1994 v22 i10

T VOLUME

E

xxn

C

H W ORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, WORCESTER, MASS., TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1994

TV

TRADITIONS

Newspeak celebrates the 25 year history of women at WPI This year Newspeak’s Tradition’s Day section celebrates the history of women at WPI. This year, 1994, marks the twenty-fifth year since women were first admitted to WPI. This four-page special section contains several articles from the pages of Tech News and Newspeak which describe the triumphs and tribula­ tions of women during WPI’s first decade of co-education. As you will see, the WPI community underwent quite a few growing pains as it at­ tempted to integrate women into what had been a single-sex institution for more than 100 years. The articles in this section chronicle the early discussions and debates as to whether to admit women to WPI, several of the concerns of the first women who enrolled at WPI, and the difficul­ ties faced by men during the early adjustment years as well as many of the successes women experienced at WPI. We hope you enjoy this col­ lection and we look forward to the next twenty-five years of changes.

-Kevin Parker Associate Editor

PHOTO COURTESY OF PEDDLER '93

Rebeca Handal, a member of last year’s graduating dass, re­ ceives her diploma at Commencement ’93.

January 11, 1967 Co-Eds At Tech?

Trustees To Be Advised in Feb. T he catalogue of Worcester Polytechnic Institute declares that Worcester Tech was founded on a "peddler’s dream" and goes on to explain that this dream was "to interest the local citizens in estab­ lishing a new school which would prepare young men for the tech­ nical age he could see fast ap­ proaching." However, perhaps the phrase "to prepare young men” is -i bit misleading; in actuality John Boynton never restricted his plans for the school to an all men in­ stitution. His provisions were for a coeducational plant where any student with the necessary quali­ fications could receive an educa­ tion in the engineering subjects.

T o attest this fact, one need only obtain some of the documents relating to the founding of the school, from which one will gather that the original coeducational plan could (can) be altered at any time by agreement of the board of trustees. But, due to the fact that the question never presented itself in a very pressing manner, no such amendment was ever made. Hence, Worcester Tech is a coeducational i n s t i t u t e — in theory, that is.

W here have all the young girls gone? As the story goes, a long time has passed since they have been seen on Tech Hill. In fact, except for a few women students enrolling from time to time in the graduate program, and some female undergraduates taking an occasional course or two, (there has never been a class at Worcester Tech that graduated a woman) the feminine factor at Tech has never risen above zero.

There are,, of course, very gooH

reasons for this state of affairs.

First of all, in 1865 there were very few women blacksmiths in the country, especially in the more re­ fined eastern section of the coun­ try. For the first decades of the school’s history, no respectable woman would ever think of apply­ ing to an engineering school, let alone be able to handle the type of curriculum offered. Even in this century, engineering is a little way from appealing to the average college m inded girl. However, per­ haps this is more a result of tradi­ tion than an effect of the present day engineering situation. Today there are definitely areas of inter­ est to women in the fields of en­ gineering. Women take engineer­ ing degrees at such colleges and universities as M .I.T., Lowell Tech, Cornell University and others.

Yet the percentage of women engineers is still very small. It has been estimated that one half of one percent of the engineers in our country are women. Let us say that the admissions office of Worcester Tech was given the task of following a program of encour­ aging g*rls to apply to Worcester Tech. In an average year, assum­ ing that the number of women engineers is a good indication of the interest among high school girls in this area of education, Tech might hope to receive 30 in­ quiries, and as few as seven or eight applications from girls.

W ould the admission of seven or eight girls to the class of 1972 warrant the expense of providing the necessary accommodations for them? How would a student body of over i400 men accept them?

Would the faculty have to make any adjustment to women stu­ dents? These are questions which are now being debated by the faculty and administration, in an attempt to provide the board of trustees with advice and opinions when they meet for their regular Executive Committee m eeting on

February 11 to consider this issue (would you believe along with parietal hours?).

For those interested in statistics: There have been 4 letters of in­ quiry and two applications to Worcester Tech by girls so far this year. In addition 11 girls have been present during visits to high schools by admissions officers from Tech.

February 23, 1966

Coeducation: Coming Trend Washington, (C P S )— “There is no unique advantage in separate education for men and w om en,” W illiam H. C. Prentice, president of Wheaton C ollege, told a W ash­ ington area alumni m eeting this w eek.

W heaton College is one of the many sm all colleges for w om en in ! the N ew England area. The school Is located in Norton, Mass., about 35 m iles southwest of Boston, and has a student enrollm ent of just under 1,000.

Prentice said he would be sur­ prised indeed il separate schools for men and women were still in existence in 50 years.

“To be honest, I am surprised even today to find so many young women choosing to study In an all women’s college,” he added.

Prentice said one possibility was that Wheaton and other girl’s schools might become co-educa­ tional. “We have no plans in that direction at present, however,” he added.

May 17, 1967

Coeducation Loses in D ebate O n P are n ts' Day, M ay 13, th e Tech would result in the oppres­ D eb atin g Society held a p a rlia ­ sion of two minorities: slobs and m en tary d e b a te in A lden H all. swearers. In the presence of fe­ I 'n d e r discussion was the q u es­ males, they would have to spruce tio n: “S hould W .P .I. becom e co­ up their slovenly appearance and ed?" F o u r m em bers of the so­ clean up their language. Thus ciety a rg u ed the issue, tak in g roles , would end two great T ech tra­ as m em bers o l P arliam en t. Each ditions. speaker w as lim ited to ten m in ­ Warren Bentley completed the utes. opposition’s attack. He said that it O n th e affirm ative side, Rafik was not valid to call M .I.T. a co­ R ath iw alla cited th e fact th a t educational institute since the en­ most of th e b e tte r schools in th e rollment ratio is 6,000 men to 100 c o u n try a re co-ed. o r at least affil­ women. He declared that opening ia ted w ith a college of the o p p o ­ W.P.I. to women would be eco­

site sex. He said that separate education is an anachronism in a world where equality and inte­ gration of the sexes prevail.

Also arguing for co-education at Tech was Bruce Denson. H e pointed out that of the top three engineering schools in the East, M.I.T., R.P.I., and W.P.I., only W.P.I. is all men and W.P.I. is rated third. He said that college is supposed to be the preparation of a student for life and marriage, and that a single-sexed school can provide neither.

T he opposition to Tech’s sexual integration came up with a color­ ful and convincing argument.

Steve Leece said that girls at

nomically unfeasible because of the extra facilities it would re­ quire. Finally, he announced that there is a feminist plot to infil­ trate W.P.I. He said that women, on the road to world domination, are storming one of man’s last strongholds: Tech. H e called up­ on all Tech men to be aware of this conspiracy, for even the Boyn­ ton secretaries may be secret agents for the feminist movement.

Prof. Richard Greene, who pre­ sided over the debate, declared the opposition the winner. T h e debaters wish it to be made clear that the views they defended in the debate are not necessarily those they actually hold.

Tak's •BARBER SHOP*

THEO'S CHAR-STEAK HOUSE

113 B HIGHLAND ST. Mon. Thur. Fri. 8:00-6:30 Sat. 8:00-6:00

BREAKFAST-LUNCH DINNER

151 HIGHLAND STREET

February 14, 1968

, May 1, 1968

Board Approves Plan fo r Coeds T h e B oard of T ru ste e s of W orcester T ech has a p p ro v e d the acceptance of w om en u n d e rg ra d u ­ ate students, b reak i ng W .P .I.s century-old tra d itio n of an a ll­ m ale u n d e rg ra d u a te stu d e n t i>od\.

T h e actio n was taken at the B oard m eeting last S aturdav.

F eb ru ary 10.

T h e first w om en stu d e n ts will have to be com m uters, as l e c h does not plan to p ro v id e anv living accom odations' for wom en in th e n e a r fu tu re . D ean V an de Visse told the Tech Xeu>s th at the ru le th at freshm en (o th e r th an those living at hom e) m ust live in the d o rm ito ries will p reclu d e a m w om en from livin g in priv ate hom es a n d a tte n d in g th e In stitu te .

"W e have been receiving an increasing n u m b er of serious in-

September 30, 1969

(jiiirics from scholastically qu alified y o u n g w om en who could benefit from th e q u ality etlucalion W o rcester le c h provides," said P resid en t S torke. “W ith a m uch h ig h e r p e rc e n ta g e of w om en p re p a rin g for careers in e n g in e e r­ ing 01 science, it was inevitable that this college w o uld o p e n its doors to the ladies. T h e new a ca­ dem ic p ro g ram s we w ill offer this fall as w ell as th e courses in ch em ­ istry, physics a n d m ath em atics sho u ld be of p a rtic u la r interest to w om en.

W o rcester T e c h 's fo u n d er, Jo h n B oynton, r e c o g n i z e d th a t th e school w ould have w om en stu d e n ts som eday w hen th e trustees felt the tim e was a p p ro p ria te . T h a t tim e is now ."

Two

T w o young w om en, Miss Lesley girls?" T h is a p p ears to be someSm all an d Miss Ja y n e R ossetti, th in g otir “co-eds” w ill ju s t h av e h av e been g ra n te d adm ission to to get used to.

M iss Small is the d a u g h te r o f W o rcester T e c h , th u s b re a k in g a c entury-old tra d itio n of an all m ale u n d e rg ra d u a te stu d e n t body at W P I. Miss S m all is a sen io r at D avid Prouty H ig h School, S p en ­ cer, Mass., a n d Miss R ossetti, a sen io r at H o p ed a le Ju n io r-S e n io r H ig h School. B oth are N o. 1 in th e ir g ra d u a tin g classes., I he girls state d th a t they are a little scared a n d nervous a b o u t e n te rin g , a school w hich was p re ­ viously all-m ale. B ut Miss Small d id state th a t she h as b een in all m ale classes in h ig h school so th at it's really n o th in g new.

D ean K e n n eth N ourse stated th a t b o th g irls p resen ted excep­ tio n a l q u alificatio n s, scholastically a n d in ex tra c u rric u la r activities.

B oth are m em bers o f th e N a tio n a l H o n o r Society, th e ir yearbook staffs, glee clubs, science clubs, a n d various sp o rts team s.

Miss Sm all h as a b ro th e r, Jam es W „ a sophom ore C ivil E n g in eer-j I in g m ajo r a t T e c h , a n d Miss R ossetti has a cousin at l ech, so both had first h a n d know ledge of , the history a n d b ack g ro u n d of the school.

"To Be a Girl at a Once All-Male Institute”

by Dorothy OKeefe

How does it feel to be a girl at a once ail-m ale institute and sud­ denly outnumbered 74 to 1? This year, 24 girls two of which, are sophomores) are facing this situ­ ation here at W orcester Tech.

Nineteen of the g ir ls are living on the first floor of Sanford Riley while 5 others commute. In­ quiries have arisen to what made Tech decide to go co-ed; and how is the school reacting to the new situation?

I asked Dean Brown what Wor­ cester Tech had to consider when it first decided to accept girls.

He explained, “ The decision was mainly based on the hope that co -ed s would improve the intellec­ tual and cultural atmosphere, as well as to help develop a more natural community.'’ And he also suggested that the recent broaden­ ing of the choice of majors was a Step toward making Tech more inviting to the interests of female students.

The most important problem to D e ^ » e r e d was that of dorm itory facilities.

Although there are only 22 freshm en girls presently enrolled, many of those would net have been able to con­ sid er Tech unless it obtained living ^ o a rtg rs for them. Originally, the school planned to buy a house off campus for its co-ed students; but this was econom ically un­ feasib le.

Besides, the adminis­ tration feared that off-campus housing could lead to problem s of safety for the g ir ls returning to tbe boose at night.

Renovation of a section of a dorm thus appeared to be tbe best solution available.

Tbe g ir ls so far seem satisfied with IgheJr facilities, although they are But Tech is in the pro­ of having dorm s built for hoping to. bouse up to 60

C oeds A c c e p te d B y

W .P .I.

M rs. E le a n o r B. Sm all of Spensor a n d Miss. R ossetti, the d a u g h te r of Air. a n d Airs. Joseph P. R ossetti of H o p ed ale.

T h e girls p la n to m a jo r in ^ m athem atics. M iss R ossetti feels she m ight like to go in to a c tu a rial w ork a n d Miss Sm all isn ’t q u ite sure just w h at she w an ts to do, possibly teach.

T h e young ladies w ere o n ly on cam p u s for a b o u t o n e h a lf an h o u r last w eek an d w ere alread y causing co m m otion. A ny stu d e n t th a t w en t W .P .I.'s firs t c o e d s , in th e c la s s o f '7 2 . M iss J a y n e Ellen by w an ted to know , “W h o are th e R o sse tti (left) a n d M iss L esley E le a n o r Sm all.

g ir ls in one of the dorms.

I spoke with P rofessor Alan Kaplan, of the math department, and asked him if he has noticed any difference in the conduct of h is students of any change neces­ sary in his teaching approach now that he is faced with girls in his generally conversation.

Co-eds classroom (my math cla ss with him also seem to make the campus contains 3 girls and approximately a more natural community, a more 25 boys).

His observation was liberal community. As one male that 3 average cla sses with 10 student told me, "A young man who girls in each would be preferable graduates from m all-m ale in-

3

September 30, 1969

Student Gov’t Supports

12 „ ^ ! rage^C? SSe! Wit_hJ? girls stitution may find that_he has t e e j in each.

T h r e e girls in a classroom doesn’t make a co-ed c la ss. They have virtually no effect 'from my point of view on my performance nor to the perform ­ On Monday, September 22, a ance of my male students." regular meeting of the Tech Stu­ And how are the girls them­ dent Government was held. Along se lv e s reacting to their position with the voting representatives in a predominately male com­ and other interested students, sev­ munity?

In general, they seem er a l coedsattended to present their delighted with the reception they view s a s to why there should be no have been getting. The admini­ isolated curfew s for the fem ale students in male relationships. stration has been quite obviously R iley. The present system calls One upperclassman told me “the concerned that the g ir ls become for the women to be in by midnight presence of a fem ale on campus w ell-adjusted.

However, none on weekdays and 2 a.m. on week­ of the g ir ls have expressed tne presents constant competition for ends. A s discussion developed, it the male students-it’s a marvelous feeling that the administration is becam e apparent that everyone being over-protective. The g ir ls challenge to their ego.” B it this concerned felt that the rule was have quite a bit to say about challenge was brought out by a restricting the coeds’ freedom a s their own regulations. For ex­ freshm an as one of tbe disadvant-i Tech freshmen. The biggest prob­ am ple, when the school began, ages which tbe 22-co-ed s present. lem w as not in doing away with a curfew was temporarily set up He told me that, " it’s frustrating j the curfew, but in finding a pro­ at midnight on weeknights and trying to get to know any of the per .procedure to foUow. In the 2:00 a.m . on weekends. Last week g ir ls here because they're such end it was decided that the coeds' the g ir ls were given the oppor­ a novelty. If you try to start a petition to abolish curfews would tunity to vote on the curfew and conversation with one of them, be passed along to the dormitory within five m inites you’re sharit was abolished. com m ittee with the support of the The 74 -1 M/F ratio naturally ing her with at least three, or four ; student government.

The competition is made most of the g ir ls fee l con- other guys.

President Steve Udell mention­ practically im possible I spicous at first, but it is becom­ ed that he has been securing m ore The complaints from the male i ing e a sier to accept the conditions information concerning the use of students seem to center around | and their advantages.

Nobody the scarcity of the g ir ls, a s opposed Tech sponsored paddleboats pn In­ seem s to fee l shy or se lf -co n ­ stitute Pond. Steve has been trying scious in cla ss. And the abun­ to the g ir ls them selves. Every to get this project off the ground dance of m ales actually seem s student I spoke to told me “ they're 1 for som e time. At the present, the great I But there Just aren’t enough to be making studying easier than main holdups in the undertaking of them to go around?’ A few com­ in a more equally balanced school. are the expense of paddleboats and plained that “ We never se e them There is le s s need to be out a dispute over the legal rights of often enoughf’ But it may be a j constantly competing for dates. such an enterprise. A W orcester consolation to know that W orcester i And it is always possible to find concern now has the rights to this Tech is attempting to have at som eone willing to help a g irl with and is attempting to stop Tech le a st 20 percent of tbe campus her homework. None of the co-eds from operating paddleboats on a that I talked with have found any population be made up of co-eds non-profit basis. within the next four or five years, j opposition among the m ales to T h e council next discussed their presence.

