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SGA Invalidates Election Balloting Newspeak would like to com­ mend the Student Government Association for upholding its commitment to the student body.

Presented with a difficult situa­ tion, SGA did not choose the easy way out, but rather it chose the conscientious way out, the cor­ rect way out.

SGA represents the student body in its interaction with the Faculty, Staff, and Administra­ tion. A responsibility of great importance, the magnitude of which seems, unfortunately, to be sometimes forgotten. It is this

In an effort to uphold the responsibility o f SGA to hold a fa ir election, the Executive Board o f the Student Government Association, on behalf o f the SGA Senate, supports the invalida­ tion o f the Senate Election Balloting held on October 1st through the 7th. This decision was made to confirm the SGA Election C om m ittee’s invalidation o f the election.

The invalidation is due to confirmed reports o f errors in the electronic voting program.

These errors caused an inconsistency in the number o f votes. The SGA Executive Board and Elections Committee believe that a significant number o f votes m ay have been lost by the electronic election program.

SGA will hold election balloting again on November 1st through 3rd. The Elections will be held by paper balloting only and Elections Petitions will not be accepted as there has been fo u n d to be no fla w with that part o f the procedure.

-SGA Elections Committee

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organization that has been en­ trusted to distribute funds to stu­ dent groups and design policy guidelines by which they must abide.

Integrity is an absolute require­ ment for an organization of such authority. I feel that SGA has demonstrated such integrity and should be recognized.

Congratulations go to SGA for a job well done.

Vijay Chandra Editor-In-Chief

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

N e w spe,a k

Tuesday, October 11, 1994

Volume Twenty-two Number Twenty-two

M.W. Rep., Co. spends an evening out

by Tom Sico A ssociate E ditor Riley Commons was transform ed into the Rainbow Bar and Grill last T h u rsd ay , Friday, and S aturday evening as M.W. Repertory Theatre, Co., Etc. unleashed it’s A-term p ro ­ duction “Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and G rill” by Bruce Graham.

The play opens with the music on the jukebox, “ I Love Lucy” on the last television broadcasting, m ass hysteria in the streets as people fran ­ tically rush about, and Shep a b a r­ tender/w riter comes to accept the imminent death quickly working its way across the country.

Matt Dowling portrays Shep as a confused man holding on by the bear threads to his sanity. Shep sees the madness around him, the death, and knows his time is growing short.

And he wonders why life is being so unfair to him. As the play progresses, his thoughts are com pounded by conversations and interactions o f the p la y ’s six other characters, each struggling to deal with the situation in their own way.

Roy, a mechanic in town begins by being set on going to D isney World because he’s never been there before and wants to go before he dies. Ken Danila characterizes Roy as a guy with big dreams and no way to achieve them from his small town environm ent. So Roy ends up w ait­ ing out his time playing poker, for a variety of stakes, spending his final hours with people he knows.

Roy is avoiding W illy, a gun-tot­ ing country boy played by Jesse P ar­ ent. Willy is having a hard time d ea l­ ing with his oncom ing dem ise, and has gone a bit crazy, killing people that d o n ’t agree with him, and tu rn ­ ing the post office into a fort w here he hopes to hold out until w hatever is com ing passes.

W hile Willy is in for a visit, an aluminum siding salesperson nam ed Bulloc comes on in to use the phone.

Bulloc is trying to find former cu s­ tom ers that he sold bomb shelters to who would be w illing to let him stay with them till things got better. Tom G uyette keeps the cocky, confident, self-serving, air of superiority por­ trayal of the stereotypical salesper­ son going throughout the perfor­

mance.

H o lly b e th N o rm a n d in p la y s Shirley, a flighty but literate former bartender at the Rainbow. Shirley has decided that she wants to get things done and made a list to do before she dies. And she has a lust for Shep that he does not return.

His affections are, however, for Virginia (Ram ona Puchalski). The local Physical Education and Health instructor, Virginia, exhibits a con­ fused personality resulting from an intense desire to see her only niece before the death ends all, then after­ wards when she find out that is im­ possible. She just w ants to spend her last m inutes romantically with Shep.

And finally, there is Joe, the m ys­

te rio u s fig u re p la y ed by R hett Brown. Joe walks in from out of the blue, knows more about the patrons of the Rainbow Bar and Grill than he should rightly know, and offers Shep and Virginia the ability to survive the plague if they will w rite a book for him. Joe is both cocky and lively, and also underhanded and deceitful, carefully manipulating them to his purpose.

And when the whole thing comes together, co-producers Melissa La Greca and Michelle M eister, and di­ rector Tom Carr, as well as the whole cast and crew managed to put to­ gether a wonderful production for the WPI community, and we look forward to their C-term show.

Congratulations to all.

PATTI KESSLEK / NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO

Matt Dowling attmpts to break up a fight between Ramona Puchalski and Hollybeth Normandin during "Early One Evening at the Rainbow Bar and Grill," the M.W. Rep A-Term production held last week in Riley Commons.

New Voices 12.5 gives Masque a successful start

by Steven Kaldeck, Class o f ‘98 and Katherine Druinville, Class o f ‘97 On September 30, Masque, the WPI theatrical group, presented four of the plays that were a part of last year’s New Voices 12 festival. The exhibition was held in Alden Hall at 4:30 that after­ noon. The four plays featured were An Appointment by Nick Walker, Brickfall

by Tom Carr, Johnny Is... by Helfene Andersson, and Happily Ever After by Tom Russell.

An Appointment was presented as a one man show starring Ryan Smart, who portrayed the boss. He is speaking to an unseen worker who has just been fired from his job because he refused to accept promotions within the company.

This boss did not seem to take the situ­ ation too seriously because his tone of voice was sarcastic and because he could notstop himself from chucklingthroughout his speech. An added touch to this play was a series of slides that were projected onto the back wall of the stage.

They looked like they were taken di­ rectly from Gary Lawson’s “The Far Side” cartoons, and, put into the context of this production made it even funnier.

Smart played the role very well and made me believe that I was actually watching an insider’s view of a not-sowell-off company going through a mi­ nor transformation.

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Brickfall was one of the more serious plays put on during this production. It tried to show one man’s realization of the senseless killing of innocent by­ standers. This man, Patrick, was an older member of the IRA. Though the characters do no state the IRA, the audi­ ence understands who the terrorist group is from the Irish accents of the characters and the comments made about the Brit­ ish. He and his partner, a younger man named Sean, had just finished a job and were hiding out in an abandoned build­ ing. Patrick is bothered by what he is now doing. He doesn’t know what he’s fighting for anymore. Yet he can’t es­ cape from being in the IRA because of threats made to his family if he leaves.

He tries to convince Sean that it isn’t worth being in the IRA. In the end, Patrick decides to surrender to the po­ lice only to be shot on sight.

This play was very well done, right down to the Irish accents of the char­ acters. On stage, the audience sees the inside of the abandoned building with one window in the middle and a few black boxes stacked up next to it. A sheet of cloth over the window serves well to show the police’s search lights.

Except for the cloth which is lit up in white, the rest of the stage is in green light (to further give us the impression of Ireland). The characters are dressed in leather jackets, jeans, plaid shirts and combat boots. Both the charac­ ters smoke to give them a tough ap­

pearance.

Johnny Is... was a very weird perfor­ mance. N. Harrison Ripps, who por­ trayed Johnny, said only one word throughout the play: “boredom”. How­ ever, he repeated this word numerous time as he pranced across the stage and found many things to do in an attempt to act out his boredom. He spoke, sang, and prayed with different volumes, pitches, and tones of voice while he tapped his pencil, did gymnastics, jumped up and down, and did just about everything except sit still and do his work. Everyone in the audience was laughing hysterically at this superb dis­ play of physical comedy.

The final skit, Happily Ever After, was a parody of the famous story, “Little Red Riding Hood.” As the narrator began reading the story, the viewer could figure out that some­ thing just w asn’t right. The main character of this play was the wolf, portrayed by Matt Dowling. He wore a leather jacket and sunglasses and had a really bad attitude. Many things in this play were much different than they were in the real tale. For in­ stance, instead of sw allow ing the grandmother when the wolf arrived at her house, he knocked her out with the butt of his gun! He got a real shock when he searched her cupboards for food and found nothing but oat bran, wheat germ, and granola because she was a health nut. The Little Red

Riding Hood of this production was much smarter and probably more for­ est-wise that the original.

As the play went on, many more discrepancies between it and the initial story became apparent. Some of the forest creatures actually hated Red; they brandished knives and other weapons as if they wanted to kill her. However, the biggest shocker of all occurred when the wolf fell in love with Red! Now that the original plot has been totally wrecked, they tried to live together in his den, which was a complete disaster. Before things could get too out of hand, the brothers Grimm stepped in to remind the characters that they must stick to the original story. The wolf, on the other hand, insists that he and Red were meant for each other and that they must allow their plays to change with times; there­ fore, the wolf and Red can stay together.

