Pluralism gets a boost from the WPI community by Mike Cuprio Associate Editor Last week. (>4 leaders invited from the WPI campus community met fora two-day. sixteen hour long conference in the Gordon Library Seminar Room. Those attending were representatives of lour different divisions on campus consisting of students, faculty, staff, and administration - and one group representing the community ol the city ol Worcester. Graduate students were invited, hut unable to attend the con ference. There was a great amount of participation among the heads of Ad ministration. including such names as Frank Lut/. Dean of Undergraduate Studies. Bernie Brown. Head of Stu dent Affairs. Janet Bcgin-Richardson, Dean of Students, and Neil Norum. Director ol WPI N ew sservice. Pres ident Strauss even managed to make a brief two-hour appearance following his return from the conference for Pres idents and Provosts in Washington. D.C. The conference was sponsored by Ron Macon. Head of Multicultural Affairs at the WPI Project Center, in order to bring the community together and take a strong, scrutinizing look at the problems and complications sur rounding the achievement of diversity and pluralism. The "search conference.” as it was touted, was titled "All In The Same
bringing about on the flipchart. storming on various topics between Boat: Learning How ToRow "and was Feelings about the conference and facilitated by a triool'conference man two different small groups, one com its success were mixed, but on the agcrs nam el\. Paul Mc(iowan. Gilbert posed of a cross-section random as whole positive. Warren Smale, SGA Steil. and Denise Washington. I'orsignment of individuals from the cam pus. the other of what the managers President, commented that: "It's been merly olthe Digital Equipment ( orpofun... productive. I lost track of the ration. who are now acting as profes called a "stakeholder" group, which hours we spent: it's been a good expe sional consultants in the areas of plu uniformly consisted of single divisions ral ism and multicultural ism. rience. It's surprising how Marvin Weisbord. author of on-board people are. People really believe in the process... Productive Workplaces and '“It is critically im p o rta n t th a t ev eryo n e re c that we re really all in the D isco v erin g Com m on o g n ize p lu ra lism as an essen tia l in g re d ie n t f o r same boat. Barbara Doyle. Ground was the creator of b u ild in g a n d m a in ta in in g ’c o m m u n ity ' on o u r many of the processes used SGA Vice President: ca u in c rea sin g ly diverse c a m p u s .” tioned."It's important (hat the at the conference by the con -Ron M acon, H ead o f M ulticultural A ffa irs initiative has been made... but ference managers. Activi maybe we re being too opti ties included the creation of m istic." Brian Bikowicz. what the managers called a a.k.a. Megazone, supported the pro - students, faculty, etc. The end result “database" o f information that con cess: “ I think that it's an important of these Iirst 12 hours of brainstorm ing cerned the global environment, the was the formulation of action steps by arena of ideas... it's important to find WPI community, and individual hu out where community leaders stand... each of the stakeholder groups for steps man experience. The first part of the it's those intersections of interest we that can be realistically taken by the conference was aimed at defining what groups the individuals represented. need to start with."Christine Jesensky happened in the past in those three noted, however, that "|T hcre was| a The conference concluded with a areas, followed later on by definitions noticable avoidance of gay. lesbian, moving speech from Provost Diran of events in the present and what could and bisexual issues." Apelian - a truly multicultural individ happen in the future. The goals of the ual himself, as his description of his At this point. Ron Macon will con conference, as stated in the distributed various life experiences demonstrat tinue the process by organizing his worksheet packet, were: “ |ercate| a ed. The Provost spoke of changing pluralism planning committee, which vision of the WPI Community in the will take all the information and sug attitudes and the air of cooperation year 2000, and the contribution of Plu gestions from the conference and work that pervaded the last part of the con ralism to its success and vitality; |sugtowards their implementation. The gest | first steps towards the creation of ference that he was able to attend. Dedication to taking the action steps following quotes are from a statement that vision; and |em power| everyone issued by Mr. Macon: was signified by each individual sign in the room to contribute to the future ing their name to steps that they fell "The conference exceeded my ex Of WPI." pectations in terms of participation they would personally take a hand in The process involved hours of brain
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• On Thursday evening (1 / 1 1/94), at about 11:00 PM. one of our students was walking along West street (across Highland Street) when a male subject approached her from behind. He pressed something against her back and demanded that she give him her money. She handed him the cash she had and the individual lied the area on foot. The Worcester Police Department is investigat ing this robbery. •
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A WPI student's vehicle w'as stolen from the Salisbury Estates parking lot. several days ago. We have also received a report that several (ires were slashed in their park ing lot, this same week. WPI and Worcester Police have been notified. Numerous thefts (of money, wal lets. pocket books, keys, coats and books) have been reported to Campus Police during this past four week period. Many have occurred during the day time in Goddard Hall and Olin. For the most part the thefts have been ‘crimes of opportunity' involv ing a theft from an unattended coat, pocket book, desk top etc.
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These C R IM E PREVENTION T IPS may prevent you from becom ing the victim of a crime. "REMINDER! We continue to need your support and cooperation in mak ing our campus community a safer place.
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on the investigation of those crimes which come under their jurisdiction. They alsocontinue to maintain stepped up patrols of the peripheral property areas in an attempt to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of these robberies. High visibility patrolling should also serve as a deterrent.
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and output. The quality of the event reflects not only the expertise and prep aration of the conference managers (Paul McGowan, Gil Steil, Denise Washington), but also the time and effort of the Pluralism Awareness Pro gram Planning Committee (See at tached roster). The senior administra tion also played a key role in the suc cess of the conference, starting with President Strauss and Provost Apelian, by their leadership and support for this effort." “There were some conference par ticipants who felt that the discussions were too polite and avoided the diffi cult issues that are bound to arise as WPI moves forward with its diversity initiatives. The conference was not designed to encourage people to bare their souls or to grapple with thorny issues such as backlash from individ uals or groups opposed to the goals of pluralism. That is the challenge for the pluralism awareness program." "Symbolically the conference was just the beginning of the hard work that lies ahead of WPI in creating a pluralistic ethos and a pluralistic com munity. Very shortly a planning com mittee will begin meeting to develop a pluralism program for the entire WPI community. The work of the planning committee will be guided and shaped by the output of the Search Confer-
William W. Durgin of Holden, Mass., Kenneth G. Merriam Profes sor of Mechanical Engineering and a ssista n t to the p ro v o st for multidisciplinary activities at Worces ter Polytechnic Institute, has been named the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. He succeeds Kevin A. Clements who will return to the Elec trical and C om puter Engineering Department to continue teaching and research. The change is effective January I . Durgin directs W PFs Aerospace Engineering Program. He earned his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at Brown University and his m aster's at
the University of Rhode Island. He joined the WPI faculty in 1971 and has served as head of research and development at the Alden Research Laboratory and head of the Mechani cal Engineering Department, and was the George I. Alden Professor of En gineering. He played a role in estab lishing the Aerospace Engineering Program, the Advanced Space De sign Program and (he Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Processes Laboratory. W PFs graduate program includes more lhan 1.000 full-time and parttime students with m aster's degrees awarded in 1^ disciplines and Ph.D. degrees awarded in 14.
