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President’s IQP Award finalists show variety of global programs

by Kristen Greene Graphics Editor The 1994 President’s IQP Awards Competition was held on W ednesday, December 7 in Higgins House. The original pool of tw enty-four projects which had been submitted was nar­ rowed down to five finalists, which were presented during the competition.

Hossein Hakim, Chair o f the Inter­ disciplinary and Global Studies Divi­ sion, opened the ceremony with a wel­ come and introduction. He began by speaking about the Interactive Quali­ fying Project, in general. He focused on the Global Programs that are cur­ rently offered. He remarked that out of about 260 IQPs done over the past year, one-third o f them were done at offcampus project centers. The first of these off-campus project centersd to be d e v e lo p e d w as the W a sh in g to n , D. C. center, which began in 1974. In 1987, WPI saw the beginning o f a second off-campus project center, in London, England. Since then, the pro­ gram has expanded, and there are project centers located around the world. ‘T his year’s finalists include projects com­

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pleted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin Bangkok to follow up on this project. use o f com puter simulation o f fires America, and on-cam pus,” said Hakim.

The next project was presented by works well in the legal system.

‘T h is shows the diversity o f what WPI Benjamin Fichera, David Jacoby and Next, Susan M oreira and Rafael offers today.”

Nathan W ittasek, titled “C om puter Chavez presented their project titled The project presentations began next.

Simulation o f Fire Spread and Its Per­ “ Isla de Mona: A Photovoltaic Energy Each group was given tw enty minutes ception in C ourt.” This project was Assessment.” This project was con­ to present their projects, with ten min­ completed on-cam pus, and was advised ducted during D-term of last year in utes allowed for questions from the

by Professor Jonathan Barnett. The Puerto Rico, and was advised by Pro­ audience. fessor W ilhelm Eggimann and The first project was titled Professor A. Shepard-Mendez.

“Solid Waste M anagement Islade Mona is an island which “ These are not textbook problem s. They are in the Slums o f Bangkok,” has been designated as a N atu­ real problem s with rea l a n sw ers.” and was presented by Jason ral R e se rv e by the -Hossein Hakim Anderson and Sandra Davis.

D epartam ento de R ecursos ( liair. Interdisciplinary an d The project w as conducted N a tu ra le s y A m b ie n ta le s G lobal Studies Division in Bangkok, Thailand dur­ (DRNA) o f Puerto Rico, and ing C-term o f last year, and is home to a biological research was advised by Professor camp. An alternate source o f John Zeugner. The objective o f this project studied com puter fire models energy was needed for this island. The project was to assess the current system and how they are perceived in court, project team had two objectives to the of garbage collection in the Klong Toey both by the general public and by pro­ project, the first to assess the current slum in Bangkok, Thailand, and to rec­ fessionals. M uch o f this was accom ­ energy system in use on the island ommend an improved collection pro­ plished through interviews and ques­ (diesel fuel generator), and the second gram. In addition to accom plishing tionnaires. The group examined three to design a photovoltaic system which this, the project group also created an major fires in order to show how sim u­ would meet the needs o f the camp and advertising campaign designed to edu­ lation models are currently being used. increase the availability o f electricity cate residents, which consisted of post­ As a result o f the project, it was deter­ on the island. As a result o f their ers, a brochure, and a t-shirt. Finally, mined that in general, people believe research, the project group accom ­ the group recommended several future that these models are accurate and reli­ plished both of their objectives, and IQPs which could be conducted in able. It was also determined that the cam e to the conclusion that a photovol­

taic system would be safer, more effi­ cient, and most financially feasible for the island.

A fter a half hour break, a project titled “ A Study o f Farm ing on the Innichberg: Preserving a Unique C ul­ tu re ” w as p re se n te d by A n to n io Delgado, Philipp Herget and Kimberley Scofield. The project was advised by Professor David Dollenmayer and Dean William Grogan, and was completed over the past summer in Innichen, which is located in the Italian Alps. The students studied the unique farming culture o f the area, and the fact that this may soon be gone because o f the many changes taking place in the area. T our­ ism, which is a main source o f income o f the community, is both helping and hurting the farming at the same time.

The group developed a num ber o f rec­ om m endations of ways in which the economy o f the farming comm unities could be stabilized. At the completion of their project, the students presented their findings in both G erm an and Ital­ ian to members of the comm unity and representatives from the tourism inSee IQP Awards,

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m e Twenty-two, Number Twenty-eight Twenty-eigh Tuesday, D ecem ber 13, 1994 ^ V o l uVolume

SocComm to institute new movie channel for WPI cable viewers

by Brian Parker Features Editor Starting in C -term , SocC om m will begin offering a m ovie channel over the cable netw ork in all o f the resi­ dence halls. This serv ice will be running on a trial basis, and should continue barring any m ajor p rob­ lem s, back to back w ith SCO LA on C hannel 12.

From 6:00pm until 2:00am , m ov­

ies selected by the Film s C om m ittee, will be played on VCRs given to SocC om m by the IMC. R ight now, there are three VCRs av ailab le, so for a w hile on e m ovie w ill be re­ peated every night. SocC om m is also currently w orking tow ard ob tain in g a fourth VCR to elim inate th is pro b ­ lem.

The com pany which provides the Sunday night m ovies is providing the tapes w ith the legal rig h ts to

show them for thirty days. New tapes will be received every w eek and they p robably w ill be show n with som e them es to tie them to ­ gether (such as the “ A liens” series or baseball m ovies). But, the m ovie channel is not looking to show ju st the types o f film s w hich are show n on S undays, they are looking to show oldies, carto o n s as well as others.

SocC om m is also going to m ake the schedule available on the WPI

b u lletin board on C hannel 11, and is looking for input for its D -term film selections. T o becom e involved with th is, speak to one o f the m em bers o f the F ilm s com m ittee, o r jo in it yo u r­ self.

T here is som e concern about the fact that SocC om m is required to

provide entertainm ent for the entire com m unity, not ju st the on-cam pus residents. The third floor lounge in Fuller L abs will be set up as a view ­ ing area for the m ovie channel and. once it is built, the film s w ill be run from an d show n in the C am p u s C enter.

Firestone sparks students’ thoughts

by Jennx Yambert Associate Editor P ro fe sso r D avid F ire sto n e has been teaching E nvironm ental Law at V erm ont Law School for o v er twenty years, now , and T hursday afternoon he shared a little o f his policy know l­ edge w ith WPI students. His goal was not to convince studen ts that his opinions o f policy are th e correct ones, his goal w as to show students that there are many view s w hich they should be aw are of. H is subject m atter focused on the U nited S tates’ policies on pesticides and w aste, both hazardous and non-hazardous. The U nites S tates has very strict laws on p esticides m ade for national use, but those m ade for export have an en ­ tirely d ifferent set o f regulations.

The question of how to deal with our w aste disposal raises m any issues of state sovereignty and ethics.

U nder the Federal Insecticide Fun­ gicide and R odenticide A ct (FIFRA ), any p esticide that has been approved for sale in the U nited states can be banned by the EPA if it is proven to be unreasonably harm ful to health or safety. It used to be that the EPA w ould be obligated to pay a co m ­ pany fo r lost revenue, by buying the am ount o f unsold product that had been produced before the ban, when it chose to ban a pesticide. A 1988 revision o f FIFR A , though, took that requirem ent out, giving th e EPA a

lot more freedom in its duty to p ro ­ tect the U nited States citizen s. EPA approval o f a pesticide, and its pow er to ban, are only applicable to p esti­ cides made for use in the U .S., they do not apply to pesticides m ade for export. Any pesticide that is banned in the U .S., o r even one that has never even been review ed by the EPA , can be exported for use in other countries. Is this a moral actio n on the part o f the U.S. g overnm ent? Do we have the o bligation to prevent export o f these p esticides? Do we have the right to prevent o th er na­ tions from buying what they want to buy?

T he U nited States has very strict rules about how w aste, hazardous a n d n o n - h a z a r d o u s , s h o u ld be handled. L a n d fills have to have heavy plastic liners to prevent co n ­ tam ination o f ground w ater supplies, hazardous w aste must be sto red so that it is no lo n g er a th reat to U.S. citizens. The Federal gov ern m en t is currently co n sid erin g the possibility o f shipping o u r w aste to the M arshal Islands. The hazardous w aste could be stored in B ikini A tol, w hich has been deem ed u ninhabitable for the next 50,000 y ears due to radiation caused by U.S. nuclear te sts c o n ­ ducted there in the past. S olid w astes w ould be put in landfills on the in­ habited islands. The M arshal Is­ lands want the contract fo r w aste shipm ent to com e through b ecau se it

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would provide th eir small nation with industry, m ore land space, and an annual incom e o f $46 m illion. T hey are w illing to take the health risks to get the benefits. Should the U.S. allow the export o f our waste? Should we be forced to deal with our w aste and find w ays to reduce w aste p ro ­ duction? Is it o u r ethical duty to protect the M arshal Islands from the harm the w aste cou ld cause? Do we have the right to deny them the b e n ­ efits that this “trad e" could bring them ?

Professor F irestone is clearly c o n ­ cerned w ith how the U nited States conducts its foreign policies. He wants people to be aw are o f the truth in how o u r nation conducts its b u si­ ness. He p rovided students w ith the facts on cu rren t policies, and e n ­ couraged them to figure out the re a­ sons behind the argum ents for and against the policies. “ My jo b is not to convince you o f an y th in g ,” he told students, “ I ’m a teach er.” He encouraged every o n e to be aw are o f United S tates policies and to d evelop opinions on them . He en couraged students to becom e involved, but, he said, “ if you advocate a position, you should be the best advocate you can be.” T he w ay that is done is to know both sides o f the argum ent, and to be aw are o f how U nited S tates policy effects both citizens and fo r­ eigners.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / JASON PHILBROOK

T he Social C o m m ittee's C offehouse C om m ittee b ro u g h t m usician Tom A cousti to W PI last S a tu rd a y night. The show w as held in A lden Hall.

Review course for Fundamentals of Engineering Exam announced WPI is now accepting regis­ trations for the annual Engineer­ ing Intern Review (Formerly Engin eer-in -T rain in g R eview ).

The Review prepares candidates for the Fundamentals of Engi­ neering Exam. Topics include the bask sciences, mathematics and engineering disciplines.

Classes meet on eleven Thurs­ day evenings between January I t and ApHl 6 ,1 9 9 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the WPI campus.

The format of the course hi a formal lecture period followed by questions and answers. Stu­

dents also complete problem sets to help acquaint them with the Fundamentals o f Engineering Exam. Weekly lectures are con­ ducted by WPI faculty members.

The program fee is $325 per person. Full-time undergradu­ ate WPI students are eligible for a reduced rate of $195. The fee includes the text and all other instructional materials. Deadline to register is January 12,1995.

For farther Information, con­ tact W PI’s Office o f Continuing Education at (506) 831-5517.

Table o f Contents N ew s ................................................................................................. 2 Announcements ............................................................................. 2 Community Update ....................................................................... 2 Sports ................................................................................................ 3 Commentary .................................................................................... 4

Club C orner ....................................................................................6 Greek C orner ................................................................................. 7 Police Ix)g ....................................................................................... 8 What’s Happening ........................................................................ 8 Classifieds ....................................................................................... 8

President’s IQP Award finalists show variety of global programs bv Kristen Greene Graphics Editor The 1994 President’s IQP A wards C om petition was held on W ednesday, D ecem ber 7 in Higgins House. The original pool o f twenty-four projects which had been subm itted was nar­ rowed down to five finalists, which were presented during the competition.