As soon as this is out of the way, the wolf receives an Oscar for his outstanding performance. In my opinion, the entire cast and crew of Happily Ever After should receive Oscars for their efforts in this outstanding production.

Each of the performances lasted only about fifteen minutes, but they all were able to get their individual points across.

Whether the subject was love or war, the Masque players enabled me to laugh at life or to see it in a different way. If you didn’t see New Voices 12.5, you missed a lot. If you did, I’m sure that you enjoyed the experience as much as I did.

Table of Contents In The N e w s ................................................................................2 N e w s .............................................................................................2 Sports............................................................................................3 A rts & E ntertainm ent............................................................... 3 Community U pdate................................................................... 5 Letters to the E d ito r.................................................................. 6 Student Government Association............................................7

Graduate Student O rganization.............................................. 7 Club C o rn er................................................................................8 Greek C o rn er..............................................................................9 C om m entary................................................................................7 C lassifieds................................................................................. 11 Police L o g ................................................................................. 12

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SPORTS

Weekly sports update - Results from 9/30 to 10/6

by G e o ff Hassard FOOTBALL (1-2) The Engineers traveled to Troy, NY last Saturday to play another team of Engineers, RP1. This was not just another game for either team as it was the 100th anni­ versary of the first game played between the two schools. It was also significant in that the winner is awarded the Transit Trophy (a trophy with an engineers transit on it). The game got off to a good start for WPI as they jumped out to a 14-0 lead on touchdowns by junior James Dubord (Wilbraham, MA) and junior Ernie Ansah (Worcester, MA). Dubord’s touch­ down was a 64-yard reception from senior Tom Burns (Milford, MA) on a flea-flicker play.

Dubord finished the day with a career best in yards receiving with 114 yards on four catches.

Ansah’s touchdown was a 1-yard run as he finished the day with 130 yards of total offense (88 rushing, 42 receiving). Midway through the second quarter RPI began to take advantage of some penalties against WPI to bring the score to 14-6 at halftime. In the second half, neither team had much success as both de­ fenses played well. In the fourth quarter, RPI scored with just over six minutes left and tied the game after the two-point conversion. Both teams had there chances, but late in the game RPI completed a long third-down pass to bring them close to a score. RPI finally scored with 28 seconds left and WPI could not come back as the game ended 21-14.

W PI’s defense was lead by senior Matt Wassel (Walpole, MA) who had 16 tackles.

Senior Pete Marshall (Newburyport, MA) had 14 tackles and junior Don Chaban (Leominster, MA) had 12 tackles at linebacker. On the line, junior Mark Alexander (Gouverneur, NY) had 10 tackles and sophomore Matt Barrows (Glen Falls, NY) had 7 tackles. The Engineers next game is versus Norwich University as they

Student-athlete profile

by G eoff J . Hassard, SID ATHLETE: Dave Andrade SPORT: Men’s Soccer Dave Andrade is a senior on the men’s soccer team. He plays fullback and is trying to earn his first varsity letter. He lives in Hudson, MA and is majoring in manufacturing engineering. Coach Malcolm MacPherson says, “David is at every practice, dresses for every game and never com­ plains about whether he is playing or not.” As a senior, Andrade reflected on his four years at WPI and said, “I like the fact that WPI is a small school v. here you’re able to get to know a lot of people. It was close to home, which allowed me to stay in touch with my family. The greatest thing about WPI was that I was able to play soccer and have fun doing so.” Andrade also had this advice for freshman, “If you have the opportunity to get involved with a sports team, do so, because it is a great experience. Most of all though, when the going gets tough, keep going.”

open up defense of their Freedom Football Conference Title, which is two years running.

FIELD HOCKEY (4-4-2) The field hockey team had an up and down week as they won a big game over NEW 8 rival Smith, but lost a tough one to cross-town rival Clark. Last Tuesday, the Engineers played host to Smith College in a New England W omen’s 8 Confer­ ence match-up. WPI was looking for their first conference win as Smith was riding a threegame win streak. The Engineers had plenty of chances to score early but were kept scoreless.

It wasn’t until late in the first half when senior Liz Allenbrook (Rockport, MA) broke the dead­ lock and scored on a breakaway after moving by a Smith defender. The score remained 1-0 until just over 11 minutes left when senior Heidi Huggett (Holden, MA) scored on a pen­ alty corner assisted by senior Jen Rice (West Hartford, CT) and sophomore Heather Bryer (Warwick, RI). The game ended with the Engineers taking the victory 2-0 with freshman goalkeeper Julie Paine (Auburn, MA) record­ ing her first career full shutout. On Thursday, WPI hosted cross-town foe Clark University in a game between two of the most successful teams in New England over the past five years.

Whenever these two schools play there is al­ ways that extra adrenaline that flows to gain an advantage within the region. The game was mostly played between the midfield area as both teams had chances, but neither could sustain a prolonged attack. The first half ended in a scoreless tie. In the second half the action was much the same, though WPI did have the advantage in the offensive corner category, but they just couldn’t put it by the Clark goal­ keeper. With 15-minutes remaining, Clark was awarded a stroke, which is the equivalent to a penalty shot. This shot is just about impossible to stop. WPI goalkeeper, Amy Mercier did have a chance at the save, but was beaten and Clark led 1-0. The Engineers tried to come back, but couldn’t score and the game ended with Clark holding on for the victory.

MEN’S SOCCER (7-2) The Engineer soc­ cer team is beginning to roll, winning their last threegam esand fouroftheirlastfive. Thispast week they had victories over WNEC, Fitchburg State and Nichols. In a Constitution Athletic Conference game, the Engineers traveled to Springfield, MA to take on WNEC. WPI took the lead late in the first half as senior Craig Boucher (Sutton, MA) scored assisted by se­ nior Jamie Gustafson (Monson, MA). WNEC tied the game early in the second half, before Boucher tallied his second goal of the day assisted by freshman Eric Langlois (Canton, MA). Sophomore Craig O ’Rourke (West Kingston, MA) made six saves to secure the victory and bring the Engineers record to 2-1 in the CAC. The Engineers hosted Fitchburg State last Monday night and won 5-1.

Leading the way in the victory was the senior contingent on the team as Boucher (1 goal, 1 assist), Matt Dawson (Kingston, MA), Rad Donaldson (Winston Salem, NC) and Tucker Griffith (Shrewsbury, MA), each with a goal did the scoring. Jamie Gustafson and

Scott Ennis (Canterbury, NH) chipped in with an assist each. On Wednesday, the soccer team went to Nichols and defeated them 10-1. As­ sistant Coach Whitt Griffith explained that it was just one of those “games.” It wasn’t that Nichols was that bad a team, the Engineers were clicking on all cylinders. The entire team got to play as goalkeeper O ’Rourke recorded his third straight win between the posts.

VOLLEYBALL (6-8) The wom en’s vol­ leyball team has hit a mini-skid as they lost all three of their matches last week. The worst thing about the losses is that they are playing relatively well according to Coach Nancy Vaskas, but are not able to find consistency.

All of their matches last week were NEW 8 Conference contests as their record dropped to 1-5 overall in the conference. In the toughest loss of the week, the Engineers traveled to Babson College to play the Beavers. The Engineers went ahead 2-0 in the match after winning 15-6 and 15-13. Then the bottom fell out as the Beavers took the last three games 151, 15-7 and 15-6 to win the match. In the other two matches, WPI played MIT and Wellesley who are two of the stronger teams in th" confer­ ence. They didn’t win either of the matches as they lost to MIT 3-1 and Wellesley 3-0. Fresh­ man Stacy Gold (Nazareth, PA) continues to be a steady player in her first collegiate season.

Thus far she has 34 kills and a .309 kill percent­ age, and leads the team with 19 blocks. Junior Angela Wonsey (Millers Falls, MA) has di­ rected the offensive attack as she has 121 assists along with 30 digs. Senior Mindy Plog (Oshkosh, NB.) leads the team in most catego­ ries as she is at the top in kills (71), digs (70) and second in serving aces with 21.

MEN’S and WOMEN’S CROSS COUN­ T R Y - MEN (1-2); WOMEN (0-3) The cross country teams journeyed to Connecticut Col­ lege to run an their invitational meet. The men finished in 5th place out of 9 teams while the women placed 6th out of 11 teams. According to Coach Brian Savilonis, the course was ex­ tremely difficult for all runners, but he contin­ ues to be pleased with the individuals on both squads as runners improve their personal best times. In the meet, the men were led by junior Steve Labranche (Uncasville, CT) who fin­ ished 6th overall. The women were led by junior captain Deb Fraser (Merrimack, NH) who came in at 16th overall. Some of the runnners who took seconds of their PR’s were sophomore Tim Caldwell (Dover-Foxcroft, ME) who came in 22 seconds under and fresh­ man Michael Gagne (Colchester, VT) as he took an amazing 50 seconds off his best time.

For the women, freshman Sylvia Puchovsky (Dudley, MA) shaved 76 seconds off her best time.

