Globalization initiative receives a major boost by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief On Thursday, November ninth WPI President Edw ard Parrish signed a memorandum o f understanding with representatives from the University o f Puerto Rico, thereby establishing W PI’s first physical off-campus center. Lo cated at the UPR campus in Mayaguez, this new center will facilitate joint pro grams between the two institutions, such as faculty and student exchanges as well as projects. Professor Noori. head o f the ME Department, gave a few remarks al the signing, stating: "This is a great histori cal moment for both institutions” and that he was “glad to see that this is taking place.” He went on to note that the excitement had apparently gotten the best o f Parrish as well as Dr. Stuart Ramos, Chancellor of UPRM and rep resentative of the President o f UPR Dr. Norman Maldonado and Dr. Manuel Gomez, Director o f the Center for Re sources for Science and Engineering, who had begun signing before he had
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money was left over (they had been very generously funded), the agencies were approached with the possibility of using it to fund the new center. The UPR administration was successful in convincing them to do so. Another cooperative effort that has already taken place, besides M Q P’s and student exchanges, are three pro posals which have been submitted to NSF, the O ffice o f Naval Research and the Department o f Energy. The center will allow more o f this type of work to be done as well as promote minority recruitment to W P l’s graduate pro grams. This has been identified by NSF as being highly im portant in the years to come. The representatives from UPR were interested in this “bridge” Ph D. pro gram, which is a new concept in educa tion. UPR has not been able to create graduate programs in all of its areas o f study because the faculty literally does not have time to research. This is due in part to the fact that they often teach up
work was done on their part. D octor Davoodi claims that he was the chance to speak. Noori was invited to go down and “a catalyst to the p rocess.. .1 know how Dr. Ramos com m ented: “ 1am happy visit UPR last year and as a representa things work here and how they work to be here as the representative o f the tive of W PI, he talked with many m em president of the University o f Puerto there. T his was m ostly p rofessor bers of the UPR faculty about WPI in Rico. I am sure that the agreem ent will N oori’s id e a .. .it will be a good oppor general. There was a lot of interest in tunity foreveryonc involved.” Davoodi be fulfilled and that this is the begin the globalization program here, as well had a very good experience at W PI, ning o f a long relationship with WPI. I as the project-based curricu hope to see it expand into lum. During his May 1994 other areas, such as the arts visit, Noori was able to meet and sciences. 1 am proud to "I am su re that th e agreem ent will be f u l many depart ment heads, deans be here and would like to f ille d a n d th at this is the beginn in g o f a long and chancellors of UPR and thank you for your kindness relation sh ip with WPI. I hope to see it exp a n d the tw o WPI alumni on the during our stay. We will into oth er areas, such as th e arts a n d sciences. ” UPR staff proposed on-site come back again, but it will -Dr. S tu art Ram os, C h ancellor o f U PR M be in the sum mer.” representation for WPI at UPR. T he T hird International President Parrish stated Stochasitc Structural Dynam thal he was: "delighted to ics Conference, held in January o f this graduating in 1989, he has only good have you here and I hope to visit you in year, was organized by UPR, WPI and things to say about the faculty here. “ I M ay ag u ez.. .There is a lot that we can Rice University and sponsored by the do together and I hope that you do come learned to SCUBA dive from professor National Science Foundation, Xerox, Sacco. . .and one reason why I am a back.” the International Science Foundation, professor is because o f my professors The signing was the culm ination o f Exxon and numerous other industries. over a year and a hal f s work on the part here, like professors N oori, Boyd, This conference was attended by repre Hagland.Grandin, Christopher and oth of WPI M echanical Engineering D e sentatives from 47 countries and repre ers.” partment head M oham mad Noori and sented a good cooperative effort be D octor N oori’s version has the WPI UPRM Associate Professors Ali Saffar tween the schools. and Hamid Davoodi (both o f whom are alumni giving the initial spark for the W hen som e o f the sponsorship partnership, but either way a lot of WPI alumni), along with others.
See Puerto Rico, continued on page 2. Also, see photo below
The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
N e w sp e a k , Tuesday November 14 , 1995
Volume Twenty-three, Number Twenty-four
Toys and clothing being collected by the Counseling and Student Development Center Staff The director of the WPI counseling and Student Development Center, Tom Balistrieri, has friends on the Rosebud who have called to say that winter and the holidays look particularly bleak to the people this year. Government bud get cuts have cost many people their jobs and parents are having trouble affording to buy their children winter clothing and holiday gifts. What is needed are used and new toys for children o f any age. What also is needed are good used or new jackets.
sweaters, hats, and gloves for children. Snow covers the ground and the tem perature has already hit below zero out on the Rosebud. The people could really use our help. If you wish to donate a gift please do the following. Bring your gift down to the WPI Counseling and Studeni Devel opment Center at 157 West Street. It is up to you whether you wish to wrap the gift or not. Either way please do the following: On a card write down your name, address, a greeting, and place the card in an envelope (include a picture if you like). On the outside o f the envelope indicate whether the gift is for a girl or
boy, the age group for which the gift is designed, and attach the envelope to the gift. If you are sending clothing indicate the size. Mailing the items will be ex pensive for us so we also appreciate any monetary gift you can offer which will be used to pay postage costs. We will be mailing gifts by Decem ber 1st though we will be sending cloth ing in batches as it comes in. Please deliver any items lo the CSDC begin ning immediately through December I st. If you have any questions please contact the CSDC at x-5540. Thank you so much and have a happy holiday season. Mitakuye Oyasin (We arc all related).
President’s IQP Award finalists announced The following students have been named finalists in the 1995 President’s IQP Awards Competition: Barry DeCoster, Michael Dupont and Peter Manolakos for “Proposal for a Client-Satisfaction Measurement Sur vey Prepared for the Royal Hospital for Neurodisabilty" advised by English Pro
fessor Kent P. Ljungquist; Joseph Batcha, Matthew Dei, Daniel Horgan and Chris topher Michalak for “An Assessment of Pedestrian Mobility in the San Juan Area" advised by chemistry Professor Stephen J. Weininger; Bradley C. Forrest, Chad M. Hamel, Martin C. Rosner and Tim o thy M. Tully for "Feasibility of Subma
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ASME is sponsoring a holiday raffle in which two $50 cash prizes will be awarded each week for ten weeks. Tickets are $20, and will be available starting November 13. To purchase tickets or for more information contact John Albert (email albert®wpi). Pictured from left to right are John Albert, ASM E President; Professor Mohammad N oori, ME Department Head; Cindy Mitchell, ASME Treasurer, and Prof. Jim Hernianson, Faculty Advisor of ASME.
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rine Sand Extraction in Puerto Rico” advised by Chemistry Professor Stephen J. Weininger; Jesus M. Beltran, Erin E. Brophy, and Alex Cardenas for “A C om puterized Catalog o f Outdoor Art in Dorsoduro, Venice” advised by Dou glas W. Woods, professor and head of the Social Science & Policy Studies Department, and Fabio Carrera, coordi nator of the Venice Project Program; and Jospeh W. Beauchemin. Samuel J. Fix and John F. Coolidge for “ Proposal for the Deep Sea Gallery forthe National M aritim e Museum (Greenwich, En gland)” advised by English Professor Kent P. Ljungquist. The com petition will be held in Higgins House on Wednesday, Nov. 29. Presentations begin at 2 p.m. The win ners will be announced that evening after dinner.
Red Cross blood drive A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14, and Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Founders Hall. Walkins are welcome.
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There was excitement in the air last Thursday as (left to right) Puerto Rico’s Director of the Center for Resources for Science and Engineering Dr. Manuel Gomez, WPI President Parrish and UPRM Chancellor Dr. Stuart Ramos signed the memorandum of understanding which establishes a center at UPR Mayaguez.
MQP Lab Safety Training sessions a success by David Messier Environmental Health & Safety Officer Over the past m onth, five training sessions w ere held to train our M QP students w orking in WPI lab o rato ries w ith hazardous m aterials. A total o f 116 students attended these sessions w hich focused on risk m an agem ent, standard operating p ro ce dures in a lab, personal protective eq uipm ent, hazardous w aste m an agem ent and em ergency response prep ared n ess. The train in g was endorsed by the O ffice o f the Provost and the C am pus Safety C om m ittee. T hough not m an d ato ry , som e d ep artm en ts, as well as individual faculty m em bers, made it c lea r to their students that p articipation was indeed required if they w anted to co n tin u e w orking in a lab. The three departm ents with the
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largest num ber o f students w orking in hazardous m aterials labs are B i ology and B iotechnology, C h em is try and B iochem istry, and C hem ical E ngineering. T hese departm ents had the follow ing attendance rates : BBT - 70% CBC - 77% CM - 83% O ther departm ents participating in the training included Fire Protection Engineering and Material Science. The effort this year yielded a much better attendance rate than last year’s effort. This can be attributed to the support which Lance Schachterle, As sistant Dean of Undergraduate Stud ies, and Jack Hanlon, Chair, Campus Safety Com m ittee put forth in com municating the importance of under graduate lab safety training to W P I's academic departments. The depart ment heads and faculty members in these departm ents also contributed to the improved yield this year.