Hossein Hakim. C hair of the Inter­ disciplinary and Global Studies Divi­ sion, opened the cerem ony with a w el­ com e and introduction. He began by speaking about the Interactive Q uali­ fying Project, in general. He focused on the Global Programs that are cur­ rently offered. He rem arked that out o f about 260 IQPs done over the past year, one-third of them were done at offcam pus project centers. The first o f these off-cam pus project centersd to be d e v e lo p e d w as the W a s h in g to n , D. C. center, which began in 1974. In 1987, WPI saw the beginning o f a second off-campus project center, in London, England. Since then, the pro­ gram has expanded, and! here are project centers located around the world. “This year's finalists include projects com ­

pleted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin Bangkok to follow up on this project. use o f computer simulation of fires The next project was presented by A m erica, and on-cam pus,” said Hakim. works well in the legal system.

“This shows the diversity o f what WPI Benjamin Fichera, David Jacoby and Next, Susan M oreira and Rafael offers today.”

N athan W ittasek, titled “C om puter Chavez presented their project titled The project presentations began next.

Simulation o f Fire Spread and Its Per­ "Isla de Mona: A Photovoltaic Energy Each group was given twenty minutes ception in C ourt.” This project was A ssessment.” This project was con­ to present their projects, with ten min­ completed on-cam pus, and was advised ducted during D-term o f last year in utes allowed for questions from the

by Professor Jonathan Barnett. The Puerto Rico, and was advised by Pro­ audience. fessor Wilhelm Eggimann and The first project was titled Professor A. Shepard-Mendez. “ Solid Waste M anagement Isla de Mona is an island which “ T hese a re not textbook p roblem s. They are in the Slums o f Bangkok,” has been designated as a Natu­ real pro b lem s with re a l answ ers. ” and was presented by Jason ral R e serv e by the •H ossein Hakim A nderson and Sandra Davis.

D epartam ento de R ecursos Chair , Interdisciplinary an d The project was conducted N a tu ra le s y A m b ie n ta le s in Bangkok, Thailand dur­ Global Studies Division (DRNA) o f Puerto Rico, and ing C -term of last year, and is home toa biological research was advised by Professor camp. An alternate source of John Zeugner. The objective o f this project studied com puter fire models energy was needed for this island. The project was to assess the current system and how they are perceived in court, project team had two objectives to the o f garbage collection in the K longToey both by the general public and by pro­ project, the first to assess the current slum in Bangkok, Thailand, and to rec­ fessionals. Much o f this was accom ­ energy system in use on the island om m end an improved collection pro­ plished through interviews and ques­ (diesel fuel generator), and the second gram. In addition to accom plishing tionnaires. The group examined three to design a photovoltaic system which this, the project group also created an m ajor fires in order to show how sim u­ would meet the needs of the camp and advertising campaign designed to edu­ lation models are currently being used. increase the availability of electricity cate residents, which consisted o f post­ As a result o f the project, it was deter­ on the island. As a result o f their ers, a brochure, and a t-shirt. Finally, mined that in general, people believe research, the project group accom ­ the group recommended several future that these models are accurate and reli­ plished both o f their objectives, and IQPs which could be conducted in able. It was also determined that the cam e to the conclusion that a photovol­

taic system would be safer, more effi­ cient, and most financially feasible for the island.

After a half hour break, a project titled "A Study o f Farming on the Innichberg: Preserving a Unique C ul­ tu re ” w as p re s e n te d by A n to n io Delgado, Philipp Herget and Kimberley Scofield. The project was advised by Professor David Dollenmayerand Dean William Grogan, and was completed over the past summer in Innichen, which is located in the Italian Alps. The students studied the unique farming culture o f the area, and the fact that this may soon be gone because of the many changes taking place in the area. Tour­ ism, which is a main source of income o f the community, is both helping and hurting the farming at the same time.

The group developed a number of rec­ omm endations of ways in which the economy o f the farming communities could be stabilized. At the completion of their project, the students presented their findings in both German and Ital­ ian to members o f the community and representatives from the tourism inSt'*’ IQP Awards,

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The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tuesday, D ecem ber 13, 1994

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Volume Twenty-two, Number Twenty-eight

SocComm to institute new movie channel for WPI cable viewers

by Brian Parker Features Editor S tarting in C -term , SocC om m will begin offering a movie channel o v er the cab le netw ork in all o f th e resi­ dence halls. This service w ill be running on a trial basis, and should c o n tin u e barring any m ajor p ro b ­ lem s, back to back w ith SCOLA on C hannel 12.

F rom 6:00pm until 2:00am , m o v ­

ies selected by the Film s C om m ittee, w ill be played on VCRs g iv en to S ocC om m by the IMC. R ight now, there are three V CRs av aila b le, so for a w hile one m ovie w ill be re­ peated every night. SocC om m is also c u rren tly w orking tow ard o b taining a fourth VCR to elim inate this pro b ­ lem .

T he com pany w hich p ro v id es the S u n d ay night m ovies is providing the tap es with the legal rig h ts to

show them for thirty days. New tapes will be receiv ed every w eek and they p robably will be show n w ith some them es to tie them to ­ g eth er (such as the “ A lien s” series or b aseball m ovies). But, the m ovie channel is not loo k in g to show iust the types o f film s w hich are show n on Sundays, they are looking to show o ld ies, cartoons as well as others.

SocCom m is also going to m ake the schedule a v ailab le on the WPI

b ulletin board on C hannel 1 I , and is looking for input for its D-term film selections. T o becom e involved w ith th is, speak to one o f the m em bers o f the Film s com m ittee, or jo in it yo u r­ self.

T here is som e concern about the fact that SocC om m is required to

provide entertainm ent for the entire com m unity, not ju st the on-cam pus residents. T he third floor lounge in Fuller Labs will be set up as a view ­ ing area for the m ovie channel and. once it is built, the film s will be run from and sh o w n in the C am pus C enter.

Firestone sparks students’ thoughts

by Jennx Yambert Associate Editor P ro fe sso r D avid F ire sto n e has been teaching E nvironm ental Law at V erm ont Law School for over tw enty years, now , and T hursday afternoon he sh ared a little ol his policy k n o w l­ edge w ith WPI students. His goal w as not to convince students that his o p in io n s o f policy are the co rrect o n es, his goal was to show students that there are m any view s w hich they should be aw are of. His su b ject m atter focused on the United S ta te s ’ policies on pesticides and w'aste, both h azard o u s and non-hazardous. The U nites States has very strict law s on p esticid es m ade for national use, but those m ade for export have an e n ­ tirely d ifferen t set o f reg u latio n s.

T he question o f how to deal w ith our w aste disposal raises m any issues o f state sovereignty and ethics.

U nderthe Federal Insecticide Fun­ g icide and R odenticide A ct (FIFR A ), any pesticide that has been approved for sale in the U nited states can be banned by the EPA if it is proven to be unreasonably harm ful to health o r safety. It used to be that the EPA w ould be obligated to pay a co m ­ pany for lost revenue, by buying the am ount o f unsold product that had been produced before the ban, when it chose to ban a pesticide. A 1988 revision o f FIFR A , though , took that requirem ent o u t, giving the EPA a

lot m ore freedom in its duty to p ro ­ tect the U nited States citizen s. EPA ap p ro v al o f a p esticide, and its pow er to ban, are only applicable to p esti­ c id es m ade for use in the U .S., they do not apply to pesticides m ade for ex p o rt. Any p esticide that is banned in the U.S., o r even one that has n ev er even been review ed by the E PA , can be exported for use in other c o u n tries. Is this a moral actio n on the part o f the U.S. g o v ern m en t? Do we have the obligation to prevent ex p o rt o f these p esticides? Do we have the right to prevent o th er na­ tions from buying w hat they want to b uy?

T he U nited S tates has very strict rules about how w aste, hazardous a n d n o n - h a z a r d o u s , s h o u ld be h an d led . L an d fills have to have heavy plastic liners to prevent co n ­ tam in atio n o f ground w ater supplies, h azard o u s w aste m ust be sto red so that it is no longer a threat to U.S. c itizen s. The Federal gov ern m en t is cu rren tly co n sid erin g the possib ility o f sh ip p in g our w aste to the M arshal Islands. The hazardous w aste could be stored in B ikini A tol, w hich has been deem ed uninhabitable for the next 5 0 ,0 0 0 years due to radiation cau sed by U.S. nuclear te s ts c o n ­ d u cted there in the past. S olid w astes w ould be pul in landfills on the in­ h ab ited islands. The M arshal Is­ lands w ant the contract fo r waste sh ip m en t to com e through becau se it

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w ould provide th eir small nation w ith industry, more land space, and an annual income o f $46 m illion. T hey are w illing to lake the health risks to get the benefits. Should the U.S. allow the export o f our w aste? Should we be forced to deal with our w aste and find ways to reduce w aste p ro ­ d u ctio n ? Is it o u r ethical duty to p rotect the M arshal Islands from the harm the waste c o u ld cause? Do we have the right to deny them the b e n ­ efits that this “trad e" could b ring th em ?

Professor F irestone is clearly c o n ­ cern ed with how the U nited S tates co n d u cts its foreign policies. He w ants people to be aw are o f the truth in how our nation conducts its b u s i­ ness. He provided students with the facts on current policies, and e n ­ cou rag ed them to figure out the re a ­ sons behind the argum ents for and against the p olicies. "M y jo b is not to convince you o f an y th in g ,” he told students, “ I’m a teacher." He encouraged every o n e to be aw are o f U nited States p o licies and to d ev elo p o p in io n s on them . He enco u rag ed stu d en ts to b eco m e involved, but, he said, “ if you advocate a position, you should be the best advocate you can b e.” The w ay that is done is to know both sides o f the argum ent, and to be aware o f how U nited S tales policy effects both citizen s and fo r­ e ig n ers.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / JASON PHILBROOk

T he Social C o m m ittee's C offehouse C om m ittee bro u g h t m usician Tom A cousti to W P I last S a tu rd ay night. T he show w as held in A lden Hall.

Review course for Fundamentals of Engineering Exam announced WPI is now accepting regis­ trations for the annual Engineer­ ing Intern Review (Formerly Engineer-in-T raining R eview ).

The Review prepares candidates for the Fundamentals of Engi­ neering Exam. Topics include the basic sciences, mathematics and engineering disciplines.

Classes meet on eleven Thurs­ day evenings between January 19 and April 6, 1995 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the WPI campus.

The format of the course is a formal lecture period followed by questions and answers. Stu­

dents also complete problem sets to help acquaint them with the Fundamentals o f Engineering Exam. Weekly lectures are con­ ducted by WPI faculty members.

The program fee is $325 per person. Full-time undergradu­ ate WPI students are eligible for a reduced rate of $195. The fee includes the text and all other instructional materials. Deadline to register is January 12,1995.

For further information, con­ tact WPI’s Office o f Continuing Education at (5M) 831-5517.

Table o f Contents N ew s ................................................................................................. 2 Announcem ents ............................................................................. 2 Community Update ....................................................................... 2 Sports .................................................................................................. ?

Commentary .................................................................................... 4

Club C orner .................................................................................... 6 Greek C orner ................................................................................. 7 Police I j t g ....................................................................................... H What ’.v Happening ........................................................................ H Classifieds ....................................................................................... S

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Tuesday December 13,1994

WPI team places second in regional programming competition

by David Spencer Class o f ‘95 On Sunday, November 20, WPI sent its team to the Northeast Regional Competition of the 19 9 4 -1995 ACM International Collegiate Pro­ gram m ing Contest. The Northeast Regionals were held at three locations, with the two highest performers from the three locations being se­ lected to advance to the International contest, held in March in Nashville. Out of 11 teams selected to compete at their site (W estern New E ngland C o lleg e), W PI p lace d second to Harvard. In overall regional standings. Harvard placed second to MIT. Brown placed third in the region, and no regional rankings were deter­ mined beyond that.

W PI’s team was made up o f Jason Anderson, Tom Seidenberg, and David Spencer, all under­

graduate com puter science students. Member­ ship in the team was determined by means o f a qualifying contest held earlier this term at WPI, with the exception of Seidenberg, who was a volunteer replacement fo r Michael Lepore, who qualified for the team b ut was unable to attend the regional contest.

