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President Strauss discussed financial challenges with SGA by Warren Smale SGA President At last Thursday’s SGA meeting, President Strauss gave a brief presen tation on a thought-piece written to promote discussion concerning poten tial strategies to address W PI’s finan cial challenges. With a full Senate and a contingent of interested students present, the President explained the effects of spiraling financial aid costs. For each of the last five years, the Institute has approached the budget ing process with a 1-2 million dollar shortfall. In the past, these deficits have been alleviated through cost-cut ting measures and increased produc tivity. It was of interest to note that the average course load for a professor has increased from three to four courses during one academic year; however, this is in addition to the advisory and professional development responsibil ities of the faculty. Unfortunately, the so-called “ fat” of the 80s has already been trimmed, and for the first time, WPI is faced with the prospect of cut ting into the meat, unless we are able to discover some creative solutions to the increasing burdens of financial aid. This year’s budgeting process has been plagued with the prospects of slashing funding for programs and services— nonetheless creating some tense situa

es of revenue that must be devoted to lished financial aid policy, which last chills up the spine of anyone involved tions throughout the campus commu financial aid. And, as staggering as year enabled us to remain competitive in higher education, particularly tech nity. In these trying economic times, it this problem is for WPI, we have actu for students, will require a 16% in nological higher education. The arti is interesting to realize that WPI has ally been less aggressive in financial crease in institutional cost, to $ 13 mil cle goes on to point out that similar been able to increase its freshmen aid than many of ourcompetitors stress lion, for a 5% increase in tuition price; problems had already forced North enrollment 7% over the last few years, ing an already difficult competitive i.e., a discount of 30.6% on $42.5 eastern, Harvard, Yale, and Brandeis while one of our less successful com position. million in gross tuition revenue. And, to take similar actions. Interestingly, petitors, Clarkson Institute of Tech One approach to this situation would in the current competitive climate, W PI’s experience suggests these sorts nology— NOW Clarkson University, be to increase significantly (say dou there is no reason to believe this situ of expense reduction actions, while has seen a 25% decline in its admis ble) the undergraduate applicant pool ation will improve markedly sions. WPI will weather to make it possible to improve the for the foreseeable future. this storm, as it has always average ability to pay of the matricu Our efforts to deal with this done in the past; however, W P I is fa c e d with the p ro sp ect o f cu ttin g lating class. Some thoughts are pre situation while still making we, as a community, must into th e m eat, u n less we are able to disco v sented here on how we might develop progress on our very ambi explore all possibilities as er so n ic creative so lu tio n s to the in c rea s an integrated marketing plan to ac tious agenda for institutional we look to the future. After ing h a rd e n s o f fin a n c ia l aid. complish that objective under the cat improvement are well docu President Strauss’ presen egories of Name/Organization, Prod mented in the WPI Annual tation, we had a lengthy dis uct, and Pricing. Reports. Specific efforts in cussion concerning the is cluded the Enrollment Management probably appropriate to reduce bureau sues of name/organization, product and Name/Organization Task Force in 1986, development of cracies grown fat during years of plen pricing which follow in the President’s Is it time to formally recognize by the Strategic Plan in 1989 and 1990, tiful resources, will not solve the fun White Paper. If you have any ques name and by organization that WPI is the Marketing Task Force in 1991, the damental tuition/financial aid spiral tions, or would simply like to the ex a university? work of the Blue Ribbon Task Force in that is the root cause o f much of the press your opinions on these important Interestingly, WPI is already con 1992 and 1993, and now the Bartonfinancial distress in American higher topics, feel free to stop by the SGA sidered a comprehensive university in Gillet marketing study in 1993 as rec education today. office and talk with a Senator. You the Carnegie classification. More ommended by the Blue Ribbon Task Moreover, all of the many actions may also choose to send written com over, the breadth and strength of our Force. we have taken in recent years at WPI to ments to sga@wpi.wpi.edu. academic offerings and our faculty, All of these efforts have led to sig improve quality and access, increase “A White Paper for the Presidential our strong graduate and research pro nificant improvements which have productivity, and restrain price, while Forum” February 5, 1994 grams, the presence of the Consor contributed to our consistent ranking successful against their specific objec by President Jon C. Strauss 1/18/94 tium, and the liberal focus of our edu by U.S. News & World Report as the tives, have not affected this fundamen numberone comprehensive university cational paradigm already make us a tal financial aid problem. The prepa Introduction university in all but name and organi in the north. Unfortunately, none of ration for the 1994/95 budget offers a A recent article in the Boston Globe zation. these efforts has provided the key to chilling reminder of the enormity of headlined: “ MIT to cut staff by 400 Continued to page 2 dealing with the increasing percentag the problem. To maintain the estab over four years” is enough to send

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Environmental problems assail WPI by Jo el Waterman,Class o f ’97 and Jesse Zbikowski,Class o f ’97 In a dramatic response to the glo bal ecological crisis that is threaten ing our planet, bold new initiatives are being taken here at WPI to con serve our ecosystem’s diminishing supply of natural resources. Under the direction of Mr. Robert Wilder, programs have been created to ensure that our planet will continue to pro vide conditions necessary for life well into the next century. W hether his efforts will succeed or fail, however, lies largely in the hands of the stu dents themselves. Currently, Mr. Wilder, DAKA’s local manager at WPI, is conducting research to determine the amount of solid waste students produce through undesirable eating habits. “Some of them just take one bite from a piece of pizza, and throw it away,” he ob served. “Weigh the Waste,” DAKA’s ongoing environmental campaign, was created in 1991 to combat these bad habits by making students aware of the problem, then informing them of ways to cut down on the amount of food wasted weekly. This ten-week, nationwide program sponsored by DAKA has been met with both suc

cess and failure. Other colleges have had triumphs, while some have long since abandoned the policy. WPI, however, has seen noticeable chang es in the amounts of food waste since the program was initialized. The new students, however are generally un aware of the waste problems, and the program was designed to educate them. Also, as many of you may have noticed if you dine at DAKA, the white napkins were replaced recently with a brown, recycled napkin. This local program was installed when a nearby recycling company made an offer to supply all of DAKA’s napkin needs. The brown napkins are less expensive than their white counter parts, and DAKA just might have a larger napkin in store for its diners. DAKA, however, does not recycle its outgoing (used) napkins, but the re cycled brown ones will break down faster in a landfill. O ther environm ental programs which DAKA takes part in include recycling the fat from the fryolater through a local company that makes it into lubricants and soap. They have also eliminated the wasteful showplates that held samples from the menu, and the dinner signs are print-

Correction: A photo caption on the front page of the February 8 edition of Newspeak stated that a box, possibly containing a class C substance, was found in the mailroom. In actuality, the sub stance was found outside of the mailroom, in the student mailbox area, across the hall from the mailroom service window. We apologize for any confusion, and would like to thank Office Services for bringing this distinction to our attention..

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ed (on both sides) on recycled paper. If the wasting of food subsides, “prices in meal plans,” says Mr. Wild er, “may actually go down next year,” as a result of lower food costs for DAKA. They hope to cut down the amount of food wasted in a week by one-hundred pounds per week, which isn’t very much, compared to the amount wasted on this planet yearly, but it’s definitely a start. Advice from Mr. Wilder is to just “Take only what you will eat — you can always get up and get more later. It’s an inconvenience now, but it’s much better in the long run...”

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Enough already! This sight has become commonplace during the past weeks as Worcester continues the battle with the snow

GMAT takers face essays on exam Writing sample to be introduced in October 1994 The Graduate Management Admis sion Council (GM AC) has announced that, beginning with the October 1994 administration, students taking the G raduate M anagement Admission Test (GMAT) will be required to complete a one hour analytical writ ing assessment which will consist of two essays. According to GMAC, the essays are a response to the increased em phasis business schools are placing on communication skills. “Strong communications skills are critical in the business world; it’s about time the GMAT addressed this issue,” says Brett Gordon, Executive Director of The Princeton Review o f Boston, the nation’s leading test preparation com pany. Students will be given a specific topic for each essay. According to Barbara Hillhouse, a program direc tor GMAC, copies of the essays, as well as the scores, will be sent to

graduate schools. It is not certain, however, what role the essays will play in the evaluation of a prospective student’s application by individual business schools. The essays will be reported as a separate score on the GMAT. The current scoring system for the multi ple choice portion of the test will remain the same. Students will re ceive separate math and verbal scores on a scale from 0-60 and a combined score on a scale from 200-800. The scale for scoring the essays has not yet been determined by GMAC. To accommodate the new essays, the overall testing time will be in creased to four hours from its current three and one-half hours. Presently, the GMAT consists of seven thirtyminute sections: three math, three verbal, and one experimental. With the addition of the essays, each of these seven sections will be reduced to twenty-five minutes.

Hillhouse stated that more specific information regarding the format and scoring of the written test will be available in the GMAT registration and information bulletin which will be released in July. However, G or don believes that this may be too late for some students. He points out, “For those students trying to decide the impact of the writing sample on theirgraduate school application, this information will be released after the June test, which will be the last one without an essay.” Should testers fear? “ T esters shouldn’t stress-out over the essays because they’re incredibly coachable,” Gordon explains. “Historically, es says on other standardized tests have been graded holistically, which means that they’re graded upon a standard set of criteria. What matters is not so much what you write, but how you write it. Just figure out what they want you to do, and then do it.”

Table o f Contents In The N e w s ............................................................................... 2 N ew s........................................................................................2 ,3 Diversity-O pinion...................................................................... 5 Community U pdate...................................................................5 C om m entary..........................................................................6, 7 Student Governm ent Association...........................................7

Club C orner................................................................................ 8 Greek C o rn er.............................................................................. 9 A n n o u n ce m en ts.......................................................................10 Newspeak H u m o r.................................................................... 10 Classifieds..................................................................................I I Police L o g ................................................................................. 12

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NEWS how well the current plan works, and if it does not work, Russia will probably return to Gaidar’s plan. National News

by Eric Craft and J e n n x Yambert Global Affairs Party International News Internet Security Two weeks ago, what could have been the largest computer security break ever happened over Internet. Tens of thousands of users were urged to change their Internet passwords. This warning was issued by the “Computer Emer gency Response Team.” This team warned that viruses or vandalism could occur if the “crack ers” break into a business' network. One group suspected of this security break is the “Posse.” The “Posse" is a group of students that have been known to break into networks just forthe challenge. This security break is a major occurrence because of the number of businesses that are connected to Internet. Over the past four years, the number of businesses connected to Internet has quadrupled to over I 1,0 0 0 . Market Reform in Russia According to R ussia’s form er Finance Minister,Yegor Gaidar, President Yeltsin is still committed to economic reform. Gaidar was one of the initiators of economic reform in Russia. After the December elections, the reform party did not do as well as anticipated, and Gaidar resigned. After Gaidar's resignation. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin proposed a less radical reform program. Currently Yeltsin has not commented on either reform program. Experts believe Yeltsin is simply waiting to determine

From the White House President Clinton has completed his pro posed budget for the coming Fiscal year. In his campaign he stressed the need for investment in programs that will have long term benefits, and he encouraged cutbacks in spending for instant gratitude. His budget reflects these goals through increased R&D budgets and higher user fees. The Clinton administration wants to harness technology and science towards the end of economic recovery and stability. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will re ceive a 78% budget increase for next year, so it can fund more commercial R&D projects. The information superhighway, consisting of ad vanced computerand communications projects, will receive a 32% budget increase. The Hu man Genome Project, which conducts experi ments that try to decode the information in human genes, will receive a 22 % budget in crease. The Environmental Protection Agen cy’s budget for the coming year also includes increases in R&D funding and other aid to the environmental technology industry. The Clinton Administration plans to raise user fees, as opposed to raising Federal taxes. Only smokers will be hit with a tax increase, the price of a pack of cigarettes will go up 24 cents. The new maximum fee for entering a national park will go up from $10 to $16. The Interna tional Revenue Service will be allowed tocharge $12, as opposed to $4.25, for copies of tax returns. The FDA will be allowed to raise its fees, and is planning to reap $338 million in the ’95 fiscal yearthrough charges to companies for approving new products. The National Budget, overall, is geared to wards reducing the deficit and preparing for a stable future. This will be the third year in a row that the deficit will decrease. By raising user fees Clinton is helping to cover the costs of govern ment services without adding to the budget deficit, and the fees don’t require separate tax legislature in order to be implemented. The President claims his National Budget for the coming fiscal year represents his desire to en courage this country’s economic stability and growth.

Richardson praises CDC efforts by Eric Craft Associate Editor Dean of Student Life. Janet Richardson, was recently asked to evaluate the Career Develop ment Center. Dean Richardson has seen the changes that have occurred with the CDC. She believes that Yvonne Harrison, Director of the CDC, has brought the operation into the ‘90’s. Career development is now considered a four year process for all students. Students are encouraged to do things during college that will be valuable on a resume after graduation. An example of this is job experience in co-op and summer jobs. Because of the U.S.’s current economic situation, companies are more cau tious about who they hire; they are more inter ested in students with experience, such as co op. The CDC is also making it easier on small companies that are looking for workers but do not have the resources to send people out to interview students. This can be accomplished with the new program “Resume Expert” which

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is then compiled into an Electronic Resume Book that is sent to companies. According to Dean Richardson, the CDC is responsible for providing resources for students to find jobs, not to actually provide the jobs. The CDC is also responsible for educating other companies about the types of students that attend WPI and convincing them that they should look at W PI’s resumes and start recruiting here. Some students have complained that the CDC does not provide enough help for some majors such as biology and bio-technology. Another complaint thal would seem to be cam pus wide is the problem of advertising events. There is no place where all events are posted. Eventually the Campus Center would provide this location, but until then it will require more effort on the part of the CDC staff to advertise. It seems that the CDC has some faults, but it is a useful resource for students of all levels to obtain job information. All students are en couraged to visit the CDC to see what it has to offer.

