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WPI announces tenure awards and promotions courtesy o f WPI News Service The Board of Trustees of WPI re cently promoted or granted tenure to 17 faculty members. Granted tenure and promoted were: Nabil I. Hachem of Shrewsbury, MA, to associate professor o f comput er science. Hachem, a native of Beirut, Lebanon, earned a B.Eng. in electrical engineering at the American Universi ty of Beirut and a Ph.D. in computer engineering at Syracuse University. A member of the WPI faculty since 1988, Hachem’s research and teaching inter ests are in scientific databases, very large data/know ledge-base systems and database machines. He and Michael A. Gennert and Matthew O. Ward, associate professor of computer sci ence, are collaborating on database management systems for global change studies under sponsorship of the Na tional Science Foundation. Sharon A. Johnson of Sturbridge, M A, to associate professor of manage ment. Johnson, originally from Ann Arbor, MI, received a bachelor’s de gree in industrial engineering and op erations research from the University

to associate professor of biology and biotechnology. At WPI since 1988, Politz, who is originally from Belle Rose. LA, holds a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Louisiana State University and a doctorate in molecu lar biology from the University of Cal ifornia, Los Angeles. His research interests are in genetic and immuno logical aspects of nematode develop ment and parasitism, especially genes that control changes in the surface comp o sitio n of the nem ato d e Caenorhahditis elegans. He teaches genetics, introductory biology and graduate courses in developmental ge netics, signal transduction and immu nology. Kent J. Rissimiller of Worcester, MA, to associate professor of social science and policy studies. Rissmiller, originally from Kewanne, IL, earned an A.B. in political science and social sciences at Muhlenberg College, a J.D. in public law at Franklin Pierce Law Center, and an M. A. and Ph.D. in polit ical science at Syracuse University. He has been a member of the WPI faculty since 1988. A member of the Massachusetts Bar and the Federal Bar for the district of M assachusetts, Rissmiller has focused his research and

of Michigan and a master’s and doctor ate in that discipline from Cornell Uni versity. She has been a member of the WPI faculty since 1988. Johnson’s research and teaching interests are in operations research, dynamic program ming, production scheduling and wa ter resource systems. She has collabo rated with members of the manufactur ing engineering faculty on the devel opment of the master’s in management of manufacturing curriculum and has conducted applied research in areas that bridge these two disciplines. Vahid Motevalli of Marlboro, MA, was tenured and promoted to associate professor of mechanical engineering and fire p ro tectio n en g ineering. Motevalli, who is from Iran, earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral de grees in mechanical engineering at the University of Maryland and joined the WPI faculty in 1988. His research and teaching interests are in experimental studies of fire-induced flow behavior, fire and smoke detection research, flame spread on horizontal surfaces (currently being supported by the Na val Research Laboratory), microgravity combustion, space-based fire safety systems and gas turbine combustion. Samuel M. Politz of Holden, MA,

teaching on environmental and energy law and policy, American politics, nor mative political theory and jurispru dence. Dalin Tang of Worcester, MA, to associate professor of mathematical sciences. Bom in Jiangsu, China, Tang received his bachelor’s degree in ap plied mathematics at the Nanjing Insti tute of Technology and his master’s and doctorate in applied mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined the faculty in 1988. His research and teaching interests are in biological fluid dynamics, theoretical fluid mechanics, nonlinear analysis, numerical methods and transport theo ryRichard F. Vaz of Groton, MA, to associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Vaz earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engi neering at WPI and was a visiting as sistant professor at the Institute for three years before being appointed as sistant professor in 1990. In 1991 he received the Joseph Samuel Satin Dis tinguished Professorship. Vaz’s re search focuses on machine vision, sig nal and image analysis, and communi cations. He and Professor David Cyganski co-direct the Machine Vi

sion Laboratory and have been collab orating on advanced image processing technologies; their work has been sup ported and has received recognition from ARPA, IBM and United Tech nologies. Vaz also has industrial expe rience with Raytheon Co., GenRad and MITRE Corp. He received the Electri cal Engineering Students’ Award for Outstanding Teaching and, in 1993, the WPI Trustee’s Award forOutstanding Teaching. Granted tenure were: Peter L. Levin, of Worcester, MA, associate professor o f electrical and computerengineering. Originally from Silver Spring, Md., Levin earned a B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engi neering at Carnegie Mellon Universi ty, then spent six months as a DAAD Visiting Scientist at the Technical Uni versity of Munich. He joined the WPI faculty in 1988. In 1989 he founded the Computational Fields Laboratory, which serves as a resource for under graduate and graduate projects in nu merical analysis of electromagnetic systems and phenomena. In 1990 Levin received W PI’s Joseph Samuel Satin Continued to page 3

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tuesday , March 22, 1994

Volume Twenty-two , Number Eight

BACCHUS and WPI Dining Services prepare breakfast for 1,000 by Jo h n Pelliccio President, WPI BACCH U S Never underestimate the advertis ing potential of free food. BACCHUS and WPI Dining ser vices learned this lesson on the evening of March I, smack in the middle of Cterm finals week. It was on this date that the Up All Night program, put on indefinite hiatus a while back, was revived with a bang. Originally planned as a study break for the students living near the Mor gan Commons area. Up All Night was SUPPOSED to have a maximum at tendance of 300 people or so. Food was ordered, informational placemats were designed by the able-bodied BACCHUS staff, and an entry form for the Geo Tracker giveaway were made ready. At 9:00 pm, the doors to

DAKA were opened. Half an hour later, the 250th person walked through the doors. Our careful preparations lasted m aybe forty-five m inutes. Much to our surprise, when the event ended at I l :00 pm, one thousand and nine members of the WPI community had showed up to hang out and have some breakfast. About 800 of the attendees filled out the safe spring break pledges and registered to win the Geo Tracker. And we thank each and every one of you. You see, this is the kind of program that BACCHUS strives to bring to the WPI campus. By the way, BACCHUS is an acronym for ‘Boosting Alcohol Consciousness Concerning the Health of University Students’. Whether it be providing mocktails for coffee house shows or setting up full-blown building parties in the residence halls.

the goal of BACCHUS is to provide healthy alternative prrf£rar<rniiig for the WPI community. Loosely trans lated, we want to show that you can have a pretty decent time without us ing alcohol and other drugs. Caffeine and aspirin (both consumed in ridicu lous quantities during finals week anyway) don’t count. WPI BACCHUS is not a single group; rather, it’s one of over 600 national chapters of the BACCHUS/ GAMMA peer education network. Together, these chapters comprise the largest collegiate student organiza tion in the WORLD, with over 23,000 members in more countries than we can count. Twenty-three thousand is just a round number. More people join BACCHUS every day. ‘U h-oh’,you say. ‘Here comes the membership

Students named 1994 Pfizer Fellows courtesy o f WPI News Service Two WPI students have been named 1994 Pfizer Undergraduate Summer Research Fellows. Jeremy Little of Thomaston, Maine, and Kevin Shea of Vernon, Connecticut, will each re ceive $3,500 for full-time, indepen dent summer research in chemistry; $1,500 will be given to the principal investigators in the WPI Chemistry Department for supplies and equip ment to support the students’ research. Pfizer Inc. is a diversified, researchbased health care company with busi nesses in pharmaceuticals, hospital products, consumer products, animal health, specialty chemicals and spe cialty minerals. Each Pfizer fellow spends 10 weeks working on campus with a faculty mentor. In the fall the students present their results at Pfizer Central Research in Groton, Conn. The fellowships were established

four years ago after James P. Dittami, associate professor of chemistry, ap proached Dr. Charles Harbert. Pfizer’s executive director o f medicinal chem istry research, to request funding for one or more students for undergradu ate summer research. The first stu dent to receive the fellowship was Steven J. Rigatti o f Enfield, Conn., who studied natural products synthe sis and organic photochemistry in Dittami’s laboratory. This work was published in Tetrahedron Letters, an international journal for the rapid com munication o f preliminary results in organic chemsitry. Rigatti, a chemis try major who graduated in 1991, at tends the University of Connecticut Medical School. Three years ago, Pfizer expanded the program to include other schools and the program now serves ^ c o lle g es and universities. “Our company has ongoing programs with local school

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systems and we provide fellowships and research grants for graduate stu dents,” says Dr. John F. Niblack, pres ident of Pfizer Central Research. “What makes this program unique is that it specifically targets undergraduates.” “It is our responsibility to contribute to the education o f future scientists,” adds Hebert. “We hope this opportunity will encourage these students’ interest in science and in the exciting and inter esting careers science offers.” Little and Shea are juniors major ing in chemistry. Little will work with chemistry Professor Stephen J. Weininger on electron transfer pro cesses in polycyclic aromatic com pounds. Shea will work with Dittami on approaches to the synthesis of Huperzine analogs. Huperzine, a drug from herbs, has been widely used in China forthe treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and myasthenia gravis.

pitch.’ Well, you’re right. If you would like to travel io exotic lands (Conferences in Florida and Missou ri), meet interesting people, try your hand at mixing exotic beverages (like the bright green drink featured at last Thursday’s Coffee Cave show), or just want to see what the organization is about, then stop by a meeting. BACCHUS meetings are at 7 pm ev ery Wednesday in Salisbury 104. Or just let your fingers do the walking and call the Healthy Alternatives Of fice at 831-5800. W e’d love to chat with you. This article wouldn’t be complete

without the typical gushy, effusive thank you speech. So here goes: Many thanks to WPI Dining Services for providing all the great food, and do ing so with courtesy and professional ism even when the lines stretched out thedoor. Thankstoall the BACCHUS members who were involved in the planning and execution of the pro gram. Thanks to campus police for keeping an eye on the whole event. And lastly, thanks to everyone who stayed Up All Night with us. Break fast was a blast.... let’s do lunch some time!

Tuition increase announced courtesy o f WPI News Service W PI’s Board of Trustees has an nounced a five percent increase for undergraduate tuition and room and board for 1994-95. Tuition and fees will be $16,060. A typical residential student’s cost for tuition, fees, room and board will be $22,860. WPI President Jon C. Strauss, in a letter to parents of WPI students, noted that WPI has held the line on costs and cut expenses wherever possible to min imize the need for tuition increases. “We have increased expenses only to continue to offer our first-rate faculty competitive compensation and to make the kinds of improvements to our pro grams that will assure that WPI re mains an outstanding and distinctive technological university,” he said. Strauss also observed that tuition revenue enables WPI to offer financial aid to students who otherwise might not be able to benefit from a WPI education. About 80 percent of the undergraduates receive financial aid. “Next year, we will make available from all sources more than $ 18 million in scholarship aid,” he said. The an

nounced tuition for the coming aca demic year is some 10 percent lower than those of comparative private insti tutions, the letter stated. Despite the price restraint and the financial pressures of recent years, the WPI faculty and students have contin ued to build upon an excellent record of achievement, Strauss said. The let ter reminded readers of some of the accomplishments of the last 12 months. These were: a No. 1 ranking among comprehensive institutions in the North by U.S. News & World Report', a new campus master plan helping in the plan ning for a campus center and for solu tions to the parking needs; the an nouncement o f a major renovation and expansion of Higgins Laboratories that will give the mechanical engineering department the resources it needs to build an innovative, 21st century cur riculum; the new Entrepreneurs Col laborative, giving students the skills they need to be entrepreneurs; and ex panded Career Development Center services. The graduate tuition charge was also increased by five percent to $532 per credit hour.