The contest, which took place between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, consisted o f 7 programming problems. Each team was to subm it one solution for each problem, and to attempt to complete as many problem s as possible. In the first hour, both WPI and Harvard subm itted 3 correct solu­ tions, with W PI in the lead because of subm is­ sion times. The University o f Maine team subm itted two solutions in the first hour, and the other schools each submitted one or no solutions by 11:00. Heading into the second hour, W Pl’s hopes were high. However, when lunch was

served at 12:15, Harvard had jum ped ahead by correctly answering a fourth problem. W PI followed with another correct answ er at 12:20 , but the lead now belonged to Harvard.

With their eyes on the clock, the WPI team worked to solve the rem aining three problems before Harvard. But luck was not with them. A tricky output problem held the team up while Harvard submitted another answ er before 1:00.

Progress was further delayed when the team com puter’s m onitor broke. A replacement was provided, and the team was back at work within 5 minutes. While W PI’s team poured over printouts and took turns at their one computer.

Harvard submitted their sixth solution at 1:40.

WPI was not far behind, subm itting their fifth solution within 10 minutes. Two problems remained, one of which Jason had been d o g ­ gedly w orking on since about 10:30.

Navy NROTC takes third place at Cornell

by Ensign Brian D. Marrow and Midshipman Douglas S. Kieweg T w enty-six Holy C ross and W PI m id sh ip ­ m en returned from C ornell w ith the B ronze.

The N ovem ber 19th Cornell U niversity Drill and M ilitary E xcellence C om petition (M EC ) pitted N RO TC U nits from 15 East C oast S chools against one another in this annual tw o part tradition.

T he one day com petition opened w ith the D rill events. These events centered on m arch­ ing and w eapo n ’s handling and required d e ­ m anding levels o f discipline and precision o n b eh alf o f the team m em bers and their leaders.

U nder the le a d e rsh ip o f M1DN M ich ael Spadazzi, a ju n io r at W PI, the Holy C ross D rill T eam spent m onths preparing fo r these events and was rew arded by a third place

Take a bite outta crime The petty theft crime wave has re­ turned to our community, just in time for the holiday season. Three separate larcenies (in three different academic buildings) have occurred (recently around noontime). The thefts are clearly “crimes of opportunity,” and happen very quickly. Here are some examples: - an unattended pocketbook, kept in an unlocked desk drawer, was taken * a wallet, left in a coat pocket that was hanging behind a door in an un­ locked room, was stolen • monies and other personal valu­ ables that were left on/in an unlocked desk drawer were taken - gifts or packages, left unattended in vehicles (both locked and unlocked), have been stolen.

Campus Police believes there is at least one suspect who is roaming the hallway areas of our academic buildings (and our parking lots) looking for these types of opportunities. Please be sure to keep your valuables out of sight and under lock and key and contact the cam­ pus police at extension 5555 to report suspicious persons or activity.

finish in the In sp ectio n com petition.

W hile m idshipm en in neatly pressed u n i­ form s faced o ff in the C ornell G ym nasium , o th er m id sh ip m en w ere p rep arin g for the ph y sical ch allen g es o f the com petition. T he M EC challen g es m idshipm en w ith various tests o f physical readiness. T he ultim ate test is the Ironm an co m petition, a grueling test o f perso n al en d u ran ce m eant to challenge all asp ects o f p hysical fitness. Led by team c a p ta in M ID N Tim Fahey, a ju n io r at Holy C ro ss, the M E C team placed third in Ironm an co m p etitio n . M IDN Fahey an d MIDN D avid H oagland, a W PI senior, perform ed e x c e p ­ tio n ally w ell. M ID N Fahey p laced first in th e 10K run. M ID N H oagland turned in to p tim es fo r all five ev en ts in the Ironm an co m ­ p etitio n and still com peted in the 10K run.

T he C orn ell U niversity D rill and M EC

IQP Awards Continued from page I dustry and the local governm ent in Innichen.

The final presentation was given by Ahmed Al-Baiti, W illiam Herron, and C orey Lewis, and was titled “ Biogas and Other Renewable Energy Sources in Botsw ana.” The project was com ­ pleted in Botswana, which is located in southern Africa. It was advised by Professor Bland Addison and Tom Thomsen, Associate Dean o f Student Life. The students exam ined the con­ tinuing strain that is placed on the land and water resources in Botswana. Firewood, which is traditionally used for fuel there, is rapidly being displaced. The project group examined the resources that are readily available in Botswana, and found that biogas would best meet the country’s energy needs.

“T hese are not textbook problems,” com ­ mented Hakim as he made his closing remarks.

“They are real problem s with real answers.”

After the presentations, a reception and dinner were held at Higgins House, at which the contest w inners were announced. Ahm ed Al-Baiti, W illiam H erron, and Corey Lewis were pre­ sented with the 1994 President’s IQP Award for the work which they had done in Botswana.

The panel o f judges for the competition in­ cluded Dr. John Lott Brown, Interim President o f WPI, Professor Douglas W oods, Social Sci­ ence and Policy Studies Department Head, Pro­ fessor Lee Fontanella, London Project Center Director, ChrysaniheTerw illiger, Assistant Pro­ fessor o f M echanical Engineering, and Veronica Chao, A ssociate Editor o f the American Society o f Engineering Education’s Prism Magazine.

COM M UNITY UPDATE

Financial aid applications available soon Financial aid applications for the academ ic year 1995-96 will be available at the beginning o f Term C ’95. Current financial aid recipients in the C lasses o f ’96, ’97 and '9 8 who have been enrolled the entire 1994-95 Academic Year will receive financial aid packets in their m ail­ boxes. If you do not receive an application by February I, 1995, and you plan to apply for financial aid, please obtain the necessary forms from the Financial Aid Office in the lower level

o f Boynton.

The application packet will contain aFA FS A (Renew al or O riginal), FAF, WPI Upperclass Folder and instructions.

Please take notice o f subsequent articles in Newspeak, as well as the instructions co n ­ tained in the application packet, describing the deadlines and process o f applying for financial aid. For additional inform ation, contact the staff m em bers o f the Financial Aid Office.

Social Committee election results The following arc the results of elections held on Friday, December 9, for the Executive Board o f the WPI Social Committee.

President: Ryan Betts Vice-president: Greg Gallagher Treasurer: Kim Belli Pub: Jeff Chausse and Nate Howells Fine Arts: Jeff Spaleta

Films: Amy Plack Publicity: Tom Carr Coffeehouse: Joe Plunkett and Aron Atkins Special Events: Harrison Ripps Major Events: Tim Doherty If you w ould like to join this organization, contact soccom m @ wpi, or any members of the Executive Board.

C o m petition was a great experience for all those w ho p articipated. H oly C ross m id sh ip ­ men enjoyed the o p p o rtunity to com pete w ith th eir peers in a unique co n test o f M ilitary E xcellence. T his com petition is only one o f the many events in w hich the Holy C ross N RO TC B attalion p articip ates annually.

The U n it’s 59 m id sh ip m en from H oly C ross, W o rcester P olytechnic Institute, and W orcester State C ollege take part in n u m er­ ous events and co m p etitio n s each y ear in th eir continuing training to becom e O fficers in the U. S. N avy and M arine C orps. If you too are lo o k ing to challenge yo u rself above and beyond (both physically and m entally), N RO TC is th e program fo r you. For inform a­ tion please contact the N R O T C Unit at 7932433/2434.

As Jason typed at the terminal, Tom and David worked at the chalk board, trying to work out the solution to the remaining problem. U n­ fortunately, their knowledge o f 3D geometry was not as good as it needed to be. WPI was still right behind Harvard on the scoreboard, and it seemed as though they would be able to catch up if they could submit one more solution. Be­ tween 2:00 and 3:00, they worked frantically on their two remaining problems. G iving up on the 3D geometry problem, they put all their effort into Jason’s program. Many seemingly correct subm issions were returned as incorrect. Bugs were found and fixed, entire sections o f code rewritten, and a final solution was sent just 2 minutes before 3:00. At 3:00, the contest ended, and the computers were shut off. The team had no way o f knowing if their final solution was correct or not. W hen they had last seen the scores. Harvard had only 6 correct answers. If W PI’s solution was correct, they would also have 6 correct answers, meaning that program subm ission times would have to be checked to break the tie. Suspense was high as the team entered the awards ceremony.

WPI received two surprises when the results were announced. Their sixth solution was cor­ rect! But, Harvard had subm itted a seventh solution at the last minute, theirs com ing in a mere 2 1 seconds before the contest ended. Theirs, too, was correct. Harvard was going to the internationals, and W PI was not. But the team was awarded certificates o f participation, as well as copies o f M icrosoft’s Visual Basic and Visual C++. As it turned out, only one other team completed 4 o f the 7 problems, and 5 completed only 3. This put WPI head and shoul­ ders above the competition, and incredibly close to the first place position held by Harvard. As Tom Seidenberg said as the team returned to W orcester, “W e’ll get ‘em next year.”

A N N O U N C E M E N TS

Submissions now being accepted for Humanities awards competition C om petition for the Class o f 1879 Prizes for 1994 is now open. The com petition recognizes outstanding work in the H um anities by aw ard­ ing three prizes o f cash and certificate for Sufficiency Projects com pleted in any term in

1994. Interested students should subm it a copy o f their Sufficiency Project with their WPI box num ber to Professor Thom as Shannon (SL 28), Humanities and Arts Departm ent by D ecem ber 30.

Venture Forum: “Sales strategies that work” O n T u esd ay , D ecem ber 13, the WPI V en ­ ture Forum will host “S ales Strategies T hat W ork” in S alisbury L abs, R oom 115.

Bob R ota, president and founder o f F ifth B usiness, In c., a service com pany focu sed on the strategic and tactical sales and m arketing needs o f h ig h -technology o rganizations and value-added resellers, w ill be the first p re ­ senter. W ith 25 years experience in the system so ftw are, ap p licatio n s and service arena. R ota will focus on proper strategies.

Paul Jackson, president and c h ie f ex ecu ­ tive o fficer of L ightSpeed, Inc., w ill conduct the case presentation. L ightS peed plans to develop, m arket, and sell products from tw o categories: laser device and laser in stru ­ m ents (including subsystem s). Jackson is seeking inform ation on the developm ent o f products, m arketplace and capital structure.

R egistration is at 6 pm. T he m eeting begins at 6:30 pm. A dm ission is $5.

Robotic golfing competition C ome and watch the students from the In­ dustrial Robotics Class (M E 48I5) com plete their final laboratory exercise - a Robotic G o lf­ ing C om petition, Friday. D ecem ber 16, from 10 to 11 am in W ashburn Shops Room 108.

Thirteen team s o f students will use softw are

Attention Entrepreneurs There is a new program at WPI called The Entrepreneurs Collaborati ve. The first official course will be offered term C95. If you are interested in sometime starting your ow n company, then you should take this course. E-mail Professor Gerstenfeld, ag@ wpi, o r call him at extension 5471.

they developed to maximize the num ber o f putts they can sink on a specially-designed green in a three m inute interval.

Second new pub to be held Today 12/13 The entire WPI community is invited to the second New Pub on Tuesday, December 13, at 5:09 pm in Gompei’s. The New Pub is an insti­ tute-wide, (faculty, student, administration and staff) very casual get-together for no reason, put on by the undergraduate and graduate deans.

Jftnthonys Tkirber Shop

Invitational art show

by Lora Brueck Special Collections librarian Gordon Library is pleased to announce an exhibit o f art by WPI students, faculty and staff during the month o f February. We invite submis­ sions of drawings, photographs, paintings, po­ etry, computer art, sculpture, calligraphy, collage or any other art form you can create. Artwork will be accepted at the Library January 23-27 and judging will take place on January 30. A library open house will celebrate the opening o f the exhibit in early February. If you would like to participate o r if you have afiy questions, contact Special C ollections L ibrarian Lora B rueck (lbrueck@wpi or 831-5413).