W illiam D u r g in , Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
Forum: How and where to find the $$ "How' and Where to Find the $$" is the topic for the January meeting of the WPI Venture Forum. The program w ill be devoted expressly to assisting the entrepreneur to understand the capital markets. The Tuesday, Jan. 18 meeting will be held on the WPI campus and is open to the public with a registration fee of $5. Registration begins al 6 p.m. in Salisbury Labs with the meeting start ing at 6:30p.m. “Because the WPI Venture Forum understands how important the need for funding is to its audience, the January program will be devoted solely to this subject," noted Forum chair Robert Creeden. “Normally, we also have a case study, but instead will devote the entire time to speakers who will ad dress private funding, venture capital funding, non-traditional sourcesof mon ey, bootstrapping techniques and legal issues in raising money." The experienced group of panelists will answer questions such as:
— Who really is getting the money? What types of companies and in what industries? — How do I attract an investor? What do they look for in terms of the manage ment team, market growth and exit strategy? — What do I have to know about the tenns? What will I give up for this money? — What really isthecurrent environ ment for financing and where do I find it? The panelists include: Daniel J. Holland, a partner with the venture firm of Morgan Holland Ventures Corp. in Boston: Charles A. Gammal Jr., presi dent of Rimala Associates which pro vides financing assistance to emerging companies; Robert Norton, founder and CEOof Homeview Inc. which provides a unique information service utilizing multimedia technology tosimulate home tours; Jeffery L. Donaldson, partner with the Worcester law firm of Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, who
practices in corporate finance, venture capital formation and operation, securi ties regulation, and general corporate and business matters: and Robert Johnson, managing general partner for the Founders Capital Group in Cam bridge, a group who invests in earlystage companies. The WPI Venture Forum, sponsored by the WPI Alumni Association, has as itsgoal the creation o f opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors and others to share and benefit front others. To be placed on the Venture Forum mailing list and for more information call 8315821.
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Table o f Contents In The N e w s ................................................................................2 N e w s..............................................................................................2 Arts & E ntertainm ent............................................................... 3 A n n o u n cem en ts..........................................................................5 Com m unity Update.................................................................... 5 E d ito ria l.......................................................................................6
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IN THE NEWS reactors. This will leave Russia as the only state that has nuclear weapons from the former Soviet Union. In exchange for eliminating the nuclear weapons, the Ukraine receives nuclear fuel, economic and technical aid from the U.S., important security guarantees, and their energy debts to Russia were forgiven. The Ukraine had been hesitant to eliminate their nuclear weap ons because of their fear of Russia. The U.S. will be contributing S175 million toward the deactivation and dismantling o f the warheads, and another $155 million in economic aid.
by Eric Craft, Associate Editor and Jennx Yambert, Class o f '97 International News Partnership fo r P a n e NATO has started a new action titled "Part nership for Peace.” The "Partnership" will otter limited membership to NATO for previ ous Soviet and Warsaw Pact nations. So far the four nations that are interested in the "Partner ship"’ are Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Repub lic, and Hungary. Originally, these four coun tries wanted full membership to NATO, but fear of Russian Nationalism caused the current NATO nations to only offer only limited mem bership to them. “The Partnership for Peace" was initiated by the U.S. and asks that future member countries keep their militaries under civilian control, open defense budgets to the public, and mod ernize their armies and peacefully settle differ ences with neighboring countries. In exchange for these concessions, NATO will allow coun tries to send officers to the NATO headquarters and provide military support to members. This combination of countries will also combine to provide humanitarian aid and consultation on national crises. Ukraine's Removal o f Nuclear Weapons The U.S.. Russia, and the Ukraine met to sign a treaty for eliminating nuclear anus in the Ukraine. President Clinton met with Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk to sign the treaty lhat will dismantle over 1,800 warheads. The warheads will be processed into fuel for nuclear
Euro-Disney Things are beginning to look up for EuroDisney. The theme park in France has been a great disappointment to Disney since it's open ing a few years ago, and is currently 4 billion dollars in debt. The main problem, according to tour agencies, has been the park’s financial structure. Disney is planning to meet with it's supporters to work out a financial restructuring of the park later this month. Euro-Disney has already begun cutting prices and focusing on I 3 day visitors, and attendance to the park has been rising. The winter holiday season brought in many visitors, and all six of the parks hotels were full on New Year's Eve. as opposed to an average 55% occupancy rate achieved earlier in the year. A new high speed rail line that will be completed in I994 is also planned to attract more visitors to Euro-Disney. The train will have a specially designed station near the park's hotels. Russia Pressed on Aluminum Exports During the Moscow Summit meetings. Pres ident Clinton plans to press Russia to limit the amount o f aluminum it exports. Trade negoti ators believe that Russia is “dumping" alumi num on the world markets at unfairly low prices, U.S. and European aluminum makers are having a tough time competing. The price of aluminum has gone down from $ I to 47 cents per pound. The European Union has already put limits on the amount of Russian aluminum that can be imported, and it is expanding those restrictions. In exchange for immediate pro duction cuts. Western aluminum producers are offering to help restructure and modernize the aluminum industry in the former Soviet repub lics. A resolution to this problem is not expect ed until after the Clinton-Yeltsin meeting, when multilateral aluminum negotiations resume.
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Sokal named a distinguished professor History Professor Michael M. Sokal has been named to the Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professorship in the Humanities. The profes sorship. established in 19X5 by the George I. Alden Trust, is awarded in recognition of fine teaching and to enhance the opportunities for scholarship and research It honors Fletcher, a longtime community leader, lawyer and friend of education who died during 1990 at the age o f 86. Sokal. who joined the WPI faculty in 1970, received his undergraduate degree in electrical
engineering from The Cooper Union and his master's and doctorate in the history of science and technology from c ase Western Qualifying Project Advising in 1980 and was one of two recipients of the Trustee’s Award for Creative Scholarship in 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he served as executive secretary o f the History of Science Society, the world’s largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology and medicine and their interactions with soci ety. The society was headquartered at WPI during his tenure.
Pluralism Continued from pane I ence. If all goes according to plan, mechanisms will be in place next fall to not only promote a greater understanding of pluralism, but also provide the campus with the tools that will allow us to put our increased awareness to work." "WPI will achieve its goal of diversity, but without pluralism the Institute will not reap the benefits of our diversity. It is critically impor tant that everyone recognize pluralism as an essential ingredient lor building and maintain ing “community" on our increasingly diverse campus. It is equally important to understand that pluralism is vital to WPI reaching new heights of excellence." Pluralism Awareness Program Planning Committee Roster Core Member Administration Mr. Michael J. Carney, Director o f Human Resources Ms. Janet Begin-Richardson, Dean o f Student Life Mr. Richard W. Halstead, Director o f Coun sel and Student Development Mr. Ronald E. M acon, D irecto r o f Multicultural Affairs Ms. Yvonne Harrison. Director o f Career Development Center Staff: Mr. Clarence Plant, Asset Manager Office Services Faculty: Prof. Paul Davis, Mathematical Sciences
Prof. Isa Bar-On. Mechanical Engineering Prof. Susan Vemon-Gerstenfeld, Interdisci plinary Studies Trustee: Dr. William P. Densmore. Executive Director Worcester Consortium fo r Higher Educ ation Students: Mr. Michael Bruce, Black Student Union Rep. (BSU) Ms. Jung Yoon Park, Electrical Engineering '94 Mr. Josh Arias, Society o f Hispanic Profes sional Engineers (SHPE) Ms. Julie Barbeau, Society o f Women Engi neers Ms. Tania Wolanski, Graduate Student Or ganization Rep. (GSO) A djunct M em ber Administration: Dr. Diran Apelian. Provost & V.P. Academic Affairs Dr. Francis C. Lutz, Dean o f Undergraduate Studies Ms. Judith Trainor. Budget Director Business Affairs Ms. Ann Garvin, Director of Academic Advis ing Trustees: VACANT Faculty: Prof. John A. Orr, Department Head Electri cal c£ Computer Engineering Prof. John T. O ’Connor, Social Science & Policy Studies
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Fine A rts is a tte m p tin g to becom e a v ib ra n t force upo n the WPI C o m m u n ity , and w e need y o u r help. The Fine A rts C o m m itte e is lo o k in g for new faces and ideas on w h a t the A rts should be. Please co nta ct Erica Curran (curran@ wpi) for m o re info.