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IN THE NEWS North Korea Blocks Nuclear Inspection Team The United States negotiations with North Korea will not take place because of North Ko rea’s obstruction of an international nuclear in spection team. North Korea blocked the team by not allowing them to conduct tests that would determine whether or not the country has been siphoning off plutonium for nuclear weapons. The UN may now impose sanctions against the hostile regime, and there is also the possibility of a confrontation. Western Intelligence believes that North Korea has collected enough weapons grade plutonium to construct two to three crude devices.

ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS!!! Academic Committee Representative Positions for the 1994-1995 year are open for the following committees:

Russians Host Croat-Serb Talks

by Eric Craft, Associate Editor and Jennx Yambert, Newspeak Staff International News Negotiations on the Gaza Strip Israeli Prime Minister Rabin has, together with President Clinton, asked Chairman Arafat to resume negotiations on Palestinian self-rule in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank. The PLO has demanded that Israel meet three de mands before it allows talks to resume. They want the introduction of an international pres ence in occupied territories, the removal of approximately 450 Jewish settlers from Hebron, and the establishment of a Palestinian police force to control security in Hebron. Rabin refuses to make any of these concessions out side of negotiations in fear that the PLO would simply make more demands. Israeli officials are willing to discuss an international presence as part of continued talks, but not before. Rabin feels that the demand for the removal of the settlers is unjustified because of a previous agreement that they will be allowed to remain during the interim period before self-rule is fully established. He has also expressed his view that a Palestinian police force will devel op along with the other responsibilities of selfrule, and that until then the occupied territories must remain under Israel’s protection. Rabin hopes that the PLO will return to negotiations so that by spring or summer the Gaza Strip and the West Bank will be well on their way to wards efficient self-rule.

On March 16. the Serbs and Croats agreed to have peace talks in Russia to settle the 19 9 1 war in former Yugoslavia. These talks are scheduled to be held in the Russian Embassy in Zagreb on March 22. After more than 200,(XX) deaths in the two year Bosnian conflict, both the US and Rus sia are struggling to ensure a peaceful end to the killings. On March 18, the Bosnian Muslims and Croats will sign another peace treaty concerning a US backed federation. The two major forces in the peace settlement, Russia and the US, are approaching the peace from two different sides. The US is trying to promote peace between the Muslims and Croats while Russia is trying to foster peace between the Serbs and the Croats and the Serbs and the Muslims. National News Occidental Chemical Corp. Ruling A 14 year long court case ended last week when Judge John T. Curtin ruled that Occidental Chemical Corp. will not have to pay punitive damages for toxic waste that was dumped in New York’s Love Canal decades ago. The waste was dumped over the period of a decade from 194252 by HookerChemical and Plastics Corp. which was then taken over by Occidental. Occidental Chemical Corp had been given the responsibility to clean up toxic leaks that have occured in the site, at an estimated $325 million. Judge Curtin ruled that Occidental could not be held responsi ble for damages because New York failed to prove that Hooker’s dumping conduct was “will ful, wanton and in reckless disregard for the safety of others.”

Committee on Academic Operations Committee on Academic Policy Committee on Student Advising Faculty Awards Committee Applications for appointment are now available in the SGA office. There will be an informational meeting on March 24th in Gom pei’s Function Room at noon for all interested students. W O R C E S T E R P O L Y T E C H N IC IN S T IT U T E

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Plant’s services save university estimated $1.5 million courtesy o f WPI News Service “Since creating the Asset Manager/Adminis trative Service Officer position at WPI a little more than a year ago, we estimate that Clarence Plant has saved the Institute about $1.5 mil lion," notes Robert W. Gailey, WPI Vice Pres ident for Business Affairs and Treasurer. The program started in earnest when Gailey asked about the potential availability o f excess equipment with the downsizing of the military and corporate worlds. “Clarence took it upon himself to learn all there was to learn about how WPI could obtain this excess equipment," says Gailey. “ He has succeeded beyond imag ination." No longer do schools and universities have to do without necessary equipment, says the NASA Supply and Equipment Management Office in an article titled “Stretching Your Education Budget Dollars.” Cost-conscious educational organizations can save millions of taxpayer dollars and improve their programs by acquiring and using surplus federal proper ty. During fiscal year 1992, eligible donees acquired more than $486 million of surplus federal property. In that same year there was $9.7 billion government surplus property avail able. With the downsizing of the military and industry, more than $100 billion of excess property is projected for the next five years. A recent article in the Chronicle o f Higher Education recounts that under these special federal programs, colleges, especially those involved in research, have been obtaining equipment, much of it new from the military. It’s a boon for colleges and California State University at Pomona has received equipment valued at more than $1 million since May. How does the system work? All govern ment sponsored research grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts establish access to equipment needed to fulfil I these grants, agree ments and contracts. Each morning at 6:30 Plant accesses the Federal Information Ex change via computer and searches federal agen cies for equipment that can be used by WPI faculty. If a potential item appears on the screen. Plant places a freeze on it and calls the WPI faculty member who could use it in his or her work. He gives the WPI faculty member

the name and phone number of the former user, who can be called to discuss the equipm ent’s former uses and condition. The faculty mem ber calls Plant and within a few hours the necessary paperwork is faxed, coordinated through the necessary agencies, and approved for a pickup at a prearranged time. The excess is both new and used property. "The excess includes hand tools, machine tools, computers, office supplies, furniture, and in dustrial and scientific equipment," says Plant. “There is substantial equipment available for those taking the time to access the system.” Last month Plant identified fourteen new iso lation table units available from NASA in Maryland. “These were valued at $70,000 and useful in holographic studies and laser tech nology research here at W PI,” he notes. Other useful items Plant identified and brought to WPI included new electrical component parts and equipment previously located at Raytheon which the Electrical and Computer Engineer ing Department will utilize. The value of these items was more than $550,000. How did Plant learn how to perform this job? He took Government Service Adminis tration (GSA) courses and completed training

for his Associations certificates. And he con tinues to learn through monthly meetings with other property and asset managers. “Through a combination of attending sem inars and courses, networking with other asset managers throughout New England and the entire U.S., and hard work, Clarence has locat ed usable and needed equipment and furniture for the Institute.” Plant looks at his job as a combination of duties: inventory and control of school prop erty, identifying needed equipment with the faculty and bringing it to campus. “ In the last six months I’ve spent 42 days on the road picking up identified equipment,” he says. “We save money by picking it up ourselves.” Plant considers his job a job of serving. “I’m service-oriented and consider it a privilege to be here at WPI,” he says. “In all I do I remember that I'm an ambassador for WPI.” Plant also helps with minority students at WPI, giving them encouragement when they need it. His house is a frequent location for meetings, barbecues and a friendly smile. T oday’s stu dents are tomorrow’s leaders and Clarence Plant wants to be a part of that leadership training.

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WPI Asset Manager Clarence Plant prepares for yet another day on the job.

Provost Apelian receives Albert Sauveur Award courtesy o f WPI News Service Diran Apelian, Provost and Howmet Pro fessor of Engineering at WPI, will be the recipient of the 1994 Albert Sauveur Achieve ment Award presented at the Philadelphia“Liberty Bell” ASM International chapter meeting on March 17. The Albert Sauveur Award is presented annually by the Philadelphia chapter of ASM International in recognition of dedicated ser vice to the society in pioneering materials science and materials engineering achieve ments and knowledge. The award, established in 1934, is named in honor of Dr. Albert Sauveur. Provost Apelian will also deliver an address titled “Megatrends in the World of Materials The Societal Implications and Challenges.” He is expected to discuss how America, in the midst of a paradigm shift from military su

premacy to economic competitiveness, is - in the words of Lester Thoreau - in a “head to head” economic battle. A megatrend view of the materials world in this new paradigm will be reviewed and discussed. Specifically, com mercial sectors such as environmental, bio medical/medical, infrastructure, transportation, housing, clothing etc. will be examined. Apelian, provost of WPI since 1990, is known for his pioneering work in various areas of solidification processing, molten metal pro cessing, infiltration of metals, aluminum found ry engineering, plasma disposition and most recently, spray casting/forming. He received his B.S. degree in metallurgical engineering from Drexel University and his doctorate in materials science and engineering from MIT. After graduating from MIT he joined Bethlehem Steels' Homer Research Lab oratories. He joined Drexel University in 1976 and held positions of professor, head of the

department of materials engineering, associate dean of the college of engineering and subse quently, vice provost. Apelian’s research is funded by federal agencies, industrial associa tions and U.S. industries. He was awarded the Howard Taylor Gold Medal in 1987 by AFS and the Howe Medal for the best paper in Metallurgical Transactions byA IM E in 1990. At the AIME annual m eet ing in 1992 he received the Champion H. Mathewson Gold Medal for his contributions to the literature. He has over 200 publications to his credit and four volumes which he has co edited.

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Tenure awards and promotions announced Continued from page I Distinguished Fellowship and in I99l he and another faculty member were named Presidential Young Investigators by the National Science Foundation. Two years ago he was honored as

WPI’s First Institute Associate Professor for his research and teaching interests. As recently selected Humboldt Research Fellow, Levin will spend one year in Germany at the University of Darmstadt's Institute for Mechanical Engineer ing, where he will work with Peter Hagedom, a

GAMMA increases awareness of alcohol on campus by Kevin Petrini Class o f '94 The GAMMA organization (Greeks Advo cating Mature Management of Alcohol) found ed a new chapter on WPI's campus just last month. On February 10, 1994, about 35 greeks representing all 12 fraternities and 2 sororities came together to help our campus become more aware of the use and abuse of alcohol. The large attendance started the organization off on the right foot, as did the presence of the advisors , Mary Cox, the Healthy Alternatives Director, and Ellen Servetnick, Associate Dean of Stu dents. The organization was founded because of student concern for their well-being during their four years in college. No one wants to see a friend hurt, especially if it could be prevented. The first event involved a live band (Jive Lama) in the Wedge on the Tuesday of finals week so people could relax, de-stress for a few hours, and get some food. GAMMA has plans to host a campus-wide party in the future. An other activity which GAMMA is involved in is the “ Battle of the Colleges”, which is an all-day

competition between Clark, Holy Cross, and WPI. GAMMA realizes that they arc not just a bunch of students who think they know it all about alcohol. They feel that people should be more aware of their environment, which at col lege includes alcohol. Their goals are not only to educate students about alcohol, but to also give students a healthy alternative. GAMMA is trying not only to advocate mature drinking within the Greek system, but to involve the entire school. Their aim is not to lecture, but rather make people aware. Everyone knows the danger of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, but these problems multiply when a person has been drinking and his judgment is impaired. The organization hopes to reduce alcohol relat ed risks facing the students of WPI through education. Since GAMMA is a nationally recognized organization, the group will have access to many ideas and activities. This program has worked on numerous other campuses across the country.

