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Electrical and Computer Engineering to receive federal ARPA grant courtesy o f WPI News-Service With support from a m ajor grant from the federal A dvanced Research Projects Agency (A R PA ), form erly the D efense A dvanced Research Projects A gency, three researchers at W PI are developing a totally new approach to com puterized object recognition - an approach that could be used in applica­ tions as diverse as high-tech targeting system s, autonom ous vehicle naviga­ tion systems and com puter program s that automatically identify fingerprints.

David Cyganski, Professor o f Elec­ trical and C om puter Engineering, Ri­ chard F. Vaz, A ssociate Professor o f Electrical and C om puter Engineering, and John A. Orr, head o f the Electrical and C om puter Engineering D epart­ ment, have received $435,000 tow ard what is ultim ately expected to be a three-year, $900,000 project to create the new system.

In m ost o f the object recognition system s now in use, a com puter at­ tem pts to identify an object by co m p ar­ ing its image to a collection of view s o f various objects sorted in its m em ory in

Cyganski says, is the novel way in For that reason, the U.S. military has the form o f com puter models. To do which the m odels are created. long been interested in developing fast­ this, the com puter must sort through all “There is a parallel between our er and more accurate ways to get a o f the m odels in its memory - and all o f system and public key encryption sys­ com puter to recognize objects. the views they contain - looking forthe tem s used for security in sending com ­ A ccording to C yganski, the system one view that most closely resem bles puter m essages,” he notes. “ In fact, he, V az and O rr are developing avoids the image it sees. The process is time our model building process is really an the pitfalls of earlier systems by elim ­ consum ing and requires expensive and attempt tocreateadecodingalgorithm .” inating the need to create m odels that unwieldy com puters to com plete it in a Much like a traditional object reasonable am ount o f time. recognition program , the pro­ To m ake their object rec­ cess begins with a series of ognition program s run fast­ "T his is a critical part o f m achine vision view s of an object show ing it er, designers often limit the research, hut at tlic m om ent it remains a great from a variety o f angles. But num ber o f view s through u n kn o w n " instead of simply recording the which the system must sort, .- Professor Jo h n A. Orr information in those views, the notes C yganski. “ Most peo­ c o m p u te r m a th e m a tic a lly H ead o f EC E Dept. ple recognize the im possi­ transform s the data-in a sense, bility o f searching though boiling the object down to its all possible variations,” he essence. physically represent objects, and by says, “ so they try to incorporate into That m athem atical essence is an dividing the process o f object recogni­ their program s some reduction in the equation that is analogous to a decod­ tion into two distinct phases. d im en sio n a litie s o f the search re ­ er. “The largest com puters built in the In the first phase, object models are quired.” early days o f com puting were created created. This com putationally inten­ But the sim pler the search becom es, to break enemy codes,” Cyganski says. sive process is done off-line, yielding he adds, the higher the probability that “ It took a trem endous am ount o f com ­ the m odels that are then used to identi­ the com puter will make an incorrect puter power. But once broken, a code fy objects in real time in a simple and m atch. If that com puter is part o f a could be decoded on a sheet o f paper. quick procedure that requires little in m issile guidance system o r targeting Sim ilarly, w e expend a great deal o f the way of com puter power. What system on -board a torpedo, a bad match com puter tim e off-line to ‘break the m ak es this sec o n d phase so fast, could have disastrous consequences.

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code' and create these fairly simple m odels.”

If the m odels are decoders, the m es­ sages they decode are the images of unknown objects. The object recogni­ tion system processes each message with the various object models in its m em ory. O ne o f those m odels will include the right code and reveal the m essage. “The m essage, simply, is ‘here is w hat I am and this how I am oriented,’” V az notes.

In fact, V az says, the actual prod­ ucts o f the processing stage are two quantities. The first is a measure o f how confident the com puter is that the object it’s selected is the right one. The second represents the o bject’s orienta­ tion in space.

Because the object m odels are actu­ ally com pact analytical representations, rather that collections o f different views o f an object, they take up far less com ­ puter m em ory than the models for tra­ ditional object recognition systems. In fact, the m odels for all o f the targets a particular missile tracking system might encounter could be stored on a stan-

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1994-95 budget to face numerous cutbacks

by Adam Egdall Class o f ’95 T he Board o f T rustees m eeting to take place in May w ill discuss the new school budget for 19 9 4 -1995. The new budget has to define and bring into balance a $ 1,857,000 deficit. The end result will include the loss o f Junior Varsity sports al W PI next year.

D uring the 1992-93 school year 166 students participated in the six affected sports: baseball, basketball.

football, soccer, tennis (m e n ’s), and w restling. A lthough the loss may be great to these students, it is a neces­ sary action to buckle dow n and scrape up needed m oney.

A ccording to the Vice P resident of S tudent A ffairs, Bernie B row n, “ JV has less im pact on the total num ber o f stu d en ts.” He expressed concern for the loss but realizes that every dep art­ ment has to m ake cutbacks, and with a $50,000 deficit in Student A ffairs there w ere going to be losses.

WPI Plan II evokes variety of reactions from students

by Adam Egdall Class o f ’95 Im m ediately after the release of “The New W P I” by President Strauss, the W PI related new sgroups becam e inundated with m essages voicing co n ­ cern. A m ong the most talked about issues were the proposed nam e change and the possible end o f “ need -b lin d ” adm issions.

The consensus w as that W PI should stay V/PI. W PI U niversity w as called “tacky,” “tastcless,” "red u n d an t,” and often referred to as “stupid.” Interna­ tional students are the only on es who m ight benefit in finding m ore jo b o p ­ portunities overseas with a different school name.

Ending “ need-blind” adm issions is not the answ er, according to students, to the current problem faced at WPI. A cceptance o f student applications under the “ need-blind” process, are based on students individual achievem entsand not on financial status. WPI has proposed that taking the ability to pay tuition into consideration is n ec­ essary.

Students believe that w ithout fi­ nancial assistance, the W PI com m u­ nity would lose its diversity. What m any students d o n ’t realize is that there is a shrinking population of fu ­

ture engineers in high school today.

A lthough ending “ n eed-blind” adm is­ sions may not be the right solution, som ething needs to be done to keep the m oney flow in WPI high enough so that education quality do es not d i­ m inish.

The pow ers that be also determ ined that by re-nam ing W PI, they may at­ tract a m ore diverse crow d to W PI. P olytechnic is such an intim idating w ord and d o e sn 't suggest such fields o f study as our H um anities, Social Sciences, or M anagem ent departm ents currently offer. WPI is no longer strictly a Polytechnic Institute an y ­ more.

A nother prim ary concern o f Strauss was to “ increase the efficiency of teaching and learning in the New W PI." T his is explained as restoring W P I’s Plan values and the em phasis on teaching. A main focus w as “ p lac­ ing the prim ary resp o n sib ility for learning directly on stu d en ts.”

Students have bucked at m ost o f the adm inistrations suggestions for the “ New W PI.” Only time will tell whether the students voice will play a signifi­ cant role in this decision process. Stu­ dents must realize the intentions o f the adm inistration are to better W PI, and it seems that this is not understood and therefore tensions exist.

R eader’s Poll Results See page 4-5 j

C lubs will not be affected by the new budget. N o cuts in funding for com puterequipm ent, alumni relations, or fundraising have been made. Fi­ n ancial Aid at W PI will decrease slightly, but th is is o ffset by incom ing freshm en having m ore financial sta­ bility than students o f years past.

T reasurer Robert G ailey stated that the “budget process is one that evolves.

It is like being on a roller coaster, it goes up and down but priority is a l­ w ays in what the student gets,” in term s o f an e d u catio n p rim arily .

W orking diligently, he has renegoti­ ated the current DAKA contract, sav ­

ing W PI $ 150,000, w ithout degrading services in any way.

What m ay be the largest impact the new budget will have is in the elim ina­ tion o f four positions from the support side o f W P I’s personnel. The affected personnel have been offered either sev-

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Applause sounds out for New Voices

by Jennx Yambert Newspeak Staff Johnny m ay have been bored last w eekend, but WPI w asn’t, thanks to M asque’s New Voices 12 theater festi­ val. Between W ednesday afternoon and Saturday evening Masque present­ ed the WPI com m unity numerous op­ portunities to take a break from the routine of the norm al day and go over to A lden to w atch a grouping o f four or five plays. T here were 15 plays in all, each perform ed twice over the course o f the weekend.

New Voices was the biggest Masque production o f the year, with over 200 participants in its various theatrical aspects. Noah W eisleder and Chris M aloney co-produced the festival o f s tu d e n t w ritte n p la y s .

D ean O ’D onnell’s T heater W orkshop class acted as the running crew and also provided each play with a m ajor prop.

From drama to com edy the plays fol­ lowed each o ther on stage and kept the audience applauding for more.

If you m issed all o r most of New Voices 12, h e re ’s a little taste o f the w eekend’s events....

The old story o f Little Red Riding Hood took a turn for the funny when she and the W olf fell in love in Tom R u ssell’s Happily Ever After. Every­ one was against them from the start, but they w ere determ ined to make it w ork. So determ ined, in fact, that the W olf, in a very dram atic speech about the way fairy tales used to be, co n ­ vinced the G rim m brothers to rewrite

the story. The result was an action packed thriller that left Red not so innocent, the Huntsman dead, and the audience on its feet to applaud the excellent show.

M u rd e r a b o u n d e d in M o rg a n R osenberg’s The Last Dance and his

Pick me Up, Put Me Down.

In Nick W alker’s An Appointment, the human race as a collective got fired.

Now, le t’s see. Where's the Cheese?

W as it the meadow o f G eppedo that had the chedder that was better, or w as that the farm er with the arm or? No m atter, if you ever want to go cheese ta stin g in V erm ont ju s t ask R oy Rubenstein.

W atch out! T here’s a big horrible m onster th a t’s preparing to destroy

In Nick W alker’s The De­ struction o f Tokyo 27 and 28 comedy Tokyo!

ruled has the audience w atched a dubbed version o f great acting.

O ther plays included Brickfall by Tom Carr, Exile from Elysian Fields

by Reid M acD onald, The Heirloom Quiltby Shelly Ann C ote, I'm Not Sure the Program is Hard to Read by Derek Bacon, Johnny Is... by Helene A nder­ so n , Out o f the Cold by D ean O ’D onnell, Your Screwed by W PI’s own C hain Link Fence, Spilt Milk by Helene A nderson, Derek Bacon, A n­ drew Petrarca and John Trussell, and a couple o f perform ances by aA rdvark Emporium.

All in all, the New Voices 12 theater festival w as a great success.

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Cast members perform Morgan Rosenberg’s The Last Dance, one of the 15 plays of New Voices 12.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 26,1994

NEWS

Smoking policy for WPI proposed April 19, 1994 T o the WPI Community: Your Safety Comm ittee has spent the better part o f one year discussing the feasibility of adopting a'S m o k e-F ree Environment P olicy’ for W PI. A tour February 10th, 1994 meeting, the Committee (o f 14 persons which has representation from Students, Faculty and A dm inistrative Staff) u n an im o u sly approved a ‘Sm oke-Free’ smoking policy for WPI. We have asked our News Services and Newspeak folks to assist us with sharing some o f the background information, as well as the final draft proposal, with all o f the WPI Com m unity. You may access this information on W P I’s electronic bulletin system (starting on Tuesday. April 26th) or you may wish to receive a hard copy o f this policy by dropping by the Campus Police O ffice at 35 Dean Street in W orcester and asking the dispatcher for a copy.

