W PI a p p o in ts th r e e to B o a rd o f T r u s te e s WPI News Release - WPI has announced the election of three members to the Board of Trustees. William P. Densmore of Worcester, a 1945 WPI graduate, was elected to a five-year, at-large term. He previ ously was elected Trustee Emeritus in May 1989. Following service as a U.S. Naval officer during World War II, Dens more worked with Norton Company until 1983, becoming a vice president and general manager in 1965, and a senior vice president and member of the corporate management committee in 1981. He is a consultant to educational
and other not-for-profit institutions, and chairs the Management Institute of the United Way of Central Massa chusetts. His current directorships include the Putney School, the Greater Worcester Community Foun dation and the Advocates for Excel lence in Public Education. He is a member of the WPI Management Department Advisory Committee, a graduate of W P I’s School of Indus trial Management and a recipient of its Albert J. Schwieger Award. Gordon B. Lankton ' of Clinton, Mass. was re-elected to a third fiveyear, at-large term. Lankton is chair man and president of NYPRO Inc. in
Clinton, Mass., a multinational firm which produces precision plastic in dustrial components and assemblies in 10 plants worldwide. He is a 1954 mechanical engineer ing graduate of Cornell University and joined NYPRO as general man ager in 1962. He became vice presi dent in 1965 and president in 1969. He had previously held positions with DuPont and Stanley Tools, and served with the U.S. Army. Before begin ning his professional career he spent a year riding a motorcycle around the world. He is a director of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Massa
chusetts Center of Excellence and a trustee of Mechanics Hall in Worc ester. David P. Norton of Concord, Mass., a 1962 WPI graduate, was elected to a five-year, at-large term. Norton is a partner in Nolan, Norton & Company, Lexington, Mass., an inter national information technology, planning and management firm. He founded Nolan and Norton in 1974 with a partner and pioneered the con cept of treating information technol ogy as an asset, rather than as an expense. In 1987 Nolan and Norton merged with Peat Marwick, one of the
world’s largest accounting and man agement consulting firms. Norton earned his bachelor’s de gree in electrical engineering from WPI, his M.S. in operations research from Florida Institute of Technology, his M.B.A. from Florida State Uni versity and his Ph.D. from the Har vard Business School. He worked for General Electric Company and RCA prior to founding Nolan and Norton. He is a director of the Association of Consulting Management Engi neers. In 1987 he received W P I’s Robert H. Goddard Award for profes sional achievement.
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 18, Number 8
R e c o g n itio n by Lisa M. Hastings Plans are in the final stages for Recognition ’90 which will take place this year on Sunday, April 22 in Har rington Auditorium. Now in its third year, Recognition ’90 is a campuswide awards ceremony which recog nizes undergraduates, graduate stu dents and faculty advisors for excel lence in academics and extra-curricu lar activities. The annual Recognition ceremony originated in 1988 with the goal of pulling together existing academic awards and creating awards to recog
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nize extra-curricular activities and community service. “This program serves to reinforce in the campus community the fact that excellence in academics is related to excellence outside the classroom.” says Nancy Hunter Denney, Assistant Dean of Students. Awards are presented each year in the areas of academic achievement, extra-curricular activity, Greek life, student-alumni interaction and com munity service. This year the Selec tion Committee received more nomi nations than ever before, a testament to the success and campus-wide sup port for the program.
News on Senior events by Senior Class Officers Hi Everyone! Welcome back to our last D-term. I know there are still many of us with MQP up the wazoo, but the Class O ffi cers wanted to let you know the sched ule of events for Senior Week. The first tradition to be observed is the weekly “gatherings” at Ralph’s. We would like to continue these every Friday so be there!! We are also going to have a class photo to make posters very soon. It will be someday at lunch time so keep an eye out for posters. We’ll let you know as much in advance as we can because we want to get EVERYONE there. There have been many questions about Senior Week and Commence ment. Here is the schedule:
April 25
President’s Senior Recep tion, 1 Drury Lane, 4-6pm May 5 Senior Dinner Dance, Sh eraton Lincoln May 6 - ? Cape Cod Trip * * May 17 Senior BBQ, Higgins Lawn, 6pm, followed by Senior Walk, Park Ave May 18 Baccalaureate Ceremony, 6-6:45pm, followed by Parents’ Reception, Wachusett Country club, 9 -lam
May 19 Graduation Breakfast, 7:30-10am, Commencement, 1 lam You will be receiving ticket infor mation for all of these events in the mail if you haven’t already. The Graduation Ceremony is outside rain or shine so there will be no tickets. All relevant parent information is being sent home. We would like as many people to join us as possible for our last events as aclass. Tickets forthedinner dance are not sold by couples so not having a date is no excuse!! Go Stag. Also those members of our class who are not graduating on time are more than wel come to participate in these events. Ticket Information Senior Dinner Dance Senior BBQ $6.00 Senior Week T-Shirt Package (includes all 3)
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In fact, W PI’s Recognition pro gram has reached national attention and is being used as a prototype for other institutions of higher education. Presentations about our program have been made at regional and national conferences of the National Associa tion of Campus Activities to adminis
by Athena Demetry “As a species, humans do far more harm to planet Earth than any other living creature. Most animals live in natural harmony with the earth, understanding the need to preserve that which ultimately fulfills their own needs. Humans have a tendency to feel invincible - masters of the planet - unconsciously destroying that which is necessary for existence.” “Every few years, however, we have the opportunity to remind our selves of the extraordinary unique ness of this planet and of our supreme responsibility for it. This April we have occasion not only to celebrate the Earth, but also to take positive action toward improving its health. April 1990 marks the 20th anniver sary of Earth Day and the 118th anni versary of Arbor Day.” This eloquent statement of the spirit and purpose behind Earth Day 1990 was written by John Trexler, the direc
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Many seniors and juniors have been talking lately about a campaign that started at WPI a few years ago. The object was to raise money for WPI to bring its slowly aging equipment and facilities into the 1990’s and 21st Century. It was known as the Cam paign for Excellence. The goal was to raise $55 million for WPI. At this point the school has raised over $56 million dollars. Many upperclassmen have wondered where the money went. President Strauss informed me that the money was used to fund many projects. The largest one being Fuller Labs (approx. $6.5 million). How
AO Q Food and Necessities Drive Alpha Phi O m ega n eed s your help. A<t>Q is sponsoring a necessities drive and n eed s you to donate any food, clothing, toiletries, etc. All donations will be donated to local area shelters to help the needy in Worcester. Collection will take place the w eek preceeding Easter (April 9 -1 3 ) . B oxes will be located around cam pus for collection of the goods. For more information, contact Sue Moser at 792-1883.