Tech’s role in the nationwide Mo­ The male students I talked ratorium calling for a suspension with seem ed enthusiastic about of “ business as usual’’ to protest the move Tech is making towards United States involvement in the FR1EN D LY co-education. And they a ll cited Vietnam War. In addition to the sim ilar reasons for their enthu­ 1C E C R E A M S H O P much publicized October 15 activi­ siasm .

Of course its always a 101 Highland Street tie s, there will be two days in pleasant addition to see a girl in November and three days in De­ a form erly all-m ale cla ss. And cem ber set aside for a sim iliar it presents a wider range of view­ w r p o se . Schools a cr o ss the coun­ points in cla ss discussion and

try a re participating in this in various ways, some by cancelling c la s s e s outright and holding de­ m onstrations, others by showing film s and holding lectures. Udell suggested that Tech’s role in the Moratorium should consist of a constructive program of speeches and film s, both in and (Hit of c la ss­ room. A motion to support the program was passed, with inter­ ested students left responsible for setting the format.

Dean of Students Martin C. Van de V isse presented President Hazzard’s proposal concerning the form ation of a “ Tech Community Council’’. Such a council would be com posed of two adm inistrators, four faculty, and six students, and would “ provide a forum for d is­ cu ssion, review, and recommen­ dation to the appropriate office or group, on any phase of life in the Tech Community including ac­ adem ic, student, and administra­ tive a ffa ir s.” In reply to a com­ ment that other com m ittees already cover this, Dean Van de V isse said that this committee could cover such topics a s cla ss attendance, academic honesty, the function of research on campus— topics which have no place on e s ­ tablished com m ittees. In addition, this com m ittee would m erely be advisory, and as such could not replace any com m ittees whose functions it overlapped. Concern was voiced that the student lead­ e r s of the present would m erely be serving in another capacity, a s they would most likely be the ones appointed to such a commit­ tee. The factthat discussion of this was not carried further could in­ dicate that the concern was w ellfounded. An informal straw vote was taken to support the council, after which the meeting was ad­ journed.

The New WPI: A University in the making?

by Eric Craft Associate Editor W PI, in an effort to ensure a stable future, has contracted a firm called B arton G illet to study W P I’s cu rrent situation. Som e of the reasons for this survey are the 8% drop in applications for ’9 4 -’95, the tuition revenue net o f financial aid increase o f only 1% last year, and the rapidly rising cost o f institutional financial aid. The goal o f the plan proposed by Barton G illet is “ not to attract more m atriculating stu ­ dents; rather, the goal is to im prove net tuition revenue by attracting m ore, hopefully higher ability to pay, a p p li­ cants from which a higher q uality, higher net revenue student body can

Y

neering, 5.6% were biology, 4.1 % were quired also believed (61% ) that h u ­ be selected.” other sciences, and 74.4% were non­ manities and social sciences are very Barton Gillet engaged the firm o f science. From these figures, obviously important.

Kane Parsons & A ssociates to conduct many more people are attending more The inquiring pool at WPI is very over 300 interviews with inquirers, nonon-science colleges than technical col­ good, with over 23,000 people that re­ show applicants, and freshmen. Out o f leges. There is also a large opportunity quest information, but only about 2,700 the 300 interviews, o f the 150 inquir­ for WPI to attract more stu­ ers, 33% intend to m ajor in dents interested in the biologi­ engineering and 39% intend cal sciences because of al Iiancto m ajor in science. Those ''program s should he developed that in te­ es with local and regional in­ inquired cited the need for a grate study in certain fields where there are dustry and pre-medicine. more all around school; 69% natural links to science and tech n o lo g y."

Barton G illet recom m end­ thought it was a m ajor prob­ -Harton (Ullel ed that W PI broaden its ap ­ lem, another 17% were co n ­ peal at the m argins o f en g i­ cerned. The other two faults neering by providing a more th a t w e re b ro u g h t o u t technologically based education. In actually apply. One of the reasons for through the survey were the cost (39% other w ords, “ program s should be d e ­ this lack of resp9nse are the statistics m ajor problem, 25% concerned) and veloped that integrate study in certain associated with the total college going quality o f life (2 1 % m ajor problem , fields where there are natural links to 45% concerned). M any o f those in ­ population: (in 1993) 8.7% were engi­

science and technology.” A few of the other recom m endations proposed

by Barton G illet were to do the fo l­ lowing: “broaden the student body, establish a program o f form al interinstitutional academ ic collaborations, continue to strengthen international programs and finally, to change W P I's nam e.”

The proposal to change W PI’s nam e to “WPI University” with a descriptor saying “Gateway to the Professions” was mentioned in “The New W PI” by President Jon C. Strauss and Provost Diran Apelian. This would be part o f the new campaign to improve W PI’s image with inquirers. A total of $10 million has been budgeted over 5 years to help develop “WPI University.”

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

N e w spe a k Tuesday, April 5 ,1994

Volume Twenty-two, Number Ten

New services from Projects Office

Women celebrate 25th

For the first time this year, the Project Center is offering tw o handouts to stu­ dents. “Team Dynamics” is designed to help students address and overcome the problems of working together on projects or other team activities; “Quantitative Methods o f Economics” helps frame problems and solutions o f economic analysis in projects. Both modules are free and available for the asking at the Project Center. Faculty members should feel firee to refer their students this term

All members o f the WPI community are invited to “W omen at WPI: C hal­ lenges and Achievements - Yesterday, Today and Tom orrow.” The 25th anni­ versary of the enrollment of wom en at the Institute will be celebrated from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 16, in Alden Memorial and Riley C om ­ mons.

R egistration and the continental breakfast in the Janet Earle Room in Alden will be followed at 9:00 am by a discussion featuring special guest John van Alstyne, retired dean of academic advising and professor of mathematics.

Holly Ault ’74, associate professor of mechanical engineering, Patricia G ra­ ham Flaherty ’75 and Karen and Susan Daly ’94 will be the panelists for “C hal­ lenges and Achievements - What I Dared to Do.” Hellen Vassallo ’82, professor and head of the Management D epart­ ment. will serve as moderator for the program, which will be held in Riley

(or for the next year) to these modules.

Project Presentation Day is T hurs­ day, A pril 21. As in previous years, no undergraduate classes will be held this day to enable students and faculty to concentrate on IQP, M Q P and other presentations. An oral presentation is a prerequisite for participation in d e ­ partmental Provost’s MQP Awards pro­ cedures, so this date is also a conve­ nient one for seniors to present their M QPs.

An all day workshop in science and mathematics education in the middle school, high school, and college levels, has been organized for Saturday, May 14, at WPI. Significant participation is expected from Forest-Grove M iddle School and Doherty High School, W PI’s academic neighbors here in Worcester.

Anyone who would like to be involved in this workshop is invited to call Lance Schachterle, associate provost for aca­ demic initiatives, at ext. 5366.

Newspeak, WPI Publications indexes on Student Novell network The WPI Archives has made two databases o f indexes to WPI publica­ tions available on the student Novell network. The first database contains an index of articles for WPI Newspeak beginning with Vol. 21, no. 1 (Jan. 1993). The second is an index to other WPI publications, namely the WPI Jour­ nal, the W ire, and Quest. These are publications o f the University Relations Department and include articles about WPI along with alumni news. This in­ dex goes back to 1989.

Both of these indexes use the AskSam software, an easy-to-use database pro­ gram. Any word o r words o f your

choosing can be searched, and program help is easily found online.

To use either index, page down to the second screen of the Novell Main Menu and select #6 Gordon Library Software, then “ Newspeak index.” You will see instructions for getting into the two d a ­ tabases.

This service is just an index— not the full text of the articles. To see the publications themselves, come to the WPI Archives, Gordon Library, Rm. 306, M -F 8am-2pm, or ask at the library Reference Desk. Complete indexes for all o f these WPI publications are avail­ able in the Archives.

Contact WPI Archivist Lora Brueck (lbrueck@wpi or x 5 4 13) if you have any questions about these indexes.

If you do not have an account on the student Novell Ian, you can still use these databases. Gordon Library has 12 public Novell PCs located in the A V Room on the first floor and in the gallery area on the third floor. When you are asked to log in with your Novell account, hit <entei>. You wi II then be asked if you would like to log in as aGuest User without printerprivileges. Hit <y> to answer yes, and you will be taken into the AskSam software and the prompt for which index you would like to see.

Commons.

After a short break, the program will move to Alden M em orial’s Great Hall at 10:15 am for roundtable discussions on such topics as Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling, W om en’s Issues at W PI, Work and Family and Financial Plan­ ning. There will be a social break from 11:15 to noon in the Janet Earle Room, followed by a luncheon from noon to 2:00 pm. Keynote Shaw, w ho holds a Ph.D. in Physiology from the Universi­ ty o f Birmingham, England, received an honorary doctor of science degree from WPI at Comm encement in 1992. Her company develops innovative products that make the administration o f m edica­ tions safer, easier and more effective in human and veterinary applications.

Admission is free to all WPI under­ graduate and graduate students. Pre­ registration is required. To pre-register, please contact Christine Breault in the Alumni Office at x5606.

They’re coming for your blood

by Patricia L. Panlilio Class o f ’96 It’s that time of year again. T his time the Red Cross Blood D rive is brought to you by Alpha Phi O m ega, the coed service fraternity on cam pus.

It will take place on Tuesday, April 5th and Wednesday, April 6th in the

Founders Study Room from 10 to 4.

Some basic guidelines and require­ ments about donating blood are you have to be 18 or older, weigh at least 1 10 lbs. and your last donation must have been at least 56 days (8 weeks) ago. Some general medical guidelines

to help you decide w hether or not you are eligible to donate, according to the pamphlet put out by the Red C ross about blood donor inform ation, are lo­ cated at the end o f the article Also according to the pam phlet, there is alw ays a need for blood. N ear­ ly 270,000 units o f blood m ust be col­ lected each year for 150 hospitals to meet the need in M assachusetts and Maine.

If you have never donated blood before, this is the perfect opportunity to do so. A nd as always there will be a cantine there for all donors after they finish donating.

Should you donate o r not?

A cold (active) -exposure to a cold Fainted once from giving blood A sthm a (no sym ptom s today) Diabetes M edications-allergy pills A ntibiotics- more than 48 hrs ago - for acne - aspirin - birth control pills M ononucleosis (w/ sym ptom s) - exposure to m ono but feel well w/ no sym ptom s - recovered from m ono

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / JASON PIULBROOK

The Medwin String Ensemble and Chamber Orchestra performed a free concert last Wednesday in Alden.

Annual Reader's Poll

r

See page 10

NO

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO

YES YES

Table o f Contents In The News .................................................................................... 2 Arts and Entertainment........................................................... 2,4 Sports ................................................................................................ 3 Letters to the Editor .......................................................................6 Commentary ................................................................................... 6 Community Update........................................................................ 6 Student Government Association ...............................................7

Week in Photos ............................................................................... 7 Club Corner .............................................................................. 8 ,11 Greek Corner ...................................................................................9 Reader's P o ll ................................................................................ 10 Classifieds ...................................................................................... I I Police L o g ...................................................................................... 12 What's Happening ....................................................................... 12

Page 2

NEWSPEAK

IN THE NEWS

by Eric Craft and Jennx Yambert Global Affairs Party International News

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT cam p in the G aza Strip. The men w ere w earing the uniform s o f the Fatah Hawks, the main­ stream faction of the Palestinian Liberation O rganization led by Y asir A rafat, and they w ere passing out flyers from the w indow s o f tw o cars when they w ere fired upon. Though the Israeli Army claim s that these m en were arm ed, it adm its that the Israeli soldiers, who w ere part of an undercover unit dressed as Palestinians, fired first. Fatah leadership, in retaliation, has called for a general strike to begin today, follow ed by three days o f “ violent co nfrontations” against Israeli soldiers. This incident could once again set back attem pts to continue the peacetalks thal are to form the guidelines for Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip. Israel, with hopes o f resum ing the talks, had previously given in to two o f the PLO ’s dem ands; N orw eigans w ere brought in as a neutral foreign presence and P alestinian armed police now patrol with the Israeli soldiers.

T h is new outbreak o f violence, how ever, could negate any headw ay that was m ade by those concessions.

Minimum Wage in France

Proposed Mining of the Sea Floor

After three w eeks o f som etim es violent p ro ­ tests in more than tw elve French cities, stu­ dents have gotten the “youth w age” suspend­ ed. On March 29, Prime M inister Edouard B alladur abandoned the decree that m andated that workers under 25 years old would earn less than m inim um wage. In return for paying 30-80% of the $ l ,000 m onthly minim um w age em ployers w ere expected to provide job tra in ­ ing to young em ployees. T he decree was p ut in place in hopes of im proving the l in 4 unem ­ ploym ent rate of young people. The g o v ern ­ ment was surprised by the strong student pro­ tests and the decree is expected to be fully repealed w ithin the next few days. Balladurs critics claim that he backed dow n on the issue because of his political am bitions, today is his first anniversary o f being elected to office and he d id n ’t want to be celebrating it in the m idst o f a m ajor conflict with F ran ce ’s youth. The students are very pleased w ith the progress, and they say they are going to remain firm in their stand until the policy is fully revoked.

C urrently the sea bed outside the 230 mile econom ic zones o f countries and the continen­ tal shelves is unclaim ed w ilderness. T his may change after 2 1 years o f debate over how to divide the ocean floor. The U nited Nations Law of the Sea Treaty may be ratified by the US and thus go effect. The treaty currently states that the sea bed is the “com m on heritage of m ankind.” For the US to ratify this treaty and to make the division o f the sea bed binding, the UN will have to change this clause to include only certain countries, and ensure that o th e r aspects o f the treaty are m ore favorable to th e US views.

In the Pacific Zone, the US currently claim s 190,000 square m iles o f sea bed that contains m anganese nodules. T hese nodules are valu­ able because they contain nickel w hich is im ­ portant for the m anufacture o f stainless steel.

T here are already four A m erican consortium s that explore this region and total invertm ent is already over $500 m illion.

Large scale deepsea mining is still about a decade aw ay, according to experts, but the need for rare m etals will increase, and the costs to mine the nodules may decrease with new advanced technology.

Gaza Strip On March 28th six Palestinians were shot to death by Israeli soldiers at the Jabaliya refugee

Tuesday April 5,1994

C a m p u s H e a rin g B o a rd E lectio n s

Jeffrey Colella to perform in Alden Hall

Jeffrey Colella will be here at WPI this month. An accomplished pianist, composer, and conductor, Mr. Colella has performed with numerous artists, such as Lou Rawls (touring), Al Jarreau, Dolly Parton, and Dionne Warwick. He composed the film score for The Legend o f a Mutiny: The Making o f the Bounty, and played piano in Flowers in the Attic. He has also appeared on radio and television programs, including The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Arsenio Hall, and Into the Night With Rick Dees. In theater, Colella has composed, conducted, and played in performances from The Wind in the Willows, to Cabaret, to Mame. Mr. Colella has taught keyboard playing and composition at the University of Colorado. For more information on this performance, contact Richard Falco in the Humanities Department.

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES has reopened the application process for

HEALTH Y ALTERNATIVES HOUSE

The students elect 2 students, 1 faculty, and 3 student alternates.

due to available spaces

EXPLORE THE WELLNESS OPTION!!!

Petitions Available: April 5 Petitions Due: April 14

Mail faculty nominations to sga@ wpi

Students selecting to live in the Healthy Alternatives House will focus on developing the WHOLE STUDENT SOCIALLY, PHYSICALLY, INTELECTUALLY and SPIRITUALLY.