Please direct your com m ents to Safety C om m ittee C hairperson John J. H anlon, Jr. C am pus Police (or email jjhanlon@ jake) by Friday, May 6, 1994.

Sincerely, John J. Hanlon, Jr. Safety Com m ittee C hairperson

Background The U.S. Environm ental Protection A gen­ c y 's (EPA ) studies o f human exposure to air pollutants indicate that indoor levels o f many pollutants are significantly higher than o u t­ door levels. T hese levels o f indoor pollutants are o f particular concern because it is estim at­ ed that most people spend 90 percent of their time indoors.

C om parative risk studies perform ed by the EPA and its S cience A dvisory Board have consistently ranked indoor air pollution am ong the top five environmental risks to public health.

The EPA , in close cooperation with other fed­ eral agencies and the private sector, has begun a concerted effort to better understand indoor air pollution and to reduce peo p les’ exposure to air pollutants in offices, hom es, schools and other indoor environm ents w here people live, work, and play.

A CC O RD IN G T O A R ECENT (D E C E M ­ BER 1992) STUDY C O N D U C TED BY TH E U.S. E N V IR O N M E N T A L P R O T E C T IO N A G E N C Y ’S (EPA ) OFFICE O F HEALTH AND E N V IR O N M EN TA L A SSESSM E N T ON R ESPIRA TO R Y HEALTH EFFECTS OF PA SSIV E SM O K IN G ': “T obacco sm oking has long been reco g ­ nized as a m ajor cause o f death and disease, responsible for an estim ated 434,0 0 0 deaths per y ear in the U nited States. T obacco use is know n to cause lung cancer in hum ans, and is a m ajor risk factor for heart disease.

In recent years, there has been concern that nonsm okers may also be at risk for som e o f these health effects as a result o f their exposure ( ‘passive sm oking ') to the tobacco sm oke e x ­ haled by sm okers and smoke given off given o ff by the burning end of cigarettes. A lthough this environm ental tobacco sm oke (ETS) is diluted com pared with the m ainstream sm oke (M S) inhaled by active sm okers, it is ch em ical­ ly sim ilar, containing many of the sam e c a rc i­

nogenic and toxic agents.

In I986, the N ational R esearch Council (N R C ) and the Surgeon G eneral o f the U. S. Public Health Service independently assessed the health effects o f the exposure to ETS (NRC, I986: U.S. D H H S, I986). B oth o f the I986 reports conclude ETS can cause lung cancer in adult nonsm okers and that children o f parents w ho smoke have increased frequency o f respi­ ratory sym ptom s and acute low er respiratory tract infections, as well as evidence o f reduced lung function.

Based on the weight o f the available scien­ tific evidence, the EPA has concluded that the w idespread exposure to environm ental tobac­ co sm oke in the United States presents a seri­ ous and substantial public health risk.”

W orcester Polytechnic Institute recognizes that sm oking poses a significant health risk to not only the sm oker, but also to those that may be exposed to secondhand sm oke. The C am ­ pus Safety C om m ittee has developed the fol­ low ing sm oking policy to foster a w orking and living environm ent at WPI that is both safe and healthy. *lt should be noted that o u r sm oke-free environm ent policy now coincides with one established by the C om m onw ealth o f M assa­ chusetts in 1987, which prohibited sm oking in all state operated buildings.

SMOKING POLICY | Ed. note: The following smoke-free environ­ ment policy is expected to be approved by June and to go into effect at the beginning of A term. ]

facilities (w hich include all adm inistrative and classroom buildings,offices, laboratories,stair­ w ells, bathroom s, hallw ays, lounges, study room s and com m on areas) are designated as non-sm oking facilities.C lear signage will be affixed to building entrances and other key locations to rem ind m em bers o f the com m unity and others of this policy.

The only college ow ned facilities not c o v ­ ered by this policy are W P I’s residence hall facilities (see ‘sm oking policy in residence h alls’ below ).

SM OKING PO LICY IN R ESID EN C E HALLS The residence halls at WPI are considered sm oke free environm ents. Sm oking is not perm itted in com m on areas. Sm oking is only perm itted in individual student room s with the consent o f all room m ates. V iolations o f the residence hall sm oking policy will be adjudi­ cated by an adm inistrative hearing, or if the situation w arrants, the C am pus H earing Board.

In addition. Residential Services offers an entirely sm oke-free residential option in the ‘H ealthy A lternatives’ house, a them e house dedicated to w ellness and substance-free liv­ ing.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT All students, em ployees and visitors to WPI are asked to be considerate of others and to adhere to this policy in order to create a safer and healthier cam pus environm ent for every­ one. Any em ployee o r student w ho believes she/he is being subjected to secondhand sm oke should inform the offending party o f the e x ist­ ence o f this policy and request that she/he adheres to its conditions. The success o f this policy will depend upon the thoughtfulness, courtesy and cooperation o f all m em bers of and visitors to our com m unity.

dard C D ROM disc. More important, a com put­ er can process images with the models in a fraction of the time most object recognition program s need to identify an object, making it possible to recognize objects in real time.

T he system that Cygaftski, V az and O rr are developing differs in another important respect from traditional object recognition systems, Vaz says. “ Most such systems can process only a certain type of im agery," he says. “For exam ple, they work only for video im ages or sonar data.

Our system will work for any kind of real or com plex image data — from visible light, to synthetic aperture radar data, to thermal signa­ tures — or for any com bination of these. The algorithm doesn't change at all. The only thing that changes is the nature o f the m odels.”

T he simplicity and versatility o f the new system will make it ideal for a wide range of m ilitary and civilian applications, the research­ ers say. For exam ple, it could be used in smart sensors that enable a missile to seek out specific targets, in weapons systems to help operators identify targets at night or in low visibility in medical imaging systems to help doctors spot indicators of specific illnesses, and in parcel inspection systems to spot w eapons or other selected objects no matter what their orienta­ tion.

W ith the funding from A RPA . which is being adm inistered by the U.S. Army Research O ffice and its Night V ision Laboratory, the research team , which also includes three graduate re­ search assistants, will use im ages of aircraft and military vehicles obtained by the Army with

various im aging systems to develop the com ­ puter models. These will then be tested to see how accurately they can identify objects and determine their orientation, even when clutter and noise are present in the im ages.

At the sam e time, the team will be developing a standard method to determine the reliability of

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WPI is prepared to offer assistance to indi­ viduals who are interested in participating in sm oking cessation program s. Students should contact the Health Services Office (8 3 1-5520) and em ployees should contact the Human Re­ source O ffice (8 3 1-5740) to express an interest in or to obtain inform ation about such programs.

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erance benefits or possible relocation here at WPI. There have also been several retirees who will not be replaced.

T w o m ajor projects not fully m entioned w ithin the budget are the w iring o f the resi­ dence halls and a cam pus-w ide energy con ser­ vation project. Both projects are on the agen­ da, but will acquire m oney from tax-free gov­ ernm ent bonds. The revenue gained through these projects should m ake them pay for them ­ selves.

A long with the contract bidding for the rew iring of the dorm s cam e negotiations with utility com panies. A new oil deal was struck through the W orcester C onsortium for the up­ com ing four to five years. New telephone offerings will cut student costs both in service fees and for toll calls m ade during the year.

M aintenance at WPI has also been rew orked slightly to prepare for the upcom ing changes.

An aspect of W PI’s future expansion not cov­ ered within the new budget is the acquisition of Salisbury Estates. After its purchase last year for over $4,(XX).(XX), WPI has been renovating the complex for use in a future housing program. The program will offer ;*n off-campus housing alter­ native for students.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday April 26,1994

SPORTS

Men’s Track dominates Trinity

by Kevin Weed Class o f '96 The WPI m en's track team captured 13 out of a possible 19 first places Saturday, April I ft. as they hosted Trinity College. The Engineers took l(M) out o f a possible Ift2 points, leaving Trinity with the remaining ft2 points. James Beardsley, Chris Pis/, and John Guris led the Engineers, each claiming two first place finishes. Beardsley took control of the high jum p and pole vault, jumping ft feet 3 inches and vaulting l() feet even for his tw o first place finishes. P is/ sprinted the hurdles in 15.5 and then triple jum ped 19 feet II I/2 inches for his second. Guris took care of the middle distance, placing first in the 4(M)m with a

time o f 5 1.2 and the 4(K)H with a time o f 57 Hat. Chris Newell won his fourth straight javelin contest with a throw o f 184 feet 5 inches, to remain undefeated this season. LaBranche pulled out a close call win in the l5(X)m with a time of 4:05:5. Rich Person picked up his first win o f the season in the 800m withatim eof2:(X):6. Manley claim ed first in the triple jum p with a jum p o f 4 1 feet 3 3/4 inches, more than 2 feet further then second place, which was by his teammate Chad Thom as with a jum p o f 39 feet 2 I/4 inches.

Daniel Sadowski won the discus with a throw of 123 feet 10 inches. Both relay teams also claimed first. The Engineers will host the WPI Invitation­ al at 12:45 on Saturday. April 30 lor their last regular season meet.

Coach Norcross in profile

by Kevin Weed Class o f '96 If you are looking for the m en 's track head coach Merl N orcross, try the track. That is w here he has spent a large portion o f his life, either com peting, officiating, or coaching. In fact, it w ould appear that he lives for track.

As his track team m em bers w ould vouch, how ever, coach N orcross' life d o e sn ’t involve ju st track. He is a kind hearted man who ventures dow n to the track sim ply because he finds it enjoyable. He d o e sn ’t treat track like its the most im portant thing in the w orld, like m any coaches have the tendency to do. In fact w hen you walk dow n to m eet him on the track to see what type o f a w orkout he has in store for you, you are usually greeted with a few com ­ ical words and a sm ile. H e'll joke around with you for a few m inutes, then give you your w orkout, w hich can be run any tim e on your ow n schedule. He expects nothing m ore out of you then your best.

Coach N orcross realizes that W PI is consid­ ered a relatively tough school and that it can be hard to find time for sports. T herefore, his coaching philosophy is this, “G et them out, keep them out. and d o n ’t w ork them too hard.”

He is smart enough to realize that if someone

has the capability o f w inning a track event and the tim e to do so, they will train as hard as possible without som eone breathing down their neck.

T here must be som ething in this style o f coaching, since he has had all WPI m ens’ track records broken except one which is no longer run. and produced 8 A ll-A m ericans and nu­ m erous A ll-New E ngiands in his 42 years as a coach, 41 as head coach. In this time he has had tw o undefeated seasons and a D ivision 3 C ham pionship in 1987. He is currently w o rk ­ ing on his 27th straight w inning season. He was also elected to the NCAA Track Rules C om m ittee for seven years, which allow ed him to travel all over the United States o ffici­ ating m eets.

With all this success as a coach you wonder where he got his knowledge. One place is surely from his own experience as an athlete. In high school, he was undefeated in the 200 low hurdles, and lettered in football, basketball and track. In college, he was a m em ber o f the University of North C arolina's 1949and 1950 two-time South­ ern Conference Championship track teams, where he ran the 220 low hurdles, the dash, and the relay.

He was also a mem ber o f the football team, which competed in the 1949 Sugar Bowl and the 1950 Cotton Bowl.

