formulized monster (e.g. vam pire) and psychological thriller movies that are mere shadows of the truly great films on which they’re based, I could never allow myself to hope for an original horror movie these days. I suppose that was why I was so pleasantly surprised by C liv e Barker’ s new film Nightbreed. It came as no surprise, however, that this movie originated in the mind of Clive Barker, one of the most original horror writers of our time and whose other cinematic works, Hellraiser and Hellhound: Hellraiser II, also constituted some of the more creative horror movies of the past few years. Nightbreed proved itself to be a very com plex and creative new look at the stuff of our nightmares. The plot has to do with a Canadian man, Boone, who dreams of a place populated by monsters called Midian and who believes he is switching personalities at night and becom ing a serial killer. To him, Midian offers him a chance to go somewhere where he can be forgiven for his crimes and be with people(?) who accept him. Midian, as it turns out, is an actual place where a diverse colony of mon sters live below ground. Boone actually finds Midian, but also leads a group of humans (“naturals,” as they are referred to by the
inhabitants of Midian) there, as well. The rest of the movie deals with Boone’s becoming a part of the Nightbreed, the tribe of monsters at Midian, who simply want to live their lives in peace, and the human attack on Midian. As you can see, the plot is actually quite complex, with twists and turns and too many sub-facets to mention here (I wouldn’t want to spoil them anyway). The theme also provokes a good deal of thought. The reason the mon sters are hiding in Midian is that they fear persecution on the part of humans. In ages past, when many more numbers of such “hor rors” existed, they were driven nearly to ex tinction because regular humans killed what they could not understand. Alright, maybe this theme has been used many times before in more classic movies, but the treatment of it in Nightbreed was very well done. This, combined with the more technical aspects - which Rich seems to have more of a grasp on - creates an excellent film that was actually worth the $5.75 movies are running at some places these days. I give Nightbreed a pair of petrified wood bookends and an early Spring. Rich: I ’ll admit, I went to Nightbreed expecting a very good movie (probably not the best state of mind for a critic) and thal’s exactly what I saw. Performances by Boone and the entire ‘Breed were very good, the scenes were well directed, and, as Geoff mentioned, the plot and theme were both intelligent and ... almost believable. The set and make-up designers deserve quite a bit of praise as well.
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Midian was a perfect view of how such a colony might look. There were countless numbers of different types of creatures, pre sumably from different tribes of monsters, in Midian and each of them was excellently por trayed. The shear amount and diversity of these creatures rivals even the palace of Jabba the Hutt scenes from Return of the Jedi. If I have any problem with Nightbreed, it lies in the characterization. I found myself wanting to know the story behind each of the members of the 'Breed, from the porcupine woman Shuna Sasse to the devil-faced Devil Lude. But, there just wasn’t enough time in the two hours of running time lo cover all that. I
don’t really place any blame on Barker for leaving out this development, what he put in was adequate, but I still would like to see another two hours devoted to sort o f a docu mentary on the Nightbreed. But, while I don’t expect such a thing to happen, I do know that much more attention was paid to the Nightbreed in Barker’s book Cabal, on which Nightbreed was based. I definitely recom mend reading it. All in all, I really really enjoyed this film and I hope there is a sequel in the works. I strongly suggest going to see it. I give Nightbreed a trip to Georgia and M illi Vanilli’s heads on sticks.
The Snowball a success by Cindy Richards The WPI SnowBall was held at the Worc ester Marriott on Saturday the 17th as a part of the Winter Weekend Festival. The evening started with dinner - the usual prom/semiformal-type deal. The real reason that everyone was in the Ballroom of the Marriott that evening was for the dancing. We listened to tunes spun by an arbitrary DJ until midnight. The songs were sort of old-early eighties and before, but they were familiar and easy to dance to. The good thing about the music was that the pace was slowed down about every 20 minutes. That’s
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WPI’s Art Club “TAC2 by Garrett Hall '92 (TAC2 is W P I’s art club, advised by Professror Austin in the Humanities Department. This feature is the beginning of a weekly column concerning the arts.) In what has been one of the most overlooked issues within architecture, the affordable single family home has become a problem of epic proportions to twentieth century society. However, the reality of this situation has given birth to a number of masterful works by such American architects as Frank Lloyd Wright and Pierre Koenig. It was during the 1930’s that Frank Lloyd Wright first proposed the idea of mass pro duced, affordable housing in his interpretation of the modem urban utopia, Broadacre City. His ideal was based on the family as the central unit of society; hence his desire for freedom in the form of individual ownership. Usonian homes, a phrase he coined from the Utopian novel by Samuel Butler, were de signed with a simple grace of proportion and
detail previously unseen in homes of their price range. The level of thought and sensitivity employed therein was evident not only in the unified, flowing spaces, but in the construction methods as well. Built from a number of standardized pieces, these homes incorporated an ingenious system of heat radiating floors and ventilating ceilings that proved efficient as well as comfortable. However, due to circum stances beyond his control, Wright’s forerun ners to the prefabricated homes of the last forty years have not had the success that he envi sioned. The prefabricated home soon became the epitome of monotonous repetition and thoughtless construction throughout the tract housing developments of the U.S. Gone were the attention to detail and quality found in Wright’s creations: houses were built without consideration of the site or user. Perhaps the gap between the Usonian homes and the pre fabs is most apparent in the attitude and feel ings they aroused within their owners. Whereas the modem prefab is viewed as an inexpensive step up, Wright’s creations often
55 remained with their original owners to death- a tribute to their flexibility. A similar tribute can be made to the works of Pierre Koenig, though his homes have yet to become an integral part of the American landscape. Like Wright, Pierre Koenig’s career has been filled with resistance to his visionary proposals for mass housing. Perhaps due to his choice of materials, steel and glass, or his simple open designs, Koenig’s work has re ceived little acceptance with the public at large. In fact, Koenig seems to be an anachro nism from the future struggling to find an understanding within a disinterested and mis understanding society. From the beginning, the heart of Koenig’s work has been bound in his passion for steel. Although thoroughly contested, he has consis tently proved that his methods of construction are not only cost comparative with wood homes, but stronger, of greater durability, and relatively maintenance free. Furthermore, the materials he employs are readily available and are suitable for efficient and cost effective (i.e. mass produced) constructions. Aesthetically, the homes are exercises in proportion where line and plane interweave
expanses of glass with the slender steel beam. As such, they are reminiscent of Philip Johnson’s Glass House and the visual impres sions of Mies van der Rohe’s steel and glass forms. But, as Koenig suspected, the Ameri can public “...had seen very few modem build ings, but they knew they would not like to live in one.” As a result Koenig, now in his sixties, hfes clung to a small patronage of respectful clients who recognize the relevance (and beauty) of his designs. Thankfully, as indicated by M i chael Webb in a recent article of Metropolis, Koenig’s inability to gamer a larger interest has not compromised his principles, but rather amplified his dedication. However, as it was with Frank Lloyd Wright, and shall be with Pierre Koenig, the profits we reap from their timeless wisdom is entirely up to us. As the new generation of patrons, will we be receptive to the call of a pioneer such as Koenig?