W elcomes WPI students Regular Haircuts

By Appt. or W alk-in Hours. Mon-Sat 7:30 - 5:30

$ 8 .0 0 324 G rove St.. W ore.

(Next to Percy's) Tel: 752-5510

Academic Advising Day changed ...to l'i'l)i'iiar\ lf». 1‘>*>5 (N O T on 1V b ru a n 2 as pn*\ ioush advertised)

Tuesday December 13, 1994

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WPI team places second in regional programming competition

by David Spencer Class o f ‘95 On Sunday, N ovem ber 20, WPI sent its team to the Northeast Regional Competition o f the 1994-1995 ACM International Collegiate Pro­ gram m ing Contest. The Northeast Regionals were held at three locations, with the two highest perform ers from the three locations being se­ lected to advance to the International contest, held in March in Nashville. Out o f 11 teams selected to compete at their site (W estern New E ngland C o lleg e), W PI placed seco n d to Harvard. In overall regional standings. Harvard placed second to MIT. Brown placed third in the region, and no regional rankings were deter­ mined beyond that.

W PI’s team was made up o f Jason Anderson, Toni Seidcnberg, and David Spencer, all under­

graduate computer science students. M ember­ ship in the team was determined by means o f a qualifying contest held earlier this term at W PI, with the exception o f Scidenberg, w ho was a volunteer replacement for Michael Lepore, who qualified for the team but was unable to attend the regional contest.

The contest, which took place betw een 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, consisted of 7 programming problems. Each team w as to submit one solution for each problem, and to attempt to com plete as many problems as possible. In the first hour, both WPI and Harvard submitted 3 correct solu­ tions, with W'PI in the lead because o f submis­ sion times. The University o f Maine team submitted two solutions in the first hour, and the other schools each subm itted one or no solutions by 11 :(X). Heading into the second hour, W PI's hopes were high. H owever, when lunch was

served at 12:15, Harvard had jum ped ahead by correctly answering a fourth problem. WPI followed with another correct answ er at 12:20 , but the lead now belonged to Harvard.

W ith their eyes on the clock, the WPI team worked to solve the rem aining three problems before Harvard. But luck was not with them. A tricky output problem held the team up while Harvard subm itted another answ er before 1:00 .

Progress was further delayed when the team com puter’s m onitor broke. A replacement was provided, and the team was back at work within 5 minutes. W hile W PI’s team poured over printouts and took turns at their one computer, Harvard subm itted their sixth solution at 1:40.

W PI was not far behind, subm itting their fifth solution within 10 minutes. T w o problems rem ained, one o f which Jason had been dog­ gedly working on since about 10:30.

Navy NROTC takes third place at Cornell

by Ensign Brian 1). Marrow and Midshipman Douglas S. Kieweg T w enty-six Holy C ross and W PI m idship­ men returned from C ornell with the Bronze.

The N ovem ber 19th C ornell U niversity Drill and M ilitary E x cellen ce C o m petition (M EC) pitted N RO TC U n its from 15 East C oast Schools against one another in this annual tw o part tradition.

T he one day com petition opened with the Drill events. T hese events centered on m arch­ ing and w eapon’s handling and required d e ­ m anding levels o f discip lin e and precision on b eh alf o f the team m em bers and their leaders.

U n d er the le a d e rsh ip o f M1DN M ichael Spadazzi, a ju n io r at W PI, the Holy C ross Drill T eam spent m onths preparing for these events and was rew arded by a third place

Take a bite outta crime The petty theft crime wave has re­ turned to our community, just in time for the holiday season. Three separate larcenies (in three different academic buildings) have occurred (recently around noontime). The thefts are clearly “crimes of opportunity,” and happen very quickly. Here are some examples: - an unattended pocketbook, kept in an unlocked desk drawer, was taken • a wallet, left in a coat pocket that was hanging behind a door in an un­ locked room, was stolen - monies and other personal valu­ ables that were left on/in an unlocked desk drawer were taken - gifts or packages, left unattended in vehicles (both locked and unlocked), have been stolen.

Campus Police believes there is at least one suspect who is roaming the hallway areas of our academic buildings (and our parking lots) looking for these types of opportunities. Please be sure to keep your valuables out of sight and under lock and key and contact the cam­ pus police at extension 5555 to report suspicious persons or activity.

finish in the Inspection com petition.

W hile m idshipm en in neatly pressed u n i­ form s faced o ff in th e Cornell G ym nasium , other m idshipm en w ere p rep arin g for the physical challenges o f the com petition. The MEC challenges m idshipm en w ith various tests o f physical readiness. The u ltim ate test is the Ironm an com p etitio n , a g rueling test o f personal endurance m eant to challenge all aspects o f physical fitness. Led by team captain MIDN Tim Fahey, a ju n io r at Holy C ross, the MEC team placed third in Ironman com petition. M1DN Fahey and M IDN D avid H oagland, a WPI sen io r, perform ed e x cep ­ tionally well. M IDN Fahey placed first in the 10K run. MIDN H oagland turn ed in top tim es for all five ev en ts in the Ironm an c o m ­ petition and still com peted in the 10K run.

T he Cornell U niversity Drill and M EC

IQP Awards Continued from page I dustry and the local government in Innichcn.

The final presentation was given by Ahmed Al-Baiti, William Herron, and Corey Lewis, and was titled "Biogas and Other Renewable Energy Sources in Botswana." The project was com ­ pleted in Botswana, which is located in southern Africa. It was advised by Professor Bland Addison and Tom Thom sen, Associate Dean o f Student Life. The students exam ined the con­ tinuing strain that is placed on the land and w ater resources in Botswana. Firewood, which is traditionally used for fuel there, is rapidly being displaced. The project group examined the resources that are readily available in Botswana, and found that biogas would best meet the country’s energy needs.

"These are not textbook problems,” com ­ mented Hakim as he made his closing remarks. ‘‘They are real problem s with real answers."

After the presentations, a reception and dinner were held at Higgins House, at which the contest winners were announced. Ahmed Al-Baiti, William Herron, and Corey Lewis were pre­ sented with the 1994 President’s IQP Award for the work which they had done in Botswana.

The panel of jud g es for the com petition in­ cluded Dr. John Lott Brown. Interim President of W PI, Professor Douglas W oods, Social Sci­ ence and Policy Studies Department Head, Pro­ fessor Lee Fontanella, London Project C enter Director, C hrysantheTerwilligcr. Assistant Professorof Mechanical Engineering, and Veronica Chao, Associate Editor o f the American Society of Engineering E ducation’s Prism Magazine.

C O M M U N ITY UPDATE

Financial aid applications available soon Financial aid applications for the academic year 1995-96 will be available at the beginning o f Term C '95. Current financial aid recipients in the C lasses o f '9 6 . ’97 and '9 8 who have been enrolled the entire 1994-95 Academic Year w ill receive financial aid packets in their m ail­ boxes. If you do not receive an application by February I, 1995, and you plan to apply for financial aid, please obtain the necessary forms from the Financial Aid Office in the lower level

o f Boynton.

The application packet will contain a FAFSA (Renewal or O riginal), FAF, W PI Upperclass Folder and instructions.

Please take notice o f subsequent articles in Newspeak, as well as the instructions co n ­ tained in the application packet, describing the deadlines and process o f applying for financial aid. For additional inform ation, contact the staff members o f the Financial Aid Office.

Social Committee election results The following arc the results o f elections held on Friday, December 9, for the Executive Board o f the WPI Social Committee.

President: Ryan Betts Vice-president: Greg Gallagher Treasurer: Kim Belli Pub: Jeff Chausse and Nate Howells Fine Arts: Jeff Spaleta

Films: Amy Plack Publicity: Tom Carr Coffeehouse: Joe Plunkett and Aron Atkins Special Events: Harrison Ripps M ajor Events: Tim Doherty If you would like to join this organization, contact soccomm @ wpi, or any members of the Executive Board.

C o m p etitio n w as a great experience for all th o se w ho participated. H oly C ro ss m idship­ m en enjoyed the opportunity to com pete with th e ir peers in a unique co n test o f M ilitary E x cellen ce. T h is com petition is only one of the many ev en ts in w hich the Holy C ross N R O T C B attalion p articipates annually.

T he U n it’s 59 m id sh ip m en from Holy C ro ss. W o rcester Polytechnic Institute, and W o rcester State C ollege take part in num er­ o u s events and com petitions each year in th e ir co n tin u ing training to becom e O fficers in the U. S. N avy and M arine C o rp s. If you to o are looking to challenge y o u rse lf above a n d beyond (both physically and m entally), N R O T C is the program lo r you. For inform a­ tio n please contact the N R O T C Unit at 7932 4 3 3 /2 4 3 4 .

As Jason typed at the term inal, Tom and David worked at the chalk board, trying to work out the solution to the remaining problem. Un­ fortunately, their knowledge o f 3D geometry was not as good as it needed to be. WPI was still right behind Harvard on the scoreboard, and it seemed as though they would be able to catch up if they could submit one more solution. Be­ tween 2:00 and 3:00, they worked frantically on their two remaining problems. Giving up on the 3D geometry problem, they put all their effort into Jason’s program. Many seemingly correct submissions were returned as incorrect. Bugs were found and fixed, entire sections o f code rewritten, and a final solution was sent just 2 minutes before 3:00. At 3:00, the contest ended, and the computers were shut off. The team had no way o f knowing if their final solution was correct or not. W hen they had last seen the scores. Harvard had only 6 correct answers, if W PI’s solution was correct, they would also have 6 correct answers, meaning that program submission times would have to be checked to break the tie. Suspense was high as the team entered the awards ceremony.

WPI received tw o surprises when the results were announced. T heir sixth solution was cor­ rect! But, Harvard had submitted a seventh solution at the last minute, theirs coming in a mere 21 seconds before the contest ended. Theirs, too, was correct. Harvard was going to the internationals, and WPI was not. But the team was awarded certificates o f participation, as well as copies of M icrosoft’s Visual Basic and Visual C++. As it turned out, only one other team completed 4 o f the 7 problems, and 5 completed only 3. This put WPI head and shoul­ ders above the competition, and incredibly close to the first place position held by Harvard. As Tom Seidenberg said as the team returned to W orcester, ‘‘W e’ll get 'em next year."

A N N O U N C E M E N TS

Submissions now being accepted for Humanities awards competition C om petition for the C lass of 1879 Pri/es lor 1994 is now open. The com petition recognizes outstanding w ork in the H um anities by award­ ing three prizes of cash and certificate for S ufficiency Projects com pleted in any term in

1994. Interested students should submit a copy o f their Sufficiency Project w ith their WPI box num ber to Professor Thom as Shannon (SL 28).

Humanities and Arts D epartm ent by December 30.

Venture Forum: “Sales strategies that work” On T u esd ay, D ecem ber 13, the WPI V en­ tu re Forum w ill host ‘‘Sales S trategies That W o rk ” in Salisbury L abs, Room 1 15.

Bob Rota, president and fo u n d er of Fifth B u siness, Inc., a service com pany focused on th e strategic and tactical sales and m arketing n eed s o f h ig h-technology o rganizations and v alu e-ad d ed resellers, w ill be the first pre­ sen ter. W ith 25 years experience in the sy stem softw are, a p p licatio n s and service a ren a. R ota w ill focus o n proper strategies.

Paul Jackson, president and chief execu­ tive officer o f L ightS peed, Inc., will conduct the case presentation. L ightSpeed plans to develop, m arket, and sell products from two categories: laser device and laser instru­ m ents (including subsystem s). Jackson is seeking inform ation on the developm ent o f products, m arketplace and capital structure.

R egistration is at 6 pm. The m eeting begins at 6:30 pm. A dm ission is $5.

Robotic golfing competition Com e and watch the students from the In­ dustrial Robotics Class (M E 48I5) complete their final laboratory exercise - a Robotic G olf­ ing Com petition, Friday. D ecem ber 16. from 10 to 1 1 am in W ashburn Shops Room 108.