APPLICATIONS are available in RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, Ellsworth 16

Elections: April 21

Application Deadline: Friday, April 8, 1994 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday April 5,1994

Page 3

NEWSPEAK

SPORTS

Men’s track sprints to 2-0

by Kevin Weed Class o f ’96 The WPI M en’s Track Tearn, coached by Merl N o rcro ss, started the season by defeating W esleyan and Eastern Connecticut State Univer­ sity on Saturday, March 26. During the meet, W PI placed first eight times and accum ulated 100 points. Their closest competitor was Wesleyan with 65.5 points followed by ECSU with 36.5 points. Beardsley led the way for the Engineers; he placed first in the pole vault with a vault o f 12' 6" and in the high jum p with a leap of 6 ’4". Other

first place finishers were as follows: Newell in the javelin with a throw of 174' 6,” Lupien in the steeple chase with a time of 10:58.89, Labranche in the 1500 with a time of 4 :12.2, Pisz in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.1, Sadowski in the discus with a throw of 117' 11 1/2", and the 4x100 relay team. The rest of the 39 member team pitched in for the other sixty points in what was a great demonstration o f joint team effort and bal­ ance. Coach N orcross's rem arks on the first season victory was, “It’s always good to win the first one.” The next meet for the M en’s Team will be at MIT on April 9th.

Women’s track off to 1-2 record

by Kevin Weed Class o f ’96 The W om en’s Track Team, coached by Brian Savilonis, opened their season Saturday, March 26 at W esleyan. They placed 3rd against the strong teams o f W esleyan, B ates, and Eastern C onnecticut State University. The WPI team accum ulated 36 points by claim ing second place in several events. Hwang lead the way with a second place finish in the 100 with a tim e of 14.29 and in the shot put with a chuck of 31' 2".

C lifton placed second in the 1500 with a tim e of 5 :19.4 and she finished third in the 3000 with a tim e o f 11:19.6. Plog placed second in the

ham m er toss with a hurl of 101'2 1/2". H armon helped the team by running to a second place finish in the 5000 with a time of 21:03. The team m anaged to place in all but four o f the eighteen events, dem onstrating that they are a well-rounded team . C oach Savilonis stated about their first meet, “ It’s tough to compete with team s like Bates and W esleyan because they have excel­ lent indoor facilities, which enable them to get in prim e condition during the winter season.”

This is truly a disadvantage for WPI runners.

H owever, the girls are now training outside on the track and will be in better shape for their next meet, w hich is at M IT on April 9.

Sports articles wanted If your team is competing this spring, let the WPI community know how it is doing. Here’s what you do: Write an article telling us about your recent events and their results. Get it to Newspeak by Friday, 5pm. It’s as easy as that.

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES Waiting List Information W E D N E S D A Y , A P R I L 6, 1994 A waiting list for housing will begin for ON LY TH O SE STU D EN TS W H O SIG N ED U P FO R T H E L O T T E R Y BUT DID N O T R E C E IV E T H E O N -C A M PU S H O U SIN G C H O IC E T H E Y W ANTED. The waiting list will be determined IN L O T T E R Y NUM BER O R D E R . Students need to fill out a waiting list application, indicating their preferences for space.

W E D N E S D A Y , A P R I L 1 3 ,1 9 9 4

Carl Orff’s

Carmina Burana Saturday, April 9,1994 8Pm Hlden memorial Hall

The waiting list is open to those students who DID N O T participate in the lottery. This will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

F U L L E R - 7 P E R S Q N A P A R T M E N T A V A IL A B L E We currently have one 7 person apartment available in Fuller 13. The process for obtaining the apartment mirrors the regular waiting list.

Beginning W ednesday April 6, 1994 we will accept applications from groups of 7 people who would be interested in the apartment. First priority will be given to groups of seven individuals who went through the lottery process but did not receive a space. Second priority will be given to groups of students who received a space through the lottery.

In case of competing requests within the established priority categories, priority will be given to the group with the individual with the lowest lottery number.

If the apartment is still available on W ednesday, April 13, we will accept applications from groups of seven individuals who did not participate in the lottery.

To be Performed B y Holy Cross Choir, WPI Glee Club, Ileio England Chorale, Wells College Choir Union College Choir

Tickets: $8 Adults $3 Students & Seniors Call 831-5816 for tickets Sponsored by the WPI fin e Arts Committee

Tuesday April 5, 1994

Page 3

NEWSPEAK

SPORTS

Men’s track sprints to 2-0

by Kevin Weed Class o f '96 The W PI Men ‘s Track Tearn, coached by Merl N orcross. started the season by defeating Wesleyan and Eastern Connecticut State Univer­ sity on Saturday, March 26. During the meet.

WPI placed first eight times and accumulated 100 points. Their closest com petitor was Wesleyan with 65.5 points followed by ECSU with 36.5 points. Beardsley led the way for the Engineers; he placed first in the pole vault w ith a vault of 12' 6" and in the high jum p with a leap of 6*4". Other

first place finishers were as follows: Newell in the javelin with a throw of 174' 6.” Lupien in the steeple chase w ith a time of 10:58.89, Labranche in the 1500 with a tim e of 4 : 12.2, Pisz in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.1, Sadowski in the discus with a throw o f 117' 11 l/2",andthe4xIO O relay team. The rest o f the 39 member team pitched in for the other sixty points in what was a great demonstration o f joint team effort and bal­ ance. Coach N orcross's remarks on the first season victory was, " It’s always good to win the first one.” The next meet forthe M en'sT eam will be at MIT on April 9th.

Women’s track off to 1-2 record

by Kevin Weed Class o f '96

he holidays can be draining for us, too.

American Red Cross Give blood iiijaiii. It will be felt fora lifetime. §

SSI

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES Waiting List Information W E D N E S D A Y , A P R IL 6 , 1994 A w a i t i n g list fo r h o u s i n g w ill b e g i n f o r O N LY T H O SE STU DEN TS W H O SIG N ED UP FO R T H E LO TTER Y BUT DID NOT R E C E IV E T H E O N -C A M PU S HOUSING C H O IC E TH EY W A N TED , T h e w a it in g list w ill be d e t e r m i n e d IN LO T T E R Y N U M BER O R D ER . S t u d e n t s n e e d to fill o u t a w a i t i n g list a p p l ic a tio n , in d i c a t i n g th e ir p r e f e r e n c e s f o r s p a c e .

W E D N E S D A Y , A P R IL 13, 1994

The W om en’s Track Team , coached by Brian Savilonis. opened their season Saturday, March 26 at W esleyan. They placed 3rd against the strong team s o f W esleyan, Bates, and Eastern C onnecticut State University. The WPI team accum ulated 36 points by claim ing second place in several events. Hwang lead the way with a second place finish in the l(X) with a time of 14.29 and in the shot put with a chuck o f 3 1' 2".

Clifton placed second in the 1500 with a time of 5 :19.4 and she finished third in the 3(XK) with a time of 11: 19.6. Plog placed second in the

ham m er toss with a hurl of 10 1’ 2 I/2". Harmon helped the team by running to a second place finish in the 5000 with a time o f 2 1:03. The team m anaged to place in all but four of the eighteen events, dem onstrating that they are a well-round­ ed team. Coach Savilonis stated about their first meet, " It's tough to compete with teams like Bates and W esleyan because they have excel­ lent indoor facilities, which enable them to get in prime condition during the winter season.”

T his is truly a disadvantage for WPI runners.

However, the girls are now training outside on the track and wi II be in better shape for their next meet, which is at M IT on A pril 9.

Sports articles wanted If your team is competing this spring, let the WPI community know how it is doing. Here’s what you do: Write an article telling us about your recent events and their results. Get it to Newspeak by Friday, 5pm. It’s as easy as that.

Cad Orffs

Carmina Burana Saturday, April 9,1994 8Pin fllden memorial Hall

T h e w a it in g list is o p e n to th o s e s tu d e n ts w h o D ID NOT p a r tic ip a te in th e lo ttery . T h i s w ill be o n a f ir s t- c o m e , f irs t-s e r v e b as is.

K1 L L E R - 7 P E R S O N A P A R T M E N T A V A IL A B L E W e c u r r e n t l y h a v e o n e 7 p e r s o n a p a r t m e n t a v a i l a b l e in F u lle r 13. T h e p r o c e s s f o r o b t a i n i n g th e a p a r t m e n t m i r r o r s th e r e g u l a r w a it in g list.

To be Performed B y Holy Cross Choir, WPI Glee Club, [lew England Chorale, Wells College Choir Union College Choir

B e g i n n i n g W e d n e s d a y A p ril 6, 1994 w e will a c c e p t a p p l i c a t i o n s f r o m g r o u p s o f 7 p e o p i e w h o w o u l d be in te r e s te d in th e a p a r t m e n t . First p r io r i ty w ill b e g i v e n to g r o u p s o f s e v e n in d iv i d u a ls w h o w e n t th r o u g h the lo tte r y p r o c e s s but d id n o t r e c e iv e a sp a c e . S e c o n d p rio rity w ill be g i v e n to g r o u p s o f s t u d e n ts w h o r e c e iv e d a s p a c e th r o u g h the lottery .

In c a s e o f c o m p e t i n g r e q u e s ts w ith in th e e s t a b l i s h e d p rio rity c a te g o r ie s , p r io r i ty w ill be g i v e n to th e g r o u p w ith th e i n d iv i d u a l w ith the lo w e s t l o tt e r y n u m b e r .

Tickets: $8 Adults $3 Students & Seniors Call 831-5816 for tickets

If th e a p a r t m e n t is still a v a i l a b l e o n W e d n e s d a y , A p ril 13, w e w ill a c c e p t a p p l i c a t i o n s fro n t g r o u p s o f s e v e n in d iv i d u a ls w h o d id not p a r ti c ip a te in the lo tte ry .

Sponsored by the WPI fin e Hrts Committee

Page 4

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 5,1994

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Barnes & Noble, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Pride Committee to present readings Barnes & N oble and the 1994 Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Pride C om m ittee announce with great pleasure an exciting event. On Saturday, May 14th, at 7 pm, two distinguished authors, Joan Nestle and W arren J. Blum enfeld, will read from their works.

Joan N estle has become a respected m em ber o f the lesbian com m unity. In the early 1970s, she and Deborah Edel co-founded the Lesbian Herstory A rchives (LHA) in New York City.

This grass-roots project is the oldest such archive in the world and has grown to such an extent that the LHA purchased a four story building for its new home. The collection includes thousands

o f books, even more periodical titles, large num bers o f unpublished papers, thousands o f photographs, films, oral histories and other m a­ terials. Sources in at least 20 languages from more than 50 countries are represented.

Joan has written T he Restricted Country which won the Library A ssociation’s “ Best Bay Book A w ard” for 1988. She edited the very well-received Persistent Desire: A Femme/Butch Reader and she was the editor of the im portant short-story anthologies W omen on W omen and W omen on W omen 2 . At this time, she is preparing the forthcom ing W omen on W omen 2. Joan Nestle is a professor o f writing at

WAM presents the work of Alan Rath The W orcester Art M useum presents “In­ sights: Alan Rath” , a sculpture exhibition that addresses the psychological im pact o f technol­ ogy on our lives. This solo exhibition will be on view at the m useum from March 13 through June 5, 1994. Kenneth Baker, art critic o f the San Francisco Chronicle, assesses and praises R ath’s work, the real workings o f technol­ ogy and the hopes and fears that it arouses in us

are the tensions ingeniously expressed in Alan R ath’s art.” (A R Tnew s, May 1992). R ath’s sculpture was the subject of a traveling exhibi­ tion organized by the W alker Art Center, M in­ neapolis, in 1991. His work was included in the “ 1991 Biennial E xhibition” at the W hitney M useum o f American A rt and more recently in “ Iterations: The New Im age” at the Internation­ al Center o f Photography, New York (1993).

Students ready to sing the Alma Mater

by Lisa M. Hastings Director o f Young Alumni Programs In an admirable show of school spirit, mem­ bers of the WPI community are stepping forward to enter the first annual Alma Mater Contest on Traditions Day. W hile the list of contestants continues to grow, as of last Thursday at 5:00 PM the following groups or individuals had entered the contest hopeful to win the $150 cash prize:

M ake a c o n tr i b u tio n to life a f te r d e a th .

T H E AM ERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION M EM ORIAL PROGRAM*

Queens College of the City University o f New York. She says that she began learning about life on the streets and describes herself as a “working-class femme o f the 50s.”

W arren J. Blum enfeld has been a teacher, a new spaper features editor for the Gay Commu­ nity News, and the co-producer of Pink T rian­ gles. a documentary on hom ophobia which won critical acclaim. Today, he is best know n as a w riter and gay activist who conducts anti­ hom ophobia workshops frequently in schools, businesses, and other institutions.

He is also the author o f tw o landmark books in the realm of gay and lesbian studies. Looking at Gav and Lesbian L ife, co-authored with Diane Raym ond, was published in 1989. H ighly praised then, it has since been updated and expanded, and was re-released in 1993. Jon Kyper, a book review er for the Gay Community News, called this work “the perfect gay/lesbian studies textbook.” It is being used in college courses throughout the country to provide stu­ dents with “ a com prehensive, concise, guide to gay history and culture” (Kyper). In M iam i’s The Weekly News, Jesse M onteagudo concludes his review in “The Book N ook” by w riting, “ By

reading L ooking at Gav and Lesbian L ife, lesbi­ ans and gay m ales will acquire a thorough know ledge o f ourselves and our com m unity; friendly heterosexuals will get to know us better and the still-hom ophobic readers will no longer be able to use their ignorance as an excuse for their fears and hatreds.”

More recently, W arren edited Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price, a deeply insightful exam ination o f a societal sickness that is begin­ ning to hurt us all and that requires treatm ent.

The book is a collection o f essays focusing on four areas: the relationship between homophobia and other oppressions; the effect o f hom ophobia on family relationships; other societal m anifes­ tations o f hom ophobia in religion, public poli­ cy, and arts management; and finally, forwardlooking essays on a world free of hom ophobia.

Joan N estle and W arren J. B lum enfeld will read for thirty m inutes each and then the audi­ ence is encouraged to talk with the authors.

Barnes & Noble is located at 470 Southbridge Street in A uburn, M assachusetts. F or further inform ation, the store num ber is (508) 8320855. Please join us for w hat will prove to be a mem orable event.

My Kind: The Adventures of Ethnic Man

The Glee Club Kyle Stephens & W ill Schafer Johnny Bravo Lambda Chi Alpha Skull The Alm a M ater C ontest takes place on W ednesday evening at 8:00 PM in Riley Com ­ mons. Don’t miss this opportunity to applaud your favorite contestant and leam the WPI alma mater once and for all!

W ho are you when your paternal grandfather is Filipino-Chinese, paternal grandm other is African A m erican-N ative American, and your maternal grandfather is Danish and maternal grandm other is Germ an and you grow up in Japan??? “ Ethnic M an’s” self discovery takes a hum or­ ous and enlightening look at one young m an’s personal adventure coming to terms with his multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-racial her­

itage.

This one-m an show is definitely not to be missed!!!!

Perform ing at Riley C om m ons, W ednesday April 13th at 7:00 PM. The perform ance is free and open to the public. B ring a friend for an enjoyable evening.

Sponsored by the Office o f M ulticultural A ffairs and funded in part through an award from W PI’s Student Speakers Fund.

The Student Alumni Society presents

Traditions Day Wednesday, April 6, 1994 A Campus-Wide Celebration of the Heritage of Worcester Polytechnic Institute E vents

1-800-242-8721

American Heart Association This sp ace provided a s a public service © 1992. American Heart Association

BECOME A ROAD SCHOLAR IN YOUR SPARE TIME.

One Motorcycle RiderCourse will make you a better, safer rider. And riding will become more fun.

Call 1-800-447-4700 for the ' best education on the streets, j MOTOMYCLE SAFETYFMMMTMM

Special Newspeak Edition Special Exhibit in the Wedge Tech Old Timers Forum Tuesday, April 5 - 7:00 PM - Higgins House Freshman-Sophomore Pennant Rush 4:30 PM - Alumni Field Freshman-Sophomore Jeopardy Game 7:00 PM - Riley Commons Alma Mater Contest 8:00 PM - Riley Commons

im W orcester l i l t P olytechnic WBM. I n stitu te

Celebrate the h isto ry today.