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The members of Masque outdid themselves last weekend in the production of Feiffer’s People. The series of plays were directed by Masque President Rob Everton and produced by Kajsa Cadweil, Jim White and John Stoffel. There were 18 fantastic WPI actors and ac tresses who each participated in several of the skits. By now you’re about to stop reading be cause you figure this review was written by one of those actors or actresses, but it wasn’t, and if you had seen Feiffer's People you would be enthusiastic too! As you entered Alden Hall on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening you were greeted immediately and given one of their high qual ity programs. Because Jules Feiffer, the man who wrote the plays, is a cartoonist, there were caricatures of all the WPI actors and actresses on the back cover. Kevin Dahm appears on the front cover with the quote, “Sex, when prop erly administered, can be beautiful.” One liners like this one set the tone for the entire evening. Most of the plays were only a couple of minutes long and most were dialogues. Some were really funny, other situations had the audience squirming with their accuracy. Some of the plays encouraged the audience to partici pate, and many were successful because of the ironic situations they presented. Several characters appeared more than once, Bernard Mergendeiler, played by Kevin Dahm, was a main character. Most of Ber
nard’s scenes sprouted from problems with the opposite sex and his own lack of confidence. Bernard’s insecurities are emphasized by the actions of the womanizer of the play, Huey, in several of the scenes. For example in one skit, Huey, portrayed by Daniel Bejune, sits across from Bernard and makes lecherous faces at an imaginary woman as Bernard spills out his agonizing thoughts. Harold MacKieman and Tim Mclnemey appeared several times as two contemplative characters, commenting on such things as apathy, women and sunsets. Brian Fennell and William Katzman, who played George, starred in George's Moon which will probably be one of the skits that everyone remembers from the play. Kelly McQueeney and Cheryl Pegnam each ap peared several times throughout the evening, both seemed to portray the same kind of char acter each time they showed up. Most of actors and actresses did play several different roles, but the different characters often seemed con nected in their attitudes and actions. All of the performers were excellent. The whole series of plays was interesting and well presented. The bands that performed between some of the skits were very enjoyable and Caleb Warner and Kyle Kelliher deserve many compliments on their lighting design. One of the best things about seeing Feiffer’s People was that everyone, the ticket-takers, ushers, actors and the production people, seemed to be having a great time. It was a lot of fun to watch and I only wish this review could have been available before the last show so that none would have missed it.
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Tuesday February 27,1990
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A t their February 23rd m eeting, the trustees approved next y e a r’s budget w ith an 8% tuition hike. S tudents will be paying $14,125 next year for tuition and fees. Faculty and sta ff raises have been targeted at 4% and an inflation adjustm ent for all non-salary areas w as set at 2% . F or their increased tuition students are seeing new p ro gram s such as A ir F orce R O T C , the B angkok P roject C e n te r and a $10,000 party to celebrate the end o f the C am paign for E xcellence (students are paying fo r it, but
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enrollm ent in the next few years. For the last tw o years W P I’s expanded recruitm ent program h as been very successful as the pool o f qualified app lican ts has shrunk. W PI c a n ’t depend on luck to get through the upcom ing years, though. Is it really w orth nickel and dim ing o u r academ ic p ro gram s into oblivion ju s t to launch a few h ig h ly visible projects?