Golmanavich (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Alyson Sherman (Rumford, RI), continue to play steady as they took all three points for the Engineers in the loss. The season is nearing the end as Coach Champion and her team look toward the MAIAW Tournament and the New England’s coming up in the next few weeks.

MEN’S GOLF (2-7) Due to the weather, the golf team has been kept in the club house. They only played one match last week and that was a tri-match with MIT and Tufts in Haverhill, MA at Crystal Springs Country Club. Unfortu­ nately for the Engineers they did not have enough golfers and had to forfeit their play.

MIT won as they shot 422 and Tufts shot 440.

INTRAMURALS Here are the results from the intramural cross country meet: 1. Footpounders—18 2. T C - 6 0 3. AFROTC —75 4. SP — 183 5. ATO — 187 6. S A E - 196 7. T K E -2 0 3 8. C S A -2 1 1 9. K A P -2 3 8 10. APES —DNF 11. F iji- N S After cross country, flag football and vol­ leyball the trophy standings are as follows: 1. TC —232-1/2 pts 2. K A P -2 1 5 3. S A E - 1 9 5 4. A T O - 187-1/2 T K E - 187-1/2 5. SP —185 6. F iji-1 7 7 -1 /2 7. A P E S - 135 8. A X P - 132-1/2 9. L C A -1 2 5 10. ZP — 120

W OMEN’S TENNIS (2-6) Riding a twomatch win streak, the Engineers hosted Mt. Holyoke College last Thursday. In a very close match, WPI lost 6-3. Coach Christa Champion said that every set came down to the end. They just were not able to make the critical points when needed. Our pair of sophomores, Lauren

Worcester Ice Cats Goalie ready for a play.

her problem Miss Catherine Reardon (played

by Sue Hill) drinks a little (actually she drinks A LOT). Anne Reardon (Jackie Dumont Foss) has somewhat of a breakdown and can’t handle things emotionally. Ceil Adams (Donna Story), the third sister, denies that anything happened and tries to ignore the problem. There is obvi­ ous tension between the sisters and nothing is really resolved at the end. I left the theater feeling sorry for the sisters. The whole story was somewhat moving, but since the true story of what happened is not clear, the audience can’t really relate to the characters. The pace was fast, and there was quite a bit of stage action, both dramatic and comedic.

Without a doubt, the highlight of the play was

the scene when the character Bob Stein (Daniel Story) is visiting the sisters with his wife. He has somewhat of a outburst and with his New York accent, he goes on to tell them how to solve their problems, beginning many of his sen­ tences with “Yous know what your problem is...” The funny thing about it is that he is completely right about almost everything. But, because he is telling the sisters what they don’t want to hear, they insult and try to belittle him.

I would definitely recommend this play to any­ one. But, be warned about strong language and don’t expect any happy endings, “cause there ain’t none here (as the character Bob Stein might say).” You can expect to leave feeling a little confused as well as moved.

BENNY / NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

“And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little a review by Peter E. Stubbs Traumaticeventsof your childhood can come back haunt you. “And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little” is an excellent realistic drama about three middle-aged sisters that are forced to come to terms with what happened to them during their childhood after their mother dies. This play directed by Stephanie Patrick Chalfant and performed at the Amesbury Playhouse on Octo­ ber 1-3, has very serious overtones mixed with light humor as well as very dark humor that is almost shocking at times.

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The setting o f the entire play is the dining area of the apartment of Catherine and Anne Reardon (two of the sisters) during an October evening.

The death of the mother somehow brings out feelings that the sisters didn’t have to deal with before. Each sister has her own way of dealing with what happened to her. The details of what happened are never revealed, but I came to the conclusion that their father sexually abused them, causing the divorce of their parents. Maybe others got a different impression, but that’s what I think. As you may have guessed, to deal with

Beauty is a Beast held in Alden Hall

by Sean Murphy, Class o f ‘97 Beauty is a Beast, a play written and directed

by WPI’s own Morgan D. Rosenberg, is a highly entertaining piece of theatrical work. Performed in luxurious Alden Hall on October 4th and 5th.

Beauty is a Beast is a result of Rosenberg’s work on his Sufficiency Project.

On reviewing Beauty is a Beast. I noticed that this play contained some elements of the theater of the absurd. A play written in this style often contains actions and characters that are presented out of harmony. An absurd play is somewhat comic, perhaps even tragic. In Beauty is a Beast, the character’s treatment of beauty and affection and sex is somewhat comic in the way Steve (Brian J. Smith) begins to rant and rave about

Morgan (Jason Macierowski) and how much of a “fag” he is because he kept on sending Miranda (Nicole Treeman) poems and flowers, but would never show himself personally. But on the other hand, it was also quite tragic, because in order to gain the love and affection of Miranda, Steve had to commit murder. Also, Rosenberg’s use of Jim Morrison’s poetry sets the mood of this play.

Containing many references to love being like winter, this poetry set a somber and gloomy shadow over the entire play.

After reviewing Beauty is a Beast I would have to say that, although quite bizarre, this is a superb play written by student, Morgan D. Rosenberg. It is unfortunate that Beauty is a Beast was only playing for two nights because many people weren’t able to enjoy the play, I was fortunate enough to experience.

Magico Magicol

by Jo-Ann Greene Lir is an Irish quintet, and this is their debut American release, which combines tracks from their import-only EP and album. Starting off with the space-rocky “Traveller” (a la Tangerine Dream, Can, et al.), by the second track Magico has slipped into cross between the funk of Chi­ cago (without the horns) and ‘60s bubbly key­ board. “Some Folk Are Truly Evil” permeates with a pensive atmosphere, a melancholy of un­ expected depth.

For any mainstreamers out there, the rest of the album lives up to its title. Some nicely, under­ stated guitar leads, lovely touches with strings,

high quality production, thoughtful lyrics and pleasant songs.

In fact, for you long term INXS fans, Lir will make a welcome addition to you collection. Not that it sounds a bit like the Aussies, but it certainly has the same commercial potential. Some uptempo numbers, ballads, funk, strong melodies, and a charming voice to tie it all together. How can it go wrong? For our more wrinkly readers, substitute Jefferson Starship. There, now they’ve crossed over to everyone.

Lir will be performing Wednesday, October 12 at the Middle East Cafe (472 Mass Ave) in Cambridge. The show starts at 8:30 and costs $7.00.

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College Bowl Sponsored by SocComm, Special Events Committee

Who: Any student is eligible to sign up as a member of a four person team or individually, as teams will be formed.

What: The Varsity Sport of the mind & game show of college campuses.

Where: Completed forms can be brought to the Student Activities Office by Friday, Oct. 28,1994.

When: Tournaments will Nov. 17, Dec. 1, Dec. 5 ,,.

be held on Nov. 3, Nov. 10, and Dec. 8. people, show your smarts member of WPI's Champion cam pus tournam ents and

Why: To have fun, meet and compete to become a Team, which travels to off receives free WPI sweatshirts.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Human Genome Project Conference November 11-12.

Environmental Engineering Outlook

AICUM

Careers in Environmental Engineering will continue to grow, according to M anpower Comments. T his growth is not limited to just engineers, however. There has been overall growth in all environmental careers includ­ ing scientists and professionals in the social sciences.

Over the past eight years, the environm en­ tal industry has grown 16% from 1986-88, 14% in 1989, and 10% in 1990 with slower growth in the early 19 90’s. The rapid growth in the private sector part o f the environm en­ tal industry has been matched with increases in local, state and federal government em­ ployment to plan, execute and evaluate envi­ ronmental programs and projects. The aver­ age starting salary for an Environm ental Engineer is around $33,000.

by Troy Thompson On November 11-12, 1994, MIT Student Pugwash is sponsoring a conference to d is­ cuss the social implications o f the use of genetic information and of the Human G e­ nome Project.

The Human Genome Project is dedicated to mapping and sequencing the entire human genome, which totals over three billion pairs of DNA. The ability to identify the presence of genetic diseases as well as common g e ­ netic traits will lead to many ethical, legal, and social implications.

T h is c o n fe re n c e w ill d iv id e in to workgroups with the following topics: Patenting and Com m ercialization Scientific Responsibility Reproductive Rights and Prenatal Test­ ing Eugenics Privacy Genetic Discrimination Genetic Testing: O bligation vs. A u­ tonomy WPI Student Pugwash will be sending a group to this conference and is also inviting non-Pugwash members who are interested to attend. The registration fee of $20 will pay for attendance to the conference as well as additional information, and the pre-Conference publications.

Registration will take place Friday, N o­ vember 11, 1994 between 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. and last until 11:00 P.M. The conference will resume at 9:00 Saturday morning and last until 10:30 P.M .

Any students or faculty interested in a t­ tending this conference should contact Troy Thompson at tbt@ wpi.wpi.edu o r by phone at 831-6332. Requests for housing in MIT's dormitories and checks must be received at MIT by October 28th so please contact me as soon as possible so that we can obtain all necessary information, as well as organize groups and transportation.

