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Former WPI trustee John Lott Brown named interim WPI president

by Neil Norum Dircestor, WPI News Service W O RC ESTER , Mass. - An in­ terim president for W orcester Poly­ technic Institute w as announced to­ day (9/14/94) by WPI Board o f T ru st­ ees C hairm an M. Howard Jacobson.

In a letter to the WPI com m unity, Jacobson announced that John Lott B row n, W PI trustee em eritus who served from 1970 to 1983, w ould b e­ com e the interim president o f WPI effective Nov. 1. He will serve until the 14th president o f WPI is selected and in office by the sum m er o f 1995.

Incum bent President Jon C. Strauss announced in late August he w ould be leaving WPI for a new position as vice president and chief financial officer o f the Howard H ughes M edical Insti­ tute in Chevy Chase, Md. “ W e are fortunate to have John Lott

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Brown, 69, is currently serving as Florida. He received his B achelor o f He is a distinguished scholar and teachcr, a widely respected researcher, interim director o f the C enter for MiScience degree in electrical engineer­ ing from WPI in 1945, his a recognized scientist and a skilled adm inistrator,” says m aster’s degree in psychol­ Jacobson. “ He has the com ­ ogy from T em ple U niversity bination o f talents neces­ in 1949, and his Ph.D. in psy ­ sary to maintain and en ­ chology from C olum bia U ni­ “ H e are fo rtu n a te to have J o h n L o tt B row n hance the existing m om en­ versity in 1952. He is a re ­ se rve during th is transition. l i e is a d istin ­ tum and excellence o f the now ned researcher in the field g u ish e d sch o la r an d teacher, a widely resp ected of human vision and has served Institute during this period. in both adm inistrative and aca­ He know s WPI w ell, both researcher, a recogn ized scien tist an d a sk illed dem ic positions at the univer­ from his days as a trustee, a a d m in istra to r , ’’ devoted alum nus, and as a sity level beginning in 1952 to the present. He has served as student. W e look forw ard - M. How a rd J a co b so n to w orking with him .” head of the Psychology D ivi­ C hairm an, H oard o f Trustees Brow n brings a back­ sion o f the A viation M edical ground in highereducation, A cceleration Laboratory at the having served as president Naval A ir D evelopm ent C en­ ter in Johnsville, Pa.; as direc­ o f the U niversity o f South Florida in Tampa for 10 years from tor of the G raduate T raining Program croelectronics Research and director 1978 to 1988. He has held teaching in Physiology in the School o f M edi­ of the Hum an Factors D ivision o f the and adm inistration positions at a num ­ Center for Urban T ransportation Re­ cine at the U niversity o f Pennsylva­

nia; as vice president o f A cadem ic A ffairs and dean o f the G raduate School at K ansas S tate U niversity; and as d ire c to r of the C en ter for V isual S cien ce at the U niversity of R ochester. He has sp en t the last 16 y e a rs at the U n iv esity o f South Florida, th e second largest univer­ sity in Florida with an enro llm en t of 34,000.

The interim president received the W PI R obert H. G oddard A w ard for O utstanding P rofessional A chieve­ m ent in 1969 and w as the W PI com ­ m encem ent speaker in 1984 at which tim e he a lso received an honorary D octor o f S cience deg ree. B row n is a fellow o f the O ptical S ociety of A m erica, the A m erican P sychologi­ cal A sso ciatio n , and the A m erican A sso ciatio n fo r the A dv an cem en t of Science. H e and his w ife, C atherine, have four children.

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SGA forms committee to improve campus quality of life

by Christina Freeman News Editor SGA is introducing a new style of committee to the WPI campus. Headed

by Senator W olf Winset, the Quality o f Life Committee is geared towards mak­ ing the non-academic portion o f student life better. Issues such as parking, DAKA and related topics are the prime targets for this group of students. W hat sets this committee apart from others is the style in which it is run.

Senator Winset has structured this committee after the business industry instead of government. He wants to continue along W PI’s practice o f “ intro­ ducing industrial practices to the col­ lege level.” He sited that this has already been done with the MQP and IQP and that he wanted to solve some o f the cam pus’ problems in the same manner.

With these ideas in mind, he has created this a non-consensus based board o f students in which weekly meetings are not for voting but for sharing. When a student joins the committee, he is en­ couraged to pick a project that he is interested in. If no one else is working

on such a project, then that student b e­ comes head of a sub-committee to deal with it. During committee meetings, members are encouraged to share ideas, concerns and problem s about their projects as well as the others. However, when it is time to make a decision, it is ultimately up to the sub-committee head and not up to the rest o f the board. Each head also has his pick of whoever he would like on his committee. W inset stated that if a person does not like how one of his committee members is han­ dling things, he can ask that person to leave the committee.

By g iv in g this kind o f pow er to the students, according to the senator, it will lead to “a lot o f things getting done and done very well instead o f ju st one o r two things.” He also stated that this is a “less nit-picky way o f getting things done” instead o f the time consum ing process o f reaching a consensus o f the w hole group. Sub­ com m ittee heads are encouraged to achieve th eir goals in their own style.

Proper business etiquette V ill be e x ­ plained at the onset o f the sub-com ­ mittee form ation and creating “paper

Our chapter, our choice Brian Parker Features Editor W PI has been selected as one o f tw enty-one schools in the nation to participate in a groundbreaking pro­ gram in alcohol and drug prevention.

The project represents the first time the National Panhellenic C onference and the National Interfratem ity Conference have joined together on a major nation­ wide project. T his project, called “Our C hapter, O ur C hoice” is sponsored by a FIPSE grant, received from U.S. Dept, o f Education and hopes to dispel some o f the stereotypes that surround the G reek system and alcohol use.

E ssentially, the project hopes to exam ine some o f the norms attached to alcohol and drug use in the Greek com ­ m unity. This is accom plished with a “bottom -up” peer education program , w here facilitators are trained by a pro­ fessional w orking on campus. They in turn, go back to their chapters and share w hat they have learned. The idea

is to “develop peer education within fraternity and sorority chapters and ultimately change the culture of indi­ vidual chapters and the system as a whole (letter from GreckSolutions to Ellen Servetnick, August 10, 1994).”

The program involves five hands-on segm ents: E xternal/Internal Lim its, Exam ining Current norm s, Proactive vs. Reactive Leadership, Back to our R ootsand StrengtheningCurrentC hapter Norms.

M ic h a e l B re n n e r, fro m G reekSolutions ran the first install­ ment o f the program last Tuesday.

Currently, he is also w orking with six other schools in New England. He feels that the program will be well received. In an article in “Campus C om m entary,” published by the Na­ tional Interfratem ity Conference a stu­ dent said o f the program: “This is the first time I actually felt like my opinion m attered.” It is hoped that this pro­ gram will have an impact on the Greek comm unity and ultimately, all of WPI.

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trails” w ill be encouraged as well.

W inset is not worried about the stu­ d e n ts c o n d u c tin g th e m s e lv e s unprofessionally. Instead he feels that “ at least overly confrontational people are doing som ething.” The only rule that has been established is that any­ thing sent out in w riting or by e-mail must be cleared by Senator W inset first as the author is representing SGA. In the formation of this committee, Senator W inset also questions the lag time that it takes to get things done. He stated that this is a “big problem with the campus.” He continued by saying that “in the real world, it doesn’t take forever to do things. Minor decisions should be able to be done quickly.” By organizing this committee as a business he hopes to cut this lag time down. Winset feels that as paying customers of WPI, “we have the right to demand quality.” This com­ mittee should allow students to do so in

campus long-range planning. Another project is studying the parking problem on campus. Specifically, it is dealing with some comm on rules that are fre­ quently broken but are not enforced.

When asked about his personal goals, Winset stressed that he did not want to dictate ideas. Instead he is a facilitator o f this group. Overall, he just wants to see change on this campus. He did say that some o f his major concerns cur­ rently are Residential Services and how they deal w ith off-campus students, DAKA, and the quality and cost of the vending machines. He wants student members to set theirown priorities, how­ ever, and handle projects that they think are important.

The senator would like to see the com m ittee as a w orking group by the end o f this term . He has no real time line set up fo r the board as it will vary

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Student Alumni presents mini-golf for Homecoming

by Brian Parker Features Editor It w as a beautiful day for the Stu­ dent A lum ni Society’s Third Annual M ini-G olf com petition. The Quad was bustling with activity, a food court had been set up, there was a table with caricatures, SloG rass was playing and people w ere gathering for the H om e­ coming gam e. But the main attraction seemed to be the go lf holes, which took up a quarter o f the Quad. For only a dollar, students and alum ni, along w ith their fam ilies could risk em barrassm ent for the satisfaction of com pleting the course. T his would prove to be no easy task cither, for on the first hole, one w ould encounter the Hispanic Students A ssociation’s m on­ ster. T his hole featured a steep road that lead to W PI, placed on top o f the globe. It seem ed to take a few tries to get the ball in the right spot, but this was only the first o f the challenges aw aiting golfers young and old.