LETTERS
Esperanto does have a culture To the Editor: After reading Professor Dollenm ayer’s submission to N ew speak (February 20, 1990) titled “Esperanto is not the answer,” I would like to take the pleasure in making a few com ments. 1 agree with Dollenmayer’s statement that: “Our native language is not just the series of symbols we use to communicate with each other, but is intimately tied up with who we are and how we think about ourselves as individuals and as a nation.” The popular E speranto literary author William Auld has similar views as written in the booklet “The Cultural Value of Esperanto.” The following quotes from William Auld: “Esperanto leads to many cu l tures— including universal. And it is this: by learning Esperanto, a person may have access to at least two cul tures, one national and one universal,
whose roots and bases are to be found within oneself; and one may also gain access to a very large number of other national cultures. I should like to deal with these points separately, and 1 shall begin with the second of them, as its significance is perhaps easier to grasp. “The Esperantist has access to a wide range o f translated literature drawn not only from the languages of major diffusion, but also from the smaller ethnic cultures. Esperanto has at least four advantages over other languages in this field. Firstly, trans lations into Esperanto are normally made by native speakers of the native language, while translations into na tional tongues are normally made from a foreign language into the trans lator’s native tongue. Secondly, Es peranto is syntactically enormously flexible and therefore capable o f
closely imitating particular features o f the original languages without dis torting or compromising its own na ture, while national languages tend to be syntactically inflexible. Thirdly, among Esperantists translation is not a despised art, as it is among many, though not all, national cultures; it attracts major creative talents. Four thly, being rich in rhyme it is an unusually suitable medium for very faithful translation of poetry.” Dollenmayer’s assertion that: “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 language.” should be applied to Dollenmayer’s own com m entary on E speranto. In other words, I believe Dollenmayer’s asser tions against the “serious and realis tic” nature of Esperanto stem from his
naivete of what Esperanto really is: He obviously does not speak nor has ever used the international language Esperanto. Fortunately, some of what Dollenmayer has stated in the Newspeak letter is true. Unfortunately, his argu ment against Esperanto is weak. By stating Esperanto’s fallacies, he has not given any alternative answers to the problems which he has acknowl edged to exist. For example, Dollenmayer stated, in effect, that American students are generally linguistically incompetent compared with students abroad. That is empirically true. Does he mean that the answer to the problem is that American students should learn a second national lan guage simply to trade a monocultural and monoliguistical view of the world to a bicultural and biliguistical view of the world? The meaning of Espe
ranto is, by means of “free and unob trusive communication” Esperantists share a common language and learn about the cultures of all other peoples from the peoples whom share that culture. One is not forced to share the culture of other Esperantists, but it is certainly there if he or she wants it. In the Newspeak letter Dollenmayer stated: “ ...the synthetic lan guage Esperanto....” I must inform him and others that the word “syn thetic” suggests something made by humans. Since all natural languages spoken by humans are made by hu mans, Esperanto is no more “syn thetic” than any other human lan guage. Esperanto is a planned lan guage. If Dollenmayer says “Esperanto is not the answer”, then what does he think the answer is? Shawn Oesterle
Joger’s View The Wedge Rats I was wandering around this past week, wondering what was left to take a (back)stab at. I came into contact with the consulting firm of Chris & Mike, Pty., Ltd., and they gave me the answer I needed: The Wedge Rats. You’ve seen them, I’ve seen them, face it, we can’t help but see them; they’re in the Wedge 24 hours a day, seven days a week, etc. I wonder if they stay here over breaks, too. The res halls close, but I assume the Wedge, the only place they really call home, is open all the time. Now, I must admit, sleep is one of my favorite pastimes, but I don’t think I could ever sleep in the Wedge like these people do. I, personally, would much rather sleep on a bed, which has some measure o f softness and com fort, than to sleep on those benches in there. You can walk through almost any time of the day, and someone will be snoozing in there. They even come prepared with pillows and afghans! What is the draw to the Wedge? Is there some mystical force that draws
people wearing tie-dye clothing and those who like to think they are rebel ling against the mainstream? Is is the wonderful aroma that emanates from daka? Is is that S.T.D. guy who will talk about anything and give you free munchies to boot? Or is it the easy access to the mailboxes and Encore terminals? Whatever the reason, it is not good enough. I personally wouldn’t be able to handle all the cigarette smoke. It would do me in. There’s no way that I would ever be able to study with twenty people around and innumer able distractions. But there must be something that brings these people together. I suppose it takes care of the problem of whose room to hang out in (not that they’d all fit in one room, anyway), and you always know where everyone is. It would save on phone bills, all your friends are in one spot. I’m surprised they haven’t dragged in a refrigerator and a microwave, just for that homey feel, although I’m sure the snack bar gets used quite a bit.
They stock up during the day for those ovemighters. Why did they bother to get a room? They’re obviously never in it (Must be great for their roomies). I’ve walked through there at three in the morning, and they were there, books strewn everywhere, Doritos, Coke bottles, papers all over. There was no work going on, but all that stuff was there. I wonder how they get anything done. I’ve also noticed how most of the people that hang out there, well, they look alike. Different from most ev eryone else, but like each other. It’s really weird. I understand that the people from SSA hang out there quite a bit. You know the SSA, the “I hate life and everything in it” club. They must also hate their rooms. I was worried for a little while that they might read this column and hijack all the Newspeaks from the box there in the Wedge, but I also understand that the SSA don’t like Newspeak, so maybe they don’t read it.
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Okay, before my life is threatened yet again, don’t go off on me. This column is my little selection into the different things of WPI life, and if you can’t laugh at yourself once in a while, and realize that satire and opinion is part of the world, then something is wrong. If you don’t like my column, fine, write me a letter. Don’t come looking for me in daka and give me your o p in io n s on life, because chances are you won’t change mine. I’m not out to make enemies by any means, and I’m not making judge ments about people who live... er... I mean hang out in the Wedge, because I’ve met some of them, and they’re nice people generally, a little weird
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To those who have come to know my generally excellent standards, 1 wish to apologize for last week’s col umn. It was rushed, and bad in gen eral. What is going on this week? Well, for starters I think that I ’ve got one of those fatal strains of the flu. Being very unconcious would be preferable
to the way I feel now. I ’d like to collapse into oblivion for a week, but Finals are coming and I have too much to do. I truly feel as if I ’m going to dissolve and make a great big puddle on the floor. The Harvard Model UN was fun. WPI had Egypt and I along with the rest of the Arab Block did some US bashing in the IAEA. It was lots of fun. There is a piece somewhere else in here with more on the Model UN.
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between those who feel he is changing too fast, and those who feel he isn’t changing enough. Will he last? If he’s a good juggler, maybe. The Soviet Union is beginning to look more and more like a three ring circus, and less like a superpower. Things are really getting weird over there. The stability that has existed in the USSR for years is beginning to erode. What will happen if republics do begin seceding?
