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Open forum with Strauss reveals mixed feelings among students

by M ichael Caprio Associate Editor Last Wednesday in Riley Commons, President Strauss held an open forum with a full room of WPI students to discuss items and statements revealed in a recently released report. The paper, titled “The New WPI”, was released by the President and the Pro­ vost on March 22, and contains a num­ ber of proposals ranging from chang­ ing the name of the Institute; to re­ organizing the various academic de­ partments into “schools”; to improv­ ing the quality of life on campus. The paper summarizes recommendations made by the hired consulting firm of Barton Gillet, who were employed to help define a new marketing strategy for WPI and analyze the situation of the school’s financial status, as well as the Blue Ribbon Task Force, and the Marketing Task Force.

President Strauss opened the forum by summarizing the contents of the report, which had been handed out to the audience, and had earlier in the week been posted to the campus com­

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campus center, citing the reason of “coming to school for an education... it’s not our fault if students aren’t imaginative enough to find things to do.” He also suggested that instead of consulting the community for input on issues like parking, it would be more economical to simply pave something over, and also suggested that the most beneficial action President Strauss could take would be to resign; after doing so he left the forum.

Other questions that came up relat­ ed to issues of social life and problems related to the general quality of life on campus. One student felt that there was “no social life on campus at all”, and that if the situation there was resolved, the campus would indeed look more attractive to future appli­ cants. Another question concerned the reasons why industrial engineering is not an accredited program here, and whether or not that could increase the attractiveness of the campus to future applicants. The president indicated that there was indeed increasing senti­ ment for making just this sort of change among the faculty.

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Possibility of WPI/Clark Management Department merger

by Eric Craft Associate Editor On December 6, 1993 a proposal was written by Dean Robert Ullrich and Provost Kasperson of Clark Uni­ versity concerning a possible merger of the Clark and WPI management departments. After reading the pro­ posal. Provost Apelian called a meet­ ing with the faculty of W PI’s Depart­ ment of Management on Dec. 17. Af­ ter discussing the proposal, the depart­ ment agreed to meet again on Jan. 24 to decide to explore the proposal. At

this meeting, the Management De­ partment did decide to explore the proposal, and decided to form a task force to do this.

A vision was also established for the merger: “A merger of the Clark and WPI management programs is proposed as a first step in creating an international­ ly prominent school of management in Central Mass. The merger would pro­ vide an essential part of the where­ withal needed to achieve the quality and scale o f operations found in the nation’s premier business schools. The

intention is that the merged school would compete on equal terms with schools such as Babson College and Boston University before the end of the decade and compete with top-tier schools such as Amos Tuck and Yale within ten years after that.

“As is the case with all top-tier m anagement schools, the merged school would pursue (he highest levels of excellence in teaching, research, and service to the community. More precisely, the school would focus its resources in relatively few areas of endeavor. Building on the present

strengths of the separate schools the merged school would make its major research and teaching contributions in the areas of: health administration; the management of technology; and new venture management, including entre­ preneurship and economic develop­ ment. Service contributions would be made primarily in the management and professional communities.”

To simplify the above vision state­

Campus Hearing Board holds elections

by Adam Egdall Class o f '95 WPI has it’s own judicial system for dealing with violations of school poli­ cy as does almost every school of high­ er education in the US. Here at WPI though, things have been made a bit d iffe re n t w ith the in te n tio n o f benefitting the students. A Campus Hearing Board was created to provide students with their own court to deal with disciplinary problems. The Board, consisting o f eight voting members and one overseer, has an even number of students and teachers making it even more interactive with the student body than most schools.

Three undergraduate students, and one graduate student, elected every DTerm (Elections are coming up on April 21st for those of you interested in running) join with three faculty mem­ bers and one administrative member to make up this part of W PI’s judicial system. Tw o of the three active full­ time undergraduate students and one of the faculty members are elected by the student body, as are three student alternates. Once elected, the position is held for the following school year.

These formalities are important if you are interested in running for an office but what is even more important, and should be known by the student body.

is the purpose of such a committee.

The Campus Hearing Board (CHB) is responsible for deciding cases brought up against students in many areas in­ cluding serious offenses such as Rape and Assault as well as allegations of Academic Dishonesty, mainly plagia­ rism. When any person is faced with such charges they are scheduled to meet with Janet Begin Richardson, Assistant Dean of Students and Case Officer to the CHB. Her responsibilities involve advising both parties involved in cases as to their rights and responsibilities and to act as a liaison to the board. Once a student has met with Assistant Dean Richardson, they can choose to go to a trial in front of the CHB. O f the near 200 cases every year, very few go in front of the board as students either fear such a hearing or departments are le­ nient and settle the matters internally so as to avoid further complications. In a future article, I will discuss the future plans of the judicial system at WPI. What is important for students to realize about the CHB is that it has been brought about for a good reason.

Assistant Dean Richardson, in an in­ terview on this matter, stated, “It is so critical for WPI to have students who care about the community and have a diversity of students involved with the board to provide a balance.” This balance is maintained through the elec­

ment, the merger of Clark and WPI management departments has the pos­ sibility of making this merger na­ tionally renownd. One of the reasons that this merger has such high goals is the number of faculty that eachstrhool has in the Management Department.

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tions every year and do benefit the students here. Richardson also said that, “There are probably more cases of students being harassed than we hear about. They see people being victimized in TV shows like LA Law and fear the same victimization.” What she felt most students did not know about the CHB is that hearsay evi­ dence is allowed unlike a US court of law. This is how WPI has achieved a working judicial system to this point to aid students, not victimize them as Richardson suggests.

It is a shame that many of the as­ saults that take place on campus go unnoticed and unheard. Students do have an outlet and a way to deal with these problems. The CHB is here for the students. It’s primary function is to hear alleged violations and determine what happened, not necessarily render judgement but rather deal with the case at hand in a private, individual way. Many more students could ben­ efit from this part of WPI that are currently shying away and it seems that unless students become more ac­ tive in the community here, this will continue to be the case. If you feel you ’ve been wronged or have any ques­ tions concerning the CHB, be sure to get a copy of this years Student Con­ duct Policies or see Assistant Dean Richardson in the Student Life Office.

A B O V E ^ r S id e n tS tr a ^ ^ e fc n d ^ m p ia in fo r W P r s T ^ ^ x during an open meeting held last Wednesday. (for more information on the meeting, see article top of page) BELOW: Hollybeth Normandin waits patiently to express her views on the issue to President Strauss.

Table o f Contents

Glee Club in Italy See page 3

In The \ e w s ................................... ..........................................2 ..........................................2 Arts & E ntertainm ent................... ..........................................3 Traditions D ay................................ ..........................................4 A n n o u n cem en ts.............................. ..........................................5 C om m en ta ry................................... ..........................................6 Diversity - O p in io n ........................ ...........................................6

Letters to the E d ito r........................................... ...................... 7 Student G overnm ent Association . .. ... 7 Graduate Student O rganization...................... ... 7 ...................... 8 9 G reek C orner.................................. .................... I I .................... 12

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IN THE NEWS ar plants, announced that the military exercis­ es will take place. There are currently 36,000 American troops stationed in South Korea.

There is a plan to deploy several batteries of Patriot missiles (about 192) in US military bases located in South Korea as a precaution against a possible North Korean attack. Pres­ ident Clinton sent a letter to South Korea stating that any attack by North Korea will be seen as an attack on the United States. The US ambassador in the UN has drafted a resolution that calls on North Korea to agree to inspec­ tions of its nuclear plants, and sanctions on North Korea are being considered to pressure North Korea into compliance.

Japan W orried A bout N orth Korea

by Eric Craft a n d je n n x Yambert, G lobal A ffairs Party International News R ussia Tries F or International Loan R u s sia ’s P rim e M in ister V iktor Chernomyrdin and the International Monetary Fund’s Managing Director Michael Camdessus are trying to reach an agreement about a loan to Russia of the equivalent of $1.5 billion. This loan is a vote of confidence in the current Russian economy by other international coun­ tries. Other countries are saying that they put their trust in Russia; that the current economic reforms will be successful. Russia’s current budget proposal calls for a deficit of $36 billion or 9% of Russia’s gross domestic product.

N orth Korea N uclear Talks On March 21, the talks on nuclear weapons in North Korea were canceled. North Korea warned that it will carry through with a threat it made last year to pull out of an international nuclear controls treaty. South Korea, which had earlier canceled, planned joint military activities with the US in hopes that North Korea would agree to inspections of its nucle­

With North Korea refusing to allow the inspection o f its nuclear facilities, Japan is beginning to question its ability to defend itself if North Korea proves hostile. Any increase in armament would alarm the Japa­ nese as well as neighboring Asian countries that still remember Japanese invasions during W.W.II. Japanese authorities are worried about allegedly illegal exports to North Korea of sophisticated technology from Japanese trad­ ing companies.

Japan is also skeptical about their ability to contribute to a UN trade embargo. Currently there are 250,000 North Koreans living in Japan. They supposedly send about $ 1.9 bil­ lion back to North Korea according to Katsumi Sato, Director of M odem Korea Institute in Tokyo. This amount is equal to 40% of North Korea’s gross domestic product. Because much of this money is transferred via curren­ cy, it is very hard to trace, and it could be directed through a third country which would render an embargo useless.

O il Reserves In China British Petroleum PLC and four Japanese companies have signed a contract with China National Petroleum Corp. to conduct geophys­ ical surveys in the Tarim Basin. The contract allows for three years o f seismic surveying of this remote north west territory, followed by possible exploration drilling. It has been estimated that the Tarim Basin contains more than 70 billion barrels o f oil. Such a supply would triple C hina’s current oil reserves.

The Office of Residential Services would like to recognize and thank the residence hall staff for all their hard work, dedication, and creativity given to students and staff this year.

Jason Averill Myles Baker Candace Baley Gregory Bloom, SHD Bryan Bordeaux David Boulanger Greta Boynton Amy Brooks Jacques Brouillette Ten Burrows Jeralyn Clouart Jeffrey Coates David Crowell, SHD Karen Daly Susan Daly Scott Griffiths Craig Hammond Cory Jobe, SHD Brian Klauber Joseph Klimek Caroline Kondoleon Marc Lefebvre Corey Lewis Teresa Lintzenich Wendy Manas Marie Meier Christopher Music Ndofunsu Osias William Nothwang Jesse Parent Brian Prunier, SHD George Roberts Gregory Rule Chad Schools Kevin Shea, SHD Jenn Shiel, SHD Patrick Stabile Suzanne Timmerman Nisa Tristaino Manuel VanOordt Nathan Wittasek

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WPI/Clark merger Continued from page I faculties were combined, a 34 member faculty could provide the merged school with close to national recognition. According to a list devel­ oped in the proposal for the merger, a 34 full­ time member faculty in management would be very competitive with the surrounding business colleges.

In an interview with Provost Apelian, two “scenarios” were described for the merger.

One scenario was the complete integration be­ tween the two management departments, both the undergraduate and graduate programs. This event would be difficult to accomplish because both schools feel that the combined facilities should not be on one of the campuses, but should be in their own separate facilities. One of the members of the task force. Professor Frank Noonan, commented that one of the aspects that makes the WPI management de­ partment special is their close relation to other engineering disciplines. Prof. Noonan men­ tioned that he was somewhat skeptical about how well a management department can com­ municate with the rest of the campus when it is situated fifteen minutes away from either cam­ pus and is thus physically removed from many of the events that occur on both campuses.

The second “scenario” was just a merger of

Clark and WPI graduate management programs.

If the second cite was simply a graduate center, it would be catering to a different type of student than the undergraduate student. Grad­ uate students are more likely to be part-time or commuters than undergraduates, and therefore they would not mind the additional commute or the separated facilities. Prof. Noonan also displayed some skepticism as to the cost of building a separate facility and the real gains that would come from it. He expressed the opinion that it may be hypothetically possible for WPI to accomplish all its goals for the same amount of money without a merger. The only other problem that is a consideration is that WPI faculty have multiple roles as both gradu­ ate and undergraduate professors. Many facul­ ty enjoy the “shifting of gears” between the two types of schooling, and would lose this if put into a full-time position at the graduate man­ agement school. Prof. Noonan did not say that the merger would not be possible, just that there were many different aspects that have to be carefully weighed against each other before a firm decision is made.

As with all proposals, the merger of the Clark and WPI management programs would have its difficulties, but both schools have to determine if the merger would be a positive growth factor in education and in public opinion.

WPI Pershing Rifles named best company

by Greg Rule Class o f ’96 Pershing Rifles Troop E-12 is the name of our company here at WPI. It is a relatively small fraternity type organization that was founded here back in the seventies. Although mostly Army ROTC cadets, its membership includes many civilians, Air Force, and some Navy ROTC as well. Since Troop E-12’s founding it has been, although active, relatively unknown, at least until this year.

Pershing Rifles is a nation wide organization that was originally founded in 1894 by General John J. Pershing at the University of Nebraska.

And a few weeks ago, P/R held a National Convention to celebrate its 100th anniversary.

