Student Government takes new initiatives in reorganization by Warren Smale SGA President PHASE I. The Mission Since its creation just over three years ago, the Student Government Association has existed without a m is sion. We are proud to announce that: The Student Government Associa tion of Worcester Polytechnic Institute exists as the voice of the entire student body to encourage and facilitate com munications between that body and the WPI community. The purpose of the Student Government Association is to improve the quality of student life, both academically and socially, by addressing student needs and con cerns, providing the fiscal structure of student clubs and organizations, and representing the students in a profes sional manner. With that in mind, we are beginning the first of many new initiatives. PHASE II. Initiative One: C om mitment to Pluralism
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Recognizing the benefits of inter action among different students, SGA considers the endorsement of the WPI Campus Creed as presented by the Student Diversity Committee, an in dependent groupofconcemed students. On January' 20th, SGA adopted the creed as follows:
o f others ideals and motivations. Freedom The WPI community acknowledges each member’s right to personal free dom. You are free to express yourself in any manner, provided you do not impinge on another’s right to do the same. Each memberof the community is responsible for exercising their freedom in a considerThe WPI Campus ( ’reed ate manner. Compassion T h e S tu d e n t G o v e rn m e n t A sso c ia tio n o f Cooperation The WPI community de W orcester P o lytech n ic In stitu te exists as th e sires your actions to reflect a The WPI community can voice o f the en tire stu d e n t body to en c o u ra g e co n sid eratio n for o th e rs ’ accomplish more through coa n d fa cilita te c o m m u n ic a tio n s betw een th a t thoughts and feelings. We operation than would be body a n d the W P I c o m m u n ity . hope that we can work togeth achieved through the actions er to alleviate anguish, both o f in d iv id u als or sm all mental and physical, that may groups. With communica unnecessarily be inflicted on members Understanding tion and a mutual respect and under of our community. The WPI community asks that you standing we can work together to make Responsibility make an effort towards understanding WPI a better place for all community The WPI community asks that you the diverse aspects in the community. members. exercise moral responsibility in your Understanding comes from experienc C om m unication decisions and actions. This responsi es, both within and without the com The WPI community encourages bility should be tempered with respect munity, which enable you to make members to develop an understanding and understanding, both for yourself intelligent decisions. Decisions based on intellectual and personal levels. and for others. on sympathetic, careful examination We strive to resolve conflict in a pos
Tuesday, January 25,1994
Campus police warn of recent assaults in area A lone student is walking along one of the many side streets around the WPI campus. An assailant approaches the individual from behind and puts an arm around the victim’s neck and a hard object to the victim’s back. The assail ant claims to have a weapon and de mands money from the victim. The victim hands over what money there is, and the assailant runs off. This rough scenario of a robbery has been repeated seven times during 1993 in the peripheral property area of WPI. Of the seven cases, six have been non violent in nature, with only one involv ing an actual ‘battery’ (a student was struck with a bottle). Here are some other similarities: •The assailant(s) claimed to have a weapon. •The assailant(s) were male. •The crimes occurred at night (9PMI AM). •The victim was traveling alone. John J. Hanlon, Jr., Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety states, “These robberiesareessentially‘crimes of opportunity.’ Thecriminalchoosesa potential victim who is traveling alone in a poorly lighted area and is only interested in getting some quick cash and escaping, while allowing the victim little or no chance of being able to identify him. These robberies took less than two minutes to commit.” Chief Hanlon also said that police investiga tors are of the view that these robberies were committed by only two or three individuals. He went on to say, “Our community members can play a significant role in not only preventing these types of robberies from occurring, but also in assisting law enforcement personnel in the apprehen sion of the criminals involved. Forexam ple, we have had recent reports of a money making scam that may involve the same suspects who are comm itting these robber
ies. A lone male subject approaches his victim in a parking lot or on the sidewalk (sometimes during daylight hours) and asks to borrow a small amount of money (anywhere from $5 to $20). They claim that their vehicle has broken down, they ran out of gas, or that they need cab fare. They will be very insistent and somewhat intimidating. Ifthis occurs, you should tell the person that they can obtain assistance from theCampus Police or that they should remain there and a Campus Police Officer will be sent to assist them. It is very important that you obtain a description of this individual and that you report it imme diately to the Campus Police (8 3 1-5433 or use the emergency phones located around campus). Chief Hanlon also offers advice to all students: •Walk in groups or call the escort service. •Walk in well lighted, open areas and on heavily traveled streets when possible. •Be especially careful at night during the hours of 9 P.M. to I A.M. •Report all suspicious persons and activities to prevent these crimes. •If threatened, cooperate fully, flee only if there is a good opportunity. Campus Police offers the following services to prevent these types of rob beries: •“Street Smart” programs •Peer education program •Crime Alert Bulletins to all students and employees of WPI when these crimes occur •E-mail of Crime Alerts •The Newspeak articles and police reports •The annual report with crime statis tics distributed in ‘A ’ Term The best way to prevent robberies is to exercise good judgment by walking in groups or calling the escort service. These “crimes of opportunity” can be prevented by not offering the opportunity!
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itive manner, and not to let stereotypes and labels become a substitute for communication and reason. Individuality The WPI community consists of a diverse group of distinct individuals. Each member has their own interests and talents to contribute. Through a developed sense of self-worth and un derstanding, we can learn to value the different viewpoints each member of the community brings with them to WPI. While being part of the larger whole of the community, each person has their own values, desires, and needs which make them important on their own. - Developed by the Student Diversi ty Committee, Spring 1993
PLEASE continue to read Newspeak fo r further developments as the Stu dent Government Association readies itself to effectively lead students into the future.
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Respect The WPI community hopes that you will respect yourself for your ideals, feelings, and rights. Establishing your own dignity in this way, you can then honor others as equal members of the community and respect their ideals, feelings, and rights.
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Pluralism, Diversity and Multiculturalism: Operational Definitions standings within ourcommunity as we discuss and embrace these concepts. Diversity is a concept that promotes the value of heterogeneous communi ties. Proponents of diversity on col The advent of d iv ersity , multiculturalism, and pluralism has not lege campuses seek to establish and preserve academic communities that produced a broadly accepted set of tenns to facilitate the ongoing discussion of reflect the real world. It is a world their merits. The resulting misunder where we exist with people from dif standings have given rise to fears of: ferent economic, national, and cultur al backgrounds, different religious political correctness. Western culture bashing, devaluation of higher educa beliefs, lifestyles, and physical abili ties. as well as gender and racial dif tion, reverse discrimination, and so on. I offer a set of definitions that at ferences. tempt to clarify these terms which are Multiculturalism is a concept that incorrectly used interchangeably. If instructs us to experience, understand, we can create a common understand appreciate, and value cultures other than our own. Proponents view the ing and accepted usage of these most world as a global community. We are frequently encountered “diversity” terms it will help minimize misunder now neighbors, literally and figura by Ron M acon, Special Assistant to the Provost fo r M ulticultural A ffairs
tively, of people from every continent (except one) on the planet. To be good neighbors, we must know something of other cultures. Pluralism is a concept that regards everyone as having value and having a contribution to make, and that every one is entitled to a commonly shared set of rights and privileges. Propo nents of pluralism on college campus es advocate the removal of barriers to full participation by women, people of color, the physically challenged, ho mosexuals, and any other group. In addition to being the right thing to do. it is argued that for institutions of higher education and the nation to maintain (or regain) our competitive edge in the world, we must encourage and use the talents of all Americans.
WPI Venture Forum to focus on selling Having started the company, identi fied the market, assembled the man agement team and raised the $$$, the emerging entrepreneur must now sell the product to a real customer. February’s WPI Venture Forum meeting addresses the issue of selling the product, the company, and yes, yourself. Registration begins at 6 pm with the meeting set for 6:30 pm in WPI’s Salisbury Laboratories on Tuesday, February 15. The speaker will be Stephen M. Pytkaof Biscom Inc., headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts. Pytka is president and chief operat ing officer of Biscom. Prior to joining Biscom, Pytka was executive vice pres ident and a founder of BIS CAP Inter national, a NYNEX company. His responsibilities included worldwide marketing and sales. Pytka was also a co-founder of P&R Microtech, a com puter retail company. Previously, he held managerial positions at Xerox Corp., Wang Corp. and the General Electric Co. Pytka is a well-known authority on imaging technologies and has spoken at worldwide industry con ferences and engineering symposia and
has published in the major industry magazines in the United States and abroad. Pytka has experience in stra tegic planning, product marketing and business development. Biscom Inc. produces a family of intelligent facsimile front-end proces sors and servers, called FAXCOM, which work with most major mini com puters and personal com puter based local area networks. The devic es allow users on a minicomputer or local area network to send facsimile documents directly from the screen of their computer terminal, without hav ing to print out a hard copy and feed it manually through a facsimile machine. V arious versions of the FAXCOM sys tems are currently in use in many different applications across business and industry. The case presenter will be Jenna Seaver, founder of KidsCare Software Inc. of Framingham, Massachusetts. KidsCare is a software development company that provides high quality child care center management soft ware developed on Microsoft Access for use with Microsoft Windows. As the number of working parents
increase, the demand for childcare will grow proportionately. Current projec tions indicate that by the year 2 0 0 0 , there will be m ore than 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 childcare centers in America serving approximately five million children. TTiis represents a 20 percent increase over today’s numbers. Themajority o f these centers do not use a computer in their operations. However, as the cost of new technolo gy decreases and the ease of use and the power of new technology increas es, a new trend will develop in childcare management utilizing computer tech nology. The company projects that more than 40,000 childcare centers will be seeking a new computer system in the next few years. KidsCare is request ing that the panel and the audience focus on the following topics. — Advice on developing interna tional, as well as national marketing plans and strategies. — Advice on attracting equity $$$ so they can intensify and accelerate marketing and sales activities and ex pand business operations (including Continued to page 2
Table o f Contents In The N e w s............................................................................... 2 N ew s......................................................................................... 2, 5 Newspeak H u m o r ......................................................................2 Community Update....................................................................2 Arts & Entertainm ent............................................................... 3 A n n ou n cem en ts...............................................................?, 7, II
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IN THE NEWS Elsewhere in California Pressure from the White House led the Judi cial Department to file a “ Friend-of-the-court” brief on January 19 supporting California’s taxation of multinational corporation’s world wide income. The amount of tax levied is determined based on a formula reflecting the amount of business a multinational corporation transacts in California. This brief contradicts an earlier Judicial Department brief stating that California “has created an irritant in the com mercial relations of the United States and its major trading partners.” If the Supreme Court decides to rule against California’s taxation, California may be forced to refund millions of dollars to multinationals.
