Special Freshmen Arrival Issue N e w s p e a k : M a k e y o u r s ta te m e n t by Vijay Chandra Editor-In-Chief This is Newspeak. The masthead calls it the “Student N ew spaper o f W orcester Polytechnic Institute.” It is the best source of inform ation on cur rent events on the WPI cam pus and global events as they affect us, the student body. N ew speak is com prised o f a diverse representation o f the stu dent body, and stresses this diversity through its content. A reas o f interest as loosely related as fine arts and rock clim bing regularly find their way into the pages o f N ewspeak as special fea tures. Concise review s are a feature of the paper, and it is known for its in sightful com m entary. The publica tion serves as a forum for discussion
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Polytechnic Institute,” im plying that it should be by students for students (as well as the rest o f the WPI com m u nity). It has been said that N ew speak has recently fallen into a pattern of putting forth little in the way of new jo u r n a lis m . It h as b een c a lle d ‘A dspcak’ and has been accused of h aving lax jo u rn a listic stan d ard s. However it hag rem ained a student newspaper. It is still w ritten by stu dents for students. In recent years, interest in w orking for your college new spaper has dw indled seriously. This trend does not need to continue. This is your opportunity to help direct the most widely available media form on campus. Just about any student at W PI can find som ething at the new spaper that
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you, the student body. It has been said that the best way to get w hat you want is to do it yourself. If you are interested in any of the above or just want to check out our organization come down to our office. We are located in the basement of Riley on the Daniels side (through the side door, down the stairs and take a left). You can drop us a note to box 2700, email us at newspeak@wpi.wpi .edu, call us at 831-5464 (voice mail) or fax us at 831-5721. There will be a meeting on Thursday, August 25 (first day o f classes) at 7 pm in the Newspeak office for anyone interested in joining our staff or simply finding out more information. Don't forget to check out our booth at the Activities Fair on the quad next Wednes day!
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User’s guide to the Gordon Library by Don Richardson Reference Dept., Gordon Library The sta ff o f the G eorge C. G or don Library w elcom es all new and returning stu d en ts and w ishes you good luck as you begin the 19941995 academ ic year. T he sta ff is here to help you. So please d o n ’t be afraid to ask q u estio n s w hen you need help. T here is tim e set aside on the new student o rien ta tio n sch ed ule for you to visit the lib rary . Com e in then o r w h enever you have som e tim e. You will discover that the library is more than a collection o f books or a place to study. Through its varied services, collections, and facilities, the library can play an active role in sup port of your academ ic inform ation needs. Yes, the library does have books. The book collection includes both general and specialized titles not only in all areas of engineering, tech nology, and science, but also in the hum anities and social sciences.
B esides books, though, th e li brary co llectio n includes su b s c rip tions to 1,400 cu rrent jo u rn a ls and m agazines; local, national, an d in tern atio n al new spapers; audio and video cassettes; m usical scores and re c o rd in g s; C D -R O M d a ta b a s e s ; com puter softw are; WPI archival and histo rical m aterials; and project re ports, theses, and d isssertatio n s by W PI stu d en ts. In addition to all o f this, the li brary also prov id es access to h u n dreds o f sp ecialized d atab ases, li brary catalo g s, and o ther in fo rm a tion reso u rces v ia local, n atio n al, and in te rn a tio n a l c o m p u te r n e t w o rk s, including the Internet. T o help you g et acquainted w ith J o r d o n L ibrary and provide som e b asic in fo rm atio n , w e’ve listed here several q u estio n s and an sw ers. If yo u r q u estio n s a re n ’t answ ered here, or if you w ould like m ore in fo rm a tion, please com e to the R eferen ce D ep artm en t on the m ain flo o r o f G ordon Library and talk with on e o f
the R eference L ibrarians. W hen is th e lib ra ry open? From late A ugust to early May, the library is open: Sun Noon - M idnight Mon - Thurs 8 A.M. - Midnight Fri 8 A .M .- 1 1 P .M . Sat 9 A .M .- 9 P.M. D uring term and sem ester breaks and holiday periods, library hours may vary from this schedule. Changes in the regular hours are posted at the main entrance as well as in various cam pus media. You can pick up a calendar of the lib rary ’s scheduled hours for the current year in the R efer ence or Circulation Departments. H ow do you fin d o u t w h a t th e
lib ra ry has? Look up books and other m aterials in the lib rary ’s online public access catalog. Search the catalog by the N am es o f authors or organizations; by W ords that dcscribfi the subject or topic o f a book; or Brow se alphabeti cally by book T itle. Use the catalog to find out the Call N um ber and Loca tion o f m aterials in the library and their Status (i.e., if item s are checked out or not). W h e re is th e lib ra ry c ata lo g ? T here are term inals located on the main floor, ju st to the right of the library entrance. These term inals are labelled LIB RA R Y PRO G R A M or C/ W M A RS. W hen you use the library program term inals, select menu letter
a to access the library catalog. The library catalog is available out side the library too via the library program on the cam pus com puter net w ork. W h a t is th e lib ra ry p ro g ra m ? The library program runs on the C CC Unix System com puters on the cam pus network. Just log in to your account and type library. The pro gram provides access to a num ber of library services and resources, includ ing ** Gordon L ibrary’s O nline Public A ccess Catalog and the Catalogs of Nearly 70 L ibraries in Central and W estern MA * * U nCover, A D atabase W ith Ref-
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You're majoring in what? Virtually every college sees approxi mately half of its students change their m ajor at least once before graduation and WPI is no exception. Just because you have chosen to attend a college with a strong science and engineering focus does not m ean you know exactly w hich major is right for you. Fortu nately, WPI offers the M ajor Selection Program (M SP) to help students get the information they need to m ake a wellinformed decision. A s a freshman, you might be in one o f the following categories: 1.) Y ou’re confident about your choice of major and have a good idea o f your career plans. Congratulations. 2.) Y ou’re confident about your choice of major, but not so sure about career options related to your major. In this case, you’ll find several com po nents of the MSP useful. 3.) Y ou’ve chosen a major, but
you’re not sure it’s the right one for you. You should consider enrolling in the M SP Sem inar which m eets on W ednesdays from 2:30-4:00pm dur ing A term. In this non-credit sem inar (which you take in addition to your three academ ic courses), you’ll hear from faculty, alumni, and upperclass students about the full range of m ajors available at WPI. 4.) Y ou’re totally confused about your major and are officially U N D E CIDED. D on’t worry, the MSP will help you to get on track. Regardless o f which category you fall into, you’re invited to take advan tage o f any MSP service which you find helpful. Check your New Student O rientation schedule for opportunities to get more information about the M a jo r Selection Program or stop by the M SP O ffice on the third floor o f Boynton Hall.