It was then that those of us here at WPI learned that Troop E-12 was being honored as the

nation’s best company out of over 100 compa­ nies across the country.

Pershing Rifles is a unique organization, and is involved in many activities centered around developing teamwork and leadership skills.

During the year companies participate in pa­ rades, pageants, and ceremonies. On top of that, the company conducts many exercises meant to teach responsibility and initiative to its members. O f course, P/R’s also have fun, practicing marksmanship at the range with M I6 ’s and hopefully 9mm pistols, taking part in paintball wars, ropes courses, and canoeing; on top of anything else the members can think of doing.

Once again I would like to congratulate Pershing Rifles Troop E-12 and its Command­ ing Officer, P/R CPT Seth Tobey, on being the best company in the nation.

RESEARCHING THE SUFFICIENCY LIBRARY INSTRUCTION SESSIONS OFFERED

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30,1994

WHERE: GORDON LIBRARY SEMINAR ROOM

TIMES: 11 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. SESSIONS WILL LAST ABOUT ONE HOUR.

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Glee Club tours Rome

by Professor Ijouis Curran Associate Professor o f Music “Good afternoon. Your Holiness.” What does one say to a pope when he reaches out to take your hand,except‘hello’ inoneformoranother? Littledid we expect, when walking into Vatican City on Wednesday the 9th of March, that we would be standing with John Paul II and I would be chatting with him.

Further, little did we know in the tough weeks of rehearsals upon rehearsals leading up to this, the ninth international tour of the Glee Club, that the choral results as we sang that Wednesday would draw a big smile and thumbs up from John Paul II - himself a fine musician. Upon the last full chord of ‘Cry Out and Shout’ the Hall of Audi­ ence was filled with the applause of the thousands of people from all around the world who were being greeted by the Pope.

This whole venture began on the fourth of March when forty-eight people from WPI met the eightyseven people from Regis, as planned, at Logan Airport for the 5:45 p.m. flight to Rome via Alitalia.

Of this one hundred and thirty five people, ninety four were singers - forty men from WPI and fifty-four women from Regis. Also in the WPI party were former Provost Donald and Marcia Zwiep, Professor Jack O ’Connor, Mr. and Mrs. Ettore, (Matthew Ettore’s parents) and various others.

Upon arriving in Rome after a long flight, we were met by three coaches and sped off for an early morning tour before the hotel was ready for us. What a culture shock - there was the real Coliseum and the Forum; and the mountain of stone in front of us was the real St. Peter’s Basilica - surrounded by the colonade of Berini, filling up with people.

The Hotel Parco Tirreno on the Via Aurelia was our home for ten days - and what a pleasure it was to drive into a private park with green trees, flowers and grass, a lovely lobby and suites - not rooms. The average accomodations included a bedroom with twin beds, a bath with shower, a kitchen, a living room and a large balcony overlooking the roofs of Rome - and only ten minutes by bus to downtown Rome. In spite of all the words of caution - it was right to bed for anap - then Rome - for there was still many hours of daylight and Rome is a wonder-city.

Sunday morning was our early call and a rehearsal in the hotel - then into the vastness of St. Peter’s to sing the 12:15 mass. Where to put the ninty-four singers when the space provided was for thirty people? We overfilled the choir section and then some - but looked tiny, as the stone angels surrounding the pillars where we stood were twice man-size. I found it curious that the organist of the Vatican was from California, and while the stage manager arranged the choir, we became like old friends. The service - in Italian, lasted for three-quarters of an hour and began exactly on time, not a minute late. However, all the chant, the motets in Latin (one repeated twice) and the spirituals all fit into the service beautiful­ ly. At the end of the last chord of ‘Great Day’ the congregation (there were two-thousand people in the Basilica at that point) all burst into applause which the organist said never happens and is usually never allowed!

The afternoon was free - and then a rehearsal in St. Paul’s Within the Walls - the American Anglican Church in Rome whose rector, Father Vono was the former rector of Christ Church, Rochdale - only eight miles from Worcester. (It paystoknow Italian.) This concert, their first of ’94, was a ‘luminare’ concert i.e. the church was all lit by candles. St. Paul’s is a fine

room in which to sing - large and very reverberant, and the audience was very appreciative. So began our first concert day in Rome.

Monday morning saw an early leaving time for our cavalcade of buses and we were on our way through the Umbrian countryside to Assisi. The first stop was at the Cathedral of the Queen of Angels which was built in the sixteenth century to preserve the original stone chapel of St. Francis and the small cell in which he died - some fifteen feet away from the chapel. It was so strange to see a large baroque cathedral, complete with dome, built over such a small and humble chapel - but there it was -grandeur surrounding the saintliness of humility. However, , there, outside the cathedral, on a steep hill three miles away, was the town of Assisi, with its famous Franciscan monastery which now contains the body of Francis. There, we were to sing.

A tour of the monastery was conducted by an American monk from Ohio - Father Robert. The Franciscans bring monks from all around the world to Assisi to help with the flocks of tourists, so that this ancient basilica and the life of Francis could be explained in their native language. As we wandered through the crypt church, where the mosaics were being restored, I began to be gripped with an awe and when we reached the upper church -the first gothic church in Italy, and saw what the towns’ people had constructed in the twelfth century in only twenty-three years - not centuries, the awe grew.

Then the Giotto frescoes of the life of St. Francis and the life of Christ came into view!! Medieval pictures on walls - the books of knowledge - all bigger than life. Here they were - in every guide and volume on art -here they were, before us. And we were to sing there!

The monks were very gracious to us. After lunch in the town - with its steep hills and cobble stone roads (paths) I, and several others took a nap in the lobby of the hotel where we had dined and then on to the Basilica to dress and warm up. The monks had opened the sacristies to us and by concert time we were transmogrified into white tie and tails for the men and red blazers and long black gowns for the women. The opening chord of ‘Cry Out...’ filled the basilica and then some!

This concert proved to be the best of the tour perhaps because of the overpowering sense of beauty and joy that seemed everywhere. When the WPI men began with the Gregorian chant of ‘Jesu Dulcis Memoria...’ (Jesus, Sweet Memo­ ry...) one senior observed that the monks came running over to avidly listen to this whole section.

After the last powerful chord was sung and the concert was over, walking out to look at the lights shine in the valleys far below us through a soft Italian night was a perfect ending to a perfect day.

Tuesday was free. People disappeared every­ where. Some out of Rome, the rest all through Rome. Wednesday was up early and to the Papal Hall of Audience. Seen every Wednesday on cable TV, it is huge. We were seated half-way down, ready for anything. We knew that we were to sing after being greeted, but when? Down the aisle came John Paul II, greeting people, includ­ ing many of the men who were seated near the aisle. The greetings were in five languages, and when ours came, we sang. The hall rang with applause at the end, as we were the only ‘choir’ there that day. At the end of the audience we were summoned to the steps of the dias to speak with the Pope and for photographs - which we gladly did. As the Pope, surrounded by Cardinals and a bunch of photographers, came over and grabbed my hand, he said - “Oh, all women.” “No,” I said,

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Wednesday night, at 9:00 p.m., was our last concert in the beautiful 17th century Church of San Lorenzo in Damzo - a plain exterior and a stunning interior, complete with baldachino above the high altar and gold everywhere. Before that high altar we sang - all up the steps to the floor - and the sound reverberated and reverberated and reverberated. Ah, that Alden Hall had half that sound!! As we left this, the last concert in Rome, we mingled with the large audience and searched for a “bar” and a glass or two of refreshing liquid - needless to say, as I was the first to head in the right direction, the undergraduates found me on the second glass.

Thursday was Florence and tounst-time. Statues, paintings, squares, bridges, marble works, bronzes the never-ending goodness of life, plus a splendid Florentine lunch late in the afternoon. Some of us went on to stay in Florence, then, some went to

Venice - tourist-time! Returning to Rome, the rest spent the next three days free from work and were off to places like Villa Adriana (the ruins of the Emperior Hadrian at Tivoli) and the Villa d ’ Este, the beautiful 16th century water gardens of the Cardinal d’ Este.

Strangely enough, the Zwieps and I met some Amer­ icans in the middle of these gardens when Don offered to takeaphoto for them. It turned out that they had been at our first concert - the world - so small.

However, it was the trip to Sorento and Pompei which fascinated so many of us. Ah, such a life must have been led in Pompei, complete with shows of every sort and so much wine - and the house of the two brothers who kept a wine shop - such frescoes!

Monday came, and the last day in Rome, replete with a farewell dinner for all, full of good cheer, good songs and free flowing fellowship. However, before this was a tour of the V atican Museums. The beauties of the papal collections and their quarters can only be grasped by walking through these splendid halls and galleries. Thanks to the Lord that the popes saved as much as they could, and brought it all to one place.

This tour of 1994 ended, but where next?

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TRADITIONS DAY

Will the real alma mater please stand up?

Another song was sought, not to replace Hedlund’s “Alma Mater,” but to give the Glee Club something to sing that might improve theirchances in the competitions. “Hymn of the Engineers” by George Brady, a member of the Class o f 1931 who transferred to MIT, was selected. Two songs by WPI faculty and staff members were also added to the Glee C lub’s repertory: “John Boynton,” by Harold Gay and Edward Brown, and “Marching Song of the Tech Engineers,” by Gertrude Rugg and Herbert T ay lor. The most famous of the WPI songwriters was better known for his pioneering work in rocketry. Robert Goddard ’08 wrote “Old Tech” during his student days.

Yet another contest was sponsored by Tech News in 1935. This time Cliff Green, director of the Glee Club, won with “On Boynton Hill.”

Interestingly, it is not this song but another Green composition, “Worcester Tech Song,” that is featured on the album “Memories of Boynton Hill,” which the Glee Club recorded in 1956.

It has been more than 80 years since Willard Hedlund wrote a simple college song for a longforgotten school gathering. Since that time, many other songs have vied for a place in the hearts and memories of WPI alumni. But his “Alma Mater” is the only WPI song still sung and remembered today, and that, after all is said and done, may be all that really matters.

— Brueck is W PI’s archivist and special collections librarian. She wrote about the histo­ ry of Commencement at WPI in the Spring 1990 WPI Journal. Salek, a chemical engineering major, was the editor of the 1993 Peddler, the student yearbook, and is co- editor of the 1994 Peddler.

by Lora Brueck, Gordon Library A rchivist and Bethany Salek, Class o f '94 Marches, cheers, hymns, fight songs, rever­ ent songs— over the years, WPI has had them all. These many school songs and hymns have glorified the “days on the hill,” celebrating everything from John Boynton to apple pie to the WPI flag. But W PI’s historical record pro­ vides noclear answer to the question of which— if any—o f these compositions was ever chosen to be the Institute’s official alma mater.

A succession of contests, the first sponsored by the Class of 19 11 in 1909, has been held to find the perfect song for WPI. In that first competition, Otto Escholz won the $10 first prize for his song, “ W orcester Tech, Oh Polytech.” Second prize, $5, went to William Sleeper for “Give a Cheer for Old P.I.,” while William J. Weir picked up third prize and $1.50 for “Fight for Worcester Tech.” None of these songs ever seemed to gain much popularity.

In 1912, Willard Hedlund ’ 10, who was then a civil engineering instructor at WPI, wrote the song that is known today simply as “The Alma Mater.” He jotted it down in haste as a way to add some life to that year’s Tech Carnival, never expecting it to attain the status of the official school song. Nine years later, another contest, this one sponsored by the Tech News Association, elicited just three submissions.

None of these were deemed worthy by the judges of the title of school song.

Ralph Earle, who was named WPI president in 1925, had a strong interest in the Institute’s musical program, and was especially keen on seeing the Glee Club enter intercollegiate com ­ petitions. Although the club always did well in those categories that allowed its members to perform songs of theirchoosing, they invariably came in last in the col lege song category singing Hedlund’s composition.

Show your school spirit, enter the Alma Mater Contest!

Concerned that very few undergraduates at WPI know the school alma mater, the Student Alumni Society has added a new event on Traditions Day in hopes of address­ ing this issue. Traditions Day, Wednesday, April 6, 1994 will end with an Alma Mater Contest, scheduled for 8:00 PM in Riley Commons.

The challenge is simple - perform your own rendition (instrumental, vocal, rap, etc.) of the WPI Alma Mater written by Willard Hedlund, class of 1910. The contest is open to the entire WPI community; students, faculty, staff and alumni. Creative license is encouraged!!! Each contestant (individual or group) will be judged

Alma Mater W.P.I. WILLARD HEDLUND, ’10 Moderate

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COPYRIGHT 1994 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTI­ TUTE.

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Is WPI to sing a different tune?

by Joan K illough-M iller A lu m n i Editor, Public Inform ation W PI’s 82-year-old alma mater created a bit of a stir last fall when a proposal to retire it came before the Alumni Council. A new song, written by Richard K. Leaton, class of ’94, was presented at the council’s Oct. 3 meeting, along with Leaton’s rationale for replacing the existing school song. The council voted to form a new Alma Mater Committee to study the matter.