White paper Continued from page I The survey conducted this fall by Kane Par sons Associates, Inc. (KPA) under the aegis of Barton-Gillet makes the case succinctly: “In quirers are comparatively likely to associate prestige, a strong faculty, leadership prepara tion, and student body diversity with a univer sity rather than with an institute of technology or a polytechnic institute.” Even with our history and tradition in engi neering and science and our specialized middle name, we attracted some 23,000 inquiries last year of which only 2,768 applied for admission. As indicated in the KPA survey, these inquirers demonstrated greater gender, racial, and reli gious diversity, better SAT scores, more highly educated parents with a higher ability to pay, and a much greater diversity of academic inter ests and anticipated careers. In short, our present inquirers are already representative of the market WPI must serve if it is to continue to excel as an educational institution. And, each 1% conversion of inquirers increases our appli cants by over 8 % improv ing thereby the quality, diversity and ability to pay of our ultimate student body. But, given their strong views on universities vs. specialized institutes, it will be more difficult, if not impossible, to convert these inquirers to applicants and then matricu lants unless we, and they, recognize formally our university status. One possibility is that WPI reorganize as a university with schools of engineering, arts and letters, sciences and mathematics, and manage ment each headed by a full time dean. The deans would have responsibility for strategic direction and resource development and the department chairs would focus on tactical oper ations. The Worcester Consortium with Assump tion, Clark, and Holy Cross could be a key feature o f one university. Product Should we take the lead in value improve ment by offering a Five year masters program for the price of a four year bachelor’s program? Much was said in Positioning WPI for the 21st Century, the Report of the Blue Ribbon Task Force, about the inherent quality of our student centered learning culture and the need to emphasize interface disciplines, part-time education, coops, internships, and internation al experience in our future educational offer ings. And, our future product mix, particularly as a university, must reflect strength in these areas. The BRTFalso investigated the implications fortechnological education of the national move ment to offer a three year bachelors degree. Further consideration suggests that the most positive and appropriate technological analog to the three year liberal arts bachelor degree may well be the five year technological masters degree. And, a masters degree would improve prospects for employment in these difficult times. Given the relatively low marginal cost of another eighteen credits of masters level course work and the current difficult prospects for employment with only a bachelors degree, it would seem that a very positive marketing benefit could be gained by offering the possibil ity of a five year masters for the price of a four year bachelors degree. Moreover, this ap proach would tie directly to the economic chang es signaled by NAFTA.

Pricing Should we take the lead in competitive pric ing by setting tuition and fees more in line with cost? Over 77% of the 1993/94 freshman class received institutional grants averaging $6,889 against an estimated total annual cost of $21,772, $15,290 of which is tuition and fees. This average institutional grant represents a 35.3% discount on the freshman tuition price, a dis count that was less than 5% as recently as 1987. Clearly we, and the rest of higher education, are pricing ourselves out of the affordable range of most prospective college students and their families. In keeping with the total quality, low cost provider logic that now pervades much of Amer ican industry, perhaps we should consider en listing the aid o f companies leading the quality movement such as Bausch & Lomb, Xerox, Motorola, IBM, Procter and Gamble, and Hewlett-Packard to establish our leadership in breaking the price/financial aid spiral discussed earlier. We might then set our tuition so that it is competitive with out of state tuition at most New England public universities and signifi cantly lower than most private technological institutions. The hypothesis, of course, is that higherability-to-pay parents would be drawn to the inarguable value/price ofourquality education. Experience in the health care industry and with our recent efforts at price restraint, however, suggest this hypothesis depends on higher edu cation being viewed as a commodity. As in triguing as the prospect of leadership here is, we could not afford to be too far in front of our competition. Conclusion Whatever course of action we take, we need to emphasize the traditional strengths of our student centered, outcome oriented WPI Plan and the burgeoning new strengths in interna tional education, biotechnology and the life sciences, and the interface disciplines. A re newed commitment to providing a quality prod uct at a value oriented price would be well aligned with the quality/value movement sweep ing this country and should, with the help of our alumni and friends, particularly the trustees and members of the President’s Advisory Coun cil, attract many new value oriented prospec tive students and assume a new leadership position in American higher education. Interestingly, while some may consider these thoughts to be radical at best, in actuality they are quite consistent -with W PI’s history and tradition for innovation. Starting with John Boynton, Stephen Salisbury, and Ichabod W ashbum’soriginal concept for an educational paradigm emphasizing both theory and prac tice, through an early name change (from the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science), to the development of the WPI Plan, WPI has always been on the cutting edge of innovation. The design and adoption of the Plan was also motivated in part by economic pressures. The time may be now to take the next step in the tradition for innovation established by our founders and reinforced by our col leagues throughout the years and market WPI in new ways. The base objective here will be to improve net tuition revenue through increasing significantly the number of applicants to WPI.

Audition for New Voices 12 Have you ever acted? Have you ever thought of acting? Well, even if you haven’t you should audition for New Voices 12. New Voices is WPIs annual theater festival that takes place April 20-23 this year. We need lots of people for lead parts, small parts, speaking and non speaking parts, probably inanimate parts! Don’t be afraid to audition! You’re good enough! To audition come to the Green Room (behind the stage) Alden Hall at one of the following times: Tues. Feb. 22 5:00pm - 7:00pm Wed. Feb. 23 4:30pm - 7:30pm Thurs Feb. 24 6:00pm - 9:00pm

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T wo students look over some of the many publications available in the CDC, located on the third floor of Boynton Hall.

Please come with a monologue to perform (or something to impress us). If you don’t have a monologue, we will try to have some available. Audition for New Voices! Don’t miss out! For more information contact Dean O’Donnell (email: dodo@wpi) or Erik Felton (email: elf@wpi).

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NEWS how well the current plan works, and if it does not work, Russia will probably return toGaidar's plan. National News

by Eric Craft and J e n n x Yambert Global Affairs Party International News Internet Security Two weeks ago, what could have been the largest computer security break ever happened over Internet. Tens of thousands of users were urged to change their Internet passwords. This warning was issued by the “Computer Emer gency Response Team." This team warned that viruses or vandalism could occur if the “crack ers" break into a business’ network. One group suspected of this security break is the “Posse.’’ The “Posse" is a group of students that have been known to break into networks just for the challenge. This security break is a major occurrence because of the number of businesses that are connected to Internet. Over the past four years, the number of businesses connected to Internet has quadrupled to over l 1,0 0 0 . Market Reform in Russia A ccording to R ussia's form er Finance Minister.Yegor Gaidar, President Yeltsin is still committed to economic reform. Gaidar was one of the initiators of economic reform in Russia. After the December elections, the reform party did not do as well as anticipated, and Gaidar resigned. After Gaidar’s resignation. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin proposed a less radical reform program. Currently Yeltsin has not commented on either reform program. Experts believe Yeltsin is simply waiting to determine

From the White House President Clinton has completed his pro posed budget for the coming fiscal year. In his campaign he stressed the need for investment in programs that will have long term benefits, and he encouraged cutbacks in spending for instant grat it ude. His budget reflects these goals through increased R&D budgets and higher user fees. The Clinton administration wants to harness technology and science towards the end of economic recovery and stability. The National Institute of Standards and Technology will re ceive a 78% budget increase for next year, so it can fund more commercial R&D projects. The information superhighway, consisting of ad vanced computer and communications projects, will receive a 32% budget increase. The Hu man Genome Project, which conducts experi ments that try to decode the information in human genes, will receive a 22 %> budget in crease. The Environmental Protection Agen cy ’s budget lor the coming year also includes increases in R&D funding and other aid to the environmental technology industry. The Clinton Administration plans to raise user fees, as opposed to raising Federal taxes. Only smokers will be hit with a tax increase, the price o f a pack ofcigarettes will go up 24 cents. The new maximum fee for entering a national park will go up from $10 to $16. The Interna tional Revenue Serv ice w i11be al lowed to charge $12, as opposed to $4.25, for copies of tax returns. The FDA will be allowed to raise its fees, and is planning to reap $338 million in the "95 fiscal year through charges to companies for approving new products. The National Budget, overall, is geared to wards reducing the deficit and preparing for a stable future. This will be the third year in a row that the deficit will decrease. By raising user fees Clinton is helping to cover the costs of govern ment services without adding to the budget deficit, and the fees don’t require separate tax legislature in order to be implemented. The President claims his National Budget for the coming fiscal year represents his desire to en courage this country’s economic stability and growth.

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Richardson praises CDC efforts by Eric Craft Associate Editor Dean of Student Life, Janet Richardson, was recently asked to evaluate the Career Develop ment Center. Dean Richardson has seen the changes that have occurred with the CDC. She believes that Yvonne Harrison, Director of the CDC, has brought the operation into the '9 0 ’s. Career development is now considered a four year process for all students. Students are encouraged to do things during college that will be valuable on a resume after graduation. An example of this is job experience in co-op and summer jobs. Because of the U.S.'s current economic situation, companies are more cau tious about who they hire; they are more inter ested in students with experience, such as co op. The CDC is also making it easier on small companies that are looking for workers but do not have the resources to send people out to interview students. This can be accomplished with the new program “ Resume Expert" which

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is then compiled into an Electronic Resume Hook that is sent to companies. According to Dean Richardson, the CDC is responsible for providing resources for students to find jobs, not to actually provide the jobs. The CDC is also responsible for educating other companies about the types of students that attend WPI and convincing them that they should look at WPFs resumes and start recruiting here. Some students have complained that the CDC does not provide enough help for some majors such as biology and bio-technology. Another complaint that would seem lobe cam pus wide is the problem of advertising events. There is no place where all events are posted. Eventually the Campus Center would provide Ihis location, but until then it will require more effort on the part of the CDC staff to advertise. It seems that the CDC has some faults, but it is a useful resource for students of all levels to obtain job information. All students are en couraged to visit the CDC to sec whal it has to offer.

White paper Continued from page I The survey conducted this fall by Kane Par sons Associates, Inc. (KPA) under the aegis of Barton-Gillet makes the case succinctly: “In quirers are comparatively likely to associate prestige, a strong faculty, leadership prepara tion, and student body diversity with a univer sity rather than with an institute of technology or a polytechnic institute.” Even with our history and tradition in engi neering and science and our specialized middle name, we attracted some 23,000 inquiries last year of which only 2,768 applied for admission. As indicated in the KPA survey, these inquirers demonstrated greater gender, racial, and reli gious diversity, better SAT scores, more highly educated parents with a higher ability to pay, and a much greater diversity of academic inter ests and anticipated careers. In short, our present inquirers are already representative of the market WPI must serve if it is to continue to excel as an educational institution. And, each I % conversion of inquirers increases our appli cants by over 8 % improving thereby the quality, diversity and ability lo pay of our ultimate student body. But, given their strong views on universities vs. specialized institutes, il will be more difficult, if not impossible, to convert these inquirers lo applicants and then matricu lants unless we, and they, recognize formally our university status. One possibility is that WPI reorganize as a university with schools of engineering, arts and letters, sciences and mathematics, and manage ment each headed by a full time dean. The deans would have responsibility for strategic direction and resource development and the department chairs would focus on tactical oper ations. The Worcester Consortium with Assump tion, Clark, and Holy Cross could be a key feature o f one university. Product Should we take the lead in value improve ment by offering a five year masters program for the price o f a four year bachelor's program? Much was said in Positioning WPI for the 21st Century, the Report of Ihe Blue Ribbon Task Force, about the inherent quality of our student centered learning culture and the need lo emphasize interface disciplines, part-time education, coops, internships, and internation al experience in our future educational offer ings. And. our future product mix. particularly as a university, must reflect strength in these areas. The BRTFalso investigated the implications for technological education of the national move ment to offer a three year bachelors degree. Further consideration suggests that the most positive and appropriate technological analog to the three year liberal arts bachelor degree may well be the five year technological masters degree. And, a masters degree would improve prospects for employment in these difficult times. Given Ihe relatively low marginal cost of another eighteen credits of masters level course work and the current difficult prospects for employment with only a bachelors degree, it would seem that a very positive marketing benefit could be gained by offering the possibil ity of a five year masters for the price of a four year bachelors degree. Moreover, this ap proach would tie directly to the economic chang es signaled by NAFTA.

Pricing Should we take ihe lead in competitive pric ing by setting tuition and fees more in line with cost? Over 77% of the 1993/94 freshman class received institutional grants averaging $6,889 against an estimated total annual cost of $21,772, $15,290 of which is tuition and fees. This average institutional grant represents a 35.3% discount on the freshman tuition price, a dis count that was less than 5% as recently as 1987. Clearly we, and the rest of higher education, are pricing ourselves out of Ihe affordable range of most prospective college students and their families. In keeping with the total quality, low cost provider logic that now pervades much of Amer ican industry, perhaps we should consider en listing the aid of companies leading the quality movement such as Bausch & Lomb, Xerox, Motorola, IBM, Procter and Gamble, and Hewlell-Packard to establish our leadership in breaking the price/financial aid spiral discussed earlier. Wc might then set our tuition so that it is competitive with out of stale tuition at most New England public universities and signifi cantly lower than most private technological institutions. The hypothesis, of course, is that higherability-to-pay parents would be drawn to the inarguable value/price of our quality education. Experience in the health care industry and with our recent efforts at price restraint, however, suggest this hypothesis depends on higher edu cation being viewed as a commodity. As in triguing as the prospect of leadership here is, we could not afford to be too far in front of our competition. Conclusion Whatever course of action we take, we need to emphasize the traditional strengths of our student centered, outcome oriented WPI Plan and the burgeoning new strengths in interna tional education, biotechnology and the life sciences, and the interface disciplines. A re newed commitment to providing a quality prod uct at a value oriented price would be well al igned with the qual ity/value movement sweep ing this country and should, with the help of our alumni and friends, particularly the trustees and members of the President's Advisory Coun cil, attract many new value oriented prospec tive students and assume a new leadership position in American higher education. Interestingly, while some may consider these thoughts to be radical at best, in actuality they are quite consistent -with W Pl's history and tradition for innovation. Starting with John Boynton, Stephen Salisbury, and Ichabod W ashbum’soriginal concept foran educational paradigm emphasizing both theory and prac tice, through an early name change (from the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science), to the development of the WPI Plan, WPI has always been on the cutting edge of innovation. The design and adoption of the Plan was also motivated in part by economic pressures. The time may be now to take the next step in the tradition for innovation established by our founders and reinforced by our col leagues ihroughoul the years and market WPI in new ways. The base objective here will be to improve net tuition revenue through increasing significantly the number of applicants to WPI.

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Twostudents look over some of the many publications available in the CDC, located on the third floor of Bovnton Hall.

Please come with a monologue to perform (or something to impress us). If you don't have a monologue, we will try to have some available. Auditfoim for N w V Pwi’t miss out? For more information contact Dean O ’Donnell (email: dodo(a>wpi) or Erik Felton (email: elf(fr wpi).