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COMMENTARY
Philler Cannonballs and Chastity Belts - Welcome Back fo r the First Time by Laurel and Guinevere H ello incom ing Freshmen! Since most, if not all, o f you have no idea what this column is about, w e ’ll start off slow ly with a recap/reprint of som e of our colum ns from this past year. In the interest o f not totally freaking you all out, we will stick with the more m undane (if such a thing could ever describe this colum n) of our written m aterial. But before we even do that, we will clear up a few questions that you may have, or answ er them before you can even think them. First o f all, we certainly hope that you realize that “Laurel and G uinevere” are not our real nam es. W e picked them for rea sons that no one w ill ever know, so there. M ost of you are probably tech geeks, so you could attem pt to find out our real names, but that w ould be a pointless waste of time, since we are far too clever to ever let that happen. So, ju st sit back, and becom e a loyal reader o f “Philler,” and d o n ’t ask any dumb questions... Oh, w ait. T h a t’s not entirely correct. W e actually W ANT you to think o f things, and if you c a n ’t figure them out for yo u r selves, then ask us. You may write us email (o rsen d snail mail if you are that com puter illiterate) at new speak, c/o Philler (that means mail it to newspeak, and put Philler as the subject). No, don’t bother to ask the N ewspeak staff if they w ill tell you who we are, they either d o n ’t know, or w o n ’t tell. Deal with it Pink Boy! Philler is dedicated to bringing the W PI student popula tion a variety of valuable services. Among them are: humor (kind of), information or really neat/weird stuff, and bizarre interpretations o f campus events (or lack thereof). The opinions expressed therein are not those of N ewspeak (w ell, not necessarily), and som etim es they are not even ours, but hey. Usually they are w ritten late at night, so they can get quite silly, but that is the purpose. It is filler, or rather Philler; what more need be said? Thank you for w aiting, and for putting up with our crap. We now return you to our reg u larly sch ed u led pro g ram , which is also us, hm m m ... O h, by the way, we typically receive more feed back from the student population than those serious (and quite rare) editori als that should have more im portance to the readers, but som ehow d o n ’t. (reprint from Tuesday, February 8, 1994) W e like to think it’s almost spring time. It’s finally starting to get warmer. Soon the birds will be sin g ing, the trees will be budding... U nfor tunately, the only spring tim e event has been melting snow w hich has led to the creation o f sm all stream s and ponds around cam pus. W e have the ever popular Riley River, Founders Lake, Quad Pond, and the M ulti-Pur pose Field™ of w ater logged Astroturf. When w e came to W PI, we envisioned an engineering school which applied their technology throughout cam pus. We expected buildings designed by the civils which dem onstrated new building techniques. We expected the computer department to sponsor a cam pus w ide network with term inals in every room. (HEY, this actually hap pened! Neat.) W e w anted a mail room w ho would flip a sw itch which would turn on a sm all light in your room w hen you g ot m ail so you w ouldn’t have to check your mailbox all the time. Most o f all, we expected a drainage system that w ould work. Silly us. W e, personally, do not own k n e e -h ig h ru b b e r b o o ts to w alk through the puddles seem ingly d e signed to appear around cam pus. T his is an engineering school. T hings should be built to funnel w ater into drains instead o f form ing large puddles you m ust ford to get to class. We ju st don’t understand. Yes, the snow has baffled Plant Services once again. Coming back to cam pus after W inter Break, there were several paths shov eled... correction... created about cam pus. W e figured that they w ere tem porary paths made right after the snow storm, so people could get around
easier than through a foot or so of snow . U nfortunately, that was all they had planned. These paths were cre ated by, as far as we could discern, a type of m achine, which had a plow on the front end, raised one or two inches above the sidew alk, followed by a truck which sprayed the snow with w ater and then pressed it flat with a roller o f som e sort. This machine, how ever, docs not have the ability to go up stairs. Stairs, it seem s, were left for the people to climb o f their own devices. So basically, to get anywhere in the last few w eeks, we have to take sm all steps w ith our hands sticking our to balance ourselves as we try to w alk down w avy ice-covered side walks. For a w hile, the paths d id n ’t even let you get close enough to the street to cross, either... Eventually, people started m aking practical paths, and reforming som e sort o f stairw ays w hich w ere treacherous at best. So, som eone decided that these paths w eren ’t good enough. Back where w e ’re from, w e have these nifty neat things called shovels. Plant Services only knows o f sand, sand, sand, sand. Everyw here w e look, sand covering slippery ice below . Sort o f like cam ouflage for ice to hide under until you step on it, and then the ice pops out of now here and m akes you land squarely on your bum. W hen the sand d id n ’t seem to be doing the trick, they de cided to add m ore sand. When the sm ooth ice turned into sm ooth ice w ith small holes from the sand which had melted through, they decidcd to try the novel idea of... adding more sand. Basically, come spring, w e’ll have enough sand around campus to have a SocCom sponsored beach party about campus. N ow, we can see where it w'ould be a pain to shovel cam pus by hand. But we think a few key spots could have been arranged. Like steps for instance. T h e