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“A separate heritage...a common destiny” WPI celebrates Black History Month

by Brian Parker Editor-1 n-Chief T h roughout the m onth o f F eb ru ­ ary, W PI w ill jo in in the n ation-w ide observance o f B lack H istory M onth, with various ev en ts and “p assiv e” program s scheduled. T he passive program s include “table te n ts” in the dining halls, b u lletin b oards and b u t­ tons w hich w ill be d istrib u ted with the intent o f p rom otin g aw aren ess o f the c o n trib u tio n s A fricans and A fri­ can A m ericans have m ade to our society.

B lack H istory M onth has its roots in a w eek -lo n g reco g n itio n o f A frican-A m erican co n trib u tio n s to the developm ent o f civ ilizatio n . This was started by C arter W oodson in 1926 and w as in tended to be held in February, as c lo se to the birth d ay s o f F red erick D o u g lass and A braham L incoln as p ossible.

T here w as a sense am ong h isto ri­ ans, such as D r. W oodson and Dr. W .F.B . D ubo is, that heroic deeds o f individuals w ere interdependent with the actio n s o f the unknow n m illions

top the h a tem o n g ers’ hit list.” film ak in g to come out o f A frica in and that d enying th e c o n trib u tio n o f T his discussion is tim ely, fo r it re cen t years. black p eople to th e p ro g ress o f hu­ c om es ju s t as C o n g ress is c o n sid e r­ O ne o f the highlights o f the m onthm anity re p resen ted th e d enial o f true ing m ajo r cuts in social program s, a long cele b ratio n will be a lecture hum an h istory. W P I is reco g n ized tim e w hen a S ocial D arw inistic a p ­ given by T he A tlanta C o nstitution by som e as h av in g had o n e o f the proach w ould easily ju stify such a editorial page editor, C ynthia Tucker. m ost in te re stin g a n d p ro v o c a tiv e sp en d in g decrease. T u ck er is re ­ H e rta lk w ill focus onT h e Bell C urve B lack H istory M o n th p ro g ram s in sp o n sib le for g u id in g the d e v e lo p ­ and its im plications. An excerpt W o rcester and th is y ea r looks to co n ­ ment o f the C o n stitu tio n ’s tinue in this trad itio n . opinion p o licies and her visit T he lib rary w ill d isplay to W PI sh o u ld present the tw o ex h ib its, on e by the “ // is sh am eful liow little Am ericans know c o m m u n ity w ith s o m e B la c k S tu d e n t U n io n about A frica - our ignorance is as vast as the thought-provoking co m m en ­ w hich w ill e m p h asize life continent itself. ” tary. in A frica and the C a rib ­ R e c e n tly ad d ed to the b ean and the o th e r w hich -Professor Bland Addison schedule o f events is a v isit w ill co n tain the w o rk s o f from the cultural attach ^ o f A frican-A m erican w riters.

H aiti, w ho w ill give an u p ­ S o c C o m m h as s e le c te d date on the p olitical situation th ere, from her article “ ‘Bell C u rv e ’ R ides “ S ugar C ane A lle y ,” w hich d ep icts w ith a p oint o f view w hich is perhaps the New B ack lash ” reads: “The polls life in M artin iq u e u n d er F ren ch c o ­ a little d ifferen t from that o f the reflect a n ation whose w hite citizen s lonial ru le, as a p art o f the Passport A m erican m edia. In a talk w ith P ro ­ are tired o f the black and brow n F ilm s series (to be show n on the fessor B land A ddison, w hoorganized poor, w ary o f im m igrants, resentful 17th) and the film “ F in za n ” w hich this e v en t and serv ed on the c o m m it­ o f ex p an d in g civil rig h ts. B lacks, w as p roduced in M ali, to be show n tee w h ich a rra n g e d m any of the for th eir part, are cynical about ra­ on the 21 st. “F in z a n ” is th e story o f events in the sch ed u le, he m entioned cial pro g ress. The p o litical clim ate tw o w o m en ’s reb e llio n ag ain st tra­ that: “ It behooves us all to ta lk to the is ripe with cheap dem ag o g u ery and d itional m ale d o m in an ce in the v il­ h eroic people o f H aiti and to find o u t petty scapegoating. W elfare m oth­ lage and is co n sid e re d one o f the w h at’s going on th e re .” W hile it is ers, M exicans, fem in ists and gays boldest exam ples o f socially engaged

ad m irable that the U .S. tried to a r­ rive at a com prom ise, there is som e co ncern as to w hether there w ill be a lastin g peace once o u tsid e arm ed forces leave; hopefully this talk w ill give us som e insight.

O n the sam e day, a PBS video con feren ce w ill be held to d iscu ss the progress that has been m ade in in c re a sin g c a m p u s d iv e rs ity and w here we m ight g o from here. It is fairly evident that there is m ore that can and should be done to bring stu ­ dents o f diverse cultural backgrounds to W PI. T here also w ill be an A frican M ar­ k et, concerts featuring m any styles o f m usic, including a percussion c o n ­ cert, “ A frican R h y th m ,” and a ja z z c o n cert as w ell as o th er p re s e n ta ­ tions on cam pus and all students are e n co u rag ed to attend. A nother p ro ­ gram “WPI in A frica” will include the personal ex p erien ces o f an IQ P g ro u p w hich w orked in B otsw ana.

T o sum the program s up, B lack H istory M onth w ill g iv e the W PI

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Faculty approves Civil Engineering Department name change

by Brian Parker Editor-In-Chief On January 25, the faculty approved the C om m ittee on G overnance’s rec­ om m endation to change the name o f the Civil E ngineering D epartm ent to the Civil and Environm ental Engineer­ ing D epartm ent. D epartm ent Head, Professor Fitzgerald stated that the

change was good fo r WPI and that it gave an accurate description o f the departm ent.