Prospective and current college students can find out how and when to apply for state, federal, and college-supported financial aid program s in the new 1994-95 Handbook on A dm issions and Financial Aid at Indepen­ dent Colleges in M assachusetts, published by the A ssociation of Interdependent Col­ leges and U n iv ersities in M assachusetts (AICUM ).

The 40-page, AICUM Handbook tells pro­ spective and current students and their fam i­ lies how to find out if they are eligible to receive financial aid, where to get the appli­ cation forms they will need, when to apply, and where to get more inform ation. Included in the Handbook are current enrollm ents, tuitions, application requirem ents, and ap­ plication deadlines for 56 interdependent colleges and universities in M assachusetts.

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Business and Trade Expositions The W orcester Business Exposition will be held at the Centrum on O ctober 12th and 13th. This is a business-to-business exposi­ tion with a w ide variety of companies. It is free to WPI students by showing your col­ lege ID.

Alpha Chi Rho Smashes Car for Muscular Dystrophy

by M ike A n d ru s On Saturday, September 24th, ALPHA CHI RHO held a “car sm ash,” where they invited freshmen to take turns swinging a sledgeham m er at a car to see what they could break off. The added attraction was that w hatever a person broke off, he could keep.

For every freshman who participated, AL­ PHA CHI RHO donated a dollar to the Mus­ cular Dystrophy Association, the total raised came to fifty-two dollars. The car, a latemodel Honda Civic, was generously donated

by Mass. Auto Recycling of W orcester. We at ALPHA CHI RHO wish to thank everyone who participated in this most successful event for m aking it such a “sm ash” hit!

Entrances and Exits Changed

NSF Graduate Fellowships

Effective Oct. 7, all persons must use the main doors o f the Alumni Gymnasium or Harrington Auditorium for access and egress.

All other doors w ill either be locked or alarmed.

The N ational Science F oundation an­ nounced last week it will award approxi­ mately one thousand, new three-year gradu­ ate Fellowships in March 1995. NSF Fel­ lows are expected to contribute significantly to research, teaching, and industrial applica­ tion in science, m athem atics, and engineer­ ing.

NSF Graduate Fellowships are intended for students in the early stages of their gradu­ ate study. In general to be eligible, you need to be a college senior, a first-year graduate student or have com pleted a lim ited number o f graduated courses. Specifically, you have to have com pleted fewer than 30 sem ester hours.

If you are interested in applying for an NSF Fellowship, application inform ation is contained in the ‘Fellow ship’ B inder in the CDC. A pplication deadline is November 4th.

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Tuesday October 11,1994

COMMENTARY

Philler Phone Calls and Blank Walls - Has Jack Frost been nipping at your... butt?

by L aurel a n d G uinevere Did-ja ever... Did-ja ever wonder why... It was colder inside than outside this past week? Did-ja ever wonder why some people had to wear multiple layers o f clothes, mittens, ski-masks and w inter boots to bed this past week? Did-ja? It w asn’t some strange cult thing, ju st plain COLD!!! Not no circulation cold, but ju st plain no-heat-on-in-thedorm-cold. (This doesn’t even de­ serve it’s own acronym .) No lie, and no exaggeration, we measured 53 degrees in our room one morning. In the interest of preserving harmony and unity among our readers of vari­ ous disciplines, we offer the follow ­ ing conversions: 11.67 degrees Cel­ sius, 284.83 degrees Kelvin, 512.67 degrees Rankine, and -674794.0001 sm ackleram as (every significant digit counts, mind you). T H A T ’s cold.

Ok. Ok. A little background info is in order here, don’t-cha think?

Huh, huh, don’t-cha? Even if you don’t, here it is anyway...

For people who don’t live on cam ­ pus, and haven’t gone to class in the past week, skip down a couple para­ graphs. If the previous qualifica­ tions do not apply to you, then read on, Gunga Din...

A ccording to R esidential Ser­ vices, the heat was not turned on when it got cold because they were not convinced that the weather would stay at a temperature low enough to warrant the heat being on. Once the heat gets turned on, they say they can’t shut it off. We can hear, “W ell, they turned on the heat. I guess it’s in G o d ’s h a n d s now ...”

W e know how sh u ttin g dow n the steam pipes would be a pain, but trying to type a paper w ith numb fingers is not a pleasant experi­ ence either. W orse com es to worse, we can open a window or <gasp> shut off the radiators in our room. W e’re en­ gineers for good­ ness sake! M ak­ ing th e room cooler is not a problem. M aking it warmer without using illegal open coil appliances is a problem. On a side note, propping open the mircowave door for 30 sec­ onds didn’t warm the room properly either. In order to justify not turning on our heat, they made up some w ell-thought-out tradition and as­ signed the 10th of October as a per­ fectly arbitrary date to turn on the heat throughout campus. They were convinced that as soon as they turned on said heat, that the entirety of New England would be instantly trans­ ported to the tropics, and thus their supreme efforts and deductive abili­ ties would be in vain. On the whole, we regard this as quite funny, since, on Friday, they broke down and turned on the heat because of stu­ dent com plaints, and lo and behold we were all running around the quad in shorts come Saturday. (Excuse us while we laugh heartily for a fe w ...)

Ok, ok. They were right, but that’s neither here nor there. The point is, we were darn cold, and by the time the heat came on (minus a few who died of hypotherm ia), M other Na­ ture had seen fit to take care of us with nice warm sunshine.

On a sad note, we are not yet sure if our beloved plant will recover from the cold that it contracted dur­ ing our week in the bureaucracyinduced-indoor-A rctic-w eather, or B. I. I. A. W. (“ Biiaw !” coinciden­ tally, is the sound Laurel made one morning last week stepping out of the shower onto the ice-cold floor

tiles). Does WPI carry plant insur­ ance? I don’t remember ever seeing such a thing, and it w asn’t on the list of things that we have to sign... (ooo, ooo, a plug for a previous article... neat.)

Why can’t the startup of campus services, such as the heat, be deter­ mined by something silly, such as..., I dunno, the current outdoor tem ­ perature, and not the horse-pucky that w e’ve been gettin’ aroun’ heah lately...? [Insert other examples of authentic frontier gibberish here.)

‘Nuff said.

O ff we go, into the wild, blue m ailbox... Our first letter today, boys and girls, com es from the Math Department, but I ’m sure you all can say, Math Department... so w e ’lljust show you the letter.

previous size constraints, but will be capable of accelerating objects as large as medium sized grapefruits.

The benefits o f this arc painfully obvious, em phasis on the painful part.

Pat Delahanty very nicely sug­ gested that they name a server after us. Thank you Pat. He o ffers p h ille r .w p i.e d u or g u in e v e re .w p i.e d u (a s laurel.w pi.edu is already taken).

That is very nice. We also subm it the “Laurel and Guinevere Lounge,” as a more appropriate memorial (but a server would be quite cool, if the nice guys down at the CCC could swing it, hint, hint). We need to leave our mark on this campus, and blowing up a building is ju st too time consum ing, not to m ention messy...

Dear Laurel & Guinevere Would you like to have a personal guided tour o f 2.5 Stratton Hall? I would be more than happy to a r­ range for a “sm a ll” party, prefer­ ably under 5 feet, to view our m ys­ tery room. M ichelle is also welcome to jo in us. Rumor has it, it was the private office o f a fo rm er custodian.

A ctually it is quite spacious and even has a window with a view. You may even bring a photographer to record this momentous event if you like.

I do have a fa vo r to ask o f you.

Couldyou verify the rumor that there is going to be alligator wrestling in the p it in the middle o f Freeman Plaza by the stairs?

Dee Hewson M ath D epartment

Oh, ah, um, what to say to that. Um, obviously because of our incredibly busy schedules (and ob­ vious loss of anonym ity), we were unable to attend the tour. However, we managed to coerce Newspeak into sending an investigative team in our place to view the room in question, and we even have a picture (yea, Philler’s phirst foto)! Cool, huh? Besides, N ew speak’s camera is a lot larger than ours, and they know how to develop their own film ... what a hunk...

Thanks for the tour Dee, we really appreciate it when our readers get so involved with our column. On the tour of Stratton Hall 2.5, our liaison reports that “it’s full of boxes and stuff.” Um, gee, thanks. (We thinks we needs a better liaison, yes?) We were very much disappointed to learn that it was not a secret doorway to a parallel universe in which WPI is entirely run by our counterparts Gaurel and Luinevere, but it was not to be. Sigh. Despite our sense of disappointm ent, we are grateful to Dee for the tour, however indirectly we received it.

We regret to inform you, how­ ever, that the “p it” in Freeman Plaza will most likely, although this has not been confirmed, not be for alli­ gator wrestling. It will be primarily for use by the Physics Department.

