Seventh time a charm by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief On October 20th, the space shuttle C olum bia took off, after a record six scrubs, taking Professor Al Sacco and the best wishes o f his friends and fam ily along. The astronauts had all come out, ready for this seventh “ inning” with their baseball caps on backwards, hoping to rally their way to a launch. The baseball analogy was carried far ther when the crew of STS-73 threw the ball out for the fifth game o f the W orld Series. If one had a well-trained eye, the WPI pennant could be seen over the shoulders o f the crew during the toss. Although it was som ewhat disheart ening to see the mission scrubbed so many times, few could say that it was not better to play it safe and the m edia’s talk of the expense o f scrubbing soon sw itched to a "better safe than sorry” tone. The mission itself takes one of the largest crew s on one o f the longest missions of the entire shuttle program. The ambitious schedule includes sev-
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eral experim ents and four interactive teaching sessions with high schools across the country, including South High in W orcester. Professor Sacco will be dem onstrat ing a fluid experim ent for the South High students, who attend the sam e school that Robert G oddard graduated from in 1904. This dem onstration will take place on N ovem ber 2nd at 1:10pm and several members o f the WPI com m unity will go out to the school to take part, including Zeolite Crystal G row th team m em b ers Ipek G u ray , Jac k Ferraro, Terri S acco and M ichelle M arceau. One o f the people who were lucky enough to see the actual liftoff was Professor Looft o f the Electrical and C om puter Engineering D epartm ent. Professor Looft has been involved in W Pl’s space program since 1982, when WPI and MITRE reached an agree ment for students to work on projects for space. As co-chair o f the program with Dean Durgin, he oversaw the work of more than two hundred undergradu a te Sacco, continued on page 2
Columbia clears the launch tower on its way up to its orbit, 172 miles above the earth.
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
N e w sp e a k Tuesday, October 31, 1995
Volume Twenty-three, Number Twenty-two
Faculty approves changes to undergraduate curriculum by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief On October 12th, the faculty met in Kinnicutt Hall to listen to a few short remarks from the president and the provost as well as to vote on several changes in the curriculum. This in cluded the addition of concentrations and minor programs to the undergradu ate program o f studies. It was also mentioned that WPI will open a day care center in the near future, perhaps by next fall and that the WPI budget finished in the black for 1995, but was currently operating with a small, but manageable, deficit for 1996. President Parrish noted that it was
the first WPI faculty meeting that he had been able to attend and he stated that he w as proud to be a member o f the EE faculty himself. “ You have a really neat program here. . .but 1 don’t think that the faculty as a whole realizes how good a place this is. We have to leam to appreciate ourselves. . .to be proud o f what we have here— a very creative and marvelous product. WPI has found its niche in the market and we have to work to make people aware o f what we have to offer.” The changes to the curriculum in cluded a change in the distribution re quirements forthe Department o f Biol ogy and Biotechnology, so that it now in clu d es tw o advanced laborato ry
classes. Currently the advanced labo ratory classes have not been approved by the faculty, but the departm ent is preparing curricula for eight modular classes in a variety o f areas. These changes will only apply to students who matriculate next year and after. T he Department o f Biology and Bio technology also dropped nine classes and added eleven. Dropped classes include: General Biology I and II, En vironmental Biology, Physiology I and II, C ell Culture, Fermentation Biology, Protein Purification and Downstream Processing, and Recombinant DNA and Biochemistry. The courses which will replace them are: Introduction to Bio logical Macromolecules, Principles o f
Ernie Ansah helped carry WPI to a win over UMass Lowell last Saturday. For more WPI varsity sports information, see page 3.
Special Feature: D iversity r
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Ecology, M icrobial Physiology, Ani mal Physiology, Plant Physiology and Cell Culture, Anatomy, Cell Culture T heory and Applications, Virology, Separation o f Biological Molecules, Im m unology, and Recombinant DNA Principles and Applications. These changes w ere made to keep up with changes in the field and the department felt that they were either improving on the old courses or providing a greater breadth of topics for students. The Department of Humanities and Arts formalized what had previously been offered as independent study projects. These Theatre ISP’s will be given the designation “T H " and a project num ber and will be listed in the undergraduate catalog. They include: Theatre Production Practicum, Acting, A dvanced Acting, Advanced Theatre Production Practicum, Directing, Ad vanced Directing, Dramaturgy, The atre Technology Design, A dvanced Theatre Technology Design, and Ad vanced Dramaturgy. These projects will count for one sixth of a unit and only tw o projects may be applied towards the Sufficiency. It is expected that the annual enrollment for these projects will be from one to fifteen students. The D epartm ent o f Electrical and C om puter Engineering deleted three classes (Signals and System s, Signals and C om m unications, and C om m uni cations Laboratory). Three n ew dasses were added to the curriculum to re place them, C ontinuous-Tim e Signal and System Analysis, Discrete-Time Signal and System Analysis, and Prin ciples o f Comm unication. The Department of Mechanical En gineering rem oved two classes from the undergraduate catalog: M echani cal Properties o f Materials and M e chanical Behavior and Modeling Prop erties o f Engineering Materials (ME 3824/3524). This was done because another class, M E 3023 Mechanical Behavior and M odeling Properties of Engineering M aterials, encompasses the same material as the other two. indeed ME 3824/3524 has the same
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course description. All changes in courses are for the ‘96-’97 academ ic year. The Department o f Electrical and C om puter Engineering received ap proval to offer a degree in Electrical E ngineering w ith C oncentration in C om puter Engineering. This involves taking six computer engineering re lated EE or CS courses and completing an M Q P in the computer engineering area. The Department o f Chemical Engi neering received approval to offer con centrations for Chemical Engineering majors in Biochemical, Biom edical, Environmental and Materials. These require two units of study in the con centration, including up to one unit from the IQP, portions o f the Suffi ciency or the Social Science require ment. The Management Information Sys tems (M IS) Minor was also approved. This involves taking three m anagement courses, tw o computer science courses and a capstone, project oriented, m an agement course (Systems Analysis and Design). The Minor in Law and Technology was approved and it requires two units o f study. Two classes in legal fundamen tals, two classes w hich integrate law and technology, one course in professional communication and one capstone course arc required for the minor. The Computer Science Department established a Minor in C om puter Sci ence. Again, two units o f study are required, including at least one class from a list of courses “each of which provides an integrating capstone expe rience,” any graduate-level CS course (except for CS 501, 505, 507, 552 or 590) and one-third o f a unit of another activity, such as an ISP which is vali dated by a CS faculty member. Concentration and minor program s will be available to undergraduates immediately. For more complete in formation about the minor program requirements, it is suggested that you talk to your academic advisor.
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Sacco and the shuttle Continued from page I ates, who worked for six years developing ex periments for the Space Projects and Research C anister (SPARC) which flew aboard Colum bia in 1991. A nother WPI based, zeolite experi ment flew in 1992 on USM L-I and a second WPI zeolite package (lew on a 1993 mission. Professor Looft’s father was a life-long NASA employee, having worked on the Atlas rockets that flew to the moon am ong other projects. Also, as a graduate student the professor worked on experiments that went up in space and his involvement in GASCAN I brought him down to Cape Kennedy. In fact it was work on the first zeolite experim ent for the first GASCAN that brought Looft into close contact with Sacco and they have been friends since - you may have seen them running together on occasion. So when Dean Durgin, who was in Florida for many o f the scrubs, found out that he didn’t have time to go down for Friday the 20th, Looft jum ped at the chance. He and his twelve ycarold son Matt bought tickets on W ednesday and on Thursday they were at Cape Kennedy, getting
and an incredible lig h t u n d e r the shuttle. T hen the solid boosters fired and there was a great cracklingroar and a tremendous v ap o r c lo u d o b scured the view o f the shuttle. The stands began to vi b ra te a n d they could all feel the ground moving un der their feet. As the shuttle c le a re d th e pad, spectators became caught up in the aw esom e display and could feel the p re s e n c e o f the rocket going up. Il only lasted about ninety seconds, and all that was left was a vapor trail, but it w as a sig h t you want to see again and again. M att Loo ft took some in c re d ib le p h o to graphs o f the launch which are on dis play in the office o f the Secretary of the F a c u lty , Jo an Shanahan (located in the Project Cen ter). PHOTO BY NEIL NORIJM, WPI NEWS-SERVICE When asked if he would like to be on The space shuttle rests on the launch pad prior to one of the launch the shuttle. Profes attempts. sor Looft laughed “ I second and third day he and the entire crew e-mailed Al and said that if he got the butterflies looked like they were having a ball.” and didn’t want to go. I would be more than If anyone has a question for professor Sacco happy to take his place.” you are invited to call CityLine at 792-9400 and Because the cable in Florida carried the NASA enter 6272 (NASA). This is part o f a program feed, the Loofts were able to watch much o f the being run by the W orcester Telegram and G a first few days of the mission and according to the professor: "Al looked a little green around the zette, and the questions will be asked in a live interview on N ovem ber 3 r d ^ ^ ^ , gills and a little tired the first day, but by the >v*v n f w _________j
oriented. Both were getting ready to watch their first space launch and there was a good amount of nervous tension. Matt had a conversation with Sacco over e-mail the previous week and he also knows the professor from visits to his school. They were able to watch the liftoff from the VIP area, with other close friends and family o f the astronauts, an exclusive party o f less than one hundred. Up until about twenty minutes before the launch, everyone felt that it would go, even though it had been raining less than one hour before. About five minutes before launch the sky started clearing up and the crowd was starting to get more excited about the possibility o f a launch. Many in attendance had been there for all six scrubs. T he w ife o f sh u ttle co m m an d er K eith Bowcrsox sang a song: “God Bless Colum bia” a feeling that was in the hearts of all the friends and family o f the crew. With one minute to go, the crowd became quiet. With thirty seconds to launch, a cheer started to rise and at ten seconds they started to countdown. At five seconds the main engines ignited, but wilh a subdued noise
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F inally.. . after six scrubs, the shuttle takes off as many relieved family and friends of Al Sacco watch from Worcester.