Reasons for the change included the fact that 40% o f the faculty have a focus and professional registration in the field o f Environm ental E ngineer­ ing, the departm ent offers an M.S. and Ph.D. in E nvironm ental Engineering and approxim ately 50% o f the gradu­

ate and undergraduate students con­ sider Environm ental E ngineering as their focus. Also, the nam e “C ivil and Environm ental Engineering” is used by several schools in the surrounding area (including: RPI, C larkson, Tufts, M IT and others) and there was some concern that the current name at WPI did not reflect the environm ental fo­ cus here.

New award honors former WPI department head courtesy o f WPI News-Service T w o W PI stu d en ts are the first re c ip ie n ts o f the In s titu te ’s new W ilm er L. and M argaret M. K ranich Prize. G reta H ansen B oynton o f G lo u c e s te r , M A , a n d D a v id S. R icketts o f M artin sb u rg , W V , will share the $500 prize, w hich was e s­ tab lish ed by M arg aret K ranich to honor W PI stu d en ts m ajo rin g in en ­ g in eerin g or scien ce w ho “best ex ­ em plify ex cellen ce in the h u m an i­ ties and arts and the full in tegration o f these d isc ip lin e s into th eir u n d er­ graduate e x p e rie n c e .”

W ilm er L. K ranich served WPI

for 37 years before he retired in 1985.

He jo in e d the fa c u lty as an asso ciate p ro fesso r o f ch em ical e n g in ee rin g in 1948. In 1949, at th e age o f 29, he w as n am ed a fu ll p ro fe sso r, the youngest individual to attain that rank at the Institute. K ran ich w as head o f the D epartm ent o f C h em istry and C hem ical E n g in e e rin g from 1958 to 1967 and head o f C hem ical E n g i­ neering from 1967 to 1975. From 1974 until he re tire d he held the dual posts o f p ro fesso r o f chem ical e n g i­ neering and dean o f students. He d ied in 1992.

R ick etts, an e le c tric a l en g in ee r­ ing m ajor, spent his ju n io r y ear as an

acad em ic exchange student at the T ech n ical U niversity o f D arm stadt (T H D ), w here he co m p leted his IQP in G erm an and E nglish. He is a fo u n d er o f the WPI Ja z z E nsem ble and a tu to r in the E CE and H um ani­ ties and A rts departm ents.

B oynton, a biology m ajor, spends su m m e rs in N o rw ay , w h ere her m o th er lives. For her IQ P, she stu d ­ ied the w ays in w hich N orw ay in te­ g rates m entally and p h y sically c h a l­ lenged individuals into society. A m em ber o f Tau Beta Pi, B oynton received the M arietta E. A nderson aw ard in 1993. She plan s to be a p hysician.

Although the intention of the change is to “in no way interfere with or p re­ clude other environm ental endeavors across the Institute,” there w as som e concern from som e m em bers o f the faculty. It was recognized that m any o f the departm ents o n cam pus have a serious focus on the environm ent and to give the term “E nvironm ental E n g i­ n eering” to just one might give p ro ­ spective students the wrong idea.

To give the veneer o f com pleteness to ju st one program , which is adm it­ tedly incom plete (it was recognized that although the current CE program thoroughly handles water and w aste treatm ents, air pollution for exam ple, is handled in the C M departm ent), might send away as many students as it attracts.

But the name change does accu ­ rately reflect the current state o f the departm ent and it w as noted that the program at WPI is as good as or better

Inductees announced at WPI’s Pi Mu Epsilon chapter courtesy o f WPI N ews-Service Six new m em bers were inducted into W P I’s Pi M u Epsilon chapter re­ cently. Pi Mu E psilon is the national honor society for m athem atics. In­ ductees were A ron Atkins o f W are, M A; W endy B utkus o f N orth Grafton, MA; Rodney Lukow ski o f Holland, MA; Jam es N aughton o f Ham pton, NH; Jeffrey Perlak o f C hicopee, MA; andT om Y eulenski o f W orcester, MA. T he in itiatio n took place at the sixth annual in itiate reco g n itio n and regional co n feren ce on the W PI cam ­ pus. Initiates gave presen tatio n s re ­ lated to m ath em atics and heard a keynote ad d ress by ch ap ter advisor.

A ssociate P ro fesso r o f M ath em ati­ cal S ciences B rig itte S ervatius. H er address w as “ 3-D Illusions: Post

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MQP lab safety training sessions to be held S afety in the laboratory is a very im portant aspect of th e le a rn ­ in g e x p e r ie n c e at a n y le v e l.

W hether you are a sophom ore high sc h o o l stu d en t in in tro d u c to ry ch em istry or a seasoned m ic ro b i­ o lo g ist in a research lab, lab safety req u ires a v ig ilan t aw areness o f the potential h azard s w hich s u r­ round you, and taking steps to m inim ize your risk .

In an effort to enhance y o u r und erstan d in g and aw areness o f these potential hazards and th e ir risk s, the W PI C am p u s S afety C o m m ittee is c o n d u c tin g th re e training sessions fo r M QP students w orking in labs w ith h azard o u s m aterials. T h ese sessions will last ap proxim ately forty-five m inutes, and w ill be held in G oddard H all

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than those o f any other school. As m uch as one and a half years could be spent on environm ental engineering, excluding an IQP and M QP, which obviously could also have an environ­ m ental focus.

There was som e concern that there should be truth in W PI’s advertising and that if a com plete environm ental focus was not handled in one depart­ m ent, perhaps no single departm ent should add that to their title. But because continued efforts to w ork to ­ gether on a com plete environm ental program across the Institute w as called for, the change was approved.

Professor O ’ Shaughnessy o f the CE departm ent stated: “the Civil E ngi­ neering D epartm ent’s future is in E n­ vironm ental E ngineering.” Indeed, it looks as if not only in the distant fu­ ture, but today Civil and E nvironm en­ tal Engineering are tied together and are looking forwards.

