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World Game a success

by David Cortese The first event of Spring week took place on Tuesday night as Soccomm brought The World Game to Harring­ ton Auditorium. The World Game, which originated in 1969, was created

by Buckminster Fuller as a problem solving tool. Buckminster’s goal of “Making the world work for 100% of humanity” was the idea and motivation behind his creation and since its begin­ ning in 1983 the Game has been an outstanding success.

The Game was basically broken into four parts and was unique since the audience attending were the actual players. The hosts of the Game, Stephanie Butler and Dilip Da Cunha, started things off with a slide show that briefly demonstrated the time line of the earth’s life for the last billion years or so. The game itself was based around a Fuller projection map of the world that covered a majority of Har­ rington Auditorium and was to a scale of 1:2,000,000 or 1 inch equaling 31.5 miles. The main portion of the evening was spent indulged in the Game itself which was both challenging and re­

warding. Each member of the audi­ ence once inside was asked to play the role of that countries' population, each country being distinguished by a dif­ ferent color hat. Your territory was given a designated amount of food, energy, weapons, etc. The goal of the game was to achieve a substantial amount of each for your country through three rounds of play. The fun part was that any type of dealing could take place, but there were people tak­ ing the parts of the United nations, the Biosphere and the Media to keep things under control. Some of the unique deals that took place during our own game were that Egypt sold the Sphinx, claiming it’s “just a rock,” and Japan sold all the rights to the Godzilla movies to North America. Past deals have included the sale of the Taj Mahal and the renovation of the Great Wall of China into condos.

After the game another slide show was presented citing various quotes from world leaders and opening the eyes of many to the number of physical dangers the world presently exists in.

After the slide show our hosts gave a

brief demonstration and lecture dis­ cussing the world’s most vital prob­ lems. These included the ozone layer depletion, the loss of tropical rain for­ ests, the topsoil problem of North America, etc.

Overall the World Game was both entertaining and informative. The night brought on a plethora of laughs and speaking for the majority of us a fun time was had by all. The group that visited WPI was one of three that tours the country visiting colleges, corpora­ tions and high schools attempting to make people think on a global level and giving them a higher social awareness of the world around them. Putting on between 150-175 workshops this year alone the demand for tne World Game has been increasing greatly. Using visual demonstrations and the ever plentiful numbers of concrete statistics the World Game made everyone stop and think during the night about ex­ actly what the world’s destiny is and what we as individuals can do to stop the overwhelming number of natural threats the earth faces both presently and in the future.

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The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Volume 18, Number 9___________________________ Tliesday, April 10,1990___________________________________

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by Ajay Khanna Newspeak Staff Class of ’94 News - As the year draws to a close, and the seniors get ready to graduate, we sometimes for­ get the time that we had to go through the admissions process to get into WPI, and how tense we felt during that pe­ riod. The freshman admissions are in process now, and just over 2000 fresh­ men have been offered admission this year. It is expected that 32% will accept the offer, which will bring the size of the class close to the target of 750 students. This is also close to the target of 2550 for the total undergradu­ ate enrollment at WPI. 127 applied early decision.

One promising fact about this year’s admissions is that there was a slight increase in the number of appli­ cations compared to last year. This is commendable because most science and engineering schools faced a de­ crease in the number of applications from last year. This has been attributed to their extensive recruitment pro­ gram, which includes, as many of you know, college nights, information ses­ sions, invitations to visit WPI, and a comprehensive mailing recruitment system. The mail system includes a career planning leaflet, a co-op leaflet, a guide for parents, a description of the WPI Plan (which is, incidentally, NOT dead!), and information on how to meet college costs, and visit WPI for more information.

The Office of Admissions, which has since last year been focusing on

admitting students who would be fun to have at WPI, is quite pleased with the class of 1993. They also look for the quality of students, such as presi­ dents of student governments, but the primary requirement is the educational qualification and preparation neces­ sary for the program of this school.

Class of 1993 - How do you think the freshmen have fared at W PI so far?

Well, Ann Garvin, Director of Aca­ demic Advising, feels very pleased with the results. Less than a dozen freshmen dropped out by the end of B term. Although grade averages were not available, she said that the rest fared quite well academically. They have been very active in extra-curricular activities, particularly sports, though the sophomore class demon­ strated that their own enthusiasm had not diminished by winning two tradi­ tional freshman-sophomore competi­ tions.

Math and Class of 1993 - For ex­ ample, the math program at WPI had faced some problems recently because too many freshmen were flunking out of math courses at WPI. This year, with the five-course math sequence made mandatory, the passing rate was higher. There was also the introduc­ tion of MA1000, a semester course designed to make the transition easier for people whose math background had been weak. Gordon Branche, Asst. Dept. Head (Math), said that the passing rate had increased in MA 1001,1002, and 1003 in A and B terms last year as compared to the rates in M A 1011, 1012, and 1013 in the year

Financial Aid Notification All financial aid applicants in Classes ’91, ’92, and ’93 will receive notification from the Financial Aid Office by the first week of July.

If you have not yet filed a Financial Aid Form with the College Scholarship Service, please do so promptly, as it takes CSS four to six weeks to process and forward the forms to the WPI Financial Aid Office.

Please contact the iFinancial Aid Office in the lower level of Boynton for any questions you may have.

before that. The passing rate for MA 1(XX) waslowerthanthe average of 1ast year, but he still thinks it was success­ ful because it included the students whose pre-college math preparation had been incomplete in some way.

Minority Recruitment Plan - The Admissions Office is planning a mi­ nority recruitment plan in conjunction with United Technologies, which is providing funds for the purpose. The program will entail finding 50 minor­ ity students (Black and Hispanic) in their junior year at high school, who will be nominated by their high school counselors, and screened by the admis­ sions office, to put through a summer program. The program, which will be 8 weeks long, will consist of group seminars and projects designed for the purpose. There will also be individual academic advising for the students involved to keep them in a competitive program at their high school, since students who successfully complete the summer program and graduate from high school are automatically offered admission to WPI. New Orientation Program - The Orientation program for the class of 1994 will be very different from the experience any of us went through.

Nancy Hunter Denney, Asst. Dean of Students, is working with Ann Garvin, Dean of Academic Advising, to create a more comprehensive orientation with the intention of making the transi­ tion to college easier and smoother. It will be one week long just before col­ lege starts instead of two days long in May/June. Another difference will be that it will include the international

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students, who usually could not make the regular orientation, and therefore had one of their own. They will also be able to include the staff and faculty in the program and will be better adapted to the fact that 40% of W P I’s students are from outside New England.

The program will begin with a lec­ ture on Getting Started at WPI, a lec­ ture on WPI traditions, and recreation on the first day. Parents will not be staying overnight since there will not be sufficient space to accommodate all students plus parents at the same time.

Nancy Hunter Denney said the new orientation would be divided into five parts: intellectual, vocational, social, emotional, and recreational. The pro­ gram will have a number of choices at any given time to keep the orientation interesting. It will also have many “fun” events, such as a Comedy Night, a Freshmen Feud, and a Freshmen Picnic on the Quad. On the serious side, they will have a more comprehen­ sive introduction to computers at WPI and sports, where participation is cur­ rently low. They will also be improv­ ing the academic advising program at orientation, besides a couple of voca­ tional events.

International Student Scholars? There will be a new program intro­ duced next year - The International Scholars Program at WPI. The goal of the program is to graduate profession­ als better suited to take advantage of the opportunities created by the recent developments in the world, such as the emergence of the Pacific Region as a developed industrial region, the merg­ ing of the European Economic Com­

munity, and the increasing importance of many other countries in world econ­ omy and politics. The object will be to make the graduates of this program have an understanding of foreign cul­ tures and value systems by making them familiar with one or more regions in the world.

The program will require complet­ ing the Humanities Sufficiency in a foreign language or culture, or in for­ eign policy, completing the IQP abroad or spending at least one semes­ ter abroad, and participating in interna­ tional events, such as an International Scholar Candidate Seminar where the student meets international students to discuss issues of common interests.

Students admitted to the program will be guaranteed an assignment with one of W PI’s overseas project centers or exchange programs, and will have a faculty advisor with special interest in international issues. Admission to the program is competitive, and will be based upon high school grade records, and a separate application for the pur­ pose. Upon completion of the require­ ments for the program, the student will designated a W PI International Scholar.

Currently, overseas WPI programs exist in Bangkok, Thailand; Limerick, Ireland; London, England; Venice, Italy; Munich, Germany; Stirling, Scotland; Stockholm, Sweden; and Zurich, Switzerland. Project site are planned in Darmadst, Germany; Katami, Japan; Pushkin, USSR (the twin city of Worcester); San Juan, Puerto Rico; Quayaguil, Ecuador; and Tai­ wan.

Accused firestarters expelled from WPI

By Heidi Lundy Features Editor Mark Pawloski and Chris Luczkow, the two students who were arrested on the moming of February 8th outside of Fuller Laboratories for arson, were expelled from WPI. Both students had a choice between a campus hearing board or an adminis­ trative hearing. If they chose an ad­ ministrative hearing they would be

admitting their guilt and the board would just determine the appropriate sanctions.

Both students chose the administra­ tive hearing route and on February 22nd and 23rd Mark and Chris were expelled. The board consisted of Tom Thompson, Assistant Dean of Stu­ dents; Brian Davis as the administra­ tive representative to the campus hear­ ing; and Janet Begin Richardson, Dean

of Students.