LIVING MUSEUMS IN LONDON: IQP PROJECTS, E96 Spend your summer a t the famous 1000-year-old fortress of the Tower o f London. Or do your IQP a t the Imperial War Museum, in the fortified bunkers of Winston Churchill's World War II cabinet rooms. Projects a t other world-class historic institutions such as the National Maritime Museum and Museum of London are also possibilities. For an application form or for more information, send your name, class year, WPI box number, and e-mail address to Prof. B ra ttin (jjb @ w p i.e d u ) or Prof. P arkin son (emp@wpi.edu) a t the department of Humanities and Arts by 15 November 1995. T ry * v f t ? m . n ‘.< .’.r
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Weekly sports update - results from October 20th through 26th their record to .500 or better. They lost five games alone by a score o f 1-0. Prior to their first tournament experience WPI played their last regular season game at Wellesley on the 21 st, in the same rain as everybody else in New England. They ended up losing another close one by the score o f 2-1. Freshman Lauren Goodfellow scored W PI’s lone goal for the day. The Engineers drew cross-city rival Clark University for the first round o f the conference tournament. WPI was seeded eighth and was optimistic that they could pull o ff an upset. The score at halftime was only 1-0 in the Cougars favor. In the second half, some key injuries to a couple o f Engineers hurt and Clark went on to score two late goals for the 3-0 final.
by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Football (2-4) The football team traveled by bus - maybe it would have been safer by boat - to play Spring field College Saturday the 21st in a rain-storm. Unfortunately, the Engineers were not able to sustain a consistent offensive attack and were defeated 30-7 by the Pride. Springfield capitalized early on two WPI miscues, a fumbled punt and a blocked punt, to jum p ahead 14-0. The Engineers did cut the lead in half on a 71 -yard fumble return by Khalid Rucker and it looked like the momentum was shifting to WPI. The score remained 14-7 at the half. A ny chance o f keep in g the charge going ended in the third w hen Springfield scored on their first two drives o f the second h a lf to increase th eir lead to 28-7. T hey added a safety for the 30-7 final. Adam Abrams had another strong game with 21 tackles and Rucker was named to the Freedom Football Conference honor roll for his perfor mance.
Women’s Volleyball (13-12) The v olleyball team co m p eted in a to u rn a m ent o v er at A tlantic U nion C o llege on Sun day the 22nd and finished third. T hey played w ell ag ain st som e good team s, b ut were only able to w in one m atch. T hey d efeated the host, A tlan tic U nion 2-0, but lost to U M aineF arm ington 2-1, R oger W illiam s 2-0 and St. Josephs o f M aine 2-1. Sophom ore Em m a Palm acci was nam ed to the A ll-T ournam ent team for her perform ance in the four gam es. She had 18 k ills, 39 assists and 2 0 digs. Last Tuesday the Engineers opened their sea son-ending homestand with a match against W orcester State. WPI was too much for the Lancers as they swept them 3-0 (15-4,15-8,15-9).
Women’s Soccer (4-11 final) The first varsity season for the women’s soccer team came to an end last week when WPI was eliminated in the first round of the New England W omen’s Eight Conference Tournament. On the whole they were competitive in every game and with a few more goals could’ve easily pushed
Senior co-captain Angela Wonsey had 8 kills and 10 service aces to lead the attack. The team also recorded its third highest total all tim e for service aces in a match when they tallied 24. Thursday night WPI hosted a 17-11 St. Joseph’s squad and played the most exciting match o f the season. It went five games and all the way to rally scoring with the Engineers prevailing 3-2 (14-16, 15-11,15-13,14-16, 15-8). In both the third and fourth games WPI battled back from deficits of more than five points. It was an outstanding team effort as all those who played contributed to the victory.
Field Hockey (7-11 final) The field hockey team’s season came to an end last week when they were eliminated in the first round o f the conference tournament. They were defeated by Clark 3-1 on the road last Thursday. Prior to that game they were beaten by Wellesley 2-0 to end the regular season. In the game against Clark, WPI fell behind early and wasn’t able to mount an attack to cut into the lead. Senior captain Tracy Langis did end the season on a positive note when she scored with 16 seconds left, assisted by Heather Bryer and Jen Adams.
Men’s Golf (6-14 final) The men’s golf team ended their season last week when they competed in the New England Championships. Coach M assucco’s squad did well as they finished in the top ten of all the
Division III schools that competed. It was their best showing in the last five years. Sophom ore M ike W illock led the way for the E ngineers w ith a tw o-day total o f 164. He was follow ed by seniors Brian K lauber (172), captain J e ff Peterson (174); and freshm en H aig A ltoonian (178) and Jam ie C arlso n (181). C o ngratulations to our g o lf team .
Men’s Soccer (7-7-1) T he m en ’s soccer team had a rough w eek with a loss and a tie to two C onstitution A thletic team s, B abson and N orw ich, as they move tow ards the end of their 1995 season. They tied N orw ich 2-2 in overtim e and lost to B abson 3-1. In the Norwich game, WPI was behind 1-0 until one minute left in the game when Ian Buckley tied the score to send the game into the extra periods. In the first overtime, WPI took the lead on a goal by Mark Socha. Unfortunately in the second overtime period Norwich scored to tie the game again for the final 2-2. Last Thursday WPI hosted Babson College in their last home game o f the season. WPI con trolled the game and had the lead 1-0 until the Beavers tied the score with just over 12 minutes left in regulation. That goal by Babson seemed to open the flood gates as they scored two more within a span of six minutes to win the game 3-1. Eric Langlois tallied the goal for the Engineers in the first half, assisted by Mark Socha and Rad Donaldson.
IceCats send Bandits running for Baltimore by Andrew Marsella Associate Editor
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Cats 4-0 lead. About 14 minutes in, however, the Bandits did convert on a power play when Balti more left winger Steven King (how appropriate for Halloween) slapped a one-timer past Fichaud for their one and only goal of the night. The third period, once again, was all Worces ter. The IceCats were relentless, with Deuling scoring his 2nd goal o f the game about a minute and a half in, assisted by - who else - Terry Virtue, and then returning the favor as he assisted Virtue for a goal just 4 minutes later. Fichaud maintained the IceCat’s 6 -1 lead throughout the remainder of the period with some phenomenal saves, and we can only hope that the New York Islanders (with whom Fichaud is signed) decide to keep him in Worcester for a majority of the season, where we can enjoy the skill he adds to this team. It’s also rather nice to have several players (4 to be exact) tallying at least a point per game, and several others scoring real close to that pace. Although it’s still early in the season, and the Cats are only now .500 after regaining ground from a disastrous road trip, it’s a pretty safe bet that, come spring, the IceCats are going to charge into the AHL playoffs and could very well bring the Calder Cup home to Worcester. The next IceCats game is Wednesday night (Nov. 1st) at the Centrum, the first of a home and home series against the Springfield Falcons. On Friday (Nov. 3rd), the Cats travel to Springfield to finish up that series before returning home Satur day night for a 7:35 face-off against the Provi dence Bruins. N
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A weekly e-mail news summary WORIJ) EDITION For the week preceding Saturday, October 28th, 1995, here’s what happened Beyond the Farm: C ongress has moved to make significant changes in the very nature o f the federal govern ment. The House o f Representatives passed a budget proposal 227-203 Oct 26th which incor porated the tax decreases and the fundamental changes in Medicare and welfare previously passed in the last few weeks. All but ten Repub licans voted for the proposal, which balances the Federal budget in seven years. On Oct 28th, the Senate passed a similar budget, 52-47, despite attempts by Democrats to offer endless amend ments. President Clinton restated Oct 28th that he will veto the bill that will come out o f the conference comm ittee if it resem bles either present version, and both sides claim they will not back down. R ussian President Boris Y eltsin suffered a heart attack Oct 26th. W hile Y eltsin is expected to recover fully, the consequences to the next presidential election in R ussia and to international relations are not clear. In a m e e tin g e a rlie r w ith P re sid e n t C lin to n , Y eltsin had agreed O ct 23rd that the US and R ussia could work together as peacekeepers in B osnia. W hile US Secretary o f Defense W illia m P erry re p o rte d o n ly “ m o d e s t” progress in talks O ct 26th after Y eltsin ’s m ishap, the tw o sides cam e to a consensus O ct 27th to form a jo in t com m and for peace keeping, run by both N A TO and Russia.
They’re Talking About It: It is still unclear whether a man shot in Malta Oct 26th is the leader o f the Islamic Jihad. Early press reports stated that the man was a Libyan businessm an, Ibrahim Shawishm. However, both the Israeli media and a spokesperson for Islamic Jihad are now reporting that the man killed w as Dr. Fathi Shakaki, the leader o f Islamic Jihad. The same spokesperson says that if the leader has actually died that there would be motivation for violence against Israeli.
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Finally: A radio talk show host decided to call the Queen of England Oct 26th. Pretending to be Canadian Prime M inister Jean Chretien, the radio personality asked the Queen to make a statement against the independence referendum which will take place Oct 30th in Quebec. The Queen responded positively, noting that she had supported the unity o f Canada in the past, and asked the caller to fax her a text which she could read in a televised address! When the em bar rassing hoax was revealed, the Canadian gov ernm ent im mediately apologized. It is still unclear, though, whether the incident will help to energize the “Yes” vote by French-speaking Quebecers. The latest poll shows the referen dum too close to call.
And that’s what happened Beyond the Farm. Sources this week included A ll Things C on sid ered (NPR), A s It H appens (CBC/PRI), the A sso cia ted P ress new sw ire, the BBC N ewshour (BBC/PRI), the C alifornia C a p i tol R eport (KXPR/KALW), the Christian S ci ence M onitor, KCBS radio news, M arket p la ce (PRI), the N ew York Times, N ew sdav ( B B C / P R I ) , N e w s d e s k ( B B C / P R I ) , the N ewshour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), the Reuters new sw ire, Weekend Edition (NPR), and the W orld N ews Roundup (CBS radio). C om p ile d by: Lance Gleich, Stanford CA Beyond the Farm is designed to provide a reasonably short summary of a week's events fo r people who would otherwise have no chance to keep up with current events. It may be distributed/forwarded/posted anywhere. Com ments, criticisms, and requests f o r e-mail sub scription additions o r deletions should be em ailed to "lance.gleich@leland.stanford.edu. “ "http://www.stanfnrd.edu/~lglitch/btf/btf htm l” on the World Wide Web fo r back issues. Con gratulations on keeping up with the world around you!
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Three undergraduates receive Coughlin Award by Christopher Boffoli Associate Alumni Director for Fund and Programs This year at Homecoming, three undergradu ates received the WPI Community Service Award. This tradition, which began in 1988, is perhaps not well known around campus but is nonetheless a very important and prestigious award. Presented in memory of Edwin B. Coghlin ’23, the Community Service Award is presented to individual students who, thamgh leadership and determination, have demonstrated an extraor dinary commitment to community service and in doing so have set an example for the undergradu ate body at large. Mr. Coghlin was, at the time of his death in 1981, the third o f five Coghlins spanning four generations to attend WPI. He cared deepl y about people, a trait characterized by his work with such organizations as the United Way, Worcester Area Boy Scouts, Worcester Boys Club and the WPI Alumni Association. His
Prof. contributes to new book Joei J. Brattin, associate professor o f English, was the research associate for Voodoo Child: The Illustrated Legend o f Jimi Hendrix. The hardbound "graphic novel,” published by Pen guin Studio Books, is packaged with a CD of hithcrto-unreleased Hendrix recordings. Brattin has closely examined most o f Hendrix’s re corded legacy and has a persona! collection of books devoted to Hendrix, CDs, LPs, cassettes, videotapes, magazines and photographs.
