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University of Puerto Rico ready to sign agreement with WPI Thursday

by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday and Thursday o f this week, WPI will be visited by some very spccial guests from the University o f Puerto Rico, who are here to sign an agreement to establish a new center in Mayaguez. The proposed center will be a “bridge” for the students and faculty o f both schools to interact and is the culmi­ nation o f one and a half years of work on the part of many people at WPI and UPRM. Dr. Stuart Ramos, Chance Ilor o f UPR, Mayaguez: Professor Luenny Morel I Ramirez, Vice Chancellor and Professor o f Chemical Engineering; Dr. Manuel Gomez, Director of the Office o f Re­ sources for Science and Engineering, Director o f the Alliance for Minority Participation and Coordinator o f Ihe Government o f Puerto Rico for Science and Technology Policy and Dr. Hamid Davoodi, Associate Professor o f Me­ chanical Engineering, and Co-Director of the UPRM/WPI Center o f Collabora­ tion in Mayaguez, will sill be given a chance to see the school and its depart­

ments during their visit.

South and Central America are actively 640, with 322 visiting, affiliated and involved incollaboration with theircounHighlights o f the visit include meet­ adjunct staffs, serving about 12,000 stu­ ings with department heads, a presenta­ terparts at UPRM. The strategic loca­ dents. tion o f the University has attracted many The school is the largest engineering tion on the "bridge" program for P h .D .’s, a meeting with Hispanic and Puerto Rican graduate and undergraduate students school in the entire Latin America and has the largest concentration o f His­ from these areas, in fact, more than half Students and the signing of the agree­ ment itself. The agreement recognizes of the current engineering graduate stu­ panic faculty with Ph.D. degrees (60%) the shared visions o f the two schools in dents at UPRM are foreign bom. among all engineering schools in Latin Students will benefit from providing high quality edu­ cation and cncouragment to this new collaboration through Students will benefit fro m this new collabora­ minority interest in the sci­ the cultural enrichment that is tion through the cultural enrichm ent tluit is sure ence and engineering fields. sure to follow. Hispanic stu­ to follow . H ispanic students fro m UPRM will This will be accomplished by dents from UPRM will gain an drawing on the strengths of additional opportunity to com ­ gain an additional opportunity to com plete their both institutions and is ex­ plete their studies, benefiting studies, benefiting fro m WPI's experience in pected to have a very positive from W PI’s experience in pio­ pion eerin g project-based education an d m ulti­ effect on each one. neering project-based education disciplinary research program s.

The University o f Puerto and multi-disciplinary research Rico was founded in 1903 by programs. There is enormous an act o f legislative assembly and today enthusiasm on the part o f the UPRM America. The University provides for it has three campuses which are dedi­ over 20% o f the Hispanic engineering faculty and administration to support work force in the United States and has cated to undergraduate and graduate stud­ joint research and educational programs ies. Included in the system are also two with WPI. These programs can be used the highest percentage of female stu­ four year colleges, four two year col­ dents in science and engineering (35%) to devise a new and innovative model of leges and two technical four year col­ am ong all science and engineering research and education and joint doc­ leges, providing a total enrollment of schools in the United States. toral programs not only for the UPRM, 50,000 students. The University o f UPRM serves as a technology trans­ but for Central and South America. fer center for Central, North and South Puerto Rico at Mayaguez was estab­ Because of the size of UPRM. it is lished in 1911 and has a faculty of over America and many researchers from guaranteed that students selected tocome

Koehne presents ideas about democracy

by Brian Parker Editor-in - Chief On W ednesday, N ovem ber 1st, Rainer Koehne gave a talk on cultural reforms which would enhance demo­ cratic participation in the legislative pro­ cess. A native German, Koehne holds degrees in physics, sociology and phi­ losophy and he is considered an expert in special systems analysis and political philosophy. His lecture opened with the pointing out lhat today, November 7, is

election day and he stressed the need for the development o f procedures to allow adequate citizen input for governmental procedures.

Koehne pointed out that the difficul­ ties involved in such a process are not overwhelming but arc in fact “measur­ able.” Inadequate citizen representation in government is not a problem which exists in only one country and as he pointed out "what you see is merely the American variant of a situation found everywhere. . .no one group is respon­

sible for this problem, rather it is the result o f trends which effect the whole earth. . .it is independent o f social and political variables.”

The sense of helplessness that many people find with regard to the political process is common everywhere, said Koehne, resulting in a general negative feeling about politics. There are often things which groups o f people want, things which seem feasible, but they are often not carried out. In many cases they

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to WPI will be o f the highest caliber, having participated in U PRM ’s five year degree program. The UPRM students do not have doctoral degrees available to them at UPRM, in many o f the science and engineering disciplines. Collabora­ tion with WPI will allow them the op­ portunity to advance their studies, as well as help to establish WPI as a major university for the training of minority doctoral students.

The agreement itself establishes a center at UPRM. which will facilitate and coordinate the joint research and education programs and help facilitate faculty and student exchange between the two institutions. They will also draw upon W PI’s experience to encourage local and corporate businesses, federal agencies and other universities to par­ ticipate and support the development and strengthening of the research infra­ structure at UPRM. The signing will take place on Thurs­ day morning at 8:30 in President Parrish’s office and will be immediately followed by a chance for the Hispanic and Puerto Rican students at WPI to meet our guests in Higgins Labs room 102.

It’s never too early to start thinking about your graduate studies

by Donna Emma Edzards Associate Editor Every year, the work force competi­ tion becomes more and more fierce.

Therefore, one possibility that one might consider as an undergraduate student is continuing an education through gradu­ ate studies. On Thursday, November 2nd, the WPI community was presented the opportunities that the WPI graduate program has to offer.

Like other graduate schools, the pro­ gram at WPI is designed as a continua­ tion of the education one receives as an undergrad. Specialization within a field or a broader depth of knowledge can be obtained through the proper channels of training and preparation. But unlike programs at other schools, the WPI cur­ riculum encompasses much more, in­ cluding the combined B.S./M.S. pro­ gram, off-campus graduate study courses as well as the traditional evening classes.

The combined five year B.S./M.S. program is designed foroutstanding WPI undergraduates wishingtocontinue their education towards a master’s degree at WPI as a means o f speeding up their progress. Participants in this program remain registered as undergraduate sta­ tus until all of their requirements to­ wards a bachelor’s degree have been fulfilled. Up to 40% of the credits sub­ mitted for undergraduate candidacy can be used towards the master’s program.

These courses must be pre-approved by the registrar’s office as acceptable at the

advanced undergrad or graduate level.

Students who intend to apply to this program may pick up an application form which may be found jn the Office of Graduate Admissions. Filed applica­ tions will in turn be sent to the academic advisor, the Registrar’s office as well as to the head of the department granting the graduate degree. Upon admittance to the program, the student is required to satisfy all prerequisites for the advanced degree and maintain a 2.9 average be­ fore obtaining that degree. Departments may require a thesis and/or additional course work for the graduate degree.

Off-campus graduate studies offer the unique opportunity of accommodating the changing needs of technical profes­ sionals wishing to further their studies within their field of interest. These courses may be used in fulfilling degree ;tnd residence requirements at W PI. They are open to all interested students, al­ though enrollments may sometimes be limited.

M ore traditionally, the E vening Graduate Program is a part-time pro­ gram intended for the working indi­ vidual. It is provided by WPI as a response to the needs of the technical professional working in New' England.

Students completing two courses per semester are able to achieve the require­ ments for the M.S. program within just three years, or the M B A. program in four. Although an application must be submitted in order to obtain an official

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To all student organizations T h e Student G overnm ent A ssociation has sch ed u led two in form ation sessions to explain the budget p ack ages w hich w ere recently distributed. A represen tative from yo u r o rg a ­ nization sh ou ld plan on attend in g to learn ab out the process and have any q uestions answ ered. M eetings are set for the fo llo w in g tim es: N ovem ber 15: 3:30-4:30 pm A K 116 N ovem ber 16: 7:00-8:00 pm A K 116

Last Thursday the Counseling and Student Development Center held an open house at their offices on 157 West Street. Pictured here is the center’s staff, who were more than willing to pour you a warm glass o f cider or answer questions about themselves and their careers. It was a good time for the dozens of people who did show up and if you missed this chance, they would be more than willing to have you just drop by anytime. One of their main points is that they are available to all students for all types of issues, from conflict management to spiritual grow th. This open house was a good chance for many people to meet with the people who provide a valuable resource for the community.

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Beyond the farm A weekly e-mail news summary WORIJ) EDITION For the week preceding this Saturday, November 4th, 1995, here’s what happened Beyond the Farm: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin waskilled Nov 4th after a pro-peace rally in Tel Aviv. Rabin had uncharacteristically remained after the rally to participate to sing; he was shot three times as he entered the crowd and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter at a local hospital. Suspect Yigal Amir, a law student with well-known rightwing beliefs, claims he has no regrets and “acted in accordance with God.” Rabin, a longtime sol­ dier, had been the architect of the peace plan with the Palestinians despite his distaste of PLO leader Yassar Arafat. Arafat and President Clinton sepa­ rately gave among the most emotional condemnationsof the assassination. Foreign ministerShimon Peres, who had been at the rally with Rabin and had embraced him in an unusual occurrence just minutes before the murder, was quickly chosen as acting prime minister.

Voters in Quebec voted to remain a part o f Canada Oct 30th, but not by a large margin.

50.4% of a high, 85%, turnout voted against independence, just 50,000 more than those voting for the referendum. Despite the loss, pro-sovereignty forces vowed that evening to hold another referendum in the near future. Following the “no” vote, Q uebec's Prime Minister Jacques Parizeau resigned Oct 31st, citing his inability to convince the electorate o f the valueofindependence. Lucien Buchaid, who led the “whea" campaign for only its final few weeks, is expected to be elected to tiike Parizaeu's place.

A school bus carrying disabled children was hijacked in Dade County, FL Nov 2nd by a man w ho had become deranged over a dispute with the IRS. Catalino Sang claimed to have a bomb strapped to his leg as he ordered a cellular phone from the pol ice and for the bus driver to head to his former workplace, the famous Joe’s Stone Crab

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restaurant. After the 15-mile trip, police shot Sang as he appeared lo be pulling for a weapon while alighting from the bus. Bus driver Alicia Chapman has been labeled a hero for keeping the children calm throughout the 75-minute ordeal, telling them to “take a nap."

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In Croatia, the ruling HD/^ party of Franjo Tudjman won a commanding 44.2% o f the popular vote Oct 30th and will be able to maintain control of that country.

Peace talks opened Nov 2nd at WrightPatterson Air Force Base in Ohio between Serbian leader S lo b o d a n M ilo se v ik , Croatian President Franjo T u d jm a n , and B osnian leader Alijah Izetbegovik, mediated by US envoy Ri­ chard Holbrooke.

The Bosnians and Croats announced Nov 2nd lhat they would exchange 300 refugees within one month.

The US State Department protested the detainment o f Christian Science Monitor correspondent David Rohde Nov 3rd. The Bosnian Serbs have held Rohde for a week because he "entered (their] territory illegally"; Rohde broke the story of mass executions after the fall o f Srebrenica earlier this year.

They’re Talking About It: The FBI has announced that it wants the ability to tap one out of every 200 phone or data transmis­ sion lines in urban areas. Besides the obvious brcach o f privacy issue, the plan has drawn criti­ cism since the FB I does not have the manpower to be able lo fully utilize such capabilities.

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Magnus Malan was charged with 13 political murders from some years ago Oct 29th.

Tanzanian elections were held in most areas Oct 29th but because o f a lack o f polling material some areas had to vote later in the week. The ruling party ended up winning 19 of 24 seats, prompting calls of fraud from 10 of 12 opposition groups.

Reformer Grigory Y avlinksy’s and right­ winger A lexander R utskoi’s parties were banned from the Russian Presidential election Oct 29th, but coin's reversed the bannings over the next four days.

• 100,000civilians fled Jaffna, Sri Lanka Oct 31 st as the govern­ ment prepared anoffensive against the rebel stronghold city.

• Nigerian poet and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and three others were sentenced to death in that nation Oct 31st in what is re­ garded by outsiders as a highly political court case.

• Israel bombed parts of south­ ern Lebanon Nov 1st.

• AI aw to ban so-cal led ‘‘partial birth" abortions passed the House Nov 1st; abortion rights ad­ vocates claim that the bill, which criminalizes the procedure and allows for the jailing of doctors, is the first step toward criminalizing all abortions.

President Clinton and congressional leaders started intense discussions over the federal budget Nov 1st.

Local elections in South Africa Nov 1st re­ sulted in a sweep by the African National Congress.

The House of Representatives \ otcd 249-172 Nov 1st to repeal the District o f Colum bia’s domestic partner law.