& by Eric Craft, Associate Editor a n d Je n n x Yambert, Class o f '97 California Earthquake On Tuesday, January 18 at 4:30 AM, an earthquake centered in the San Fernando V al ley registered 6.6 on the Richter Scale. While not scientifically considered a very strong earth quake, it was very destructive because it struck heavily populated areas. So Far the death toll is 46 and approximately 4,300 people have been reported injured. There were hundreds of after shocks, some as high as 5.0 on the Richter Scale. Many people are spending nights cam p ing in tents or staying in shelters set up in nearby schools. President Clinton visited the Los Angeles area the middle of last week and pledged $140 million in federal aid. The esti mated damages are between $15 and $30 bil lion. The President reassured Californians that the federal aid will continue as long as it is needed.
T he M issing Link Scientists have uncovered a 50 million year old creature, that has been speculated to be one o f the “missing link(s)” of evolution. They have estimated the creature’s weight to have been around 600 lbs. making it approximately the size of a male sea lion. The creature had a snout o f a dolphin and big flipper-like hands and feet. This find provides evidence that whales once existed on land and returned to the sea. Follow-Ups The eleven day mission of Endeavor’s astro nauts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope was a success. On January 13, the Hubble transmit ted crystal clear images to NASA scientists on Earth. The Serbs and Croats have a peace treaty and the UN has stopped flying aid to Bosnia because o f a downed relief plane.
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Venture Forum Continued from page 1 research and development). — Advice on developing a service bureau to make their accounting and financial package available via telephone lines. The WPI Venture Forum, sponsored by the
WPI Alumni Association, has as its goal the creation of opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors and others to share and benefit from others. To be placed on the Venture Forum mailing list or for more information call 508831-5821.
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Is Healthy Alternative House really healthy? by Shannon Finley Class o f '96 For the 1993-94 school year, WPI Residential Services created the Healthy Alternatives House. The house, located at 25 Trowbridge, was to be centered on the theme of wellness. According to the Residential Services pamphlet, “Explore Alterna tive Lifestyle Options at WPI for the 1993-1994 Academic Year’’.this house was to be “a place where students live inacommunity focusing on developing the whole person.” Eighteen students were chosen by special application to live in the Healthy Alterna tives House. When these students arrived in late August, many were disappointed with what they found in the house. In interviews, residents voiced concerns about the features of the house. Every resident interviewed spoke of the same problems, foremost, the kitchen. Residents believed that the Healthy Alternatives House would have some type of cooking facilities, but upon arrival, they found only a refrigerator and a single cabinet. Resident Advisor, Terrie Burrows made several complaints to Residential Services on
behalf of the residents, but was told that a kitchen could not be provided. Several residents continued these requests, but success was only found when the Student Government Association was asked to help. Over winter break, several cabinets, two electric burners, and a sink were added to the room, however as of January 20, the sink had no running water or drain. Another problem discussed was the soda machine in the house. Many residents spoke of their surprise at finding a soda machine in a Healthy Alternatives House. Residents argued with DAKA to have juice placed in this machine. This occured during B-term. Students admit that most of the time the machine is left unplugged. Residents also questioned the promised programs and wondered about the lack of a resource room, promised in the “Explore Alternative Lifestyle Options” pamphlet. PhilipClay of Residential Services responded to these concerns by saying that he was unaware of any problemsotherthan the lack of a kitchen. Inaddition, he is new to the WPI campus and is unfamiliar with WPI’s vision for the house. Clay also expressed concern about residents not taking more initiative in creating their own programs.
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“Networking” Professor Helen Vassallo, Head of the WPI Management Department, will discuss “Networking” on Tuesday, February 8 at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall, Higgins House. Open to all job seekers - students and alumni.
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Another dull Friday night?...Grab your passport... by Jo el Waterman Class o f '97 The Passport Films series is a new Social Committee invention created as a tiller for dull WPI Friday nights. ThisSocComm brain child was designed with the avid film-goer in mind. Five obscure, yet critically acclaimed films, from both foreign and domestic origins, will be shown on the WPI big screen (Perreault Hall) from now until the end o f this school year. Such critically acclaimed films such as Res erv o ir Dogs (directed by Quentin Tarantino), A pocalypse Now (Francis Ford Copolla), H ow ards End (James Ivory), T he Joy Luck C lub (Wayne Wang), and A B rief H istory of Time (Errol Morris) will be shown this semes ter. The Passport Films series was originally part of the Cinematech Series, until the beginning of
this school year, when the Films Committee, the Fine Arts Committee, and the Executive Committee at SocComm created the Passport Films Committee which was headed by Mike Pereira, former SocComm President. The series has had it's problems - it w asn't popular during the first semester, which is when it started. The film chair, Mike Pereira,
had not gotten the turnout which he expected. The film series could see it’s demise if support is not shown. Pereira even stated, “ It’s an experiment and w e’ll see how it works out this semester.” All shows are on Friday nights at 7:00 PM, and cost only one dollar. A schedule of the films was made available on Thursday, Janu
ary 20, at the SocComm Office. If you grab a brochure, and get it stamped at four out of the five Passport Films, you will receive a free pass to attend all o f the Sunday Night Movies sponsored by SocComm for the next term. “ If a person loves films, and they want to trust us,” says Pereira, “they can see some great films.”
Book Review: Slaves of Sleep and Masters of Sleep by Jason Hutt Newspeak S ta ff L. Ron Hubbard’s Slaves of Sleep and Mas ters of Sleep is an exciting adventure through the land of nv<n and the w orldofthejinn. L. Ron Hubbard’s novel published for the first time in one complete edition, provides a deadly twist on the age old legend of the genie, or jinni. The story follows the adventures of Jan
Palmer, businessman, and his alter ego. Tiger, in theirexploits against the jinn. The jinn exist as large but stupid creatures who rule their world, the world of sleep where humans exist when they’re sleeping, and enslave humanity through strength and numbers. In the first part of the novel. Slaves of Sleep. Jan Palmer and Tiger first become aware of each other’s existence as the result of the “curse of external wakefulness” placed on Jan by an
angry jinn. The story follows Jan and Tiger's plot for revenge and peace of mind. In the second part. Masters of Sleep. Jan and Tiger are reunited in their quest for knowledge about the legendary “two world diamond,” a diamond of unlimited power against the jinn. L. Ron Hubbard weaves a delightful enter taining and exciting fantasy adventure in the exploits of Jan Palmer and Tiger in the novel. Slaves of Sleep and Masters of Sleep.
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CCC, ADP & Garden Lab announce change in weekend hours Due to low usage in the morning and sever al requests for later hours, the College Com puter Center (CCC), Advanced Document Preparation (ADP) and Garden Labs will have new weekend hours. Saturday hours will change from 10 AM to 5 PM to 1 I AM to 7 PM effective January 22, 1994. The labs will open at I I AM on Sunday rather than 1 PM effective
January 30, 1994. During Terms A through D, the CCC, ADP and Garden Labs open Sunday at I I AM and remain open 24 hours a day until Friday at I 1 PM. Saturday hours are 1 I AM to 7 PM. Hours during the summ er or term breaks will be posted at the entrance to the labs and on the appropriate newsgroups.
The clock is ticking...Paf/7ways submission deadline is approaching by M egaZone Pathways Editor Each yeara small, deranged group of students works tirelessly to produce a special document. Only released upon the world once a year, this document represents a compilation of the cre ativity of the WPI community. The name of this document? Pathways, the WPI creative arts magazine. Pathways needs you, or rather, we need your work; prose, poems, art, and B&W photographs. Each issue is as good as you make it, but there is little time left. The deadline for submissions this year is Thursday February 3rd. There really aren’t that many guidelines for
Peace Corps at WPI Americans have a proud tradition of helping people — a tradition you can share in the Peace Corps. Your individual efforts can make a tremendous impact on people in developing communities throughout the world. Volunteers work in Business, Education, Agriculture, Health and the Environment. Help carry on the tradition of people helping people; put the Peace Corps in your future. For more informa tion, talk to a recruiter. Film Seminar Thursday - February 2nd 6:00pm - Gordon Library orCall 1-800-648-8052 for more information
submissions. In fact, here they are: 1. Every submission must be an original work by a student, faculty member, or adminis trator of WPI. 2. Submissions must have the name and box number clearly on them for verification at pub lication time. 3. Submissions \o Pathways are the property of Pathways, and we reserve the right to do with them as we wish (within legal limitations.) 4. If you have a copyright on the material you submit, you must give Pathways permission in writing before we will consider the submission for publication. 5. Photographs must be black and white, no color photographs allowed 6 . Currently you can submit any number of poems, pictures, and photographs that you wish, but that may change in the future. 7. Submissions, in general, should be rela tively short (definitely under 15 pages typed). To submit your works, send them to Box 5150 in the Student Activities Office, or email them to pathways@wpi.wpi.edu. If you’d like to get involved with the production of the next Pathways, simply come to one of the club meetings. The next meeting is this Thursday, January 27th and 8 PM in the Pathways office. The office is located at the bottom of the stairs into Riley Hall, across from Daniels Hall, on the right. Everyone is welcome.
