Astronaut Thornton to speak at Commencement by Neil Norum Director, WPI News-Service N A S A a s t r o n a u t K a th r y n C . T h o rn to n , a veteran o f th ree space flights, including the flight that repaired the H ubble telesco p e, will be the h o n ored sp e a k e r at W P I’s 127th C o m m encem ent on S aturday, M ay 20, at 11 a.m . on the Q uad. The g rad u atin g class is e xpected to include 620 seniors, 2 0 0 m a s te r's d e g re e and 20 doctoral degree candidates. The th em e , “T echnical L iteracy— A F o u n d atio n for the F u tu re,” ties d i rectly into tw o tenets o f the W PI ed u ca tional e x p erien c e : the W PI Plan, w hich enco u rag es the integration o f theory and p ractice in a unique educational program ; a n d the Institute’s innovative global p e rsp ec tiv e program . T hese tw o ed u cational platform s provide u nder graduates w ith a strong a ppreciation for tech n o lo g y and its applications and a basis for p rofessional grow th. T hornton will receive an honorary do cto r o f sc ien c e degree. Robert F. D aniell. c h airm a n o f the b o ard , U nited T ec h n o lo g ie s C orp. in H artford, C o n
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M icrogravity L ab o ra to ry set to launch T eam at K ennedy S pace C enter, a n d as necticut, M ilto n W. G a rlan d ’20, se aboard the C o lu m b ia in the fall. A lbert a spacecraft co m m unicator. She flew nior co n su lta n t for tec h n ica l services S acco Jr., p ro fesso r o f c h em ical en g i for F rick C o . in W ay n esb o ro , P ennsyl on ST S-33 in 1989, ST S -49 in 1992 neering, will be ab o ard as p ay lo a d spe (the m aiden flight o f the Space S h u ttle vania, and Paul S. M organ, ch airm an o f cialist. T h e 16-day m ission w ill focus M organ C o n stru c tio n C o. in W o rce s E ndeavour), and STS-61 in 1993. She ter, w ill re ce iv e ho n o rary d o cto r o f on m aterials scien ce, biotech n o lo g y , has lo g g ed m ore than 593 h o u rs in e n g in e erin g degrees. space, including m ore than 21 h o u rs o f c o m bustion sc ien c e, the phy sics o f flu ids an d m any o th e r scientific T h o m to n .o rig in a lly from M o n tg o m ery , A labam a, re e x p e r i m e n t s th a t w ill be " T h o rn to n will be th e p a ylo a d c o m m a n d e r h o u s e d in th e p re s s u riz e d ceiv ed h e r bachelor o f sc i o f th e se c o n d U n ited Stales M icro g ra vity Ijtb o S p acelab m odule. ence d e g re e in phy sics from ra to ry set to la u n c h ab o a rd th e C o lu m b ia in th e T h o rn to n is a m em b e r o f A uburn U niversity in 1970, and e arn e d her m aste r’s and the A m erican Physical S oci fa ll. A lb e rt Sacco Jr., p ro fe sso r o f c h e m ica l ety, the A m erican A ssociation doctorate in pohysics from en g in eerin g , will be a b o a rd as p a ylo a d sp ecia l for the A dv an cem en t o f Sci the U n iv ersity o f V irginia. ist. ” In 1979 sh e w as aw arded a ence, S ig m a X i, Phi K appa N A T O postdoctoral fe llo w Phi, and S ig m a Pi S igm a. R obert D aniell is ch airm an o f the ex tra v eh ic u la r activity. ship to co n t inue her re sea rc h at the M ax board o f U nited T ec h n o lo g ie s Corp. D u rin g the flig h t o f E n d e a v o u r Planck Institute in H e id elb erg , G e r (U T C ), a global c o rp o ra tio n w ith a T hornton perform ed a record four space m any. S he returned to the U .S. in 198 0 history o f innovation and invention with w alks to retrieve, repair and d ep lo y the and w as a physicist at the U.S. A rm y F oreign S cience and T e c h n o lo g y C e n h eadquarters in H artford, C onnecticut. International T elecom m unications S a t ter in C h a rlo ttesv ille, V irginia, until He becam e c h airm a n in 1987. U nited ellite. D uring the 11-day flight o f ST S 1985, w h en she becam e an astronaut. T ech n o lo g ies and its c o m p a n ies pro 61 , she and three o ther astro n au ts c a p T h o rn to n ’s technical a ssig n m en ts vide a broad range o f h igh technology tured the H ubble Space T elesco p e and products to the aero sp ace, b u ild in g sysrestored it to full capacity a fte ra recordhave inclu d ed service in flight so ft setting five space w alks. w are verificatio n in the S huttle A vion te m s a n d a u t o m o t iv e i n d u s t r ie s T hornton w ill be the payload c o m ics In teg ratio n L ab o rato ry , as a team throughout the w orld. m c m b c ro f the V ehicle Integration T est D aniell, a nativ e o f M ilto n , M a ssa m ander o f the second U nited S tates
c h u s e tts , is a g ra d u a te o f B o sto n U niversity’sC o lle g e o fln d u stria lT e c h nology. He jo in e d S ik o rsk y A ircraft in 1956 as a d esign e n g in e e r an d late r served as a project e n g in e e r on several m ajo r airc raft p ro g ram s, in clu d in g the U.S. A ir Force H H -3 E “Jo lly G reen G ia n t” h e lic o p te r a n d the U .S. C oast G u a rd H H -3F. He has had a se ries o f ad v an cem en ts with S ik o rsk y and U nited T e c h n o lo gies. In 1968, he b ecam e pro g ram m an ag er for the S -6 1 , S-62, and S -58 c o m m ercial h e lic o p te r program s w ith the responsibility fo r co n tro llin g p e r form ance requirem ents, delivery sched ules a n d cost targ e ts for these aircraft. He w as prom oted to c o m m ercial m ar k eting m anager in 1971 an d to vice president, c o m m e rc ial m ark etin g , in 1974. He took o v e r as sen io r vice p re si d e n t, m a r k e tin g , in c h a rg e o f all S ikorsky m ark etin g e ffo rts in 19 76 in cluding the successful developm ent and pro d u ctio n c o n tra cts o f the new te c h nology helico p ters fo r the m ilitary - the A rm y ’s U H -60A B lack H a w k , the
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The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
N e w spe a k Tuesday, A pril 11, 1995
Volume Twenty-three, N um ber Eleven
April Venture Forum to focus on financing your business by WPI News-Service The A pril program o f the W PI V en ture Forum is devoted expressly to a s sisting e n tre p ren e u rs in understanding and b e co m in g m ore k n ow ledgeable about how a n d w here to find the m oney n ecessary to fund their e arly stage, em erg in g , tec h n o lo g y -b a se d c o m p a nies. “T he forum understan d s the c riti cal nature o f this topic and w ill devote the entire e v e n in g to the su b ject,” says P e ter M c D e rm o tt, V e n tu re Forum Chair. “ W e have assem bled an experienced group o f sp e a k ers w ho will inform you about the individual in v esto r m arket, the venture cap ital m arket, an d the fed eral and sta te program s available fo r o b ta in in g c a p ita l,” c o n ti n u e s M cD erm ott. T he speakers will be a n sw ering q u e stio n s such as: - W ho re ally is getting th e m oney?
- W hat ty p es o f c o m p a n ies and in w hat in d u stries? - H ow d o I attract an investor? - W hat d o they look for in the m an agem ent team , m arket g ro w th , and exit strateg y ? - W hat d o I have to know about the term s? -W h a t w ill 1give u p for this m oney? - W h at really is the c u rre n t en v iro n m ent for fin an cin g and w here do I find it? - W hat types o f state and federal g o v e rn m e n t fu n d in g p ro g ra m s are av ailable a n d how do 1 participate in them ?
and has led to o r practiced in o v e r 50 new ventures since 1982. B aty both p ractices and preaches e n tre p ren e u r ship. H e spent the first 25 years o f his career m anaging three h igh-tech sta rt up com panies. He taught e n tre p re n eurship at N ortheastern u niversity for several years and he is on the b o ard s o f several public and private hig h -tech firm s. His m ost recent book is E n tre p reneurship for the N ineties (P rentice Hall). He holds B.S.. M .S., and Ph.D . degrees in Finance from M IT. B aty will discuss the d ifferen t segm ents o f the venture capital industry. He will also disc u ss the d o 's and d o n ’ts o f
T h e sp e a k ers include G o rd o n B. B aty, Jo se p h J. D onovan, Jr., N oreen A. D im o n d , and C arol D illon. B aty is the gen eral p a rtn e r in Z ero Stage C a p i tal o f C a m b rid g e , M ass. Z ero Stage is a pioneer in seed and sta rt-u p financing
Cultural Festival a memorable success
More fun than $2 should buy by Brian Parker E d ito r-In -C h ief R iley C o m m o n s w as p a c k e d o n S a tu rd a y n ig h t for A c a p e lla F est, p re se n te d by W P I’s o w n S im p le H a r m o n ic M o tio n . O p e n in g u p w ith th e th em e fro m th e M u p p e t S h o w , S H M th e n tu rn e d th e sh o w o v e r to “ All o f th e A b o v e ” fro m D rew U n iv e rsity in M a d iso n , N J. T h is g r o u p is o n ly th re e se m e s te rs o ld and th e y w ere p e rfo rm in g <?ffc a m p u s fo r th e first tim e , but th ey s o u n d e d g r e a t a n d m ade the a u d i e n c e la u g h E a c h m e m b e r w as a l lo w ed to in tro d u c e a d iffe re n t so n g , in c lu d in g “ L ean on M e ,” S c a r b o r o u g h F a ir a n d a lu lla b y
a m o n g o th e rs . M ix in g in th e ir c o lo r ful a ttire w ith a b le n d o f b ird s c h ir p ing a n d b a b b lin g b ro o k s, th e ir so u n d w as g re a t. T h e y e n d e d th e ir set w ith “ J e re m ia h W a s a B u llfro g ” an d set th e to n e fo r a fu n -fille d n ig h t. N e x t w a s “ H e n r y ’ s E ig h t” from W e lls C o lle g e in A u ro ra N Y . T h ey e x p la in e d th a t they w ere from an ‘e e n s y -w e e n s y ’ w o m e n ’s lib e ra l a rts c o lle g e a n d s a n g th e ir a lm a m a te r (s o rta ). O th e r so n g s in c lu d e d : “ Y ou A re M y O n ly O n e ” “ S ta n d By M e ” “ B re a k in ’ U p Is H a rd T o D o ” and a g r e a t s o n g w h ic h b o l d ly s t a te d “ C h o c o la te is L o v e .” T h e W e l l e s l e y - M I T ( o r M IT W e lle s le y ) T u n e s b ro u g h t th e ir e n -
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by Beatrice Grygo Newspeak S ta ff A lden M em orial was the m ost e x c it ing place to be on Saturday, A pril 8. B etw een 10:30 A M and 3:00 PM , the N inth A nnual C ultural Festival w a s a chance for the W PI students, facu lty and sta ff from m any countries to share th e ir heritage w ith visitors and each other. T he hall w as filled with co lo rfu l d isp lay s, national foods, m usic, la u g h ter and people b e autifully d ressed in th eir traditional national clothes. T h ro u g h o u t the day, different n a tional fo o d s w ere available to ev ery o n e attending. A variety o f dishes w ere presented and visitors w ere allow ed to chose from the sm all sandw iches served by G erm an students to the C hinese eg g rolls or the exotic and spicy foods from India. In addition, Latin students served d e lic io u s pastry and coffee that co u ld easily satisfy even the person w ith the biggest appetite. A variety o f so d as
approaching v en tu re capital firm s. Fi nally, he will a d d ress the types o f deals that are now b ein g funded and the term s that a start-up co m p a n y m ight expect w hen d ealing w ith a venture capital firm. D onovan is the d ire c to r o f E m e rg ing T ec h n o lo g y D ev elo p m en t at the M assachusetts O ffice o f B usiness D e velopm ent in B oston. He w as form erly the E xecu tiv e D ire cto r o f the M a ssa chusetts O ffice o f B usiness D e v elo p m ent and w as a p p o in ted by G ov. W il liam F. W e ld to th e p o s itio n o f B io tech nology Industry S p ecialist. D onovan previously w orked in the O ffice o f In
and ju ic e s w ere serv ed as w ell, for a sm all fee. T h e art lovers o r co llecto rs could find this y e a r’s C ultural F estival inter esting as w ell. H and-m ade O riental and A frican je w e lry and statues o f ani m als caught the e y e o f participants. B esides m ag azin es filled w ith pictures o f the exotic p lac es and g ifts reflecting the cu ltu re, som e international groups used TV sets and V C R ’s to enhance their p resen tatio n o f the m ost beautiful places from th eir counties. People w ere en jo y in g p erform ances w hile they w ere e atin g , talk in g and laughing. A m ong the national d ances w ere: In d o n e sia n , In d ian , C h in e s e , L atin, A frican and V ietn am ese. B e tw een the d a n ce s, p a rticip a n ts had fun w atching the Indian fashion show , lis tening to the L atin and Indian songs and a dm iring the T ae K w on D o dem onstration. A n absolutely am azin g perform ance o f th is y e a r’s C u ltu ra l Festival w as that
ternational T rade, the O ffice o f F in a n cial D evelopm ent, an d the O ffice o f N ew B usiness D evelopm ent. H e re ceiv ed his B. A. d e g ree from St. A nselm C o lle g e and his M .A . degree from the U n iv e rsity o f N ebraska. H e will p ro vide an overview o f th e services a v a il able to e n tre p ren e u rs and th eir start-up c o m p a n ies at the M a ssac h u se tts O ffice o f B usiness D e v elo p m en t w hich in clu d e s p ro viding assista n ce in a cc ess ing federal, state, local, and private fin an cin g sources. D im ond is a P h y sical S cience A d m in istra to r for the U .S. A ir Force at
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o f the H ispanic S tu d e n ts’ A ssociation. T h e stage becam e a steam y place w hen th ey vigorously d a n ce d to the hot rh y th m s o f the L atin d a n ce s, such as the V en ezu elan salsa. T hese very sk ill ful d an cers did a g re a t jo b o f not only en te rta in in g the au d ie n ce , but im p ress ing th em as w ell, w ith th eir en erg y and th e sexiness o f th eir m ovem ents. T he d a n ce rs receiv ed a n esp e cially big a p plau se after th eir se c o n d app earan ce at the end o f the F e stiv al. A lthough it started w ith a m in o r d iffic u lty w ith the sound, the p erfo rm a n ce w as b re a th ta k ing. T h e ability to c o m b in e the song from the m ovie The Mask and tra d i tional L atin songs w ith e x cellen t actin g a n d d an cin g m ade th e ir p erform ance unfo rg ettab le. T o co n clu d e the festival, the Indian stu d en ts took the stag e. I found th eir dan ce a lso very entertain in g . D ressed in traditional co lo rfu l clo th es, they p e r fo rm ed a happy, d y n a m ic d a n ce and left the stage to a lo u d ovation.
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F o r the w eek preced in g this S a tu rd ay , April 8th, 1995, h e re ’s a review o f w hat happened B ey o n d the Farm : T h e 100 d a y s o f the C ontract w ith A m erica cam e to a c lim atic en d on A pr 7th w ith a p rim e tim e sp e e ch by H ouse S peaker N ew t G ingrich (R -G A ). L ate on A pr 5th, the H o u se had fu lfilled the C o n trac t by voting on its final item . T ax c u ts w orth $18 9 billion, in clu d in g a $500 per c h ild tax c red it for fam ilies w ith incom e u n d er $2 0 0 ,0 0 0 , a 50% reduction in capital g ain s tax e s, and in creased IRA d e d u ctio n s, p assed 246-158. In the unpreced en ted speech, G in g rich rev iew ed the successes and fa ilu re s o f the C o n trac t and c alled for further re th in k in g o f the F ed eral g o v e rn m e n t’s role. In th e D em o cratic resp o n se . R ep. R ichard G e p h a rd t (DM O ) a cc u se d the R epublicans o f ta k in g aw ay from the p o o r to fund tax decreases fo r the rich. E arlier in the day. P resident C lin to n h ad given a sp e e ch in w hich he stated that he d id not want to beco m e “ the veto p resid en t” but p ro m ise d he w o u ld not sign m any o f the passed b ills in their present form . M any o b se rv ers now believe that the “ fig h t ing s e a s o n ” h a s sta rte d a g a in in B o sn ia H erceg o v in a, d e sp ite a cease-fire w h ich o ffi cially lasts until A p r 30th. A Serb o ffe n siv e led to heav y fighting n e a r T u /la A pr 5th. on the 4th an n iv e rsa ry o f the begin n in g o f the w ar. On A pr 8th, the B osnian A rm y claim ed it had taken M ount V lasage in central B osnia e a rlie r in the w eek, a huge psy ch o lo g ical victory. T h e y ’r e T a lk in g A b o u t It, P a r t I... Police tech n ician D ennis Fung re v ea le d the lo n g -q u estio n e d g love in the OJ S im p so n trial A pr 4th. H ow ever, this w as soon o v e rsh a d ow ed w hen Judge L ance Ito threw o u t a sixth ju ro r A p r 5th. W hen the ju ro r im p lied thal the ju ry m em b e rs had been discussing b a n n ed to p ics. the trial w as sto p p ed for an in v estig atio n ; ii will not begin a g ain until at least A p r I Ith. M ean w h ile. Rep. A lfonse D 'A m a to (R -N Y ) im itated Judge Ito in an insensitive m a n n e r on a n ational radio show A pr 6th. T h e y ’r e T a lk in g A b o u t It, P a rt II... O n A pr 7th, S p e a k er G ingrich c a lle d fo r the rem oval o f Rep. R obert T oricclli (D -N J) from the Intellig en ce C om m ittee. T oricel 1i had re v ealed the source for his allegation th at G u a te m alan C ol. Julio R oberto A lpirez, w ho had been o n the C IA pay ro ll, had o rdered the killing o f E fran V elasquez, w hose A m erican w ife had gone o n a h unger strike for in fo rm atio n earlier th is year.
In shorts... A b o m b u n d er con stru ctio n in the G a z a Strip e x p lo d e d a n d k ille d 8 P a l e s ti n i a n s A p r 2 nd ...C o n n e c tic u t w on the w o m en ’s N CA A b ask etb all ch am p io n sh ip A p r2 n d ; U C L A won the m e n ’s c o m p etitio n A pr 3rd ...the "re g u la r” p lay ers rep o rted to baseball cam p A p r 3rd; the
season will begin A p r 2 6 th ...th e F ederal R e serve a tte m p ted to in terv en e on the A sian m ar kets in d efen se o f the d o lla r A p r 3 rd w ithout su c c ess...a n o th er m assacre o f 4 0 0 H utus o c curred in northeast B u ru n d i A p r 3rd, pro m p t ing a n ex o d u s o f refu g ees b o u n d for T an z an ia , m any o f w hom w ere b e in g sent back to B urundi in a c o n fu sin g m ess A pr 5 th ...B ritish Prim e M in ister John M ajo r visited the US A pr 4th; P akistani P rim e M in ister B e n az ir B h u tto fol low ed A pr 5 th ...R ich ard D aly e a s ily w on reele ctio n as m ayor o f C h ica g o A pr 4 th...the Dow Jo n e s Industrial average to p p ed 42 0 0 for the first lim e A p r4 th ...F ra n c isc o M artin D urand was c o n v ic te d A pr 4 th o f a tte m p ted m u rd er o f P resident C lin to n ...Q u e b e c ’s p re m ie r Jacques P arizeau set the referendum on the p ro v in c e ’s in d ep en d en ce for the fall A pr 5 th ...a rebellion was re p o rte d in S o m alilan d A p r 5th...on A pr 5th, A m tra k a n n o u n ced its final c u ts to take effect Ju n e 1st, w ith m idw est serv ice in Illinois hit the hardest; the C ity o f N ew O rle an s and C a lifo rn ia Z ep h y r routes w ere re d u c e d to q u a d w eekly and the B roadw ay L im ited w as pared back to N ew Y o rk -P itts b u rg h ...th e S e n a te passed $ 16 billio n in social sp en d in g cu ts 9 9 -0 A pr 6 th ...S e n a te hearings A pr 6 th hig h lig h ted a n ti-terro rist legislation that m ost M uslim s b e lie v e sin g le s th e m out fo r le g a l p e rse c u tio n ...T u rk e y w ith d re w 3 5 0 0 tro o p s from N o rth e rn Iraq A p r 7th, but still had alm ost 3 0 ,0 0 0 p u rsu in g K urdish re b els...R u ssia c a p tured the v illage o f S o m o sk y , o n e o f the last C h ech en stro n g h o ld s, A pr 8th as th e w ar in C h e ch n y a appears to be w inding d o w n ...a P h il ippine co m m issio n c o n clu d ed A p r 8th that a m aid e x e c u te d by S in g ap o re, F lo r C o n cep cio n , probably w as not g u ilty ...6 teen ag ers w ere killed in a g ra d e c ro ssin g incident A p r 8th in C astle Rock, C O ; the A sso ciatio n o f A m erican R ail roads e stim a te s that four such in cid en ts (not all fatalities) o c cu r in the U nited S ta te s E V E R Y D A Y — L ook, L isten, and Live!
Corrections... T he c o m b in ed w ealth o f M itsubishi and T o kyo B anks a fle r their m erger w ould be $800 B IL L IO N , not $800 m illion as reported last w eek.
Finally... E m m a B ouchard o b se rv ed a g ra p h ic fatality traffic accident last year. It a ffe c te d her so g reatly that she is now seek in g $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 from her in su ra n ce co m p a n y for pain and suffering. A nd th a t's w hat hap p en ed B eyond the Farm .
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Venture Continued from page I Phillips L aboratory, H anscom A FB , G e o p h y s ics T ech n o lo g y D ivision, Plans and Program s. She is responsible for adm inistering program s related to sm all busin ess including: S m all B usi ness Innovation R esearch (SB IR ), Sm all B usi ness T ech n o lo g y T ran sfe r (S T I R), an d C o o p e rativ e R esearch D ev elo p m en t A g re em e n ts. D im ond will discuss these program s and how e n trep ren eu rs can get involved. D illon is a p artner in Innovative C ap ital Part ners o f W altham , M ass. Innovative C apital P artners is a firm that m anages a private venture capital fund w hich provides seed and early stage capital to start-up business. Innovative C apital Partners also w orks inform ally with a n u m b er o f private investors. P rio r to jo in in g Innovative C apital Partners, D illon w orked in the B oston O ffice o f E conom ic D evelopm ent and w as asso ciated w ith the B ank o f B oston C o m m u n ity
Investm ent D epartm ent. She has w orked as a consultant to cities and private individuals in creating new b usinesses and has taught courses in e n tre p r e n e u rs h ip at B o s to n U n iv e rs ity , R a d c liffe C o lle g e , N o rth e a ste rn , S im m o n s, H arvard, and the U niversity o f N ew H am pshire. D illo n ’s rem arks will focus on the private investor or business “ an g el.” S he will discuss how en tre p ren e u rs can find private investors and identify the characteristics these investors look fo r in funding a venture. She will also suggest how to best structure a deal a s well as provide tips on how to find the right private investors. T he panelists will be available on an indi vidual and group basis for q u estio n s throughout the evening. “T his event prom ises to be valu able fo r anyone seeking funding in 1995,” says M cD erm ott.
Speaker Continued from page I N avy/M arine C o rp s C H -5 3 E S u p e r Stallion, and the N avy’s SH -60B S eahaw k. L ater appointm ents w ere as execu tiv e vice president, president and c h ie f ex ec u tiv e officer o f S ikorsky an d then senior v ice president o f D efense S y stem s, president an d c h ie f o perating officer at U TC. In 1986 he b e ca m e U T C ch ie f executive o ffic e r before assu m in g his present post o f ch airm an o f the board in 1987. D aniell is a d irector o f T he T rav els Inc. a n d Shell O il Co. H e is a m em ber o f the C onference Board, the B usiness C ouncil, the W ings C lub o f N ew Y ork C ity and a d irector o f the C onnecticut B usiness for E ducation C o a litio n Inc. M ilton G a rlan d ’20, is a se n io r consultant for technical services at Frick C o., a p io n eer firm in industrial refrigeration. G a rlan d interrupted his W PI ed ucation to serve in the U .S. N avy as a m achinist’s m ate during W orld W a r I and gradu ated in 1920 w ith a degree in m echanical en g i neering. He beg an his career w ith F rick C o. that sam e year 1920 and spent his entire c are er there as erecting en g in eer, superintendent o f field erec tion and c h ie f engineer. At his form al retirem ent in 1967, he w as vice president for technical services. Since then he has b e e n active as a senior co nsultant for technical serv ices and o r ganized Frick service schools for those w ho service the c o m p a n y ’s e q u ip m en t throughout the industry. G arland, w ho helped to create the frozen food industry, has been honored w ith the unofficial title “ M r. R efrigeration” by the A m erican Soci ety o f H eating, R efrigerating an d A ir-condition ing E ngineers (A S H R A E ). D u rin g his years with Frick, he w as responsible fo r 37 refrig era tion-related patents, either alone o r w ith others. He designed an d developed so m e o f the first com m ercial ice rinks in the U .S. E arly in his c are er he helped b rew eries c o n vert to nonalcoholic product lines du rin g P rohi bition and then converted then back to brew ing beer w hen the am endm ent w as repealed. He w orked on the liquefaction o f natural gas and assisted in the d evelopm ent o f refrig eratio n tech nology for Padre V ineyards in C alifornia. A registered professional en g in eer, he is a life m em ber and fellow o f A S H R A E and the recipi ent o f its prestigious F. Paul A nderson A w ard for Scientific A chievem ent, w h ich recognizes lifelong contributions to the ad vancem ent o f environm ental technology. In 1971 he received A S H R A E 's distinguished se rv ice aw ard and was honored this year as one o f A S H R A E ’s three centenarians. Paul S. M organ is the fourth g e n era tio n o f the M organ fam ily to be involved w ith W PI. He served as a trustee for 25 years from 1966 to 1991; w as vice chairm an from 19 7 1 lo 1978: and chairm an from 1978 to 1983. T h e fam ily and the com pany have been associated w ith W PI since ihe in stitu te’s founding in 1865. Paul’s son, Philip R. M organ, presently se rv es on the board. C om m issio n ed as an ensign from H arvard U niversity in 1944, Paul M organ served in ihe
Pacific during W orld W ar II ab o ard a destroyer escort. A fter the w ar he e ntered the steel indus try and jo in e d the fam ily o w n ed M organ C o n struction C o., w hich creates th e “m ach in es b e hind the m achines”— d esigning continuous ro ll ing m ills for w orldw ide use, o il-film bearings under the nam e M orgoil, an d universal jo in ts and d rive spindles fo r w orldw ide o il-field and rolling-m ill applications. In 1984 M organ received the W PI A w ard from the B oard o f T rustees and the A lum ni A ssociation. He w as cited for hav in g given unsparingly o f his tim e, energy, and expertise as ch airm an o f the B oard o f T rustees. T h e citation noted his efforts as fund-raising chairm an o f the “ Plan to R estore the B alance,” w hich exceeded its $ 18.5 m illion goal; his d e d ic atio n as director o f Jobs for M assachusetts, th e M assachusetts H igher E ducation L oan Plan and th e A m erican Farm School in G reece; and his “ab ility to ask the testing questions, tackle the d ifficult and accom plish it w ith seem ing e a s e .” M organ has led an active and productive professional and civ ic life. H e h as served as d irec to r and trustee o n num erous boards, includ ing the A ssociated Industries o f M assachusetts, the W o rce ster C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rc e , the H iggins A rm ory, the W orcester Y M C A and Prospect H ouse, is a form er W orcester C ity C ouncilor, and chaired the W o rc e ste r C harter C om m ission in 1985-1986. In 1989 he and his w ife, A nne M. “ N ancy” M organ receiv ed the Isaiah T hom as A w ard for d istin g u ish ed c o m m unity service, the c ity ’s m ost prestigious civic aw ard.