R oom 311. T hey will be held on: W ednesday, February 1st, N oon M onday, F ebruary 6 th , 4:30pm T uesday, F ebruary 7 th , 5 :30pm T he intent o f this train in g is to provide a basic overview of a w ide variety o f lab safety to p ics, in ­ cluding: S tandard O perating P rocedures C hem ical H azards Personal P rotective E quipm ent L aboratory V entilation C om pressed G as C y lin d ers H azardous W aste M anagem ent E m ergency R esponse If you h av e any q u e s tio n s , please contact Dave M essier at ex ten sio n 5216.

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Beyond the Farm y e a r-o ld ’s life.

In shorts...

F or the week preceding this Saturday, Janu­ ary 28th, 1995, h e re ’s a review o f what h ap ­ p en ed B eyond the Farm: T w o suicide bo m b ers killed 19 Israelis and injured 63 o th ers in a truck stop at the B eit Lid ju n ctio n near N alanya, Israel Jan 22nd. The second b o m bing w as deliberately tim ed to injure those rushing to help the first victim s; Islam ic Jih ad claim ed resp o n sib il­ ity. T he Israeli g o v ern m en t sealed the o ccu ­ pied territo ries Jan 23rd, w ith prim e m inister Y itzhak R abin im plying that he w ould favor perm anently sep aratin g P alestinians and Is­ raelis.

President C linton gave his State o f the U nion address Jan 24th. The 80-m inute sp eech focused o n creatin g a “ New C o v ­ e n a n t” betw een the Federal G overnm ent and citizen s, with m utual respo n sib ilities. W hile m aking new calls for lobby reform , cam ­ p aign finance refo rm , and a higher m inim um w age, he also reiterated his call from last year fo r w elfare reform and vow ed not to allow last y e a r’s crim e bill to be repealed by the new C ongress. G o v ern o r C hristine T odd W hitm an (R -N ew Jersey ) gave the R epubli­ can response, callin g fo r a larger role for state and local g overnm ent.

C ontract w ith A m erica legislation m ade p ro g ress this w eek. President C linton signed the C ongressio n al A ccountability Act into law Jan 23rd, w hich req u ires C ongress to live by the laws it passes. The House passed by a 3 0 0-132 m argin a version o f the B alance B udget A m endm ent Jan 26th which w ould req u ire a balanced budget by 2002 but does not require a th ree-fifth s m ajority to pass new taxes. F in ally , the Senate passed the U nfunded M andates Bill 86-10 Jan 27th, w hich w ould end Federal requirem ents on states w hich are not backed up by funding.

T h ey’re Talking About It...

T he O .J. S im pson trial opened Jan 24th.

Ju d g e Lance Ito n eaily ended television c o v ­ e rag e after the P ro se c u to r’s opening sta te­ m ent because an a ltern ate ju ro r was in ad v ert­ en tly show n on C ourt-T V . The D efense re­ leased a new w itness list Jan 25th w hich the p ro secu tio n w ould like tim e to investigate.

T h ey’re Talking About It, Part II...

A Illinois C o u rt ruled Jan 25th that c u s­ tody o f “ Baby R ich ard ” should be given to his biological farth er, O m ar K irchner, who p rev io u sly had no in volvem ent in the three

The F ed eral Ju stice D epartm ent sued C a li­ fornia, Illinois, and P ennsylvania for not com ­ plying w ith the M o to r V o ter act Jan 23rd...the S u p rem e C ourt ruled Jan 23rd that evidence found afte r firing an em p lo y ee c an n o t be used to ju stify the firin g and that o nly o v er­ w h elm in g evidence can be used to rev erse a death p enalty ruling...G en. R upert S m ith took o v e r G en. M ichael R o se ’s role as the h ead o f U N P R O F O R , the U N ’s B osnia p e a cek eep ­ ing fo rce, Jan 2 4 th ...3 0 ,0 0 0 p ro testers o c c u ­ pied th e Parliam ent B uild in g in San S alv a­ dor, El S alv ad o r from Jan 23rd to Jan 25th ...a C h in ese rocket c a rry in g a co m m u n icatio n s satellite ex p lo d ed a fte r launch Jan 26th and falling d eb ris k illed 6 ...tw o w ere k ille d in a sh o o tin g incident in C h ap el H ill, N orth C a ro ­ lina Jan 2 6 th ...b o rd er c lash es betw een Peru and E cu ad o r cau sed E cu ad o r to d ecla re a state o f em ergency Jan 2 7 th ...C o n tact G roup n eg o tiatio n s in B o sn ia broke o ff Jan 2 7th...a 6.9 earth q u ak e hit In d o n esia Jan 2 7th...an a ttem p ted coup in G a m b ia was put dow n Jan 2 7 th ...P resid en t C lin to n held a w elfare sum ­ mit Jan 2 8 th ...th e US and V ietnam opened liaison o ffices Jan 2 8 th ...v io len ce in so u th ­ ern E gypt erupted Jan 2 8 th ...at least 70 H utus have b een killed in eth n ic violence in n o rth ­ ern B urundi in the past m onth...a 5.0 ea rth ­ quake stru ck under V ashon Island southw est o f S e a ttle, W ash in g ton at 7:1 1 pm Jan 28th, w ith n o s ig n ific a n t d a m a g e o r in ju rie s rep o rted ...R o se F. K ennedy died Jan 22nd at the age o f 104...p ro d u ce r D ave C ole d ied Jan 24th at the age o f 32.

Stretching your limitations

by Christine von Ulrich Healthy Alternatives Office It is know n that all W PI students stretch their m inds everyday! A nyone w ho hangs aro u n d this school and talk s to all o f you could easily see that your m inds are c o n sis­ te n tly b e in g su m m o n e d , a n d th e r e fo re , stretch e d - if not by lQ Ps and studies, then by recreatio n al hobbies or clu b s. Y our m inds are b ein g stretched so w hy not put the rest o f your bod ies into the m otion as w ell! T h at is, in ad d itio n to stretching that big m uscle in your head, stretch the rest o f your m uscles... stretch your m uscle pow er!