All parties agree that the alma mater w rit­ ten in 1912, by Willard Hedlund (class of ’ 10), is largely unrecognized and unsung by the student body, and that many are unaware of its existence. Some claim the song is difficult to sing or remember; others argue that the lyrics exclude women. To complicate matters, h is­ torical evidence suggests that the school has never officially recognized any song as its alma mater.

Possible remedies include waging a cam ­ paign to promote familiarity with the existing song, altering it, or replacing it altogether, either with Leaton’s composition or through an open competition for a new school song.

Leaton’s proposal, written in his sopho­ more year as part of his Humanities Sufficien­ cy project, cites social and musical reasons for new lyrics and a new score. He objects to the phrase, “...Come, fellows join in our refrain,” calling it biased and discriminatory for an institution that is now co-educational. His original intention, he says, was to leave his mark on the school by replacing the existing alma mater.

“I thought our alma mater was one of the most unmelodious songs I’ve heard in a long time. It sounded more like a pep song than an alma mater. You don’t hear the melody any­ where. It’s not one that they would put on the bells,” he says, referring to the carillon in the tower of Alden Memorial, which plays a m ed­ ley of popular songs a few times each day.

Since submitting his proposal and obtain­ ing a copyright for his composition, Leaton has had a change of heart. On a visit to his high school last year, he says, he realized how good it was to go home to something familiar.

“People leave, but your alma mater remains the same,” he says. He has since changed the title of his song to “The Crimson and Gray Tradition: The Hymn of W orcester Polytech­ nic Institute.”

He says his wish is to have his song, with its spiritual melody and meter, accepted as a school hymn that would be sung at Baccalau­ reate. The Alumni Council wrote to Leaton thanking him for his hymn and voted to add it to the WPI musical heritage.

Faced with a referendum, Leaton says he would vote to retain the existing alma mater.

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although he might be in favor of eliminating “fellows" from the chorus and singing simply, “come join in our refrain.”

Alumni Council member Alex C. Papianou, class o f ’57, advocates reviving Hedlund’s song by playing it at football games and on the carillon each day. He says singing in general fell out of favor during the early 1970s when much that was traditional at WPI fell by the wayside.

Papianou shrugs off the notion the song is difficult to sing. “The range of music is not much different from other songs that are con­ sidered acceptable,” he says. “It’s like any other alma mater. It’s yours, you leam it, it becomes part of your undergraduate experi­ ence.”

As fo r the g en d er-sp ecific language, Papianou says that he asked students who attended a Traditions Dinner several years ago about changing “come fellows” to “come peo­ ple.” “ I was almost ridden out of town on a rail — by the women!”

“I have trouble with the idea of changing something like the alma mater just to modern­ ize it. It might be slightly out of tune with w hat’s considered politically correct today, but who cares?” He contends that the song is a tie to the school’s roots, even if it doesn’t accurately depict its current status. “That [male only] was what the school was when it started out.”

Although Willard Hedlund can ’t speak for himself, his great-grandson, Matthew Friend, class of ’93, who has Hedlund’s original score, will serve with Papianou on the Alma Mater Committee. He likes Leaton’s song and wants to see it recognized, but is against dropping his great-grandfather’s composition.

“It’s not that the tune is any better or worse, but the current alma mater has been around since 1913 — that gives it a lot of backbone,” he says.

“I don’t think a tradition that has been around that long should be changed on just a whim.”

Admitting that “It’s not a tune you hum; effort has to be made to leam it,” Friend says that he is not opposed to changing a note or two “to make it easier to roll off the tongue.” He says he also has no objection to altering the gender-specific language. As an advisor to the Student Alumni Society, Friend says he would like to pursue solutions to the problem of the lack of recognition for the alma mater among the student body.

The newly formed Alma Mater Committee will investigate current sentiment and precedent at other schools before it recommends a course of action. It will also consider research by archivist Lora Brueck that suggests that Hedund’s compo­ sition was never intended to be the Institute's alma mater. In fact, no evidence of a action by the Institute to designate and official alma mater has yet been found.

based on originality, spirit and quality of perfor­ mance. Best perform ers) win $150.00 and receive the Winners Trophy and runner(s) up recei veTraditions Day T-shirts. A panel of judges will submit the top three performers to the audience for final determination of winner and runner up.

Though the WPI Alma Mater was official­ ly adopted by the WPI Alumni Association just this year, the song is one of our oldest traditions (see related story). There is a move­ ment underway to play the alma mater at all official school functions and athletic events.

The words and music are printed below, along with a registration form for the contest.

Five groups have entered to date; d on’t miss this chance to win big money for showing your school spirit!!

by Lisa Hastings Director, Young A lum ni Programs

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Please return to SAS, Box 2516 by Friday, April 1, 1994.

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NEWSPEAK

Tuesday March 29,1994

ANNOUNCEMENTS

APO UMOC returns

by Patricia L. Panlilio Class o f '96 Who do you think is the ugliest student, professor, or faculty member here at WPI??

Ugly Man on Campus is an annual charity event sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega. Although this event seems rather unethical, rest |?" it assured it is all in good humor.

Ugly Man on C am p us or UMOC as it is m ore easily known and re­ membered as a com petition in which you, the student body and faculty, have the Parish Heppenstal, A former contestant opportunity to n o m in ate the person who you think is, or with some work, could be the ugliest person this campus will ever see by April 4th. What that means is that your nominee, with your help, can be made up to be as disgusting as possible or as revolting as possible through “scientific” application of makeup, accessories, and clothing. Just thinkyour nominee could be the epitome of a WPI Engi-nerd! The UGLIER the better!

Fraternities can nominate brothers and so­ rorities can nominate sisters. Clubs and orga­ nizations can sponsor a member. Residents, torment your RAs. Just get a group of friends together and nominate another friend... any­ thing is possible. Students, do NOT be afraid to ask your favorite professor to enter. Athletes, do NOT be afraid to ask your coaches to enter!

As a matter of fact, last year’s winner was Prof.

Brian J. Savilonis from the ME Department, but do you know who nominated him? His track team did - the W omen’s Varsity Track & Field team!

All UGLIES will have their photographs taken on April 9 and 10th, so make sure that they look their UGLIEST on that day. The photographs will appear with the UMOC arti­ cle in the April 19th edition of Newspeak and will also disgrace the ballotting table. Voting will take place on April 19th through April 22 from 10 am until 4 pm. The price of the votes will be 1 for $.25 and 5 for $ 1.00. The UGLY nominee to receive to most votes is the winner and will have the opportunity to choose the charity to which the proceeds are donated.

Invitations to take part in this not-to-miss event have already been distributed. So if your Greek organiza­ tion, club, group, or RA / apart­ ment assistant, has not received an entry form or just neglected to inform you of another way you can h u m iliate them - by all m eans please contact: S y l v i a Michael Bilodeau, Khatchadourian, A former contestant Box 2941, or slyed@wpi. Sylvia will be more than happy to answer any of your questions as well. We ask that you please return all entry forms to Sylvia

by April 4th.

Remember - now there really is a reason to be the Ugliest Man on Campus!

Humanities Department to award Class of 1879 Prize The Department of Humanities and Arts will announce the winners of the 1993 competition of the Class of 1879 Prize at an award ceremony and reception on Thursday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Higgins House. The Class of 1879 Prize, one

of W PI’s oldest academic awards, recognizes outstanding work in the Humanities and Arts Sufficiency Projects. All are welcome to at­ tend. For more information, contact Professor Peter H. Hansen at ext. 5 4 8 1.

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PreMed, PreVet fruit and juice

by Nicole M anjerovic Class o f '97 W PI’s PreMed and PreVet Society will be offering fruit fondue and juice on Monday mornings from 8-11 in Salisbury Lounge! Ex­ otic fruit dipped in scrumptious chocolate ... an excellent way to start out your week!!!

WHAT? You don’t know what the Premed­ ical and Preveterinary Society is?

This enthusiastic group of students orga­ nizes trips to local hospitals and medical cen­ ters, arranges for medical personnel to come to WPI to speak, volunteers time at local hospi­

tals and veterinary clinics, offers guidance to members on medical career opportunities, runs sessions for medical school admissions tests, and gets to do neat things like getting hands on experience with brain surgery...well, almost!

NO, we are not engineers - but anyone wishing to know more about the group or thinking about a career in medicine can get more infor­ m a tio n by m a ilin g q u e s tio n s to medvetnews@ wpi, contacting Jill Rulfs in the Biology Department, or ... just stop by on Monday morning and have your questions answered in person, over fruit and juice!

Air Force ROTC announces new college scholarships The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 340 at WPI has announced the initiation of an expanded college scholarship program for col lege sophomores. The scholar­ ship program will only be offered for a limited time and for specific m ajor areas of study. To qualify for an $8,000 or a full-tuition scholar­ ship, sophomores must meet program require­

ments and be majoring in: Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Nursing, or Engineer­ ing (most fields). College Sophomores who are interested in this program should contact Air Force ROTC as soon as possible.

For more information call 831 -5747 or 831 5748.

WPI ACM to sponsor Peter Wegner lecture Peter Wegner, a professor of computer sci­ ence at Brown University, will lecture on "What Comes AfterObject-Oriented Program­ ming" on April 1, 1994 at 3:30pm in Fuller Labs, room 311. Here is a little more about professor W egner and his lecture.

Are there inherent reasons for the popular­ ity of object-oriented programming, or is it just a fad? How will software technology evolve in the next decade beyond object-oriented programming? This talk provides some provi­ sional answers to these questions by suggest­ ing that object-oriented programming is fun­ damentally more scalable in handling com ­ plexity than the previous paradigm of struc­ tured programming. The paradigm of “com po­ nent-based software technology”, which views objects as a special case of a more general technology that includes distributed program­ ming, databases, and virtual reality, is pro­ posed as a successor to the paradigm of objectoriented programming.

Educated at London and Cambridge Uni­

versities, and taught at Cornell, Penn State, and the London School of Economics before coming to Brown Wegner's research interests include programming languages and software engineering. His books include the first book on Ada and edited books on research d irec­ tions in software engineering and object-oriented programming. His research has includ­ ed language design, concurrency, and typetheory issues in object-oriented programming.

He is currently exploring com ponent-based s o ftw a re te ch n o lo g y as an in te g ra tin g multiparadigm framework for object-oriented, distributed, and database technology.

Writing Resource Center Writing Assistance Available The staff o f the D epartm ent o f H um anities and A rts W riting Resource C enter is available to help students with w riting for courses o r projects. T he W R C is located in Salisbury Labs 134, and the hours fo r D T erm are: M onday, T u esd ay , T h u rsd ay , & F rid ay Wednesday 9 am - 12 pm

Saturday, April 2,1994 10:30 am -3:00 pm SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9 am - 12 pm and 12:30 - 3:30 pm

For further information, please call ex. 5503.

Jewish ethics and values in building Jewish Community An academic Festival of Jewish Learning at Temple Emanuel

10:30 a.m.

1 1 : 0 0 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

1 2 : 0 0 noon 12:30 p.m.

1 : 0 0 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2 : 0 0 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Caribbean Sound Trio African Drumming Chinese Dance Indian Dance Chinese Fashion Show Traditional Thai Dance Tae Kwon Do Demonstration Vietnamese Traditional Dances Latin Dances and Traditional Songs Chinese Dragon Dance Korean Songs

10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Exhibits - Calligraphy Demonstration International Videos - Multicultural Vendors and more.........

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Exotic Food ALDEN MEMORIAL HALL WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Temple Emanuel is offering an afternoon o f study with faculty from Hebrew College on Sunday April 17 from 1:30 to 5:00 PM. The theme of the program is “Jewish Ethics and Values in Building Jewish Community”. It will take place at the Temple located at 280 M ay Street in Worcester.

The program will explore issues of critical concern to Jews today. From Crown Heights to Israel’s occupied territories; from the rising disparities in our cities to the adsorption o f refugees all over the world; we are faced with conditions that strain the bonds o f community.

What are our responsibilities to one another and to people in other communities? How much o f our energy is directed toward ourselves and our families versus our community?

How do we welcome new members to our community and our faith? What is the role o f spirituality in community life? The program will explore what Jewish writings from different periods of tim e have to teach us about questions such as these. To register, call the Temple at 791-8414.

Sunday April 17,1994 1:30 - 5:00 PM “Jewish Ethics and Values in Building Jewish Community” Temple Emanuel 280 May St. Presentations; “Who Belongs to the Community? ‘The Stranger in Our M idst’” in Biblical Ethics and Spirituality - Professor Steven Copeland “Rabbinic Teachings on Three Areas of Communal Responsibility: Care of the Needy, the Sick, and the W ayfarer” - Professor Solomon Schimmel “Communal Responses to Crises in the Medieval Jewish World — Readings from Mai monides’ letters” - Professor Barry Mesch “Spiritual Community or Community o f Spirit: Two Models o f Community in Modern Judaism — Comparing Mordecai Kaplan and Martin Buber” - Dr. Shanl Magid.