tor of the Worcester County Horticul tural Society. At WPI, a group of students, faculty, and staff has been organizing events to promote aware ness of these principles and to make some actual changes that reflect how we, as a campus and as concerned individuals, can “take positive action toward improving the Earth’s health.” In these next three issues prior to Earth Day on April 22, there will be a series of articles on environmental issues, including deforestation, the philoso phy of “deep ecology” and the creation o f a land ethic, vegetarianism, landfills, and acid rain. Additional contributions are encouraged. We will also be keeping you in formed of events being organized around WPI Earth Day, to occur the week prior to April 22. A paper-recy cling initiative may soon be instituted by an IQP group; for Earth Day we’re planning to follow with a promotional and educational campaign on recy cling. Other activities which are re
ceiving attention include: Performing an environmental audit of the campus Creating a comprehensive, graduate-level environmental studies major at WPI Holding a collection of household hazardous waste, such as paint and motor oil Participating in clean-ups of sur rounding neighborhoods and the Blackstone River Signing of the Earth Day Pledge Having an “Ecohealth” booth at Wellness Day to relate how you, as an individual, can improve the planet's wellness (look for us - rumor has it that delicious. Earth-healthy food will be yours for the taking) Sponsoring a series of speakers and environmentally-related IQP presen tations the week prior to Earth Day. If you or a campus group wishes to get involved, there is still time!! Call Professor Rissmiller in Social Science to volunteer.
H ow g o e s th e C a m p a ig n fo r E x c e lle n c e by Michael Barone Newspeak Staff
Make your reservations by Friday, April 13 and “Go Out In Style with the Class of ’90!” * * The Cape Cod Trip is not planned - we are all just meeting in the Yarmouth/Hyannis/Falmouth area. If anyone has suggested places to stay please send them to the Officers - Box 1256.
administrators and parents converge on Harrington Auditorium and enjoy an opportunity to interact in a very positive setting. So, mark your calen dar for Sunday, April 22 and look for more information about Recognition ’90 in next week’s issue of Newspeak!
WPI Earth Day events update
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trators looking for ways to bring the academic and non-academic sectors together to recognize excellence. Each year, the Recognition cere mony serves to bring diverse constitu encies together with the common in terest of recognizing outstanding achievements. Students, faculty,
ever, numerous other small projects have been done, are being started and are being considered as you read. In addition, a large amount of the money has been spent on operational expenses and to increase the school’s endow ment. Some of the projects being worked on are renovations to sections of build ings and for renovations to entire buildings. The upper floors of Salis bury Labs will be redone to allow for more biotechnology lab and office space. Higgins Labs will get some much needed renovations and money for ME projects. Finally, Alden Hall is to be completely renovated. Some of these projects have started and some will start very soon.
Another area that received consid erable funding was the new computer network. All the buildings are con nected through a computer communi cation channels system. This will eventually lead to a whole system of PCs that can be used for computer mail, course registration, etc. Also, the school has been upgrading current software for administrative, faculty and student use. Overall the funds raised have gone to really good causes. Unfortunately, those causes are not always seen or known about by students. The money for the Campaign for Excellence has helped WPI in more ways than most students know.
Result of last week’s elections S tu d e n t G o v e rn m e n t
C la ss o f 1991
C lass o f 1992
C la ss o f 1993 President: Cathy Foley - 117 (write-in) Kimberly Phillip - 52
President:
Vice President:
President:
Brian Gosseiin - 246 Adam Last - 98
Russell Oblenes - 39 Audra Ayotte - 33
Dave Cortese - 42 Mike Murphy - 31
Vice President:
T reasu rer:
Vice President:
Christine Cafarella - 145
David Dickey - 211 Matthew Carlson - 105
Chris Savina - 47 Donna McKenna - 20
Tara Zaharoff - 71
T reasu rer:
T reasurer:
Secretary:
Representative:
Mike Patinha - 68
Ellen Madigan - 133 Sherri Curria - 91
Tracey Bames - 40 Melissa Lichwan - 31
Secretary:
Jennifer Goggins - 69 Beth Anne McGee - 63 Tania Wolanski - 44
David McIntyre - 63
Secretary:
Representative:
Jennifer Hodge - 142
Brian Beauregard 69
Vice-President:
Representative: Cynthia Richards - 150