Summer Employment Opportunities offered by the WPI Office of Multicultural Affairs The Office of Multicultural Affairs is hiring staff for the following summer residential enrichment programs: * Frontiers in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering * Strive for College and Careers in Mathematics, Engineering & Science These national programs enroll rising high school seniors who are academically talented in the areas of mathematics and science. Closing date for applying: Friday, April 1, 1994 Department/Office: Multicultural Affairs The Frontiers program dates are: Saturday, July 9 to Thursday, July 21, 1994 The Strive program dates are: Saturday, July 9 to Friday, August 5, 1994 Basic Functions: * Frontiers/Strive Coordinator: Serve as the “frontline” staff person for programs and provide day to day staff supervision, and daily reports to director of programs. * Frontiers/Strive Resident Advisors and Program Activities Assistants: Program supervision and support to program participants in the residence halls and during program sponsored non-academic activities. Duties: The Strive Program Coordinator will: * Oversee and manage all aspects of the Strive Summer Enrichment Program so that the program’s goals and objectives are achieved. * Receive supervision by the Director of Multicultural Affairs * Supervise R A and Program Assistant staff o f approximately 9 undergraduate and graduate students. * Establish and maintain regular communication with Food Service staff. Student Activities staff. Residential Services staff, and Campus Police. * Establish and maintain regularcommunication with key staff of other on-campus summer youth programs, including teaching faculty, researchers and any off-campus individuals. * Report regularly to the Director of Multicultural Affairs on program, personnel and fiscal matters. * Develop and implement orientation/training for summer program staff. * Routinely visit sites where students arc engaged in activities. * Maintain Emergency Permis.'ion Slips. * Perform other related duties as required and assigned. [One position available! The Resident Advisor (RA) will: * Supervise Strive and Frontiers participants in the residence halls and at selected program activities. RA will work with other program staff to insure the safety and well-being of students. * Assist Program Coordinator in planning and implementing all residence hall activities and services. * Eat meals with students during work week. * Submit daily reports to Program Coordinator and complete an end-ol-program evaluation. * Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
|Three four-week positions and six two-week positions are available) The Program Activities Assistant (PA) will: * Consult with the Strive/Frontiers Program Coordinator and Assistant Dean for Student Activities in the implementation and supervision of program activities. * Supervise program participants in their out-of-class and non-residence hall activities and work as part of a staff team under the supervision of the Program Coordinator. * Work with the Program Coordinator and other staff in cooperating with other on-campus summer youth programs. * Submit activity reports as necessary, and complete an end of program evaluation. * Report directly to the Strive Summer Program Coordinator for supervision. * Perform other related duties as required and assigned. [Three four-week positions and one two-week position are available] Dates of Employment and Wage rates: * Frontiers/Strive Program Coordinator: Monday, June 20 to Friday, August 12, 1994. $9/hour for forty hours per week. * Frontiers/Strive Resident Advisor: Tuesday, July 5 to Saturday, August 6 , 1994. $6 /hour for forty hours per week. * Frontiers/Strive Program Activities Assistant: Tuesday, July 5 to Saturday, August 6 , 1994. $ 6 /hour for forty hours per week. Note: In lieu of wages, summer employees have the option of registering for E Term, provided the course is offered as a regular class. Project work is not covered by this option. If this option interests you please indicate this on your employment application. All meals are provide while the Strive program is in session. In addition, housing is provided during the term of employment. Qualifications: * Enthusiastic about working with a racially and culturally diverse group of talented students * Mature and comfortable working as part of team * Excellent communicator * People oriented * Creative, resourceful and flexible * Responsible and can work without a lot of supervision. * Experience working with high school students from diverse backgrounds is preferred * Fluency in Spanish and English is an asset * [Applies to Coordinator position] Supervision experience is required Anyone interested in more information or who wants an employment application may request to have an application mailed, e-mailed or arrange to pick-up one in the Multicultural Affairs Office: Project Center, Room 206. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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W o rces te r Fire D ep artm en t resp o n d s ready fo r an y situ atio n by Gregory K D oerschler C am pus Police The December 7, 1993 issue of Newspeak made mention o f the fact that there were seven fire trucks at the Riley Fire. To some, this number may have seemed excessive for a small fire; but it represents W orcester Fire Department’s standard “box alarm ” response which is dispatched automatically to all re ports of fire or smoke within a structure. W orcester’s box alarm response consists of: 4 engine companies (pumpers), 2 aerial com pa nies, (in Worcester, these are either 100' lad der trucks or 7 5 'aerialscopes), 1 rescue squad, and 1 District Chief Generally, when a report of fire is received, the exact severity of the situation cannot im mediately be determined. Building fire condi tions can also change dramatically in a short time. Therefore, it is more practical to bring ample resources to the scene initially rather than to begin with a minimal response and have to wait for reinforcements if the incident is worse than expected. The District Chief who responds to the incident determines what resources are need ed. If the fire turns out to be relatively minor (as was the case in Riley), he may dismiss some of the companies from the scene. Often, trucks are sent back before they even arrive at an incident if they are not needed. At the Riley
fire, some o f the apparatus were simply “staged" on Institute Road; awaiting instruc tions from the District C hief without com m it ting themselves to the scene. Once it was determined that the fire was out and the sprin kler system had been shut down, the District Chief kept two engine companies and one aerial company at the scene, and sent everyone else back. Conversely, in the case of a very serious fire, the District Chief may request more appa ratus by “striking” additional alarms. A “ sec ond alarm” brings two more engine companies and one more aerial company to the scene, as does a “third alarm.” Subsequent alarms after a third alarm bring two more engine com pa nies apiece to the scene, up to a maximum of six alarms. When a fire reaches a “fourth alarm ”, off-duty personnel begin to get called in, and mutual aid apparatus from surrounding towns come into the city to cover its fire stations. Not all calls receive a full box alarm assign ment. Two engine companies, one aerial company and a district chief are normally sent to reports o f such things as contained fires (e.g. fire in an oven or a chimney), malfunc tioning electrical appliances, odor of smoke, or a fire in a small structure such as a shed or garage. A “master box alarm ” (an automatic fire alarm system which is wired directly to the
Fire Department communications center) re ceives either a full box alarm assignment, or a reduced assignment consisting of two engine companies, one aerial company, and a District Chief. This depends on the building from which the alarm i$ received. (For example, a hospital or a hi-rise structure will receive the full assignment.) A single engine company is sent to reports of vehicle fires, brush fires, dumpster fires, and other fires not involving buildings; as well as to all motor vehicle accidents where there are injuries (the rescue squad responds to accidents if there is entrapment). A single engine also responds to all serious medical calls as a “first responder,” and to reports of audible fire alarms sounding within build ings. Note that with the Riley fire, a single engine was initially dispatched when Campus Police first notified the Fire Department that the fire alarm was sounding. When it was reported that there was an actual fire in the building, the full box alarm was sent. There are a few other specific types of incidents which receive unique responses (e.g. an aerial company, the rescue squad and a District C hief are sent to reports of people trapped in an elevator), but this covers most of the standard assignments which the W orces ter Fire Department dispatches. It is important to remember that the number of fire trucks which are initially dispatched to
particular incident is determined by the nature of the call which the Fire Department re ceived, not by the severity of the incident. Just because seven pieces of fire apparatus show up doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a major incident. For those who are wondering how big the W orcester Fire Department is, there are twen ty-three primary response companies: 15 Engine Companies (pumpers), 7 Aerial Companies (4-100' ladder trucks and 3-75' aerialscopes), and I Rescue Squad This list does not include spare engines, fire prevention and maintenance division ve hicles, and a few specialty vehicles which are not normally manned. There are also two District Chiefs and one Deputy Chief on duty at all times.
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Arbor Day for Israel by Vincent Wallace class o f '97 and Jeb Ledell class o f '97 The tree in its desperate attempt for survival must deal with the harsh elements of nature on a constant basis. In a land where the tree is one of the most coveted resources, that struggle begins with a little push from human kind. On the fifteenth day of Shevat (which this year falls on the night of January 26th) Tu B'Shevat, the New Year forTtees, bcginscelebrating the beginning of the tree growing cycle, and the reawakening of the Tree of Life. Origins: Long ago, in the Land oflsrael, a tithing (taxing) system was developed to support the priesthcxxl and Levites, religio-legal functionaries, the poor, Torah scholars, and students of the Torah. This tithe consisted of one tenth of the income of Israeli farmers and shepherds, and includ ed a one-tenth tax on fru it wh ich cou Id only be given on behalf of the fruit crop of a given year out of the fruit that actually ripened that year. The fifteenth of Shevat was therefore adopted as the turning of the year. But why was the late winter month chosen? This month was settled upon because in the kind of Israel, even though much of winter is still to come, most of the rain had already fallen, so the trees begin to drink from it; marking the rebirth of the cycle of life. However, the exact date was a minor conflict between the two great schools of rabbinic thought - Shammai and Hillel. The Shammai supported the first day of the Shevat while Hillel supported the fifteenth. Nonetheless, the fifteenth day was adopt ed because of its appeal to the common people and more sensible placing. The fifteenth day is a day of the full moon, possibly making it more pleasant and prac tical for a celebration instead of the dim new moon of the first day of Shevat. This date is also practical because it falls on a day that is already a popular celebration, and that is that it falls exactly six months after the full moon of Av (another minor holiday), therefore Tu B’Shevat makes a conjunction of two holidays instead of making two separate holidays very close together.