re ’s nothing quite as exhilarating as trying to run down icy steps when y o u ’re late for class. Lau rel fell down a full flight o f stairs last year. She went to Res. Life, and what did they do? Right, add more sand... T hat nice sloping path which comes dow n the hill in front of Boynton along Institute? Instantly transform ed into a w onderfully sloping bobsled track of death. Shovel, chop ice, do som ething so we can walk w ithout falling down at least once a day. People are skip ping classes because it’s ju st too hard to try to get around campus... The only truly practical, innovative, good idea thing around this cam pus is the G od send to Founders residents and others w ho d o n’t live ‘on the h ill’: the heated Library steps. Even on the most icy day, the library steps up the hill are dry and toasty w arm to the touch. It also tends to have a wicked cool sm oke m achine effect in the m ornings after a light snow. It feels like y o u ’re in a m usic video som e mornings. U nfortu nately, the steps them selves are too short to walk up com fortably, and too far apart to take two at a time to com pensate. T h at’s another thing: steps. W e’ve been noticing that most sets of steps around cam pus come in odd num bers. That d o e sn ’t seem to be a big deal, but when y o u ’re in a hurry, and w ant to take tw o steps at a time, you alw ays have one o f those awkward half set o f steps at the end which gives you that funny feeling in your stom ach for som e bizarre reason. We think m ost of the steps should be redone around cam pus w ith even numbers of steps, and rise-run ratios calculated for human beings. O ther wonderful applications o f the technology taught at this school. We have Riley Hall w hich we believe is a civil engineer ing project gone horribly awry. D on’t get us wrong, w e love the look o f the building, but it seem s to be experienc ing a very strong gravity field which causes the ceilings to get low er and low er as you go up in the building. And we are sure that most o f you have been in G oddard Hall at least once. Did ya ever notice that Goddard really sucks? L iterally, it sucks. (Heh, heh. W e said suck... Shut up B eavis...) In
fact, you have to brace yourself like a mountain clim ber to open the door w ithout dislocatin g your shoulder. Who designed this thing? Further more, w hen you try to leave the build ing, there is this A rctic blast of air (kinda like those in the York Pepper mint Patty com m ercials) that nearly knocks you off your feet - and, as we surely know , does a good job in m ess ing up your hair. And did-cha eva notice how it’s alm ost like this sick game o f “w ho gets to open the door” when m ore than one person is ap proaching the dreaded entrance? Ev eryone kind o f s-l-o-w -s down until one person reaches the door, then once they open it, everyone hurries up to get through before it closes. The magic is over. It’s just a norm al school, with normal building problem s, no drains, a chem istry building that could spon taneously im plode at any minute, and a civil engineering building named after a structural disaster. If a campus conveys the spirit of the technology taught, we hope the com panies that are thinking o f hiring up d o n ’t come down to visit. (reprinted from Tuesday, February 15, 1994) Just a little ditty (not about Jack and Diane) about the Daniels Hall elevator, even though most students will never get the chance to take advantage o f the awe-inspiring ride it provides. The truth o f the matter is, the elevator is getting old, and, well, maybe it does not work quite at well as it used to. As it turns out, if you (foolishly) press more than one button at once, the darling little thing gets all confused, and decides to send you on a bizarre trip - to Floor 2.5. When the doors open, you will see the scrawled message, “ Holy sh*t, you’re stuck!” Apparently this has been hap pening for quite some time. This won derful “ Vertical People Transporter™ ” was probably designed and built by some grumpy old man exacting his petty
revenge on the youth of tomorrow. (Fig ure *that* one out if you can...) I would not advise trying this particular stunt, as the elevator has been aging, and is quite unpredictable - kinda like a Mr. Wizard experiment, but different. At this time in our article, we would like to pause in our in-depth and wicked serious investiga tion to pose a few questions that have us stumped: Why is every single electrical outlet in Founders Hall upside-down? Who are the stone faces, on the front of Sanford Riley Hall above the front door, supposed to be? Is there any ‘"practical* use for the Wedge? Let us make sure we got this straight. Washburn: Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and ‘ M anagem ent*? Huh? Why is Boynton Hall unlike every other build ing on campus? Stone is cool, but it don’t match. (We w on’t even get into the stucco-ness of Institute Hall...) Is there any practical reason why the door hinges to the Washburn Shops are not placed at the ends of the door, where even non-engineers usually put them? And whatever happened to all those nifty-neat levers, and switches, and di als (oh my!) in Atwater Kent? (Just to confuse people, walk by the remaining panels and throw one of the switches. Wait for a second, check a dial, nod, and then leave.) Why docs the ceiling in the third floor stairwell in Washburn sud denly shrink to Alice in Wonderland “Drink M e” height? And on a similar note, where does the Alice in W onder land “Drink Me” height door in Salisbury lead to, which can only be accurately described as on the 0.5th floor? and last, but not least: How many floors are in Gordon Library, anyhow? It just seems to go down, and down, and down... W e interrupt ourselves once again to bring you this w eek’s winner o f the award for the Silliest Piece of Architecture on a C am p u s o f L earned E n g in eers (S.P.A.C.L.E.). Do this and you’ll see: Exit the front door of Fuller Labs. The