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The Man... bv Philip l)t’ Loriea Class o f ")4 The bachelor was a quiet sturdy man who lived on the outskirts of his native village. 11 is cottage was small anil sparse, lor he had need of but a few things. Altera simple supper he banked the glowing embers in his hearth and added a few small pieces of hardwood to keep the cottage warm for the evening. Instead of preparing lor bed as he usually did at this time, he thought to himself."! haven't been inside the tavern in weeks. I can afford a few ales, anil the company would be good for a change..." So he threw his wool cloak over his shoulders, look a last look around his cottage, and finding everything in order, set out for the tavern under the bright harvest moon. As he
walked into the village he passed two of his neighbors picking their winter squash by the moonlight. I leexchanged pleasantries with them, but for the better pan of his walk he was alone with his thoughts. When the bachelor was close to the tavern, he noticed a stranger approaching from the other direction walking with a staff and w ear ing a pack. Quickly si/ing up the man he judged the stranger would have news of far off lands. Ibr his manner of clothing was unusual for the land. "W elcome to our village, travel er. would you care to join me for an ale? I would gladly buy a round or two for a tale of your travels." "Why thank you. and what a fine welcome it is. I w ill surely join you for an ale or two. while I tell you of my travels. Come, let us enter this fine establishment."
Together they entered the old stone and beam building. The building carried the scent of a hearty stew cooking in the hearth. The bachelor shed his cloak, hung it on a wooden peg by the door, lie patiently waited for the traveler to doff his pack and cloak, then led him to a rough wooden table by the fire. The tavernkeeper. a jolly heavy set man. quickly appeared ready to take their orders. "Aye gents, what will it be tonight?" "A pitcher of ale. and a pair of mugs," replied the bachelor, then turning to the traveler, "and have you eaten?" "I do believe III have a bowl of that fine stew we're sitting soclose to." he laughed. "I could not smell it for an evening without tasting it." Ales were quickly poured, and after the trav eler had taken the edge off his hunger he began his tale. "As you can tell. I've come from quite a
Comic Review: Danny Sheehan by Jason llu tt Newspeak S ta ff Friday night, at a packed Gompei’s Pub. comedian Danny Sheehan offended every pos sible group he could think of, much to the crow d's delight. Sheehan, a Long Island native, lived up to his "everyone can be made fun ol” policy with attacks on Southerners, lesbians, hunters, and WPI males. Sheehan's hour and a half perfor mance included an old vaudeville act where one person would be the hands for the oilier. Also. Sheehan included a modified version of the "dating game” in which the three "lucky" male contestants were the subject of his unre lenting jibes. Sheehan consistently made fun of the crowd as he would mockingly explain his jokes. Fellow New Yorker. Fred Hervey, Class of '97, described the show as "hilarious." Danny Sheehan's performance, another in a long line of WPI SocComm events, was a delightful and entertaining ride through the land of friendly ridicule.
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Comedian Danny Sheehan victimizes Rhett Brown, a.k.a. Bachelor #3, as part of the impromptu "Dating Game" during Sheehan's performance in Gompei's last Friday night.
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way to gel to this village, and perhaps our myths and legends are different, so that is where I must start. As a child I grew up hearing tales of a garden. This garden was supposed toexist on the far side of the cold harsh wasteland. It was said that if a man were to find this garden he would stay, and live a long peaceful joyful life. There the waters are pure, the fruits always ripe, and the animals lame. When I was a young man the elders of the village saw that I was restless and suggest ed that perhaps I should go in search o f this garden. Upon receivingthe blessing of my family and the rest of the village I set out into the wasteland." The traveler slopped fora minute to eat some slew. He refilled his mug with ale took a sip, smiled enthusiastically and returned to his tale. "Al the beginning of my journey I was so over joyed with my quest I look little notice either of the hardships of my journey orol the nature of the land." Ilis eyes gleamed as he spoke, “I had a whistle on my lips, and a song in my heart, but as with many young men I had no idea just how much work-1 had in front of me." He stopped, took another sip of ale. and looked through the bachelor with a far away glance."soon my boyish enthusiasm had slipped. I made up for the enthusiasm with a studying eye. I began to examine everything around me as I walked. I studied everything from the different textures in the soil, to the curve of the wings of the carrion birds. Even al this lime I did not mind the cold wind, the relentless sun. or the bitter water, for the land I walked through held my interest. There seemed to be so much to learn.” He took another sip of ale. and finished his stew. When he looked back up his eyes had grown cold, he squinted as if looking into the bright sun. he scratched his beard nervously, and returned to his tale. "Eventually I grew bored with the land I walked through, although it was different from the land I grew up in. it became the same day after day." His eyes took on an almost hunted look as he spoke. "It seemed that I would never get out ol the cold. and the wind and sun were conspir ing to suck the moisture from my very marrow . I hated the bitter water that I was forced to drink. I began to believe that the garden never existed and my village had played acruel hoax upon m e." The traveler’s eyes took on a hard gleam of pure hatred, so much so that the bachelor began to fear for his own safety. The traveler's voice dropped to a low growl, “ l cursed them, all of them, my people who had done this to me, the sun, the wind, the cold, the water, the lizards and bugs I ate. even the gods who haled me and put me in this hell." He abruptly raised his voice, “ I cursed everything to deepest, darkest hell, in cluding myself!" He brokeoffand stared intothe fire for a long time. The traveler quietly sipped his ale as he stared into the fire. When next he looked up he had a tear of anguish in his eyes, he bit his lower lip. "Gone," he softly cried, "everything I ever knew, loved, or hated was gone. All I had left was a slender determination to survive. I grew too exhausted to even curse the bitter waters that I drank. I stumbled about lost in the wasteland no longer caring. . . " His voice tailed off, and he sat motionlessly. Suddenly he had a look of hope in his eyes and he sounded glad to tell his story again. “ I came upon a lodge one day. Out there in the middle of nowhere was shelter. I did not believe it, but it was true. When I got to it I found it has unoccu pied, but not deserted. It was clean and well kept, with wood stacked next to the hearth, and lo and behold a well was inside this lodge.” He licked his lips as if anticipating something. “ I cautiously took a drink from the well.” He closed his eyes in ecstasy. “Oh, the joy of drinking pure sweet water, you cannot imagine what it was like." He laughed and a tear of joy trickled down his cheek. “ I built a fire that evening and forthe first lime in my life it seemed I was warm. The next morning I new I could not stay in this place forever, I could not take possession of it, for it belonged to another. I cleaned the hearth, and filled my canteen and left the lodge." He had a look of quiet peace upon his face as he continued. “As I left the lodge it felt as if the sun no longer burned into my eyes and the wind did not seem so cold and dry. I remembered and once again believed in my quest.” He paused seemingly growing wiser as he took his time to speak. "I never let my canteen get completely empty once I left the lodge, I would always manage to save a little water, before I had to fill it again. That way, even to now, I always have at least a trace of that well water left to drink." The traveler rose from the table and put on his cloak. The bachelor sat for a moment then asked.' But what about the garden?" The traveler tuned lo face him as he shoul dered his pack and smiled a gentle knowing smile. "Thank you for the ale and stew my good man" he quietly replied, then turned and headed into the night.
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Seminar on Solutions Lev Shulyak, president of the Technical Innovation Center in Worcester, will present a seminar titled “The Art o f Inventing” from 2:30to 4:30 pm on Wednesday, January 26, in Kinnicutt Hall, Salisbury Labs. The program is designed for engineering students and fac ulty members who want to learn to look at problems from a new perspective. Admission
is free. Shulyak, who holds 20 patents, will teach participants how to invent and to solve tech nical problems 10 -times faster with this method, which was developed and has been tested in Russia for the last 40 years and is currently being taught in 300 schools. For more information, call Shulyak at 752-8483.
United Way raffle for a campus parking space The tickets for the parking space raffle are finally in. All the proceeds from the ruffle will benefit the United Way of Central Massachusetts. All members of WPI community are eligible to win. The following people have raffle tickets for sale: Chris Jachimowicx Carmen Brown Pauline Lavallee Janice Dresser Diane Baxter Peggy Bahn
Student Activities (Daniels Hall) Library Student Affairs (Boynton Hall) Human Resources (Stratton Hall) Plant Services (Hackfeld Road) Instructional Media Center (Fuller Labs)
Tickets are SI .00 each or 6 for $5.00. The drawing w ill be held on Friday, January 28th (location to be announced) and the reserved space takes effect on February I si for one full year. Location of parking space will vary depending on the winner's preference.