Viewed as a minor holiday fasting and the saying of penitential prayers were pro hibited, and Hillel psalms of praise were not recited as they were at grand festivals. Despite the lack of these elements the festival hung on in gentle celebration. As time passed a custom of singing the Psalms of Ascent (numbers 120-134), possible sung be the Levites as they ascended the fifteen steps into the inner court of the Temple, began in the Ashkenazic commu nities of central and eastern Europe. Along with this began the tradition of eating fifteen different fruits from the I .and of Israel. Favored fruits included olives, dates, grapes, figs, pomegranates, and carob or bokser (a type of edible tree). Practice: Observance of Tu B’Shevat is fairly fluid, since no legal authorities have spec ified practice for the day. One observance developed isa formofTu B’Shevat Seder in which four cups of wine bracket three sets of fruit. Each of the four cups is proceeded by a spacial blessing as are the sets of fruit. Songs praising trees are interspersed with the wine and fruit, as well as readings about trees from rabbinic commentaries. Some communities carry the tradition of planting trees on this spe cial day. Israeli school children practice this every year, in addition to collecting money for trees in Israel. The act of planting a tree allows for a sense of Jewish connection too the surroundingcommunityThe Origin of Earth Day? Interestingly enough the deep connec tion between the Jewish faith and trees developed what could possibly be the origins of Earth Day. It seems that in the eariy 1970’sagroupof rabbis took special interest in the United States policy of destroying all Vietnamese forests. The Torah specifically states that even in times of war the trees are to be protected. This group proceeded to organize a Campaign for Trees and Life for Vietnam, raising money for the reforestation and recon struction of devastated Vietnamese lands. For the same reason these rabbis deduced a Do Not Destroy ethic for protecting the natural world and the product of human
Just a Thought The heroine we don't need by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry She isjust what the feminist movement does not need, Lorena Bobbitt should not become a heroine to women all over the country for what she did to her husband after years of torture and rape. She is no more than a frightened woman, and from what I have heard, understandably fright ened, who deserves our comfort and un derstanding. But should her act promote her to heroine statue, someone to be ad mired? I would hope not, yet there seems to be such a disturbing trend. I don’t have to look any further than my own house. My 16 year old daughter has adopted Ms Bobbitt as a heroine. She tells me that hercircleof girlfriends have formed a Lorena Bobbit fan club and even written a theme song that goes to the tune of Row, row, row your boat, but with words like chop, chop... well you can figure out the rest. And for the past week, my daughter has rushed into the house after school and turned on CNN so she can watch the trial. CNN! This from a daughter who complains when ever I want to watch what she calls the McNeil and Boring News Hour. I have tried to be the patient father who listens and seeks to understand the growth and maturing of my daughter. She is a budding feminist and I am proud of her independence and self-esteem. But at the elevation of Lorena Bobbit to heroine status, I had to object. It isn’t enough that her mother constantly uses phrases like “men, useless___________ men” in a half kidding, half serious tone. To look up to someone who sees castration as the answer to her problems bothers me a great deal. Now I know at this point I am in real danger of digging my own grave and that many of my women friends would only be
too happy tograbashovel full of dirt tohelp me out. Buthearmeout. Leaving aside for the minute her husband’s guilt or inno cence. I firmly bel ieve that married women can be and are raped and abused by their husbands, and that all too often juries and judges and the public generally dismiss a woman’s claim of abuse. And yes, there are mitigating and understandable reasons why women finally strike back at those who abuse them. But are such women to be given the status of heroine, role models for my daughter and young women? I would hope not. Feminism and wom en ’s rights needs all the heroines it can use. Women and men need women as role models for how they should behave, what their lives can and should be. There are enough stmggles and barriers that women face everyday, barriers of which I as a man have no idea of or will ever experience. But we lose sight of what I think feminism ought to be when we make heroines out of a Lorena Bobbitt. One of my favorite columnists, Anna Quindlen said it best forme, “...it’s impor tant to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It’s the expectations parents have for their daughters, and their sons too. It’s the way we talk about and treat one another. It’s who makes the money and who makes the compromises and who makes the dinner. It’s a state of mind. It’s the way we live now.” (New York Time Op Ed, January 19,1994. p. A21) Ifmy daughterand otheryoung women need heroines, there are plenty of healthy ones to be admired. Hillary Rodham Clinton,Gloria Steinham, Ellen Goodman are a few public ones. Ormanyoftheirown mothers who work continually at balanc ing work and family, relationships and self-esteem. But for my tastes, Lorena Bobbitt is not a heroine they or any of as need.
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labor. This expansion of a Torah verse leads toageneral expansion ofTu B’Shevat into a day of celebration and reaffirmation of the necessity of protecting G-d’s world. In a sense, an Earth Day.
An Expression o f Opinion Okay, first let’s start out with a defini tion of the word commentary from the Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictio nary: “an expression of opinion.” It was brought to my attention recently that some one from a WPI office wrote a letter to Newspeak about my article last week. The definition above is for his benefit. A sam ple quote from this letter, “Seldom have 1 found in the pages of Newspeak an article less worthy of publication than 'Since when does Greek mean responsibilityexempt?’.” Wow is that interesting. The rest of the letter is inane rabble about what a REAL writer does when working on an article. I have to say it again, wow. Who is Mr. Knowitall to decide what is worthy of publication and what is not? Did he send letters like this to Madonna after that b<x>k she wrote was distributed? I hope so, otherwise that would make him discrimi natory and a charlatan. Hie strangest pan of the letter was that he neither tried to refute anything that was said in my article, orofferanopposingopinion. Wonder why that was? Gee, let’s not hurt ourselves looking forthe obvious. A definition from Webster’s New World Dictionary, whine: “to complain or beg in a childishly undig nified way, as with a whine.” I was also affectionately called a “whiner" in this
The Tree: Why is the tree such an integral part of Jewish belief? In a way The Tree (of Life), as well as any tree, can been viewed as an emanationofG-d. It representsthedynamic aspect ofG-d tlirough which the creation of the world continually tiike place-aspects that begin in the unimaginable and be come progressively more in touch with the created world and human understanding. The tree parallels this idea in that its ixxrts are invisible and inexplicable while its trunk and branches reach down to human kind. Tu B’Shevat is indeed placed in a most awkward position, deep in winter when trees and other vegetation must stmggle to survive. This, however, makes the timing appropriate because this is the time when we as people must dedicate ourselves to aiding the cycle of life by protecting the environment and renewing the flow of life in its most desperate hour. Far underground, the roots of the trees are beginning to feed from the earth’s replenished resources. Branches stretch toward the gathering light. There is little change but the seed of life quickens, reas serting itself. In this hush moment we should answer natures cry.
letter. Can you say the word, charlatan, again? Why? Because my article was filled with “unsubstantiated rumor.” Funny thing about it all, was that anytime I asked questions about the two incidents, I never got a straight answer. Nobody wanted to give any information to the contrary of what was written last week. Wonder why that was too. Another quote, “Your inten tion to publish Century’s column on a weekly basis represents a leap of faith on your part that anyone in the administration would pay it any further mind whatsoev er.” That was a mouth-full. The challenge here, is to see if I can get any response on some of these issues from the administra tion when they arc being so tight-lipped. As long as Newspeak keeps getting these kinds of responsestomy column instead of a refutation of sorts, I guess we can all assume that maybe those minors arc fact. What should we, as WPI students, do about this? I challenge you all. [The opinions in this column are ex pressly those o f Cientury and only sporad ically those o f Newspeak The letter the author refers to was sent to Newspeak last week in response to Century's column in theJanuary IS issue. The letter's author did not feel that the letter needed to he printed. I
TFM Crystal by M egaZone I’m not sure what to cover, I don’t want to go to deep into specific pro grams because then only a few people would be concerned. And there is al ways the problem of teaching a new user tricks that they can really hose themselves with. Even experienced users make mistakes from time to time. Wildcards are very useful, but watch yourself. (Is it obvious that I made an error recently?) Well, enough with the caution for now. This time I’m going to cover as new version of the program ‘crystal’. Crystal is used to list other uses on the system, and like Super-Who it also works with the befriend program. The latest version allows you to check the entire system, whereas the older ver sion was limited to the local machine. The functions formerly covered by the ‘befriend’ program have also been in corporated into the latest version o f ‘crystal’. Crystal is found in ‘~sauron/bin/ crystal’, this is the same location as the previous version. If you already have an alias set up, there is no need to change it. The new version of ‘crystal ’ was written by Darren Hall.
The possible flags are as follows. -h will print out the list of possible flags. -1 uses the locate program to query other machines to get a complete listing, -c clears the screen before showing the user listing. -w lists the users from the /usr/adm/wtmp file. -m shows multiple logins, normally each user is shown only once. -b turns off the title bar which shows the total number of users, friends, enemies, and alerts. -t prints out the tty number for each user. -r prints out the users in random order, instead of the default alphabetic format. A silly option. -d doesn’t print out any graphics. -f prints out friends, as listed in -/.friends. -e prints out enemies, as listed in -/.enemies. -a prints out alerts, as listed in -/.alert. (The next six options were formerly done by the separate ‘befriend’ program. ] -if inserts user names into the -/.friends file. -ie inserts user names into the -/.enem ies file. -ia inserts user names into the -/.alert file. -pf removes user names from the -/.friends file. -pe removes user names from the -/.enem ies file. -pa removes user names from the -/.alert file. -sf prints a listing of -/.friends -se prints a listing of -/.enem ies -sa prints a listing o f-/.alert Try it out, it’s a useful program. It doesn’t take as long as Super-Who or Newwho to run, and you don’t always need the graphic presentation. If you are just looking for your friends ‘-sauron/bin/crystal -If’ will scan the network and list them. Try out different combinations. As always, if you have questions with the system, the Help Desk is open from SAM ‘til 5PM. Call 831 -5888 (WPI ext. 5888), email box5888, or drop by the office in Fuller B21. Have fun.