As they had the right, both students appealed the decision to President Strauss. The President upheld the Administrative Board’s decision.

Chris and Mark will be tried in Worcester Central District Court on the 10th and 12th of April, respec­ tively. Both were charged with one count of arson and two counts of burn­ ing private property.

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Tuesday April 10,1990

NEW S International News Gorbachev continued to face problems with independence movements in the Baltic repub­ lics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Tensions seemed to decline with Lithuania, as Lithuanian leaders met with Soviet officials in Moscow to discuss the independence movement. Lithu­ anian officials declared that they were willing to compromise anything except their independ­ ence. In Estonia, the movement for independ­ ence is more gradual, as the legislature called for a six month transition period a few weeks ago.

However, Gorbachev was still critical of the movement for independence and threatened to take similar actions against Estonia that he used in Lithuania (i.e. moving in troops and dropping leaflets on the capital, etc.). In Latvia, the parliament started to meet to discuss independ­ ence from the Soviet Union. All three of the Baltic republics were independent before World War II, when they were annexed by the Soviet Union. Soviet foreign minister Sheverdnadze visited Washington, and George Bush urged the Soviets not use force when dealing with the Baltic Republics. Bush and Gorbachev will meet later this year in a summit.

Simon Peres, the leader of Israel’s Labor party, said he had enough backing to form a coalition government with smaller parties in the Israeli Knesset (Parliament). The recent coali­ tion of Shamir’s Likud party collapsed on March 15, and Peres’ more liberal Labor party supports the US proposals for Mideast peace talks. Israel also launched its second satellite last week, and government officials said that it was not a spy satellite. The Iraqi government threatened to use Chemical weapons against Israel if Israel attacked Iraq.

Leaders of the El Salvadoran Marxist FMLN rebels met with officials from the El Salvadoran government in Geneva for peace talks. Both sides agreed that a cease fire was necessary, but the rebels demanded political changes before a

cease fire could take effect. The rebels have been fighting the US backed government for 10 years.

ANC leader Nelson Mandela said that the ANC was committed to talks with the de Klerk government in South Africa, despite the fact that a preliminary discussions were cancelled.

The first non communist parliament con­ vened in East Berlin. The Christian Democrats are expected to form a coalition and lead East Germany on the road to reunification with West Germany. West Germany wants a monetary pact by next month.

Bulgaria’s parliament passed legislation that calls for free elections in June. The Bulgaria Communist Party renamed itself the Socialist Party.

Britain’s Poll Tax was met with large pro­ tests, and one in Trafalgar Square in London turned violent after a small group of people attacked police.

In Manchester, England, inmates took over a building in a prison complex, demanding prison reform. 1 inmate was killed and 54 were injured in the riots.

Afghan rebels attacked a parade, killing at least 12 people. The parade was a celebration of a victory by the government troops.

Last Friday night the Wild and Wacky Jim Karol was a somewhat unusual Pub show - as Pub shows go. You might think that a load of punks having major spasms in the space of two cubic feet is unusual, but this one went beyond that. Why? Because the Pub was packed!

Why was this show so crowded? Well, it could have been the opportunity to see cool magic tricks, or it could have been the opportu­ nity to see someone get split in half with a jigsaw, but it was probably just the opportunity to see Jim’s gorgeous assistant, Tina. The show did not officially start until 7:30 (and for a change, it did start on time), but Jim and Tina made the rounds at daka during supper, Jim doing tricks and banter while Tina stood around exciting hormones. To tell the truth, that’s really all she did the entire evening, but she did it extremely well. Apparently Jim picks up some local woman at every show to just stand around and occasionally help out with some­ thing. He doesn’t really need an assistant, since he gets the audience to help out with everything.

And what ‘everything’ was was really wild magic (as compared to magick) tricks. I ’m not going to bore you with the gory details of each and every trick, if you weren’t there you missed out. But a few stand out. Such as when he put four sponge balls in one member of the audi­ ence’s hand and told her that when she opened her hand she would get her fondest wish. And when she did, the sponge balls had transformed into a sponge phallus. The show was peppered

compiled by George Regnery Economic News The Japanese stock market continued to fall,

National News Clean air legislation passed the Senate. It was met with opposition from Senator Byrd from West Virginia, because the bill would hurt coal miners. Miners and other industrial work­ ers protested on the capital steps against the bill, because many would lose their jobs as a result.

The bill could cost businesses $21.5 billion/year by 2005 according to the Bush administration.

The Pentagon released reports about the stealth F -117A fighter. The 59 planes that were built by Lockheed cost a total of $6.26 Billion, or $106 million per plane.

Imelda Marcos said in her trial that the reason

Jim Karol pack dthe Pub

by Shawn Zimmerman Newspeak Staff

and went below 28,000, but rebounded over 1,000 points on Friday, although the gain did not erase the losses taken earlier in the week. Solo­ mon brothers issued Call warrants, targeted at speculators who think the market will rise in the next three years. Solomon would make money if the market didn’t reach 38,000, and the buyer would make money if the Nikkei average went above 38,000. The Nikkei was very near 39,000 on December 29. Banks are likely to be hurt by the collapsing market in Japan, and this could make them less competitive on a global sale.

The group of seven industrial nations are meeting in Paris to improve the coordination of economic policy.

Stock mutual funds outperformed stocks in the first quarter of 1990, but still lost money, although less than individual stocks did.

A bill was introduced in Congress that would require health warning to be placed on Alco­ holic beverages. The Alcoholic drink industry is strongly against the measure.

she had invested so much in the United States was because George Bush urged the Marcos’ to increase Philippines’ investment in the US, and her lawyers wanted to call Bush in as a witness.

The prosecution said that Imelda Marcos used the New York office of the Philippine National Bank as a “personal piggy bank.”

Judge Greene was very angered at the fact that members of the press had called jurors from the Poindexter case. The jurors did not talk to the reporters, and will be able to continue to be on the case.

The house passed a bill required a computer database be set up to monitor “hate crimes,” which are crimes committed because of race, religion, sex, national origin, and sexual orien­ tation. The bill was already passed by the Senate and George bush is expected to sign the bill.

A residential hotel in Miami caught fire, and three people were killed, and fourteen are still missing.

Jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan died at age 66 in Los Angeles from Liver cancer.

throughout with scatological references like that.

A few of the tricks flopped (BTW whoever lifted Jim’s wood block, he wants it back) but like the great entertainer he is, he made the audience laugh with him rather than at him. As great as the show was, afterwards was even better. About a dozen of us hung around and rapped with him. The guy is incredibly cool.

After getting laid off from a steel factory in Allentown when he was thirty, he decided to start doing magic. Hisopinion is pretty much “If morons like Uri Geller can get away with that garbage then I can too.” His normal routine is a debunking of the soi-disant “psychics,” but he decided that was too serious to do at a college.

He does this stuff regularly at Trump Plaza, and is going to appear at the White House next week.

He also has a casino night which he wants to bring here this Fall.

He showed a bunch a card tricks and stuck his hand in a fox trap and generally weirded us out.

And then after that we all went to a party in Founders together. There he told us that you can read people from their eyes, made some rela­ tively accurate readings as proof, and told one girl that on 5:30 Saturday morning she would wake up screaming from a terrible nightmare.

All in all this had to be the best Two Towers After Hours presentation that I ’ve seen. Jim Karol blended superb prestidigitation with out­ standing comedy. If you get a chance to see his Casino night on May 4 in Poughkeepsie N Y at the Culinary Institute of America, or at Becker Jr. on May 6, I ’d suggest you grab it.

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T h e T e c h ie ’s p h ilo s o p h ic a l g u id e t o s a v in g t h e p la n e t

by Athena Demetry Ask your average WPI Joe-Engineer how to cure air pollution and he’ll probably spew out a diatribe on the chemistry of a catalytic con­ verter, the mechanics of a stack-scrubber, or the physics of fluidized bed combustion. Very few, the philosophers and theologians among us, would answer serenely, “Each individual must alter his set of ingrained societal values to reflect an environmentally-sound ethic of land use which recognizes man’s role within the larger Whole of Nature.” Yet this, in fact, is the only long-term cure for our environmental ills; by throwing more and more technology at the prob­ lems technology has created, we are treating the symptoms rather than the cause of the disease.

My goal in this article is to open your mind to new, different, seemingly out-in-left-field ideas on the most basic tenets of the way in which we regard ourselves in relation to all other natural things. My hope is that you will find these ideas and these examples of writing and philosophy enjoyable and stimulating.

Before we can target certain values to be changed, we must identify our prevailing set of ethics and their origins. Western man’s current set of values has a strong base in the JudeoChristian religion. In the Bible, God commands man to subdue the Earth, to “have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” Biblical themes of human superiority, of using a Nature created solely for man to exploit, were stressed by medieval Christianity, on which the framework of Ameri­ can culture is based.

This American framework was first ex­ pressed by the early pioneers, who saw wilder­ ness as an enemy to be subjugated and as an unlimited source of raw materials to drive its in­ creasingly technological and consumer-oriented economy. Today’s heavy reliance on technology reflects man’s goal to control nature and his assumption that he can solve any prob­ lem with science, technology, and a rational mind. The result has been a society where a dichotomy of Man versus Nature is so ingrained as not to be implicitly recognized but is danger­ ous for its arbitrary separation of parts of a highly interrelated whole.