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professor at Darmstadt and a world-renowned expert in solid mechanics and dynamics. Robert P. l.ipton of Worcester, MA, associ ate professor of mathematical sciences. A native of Denver, Colo., Liplon earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Colorado and his master’s and doctorate at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and was a postdoctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor at Cornell University’s Mathematical Sciences Institute. From 1988 to 199() he was the Charles B. Morrey Jr. Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Ber keley. Hejoined the WPI faculty in 1990. Lipton’s research and teaching focuses on partial differen tial equations, shape optimization, composite materials and homogenizations. He has pub lished numerous papers and given many presen tations in the United States and abroad. Within the last year he has delivered invited addresses and participated in conferences in Portugal, Den mark and Poland. Michael J. Radzicki of Worcester, MA, asso ciate professor of social science and policy stud ies. A native of Sheboygan, Wis., Radzicki earned a bachelor’s degree at St. Norbert College and a master’s and doctorate at the University of Notre Dame. His research and teaching interests are in macroeconomics, development econom ics, systems dynamic computer simulation mod eling and economic methodology. He is vice president of the System Dynamics Society and serves on the editorial board of System Dynamics Review and The Journal o f Economic Issues. Christopher H. Sotak of Jefferson, MA, associate professor of biomedical engineering. Sotak, who is originally from Denver, CO, received a B.A. from an M.A. from the Univer sity of Northern Colorado and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University. His research and teaching interests are in nuclear magnetic resonance spec troscopy and imaging and biology and medi cine, nonmedical applications of high-resolution NMR imaging and hardware and software aspects of NMR instrumentation. He recently received an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association. Beginning in July 1994, WPI will receive $45,000 per year for five years, plus a project grant, in support of Sotak’s research on “Evaluation of Multiple Therapies in an Animal Stroke Model Using Diffusion and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging.” Promoted were: Holly K. Ault of Northboro, MA, to associ ate professor of mechanical engineering. Ault received her bachelor’s master’s and doctoral degrees from WPI. A member of the faculty since 1988, Ault is director of the CAD Labora tory. Her research and teaching interests focus on mechanical applications in CAD, computeraided geometric design, computer graphics, design theory, kinematics and rehabilitation en gineering. Ault received a Research Initiation Award from the National Science Foundation for “ Design and Manufacture of Cams Using Rational Curves” and has served on several NSF panels for programs in Rehabilitation En gineering and Design. Robert E. Connors of Worcester, MA, to professor of chemistry. Connors received his bachelor’sdegree in chemistry from the Univer sity of Massachusetts Amherst and his doctor ate in chemistry from Northeastern University. He has been a member of the faculty since 1976. Connors’ research and teaching interests are in

physical chemistry, electronic spectroscopy, photophysics, luminescence, photochemistry, photobiology and molecular modeling. Wesley T . Mott o f Oak Bluffs, MA, to professor of English. A native of Foxboro, MA, Mott earned an A.B., A.M. and Ph.D. at Boston University and joined the WPI faculty in 1987. His research and teaching interests focus on American literature, especially Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. In 1993 he received the Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Creative Scholarship. Mott is the author of “The Strains o f Eloquence:" Emerson and His Sermons (published by Penn State Press), and the editor of The Complete Sermons o f Waldo Emerson (University of Missouri Press). He is the founder o f Ralph Waldo Emerson Society and publishes its newsletter, Emerson Society Papers, at WPI, and was recently named to the Editorial Advisory Board of The Concord Saunterer, the journal of the 1,800-member Thoreau Society. Mohammad N. Noori of West Boylston, MA, to professor of mechanical engineering. Noori, who has been head of the Mechanical Engineering Department since 1991, is a native of Iran. He holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University o f Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, an M.S. in structural engineering from Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D. with specialty in engineering mechanics from the University of Virginia. Noori joined the faculty in 1984 as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and was promoted to associate professor of mechanical engineering in 1991. N oori’s research is in the areas of stochastic mechanics, nonlinear random vibra tions and solid mechanics. He has published more than 50 technical papers in these areas and has presented numerous invited lectures at pres tigious national and international technical meet ings. He is internationally recognized for his work in the area of random vibration of hysteretic systems. Noori is also actively involved in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He was president of the Worcester section for two years and presently chairs the Professional Development Committee and is a member of the Operating Board for ASM E’s New England Region. W. G ra n t McGimpsey of Worcester, MA, to associate professor of chemistry. McGimpsey, originally from St. Catherines, Ontario, received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Brock University and his doctorate from Queens Uni versity, Kingston, Ontario. He has been a mem ber of the WPI faculty since 1989. In 1993 McGimpsey was named the Leonard P. Kinnicutt Professor. The three-year appointment is given to encourage younger faculty in their profes sional development. McGimpsey’s research and teaching interests are in photochemistry, multiphoton chemistry, upper excited states, laser-flash photolysis, photoacids and photo chemical cancer therapies. Satya Shivkumar o f Worcester, MA, to associate professor of mechanical engineering. A faculty member since 1990, Shivkumar, a native of India, earned a B.S. in metallurgical engineering at the Regional Engineering Col lege in India, an M.S. in mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute o f Technology, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in materials engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. His research focuses on biomedical materials, polymer life time and degradation, materials processing, structure-property relationships, solidification and casting.

WPI fraternity receives academic award The colony of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity at WPI received the Academic Achievement Award during the Fraternity’s regional leader ship conference held in Philadelphia last week. The Academic Achievement Award is pre sented annually to Lambda Chi Alpha chapters and colonies that have among the highest fra ternity grade point averages on their respective campuses. An award-winning chapter or col ony also must have an overall grade point

average above the school’s all-m en’s average. The Lambda Chi Alpha colony at WPI ranked first academically among the fraternity chapters on campus. Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity is one o f the largest men’s general fraternities with 222 chapters and colonies throughout the United States and Canada, and more then 208,000 initiated members.

Portions of Holden land to be sold courtesy o f WPI This Week Approximately 120 acres of land in Holden, owned by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, will be sold toCB Blair Builders of Rutland, Mass., a commercial developer, for an estimated $2.2 million. The land, zoned for single family homes with an estimated 20,000 square feet of land on each lot, has been owned by WPI since 1893. Portions of the land had been used as a hydraulics research laboratory over the years. Alden Research Laboratory, incorporated in 1986, occupies approximately 27 acres o f land on Shrewsbury Street. The rest of the land is undeveloped woodland. The Alden Research Laboratory and its 27 acres are not affected.

In 1988 WPI proposed that 134 acres of the 225 total acreage be rezoned and developed into a business/campus (research park) dis trict. The proposal was defeated by Holden’s town meeting. Later the MDC purchased 55 acres ajoining the Alden Research Laboratory. During the I (M) years WPI has owned the land, no income has been realized from this land except for hydraulic research activity. “ WPI cannot allow such a valuable asset to lie dor mant in this period of austere funding,” says Robert Gailey, WPI Vice President for Busi ness Affairs. Also, since the land had been divided intoresidential lots more than $ 156,000 in real estate taxes have been paid to the town of Holden.

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Native women film series to be shown at Clark University The New England Native American Institute plans to present a film series on six consecutive Wednesday evenings from 23 March to 27 April 1994, at Clark University. All films will be shown in the Jefferson Academic Center, Room 218. Discus sion and coffee will follow each film. The six awardwinning films arc available for rent from the National Film Board of Canada, and are either produced and/ or directed by women. The first four films comprise the series “Daughters of the Country,” and focus on four women of Native descent. Each film concerns a woman from a different historical period (1770, 1850,1929,1980) and from a different geographical area, and all concern Native American women as victims of social and racial discrimination. The following descriptions are from the National Film Board of Canada Flyer.

a/C : “A remote area of North America, 1770. IC, an Indian girl, is given to an ambitious Scot as part of a trade agreement. But the pain of her husband’s insensitivity to the ways of her people drives her to leave him. When a smallpox epidemic ravages her village, IC puts her hopes in her one surviving child, a daughter, sending her to safety and the future she herself will never see.” b. Mistress Madeleine: “ 1850: The fur trade era. As the wife of a Hudson’s Bay Company clerk, Madeleine is happy. She is half Native American and, as was the country’s custom, lives with McKay in a common-law union. When the company offers McKay a promotion providing he enter into a sanc tified marriage with a white woman, he deserts Madeleine and their two children. Heartbroken and shamed, she must come to terms with the prejudice

that has shattered her world and re-establish her dignity as a person.” c. Places Not Our Own: “It is 1929, the preDepression era in North America. Drought has forced the Lesperances to become intinerant. Al though they are relegated to live as squatters on a town’s outskirts, Rose has high hopes of freeing her children from a dismal socio-economic situation. But her family is half Native American, part of an undesirable minority. When the promising 14 year old Flora is refused enrollment in school, the girl acts outheranger. Rose’sspiritrefusestobecrushed. She will find a place to make a new start and try again.” d. The Wake: “Intelligent and attractive, Joan is a typical single parent of the 1980’s. Butherpeopleare American Indian, considered inferior by the white townspeople. There are frequent clashes between

Worcester Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual films begin April 1 The Second Annual Worcester Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Film Festival begins Friday, April l and runs each Friday night through April 22 at Clark University. A diverse selection of feature films and entertaining shorts will be screened. Admission to each show, which includes a fea ture film and a short, is $5.00. All interested film connoisseurs are welcome. On April l the feature Thank God I'm a Lesbian will be shown with short Rules o f the Road. Thank God I'm a Lesbian is an uplifting, entertaining documentary about the diversity of lesbian identities. Rules o f the Road tells the story of a lesbian love affair and its demise. T wo shows will be held in Atwood Hall, Clark University at 7:00pm and 9:00pm. On April 8, the second feature. For a Lost Soldier, will be shown. This touching, romantic and human love story is set in Holland during WWII. The autobiographical plot features the relationship between a Dutch youth and a young Canadian soldier. The accompanying short film will be Bruce Weber’s well known Backyard Movie. Mixing old home movies with character istically cheeky footage of frolicking dogs and naked men on trampolines. Weber evokes ado lescence in all its gawky glory. Shows will be screened in Atwood in Atwood Hall, Clark Uni versity at 7:00pm and 9:00pm. The feature Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories o f Lesbian Lives and short Bar Jeder Frau will be screened on April 15. Compelling, often

hilarious, and always rebellious, the ten women interviewed in Forbidden Love point a portrait of lesbian sexuality and survival during the sexual dark ages of the 1950’s and 60’s. The German short. Bar Jeder Frau (loosely translated as “The Bad Girl Bar”) depicts the lesbian bar scene what it is like and how you are “supposed to” behave. Showings of this set will be held in Atwood Hall, Clark University, at 7:00pm and 9:00pm. The April 22 feature is The Wedding Banquet. This comedy, a smash on the film festival circuit, is the set in New York City, and is the story of a gaycouple’sattempttofooltheChinesepartner’s

parents with a mock wedding. The accompany ing short film, The Dead Boys Club, is the story of a young man coming out in a world haunted by the presence of an entire generation of men that, because of AIDS, is a generation he can mostly only imagine. These films will be screened in, Jefferson Hall, Room 218, Clark University at 7:00pm and 9:30pm. Film lovers from all walks of life are encour aged to attend Worcester’s 2nd Annual Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Film Festival. The features have been carefully selected for quality and inter est to all, and the Festival aspires to foster a sense of community and pride in Worcester.