T hirteen team s of students w ill use software

Attention Entrepreneurs There is a new program al WPI called The Entrepreneurs Collaborative. The first official course will be offered term C95. If you are interested in sometime starting your own com pany, then you should take this course. E-mail Professor Gerstenfeld, ag@ wpi, or call him at extension 5471.

they developed to maximize the num ber of putts they can sink on a specially-designed green in a three minute interval.

Second new pub to be held Today 12/13 The entire WPI community is invited to the second New Pub on Tuesday. December 13, at 5:09 pm in Gom pei’s. The New Pub is an insti­ tute-wide, (faculty, student, administration and staff) very casual get-together for no reason, put on by the undergraduate and graduate deans.

Jfl.ixth.onys TJarber Shop W elcomes WPI students

Invitational art show

by Lora Brueck Special Collections librarian Gordon Library is pleased to announce an exhibit of art by WPI students, faculty and staff during the month of February. We invite submis­ sions o f drawings, photographs, paintings, po­ etry, computer art, sculpture, calligraphy, collage or any other art form you can create. Artwork will be accepted at the Library January 23-27 and judging will take place on January 30. A library open house will celebrate the opening of the exhibit in early February. If you would like to participate or if you have afiy questions, contact S pecial C o llectio ns L ibrarian Lora Brueck (lbrueck@wpi or 831-5413).

Regular Haircuts

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Academic Advising Day changed ...to F eb ru ary 16, l ‘>95 (N OT oil F ebruary 2 as previously a d v ertised )

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Tuesday December 13, 1994

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Weekly sports update - results from December 2nd through 8th

by G eoff Hassard Sports Inform ation Director

(O m aha, N E ) in the 1-m eter div in g and se­ n io r captain Jen S an n a (M adison, W l) in the 100-yard butterfly.

Men’s Swimming (1-3) The sw im team took to the road to go against C onnecticut C ollege last Saturday.

The E ngineers w ere edged 123-101 as our sw im m ers put a scare into C onnecticut. The difference in the m atch w as the 1-m eter and 3-m eter diving ev en ts as W PI does not have anyone to com pete so they essentially gave the opposition 29 free points.

The m eet started well for W PI as they won the 400-yard m edley relay consisting o f fresh­ men Jon Prusak (E astham p to n , MA), Adam T erio (R esto n , V A ), and Jam ie M urdock (W oodinville, W A ) along w ith senior Eric H ultgren (N ew port, RI). T h ree o f these four sw im m ers w ould w in individual events as w ell. P rusak won the 100-yard individual m edley, M urdock w on the 200-yard freestyle and H ultgren won the 100-yard breaststroke.

Junior Ian B uckley (K illin g w o rth , C T) was the only other event w in n er as he won the 50yard freestyle.

Women’s Swimming (1-3) The w om en w ere also at C onnecticut C o l­ lege last S aturday for th e ir m eet. T hey c o u ld n ’t find enough points eith er as they lost 128-94.

E vent w inners for the E ngineers were: senior R enee C usson (C hicopee, M A) in the 5 0 -y a rd fr e e s ty le , ju n io r K im S c o fie ld

Wrestling (1-0) The W PI E n g in eer w restling team opened up the defense o f th eir New E ngland C ollege C o nference W restling A ssociation ch am p i­ onsh ip by hosting the Rhode Island C ollege A nchorm en last T uesday at A lum ni G ym .

T he E n g in eer g ra p p lers proved to be too m uch for th e young A nchorm en as they won 31-12.

W inners for WPI w ere freshm an Bill Lucas (W oodbury, N J) at 118 pounds, freshm an A aron B ecker (C o v en try , RI) at 126 pounds, sen io r captain G eorge C hu (W estford, MA) at 134 pounds via a p in, senior captain G arrett T rom bi (A m herst, N H ) at 158 pounds, ju n io r J e ff Stearns at 167 pounds, senior Stan Farrell at 177 p o u n d s and ju n io r c a p ta in R ich D eS tefano (N. R eading. MA) in the h eavy­ w eight division.

Men’s Basketball (5-2) The m en ’s b asketball team had a 2-1 w eek as they continued th eir road trip at W esleyan, A nna M aria and W entw orth.

Last Saturday, the E ngineers traveled to C o n n e c tic u t to tak e on the C a rd in a ls o f W esleyan U niversity. D espite a big perfo r­ m ance from ju n io r Jim N aughton (D ublin, Ireland) o f 27 points and 15 rebounds, WPI lo st 9 5 -8 2 . S e n io r c a p ta in C h ris D unn

(Seekonk, M A ) continued his season o pen­ ing streak o f 20 o r more points as he poured in 20 .

On T uesd ay , the men jo u rn ey ed across the border to Paxton to play Anna M aria with the hopes o f b reak ing their tw o-gam e m ini-skid.

The E ngineers w on the gam e 74-73 as they slow ed the tem po dow n and took the Am cats out o f th eir gam e. Dunn and N aughton led the E ngineers ag ain with 31 and 28 points respectively. F or Dunn, it w as his third 30point gam e o f the season as he is the leading scorer in the W o rcester A rea thus far.

N aughton was named to the W orcester Area C ollege B asketball A ssociation W eekly H onor Roll fo r his p e rfo rm a n c e ag ain st W esleyan.

On T h u rsd a y , the E n g in e e rs faced an underm anned W entw orth team and defeated them 96-55. Sophom ore Jeff C ay er (Shelton, CT) led W PI w ith 22 points. Four other players also sco red in double figures, ju n io r Chad Hamel (B ethlehem , NH) had 13, ju n io r Jeff Kijak (C hicopee, MA) and sophom ore Ray Banks (N ashua, NH) each had 11 and N aughton had 10 points.

Women’s Basketball (4-2) The w om en had a .500 w eek as they split two gam es, one on the road versus A nna

M aria and one at hom e versus Salve Regina.

L ast T uesday, the w om en played the first gam e o f the double header and lost a tough one to the A m cats o f A nna M aria in overtim e 64-62. A ccording lo C oach C hrista C h am ­ pion, k ey turnovers dow n the stretch allow ed Anna M aria to steal the win. Leading the w ay for the E ngineers was sophom ore Kim Landry (G ardner, MA) as she had her second c o n ­ secutive 20-point perform ance w ith 24 points.

A lso scoring in double figures for W PI w ere senior captains T ricia Pignone (S eneca F alls, NY) and Cindy M oser (P ortland, IN) as they both had 12 points.

O n T hursday, the E ngineers faced an u n ­ defeated Salve R egina team in front of the hom e crow d. T hey d id n ’t disappoint as they d o m in a te d the b o a rd s a n d k n o c k e d th e N ew porters out o f the unbeaten ranks 80-67.

Junior Jenn L ovin led five players in double figures with 18 points. S ophom ores L aura B ielitz (A gaw am , MA) and D anielle B atey (F airfield, ME) each had 13 points, M oser had 12 and L andry chipped in 10.

A s fa r as the dom ination on the boards w ent, W PI outrebounded S alve 67 to 39. T he E ngineers had 37 offensive rebounds alone as L ovin ripped dow n 13 to tal, L andry had 12 and ju n io r R ebecca R ubenstein (R ockland, ME) had 11 rebounds to lead the way.

Icecats pounce at Crunch, fall short

by Andrew Marsella Class o f '96 The W o rcester Icecats cam e up a few scratches short against the Syracuse Crunch W ednesday night, losing 3 to 1 at the Centrum.

For the second gam e in a row, Icecat goalie W ayne C ow ley fought a losing battle, this time against a strong C runch offense, while the rest o f the C ats had a tough time phasing Syracuse goalie M ike Fountain.

The first period started out quite ordinarily with each team testing the other for w eak­ nesses. Both the C ats and the Crunch received m inor penalties as they fought for the all so im portant first goal and control o f the game.

At the end o f tw enty minutes, a goal by Syracuse right wing Brian Loney made it the C runch-1, W orcester-0.

The Icecats, who are 2-15-3 in games where their opponents score first, tried to bring it back in the second period, but once again couldn’t quite m uster enough mom entum . M idway through the period C owley was beaten for a second time by Syracuse right wing Lonny Bohonos, and the C ats drifted that much further away from victory.

An apparent Icecats goal a few minutes later was discounted, leaving Worcester scoreless once again. At the end o f the period they retreated to the locker room, this time down by two.

When the Icecats hit the ice in the third period, it was obvious that they were deter-

mined to m ake it back into the game. Their passing and aggressiveness, tw o factors that were seriously lacking in the first 40 minutes of play, im proved noticeably as the C ats began to throw their weight around and work the puck more.

Finally, about five m inutes into the period, W orcester claw ed their way onto the scoreboard with a w rap-around by left wing W alt Poddubny.

Revitalized after beating the dom inant Foun­ tain, the C ats shifted into overdrive as they attem pted to tie the game.

Their hopes were short-lived, how ever, as a Syracuse rush (that seem ed plainly offsides) resulted in a third and final goal fo rth e Crunch.

Frustrated, the Cats could not pounce back, and the rem ainder of the gam e produced nothing more than a few bitter braw ls (the most vicious o f which took place in the crow d, near the Syracuse bench).

Although the Icecats outshot the Crunch 31 to 20, Syracuse skated away with the victory and the Cats overall record fell to 7-17-4.

To the Icecats credit, they are a new leam that is playing w ithout a NHL affiliated "fa­ th e r” team (the C runch is linked with the Vancouver C anucks), and also w ithout a lot o f N H L-experienced players that the other teams have due to the current lockout in the NHL. The Icecats play next in Albany on Friday the 16th against the R iver Rats, and they will prowl the C entrum again Monday night (the 19th) against the St. Jo h n ’s M aple Leafs.

The Men’s and Women’s swimming teams competed at Clark University against Wheaton College on Saturday.

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MIT HAYSTACK OBSERVATORY U n dergraduate science, m athem atics and en g in eerin g stu d en ts are invited to apply fo r su m m er research positions at the M IT H ay stack O b serv ato ry in W estfo rd , M A . R esearch p ro jects in clude rad io astro n o m ical stu d ies, atm ospheric p h ysics investigations, and hardw are an d so ftw are d ev elo p m en t for d ata acquisitio n, processing, and recording system s. T h e p o sitio n s are nom inally three m onths in duration (Ju ne-A ug u st) and carry a stip en d o f $ 1300-$ 1500/m onth dep en d in g on academ ic level an d exp erien ce. W o m en , m inorities, and students w ith d isabilities are enco u rag ed to apply. F or fu rther inform ation an d application m aterials w rite to:

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The Lady Engineers defeated Salve Regina College on Tueday 80-67, knocking Salve Regina out of the undefeated ranks of women's basketball. The women are next scheduled to play Coast Guard tonight (December 13) at home.

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Tuesday December 13, 1994

C O M M E N TA R Y

Philler Merry Christmas or Seasons Greetings - Grab a PC and take off.

by Laurel and Guinevere W ell, that time o f year is here again.

T hai’s right, finals. That lime o f the year when W orcester’s - wonderful w inter - wonder - land - o f - slush - and - mud (W . W. W. W. L. O. S. A. M.) makes staying indoors and studying your bum o ff not too bad o f an idea.

(M y gosh, I can’t believe that 1 said that...)

So what did you learn this term?

C alculus ? Programming ? How to deal with thick accents (Bostonian or other­ wise)? Hope all is well, and good luck this week finishing it all up.

We learned about comm unication this term. Actually, the lack thereof.

For a few weeks this term, whenever w e’d drop o ff our article at Newspeak, the heat down there was incredible, or as we like to say, “ It was hotter than a plaid blowtorch in a hamster cage."

We were told that the air conditioning was broken. It seems that when Plant Services came by to fix it, it took them hardly any time at all to get it back in tip-top condition. (Yes, we know, this is an incredible surprise to us too.)