While Western ethics reveal our homocentrism, Eastern and Native American ethics re-

veal their view of man as part of a complex, interdependent system. Rather than toiling to control the natural system and make it serve his means, man works alongside and within the system to achieve serenity and happiness.

Taoism espouses harmony between heaven and earth and recognizes that earth is a reflection of heaven, run by the same laws - not by the laws of men. when man interferes with the natural balance harmony retreats further into the dis­ tance. As is written in the ancient text of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching, “Humans follow earth, Earth follows heaven, Heaven follows Tao, Tao follows what is natural...The Universe is sacred. You cannot improve it. If you try to change it, you will ruin it. If you try to hold it, you will lose it.” This ancient Taoist wisdom is an excellent framework for a modem theology of nature.

Similarly, Native American cultures sense a strong integration between living things and a cosmic pattern. The moon, sun, mountains, and human and animal beings are part of a balanced order, and the Native American seeks not to disrupt this order or violate the spiritual forces that are present in all things.

Finally, Christianity itself has a tradition which stresses human stewardship of living things, but historically it has not been drawn upon to advocate any sort of alternative to the prevailing view. Job instructs, “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee.” St. Francis of Assisi was known for his belief that all things animate and inanimate exist for the purpose of glorifying their creator; he preached to his “little sisters the birds” to sing the praise of God. A contemporary philosophy of man’s rela­ tion to Nature has been termed “deep ecology.”

For scientists, theologians, and philosophers alike who continually marvel at the wonder and complexity that has arisen from the simple compounds that composed the young Earth’s “primordial soup,” deep ecology is inherently attractive and satisfying. Deep ecology requires that each individual recognize his most basic origins and recall his true nature as part of the earth. All that exists on this planet has a single common origin - the explosion of a supernova 4.6 billion years ago. One deep ecologist has written, “Look at your hand - do you claim it as your own? Every element was forged in tem-

Manage your salary ’90

by Mike Shore On Thursday, April 19th, the Student Alumni Society is sponsoring a program called Manage Your Salary ‘90. This program is directed toward the monetary demands of the graduating class and to the graduate students at WPI. The two hour presentation will begin at 7:00 pm in Atwater Kent, Newell Hall. The itinerary for the program is as follows: 7:00 - 7:20, Personal Finance, a professor from the Management and Social Science De­ partments will speak with regard to the basics of individual personal finance.

7:20 - 7:40, Real Estate, a member from the Greater Worcester Board of Realty will cover such topics as: Services provided by Real Estate Brokers; What to look out for in a rental lease; Responsibilities of the lessor and lessee; Steps in buying a home (selection, title, financing, taxes, etc.); Hidden problems with condos; to buy or to rent? Advantages of each; Selecting an area to live; Title searches, closing fees.

7:40 - 8:00, Investm ents, Robert Flaherty, 1985 WPI graduate with a Masters in Business,

Financial Consultant at Shearson Lehman Hut­ ton: Who should invest and why?; How to select a broker; Risk vs. reward; Taxes/Tax shelters; Service charges; What is margin?; How do I make my first million?; What makes a good broker for me?

8:00 - 8:15, Break, refreshments provided 8:15 - 8:35, Banking Services, Maureen Wood, Assistant Vice President, Shawmut County Bank: How to select a bank?; Why use a bank? - establish credit?; Summary of banking services - checking, savings, loans, mortgages, insurance, etc; How to get a loan? Best rates?; Personal loan vs. credit cards; How to get a mortgage? Best rates (variable rates); Full serv­ ice banks; Building equity; Revolving credit; Guaranteed student loans; Automobile loans.

8:35 - 9:00, Panel Discussion, the floor will be open for questions from the audience.

Anyone, especially seniors, are encouraged to come and participate in the open forum. The remarks regarding Personal Finance, Real Es­ tate, Investments, and Bankings Services are all directed to the interests and to the incomes of the graduating class.

peratures a million times hotter than molten rock, each atom fashioned in the blazing heat of the star.”

These may sound like wild ideas as you sit in a classroom reading this, but once out in the wilderness, they don’t seem so strange. One ecologist who lived for months in the towering canopy of the tropical rainforest reported a dejavu feeling of once having lived in the trees - the vestigial remnants of his primate past. Sitting high on the cliffs of Acadia National Park in Maine, I have looked out at the huge, dynamic, living expanse of the ocean and imagined all the layers of life, of huge mammalian whales, color­ ful corals, and tiny kelp, that are continuously joined by this strange flowing substance we call water. The serenity of the shores and the oceans appeal to most of us, perhaps because that’s where we and all life emerged.

But here’s the key, the “deep” part: every being - a rock, a tree, a mountain - has a con­ sciousness, a beauty, and an awareness, and it is the unique ability of human beings to concen­ trate the life spirit or consciousness that exists in all natural things and give it reality. The poet Robinson Jeffers expresses the tenets of deep ecology beautifully in “The Beginning and the End,” which I quote here in prose form: “What

is this thing called life? - but I believe that the earth and stars too, and the whole glittering universe, and rocks on the mountain have life, only we do not call it so...I think the rocks and the earth and the other planets, and the stars and galaxies have their various consciousness, all things are conscious; but the nerves of an ani­ mal, the nerves and brain bring it to focus...”

These religious and philosophic alternatives to our heavily homocentric set of values are the only hope for progress toward a healthy envi­ ronment. By changing our societal values at the level of the individual, by changing the way he regards himself in relation to his surroundings, we address the cause of the disease. Natural things are valued for themselves, not for the economic value that they provide for man. Aldo Leopold, the first to articulate concepts of an ecological conscience and a land ethic, wrote, “We have no land ethic yet, but we have at least drawn nearer the point of admitting that birds should continue as a matter of biotic right, regardless of the presence or absence of eco­ nomic advantage to us.” A new land ethic can be drawn from existing religious and philosophical legacies - the Bible, Eastern religion, and deep ecology - and be made into a solid framework to support a better, more healthy Earth.

Recognition ’90 news You won’t recognize Harrington Audito­ rium on April 22nd. The sight of forty brightly colored flags, one for each student organization on campus, dispels the sterility of an empty gymnasium and creates an atmosphere of festiv­ ity and celebration. The cause for pelebration is Recognition '90, the campus-wide awards cere­ mony which recognizes undergraduates, gradu­ ate students and faculty advisors for excellence in academics and extra-curricular activities.

The WPI Stage Band plays as students, par­ ents, faculty and administrators file in. Over 80 nominees fill reserved seating in the front rows; each nominee is recognized during the cere­ mony by being asked to stand as their name is

announced. The remaining rows are filled with faculty, parents and guests; students and friends fill the bleachers. In front, the stage is filled with those who will be presenting the awards, Presi­ dent Strauss, Dean Grogan, Bemie Brown, Nancy Hunter-Denney, Jim Demetry, Mike Donahue ’90, and Ted Coghlin ’56.

Recognition ’90 is scheduled for Sunday, April 22 at 2:00 pm; the ceremony, including the WPI Stage Band’s intermission perform­ ance entitled “the Cutting Edge” will last about an hour. There will be a reception immediately following in Alden Hall. Mark your calendar and plan to join us for the third annual Recogni­ tion ceremony!

James Mapes: Oh Wow!

by Scott Runstrom Imagine yourself in Alden Hall. Imagine Alden Hall filled to capacity with several hundred people. Now, picture yourself up on stage doing pirouettes with the audience laugh­ ing hysterically.

Almost everyone has experienced some­ thing like this at one time or another, right before they wake in a cold sweat.

Well friends and neighbors, I actually did this last Thursday night. Not only did I show­ case my less than Baryshnicovian ballet skills, I made my debut as a famous breakdancer and starred as ringmaster in a three ring circus. I saw little green Martians after being shot into outer space in an elevator, and oh yeah, saw seventy foot pansies which turned hostile and started throwing petals.

Those of you who don’t know what I ’m talking about yet either think I'm completely nuts or are saying “Yeah man, that happened to me last week.” For y’all. I ’ll make it clear that I didn’t eat, drink, swallow, shoot or smoke any­ thing to have this trip. I was just one of about a dozen people who served as the latest victoms...uh subjects of renowned Hypnotist James Mapes.

The funniest thing about all of this is, to this day, I don’t feel the least bit embarrassed. I remember everything that happened, but I ’m not embarrassed by it. Now I ’m not exactly a

shy person, but I don’t usually make a habit of making a complete fool out of myself in public either. I knew there was an audience full of people laughing their heads off at me, f just didn’t care. Most people are not even aware of the audience when they are hypnotized, but I was. I knew pretty much exactly what I was doing, I just didn’t really think about it. In my relaxed state, I trusted Mr. Mapes completely. I was aware of what was happening, but simply did not question it. I felt hot when he said it was hot, cold when he said it was cold, and when he told me to sleep, I slept. It was not a deep, dreaming sleep, but a kind of half sleep in which I was aware of my surroundings, aware of Mr. Mapes voice, yet somehow separated from it. I could not, or rather did not want to open my eyes, or move. I never felt controlled, but rather somehow freed from control. I could have left at any time, but I didn’t want to, the thought never even crossed my mind. In fact very few thoughts crossed my mind. I was free from even thought.