What about them Russians? A move was made this week to allow re publics to secede from the USSR. I ’m not really sure if this move is good or bad. You know that if it goes through Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are going to be the first to bail out. Azer baijan will probably follow. There was some stiff opposition to the idea, and it seems like Gorbachev may be grasping at straws to buy himself time. He really is caught in the middle
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H o c k e y te a m p rim e d for n a tio n a ls by Brian Campbell The WPI men’s hockey team had one order of business to take care of before travelling to the National Collegiate Club Hockey Champi onship in Athens, Ohio; Tech was determined to leave no room for doubt that they were the “beast o f the East” by winning the Northeast Club Hockey League Playoffs which were held in Philadelphia, Pa. on February 18th and 19th. Tech won the regular season league title and was favored to capture the playoff trophy as well. Captain Jim Dellagada, who was wary of the “favorite” role stated, “We were favorites
last year and URI edged us 2-1 in the finals, that defeat has made us a better club in that we came to the City of Brotherly Love focused and hungry.” Senior forward/defenseman Joe Canniff added, "Anything can happen in a playoff situation.” W P I’s first opponent on Saturday, February 18 was Westchester, Pa., a team known for its size. From the first drop of the puck, the outcome was never in question; Tech was just too quick and too talented. Rich Cashian and Andy San Clemente each netted a pair as the “Engineers” breezed to a 7-2 victory. Freshman “ Rocky Rabbit” Gagnon col-
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WPI News Release - Coach Naomi Graves has to be pleased with the way her team is playing basketball in the NEW 8 Conference. But outside the conference the team has struggled. WPI beat NEW 8 counterpart Wellesley 58-51 before losing to M IT 50-44 in another conference game. In an independent game, the Lady Engineers lost to Clark 68-46. The team’s record is 9-13 with three games remaining before the NEW 8 Tournament starts on February 23. Senior Jody Normandin paced WPI with 22 points, four steals and three assists against Wellesley. Beth Tracey added nine points, while sophomore Kim Gabis pulled down nine rebounds to lead the team to a 58-51 victory. Trailing 23-21 at the half to M IT. the Lady Engineers could not put together a string of baskets to hold off M IT and fell 50-44. W PI’s record in the NEW 8 dips to 4-2. Normandin once again paced the team with 14 points. Sophomores Det Carraway and Michelle Leboeuf each had 12 rebounds. Against a much more powerful Clark team, WPI was outrebounded 48-38. Leboeuf was the team’s high scorer with 12 points, followed by Tracey with eight. The Lady Engineers only went to the foul line once the entire game as Carraway connected on the attempt.
WPI News Release - The Engineers finally put to rest their four game losing streak with an impressive 93-85 win over host Tufts Univer sity. The team’s record is now 9-11 with five games remaining. Earlier in the week the team lost at home to Williams College 75-63. The Engineers played a great first half against Williams, (trailing 31-29 at the half), before self destructing in the final 20 minutes. WPI shot 26 percent from the floor in the second half and were outscored 44-34. Senior co-captain Skip Bowker led the team with 19 points off the bench while junior Tom Bar tolomei scored 14 points. The Engineers raced out to a 48-41 lead at halftime over Tufts and then held off the Jumbos down the stretch for a narrow 93-85 victory. The Jumbos trailed by 12 points after junior Kris Weeks popped a jumper from out side to make the score 74-62 with 10:21 left. Junior Chris Davis’ free throws in the last minute clinched the victory when he hit both ends of his free throws. Davis finished with 20 points and went 10 of 11 from the charity stripe. Weeks led the team with 22 points and Bowker added 18 points; 15 coming in the second half with four fouls.
lected two roughing penalties in the game while grappling with opponents almost twice his size. When asked what had gotten into him, he blurted, “The team bus drove by the statue of Rocky on the way to the game, and I guess I heard Rock’s voice telling me to win one for all of us little guys out there.” No one had the heart to tell Roger that he was looking out of his helmet’s ear hole after each of the two inci dents. In the other first round game held on Satur day, CCRI defeated Navy 7-3 setting up an other showdown between the two high-pow ered squads. (WPI and CCRI tied 3-3 on February 14) Prior to the playoff final on Sunday after noon, the team dedicated the game to Kevin Fitzpatrick, a senior winger who had injured his back so severely the game before that he was bedridden and unable to make the trip. In the first period WPI forged out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Jim Dellagatta and Jim O ’Shaugnessy. The teams traded goals in the final minutes of the period and Tech was on top 3-1 to start the second period. Defenseman Mike Canniff, who injured his knee against Westchester the day before, was unable to continue in the second period, and this development placed the “Engineers” in a precarious position for the remainder of the contest. CCRI closed the gap to 4-3, and Tech's undermanned defensive corps was tiring. WPI got itself out of hot water for the moment with goals by Andy San Clemente, Rich Cashian, and Mike Solomita. The second period ended with WPI leading 8-4. Once again, CCRI refused to buckle, and Tech’s lead was cut to 8-6 early in the third period. Tech slammed the door on CCRI’s comeback hopes, however, with big goals by Jim O ’Shaugnessy, Andy “Santa” San Cle mente, and Mike Solomita. The contest ended with the jubilant “Engineers” taking the cup by an 11-7 tally. Between whoops and screams in the locker room following the game, the ever volatile and
even more verbose Rich Cashian exclaimed, “This is what it’s all about - Bring on Ohio!” Captain Jim O ’Shaugnessy, who had broken out of a minor scoring slump with four gals in the playoff series, added “It’s great to win in front of all the parents who made the long bus ride down and have been supporting us all year.” When asked what enabled him to break out of his slump “Jimbo” smiled and said, “It’s a combination of the team’s new Aussie out back caps that we all picked up down in Philly, and also the fact that I ’ve started eating two bowls of Wheaties in the morning instead of __ »» one. The team is leaving today for the Nationals, and this author would like to add that they look quite impressive with their sporty new team jacket and hat ensembles. Tech’s first game in the tournament is Wednesday, February 28 vs. Iowa State (ceded 3rd) at 1pm. The “Engineers” (ceded 5th) will take on North Dakota State (ceded 1st) at 4pm on Thursday, March 1. Tech’s finally prelimi nary round game is against the University of Wisconsin-Stout (ceded 7th) at 10am on March 2nd. The other four teams battling for a date in the National Championship game to be held on Saturday, March 3 at 7:30pm (and broadcast live on Sportschannel) are Ohio University (ceded 2nd), Penn St. (ceded 4th), Wisconsin-Whitewater (ceded 6th), and the University of Arizona (ceded 8th). GOOD LUCK WPI!