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Beyond the farm A weekly e-mail news summary - WORIJ) ________________ EDITION ________________ For the week preceding this Saturday, November 11th, 1995, here’s what hap pened Beyond the Farm: The United States governm ent seem s on a collision-course to default on its loans fo r the first time in modem history. On Nov 9th, Congress passed bills to allow the Federal gov ernm ent to keep operating past the current end o f spending authority (midnight Nov 13th) and to raise the debt ceiling so that it can borrow enough money to operate. However, both bills are laden with riders, from a rise in Medicare prem ium s to the elimination o f the Department o f Comm erce, which have been dubbed a “Re publican wish list." President Clinton made it clear Nov 8th that he would veto bills o f this kind, and repealed that he will veto the current legislation Nov 11th. Vice President A1 Gore has even called them, "w atching Robin Hood in reverse." An attempt by both sides to meet and resolve their differences failed Nov IOth, with both sides claiming the other would not com pro mise. If no agreement is reached, only essential governm ent services (such as Air Traffic Con trollers and the Post Office) will operate from Nov 14th until new legislation is approved. Nigeria executed Ogoni writer and dissident Ken Saro-W iwa and eight others Nov 10th. All were convicted of murdering soldiers during a crackdown by the government o f G eneral Sani A bacha in the Ogoni region about a year ago. T heir trial has been universally called a farce by outside observers and their execution was seen as message from the Abacha regime that no
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A US soldier pleaded guilty in Okinawa, three new records this week. The final close Japan to the rape of a Japanese girl Nov 6th. on Nov I (Xh of 4870.37 stands as the highest Two other US soldiers also charged in the mark in history. case pled not guilty. In elections nationwide Nov 7th, Democrats Finally: claimed victory as Republicans failed to gain David Cannon decided to make a deposit at his the governorship o f Kentucky and control o f bank. The British farmer was not happy with New the legislatures in Maine and Virginia. How Westminster Bank for its treatment o f his ac ever, a Republican did capture the Mississippi counts. So. he brought in a huge truckload for the governorship, and the G O P made bank, which in fact required several trucks. How gains in the legislatures of most ever. after he dumped four tons of cow manure on states. the building. Cannon was charged with vandalism • A Jordanian airliner diverted and destruction of property— and he had no bank lo Vienna Nov 7th after a bomb from which to withdraw bail money. threat. And that’s what happened Beyond the • Colin Powell announcedthat Farm. he will not run for president, but that he is a Republican Nov 8th. Sources this week included All Things Consid Powell cited personal reasons. ered (NPR). the Associated Press newswire, the • Journalist David Rohde was BBC Newshour (BBC/PRl), the Christian Science released by the Bosnian Serbs Nov Monitor, KCBS radio news, LeShow (KCRW/ 8th after international outcry over SASS/KALW), Marketplace (PRI), Newsday(BBC/ his incarceration. PR!), the Newshour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), and • T h e U n ited S ta te s and the Reuters newswire. Compiled by: Lance Gleich, R ussia announced an agreem ent on a co m Stanford CA m and stru ctu re for a jo in t B osnia peace Beyond the Farm is designed to provide a k eeping force Nov 8th; Soviet troops will reasonably short summary o f a week's events report to a R ussian com m ander w ho then for people who would otherwise have no chance reports to both N ATO and M oscow . to keep up with current events. It may be The U nited S tates Senate voted to delay distributed/forwarded/posted anywhere. Com action on th e “ live-birth ab o rtio n ” issue ments, criticisms, and requests fo r e-mail sub Nov 8th. scription additions or deletions should be eSri Lanka launched an offensive on Jaffna mailedto "lance.gleich@leland.stanford.edu." Nov I Oth. Meanwhile, a bomb went off in the "h ttp .//»»• w m*. s ta nfo rd. ed u /~ I g litc h /b tf / capitol o f Colom bo early Nov I Ith, killing btf.html" on the World Wide Web for back two rebels and ten victims. issues. Congratulations on keeping up with the The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to world around vou.'
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An earthquake registering 6.3 on the Richter scale shook the southern re gion o f Sumatra island in In donesia Nov 5th. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his wife were threatened by some one who infiltrated nearly to his hotel room Nov 5th. The police were called and the in tru d er w as a p p re hended. The H aitian parliam ent elected Claudette Werleighil the n a tio n 's first fem ale prime minister Nov 5th. The Cleveland Browns announced they will be moving to Baltimore Nov 6th. The funeral for slain Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was held Nov 6th, with most o f the world’s leaders in attendance. Particu larly em otional speeches were made by Jordan's King Hussein and Rabin’s grand daughter. Subsequent investigation into his murder have revealed significant breaches o f security protocol at the scene o f the murder and have resulted in the arrests o f at least six other people, and have revealed a plot to bomb Arab areas around Jerusalem.
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The History and Traditions of WPI by Donna Emma Edzjards Associate Editor ‘T oday the Institute stands solidly atop its rounded hill, still overlooking the City and reach ing toward the sky. It stands there for more than any other reason because - by some strange and wonderful supply - there have always been enough people who cared." - Mildred McClary Tymeson
Two Towers: The Stor\' o f Worcester Tech. This quote was taken from that little maroon book issued to all freshman, the Tech Bible. With the revival o f the goat's head tradition, W PI’s heritage has become increasingly important. This article is the first in a scries which will relate much o f the history and tradition o f WPI. Each issue will focus on an aspect o f W PI’s history o r tradi tion. If anyone has any questions or suggestions, inquiries may be made to Newspeak. At the end o f the series, a contest will be held to see who knows the most about WPI history and tradition. So for all o f you who have transferred here or
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missed out on receiving your own copy o f the Tech Bible, this additional installment o f the paper is for you! Many people know that the founders o f our school are John Boynton and Ichabod Washburn; but how many know how these two men from different worlds came together to consolidate their ideals in order to establish this line institute lhat wc attend? Il all started with the visions of a self-made tin manufacturer who although wealthy, was never really accepted by society for his lack o f education (Boynton) and the owner of the world's largest wire mill (Washburn). Add a quest for a science schooling designed to elevate the social position of a mechanics and manufacturers and a wish to foster technical skills through an apprenticeship approach, and what you get is an education deeply rooted in theory, practiced through applications or a project based education. Sound familiar?!? Thanks to (he pastor Seth Sweetser, a confident to both W ashburn and David Whitcomb (Boyton's
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cousin), differences in the proposed schools were ironed out and mention was made to significant men in the W orcester community to begin work on this endeavor. Upon agreement o f the legislation proposed by Sweetser and addressed to G overnor Emory Washburn. Stephen Salisbury II (a respected busi nessman). and state senator George Frisbie Hoar, an anonymous request was then posted in the Worcester Palladium for help from the public in establishing a scientific school in Worcester. A gentleman (Boynton) proposed to offer a fund of $100,000 towards this endowment if the commu nity would agree to furnish the necessary land and buildings needed. The people responded with more than 225 o f W orcester’s citizens and 20 of the city’s factories contributing to the construc tion o f the original building. The official day that the institute was recorded as a legal corporation by
House and State approval o f the commonwealth was May I Oth. 1865. In recognition for all of their efforts, John Boynton named David Whitcomb, Ichabod Washburn. Seth Sweetser and Emory Washburn to the board, and Stephen Salisbury was elected as president. Unfortunately, neither John Boynton nor Ichabod Washburn lived to see the opening of Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science on November 11th, 1868. From the very beginning, WPI worked closely with the community that helped to establish this institution. Today, the WTI campus extends as far as its project centers in different countries across the globe. Show your pride in your school by partaking in the many clubs, activities, and events lhat WPI offers! Our campus offers many unique opportunities, so show some spirit by taking ad vantage o f them! Participation is how memories are made!
Puerto Rico Continued from page / to six or seven courses at a time and also the fact that the courses there are project-oriented, like here. The faculty members arc also much closer to their students than here, which professor Davoodi feels is mostly a cultural difference. UPR has been highly successful in projects like the SA E solar car, where they consistently place am ong the top five schools in the country'. It is possible that WPI could work with UPR on such projects in the future, using the combined resources o f both institutions. This is only one of a number o f possibilities the future o f this agreement holds.
P ro fe s s o r N oori m e n tio n e d that Dr. M aldonado, the UPR President, may come to WPI next spring to explore some o f terms o f the agreement. Dr. M aldonado is also a member o f the WPI ME Department advisory board. “Our collaboration with the University o f Puerto Rico has the potential to strengthen our globalization activities,” says Hossein Hakim, director o f global programs and chair of inter disciplinary and global studies. “ In addition to aligning WPI with a highly regarded Latin Ameri can university, this association will broaden opportunities for WPI students and faculty in Central and South A m erica."
is looking to hire several students for various positions. Possible employment through the summer.
APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF GLOBAL PROGRAMS
Just stop by Plant Services, located at 27 Hackfeld Rd. (across from Health Services) and fill out an application .