The next holes included: Phi Sigma S igm a’s block with the WPI and Two Towers logos, Morgan Hall S taff’s which involved a chip shot or a toss for the less experience golfers, where they w ould hit their ball over Morgan Hall, across the Quad and past a fish,

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a cow, and a leprechaun. Lam bda Chi Alpha presented a short history o f the M E 1800 “spool” and the various steps involved in its creation. Alpha G amma D elta honored fall at W PI w ith trees in fall colors and leaves surrounding a bridge. The Student A lum ni Society entered with the two tow ers hole that had been rem odeled for this year. Tau Kappa Epsilon had a skull, Sigm a Al­ pha Epsilon placed its G reek letters

and “W PI” on theirs and Sigm a Phi Epsilon entered an ape.

There seem ed to be no clear con­ sensus on the best hole, but at half tim e in the gam e, the w inner, the Morgan Hall Staff, w as announced.

They received the H om ecom ing ‘94 M ini-G olf D esign C om petition T ro­ phy and their nam e will be inscribed on the WPI A lum ni A ssociation’s Sil­ ver hom ecom ing Award plate.

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addition to allowing them to “voice their opinions strongly.”

After just a day of recruiting for this new committee, Senator Winset has four members and he hopes to receive more.

Currently, he is approaching clubs and Greek organizations on campus about this committee in the hopes o f motivat­ ing people to join. In order for a person to become a member, he must go to the SGA office and sign up on the list that is posted. Winset stressed that members o f the committee need not be members o f SGA already. M embership will be limited to the student body and no ad­ ministrative representatives will be asked to join. He feels that concessions will have to made soon enough once the com m ittee’s ideas are presented to the administration.

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Tuesday September 20,1994

IN THE NEWS the artist, but postal service spokeswoman Monica Hand explains that the Postal Service doesn’t want the stamps to be perceived as promoting cigarettes.

by Jennx Yambert Associate Editor

Smoking Blues The U.S. postal service has added 8 blues performers to its American music series o f stamps, but prosmoking groups aren’t very pleased with one of the additions. The cigarette that was dangling out of blues artist Robert Johnson’s lips in the photo basis for his stamp has been omitted from the final product. Prosmokers argue that the omission o f the cigarette is not a valid portrayal of

Continued from page I w ith each project that it handles. He feels that optim um size for the com m ittee will be around fifteen students. However, he does not want to discourage students from joining. He stated that for roughly every fifteen students, the

Discovery in Space Space Shuttle Discovery was scheduled to come home Monday, Septem ber 19, after a ten day mission in orbit. The primary goal o f the mission was to test N A SA ’s new jet pack, an alternative to tethered spacewalks.

The jet pack, called Simplified Aid for Extra­ vehicular Activity Rescue (SAFER), is an update o f the jet-propelled spacewalkers that were used in 1984. SAFER weighs 83 pounds on Earth, a mere noth­ ing in space, and it is less cum ­ bersome than the spacewalk­ ers. The 24 little nitrogen gas jets, controlled by a joystick, propel the pack at speeds up to 7 mph, quite a step up from the spacewalker’s 1/3 mph.

Astronauts Mark Lee and Carl Meade tested Safer on Fri­ day, September 16, by taking tu rn s c o n d u c tin g se v e ra l untethered exercises just out­ side the shuttle’s cargo bay.

These were the first untethered spacewalks in the ten years since 1984. It is speculated that astro­ nauts will use packs like SAFER when building the space station.

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International News Haiti President Clinton, in a 16 minute speech to the nation on Thursday, September 15, attempted to explain his decision to prepare U.S. troops to invade Haiti. He has sent former President Jimmy C arter, along with Gen. C olin Powell and Sen. Sam Nunn, to Haiti to try to convince jaunta lead­ ers to leave the country peacefully so that democratic government can be restored.

Early last week, Cedras, leader o f the dictatorship, held firmly that he would fight to the death before giving up Haiti. His w ill­ ingness to speak to the U.S. del­ egation, though, provided some hope that bloody conflict could be avoided.

Nevertheless, U.S. invasion troops stand ready, waiting for the arrival of their float­ ing command and control center, the USS Mount W hitney, to arrive, and for orders from the W hite House.

President Clinton has taken full responsibility for his decision, saying that he has done what he feels is right, and that he hopes there is support for it. He has been very firm in outlining the planned initial attack by U.S troops, to be followed by peacekeeping soldiers and medical units pro­ vided by other UN nations. The president has stressed that the invasion is an international ef­ fort, but that the other nations are looking to the U.S to take the first step.

R E S E R V E

This coming Saturday a group o f students from WPI will head out to the Hatch Shell on Boston’s scenic Charles River Esplanade to participate in the “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" 5-K walk. This team is being organized by the Panhellenic Council, the Interfratemity Council and the W om en’s Mentoring Program and all students are encouraged to participate. This can be done by walking or sponsoring one o f the students on their walk.

It is estim ated that alm ost five thousand M assachusetts wom en w ill be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and alm ost tw elve thou-

sand w om en will die from the disease. And w hile m any people still believe that this is a disease that affects m ostly older w om en, a disturbing trend o f new cases in younger wom en has developed.

The m oney w hich W PI students raise will be m atched by Blue Cross Blue Shield at fifty cents to the dollar and it will go tow ards several goals: supporting scientific research, “R each to R ecovery” a one-to-one support program for w om en w ith cancer, support for legislation on m am m ography quality standards, insurance coverage and other issues including education.

F o r fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n , c o n tac t E llen Servetnick at the Student Life Office in D aniel’s Hall.

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WPI defense good, but not enough to stop the Dutchmen

by Amy L. Plack Class o f 1996 The WPI E ngineers' defense had a tough offense to face this past w eekend in the H om e­ coming game versus the Union College Dutch­ men. Coach Kevin Morris stated, “The team played extrem ely hard. The defense did an outstanding jo b on stopping the run, but we were not able to convert our opportunities on offense.”

Indeed, the Engineers had plenty o f offen­ sive troubles, com pleting only 16 of 42 passes with 2 interceptions, and scoring only one touch­ down and a field goal against the Dutchmen, who stacked up a total o f 29 points. The defense made an excellent showing, how ever, making a total o f 60 tackles. The biggest problem the

Engineers had were penalties, 11 of them cost the team a total o f 92 yards, which would have come in handy and might have led to more scoring.

Union look an early lead in the first quarter with a field goal, followed by two touchdowns in the second quarter. WPI finally got on the board five minutes before halftim e with a field goal by Greg Amiro. Union started off the second half with a touchdown, making the score 22-3. Finally, WPI scored a touchdown when Dave Swedick, who led the Engineers in pass receiving with 144 yards, caught the pass from quarterback Tom Bums in the fourth quarter.

Union followed with another touchdown, m ak­ ing the final score 29-10.

W PI’s record is now 1-1, and the Engineers will face RPI on O ctober 1st.

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by Geoff J. Has sard Sports Information Director FOOTBALL (1-0) The Engineers traveled to Collegeville, Pa. to play Ursinus College in the season opener. After a tightly played first half, WPI took control m id­ way into the third quarter and never looked back, winning 35-14. Freshman tailback Mike Godfrey of Holliston, M ass., rushed for 136 yards and one touchdown. For his performance, he was named to the ECAC W eekly Honor Roll as well as being Co-Rookie of the W eek in the Freedom Football Conference. Senior quarterback M att Tessier (510,87 yards), replaced Tom Bums, who sprained his knee, and led the offense to three fourth quarter scores to secure the victory.

Rounding out the scoring for the Engineers was senior fullback Matt Leahy w ho had touch­ down runs of one yard and 21 -yards as he finished the day with 70 total yards rushing and junior defensive back Khalid Rucker, w ho had a 92yard interception return.

FIELD HOCKEY (2-0) The w om en’s field hockey team, with first year coach Barbara Quinn, has opened the 1994 campaign with two victories. In the first win, over Assumption College, junior captain Tracy Langis tallied the only goal and senior Amy Mercier recorded the shutout.

The Engineers next played host to the Lady Bears of Bridgewater State to open their home season on Alumni Field. WPI proved to be too

much for the Lady Bears as they pressured the opposing goalie all night long. Senior captain Heidi Huggett opened the scoring when she blasted a shot pass the Bridgewater goalie off of a penalty comer assisted by senior Jen Rice. In the second half the Engineers continued their assault on the opposing net. It finally paid o ff midway through the game when sophomore Heather Bryer and senior Brooke Kuffel each scored within three minutes o f each other to secure the win. Fresh­ man Julie Paine and senior Amy Mercier com ­ bined for the shutout.