NEWSPEAK

Tuesday March 29, 1994

Page 5

ANNOUNCEMENTS

APO UMOC returns

by Patricia L. Panlilio Class o f '96 Who do you think is the ugliest studenl, professor, or faculty member here at WPI7?

Ugly Man on Campus is an annual charity event sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega. Although this event seems rath­ er unethical, rest g assured it is all in good humor.

Ugly Man on C am pus or UMOC as it is m ore easily known and re­ membered as a com petition in which you, the student body and Parish Heppenstal, faculty, have the A former contestant opportunity to n om inate the person who you think is, or with some work, could be the ugliest person this campus will ever see by April 4th. What that means is that your nominee, with your help, can be made up to be as disgusting as possible or as revolting as possible through “scientific" application of makeup, accessories, and clothing. Just thinkyour nominee could be the epitome of a WPI Engi-nerd! The UGLIER the better!

Fraternities can nominate brothers and so­ rorities can nominate sisters. Clubs and orga­ nizations can sponsor a member. Residents, torment your RAs. Just get a group of friends together and nominate another friend... any­ thing is possible. Students, do NOT be afraid to ask your favorite professor to enter. Athletes, do NOT be afraid to ask your coaches to enter!

As a matter of fact, last year's winner was Prof.

Brian J. Savilonis from the ME Department, but do you know who nominated him? His track team did - the W om en’s Varsity Track & Field team!

All UGLIF.S will have their photographs taken on April 9 and 10th, so make sure that they look their UGLIEST on that day. The photographs will appear with the UMOC arti­ cle in the April 19th edition of Newspeak and will also disgrace the ballotting table. Voting will take place on April 19th through April 22 from 10 am until 4 pm. The price of the votes will be I for $.25 and 5 for $ 1.00. The UGLY nominee to receive to most votes is the winner and will have the opportunity to choose the charity to which the proceeds are donated.

Invitations to take part in this not-to-miss event have already been distributed. So if your Greek organiza­ tion, club, group, or RA / apart­ ment assistant, has not received an entry form or just neglected to inform you of another way you can h u m iliate them - by all A ?® "” i m eans please A '♦OVINCETOWN A contact: S y l v i a Michael Bilodeau, khatchadourian.

A former contestant Box 2941, or slyed(a)wpi. Sylvia will be more than happy to answer any of your questions as well. We ask that you please return all entry forms to Sylvia

by April 4th.

Remember - now there real ly is a reason to be the Ugliest Man on Campus!

Humanities Department to award Class of 1879 Prize The Department of Humanities and Arts will announce the winners of the 1993 competition of the Class of 1879 Prize at an award ceremony and reception on Thursday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m. at Higgins House. The Class of 1879 Prize, one

of W PI’s oldest academic awards, recognizes outstanding work in the Humanities and Arts Sufficiency Projects. All are welcome to at­ tend. For more information, contact Professor Peter H. Hansen at ext. 5 481.

PreMed, PreVet fruit and juice

by Nicole M anjerovic Class o f '97 W PI's PreMed and PreVet Society will be offering fruit fondue and juice on Monday mornings from 8 - 1 I in Salisbury Lounge! Ex­ otic fruit dipped in scrumptious chocolate ... an excellent way to start out your week!!!

WHAT? You don’t know what the Prem ed­ ical and Preveterinary Society is?

This enthusiastic group o f students orga­ nizes trips to local hospitals and medical cen­ ters, arranges for medical personne I to come to WPI to speak, volunteers time at local hospi­

tals and veterinary clinics, offers guidance to members on medical careeropportunilies, runs sessions for medical school admissions tests, and gets to do neat things like getting hands on experience with brain surgery...well, almost!

NO, we arc not engineers - but anyone wishing to know more about the group or thinking about a career in medicine can get more infor­ m atio n by m a ilin g q u e stio n s to mcdvetnews@wpi, contacting Jill Rulfs in the Biology Department, or ... just stop by on Monday morning and have your questions answered in person, over fruit and juice!

Air Force ROTC announces new college scholarships The Reserve OfficerTraining Corps (ROTC) Detachment 340 at WPI has announced the initiation of an expanded college scholarship program for college sophomores. The scholar­ ship program will only be offered fora limited time and for specific m ajor areas o f study. To qualify for an $8,000 or a full-tuition scholar­ ship, sophomores must meet program require­

ments and be majoring in: Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Nursing, or Engineer­ ing (most fields). College Sophomores who are interested in this program should contact Air Force ROTC as soon as possible.

For more information call 831 -5747 or 831 5748.

WPI ACM to sponsor Peter Wegner lecture Peter Wegner, a professor of com puter sci­ ence at Brown University, will lecture on "What Comes AfterObject-Oriented Program­ ming" on April I, 1994 at 3:30pm in Fuller Labs, room 311. Here is a little more about professor Wegner and his lecture.

Are there inherent reasons for the popular­ ity of object-oriented programming, or is it just a fad? How will software technology evolve in the next decade beyond object-oriented programming? This talk provides some provi­ sional answers to these questions by suggest­ ing that object-oriented programming is fun­ damentally more scalable in handling com ­ plexity than the previous paradigm of struc­ tured programming. The paradigm of “com po­ nent-based software technology”, which views objects as a special case of a more general technology that includes distributed program ­ ming, databases, and virtual reality, is pro­ posed as a successor to the paradigm of objectoriented programming.

Educated at London and Cambridge Uni-

vcrsities, and taught at Cornell, Penn State, and the London School of Economics before coming to Brown Wegner's research interests include programming languages and software engineering. His books include the first book on Ada and edited books on research direc­ tions in software engineering and object-oriented programming. His research has includ­ ed language design, concurrency, and typetheory issues in object-oriented programming.

He is currently exploring component-based so ftw are te ch n o lo g y as an in te g ratin g multiparadigm framework for object-orient­ ed. distributed, and database technology.

Writing Resource Center Writing Assistance Available T he staff o f the D epartm ent o f I lum anities and Arts W riting Resource C enter is available to help students with w riting for courses o r projects. The W R C is located in Salisbury Labs 134, and the hours fo r D T erm are:

u

M onday, T u esd ay , T hursday, & Friday Wednesday 9 am - 12 pm

Saturday, April 2,1994 10:30 am - 3:00 pm SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9 am - 12 pm and 12:30 - 3:30 pm

For further information, please call ex. 5503.

Jewish ethics and values in building Jewish Community An academic Festival of Jewish Learning at Temple Emanuel

10:30 a.m.

1 1 : 0 0 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.

1 2 : 0 0 noon 12:30 p.m.

1 : 0 0 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2 : 0 0 p.m.

2:30 p.m.

Caribbean Sound Trio African Drumming Chinese Dance Indian Dance Chinese Fashion Show Traditional Thai Dance Tae Kwon Do Demonstration Vietnamese Traditional Dances Latin Dances and Traditional Songs Chinese Dragon Dance Korean Songs

10:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Exhibits - Calligraphy Demonstration International Videos - Multicultural Vendors and more........

11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Exotic Food ALDEN MEMORIAL HALL WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Temple Emanuel is offering an afternoon of study with faculty from Hebrew College on Sunday April 17 from 1:30 to 5:00 PM. The theme of the program is “Jewish Ethics and Values in Building Jewish Community”. It will take place at the Temple located at 280 May Street in Worcester.

The program will explore issues o f critical concern to Jews today. From Crown Heights to Israel’s occupied territories; from the rising disparities in our cities to the adsorption of refugees all over the w orld; we are faced with conditions that strain the bonds o f community.

What are our responsibilities to one another and to people in other communities? How much of our energy is directed toward ourselves and our families versus our community?

How do we welcome new members to our community and our faith? What is the role of spirituality in community life? The program will explore what Jewish writings from different periods of time have to teach us about questions such as these. To register, call the Temple at 791-8414.

S u n d a y A pril 1 7 ,1 9 9 4 1:30 - 5 :0 0 PM “Jew ish E th ics and V a lu es in B u ild in g Jew ish C o m m u n ity ” T em p le E m an u el 2 80 M ay St. Presentations: “Who Belongs to the Community? ‘The Stranger in Our Midst’” in Biblical Ethics and Spirituality - Professor Steven Copeland “ Rabbinic Teachings on Three Areas of Communal Responsibility: Care of the Needy, the Sick, and the W ayfarer” - Professor Solomon Schimmel “Communal Responses to Crises in the Medieval Jewish World — Readings from Maimonides' letters” - Professor Barry Mesch “Spiritual Community or Community of Spirit: Two Models of Community in Modern Judaism — Comparing Mordecai Kaplan and Martin Buber” - Dr. Shaul Magid.

NEWSPEAK

Page 6

Tuesday March 29,1994

COMMENTARY

Just a thought Apes, humans, hatred, and tolerance

by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry As is my usual custom, last week one day I was listening to NPR’s “Morning Edition" as I get ready for my day, so I could catch some of the news that is not usually reported on the commercial net­ works. On this morning I really heard an avant-garde news story.

The report concerned a new book by the man credited with starting the Ani­ mal’s Rights movement 15 years ago.

After getting rich women to throw ani­ mal’s blood at other rich women’s furs, he is moving on to new heights. His new cause is equal rights for apes. That’s right; he wants the United Nations to make a declaration similar to the one they declared for Human Rights for apes. Specifically, for Gorillas, Oran­ gutans, and Chimpanzees, who the au­ thor claims have many human traits

such as compassion and communica­ tion, they need protection and equal rights similar to humans.

After I stopped laughing and wiping the tears from my face, I realized that I was more saddened than amused. We have so little regard for our fellow hu­ mans and struggle to keep hatred and prejudice at levels where we are not in constant warfare against one another, the thought that equal rights for apes is or ought to be a hot issue seems ludi­ crous. Not that I am in favor of cruelty to animals, I am not. But even the most liberal reading of The Bible would lead one to believe that humans are more highly regarded than the rest of cre­ ation.

We are, according to the Psalmist, just lower than the angels and it is to us humans the role of stewardship for cre­ ation has been given. We ought to regard as sacred all of creation, but such

a belief does not mean that every thing that was created is equal. God chose the human form to show us how to live and thus glorified us above the rest of cre­ ation. Now that may seem terribly anthrocentric of me, but that is what I believe the Scriptures of the Jews and Christians teach.

Not that we are doing that great in how we treat one another as humans.

Watching the Academy Awards honor films about the Holocaust and AIDS remind us how far we have to go. There are still, and probably always will be people who are Anti-Semitic and homophobic, racist and sexist. They will tell you that the Holocaust never happened or that Hitler did the world a favor, that gays and lesbians are outside the ordered form of creation, that cer­ tain races are superior to others, and that women are either physically or emotionally weaker then men. They

will use their brand of religion or Bibli­ cal interpretation or understanding of biology and anthropology to undergird their beliefs.

And even if they clothe it in the best of intentions, what they breed is hatred.

Oh, they will claim to just be speaking the truth, but in the end, their beliefs will either promote or allow hatred of others to exist. Once you label a person or a group or a race or a sex as inferior or outside the norm, you open up the possibility that they can be treated dif­ ferently, seen as less than you and thus discriminated against. The slippery slope between believing that “they” are “different” or “inferior” and learning to fear and/or hate “them” is very fast and very easy to slide down.

I know some of you will say that since I claim humans are higher than animals, I am encouraging hatred of animals. I believe in the equality in

any species, but not between species, like humans and animals. Animals have their part in creation and in the ecosystem, but they are also part of the food chain and have a lesser role to play in creation. But that is another debate for another time.

My concern, my ministry, my life is committed to learning to love and not hate my sister humans. Hatred is a much easier feeling and lifestyle to leam and practice than love. Hatred needs little thought, less understand­ ing, and almost no discipline to prac­ tice. Love requires getting to know the other, working through whatever dif­ ferences exist, and learning to appreci­ ate the uniqueness each of us have.

We have all we can handle in com­ bating hatred and prejudice between fellow humans. Once we get that right then I’ll be ready to consider equal rights for the apes.

Philler Lists and destiny - A smile without a cat

by Laurel and Guinevere First of all this week, I would like to apologize to all our loyal fans (if we have any), who missed us last week in Newspeak. I suppose that I could make up some phony excuse, but I don't want to. But that’s not out of kindness or respect - it’s because we can’t think of one...

But now, to business... (No, that is not a toast).

Weird stuff, weird stuff. Neither of us can think of anything that is weird right now. Gee, that in itself is weird.

(We are even trying our best - listening to Floyd in the dark...) Maybe this week’s theme should be a little deviant.

No, not THAT way. Meaning that the topic should be something other than stuff around WPI. Yeah, that’s a good idea. It’s settled then. This week’s Philler will explore the horribly mun­ dane in new and exciting ways, and not once mention WPI - not even the new University plans...

OK. Not WPI. Hmmm... How about Worcester in general. Start with down­ town. The Shawmut building. Why on earth did the designers try to: 1. emulate the John Hancock building in Boston; 2. make it look like nothing else on

Main Street (or all of Worcester for that matter); 3. create a “salad bar" motif in the lobby area. If you go inside the lobby - as if you were going to actually do some “honest” banking - the angled glass ceiling makes one feel as if you were a seven-hour-old piece of wilted lettuce. Anyone who has spent time as a piece of vegetable matter, or has a habit of lying around on salad bars, would understand the principle of this inquiry. Anyone else who happens to understand this, must be clinically in­ sane...