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Weekly sports update - results from November 3rd through 9th by G eoff Hassard Sports Information Director Football (4-4) T he football team m ade it tw o w ins in a row on N ovem ber fourth, w ith a w in o v er the C oast G uard B ears. R iding the arm o f q u a r terback N ate C ote (3 touchdow n p asses) and the legs o f the hottest running back in the co n feren ce, E rnie A nsah (192 y a rd s), the E n g in eers d o m in ated the gam e from the m iddle o f the second qu arter on to take the win 34-13. Both team s battled to a 0-0 first q u arter tie as both d efenses controlled the tem po. In the second q u arter it was a different story. WPI took the lead early in the q u arte r 3-0 w hen G reg A m iro kicked a 27-yard field goal. C oast G uard storm ed right back and took a 73 lead on their next possession. T he Bears scored again 56 seconds later, w hen after a W PI turnover. C oast G uard scored on an 18yard run. The WPI offense cam e back on
their next possession as C ote hooked up with Jim D ubord on a 39-yard touchdow n pass to m ake the score 13-9. Late in the quarter, the WPI d efen se cam e up with a fum ble recovery to give the ball back to the offense. W ith five seconds left A nsah stretched o v er from the 1 yard line to give the E ngineers the lead at half-tim e 15-13. To start the second half, W PI set up a k ick o ff return to K halid R ucker w ho returned the ball lo the C oast G uard 44 -y ard line. Seven plays later, C ote connected with Kevin O ’ N eil, w ho made a great run after the catch, on a 27 -yard touchdow n pass. The defense cam e up big again and forced another B ear tu rn o v er inside the C oast G uard 15. T hree plays later, A nsah scored his second to u ch down o f the day w hen he went untouched from 3 yards out to make the score 28-13. WPI added one m ore score halfw ay through the fourth q u arter w hen Cote threw his third touchdow n pass o f the afternoon to tight end Matt Surette.
A nsah carried the ball a school record 42 tim es and w as selected as the C onference o ffensive play er o f the w eek for the second straight w eek as well as nam ed to the ECAC honor roll. R ucker w as selected as ECAC d efensive play er o f the w eek in New E ngland for his perform ance o f 10 tackles, an inter ception and a fum ble recovery.
M en’s And W om en’s Cross Country T he cross country team s com peted in the ECA C M eet at W illiam s C ollege on the fourth. Both team s w ere looking fo r im provem ents o v e r their perform ances o f a year ago. T he w om en finished 18th with strong p er form ances from freshm en Sue S horrrock, V icky D ulac and M elanie H eck along w ith sophom ore Janel L anphcres and senior cap tain Deb Fraser. The men had an o u tstanding day as they finished 10th, w hich is an im provem ent from 18th the year before. Senior captains Rich Person. Steve L abranche and Ian Q uinn led
IceCats beat Pirates first time ever in Centrum by Andrew Marsella Associate Editor If you were one of the 7,983 hockey fans at the C entrum last Friday night, you witnessed yet another example of how different this year’s IceCats are from last season’s team. For the first time in the W orcester IceCat’s franchise history, the Cats beat the Portland Pirates at hom e, with a score o f 6-4. It was an incredibly refreshing feeling for any IceCats fans who w atched their team get beat up on numerous occasions by last year’s Pirates, who were the terror o f the AHL until backstopper Jim Carrey was called up to save the playoff hopes o f Portland’s NHL par ent. the W ashington Capitals. As an added ego boost, IceCats fans can take pride in the fact that we may very well have this year’s Jim Carrey between our ow n pipes in young goalie Eric
Fichaud, who denied the Pirates on several key opportunities to get back into this game. From the start o f the game, it was clear that the IceCats were not in the mood for a repeat o f W ednesday’s 4-2 road loss to the Pirates. Just three m inutes into regulation. NHL veteran and recent IceCat addition, right wing Paul Broten blasted a wrist shot past Portland goalie Mike Torchia, giving W orcester an early 1-0 lead. Shortly thereafter, W orcester toughguy Kevin Saw yer (8 games, 60 penalty m inutes) decided it was time to swap recipes with Portland thug Frank Bialowas, resulting in a gam e m iscon duct for Bialowas, and enough penalty minutes aw arded to Saw yer to send him to the locker room 14 minutes early. But the IceCats. who are 6-3-0 when they score first, w eren’t done with T orchia yet, and while still in the first half o f the period, left w ing Jarrett Deuling beat the
WPI played at home last Saturday. C om ing o ff an impressive win over Coast Guard on the fourth, where Ernie Ansah carried the ball for a WPI record 42 tim es and was selected as the conference offensive player of the week for the second straigh t w eek. U nfortunately, W P I’s two gam e winning streak was snapped on Saturday 31 - 7 at the hands of Plymouth State.
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Pirate netm inder again, assisted by defensem en Terry Virtue and C hrister O lsson. Just a few minutes later, how ever, Portland center Jeff N elson lifted a backhander past Fichaud, keep ing the Pirates in the game. A fter another fight between IceCat Jed Fiebelkorn and Portland’s Joel Poirier and several m inor penalties on the P irates, the p erio d e n d ed , w ith the C ats outshooting the Pirates 16-7 and winning with a score o f 2-1. W hen W orcester hit the ice in the second period, it appeared they were determined to keep the momentum in their favor, and less than a minute in. IceCat right wing Patrice T ardif wristcd a wide angle shot that deflected into the goal off o f Torchia, assisted by defenseman Jam ie Rivers and center Craig Darby. Two and a half minutes later, Paul Broten scored his second goal o f the night on a power play, as sisted by Virtue and Tardif, to give the IceCats a 4-1 lead. Demoralized, Torchia was pulled from the net and replaced with Portland’s Ron Tugnutt (the one and only!) to try lo hold the IceCats back. The score held at 4-1 (despite some nasty fights and plenty of penalties all around) until 19:12 o f the period when Pirate right wing Martin Gendron, on loan from W ash ington, converted on a Portland power play, bringing the score after two periods to 4-2 in favor of the IceCats. In the third period, it looked as if Portland might actually pose a threat when left wing Andrew Brunette scored another power play goal, bringing the Pirates within one. A few minutes later, however. W orcester solidified its lead again when T ardif scored his second goal o f the night on a great offensive rush through traffic, assisted by Rivers and defenseman Steve Staios. Not to be outdone, Jarrett Deuling fol lowed with his second goal o f the night off o f a power play blast from the point, assisted by Rivers (again) and right wing Chris Kenady. Another game misconduct was awarded to Port land right wing Rob Pearson for an obstruction through “begging to differ” with the IceCat’s Tardif, but W orcester was unable to capitalize on the power play. Late in the period, Gendron scored his second goal o f the game (I’m sensing a theme, here) but it was too little, too late for the Pirates. Although outshot 28 to 33, W orcester skated away with the victory with a final score o f 6-4. Tardif, Broten, and Rivers were awarded the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd stars o f the game, respectively, and the win brought the IceCat’s overall record to 7-6-0, good for 14 points and third place position in their division. The Pirates still edge W orcester in the standings by one point, but have played five more gam es than the IceCats, who have a significantly better win percentage (.538). The Cats play again on M onday night (which means I didn’t have time to write the results up in time for this issue - sorry) against the Prince Edw ard’s Island Senators, before leaving on a road trip starting on Friday, Nov. 17th in Providence and ending on the 25th at P.E.I.
the way along w ith classm ate Bruce M eachem and sophom ores Liam K elly and R ich C rispo and ju n io r K evin C iszew ski all turned in strong perform ances.
Special Notes Sophom ore goalkeeper, Lyn D ubois was nam ed to the New E ngland W om en’s Eight A ll-C onference field hockey team . S eniors Jenn Lovin and Jen Plante have been nam ed as the captains o f this y ear’s w o m en ’s basketball team . S eniors Je ff K ijak and Jim N aughton along with ju n io r M ike Shannon will serve as m en’s basketball cap ta in s this season. S en io r Ian B uckley and sophom ore Jason W ening will be the m en’s sw im team cap tains. G raduate student Becky K upcinskas and senior Katie Snell will captain the w om en’s sw im team . Seniors Paul Hammerstrom and Jeff Seam s were selected as captains o f the w restling team.
WPI Rugby team finishes second in New England D3 T he WPI Rugby Team was invited to the div isio n three cham p ionships after w inning a m essy gam e in a dow npour dow n at Conn. C ollege. A fter a good w eek o f practice, the team w as ready to com pete against the best in N ew E ngland. The tournam ent w as held at Joh n sto n State C ollege in Jo h n sto n . V er m ont. A fter a four hour drive through the m ontains, we arrived at our destination. T he tournam ent was only for the top two team s in each division. W PI, w ho w as the second seed in the E astern d iv isio n , was slated lo face S pringfield, who was the top seed in the W est. The rest o f the field was rounded out by U M ass Low ell (first seed in the E ast), and Johnston S tate (second seed in the W est). The first game pitted Lowell and Johnston St. It was a close game at first, but Johnston St. got it going and ended up blowing out Lowell. O ur gam e started after noon, but the tem pera tures never got above freezing for the whole day. The game started o ff with the forwards having most of the action. The m om entum o f the gam e shifted toward WPI when Ed Roberts kicked a highball toward S pringfield's try line. A fter the Springfield defender misplayed the ball, Bjom Ryden picked the ball up and scored the first try o f his illustrious career. From then on, the game was in W PI’s favor. W e scored again when W PI gained control of their lineout, and passed it out to Isaiah Plante w ho passed the ball to Scott M acLauchlin for an easy try. From there WPI put it in cruise control, and after containing a late Springfield rally won 14-10. The final game was a hard fought battle betw een two evenly matched teams. The for w ards carried most o f the play in the first half. Johnston St. cam e close to scoring many times, but W PI held o ff every challenge until the w histle sounded ending the first half. The sec ond half started out just how the first half ended. Neither team was able to take control of the gam e. Both sides had good scoring oppor tunities, but neither team could capitalize. The gam e was ultim ately decided when Johnston St. w as able to push the ball into the try zone giving them a 5-0 lead. W PI gave it their all trying to get back into the gam e, but ultim ately failed. The final score was 10-0 when Johnston St. was able to put in a late score. This gave WPI a Second place finish in New England. It was a very good day for the Rugby Team who had never won a game in the playoffs, and the First time ever that we placed in the top three. The final record was 52-1, and after a Third place finish in the Divi sion T w o Providence Tournam ent in the spring, should bump the team up to division two. Ed R oberts was named “M an of the Tournam ent” for W PI for his leadership and trem endous play.