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T he C ra n e C o lle g e o f M u s ic ’s “ A S h a rp A rr a n g e m e n t” b ro u g h t th e ir ta le n t fro m P o tsd a m , NY an d p re se n te d th e a u d ie n c e w ith a w ide ra n g e o f so n g s. F ro m “ M r. S a n d m a n ” w h ich w as a ssiste d by S H M ’s R yan S ta p le to n , th ro u g h “ B e ca u se I 'm a B lo n d ” th ey jo k e d w ith th e c ro w d an d w e re w e llre c e iv e d . S H M b ro u g h t b a c k so m e o ld ie s , in c lu d ing: “C a le n d a r G irl,” “ D o n ’t K n o w M u c h ” a n d “ L ittle S u rfe r G irl” p le a s in g the w h o le c ro w d . A fte r th a n k in g e v e ry o n e f o r c o m in g , th e y d id a n u m b e r th e y call “ S w e a tin ’ to the O ld ie s ” a n d f in is h e d th e s h o w w ith “G o o d n ig h t S w e e th e a rt.” If yo u w e re n ’t th e re , yo u m is s e d a re a lly g o o d sh o w a n d th is w riter w o u ld a d v ise yo u to find o u t w h en th e y ’re nex t p e rfo rm in g a n d m ak e it a po in t to b e there.
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Men’s Track (5-1) T h e m e n ’s tr a c k team ra is e d th e ir re c o rd to 5-1 a f te r a s e c o n d place fin ish in the a n n u al W o rc e s te r C ity M e e t h e ld h e re at W P I on S a tu rd a y , A p ril 1. W e h a d m an y stro n g p e rfo rm a n c e s on th e tra c k a n d in the fie ld as we a c c u m u la te d 107 p o in ts . H o ly C ro ss w on the m e e t w ith 1 5 0 p o in ts an d w e w e re fol-
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lo w e d by W o rce ster S ta te at 20 p o in ts , N ic h o ls C o lle g e w ith 14 p o in ts a n d C la r k U n iv e rsity w ith 0 p o in ts . T he fo llo w in g athletes p lac ed a n d sc o red in the m eet; ju n io r C hris M o o re w a s first in the long ju m p and third in the 1 0 0 -m eter dash. F re sh m a n M ike G odfrey w on th e 110-m eter high hu rd les. Ju n io r D a n a S c h lo sse r w on the ham m er ev en t. S enior J e ff M u lle n took first in the trip le ju m p and second in th e long ju m p . S o p h o m o re D an S adow ski w on the d isc u s event and p la c e d sixth in the shot put. S e n io r Jam es B eard sle y p laced and sco red in th ree e v en ts as he w as se c o n d in the ja v e lin , fo u rth in the high ju m p an d fo u rth in the 110 h ig h hu rd les. S e n io r C h ris R e illy placed seco n d in the 3 ,0 0 0 -m eter steep lech ase. F reshm an M ik e F ry w as second in the 110 h igh hurdles. F re sh m a n D avid H aw es fin ish e d second in th e 100 a n d second in the 4 0 0 -m e te r in term ediate hu rd les. S e n io r Stan F a rrell placed se c o n d in the pole vault. F re sh m a n D avid B ow ler w a s th ird in the pole vault. F resh m an Kyle H e p p en stall w as th ird in the 2 0 0 -m e te r dash. Ju n io r R ich P e rso n p laced third in th e 8 00-m eter run. F re sh m a n R ick C risp o fin ish ed third in th e 1,5 0 0 -m eter run. Ju n io r M a rc L eF ebvre w a s th ird in the high ju m p . F resh m an C hris N e u m a ie r w as fourth in the ja v e lin . F reshm an L ia m K elly finished fourth in the 3,0 0 0 ste ep lec h a se . Ju n io r S teve L a b ra n ch e placed fourth in the 800. S o p h o m ore T ed M anley w as fo u rth in the triple ju m p . S e n io r Paul G assier fin ish ed fo u rth in the pole vault. S o p h o m o re Dan S h rev e w as fifth in the ja v e lin . F resh m an K eith L e v e sq u e placed fifth in the 4 0 0 -m eters. S enior Ja so n D eJo an n is w as fifth in th e high jum p. T o c o m p le te the effo rt, o u r 4x 10 0 -m e te r and 4 x 4 0 0 -m e te r relay team s took first place in their e v en ts as w ell. W o m e n ’s T r a c k (5-1) T h e w o m e n ’s tra c k te a m g o t stro n g p e r fo rm a n c e s in e ach e v e n t a w e e k ag o S a tu r
d a y , A p ril 1, as th e y ra n a w a y fro m the c o m p e titio n to w in the W o rc e s te r C ity M e e t. T h e y sc o re d 7 2.5 p o in ts , w e ll a h e a d o f s e c o n d p la c e C la rk , w h o h a d 4 9 a n d N ic h o ls a n d W o rc e s te r S ta te w h o h a d 3 5 .5 a n d 25 re s p e c tiv e ly . P lacew in n ers and sco rers for W PI o n the d ay w ere, freshm an H eather M a zzaccaro w h o placed in fo u r e v e n ts as she w on b oth the 2 0 0 and 40 0 m eters to go w ith a se c o n d place finish in the lo n g ju m p and a th ird in the ja v e lin . Ju n io r S u n n y H w an g also h ad a b ig d a y by w in n in g the sh o t p u t and 100-m eter h u rd les a s w ell as p la c ing seco n d in the 10 0 -m eter dash . D ouble sc o rers fo r W P I w ere Ju n io r P atty P an lilio w ho w a s first in the h a m m e r an d fo u rth in the shot put, Ju n io r E laine M o n g e o n w as first in the 4 0 0 -m e te r in term ed iate h u rd les and tied for fourth in the high ju m p . S e n io r A k ik o H ik ad a w as se c o n d in both the 8 0 0 and 1,5 0 0 -m eters an d fresh m an Jo d y T e rra n o v a w as th ird in the 4 0 0 h u rd les an d fo u rth in the 100 hurdles. S ingle event scorers w ere S o p h o m o re R achel K u p cin sk as w ho w as seco n d in th e trip le ju m p , sen io r A nn C o u m o y e r w as th ird in the 800, sen io r B ro o k e K uffel w as fourth in the 200 and fresh m an L isa S orgini fin ish ed fourth in the trip le ju m p . O u r 4 x 1 0 0 relay team finished th ird a n d o u r 4 x 4 0 0 relay team finished first. C o n g ra tu la tio n s on w in n in g the m eet! F or th eir p erfo rm a n ce s in the m eet, H w ang an d P an lilio q u a lified for b oth the N ew E n glan d D iv isio n III C h a m p io n sh ip an d E C A C N ew E n g la n d M eet. S o ftb a ll (1-10) T he so ftb all team is cu rre n tly in the m idst o f a th ree gam e losing streak as th ey d ro p p e d a d o u b leh e ad e r to N ichols C o lle g e on S atu rd ay , A pril 1. T hey lost the first g a m e 7 -0 and the second gam e 6-2. In the first g am e se n io r R enee C u sso n , ju n io rs T racy L an g is an d T ere sa L in tz en ich and so p h o m o re A m y G aitan e all
had o n e hit. In th e se c o n d g a m e , se n io r A m y M e rc ie r h ad th re e h its a n d th re e s to le n b a se s. C u ss o n , so p h o m o re s L y n n K e a rn a n a n d S te p h a n ie T o rre y , G a ita n e , fre s h m e n L y n D u b o is an d K e rry M allo n a ll h a d o n e hit a p ie c e .
Baseball (7-6) T h e E ngineers are o f f to th e ir best start in qu ite a few years as th ey b o a st a w ealth o f tale n te d freshm en and so p h o m o re s. T hey have w on th ree o f th eir last fo u r g am es and sw ep t a d o u b leh e ad e r from the riv al M IT E n g in eers on S a tu rd ay , April 1. T h ey w o n th e first gam e 65 in d ra m a tic fashion in th e b o tto m o f the n inth o n a o n e -o u t h o m e ru n by fre s h m a n S c o tt T o w n se n d and ran aw ay w ith the second gam e 14-7. Picking up the w in in the first gam e w as ju n io r M att W hitten as he pitch ed a co m p lete gam e to raise his record to 3-0 on the young season. F reshm an A viv K au fm an n had tw o hits an d an R B I to lead the E n g in e e r hitters. T he gam e w inning h o m erun fo r T o w n se n d w as his first co lle g ia te fo u r-b a g g e r o f his c are e r at W PI. In th e se c o n d g a m e , W P I c a m e to bat in the b o tto m o f th e first d o w n 2 -0 . T h ey p ro c e e d e d to sen d 13 b a tte rs to the p la te and n in e ru n s la te r fo u n d th e m s e lv e s on th e ir w ay to a ro u t. K a u fm an n a g ain led the h it p arad e w ith tw o h its an d th re e R B Is. O th e rs w ith tw o h its fo r th e g a m e w ere fre s h m e n Pat N o o n a n , A d a m C la rk , J.P . C o n n o lly , C h ris V a n d e tte a n d ju n io r T o m M ic h a lo w s k i. F re sh m a n G u y M ille r p ic k e d up the w in in re lie f o f s ta rte r so p h o m o re M ik e H a g er. T h e w in m o v ed W PI in to first place in th e C o n stitu tio n A th le tic C o n fe re n c e for th e e a rly se a so n . L a st T h u rsd a y , A p ril 6, the E n g in e e rs had a g a m e v e rsu s B ra n d e is a n d lo st 11-1. W P I c o m m itte d 7 e rro rs o n th e g a m e and fell b e h in d 8 -0 a fte r tw o in n in g s . C o n n o lly had tw o h its in the gam e fo r th e o n ly h ig h lig h t.
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in an all too fam iliar 1-goal loss to d ivisionrival P ro v id e n ce B ruins, 3-2. T h e loss e n d ed the C a ts recent 3 g am e w in n in g streak and d ro p p ed th eir final hom e re co rd to 12-20-8. G oalie C h ris G o rd o n m ade his 6 th straight start in net fo r the IceC ats and since W ayne C ow ley left for th e IH L , G o rd o n is e x p ec te d to finish o u t the se a so n ’s re m a in in g tw o a w ay -g am es betw een the posts for W o rcester. G ordon p e r fo rm ed as solid as usual, sto p p in g 33 o f 36 sh o ts on net, an d helped to k e ep his team in the gam e. U n fo rtu n ate ly , the P ro v id en ce offen se (less stars F re d K n ip sc h e er and S a n d y M o g er w ho w ere c alled up to the B o sto n B ru in s) m ucked o n e too m any past G o rd o n and w ere able to hold on to th eir late-gam e lead. T he gam e proceeded typically fo r the IceC ats; th ey played hard and tied the g am e tw ice, o n ly to give the lead back to the B ruins a few m inutes later. R ight w ing S ean W hyte sc o red late in the second perio d , desp ite a sh o u ld e r injury, to tie the gam e at 1-1. O ne m inute later, P rovidence g ra b b ed the lead back on a goal by d e fen se m an Je ff S erow ik. F o rtu n a te ly , the IceC ats w ent on a p o w er play ju s t after the go al, and w ere able to tie it up again ju s t 19 seconds into the th ird p eriod on a goal by rig h t w ing B lair A tch ey n u m . C ap tain Jim N esich an d left w in g Ja rrett D euling a s sisted o n W h y te ’s go al, w hile c e n te r D enis C h a lifo u x and d e fen se m an T erry V irtue set up the goal by A tcheynum . Providence regained the lead one final tim e, about five m inutes later, and despite a strong effort by the IceCats (including several shots that deflected o ff the posts), the score held at 3-2.
“ It’s too bad w e had to lose th is on e,” c o m m ented N esich after th e g am e, “ T his isn’t the w ay w e ’d like to end the hom e se a so n .” T rue enough; m ost p lay e rs and fans alike w ould rath er have had M o n d a y n ig h t’s 5-4 victory o v e r the S p rin g field F alco n s be the last hom e m em ory fo r the Ic eC a ts ‘9 4 - ’95 season. A t least that gam e included lots o f scoring and a co u p le o f good o l’ fights! O ne thing all the p lay e rs I talk ed to agreed o n , h o w e v e r, w as th a t th e ir e x p e rie n c e in W o rce ster under the stro n g lead ersh ip o f co ach Jim R o b erts w as a positive one. “ [R oberts] is a tough c o ac h , b u t he en fo rc e d a stro n g w ork eth ic ,” re m a rk e d N esich, “ I think ev ery guy on this team has d ev elo p ed into a b e tte r p lay e r because o f it an d has had a positive ex p erien c e this year.” As for W o rcester’s stru g g lin g record this season, the IceC ats C a p ta in responded: “ It’s tough to com e into a team that has no ex p erien c e playing to g eth e r; it tak es aw hile to d e v e lo p a playing style and a team spirit.” “ It’s very difficult to le a m how to play w ith g uys y o u ’ve nev er played w ith ,” added cen ter S h aw n H eaphy, “ It took us a long tim e to figure o u t the right line co m b in a tio n s and to click. T h e c o ach in g w as really g o o d , th o u g h , and the g uys really got along w ith o u t a n y real attitude p ro b le m s.” W ell, no m atter w hat h a p p e n s next season w ith the w hole St. L o u is-N H L a ffiliatio n , no m atter w hich players sta y a n d w hich leave, one thing is certain: the IceC ats have fo u n d a hom e an d strong fan support right here at the W o rce s te r C entrum , and that sh o u ld n ’t change any tim e soon!
Autocross Club competes in BMW CCA 1995 Series by Chris Pacitto Class o f ‘98 O n S unday A pril 2, the W P I A utocross C lu b com p eted in its second e v en t o f the year at R ockingham Park in S alem , N ew H am pshire. T h is race w as the first o f the B oston C h ap ter B M W C C A 1995 A u to cro ss Series. A large group o f W PI students co m p e ted in this race. T he co m petition consisted o f th ree tim ed runs through a difficult course. D an Shreve w on the C lass I m odifieds (N on street legal cars) d ivision d riving W P I’s form ula car ‘G u m b y ’. He m issed h aving the fastest tim e o f the d a y overall by ju s t one tenth o f a second! A lum nus, B rent Peura finished seco n d in the C lass I m odified division, driv in g W P I’s o ther form ula c a r ‘Po k ey ’. E li G arret took third in C lass I M odifieds in ‘P o k ey ’ w hile Scott K earney com pleted the W PI sw eep o f C lass I m odified by
taking fourth in ‘G u m b y ’. D avid A bem ethy finished second in C lass H (cars w ith engines larger than 3 liters) driving his 1988 Ford M u s tang. A lso in C lass H , R am sey D agher took th ird in his b ro th er’s P o rsch e 911. In C lass F (cars w ith en g in es u n d e r 2 liters); C hris Pacitto drove his 1987 N issan Sentra to a solid finish with the aid o f cou n tless bottles o f octane-boost. M arc F ein sein m issed h a lf o f the course during his first run in his 1982 Porsche 924, but he finished in the to p h a lf o f the class a n y w ay . A lex B e rk o v d ro v e a 1987 V W S cirro cco to a great finish. Jim H anson also attended and headed the technical support team . T he A utocross C lu b ’s nex t e v en t is A pril 23 at H orseneck Beach. E v ery o n e is w elcom e to com e w atch o r to com pete in their o w n cars. T he entry fee is $20 for non N E R -S C C A m em bers. F o r m ore inform ation, con tact C hris Pacitto, chrisp@ w pi.edu
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Trashproof Resumes - your guide to cracking the job market by Beatrice Grygo Newspeak S ta ff Trashproof Resumes by Timothy D. Haft is an excellent guide to resume writing and job hunting. Published by the Princeton Review and currently available in bookstores for $9.95, Trashproof Resumes is designed primarily to assist college students and recent graduates in identifying ones’s skills, interests, goals, and experience and choos ing what employment fields one wants to pursue. In fall of 1994, Haft polled 45 corporate re cruiters and 65 career counselors nationwide on issues concerning college student’s resumes. The results o f this poll, as well as his more than seven years of experience in counseling college students on career searches, served him as a basis for this book. Haft worked as a career counselor at New York University, the Fashion Institute of Tech nology, and the City University o f New York after completing his B. A. in History at the University of Virginia, and his MA. in Sociology at New York University. Since 1988, Haft has counseled thou sands o f college students and alumni on all aspects of the career planning process. He is also a founder of Trashproof Resumes, a New Yorkbased resume consulting firm. Haft ’s approach to the topic is very unique and yet very simple. He states clearly the importance of identifying one’s skills, interests, goals, and experience, and choosing what employment field
one wants to pursue. He also emphasizes a significance o f gathering such raw data which will serve as a basis for one’s resume. Therefore, he includes a variety of self-assessment questions along with worksheets to work through the processof gathering information about oneself, which he describes as the first important step of building a resume. He presents various resume formats, layouts, and design styles as well as answers some common questions about choosing the right pa per, size, printing and envelopes. h Trashproof Resumes, you will find case studies analyzing resumes along with the expla nation why they work best and for whom. Samples of resumes are arranged according to college majors, employment fields, and levels o f experi ence. I find such a method especially effective, since it allows a person to pick the right format that best suits his or her needs. The most often asked questions deal with GPA’s, previous job experi ence, hobbies, interests, and references. Haft offers some advice on which of this information to include in each different type of resume. One feature of this book that seems to distin guish it from the others is Haft’s recommendation to take advantage of modem technology. He explains how to create an electronic resume, and talks about job posting and resume listing on computer databases. Finally, he discusses a job search. He comments on the importance of net working, talking to the right people, and writing a
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cover letter. Overall, the book is a great tool for strengthen ing one’s resume writing skills. Haft’s informal explanations make it easy to understand resume writing. Even if a reader is not familiar with the creation of a resume, one can find Haft’s instruc tions helpful and understandable. Experienced resume writers may find Trashproof Resumes useful as well. The author’s approach to resume writing that emphasizes the significance of using different types of resumes for different purposes will allow them not only to choose the right type o f resume, but also to enhance their resume writ ing skills.
Wednesday, April 12 My Cousin Vinny City of Joy Ghost Thursday, April 13 To Catch a Thief dory The Crying Game
Passport Films to go sci-fi on Friday
Friday, April 14 The Firm A Few Good Men Top Gun (no repeat of The firm)
The films “Plan 9 From Outer Space” and “Godzilla vs. Megalon” will be shown on Fri day, April 14at7:00pminPerreaultHall. These films are brought to you as part of the Passport Films Series. Admission is $1 with a WPI ID and $3 for the general public. Cheezy sci-fi night. Plan 9 is an Ed Wood film starring Bela Lugosi (sorta...). Flying Sau cers made out of paper plates disturb neighbors living near a graveyard— considered by many to be the worst film ever made. Both films shown in B&W 16mm format.
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Newspeak would like to congratulate the winners of the Class of 1879 Prizes for Outstanding Projects in the Humanities
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I “To Catch a Spy (and a Mathematician)”] Lewis, Carol and Jacky are members of congress. President Branche has been informed th at one of these three is an international spy. So, he summons the three to m eet with him in his office. He knows that th e spy is present, and that a mathematician and a novelist are also present. Wise beyond his years, the President also knows th a t m athem aticians n e ve r lie, th at novelists alw a ys lie, and that the spy is capable of both lying and telling the truth. At th e interrogation, Lewis claimed th at Carol was a Novelist, and Jackie claimed that Lewis was a m athem atician. When asked who she was, Carol replied, "I am the SPY."
Fill in th e nam es of th e spy and the m ath em atician onto th e Scavenger W rapper, begin n in g at th e first available blank space to th e right of “START” and in a clockwise fashion. R em em ber to p u t the nam es alphabetically, and do n o t leave blanks between words!!! D o n ’t let this get you puzzled!! If y o u think h a rd enough, you are bound to get som e where. K eep th e w rapper w ith you for future usage, b u t once you are sure you have th e correct solution to th e second clue, please report it in person to the m ath d e p artm en t secretary (do n o t forget to include y o u r nam e and Box # or e-m ail address). To win any prize, you m u st be am ong th e first to decipher our clues. RECORD YOUR ANSWER ON TH E WRAPPER FOR FUTURE USE. !!!!!! A n d W a t c h O u t f o r t h e N E X T C L U E !!!!!! 1Extra copies of this announcement are available in the MATH office, SH 108
This article and cartoon originally appeared in the March 30, 1971 issue o f the Tech News. We came across it while doing research fo r the Traditions Day Issue, and found it to be quite interesting. T h e S kull T o m b w as o rig in a lly b u ilt a t the re q u e s t o f S te p h e n S a lisb u ry III as la b o ra to ry fo r e x p e rim e n ta tio n in e le c tr o m a g n e tis m . S te p h e n S a lis b u ry 111 w as so in te re s te d in the d e v e lo p m e n t o f e le c tric ity th a t as e a rly as 1882 he h ad g iv e n d y n a m o s , m o to rs , m a g n e ts a n d o th e r e le c tric a l m e a su rin g in s tru m e n ts to the sc h o o l. P rof. A la n z o S. K im b al p la n n e d the in te rio r o f th e la b o ra to ry , ta ilo r in g h is d e sig n to a c c o m m o d a te the sc a n t e x is tin g th e o rie s o f e le c tro m a g n e tic b e h a v ior. Prof. K im b al had e s ta b lis h e d a m erid ian at th e c o rn e r o f th e c am p u s, a n d it w as o n th is s p o t th a t the la b o ra to ry w as b u ilt. N o iron w a s u sed in th e c o n stru c tio n o f the little b u ild in g . Its a x is c o in c id e d w ith the m ag-
n e tic m e rid ia n , a n d th e n o rth a n d so u th m e rid ia n p a sse d th ro u g h o p p o site w in d o w s in th e to w e r. A h e a v y w ire c o n n e c tin g the b u ild in g w ith the S a lisb u ry L a b o ra to rie s m ade p o s s ib le th e c o n d u c tin g o f m an y d e lic a te e x p e rim e n ts . B e c a u se the c o n s tru c tio n w a s so s o lid th e re w a s p ra c tic a lly no e le c tr ic lig h ts in sta lle d in 1891 and the T e u lle y lin e la id in 1898 in tro d u c e d so m u ch in te rfe re n c e th a t th e la b o ra to ry so o n b e c a m e u se le s s fo r its in te n d e d p u rp o se , an d lay e m p ty fo r m an y y e a rs . S h o rtly b e fo re th e W o rld W a r I, a q u ie t a n n o u n c e m e n t a p p e a re d in the n e w s p a p e r to the e ffe c t th a t R o b e rt G o d d a rd , a T e c h G ra d u a te had b e en g iv en a sm a ll g ra n t to w o rk on a ro c k e t. A rra n g e m e n ts w ere m ad e w h e re b y he m ig h t u se T e c h 's o ld M a g n e tic L a b o ra to ry fo r h is e x p e rim e n ts . A fte r D r. G o d d a rd left in 1918, the b u ild in g w as o c c u p ie d by the T e c h N ew s. T h e p re se n t use b e g a n in 1924 a fte r th e T ec h N e w s m o v e d on cam pus.
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Air Force to triple number of AFROTC pilot slots T h e A ir F o rc e is trip lin g the n u m b e r o f p ilo t slo ts a v a ila b le to R O T C c a n d id a te s to 3 0 0 b e g in n in g in fiscal y e a r 1996. In fiscal y e a r 1997, th is n u m b e r w ill a g a in in c re a s e to 4 1 6 and is e x p e c te d to c lim b to 5 6 0 by the y e a r 2000. “ T h is is an e x c itin g tim e to be in A ir Force R O T C ,” sa id B rig a d ie r G e n e ra l S u san L. P a m e rle a u , C o m m a n d a n t. “ M u ch o f the A ir F o rc e is still e x p e rie n c in g fo rce re d u c tio n s , b u t R O T C is on th e u p sw in g w ith a s ig n ifi c a n t in cre ase in re q u ire m e n ts fo r se c o n d lie u te n a n ts in e v e ry c a r e e r fie ld , so w e are d e fi n ite ly h irin g ,” sh e said. A lo n g w ith th e in c re a se in c a d e ts c o m e s a n in c re a s e in s c h o la r s h ip o p p o rtu n itie s . “T h e re has n e v e r b e en a b e tte r tim e fo r h igh sc h o o l o r c o lle g e stu d e n ts in te re s te d in an A ir F o rce c a re e r to re c e iv e a n A ir F o rce R O T C s c h o la rs h ip ,” sh e said. M a n y R O T C sc h o la rs h ip s c o v e r tu itio n , b o o k s, a n d fees a n d give stu d e n ts a $ 1 5 0 m o n th ly stip e n d . A fte r g ra d u a tio n , R O T C c a d e ts a re c o m
m is s io n e d as se c o n d lie u te n a n ts in the A ir F o rc e an d m u st se rv e a m in im u m o f fo u r y e a rs as an A ir F o rc e o ffic e r. T o ta l pay fo r n ew se c o n d lie u te n a n ts is o v e r $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 a n n u a lly . “ H ig h sc h o o l stu d e n ts w h o h a v e a 2.5 o r b e tte r g ra d e p o in t a v e ra g e , an A C T sc o re o f 2 4 o r a n S A T o f 1000 a re e lig ib le to a p p ly fo r a fo u r o r th re e -y e a r sc h o la rs h ip th ro u g h th e ir lo c a l A ir F o rc e r e c r u ite rs o r th e n e a re s t A F R O T C d e ta c h m e n t. S c h o la rs h ip s are o p e n to s tu d e n ts in any a c a d e m ic m a jo r,” sa id G e n e ra l P a m e rle a u , “ h o w e v e r, m o st o f th em a re in th e te c h n ic a l fie ld s such as e n g in e e rin g a n d s c ie n tific a re a s .” C o lle g e s tu d e n ts c a n a lso a p p ly fo r th re e a n d tw o -y e a r s c h o la rs h ip s th ro u g h the lo ca l A F R O T C u n it said the g e n e ra l. S tu d e n ts a tte n d in g all W o rc e s te r C o n s o rtiu m C o lle g e s a n d u n iv e rs itie s are e lig ib le . F o r m o re in fo r m a tio n , c o n ta c t th e W o r c e s te r A F R O T C D e ta c h m e n t at (5 0 8 ) 8 3 1 -5 7 4 7 , lo c a te d at W o r c e s te r P o ly te c h n ic In stitu te .