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WPI strives for global education by Je n n ife r Yambert Class o f '97 The Perspective Program to try to help students realize the educational importance of learning about other cultures. Large com pa nies today have offices in various parts of the globe, and they are looking for people who can perform well on an international basis. The WPI Plan of producing graduates who are both technologically and socially aware lends itself well to having students study abroad and learn about other cultures, so that they will be comfortable in the world-based economic and technological community. One aspect of the Global Perspectives Pro gram is the many opportunities for students to participate in exchange programs and com plete projects abroad. WPI students had op portunities to study abroad before the Program was implemented, but the Program has greatly expanded those opportunities. Most of the students who go abroad to complete projects are working on their IQP’s but there are new opportunities opening up for students to com plete M QP’s and Humanities Sufficiency Projects abroad as well. There are currently about 200 people signed up to complete projects abroad next year. The students who have participated in go ing abroad have been very enthusiastic, They have illustrated to the Program Heads that students really do place a great deal of impor tance on the opportunities that the Global Perspective Program offers. The Heads are worried, however, that there are a lot o f mis conceptions floating around campus that pre vent many students from considering going abroad. They would like students to know that going abroad only costs between $300 and $ l .000 dollars more than staying and studying at WPI, and Financial Aid does apply to studies abroad. Even though the Program is competitive. 90% of the students who sign up

get to go to their first choice location, ranging from Europe to the Far East. The only pro grams that require language competency are those in German and Spanish. Despite some rough weather concerning possible cancella tions of a couple programs next year, only two students were displaced from their original location and time of travel. Global Program O fficer Hossein Hakim encourages students to express their views about the Program. He explained that “at any private institution stu dents need to express themselves” in order to ensure that the administration provides them with the opportunities they want. The Global Perspective Program is about more than just studying abroad, though. It’s about becoming aware of othercultures, learn ing about them, and retaining that knowledge. In the next academic year there will be eigh teen new internationally oriented programs added to the curriculum. Students looking for an international concentration can participate in the International Scholars Program. Fur ther into the future, the Heads hope to expand PQ P’s beyond just proposing projects and into learning about the cultures that the students will be visiting. They also hope to aid students more concerning the practical knowledge that every traveler needs, like making sure stu dents know what papers and documents they need. They would like to see the cultural experience continue beyond simply traveling and studying abroad. The Heads hope to have meetings with students to discuss experiences abroad, as well as on campus opportunities to share and experience the visited culture fur ther. They would also like to conduct meet ings to help students learn to convey their experiences abroad to possible employers. Knowledge of other cultures helps students understand their own culture and the way the world functions. The Global Perspectives Pro gram is trying to help WPI students gain that knowledge.

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1994-1995 Housing Lottery Information and Applications NOW AVAILABLE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES OR YOUR RESIDENT ADVISOR World House and Healthy Alternatives House applications are also available from Residential Services IMPORTANT DATES February 17

INFORMATION SESSION at 6:00 pm in the Lower W edge. General information will be provided about the Housing Lottery process.

March 2

All payments o f the $50.00 Lottery Application Fee made in the Accounting Office by 3:00 pm.

March 2

All Lottery Applications ( including Special Interest Housing applications) turned into Residential Services by 4:00 pm.

Spring Break

Housing Lottery Numbers Generated. They will be posted at the end o f break and will not be available before this time.

March 22

6:00 pm - Room Selection for Lottery Numbers 1 - 150 in the Lower Wedge. Housing and Food Service signed. WPI ID REQUIRED.

March 23

6:00 pm - Room Selection for Lottery Numbers 151 and above in the Lower Wedge. Housing and Food Service Contract signed. WPI ID REQUIRED

March 25

After room selection nights, if a student changes their mind about living on campus, they may cancel their housing contract by going to the Residential Services O ffice until FRIDAY, MARCH 25 AT NOON.

HOUSING LOTTERY 1994-1995 Residential Services has started the annual housing lottery process for the 1994-1995 academic year. Any full-time student enrolled at WPI is eligible to enter. In addition, a limited number of spaces are available for graduate students as well. Housing Lottery application packets are available from all Resident Advisors or may be picked up from Residential Services, located in Ellsworth Apartment 16. The applications are due back to Residential Services by 4:00pm, Wednesday, March 2nd, 1994. Lottery numbers will be posted after spring break and room selection will take place in the Lower Wedge on Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday, March 23. On-campus housing offers several advantages of off-campus alternatives. On-campus living provides the convenience of being close to classes and having easy access to all WPI facilities. In addition, students can benefit from being a member of the residence hall community. The Resident Advisors serve as a valuable resource for developing a variety of social and academic programs and strive to make your experience on-campus a positive one. Several housing options are available for students to live in. Founders Hall offers modem 4 and 6 person suites, each with single or double bedrooms, a private bathroom, and a common room. The units are completely furnished and a custodian cleans the bathroom weekly. The Ellsworth and Fuller Apartments accommodate 2, 3, 5, or 7 students. These apartments include double and triple bedrooms, a kitchen and a spacious living area. Last summer, nearly all of these apartments were provided with new appliances as well as new living room and kitchen furniture. For students interested in traditional residence hall space, some rooms in the Stoddard Complex and in Riley Hall are available. These rooms include both doubles and singles and are also completely furnished. Several houses around campus provide students with a bit more privacy than the larger halls. This year Residential Services is also sponsoring two Special Interest Housing options. The first is World House which offers a variety of activities with an international theme. The second is the Healthy Alternatives House which will highlight a wellness theme with fitness, nutrition, and spirituality. For more information concerning the housing lottery process please consult any member of the Residential Services staff or stop by the Residential Services office. In addition, a General Information Session will be held at 6:00pm in the Lower Wedge on Thursday, February 17, 1994. The Information Session will provide an overview of the housing lottery process as well as an opportunity to have individual questions answered. 1994-1995 will be a good year for living on-campus in a residence hall. So pick up your application packet soon and ______________________________ hope that a good number comes up in the lottery!__________________

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A brief introduction to Judaism by Carley Abram son W PI Hillel There will be a presentation entitled, “ A Brief Introduction to Judaism” on Wednes day, Feb. 23 at 6:30pm in Kinnicutt Hall. Rabbi Daniel W asemian of Shaari Torah West will be speaking briefly on Judaism after which time, the floor will be opened to ques tions from the audience. What kinds of ques tions will be asked? Well, that’s up to you! Since coming to W PI, 1have been asked many questions about my religious and cultural backround. I am Jewish. Where I grew up, that was nothing new or interesting, but for many people within the local community, Judaism is a new and unknown territory. People often ask me questions such as, “If you are Jewish, does that mean you don’t celebrate Christmas?” To me, the obvious answer is no, Jews do not celebrate Christmas. One need only think about Jewish

beliefs and compare them to the relevance of Christmas to realize that Christmas is not a holiday traditionally celebrated by the Jewish people. However, I understand that the answer is not so obvious to those who do not fully under stand what Jewish beliefs are. Personally, I have no trouble responding to questions such as these, but they do make me aware of how many people have only amild understanding of religions other than their own- including, in most cases, Juda ism. To address the questions that members of the WPI community may have concerning the history of Judaism, the cultural aspects of Judaism, or its basic religious principles, Rab bi Wasserman will be coming to our campus. I hope community members will feel free to attend and ask any and all questions that they may have. Remember, only through under standing others can fear and prejudice become obsolete.

Harris directs NASA research program by Troy Sm all The National Society o f Black Engineers In keeping with the theme of Black History Month, Reflecting on Challenges and Cele brating Achievements, the focus of this article is Dr. Wesley Harris. When Dr. Harris took the helm of the newly created division of Aeronautics at NASA headquarters in 1993, he quickly became en grossed in one of the most exciting and de manding jobs he has ever had. As the associate administrator for aeronau tics, Dr. Harris is responsible for directing NAS A ’s $ 1.6 billion aeronautics research pro gram, and managing NASA’s Lewis, Langley and Ames Research Center and Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, which have more than 15,000 employees. Dr. Harris’ background may even be as exciting as his job. He has spent twenty-five years in aeronautical engineering, research

and administration. Just prior to his assign ment at NASA, Dr. Harris was Vice President at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. Before that he was Dean o f the School of Engineering at the University o f Connecticut, Storrs, and Professor of Astronautics and Aero nautics at the Massachussets Institute of Tech nology, and Director of M IT 's Helicopter Ro tor Acoustics Group. Dr. Harris has also served as president of his own company, Har ris Analytics and Planning, Inc. Some earlier experiences include a brief period as manager of computational methods for NASA’s Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, and teaching at the University of V irginia and Southern University. As we think of the daily challenges we face, let us recognize those who have faced these challenges and more, and let us continue to challenge ourselves. One day we will celebrate our achievements. “PRAISE TO OUR NUBIAN QUEENS”

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

G -A STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Elections Debate Tuesday, February 15 7-8:30 pm Gompei’s

Voting Electronic—Feb. 18-23 (type 'SGAVOTE') Paper balloting—Feb. 24 (near mailboxes)

My Children, My Africa at Foothills Theater by Eric Craft Associate Editor The stage opens with three characters engaged in a heated debate. The place is Combed, South Africa where segregation still exists. The stage is open with a desk and two chairs and ragged pieces of corru gated metal lining the back of the stage. The three characters are a teacher and two students. The teacher, Mr. M (played by Jesse Moore) is an old black man who runs the classroom with an iron fist. The two stu d en ts, Isabel D yson (played by Catherine Zambri) and Thami Mbikwana (played by Will Hines) are from two differ ent sections of South Africa, the white section and the black section. Isabel and Thami’s relationship starts off after the debate when Isabel is interest ed in Thami's life. The two students like interacting with each other, but because of their different social status, are forced to go

their separate ways. Then, some time later, Mr. M comes to Isabel’s school to get her to join with Thami for an inter-school English competition. Isabel is excited about the idea, but Thami seems a little reluctant. Mr. M trains the two students to do well in the competition, but one little problem aris es, and both Isabel and Thami realize how different from each other they really are. This performance of My Children, My Africa! by Athol Fugard offered no solu tions to the racial problems of South Afri ca, but merely highlighted them for the whole world to see. All three actors in the play drove the emotional roller coaster to its highs and lows perfectly. M x.CbM r.iW x My Africa! is currently plaving at the Foot h i l l s T h e a t e r .o ji t h e c o u r t y a r d a t W o r c e s te r C e n te r It b e G a lle ria ! th r o u g h F e b r u a r y 2 7 a , A l l p e r f o r m a n c e s a r e o n l y $ 7 ,0 0 w i t h a S t o l d e n l L D . This is a truly worth

while performance that everyone with two spare hours should attend. Enjoy!

COMMUNITY N EW S

Levin named Humboldt Fellow Peter L. Levin, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected a Humboldt Research Fellow. These coveted fellow ships are awarded annually after an international competition by the Alexander von Humboldt Foun dation of Germany of highly qualified foreign schol ars who are under 40 years of age. The fellowships enable recipients to study a topic of their choice for 6-12 months at a German university. Levin, whose research focuses on computational electrodynamics and numerical methods in engi neering, will begin working in July with Peter Hagedom, aprofessorat the University ofDarmstadt’s Institute for Mechanical Engineering and a worldrenowned expert in solid mechanics and dynamics. After receiving his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988, Levin spent six months as a DAAD Visiting Scientist at the Technical Universi ty of Munich. He joined the WPI faculty in September 1988. In

1989 he founded the Computational Fields Labora tory, which serves as a resource for undergraduate and graduate projects in numerical analysis of elec tromagnetic systems and phenomena. The laborato ry, which has attracted almost $ I million in funding since its inception in 1989, is part of the Center for Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Systems that Levin supervised with Professor Reinhold Ludwig. In 1990, he received the Joseph Samuel Satin Distinguished Fellowship, and in 1991 Levin and TaharEI-Korchi, Associate Professor of Civil Engi neering, were named Presidential Young Investiga tors by the National Science Foundation. The awards, which encourage the development of future academic leaders in teaching and scholarship, are each worth as much as $ 100,000 per year (including matching funds from industry)fora f ve-year period. In 1992, Levin was honored as WPI’s first Institute Associate Professor for his research and teaching activities.

Sotak receives Investigator Award Christopher Sotak, Associate Professor of Bio medical Engineering, has received an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Asso ciation. Beginning in July 1994, WPI will receive $45,000per year for five years plus a project grant in support of Sotak’s research on “Evaluation of Mul tiple Therapies in an Animal of Stroke Using Diffu sion and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging.” Dr. Marc Fisher, professor of neurology and radiol ogy at the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts, is collaborating on the research. The awards support promising scientists and physicians in their development of independent research in academic medicine early in their careers. Sotak’s research laboratory is recog nized as a world leader in the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to the quantitative study of therapeutic interven tions in stroke. “I’m honored by the award,” says Sotak. “Many

therapies are being developed to potentially treat acute ischemic stroke (local deficiency in brain tissue blood supply due to an obstruction, such as a blood clot, of the inflowing arterial blood). The techniques we have developed in our laboratory will make it possible to evaluate these treatments in the early phases of stroke, when the likelihood of a successful clinical outcome is the most promising. It’s likely that two or more anti-ischemic therapies may be more beneficial than one therapy alone. Our research will use our stroke model and MRI tech niques to determine the individual contributions of multiple therapies and the most effective combina tion.” Sotak earned his bachelor's and master’s degrees in chemistry from the University of Northern Colo rado and his doctorate in chemistry from Syracuse University. He was a software development engi neer and an applications scientist at General Electric before coming to WPI in 1988.

Cultural explosion at World House courtesy of Residential Services There’s a cultural explosion happening on cam pus and it’s happening in a house! Are you interested in learning about others from the cultural perspec tive? Do you want to broaden your horizons? Then consider living in the World House, WPI’s only international theme house, for the 1994-1995 aca demic year! The World House offers students with com mon interests an opportunity to share their expe riences and ideas in international issues and cultural perspectives. Stimulating conversations and programs are known to abound in the World House! Past programs have included interna

tional cooking, alcohol use/abuse across the world, pro-life vs. pro-choice, sexism, outdoor adven tures (ropes course), dances, music appreciation, etc. Strong friendships and greater understand ing of each other becomes the focus each year of World House residents. World House offers both American and Interna tional students theopportunitytofocusmore globally - in their studies and social activities. It’s one of the few places on campus where you can learn a new language, eat new foods, and dance to music you never new existed. Keep an eye out for more information about the World House in future issues of Newspeak, posters, brochures, and at the upcoming Open House.

Explore the Healthy Alternatives lifestyle courtesy of Residential Services Looking for an opportunity to give your body and mind a solid workout? Eager to become more world wide? Want to put your life philosophies into practice while having fun? Join others with similar interests and investigate the Healthy Alternatives House at WPI! The Healthy Alternatives House is a place where students live in a community focusing on developing the whole person. Along with the resident advisor, students living in the Healthy Alternatives House will be instrumental in de veloping and implementing programs in the ar eas of nutrition and fitness, careerchoice, world/

current events, self-esteem, spirituality, etc. Stu dents will have opportunities to engage in stim ulating conversation and social activities. Mocktail nights, movies and other activities will offer fun times. The Healthy Alternatives House also provides a smoke-free and substance free env ironment to thrive in. Students selecting to live here choose to focus on having healthy bodies and strong minds. Thus, the community will be self-governing with regards to the wellness model. Look for more information on the Healthy Alter natives Lifestyle option in upcoming issues of Newspeak, posters, brochures, and Open House, and residence hall informationals.