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Letters to Cleo postmarked December 8th Memorial on Friday, December 8th at 8:00pm. Tickets will go on sale to WPI students for $6.00 each in Daniels ticket booth (Daniels Hall, first floor) beginning Monday, Novem ber 27th from 11:00am - 1:00pm and 4:00pm - 6:00pm. Sales will continue through Friday, December 1st, 11:00am - 1:00pm each day until tickets are sold out. Students must present their ID ’s to purchase tickets and may only purchase two tickets per ID. Any additional tickets will go on sale to the general public for $10.00 each beginning M on day, December 4th. For more information, call 831 -5509, email soccom m@ wpi.edu or check out our web page for the show: http://w w w .w pi.edu/-soccom m / msec.html.
The Boston-bom alternative band returns to W PI, this time headlining their ow n show with tw o opening acts, to be announced at a later date. The SocComm M ajor and Special Events Com mittee is proud to bring them back to Alden
Smackmelon and Fhineas Gage Smackmelon will be performing tonight at 7:30 in Riley Comm ons. Smackmelon com bines rich melodic guitar textures, earnest, intel ligent vocals, and blasts o f noisy feedback to produce scrumptuous auditory sensations. Their first full-length release is Blue H our, an album containing music which doesn’t invite easy cat egorization. Smackmelon brings sophistication to raw guitar-pow ered rock, m erging each m em ber’s formidable music background in cel los, tumpets, and reggae to form a cataclysmic new sound. Opening for Smackmelon is Phineas Gage, a unique band com bining funk, rock, and the blues. Phineas Gage was formed al Westfield State College in Massachusetts. They have opened for many national acts, including Letters lo Cleo, Dead Eye Dick, Digible Planets, and Chucklehead. Smackmelon with Phineas G age is brought to you by the WPI Social Committee. Admission is $2.00 for WPI students, $5.00 general. For more information, call the WPI Social C om m it tee at 831-5509.
WPI Masque and the Humanities and Arts Department will present W illiam Shakespeare’s Henry V in Alden Memorial at 8 p.m. on Thurs day, Nov. 16, and Friday, Nov. 17, and at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18. Doors open 30 minutes before each performance. Tickets are $4 for the public and $2 for students and are available in the Ticket Office in Daniels Hall and at the door. Members of the WPI com m u nity are advised to purchase tickets in advance for what prom ises to be a sold-out show. For more information, call ex. 5946.
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BACCHUS peer education team applications The BACCHUS Peer Education Team is accepting applications for the 1996-1997 aca dem ic year. Peer Educators are trained to present programs on sexuality issues, alcohol related issues, HIV/AIDS and sexual assault. The Peer Education team also acts as a resource and referral service. The position requires creativ ity, good comm unication skills, an open mind, a willingness to leam and acceptance o f diversity and alternative lifestyles. Applications may be picked up in Health Services. They-m ust be retum ted to Health Services by December 8, 1995.
Grad student wins AGMA competition C onnie M archek, recent graduate o f W PI, with a m a ste r's degree in m echanical e n g i neering, presented her paper “ D eterm ination of the Dynam ic G ear M eshing S tiffness o f an A cetal C opolym er” at the A m erican G ear M anufacturers A ssociation 1995 fall tech n i cal m eeting. C onnie did her graduate re search under the directio n o f Prof. W illiam W. D urgin during the 1994/95 academ ic year. The work was supported by H oechst C elanese.
Student winners in ACM’s programming contest W PI stu d en ts M ichael L epore, T hom as S e id en b erg an d D avid S p e n c e r co rre c tly solved five o f seven program m ing problem s to tak e third place in the p relim inary round of the A ssociation of C om puting M ach in ery ’s (A C M ) P rogram m ing C o n test on O ct. 21 at W estfield State C ollege. T he win enabled the team to advance to the ch am p io n sh ip round w hich w ill be held on N ov. 18 at W estfield. The w inners o f that round will m ove on to the international com petition this spring. M ichael G ennert, associate p ro fesso r o f com puter sci ence, is the ad v iso r to A C M ’s W PI student chapter.
ASME holiday raffle T h e W PI student ch ap ter o f the A m erican Society o f M echanical E ngineers is sp o n so r ing a 50/50 H oliday raffle. O nly 100 tickets, at $20 each, w ill be sold. T w o $50 cash w inners will be chosen each w eek for 10 w eeks beginning Jan. 10. T here is no lim it to the num ber o f tim es you can win. To p u r chase tickets o r for more inform ation, e-m ail albert@ w pi o r call ext. 6357 (ask for John).
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On Wednesday. November 15. at 7:00, there will be a forum entitled W hat we Have Learned from the OJ Trial. We will have two guest panelists: The Police C hief o f Worcester, Robert Guardella. and the Rev. Richard Wright, minister o f the Emmanuel Baptist Church in Worcester. The forum will take place in Salisbury 104. Given the 'rush o f events in our country and o u r com m unities with the trial, the Million Man March, the possibility o f C olin Powell running for President, the issue o f Black/W hite relation ships have boiled once more to the top o f the American agenda. We believe that the WPI com m unity needs to be engaged in this discus sion. As the police chief o f a multi-ethnic city and the pastor o f an A frican-Am erican church in the sam e city, these two men have unique and important roles to play in this discussion and can help us understand many o f the issues involved. The forum is being sponsored by the Hu m anities Department, the Protestant Campus M inistry, and the Student Life Office. There will be refreshments following the address.
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contributing to the air pollution (and noise pollution, that sucker was LOUD!)problem we already have here in Worcester. / know the Admin, will probably say it was steam or some thing so that we really weren 7 pollut ing, but I think someone should get down to the bottom o f it and I thinkyou two are just the two to do it. It's your mission if you choose to accept it! Good Luck, Jami
blessing, his foreign.minister began se cret talks with Rabin’s enemy, Yassir Arafat. The result was a historic hand In the 13th Chapter of Exodus, verses shake with Arafat in the White House 21 and 22 we read, ‘T h e Lord went in Rose Garden, and those words he spoke front of them in a pillar o f cloud by day, on that day, words I will never forget, “Enough of blood and tears, enough!” to lead them along the way, and in a pillar o f fire by night, to give them light, so that We know now that Rabin was just they might travel by day and by night. getting started as a peacemaker. Next Neither the pillar of cloud by day or the came the peace agreement with Jordan pillar of fire by night left its place in front and King Hussein. WTio could have o f the people.” This was the author’s imagined even 5 years ago that King way of describing how the children of Hussein would attend Rabin’s funeral, Israel experienced G od’s leading them once his sworn enemy and there call him through the wilderness, leading them brother. And at the time o f his death, out of bondage into freedom. Rabin was preparing for Israeli security That passage came to mind last Mon forces to evacuate towns on the West day as 1 was watching the Memorial Bank so that Palestinians could take over their own security. Yitzhak Rabin Service for Yitzhak Rabin, the murdered Prime Minister o f Israel. The last and was a pillar of fire indeed. most memorable person to speak was On the last day o f his life, Rabin Rabin’s granddaughter, Noa Ben-Atrzi. attended a peace rally and at the close of the rally sang a song o f peace. The final She said, “Grandfather, you were the stanza of that song says, “Do not look for pillar of fire before the camp, and now we are just a camp left alone in the dark, the day o f peace, bring that day with you.” Instead o f waiting for and looking and we’re so cold." Though speaking for and hoping for the day o f peace, he very personally for herself and her fam brought it with him in his role o f a ily, Rabin’s granddaughter was speak peacemaker. And for his people in Is ing for all the rest o f us. For whenever a peacemaker dies, a light goes out. rael, and for all the people in the Middle Yitzhak Rabin had spent most of his East, and for all of us on this planet, he life as a warrior. He served in an elite became a pillar of fire. Now as his granddaughter has said, coips during World W ar II and the fight we are “just a camp left alone in he dark for Jewish independence. D uringthesix and w e’re so cold.” But we do not have day war in 1967, he was the head of the to stay here. We should not get stuck in Israeli armies which recaptured Jerusa our mourning for Yitzhak Rabin or other lem, the W est Bank, and the Golan pillars of fire we have had the privilege Heights. He had been the Defense Min o f knowing such as Ghandi or Martin ister who had tried to brutally put down Luther King Jr. We have to warm each the Intifada, the uprising o f the Palestin other with our hugs and our hopes for ians on the West Bank in the late 1980’s. peace. And we have to get up, and move In 1992, for the second time Rabin was elected Prime M inister o f Israel. out o f our camp and become our own light. As the Song o f Peace says, we In this second time around as the must not look for the day o f peace, but leader o f Israel, something in Rabin bring it with us. Each deed o f kindness, changed. He articulated the change this way: “How can w e (Israel) with our o. each>iactrlofr wcnacil taboo,, «ach>tiand history.be a people who occupies an- ;.* cxtertdod acrosj.racial iw i eihmc barri ers helps us bring that day o f peace other people.” With that conviction, closer. Rabin became a peacemaker. With his
by Laurel and Guinevere Well, it seems that this sudden blast o f cold weather has finally taken it’s toll on Philler. WTiile Guinevere’s taken off to Balleny Island for a few days of sun and fun, it’s up to me to answer a series o f difficult questions this week. Here goes something hopefully better than nothing...