Rumor is, that it will be the first aesthetically pleasing particle accel­ erator, which will not be confined to

Jim Lagrant asks, “Why does ev ­ ery EE think that all of the w orld’s problems can be solved with capaci­ tors?” Gee Jim , we don’t know why either. Must be just one o f those things. Are you one of those majors Jim or are you secretly experiencing a EE-envy crisis? Tell us about your professors... We are here to help, Jim. You can trust us. Honest. In a token of our good faith, we prom ise we w on’t mention capacitors as a solution to any o f W PI’s problem s from now on. Now, don’t you feel better? We do. Shouldn’t you?

JASON PHILBROOK / NEWSPEAK PHOTO

W e’ve been receiving lots of let­ ters lately, and if yours didn’t make it in this w eek’s, don’t worry, it’s just that we have to write some m a­ terial too in this column, so maybe next week or something. Oh, if you’d like to be cool and get your name, or a reasonable facsimile, printed in Newspeak, somewhere other than the p o lice log, and a Philler Phan Club certifi­ cate, please w rite to us. Obviously we enjoy hearing about strange and wacky things, b e ­ ing that way our-, selves. K now ing that there are people out there that are just as sick as us, if not more, makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside... So send your c o m m e n ts, n o te s , q u e rie s, and such s tu f f to newspeak@ wpi.wpi.edu with Philler somewhere in the subject, or w rite snail mail to Philler c/o Newspeak

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Michelle finally experiences her life long (probably not) dream by getting the chance to enter Stratton Hall 2.5 and sitting amongst it's glorious and mystical... boxes.

Box 2700, and write neatly, cuz last week we got a doozy...

By the way, we were thinking about how someone asked us the other day why we were going off on this unintelligent stream o f co n ­ sciousness form of free flowing w rit­ ing that ju st keeps on going off in all directions without regard to space and time and worldly considerations yeah yeah yeah way out there man in the continuous universe of college life and things that d o n ’t matter but could somewhere if Newspeak ever gets printed or not and Faulkner rules all with Jack Kerouac as his right hand man without benefit of council or burden of proof can you imagine what the consequences damn the tor­ pedoes and go back to the place where you were before you were and why ask why and who and just go because we have to go and being gone without going quite all the way there is there is not here without

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Spock but w ith that annoying twit W esley would just be crazy but not com pletely just awful like the smell o f the w isteria blooming and this just on and on in my head over and over without end and hoping for it but w ithout hope for info call Tony but he’s never home cuz h e’s always out with his girlfriend w h o ’s a soror­ ity girl and you know w hat that can mean if the dogs are outside running over the lawnmower making all kinds o f noise and just unbearable because that just makes him more tired and ju st going without going going go­ ing just driving and flying down hallways o f granite peat moss with­ out knowing what goes into a Quick Chick but not really caring but yearn­ ing to know but they’re supposed to be hard and not mushy but they never are and th a t’s ju st the w ay it is.

Smile Mike. Hey man, Faulkner does it, and h e’s literary...

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION SGA Agenda fo r th e meeting o f Tuesday October 11, 1994 I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII.

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Call to order Roll Call Approval of Minutes President’s Report Vice President’s Report Treasurer’s Report Committee Reports Old Business -motion 10a.94-Zero Funding of Groups New Business -motion 1la.94- Peddler debt Sen. Reidy -motion 12a.94- N ew speak Funding - Sen. Reidy Announcements Adjournment

M inutes sum m ery f o r th e SGA Senate m eeting h e ld O ctober 4, 1994 I. President’s Report President Findlen announced the five candidates for the Presidential Search Committee. T his com m ittee will be responsible for researching candidates to replace form er Presi­ dent Jon C. Strauss. Those candi­ dates are: Michael C aprio ‘97, G re­

gory Findlen ‘96, Karen Goodell ‘96, did not submit budgets last year. nounced that 279 student have Jasmine Sarm icnto ‘97, and Manuel voted thus far. There are 29-on VanOordt ‘95.

VII. C om m ittee Reports cam pus candidates and 13-off SGA Committees: President Strauss has left campus cam pus candidates. He will be but will be returning for short peri­ Com mittee on Academic Initia­ sending around a sheet to sign ods of time until November 1st to tiv es: C hair F airb an k s anup for elections table later. complete his term of of­ fice.

Institute Committees: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC IN STITU TE P re sid e n t F in d le n - Com m ittee on A ca­ read a quote from Presi­ d e m ic P o lic ie s Ja so n dent Strauss stating that A verill reported that the he (President Strauss) com mittee had met and thinks WPI could do its voted to take to the Fac­ part to get an added edge ulty Senate a framework by providing more cam ­ for m inors, sp ecializa­ pus am enities such as in­ tion, and inter-disciplin­ creased sports opportu­ ary programs.

S T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T ASSOCIATION nities, a student pub and S te e rin g C o m ­ extra programming. nounced that there will be a mittee: (First Year Experience): m eetingon Monday October 10, D eb Foley reported that the II. Vice-Presidents Report at 4:30 p.m. co m m ittee had talked about Vice President Abrams announced P u b lic R e la tio n s : C h a ir w hat happened with the com ­ that there is a faculty meeting on Lasovsky reported that there m ittee over this past summer.

Thursday, O ctober 6 at 3:45 p.m. will be a m eeting on W ednes­ They will be going over profes­ They will discuss the new Chemical sor and student expectations. day, O ctober 5, at 4:30 p.m.

Engineering Proposal.

The com mittee will be finish­ ing up some old business and VIII. New Business: VI. T reasurer’s Report will be working further on the Motion One: Senator Fairbanks Treasurer Socha reported that he moved to support the candidates T-shirts. has been talking with Senator Daly Policies and Procedures: Chair for the Presidential Search Com­ about funding a W inter Carnival.

Snow announced that there will m ittee as selected by the SGA The Carnival would take place some­ be a meeting this week (time to Executive Board. The motion time around V alentines Day. be announced). The committee was passed.

The OCFC has decided that they will be working on the by-laws.

Motion Two: Senator Grossi do not want to fund groups which moved to allot $5000.00 from Elections: Chair Grossi and an­

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The current model has been dis­ continued so they are seeking special funding in order to pur­ chase a new one. The motion passed M o tio n T h re e: S e n a to r Fairbanks moved the SGA en­ dorse Professor Dan Gibson, assistant professor of biology and biotechnology, as the Chief Justice of the Campus Hearing Board. The Campus Hearing Board hears and makes judg­ m ents on student and faculty com plaints. The term of office is for one-year as the Chief Jus­ tice Elect and three years as the C h ie f Justice. The m otion passed.

M otion Four: Treasurer Socha moved that groups that did not subm it a budget last year, re­ ceive zero funds for the 94-95 fiscal year. These Groups in­ clude: Badminton Club, Cy­ cling Club, Karate Club, Out­ ing C lub, U ltim ate F risbee, M en’s Volleyball, and M en’s Lacrosse. After heated discus­ sion the motion was tabled.

COMMENTARY

Just A Thought Private Habits and Public Issues: Part II

by Stephen B row n, P rotestant C am pus M inistry Last week we were exam ining the private and public issues around smoking: this week it is on to drink­ ing. Have a bit of the old tem per­ ance preacher in me, you think? But this com ing week being N ational Alcohol Awareness W eek, we must do our duty. Especially when the Feds insist on it. Schools do their alcohol program s and Uncle Sam keeps them on the dole. Thus my contribution to the cause.

As I contemplated w hat I might say, an article on a related issue struck my fancy. The cover story o f the O ctober issue o f The A tlantic Monthly is “The Failure of Sex Edu­ cation.” It has a direct bearing on alcohol and other drug aw areness education as I believe both the sub­ ject matter and the philosophies of sex and alcohol education are very sim ilar. The author, B arbara Dafoe W hitehead, is a writer and vice presi­ dent of American Values.

W hitehead sum m arizes today’s sex education as “technocratic”; we teach kids what are the various sexual (read alcohol) behaviors, how they can prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (ST D ’s). Armed with all the “right” facts, we then trust that teenagers and young adults w ill be able to make the proper choices and have healthier sexual liv e s and rela tio n sh ip s. Or as W hitehead says it so w ell: “Once the kids have been equipped with re­ fusal skills, a bottle o f body oil, and some condoms, “reality based” ad­ vocates send them off into the world to fend for them selves.”

According to W hitehead, all the evidence points to not a dim inishing o f early pregnancies and S T D ’s, but rather an increase. T he failure, ac­ cording to W hitehead, is the reli­ ance on “ in fo rm atio n = salv a tio n ” philosophy. Just because kids have all the facts does not guarantee, or even suppose they w ill do what is right for them. One Planned Parent­ hood study quoted states that, “a know ledgeable 13 year old is no more likely to use contraceptives than an uninformed 13 year old.”