Eclipsed at Forum Theater by Eric Craft Associate Editor “Eclipsed” by Patricia Burke Brogan is a play of suffering and hope. Six penitent women and two nuns describe a time when unwed mothers were outcasts from society. The unwed mothers are housed in a convent where they are forced to work as laundresses and dream of the freedom outside. Long, grueling days define these women’s existence as they grudgingly perform their tasks. Throughout the play the women imagine what life could be like outside the convent walls. Each actress has her own picture of the what the world outside is all about. One nun sympathizes with

the plight of these penitent women; this is Sister Virginia, played by Jeanine White. Sister Virgin ia allows many “forbidden” actions to occur, such as Nellie Nora (Maggie O ’Sullivan) smoking, and the other women to act out fantasies of the real world. This play allows the audience to look back at a time in Irish history (1963) when unwed moth ers were truly outcasts from society. The play was executed flawlessly, with biting realism and black comedy. The play will be showing at Forum Theater, 6 Chatham St., through March 27. Tickets are $7 the night of the show with a student ID. The play is a wonderful experience, with afresh look at society's treatment of sinners.

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Colleges of Worcester hold annual Career Fair courtesy o f Worcester Consortium fo r H igher Education The Colleges of Worcester arc holding their annual Career Fair on Wednesday, March 23, 1994 at the College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Campus Center Ball Room from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm (Snow dale will be Thursday, March 24th.) Full time positions, part lime positions, internship opportunities and summer employment opportunities will be available. Forty-six companies have registered to date. They will include: Arcturus Pharmaceutical Corporation Beaumont Nursing-Weslborough and Northbridge Ceimic Corporation Collegiate Advantage Commerce Insurance Company Commonwealth Financial Group Commonwealth Gas Company Dana Farber Cancer Institute Foot Action USA Harvard Community Health Plan I.O.F. Foresters IDS Financial Services John Hancock (Boston) John Hancock Financial Services (Leominster) John Hancock Financial Services (Westborough) Kaplan Educational Center Keyport Life Insurance Company MA Department of Employment & Training MA Society of Certified Public Accountants McDonalds Corporation Metropolitan Life (Auburn, MA) Metropolitan Life (Longmeadow, MA) Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company New England Center for Autism New England Electric Company New England Medical Center Newpro, Inc. North Adams Regional Hospital North Shore Medical Center Northwestern Mutual Life Pagenet, Paging Network of MA, Inc. Papa G ino’s, Inc. Park Terrace Nursing & Rehabilitation Perkins School for the Blind Pre-Owned Electronics, Inc. Prudential Insurance Company Rent-A-Center, Inc. TSI Mason Laboratories Tufts University United States Army Recruition Stations United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United State Navy Recruiting District, New England University of MA Medical Center Val-Pak Direct Marketing Systems Vista Students interested in more information about the participating companies areencouraged to contact their career services office or the office of the W orcester Consortium for Higher Education. Contact: Barbara Guthrie, Worcester Consortium for Higher Education, (508) 754-6829.

Worcester County Alumni Club hosts wine tasting social courtesy o f WPI This Week The Worcester County Alumni Club invites members of the WPI community to a WineTasting Social. The event will be held from 7:00 to I0:()0pm on Friday, March 25, in Higgins House Library. The event, co-hosted by the WPI WineTasting Club, is sponsored by LaVigna’s, a

Class of ’39 lecture to be given on system dynamics courtesy o f WPI This Week Jay W. Forrester, creator of the field of system dynamics, will deliver the Class of 1939 Lecture, “System Dynamics Model and Its Forecasts for the Future,” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. March 22, in Perreault Hall. Admis sion is free. Forrester is the Germeshausen Professor of Management Emeritus at MIT. The Class of 1939 established the lecture series at its 40th Reunion. Its purpose is to explore the results of government intervcnlion in private affairs and in the free market exchange o f goods and services; demonstrate the advantages of limit ed government and the dangers of unrestrained government power; and promote the philoso phy of freedom and liberty. Previous speakers have included commentator William Buckley, former General Motors CEO Robert Stempel, and futurist Herman Kahn.

specialty shop at 102 Grove St., Worcester. John Draper, chief executive officer of M.R.R. Trader, a Massachusetts-based distributor of wines from all over the world, will discuss the wines of Sicily. Guests will sample a variety of wines from this region, then enjoy coffee and desert. The cost is $9 per person, $15 per couple. For reservations, call the Alumni O f fice at ext. 5600 before March 23.

Doctoral degree recipients eligible for DOE research fellowships Recent recipients of doctoral degrees in the physical sciences, computer sciences, and en gineering are eligible for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Distinguished Postdoctoral Re search Program, sponsored by the Office of University and Science Education Programs. Each fellowship is served for one year and is renewable for up to two additional years. The first-year stipend is $52,800 with limited reimbursements for inbound travel and mov ing expenses. Fellows are also eligible for limited reimbursements to cover medical in surance, and travel expenses for up to three domestic scientific meetings each year of their fellowships. Up to ten fellowships will be awarded this year. The fellowships are designed to provide outstanding scientists and engineers with op portunities for research, education, and train ing, as well as to increase the pool of experi enced researchers from which government, universities, and industries can draw to sup port the DOE mission. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or perma nent resident aliens and must have received their doctoral degrees after December 3 1 ,1991, or expect to complete all requirements for their degrees prior to starting their appointments. Starting dates must be between January 3 and March 31, 1995. Applications will be consid ered without regard to race, religion, sex, col or, age physical or mental disability, national origin, or status as a disabled veteran or veter an of the Vietnam era. The deadline for appli cations is July 1, 1994, and the announcement of awards will be made in October 1994. Participating laboratories include Ames Lab o rato ry , A rgonne N ational L ab o rato ry , Brookhaven National Laboratory, Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Fermi National Accelerator Facility, Idaho National

Engineering Laboratory, Lawrence Berkely Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Princeton Plasma Physics Labo ratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Savan nah River Technology Center, and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The DOE Distinguished Postdoctoral Re search Program is administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) in Oak Ridge, Tenn. ORISE manag es several other postdoctoral programs for DOE, in c lu d in g the A le x a n d e r H o lla en d e r Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in life, bio medical, and environmental sciences, the Glo bal Change Distinguished Postdoctoral Fel lowships, and the Human Genome Distin guished Postdoctoral Fellowships. For more information or to receive applica tion materials for any of the postdoctoral pro grams, write to Postgraduate Programs, Sci ence/Engineering Education Division, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37831-0117, or call (615) 576-9934. The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) was established by the U.S. Department of Energy to undertake na tional and international programs in science and engineering education, training and man agement systems, energy and environment systems, and medical sciences. ORISE and its programs are operated by Oak Ridge Associat ed Universities (ORAU) through a manage ment and operating contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. Established in 1946, ORAU is a consortium of 82 colleges and universities.

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Maps available on CD-ROM by Don Richardson Gordon Library S ta ff Gordon Library has two new CD-ROM da tabases available in the library’s Reference Department. “Street Atlas USA” allows you to search for and display a map of any part of the United States, down to the level of a few city blocks. You can search by place name, zip code, or telephone area code and exchange. Within a city or town, you can locate specific streets. “Global Explorer” is a compulerized map of the globe, which, like “Street Atlas,” can be searched in varying levels of detail to locate specific places in the world. In addition to country, provincial, and slate maps, “Global

Explorer” includes detailed street maps for major cities of the world, as well as descrip tions of historical, cultural, and geographic features. Both programs run under Microsoft Win dows version 3.1. Maps can be exported to the Windows Clipboard and then printed or saved to diskette with the Windows Paintbrush pro gram. If you would like to try either “Street Atlas USA" or “Global Explorer,” please go to the Reference Desk, where one of the reference librarians can help you. During those times when the Reference Desk is not staffed, you can get the CD-ROM discs at the Circulation Desk.

Debris Jazz Quintet to play in Alden Hall M arch 26th, 1994 8:00pm

The Debris Jazz Quintet Spaulding Recital Hall B asem ent Level, Alden Hall WPI Jazz Ensemble will open. Tickets: $5, $2 for students at door.

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Programs planned to celebrate 25th anniversary of women at WPI All members of the WPI community are invited to “Women at WPI: Challenges and Achievements - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” The 25th anniversary of the enrollment of women at the Institute will be celebrated from 8:30am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 16, in Alden Memorial and Riley Commons. The cost is $ 15 per person. Checks, payable to WPI, should be sent to the Alumni Office. Registration and the continental breakfast in the Janet Earle Room will be followed at 9:00

am by a discussion featuring special guest John van Alstyne, retired dean of academic advising and professor of mathematics. Holly Ault '74, associate professor of mechanical engineering, Patricia Graham Flaherty ’75 and Karen and Susan Daly '94 will be the panelists for “Chal lenges and Achievements - What I Dared to Do." Helen Vassallo ’82, professor and head of the Management Department, will serve as moderator for the program, which will be held in Riley Commons.

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Library presents job seminar The Gordon Library Staff will present a seminar on Job Hunting on the Internet on Tuesday, March 22, at 5 pm. in the Gordon Library Seminar Room. We will be presenting a variety of places to look for job listings: using the Usenet, gopher, telnet, and the academic discussion groups.

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Build your dream house courtesy o f WPI This Week The WPI Board of Trustees has approved the sale of the In stitu te’s real estate on Wachusett, Chapel and Malden streets (with the exception of the land and buildings leased to the Alden Research Laboratory) in Holden, MA, to C.B. Blair Development Corp. Prior to the sale some of the lots will be offered to WPI employees for $23,500 - the price the university will be receiving from the developer. Purchasees will be responsible for

the cost o f testing and design for a sewage disposal system - not to exceed $3,000. Pur chase and sales agreements must be returned by April 8 and title must be transferred on or before June 30. L etters o u tlin in g the term s o f this o ffering have been sent to all em ployees. Representatives of Shawmut Bank will be available to discuss financing options for pur chasing a lot and/or building a house on Tues day, March 22, at 3:00 pm in the Forkey Conference Room.

Sunday River schedules legendary weekend What becomes a legend most? On April 9 & 10 at Sunday River in Newry, ME, the answer is “bum ps” when sixteen of the Founding Fa thers of Freestyle skiing anc^ up to 200 top amateur skiers take on the moguls and each other at the Fifth Annual Budweiser Legends of Freestyle/Bust n ’ Burn Competition. The Legends are freestyle skiing pioneers, including Wayne Wong and Scott Brooksbank, who successfully competed in the sport's early years and have set precedents and patterns today’s competitors emulate. Wong is a Japa nese Freestyle Champion, a winner of the Rocky

IS career night to be held The Bay State Chapter of the Association for Systems Management will host an Infor mation Systems (IS) Career Night on Thurs day, March 3 1st. It will be held at the LaCava Campus Center at Bentley College located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The IS Career Night will run from 7 - 9:00 pm. This is a free event for J uniors, Seniors and Graduate Students and there will be refreshments. Call Bob Norton at the Kleven Group, Inc. for reservations at (617) 861-1020. Bring your resume, meet important contacts and take a giant step forward in your IS career.