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Student Government Association Minutes for the meeting of January 20,1994 I. Meeting called to order at 6:35. II. Approval of the Minutes: Min utes of 11/21/93 were approved with no changes. III. Attendance: Present: ExecutiveCouncil: Warren Smale, Pres; Barbara Doyle, Vice Pres; Cathleen Connelly,Treas; Amy Scott, Sect. Senate: Josh Arias, Jason Averill, Prakash Bhatia, Rachel Butland, Lexie Chutoransky. Dan Corriveau, Ryan Daly, Greg Findlen, Deb Foley, John G ro s si, Jen K een an , S y lv ia K hatchadourian, Joe Laydon, Pat McManus, Kirsty Reidy, Mike Schulz, Josh Single, Danielle J. Snow, Donald S o ch a, Ju stin S p ra g u e, P atrick Sullivan, Andy Thiessen, Christopher Thomas, Dennis Walsh, W olfW inset A bsent: Nat F airbanks. Josh Greene (ex), Kirk Jalbert (resigned), Krysten Laine (ex), Dan Larochelle (ex), Chris McKeever (ex) IV. P re sid e n t's R em arks: Pres. Smale introduced the new office pro cedures that will be implemented this term, concerning photocopying and some of the new mail boxes. A new advisor structure for SGA was then announced. Due to many time com mitments Dean Richardson will now be an Executive Consultant to SGA and Assistant Dean Jachimowicz will be SG A 's official Advisor. Pres. Smale then informed the Senate that the Senate now has a new opening, Sen. Jalbert due to time conflicts and commitments has resigned. V. Vice President’s Report: Vice Pres. Doyle reported on the Presi dent’s Executive Staff meeting. One of the topics at the meeting was the Higgins Lab Project which is hoped to begin next summer. Concerns re gard ing park ing and the need for more funding were presented at the Presi dent’s Executive Staff (P.E.S.) meet ing. The development o f an official Environmental program at WPI was presented by COG, at the P.E.S. meet ing. Additional items brought up at the P.E.S. meeting were crime issues, possibility of a joint Management pro gram with Clark, and a “Worcester University”, a university comprised of some of the colleges and universi ties in Worcester. VI. Treasurer’s Report: Treas. Connelly asked that when clubs and organizations bring in their budget packets senators write the date, and their own name down so there are not as many mix ups this year.
fiscal structure, and representing them listened to Director of Multicultural VII. Committee Reports: in a professional manner. Affairs summation o f the Pluralism SGA “Conference” held January I 1th and -Club Sports: Chair Single re Discussion followed and amend 12th. Director Macon asked that the ported that the com mittee is currently ments were made to the last sentence Community Council formally endorse looking into how other schools fund such that it reads: The purpose o f the and support Pluralism at WPI. Al and operate large club sports. SGA is to improve the quality o f stu though many of the Council members -E lectio n s: New Chair McManus dent life both academically and so were strongly in favor of this some reported that petitions are available cially by addressing student needs members were not and therefore the and that the procedure for turning in and concerns, providing the fisca l Council was unable to give official petitions is posted on the file cabinet structure o f student clubs in the office. Ex Chair and organizations, and Corriveau stepped down W ORCESTER POLYTECHNIC IN ST IT U T E representing the students due to a conflict of inter in a professional manner. est, in that he is running Sen. Grossi called the for an office in the Cquestion. Sen Winset 2nd, term elections. vote 13 - 6 - 8 (y - n - a). Motion Ic.94 as amended Plan II: Chair Findlen was voted on and passed reported that the com m it 23 - 2 - 0. Sen. Keenan tee has prepared a pam then moved to reconsider. phlet concerning academ S T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T ASSOCIATION Sen. Sprague 2nd, motion ic issues, and the Blue to reconsider failed. support. Ribbon Task Force Report. The com -Faculty Awards: Sen. Averill mittee has also put together a survey reported that the committee is in the Motion 3c.94, Financial Byaimed at students regarding issues process of selecting the “Teacher of Law Amendment,Sen.Schulz: Sen. addressed in the Blue Ribbon Task the Year”. A point of inquiry con Schulz, Chair of Policies and Proce Force Report. Both the pamphlet and dures, moved to remove Motion I c.94 cerning how the “Teacher o f the Year” survey are scheduled to be distribut off the table, 2nd by VP Doyle, vote is selected was raised. Sen. Averill ed possibly some time next week. passed. Discussion o f Motion 3c.94 answered that only those faculty mem -PR: Chair Laydon announced was then opened up regarding strik bers who had been nominated on one that the committee is currently dis ing Part E from Article IV Section 2 of of the forms filled out by students cussing and putting together a SGA the Financial By-Laws. The amend could be considered. The winner will Information flyer that would cover ed Motion 3c.94 was presented as be announced in March. SGA and Academic Committees. -Parking: Student Rep. Mike Additionally the committee has dis E. Conventions and Conferences Pereira reported that Prof. Crusberg cussed the possibility o f SGA having recently distributed an email list of For any convention or conference, a table in the Wedge during lunch the ideas that will possibly be pro the SGA funds may only be used to hours. pay for off icial transportation costs, posed. Pereira had not felt that most -Miedia: Chair Butland asked that registration fees and accommodations, of the ideas on the list were accept all members of the sub committee get able and had expressed this to Prof. and for meals on a per diem rate set by her their schedules as soon as possi the Appropriations Committee. Crusberg. Pereira also expressed that ble. Prof. Crusberg feels he should back •Transportation: Chair Averill The motion passed with one ab down on some of the student issues. reported that the committee is w ork Safety: Student Rep. Christine stention. ing on long range plans for transpor Jesensky reported that the most re tation. Members were also asked to -M otion 2c.94, WPI Campus cent Safety Report is in the Safety give Sen. Averill their schedules as Creed, VP Doyle: VP Doyle moved Committee box in the SGA Office soon as possible. and informed senators that they should to remove Motion 2c.94 off the table, Academic & Institute Committees review this report. 2nd by Sen. Sullivan, vote passed. -Campus Center: Sen. W inset Discussion of the WPI Campus Creed VIII. Old Business: reported that the committee is still -Motion lc.9 4 . Mission State was reopened. VP Doyle re-explained m eeting although the “Program ” that this creed had come to SGA from ment, Sen. Schulz: Sen. Schulz, (what will be inside) o f the Campus Chair of Policies and Procedures, an independent group of students who Center has been some what finalized. moved to remove Motion lc.94 off had formed the Student Diversity com The committee is now attempting to mittee last year ( ’92 - ’93). During the table, 2nd by Sen. Thiessen, vote design the adjacencies to the Campus the discussion that followed ques passed. Motion lc.94 regarding the Center, and a Boston firm has been tions concerning where this “Creed” following Mission Statement was then hired to assist the committee during would go after SGA adopted it were reopened for discussion. this process. raised, if the Creed were to be “tak -Committee on Academic Poli MISSION STATEM ENT en” any where. It was expressed that cy: Sen. Keenan reported that CAP The Student Government Associ eventually it would be nice to see this will be bringing some motions to the ation of W orcester Polytechnic Insti Creed go on to be adopted by Faculty floor of the next faculty meeting. and Administration. Sect. Scott called tute exists as the voice o f the entire Current business of the committee the question. Sen. Grossi 2nd, vote 19 student body to encourage and facili consists of discussing the Education - 7 - 0 . Motion 2c.94 then was passed tate com m unications between that -Community Council: Sen. Snow 1 8 -8 -0 . body and the WPI community. The reported that the committee discussed purpose of the SGA is to improve the trying to find a “spare week” so that quality of student life by interacting The WPI Campus Creed QuadFest, New Voices and Project with the students, addressing their I Ed Note: The fin a l draft o f the Presentation Day would not all coin needs and concerns, providing the cide next term. The Council had
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WPI Campus Creed appears on page 'I IX. New Business: -M otion 4c.94, Article VI ByLaws addition, Sen. McM anus: Sen. McManus moved that the Sen ate add: Article VI: Appointed Repre sentatives Section 1. The duties of those appointed to represent the Student Government Association on any one of the Institute committees shall be: A. To attend all meetings of the committee to which they were ap pointed B. To provide the minutes of the committee meeting to the Student Government Association C. To give a full report of the Com m ittee’s meeting at the follow ing SGA meeting Section 2. Any representative who fails to perform the duties in Section I can be removed by a majority vote of the Senate. Motion 5c.94, Elections ByLaw am endm ent, Sen. McManus: Sen. McManus moved that SGA make the following amendment tothe Elec tions By-Laws. By-Law Amendment Section 1. Elections may take place over a maximum of 7 consec utive days, a minimum of which 1 is an academic day upon which paper balloting must occur. Section 2. Official polling is con stituted by either paper balloting or the use o f a com puter program on the WPI com puter network as designated by the elections committee. Section 3. On any polling day the polls shall be open, at a minimum, from 9AM until 4PM. Section 4. To vote by paper ballot each student must present a valid WPI picture ID. T o vote electronical ly the student must have not sup pressed his/her online information through the registrar, and posses a current WPI computer account. Section 5. Given reasonable sus picion o f fraud the elections com m it tee may invalidate an election by a 4/ 5 vote if and only if the committee consists of five or more members. In the even that there are less than five members the election may be invali dated by a 4/5 vote of the Senate. Continued to page 11
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Registrar's Office new hours Beginning the week of January 17th, 1994, the Registrar's Office will be expanding their counter hours of operation to the following schedule: Monday - Thursday: Friday
9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
These expanded hours will be offered during the periods in which classes are in session, and will be done on a trial basis for the Spring Semester of 1994. A review will be conducted at the conclusion of the semester to determine what further changes or refinements would be warranted in order to meet the needs of the campus community. We hope that this change will provide an added convenience to all individuals needing the assistance of the Registrar's Office staff!