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department hosts seminar O n T h u rsd a y e v e n in g , A p ril 13, th e C iv il and E n v iro n m e n ta l E n g in e e rin g D e p a rtm e n t w ill host an e d u c a tio n a l s e m in a r tille d “ E N G IN E E R E D W O O D S Y S T E M S : C o n te m p o ra ry C o n stru c tio n A p p lic a tio n s .” T h e s e m i n ar w ill be h e ld in P e rre a u lt H all from 6 :3 0 p m - 9 :0 0 p m . Instructors for the se m in a r represent fo u r m ajo r w ood p ro d u c ts asso ciatio n s: the S o u th ern Forest P ro d u c ts A sso ciatio n s, A PA - T h e
E n g in eered W ood A sso c ia tio n , A m e ric an In stitute o f T im ber C o n stru c tio n , a n d S o u th e rn P ressure T reaters A ssociations. E ach sp e a k er w ill d e liv e r a 3 0-m inute a u d io -v isu a l p re se n ta tion, follow ed by a q u e stio n and a n sw e r period. T ech n ical literature m an u als valued at $ 2 0 e a c h w ill be d istributed to su p p le m e n t the lectures. T he sem inar is o p en to all m em b e rs o f the W PI com m unity. F or m ore in fo rm atio n call Prof. L en A lbano at x5492.
Here comes the Class of 1999 H igh school seniors adm itted to W P I’s c la ss o f 1999 will be o n c am p u s o n W ednesday, A pril 12, for “ W PI...A C lo se r L o o k .” D uring th e event, sponsored tw ice a year by the A d m issions O ffice, the Institute rolls o u t the red carpet to g ive prospective students the opportunity to m eet w ith faculty m em bers and current s tu d ents, attend presen tatio n s by academ ic d e p a rt m ents, tour laboratories and residence halls, a n d
learn about student life, international program s, project centers, cooperative education, and c a reer planning and placem ent. M ore than 100 students and sta ff have volunteered to introduce the approxim ately 800 prospective students an d their parents to W PI. E m ployees are asked to park in the L ibrary L ot o r in one o f the peripheral lots to provide space in the W est S treet (Q uad) Lot.
Umoja / Unidad First Night Worcester preparing for New Year’s ’96 F irst N ig h t W o rc e s te r is the la rg e st c e l e b ra tio n o f the a rts a n d c u ltu re in C e n tra l M a ss a c h u se tts . T h is fe stiv a l c o n tin u e s to o ffe r to o u r c o m m u n ity a w ide ra n g e o f v i su a l, p e rfo rm a n c e , m u sic a l, an d p a rtic ip a to ry arts. T h is y e a r w e w ill be c e le b ra tin g the “ W o rld o f W o rc e ste r,” e n c o m p a s sin g tra d i tio n a l E u ro p e a n , L atin o , A fric a n -A m e ric a n , a n d A sia n c u ltu re s . F irst N ight W o rc e ste r in v ite s y o u to s u b m it p r o p o s a ls fo r p e r fo r m a n c e a n d a rts p ro je c ts c e le b ra tin g th e w o rld o f o u r c o m m u n ity , its d iv e rs ity a n d the a rts. P ro g ra m s sh o u ld be d e sig n e d fo r all ages. In d o o r an d fresh a ir p e rfo rm a n c e s: M usic, T h e a te r, V isu a l A rt, P a rtic ip a to ry A rts, T e m p o ra ry In sta lla tio n s, a n d o f c o u rse , fun are
th e h ig h lig h ts o f the c e le b ra tio n . A ll p ro p o s a ls are re v ie w e d by F irst N ig h t W o rc e s te r a n d a p p o in te d p ro g ra m p a n e lists. P ro p o s a ls w ill be s e le c te d fo r fu n d in g b a se d o n a rtis tic m e rit, fe a sib ility , a p p ro p ria te n e s s fo r th e e v e n t, u n iq u e n e s s , a n d a v a ila b ility o f f u n d s a n d sp a c e. F irst N ig h t W o rc e s te r is a n in d e p e n d e n t, n o n -p ro fit c o rp o ra tio n w h ic h is s u p p o rte d by in d iv id u a l, b u sin e ss, c o rp o ra te , a n d fo u n d a tio n d o n a tio n s , as w e ll as b u tto n s a le s . T h e a p p lic a tio n d e a d lin e is A p ril 29, 1995, a n d p a rtic ip a n ts sh o u ld be n o tifie d by Ju ly 3 1 , 1995. F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t F irst N ig h t W o rc e s te r, P O B ox 3 5 1 , W o rc e s te r, M A 0 1 6 1 4 o r by p h o n e at (5 0 8 ) 7 9 9 -4 9 0 9 .
T h e O ffice o f M inority S tudent A ffairs, in c onjunction w ith the B lack S tudent U nion, th e H ispanic S tudent A ssociation, the N ational A s sociation o f B lack E ngineers, and the S ociety o f H ispanic P rofessional E ngineers, will host th e first U m oja/U nidad experience from April 12 through April 14 at W PI. T he sponsors h a v e invited all adm itted underrepresented students
o f c o lo r to attend the C lo se r L o o k pro g ram and to rem ain on cam pus for this new , three-day, ovrenight program . U m oja/U nidad participants will live in the residence halls, attend classes w ith th eir host students, to u r the city, and learn about support services available from the offices o f M inority Student A ffairs, A cadem ic A d v is ing, Financial A id, and S tudent A ctivities.
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To Ihe Editor: In 1 8 6 3 , t h a t g re a t s t a te s m a n A b r a h a m L in c o l n d e l i v e r e d h is G etty sb u rg A ddress concerning slavery and those w ho d ied in the w ar that led to its end in th is country. In Ja n u a ry o f 1995, an o th er g re at statesm an. S e n a to r R o b ert S m ith o f N ew H am pshire, d e liv ered a “ M arch F o r Life A d d ress” in W ash in g to n D .C . H is co m p ariso n o f abo rtio n and slavery, w hich b oth in v o lv e the denial o f personhood to c e r tain m em bers o f o u r society, show how th ere can be n o com prom ise re g ard in g th ese evils. W hereas slavery denied b lac k m en a n d w om en their inherent, G o d -g iv e n right to freedom , abo rtio n
denies unborn ch ild ren th e ir inherent, G od-given right to life. A bortion is w rong ju s t as slavery w as w rong, an d it too m ust be ended. H ere is S e n a to r S m ith ’s address: ‘T e n score and n in eteen years ago, o u r fathers bro u g h t forth on this c o n ti nent a new n ation, c o n ce iv e d in liberty and ded icated to the proposition th a t all m en are c rea te d equal. A ll children o f o u r fathers - and all child ren o f the future - w ere an d are co n ceiv ed in that sam e liberty, w ith an in h eren t right to life - to be b o m a n d to pursue their ‘dream s m a free society. N ow w e are e n g ag e d in a great afyi' epic w ar - the w ar o f abo rtio n - testing
w h eth er that nation, o r any nation, and its children, so conceived, and s o d e d i cated, can long endure. W e are m et here today to rem em b er the w orst battle o f that war. R oe v. W ade - fought 22 years ago - to rem ind o u r leaders lhat m illions o f in nocent children h ave given their lives since that terrible decision. W e h ave c o m e here today - in the shadow o f the S uprem e Court, the WTiite H ouse, and the C apitol - to rem ind them that the Final resting p lac e o f those c hildren is in the am is o f G o d . It is alto g eth er fitting and proper th at we d o so because o u r nation has strayed from k s tfioral foundation, and has d is
carded these children in dum psters and w astebaskets across o u r land. But in a larger sense, w e cannot d edicate - w e cannot consecrate - w e c an n o t h allow - the tho u san d s o f b a ttle fields w here these c h ild ren died. T h ese brave little b oys and g irls have c o n se c rated th em far above our p o o r p ow er to add o r subtract. T he w orld w ill little note n o r long rem em b er w hat we sa y here, but it can nev er forget the w ay o u r children died here. It is fo r the liv in g to be d e d ic ate d here to the u n finished w ork o f e n d in g abortion - the sco u rg e th at to o k so m any liv e s, dream s, and a m bitions. M illions o f unborn voices beg for u s to
do so. It is fo r us to be here d e d ic ate d to the great ta sk rem aining before u s - that, from th ese honored d e a d children, we take increased devo tio n to th a t cause for w h ic h they gave th e ir last fu ll m ea sure o f d e votion - th at w e h e re today h ighly resolve that th o se little child ren shall n o t have died in vain - th at this nation, u n d e r G od, sh a ll have a new birth o f freedom , an d a new c o m m it m ent to life - and that th e g overnm ent o f the peo p le, by the people, a n d for the p eople - including th e unborn - shall not p e rish from the E a rth .” D onald L. Farley II, M .S. C lass o f 1985
on a regular day. M aybe we should have a m andatory class called “S haring with real people,” so w e d o n ’t forget how to behave in situations where people are su p p o sed to “really” interact. H ow m any tim es on cam pus, have you really said a “ H ello!” that you have truly m eant? O r felt glad you had ran into a close friend o f yours? Few. W e live in an environm ent in which people could not care less. W e liv e in an environm ent w here, as one o f my friends said once, people feel m ore com fortable talking to you through a com puter, than face to face. In an environm ent in which people love m ore to criticize than to help m ake things better. M y friend a lso said, that ju st for fun, you should go o n e day, saying “ Hi” and sm iling to everybody you meet. Just w atch everyone freaking out, and looking at you weird, trying to figure out w hat the heck is w rong with you. Y ou try it if you do n ’t believe me. I rem em ber m y dad telling m e once
that college w as so great...”that is w here the life-long friendships are m ade!” he said. H ow can that be here, w hen every body ju st cares about them selves, and are happier criticizing W orcester o r W PI all day long, rather than trying to m ake the m ost out o f being here? W e lack unity, big tim e. Som etim es I feel that som e people would be really happy if they could h ave a secret tunnel connecting their room to their class room , so they could g o to class directly and avoid m eeting people. H ow m any tim es have you sat in the sam e place everyday, in any o f y o u r classes? C ould you possibly tell me the nam e o f the guy sitting right next to y ou, how about tw o m ore seats in front o f you? H ow m any tim es have you had to w ait for a profes sor to show up? H ow m any o f those tim es have you talked more than tw o sentences w ith the student sirting right next to you? How m any tim es have people begged you fo r feedback?
I w a s the p re sid en t o f th e H SA , and I k n o w from m y e x p erien c e that m ost o f the tim e, one n e ed s to im plore and b e g m em bers for h e lp w ith doing so m e th in g th at w as su p p o sed to be for th eir o w n benefit too! A nd believe m e, it is pretty m uch the sa m e w ith m ost o th e r clubs. H o w ev e r, every tim e a b ig e v en t is c o m in g up, w e seem to pull to g e th e r and finally, a fte r big and lo n g fights, get it done. W e feel pride fo r five seco n d s about o u r ow n g ro u p e ffo rt a n d w e feel great a b o u t it. B ut as so o n as w e ta k e th ree m ore steps, w e forget a bout it again and go b ack to o u r secret tu n n el w here no one can re a c h us. Isn ’t it tim e, for all o f us, to really start c o m in g together and g iv e ju s t a little b it o f ourselves to other people? M aybe if w e could d o that W o rce ster w ould n o t be so cold a fte r all a n d m aybe m y fa th e r c o u ld be right! But o f course, I will w a it until you log out.
Com m entary
Apathy: the social disease by Carlos Zapata Newspeak Staff R eprint o f an article which appeared in “ La C au sa” (The L atin-A m erican N ew sletter on C am pus) Im agine a big colonial house w ith an interior garden the size o f the A D P lab w hich has deteriorated as tim e has passed by. Now place yourself inside this g a r den w hich only has one tree, and the tem perature is 85 degrees. T h is is m y b ro th er’s m edicine school in C oro, V en ezuela. W hen I visited there, 1 was shocked. “ H ow can they study here?,” I asked m yself, and before I knew it, I w as criticizing every part o f it. As w e w alked tow ards the garden, a guy approached m e and m y brother. “ Epale\ Y ou are C arlos, right? Y our b rother talked so m uch about you... I am
Jose M edina.” “ Hey! D octor Jesus, w e’ve been w aiting for you, the patient ju st died!,” said another student jok ingly, as he approached us. In seconds, I had m et around ten people, w ho w ere now telling jo k es and stories in w hich they and m y brother had been involved. All o f a sudden, I just realized that the w hole garden w as full o f joyful people, talking and laughing, not caring about the w eather or the way the building looked. It felt weird. After I got used to it, right after my L atino roots had w aken up from a long sleep, I was having a blast w ith m y brother’s friends, w ho had instantly becom e my friends. T he feeling w as great. W e go to school here in the USA , w here “personal space” is a sacred reli gion and on w hich w inter not only seem s to m ake o u r bodies cold but also our feelings...I will never see the Q uad that full o f people interacting and sharing w ith each other, not even h a lf that full,
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by Laurel and Guinevere O nly four w eeks left and count- A CK ! ST O P ! I C A N T BREA TH E! [flum p] D o n ’t w orry folks. T here’s plenty o f tim e before the end o f the school year. Really. L e t’s not think about it right now , shall w e? S om ew here betw een ignorance, a p a thy, and panic lies P h ille r Y o u r w ellw orn, little, leather driving glove. T o the m ailbox! [clink!] / would like to thank you. Laurel and Guinevere, fo r bestowing that wonderfully long title upon me. I hope that I can continue to be worthy o f it. On a lighter, less groveling note, what the hell was that little dittie by “ Winston Smith " in the first D-term Newspeak? I had to really read into it to discover that the author was trying to make a political statement or two-thousand, but hefailed miserably (NOTE- he applies to both males and females in this context). Why does Newspeak keep printing anony mously submitted... well... garbage? Yours ‘till I graduate, Amy L Plack O. S. V. P. T. T. P. P. C. P. 4. 2. S. C. O. C. A. O. C. I. A. M. Y. T. P. I. C. O. I. T. P. E. V. O. W. A. A. O. W. P. I. P. (yeah, all that...) Y o u ’ re v e ry w e lc o m e fo r th e E .L .W .A .,A m y. Y ou rightfully deserve it fo r your dedication to the PP C and changing the natural law s o f S O C C O M ju st for us. [sigh] O u r heroine... A s for the plethora o f anonym ous articles, w e take no responsibility for ou r neighbors on the page. W e d o n ’t read N ew speak, so w e really d o n ’t know about M r.
Sm ith’s article... H ow ever, w e think this use o f pseudonym s is appalling, outra g e o u s, a n d o th e rw is e u n sav o ry . A nyone w ho d o es not take their own view s se rio u sly eno u g h to use their real nam e(s) d o es not d ese rv e to h a v e th e ir o p in io n s voiced in any publica tion in this great coun try o f o u r s . Such b e h a v io u r m a k e s a m o c k e ry o f the first a m e n d m e n t, a n d ... W hat? H uh? Oh, w ow , you’re right. W e d o do that... O ops. Urn... G ee, A m y, I really d o n ’t see anything w rong w ith anonym ity... Um... Next letter! T w o w eeks ago, G uinevere m en tioned the cute m ice running ‘round the T tracks. O ne o f o u r faithful readers d id n ’t like that adjective...
Mousy-rodent-things might be cute when they are running across T tracks, but they definitely are not when they leap out o f your refridgerator, andfor the life o f you (and your roommate, who's Girl Scout Cookies got gnawed up) you can't figure out how it got in there, and it’s somewhere hiding in your kitchen as you type. [You can have your long acronyms. I'll hang on to the long sentences. ] —xine H ope you find the refrigerated-foodproduct stealing rodent before it gnaw s through the phone line, preventing you from w riting to us in the future. T ell your room m ate that the potato salad ate the G irl Scout C ookies... Just drink som e m ore coffee from that gigantic therm os o fy o u rs a n d d o n ’tw o rry a b o u tit... M ice are scared o f caffeine... D idn’t you know that? (B y the w ay, please e-m ail us your current address so w e can mail you out a certificate.)
A little top ten list, 1 was inspired to writeafierseeing the Social Committee’s Pub Show signs. Enjoy! •Gregory R. Snow From the home office in Worcester Top Ten Signs You go to a Tech School 10. You can't take “blow off ” courses
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like basket weaving —- instead you can take “blow off" courses like English. “Star Trek Gene rations"— SOLD OUT!!! Your School Cheer has 13 math ematical expressions in it. Greek letters are used in class rooms, not just Fraternity houses. Pine, Maple, and Elm aren 7 just types o f trees on campus. Punctuation symbols suddenly be come smiley faces...and your So cial Committee decides that these make good advertising posters. :) “Merridian Mail...mailbox??" When you ask someone what he is doing Friday night, he responds, “surfing the web." Two words — “Finger Me ’’! Girls? girls! girls?
N eed we say anything else? W e like. Just a little advice, though, M r. Snow : no m ore coffee for you... W ow, w e have
a them e... Kinda... W ell, twice can be a them e... S ure it can... W ell... A few w eeks ago, w e m entioned the protest at M IT against the C ontract with A m erica w hich we attended and even got on T .V !!! (C heck out the w eb site h ttp ://w w w .w p i.e d u /~ tb t/A n tia p a th y / C o n tra c t/C o n tra c t.h tm l) W e h a v e learned from Jason M ickey in S G A that there will be a sim ilar m arch in W orces ter o n April 28th. T o recap, the bill w ould effect stu dents by elim inating the Perkins loan. Federal W ork Study m oney. Supple m ental E ducation O pportunity G rants, and the in-school grace period on the Stafford loan (i.e.-you pay interest w hile in school instead o f w hen you get out). G ranted, if this passes, the num ber o f students w h o can afford to go here any m ore will decline and the D A K A lines will be shorter at noon, but... A lo n g w ith e ffe c tin g stu d e n ts, it w ould elim inate the F D A , clean a ir and
w ater regulations, and cu t the V iolence A gainst W om en A ct’s m oney. These and o th er im portant funds will b e cut and as Jason M ickey said in his letter, ‘T a k e from the poor (financial aid, etc.) and give tax breaks to the rich.”. T o find out more a bout the contract, go to the W orld W ide W eb site m en tioned above and follow the links. If you do n ’t know how to use the w eb , ask a friend, ask som eone at the C C C (and cross y o u r fingers), o r w rite to us. W e will be there o n the 28th, and encourage our readers to find out more a bout the contract and help out. I f y o u have a q u e stio n y o u w ant an sw e re d o r a topic ex p lo re d you can e-m ail u s at n e w sp e ak @ w p i.e d u and th e y ’ll fo rw a rd it to us. W e ’d a ls o like to re m in d o u r fem ale readers th a t both G u in e v e re an d I are single g u y s and you c a n ju s t w rite to u s for no p a rtic u lar re a so n at all if y ou w ant. U n til next w eek, ta k e care.
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YEARS OF THE PLAN
This week, Newspeak has put to gether this special section on the WPI Plan. This has been prepared with the help of the Student Alumni Society and Special Collection Librarian, Lora Brueck, as part of the celebration of WPI Tradition’s Day. The Plan today is a cornerstone of the educational experience offered by WPI and indeed, it is the reason that many of us chose to attend this school. Many students agree that the blending of technical studies and project work gives us an advantage over those in more traditional programs. Any talk of the Plan today is not about whether it is a good idea, that is taken for granted, but rather along the lines of how WPI might be better able to pub licize what the Plan has to offer. But the innovative ideas behind the Plan were not immediately ac cepted by the WPI community when they were proposed and we hope to provide you with some of that history Although the Plan was established, it is interesting to note that the objections that some had probably helped to strengthen it into what it is today. At a time when WPI is looking towards the future and wondering who will lead us into the next century, it is reassuring to see how well we have been directed in the past. WPI has a rich and interesting history and News peak encourages everyone to take a took at our heritage and traditions. Whether it is looking at the Tech Bible and The Two Towers or participating in die Tradition’s Day events this week, learning more about the school can help you feel more like a part of the com munity and enrich your experiences at WFI
FEBRUARY 16, 1971
Preview of W.P.I. Plan in Experimental Courses In an effort to gain some insights as to what lies ahead when the W.P.I. Plan goes into full swing, some existing courses have already been redesigned to fit this new method of learnings. E lectro M echanical Energy Convertor This past sem ester, P rof. Majmudar offered a course in ‘E lectro M echanical E nergy Convertors,’ called ‘motors’ by the students, that deals with the theory of electrical machines. In his course there were six units of study. To obtain an acceptable grade for the course, C, the student was required to complete five units. With each unit the student was given a set of behavior ob jectives, which described what was expected of him. The student was assigned reading m aterial and problems for each unit; from this he proceeded to study this unit whenever he wanted to. He could use the prepared video-lectures in the library to help him (there were no formal lectures in the course, except one a t the beginning of the semester. If the student arrived a t a point where he knew there was something he did not understand, then he had to learn to use
whatever resources were available, including discussing with constituents, to overcome this problem. He was also able to turn to the teacher for guidance, in a one-to-one relationship between teacher and student. When the student felt that he understood the material in a unit, he took the teat for that unit. Then the teacher and the student discussed the student’s performance; if the student
material. After completing five units, the student could stay with his C, or he may try the sixth unit for a B or A g rad e- but, if he did not show competence in the sixth unit, he still retained his C grade. Prof. Majmudar felt this way the students may take a course a t their own pace-work when they were in that mood, or take it easy other wise, for frequently a student will not be psyched-up for a lecture in a subject. The students found that their C grade here meant more than in many other courses, for here they really understood the material, while in other courses, their C grade may just have meant that they were in the norm of the students in the course. Societal Development and Civil Engineering Prof. Mansfield conducted his course, “ Societal Developm ent and Civil Engineering” , with the idea that the students should teach each other, along with learning them selves. The course w as designed to give CE majors an overview of some of the social problems they will face. Given each week c e rta in read in g assignments, the large class was broken down into sm all groups of about 12 to 15. They would meet one day to discuss a certain topic pertaining to their readings. The next class day, two representatives
would debate both sides of the discussed topics. On their third meeting day Prof. Mansfield tried to arrange to have a speaker from outside the academic world come in and tak. After every two weeks, the students were asked to submit a brief essay on anything relating to what they Isamad about the topic, either through the readings or d ta c w lw . At the end of the
study or a book review. Grades were based: 40%-term paper , 30% essays; 20%-oral p resen tatio n ; 10%-judgment of teacher. Though the final evaluation by the studenU has not been tabulated, Prof Mansfield felt that the student* were exposed to enough m ateria' to grasp an understanding of tht area Civil Engineering has to worl in, such as government, and tht political systems. Control Engineering This sem ester Prof. Puera a n Prof. Scott are conducting a cours* in Control Engineering. The courw has been broken down inf eighteen units, all placed in < logical order. With each unit tin student is given an introduction his objectives, and a list of in structional aids, including readini assignments in the text, reference to programmed learning manual and illu stra tiv e and stud: problems, with answers providei for the study problems. In addition the student is told what he will t> required to know for his test on thi unit. He takes this test, called a: assessment, when he feels h knows the m ateria l. If hi assessment, shows otherwise, th student is re-cycled into the unit given more studies and problems and re-takes his assessment, unt he com pletes it satisfacto rily Along with the 18 units, 2 project are required. Acceptably com
pleting all units and projects give the student a C grade; an A or I grade is based on how well th student docs in units 17 and is. Th professors feel that this type i lesrning, called ladi vidua Programmed Instruction <IP1 will increase the student motivation of
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THEW PI PLAN
b y C. W . S h i p m a n , P r o f e s s o r o f C h e m ic a l E n g in e e r i n g , C h a ir m a n o f t h e P l a n n i n g C o m m i t te e
WPI has come to the end of a beginnii^j. A new and exciting WPI PLAN has been developed and approved by the Faculty and the Board .* Trustees. For the many members, of the WPI Community who have been following the work, the immediate future looks at once exciting and uncertain; exciting be cause of the nature of the new ed ucational program, and uncertain because no one, not even the s t rongest proponents of the Plan, can be certain of how all the necess ary details of the Plan will be implemented. What is the background, and what can we expect for the immediate future? For some of us, the 18 months required to develop the WPI PLAN have seemed to be one long co mmittee meeting. There have been four major reports, nine sub- co mmittees and their reports, two Planning Days, countless faculty
ions", but an impressive, joint effort to understand the various po ints of view. The participation of the student body in these dis cussion was most impressive. During the fall of 1969 student and faculty volunteers served on nine sub-committees: College en vironment, Courses, Examination, Financing and Cost Estimation, Graduate Study, Advising , Organizatin of the College^ Implemen tation, and Development of Pro gram Support. In all 90 students and 74 staff served. During the months of November and early De cember, every afternoon at four one could see sub-committee mem bers, easily identjjfied by the co pies of “ The Future of Two Towe r s ” in their hand, on their way to meetings. The reports of these subcommittees were distributed to the WPI community, and copies are in Gordon Library. U was
in Decem ber of 1969.
FACULTY LISTENING TO STUDENTS ON PLA N N IN G DAY II m ee tin g s, q u e s tio n n a ire s , v is its to c a m p u s liv in g g r o u p s , a n d e n d less - o fte n h e a te d - d i s c u s s i o n s . There w e re l i t e r a l l y h u n d re d s o f ideas a n d s u g g e s t i o n s , e a c h one read, d is c u s s e d (a n d c u s s e d ) , tw i sted, b e n t, f r a c t u r e d , h e ld u p to the lig h t, h o n e d , p o lis h e d , an d w o ven to g e th e r. W ho a r e th e a u thors of the P la n ? N o one - a n d everyone. A s o n e m e m b e r o f th e Planning C o m m itte e put it, " I ’ve changed m y id e a s a t l e a s t t h r e e tim e s.” "Hie w o rk o f d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e Plan and m o s t o f th e b a c k g ro u n d nform ution is d e s c r i b e d in th e ,’our p a r ts o f " T h e F u t u r e o f T w o T o w e rs" ( a v a ila b le a t G o rd o n L i brary). T he f i r s t tw o p a r t s c o n tain a n a n a l y s i s o f th e p r e s e n t status of th e C o lle g e , th e r e s u l t s if q u e s tio n n a ir e s , liv in g g ro u p r i «lts, fa c u lty in p u ts , e s s a y s on p o ssible p r o g r a m s , a n d a c h e c k l i s t of ite m s c o n s i d e r e d . The th ird ; a r t c o n ta in s a m o d e l in s k e l e tal fo rm , a p r e l i m i n a r y s t a te m e n t ■){ g o a l, an d the p h ilo s o p h ic a l b a sis fo r the me 'e l . T he f o u r th re p o rt, T u b lish e d in A p r i l o f 1970, .re s e n ts th e f in a l P la n in d e ta i l; •rne im p o r ta n t b a c k - u p i n f o r m a 'ion (in c lu d in g a n h i s t o r y o f th e n tire o p e r a t io n ) i s c o n ta in e d in the A ppendix of t h a t r e p o r t .
Two Planning Days, during which :he entire WPI Community met to discuss its future program, *ere held. Planning Day It held ;n April of 1969 following the pub• '’-ation of the firs t report, was • voted to discussion of the Plannjig program itself, the present sta tus of the College, and some of the proposed alternatives. Planning Day II was held in October of :969 for the purpose of discussing he model presented in "The Fu ture of Two Towers, Part m ." On both days students, faculty, st iff, alumni, and trustees met to gether In hard, constructive disusslon of our problems and pro posed alternatives. These Plannig Days were not "gripe se ss
almost one year to the day from the inception of the Planning pro gram, that the Faculty endorsed a statement of goal of the College. This statement is now the official goal of WPI and the WPI PLAN was devised to enable WPI and its students to meet that goal. As with every other part of the op eration, there was no single au thor. At least five different ver sions were written and rejected before the final draft was sub mitted. Faculty endorsement was actually the first such action by the Faculty of WPI. The state ment commits the College to pro grams tailored to the needs of the individual student and states that students must deomonstrate and translate learning into worth while action, and that they are awa re of the in terrelaU o n sh ip s among basic knowledge, technological ad vance, and human need. The WPI PLAN Is a program designed to bring these goals to reality, and it was a basic philosophy in the development that a student who meets the goal should re ceive the degree. Following the publication of the fourth and final part of "The Fu ture of Two Towers", there was a series of informal me-.tings of the Faculty to, discuss the pro posal. (Interested students also participated.) After the informal discussions a special meeting of the Faculty was held for the pur pose of voting on adoption of cer tain parts of the report - those parts dealing with concrste pro posals affecting the educational program of the College. While there were several modifications of a minor nature, the Plan was ultimately approved by the Facu lty by a majority of exactly twoto-one with only one significant charge. That one change, because it is Important and because there has been much heated discussion about it, deserves some comment here.