Colombian President ErnestoSamperdeclared a “State o f Calamity” in his nation Nov 2nd.

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to a more conservative, “new democrat” ap­ proach to the presidency in an interview Nov 2nd with author Ben Wattenberg.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to a record 4825.57 mark Nov 3rd.

With President Boris Yeltsin still in the hos­ pital and apparently in failing health, Prime Minister V icktor Chernomyrdin assumed more direct responsibility for the Power Min­ istries Nov 3rd, though both the Kremlin and C hernom yrdin em phasized Nov 4th that Yeltsin still technically controls the Power Ministries.

Typhoon Andrea, described by some as a “super-typhoon,” hit the Philippines Nov 3rd, causing severe flooding and at least 476deaths.

A memorial forthe anniversary of the Pan Am flight 103 bombing was held at Arlington National Cemetery Nov 3rd.

The Pentagon announced plans to buy 80 more C-17 transport planes Nov 3rd.

And that’s what happened Beyond the Farm.

Sources this week included All Things Consid­ ered (NPR), As II Happens (CBC/PRl), the Asso­ ciated Press newswire, the BBC Newshour (BBC/ PR!), the Christian Science Monitor, Market­ place (PRI), Newsday (BBC/PRI), the Newshour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), Sunday Morning (CBC/ PRI), and Weekend Edition (NPR). Compiled 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. Comments, criticisms, and requests fo r e-mail sub­ scription additions or deletions should be enuiiledto " lance.gleicli@leland.Stanford.edu. "h ttp : //w w w .s ta n fo r d .e d u /~ lg litc h /b tf / btfhtmT' on the World Wide Web for back issues. Congratulations on keeping lip with the world around you!

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Update on illness documentation policy

by Chrys Terwilliger Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering The Department o f Health Services has ap­ proached the Committee on Student Advising about the need to communicate in writing to faculty and students its long-standing policy re­ garding provision of written documentation of student illnesses. The policy follows below.

along with C SA ’s rationale in support of it. I lealth Services and CSA believe that faculty under­ standing and support o f this policy is critical and needs to be reflected in the rules that faculty establish in their own classes about rescheduling ofcoursew orkdue to student illnesses. Therefore, CSA invites questions and comments from fac­ ulty and students; please address them to Prof.

Chrys Terwilliger (ctwig@wpi), or any other member o f CSA, by December I.

POLICY STATEMENT: The Health Service of Worcester Polytechnic Institute does not pro­ vide written excuses for class absence due to minor illness nor does il provide verification that a student was seen for medical evaluation. In the event o f an acute illness, hospitalization, or extended medical confinement, Health Services will notify the Director o f Academic Advising and the Registrar’s office without disclosure of privileged details.

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Politics requires citizen input Continued from page I were not realistic, but the political machine did not see fit to explain this.

The media is little help in this area also. Sel­ dom do we see discussion in the press with regard to the feasibility o f an issue. Instead, there is discussion o f politics and political maneuvering, guided by politicians who are working to get re­ elected. In frustration, people have come to the conclusion that representative government does not perform.

When things are accomplished, they seem to not be reflective o f the ideas of the masses and “ it is apparent that the mere periodic election o f officials and guarantees o f freedoms does not secure meaningful, realistic government.”

The word “government” implies the steering o f events, not being driven by social forces, but

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Rainer Koehne spoke with students last week; he talked about the need to increase citizen participation in government.

rather causing changes which are realistically possible and satisfying the constituents. But all loo often politics is driven by outside forces, it has become “a blindly acting force which needs to be intelligently governed."

Many things have been tried to improve the effectiveness o f representational government.

There is intense interest in the role of referenda, where citizens vote on a particular issue. This has led to a trend for administrative decentralization, which results in more democracy, reduced costs and better results. This is not merely a subterfuge whereby government drops responsibilities.

But the referendum is too limited a tool to be considered the solution to all o f the current problems. They take a tremendous am ount of effort to prepare and they only result in a preform ulated question with a “yes” o r “no" answer. But in places like Switzerland, where referenda are frequently put to use. politicians’ moods have been effected. In an effort to avoid referenda, they allow more direct input from their constituents.

The referendum can also be used by politi­ cians with the mindset that it is easier if people choose their ow n way on some issues than h a\c things forced down upon them. This leads to a more positive feeling about politics.

But as you move beyond the local government and into the realms o f state and national govern­ ment, it seems that efforts to improve government have run into a wall. “How can millions o f people meet and come to a consensus about anything?”

It is difficult for any one person to gather the energy lo have their voice heard and this is due lo the inordinate power of the political establish­ ments. But there is little point in blaming the politicians, says Koehne. Since the origin of democracy in America, the population has grown faster than the government. This problem is compounded by the extensions o f suffrage. More and more people have been included in the roles of the constituents. One cannot increase legisla­ tive assemblies without making them dysfunc­ tional.

In 1790 there were 9,000 constituents for each representative, today that num ber has

grown to nearly 450,000. Back then your representative was more reachable, this pro­ vided another check in the system o f checks and balances. The present situation shows lhat this balance has been lost. The fram ers o f the constitution w ould not have equated today’s governm ent with a representational one. But the problem we have today, argues Koehne, is one of a lack o f intelligent organization o f the process. “ M y main point is that we must all give up this absent minded assum ption that our current governm ent represents us.”

One might approach the question by utilizing the logical input methods, such as letter, opinion polls, and occasional meetings, but these have already proven inadequate. The proposed solu­ tion calls for an upgrade in the importance of local meetings, so as to include deliberation on national and state issues. By making all issues fair game for discussion and using the weight of numbers, the government could be effected.

Koehne envisions a day when sm all groups o f citizens will meet in small groups o f maybe one hundred and come to a consensus on some major issues. Realizing that the average citizen is not a full time politician, he stated that the current governm ent system should probably remain in place for the day to day operations o f the country. But by m eeting eight to ten times a year, citizens could keep an eye on the elected officials and induce a profound change in the spirit and attitude of the country.

He warned that we should not be lulled into some false sense o f security w ith regard to the use of electronic means for government input. Citing the possible means for manipulation and a poten­ tial lack o f control, he warned against the use of such a system to influence the government.

Although the speaker was not adequately able to provide some idea for where the inspiration for such a societal change might come from, the proposed change would be influential. This would be, as Koehne said: “A chance for the people to fully utilize their rights to assemble and petition the government. . .giving our leaders a clear picture o f popular mandates, about which they may now only speculate.”..........................

attendance and completion of assignments rests with the student who should discuss assignment issues with the individual course instructor when necessary.

R A TIO N A LE: H ealth Services was not aware that some professors have requirem ents in their syllabi for notes from Health Services to excuse student illnesses. This year, for w hatever reason, there has been an influx o f these requests from students to document m i­ nor illnesses, which conflicts with the long­ standing Health Services policy. Clearly, there is a need to establish the policy in writing so that the entire com m unity has a comm on under­ standing o f it.

The policy recognizes that being sick is subjec­ tive, even for the professionals in Health Services.

They cannot make judgments as to whether a student can or should lake an exam when s/he has a cold or low-grade fever, for example. Health Services has occasionally and reluctantly given letters to the effect of “John Doe has been seen and evaluated in Health Services” when students say lhat a professor requires it. With publication o f the above policy. Health Services will no longer provide such notes. The vagueness of those notes reflected not only confidentiality requirements, but more so. Health Service's discomfort when being faced with a student who says, "I don’t feel well today and I have an exam. Can you write a note to my professor?” or "I was sick yesterday and now my professor wants a note." These subjective cases must be negotiated between stu­ dents and individual faculty. Health Services and CSA also wish to remind faculty that disclosure o f specific details regarding hospitalization or other treatment of students with acute, serious, or con­ tagious illnesses would violate students’ privacy rights and thus cannot be shared with faculty. In these cases, the Director o f Academic Advising notifies course instructors that the student is ill.

Graduate Continued from page I degree, individual courses may be taken in areas o f interest.

WPI offers master’s degrees in applied math, applied statistics, chemistry, physics, computer science, biology and biotechnology, material sci­ ence and engineering, biomedical,chemical, elec­ trical and computer, manufacturing, and mechani­ cal and fire protection engineering, management, business administration, mathematics, and natu­ ral science. Doctorate programs tire also offered.

Financial aid is also available to those who qualify for assistantships, scholarships, and grants.

Further information about W PI’s graduate pro­ grams may be found in the Graduate Catalog or by going to the Office of Graduate Admissions.

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Weekly sports update - results from Oct. 27th through Nov. 2nd

by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Football (3-4) The football team hosted the River Hawks of UMass-Lowell on October 28th, looking to break a two-game losing streak and to get back on track offensively. They did just that. Behind a career high 226 yards from senior running back Ernie Ansah, the Engineers scored four second half touchdowns to defeat UMass 28-0.

In the first half WPI had their chances to jum p out to a lead but came away with nothing to show for their efforts. They had a touchdown called back, a field goal that was missed and another field goal at­

tempt stopped on a mishandled snap. The first half ended in a scoreless tie.

In the second half the Engineers continued lo grind out yardage on the ground as Ansah kept plowing through the holes opened by the offen­ sive line. They converted their first tw o posses­ sions of the third quarter into touchdowns, one on a 12-yard run by Ansah and the second on a 13yard run by quarterback Nate Cote. WPI iced the game in the fourth when Chris Moore blocked a River Hawk field goal attempt which Kevin Ranucci picked up and brought 84 yards for the score. The scoring was capped o ff by C ote’s first touchdown pass of the season to freshman Matt Surette.

Fall season winding down

Ansah was named Co-Offensive Player o f the Week by both the Freedom Football Conference and the EC AC for his performance. Great job Emie.

Volleyball (15-14 final) The volleyball team completed their season last week with their first winning season since 1988. Coach Nancy Vaskas wasextremely pleased with the effort o f her squad all season and is very optimistic for the future with four of her six starters returning next season.

The Engineers ended the regular season with a loss to MIT and wins over UMass-Dart mouth and Framingham Stale. In the NEW 8 tournament WPI drew Smith College and was defeated 3-0, thus bringing their season to an end.

In the loss to MIT, sophomore Emma Palmacci had an outstanding day with 10 kills. WPI lost the match 3-1 (7-15,5-15, 15-6,6-15).

Last Tuesday, October 31st, the Engineers hosted UMass-Dartmouth and Framingham Slate in a tri-match. They defeated both teams 2 -1. The scores of the UMass-Dartmouth match were 1510,10-15 and 15-5. The scores of ihe Framingham State match were 15-17, 15-5 and 15-7.

Last Thursday, WPI ran into a very strong Smith team that is one o f the top teams in New England. Even though the scores don’t indicate it. coach Vaskas was pleased with the effort o f all the players. The game scores were 7-15,8-15 and 315.

Senior co-captain Angela Wonsey was se­ lected as NEW 8 Player o f the W eek forthe week ending 10/29. During the week of 10/22 to 10/28 she led WPI to a 2 -1 record. She had a .410 hitting

percentage, 18 serving aces, 40 assists and 11 digs. Congratulations to Angela.

Men’s Soccer (8-7-1 final) The m en's soccer team had to wait an extra two days to play their final game as their original scheduled game with Clark was postponed due to the weather. They did finish on a positve note by defeating Clark 3-2 in overtime to finish their seventh straight winning season.

The score was tied at halftime 0-0. Six minutes into the seco n d h a lf so p h o m o re Shaun McDonough scored to put WPI up 1-0. It re­ mained that way until Clark evened the score with 18 minutes left in the game. In overtime sopho­ more Mark Socha put WPI back up by one. In the second overtime sophomore Eric Langlois gave the Engineers a 3-1 lead. Clark added another goal late, but it wasn't enough as WPI held on for the 3-2 win.

Winter Sports Alert!!!

Our w inter teams are practicing and getting ready for their upcoming seasons. Look for the Athletic Departm ent schedule cards in your mailboxes or come to Alumni Gym to find out when our team s arc playing. We hope that the students will come out to support our teams.

Our m en’s and w om en’s basketball team s played in the ECAC Tournament last year and are looking ju st as strong this season. The wrestling team will always rock Alumni and the men’s and women’s swim team s arc opti­ mistic for a solid season. So take a study break and come cheer for the home teams. All events are free.

IceCats claim big win over 1st place Falcons

by Andrew Marsella Associate Editor NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ERIC WILHELM

Above: Men’s lightweight boat racing in the Head of the Connecticut Regatta in Middletown, Connecticut.

Below: WPI Club soccer, in their only home game last Friday, scored in the last seconds to tie the game at 2. After overtime the final score was 2 - 2 .