Deadline for New Voices 12 submissions approaching New Voices is W PI’s annual com munity drama festival that takes place during D-Term. All of the plays which are produced are written, directed, act ed out, etc. by members of the WPI community. All students, faculty, staff, and alumni are encouraged to submit original works for consideration to be produced in this year’s New Voices. If you have an original play, and would like to see it performed by mem bers of the WPI community, all you need to do is submit two copies of your work to Prof. Dean O ’Donnell of the Humanities Dept, or to the Humani ties Dept, office. Deadline for submis sions is Tuesday, February 1st at 5pm. Nothing will be accepted after
this tim e. One copy should contain your name and box number, and the other copy should have no identifying information on it. There are no limitations on what will be accepted. Works in progress will be considered. All plays will be accepted only if they are in the public domain or with the permission of copy right holder. Acceptances will be announced in February. Don’t miss this opportunity to see you play produced! For more information, e-mail Dean O ’Donnell (dodo@wpi)or Erik Felton (elf@wpi). Remember the Deadline is Tues day, Feb. 1st at 5pm. Submit to New Voices!
Human slide show: What is it? by Patricia Panlilio Class o f ’96 A couple of weeks ago when you toasted 1993 out and 1994 in, I am sure you made a new year’s resolution or two. Yes, its that time of year again, when people drink ‘til they’re dizzy, party hearty, put the past behind them, set some goals and make promises for the year ahead... those new year reso lutions - you know what I am talking about... you know the ones you never follow through? “Uh... excuse me... what are you talking about?” you’re asking. “What does any of this have anything to do with a human slide show?” WELL... JUST HEAR M EOUT AND MAYBE YOU’LL FIND OUT...OK? Gimme a chance , jeepas creepas... The resolutions are always the same: I resolve to go to all my classes this term (even the sun rising 8 am ones), to do all my homework (not with team Xerox) and get enough rest (half of the partying on weekends). I resolve to regularly attend the aerobics class in Harrington, curb my drinking and to never set my evil roommate up on a blind date again. Do any o f these sound familiar to you? I thought they would. But instead of following this silly tradition of
making goals for yourself that are nevermet - look outside o f yourself. If you can’t stick to something to better your self why not do something to help others out. (come watch our human slide show) Community service and volunteer work is not a foreign concept to all that read this article. In fact a good percentage of this audience has done a lot of this work (come watch our human slide show...) like when you were a little boy scout or girl scout (maybe a wilderness girl...), or in high school, or now as a fraternity or sorority event, and even many o f the clubs on campus do community ser vice. And why not? I mean it looks good on a resume, you can do it with friends (wahoo), and it helps chari ties, communities, and families, (the slide show the slide show...) There is a group of people here at WPI dedicated specifically to service to the community, (come on... you have nothing better to do...) Its a service club with more than 30 active members. Each of the members are bound togeth er by traditions, ideals, and fellowship that makes this club into a fraternity called Alpha Phi Omega. WAIT!! Don’t stop reading thisjust because I said “fraternity”. It is NOT like the fraternities on campus (hon
est!). Why would we be putting on a human slide show if we were? In fact it is not in the Greek System, but we encourage all fraternities and sorori ties to join us in our efforts. Alpha Phi Omega is a national co-ed service fra ternity. Check us out at our informa tional meetings on Monday, January 24,— okay - so that was yesterday and you missed it! NO problem we are also having another one on Thursday, (TWO DAYS FROM NOW) January 27th, at 7 p.m. in the Lower Wedge. It will be entertaining to see the brothers of this co-ed fraternity become slides. If you can’t make it to Thursday’s meeting, (but you will because this slide show is not something you should miss...) are interested, or just want some more information contact Corinne Kachler by email: ckachler@wpi or me, your babbling and lecturing mother-ish instinct that sits on your shoul der (and demands that you go see this slide show!) at mine@wpi. If your new year’s resolutions usu ally fall apart come the second or third week (or day) in January and you ca n ’t seem to help yourself with them - make Alpha Phi Omega your new year’s resolution and help some one else out. (PLEASE COME!) Human Slide Show - next showing Thursday, January 27, 1994, 7 p.m.
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Tuesday January 25,1994
CLUB CORNER
AIChE
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W elcome back! I hope everybody’s break was happy and restful. We have a great term planned and hope to see you all at the fun and exciting events. It all starts o ff on Tuesday the 25th with our first meeting of the term. We really hope you can make it, but if you can’t, just stop by our membership drive on the 27th, 28th, and 4th outside of the mailroom. For a little break from the stressful return of classes, come join us at our social on the 2 nd and a movie night on the 6 th. Most important of all is our rematch volleyball gam e against the Chem. Eng. professors and grad, students. We really need to show up ready to win consider ing we got blown away last time. So let’s go full force ready to gain back some respect! We hope you all can attend these things and really become involved in making this a wonderful term for AIChE.
We are inviting a speaker on the Clinton Health Care Plan on Feb. 1st (Tue). He is on the committee for constructing Health Care Reform Plan forC linton Administration. GAP is inviting anyone who has concerns about the H ealthcare Reform. More details will follow. Contact Brant Smith at brant@ wpi.edu. Congrats to Bryan Bordeaux on being our new Head Delegate for HNMUN. For those of you who missed last w eek’s meeting, there will be a quiz given on Parlimentary Proce dure Harvard style, so be prepared. If you have ideas for practice debate topics email Bryan at bbking. The quotes for this year’s GAP Tshirt have been selected, thanks to everyone for your input on those, we should begin printing them VERY soon. New ideas for fundraisers are being discussed, so if you have an idea you think will work bring it to the next meeting. Hope to see y a ’ll there!
Alpha Phi Omega Hey O l-sters !! The last few weeks have gone sm oothly (I wonder ju st how many of those are left... anyone sick o f the snow??) Well... CPPC went quite well... about 12 -15 showed up to vent their frustrations as well as offer their ideas... like the HUMAN SLIDE SHOW !! (recruit) Upcoming events include 2 info meetings forSpring Rush,(HUM AN SLID ESH O W !!), PLEASE BAKE FOR BOTH! the reg. but not so ordinary bro meeting, making Valentines for the elderly, and a social on Sat, and a Super Bowl party on Sun. Contact respective people for more info...(get them to come to the slide show) For my latest batch of creativity, check out the article HUMAN SLIDE SHOW !! Come w atcha(A L L ARE W ELCOME !)dozen or so brothers make fools o f themselves (including me!) BRING A FRIEND! Come listen to Corinne fumble on herschpeel. NEXT SHOW: THURS JAN 27 AT 7 PM LOWER WEDGE! Office hours have been set up and the office cleaned (surprise surprise) so come up and say hi and keep officers and other brothers from doing homework. Play cards, listen to music, do what com es naturally ... but put the plastic sheet down for easy clean up (sorry couldn’t resist a little APO humor), (w ear letters if you have them...) See you all at the SLIDE SHOW! and if you did already see it ... TELL OTHERS TO COME and I hope you had fun !! What else is in our bag of tricks O l-sters? Finally, thank you Marc for the powers of Mr. Subliminal and suggestive writing. YiLFS, the pesky little pea that sits on your shoulder
Anyway, here is a Top Ten list that I received from Jack just before break: Top Ten Reasons to Go Nuke: 10. Homer Simpson should be everyone’s role model 9. Lower your electric bill by glowing 8 . Split atoms, not trees 7. Your psycho-ex can ’t bother you at work 6. A low sperm count is ideal birth control for any college couple 5. Beer fission is an ideal party conversa tion piece 4. Chemical engineers are the only ones who get paid more and they’re a bunch of geeks 3. E n d less land o p p o rtu n itie s near Chernobyl 2. Y ou’ll never need a microwave 1. Radiation is a problem? -C an’t see it, -Can’t feel it, -Can’t taste it No problem.
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Pathways
Welcome to week #2 of that wonderful thing called C-term at Whoopie! NOMINATIONS were last week... A lot of people came out of the woodwork to run for offices. The list of nominees is as follows: President: Chris Mangiarelli, Dan Martins, Amy Plack VP: Kendall Libby, Derek Shute Secretary: Phil Cordeiro, Kendall Libby Treasurer: Chris Mangiarelli, Matt Moniz, Mark Wright TD: Dan Afonso HP: Greg Marr So, all you active members, show up to the next meeting and vote! If you absolutely can not make the meeting on Wednesday at 4:30 in AK 2 3 3 ,1 hope you submitted your votes as a list of one name for each office to the exec board which was yesterday (as usual) at 4:30 in Beckett. Quotes of the week: “This was a big mis take...” -Jon, upon running into Fubar, Amy and Greg M. outside the booth today. “ W hat’s your bra size?” -I think we all know who said that one. “ No, they didn’t ask me my bra size” -Ditto. This week we have movies galore with “Dave” last Sunday, “ Beavis and Butthead” Tonight (7 person crew to show I reel of 16mm), “The W all” on Friday (a classic not to be missed this year) and “Manhattan Murder Mystery” next Sunday (anyone got any info on this one?) See you all at the meeting on Wednesday. 4:30pm AK233. Remember, last minute nom inations and elections! (We promise it will be shorter than last time!)