VOLLEYBALL (2-1) The wom en’s volleyball team has been fortu­ nate to have opened up in the friendly confines of Harrington Auditorium as they hosted Simmons College, Brandeis University and Rhode Island College to open their season. All has gone well for Coach Nancy Vaskas and the Engineers.

In the opener, WPI had to come from behind versus Simmons as they dropped the first game 15-17. After regrouping, they went on to win the next three 15-5,15-7 and 15-11. Freshman Mary Battcock had five serving aces, seven kills and four blocks and senior Kathy Paulauskas had 10 digs and three service aces to lead the way.

In what was described by Coach Vaskas as, “one o f the most exciting wins in years,” the Engineers defeated Brandeis University in their second match three games to zero. Senior captain Mindy Plog had eight kills and seven digs to fuel the attack for WPI. “The gym was rocking.” stated Coach Vaskas.

In the third match, the Engineers fell to Rhode

Island College in three straight games 4-15, 1215, and 7-15.

MEN’S SOCCER (3-0) The WPI m en’s soccer team openened their 1994 season by hosting the first W orcester City Tournament. The other three school’s, Clark, Worcester State and Assumption did not think their hosts were too accom odating as the Engi­ neers took the win. O n Saturday, the Engineers defeated W orcester State 4-0 and then followed it up on Sunday with a w in over Assumption C ol­ lege. In the win on Saturday, senior captain Craig Boucher had a pair o f goals and an assist and junior Rad Donaldson chipped in with a goal and an assist. The Engineers continued their winning ways on as they defeated Assumption College 20. Freshman Eric Langlois led the way as he scored both goals and senior goalkeeper Chris Michaud only had to m ake one save as he re­ corded the shutout.

Riding the two game win streak, the Engineers hosted UMass-Lowell in the first night game of the season. The River Hawks just couldn’t sus­ tain an attack as WPI won 2-0. Senior captain Craig Boucher recorded his second multiple score game with the two goals for the Engineers.

WOMEN’S TENNIS (0-3) First year coach Christa Cham pion’s squad began the season on the road with matches against W heatonCollege, UMass-Dartmouth and Babson College. Even though there has been improve­ ment in each match, they did not manage to win one o f the three matches. They lost to Wheaton SYSTEMS

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The m en’s golf team opened the 1994 fall season in Dudley, Mass. as they played a match with Nichols College. The Engineers couldn’t come up with the scorers as they dropped the contest 394-424. Senior Matt Langevin was the top scorer for W PI with a 79.

INTRAMURALS A Team intramurals are underway with 41 teams playing volleyball in two divisions with eight leagues. The top two in each league will have a single elimination playoff at the end of the term.

Flag football has 26 teams competing in two divisions o f six leagues. The playoffs will be the same as volleyball.

The annual intram ural cross country meet date has been set for W ednesday, O ctober 5th at 4:45 p.m.. T he course w ill cover 2 m iles, give or take a tenth, and will begin on A lum ni Field Track. Rosters are due by O ctober 1st and there is a $ 1 entry fee per person. For m ore inform ation and meet rules, please contact C oach Brian Savilonis.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Admissions Office gears up for "New" freshman class

by Joseph Smith Assistant D irector o f Admissions W ith the end o f A -term ap proaching, and the “ new ” freshm en cla ss not so new an y ­ m ore, ad m issions activ itie s for W P I’s C lass o f ‘99 are in full sw ing. The O ffice of A dm issions is curren tly p rep arin g for two open house program s fo r prosp ectiv e stu ­ d ents and th eir parents. The program s are scheduled for M onday, O cto b er 10 and F ri­ day N o vem ber 11.

T hese day s are d esig n ed to give p ro sp ec­

tive students an o p p o rtu n ity to visit our cam ­ pus and take a clo se look at w hat m akes W PI such a unique an d special place. M any W PI stu d en ts, faculty and sta ff h av e v olunteered to share th eir en th u siasm for an d experiences at W PI w ith v isitin g students and parents.

T he a ctiv itie s w ill begin in H arrington A u d itorium w ith a p rese n ta tio n o f The WPI P lan. V isito rs w ill then h av e a studentc o n d u cted tour o f the cam p u s along w ith a p resen tatio n on stu d en t activ ities and stu ­ d en t life. F o llo w in g the tour, p articipants w ill select from various academ ic d ep art­

m ent presen tatio n s.

The program will also include a luncheon in H arrington A uditorium w ith m usic pro­ vided by W PI m usical groups u n d er the di­ rection o f Prof. D ouglas W eeks. L unch will conclude w ith an A dm issions and Financial Aid p resen tatio n .

T he aftern o o n w ill co n sist o f o p tio n s to attend p an els co n cerning co o p erativ e ed uca­ tion, c areer planning and p lacem ent and in­ tern atio n al p rojects and program s. In addi­ tion, v isito rs m ay also choose to tour the W ind T u n n el, C hem istry D epartm ent, Ro-

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T he rules o f this ‘w a r’ are d eceivingly sim ple. E ach o f the g ro u p s on and around cam pus w ill have a cup w ith th eir nam e on it in D aniels hall in w hich to place their p en ­ nies. E very penny in a g ro u p s cu p counts as one point, but every p iece o f silv er o r bill counts as i t ’s value, n egative. So a nickel is -5 points, a dim e is -10, etc. In this m anner y o u can s u p p o rt y o u r fa v o r ite c am p u s

o rg a n iz a tio n ’s b id to win w hile ridding y o u r­ se lf o f those a n n o y in g pennies in y our pocket at th e sam e tim e. T hen you c a n use the rest o f y o u r ch ange to underm ine a rival o rg an i­ zation.

T he team w ith the most positive points at four o ’clock on Friday Sept. 30th wins. The w inner picks their favorite charity and the entire proceeds from Penny W ars are then donated in their nam e, last y ear over $1,000

was raised for charity during Penny W ars. This money was donated in the name of L am bda Chi Alpha to the W orcester Food Bank.

So, starting saving that copper and bring it down to D aniels between 10 and 4 on Sept. 2830. You can give your seem ingly useless pennies a purpose, not only will you help to prom ote a organization’s name on cam pus but the money goes to help out a charity, one you ju st may be able to choose.

Free ham radio class being offered Courtesy o f WPI News Service W O R C E S T E R , M ass. — A free ham radio class is being o ffered at W o rcester P o ly tech ­ nic Institu te b eg in n in g T h u rsd ay , Sept. 22. ‘‘T he class is fo r anyone who is interested in o b taining their basic ham rad io o p e ra to r's

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COMMENTARY

Philler Fog and the Dutch - Why am I muddy?

by Laurel an d G uinevere The night w as... su ltry . A s we logged into the term in al, we saw the w ords glow ing on th e b lack e n ed screen, “ You have new m a il.” It was from ... the reg istrar... R em em b er­ ing o u r article from the prev io u s w eek, o u r h e a rts sta rte d b eatin g asynchronously. It read:

Dear Newspeak: I read, with great interest, your commentary in the September 13, 1994 issue. Not only were your ob­ servations very funny, they were very insightful. I want you to know that I take the issues you raise very seri­ ously, and look forw ard to imple­ menting a "super-duper, wicked decked-out on steroids" student reg­ istration system. We've currently got some proposals on the table to do ju st that.

Keep observing, Kari Blinn Registrar c ln s e rt L aurel and G u in ev ere d o ­ in g a w e - r e c e iv e d - a - c o o l- le tte r fro m -th e-reg istrar silly d an ce h e r o W e ’re speechless. N eed less to say w e enjoy this type o f resp o n se to our articles com pared to o th e rs we have received in the past, c ln s e rt cough o v e r the w ords “ P la n t S e rv ic e s ” h e r o T hank you for y o u r le tte r and support. R eaders please note: Ify o u can get som eone in B oyn to n to type the w ord “W ick e d ,” y o u have a fan.

O n this sam e to p ic, we have h eard , th ro u g h o u r "c o n ta c ts " at N e w s p e a k , th at we n e g le c te d to m ention "that guy w ho stands at the bottom o f the stairs in H arrington during reg istratio n and tells you to take the perforations o ff o f yo u r CM S form s, e tc .” A yup, th at's tru e... w hat a jo b ... W hat do es he do for the rest o f the school year?

G ee, we are ju s t o v erflo w in g with c o m m e n ts from o u r re a d e rs th is

w eek , since w e also receiv ed a letter fro m M ichelle R. V adeb o n co eu r:

Dear Laurel & Guinevere, Sure, I'm ju st a lowly freshman.