Page 5

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 5,1994

E arn A B achelor O f S avings A t Your N ew E ngland Ford D ealer Thunderbird

Aspire

Explorer

Tempo

Aerostar

And Get *400 lo Use As Cash Back Or A Down Payment.

Plus Pre-Approved Credit For Qualified College Graduates.

You took endless tests and endured more all-nighters than

your first payment up to 120 days.

you can count to finally get to graduation day. Your Ford

This offer is available to college graduates, grad-school

Dealer understands how hard youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked and thinks

graduates and grad-school students graduating between

youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve earned a very special distinction... big savings on the

January 1, 1994 and September 30, 1994.

new Ford car or truck of your choice.

So hurry in to your N e w England

Right now, you can receive a MOO

Ford Dealer and see how your new

cash rebate on all new 1993 or 1994 Ford cars or trucks in addition to

M E W EN G LAN p

degree can earn you big savings on a new Ford car or truck. You may even be

most other incentives being offered.

eligible for pre-approved financing. The

Qualified graduates could have no

Ford

down payment on vehicles less than

Program. For more information call:

$18,000 MSRP. You can even defer

FORD DEALERS

College

Graduate

I-800-321-1536.

Purchase

Page 6

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 5,1994

COMMENTARY

Just a Thought Having it both ways

by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry The other day I heard the best e x ­ planation o f the P resid en t’s problem s with the W hitew ater scandal he finds him self m ired in. Som eone suggested that C linton was like the rest of his generation (Baby B oom ers) when it cam e to m oney. He w as not supposed to w ant a w hole lot o f it, but enough so his fam ily could be com fortable and he could afford to go out and change the w orld.

I sm iled as 1 thought about the truth of such a portrayal o f my g eneration’s love/hate relationship with money.

Smiled because I share the sam e angst: I know that the love o f money is the root o f all evil, that there is a co n sp ir­ acy o f the rich against the working

class (at least as I rem em ber my M arx­ ist analysis), and ify o u want to get to the heart o f the problem , “Just follow the m oney!” But I also like to live com fortably, am hopelessly hooked on technology and gadgets (read: co m ­ puters and pocket organizers) and am steadily building a great library my children can inherit som eday: all o f which takes money! 1 am a living contradiction.

My solace lies in knowing I am not alone. Many of us Boomers are like the character Kevin Kline played in the movie The Big Chill. Kline’s character owns several successful shoe stores; so successful that he is about to be bought out by a national chain. The deal will make him very well off. As he com ­ ments to one of his friends, “And who everthought I would ever make so much

money. And to think we were supposed to hate money!” Later on, he tel Is anoth­ er o f his friends about the deal, suggest­ ing that the friend buy the company stock now and in six months be able to make a killing.

By telling his friend the new s, Kline adm its that he has “broken about 5 or 6 regulations o f the Securities and Exchange com m ission.” H is friend responds by telling Kline, “ Y ou never change, do you.” No, probably not. It is OK to m outh the right social plati­ tudes and keep up liberal appearanc­ es, but never let that stop you from concentrating on the “real” stuff. Like m aking m oney and being com fort­ able. Having it both ways.

T hat may be the special curse of my generation, but 1 doubt if it is restricted to Baby Boom ers alone.

Truth be know n, we w ould all like to hit the Lottery. Then we could set up a charitable foundation, help the un ­ deserving, and relax on our yacht and vacation in the C aribbean. W e want to do good and live nicely w hile we are doing good. We con ourselves into believing that appearances and intentions are what really count. If we can have that “ w eary, radical” world changing look about us and seem m odest in our world changing activi­ ties, who cares how much m oney we have or how we got it. Hey, Bill and Hillary needed a house and discov­ ered som e investm ents to accom plish their goal. T heir hearts and co m m it­ m ents w ere in the right place.

All of which brings me to that won­ derful and terrorizing story in the G os­ pels where Jesus asks a rich young law­

yer to really prove his love for God by selling all that he had an come follow Jesus. Disappointed that his obeying all o f the commandments were not enough, the young man apparently went away crestfallen at this drastic challenge.

Appearances were not enough for Jesus; he wanted people to truly put their lives where their social platitudes and politi­ cal sympathies were.

G iven that m easure, m any o f us, including Bill and Hillary d o n ’t m ea­ sure up. W e are left rem inding o u r­ selves that for the grace o f G od, nei­ th er our appearances nor o u r good intentions suffice. The road to Hell is indeed paved w ith good intentions; and probably all the right appearances as well. W e may want it both w ays and thereby fool ourselves. B ut trust m e, God is n ’t fooled.

COMMUNITY UPDATE

Area schools compete in "Challenge of the Colleges"

by Pat Blais, Class o f ’97 and Jon Olszak, Class o f ’95 On Friday, April 8th, Holy Cross will be hosting the “Challenge of the Colleg­ es.” Seven W orcester area colleges will be competing for a beautiful trophy and hometown bragging rights. The colleg­ es are Holy Cross, W orcester State Col­ leg e, B ecker C o lle g e , W P I,

Quinsigam ond Com m unity College, Clark University, and possibly A ssum p­ tion Col lege. The events comprising the Challenge will be 4x100 relay race, obstacle course, tug of war, plus others.

The events are to be held on the field behind Hart Center, and in case of rain the events will be moved inside the Hart Center. The competition starts at 3 :00pm and following the events, food will be

available.

WPI will be sponsoring tw o teams.

Com e out and cheer on our college athletes who are participating.

The C hallenge o f the C olleges is a G AM M A sponsored event and should be a great success due to the efforts of Jackie Latino and Mary C ox. More G AM M A events will be held later in the year. Stay tuned.

Very special athletes WPI is once again assisting with the Massachusetts Special O lympics A n­ nual Spring Tournam ent, which will be held Saturday, April 23, and Sun­ day, April 24, at WPI and other area locations.

For the second consecutive year, the Institute will host basketball gam es in Harrington A uditorium on both days.

Games begin at 9:15 am. Two WPI fraternities are also supporting Special

O lym pics. Tau Kappa Epsilon broth­ ers will be on hand for the basketball gam es and Theta Chi is sponsoring the candlepin bowling tournam ent, also scheduled for both days, at Thunderbird Lanes in Auburn.

Volunteers are needed to help with scoring, special events, public relations and administration. To volunteer or for m ore information on the tournament, call Evan Ehring at 791-3235.

Send your friends to the slammer The annual Zeta Psi/Muscular Dys­ trophy Association Jail and Bail will be held from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm on Wednesday, April 6th, in the Lower Wedge. Fora $20donation, individuals or groups may lock up someone they've always wanted to see behind bars. Jail-

Oral presentation workshop T h e W ritin g R esou rce C en ­ ter w ill be o ffe rin g an O ral P re sen ta tio n W o rk sh o p for stu d en ts p rep arin g M Q P pre­ se n ta tio n s fo r P re sen ta tio n Day. T h e w o rk sh op will take place on W ed n esd ay, A pril 13, from 4-5 pm in S alisb u ry Labs 105.

birds will be released when they raise funds equal to the amount that sent them to jail. The brothers are also accepting contributions for the MDA and the lock­ up through April 6th at a table in the Wedge. So go ahead and send that special person away.

German Club activities The G erm an Club is inviting an y ­ one interested in G erm an language and culture to participate in its activ ­ ities. W e have discussions, w atch German m ovies, and are going to have a G erm an d in n er (h o m e-co o k ed !) com ing up in the near future.

If you want to received inform a­ tion about G erm an C lub activities, please e-m ail G aren M ikirditsian at donjuan@ w pi.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

WPI not just for the young To the Editor: In response to M ichael C aprio’s March 29th front page article on the open forum held on March 2 2 ,1 resent the implication made by Mr. Caprio that, because the unidentified individual who spoke out on several issues was “a man in his apparently mid to late 30’s.”

This man (who in fact is an undergrad­ uate student at WPI) apparently has no right to express his opinion. Not all students (undergraduate or graduate) at WPI are 18 to 20 years old and I resent

66

the implication that because the gentle­ man “appeared” to be in his mid to late 30’s, his opinions were irrelevant. Al­ though I may not totally agree with everything this man said, I would fight for his right as a member of the WPI student body to say it. I am speaking as the oldest member of the Class o f 1994 and would hope that I speak for other “non traditional” students at WPI as well.

Terri Sacco Class o f ’94

Thank you, DAKA

To the Editor: Last week was the Jewish holiday of Passover. One observing the laws o f Passover must avoid eating any leav­ ened food, com, rice, and legumes or any products made from these foods.

This includes such common items as bread and com syrup. One must also observe, the laws of koshrut — rules governing the type and preparation of foods — specific to Passover. During Passover, one’s diet is very restricted.

Observing Passover at home is al­ ways difficult, and at WPI [it) has been almost impossible until this year. To my pleasant surprise, WPI Hillel and DAKA made an arrangement to provide Kosher

59

for Passover meals to those students on the meal plan who were interested.

Since DAKA at WPI has no kosher cooking facilities, they had to pick these meals up everyday from the Jewish Home for the Aged located in W orces­ ter.

I would like to thank all of the DAK A e m p lo y e es, e sp e c ia lly Ed Murphy and Bob Wilder, and WPI Hillel, especially President Karl Dicker, for providing kosher for Passover meals to the handful students on the meal plan who were interested.

Zachary Sacks Class o f ’94

N otice an yth in g d ifferen t this w eek?

In honor of WPI’s Traditions Day and its focus on school history, Newspeak has decided to play its small part. The masthead you saw when you picked up this paper graced the front page of the Tech News, the WPI student newspaper until 1973 when the name was changed. This particular masthead was used in the mid-1940’s.

Tech News began publication in 1909, and it and Newspeak have continued serving the WPI com m un ity every academ ic year of th e ir existence since.

a

N e w spe a k The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute WPI Box 2700, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 Phone (508) 831-5464 • Fax (508) 831-5721 Editor-In-Chief Vijay Chandra

News Editor Chris Freeman

Jason Philbrook

Brian Parker

Matt Bonanno Geoff Elliott Joe Ferra Patti Kessler Byron Raymond Don Socha

Advertising Staff Justin Hallman

Business Manager John Grossi

Writing Statl

James Aduskevich Jason Hutt Becky Kupcinskas Harrison Ripps Joe Schaffer Andrew Watts Jennifer Yambert

Graphics Editor

Faculty Advisor

Kristen Greene

John Trimbur

Graphics Staff Dave Koelle Melissa Perkalis Troy Thompson

Lexie Chutoransky

Michael Caprio Eric Craft Jennifer Kavka Sue MacPherson Kevin Parker Tom Sico Typist Dennis Obie

WPI Newspeak of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, formerly the Tech News, has been published weekly during the academic year, except during college vacations, since 1909 Newspeak has been printed on recycled paper since January. 1991. Masthead designed by Troy Thompson for Newspeak's 21st Anniversary. Letters to the Editor should be typed (double spaced) and must contain the typed or printed name of the author as well as the author's signature, telephone number, and box number for verification. Students submitting letters to the editor should put their class after their name. Faculty and staff should include their full title Letters deemed libelous or irrelevant to the WPI community will not be published.

The editors reserve the right to edit all other copy for correct punctuation and spelling. All copy is due by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding publication. Send them to WPI Box 2700, bring them to the Newspeak office (Riley 01), or send them via email newspeak@wpi wpi edu. They must include the author's name and box number. There is a 275 word limit imposed on Club and Greek corner submissions.

All ads are due by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding publication. Any submissions received after this time will be subject to a flat $15 late fee per ad Advertisements, including classified ads. will not be accepted via email Classified ads must be prepaid. The decision on whether a submission is a public service announcement or an advertisement lies with the editors.

The editorial is written by a member or members of the Newspeak staff. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the entire Newspeak staff Printing is done by Saltus Press First Class postage paid at Worcester, Massachusetts. Subscription rate is $20.00 per school year, single copies 75 cents within the continental United States. Make all checks payable to WPI Newspeak

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 5,1994

Page 7

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION U nofficial M inutes

to be approved April 7, 1994 W O RCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Student G overnm ent Association Minutes for the meeting o f March 30, 1994 I. M eeting called to order at 6:30.

II. Attendance: Present: Executive Council: W ar­ ren Smale, Pres; Barbara Doyle, Vice Pres; Cathleen Connelly, Treas; Amy Scott, Sect.

Senate: Josh Arias, Jason Averill, Prakash Bhatia, Rachel Butland, Dan Corriveau, Ryan Daly, Nat Fairbanks, G reg Findlen, Deb Foley, John Grossi, Jen Keenan, Sylvia K hatchadourian, Pat M cM anus, Kirsty Reidy, Mike S c h u lz, D an ielle J. S now , Ju stin S p rague, P atrick S ullivan, D ennis W alsh Parliam entarian: Mike Pereira Elect Positions: Fiona A bram s, Dan C o rriv e a u , G re g F in d le n , L u c ie Lasovsky, Jason M acierow ski, Jason Mickey Absent: Lexie Chutoransky, Josh Single, Andy Thiessen. Christopher Thom as, W olf Winset III. S p e c ia l G u e s t: P ro v o st A pelian: Pres. Smale asked if a sena­ tor w ould entertain a m otion to sus­ pend R obert's Rules o f O rder during the tim e Provost A pelian w as speak­ ing and or answ ering questions about “The New W PI," such that at the end o f such time the m eeting w ould pro­ ceed under R o b ert’s Rules o f Order.

Sen. W alsh so m oved and Sen. Grossi seconded, the notion passed.

The Provost then updated the Sen­ ate o f proceedings with the faculty w here many concerns and ideas were generated, and how these were con­ tributing to the iniatives that WPI will eventually im plem ent. Following this introduction the Provost opened the floor up to the Senate to ask him questions and give negative and pos­ itive feedback. Some o f the questions addressed the issue o f WPI being a “com prehensive" university, would this kind of m arketing possibly change w hat many consider to be the “cor­ rect” perception o f WPI. A nother

concern expressed was that although peak, etc check it out w ith her before soon be given to Sen. M cM anus. Sen. m ost o f “T he N ew W P I” proposal is doing anything. She then announced Findlen was stepping down due to m ark etin g , yet som e c h an g es are time constraints from his President­ that there w ould be appropriations m otions in New B usiness. substanative, w hat is to keep these elect duties and academ ics. T he com ­ substanative changes from being p u r­ VIII. Committee Reports: m ittee had started investigating the sued at a later date. Many other in ­ - SCA interface discipline proposals, a re­ quiries w ere about the graduate p ro ­ - P R : Chair Butland announced that port should be com pleted by T uesday gram , changing the Institu te’s name, Sen. Foley is the new Secretary. She the 5th. The new est paper “A M arket­ and appealing to science and health ing Proposal for the New W PI” would then reported that an informational SGA professions oriented students. F inal­ flyer would not be put out until next Abe distributed to new sgoups and in term, yet PR would still apprectiate ly, senators asked about the “ fear” o f paper form. T he com m ittee has d e ­ change that is currently causing many getting short paragraphs from the other cided to write a paper specifically as a students to question “The N ew W PI” comm ittees. The reasons for putting rebuttal to the recent proposals about proposal. Senators asked if a m ap/ the flyer off until A-term was that by changing the school m arketing. In plan of action could be distributed. the tim e it w ould be done this term order to com plete this docum ent the Provost A pelian replied that such a would be over, and it would be a better com m ittee is collecting inform ation plan of action had been distributed from m em bers o f the senate and stu ­ investm ent o f SG A ’s time to distibute am ong the faculty and that it w ould be such a flyer during the first weeks of Adent body to be incorporated into the sent to SGA to be distrib ­ rebuttal. The com m ittee W O R C E S T E R P O L Y T E C H N IC IN S T IT U T E uted to undergraduates. has also discussed pub­ IV. Approval of the licity o f Interface D isci­ M inutes: S en . G ro ssi pline and how to get re­ moved that the m inutes of sponses.