You are p robably asking y o u rself at this point - “ what am I talking ab o u t!” W ell, it is sim ply this: yo u r m uscles, as strong as they are, c o u ld not get any stro n g er and m ay even cause you aches and pains if they are not adequately S T R E T C H E D . D aily a c tiv ities such as w alking, sitting, or sleeping do not p rovide for any adequate stretch in g , and may unev en ly stretch som e m uscles w hile tig h t­ ening o thers. T he two m ost recom m ended ways o f stretching are called static stre tc h ­ ing, an d p ro prioceptive n eu ro m u scu la r fa­ cilita tio n (PN F) stretching. B allistic stre tc h ­ ing is also a w ay o f stretch in g and does im prove o n e ’s range of m otion (R O M ), how ­ ever th ere is a g re a te r chance o f injury sinde part o f b allistic stretch in g consists o f m uscle co n tractio n as w ell.

W'hen one perform s a static stretch , the target m uscle is lengthened to the p oint at w hich one feels the m uscle is stretched (u su ­ ally a “ slig h t” d iscom fort - but NO pain).

This po sitio n is held for 10-30 seco n d s, re ­ laxed, and then usually repeated 2-3 tim es per targ e t m uscle, possibly using v ariatio n s o f the sam e stretch (i.e. ham string stretch: sittin g - one leg ex ten d ed in front, o th er leg

bent in front; standing - one leg extended in front and resting on a table; standing - upper torso is bent forw ard, both knees slightly bent to relieve pressure on lo w er back).

W hen doing a PNF stretch , the target m uscle group is briefly co n tracted (approxi­ m ately 5-6 seconds) against resistance after the lim b is at its end-R O M , and the co n trac­ tion is less than m axim al. T his technique o f PN F is called C ontract R elax. T he second PN F technique is the C ontract R elax A gonist C ontract technique. W ith this technique a p artn er tells the exerciser to “ m eet my resis­ tan ce ,” the ex erciser co ntracts, then relaxes, and the partner attem pts to m ove the limb beyond this point passively. PN F stretching w as originally u sed in clinical settings. H ow ­ ever, in recent y ears this m ethod o f im prov­ ing ROM has receiv ed m ore w idespread use.

So now that you know m ore about stretch ­ ing, you will take som e tim e out o f your busy day and begin to stretch on a reg u lar basis...

R ight?! C hances are if any one o f you are like me you w ill have the good intentions to do it but... you know the rest. But, G O O D N EW S - stretch in g could be done any tim e, any place, w ith any one... anyw ay, how do you ask? You co u ld stretch w hile sitting and reading Newspeak, w atching S o cC o m m ’s m ovie channel, w hile talking on the phone, during a coffee break, in the bathroom , in the living room , at y o u r desk, w aiting for the bus, ...you get the picture.

So stretching is not ju st for pre- and post­ exercise anym ore. Stretching can actually help yo u r m uscles becom e stronger since when m uscles arc tense and co n tracted they do not w ork efficien tly . It can reduce your stress after com ing back from class or w ork!

Below arc som e exam ples o f sim ple, yet helpful stretches. D o them for y o u r m ind and body!

Finally...

W ant to b uild up y o u r m uscles? Start d ay d ream in g . A cco rd in g to a B ritish study, the process o f d ream in g about ex ercisin g a ctu a lly causes p eo p le to becom e stronger.

So, the next tim e you d o n ’t feel like g o in g to w ork o u t, dream about it instead.

And th a t’s w hat h ap p en ed B eyond the Farm.

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Sources this week included All Things Con­ sid e re d (NPR), the A sso cia ted Press newswire, the BBC Newshour (BBC/PKI), the Christian Science Monitor, the Dr. Dean Adell Program (EFN/KGO), KCBS radio news, KOMO radio news, LeShow (KCRW/ SASS/KALW), the MacNeil/LehrerNews Hour (PBS), Marketplace (PRI), Weekend Edition (NPR), and the World News Roundup (CBS radio). — Lance Gleich, Stanford CA Beyond the Farm is designed to provide a reasonably short summary o f 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 email subscription additions or deletions sh o u ld be e-m ailed to “lglitch@leland.stanford.edu. " Congratu­ lations on keeping up with the world around you!

Black History Month

Tucker to speak out

Continued from page I c o m m u n ity a chance to view the cu rren t state o f A fricanA m ericans, life in the C a rib ­ bean an d A frica and ev en some o f the c u rre n t o n -cam p u s e f­ forts to in crease d iv ersity .

P erh a p s the m ost strik in g com m ent about the im portance of this m onth o f reco g n itio n is one m ade by Professor A ddison: “ It is sham eful how little A m eri­ cans know about A frica— our ignorance is as vast as the con­ tinent itse lf.”

Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor of The A tlanta Constitution will be coming to WPI to spea k about the thesis of the book The Bell Curve by Charles Murray and the late Richard J. Herrnstein and its implications as part of Black History Month on Wednesday, February 8 in Newell Hall

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If you are interested in finding out in tangible and com parable num bers how flexible you are, go to the W E LL N E SS FA IR on F ebruary 14th. T his event will run from 10am - 2pm in the low er w edge, and the H ealthy A lternatives O ffice will be conducting sit-an d -reach tests to m easure ham string flex ib ility , and back ex ten sio n tests to m easure back flexibility for anyone who is interested!

The Basil Report: Week 3

by Dave Koelle Newspeak Staff M ental note: D on’t try to grow things with soil from around campus. W ell, maybe what I dug up w asn’t really soil. It seem s more like clay. If 1 don’t give it w ater for a month. I’ll probably have a pretty solid sandstone. And then, to my delight, C o-E ditor-In-C hief Brian Parker donated a pot, soil, and a new bag o f seeds! I planted the seeds in the new soil early last w eek, so I’m still waiting for the seven to ten

days it takes before I see anything. It’s been six days now, so m aybe something spectacular will happen overnight for the seventh day. Okay, maybe not. I really hope som ething grows. It’s tough writing basil reports when there’s no basil to report! Once the basil does start growing, these basil reports will be a lot more fun and interactive (ooh, a 1990’s buzzword!). If it doesn’t start grow ing by next week, maybe we’ 11 have a cam pus-w ide basil grow ing contest. This could be fun! Just a possibility right now. W e’ll see what happens next week.