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English Conversation Partners welcome all When: Saturday, M arch 2 6 ,3 :0 0 - 4:30 pm What: The English Conversation Partners m onthly m eeting Get involved with W orcester’s M ulticultural com m unity. I f you like speaking with people from other countries, you should com e to our m eeting. Volunteers will learn about other cultures while helping people who have im m igrated to the W orcester area practice their English. At ou r m eeting, you can find a partner to meet with for weekly conversations. W here: Banx Room, W orcester Main Library, 1 Salem Square. Cost: Free For more information: Contact Ellen at 753-3271

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday March 22, 1994

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Programs planned to celebrate 25th anniversary of women at WPI All members of the WPI community arc invited to “ Women at WPI: Challenges and Achievements - Yesterday, Today and Tom or row.” The 25th anniversary of the enrollment of women at the Institute will be celebrated from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday, April 16, in Alden Memorial and Riley Commons. The cost is $ l 5 per person. Checks, payable to WPI. should be sent to the Alumni Office. Registration and the continental breakfast in the Janet Earle Room will be followed at 9:00

am by a discussion featuring special guest John van Alstyne, retired dean of academic advising and professor of mathematics. Holly Ault '74. associate professor of mechanical engineering, Patricia Graham Flaherty "75 and Karen and Susan Daly '94 will be the panelists for “Chal lenges and Achievements - What I Dared to Do." Helen Vassallo '82, professor and head of the Management Department, will serve as moderator for the program, which will beheld in Riley Commons.

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Alter a short break, the program will move to Alden M emorial’s Great Hall at 10:15 am for roundtable discussions on such topics as “ BreakingThrough the Glass C eiling,"“Wom e n s Issues at W PI," “Work and Family” and “ Financial Planning.” There will be a social break from 11:15 to noon in the Janet Earle Room, followed by a luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Keynote speaker is Jane Shaw, president

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president of policy; Ira Vaidya, vice president of activities and graduate life; Allen Martin, secretary. For more information about the GSO, write to gso@wpi or call ext. 5393.

Build your dream house courtesy o f WPI This Week The WPI Board of Trustees has approved the sale of the Institute’s real estate on Wachusett, Chapel and Malden streets (with the exception o f the land and buildings leased to the Alden Research Laboratory) in Holden, MA, to C.B. Blair Development Corp. Prior to the sale some of the lots will be offered to WPI employees for $23,500 - the price the university will be receiving from the developer. Purchasees will be responsible for

the cost of testing and design for a sewage disposal system - not to exceed $3,000. Pur chase and sales agreements must be returned by April 8 and title must be transferred on or before June 30. L etters o u tlin in g the term s o f this offering have been sent to all em ployees. Representatives of Shawmut Bank will be available to discuss financing options for pur chasing a lot and/or building a house on Tues day, March 22, at 3:00 pm in the Forkey Conference Room.

Sunday River schedules legendary weekend What becomes a legend most? On April 9 & 10 at Sunday River in Newry. ME, the answer is “bumps” when sixteen of the Founding Fa thers of Freestyle skiing and up to 200 top amateur skiers take on the moguls and each other at the Fifth Annual Budweiser Legends of Freestyle/Bust n' Burn Competition. The Legends are freestyle skiing pioneers, including Wayne Wong and Scott Brooksbank, w ho successfully competed in the sport’s early years and have set precedents and patterns today's competitors emulate. Wong is a Japa nese Freestyle Champion, a winner of the Rocky

IS career night to be held The Bay State Chapter of the Association for Systems Management will host an Infor mation Systems (IS) Career Night on Thurs day. March 31st. It will be held at the LaCava Campus Center at Bentley College located in Waltham, Massachusetts. The IS Career Night will run from 7 - 9:00 pm. This is a free event for Juniors, Seniors and Graduate Students and there will be refreshments. Call Bob Norton at the Kleven Group, Inc. for reservations at (617) 861-1020. Bring your resume, meet important contacts and take a giant step forward in your IS career.

Mountain Freestyle Classic, and is a three time winner of the World Powder 8 Champion ships. Brooksbank made his mark in the freestyle world with three Combined World freestyle Championship wins, a Grand Prix Mogul, Ballet and Aerial Championship win. and twelve appearances in Warren films. All Legends will kick-off the weekend's onhill events on Saturday morning with dem onstration runs on Sunday River's legend in its own right the White Heat trail. The field is open to all amateurs who want to vie for the Bust n ' Burn win Saturday after noon, when qualifying runs will be held to determine the top 32 to face-off in head to head competition on Sunday. On Saturday night, the best fireworks show of the season will blast-off above the White Cap Lodge, followed by a concert at Bumps Pub. The Bust n' Burn finalists will go for the win on Sunday, sharing the trail with the Legends when the two groups alternate runs. Top finishers from the best skiers from the Bud Mogul tour will also ski with the Legends on Sunday. Sunday River is offering a special life/lodg ing rate for the weekend. For only $138 per person per night based on maximum occupan cy, skiers can stay trailside and take advantage of great spring skiing, and the weekend of Legends.

English Conversation Partners welcome all When: Saturday, M arch 26, 3:00 - 4:30 pm What: The English C onversation Partners monthly meeting (jet involved with W orcester’s M ulticultural com m unity. If you like speaking with people from other countries, you should com e to our m eeting. Volunteers will learn about other cultures while helping people w ho have immigrated to the W orcester area practice their English. At our m eeting, you can find a partner to m eet with for weekly conversations. W here: Banx Room, W orcester Main Library, 1 Salem Square. Cost: Free For m ore inform ation: Contact Ellen at 753-3271

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday March 22,1994

EDITORIAL

Fun or not, get involved before it’s too late! D term is here. W hat does that m ean? That spring is here ? D te rm signifies the last term of this school year. For some that m eans the last term o f their first year at WPI. F or others, D term signifies the last term in their last year at W PI. D term is the last term before the su m m er when most students are not on c a m p u s and m ay never be again. A lot can happen in these next six weeks that can chang e the future o f WPI. It is very important to becom e involved in the events held this term because they may well becom e part o f W P I ’s traditions. T w o o f the activities scheduled for this term are T radi tions Day and Q uadfest. T raditions Day is a celebration o f the past, present, and future o f WPI. It is a day for students lo m e et alumni and hear about their WPI experiences from

years ago. Many events are held that day and ea ch one ties W P I’s history in with the present. Q uadfest is another celebration that involves different activities for all students. Last y e a r ’s events included a Twister com petition, velcro jum p ing, a concert, lots o f free food, and more. T his is a day where students can “hang ou t” on the quad with other students and ju st have fun together. S o m e o f the ev ents this te rm are not all fun. T here will be many m eetings to decide on the future o f WPI. Things such as: Will they pave H iggins lawn? Will they build a cam pus center? Will they fix the parking situation? Will they change the nam e? Will they wire the residence halls? There are m a n y issues that are pertinent to W P I ’s future and they

m ay or m ay not be decided on with our input. T hese decisions m ay be made w ithout student participation at the meetings. W hat would happen if students returned next year to find no m ore Higgins lawn but a big paved parking lot? Will the other issues ever be d ec ide d on? Will w e ever see a cam pus center? Do we as students want these decisions m ade for us during the su m m e r w hen we cannot co m m en t or add anything to the discussion? T h is is the last term before the summ er. T his is the last term to participate in this y e a r ’s activities like Traditions D ay, Q uadfest, and the m any m e e t ings before the summer. M ake this term the term you get involved.

COMMENTARY

Appalachia in Worcester leaves “feeling of disappointment” by Steven Sousa Class o f '94 Once again this spring, a group of WPI students gave up part o f their break to be a part of the Newman Club sponsored Appalachia in Worcester project. This is the project’s fourth year, and it looks to be an annual WPI tradition for many years to come. This year on March 15 and 16, we returned to Youville House, which had been one of our project sites last year. Youville House is a temporary shel ter for homeless families and battered women and theirchildren. It has space for 14 - 16 families w hoaregiven food, shelter, and clothing. However, it is much more than just a place to stay. They provide counseling and social services to all their guests, from stress management and nutrition, to a course for an individual to get a G.E.D. di ploma. They also assist families in seeking affordable, safe housing, and

work with landlords and housing ad vocates to ensure that more housing is available for those who need it. Once they have found a home for a family, they continue to provide services as needed for at least one year. The goal is for families who enter Youville House to become self-supporting, hopefully ending the cycle of poverty which homelessness can begin. This is precisely the type of center which I believe can truly make a d if ference in the lives of people, and I was pleased to hear that we would be returning this year. For all the go v ernment’s rhetoric about welfare re form and many others’ attempts to ignore the problem, Youville House is actually doing something about improving people’s lives. So on Wednesday, after about twenty other people and I finished two days of work, I returned to campus with the unmistakable feeling of... disappoint ment?

Honestly, I wasn’t surprised, as I had felt the same way last year as well. Last year, I split my two days between Youville House and an apart ment in a housing project. I spent both of those days painting walls that needed painting very badly, yet I won dered about the value of what l had done. The apartment I painted last year was absolutely filthy when we arrived, and the walls looked as if the last time they were washed was the last time they were painted. So, we washed and painted them. Still, I felt that I was really accomplishing noth ing. If the people who live there really cared about how the walls look, why had they let them get so dirty? By the time we finished with that place, it looked like a really nice place to live. I wonder how long that will last, and I wonder if that place will still look as nice a year later. This year, things went at least a little differently, as I only spent one

day painting. The other day I helped organize the clothes pantry. We found that basement a complete mess and left it with at least a little bit of orga nization. The highlight of that day for me was probably finding in a storage closet an old Mad Magazine Board game, which I was very tempted to steal, as I haven’t played that game in years. On that day I felt that I had done some good at least. But the second day we painted a few rooms downstairs. Perhaps I’ve been so spoiled by my “white bread middle class” upbringing that I under estimate the importance of nice fresh ly-painted walls. Nevertheless, I real ly didn’t feel that I made anyone’s life significantly better by applying a few coats of paint. Still, I knew that this was the job that the Youville House administrators asked us to do, so they must have felt that it was important to them, and they would know better than I. Try as I might, I still couldn’t

make m yself feel good about all that I did. Then the real reason I felt unful filled occured tome. Service toothers is not a thing you do, or a day you give, or a check you write. The spirit of giving is an attitude that drives a person to do these things, and once it is awakened, it can never be com pletely satisfied, in the same way that a lover is never completely satisfied with his knowledge of the object of his love. Giving up two days of my spring break was not my way of “fill ing my quota” of good deeds, for there is always more that can be done. Per haps the real lasting benefit of the Appalachia in Worcester project is the awareness it raises in each of us of the need to give of ourselves, as an attitu d e and not ju st as an o b lig a tion.