Men’s track team finishes second W PI News Release - Coach Merl Norcross’ indoor track team finished second at the Worcester City Meet behind Holy Cross. The scoring was Holy Cross 91, WPI 38 and Worcester State 15. The Engineers’ record is now 5-5. Scott O ’Connell won the 55-meter high hurdles with a finishing time of 8.2. Chris Supple won the triple jump at 41 feet - 4 1/ 4 inches.
Dear fellow sen io rs: WE DID IT! A total of 1 5 8 seniors pledged $ 5 , 3 6 2 to the WPI Alumni Fund making this year’s Senior Challenge the most successful campaign ever run. While the majority of pledges remained unrestricted, several were directed to specific areas, most notablyfinancial aid. Thank you to everyone who pledged! A few final notes about the Senior Challenge. First, the traditional goal of this program is to raise aw areness among seniors a s to the importance of alumni generated support to the future growth and well being of our institution. This aw areness about the purpose and importance of the WPI Alumni Fund. Second, our goal as a committee was to focus on increased participation. Thanks to everyone who participated, the num ber of pled g es increased 5 4 % over th e num ber received last year. Again, our thanks to all those who helped make Senior Challenge
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CLUB CO R NER A lpha Phi Omega D-term is gonna be a looong term... 5:00? Rob, you used the mug for your Coke?!? Two in a Row!! YEEEEE HAAAA!! And the final tally is: Kevin’s Terrible Turks: 17 The rest of the world: 17 Where’s the justice? I want...uhm, ...well, I forgot. Kool-Aid! Hey Keith F, Roses are red, daisies are yeller... Thanks to Hush Hush for donating their services!!
Steph put me in the ‘magic chair’! Sean, it’s 5:00 am, do you know where your Recording Secretary is? How about that wooden ‘I ’? Blue vomit? Toxic waste? Talk to Al about McFly, hello McFly Bueller, Bueller, Bueller Happy Birthday Rob! Where’s the woman who’s hot for me? You mean your Mom? “I got it. I just didn’t know what to do with it. So I just let it lie there.” - Kevin Dahm. Spring Break is very soon! Everybody stay
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safe and (somewhat) sober! Talk to al about it. I knew they were in trouble! Their eyes were closed! Mistress Cori and Mistress Janet, I still have your whips and leather lingerie (chocolate stains and all). But you D O N ’T have her wooden T . Ha, Ha, Ha! And Keith says, “Please, No!” Great job in Feiffer’s People guys! Panhellenic Association On February 20 was the last meeting of Cterm. In D-term Panhel delegates will vote on the Rush rules for 1990 rushing. Panhel and IFC will be sponsoring a clean-up of Bancroft Tower on Saturday, Mach 31st. Food will be provided by daka. All are urged to participate. Congratulations to our Panhel president, Kate Knapp, on being tapped by Skull. Congratula tions to the rest of the new pledges. Some of the Panhel and IFC officers will be attending the Northeast IFC/Panhel Conference this week end. D-term will bring all our new ideas. Until D-term! Get psyched for another fund-raiser!
ROTC Now that the Air Force ROTC has officially moved to WPI, the cadets of Detachment 340 would like to introduce the new cadet com manders for the Spring of ’90. The new cadet commander is Rene Frauenknecht. His vice commander is Stacey Cotton. The Deputy Commander of Resources is Chris Dusseault. Finally, the Commander of the Arnold Air Society is Mike Messer.
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Science Fiction Society Again I take up the electric quill to let my fellow SFSers in on a few secrets. As many of you know, the production Feiffer’s People was presented by Masque this past weekend. Wondering if I should see it, I interviewed someone who had seen it already. What fol lows is a truthful account of the occurrences on the fateful night of February 22, 1990. Names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. Interviewer: Did you like the production? Person being interviewed: I loved it. It was much better than Cats. I will see it again and again. Another person interviewed: I loved it. It was much better than Cats. I will see it again and again. Interviewer: Hmmmmm. I decided to see it and it turned out great! I loved it. It was much better than Cats. I will see it again and again. (Neato-super-ultraspectomongous job guys!) Now back to our club. The gaming week end. Even though there was a lack of room, games progressed nicely and many videos were watched. Maybe next time the lower wedge can be recaptured. Ah, C-term. I knew thee well. Thou didst agonize my soul and ripeth at my GPA. Yes, it is time to recap C-Term. The big issue of the term was the school budget. Due to bad plan ning, WPI came up in the red. That meant budget cuts. The way President Strauss handled the situation eamed him the Big Screw award. Relating that to the SFS, it meant we had to tighten our belts. It was time to turn in our budget and get the money from the school that was to last us the year. The budget problems probably mean receiving less money than we expected. Oh well. W$,don’t need a social planning committee or more faculty or a fire engineering program or a nuclear reactor or anything else that makes this school stand out from the others. We were graced this past term with an IQP that was actually fun to do. No, not an interactive sex IQP, but CODE. It turned out to be almost as fun, and a lot less slippery. Oh yeah. The aforementioned gam ing weekend. Well, that’s about it. If I missed anything, you knew about it, otherwise you would not have known I had not covered it. Until next term, I say fare thee well and enjoyeth “spring” break. Quote of the week: “Your flower is rich and probably has a leisure problem.”