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memory and the legacy o f his philanthropy have been carried on by his family. Every year a committee led by his son Ted Coghlin, Jr. ’56 solicits nominations from the WPI and Worcester Community. Consideration is given to those nominees who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to service which has had a tangible and measurable benefit to the community at large. This year's recipients, Brian Klauber, Karen Goodell and Rich Santora, all members of the Class o f 1996, stood out from the other candidates who were nominated as those who have showed a remark able commitment to a beneficial cause which was in the spirit o f what Mr. Coghlin’s effort repre sented - helping others. The award, given out during the halftime announcements at the Homecoming footbal Igame every year, was presented this year by Patricia Coghlin Williams ’85, her husband David and their son Christopher. Recipients receive a plaque and a check for $250 which is donated in their
name by the Coghlin family to the group which has most benefited from their service. Nomination forms will be distributed again in the Spring o f 1996 for the awards which will be given at the Fall Homecoming next year. It is important to continue the tradition o f this award by responding promptly to this call for nomina tions with the names o f those who you feel are most deserving, and to encourage undergraduates to commit a portion o f their time to community service work while they are here at W PI, for the benefit of others and the enrichment o f them selves.
Oral Presentation Workshop to be held An Oral Presentation Workshop to prepare applicants for the President’s IQP Awards Competition will be held W ednesday, November 8, 1995, in Salisbury Labs 104 at 4:30 p.m. Please call Barbara McCarthy at ext. 5939 for more information.
Correction In the O ctober 10th issue o f Newspeak, in a letter titled "Regarding the Goat’s Head Sta tus,” we mistakenly listed Christopher Boflbli’s title as Director o f Young Alumni Programs. His actual title is Associate Alumni Director for Fund and Programs. We apologize for this error.
Lecture to focus on effective citizenship “ From Politics to D emocracy” will be the subject o f a lecture by Rainer Koehne at 7 p.m. on W ednesday, Nov. I, in Higgins Labs 2 18. Koehne, who has done much research in politi cal philosophy and systems analysis, is cur rently lecturing in the United States and G er many on enhancing dem ocratic procedures. His talk will be followed by a discussion on “ Developing Procedures for Effective Citizen Input to Elected G overnm ent.” The H um ani ties and Arts Departm ent is sponsoring the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
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This movie is definitely not headed for the Academy Awards; horror/thrillers seldom do. That doesn't mean that it’s not good for its genre, however, and “Seven" is definitely the most nailbiting mystery/thriller I’ve seen here o f late. The plot begins at the scene o f a murder, how predictable, as Detective William Sommerset (M organ Freeman) is heading up the investiga tion. The old-cop/young-cop m otif quickly emerges as Detective Wills (Brad Pitt) arrives on the scene fortraining-Som m erset’sretiring within ((
the week and Wills is taking his job. After some squabbling, as young and old part ners often do in the movies, they are called to the scene o f another murder, this one quite unusual. W ithout going into too much gory detail, the victim is found dead at his kitchen table in a plate o f spaghetti with his hands and feel tied together with twine - a four-hundred-plus-pound victim of eating until his insides burst. Since Sommerset plans to retire within the week, he passes the case along to his protege, despite protests from his boss. Then, it happens again - another murder. This time, an assistant district attorney is found dead in his office with a
pound o f his flesh (which he apparently cut off himself) on a scale and the word G REED written on the floor in his blood. The only clue the dynamic duo has is a photo o f the lawyer’s wife with circles o f blood drawn around her eyes. Later, Sommerset returns to the scene o f the first crime and discovers the word GLUTTONY written in grease behind the refrigerator, along with a note from the murderer. He determines thal there will be five more murders, each one having to do with one of the seven deadly sins; left to deal with are (in no particular order) LUST, PRiDE, SLOTH, WRATH, and ENVY. From here on out, the plot takes some rather
American Quilt” both depressing and uplifting by Amy L. Plack Features Editor
Movies which gain the reputation o f being “chick flicks’’ don't generally do well at the box office. To be a “chick flick,” I have discovered, a movie must have strong women in lead roles and a plot largely about wom en’s issues and prob lems. These films rarely attract men; in fact the only men who go are the ones who get dragged there by their dates, girlfriends, and wives. It’s unfortunate that “How to Make an American Quilt” has been labeled as a chick flick, because both men and women can leam a lot from it. The film 's main character is Finn, a twenty-six year-old graduate student played by Winona Ryder. Finn has two big problems on her hands, one o f which is her third attempt at a master’s thesis (she got bored and never finished the first two), the second being her boyfriend Sam, who has just proposed to her. Feeling the need to get away from it all, she takes the summer for herself and goes to stay with her great-aunt G rad e and her grandmother in the country.
There, she is greeted by the quilting circle, which gathers once more to make a quilt entitled “Where love resides.” Finn discovers that the quilt is actually her wedding quilt, each patch telling a personal love story. It’squite enchanting, really, to delve into the lives o f these women, who recount their stories o f loves lost and won. One of the women was a diver in her youth, whose husband left her with their children to pursue a life o f his own. Another refuses to marry anyone but her soulmate, who, unfortunately, she met too late in life (he’s already married). Two more things have to happen now to com plete the story. Enter a brash, young hunk who tries to sweep Finn o ff her feet with strawberries and a roll in the orchard and a windstorm that blows poor Finn’s nearly-finished thesis all over town, and you have a first-rate film with every thing. 1really really liked this film because, while the tales o f all the loves lost depressed me as the movie went on and on, the ending almost freed me like a bird from a cage. Despite all the bad things that can happen when one falls in love, it’s worth
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D ates: N ovem ber 7 - D ecem ber 20, 1995 H ours: M -F Sam -11pm , Sat: 9am -9pm , Sun: noon-11pm T elephone: (508) 831-5410 Portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and oriental ink painting are featured in this exhibit of recent work by Holland, M assachusetts artist Lynn W rona. Lynn has always been fascinated by the beauty and dignity o f the people she meets. Although she works in ink, oil and w atercolor, pastels are h er medium o f choice to capture that sparkle inherent in each and every individual. Lynn exhibits at T he Tree o f Life G allery in Charlton, M assachusetts and at her studio in Holland, M assachusetts. Her w ork is included in collections in C alifornia, New York, New Jersey and M assachusetts.
Pops concert to be held November 4th by D aniel Hebert WPI Music Association On Saturday, Nov. 4th, the WPI Music Asso ciation will be presenting its annual Pops Concert featuring solo performances by Ronald Barron. Mr. Barron has been principal trombonist with the Boston Symphony since 1975 and also served as pricipal trombone for the Boston Pops for thirteen seasons. As a recitalist, he has performed across the United States, Europe, and Japan. In addition, he has made several recordings with the Canadian Brass, Empire Brass, Boston Symphony, and Boston Pops Orchestras. Mr. Barron will perform pieces with W PI’s Concert Band and Wind Ensemble. Also featured will be W PI’s Jazz Ensembles and W omen's Chorale. The show begins at 8pm in WPI’s Alden Memorial Hall. Tickets are $7 for adults and $2 for students. Refreshments will be served through out the show.
interesting twists until the murderer, played by the creepy Kevin Spacey, makes his appearance. His name: Jonathan Doe. How ironic. The police can’t seem to get his real identity out o f him, not that it matters. The ending is no surprise to the viewer, but is fulfilling somehow. You’ll see what 1 mean when you watch the film. Overall, the film is well done, except for its often dark and very wet cinematography - it doesn’t always rain in New York, and I think they were a little rain-happy. In fact, while filming an action scene in the rain, Brad Pitt fell and put his arm through a wind screen, halting filming while he had surgery on it (where was his stunt-double?). Still, the rain added to the gloom and to Somm erset’s frustration with his job and his town. One thing I just didn’t get about the film was how they could track the killer by his library card, with a little top secret information from the Bu reau, when he had a library full of books. The killer is extremely well-read and intelligent - it’s just his rationale that doesn’t quite gel with that of the rest of society. The role of Sommerset wasn’t a great one for Freeman, although he did make the best o f it. Truthfully, just about anyone could have played him, and Freeman really didn’t bring anything fresh to the role of the old, unhappy cop. Pitt’s performance as Mills was cocky, but that’s noth ing new for him, either - it was a Tom Cruise kind o f role that, again, just about anyone could have done. Spacey, as always, sends chills up your spine with his rationale behind the brutal killings in which he forces most of his victims to kill them selves by their sins or by the opposites o f them. His performance here is akin to that in ‘T he Usual Suspects,” and both films are definitely worth checking out.
“Keats” to be performed November 7th British actor and playwright Paul Harris will perform his one-m an show “ Keats” Tuesday, N ovem ber 7 at W orcester Polytechnic Institute in Riley Commons. The performance begins al 8pm, with doors opening at 7:30pm. All arc welcome to attend this free performance. For more information please call (508) 831-5426. “ K eats” is based on the life o f John K eats, one o f the greatest o f all English poets. K eats considered h im self a failure w hen he died at the age o f 25, but today his poetry is c o m pared to that o f W ordsw orth, M ilton, and Shakespeare. “ K eats” centers on the life o f the man that produced such great w orks o f literature. Paul H arris’ play is not only about the poetry, but about Keats him self. It is an absorbing and am using play that sheds new light o nto K eats as a person. "K eats” o rig i nally prem iered to critical acclaim in E n gland and then toured to Italy. T he play w as first perform ed in the United S tates at H arvard U niversity. Mr. H arris’ current tour co v ers eleven states, ranging from T exas to M assa chusetts. His appearance at W PI is m ade possible by the W PI D epartm ent o f H u m an i ties and A rts, the WPI S peakers Fund, the Fine A rts C om m ittee, and the W orcester State C o lleg e D epartm ent o f English.