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T h e W orcester IceC ats w on their fourth straight game W ednesday night (Nov. I) against the league leading Springfield Falcons. The Falcons, who boasted an 8 -2 -1 record prior to the gam e, suffered their second loss in as many gam es against the IceCats, whose record rose to 5-4 after the victory. It was the first time in IccCat history that the team has won fourstraight gam es, and was an extrem ely important game against a top Northern division rival.

Both the Springfield and W orcester clubs are supported by excellent goaltcnding (the F alcon’s Scott Langkow and Manny Legace are the top two goaltenders in the AHL, the IceC at’s Eric Fichaud was rated 7th overall before the game), which was evident by the way Fichaud and Legace kept the first period scoreless despite some great offensive chances by both team s. P enalties, how ever, were “aw arded" liberally to both benches - including a gam e misconduct on first-tim e IceCat center Ian Laperriere for instigating a fight. Laperriere, w ho was the 4th highest scoring rookie in the N H L last season, was sent dow n from St. Louis on Monday. After being blatantly cross-checked by the F alco n 's left w ing M ichal G rosek, Laperriere dropped the gloves, taught G rosek a lesson, and was subsequently ejected from the gam e. “ I don’t know what the refs let go down here,” Laperriere later said, "but I don’t let [that

type of penalty] go!"

Hopefully, Laperriere will get a chance lo play for the Cats in the future and add his offensive threat to the team. • Finally, late in the second period, it was Legace who yielded the first goal o f the game to IceCat’s left wing Craig Johnson, on a well fought break-aw ay assisted by defensem an Steve Staios. Although the Cats were outshot throughout the first two periods, they were able lo hold their lead and maintain their momentum to the end o f the second period.

Halfway through the third period, however, the Falcons tied it up with a slapshot from defenseman Je ff Finley that beat Fichaud, ruin­ ing his hopes for a first professional shutout.

But Fichaud d id n ’t give in - in fact, he appeared not even to give it much thought - as he held the Cats in the gam e with several spectacular saves.

With a little over six minutes rem aining in regulation tim e, the other IceCats rewarded him for his hard work when Johnson one-tim ed his second goal of the evening past Legace, assisted by right wing Lindsay Vallis and left wing Dave Roberts. The rem ainder of the game passed with each team failing to connect on several great scoring chances, and the final score held at 2 - 1 in favor of the IceCats. Both penalty killing units played incredibly, defend­ ing against strong pow er-plays by each team.

Johnson’s two goals (his 2nd and 3rd of the season) earned him the gam e's first star award, with Fichaud (34 saves) and Legace (25 saves) placing as the 2nd and 3rd stars, respectively.

Training sessions available for major software packages and e-mail fjy Dgfyfyjg Dexter Dexter

by Debbie CCC Computer Trainer CCC Computer Trainer A recent survey was sent to a select group o f staff members lo generate some direction is accessing the needs for training and I would like to relay this information to all here at WPI. Unfortunately the student body was not in­ cluded in the survey due to time constraints and the difficulty in surveying the entire student body. (I tried to save you from filling out yet another survey!) I am here as well as other staff/ faculty members at WPI to service the students.

Any comments or suggestions are greatly appre­ ciated regarding the following information.

A general consensus prevailed throughout the surveys that some people do not completely understand the options WPI offers through the Novell Network, with E-mail and what their computer or terminal truly has to offer them. It was also discovered a large number o f people are uncomfortable using UNIX commands. I will be working in conjunction with other CCC members to coordinate training sessions d e­ voted to “ Understanding Your C om puter Hard­ ware/Software Options at WPI", “A General Understanding o f Your Connections to Others Through E-Mail and the Novell N etw o rk ” and “The Most Comm on UNIX Comm ands and Tbeir P urposes” ,.

put­ Many individuals are using personal com putindowss to toexpedite ers with W indow expedite their work. There was an overw helm ing response lo the need for a training session on “How to use W indow s”.

Over three-quarters o f those surveyed had used Windows, but did not feel entirely com fortable nor did they realize it’s full potential. This area of concern will be targeted first in developing training. It is very necessary for people to feel comfortable in a Windows environment before they move on to more specific software and I would consider this training a pre-requisite to learning additional software.

The softw are used by the select group sur­ veyed concentrated on word processing, spread­ sheet and presentation software and surpris­ ingly the results suggested a cam pus-w ide use o f Microsoft Office products which includes M ic ro so ft W o rd fo r W in d o w s , E x c e l, Powerpoint and MS Access. Many use W ord for Windows for their word processing needs and feel they are at the basic level but wish to learn more about the other options it h a sto o ffe r as well as how it works in conjunction with the other m em bers o f the package. T he num bers are about the same for those who want to use Excel, Powerpoint and MS A ccess for w in­ dows but most o f this group has never used the applications but wishes to start from scratch to leam them. There w as a*good follow ing o f

WordPerfect those who want to leam more about W ordPerfect Windows, for W indows, W ordPerfect Presentations and Lotus. This group will not be dism issed; there will be training sessions from tim e to time, but training at the moment will concentrate on Microsoft products.

Students use these applications as well as m any other applications to com plete their stud­ ies and projects. W hat are the applications for w hich you feel you need training? Send E-mail to m yself at dldexter@ wpi or the helpdesk at box5888@ w pi.

Because many software products offer an extensive amount o f options, training will be presented through “topics” so that people wil I be able to leam different functions or benefits their software extends to them instead o f reading the manual to try to com prehend everything the software has to offer. There are probably some functions that will not relate to a person’s every­ day responsibilities, and learning them would be a waste of time.

Questions were also targeted at E-mail pref­ erences. There appeared to be a general con­ sensus that training is needed on how to use E-m ail and which E-mail package you should use. I will be developing training on the options W PI users have on m eans o f com m unication.

Lastly, the choices for the times to train were .again, overwhelmingly co n stan t.. I will <try to

training session times flexible. The ses­ imake t sions will be constructed to be generally two si hours in length. The schedule will adhere to the needs o f those who may need private instruc­ tion, but will concentrate on group training sessions to compensate for the great need for training. Therefore, there will be an effort to maintain two morning training sessions daily, with afternoons for private instruction or ques­ tions by phone. If enough students are interested in taking advantage o f com putertraining, I would be glad to adjust the schedule to include one to two nightly sessions per month if people can not attend a day session, but I would need some feedback from the students. All training ses­ sions will be held here in the basement o f Fuller Labs in the Projects Room unless other arrange­ ments are necessary.

I will be posting training sessions in different areas like newsgroups-events, general E-mails, Newspeak and WPI This Week. Registering for training sessions will be necessary due to the limited num ber of computers; registering can be done by phone or E-mail to dldexter@ wpi A F­ TER a posting has been published. In the future, I look forward to meeting as many o f you as possible and servicing you to the best of my ability. Again, I invite anyone from WPI to send me any suggestions or requests in regards to training. . , » , ., , , » . . ,

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One man show “ Keats” hits Alden stage

by Noah Weisleder Class of *96 British actor and playwright Paul Harris will perform his one-man show Keats Tuesday, No­ vember 7 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Riley Commons. The performance begins at 8pm, with doors opening at 7:30pm. All arc welcome to attend this free performance. For more informa­ tion please call 831-5426.

Keats is based on the life o f John Keats, one of the greatest o f all English poets. Today, Keats’ poetry is compared to that of Wordsworth, Milton, and Shakespeare. The play centers on the life of the man that produced such great works of litera­ ture. Paul Harris’ play is not only about the poetry, but about Keats himself. It is an absorbing and amusing play that sheds new light onto Keats as a person.

John Keats had the most remarkable career— and the shortest one— o f any major English poet.

He was bom on 3 1 October 1795, in London. His father, a stableman, was killed when Keats was

eight; his mother died less than six years later.

Though Keats studied medicine, he eventually abandoned that career for poetry; his first book.

Poems, was published in 1817, and his second one, Endvmion. appeared in 1818. That same year Keats tended his brother T om, who wasted away and eventually died o f cm >umption (tuber­ culosis) in December. In 181' . Keats wrote his most enduring works, including “The Eve of St. Agnes," “Ode to a Nightingale.” “Ode on a Gre­ cian Urn,” “The Fall of Hyperion,” and “To Autumn"; these poems were published in 1820, in his third and last book. Preoccupied with his love for Fanny Brawnc (to whom he became engaged), and beset by financial worries, he coughed up blood in February o f 1820. Keats knew from this that he would die of the same disease that claimed his mother and his brother— and he did, on 23 February 1821, leaving behind him, at age 25, a remarkable legacy o f outstanding poetry.

Paul Harris attended the London School of Economics, and trained at the Guild Hall School o f Music and Drama in London. He has appeared

on the British television series Galloping Galax­ ies!. and has written a number of radio scripts for the BBC. Harris’s stage work has included roles n Julius Caesar. Richard II. The Comedy of Errors. Another Country, and an adaptation o f Far From the Madding Crowd.

Keats originally prem iered to critical ac­ claim in England and then toured to Italy. The

play was first perform ed in the United States at H arvard University. Mr. H arris’ current tour covers eleven states, ranging from Texas to M assachusetts. His appearance at WPI is made possible by the WPI Departm ent o f Humanities and Arts, the WPI Speakers Fund, the Fine Arts C om m ittee, and the W orcester State College Departm ent o f English.

WPI Social Committee presents:

SMACKMELON w / guest

Phineas Gage

Tuesday, Nov. 14 RUey Com mons doors open at

7:30pm

$2 WPI / $5 general

Live Alternative Music!

F o r m ore information, call SocC om m at 831-5509

What is anime?

S F S t o s p o n s o r A n i m e F e s t ’9 5 t h i s w e e k e n d

by Amy L Plack Features Editor

PHOTO BY NEIL NORUM, WPI NEWS SERVICE

Physics Professor Hal Hilsinger introduces the “newest member of the Physics Faculty,” Curly. Intended as a demonstration of torque, Curly appeared just in time for Halloween. Students are shown that he is lifting a 4.0 Newton (.40kg) weight, while the tension in his biceps is nearly seven times the load. An explanation of why this is happening is given on the sign to his right. No word as to whether he w ill be running conferences or giving lectures in the future, but for now Curly is desperately trying to bulk up for the cold winter.

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Tuesday Dumb & Dumber Fatal Attraction Rudy

Wednesday Hot Shots: Part Deux When Harry Met Sally The Mask

Thursday Clear & Present Danger Basic Instinct Predator

Friday Term inator 2 - Judgment Day School Ties Last Action Hero

Saturday G roundhog Day M ajor League The Hunt for Red October

Sunday No movies - go see “ Pocahontas,” 6:30 & 9:30pm , Perreault Hal!

Monday A Few Good Men The Mask Dumb & Dumber

Films shown on the SocComm Movie Channel, WPI channel 12, begin at 6:00pm and continue until the first movie listed has repeated, usually until about 2:00am.

For up-to-date information on the time each film will begin, watch the WPIC bul­ letin board on channel 11.

Vick named to Drama League Susan V ick, p rofessor o f dram a/th eatre, w as recently invited to join the D ram a L eague for (he 1995-96 season. The league, founded in 1916, is one o f the nation’s oldest and most highly respected theatre o rg an izatio n s. Its m em bers estab lish ed the first aw ard for d is­ tinguished w ork in the theatre and recently founded the D ram a League D irectors Project to find and foster the best young directorial talents. V ick will assist with this and other projects d u rin g her tenure.

Rememberall those great cartoons you watched when you were a kid? Remember "Star Blazers," "G-Force,” and "Voltron?” If you do, then you’ve seen anime. What is anime, exactly? Anime is the Japanese word for “animation."

The Science Fiction Society is offering a full platter o f these features this Saturday, November 11th when they will host their second AnimeFest in Perreault Lecture Hall. From comedy lo sci-fi and fantasy, SFS will take viewers on a full tour of anime during the festival, which will begin at noon and last until the feature film, "Ninja Scroll” ends at around midnight.

Students Mike Caprio ( ’97) and Roy Martin (GS) are organizing the festival, which will be free to all. O f anime, Mike says, “ It’s starting to get more and more accepted in the U.S., but it’s still underground" Mike and Roy are rushing to obtain all the features they want to show on Saturday, especially since they want to obtain as many dubbed versions of the films as they can.

“People get mad (about dubbed anime), because you can lose something in the translation,” ac­ cording to Mike. Just the same, anime that is dubbed well is better than subtitled anime, and they’re doing the best they can to obtain as much that is dubbed as is available.

Features on the schedule include episodes of "Macross Plus," the sequel to “Robotech,” a few episodes o f "All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl, Nuku

Nuku.” That last one sounds a little weird: it’s the story o f a female android with the brain of a cat, which gives it/her lightning-fast reflexes and a quick wit. Her job: to protect the children of her creator from the government. Try another: “Oh My Goddess!,” a story about a boy who acciden­ tally dials the goddess relief service, makes a wish and gets a goddess for a girlfriend (no. I'm not kidding). How about this one: “Tenchi Muyo Ryo-Ohki!," three episodes o f the series about a boy who inherits a magic sword that can control extra-terrestrial beings. Using it, he obtains not one, not two, but SIX alien girlfriends.