So what right do I have trying to tell you guys about some weird stuff I’ve noticed here on campus? PLENTY. Heck, I paid enough to go here...

This morning, on my way to my (Gasp!) 8:00 Conference, a strange sight beheld me from upon the Quad. I managed to count seven scam­ pering little squirrels there chasing pigeons.

True, it isn' t everyday that you see seven squirrels all in the same place and at the same time, but the key w o rd here is LITTLE. Squirrels here on cam­ pus don' t seem to get very big. Perhaps the Biol­ ogy department has been doing some experiments that they don't want to talk about. Or perhaps th e r e 's som eth in g stran ge going on in Nuclear Physics. My best guess is that these poor, hapless squirrels were simply looking fo r something to eat. and wandered upon some DAKA "food."

Another weird thing I noticed to ­ day: All o f the sets o f stairs between each floor o f Stratton Hall is com ­ pletely different, except that they share the same number o f stairs.

The second-to-thirdfloor stairs look like they've been glued on. Also, what's up with the little door on flo o r 2.5 o f Stratton Hall?

These things may mean little to you, O awe-inspiring upperclass­ men. But as a freshman, little things like these bug me, and give me som e­ thing to laugh at when I fa il a major exam. For this reason I have b e­ come an avid reader of your column, and felt compelled to write.

Sincerely, Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur Class o f '98 S carily en o u g h, m ore th an one person m en tio n ed these sq u irrels to us th is w eek. 1 p erso n ally find it am using that M ichelle d id n ’t sense anything out o f th e o rd in ary about sq u irrels ch asin g pig eon s... b ut yes, there is quite a plethora o f sq u irrels, co rrectio n , a p leth o ra o f little squir­ rels around cam pus. You seem ed to have covered all of the possib ilities regarding

pcarance. We w ould like to m ake one slig h t co rrectio n to y o u r last theory (as we feel it is c lo se to c o r­ rect). Please ch an g e the w ords “w an­ dered upo n ” to "w an d e re d /n M .” See “ veal, veal, and yet m ore v e a l” from our previous a rticle... Som ew here in the d istan ce. Laurel gets slapped.

S tratto n H all is quite the curious building. The sh ear num ber o f stairs alone w ould be en o u g h fo r a sane person to q uestion why there isn ’t an elev a to r in the silly thing, an d , yes, that includes us. Im agine h ow fun it m ust have been to carry th at com ­ puter lab up those steps. W e im ag­ ine these stairs are the reason that the m echanical en g in eers m oved out and gave it to the M ath and English d epartm ents in the forties. Y ou’re

rig h t, n one of them are the sam e.

T h ey go all over th e place. W e a ctu a lly d id som e (g a sp again), in ­ v e s tig a tiv e r e p o r tin g ! , j u s t lik e G e rald o , the o th er d a y , and c o n ­ firm ed the u n u su alitu d e of the steps.

It seem s that the o rig in a l steps w ere n o t quite doing an adequate jo b , so M ickey M ouse & C o. cam e by and "fixed " them , i.e. g lu ed som e silly th in g ies to the steps. How em b a r­ rassin g fo r them ...

If any o f you read ers out there get th e c h an ce, break into that little d o o r o n the 2.5 th floor, and tell us w here it goes. W e’re c u rio u s, but w e ’ll leave the d angerous stu ff to our read ers... [For le­

gal reasons, neither we norN ewpseak condone our own darn sugges­ tions. We highly d is­ courage p e o p le from c re a tin g “M a licio u s Mischief" and ending up in the p o lic e log, and would not want you to fo llo w our suggestions like lemmings. So don't break in and get your story published in Newspeak. wink, wink... But if you do, get lots o f pictures, or even video.I Sorry to be b asically repeating lots o f th in g s from last w eek's issue, but these things ju s t w on't die. Just in case som e o f you d id not notice.

F reem an Plaza w as n o t finished in tim e for H om ecom ing. G ee, s u r­ prise surprise. A c tu a lly , they looked as if they w ere going along quickly en ough to m ake the (new and im ­ pro v ed ) d ead lin e, but obviously thsy d id n 't. H m m m , w o u ld n 't it be cool to go out there at n ight and finish the jo b for them ? T hey had all the m a­ te rials th ere, ju s t w aitin g fo r som e good sam aritan to c o m e by and lay them out in neat little row s... T em p t­ ing, isn't it?

Freshm en. S ophom ores. M ud.

W hat do these three things have in com m on? (K eep it c le a n ...) O K , w e'll tell you: T he R ope P ull. E very single y ear at H om ecom ing, these two classes face each o th er across the sm elly w aste o f Institute Pond, vying fo r the right not to get pulled in. H m m m , w hat a strange custom .

B arbaric, dirty, but stran g ely am u s­ ing. W here else can you w atch a w hole bunch o f total strangers, or, heck, ev en y our friends, yank on a rope for a w hile in the hopes o f g ettin g the o th e r side h o p elessly m ired in the m uck and scum o f the pond? B ut, rem em ber, n o one w as excluded from taking p art in this w o n d e rfu l, an d q u ite c e le b ra te d , event. A lthough only Freshm en and S op h o m o res are allo w ed to p u ll, every single student w as invited; I guess that Juniors and S eniors w ere w anted for th eir laughing pow er...

Just a quick note: a fte r m uch dust, noise, and general m essiness, the w ork has finally been finished around the library steps. O ne thing, how ever, was overlooked. On the steps going from (he access road to the lib rary lot, the last step before the first landing is H U G E. W hy? I guess that screw ed-up step s are part of the W PI tradition... m aybe it’ll be part o f a H om ecom ing ev en t som e­ day, o r at least a trial e v en t, ju st like they have at the O lym pics.

W ell, b ecau se we love g ettin g m ail, and since we are p rin tin g yo u r letters w ith o u t p rio r p e rm iss io n , w e ’ll m ake it w orth y o u r w hile.

People, p lan ts, and an im als, w ho send us m ail, co rrectio n , good m ail, will receive a “ P hiller Phan C lub M em b er” C e rtific a te su ita b le fo r fram ing. H ang it in y o u r place o f study or business, w ith pride. W e like c o m m e n ts, ideas, and funny photos, too. K eep 'em com ing to new speak@ w pi.w pi.edu o r WPI Box 2700. W e like to learn that other people, not ju s t us, are c razy beyond all hum an ability...

Just a Thought Different Dreams, Different Visions

by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus M inistry From tim e im m em o rial, we hu­ m ans have had a han k erin g for w an t­ ing to know w hat co m es next. Not alw ays content to ju s t get by day by day, w e w ant som e assu ran ce that life w ill som ehow g et better, that good tim es are ju s t arou n d the co r­ ner, and peace is at hand. V ery often in this quest for k n ow in g or assuring ourselves o f a b rig h ter fu tu re, we have turned to p ro p h ets, holy m en or cultural ob serv ers w ho are able to read the signs o f the tim es and tell us what is ju s t over the ho rizo n .

R ecently I have been exp o sed to tw o d iam etrically o p p o sed p ro p h ­ esies w hich suggest to tally o pposite futures. The first seer o f sig n s was O liver Stone. H is latest cin em atic pronouncem ent, N A T U R A L BORN K IL L E R S, is a feast fo r ev ery h u ­ m an se n so ry re c e p to r. S h iftin g m odes o f cam era and sty le faster than the craziest M TV v id eo . Stone paints the d ark est visio n o f o u r fu ­ ture I have ex p erien ce d for som e tim e. T old as a b lo o d d rip p in g ch ro n icle o f a m u rd ero u s spree by a dem ented co u p le, Stone m anages to bash o u r love o f g u n s, o u r inept ju d ic ia l system , and o u r c razed ad ­ d iction for tabloid, m ed ia addiction, and u p -to -th e-m illisec o n d n e w sc o v erage culture.

U pon recovering m y senses a few days later, I po n d ered S to n e ’s dark vision o f A m erica. S tone sees little redem ption in o u r g lo rify in g th e c e ­ lebrity status o f crim in a ls, scandal m ongers, and cheats an d cu t-th ro a ts o f any kind. R ather, N A T U R A L

BORN K IL L E R S seem s to suggest that any or all o f us w ho get cau g h t up o r touch the violence and m edia c ra ze d o b sessio n will be co rru p ted by it. W e have allow ed crim e and v io le n c e and the p ro life ra tio n o f w eapons to g et so out o f c o n tro l, and th en find o u rselv es g rasp in g at the m edia atten tio n that every O J and N ancy and B obbitt get, that there is little o f good or decent o r pure left.

O n e sees S to n e ’s m ovie as the old m an on the co rn er w ith the p lacard saying “TH E END IS N E A R .”