Perhaps the most amazing thing to me about the entire experience, was how I felt when it was over. After about an hour on stage, I returned feeling totally rested, refreshed, and almost giddy. I ’m still not quite sure what exactly happened, but I know how it feels. If you ever have the chance to be hypnotized, don’t be afraid. As they say on the ads: JUST DO IT!

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Minimum wage rises, student may not keep the cash for long

by A m y Hudson (CPS) — The April I increase in the federal minimum w age has put more money in the pockets o f the 8.1 million students nationwide who work, but longer range effects and other factors may soon take the gains away, colleges warn.

A fter years of congressional haggling over how much, or whether, the m inim um wage should be raised, the first o f two increases took effect April 1, putting it at $3.80 up from $3.35.

On A pril 1, 1991, it’s set to rise again to $4.25.

“W e’re happy w e’re getting a raise,” said Eileen Regan, a w ork-study em ployee at Bard College in New York.

She had been waiting a long time. The federal m inim um w age h adn’t been raised since 1971.

Many students and labor groups nation­ wide, m oreover, were getting im patient. For example, Bard announced it would raise workstudy w ages to $3.80 ju st as m em bers o f a student ad hoc com m ittee, angry they were earning less than their counterparts on neigh­ boring cam puses, were preparing to demand a raise.

At many schools, however, cam pus offi­ cials are not sure they can pay the higher wages.

The problem is further com plicated by fed­ eral proposals to make schools and students liable for Social Security taxes for the first time, and for making schools pay a greater percentage o f w ork-study stu d en ts’ total wages. “ Individual institutions will have to either come up with more funds or cut jo b s,” warned Dallas M artin of the National Association of S tu d e n t F in a n c ia l A id A d m in is tra to rs (NASFAA) in W ashington, D.C. At Bard, it means some of the sch o o l’s 300 work-study students w on’t have jobs next year, com ptroller Chuck Crim mins said. “W e’re going to try to find the money som ewhere, but it’s probably going to affect students the m ost.”

At D akota State College in South Dakota, “ It’s going to be a real labor crunch,” reported financial aid director Mark Lee. “ It quite possibly could lead to som e under­ staffing,” said Pam Steinmetz, assistant direc­ tor of intram ural sports at the University of M isso u ri-S t. Louis. “The ones that get rehired next fall will be happy, but the ones we ca n ’t afford (to hire) will be really hurt.”

Lee says h e ’ll have to cut the student work force by about 10 percent next year, from the current 180 em ployees to 160 workers.

“W e are concerned about (cutting jobs), but at this point we just d o n ’t know what the effect will be,” said Donna Croft, acting director o f financial aid at Central W ashington U niver­ sity.

W ashington students, like those in many other states, already earn a state minim um wage that is higher than the federal level. The minimum jum ped to $4.25 January 1. In M issouri, state legislators may ask voters to decide w hether to have a state m inim um that would be linked to the federal standard.

M any individual campuses already have their own w age floors.

Student workers at state schools in M inne­ sota will earn a minim um o f $4.25 an hour beginning this fall, up from the current $3.95, the schools’ governing board decided March 28.

A num ber of other schools, including A ppa­ lachian State and W estern M ichigan universi­ ties, and, in W isconsin, W aukesha County and Gateway Technical colleges, already pay their student workers m ore than $3.80 an hour.

Also part of the new federal m inim um wage is a clause that allows for a “training w age” — 85 percent o f the minim um w age, but no less

than $3.35 an hour — which can be paid to workers under 20 for at least three months but no more than six months.

However, the U.S. Dept, o f Education, which oversees most federal college programs, has told colleges that work-study students — who take up the vast majority o f on-campus jobs — should not get the lower training wage.

NASFA A, the financial aid director’s trade group in W ashington, also has advised schools that paying some work-study students the “training w age” would m ake them appear dis­ crim inatory and com plicate their bookkeep­ ing. “ It’s better to just pay everybody minimum wage, period,” said NASFAA head Martin.

Students who work off campus and fit the “training w age” specifications, however, may be stuck earning less.

A higher minim um wage isn’t the only factor that could cut student jobs.

Under the work-study program, federal and som etim es state governm ents pay 75 percent o f the money students earn. Schools them ­ selves contribute 25 percent. Now the Educa­ tion Dept, has passed new regulations that will require schools to pay 30 percent of their workstudy students’ wages.

For instance, it m eans Dakota State will have to come up with $1.14 per hour for its workstudy workers — which cam puses rely on as a subsidized source o f cheap labor — instead of the current 84 cents per hour.

Colleges can expect no quick relief from the federal governm ent, says N A SFA A ’s Martin.

“As far as som eone picking up the tab, insti­ tutions will find a way to cut costs rather than raise tuition,” D akota State’s Lee promised.

And although still uncertain, a proposal to require student w orkers at public colleges to pay Social Security tax es— which would effec­ tively reduce students’ take-hom e pay by 7.65 percent — could end up costing students and colleges millions.

The tax plan is part of the budget President Bush subm itted in January, which Congress is now considering.

Since 1939, all college students have been exempt from Social Security taxes on wages paid by the colleges they attend.

More than 1.5 million students would be affected by B ush’s proposal. Based on govern­ ment projections, the tax w ould cost the stu­ dents $150 m illion, or about $100 per student.

C am pus em ployers, who w ould have to match the 7.65 percent tax, would be liable for the same amount.

Parties turn riotous at two campuses (CPS) — Lubricated by alcohol, students at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and the University o f Oregon separately turned parties into near-riots, resisting arrest and throwing w hatever they could at police. \o At O regon, partiers pelted police with beer bottles March 31 when they tried to break up an outdoor party o f about 400 students. Officers ultimately used tear gas to disperse the crowd.

And Kutztown students hurled rocks, eggs, bottles and coffee mugs when 12 police tried on March 16 to break up a crowd o f 500.

At Frostburg State University in Maryland.

91 students were charged with underage drink­ ing during a police raid at a February party.

Sim ilar riots at scores o f schools during the past two springs have led officials to ban out-

door parties and install tough new public drink­ ing penalties.

Purdue, W estern Michigan, Iowa State and C olorado State universities, Plymouth State C ollege in New H ampshire and the University o f California at Santa Barbara have all had parties that escalated into drunken melees.

At Michigan State University, the scene of one o f the worst riots last O ctober when 3,000 drunken students threw furniture and even a car into huge bonfires, officials claim their crack­ down on student drinking has turned their cam pus into a nicer, quieter place to live.

“W e don’t have hard evidence yet, but anecdotal data say the environm ent of the dorm s is much nicer,” said Jam es Studer, vice president of student affairs.

“ I haven’t noticed m uch o f a difference,” said Holden Hall resident M ichelle Goodm an.

“Students (in the dorm s) aren ’t really drinking less. T h ey ’re ju st being more careful not to get caught.”

Reports from spring break at Daytona Beachindicate that vigorous anti-alcohol abuse cam paigns are not actually stopping many stu­ dents from drinking. They are, however, lead­ ing to m ore arrests.

Sim ilarly, M SU ’s cam paign has brought more student drinkers into its judiciary system.

There w ere 561 alcohol cases for the 1989 fall sem ester com pared to only 317 in the fall o f 1988. In addition, 335 students were forced to enroll in the university’s three-hour alcohol abuse sem inar, up from 248 in 1988.

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SPORTS

Softball Team snaps losing streak WPI News Release - The Lady Engineers got into the win colum n with a 10-6 win over host Smith College. Unfortunately, things turned sour again for the team as they lost at home to Mt. Holyoke college. WPI walked 20 batters in the loss. W P I’s record is 1-4.

Sophom ore Marion M iller gained the

win against Smith and helped out her own cause by hitting a double. Freshman Sue Allen hit a two run single while Donna Roesing hit three singles. A gainst Mt. Holyoke junior Elaine LaChance led the offense with three hits while sophom ore Kim Gabis connected on two hits.

Men’s and women’s track have mixed starts Women The w om en’s track team opened their 1990 spring season by losing to W esleyan and beat­ ing Eastern Connecticut State University. The final score was W esleyan 101, WPI 65 and ECSU 1.

The 4x400 relay team of Becky Harasim ow icz, Noelle Bonin, Det Carraw ay, and captain Robin Fontaine finished first with a tim e o f 4:41.5. In the 3,000 meters, Maura Collins finished third with a time o f 11:24.1.

She now ranks third on the all-tim e list in this event. In the javelin Dianna Furlong placed first with a throw o f 103-2. Kristine Gately was second at 91-5 1/2. Laura Paciorek won the discus with a throw o f 101-8. G ately won the

shot put with a throw o f 32-1/2. Fontaine finshed second in the 400 with a time of 67.6

Men Coach Merle Norcross got another spring season o ff to a successful start by winning at W esleyan.

The score was W PI 109 1/2, W esleyan 75 and Eastern C onnecticut State 6 1/2. The Engineers are now 2-0.

Junior Brian Daly won the long jum p at 203 and the triple jum p at 41-10. Classmate Art Ouimet w on the high jum p at 6-2 and placed second in the hammer. Senior captain Brian Hanlon w on the hammer at 159-9 and placed third in the discus. The Engineers next meet is Saturday A pril 7 at home when they host the City Meet.

Baseball takes two 1 im Worcester State WPI N ews R elease - The W PI baseball team evened its win total from last year with a sweep o f W orcester State C ollege 6-3 and 3-1. The Engineers are currently 4-5-1.