Women’s track wins at home meet

by Kevin Weed Class o f '96 The WPI w om en’s track team accum ulated 92 points Saturday, April I ft, in a home meet, as they crushed Trinity with 44 and Coast Guard with 37 points. Elaine M ongeon led the way for the Engineers with two first place finishes. She won the 400H with a tim e o f 75.5, 10.8 seconds faster than her team mate Kristen Briggs who finished second. M ongeon then went on to claim first in the triple ju m p with a distance o f 30 feet 1/4 inches. Sunny Hwang had a strong day for the Engineers as well, placing first in the shot with a put o f 33 feet 1/2 inches. She also placed

second in the 100H w ith a time of 16.3 breaking the old school record o f 16.6. She placed second in the 100m as well w ith a time o f 13.8. H eather Cleary picked up 5 points in the high jum p of 4 feet 4 inches. Jen H arm on pitched in 5, also by running the 5000m to a 20:43:9 first place finish, while M indy Plog won the javelin with a toss of 87 feet 9 inches. Both the 4(X)m and 1600m relay team s placed first, as well. Coach Savilonis’ w ords in regard to the meet were, “ It was a weird m eet against two depleted squads, but we still show ed som e good im provem ents.”

The w om en’s track team will be traveling to MIT on Saturday, A pril 30th, to participate in the New 8 C ham pionships.

Coach Savilonis in profile

by Kevin Weed Class o f '96 "Come on let’s run ju st one more lap,” are the inspiring words heard com ing out of coach Brian Savilonis' mouth during a w om en’s track practice, as he runs with som e o f his runners and encourages them to strive to be the best they can be.

He isn’t one o f those coaches who gets caught up in coaching the standout athletes and gives very little time to the less com petitive m em bers o f his team. Rather, he makes an effort to give equal attention to all his team m em bers. He likes the “ all-for-one and one-for-all m ethod” o f team work utilized here by WPI students and tries to instill the same m ethod o f team work into his womens track team. He doesn’t care if he is the coach o f a bunch o f superstars or not. All he wants is women willing to give it their best. “ My favorite woman to coach is the one who constantly progresses throughout the season and not the one who starts off by breaking a record,” Savilonis says. Even though Coach Savilonis concentrates on getting hard workers and not track stars, he still has managed to have his share o f success. Since the founding of the womens track team in 1983, he has coached the Engineers to an almost eighty percent win record.

He is predominately a sm all meet coach, wherp he can juggle his athletes around to win without

having to have a bunch of superstars. He has, however, m anaged to win the Tri-states meet several times, where approxim ately ten teams compete. T hese Tri-states meets, along with approxim ately ten runners he has qualify annu­ ally for New Engiands, are great support for his method of coaching, since he hasn’t had a lot of standout athletes.

His coaching philosophy is basically to keep the women out. He d oesn’t care how well they perform in m eets, but rather that they are im ­ proving and having fun. To Coach Savilonis, having fun is his num ber one priority for women track m em bers. The reason for this may very well be that he w ants them to get just as much enjoym ent from the sport as he currently does.

Last year he won 4 National O ver Forty Race W alking C ham pionships, the 1OK, the 25K, the 49K, and the O ne H our Walk, when w alkers are given 1 hour to see how far they can race walk.

He walked approxim ately 7.5 miles. He also won the 100K open in 1984, and the New England open two years ago.

W here did all this success as a race walker and coach com e from ? The answ er is undoubt­ edly intertwined in his school day perform anc­ es. In high school he broke the 2 mile record, and in college he ran the marathon for our very own WPI Engineers. It was during this time Coach Savilonis found his love for track, as a source of pleasure as well as competition.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Alumni Office seeks award nominations

by Susan S. Ryall Alumni Office The WPI Alumni O ffice is seeking nomina­ tions for The WPI Com m unity Service Award presented in memory o f Edwin B. C oghlin ’23.

The award is presented annually to recognize an individual or groups who, through their in­ volvement in com m unity service activities, have made valuable contributions to the WPI and W orcester com m unities.

The aw ard is presented in mem ory o f Edwin B. Coghlin ’23. who. at the time o f his death in 1981. was the third o f five C oghlins, spanning four generations, to attend WPI. Throughout his life, Ted distinguished him self through tire­ less involvement in activities that benefited both WPI and the W orcester com m unity at large. Ted was an inspiring leader to those around him. He cared deeply about people, a

trail that characterized his work with such orga­ nizations as the United W ay, W orcester Area Boy Scouts, W orcester B oys’ Club and the WPI Alumni Association.

T he w inner(s) will be announced during Hom ecom ing W eekend which is scheduled for Septem ber 16-17.1994. A contribution o f $250 shall be presented in the recipient's name to the organization that has most benefited from his or her involvement. The award recipient shall also be aw arded with a plaque as a lasting mem ento o f the selection.

Any individual or group can nominate one individual for this award; self nominations are encouraged. Nomination forms are available in the Student Life and Alumni Offices, and must be returned to the Alumni Office by Thursday, May 5, 1994. If you have any questions about the award, please contact Lisa M. Hastings, Director o f Young Alumni Programs at 831-5072.

Dorm wiring approved by Trustees

by Eric Craft Associate Editor W PI's Board of Trustees has approved a plan to wire the campus with a high-speed data net­ work, placing WPI at the forefront o f the push lor the “Information Superhighway". As of next year, three services will be offered. WPI will be providing all phone services for $300 per line per year. These services include voice mail and possibly W PI’s long distance services which will give students a discount from current rates. Call­ ing cards may be used under this new system.

WPI is also wiring all dorm room s ( I outlet per bed) for Ethernet service. This service will

cost $60 for a card, and $250 per year to use.

Th is inc ludes access to W PI computer and No ve 11 (which allows printer access to all campus com ­ puters). For WPI to break even on their invest­ ment, 30% of all students m ust use this new com puter network. These rates may be read­ justed after the am ount of usage is established.

Each living arrangem ent (each apartm ent, room, or suite) will receive basic (tier 1 ) cable service which will include all non-pay channels and one channel that may be dedicated to an oncam pus radio station in the future. All oncam pus living arrangem ents will be included in this service except for the possible exception o f 16 Elbridge and the Schussler House.

WPI hosts Special Olympics basketball

by Brian Parker Features Editor On Saturday and Sunday of last weekend, WPI hosted the Special O lym pics Basketball Tournament for M assachusetts. Things got un­ derway Saturday m orning with an opening cer­ emony where Mike Fcely from T K E acted as MC. Barry Koslow from the Special Olympics presented WPI with an award w hich was ac­ cepted by Charlie G illis, also o f TK E. Satur­ d ay 's action involved seven team s, made up of

athletes from different comm unities, such as the North Shore Jazz and the Templeton Stompers.

Sunday also saw seven teams play it out in Harrington A uditorium , after an opening speech from Christine Browne and an invocation from T K E ’s Todd Sullivan. S unday’s teams includ­ ed: the Newton C eltics, the Metro North Braves and the W akefield Bullets.

Special thanks to: the WPI Pep Band for entertainm ent. DAK A for donating food. Father Scanlon for the opening prayer. Campus Police and the Special O lym pics Volunteers.

Institute Park gets clean sweep

by Eric Craft Associate Editor Earthday Cleanup at Institute Park was a success! Many volunteers from WPI and the State attended and a large quantity of trash was collected. Among the items pulled out of the lake were: 5 tires, 2 C hristm as Trees, a skylight, a trashcan, a safe, and a com plete bicycle. The entire shoreline o f Institute Park and Salisbury

Estates was cleaned by the many volunteers.

The Global A ffairs Party (GAP) was in charge of the event with gloves and hooks provided for the volunteers.

The culm ination o f all the volunteers' work was a m ound o f garbage about 4 feet high and 20 feet in diam eter. Thank you to all those who attended and helped out with the Festivities.

GAP also had a recycling information booth forthe Earthday celebration on Sunday, April 24.

$35,000 SCHOLARSHIPS: THE FAST TRACK TO SUCCESS. Two-year NROTC scholarships offer tuition and other financial assistance worth as m uch as $35,000 to qualified college sophom ores.

The Navy pays for tuition, textbooks, instructional fees and gives you an allowance o f $100 a m onth for up to 20 m onths during your last two years o f college.

U p on graduation and com p letion o f require­ m ents, y o u ’ll b ecom e an im portant part o f th e Navy adventure as a Navy officer.

For more information contact LT Leo F. Taylor, Naval ROTC, College of the Holy Cross at 793-3387.

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4th Annual Newspeak Something You W ant to See on Campus 1. Campus Center 2. Women 3. Snow Day The campus center is on its way...probably not going to be here while you are though...

—T E C H -

PIZZA

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / GEOFF' ELLIOTT

Best Pizza Place 1. Tech Pizza 2. Boomers 3. Gom pei’s Once again. Tech takes top honors, with Gompei's becoming a new addition to the list

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Favorite DAKA Employee

Best Radio Station 1. WAAF 2. WZLX W1CN WAAF tops the list for the second year straight, and many other stations received I vote.

Best W orld Leader 1. Hillary Clinton 2. Boutras Boutras Ghali 3. Warren Smale

1. C arol 2. Nancy 3. Bunny Jake, a former employee, received a large number of votes also.

Honorable Mention: Leader Kibo

Favorite Movie Quote M ost Mangled Way o f Saying W orcester

1. "I'd rather have 30 seconds o f wonderful then a lifetime o f nothing special" - Julia Roberts, Steel Magnolias 2. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed myfather. Prepare to die" - Mandy Patinkin, The Princess Bride 3. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Matthew Broderick,Ferris Bueller's D ay Off

1. Woostah 2. Wor-ses-ter 3. Wor' kes' ter and there was a Worchestershire tossed infor good flavor too...

Lots of good things came infor this category. The competition w a s fierce, and these were your winners.

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Favorite SGA Senator 1. Pat McManus 2. Lexie Chutoransky Rachel Butland

Best Way to Avoid Waking Up Early

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Favorite Lecture Hall 1. Perreault 2. Kinnicutt Newell Honorable mention: bed

(Your Topic Here)

/ . Get drunk the night before 2. Don't set your alarm 3. Pull an all-nighter

/ . Best TV Show: Xuxa 2. Best new name fo r WPI - Whoopie U 3. Most disgusting place on campus

These will work. So will Senioritis.

Homorable mention: Favorite SGA Exec - Cathy Conelly

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Reader's Poll Results Worst Feature of Newspeak 1. SGA Minutes Club / Greek Sports

Best Feature of Newspeak 1. Police Log 2. Greek Corner 3. Philler Once again Police Log tops the list. Whatta surprise.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / JASON PHILBROOK

Best Vendor in the W edge

Favorite Administrator

1. Space Station Studios 2. Mi Casa 3. SGA

1. Ann Garvin 2. Diran Apelian Janet Richardson Honorable mention: Al Johannesen and Chris Jachimowicz

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1. Watch Barney 2. Tell him you have crabs 3. Leave an open bottle o f chloroform beside his pillow

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Most Overused Phrase

Favorite Feature of the Mailroom

l.Cool!

1. The Buzzer 2. Mike Caprio 3. The 20 minute wait Trashcans

NOT!!!

This Sucks 3. New WPI New WPI. Cool! NOT!.'!

Honorable mention: the misplaced box o f free pot.

Favorite Procrastination Activity 1. Gweeping 2. Sega NHL 3. Newspeak

Best Snow Activity 1. Sledding Down Boynton Hill 2. Snow Angels 3. Skiing Snow hall fight

Honorable mention: sleep. Something we all like to do now and again.

We need more snow!