Hello. I wasjust going through an old issue ofNewspeak the other day, and I noticed something quite odd. On page 9, there is an adver tisementfor Domino's Pizza, which includes a coupon, that expires on 10/30/95. Looking at the top o f the page for the publication date, I notice that it is Tuesday. October 31, 1995. Now how are us poor college students supposed to af ford a pizza if the coupon is older than the /hiper it's printed on ? Just thought that I ’d point out this bit ofNewspeak weirdness... -Michelle If you remember in our last article, we touched on the concept o f what a funny little thing time is sometimes. If you had picked up your copy o f Newspeak in the library, this glitch would have been eas ily explained. Remember, Michelle, this coupon ended up expiring just one day after the time when the government requires us to adjust our clocks by one hour for no publicly known reason. For complexity sake, however, let’s assume that you did not pick up your copy o f Newspeak in the library. This leaves us in quite a pickle. Life isn't always fair, Michelle. It’s your typical college - student - trying - to - eat - pizza - because - that's - what college - students - do - but - can’t because - the - coupon - was - unwit tingly - trapped - in - a - small - News peak - time - discrepancy (C. S. T. T. E. P. B. T. W. C. S. D. B. C. B. T. C. W. U. T. I. A. S. N. T. D.) situation. It’s too common nowadays what with the newly discovered abundance o f llamas and all. More than likely, what you seem to be experiencing is what some people refer to as the Koelle effect. Sometimes things just don’t happen when you want them to. This is the way at WPI. For further examples, see school-closing blizzards before major exams, AI Sacco, and those seniors who are currently on their fifth or more year at WPI now... We would also like to take this time to welcome AI Sacco back to Earth. Better late than never. ’Cause now my mint condition trading cards are going to be worth more money than a roll of duct tape in a toilet paper factory someday... As a side note, Philler has submitted many experiment ideas to NASA in the past, and since we have not received any notice to the contrary, we assume that they will indeed be performed on future shuttle flights. Wow, I can’t wait to see how they’ll manage to eat with those things on... and when they do that one with the leeches and cel ery... and I bet those alligators are going to freak out when they see the Earth real small like that... W ow, there arc going lo be some interesting things going on in space soon, folks.
G 'morning L& G, / have a detective job o f sorts for you, so get out your Sherlock Holmes cap, your best British accent, and your mag nifying glasses (and Guinevere, don 7 let Laurel sacrifice any poor little ants this time!). Now that you look like sort of legitimate detectives here's the case... Last Friday, / think it was Friday I was in a sort of daze whatever day it was, I was walking through the quad around 2:30pm. As I was walking I heard this loud whooosh-hissing sound. / looked a round confusedly and then discovered the source o f this men acing sound. Pouring out from the new addition to Higgins labs, was this immense cloud o f white smoke. To me this seemed very odd....my question to you is do you know why, or could you find out why we as a campus were
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First off, I know that e-mail is very popular on a campus like this, but I just want to say it’s pretty scary when your roommate tells you something by emailing Newspeak and waiting for one o f the editors to get it and then forward it to you... Or maybe she just forgot who writes this column... In any case, on with the explanation... Got my Sherlock Holmes cap. Got my incredible British accent which I picked up from watching untold hours o f Monty Python skits, and I’ve got the largest magnifying glass the world has ever known... G uinevere’s not here to supervise me... M ouhahaha! Just kid ding, folks. I'm not a cruel person. I d o n ’t hurt poor little ants with magni fying glasses... although I did try to use it to see if I could hit some o f those frat
guys who were honking their horns like crazy last Saturday morning... Ahem... Higgins labs has always been a place o f mystery and intrigue. (Work with me here...) The building itself, subtly shaped like the letter “H ” after it’s namesake. All o f a sudden, the Mechanical Engineering department cam e up with a ton o f m oney from undisclosed sources to build this... addition. With the addition came... changes. The building now resembles an “H” with a tumor. Has anyone else noticed that the building is physically largernow, but there seems to be even fewer class rooms? Where is all o f this extra space hiding, and what is it being used for?!?!? If you think it has something to do with the white smoke, you may be correct. M ost people would jum p to ^ the conclusion that this smoke was a delivery system for an evil mind-numbing drug to make people fail classes, causing them to stay at WPI longer, and therefore pay more tuition money. Possibly, but I’m not quite that conspiracy minded this week. Read the article about that Space Shuttle again. Look at the picture, Jami... Does this white cloud you saw resemble the white clouds you see form ing at the base o f the shuttle at launch time? Does it? O f course not, there's no way Sacco could have completed his little known mission to get WPI it’s very ow n Space Shuttle by “borrow ing” it piece by piece... O r did he? Next time they have an open house around here, look for the “WPI Shuttle Tour” signs... W ell, th a t's about all fo r this w eek. G u in ev ere’s not here, so I should write m ore, but th a t's the way you do it in T ibet.
by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry
Do you like yourself? by Dan Allen, Counseling Intern, Counseling and Student Development Center Bruce Springsteen in his song Belter Days says, “It’s a sad man my friend w ho’s livin’ in his own skin and can’t stand the company." Is this the way you feel about yourself? Do you beat your self up, think that you’re not as good as other people, call yourself dumb? Can you not see what you have to offer other people or what you contribute to soci ety? Do you only sec your weaknesses and not your strengths'? Do you like yourself ? All of the negative thoughts we have about ourselves are like a tape that plays in o u r head over and over and over again. Often times we are not aware that these tapes are playing, they play on automatic and these thoughts can kick into high gear when we are feeling most vulnerable. This in turn beats us down, making us feel even worse about ourselves. How, then, can we find any value in who we are when we cut ourselves down ? It is often our own self-judgment and self-rejection that can cause us the most pain. People call this by many names: low self esteem; low self-confidence; insecu rity. W hat it boils down to is that we may not Iike ourselves, or at least a part o f ourselves. How does low self-esteem affect our lives? It can happen in many ways. Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning in their book, Self-Esteem, say, “You limit your ability to open yourself up with others, express your sexuality, be the center of attention, hear criticism, ask for help, o r solve problems.” This af fects our social lives as well. How can we expect someone else to like us when we don’t like ourselves? This insecurity and self-judgment is projected out into the world, it is an energy that other people pick up on. Does your self esteem play itself out in your friend ships, intimate relationships, school.job, sports? Does it keep you away from other people or locked in front o f your
computer? Do you go home over the weekend to avoid interacting with oth ers? Are you drinking or doing drugs to numb the feelings ? Low self-esteem can also come out as anger, bitterness, and intolerance towards others. Intolerance of people, their lifestyles, their thoughts, their ideas may be a way that we show an intolerance or dislike o f ourselves, our thoughts, our ideas. Do we cut other people down because they may be different from us? Do we judge others first before they can judge us? Or, do we judge ourselves and reject ourselves first so that others can not hurt us? Being on a college campus we con stantly see people walking around with
backpacks slung over their shoulder. Imagine that these backpacks are filled with the automatic, negative thoughts wc say to ourselves, or the hurtful words said to us by others, or the labels we were given as we were growing up. Now imagine that these backpacks are invis ible, even to ourselves. You might be come slumped over from the weight of the pack and not even know why. After carrying this stuff around for a while you'd start to get tired, your body would get sore, your mind fatigued. Certainly, not everyone is carrying around a full backpack. Even a little weight on your back can throw you off balance at times. Has the lime come for you to see what
is in that backpack? Are you ready to open it up and look at the junk you have accumulated over the years? Maybe this is the first step in feeling better about yourself ? You won’t know until you try. Low self-esteem can be built up and improved in several ways, one o f which is the personal counseling process. There are people available to talk to for help and advice but, you have to make the first step. If you want to set up a time to talk this over with someone at the Counseling and Student Development Center stop byourofficeat 157 W estS t.,orcall 8315540, or e-mail me personally at dcallen @ wpi and leave a phone number to call you back.
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Who ya gonna call? by Debra L Dexter CCC Academic Systems Trainer The CCC receives a large number o f phone calls and e-mail daily. In order to better serve the students, staff and faculty, we have created a listing o f comm on questions and who would best solve them. You can find any one o f the groups mentioned in Fuller Labora tories.
PC Software Support Q: How do I use Microsoft Word, Excel or a specific application? How do I obtain softw are from the o:\sharewar directory? How do I transfer files (FTP) in DOS, in Win dows? How do I check for a virus on my computer? If I know there is a virus on my computer, how do I clean it? Are Novell or UNIX down? A: For basically any questions, con tact The Help Desk (helpdesk® wpi), call extension 5888 or stop by room B 2I. The hours are: Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM when A, B, C , D terms are in session. W hen in doubt about whom to contact, call the Help Desk. Ifyou are not sure what the problem is, the staff at the Help Desk will help you determine what could be wrong. If the Help Desk staff cannot immediately answer your question, they will find the person who can and have them contact you or relay the informa tion to you directly. The Help Desk will take the time to walk you through using applications like Powerpoint to build presentations. Excel to create spreadsheets, electronic mail, or even how to dial in from o ff campus. The only thing they will not do is help you with your homework.
WPI network? A: For any hardware support, con tact The PC Repair Shop in room A16, e-mail topc-questions@wpi or call extension 5015. The staff in the Shop takes care o f hardware support for approved PC’s, Laser Printers and Term inals and error m essages with Novell. They answ er questions about technical difficulties with equipm ent whether it’s hardware including hard d riv es, disk drives, m onitors, key boards, printers, etc.; or softw are on Novell (for exam ple, why a program is not running).