The change added to the degree requirements the following: "In only exceptional circumstances would a student be permitted by the Council of Advisors to take a Comprehensive Examination be fore successful completion of 12 Units (8 of which must be taken in residence at WPI)." Apart of some tactical problems of hand ling transfer credits this change can be viewed in two ways. To those who worked hard and long to develop a set of degree re quirements based on the stated educaUonal objecUves of WPI, th' additional requirement is antithet ical - it makes a partial spe cification as to how the student is to meet the goal. To those who doubt that the students can meet the challange, that the fac ulty can work together in framing proper examinatins, that students will work unless required to do so, or that the WPI Community would have the courage to deny the degree to a student who failed the examination, the change made the Plan acceptable. Only time the experience of implementation' and the unstinting efforts of the entire Community will determine the final form and the many de tails remaining to be worked out. It is safe to say that both pro ponents and opponents of the change will be delighted to find that it is unnecessary. Most of us will agree that any advisor will prob ably use a criterion something like 12 Units as a starting point to establish an adivsee’s readiness for the comprehensive elamina tion; but it is fervently to be ho ped that completion of the 12 Units will not be used as a substi tute to dilute the other require ments - framed to meet the educaUonal goals of WPI rather than to establish a mechanism for rea ching them. It is significant that the content of the 12 Units remains unspecified except for the two re quired Units of Independent Study or Project, work and the 1/3 Unit ?f physical education.
What are the next phases ofj the planning? To what do we look forward during the next year? The j&j implementation schedule approved by the Faculty and the Board of! Trustees has the 1971-72 academic year as the first year of o p era--' tion .under the Plan, when 10-15% „ of the student body will be under; the new program with increased participation in succeeding years until 1974-75, when the entire en tering class will be on the new Plan. During the 1970-71 academic year the many details and mech anics of the program will have to I be worked out. An implementat ion committee will be appointed; the new academic calendar will be specified in detail and will be adopted starting with the summer *erm of 1971; financial support will be sought; the various acade mic departments will begin detailed analyses of the content of the p re sent undergraduate programs so that the Studies and Study-Conferences required by the Plan can be develoDed: consultants from industry, government, and other P r o f. S h ip m a n Colleges will be retained to re view the Plan; and, most impor- ined with weariness, a feeling of tant of all, specific provisions gratitude for the many contribuwill be made to see that the en> tions of students and faculty, and tire program, both academic a feeling that WPI will, during and environmental, is constantly the next few years, develop into reviewed. one of the most exciting educationAs this is being written, the al institutions in the country, administration is hard at work Newcomers to WPI will hear on material for publicity and fund much talk about the Plan. Many raising; a special committee is them will be directly involvconsidering problems of our aca- ed in testing its various aspects demic environment and new forms before thev leave the College. and of living quarters for our stu- some will take their degrees under dents; and Professor Grogan, our the program. As with any new new Dean of Under-graduate P ro- undertaking, success will depend gram s, is settling into his new on the good will and conscientand complicated task. ious effort of the entire CommTo those of us who have been unity. There will be changes working for 18 months to get the perhaps even surgury. ftit the College onto a fresh, forward- new people at WPI have an un looking, unique, and practical pro- paralleled opportunity to develop gram and who are now leaving the their own particular contributions Planning Operation to get caughtup to the College and we all look on our regular duties, there is forward to their participation, a feeling of satisfaction intertw-
N O V E M B E R 10, 1970
WPI PLAN: PROGRESS REPORT eq u ip m en t 4) In te rse ssio n D evelo p m en t 5) Audio V isual Development. These com m ittees are all hustling to m eet the Sep tem ber deadline.
Dean Grogan “ This school was not fram ed on th e m odel of any ex istin g anyw here.” Seth Sweetser, 1865
Then as now WPI was a leader in educational innovation. In con tinuing this role Tech has for mulated the WPI Plan, a sort of educational ‘‘impossible dream,” and to dispell any doubts as to the faculty’s sincerity in adopting the plan, a pilot program will be in stituted next September. In preparation for the inauguration of the plan, Dean William Grogran and his General Implementation Committee have been working furiously to coor dinate the other ‘Ad Hoc Com mittees for Implementation of the WPI Plan.” These committees are: 1) Project, Undergraduate Research and Independent Study Development 2) Advisory Development 3) Facilities and
will take the sam e type of courses. That is, if one elects to take a certain course, say CM371. the meiuuu ot presentation w ill be the s a m e for those taking their degree under the old system a s those NEXT YEAR'S SCHEDULE taking it under the Plan T h e only Following is a brief outline of the difference being that under the old first part of the implementation sy stem c e rta in c o u rse s a r e schedule and next y e a r’s calendar: required for the drgree, under the Fall 1971 - New 4-1-4 calendar in Plan there are no required courses. JANUARY INTERSESSION effect. 14 week term s No formal One of the most interesting Final Exam ination Schedule. aspects of the next y e a r’s calendar Sept 7, 8 - Register is the January “ Intersession” . Sept. 9 - Classes Begin Participation in “ Intersession” is Dec. 22 - Fall term ends re q u ire d of every o n e It will Jan. 10 - Intersession begins consist of three weeks of con Jan. 28 - Intersession ends centrated study. One takes a 3 day Feb. 7 - Register Spring term course each week for 3 weeks. March 27-31 - Vacation They m ay form a sequence or be May 26 - Classes end Summer ’72 - F irst 7 week chosen at random from a wide, selection of fields. Particif sum m er term Fall ’72 - Seven week studies and will be interdepartmental a rid \ study conferences to be initiated. be open to faculty and people from There is much work to be done by business and industry. It will in next fall. At the present time the clu d e g uest le c tu r e r s and advisory system and intersession sem inars. It will be entirely ex development are receiving top perim ental as it will be like nothing priority. However, there is much in effect presently. Dean Grogan more to be done. Courses must be feels that Intersession opens “a converted to Studies and Study- whole new dim ension" in Conferences. Project work must be education.
planned and Internship Centers procured. The difficult part of the tran sition will be that part of the student body will be working under the Plan while part remain under the old system. This will continue until fall 1975. However, whether under the Plan or not everyone
Also to be worked on is the role of the Consortium and cooperation therewith. Another sore spot yet to be determined is the definition and corelation of credit for those not under the Plan. All these areas will receive further consideration so that a smooth transition can be affected.
MAY 17, 1972
MARCH 9, 1971
NSF G R A N T S $ 3A M ILLION TO IM PLEM EN T W PI P L A N
An educational experiment that eliminates traditional course and degree requirements for an entire college was announced today by the National Science Foundation. The experiment is supported by a grant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute. WPI will implement a flexible curriculum tailored to the goals of individual students in which a degree will be awarded upon demonstration of competence by the student. The Plan replaces traditional requirements under which a degree is awarded when a student accumulates a fixed number of credits. A 107-year old college of science and engineering which focuses prim arily on undergraduate education, WPI, seeks to train scientists and engineers to understand both technology and its implications with an awareness of human values. The NSF grant that helps implement the WPI Plan totals $733,400 over a three-year period and was awarded under the College Science Improvement Program as an individual institutional project. Under the WPI Plan developed over the past several years, students have no course requirem ents — courses are considered peripheral as tools in the education process. Degree requirem ents are designed to m easure competence rather than the accumulation of academic credits. Dean William R. Grogan, Dean of Undergraduate Program s and director of the project, said that the WPI Plan is based on the belief that “students given the op portunity will accept significant responsibility for their own development and that educational effectiveness is increased by allowing students maximum freedom in making educational decisions.” Each student under the WPI Plan is required to show competence in his field by completing two independent study projects and undergoing a comprehensive evaluation. One of the independent study projects is in the student’s m ajor field of interest. The other relates the student’s m ajor to a societal problem. Each of the projects is equivalent to a full-time seven-week term. Some of the projects will be carried out on campus. Others will be conducted in internship centers established at government agencies, industrial corporations, and private laboratories. The projects will be designed by WPI so they are not routine or make work but will be directed to solve real problems in real-life settings. In the final comprehensive evaluation, each WPI student is given a problem to investigate and after approximately a week reports back to evaluating faculty. Students have the opportunity to use the laboratory, library and other OCTOBER 12, 1971
Creative Group Problem Solving Instructor: Dr. R.U. Gillespie Coordinator: J >1. Boyd I n t e r s e s s i o n T o p ic : A255* In o u r s o c ie ty m a n y p e o p le in th e ir p r o f e s s io n a l a n d c iv ic a c t i v it i e s w o rk in g r o u p s a n d c o m m i tt e e s f o r s u b s ta n tia l i n c r e m e n t s o f t h e i r to ta e f fo r ts . ( A n y f a c u lty m e m b e r a t W P I w ill b e g l a d to e x p o u n d on th if s u b j e c t .) W h ile s e r v i c e in a c r e a t i v e g ro u p o r c o m m i tt e e is a r e w a r d i n g e x p e r ie n c e , in a ll to o m a n y c a s e s th e s e a c t i v it i e s t e n d to b e n e g a tiv e a n d fru s tra tin g R e c o g n iz in g th e g e n e r a l la c k of in n o v a tiv e r e s u lts in g r o u p in te r a c tio n s . m a n y c a p a b le p e o p le h a v e b e e n s t u d y i n g th e c r e a ti v e p r o c e s s in in d iv id u a l a n d g r o u p e f fo r ts . If th e c r e a t i v e p r o c e s s is s till n o t w e ll u n d e r s to o d , it a p p e a r s t h a t s u c c e s s fu l c o n c e p ts h a v e b e e n d e v e lo p e d to n u r t u r e it. A s m o r e a n d m o re W P I s t u d e n ts a n d fa c u lty w o rk to g e th e r o n P l a n p r o je c ts in a n a tm o s p h e r e o f e d u c a tio n a l l e a d e r s h ip , it is m o s t im p o r t a n t th a t w e le a r n how b e s t to u n lo c k th e c r e a t i v e p o te n tia l. It is h o p e d t h a t th is in te r s e s s io n w o rk s h o p w ill be o n ly th e b e g in n in g of c o n tin u in g e f f o r ts a t W P I in th e a r e a o f c r e a tiv e - p r o b le m so lv in g a n d in n o v a tio n . W e a r e f o r t u n a t e to h a v e th e s e r v ic e s of D r. R o b e r t J . G ille s p ie in c o n d u c tin g th is c o u r s e D r G ille s p ie le c tu r e s a n d h o ld s w o rk s h o p s in te r n a tio n a lly in c r e a ti v e b e h a v io u r , a n d h e is p r e s i d e n t of R .J . G ille s p ie A s s o c ia te s , a f ir m o f c r e a t i v e e n g in e e r in g m a n a g e m e n t c o n s u lta n ts . D r. G ille s p ie w ill b e a s s i s t e d b y J M. B oyd of th e m e c h a n ic a l e n g in e e r in g d e p a r t m e n t T h e p a r t i c i p a n t s w ill le a rn a n d u s e th e m o st s u c c e s s fu l te c h n iq u e s for s t i m u l a ti n g c r e a t i v e p ro b le m so lv in g . W e fe e l t h a t th is e x p e r ie n c e c a n be o f g r e a t b e n e fit to b o th s t u d e n ts a n d fa c u lty a s w e ll a s m e m b e r s of th e off c a m p u s c o m m u n ity D r J o h n M. B oyd
research resources, A student discusses with the faculty his work on the problem, not merely his answ ers, but also his m ethods of attack, approaches he tried and abandoned, and his analysis of the problem. “ What is being evaluated under the WPI Plan is not the student’s storehouse of facts and information but his u n d erstan d in g of m e th o d s , p r o c e s s e s , resources and underlying principles and theories,” said WPI President Dr. George W. Hazzard. The Plan has already been p a rtia lly im plemented, and it is ex-, pected th at the entire student body will be under the program by September. 1976. In addition to NSF funds WPI is investing $1.1 million in the Plan and the Carnegie Corporation has g ra n te d $188,000 for development of the project.
JOSEPH D RAP KIN, a 17-yearold Columbia freshman, on why he and his classmates seem passive, not active: "Maybe if we ignore politics, politic* will go away. If there’s another upheaval like Columbia had in 1968, Tm going up to my room, turn on Jefferson Airplane, get •orae g r a n and keep acore.”
Q-hA ON THE PLAN 1. If you do not do acceptable work on the com prehensive-exam, are you putting your life on the line? No. because it is possible to retake the comprehensive. Unacceptable work on this exam should serve as a prod to strengthening one’s weak areas Eventually, there will probably be a lim it on the num ber of tim es one may take the comprehensive. 2. Ilow a r e outsiders, such as industry, taking to the WPI Plan, especially with reference to evaluation? As with any innovation, prelim inary reactions a re mixed. However, those who realize that the transcripts from those on the plan will give them more information than at present, are favorable. For example, there will be a paragraph devoted to evaluating a student's m ajor project :i. What kind of degree will one receive? One w ill receive a B.S. degree with the transcript giving the field of study 4. Can you conceivably obtain a degree in three years? Under the plan it will be possible to obtain a degree in three years. 4 minimum of 12 units of work must be completed before one is eligible to take the comprehensive and it is possible to complete this in three years Ordinarily, 16 units are needed but if one is recommended for it, he may take it early after completing 12 units. 5. What about class size under the plan? Some classes will be much larger than at present but this will be balanced by much sm aller conferences, independent study, and project work. «. How much class and study time will a student spend under the plan? A student will have 4 class hours/wk. A study - conference will have 3 class hours plus a 2-3 hour conference each week. With study time included, a normal student week would be about 50 hours, ap proximately what it is now. 7. What about intersession? There w ill be a special registration for the first intersession on Nov 8, 1971 A preliminary list of topics will be available the first week in April and a special catalogue will be available in October X. Will departmental requirem ents still have to be met for graduation under the plan? There are no specific course requirem ents under the plan but one must complete a project in one’s m ajor field and do acceptable work on the comprehensive. 9. Is there a deadline when a student could not transfer in or out with grades regarding transfers in of the plan? or out of WFI? WPI will be in a state of transition T h e re sh o u ld be no p ro b le m s w ith until the class that enters in 1974 those t r a n s f e r r in g in a s W PI will and until then both program s will give c re d it for a c c e p ta b le w ork in be available One should be able to e q u iv a l e n t c o u r s e s . A s m o s t transfer fairly easily until the end schools do not a c c e p t g ra d e s for of the Freshman year T ra n s c o u rse s in o th e r sch o o ls but giv e ferring may be possible as late as c re d it for c o u rs e s , p re s u m a b ly if the end of the sophomore year a c c e p ta b le w ork is done, c re d it for 10. W h at p r o b le m s a r e a n t i c i p a t e d
it will be g iv e n a t a n o th e r school.
M A R C H 2. 1971
BASE CIRRICULUM UNDER W PI PLAN
In response to numerous questions concerning the new freshman-sophomore curriculum and its effect on present freshmen and sophomores, Dean Grogan issued the following summary of the new curriculum and the faculty acUon taken regarding its im plementation.
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102, 209 and 204 or equivalents. 2. H/SS courses must include one from each of the Departments of History, English and Economics. 3. Science electives are to be selected from Chemistry, Physics (except PH 111) and Biology. 4. A total of five courses in science must be taken as a requirement for a degree from WPI. These may be all taken during the Freshman and Sophomore years or a portion postponed until later years 5. Freshmen may elect to take a fifth course either or both semesters. Of immediate concern to present freshmen and sophomores is the implements Uon action voted by the faculty. These items follow: 1. The above curriculum shall apply to all student matriculating after 1 September 1971. 2. The Sophomore portion of the above curriculum shall apply to students who matriculated in Sep tember 1970, i.e., those students are required to pass CH 101,102 and PH 121, but are free to elect the other two science courses needed for the five course total requirement. 3. The Institute reserves the right to limit enrollment in all Biology courses and in upperclass Chemistry and Physics courses, and to assign students to these courses on a space available basis. Students accepted to pursue their degree requirements under the Plan do not have the above requirements. Further informaUon can be found on
1 M a t h e m a t i c s w ill n o r m a lly c o n s is t of MA 101,
p a g e 4.
Numbers in Parenthesis refer to credits. Freshman Year (each semester) Mathematics 1 (4) Humanities/Social Science Elective 2 (3) Science Elective 3,4 (4) Free Elective 5 (3-4) Physical Education (1/2) Computer Science (optional) (1) Military Science (optional) (1) Free Elective Course (3) Sophomore Year M a th e m a tic s 1 (3 -4 ) H u m a n itie s /S o c ia l S c ie n c e E le c t i v e 2 (3 ) F r e e E le c t i v e (3 -4 ) T w o D e p a r t m e n t a l R e q u ir e m e n ts (5 -7 ) P h y s ic a l E d u c a tio n ( 1 /2 ) M ilita r y S c ie n c e ( o p t io n a l ) (1 )
FEBRUARY 16, 1971
DEGREES UNDER THE W.P.I. PLAN T he B a c h e lo r of S c ie n c e d e g re e from W o rc e ste r P o ly te c h n ic In s titu te w ill be a w a r d e d upon c o m p le tio n of the follow ing: 1. A n o rm a l re sid e n c e of 16 T e r m s . 2. A c c e p ta b le o r D istin g u ish e d c o m p le tio n of a C o m p re h e n siv e E x a m in a tio n in the m a jo r field of stu d y . .5. Q u a lifica tio n in a m in o r field of stu d y e ith e r by S ufficiency E x a m in a tio n o r by o v e ra ll e v a lu a tio n of tw o L!nits of w ork in th e a r e a . S tu d e n ts m a jo rin g in a s c ie n tific or e n g in e e rin g field w ould n o rm a lly fulfill th e re q u ir e m e n t in a h u m a n itie s a r e a . S tu d e n ts m a jo rin g in a h u m a n itie s a r e a w ould n o rm a lly fu lfill this re q u ire m e n t in a s c ie n tific o r e n g in e e rin g a re a .
I Al l e a s t tw o U n i t s e s t a b l i s h e d b y A c c e p t a b l e o r D is t i n g u is h e d w o rk in a n
<id\.iiH vd le v e l a c t i v i t y in v o lv i n g I n d e p e n d e n l - S t u d v o r P r o j e c t w o r k O n e o f l li e s o u n i t s w o u ld h a v e to b e in th e s t u d e n t ’s m a j o r f ie ld . A n a c t i v i t y r e l a t i n g te c h n o l o g y to s o c i e t y is r e c o m m e n d e d f o r t h e s e c o n d U n it. .> E x a m i n a t i o n s m a y n o t b e s u b s t i t u t e d fo r t h is r e q u i r e m e n t . In o n ly e x c e p t i o n a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s w o u ld a s t u d e n t b e p e r m i t t e d by th e C o u n c il o f A d v i s o r * to l a k e a C o m p r e h e n s i v e E x a m in a tio n b e f o r e s u c c e s s f u l c o m p l e ti o n o f 12 units i! of w h i c h m u s t b e t a k e n in r e s i d e n c e a t W P I ) . M m i e n t s a r e r e q u i r e d to c o m p l e t e 1 /3 u n it of P h y s i c a l E d u c a t i o n ( 4 t e r m ■ 'l in in g t h e i r f i r s t tw o y e a r s a t t h e c o ll e g e .
APR|L_25, 1972 FEBRUARY 5, 1974
Trustees Discuss Possible Future
The Faculty Pen
by Proiessor Joseph R. Mancuso I have been intrigued by the criticism and praise of the Plan in the last few Newspeak issues. The dialogue is healthy. My intrigue turned to concern as I concluded the dialogue had degenerated to The educational atmosphere envisioned by the WPI Plan requires an analyzing what I consider second-rate issues. Seven appropriate physical set-up to complement it. The Trustee Committee week terms, grading systems, IPI, competency which has been studying this problem as well as the related areas of exams, and all that, are not the Plan — they are only operational and endowment needs reported its present view of the next pieces. The whole of the Plan is sound, and, while five years at an open meeting last Thursday evening. some of the pieces are still being formulated, the Plan Trustee Committee Chairman Paul Morgan opened the meeting and can and will work. So, let’s stop worrying about the then Dr. Hazzard briefly discussed how the Committee’ studies fit into little pieces and face what I call first-rate issues such as “Who cares if the Plan does work.” , the Plan. This issue emerged for me when the various Dean Reutlinger explained how two axies, one academic and one grading systems were proposed. I don’t know which social, would be blended. Small group living and a freer life style will be- is really the best grading system, but the criteria for stressed as evidenced by the townhouses, the proposed renovation ol changing triggered my realization that we were not Riley, and more flexible meal contracts. Moving administrative student facing up to the bigger issues. Let’s change the services into Riley and altering first floor Daniels *>ill be part of this. A grading system because graduate schools and em serious movement to integrate commuters into total campus life will also ployers can’t understand it, is the current reasoning. It takes Boynton Hall too long to explain the grading be involved. system to these outsiders. That strikes me as Future functional needs involve the relocation of the maintenance comical. building. A 10,000 square foot building, containing the B & G trade shops The big issue I mentioned earlier emerges in this and a central receiving area is proposed for the periphery of the campus. attitude. Maybe we ought to consider telling graduate schools and employers about our grading system, our Dean Grogan’s subject was needs for facilities. Salisbury will be Plan and our School. Doesn’t that make sense to extensively altered with the fourth floor devoted to Life Sciences, the anyone else? jsecond and third to a new atmosphere for the Humanities and the first to' As a student at WPI, 15 years ago, I used to think »n academic faculty-student area of interaction. A center for projects, WPI was the best kept secret in the world. But, my which is proposed for the present BAG building, is imperative. The night professors told me “It’s well known in engineering jjtudy area in the library will contain an extensive audio-visual center. circles." Being only a student, I nodded and figured ’The question of what will become of the Washburn Shops is still open. someday I’d meet an engineering circle and find this claim to be true. Today, I have concluded that WPI is In addition to moving some departments into Riley, administrativf needs include the renovation of Boynton Hall. Anyone who has ventured not the best kept secret in the world, the WPI Plan .into the basement there knows the condition of its structural stability and has taken over that spot. More people have heard of WPI than have heard of the WPI Plan. ^realizes the need for alterations. My neighbors never heard of the WPI Plan, Clark Recreational plans include more provisions for activitic such a s University students think the Plan is a mini-course, MIT students never heard of WPI, never mind the tennis, swimming and softball. Plan, and convincing most people that WPI is not a The feeling that the campus would be more pleasant and unified if radio station is a chore all by itself. In my opinion, parking were removed from its center was reflected in the plans to this is the big issue and the one which should be 'provide peripheral parking although the sites for this are not yet deter discussed. Even if the WPI Plan does work, and if we keep at mined. Land for this and for future housing will involve the continued aurchase of land near the college. Over the last 15 y ean , WPI has spent it, it will; who cares. Few know we are even exnot >800,000 for parcels which have made buildings such as Stoddard and the pe- im enting and, consequently, are coming townhouses possible. breathtakingly awaiting our results.
Let’s settle on which of the pieces work best (7 or 10 or 14 weeks) and get it all together — but let’s not forget to tell someone. To say a few engineers in vented an intriguing new product in their basements and never told anyone would be ah old Route 128 story. While we concentrate on making minor in ternal adjustments to perfect our product, maybe we ought to think about freezing the.design and going to market. We’ll never attain a perfect product and we’ll probably only make few significant im provements in the next four or five years. You know, most colleges are satisfied with a second best product and a good marketing program. Just look around and you’ll conclude they are doing very well with this combination. At WPI, we’re keeping the Plan quiet until it works perfect and then, and it’s only a maybe, we’ll tell a few close friends. That, in my opinion, is the big issue. The fact is WPI has a damn good unique and marketable product. Better than we’ve ever had in the past. Better than competition save a handful. So, let’s sell it! Let’s tell people. You see, the Plan just might be the wave of the future. It might be perfect right now! Even if it is — who’ll care. If it isn’t — who’ll care. No one knows what it is, never mind if it works. I doubt that the WPI Community has properly evaluated the importance and timing of this issue. If we don’t hurry the “MIT P lan” could become the innovative wave of the future. WPI should reallocate its priorities. It must change its resource allocations. A budget, and a $500,000 budget is small, in my judgement, must be established. With this new, attitude, our promotional program can go from a low F in marketing to an acceptable. And, if they hire professionals and do it right, they have a shot at an A—D. I hope they get as high a grade as possible, WPI deserves it. And the time is yesterday.
Student Gov't Meeting Wed., Feb. 6th in the Library Seminar Room at 7:00 If you cannot attend this meeting, send a proxy, and inform either Dave Lape (Box 1255) or Ted Ledden (Box 1280). See you there!