Best Cartoon (TV) 1. Animaniacs 2. The Simpsons Beavis and Butthead The Flintstones At least pure family viewing stays on top.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / PATTI KESSLER

Funnier W ord than "Onomatopoeia" 1. Buttafucco 2. Teeter-totter-a-thon-thingy 3. Antidisestablishmentarianism Now that's a mouthful...

Favorite Day O ff During the School Year I . Any day off Academic Advising Day Project Presentation Day Wednesday Honorable Mention: May 6, 1994.

Best Euphemism for Vomiting 1. Praying to the porcelain god 2. Ralphing 3. Retroactive dieting ewww..these are really gross guys...

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COMMENTARY

Philler Toasted armadillos and the jon - How to balance the budget

by Laurel and Guinevere Hope everyone is having tun study­ ing lor upcoming finals. I’m nol pos­ itive, but this might be the last Philler o f the year. It depends on three things actually. O ne, if Newspeak is going to publish a paper next week; two if w e're going to have time to w rite an article next week; and three, if our brains will be able to think after all o f the studying we know all diligent WPI students will do for finals next week. The more I think about it, brain fatigue might let us w rite some better m aterial... O f course if th ere’s no paper, th ere’s no need for Philler so I guess the first point is the most important. N onetheless, we are getting in this week, so let’s see what we can do...

First of all, I want to talk about a very serious topic which is som ewhat related to last w eek’s article on W P I’s love for paperw ork. T his section is fo r those o f you who live in e ith e r the Ellsw orth and Fuller A partm ents, or Founders Hall. If you’re in y ourapartm ent reading this, please do this quick experim ent to test my theory. I've been told this is true for many people; G o into your bathroom (d o n ’t forget to knock first) and take Newspeak w ith you so that you can follow along step by step. On a side note, w hy do people alw ays take new spapers with them into the b athroom anyhow ?

C onsider yourself follow ing a con*

tinuing trend... All right, how many extra rolls o f toilet paper are there in your bathroom ? C ount them . O .K., now count how many people are in y o u r a p artm en t, o r su ite fo r you Founders people, and d o n ’t forget to count yourself. (I alw ays forget that and come up with the w rong num ber every tim e.) Ready? Now divide the num ber o f rolls by the num ber of people in your apartm ent/suite. The Hum anities m ajors can easily do this by hand. E ngineers, I know y o u ’d rather skip hot sardines o ff the back of a fat pig in a w agon rut under a cold southern sky than do math by hand, so you can go back to your desk to get yo u r calculator. (That is assum ing that there a re n ’t som e o f you die hard engineers out there who have a calcu­ lator in your bathroom , and by the way, should really seek som e serious psychiatric help.) C om puter Science m ajors, or w hatever you call your­ selves now, can w rite a sim ple pro­ gram to figure this out. D on’t use integer typed variables. We w on’t be dealing with w hole num bers here, and y o u ’ll get points taken o ff at the end of the article. You TK Solver people out there... w ell... If you can figure out how do to it, go for it. O .K . Does everyone have a num ber? Is your num ber greater than one? If I ’m right, m ost of you ju st answ ered yes. Now ask yourself, “ W H Y ?!?!?!?" How o f­ ten do they com e to clean your bath-

Two women, worlds apart

by Mona Charen Syndicated Columnist

Mona Charen is a nationally syn­ dicated columnist.

Used with permission o f Mona Charen and Creators Syndicate.

This article originally appeared on page A 19 o f the Thursday, February *17. 1994 issue o f The Washington Times.

First, let's agree on one thing: M oth­ er T eresa is not a Republican. S h e's probably not even a conservative.

That much having been said, her presence in W ashington, D .C., last w eek provided a jarrin g juxtaposition o f philosophies and values betw eeh the sublim e and the, w ell, let me de­ scribe the two events.

The first event was the retraction, by prom inent “ pro-choice" advocate K ate M ichelm an, of a statem ent she m ade to a new spaper. The statem ent? “ We think abortion is a bad thing. No w om an w ants to have an abortion."

M rs. M ichelm an said this, on tape, to a reporter for The Philadelphia In­ quirer. A few days later, a ccording to The Washington Post, the N ational A bortion Rights Action League is­ s u e d a d e n ia l r e a d in g in part "M ichelm an has never said-and would never say-that ‘abortion is a bad thing.'

A fter that, things got sticky for M rs. M ichelm an, as they usually do in m atters o f denials and tape recorders.

M rs. M ichelm an told The W ashing­ ton Post that she w ould “ never, never, never, never, never m ean to say such a thing.” T h at’s five nevers, but they d o n ’t trum p a tape.

W hy is Mrs. M ichelm an at such pains? 1 thought the “ pro-choice” position w as som ething like “ No one w ants to have an abortion, but be­ cause there is such epidem ic rape and incest about, abortion on dem and must rem ain legal th ro u g h o u t th e nine m onths o f pregnancy.” A pparently, the m ainstream “ pro-choice” view has m oved. It has moved so far that a leader of the m ovem ent feels she must deny having said that abortion is “a bad thing."

This illum inates an older argum entthe old tussle over labels. If it is the N AR AL position that abortion is not a bad thing, is it correct to call them “ pro-choice," as they prefer? A ren ’t they really saying, in effect, that they

are pro-abortion?

The other event that touched on a b o rtio n la st w eek w as M o th e r T e re sa ’s speech to the leaders o f gov­ ernm ent, including the president and first lady, at the annual National Prayer B reakfast. H er w ords on charily and love and “giving until it hu rts” were hum bling and inspiring to hear. But her words on abortion were surpris­ ingly pointed and pow erful and d e ­ serve to be quoted at length: “ By abortion, the m other does not learn to love but kills even her own child to solve her problem s. And by abortion, the father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all fo rth e c h ild he has brought into the world... Any country that accepts abor­ tion is not teaching its people to love but to use any violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer o f love and peace is abor­ tion.

“The child is G o d ’s gift to the fam ­ ily. Each child is created in the spe­ cial image and likeness o f God for g reater things, to love and be loved.

"1 will tell you som ething beautiful.

W e are fighting abortion by adoptio n -b y care o f the m other and adop­ tion of her baby. We have saved thousands o f lives. We have sent w ord to the clinics, to the hospitals and police stations: ‘Please, d o n ’t destroy this child. We will take the c h ild .’ So we alw ays have som eone to tell the m others in trouble: ‘Come, we will take care o f you, we will get a hom e for your ch ild .’ “ Please d o n ’t kill the child. 1 want the child. Please give me the child. I am willing to accept any child who w ould be aborted and to give that child to a m arried couple who will love the child and be loved by the child. From our children’s hom e in C alcutta alone, we have saved over 3,000 children from abortion. These children have brought such love and joy to their adopting parents and have grow n up so full o f love and joy. “ If we rem em ber that G od loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then A m erica can becom e a sign of peace for the w orld. From here, a sign o f care for the w eakest of the w eak -th e unborn c h ild -m u st go out to the w orld. If you becom e a burning light o f justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for. G od bless you.”

room s and replenish your toilet paper supply? O fficially, but not realisti­ cally, this is done once a week. Now if y our num ber is close to o r over one, think o f the im plications here. In th e­ ory, y o u ’re expected to use up your toilet paper supply every week. O th ­ erw ise, why replenish it, right? They alw ays add m ore even if you d o n ’t need it. Now if your num ber is one, that m eans that y o u ’re expected to use up a roll o f toilet paper BY Y O U R ­ SE LF IN A W EEK! Unless y o u ’re dreadfully ill, I d o n ’t see this scenario happening too often, much less every w eek. If you go through an entire roll (or m ore if your num ber above is g reater than one) every w eek, I think you should talk to the people at Health Services sooner than the people at Res. L ife... Even w orse, this d o e sn ’t ju st apply to you. T his m eans that every single person in your apartm ent m ust use up a roll o r more o f toilet paper every w eek. If you have this problem , contact the M assachusetts H ealth C enter for Incredibly W icked Bad C ontagious D iseases im m ediate­ ly! T his ain ’t a good sign, dude. I assum e that you aren ’t using up all o f your toilet paper, and that it ends up getting moved from the bathroom to the hallw ay to the bathroom every w eek w hen they clean. A fter a w hile, it gets kind o f nasty looking ju st sit­ ting there. Som e people use these extra rolls for football practice, use them to build mini leaning tow ers o f Pisa on top o f the flush box, and 1 know both you boys and girls use these excess rolls f o r“extra padding.”

(Just rem em ber that scratchy thin p a ­ per falling out in the heat of the m o­ m ent is kinda em barrassing for you and disappointing for your partner.)

For m ost o f you, how ever, these rolls are not used for entertainm ent pur­ poses, and instead go to waste.

Now 1refuse to turn this lig h th eart­ ed article into a serious critical article im plying how this is yet another ex ­ am ple o f how w asteful WPI is. I am not suggesting that you should be upset or w rite letters to Res. Services asking

them to m anage their resources better.

I will, how ever, im ply it. R em em ber when one o f the airlines stopped put­ ting that little w ilted piece o f lettuce that no one liked on the side o f their in-flight m eals? T hey saved m illions o f dollars. A couple rolls less o f toilet paper a w eek for every apartm ent/ suite on cam pus m ight have the sam e effect. W ho know s. N um bers and reality are not my strong suit. I leave that up to the people on the hill. The point is, nothing should be taken for granted. W P I’s having problem s with m oney, and they look to cut big o bvi­ ous things. E verything is an easy “quick fix .” They think o f cutting people and departm ents and not toilet paper. I’m not saying toilet paper is the key to stop tuition increases and the end to w orld hunger, (although that w ould be cool if it was and I thought o f it) but there are m any little things that seem to be, at least on the surface, a w aste o f funds that could be m ore efficiently used. Look at some o f the categories and values in some of the departm ent’s budgets som e­ time. How much m oney and person hours do we spend cleaning up the cam pus w hen prospective students com e? This includes buying and plant­ ing tons o f flow ers who really d o n ’t want to grow and look pretty this early in the season, and draining the quad lake pretending that WPI d o esn ’t have a w inter season. M ost o f the prospective students are from New England. They m ight get scared and not enroll if our cam pus d o esn ’t look like the rest o f New England when they com e... R em em ber w hen they paid for all sorts o f m arketing re­ search and a designer to m ake a new WPI logo? The adm inistration fig­ ured that it must be a w onderful idea because o f the tests and started print­ ing all new business cards and letter­ heads. Then they had to change ev ­ erything back to the original tw o tow ­ ers logo w ithin a few w eeks because no one liked the new idea? Not only was there the point that it w as all done for nothing and was a w aste o f m oney.

but all o f the m oney that w ould have had to be spent to pay a graphics artist to redesign every single form , and a printer to reprint every single piece of paper in the school with a logo that was m ore expensive to print was nev­ er an issue. T here are lots o f papers with tw o tow ers logos on them , folks.

It w ould take years to quickly use them up as W PI had encouraged the departm ents. T he paper w ould have eventually had to be sim ply replaced and tons of perfectly good old logo paper would have gone to w aste. Will the advantages o f changing the name o f the school to W PI University quick­ ly offset the sam e exact expense which w ould have been incurred with the logo change? T he paperw ork c a n ’t have the w rong school nam e on it, can it?... It’s the sam e issue. I hope a nam e change is worth it.