Sneak Preview: “The American President” The WPI Social C om m ittee is proud to present a sneak preview o f “The A m erican President,” a Castle Rock Entertainm ent/Colu mbia Pictures feature opening across the coun try on N ovem ber 17th. Through special ar rangem ent, members o f the WPI com m unity will be able to view the film free o f charge on Friday, Novem ber 10th at 8:00pm in Perreault Lecture Hall, Fuller Labs. Starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Richard Drey fuss, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, David Paymer, and Anna Deavere Smith, the film takes a poignant kxik al what would happen if an eligible bachelor president of the U.S. would have a relationship with one of his constituents. When widowed President Andrew Shephard (M ichael Douglas) unexpectedly falls in love with environm ental lobbyist Sydney W ade ( Annette Bening), he must face obstacles which never confront the average citizen. Interfering with his efforts to m aintain a relationship and personal privacy are an inquiring press, ap proval ratings and an aggressive political oppo nent (Richard Drey fuss). The film was produced and directed by Rob R einer (A Few Good M en, M isery, When Harry Met Sally) and is rated PG-13. Passes will be available beginning O ctober 31st on a first-conic, first-served basis to stu1
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National Science Foundation looking for next year’s graduate students by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief The National Science Foundation is taking applications for its 1996-97 aca demic year NSF Graduate Fellowships and NSF Minority Graduate Fellow ships until November 6. NSF “seeks to ensure the vitality o f the human resource base o f science, mathematics, and engi neering in the United States and to rein force its diversity. To that end, the NSF will award approximately 1,000 new three-year fellowships in March 1996." These fellowships are intended for students who are at or near the beginning of their graduate studies and the compe tition is open to undergraduates in their senior year and graduate students in their first year of studies. Other require ments regarding citizenship and areas o f study are included in the application. There arc three ways to apply, the first being through the internet. An
electronic application can be submitted through NSF FastLane, located at URL: http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/. For fur ther information see “FastLane: doing business with NSF electronically" on the N S F h o m ep ag e U RL: h ttp :// www.nsf.gov/ or call the Division of information Systems (703) 306-1142. The second method involves the NSF electronic publishing system STIS—the Sciences and Technology Information System. Through e-mail you can have the announcement and application forms sent to you, available in a PDF printable blank form or a Word for Windows 6.0 O n lin e form . S en d e -m a il to: stisserve@nsf.gov, leave the subject line blank and enterthe following in the body o f the message: get fmgfkitp.txt get fmgfkild.txt Binary get fmgfkitp.pdf get fmgfkitd.doc
The Forms Kit instructions detail how to receive a single application form file if desired. The third way to apply is by direct request from NSF. Call (423) 241-4300 or FAX (423) 241-4513 or e-m ail nsfgrfp@ orau.gov. A complete application consists of the following: An applicant information form, a Fellowship application form, a proposed plan o f study or research form, a previous research form, a course report form, an undergraduate GPA form, aca demic transcripts, reference report forms (four arc requested) and supporting let ters and GRE scores attained since Octo ber 1, 1990. Educational Testing Service must receive your request for the GRE by November 3 and the first five items in the application requirements list must be postmarked by November 6. The GRE will be given on December 9 and the rest of the application is due by December
15. Fellowships are awarded on the basis of ability, including academic records re c o m m en d atio n s re g a rd in g the applicant’s qualifications and GRE scores. Each application will be re viewed by disciplinary panels o f scien tists, mathematicians and engineers con vened for N SFby Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Secondary criteria include such items as geographical region, gen der, and discipline. G RE scores are a highly important
part of the application and the subject test should be taken in the applicant’s field when available. NSF will pay G R E test fees for applicants who reg ister for the December 9, 1995, paperand-pencil adm inistration provided that (1) NSF application is the prim ary purpose and (2) the G RE Registration Form is received at ETS no later than N ovem ber 3, 1995. Further inform a tion regarding sponsorship o f G R E fees is included in the application in formation.
WPI graduate program information session For more information on W PI’s graduate programs in science, engineering and management, join us on Thursday, November 2, 1995 in Salisbury Labs, Room 104 at 6:00 p.m. Contact the Graduate Admissions Office at ext. 5301 or e-mail jernberg@wpi.edu to reserve your space.
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Philler Paper Clips and Vegetarians - Do Whatever the Little Voices Tell You To Do by Laurel and Guinevere W ow , a H allow een article. W e h a v en ’t w ritten one o f these since... N ope, never w rote one before. We w ould think of som ething scary to w rite for this w eek ’s article, but w e'v e agreed that delving that far into o u r mind w ould prove to be disconcerting. Hope everyone had a p roductive, ra th e r, u n productiv e, fall b reak ... U nfortunately for us, being forcibly kicked out o f this fine university (by
virtue o f foolishly c o m p letin g all the requirem ents for g rad u atio n , not for anything that w ould d etract from o u r spotless im age), and h aving to be in the real w orld (sort o f), we d id not have the luxury o f an y th in g even rem otely akin to a “b re a k ” to enjoy, (pause for severe bout o f w hining... and w aiting for sy m p ath y ... w ait ing... w aiting...] Ok, now that th a t’s done, lets get dow n to b u sin ess - no th a t’s not a toast. Speaking o f breaks (w ow , co n ti n uity!)...
Just a Thought One Vote fo r the General by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Minstry In case you lost touch w ith the com in g s and goings o f the w orld o ver break. 1 thought 1 w ould catch you up in the w orld o f Presidential p olitics. As things go these days, the Presidential cam paign for 1996 has already started in 1995; in fact, it p ractically began the day after the 1994 m id-term congressional e le c tions. Just can ’t wait to get out there and pum p the hands and beg for m oney and mug for the new s cam era soon enough. And it is not enough just to get out there and raise money and state your beliefs for the public lo wrestle with and criticize. The hungering mob which makes up what passes for American journalism these days also wants to know who you have slept with and when, if you have paid all your taxes, bills, and credit cards, and if you are now or have ever been a human being. Every secret, every little known fact, and every piece o f minutae o f your life will be dredged up and put on Hard Copy, 60 Minutes, and Geraldo Dead, I m ean Geraldo Alive. Is this any way to choose o u r le a d ers? W e A m ericans ju st cannot make it easy on ourselves. We have this h unger to dissect and analyze and c riticize and hum iliate anyone who dares think they want lo be our P resi dent. Is it any w onder m any good p eople look at this brutalizing p ro cess and say, “N o thank y o u .” Into this cauldron com es C olin Pow ell. The retired and decorated G eneral and form er C hairm an o f the Joint C hiefs of S ta ff is considering a run for the W hite House. His present popularity is such that the m edia is ready to inaugurate him President. G eneral Powell has ju s t finished a book tour where he was m obbed and tickled with the Polom ac fever. And the q uestion currently driving e v eryone who cares about p o litics is.
“ Will he run or w on’t h e?” For w hat it is w orth, and not very m uch, I hope C olin Pow ell runs for President. Here are my reaso n s. First, I believe w ith the racial d iv i sions in our country o n ce m ore at the forefront, Powell may be the only candidate w ho can begin the healing dialo g u e we need so d esp erately . And he may be the o n ly cand id ate who cares. Looking at how the other candidates - from C lin to n to Dole to all the o th er clow ns - are running from the question, Pow ell may be our only hope. (C an you believe President B ubba actu a lly said he was surprised at the reactio n s to the OJ verdict! And what planet docs he serve on?) Second, if he runs in the R epubli can prim aries w hich m ake the most sense, he will ab so lu tely d rive the C hristian C oalition and the R eligious Right nuts! Here they are, salivating at the prospect o f an o in tin g (a good B iblical term !) the R epublican ca n d id ate, and along co m e s G en eral Powell w ith a m oderate R epublican position - pro choice, pro affirm a tive action, for lim ited gun control threatening to cancel their c o ro n a tion. The scream ing you h ear from P al R o b e rts o n an d th e “ N E W T S T E R " an d R a lp h R eed (head o f the C hristian C oalition) is their fear he could win and they would be out on their B ibles. For me, it w ouldn’t get m uch b e t ter. Just know ing a Pow ell can d i dacy w ould drive th o se se lf-rig h teous pow er m ongers crazy would be enough for me to volunteer to push P o w ell’s cam paign bus. B e yond my ow n private jo y , 1 think C olin Powell w ould help bring som e sanity and presence !o the Presidency it so desperately needs. O w ing n o th ing to anyone, he cou ld govern out o f c o n v ic tio n not c o n v e n ie n c e . W ouldn’t that be a sw itch ? Powell ju st m ight be what o u r cou n try needs right now. H e’ll get my vote.
Hi Laurel & Guinevere I've got a perplexing question fo r you. (Well it's not really that p e r plexing I'm ju st curious.) Why is it that our spring "recess” is held in the winter and not in the spring?? I was looking up the dates the other day and the break is from March 213th. Unless I'm ju st really confused, th at’s still winter... I think maybe we need to change the name o f our break in March to something else... any ideas??! Thanks fo r reading my let ter and I hope that you can clear this matter up fo r me! Jen Johnson 96
4. the “break!? - 1 w as busy finish ing my M Q P!” break 3. the “ totally un-PC , suspiciously clo s e to a C h ristia n h o lid a y ” break 2. the “any excuse to leave W orces te r” break and the N um ber O ne New and G reatly Im proved N ame for Spring Break: O.J. A ppreciation W eek (th a t's orange juice, people -g eesh !)
2 things I found interesting in my wanderings about this fine campus o f ours, and they 're both in Boynton Hall... The first is that WPI is lying. In fact, the lie is etched in stone so to speak.. Over the main entrance to Boynton, there is a sign that begins ‘Free Institute’... someone should tell the accounting office about it, especially since it is practically right outside their office... The second is inside. Go down stairs and hang a right. Walk about 10 feet forw ard and look at the door on your right, and the sign next to it., notice the arrow.... Brian ■ <, i ; ‘xli hufjiTi A u! j j / . a/A -
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Top 10 List of New and Greatly Improved Names for Spring Break 10. $90 air fare to F lorida week 9. P hiller Days 8. the “ not even close to any o th e r c o lle g e ’ s sp rin g b re a k " break 7. the “break, w hich, until so very recen tly , was cheerfully know n as ‘Spring B reak ,’ but since Jen pointed out the inco n sisten cy in its nam e, w e’ve all becom e te rri bly co n fu sed about it now ” break 6. the third break 5. the “w eaker than a diseased po le cat in a 15 g allon drum o f curdled m o la s s e s tr y in g to c a tc h an unpeeled c arro t” break
</olfc11sp<akSon3700 c-mMncu-sp&itpiifxtxAi W hatever the nam e, this break is usually concluded w ith a return to sunny W orcester, and a rath er ugly brawl involving annoyed pasty-w hite people beating up on those darned tan people. Just because we d o n ’t have any m elan in , d o e s n ’t m ean that... Oh. Sorry. Um, next letter! Brian D. Pothier w rites:
Brian, do you m ean to tell us that we got our degrees from the w rong school!? W e c a n ’t believe this! Four years, and no one told us! Just th in k o f all the money that we spent, and how much more stu ff w e could have purchased had w e only been going to the “F ree ^ Institute” instead o f the p a in fully expensive one. T hanks for telling us, but c o u ld n ’t you have noticed this a LIT TL E B IT E A R LIER! The loss in new C D s alone is alm ost m ore than we can bear! Som ebody over in B oynton is going to hear about this... (T he point you made about the “Financial A id" sign pointing to the safe we already discussed in a previous article - g et w ith the program , pal.) Bye.
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Student G overnm ent A Agenda for the meeting of Tuesday, October 31, 1995 To be held in the Lower Wedge I.