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Weekly sports update - results from January 20th through 26th

by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director M en’s Swimming (2-6) The m en's swim team broke their three meet losing streak by defeating UM ass-Dartmouth on January 21st 144-84. Coach W hit Griffith was looking forward to seeing more o f his swimmers qualify fo rth e New England C ham pionships in February. As the meet went along though. WPI found them selves in the lead and ended up w inning the meet going away.

O ur 200-yard medley relay team got us o ff to a fast start as we took first and second place. The w inning team of four was made up o f senior Eric H ultgren (N ew port, RI), sophom ore Teak A ckm an (Newport, RI), freshmen Jon Prusak (E a sth a m p to n , M A ) and Jam ie M urdock (W oodinville, WA). The all-freshm an four­ some o f Tim Connolly (New Haven, CT), Brian Favela (Cumberland, RI), Adam T erio (Reston, VA) and Brandon Alexopoulos (Suffield, CT) took second for the Engineers.

WPI also had multiple individual event win­ ners. Hultgren won the 100-yard individual medley and the 100-yard breaststroke. Ackman took first in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle. Terio won the 50 and 100-yard butterfly. Murdock was victorious in the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke. Single event winners were A lexopoulos in the 50-yard breaststroke and sophom ore Jason W ening (Jefferson City, MO) in the 500-yard freestyle.

On January 25th, WPI went across town fo ra m eet with Clark University. Although the men were defeated 147-108, many o f the swimmers for WPI sw am personal bests in their events and we had another qualifier for the New England C ham pionships.

Sw im m ing their personal bests in the meet were, W ening in the 1,000-yard freestyle and 200-yard individual medley, C onnolly in the 200 freestyle, Prusak in the 50 and 200-yard backstroke and 100 butterfly, M urdock in the 50 and 200-yard backstroke as well as the 200 individual medley, Favela in the 50-yard breast­ stroke, Ackman in the 50 freestyle and senior Dave Hoagland (M anchester, C T) in the 200yard breaststroke. M urdock's performance in the 200-yard backstroke qualified him for the New Englands in that event.

W omen’s Swimming (1-7) The w om en’s team also swam against UMassD artm outh, but they were beaten 167-109. They put together two good relay swims, but couldn’t put enough individual points on the board to match the Corsairs.

As in the m en’s meet, our 200-yard medley relay team got the Engineers o ff and running.

The w inning team was com prised o f seniors B ecky K upcinskas (M illbury, M A ), Renee C usson (Chicopee, MA) and captain Jen Sanna (M adison, WI) along with ju n io r Katie Snell (Sutton, MA). Cusson and Snell were also individual winners as they won the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly respectively.

Sanna, Snell and Cusson were then joined by Patty Linden (Highland, IN) to take first place in

the 400-yard freestyle relay.

The wom en’s team also had a date with the C ougars on January 25th and d idn’t fare any better as they lost 137-128. There were some personal bests swam for WPI during the meet.

Junior M onika Lehky (H am den, CT) had here best time in winning the 200-yard breast­ stroke. She also had her best times in the 50-yard breaststroke and 50-yard freestyle. Others swim­ ming personal bests were senior Brooke Kuffel (Rowayton, CT) in the 100 and 1,000-yard freestyle, Linden in the 200-yard freestyle, Kupcinskas in the 50 and 200-yard backstroke, B ecky’s sister, Rachel, in the 50 and 200-yard b reaststro k e, sen io r Johanna Sam bade (E. Falm outh, MA) in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle, C usson in the 50-yard butterfly and 100 freestyle and senior Alyce Pack (W atertown, CT) in the 50 breaststroke and 200 individual medley.

Wrestling (7-2) The wrestling team traveled to Trinity C ol­ lege lo participate in aquad-m eet with W illiams, M IT and the host on January 21st. They were able to win two out of their three matches, defeating M IT 32-6 and Trinity 49-0, but losing to W illiams in a close match 19-16.

In the MIT match, WPI w inners were senior captain George Chu (W estford, M A) at 126 lbs., ju n io r Paul Hammerstrom (M ilford, NH) at 134 lbs., sophom ore Nate Fiore (Cohasset, MA) at 142 lbs., junior Dan Hugaboom (Freeville, NY) at 150 lbs., senior captain G arrett Trom bi (Amherst, NH) at 158 lbs., senior captain Matt W assel (W alpole, MA) at 167 lbs., junior Matt Shedd (Augusta, ME) at 177 lbs. and freshman C raig Howitt (W indham, ME) in the heavy­ weight class.

In the Trinity match. Engineer winners were ju n io r Mihn Pham (Haverhill, MA) at 118 lbs., ju n io r John Wiebe (Shelby, MT) at 126 lbs., freshman Aaron Becker (Coventry, RI) at 134 lbs., freshman Peter Falk (Sm ithfield, RI) at 142 lbs., Hugaboom at 150 lbs., Trom bi at 158 lbs., W assel at 167 lbs., senior Stan Farrell (Augusta, ME) at 177 lbs., ju n io r Andy Funk (Concord, NH) at 190 lbs., and freshman R obT uccillo (E. M eadow, NY) in the heavyw eight division.

In the W illiams match, WPI winners were Chu at 134 lbs., Trombi at 158 lbs., junior Jeff Steam s (N arragansett, RI) at 177 lbs., Farrell at 190 lbs., and senior captain Rich DeStefano (N. Reading, MA) in the heavyweight class. Last W ednesday, Alumni Gym was rockin' as the Panthers o f Plym outh State made a visit to “the pit.” In recent years the rivalry between these two schools has heated up. In 1993, Plymouth was the NECCW A Cham pion and in 1994, WPI was the Champion.