W hitehead argues that it is value based education, telling kids they “should w ait” programs seem to have more success. Kids need guidance: moral and parental and (if I can add)

^ p m tu a T g u T S a n c e T ™ " ^ " ™ " Relate that to alcohol and other drugs use and it might mean that some of us doing the values and drug abuse training might need to say the unthinkable: That going out and get­ ting totally sm ashed is not only not good for you h ealth w ise, IT IS WRONG! And as one who did so as a college student, I confess I cannot think o f one positive consequence I gained from getting sm ashed. I was able to discover different and unique w ays of throw ing up, I got in a fight with a floorm ate, and wasted several good weekends. Luckily I never drove or hurt anyone.

You see, alcohol is a drug. Just like grass and coke and crack and heroin that we ban and get all ex­ cited about its harmful effects and how awful and WRONG it is, we would never raise a moral or value issue with this one drug that our culture allows us to legally use and abuse. After all, who would sponsor our sporting event, what would we ever drink at parties and homecom­ ing celebrations? Milk for heaven’s sake! But God forbid that any col­ lege official or counselor would out­ right condemn the use/abuse of al­ cohol as morally or socially wrong.

A fter all, d id n ’t Prohibition teach us anything.

Of course it did. But I think we learned the w rong lesson. Instead of the “well, if they want it, they will find a way to get it” lesson (boy, how liberals cling to that one), we should have learned that where there is a buck to be made, Uncle Sam wants a piece o f it. So le t’s make alcohol legal and think o f all the revenues and tax dollars and jobs we will gain. W hile we are at it, why not legalize all the drugs and then we will never have tax w orries again.

Cynical am I, you say. I plead guilty. But I am skeptical of the traditional liberal idea that educat­ ing people absent of values truly, (just the facts, please), changes be­ havior. Thanks to our “soft” moral­ ity and theologians like Matthew Fox, we no longer really believe in sin. And certainly there is no place in higher education for moral preach­ ing or spiritual values. But folks, a sin is a sin is a sin. G etting drunk, abusing alcohol and thereby abus­ ing your body, a gift form God to you, is sin. D on’t Do It.

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CLUB CORNER

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Yo ASCers, hope you are surviving finals.

For those who have signed up, the Six-FlagAmusement-Park-New-Jersey-Three-Day-Adventure-ASC-Fall-Break-Trip is this Friday, (yes, that’s the name) We will be leaving from the Wedge at 1:00 pm on Oct 14th and head back to Worcester on Oct 16th. The details of the trip were already mentioned at our last meeting.

Check with the officers if you have any ques­ tion. 1feel sorry for those who cannot make it to join us, because we are going to have tons of fun without you.

The roster of intramural sport of B and C term is due tomorrow, please contact Takehiro (our sport coordinator, really?) immediately if you wanna bowl, play ping pong, play basketball or swim. No matter what your reason is, to keep fit or whatever, signing up now is the only right move.(I personally wanna kick Minn but too chicken to, and hope he would think it’s done by opponent team’s people.)

Okay, if you are smart enough to remember, last time we said we will vote for “Member of the Week” and “Officer of the Week”, here are the results from “SECRET-RANDOM” ballots: Olivia and Alex are the winners respectively, the reasons are varied and too complicated to tell. So we decide not to tell. And please don’t ask coz’ we are all busy with finals. Have an awesome term break and see you next term!

The end of the term is here! I bet that you didn’t think it would get here fast enough and that you need another week to get everything done... I pray that the term has been a good one.

As you all head home, or wherever you are traveling to, may God keep you safe and in His arms. For all of you who need a study break on Wednesday night around 8pm, we will be meet­ ing in Morgan A to find out what is going on in each others’ lives. Come join us as we present our praises and prayer requests at the feet of our Lord!

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight.” (Proverbs 3:5 NIV) It is difficult to trust in the Lord with “all” my heart. Most of the time I don’t understand what God is doing and how it could possibly ever help me. Most of you are probably nodding your head and saying the same thing. When we don’t comprehend what is going on, we tend to want to do things our own way; We don’t think God knows what He is doing with this particular situation. This verse tells us to trust in the Lord and then He will make our path straight. Are there areas in your life that you are trying to handle in your own way, or are there situations that you don ’t under­ stand? How can you trust the Lord more with these things?

ASME

..Hiya fellow fratres en cantu! Looks like the Big/Little Brother event made a big splash on Tuesday night especially with LeBeau. Too bad the Big Bro’s drank the flag before the Lil’ ones could try to grab it.... will they ever learn? HEY! Wells Weekend real soon. Ahh yes... travel to the lands of cold weather and warm women.

Dena says there are lots of cute freshmen so get out there and rope ‘em, bag ‘em and fry ‘em. But seriously Wells chicks know how to party so be sure to prepare yourself... on that note I believe that condom keychain sales will skyrocket over the weekend due to heavy trading. Keep in mind that w e’ll be traveling to New York City with Wells so don’t act like a gEEk and maybe you’ll make some friends! Well, my time is almost over so I ’ll just leave you with one bit of advice...if you’re getting busy with some chick at Wells and someone walks in, just keep doing what you’re doing; they’re pretty liberal there!

LET’S GET DANGEROUS!!!!!

Glee Club Thanks to everyone who took part in any ASME function this term. Compared to previ­ ous years, this seriously has been one of the most positive and eventful. Hopefully next term will go just as well as more members join and are willing to get involved. Remember we are the largest society on campus.

The ASME social last Tuesday was standing room only. Next time it will be at a bigger place with more refreshments. The ratio of attendees made us wonder if this is the American Society of MALE Engineers. But, otherwise it was a good chance to get together and talk about classes, prof’s, and whatever else we talked about. We would like to apologize for Pres.

D an’s behavior at the social (the lampshade and kilt?) Keep that sort of behavior at your own house. Thanks to Sec. Sue for slowing down when she threw the food and soda out of her car...next time maybe she’ll actually stay for the social. W e’ll be having another one early next term. Info, will be mailed later.

Last Thursday, Pres. Dan, Tres. Joe, and Avg. ASME man Andy went to Doherty High School and gave a “Heart warming yet provoca­ tive speech” about WPI and the ASME. Let’s just say that if there is a dramatic increase of applicants from Doherty this year, we know which society was responsible: The ASME, baby!

B-term plant tours: Bose and Samuel Adams (for “fluids engineering”). CIVIL JOKE OF THE WEEK: Tacoma Narrows Bridge...ask your Prof. about it.

Chinese Student Association Howdy, people. Welcome to yet another CSA Club Comer. I hope things are going well and that you aren’t studying ’ too* hard for finals (then you’ll have time to participate in CSA events - oh, that would also make me feel a bit better). Any way, just a quick informational message for those of you that are always cramped in your little dorm cells working (or staring at the artwork previous residents kindly left you on the wall): Playing Volleyball is a good way to relieve stress - Pounding the ball into some­ one else’s face transfers the stress and can be very uplifting.

Oh, did I forget to mention something impor­ tant in the first paragraph?...well, here goes: WE ARETHE CHAMPIONS!! DIVISION II VOL­ LEYBALL CHAMPS...REPEAT! Pretty cool, eh? Thanks a bunch to all those that played, cheered, and cared...luv ya ’ smooch* (hey, I d on’t have rabies, don’t w orry...don’t run away...hey...oh well...). Oh, by the way, not only is it great to be Champs, we (well, the players only...Roger doesn’t want to be wiped out) are getting a free dinner out of the tourna­ ment as well since Roger has promised to treat us if we won *yum yum* (won’t be Daka).

Well, since that’s done and said, there really isn’t that much more to say this term. Just be sure you have a great break and come back all pumped up and ready for another great term with CSA. Stay tuned for lots more info about activities and MORE IM Sports!

Ok, we now end with a word from our dear­ est, sweetest, and most beloved advisor, “Study Hard”. That’s all, folks. Take care. Until next term....

Japan Association Japan Association seems calm so far but we are already starting moving. Our first major official club activity took place on Sep. 30th at a Chinese Restaurant. A big crowd of JA members got together and had a pleasant dinner on Friday night. It was a casual event to get to know each other. Since JA was started recently, we still have a lot to leam about each other in order to form a strong unity as a club. JA ’s first activity, Friday Night Dinner, was a great suc­ cess and a great way for us to get started. We are thankful to our new Vice President, Nobuhiko Hayashi who was in full charge of setting up this event. We all hope that he keeps up with this nice work throughout his vice presidency.

JA still needs to clear up some official things to make itself organized. Japan Association looks like it has an interesting crowd. As we wished when we started this club, we are getting mixture of people from diverse backgrounds.

Our second move will be intramural sports.

Keep watching us. We are doing something every minute.

Lens & Lights Wow! A Club Comer! I can’t believe it!

(Yes, folks, I didn’t forget and an Act of God did not occur) Well, with the term almost over, there isn’t a whole heck of a lot to write about... B-term is rapidly approaching, and here is what you have look forward to: * Asbestos removal, October 20th — see Dan if you can help * Training sessions on sound! * Training sessions on lighting ? * Training sessions on projection! * More activations! * Changing the By-Laws! * Finding a new meeting place!