Endowment has been decreasing in recent years and this trend must 3e reversed if the college budget is to balance in the black.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1974
Plan Grades? T o th e E d it o r s : I a ls o h a v e c o m p le te d o n e y e a r a l T e c h . 1 h a v e a ls o h a d g o o d a n d b a d e x p e r i e n c e w ilh th e p la n lik e M r. K in tz . H o w e v e r, I fe e l t h a t a n A, B, C, N r g r a d in g s y s te m w o u ld d e f e a t th e p u r p o s e o f th e p l a n ; T o m a k e th e s t u d e n t m o r e r e s p o n s i v e to in te l le c t u a l c u r io s it y i n s t e a d of b e in g g r a d a t io n a l ly b r o c 1 . A s a m a t t e r o f f a c t I fe e l t h e r e s h o u ld b e a p a s s - n o r e c o r d s y s te m w ith no r e q u i r e d n u m b e r o f u n i t s to g r a d u a t e . T h e o n ly r e q u i r e m e n t s m a d e w o u ld b e t h a t o f f u lfillin g a n IQ P , a n M Q P , a n d a c o m p e te .n c y e x a m . A tw e lv e u n it r e q u i r e m e n t c a u s e s a p e r s o n , n o m a t t e r how b r i g h t , to s t a y h e r e a t l e a s t t h r e e y e a r s w ith o u t p a y in g e x t r a fo r a fiv e o r m o r e c o u r s e o v e r lo a d . H e r e I a m ta lk in g a b o u t th e e x c e p tio n a l s t u d e n t b u y h o w a b o u t th e b e lo w a v e r a g e s t u d e n t? T h e p la n sh o u ld c o v e r h im a s w e ll if n o t b e t t e r th a n ( h e e x c e p tio n a l s t u d e n t. A n e x a m , n o t a c o m p e te n c y e x a m b u t a te s t in a c o u r s e , r u n s c o n t r a r y to th e p la n W hy s h o u ld a s tu d e n t b e p u n is h e d if h e d o e s n o t u n d e r s t a n d a s u b j e c t a t o n e b u t d o e s a t tw o ? A n e x a m p ic k s o u t a c e r t a i n tim e f o r th e s t u d e n t to h a v e a s p e c ific s u b j e c t k n o w n b y a n d if y o u d o n ’t k n o w it b y th e n , d e s p i te a ll e f f o r ts , to u g h lu c k ! A s fo r th e s e c o n d r e a s o n o f h is , e m p l o y e r s a r e n o w lo o k in g a t w h a t p ro je c ts W P l g ra d u a te s h a v e done in s te a d of w h a t c o u rs e s th e y h a v e t a k e n ! T o t h e s e e m p l o y e r s th e p r o je c ts a r e th e m o st im p o rta n t c o n s i d e r a t i o n in e m p l o y m e n t . P r o j e c t s a ls o g iv e a s t u d e n t a feel f o r w h a l g r a d u a t e s c h o o l is g o in g to b e lik e by g iv in g m i n i a t u r e g r a d u a t e a c t i v it i e s a s p r o j e c ts . A s f o r ’ M r. K in tz ’s t h i r d r e a s o n ; I n t e l l e c tu a l c u r io s ity s h o u ld a n d
FEBRUARY 5, 1974
Editorials
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Attorney General Robert Quinn will be a t WPI on | Tuesday, February 19 a t 8:00 p.m. in the Library Seminar . Room. f Mr. Quinn will speak to the campus about the energy | crisis. « » « ■ ■ ! ■ ■ ■
MAY 17, 1972
P la n vs. Pass - F a il The grad in g sy stem used for P lan stu d en ts has >een hotly d eb a te d in recen t m onths. U nfortunately, nuch of the d e b a te springs from an a rtic le critica l of P ass-F ail g rad in g system s published in the N ew speak shortly a fte r Thanksgiving and articles sim ila r to th a t one published elsew h ere. Most of the article s, in co ndem ning P ass-F ail g rad in g , do not distinguish betw een W P I's (two passin g g rad es) grading sy stem for P lan students and genuine P assF ail grading sy stem s. It is an im p o rta n t distinction. The published opinion of the Law School Data" A ssem bly S ervice concerning W P I’s g rad in g system and the P ass-F a il grading sy stem provides an exam ple of th e differing resp ect for and tre a tm e n t of the two g rad in g m ethods. By w ay of background, “ The Law School D ata A ssem bly Service w as initiated in 1970 by the Law School A dmissions Council to a ssis t the adm issions staffs of individual law schools. By providing p articip a tin g schools with a su m m ary of a n a p p lica n t’s ac ad e m ic work, copies of his college tra n s c rip t, and his LSAT Score, the service reliev es the clerical staffs of law schools and allows ad m issio n s co m m ittees to devote the tim e requ ired for c a refu l individual e v a lu a tio n s... “ Given the g re a t d iv ersity of u n d erg rad u a te grading sy stem s and m e asu res of cre d it, the Council chose to re p o rt the 4.0 (high) form for g rad es and sem ester hours for m e asu res of c re d it.” Law and M edical school acce p ta n ce officers tend to feel especially com fortable about using only traditional d a ta to analyze c a n d id a tes for adm ission. The Law School A dm ission Council h a s published a r a th e r lengthy and forceful s ta te m e n t d isparaging
w o u ld b e a n i n c e n t iv e fo r l e a r n in g if ih e c r e a t i v i t y of th e s t u d e n ts , a t T e c h , w e r e n ’t s tif le d . I a m g la d M r. K in tz b r o u g h t th is, d is c u s s io n to th e a tt e n ti o n of th e in c o m in g f r e s h m a n I f e e l it l e s e r v e s fu ll a ir i n g . J o h n Z im m e r m a n B ro c m e a n s n o n - c r e a ti v i ty o r d e a d to in te l le c t u a l c u r io s it v
P ass-F ail g rad in g . A portion of th a t sta te m en t follows. “ W here an app lican t for adm ission to law school subm its a tra n sc rip t in which ell or virtually all of his g rad e s a re on a P ass-F ail b asis, a n d subm its no other indication of his level of ac h iev em en t in college, the adm issions co m m ittee ca n m a k e little use of his college w ork in predicting his law school g r a d e s " But it is of cru c ial im p o rtan ct to note also th a t the Law School D ata A ssem bly S ervice h as provided for the conversion of “ g ra d e s ea rn ed in other less com m on g rad in g system s w ith m o re than one passing g ra d e ” into a 4.0 scale. T h eir tab le for conversion is rep rin ted below. F o u r P assin g G rades H ighest P assin g G rade 4.00 Second H ighest P assin g G ra d e 3.00 T hird Highest P assin g G rad e 2.00 Lowest P assin g G rad e 1.00 T hree P assin g G rades H ighest P assin g G rade 4.00 M iddle P assin g G rad e 3.00 Lowest P assin g G rad e 2.00 Two P assin g G rades H ighest P assin g G rad e 4.00 Lowest P assin g G rad e 2.75 The conversion seem s m o re th an fair. Industry and o th er schools m ay v ary th e .c o n version, but a sim ’la r conversion is often m ade. Tlje m e ssag e th ere is c le a r. A fundam ental distinction h as been m a d e betw een genuine pass-fail g rad in g an d W P I’s (two p assin g g rad e s) grading system . J.T.A
The Plan Twenty-eight months ago, our administration brought forth upon this institute a new ideal conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that no one should flunk out of college. We are now engaged in a great experiment, testing whether that institute or any institute so conceived and so dedicated can survive the stares and grumbles of the alumni and the worthy board. And it was written by the prophet Van A that it shall be known as “THE PLAN” and the plan shaU be fruitful and multiply until it was the law of the land — price freeze or no. And Van A saw it was good, and he told George to rest. “ Nay” said George, “ I must implement more radical changes on this institute.” And The Plan begat IPI physics, and IPI physics begat IPI math, and IPI math begat IPI gym. And IPI gym caused no need for the great Melvin, and he was banned from the great garden of The Plan to the perils, in propriety, and sin of the Cape Cod Community College, where he and his teams were forever doomed to 0-6-1 seasons. After several more changes, George’s vision began to blur, so he went to see a Dr. Grogan who specialized in alleviating Plan problem s through painless propaganda rather than critical surgery. When his vision cleared, he saw the true state of things at the new institute, and began to hitchhike down on Route 9. Anonymous
Quote of the Week:
“Don’t play with your food; you don’t know where it’s been.’' - Overheafd in Harrington
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NOVEMBER 5, 1974
by L am cc S c h a c h lc r lc , Van Uluemel Next spring m a rk s the fifth y ea r since Two T ow ers IV, th e study which contains th e basic ideas and goals of the W PI PLAN, w as adopted by th e faculty. One sign of p r o g re s s in im p le m e n tin g th e PLAN is the fa c t th a t this fall, m ore WPI stu d e n ts a re pursuing their degrees u nder the PLAN than under the trad itio n al p ro g ram . As the w ords of Two Tow ers IV becam e e v e ry d ay a c a d e m ic policy, the w hole W PI com m unity — s tu d e n ts , f a c u lty , a n d a d m inistration — m u st ask if the "sp irit of the P L A N ” is becom ing a genuine reality . To w hat extent has the PLAN been successfully im p lem ented? To w hat extent has its sp irit been a lte re d in ihe process of c re a tin g a daily ac ad e m ic routine out of th e pages of Two Tow ers IV? The W PI C o m m itte e on A cadem ic Policy is settin g as its m a jo r goal this y e a r a rep o rt on the im p lem entation of the academ ic
The Committee on Academic Policy is sponsoring an open meeting on the implementation of the WPI PLAN degree requirem ents on November 7 at 4:00 p.m. in the Pub Lounge. The topic for this meeting will be the Competency Exam.
policy ot Two T ow ers IV. (The CAP consists of P ro fesso rs Schachterle. B lu e m e l, M ille r, B o u rg a u lt, K ranich and S tap les; Dean Bolz a n d M r. B r a n d o n ; a n d Ann M a d ara and G reg C ipriano.) The
P e n ” on Competency Exam
CAP w ants to a sse ss stu d en t and facu lty opinion about the im plem entation of the PLAN, a s the fifth a n n iv e rsa ry of its adoption ap p ro a ch es. One of the Com m itte e ’s m ethods for g ath erin g and stim u la tin g such opinion is to sponsor open CAP m eetin g s on the four d eg re e req u irem en ts. T hese m e e tin g s s h o u ld p ro b e th e m e a n in g of th e d eg re e re q u ire m e n ts, and stim u la te an ex ch an g e of id eas about th eir educatio n al m e rit as they a re being im plem ented. Input from th ese m eeting s will lead to CAP f acul t y m o tio n s c o n c e rn in g ac ad e m ic policy. The first su b ject for an open m eeting is the Com petency exam . T his m eeting is scheduled for 7 N ovem ber, at 4:00 p.m . in the Pub Lounge. All m e m b e rs of the WPI com m unity a r e invited to p a r ticip ate. T he C om petency exam is the first re q u ire m e n t to be considered becau se to m any the philosophy behind it is c e n tra l to the PLAN. T r a d itio n a l c o lle g e d e g re e re q u ire m e n ts a re based on the accum ulation of course c re d its and g ra d e s, r a th e r th an d irectly on w hat those cou rses and g ra d e s a re p resu m e d to reflect — know ledge T he w rite rs of the PLAN believed th a t W PI should aw a rd its d eg ree on the basis of a stu d e n t’s rea d in ess to en ter a professional fie ld . C o u rse a n d g r a d e a c c u m u la tio n s c o rre la te only m o d e ra tely w ith the d eg ree of p r o b a b le su ccess in th e professional w orld; as in high sc h o o l th e s tu d e n t w ith high a v e ra g e s is not alw ays the one who succeeds in the outside w orld. Any one who h as been to school knows
c o m p e te n c e : tra d itio n a l th e high g rad e s in. the “ rig h t” o n ly th e n e c e s s a r y in te l le c t u a l to d is c ip lin e b u t a ls o a n a b ility to e n g in e e r s w h o e x c e l in e x a m co u rse s m a y re p re se n t su ccess in tak in g e x a m s, not in applying c o m m u n i c a te th e a n s w e r s c o n - t a k in g o f te n t a k e too m u c h t i m e to know ledge. Since the professions of v in c in g ly . T h e C o m p e te n c y is th u s a d ju s t to t h e n e e d s of r e a l i s t i c en g in eerin g and science ch an g e d is ig n e d to g iv e s t u d e n t s e n o u g h w o r k i n g k n o w l e d g e . ( T h u s i n rap id ly , su ccess in “ B ooklearning” t im e a n d a p p r o p r i a t e r e s o u r c e s to d u s t r y r e p o r t e d a t a r e c e n t d o esn ’t alw ay s help in th e long c o m p le te s o lu tio n s in a w a y w h ic h p r o f e s s io n a l m e e t in g t h a t it is te rm ; only successful applicatioi a n t i c i p a t e s f u t u r e w o rk . T h e o r a l h ir in g m o r e g r a d u a t e s o f te c h n ic a l of know ledge to new problem s p a r t o f th e e x a m is v ie w e d b y m o s t s c h o o l s f o r e n g i n e e r i n g p o s t s , f a c u l t y a s a n i m p o r t a n t o p - b e c a u s e th e t e c h n i c i a n s — e v e n counts. p o r l u n it y fo r a s t u d e n t to s p e a k th o u g h th e y m a y n o t h a v e th e With th e theory in m ind that le arn in g should be m e asu red at r a t h e r i n f o r m a l ly a b o u t w h a t h e " r ig h t” c o u r s e s — c a n l e a r n re a listic a lly as possible in te rm s ol h a s a l r e a d y d o n e in h is w r i t te n q u ic k ly a n d a d j u s t r e a d i l y to th e p ra c tic a l ap plication, the PLAN p a r t . A lo n g w i t h , o r a l t e a m d e m a n d s of a p p ly in g w h a t t h e y do o f. q u a l i f y i n g k n o w .) w r i te r s d e c id e d to m a k e th e o r e s e n t a t i o n s F r o m th e r e p o r t o n t h e C o m passin g of an exam ination of " e p o r ts , t h e C o m p e te n c y o r a l is a n a tt e m p t to g r o u n d W P I ’s d e g r e e p e te n c i e s l a s t s p r i n g ( m a d e by p ro fessio n al com petence one of the four PLA N req u irem en ts. The r e q u i r e m e n t s u p o n a r e a l i s t i c P r o f e s s o r s B o u r g u a lt , K e il, a n d C om petency ex am aim s to test the sizing u p o f f u tu r e p r o f e s s io n a l life . M a j m u d a r ) th e “ h o r r o r s t o r i e s ” stu d e n t’s know ledge of th e basic At o n e l im e o r a n o th e r , e v e r y a b o u t th e e x a m w e r e l a r g e ly p rin cip les of his or h er field by s c i e n t i s t o r e n g in e e r h a s to “ s e l l ” e x a g g e r a t e d . S o m e s n a f u s in ask in g th e stu d en t to apply those h is i d e a s to h is p e e r s , b o s s e s , o r d i s tr ib u tio n a n d f o r m a t h a v e b e e n p r in c i p le s to an u n f a m ilia r p o te n tia l b u y e r s . E v e r y o n e k n o w s r e s o l v e d ; t h a t a lm o s t 80 s t u d e n t s p r o b le m . P r im a r ily th e e x a m t h a t a n o r a l is lik e ly to m a k e th e w h o lo o k th e e x a m b e tw e e n T e r m s should te s t not w hat the student s t u d e n t n e r v o u s ; m o s t e x a m A a n d B a r e th e b e n e f i c i a r ie s o f o u r alre a d y knows (or h as c ra m m ed c o m m i tt e e s h a v e tr ie d to r e d u c e c o r r e c ti n g o u r e a r l i e r m is t a k e s , fo r), b ut w hat he or she can a c 'h is n e r v o u s n e s s . B u i to th e e x te n t P r o b a b l y t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t com plish w ith h is know ledge in a . o w h i c h p r o f e s s i o n a l p r e s e n - o b s e r v a tio n a b o u t th e P L A N a f t e r s itu a tio n w ith w hich h e i s n ’t ta tio n s a lw a y s p u l th e s p e a k e r on f o u r y e a r s is l h a t i t s im alre ad y fam iliar. In courses and Ih e s p o t, th e o r a l c a n n o t b e m a d e p l e m e n t a t i o n i s s t i l l in f l u x , S tu d e n t a n d f a c u lty DO h a v e a p ro jects a student acq u ires the t o ta lly w ith o u t te n s io n . je ce ssary acad em ic background ' N o o n e c la i m s l h a t th e s u c c e s s o f c h a n c e to m a k e t h e i r o p in io n s felt o p re p a re for the exam , but the i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e e d u c a t i o n a l jn th e o n g o in g p r o c e s s o f m a k in g ^om pelency is not intended to be a th e o r y b e h in d th e C o m p e te n c y h a s T w o T o w e rs IV a r e a l it y . It is th e 'S u p e rfin a l” in the sense that it u n if o r m ly b e e n s u c c e s s f u l S o m e r e s p o n s ib ility of all m e m b e r s of should not review e a rlier course c o n fu s io n s till e x is ts c o n c e r n in g , (he W P I c o m m u n ity to u n d e r s t a n d n a te r ia l. A professional engineer t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n “ c o m - fuu y w h a l t h e P L A N is a b o u t, h o t it scien tist d oesn’t take ex a m s; he p e le n c y ” a n d ‘‘c o m p r e h e n s iv e .’ js b e in g p u t in lo e f f e c t, a n d w h a t p h ilo s o p h y o f e d u c a tio n b e h in d olves new and often un fam iliar T h e o r i g in a l P L A N w r i t e r s c a lle d m e a n s . If ih e P L A N is to s u c ro b lem s. T herefore a stu d e n t’s th e e x a m th e y h a d in m in d a w o r d c h o ic e c e e d , s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l ty m u s t j o te n tia l a s a n e n g in e e r or ‘‘c o m p r e h e n s iv e ’ s o m e o f th e m n o w r e g r e t b e c a u s e t a k e s e r io u s ly t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i li t y '.s c ie n tis t sh o u ld be m e a s u r e d re a listic a lly in te rm s of the kinds of ‘its s u g g e s tio n o f “ s u p e r - f in a l .” | (, m a k e it w o rk . No o n e e ls e w ill. j(s open m e e tin g s of w ork h e ’ll do professionally — T h e C o m p e te n c y w a s to b e fo r- A ( not in te rm s of the kind of w a r d - l o o k i n g , c o n f r o n t i n g t h e (h e C A p b o p e s (0 c a p t u r e t h e a tof fre e and a c a d e m ic work which will be s lu d e n t w ith th e k in d o f p r o b l e m s m o s p |i e r e behind him when h e’s on the job. h is p r o f e s s io n w o u ld r e q u i r e h im to u n r e h e a r s e d ” d is c u s s io n w h ic h Solving problem s req u ires not s o lv e . T h o u g h th e c h a n g e o f th e p r e v a i le d in th e p la n n in g d a y s l a s t
APRIL 30, 1974
Traditional Program: Blessing or Curse? by R obert F ried L ast M ay w hen w e m ad e up our schedules for this y e a r, I re g iste re d for th re e courses p lu s one audit (tak in g a course, but not for cred it o r g rad e s) for te rm C of th is y e a r. D uring en ro llm en t a t the beginning of te rm C, m y schedule show ed m y audit as a cred it course. T his would have given m e an o v erload, forcing m e to petition, since I ’m not on the P lan . So I filled out an au d it form , w hich I h ad to get signed by my ad v iso r and th e professor teaching the course. One w eek b efo re the end of te rm C, I w as told th a t I have to petition to take the au d it as an “ o v e rlo a d .” I a sk e d why, since I don’t g et c re d it for auditing a course. I w as told th at it’s a n overload in th a t I ’m taking up sp a ce th a t m ay be prev en tin g a stu d en t not ta k in g an overload from tak in g the course. This is a b su rd , because no one could have en te re d th e course d u rin g the last week of the te rm . If it is tru e th a t non-plan students p etitition for o v erloads b ecause they a r e taking up e x tra space, why d o n ’t plan stu d e n ts h av e to petition to take o v erloads, excep t w hen the overload is a p ro jec t? Do only non-plan stu d e n ts ta k e up sp a ce ? A re plan stu d e n ts s m a rte r an d th erefo r b etter su ited to ta k e o v erloads? A re p la n students m ore m a tu re in m aking decisions than non-plan students? M aybe th e a d m in istratio n ju st w an ts to hassel non-plan stu d e n ts to m ak e th e sta tis tic s of th e num ber of non-plan stu d e n ts tra n sfe rrin g to the plan look b e tte r. All these ru le s an d reg u la tio n s a r e definitely a b a d point of the trad itio n al p ro g ra m . Non-plan stu d e n ts receiv e g rad es (i.e. A, B, C, D, F ). F o r stu d en ts th a t need an incentive to w ork or w ant to tra n sfe r out of W PI, g rad es se em to be a blessing. For stu d e n ts th a t really w a n t to learn , g ra d e s m a y not be n ec essary . Those stu d e n ts th a t get nervous b reakdow ns from too m uch p re s s u re m ay. find g ra d e s a c u rse . I know a stu d e n t on the plan who w as “ failin g ” a course. I asked him why he doesn’t stu d y h a rd e r and try to le arn the m a te ria l. He said th at he d o esn ’t c a re if he fails, since no one will ev er know. One of the p u rp o ses of the plan is to teach future e n g in e e rs to be resp o nsible for th e ir actions. I don’t see how the p la n ’s g rad in g sy stem accom plishes this. P art of the plan philosophy is to tu rn out “ te c h n o lo g ic a l h u m a n i s t s .” A “ te c h n o lo g ic a l h u m a n ist” is a person “ who c a n u n d ersta n d technology an d its social im plications, who un d e rsta n d their m a ch in es and have also a n aw a re n ess of h u m an v a lu e s.” (This definition a n d th e next sen ten ce is from th e 1974-1975 O perational C atalog). “ S p e c ific a tio n s m u s t be te m p e r e d w ith in te rd iscip lin ary b re a d th , for the solutions to the
p ro b lem s of our technological w orld d em an d m in d s o) th e w idest sc o p e.” T his is a fan ta stic idea in th eo ry but the plan is f a r from tu rn in g this idea into a rea lity . To be a tr u e technological h u m an ist, an en g in eer m u st hav e a very broad outlook on h u m an needs and values. To u n d erstan d h u m an needs and v alues you m u st h av e a g re a t u n d erstan d in g oi h isto ry , econom ics, the a r ts , psychology, politics lite ra tu re , sociology, and m o st im p o rtan t, the person m u st w an t to u n d erstan d . All this u n d erstan d in g is useless unless the en g in eer knows how to get his id eas an d p ro d u cts to the public. T h erefo re, he should also 1 ta k e E nglish, and m a rk e tin g . As you can see, tu rn in g , an en g in eer into a “ technological h u m a n is t” is alm o st im possible.
n rp h p n ei " “ T p r e h e n s .v e to C o m p e te n c y im p lie s n o c h a n g e in th e o r i g in a l P L A N p h ilo s o p h y , s o m e s t u d e n t s a n d f a c u l ty b e lie v e t h a t m e a s u r i n g th e c o m p r e h e n s iv e n e s s o f th e s tu d e n t s b a c k g ro u n d of b a s ic in f o r m a tio n is j u s t a s i m p o r t a n t a s te s tin g h is o r h e r a b il i ty to a p p ly th a t i n f o r m a tio n c r e a t i v e l y to n e w p r o b le m s . S o m e d e p a r t m e n t s a r e
sp rin g . E v e ry o n e c o n c e rn e d ab o u t . , h e C o m p e te n c y is u r g e d to a t t e n d ,lh e m e e lin g on 7 N o v e m b e r A list ,of p o s s ib le q u e s tio n s a b o u t th e (p h il0 s 0 p h y o f lh e C o m p e te n c y is a p p e n d e d b e lo w P l e a s e r e a d a n d c o n s i d e r y o u r o w n o p in io n s a b o u t i h e s e q u e s tio n s j ^ f t e r p a s s j n g a jj m y c o u r s e s ,w h y s h o u , d , h a v e l0 , a k e a n o lh e r e x a m ''
evolving Com petency e x a m s with 2. What does the Com petency a “ c o m p re h en siv e” com ponent, '.‘xam irV in ip «i •> This evolution of Two Tow ers IV 3. HowY can I p re p a re for it? raise s som e questions ab o u t the 4. When should I schedule my need •r (if . any) . to striv e for a com vwiiiuviCHV petency' rela tiv e lo th e MQP iniform im p lem en tatio n of the ;md * PLAN in all d e p a rtm e n ts ac ro ss 5. Is a Com petency exam difcam pus. ferem from a -c o m p re h e n s iv e ” T h is d iv e rg e n c e b e tw e e n ex a m ? “ C o m p e te n c y ” an d “ C o m -. p r e h e n s iv e ” r a is e s a se c o n d (i. How does the Com petency te st ' P lan stu d en ts g et th eir sufficiency req u irem en t question: w hat is com petence to F irst p rin cip les” ? co m pleted by tak in g two units (co u rse) of en ter a given p rofession? The th e m atica lly re la te d co u rses (i.e. d ra m a , h isto ry , original p la n n ers, and th e two 7. Why do 1 need to tak e an o ral lan g u ag es, lite ra tu re , m u sic, etc., and no social co m m ittees who review ed im- a fte r the w ritten p a rt? sc ien c es). Non-plan stu d e n ts com plete th e ir “ su f p lem entation of th e co m petency ficien cy ” re q u ire m e n t by tak in g 2 2-3 units (8 co u r (1971, 1974), reco m m en d ed th at R em em b er lhat this and sucse s) of non tech n ical co u rse s (h u m an ities, social each d e p a rtm e n t should define feed in g CAP m eetin g s a re not only scien ces, ancf b u sin ess). O ut of th ese eight co u rses, ‘co m p eten cy ” for its own stu d e n ts for ex ch an g es of opinion! The one co u rse each of E n g lish , histo ry and econom ics and a d v isers. Such a definition C om m ittee will use your input a s a m u st be tak en . O th er than this, th e re a r e no other, would be w ritten p resu m a b ly in b asis for fulure reco m m en d atio n s co u rse re stric tio n s for non-plan stu d en ts in this a re a . te rm s of the level of ex p ertise lor policy at your school — afT he non-plan “ su fficien cy ” definitely gives a b ro ad e r needed to join a profession (ability feeling vour degree, view of h u m an needs. to solve ce rtain b asic problem s S pecialization of a n arro w field should com e after en co u n tered in professional w ork), th e stu d e n t h as developed a strong b ack g ro u n d in hi.-, ra th e r than in te rm s of cou rses g en e ral field of en g in eerin g and en gineering ii ta k en and g rad es won. Yet m any g en e ral (esp ecially if he p lan s to ta k e the E IT e x a m ). stu d e n ts believe th a l not enough T he plan d o esn ’t rea lly en co u rag e having a stro n g inform ation on the Com petency is g en e ral b ack g ro u n d , since th ere a re no re q u ire d av ailab le — though all d e p a rt co u rses. The trad itio n al p ro g ra m forces you to h a v e a m en ts do have sam p le questions b ro ad e r b ackground. This m a y be a blessing. It m ay a n d a n s w e r s fo r s tu d e n t in also be a c u rse , sin ce i t ’s too re stric tiv e an d in-, spection. flexible. One blessin g the plan is th a t it te ac h es No ex am in atio n is p erfec t in stu d e n ts to be on th e ir ow n, while non-plan stu d e n ts te rm s of a c cu rately reflecting have to follow m an y ru les and reg u latio n s. In this fu tu re su ccess. Bui the Com sense, the plan tra in s stu d en ts to b e tte r face life th an p etency, along with the o th e r WPI th a t for the trad itio n al p ro g ram . d e g r e e .r e q u ir e m e n ts , is one The p ro jec ts a r e a d efin ite blessing for th e plan. m ethod of giving lh e student and T he IQP is the b est w ay, so far, in c re a sin g the WPI a m o re rea listic assessm en t “ technological h u m a n is t.” N on-plan stu d e n ts m ay of s tu d e n t ab i l i t y t h a n t he M ay 1 s t also do p ro jects if th ey w ant an d in som e d e p a rtm e n ts traditio n al course counting and they m u st. I’ve d iscu ssed proble'm s with the 7-week CQPA. In d u stry is m ak in g c le a r its t e rm s in p ast a rtic le s so I w on’t discuss it now. d is s a tis f a c tio n w ith tr a d itio n a l fo r As I ’ve shown both sy stem s h av e good an d b ad co u rse accu m u latio n as a m easu re points. T erm A 1 9 7 4 If the school com b in es the b est p a rts of both sy stem s, I feel th a t we will hav e one of the g r e a te s t ed u catio n al p ro g ra m s e v e r cre ate d .