Still having that im age c la n g in g around my so u l, I then heard the story o f the birth o f a w hite b u ffalo in upper W isconsin. Not fo r 500 y ears has a true w hite b u ffalo been born on this continent. F or N ative A m ericans, the event is a sacred and holy event; the birth o f the w hite buffalo signals the e n tran ce o f the G reat S p irit into h u m an h is to ry .

N ative A m ericans o f num erous tribes are com ing to this little W isco n sin farm to w itness an event they b e ­ lieve announces the co m in g o f peace and the uniting o f hum ans into one com m unity.

T he farm er who is the o b je ct o f all th is attention at first d is b e lie v e d m uch o f w ha w as being said . But w hen one o f the N ative A m erican p ro p h ets told him he saw in a dream th at the white b u ffa lo ’s sire w ould d ie ... and then disco v ered a term in al d efect i{i the sire, the farm er began to believe.

A s I listened to the sto ry on N PR .

I w as rem inded o f an o th e r m ag ical birth that\I cele b rate, one that o c ­ cu rred in fyethlehem in Israel. And w hile the>\ are not the sam e and

w ithin each trad itio n there are d if­ ferent m eanings to these tw o births, I realized the sim ila ritie s far out d is­ tanced the differen ces. Both births signaled the d iv in e intervening in the hum an, and both held out the prom ise o f peace and bro th erh o o d / sisterh o o d .

C ompared to S tone’s dark vision of an corrupting evil which seduces and destroys all in its path, th e white

b uffalo’s birth points in the other di­ rection; prom ising peace and unity.

W hich, then to believe? Are we on the eve o f destruction, or the dawn o f a new age? Or maybe neither, judging them too dark or too optim istic.

1 find truth in both. I see the addicj tive pow er o f violence and the seduc­ tion by m ass media and have fears for where our society is going. But 1 also still believe that God has not given up

on us and perhaps the birth of a white buffalo is such a reminder. In William Butler Yeats great poem, THE SE C ­ OND CO M IN G , one reads,.” round and round, the falconer chases... the center cannot hold. Blood is loosed upon the world... yet what rough beast, its jou rney long... slouches tow ard Bethlehem .” There is death in the world, but always birth, and the possi­ bility o f life.

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Tuesday September 20,1994

NEWSPEAK

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CLUB CORNER

Alpha Phi Omega Hey there OI-sters....I finally m ade it to a brother meeting (and boy are they longer than I remember). Fuzzy and I would like to thank all the b ro th e rs w ho w en t to o u r v o lley b all games....we will be having more!

Get involved Get involved! There are a bunch of service projects and fellowship opportunities that you should take! Thanks to all that went to the info meetings and that put up posters...that’s publicity people - that’s publicity. There is plenty more work that can be done...talk to those in servcomm, memcommm, fellcomm, and all the other comm s for more information.

And to close this rather boring club comer: What is purple and leaps over tall buildings?

Super Grape. (This joke is very versatile...try it with other fruits and vegetables in the produce aisles!). YiLFS.

Asian Society All the m em bers’ attension please! We need you to sign up for the picnic o f this Saturaday at Hopkinton State Park (20 mins from WPI). It is never too late to let the officers know you wanna come and have fun. But we need to prepare the food, games, and the transportation. Remember, “It’s FREEEEEE!!” V.P Minn yelled. An e-mail account has been set up for the A SC executive broad, you can direct all o f your questions about ASC to asians@wpi, which can only be accessed by the officers. All the announcements you would like to address to the whole club should send to asian-society@wpi, however, no personal stuff please. Alright, that’s all for the business. Here is some interesting data I have collected: there is about 6% Asian American undergradurates in WPI, which is approximately 167 students. And currently we have 49 active member (active = on our e-mail database, attend general meeting). The rest of the 118 non-active member (A SC is meant to serve the Asian Community as a whole, no exceptions) are broken down into 5 others orien­ tal ethnic groups on campus. Focus back to ASC active members, suprisingly 34.7% are female, which is slightly over one third. But where are these girls hiding? “I have no clue either” say our President Heri. 22.4% of these members are clas­ sified in '95 (senior), the remaining are: ’96 — 14.3% ; ’97 - 34.7% ; ’98 - 28.6% T his is pretty obvious, don’t you notice that 3 out o f 5 officers are from Class of 97? W elL I have no intension to analyse these data, just want to present them to you as informations. Have an awesome week!

Chinese Student Association Hello guys and gals, w hat’s up?

During the past week, CSA played 4 intramu­ ral games. W e faced some tough opponents, but overall, I think we did pretty well. This week, Intramural competitions continue on...we have 2 Volleyball games and 1 R ag Football game com­ ing up. For the full game schedule, type “more ~dragon/Pub/IM ”.

Ahh...the Dragon Dance! For those o f you that didn’t check your e-mail we are planning to do the Dragon Dance on Parents’ Day, Oct 1st, around 10 or 11 a.m. Please tell us as A SA P if you’re interested in helping with any part o f this great event. Hey, the Dragon Dance is a lot of fun, so why don’t you just come and check it out?

As you all know, yet another event is coming up. All the Asian Clubs at WPI are joining together to have a pinic and a Dance Party on the 24th of this month. If you haven’t signed up yet, do so by e-mailing to “dragon@ wpi” as soon as you can since we need a head count to decide how much food we need. The tentative location of the picnic is Hopington State Park. Oh, and the Dance Party will be held on the sam e day from 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. in Founders Basement.

Everything is free! So why don’t you come and meet some new faces from other Asian clubs while having a good time and eating something besides ‘yum m y’ DAKA! If you need more info, feel free to contact the officers or send mail to dragon. Alright, that’s all for this week. Good luck with your school work and have a nice week.

Bye!

Christian Bible Fellowship Hey all you CBFers! I pray that classes are going well for all of you. If you d o n ’t already know, we are taking a trip up Mt. Monadnock this Saturday. It should be an awesome day of hiking and fellow ship. Be on the lookout for the N A W A N as it makes it’s way to our neck of the woods sometime next week. W ednesday night, 8pm, in Morgan A you can find a bunch of us praising and presenting our prayer requests to the Lord during our weekly Prayer and Share time.

Friday night, as always, is FNF. Come join us for a record breaking attendance in Morgan A at 7pm.

“W hoever calls on the name o f the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13 NIV) I have often found m yself overwhelmed by everything that needs to get done in a day. You may have found yourself in the same position; Homework needs

to be done yesterday and you don’t know when you are going to find time to write that ten page paper that is due tomorrow... You may feel, like I have, that you are drowning and you just cannot see your way out. You may find yourself crying out for help, but you do not know who to cry out to. This verse is a promise from our Lord. He says that “whoever” calls on His name will be saved.

Do you need help and don’t know who to turn to?

Call on the Lord Jesus Christ and believe in your heart that He will save you, and you will be saved.

Jesus is holding His hand out to you, are you ready to receive His help?

ISC T o those o f you who cam e to the barbeque, thanks (ok, so w e didn’t play soccer, but 99% o f you played soccer all the tim e back hom e). If you missed last w eek’s m eeting, don’t worry, just make it to the one two w eek’s from now.

For those o f you who STILL d o n ’t think ISC is for you: l)Y o u missed a great barbeque 2)You missed U ltim ate Frisbee, and Volleyball, and Socializing 3)For those o f you who are som e­ what displeased with the ratio...just think : you probably only know English. If you knew Spanish, G erm an, V ietnam ese, and C hinese you could m eet...w hat...5 times more people, hence counteracting a 5-1 ratio...?? 4 )It’s alw ays great when yo u’re confused on a test scribble some sort o f hieroglypics, go home, figure out the real answer, and then when the professor gives you a 0, ju st make up some fake accent (which you learned at ISC) and pretend that you w ere not aware o f the fact that the tests were to be w ritten in English only (just hope that your TA isn’t poly-lingual).

Beyond all that, there’s m ore com ing up with the ISC. We do not have all the schedules as o f this moment, therefore please keep looking for signs around campus. Otherw ise, w e’re look­ ing forward to talking to you next week... Bye! T schuessC iao Vanakam Au Revoir Sayonara Selam at Jalan A dios Bis Dann

show up, if you have to miss a m eeting for any reason, at least call som eone to let us know.

Preperation is on for Daring Plunge, so those of you with classes to teach there had better get ready, it w ill be upon us before you know it.

W e also had our first color guard of the year on S aturday, and it w ent quite w ell (I hope), but w e will be needing a lot o f practice, so com e on dow n and make Parodi, our illustious new Sergeant at A rm s feel needed.