Well, ah.... we exhausted all the ideas in that area already. Pretty quick, huh? Oh well, it is getting late... And now on to something new: Don’t ya hate it when...

You have this feeling that you forgot something, but overcome it by telling yourself that it is just normal universal paranoia and anxiety, only to find that you really did forget something vital, and now are totally screwed for not having it? No? Oh... Sorry.

You inadvertently put on a really depressing album, which makes your whole day turn sour, which makes you feel good because you like feeling that way, which causes your friends to get angry at you for being so good about

DIVERSITY-OPINION

African-American excellence - Alexa Canady

by Prakash Bhatia (Malcolm) Class o f '97 “As one of the first of the new gener­ ation of black women neurosurgeons, I have a responsibility to seize hold of the opportunities created by the movement of the sixties as well as the generations before.”

- Alexa Canady Alexa Irene Canady was bom in Lansing, Michigan, on November 7, 1950. She enrolled in the University of Michigan and received the B.S. degree in 1971. She was admitted to its Col­ lege of Medicine, where she further distinguished herself by being elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Med­ ical Society. In 1975 she received the M.D. degree cum laude and a citation for the American Medical Women’s Association. For her academic accom­ plishments in high school, AlexaCanady was named a National Achievement Scholar in 1967. After successful com­ pletion of her residency, she did a fel-

lowship in pediatric neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania College of Medicine. Certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 1984, she is clinical associate professor at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her commitment to the important caring aspect of medicine is evident in the nature of her profession. Her achieve­ ment is just one of many little-known contributions African-Americans have made to the world. That’s why America proudly offers accounts like this in ob­ servance of Black History Month. By doing so, the achievements and accom­ plishments like Alexa Canady will be heard and appreciated by people every­ where. And her accomplishments will continue to assure her rightful place in American History. So be a part of the celebration of Black History Month.

Many people do not realize that Af­ rican-American women also struggled for racial and gender equality and that they hold professional careers. During their valiant struggles tosucceed, they’ve often scaled the walls of one, only to confront barriers caused by the other.

being depressed, which makes you feel angry at them for being angry with you?

If your answer is “yes," seek profession­ al psychiatric help. Now. Don’t wait.

Go. You’re trying to read a funny column in the newspaper, and the writers are being jerks? Too bad. Leam to live with it. Nyaaah!

Your life appears to be a Salvador Dali painting? Hey, wait. That actually would be quite cool. (Yeah, if you like being on acid all day... He was such a weirdo.)

Speaking of famous painters, did you ever think that some of the greatest artists throughout history may have just been people with poor eyesight? Real­ ly. Think about it. Take Claude Monet.

His painting are termed “Impression­ ist” (or something like that), but it may be that he just had really poor eyesight, and only painted what he saw: blurry stuff. Oh yes, his choice of what blurry thing to paint was wonderful, but with a good pair of glasses, he would have beenjusta normal person. Maybeeven Dali had some sort of stigmatism that made his vision of the world a bit dis­ torted. This makes perfect sense if you look at some of his work. Picasso, on the other hand, probably just could not decide what side of the model he want­ ed to paint, so he painted them all.

Genius, or absolute wacko? You make the call...

Speaking of wackos: you’re crazy when...

You know

You are watching Saturday Night Live, and you find yourself agreeing with the Deep Thoughts by Jack Handy.

It iseven worse when you know what he is going to say before hand, because you have thought of that sort of thing be­ fore...

The highlight of yourday is watching Star Trek... ...and you find that you like Com­ mander Riker for his wit and charm.

You have nothing better to do on a Saturday night than write stupid arti­ cles... ...and they are not even that funny.

You include 11 things on a “Top 10 List” and don’t think anything is wrong.

Did you ever wonder why...

When soft things go stale they get hard, and when hard things go stale they get soft? For instance, bread, which is usually soft, becomes quite hard when it gets stale. Potato chips, on the other hand, go from hard and crispy, to kinda soggy. Why is this? What cruel twist of Fate designed this Inverted Stale-itude Phenomenon (ISP)? [Thanks to Nick Conti for informing us of this bizarre cosmic food effect.]

Bancroft Tower, which has a sign clearly stating the hours the tower will be open, but is never open for any of these hours? Or for any hours. One must rely upon the good grace of some nice person with a hacksaw to provide star-gazers and hell-raisers with the opportunity for an occasional visit to this not-so-clean, but pretty-high-up at­

traction.

Police are called “pork,” and “ba­ con,” when they mostly consume do­ nuts? S h o u ld n ’t they be called Munchkins, D-Holes, or some other donut-related name?

You know you are a geek when...

You use the phrase “orders of magni­ tude” in an everyday conversation.

You cannot do simple arithmetic without the use of a calculator, or some exceedingly complex calculus opera­ tion.

You argue about petty technical triv­ ialities over a cafeteria dinner.

The average stress homework as­ signment does not compare in total work to your effort in rearranging your room.

Even nerds don’t want to hang out with you.

You routinely point out where the night’s sci-fi show ignores, discounts, obstructs, or otherwise changes a phys­ ical law or theorem.

Well, that seems to be all for this week. Sorry that we were.... Oh, hell.

W e’re not going tojustify ourselves, nor apologize for the stupidity of statements made within this article. Il Commen­ tary. We can say whatever we want.

Occasionally we manage to be on the verge of humor, and sometimes we mention some small intriguing anec­ dote, but otherwise it is pure drivel.

Deal with it. Pink Boy! Until next time...

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Tuesday March 29,1994

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION U n official M inu tes to be approved March 31, 1994 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Student Government Association Minutes for the meeting of March 24, 1994 I. Meeting called to order at 6:35.

II. Approval of the Minutes: Approval of the minutes of 3/2/94, was postponed until the next meeting because, not all motions had been re­ turned to Secretary Scott.

III. Attendance: Present: Executive Council: W ar­ ren Smale, Pres; Barbara Doyle, Vice Pres; Cathleen Connelly, Treas; Amy Scott, Sect.

Senate: Josh Arias, Jason Averill, Rachel Butland, Dan Corriveau, Ryan Daly, Nat Fairbanks, Greg Findlen, Deb Foley, Josh Greene, John Grossi, Sylvia Khatchadourian, Joe Laydon, Chris McKeever, Pat McManus, Kirsty Reidy, Mike Schulz, Josh Single, Danielle J. Snow, Donald Socha, Jus­ tin Sprague, Patrick Sullivan, Andy Thiessen, Christopher Thomas, Den­ nis Walsh Absent: Prakash Bhatia, Lexie Chutoransky, Jen Keenan (ex). Wolf Winset (ex) IV. President’s Remarks: Pres.

Smale first announced that Senatorial appointment appl ications are now avai Iable in the office. He then informed the Senate that Bilaga would be requesting special funding of $1000 at the next Senate meeting, in order to bring a well known pair of gay speakers to the WPI campus. Next, the Senate was informed that a chair would be needed organized nom inations for the annual Goat ’s Head Award. Pres. Smale announced that Chris Jachamowitz had asked that any senators with ideas for Parent’s Day (next year), contact him in his office or by emailing spectre@ wpi. Senators are also encouraged to spread the word around campus that any student with are ideas are more than welcome to contact Jachamowitz. Finally, Pres.

Smale posed the question of “what’s going on?” to the Senate.

V. Vice President’s Report: VP Doyle announced that the selection process for Academic Committees had

uled for April to discuss the van situa­ begun, applications are available and - SGA PR: Chair Butland reported that tion/student transportation needs with they are due on, Friday, April 1st. the WPI Treasury. Chair Averill then the new meeting time will be 2:30 on Senators are encouraged to apply, be­ asked members to stay after the meet­ Wednesdays. All other committee cause there is room for at least one chairs have been given new guidelines ing for a short time. senator per committee. VP Doyle for flyers and IMC/Newspeak ads.

- WPI Plan II: Chair Findlen then asked that when Senators are in Chair Butland then announced that PR thanked all members of the Plan II the office for office hours that they be had been attempting for the past term committee for their hard work in the doing SGA work. Doyle then reported to produce a flyer about what SGA last weeks preparing for the Open Fo­ on the faculty meeting. Provost Apelian does. However committee chairs had rum with President Strauss. Since had updated the faculty that applica­ returning from break the tions were down 8%, and committee has been very that there tended to be a 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 busy, and have met four shift from engineering in­ times. The committee co­ terests to science, and in­ ordinated an active public­ terface technologies. All proposals for new academ­ ity campaign this week to raise student attention re­ ic technical programs are to be submitted, in their garding “The New WPI” final form for review in paper. They sent SGA rep­ resentatives to 5 residence May (at this point the floor > __ __________ _____ was yielded to Treas. halls to present informa­ S T U D E N T G O V E R N M E N T A S S O C IA T IO N Connelly to finish the fac­ tion about the “ proposal”, ulty meeting report). Treas. Connelly and these meetings went very well. been asked several times to submit a reported that the faculty had gone into The Open Forum had gone as well as short paragraph about what their com­ a suspended session in order to discuss expected. There was a turnout of mittee was doing, yet PR had not re­ the “New WPI Plan”, that has been ceived any responses. Therefore, she approximately 100 students. There proposed by Pres. Strauss and Provost was a great deal of interesting points was asking once again for chairs to get Apelian. The faculty raised questions made to the President. President information to the PR box A.S.A.P. The PR committee is planning to have about the ambitious time schedule of Strauss had been pleased with the the proposal, and were informed that results of the discussion and stated a table in the Wedge where senators will sit with these flyers to answer any nothing would be acted upon that was that he would like to continue to be involved with campus programs such questions students have, once the flyer strongly not supported by the commu­ as the Open Forum. Finally, Findlen is done. If no chairs get information to nity. In general the faculty did not PR then the Wedge program will be seem to oppose a name change al­ announced that Provost Apelian would though they were very wary of an al­ canceled. PR members were remind­ be attending the next Senate meeting ready small faculty being subdivided ed not to forget their responsibilities on, Thursday, March 31 st, to hear stu­ and meetings. Any interested senators even more. Pres. Strauss had informed dent opinions on “The New WPI” pa­ them that the 6 schools idea was being were encouraged to join the commit­ per. He had been asked to make a short misunderstood that it was intended to presentation as to any changes that tee. promote more interdepartmental col­ have been considered since the second - Elections: Co-Chair Corriveau laboration, and not more division. draft of the paper had been released. reported that on March 22nd he and fellow Co-Chair McManus had met VI. Treasurer’s Report: Treas.

At this time Findlen moved to suspend with Dean Richardson to discuss the Connelly reported that the ’94 - ’95 Robert’s Rules for discussion on “The Budget would be brought to the floor New W PI” paper, the motion was sec­ Campus Hearing Board elections. A in New Business for approval. member of Newspeak was contacted onded by Sen. Schulz and passed 19-5to interview Dean Richardson about VII. Committee Reports: 0. The discussion was limited to 10 what the Campus Hearing Board in­ - Academic/Institute minutes. Senators raised many ques­ volves. Elections will take place on - Education and Development tions some of which had been posed to Thursday, April 21st. More informa­ Council: Sen. Grossi reported that them when they had made their pre­ sentations. tion will be available to the communi­ committee was currently determining grants to be awarded for the next aca­ ty as the elections come closer. The - Spirit: Chair Daly announced demic year. Currently one application committee is yet to meet this term but that there would be a meeting on from a professor in the math depart­ will be doing so next week.

March 29th, at 6:30 in Higgins Labs, ment has been submitted to continue - Transportation: Chair Averill many administrators would be invit­ on introductory math curriculum im­ reported that Ski Team had finished ed. provements, likewise Prof. Kildahl of the season and one of the vans had VIII. Old Business: none the Chemistry department has submit­ been returned, the other would be re­ IX. New Business: ted a proposal to improve the introduc­ turned once a storage place for the ski - Motion ld.94, Approval of ’94 tory chemistry program. box was found. A meeting is sched­ ’95 Budget: Treasurer Connelly

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moved to approve the budgets as allo­ cated by the appropriate Organization Class Finance Committees. The mo­ tion w as seco n d ed by Sen. Khatchadourian, and passed.

- Motion 2d94,College Town Ap­ pointment: Pres. Smale proposed that Sen. Thiessen , and Senator-atLarge-Elect Jason Mickey as co-repre­ sentatives of WPI to the College Town Conference Committee sponsored by the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education. Sen. Averill so moved to appoint Sen. Thiessen and SenatorElect Mickey to the positions. Sen. Arias seconded. Pres. Smale then yielded the chair to VP Doyle to give some background information, answer questions and speak in favor of the motion.

X. Announcements: - Safety Committee: Sec. Scott reported for Rep. Jesensky. The snow days cancellation was discussed. Class­ es were not canceled on the last day of C-term due to many people having Friday plane tickets. The Safety Com­ mittee felt that the snow day was on the calendar and therefore should have been planned for by all members of the community. A letter addressing the fact that bowing to such pressures could be prove to be dangerous some day.