LAST OAT for Changing Status
Plan or Non-Plan
FEBRUARY 19, 1974
Education at W PI
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P art II FEBRUARY 26,1974
by Prof . John M. B oyd PART II “The important thing to know is not how to solve a problem but how to look for a solution.” B.F. Skinner, Beyond F reedom and D ignity Although 1 am frightened by the world-view of Professor Skinner, the Plan philosophy em braces the above quotation, and I also support his psychological position that in ord er to rein fo rce a d esir ed behavior pattern one m ust arrange an environment which promotes the desired behavior. Since the philosophy of the new educational program is fully discussed in The Future of Two Towers, I, II, III, and IV, and since the im plementation of an educational program based on this philosophy has hardly begun in three years, it is now necessary to arrange the academ ic environment so as to reinforce efforts to truly im plem ent the Plan. The crucial changes required to p rom ote a su c c e ssfu l im p lem en ta tio n a r e re m a rk a b ly sim ple, and they are outlined below. They are for the most part suggested by C.L. Feldm an who did the seminal thinking on the educational philosophy culm inating in the Plan. Academ ic 1. The b a sic P lan d e g r e e req u irem en ts are m a in ta in ed excep t that th e m inim u m equivalent residence requirement will be four years. As will be seen below, the requirem ent for the completion of twelve units before tak in g the c o m p e te n c y ex a m becom es m eaningless since units per se will be m eaningless. 2. The school year will begin in September and will end in June. There will be no specified term s. (There will be a specified student holidays.) All activities, projects, courses, sem inars, etc. will be cut free from the artificial restraints of term s and will last as long as required to perform them well. 3. There will be a lim it on the number of courses offered during the 1974-75 a c a d e m ic y e a r . Basically, only one section of each “ essen tial” course will be given. The course will be given as rapidly a s p o ssib le but w ithout any restriction on length, consistent with proper preparation and the dem ands of TV scheduling. 4. All courses being offered during the 1974-75 academ ic year
will be taped as they are offered. Thereafter faculty will only have to set aside tim e each week for student-instructor feedback on the course areas for which they are responsible. Students will “ take a course” by using TV tapes, IPI m aterials, etc. In this w ay, they can learn a set of factual m aterial or techniques as they need it — in response to the demands of the projects that occupy the mainsteam of their thoughts. In the future, new m aterials will be taped as the need arises. 5. The student transcript will contain only the designation and description of the satisfaction of the basic degree requirements. There will be no listed course or course grades. 6. During the 1974-75 academ ic year (only), all students and faculty will participate in a series of sem inars on education. 7. Students will be assigned as advisor the faculty m em ber who is responsible for either his major discipline project work or his in teractive project work throughout his academ ic career. This is his only advisor. (Of course, students can change advisors or vice ver sa.) Administrative 1. After an initial salary ad justm ent for equity over som e tim e period, all faculty will be on a standard salary schedule. 2. All faculty will join WPI as A ssociate Professors. After seven y e a r s (or the e q u iv a le n t), if . awarded tenure, they will becom e Professors. The Institute Professor rank will be awarded as an h on orific title to ou tsta n d in g faculty. 3. As a result of (1) and (2), the faculty governance will consist of th e C o m m ittee on R eso u rc e A llo c a tio n ; the C o m m ittee on F aculty Developm ent, and Tenure and A ca d em ic F re ed o m ; the Comm ittee on Governance and A cadem ic Policy; and the Com m itte e on S tu dent A ca d em ic A ffa ir s. T he C o m m ittee on Resource Allocation will work with the administration to determ ine which resources are available on a short— and long-term basis and to allocate them , either on petition from students and-or faculty or on their own initiative. The roles of the other three com m ittees are
obvious and analogous to similar current com m ittees or groups of com m ittees. 4. There will be no need for formal departm ental groupings. 5. Each student will be given an ID card when he pays his tuition. T h ere w ill be no further registration. 6. It will be the responsibility of the adm issions office to educate the parents. It will be the responsibility of the placement o ffic e to e d u c a te in du stry, g o v er n m e n t, and ed u ca tio n a l in stitu tio n s. It w ill be the responsibility of. the students and faculty to educate each other. After implementation of the environm ental changes proposed above, the following behavioral patterns of the WPI community are expected to pertain:
by Bob Fried
Many students, including m yself, have been wondering why the school hasn’t been asking us how we feel about the Plan and if they have, why don’t they m ake the results of such a study available to the student body. R ecently, to m y surprise, I found that there is an ongoing study of student opinions of the WPI Plan and the results from la st year’s study are available in the library to all students. ■ This study is being conducted by Karen Cohen, Ph. D. and is sup ported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Throughout the ’72 - ’73, and ’73 - ’74 school years, students have been chosen randomly and interview ed about every im aginable aspect of the WPI Plan, Term C, a year ago, questionnaires w ere sent out randomly to 10 percent of the total undergraduate student body. About 70 percent of those students answered and returned the questionnaires. In a couple of w eeks another questionnaire will go out to a random sam pling o f the student body. The result from last y ea r’s questionnaire are very interesting, but it would be im possible for m e to give a detailed account of the results, because of the amount of data com piled. I will, however, list som e of the m ore interesting results. o n one part of the questionnaire, students had to choose a number from one, signifying that they strongly agreed with a particular statem ent, to six, signifying that they strongly disagreed with the
1. Starting within a few days are ^ statem en ts’ followed by averages o f both after his arrival at WPI earh Plan and N o n P la n students. student will solve (a lo n e’ or i n , No. 1 . 1 think W PI’s educational program takes too much of m y time connection with other students) a for * * 1®frnm/ (i hat resuU s‘ NT , series of real life problems. These w „ f n‘ , , , Non-Plan: 3.06 problem s will serve as the focus for N o' \ .J" ®°“" ? wJ * re 1 have conferences, I find them helpful. c 1 All students; 2.4 selected by t h f s S t l i l ^ e s 1^ No’ 3‘ 1 think the Plan is working better now than at the start of to the n eed for k now ledge ^e a r ‘ 5 Plan: 2.6 Non-Plan: 2.8 dem anded by the project on which No. 4 . 1 prefer seven-w eek term s to fourteen-week term s. he is working. The m aterial will be Plan: 2.6 Non-Plan: 3.7 available on video tape, in IPI No. 5 . 1 feel the seven-w eek term isn ’t appropriate for all subjects. m odules, etc. such that the student Plan: 1.7 Non-Plan: 1.5 can use them in the tim e fram e or No. 6 . 1 think the seven-w eek term should be dropped. sequence demanded by his own Plan: 4.6 Non-Plan: 3.5 needs. No. 7. The advising system is helpful to m e. 2. Faculty will devote the vast Plan: 1 0 Non-Plan: 3.6 majority of their time to close No. 8 . 1 think the interactive projects are the best part of the Plan. supervision of students engaging in Plan: 3.14 Non-Plan: 2.12 project activity. The closeness No. 9 . 1 am now sure what the Plan is all about. should be such as to approach the Plan: 3.8 Non-Plan: 3.0 traditional master-student No. 10. Getting into a good graduate school or getting a good job will relationship. A sm aller fraction of eafch faculty m em ber’s tim e will be ^ m ®de easier by the Plan. Plan: 3.3 Non-Plan: 3.9 devoted to keeping current the self No. 11. Intersession courses are not u sefu l; they w aste m y tim e. learning aids in the area for which Plan: 4.3 Non-Plan: 4.1 he is responsible and to acting as No. 12. IPI courses g iv e m e greater freedom in learning. consultant to students and faculty in that area. Only a sm all fraction Plan: 2.8 Non-Plan: 2.8 of faculty tim e need be devoted to I also found it interesting that only 35 percent of the students on the adm inistrative-com m ittee workPlan ca m e to WPI because of the Plan and 16 percent of all students cam e here befcause of financial aid. and this on a rotating basis 3. Administration will devoU Interpretations of the interview s are also in the report, which anyone their energies to running th«can see if they ask at the library, p h y sic a l p la n t, ed u ca tin g the outside world a s regards the goals and m eth o d s of the WPI educational system , and securing s uf f i c i ent fun ds to a llo w im plem entation of these WPI plans in a truly optim um manner.
FEBRUARY 11, 1975
FRESHMEN! SOPHOMORES'.
Jtope^ull HOMECOMING
Editorials: Plan madness Marshall Kaplan's ('67) letter of December 3, attacking the Plan, has prompted the title of this editorial if little else. The letter itself needs little discussion; the attempts at eloquent sarcasm left little room for reason. On reading. the statement that Gordon Library's windows are "barbed wired” to prevent theft, I lost my ability to take the letter seriously; hence the title. What is disturbing is the absence of any significant amount of effort on the part of students to contribute to the development of the Plan in the face of Mr. Kaplan's letter, two responses, a faculty pen on IQP's, and a general, concern over competencies. The Plan's most valuable assets are new ideas and change, and they appear to be dwin dling. One of our goals for N ew speak this year is to work toward encouraging, and developing som e solid ideas.*' W e are already researching the topic of com petencies, and have an eye on seven-week terms, grades, or others, depending on where the interest appears to be. Whatever w e do, it won't be even close to enough. If you care about the education you're paying for and the system , you're
Student Reactions to W PI Plan
learning within, you ow e it to'yourself to help make it all work. There are three major alternatives. 1. Bring your ideas to the faculty or ad ministration. These people are approachable and very much willing to listen to ideas or comments. Don't be skeptical of the idea unless you've made at least one honest attempt. 2. Write a letter to Newspeak. W e could' use the input, your idea gets wide distribution and a chance to generate response, and gets heardN by the ad ministration. Once again, although w e insist on knowing who submits it, w e will omit ydur name if you so desire. 3. If you care to remain totally anonymous, use the Plan, Suggestion Box by the mailroom window. Dean Grogan in taking the time to sift through the jokes and gar bage to read the serious suggestions. Justify the effort. Opportunity has been knocking. Answer!II Douglas A. Knowles Bruce D. Minsky PJM JMZ
FEBRUARY 18, 1975
Resolving the grade controversy by Greg Cipriano Alm ost five years ago an innovative educational philosophy was invoked at, this school and w ith it a disposal of the traditional grading system occurred as a necessary o u t growth. The framers of the PLAN obviously realized that letter grades, Q PA , or w hatever you wish to call this nonsense, is an inef fective means of assisting an individual to educate his or her self. W h a t supposed fu nc tions then do grades serve, if any at all? Foremost, they are virtually always associated w ith a measure o f knowledge in a particularly narrow-minded area. How this
Open D ebate on G rades sp onsored by the C om m ittee on A cadem ic Policy T im e: F e b r u a r y 25 T uesday A cadem ic P lanning Day 4:00-5:30 p.m . P lace: L ibrary S em inar Room knowledge is measured everyone is aw are of and how to beat the grading system and evaluation procedures is old hat to some. Misrepresentation of the students actual abilities is an inherent, therefore inevitable, flaw of this system. Its sever injustice- a\ times can make learning a frustrating task — a quality of a repressive educational system In this instance nothing is better 'th a r something, when that something works against you. A second supposed function grades serve has been cited as a form o f feedback to the student as to w hat his or her “ progress'' is
and in this sense grades are said to act as a motivational tool (reward structure in disguise). This is indeed nonsense if a school seeks to foster intellectual maturity in its students. Motivational tools imply spoon feeding and a need for feedback is a lack of a healthy self-perspective. These functions of grading are - clearly antithesis to the aducational philosophy of this school. Thirdly, quality control (if one wishes to 'call it that) is firmly entrenched in an in s titu tio n 's grad ing system , tra d itio n a lly speaking. Students ''m ake the grade” and the institution is satisfied for the most part (concerning the quality of education tran spiring. However, as the system itself is based on somewhat arbitrary, sometimes erroneous evaluation methods, quality con trol becomes a void concept. This neat, tech nical educational solution to the quality con trol paranoia lacks realism. Being such an ambiguous concept by nature it can have no general relevancy. Quality control is a by product of an educational program that has a suitable' teacher-student dialogue. QC via the grading system is ineffective and should be replaced by a more relevant and meaningful verbal exchange beneficial to both parties. This is something w e need more of on campus to be sure. Finally, there is the graduate school and e m p lo y m e n t p h e n o m e n a . P ro fe s s io n a l schools, especially medicine and law, and in dustrial employers love to assure people by two digit numbers due primarily to their own laziness. I for one refuse to be dehumanized in such a fashion. M y feeling is that suitable recommendations from warm bodies carry more significance in the, end than cold, lifeless numbers. Obviously the validity of
FEBRUARY 25, 1975
Education vs. accrediting During recent debate on how to quantify qualitative expressions of grades, the very phrase "quality points" is a contradiction in terms. Evaluation of students generalizes a b o u t in d iv id u a l s tu d e n ts , b u t th e s e evaluations, whether verbal ("acceptable", "distinction") or numerical (eg., 2.75), are still abstract evaluations. Statistical ab1 stractions and abstract nouns and adjectives are both abstractions, neither form superior to the other, each only a matter of con venience — that is, notational conventions that pass as academic currency in our im perfect world. N o educational idealism can change the reality of a w orld that worships these con ventions (exactly like money), and the inh.erent m o tiv a tio n a l c o n flic t b e tw e e n e d u c a tin g and a c c re d itin g c a n n o t be resolved in any w ay at all by tampering w ith a grading system. W e have just begun to learn the simple fact that a grading scale is a grading scale w hether it ranges along tw o points or many points. It makes absolutely no educational difference — w e should not try to fool ourselves on this — whether the grading scale of acceptable work nas tw o 'o r more points, or whether this is expressed verbally or numerically. It makes no educational difference to the real philosophy of the W P I Plan either, but it does make an accreditation difference to our students and. to the college's reputation since w e must all live in a real world still foolish enough to insist th at public service institution? certify invidious distinctions among their graduates. But to debate educational or motivational differences in terms of numbers of words or numbers of points on a scale will remind all of us about the futility o f the egg-opening debate b et ween the Big Enders and the Little Enders in
Gulliver’s Travels. I think our debate now has the w rong focus. As far as accreditation goes, if our foolish w orld w ants an am pje scale w ith numbers or letters on it. so be it, let the world
have it. T he Plan could fail in its educational intent w ith any kind of grading scheme; it can also succeed w ith any kind of grading scheme. The point is that all grading schemes are superficial and really irrelevant to The Plan. "N o record," however, is a good idea, because that point lies o ff all grading scales: it does not attach an inhibiting educational sense of shame to a failure, it merely says, " If you don't succeed, try again, keep learning, practice makes perfect," w hich embodies the same IPI principle that is deeply related to The Plan's philosophy. But there is another difficulty w ith this time-consuming debate about tampering with the grading system. This trivial and superficial debate distracts all of us from focusing on the really substantive rather than formal problems. The common tendency of any organization — or individual — in hard times is to focus on the small problems that are thought to be understandable and solvable,, whether they have any real meaning or not, and that lets us put out a self-comforting effort to relieve ourselves of the greater effort and obligation to address the really demanding problems. For us, that means that w e have no time to investigate such things as the nature of the learning process, the conduct o f classrooms, the intellectual level of the campus, the relation between subject-matter expertise and the abilities and strategies o f good teaching, the interdisciplinary needs of The Plan, professional development of faculty and s tu d e n ts as c o lle a g u e s , th e psychological factors that inhibit or motivate education. None of these areas have any direct bearing on the institutions accrediting function, but the accrediting problem will take care of itself if these educational func tions are dealt with intensively. W ill w e have the courage and intelligence to return to these issues soon? Donald P. Reutlinger r»oan nf Student Affairs
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any recommendation is a function of student-teacher communication. ! One of my reasons for entering W P I was ih e PLAN grading system. M y secondary .school experience left a rancid taste behind jwith regards to grading. The competition it instilled was pointless. The educational atmosphere grades prom ote-is stifling to a young, creative, exploring student — the pressure for some is unsurmountable, they drop out. Learning should be an enjoyable experience. W ere it not for the educational liberality of this school that statem ent would not be true for myself. I know on this point I am not alone. ILtraditional grading is rein troduced under the plan, even in an amended form, this institution will be preaching one philosophy while realizing another.
However, there are p eo p le-o n campus, faculty and students alike, w ho are no way Convinced of these com m on sense ob servations. These people are pushing for a change in grading systems, from the present system to A ,B ,C ,N R . No Q PA is proposed in the change, nevertheless, this seems to be the next logical step backwards in my •opinion. The C o m m itte e, on Academic .Policy, of which I am a student member, is in the process of assessing the need, if any, for such a change. An open debate, held by the CAP, will be held concerning this Feb. 25., Tues., Academ ic Planning day, 4-5:30 p.m. in he Library Sem inar Room. All interested students and faculty are urged to come and state their candid opinions. Perhaps w e can put an end to this needless controversy.
DECEMBER 12, 1975
Plan Open l orum Sparsely Attended by Nora Blum A continous stream of questions flowed toward the panel at Thursdays “The Difference Between WPI,” even resulting in a few bursts of steaming comment. Lightly attended by 50 students and 80 faculty and administration, questions were still being asked when the proximity of one o'clock classes ended the session. The panel consisted of Deans Grogan, Moruzzi and van Alstyne and Professors Hensel and Keil. Is the changeover to 7 week terms unfair to upperclassmen by requiring more courses for graduation? This question brought an em phatic “ no” from Deans Grogan and van Alstyne who explained that although the number of courses had been increased, the 10% reduction of material covered per course insured that the workload is the same. If the translation from credits to units is done properly students will not lose credit. Prof. Keil added, “There are lots of loopholes which can be worked in individual cases.” Concern was expressed that needless duplication of material would occur as, say, three courses were introduced to cover what used to be two courses. Dean Grogan acknowledged this as a problem which would necessitate developing courses as total areas of learning. Concentrating on three subjects for seven weeks had been suggested because students had complained that it was hard to get really involved in any area when one had five or six courses at one time. Now many are worried that absorption of material will be impaired under the shortened time scheme. Dean Grogan reported that Dr. Cohen is studying how the 7 week term affects learning. Asked why the areas allowed to fulfill the sufficiency requirement were so limited, Prof. Hensel explained subjects such as pyschology and sociology are excluded because they are ocial sciences rather than humanities. Literature, Languages and History are currently available and it is hoped that Art can be expanded. Dean van Alstyne explained that some basic courses are needed in any major, but your deciding how to put a toU*i package together is what •wakes the Plan different than a traditions approach. A dialogue with your advisor and knowing your own objectives are most important in doing this. . , _______________________ A question on interactive projects was directed to M r. Dodge. Assistant Projects D irecto r He stated that projects are being evolved w ith the Red Cross. W orcester C ity Planning Board, Juvenile C ourt and W orcester Public Schools. Both social service and theoretical projects now exist with such sponsors as the Group for Integrative Studies. Dean Grogan made it clear that the sufficiency requ irem en t does not necessarily constitute a “ m in o r.” E valuative processes w ere declared built into the system because it w ill be obvious to professors if a large portion of th eir students are con fused about previous m aterial. One student questioned what W P I was doing w ith a ll its money since it finished in the black last year. Dean Moruzzi explained that this was due to three freak events and that this excess would be applied to the total deficit which still exists. Another student irra tely demanded to know why he was being held back in an I P I course because units were not ready. P ro f. Keil explained ° that the C E departm ent is aw are of the problem and is w orking to correct the situation
MAY 10, 1977
Plan gets NFS approval by S. B. Fine A ra tio n a l Science Foundation Advisory Panel, consisting o f Dr. Harold Chestnut of General Electric, Dr. James Davis of W ashington University, Mr. Jam es Gunn of Thomas J. W atson Research Center, Dr. W alter Lynn of Cornell University, Mr. Thaddsus T om ko w it o f Dupont, and Dr. Martin T ro w of University o f California at Berkely, have com pleted their second year of reviewing the Plan. There was an earlier panel which reviewed the Plan from its inception. The N S F gave W P I money to set up the Plan and they check up on it every year lo see how it is progressing. Newspeak interviewed Dr. James Davis. Dr. Davis said there were tw o major changes at W P I concerning the Plan since
last year's visit. The first is that there is not as much concern about the com petency exam. Dr. Davis also thought that the students were better prepared for the exam. T he second big change w as in the IQP's. He said they w ere m ore structured. They w ere divided into classifications which helped students select IQP's. Dr. Davis said that overall the Plan was working. He said it gave good training to ihe students. Plan students from W P I were better prepared for the world o f work. P ro je c ts , e s p e c ia lly o ff-c a m p u s ones, provide good experience. He liked the emphasis on independence and self learning. He said the Plan had too many good points to throw it out because of its few weaknesses.
MARCH 11, 1975
FEBRUARY 24, 1976
The replanning of the Plan by Vince Rucinski On Planning Day afternoon students w ere offered a choice of attending discussion groups on either revising the Plan or building th e 'W P I com m unity.The planning group w as moderated by Professor Shannon of the Humanities department. Dean Grogan was in a t tendance along w ith a secretary w ho took notes from which a report of the proceedings would be made. A large mob of W P I students, which totaled eight, participated in the proceedings. The faculty w ere represented by approximately tw enty members, w ho wandered in and out throughout the . afternoon, w ith a core group of eight to ten. Discussion began on the admissions policy and the misconceived notion ~that 1some students have that W P I has an open admissions policy rather than negotiated’ admissions. Talk then turned to the major issue of the a fte rn o o n co n c e rn in g fre s h m e n andi sophomores and the feeling that many still lack a complete understanding of the Plan. Few doubt the knowledge of the un derclassmen on the concrete details of the Plan, Yet, it seems many underclassmen in past years have had difficulty in making transition from taking courses to handling the complete problem-solving approach incorporated in the projects and the competency. Possible w ays were looked into of helping students make this tran sition smoother and easier. The need for "halfw ay houses" or stepping stones wa:. expressed. The freshmen seminar w as noted as one helpful instrument already in operation and comments on it ranged from moderately successful to a great success. Another suggestion was that underclassmen join w ith seniors of juniors, working on their qualifying project for a term as a non qualifying project to gain, not only
knowleage in the subject but, valuable experience into w h a t project work entails. W hen one faculty member inquired if m yon e presently had the situation of an inderclassman . working w ith an , up perclassman no hands were raised. It was com m ented that in the past the general prevailing policy was for students to take only courses the first-tw o..years holding the projects off till later. T he tw o conflicting modes o f thinking th at exist .were mentioned. One being th at the student can not do a project until he has a basis of knowledge to work from w hich the first tw o years of courses provide. The second stating that this is erroneous anC the student will pick up most rf not all the information necessary when he does the project. The prevailing law that seems to exist against final exams was examined. It seems -the explanation is that in seven weeks there is just not enough tim e to include one. Th< lack of reinforcement, of the student: learning and his probable less complete understanding of material was noted as a result. The suggestion was made for an evaluative pre-competency exam at the endof sophomore year that would be graded but not included on any transcript. Its benefit would be to give the student a concrete example of how he is doing. However, the comm ent was made that the faculty doesn't need to do more evaluating or controlling rather to be just as helpful aspossible in p ro vid in g in c e n tiv e and motivation though it is realized that final motivation must come from the student himself. - The discussion ended on the seven week term versus the ten or fourteen w eek term Here I would like to thank those who attended and I'm certain that I can add to ' l' , t ♦ho tharko of Dean Grogan.
SEPTEM BER 3, 1978
The WPI Plan: one man s view WPI.” The other person would usually shrink back In fright, and cry, “ But, that means he’s an..an ENGINEER-NOT A WRITER----- “ For years, engineers had a lousy reputation with others In In dustry as guys who rarely spoke a sen tence that didn’t contain an equation or a twenty-syllable word. They weren’t expected to be able to qommunlcate with the outside world. WPI Is trying to change all that. The I remember when I was a freshman goal here Is simple: Get engineering and two years ago: “The Plan” meant no science meshed back with the needs of required courses, and having to do a lot society. Get people In touch with the of outside work. It didn’t take me long, technology. Take the principles out of however, to find out that the true “Plan" the lab and put them to work In the field. How can you help? It Isn’t all that meant more than different classes and mysterious and secrete. Just remember projects. In another story In this Issue, I trace that there’s more to this place than your back the history of the Plan to a WPI differential equations book and the Dean who had filled out one government physics lab. Get Involved with, form too many. He goes beserk, unable something other than classes. Read a to function In a paperwork-dominated newspaper (and I don’t mean just this' bureaucracy. From this fable, you ' oaper-go to the library and pick up the Boston Globe or the New York Times) jhould be able to draw two conclusions; \) NEVER take for granted that a story and find out what the President said ’ve written Is going to be completely yesterday, or what the Congress Is doing about energy. If you don’t, you’ll serious, and 1) There came a time In history that De out of touch in four years. Play a anglneers and scientists had to learn sport, Join a band, get involved with now to exist outside of their little worlds Student. Government, care about how he administration runs the school, write j f perfect equations and controlled us a “ Letter to the Editor” and let oondltlons. During these next four years, you’re people know what you think about going to have a chance to find out exac housing policies or our stories: You tly what I mean by that second con can’t waste time by becoming active. When It comes time to do a Project, clusion. If you take advantage of the WPI Plan, you need never become a /ou’ll see what I’m talking about. In-, leractlng with other people, whether closet technologist. I’ll use my own case as an example they’re fellow technologists or the man; I’m studying mechanical engineering, 'n the street, can’t be learned out of a People are the key to ^>ut I’ve Just spent the summer working Dook. 'or the Public Relations department of a echnology;wlthout Imagination and large company. Every time I was In personal understanding, science is only troduced to somebody at the plant, my a collection of meaningless words and boss would add, “Tom’s a student at numbers. “THE PLAN” a phrase that all fresh men look upon with a mixture of anIclpatlon and bewilderment. Adnlssions people throw It around with ease; administrators of other science .and engineering schools speak It In awe.
Editorial
Grades question, Two systems?
T o the Editors: W ith all the controversy and discussion over the grading system, there seem to be tw o basic methods under debate. One in volves the present Dist, AC, and NR. Em phasis here is placed on the person's ability to understand a real lite problem and solve it (project w ork) using acquired knowledge, as opposed to memorizing enough material to do well on a test only to forget it afterwards. The alternate'm ethod is the A , B, C, NR method. The theory here being to give the AC student” a little extra drive to do better. In keeping w ith the "W P I P la n /' and at the same time provide the extrg drive for the "A C student," I think a double system of grading should be examined fo r con sideration. It would work as follows.
Between the studdnt and professor would be the first system; a class rank grade. This would tell the student where he stands in a course corhpared to the other students. It could be a numerical class rank or a letter grade class rank. This would, not appear on official transcripts, would not go to any scholarship or financial aid com m ittee, and perhaps not even recorded in Boynton at all. The second half of the system w ould be the one which goes to the "outside w o rld ." It would be a record of w hat the student had done fo r projects (IQP, M Q P), sufficiency, and competency, and would show either a Dist or AC for courses which the.student had passed. I feel a system like this would incorporate the advantages of both grading methods. Bob Rossier
Leave it alone? To the Editors: I was not able to make the discussion on the W PI Plan grading system on Feb. 25, so I read with interest the articles in last w eek’s Newspeak. Dr. Boyd's idea of no grades hit me at first as being ridiculous.. The idea, however, makes sense when you compare it w ith the idea of the Plan. A person on the Plan only needs to do four things in order to graduate, Sufficiency, IQP, M Q P, and the Competency. I believe a person can be evaluated from the four requirements. The Sufficiency should prove that you are capable of reading and understanding w hat you are reading. The final results of the Sufficiency should show that a person possesses some sort of writing ability. The IQP and M Q P should show your ability to do research, an ability that a person will have to do in the outside world. In ad dition, the results should be in a form so that a person not associated in engineering could read the results and understand it. The Competency is the key that fulfills the
The idea of no grades would increase the thought of not going to class and of not doing the required work. W ith o u t the reward of a mark a greater responsibility is put on the student. A student w o u ld have to realize that in order to do a good job on the com petency you w ould have to take the required courses and get the knowledge out of the course. In order for the student to prove that He-she is competent, the exam has to be on a level, considered by the. professors, that would • prove the student to be able to graduate.
idea of th e Plan. It does not m a tte r w h a t kind
g o t fo r grades b u t w h a t you g o t o u t o f the course o r school J or experience a n d learn ing ,
o f grades you received. It is the knowledge that you have received in four years and I believe that marks and QPA are not a fair scale of the am ount of knowledge you have received in a course or over four years of school.