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GR EEK CORNER Alpha Chi Rho Well this is it folks, the last few days of C term. Hope everybody had a good time and got those MQPs and IQPs finished (and passed linear too.) Spring Break should give us all the well - needed chance to be hellions. Watch out Daytona, or, “How many times can Blume get slapped in ten days?” Congratulations to the newly initiated brothers: Nathan “Sgt.” York, Kevin “Mr. X ” Geoffroy, Al “Stitches” Costa, John “Swindle” Swindell, Robert “More” Moore, Jon “Capital ist” Bourgeouis, William “Clark Kent” Barry, Art “Ace” Collins, Jeremy “Pinky?/Chainsaw” Delorey, Kevin “Raid” Waid, Tom “Dr. Pain” Pane, Lenard “I ’m Flying” Soto, and Adnan “SNaPnan of the Wedge” Mirza. We are so proud of you guys. We are so, so psyched!!! Really, though, we are all glad its over. Also congratulations to the newly-installed officers. May you carry the liability as well as the last regime. And congrats to Pete Anamasi for getting Orientation Leader next summer. Anti-congratulations to O ’Connor for joining the dark side - Obi-Wan-Materials is not happy. The Mardi Gras party was a real blowout to end the term. Those blue things were great, whatever they were. Watch out for the upcom ing AXP band parties with U2, The Rolling Stones and Paula Abdul (right John? right?) Well that’s all for this term. Seniors are 15/ 16 through college (some of them anyway.) See you all for the last term of the year. Bye. Alpha Gamma Delta Well Alpha Gams good luck in your final week. The sisters were very busy last week. Thank-you to all who helped out with the cafe at Feiffer's People. The job was perfect for any Alpha Gam. Those who went to talk to the Girl Scouts did a great job. Thanks to you also. The sisters would like to congratulate Rhonda, the first to have all her pearls and her book done, Great Job. Congratulations also go out to Leslie on being chosen to pledge Skull. So pledges, did you enjoy your time with the Sophomores? Don’t worry you still have time. Seniors, only 81 days. Spring will be great. Don’t worry we’ll have the barbecue, just do well in Ohio guys, good luck. To all, have a great break and come back ready for the best Dterm ever. Alpha Tau Omega In a late breaking story... Reputed mafia ringleader and underworld kingpin Dan “Babyface” Nephew was finally caught late last night by local authorities along with the rest of the Babyface Gang after an alleged shootout at 10 Regent St. At approximately 2 am this morning, an argument broke out between resident Jim Deerkoski and “Babyface” over late payment of protection money by Deerkoski. After re fusing to pay the money, the law-abiding citi zen (Mr. Deerkoski) was smothered by a bar rage of drop kicks and roundhouses by hitmen “Cut Throat” Cote and “Big Daddy” Baker resulting in a broken nose for James. As the 3 gangsters fled the apartment, Babyface could be heard saying “Jesussss.... we gotta get out of here before the pigs come,” as he and the two hitmen ran down the stairs. A getaway car (brown Paladin Sedan, N Y license plate) driven by Mac “The Knife Macaferri and “Lefty” Leone picked up the three hoodlums, also part of the crime family. Attached to the getaway car was an Italian Chariot built by Mafia braintrust Yenna. Eyewitnesses told e that the chariot had two fuzzy dice
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hanging from the mirror and a box full of NSA water purifiers. After fleeing the scene, the getaway car and chariot made its way to the Tau House only a mile away. Upon entrance to the Tau House, punches were thrown and shots were fired by the Babyface Gang. After grab bing a hefty 2x4, chariot driver “Pick Pocket” Penna yelled out “Startillin” ’ and smashed Goldfinger aka Luckas in the upper forehead region. Mac “The Knife” continued the assault with a roundhouse to Palazine resulting in a dislocated arm. Mafia backup men “Machine Gun” Milt, “Gunnin”’ Gus, and “Firing” Fitzy cleaned house once they were inside. Chief hitman J-Dog, also known as Dr. Kneecaps, successfully put Paul Decosta out of action, thereby ending his illustrious swimming ca reer. But when all was said and done the Babyface Gang was stopped and put behind bars. Trial is set for Feb. 28, where the verdict will be decided by the jury - none other than, you guessed it... The Billy Board! Ya... Dis Delta Phi Epsilon Congratulations to the rest of our new offi cers: Pledge Trainer, Amy Scott; Assistant Pledge, Wanda Gleason; Social Chairman, Tania Wolanski; Cakes, Amy Scott; Co cakes, Nancy Bullock; Panhel Rep, Aimee Brock; Alumnae Correspondence, Laura Gre gory; Fundraising, Nancy Bullock; Special congratulations to Kate Knapp for her office of Panhel President and for getting tapped. The Meal-in-a-Bottle Auction turned out to be a great fundraiser. Special thanks to the fraternities, sororities, and independents who helped turn this into a huge success! Tell Arty his date is still waiting. Betty, please pick up! For the next half hour everything comes with pancakes! It’s raining again? Amy quick get the vinegar. How many buttons did Amy, Nancy, and Val come home with this weekend? Best of luck with finals. Hope everyone has a good break. Looking forward to next term’s retreat and Spring Rush. Stay psyched... nothing for me but DPhiE! Phi Sigma Sigma Congratulations and good luck to the newly elected Cabinet of the Gamma Iota Chapter of Phi Sigma Sigma! Archon, Cari Windt; Vice Archon, Donna Roche; Tribune, Ellen Sante; Scribe, Debbie Long; Bursar, Kim Duff; Pledge, Dianna Furlong; Rush, Melissa Lichwan; Panhel Delegate, Dara Zuckemick; Panhel VP-Rush, Megan Moore; Panhel Secr/Treas, Sangeetha Neelakantiah. Get Psyched for a great year!!! MegaThanks are deserving of the outgoing Cabinet: Danielle Bellavance, Karin Ricci, Mellisa Wolfe, Michelle Brideau, Kathie Palmieri, Patty Dube, Tammy Perry, and Cari Windt! Thanks to the pledges of SAE for inviting us to participate in their philanthropy project. We had a blast! From all who went to Division Conference at Bridgewater: it was a great time! Cari W.: Great job as pregnant woman (for the third time) in Feiffer's People! CONGRATULATIONS to Melanie S. on her recent PINNING! (thanks to ATO for the subsequent ENGAGEMENT! YIPPEE!) Personal H i’s to Monique H., Julie L., Amy C., and Jeanette S. Good Luck to all on exams! Have a groovy Spring Break: 2 days until the end o’ the term. Until we meet again, LITP!!!