Senior Greg Allegezza pitched a com plete gam e allowing five hits and striking out five in the first game. Senior co-captain Mike To-

masetti w ent tw o for four and scored two runs.

Senior T im Jung scored two runs and had one single. In the nightcap, senior M ike Bowen pitched a tw o-hitter while going the distance on the m ound. Junior Tom Pucillo’s two run single in the bottom o f the sixth broke a 1-1 tie.

Jung collected two doubles at the plate.

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Men’s tennis loses opener

The go lf season at WPI got off to a w rong start by finishing behind Provi­ dence C ollege and Bentley C ollege in the season opening match. The score was Providence 388, Bentley 432 and WPI 439. Senior captain Kris K asheta was a m edalist for Coach Mel M assucco and his team by shooting an 83 on the day.

Coach Alan K ing’s tennis team lost to host Holy Cross 6-3 but some good things did result from the loss. The singles play o f sophomore Pierre Scharappe and freshm an V ignesh Subram anian w as excellent according to Coach King. Schrappe won 6 -4 ,5 -7 , 6 -1; while Subram anian won 6-1 and 6-4. The two paired up as double partners and won 5-7, 6-1, 7-6.

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LETTERS / COMMENTARY

Spiritual awakening only way to save planet To the Editor: Alton Reich com m ents in his 3 April 1990 Observations from the Asylum that the question was recently put to him: W here did the whole chain of events in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe begin? His colum n then gives a fairly detailed account o f political events from President Fran­ klin Roosevelt not recognizing the USSR in 1933 to the present. W hile this is helpful to political and military buffs, I think it is only part o f the story.

The question actually posed to Mr.

R eich was part o f a recent Thursday conversation in the W edge around the S ug g ested T opic fo r D iscussion (STD ). The follow ing sorty from C hurch W orld News Service was of­ fered: The support o f several hundred m em bers o f the congregation of the R e fo rm ed ch u rc h in T im iso a ra (Romania) for pastor Laszlo Tokes, led to the overthrow o f Romanian dictator N icolae Ceausescu. Tokes gave an interview to Hungarian tele­ vision in July last year during which he criticized the Romanian regime.

Authorities placed him under house

arrest in Septem ber and his bishop Laszlo Papp ordered Tokes to m ove to a small village. Tokes refused, and when police tried to evict him in midD ecem ber, several hunderd mem bers o f the congregation gathered. Secu­ rity forces moved in and fired on the crowd. When dissent increased and Ceausescu ordered arm ed forces to shoot at unarm ed dem onstrators, large sections o f the military refused and joined the dem onstrators. Protest grew and spread to other cities, in­ cluding Bucharest.

A week later C eausescu was deposed.

My question to those gathered around the Good Old Raisins and Peanuts (GORP) was “How, when

and where did this all begin?”

As I see and experience the world, I have com e to be a little less shy when talking about spiritual things. I be­ lieve it is no surprise that the people in a church put their lives on the line for their m inister. I believe it is also no surprise that political events began w ithin the confines of a church. In­ deed, to deny the role of a spiritual aw akening, in its most m ystical sense, in the Rom anian people is to deny a

part o f their humanity.

In thinking about our collective future, many people have suggested stronger laws and better education as necessary to save the planet from the war the hum an species has waged. I would predict, how ever, that a spiri­ tual aw akening, going far beyond the organized religious efforts of today’s churches, will be the only thing that will finally insure the earth for our children.

G ary McCaslin WPI Campus Ministry

\ O b s e r v a tio n s f r o m th e A s y lu m Earth Day and Nuclear Power

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by Alton Reich N ewspeak S ta ff As those o f you w ho are socially aware already know, 22 April is Earth Day. W ell, really it’s A rbor Day, but 20 years ago a bunch o f hippies and environm entalists got together and said, “Lets have an Earth D ay!” How they got the sam e date as A rbor Day is beyond me.

T his year marks the 20th anniver­ sary o f that first Earth Day, and the hippies want to do it again. ASS BACKW ARDS has som e kind o f protest in the works I ’m sure (Then again they protest on every special occasion. F or instance, I think th ey ’re thinking o f picketing the Roman Embassy on Easter).

W hat Earth Day (ED because I ’m getting tired o f typing it) is really about is how we treat our planet. The

stu ff we dump in our rivers, the ash and C 0 2 we dum p in our air. We, as engi­ neers, will have to address these prob­ lem s during our careers. Hazardous chem ical and biohazardous material m ust be disposed o f properly. Even radioactive w astes (although I’ll get to that soon) has to be dealt with. Our ecosystem , as we have learned through the years, is fragile. Unfortunately it is too late to undo much o f the damage that has been done. W hat we must do, how ever, is keep more damage from being done.

American society needs electric­ ity. Plain and simple, we have a great need for electrical energy. We are learning that the burning o f fossil fuels contributes greatly to greenhouse gasses, and even destroys the natural beauty of the land around the plant.

T he ANS took a trip up to Yankee R ow e N uclear Power Satiation in

L o o k in g O u t F r o m B a n c ro ft T o w e r Intolerance

by Jonathan D rum m ey N ewspeak S ta ff W hen I flip through the pages o f

Newspeak, sit in the wedge for lunch, listen to friends talking about their classes, the thought com es to me that a large problem on this campus is intolerance. Cries o f “W edge Rats suck d**k,” “Frat brothers are all assholes,” “Professor (fill in the blank here) is a fag,” resound. I ’m tired o f it all.

The first thing our governm ents always do when we get into a war is dehumanize the enem y. Just look at our stereotypical Russian.

Coldhearted, pinko Com m ies. Yet I’ll never forget how quiet our guide Andre became at the Kathyn M em o­ rial to Byelorussian citizens w ho died during World W ar II. If “they” are just as human as “us,” how can we deny the sam e for others?

Maybe I ’m working on a false supposition. I doubt it, though. W hen m eeting som e new people who are from W PI, all it takes is a few m inutes of conversation for a remark som e­ what like those above to come out.

Y et everyone I know who has met a brother or tw o, or a W edge Rat, or a “nerd” has been able to say “Yeah, he/ sh e ’s ok.” The person may not be the type for them to hang around with all the time, but they at least grant them humanity. How about granting hu­ m anity to the “group” that person falls into? Or bother to meet someone from that group? Naaawwwwww. It’s too m uch fun to call them names.

Is there a solution to this? Last year, I met with an informal group of independents and G reeks who dis­ cussed the supposed G reek-independ­ ent “ problem .” The only solution we cam e up with, one that applies now, but largely unw orkable, is that people should be m ore understanding of oth­ ers. Does this sound like the previous paragraph? Maybe.

Maybe if Joger bothered to learn that hardly any W edge Rats smoke, or a few Pledge Leaders realized that leading your pledges in song at m id­ night in the dorm s is not conducive to o th ers’ sleep, or some o f the Wedge R ats bothered to see beyond their next login, w e’d have a lot less intolerance at WPI. Oh well, back to sleep.

Rowe, MA last week. The plant is virtually on top of a mountain about a stone’s throw from the Vermont bor­ der. It sits next to a beautiful lake that it uses for cooling. There is a bald eagle that lives in the mountains near the plant that occasionally fishes in the lake. The only difference in the scen­ ery from before the plant was built is really the 20ish acre clearing that the plant sits in.

N uclear pow er plants do not affect their surroundings. Rowe has been operating for 30 years (it is about 6 months younger than our reactor) and it hasn ’t marred the beauty of the forest around it. W hat this country has.

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though, is a nuclear waste problem.

There are two reasons for this problem.

One is a lack o f guts on the govern­ m ent’s part. The governm ent should site a waste site, and build it. The problem with A merica today is that we have too many lawyers. T he US has about 250 million people, and about 500,000 lawyers; Japan has about 125 million people, and about 7,000 law­ yers. The end result is that the Japanese get things done, we don’t. The other thing this country needs is a reprocess­ ing program. If we reprocessed, there would be less waste and we would need to mine less new fuel. The problem with building a reprocessing plant is

that the governm ent refuses to take a stand.

Som eone has to m ake the first move, som eone has to say, “We are going to m ove forward with nuclear power, and away from fossil fuel.”

W hoever does it, though, is going to run up against the “Not In My Back­ yard” syndrom e. I have seen the natu­ ral beauty around nuclear plants. I know that they are the cleanest, safest plants for the generation of electric­ ity. I invite you to join the ANS on their next plant tour. Most o f all, I invite you to join me in saying to the nuclear industry, “ You can use my backyard anytim e.”

J o g e r ’ s V ie w Wedge Rats Part III (Last One, Promise!) b y Joger A fter a well deserved rest last week, I am back, and also glad to say that I’m getting some mail with good ideas for some articles fo r the future, but, alas, the W edge Rat subject will not die.

I was rather amused to find a letter to the Editor entitled “ Put up or shut up!” next to last article about the W edge Rats. I was a little bit amazed with the content of the article, after all the nasty com m ents I had received on talking about the Wedge Rats. Now, here was a letter from a self-proclaim ed W edge Rat who described merrily going about all the things I had said they do. Now, I ’ve said before that 1 d o n ’t consider m yself better than others, and I surely d o n ’t agree that people should be walking around saying that “W edge Rats suck d— k”, but I had to laugh when the author wrote that he would expect such behavior from a seventh grader, and then goes on to end his letter with

“Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah.” I think he just lowered him self to their level.