CaU to Order - President Connelly II. R o ll C a ll - P re sid en t Connelly III. Approval of Minutes of Meet ing held October 10, 1995 President Connelly IV. P resident’s Remarks - Presi dent Connelly V. Vice President’s Remarks Vice President Reidy VI. Secretary’s Remarks - Presi dent Connelly VII. T reasurer’s R em arks-T rea surer Snow
-C om m ittee on A cadem ic O p eratio n s - C o m m itte e on A c a d e m ic Policy -C om m ittee on Student A d v is ing -E d u c a tio n a l D e v e lo p m e n t C om m ittee -W o rld W ide W eb D e sig n C om m ittee
XV. Motion SI - R ules o f the Student G o v ern ment A ssociation o f W o rces te r P o ly te c h n ic In s titu te S enator Sprague
XVI. Motion S2 - An Act to Amend the C o n sti tution (F irst Vote) - S enator W 'oodbury
XVII. XVIII.
Announcements Adjournment
sso c ia t io n
U nofficial M in u te s fo r th e m eeting o f O cto b er 10, 1995 M e etin g held in the L o w er W edge
I. II.
M eeting called to order at 6:05 PM. Attendance: Executive Board:
ported that the com m ittee will be ta lk in g w ith the library sta ff in defense of their re cent letter during B-term . A letter reg ard in g public safety was sent on b eh alf o f SGA to S teve Hebert along with C h ief H a n lo n . T h e C o n so rtiu m schedule is still on its way to being revised.
act to am end the B ylaw s by repealing A rticles I, V, VI, V II, V III, IX, and X to be replaced as T itles 2-6, 9, and 10 as printed. S enator Plack seconded. S enator Sprague noted in discussion that these changes are only changes in form at and not ch an g es in substance. S en ato r F inley m oved to ta b le . S e n a to r C leary seconded. M otion to table failed. Main m otion was returned to floor. M otion 19a.95 passed.
rcscntative Plack asked us all to please look o v er the w eb serv er and let her or any o f the com m ittee know how we feel that it serves as a student resource.
P resident’s Remarks:
P resident C onnelly noted that S h annon F in ley is her a p p o in tm e n t to th e In s titu te S afety C o m m itte e . T h e Secretary has resigned from his office as o f 10/9/95. T he resignation letter is found in the office. T he office o f Senate: ) S ecretary is now vacant and A lf r e d A n d ra d e , the a p p o in tm e n t w ill be H e a th e r C le a r y , S h elly A nn C o te, m ade at the beginning o f BR yan D aly, S h a n term . A nyone that is inter_ ested in this ap pointm ent non F inley, S im ba should see the P resident as D u t-M a z u m d a r, STU D EN T GOVERNM ENT ASSOCIATION soon as possible. Rachel M a rn i H a ll, Ed B utland will now be the a c t H a lli s s e y , S e th K in tig h , E lectio n s: C h air Daly in tro duced the new m em bers on ing Secretary until such tim e M ic k e y L a c ro ix , M ic h a e l the 9 5 -9 6 S enate and w el M ark s, A m y P lack , Ju stin as an appointm ent is m ade. c o m e d th em on b e h a lf o f VI. Old Business: S prague, K risten Stagg, T im SG A. T u lly , C indy V ollaro. N o O ld B usiness C a th y C o n n e lly , P re s id e n t; M a tth e w F r e im u th , V ic e P re sid e n t; R ach el B u tla n d , A c tin g WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE S e c r e t a r y ; G re g S now , T reasu rer.
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-A nnouncem ent o f o pening o f n o m in a tio n s fo r A ssista n t T reasu rer
VIII. Comm ittee on Policies and Procedures Report - Senator O lszewski IX. Comm ittee on Elections Re port - Vice President Reidy X. Comm ittee on Academic Ini tiatives Report - Senator Hall XI. Comm ittee on Public Rela tions Report - Senator Stagg XII. Comm ittee on Student Life Issues Report - Senator Plack XIII. C om m ittee on A ppropria tio n s R eport - T reasu rer Snow XIV. A cad em ic C om m ittee R e ports - President Connelly
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P a u la B re z n ia k (e x c u s e d ), B e th G e n tr y , R ebecca H o ffm an (e x c u s e d ), Ja s o n M ick ey (e x c u s e d ), Je re m y O lszew ski (ex cused ), A dam W oodbury
C om m ittee on A cadem ic O p e r a t i o n s : R e p r e s e n ta tiv e R achel B utland reported that there are som e ME proposals that are com ing through the co m m ittee. E d u c a tio n a l D e v e lo p m e n t C o u n c il: R e p r e s e n ta tiv e S im b a D u t-M a z u m d a r r e ported that the com m ittee is lo o k in g at se v e ra l is su e s, am ong them includes reas sessin g the WPI ed u catio n and how to d o that. A lso the TA Program is being looked at. C om m ittee on Student A dvis in g : R e p re s e n ta tiv e C ra ig H ansen noted that on O cto b er 23, 1995, there will be an A cad em ic A d v isin g W o rk shop. T h ere is also d iscu s sion on m a tte rs in v o lv in g H ealth S ervices. The office is looking for suggestions on a policy for w ritten excuses from classes. R epresentative H ansen ask e d that anyone w ho has input into this m atter please e-m ail or talk with him. W eb D esign C om m ittee: Rep-
Parliamentarian: Jen n ife r Y am bert
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Approval o f Minutes: T he m inutes o f the m eeting held 10/3/95 w ere approved w ith the fo llo w in g g ram m ati cal corrections; T hese co rrectio n s can be found in the SGA office.
IV.
Committee Reports: -SGA Committees P ublic R elations: C h air S tagg reported that the com m ittee w ill be lo o k in g at the W eb Pages for the Student G o v e rn m e n t in th e u p c o m in g term . P o licies and Procedures: C h air S p ra g u e re p o rte d lh at the com m ittee is w orking on the standing ru les and any su g g estio n s as to w hat sho u ld be in them are w elcom e. C om m ittee on Student L ife Is sues (C SLI): C h a ir Plack re-
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T reasurer Snow rem arked that there will be a letter going out tom orrow (10/11/95) to inform the student groups of the fiscal changes.
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Vice-President’s Remarks: A c tin g v ic e - p r e s i d e n t Freim uth created an ad-hoc C o m m ittee on O rie n ta tio n / R etreat. T his com m ittee will be c o - c h a ir e d by b o th Freim uth and vice-president Reidy. T he retreat w ill be taking place on N ovem ber 34. It is a m andatory event for all Senators.
New Business: M o tio n 1 6 a.95 — S e n a to r Plack m oved im plem ent the fiscal policy chang es into the B ylaw s. S enator Stagg se c onded. S e v e ra l f r ie n d ly am endm ents o f gram m atical c o rre c tio n s w ere m ade by T re a s u re r S n o w . S e n a to r Plack accepted the friendly am endm ents. R oll C all vote w as called. M otion 16a.95 p a ss e d (1 7 -l-2 ). M o tio n 1 7 a .95 — S e n a to r P lack m oved to Set the R eim b u rsem en t R ates. S e n a to r F in le y se c o n d e d . M o tio n 17a.95 passed. M o tio n 18a.95 — S e n a to r S ta g g m o v e d to a p p ro v e P resident C o n n elly ’s ap p o in t m ent o f S enator Finley to the Institute S afety C om m ittee. S enator D ut-M azum dar se c onded. M o tio n 1 8 a .95 passed. M o tion 19a.95 — S e n a to r S prague m oved to accept an
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VIII. Treasurer’s Remarks:
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Announcements: -A p p ro p ria tio n s c o m m itte e will be w orking on the bud get packets for the beginning o f B-term . - P r e s id e n t C o n n e lly a n nounced that K irsty R eidy will be resum ing her role as the vice-president at the be ginning o f B -term . A special note o f thanks w as g iven to M att Freim uth for his terrific jo b done on filling the posi tion for A -term . Senator H allissey m oved to ad journ. Seconded by S enator D u t-M a z u m d a r. M o tio n passed.
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Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. For com plete reports o r for more inform ation contact the Student G overnm ent O ffice located in D aniels Hall
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The Third Body by Tom Balistrieri D irector o f the Counseling and Student Development Center _____________ (CSDC) _____________ The CSDC staff intends to p eri odically submit articles toNewspeak in an effort to convey important in formation to you. We hope you enjoy the articles and encourage you to come on down to the house on 157 West Street and spend some time with Bev, Susanna, Charlie, Sandy, Dan, Dawn, and me. We also would be willing to entertain any questions you might want answered, kind o f a “ F rasier ” in newspaper form. Send your questions to the CSDC and we 'II see if we can answer them fo r you in next week's newspaper. The article this week is about relationships. Hope you enjoy it. Joseph C am pbell defined relatio n ship as w ithin the context o f love and defined love as pure kindness. Stop a m om ent and c o n s id e r h is w o rd s.......... that when you are in a relatio nship y o u r thoughts, w ords, and actions should be m otivated by pure kindness. T he k indness begins w ithin. We m ust learn to be kind to o urselves. To listen to ourselves and o u r needs. To forgive ourselves for not being perfect. T o pat ourselves on the back w hen we do well. T o eat healthy food, e x e rcise, sleep, co n tin u e to learn, and not abuse our body and soul. W hen we are able to be kind to ourselves living this kindness b e com es a way o f life. When m otivated by kindness we arc less apt to d e stroy o u r w orld and in fact create w ays to m ake all things grow and prosper. A natural outcom e o f this self-directed kindness lhat naturally
Hows out into the w orld is o u r in creased ab ility to attract the a tte n tion and affection o f others. If w e arc lucky we w ill catch the attention and affectio n o f that person who will share w ith us the ex p erien ce o f “ fin d ing the th ird body.” If tw o people u n d erstan d and p rac tice the kindness o f w hich we speak, ex p erien ce this m utual love, so m e thing truly w onderful m anifests it self w hen the two are together. W hat appears is alm ost im possible to un d erstand, to explain. W hat appears is a third body com posed o f the love, c a rin g , u n d e rs ta n d in g , lis te n in g , touch, and kindness o f the two. The tw o feel it w ithin th em selv es yet sim ultaneously feel it in the room and in the other. It is in the sparkle of the o th e r’s eyes, in the w arm th o f the room w hen they en ter, in the thought they both have and then ex p ress at exactly the same lim e. The third body is e sp ecially present w hen the two are q u iet, no w ords need to be said, yet th e room is in v ariab ly filled with
affection, love, and understanding. M aybe the third body is the c o m b i nation o f the spirit o f the tw o. I d o n ’t know. But w hat I do know is the third body do es not ap p ear or m ake itself know n if p eople are unhappy, u n kind, o r abusive. R elationships are hard. K indness to se lf or others is not alw ays easy to com e by. But you will find deep g ratificatio n in the effort spent attem p tin g to find the third body. W hen the third body enters the room all is m agic and the troubles o f life briefly d isap p ear. S top treating one another as b o d ies to be had, trophies to be won, item s to be g aw k ed at or chided. R elationship is not about hunting, laying, taking, screw ing, or victory. R elationship is about pure kindness, in tuition, com m unication, care, and com passion. It is about creating not destroying. R elationship is not only about tw o p eo p le....it is about c re a t ing the third body.