time to pick it up one notch. Stas says superior mind, superior attitude. Great job by the hockey team. Congratulations to the past officers on a job well done and best of luck to the newly elected officers. Also special congratulations to Dave Elario and Neil Thurber for getting tapped by Skull. Have a great Spring Break and see you in D-Term.
we’ll get some sleep... With any luck the maggots will get some grades this term, and someday hopefully get initiated. Sports: both bowling teams finished strong, and A basketball made playoffs. This puts us into a strong 2nd place - a few more points and SAE is out of it. The CUP will be ours!! Some sights to look for in D-term sports: Mike “the hockey stick” Plerde in the rink, Jeff ‘the bouncing gut” Knapton on the soccer field, and Chris " I’m a human being - not a grizzly bear” Barry on the diamond. And if we can entice the worthless pledges with food, maybe they'll get some motivation and play some sports. The pinning we’ve all been waiting for should be coming up. Speaking of fat, Knapton’s bound to decline the P&G offer and start his own FTD flower service. Lots of stupidity coming up for break - road trips to Daytona and Jamaica, not to mention the upcoming party at Lenny’s (of course, Sue will be there, drooling as usual). Strategy was exciting, of course Zeta Psi lost by a wide margin. Mike Rothkugel, our house fixing joe. Looks like King won’t have much of a job next year - who needs to rush when we’ll still have the same loser pledges? Shane can I put my ice cream in your fridge? Congratulations Tippy and Colby for set ting the record in the new rodeo event. Hogtying ... oops I mean Hank-tying. Any chal lengers? Hank, has the hair grown back yet? HA HA See you next term. Shane better practice drinking, and enjoy the food. At least we won’t be starving every weekend (those flaming stewards)...
Zeta Psi Greetings form the Stratosphere. It’s kind of chilly up here, and there’s not much oxygen, but nevertheless it’s fun. I know I ’m no Sky Pilot, but one does feel a little closer to God. Yes, isolation does make you venture nearer to yourself. Oh well, screw God, let’s get to the real shit on the shingle. Guess what? there seem to be some warm bodies wandering around the house wondering how they can become Zetes. Well, it’s a long journey boys, but it will be fun and memorable. Yes, it’s true, we have four, count ‘em, FOUR new pledges for our spring class. Congratula tions to Dave Smith, Jody Davidson, Dan Steffann, and Jeremy Smith. Good initiative in A TTEMPTING to pull off a raid. I don’t think you’ll get much money for Herpes the alliga tor, though. But just remember, Brothers always win, especially the Neophytes. Keep up the good work, and get those interviews!!! Booga Booga. it’s now an epidemic. The floating asshole virus has infected everyone. That’s right, all the people in the house are playing. As well, if you know him, Allen Stering is playing, courtesy of yours truly. Yes, I agree, it’s a stupid game. Well, the Papal procession is back, but not before almost meeting God (or Satan, your preference) by way of Pete (aka Sleeping Beauty), the Acurachukaguardrailkissa. Should have left him back at Quantico for that one Johnny. 30, 30, 30. Merk says screw his landlord, now he has a real place to live. Remember Alpha Oldsmobile, the dealership for all fraternity automo tive needs. Let’s get some Zeta Theta Tetas. “Dinner, you Kaksucka-numbachuckara tc h e t****a -a n im a lp lu c k a -le tta p ic k a frankypullas!!!!!” Ok, there’s hyphens there now. All right, that’s basically it for this week. If you’ll notice, it’s much longer than last week’s. The big guy is getting a little impatient up here, so I ’ll just come back down to Earth for a while. ‘Til the Pope finds out Tammy Faye is his illegitimate daughter, nuff said.
Theta Chi First of all, congratulations to our 23 new brothers. They are Matthew Beauregard, Jon Boor, Tony Botelho, Mike Celotto, Brian Cotter, Nick DiRico, Matthew Friend, Peter Games, Jim Geiger, Kevin Hunt, Sean Jesperson, Brian Kavanagh, Jeff Labreque, Sean Leary, Sean Maki, Daniel Merrikin, KJ Narva, Aaron Nickolette, Marc Nicolazzo, Tony Offredi, todd Suzanski, Steve Vassallo, and Chris Vroman. All had a great time in their first party as brothers, especially Jeff Labreque. Ty and Ed, how was Sunday morning? Probably not as Stas’s. Tate is the undisputed??? champ! Who will be next? Nice tie Oompa. Tracy’s time in the TV room has paid off. Hendu with a flat fresh cut. Who is the next house mother? Lehigh bound! D-term sports look promising,
Industrial Research Participation at GTE Laboratories Waltham, MA 10-week summer program June 4 to August 10, 1990 Stipend $220/wk. (plus free room and board at Tufts University) Applications available from Prof. A. Scala, WPI Chemistry Dept. GH 207 Application deadline: March 15, 1990
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C LA SSIFIED S S U M M E R JO B S T O S A V E E N V I R O N M E N T . EA RN $2500-3500. N a tional cam paign positions to pass C lean A ir A ct, stop toxic pollution, tighten p e s ticide controls and prom ote co m prehen sive recycling, available in 18 states and DC. Interview s on cam pus 2/27, 2/28. Call K ate toll free at 1-800-75-E A R T H . A P A R T M E N T S : 3-5 bed ro o m s and room ing house available for 1990-1991 year. 1 block from cam pus, parking, som e furnishings included. C all today for an ap pointm ent to see. 792-0049.