He also said that it “takes a fellatio advocate to know one,” which makes him an admitted fellatio advocate, doesn’t it? That means that the perpe­ trator w as right, and therefore, Mr. Bullard has no right to com plain.

I also got a letter from a Mr. Gary M cCaslin. He is the “STD guy” who will “talk about anything and give you free m unchies to boot” . He thanked me for m entioning him, and said he appreciates all the notice he can get.

No problem Mr. M cCaslin. He would like to put across the follow ing m es­ sage: “ I love the W edge Rats! T heir only party line is no party line and they are constantly open to new & provocative ideas. History has shown such people to be society’s innovators— when I was in college, the “W edge Rats equivalent” on my cam pus was the first group to speak out against the Vietnam W ar” — Gary M

I am glad to put the massage across. N othing I have said this year has given me so m uch notoriety as my original W edge Rats piece. Some took it the right way, others m isinter­ preted and called me a bigot among other things. W ith such a controver­ sial subject, that was bound to happen.

I w ould, how ever like to apologize to the W edge Rats, not about anything I said, w hich I still stand behind, but rather in case the article stirred up anything, such as the “Suck D— k ” com m ent. I in no way meant to stir up any hatred or bigotry on campus.

As you know it is not in my style to apologize, but I d o n ’t like the thought o f being the reason behind anything like that, so if you read my article and thought that was good enough reason to start on a “W edge Rat Hate Cam ­ paign”, you were wrong. Stop it, before we have a large scale w ar on our hands.

Back to the biting sarcasm next week. Joger Box 2700

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Trouble at a distance

more rapidly it is receding from us, and the farther away it is.

This new quasar has a higher red-shift than any other object observed in the Universe.

It is so far away from us that its light has taken many billions of years to reach us. In fact, astronomers estim ate that we are seeing this quasar at a time only a billion years o r so after the Universe was created in the big bang.

The trouble is that this very distant, very ancient quasar seems perfectly norm al, just like quasars that are much closer to us. A ppar­ ently, then, galaxies were well-form ed only a billion years after the big bang. The question

by Isaac A sim ov An astronom ical object has been discovered at an enorm ous distance away by Donald P. Schneider and Jam es E. G unn o f Princeton and

by M aarten Schm idt of the C alifornia Institute o f T echnology and it is creating a problem.

The object is a quasar, a galaxy with a blazing center that delivers a hundred times as much light as does the ordinary galaxy we live in. A stronom ers can tell how far away a quasar is by how far its light is shifted in the direction o f the red, that is, in the direction o f the longer w avelengths. The greater the “red shift,” the

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is whether astronomers can work out theoreti­ cal systems that would account for the form a­ tion of galaxies so early.

Nor is this the only problem that arises. The big bang has left behind — as evidence of its having taken place — a faint radiation o f m icrow aves com ing from all parts of the sky.

T his microwave background is so even that we c an ’t help but suppose that the big bang ex ­ ploded evenly in all directions. s The result we might expect from such a hom ogeneous big bang is that the Universe would consist o f an evenly spread-out thin gas.

But we know that isn’t so.

The material that expanded at the time o f the big bang clum ped together to form stars for one thing, but at least through most o f history it seemed that the stars were spread more or less evenly ac. r'ss the sky. (In those days, though, no one worried about how stars might have been formed by natural processes.)

In the early 19th Century, it became obvious that the stars w ere not evenly spread through­ out the Universe. In fact, they formed a large lens-shaped structure we called the galaxy. By the early 20th Century, the galaxy was know n to be 100,000 light-years across, and to contain about 200 billion stars. W hat’s more, beyond our galaxy were other galaxies, perhaps as m any as a hundred billion.

A stronom ers were left with the problem o f how galaxies formed out of the even, outw ard spreading m aterial of the big bang. The galax­ ies at least seem ed to spread out evenly through the Universe, and that seem ed to make sense.

Except they w eren’t evenly spread out.

They were clustered.

W ell, then, are the clusters o f galaxies spread out evenly? Not really. Recent a t­ tem pts to map the Universe o f galaxies in a three-dim ensional way m ake it appear as though the galaxies exist in curved sheets enclosing huge gaps o f nothingness. In fact, you might also consider the Universe as a sponge built o f light. The curving lines and sheets o f light are built up o f connected galax­

ies, and these are riddled with small holes, and larger holes and still larger holes o f nothing­ ness.

The largest three-dim ensional survey o f the Universe, till now, has been carried out by Margaret J. G eller and John P. H uchra of Harvard. They have mapped m ore than 11,000 galaxies, and located each one in three dim en­ sions. This is still only a hundred-thousandth o f the volum e o f the entire U niverse, and making definitive statements about how galax­ ies are arranged based on this m eager evidence is a bit like trying to make a m ap o f the Earth only with information from Rhode Island.

Even so, G eller and H uchra have discovered the largest coherent structure anyone has ever detected in the Universe.

It is a thin sheet o f galaxies that lies between 200 and 300 million light-years from Earth.

The sheet is 500 million light-years long, 200 million light-years wide, and 15 million lightyears thick.

Geller and Huchra call it th e “G reat W all.”

If the structure w ere solid, it w ould be m ade up o f 1.5 billion galaxies the size o f ours. But it is not solid, it is a froth. It includes nearly empty stretches o f space o f up to 150 million lightyears in diam eter.

The problem to untangle is, how did w e start out with the evenly spread o u t material from the big bang, and end up w ith a complex universal frothy structure of the type we ob­ serve?

Most astronom ers think that about 90 per­ cent of the m ass of the U niverse consists of “dark m atter,” which we do not see, and that galaxies form w herever such dark m atter is particularly dense. This dark m atter, however, remains speculative, and its influence on gal­ axy formation is also speculative.

A stronomers may have to g o back to the old drawing board, but, then, occasional recon­ struction is the fun and excitem ent o f science. ©1989 Los A ngeles Tim es Syndicate

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CLUB CORNER Alpha Phi Omega Hi, I ’m ED! HI ED!!

The President is looking rather cute today (especially the five o ’clock shadow...)

Two, Sharon??

So what are you saying, Larry? You d o n ’t like six foot three inch crazed maniacs with hot tempers, dem onic smiles, guns and delusions of grandeur?

C ’m on. He was such a beautiful hum an being!

Knuckle Samm y, baby, you’re looking real cute today!

REAL CUTE!!

Look, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, no! It’s a softball! Ouch! It just hit my forehead. Deja Vu Keith?

Hmm, Joe, good shower?!

Steve Rigatti - I lick you alot.

Ya Know, you miss two meetings, and you are lost!

Hey, how about a donut? Well m aybe not!

Twinkies are not ju st soft but filled with cream y things.

Update: Brother ventures to Boise, Idaho; Details to follow.

I d id n ’t think I did anything interesting!

Party at my house next fall! - Bill Putzm an - But Bill, we d o n ’t want to party w ith you.

M onday night at R alph’s - Ho-Boy!

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Christian Bible Fellowship In light of Easter, Christian Bible Fellow ­ ship will be holding a presentation entitled “ Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead: Hoax or History?” Christianity stands or falls with the resurrection. If Jesus did rise from the dead, what are the implications?

The presentation will be held on April 12th from 7:30 to 8:15 pm in Newell Hall (AtwaterKent, Rm. 219). A question and answ er period will follow, and refreshm ents will be served.

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W ell, you should have heard all the stories so many times that you would rather be eaten alive by millions o f Elvis impersonators than hear another one. Satan’s Minions. So, I w on’t tell you anything about it. Instead, I will rant about upcoming events in the W PISFS. At last meeting we discussed buying Tshirts bearing some type of SFSish logo upon either the front, back, both the front and back,

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in the arm pit region, inside the seam , or under the shirt label. Several possible logos were subm itted. At the next meeting, the logos shall be voted upon.

Do not forget to bring your w ish/hedonistic/ striped list to the meeting either. Satan’s Minions. We still have money we wish to spend on exponentially increasing the quality of the SFS to such an extent that som e Calculus professor will want to integrate us. W e will be the envy o f other W PI student organizations as we will be graphable in three, count 'em three, dim ensions!!!

On Good Friday the thirteenth a bunch o ’ people wish to road trip to Boston for an anim ation festival. The price will be minimal (about $2) and the films excellent. Plus, you get to leave this place for a day and spend it on Boston. Satan’s M inions. For more info, contact the most honored and stupendous PooBah (Fez! Fez! Fez!).

If anyone has any ideas for an end o f the year mystical type finale thing celebration, that person should bring it up at the next gathering o f SFSers so that those people get a sheet o f paper stuffed forcibly in their mailbox an­ nouncing it.

Oh, what was I doing in this other dim en­ sion? W ell, let’s ju st say that — YOU C A N ­ NOT ESCA PE ME. I HAVE FO U N D YOUR D IM E N SIO N A L PO R T A L A N D H A V E FO LLO W ED YOU. YOU SHALL PAY FOR TRY IN G TO STEA L T H E G O LD EN PENCIL O F SPOO. Uh, I have to go now. It seems that a m ajor deity is angry at me for suggesting another live role-playing game. Before my soul is toasted over an open white dw arf, I’ll leave you with my parting quote.

“M ost Holy condem ns you to spend all o f ETERNITY hip-deep in m olten lead...” - Cerebus Running REALLY Fast, The person that w rites this

Society for Women Engineers Last Saturday m orning the Society for Women Engineers sponsored an activity for the Girl Scout troops in the area.