A m an and a w om an sit near each o ther, and they do not long at this m om ent to be o ld er, or you n ger, nor born in any o th e r nation, or tim e, o r place. T hey are co ntent to be w here they are, talk in g or not-talking. T h eir breaths to g eth er feed som eone w hom we do not know. T he man sees the way his fingers m ove; he sees her hands close around a book she hands to him . They obey a third body that they share in com m on. T hey have m ade a prom ise to love lhat body. Age m ay com e, p arting m ay com e, death will come. A man and a wom an sit near each o ther; as they b reathe they feed som eone we do not know, som eone wc know of, w hom we have never seen. -R obert Bly L oving a W om an in Tw o W orlds
The Provost Search C om m ittee is now w elcom ing ap p licatio n s from W PI faculty m em bers for the p o s i tion o f A ssociate Provost for A ca d em ic A ffairs. T his position in co r p orates the duties form erly fulfilled by the D ean o f U ndergraduate S tu d ies and the Dean o f G raduate Studies and R esearch. The position o f A sso ciate P rovost for A cadem ic A ffairs p rovides crucial in tellectu al, p e d a g o g ical, and adm inistrative lead e r ship. T h u s the com m ittee w ishes to e n courage all m em bers o f the W PI c o m m u n ity to urge those facu lty w hom they believe w ould excel at this position to apply. The search will be an internal search. After a sufficient num ber o f highly qualified candidates have been identi fied, the committee will arrange oppor tunities for the candidates to present
their views on academic leadership to the community. They will then solicit community reaction and formulate our recommendations on the appointment. A pplicants should subm it a state m ent o f interest to g eth er w ith a vita and w hatever other supporting m a terials they w ish the com m ittee to consider to P rofessor Jam es H anlan, S earch C om m ittee C hair, H um ani ties & A rts D epartm ent. A pplica tions should be subm itted no later than Friday, N ovem ber 17. M em bers o f the Search C om m it te e in c lu d e P r o f e s s o r R o n a ld B ie d c rm a n , M E ; R e g is tra r K ari B lin n ; V ice P r e s id e n t B e rn a rd B row n; G reg Findlen, C lass o f ’96; Professor Jam es H anlan, HU (C hair); G reg Shearm an, ME G raduate S tu dent. P rofessor R ichard V az, ECE; P rofessor Pam ela W eathers, BB.
IEEE president will visit WPI J. T hom as C ain, a U niversity o f P ittsburgh professor o f electrical e n g in eerin g who is the current p re s i dent o f the Institute for E lectrical and E lectronics E ngineers, will share his th o u g h ts on the future o f the e le c tric a l e n g in e e rin g p ro fe ssio n , electrical engineering education, and the IE E E at the next m eeting o f the o rg a n iz a tio n ’s W orcester section on M onday. Nov. 6, at 6 :30 p.m. in A tw ater Kent 116. C ain, who received his Ph.D . in ele c trical engineering from the U n i versity o f Pittsburgh in 1970, has been a m em ber o f the u n iv e rsity ’s E E dep artm en t since 1966. His a r eas o f interest include real-tim e sy s tem s, including control o f n onlinear sy stem s, and robot m anipulators in p articular. He was nam ed an IEEE Fellow for his lead ersh ip and his co n trib u tio n s to co m p u ter science and engineering education and served in num erous leadership roles before b ecom ing president. He is a form er m em ber o f (he board o f directors o f
the A ccreditation Board fo r E ngi neering and T echnology (A B E T ) and a form er president o f the C om puting Science A ccreditation Board. “ H istorically, IEEE R egion I has been hom e to m ajor portions o f the com puter industry and defense elec tronics," says John A. O rr, head o f the electrical and C om puter E ngi neering D epartm ent. “O ver the past decade the com puter landscape has changed drastically, from the d om i nance of the m inicom puter to the rise o f the w orkstation and personal com puter. M ore recently, the de fense electronics industry has begun a d r a s tic r e o r g a n iz a t io n a n d dow nsizing. T here is reason to be lieve that some structural changes may be occurring to the electrical engineering profession, for e lec tri cal engineering education, and for the IE E E." An optional, on-cam pus dinner will follow the meeting; reservations are required. For more information call ext. 5273 or e-mail orr@ ece.w pi.edu.
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A ttentioncivil engineers!! A SCE will bring you the first “First M onday o f the M onth Speaker" to you on M onday, N ovem ber 6 at 6:00 pm in KH 204. T he featured speaker will be Mr. T hom as H oover, city m anager for the city o f W orcester. He is a civil engineer, and will speak about his rather unusual career path, as well as som e o f the m ajor civil engineering projects in progress in W o rces ter. This should be interesting for all civil engineering discip lin es, due to the variety o f projects going on in W orcester. T his is a great opportunity for all civils to see w hat happens in the real w orld. From freshm en who are deciding upon a m ajor, to so p h o m ores p o n d e rin g w hy you are su ffe rin g through statics, to ju n io rs thin k in g about which type o f C E to g o into, to seniors w ho still d o n ’t know w hat you are doing next year; all o f you may pick up som e valuable career inform ation. T he m eeting should last from 6:00 to 7:30, w ith a short business m eeting proceeding Mr. H oover’s talk. A n y one who has not filled out a m em bership application or paid their $10.00 can do so at this m eeting. And, if you d o n ’t know yet, com e and find out w hat else A SCE can do for you! F inally, the one contestant for the tee shirt design contest has requested som e c o m petition, so the deadline for tee shirt designs has been extended for a couple o f w eeks. L et’s see som e cool designs! See you on N ovem ber 6.
W elcom e back all. B -term is up and ro ll ing, and we are g etting back into the sw ing o f things. Praise the L ord for the w onderful educational o p p o rtu n ities you have here at WPI. Priase Him fo rth e fello w sh ip op p o rtu nities as w ell. As it w as m ost o f A -term , Friday N ight Fellow ship will be Friday nights at 7:00pm in the low er w edge. T h is is a tim e o f fellow ship, learning, and praise. M eet S atu rd ay m o rn in g in front o f A lum ni at 10:30am for a tim e o f fun and sports. In addition, th is w eek, as an added bonus, 1981 WPI alum ni Steve A m ato will be a guest speaker. He will be giving a lecture on E vidence for the E xistance o f G od. W hile at W PI, Mr. A m ato did his Suff. on this topic. Since that tim e he has co n tinu ed to research it. The program will be T h u rsd ay Nov. 2, at 7:30pm in S L I0 5 . It w ill end w ith a short question and answ er session. All who are interested are invited to attend th is free event.
BiLAGA Hello again, everyone. W elcom e to Bterm . Just think, y o u ’ll be taking m idterm s in tw o to three w eeks, and w o n ’t that be fun? M eanw hile, com e to the BiLAGA m eeting this W ednesday, N ovem ber 1, 1995, to get your m ind o ff o f annoying things like classes — sam e tim e, sam e place! If you d o n ’t know what w e 're talking about, direct q u estio n s to bilaga@ w pi.edu and one o f our o fficers will put you on the m ailing list if y o u ’d like. M em bership is confidential. BiLAGA is the B isexual, Lesbian, and G ay A lliance at W PI. We are a support and educational student-run organization. R em em ber, e-m ail q uestions to bilaga@ w pi.edu o r snail-m ail to BiLAGA c/o WPI Student A ctivities O ffice.
Glee Club Hey G uys, it seem s like ev ery o n e had a good vacation but now it’s back to the grind. W ells ought to be a good tim e th is w eekend. See S tein er for tips on p icking up W ells chicks. H e’s a pro. D on’t plan on seeing Babb all w eekend, h e’s going to be “b u sy .” M ooch and S to d d ard will be w ith us too. (Just a w ord to the unw ary traveler; stay out o f the M ooch mobile at all co sts.) Big bro th er events will be kicking in soon too so stay tuned for m ore info on that. T hanks to every o n e w ho show ed up on F riday, I hope you had a good time. If you have any su ggestions tell one o f the o fficers. A lso, d o n ’t forget to show up for your p h o n e-a-th o n tim es, it’s really im por tant that we do well on that. If anyone com es up w ith m ore fundraising ideas those w ould be app reciated too. R em em ber, E ngland/ Ire land is ju st aro u n d the co rn er and it a in ’t free. Keep in tune and w e’ll be sin g in g for the Q ueen before you know it, ju st not the Q ueen yo u ’re thin k in g of. T h a t’s it. Later.
ISC Here we are again after the break... 1 d o n ’t know about you guys but we had a very relax ing break and therefore we don’t want to write
SWE Hi SW E m em bers!! Did everyone have a nice break? I certainly hope so. Well now it’s B -term and we n eed'to get back into the sw ing o f things! O ur first m eeting is going to be held T hursday, N ovem ber 2 at 7pm in SL 104. E veryone should com e and find out about everything th a t’s going on. We need to get started w ith our "pagent show !” A lso, G irl Scout Day is right around the corner and w e’re going to need volunteers! So com e to the m eeting and find out w h at’s going on!
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W elcom e back everyone and know that the N ew m an C lub is holding a w elcom e back night at the R elig ious C enter on Friday, N o vem ber 5th at 5 :30 pm. The party will be a pasta and video night. O ur Italian C hef, John D. spent the term break in the S tate o f Penn sylvania learning new recipes and so he claim s he is prepared to stage another great Italian supper. So com e on dow n and see if he learned anything. T he agenda com m ittee is m eeting on T uesd ay , O ct. 31 at noon to set up the agenda for the N ew m an m eeting on M onday night, Nov. 13th. A lso the club w ill be spon soring a trip to L aSallette on D ec. 5th to sec the lights follow ed by supper at W right’s C hicken Farm . D etails can be o b tained from Becky P rince, Sue R oosa, Tom Hart, Deb Foley, or F ath er S. A lso feel free to inform those nam ed if you have any ideas for the
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Diversity at WPI: Are we all that or are we bluffing? W ednesday, L k i.