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DIVERSITY - OPINION

A brief introduction to Judaism by Carlev Abram son W PI HilleI There will he a presentation entitled, “ A Brief Int roduction to .Iudaism" on W ednes day, Feb. 23 at 6:30pm in Kinnicutt Hall. Rabbi Daniel Waserman of Shaari Torah West will be speaking briefly on Judaism after which time, the floor will be opened to ques tions from the audience. What kinds of ques tions will be asked? Well, that’s up to you! Since coining to WPI, I have been asked many questions about my religious and cultural backround. I am Jewish. Where I grew up, that was nothing new or interesting, but for many people within the local community, Judaism is a new and unknown territory. People often ask me questions such as, “If you are Jewish, does that mean you don’t celebrate Christmas?" To me, the obvious answer is no, Jews do not celebrate Christmas. One need only think about Jewish

beliefs and compare them to the relevance of Christmas to realize that Christmas is not a holiday traditionally celebrated by the Jewish people. However. I understand that the answer is not so obvious to those who do not fully under stand w hat Jewish beliefs are. Personally, I have no trouble responding to questions such as these, but they do make me aware of how many people have only a mild understanding of religions other than their own- including, in most cases, Juda ism. To address the questions that members of the WPI community may have concerning the history of Judaism, the cultural aspects of Judaism, or its basic religious principles. Rab bi Wasserman will be coming to our campus. I hope community members will feel free to attend and ask any and all questions thal they may have. Remember, only through under standing others can fear and prejudice become obsolete.

Harris directs NASA research program by Troy Sm all The N ational Society o f Black Engineers In keeping with the theme o f Black History Month. Reflecting on Challenges and Cele brating Achievements, the focus of this article is Dr. Wesley Harris. When Dr. Harris took the helm of the newly created division of Aeronautics at NASA headquarters in 1993, he quickly became en grossed in one of the most exciting and de manding jobs he has ever had. As the associate adm inistrator for aeronau tics, Dr. Harris is responsible for directing N A SA 's $ 1.6 billion aeronautics research pro gram, and managing NASA's Lewis, Langley and Ames Research Center and Ames Dryden Flight Research Facility, which have more than 15.000 employees. Dr. Harris' background may even be as exciting as his job. He has spent twenty-five years in aeronautical engineering, research

and administration. Just prior to his assign ment al NASA. Dr. Harris was Vice President at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. Before that he was Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and Professor of Astronautics and Aero nautics at the Massachussets Institute of Tech nology, and Director of M IT's Helicopter Ro tor Acoustics Group. Dr. Harris has also served as president of his own company, Har ris Analytics and Planning, Inc. Some earlier experiences include a brief period as manager of computational methods for NASA 's Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, and teaching at the University of Virginia and Southern University. As we think of the daily challenges we face, let us recognize those who have laced these challenges and more, and let us continue to challenge ourselves. One day we will celebrate our achievements. "PRA ISF TO OUR NUBIAN QUEENS”

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

G -A STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Elections Debate Tuesday, February 15 7-8:30 pm Gompei’s

Voting Electronic—Feb. 18-23 (type 'SGAVOTE') Paper balloting—Feb. 24 (near mailboxes)

My Children, My Africa at Foothills Theater by E ric Craft Associate E ditor The stage opens with three characters engaged in a heated debate. The place is Combed, South Africa where segregation still exists. The stage is open with a desk and two chairs and ragged pieces of corru gated metal lining the back o f the stage. The three characters are a teacher and two students. The teacher, Mr. M (played by Jesse Moore) is an old black man who runs the classroom with an iron fist. The two stu d e n ts , Isa b el D yson (p la y ed by Catherine Zambri) and Thami Mbikwana (played by Will Hines) are from two differ ent sections of South Africa, the white section and the black section. Isabel and Tham i’s relationship starts off after the debate when Isabel is interest ed in Thami's life. The two students like interacting with each other, but because of their different social status, are forced to go

their separate ways. Then, some time later, Mr. M comes to Isabel's school to get her to join with Thami for an inter-school English competition. Isabel is excited about the idea, but Thami seems a little reluctant. Mr. M trains the two students to do well in the competition, but one little problem aris es, and both Isabel and Thami realize how different from each other they really are. This performance of M y Children, M y A frica ! by Athol Fugard offered no solu tions to the racial problems of South Afri ca, but merely highlighted them for the whole world to see. All three actors in the play drove the emotional roller coaster to its highs and lows perfectly. M y C hildren. My A frica !j&.tiir rsnfly playing at the Foot hills Theater on the courtyard at W orces ter ter tthe (ia U m a i.thrumth- Fs.bru a r ^ T ^. A ll PcrfQrmances arc only $7.00 with a student I.P. This is a truly worth while performance that everyone with two spare hours should attend. Enjoy!

COMMUNITY NEWS

Levin named Humboldt Fellow Peter L. Levin, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been selected a Humboldt Research Fellow. These coveted fellow ships are awarded annually after an international competition by the Alexander von Humboldt Foun dation of Germany of highly qualified foreign schol ars who are under 40 years of age. The fellowships enable recipients to study a topic of their choice for 6-12 months at a Gennan university. Levin, whose research focuses on computational electrodynamics and numerical methods in engi neering. will begin working in July with Peter I lagedom,a professoral theUniversityofDarmstadt’s Institute for Mechanical Engineering and a worldrenowned expert in solid mechanics and dynamics. After receiving his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988, Levin spent six months as a DA AD Visiting Scientist at the Technical Universi ty of Munich. He joined the WPI faculty in September 1988. In

1989 he founded the Computational Fields Labora tory, which serves as a resource for undergraduate and graduate projects in numerical analysis of elec tromagnetic systemsand phenomena. Ih e laborato ry, which has attracted almost $ I million in funding since its inception in 1989, is part of the Center for Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Systems that Levin supervised with Professor Reinliold Ludwig. In 1990, he received the Joseph Samuel Satin Distinguished Fellowship, and in 1991 Levin and Tahar El-Korchi, Associate Professor of Civil Engi neering, were named Presidential Young Investiga tors by the National Science Foundation. The awards, which encourage the development of future academic leaders in teaching and scholarship, are each worth as much as $ 1(X),(XX) per year( including matching funds from industry) fora five-year pcricxl. In 1992, Levin was honored as WPI's first Institute Associate Professor for his research and teaching activities.

Sotak receives Investigator Award Christopher Sotak, Associate Professor of Bio medical Engineering, has received an Established Investigator Award from the American He;irt Asso ciation. Beginning in July 1994, WPI will receive S4.si.( XX) per year for five years pi us a project grant in support ofSotak's research on “Evaluation of Mul tiple Therapies in an Animal of Stroke Using Diffu sion and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging." Dr. Marc Fisher, professor of neurology and radiol ogy at the Medical C’cnterof Central Massachusetts, is collaborating on the research. The awards support promising scientists and physicians in their development of independent research in academic medicine early in their careers. Sotak s research laboratory is recog nized as a world leader in the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques to the quantitative study of therapeutic interven tions in stroke. "1 'm honored by the award," says Sotak. “Many

therapies arc being developed to potentially treat acute ischemic stroke (local deficiency in brain tissue blood supply due to an obstruction, such as a blood clot, of the inflowing arterial bkxxl). The techniques we have developed in our laboratory will make it possible to evaluate these treatments in the early phases of stroke, when the likelihood of a successful clinical outcome is the most promising. It's likely that two or more anti-ischemic therapies may he more beneficial than one therapy alone. Our research will use our stroke model and MRI tech niques to determine the individual contributions of multiple therapies and the most effective combina tion." Sotak earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the University of Northern Colo rado and his doctorate in chemistry from Syracuse University. He was a software development engi neer and an applications scientist at General Electric before coming to WPI in 1988.

Cultural explosion at World House courtesy o f Residential Services There's a cultural explosion happening on campusand it’shappening inahouse! Are you interested in learning about others from the cultural perspec tive? Do you want to broaden your horizons? Then consider living in the World House, WPI's only international theme house, for the 1994-1995 aca demic year! The World House offers students with com mon interests an opportunity to share their expe riences and ideas in international issues and cultural perspectives. Stimulating conversations and programs are known to abound in the World House! Past programs have included interna

tional cooking, alcohol use/abuse across the world, pro-life vs. pro-choice, sexism, outdoor adven tures (ropes course), dances, music appreciation, etc. Strong friendships and greater understand ing of each other becomes the focus each year of World House residents. World House offers both American and Interna tional students theopportunity to focus more globally - in their studies and social activities. It's one of the few places on campus where you can learn a new language, eat new foods. ;md dance to music you never new existed. Keep an eye out for more information about the World House in future issues of Newspeak, posters, brochures, and at the upcoming Open House.

Explore the Healthy Alternatives lifestyle courtesy o f ResidentuU Sen'ices Ltxiking for an opportunity togive your body and m ind a sol id workout '.’ Eagerto become more world wide? Want to put your life philosophies into practice while having fun? Join others with similar interests and investigate the Healthy Alternatives House at WPI! The Healthy Alternatives House is a place where students live in a community focusing on developing the whole person. Along with the resident advisor, students living in the Healthy Alternatives House will be instrumental in de veloping and implementing programs in the ar eas of nutrition and fitness, career choice, world/

current events, self-esteem, spirituality, etc. Stu dents will have opportunities to engage in stim ulating conversation and social activities. Mocktail nights, movies and other activities will offer fun times. The Healthy Alternatives House also provides a smoke-free and substance free environment tothrive in. Students selecting to live here choose to focus on having healthy bodies and strong minds. Thus, die community will be self-governing with regardstothe wellness model. I <xik for more information on the Healthy Alter natives Lifestyle option in upcoming issues of Newspeak. posters, brochures, and Open 1louse, and residence hall informationals.

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COMMENTARY

Philler Pencils and Jello - W hat’s Holding This Up? by iM urel and Guinevere In an attempt to provide painfully useless information to the WPI com munity (and compete with Letterman, of course) Laurel and Guinevere (Hey! That’s us!) present the ever popular S.B.T. - or Stupid Building Tricks. Sit back, relax, empty the sand out of your shoes, and enjoy. First and foremost, we have a build ing that seems to defy laws taken for granted by such greats as Einstein, Newton, and Professor Long. Though not necessarily in that order. Founders Hall not only won design awards, but it is also the only residence hall with levitating ceilings. Well, maybe not levitating, but they definitely do not touch the walls. Impossible you say? Take a look. The only thing holding them in place is the stress of the stu

dents inside. The walls serve only as moral support... Although to some this may seem quite disconcerting, it does have it’s advantages. Since the walls don’t touch, they provide absolutely no sound barriers, eliminating the need to actually go into your neighbor’s room to listen to their stereo. Now you can enjoy the pleasures of Nine Inch Nails from the comfort of It's your own bedroom, even hut while sleeping. We w on’t even delve into a discussion of when your roommate’s significant other stays over night, and the infinite audio possibili ties that can be achieved. The minute (*cough*) cracks be tween the concrete ceiling slabs also provide new and exciting acoustical effects, freeof charge, from yourfriends

Individuality fosters creativity Point: Eric Craft Associate Editor (Response written by Jennifer Yambert) The species exists because it is made up of individuals. Each indi vidual in a species helps to shape the way that a species develops. Thus the development of a species depends on individuals. Individu als working autonomously and in groups make breakthroughs that advance the species. It is because these single individuals or groups of individuals are different from the typical person that these break throughs occur. These individuals may have their own style of ap proaching a problem that no other individual has ever tried. If this style o f solving a problem is more effective than previous methods of solving the problem, advances are made for the individual and spe cies. Creativity can be defined as an originality of thought. Individuals by their very definition have origi nality of thought. It would be log-

u ally consistent for individuals to exercise more originality of thought if they are allowed to explore their own nature as an individual. When a system (governmental or soci etal) forces individuals to perform activities that are contrary to what each individual excels and enjoys, it stifles individualism and that in turn suppresses creativity. Individualism is not something that society encourages. Individu alism is encouraged by the species. It is obvious that nature has not allowed our species to be one of identical clones, but one of indi viduals. Society instead goes against the species, not by physi cally creating clones, but through what is perceived as good and bad. In much of society, “normal”, “typ ical”, and “average” are not to be despised, but admired. To excel is not the goal, but to “get by” is. For the species to be truly advanced, society must begin to value individualism, to encour age original thought, fore that is the only way for problems to be solved and life to be bettered.

Counterpoint: by Je n n ife r Yambert Class o f '97 (Response to Commentary by Eric C raft) Individualism is a very large part of what makes humanity a worth while species, but the species will not be “advanced” through simply encouraging individualism. Hu manity exists as a social species, everything each individual does affect other members of society. Society, then, must be considered when individuals, or groups of in dividuals, explore their natures and paths of creativity. Originality of thought does not necessarily mean that the thoughts of individuals will be implemented toward the betterment of the spe cies. True, in an ideal world every one would have high enough moral standards that they would channel their creativity and originality into positive advancements. In reality, however, people need guidance and not all advancements should be made. If an individual has an ex tremely creative and effective way of murder or theft, for example, society should do something to sti fle that creativity. The species w ould not becom e ad vanced through each individual limitlessly exploring his creativity and living according to his nature, that would allow too much freedom for de struction. Even just a few individ

uals of malicious nature in a totally free society would ruin the hope of the peaceful existence of the spe cies. Societal regulations are in place to try to prevent the species from slipping into anarchy, confusion and violence. Humans are selfish by nature, they look to get som e thing for nothing. Many people would take advantage of an unreg ulated system and harm the soci ety. Laws and social policies, the definitions of “good and bad” that society creates, are in place to help uphold the moral standards of ex istence and encourage individuals to channel their creativity into pos itive and mutually beneficial ad vancements. The goal is not to simply “get by.” The goal is to be an effective anddecentm em berofsociety. That does not mean that everyone needs to be an over achiever, but it does mean that each person should try to keep “average” at a respectable level. Regulation does not stifle indi viduality and creativity, it helps individuals to choose ways of e x pressing themselves that will not harm others in society. Admitted ly, there are many problems in our governmental system, but the way to solve those problems is not to value individual sovereignty so highly that we do away with any social regulation.

upstairs. Whether it’s flushing the toilet, or vacuuming the floor, they can hear you. Scary, huh? J ust a l ittle d itty (not about Jack and Diane) about the Daniels Hall eleva tor, even though most students will never get the chance to take advantage

you glad that you read this entire para graph first?