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H elp needed on M idnight S nack, the new college TV show . C ontact C hris Jachim ow icz, 831-5291 or spectre@ w pi. T he ow l is relatively light. How stiff is y o u r beam ? C ongrats to the new Phi Sig Sig C a b i net! B E C O M E A W PI S T U D E N T A M B A SSA D O R ! V isit your high school o v er term break and share your enthusiasm for W PI w ith prospective students. Inform a tion packets are available in the A d m is s io n s O ff ic e . C o n ta c t A n n e H a rris (x5286) for m ore inform ation. D id you ev er w onder w hat it w ould be like to have eyes like a bird? C ould you d rive? C ould you bow l? C ould you see w hat you w ere eating? H ey John, how do you treat sheep? W e ’re dying to know ... Part Tim e: T em porary 8 w eek assign m ent. T elephone M arketing. N o Selling. T ak e hom e up to $8.00 per hour. W ork W eek: M onday - T hursday 6:30 pm to 9:0 0 pm . Place o f w ork: W est Boylston.
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Standing O to Phi Sig S ig ’s outgoing C abinet! Hey N orm - D o n ’t be sad. Y o u ’ve seen me do M A N Y stupid things. M ore to com e, I ’m sure. L e t’s party w hile th e re’s still tim e left! - L ove, Cliffy M onique, w ho is y o u r next v ictim ? STA Y A W A Y !!!! PRO D U C T D EM O N STR A TO R S: L ooking for rew arding w eekend w ork? W e are looking fo r responsible students to conduct product dem onstrations in local superm arkets. M ust have reliable trans portation. F lexible scheduling! W eekend hours from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. C om petitive w ages. W ill train. Call C h e ck e r’s at 508-772-7927/K athy. Hope every o n e got their V ale n tin e’s Day cards - even if they were som ew hat blank. Hope all the Phi Sig S ig ’s have an aw esom e spring break! D O N ’T G E T L E FT OUT. N ow show ing 2 to 4 person apartm ents practically on cam pus. Heat, hot w ater included. O ff street parking. A vailable June 1. Call 799-9833 6 :0 0 to 7:30 pm Mon thru Fri.
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Tuesday February 27,1990
POLICE LOG Sunday, February I I , 1990 12:03 am - FIRE ALARM/EXPLOSION: Fire alarm sounds Daniels Hall. SNAP reports a loud explosion in the west stairwell of Daniels (smoke within). Sergeant and Officers respond. Sergeant reports an M80 or similar explosive was ignited in stairwell, shattering fluorescent bulb fixture on 1st fl. landing. Officers and SNAP vented stairwells in order to reset alarm system. 12:27 am - Alarm reset, glass swept up, all personnel clear. 12:43 am - ASSIST: WPI Sergeant assists WPD Lt. in apprehension of subject wanted for threatening a waitress at Friendly’s on Highland St. Subject apprehended at Boynton St. by Inst. Hall. Subject in WPD custody.
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Wednesday, February 14, 1990 3:15 am - FIRE ALARM : Daniels Hall fire alarm activated. Officers responding. Officers report unknown person(s) pulled the box station on the eastside basement level, (false alarm). 10:35 am - Sergeant reports advising subjects on trespassing on WPI property in front of Founders Hall. Record checks inquiry, subjects sent on their way. 10:49 pm - DISTURBANCE: Received a call from WPD re: a fight at 8 Elbridge St. (Sig Ep). Officer and Sergeant respond. Officers report incident unfounded, all clear. Friday, February 16, 1990 11:49 pm - FIRE ALARM: Fire alarm activated, Founders Hall, Officers respond. Officers report box station pulled outside of room 309. (false alarm) system reset. Saturday, February 17, 1990 12:05 am - LARCENY: Student reports leather jacket stolen while attending party at Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. Incident under investigation.
WEEKLY SAFETY TIP: The most effective method of theft prevention is awareness. Report suspicious persons and incidents of theft to campus police immediately. Be conscious of practicing anti-theft measures and taking note of suspicious activity. IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THEFT: Do not disturb the state in which the room/vehicle was left. Quite often a resident discovers something missing and assumes a roommate took it. Later when it is determined that there was a theft, the evidence has been destroyed and the chances of catching the perpetrator reduced. The following information is being provided by the WPI Police to the community for general knowledge and informational purposes. Massachusetts General Laws: Chapter 268 Section 32. Tampering with Police Signal or Fire Alarm. Whoever opens a signal box connected with a police signal system for the purpose of giving or causing to be given a false alarm, or interferes in any way with such box by breaking, cutting, injuring or defacing the same; or, without authority opens, tampers or meddles with such box, or with any part or parts thereof, or with the police signal wires, or with anything connected therewith, or, with such purpose, wantonly and without cause tampers or meddles with a signal box connected with a fire signal system or with any part or thing connected therewith, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. (Misdemeanor) Massachusetts General Laws: Chapter 266 Section 101. Destruction or Injury from Explosion. Whoever willfully, intentionally and without right, by the explosion of gunpowder or any other explosive, unlawfully damages or destroys property or injures a person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years or in jail for not more than two and •one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. (Felony) NOTE: Committing manslaughter with this section punishable by life imprisonment.
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Wednesday, February 28, 1990 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm - Film: “Chocolat,” Kimball Theatre, Holy Cross, $1.50 8:00 pm - Video: “Stripes,” Gompei’s 8:00 pm - “Midnight Snack,” on Channel 39, WCCA Cable TV.
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1 9 9 1 Tuesday, February 13, 1990 12:13 am - SNAP reports smoke bomb set off in Morgan Hall 1st fl. stairwell, Morgan fire alarm activated due to smoke bomb. Officers respond. Areas vented for smoke, alarm unable to reset. Electrician called in to restore alarm. 8:06 am - SMOKE BOMB: Mailroom calls to report discharged smoke bomb found within mailroom. Sergeant over to investigate. 8:58 am - SMOKE BOMB: Mailroom calls to report 2nd smoke bomb found discharged within.
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