3/24/94, and 3/2/94 be ap­ Policies proved with no changes. dures: C hair Schulz re ­ Sen. Schulz seconded. The ported that the com m ittee motion passed although had developed a proposal there were som e w ho voted for the creation o f a C om ­ against it and one absten­ m ission on S tudent O rgaS 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 tion. nizationsthat will provide V. President’s Remarks: Pres. term when they might be able to better for recognition and adm istration o f educate freshmen about SGA before Smale updated the Senate on w here the student clubs and organizations. The money that was special funded to SGA A -term elections. com m ittee still has to work out the at the end o f C-term has gone (or is). d etails with student life and student - Elections: C o -chairC orriveau re­ ported that the com m ittee had devised O f the $ 1000 approved, $500 is left for activities before the com m ission will a statem ent regarding the Elections the purchase o f PageM aker. T he be subm itted to the Senate. T he com ­ ethem et hook-up, W ord 6.0, Excel 5.0, com m ittee at the request o f PR and m ittee also developed by-law s for it­ and a printer mem ory board have all had subm itted it to C hair Butland. self. A discussion o f moving SGA out been purchased and installed. Two The com m ittee had also created an o f C lass III had taken place but would a d v e rtisin g sc h e d u le fo r C am pus senatorial applicat ions had been turned be put off until the C om m ission is in and are due in the SGA O ffice on H earing Board E lections, to appear in form ed and allow that body to deter­ Friday (4/1/94). Senators w ere also mine where SGA should be classi­ next w eek’s N ew speak. The ad was informed that a BBQ at A ssociate Pro­ paid for through the Student Life O f­ fied. The proposed financial by-law fice. Petitions will be available on vost B row n's is scheduled for April 25. ch ange was also review ed. the execs and exec, elects would be Tuesday the 5th, and due back on VIII. Old Business: none T hursday the 14th o f A pril. The stu­ having a retreat on April 20, at Dean IX. New Business: dents will be electing 2 students, 3 R ichardson’s home, and the senior d in ­ M otion 3d.94: Treas. C onnelly alternates, and I faculty m em ber. If ner would be May 3 at Sakuro Tokyo. m oved to allocate the Student G ov­ VI. Vice President’s Report: VP ernm ent A ssociation $1000 for pro­ any student has suggestions for facul­ ty nonom inations. If any more stu­ Doyle introduced the undergraduates gram funding as approved by the A p ­ who are currently holding elect posi­ dents have suggestions for faculty or p r o p r ia tio n s C o m m itte .

S en . tions. She informed the Senate that adm inistrators, they are encouraged M cM anus seconded. Pres. Smale gave to get their suggestions in as soon as A cadem ic C om m ittee ap p licatio n s some background inform ation about possible. were due the next day, and interviews why the allocation was being asked • Parking: C h a ir S p rag u e a n ­ for. T he money is to go to have. Bob would follow the next week. nounced that he plans to resign as chair VII. Treasurer’s Report: Treas. and Ron Jackson, a fam ous gay m ar­ of the committee.

Connelly reported that SGA has $200 ried couple com e to WPI and speak.

- WPI Plan II: C hair Findlen an ­ in its account, and asked that any SGA had been approached by some com m ittees considering adds in N ews­ nounced that the C hair position w ould students and ad m in istrato rs, when

SG -A-

som e of the supporters had been un­ able to financially support the pro­ gram , yet many were already looking forward to the program and felt that it would be an excellent service to the WPI com m unity. Follow ing discus­ sion the motion was voted on and passed w ith one abstention.

- Motion 4d.94: Treas. Connelly move to allocate the Student Alumni Society $500 in program funding as approved by the A ppropriations C om ­ m ittee, Sen. Sullivan seconded the motion. Sen. Sullivan then tried to amend the motion, and w as out o f order because motions that com e from the A ppropriations C om m ittee m ay be refered back to com m ittee but may not be altered. Sen. Sullivan then moved to refer Motion 4d.94 back to the Appropriationscommittee, the motion was seconded by Sen. Daly. Discussion followed and Sec. Scott called the ques­ tion,Proce­ the question failed 8-10-0. Sen. and Daly then tried to refer the m otion back to committee again. Sen. Sullivan sec­ onded the motion. The m otion to refer back to com m ittee failed again. Dis­ cussion followed then and Sec. Scott called the question again, this time the question passed. The motion was then voted on and passed - Motion .5d/4/94: T reas. Connelly moved to have Article II, sec. 5 o f the Financial B y-law s am en d ed , Sen. Sullivan seconded.

- Motion 6d.94: Sec. Scott moved to add the voting of the G o at’s Head Award recipient to the A genda. The motion was added and a secret ballot was held. The recipient will be an­ nounced at the Shining Star Awards Sen. Schulz moved to add Motion 7d,94 to the agenda, the motin wao seconded by Sen. McManus, and passed so that Motion 6c.94. Motion 7c,94 would be to pass the Policies and proce­ dures by-laws. The motion was voted on, and refered back to committee.

X. Announcements:

- WPI Groups: - GAEA: The representative an­ nounced the open meeing was still planned, and more inform ation would be available soon.

XI. Meeting adjourned at 8:00.

WEEK IN PHOTOS

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / GEOFF ELLIOTT

It’s been q u ite a b u sy w eek for S o cco m m ’s C o ffeh o u se C om m ittee, as is evid en t by the accom p a n y in g photos. T h e “C offee C ave” was th e place to b e this past T u esday and T h ursd ay evenings. A bove, from T u esd a y ’s sh ow , is Jon S vetkey, an acou stic perform er. T o th e right are B rian M cK im (top) and T raci Skeene (b ottom ), w ho perform ed in G o m p ei’s on T h u rsd ay.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / GEOFF ELLIOTT

NEWSPEAK

Page 8

Tuesday April 5,1994

CLUB CORNER

Alpha Phi Omega There once was this little clam and s/he lived in this little hole called... Worcestershire (as in the sauce... see the connection??). And he was feeling pretty sad, happy and confused. He had been marinating too long in the sauce of academics. He did not know what to do. He thought about suiciding into a huge pot of boiling water to wash himself of this sauce called academics. He also thought about rolling out of his little microcosm into the huge macrocosm of the nasty, gritty table. He also thought about baking (or basking heh heh) in the glory of this sauce called academics, since in the end he will have all the rewards of this sauce.

He was very lonely in this sticky, confused state of his. He didn't have anyone to turn to. He had no one to play cards with <insert here a chuckle for the allusion to clams c a s i n o . But he was wrong... He wasn’t alone. For there was an oyster in his midst.

And another. And another. And another. And another. As if they were multiplying or something.

As if they had been exposed to water 01 to ... well you know what happens when an oyster is exposed to ... you know that... that substance... In the end, he baked in this sauce they called academics, but frolicked festively with the urchins they called oysters.

Moral: Never settle for meat and potatoes.

Christian Bible Fellowship For those that long for spring, it looks like we are seeing some of it! In terms of upcoming events, we have the usual meetings, on Wednesday 8 p.m. in Founders Country Kitchen (Prayer and Share), Fri­ day night at 7 p.m. in Higgins Lab room 10 1, where Pastor M cD owell from C ollege Church in Northampton will be speaking on relationships with non believers. For those who haven’t heard him speak before, you are in for a real treat!

To continue on the same line o f thought from the last few weeks, what is it that most effectively takes you out of the race? Chances are, it is sin. When we sin, it is difficult to gel back up and keep on running.

So how do we deal with sin? Can we avoid it more often? “ Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the fair, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of suffer­ ings.” I Peter 5:8-9.

Okay, so we should be self-controlled, alert, resisting the devil, and aware that we are not alone in temptation, but does this really help? Yes! Why do we think it might not? That is exactly what Satan wants us to think. He would like us to believe that Jesus didn ’t win when He rose from the grave almost 2000yearsago. This doesn’t make it any easier to be self-controlled, alert, and ready to resist the devil, but it does give us a place to begin standing up under temptation.

Chinese Student Association Hello all....once again we’re back with the latest CSA news and gossip! D-term has gotten off to a good start with all the activities underway. First of all, we’d like to commend our T-shirt coordinator, Eric Law (a.k.a da Prez), for his excellent T-shirt design and his hard work in getting the T-shirts out (Antonio also did a great job lugging the bags of shirts all over campus hunting forCSA members!). Next we’d like to applaud the officers and all the members that made the cultural festival a success. A job well done guys!!

Also, as the cultural festival, marks the last job of the old officers, lets all give the old officers a big Thank You (and for those of you who are daring, you can also give them a kiss and a hug). It’s been a good year and we couldn’t have made it without you guys. We extend our deepest appreciation to those of you-we luv ya!! Now, for all of you dedicated members that are interested, the challenge is going to continue this term until one team walks away victorious (of course we can all guess which team that will be - don’t feel too bad guys.)

Hey, did anyone catch the floor hockey game last Wednesday? Wasn’t it interesting how fluid our sports coordinator moved in protection gear?? Well, for those who missed it, try to make it to the next game

and find out what I mean! Okay, last but not least, a word of wisdom from our fearless leader - our beloved Prez: Beware of Chicken Bones!!

Glee Club Well, another concert weekend has arrived. Prac­ tice tonight and Thursday, dress rehearsal and social gathering Friday, concert and wild party Saturday. If anyone reading this is not involved in Glee Club, I will put in a plug for our joint performance of Carmina Burana with Holy Cross, Union, Wells, and the NEC this Saturday at 8 pm. Adult admission is $8, I BELIEVE students are $3, but don’t kill me if I’m wrong.

• Now I know we all remember the pick-up lines from Italy, but what if someone you find utterly repulsive tries one on you? Here are the Top 10 Humiliating Turn-Downs.

I’d love to (go out, have sex) with you, but...

10) I have to floss my cat.

9) it’s my parakeet’s bowling night.

8) there’s a disturbance in the force.

7) I’m converting my calendar watch from Julian to Gregorian.

6) my Dark Master wills it otherwise.

5) my uncle escaped again.

4) I changed the lock on my door and I can’t get out.

3) I’m having all my plants neutered.

2) I promised to help a friend fold road maps.

1) I have to check the freshness dates on my dairy products.

Melissa Perkalis Treasurer- Michelle Meister Secre­ tary- N. Harrison Ripps Congrats to all!!! The offic­ ers do not officially take over until the weekend of New Voices 12.

Alpha Psi Omega (the dramatic honor society) is now accepting nomination for individuals in the WPI community worthy of induction into the Rho Kappa cast. For more information e-mail Erik Felton (elf@ w p i.w p i.ed u ) or C had C ouncil (council@wpi.wpi.edu).

Get involved in New Voices 12!!!

Society of Martial Arts One of the styles taught by the Society of Martial Arts is Tae Kwon Do (pronounced: tie kwon doe).

Tae Kwon Do is an ancient Korean martial art, which when translated, means literally “ foot-hand-art”. It was developed by a group of Korean students known as the Hwa Rang Do over 1,200 years ago. These students believed the phi losophy that ifeveryone was taught how to defend themselves, there would be no need for fighting. The Hwa Rang Do used this philosophy to unite a Korea which was separated into three independent kingdoms.

ClassicTae Kwon Do is most known for the large number of different kicks used by those who train in the art. These kicks can produce spectacular compe­ tition sparring matches and powerful, prearranged forms (similar to kata in Karate). Tae Kwon Do has also integrated numerous hand techniques into com­

binations with the kicks, opening a whole new field of self-defense. The art is also very philisophical when it comes to everyday life, producing five tenents by which students and instructors alike live by. These are: Courtesy, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-control, and Indomitable Spirit. It teaches re­ spect, discipline, honor, self-confidence, and many other character building traits. The physical aspects build all muscles, especially in the legs, greatly increases flexibility, assists in weight loss, and builds general health in many ways.

Tae Kwon Do is truly a graceful yet powerful martial art that many people are discovering and enjoying around the world today.

Society of Medieval Arts and Sciences Allright,here’sthedeal. Today isthe5th. Allyou NPC type people should have paid Ray by today. .Today is the last day to pre-register for Darkwood II, the cost being $5 for PCs and half for NPCs. After today, and at the door, the cost for PCs doubles.

Sorry, you’ve had plenty o f warning.

What other goodies do I have to tell you today?

Ummm...not much. I forgot my list of when the events are going to take place. But I can tell you that if you didn’t pre-register for Sir Shane’s feast by this past weekend, the cost is now more than $25.

Continued to page 11

Global Affairs Party HiGapsters! Thevotesarein,asoflastweek. For those of you who didn’t read your email here are the results: Tim is Pres, Damian is VP, Bob is still Secretary, and Jennx is Treasurer. Congratulations everyone. We really need to sell our t-shirts, so don’t forget to help Damian out in the mailroom. We’re still working on Earth Day stuff. The sign up sheets are out to groups and we’ll be setting up schedules soon. We need someone to help Eric out with acting as receptionist and helping people figure out what they need to be doing at the pond cleanup. If anyone is interested in helping out email Jennx at jen@wpi.

We will also have a booth in the Earth Day activities on the 24th, good thing we ’re cleaning the park up on the 23rd. So, get interested and get involved. The next meeting is Thursday, 6:30pm in AK2I8, as usual. Hope to see you there.

The W Pt Pub Committee, funded in part by the Students Speakers Fund, present:

Jello Biafra Tour: A Spoken Word Performance

Global Awareness of Environmental Affairs Everybody ready??? April 14th is the open campus meeting. Yes, that’s APRIL 14TH IS THE OPEN CAMPUS MEETING AT 4:30PM IN PERREAULT HALL! We will be having speakers from Clark and VeryFine and your own GAEA representatives have lots of important things to say.

BE THERE!!!!!!! Once again, APRIL 14TH IS THE OPEN CAMPUS MEETING! Elections were held last night. Congratulations to new President Mickey, Vice President Ed, Treasurer Denise, and Secretary Lissa. They all will be at the APRIL I4TH OPEN CAMPUS MEETING AT 4:30PM IN PERREAULT HALL!!!!!!

Lots of things are getting prepared for next year.

So come to the meetings and give your input, or get on our mailing list. Whatever you do, make sure you cometothe APRIL 14TH OPEN CAMPUS MEET­ ING! Okay, just incase you didn’t get the news, the GAEA open campus meeting, where we will be discussing recycling at WPI, is going to take place on April 14th, 4:30pm, in Perreault Hall.

Masque

"It's part lecture, part theater, part comedy, part perform ace art,: and above all lots of information!"

$3 WPI I$5 Consortitum I$7 General Public Monday, April 11th.

Perrault L ecture Hall.

Doors Open at 7:30 PM WPI. W orcester, MA. All A ges. 8 PM For more info, call (508) 831-5509

NEW VOICES NEW VOICES NEW VOICES NEW VOICES 12 !!!!! April 20-23rd . Look for more info soon!!!!

Masque would like to congratulate the newly electedofficers: President- Noah Weisleder VPMaster Carpenter- Dan Martins VPMasterElectrician-Greg Marr VP Publicity- Tricia Gagnon VP Properties-

2 B.R. apartments $575-$595

3 B.R. $650

JjVith wall to wall carpeting, parking, laundry area, fully applianced kitchen with dishwasher, 799-6070 som e with air conditioning, excellent m aintenance and m anagem ent. ju s t a hop and a jum p to WPI

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 5,1994

Page 9

GREEK CORNER

AXP It’s Tuesday, and it’s time once again for the Greek Comer. Unfortunately, nothing much hap­ pened this week, so in an attempt to try and stretch the column to the 275 word limit, I will periodically throw in little irrelevant tidbits of information, (e.g., only 22 days ‘til Quadfest!)...

April 1st was quite a day at the Crow house... first of all, midnight witnessed the conclusion o f a“changing of the guards”, as Kaimes’ probationary prede­ cessor Jackson was, and is, officially free and clear of exec’s wrath. Now the only thing in danger on party nights are the new dining room walls. Second, not only was the cook fired after lunch, she was re-hired in the afternoon, and she quit shortly after dinner.