Yes, some o f this stuff sounds really strange, but that’s because most Americans haven’t caught on. The Japanese culture is really big on spirits of animals and people, demons, and aliens, all of which show up in their animation. There lire a lot o f cultural barriers which prevent Americans from getting the drift sometimes. For instance, Japa­ nese legend has it that, when a virgin male sees a naked woman, his nose will start to bleed. Since most o f us don’t know that, we just wouldn’t understand when it happens in an animated fea­ ture from Japan.

All in all, there’s a lot of variety in this year’s festival, and all of it leads up to the final full-length feature: “Ninja Scroll," an “extremely violent,” “ very gory” anime about ninjas fighting evil d e­ mons and the like. So, if you are looking for something to do this weekend, stop into Perreault Hall on Saturday anytime between noon and midnight and check out AnimeFest ’95!

Old insight for modern times

by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief The Greening of America written by Charles A. Reich twenty five years ago, to try and identify the major problems with dem ocracy in the United States. Crown Trade Paperbacks has re-released the book to go along with another of Reich’s works, the recently released O pposing the System . In the new preface. Reich asks the question: “Can a society remain healthy while placing its economic system ahead o f the needs o f people and nature?”

He then answers with: “ If we are better off than we were in 1970, the answ er is yes. If we are worse off, the answer is n o .. .if the answ er is no, then we face the unprecedented task of finding a new direction for society.” He then asserts that the answer is indeed no and that change is needed.

In the book, the author highlights three major ways o f thinking, which he calls Consciousness I, II and III. These types of people are every­ where, with Consciousness I types focused on self. A person works for his o r her ow n selfsatisfaction and is essentially a cut o ff from all com m unity. This type o f person feels that everyone is responsible for their own actions and should help themselves.

Consciousness II is more com m unity-ori­ ented and cam e into existence in the twentieth century 4 M ainly as a result of bad feelings about

the selfishness o f Consciousness 1, this type of person sees a need for a large government which helps people. Individuals are seen as looking beyond themselves tow ards the good of every­ one, which is an altruistic, but largely unwork­ able philosophy.

The reaction to all of this was Consciousness III, who Reich saw as the bell-bottom wearing younger generation. T hese people were doing something new, when they saw a problem with the governm ent, they were unafraid to question its motives. They were unw illing to go o ff to fight a w ar that they could not justify or find justification for. They were willing to experi­ ment and were less career-oriented than previ­ ous generations.

Reich was impressed and he saw a chance for great change. He saw the younger generation teaching others how to be as accepting of people as they were. This was happening across the country and he could see no reason for why it should not continue. Unfortunately, it did not.

But along the way, R eich tells his readers o f m any o f the problem s w ith A m erica in 1970. T hey are. for the most part, m any of the sam e problem s we face today. In fact, it is so surp risin g how m any o f his points are still pro b lem s, that he could have w ritten this book today. Perhaps that m eans that the tim e is as rip e for a “G reen R evolution" today as it was back th en.

In the preface thd author states that the only

things he m ight have changed in the book is the use o f gender. Realizing the sensitivities o f m any o f his readers, he states that he should have changed all the references to people as being strictly male, but in the end he did not alter his work.

The Greening of America is available from C row n Trade Paperbacks for $14.00.

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American Antiquarian Society elects two professors English Professor Kent P. Ljungquist and As­ sistant Provost for Special Programs Lance Schachterle have been elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society. New mem­ bers are elected by existing members for their historical and literary research on the United Slates through 1879. Twelve U.S. presidents.

Alexander Graham Bell, Daniel Webster and former WPI President George W. Hazzard are among the distinguished Americans who have been members of the society.

The AAS was founded by Isaiah Thomas, whose paper The Massachusetts Spy, was the voice o f the Whig party during the American

“Career Planning and Graduate School” talk to be held tonight C onfused about w hat to do after g rad u a­ tion? T onight. N ovem ber 7, the CDC and Tau Beta Pi will be sponsoring a talk titled "C areer Planning and G raduate S chool” at 6:30p.m . in K innicut Hall (S L 1 15). The talk will h e given by the Professor R onald Kane, who is the Dean o f G raduate Studies and VP o f academ ic affairs at the New Jersey Insti­

tute o f T echnology. P rofessor Kane is also V P o f the A m erican Society o f Engineering E ducation. The talk will include five com po­ nents: E ducation. P rofession, Professional Serv ice, Public Service and Fam ily. There will also be a focus on G rad School. AN m ajors and graduation classes are welcom e to attend.

Writing Center here to help The Writing Center provides assistance with writing assignments and projects to any WPI student. Students may sign up for one-hour appointments to work w ith peer tutors who have been trained to offer feedback and make suggestions for improving any piece of writing. Students are invited to bring their work to the Writing Center at any stage of the writing process.

The Writing Center is in Salisbury Labs 134 and is open the following hours: 9-12 & 12:30-3:30 Monday 9-12 & 12:30-3:30 T uesday 12:3 0 -3 :3 0 Wednesday 9-12 & 12:30-3:30 Thursday 9-12 & 12:30-3:30 Friday For more information please call De Ann Finkel at ex. 5503 or send email to w rc@wpi.

Admissions to host second Open House The Admissions Office will host its second Open House for prospective members of the Class o f 2000 and their families on Friday, Nov. 10.

Joseph L. Smith, associate director o f admissions, is coordinating the program, which is expected to bring more than 600 people to campus. High­ lights include campus and laboratory tours, de­ partment open houses, ;ind presentations on the

W'PI Plan, student life, opportunities for interna­ tional study, the World Wide Web, cooperative education and career planning and placement.

The quadrangle will be reserved for the vistors' vehicles; employees should park in the peripheral lots. Those with medical concerns may maki special parking arrangements with Campus Po­ lice.

Professor, alumnus get the gold Donald N. Zwiep, mechanical engineering professor and departm ent head emeritus, and W alter W. M assie, a m em ber o f the faculty o f Delft University o f Technology in the N ether­ lands, received the G old Award at the Fourth W'orld Conference on Engineering Education for their paper "E ducating Engineering S tu­ dents fo ra Global Social Responsibility.”

Educators from more than 40 countries pre­ sented over 300 papers at the conference, which was held Oct. 15-20 in Saint Paul, Minn. The authors received a plaque and $2,500. "At the aw ards dinner our paper was cited for the ac­ com plishm ents o f the WPI Global Projects Program -specifically for the work done in the W PI/Dellt University 1994 summer program at DUT," says Zwiep. "W hile Professor Massie and I appreciate the recognition given to the W PI/DU T operations, it is the WPI Global Projects Program, a m ajor part o f W Pi’s educa­ tional activities, that was also being recognized-and rightfully so .”

Zwiep was head o f the Mechanical Engineer­ ing Department for 3 1 years-the longest tenure of any department head in the Institute’s history. In the two years before his retirement in 1990 he served as acting provost and vice president for academic affairs. He maintainsanoffice in Higgins Labs and has remained active as a project advisor and in the American Society of Mechanical Engi­ neers. Zwiep received the William R. Grogan Award at Reunion in June. The award recognizes outstanding contributions by an individual in sup­ port o f the mission of the college or the welfare of its students.

Massie, who earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a m aster’s degree in me­ chanical engineering in 1964 and 1966, respec­ tively, cam e to D UT as a Fulbright student then joined the university’s Civil Engineering De­ partment. He and his family live near Dellt.

Zw iep and Massie have worked together on project activities in the N etherlands since the sum m er o f 1994.

Revolution. Thomas, who became the leading printer, editor, publisher and bookseller in the U.S. after the war, joined with a group o f men who believed in the necessity of preserving historical material to found the society in 1812. Today, nearly three million books, pamphlets, broad­ sides, manuscripts, prints, maps and newspapers related to the history, literature and culture o f the first 250 years of this country are preserved in its research library at 185 Salisbury St. The collec­ tions serve a worldwide community of students, teachers, historians, bibliographers, genealogists and authors. Ellen S. Dunlap is the organization’s current president.

L jungquist, a faculty m em ber since 1977, is a specialist in A m erican studies w ho has w ritten extensively about E dgar A llan Poe and Jam es Fenim ore C ooper.

His recent accom plishm ents include editing the /'acts

on File Bibliography of American Fiction and co-editing, w ith S chachterle, C o o p er’s The Deerslaver. D uring a 1991 sabbatical at the A ntiquarian S ociety he d eterm in ed that

an unsigned review of P oe’s series on “A u ­ tography” that appeared in the Philadelphia Public Ledger in 1841 w as, in fact w ritten by Poe him self.

Schachterle, who joined the faculty in 1970 as assistant professor of English, has published stud­ ies o f Cooper, Charles Dickens and Thomas Pynchon. A member and former chair of the American Society for Engineering Education’s Liberal Education Division, he received the 1995 Sterling P. Olmsted Award from that division for innovative contributions to the liberal arts within engineering education. As a WPI administrator he oversaw the development of the project pro­ gram, helped develop the Global Perspective Pro­ gram, and was involved in the establishment o f the Massachusetts Academy o f Mathematics and Science. In the early 1980s he and chemistry professor Stephen J. Weininger founded the Soci­ ety for Literature and Science, a research society that promotes a multidisciplinary dialogue on the relationship o f science, the humanities and the arts.

Campus recycling in full swing Plant Services has implemented a comprehen­ sive, campuswide recycling program with the goal o f initially recycling 33 percent of W PI’s waste material. “The Department of Environ­ mental Quality Engineering’s Solid Waste Man­ agement Facility Regulations, which went into effect on Dec. 31, 1994, bans all grades o f recy­ c lab le paper from la n d fills ," says Paul Tarmasewicz, office manager.

The departm ent has targeted specific m ate­ rials for recycling, including m ixed office pa­ per, com puter paper, white, colored and w in­ dow envelopes, new spapers, m agazines, tele­ phone books, NCR paper, fax paper, manila envelops, office paper, w rappers, card stock, file folders, and junk mail. Each w eek, custo­ dians empty the individual recycling contain-

Workshop for competitors An Oral Presentation W orkshop to pre­ pare candidates for the President’s IQP Awards Com petition will beheld at 4:30 p.m. on W ednesday, Nov. 8, in Salisbury Labs 104. For more information, call Bar­ bara McCarthy, instructor o f com m unica­ tions, at ext. 5939. The com petition w ill be held at 2 p.m. on W ednesday, Nov. 29, in Higgins House.

ers that have been placed in staff areas into the large collection totes on each floor (arrange­ ments should be made with custodians to pick up cardboard.) A recycling collection com pac­ tor for recyclable paper is located at the Fuller Labs loading dock; a second com pactor, at the G ordon Library loading dock, is for cardboard.

N onrecyclable materials should be placed only in trash containers.

“One ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 4,102 kilowatt hours o f electricity, 380 gallons of oil and 7,(XX) gallons of water,” says Tarmasewicz. “Remember, this is a campuswide activity that will work to recycle a large part of our waste material. This program depends on a high level of participation from everyone on campus.”

Home page is among the best “Em ploym ent Opportunities and Job R e­ sources," a home page created by Margaret Riley, coordinator o f network resources, was recently rated among the lop 5 percent of all sites on the Internet by Point Survey, a service that rates and reviews the besl sites on the World Wide Web. Point (http://w w w .pointcom .com ) provides surfers with a catalog of the most lively, useful and fun sites on the Net. Ratings are based on merit as judged by the service's users and reviewers. Type http://w ww .wpi.edu/ A cademics/IM S/Library/jobguide/index.htmlto access R iley's page.

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Last Thursday Professor Sacco gave students from four Worcester high schools a lesson in fluid dynamics at South High School. The catch - Doctor Sacco was still up in orbit on Columbia.

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How one man helped bring us together Professor Sacco has safely returned to earth after his sixteen days in orbit and we hope that he is feeling fine. We have had him on our m inds for the past lew months and it is a relief that he had a safe trip. In just over tw o weeks, he traveled more m iles than many o f us will in a lifetim e and he has shown us all that there is still magic associated with space travel.

A lthough few would argue that his mission was as rom antic as the first moon walk, Sacco had many in the com m unity pulling for him. When we look up at the night sky, most o f what we see is darkness and there m ust be a certain am ount o f apprehension with putting oneself into orbit. G ranted, here at W PI, we tend to think more o f the technology associated with such a venture, but the excitem ent and the mystery o f it all still caught up with us al times.