Q: I forgot my password. How do I get this problem fixed? I need an account, where do I get one? A: CCC Main Lab in room 222. This lab distributes all accounts including WPI and Novell. As a freshm an or transfer student, you probably received an account during registration. If not, you can bring your WPI ID to the desk andask fo ro n e. Ifyou are a new faculty o r staff member, the same conditions apply. If you forget your password, visit the lab and they will get the prob lem fixed. This lab is open Sunday through Thursday, 24 hours per day. On Friday they close at 11:00 PM, Saturday 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM and open Sunday at 11:00 AM.
Q: I use a Macintosh, whom can I contact with questions? A: For Macintosh Support you can contact Troy Thom pson (tbt@wpi) at extension 5223, room 220. Network Support Q: How do I become connected to the Network? Whom do I call re garding my port? A: For any Network Support you can call extension 2220, or visit room B26. If you are a student living in a WPI
Q: Why does some of the software on the Network not work on my com puter? Why is my document not printing? There is an error message residence hall and wish to becom e con regarding memory when I try to run nected to the N etw ork, visit the CCC a specific program? I am thinking of Department Secretary, Marie Dube in buyingacomputer«whatsystemcon- :j room 24 L She will give you the sign figuration would I need to um the v up form and instructions on how to
proceed from there. If you need to get a com puter connected in a non-residence hall building, call extension 2220. This is also the num ber to call to deal with problems with current connec tions to the network, ethemet cards, ports, etc.
Academic Systems Support Q: I cannot log in to a UNIX station. With whom do I speak for help? How do I make my files readable to other people? How do I post an event or news? How do I set up a mail alias? How do I change my whitepage’s entry? A: For Any U N IX o re-m ailp ro b lem s you
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The Web Q: How do I set up a home page on the World Wide Web (WWW)? What CGI (Common Gateway Interface) scripts are available? A: For All WWW (World Wide Web) q u e s tio n s sen d e -m a il to webmaster @wpi. There is also a train ing session on “ An Introduction to the W orld Wide W eb” offered periodi cally through the library. W hen you do contact any o f the ab o v e groups, keep in m ind we a n sw er a lot o f q u estio n s throughout the day. We w ill respond to your need s as soon as possible. You need to relay as m any specifics about your problem as po ssible like the exact e rro r m essage and w hat you have trie d on your ow n to solve it. A lso, include in form ation on w here you ex p erien ced the problem . Specify w hich com puter in w hat lab, or in y o u r dorm room , how long you have
been exp eriencing it or if you have already talked to som eone about it. V IR U S U PD A TE : The CCC published an article in last week’s Newspeak on “The R ecent O utbreak o f Viruses on Cam pus.” The article talked mostly about one o f the Little Red viruses that spread to the
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Faculty members honored Jam es P. H anlan, associate p ro fessor o f history, has been elected p resident o f the N ortheast P o p lar C ulture A ssociation. H anlan was the p rogram chair o f N E P C A ’s annual m eeting, which w as held on O ct. 6 and 7 at W PI. Several faculty m em bers presented p apers or chaired one o f the 25 conference sessions w hose them es reflected broadly accepted social trends, am usem ents, o ccu p a tions, lifestyles and entertainm ents. D iethild H arrington, adjunct a s sistant professor o f G erm an, received the M assachusetts F oreign L anguage A sso ciatio n ’s 1995 G erm an In stru c to r o f th e Y e a r A w a rd at th e a sso ciatio n ’s conferen ce last w eek. T h e a w a rd w a s p r e s e n te d to H arrington “ in recognition of her contributions to the profession as a m em ber o f the M assachusetts C h ap ter o f AATG and the M assachusetts F o re ig n L a n g u a g e A s s o c ia tio n ." H arrington, w ho has taught at W PI since 1988, served on the board o f the M assach u setts C h ap ter o f the A m erican A ssociation o f T eachers o f G erm an from 1991 to 1995 and was president for tw o o f those years. Physics Professor Donald F. Nelson was recently elected to m em bership in the A m erican A ntiquarian Society. M em bers are chosen for their interest in the advancem ent o f historical re search. Nelson jo in ed the WPI faculty in 1987 after a 27-year career at Bell L aboratories in M urray H ill, N .J.,
where he made fundamental contribu tions to the developm ent o f the laser, light-emitting diodes, optical com m u nications, sem iconductors and other critical achievem ents in m odem elec tronics. Nelson earned his B.S., M .S. and Ph.D. at the University o f M ichi gan. His research interests include solid-state and optical physics, sem i co n d u cto r su p erlattices, n o n lin e a r properties o f dielectrics in interactions with optical, acoustic and acoustooptic fields and inelastic light scatter ing. He won the 1995 W PI T rustees’ award for O utstanding R esearch and Creative Scholarship.
Thanksgiving food drive sponsored by NSBE Where: Daniels Hall (in front o f the bookstore) When: N ovem ber 1 3 -1 7 Time: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The goal o f the food drive is to help the needy in the W orcester comm unity to have a good Thanksgiving Holiday. Please bring canned food only. Those in the WPI comm unity who know someone that is in destitution, your contribution may be kept confi dential.
ATTENTION SOPHOMORES!! TO GET A JOB, YOU NEED EXPERIENCE. TO GET EXPERIENCE, YOU NEED A JOB. TRY CO-OP! COME TO THE CO-OP INFO SESSION AND FIND OUT HOW CO-OP CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR FUTURE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH AT 7PM KINNICUTT HALL COME MEET CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES AND TALK WITH CURRENT STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR CO-OP EXPERIENCES
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Alpine Ski Team Hey Everybody! Feel that nip in the air'.’ It's getting cold! And that means SNOW! In fact, w e even had snow out in western M assachu setts last w eekend, and we had the Snow guns out to cover the slopes in Cum m ington. Now that w e’re tw o w eeks into the term. It’s time to start thinking about camp. Camp this year will be at Burke M ountain, home o f the Burke Skiing Academy. Tim e to start thinking about hitting up your parents for cash or actually doing some work to pay for it. Cam p is open to anyone, even people who haven't been attend ing dryland this year, so email joeyc@ w pi for more details or stop by at Dryland. Dryland Practices are being held M onday to Friday at 4:40 pm. Stop by in front o f Harrington then to meet the team. It’s important to be in shape when we finally hit the slopes. Finally, thanks to all who cam e by to help m ake our Ski Sale a sucesss. Especially the m em bers w ho helped out during the day. Plant Services. Event Planning, and our Vendors, Shi Haus and Sport Loft. D ryland!!!!
Christian Bible Fellowship We are sm ack dab in the middle o f B95. Things are busy, and it gets dark early. This is not a reason to distress. Jesus loves you, and will take care of you if you let Him. D on’t let yourself be bogged down by classes and work, but rather locus on the Lord. Join us Friday evening as we do ju st that. At 7:00pm in M organ A is Friday Night Fellow ship. This is a time for singing songs o f praise, la> ing burdens at the L ord's feel, learning about His word, and having fellowship with other believers. A gain, that’s FNF 7:00pm , Friday, M organ A. Then on Saturday morning at 10:30 in front o f A lum ni, meet lor sports (it'll prob ably be som ething indoors). In C olossians, Paul writes "D evote your selves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." (C olossians 4:2 (NIV). There is a great need for each o f us to devote ourselves to prayer. Prayer helps us to focus on God. Keeping our eyes on Him allow s us to sec what He is trying to show us, and to better realize everything He has given us already. It also lets us talk directly to G od so that w e carvbe forgiven for our sins, and can ask Him to help us with our needs. I urge each o f you to pray more diligently; to devote yourself to im proving your prayer time each day.
CSA Hello everybody! Welcome to another edi tion o f the CSA C lub C om er, brought to you by the C hinese Student Association. How is ev erybody doing, in this chilly November weather? O nly about one and a half weeks left till Thanks giving break! Personally, I can’t wait until I get to go home and party. Anyways, there will be an interesting CSA event taking place this W ednesday. Does anyone know what it is? You better! It’s been posted in your mail forthe last couple o f days. For those of you who don't read your mail, but read Newspeak, it is the CSA T reasure hunt. This will take place on N ovem ber 15, which is a W ednesday, at 6:30 pm. It will start at the Lower Wedge and end at w herever your clues bring you. Why do this? First o f all, its really, really fun, and second of all, you get prizes for being the first, second or third team to complete the com plicated puzzle. Arggh, I’m running out of time! I need lo get this in to Newspeak by 4:30, but it doesn’t help if your professor decides to let you out of class at 4:00! But hey, who am I to argue'’ I
hope o u r president w o n 't kill me for writing such a short article. Oh by the way last time 1 said that there were 30 people at the m eeting, but I was w rong. The correct number of people, as som eone pointed out was 42 people. 1 am very sorry for the inconvience, and I will see you guys next week.
International Student Council Did you think that the ISC W W W page was not too functional? W ell, now you cannot com plain about it anym ore, http://w w w .w pi.edu/ -isc has a new look! — friendly and cute. Here is a note to the international clubs: please, please contact T om Thomsen *soon* to give him the inform ation on the food you are going to have at the International Dinner. If you don 't see him soon, Tom will be forced to come and harass you at your own hom es (with us IS C o f f ic e r s rig h t b e h in d h im )...s o PLEASE!!!! T hanksgiving is com ing up. We know that many (alm ost all) international students stay on cam pus during this holiday. Therefore, if you want to share this experience with an American family, you can spend Thanksgiving day with a mutually interested family. All you have to do is drop by the Student Life Office, and ask Janice about this. O ther than that, this time we are not gonna have the longest article in Club Corner because we d o n ’t have much to say. Just a rem inder about the bi-weekly ISC meeting, it IS tom or row W ed 15. Bye.