April Tom ’s Day, Fool... I mean, April Fool’s Day, Tom! (Hey, did you remember to set your clocks ahead Sunday night?)

Speaking of April Fool’s Day, last week was a stellar one forthe intramurals circuit. I’m still holding out forthe big softball tourney, so look out everyone - that Intramurals Cup will be ours!!!

(For your own safety, please do not look directly into the sun) By the way, don’t forget to get those excuses in for house meeting tomorrow! Especially those of you with medical reasons like Jose’s.

(Gompei’s delivers after 6pm, but there is a $5.25 minimum delivery charge. Call 831 -5345 for more information.)

Well, b ro ’s, start doing stuff worth mention­

ing, or next week’s column will REALLY be inter­ esting. (Remember, shoppers, there are only 262 shopping days until Christmas, so start shopping now while you can still find a parking space)

ArA Well, here I go...wish me luck, I’m new at this!

1 know this was said before, but now it’s official: Thank you to all the old officers, and congratulations and good luck to the new ones! Especially those who ARE the symbols...

Congratulations to ourintramural soccer and floor hockey teams for having PERFECT records!! So what if the zero’s in the wrong place! It’s all a part of our plan...eventually, our opponents will pity us so much they'll start scoring goals for us! (Thanks to TKEforstarting that trend!) Good luck to both teams tonight against Theta Chi! And Nappi— I hope your foot feels better...can I borrow those red pumps?

In the Philanthropy Department: The food drive startedyesterday...you still have today and tomorrow to stop by the wedge and DONATE!! Is everyone getting ready to teeter-totter? Who is going to take those 4am slots anyway? Thanks to all (AGD and Lambda Chi) who wandered about Worcester last week getting sponsors!

Don’t forget— tomorrow is Tradition’s Day! And finally— Happy Belated Birthdays to Carla and Steph, and to Jen Lowell on the 10th!!!

Maximize Your Scores

LSAT GRE GMAT MCAT

Courses at WPI starting soon!

TH E PRIN CETO N REV IEW we score more

I

IE

(617) 558-2828 BOSTON

See It in a

N ew

-^T Li g

40 academic fields, Summer Term 1994 lets you see B o sto n u ^ W rsity as you’ve never seen it before. Join our diverse summer community of some 6,500 students. Sample our summer concert series, extensive recreational p rogram s, and U n iv ersity -sp o n so red e x tra c u rric u la r a c tiv itie s. C all 617/353-6000 today for your free 1994 Summ er Term Bulletin. You'll never look at us the same way again.

Su m m e r S e ssio n I: M a y 2 4 -J u ly 2 Su m m e r S e ssio n II: July 5 - A u g u s t 13 Registration for both sessions begins April 19, 1994.

19 9 4

Yes! Send me a free copy of the Boston University Summer Term ’94 Bulletin.

CITY, STATE. ZIP

Return Coupon To:

<DK0 -Walsh; BAV one week, Randy West the next.

-The Phi Kap house would like to thank the four people who showed up at their bash in the gameroom last week. Next time, set up a couple computers down there and maybe a few more Phi Kaps will show up.

-FOR SALE: Used stereo components. Real cheap. Contact M ike Marsh.

-’’How does it taste?”

-Hey Chris, how do you get to Lincoln Street?

-We all know by now what happened to Chris last week, but he’s not too upset, because it’s the most action h e’s gotten all year.

-Chris says the red van looked familiar, but all he could tell about the driver was that he was wearing glasses and that he had a beard. So Guz, tell us, where were you last Tuesday night?

-Watch out for Hogs when h e ’s mad. He can break a window with his bare hands!

-Guz proverb: The Guz is always greener on the other side.

Milkman

o

i l

Hey Phi Sig Sigs!

First off, I would like to congratulate the new executive council chairs: Social Chair- Becky Kostek Fundraising- Heather Bryer Panhel Alternate- Julie McCullogh Scholarship- Jeralyn Clouart A-Mom- Sarah Tegan Assistant Rush- Robyn Buturlia Assistant Social- Ann Sbriglio House Manager- Karen Verrill Housing Corp. Rep.- Kimmy Landry Assistant Bursar- Jen Alley Historian- Heidi White Activities- Leigh Barry Songleader- Jen Adams Division Rep.- Cyndi Fusco Orders- Cathy Jzyk Sisterhood- Dwalin May Philanthropy- Heather Zimmerman Alumni- Nicole Robert Stewards- Becca Rubenstein and Mandy Langis Sophmore Rep.- Liz Herman Junior Rep.- Cathy Connelly Senior Rep.- Amy M ercier Newsletter- Laura Bielitz Also, congrats go out to everyone w ho re­ ceived Shining Star A wards! Standing O ’s go out to Becky Kostek for doing a great job putting together the self-defense course! Congratula­ tions to Heather Bryer for scoring the first goal in floor hockey!

A happy birthday goes out to Tricia Pignone who turns 21 today! Happy birthday also goes out to Lily Lau (on W ednesday).

Good luck to the softball, track, and La-X teams (Jen Shaw, y o u’re awesome!). Everyone come to all the gam es to show your support.

In the personals this week: -Pukay...Pukay?

-Jen Alley...snatch up some cookie dough!

Any ducks, H eather or Laura?

-Erika, nice job flooding toilets. By the way, thanks for saving m e from the speeding car!

Special hellos this week go out to Deb Long (thanks for all your hard work and for putting up with us!), Yvonne, Dianna Carlson, M andy, Jen Shaw, Jen Shaw, Jen Shaw, and Jess Cram.

LITP

in

W ith more than 400 graduate and undergraduate cS m ^ ^ M K g sen tfig over

S u m m e r T e rm

To all the seniors... we will m iss you tonight.. .A DOVELING...

B oston University Sum m er Term, Rm. 203 755 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215

A n equal opportunity, affirmative action institution

The Easter Bunny got out his list and his lamp he lit; he saw that his next stop 17 Dean Street and said, “Oh s#$t!” For Dority he brought candy to give to little girls. For Len — a meat pie. Kennard got an Easter basket full o f peace and quiet so he could get som e sleep. Beal got a new hole through which he could peep. For Tex he brought his own phone. For Rob Craig — a meal crew bone. W eibe got girls w ith big rear-ends and G ifford got som e Depends. Jim­ my and Steve got some beers. M alone got som ething with which to w ipe his tears. Ex­ house manager Johnny C. got a new level and Colin got nothing because he worships the D ev­ il. O ’Toole got an Easter bonnet to put on his head. SQRL got a piece o f rabbit poop in his bed. Morin got a big check from the m ole. For N ate’s Couch som e birth control. Nate got a date with N isi’s mom and Big John U hrich got a small bomb. Robo got a muzzle to keep his mouth shut and Toohey got back his old gut.

Fred and Hal got some new sm ut to peruse and Mather got a lecture from Tooze. He was on his way out of the house as quick as a blink. He walked through the Pub and Elmer yelled, “ Drink!” The E aster Bunny got sick and sick again as Elm er pulled bottles from his shelf. The next morning the Easter Bunny was passed out on M argaret’s law n having w et himself.

See you next tuesday!

TKE Hey jerkies, well here it is I’m back once again. As I write this beloved column it is April Fool’s Day so here’s m y list o f the top five April Fools for 1994. 5.) Beaker, for wearing that Chem Eng goon shirt the other day. 4.) Rob Thomas for getting good grades but not having a job yet because he is a math major. 3.) Miah for trying to act like Pele in the B team soccer gam e the other night. 2.)The New M em berclass for the raid they pulled last night (Thursday)... nice toilet water. I .) Sofa, I don’t really need to elaborate on this but... ah hell, I will anyway. Flobbing around like a fish out of water, unable to stand and calling people making animal noises into the phone.

O m ar of the Hill People is going to take his little soccer people to the finals this year. B team soccer will win at any cost, well with Birdie anyway. Faass makes “amends” in hockey. Big win with 8 seconds left the other night, I know one person who was suprised, too bad JER K IE I guess w e’re better than you thought.

By the time you read this lent will be over and you guys that like to give stuff up can start acting like idiots again, please, I am running out of material. Maybe I can have someone write anoth­ er poem about N ugget’s feet. Look for an im per­ sonator at Tuesday nights house meeting. Pet peeve of the week: Psyche, psyche, psyche... whatever. Ungdow is better.

0X B W G W N B .J’ve got w riter’s block, I’m rac­ ing a time deadline, I’d rather be at D orm an’s, I could be drinking some April Fool’s Hi-C, but here goes anyway. In the new s this week Sal landed a job after the interviewer woke up in bed with a horse head, Butland received praise for his veg expertise in Better Homes and G ardens, Leary released plans to firebomb a house to be named later, and Considerations are being given towards the idea of abondoning the house for a more luxury establishment like an abondoned crack house in down town Worcester. Now for the weather: Sun and fun expected throughout the week along with accompanying hi-neighbor ral­ lies, there is a slight chance o f a Coomba snow ­ storm, however, later in the week. In sports this week the intramural efforts of b-team floor hock­ ey were relentless with strong performances by multiple scorers, Coutu and Babb. The gam e of the week, however, belonged to the a-team and their 13 goal performance with hattrick+ perfor­ mances turned in be Burt Hull, Sergei Brownrigg, and Kevin Oates, also, while Pineo may not have scored, he did make good on the beer. W e pause now for this commercial. Limited time offer!: “Hang out with a Senior”; act now while supplies last, or you just might miss out. I got edited last week so the last two answers were 1. the ice was poisoned 2. switch horses, and this weeks riddle “Every day a man wakes up and takes the elevator down to the bottom floor and goes to work. O n a sunny day a man returns home, takes the elevator to the 4th floor and walks up stairs to the 8th, on a rainy day he takes the elevator all the way to the 8th floor. W hy?”, G otta go-here’s hoping you had a merry easter...(vamp).

Z'F Hey kids, do you know w hat time it is... Its tim e for W heel of M orality! W heel of m orality turn turn turn, tell us the lesson that we should leam . L esson num ber 69. D o n ’t eat your ow n spleen if you still need it.

W ell, lets see w hat is happening at the o ld Pi T au these days...

A hh, yes, the M D A Jail & Bail is com ing tom orrow to a Low er W edge near you. P ut me in jail if you don’t like this article. T hanks to M IT for the G olf C lassic. FORE! T hanks to C ooper U nion for stopping by also.

H appy Easter W eekend I hope to e v e ry ­ body. I w ent hom e but d o n ’t know if I am going to have a good time or not.

I hope that our pledges are getting all of their work done.

Boy did that letter I w rote open up a c a n of hostile w orm s. I think they may kill som eone before we can go fishing.

M elon m elon m elon... ju st kidding.

W hy is there a lem on outside on the ground.

W as there a sacrifice that I m issed?

I want to (gasp) thank T heta Chi for yelling up to us this past w eekend. I think they felt safer having us at their house then on o u r roof.

You never know w hat a crazy Zete w ill do w hile on a roof. And speaking o f the roof.

W hat happened to those guy that were up there last w eek. Did we catch them or are they ju st hiding in the shadow s?

I hope everybody had fun at the E aster Road T rip Party this w eekend. I d id n ’t, (re­ m em ber I went hom e) **N ew s Flash** Spirit lost in book bag, rew ard $50.

Lucas, Fred, stop playing with the radio, ju st buy the dam n album!

Oh w ell, send m e stuff. ZOO T.

NEWSPEAK

Page 10

4 th A n n u a l 1. Best Pizza Place

N e w s p e a k

Tuesday April 5,1994

R e a d e r ’s

P o ll

________________________________________

2. Favorite DAKA Employee 3. Best Radio Station 4. Favorite Administrator 5. Best World Leader 6. Best Snow Activity___________ 7. Favorite Feature of the Mailroom 8. Most Mangled Way of Saying Worcester 9. Favorite Movie Quote_______________ 10. Best Way to Scare Your Roommate___ 11. Best Euphemism for Vomiting_______ 12. Best Cartoon (TV)_________________ 13. Most Overused Phrase_____________ 14. Favorite SGA Senator 15. Something You Want to See on Campus 16. Favorite Day Off During the School Year 17. Best Feature of Newspeak____________ 18. Worst Feature of Newspeak___________ 19. Favorite Procrastination Activity_______ 20.

Funnier Word than “Onomatopoeia”____

21.

Best Way to Avoid Waking up Early____

22.

Favorite Lecture Hall

23. (Your Topic Here)______ 24. Best Vendor in the Wedge.

Polls must be turned in by T h u rsd ay , A pril 21 at 5pm . They can be dropped in the Newspeak mail slot in the basement of Riley Hall or in campus mail, Box 2700.

Identical, or nearly identical, entries will not be counted. Results April 26.

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 5,1994

Page 11

CLASSIFIEDS Newspeak will run classifieds free for all WPI students, faculty, and staff. Free classifieds are limited to six (6) lines. Ads of a commercial nature and ads longer than six lines must be paid for at the off campus/commercial rate of $5.00 for the first six lines and 50 cents per additional line.

Classified ads must be paid for in advance.

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

The deadline for ads is noon on the Friday before publication.

All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be accompanied by the writer's name, address and phone number.

S oo co C 'w o r r v m

Name

Phone

Address

Total Enclosed $

Allow only 30 characters per line

Oratnp&i*s

3 th

i -

W

Newly renovated one BR. New windows, new wall to wall carpets. Ten minute walk to cam pus. O ff-street parking. Appliances recent.

Clean, safe and secure. $ 425/m o, flexible lease.

C ALL Alex at 852-6623.

Furnished rooms in house with other WPI students. O n Fruit St. at Highland. Private bedroom , shared bath, kitchen, living room.

B egins June for 1 year or mid A ugust for nine m onths. U tilities included, parking, laundry. $225-$275 per month. Call 792-0049.

Furnished room for rent off Salisbury & Park Ave. Utilities and laundry facilities included.

O ff street parking. N on-sm okers only. $255 per. m onth. Deposit required. Call 757-6814

Q uadfest is looking for clim bers who are w illing to help out. Email quadfest@ w pi.

Looking for an opportunity to m eet alum ni?

T he Alumni O ffice is seeking student volun­ teers to work during Reunion W eekend, June 25, 1994. 9 0 0 alumni return to cam pus for the biggest alum ni event o f the year! G reat people, free food & lodging, lots o f fun! Mark your calendar and com e to an inform ation session on Tuesday, A pril 12 at 4:30 PM in Salisbury 104.

S f> M S

A PARTM ENT: Large4-5 Bedrooms. Avail­ able for M ay 25th for one year. Short walk to campus. Secure, well maintained building. New kitchen and bath, laundry, parking, partially furnished. C all 792-0049.

p i

S 3 - others

M icrowaves, m icrowaves, m icrowaves K EEP D A R L A W A Y !

C upfuls...or teaspoons - fulls ?!

Sesame Street on Ice: Great jo b Big Bird, G rover, Snuffy, and Oscar!

And now on the ice for Theta C hi: Founders 203.

Will you take a picture o f us?

LIBRARY FOCUS GROUPS UN DERGRADUATES - GRADUA TES

Please come to a library focus group session in the Archives Room in the library. They are scheduled for: Tuesday, April 5 Thursday, April 7 Thursday, April 14 Friday, April 15 Sunday, April 17

llam-noon 3:30-4:30pm 7-8:00pm 12:30-1:30pm 7-8:00pm 9-10:00am 3-4:00pm 5-6:00pm

Refreshments will be served at all of the focus group meetings. Everyone who participates in one of these sessions will be eligible to win two $50.00 cash prizes.

Obtain an entry form in the library office or at the focus group meeting.