Me” height? And on a similar note, where does the Alice in Wonderland “Drink Me” height door in Salisbury lead to, which can only be accurately described as on the 0.5th floor? and last, but not least: How many floors are in Gordon Library, anyhow? It just seems to go down, and down, and down...

Here’s a little game: get out your 1994-95 Undergraduate Catalog and take a look at the front cover. (Hope fully you will actually recognize at least some of the buildings, but that is not the point). We have a theory, and it goes a little something like this: Our theory (and we got a little help on this one) is that the pictured campus is actually a miniature replica. Why else would the rooftop antennas (and other sundry rooftop paraphernalia) not show up on an aerial photograph? Honest. Don’t believe us? Think about it. How else would The Big A get prospective freshmen to come to this place? You honestly don’t think that anyone in their right mind would come here if they saw how downright ugly our roofs are? (At least all the sand Plant Services puts down in the winter makes us resemble a cool Cal ifornia school). But this has not always been the case. Get a hold of (if you can) a 1991 92 copy of the Undergraduate Catalog and compare the cover pictures. Yucky roofs. See what we mean? WPI is trying to open up its student body to a more discriminating group of people say, the avant garde of the college world. (Yeah, right.)

kiu d a lik e a M r. W izard e x p e r im e n t, d iffere n t... -L a u re l a n d G uinevere _____ of the awe-inspiring ride it provides. The truth of the matter is, the elevator is getting old, and, well, maybe it does not work quite as well as it used to. As it turns out, if you (foolishly) press more than one button at once, the darling little thing gets all confused, and decides to send you on a bizarre trip - to Floor 2.5. When the doors open, you will see the scrawled mes sage, “Holy s*it, you’re stuck!” Ap parently this has been happening for quite some time. This wonderful "Ver tical People Transporter" was proba bly designed and built by some grumpy old man exacting his petty revenge on the youth of tomorrow. (Figure that one out if you can...) I would not advise trying this particular stunt, as the elevator has been aging, and is quite unpredictable - kinda like a Mr. Wizard experiment, but different. At this time in our article, we would like to pause our in-depth, and wicked serious investigation to pose a few questions that have us stumped: Why is every single electrical outlet in Founders Hall upside-down? Who are the stone faces, on the front of Sanford Riley Hall above the front door, supposed to be? Is there any practical use for the Wedge? Let us make sure we got this straight. W ashburn: Nuclear Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Man agement? Huh? Why is Boynton Hall unlike every other building on campus? I mean, stone is cool, but it don’t match. (We won’t even get into the stucco-ness of Institute Hall...) Is there any practical reason why the door hinges to the Washburn Shops are not placed at the ends of the door, where non-engineers usually put them? And whatever happened to all those nifty-neat levers and switches, and dials (oh, my!) in Atwater Kent? (Just to confuse people, walk by the remain ing panels and throw one of the switch es. Wait for a second, check a dial, nod, and then leave.) Why does the ceiling in the third floor stairwell in Washburn suddenly shrink to Alice in Wonderland “Drink

If you have ever been in Morgan Hall, you may have noticed that the walls in some rooms don’t have nice, neat comers. In fact, they seem to be stra te g ic a lly -p la c e d c in d e r block outcroppings where furniture desper ately needs to be. This, on the whole, would seem to be kinda annoying. In our undying commitment to you, our readers, we have conducted an ex haustive inspection of Morgan Hall. Our search has revealed (apart from a rather unsightly mess in certain rooms), a sta rtlin g w eird n e ss. The outcroppings are in rooms on the out side edge of the left-hand wing, and on the inside edge of the right-hand wing. Go figure... On a similar note, we have received reports from our agents in the Fuller apartments, who have plasterboard outcroppings in their rooms, which could have only been planned by a master engineer, to allow for an open ing along the wall exactly two inches shy of letting the bed fit. Keep on figuring...

If you are now quite confused, don’t worry. Laurel just reminded me that the purpose of Philler is to mention the stuff that YOU shouldn’t have time to think about, but WE do. In all honesty, we are amazed at the amount of people who actually take an interest in our articles. We try our hardest to be stupid, but you keep reading it any how. Who does that make insane: you or us? (Our vote is for us, but, then again, w e’re biased),

We interrupt ourselves once again to bring you this w eek’s winner of the award for the Silliest Piece of Archi tecture on a Campus of Learned Engi neers (S.P.A.C.L.E.). Do this and you’ll see: Exit the front door of Fuller Labs. The real front door. Not the one that everyone (except Civils) use. In case you don’t know, it faces Salisbury Street. Walk down the stairway to ward the street, and as you pass by Kaven Hall, take a look at the win dows. If you have a keen eye, you may notice a wicked small window that looks like a tumor growing off of the big window next to it. (Yes it is a tumor.) Try this. It’s really cool: Go into Fuller Labs (again), down by the ground floor on the Kaven Hall side. Go through the door to the stair well. Wait for the door to close behind you. There now. If it had been after hours, the stairwell doors would have been locked behind you (so an in formed source tells us) and you would have no choice but to leave the build ing (through the emergency door, and thus be outside in the snow) or spend the night in the building. Now aren’t

it In closing, if you have any wicked, truly awesome, totally gnarly things to tell us, or if you have complaints, don't bother the poor editors, just write email to newspeak@wpi.edu and write “ Philler” as the subject. They'll be more than happy to forward it to us. We look forward to maybe getting some feedback (not like the kind when you stick the microphone next to the speaker and... - sorry, geek attack) and/or story ideas. In the meantime, we will continue to bring you bizarre entertainment every Tuesday, and our show is on at five on the WPI channel. (Just kidding.) Just kidding. P.S. Did ya ever notice: Higgins Labs is shaped like an ‘H.’ T hat’s just plain cool. And probably our best looking con ference room is in the least likely location - under the bleachers of Harrington. Check it out.

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Student Government Association Minutes for the meeting of February 10,1994 I. Meeting called to order at 6:30. II. Approval of the Minutes: Minutesof 1/21/94 were approved with no changes. III. Attendance: Present: Executive Council: Warren Smale, Pres; Barbara Doyle, Vice Pres; Cathleen Connelly, Treas; Amy Scott, Sect. Senate: Josh Arias, Jason Averill, Prakash Bhatia, Rachel Butland, Lexie Chutoranskv, Dan Corriveau, Ryan Daly, Nat Fairbanks, Greg Findlen, John Grossi, Jen Keenan, Sylvia Khatchadourian, Joe Laydon, Pat McManus, Kirsty Reidy, Mike Schulz, Josh Single, Danielle J. Snow, Donald Socha, Justin Sprague, Patrick Sullivan, Andy Thiessen, Christopher Thomas, Dennis Walsh, Wolf Winset Absent: Deb Foley, Josh Greene (ex), Krysten Laine, Dan Larochelle, Chris McKeever (ex) IV. “A White Paper for the Presiden tial Forum” - President Strauss - President Strauss first introduced his White Paper to the Senate, and others attending the meeting. Afterwards, Sena tors and members of the audience asked questions concerning the concepts and issues discussed in President Stauss’s White Paper. V. Vice President’s Report: Vice President Doyle reported that a new ad hoc committee would be formed. The new committee will be the Appointed Representatives Committee, and Vice Pres ident Doyle will serve as chair. The committee is being formed to try and deviate some of the past communication difficulties. The Senate was also informed that there is scholarship information in the office available to any students in the “Reference” file cabinet drawer. VP Doyle then announced that a letter from Assumption College had recently been received concerning and intercollegiate student committee. VI. Treasurer’s Re port: Treasurer Connelly reported that each of the OCFC's would be reporting on their respective class budgeting process during committee reports. VII. Committee Reports: - Academic & Institute - Committee on Student Advising (CSA): Student Repre sentative LaPointe reported that among the many things the committee has been

working on this year one is the Freshmen Year Program. Committee member Schacterle had organized a workshopconceming the Freshmen Year Program last term where many ideas were generated. The committee is now trying to develop some of the ideas that were generated at the workshop. Additionally, thecommittee has been analyzing and reviewing the results of an ACT Survey that student filled out last year on their academic advisors. Initial results of the survey showed WPI academic advis ing rating lower than the national average. Results alsoshowedmembersoftheGreek community gaveadvisors low ratings. Due to the size of the Greek community at WPI the committee decided to see how WPI rated when Greek surveys were not includ ed, the results though some what improved were still significantly below the national averages. The committee then considered whether the size of a department effected the quality of advising students felt they were getting. Results of this analysis showed Electrical and Mechanical Engi neering receiving better evaluations than the smaller departments of Chemical and Civil Engineering, howevertheChemistry and Biology department had higher evalu ations than any of the others and they are considered very small departments. There fore due to the scattering of the results the committee did not feel that the size of a department necessarily has an effect on the quality of academic advising students feel they are receiving. Rep. LaPointe then spoke of one of the subcommittees that she and Professor Barnett have been working on concerning trying to increase faculty, student interac tion outside the classroom. This is a major concern due to some of the problems that seem to have increased in the residence halls concerning alcohol and drug related incidents. Currently they are considering trying to revive the Mentoring program in residence halls. LaPointe asked that inter ested students contact herby sending email to joyK®wpi. - Committee on Academic Operations: Representative Mike Pereira reported that the committee had approved the new requirement of 2/3 computer sci ence course work for actuarial math ma jors, and the change is now scheduled to go to the faculty for a vote. - Educational DevelopmentCouncil: Sen. Grossi report ed that the committee will soon have a new member who will be a graduate student representative. The committee is also currently planning to make approximately $ 38,000 in grant money available for developing new academic programs. Faculty Awards Committee: Sen. Averill

announced that the committee has nar rowed the field of candidates down to five, and the final decision will be made at the May Board ofTrustees meeting. - Safety: Rep. Jesensky reported that the committee meets on the second Thursday of every month, and the next meeting will be March 10th. The committee is currently in the process of rewriting the “Smoking Policy”, and interested students may find a copy in the Safety Committee box in the SGA Office. There has also been an increase in the use of escort services since the last crime report. Students should also be WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

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aware that break ins to lockers, and thefts from labs have increased recently. Addi tionally students working in laboratories should not lock the doors while they are in the labs as a safety precaution. Other items currently being discussed by the commit tee concerning the Occupational Health Plan for Plant Services, and parking lot issues. The committee feels that there should be no problem with relocating stu dent parkers, and Jesensky informed the Senate that currently faculty and staff arc allowed to use visitor parking during the afternoons. - Library Advisory Board: Sen. Daly reported that the board will meet on, Tuesday, February 22nd to discuss current use of journals and uncover. - Bookstore Quality Group: Sen. Butland informed those of the Senate that did not already know that the campus bookstore is not owned or run by WPI. She then explained as she had been informed at the meeting that the bookstore does not appar ently make any money offof the text books it sells or the convenience store it provides. - Campus Center Sen. Winset announced that the program of the campus Center has been preliminarily finalized for presenta tion to the Board of Tmstees next Friday. The committee is currently considering and discussing possible locations of the Campus Center. - Community Council: Sen. Fairbanks reported that the council had discussed the President’s White paper and the potential for a name change of the Institute. Thecouncilishearingmorefrom the Diversity and Pluralism committees and the break down of areas that require more input and development. The com mittees also have brought up the possibil ity of the Community Council acting as a future forum for issues being addressed in

COMMENTARY

Just a Thought Healing our Violent Illness by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry The buzz all around our communities and our nation these days is about crime and violence. From the tragic killing of the Chief of Police in nearby Paxton to the endless accounts of crime in our inner cities,from PresidentClinton’sStateofthe Union Address about crime to Governor Weld’s renewed call for capital punish ment, it is the major topic of discussion. We feel, and we are told, that we are all afraid of being a victim of crime. The campus police tell us that the campus is no safe haven from crime. The television, our most common source for entertainment, both blares the latest fire and murder stories on the around the clock newscasts, then numbs us with what critics call an ever increasing number o f violent shows. Crime and violence everywhere, so much so that violent deaths are close to the number one killer of young men in our country. Murder and youth violence are now considered a social disease. Thus many see us as an ill society. I fear we have our definitions confused. Writing on the distinction between disease and illness, Arthur Klineman states, “Dis ease refers to a malfunctioning of biologi cal and/or psychological processes, while the term illness refers to the psychosocial experience and the meaning of perceived disease. Illness includes secondary per sonal and social responses to the primary malfunctioning (disease)... Viewed from this perspective, illness is the shaping of

disease intobehaviorandexperience. It is created by personal, social and cultural reactions to disease.” (Parents and Healers in the Context of Culture. Berkeley, Uni versity of California Press, 1980. p. 72) If Klineman is right and our illness is how we respond to the disease (crime and violence), look at our responses. Our reactions have been to run and hide; run to the suburbs and small towns and hide the criminals away from us in the cities and jails. Our reaction has been to cry about violence on TV and demand legislation to censor...oops, sorry...curb violent shows. Our reaction has been to propose building more jails, employing more policemen, and sentencing three time conv icted felons to life terms. (The Three Strikes and You're Out strategy of President Warm and Fuzzy). Our illness is apathy, fear, and prejudice. So not only have we have no idea how to cure the illness, we even choose to ignore the disease and treat only the symp toms. And even then, we have the wrong remedies for the symptoms. Only politi cians and talk show hosts clamor about how to react to crime and violence in this way. If you talk to the cop on the beat, you hearavery different answer. MikeRoyko, the Chicago columnist, asked a Chicago cop for his response to Clinton’s ideas. "Nonsense," the cop said. "If you want to get rid of crime," he said, "legalize and control the drug traffic." I remember asking the Police Chief of Dayton, Ohio what he felt was the cause of crime and he said one word, “poverty." Not the stock

popular answer, but the truth, I suspect. Drugs and poverty go together. If there is no economic or educational future in store for you, then you might as well get high. And since it is only “them” who do the drugs and stay poor and do the crimes, we can blame them for our illness. They are the diseases... and crime, especially violent crime, too often becomes the reaction (symptoms) to this particulardiseaseby those trapped in poverty and drug addiction and prej udice. And instead of seeing the illness and disease for what they are and how they are related to each other, we lump them together and determine that we will take back our streets and cities by more jails, more cops, and tougher sen tences. We are big on symptoms, but are afraid of what it might take to tackle the diseases of poverty and drugs... let alone our societal illnesses of fear, ap athy, and prejudice. Depressed you enough, have I? Won dering what the____I am discussing all this in a college newspaper for? Well kiddies, it is our world, our community; our disease and our illness. How long will we just pass by and hope somebody else will take care of it? How long will we support politicians who want only head lines in treating the symptoms and ignor ing the disease and the illness. Do we really want to live in a frightened society where everything is controlled, even our televisions, so we don’t have to make any choices, be responsible for anything? It is our future. What shall we do?