T hroughout the year, w e'v e tried to show an angle of WPI not thought o f by most. As an engineering school, trying to solve problem s by looking at them from all possible angles is what w e’re taught to do. (S houldn’t the adm inistration take the sam e open ap­ proach?) Most o f the stuff we w rite is bizarre and pointless, but every once in a w hile, som ething good com es of it. (A nyone notice people shoveling a lot after our silly snow rem oval arti­ cle?) We hope you have enjoyed our articles. If y o u ’re a student and have read any o f our articles and thought, “T h a t’s *insert your favorite adjec­ tive here*, I never thought about that,” w e’re happy. If you are in the adm in­ istration (and from the com plaints P h iller’s received from WPI faculty, we know y o u ’re reading this) and y o u ’ve thought, “ I’ll have to look into that,” we thank you. K eep in touch.

For all the seniors and super seniors out there, good luck and hang in there.

For everyone else, w e’ll see you next year. (I refuse to resort to "H ave a good sum m er.” ) Take care and d o n ’t forget to write dow n suggestions for Philler articles you think o f over the sum m er. G oodnight Mrs. Calabash, w herever you are...

N ew sp ea k w ould like to take th is opportu nity to wish everyo n e a p le a sa n t su m m er. We w ill not be p u b lish in g a n o th er issue u n til A u g u st 3 0 ,1 9 9 4 .

S tu d en t O rganization s: This is a rem in d er that we will p u b lish ou r a n n u a l W elcom e Issu e f o r in com in g fresh m e n in m id-A ugust. A n y organ ization w ishing to su b m it m aterials d escrib in g th em selves is w elcom e to a t an y tim e d u rin g th e su m m er by m ailin g th em to W PI B ox 2700, o r d ro p p in g th em in d o N ew speak a t th e Student A ctivities Office.

A n d fin a lly, th e N ew speak S ta ff w ould like to wish o u r g ra d u a tin g S en io rs th e b est o f luck in th eir f u tu r e endeavors. D ennis, J en , a n d K evin, we are g o in g to m iss you . Y our work a n d dedication o ver th e p a st f o u r ye a rs has m eant so m uch to the co n tin u in g su ccess o f N ew speak. M a y yo u f in d happiness in y o u r m em ories o f y o u r tim es sp en t here f o r yea rs to com e.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Unofficial Minutes to be approved April 2H, / 994 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Student Government Association Minutes for the meeting of April 21, 1994 I. Meeting called to order at 6:35.

II. Attendance: Present: Executive Council: Warren Smale, Pres.; Amy Scott, Sect. Cathleen Connelly; Treas.

Senate: Jason Averill, Rachel Butland, Dan Corriveau, Ryan Daly, Nat Fairbanks, Greg Findlen, Deb Foley, John Grossi, Sylvia Khatchadourian, Pat McManus, Kirsty Reidy, Mike Schulz, Danielle J. Snow, Josh Single, Justin Sprague, Patrick Sullivan, Christopher Thomas, Dennis Walsh Parliamentarian: Mike Pereirra Absent: Josh Arias, Prakash Bhatia (ex), Lexie Chutoransky (ex), Barbara Doyle, Vice Pres, (ex). Wolf Winset (ex) III. Approval of the Minutes: The minutes of 4/14/94 were approved with one correction.

IV. President’s Remarks: President Smale announced the resignations of Jen Keenan and Andy Thiessen.

V. T reasurer’s Report: T reas.

Connelly reported that there would be some special funding requests on the agen­ da. She also announced that Sen. Averill had been appointed to the position of Class I Assistant Treasurer (to be approved by the Senate).

VI. Committee Reports:

- Academic!Institute -CAO: Representative Pereira report­ ed that the committee had voted down the Chemical Engineering Department's pro­ posal to develop a curriculum that would provide students in that department to study under three different areas o f interest, if they chose to do so. The committee did not pass the proposal primarily due to a re­ quirement that students in these areas of interest would be required todo their IQP’s intheareaofinterest. Pereira also reported that the Math Department's maple calculus pilot program, still has to go through CAO and the faculty before it can be implement­ ed on a full scale basis for next year’s freshmen class. He encouraged senators to email any comments they have concerning the implementation of this program to him, because he takes all comments emailed to

trailer. Sen. Walsh seconded and the mo­ to add passed faculty meeting a motion to develop an him to the meetings to share with the tion was then voted on, and passed.

- Motion 23d.94, Men’s Rugby Team InterfaceTechnologiescommittec had been faculty members. Lastly, Pereira reported - Motion 20d.94, Glee Club Funding Funding Request: Sen. Sprague gave brought up and was amended by the facul­ that a proposal from the Mechanical Engi­ ty to include one undergraduate student Request: Treas. Connelly moved to apsome background information on the re­ neering Department would be reviewed by provethe Appropriations Committee’srecquest and then moved to approve the Ap­ CAO, very soon and that interested sena­ and one graduate student. propriation^ Committee’s recommenda­ -Transportation: Chair Averill an­ ommendation to not emergency fund the tors should email comments to him as soon WPI Glee Club $948.00 for additional as possible. tion to emergency fund the WPI M en’s nounced that the committee’s next meeting would be Wednesday at 10 AM, in the Rugby Team $645.00, for the purchase of funding for their trip to Italy. The motion - LAC: Rep. Daly reported that the new team uniforms. Motion 23d.94 was was seconded by Sen. Sullivan, and passed SGA Office. committee had metTuesday.anddiscussed (Glee Club will not receive funding).

VII. Old Business: none seconded by Sen. Sullivan and passed. not only the future of the committee but Motion 21 d.94, -Senato­ Motion 24d.94: Treas. Connelly also the composition of the moved to add Motion 24d.94 the Senate rial Appointment: Pres. committee. It was decided WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE confirmation o f her Class I Assistant Trea­ Smale entertained a motion to that faculty members should approve his appointment of be limited to 2 years. The surer appointment Sen. Butland seconded committee also discussed Eugene Kim to the Senate. and the motion to add passed.

• Motion 24d.94, Appointment of Sen. some of the current issues Pres. Smale explained that Averill to Class I Assistant Treasurer: concerning journals, sub­ there had been four applica­ tions for the Senate positions scriptions and uncover.

Treas. Connelly moved to confirm her appointment o f Sen. Averill to the position that had been filled at the prior -SGA meeting, and had there been a - Elections: C h air ofClassI AssistantTreasurer. Sen. Butland fourth position available Eu­ C orriveau reported that seconded and the motion was voted on and STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION gene Kim would have been enough petitions have been passed. returned for Campus Hearing Board, and - Motion 25d.94: Sen. McManus VIII. New Business: suggested as the fourth appointment. How­ ever,due totheresignationofSen.Thiessen, that the elections will be taking place on moved to add a Motion 24d,94 that would - Motion lSd.94, Policies & Proce­ a fourth position had opened, and he would Thursday, April 28 Th. Senators who are recommend to the Student Representative dures By-laws: Sen. Schulz moved to like to appoint Eugene Kim to that position. not running need to sign-up to work at the on CAO to attempt to table the Math accept the Policies & Procedures By-laws, elections table.

Sen. Walsh so moved the President’s ap­ Department’s proposal so that the Senate as presented with one addition of, “to the - Parking: Chair Walsh reported that at could get update and informed on this Senate”, to the end of the last sentence of pointment, and Sen. Sullivan seconded. the committee’s last meeting they had re­ Discussion followed, following which Sen. issue. The motion to add was seconded by Section 3: Powers. The motion was sec­ viewed draft one o f their parking recom­ Schulz called for a Roll Call vote. Motion Sen. Corriveau, and passed. onded by Sen. Sullivan and discussion mendations proposal. Draft two is in the 2 1d.94 passed 11-8-1.

- Motion 25d.94, Recommendation followed.

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Artic le VIII Policies and Proc edures to CAO Student Representative: Sen. He encouraged anyone who wants to re­ Additions to the Agenda McManus moved to approve the follow­ Committee view the proposal to do so, and make any - Motion 22d.94: Sen. McManus ing statement and send it to the Student Section I: Membership criticisms they have. The committee plans moved to add Motion 22d.94, a statement Representative on CAO: The Student There shall be a committee named Pol­ to bring a final proposal to the Senate for o f SGA’s position on the Math Depart­ Government Association of W.P.I. offi­ icies and Procedures. The committee shall approval, at the next meeting. ment’s full implementation of the Maple consist of a minimum o f three members cially recommends to its CAO representa­ - WPI Plan II: Chair McManus re­ Calculus program, the motion passed. tive that he make his best attempt to table andachair. The chair shall be a member of ported that the committee had reviewed - Motion 22d.94, Position on Maple the Senate. All appointments shalI be made the motion regarding the Maple Calculus the Chemical Engineering Department ’s Calculus program: Sen. McManus Program at the Friday, April 23rd, CAO consistent with constitutional policy. A proposal that CA O had voted down, and moved that SGA issue the following state­ meeting so that the Student Government majority of the current voting members of had decided that they too could not ment (concerning the Maple Calculus pro­ Association may have time to gather more the committee shall constitute a quorum to support the proposal due to the IQP do business. gram): The Student Government Associ­ information to form a position. The motion ation of W.P.I. hereby opposes the installa­ Section 2. Responsibilities requirement. The committee had also was seconded by Sen. Schulz, and passed. discussed the Math Department’s plan tion of the Maple Calculus Program as the A. The Policies and Procedures com­ IX. Announcements: to implement the Maple calculus pro­ mandatory program for next year. The - WPI Groups mittee shall be responsible for all the duties gram on a full scale basis next year. The of the constitution committee outlined in Maple course is still undergoing rapid - SO CC O M : QuadFest is this week!!! committee was very concerned due to the SGA constitution. changed and meets with a high disapproval Sunday - Movie on the Quad, Princess the reportedly high dissatisfaction of B. The Policies and Procedures com­ rate among students. We would like to Bride Monday - Acoustic Musician, Sonia students that have been placed in the suggest more study and refinement needs mittee shall be responsible for interpreting Frank Tuesday - Sneak Preview o f No program over the last two years. Pres. the constitution. to be done before further implementation Escape, Wednesday - QuadFest!!!, con­ Smale had met with Associate Depart­ C. The Policies and Procedures comshould be carried out. The motion was cert Night of the Screaming Cathode Ray ment Head Branche, on behalf of the seconded by Sen. Schulz, and a great deal mi ttee shall re view every proposed amend­ Tube Thursday - Tribe Saturday - SKA committee. o f discussion followed. Sect. Scott moved Show, performers: Steady Eamst, High ment to the bylaws and make a recommen­ McManus then reported on the large to table. Sen. Butland seconded the vote Hats, Allstonian dation on its constitutionality at the follow­ response the committee has received on the failed 7-13-0. Following more discussion - SGA: ing Senate meeting.

“Rebuttal Paper”, from the faculty. He Sen. Singlecalled thequestion, Sen. Schulz - Sen. Butland asked that in the future, D. The Policies and Procedures com­ commented the generally speaking the re­ seconded, the question failed. Again, the mittee shall be responsible for setting the the Senate recognize that there is more than sponse has been very positive, and then internal policy of the Senate with the ap­ motion was discussed, many concerns were one Student Representative on CAO. proval o f the committee of the whole. shared some of the responses with the - Sen. McManus informed senators to being raised as to were senators fully in­ Senate. He also reported that at that day’s E. The Policies and Procedures com­ keep themselves aware of some o f the formed on this topic, additional concerns wereaboutrumorsthatmany students who mittee shall be responsible for submitting issues that are going to be being addressed have participated in this program can not in writing all constitutional recommenda­ in CAP, such as grade inflation over the last tions to the SGA Secretary for inclusion in 20 years. There has been a consistent rise differentiate or integrate by hand. Sen. a permanent file entitled “Constitutional Findlen called the question. Sen. Sprague in the MQP/IQP grades and there may be Recommendations of the Policies and Pro­ seconded, the question failed 10-10-0. At a resolution dealing with these issues voted cedures Committee.” This written recom­ this point in the meeting Sen. Corriveau on in CAP next month. The resolution mendation must be presented at the same asked Pres. Smale to report to the Senate would be along the lines of requiring advi­ meeting in which the recommendation on what he had found in his meeting with Prof. sors to give a grade each term that accurate­ constitutionality is brought to the Senate.