C R U ISE SHIPS NOW HIRING- Earn up to $2,000+/m onth w orking on Cruise Ships or Land-Tour com panies. W orld travel. Sum m er & Full-Tim e em ploym ent available. N o expe­ rience necessary. For more inform ation call 1206-634-0468 ext. C 5 0 1 1 A L A SK A S U M M E R E M P O L Y M E N T Eam up to $8,000+ in two months. Room and board! Transportation! Male o r Female. No experience necessary. Call (206)545-4155 ext A501 Looking for a quiet, secure apartment? 6 room & 5 room, 2,3,4 bedroom s, appliances, parking, some as low as $150 per person a m onth. One bedroom single $300+. Fully Insu­ lated H ouse- som e with alarm, electric beds, photoelect outsides lights, etc NOW! Edie 7992728, 842-1583.

50 points if you put your name on the test.

H e’s a sm art boy, just ask him, h e’ll tell ya!

Hey look I ’m a statue!

W ho let C outu in! oh....oops....I did...

Are the study areas in the library adequate? Do you find the library program on the campus network useful? How can we help you do research?

SUM M ER A PA R TM EN T AVAILABLE: 3 bedroom , living room , kitchen, full bath. Very close to cam pus, excellent condition. Price very negotiable! Available Available for June through about Aug 10. C ontact Ed at 791-6032 o r Todd at 791-1585.

TR A V EL A BR O A D & WORK! - M ake up to $2,000-$4,000+ per month teaching basic con­ versational English abroad. Japan, Taiwan, and S. Korea. Many em ployers provide room & board + other benefits. No teaching background or A sian languages required! For more inform a­ tion call: (206) 632-1146 ext. J5 0 1 1

T h at's my tangerine! - W hat hurts more? an orange or a tangerine!

N ever arm your enemy!

Single F am ily House. 2 Blocks from school.

7 rooms. 3 or 4 BR. Wall to wall carpeting.

A ppliances. O ff-street parking. A vailable May 1st. $750/m o plus utilities. Call G ary @ 831 0547.

s t u d e n t A p a r tm e n ts . ' IlK $ 5 0 0 .4 UK $ 6 0 0 . ( le a n , q u ie t, lo ts o f ro o m .

O f f H ig h la n d S t. .3 m in u te w<iIk f r o m \ \ P I.

\ l s o 3 D e c k e r lo r r e n t ,

to ta l 9 B R . P le a s e c a ll N35-2N06. o r (SOOl S I 2 -9 6 6 0 .

CLUB CORNER Continued from page 8 And because SOMEONE doesn’t like the comer if I don’t make fun of him....deal. Ain’t gonna happen.

Society of Pershing Rifles Everybody should have enjoyed their week­ end off, because that is the last one anyone will get until school is out. So we had better buckle down and be ready for a busy schedule over the next five weeks, including several color guards, and for all of you pledges out there, initiation. Speak­ ing o f initiation, planning has finally started.

M ake sure none o f you forget to plan out the part you were assigned to do and have it ready for the meeting tomorrow.

Tomorrow’s meeting should be an APFT.as far as I have been told, so everyone should come prepared with workout clothes. Also, there will be extra D&C practices this week to prepare for the New York trip this weekend. Everyone must have their uniforms cleaned and pressed for this one, and make the boots and brass shine like they have never shined before!!

Finally, w e have had staff elections! The new chain of Command for next year will be: CO-Karl Chandler, XO-SpencerCocanour, ISG-Madore, S 1Rule, S2-Kallio, S3-Panton, S4-Mullaney. That’s it, so read it and weep.

Society of Women Engineers Helloall. I’d tell you about all the great things that SWE is doing but that would ruin it Come to the meeting tomorrow, Wed. April 6 in Higgins 101 at 7pm. C-ya there!

Student Pugwash Pugwash strikes again! We will be haveing a meeting on Friday April 8th at 5pm in the conference room o f Atwater Kent. Our guest speaker is Mr. Foster from the Polaroid Helios Project, to talk about new philosophies in industry. Thereisaslightchance we may need to have the discussion at 4pm. If so we will let you know via email and look for some posters also!! After the presentation, there will be an infor­ mal, sitdown, Chinese dinner at Professor Wilkes’ house. There is only room for 20 people, and we are requesting $5 from each person tocoverthe cost First come, first serve. We are still planning the ‘Dr. Strangelove ’ night, but it has been postponed a week: more announcements to come! Hope to see you on Friday, and at the dinner and always feel free to bring a friend: new people are very welcome! Direct any questions to Jenn, horses@ w pi.w pi.edu or pugwash@wpi.wpi.edu.

NEWSPEAK

Page 12

Tuesday April 5,1994

POLICE LOG Thursday, March 24th 12:06 am - D estruction of Property: RA on D aniels 3 rd reports sm ashed fire door w indow , D aniels 2nd. Work O rder filed with Plant Services.

12:21 am - N oise C om plaint: R eport of excessive noise com ing from a Dean St. fraternity.

12:24 am - M em bers o f above m entioned fraternity advised to reduce noise.

4:18 pm - M edical: Salisbury Labs. Subject with possible acid in eye.

4:31 pm - T ransport: One patient to H ahnem ann H ospital 5:57 pm - Fire A larm : Elbridge St. W FD notified.

9:52 pm - M edical: W edge area.

10:02 pm - T ransport: From W edge area to H ahnem ann Hospital.

Friday, March 25th 9:42 am - ATM near Daniels out of order.

9:05 pm - Com plaint: Non students in Alumni G yn.

10:03 pm - M edical: Ankle injury, H arrington.

10:54 pm - Suspicious A ctivity: Rear o f Institute H all, possible Class C substance.

10:59 pm - Subjects gone on arrival.

11:43 pm - A lcohol V iolation: Salisbury St. fraternity.

&

w —m

\

Tuesday, April 5th 8:00 pm - M usician: Carrie N ewcom b, G om pei’s $ l/$ 3 .

Wednesday, April 6th Traditions Day: 4:30 pm - Rope Pull - Alumni Field 7:00 pm - Tech Old-Tim ers H iggins House 8:00 pm - Alm a M ater Contest - Riley Comm ons

Thursday, April 7th 8:00 pm - Play “Easter” , Clark University, Little Center. $4.

8:00 pm - M ultim edia Concert: C ontem porary Music & Dance. Holy Cross, Fenw ick C oncert Hall

Saturday, March 26th 12:16 am - Incdecent Assault: Stoddard resident calls concerning indecent assault w hich just occurred on T row bridge Rd. O fficers checking area for suspect.

1:00 am - Suspicious Persons: Fuller apartm ents.

2:26 am - Fire A larm : M organ Hall.

3:51 am - M alicious M ischief: D aniels Hall 1st floor.

10:20 pm - O fficer at Dean St. and Institute Rd. regarding found property.

10:35 pm - Student in station to recover found property.

11:34 pm - Riley RA reports plum bing problem.

11:47 pm - A lcohol V iolation: Institute Rd. and W est St.

Sunday, March 27th 12:00 am - M alicious M ischief: Daniels. Public telephone dam aged.

12:06 am - D isorderly Persons: Founders Hall.

12:46 am - D isturbance: Report of disturbance at D ean St. and Institute Rd. 1:56 am - M alicious M ischief: R eport o f snow being throw n at cars on Institute Road near Stoddard.

2:58 am - D isorderly person: Front o f Daniels H all.

3:22 am - S uspicious Person: Front o f Alumni G ym .

1:50 pm - T respassing: 14 non-students rem oved from Alumni Gym.

Friday, April 8th 2:30-5:00 pm - Silicon Graphics International Magic Bus, next to Harrington.

6:30 pm, 9:30 pm - Movie: The M eaning of Life” Perreault Hall.

7:30 pm - Variety Show . Anna Maria, $5.

Saturday, April 9th 8:00 pm - Fine Arts/H um anities: Carmina Burana, Alden Hall, $ Seniors.

adults: $3, students and

Sunday, April 10th 4:00 pm - Spring C oncert, Alden Hall.

6:30 and 9:30 pm - Movie: “A Perfect W orld”, Perreault Hall, $2.

Monday, April 11th 8:00 pm - Spoken W orld Show, “Jello Biafra”, Perreault Hall, $3/$5/ $7.

11:55 pm - Indecent A ssaults (2): Students into station regarding indecent assaults which occurred at Institute Road and Einhorn Road and at Institute Road and B oynton Street.

Monday, March 28th 5:23 5:55 6:09 7:45 9:39 9:42

pm pm pm pm pm pm

- Alarm : T elephone Room set o ff by Plant Services.

- Fire A larm : Elbridge St. - R esident o f M organ Hall reports that his key will not open his door, locksm ith notified.

- R esidents o f Founders Hall report no heat, HVAC notified.

- Suspicious Persons: W om en selling perfum e in D aniels Hall.

- A bove m entioned persons sent on their w ay.

Tuesday, March 29th 12:46 am - Suspicious A ctivity: Regent St.

Wednesday, March 30th 12:17 am - M edical R esponse: Institute Hall. W rist injury. EM S responding.

1:14 am - D isorderly Persons: Front of D aniels Hall.

2:29 am - N oise C om plaint: D ean St. 6:43 am - U nsecured A rea: C ustodian reports Lens & Lights closet in Riley found open.

12:23 pm - D ean St. W orcester P.D. and W orcester Fire respond.

12:45 pm - Report from D aniels Hall RA of student sitting on roof near M organ Hall.

8:04 pm - M edical Response: D aniels Hall. Possible allergic reaction. EM S responds.

8:20 pm - Key for ignition in 102 doesn't work.

ZAMARRO APARTMENTS 21 INSTITUTE ROAD WORCESTER, MA APARTMENTS APARTMENTS APARTMENTS DON'T WAIT! WON'T LAST!

• Walking distance from WPI ► Clean: Studios, 1, 2, 3 bedroom units • Gorgeous Victorian Buildings Locations: 21 Institute Road 15 Dean Street 10,14, 45 Lancaster Street 59 Dover Street 88 Elm Street 17 Elbridge Street 18 Trowbridge Street

Starting Rent $325 and up Applianced kitchens, tiled baths Only 5 Apartments left Occupancy June 1, 1994 Call today for an appointment

795-0010

752-7822

752-5169

Octgber 16,1969

August, 1970

ON BEING A COED AT TECH

by Nora Blum "Are you one of THEM?” THEM being the coeds - is often & question asked of a. female seen more than once or twice on the W.P.L campus. From there on, an affirm ative answer could be good or bad depending both on the one asking and even more on the one answering.

As with anything new, there is a certain amount of strai^ en ess associated with having women at a school which was all male until September, 1969 when two g ir ls came to W .P.I. Twenty-two more appeared the following year, also the first time women lived on campus, and the mystery began to disappear. There is still a great deal of speculation and many misconceptions about the coeds but as more come this will lessen because m ore men wiU be personally acquainted with one of THEM and w ill realize that they're not so strange after all.

Speculation and stares often combine to make a new coed feel uncomfortable. Several of the C lass of *73 coeds m issed many m eals at the beginning of the year because they didn't have enough nerve to brave the hordes outside. (In­ cidentally, this won’t be much o f a problem this year because there is an Open Rush system now.) This uneasiness disappeared as the co ­ eds gained self-confidence and realised “we're here and that’s that." Once a coed really believes that she is a person she will find her fears de­ creasing and her friends increasing.

A coed living off campus may find that she m isse s quite a lot by being away from t h e campus situation for over 15 hours a day. She must make a special effort for friendship with the rest of the students or e ls e she may find h erself a very lonely person.

As far as c la sse s go, women have it just as tough as any other student. Depending on one’s high school background and personal study habits, som e things w ill com e quite easily while others w ill seem alm ost im possible. Since W .P.I. is a school of scien ce and engineering, one gen t rally needs to spend much more time stydying than your counterparts in liberal arts. It may take a #hile, but things w ill make sense and the work will seem worthwhile and one can sm ile and say, "I understand UP’ An important thing to remember is that most of the students here did w ell in high school and you may no longer be number one - but keep on trying.

Extra - curricular activities are up to each person - how much can you do and s till keep up ’ with your studies? Coeds are active in Student Government, Tech News, cheerleading, Band, the , Masque, fencing, fraternities and many other a c- j tivities. The key here is “ if you’re interested,

April 10, 1979

try it.” Coeds are a lso in quite a few positions of leadership in these activities. One is now Sopho­ more Class Representative after serving as Fresh* man Representative and this sam e g irl was stu­ dent body president for a few weeks I The chair­ man of the Dormitory Committee is a woman a* is the secretary of the Intercollegiate Band at W .P.I. Another is one of the editors on the Tech News and also president of the Cosmopolitan Cluh.

Other coeds served a s officers in their fraternity pledge c la sse s and on various com m ittees.

Most of the so cia l life at W.P.L is currently concentrated in the fraternities. There is always a party in som e bouse on Friday and Saturday nights and coeds are usually free to attend any they wish. This year the social committee hopes to have expanded a ctiv ities on campus - more mo­ v ie s, m ixers, concerts and lecture series. A start was made this year with the Assembly Committee program s and the successful Innova­ tion of a coffeehouse on campus. In addition there a re, of cou rse, the Big Weekends, such as Home­ coming.

A coed’s social life depends mainly on the

sent the case to a national fra­ In an attempt to bait the decline of fraternities which is reaching ternity board meeting in Georgia the weekend of December 12. Hopenational proportions, the Brothers national proportions, the Brothers fuUy, a ll pledges will be accepted of Alpha Epsilon Pi at W.P.L by the National fraternity. At any have pledged three g ir ls to full rate, the frosh men w ill be ple­ standing a s pledges of the house. dged to national before the year’s Joyce Caplovich, Diane Gramer end.

A EPi offered more bids than a n d Janet M errill along with those accepted. Because of paren­ twenty-nine male freshm en com­ p rise the fir st sem ester pledge tal objection several coeds are holding off on their decisions un­ c la s s of AEPL til a later date. Said rushing chair­ This move was taken, accord­ ing to house president Dick Sch­ man Mark Koretz, “ the decision w artz, “ to end the ridiculous old to pledge g irls wasn’t made public fashioned ideology of fraternity ea rlier because we didn’t want to segragatkm of the se x es. AEPi use this fact a s a rushing point.

We are hoping for LF.C. sanction intends to meet so ciety 's needs by in this issu e .” allowing a m ore rounded viewpoint on issu es concerning fraternities, W .P.L, co lleg es in general, and individual. Just because there are only a few problem s of the w orld.” T h e girls and many guys doesn’t mean that a coed concensus of opinion of f b e will have more dates than she can handle. Quite brothers w as that steps had to be a few of the Tech guys have the idea that any taken to put girls on a basis other girl who comes to W.P.I. has to be somehow than that of “ weekend party toys.” weird (either sheer brain or else a dedicated manThe girls, have been pledged on bunter); each coed either enforces or dispells an equal le v el with the other malo that image. The coed who accepts her own worth Tfrosh. “ A E P i’S m ove, in fact, as a person will be bftrself with otters - only c a lls for a change in the tradit­ One other phase of lfife «t W ^ .^ lor coed, Don Green, ’76, coached the WPI ional pledge programs of the past” though it may sound a fett strange, 4 t t%e pos­ sa y s pledgem aster Don Swartz. g ir ls to tw o g lo r io u s w ins, sibility of fraternity living. At present there “ The pledge program w ill be the defeating Anna Maria and Becker are four g ir ls who are Brothers in tiro of the sam efor a ll thirty-two pledges” . Junior C olleges. fraternities although they do not live inrlgfct now.

T h e First gam e w as held Monday Initial opinions of this bold ex­ This is not for every girl any more tt&n it Is periment at Tech have been fa­ night Decem ber 3rd. The Anna for every guy. Fraternity life can offer moeh to vorable. Faculty and student le a ­ Maria girls put up a good fight, tied the way of friendship, a place to„go, and some­ d ers consulted generally agree WPI’s score of 25, and sent the tim es opportunities for serv ice. But it does de­ that the move was consistent with gam e into overtim e. WPI took mand that you give a lot of yourself Jl you are Tech’s coeducational trend and advantage of the extra tim e by going to make a house better, ft can be very that only a few minor problems getting a basket and freezing the tim e-consum ing and som e might regard you more ball till the buzzer sounded. T he e x ist to be ironed out. a s “ one of the guys” than you w |sh.