thesecommittees. Finally, approximately $2 million dollars has been generated thus far towards the construction of a Campus Center. In order for construction to begin 80 - 85 % of the total money will need to be raised before construction can begin. SGA - Appropriations Class I: OCFC Bhatia reported that budget hearings for class I will begin Wednesday, February 16th. Class II: OCFC Sprague reported that there had been many difficulties in getting attendance of the class II represen tatives, yet they had decided that all club sports meeting the 5% cap would have their budgets approved. The others would then be reviewed, and hearings would begin on Monday at 6:30. - Class III: OCFC Socha reported that the class III representatives had met on Febru ary 1st. All budgets submitted in class III met the 5% cap and therefore have been approved. The representatives would like to keep the remaining funds in class III. Senators who would like to review the budget data may request a copy from OCFCSocha.- PR: The committee is still working on the SGA info flyer. Chair Laydon asked that the WPI Plan II Com mittee contact the PR Committee concern ing the BRTF Report flyer due to the fact that the PR Committee feels they have lost some of the meaning of the flyer and want to make sure that it is finished correctly. WPI Plan II: Chair Findlen reported that the committee is working on how to target groups of students for surveying student awareness of the BRTF Report, after the flyer is distributed. A new project of the group has been President Strauss’s White Paper, the committee went through the paper together and had prepared questions that they asked during President Stauss’s presentation. - Additional - Global Awareness and Environmental Affairs (GAEA): Ed Hallissey a representative ofthe group was sent to inform SGA of the current projects the group is working on. Hallissey report ed that they are currently trying to start a new recycling program at WPI that would be organized similarly to the program presently employed at Clark University. The group has had some problems deal ing with Plant Services’s red tape, yet they hope to have an open meeting by the end of the year to discuss and present a new recycling program at WPI. VIII. Old Busi ness: none IX. New Business: - Motion 7c.94, Networking of Residence Halls, Sen. McManus: Sen. McManus moved that SGA accept the following statement and take the proactive step of presenting copies of said statement to the Board of Tmstees and Newspeak. The Student Government Association of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, hereby endorses the dorm renovation plan devel oped by WPI’s Physical Facilitiescommittee that will providecomputernetworking, telephone networking and cable TV ac cess for all of the on-campus dorms. The plan should be implemented for the fol lowing reasons: - Provides a valuable academic resource to the students. - Strengthens the variety of services of fered to the students. - Provides and incentive that will make the Institute better able to recruit interested students in the future. - Is paid for in a largely fair manner. We urge the Board of Tmstees to implement this proposal for the94 -95 academic year. Sen. Thiessen 2nd. Discussion followed and one of the major questions raised was where would the funding come from, which was answered with the money would come from the Institute’s Capital Fund not the Operating Budget. Sen. Daly called the question, Sen. Walsh 2nd, vote passed. The motion was then voted on and passed. - Motion 8c.94, Senator re-evaluation.

Sen. Butland: Sen. Butland moved that the senatorial status of Senators Laine, Larochelle and Fairbanks be re-evaluated by the Executive Board. Sen. Thiessen moved foradivision such that there would be a separate vote on each of the senators in question, Sen. Averill 2nd, motion for division passed. Sen. Butland then moved that the senatorial status of Senator Laine be re-evaluated by the Executive Board, the motion was 2nd by Sen. Averill and discussion followed. The attendance records of the senators in question was given by Secretary Scott, and as a point of information the Senate was informed by Scott that on February 7th, all senators that were in jeopardy of being expelled were sent a letter stating this and infomied that it was possible that a motion to expel them would be made at the meeting, and Sena tors Laine and Larochelle had each been sent such a letter. During discussion Sen. Butland amended the motion to moving that Senator Laine be expelled from the Student Government Association Senate. The question was called and passed 17-4 - 0. A vote was taken and resulted as 7 - 7 - 7 (y, n, abstain). Pres. Smale voted in favor of the motion to break the tie. Sen. Single interrupted to move that an adjournment time of 8:00 PM be set before the New Business was finished in order to prevent the meeting from going too late, the motion was 2nd and passed. Sen. Butland then moved that Senator Larochelle be removed from the Senate, Sen. Thiessen 2nd, and discussion fol lowed. Secretary Scott called thequestion. Sen. Daly 2nd and the motion to call the question passed. The vote on the motion was then taken, and the motion passed 19 - 1 - 1. Sen. Butland withdrew her motion to have the senatorial status of Senator Fairbanks re-evaluated due to the fact that when she had drafted the motion she had not had access to all of his attendance records and had not known that he was attending office hours regularly. X. Announcements: - Elections Chair, Sen. McManus remind ed the Senate of the upcoming debate to be held in Gompei’s at 7 :00 PM on Tuesday, February 15th. - Sen. Daly announced that SPIRIT DAY was also on Tuesday, February 15th, and encouraged interested senators or other parties to get involved with the Spirit Committee. - Sen. Grossi announced that Newspeak was looking for a new Sport Editor if any senators might know of someone who would be interested. - VP Doyle announced that Monday, February 14th, the student Diversity Committee would be meeting in Becket Con ference Room any students or senators who are interested in working more on the Campus Creed are welcome to attend. XI. President’s Remarks: President Smale attended the PAC, President’s Advisory Council, the groupconsistingofconsistent donors to WPI. He and Janet Richardson presented the Campus Center Program for their information. It was noted that we currently have 2.5 milliondollanscommitted to the project with encouragement for future donations. Another topic of discus sion was the President’s White Paper for the Presidential Forum concerning strate gies to address the financial challenges of the Institute. President Smale also remind ed the Senate of the Consortium Leaders’ Conference on Saturday, Feb. 12th. An announcement was made of a Special Session, Monday the 14th at 8:00 p.m. to vote referendum questions to be placed on the ballot. Lastly, President Smale at tempted to appoint Meredith Cupples to the Committee on Student Advising, but was met with opposition by SenatorSingle concerning its placement on the agenda— will appear on Special Session Agenda. Meeting adjourned at 7:56 p.m. ars/ARS

Proposed Dorm Renovations motion submitted by Senator Pat McManus The SGA has made a strong com mitment to the proposed dorm renova tion plans fo r next year. Thefollowing endorsement passed unanimously at the 2110194 meeting: I move that the SGA accept the follow ing statement and take the pro-active step of presenting copies of said statement to the Board of Trustees and Newspeak. The Student Government Association of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, hereby endorses the dorm renovation plan devel oped by WPr s Physical Facilitiescommit-

teethat will providecomputernetworking, telephone networking and cable TV ac cess for all of the on-campus dorms. The plan should be implemented for the fol lowing reasons: - Providesa valuable academic resource to the students. - Strengthens the variety of services offered to the students. - Provides an incentive that will make the Institute better able to recruit interested students in the future. - Is paid for in a largely fair manner. We urge the Board ofTmstees to imple ment this proposal for the 94-95 academic year.

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Alpha Phi Omega YoOI-sters!! AfterGundy's top ten things not to pul on a cover letter, I thought about tryingthetopten things to not put in the club comer. Then I figured, that it best be avoided, (not) 10. One of Gundy’s jokes. 9. How to begin the impeachment process. 8. One of Mike’s jokes. 7. Nude photos of brothers (anyone have any by chance?), (yes -J) 6. The secret to writing the Club Comers. (I know it -J) 5. The sappiest Valentine’s Day card with a picture of last night's winners. 4. How to get signatures, (be easy -J) 3. For the pledges, how to piss off the MVP. 2. How to become inactive. I. Anything referring to APO Rituals. :) Well, on the lighter side of things... I hope you all had fun bowling. About 20 people showed up for a wild afternoon at the WPI lanes. I hope the ice cream social proved to be hot (and steamy, sticky and lucious...oops) fudgy, whipped creamy, and gosh dam fattening! Don’t forget the upcoming party WE NEEDSOMEONETOHOSTITPLEASE(contact Marc)! Good Luck to the Worcester Public School Vol unteers, they start this week for some. UMOC interestees think about chairing it. Service to Stu dents Award Committee now forming... Pledges come visit the office. Its a great opportunity to get to know the brothers which is the whole purpose behind getting signatures. Crash two planes with one engine, (kill two birds with one stone?ha?ha?... annnnhhh... forget it.) Quote of the Week: “She’s Jen, nicknamed ‘hugs’ among other things...” by Keith Garrant, pledge class of ’89 and Jen’s fiancee. YiLFS, the frozen pea underall this flibben snow.

Christian Bible Fellowship Last week you may have noticed that there was no article. That was due to my forgetting to write one before l left for Congress '94. Congress was a great time, and I would encourage anyone who can to go next year. As for this week, we have all the usual activities in the usual places: Friday night in HLlOl for worship, fun and fellowship, and maybe even learning something (no, that’s not possible is it?). Wednesday in Founders Country Kitchen at 8 p.m. is prayer and share. The DAKA luncheon continues on Wednesday at Founders, as does sports on Satur day ( 10:30 a.m. in front of Alumni Gym), and many Bible Studies, and more. “The Lord isgood, a refuge in timesof trouble. He cares for those who trust in him” (Nahum 1:7). It seems like I have written about similar subjects before, but Ican't escape saying something about this verse. Ijust ran across it the othermoming, and it was a real encouragement to me. God really is good, and he really is a refuge in times of trouble. And most of all, he does care for those who trust in him. If you haven’t trusted in him, find out what it means, it is something you will never regret. If you have trusted in him, then continue to, and begin to fully rely on him. We will experience his care, goodness, and much more.

GAP Well, it's been snowing since this Fri. morning, and I wonder if it’s ever gonna stop... We had our 3rd meeting this term on Thursday. Here’s what we discussed: Election for President & Vice-President for '94-’95 will take place March 3 1st (Thr) at GAP meeting (6:30PM- at AK218). Nomination Period is from March 24th (Thr) to 3 1st. The Budget for next year is approved! Some ideas for social events were brought up. If you have good suggestions, please let Maria Dilanco know at marcia@wpi.edu.GAPoriginalT-shirt.sare in print ing process now! The T-shirts will be ready some time this week. If you would like to order one, two, or more..., please contact Damian Frank at damianf@wpi.edu. It’s $9, and all the funny quotes are on the back with simple GAP logo in front. The next meeting is not this week but next week on Thr(2/24) at 6:30PM- at AK218. At the meeting, we’il have election for new secretary. As of now (Fri.), Rob Kraus has been nominated and accepted it. Other nominations will be accepted until the time of next meeting, and we will elect a new secretary at the next meeting (2/24). Harvard Model United Nations will take place this week! Are you all set for it delegates? We WILL do a good job, and have a GOOD TIME, too.

GAEA Global Awareness of Environmental Affairs is running strong. The Executive Board members held a meeting and discussed a few ideas which everyone should have gotten through email. If you didn’t get acopy and would like one sent to you email lissa@wpi. There will beameetingTONIGHT todiscussthe upcoming elections. If you would like to voice and opinion BETHERE!!! Where and when will be sent through email. If you didn’t get the message contact dobi@wpi. Also there will be a joint meeting with GAP to discuss Earth Day, further details of the meeting will be sent out.

The tour of the Incinerator will occur on March 23rd. Clear your schedules now. If you would like to be on the mailing list for GAEA email dobi@wpi.

Glee Club “Don’t do it Fraiser.” “Guys, get out of the cracks.” Anyway, the rehearsal gave us a bunch of laughs. Assassination Game stuff starts tonight. And now, here is some stuff submitted by our Tour Hero, Ted.... Well, now another week has passed (and another rehearsal with Regis). I hope you all enjoyed listening to Regis sing at rehearsal last night. Seriously though, if you don't have your passport I hope you have plans to get it very, very soon. The tourT-shirts will be finished by next week, so sav,e all that extra money you have. In the grand old glee club tradition, here are the top ten reasons to go to Italy: 10. To see who hooks-up with whom. 9. To teach the Italians how to dance. 8. To leam to sight see, take pictures, and watch your wallet at the same time. 7. To listen to Ralph talk with that Stupid accent. 6. To see if Alan Head and companions can walk after a 110 mile bike ride. 5. So Louis can give dissertations about monks and music history. 4. So someone can try to beat out Ryan for Yak-of-the-Year. 3. To find out just how much a woman can pack for just 11 days (And if I can actually carry that bag.) 2. To find out the resolution to the curious discussion about the Pope and dope. I. Paying $20+ for spaghetti.

Hillel Shalom! Sorry that I haven’t gotten this article out in a while, but. . . better late than never, right? Services on Friday night went well. We had quite a few students from WPI as well as Clark, and even a professor. Dinner also went w e ll.. . we are already planning for our next service/ dinner to be held early next tenn. We also went to see Schindler's Lisl on Sunday. For those of you who couldn’t go, you missed a great film! I recommend it to all!! In the upcoming events department. . . Wednesday, Feb. 23, Rabbi Wasserman is com ing to give “A Brief Introduction to Judaism” in Kinnicutt Hall at 6:30PM. It is open to all WPI and Worcester residents. I would like to congratulate all our new officers: President: Karl V.P.: Brian,Treasurer: Vince, Recording Sect.:Carley, Corresponding S ect.: Andrea, Sr. Advisor: Jonathan, “GrandMaster College Contact”: Morgan Again, congratulations and SHALOM.

Lens and Lights Well, the C-Term doldrums have officially set in. along with all this darn white stuff! As Andrew put it, “NO LnL equipment rolls well through snow!” Then again, neither does the Masque piano, but that is another club and another club comer... EVENTS- Hell Weekend II is over and (I hope) everything got done! Don’t forget JCS is this week- even if you aren’t on crew, go see the handiwork of ME David Chace and company. Designed by Jon K and Jeremy, it’s quite im pressive (in the neighborhood of Tempest, for those of you who remember that weekend...) Officers shouldn’t forget that SI in Newell Hall before the meeting! FUN FACT- My initials are on the back of ALL the LnL jackets and, for that matter, on the front of all the T-shirts! Take a good look and I think you’ll see them. If you are too dense, feel free to ask me at the MEETING TOMORROW at 4:30 in AK233. Q U OTES- “Can I borrow him ?” -the Michelle-Meister... “ 2 1-year-old men aren’t CUTE.” -David...’’What is sex with a plant called?” “ Boring.” -Amy and David...”1 should have a snappy comeback for that, but I don’t” Jon K ...”Why did the Tw eeter cross the room?”...”So, who wears the hat?”...’’Derek, you haven’t made a dent in the big thing yet!”...’’Go ahead Dan. I am going to wait for you to chew and swallow before I hit you.” -me again...”OK, who ordered the embarrassing meal... Amy, extinguish your dinner, please!” everyone. See you all at the meeting tomorrow. Until then, don’t eat the yellow snow...or the chicken nachos at W illy’s (1 still think they had tuna in them)!!