*real* front door. Not the one that everybody (except Civils) use. In case you don’t know, it faces Salisbury Street. Walk down the stairway toward the street, and as you pass by Kaven Hall, take a look at the windows. If you have a keen eye, you may notice a wicked small window that looks like a tumor growing off the big window next to it. (Yes it’s a tooma.) (reprint from T uesday, February 22, 1994) For the next portion of our show, we will enlighten you with (another) list o f w eird and stupid things around cam pus. T his is the part that you can blam e us for, cuz we thought of this stuff... W e understand why Plant Ser vices cut back the bushes by the li brary steps, but why did they leave the stum ps? I guess they w ere ju st trying to stop tell m uggers, leaving' a nice hide-out for the short ones. W PI: Land of O pportunities. Is it a coincidence that only the dorm s down the hill, i.e. Founders and Institute, have studentusable elevators? One reason that we cam e up with for this is that, as all you techies know , gravity is stronger the closer one gets to the center of the planet. Therefore, it is out o f kindness to the students suffering in the lower recesses of cam pus that they are al lowed to use the elevators to combat the increased gravitational difficul ties in clim bing stairs. (It seem s to us that our im agination has far outrun our technical ability.) W ho or w hat is de picted on the Riley Hall statue? It kinda looks like a person in a hard hat, but we are not sure. Maybe it is one of the construction workers. (O r, more accurately, a statue of one of the work ers, as they w ere probably bigger than nine inches tall...) If anyone knows, please tell us, cuz we ain’t sure, and w e ’re w icked curious. If a sm all child ever asks you where bricks come from, you may be hard pressed to provide an Continued to page 7
LETTERS
From the Dean of Student Life D ear New S tu d en ts, As D ean of Student Life it is my pleasure to add my welcome to the many you will be receiving as you begin your orientation experience at WPI. This publication as well as all of the program s and a ctiv ities scheduled during New Student Orientation are designed to provide you with inform a tion and resources that we believe will assist you with your transition into W PI. W hile we have attempted to anticipate the needs of new students, please d o n ’t hesitate to lei any one of the staff know if there are additional services you need. Orientation represents an exciting
time for the WPI community for it is during orientation that we pass on not only the tools to facilitate your aca demic success but the values that d e fine us as a community. Those values include a respect for the contributions of individuals, an appreciation for the diversity o f our student body, a sense of discovery and entrepreneurship, and a spirit o f cooperation. We hope that you will take advan tage o f all of the orientation sessions that have been planned for you as well as the ongoing programming that o c curs throughout the academ ic year which reinforces our belief in the val ues o f our community. WPI is committed to providing its
students with a first rate, quality edu cational program as well as an atmo sphere conducive to and supportive of the social, cultural and emotional de velopm ent of each of its community mem bers. This commitment can only be achieved through a partnership be tween all m em bers of the community. We hope that you will become an ac tive partner in all aspects of your WPI education. A ll the b est w ith the beginning of your new v enture. P lease let us know how w e can assist you along the w ay.
Sincerely, Janet Begin Richardson Dean of Student Life
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Saturday August 20,1994
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Demosthenes "What a long, strange trip i t ’s been " W e haven’t had that spirit here since 1969.....so goes the song “ Hotel C alifornia” by the Eagles. Most of us students were not alive then and many of our parents w eren’t even married at that point, either, som e 25 years ago. That year saw: man landing on the moon, the continuing w ar against Ho Chi Minh in Veitnam , President Rich ard Nixon, Charles Manson playing with knives, and both Martin Luther King, Jrand Robert Kennedy mourned, and the Chicago Seven standing trial. T he event through w hich many w ould remember from the so called “sum m er of peace and love” was an open air concert held on a farm in Bethel, New York, called W oodstock. Here for a weekend, more than a hun dred thousand people got together and listened tobands like the Grateful Dead, the Jim i Hendrix Experience, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and Jefferson A irplane play to a mud covered crowd for three days. This is considered by m any to have been the event that
show ed the shape that a generation w ould take. People did not make a profit, most stuff was donated, even the National G uard, courtesy o f Nelson Rockefeller. And we know how many people suffered and are suffering now. (W e all know all th at’s im plied here) 25 years have passed. The Baby Boom ers are nearing 40. There are M cD onald’s in Moscow. Man has not been on the moon since 1972, and the W orld Cup of Soccer ended last month at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Much has changed. And apparently a group o f us wanted to relive that feeling o f peace and love. So we recom m erated W oodstock! Yes another concert on a farm in Upstate New York! Get lots o f B ands (some w hose genre of music did not even exist in 1969). Get corporate sponsors, truck in the metal detectors and the cyclone fences. Charge hun dreds of dollars for tickets, bring in food vendors. Yes, that’s the w ay... let’s show what America has becom e in the last 25 years.