NEWS

Naval ROTC attends stress management lecture

Traditions Day planned for April 5 by Lisa Hastings Director o f Young A lum ni Pro grams The fourth annual Traditions Day sponsored by the Student Alumni So ciety will take place this year on Wednesday, April 6th. Designed and hosted to educate WPI students about the history and traditions of WPI, this year’s events and activities are focused exclusively on meeting this goal. The Tech Old Timers will set the stage for Traditions Day by sharing stories about their experience at “Tech” in the 1930s and ’40s. The “Tech Old Timers” Fo rum is scheduled for Tuesday, April

5th at 7:00 PM in the Higgins House Great Hall. One of W PI’s oldest traditions-the Freshman Sophomore Rivalry-will continue in full swing on Traditions Day. The Pennant Rush will take place on Alumni Field at 4:30 PM and a more intellectual contest, the WPI Jeopardy Game will take place at 7:00 PM in Riley Commons. The sophomores have won the only other contest to date, the Rope Pull held during Homecoming Weekend. A new event this year focuses on another piece of our WPI heritage, the WPI Alma Mater. The SAS will host an Alma Mater Contest, with a cash

prize of $150 awarded to the winning performer. The rules of the contest stipulate that any group or individual perform their own rendition of the WPI Alma Mater, written by Willed Hedlund ’10. Performers will be judged on orig inality, spirit and quality of perfor mance; artistic license is encouraged!! The Alma Mater Contest takes place at 8:00 PM (following the Jeopardy Game) in Riley Commons. Other Tra ditions Day activities will include the special edition of Newspeak, a special exhibit in the Wedge and prizes given out randomly throughout the day. Mark you calendar and plan to take part in Traditions Day!

by Bradley Hawksworth Class o f '96 On February 22, the Naval ROTC unit at Holy Cross received a light hearted and informative lecture on stress management. The discussion was led by Chaplain DeSteffano, who is one of the most unpredictable lec turers to speak to the unit. The topic of

Wrestling, basketball honored for athletic achievements W restling Coach Phil G rebinar achieved a major milestone at the end of the regular season by winning his 300th match with a 29-13 defeat of Roger Williams on Feb. 10. The En gineers finished the regular season at 19-2 and advanced to the NECCWA Tournament, which they won with 110.5 total team points. Seven Engi neers earned All-New England status and Grebinar was named Coach of the Year. Three wrestlers; George Chu,

the New England champion at 126 Rich DeStefano in the heavyweight division, will represent WPI at the NCAA Tournament this weekend. In basketball, junior transfer Chris Dunn came through with a 29-point outburst in the semifinal round of the CAC Tournament - giving him a grand total of 600 points and setting a new record that eclipsed the old mark of 577 points set by Orville Bailey d ur ing the 1985-86 season.

weekend. When we arrived on M on day morning, the only evidence of this event was on the outside of the building: lots of mud, erosion around the Higgins House steps, etc. Speaking for many GH occupants, I say hats o ff to the Plant Services Dept, for an outstanding job! Dave Messier Laboratory Manager

Kudos go out to Denise Minerva, who has subm itted the name "Buffy the Bovine" for our new mascot! Our Cow Naming contest was announced the week before

break. And to those of you who wrote to tell us that female cows may also have horns, you're right! M ayb e w e're ju st n ot the bovinophiles we ought to be.

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute WPI Box 2700, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 Phone (508) 831-5464 • Fax (508) 831-5721 Editor-In-Chief Vijay Chandra

News Editor Chris Freeman

Feature* Editor Brian Parker

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To the Editor: This letter is a thank you to the staff members of the Plant Services Dept, for their exceptional response to the Goddard Hall flood on March 4, 1994. The PS employees worked diligently and successfully to minimize the dam ages within Goddard. Essential ser vices were all restored less than 24 hours later, and all the affected labo ratories were cleaned up over the

Cow named

N ew speak Jason Philbrook

A thank you to Plant Services

stress management was presented in a very enjoyable manner by Father Desteffano and we look forward to listening to him at future leadership labs. If you have any questions or you are interested in learning more about NROTC, call Lieutenant Leo Taylor at 793-2433.

Matt Bonanno Geoff Elliott Joe Ferra Patti Kessler Byron Raymond Don Socha

Greg Findlen

AdYertlaina-Slatt Justin Hallman

Business Manager John Grossi Writing Staff James Aduskevich Jason Hutt Becky Kupcinskas Harrison Ripps Joe Schaffer Andrew Watts Jennifer Yambert

Qraphlct Editor Kristen Greene

Graphici Staff Dave Koelle Melissa Perkalis Troy Thompson

Lexie Chutoransky

Faculty Advisor John Trimbur

Associate Editors Michael Caprio Eric Craft Jennifer Kavka Sue MacPherson Kevin Parker Tom Sico

IXBiSl Dennis Obie

WPI Newspeak of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, formerly the Tech News, has been published weekly during the academic year, except during college vacations, since 1909. Newspeak has been printed on recycled paper since January, 1991. Masthead designed by Troy Thompson for Newspeak's 21st Anniversary Letters to the Editor should be typed (double-spaced) and must contain the typed or printed name of the author as well as the author's signature, telephone number, and box number for verification. Students submitting letters to the editor should put their class after their name. Faculty and staff should include their full title Letters deemed libelous or irrelevant to the WPI community will not be published. The editors reserve the right to edit all other copy for correct punctuation and spelling. All copy is due by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding publication. Send them to WPI Box 2700, bring them to the Newspeak office (Riley 01), or send them via email newspeak@wpi wpi.edu. They must include the author's name and box number. There is a 275 word limit imposed on Club and Greek corner submissions. All ads are due by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding publication. Any submissions received after this time will be subject to a Hat $15 late fee per ad. Advertisements, including classified ads. will not be accepted via email Classified ads must be prepaid. The decision on whether a submission is a public service announcement or an advertisement lies with the editors. The editorial is written by a member or members of the Newspeak staff It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the entire Newspeak staff Printing is done by Saltus Press. First Class postage paid at Worcester. Massachusetts Subscription rate is $20 00 per school year, single copies 75 cents within the continental United States. Make all checks payable to WPI Newspeak

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday March 22,1994

EDITORIAL

Fun or not, get involved before it’s too late! I) term is here. What does that m ean? That spring is here? D term signifies the last term o f this school year. For som e that m eans the last te rm of their first y ear at WPI. For others. I) term signifies the last term in their last year at WPI. I) term is the last term before the su m m e r when most students are not on cam pus an d may neve r be again. A lot can happen in these next six w eeks that c a n change the future o f WPI. Ii is very important to become involved in the events held this term because they may well bec om e part o f W P I 's traditions. T w o of the activities scheduled for this term are T ra d i tions Day and Q uadfest. T raditions Day is a celebration o f the past, present, and future o f WPI. It is a day for students to meet alumni and h ear about their WPI experiences from

years ago. Many events are held that day and each one ties W P I 's history in with the present. Q uadfest is another celebration that involves different activities for all students. Last y e a r 's events included a Tw ister com petition, velcro jum p in g, a concert, lots o f free food, and more. This is a day w here students can “ hang ou t" on the quad with other students and just have fun together. S om e o f the ev e n ts this term are not all fun. There will be m any meetings to decide on the future o f WPI. Things such as: Will they pave I liggins lawn? Will they build a cam pus center? Will they fix the parking situation? Will they change the name? W ill they wire the residence halls? There are many issues that are pertinent to W P I ’s future and they

may o r may not be decided on with o ur input. T hese decisions m ay be m ade without student participation at the meetings. What would happen if students returned next year to find no m o re Higgins lawn hut a big paved parking lot? Will the other issues ever be decided on? Will we ever see a cam pus center? Do we as students want these decisions m ade lor us during the su m m er w hen we canno t com m ent or add anything to the discussion? This is the last term before the sum m er. This is the last term to participate in this y e a r ’s activities like Traditions Day. Q uadfest, and the many m e et ings before the summer. Make this term the term you get involved.

COMMENTARY

Appalachia in Worcester leaves “feeling of disappointment” by Steven Sousa ' Class o f 94 Once again this spring, a group of WPI students gave up pari of their break to be a part of the Newman Club sponsored Appalachia in Worcester project. This is the project's fourth year, and it looks to be an annual WPI tradition for many years to come. This year on March ! 5 and 16, we returned to Youville House, which had been one of our project sites last year. Youville House is a temporary shel ter for homeless families and battered women and theirchildren. It has space for 14 - 16 fam 11ies who are given food, shelter, and clothing. However, il is much more than just a place to stay. They provide counseling and social services to all theirguesis. from stress management and nutrition, to a course for an individual to get a G .E .D . di ploma. They also assist families in seeking affordable, safe housing, and

work with landlords and housing ad vocates to ensure that more housing is available for those who need it. Once they have found a home for a family, they continue to provide services as needed for at least one year. The goal is for families who enter Youville House to become self-supporting, hopefully ending the cycle of poverty which homelessness can begin. This is precisely the type of center which I believe can truly make a dif ference in the lives of people, and I was pleased to hear that we would be returning this year. For all the gov ernm ent's rhetoric about welfare re form and many others' attempts to ignore the problem. Youville House is actually doing something about improving people’s lives. So on Wednesday, after about twenty other people and I finished two days of work. I returned to campus with the unmistakable feeling of... disappoint ment?

Honestly, I wasn’t surprised, as I had felt the same way last year as well. Last year, I split my two days between Youville House and an apart ment in a housing project. I spent both o f those days painting walls that needed painting very badly, yet I won dered about the value of what I had done. The apartment I painted last year was absolutely filthy when we arrived, and the walls looked as if the last time they were washed was the Iasi time they were painted. So, we washed and painted them. Still. I felt that I was really accomplishing noth ing. If the people who live there really cared about how the walls look, why had they let them get so dirty? By the time we finished with that place, il looked like a really nice place to live. I wonder how long that will Iasi, and I wonder if that place will still look as nice a year later. This year, things went at least a little differently, as I only spent one

day painting. The other day I helped organize the clothes pantry. We found that basement a complete mess and left it with at least a little bit of orga nization. The highlight of that day for me was probably finding in a storage closet an okl Mad Magazine Board game, which I was very tempted to steal, as I haven’t played that game in years. On that day I fell that I had done some good at least. But the second day we painted a few rooms downstairs. Perhaps I’ve been so spoiled by my "white bread middle class" upbringing that I under estimate the importance of nice fresh ly-painted walls. Nevertheless, I real ly didn't feel that I made anyone's life significantly better by applying a few coats of paint. Still. I knew that this was the job that the Youville House administrators asked us to do. so they must have felt that it was important to them, and they would know belter than I. Try as I might, I still couldn't

make myself feel good about all that I did. Then the real reason l felt unful filled oecured to me. Service toothers is not a thing you do, or a day you give, or a check you write. The spirit o f giving is an attitude that drives a person to do these things, and once it is awakened, it can never be com pletely satisfied, in the same way that a lover is never completely satisfied w ith his knowledge of the object of his love. Giving up two days of my spring break was not my way of “fiIIi ng my quota" of good deeds, for there is always more that can be done. Per haps the real lasting benefit of the Appalachia in W orcester project is the awareness it raises in each of us of the need to give o f ourselves, as an attitu d e and not just as an o b lig a tion.