H ere’s what they did: They looked in the main control box thingie, and turned on the switch marked air-conditioner (or some similarly labeled thing w e’re assum ing)!

It doesn’t take an engineer to do that.

right? O.K. The next day, the air conditioner w asn’t working again. Plant Services w ent right to work and turned the switch on again. W e can only imagine how much they must have su spected th o se w acky N ew speak people o f trying to drive them nuts by somehow sneaking into the control box when no one was looking. If they did, they were wrong. You know who the pranksters w ere? If you guessed the WPI Police, you’d be correct! It seem s that when the system kicked in at night, it w ould set o ff the alarm in N ew speak’s office, the police would respond to the false alarm, and to rem edy the problem, they would sim ply turn the air condi­ tioning system off. G ranted, it worked, but in the meantime, Newspeak editors were bust­ ing into flames. Trust us, it’s not a pretty sight...

E ith er th e Police d id n ’t bothertelling anyone how they solved the problem, or Plant Services forgot about the police telling them night after night. To tell you the truth, we can’t figure out which is the more plausible suspicion. It's not really a big deal. E verything’s fixed now. The point is, som ewhere, comm unication between the school services failed m is­ erably.

An interview with Campus Police Sergeant Hill

by Eric Craft Associate Editor Sergeant Steve Hill has been an officer for W PI’s cam pus police de­ partm ent since 1979. Before joining W PI’s cam pus police force, Sgt. Hill was a patrolm an for eight years in H ubbardston, MA. A fter two years w ith the campus police, O fficer Hill was prom oted to Sergeant.

The cam pus policemen are full po­ lice officers that carry guns and often assist W orcester police in situations that are close to W PI. The cam pus police’s jurisdiction is lim ited to p ro p ­ erties and ways ow ned by W PI, but they are obligated to intervene if there is a crim e in progress. The cam pus police have three cruisers that con­ tinuously patrol the cam pus, G reek organizations, and Salisbury Estates.

Sgt. Hill is in charge o f supervising the two other officers on duty during his 3pm to 11pm shift. He is also the departm ent’s firearms trainer. All o f the policem en in the department have to go through at least forty hours o f “ in service training.” This includes both C PR /First Responder training and fire­ arm s instruction.

In Sgt. H ill’s fifteen years in the cam pus police departm ent, many in­ teresting events have occurred. He has assisted in the arrest o f individuals stealing furniture, com puters or other m iscellaneous items from buildings on cam pus. There have also been som e m ajor incidents on campus that the departm ent has dealt with, that many students may not know about.

The first episode occurred in 1983 in the Stoddard Complex. Some elec­ trical engineering students acquired a VCR and a signal am plifier and trans­ mitted the signal for a thousand foot radius around the Stoddard Complex.

It was received on Channel 5 on the area television sets, but unfortunately the transm itted signal was porno-

graphic in nature. The individual(s) were eventually caught because o f someone com ing forward and adm it­ ting to the crime. Previous to this, many houses close to the Stoddard Complex had called the cam pus police to com plain about the illicit transm it­ ted signal.

The second episode concerned a car break on Boynton St. in late No­ vember o f 1986. Sgt. Hill noticed some suspicious activity in a car. The individual ran from the autom obile towards Institute Park. Campus po­ lice follow ed both by car and on foot.

The o fficers were slightly puzzled when they could not find the indi­ vidual in any o f the shrubbery near the pond. Eventually the officers discov­ ered the individual holding his breath under the water.

There have also been some m ajor floods on cam pus. The first was in Salisbury L abs and occurred when sprinkler pipes broke in the attic. W ater covered every floor from the attic to the basem ent. The second flood o c­ curred in the bow ling alleys in the basem ent o f Alumni G ym. Cam pus police believe students were hanging from sprinkler pipes that subsequently broke. M uch o f the m achinery and flooring had to be replaced and the water reached depths o f up to five feet.

C am pus police have had to deal with some m ajor crim es over the years.

WPI has also realized that W orcester is not as safe as it has been in the past.

In response to the increasing violence, the college has given a $5000 grant to the departm ent for the purchase o f bullet p ro o f vests. Sgt. Hill stated, “ We are very grateful lo WPI for the grant, and the officers feel much safer doing their jo b .”

The cam pus police provide valu­ able services for the W PI comm unity and ensure that the cam pus is a safe place for the students.

Coming...

New Course Scheduling Procedures W atch for tin- h a n n e r-h e a d liu e article in th e Ja n u a ry 17 issue o f

Xi’wspvak d escrib in g the ch an g es being m ade to IM PR O V K course scheduling fo r 1995/96.

DAKA still hasn’t let anyone know w ho’s paying for those nifty-neat video jukeboxes. (A s a side note, w e’ve found it much easier to get teaspoons instead o f finding soup spoons lately.

Keep up the good work, D AKA.) The first floor o f Riley Hall is being converted into office space when there is already a lack of housing space on campus, and at the same time, w e’re trying to increase enrollm ent!

Please explain this one to us. A re

water reference from last w eek’s News­ peak) they will not be able to “force” com m unity into us, and this is not some sort o f m echanical engineer’s “self­ realigning institution.” We need to work together to get stuff done around here. We admit, most o f the stuff we write about is pointless, but hey, some stuff isn’t, and w e’ve actually affected some meaningful changes around here.

W e’ve received tons o f letters from students and faculty alike, and we actu­ ally respond to them.

W e also indirectly get com ­ plaints from various depart­ ments, but we don’t do rumors here. If we aren't written to directly, we can’t respond and w ork things out. If you don’t like what we say, tell us. If we don’t have the whole story, tell us. If you want the students to listen to why you’re doing som e­ thing that doesn’t seem painfully obvious, tell us. Read the col­ u m n , w e ’ll p rin t a n y th in g .

Chances are, if you don’t, som e­ one will eventually notice it and ask us, and w e’ll have to make som e­ thing silly up.

The purpose o f this column is not to get people upset. It’s to get people to think. O ur first article was about the discrepancy between the times shown on various Two Towers logos.' Within the month, there was talk o f changing the school logo. Well, maybe that w asn’t because o f us, but still... Think­ ing is good. Thinking is the result o f confusion. Confusion is good. If you don’t question why things are done, and accept the way things are, nothing will ever change, and nothing will get better.

Professors: Gel involved. Listen to students. D on’t wait until you get those little blue evaluation forms. By the time those are read, it’s too late. Make department meetings productive. O r­ ganize speakers, and force your stu­ dents to go to them. Offer extra credit or something. Get people to open their minds.

WPI Services: Students are the ones who keep you going. If you don’t tell them w hat’s going on, they’ll turn on you faster than a centrifuge with an upside dow n cat inside. Plan public relation gim micks. Write an article for Newspeak. Keep people informed.

Students: Start talking. Start ques­ tioning. Get involved in groups. Tell other people what you’re doing. Don’t complain that Newspeak doesn’t write som ething about your organization / event / favorite jelly bean. Write an article and turn it in. They eat that kind of thing up over there. Newspeak is not a school “service.” It’s a STUDENT newspaper. That means you. W e’re tired of reading wire-service articles instead o f student written articles, aren’t

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we going to set up tents on the quad fo r Freshmen housing next year? Both o f these cases show the lack o f comm unication be­ tween services and students.

Campus wide meeting to discuss the future president o f this institution? This decision will affect students, profes­ sors, really everyoneoncam pus. Hardly anyone show ed up.

This cam pus has been criticized about it’s lack o f community. Part o f that is it’s apparent lack of com m unica­ tion. Each department is trying to be independent when none o f them can figure out how to support themselves.

This is an engineering school, get to­ gether and engineer a plan to keep the school from falling apart.

On the note o f non-communication between departments, we would like to single out the EE department as an example. Instead of using the general school resources, such as m ailing and computer services, they use their own system. W hile this is not a terrible thing for which they should be severely punished, but it does dem onstrate the lack o f trust and comm unity feeling in the department. Along with this, there is the recent (read last year) dissolution o f the Purchasing Department, which was in charge o f keeping a set standard for com puter equipment fo r the entire campus. W ithout this departm ent, not only does the institute not enjoy bulk discounts, but also has to deal with the problems o f multiple configurations o f hardware and software. Do any o f these things really make sense in the grand scheme o f things? W e think not.

A centralized system o f cooperation and mutual benefit is the w ay to go at an institution with our needs.

No matter how good the new presi­ dent will be, (w e enjoy th e walk on

you? W e’re sure the people at N ew s­ peak feel the sam e way, but there’s not enough people on staff to write about everything. If we can find time to write a column this size every week, based on something obscure, it shouldn’t be too hard to write about something pain­ fully obvious like a concert o r sporting event. If you tell people about what you’re doing, some o f them m ight be interested and come to the gam e, or join your organization. We don’t know too many people who read the club com ers unless they’re involved in the particular club. If you’re doing som e­ thing big, tell everyone by w riting an article, preferably not an announce­ ment thats headline is bigger than the text.

Why are we always reacting? L et’s activate something. L et’s start talking, and let’s pull together and get a com ­ munity going around here. It w on’t happen by itself. L et’s give the next president something to work with. If we do, maybe we can get som eone cool like Alex Trebek. W ho knows?

We thank you for putting up with this not - quite - so - silly - but - there were - a - few cool - things - in - it - so - w e’ll - still - probably - read - the column - after - break (N. Q. S. S. B.T. W. A. F C. T. 1.1. S. W. S. P. R. T. C. A. B.) article. In the next edition of Philler, we’ll try to answ er more press­ ing topics around campus such as ques­ tions from Scott R. M cDerm ott who asks, "Why do the keyboards click in the quiet lab in Fuller?” But, before we go, we were sent this and wish to pass it onto you as we wish you a merry... no... happy... um... hope you have a few good weeks off between B and C term:

A Politically Correct Holiday Wish Best Wishes fo r an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions o f the reli­ gious persuasion of your choice, but with no implication that you have a religious persuasion, and with respect for the religious persuasions o f others or their choice not to practice a reli­ gion at all; And a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically un­ complicated recognition of the gener­ ally accepted calendar year 1995, but not without due respect for the calen­ dars of choice o f other cultures whose contributions to our society have helped make America great, without regard to the race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences o f the wishes. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes fo r her/himself or others.

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CLU B CO R N ER

Alpha Phi Omega Well, all the elections and initiations are finally over with! C ongratulations once again to all the new brothers and officers. W e’ve had a productive year so far, lets try to m ake it even better in the upcoming months. The APO Holiday Party was a big success, thanks to Marc for hosting. I hope everyone enjoyed their secret santa gifts. Nationals are close at hand, so if you have anything pressing to tell the voting delegates you should d o it soon.

Conclave is com ing up, too, probably sooner than we realize, so get yourself involved and help out. Have a great vacation, see you in Cterm.

ASME Well, w e’re back after a two w eek absence from the paper. Last Thursday a group o f us went to W estboro for a plant tour at BOSE. Thanks to our secretary Susie for organizing the entire thing. The to u r was excellent and Susie tried to drag race home, but we knew better. Everyone got to w ear a cool BOSE coat and glasses. Note to Pres Dan: If you ever get glasses, don’t get those frames. Anyway it was an interesting tour and we got to see all the steps involved in speaker assembly. O ur treasurer Joe is back from his M QP in C leveland, so we can start spending money again. T his was a slow term for ASME. Some o f the plans for Cterm include the rumored social w ith half the societies on cam pus (SW E, Nukes, C ivils, BioMed ..), let’s get som ething together. Plant tours in the works include Sam Adam s and Polaroid and anything else anyone can think of.

Higgins is supposed to have an ASM E lounge very soon on the 3rd floor, look for that. Pick up the new ME handbook if you h aven’t already.

Especially for those M E’s who have a couple years left here. As always join the ASM E, Pres.