Masque Hello world! Jesus Christ Superstar is being produced this TH URSD AY, FRI DA Y and SATURDAY! Go and see the first Masque musical in decades! Go see the efforts of the entire WPI community come together in this gala extrava

the animal’s way of fighting in an effort to create in themselves a means of repelling the fighting men outside the temple. Briefly, the animals can be said to represent different aspects of this Martial Art. The Crane is the symbol of balance and fluidity of motion, the Snake is the symbol of inner strength, the Leopard symbolizes the importance of speed and accuracy, the Tiger represents external strength and tenacity, and finally the Dragon is the Fighting Spirit. Each o f these animals are a system of fighting in themselves, but when mastered and combined, become something greater than the sum of the individual parts. They become Shaolin Kempo.

ganza of Sight, Sound and Sin! The New Voices 12 Plays have been decided upon by the dramaturgy staff. If you are a playwrights you should have been in contact with adramaturg by now. If you have not please contact Erik Felton (elf@wpi) and let him know your situation. The New Voices 12 plays will be announced to the general public at the Friday Feb. 18 Masque meeting. All playwright should be at this meeting. If you are interested in directing please come to this meeting and efforts will be made to connect you with a play. Masque meetings take place every Friday at 4:30pm in the Green Room behind Alden stage. If you are unsure of how to get there simply show up at the Alden loading dock and ask someone who looks Iike they know what they ’re doing. If you don’t know where the Alden loading dock is please call 831 -5106 and some one will give you directions from your current position. If you don’t know what a telephone is..

Society of Pershing Rifles If you were not there you missed a great Miss Rhode Island Pageant last Sunday. Actually, let me rephrase that, if you were there you would have been terribly lonely, since it was can celled. Oh well, we have another pageant coming up this weekend, the Miss New Hamp shire Pageant (I think). Those of you at the meeting last week probably had a tough time dodging Top when he was looking for volun teers, but do not worry, if you are not signed up for that or the Clark Formal yet, you probably will be by tomorrow. Last week's D&C went well, our newer mem bers are getting better, but we have a ways to go before we are competition material. This time I know what we are supposed to be doing tomor row, it is a...uh, oh, heh, heh, heh, I forgot again, looks like I will have to guess. Originally, I thought it was to be a Brickhunt, and that may be correct, but since no one is prepared for it, it may be changed to D&C as prep for the Clark Formal and the Miss NH Pageant. Guess you will just have to wait till tomorrow and find out. That is about all I have for you today, except one final reminder... YOU CAN STILL JOIN IF YOU COME DOWN TO TH E MEETING TO MORROW NIGHT!!! We have only seven pledges right now, and although all of them look very high speed, we always want more.

Men’s Ski Team Congratulations to the WPI Men’s Ski Team for finishing 2nd in the USCSA Thompson Division and for securing a berth at Regionals. The last, two weeks have been quite busy, though, for both teams. The weekend of Janu ary 30th saw the races at Cannon Mt. Lydia Stawasz and Samantha Davis both finished top 30 in the womens GS. Top finishers in the mens GS were John Harrington 9th, Erik Addy 10th, Henrik Orrling 13th, and Torbjom Bergstom just out of the top seed at 17th. The Races of February 5 and 6 were at Dartmouth Ski Way. Forthe women, Grace Buzanoski and Samantha Davis placed top 30 for both the slalom and GS. Three men finished top 15 in Saturday’s sla lom: Josh Coombs 7th, John Harrington 10th, and Brad Wright 11th. The men’s results were better in Sunday’s GS with John Harrington 7th, Scott Griffiths 8th, Jeff Richman 9th, and Erik Addy 15th. All team members should be commended for coming through and getting such great results even when our top-ranked skiers are having difficulties. Such depth will serve well at Regionals. Superior effort is not only paying off in team result, but in individual standings as well. Seven of the Division's top 25 skiers are from WPI. In the individual points chase arc Josh Coombs at 8th, Scott Griffiths at 9th, Erik Addy at 10th, Jeff Richman at 1 1th, John Harrington at 13th, and Brad Wright and Glen Gaebe tied at 25th. Keep up the hard work and the team will clean up at Regionals this weekend. Everyone is welcome to come and support our team Friday and Saturday at Waterville Valley, NH as they try to win a place in the National Championships. Good luck Team. Remember: Control is not the issue...

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Society of Martial Arts Shaolin Kempo is one of the styles represent ed in the Society of Martial Artists, and may be perhaps the most classic of Arts. Shaolin Kempo is based on five animals: the Crane, Snake, Leopard, Tiger, and the Dragon. Each of the animals has its own personality and method of attack, and this is translated into the philosophy and techniques of Shaolin Kempo. It is believed that the style was developed by Shaolin monks, who because of constant raids by bandits, studied

Hello everybody. Thanx to everyone who helped out with selling candygrams. You helped make our first fundraiser happen. We couldn't have done it without you. Our second fundraiser is in the works. SWE will soon be selling T-shirts with the (drumroll please) “TOP TEN REA SONS TO BE AN ENGINEER”. Be on the lookout for information via email. We will need people to help sell. Speaking of T-shirts, anyone who wants a cool purple SWE t-shirt, $5, just email swe@wpi. Our next meeting will be during finals week....there is talk of pizza!!!! I know you’ll all be there, and if not...more for me! Attention jobhunters. There is a binder available at the circulation desk in Gordon Library. It has information on companies that were at Nationals last year Three quick reminders: Machinal at Tufts February 24-26 and March 3-5 contact carolynd@ wpi, 1994 National Convention Plan ning Com m ittee meets March 22 contact barbeau@wpi, last but not least, JOIN A COM MITTEE! Email swe@wpi with any questions or comments. Thought forthe week: Sometimes the best sound an ear can hear is silence.

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AXP I know it’s February in Worcester, but I haven’t seen this many snowflakes since the Twins got their report cards last A-term! What ’s worse is the terrible job that the school has done shoveling the campus. Not only that, but I like to skip to class like a fairy, and it is just so dam confusing when there is an odd number of stairs in the staircases. Don’t you agree, Phil? On a similar note, the postulants have predicted an “ Ice” storm tonight, so the brothers better stay in d o o rsSpeaking of mad drunkenness: the cave fi nally lived up to its reputation, as Cory searched endlessly for cover, namely other people’s, and Joe, afterhaving twohelpings ofTequila worms, woke up the next morning looking like a sub way car. Meal-plan Scorpion Bowls were also a great success; in fact, I’m having one at this very moment, so if the rest o f this article be comes blurry or repetitive, you’ll know why. Continuing on to Saturday night, Cupid’s help er Sandra got the brothers (and their dates) in the mood... Many thanks to Tom as well, who master-minded the evening’s festivities. Well, postulants, you sure are doing one hell o f a job on that project. I guess it’s only fair that we initiate those contractors with the rest of your class. A few more months and you guys should be ready... after all, if we let you in before May, who’s gonna shovel our driveway? Finally, rumor has it that Leo and his longlost British brother Kaimes are planning a saucy family reunion, complete with tea and crumpets. Hope to see all you bloody good chaps there! A rA Well, Alpha Gams... It is snowing like a sonof-a-gun!!! I would like to start off by saying congratulations to the 22 pledges who have gone through pre-initiation week! I hope you enjoyed all of the bonding moments with sisters and pledges alike. You guys had the best RED, BUFF and GREEN outfits! And the candy was fantastic... except I was supposed to be on a diet... BAM - Bahamas... less than 3 weeks... and Mere, you’re going!!! So, which night was best?... You’d better say senior... No, just kidding... And there I was in my room and

suddenly I heard... singing... you guys were awesome... I could hear you with the window shut!!! Happy Belated Birthday to Laurie LaRoche from the 14th, and Happy Birthday in advance to Jen Healy for the 26th... Thanks to all those who sold, bought and delivered the HUGS, SLAPS, and KISSES!!! It was alot of fun... Especially the delivery... =) Thanks to Monika for working out all of the details... And thanks to everyone who made and delivered the valentines for the folks in the nursing home... I just wanted to remind everyone of the awesome time we all had at the sisterhood retreat... Great job Katie!!! Pretty much every one seemed to want the soap and the book... Steph, great gift idea... Remind me nevertotell you when my birthday is... And then there was Days... And great food... I never knew we could cook so well... There are so many events coming up... we have Spirit Day... Also, at tonight’s meeting, w e’re doing nominations for officers... and then there are the unmentionables... =) Congratulations to those eligible for all the honor societies... And also, I would like to congratulate the following for their Pan Hellen ic Offices: President: Laurie LaRoche Vice President Activities: Jen DeLuca Treasurer: Kristin Katopoulis And the Orientation Assistants: Laurie LaRoche and Kathleen Paulauskas And the O rientation Leaders: Melissa Nappi, Jen DeLuca, and Laura Filgate! Pictures, pictures, pictures... I have never taken so many pictures in my life... good ones, bad ones... what the heck... Oh, and yes, I have a job... Cyndi told me to write it... =) And Lynn does, too... I have a gig-book question, but no book in front o f me... But it is a good one... Pledges: come find me or my roomies... =)' and no, it’s not the theta chi or denny’s story... 4 o ’ clock update... in the morning... there were no hip checks or knocks at Cyndi’s door... Hmm... who could that be... well, I must be off... 275 words doesn’t go

The Sisters of Phi Sigma Sigma would like to congratulate all of our newly initiated sisters! Jen Adams Lynn Kearnan Laura Bielitz Kimmy Landry Lee Blouin Kristen Magnifico Heather Bryer Marie Murphy Robyn Buturlia Diane Nascimento Jessica Cram Alison Repucci Cyndi Fusco Amy Richardson Liz Herman Nicole Robert Bethy Jaskal Ann Sbriglio Cathy Jzyk Erika Simpson Heather Zimmerman

a long way... especially when you put dots in between... See ya next week...

ATQ Hey Mitch, now that you’re making the big bucks, you can lend O ’D money to invest in a whole line of pink suits, lend some to Dubois for palm hair electrolysis treatment, send Will, Drew, and Karl to the Hair Club for Men, and put Gumby, PK, and Fatty (a.k.a. Ethan) on a 100% vegetarian diet. Congratulations, and now see if you can give the Civils somebody to party with. Following the arrival of the Blue Eagle, things seem to be going well in the house, but don’t hold your breath. Rumor has it the mob in the apartment is planning to overrun the executive committee and put B en’s reign to an end. Pledges, Justin has the piece now, and we all know how easy it is to wake him up. Gobis has spoken to me and offered to give dance lessons to those interested, while at the same time Manalokalokalokalus will be giving tips on hairstyles that chicks dig. Get better soon Goudreau. A final congrats to Karl on his way to melting snowflakes, and a solute and cheer to Tapley for finally reaching manhood. On a more serious note, Allowishus is preg nant again. Gumby cut it out. The odds start at 20:1 for Petrini and Duper’s room. Quote of the Week: Tony’s girlfriend to Jay and Chad at 3A.M.,”So, are you guys raiding tonight? If you are I’ll have to wear my pajamas (hiccup)”.

FIJI Well, another day another penny. It’s time to fill this column with nothing but nonsense as usual. Let me see, what’s new. Oh yes did I mention only three weeks until Cancun. On a more serious note a sincere apology to Jeff for the unfortunate situation. It would have been a great time. In other news, hope the clothes drive went well. Congrats to Giorgi for performing well in his natural habitat. Maybe you’ll get to star in another movie Free Giorgi II. Hey, Zaleski and the rest of you with the same disorder wake up your sleeping your life away. Meanwhile, The mystery of the disappearing rations continues. On a good note, at least the damage was minor this week. One final ques tion when in gods name is it going to stop snowing. This is REDDICKulous. All right enough babbling until next week, See Ya.

AXA Welcome to all the new Brothers. W e’re glab to have you aboard. The Kappa events were all sorts of fun as well as Saturday’s slew of of things to do. That wall of bricks in the living room could not look better. We are well on our way to completeing our cathedral. Congrats to all of the Big Brothers for a job well done. Now we have our banner for Spirit Day done and nothing will dare oppose our glorious showing today. ZAX

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Hey Phi Sig Sigs! Congratulations to our newly initiated sis ters! You guys are awesome! I hope everyone had a good time @ the formal Saturday! Stand ing O ’s go out to everyone who helped plan, set up, and clean up-this was truly an awesome formal! Standing O ’s goout toTricia Pignone & the rest of the fundraising committee on the very successful condom-gram fundraiser! Great job you guys! The lone birthday girl next week(Monday) is Digger who has been living up to her name quite well lately! Happy birthday. Dig! In honor of our newly initialed sisters. I’ve compiled a list of the best reasons why they love Phi Sig Sig. These are taken from various lists lhat the former pledges wrote just a few weeks ago-thanks for your creativity girls: TOP TEN REASONS WHY OUR NEWLY INITIATED SISTERS LOVE PHI SIG SIG: 10. Cool Songs 9. Make a fashion statement with versatile blue&gold pledge pin. 8. The awesome sisters 7. Awesome Sigma pledge class 6. Only have to remember 2 Greek letters 5. The Rat! 4. Having a house to protect from annoying SAE pledges looking for the Mosley 3. Walking around campus in sub-freezing temperatures is good for the circulation 2. Darlene is the nicest person I ’ve ever met! 1. The unity, trust, and friendship that are a part o f being a Phi Sig Sig. Thanks for the list, Sigma pledge class! LITP

IA E This week it is time to haze the third deck white house. There is nothing more to say because Weenie lives on it. Weenie when will you take the little challenge of Marcoux? What are you afraid o f the little green bottle ? I guess you left your manhood in office... or did K.M. have something to do with it? Spence was unable to sweep the awards this week but have no fear I’m sure you will have a good chance again this weekend. By the way did you thank Jo for making your picture perfect bed? I’m sure she can make your house a home.... Belfatknee BABSON is east so start walking. Should I call you Bob Villa? Are you sure Spence didn’t have anything to do with your room? If you ever want to know the time check the clock in room six. Or should I say window? Are you guys dissapointed with the loss of your third roommate Ubu? Don’t worry the whining pear from room 10 will keep you awake with his stunning acrobatics. Norris sorry I can’t haze you because Colleen wouldn’t like it. Phil tell Ong and Dufort that cutting their hair won’t improve their looks. Phil did you ever find out what that puddle in your bed was? Did it have something to do with the monday morning happy hour? Hope everone had a good time at the Satur day Night Fever party. If you didn’t get hazed this week there is always next week. Okay Thibs? Five Apples

zn Storytime... Congrats go out to Nate Towne-Smith, Glen Sargeant, Rob Craig, Scott Lucarelli, John Uhrich, John Digiacomo, Drew Piner, Tim Cyberey, Justin “melinda@wpi” Wahlstrom, and Jay Banez. I hope you guys had last week... Wake up Rob!!! Brady is by far the most generous guy in the house... He shares everything he has with the Brotherhood... His CDs, his car when people need rides, and his girlfriend for everybody else’s enjoyment. By the way did you have to drive out to her house to get your jacket. Wake up Rob!!! Brad Hawksworth, you have a secret admirer from Assumption College... Happy Valentine’sday to all of you Sigma Pi sweethearts... Wake up Rob!!! Can I just say that you guys ought to really start going to the gym... Hey!!! It’sexercise time!!! See you next tuesday!!!