A question arises as to how a com pany or a graduate school can evaluate some one w ith no marks. But the system of ranking people according to numbers is something I believe is not the w ay to judge the knowledge a student has gained. I realize that there is almost no w ay that the Plan will go to a system of no grades, but I believe that the system can and will work as it stands. It should not matter w hat a student
and 1 believe in order to make the system work as quickly as possible is that processor and students have to work to make th e Plan successful. Kevin Hastings
Or just get rid of it? To the Editors: . I would like to address myself to the growing controversy on campus regarding the academic and-or relevancy of this school's academic grading system. I also wish to state, at the outset, that I amvehemently opposed to the proposed "A , B, C, NR" grading system currently being debated. Any efforts toward a more rigid, structured, "conventional” grading system are completely alien to the unconventional, innovative spirit embodied by the Plan. Further diversification or modification of the present grading system can only forebode a regression to th e p re -P la n tra d itio n a l methods. Consider this hypothetical (?) 'case for instance: Current discussion has centered around replacing the Plan grade of "AC'.' w ith the tw o traditional letter grades " B " and " C " . The general consensus seems to be that "A C " lumps together too m any levels of performance and ability (from "passing" to "near-distinction"). W ell, if one pursues this mode of thought a little further, th e 'p e r ceptive individual may soon conclude that the "N R " grade is equally indiscriminate. Specifically — It is just to lump together a student w ho made an honest effort (and nearly achieved a passing g ra d e L w ith a student w ho attended the first lecture of a course and then chose to "p u n t" for the remainder of the term? "W h y certainly notl one might exclaim. The optim um solution? Just apply a little "Techie ingenuity" — Dispense w ith the " N R " grade and replace it w ith tw o letter grades (perhaps a " D " for the former student and an " F " for the latter student). Voilal The all-new " A , B, C, D, F" grading system! W here have I seen that before? I concede that it is highly unlikely that such a course of events would ever com e to pass, but it does point out the utter futility or pursuing the present plan of attack any
further. Ultimately, w hat really needs to be examined is the purpose and-or function of grades. M y persona! conclusion is that they serve little utility other than that of achieving credit. A fter considerable contemplation, I can honestly state that my sole motivation for pursuing .an " A C " grade is to receive credit for a course. And w hy should I con cern myself J w ith receiving credit? — Because of the "Guidelines" for Deter mination of Satisfactory Academ ic Progress set forth on page 13 of the Operational Catalog; because of the Plan Degree Requirements set forth on page 10 of the O p e ra tio n a l C a ta lo g ; b eca u se o f th e E n g in eers' C o u n c il fo r P ro fe s s io n a l Developm ent (ECPD) requirements for an accredited B.S. degree; and because of a need to pacify future job recruiters. As for the "carrot" qualities of the grading system — I don't need them — I'm one of the " N e w Breed" — you remember — negotiated admissions and self-motivation? Back in my senior year in high school, when I was seduced into coming to W P I by the "P lan ," I was under the Impression that grades, credits, ad nauseum had been upstated by a new spirit of uninhibited learning. However, after a couple of months here, I realized that I had been deluding myself. Just like high school, the "nam e of the gam e" is G RAD ES. Learning has become an optional by-product, secondary in importance to gaining credit. Maybe I'm just one o f those "subversive radicals" that a certain W P I alumnus keeps bitching about, but I came here to pursue self-motivated 'learning and nothing morel The W P I Plan — Is this any w ay to run a college? I'm beginning to wonder! In retrospect. Dr. Boyd's suggestion to scrap the entire grading system m ight just be the answer! Keith J. Harrison Class of '77
APRIL 8, 19/5
CAP open m eeting
The Sufficiency requirement by Lance Schachter/e (T he following article is the third in a series of essays on the PLAN degree requirements. The W P I Com m ittee on Academic Policy is sponsoring an open meeting to discuss the implementation o f th e Sufficiency; the meeting is scheduled fo r 10 April at 4:00 p.m. in the Library Sem inar Room. As in earlier open meetings, all students and faculty are invited to discuss their opinions concerning the extent to which the intent o f the original degree requirement has been implemented successfully.) Like most other modern technical colleges and universities, as its educational goal W P I encourages its students to develop all the sides of their mental potential, rather than merely training them to perform without question one or another set of technica' operations. Com m entators on contemporary life com m only lament the problems which have arisen from applying technology w ith o ut questioning its effects on society at large, or on the practitioner himself. To makt the modern engineer or scientist aw are o f the implications of his or her work, in December 1969 the W P I faculty adopted a statem ent o goals w hich in part read: " it is the fun dam ental purpose of W P I to impart to its students an understanding of a sector of science uno lecnnoiogy and a mature un derstanding of themselves, and the needs pf th e p e o p le a ro u n d th e m " (1 9 7 5 -7 6
Operational Cato/ogue, p. 7], To im plem ent this "G o a l," the W P I faculty in 1970 adopted the W P I PLAN. T w o PLAN degree requirements, th e Com petency and the M Q P, address themselves specifically to e v a lu a tin g the s tu d e n t's te c h n ic a l k n o w le d g e . T h e o th e r tw o d e g re e requirements, the Sufficiency and the IQP (if the student chooses one), are concerned more w ith helping students to see the. relationship between their predominantly technical education on th e one hand, and the goals and needs both of society and of themselves as individuals, on the other. The IQP, w hich Professor Dem etry discussed in these pages several months ago, often brings together the expertise of technology and the social sciences. The Sufficiency, on the other hand, makes available to students the body of knowledge conventionally called the humanities — w hat at W P I embraces literature, history, philosophy, drama, music and art.
Open meeting on the Sufficiency requirem ent sponsored by the Com m ittee on Academic Policy Thursday, April 10 at 4:00 in the Library Seminar Room All students and faculty are invited. Mechanically, the Sufficiency is defined as 5-3 Units of courses or IS-P's followed by a culminating IS-P; in this final IS-P the student usually writes an original essay or research paper based on a theme, defined by the student h im self/w h ich runs through the five previous courses or IS-P's. It's the student's responsibility to define this theme tor him or herself; the definition of the theme for the final essay thus in itself becomes an im portant challenge w hich indicates clearly the student's ability to pull together the material of the earlier 5-3 Units. (Students w ith questions about the them e they're pursuing should feel free to talk w ith the various consultants in the humanities listed on page 54 of the Of. srationa/ Catalogue.. The rationale for this system is simple M ost W P I students spend most of their time studying technology and science, that ,3 exercising their minds in that sector human mental inventiveness which i, brought into action w hen men and w om en examine the workings o f the physical world. The Sufficiency attem pts to get W P I students to see how another sector of the human mentality works, loosely, that part of the mind which studies the inner world. | nstead of asking students to sample a wide variety of topics in the humanities, the Sufficiency gives students the opportunity to go into depth in one specific area of the humanities. The culminating essay, the topic which the student chooses for him or herself, should demonstrate the student's grasp of how the human mind operates in examining a selected area of the humanities. The extent to which the student defines an original them e growing out of his or her earlier work and writes a final essay which masters the
implications of the theme, indicates the extent to w hich the student has com prehended how a sfector o f the mind other than the scientific operates. This grasp of how the mind confronts the characteristically o p e n -e n d e d pro blem s fo u n d in the humanities is in fact at least as im portant as 3ny facts of history or literature w hich the student may pick up. So much for the mechanics and rationale of the requirement. M o re im portant is its ultimate purposes. First, just as mathematical expression is basic for the study of the sciences, so verbal expression is basic to thestudy o f the humanities — and to science as, welll An emphasis on verbal expression, oral and written, has long been a part of most 'hum anities courses at W P I. How ever, to increase the student's opportunities, to .improve w ritten expression, the W P I faculty recently accepted a modification of the humanities curriculum effective next year. In the new system all humanities classes will be of approximately equal size (30-35), and jbout the same am ount o f written w ork will 3e available in each class. Thus every student will have the chance to improve his or her writing. Moreover, the equalization o f class sizes will help to encourage m ore student discussion in class of the "open-ended" problems which characterize th e humanities. Such discussion is a kind o f "self-definition" and is central to the purposes o f studying the humanities. In the sciences the student learns to solve problems in terms of choosing between sets of answers which w ork and sets of answers which are w holly indcceptable. In the humanities the student is exposed to problems in w hich all answers may have some value in them, and none can be totally rejected. Students in the sciences often assume that their discipline has at its core unshakable laws upon w hich the in tellectual edifice of their studies is built. The price of this stability, however, can be a retreat from the changefulness and challenge of reality. More simply put, technical students often feel that their scientific studies are not helping them "find themi selves." or teaching them to deal w ith their
lives. The need to study the humanities is therefore all the greater at a technical college in order to expose students to sides of their mind and personality other ,than the purely ra tio n a l and a b s tra c t. S c ie n c e d eals creatively w ith abstracts, but every scientist or engineer, as a human being, must also deal w ith the shifting, ill-defined immediacies of life. Though no body of knowledge can give a person a conscience, the goal o f studying the humanities is to introduce students to the questions and ideas w ith encourage the
growth of individual responsibility. The ferment generated by such a confrontation of varying ideas is that from which the consicertce can grow. If science provides a rational fram ework in which to organize data, then the humanities can open the door to the sometimes am biguous experiences which teach how to handle that data w ith full consideration of the rights of the individual and o f society. (The com m ents here, it should be understood, represent m y personal views, not in eve«y case departmental policy.)
NON-PLAN STUDENTS effective immediately you may change a credit course to an audit anytime up to 35 after the term calendar days began. See your instructor about requirements to fulfill audits.
FEBRUARY 8, 1977
The IQP—where to from here? by Jim Demetry There's a point in just about any ex periment when enough data and ob servations are in hand to w arrant drawing inferences, reaching some conclusions, and adapting the subsequent conduct of the experiment to these results. I feel W P I has reached that point w ith the IQP. I would like to share with N EW SPEA K readers some views on the history and the current and future conditions of this vital element of a W P I education. A t the time it was originally fashion., the IQP was to be, along w ith the humanities sufficiency, a major liberalizing influence in the education of "engineers with a difference". The faculty saw it as a way of encouraging students to measure the consequences and products of th engineering and science crafts in the social dimensions of economics, law, politics, the environment, government, hum an need and behavior etc., as well as in such physical terms as size, strength, per formance, and reliability. Aside from the fact that this was to be accomplished in the project mode, no one knew in any great detail exactly how .to pull o ff this tall order. No sharp constraints or boundary con ditions were imposed — the experiment was on. It is now several years and many hun dreds o f IQP's later. W h a t's happened? W hat kind of IQP work has been done? Is the IQP contributing to the educational goals o f the college in the expected and hoped-for way? • I note first that although the IQP is ''strongly recom m ended" and not strictly required, well over ninety percent of our p LAN graduates have done w hat a fair‘minded person would call an IQP (or at least clearly not an M Q P) as one of their
two required qualifying projects. T hat same fair-minded person would probably say that a modest fraction of the IQP's represent excellent w o r k ,- a som ewhat smaller faction appear to be mediocre, and that the bulk fall somewhere between the extremes. He would also observe, if he looked long and carefully, th at the IQP does not benefit from the same level of careful planning and preparation th at precedes the MQP. The IQP w as not strictly required from the outset for the very good reason that there was no universal definition o f it in terms of process, content, structure, or :haracter. T h at universal definition still 3ludes us, but w e're sitting on a perfecth acceptable substitute, in my judgem ent, m d that's the de facto definition o f exoerience data gained in the years of the IQP axperiment along w ith the sophistication and confidence built up amongst the faculty w h o 'v e been doing the advising. Many of these faculty think that it's tim e to re in fo rc e o u r c o m m ittm e n t to th e jducational goals of W P I by making the IQP a genuine degree requirement. If w e're on target, and I really think w e will be if w e use our experience to date to strengthen the science — society linkage, then w e will simultaneously have done a great deal academically to best prepare W P I students for the long-range needs they will en counter during their careers. Another aspect of the IQP experiment is emerging quite clearly — most o f the projects done to date fit neatly into one of a dozen or so rather broad topic areas (ir some w ay related to: energy, environm ent social services, consumer protection, etc.) Furthermore, distinct groups of faculty are
associated w ith each of the respective topic areas. Most of these faculty appear to have been consistent in their IQP activity over the past few years, pretty mucfv-staying within one or tw o of the principal IQP topic areas in th eir'ad visin g. In these crossdisciplinary faculty groupings there exists the potential for a vigorous approach to the problems of IQP preparation and quality control. To see this potential w e have to look first at a typical disciplinary depart ment and bne of its faculty m em ber* as he handles these problems. True, the quality control problem does exist in the disciplinary M Q P , but I assert that it is more manageable by virtue of the historically accumulated sense of relevance, quality, academic standards, and worth shared by that faculty m em ber w ith his colleagues in the departm ent. If our cross disciplinary IQP groups can start functioning in a similar w ay to collectively establish and enforce ex pectations and standards for preparation and quality, the value to the student of the IQP experience can be greatly enhanced. Furthermore, the likelihood is high of scholarly and professional activity growing out of these groups' activities. Can these groups organize, function, and survive w ith o u t the co n ven tio n al adm lnlstratlve structure® to pro p th e m up?
W ill some sort of quasi-structure be necessary? Questions like these abound. Since Frank Lutz first distributed the IQP Group memo, suggestions have been forthcoming from several faculty for ways in which the groups could be Involved in the strengthening and institutionalization of the IQP. W e 'd very much welcom e further student and faculty input.
SEPTEM BER 18, 1968
A Blast from the Past:
FRESHMANSOPHOMORE RIVALRY AT WPI Sophs Win A nnual C age Ball G am e MARCH 19, 1969 ended up w ith the same frosh jokes that I have been hearing all year. The only joke that I thought funny was a slide rule duel.
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Tech Carnival? by Nell Herring Why anyone would give such an elaborate name to such a pitiful forty-five minute chuckle session is beyond me. When I think of a carnival, I think of the combination of Winter Week end and basketball games or :>ther intrafratem ity matches. To have the Tech Carnival turn •>ut what it was, required noth>tg more than the traditional aphomore and freshman skits with Nils acting as emcee. Then why, for Heaven’s sake, call it a carnival? As part of the Freshm anSophomore rivalry, the skits are used once a year to put a little money in some school organiza-
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tion’s pocket — nobody ever mentioned whose pocket — and judging by the turnout of most ly freshmen who did not know what to expect, there wasn't much money taken in. Nils was at his best, but even he was not good enough to get anything but a chuckle from the audience. It seems that most of the people were just resolved at staying there until it was over just so the dollar wasn't wasted. The skits themselves were tit led “The Diary of a Freshman” and “Mission Improbable.” The freshman class had a good chance to satirize college life, but they
The Sophs were a little bit better, mainly out of experience. They had better costumes and better lines, b ut the same prob lem faced them. The timing was so bad in both skits that often a minute went by without anyone making a move. The few jokes I enjoyed in “Mission Improbable" were copped off L aurh-In, so again there doesn’t seem to have been much creat ivity or originality involved. There isn’t much more I can w rite. It only lasted forty-five minutes, and that isn’t long enough to w rite a review on content anyway, especially when it is so bad there is'i’* anything good to sav about »»
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R O P E P U L L F m h Receive Mad Bath RECOROCROWD ATTENDS Shortly a ft ; the football game laat Saturday Afternoon, Freshmen 'and Sophomores began to appear ,in clothes which, from all ap pearances, had seen better days. A little later the Freshmen marched down West street with the rope over their shoulders and stretched it across the pond in readiness for the Pull. The Freshmen had won the toes and had chosen the Salisbury street side of the pond where they gathered under Cap tain Mclnnes. The Sophomores gathered under Captain Higgins on the Park Ave. side. I. B. Smith was head coxswain for the Freshmen and Stan Johnson for the Sophomores. The whole park was crowded with spectators, and it took considerable effort to keep them quiet and from pressing too closely to the teams. All preparations made, the first shot was fired at 5:23 when everyone dug in and was ready for the second shot which was Fired thirty seconds later. Beth sides held at first but after a few moments the Freshmen started their pulling. After the slack rope had been taken in, they struck an unyielding strength in the Sophomore ranks. The Sophomores now gave one long heave, taking the Freshmen by surprise and thereby gaining a little ground. The Freshmen pulled again but the rope only stiffened and went slack between their heaves. The Sophomores now started their pulling in earnest and from this time on except for rests and Freshman heaving, the rope started for the Sophomore side where several men were kept busy with the rosin. The Freshmen yielded slowly at first, but as soon as a few struck the water, their stand was less firm. After twentysix minutes the last Freshman was through. The Sophomores, four abreast, now started to parade with the rope over their shoulders. With a great deal of noise, singing, and cheering, and led by a policeman on motorcycle, they marched down Mam street, around the post office, down Front street, back Summer street, and up Salisbury street to the Hill where they gave a “Long Worcester” for the cops, who had been with the parade. Although the Freshmen seemed to have the better team and spirit throughout the practising, they lacked proper team-work, which was the big lesson the Sophomores learned last year, and made them work as a unit this year. Through the efforts of the Junior committee in arranging everything the Pull came off very well.
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VII. Treasurer’s Report: none.
-C o m m ittee on student life issues w ill m eet next w eek. -R etreat for sen ate is on S a tu rd a y A pril 4. G o a ls fo r next y ear w ill be set. -C h ris Ja c h im o w icz is w o rk in g on h irin g an A ssistan t D irector a n d w ill place the re su m es o f the 3 c a n d id a te s in th e S G A office. -T here is a tele m a rk etin g c a m p a ig n fo r the a d m issio n s office. It w ill be from 6 -9 on m o st nights and th e y w ill serve free pizza. -A ny sen ato r c a n still sign u p to give to u rs d u rin g A Closer Look. -P resident C onnelly w ants the sched u les o f th e C o m m itte e heads.
se n a to rs fo r the g o o d y ear a n d w ished them g o o d luck in the fu tu re. Treasurer Socha w ish ed e veryone VIII. Committee Reports: I. Meeting called to order at 5:50. g oo d lu ck . -SGA Committees T he gavel w as passed aro u n d to each CAI: C h air F airb an k s reported that n . Attendance: se n a to r and re m a rk s w ere giv en . the w ro n g M aple S u rv ey w as d istrib E x e c u tiv e B o a rd : G re g F in d le n , T h e gavel w as th en tran sferre d to uted to the student bod y b u t it is n o t a P resid en t; F io n a A bram s, V ice Pres.; the P arliam en tarian . big p ro b lem because S e n a to rs M ickey D on S o ch a, T reas. T h e P arliam en tarian sw o re in P resi and H all are w orking to fix it. S e n a te : C a th y C o n n e lly , J o h n d e n t-e le c t, C athy C o n n elly as the new WPI Repositioning: C h a ir M ickey G ro ssi, L ee G u th rie, M am i H all, Ed SG A P resident. T h e new H a llisse y , Seth K intigh, Jason P resident th en pro ceed ed W ORCESTER POLY TECHNIC IN ST IT U T E M aciero w sk i, Ja so n M ickey, to sw ea r in the V ic e-P re si A m y P la c k , G r e g S n o w , d e n t-e le c t, K irsty R eidy; K riste n S ta g g , C h iz z y S e c r e t a r y - e l e c t, C h iz z y U c h e n d u , C a r a V a l li e r e , U c h en d u a n d T re a su re rC in d y V ollaro. elect, G re g o ry R y a n Snow . A b s e n t: R achel B utland, D ue to a c h a n g e in R oll, S ecretary (excused). H eather P resident C o n n e lly called C lea ry (ex cu se d ), R yan D aly f o r a R oll Call. (e x c u s e d ), S h a n n o n F in le y S T U D E N T G O V ER N M EN T ASSOCIATION (e x c u s e d ). D e b F o le y (e x XI. New Business: c u se d ), B eth G en try , R ebecca Motion 7d.95 - T re a su re r Snow stated that the co m m itte e w ill be m eet H o ffm an (excused), L ucie L asovsky, m oved to program fu n d th e Student ing W ed n esd ay , A pril 12 a t 8pm in D ave S m ith (e x cu se d ), J e ff S paleta, A lu m n i Society in the am o u n t o f $750, G o m p e i’s. T im T u lly (excused), Shelby W alker, from th e C lass III & IV re serv e , for the -Institute Committees Joe W ain. p u rp o se o f fu n d in g T ra d itio n s D ay CSA: S enatorC onnelly reported that Parliamentarian: N at F a irb an k s 1995. S enator P la ck se co n d ed . M o the faculty m en to r p ro g ram is u n d er (actin g P arliam en tarian ) tion Passed. w ay w ith the O ffice o f R esidential S er Motion 8d.95 - P resident C onnelly vices a n d the faculty w ill be receiving ID. Approval of Minutes: e n te rta in ed a m otio n to a p p ro v e the brochures. T h e m in u tes o f the m eeting held c o m m itte e ch air a p p o in tm en ts. G rossi M a rch 2 1 ,1 9 9 5 w ere ap p ro v ed w ith no IX. Old Business: none m oved. S en ato r M ick ey S econded. am endm ents. M o tio n Passed Motion 9d.95 - P resident C onnelly X. Special Orders: IV. President’s Report: e n te rta in ed a m otion to a p p ro v e the President Findlen th an k e d ev ery P resid en t F in d len a p o lo g ized for s e n a to ria l a p p o in tm e n ts . S e n a to r one fo r th eir ded icatio n . H e said that his jo k e o n e -m a il w hich stated th at this th is senate got a lot done and outsh in ed G rossi m oved. Senator P lack seconded. m eetin g w as c an celed . prev io u s senates in w ork accom plished. M o tio n Passed. H e let u s know how im p o rta n t bein g a V. Vice-President’s Report: none. se n a to r is and he w ish ed us a very good
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-S ecretary U chendu congratulated the new ly app o in ted senators and asked ev ery o n e to sign u p fo r at least tw o office hours. -T he C a b in e t m ee tin g s w ill still be held on F rid ay s at 4 :3 0 in F orkey C o n ference R oom . -T he P ro v o st c o n g ratu la ted the new E x ecu tiv e Board. -T here is a n op en m ee tin g w ith Dr. E d w ard P arrish, a presidential c an d i date, on M onday at 11:00am in Perreault H all. S e n a to r G ro ssi m oved to adjourn. S enator Plack seconded, m otion passed.
XIII. Meeting adjourned at 6:15.
Agenda for the meeting of Tuesday April 11,1995 Atwater Kent 219,5:45 PM Call to Order Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes of Meeting Held April 4,1995 President’s Report IV. V. Vice-President’s Report Secretary’s Report VI. VII. Treasurer’s Report VIII. Committee Reports IX. Old Business V-T New Business X. Motion 10d.95 - Emergency Funding of Masque Treasurer Snow Motion lld.95 - Recognition of March on Worcester Senator Mickey Announcements XI. xn. Adjournment L
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Alpha Phi Omega Hey all you O l-ste rs! It me again, your friendly over-w orked, over-stressed publicity ch air send ing you your w eekly m essage o f good cheer. I hope everyone is sticking it out ‘cause there isn’t a lot o f tim e le ft!! W e have L O T S and L O T S o f service stuff com ing up: M ustard Seed, UM O C, O rgan D onor cards. Blood D rive, S ervice to S tu dents. C ontact Sarah (m ax@ w pi) if you want to find o u t m ore info on all this stuff.... T he pledge class service project has been decided....E arth D ay Park Cleanup! T hat will be on the 22nd, so m ark your calen d a rs! T his w eekend we had a little ice cream social at B enny’s. I’m sure this went really well forall the people w ho show ed up. You had also better hope you em ailed jo d i@ w p i your birthday, or you m ight m iss out o n all the good cards and stuff!! T here are lots o f things going on....so be sure to show up to the m eeting (sam e bat tim e, sam e bat channel) to m ake sure Y O U are being kept up to speed with w hat is going on in A PO -land!!
ASME The transfer o f pow er has begun. T h is is m y first article as the new President o f A S M E so bear w ith m e. First o f all I’d like to thank M ark for the w hole 24hr notice he gave me to w rite this thing. N ext, I ju st w ant to w elcom e aboard the three o th er officers: the V P Josh B inder, the T reasurer C indy M itchell, and the Secretary John Stewart. W hich by the w ay rem inds m e, Stew art, anytim e y o u ’d like to get in touch with m e feel free to give m e yo u r em ail address o r phone #. As it stands right now , I w o u ld n 't know w ho you w ere if you w alked in front m e. All looks pretty quiet for the hom estretch since we really d o n ’t have anything planned. W e have big plans for next y ear— w e d o n ’t have a clue w hat they are, but yes, w e do have som e. Stay tuned!!!! T o the Seniors, hope the M ass. C ertification (engineering license) Exam w ent w ell this past weekend. T h at’s all for now — talk to you next week!
Bacchus A llright, w elcom e to the B acchus club com er! F o r those o f you ju st joining us, this term is o ff to a great start. W e finally figured out w here w e’re gonna g o this spring: On Saturday April 22, anyone w ho is in B acchus is invited to go on a day trip to R iverside Park! C om e to a m eeting for more info, o k ? Also, plans for the fall orientation are m oving along, I think Eric said that there were three 3-D m ovies to choose from - but I forgot
w hat they are. Sorry. M ore o n that later. Oh, by the w ay, the annual Bacchus lunch is W ednesday A pril 19, at 12:00 in Higgins H ouse. T h a t’s right, not one, but T W O fun things to do this m onth if y o u ’re in Bacchus! Now for o ther new s: T im , sorry m an, but President Sue gave the free Bacchus clothes and hats item the axe. W e tried to stop her... by the way T im , where w ere you T uesday? M elrose Place isn’t on at 6:30, is it? H eather, the sauce w as purple, period. M ocktails on the quad, from 7:00 to 11:00. Any volunteers to help m ove the bar? A nyone, anyone... Y ou know w hat we need ? A m ocktail coordinator person, to organize events w here non-alcoholic drinks are m ade. W hat a great idea! I know what yo u ’re thinking - forget it, I’m publicity now . Ah yes, and finally the results o f last w eek ’s trivia question - w e either have 7 ,2 o r 5 bottles o f peach. T hanks to everyone for th eir answ ers! See you tonight!
Chinese Students Association H ello all! W elcom e...to yet an o th er club c o m e r in a little co m er o f the universe. A lrighty, let’s get dow n to business.... First off, a big round o f applause and great huge thanks go out to those that perform ed (K aki and her cousin & friend), brought in their prized possessions for display, set things up, m anaged o u r tables, cleaned up, brought friends and fam ily, o r did anything else to help w ith the C S A effort at the C ultural Fest. Thanks a lot, people., .everything w ent sm oothly because o f you ...hope everyone had a good tim e as well. L et’s do it all o v e r again next year (hopefully our fam ous D ragon will be back w ith ’replacem ent’ surgery done on its body and w e ’ll all be ready show o u r m oves). N ext up...sports news.... A s you all know . F loor H ockey, Soccer, and Softball are going on right now ...the team s are w orking hard, but need your su p p o rt! F loor H ockey... pats on the back g o out to Z ung, T orsten, and M an C hing - our superb no-need-for-subs offensive line - for a great gam e played; slobbering kisses go out to A ntonio, Chris, and Eric - our hard-w orking defense - for giving everything th ey ’ve got and playing great D; and a great big bear hug goes out to ‘A uggie’ - our fantastically aw esom e goalie - for being the hu m an puck stopper and m aking all those great plays...thanks guys! Soccer...thanks to all those brave guys that show ed up to play that freezing night (though we d id n 't get to play... it’s the thought thatcounts)...brrr. Softball...also thanks to ev e ry one that show ed up to play...m aybe next tim e our opponents wi11be there as well. E veryone...CO M E T O IM G A M E S...please.... O h, and there should be a sign-up sheet going around for the intram ural T rack M eet in the near future...think about sign
ing up. W ell, the term in office fo r your 1994-1995 officers have officially end ed after the C ultural Fest. T hanks to everyone for a great year and for m aking everything w orthw hile. T ake care, y ’all. Later. Peace & G od Bless....