The most recent accident report is in the Safety Committee box for interest­ ed parties. The committee discussed that work study students are covered by workmen’s compensation, and any interested senators should ask Jesensky for details, or send other students to her. EMS has requested that their bunkhouse be checked for safety haz­ ards. This item will be brought to the next Safety committee meeting. The next meeting will be April 14th, at 8:30 AM in Forkey Conference room.

- Sen. Sullivan announced that the next QuadFest meeting will be at 4:30 in Salisbury 104, next Thursday.

- A Pluralism meeting will be held on March 29th, from 1 to 4.

- The Presidents of SGA and SOCCOM will be meeting with Con­ sortium Leaders again on March 29 at 6:30.

- All Senators are invited to attend the ground breaking of Higgins Labs, April 3rd, at 4:30.

XI. Meeting adjourned at 7:15.

GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION GSO General Meeting March 16, 1994

in advance in the future we will have better turnout. *Ski trip - in order to qualify for (Note: the secretary was busy as­ the discount we need a firm 20 peo­ suring our pizzas would arrive during ple. If there is interest in this we the first half of the meeting, so the must do it right away, the snow is minutes for that time are a bit sketchy) melting!

VP o f Activities and Graduate *ISO dance in Alden on Friday, Life, Ira Vaidya: March 25th. GSO is helping to spon­ * We had 12 people turnout for the sor this dance. Professional m usi­ ice skating trip. All who went had a cians will be performing at the dance, good time. There is concern that we and a fun time is sure to be had by all. had many more inquiries than skat­ Grad students may get free tickets by ers. Perhaps if we request the money contacting ira@wpi.

Old m inutes ♦The minutes of 2/16 and 3/2 were

voted on and approved.

Budget Cuts *Due to budget cuts in depart­

ments the number of T A ’s will de­ crease. This should not affect current TA ’s, but will reduce the number of new T A ’s for next year. If you feel that you were promised something and did not receive it, the GSO can help represent you.

More Election Results *Congratulations to two new offic­ ers and good luck in the coming year.

They are the Vice President of Orien­ tation, Tania Marie Wolanski, and the Vice President of Public Rela­ tions, Okoziem Eledu. There is still

one office left to be filled, office of the treasurer: if you are interested in this position, get in touch with a cur­ rent officer and get nominated.

N ext G eneral M eeting *This will be held W ed March 30th, 1994 at 12pm in A K 108. Lots of Pizza and Soda will be served, so why not come over for lunch, to give your own input and also interact with other graduate students. Hope to see you there! For more information about GSO, write to gso@wpi, kozi@cs or call ext 5393.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

More efficient events coordination needed To the Editor: I recently wrote this letter to Mr. Stephen J. Hebert, Vice President for Administration about difficulties en­ countered in attempting to reserve a room for Student Government meet­ ings. I believe this is a common problem that many students experi­ ence and wanted to share the letter with them.

Dear Steve: I am writing to express my frustra­ tion in dealing with the event coordi­ nation process. As VP for Adminis­ tration, I suppose that you are respon­ sible for the supervision of the events coordination staff. Therefore, I am sure that you are aware of the archaic system which is used to process room requests. Based on my conversations with Muriel and Erika, it is my as­ sessment, which I believe is a correct one, that the current system of note­ books, calendars, and paperwork is an operational nightmare.

Under the current system, a phone call is placed, and the rustling of paper begins in an attempt to reserve a room. Moreover, it is my view that the staff has not been adequately supplied with the layout and specifica­ tions o f the rooms for which they are responsible. This results in difficulty in locating a room which meets your needs, especially, if you are unable to acquire the facility with which you are familiar.

The incident which prompts my call for action occurred last Thurs­ day. The Student Government A sso­ ciation has weekly Senate meetings at which it conducts its regular busi­ ness. Because the time has remained constant, I proceeded to reserve the necessary room at least two weeks before the end of C-term. During my conversation, Muriel informed me that Riley commons, our usual venue, was occupied several times during the time that I was requesting. I shared my concern over having a standard loca­ tion for the entire term, and I suggest­

ed Salisbury Labs 105. I was in­ formed that the room was available, and was further assured o f its reser­ vation. I went on term break with no confirmation forms, but sometim es I receive them and other tim es I do not.

I was really concerned. W hen I went to make ready for my meeting on Thursday the 24th, I saw a room occu­ pied with a class or sem inar of some kind. Luckily I was able to find a room that was open and available.

Unfortunately, the room was anything, but desirable. I assured m yself that there was sort o f mix-up, and that I could resolve the situation on Friday.

I hope that this was a one tim e occur­ rence as the calendar for this term which display SL105 are already at the printers. I left a message on the E v en t C o o rd in a tio n O f f ic e ’s voicemail, explaining the situation.

Erika located me in the afternoon at work in the Admissions Office. This is the point where I was informed that the Graduate School had scheduled a class for Friday in SL105, and made a

mistake in the day. So, SGA has to move, this is quite an easy operation because our reservation is kept in pencil, while the others are typed.

1am not advocating clearing class­ room space for meetings; however, we should require a certain degree of accountabil ity on all sides o f the events coordination issue. This situation should not have occurred. If WPI supports an Events Coordinators of­ fice (ECO) then it should be viewed as the central scheduling mechanism for the campus. Departments, both graduate as well as undergraduate, should not allocate space without con­ sulting the ECO. I understand that this is not always the case, and has resulted in numerous situations like mine. We are currently operating our entire campus as a campus center, and scheduling should be viewed as scheduling one building. In order to accomplish this most effectively, the system must be both centralized and up-to-date.

I think that even in these tough

budgetary times, WPI must look to improve its infrastructure, and event coordination is the backbone of run­ ning the campus efficiently. There are numerous computerized system which could alleviate our difficulties as well as expand our capabilities with a limited capital outlay. In fact, the WPI Project Office is hosting a demonstration on such a system in April. We are advertising this to our consortium colleagues, while we op­ erate under an antiquated system. We should be the leader of technological innovation among the consortium schools, yet we sometimes remain behind, i.e., Holy Cross’ electronic registration is far more interactive than ours.

I hope that we can work together to develop a solution to this important problem.

Sincerely yours, Warren Dennis Smale President Student Government Association

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Tuesday March 29,1994

CLUB CORNER

Alpha Phi Omega Yellow Dot PSYCHE! Thanks to all who faith­ fully wore their dots! The prize winner is Henry since he had the guts to wear a bright yellow rain slicker outfit with his blue dot. Honorable mention goes to Heidi for her creative seamstressness flowa.

Congratulations Heniy and Heidi! (p.s. your prize will be a little late...)

OI’s busy busy busy busy... A big sad face to all those who were on or interested in the painting and hunger committees/projects which were CANNED for one reason or another... but UMOC, Service of Students, Elm Park volunteers, Road Race volun­ teers, Special Olympics volunteers are ... stayin alive - stayin alive- ah ah ah ah stayin alliiiiiiiiive...

Brothers and pledges try and keep contact with the brothers you met at the “other chapters party”- once an APO always an APO (... ok ideally...)

Closing thought: When things get tough the tough play with the ducks and the fax machines, (d’ya ever hear that joke? well you see... there were these two ducks...)

-forever in the toilet., urine

BiLaga Hello All. Thanks to all that have helped out in the past couple weeks with the Ani DiFranco and Hallapalooza shows. Ani was a success and by the time you read this we’ll know if Hallapalooza was too! Don’tforget....openmeetingin the Lower Wedge 8pm on Wednesday March 30th. Free food and refreshments will be on hand. There will also be several important issues to discuss as well. Things such as the club’s future and role here at WPI, next year’s events, and what to do with any surplus money from this year. Soooo..... everyone show up to the open meeting, all are invited so come check it out if you’re interested (don’t worry we don’t usually bite).

Christian Bible Fellowship This term has taken off to a great start already!

This Friday night at 7:00 p.m. in Higgins 101, our speaker will be Paul Carter who will be joining us here to help next year. It will be a good time to get to know him a little bit this Easter weekend.

Regular weekly activitiesareon as usual. Wednes­ day night in Founders Country Kitchen at 8:00 p.m. is our prayer and share meeting. For a fun time of sports, meet in front of Alumni Gym at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday. And, o f course, we have a large number of Bible studies. If you are interested in joining one, contact Chad at 792-9483.

Principal number two for staying in the race: Commit everything to the Lord in prayer. If we are not daily spending time with God in prayer, and developing a habit of it (even when we don’t feel like it), it will be virtually impossible to “stay in the race.”

Jesus prayed: “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” (Matthew 26:42). It is important to realize the significance o f this event Here is God in the flesh praying! When we don’t see how to escape temptation, get through a situation, or anything else, we must leam to turn to God, just as Jesus did. And for the Easter tie, this prayer was offered up right before Jesus was arrested, which lead to his death and resurrection (why wecelebrate Easter!)topay for our sins.

Chinese Student Association Congratulations to all of the new officers ! This year’s new officers are: Eric Law - President, Ken­ neth Lee - Vice President, Kaki Chan - Secretary, Amanda Huang - Treasurer, Josephine Shen - Sports Coordinator and Chi-Yan Tsang - Activities Coordi­ nator.

The annual big event Cultural Festival, is going to be on Saturday, April 2nd. In the Cultural Festival, we are going to have Dragon Dance, Chinese Dance and Fashion Show (Traditional costumes) in the per­ forming program. These exciting performances are worth your while ! Furthermore, all members are invited to participate. If you are interested, and wish to sign up, contact one of the officers.

A quick note to Yin Jie. You have a letter that was sent to CSA by mistake. Please contact one of the officers to get the letter back. T hanks!

Cycling Club YO! YO! YO! W e’re back in a big way. And bawdier than before! The winter has been long and hard but the season is here. The roads have been clear enough for the roadies to go nde most days. Road

rides will start from the Quad at 4:00 (e-mail Larocque@wpi for the lowdown). Those crazy mountain biker types are having fun riding in the snow and mud. For the goods on ride times with the mountain bikers e-mail ejb@wpi.

The season comes fast for the roadies, Bicycle Alley is putting on a training race series April 10. The race scheduled for Sunday the 20th didn’t go off on account of the weather and the race scheduled for the 27th mostly didn’t happen either. Plan on attending the April 10th race. E-mail larocque@wpi or call Bicycle Alley at 752-2230 for more info (cost is $ 10/ 12 to enter, the race is in Sturbridge).

The other day MC BadFIy and MC HeadCase were jivin down the road of life when we happened upon the Place. Yeah that’s right the Place, you know the Exterminator’s Lair. And there affixed to the side of His Temple was the blazen sign of gloty. The sign enlightened us to the indentity of the Pest of the Month. Ayah the sign spoke to us, and revealed to us the awesome power of the SUBTERRANEAN TERM ITE

Global Affairs Party Hi Gapsters! Nominations are open for next year’s officers, elections will take place at next Thursday’s meeting. You can nominate someone for a position at the beginning o f the next meeting, before the elections. If you have any ideas for fun social activities tell Maria at marcia@wpi. The Earth Day Institute Pond cleanup project by Eric (eacraft@ wpi) and Jennx (jen@ wpi) is well un­ derway, w e’ll be cleaning from 10am-2pm on Saturday, April 23rd. We are also planning to have a booth at the Earth Day festivities in Insti­ tute Park on the 24th, more info on that at the next meeting from Shannon (smfinley@wpi). In other words, everyone who can make it should come to AK218 at 6:30pm Thursday the 31st, there will be a lot going on.

Men’s Glee Club OK, everyone’s back, we’re all over our jet anti­ lag, and w e’ve had time to realize that Moose, who normally writes our club comers, is in Puerto Rico.

I’m taking over, so if you have any complaints, write them on small pieces of paper and give them to Bob. Maybe after “David” he could replicate that statue from Pompeii...

Remember, practice Monday, be in the JE room BEFORE 6:30 so we can arrange rides. Elections are Tuesday and Thursday. And now, the first of many Top Tens to come out of Italy ...10 most-used phrases in Italy 10) Fifi (Heyyyyyy!)

9) 999,952 bottles of beer on the wall...

8) Bob. (BOB! Bob? Bob...)

7) Nice shoes...

6) Roll.

5) Look. I don’t ’ need* this.

4) Bob. 3) Will give h*** for beer.

2) Bob. And #1, courtesy of Franco...

1) After tomorrow, f*** off, I’m on VACA­ TION.