W E D E SPE R A T E L Y N EED N EW PLED G ES!!!! Rem em ber, anyone can Pledge to becom e a m em ber o f Pershing Rifles. P/R is an excellent organization with a history going back to the ninteenth century. W e are a proud and elite group o f individuals, and the local troop here at WPI received honors as the best com pany in the nation last year, and we w ill do it again this year. So, everyone is invited to com e dow n to Room 28 in the basem ent of H arrington at 7:00 pm to see w hat we are about.

W e w ill be accepting pledges for about two w eeks.

Newman Club So this priest and rabbi walk into a bar...just kidding. I hope everyone'enjoyed hom ecom ­ ing. All o f the school groups involved did a great jo b , and so did w e by the way with our “ H om ecom ing” picnic on Sunday afternoon.

T he exec board did a ton o f w ork to get this going. How hard w as it to w rite all those fliers anyw ay? O ur meeting last w eek w as a great brainstorm ing session. Hopefully we can im ple­ m ent all those ideas som etim e soon. Rem em ­ b er if you volunteered for a com m ittee then you have som e planning to do. M ovie night is T uesday this week at 6 pm at the Center. We voted to w atch “Top G un” because everyone w as interested in seeing a navy training movie.

D inner will be lasagna which the residents will be m aking from scratch I ’m sure. See you there...

Society of Medieval Arts

LNL I c a n ’t think o f anything to w rite this w eek... this is so lam e. W ish I could write like Laurel and G uinevere... *sigh* Anyway, the LnL Spring Picnic/D inner thing that w as actually supposed to be in the Spring (it’s called procrastination, folks — w e’re damn good at it) w ill be at my place on W ednesday after the m eeting (read: A FTER the m eeting).

(Psst... the m eeting is at 4:30 in G H 227) A nyw ay, directions w ere m ailed out to Inlnews, but if you were a good boy/girl and cleaned out yo u r mail directory, you can still get it in -trek/pub/m ap.

PITs?? W hat are they??? W ell, if you (eventually) w ant to be able to do changeovers on our lovely projectors, you have to be one.

Send mail to gregm @ w pi. Period.

This week — another Q uad movie!! H ope­ fully some idiot will decide to spill his beer in Freeman Plaza instead o f on our movie screen in the m iddle o f the Quad. A nyhow, I w o n ’t tell you w hat m ovie it is, cuz that is SocC om m ’s job (see ad som ew here in this paper for de­ tails...)

W ell, because I am so lam e, I am going to recycle an old top ten list... here goes...

Top Ten Instructions T hat Should Come W ith Every L nL M ember 10. Do not expose to direct sunlight 9. If found, please return to D enny’s 8.

U se o n ly m a n u f a c tu r e r-a p p ro v e d roadcases for storage 7. “T o fo ld ...”

6. Do not attach to Socapex cable 5. Batteries not included 4. Do not w ake before 9 am 3. No user-servicable parts inside 2. Property o f WPI Lens and Lights 1. W arning: electrical hazard

and Sciences All right, this is your (bi)w eekly club cor­ ner. The secretary, (that would be me, folks) is taking 4 classes this term . T his tends to make the frequency o f club com ers rather erratic.

Y o u ’ll get these occassionally.

All right, on to business. I’m sure all o f you are sick o f us harping at you to pay us for King R ich ard ’s Faire. W ell, don’t w orry about it.

W e have sent the m oney out for the tickets, and

are hoping th ey ’ll get here som etim e this week.

The group voyage to K R F is scheduled for O ctober 1. I have been inform ed that this is P aren t’s Day, and a lot o f first year students w on’t be able to go. Sorry, w e didn’t know.

The 8th is the w eekend before finals, I’m sure you all w ant to go then. The w eekend after that is the first w eekend o f O ctober break, so I ’m sure a lot o f you people w o n ’t be hanging around just to go to the Faire. The 22nd is also during break, and the next day, the Faire ends for th is year.

Second order o f business. G o to the Feast of the S carlet W ench, Too. Serve at it. Pay the tall man w ith long hair, w ith the crazed look o f a man sim ply aw ash in testosterone in bis eyes.

He w ill kill you if you d o n ’t. (I W UV you, Jared!) W hether you serve or go as one o f Lady C assa’s guests, the price is $10. Be sure to mark dow n w hether or not you are a vegetar­ ian.

G uess that’s it for now . If there’s anything I ’ve forgotten, bring it up at practice, Tuesdays and T hursdays.

Student Alumni Society W ell, we did it! O ur hard work and prepa­ ration resulted in another successful H om e­ com ing W eekend! O ur thanks go out to every­ one w ho w orked so hard w ith special thanks going out to Karen, KT, and Cyndi for their work on the mini golf tournam ent. How about those shirts, too! It is now tim e to regroup and focus our attention on the rest of the year’s activities at our retreat on Friday from 5-8pm at the H ig g in ’s House. W ith Jerem y and Brett leading the m eeting it should be a blast. By the way, special thanks go to Lisa for the use o f her car and all her hard w ork. See you Friday.

SWE U pdate from the land o f SW E! We are in the process of processing every o n e’s applications and com posing a SW E em ail and snail mail list.

A lso, the com m itttees are being organized.

The O utreach com m ittee w ill have their first big event, G irl Scout B adge Day on Oct. 29, w hich needs to be organized. We will also need volunteers to help out so mark your calanders. T h at’s all for now in the land o f SW E. O ur next m eeting is O ct. 5th at 7pm in SL123. New m em bers are alw ays welcome.

Any questions em ail sw e@ w pi or send mail to Box 5986. T hought for the w eek: N othing can keep an argum ent going like tw o persons who aren’t sure w hat they’re arguing about.

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Muslim Student Association A ssalam -U -alakum B rothers and Sisters.

Had fun on the H om ecom ing w eekend? All the A sian Student O rganizations are planning a joint picnic on the 24th. If anyone is interested in going please mail ruiling@ w pi by tom or­ row. Those o f you who w anted to go to the Friday prayers, the cars leave at 12:20. If you have a class at 12:30 and w ant to go to the prayers after that please contact S am eer Junaid (sam eer@ w pi). T h at’s all for this week!

National Society of Pershing Rifles W elcom e back to a glorious new year and the w onderous and ever changing W PI!! I hope you all had a great sum m er and did not miss my collum n terribly over the last few w eeks. W ell, that is enough o f an introduction, now dow n to business. W e have had o u r first couple o f m eetings, and there w as a depressingly sm all num ber o f people there, please

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Tuesday September 20,1994

GREEK CORNER A rA So now Karen L. can see, but Nappi is blind?!?

W hat a developm ent! I guess th at’s why she couldn’t tell the difference betw een the library and the sidewalk!

By the way, who w as that random boy at our meeting last week? I know that Kim Q. d id n ’t let him in...she thinks boys are YUKKY! Happy Birthdays to KT (TO D A Y ), Brenda B.(22nd), and Shelly (23rd)!!! And HUGS go out to all who need them.

The banner looked great! G ood jo b Tanya and Mia!! Is everyone out there getting the message?. v,GO G R E E K !! O ur g o lf hole looked terrific also! I hope we w on F irst Prize (AGAIN)!!

Congratulations to all the w om en’s teams...vball, tennis, field hockey, soccer, and cross­ country!! Keep up the good work!

T hanks to everyone who helped out at the blood drive and w alked for JDF! Everything was great - thanks to the exceptional organiza­ tional skills of a nam eless individual and Carrie!

T his weekend is the sisterhood retreat which means that nobody should be at parties! But if you are, rem em ber tw o things: Bring your ID!... and call SNAP (Erica), because (she’s bored) it’s a good idea. ...And I heard KP and Ange exclaim , as they tied up some string, W A RM FUZZIES to all, and to all...A D OVELING!

AXP First and foremost: at long last, RUSH has begun!!! The second day o f the IFC Fraternity Forum is today from 10am to 2pm in the lower wedge for you freshm en who haven’t checked it out yet! Equally as im portant are house Tours I and II, which will take place on W ednesday and Thursday night. Even if you are still not sure whether or not you want to go Greek, it is strongly suggested that you experience these tours. In any event, the brothers o f AXP look forward to seeing m any o f you this week.

O n with business: As o f l :30pm today, be strongly advised to leave the general area o f the college as G oose’s sentence is due to be up.

Sim ilarly, Tricom i has already announced that he is not to be disturbed for the rest o f the week, as he has some catching up to do...

M oving on to last w eek ’s aw ard recipients.

mention must first be made of Swallow, whose loyalty tohis addiction was proven yet again, as he fell asleep vertically waiting for his partners to arrive. Jose has also been quite loyal to his “girl” , as he was sighted numerous times rub­ bing her belly and feeding her bones. No offense, Hip-Hop, but sh e’s a real dog!