Branche, Sen. Single objected and asked ly represented the groups work for that Section 3. Powers Pres. Smale to step down as chair of the term, regardless of the final product which The Policies and Procedures committee meeting. Pres. Smale relinquished the would (and does) receive a final grade that shall have the power to review all passed chairtoSect. Scott. Following Pres. Smale’s would be based only on that final product. legislation for constitutionality. If the leg­ report and some more discussion Treas.

Some faculty object to students receiving 4 islation is found to be unconstitutional, the Connelly moved to table, Sen. Grossi sec­ A ’s on a project when the major amount of committee shall recommend a repeal to the onded and the motion to table failed 8- 11work put in to the project is a last ditch effort Senate.

0. Sen. Grossi was called on for his turn in to finish it. Othershoweverfeel that projects Motion I Kd.94 was voted on and passed. by their very nature are not linear, but rather discussion (from list of those who wish to Motioi. I9d.94, M en’s Crew F und­ speak), and he yielded the floor to Sen. holistic, and thus it is not always fair to not the ing Request Sen. Sprague moved to McManus. Sen. McManus withdrew Mo­ give grades after the entire project is com­ approve the Anpropriations Committee’s tion 22d.94. pleted. recommendation to supplemental fund the - Motion 23d.94: Sen. Fairbanks moved - Sen. Averill moved to adjourn, the WPI Men’s Cre v Team $1300.00 for the motion passed. to add Motion 23d.94, concerning a fund­ purchase of brakes for the crew team boat X. Meeting adjourned at 7:40. ing request from Men’s Rugby, the motion

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Tuesday April 26,1994

CLUB CORNER

Alpha Phi Omega

Women’s Chorale

enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm en­ thusiasm enthusiasm CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW BROTHERS enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm GO TO THE NURSING HOME enthusiasm enthusi­ asm enthusiasm enthusiasm ELM PARK SCHOOL enthusiasmenthusiasmenthusiasmenthusiasmGET THE NAME OUT enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusi­ asm enthusiasm LEADERSHIP enthusiasm enthu­ siasm FRIENDSHIP enthusiasm SERVICE enthu­ siasm enthusiasm FRESHMEN MOVE IN enthusi­ asm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm MUSTARD SEED enthusiasm enthusi­ asm enthusiasm enthusiasm SCAVENGER HUNT enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm GOOD JOB AT THE E-D CLEAN UP enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm GOOD JOB WITH UMOC enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm KEEP THE SPIRIT UP enthusiasm enthusiasm GOOD LUCK WITH FINALS ALL enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm HAVE A GOOD SUMMER enthusiasm enthusi­ asm enthusiasm enthusiasm KEEP IN TOUCH enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm LOOK FOR THE SUMMER LIST enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm en­ thusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm P enthusiasm en­ thusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm

I know it has been awhile since we managed to get aclubcomer in,butHEYTHIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!!

We are going to be presenting the extravaganza of the centuiy, well at least we are going to be putting on a VERY good show. IT IS THE FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN’S CHORALE CABARET!!! It will be Friday and Saturday night (April 29-30) at 7:30pm in Gompei’s. There will be singing (obviously), danc­ ing, silly costumes and more.... Not only that, there will be refreshments. Itonlycost$l ofthemoneyyou haven’t spent yet this year and it will be fabulous.

(And I’m not just saying that because I’m in it!)

Come and see this once in a lifetime event, you’ll be glad you did!

Chinese Student Association The BBQon Wednesday went well (if you missed it, it was your loss - but then again, more food for me).

Thanks to those who helped out with the preparations (I won’t put in names here since the list would drag on, but you know - and we know - who you are - luv ya all). Especially thanks to our activities coordina­ tor, Chi-Yan, who Jello-sat the whole night *smack* *smooch*.

Hmm...speaking of last Wednesday, I’m also extremely pleased to announce that an active CSA member (commonly known as the EMS man and the Dorky Lai Lai among other things), Antonio, was elected to be the co-chair for ISC next year (hey, ANOTHER new nickname - way to go, Co-Chair!); also, Sabrina (no nicknames here...no fun...oh well ♦sigh*) was elected to be the secretary for ISC next year (what a good way to show off nice hand-writing, eh?). Anyway, CONGRATS guys and good luck with your new duties!

Whew, has it been a busy week (except for Thursday, o f course -they reallyshould present more projects), but NO, you can’t slack off YET. Next thing coming up will be the QuadFest on Wednes­ day, the 27th (hey, that’d be tomorrow!). So all you ‘strong’ guys (and gals, of course) should start think­ ing about the Dragon Dance again. Though the Cultural Fest show went really well, we want to do an even better job this time (since we should have more room to run around and stuff) so get psyched. Please keep your eyes on it and come and join us if you have time.

Hope D term is coming along well for all of ya less than 2 weeks till summer vacation - yay! Good luck to all o f you with your finals.

Ok, and last but not least, the Quote o f the Week from da Prez:‘Tm onadiet”(yeah sure,OFCOURSE

Asian Society Club Hi everyone, the Asian Society Club has started to have a c o m e r o n / V e H 's p e o / c .s o p l e a s e be with us from now on.

For this week, we just had a general meeting on last Friday. We discussed the End O f Year Dim Sum event in China Town for the end of this year. If any of you missed the meeting last Friday, you can contact one of the ASC officers by email to asiansociety@wpi. It’s not too late to join.

Also with new officers: President: Heri Sumantri Vice President: Minn Ayetut Secretary: Sharon Ng Treasurer. Poh Yong Alex Chua Sport Coordinator: Takehiro Kawano They are going to try their best to bring ASC a new life! They are going to make a miracle happen. So for those of you who have been gone from ASC for a while, it’s time foryou tocome back and join us again.

Hope to see you all at meetings and activities in the future!

we believe you...why wouldn’t we?...we saw you at the BBQ; you barely ate anything...(NOT!). Later guys.

GAEA CHALK! CHALK! CHALK! Look for it every­ where! Our wicked new hip RECYCLING PRO­ GRAM at WPI is underway!!! So be on the lookout for further details... As for now, SAVE your paper!

We plan on having a huge recycle-your-paper rally and everyone is taking part. There will be bins for white/office paper and one for newspapers as well so check out your local dorm or wedge for these crazy bins... you can’t miss ‘em. Also, the Big Open Campus Meeting was a GREAT success. Everyone was very responsive and we received a huge amount of positive feedback. Keep up the good work everybody!!! We have them ail on our side. Any new earth interested types can email mickey@wpi and he’ll put ya on the GAEA mailing list. We’re growing like crazy. As for now, be green - body paint yourself and a friend and run through the quad...

Global Affairs Party Hello everyone. Our first Wednesday meeting last week went very well, from the pizza to the discussion. As you all know, we’re trying to steer away from being confused withenvironmental groups and w e’re trying to make a new name for ourselves.

W e’ve been discussing ideas on how to better fulfill the guidelines of our constitution, and have come up with several good ideas, like an intra-consortium model congress and open campus debates on interna­ tional issues. If anyone has any other ideas come to the meetings and let us know. The rest of this year’s calendar contains plans for a movie night and more decisions about next year. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who came out for the Earth Day activities. This week’s meeting will be on Thursday at 6:30pm in AK, as usual. Check your email for details on a possible Wednesday meeting.

See you all at the meeting!

Masque Congrats to all who were involved in New Voices, and to all o f the new members of Alpha Psi Omega’s Rho Kappa cast Next up on the menu are the MW Rep meetings this week, ask Noah for times, and QUAD FESTdon’t forget to show up and help move the stage!!!!!! Watch for news of summer theatre and get all of your ideas fewan MW Rep A-term show in ASAP. D-term can’t end soon enough, let’s hope all

of our seniors survive, and get out of this place. The new officers officially take over this week, so let’s see what they can do. Alpha Psi officer elections are coming soon, vote, vote, vote. Once again NV12 was great. Congrats Noah and Chris for producing a wonderful festival, hope you survived the cast parties to read this. QUAD FEST QUAD FEST QUAD FEST QUAD FEST QUAD FEST - LOOK AT THAT STAGE!

Alpine Ski Team The ski season is coming to an end and the M en’s Team had a great year with a second place finish in the Thompson Division. Officers for the comm ing year are as follows: President: Scott Griffiths; Vice President: Joseph Charpentier; Treasurer: Benjamin Hassett; Secretary: Aaron Jones; Equipm ent Manager: Beave Krammer; M en’s Co-Captains: Glen Gaebe and Joshua Coombs; W om en’s Captain: Grace Buzanoski.

Glen has afternoon biking everyday around 4:30 for those interested in getting prepped for dry­ land, because we know that G len’s got a high pain tolerance and is going to work us like dawgs.

B eth is an x io u sly a w aitin g responses on rollerblade interests, email her with a $ value on how much you are looking to spend. And guys rem em ber.... never pay a $ 10 cover charge when you don’t need to. See you all this summer for a skiing bash at the Sullivan’s!!!!!

Society of Pershing Rifles Initiation has finally come and gone, and I hope our new members had fun. I know that the troop had a ball, but then again, we always look forward to initiation, kind of a way to release our aggressions, heh, heh. Anyway, now that initiation is behind us, we have a number of new members to integrate into the troop, and that will happen tomorrow. Among other things, we may be getting a class on N.B.C. training (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical), which should be quite interesting if, of course, 2LT Jennings could schedule it,solet’sall keepour fingers crossed.

We will also be having pizza at tomorrow’s meeting, so listen for your squad leaders, you may need to bring a little money. Finally, what everyone has been waiting for...the end of this column, no, just kidding, I mean the COC (Change of Command for all you illiterates out there), which will be at tomorrow’s meeting. Those of you in the new chain of command, and the old, have those paddles ready. I can laugh about it though, heh, heh, its pretty hard to paddle yourself. Enjoy!!

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GREEK CORNER

AXP Yes, this is the A lpha Chi R ho Greek com er.

M ost o f you were probably already clued in to this by the heading, but when you have to cater to readers like Foster, the w ord “clue” ju st isn ’t a factor.

Elaborating on the topic o f boneheads, I will say that throwing yourself out o f a meeting might seem to be pretty dum b, but NOTHING can com pete with what G len did last Thursday.

1 m ean, how can you explain going into a com plete panic because you think your van has been stolen, only to rem em ber hours later that you left it up at an IQ P m eeting?

And speaking o f that last house meeting, I d on’t know what was more surprising: hearing that D ave had finally com e out o f the closet, or seeing the ex-president (along with Luke, his Secret Service agent).

In com pletely unrelated new s, Joe has been appointed head o f A X P chapter relations, after his inspirational visit to Cornell. It’s a good thing that he isn ’t OUR postulancy leader - after

all, it's not easy initiating dead people.