TKE Hey jerkies, yeah that’s right, jerkies for all of you that hate that word. Will this snow ever let up. The Apocalypse is coming. The RCB was Saturday night. Actually it hasn’t hap pened yet (as I write this). I guess everyone probably had a good time but I will get to that next week. Get pysched for bashing knee caps. W onder if Nancy will be in attendance? I’d like to dedicate this greek com er to a guy who has been around nearly as long as Guervich had. He can really put ‘em down as well and I ain’t talkin about Coke either. His name is the mighty Saxon and he is a powerful Civil. Here’s the top ten reasons why Civil is an easy major 1. Even Miah feels it’s below him 2. Chew gum and walk backwards through Kaven to get a degree 3. Popeye was a civil before coming to TKE 4. No one else has scientific terms for hills 5. John Sununu was a civil 6. Dolphins have moved ahead of civils on intelligence charts 7. Who was the last civil nobel prize winner? 8. It’s Androgeny boy’s major 9. Only thing easier than a ___chick 10. You get to play in the park

0X Hey kids, rise and shine, it’s time for your weekly fix of Theta Chi. H ere’sa all the news print to fit and a bit extra. The Forecast: Snow. Nothing new there. Unless we get a heat wave soon, Sammy will leam how to skate to get to Institute Park. Since the chances of that are equal to Lombard hooking up with that chick and her friends not dying in fits of laughter, something must be done. Instead of sitting around, we’ve come up with some alternatives: 7) Make ice sculptures of Houly (couch and all) 6) Have snow and Weig spaghetti fights 5) Create a luge run in the stairwell near Menard's room 4) The water’s cold enough to have hock ey games in the showers, shower monkeys as pucks 3) Have the whole house bumper ski behind Taz’s car 2) Watch Quasimote snowblow I ) Babbsledding 5 days till Beach Epsilon, 3 weeks unti kegs, later, just made it.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Library periodical study shifts focus Library shifts focus of periodical use study! After collecting data on current periodical use for a full year, Gordon Library staff are switching gears. The focus on periodical use will be turned to periodicals shelved on the first floor. We have been quietly collect ing data from the first floor since the begin ning of B term, and now it is time to go public. We need you to help us. Please do not reshelve first floor periodicals yourself. Sim ply place them on the nearest book truck, and we will do the rest! Comments, complaints, and suggestions can be directed to: Martha Gunnarson, Technical Services Li brarian (mg@wpi).

Athletic Hall of Fame nominations being accepted Nominations for the WPI Athletic Hall of Fame will be accepted until March 1st. Accord ing to Raymond Gilbert, Director of Physical Education and Athletics, any member of the WPI Community may nominate suitable candi dates. WPI coaches, faculty, staff and alumni are eligible. WPI athletes become eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame five years after graduation. Nomination forms are available in the Physical Education and Athletics Office in Alumni Gymnasium.

Schlickmann elected Ann Schlickmann, director of adminis trative services, has been elected to a threeyear term on the board o f directors of the Massachusetts Higher Education Consor tium. Schlickmann will represent the inter ests of the Worcester Consortium for High er Education.

Job conference The Career Development Center will sponsorthe interactive satellite teleconference “Seek ing Employment with Small to Medium Size Companies” from 5:00 to6:30pm on Thursday, February 24, in Perreault Hall, Fuller Labs. The teleconference, broadcast from the Univer sity of Tennessee in Knoxville, should be the interest to anyone seeking a permanent, co-op or summer job. Admission to the broadcast is free.

Jesus Christ Superstar in Alden Feb 17-19 WPI's Masque adds another production to its history of fine theatre on February 17th through the 19th with its presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar. The show will be held in the Great Hall of Alden, located on WPI's main campus. Doors open each night at 7:30pm and the show will begin promptly at 8pm. Tickets are available in the Daniels Hall Ticket Window or at the door at $3 for WPI students (with ID), $5 for consortium students (with ID), and $7 for all others.

Two Towers Trader dedication

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Cindy Moser tries to stop a Daniel Webster opponent in a game played last week in Harrington.

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The WPI Bookstore announces the dedica tion of its convenience area as the “Two Towers Trader”. The name was submitted by WPI student Philip Carpenter during the “ Name the Store” contest held during the bookstore’s grand opening celebration. A careful study was made and the reference to the history of the college and its two towers was a major influence in the selection of the name. Carpenter was awarded a WPI jacket for the winning entry. The Two Towers Trader is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30am to 9:00pm on the first floor of Daniels Hall.

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ACROSS 1 "Call Me --- " 6 Counterfeit coin 10 Certain college graduates 14 "--- to bury Caesar.. 15 Shredded 16 Milan money 17 Genesis event 18 The Emerald Isle 19 "Do you have change for --- ?" 20 wheel 22 Li ’ 1 Abner's girl 24 Recording milieu (2 wds.) 26 First Chief Justice 29 "That hurts!" 30 Hilo neckwear 31 Jai --33 Depot (abbr.) 34 Centauri 38 Former basketball great (2 wds.) 42 Iron-carbon alloy 43 canto 44 Inevitable 45 Inlet 47 --- street

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Athletic Hall of Fame nominations being accepted Nominations for the WPI Athletic Hall of Fame will be accepted until March I st. Accord ing to Raymond Gilbert, Director o f Physical Education and Athletics, any member of the WPI Community may nominate suitable candi dates. WPI coaches, faculty, staff and alumni are eligible. WPI athletes become eligible for admission to the Hall of Fame five years after graduation. Nomination forms are available in the Physical Education and Athletics Office in Alumni Gymnasium.

Schlickmann elected Ann Schlickmann, director of adminis trative services, has been elected to a threeyear term on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Higher Education Consor tium. Schlickmann will represent the inter ests of the Worcester Consortium for High er Education.

Job conference The Career Development Center will spon sor the interactive satellite teleconference “Seek ing Employment with Small to Medium Size Companies" from 5:00 to 6:30pm on Thursday. February 24, in Perreault Hall, Fuller Labs. The teleconference, broadcast from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, should be the interest to anyone seeking a permanent, co-op or summer job. Admission to the broadcast is free.

Jesus Christ Superstar in Alden Feb 17-19 WPI's Masque adds another production to its history of fine theatre on February 17th through the 19th with its presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar. The show will be held in the Great Hall o f Alden, located on WPI's main campus. Doors open each night at 7:30pm and the show will begin promptly at 8pm. Tickets are available in the Daniels Hall Ticket Window or at the door at $3 for WPI students (with ID), $5 for consortium students (with ID), and $7 for all others.

Two Towers Trader dedication

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Cindy Moser tries to stop a Daniel Webster opponent in a game played last week in Harrington.

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The WPI Bookstore announces the dedica tion of its convenience area as the “T woTowers Trader”. The name was submitted by WPI student Philip Carpenter during the “Name the Store" contest held during the bookstore’s grand opening celebration. A careful study was made and ihe reference to the history of the college and its two towers was a major influence in the selection o f the name. Carpenter was awarded a WPI jacket for the winning entry. The Two Towers Trader is open Monday through Friday, from 8:30am to 9:00pm on the first floor of Daniels Hall.

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CLASSIFIEDS Work Study Positions Available. Contact Michael Bilotta (83l-5722/mbilotta@ wpi) or Allen Martin (831 -55()5/amartin@ wpi) for de tails.

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Newspeak will run classifieds tree tor all WPI students, faculty, and staff. Free classifieds are limited to six (6) lines. Ads ot a commercial nature and ads longer than six lines must be paid for at the off campus/commercial rate of $5.00 for the first six lines and 50 cents per additional line. Classified ads must be paid for in advance No information which, in the opinion of the Newspeak editors, would identify an individual to the community will be printed in a personal ad The editors reserve the right to refuse any ad deemed to be in bad taste or many ads from one group or individual on one subject. The deadline for ads is noon on the Friday before publication. All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be accompanied by the writer's name, address and phone number.

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POLICE LOG Monday, January 31st 1:09am - Medical response to Morgan 4th floor, intoxicated subject unresponsive 8:44am - Fire Alarm: caused by exhaust from neighbor’s car, venting house out. 10:15am - Three persons told to leave dumpster at library, said they were looking for cans. 12:37pm - Bomb Threat called in. Officers respond. House cleared of students, Worcester P.D. notified, they inturn notified W orcester FD. 9:30 pm - Malicious Mischief: Fuller custodian reports fire alarm handles vandalized, officer requested for walkthru of building. Tuesday, February 1st 3:47am - Assist/Breaking and Entering: B&E in progress to apartment, 1st floor. Officers respond. 5 :11 pm - Complaint: Student calls in regards to complaint about severe ice on walkways and stairs in Stoddard Complex. Dispatch will make Plant Services aware of situation. 5:23pm - Lost Keys: Student called to report keys missing and possibly stolen. Keys not found in station’s box. Student wishes to file report but not at this time. Will try to relocate keys first. 8:25pm - Student reports box near mailroom containing what he believes to be a class C substance. Officer responds. 8:30pm - Officer reports box has been confiscated from Daniels. 11:25 pm - Missing Person: Gompei's reports delivery boy as missing. Thursday, February 3rd 4:57pm - Icy Stairs: Stairs on sidewalk near Boynton St. and Institute Rd. 5:55pm - Complaint: Ice on the corner of West and Institute.

T uesday, F eb ru ary 15th 2:00pm - WAM Tour: “PreColumbian Art Discovery”. 4:00pm - Holy Cross - Speech: “Peacekeeping in Bosnia,” Stein Hall, Room 102. 6:00pm - W om en’s Basketball vs. Wheaton. 7:00pm - Film: “Mapantsula (Hustler)”, Gordon Library Seminar Room. 8:00pm - M en’s Basketball vs. WNEC. W ednesday, F eb ru ary 16th 2:30 - 3:30pm - Winter Seminar Topic: Test Anxiety Control. Counseling & Student Development Center, 157 West Street, Free. 3:00pm and 8:00pm - Holy Cross - Film: “Like Water for Chocolate,” Kimball Theater, $1.50. 4:00pm - Lecture: “Dr. Cornel West, Head of Afro-American Studies and Religion, Princeton University”, Newell Hall, A K I16. 7:30pm - Workshop presentation by Steven Strong, President Solar Design Associates “Solar Electricity: The Path to a Sustainable Energy Future,” Jeffeson Hall, Room 218 (Comer of Downing and Main Streets) Clark University. Free with Student ID. 7:30pm - Worcester State College Comedy “Lisa Walter” Students Center - $1.00 8:00pm - Concert: African Percussion Workshop - Spaulding Hall, Alden Memorial. T h u rsd ay , F eb ru ary 17th 8:00pm - Holy Cross - Play: “Bye Bye Birdie” - Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. $5.00 8:00pm - Play: “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Alden Memorial. $3. 8:00pm - Old Vienna, Restaurant & Kaffehaus - “Jay Toups” Fingerstyle Guitar - donations.

Friday, February 4th 9:26am - Larceny: Stoddard A lounge, merchandise from vending machine. Saturday, February 5th I 1:12am - Intrusion: Alden Hall Subbasement 5:47pm - Odor: Report of strong gas odor in Institute Hall 2nd floor. 5:57pm - Possible larceny: Report of larceny at Alumni Gym. 6:23pm - Officers report smell on 2nd and 3rd floor and in basement of Institute Hall. 7:01pm - Plant Services workman reports smell caused by student using flammable solvent. I 1:52pm - Alcohol violation: 2 Becker students. Institute Hall. 11:55pm - Alcohol violation: 5 Becker students, Boynton. St. Sunday, February 6th 12:49am - Alcohol violation: 2 students. 1:30am - Alcohol violation: 4 students on Boynton St. 3:41pm - Assist: Problem with elevator in Alden Hall, to be taken care of on Monday. IO:27pm - Moderate foot traffic observed due to fraternity parties. Monday, February 7th 4:20pm - Threatening phone calls: Student complaining of second received threatening phone call which occurred short time ago on this date.

F riday, F eb ru ary 18th 7:30pm - Holy Cross Film: “Into the West” Kimball Theater. $1.50. 8:00pm - Holy Cross - Play: “ Bye Bye Birdie” - Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. $5.00. 8:00pm - Play: “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Alden Memorial. $3. 8:30pm - Coco Bean Cafe “Jim Infantino” Donations. 264 Park Avenue. 8:30pm - Old Vienna, “Ani Di Franco”. $15. S atu rd ay , F eb ru ary 19th 2:00pm - WAM Tour: “PreColumbian Art Discovery.” 7:30pm - Holy Cross Film: “Into the West” Kimball Theater. $1.50. 8:00pm - Holy Cross - Play: “ Bye Bye Birdie” - Hogan Campus Center Ballroom. $5.00. 8:00pm - Play: “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Alden Memorial. $3. 8:30pm - Coco Bean Cafe “ Rubby Sharp and Judy Dunaway” Cover Charge. 8:30pm - Old Vienna Concert - “Plainfolk”, $7. Sunday, F eb ru ary 20th 6:30pm and 9:30pm - Film: “Jurassic Park” or “The Man Without a Face,” Perreault Hall, $2. 6:00pm - Old Vienna - Concert: “Susan Werner” $10. M onday, F eb ru ary 21st 7 :00pm to 9:00pm - Holy Cross Film: “The Mighty Quinn” - Hogan Campus Center, Room 519. 8:00pm - “Chain Link Fence” Gompei’s. $2. LaffLines.

Tuesday, February 8th 11:40pm - Officer reports north entrance door to Higgins Labs will not close.

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