Dan promises to actually be a role model and pay his dues for ASME too. ASME would just like to wish all the C ivils out there a Merry Christmas and no hard feelings about all those jokes about not doing any work, or m aking less than us and all that other stuff. No more jo k es in the paper for the rest o f this year. Until next year, have a good break.

Chinese Student Association Hi Hi!! H ow ’sev ery o n ed o in g th islast w eek o f classes? W ell, it’s dow n to the last week o f classes and does anyone have nothing to do???

Sure...how likely is that? Well, for all you busy people out there, maybe this article can provide some sort o f respite from the m onotony o f finals. If this w orks right, this article will be so boring that you will fall quickly to sleep (per­ haps for the last time in a couple days).

This last w eek we will see a cessation o f IM sport activity for CSA, being the only way to slow the raging Dragon and let it rest a bit. O f course, the past week was filled w ith numerous sporting events as usual. All the team s did well (basically in Table Tennis this past week) as ping pong balls flew swiftly past opponents swings. ***APPLAUSE*** N ice job ev ery ­ one. Continue the good work in C-term , all you great Basketball, Bowling, and Table Tennis players. Not only is CSA going to be playing great games C -term , you should also be on the lookout for o u r cool Sports T-shirt...com ing soon to a club near you.

The Secret Santa event is in full swing now.

Happy shopping to all o f you Santas out there (hope all the recipients have a good time too)...and rem em ber to put names and correct box num bers on the gifts...so th e friendly mailroom people can provide th e speediest deliveries.

Oh, and three m em bers of CSA will not be here for C-term . Eric, Charlie and V ince will be doing their IQ P in Hong Kong. G ood luck to them!

Christian Bible Fellowship It is the end o f 1994.. and a lot has happened this year! It is difficult to believe that two terms are completed. As we are in the m idst o f finals week, there are a few more CBF events left in ’94; Prayer and Share is in Morgan A at 7pm on Wed. Be on the lookout for other gatherings in the winter w onderland..

Christm as, a time o f family and friends, Christm as dinners, presents, stockings, snowy weather, caroling. What is Christm as all about?

“Today in the town of David a Savior has been bom to you; He is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2 :1 1 NIV) It is easy to loose sight o f w hat we are celebrating. With the hype of m aterial and glittery gifts, the birth o f a baby tw o thousand years ago is buried under w rapping paper and departm ent store holiday sales. A s we spend time at home this Christm as holiday, I just want to challenge us to really see the child we are rejoicing in.. G od sent H is Son to earth for each

and everyone o f us. Are you ready to break out o f the ‘w rapping paper’ o f this world and allow Jesus to shine in your heart? He is the greatest gift that you can receive.

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ISC Hola everybody, how is the space-tim e co n ­ tinuum treating everybody today? Yes, all o f us understand th at it is crunch time and therefore ISC sends out well w ishes to everybody on final exam w eek.

Now to take care o f some unfinished busi­ ness - the volleyball com petition. It was a beautiful day o f spiritful, wholesome, fun filled competition. Everybody had a lot o f fun and some o f us got hurt <grin>.... Anyway, co n ­ gratulations g o out to M aiThai for taking full honors and K SA (K orean Student Association) and C S A (C hinese Student A ssociation) for coming in second and third respectively.....W ay to go guys! T hat also goes out to everybody who showed up and put up a great show. (ie. the g ro u p th a t c a lle d th e m s e lv e s th e E uroC anadA sia).

Now, it is time to send out the congratula­ tions to all m em bers o f ISC who helped orga­ nize the great International dinner we had on Saturday. T his would include Tom Thom sen and Manuel as well as all m em ber organiza­ tions. It was a great time and I’m sure every­ body that w ent, would give it tw o thum bs up.

I'm already in line for my tickets for next year's event, that’s how good it was <hint,hint>__ Alright, since this is going to be the last article o f the year, we want to say goodbye.

Most im portantly though, please have a w on­ derful, safe vacation. G ather enough rest, so that you can com e back next year and dive into another fun filled year with ISC. MERRY C H R IST M A S(for those who cel­ ebrate), SEASO NS GREETINGS(for those who don’t) and A HAPPY NEW YEAR(for every­ body...)

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Japan Association Here goes Japan A ssociation! It has been while since we began this club. We wrote up our club constitution and got mem bership fee collected. It is starting function as a club. JA participated for ISC Volleyball tournament on Dec.4th. T here were quite a lot of mem bers showed up to play and cheer. W e are learning about each o ther and becom ing friendly more and more through events. It seems we are achieving to o u r initial purpose to start the club.

Masque W ell by now Susan has announced the dram aturgs for n -v -1-3 and the B term show for next year... too bad I had to turn this in without knowing, but I am sure it was all wonderful news. In o th er news Bill Katzman(alum ) is back on the net, and says hi to everyone. An inspiring quote from our ever so lovely secre­ tary H arrison: “ 1 hate indian givers. No, I take that back.” Next Harrison apologizes for not having posted the results o f the top three left­ over turkey uses, he w ouldn’t want people to get ideas w ith one more turkey type holiday left, so look for those som etim e after break.

Well it is that time again folks, yes we all get to blow out o f here for over 3 w eeks, and enjoy the peace and quiet o f where ever it is we all come from, at least until our grades hit home in two weeks. So have a happy holiday, and enjoy being out o f w orm town for those of us stuck here. M A SQ U E M EETING FRIDAY, IN THE GREEN ROO M OF T H E MIGHTY ALDEN M EM O RIAL, 4:30 for those o f us stuck here, seeya... rem em ber C term sux so rest up for the 3 wonderful theatrical perform ances to come!

Muslim Students Association Asslam - U - Alaikum brothers and sisters.

C ongratulations to our brother Al-Baiti for winning the Presidents IQP Award. Good luck to all on your finals. Have a great winter break.

See you all C -Term .

National Society of Pershing Rifles I am kind o f in a hurry today, so 1 will make this short and sweet. We now have a great schedule planned for next year. I just hope we can get a bunch o f new pledges to join us for everything w e have planned. I have been told that I have to be a little more PC by people who shall rem ain nam eless, although I have seen no problems w ith my articles to date. 1 really do not see w hat the problem is anyway because no one reads these things. Anyway...enjoy your break, I w ill see you all when we get back in January.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday December 13,1994 G REEK CORNER

Proulx-hog, which goes to W innie him self.

Lucky for us all, it was a Postulant who had to clean the third floor show er that day! L et’s get the hell out o f here...

AXP Starting off, FINALS S?UCK?! A aah.. .that’s better. Now, for the rest o f the column. T o give a quick foreshadowing o f this colum n’s con­ tents, I’ll sum up last w eek’s activities w ith one word. Awards.

SLAP! Award # l has to go to Derek, for his diplom acy skills used with many o f our female guests. Yet, he did not stop here, as he w ent that extra mile (or m aybe several miles) before finding out which direction W PI was in. See, Frenchy, if people like you d id n ’t steal every road sign in sight, you could’ve found y o u r way home without the assistance o f a W orcester cop.

From the bonehead we move to hardy-partier.

U sually, walking around for hours doing “ E.T.” im pressions would insure you a victory, Mark, but “Forget" it- com petition was ju st too steep.

C ongratulations g o out to Brian “B ullhorn” Bresnihan, who also won “ Doorman o f the Year” honors in the process. Keep up the good work, and keep w orking on those leg lifts, too!

Y es, there is another award, this one taken by the Postulants. O f course, Rich was a contender, since he did have to wipe his hands three times before leaving the house. U nfortu­ nately, rumor has it that your “w eapon” was actually intended to be used with the literature you bought from Store 24...

A nd, the final award o f the night is the

A rA This will be a short one because I need a nap!

Plus I’m sure you are all way too busy studying for your finals, right? Anyway...At the top o f the news, congrats to Carley(CJ!) and W endy for being inducted into Tau Beta Pi! And also to Joyous-for not getting kicked out (hee hee little humor there). You know we love ya-and we will miss you dearly... as well as Mia and Deb who are leaving us for lovley Ireland! A big Hug goes out to Erica-the star o f our slightly less triumphant college bowl team. Thank you HQF and Fruity for cheering us on! And also Erica- thanks for organizing the Secret Santa...although it did get dangerous at limes-talk to Alison for details. And to cover the whole break and then some...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO: Carrie, Cyndi, Kim Q., Patli, Gilda, and Sam m i!! Last weeks news...the formal was Fabulous-thank you to everyone who helped decorate-you can rest now Heather! Also thanks to the ladies who offered up their places o f resi­ dence for a lovely gathering prior to the aforemen­ tioned formal. And as a note to you all, the next time wc raid ATO bring some cards to play with or something. It can get tedious!! Have an utterly enjoyable break!!....A D OV ELIN G AGD

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PLEDGES: Hey AGD pledges! W elcome back Amy S.-we missed you! Thanks Zeta Psi for a great social. ATO raid-good job everyone- too bad you had to give it back. How are going to save Becky from being kidnapped? Who raided AXP? Great spirit girls on Wednesday! Jessica S., Amy G., Julie D .,JenS.- funny skit.esp. W alter!! Good luck Joy- we hope you enjoyed the cookies and bananas. Christmas caroling was the best-anyone know the 12 days of Christmas? Great Christmas raid OX- Watch out for those attack trees though.

Hope everyone had a great time at the formal.

Good luck on finals- See ya after break!!!

A TO I am Ethan, hear me roar. Ethan and Lee have broken the world record for most consecu­ tive sleepless nights this pasl week. L ee, greet the paper boy next tim e you think he is throw ­ ing a bomb at the house. I think we should all heed R ad’s last direction as risk m anager. Rule num ber # l- Chad realized a ping pong table was meant to withstand the weight o f a two ounce plastic ball, not a 144 3/4 pound chizeled hum an body. Dude, you got some problems.

M any members of A TO got into the Christm as spirit as this riddle entails: Who has three elves nam ed Tony, Fatty, and Fatter, wears a black hat, and is disgusted with the bom bing o f Pearl H arbor. If you guessed Santa Schflen from the B ronx, you are correct. Beez also got into the holiday mood with his light wreath. M orin’s first chance to perform a task as risk manager was observed friday night. He saw a girl passed out, and he gave her mouth to mouth for over 13 hours. Good job, Kevin. Do you know my nam e? T hat’s right boys and girls, Maria is com ing to the Christm as formal. (!@ #$ Pete)

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W ell another exciting term is rapidly coming to a close. This has been accom panied by a flurry of activity. First of all, congratulations to all o u r newly elected officers. Good luck in the future and all that stuff. We also get to say good­ bye to Scott Laramee who’s off to Washington to se e k h is fo rtu n e w o rk in g fo r the G ovem m ent.(“Will that be one degree o f two?”

“Oh maybe three or four.”) Thursday for those of you who missed it was o ur reception with the Provost.

Bowling is still on a roll and is looking to com plete their season with a perfect record.

Also coming up this Tuesday(tonite) is “Jay and Dan’s 1st Annual M ow ww Christm as Pasta Gala Extravaganza.” Thats 7:00 at the house.

Now I must announce that this will be my last G reek Comer. I’d like to thank both o f you who read it every week. And apologize for those couple o f times when you were all devastated when it wasn’t there. For my last issue I decided to look back over the last year and think about what made my Greek Com ers so dam good. I have compiled these reasons into “The T op Ten Reasons why G abe’s Greek C om ers are the Best” here goes: number 10. N oT opT en Lists!.

With that I’ve gotta go. Its been fun. Enjoy the Holidays and all that other stuff. G et psyched for C-term.(aka “kinda like D-term but it sucks and its cold”) Buh-Bye

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Standing O ’s go out to Becky Koslek for all of h er hard work for the formal. G reat job Becky and everyone else who helped out! Ev­ eryone had a blast and made sure that this would be a m em orable formal!

T hanks go out to Mandy and B ecca for supplying the pretty house with C hinese food last week! It was aw esom e! Everyone thought that it was awesome food...except for Joh who had to supplement her meal with a whole bottle of TUM S. Standing O ’s go out to H eather Bryer for all of her hard work with fundraising! G reat job, Heather!