Gordon Library is pleased to announce that beginning Wednesday. January 19, the New York lim es bestsellers will be available on a regular basis for the exclusive use of WPI students, faculty and staff. This new program will be offered on a trial basis to evaluate its value to the WPI community. The books will be located on shelves near the Circulation Desk. Check with circulation staff for details. In addition to this new program, the library would like to remind you that we have a selec tion of popular magu/.ines and general refer ence items. Examples of popular magazines include
Consumer Reports (kepi at the Reference Desk), Bit V(7///,i». Gourmet. New Yorker, Road & Tick k, and Time. These, as well as several daily and Sunday newspapers, are located in the lounge area on the main floor. Examples of general reference items include street maps of Worcester and Boston, the Mobil Travel Guides, various guides to colleges, as sorted telephone directories, the Zip Code D i rectory and various directories which might be helpful when looking for jobs. The Reference Department on the main floor is available to help with any questions on these or other mate rials.
Meet Your Legislators Night: Focus on environmental priorities for ’95 "Meet Your Legislators Night" will be held by the Massachusetts Audubon Society on Thursday, January 27th. The meeting will be held at Bancroft School. I l() Shore Drive. Worcester. Coffee and dessert will be served at 7PM and at 7:30. Nine Worcester area state legislators will speak about their environmen tal priorities for 1994. Constituents will then be able to meet informally with their legislators
in small groups. Senators Matthew Amorello. Arthur Chase, and Robert Durand and Representatives Ronald Gauch, Harold Lane. William McManus. Kevin O'Sullivan. Vincent Pedone, and Marsha Platt have all agreed to attend. The event is being co-sponsored by the Re gional Environmental Council and the New England Science Center. The public is invited.
COMMUNITY UPDATE
Santa’s helpers
Winter parking ban in WPI peripheral property area
Members of the WPI community who signed the first page of the December 16 newsletter contributed $247 to the Telegram & Gazette Santa. Since 1990. this greeting in lieu of holiday cards has generated a total of $893 for the fund.
The following is a list of streets in the WPI peripheral property area and information concerning the no parking side with respect to the Winter parking ban ian, which is in effect from December I to April I (from 2:00 am to 6:00 am) and at any time that a snow emergency is declared after 2" of snow has fallen and stays in effect until the street is plowed. (N O P A R K IN G ) STREET NAM E D E SC R IPT IO N (A L L O W E D ) SIDE
Western views “ Into the West: Photographs by Nancy Engberg. Patricia Hogan and Dorothy Magadieu” will be on display in -the gallery on the third floor of Gordon Library through February 28. Engberg has been active in photography for about 15 years. She studied with Peter Faulkner and is currently a member of his Sunday Pho tography Group. Her work has been exhibited many times in Worcester and the surrounding area. These black-and-white and hand-colored photos were taken in the ghost towns, canyons, dunes and deserts of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Hogan began exhibiting her work in the 1980s. S heisam em beroftheN + l photograph ic critique group in Cambridge, Mass., and a member and exhibitor at the Cornwall Gallery in Jamacia Plain. Magadieu, who has also exhibited at the Cornwall Gallery, has been a photographer for 10 years. Her work is current ly on exhibit at the Maine Art Gallery and the Boothbay Region Gallery; she took these pho tos during recent trips to Arizona and New Mexico.
BOYNTON STREET D EA N S T R E E T DOVER STR E ET DRURY LANE E IN H O R N R O A D E L B R ID G E S T R E E T H A C K FE L D R O A D HUM BOLDTAVE IN S T IT U T E R O A D
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Again the category called SIDE will indicate the SIDE of the Street that NO PARKING is allowed. For example: if the word EVEN appears, then parking is not allowed on the side of the street with houses that are even numbered (2-4-6 etc). If the word BOTH appears there is NO PARKING ON BOTH SID K Sof the street. The word NONE (NO PARKING BAN) means that parking is allowed on both sides of that street.
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NEWSPEAK
Tuesday January 18,1994
EDITORIAL
Steps toward campus unity T his w e e k ’s N ew sp eak h eralds not only a change in lead ersh ip for th e paper itself, but the start o f a new o n g oing series o f articles on p luralism and the W PI co m m u n ity , som ething u n attem pted by this new sp ap er in recent m em ory. In so d o in g , w e ex p ress o u r ow n d ed icatio n to the positive ch a n g es taking place on our cam pus. Last w e e k ’s pluralism con feren ce rep resen ts yet an o th er start tow ard this ch a n g e - but it’s only a start. W e applaud R on M acon for the effo rts and the
N K W S P K A K K ll.K P H O T O
The microphone is ready. We're w aitinj* for leadership.
in itiative that he has put forth. He w as ultim ately T he b u ild in g o n ly facilitates these ideas; the d esire and resp o n sib le for the p leth o ra o f ideas that the co n feren ce ability to im plem ent th em m ust be th ere already. g en e rate d . H ow ever, these are m erely id eas...id eas th at The d em an d is sim ple. T he co m m u n ity needs ac tio n need to b e acted upon. A ction can only o ccu r when the and leadership. W ithout c lea r le ad e rsh ip on the p art o f co m m u n ity w orks together. T h e co m m u n ity can only the ad m in istra tio n , unity on c a m p u s can n o t be ach iev ed . w ork to g e th er if there is strong leadership. T h e c o n fe r T h erefo re, w e ch arg e the a d m in stratio n and the p lan n in g ence in d icated that a c lea r d esire to w ork to g eth er ex ists co m m ittee w ith the task o f tu rn in g th e se ideas into w ithin th e student body and w ithin the faculty. But the reality. A ctions speak lo u d er than w ords. leaders o f the ad m in istratio n have not d em o n strated th is sam e d riv e. T o put it sim ply, th ey talk the talk, but they d o n ’t w alk the w alk. T ru stees, alu m n i, and noted leaders o f the a d m in istra tio n all gave th eir spoken en d o rsem en t. Is it so difficu lt to realize that the c o m m u nity n ee d s m ore than a verbal show o f support, even from those w ho see th em selv es solely as fig u reh ead s? T h e co m m u n ity needs d ed ica tio n and actio n . An ex a m p le o f this n ecessary positive lead ersh ip w as d em o n strat ed by P ro v o st D iran A p elian , w h o atten d ed the cru cial final stage o f the co n fe re n ce, after retu rn in g from ihe W ash in g to n D.C. c o n fe r ence fo r p resid e n ts and p ro v o sts. He spo k e at the co n clu sio n o f the c o n fe re n ce, urging the plan n in g co m m ittee to actio n . A d d ressin g N K W S P K A K K II.K P H O T O the topic o f the cam p u s ce n te r (w hich w as The student body showed it's commitment to WPI in last spring's d isc u sse d quite often by all o f the co n feren ce demonstration in front of Boynton Hall. This protest was organized to atten d e es), he stressed on ce m o re that the prevent the paving o f Higgins Lawn. so lution d o es not lie only in the building.
COMMENTARY
Just a thought
TFM
A letter to Martin Luther King Jr.