From the very dedicated members o f the Zeolite Crystal G rowth team who have w orked tirelessly, m im icing Sacco’s work on the shuttle, to the interested m em bers o f the com m u­ nity, we all cared. Some professors would com m ent that based on what they saw on the new s, they felt that Sacco was either feeling great or feeling nauseated. Some o f us tried to get down to one o f the launch attempts and for those that were there for that seventh try, what a great reward.

We all goi a chance to leam more about the man and his work and maybe even a little bit more about ourselves. There was a chance to gel to know a few more people for who they are and what they do. Some lucky high school students in W orcester were able to participate in an experiment with Sacco last week and their lives have been touched with an experience they will not forget.

There was the WPI pennant that was visible in some o f the shots of the shuttle, including the one when they threw out the ball for the world series. There will be the many stories that Professor Sacco will tell us when he gets back to campus. The countless connections that were made, from Robert Goddard being a WPI student and Sacco’s departm ent being located in G oddard Hall; to the quality o f NASA food versus a good hom ecooked spagetti dinner. Interesting lessons for everyone were there for the taking.

So in closing, we have a message for the professor himself: Many people are happy that you have returned safely. Still more arc glad that you could make the trip in the first place, you are a great representative for WPI and we are proud to be able to welcome you back in the near future.

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Philler Peanut Butter and M el Tormei - Hey, Who Used All the Hot Water?!

by Ixturel and Guinevere In the interest o f saving space, we have decided that we will print this w e e k 's article in 4 point type. Un­ fortunately, the editors o f N ew speak have th is thing that says all the ar­ ticles have to appear the sam e way.

We suggested that the en tire paper be reduced to post-card size (just because we gotta save space), but, of course, no one listened to us. (N ot the first tim e, cither. W'e’re alm ost beginning to get suspicious...) So. ju st to prove a point (because we

gotta save space) we are going to ask all o f o u r read ers (both o f you) to open the pap er to w h atev er page w e’re on , and have a friend, o r a notq u ite-so -h o stile enem y, m ove about six feet aw ay (w ith the paper, silly).

T his should produce the effect we are looking for. R em em ber to save space < ------ T his is vitally im p o r­ tant! W e c a n ’t d isclo se exactly why right now , but trust us. Have we ev er lied to you b efo re? (B esides that O N E tim e. O h, and that other one d o e sn 't count - it w a sn 't o u r fault.) ...and now for som eth in g com -

ccc Recent outbreak of viruses on campus

by Debbie Dexter CCC Computer Trainer If you h a v e n 't already heard d u r­ ing the student break, there had been a discovery of fourteen d ifferen t vi­ ruses on cam pus. These viruses are: L ittle Red.A L ittle Red.B L ittle Red. 1439 L ittle Red M onkey_b Form _A NYB S tealth-C G en_B B ananna Israeli Boot Virus O hio Boot Virus M ichaelangelo A ntiE xec U nfortunately, three versions of L ittle Red infected d ifferent servers.

The S eptem ber version o f M cAfee V irusScan on the netw ork did not detect these viruses so they were able to pass to the server. W hen running the netw ork drivers, the vi­ ruses w ere spread to som e com p u t­ ers across cam pus. S ecurity p recau ­ tions have been put in place to avoid further infections of the server. As c o m p u te rs a c ro s s c a m p u s w ere scanned for these viruses,m any other viruses were discovered that were sp re a d th ro u g h the c o n v e n tio n a l m ethod of disks to hard drives.

T he L ittle Red viruses that were spread to the server were com pressed.

T hese p articular com pressed viruses lay dorm ant, attached to *.exe, *.com and *.dll files. When these filed w ere opened the virus becam e active and could then attack o th er files on the hard drive, rendering program s like W indow s o r even the autom enu inoperable. Fortunately, the servers have been “clean ed ” o f th ese viruses so no further infection can o ccu r through a server. Infected co m p ut­ e r s /f lo p p ie s th a t h av e n o t b een “c lea n ed ” can still spread L ittle Red from com puter to com puter.

M ost im portantly, how do you know if you have a virus on your com puter and if so how d o you gel rid o f it? W ell, if you w ere like alm ost every oth er student on break, you d id n 't log in when the viruses

had not yet been detec ted on the serv er so you survived. T his d o e sn ’t m ean you d o n 't have a virus on yo u r co m p u ter, it sim p ly m eans you d id n ’t get the L ittle Red virus from the server. W hen in d o u b t scan!, scan!, s c a n ! ! ! ! T h e n ew v e rs io n o f M cA fee’s V irusS can that does id en ­ tify L ittle R ed is a v a ila b le at ftp.m cafee.com in the /p u b /an tiv iru s d irecto ry (consult the 00-in d ex .tx t file for fu rth er details) o r from any o f th e W P I N o v e ll S e rv e rs in th e o:\sh arew ar\scan directo ry .

If you do find a virus on your c o m p u te r , p le a s e e -m a il p c questions@ w pi and they will get to you as soon a s possib le. M ost o f the viruses can be clea n ed through the clean co m m an d . T h e o n ly c o m ­ pletely successful m ethod we have discovered fo r clea n in g Little Red has been to FD ISK and FO R M A T the infected hard driv e. BE SU RE T O BACK U P YOUR DATA FIRST! A fter rem oving v iruses with “clean", som e o f the files are left unusable. It is possible to backup up any im por­ tant data files you m ight have before w iping out y our hard drive. We a re n 't recom m ending you back up any a p p licatio n s, instead re-install them all ( w ith no e x cep tio n s, includ­ ing D OS) w ith w rite pro tected disks.

If you are go in g to m ake a back up, please bool your co m p u te r with a clean b ootable floppy disk.

If you are not sure w hether you have a virus and do not w ant to risk infection please co m e to the C C C Shop and they will supply you w ith a clean, b ootable floppy disk w ith th e la te s t v e rs io n o f M c A fe e V irusScan p rogram on it.

The fact th at large num ber o f v i­ ruses w ere found alerts W PI users that we are not taking all the neces­ sary precautions to prevent the spread o f viruses. A lw ays scan any new disk you introduce to y o u r co m p u ter as well a perio d ically scanning yo u r hard drive. The scan program is co n stan tly upd ated to find new v i­ ruses. Be sure to keep up to date w ith the new est version. W PI is licensed to d istrib u te the latest version o f M cA fee V irusS can to all WPI users w ithout a reg istratio n fee. We will contin u e to keep you updated on vi­ ruses as well as any o th e r new in fo r­ mation from the C CC .

pletely d ifferen t - fan mail:

call the E arth, our angle o f d ecli­ nation tow ard what we like to call the inner galactic plane p re­ vents cosm ic rays from in tercep t­ ing the cesium atom s in the o ffi­ cial Earth tim e keeping d evice, thus creating a cascade effect, and tw ice a year (for reasons we cannot explain) produces the phe­ nom enon that we like to call d ay ­ light savings tim e. The library, because o f the “ribs" on the pos­ terior ex terio r face, functions as a q u asi-N ew to n ian blue space m odulator, and thus scram bles the cosm ic rays like an egg in the hot T ennessee sun. Any q u es­ tions?

Brian. You’re an engineer. Figure it out for yourself.

• We have absolutely no idea.

It’s just a WPI thing.

From : Brian T hom as Parker

i was in the library today (sunday the 29th) and i noticed that the clocks were still an hour ahead (daylight wasting time?), because congress mandates daylight savings to p ro ­ tect little kiddies at the bus-stop, this seems to mean that the library is breaking the law. worse, we might all be breaking the law by looking at the clocks and thinking, even fo r a brief moment, that they are correct, do i have anything to worry about, do i need to contact a good law er y e t? can i collect fo r pain and suffer­ ing if i end up being early to a m eet­ ing because of the clocks? i am a confused island o f san­ ity in an insane place, you are my only hope fo r salvation, brian Uni, does this strike anyone else as strange - B rian 's com ing to us, because w e 're the only hope o f saving him from insan­ ity. D oes he even read the in­ sanity (read, crap) that we w rite ev ery w eek? H ey, we aim to please, sooo....

B ecause o f the strangeness . , o f this q uestion/com m ent, and I L our own unique sense o f what ' w e g e n e r a lly c a ll h u m o r, w e’ve decided on a rather u n o rth o ­ dox m ethod o f answ ering B ria n 's q u estio n : C h o o se-Y o u r-O w n -A n sw er.

• • •

You know , people w ho u n co v er co n sp iracies often end up dead.

No, B rian. W e'v e g o tta save SPA C E , not tim e. {read in old new sreel scien tist voice] You see, B rian, b ecau se o f the rotation o f what we like to

checks cam e in. H ave you ever fo l­ lowed the directions for opening your check? C hances are, no one has.

Besides the fact o f us being e n g i­ neers and we d o n ’t read directions, the d irectio n s are physically im pos­ sible w ithout external help. T ake a look at one o f them . On the short side o f the check it says, "R em ove this edge first.” T his direction is also on the o th er short side o f the check. Now how can you rem ove *both* short sides at the sam e tim e?

W e’re w orking on a little m achine to d o ju s t that, and hopefully there will be a rew ard for o u r troubles.

O ur theory is that if you follow directions, you will be rew arded, and your check am ount will double. P ay­ roll d o e sn ’t w ant you to know this, and since they d o n ’t want to have to pay this am ount if people do it a cci­ dentally, th e y ’ve decided to m ake the d irections so difficult that no one w ill bother. H ere’s w hat ya do: until w e’ve created our P hiller - C heck - O pen­ ing - B oth - Sides - At - The Sam e - T im e - T o - G et - Y our - D ouble - C heck - A m ount C heck - O pener (P. C. O. B. S. A .T .S .T .T .G . Y .D .C .A .C .

O .), go to payroll and dem and that they open your check for you. M ake sure they do it c o r­ rectly, and if the double am ount do esn ’t show up, they must have opened it w rong on purpose.

D em and the double value anyw ay.

W e’re "terrib ly sorry” about releas­ ing this inform ation. Payroll, but this conspiracy has gone on for far too long.

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Snail Mail: Philler d o Newspeak Box 2700 e-mail: newspeak@wpi.edu Web Site: http://www.wpi.edu/~tbt/Philler/

...and the sixth strangest thing to catch your room m ate doing: p lu ck ­ ing his/her palm s...

O k. Laurel w ants to type som e­ thing now, so I am going to get up from the com puter. B race y o u r­ selves...

T h e o th e rd a y , all o f the w orkstudy

Well, we think w e’ve causedenough damage for one week. Join us next time when you’ll hear us say, “...but that’s the way you do it in Tibet.”

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Graphics Editor Vacant

Business Maneger Usa Bartee

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Advertising Manager Dave Koelle

Typist Jennifer A Johnson

Sharon Bosse

Amy L. Plack Writing StaH Beatrice Grygo Pamela Kelly Jason Macierowski Heather Mazzaccaro Jesse Zbikowski

Jason Philbrook

Ed Cameron

Sports Editor Vacant

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T u e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 7, 1995

Student G overnm ent A Unofficial Minutes for the meeting of October 31, 1995 Meeting held in the Lower Wedge I.

U.

Senate:

C ath y C o n n e lly , P re sid e n t;

t o the

Kintigh, Mickey L acroix, Amy Plack, Jennifer Reese, Justin Sprague, Kristen Stagg, Cindy Vollaro, Kenneth Volock, Ja­ son W illey, Adam W oodbury

Glen Avery, Tara C arrie, Harish Chawla, Heather C leary,T anya Corrado, Matthew Defronzo, Simba Dutt-M azumdar, Shan­ non Finley, Matthew Freimuth, M arni H all, E d H a llissey , R e b e c c a H o ffm an , S eth

Attendance: Executive Board:

L etters

sso c ia t io n

Kirsty Reidy, Vice President; Greg Snow, Treasurer.

Meeting called to order at 6:05 PM.

Absent: Eric Ammon, Alfred Andrade, Paula Brezniak(excused), Ja­ so n M ic k e y , Je re m y O ls z e w s k i(e x c u s e d ), T im Tully(excused)

Parliamentarian:

E d it o r

Jennifer Yambert

Being gay is nothing to be ashamed of To the Editor: 1 am w riting this letter to, in som e sense, clear up som e things stated in last w eek 's article by C arlos Zapata about Bilaga and gays at WPI. 1 was interview ed as "K ev in " in the a fo re­ m entioned story. It w as insinuated that I was very nervous about doing such an interview ; in reality, I stated that I did not care w hether my name w as used or not, and actually w ould have rather used my real name. I certainly do not subscribe to the idea that one should be asham ed of being gay. I w ould ju s t like to state that not every gay person lives in fear o f people finding o u t...fa r from it. It is not som e "dark secret.” And c e r­ tainly, this cam pus is not the m ost open-m inded on such issues, but I believe m ost prejudice stems from a lack o f know ledge. One docs not g ain k n o w led g e ab o ut the w orld around them by reading stories about people with fake nam es. They gain know ledge by relating to som eone and realizing that th eir differences

are far outnum bered by their sim i­ larities.