Homecoming was a huge success this w eek­ end, as nearly 200 grads and undergrads cam e to celebrate the 15th anniversary of AXP on cam ­ pus, as well as 30 years of our local WPI chapter, Delta Sigm a Tau. Thanks to all who helped to make the day a huge success.

Finally, although a week late, here is the much deserved recognition to a most deserving brother: KUIAWA. ‘N uffsaid.

with her new PASTA-DEAD FLY recipe. All you have to do now, K im m y, is learn how to attract and then KEEP the flies in the macaroni.

D on’t forget: this Sunday is the Walk For Breast C ancer in Boston. A lso, m ake sure you catch up on your w ork, it’s going to start getting very busy....G E T PSY C H E D FOR RUSH!!!

Special hellos go out to C athy Connelly (you’re the best), Cindy M itchell (y o u ’re great, too), Alison (did you get rid o f that blanket yet...I think I saw it w rapped around Siggi), W az, Shannon B., Marie M urphy, and Kylie.

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All right, after some delay, and with help from our beloved chaplain, we finally got the first article in. So, to start things off, a top ten list.

TO P TEN BIG EVEN TS A T SAE SO FAR THIS YEAR. 10. How not to play Beer Die with Stubert and Toole 9. S ooney’s fluid exchange program with Papp and Dobecki 8.

Strategic retreat with Proulx 7. How to earn your w ings with Dover 6. Fashion Design with Duck (nice shirt) 5. Pet A ppreciation with Dufort 4. M ilitary diligence with Maj. Nelson 3. How to get im peached by celery stack 2.

How to properly make a bed by K oller 1. How to run for O ffice by Coux O ne final note we seen to have som ething m issing from the house. So if you see it let us know: MISSING: O ne m uslim student, an­ sw ers to the name of “ S cooter.” Last seen wearing a big black belt and m atching bag.

HINT: C heck Room 8, bottom desk drawer.

Five Apple.

The A**, athlete o f the week! Do miracles ever cease? A girlfriend too, I guess not! FOOT­ BALL UPDATE: In case you haven’t heard, Gove had a TD. Ennis, heads up, Zeta Psi steam roller com ing thru. ATTENTION!! Probation trial, be there this w eekend in the party room next to the remaining kegs. ATO & OX thanks for your probation hospitality. Rice thanks the allstar for room service, KIJAK RULES!!! 4 8 ’s you got the word. G O D LUV YA.

Standing O ’s go out to Leigh Barry and everyone else who helped work on the golf hole.

It looked great! Also, thanks go out to Nicole Robert on a very successful phone-a-thon! Fi­ nally, standing O ’s go out to Heather Bryer for coordinating a successful car wash.

Congratulations go out to the field hockey team w ho has been kicking butt all over the place. M andy...you are ju st awesome! Also, congrats go out to the volleyball team on their win last week (Brandeis who?). Good luck to the tennis, soccer, and w om en’s cross country teams. Keep up the hard work!

Happy birthday goes out to Molly Usilton!

M oll-dog, in this next year o f your life, try to pull yourself away from the Nintendo. G oing to class proves to be very helpful when y o u ’re trying to pass them!

On a much more serious note, Kimmy Landry has found a way to sim ultaneously load up on carbohydrates AND proteins at the same time

SGA Election Petitions

28 Senator Positions 14 on-campus 14 off-campus

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in Storytim e...

M agic Sunday.

RUSH!!!

L en’s top ten quotes o f A94: 10. Can we buy some house CDs. 9. Bum m er my am p blew... 8.

I ’m sorry officer; I d id n ’t m ean to pass out here. 7. Yeah Boyz!!! 6. I ’m still working until B-term, so please be considerate and don’t be loud and obnoxious in my room relly late during the weak because I’m still on CO-OP and I have to get up early so I can get to work on time because I ’m still w orking until Bterm... 5. Bumm er my o ther am p blew ... 4. Can we buy som e house C Ds? 3. These are really cool candles. 2. W ho invited Zippo to Home­ com ing? 1 .1 d id n ’t borrow any o f your CDs or m ovies; I alw ays return that stuff.

M agic Monday.

G raffiti Party this friday... So if you like to be w ritten on or if you like to write on people and stuff if you like the sm ell o f those non­ toxic m arkers, it’s the place to be.

RUSH!!! ...M agic A-Term?

H om ecom ing was great this year. Zippo apparently quit his CS jo b and is now working as Elvis im personator. He said that is a very big thing dow n there in M em phis or som ething like that. H e’s natural with that gut. Jean stopped by and when she saw that we painted the kitchen a new color she fainted and when she woke up she said that she w ouldn’t cook for us until we changed it back. M any alum ni showed up and everybody had a good tim e... atleast until Fred showed up and scared everyone away when he ran around barking and biting people...

C ivils suck!!!

U hhhhhhhhhh-rich!!!

See you next tuesday.

0X B W G W N B ...I w ould like to begin by a p o lo ­ gizing for there not being any article last w eek, but I had hom ew ork, the system was dow n, there was a w riter’s strike, the sun was in my eyes, etc. etc. A nyw ay, after getting a lecture on being lazy from Mik o f all people, I felt that an article was definetely in order for this w eek.

L et’s begin w ith the wide w orld of sports, topping the headlines this week w as the debut o f that well oiled m achine known as A -team football. Led by the outstanding play o f first round draft pick Sterling Seveney, and a strong effort o ff the bench by W oody Sanders, Ateam m ade quick work o f the overw helm ed opponent w inning by a margin o f a m illion or som ething. In a related story, W oody checked into a local m ental institution this week after spending 608 consecutive hours trying to fig­ ure out how to put a boat in the w ater. A lso making their debut last week was A -team vol­ leyball, but aside from the fact that they w on, I d o n ’t know w hat happened because I skipped it, I can only assum e, how ever, that Jake d e­ liver repetative point winning spikes into the court until the other team fled in fear. And finally B-team football would probably be up­ set if they w eren ’t m entioned so there you go.

So be secure in the fact that steps are being taken tow ards m aking sure that our m antle will never be lonely again. Now looking at the clock, I see it is five past five so I best get this in, till next w eek..

TKE Hi there once again. H om ecom ing w eekend has com e and gone and so have all the a lu m n i’s wives. I ju st received word that no few er than three players from the TK E A Team Flag F o o t­ ball team are going to be drafted in next year by the D allas C ow boys. It must have been the powerful show ing against KAP(or w as that the 49ers) that put the scouts over the edge. O n a happier note the A team volleyball squad is still undefeated thanks in part to the help o f that drunken party anim al C olt 45 ICE. The Fraternity Forum is on M onday and Tuesday. H ouse tours will be held on W ednes­ day and T hursday, I should probably scrape Em ilio out o f the doorw ay before then. C o n ­ gratulations to C harlie Brown for pulling his head out o f his coolio and seeing the light... ju st a few m ore people left. Fatality. O ops my m ind is w andering and M egazone has ju st appeared, so it appears it is tim e to go get a refreshm ent and try to cure this cold. PS: Beware o f vicious and harrassing phone calls asking for assis­ tance in classes such as C and T herm o.

Until next w eek.

Eat Spam ... Today

O kay, New w riter, old hat...The big new s o f the week: half the brotherhood has suffered heart attacks after repeated onslaughts from the dreaded Late N ight Deep Fry Fests. Please M ika no m ore chicken nuggets!! T he creature under the bath tub m at killed the thing under the fridge. H om ecom ing is this w eekend, for that I’l quote the im m ortal Pav, “ It’s im portant for everybody to have a good tim e.” The chim ney has stopped sm oking for a few days.

Maybe its because they now have som ething better to do. O ne note on football: It would be 1ike, uh, good and stu ff for us to not let the other team score on the opening kickoff of every gam e...H ey, Je ff how about those Y ankees?

T ough luck. The shadow o f rush loom s on the horizon. Signing off-JA BBA .

% EARN WHILE YOU LEARN Would you work with a company that has the following to offer?:

Petitions due Sept 26 in the SGA Office, Daniels Hall

• Full and Part Time Positions • Above Average Incomes Possible • Totally Flexible Hours • Excellent Advancement Potential • Progressive, Environmentally Conscience Company • Full Training Available by the 1leadership of the Company • The Perfect Opportunity for Students or Faculty to Earn Extra Money • Outstanding Chance to Gain Valuable Experience If the answer is YES, we would like to meet you. Our company is soon expanding into the Worcester area and is looking for motivated people join our team. Call (508) 757-8814 for more information.