P e o p le re m e m b e r th e fir s t W oodstock for the feeling it gener ated. One lady was interviewed on some news show talked about w alking the clogged country roads to the orignal concert and how the excitment grew as they approached the fairgrounds. M ost people did not even pay the six dollars the organizers wanted. People shared blankets and food at the original co n cert and there w as only one fight which was quickly broken up. (It could have been that cloud o f smoke that m el lowed everyone out...) Were there any distinct differences this time around? W hat will people rem ember 25 years from now? W hat will they say about the recent concert in Saugraties, NY? W hat happened this time? There w ere signs as far away as exit 9 in M assachusetts on 1-90 noting the length o f traffic delays at the concert grounds, some 150 m iles away. You can buy your Pepsi cans that say W oodstock 1969-1994 on them and say “uh huh” like the com m cricals on TV advertis
ing it. What happened to peace and love? The point o f W oodstock to those that w ere there in 1969 could have been just to get together and listen to some bands. Sure you can read into it and say it was about “peace, love, and happiness... love you and love me, ” but I think the only ones who know what the true point of W oodstock was, were too stoned or gettin’ busy at the time. So on a personal level, what can I tell you about W oodstock ‘94? I don’t know. I w asn’t about to pay $49.95 plus taxes where applicable to get my dose o f mud, and love Tim e-W am er style. C orporate A m erica milked a name, and they did quite well assum ing $155 per ticket and 350,000 turn out, gives som ething like 54.25 million dollars in ticket revenue, and then assuming a half million homes tuned in, at $50 a head... More money was made than anyone would like to im ag ine on the whole deal, and you wonder why that was the first outdoor concert
perm it issued in New Y ork since 1971.... The culture of corporate America has perm eated us during the ReaganBush years. The first we noticed this w as the syndrom e o f beating a good m ovie to death (remem ber Rocky?). If the underlying emotion for W oodstock w ere those them es o f the late 6 0 ’s then in W oodstock ‘94 emulated the expo nential grow th of greed. Caring about fellow man does not have a price. Many people gave their blood, sweat, and tears to turn the heart o f America to w ards the plight of people in Southeast A sia. M aybe we w ere naive at the original show , kids in the scheme of things, and now we are seeing the real w orld that we were som ehow insulated from by our youth. Maybe now that its been proven that personal freedom (or recklessness) can be achieved, how do w e account for its effects? The point of W oodstock could have been music, or kindness and caring. But what real evidence do we have o f that now?
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Masque, MW Repertory bring theatre to campus by Noah Weisleder Masque President There has always been a tradition o f great theatre at W orcester Polytech nic Institute, where plays have been performed for over a hundred years. There are currently two very active theatre groups on the W PI campus, WPI Masque and the MW Repertory Theatre Company. Both provide the atre o f high quality for the WPI com m unity, but they do so in different ways. The combination of the two cre ate a M illin g theatre season for the audience and the m em bers o f the pro ductions. Masque is the official theatre club of W PI. They put on four productions a year, one every term. The B-terms show is directed by Susan Vick, a pro fessor in the humanities department
and the club advisor. This year the Bte rm show w ill be W illia m Shakespeare’s A M idsumm er N ig h t’s Dream. The C-term show is tradition ally directed by the Masque president. In D-term Masque presents the New Voices Festival, an annual event which has become one o f the biggest events on campus. New V oices features plays that arc written and produced entirely by the WPI community. Certain plays from New Voices are carried over to a m initure version o f the festival that is presented during A-term of the next year. This years incarnation o f this festival is New Voices 12 1/2, and w ill be presented in Alden Hall on Septem ber 30. The MW Repertory Theatre C om pany is completely managed and sup ported by the m em bers o f the com pany. They produce two shows a year,
one in A-term and one in C-term. This years A-term production will be Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grille, by Bruce Graham. The com pany votes on which plays they will produce and selects the producer and the director for the show. This format results in a very dynam ic theatre com pany which offers many opportunities for audiences and for those intested in w orking in a production. If you are interested in theatre at WPI you are encouraged to attend a Masque meeting, which take place at 4:30pm on fridays behind the Alden Hall stage in the Green Room. All arc always welcome. You may also co n tact the M asque P resid en t, N oah W eisleder ( e-m ail: wildm an@ wpi or W PI Box 3171 ). Theatre at WPI is alive and grow ing, and is always open to all who are interested.