NEWS

Traditions Day planned for April 5 by Lisa Hastings Director o f Young A lum ni Pro grams The fourth annual Traditions Day sponsored by the Student Alumni So ciety will take place this year on W'ednesday, April 6th. Designed and hosted to educate WPI students about the history and traditions of WPI. this year's events and activities are focused exclusively on meeting this goal. The Tech Old Timers will set the stage for Traditions Day by sharing stories about theirexperience at "Tech" in the 1930s and '40s. The "Tech Old Timers” Fo rum is scheduled for Tuesday, April

5th at 7:00 PM in the Higgins House Great Hall. One of W PI's oldest traditions-the Freshman Sophomore Rivalry-will continue in full swing on Traditions Day. The Pennant Rush will take place on Alumni Field at 4:30 PM and a more intellectual contest, the WPI Jeopardy Game will take place at 7:00 PM in R iley Commons. The sophomores have won the only other contest to date, the Rope Pull held during Homecoming Weekend. A new event this year focuses on another piece of our WPI heritage, the WPI Alma Mater. The SAS will host an Alma Mater Contest, with a cash

prize of SIM) awarded to the winning performer. The rules of the contest stipulate that any group or individual perform theirown rendition of the WPI Alma Mater, written by Willed Hedlund ’ 10. Performers will be judged on orig inality, spirit and quality of perfor mance; artistic license is encouraged!! The Alma MaterContest takes place at 8:00 PM (following the Jeopardy Game) in Riley Commons. Other Tra ditions Day activities will include the special edition of Newspeak, a special exhibit in the Wedge and prizes given out randomly throughout the day. Mark you calendar and plan to take part in Traditions Day!

Naval ROTC attends stress management lecture by Bradley Hawksworth Class o f '96 On February 22. the Naval ROTC unit at Holy Cross received a light hearted and informative lecture on stress management. The discussion was led by Chaplain DeSteffano, who is one of the most unpredictable lec turers to speak to the unit. The topic of

Wrestling, basketball honored for athletic achievements W restling Coach Phil G rebinar achieved a major milestone at the end of the regular season by winning his 300th match with a 2 9 -13 defeat of Roger Williams on Feb. 10. The En gineers finished the regular season at I9-2 and advanced to the NECCWA Tournament, which they won with 110.5 total team points. Seven Engi neers earned All-New England status and Grebinar was named Coach o f the Year. Three wrestlers; George Chu,

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A thank you to Plant Services To the Editor: This letter is a thank you to the staff members of the Plant Services Dept, for their exceptional response to the Goddard Hall flood on March 4, 1994. The PS employees worked diligently and successfully to minimize the dam ages within Goddard. Essential ser vices were all restored less than 24 hours later, and all the affected labo ratories were cleaned up over the

weekend. When we arrived on Mon day morning, the only evidence of this event was on the outside of the building: lots of mud, erosion around the Higgins House steps, etc. Speaking for many GH occupants, I say hats off to the Plant Services Dept, for an outstanding job! Dave Messier Laboratory Manager

Cow named Kudos go outto Denise Minerva, who has subm itted the name "Buffy the Bovine" for our new mascot! Our Cow Naming contest was announced the week before

break. And to those of you who wrote to tell us that female cows may also have horns, you're right! M aybe w e're ju s t not the bovinophiles we ought to be.

N ew speak The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute WPI Box 2700, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 Phone (508) 831-5464 • Fax (508) 831-5721 Mews Editor Vijay Chandra

Chris Freeman

Jason Philbrook

Features Editor Brian Parker

Photography Statl Matt Bonanno Geoff Elliott Joe Ferra Patti Kessler Byron Raymond Don Socha

Greg Findlen Advertising Staff Justin Hallman

John Grossi Writing Statl James Aduskevich Jason Hutt Becky Kupcinskas Harrison Ripps Joe Schaffer Andrew Watts Jennifer Yamberl

Kristen Greene

John Trimbur

Graphics Staff Dave Koelle Melissa Perkalis Troy Thompson

Michael Caprio Eric Craft Jennifer Kavka Sue MacPherson Kevin Parker Tom Sico

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CLUB CORNER

Alpha Phi Omega Welcome back all you O lsters!!! B L U E DOT!! I hope you all had a hot, sunny, relaxing break... because you are back in wonderful brown, stressful WPI... not that that is a bad thing mind you.... Service projects going on... UMOC is upon us... Mustard Seed as usual, a proposed BigLittle project from Prof. Noonan, Service to Students, and also the Hunger Cleanup (we need id e a s!!) As for fe llo w sh ip th is term...YELLOW DOT... help Marc out with any ideas you might have. L et’s go out with a bang guys and gals (no pun intended - heh heh). The Big-Little Olympics and Dinner was this weekend... I hope y'all had fun! Brothers keep talking to the pledges- try to get to know all o f them. And pledges- having trouble get ting sigs? Just ask- sometimes all it takes is asking... or just talking to them. A D-term wish list: 10. Blue Dot. 9. Yellow Dot. 8. To one day find the campus underneath all this snow. 7. Not to stress out at all. 6. That all the seniors graduate on time, find jobs, or get into grad school, and don’t stress out. 5. That all the pledges meet all their re quirements and don’t stress out. 4. That all the brothers and pledges get a room on campus even if their # is 599 and don’t stress out. 3. To see the sun and feel the wind and not snow and not stress out. 2. To remember to write the club corner before Obie calls me at 8 p.m. Friday and not stress out. I. That all the brothers and pledges have their wish granted after reading this club cor ner.

Christian Bible Fellowship Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break. This term should be an exciting end of the year. I hear rumors of a few guest speakers being planned for our Friday evening meetings at 7:()0 p.m. in Higgins Lab 101. For some great time of sharing praises and prayer re quests, join us in Founders Country Kitchen on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Sports, at 10:30 Saturday morning. Be expecting some fun time outside once spring wins winter for con trol of the elements. In a break from the past. I’m going to spend this last term covering “Seven Principals for Staying in the Race” (see I Corinthians 9:2427 and the last issue of C term). My goal is to provide some help for summer vacation, so that we can come back next fall saying we didn’t fall into old habits and ways of life. “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to G od’s law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.” (Romans 6:24-25). These words writ ten by Paul, one we could possibly call an example Christian, are a bit disturbing. This leads to the First principal: Know the extent of evil of which you are capable. This doesn’t sound very pleasant. It isn’t. But as we can see from the Bible, we are very sinful. Prayer, asking God to search my heart and reveal how sinful I am is just one way to begin getting a grasp on this.

Fencing Club Hello everyone and welcome back from break. This is a reminder that practice will start on Monday the 21st at the usual place behind the bleachers in Harrington. The times will be the same (Mon. Tues, Thurs at 4:30pm) as the other terms. In other news we held elections last term and the new officers are: President/ Captain- Noah Weisleder, Secretary- Matt Moniz and Treasurer- Nate Howells. Also, congratulations to Karl on placing 6th in the A division of the New England Championships. We’re looking forward to another term, so come on down to practice. As always, begin ners are welcome.

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Global Affairs Party Hi there Gapsters! Welcome back and hap py D-term. Our first meeting of the term is this coming Thursday in AK218 at 6:30pm, hope to see you all there. The ball has begun rolling on the Institute Pond Cleanup for Earth Day. We will be inviting everyone who wants to help to come cleanup the Institute Park area (focus on the pond) on April 23rd. There will be sheets going out to every campus group, including GAP. so members can sign up. So, start thinking about how much time you can volunteer on the 23rd and encourage others to help out as well, w e’ll need all the help we can get. If you would like to have more inform a tion about the cleanup, please contact Eric Craft at eacraft@wpi.edu or Jennx Yambert at jen@ wpi.edu. We will be taking nominations for officers for next year also at the meeting. Think about the people you would like to be officers for next year.

Lens and Lights Welcome back to sunny Worcester, gang! (yeah, sure... NOT!!!) It’s D-term, and we are going to be REALLY busy, so stay tuned! We will have our first meeting of the term on Wednesday in AK 233 at 4:30, just like last term. EVENTS: The wonderfully popular 1994 Housing Lottery is tonight and tomorrow in the Lower Wedge. Also, this Friday we will be showing a Passport film, “Howard’s End” at 7PM in Perreault. With Indie Fest gone, it’s time for Lens and Lights to host the bands with L+L Band Day this Saturday. The freshmen will have to strut their stuff as the upperclass men play Find-the-.. well, you know. Then, on Sunday we have a P35 (now ihere’s a surprise) featuring “Demolition Man.” Finally, m usi cian Jon Svetky loves us so much... H E’S BACK! That’s right, Tuesday in G om pei’s at 8, it’s the second “Coffee Cave” of D-term. Just a note, tonight’s Coffee Cave event featuring comedian Ed Driscoll has been can celled. Sorry, guys... In Club news, the dimmers in Riley have been repaired by Dan-the-Man Afonso... Sa rah McLachlin was great last night, w asn’t she?... The new Masque Master-Electrician is none other than our own... well, I don’t know yet., it’s either Dan A, Greg M, or Chris! Congrats to the winner! (Elections are in 20 minutes, Friday-time). ’ BTW: Greg, you probably shouldn’t have mailed back the cartoon- I think we should show it again for those poor P2’ers that didn’t get the luxury of hearing the sound last week! (Well, we have to give Derek credit; This time he remembered to change the lenses...) T hat’s it for now. See you at the meeting on Wednesday!

Society of Pershing Rifles Welcome back to good old WPI for another glorious, fun filled term of classes and other fun!! Speaking of other fun, it looks like P/R will be supplying a lot of it for the next couple of months. We have a lot of activities planned through to the end of the school year, more than enough to keep all of you busy for some time. More specifically, we have at least one color guard a week from now to the end of the school year, so it is fairly obvious what we will be doing at the meetings from now on. All of you had better make sure those class A uni forms are in tip top condition with those boots and brass polished. Also coming up is elections for next year. Speeches will be given by the nominees on 6 April, so those of you who want positions had better get ready. My last tidbit of news for you is that second squad will be getting a new squad leader, and none too soon either. Oh well, the fact that the old SL was glad to lose his job tells us that this should have been done some time ago. Pledges, you had better get to work on that pledge project and those paddles. You only have a few more weeks until initiaition, and those weeks will pass before you know it. Also, I have not seen one pledge pad yet, and I know I am not the only one who has not...remember, the longer you wait, the hard

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Society of Women Engineers Welcome back everyone! Hope your breaks were fun and relaxing...I know mine was! Time to get back into the swing of things, classes and o f course...SW E meetings. Our first meeting of D term is tomorrow Wed. the 23rd. It’s at 7pm in Higgins 101. We need people to sign up to help sell T-shirts (cost $8)with the “TOPTEN REASONS TO BE AN ENGINEER” in the coming weeks. The former chair of the committee is on co-op so.....w e’re looking for a new chair. The hard parts are done, all that’s left is'to coordinate the selling effort. Any volunteers? Our treasury is low and if Kirsty, our beloved Prez., is to go to Nationals we need this fundraiser to suceed. The outreach committee is working on “A Day in the Life”. This is a program to expose young girls to WPI. We need volunteers to help out with this as well. Hope to see all of you at the meeting tomorrow. Come help make a differ ence. Thought for the week: The silent major ity are those too stunned to utter a cry of disbelief.

Ultimate Whoopi The word is out. Liquid Scream is meeting today for its first D-Term practice in the Harrington lobby at 5:00 pm. The team should be prepared for an outside practice, but mud/ snow garb is not necessary. This is an official club sport, so remember to sign up for P.E. credit if you haven’t already. This season will hopefully pick up where

the 1993 Fall season ended. The last tourna ment in B-Term was the location for the re newal of New England’s fear of the WPI Ulti mate team. With four matches. Liquid Scream went undefeated in Connecticut to win the tournament. Nine hours of Ultimate in one day is a decent accomplishment I might add. Hey, it wasn’t the Maui Ultimate Classic, but its a good place to reinstill our reign of terror. The intensity from this last tournament has evidently carried through to this term. The veteran players are psyched for the new season and w e’re hoping to pass on the enthusiasm to the freshman members. With a veteran captain and new management, the team looks fresh for the season. Our sights are set beyond nationals this year. “A muddy field will never hurt you... unless you land on your face.”