Although W ednesday night started o ff slow, it later proved to be all that it was cracked up to be. W ith the exception of a few slightly illegal m aneuvers by the NIBS, the competition truly represented the spirit o f brotherhood. This spirit m anifested itself again later, when Ski and Schnouffer spent some quality time in the back room eating a bow l of buffalo wings, or at least taking turns throw ing them at each other.

W ell, only 9 d ay s ‘til w e’reouttahere. Please, for G od’s sake, BEHAVE! A rA W ell... it’s finally over! W e teeter-tottered our little hearts o u t!! A big thank you to Lambda Chi for everything - and to C arrie for all her hard . work!! We love you, ya stress-bucket!

New Voices is all over too! To everyone involved - you w ere fabulous!!

The Awards Banquet w as great! Thanks to Alison and Deb F. for putting that together! And to C apitola for opening that Coke bottle!

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Congratulations to everyone inducted into honor societies: T oni, KP, Steph, Joy, M onica and Cyndi!

Seeing as this is th e last article o f the year Happy Birthday to: N ikki, C apitola, C arley, Mary, Deb F. Kayann, A ndre, D iane, Shannon, Anne, A lison, Kari, R aina, M onica, HB, L ori, Jen F .’ M elissa D. D eb T, Brenda Y., Amy & Christine! (M ia - you can wait until we get back!)

And seeing as tonight is our last m eeting...

Goodbye to everyone - especially the SENIORS, Diane and Anne! W e will m iss you! H ave a great sum m er - see you all at Hum m arock.... A doveling.

P.S. Q uadfest is tom orrow !

AXA C ongratulations to our new ly initiated bro th ­ ers R oger Roy and Jo e Ackerm an. Hope ev ery ­ one had a great time a t the retreat this w eekend.

I’m sure we had fun or m aybe we learned something.

T eeter-T otter is finally over. I think ev ery ­ one’s still walking a little funny from those seats! (or lack thereof) I ’m sure nobody w as aware of how fascinating the Q uad is at 3 am .

(Actually its like the Q uad at 3 pm but its dark and nobody’s on it). C ongratulations to IM Hockey A and Soccer for w inning their gam es last week. U pcom ing this w eekend is the C h ar­ tering Banquet. Hope everybody got their bricks done. Y ou’ve still got three days to finish them .

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QuadFest Wednesday, April 27, 1994

The Day MAJOR 33Q, Cabildo Music Group, Airmail, Massive Volleyball Tournament, 5umo Wrestling, M a rtial A rte demonstration, Fie Eating Con­ te s t, Gyro, Chain Link Fence, Kollerblade Hockey All Over the FIace The Night NIGHT OF THE 6CREAMING CATHODE KAY TU&E 7-11 pm, Harrington Auditorium all WFI attendees eligible for door prizes (not open to the generaI public, Consortium ID neccessary to enter)

The Day After Thursday, April 2d, 1994 Tribe and Letters to C\eo 3pm, Alden Hall WFI Free, $5 Consortium, $7 other (th is is one o f Tribe's la s t shows - ever)

T O P T E N PRED ICTIO NS FO R SO UTH O F THE BORDER 10. Items stolen from houses during party.

Mike M arsh now here to be found.

9. Hogs sm ashing m ore w indow s 8. Tracy giving us another free concert.

7. Martha. M artha, M artha, Martha!

6. Billy making sure the guests feel at hom e.

5. Free valet parking by O ’SulIy. 4. The Phi Kap house skips party to attend an all day com puter convention.

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V innie finally breaks down late at night and gets naked once again.

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Rahm an jam s w ith Probable Cause on the air bass.

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G uz and the G orgon hook up- true love at last!

-Guz Proverb: G uzzie see, G uzzie do. -K T FB Milkman O IL Hey Phi Sig Sigs!

First off, happy belated birthdays to L iz Herman and Bethy Jaskal! Sorry that I m issed you guys last week, happy belated birthday!

Standing O ’s go o ut to Kylie and everyone else who helped put on a great Senior A ppreci­ ation Night last Saturday! Everyone had a blast, and thanks to your hard w ork, the night w as a huge success. Standing O ’s also go out to H eather Zim m erm an for all her hard w ork with the w alk-a-thon last Sunday! G reat job, H eath ­ er!

G ET PSYCHED FO R Q U A D FE ST !!!!

Congratulations goes out to the softball team who had another successful w eek as they beat previously undefeated M IT tw ice last T hursday and Anna M aria last W ednesday. Keep up the great work, you guys! Also, good luck to the womens LA-X team w h o ’ll be finishing up their season soon- w e’re all glad to see that K im m y Landry is doing a g reat job at filling her gam ely quota o f yellow cards! Finally, great jo b to everyone who p articipated in floor hockey intram urals (aw esom e job putting it all together, Leigh!).

G ET PSYCHED FOR Q UADFEST!!!

C ongrats goes out to everyone w ho w as in or worked on the set o f N ew Voices! You guys did an aw esom e job!!

Special hellos g o out to C athy C. (the w alk hom e from w here? W as he talking to his mom ?), the Tri M igs (huh?), the tropical fish and dragon (alright, if you guys w ant th is in here, you need to fill m e in on this stuff), Sarah Tegan, M arie (and R ajah), M aria (thanks for dinner- you little sis), A nn Sbriglio, G ayle (next tim e your 10 y ear old sister w ants to put us all to sham e in every sport known to m an, tell her we w o n ’t be so nice afterw ards!), Joh, and Jen Shaw .

G ET PSYCHED FOR Q UA DFEST!!!

LITP

LAE Hope everyone had fun at the SA E-Phi Sig Kap party. I wonder where the 100 cases o f beer went. We look foreward to more o f these in the future. The top ten things you should be doing on Saturday April 30th. 10. C ar Rallye 9. C ar R ally e8. C arR ally e7 . C arR ally e 6. Car Rallye

5. C ar Rallye 4. C ar R allye 3. C ar Rallye 2. Car Rallye 1. C ar Rallye.

Do you get the picture? If you think you know the W orcester A rea get a car in the race.

Not only will you have a good time, eat free food, enjoy a party, but also you will be support­ ing a good cause. So com e on and help out the M DA. Starting tim es are from 11:00am to 1:00pm. The first one that finish is not always the winner. I know that the w onderful sisters of A GD will be here so w hy not yourself? Call Ray or Ian at 757-1767 and reserve a spot.

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H ere’s the to p ten cool things that the Zheleznyak fam ily did at Clam bake: 10.

Uncle A lex refused to listen to L en’s music. 9. M ake fun o f Len. 8. Find Squirrel. 7.

U ncle A lex read recent Playboy. 6. Mr. Z read recent Playboy. 5. Leonard read recent Playboy.

4. Drink. 3. Leonard drank Len under table. 2.

Mr. Z got pictures o f P hil’s dance. 1. Crazy uncle Alex picked up C olin’s mom.

Senior give aw ay is com ing up soon apd it will be the first tim e in 3 years that C arter w on’t be giving stuff aw ay...

Room picks are done and it looks as though everyone will be happy. Tex is possibly the happiest of all. H e m ade him self a single by the tech first phone under the stairs. All he has to do is put on a door and he already has the chair and the phone right there.

The O rchid w as a special tim e for brothers (and Happy) and their dates... Congratulations to all those w ho got pinned... Dority pinned Kathy, M alone pinned Renee, and Fred pinned Hal and lived happily ever after...

See you next Tuesday!!!

TKE H ello once again from the land w here every­ thing is m ade o f cardboard. Sew er Fest ’94 was a success only the clean up still rem ains. Will the hurricane o f brow n stuff floating down W achusett Street every subside? W ho knows.

This is the second to last G reek C om er o f the year and probably the last one I will be able to write from m y room since the Happy Phone C om pany o f A m erica ju st sent m e the disastrous RED labeled phone bill saying I am soon to be disconnected for m y failure to pay the bills.

Special O lym pics B asketball occurred (in­ correctly spelled?) this w eekend and everything went sm oothly. Congratulations to Charlie Gillis, Evan Ehring, H eath Partington, M ark Suennen, M ike Feeley and everyone else who I forgot who m ade the event a success. A lso thanks to all of TK E for helping out throughout the weekend in officiating, keeping score and running the games.

Seniors live up these last few w eeks for before you know it you will be getting calls asking for donations so we can continue to like to fun stuff w ith duct tape and glue guns. What w as in the w aterfall, M iah?

A team soccer is still undefeated. The play­ offs will start this w eek so look out for couch comm. A team hockey should be starting the play-offs this w eek as well (assum ing we won last Friday). C heese cheese cheese. Finally to quote the g reat philosopher D ouglas Leon W right, “M Q P is a foreign acronym for suck my a**”. I w ouldn’t know but I ’ll take your word for it.

See ya.

Thanks go out to my sm all but powerful group o f follow ers that read this crap every week. T hanks for the com plem ents, and sorry when I miss the deadline, but last Friday it was so nice out I w ouldn’t go in and write it.

C ongratulations go out to Larry and Chris our new brothers. W elcom e aboard!

Damn we alm ost had that one against TKE. Nice gam e and we all hope that the stick god forgives Ben. G ood luck to the soccor team for their up and com ing gam es.

Zoo Labs have stolen my girlfriend! The anim als are getting restless. H ave you seen the roofers. I h av en ’t seen the roofers. I bet the roofers havent even seen the roofers. And w ho’s that John kid that is hangin’ around our house. W asn’t he killed by a loan shark or a oven m itt shark?

Is it a recliner, is it a loveseat, no its a whole couch! Mike, leam how to use a sludge! Iceburgs ju st can ’t sw ing those things to save the Titanic.

The sem i-form al w ent great! I saw Jimmy get slapped, th a t’s w orth bonus point isn ’t it?

And Dave and Sharron got in a fight, even more bonus points. It scored low in the outcom e for a Zete function, but w e all had a great time.

Saturday night, and good beer. W^hat a com ­ bo. C an you fit a Saturday night and a beer inside a roled up Mr. Phipps though? Probably not without T ed throw ing up! (Ha I kill me!)

SEE YA ZOO T.

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Rem em ber, proceeds go to benefit the charity of the w in n er's choice.

Contestants, pictured clockwise from bottom, and their sponsors: Dan Hebert (Alpha Tau Omega), Profes­ sor B rian S a v ilo n is (W o m e n ’s Track), Chris Roe (Alpha Chi Rho), Provost Diran Apelian (Lambda Chi Alpha), Matt Tapley (Phi Sigma Sig­ ma), Nat Fairbanks (SGA Senate), and Warren Smale (SGA Fxec). Not pictured: Nik Lombard (Theta Chi).

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CLASSIFIEDS W ANTED: Apartm ent to sublet for the sum ­ m er. I BR Apt preferred. Pets Ok. Call Jen after 6 pm 8 4 2 -1239.

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

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

APARTMENT: L arge4-5 Bedrooms. Avail­ able May 25th for one year. Short walk to cam pus. Secure, well m aintained building. New kitchen and bath, laundry, parking, partially furnished. Call 792-(X)49.

ART MUSEUM & ELM AREA: Immacu­ late M anhattan style studios & one BR. Safe, Secure, Quiet, Laundry Room, Heated, from $375. Small deposit. Special rates for graduate students. Call 755-2032.

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

C lean, safe and secure. $ 400/m o, flexible lease.

C A L L Alex at 852-6623.

TRAVEL A B R O A D & W ORK!- M akeupto S2,000-$4,(X)0+ 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 Asian languages required! For more inform a­ tion call: (206) 6 3 2 -1146 ext. J50I I Single Fam ily House. 2 Blocks from school.