Booklist
by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry Dear Martin. Well, here it is, another year when we are celebrating your birthday with breakfasts and conferences and pro grams of all sort. Nodoubt in the course of the day and week's celebration, we will hear yet again that we have not fulfilled yourdream, that the dream still lives and is still vital, and if we keep on going, we will achieve it someday. But you know something Martin. I am beginning to believe we may not get there. We have become so obsessed with ourselves, so frightened of our differences, and so immersed in person al and social violence, that yourdream remains just what it was, and maybe always will be... a dream. Oh. we all know the words to the dream "my four little children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the conduct of their character...sons of former slave owners and sons of former slaves' will be able to sit down together at the table of broth erhood." They are great words, an inspiring dream. But it is a dream that has turned into a fantasy... a never-never land that we can get to only if we are children like Peter Pan. We have forgotten that for grown ups to achieve their dreams, we have to pay for them in hard work, sweat, tears: trying and failing, trying again and failing again...then maybe, maybe achieving a small success. We discovered that the price we would have to pay for making your dream a reality was more than we wanted to pay. You see, Martin, the price for achiev ing your dream would mean that we would understand as you did that racial progress was tied toeconomic and pol itical progress. We cry big tears about lack of jobs and welfare cheats and affirmative action, but the truth is, we white folk don't want anyone else com peting for our jobs. We don’t want to admit that we have stuck Africans and Latin Americans in our run down cities to attend run down schools and to get run down jobs. No, we hide behind the conservative hog wash that con v inces us that everybody has an equal chance, that we no longer judge by skin color, and it is just too bad that l out of every 4
African-American males between 15 and 25 arc in jail. So we lie to ourselves. And we keep the dream a fantasy. Yes, we still go to workshops and read the right books and give aid to some students of color so they can learn the “white" ways and Iive and compete in the “white" world. But only when its safe and politically cor rect to do so. We really don't want to change all that much. Our stereotypes and prejudiced beliefs and comfortable suburban fortresses are too much to give up. Its hard enough tocompete and get a job, any job, right now. Dreams will have to wait until we feel more secure, have more resources to share, more leisure time to pursue breaking down the racial barriers between us. To be honest Martin, a lot of us are tired. My black brothers and sisters are tired of explaining to us whites that they are victimized almost everyday in some way by racism. Whether it’s being followed in a store or on a street, wheth er its a professor who doesn’t think w e’re smart enough, or another student who wonders if we got where we are by special privilege, they feel beaten down and ready to quit. As forme Martin, I’m tired too. I’m tired of groups and congregations who roll (heir eyes and close their ears and minds when I start talking about racism one more time, tired of bureaucracies and institutions and professionals who use language carelessly and keep proce dures and policies that are offensive, have been labeled offensive, but refuse to change because it isn't practical, or fair, or because words don 't matter that much. But they do matter, don't they Mar tin? And yourdream, which ought to be my dream, which ought to be our dream matters. Forgive me if I feel a little too sorry lor myself. I get that way some times. And don’t give up on us yet, Martin. Someday, someday, we may find within ourselves the courage and the energy to renew the drive for your dream, our dream.
by MegaZone Hello, and welcome toC-term. TFM is a computer information/help column (hat I attempt to write for each issue of Newspeak. I’ve spent the last i'our-plus years tlguring this system out, and I figure I’ll try to make it easier on the incoming students. No need for them to repeat all of my mistakes. If you have trouble with the system there help available. The CCC Help Desk is open Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM in Fuller B21. You can also reach the Help Desk by phone at 83 1-5888 (ext. 5888), email to box5888@wpi.wpi.edu. or campus mail to Box 5888. Just to be clear. TFM is *not* a part of the Help Desk. I work for the Help Desk now, but I’ve been writing TFM since before I got the job. And what I say here in no way represents the official position of the CCC Help Desk, or any other of its employees. ( In short, I take all the blame.) So if I make mistakes (hey. I'm only godlike, I haven’t quite achieve a position as a full deity.) it’s
my fault. This column is just sort of an introduction for the new crowd. I’ll try to come up up with something useful later. But if you want to save money, read on. Looking to buy or sell textbooks? Before you go to the bookstore, check out a program written by three students as an IQP. The program is available for the WPI community to place their books up for-sale, and look for those bargains before shelling out the big bucks at the bookstore. And not just for text books, any books that you wish to sell. The program is very easy to under stand, a beginner can pick it up in a matter of minutes, if not seconds. Writ ten by students, for students, it fills a niche that, until now, has been vacant. To run the program enter ‘-android/ bin/booklist ’ at your prompt on the WPI Unix network. You can add books to the list to sell, edit your entries, and browse thelist of available books. Once you find a book you ’re interested in, you can call up more information, such as the seller, price, and contact informa
tion. It has a simple to understand menu interface, and, if you need more help, you can enter ‘more ~ petra/IQ P / userguide’ at your prompt for a more extensive explanation of the program options. That’s all on that... If you want to catch up. all the old TFM columns are in the directory ~tfm. The files are tfm I tfm 10 (This one is number 10) and they are publically readable. There is a lot of basic info for users trying to figure things out. Before I go, aquick warning. If you use ‘dxmail’ (the DECstation mail program) you won’t be able to access the mail folders with other mail readers. And it will really eat up your file quota. In short, I recommend that you not use it. Elm is very easy to understand, you don’t need a DEC to use it, and it is compatible with other mail programs. That’s all for this week. Have fun, and feel free to ask questions if you catch me online. Oh, and by the way, TFM does NOT stand for Thoughts From MegaZone. Nice try though...
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NEWSPEAK
Tuesday January 18,1994
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION W O RCESTER PO LY TECH N IC IN STITU TE Student Government Association Minutes for the meeting of January 13,1994 I. II.
Meeting called loorderat 6:30. Attendance: Executive Council: War ren Smale. Pres.; Cathleen Connelly, Treas; Amy Scott. Sect. Senate: Josh Arias. Jason A verill. Prakash Bhatia, Rachel Butland, Lexie Chutoransky. Dan C o rriv e a u , Ryan D aly, Nat Fairbanks,Greg Findlen. Deb Foley, John G rossi. Kirk Jalbert, Jen Keenan. Sylvia Khatchadourian. Joe L aydon. C hris M cK eever, Pat M cM anus. Kirsty R cidy, Mike Schulz, Josh Single, Danielle J. Snow. Donald Socha, Justin Sprague. Patrick Sullivan, Andy Thicssen, ChristopherThomas, Dennis Walsh, Wolf Winset Absent: Josh Greene, Krysten Laine (excused), Dan Larochclle III. President’s Remarks: Com mittee Chairs were asked to give a copy o f their schedule to President Smale, and all Senators were asked to check the committee membership list to confirm their membership is listed correctly. President Smale then informed the Senate that the reorganizationofSGA is going well, and that the committee system ap pears to be beginning to work. The Public Relations committee has pre pared to start a "knowledge cam paign” , to try and educate the stu dent body on where they can take problems and how they can get in volved to make changes. The Elec tions committee has a well planned program for the C-term elections of SGA Officers, and Senators - at Large positions. The Transporta tion committee has been trying to plan for the longterm transportation problem faced by undergraduate stu dent organizations. The Policies and Procedures committee has be gun to restructure the role/duties of student representatives on Institute Academic committees. President Smale then recog nized Senator Keenan. Senator Keenan read a letter written by Prof. Rick Vaz. The letter was addressed to the following several WPI admin istrato rs, Academ ic Com m ittee Chairs, and the other members of the Comm ittee on Academic Policy.