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Greeks Advocating Mature Management Of Alcohol

ORGIZflTIONflL MEETING: date: Thursday, September, 22-1994 time: 5:00 p.m. place Lower Wedge

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GAMMA is Greeks Advocating Mature Management of Alcohol NO ! IT IS NOT ABOUT PROHIBITION !!! It is about quality program and risk management within your own Greek system involving the use or non-use of alcohol, it is a national organization that gives fraternity and sorority members a chance to focus on what they 'can do' instead of what they 'can't do' and gives them the chance to prove to their communities that they are looking to demolish the 'Animal Mouse' stereotypy. AH across America, fraternity and sorority members are re-examining the role alcohol plays in their chapters. The Challenge of Greek membership in the Nineties are forcing, chapter officers, IFC/Pan-Hellenic officers, advisors, alumni to tackle the many alcohol related Issues head on while coming up with new and viable strategies for promoting fun, healthy and safe chapters activities with or without alcohol. Please join Ellen Servetnick, Assistant Dean of Students, and Mary Cox, Director of Drug S Alcohol Abuse Prevention / Healthy Alternatives Program, on Thursday, September 22-1994 5:00 pm in the Lower Wedge for a GAMMA orgizational meeting.

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CLASSIFIEDS Hi A m y!! I hope all is well and that you found your other pair of eyes.

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

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Tuesday September 20,1994

POLICE LOG Wednesday, Septem ber 7, 1994 11:52pm : D isturb an ce: report o f stu d en ts cau sin g a d istu rb an ce in the co u rty ard , S toddard C om plex. O fficers respond, crow d dispersed

Thursday, Septem ber 8, 1994 9:12am C o n tin u in g E ducation called , possible gas leak, stro n g sm ell o f gas in street, o fficer responds 9:18am C ar leak in g gas, W o rcester Fire D ept, notified 9:20am W o rcester Fire, o fficer to see p aving crew on S ch u ssler, o ffic e r responds 9:34am A ssist W o rcester Fire on T ro w b rid g e St., o ffic e r reponds 9:47am W ore. F ire left scen e, stu d e n t found and to be rem oved, o ffic e r responds 1:51pm M edical: F o u n d ers H all, A llerg ic reactio n , EM S and O fficers, W o rcester EA respond 8:27pm R equest fo r EM S on Q u ad , student n eeding ice pack, transport

Friday, Septem ber 9, 1994 11:47am A larm G oddard H all, se ttin g o ff C 0 2 , o fficers and plant serv ices no tified 1:16pm P ow er su rg e: th ro u g h o u t cam p u s 1:21pm C lear: A larm s from p o w er surge, o fficer responds 10:11pm N oise co m p lain t: In stitu te R oad, ad v ised to keep noise down 10:27pm N oise co m p lain t: O ffic er w ith W PD at sam e location as above entry 10:50pm O fficer and WPD c le a r In stitu te Rd. W PD , closed dow n the party.

11:48pm M edical resp on se: R iley, in toxicated perso n , o fficer and E M S respond

Biology Dept. Plant Sale, Upper W edge 6:30pm Venture Forum “ Dreams to D ollars”, Salisbury Labs 7:15pm Field hockey vs. M errim ack, A lumni Field

Wednesday September 21st 10:00am to 4:00pm C areer Fair, Harrington 11:30am Lecture: “Living with A ID S” W SC Blue Lounge Student Center 4:00pm Tennis (w om en’s) vs. M IT 7:00pm Film: “Schindler’s List", Perreault $1.00 7:00pm Soccer vs. MIT, Alumni Field

Thursday September 22nd 1 1:00pm Star Search Finalist: Tom Acousti: perform s original music; Clark, Tilton Hall

Friday September 23rd 7:00pm Soccer vs. Coast Guard, A lum ni Field 9:00pm Film: “Jurassic Park” Q uad, free

Saturday, Septem ber 10, 1994 12:07am O fficer and EM S c le a r R iley H all 12:09am In to x icated person, O ffic ers out at S alisbury fratern ity lot with in to x icated individual 12:11am O fficers c le a r S alisb u ry fratern ity lot, tran sp o rtin g subject to H um bolt Ave. 12:44am Flat tire rep o rted on van parked at serv ice road exit from Q uad 2:36am Intoxicated person: In stitu te Rd., O fficers respond 2:43am O fficers c lea r Institu te Rd; student brought to his residence in S toddard 10:30am W ater dam age rep o rted in all flo o rs o f S tratto n , O fficers respond 12:08pm M edical E m ergency: M organ, p o ssible fractured an k le, EM S and O ffic e r respond, transport 4:03pm M edical: E M S rep o rts fem ale on the Q uad w ith crush injury to th e fin g ers, O fficer and EM S respond, tran sp o rt 4:44pm N oise co m p lain t: Person in charge o f Q uad event rep o rts loud m usic co m in g from D aniels d isru p tin g c o n cert, o ffice r responds 11:05pm M alicio u s m ischief: R iley, o fficer responds. All o fficers ch eck in g area for group responsible 11:15pm D iso rd erly p erson: R iley , O fficer responds 11:25pm O fficer c le a r Riley H all, 11:05 and 11:15 in cid en ts related

Sunday, Septem ber 11 1994 1:22am C heck on W elfare: report o f intoxicated student on ground n e a r Founders, O fficer responds 1:22am N oise co m p lain t: F u ller C ourty ard , o ffic er responds, clears 1:38am M edical resp o n se: R iley b ath ro o m , into x icated subject 1:49am D isorderly p erso n s: fro n t o f Founders, o ffice rs responds 1:50am N oise co m p lain t: E llsw orth 2:54am S u sp icio u s person: o fiicer out at rear o f Founders w ith su b ject, O fficers assist 3:15am M edical resp o n se: in to x icated student passed out in Founders hallw ay, O fficers and EM S respond, esco rted hom e 4:30am D isorderly p ersons: O ffic e rs to area o f D ean St. re: d isorderly p erso n s, g lass b reak in g heard 8:38pm V andalism : o ffic e rs respond 8:42pm S uspect stopped 9:50pm C heck up call: W PD also received call o f suspect for possible van d alism

Monday, Septem ber 12, 1994 2:31pm 3:29pm 4:40pm 6:21pm

Tuesday. September 20th

Fire A larm : F u ller A p ts., O ffic er resp o n d s, steam set o ff alarm .

C om plain t: p o ssib le b re a k in s in A lden hall, o fficers report C o m plain t: N o n -stu d en ts p lay in g on B oynton Hill O fficer to O lin to inform stu d en ts the p ro fesso r w ill be late

Tuesday 13 Septem ber 1994 12:25am P ossible m alicio u s m isch ie f : D aniels RA reports stu d en ts p u sh in g large object up Institute Rd. o ffic e r ad v ises sam e w as recovered from a d um pster by su b jects 4:42am B reaking & E n terin g into m otor v eh icle attem p t: R eport o f subject w ho ju s t attem pted B&E into MV u n d e r fo otbridge on W est St., O fficers respond, W PD, o w n er advised 10:12am A band o n ed car, E llsw orth lot o ff E inhorn, no p lates, O fficers called , ca r towed 1:15pm N otified P lant S erv ices o f large bees nest at P roject C enter 11:47pm E lectrical problem : S to d d ard A RA reports no lights in lounge & m e n ’s room

W ednesday 14 Septm eber 1994 12:45am A d v iso ry /su sp icio u s v eh ic le : stu d en t calls re: being follow ed by su sp icio u s veh icle w hile w alking hom e in Elm Park A rea

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Saturday September 24th 9:00am Harvard Yard Sale and Festival, H arvard St. behind W orcester C ounty Courthouse 11:00am Volleyball vs. Fram ingham , Harrington 1:00pm Field Hockey vs. U M ASS-Dartm outh, Alumni 8:00pm Pub Show: Small 23 & Helium Riley C om m ons, free w/W PI ID

Sunday September 25th 10:00 am “Making Strides Against Breast C ancer” (see related article) 6:30 & 9:30pm Film: “On Deadly G round” Perreault $2.00 W orcester Art Museum “Heritage o f the Land. Contrasts in Native A m erican Art and life” Exhibition opens

2:42am S p rin k ler alarm : P roject C enter, o ffic e r responds, W FD n o tified . C o m m u n icatio n s line m alfun ctio n 10:14am P ow er H ouse, car b locking roadw ay, called for a tow , student arriv ed before tow truck arrived 12:58pm C heck on w elfare o f sm all child near F ounders and L ib rary P ark in g Lot, O fficers respond 3:00pm S tran ge Person: hiding in w oods by H iggins H o u se, officer resp o n d s 3:43pm M issing person: M other reports d aughter did n o t return hom e from W PI, officer responds 4 :25pm D estro ying p roperty: S tudent turned h im self in fo r d estro y in g p ro p e rty , officer reports 5 :54pm M alicious acts: S tudents th ro w in g burn in g airp lan es o u t w indow s in R iley, officer responds

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