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

Appliances. Off-street parking. Available May 1st. $75()/mo plus utilities. Call Gary @ 831 0547.

ALASK ASUM M ER EMPLOYMENT- Earn up to $8,(XX)+ in two months. Room and board!

Transportation! Male or Female. No experience necessary. Call (206)545-4155 ext A 50II 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 House- some with alarm, electric beds, photoelectric outsides lights, etc NOW! Edie 799-2728,842-1583.

Furnished room s in house with other stu­ dents. On Fruit St. at Highland. Private bed­ room . shared bath, kitchen, living room. Begins June for 1 year or mid August for nine months.

U tilities included, parking, laundry. $225-$275 per month. Call 792-0049.

C R U ISE SHIPS NOW HIRING- Earn up to $2,(XX)+/month w orking on Cruise Ships or L and-Tour com panies. W orld travel. Sum m er & Full-Tim e em ploym ent available. No expe­ rience necessary. For m ore information call I206-634-0468 ext. C 5 0 1 I.

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.

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A partm ent: S pacious T hree B edroom s.

A vailable end o f May. C om er of Tech Field.

Newly Renovated. O ff-street parking. Can Easily House four people. Please call (508) 755-6058.

C abaret by W om en's Chorale - G om pei’s.

Yes, a must. April 29, 30.

Sarah, Y ou’re the best thing that ever hap ­ pened to me. Love, Dan. D on’t cry for me Argentina!

H ere’s to the Ladies - G om pei’s - come and see - April 29th and 30th at 7:30pm.

Plant Services has arranged the following with Waste Management: There will be a PAIR of bins at each collection site.

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle T hanks to N ew speak's staff o f ’90, ’91, ’92, ’93, '94. You m ade it all worthwhile - KP

OFFICE PAPER ONLY and NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES.

Please recycle this new spaper Pickup for m agazines is April 29 to May 6 !

O nce you read this paper, put it back for som eone else to read (save paper).

To come... R ecycling at WPI And you said that I couldn’t cook pasta... look who set o ff the fire alarm in Ellsworth...

The wedee for Daniels and Morgan, the west entrance to Morgan (by the driveway and ramp), F o u n d e rs toh h y, the f ik v a tftr iQ b fey flf Institute, and StQdtianl (specifics to be supplied tomorrow).

The collection period will be from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm every day from APRIL 29 to MAY 6, so there’s plenty of time for everyone to hear about it and use it.

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CLASSIFIEDS W ANTED: A partm ent to sublet for the sum ­ mer. I BR Apt preferred. Pets O k . Call Jen after 6 pm 8 4 2 -1239.

Furnished room for rent o ff 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.

APARTM ENT: L arge4-5 Bedrooms. Avail­ able May 25th for one year. Short walk to campus. Secure, well m aintained building. New kitchen and bath, laundry, parking, partially furnished. Call 792-0049.

ART M USEUM & ELM AREA: Im m acu­ late M anhattan style studios & one BR. Safe, Secure, Quiet, Laundry Room , Heated, from $375. Small deposit. Special rates for graduate students. C all 755-2032.

Newly renovated one BR. New windows, new wall to wall carpets. Ten m inute walk to cam pus. O ff-street parking. A ppliances recent.

C lean, safe and secure. $ 400/m o, flexible lease.

CALL Alex at 852-6623.

T RA V EL A B R O A D & W O R K !-M ake u p to $2.000-$4,(X)0+ per month teaching basic co n ­ versational English abroad. Japan,T aiw an, and S. Korea. Many em ployers provide room & board + other benefits. No teaching background or Asian languages required! For m ore inform a­ tion call: (2 0 6 )6 3 2 -1 1 4 6 ext. J5011 Single Fam ily House. 2 Blocks from school.

7 rooms. 3 or 4 BR. W all to wall carpeting.

Appliances. Off-street parking. Available May 1st. $750/mo plus utilities. Call Gary @ 8310547.

ALASKA SUMMER EM PLOYM ENT-Earn up to $8,000+ in tw o months. Room and board!

Transportation! Male or Female. No experience necessary. Call (206)545-4155 ext A 50II Looking for a quiet, secure apartm ent? 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 House- some with alarm , electric beds, photoelectric outsides lights, etc NOW! Edie 799-2728. 842-1583.

Furnished rooms in house with other stu­ dents. On Fruit St. at Highland. Private bed­ room. shared bath, kitchen, living room. Begins June for 1 year or mid A ugust for nine months.

U tilities included, parking, laundry. $225-$275 per month. Call 792-0049.

CRU ISE SHIPS NOW HIRING- Earn up to $2,(K)0+/month working on C ruise Ships or Land-Tour companies. World travel. Sum m er & Full-Tim e em ploym ent available. No expe­ rience necessary. For more inform ation call I206-634-0468 e x t.C 5 0 l I.

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 tor in advance.

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A partm ent: Spacious T hree B edroom s.

Available end o f May. C orner o f Tech Field.

Newly Renovated. O ff-street parking. Can Easily House four people. Please call (508) 755-6058.

Cabaret by W om en's C horale - G om pei's.

Yes, a must. April 29. 30.

Sarah, Y ou’re the best thing that ever hap­ pened to me. Love. Dan.

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H ere’s to the Ladies - G o m p ei's - com e and see - April 29th and 30th at 7:30pm.

Plant Services has arranged the following with Waste Management: There will be a PAIR of bins at each collection site.

Recycle, Recycle, Recycle Thanks to N ew speak's staff o f '90, '91, '92.

'9 3 , '94. You made it all w orthw hile KP Please recycle this new spaper Pickup for magazines is April 29 to May 6 !

O nce you read this paper, put it back for som eone else to read (save paper).

To com e... Recycling at WPI And you said that I couldn't cook pasta... look who set o ff the fire alarm in Ellsworth...

OFFICE PAPER ONLY and NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES. The wedae for Daniels and Morgan, the west mtransg tQ Morgan (by the driveway and ramp), Founders lobby, the e le v a to r tofrby_fff Institute, and Stoddard (specifics to be supplied tomorrow).

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Homecoming just around corner bv Lisa M. Hastings Director o f Young Alumni Programs H omecoming W eekend 1994 will lake place Septem ber I6-I7 with the WPI Engineers tak­ ing on Union C ollege for the Homecoming football game. Last year, the participation of many cam pus groups, including C hain Link

Fence, the Glee Club, The WPI Stage Band, the Pep Band, the Science Fiction Society, the Stu­ dent Alumni Society, and Skull contributed to a fun and festive w eekend for all who attended. If y o u 'd like to be involved, have thoughts about a program we might include, o r plan to host an event during the w eekend, please contact Lisa Hastings at the Alumni Office at ext. 5072.

POLICE LOG Thursday, April 7th 2:28ain - Reckless Driving: Call from Powerhouse reporting a motor vehicle operating on the West St. footbridge.

3:09pm - Vandalism: Service road in front o f Library. Motor vehicle.

11:00pm - Medical: EM S dispatched to Institute Hall for m inor injury to knee.

11:00pm - Medical: O fficer and EMS dispatched to Alumni Field for injury to head.

Friday, April 8th 6:33pm - Assistance: Possible breaking and entering in progress. Becker P.D. requests officer assistance at C edar and West St. 9 : 13pm - Tw o minors fooling around with cars, vehicles checked, all ok. Youths sent on their way.

10 :2 1pm - Report o f Plant Services van outside Daniels, unlocked and students entering same.

Saturday, April 9th 12 :3 1am - Medical response: SN aP reports fem ale with twisted ankle in W edge, O fficer and EMS responds.

3:l6am - Intrusion alarm : Higgins Estate, 1st floor basement.

3 :19am - Breaking and entering and larceny: Higgins House, O fficer responds.

3 :19am - M alicious mischief: Higgins House driveway.

8:28am - Medical alert: Injury on quad. EMS responds.

8:45am - Medical assist: Harrington Gym. EMS responds.

IO:38am - Medical assist: Harrington G ym, foot injury. EMS responds.

11:39pm - Medical assist: Harrington G ym, EMS responds.

Sunday, April IOth 3:43am - M alicious mischief: report o f damage o f Institute Hall elevator.

12:25pm - Medical em ergency: The Bean Shoppe, em ployee has possible broken hand.

12 :3 1pm - Update: Employee not in jurisdiction, advised to call am bulance.

4:06pm - M alicious abuse: student from B ecker calls to report a dism em bered canine in dumpster.

Officers investigate and find nothing.

7:27pm - Medical: EM S dispatched to field for ankle injury.

Monday, April 11th 5:37pm - C om plaint: Students throw ing apples onto Institute Road from Morgan.

Tuesday, April 26th 3:30pm - Baseball at Anna Maria.

4:30pm - Volleyball tournament on the Quad.

6:30pm - Concert: WPI Jazz Ensemble, W ellesley Prism Jazz Ensem ble, Low er Wedge.

7:00pm - Film: “La Vie Est Belle (Life is Rosy),” Gordon Library, Sem inar Room.

9:00pm - Film: Sneak preview of “ No Escape,"Perreault Hall, adm ission by pass only. Available in Student Activities Office.

W ednesday, April 27th Secretary’s Day I l:(X)amto 1:00pm -T ickets go on sale: Arrested D evelopm ent at H C (A pr 29 show ). W edge. $12 for C onsortium .

1:00pm to 6:00pm - QuadFest - Air ball, martial arts dem o, clim bing wall, sum o wrestling, rollerblade hockey 2:00pm to 4:00pm - Volleyball tournam ent.

3:00pm - Pie Eating Contest.

4:30pm - Lecture: Fire Protection Engineering: “ Protection of M anufactured Homes Using Limited W ater Supply Sprinkler System s," by Dr. Robert Bill, R esearch Specialist, Factory Mutual Research Corporation. H iggins Labs, Room 109.

7:00pm to 1 1 :0 0pm -“ Night of the Scream ing Cathode Ray T ube,” H arrington A uditorium , Free for WPI Students, $1 for Consortium .

Thursday, April 28th 7:00pm - M en's Lacrosse vs. Nichols.

8:00pm - Band: “T ribe" and “ Letters to C leo,” Free for WPI students, $5 consortium , $7 others.

Friday, April 29th 7:00pm - Film: "A Brief History o f T im e," Perreault, $1.

7:30pm - Performance: “C abaret." perform ed by the WPI W om en's C horale, G om pei’s, SI WPI Students, $2 others.

8:00pm - Concert: “ Arrested Development - Tour before the LP", H art Center, Holy Cross. $ 12 for Consortium .

Saturday, April 30th 10:00am to 5:00pm - Senior yard sale on the Quad.

12:00pm - Band: “Steady Earnest. High Hats and A llstonians" on the Quad.

7:30pm - Performance: “C abaret," perform ed by the WPI W om en's C horale, G om pei’s, $ I WPI Students, $2 others.

Sunday, May 1st 6:30pm and 9:30pm - Film: “ Mrs. D oubtfire,” Perreault, $2.

Thursday, May Sth End o f D term

Tuesday, April 12th 12:35pm - Noise com plaint: W achusset St. fraternity loud yelling.

REM INDER: Recycling bins will be placed around cam pus for N ewspapers, m agazines, and office paper from April 29 through May 6. 7:00am to 3:30pm.

W ednesday, April 13th 8:5ftpm - Medical response: Lacerated finger, Higgins House.

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