The problem of national AEPI gam e w as over, and the WPI girls is much more complicated. Ac­ w ere on their w ay to a winning A sketch on paper can only gift-*; partial cording to the fraternity's national season. picture of what it's like to be aOoedafcWJP.L T h e second gam e w as scheduled constitution, only male students at Some things w ill be common experieiM for all for Thursday night, D ecem ber 13, W .P.I. may be pledged to the chap­ but there are many phases of life here wfcich will te r . For the present, the thirty-two a g a in st n ea rb y B e ck er Jr. be unique for each p erso n Growth stnfl change freshm en have been pledged to Although this gam e w as a little are two things bou can count on htjpening bat the “ Alpha Epsilon P i” house at rough, the WPI girls m anaged to you might be quite surprised at bow different Tech, but not to the National fra­ win with a 27-25 final score. things w ill appear in June. ; ’ , ’ During both gam es an overall ternity.

Steve Udell is am assing Sm ile, be yourself and good hick! < support from other AEPi houses effort w as m ade by the entire WPI team. M embers include: Karen nationally and alumni and will pre­ Bird, ’76, Laurie Gardosik, ’77, Sue Germain ’77, Carolyn Greenwood '77, Pat Graham ’75, Terry Mur­ phy ’77, Gail Nedbor 7 7 , Mary Polanik ’76, Ann-Marie Robinson awards recognize and be named for ’77 and A m y Schneider ’77. High } has been asked to develop a method ot wom en who have m ade m ajor con ­ scorer for both gam es w as Sue selecting nominees and submit a list tributions to WPI in the past, with the Germain. of candidates to the selection commit­ award names varied over the years to T he team would ^like to' express tee by April 15. Nominees need not be recognize as many women as possible. their appreciation for the large m em bers of SW E. Judges, will be The 1979-80 Awards wjll be named in turnout at both gam es, and hopes Registrar Robert Long, chairman, Prof. honor of G ertrude R. Rugg, Bonniethat the growing enthusiasm won’t John van A lystyn e and A sso ciate Blanche Schoonover, and the late Ellen go down during the vacation.

Librarian Carmen Brown.

Knott. Miss Rugg served as registrar No fu rth er g a m e s w ill be Selection of winners will be based from 1919 until her retirement in 1959 scheduled until Term C. L et’s see on academ ic p erfo rm an ce, c o n ­ when she w as given the title of some more of you T ech ies com e tributions to the WPI community and R egistrar Em erita. M rs. Schoonover out and cheer your girls on to the .desire to pursue a professional was named Librarian Emerita in 1964 career in either engineering or science. victory! after 22 years as the WPI librarian. Mrs. A suggested awards pattern is $250 for Knott had been secretary to the head the s o D h o m b r e winner. $300 for th e of the dep artm en t of m echanical junior and $350 for the senior recipient. engineering for H years at the time of The donor has suggested that the her death In 1977. *

Gift given for WPI women WPI has received a significant gift from an anonymous doner to be used as aw ards to w om en stu d en ts pur­ suing careers in engin eerin g or science, according to Thomas J. Den­ ney, vice presid en t fo r U niversity Relations.

The donor has requested that these aw ards be m ade in th e spring to students who will be in the sophomore, | junior and senior classes the following j S eptem ber. The donor has also j requested that women undergraduate students be involyed in nominating the candidates for Awards. '• The Society o t Women Engineers

October 2, 1973

R.O.T.G Goes Co-ed WORCESTER — An Assumption College freshm an h as broken the ail-male barrier and enrolled in the Army ROTC program at Wor­ cester P olytechnic Institute. She is M iss Joan A d a m a itis, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. A dam aitis of 4 W hitney St., Worcester.

Miss A dam aitis is a foreign language student, interested in governm ent s e r v ic e , who w as allowed to register a t Assumption College with only three years, preparation, b ecau se of her ex­ ceptional s c h o la s tic re co r d at Doherty M emorial High School.

Because she is attending a Worcester Consortium for Higher Education College, she is able to croes-etfeQ for ROTC at WPI #n her Amn^etito tuitiee at no extra fee. compete for -a

A l p h a E p s ilo n P i P le d g e s C o -e d s

sh e wins, it w ill pay for all books, fees and tuition at Assumption, and sh e w ill receive $100 a month for three years, prior to receiving a com m ission as a second lieutenant.

Col. Ja m es E . Kennedy, head of the WPI m ilitary science depart­ m ent, said it is not too late to sign up for enrollm ent in WPI ROTC for this sem ester, for m ale or fem ale students at WPI and the other Consortium colleges in this area.

Others m ay sign up for Term B or its su ccessors prior to Nov. 2.

WPI com m issioned its 1000th m ale officer in June of 1973. Miss A d a m a itis w ill b e th eir fir st woman candidate for a com ­ m ission, under a change in policy dnrtog tiM sum m er, when WPI raeefred perm ission from higher headquarters to enroll women f t # > t iu t o t f s i$ A rm y ROTC.

December 19, 1973

Girl’s

Basketball

October 9, 1973

October %16, 1973.

She Engineers A First Judy Bagdis of Grafton yesterday b ecam e the first Worcester Polytechnic Institute coed to win the annual hom ecom ing queen contest.

Miss Bagdis w as named queen during halftim e activities at the Techfesley a n football gam e in the stadium on Park Avenue. W esleyan won 9 to 3. Other events of the w eekend included F riday night’s rock and roll revival with Chubby (the Tw ist) Checker, a tailgate picnic and barbecue for alum ni yesterday, an alum ni reception in Morgan Hall, a night with impressionist Rich Little in Harrington hall, and parties galore.

V ie w p o in t:

October 16, 1973

Co-ed

C

Dear Editors: In response to the articles per­ taining to women at WPI in last week’s Newspeak, and various comments heard this past week, we would like to say a few words on our own behalf.

Some ideas brought out in the a r tic le s w er e a little o v e r ­ ex a g g e ra ted m e r e ly to m ake obvious som e of the problems that exist for \yomen at what is still considered an all-m ale school.

Just because w e’re students at WPI, many people don’t consider us to be as fem inine or as “or­ dinary” as other fem ales. For exam ple, recently one of us was buying shirts for her brother at a m en’s clothing store downtown.

While writing out the check, the salesm an pointblank asked her out to a concert that weekend, and she accepted. After going through the introductions, etc., he asked her where she went to school, and

o

m

m

e

n

t

proceeded to guess by naming every other school and hospital in the area. When she finally told him, his jaw hit the floor, but he m anaged to mumble, “Maybe som e other weekend?” Hurt and upset by his reaction, she ripped up the check, blew it in his face, and walked out of the store emptyhanded. T h is ex e m p lifie s the treatment we get by outsiders; on cam p u s w e ’re thought o f as so m eth in g d ifferen t.

W e’re “buddies” , “ sisters” , and that’s fine, but we want to be thought of as other girls are also. This doesn’t mean having a date every weekend or having one date with a guy and expecting to see him every day thereafter. It m eans having som e semblance of a social life.

This is our main point, and we don’t think this is asking too much.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely, ’76 ’76 ’75

February 14, 1978

Since September of 1970, both WPI and I have changed con­ siderably. Back in the good old days everyone took all the sam e courses at the sam e time and we were literally “ all in it together."

It 's difficult to believe that at one tim e on certain Tuesdays at 4:15 there were 500 freshmen all taking the sam e Chemistry exam. And it's also difficult to believe that we once had history and English courses with only fifteen students in them.

Back in 1970 it was quite rare to see a female on campus, and quite difficult to find a ladies room, and quite common to be the only fem ale in a class. My first cla ss at WPI was a lecture with 250 students, and I was the only female. The number of women on campus including faculty m em ­ bers as well a s students, is still far too sm all, but compared to 1970 it seem s like the place is swarming with them. As painfully slowly as the number of women on campus is increasing, at least things are moving in the right direction. An all-male or ail-fem ale campus is not "real life." We all have to do our best to learn to relate to each other as individuals.

by Anne Rodier '74

Women move up October 9,1973

Women Engineers?

by Christine Pow ers W ith th e a d d itio n o f A m y S chnetter to th e ad m in istra tive s ta ff in Boynton, the W PI co-eds are again being asked, “W hy do girls com e to W P I?" And answ ers like, " I like the whole idea o f the , Plan, projects, a n d WPI; and “ I t’s the th ir d b e s t u n d e r g r a d u a te engineering school in the country ” are being heard. But, a fte r that com es th e q u e s tio n , " W hy e n g in e e r in g ? ” W hy w o u ld a scientific field appeal to a fe m a le?

Why not m ajor in Music, English, or P h y s ic a l E d u c a tio n ?

E ngineering has alw ays been a m a n ’s dom ain, with hard hats, injection m olders, and turbines; but now with th e advent o f the W om en’s Liberation m ovem ent, m ore wom en are being found along side their m ale peers touring a sulfuric acid plant, or surveying the new route to a super-highway.

M any o f you think of us as a queer breed o f wom anhood — b rainy, and out to gain control of this m ale — oriented society b y infultrating it's ranks.

But w e ’re no d ifferen t from the girl back home. Our understanding of cars and stereo equipm ent is ju st a lim ited, and our fem inine characteristics ju st as strong.

U nfortunately, w e can't spend as m uch tim e prim ping as they do, because moat of our tim e ia spent in the library. And we don't have the expensive wardrobes they do be­ cause, with this type o f education, our expense accounts are budget­ ed fo r boohs and slide rules rather than a new outfit. But we are girls. with legs quite sim ilar to those you were adm iring a t the party last night.

And please don’t think that w e ’re any ‘brainier’ than anyone else we have ve ry little background in m achines and th e like, and are therefore, a t quite a loss when w e're asked how to m anufacture a carburator housing, and have no idea what it is, n ever m ind how to m ake it! The only reason we d o n ’t ship class is that w e’d be m issed m ore readily than you would. And, although w e ’re engineers, you n e e d n ’t feel that w e're out to ste a l

your job — w e ’re still girls, and probably would enjoy designing a new hair care product a whole lot m ore th a n discovering a w ay to m ake ore out of refuse.

Call us w hat you will — T ac k le , th e Co-techs, or Thunder Thighs, w e're still fem a le, only d ifferen ce being that we fin d c h e m is try a little m o re ch a lle n g in g th a n s h o r th a n d . W hy e n g i n e e r i n g ?

T h a t’s a q u estio n each will h a v e to answ er in d i v id u a l ly .

B ut re m e m b e r, we are in d iv id u als, e ac h on e w ith a d iffe re n t p e r ­ s o n a l it y , w ho co u ld p r o b a b ly charm the pants o ff you ju s t as fa st as the last one — if given the

chance!

October 9,1973

‘Touche’

by Liz Ronchetti

Basked in stares from Generals Grant, Sherman, and MacArthur, placed amidst fram ed, m otionless, fla m in g sh ip s, su rrou n d ed by str e tc h in g m a sc u lin e m u sc le s , p ra ctic e wom en fe n c e r s . E n ­ tertained by lascivious tales of “Richard loves Carmen,” fencers exercise for a severe ten m inutes prior to ten excrutiating m inutes of high velocity footwork, followed by “graceful” play of weapons.

Though their lunging skills have been compared to the speed and accuracy of Atom-Ant without his glasses, the women’s varsity team succeeded in winning the “ New England Women’s Intercollegiate Fencing Championship” in March ' of 1973 with junior varsity placing third.

Fem ale members of this yea r’s fencing team are Claudia Berger, Marion Bishop, Liz Ronchetti, and Paula Sabaj — a group excelling in beauty and poise, but lacking youth (i.e. freshmen and sophom ores).

Persons, both male and fem ale, interested in the gentle art of fencing are w elcom e weekday afternoons from 4:00 to 5:30 in the Army ROTC room.

by J. Gordon Gregory The role of women in sports has changed greatly in recent years. Not too many years ago women's athletics was considered a joke, even by some of those who par­ ticipated. Not many girls were brought up with the competitive spirit that turns athletic gam es into serious competitive events. They may have cared whether they won or lost, but usually they didn't care enough for the win to exert themselves past the pain barner. A loss w as just a loss, not a defeat; and generally no change of mood followed. Your rivals just managed to score more points than you, they didn't beat you.

When most present WPI students were in grammar school, the physical education courses were segregated; boys and girls had very different activities. While the boys played kickball, the girls didn't exert themselves at all. As the years went by, the girls dropped behind the boys in skills and abilities, even though all were equal in the beginning. Later, during high school, the equality movement changed everything.

New laws are now on the books that make equal treatment mandatory.

The women at WPI now grew up under the old system. One can't expect their volleyball, basketball, or softball teams to be equal to the men's. In addition, WPI has been coed only a relatively few years, and all teams take time to develop. But if present evidence is any indication, it cannot be doubted that the women are catching up. The WPI W omen's Varsity Sports Program is gaining momentum.

Last year, the WPI W om en's Basketball team w as the first women's team to attain Varsity status. They had a very good year last year, and this year's su ccess should be equal or greater (see adjacent article). With increasing audiences and successes, the basketball team helps prove that women's sports are here to stay.

This year, as reported by a small notice in the Intersession NEWSPEAK, the women's softball team will attain varsity status. This is the second women's team in as many years to accomplish this, and at a time when the men appear to be struggling to keep a team varsity, much less add another to their ranks. The general trend has been similar to the situation at WPI, more and more w om en's teams being given varsity status.

Mr. Robert Pritchard, retiring head of the Athletic Department (and only the second in WPI's history), said that he was pleased that another women's team w as making the jump to varsity. With approximately 275 undergraduate women, Pritchard said that he could eventually see five women's varsity programs: the present basketball and softball, then adding volleyball and tennis, and much later, field hockey.

When asked if he had any reservations about this particular change, Mr. Pritchard stated that his only reservation was that the Athletic Dept.'s budget continue to in­ crease, faster than inflation, in order to afford the additional costs. Despite current

campus ridicule to the contrary, Pritchard said that the department tries to keep its teams first-rate, and unless they can afford to do that, a team will not be able to make varsity. Pritchard added that another requirement for becoming a varsity team was that the team be competitive with other college teams. So while these highsounding words ring hollow for a few already established teams, the present women's teams fulfill the standards ad­ mirably.

This year, Pritchard said, approximately $2,200 to $2,500 will be spent on the varsity softball team, and that the athletic dept has already purchased uniforms. When asked if the athletic dept, had any plans to upgrade the playing field, Pritchard noted that it is the duty of the Buildings and Grounds people to decide to do anything, that the Athletic Dept, can only make requests. " ... and we constantly make requests," Pritchard added.

S u sa n C hapm an, w o m en 's athletic director and head coach of the softball team, said that the new uniforms would be the biggest change that the spectators would see. She also said one might notice more departmental concern, but it is dif­ ficult to say specifically how that would sh o w . S u e m en tion ed m eals, trans­ portation, and the uniforms as being the changes that the girls w ho play the game will notice most. Coach Chapman also stated that she saw no drawbacks to becoming varsity, and that her control of the team wouldn't be affected by the % change.

1 ! !

I j | 1

Since last year's softball budget w as paid for through the Student Activities Board, it' came under the general category of w omen's sports and the money w as split to the various club teams as Sue Chapman saw fit. Sue said approximately $500 was spent on softball last year. This year those other club teams would have that money to pay their expenses. Therefore it works out pretty well, with several women's teianns benefitting from this single move. Soon, a couple of those teams should also become _ varsity teams.

1 As for what to expect this-year from the softball team, the outlook:is pfetty good.

With no great schedule changes and no great loss of personnel since last year, this year’s team can only do better. Hopefully som e capable freshmen will give the team greater depth. In general, it looks like K wilt be a good year for the softball team.

So far, it has been a great year for the women here at WPI. With tennis, field hockey and basketball successes, the W omen's Sports program has made a name for itself this year. Softball is only an example of the trend both here at WPI and outside. W omen's sports is gaining respect all over the world and is no longer the joke that it once was.

The girls of today may get upset when they lose, but it means they get that much more out of winning. And win is something the WPI women d o consistently.