T his meet was all it was supposed to be.

Freshm an Aaron B eckerstarted the match o ff by beating the defending New England Champion at 118 pounds in sudden death 12-8. At 126, G eorge Chu won his match as the wrestler from P ly m o u th w as d isq u alifie d . Ju n io r Paul H am m erstrom kept the streak going at 134 as he beat his man 14-11. In one o f the feature m atches Garrett Trombi, last year’s 2nd place finisher at the New England Championships,

was w restling the 3rd place finisher. Trombi controlled the match from the start and won 165. At 16-7, a close call with three seconds rem aining in the match gave Plym outh a win to pull closer in the overall meet. As if there w asn’t enough excitem ent, the match cam e down to the heavyw eights with WPI trailing 19-16. In what can be termed as the equivalent to any last second play to win a game. Rich DeStefano pinned his man in 29 seconds for the Engineer victory 22-19.

W omen’s Indoor Track New track coach D eb Evans has the ladies track leam working hard this w inter as they have been com peting in invitational meets around the region. We have had som e great performances as well as some qualifiers for the New England C ham pionship Meet later in the season.

New England qualifiers for WPI are senior Amy Brooks (Peabody, MA) in ihe high jum p, junior H eather Cleary (Pem broke, MA) also in the high jum p as well the lo n g ju m p fo rth e New E n g la n d and E C A C M eet, ju n io r E lain e M ongeon (Southbridge, MA) in the high jum p and freshm an H eather M ezzaccaro who has qualified in two events, the long jum p and 200meter dash.

Men’s Indoor Track On January 21st, the Engineers com peted at Bates College and ran very well. We had some event winners, more New England qualifiers and plenty o f strong perform ances.

Junior Chris M oore (Bedford, NH) placed first in the long jum p w ith a perform ance good enough to qualify him for the New England Championships. Steve Labranche continues to run well as he took first in the 1,000-m eter run with a time under the qualification standards for the New Englands. Sophom ore Ted Manley (Salem, MA) took third in the triple jum p and junior Marc LeFebvre finished second in the high ju m p with a personal bestju m p fo rh im . He is currently ranked #2 in New England in that event. O ur 4X 800 relay team is also ranked #2 in New England also as they continue to run well.

W omen’s Basketball (11-5) The Engineers took their modest two game win streak on the road to Chestnut Hill to face Pine M anor College on January 21st. WPI proved to be superior as they took the victory 7950. Sophom ore Kim Landry (G ardner, MA) continued her outstanding play on the week as she scored 24 points and pulled dow n 13 boards.

Senior captain Tricia Pignone (Seneca Falls, NY) chipped in with 10 points, while junior Rebecca Rubenstein (Rockland, ME) cam e off the bench to add 9 points and 6 rebounds. For the week, Landry averaged 21 points and 11 re­ bounds and was selected to the ECA C W eekly Honor Roll.

Last Tuesday, the Engineers hosted the Lady Jeffs o f Amherst in a gam e that prom ised to be exciting. WPI had to com e from behind, to win their fourth straight 67-56. The L-connection of Landry and junior Jenn Lovin (W aterford, CT)

led the Engineers as they recorded their fourth double-double in the same game for the season.

Landry had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Lovin had 17 points and 15 rebounds. Junior point guard Jen Plante (N ashua, NH) had a good game of the bench with 11 points and 5 assists.

Last Thursday, the Engineers played their first NEW 8 Conference game at Mount Holyoke and pushed their winning streak to five with a 79-68 win. Landry again led WPI with 20 points and she got some help from sophomore Danielle Batey (Fairfield, ME) w ho scored a career high 16 points and Pignone added 12 points in the victory.

Men’s Basketball (10-4) WPI hosted Clark University on January 21 st in their first official Constitution Athletic C on­ ference game. Although the two schools have been playing against one another since 1920, Clark ju st joined the CAC this season. The Engineers were coming off a loss to Brandeis and were hoping to continue their recent success versus the Cougars. Earlier in the year, at the City Tipoff, WPI beat Clark 87-67.

As the game started, it was apparent that this time around was going to be a little different as Clark w as hot from behind the 3-point arc to take the lead into the locker room 31 -26. WPI battled back and won going away 77-63. Leading the Engineers on this night were senior captain Scott Ennis (Canterbury, NH) who had 17 points and five steals, sophomore Jeff C ayer (Shelton, CT) who carried the inside play with 16 points and junior Jim Naughton (Dublin, Ireland) who had 15 points and 14 rebounds. Senior captain Chris Dunn had 19 points and was named to the ECAC W eekly Honor Roll.

Last W ednesday, the Engineers hosted T rin ­ ity College, currently the #4 team in New E n­ gland. Playing without Jim Naughton, the game was tied at halftime 38-38. In the second half, WPI m issed 14 free throws and ended up losing 78-68. C hris Dunn (Seekonk, M A) was the leading scorer for WPI with 26 points. In his first start of the season, sophom ore Mike Shan­ non (W orcester, MA), scored 15 points. The Engineers have three home games this w eek on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, so com e on over to Harrington and support the home team.

Special Event What: 3rd annual WPI Spirit Day W hen: February 11, 1995 during the m en's and w om en’s basketball games Where: Harrington Auditorium Time: 2 pm to 6 pm SPECIAL NOTES: 1. C oncerning the banner contest; Theme: Spirit Prizes: Awarded to the best three banners **Banners must be presented to the WPI cheerleaders by 1 pm on the 11th to be eligible for contest. ♦♦W inners will be announced at the conclu­ sion o f the m en’s gam e and a representative must be present to receive prize.