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NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY!!! S h o w your support by w earing your triangles, freedom rings, and best rainbow colors.. W ant m ore info.? 11'you have questions, need som eone to talk to, or ju s t w ant to get involved, contact b i l a g a ^ w p i .e d u B il.A G A — B isexual, Lesbian, an d G ay A lliance at W'PI
This year WPI’s Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Allianct (BiLAGA) hopes to do more outreach to the campus
Diversity walks a thin line in the United States. With the cold war monster gone, America has gotten a chance to look at itself, and the result is not as pleasing as it should be. The nation’s foundation has started to crack without the common enemy being someone else. Racial tensions have increased, leading to violent riots in LA and other places. New immigration policies and re-evaluation o f affirmative action has been requested for some groups to the astonishment o f others. The Oklahoma City' bombing opened the eyes o f the United States on militia and terrorism acts that lie within our borders. Boston’s famous St. Patrick, ’s Parade grew controversial as certain groups opposed the participation o f homosexuals. Domestic violence was exposed in the OJ Simpson case showing the US that it is an ongoing issue for many women. But that’s out there in the real world ... back here, while we enjoy the privilege o f higher learning, are we aiming fo r a degree or fo r an education? WPI tries to turn out well-rounded individuals... but are we trying to become well-rounded individuals? Are we taking the time to become the leaders o f tomorrow, becoming more open-minded and making the most out o f every opportunity WPI has to offer? Are we taking the time to prepare ourselves fo r life outside the classroom? Will we be able to deal comfortably in an ever-growing, diverse world after graduation? This special feature deals with one o f the many controversial issues that we face at WPI today, issues that we face not as students but as individuals. Names were changed to protect the privacy o f those interviewed. Thanks to the BiLAGA Officers and those who were interviewed.
Bisexual, Lesbian And Gay Alliance aims to educate the community by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor T he b isex u al, lesbian and gay alliance (BiLAG A) at WPI has existed for 7 years now and their mailing list is up to about 25 people. How ever, according to its vice-president Kevin, ‘96, that number does not represent the actual number o f gay people on campus. ‘T here are by far more people who are gay on this campus. They are just not open about it or they are reluctant to admit it to themselves,” he said claiming that according to recent statistics 1 out o f every 10 people is gay. The BiLAGA officers emphasized that the group is foreverybody who wants to get involved. “We have some members who are gay-friendly people, they are straight but want to support their friends who are gay or bisexual,” according to Kevin. BiLAG A at WPI is not the only gay group in Worcester. Clark, Worcester State College and Anna Maria also have BiLAGA organizations, and the city also has a gay youth program. “We are a lot stronger than we were. We are trying to make people more aware that we exist and that we are actually getting more involved on campus,” said Kevin. Marie, BiLAGA’s president, says that in the past most officers were not comfortable being out and that was the main reason why BiLAG A was not publicized: they want to change that. “We want to make a bigger effort to be more out, more available and do more outreach to the commu
nity." BiLAGA is more o f a support group for gay students and faculty than an active club. “ It is a place where you can meet friends without feeling threatened,” said Stacy, ‘98,B iL A G A 's treasurer, who explained that they also try to do some com m unity work. "A lot o f the money we had was used to buy books for the BiLAG A library. Some o f them are old, and some o f them are very funny." But the key issue for BiLAGA is to educate the community. “It takes exposure to break down stereotypes that are based on ignorance. People who are hateful and homophobic don’t have to stay that way. We are here to try to educate the rest o f the campus and ourselves,” Marie said. Ac cording to her, people tend to be more openminded once they get to know somebody who is gay. “Most o f the time, they don’t know anybody who is gay, and they react as society has taught them to react. But once they get to know a gay person, they realize that they (the gay community) are also people and then many o f the stereotypes are broken." BiLAGA bought a total of 30 books for the BiLAGA library, which is located in Health Ser vices and accessible to anybody. They also co sponsored with Alpha Psi Omega, the drama honor society, a masquerade ball for the WPI community this past Saturday. BiLAGA meets every other week to discuss business pertaining to the alliance and try to meet
in-between formal meetings to socialize and have meals together. During the formal meetings, they discuss upcoming conferences, budgetary issues, and the planning of future events. Stacy also
commented BiLAGA would like to do more community work but are restrained by the limited budget they have. BiLAGA also has it’s own mailing list, Bilaga@wpi.
Ways to Interact Positively Adapted from material prepared in 1987 at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
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S elf Education 1. C h e c k in to y o u r ow n fe e lin g s and th o u g h ts about hom osexuality and about g ay and bisexual people. K eeping those feelin g s hidden m ay create blind spots a n d affect the w ay you interact with gay p eo p le. 2. D o som e reading. Don C la rk ’s Loving Someone Gay w ould be a good start.
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P rovide a supportive environm ent for y o u r friends and co lleagues who are o r th in k they may be hom osexual. 2. R em em ber that others you live w ith o r am o n g , w ork w ith, o r attend classes w ith may be gay. T hink about m onitor ing your language accordingly. 3. D o not presum e that gays are unhappy about their lives.
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R em em ber that people do not choose to have gay feelings. T hey can, how ever, choose to act on those feelings o r not. R em em ber that “ hom osexual,” “tran s v estite,” and “ transsexual” refer to d if ferent behaviors. The term s are not equivalent. , — R em em ber that oppression by straight society creates m uch o f the unhappi ness gays experience. Y our prim ary o bjective should be to help a gay person becom e m ore truly h erself o r him self, N O T m ore like e v eryone else. Do not inform on the gay person by telling others, specially fam ily. Do not im m ediately start talking about your g irlfriend/ boyfriend to make it clear that you are straight. C hances are the gay person already know s. Do not assum e that the gay person does -or does not- find you attractive.
One person’s views about being gay on a conservative campus by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor "I did not choose to be gay. I was bom gay!” says Kevin, M A 96, from M assachusetts, “ I spent most o f my life pretending to be straight, but the fact is that I have always been attracted to guys. I kept thinking it was just a phase.. That it would pass. It was major denial, that’s what it w a s -1 did not want to accept the fact that 1 could be gay.” His voice is firm and his eyes conveyed sincer ity, but the incessant movement on his knees gives away his nervousness. He does not know what consequences this interview can cause, neither do I. However the conviction that there is a lot of misconceptions and prejudices about gay people at WPI led him to agree to be interviewed. How did you reach the conclusion that you were gay? In the fall of my sophomore year 1really started thinking about it. 1have always being attracted to guys almost exclusively but I kept putting that down in the back of my head - I never had a girlfriend- until one day I realized: “Who am I kidding?” But it took me until March to really tell anybody. Admitting that to yourself was a difficult step, but telling somebody... Was that an even greater step? It would have been easier for me if 1 had someone to talk lo. I did not know BiLAGA existed. I came out very slowly, telling very few people at the beginning. It helped that most of my friends were females- females don’t have as much o f a problem as guys do. But o f the male friends I have told, one o f them I considered to be a real close friend had no trouble with it, which really
surprised me. But I think I changed his mind on the subject, because he was anti-gay in his own way until he actually met somebody who was gay. Did it relieve you to tell somebody? Telling somebody made me extremely happy. The first person I told was a very good friend of mine from High School. She reacted well because we have known each other for a long time and because she was very open minded. Her attitude encouraged me to tell other people. Today, I have no problem telling people if it comes up in conver sations. I will only bring it up if it comes up or if I am in a situation in which I have to say it.
How did your family react when you told them? I have been very lucky, some of my friends have had far worse experiences than I. My family took it well. But my older brother did not. When he first found out - 1did not tell him - he avoided me and when wc talked, he was very angry at me. Once he told me - and this is a straight quote: “ Bum in Hell you cock sucking faggot!" He was the only one who has ever said that to me, it was very sad.
There is a lot of ignorance and at the same time a lot of stereotyping about gay people. What is it really like to be gay? It is not very different from being heterosexual. Gay clubs are the same as straight ones, the only differences is that there are more males. Before I came out I had decided to put my love life or looking for a relationship in the back o f my mind and never worry about it, but that’s an aspect o f life that is very important to most people. Looking back I am surprised on how I did it for so long.
Are there any stereotypes in particular that bothered you? Most people try to believe that gay people are
very flamboyant and very feminine. 1 know people who are and I know people who aren’t. 1 also know people who might fit the stereotype but that are straight. In parades the media always looks for a specific pan o f the parade and stick to it. I have marched in parades and there are a lot o f people like me, but they like to portray the extrem ist: people in leather and very flamboyant people. People also tend to think that gay relationships don’t last as long as heterosexual relationships, which is not true. Gay people also look for long term monogamous relationships. What can you say about WPI from your own personal view? I don’t think this campus is as open-minded its it could be. I came out a year ago and yet I have not had a major problem, mainly because the people who know are people I have known for a while and if you really know somebody for a while, that just becomes one more thing they know about you. The only people who would have a problem arc people who don’t know me and don’t want to know me. Is the atmosphere at other schools better or arc all campus equally as conservative? The atmosphere at Clark is better. This school is predominantly white male. Clark is a Liberal Arts school and the female/male ratio is better. They are more open minded than we are. Have you ever had to face any difficult situa tion that arose just because you were gay? Not really. I did not come out until my sopho more year, but freshman year I knew several people on my floor who were anti-gay. I also met a friend through the W orcester’s gay youth pro gram w ho had attended WPI. He was not gay or had not admitted to him self he was gay yet, but he
filled the stereotype and people started saying “Oh, He is gay!” TTiey gave him so much shit for it that he moved back home, finished the year and then dropped out. From what other people tell me that’s a common story in freshman dorms. 1know 1 would have had problems with certain people had I been out my freshman year. Do you think that’s an issue today in residence halls? I think it is an issue, especially on the all-male floors like Morgan and Daniels second, where they have the macho type of atmosphere. All it takes is a few people. If they cause you enough shit, it is going to be very hard to adjust, and it is very hard to adjust your first year as it is. Last thing you need is something to make it harder. W hy do you th in k som e people are homophobic? It is something that it is engraved from youth. When you go to school one o f the biggest insults is to call somebody gay, faggot o r whatever... T hat’s something that even I would have sub scribed to. I used to call people faggots when 1was younger but I never thought about what it meant and a lot of that carries on. Some people think gay people are very strange. I have a lot o f friends who claim they don’t know anybody who is gay. I guess you can’t expect all the people to understand. It is a shame they don’t but you can’t expect all the people to understand.