I w ant to correct a statem ent in w hich I w as m isquoted. I never claim ed that one in 10 people is gay; I stated that one in ten p eople are gay or bisexual, with the n u m b er o f ac ­ tual gay people being perhaps 4 o r 5 percent. T his figure is cited in the K insey R eport, not to m ention o ther scien tific studies. 1 felt while re ad ­ ing the article that m any w ould q u e s­ tion the validity o f the “one in te n ” statem ent, and I ju st w anted to c la rify w hat 1 actually said.

In som e sections of the interview , I w as not quoted directly , but for the m ost part, it w as accurate. 1 ju st w anted to clear up those few p ro b ­ lem s I had with the article. The article w as on div ersity at W PI; w ell, in his o r her ow n w ay, each and ev ery one o f us co n trib u tes to the diverse atm osphere o f this cam pus.

T hat should be o u r strength, not our w eakness.

III.

At a tim e w hen college students arc routinely criticized for alleged apathy and an unw illingness to c o n ­ tribute to the com m unity, I w rite to com m end the A TO fraternity for their recent volunteer w ork on behalf o f the Friends o f the W orcester Public Library. O n O ctob er 26 and 28, nearly a dozen m em bers of A TO took time out from th eir busy sched­ ules to help m ake the book sale sp o n ­ sored by the Friends o f the Library a success.

Fellow volunteers and the W orces­ ter public w ere very im pressed by the hard w ork and good hum or d em ­ o n strated by the A TO m em bers.

They represented WPI very well. I w ould particularly like to thank Jeff

IV.

Brian Charest '96

A sk

C ohen and Brian Beaton for their o r g a n i z a ti o n a l e ffo rts , P e te r M anolakos, K eith T uri, Jim Keevan, Jay G ajew ski, and Dan H ebert for th e ir help m oving books on T h u rs­ day, O ctober 26.

U nfortunately, I d id not get the nam es o f the ATO m em bers who helped out on O ctober 28, and many o f them left w ithout taking their free books and records. R egardless, the F riends o f the W orcester P ublic Li­ brary have decided to m ake m em ­ bers o f A TO honorary m em bers o f the F riends o f the W orcester Public L ibrary.

Ann Spitaels Friends o f the Worcester Public Library

V.

VI.

Career Search is a wonderful new information product CDC has acquired.

Students select search criteria such as industry type, geographical location and size o f the enterprise. Forexam ple, a student could state she/he wanted a machine tool manufacturer, in New England and with 100 or more employ­ ees. Career Search will then search on this criteria and list the companies along with the names of the managers o f the organiza­ tion and their job titles.

This allows a stu­ dent to send a c o v e r le tte r and resume to the person who is the V P of Engineering.

Plant Manager or Head Quality Control. Since the CDROM is updated quarterly, you can be highly confident your resume will be read by the right person.

Career Search is available during C D C ’s regulars. Due to the high de­ mand, it is available on a “scheduled basis.” You can call or visit CDC to reserve it.

When does the Summer Internship Program start?

The kick-off information meeting will be held on November 28th at 6:30 in Perreault Hall. However, you do not need to wait till then to start preparing for your sum m er position. Here are several things you can do now:

1) Develop your resume by Thanks­ giving. The holidays are times when extended fam ilies and friends come together. You do not know who you will see; an aunt; a cousin or a friend of the family. T hey all are potential sources o f sum m er positions.

2) W atch a video on interviewing in CDC. You can start preparing your interviewing skills without the pres­ sure of having to learn for an interview you have the next day.

3) Identify companies who could employ you which are within a reasonable distance of where you will probably be liv­ ing for the summer.

If it is close to home, maybe a family member or a c q u a in ta n c e know s som eone w ho works there. Another possi­ bility is that a WPI alum may be employed there that you could call and arrange a plant tour during winter break A little work and preparation now will put you ahead of the sum mer em ­ ployment curve.

Questions can be submitted via cam ­ pus mail to CDC, posted to cdc.wpi or dropped o ff in our office on the Third Floor o f Boynton Hall.

C areer Development Center is lo­ cated on the Third Floor, Boynton Hall HOURS: 8:30 to 5:00, Monday. T ues­ day, Thursday and Friday 8 :3 0 to 5 :3 0 on W ed n esd ay s PHONE: 831-5260

President’s Remarks:

Chair Plack announced that an agreem ent with DAKA will al­ low international students to eat at the Grill for dinner with their meal plan until 8pm.

XIII. Committee on Appropriations: Treasurer Snow announced that the committee is waiting until after elections to handle the special funding requests from Hispanic Students Association and the Rugby team.

S-G -A

Secretary’s Remarks:

VII. Treasurer’s Remarks: T reasu rerS n o w an nounced the o pening o f nom in atio n s for A ssistant T reasu rers. They m ust be c u rre n t S e n a to rs.

T hese nom inations are open until M onday al 5pm . B ud­ get packets have been d is­ tributed with ch an g es to all o rganizations. T here will be a m eeting o f all treasu rers next week.

VIII. Committee on Policies and Procedures: The committee has been work­ ing on the Standing Rules and the motion will be on the floor.

IX.

Committee on Elections: no report

X. Committee on Academic Initiatives: Chair Hall announced lhat the letter regarding the sufficiency went to the Humanities depart­ ment. The com m ittee will be following its progress. The comm ittee currently meets on Thursday.

XI.

Q uestion called by S en ato r H a llissey .

M otion fa ile d .

S e n a to r V ollaro m oved to am end R ule 3, Section 8 lo include rules on sport c o n ­ flicts. S enator H offm an sec­ onded. D iscussion ensued as to validity o f sports as an e x ­ c u se.

S e n a to r H a llisse y called questi'on. Vole on the m o tio n w as tie d (1 0 - 1 0 ).

President C onnelly votes in the affirm ative. M otion to a m en d p a sse s. T re a s u r e r Snow m otion lo call the q u e s­ tio n on th e m ain m o tio n .

S e n a to r D u tt-M a z u m b d a r seconded. M otion passes.

M ain m otion is voted upon.

M otion passes by required tw o-thirds vote.

P resid en t C o n n elly XVI. Bill S2 — An re p o rte d lh at th e Act to Amend the e x e c u tiv e sta ff Constitution (first vote) m eeting met on O c­ Senator Woodbury to b e r 31 .

L is a Senator W oodbury moved to H astings will be re ­ STUDENT GOVERNM ENT ASSOCIATION amend the constitution A r­ tu rn in g to WPI as ticle II, Section 6, Item F. Sena­ D ire c to r o f A lu m n i Fund.

XIV. Institute Committee Reports: John H eyle has accep ted the tor Dutt-M azumbdar seconded.

Committee on Academic A friendly amendment was ac­ position on Vice P resident o f Operations : cepted to correct grammatical D evelopm ent. T he tentative Representative Rachel Butland errors. Senator Sprague called start date is Jan u ary . The reported that the committee will A dm issions O pen H ouse is question. Motion S2 passed. be m e e tin g th is te rm on N ovem ber 10. The o ffice is W ednesday’s at lla m . The XVII.Motion to Reconsider of Bill looking for help and anyone m eetings are closed but if there SI - Senator Sprague is w elcom e to go and volun­ is an issue that is of interest Motion to reconsider vote on S 1 teer. The C om m ittee for the please let her know. Every­ Provost Search has been fi­ moved by Senator Sprague. thing that was in the packet for Senator Plack seconded. Trea­ nalized and has started. There C AO passed at the last Faculty surer Snow motion to lay the will be a w elcom e hom e parly meeting with the exception o f motion on the table. Senator fo r A1 Sacco before the end the E ntrepreneurship minor.

Sprague seconded. Motion to o f the term. Neil N orum is S o m e o f the m o tio n s had lay on the table passed. Motion looking for the cam p u s to c re ­ amendm ents made to them so ate a M aster E vents calendar. the final copy is not the one that is now on the table. No further T here is a new d irecto r o f discussion at this time. is in the office. The committee C ou n selin g and S tudent D e­ is currently looking at ME and velopm ent, Tom B alilistrari.

XVII. Announcements MFE concentrations, Biology Senator Freimuth announced the lab modules, and once again Vice-President’s Remarks: retreat planes for the upcoming the enterpreneurship minor. If Vice President Reidy welcomed you would like to see the pro­ weekend. the new Senators and asked that Senator Stagg asked that name posals, please e-mail sail @ wpi. all those who have not attended Web Design Committee: tags be returned. an office orientation to please President Connelly asked that Representative Plack noted the contact her. The 1996 Senato­ m inutes from the last meeting some o f the hard work and en­ rial Manual has been compiled thusiasm that was shown to go will be placed in the book in the and is currently being printed. into the standing rules be ap­ office. The request for funding They will be distributed at the was denied and the library will plied by everyone into getting retreat. Course reserve materiissues form constituents. now be solely responsible. If a b are arriving daily and are there are any questions about being olaced in the course re­ the W eb, please contact the web XVIII. Adjournment serve diawer. VP Reidy will be Motion to adjourned was moved master. creating a Ii t o f available ma­

by Senator Hallissey. Senator terials once a majority of them Woodbury seconded. Motion XV. Bill SI — Rules of the are collected.

Student Government to adjourn passed at 8:10 PM.

President Connelly noted that the office hours sign-up sheet is located in the SGA Informa­ tional Guide. The Senatorial inform ation sheet should be updated.

CDC...

I heard CDC has new CD-ROM database of employers. Can you tell me about it?

Approval of Minutes:

XII. Committee on Student Life Issues:

The minutes o f the meeting held 10/10/95 were approved.

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Friends of Worcester Public Library express thanks To the Editor:

P age 7

Committee on Public Relations: Chair Stagg reported there will now be a form for the purpose o f publicizing events in SGA. The building assignm ents are also available in the office.

Association of WPI - Senator Sprague Senator Sprague moved for the Senate to adopt the standing rules for this Senatorial Ses­ sion. Senator Hallissey sec­ onded. Senator Sprague re­ m ark ed that th is has gone through the Policies and Proce­ d ures C om m ittee favorably.

S e n a to r V o llaro m oved to amend Rule 3, Section 8 to include rules on sport c o n ­ flicts. S enator C leary sec­ onded. D iscussion ensued as to validity of sports as an e x ­ cuse. M otion w ithdraw n at this tim e by S enator V ollaro.

D iscussion ensued regarding c o n s titu tio n a lity o f ru les.

R o b e r t’s R u les w ere s u s ­ pended for a period o f tim e to d iscu ss inform ally. M otion was entertained by P resident C onnelly to refer the rules back to com m ittee. Senator Plack moved. S enator Stagg seconded. D iscussion regard­ ing con stitutionality ensued.

M otion to recess for 15 m in­ u te s m o v e d by S e n a to r W o o d b u ry . S en ato r D uttM azum bdar seconded. M o­ tion passes. At 7:15 m eeting c o n tin u e d . S e n a to r Plack w ithdrew m otion to refer back to com m ittee. M otion made to am end Rule 3, Section 8, B

by S en ato r D utt-M azum bdar.

S enator D efronzo seconded.

D iscussion ensued regarding u ncontrollable project m eet­ ings. Motion passed as stated.

M o tio n m ade by S e n a to r H offm an to am end Rule 3, Section 4. Seconded Senator C leary. D iscussion ensued a s to th e lim ito f m cetingtim e.

For complete reports or fo r more infor­ mation contact the Student Govern­ ment Office located in Daniels Hall

Agenda for the Meeting of November 7, 1995 I.

Call to Order

II.

Roll Call

III.

Approval of the Minutes for October 31,1995 & November 4, 1995

IV.

President’s Remarks

V.

Committee Reports SGA Committees Institute Committees

VI.

Old Business Bill S2 - A genda Procedures Amendment - Senator Adam

Woodbury

VII. New Business Bill S3 - Approval of Committee Chair Appointments - Senator

Matthew Freimuth

V III. Special Orders Election of Assistant Treasurers - Treasurer Gregory R. Snow

IX.

Treasurer’s Remarks

X.

Secretary’s Remarks

XI.

Vice-President’s Remarks

XII.

President’s Report

X III. Announcements XIV. Adjournment

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ASCE Thanks to all o f you who came to Mr. H oover's presentation last night. I’m sure it was an interesting and informative talk. The new deadline for the tec shirt design contest is Thanksgiving. Designs are already com ing in, so he creative and win yourself an ASCE m em ­ bership and free tee shirt! Submit designs to any o f the officers, or em ail truebe@ w pi for more information.