VII. Old Business: none The letter concerned taking away Responsibility VIII. New Business: the responsibility of selecting aca The WPI community asks Mission Statement (motion that you exercise moral responsibil demic committee student represen tatives away from SGA. It was ex ity in your decisions and actions. I.c94), Sen. Schulx: Sen. Schulz. Chair of Policies and Procedures, pressed that instead the faculty could This responsibility should be tem ask the student honor societies to moved SGA adopt the following pered with respect and understand ing. both for yourself and for others. Mission Statement: represent the general student body on the faculty academic committees. Respect The WPI community hopes MISSION STATEMENT President Smale then expressed that that you will respect yourself for The Student Government As he himself, and the SGA Policies and Procedures com m ittee have sociation of Worcester Polytechnic your ideals, feelings, and rights. Esspent the last term restructuring the Institute exists as the voice of the tablishing your own dignity in this student representative positions to way, you can then honor others' as entire student body to encourage and facilitate communications be try and make representatives more equal members of the community tween that body and the WPI com accountable. He also inform the and respect their ideals, feelings, and rights. Senate that letters to the current munity. The purpose of the SGA is Understanding Institute A cadem ic C om m ittee to improve the quality of student life Chairs had been prepared concern The WPI community asks that by interacting with the students, ad dressing their needs and concerns, ing some problems that had emerged you make an effort towards under last term and how SGA would like to providing the fiscal structure, and standing the diverse aspects in the address these issues. representing them in a professional community. Understanding comes IV. Vice President’s Report: VP manner. from experiences, both within and Doyle reported on the Pluralism C on without the community, which en The motion was 2SI) by able you to make intelligent deci ference that was held Tuesday and sions. Decisions based Wednesday. There were many attendees, includ on sympathetic, careful W O R C E S T E R P O L Y T E C H N IC I N S T IT U T E ing alumni, trustees, fac examination of others' ulty, and students. Many ideals and motivations. Freedom good ideas toconceming pluralism at WPI and The WPI community how to accomplish them acknowledges each mem were discussed. In SGA bers' right to personal we are currently begin freedom. You are free to ning some of those ac express yourself in any tions as part of our reor manner, provided you do S T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T A S S O C IA T IO N not impinge on another's ganization. Sen. Grossi. Sen. Schulz then ex V. Treasurer’s Report: Trea rights to do the same. Each member plained the Mission Statement. Sen. surer Connelley announced that the of the community is responsible for Sullivan moved to table the motion Appropriations committee will be exercising their freedom in a con siderate manner. until the next meeting so that the gin budget hearings, and that they Cooperation Senate could review the Mission will have office hours next Sunday. The WPI community can Statement, Sen. Keenan 2M>, vote Letters will be sent to all student organizations. accomplish more through coopera passed. Mission Statement, motion tion than would be achieved through I.c94, will be voted on at the next VI. Committee Reports: the actions of individuals or small SGA meeting. SGA • Transportation: Meeting at groups. With communication and a WPI Campus Creed (mo mutual respect and understanding noon on Friday, January 14. tion 2.c94), VP Doyle: VP Doyle we can work together to make WPI - Club Sport: Meeting at I I a m on Wednesday, January 19. a better place for all community moved that SGA adopt the Campus members. Creed developed by the Diversity -W PI Plan II: The committee Communication committee last year (’92 - '93). has prepared an information pam phlet for interest students, and a The WPI community en courages members to develop an The WPI Campus Creed survey. understanding on intellectual and - Policies and Procedures: Compassion Announced that the committee will personal levels. We strive to resolve be proposing an amendment of the conflict in a positive manner, and The WPI community de not to let stereotypes and labels be By-Laws at the next SGA meeting. sires your actions to reflect a consid eration for others’ thoughts and feel come a substitute for communica Institute/ Academic tion and reason. ings. We hope that we can Work - Committee on Academic together to alleviate anguish, both Policies: The committee is still in Individuality the process of discussing the roles of mental and physical, that may un The WPI community con necessarily be inflicted on members the Education and Development sists of a diverse group of distinct Council (EDC), and the Center for individuals. Each member has their of our community. Curricular Innovation and Develop own interests and talents to contrib ment (CCID).
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ute. Through a developed sense of self-worth and understanding, we can learn to value the different view points each member of the commu nity brings with them to WPI. While being part of the larger whole of the community, each person has their own values, desires, and needs which make them important on their own. Developed by (he Student Diversity Committee. Sprint’ 1993 Sen. Keenan 2N,). Sen. Single moved to table to the next meeting so that senators could re view, Sen. Keenan 2N,\ motion passed. The WPI Campus Creed, motion 2.c94, shall be voted on at the next SGA meeting. - Additions to the Agenda I. Financial By-Law Amend ment (motion 3.c94), Sen. Schulz: Sen. Schulz moved to add an amend ment to the Financial By-Laws to the Agenda. Motion 2NI) by Sen. Single, vote 20-7-1 (yes, no, ab stain), motion 3.c94 added to the agenda. Sen. Schulz moved to strike Part E from Article IV Section 2 of the Financial By-Laws, 2 NI’ by Sen. Single. Discussion followed, and the mot ion was amended to not strike Part E, but rather reword it. There fore motion 3.c94 read to amend Article IV, Sec. 2, Part E to: E. Conventions and Conferences Forany convention or con ference, the SGA may only cover official transportation costs, regis tration lees and accommodations, and will allocate funds for meals on a per diem rate set by the Appropri ations Committee. The may only would re place the word will. Sen. Fairbanks moved to table motion 3.c94, Sen. Keenan 2M\ the motion passed 235-0. IX. Announcements: Pres. Smale there will be a video dance in Alden from 8 i*m to Midnight, all members of Class III Organizations will have free admission. Sen. Laydon asked Public Re lations senators to remain after meeting. Sen. Corriveau asked the same of Elections committee members. Sen. Keenan moved to adjourn. Sen. Grossi 2Mj. X. Meeting adjourned at 7:30. ars/ARS
COMMENTARY
Century Since when does Greek mean responsibility-exempt? Century will be a weekly commentary column which will keep the WPI administration on their toes. I Editor's Note: At the tim e o f publi cation, the fu ll actions taken by the cam pus authorities in the Goddard case were unknown to N ew speak./ by Century It al ways amazes me when I see the political wheels turning away at this school. Well, then again, maybe it doesn’t. I’m sure you’ve all heard of the break-in a couple of months ago in Goddard. A couple of anonymous fra ternity guys, drunk again, broke in and trashed the place. WPI police caught them and wanted to bust them as far as they could go, oh no, I feel a but coming on here: BUT!, a myste rious word from the hill came saying that they should just get a slap on the
hand. Unbelievable. To make matters worse, some seventeen year old kid busted up his hand trying to get a can of soda from one of the machines in Fuller for free. Now, this kid isn’t a WPI student, so guess what hap pened?! Worcester Police were called and the kid was taken to the hospital and got shoved under the nose of som ejuvycourt. Unbelievable. What kind of attitude is this? The WPI Police should be commended because they caught the kids that broke into Goddard and wanted to nail them, no fault there. But what about this WORD FROM THE HILL? What is that all about? What kind of example are they, the Hill People, setting for fu ture kinds of crime like this? Just how much can we get away with here? Oh for the love of this prestigious school.
“Hey, whozup?” by Keith Franklin Post Doc, Chem ical Engineering Department It is a common misconception of many Brits who come over here that America is NOT a foreign country. You speak the same language as us (well almost), so you must be the same, right? Wrong. While we ac cept for the most part that people from other countries are going to be different (the French speak another language so they are “allowed” to act differently) it is still a source of sur prise to many Brits that Americans are different as well. We d o n ’t come over here com pletely oblivious to the differences however, we know that you call bis cuits “cookies”, you call chips “fries” and crisps “chips”, that the beer tastes like water and you can’t make a de cent cup of tea, but there is more to it than that. In this article I would like to make a few observations on my first few months of living in the slates. I say my first few months of living in the states as this is not the first time I have been here, but it is the first time I have lived here rather then just visited, so I have had more time to observe you in your natural habitat. Observation 1: Common greetings as you meet people in the corridor, street etc. all appear to be in the form of rhetorical questions. F orexam ple“heywozup”,
“whoznoo" or “ howyadoin" are often aimed in my direction. Once 1stopped looking up in the air to see what was up and realize people were asking about my general well being, 1 discov ered that they actually were not the least bit interested in my general well being, by the time I had stopped to tell them I was “fine thank you" and “how were they”, they had disappeared into the middle distance. We do actually have this ritual at home, except that the pretense goes as far as replying “fine, and how are you?”, the re sponse “fine” usually suffices for any thing whether you are in crutches or just won an Olympic gold medal. I have already drawn strange looks in shops (stores) when I have answered passing assistants who ask me “how is it going?”, with “Splendid, and how are you?” . Observation 2: Drivers are kind to pedestrians here. I don’t think if this is a trait common to W orcester or the States in general, but even if I look as if I might be thinking about crossing the road, cars stop for me. 4 am scared to stand on the edge o f the sidewalk in case I cause a major traffic hold up. Pedes trians are not a protected species at home and cars have first priority, try walking out in front o f a car in Edinburgh and you will not be waved across the road, if are not decorating the hood of the car then the least you can hope for is a loud honk on the hom and a torrent o f “What the hell dae ye
think yer doin’ ye stupit ******” Which roughly translated means “1 say old chap would you m id not doing that again, thanks awfully”. Observation 3: Guys like having cold legs. I as sume this must be the case as no matter what the temperature is out side there are guys wandering around the shorts on. Fair enough if it is hot, but 30 degrees Fahrenheit and you still were them. I knew the leaves turned red in New England, but I didn’t know the legs turned blue as well! Observation 4: TV audiences are made up of peo ple who can make loud “ whooping” noises whenever the presenter says something mildly amusing, or men tions the name of the place they are from or mentions the name of some celebrity who will be on the show, or was on the show, or is going to be on the show. Observation 5: Correction to the previous state ment, Sam Adams is bloody good beer. Oh and finally. Have a nice day............................