Christian Bible Fellowship W ow , another w eek has flow n by! You m ight get the feeling that you are at an airport. But no m atter how fast the term goes o r how m uch w ork that is to do, w e m ust alw ays rem em ber the hope that we have in Christ. T his W ed, Prayer and Share will be m eeting in M organ A at 8pm. If you m issed the last one, com e and find out all o f the prayers that G od has been answ ering, an experi ence that you should see for yourself. F N F will again be in M organ A at 7pm this Fri. Sports will be Sat at 10:30am outside A lum ni G ym . A nd before I forget, so that you w o n ’t, C B F will be having a Tues. Night W orkshop in tw o weeks. Be on the look out for inform ation to follow.. “ It is for freedom that C hrist has set us free. Stand firm , then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke o f slavery.” (G alatians 5:1 N IV ) Are there things in y o u r life that you feel are chaining you d ow n? P erhaps your school w ork or a relationship has left you feeling trapped with no place to go. Jesus w ants to free you from bondage. The first line o f this verse tells us that C hrist has set us free! A nd w hy did He set us free? He gives us freedom ! Isn ’t th at w onderful? A re you ready to live in freedom ? A re you ready to leave the yoke behind? Jesus is ready to show you the way..
ISC W ell, how is everybody d o in g today? You m ust be doing great after that w onderful w eekend, right? O f course I’m talking about the Cultural Festival - what else w ould m ake up a great w eek end? I know I’m w riting this before the day, but I know it is going to be aw esom e. T hank you to everybody w ho participated a n d all those o f you w ho cam e and enjoyed yourselves... E verybody w ho had anything to do w ith it (including the audience) deserves a pat on the back - so go right ahead, and give yourself one, if you deserved it! W ell, what are we up to next, you m ay ask? N ext, the ISC is planning an event to close the year with - a social am ong all the m em bers o f ISC and m em ber clubs...so keep your cars tuned and keep reading this article in Newspeak to find out about the details... Till, next tim e - be cultured!
Masque H u llo there! N ew V o ices 1-3 is w ell u n d e r w ay. P erfo rm an ces beg in o n ly o n e w e ek aw ay in th e G re at H all o f A lden, A pril 19th-22nd. W e still need h elp w ith p ro d u c tio n . A n y ab leb o d ie d people w ho w ish to look cool in a ll black a n d walk around .in th e dark sh o u ld c o n tact re a p e r@ w p i to be on ru n n in g c rew . F o r m ore in fo rm a tio n o n N V 1-3 c o n ta ct lissa@ w pi. M W R e p is now in the p ro c e ss o f c h o o sin g the A te rm show . A ny su g g e stio n s sh o u ld be s u b m itte d to kat@ w pi. A ny o f you c razy p eo p le g ra d u a tin g this year b efo re next A term please em ail ham b o n e@ w p i o f th is od d ity . Ju st r e m em b er: You can N E V E R escap e! W ell, see y ’all o n Friday at 4 :30pm in the G re e n R oom ju s t b e h in d the A lden stage.
National Society of Pershing Rifles T h is w e ek e n d , we had a sm all c o lo r g u ard a t the W o rc e ste r C om m ons. H o p e fu lly , e v e ry th in g w e n t and looked great. Ju s t a re m in d er o n the o th e r color guards c o m in g up — w e need p e o p le fo r the sabre g u ard o n 30 A pril as w ell as the c o lo r guard for 23 A pril (th is m ay ch an g e). F o r those w ho have not yet done so, get your m oney in ASAP! (N L T this W ednesday, 12 April). P le d g e s (those w ho still rem ain ): G o o d jo b on g e ttin g your project d o n e ; I’m g la d y ou d id n ’t w a it further on it. N o w for y o u r p a d d le s - m ak e th em look as goo d as o r b e tte r th a n y o u r pro ject. A lso, G E T Y O U R S IG N A T U R E S !! T im e is ru n n in g short. H U A !
Society of Women Engineers O u r last m eeting w as h eld on T u esd ay , A pril 4 th ...s o rry if you got an in co rre ct tim e a n d /o r date in y o u r m ailbox (3 /1 6 !!). W e d isc u sse d sev eral to p ic s including an in te restin g IQ P p ro posal fro m Prof. T erw illig er, the S tra tu s C o. tour, c a n d y sales, and a p o ssib le o v e rn ig h t p ro g ram w ith g irl scouts at e ith e r the S c ien c e C e n te r in W orcester o r the M u seu m o f S c ien c e in B o sto n . A nyone in te rested in a tte n d in g th is y e a r’s S W E national c o n v en tio n in B o sto n sh o u ld con tact M arie at jo h n y @ w p i. W e have re c e iv e d corporate fu nding that m ay b e put to w a rd s th is convention, a s w ell as an y o u t reach p ro g ram s we have n e x t year. O u r next and final m eetin g of D -term w ill be on T u e s day, A p ril 18th at 7pm in O H 126.
MQP o r IQP fo r 1995/96? M Q P/IQ P R e g istr a tio n is A p ril 19-21 JUST DO IT ...! Need help getting an MQP? Contact your department’s MQP Coordinator see Projects Booklet for names Need help getting an IQP? Contact Chuck Kom ik in the Projects Office (Boynton) Historically, students who w ait until tlie Fall to choose or register their project have had some difficulty with the availability (quantity) and choices (remaining variety) o f projects in their area o f interest, with locating faculty advisors for discussion or signatures, and with the related adjustments to their course schedule which m ay be necessary. GET WITH THE PROGRAM! Just do H...NOWI
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G reek Co rner axp D id ev ery o n e recuperate from this w e e k e n d ’s e x citem en t? U nder all that influence, I w o u ld n ’t be su rp rise d if so m e still h a v e n ’t re co v e red . D ue to the stress o f m id -te rm s, I hope e v ery o n e let it all o u t o n F rid ay . E ven th o u g h I am w ritin g th is b e fo re all the fun, I c an p red ict c e rta in in d iv id u a ls w h o p robably h a v e n ’t re c o v e re d yet. Y ou c o u ld say T o m has the new re c o rd fo r q u ick e st loss o f so b riety at P in g ’s on T h u rsd a y night. O n th at no te, p ro b a b ly S w a l low , F re n c h ie , d u d e -y o h im s e lf an d m an y o th ers p ro b a b ly trie d to break that re co rd , too. D u rin g som e u nnatural o ccurrence, o u r in tra m ural so ccer team actu ally w on a gam e. U nholy as it so u n d s, A lex e arn e d his first in terco lleg iate shutout. D esire, determ in atio n , and fo rfeits earn the w ins ev ery tim e. E v en N ate c o u ld n ’t c o n ta in h im se lf w hen he h e ard the new s. Y um m y .... a n o th e r bo x from hom e (I w o n d er w h a t’s in it)! O n w ard w e go to a n o th e r subject. D o n e ; the d in in g room A nally m et c o m p le tio n a fte r a year. U n u su al at is, d o n ’t fre t, it lo o k s lik e this y e a r’s “ p o stu lan t" p ro jec t w ill last a few m ore y e a rs at the rate th e ir going. D o n ’t let this g o to y o u r heads N IB s, b u t you c o u ld b re ak the reco rd fo r the lo n g est p ro jec t. E n o u g h o f N IB b a s h in g ... I ’ ll le t it b e. Y a rca sc h m o rg en . Or sh o u ld I say S c h n itz e lg ru b e n . D u e to the lac k o f sc h -tu ff to w rite o n . I ’ll ju s t m ak e sc h -tu ff up. “ U ” all sh o u ld k n o w that L u k e ’s d e se rt idea w as shot do w n in it’s e arly p lan n in g stages. D u rin g the party , w h ile e v e ry one h ead e d aw ay, d e sp e ra te B rez u n fa sten e d su p e r-p o ly -g rip heav ily . E ach b ro sh o u ld also k n o w th a t the E e a ste r B bunny w ill be arriv in g an h o u r e a rlie r this y e ar acco rd in g to Jo se. Yet this c o m e r m ust c o m e to an ab ru p t en d , fo r I’m on a m ission to see a m oose. O nly 3 m o re e x its and fifty yards to go... q uoth the phantom .
A rA H ello girls! A Big H appy B irthday g o e s to C in d y M o ser (to d ay !). A big c o n g ratu la tio n s g o e s to K risty S. (how m any tim es aro u n d w as that ?) fo r g ettin g pinned. C o n g ra tu la tio n s are an o rd e r to Ja n n in e, o u r new song b ird a n d to Jen L. fo r b e co m in g A ssistant R ush. A big spirit ‘H u g ’ g o es to E rin for her fabulous w ork and ju st a big hug being passed to S helly. T h an k y o u ’s to Phi S ig for the great so c ial on F riday. T he q u e stio n o f the w eek is, “ Is th is a
n ic e shoe m ee tin g o r w h a t? N a p p i and P atti d o yo u k n o w ? ” H o w ’s th e fro n t row to all th o se w h o have jo u rn e y e d th a t far in the ranks! S o rry to h e a r ab o u t the guy p ro b le m s g o in g a ro u n d , w e d o n ’t n e ed th em a n y w a y ! D o n ’t fo rg et to m o rro w is an o p e n h o u se , w e ar letters a n d sh o w som e A G D sp irit. I k n o w it’ll be to u g h w ith o u t th o se w ings, b u t E ric a p ro m ised s h e ’d g e t som e in h e r a ir trav els. T h e p ro g ram sta rts a t 7 :0 0 in K in n icu t to m o rro w , d o n ’t be late. K e ep th o se letters on, this w e e k ’s m ee tin g is in fo rm al. M o n ik a , y o u d id a g re at jo b w ith s e n io r w eek. N ap p i, b e a u tifu l “O d e !” G o in g d o w n in the history o f A G D , K risten c ry in g ? O r w ere th o se tears o f jo y ? G o o d jo b a n y w ay Je ss , M iss E m o tio n al. D o e s an y o n e e lse n o t tru st K T w ith a k n ife? ! O r is it ju s t m e? S o rry sis! D o n ’t fo rg et to g iv e y o u r a w ard s u g g e s tio n s to Je n n S. IR D w as lo ts o f fun, h o p e fu lly n o o n e w as la te ! 10 d a y s til th e o fficial sta rt o f th e T e e te r T o tte r A T h o n ! H a v e a g o o d E aster. D o n ’t eat to o m uch c h o c o la te ... A D O V E L IN G
A TO T h e h o u se looks g reat. L e t’s keep it up boys. E -c lu b has had so m e g o o d lu ck w ith th e ir c o u c h e s, ju s t a sk the b a n a n a g irl. Probs. T ro ja n h o rse , no. T e la , y o u r tu ff o r you w ill try to be. T h e boys w ill h ave so m e sto ries a fte r th is w e e k e n d fro m S a tu rd a y n ig h t’s usu al h a n g o u t (a k a G o u d re au , B e ats, G o b is, S h ea, T a p le y , a n d m e). G o u d re a u h as o ffic ia lly tu rn e d to a d iffe re n t e th n ic b a ck g ro u n d d u e to his in ab lility to o p e n his ey es c o m p le te ly . R ad and B e ats, A m y o nly c a lle d 95 tim es to d ay . All I h ave to say is n p= D F C . (ask m e w h a t it m eans). T h e d o v e has sp o k e n . T h e d re a m team in so ftb a ll w ill w in th e tourney. D o n n ie , you call m e M r. ra id e r, call m e M r. M iste r w ro n g , you call m e in san e. T h e end o f the w o rld is near, and I w ill p ro m is e c o m p le te m a d n e ss . E n o u g h , said. (G re ek )
AXA N ice W H IT E R O S E F o rm a l, I liked the R E D c arn a tio n s. Hey S u lliv a n , h o w ’s the w aste b a sk e t? Je e v an m ay not be a b le to B O W L , but B O Y can he D A N C E . O nce a g ain , co n tg ra ts to all K A G L team s. T o o bad you c o u ld n ’t play B uttafu co , it seem ed th ey re ally n eed ed you out th ere . W as it m e, o r d id it sn o w at that so c c e r g a m e ? N ext tim e, w e ’re b rin g in g cow b e lls an d d ru m s, you know , ju s t lik e at hom e. H ey
H a m m e r, w e ar a c u p nex t tim e . G o o d tu rn out at th e h o c k ey g a m e , S h a rk e y , y o u ’re g o n n a score. H ey Phife D aw g, next tim e stay A W A K E , h u h ? T o m , G re at U n d e re stim a te d M o tio n P ic ture last w eek. Y o u ’re rig h t, th at w as c h ee sy . G e t re ad y fo r th e T e e te r-T o tte r and S ig m a B an q u et. S e n io rs! Y o u g u y s re ally d o n ’t H A V E to g ra d u a te , do y o u ? Y eah, y o u ’re right, get o u tta here. Q u a ch , are Y O U a M A N ? O .k. g e n tle m e n . I’d lik e to e n d th is w ith a q u o te I o n c e h e ard d u rin g a trac k m ee t from a fa t o l’ lazy frien d o f m in e from h o m e: “ Its A ll Y o u .”
friend to g e t his last few sig s. 4. B ennete a n d H one p ick u p chicks. T h at is they pick up a n d look at the m ag azin e w ith the c h ic k s in it. 3. Sully b e c o m e s coo l... as c o o l as F a u n c e a fte r about 12 b e ers. 2. L ets see w h o I forgot. B e c k e r W W O O O O H H H H ! Ja im e , d o n ’t b e a fra id to kill y o u rse lf. S h irl, get lo st H int: try ro o m 8. D annaker, A re yo u the p itc h e r o r the c a tc h e r? B asl w as w o n d e rin g 1. L e d o u x a n d W illo c k leave th e ir g irlfrien d s, e lo p e , an d live h a p p ily e v e r after. I g u ess L ed o u x w o u ld be the c h ic k . Five a p p le s
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C o n g ra tu la tio n s to all th e new B ro th e rs o f Phi K a p p a T h e ta . N ow th a t S c z c u rk o is a B ro th er, W h itten h as b e e n pretty ju m p y . But w h o c an b lam e h im , if I h ad a lu n atic P o lish kid sw e a r re v e n g e ....w e ll, I g u e ss I w o u ld n ’t care. T h e sta irs lo o k g re a t P e te...it d o e s n ’t m a tte r for th e p a st w e ek w e ’v e been g o in g d o w n th e b a ck sta irw e ll, do w n th e b a ck sta irs to the g am e ro o m , th ro u g h th e g am e ro o m , up the g am e ro o m sta irs to g e t to th e first flo o r, in ste a d o f ju s t g o in g do w n o n e flig h t o f sta irs. B e ca u se M ik e M arsh d o e s n ’t h a v e a ph o n e an d n e v er c o m e s o u t o f his S to d d a rd h id e -a w a y , if a n y o n e ne ed s to get in to u c h w ith h im , let m e k n o w and I w ill w rite h im th e m e ssa g e in Newspeak. M ik e ’s first m essa g e c o m e s from G u z ...h e ’s b e en w a itin g to ta lk b a se b a ll w ith y ou. Ju s t a w a rn in g , w hen th e G u z c o m e s ‘a k n o c k in ’, it m ean s he got sic k o f w a itin g fo r y ou a n d a c tu ally w a lk ed all th e w ay up to S to d d a rd to get you. T h e second flo o ro ld h o u se found o u t w hat hap p en s w hen K a llio a n d C h u get to g e th e r for M o n d a y night w in g s....C h u got a n e w hat, c o m p le m e n ts o f th e ho u se, an d K allio d e c id e d to p u t his m ilita ry e x p lo siv e train in g to use. “C all S o n ip a tro l!!” O n e th in g 1 le a rn e d last w eek , G u s is a fu n n y guy. K T F B !!
Here w e are once again o n a beautiful F rid a y afternoon stu c k inside w ritin g the c o m er. R a ta-Tat T a t a ls o helping this w e e k is a kid n a m e d , well T at o f co u rse. S ew er P a rty ’95 “ In the sp irit o f the se w e rs o f ’64" ro ck ed the cam p u s th is w eekend. A m ost ap p reciativ e th an k s g o es o u t to all o f the b ro th ers and frien d s o f the fratern ity that put so m uch tim e an d d e d ic atio n into th e c o n stru ctio n o f the sew ers th is year. T here is n o d oubt th at these w ere th e best sew ers e v e r! Project m an a g er E m ilio, th e y tru ly w ere g re a t, e x cellent w ork. A lso c o n g rats to the people w h o unplugged F lo b i’s alarm c lo c k ev ery night, y o u guys are th e true heroes o f last w eek. T K E A soccer w o n the first g am e o f the season in dram atic o v e rtim e fashion, an d B team did sc o re the first g o a l o f th eir gam e. C o u c h C om m , w ill soon be in effect. M ovie re co m m en d atio n o f th e week. D e se rt M oon, w e g iv e it 4 inches up. D uquette catch e s som e strange rash around h is neck from so m e random P ied m o n t St. w anderer. A lso b e w are , the B row n P laque has rem ain ed dorm ant in O ’S hea until now . T h e T o p T en list this w eek, the T op T en re aso n s w hy the se w e rs o f '95 ru led : 10. T ak e all y o u r a n g er and put it in the h ap p y box. 9. S m a lle r B utt-o-M eter th an previous y e ars 8. D esjardins S ound W orks a n d C ottrill V entilation Inc. 7. G e ttin g lost in th e rotary 6. C o u c h room w ith cathedral ceiling 5. T he Flobi a ro m a 4. The D uece death slide 3. T ake y o u r best shot! T rap do o rs rule 2. F lam e retardant build in g m aterials 1. T K E pride an d bro therhood strength. U ntil next w eek w hen w e grace the p a p er again w ith an o th er com er...
0 2 1 H ello g irls, k in d a sh o rt o n tim e so h e re goes! H ello to all the se n io rs, w e m iss you guys!! ( k in d a - ju s t k id d in g !) W c h e a rT h e ta C h i is the new hom e o f d o m e stic v io le n c e, n ice e y e Jen C h id s! W e see y o u ’re m a k in g a fa sh io n sta te m ent !! H ey C a p u c c and C h id s, need a sh o w er? Pop Q uiz: H ow m any se w e rs can one Phi Sig b u ild ? N ot too m any w hen s h e ’s g e ttin g a t tac k ed in them . L iz H e rm an , h o w ’s S e a n ? H ey Julie P. need a sp o o n ? S p e a k in g o f sp o o n s, C a p u cc how a b o u t o n e w ith y o u r m acaro n i salad. G o o d lu ck S p id e rw o m an d o in g M Q P w ith the exotic d a n c e r. H ello to T ra c y , aka B aby B u m p k in ! S w ee t H a rro d , g o d lo v e y a ..... E N O U G H S A ID !! N ice jo b w ith p a re n t’s d a y to all o f th o se that h e lp e d o u t. T h a n k s for all y o u r effort! I t’s fiv e o ’c lo c k !!!!!!!!!! (ijh tb h )
IA E R o o m y , you w ro te a w h o le a rticle d e d ic a te d to m e in w hich y o u tried to sa d d e n m e w ith y o u r harsh w ords. A A A A H H H H H you to u g h ! I w ill not jo in in on this w a r b u t co u ld you please e x p la in w hy th ere w as a 9 in ch d o n g fo u n d in y o u r d e sk draw er. T he o n ly p erso n th at is lo w er than you to h aze w o u ld be the aw efu l p led g e class. T o p T en P re d ic tio n s for the P le d g e C lass 10. Y ou do su c h a g o o d jo b in p le d g in g that C ra zy a sk s you to do it a g a in w ith n e x t years class. 9. N o se rio u sly , yo u w ill get in itiate d ... S o m e tim e in the y e ar 2 0 1 0 . 8. S te v e n s finds out that g o lf is ju s t too to u g h and he sw itc h e s to b a d m in to n 7. D u c h arm e ju s t re aliz e s th at he is aw efu l an d c o n su lts B eta fo r ad v ice. 6. W ilso n leav es h is p ro m isin g m o d e lin g c a re e r a n d runs the U M O C p ro g ra m 5. G lo v e r o ffers h is g irl
Z 'F As w e ap p ro ac h the final turn...H ats o ff to the intram ural team s for som e g o o d play...T he S o ft ball team d ru b b e d T heta C h i w hile the H o ck ey A team b eat u p o n F iji...T he M ic k ey ’s ice ath lete o f the w eek goes to John R e y n o ld ’s for p ro v in g that Z etes can fly...S p eak in g o f athletes h as anyone se e n the real T ed P h ip p s, you know , the one that sits around and sm okes butts all the tim e...T his w eek hockey o n T uesd ay and T h u rs day, S o ftb a ll on S unday, and S o ccer on M o n day, G o a n d w atch us crim p... T hanks g o out to all th e b ro th ers and th e ir dates for a tten d in g the S e c o n d annual sp rin g form al, it w a s a great tim e, a n d th an k s to T h o m p son for d isp ro v in g the th eo ry that he c o u ld n ’t organize a o n e m an c ir c le ------- ....T his w e ek e n d it’s E aster, the tim e w hen m illions o f fa m ilie s across A m e ric a get to g eth e r to en jo y the h o lid ay while g ro u p s o f zetes go o u t h u n tin g the E a s te r bunny...In tw o w eeks, w e try that g o lf p a rty thing a g ain ... • A lso, th an k s to all the brothers w ho h e lp e d out w ith k id s fair and the c le an u p th is p a st w eekend...W ill the elu siv e ch arity for the v o l leyball to u rn am en t please step forw ard... C om ing next w eek so m e o f o u r y ear e n d aw ards su c h as m ost im proved social leper, the brother w h o m ost surprised ev ery o n e by g e ttin g o ff o f his b u tt, b ro th er w ith the least p lea sa n t girlfriend, and m ost creativ e b ro th er (lan g u ag e categ o ry )...stay tun ed ...S ig n in g O ff-Jab b a
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P o l ic e L o g W ednesday, March 29 1 1 :3 1 p m - O ffic e r re p o rts fie ld h o u se le ft u n lo c k e d a n d o p e n e d . 1 1 :5 9 p m - S p e e d in g M V : O f fic e r re p o rts m o to r c y c le s p e e d in g th ro u g h Q u ad . S u b je c t a d v is e d .
Thursday, March 30 8 : 1 5 p m - F ire A la rm : F u lle r u p p e r le v e l. W F D n o tifie d . A la rm r e s e t, b u t sm o k e d e te c to r not re s e tin g . E le c tric ia n n o tifie d . 1 1 :0 1 p m - M e d ic a l: W o rc e s te r PD n o tify o f m an o n w a lk w a y in fro n t o f B o y n to n H a ll, u n k n o w n p ro b le m s , e x h ib itin g flu -lik e sy m p tio n s . O ff ic e r r e s p o n d s . W o r c e s te r E M S c a lle d , m an tra n s p o rte d . 1 1 :4 0 p m - M e d ic a l: T ro w b rid g e , p o ss ib le fra c tu re . O ff ic e r , E M S re s p o n d .
Friday, March 31 1 2 :0 3 a m - L ic e n s e C h e c k fo r A s su m p tio n P o lic e . L ic e n s e w a s re v o k e d . 2 :3 6 a m - A larm : O ffic e r re p o rts a u d ib le a la rm so u n d in g o n H ig h la n d S tre e t. W o rc e s te r PD n o tifie d . 1 2 :3 0 p m - E le v a to r stu c k o n B o y n to n H a ll, first flo o r w ith o c c u p a n t in sid e . O ffic e r re sp o n d s. P la n t S e rv ic e s n o tifie d . 1 2 :4 3 p m - Re: E le v a to r: W F D c a lle d to a s s is t g e ttin g o c c u p a n t o u t o f e le v a to r. 12 :5 4 p m - O ffic e r, W F D c le a re d . P lant S e r v ic e s still has s o m e o n e c o m in g to lo o k at e le v a to r. 4 :5 5 p m - O ffic e r re p o rts s tu d e n ts flag g e d h im d o w n to re p o rt b re a k in g an d e n try on th e ir v e h ic le o n E lb rid g e S tre e t. W o rc e s te r PD n o tifie d . 8 :0 5 p m - A larm p ro b le m s in S to d d a rd C. S tro b e lig h t c o n tin u o u s ly H a sh in g . E le c tric ia n c a lle d in .
Saturday, April 1 1 2 :3 2 a m - In tru s io n A larm : H ig g in s H o u se first flo o r. O v e rn ig h t g u e s t se t o f f a la rm . 4 :0 3 a m - M a lic io u s M isc h ie f: tra sh d u m p e d on g ro u n d in fro n t o f D a n ie ls. 1 0 :4 0 a m - In c id e n t: P le d g e in c id e n t in S a lis b u ry P ark . O ffic e r re s p o n d s . 2 :1 4 p m - A ssist: E M S r e q u e s ts ice p a c k s fro m c ru is e r m e d kits. 3 : 10pm - Ju m p S ta rt: In fro n t o f A lu m n i. 5 :3 0 p m - R iley S tu d e n t H all D ire c to r re q u e s ts o ffic e r. 8 :2 7 p m - R iley R A re q u e sts o ff ic e r w a lk -th ro u g h .
Tuesday, April 11 E xhibition, “ A rt S m art,” o p e n s at W o rce ster A rt M useum , H iggins E ducational W ing. Free to the public. 12:00pm - Speaker: G u rin d e r C h ad h a “ C an a D irecto r go to H ollyw ood W ithout Selling H er S o u l,” C lark U niversity S a c k le r S cien ces C e n te r, Johnson A uditorium . 3 :30pm - B aseball vs. T rin ity . 5 :45pm - S G A m eeting, A K 219. 7 :00pm - N u clear E n g in e erin g P resen tatio n , N avy T raining Program , L ibrary C onference R oom .
Wednesday, April 12 8:15am to 3:30pm - “W P I...A C lo se r L o o k ,” v arious on-cam pus locations. 4:30pm - O ral P resentation W o rk sh o p for P ro v o s t’s M Q P C om petition, SL 104. 8:00pm - C a n d le lig h tin g cerem o n y on the Q uad.
Thursday, April 13 T rad itio n s D ay (S ee sch ed u le inside) 3:30pm - B aseball vs. S alve R egina. 3:30pm - M e n ’s T en n is vs. N ichols. 6:30pm to 9:0 0 p m - S em inar: “ E ngineered W o o d System s: C o n tem p o rary C onstruction A p p li catio n s,” sponsored by the C ivil and E nv iro n m en tal E ngineering D ept., Perreault Hall.
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Saturday, April 15 12:00pm - S oftball vs. B abson. 1:00pm - B aseball vs. B abson.
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