And now, a top ten list, NOT by Derek: Top Ten Signs You Have No Friends 10.

No calls from salespeople pushing MCI’s Friends and Family plan. 9. You go to a video store and say out loud to yourself, “Well, what do you want to rent tonight?” 8. You send birthday cards to the members of the adminis­ tration. 7. You are one of the five best solitaire players in the world. 6. Your initials are G.S. and you own a major league baseball team in the Bronx. 5. At your funeral, the entire eulogy is, “Yep, he’s dead.” 4. Having a Super Bowl party means dressing up your dogs in sweaters and

tying them to the furniture. 3.' James Taylor sings first few bars of “You’ve Got A Friend,” notices you in the audience, and stops. 2.

You’re still drinking from the same keg you bought on New Year’s Eve ’87. 1. All your phone calls start with “976.”

Have a great break, all!

Masque Another exciting week in theatre has just come to a close. Congrats to the casts of both shows, and to the hosts of the cast parties. And now on to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, look for lots more info B-term, or e-mail wildman to get involved, this is going to be a great show, don’t miss out. Good luck on finals. And for those of us stuck in Worcester on Friday there will probably still be a pilgrimage to Theo’s so swing by the Green Room at 4:30 and see who is still around, or just wander to T heo’s around 5. Have a great break and don’t forget to memorize those lines for Midsummer rehearsal the day before classes start. Oh, and buy tickets to the Alpha Psi Masquerade Ball, tickets are $8.00 each or $15.00 a couple, it will take place on Saturday, October 29th in Alden Hall, e-mail alphapsi for more information. Go see Trish’s soccer game Thursday night at 7pm on the turf, it is their last game, and it is the day classes end, so no excuses. Come watch them beat UMassAmherst. Have a great break!!!! See you all B term.

Men’s Alpine Ski Team Hey guys, KILLINGTON IS OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!

Ski season is upon us, so for those of you who are not in shape and for those of you who are, DRY LAND TRAINING has begun!!! Practice is Monday through Friday from 4:30 to 5:30.

We meet outside of Harrington. Everyone is welcome, its a great way to get in shape and earn Physical Education credits. I would like to thank all of you who showed up to help with the car wash on Saturday. The Annual SKI SALE is coming soon. It will be October 26th and 27th in Alden. It is an easy way to get a great price on some new skis. So save some money over break! Pray for snow! and we will see you at DRY LAND. P.S. - SO THERE.

Muslim Student Association Assalam-U-alaikum Brothers and Sisters. Did you start wondering what happened to our club comer? No it didn’t die, just was absent for a week. W hat’s been happening in the MSA?

RESERVE

Well we are having our regular weekly prayer meetings on Mondays at 8:30 in the Founders Basement with a high number of participants.

The deadline for the MSA T-shirt design was yesterday but if any of you have missed it you can still put it in my mail box (#3320) by tomorrow. We will be needing a lot of help for our speaker next term so take a good term break and come back with full of energy next term.

Good luck on the finals! Take care.

National Society of Pershing Rifles When your weekends are full of firing rifles and jumping off cliffs, you can be pretty sure you are in ROTC. Well, we just finished week­ end outing number two with a fairly successful Operation Tropical Lightning 1994 last Satur­ day. Why do they call it Tropical Lightning??

Not only are we no where near a tropical area, the operation itself is held in the middle of autumn, about as far from tropical as one can get with out being in the dead of winter. Oh well, I digress. It went quite well, and many of our own Pershing Riflemen qualified easily...of course, who couldn’t with an M l6. This is the last week of A-Term, my God is it already over!! I do not know what we are doing for the meeting tomor­ row night, but do not worry, I will by the time this article comes out.

PLEDGES!!!!!!!!!! I have a feeling none of you have even reached square one with your pledge requirements yet. You have about seven weeks before initiation, and no one has my signature yet, and mine is one of the easiest in the troop to get, so get off of your fourth point of contact and get to work!

Women’s Alpine Ski Team Oops, there was a mistake in last weeks column. Our e-mail address is ski-officers@wpi.

Sorry for any problems this may have caused. I hope you are going to dryland practice Mon.Thurs. at 4:30 in Harrington Lobby for 45 min­ utes. Those of us returning members who are currently involved in sports should be there starting after break (if we make it through this stressful week). I STRONGLY encourage any­ one who has been going to dryland to keep it up over break or it will be really hard when you get back. Anyone who hasn’t been going to dryland but plans to go B-term, I STRONGLY encour­ age you to start doing something physical over break to make your first week of dryland easier.

If you are planning to use dryland as a gym credit, don’t forget to sign up for it after break at course changes. Any questions, go to practice or e-mail us (see above). Good luck with finals!

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GREEK C O RNER

AXP W ell, in just a few short days, A-Term will be over, and break will begin... only to be followed by w hat is already proving to be quite a bitter winter season. If the thought of w inter approaching is getting you down, though, just think about “The Beach” ! It’ll be back before you know it...

On to business... although RUSH is only a few weeks old, turnouts have continued to be consistently overw helm ing. From Casino Nite to Riverside (and who could forget the Ice Cats game?), and more im portantly, dur­ ing the “non-peak” rush hours such as during lunch and dinner, and in the evenings, the house has been sw arm ing with high-caliber rushees, which rem inds me: CONGRATS to our first batch our bid recipients! If you were not included in this early stage, d o n ’t be alarmed or disappointed; there are still sev­ eral weeks left in RUSH. If you were, don’t stop now! Continue enjoying all the benefits that RUSH (and later, brotherhood) has to offer you.

On another good note, it has now been over five weeks since Kuiawa has sung his song... or was that, slung his slong? W ell, in either case, Congrats to you too. And stay away from sledge hammers!

In closing the column for the term, I will leave you all with some inspirational words that were shared with somebody during a recent RUSH event: “Hey MANNY! My grandmother stops more pucks than you and she’s dead!”

A rA OK, h ere’s a little repeat from last w eek...Happy Birthdays to NutBread (13th), Sue M. (20th), and Fiona, Deb A., and that nameless individual (24th)!! Actually, I like you guys so much, maybe I ‘11 wish you Happy Birthday’s in every column from now on! And a big hug goes out to Lori!

Thank you’s to the master bakers who brought cakes to the m eeting last week...why don’t we do that every week? And thank you to everyone who helped clean up our street on Saturday!

C o n g ra tu la tio n s to all th e w o m e n ’s teams...you guys are awesome! I forgot to

mention the crew team last time (duh), so special hello’s to you guys —great job on Sunday!!

Did everyone go see the play last w eek­ end? HB was great —and looked quite lovely with all that pastel make-up on! KP is also looking quite lovely these days...thanks to those NEW SHOES Ange made for her!

Big thank y o u ’s to SigPi and LXA-for letting us have WAY too much fun!! Speak­ ing of w hich...if you want to place an order for a pink baby or a crew hat, talk to Joyous or Heather!

W ell...that’s all...Good luck on finals and have a great break!!!! A DOVELING

ATQ Jimmy, Jim m y, Jimmy. Do you have a flashlight? Lee watch out for falling shoes from the attic. Phil’s roomate has officially brainwashed him into thinking that Star Trek is a show worth watching. Leo learned how to play ball the hard way. When Drew walked through the bathroom he realized that Morin had an interesting Saturday night. Donnie used the fire escape because he was getting too hot. Jam es Goudreau you’ve got some problems. Billy (alias Rad) and Jake (alias Shea) have officially become solid gold danc­ ers from the display they showed at the for­ mal. Go Kervin, Go Kervin, Go, Go, Go Kervin. Weed (alias Sgt. Slaughter) has officially mastered the flying forearm, shown during the sabotage mosh expostion. When St. Marie makes a move girls, Burganski better be looking. Gut and Justin seem to have developed the Swifty syndrome. Jimmy and Will will pay for their little expedition the other night. If I make it back from the Bronx, halloween should be a night to re­ member. (!@ #$ Pete)

AXA Can it be that its Tuesday already? It only feels like Friday. Anyway its been really busy down in the Elbridge St. N eighbor­ hood. DDouble VVision wwas llots oof ffun eeven tthough wwe mmight hhave llearned ssomething.. Thanks a lot to AGD, Phi Sig Sig, and all the freshmen that came down.

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chine. 3. He drove back to the House and got arrested for going 105 mph. 2. He remem­ bered who he was living with when he came back... 1. He decided to live in Amsterdam where he could live a better life.

T hat Ed T illey... he’s ju st one fish that won’t bite...

Swoop-D oggy-D og is definately in the $#%*# % A@ % A$ing house!!!

Hey AGD... Thanks for coming over on thursday for the Clam bake. Don’t worry... you d o n ’t have to give H airball a bid.

Happy end of the term...

Speaking of Happy... we know w hat you did and we will find you. Oh, by the w ay, sod is for sophm ores. Speaking of sophmores...