The Vegetarian Society Elections and eating! Wednesday, March 23 at 5 pm at xine’s, bring food/drink/yourself (Limey, you don’t have a choice, you have to make bread) so that we can get organized and ready for next year. Questions to veggies@ wpi, our way hip club account. W e’d like to point out to everyone the new vegetarian selections at The Grille: there are now veggie burgers, baked potatos, and a veggie pocket every day! For those of you omni vores, try vegetarian for a change of pace. Thanks to The Grille folks who brought us these goodies, and who take extra special care of us (by not cooking bacon on top of our food and stuff). The Great American Meat-Out was March 20, but I’m sure not too many people partici pated... so give meatlessness a try sometime this week.

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Welcome to Worcester (those of you who were fortunate enough to leave this God-forsaken place, that is)! Yes, visions of sand-covered beaches have been cruelly replaced by sandcovered snowbanks, as D-Term rears its ugly head once again. This leaves us less than seven weeks to answer all of the unsolved mysteries at the Crow house: Will Chris and Brad EVER go 3 for 3? What is Stacy going to jail fornext? When will Rueben graduate? Does Proulx REALLY think that Financial Aid will consider him a minority student just because all he eats is nachos? Did I leave the bathtub running again ? Well, for those of you who haven’t heard yet, Spring Break ’94 was definitely one for the record books. Led (foot) by Winnie-the-Pru, the three car posse encountered many a high-speed chase, complete with a police escort in New Jersey; we also learned what a french fry holder was, we taught Pieper how to find his way home, and we were informed what NOT to throw in a Denny’s restaurant - and that was only the begin ning. To follow up on just a few of the week’s happenings, Kaimes is still combatting the case of Herpes Simplex that he acquired from Tequila Woman (“Three Fingers” Tequila, that is); Joe is still trying to remember where he got a pair of Harley-Davidson boxer shorts from; Arty checked into the Betty Ford clinic, with a severe case of “funnel vision”; and Moddemo is serving the six month probation given to him by the Disney world Police. Oh, one more thing. Stacy needs a ride to Logan next week so he can make his PEEliminary hearing in Daytona...

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Hello, hello, hello... here we are, back again... This being my last and final article, I would like to say good luck to all the seniors in all of life’s endeavors, as well as good luck to all of the underclassmen!!! So, one more term to go, and then it is at least the summer... Well, in case you all haven’t heard, Bahamas was awesome! We all came home tan... Most of us with luggage even... HB: can I get you a Tshirt? Or would you prefer a statue... As for my bungy buddies (Sara P, Carrie, and Capitola), I got some really awesome pictures! From the hotel with ants and cockroaches to the hotel right next toClub Waterloo... It was the best time of my life... (Although there were some problems with toilets and children who eat apple pie) Great job Kayann!!! We all appreciate everything you did for us! By the way: I wonder how Skippy and Chuck are doing... For all of those who went somewhere else that I don’t know about or for those who just hung out, I hope you had fun too... I am not sure of birthdays or anything people need to be congratulated for so I will just wish everyone Happy Birthday and Congratulations to all who deserve it... So, tonight is the last meeting for the seniors... Good luck to all the new officers... As for upcoming events, I am not sure of any currently... Welcome back to everyone, and good luck for the final term... I really don’t know what else to say (yeah, I know... that is a first... mark it down for future reference...). < J > IZ

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Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a great spring break! Keep up with your work, D-ted-term is going to be very busy, but fun. Just a reminder to get your social fee in to Jen Sanna so we can have plenty of cookouts and socials! Also, the first meeting of the term is tomorrow night at 7:00 in Founders Study and it’s informal. Happy belated birthday to Sue Crowley who turned 2 1 over break and to Heidi White who had a birthday last Friday. Happy birthday to Jen Wilke who turns 22 today. Good luck to all of the seniors who are in their final term at WPI. I hope you all get a lot of job offers! Also, good luck to all the spring sports teams- keep working hard, hopefully all of the snow will melt soon! E V ER Y O N E ...ST A R T G ETTIN G PSYCHED FOR QUADFEST!!!!! Special hellos this week go out to Julie McCullough, Kelly King, Liz Herman, Diane, Darlene, Gayle, Senya, and Lynn Asato. LITP

LAE Hope everyone had a great break. Special thanks go out to brothers Barroso, Cutroni, Gun ning, Koller, Mitchell, Spence, Stubbert, Norris, Papp, Hultgren, and Marcoux for the great work they did on the house. I got too much sun in Cancun so my brain is useless, so l will supply you with a top ten. The top ten things SAE found out while on spring break. 10. There is not enough space in Cancun for Chase and his uncle Willie. 9. Argento,

Escott, and Pudge showed that true love can exist. How about another story? I’ve got an hour. 8. Ong learned that college isn’t for him— so look for him as the next host of the Carnival Cruise line. 7. You thought Lemur and Thibs were the duo, but how about Bell and Weenie with his fabulous night moves. 6. Escott realized that the tequila worm goes in your mouth and always comes out your nose. 5. No matter how hard we tried, we just couldn’t loose Dufort. 4. Yudi found out that a 12 ounce tequila funnel will eventually catch up with you. 3. A1 thought he was on a Playgirl shoot and not vacation. 2. Yuki realized that fashion shows, and not chem eng, are in his future. 1. Sted realized that it kind of hurts to fall 15 feet and land on your face. This article is swag so suck it up and I will see you the same time next week. Five Apples

TKE Hey tough guys, happy return to Dterm, and hopefully some better weather. Congratulations to the five new members who signed their bids before break, Rich Colby, Ian Greene, Brian Jones (Huh h u h... good g u itarist), Phil Rosenkeimer and Derek Duquette. March madness is here, Suennen and his bleak picks were easily eliminated after the first night. Arkansas will go all the way baby, you heard it here first. Mafia party ??? Angelo is gone, that takes half the Italian heritage. At least we still have el polio loco, that is after you wami it up for fifteen minutes. Best tip yet, don’t give Heath cherry skoal on Route 95 around Bridgeport, Connecticut be cause he will politely ask you to roll the window down. You will then refuse because it is cold. He will politely ask you one last time, you will then give in. Seconds later he will puke all over himself and the side of your car. Later in Atlantic City you will lose all your money, the shirt off your back and will have to make a living off of returning cans. How bout that Snake in Atlanta... taking the town by storm as usual. In closing I have but once snide remark, Hee hee hee feta cheese (good choice). Yeah, whatever.

0X BWGWNB...The torch has been passed and Hagerty is now off the hook so please direct any complaints to Jason Bowie care of McDonalds or just have Kyle mace him. To begin I’d like to congratulate the newly installed officers with a special thanks to Monty for such a heart-moving and intellectually stimulating performance, an exihibition of talent that will some day land him a multitude of cash awards on Star Search, and though some may have preffered a more oral presentation with a Jorge look-a-like, I felt he did an excellent job. As far as spring break was concerned, the Cancunites seemed to enjoy them selves with the possible exception of Menard and Butland who apparently got sick for the comforts of home; the Floridians on the other hand, came back almost as tan and just as happy except for Mik who lost a whole year off his age. To find out who had the best break, however, just talk to one of the fearless men who journeyed to Canada, the land of curling and mandatory purchasing. Now it’s time for this week’s brain teaser: two men walk into a bar and order identical drinks, one drinks it quickly and lives, the other drinks it slowly and dies, why ? for the answer to this and other important questions tune in next week, till then- vamp, stage right. Z 4* Green Stew, why Green Stew with stir fry? And what’s with that thing in the dining room ? Is it some sort of FBI thing or yes, that’s it... a table! WOW! Hellooooo Nurse. HOCKEY, HOCKEY, HOCKEY! Give blood, play hockey! Fred, I want my dos disks back. Pam could get put in the article, Natalie, but she never comes down to visit so I do not feel obligated to put her in it. Break was cool, ya know. I mean it was cool, I stayed in Vermont. Sometimes it was even down right cold. The basement looks good. The table is great. The pledges are pledges. The apartment is as full as we want it. Let’s see, a six bedroom apartment, with a living room and huge bath right behind AGD, and only five of us living there, what a bonus, the f rst good luck I have ever seen happen to five people in Worcester at the same time. Tag sale season is almost open. Get out the ricksha, we’re going shoppin’. IQP: Infinite Qualifying Project. MQP: Mad Quaker Posse. (They attacked the thing under the fridge last night.) White boards rule. They’re almost as good a post-its, but not quite. Hey Greg, can you make the movies any more enjoyable. (Just kidding, I know you try your best, it just isn’t good enough for our high standards.)

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Peer Education Team

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If So, Then The BACCHUS Peer Education Team May Be For You! Peer Educators are students that are trained to facilitate discussions and make presentations to their peers on a wide variety of student life issues. The goal of the team is to encourage individuals and groups to think about these issues and to better reach their own conclusions about their values, abilities, and skills.

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Please attend our Informational Meeting on Tuesday, March 29th, at 5:30 p.m., in the Lower Wedge. Pizza.

If you show up with Enthusiasm, then we'll show up with

We’ll also have more information about being a Peer Educator and

applications to be a part of the Team.

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k /k a t s H appen in g Tuesday, March 22nd 10:(X)am & 12:00pm - Mechanics Hall Play: “Theatre Works USA, The Secret Garden.” 10:00am to 4:00pm - Worcester State College - Art Exhibit Blue Lounge, Student Center. 6:00pm to 10:00pm - Housing Lottery - Lower Wedge. 7:30pm - Clark University film: “Orlando” Room 320, Academic Center. Wednesday, March 23rd 12:00pm - Mechanics Hall - Concert, “Andreas Klein”, Pianist, Free. 7:30pm - Worcester State College “Comedy Karoke” Student Center, Upstairs Cafe, $ 1.00. Thursday, March 24th 7:30pm - Clark University Film: “Orlando” Rm 320, Academic Center.

featuring: acoustic music by:

Friday, March 25th 7:00pm - Perreault Hall, Film: “Howard’s End”. $1. 8:00pm - Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., “Aaron Copland - Hartford Symphony Orchestra.” Saturday, March 26th 7:30pm - Worcester State College, Film: “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Student Center, 7:30pm, Admission: $4. Evening - Coco Bean Cafe, Park Avenue, “Brooks Williams.”

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FOUNDERS OJNJNG HAU. FRIDAY MARCH 25

Sunday, March 27th 1:00pm- Baseball: WPI vs. Worcester State. 6:30pm & 9:30pm - Perreault Hall, Film: “ Demolition Man”. Admission: $2.00. 7:30pm - United Congregational Church, Corner o f Salisbury and Institute, Concert: “ Palm Sunday Choral Masterworks Concert,” $15.00. Monday, March 28th 8:00pm - Clark University; Fuller Music Center. “ Kevin Gallager” Classical guitarist.

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