2. Free food and drink!

3. Halftim e shootout during both games!

IceCats fight Pirates to a tie

by Andrew Mar sella Newspeak S ta ff T he W orcester IceC ats settled for a sta le ­ m ate W ednesday night (the 25th) in th eir first o f three co n secutive gam es ag ain st the P ort­ land Pirates. IceC at goalie W ayne C ow ley and P irate netm inder Jim C arey (no, not that Jim C arey) both played solid gam es that helped to keep the crow d going until the last seconds o f overtim e.

T he first period started o ff d isastro u sly (w hat a surprise) as P ortland thug D arren B anks floated a screen ed shot past C ow ley ju s t 17 secon ds into the gam e. T h is situation, h ow ever, is som ething the IceC ats are alm ost used to, and they d id n ’t let the P irate s’ early lead discourage them . Instead, they fought hard and converted on the only pow er play o f the period as left w ing W alt P oddubny scored, assisted by his defensem en T erry V irtue and D ave B aseggio.

U nfortu nately, poor passing a few m inutes later led to a one-on-one b etw een Portland left w ing A ndrew B runette and W orcester d efen sem an Shaun Kane. B ru n ette faked a shot, burned past K ane who had laid dow n to block it, and finally put the m ove on C ow ley to sink his 15th goal o f the season and put the P irates on top, 2-1.

N ot to be outdone, W o rcester m oved the puck into Portland territory late in the first, w here IceC at center D enis C h alifo u x let one rip from the right circle thal trick led past C arey and probably took a p o und o f flesh w ith it. The goal w as C h a lifo u x ’s 11th of the season, and was assisted by defen sem an Ja ­

son W idm er.

2151b. forw ard has ea rn e d a p oint in each o f W hen the p lay ers hit the ice in the second the fo u r gam es he has played w ith the C ats, period , it ap p eared that both team s w ere s a t­ and ad d s som e size and o ffensive punch lo isfied with the score and d ecid ed to turn the the team . rest o f the gam e into a defen siv e battle. A side N eith er team c o u ld score in the 5 m inute, from one m inor penalty on each team , n o th ­ “sudden death" o v ertim e period thal follow ed, ing o f co n seq u en ce happened until the last and the gam e ended in a draw . F or the IceC ats, m inute o f the period, w hen C ow ley let up a n o th e r goal to P o rt­ la n d c e n te r J e f f N e lso n . F ru s tra te d , the C ats left the ice, dow n by one, w ith a score o f 3-2.

In the third period, the battle sh ifted to th e o ffe n se as W o rcester fought to ev en the sco re and sta y in th e g a m e .

T hey failed to c o n ­ vert on a p ow er play, but finally beat C arey a th ird tim e late in the perio d on a goal by W idm er, assisted by All S tar d efen sem an R o y M itc h e ll a n d c e n te r Jim Be r mi n g h a m.

B erm in g h am w as a recen t addition to the Ic eC ats lin e-u p , re ­ #7, Jason Widmer and #20 Denis Chalifoux clear the puck after a shot by the p la c in g # 1 9 D av id Wayne Cowley.

H aas, who left to play in E urope. The 6 ’4 ’’,

how ever, a tie was alm ost as good as a w in, since P ortland is the num ber #1 team in th eir division (A tlan tic), as w ell as the en tire A m erican H ockey L eague. The C ats beat Portland 5-3 on Friday the 27th, and then lost at hom e to the Pirates 7-2 on S aturday.

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'Daoid Aant>ent A graduate of Brown University, David Laurent earned his Master’s Degree in Music from that institution and pursued special studies at the University of Wisconsin, the New England Conservatory, and Boston University. Among his teachers have been Royal Dadmun, Adrienne Neumann (Saltzburg, Austria), Frederick Jagel, Jennie Tourel, and Aksel Schiotz. Mr. Laurent has appeared with major symphony orchestras in the East and has been a featured artist in the Providence, Rochester, and Winter Park Bach Festivals.

He is well known to audiences for his performances of the German Lied, the French Melodie, and the British and American song repertories. He has been honored with the Grand Prix du Disque from the Academie Charles Gros in Paris for his role as the Christus in Scarlatti’s St. John Passion. His most recent engagements have included the Verdi Requiem at Imperial College in London. Mr. Laurent is a retired Professor of Music at Brown University.

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"No one sings English words more beautifully than Drew Minter... He had the audience hanging on every phrase, word, syllable that he uttered. Spontaneous shouts o f “Beautiful!" and “ Wonderful! ” rang out at the close o f his songs. ’’ •The New Yorker, February, 1989 Renowned for his sensitive musicianship and spectacular coloratura. Drew M inter is acknowledged w orldw ide as the foremost countertenor. He has been guest soloist with the National (W ashington, D.C.) and San Francisco Symphonies and St. Paul C ham ber Orchestra; and performed with the w orld’s prem ier early-m usic ensem bles, including the A cad­ emy o f Ancient M usic, Les Arts Florissants.Tafelm usik and the Philharm onia and Freiburger Baroque O rchestras. He has been w elcom ed al Brussels’ Theatre de la Monnaic, W oll'Trap, ihe G ottingen and Karlsruhe Handel Festivals, W ashington and Santa Fe Operas; Boston Early Music Festival, Handel and H aydn Society and the Brooklyn of Academy o f M usic’s “ Next W ave” Festival. Mr. M inter is represented on more than 25 acclaim ed recordings on the Harinonia/M unci, Hungaraton, Koch, Nonesuch, Decca/London and Music M asters labels.

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A Review: “Before Sunrise” o u r hearts.

C eline, a French G raduate student, and Jesse, an A m erican tourist, d id exactly what we dream about and hope that we w ould do w hen that special som eone com es along. C eline and Jesse random ly met on a train and dropped everything in their lives to be together.