A bout 20 scouts from local groups gathered in the Country Kitchen in Founders’ Basement to work on their “Putting It T ogether Badge.”

This badge is the closest to an engineering one that the Girl Scouts have. The girls divided into six groups and rotate through six w ork stations.

They put together cardboard support bridges to learn about stress, put together upside dow n puzzles, w orked with electricity, learned about wheels and axles, and played w ith wooden sticks.

The m em bers o f SW E held a question and answ er period, during which they explained exactly what an engineer is and what they plan to do in their respective fields.

M embers who participated said the activity was fun and worthwile. SW E is already plan­ ning next years’ program.

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GREEK CORNER Alpha Gamma Delta C ongratulations to all tw enty-seven o f our newly initiated sisters!

Michelle B oucher Christine C afarella Sherri Curria Deanna Day Leanne Dem ers Rebecca D rum bor Jennifer G oggins Heather H arrington Jennifer H odge Katheryne Ingem i Nancy Koczera Cheri LaFrinea Katherine Lam bert Holly Lightbody Anne M anning Paula M cPhee Beth Newton G unilla O berg Kim Persing Kimberly Philip

Rhonda Ring Jill Ruslecki H eather Russell Donna Underwood Donna Villa Blake Wallace Beth W ildgoose W elcome to AGD, Guys!

W e also want to say goodbye to all the seniors who attended their last meeting last week. We love you guys and w e’ll m iss you.

OH Alpha Gams! You got what we need!

Phi Sigma Sigma Hey Phi Sigs! W hassa-happening-a-hotstuff? Hope everyone enjoyed the outstanding events of Spring W eek, with “Kegs, Kicks, and C olleges” (Jen K. was sure slamming her fists together) and hypnotist Jam es M apes’s persua­ sions (he m ade me believe!).

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of new ly elected comm ittee heads, on her election as Senior Rep. Also, a rem inder to sis­ ters to sell those raffle tickets!!! (You know who m eans business!) Look forward to te new sisters’ candy bar sale th at’s com ing up.

H ave you been thinking about Funny A wards? I can think of a really good one for “Tune” (Hip H ip ------ ). G et psyched to whip the old house into shape, and count on Monique to m ake the new one provocatively scrum p­ tious!

The only rem inder I have is show your support for the girls lacrosse and soccer teams; I sense a favorable karma com ing their way!

Quote for the w eek, from G arry “the luck o f a dead leprechaun” Shandling, “ I have such poor vision I can date anybody.” Have a great Easter! (Not long now, M E) Until next time, LITP.

Sigma Pi It’s been a w hile, and there’s plenty of news to talk about. First o f all, I must report that we no longer have pledges - congratulations to our newly initiated 21 (plus or minus a couple) brothers! And thanks to “H elp” week, the hoifse is looking its best (let’s keep it that way, Kiev).

In sports: w e’re still running strong for the Cup, ju st a few points behind SAE. O ur soccer and floor hockey teams are holding their own, while Van rem ains confused about the pingpong force status. Softball has some im portant games com ing up this week.

To say the least it was a sick South o f the Border party Friday night - following up the excellent Tues. Octopussy Lounge Party.

Good psych for the Sea-Hunts, guys! Knapton seems to be following the Colby tradition o f 15>. G lad C arter had a good time, along with Reed and Tippy. Stinger was on the move again, as was Caddyshack “ D oug” 21 and Tech “ Floundar” 34. Evans - are you the GateKeeper? The black holes were stupid and useless as usual, with the JA s following their vectorless lead. Yes, the house is truly sopho­ more dominated. Thanks to SAE and Sig Ep who helped us out with our beverage shortage - it was worth it. All in all, its good to see so many ham m ered people in partying harmony.

It was a tearful wedding reception for Brett and his wife on Saturday: congratulations and good luck! And the work party was a huge

success.

I ’ll leave you with this dedication to the b arten d er and w aitresses at M c Q u a il’s: Y o u ’ve lost it ...

Tau Kappa Epsilon First, a great big thank you to the T w ills and every one w ho made last w eekend’s Band Party the big success it was. What can we do to top it? Just wait and see... W e’re already laying the pipes for som ething Excellent.

A large round o f applause for TK E Soccer, w ho won last week. Tw o happy Twenty-First B irthdays to B ruce Hare and Charles Teague.

A lso a job well done to Cheryl Pegnam for her perform ance w ith the Hypnotist last Thur.

C heryl O ’C onner? Good Work at M ustard Seed last w eek guys, lets keep it going!

O h, by the way, let’s be careful out there and have loads o f fun. - Later.

Zeta Psi G ood morning! Yes, I ’m back after a brief reprieve from the task which you’ve chained m e to. I was grabbed by the Amazon R ecep­ tionists from Hell and just couldn’t get away.

First off, get m oving on that fundraiser! Great jo b on the shutout against Sig Pi, 3-0. Sure is better than our brilliant previous record, but those were ju st warm-ups. Hey Pledges, that w as a nice A TTEM PT at a raid the other night, but next time try not to keep the show er heads m ore than one night. Have fun with the work party.

Get thinking of a Pledge Project!

R emem ber, the Brothers always win.

Now for som e real garbage (geebleparg).

H eard there was a new anim al for Taz to gnaw on, the House Pigeon. H e’ll be puking up feathers for days (furpizark). quote o f the week goes to Joe: “This is your brain. T his is a crack.” The Ace Man Com eth. We need more road trips! (kappaping) I heard Zoo M ass was an experience. Chris has becom e an ink blot.

Skin wants to beat on Gortby for changing R ussian history so fast (I bet you really would like to fling your body at the Kremlin walls, huh?) A nyway, I have to go now, I ’ve been spiritually enlightened by a foosball (burbledug). Till Reagan can recall som ething from his eight years, nuff said.

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

WPI students attend poetry reading

by D ave Prario When I first learned that it was a require­ ment to attend a poetry reading for my English class, my heart nearly skipped a beat. I could not picture m yself sitting attentively am ong an audience of pompous, conceited individuals while some crusty old poet tried to convince m e that his incoherent gibberish had some deep, profound m eaning to it. H owever, my impressions could not have been more inaccu­ rate as I found m yself truly captivated by the performance given Monday evening, April 2, by the renowned poet Robert Bly. His deep, thought-provoking poetry, in com bination with his witty, outgoing personality provided a very relaxed and enjoyable atm osphere which allowed you to experience his feelings, not just listen to them.

At first glance, I snickered at his “stylishly” outdated clothes and his unique method of accom paniment, both o f which 1 later realized would help me to understand his true character and poetic intentions. His bazookia, a unique musical instrument, was used as a method of transferring the feeling of the poem into the

body o f the listener. Bly stressed that poetry was not intended to be read from within the brain, but rather within the heart. After all, you could not have a genuine feeling for the poem unless your soul was operating parallel to the intended rhythm o f the poem. In order to further enhance the audience’s understanding, he proceeded to read each poem twice, since the first time “the poem goes down and gets stuck in the throat.” He would then briefly analyze the poem for the audience’s benefit, wait until they had digested its meaning and then anxiously await their responses. These methods o f presentation contributed to the coherence and general understanding of his works, which m ade it m uch easier to appreciate them.

His poems deliver powerful themes about life and m an ’s significance through his senti­ mentality and deep com passion. Bly clarified the important differences between a mentor and a father; the father being the loving entity, while the m entor’s responsibility was to teach.

He expanded upon these beliefs, as he dis­ cussed the faults of life and families, since “ 102% of today’s families are classified as

abnorm al.” He em otionally captured the audi­ ence with his series o f Father poem s, which discuss his relationship to his ow n father, which he him self had not been able to under­ stand until late in his life. Only then could he realize and appreciate the loving, caring, compassionate person he called his father. In his Prose poem , he once again cherishes the sentimentality o f his family, as he writes about the beautiful experience he once shared with his son. however, Bly appropriately lightened the atm osphere with his entertaining antics, and his poem “ Peeling of an O range.” This poem showed that som ething need not be overly sentim ental or symbolic to be beautiful, but rather beauty can be found in the simplest form s.

As Robert Bly proudly strolled from the stage, content with the audience’s reception of his performance, I found m yself glowing with a new appreciation for the cultural enlighten­ ment he had provided me with. So, the next time someone suggests that you should attend a poetry reading, you are entitled to snicker at first, but give it a chance. You may ju st surprise yourself and enjoy it.

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New Voices begins next week Tired of sitting on your butt doing home­ work or playing with your com puter? Then come and see some live action at Alden Hall, April 18th through April 21st at 4:30 and 7:30.

The plays, music and video pieces are part of New Voices 8 . Each year student-written.

performed, and directed plays are performed on the campus. All the plays are free admission and cash prizes will be given at every show. Tshirts and buttons will be available and Alpha Phi Omega (A PO) will be running a cafe.

Glee club’s tour of Spain was a success

by B ryant O'H ara On March 2, 1990, 80 singers from the WPI M en’s Glee Club and the Regis C ollege Glee C lub departed from Logan A irport for a six day concert tour consisting of three performances in M adrid, Segovia, and Toledo. The directors for this tour were Prof. Sheila Vogt o f the Regis College Glee Club, Prof. Louis C urran o f the W PI M en’s Glee Club, and Bruce MacW illiam, director of the WPI B aker’s Dozen, a sm aller part o f the club.