M*A*S*H (Math And Science Help) program M *A *S*H is an acad em ic su p port program for first-y e a r students in m athem atics and scien ce courses, and is offered by the o ffice o f A ca dem ic A dvising. O ffered to all stu dents enrolled in a su p p o rted course, M *A *S*H p ro v id es assistan ce in reg u larly-sch eduled study sessions b eginning the first w eek o f the term . M *A *S*H review sessio n s are o ffe re d for a lim ited n u m b er o f co u rses which studen ts and faculty have identified as d ifficu lt. These co u rses may have heavy hom ew ork assig n m en ts or they m ay require understanding of new and difficu lt
concepts. W hatever the reason, som e co u rses are m ore ch allen g in g than o th e rs. M *A *S*H helps stu d en ts m eet that challenge. Each study g ro u p is g u ided by a M *A *S*H leader, an u n d erg rad u ate stu d e n t who has taken the co u rse b efo re and w ho, therefo re, u n d e r sta n d s the course m aterial and w hat the instructor ex p ects. M *A *S*H lead e rs attend all c lass lectures, take n o tes, com plete assig n ed read ing s and o th er assignm ents, and co n du ct th ree or four 50-m in u te M *A *S*H se ssio n s each w eek. By a tten d in g c la ss and d e m o n stratin g e ffec tiv e
student b ehavior, M *A *S*H lea d ers can assist stu d en ts w ith the la n guage o f the d iscip lin e, the in te g ra tion o f lecture and readings, and the d ev elopm ent o f good study habits. Through the M *A*S*H program , students becom e actively involved with the content material in a support ive environm ent. Studies show stu dents w ho attend M *A*S*H sessions regularly earn higher grades than stu dents electing not to participate. But even more im portant, M *A*S*H par ticipants m aster new concepts, learn to put ideas into perspective, and d e velop a better way to study.
Society of Women Engineers seeking new members by Lydia-Anne Stawasz Society of Women Engineers Q . W h a t is SW E ? A. T he Society o f W om en E ngi neers is a nonprofit, ed u catio n al se r vice organization o f grad u ate e n g i n e e rs and w om an and m en w ith eq u ivalent enginneerin g ex p erien ce, and o f com panies d ed ica ted to m ak ing know n the need for w om en en g i neers, encouraging young w om en to pursue an engineering ed ucation and m aking the public aw are o f o p p o rtu nities for wom en in the en g in eerin g field. Q . W h a t is S W E ’s p u rp o se ? A . S pecifically, its o b jectiv es are: to inform young w om en, their p ar ents, counselors and the p ublic in g e n e ra l o f the q u a lific a tio n s and achievem ents of w om en engineers and o f the o p p o rtu n itie s open to them ; to assist w om en en g in errs and read y in g them selves for a return to active w ork after tem porary absence; and to encourage w om en eng in eers to attain high levels o f ed u catio n al and professional ach iev em en t.
Q . W h a t does S W E do? A. The Society has the follow ing M issio n S ta te m e n t: to s tim u la te w om en to achieve full potential as engineers and leaders; to expand the im age of the engineering profession as a positive force in im proving the quality of life; and to dem onstate the value of diversity. Q . C a n m en jo in ? A. Yes. Q . W h a t kinds o f th in g s does S W E d o h e re a t W P I? A. SW E holds a G irl Scout Badge Day to help young girls com plete badges in A erospace and Engineer ing. SW E has binders in the library w h ic h have in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t nam es, etc. of com panies that have been present at S W E ’s national co n ference and shown an interest in hir ing w om en engineers. SW E has food at som e meetings. SW E sponsors a p e e r m e n to rin g p ro g ra m w h ic h m atches incom ing women freshm en w ith an upperclassm en who can help them with adjustm ent to college life and be a resource. SW E sponsors “A Day In The Life” for Girl Inc. in the
spring. This educates younger girls on what an engineer is. And m uch, much, more. Q. A ny special th in g s to know a b o u t S W E in g e n e ra l? A. SW E has a nationwide resume data base that it makes available to com panies who are looking to hire women engineers. SW E has lots o f scholarships available to m em bers and you need only fill out one application to be eligible for all awards. Q . W hy should I jo in W P I S W E ? A. To give you a chance at the oppotunites offered by SW E both at the national and WPI level. To meet new people and have fun. To be able to go to the National Conference in spring 1995 w hich will be held in Boston! Q. W hen a n d w h ere is th e first m eetin g ? A. Com e to Salisbury Labs 123 at 7pm on W ednesday, Septem ber 7. Q. I have m o re q u e stio n s a b o u t S W E , how do I g et th em a n sw e re d ? A. Go to the A c tiv ities Expo on W ednesday aftern o o n , A u gust 24th on the Q uad o r em ail sw e@ w pi.
Counseling and Student Development Center is here to help you by Rebecca Martinez Former STRIVE RA Making the transition from high school to college is often a very excit ing and eagerly anticipated time of life. The new social and academ ic environ ments arc vastly different from what they were in high school. The educa tion and experience gained at WPI prepares its graduates for a very bright and successful future. There arc times, how ever, during these academ ic years when pressure, anxiety, or depression can hinder one's ability to successfully cope with his/ her personal, social, or academ ic life. For first-year students, especially, the drastic environmental change can strain existing worries as well as create new ones. The C ounseling and Student D evel opment Center on cam pus is a primary
resource from which WPI students can benefit at no cost. The staff of caring and qualified professionals are here to help students make important choices in all aspects o f their academ ic and personal lives, learn how to study ef fectively in college, and control stress and anxiety-related symptoms. Ser vices such as sem inars and interest groups and group and individual coun seling can help students deal with is sues such as personal loss, relationship troubles, or feelings of depression. The C ounseling and Student D evel opm ent C enter is located at 157 West Street and is open to all students from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. M onday through Friday. Students arc encour aged to call 831-5540 or drop in to m ake an appointm ent. In case of em er gency, students may call Campus Po lice (who are available 24 hours a day seven days a week) at 831-5555.