Lens and Lights A nother w eek and another bit o f sanity lost. Henry V is taking up m ost o f my time, and so I don’t think lhat this ariicle will be very long, or very com prehensible. Anyway, I seem lo be doing two jo b s now, pres, and vice-pres, at least for this week. I hope everyone is still happy. Reminder, meetings at 4:30 in AK 232, execs, at 3:30 in Beckett Conference room. G o see Henry V. I’ve lost enough sleep over it to warrant everyone attending.
Newman Club T he N ew m an C lu b ’s pasta and video night was a g reat success. One form er m em ber cam e o v er a 150 m iles to see form er friends, enjoy John D ’s great Italian cooking p lu s the video "D ead P oets’ S ociety”. This form er m em ber also cam e to sec that C arrie w ould be at the m eeting w hile her room m ates ar ranged the birthday p arty for her in F o u n d ers’ Hall. T he next b ig event is our trip to L aS allette to see the C hristm as lights fo l low ed by su p p er at W rig h t’s C hicken Farm . C ost for the bus and the meal is only five d ollars. S ign up soon gang as tickets are going fast. E-m ail F r S ( @ priest) or Becky Prince ( (s>bprince) if you wish to go. T he date is T uesday. D ec.5th and we leave from the cam pus at 5pm. B ecky Prince represented o u r club at the D iocesan M inistry D ays on O ct 10 & I I , so over 1300 people heard about W PI as well as what o u r club d oes on cam pus. A fter all we got to help spread the w ord about W PI and w hat are fine place it is. On S unday, N ov.5th the C lub resum ed o u r n u rs ing home m inistry al Salisbury N ursing Home. H opefully we will do it every S unday from now to the end o f the school year. O ur E xecutive Board m eeting was this past M on day night, N ovem ber 13th. O n D ecem ber 10th we will have our annual C hristm as Mass
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that night follow ed by our annual C hristm as party. Finally our fam ous Italian cook, John D. , proved that his cooking is better than DAKA. At least Jim Palvat told him that the young ladies from Riley IV are claim ing that. So John is w alking around these days like he is a real chef. Jim and Ryan w ant more pasta nights on Friday nights so that they can bring som e very special guests. W e w ill see about that.
info on the profs, that teach certain courses etc. I d id n 't have much time to look at any others. Reminders: Tuesday, Dec. 5, 4:30, patent attny. Jody M cClean will be here. M inor ap proved. Law school softw are available in Prof. R issm iller’s office. T his Saturday is open house for WNEC. BU tours every Friday. M eeting tomorrow. I’ll see everyone there!!!
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G reek C orner Kijak shoots 35% from the free throw line and is ben ch ed at the end o f the season fo r...M ik e L a m o u re au x . M ike S h an n o n m isses fourteen shots one gam e and blam es it o n th e so p h o m o res. S o m eon e w ill g iv e F iodope a b eer before a g am e and he will play like S cott E n n is and foul o ut in 6 m inutes. In o rd er to c o n tin u e to look like his b rother Ray, M ike B anks runs straight into a wall and breaks his nose never to talk to an o th er girl again. Sim pson breaks his foot again w hen he kicks a wall after he gets in a fight with A m y, an oth er lost season for S im ps. Due to a trem en d o u s chant for H enricksen, C raig gets to play w ithout a uniform and scores tw enty. John L ehane co ntinuing the M arlboro tra d i tion c a n ’t find the bathroom and is kicked o ff the team for relieving h im self on the bench. T here is no b ette r feeling than sliding naked in a pool o f beer headfirst into a w all. Oh by the w ay co n g ratu latio n s to Phi Sig Sig for there E G G S ellent pledge class. Due to lack o f space y our w eekly B rian Z aleski and M ike rice new s will be back n ex t w eek.
a t\ Hey g irls. O ur pledge class Rules!! You guys are aw esom e!! G reat jo b on y o u r first raid, even if you did have to get up an d cook for FI J I, they love i t ! First things first, I want to congratulate R enee w ith being the official spirit hat recipient! And a big hug goes to Amy S, w e love ya. T hanks to Nil and the occupants o f the Rugby house for a great C rush party! I hope all the p ledges had a great tim e at the pledge retreat even if the sisters a re n ’t the best cooks! A nd a big Happy B-D ay going to Sarah A. on the 18th. 1 have a few rem inders for this week. T om or row is a form al m eeting and if you w ant to go to the W A M w ith Amy it’s at 1:30 tom orrow . Also go to the servant auction and support all the AGD sister servants. Thursday is Henry V, be there to ch eer on all o f our dram atic sisters, including o u r pres, kegger! Friday the h ayride, need i say more! come sin g your brains out and freeze your, well you know it’s lots o f fun! Sat is A dopt a Street and you all b etter get out o f bed for th a l! 1 guess th a t's il, M om ’s, get to g eth er w ith your dau g h ters during all the stu ff th a t's going on th is week. E veryone keep up this great A GD s p irit! ( PS after this week i ’m g o in g to p e titio n to ch an g e th e n e w s p a p e r s n a m e ! C la s s if i e d s , c lassified s,c lassified s!) U ntil next tim e when the classifieds go from dau g h ters to moms... A D O V ELIN G
0X All right dudes, wc ju s t m acked rush and brought hom e the most solid group o f 29 guys ev er assem bled u n d er one leaky roof. I want to extend a co n g ratu latio n s to all the new hom ies in th a ’ house. T hey are, in no particu lar o rd er, Pete V erril, C hris M ead, Jerem y John, Jo e T u ck er, M ike C haisson, Dave M axson, Brian K alaghcr, E ric H annula, D ave S cott, Joe Z urkus, D ave G azda, C onan B uzby, Paul S obkiew icz, H aig A ltoonian, Ben L innus, Stan G ill, D evon Reed, Pete Sow itcky, M att Poisson, Shaw n A yube, Kevin K eene, Jay G arrent, S piro T sefrekas, C h ris C o p ab lo , Paul G anchi, J e f f R oss, G arrett K aye, R avi C h au h an , an d C h ris L ash u a. T h e y ’re gonna be the best pledge class ever. So get to know them b efo re th e y ’re all on exec. In o th er new s, A team crushes SA E in b o sq u etb o il, hockey is abo u t to start up, pong is the fad. Hey guys, at last check we have no heat, hot w ater, electricity , cable, o r food...but we g ot psyche and th a t’s what holds it all together. H ey, le t’s m ake the faculty d in n er great to night. And I see you next tim e. P eace...
ATQ Y o, listen. That is a fresh track. How many brain cells do Justin and C had have left? W hat is: (A ) # o f seconds that G ajew ski rushed the house (B ) # o f eyeb ro w s lashes that T uri has or (C) # o f y ears Karl h as left to graduate. If you gu essed C, you are right: Two years or tw o brain cells. K im m y Jeevan you like w hat? Y eah, G obis she’s the one. Stran d, dance floor, co rn er, enough said. Binky did you get an article published, be cause Jake keeps telling m e that he h as dream s o f seeing the paper? Socha, w as it 12 or 13? Can you really be sure? Peavey, if you still read this. W hat’s up my b ro th er? Next W eek: B last from the past, space m ountain, and a lot o f polyester. N o thing else m atters as long as you have good hair. (G reeK )
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At the to p o f new s this w eek is the fact that at long last the case has been claim ed. It was claim ed by one o f the m ost unlikely brothers. I will not w aste your tim e w ith the story since we w ere all at court that night. O th er h ap p e n ings this past week w ere: D over and the F ile n e ’s in cid en t, en o u g h said; and w hat w ould a Newspeak article be w ithout C huck T. C h arlie you seem to be m aking these articles pretty frequently lately. If this keeps up you can look forw ard to becom ing a fossil, and rem ain in g on the brow n house third deck list for aw hile longer. F inally, w ho w ill be
D oes anyone know that guy that sleeps in B ra d 's room 3 tim es a w eek? T h an k s to AGD for breakfast but w hy arc the eggs green. In S ports C up new s it looks like we have the lead so why do the kids in the cool sh irts think that they do? In other sports new s b team hoops is only slightly less pathetic than c team . UVM quote o f the week “D id you see how sm all it w as?” C abral there is a law yer from U VM on the phone he w ants to talk to you. Now that W PI basketball season is about to start how about a few predictions.
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in W ell, it’s me again, frazzled as ever. T his tim e Henry is taking up a lot o f my tim e. H ow ever, we have two, yes count them , tw o top-ten lists this w eek. First, as prom ised, G u t-rich ’s T op 10 M ovie S pellings II! 10) Supernan IV 9) Poltergiest 8) P olterguist II: The Oter Side 7) T h e P hiladelphia Progect 6) Prety W om an 5) S tar Tree II 4) Fridy 13 3) C adalac M an 2) G o stbusters and the num ber one movie sp ellin g , proving that the ab ility to spell (or m ispell) is hereditary... M ark U hich! The o th er top-ten is the top-ten best w ays you know a Sigm a Pi. 10) M ore than one lengthy co n v ersation w hile on the toilet 9) Know and fear the w ords “ ass fork” 8) U sed the pickup line “see the r o o f 7) Know the duality o f H appy hour 6) The favorite greeting is "th e fin g er” 5) Not offended by "F *** You G u y ” 4 ) Participated in the sport o f hogging 3) nakedness is socially a c c e p t able and p o litically correct 2) Know Pink E lephants are real and the num ber one best w ay you know a Sigm a Pi... Feel like an Israeli after b eing attacked by a scud! T h a t's all for this w eek, except W iebe, y o u ’re banned from the L ounge, along with E.C. And also, w h o ’s heading the cat and dog y ear com m ittee? See you next T uesday!