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Bisexualism at WPI: Real answers for the never asked questions by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor Anne is a sophomore double-majoring in Chemical engineering and Environmental engi neering; she is from Rhode Island. Stacy is also a sophomore, majoring in Biology; she is from Oregon. They both have boyfriends. What most of their classmates don’t know is that they d o n ’t deny being bisexuals. Stacy claims to be out. Anne is not completely out, but of the few people she has told, one o f them was an ex boyfriend who decided to break up with her because o f it. Her current boyfriend knows about A nne’s bisexuality. “ He understands that being Bl is more o f an emotional thing than a gender thing. He knows I am in love with him now,” Anne says. Stacy agrees with Anne, “ Bisexualism is not a gender thing, I am not attracted to a sex, I am attracted to people, to an individual, regardless of what sex they arc,” said Stacy. Anne explains that it is really hard trying to explain her bisexualism and that most people believe it is just indecision on whether she wants to be a heterosexual or homosexual. According to her, she is not homosexual o r heterosexual, she is bisexual. “ It was not a choice I had. I could have chosen to ignore it (her bisexuality) but I could not have chosen it out of my life,” Anne commented. Stacy also mentions that although she is out on-cam pus, her parents don’t really know about it. She has not found a way of explaining it to her parents. “ My dad would just think it is a phase. But I will never grow out o f it. Eventually I will probably find a life-lopg partner of cither s?x
and then it could have been a phase that I was attracted to men or that I was attracted to women. It all depends on who I end up with then... but I will always be equally attracted to both gen ders." They claim that there are a lot of m isconcep tions about bisexual people. “If I were to tell somebody that I am bisexual, they would think that all I think about is just sex and that I don’t have any other aspect to me. It is just intim idat ing, because 1 am not just sexuality; I am a person,” Anne said. What really troubles Anne and Stacy is that out o f the misconceptions straight people have, prejudices have grown. ‘T here is a lot o f prejudicing out there and I don’t want to deal with it. Most o f my friends are completely out and they face it everyday and I don’t know if I am strong enough. But someday I will be and then I will be completely out,” said Anne. For Stacy, the WPI cam pus is very conserva tive. “The WPI campus is not a gay-friendly campus. If you listen to people and their jokes you think ‘Why would I want to be out to these people?” ’ Anne did not know BiLAGA existed until the beginning o f this semester. “ It (BiLAGA) is not very publicized and if it was there would be a lot o f backlash against it.” She also mentioned that years ago when the meetings were being publi cized, one o f the fraternities’ rush events was to come and bash a BiLAGA meeting. “WPI is a very conservative cam pus,” Anne said, “o f the few people 1 have told 1 w ouldn’t say they have reacted negatively, but they have reacted very conservatively.” Stacy and Anne have by far been involved in I. u I I/ •t j • I I'. - > • * . n Ir
more heterosexual relationships than in hom o sexual relationships but they both claim to be bisexual. Stacy mentions that homosexual rela tionships most o f the time have to be closeted because they do not have the society approval. That takes away a lot o f things from the relation ship. “ I dated a friend of mine for some time. But she wasn’t out so WE couldn’t be out to anybody, which irritated me. We couldn’t do most o f the stuff heterosexuals couples could d o .” She nevertheless considers herself bi sexual. “ I am more attracted to women,” Stacy said. That raises the question whether they would consider themselves Lesbians more than bi sexuals had they chosen to attend an all-female institution or a more open-m inded campus. “ I d o n ’t think I would have ever being stopped being attracted to guys, I mean they do have some redeeming qualities,” Stacy laughs. Anne also felt the sam e w ay. “ I d o n ’t think that is a choice. I think that is me. I d o n ’t think that my physical situ atio n has m uch to d o with my sexual o rien tatio n . It d o e sn ’t go aw ay ju st because I have m ore choices to choose from. I w ould still be attracted to both m en and w om en.” What has kept them on cam pus is the firm conviction that WPI will provide them with a good education. “ I came here for an education. Despite the conservative atm osphere on cam pus, I have never thought about transferring because of it. I could get by with these (anti-gay) people. I don’t have to interact with them on a daily basis,” Stacy said. But as with most things in life it is easier said than done. As Anne puts it, “I hear people in the hallways and the dorm s > , V!
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saying ‘he is such a fag!’ or ‘he is so queer!’ It is really hard to hear that because most o f the time they do not mean it. But it is very disturbing to hear. I d o n ’t think they do it on purpose but I think they ought to think before they speak and it is not alw ays easy to ask people to do that.” To Anne the key is awareness. “The more we speak out, the more tolerance we get. I don’t believe people here are mean and cruel, they are just unaware. I think education is more the key.” However, this is easier said than done. Ac cording to Stacy, getting people to speak out is very difficult because “som etimes it takes a long time to admit to yourself that you might be gay orB I. If you grew up believing that is inherently wrong, it takes a while to understand that it is not wrong. It is you.” According to them, even after you admit it to yourself coming out is very difficult. Stacy pointed out that years ago som ebody in one o f the residence halls was out and that people kept bothering him and posting nasty signs on his door and that he got beaten up a couple o f times. “T hat’s something you don’t want to do to yourself. Being out is a relief, but it is not relieving to know that you might get beaten up,” said Stacy. Being gay or bisexual al W PI is very hard w hether, as Anne and Stacy pointed out, dealing w ith your ow n confusion or with other p e o p le ’s intolerance. “ You can pretend it d o e sn ’t exist but it is not going to leave. You have to learn to accept it and expect people around you to accept it too.” A ccord ing to S tacy, “ WPI has to realize that we are still people. C hances are that som ebody you know is gay and they are ju st not telling you.” '■ 'i '- . l \ ' V t
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Monday, October 16 7:49am 8:01am 8:29am 1:32pm house. 1:40pm 9:28pm 9:32pm
- Fire alarm: G oddard Hall, Officers, W orcester Fire notified. - Nothing found at Goddard. Plant services electricians asked to check detectors. - Energy System s told to move truck from the lawn at the library. - Suspicious person: A man with gray hair reported walking around Institute Hall and fraternity
Tuesday, October 31 Halloween
- Suspicious person: Man spoken to and believed to be no threat. - Fire alarm: Fuller Apartments, Officers notified. - Alarm was found to be set off by the shower.
Tuesday, October 17 1:50pm - Caller: stating that she fell near Q uad, told her she would have to com e to station for report. 3:05pm - Complaint: report of cars blocked in at Goddard Hall lot, attempt to locate owners. 11:31pm - Disorderly person: Report o f intoxicated individual in Riley, Officers notified. 11:52pm - Officers clear Riley, subject not located.
Wednesday, October 18 12:25am - Advisory: Report of possible lost dog in campus area. Patrols notified. 3:27am - Malicious mischief: report o f exit sign vandalized on Morgan 2nd, Officers notified. 3:35am - Officer: clear Morgan 2nd. sign secured in station. 9:45am - Retrieve property: briefcase left at Founders, owner in station for property. 12:50pm - Tresspass: Drury Lane, young kids around cars. Officers notified. 12:58pm - O fficer told kids to leave. 5:43pm - M otor vehicle breaking and entering: green Geo Storm parked on Salsibury Street, Goddard area. Officers notified. 8:09pm - Suspicious vehicle: Drury Lane, Becker Police notified, Officers notified.
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- W om en’s Volleyball vs. U M ASS Dartmouth & Framingham, Harrington Auditorium - SGA Open Meeting, Low er W edge - Film: “The Last Seduction,” Jefferson 320 (Clark University), $4.50 - Musicians: W hiskey Tango, Riley Comm ons, doors open @6pm, $1 WPI, free w / mug
Wednesday, November 1 11:15am - Dept, o f Chem istry Colloquium : “Selective Serotonin Agonists and A ntagonists,” James Audia, GH 227 4:30pm - Medicinal Chem istry Lecture: “Conformational Restriction as a Tool in Medicinal Chem istry," James Audia, GH227 7:00pm - Lecture: “From Politics lo Dem ocracy,” Rainer Koehne, HL 218
Thursday, November 2 1 1:00am to 4:00pm - O pen House, Counseling & Student Development Center, 157 West St. 6:00pm - Graduate program information session, SL 104 7:30pm - Lecture: “Evidence for the Existance o f G od,” Steve Amato, SL 105
Saturday, November 4 8:00pm - Pops Concert, WPI Music A ssociation, Alden M emorial Hall, $7 adults/$2 students
Thursday, October 19 2 02am - Report: Misc. mischief to motor vehicle at Kaven, Officer notified. 10pm - Assist: Olin for possible stolen article, Officers notified. 40pm - Warning: can-m an spoken to in Daniels.
Sunday, November 5 1 1:30am - Catholic Mass, Lower Wedge 6:00pm - Catholic Mass, Alden Memorial 6:30 & 9:30pm - Film: “ While You W ere Sleeping,” Perreault Hall, $2.00
Friday, October 20 12:39am - Medical: Daniels, possible concussion, Officers, EMS, W orcester emergency ambulance notified. 1:08am - O fficers clear area, student transported to UMass via ambulance. 2:55pm - Accident: tw o car accident on the Quad reported. 3:20pm - O fficers find cars gone on arrival. 7:25pm - Disturbance: Founders Hall, Officers notified.
Saturday, October 21 3:02pm - Report: window blown in due to wind in Daniels, Plant Services notified. 3:51pm - Report: no hot water in Founders, Plant Services notified.
Sunday, October 22 5:33am - Suspicious vehicle/persons: Drury Lane, Officers notified. 1 1:10am - Suspicious persons: tw o kids reported peeping into Higgins Labs, Officers notified. 1:12pm - W ater leak: leak in the basem ent o f Hackfeld, Officers notified. 1:20pm - Plum ber call ordered. 1:45pm - Broken door: door in main stairwell o f Founders Hall 2nd floor missing screws, Officers notified. 2:32pm - Unsupervised youths: 6 children found jum ping onto mat at turf field, escorted off campus by Officers. 10:52pm - Suspicious activity: report o f suspicious activity on Institute Road by Riley Hall, Officers notified. 10:59pm - Assist: W orcester Police Department requested to assist O fficer at Berkshire Street. 11:45pm - Officer: clear from attem pted larceny o f motor vehicle incident on Institute Road.
Monday, October 23 12:12am - Owner o f vehicle involved in previous incident contacted in Riley Hall, will meet Officer at vehicle.
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2:37am - Noise complaint: W achusctt Street fraternity. Officer notified. 2:03pm - Accident: shuttle bus and another car had a minor accident outside o f Daniels Hall. 2:05pm - Suspicious person: Women in maroon van spotted driving around West Street, children with her, she appeared to be under the influence o f something. O fficers notified. 2:18pm - Maroon van found parked with no driver nearby. 2:50pm - Car alarm reported, said lo have been going o ff for about half an hour. Officer notified. 4:30pm - Jum p start failed to work, lady brought to station to make phone call. 6:27pm - Odd man spotted walking dow n Lancaster Street, appeared to be disoriented, Officers notified. 6:32pm - Odd man not spotted by dispatched Officers. 6:33pm - Young children spotted playing on the athletic field. Officers notified. 6:38pm - Clear: the youths were advised that they should leave because the were trespassing. T uesday, O c to b e r 24 12:1 lam - Noise complaint: loud group on back porch at Dean Street fraternity. O fficer notified. 12:43am - Noise complaint: Dean Street fraternity, loud music, O fficer notified. 2:04am - Medical response: Founders Hall, chest pains. Officer and EMS notified. 2:19am - Officer transporting subject from Founders Hall to Memorial Hospital. 3:20am - Open door reported at Founders Hall main entrance. O fficer notified. 8:20pm - Suspicious person at rear steps o f Founders Hall, O fficer notified. 8:41pm - Escort: suspicious person transported to PIP shelter and advised o f trespass. 8:50pm - Medical emergency: EMS notified, signed refusal. 11:23pm - Medical: Founders Hall, skin rash on arm, EMS notified. W ednesday, O cto b er 25 1:56am - M alicious mischief: Officer reports malicious m ischief to sign at church by Dean and Salisbury Streets.
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