Gordon Library services Continued from page I erences from 15,000 Journals ** H undreds o f Library Catalogs and D atabases on the Internet ** WPI IQP and MOP Report Cata log ** Journals and M agazines in the Gordon Library ** FirstScarch, an online reference system with access to subject-specific databases with references to journals, magazines, and new spapers. How Do You F in d O u t W h ere T hings A re L ocated? One thing that you can do is ask at the Reference Desk or at the Circulation Desk, where a staff member can direct you to where you need to go. The library also has directories located on each floor at the elevator/stairwell entrance. On the main floor, the directories are oppo site Circulation. How Do You C h eck O u t Books? B ring your ID card and the books that you w ant to borrow to the C ircu lation D esk. Students can check out books for 4 w eeks and can renew them u n less the books have been requested by som eone else. C an Y ou C h eck O u t P erio d icals? No, periodicals must be used in the library only. T here are 3 photocopiers in the library though, w hich you can use to copy articles from journals and magazines. W h e re Do Y ou F in d R e serv e M a te ria ls? Faculty members put on reserve ma terials that they want the entire class to look at. This can include assigned read-
ings, text books, and homework prob lems and solutions. Reserve materials arc kept at the Circulation Desk and may be used in the library. You’ll need to present your student ID at the Circula tion Desk to use reserves. Flow C a n Y ou M ake Photocopies in th e L ib ra ry ? Tw o copiers are in Room 208, the room adjacent to the Circulation Desk, and one is located outside the A udiovi sual Room on the First Floor. The copiers are operated with copy cards, w hich may be purchased in Room 208. T he first floor copier also takes coins. C a n Y ou C h eck O u t Books at O th e r L ib ra rie s ? WPI students can use their student ID cards to check out books at the C lark U niversity and Holy C ross C ol lege Libraries. Students also can uti lize the services o f Gordon L ibrary’s Interiibrary Loan O ffice to borrow from other libraries m aterials that G ordon Library does not own. W h e re C a n You G et H elp in th e L ib ra r y ? G o to the R eference D epartm ent on the m ain floor if you have q u e s tio n s about using the library catalog or other reso u rces, or if you need h elp finding inform ation on a topic. For q uestions about ch ecking out library m aterials, using reserve m a te rials, or photocopying, please go to the C ircu latio n D epartm ent, also on the m ain flo o r. Y ou can call the library at cam p u s extension 5410, and you can send e-m ail to libraryq u estio n s@ w p i.
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h. Hampton Beach, NH (Beach, arcades, food, and Casino Ballroom) i. Scarborough Beach, RI (beach and boardwalk area) j. Revere Beach, MA (beach and am usem ent park) k. Foxboro Stadium (H om e of the beloved New England Patriots) I. W oodstock (or at least the mess that's left), Saugerties, N Y m. Cape Cod n. Rockport, MA (Artist Colony)
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n. Taco Bell (Under construction, open soon) o. IH OP (Open till 4am) p. Show case Cinema q. W ebster Square Cinema r. W hite City Cinema s. Lincoln Plaza Cinem a t. G reendale Mall u. W orcester Center G alleria (not much here) v. H iggins Armory (m useum o f archiac w eaponry) w. C entrum (Home of the M ass M arauders, and m ajor concert venue) x D ow ning Drug (perscription deliveries) y. T atnuck Bookseller (bookstore) z. Great Cuts
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WPI Pub C om m ittee Presents An Orientation Show:
Sunday, August 21
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Tuesday, August 23rd 9:45 PM Gompei's Pub
"WPI's own improvisational comedy troupe" Institute Hall 9:00- 10:00 pm
Aron Atkins "A better picture o f life with an acoustic guitar" Stoddard Lawn 8:30 - 9:15 pm 9:45 - 10:30 pm
Free Admission to All WPI Students
The Abandon An up and coming Worcester rock band Riley Commons 8:30-9:15 pm 9:45 - 10:30 pm
Attention Students! Part time work available in the neighborhood!
International Student Council Multicultural performance, games, and dance party Lower Wedge 8:30 - 10:00 pm Be sure to get your passport, and to get it stamped at the passport table at each event you attend. And to complete this Around the Campus Party, come back to Alden Hall at 10:30 for a true "tech school" movie - Real Genius.