TKE H i-de-ho n eighbor...how is life treatin g everyone this w eek? First off, the inhabitants o f the T room realize that you are all jea lo u s o f o u r C rusty Day last Friday. T here w ill be different them e days com ing soon. P ow er outages at night are a great opportunity to go into som eone’s room and turn up their stereo at night so they g e t a cool surprise w hen the pow er com es back on. Y eah D ools. C o n gratulations to the new ly choosen Big B ro th ers, take pride in your L ittle Bro. N ice jo b th is w eekend new m em bers in your W o rces ter adventure, the m em ories w ill be forever. A lso keep up the aw esom e enthusiam that
you guys all have as a class!!! G et ready for this w eekend, and the S w am pw ater party, this is one not to m iss, since it is the biggest party o f the Fall sem ester! Hey if you d id n ’t know , Sahal ow ns giraffes. L et’s get going on the intram urals this term too guys. A lright then, this w eek from the hom e o ffice som e w here in the plains o f S iberia, the T op Ten things to do besides pay attention in class 10) Pick your nose?? 9) W rite th6 G reek C o m er 8) D rink coffee 7) Sit w ith a friend and taunt the professor and everyone else in the class 6) Touch y o u rself under the desk (F lobi) 5) Sleep 4) T hink of how the naked girl in front o f you pictures you clothed... uhh or som e thing... 3) Do the hom ew ork that w as due at the beginning o f class 2) Ponder w hy you bothered to get out o f bed this m orning I ) M oan like the lecture’s b e tte r than sex. See ya all later.. Dup doo! T K E PR ID E!!!
Second th o u g h ts and a c c i d e n ta l m ishaps...F irst o ff C o n g ratu latio n s to C hris G a te s, S tev e F lan n ery . Bill F re e d , M att D e c h illis , M ark O b rie n , J e f f C o le m a n , Q uerino Pacillo, A drian Z eller, J e ff D am on, T erry Fay, Rich T reis, C harles T alisec, and John G cncrcux. The next three and a half, four, m aybe, five years will be a helluva ride... N ice effo rt put forth by the b-ball squad in their first gam e against the Fighting L osers, lots m ore gam es to c o m e ...C o n g ra ts and thanks to all those who show ed up for the C h a m p a g n e S o c ia l a lw a y s o n e o f th e b est...C o m in g soon the C h ristm as P arty, n o th in ’ like m akin your brothers com atose... G lad we all m ade it back from the all zete, som e o f us a little w orse fo r w ear (except for the sam e o ld L ucas)...S peaking o f the all zete, from the home o ffices o f room 3 ...Top Ten Q uestions follow ing the A ll-Z ete: 10) Karl did w hat??? 9) Y eah, but w ho w on by w eight? 8) T erry, you slept B EH IN D the bar? 7) (Insert Own K eogh fight jo k e here) 6) Did Jim m y ’s girl grab you too? 5) T h o m p son, who got the w orm ? 4) K A R L?! - Are you su re ? ? 3) C o le m a n , she h ad h a ir W H ER E? 2) R ichie, did you get the num ber on that hoover? I) H ey, N ick, how much flous did it take?...A nd o n that note- S igning O ff- Jabba
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T h u rs d a y , N o v e m b e r 2 n d 12:01am - L ockout: Black Ford in library lot with pow er locks, o fficers notified. 12:35am - Subject in to station to speak w ith officer. 2:44am - Gas leak: C O M gas reports C arbon M onoxide condition at D ean S treet, request assistance with evacuation. I 1:04pm - V ehicle: w rong way and u n authorized on service road, officers notified.
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4:38pm - Call in: Plant S erv ices reports no heat in Stoddard C, request call in H VA C personnel. 4:52pm - H eat is electric. C all in E lectrician for Stoddard heating problem . I 1:28pm - D isturbance: report from B oynton S treet fraternity o f su b jects inside causing disturbance, o fficers notified. I 1:50pm - A ssist: students into station concerning m alicious m ischief incident at Salisbury Street.
6:00pm - SG A O pen M eeting, L ow er W edge 8:00pm - C oncert: S m ackm elon, Riley C om m ons, $2.00 W PI/ $5.00 general
Saturday, November 4th
8:00pm - H enry V . presented by M asque, Alden M em orial, $2.00
Thursday, Novem ber 16 8:00pm - H enry V . presented by M asque, A lden M em orial, $2.00
Friday, Novem ber 17 I 2 : 16am - N oise com plaint: report o f loud noise com ing from F ounders H all, officers notified. 12:33am - D isturbance: Founders Hall parking lot, officers notified. 12:40am - O fficers clea r F ounders lot, stu d en ts involved sent on their way. 9:02am - D isturbance: o ffic e rs noted cars from fratern ity driving reck lessly around cam pus, officers notified. 9:05am - W orcester Police called to the scene. 1 1:15am - D isturbance: fraternity d riving reck lessly , o fficers notified. I 1:18am - C lear: distu rb an ce caused by cars dealt w ith by officers. 1 1:20am - Food fight: two fratern ities arc throw ing eg g s, apples, w ater, etc. o u tside the police station. I 1:30am - Food fight: W orcester police arrive on scene. I 1:42am - Food fight: fratern ities given w arnings, if happens again to be arrested. 12:00pm - M edical: student into station for finger splint, not an em ergency. 12:33pm - C lean up: W o rcester S treet D ept, to Dean S treet to sand dow n road. 2:06pm - Report: sidew alk cav ed -in behind Res. L ife, reported by carpet cleaners. 5:03pm - V andalism : o fficer reports vandalism in ROTC area.
Sunday, November 5th 1: 15am - A ssist: officers assistin g W orcester Police D epartm ent at W achusett Street fraternity co ncerning a noise com plaint. 2:01am - M alicious m ischief: F ounders resident rep o rts subject vandalizing vehicle m irrors in front o f building, o fficers notified. 10:20am - W ork dress: w indow s to g lass A ccounting booth opened and w ithout locks, officers notified. 1 1:37am - Noise com plaint: E lbridge S treet, officers notified. 1 1:47am - Report: custo d ian reports fum es com ing from w ater heater in room behind Ellsw orth laundry room , o fficers and Plant S ervices notified. 1: 17pm - Report: m an seen heading tow ards cam pus by United C o n gregational C hurch, last seen on Institute R oad, o fficers notified. 1:25pm - A ssist: W o rcester Police D epartm ent to area o f Elm Park co n cern in g man. 1:52pm - C lear: o fficers and W orcester Police D epartm ent clear area, suspect not found, patrols are increased in area and throughout cam pus. 6:52pm - M otor V ehicle A ccident: car vs. b icycle, co rn er o f W est and Institute, EMS and officers notified. 6:58pm - A rrival o f officers. 7:04pm - T ransport: W o rcester em ergency am bulance transports to U M A SS, EM S clear. 7:06pm - M edical: Institute, hurt thum b.
Saturday, Novem ber 18 2:00pm & 8:00pm - H enry V . presented by M asque, A lden M em orial. $2.00
Sunday, N ovem ber 19 2:00pm - F ilm : “ A pollo 13,” Perreault L ecture Hall, $1.00 6:30 & 9 :30pm - Film : “ A pollo 13,” P erreault L ecture H all, $2.00
M onday, Novem ber 6th 12:00am - E lev ato r problem : report o f elev ato r not functioning in F uller Labs, officer notified. 1:45am - P arents o f student injured in earlier b icy tie/M V accident into station for report inform ation. 2:44am - N otification: o ffic e r reports audible sprinkler alarm sounding at G rove Street, W orcester Fire D epartm ent and officers notified. 10:01am - T h eft report: social science in A tw ater K ent, officer notified. 12:32pm - U -inc. in cam pus police to pick up bikes. 9:32pm - T respassing: person tresp assin g at S alisbury Street fraternity, o fficer notified.
Tuesday, Novem ber 7th 12:28am - A ssist: officer to S to d d ard C to assist RA w ith student. 1:14am - T ransport: officer transporting student from S toddard to M em orial H ospital. 1:31am - M oving violation: O fficer out on Quad. 3:23am - T em perature alarm : C C C reports air conditioning failure. Plant S ervices notified. 8:30am - N otify personnel o f lights left on car parked in Q uad. 12 : 10pm - T o w ed car from G oddard lot, student with outstanding tickets, blocked all cars from exiting G oddard lot. O fficer stan d in g by. 4 : 10pm - M otor vehicle fire: C ar on fire, corner o f W est and Institute, officers notified. 4 :15pm - W o rcester Fire D epartm ent arrived. 7:41pm - S tolen plate: M organ food services staff report plate stolen from car, o fficer notified.
W ednesday, Novem ber 8th I 1:55pm - L ights out: all o f the w edge area w ithout lights. Plant Services has been notified, o fficers stan d ing by in area. 4:42pm - A ccess: elev ato r from Institute Hall, student dropped paper dow n shaft, officers notified.
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