ASME Hi Guys! I don’t have much time so I’ll get lo the point. First, we have a meeting tonight (N ovem ber 7, 1995) @ 7:00 in AK219. This is the same room the studybreak was in last term .

We need to talk about the raffle and a few other things. There will also be some type o f food al the meeting. Hope to see you Ihere. Also, the meeting is the last chance to drop off a resume for the resum e book. T h at’s about it for now ...Talk lo you next week -John

BiLAGA Hello, w elcom e to another wonderful week ol B-term at WPI. Yay. No, really. A nyway, there is a meeting this week, because there w asn't one last week. It will be on W ednesday night at 6, as usual. T here will again be a luncheon meeting -nexl- Monday. T hanks to everyone who helped out on ihe M asquerade Ball! I think everybody had a pretty good time.

If you d id n 't go. you should have, nyah! T h a i’s all for this week, any questions about meeting tim es or other stuff, e-m ail bilaga@ w pi. Bi­ sexual, Lesbian, and Gay Alliance at WPI.

Chinese Student Association Hello Everybody! How are ya? I hope thal these first two w eeksof term B has been pleasent for all. Did everyone get good grades in term A for mommy and daddy? I would rather not com m ent on what I received, but I did pass all o f my courses. A nyways, I know that I hav en 't been very up to date on writing this Club C orner stuff, but 1 promise that from now on, I will try a little harder. Not that I haven't been. A ctu­ ally, I d o n 't even think I'm that bad at this stuff to begin with, but I did forget to write last w eek's and 1 don’t want to get any more heat from it.

L et's see what happened this week (or last week depending on when this issueo {Newspeak com es out.), shall we? W e had our first general meeting for B term. I w ould guess, that it was a good t urn ou t of abou11 h irt y people. U m m m ....

Ok, things we plan to do this term include: Secret Santa. Treasure hunt,... umm som e other stuff, and the dinner party, with Karaoke, and movies. I do believe that we still need people to help out with the cooking and stuff, so if there are any volunteers, please e-mail Dragon, ok?

You know the activity that the very cute and lovable historian talked about! Wait a sec. This just in! An anonymous source has informed me that he has a crush on our president!

W ell, th at's all I have to say about that. I'll talk to you guys again next week. Bye, Bye

International Student Council Hi guys! Honestly speaking. I w onder how many o f you read this article every w eek? If you do, I want you to walk up to one o f the ISC officers and tell them so....ok? Just to know how useful this is..

In any case, this term should be very busy for everybody st) ISC has com e up with a great plan - all sorts o f events to give you time lo relax every so often. T here’s a whole list o f events that is already under the ISC account on the World Wide Web. Go check it out! W hen the day o f the event com es and nobody’s around on cam pus - you'll be beating yourself over the head for not ha\ ing known about the ISC events earlier.

Thanks for all those o f you who show ed up for the last meeting - it’s nice to see the support is still there. The next big ISC event is the International Dinner - and it'll be here faster than you expect. I again ask for all the m em ber clubs to have a priced food list and to go to Tom with il as soon as possible.

Has anybody noticed that ihe w eather sucks?

That it gets dark way too early? That the work load ihis term is incredulous? That life is being really, really difficult lately? That sleep is a luxury we d on’t have? T hat....oh, sorry. I guess I should slop. Bye.

Lens and Lights W ell, here we are again. Sorry about last week. W ell, Henry V is in full swing. If you have any time at all, please stop by Alden to

help cither Steve or m yself out. C hances are that one o f us will be around and will have som ething for you to do, be it just trying to keep our sanity for a few more hours.

T hanksgiving is just around the corner, and Halloween ju st passed. Hey, did everyone like my new gloves? Maybe next time I'll have the penguin suit and the gloves. See, you should always attend meetings, even if it's ju st to see how I’m making a fool o f mvself.

W e’re going to have a i>iovie this term , whether you like it or not! I ion’t know w hat it will be yet, but 1 know we w ill have one. Jon is working on it as we speak.

We have new meeting times for the exec board. They are 3:30 on Mondays, in Beckett C onference room. If you are interested in becoming an officer, or if your other option for the afternoon is squee/.ing lemon ju ice on your wounds, then you should probably com e to the meetings. O ur regular meetings rem ain at the same lime, 4:30 on W ednesdays in AK 232.

See you ihere!

Speaking o f practice, they are (as far as I know) still on M ondays and Thursdays. Meet in the W edge at 7:30. As it gets colder, we will find another place to practice, for those of us who actually mind the chill.

Society of Women Engineers Hi E veryone! W e h a d o u r first m eeting o f B term this past T hursday. W e discu ssed G irl Scout day and our Mr. W PI pagent! By the tim e you read this G irl Scout day w ill be ov er, and I'm predicting that it was a success!

W e will be having another G irl Scout day on N ovem ber 18th, so if you d id n ’t get to help

out at the last one you could com e to this one.

It’s a lot o f fun. O ur o th er big event for B term is the Mr. WPI pagent. The table should be out for registration by the tim e y o u ’re reading this. W e’re going to need a lot o f help advertising to let people know w hat a great event this is going to be, so if th e re ’s anything you can do ju s t send som e em ail to swe to let us know. W e’re lookin g fow ard to a great term . If you have any q uestions or want to find out more about w hat’s going just em ail sw e@ w pi. O ne last note, w e collected many swe registration form s at the last m eet­ ing, but if you still have one that you w ould like to turn in you can leave it in sw e ’s mailbox in the student activites office. T h a t’s all for now , have a great week.

Masque Henry V is now going along at a fever pitch.

We got a crew , we got an off-book cast, and we got Alden. If you want lo help out with a n y ­ thing. please let the Exec. Producer Dan know by em ailing him at danarchy@ wpi. The show dates arc as follows: Thurs, Fri., & Sat., Nov. 16-18, 8pm Sat. Nov. 18, M atinee at 2pm Shows take place in Alden Memorial Hall. New Voices 14 is not so far in the future. Susan is in search o f dram aturgs. This is a key position and quite an honor. If you want information find som eone who has ‘turged before. There are plenty around.

Sorry, but freshm en need not apply. You m ust first experience New V oices to fully under­ stand its magic. Noah is still in search o f the C term play. If you have any suggestions as to what thal should he, email him at wildman@ wpi.

And as usual, Masque meeting is Friday, 4:30pm in the Green Room behind Alden Stage.

M u Sigma Delta Hey everybody! 1know I h av en 't had one o f these in a while but I d o n ’t have any other excuse other than time, o f which I had none!

We just had o u r second meeting of the term and plans are under way for various speakers and trips to see dead people and maybe some cool surgeries if we are lucky. People who have signed up for com m ittees better be "com m it­ ted" and get their butts in gear, lest you fear the wrath o f the evil vice-president. D on't let it happen to you! The w ord o f the week is SPLEEN. I seem lo be on a body parts m otif this year, ju st wait until you see where my mind will wander NEXT week... Anyway, the list o f volunteer opportunities should be in Jill's o f­ fice in the very near future so ify o u still have no experience working in a hcalth-professions area, gel your butts in gear and start doing som e­ thing! If you need help there are plenty o f people w illing to assist you-just ask! Until next week. Have a good one-g

Pre-law Society Thank-you to those who attended the m eet­ ing on Thursday. To those who d idn't you missed out on FREE PIZZA!!!

Tuesday, Decem ber 5 at 4:30 is when A ttor­ ney Jody M cClcan (WPI '8 9 ) will be com ing here to talk and answ er questions concerning patent law. She is a patent attorney for United Technologies. Keep w atching club corner and your e-mail for further information.

The m inor in Law and Technology has been approved by the faculty!! See Prof. Rissm iller for information.

A T T E N T IO N FRESH M EN AND SOPHM ORES: The Franklin Pierce Law C cnter/WPI joint adm issions program is a go. Prof.

Rissmiller has more info concerning the ap p li­ cation process, etc.

Random notes— Open House Tours: S atur­ day, Nov. 18th WNEC Law School, Boston University every Friday. Law School softw are is available on Prof. R issm iller’s computer.

Pete, how ’s the Constitution com ing? Anyone interested in IceCats tickets? Contact W endell.

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences Well, I'm a little pressed for time, so this w ill be short and sweet.

This weekend was the Harvest Fair and M asquerade Ball, thrown by Lady Cassa. Did you go and have lun? Did you? L et’s hope so.

Il was filled wilh things to buy, people wearing silly or pretty masks, and everyone in black and white...m ostly.

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AXP Six weeks later. Rush is finally over. Unlimited amounts of time were put into this year's rush, but it was all worth it. Congratulations to all o f our new postulants. Keven, it seems like you’ve been mshing forever. Many thanks go out to all the brothers, and especially Mr. Carey. You all make AXP proud.

But let me get back to the subject. Intramural basketball got off to a shaky start, but I guarantee a win next week. Gregory got a surprise this past weekend, awfully friendly around here. Monsters galore appeared at the haunted house last week, including Casper and Eddie Munster. Oh, i can’t forget Alex’s pie eating contest. Oses two words: nose plugs. Sullivan, W ake Up...zzz.zzz! Every­ one smile, you’re on candid camera.

Did anyone remember to e-mail their favorite playboy bunny? In case you didn't notice, Proba­ tion Sucks! Chevyman to the rescue Ha,ha. Ken, any more fruity letters.

Has anyone seen Jay lately, I think he’s a Pieper, another guy detained. Oh yea time to get into my flava mode. M ad fly blazin honies were chillin at the crib know what I’m sayin all you herbs better represent the real on the G-tip. Okay, I think I’m about done. Spice needs a woman.

fortheallyou can eat buffet. MM U DoYou, You, what know if, if, ur, ur You know if. Bake on a normal day. Yo Donnie, take that show to the road. C-House will fall. Scheflen is personally coming back from the Bronx with his to y s to get the job done. He told me all I need to get is three sticks of dynamite and Mahoney and him will take care of the rest. Fresh, Let’s see here: 8 guys drinking 24 cans o f beer of a beverage. Is that 192 cans, 143,000 ml, or 2872 ounces? I did the math in my head. No, really who ever wrote that meet at Apartment at 7:00 with a bat and a prayer ifyou want to live. (Greek)

FIJI Palmer, here is your greek com er now do your housejobs. Congratulations to the newly signed pledges. Rock why are you always in Riley. Hey Giorgi how was the weekend with Kelly. Zeke, Sue called she said she wants to talk to you. Only 117 days until Cancun. Dan Murphy=Corey Lewis. Going out with Seal can be hazardous to your health. It’s nice to see Hampton back in the house. Thunderino stay away from the alcohol.

It’s been 7 weeks since the last Simonthunder incident. We are about due for another. Rice and Jackie official breakup count 23. Kevin Ranucci has declared him self eligible for the NFL draft.

ATA First of all I want to congratulate all of our new pledges! Hope you had fun on bid day, it only gets better. Thanks to Digger for all her hard work with Rush. W ednesday was great, everyone who helped put a lot o f effort into it! To our songbirds you guys sounded awesome. We love you M om/ Deb! Welcome back to all of our panhell/rho chi sisters! W ear some letters, we missed ya. Great job with rush! Thanks to Stacy for saving our lives. W eow eya. Now that we’ve gotten to meet the entire city o f Worcester! Maybe now shammy will pay more attention to his stuff. Don’t forget that the Crush party is this weekend! Have a great week. I believe this w eek’s meeting is informal.

Amy? And to our new pledges we love ya!

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ATQ Welcome to all the new pledges. These pota­ toes are all grotten. Watch out world because soccer season is over: The Binkster, Fro, and Budha are going to get a membership to Taco Bell

AXA Hey folks, w e’re back with the first com er of Btcrm. Everyone happy to come back to the pit, I mean house? The dishwasher works...wow, now we can wash out the blender from hell. Rush went great, congragulations to the Delta committee.

For the scavenger hunt winners, there should be a 3,000 point limit per picture. Halloween social, what happened? I don’t know what all you other Jcevans remember, but for me, everything was very clear, then it all got fuzzy....strange. Food drive went awesome, but one word o f advice to BMF Jeevan, that cowbell might end up some­ where else if it wakes me up one more Saturday morning. How about the gormet sausage and bacon breakfast? Dingley nice job with your 35 bags, keep it up. Hey Leary, how about a pumpkin onyourhead? Bob thinks it goes well. T othecard playing quartet, nice protect. To the painters, nice job on the puke green railings...you guys must have searched hard for primer that ugly. We could open a garage with all the backyard mechanics around here, I think that the number o f dead cars

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in the parking lot rivals a junkyard. Speaking of home-remedies, let's hope there are no more close encounters with trees....hey Pag, got any flannel?