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Alpine Ski Team Welcome back friends toa new year ofTun and excitement in ski racing. The hard work and determination that made our annual training camp, held January 2-7, a success is sure to bring us good results this season. As those who attended can say, camp not only was a great time, but also gave many the opportunity to make huge improvements in their skiing ability. John Harrington should be commended on the excel lent management of this year’s camp. Congratulat ions go out to all who qual itied for the '94 travelling team at the time (rials directly following camp. Good luck at the races. The travelling team, as well as everyone else interest ed, is expected lo be at the first snow practice of the season Tuesday January 25 al Nashoba Val ley. For more information on practice or on ihe ski learn in general call Glen Gaebc al 755-4139 or send email to gubc@wpi.
ACM Hello, welcome back and we hope ya had a good break. There w ill be a General Meeting, scheduled for this Thursday at 4:30 pm in Fuller 320. Watch your email for more info. Anyone interested in running for an officership should plan on being there since we will be nominating and voting at that time. As al ways, cookies will be there, and anyone is welcome to come. In other news, w e've got the tee shirts on order, and are expecting them in the next week or so. W e're still working on ihe lectureship series, so keep your fingers crossed. People interesterd in running help sessions this term should contact Dan Gaines ASAP to let us know. We are also planning a couple of tutorial sessions. All of these will be dis cussed at the meeting as well, so if you want the full scoop, come on over. If you can't make it, but want to know more about anything, email us. acm@ wpi.wpi.edu.
Christian Bible Fellowship Hello and welcome back! I trust everyone had a good break. As usual we have a number of different regular '“events.” Friday nights in Higgin s I0I at 7:00 p.m. is our weekly time of worship, teaching, and fellowship. Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in Founders Country Kitchen we have Prayer and Share. Monday'sat 11:30am (or around then) we have our DAK A luncheon down at Founders. I believe we will be honoring our friend who is now in India. Coming up this Friday we will be looking into world religions. Don't miss it! Jesus prayed. "As you sent me into the world. I have sent them |his disciples| into the world.” (John 17 :18). What does it mean to be sent into the world? Jesus lived a life here on earth that was totally focused on the reason he was here. How is our focus on the purpose for our continu ing here on earth? Are we sharing Christ's love with this world we live in? Do our lives serve as salt and light to the earth (Mt. 5 :13 -16)? What does it mean to be sent into the world?
Fencing Club Hello everyone and welcome back! In case you haven't heard it enough by now, hope you had a good break. We should be starting practice back up at the regular times (4:30 pm - 6:30 pm in Harrington Gym) on Mondays. Tucsdays and Thursdays by the time that you read this. As always, all are welcome. If you did not show up as much as you would have liked to last term, don't despair. There is still room for you and you are always welcome. As for everyone else, keep on attending and you will see continued improve ment. we promise. Hope to see all of you at practice. Have a good one..
Global Affairs Party Hi Gapsters! Congratulations on getting your Position Papers in for HNMUN! Our next Debate is scheduled for Jan 29th (Sal) and it's open to public. Hope to see you all there. If you want to know more about ihe debate, contact Bryan Bordeaux at bbking@wpi.edu. The de bale is a good opportunity io practice your skills. HNMUN is now a month away, so keep up (he good work and prepare yourselves well. Don't forget, we've got our first of the year meeting Thurday evening at 6:30PM at AK2 IS. Seeya'II there.
W O R C ESTER POLYT E C H N IC IN S T IT U T E Nominations Return of all material I borrowed for ihe Latino week Info on the community project Info on School talks Discussion of the calendar of activites so come it will be fun! And watch out for the first issue of LA CAUSA! hasla luego.
Fcliz A - o and welcome back to seven more weeks lo hell on earth! I hope your break was great and that you are ready for a C term full of surprises...let's start surprising you by telling you lhat Wednesday w ill be our first meeting where you’ll get lo meet the rest of ihe gang (bring your friends!). More info coming straight at your mailbox. For the agenda all I have:
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Masque N E W VO ICES 12 IS COM ING! New Voices is WPI’sannual Community Dra ma Festival. Anyone can submit a work. There are no limitations on what will be accepted. In ihe past there have been plays ranging from one page lo a full length production: as well as an improv group. Works in progress will be consid ered. Sometime in the middle of Feb. an an nouncement will be made as lo what works were accepted. The NewVoices festival will be pro duced sometime late D-tcrm. Deadline for submission is Tuesday. Feb. I (sometime in the afternoon). You must submil iwo copies of your work, one with the author's name on the title page, and one without. They are lo be subimittcd either lo Visiting Professor Dean O'Donnell or lo ihe humanities' office. The D catliim p goes up in a few weeks. If you have any q u estio n s em ail Joe Provo (crim so n @ w p i) or Tim M clnernry (norbert@wpi). Posters will soon be all over campus, keep you eyes open.
Elections Positions available: Executive-elect and Senator-at-large-elect The info night for positions will be on January 25th @ 7:00 in Gompei’s
Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences Well, and a pleasant return from break it s been. Let us jump right into the good stuff. This weekend was the Mid-Winter Blackavar Feast. It was also the coronation of their queen. Clorinda (I believe). Also this weekend, there was an event of the SCA in New Hampshire. All the merchants in the East Kingdom were there (or so I am told), and oh! the ihings you could have bought! Jusl like King Richard's Faire, only belter. There will be an SCA practice on January 20. This is this coming Thursday. It will be in the Lower Wedge as far as I know, at about 7PM. If you are interested in fighting, bring protection! This isn't foam covered weaponry, you know. It'll HURT. Guys, bring cups. Girls, wear padded athletic bras. Ann or and swords will be provided. Let's make a good showing, folks. These people have driven for at least a couple hours to get here, so we should make it worth their while. More shall be forthcoming. (Yes, that's a threat!)
Society of Pershing Rifles Welcome back to the land of snow and ice for another joyous fourteen weeks of learning. I hope all o f you had a fun and suitably boring winter vacation, because it is over now. Our first meeting this year will be tomorrow. This will be a pizza party, bul everyone is still expected to come. Everyone please be sure to bring in at least one prospective new member. We want lots of pledges for next year so the troop will not shrink so much like last year. Remember, anyone is invitedtocom eondow n and check us out. I am sure lots of you have seen our recruiting posters around campus so you have some idea of what we are about. We will meet tomorrow. Wednesday. Jan. 19 at 7pm in room 35 under Harrington Auditori um. See you there.