A fter a year o f fundraising, concerts (paid and otherwise), deadlines for paym ents to Arts D evelopm ent - our tour agency, academ ic deadlines, social engagem ents (the better to know you with, m y dear), and rehearsals, we were on our way! We boarded two separate Pan Am shuttles from Logan to connect with A ir Portugal for flight TP 311 into Lisbon. As is usual on long distance flights, it seem ed to go on forever into the early m orning hours, only to be met with a change o f aircraft for the shuttle into Madrid. At the airport, we were met by tw o buses, our tour guide C arm en G uilliam on, and Carlos G onzalez, ’93, w hose home is in Madrid. Carlos had left on the 1st and had exchanged a large sum o f m oney for the club at “good rates” - much to the pleasure o f our treasurer.

The first day o f our stay consisted o f either roaming the city o r recovering from jet lag.

T he day of our first concert started out the same way with the addition o f a tour o f the city. The morning tour included the old town, with its Plaza Mayor, San M iguel Basilica, Plaza de la Villa, and the Royal Palace. Also included was the Prado, one o f the w orld’s greatest muse­ ums, with its collection o f paintings o f El Greco, G oya, V elazquez, and Rubens. The line for the special Velazquez exhibit was unbe­ lievably long, extending for blocks into the botanical gardens. We avoided that and were ushered into the other exhibitions with little fuss.

The concert, which was in the Basilica de Santa Cruz, was preceded by a short rehearsal in the choir loft, which was just large enough to hold us all. The reverberation was alm ost four seconds; the sound seemed to go on forever, and was quite audible far below us in the church. This church, which had suffered much damage in the civil war, had the tallest tow er in Madrid and was the center for music in the old city. Prof Curran noticed that the chorus of Madrid Polytechnic was perform ing there the next Sunday. On our way out o f the city we passed the unfinished Cathedral o f Madrid. It had no roof and there were cranes all around it.

1992 is the hopeful com pletion date.

Our concert took place in the ancient Iglesia de San Millan at 6:00 p.m. The audience enjoyed the spirituals so much they asked for an encore. Prof. Vogt directed the encore

performance o f an excerpt from “ Ezekiel Saw de W heel,” which consisted o f a canon which gives the im pression o f a wheel turning.

The next m orning we boarded our giant bus for the voyage to Avila and Toledo. To while away the time, D ufresne, Palmer, Todd, and Curran played bridge at a table on the lower deck while w atching the plains and mountains o f Spain pass by.

The next city we visited was Avila, a walled city whose past goes as far back as the 1st to 3rd centuries. The biggest part of this city tour was the birthplace o f St. Theresa o f Avila, who is known as the Reform er o f the Carm elite order o f nuns. A walking tour of the city, which is unchanged as a m edieval town, proved to be very exciting, especially the park on the top of a cliff overlooking the northern plains and the forty- foot walls.

A fter visiting a few historic buildings, in­ cluding a wonderful cathedral, we wandered back to the bus and headed for the Hotel Beatriz which is about a mile away from the old Imperial capital o f Spain - Toledo.

Both Toledo and Avila are “m edieval” cities, m ean­ ing that the exteriors o f the buildings of the old town are preserved as they were until the present and cannot be changed, but interiors can be m odernized.

Our last concert took place in the Auditorio de Caja Rural. With voices primed and the music rehearsed to near-perfection, we gave our Spanish audience a well-received perform ­ ance. After the concert we were given a large farewell dinner in the Palacio de Fuensalida and entertained by Spanish Flam enco music and dancers. Some o f our m em bers became dancers as the dinner/party progressed and the Sangria disappeared in large quantities. The remainder o f the night was another party that lasted until early the next morning for some.

For those who decided to sleep instead of partying all night, the wake-up call was given at 7:30 am. Thus began the loading of the bus and the silent ride to the airport. Despite the rather form idable task o f transporting all our weapons - including a $400 sw ord - in a card­ board box w ithout dam aging anything, the journey on our miracle bus to the Madrid Barajas airport, in worse traffic than Boston or Los Angeles at rush hour, went sm oothly. The 24 hour return journey exhausted all of us, but even this proved to be fun. Was the tour successful? W ell, many new and firm friends from Regis, a new culture viewed and ab­ sorbed, a time to stand in history and know that this section o f Spain figured heavily in our own country - all o f these things, plus good music well performed make m e positive that the tour was successful. Further, how many students have the M inister o f Culture o f a country like Spain as their host, who met them and stayed with them?

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 10,1990

POLICE LOG Sunday, March 25 1990 1:07 am - VIOLENT PERSON: Sgt. and officer respond to fraternity house for report of an uncontrollable student. Officers speak with individual and resolve situation.

2:08 am - VANDALISM: Front door o f Fuller Labs found shattered by Sgt. on duty.

2:45 am - VANDALISM: Resident of Institute Hall reports a rock thrown through the front window, Sgt. responds.

Tuesday, April 10, 1990 First Day o f Passover 7:0() pm - Lecture: “Talking on Talking,” Society o f Women Engineers, Newell Hall, AK 8:00 pm - C inem atech: “Salaam Bombay,” K innicutt, Free

Wednesday, April 11, 1990 8:00 pm - Video: “ A lien,” G om pei’s, Free

Wednesday, March 28, 1990 12:10 am - FOUND PROPERTY: O fficer reports finding the equipm ent box from the top of the ski van on the Higgins House lawn. Attempt m ade to contact proper individuals.

12:52 am - LOUD PA RTY : O fficers respond to First floor o f Riley for com plaint o f loud party. No party, just loud music. O ccupants turn dow n same.

2:20 am - THEFT: Sgt assists KAP brothers with individual who alledgedly stole items from the house. W orcester Police also contacted.

Thursday, April 12, 1990 Friday, March 30, 1990

3:30 pm - Baseball vs. Brandeis

Friday, April 13, 1990 G ood Friday 11:00 am - Com puter Science Colloquium , “Introduction to UNIX, Part II,” FL 320 8:00 pm - T w o Tow ers A fter Hours: Comedy Night featuring Jim m y Tingle, $1

Saturday, April 14, 1990 10:00 am - JV Tennis vs. W orcester Academy 12:00 pm - Baseball vs. Am herst 12:00 pm - Softball vs. SMU 8:30 pm - Pub Show: “The Sense,” G om pei’s, $2

2:18 am - A T T E M P itD BREAKING AND ENTERING: Fraternity brothers call to report an attempted breaking and entering by several individuals in a green vehicle. Vehicle stopped by officer who reports incident to be a fraternity prank.

10:10 am - FIRE ALARM: Fire alarm in Stoddard C set off by fire in waste basket. O fficers respond.

Fire extinguished.

4:03 pm - LARCEN Y : N ew speak reports paper bins stolen from Daniels and Morgan Hall. O fficer files report.

Saturday, March 31 12:48 am - LOUD PARTY: O fficer responds to loud party com plaint in Riley. Residents spoken to and music turned down.

2:30 am - FIGHT: Founders RA reports fight in progress on the first floor o f Founders Hall. Sgt. and Officers respond. Individuals spoken to and w arned of further incidents.

4:30 pm - VANDALISM : W orcester State student reports her vehicle was badly dam aged while attending a party at a fraternity the night before. W indshield sm ashed and wiring pulled from engine. Report taken by officer. Party advised to also notify the W orcester PD.

Sunday, April 15, 1990 Easter Sunday 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm - Film: “ Back to the Future 2,” Fuller, $2

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4:30 pm - Softball vs. Emm anuel

C in e m a te c h p r e s e n t s

SALAAM BOMBAY Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted Camera D’Or Award, SALAAM BOMBAY! is a fiction film of astonishing visual and emotional impact. Unique among Indian movies, it eschews studios and sets, using the streets, railway, brothels and alleys of Bombay’s hidden underworld at its canvas. And most extraordinarily, SALAAM BOMBAY’S unforgettable performances are given by streetchildren whom the director selected from hundreds she auditioned at special improvisational workshops.

The film is the story of Krishna, a 10-year-old boy who is abandoned by the travelling circus he works for and comes to Bombay, dreaming of making 500 rupees to take home to his mother in the village. Once in the city, he is immediately surrounded by its madness and cacophony; policemen, brothels, traffic, madmen, middlemen, the trading of drugs and flesh. Krishna begins to work at the bottom of the street hierarchy. In the process of his working day, he meets characters that will ultimately change his life, and he unwittingly acts as a powerful catalyst in theirs. SALAAM BOMBAY! celebrates the spirit of survival of these streetchildren o f Bombay; their humoi; dignity and courage in a world that denies them the luxury of childhood. This is a special film whose poetic images and performances excite and move u s ___one of those rare films that changes the way we think. “ One of the best films of the year! This film reached me deeply, engaged me, reminded me of the excitement that is still possible when a film comes from nowhere, w ithout stars, without a big budget, surviving only on the strength of its vision.”

-Roger Ebert, SISKEL & EBERT/CHICAGO SUN-TIMES “ The one indisputable masterpiece of all the film s released so far in 1988.”

-Charles Taylor, BOSTON PHOENIX “ Stunning and p o w e rfu l. . . may well be called India’s ‘400 Blows’ . . . a brilliantly achieved fiction film.

-Shelia Benson, LA TIMES “ * * * * . Rich with exquisite moments of heartbreak and hilarity.”

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-Lucy Keyser, THE WASHINGTON TIMES