International Student Council Cultural Festival The WPI International StudentCouncil is going to hold their annual cultural festival on Saturday April 2nd from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm. The doors will open exactly at 10:30 am in Alden Memorial Hall and the festival will continue throughout the day with live performances, exhibits, traditional food, and callig­ raphy demonstration. Jim Heffeman, Class of ’85, and Ramey Mettle, a professional drummer from Ghana, will participate in African drumming with WPI students. Some Vietnamese high school stu­ dents are going to perform a traditional dance. The live performances include Caribbean music, Tae Kwon Do demonstration - a martial arts perfor­ mance, Chinese dragon dance - a. traditional dance with dragon and music, korean and latin songs, indian dance with traditional and modem music mode, Chinese fashion show displaying convention­ al and nonconventional dresses, latin dances includ­ ing the flamenco, lambada, and joropo, and tradition­ al thai and Chinese dance. Besides WPI students professional performers will participate in the event too. Food from all around the world will be served from 11:30 to 12:30. The exhibits will include inter­ national videos and souvenirs. It will be a great opportunity to leam more about the world and have a very good time.

Lens and Lights Just when you thought the winter would never end, that we would be dragging our equipment through the white stuff for all of eternity, SPRING IS FINALLY HERE! In case you have just been hitting “D ” when you get mail from Lens and Lights, we have a newsgroup now: wpi.clubs.lens-n-lights. So, if you want to flame the sound crew or just complain about life and computers in general, USE IT! EVENTS this week: Jon Svetkey will grace the Pub once more tonight- don’t miss it! This week’s movie is “My Life,” and we will sign up a crew for the Coffee Cave on Thursday.

This weekend is Easter, so go home and do the family thing (even ifyou aren’t religious-this campus is going to be deader than the 800 we blew last weekend) before you have to totally immerse your self in April LnL events and forget that you ever had a family (this is NOT a joke). Oh yeah, we lose an hour o f sleep this weekend; don’t forget to “spring” your clocks ahead one hour!

COMING SOON to a WPI near you (I’m not quite sure which one: Alden University or WPI University): De-construction of the hall for New Voices 12 begins Sunday, April 10th - mark your calendars now! Dan A. is LD, with assistants Jon K., Jeremy, and Jessi, and M E Greg Marr. Chris M. is AD with Andrea as his assistant and Melissa and Amy are Stage Managing. Coming even sooner is the D-term LnL film- “The Meaning of Life” on April 8th.

Meetings are in AK 233 on Wednesdays at 4:30 PM - just show up!

Muslim Student Association Assalam -O- Alaikum Brothers and Sisters, Welcome back to school afetr a relaxing Spring Break. Looks like Spring is finally around and its going to be nice out again. Cultural Festival is on Saturday April 2nd. We are going to need a lot of help setting up the MSA stall so please show up at about 6:00p.m. Friday night at Alden Hall. We will be there all night so whoever can show up at whatever time, we will appreciate the help. Also we will need people on Saturday to take care of the stall during the Festival. We will have a sign up sheet at Alden on Friday night, where you can fill out the hours you can be at the Stall on Saturday. Insha Allah the week after Cultural Festival, we are going to have a general body meeting and hold elections for next year’s officers.

We shall contact you soon. Start thinking about the offices you want to run for and talk to the executive committee (Bilal Mehmood & Sameer Junaid) if you have any questions as to what the responsibilities are o f each office. Hopefully this year will mark the Histoiy of MSA at WPI to be a very productive and Prominent year. The Executive committee hopes that we have served a worthy year as officers and wish to continue to serve the Muslim community at WPI. Wassalam.

Math CIub/PME Attention Math Club members: This Wednesday (6th April) there will be a Pizza Party sponsored by the Math Department’s Industrial Clinic program. It will be held from 3:30pm-5:00pm in SH308. Come and find out about the many project opportunities offered under the Industrial Clinic. If you have any questions please contact Professor Fehribach by phone or by e-mail : bach@wpi. Please RSVP to bach@wpi. ALSO ON WEDNESDAY FROM 5:30pm-7:00pm IN SH204 : ELECTIONS If you wish to run for an office in the Math Club you must attend this meeting. Ifyou want to be involved in the next year be there to choose your officers!!!

Society of Pershing Rifles There goes the first couple of exciting weeks o f Dterm, I hope you all enjoyed them. For those of you who were there, the beauty pageant we covered on Sunday went quite well. Thankfully, the First Ser­ geant managed to get there from the FTX. Also, everyone should be sure to attend tomorrow’s meet­ ing, we are having elections and I know everyone wants to be involved in that Coming up we have more color guards, so be ready for lots of D&C practice. Also, there will be an APFT within a few weeks, so you had better get your out of shape bodies out o f bed and start working out if you want to pass. The big one on the horizon is initiation, only problem is that it is not on the horizon, it is in our face, so we should make sure everyone, including the pledges, are prepared! Those on the

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initiation committee will be done on time-right!?!

Well, we all hope so anyway.

PLEDGES!!!! I know I mentioned this last week, but I still have not seen one pledge pad yet, get with i t You only have a few weeks left, if I were you I would start worrying.

StudentAlumni Society Hey, WPI! Have you ever wondered what W PI was like fifty or sixty years ago? Well, on Tuesday, A pril 5 at 7:00pm in Higgins House, W TI alumni from the ‘30 ’s and ‘4 0 ’s will share som e of their interesting stories in the Tech Old Tim ers Forum. This is a prelude to Traditions D ay on Wednesday, A pril 6. Traditions Day is an event sponsored by the Student Alumni Society to acquaint members o f the WPI community with old and new traditions alike. Did you know that freshmen had to w ear beanies? Check out the special exhibit in the W edge and leam more about old traditions. Remember the rope pull at Home­ coming? W ell, the Sophomores won this first of three Freshman-Sophomore rivalry events. The second event is the Pennant Rush at 4:30 at Alumni Field. There the Sophomores will defend their title and hope to continue that winning tradition in the Jeopardy Game scheduled for 7:00pm in Riley Commons. Both classes need your support, either as participants or spectators/ cheerleaders. Come on, Freshmen, you still have a shot at the G oat’s H ead title!! The highlight of the day will be the Alma Mater contest at 8:00pm in Riley Commons. The entire WPI community is invited to participate and perform your own rendition (vocal, instrumental, rap...) o f the offi­ cial WPI A lm a Mater. First prize includes $150.00 CASH! All you’ve got to lose is the $5.00 entry fee. So com e on out, support your class in the rivalry events, or your friends in the Alma Mater contest, and leam m ore about the school you chose to attend! Celebrate the history today...

SocComm Hey all, tonight is the Coffee Cave’s show: JON SVETKEY at 8pm in Gompei's Place. This show will go on, hopefully. Pictures for Peddler went out on Friday, hopefully everyone was identified. Com­ ing attractions include Coffee Cave’s Brian McKim on Thursday. Look out for Grog he is on the prowl.

Oh yes, there will be a film on Sunday, oh what a surprise. The feature will be My Life. Hey all you exec type people, our powpow will be this Saturday, don’t forget about it. Get some cool ideas for programming percolating in your brain. Chris D. is still MIA but the Dagdigian watch still goes cm.

Maybe when he returns shows won’t cancel any­ more. Well this is getting kinda long and who knows what the word count is so, adios.

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences All right What’s up, what’s going on, what’s happening?

EVENT SEASON STARTING APRIL 2nd!

OUTDOOR EVENTSEASON STARTING APRIL 9th! Whoooho!

The event on April 2nd is the annual Tourney of Fools, held by the Amazons at Mount Holyoke College. It is just that: bunches and bunches o’ tourneys for you to fight and win. Hopefully. For more information, ask Jared. He knows all, don’t ya know.

The event on April 9th is Darkwood II. This is being thrown by our own Ray Roberts at Periden.

This isTHE first outdoor even t of the season, so if you want togo (NPCing wouldn ’t be a bad idea either, ask Ray if there’s anything you can do, hint, hint,) an extra change o f clothes wouldn’tbe amiss. It’s gonna be wet and muddy and just tons o ’ fun. I know. Ifyou pre-register, the cost is only $5. At the door, it will be $10. NPCsandtheothersilIypeoplewhosaid,“Sure, Ray, we’ll help,” get in for half price.

To you strange people who didn’t go to the Second Annual Feast o f Chimeron, The Wedding of Lord Highrider to Lady Dee: why? What catastro­ phe occurcd in your life that made you miss an event with a title like that? Unfortunately, the wedding didn’t take place; Lady Dee was stolen as she was about to say her vows. Now, there is a quest to find her. Will you join, brave souls? (You should, ya know.)

Information about future events will be forthcom­ ing. I hope. (No one tells the secretary ANY­ THING!)

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AXP As this record heatwave continues to grace our presence, the last traces o f snow-covered sand are finally disappearing, hopefully for good this time.

With any luck, we will soon be able to pull away from the television and soak up some o f those cancer-causing ultraviolet rays. Best o f all, we w on’t have to watch those god-awful cable com ­ m ercials ever again!

As w e enter the first days o f spring, let us not forget that “spring” m eans different things to different people. For instance, to Kaimes, Spring is the time for bare-backed pavement diving (otherwise known as Quadfest); for the seniors, spring signifies the end o f life as they know it, and the beginning of fifty years o f hell on Earth; for Luke, spring is the best time to get studying done in the library on weekends, since everybody else is outside, having fun; and for Stacy, “spring” m eans that somebody is coming to get him out of jail!

In other news, the floor hockey team lost a 32 heartbreaker last week. Hey, Goose, I think it’s time to change your pads... you can borrow the one o ff my door if you’d like!

Finally, the post office reported a 10% in­ crease in business recently, and they attributed most o f that to the 500 Colum bia House m em ber­ ships at our house. Recently joining the ranks of H. Butch, Mike Okurtz and W innie T. Pooh are Frank Drebin, Dean W ermer, Bishop Nelson,

and Chris Poleski (remember, Kmiec, that last one is YOU!). I can't wait until one o f these guys actually W INS Ed M cM ahon’s sweepstakes “ Alright, who is Dick Hertz, anyway?” “ MINE!, er...

A rA Ok, so I lied... last week w asn’t my last article, and seniors do have one more meeting... For my last article, I would like to have some fun... but first, the summary on up-coming events: the teter-totter-a-thon... it will be awesome!!

Thanks to Lambda Chi Alpha for including us... intramurals... floorhockey and soccer... Great job to all those who played floor hockey last W ednesday against Sig Ep... so we didn’t win... we did score a goal though... And also great jo b to those w ho played soccer against CSA Thurs­ day night...

While w e’re on thank you’s... Thanks to SAE for the social Saturday night... And thank you to FIJI for the pre-party Friday night.

One last serious note: great jo b to all of the officers from the past year, and good luck to all those who begin their duties tonight!!!

And now for the fun: The Top 10 AGD Stories o f the Year: 10. Skippy and Chuck... Oh what a life...

9. C arla’s search continues for lefties...

8. “I w as walking through the catails one day, then to my surprise I saw two pairs o f eyes...

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6. Kristin and Nappi get bought to count comic books.

5. “ Y am m a y am m a yam m a yam m a, pantyhose.”

4. Karen Goodell as Pat. 3. JCS and the silver leotards... C arrie’s D ad’s favorite...

2. Does anyone rem ember how Kristin got home on M indy’s birthday?

1. “The Roomies... How many are we up to?”

Ju st read th e c la ssifie d s... “ R O O M IE !!! ___ MATE!!!” (How many are there in Sesame Street on Ice?)

AXA Well here we are with latest installment o f the Greek Comer. Hope everyone enjoyed having a week o ff from reading the Com er. I know Cory did. In Sporting news both floor hockey A and B teams were defeated in there season openers and Soccer was cancelled due to lack o f equipment.

And lets hope that the soccer teams did well yesterday.

Hockey plays today at 4:00 and 7:00(if you want to know who they’re playing then show up).

The trip to Foxwoods is tonite so I hope everyone makes a kill ing and no one comes home in a trunk. Com ing soon to a Quad near you is the First Annual Lambda Chi AGD Teeter-Totterathon. Further details as events warrant. And now for my predictions for the weekend. Satur­ day will be followed by Sunday sometime around midnite.(Narf)

<DK0 -Chris and Martha sittin in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g ... not!

-”I call this one the twist and shout. I take the magic wand, twist it, and shout.”

-FOR SALE: Used power tools. Real cheap.

Contact Mike Marsh.

-If anyone is interested, O ’Sully is selling fresh ground beef, leftover from his last date.

-Yergatian, I can ’t seem to place it, but you look different.

-Hey W alsh, w hat’s the deal? D on’t you like girls?

-The Phi Kap house is sorry to announce that they are now missing two thirds o f the CCC. Anyone with a computer is welcome to move in. (hint, hint, Joey) -Instead o f spending it on the Arch, Yergatian has found something betterto spend his money on late night.

-Tired of being a BAV? Marsh can help even you for just a small fee. -Guz Proverb: Just say no to Guz!

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Hey Phi Sig Sigs!

Thanks to everyone who helped prepare for the division conference last Saturday. It was a success and it was really great meeting all those people! D on’t forget about the formal meeting tomorrow night at 7:00 in Founders- it’s election time! Also, anyone who can help out at the cultural festival on Saturday, the help would be greatly appreciated! The festival runs from 10:30 to 4:30 and will be taking place in Alden. Also, dates have been set for the self-defense course. It will be held in the lower wedge at 12:00 on April 4th, and at 4:30 and 7 :00 on April 5th. Finally, the date for the annual fraternity ed. exam has been set. The test will be taken on Monday, April 4th at 6:00 in A K 1 16.