Hello all. Well, w e’re getting close to the deadline for this years issue. We have a stack of submissions to go through, and I’m sure the last minute crunch is going to hit soon. I just ordered our PC and we should have it in a week or so. And I’ve got to finish our budget request for Monday. Oh joy. Hopefully we can actually buy software next year... Our next meeting is this Thursday 1/27 at 8 PM in the Pathways office... We have a lot to vote on, and some rearranging to do. (The desks go!) I’d like to get all the current submissions out of the way to clear for the crunch. The dead line this year is Thursday, February 3rd, so let people know. I ’ve had a few deadline ques tions already, people seem to like to wait until the last minute. So, please show to this Thursdays meeting, anyone who wants to be involved is welcome. We also need to start thinking about elections for next year, so if you are interested come to the meeting. I ’m grad uating, so I won’t be running again... (Hey, stop cheering!) This Thursday, 8 PM, Path ways office, Riley basement. Be there.
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Congratulations to Erik Addy for his first place finish at the Wildcat slalom on Jan 16 and to the m en’s team which took second both days Sunday and Monday Jan 16 and 17. Great jobeveryone but keep focused on that Regionals position. Hopefully this w eek’s results at Loon will be just great. To make sure we take GMC weekly practic es will start Wednesday January 26th. The van will leave from the wedge at 5:30pm. Practice will run from 7-9:30 at Nashoba Val ley and cost $16. Control is not the issue Speed is.
You will submit to new voices! Submission of any dramatic work, poetry, or similar will be considered for the festival. Submissions must be in to Dean O ’Donnell or the humanities office by 5PM on Tuesday Feb. I st. ANYONE in the WPI community is more than welcome to offer a submission! The DeathTrap, M.W. Repertory Theater’s, C-term show will be performing on Feb. 4,5 and 6 . The show will start about 8 p.m. Jesus Christ Superstar, M asque’s C-term show, will be going up on the 17, 18 and 19 of Feb.
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C-term has rapidly got off to a great start. Some things to be looking forward to... this Friday we will be having a presentation on apologetics. I, for one, am really looking forward to it. The following Friday night a number o f us will be attending Congress '94 in Boston. The rest will still meet here in HL101 at 7:00 p.m. like usual fo ra great time. If you haven’t been to Prayer and Share on W ednes day at 8:00 p.m. in Founders Country Kitchen, come check it out. It is a really encouraging time of sharing what is going on in our lives, and prayer for one another. Finally, sports at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in front of Alumni Gym, and the DAK A luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in Founders DAKA on W ednesday (not Monday as 1 noted last week). This week I have been thinking about what it means to be discouraged and how we should respond. I ran across the following verse: “ Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord." (Psalm 31:24). I have found it is very easy to think about how I should respond to discouragement when everything is going well, but when it comes to actually facing discour agement, are we really able to be strong and take hope because of our trust in God? When things are not looking so good, take heart, and draw your strength from the Lord. He wants to supply your every need.
Welcome back to C-term. Congrats to the new officers: Glenn W agner as Co-Captain Matt Telia as Co-Captain Rob King as Treasurer To Club members or anyone else interested in PE credit, stop by the campus bowling lanes and pick up a requirements sheet from Will. There are new totals for games required. Any one interested in the travel team, the first rolloff is this week. Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-5 and 7:00-9:00. Don’t be late. The first meet is on the 29th at Army. Any ques tions about the club, just stop by the bowling lanes at night, we will try to answer them.
Men’s Glee Club Welcome back to hell. Hope everyone’s new classes are more difficult than mine. It's better when everyone else brings down the curve. I am hoping that there will be a Tuesday Night Club tonight. Show up to rehersal for more info. Also, this upcoming weekend, we are having a rehearse-a-thon with Regis. This means it’s time for beer and condom keychains. We are hosting another Rathskeller Party Sat urday night. We will be looking for some people to help set up and stuff. T h at’s about it for this week. The Assassination Game should be starting up in a few weeks, too. Hey Freshman, don’t forget your questionnaires!
Society of Pershing Rifles We had our first meeting last week and it went reasonably well, except for the fact that the pizza was late and there was not enough of it. There was a fairly good turnout as well, as far as new pledges are concerned, but we are always hoping for more to join our ranks, so if you are still interested in joining P/R, we are meeting tomorrow at 7:00 pm in room 28 below Harrington. For those of you who are already members, we are doing cross-country skiing, taught by our illustrious First Sergeant Chandler. We have quite a schedule set up for you guys this semester, so make sure to get together with your squad leader to find out what is going on. Well, that is all I have for now, see you tomorrow.
Society of Women Engineers Hey everyone. For those of you who missed it our first meeting of 1994 was last W ednes
day. All the committees were introduced: Outreach, Fundraising, Membership and Pub licity, T-shirt, and Program. The program com mittee was a last minute addition. This com mittee will plan and organize meetings. Any one interested in joining a committee please email swe@wpi. The regional conference is at MIT on February 26 and 27,1994. The cost is $25 and due by January 31. Email swe@ wpi for an application form and/or additional in formation. April 16 is the 25th Anniversary of Women On Campus. A phone-a-thon lo con tact female alumni will be held on Sunday, February 27. We need volunteers to take shifts, yet again email swe@wpi for more info. SWE purple T-shirts on are sale for $5 and will be available at the next meeting. Hope you are all surviving C-term. Thought for the week: Peace isn’t the absence of con flict, but the ability to cope with it.
Tau Beta Pi Hello both new and old members. I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing break. I’d like to congratulate the following on being induct ed into the Mass Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Pi on December 7th, 1993: Barry Hill, Jen Shaw, Jam es M cE lroy, C huck S cholpp, Barry Rodriques, Derek Adams, Brian Aldrich, Erik Alldredge, Bryan Bordeaux, Jared Buzby, Enrico Cafaro, Jerry Czarnecki, Lourenco Dantas, David Dempster, Michael Ferraris, Tim othy Fraser, K athleen French, Andre Garabedian, Paul Gassier, Tucker Griffith, Lee Guthrie, William Hewitson, Jesse Hobart, W itold Jachim czyk, Lori Jensen, Robert Jessop, Rebecca Kupcinskas, Yong Kye, Jo seph L askow ski, Ethan L oiselle, Robert Martino, Steven Mastroyin, Michael Miller, Peter Miraglia, Nicholas Mollo, Kimberly Nuciforo, Robert O ’Connell, Gregory Paine, Charles Palmer, Andrew Peterson III, Kevin Petrini, Bruce Reedstrom, Christoher Reilly, M organ R o sen b erg , K evin S h ea, John Stanavich and Stephen Tessier. Once again congratulations on the induction and I hope everyone has a great C-term.
Vegetarian Society This is our first club corner in a while, so a little intro might be needed for some... The WPI Vegetarian Society is a group of WPI students and veggie- friendly omnivores who gather somewhat regularly to gorge them selves on yummy vegetarian food (not to men tion semi-violent card games). If this at all interests you, email veggies@wpi and w e’ll add you to the mailing list. Speaking of the Vegetarian Society account, there are several veggie recipes we encourage you to try. If you have any veggie recipes that you would like to share, please send them to veggies@ wpi and we will add them. Now, on to the point of the club comer... there will be a feeding at xine’s (email to RSVP/ask where she lives) this evening at 6 pm, our first annual Fondue Par-tay. It oughta be fun, and rumour has it that her way cool roommate Carol (Goddess of CoffeeCakes) has a cool “Bruschetta Mozzarella” recipe to try out. And xine promises to make JohnBoy not ask who o f us females is single...
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A rA Hello, hello, hello! Welcome back AGD’s! Hope your breaks were awesome! Sorry for the absence last week, but the new rules definitely had something to do with it. I would like to especially welcome our new pledge Krystal Talbot!!! We love you!!! Well, hopefully you all found a decent pic ture for the composite (that was my hope any way). Pizza, pizza, pizza... Thanks to Theta Chi for the social Saturday night! HB... did I remember to call you? As for future events: Tomorrow we have AGD hoops versus the World House. Don’t forget dues are due Friday, January 28th. As for philanthropy events: We're still work ing on KFC and Boston Chicken, and we have the snowman contest coming up... Feb. 3... NO CLASSES!! Thanks to everyone who visited the Children’s Ward with the get well balloons! Red is for love. Buff is for friendship. Green is for ... ENVY... Great job Sara!!!! Tours, tours, tours... I hear that the bottom floor is pretty awesome. “ Hans, Frans, Nike... Just do it!” Thanks to everyone who came and hung out with us in my room... And Seniors, get ready cuz it will happen again real soon!!!!! W here’s that teddy bear? HB? Lexie? Happy Birthday (belated or otherwise): Car rie B 12/16, Cyndi S 12/17, Lynn M and Kim Quigley 12/23, Gilda and Patti 12/27, Sara P 1/ 8 , Angela W 1/15, Karen F 1/20, Jen Lord 1/23, Tanya M 1/24, Anne M 1/29, and Kristen Jones 1/30. And congratulations to those who have now joined the ranks o f the 2 1-club... Special welcom e back to Sue M, Jen Lisauskas, Monika S, and Toni... we missed you! And last but not least, I was asked to mention that red chevy that lost several races from the hockey game... 1 hear you need a new engine... (the little engine that... couldn’t?) <DK0
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Greetings...This week at AXP much excite ment has occurred. The usual columnist is in D.C. smokin’ a bone with Clinton and the Scnouffer. Thanks to Schnappsey who really cleaned up in a pool tournament, despite the severe mental stress he was undergoing for an all but short six hours. His luck picked up once again when he landed a major deal with a local bridal company. In other frontiers. The AXP nutt-cracker will be performed by Luke, during a study break in an amazing five minutes. This is certainly faster than the Gay Bee could man age, after his date with someone named “Frosty”. As usual chemistry lessons were held Monday and Tuesday nights, with some interesting vio lent reactions from a few of the reagents. Only a few minor “Active” injuries were reported. As for the postulants, it’s amazing how fast they work with angry dogs chasing them, despite the frigid state toll of a dahllar-twenty-five. The Around the World Party on Friday night was a huge success. Thanks to A DAP for supplying the mixers. Perhaps now Gay Bee will be able to stand on two feet. It seems that Dog wasn’t barking up a tree when it came to the bitches....Too bad Schnapsey was too busy with a phone call to notice the excitement. Luckily Joser was laying in bed when they arrived. Remember to motion, I mean vote, Uh point of inquiry, I mean order...