Is it true that Benwa has a girlfriend? And what o f Pukorelli? I asked him if he had a girlfriend and he said no, but I have seen him with the same woman since the beginning of A-term. So Spanky... why do they call it a rectory?

Hairball, SHU T UP!!!

H ere’s the question of the week: Who said, “ I t’s not disgusting. It is a delicacy,” and to w hat was she referring to and why is Big John a lucky man?

RUSH RUSH RUSH...

See you next tuesday.

Caveman Barbecue once again lived up to everyone’s expectations. W ho says there’s nothing to do on campus? All you need is a couple of pieces of meat and a roll o f duct tape.(maybe that didn’t come out right). With Friday’s social w ith AGD we definately ought to be pretty close to setting a new record for barbecues in a term.

Good luck to our new A lpha and Delta Tim and Justin. Well that’s all for this week so remember “P ass your classes and come to Elba.” BUH BYE!

<DK0 Not much to w rite about this week, but I guess I will anyway. Well, as usual w e’ve had some great parties the last couple of weekends, great job social! As for myself, the phone list is out and I’m working on the shingles, so leave me alone. G reat job in the intramural sem i-finals last week Phi Kaps, 0 for 3. Timmy, nice run but you should’ve thrown the ball. For anyone who d id n ’t know yet, the new Taco Bell on Lincoln St. is open, and M arsh is offering a free round trip shuttle from the house to the Bell every weeknight at 9:00pm. Hey Bosse, how ‘bout a game of cribbage? On a more serious note, it is still Rush and w e’d like to welcome freshmen down to the house for rush events or just to hang o u t. KTFB! Milkman

Hey Phi Sigs!

Good luck to everyone during this stress­ ful finals week! Have a great break and rest up, B-term is going to be very busy!

Thanks go out to all the brothers o f TKE for the awesome grudge match last week!

Everyone had a blast and all the hours of picking pudding out of our hair was well worth it!

D on’t forget, the book swap will take place the DAY BEFORE B-TERM! So bring back all those old books and trade ‘em in for some books that you could use!

Happy belated birthday goes out to Nicole Robert! Sorry about being late, Nic! Hope you had a good one! Also, happy birthday goes out to Polly Mertzanis (the 13th). Cel­ ebrate in style, Polly!

Continued good luck goes out to all of the fall sports teams! Keep up the great work everyone! Congrats goes out to the field hockey team for their big win against Smith!

Heidi Huggettt and Liz...you guys are awe­ some! In the personals this week: -Hey M olly...does the Slayer pick-up line work very often? -Hey Paula...I hear th ere’s a definition now! -Erika, how ’s that stapler w orking? Kelly King, Jeralyn, Trac-D og (from Sarah), and Leila.

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Here are the to p ten reasons that we will never see Justin again: 10. He lost one of his brain cells in the mud at W oodstock and w on’t be able to find his way home. 9. Som e­ one stole his other one while he w as sleeping at the Dead show. 8. Melinda. 7. He stayed in Amsterdam to do some IQP. 6. M agic Suff! 5. Snowflake. 4. He decided to stay in London where his mind could blossom and develop into a finely honed thinking ma­

TKE W assup jerkies, here it is another as­ tounding episode in the chronicles o f Tau Kappa Epsilon. The grudge match grunge fest w ent great the other night. Thanks to Mez fo r setting up a great event. Boston Billiards was fun, especially beating Sima and Jones.

Boston Tea Party eh? C an ’t quite com­ ment on that subject, but I am sure it must have been fun. The deuce, the deuce, the deuce. Not much else intersting from my vantage point. Good luck w ith finals, sign up for B term intram urals and by the w ay, re­ member the question that I posed at the be­ ginning o f the term ? Will I pass more classes than Phil? YES!!!!!!

It takes a big man to cry, But it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

0X B W G W N B...I’d like to begin by clearing up a big misconception that has infiltrated the house : Four square is not cool and re­ quires no skill w hatsoever, and therefore it should not be played ever again. In sports news, A -team volleyball shocked the odds makers this week by advancing to the finals (where they got spanked, but I w on’t men­ tion that) led by the strong effort o f the reborn Tony D ’anna who finally cam e to terms w ith the fact that making contact with the ball is the best way to generate m ove­ ment. Cross country perform ed well finish­ ing second overall with the legendary Vro finishing first for the team, and I ’d like to say som ething funny here but it’s just a bunch of guys running, not much to work with. Now for a little lost and found: lost, one six foot folding table, last seen heading for M exico in Jay Kav ’s car; Found a whole bunch o f soror­ ity paraphenalia ranging from com posites to assorted flags, w illing to discuss their return over breakfast. To sum up, four square is bad, set D ’anna, running isn ’t funny, keep an eye on your tables, and d on’t let a bunch of guys into your house at two in the m orning to watch T V . and so having re re re redisposed o f the article, exit our hero stage right.

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POLICE LOG Thursday, 29 Septem ber 6:03am Disorderly persons, Trespass: Boyton St., report of unwanted subjects causing disturbance, trespassing.

6:04am O fficers on the scene 6:12am Subjects departed.

5:33pm Noise D isturbance: Dean St. Fraternity Friday, 30 Septem ber 6:38am Car leaking gas: Car leaking gas in Stoddard Lot. Reported by Officers 8:26am Staff m em ber notified that he was improperly parked in Goddard Lot, blocking parking space.

11:25am Custodian called to report student playing tennis in lobby of Founders; Officer spoke with students 1:27pm Car Towed: from Quad per L ieutenant’s order for outstanding tickets 9:08pm Medical Emergency: Stoddard B, EMS responding 9:10pm O fficers and EMS arrive at scene.

9:17pm Medical Transport: Student transported to Memorial Hospital for small laceration to the head Saturday, 1 O ctober 12:55am Noise com plaint: Ellsworth; Officer responds 12:59am O fficer clears Ellsworth, music turned down.

6:40am Check on welfare: Report of subject passed out in running vehicle in front of Dean St. residence 6:50am O fficer clears Dean St. residence, subject checked & OK 5:00pm Assist: Quad for an accident 7:53pm Plumber called in for Morgan Dining Hall Sunday, 2 October 12:45am Student into station retreiving lost keys 2:43am Disorderly Persons: RA requests officer to patrol Riley; re: excessive activity & noise 2:55am Officers clear Riley Hall 7:41pm Vandalism: W achusett St. Residence 7:55pm Clear W achusett St. Residence, someone kicked in the front door Monday, 3 O ctober 10:54pm Lockout Riley

Tuesday, O ctober 11 7:15pm Field hockey vs. Nichols College, Alumni Field

Wednesday, October 12 8:00pm Concert: “Paramount Brass with James David Christie” Assumption Chapel of the Holy Spirit

Thursday, October 13 11:00am WPI Jazz Ensemble, the Centrum 7:00pm Film: “Heaven & Earth” Perreault, $1

Friday, October 14 Last Day of A term 7:00pm Film: “ Blown Away” Holy Cross, Kimball Theatre $1.50 8:00pm Combottiemento Consort Amsterdam, Mechanics Hall, $25.00

Saturday, October 15 1:00pm Field Hockey vs. UMass-Lowell, Alumni Field 5:30pm “Take Back the Night” March and Kelly, Elm Park

Wednesday, October 19 7:30pm Speaker: Ken Burns “Baseball: The American Epic,” First Baptist Church (111 Park Avenue), Free

Friday, October 21 8:00pm All Star Comedy Concert, WSC Administration Building Theatre, $5.00

Tuesday, 4 O ctober 1:41am Found property: Clarinet in Morgan by WPI Dining Services entrance 2:08am W ater leak: RA reports water leak in Riley 4th w om en’s room 12:15pm Trespass: 6-7 non-students at Alumni Gym, Officers responding, spoke with non­ students and they were asked to leave campus.

12:48pm Medical Emergency: Alumni Gym Locker Room, Prof. dizziness, vertigo 12:57pm EA dispatched, Front Line to come, no other am bulances available, request by Prof. to go to St. V incent’s 1:06pm EA at the scene 5:15pm Noise com plaint: C aller reports loud music coming from D aniel’s 5:35pm Clear: N oise com plaint at Riley 8:48pm Smell o f Gas: Stoddard A RA reports odor of gas from 3rd floor m en’s room 8:53pm O fficer reports the odor is com ing from a vent, source unknown 11:28pm Possible violation; Founders Hall; O fficers respond 11:43pm Officers clear Founders Hall

J W ednesday, 5 October 12:37am Noise Complaint: Salisbury St. fraternity; Officers respond 12:47am Officers clear Salisbury St. fraternity, spoke with president re:complaint 1:31am Disturbance: Dean St. fraternity, students destroying furniture on sidewalk 1:40am Officers clear Dean St. fraternity 2:58pm Theft: Student reports key stolen from ring 3:57pm Lockout: Keys locked in vehicle on service road near Fuller Labs; Officer responds 5:10pm Noise com plaint: Riley 1st floor near Quad; RA notified

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