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(reprint from Tuesday, March 1, 1994) It’s winter again. W e thought we had spring. We were wrong. I doubt M other Nature reads our colum n, so it w o n ’t do any good to com plain to her. However, som e things do pay off. Have you seen the condition o f the stairs around here? T h ey ’re shoveled!!! You can walk on them!!! The snow isn’t just packed down from the people w alking on it, th ey ’re actually shov eled!!! Even more im pressive than a sighting of N essie, w e’ve seen people with ice chop pers/scrapers the other day. W e’re not saying that we saw them using it, but it’s not som e thing the typical person carries around with them for the fun o f it... U nless of course there’s som ething very bizarre going on that we d o n ’t want to think about... ANYhow, we *gasp* thank Plant Services for all o f the work they’ve been doing to keep our bum s from being bruised. BUT! W e have some more questions for them now: T he stairs going up from the library parking lot... W hat is the significance of re moving the snow from only the right side of the staircase? T here must be some deep dark secret here, possibly linked to organized crime... W hat’s under that pile of snow, guys? Now that we think about it, the front steps of Alden and the Library are the sam e way... We would say that there must be some kind of “cover up,” but we digress... and now for som ething com pletely different: Top 11 Rejected Candidates for S W E ’s “Top 10 Reasons to Be an Engi neer” at WPI: 11. You can reply when people ask you “ Why is the sky blue?” 10. It’s fun to make your friends despise you when you play Trivial Pursuit. 9. You can derive the resonant frequency of a person. 8. Calculus hom ew ork
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sure beats partying. 7. You can learn to design buildings and stairw ays like those at WPI. 6. Good practice for not having a social life. 5. Fun and easy to use program s such as TKSol ver and A sEasyA s. 4. Cute Engineering guys. 3. DAKA is brainfood. 2. You can go to lab AND learn a foreign language sim ultaneously. And the number one rejected candidate for SW E’s “Top 10 Reasons to Be an Engineer” at WPI: 1. Chemistry I with Scala a great way to begin a career. O ur dear, dear friend, Jim O ’Connor, (well, we have never met you, nor will we, but y ou’re a fan, so w ho cares?) wrote to us in answer to our question about the statue on top o f SanfordRiley H all. It seem s that this miniature stone person is M inerva, who is the Roman goddess o f w isdom , invention, the arts, and martial prow ess. She also happens to be the patron saint o f SAE, and w as included in the design since Sanford Riley the man w as a member o f the fraternity when he attended W PI. (Funny, we thought the patron saint o f SAE w as Phi Sig S ig -•) (reprint from T uesday, March 29, 1994) D on’t ya hate it w hen... You have this feeling that you forgot som ething, but overcom e it by telling yourself that it is just norm al universal paranoia and anxiety, only to find that you really did forget som ething vital, and now are totally screw ed for not having it? No? Oh... sorry. You inadvertently put on a really de pressing album , which makes your whole day turn sour, which makes you feel good because you like feeling that way, which causes your friends to get angry with you for feeling so good about being depressed, which makes you feel angry at them for being angry with you? If your answ er is “yes,” seek professional psychi atric help. Now. D on’t wait. Go. Y ou’re trying to read a funny colum n in the new spaper, and the w riters are being jerks? Too bad. Learn to live with it. Nyaaah! Your life appears to be a Salvador Dali painting? Hey, wait. That actu ally w ould be quite cool. (Yeah, if you like being on acid all day... He was such a weirdo.) You know you’re crazy when... You are watch ing Saturday Night Live, and you find yourself agreeing with the Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy. It’s even worse when you know what he is going to say before hand, because you have thought of that sort of thing before. The highlight of your day is w atching Star Trek.......and you find that you like Commander Riker for his wit and charm. You have nothing better to do on a Saturday night than write stupid articles........and they’re not even funny. You include 11 things in a “Top 10 List” and don’t think anything is wrong. Did you ever wonder why... When soft things go stale, they get hard, and when hard things go stale they get soft? For instance, bread, which is usually soft, becomes quite hard when it gets stale. Potato chips, on the other hand, go from hard and crispy to kinda soggy. Why is this? What cruel twist of Fate designed this Inverted Stale-itude Phenomenon (I.S.P.)? Bancroft Tower, which has a sign clearly stating the hours the Tower will be open, but is never open for any of these hours? Or for any hours. One must rely upon the good grace o f some nice person with a hacksaw to provide star-gazers and hell-raisers with the opportunity for an occasional visit to this not-so-clean, but pretty-high-up attraction. Po lice are called “pork,” “pigs,” and “bacon” when they mostly consume donuts? Shouldn’t they be called Munchkins, D-Holes, or some other donutrelated name? You know you’re a geek when... You use the phrase “orders of magnitude” in an everyday conversation. You cannot do simple arithmetic without the use o f a calculator, or some exceed ingly complex calculus operation. You argue about petty technical trivialities over a cafeteria dinner. The average homework assignment does not compare in total work to your effort in rear ranging your room. Even nerds don’t want to hang out with you. You routinely point out where the night’s sci-fi show ignores, discounts, ob structs, or otherwise changes a physical law or theorem. Well, that seems to be all for this week. Sorry that we were... Oh, hell. W e’re not going to justify ourselves, nor apologize for the stupidity of state ments make within this article. It’s Commentary. We can say whatever we want. Occasionally we manage to be on the verge of humor, and some times we mention some small but intriguing anec dote, but otherwise it is pure drivel. Deal with it Pink Boy! Until next time...
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Saturday August 20,1994
S c r e a m in g W ith P le a s u r e P r o d u c t io n s P re s e n ts . . .
a sobering look a t alcohoi abuse
Juggling p e rfo rm a n c e fe a tu rin g
Bill Ross and Brian Smith
Alden Hall 7:15 pm August 21,1994