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- So Marsh, tell us, are chicken burittos as good coming up as they are going down? - Jon, next time you and Bill wrestle, take it easy on him. H e’s very fragile you know. - Attention Kyle and Cregan: in case you’ve forgotten, it’s the big gray house on the comer of Institute and Wachusett with the blank sign in the front. - Tony, in case you were wondering, the idea is to take your clothes off so you don’t puke on them, not so you can puke all over them. - Rapids, back in his old form again!
- In the cuddling and snuggling department, Chris takes the prize hands down with his frequent I -2 hour calls. All I ever hear about is Martha! Martha, Martha, Martha! By the way, congratulations on becoming a B.A.V. - Mario, now that you’ve pinned Tracy, is it over between you and Mark? - Guz Proverb: A bag in the pocket is worth one on the mat. - KTFB Milkman < D IL Hey Phi Sig Sigs! I hope everyone had a great time bonding with the pledges on Monday! Keep up the great work, Jocelyn and Jen Rice! Well, our annual ROCK-A-THON begins today at noon in the wedge. Come and support us...all donations will benefit the National Kid ney Foundation. It’s a great cause and a lot of fun, so get rocking! A very special happy birthday goes out to Christine Pukay. Happy birthday, Pook! Also, good luck to th e b ask etb all and sw im teams...keep up the great work! It’s been a frantic week at the Phi Sig Sig house. We had a scare when we heard a buzz saw going at 1:00 a.m., and awoke to discover that it was only the rat building an addition to the basement. Jenn Alley had to be taken away in a straight jacket., the last person who saw her said that she was mumbling about the butts of flies and how they weren’t mating. There have been considerable personality changes in Jenn Shiel ...misplacing clothes and schedul ing meet ings in odd places! Yvonne almost burnt the house d o w n ...w ith bo ilin g w ater, w hile Firemarshall Mandy refused to go down in the basement to turn the alarm off for fear of disturbing the rat’s construction work! Kylie was running around screaming, “W e’re free, w e’re free” to T ricia, Darlene, Jen, and Heidi...(Kylie, how ’s your jeans?) Sarah Mac made a life altering decision to NOT go to Hawaii for the sake of her beloved (too much red tape?!?). Finally, we thought that we were getting robbed early Monday morning, but it was only the pledges, showing us their good spirit! Special hellos go out to Gayle, Lily (from your little sister), Alison, Becca, Ann S., Paula, Molly, and all of our awesome pledges! You guys are the best...keep up the great work! LITP
in Welcome back to everybody’s favorite time o f the year, C-term. Another seven weeks of weather-induced depression. Hey, I thought Hell was supposed to be real hot or something... Congrats to the new EC: Pres. John Cannell VP Douglas “Tooz” AlexanderTres. Dan Morin Seer. Dave Elmer IstCoun Brad Hawksworth Herald Brad Williams Well house bills went up this term after it was decide to purchase several tranquilizer guns after Fred’s rampage a few nights ago. Hey Hal, make sure you keep him sedated from now on... Happy 2 1st to Nate and Malone. Hey Malone are you done showing everybody your ovaries. Clean up that sink yet? Hey Cooze w asn’t it your New Y ear’s reso lution to stop smoking? I wonder when Wiebe will break his about Trish? Stewards suck. Enter Jim, our new cook. Speaking of which, congrats to the new stew ards, Ev and Chewie. Hey 2E, isn’u h is your second time? Well, I guess that you like to suck. I hope Len’sfish like there new home... hope they don’t get eaten... Hey Sped, calm down and put away the pain stick. Hey Gifford, get a clue! Spanky... we’re so proud... over 200 did you say' Reptile wins. Fatality. See you next Tuesday!
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A live Teleconference Bevond Racism will be broadcast February 2 at WPI at 8:00pm, it will be a discussion on campus concerns re garding racial disharmony. Sponsored by the United Methodist Church Board of Higher Ed ucation and Ministry, the Teleconference seeks to foster unity on campus. The program will explore new and creative approaches to work
The motion was 2nd by Sen. Corriveau. During discussion ifw as explained that this amendment had to be made in order to take electronic voting into account. Sen. Single called the question. Sen. Winset 2nd, vote passed. The motion was then voted on and passed. X. Announcements: -Sen. Winset announced that he did not feel that SGA is doing the job it could possibly be doing, and that Senators should start fulfilling their elected duties. -Sen. Keenan announced that the next Fac ulty meeting will be Thursday, January 27th, at 4:05 in Kinicutt Hall. -Sen. Daly announced that the Library Ad visory Board will be meeting again soon. He also informed the Senate that the Thailand Project had been canceled, due to problems outside of the control of WPI and expressed concern over this. -Sen. Sprague announced again that bud gets are due Monday, and any senators who are in student clubs or know others who are should remind the treasurers to get their budgets done. XI. Meeting adjourned at 7:30.
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Tuesday January 25,1994
Tuesday, January 25 3:3()pm - Holy Cross - Lecture Naval WarCollege Professor on “National Interest Objectives and Seapower”. Carlin Batillion Lab. 8:00pm - Holy Cross speaker, Jean B. Elshtain, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, on “Affirming Ordinary Life”. Hogan Campus Center, Room 519.
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Did you fill out your anonymous drug / alcohol survey??? It is not too late! If you were one of the 1500 randomly selected WPI students who received a survey in your mailbox last week, all you have to do is fill it out quickly (about 10 minutes) and mail it and the yellow card back to us SEPARATELY... Keep the white postcard as your claims ticket. The entry deadline will be Friday, January 28,1994. Please fill it out today.
Wednesday, January 26 3:30pm - CGSR: Wave Breaking, Air Sea Exchange and Global Climate Issues, Washburn 229. Thursday, January 27 11:00am - A1RG (Artificial Intelligence Research Group) Meeting, Higgins Lab, 212. 8:00pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffeehaus, T.R. Ritchie (singer, songwriter). Friday, January 28 7:00pm - Film: “The Wall” Perreault Hall, $2.00. 8:30pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffeehaus, Greg Greenway and Kevin Connelly play contemporary pieces, $ 9 . Saturday, January 29 7:00pm and I0:0()pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffehaus, Devonsquare - music similar to Manhattan Transfer, $12. Sunday, January 30 2:00pm - WAM: Public Tour of Worcester Art Museum. Free with student ID. 2:00pm - WAM Film - Jason and the Argonauts, $2.00. 3:00pm - Holy Cross - Wolfgang Rubsam, Organist. St. Joseph Memorial Chapel 7:30pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffeehaus, Boston Poetry Slam Troup, $5.
Newspeak Needs information. If your sports team is competing right now, you can write the article. Who knows your sport better than you do? All articles are due in the Newspeak office by the Friday before publication at 5pm. If you want more info, contact us at newspeak@wpi, 8315464, or WPI Box 2700.
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Tuesday, January 25 3:30pm- Holy Cross -Lecture Naval War College Professor on "National Interest Objectives and Seapower”. Carlin Batillion Lab. 8 :()()pm - Holy Cross speaker, Jean B. Elshtain, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy, on “Affirming Ordinary Life”. Hogan Campus Center, Room 5 19. Wednesday, January 26 3:30pm - CGSR: Wave Breaking, Air Sea Exchange and Global Climate Issues, Washburn 229. Thursday, January 27 11:00am - AIRG (Artificial Intelligence Research Group) Meeting, Higgins Lab, 2 12. 8 :()()pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffechaus, T.R. Ritchie (singer, songwriter).
Did you fill out your anonymous drug / alcohol survey??? It is not too late! If you were one of the 1500 randomly selected WPI students who received a survey in your mailbox last week, all you have to do is fill it out quickly (about 10 minutes) and mail it and the yellow card back to us SEPARATELY... Keep the white postcard as your claims ticket. The entry deadline will be Friday, January 28,1994. Please fill it out today.
Friday, January 28 7:()0pm - Film: “The Wall” Perreault Hall, $2.00. 8:30pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffechaus, Greg Grcenway and Kevin Connelly play contemporary pieccs, $ 9 . Saturday, January 29 7:00pm and l():()()pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffehaus, Devonsquare - music similar to Manhattan Transfer, $12. Sunday,January 30 2:00pm - WAM: Public Tour of Worcester Art Museum. Free with student ID. 2:00pm - WAM Film - Jason and the Argonauts, $2.00. 3:00pm - Holy Cross - Wolfgang Rubsam, Organist. St. Joseph Memorial Chapel 7:30pm - Old Vienna Restaurant and Kaffechaus, Boston Poetry Slam Troup, $5.
Newspeak Needs information. If your sports team is competing right now, you can write the article. Who knows your sport better than you do? All articles are due in the Newspeak office by the Friday before publication at 5pm. If you want more info, contact us at newspeak@wpi, 8315464, or WPI Box 2700.
ZAMARRO APARTMENTS 21 INSTITUTE ROAD WORCESTER, MA APARTMENTS APARTMENTS APARTMENTS DON'T WAIT! WON'T LAST!
Walking distance from WPI Clean: Studios, 1, 2, 3 bedroom units Gorgeous Victorian Buildings Locations: 21 Institute Road 15 Dean Street 10, 14, 45 Lancaster Street 59 Dover Street 88 Elm Street 17 Elbridge 18 Trowbridge
Starting Rent $325 and up Applianced kitchens, tiled baths
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