Happy belated birthday goes out to Jen Sanna who turned 22 two w eeks ago! Sorry I missed ya, Jen! G ood luck to all o f the winter sports teams who will be finishing up the B-term part of the season! Continued success with com petition as C -term rolls around!

Special hellos go out to Becky K iluk, Em Peters, Amy G elbw asser, Julie Payne, Lisa S., Laura Bielitz, Pam Cox, Kimmy L andry, and Kelly King.

Finally, good luck on finals everyone! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! LITP

in H ere’s a little song for the holidays: On the n-th day of Christm as my big b ro th er gave to me: a new stereo for dum pster jo e tw o broken doors three lunch m eal crew s four nasty house jo b s five house C D s six cable boxes seven A G D pledges eig h t bottles o f ja g e r nine clu eless sophm ores ten m ajorgorpings eleven

nightly clean-ups tw elv e hours alone w ith Len T he first bi-annual “G reat Date Sw ap” (ie.

Snow flake) was good tim e had by all (or atleast for those people w ho brought d ates...).

Hey Pledges, we w eren ’t kidding w hen we said get dates. The m ajor upset cam e w hen K aren and H airball gave Rob an ultim atum and m ade him choose betw een them (for all those who d id n ’t know he w as going to pin both o f them originally). He m ade his d e c i­ sion the best he could and K aren got very upset.

S anta Pig made his annual trip to the Pi on Saturday night and brought us m any, many presents. He brought hairball a dress, got a new reciev er for Len, som e sack for the pledges, a little ultra-slim fast for puke, and som e good lines for sw oop. He brought happy som e soap — go figure. For eve, shady, o ’stool — Santa said “ I know w hat you guys really w ant” — and they got it too.

E verybody got cool presents and made Santa chug. A fter that he left and ten m inutes later T recartin finally show ed up...

M erry C hristm as!

See you next T uesday!!!

TKE H ey je rk ie s, Spam is a good thing for a w hile but all good things m ust com e to an end. From now on these w ords o f w isdom com e from the Raabi and this w eek’s guest w riter B irdie. Spam ju s t w anted everyone to know that the greek c o rn er w as his life, and w hat a bleak life it was. I’ve heard reports this w eek that aliens landed som ew here on the law ns and left strange m arkings o f many stories. C orndog, how are the feet? M ean­ w hile, Santa and his beautiful elves entered and bestow ed beauty upon the house. W hile in the process o f b eautifying our hum ble hom e, they com bated the forces o f e v il. These sam e foolish forces attem pted yet another futile raid with the intent o f defacing our lovely hom e. H ow ever, they w ere unaw are o f the pow ers o f the new quill, the old key, and the m ighty seal. T hanks Evan. H opefully by the tim e everyone reads this, we will all be fully recovered from the w eekend’s festiv i­ ties. I trust that Santa w as good with ev ery ­ one. C ongrats to the new m em ber class for the aw esom e C hristm as tree and the accom ­ panying gift. The en scription on the field was quite w ell done T im , great idea! R an­ dom rem inder, d o n ’t forget about the get dressed and be pretty m eeting tonight. Hi Beth! T hanx to all o f the faculty that show ed up at the C hristm as party, I think this year we set a new record for attendance, 5. And finally to w hoever ordered the pizzas, you will suffer greatly w hen we find you. H ave a good break everyone. R oses are red, violets are blue, B irdie’s d iscrete taint says M erry C hristm as to you!!!

Z'F T w as the week before C hristm as break, and all through Z ete L ayer, not a creature was stirring, not even a m idnight m uncher. The axes w ere hung by the chim ney w ith care, in hopes that the pledges soon w ould be raiding there...

C ongrats go out to the pledges for pulling off a successful raid and proving ju st how lazy the brothers are:"M ike, th ey ’re raiding at fo u r?” “ Y eah” “ So w hat are you d o in g ?”

“G oing to sleep.” ...T he brothers w ere settled all snug in their beds, having passed out that night, w ith aches in th eir heads...

C hristm as party tim e, tim e to kill Santa, time to pass out w ith yo u r big brother. So, did state have anything left after this w eek­ end. F yrberg, you have to find a girl, y o u 're the last in house sophom ore who h asn 't found anything this year. As for the ju n io rs, m an, John must really have a sore back from carry ­ ing that load.

I prom ised Jim m y I w o u ld n ’t rip on him this w eek, sally. So, how m any brothers does it take to drive to V erm ont...five-one to get lost, one to lose the d irectio n s, and three to w hine and moan about how late everyone is.

It's new officer tim e, so this m ight be my last corner, who know s, but I had to get in a last round o f shots.

C hristm as presents m ost needed for the brothers:M att-a heart, Fyrberg- a life, Jim m ya brain, T ed- play, John- som e valium , Lucasa diplom a, Ben- a w om an, W es- freedom , M arshall- balls. M ason- som e speed, Zub- a li tt le p r o z a c , R o s s e - e a r p lu g s fo r th e w indtunnel, Bill- a shave, A ndy- som e facial hair. M yself- a bodygaurd.

L adies and G entlem an thanks for com ing to the big program , see y ’all after C hristm as.

M erry C hristm as to All and pass me another beer. Signing O ff-Jabba

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday December 13, 1994

POLICE LOG W ednesday, N ovem ber 30 11:30pm - Noise Complaint: from Founders Hall, third floor, reporting excessive noise from either the second or fourth floor.

11:34pm - Officer reports no excessive noise in Founders Hall.

T h u rsd a y , D ecem ber 1 1:25am - Noise Complaint: Salisbury St. and Dean St., loud music.

1:30am - O fficer reports car radio turned down.

1:35am - Noise Complaint: Institute Rd. and Dean St. 3:55am - Larceny: Officer and Becker PD out with several students in Higgins Estate, carrying Christm as trees.

8:27am - Check: MQP partner in Stoddard A, O fficer to stay with student.

10:35am - Accident: W achusett and Institute, 2 car, W orcester PD notified.

8:26pm - Medical: Student with split lip. EMS, officers respond.

8:42pm - Transport: To Memorial Hospital with injured student.

10:36pm - Damage: Elbridge St. report o f possible glass broken in front door.

Tuesday, December 13 5:00pm - New Pub G athering, G om pei’s.

7:00pm - W om en’s Basketball vs. U.S. Coast G uard, Alumni Gym. 7:30pm - Film: “Farewell, My Concubine,” Clark Cinema 320, $4.50.

Wednesday, December 14 12:00pm - Brown Bag Concert: African American Holiday, M echanics Hall, Free.

7:00pm - Passport Film: “ M ap of the Human H eart,” Perreault, $1.00.

7:00pm - W orcester IccCats vs. Adirondack, Centrum.

Friday, December 16 F rid a y , D ecem ber 2 12:10am - Student Into Station: Distraught student seeking advice.

12 :2 1am - WPD Called: Harassing phone calls. Re: 12:10.

7:36am - Medical: Alden Hall, custodian, head injury from object and from fall.

7:37am - EMS and officers on scene.

7:40am - Worcester Emergency Ambulance called.

7:51am - EA on scene.

8:02am - Subject transported to UM ass Medical.

3:15pm - Vandalized Car: Owner reported car vandalized in W est St. parking lot.

3:20pm - Stolen Wallets: Several wallets and purses reported stolen form Stratton Hall.

7:27pm - Medical Emergency: Daniels third floor, male student with knee injury. EMS respond­ ing.

7:32pm - Medical Transport: Student to Memorial Hospital for knee injury.

S a tu rd a y , D ecem ber 3 12:30am - Check on Welfare: O fficer to Riley Hall to check on welfare o f student.

1:30am - Medical Response: Morgan Hall second floor m en’s room , intoxicated student.

1:38am - Officers and EMS clear Morgan.

2:15am - Suspicious Vehicle: Dean St. 2:47am - Lost Dog: Report of lost dog in front o f Founders Hall.

2:54am - Suspicious Vehicle: O fficer out at Higgins House on Salisbury St. 2:58am - Officers clear. Vehicle operator was looking for lost dog, reunited with same.

1:48pm - Medical: Male with sprained ankle in Harrington. Officers and EMS respond.

2:07pm - Transport: To Memorial Hospital.

2:26pm - Report: Fight at com er o f West and Highland Streets. W PD notified.

2:30pm - Report: Student from WPI will be pressing charges.

1 1:10pm - Medical Response: Daniels third floor, intoxicated student. Officers, EMS respond.

1 1:22pm - Officers and EMS clear Daniels Hall.

11:53pm - Intoxicated Subject: Officers out at Schussler Road with intoxicated subject passed out.

W orcester Emergency Ambulance notified.

11:54pm - Loud party: Complaint o f loud party at Ellsworth.

S u n d ay , D ecem ber 4 1:16am - Noise Complaint: Resident of Salisbury Estates reports numerous loud parties.

3:48am - Larceny: Officers out with students at First Baptist C hurch stealing Christm as trees.

10:00am - Robotic Golfing Competition, W ashburn 108.

11:00pm - “ Fantasy - a G reek Event sans alcohol,” The Skull Tomb.

Saturday, December 17 W inter Break

3:54am 3:19pm 3:40am 8:29pm

- Officers responding to Regent St. with above students.

- Property Found: property brought into station, owner notified.

- Assist: Nonstudents rem oved from Alumni.

- Fire Alarm: Trow bridge St.

M o n d ay , D ecem ber 5 2:01am - Medical Response: Fuller Labs, ankle injury. Officer and EMS respond.

8:26am - Check on Welfare: Library lot near Kaven Hall, car running with occupant possibly sleeping.

8:30am - Student sleeping in car. Car turned off.

11:18am - Retrieve lost wallet from Biology Department found in Salisbury Lounge.

2:56pm - Medical: Gom pei’s, male, finger cut. EM S responds.

2:59pm - EMS on scene.

8:14pm - Medical assist: Riley, student with injured ankle.

8:20pm - Officer and EMS on scene.

T u esd ay , D ecem b er 6 3:52am - Vehicle Alarm: Quad. O fficer responds. Alarm reset.

9:22am - Miscellaneous M ischief: Daniels, near m ail room, electronic board.

11:40pm - Recovered property: O fficers out at W est St. and Institute Road with recovered keg.

W ednesday, D ecem ber 7 12:20am - Assist: Officer retrieves keys from student leaving Alden music room.

2:05pm - Complaint: Fight in front of Salisbury St. fraternity.

2:07pm - Clear: Nothing happening at Salisbury St. fraternity.

5:44pm - Prank Phone Call: D aniels Hall.

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6 girls + 1 sports car = someone in the trunk!

Merry Christm as- Brenda B., Lori M., Allison P., Becky K. and Dan C. - 1 love you guys - Jean M. 5-6 and Irish, you do the math!

M icrosoft Word Tip of the Day: Did you know... You can hurt yourself if you run with scissors.

Merry Christm as to the best MQP partners Becky K. and Jean M. Deb Foley - have fun in Ireland - I will miss you - Love, Jean M. To all the A GD pledges - you guys are the best! K eep up that AGD spirit!

Katie, Karen, and Dwalin - here’s to 66 Fruit Street - Number one! Merry Christmas!

Hey Alpha Gams - Have a great break! Get ready for lots of fun when we get back! Love, Allison Faye.

Jean, Brenda, and Lori, T hanks for always being there when I feel like having a b**ch session! Love, Alison Faye.

G ordon Library seeks artwork for I st invita­ tional art show in February. Create over term break: subm it Jan. 23-27. See Newspeak article for details.

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K aren and Franchy - H ave a great break! Hope S anta’s great to you - Love ya, KT Hey room ies - have a M erry “sphincter” xmas! Love, KT Go Mass Pike Marauders! W ho did hold the tire!

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M ia, Deb F., and Joy - y o u will be m issed next term ! Y our sisters lo v e you...

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