Good luck to the softball team, the track team, and the womens LA-X team (Kelly, you’re a monster!). Also, good luck to our intramural hockey team- kick some butt!

Happy birthday to Kylie Schoenrock who turns the big 21 on Sunday, April 3rd! Happy birthday, Kylie!

In the personals this week: -M oose, how about that stranger’s dinner? -Counseling sessions will be held from 9 a.m. till 11 p.m. on the second floor o f the house. - A certain broom lover and reader of the “Tourist N ews” would like to ask Sue Waz, “ Is it Bob Marley, Ziggy, or Lenny?”

Special hellos this week go out to Joh, Krysten Laine, Liz Herman, Darlene, Tricia, Jen Shaw, Laura B„ and Karen Verrill.

GET PSYCHED FOR QUADFEST!!!

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LAE Hope everyone had fun at the cave party.

Thanks to AGD for a great social. I know that we had a good time.

To be honest with you guys, I had a great article for this week but Mun schniedered it, so I had to Faunce it. Seniors, feel free to party because I think it is in your petition. Ubu is starting to become raw so make sure you keep L oaf aw ay. SA E is now taking on challengers for the best Lambada. If interested please contact Stretch. Before I leave you I would like to end with a top ten.

Top Ten Amish Spring Break Activities 10. Drink molasses till you heave.

9. Wet-bonnet contest.

8. Stuff as many guys as you can into a buggy.

7. Buttermilk kegger.

6. Blow past the Dairy Queen on a really bitchin’ Clydesdale.

5. Get tattoo “Bom to Raise Bams”.

4. Cruise streets o f Fort Lauderdale shouting insults at the people with zippers.

3. Sleep in until 6 A.M. 2. Drive over to Mennonite country and kick some ass.

1. Churning butter naked.

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W elcome to D-term. I ’m sure everybody knows what the “D ” stands for...

Now let’s see... there are tw o phone lines into the house and only one o f them works and it’s the middle o f the day and everyone needs to use the phone for important stuff, but I don’t want to lose the phone line because I’ve only been talking to my girlfriend for an hour so far today so I guess that I should just put phone on hold while I go downstairs and get lunch because I’m far too cool to eat with everyone else...

Thanks go out to Big John for bringing us our new toy. Everybody is going to fail their classes now that there is new pastime in the house. But hey, it’s D-term anyway...

Hey Little Brad, I bet your glad spring break is over. How much did you get paid for babysitting everyone?

Dave, Steve, Jim, and Len have returned from Hong Kong with the secrets and mysteries o f the Orient. Steve brought back some video games, Jim brought back new experiences, Len brought back a laser disc player (whoops...sorry!), and Dave came back with a big sm ile on his face and nobody knows just why... It’s nice to know that everybody fit in well over.

For all o f you who needs some tips on being smooth and sauve, here’s what you’ve been wait­ ing for: T ex’s Top Five Pick Up Lines: 5. Hi. I’m Tex. 4. I want to hog tie you. 3. No, I really am from Texas. 2 .1’11show you my radio... 1.1’11show you my phone bill; it’s as big as Texas.

0X BW GWNB... Ever notice how sometimes the person you least expect is a closet stud, well I know one such person. In order to protect his identity, lets call this man... Chick Barnyard.

Well I ’ve been listening in on Mr. Barnyard recently and I have compiled a list of the top ten pick-up lines used on him, without further ado here they are: 10.1 loved you in Batman Returns; 9. W hat a coincedence, w e’re both c-cups; 8. So are you allowed to smoke the peace pipe or is that the other kind of Indian;7. W ell I already burned down my dorm and got kicked out of school today so what the hell; 6. I’d love to see your waterbed and cd-rom (hey I write them as I hear them); 5.

So I here you know the combination to the safe; 4. Men in Taco Bell uniforms turn me on; 3. The doctor says I should be able to see again in a couple of weeks; 2. With that haircut you remind me o f a big..., well anyway you’re kinda cute; and the number one pick-up line used on Lom...I mean Barnyard is 1. Hey you ’re a fun guy and you actually talk to girls- what a let down, huh, well live with it. In regards to our party this past weekend I only have a few words to say Toga, Toga, Toga, and along with that a few predic­ tions, Dianna shows up in bathing suit and snor­ kel asking where the sand is, Burke tries to sneak in an old friend.

z v Hi everybody. Yes Lucas and m yself got sunburnt while there was still snow on the ground.

Nice hockey tips Jason, can you write any more about it... I think the message is still going.

Oh by the way, we can sure whip some butt on the hockey floor can’t we. I tried to tell you guys that it w ouldn’t be any different.

Hey who the hell are those guys on the house?

Oh yeah, the schmucks came back to finish the roof. And speaking of on the house... my two and a half year dream o f hanging the flag finally came true. Take a look some time. W e wont stop you.

Hey, get out o f your yard! What? Y ou’re a brother and you are cleaning. You can’t do that to our yard, quit it!

Dan, that meatball sauce sat in my gut like DAKA food. I told you not to put any more sugar in it. Lucas’ pizza was better, hey, N eel’s Pasta was better, Jake's cabbage stuff was even better.

Well, maybe it w asn’t that bad.

G et ready for Cooper Union, they will be gracing our campus on April Fools Day this year.

(AGD should remember them .) Get ready for The Thing this Spring also.

Jail & Bail is coming, throw a friend in jail.

Support MDA today.

TTiats all for now... ZOOT.

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P e e r E d u c a t io n T e a m

Are You A Person Who: • Possesses Good Communication Skills?

• Is Able to Work With Lots of Different People?

• Is Interested In Learning About the Issues That College Students Deal With?

• Is Open Minded?

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.

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

If you show up with Enthusiam, then we’ll show up with Pizza. We’ll also have more information about being a Peer Educator and applications to be a part of the Team.

SNaP ( Security Night Patrol ) is now hiring for the 1994-1995 year

Applications and job descriptions Residential Services, 16 Ellsworth

Application deadline Monday, April 4, 1994

Salary $5.00/hour Persons eligible for federal work study are preferred

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7 rooms. 3 or 4 BR. W all to wall carpeting.

A ppliances. O ff-street parking. A vailable May 1st. $750/m o plus utilities. Call G ary @ 8 3 1 0547.

Newly renovated one BR. New windows, new wall to wall carpets. Ten m inute walk to cam pus. O ff-street parking. A ppliances recent.

C lean, safe and secure. $ 425/m o, flexible lease.

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Freshmen win the G oat’s Head on April 6th.

Pennant Rush 4:30pm. Alumni Field.

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Furnished room for rent o ff Salisbury & Park A ve. Utilities and laundry facilities included.

O ff street parking. N on-sm okers only. $255 per. month. D eposit required. Call 757-6814 Traditions Day is W ednesday, April 6th SU M M ER JOB O PP O R T U N IT Y !!- The O ffice of Admissions is seeking m otivated, peo­ ple-oriented students to w ork 35 hrs/w k this sum m er. Job will consist o f office w ork and leading cam pus tours for prospective students and parents. A pplications available in A dm is­ sions Office, 1st floor Boynton. Application deadline: M onday, April 4.

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All will pass aw ay, but not until som eone else entreats my heart to feel, -bcx Life in the fast lane....N ew speak !

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This chili is really weak. W here's the tabasco?

W hat w ould you do for $150 CASH?!?!

Alma M ater Contest. W ednesday, April 6, 1994. 7:00 pm. Riley Com m ons

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I know let’s stay up all night in the Newspeak Office and not do any work!

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Full-time SUMMER JOBS AVAILABLE on campus Residential Services is now accepting applications for the following positions:

Summer Conference Supervisor Summer Crew Workers Job descriptions and applications are currently available from

Residential Services, 16 Ellsworth.

If you have any questions, please contact Philip Clay, Residential Services at x5308 or Terry Pellerin, Plant Services at x5133.

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MONDAY. APRIL 4 .1 9 9 4

NEWSPEAK

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Tuesday March 29,1994

POLICE LOG S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry 26th 1:08am - Larceny in progress: Report o f several individuals stealing large WPI sign at intersection o f Boynton & Salisbury.

10:00pm - M edical: G om pei’s. Female sliced her hand; EMS respond.

10:08pm - Medical: Alumni G ym . 21 year old m ale, twisted ankle; EMS respond.

10:29pm - Fire Alarm: Riley 10:32pm - Update: Alarm set o ff by smoke m achine from band S u n d ay , F e b ru a ry 27th 4:27am - Larceny/malicious mischief: Report o f break & larceny from snack machine on 1st floor o f Morgan.

8:09am - Intruder alarm at Riley Newspeak caused by window that can set off alarm.

M onday , F e b ru a ry 28th 10:30am - Medical emergency: G ordon Library, 41 yr. old, dizziness, faintness, behind circulation desk.

6:45pm - Fire: report o f an extinguished stove fire in Fuller Apt. 7.

11:18pm - M alicious mischief: Student reports m irror to his ’87 Camaro parked on B oynton'St. behind library vandalized som etim e since 4:00pm .

Tuesday, March 29 7:00pm - Film: “T aD ona (Fire),” Gordon Library, Sem inar Room, Free.

7:30pm - Film: “The Long Day C loses,” Clark U niversity, Academic Center, Room 320.

8:00pm - M usician: Jon Svetkey, G om pei’s Place, $3.00.

Wednesday, March 30 10:30am - C om edianne: Emmy Gay, W orcester State, A uditorium St. C enter (followed by Comedy W orkshop).

7:30pm - Concert: M edwin String Ensemble and Cham ber O rchestra, Alden M em orial. Free.

Thursday, March 31 8:00pm - Comedy Show : Brian M cK im w /T raci Skeene, G om pei’s Place. $ l/$ 3 .

Friday, April 1 7:00pm to 9:00pm - Films: “Thank God I ’m a L esbian,” “Rules o f the Road,” Atwood H all, Clark University, $5.

Tuesday, March 1st 1:17pm - U nauthorized personnel (3) told to leave gym.

10:02pm - O fficer reports firew orks shot out o f D aniels, residents spoken to.

Saturday, April 2 Friday, March 4th 1:27pm - Vandalism /M alicious M ischief - O fficer reports light fixtures in hallway and ceiling in study lounge of M organ 3rd have been damaged.

4:00am - Vandalism : Fuller W atch Person reports about seven chairs broken in A D P lab. A lso bottles on floor.

8:50am - M alicious mischief: Founders Hall, shaving cream on door.

3 : 13pm - Plant services called to let use know that some kids are throwing snowballs at window.

3:36pm - Bookstore personnel saw some kids running around Ellsworth Apt. call to report that kids now running down Schussler St. M onday, M arch 7 th I 1:46am - Alumni gym: High school students asked to leave.

1:35pm - Alumni gym: High school student asked to leave, 4 were asked to leave as 8 more were trying to enter.

T u esd ay , M arch 8th 3:39pm - Noise/Disturbance: Apartm ent on Dean St. called to com plain about barking dog.

3:58pm - High school student evicted from the gym.

W ednesday, M arc h 9th 3:04am - Domestic assault and battery: Reports o f dom estic assault in progress, Institute Road and Boynton St. 3:44pm - Arrest: Domestic Assault; transporting subject to WPD.

10:30am to 3:00pm Cultural Festival, Alden M em orial, Free.

Sunday, April 3 6:30pm and 9;30pm - Film: “My Life,” Perreault Hall. $2.

8 :16pm - Larceny: Student in to report stolen jacket from Founders.

Saturday, March 19th 12:14am - A ssist/disorderly persons: Com plaint from Morgan regarding individuals on floor.

12:26am - Disturbance: Fireworks & Roman C andles being discharged from a Dean St. fraternity at neighboring house.

12:45am - Possible Drug Violation: Daniels floor, SN aP reports odor.

3:24pm - Medical: Report o f male in Harrington Aud. with a possible sprained ankle.

Sunday, March 20th 12:45am - M alicious mischief: O fficer spoke with subjects on Salisbury St. attem pting to remove construction sign at intersection o f Dean St. 4:06pm - Resident o f Ellsworth reports men looking through trash 4 : 10pm - O fficer reports men looking for cans, sent on their way.

Monday, March 21st 12:01am - Hit and Run: involving parked vehicle

Wednesday, March 23rd

T h u rsd a y , M arch 10th 1:30am - Safety check: student extremely sick.

F rid a y , M arch 18th 11:56am - Escort from Harrington, male student, injury to foot.

3 :19pm - Possible Trespassing: Request to check ID ’s at basketball court in Alumni.

5:35pm - Report o f male in front o f Institute Hall with hand lacerations.

11:49am - M edical em ergency: Higgins labs, m achine shop, student lacerated finger with band saw.

10:02pm - Suspicious people: report from W achusett St. regarding person knocking on door and leaving when answ ered, occurred earlier in day.

10:38pm - Suspicious person: report from Lee St. regarding person ringing doorbell and leaving after answered.

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