F in a lly , bid n ig h t w as o n ce again incredible...congratul at ions to the new guy s, you' re the best. (Mac & Feets)

LAE It seems that over the past few weeks that some of the brothers here at 6 Humboldt had a hard time understanding some things. I’ll take this time to help them out a little bit. Regarding the twister incident: Ken you are not at sea anymore, and Jamie, you are not going to win the case that way (nice legs though, right). Enis, when you go out to eat somewhere they ask you to pay when you are done. Chuck, the couch” was the wrong response, unless you like being BAV. And finally to the riddler, for the third time Stevens is not going out until after Christmas break Five Apples

in Hey hey hey, it’s... FatRich! W e’ll have his second top-ten list next week. Rush is over, rush is over! Hey Phil, which of your tw o assistants is going in the pond? Does egg leave a stain? W e’ll find out. Now we know why they painted their house that ugly color. Here we come, ready and armed.

Now we can... uh, educate these youngsters.

How many o f them will there be? We can only speculate. Hey Drew, got some cool stuff planned?

Sherman, fix your door! There’s top secret mate­ rial in there.

So, who didn’t have fun al the Halloween party? Kyle, you were a slut! Vincent and Jules came to visit us, too, along with Marcellus. We hope they had a good time. So she hides them well, eh Brad? Thanks also to Grand Master Zand his hom etoy for showing up, and bringing the Japanese trio along, as well. Hey Happy, you gel your feaiher dusted ? Nordberg cleaned it off for you.

Well, we’re still the Mighty Mighty Pi, and I’m the Greasy Gopher signing out for this week.

See you next Tuesday...

TKE Ohhhhh Yeeeaaahhh!!! A huge welcome to all o f the coolest rushees on the cam pus, those would be the new m em bers of TK E no doubt!!!

Hope you are all extrem ely psyched after the first awesome w eekend, excuse me, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, asT K E ’s. Did someone go and get Emilio and Matty D. from the hospi­ tal yet? Awesome work you tw o, this has been a record setting year in terms of rush, nice work! The people o f W orcester now feel fear

when going on the road after Saturday. BK will also be having their annual reconstruction this week thanks to us. It is highly encouraged to practice your show ering skills on people such as Adams and Dools w henever you’re in the mood. Oh, the terrible pond! Hopefully by the time you’re reading this. Institute pond will have left its stench on two more brothers, namely Emilio and M atty D. again. Everyone must Old School the cam pus at least once in their time in the G ravitron full effect. Ahh yeah, the Irish W ake en yer ears tis w eekend past. W ho else besides me gave the sleeping Irishman in the coffina golden show er?? The Sprite fizzed on the earth producing more kids whom ate the tree stem and grew a third arm from the small o f their large intestine. A little random ness is good for the soul som etim es. This w eek’s Top Five from the home office lost in the cornfields o f O hio is the Top Five reasons why bids w eek en d is u n fo rg e tta b le : 5) L eg alized wreckless driving for a brief time 4) Ask the rush chairm en how they feel about the hard stuff and ponds 3) The em ployees o f BK actu­ ally have to work for once when 70 hungry people walk in at once 2) The so claim ed Irish guys prove how low their tolerance is 1) On Saturday som eone usually has to tell you what happened on Friday Rem em ber alw ays...TK E PRIDE!!!

O kay, w elcom e to the big program ...Ladies and gentlem an lock up the neighbors and call out the dogs, rush is O VER, I think I saw Bob floating dow n the Charles...Speaking o f rush congratulations to all o f our new pledges the journey has just begun...

Can anybody say All Zete without feeling quessy or w retching...W ho will be the next M uffin?...W e return to intram urals this week w ith gam es in b asketball, ping pong and bow ling...Lets see if Jim m y and the gang can take us to the playoffs...S peakingof intram urals the big gut com petition is in full gear at the house with a num ber o f new front runners, next week w e’ll have the first term standings...

Okay...From the home office of Frollie...Top ten things overheard at the Pi Tau Chapters 30th anniversary: lO.-Daddy, Mr. Gallagher won’t stop hugging me. 9.- Look, the Rosse kid’s got a mustache just like his mom. 8- Dad, how come Bobby Desmarais has a better Tonka Truck than me? 7 - DOORKNOB!!!!!! 6-Mom, can I sleep at Uncle Zub’s? 5- I guess Ryan really was done growing 4- Dad, can 1 have some change, the palmer kids want to play cards? 3- Dad, he proceeded to tell me that I was a dong 2- Check out the set on little Melissa Baker 1-Look at Bam Bam Korthas picking up Thompson’s Viper.

T hanks guys- Signing Off- Jabba

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B is often considered the crudest term at WPI — summer break is months away, lousy weather for the foreseeable future, everyone is moping about the weather and the distance to summer break and people whining about the B term blahs.

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Nevertheless Pall Malls were to have a marked impact on the development of human civilization. \end{ document}.

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thing but doesn’t number the section. To put a group o f words in boldface, |\b f this text will appear in boldface.} Emphasizing text using ital­ ics (\em is done similarly}, (\center This text will be centered.} {\HUGE This will use a very large font.} Equations are done in _math modc_, like this: \begin {display math} (a * b) * c = a * (b * c) \end{ display math} LaTeX’s math mode is ex­ tremely powerful and versatile, and is perhaps the best reason for using LaTeX. W hew! That should be enough for starters, anyw ay; you are now able to produce your own high-quality docum ents with LaTeX. (PS — it’s pronounced “L A Y -tech”, as in the Germ an “A ch"; not “LUH -tek” o r “LA Y -teks”. To quote K nuth,“Y ourterm inal should get slightly wet when you say it”.) You can find out a lot more about LaTeX from the CTAN archive, ftp to ftp.shsu.edu and look in the /tex-archive directory; you can find som e LaTeX guides and tons o f other nifty stuff. For you web weenies, there is a good W W W interface to the archive at http://jasper.ora.com /ctan.htm l Also check ou t th e n e w s g ro u p s _ w p i.L a T e X _ an d _com p.text.tex_; and the CCC handout on us­ ing LaTeX. One closing note: the WPI ACM is sponsor­ ing a three cool program m ing tool tutorials this month. Last Sunday (N ov. 5) was the GNU Em acs session; next Sunday (Nov. 12) there will be one for gdb, the C debugger; and on the follow ing Sunday (Nov. 19) will be an intro­ duction to Perl. All tutorials are held in the Zoo Lab from 1pm to 3pm. Send email to acm@ wpi if you plan to go. Interested CS majors and others who want to program in the Unix envi­ ronm ent are encouraged to attend.

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Saturday, October 28

Friday, November 10 Admissions Open House

12:07am - Vehicle stop: O fficer out on Lancaster Street, officer assisting.

12:47am - Check on welfare: Morgan Hall, officers notified.

2:09am - Noise complaint: Dean Street, loud motor, officer notified.

2 :12am - O fficer clear Dean Street, noise from air conditioner, not excessive.

4:30am - Invest: Officer out in incident investigation.

1:03pm - Report: vehicle with lights on in library lot, officer notified.

1:32pm - Accident: Institute Road near Stoddard, officer notified.

1:36pm - Medical: 20 year old male with broken toe in Fuller Apartm ents, EMS notified.

3:32pm - Call-in: custodian to remove water from library entrance.

4:25pm - Call-in: plum ber for Washburn.

11:55pm - Domestic disturbance: officers, EMS out with subjects between Daniels and Riley.

11:30am - 1:00pm - Stammtisch (G erm an lunch table), Riley Commons 7:35pm - Ice Cats vs. Portland Pirates, Centrum 8:00pm - Sneak Preview: “The American President,” Perreault Hall

Saturday, November 11 l-ounders Day ( WPI) 12:00pm - 12:00am - AnimeFest '95, Perreault Hall 1:30pm - Football vs. Plymouth State, Alumni Field

Sunday, November 12 11:30am - Catholic Mass, Alden Memorial 2:00pm - Film: "Pocahontas," Perreault Hall, $1.00 6:00pm - Catholic Mass, Founders Study Room 6:30 & 9:30pm - Film: “ Pocahontas," Perreault Hall, $2.00

S u nday, O cto b er 29 12 :17am -M alicious mischief: report o f students throw ing pumpkin from Daniels 4th floor, officers notified.

12:22am - Suspicious person: SNaP reports suspicious persons in front o f Boynton Hall, officers notified.

12:48am - Noise complaint: O fficer reports spoke with resident in Ellsworth regarding loud music and open containers of alcohol.

1:56am - Disturbance: Morgan Hall 3rd floor, officers notified.

2:00am - Eastern Standard Tim e Begins. Time is now lam.

1:02am - Officers clear M organ Hall.

7:50am - Access: swimming pool opened by officer.

9:45am - Call: Stanford Riley em ergency phone was answered and no one was on the other line, officer notified.

2:45pm - Medical: EMS response to male with sprained ankle in Daniels Hall, not an emergency.

8 :11 pm - M otor vehicle stop by officer.

9:44pni - M otor vehicle accident: quad, officer notified.

7:04pm - Leak: Student in Stoddard C reports leak in 1st floor men’s room, plumber notified.

9:33pm - Field house secure.

9:48pm - Dumpster fire: officers and W orcester Fire Department respond to fire in dumpster in front o f Atwater Kent.

10:17pm - Power failure: Stoddard C, officers notified.

11:02pm - Fire (outside): officer advises report o f subjects lighting fire between Goddard and Olin.

11:12pm - Noise complaint: Resident o f Dean Street report loud music coming from fraternity.

11:27pm - Fire (dumpster): report o f dum pster fire behind Founders Hall. Fire alarm concurrently received from Founders Hall, officers and W orcester Fire Department notified.

11:46pm - M alicious mischief: report o f group throwing eggs behind Riley Hall, officers notified.

Monday, October 30

W ednesday, N o v em ber 1 12:21am - Noise complaint: Loud group on rear porch o f fraternity, officers notified.

12:35am - Possible distress: Founders resident reports hearing someone yelling for help outside o f building, officers notified.

12:41am - Officers clear Founders Hall, area checked and problem unfounded.

1:04am - Noise complaint: Officer reports spoke with Salsibury Street fraternity members concerning excessive noise.

1:40am - Noise complaint: Officer reports spoke with Salsibury Street fraternity president concerning excessive noise.

8:l()am - C ar with lights on al Institute Road, officers unable to notify, car not belonging to staff or student.

10:19am Trespass: male from Dover Street.

1:37pm Lights on: car reported to have lights on, parked in library first row. officers notified.

2:13pm Access: President’s house, plum bers need to work on it.

4:40pm Access: Drury Lane for window design, officers notified.

5:08pm Non students reported in Alumni Gym, officers notified.

7:40pm - Pocketbook found: janitor reports finding pocket book in trash in Kaven Hall, officers notified.

9:21pm - W allet found: janitor reports finding a wallet in Fuller, officers notified.

2:20am - Suspicious vehicle: M ass Ave, officers respond.

2:39am - O fficer transporting subject from Mass Ave. to Pleasant Street.

8:45am - Complaint: Elbridge Street, student throwing things into pool area from Elbridge Street or Institute, officer notified, to speak with owner.

10:49am - C ar broken into: Ellsworth Lot, officer notified.

7:25pm - Assist: report o f can men on the quad, officers notified.

11:05pm - Assist: Officers to D over street to assist students concerning neighbor dispute.

I 1:25pm - Assist: O fficer to EMS bunkroom to assist with lock problem.

11:45pm - Microcad lab alarm ed, officers notified.

Tuesday, October 31 2:51am - Suspicious vehicle: report of suspicious vehicle behind Humboldt Ave, officers notified.

2:53am - Officers out with three subjects behind fraternity on Humboldt Ave. 10:34am - C ar broken into in Ellsworth lot with broken side window, student notified will com e to station after class.

1:30pm - Student into station for report.

1:59pm - Report: from Plant Serv ices, student with injured ankle at W est and Institute officers notified.

2:01 pm - Transport: from West and Institute to Health Services, officers notified.

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2:00am - Lockout: Daniels Hall, officers notified.

2:08am - Note: work order placed for 2nd floor stairwell, door missing pushbar, main door to Daniels found jam m ed open, secured by officer.

8:07am - Traffic accident: com er o f Institute and Boynton, no injury, W orcester Police Department notified, papers were exchanged.

4:02pm - Assist: jum p start a m otor vehicle in library lot, officer notified.

4:20pm - Emergency call: Call and hang up from emergency line in Founders.

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5:09pm - Assist: remove nonstudcnts from football field, officers notified.

5:59pm - Medical: back injury Alumni, EMS and officers notified.

6:00pm - Regent Street, no heal.

6:04pm - Emergency Ambulance called - back injury.

7:02pm - Alarm Set: 3rd. floor Boynton, O fficer notified.

7:02pm - Noise complaint: D ean Street fraternity.

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