Society of Women Engineers Welcome back SWE members. Hope you all had a great holiday break. Our first meeting of 1994 will be this Wednesday, the 19th. Ournew officers will be unveiling plans for Ihe year. Get psyched and come join us at 7pm in Higgins 101. Note the change of location. Bring yourself and any friends you can drag along. SWE is only as strong as its members. We need all current members to get involved. Bring any fundraising ideas you have. That’s all for this week, good luck to all of you withC-term’sclasses. Thoughi for the week: Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
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AX P To begin ihe first Greek column of the first Greek Corner of the first issue of Newspeak in 19 9 4 .1 would just like to say that I am sick and effing tired of all this damn snow!! And I know that I'm not the only one that feels this way! you can either ask Tom when he comes in from shoveling his car out. or Mike when he's done sledding (in his bed). Welcome back to all of the academically eligible postulants, as well, as if such a thing actually exists...Maybe a good New Year's res olution for some of you would be to spend a little less time talking into phone receivers that aren't connected to anything, and a little more time studying. And if this isn't good advice, maybe Luke needs to start putting up "Go To Class" signs again. We'll see... "Out with the old. and in with the new": this is true not only for employees, but is also a good rule of thumb to use with a few nameless WPI professors, who can't teach to save their tenurehaving butts, and who are financially over-com pensated. despite under-educating hundreds. Anyway, the first part is certainly true, as our menu no longer contains “En-Cor Lasagna” and “Gennan-style Hawaiian Luau instant mashed potato Fricka-see”. Also, because of Sandra, weekly FBH will be replaced by nap time. Similarly, house jobs will be replaced by a weekly pool match. Anyone else who would like to follow in Kaimes' footsteps should see me immediately. In closing, remember that nominations for elections are tomorrow, so don't forget to nomi nate yourself for every office possible! FDIC...
AXA First, I would like to welcome everyone back and a special hearty welcome to brotheror should I say. Comrade Koehl from Russia. Congrats to all the new officers. Don’t forget that the semi is this weekend. Also all the brothers have returned from their project centers, how was Co. Mike? And lastly, my sanity has returned. (D Z I Welcome back everyone! I hope you all h=»d a great break and are ready for C term. It's going to be a very busy term, so make sure that you all stay on top of things. Happy belated birthdays go out to Tracy Adamski, Jen Rice, and Em Peters. Birthday girls this week are Shannon B. (today), and Diane Elderd (Friday).
Hey. party this weekend. Let’s have a good time and make 1994 as hazy as '93
Don't forget about ourannual ROCK-A-THON that will take place in the wedge on January 25 & 26! We'll be rocking for 24 hours to raise money I'orthe National Kidney Foundation...come show yoursupport! Good luck to all the winter sports teams that are starting the second half of their seasons! Tricia. you're awesome...keep up the great work! Welcome back to everyone who was gone last semester or B-term! Maria. Paula, Jen Sanna. Maura, and Kelly...we all missed you guys and we' re happy that you ’re back! Congrat ulat ions to Lily Lau for getting a secondary with Martin Marietta and an offer from Digital! Go Lily! Thanks go out to Sig Ep for the "9 0 2 10" social last Wednesday, we all had a great time and found out that you've never really experienced the show until you've watched it with Heidi Huggctt, Jen Rice, and Lisa Caponi! Finally, special hellos go out to Kelly King. Sue Waz. Becky Kiluk. Yvonne. Jen Wilke, and all of our awesome pledges (get all your work done and rest up...C-term is going to be busy!). LITP
class schedule is better then Sarah’s but not better then mine. Lets see, who else has hold of a good office for this year? Woog will be replacing me after this pledge class, and Andy will be yelling at debtors, and Geoff will be keeping notes at all our important meetings, and Brcndon will keep order (ha ha ha ha ha) if he can. Hay Dan... Thanks for the food! That thing under the fridge and the dust bunnies were starting to look good. ** Pledges don't forget to get the time free that you need! ** Hope the ski trip goes well this weekend. I also hope I don't get killed playing football this winter! Hay everybody... don't forget: W e're livin’ with Y-O-G-I... HAY CAPMUS: JAIL& BAIL IS BACK, its coming soon! Keep an eye open for it! See ya... ZOOT.
ZH' It's all lun and games till somebody loses a Phi. Yup. thats right. Sean is out of here, and Spirit is that skin on your face or a mask? I guess it doesn't matter any more anyway. Yogi and Booboo arc the big wigs now. "Here's a story, of a Phi named Klewien...". no belter not. Ranger Smith wouldn't like that. Oh and the biggest news of the New Year, Chops ain't writ in' this silly column any more, nope.nom ore. Chops' arch-enemy CAPTAIN ZOOTMAN is going to trash the American language until some guy from a government agency comes and forces me to write "real" news. Well, welcome back one and all. I hope your
ATTENTIO N CLUBS AND GREEKS D ue to p a st inconsistenc ies in the sta n d a rd s by w hich C lu b a n d G reek C o rn er su b m issio n s have b een judged, it h a s beco m e n ecessa ry to develo p a n ew p o lic y on su b m issio n to this category. This n ew p o lic y is d esig n e d to strea m lin e our a ccep ta n ce
0X Well kids, here we go again. I just flown in from Washington D.C. and boy are my arms tired. But seriously folks....where else can you play hangman all day. drink all night and still get an A? It seems all I missed while I was gone was some dirty underwear. Keeping with the New Y ear's tradition. I've polled the brotherhood and come up with some New Y ear’s resolutions Babb - successfully poster his entire room (including Weig) with pictures of his girl friend Lombard - buy stock in rubber undergar ments Weig - start a cycle of steroids and beat the crap out of Gusek Klauber - come down to the house without a complete update of President Strauss’ daily plan Taz - to buy a small child for a pet Jorge - Now that NAFTA is passed, to start importing the Amazing Figuero-Arroyo Tan ning Creme to Big D’s Menard - to get drunk and actual ly be wrong in an argument Houly - to buy the w orld’s longest exten sion cord so he can carry his couch and stereo equipment to class D ’Anna - to find Vermont before March Holbrow - brrrrrrrp...more chicks!
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Tuesday, January IS 2:()()pm - Worcester Art Museum Tour: "Through Edo with Hiroshige" 55 Salisbury St. Worcester. Free with ID. 6:00pm - WPI Venture Forum, “ How and Where lo Find the SSS." Kinnicutt Hull. Salisbury Labs. S5.
MIT HAYSTACK OBSERVATORY U ndergraduate science, m athem atics, and en g in eerin g students are invited to apply for sum m er research positio n s at the MIT H aystack O bservatory in W estford, MA. R esearch projects include studies o f radio em issions from stars, investigations o f the structure o f the ea rth ’s upper atm osphere, and h ardw are and softw are d evelopm ent for d ata acquisition, processing and recording system s. T he positions are n om inally three m onths in duration (June to A ugust) and carry a stipend o f $1,300 to $ 1,5(K) p er m onth depending on academ ic level and experience. W om en, m inorities, and students w ith disabilities are en co u rag ed to apply. For further inform ation and application form w rite to:
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Wednesday, January 19 6:00pm - Fine Arts: "African Percussion Workshop," Alden Hall. 7:()()pm to K:3()pm - Co-op Orientation. Newell Hall. Atwater Kent. Thursday, January 20 11:00am - AIRG (Artificial Intelligence Research Group) Seminar. Fuller 3 1 1 Friday, January 21 ll:()()am - CS Colloquim. Fuller 311. Coordinator: Stephen Taylor. Topic: Engineering Applications of Genetic Algorithms. Speaker: Prof. Mark J. Jakiela, CAD Lab, ME Dept. MIT l:()()pm - STDBMS (Spatio-Temporal Database Management Systems) meeting. Fuller 246 (Beckett Conference Room). Coordinator: P rof Nabil Hachem 7:00pm - Passport Film: "Reservoir Dogs." Perreault Hall. Fuller Labs. $1. Saturday, January 22 2:00pm - Worcester Art Museum Tour: Worcester. Free with ID.
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Sunday, January 23 2:()()pm - Worcester Art Museum Tour: "Through Edo with Hiroshige” 55 Salisbury St. Worcester. Free with ID. 6:30pm to 9:30pm - Film: "Dave". Perreault Hall. Fuller Labs, $2.
Application deadline is February 7, 1994.
Monday, January 24 7:()()pm - HESR: Su/i Landolfe. "Hoi, Sexy and Sale," Alden Hall 7:00pm to 9:00pm - Holy Cross: Film: "Glory". Hogan Campus Center, room 519. Free.
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