They explored V ienna for all its intrigue and beauty for th e rem aining 14 hours before sun­ rise and Je sse ’s flight back to the States. From m oonlight w alks along the riverw ay, to a

by Erika D. Simpson Class o f '97 W ho is the right person for you? W ould you know the mom ent that you laid eyes upon them ? These are questions that w e continually ask ourselves, but are never quite sure of the correct responses. It has been said that there is som eone for everyone, but is there really only som eO N E? If so, we certainly must take the chance and go after him /her with every piece of

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candlelit dinner, to poetry about m ilkshakes, palm reading, and a multiple o f intense and heart-felt conversations, they did it all (no pun intended). In one night, C eline and Jesse shared more passion and excitem ent than some couples experience in a lifetim e.

So the next tim e that you m eet som e attrac­ tive stranger on public transit, go for it! On a more serious note: W hen you find the right person, let your heart go. The sea o f your life w ill ebb and flow.

Movie Channel Schedule Tuesday,. January31

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nnouncements

Have you checked your mailbox lately?

4. U p p erclass stu d en ts will be n o tifie d o f fin an cial a id elig ib ility ap p ro x im ately the first w eek o f July, 1995. If you are in the c u rren t fresh m an class, please note th at this u p p erclass n o tific atio n d ate is co n sid erab ly later than th e date en terin g fresh m en are n o tified .

5. C urrent m em bers o f the Class o f ’95 who anticipate continued enrollm ent in the 1995-96 academ ic y ear must obtain an appl ication packet at the Financial Aid O ffice. (Please note that Financial A id eligibility for most sources o f aid is lim ited to 16 term s o f attendance only; this policy is closely m onitored.)

6. S tu d e n ts who en tered W PI d u rin g C ’95 and d id not receiv e a financial aid ap p licatio n p ack et for 1995-96 m ay o b tain one fro m the F in an cial A id O ffice.

7. N ote th e in stru ctio n s in the ap p licatio n p ack et for all relev an t d ead lin es, in clu d in g those for th e U pperclass A p p licatio n Folder, the F A F S A , the FA F and the recip ro cal state g ran t p ro g ram s.

8. C o n ta c t staff m em bers o f the W PI Fi­ n an cial A id O ffice for any q u estio n s you h ave reg a rd in g c o m p letio n o f the 1995-96 financial a id form s.

F inancial aid applicatio n packets for the academ ic year 1995-96 are now av ailab le.

C urrent financial aid recip ien ts in the C lasses o f ’96, '9 7 and ’98 w ho have been en ro lled since T erm A ’94 should already have re ­ ceived th eir packet in their W PI m ailboxes.

T he packet includes the W PI U pperclass A pplication Folder, the Free A p plication for F ederal S tu d en t Aid (F A F S A ), and the F i­ n ancial A id Form (FA F). S tudents w ho did n ot receive an ap p licatio n and plan to apply for financial assistan ce m ust obtain the n e c ­ essary form s at the F inancial A id O ffice in the low er level o f B oynton H all.

Please note the follow in g im portant item s w hen filing the FA FSA and FA F and follow all in stru ctio n s relevant to your ap p lication: 1. Filing the FA FSA and F A F is e a sie r if you and yo u r parents have co m p leted your Federal tax returns. T h erefo re, we reco m ­ m end you m ake every effo rt to com plete your 1994 F ederal IRS tax returns as soon as p ossible, so th at you m ay use the official tax d ata on the FA FSA and FAF. 2. B efore sending the FA FSA and FA F in th eir resp ectiv e envelopes to Federal S tudent A id P rogram s and to C ollege S cholarship S ervice, M A K E A C O PY O F EACH FO RM A N D R E T A IN T H E M FO R Y O U R R EC O R D S. C heck each section on th e form s to ensure that you an d your p aren ts have com pleted them as thoroug h ly and accu rately as possible.

3. O ur instructions refer to the form for “ D ivorced or S eparated P a re n ts.” If a p p li­ cable, obtain this form from the F inancial A id O ffice.

WPI’s First Invitational Art Show Dates: February 1 -2 8 , 1995 W here: G ordon Library Hours: M onday through Friday, 8am - 1 1pm; Saturday, 9am - 9pm ; Sunday, noon - 11 pm Phone: (508) 831-5410 All types o f art created by the WPI com m u­ nity will be on display.

Internet seminars G ordon Library w ill offer a series o f W ednes­ day Internet sem inars for the WPI com m unity beginning Febniary 1. Each w eek will feature a different topic; m ost of the sem inars will be hands-on tutorials. T he sessions, in the library ’ s audiovisual training room, will begin at 4:30pm and are expected to end at 6pm . Prior registra­ tion is required since space is limited. W atch for announcem ents o f sem inar topics or call exten­ sion 5410 for more inform ation.

Housing lottery The following dates have been set for the housing lottery: March 28 and 29,1995.

EealCenlus ratal Attraction Allens Thursday. February2

Allen1 Chest Ealders of the Lost Ark. Friday. February3

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Cram Stoker's Dracula Uncommon Valor Saturday. February4

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade The freshm an O il Dead II Monday. February6

Ferris BueHer*s Cay Cfl Silver Gullet cm y the Strena Movies start at 6sOCpm on Channel 12. and the first movie Is shown for a second ttme after the third movie.

New movies for February w ill beHn on Tuesday, February 7.

An informational session will be held on February 20,1995 at 6:00pm in the Lower Wedge. A $50.00 housing application fee will be due by March 1,1995. Please look for ________________ further details to appear in Newspeak and on e-mail._________________

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Gadsen Flag commentary raises questions / concerns To The Editor: I am writing this in response to the commentary written in last w eek’s issue o f Newspeak by a certain “Gasden Flag, Esq.” 1 am quite disturbed, both by his article and by the recent trend of anony­ mous submissions to this student paper.

First off, Mr. R ag ’s commentary was both insulting and poorly written. He points fingers at many and insults his readership, while making no sense what­ soever. For instance, what does sex, or a lack thereof, have to do with the light­ ing in the library? He insults the fresh­ men by inferring that they are all virgins,

which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Flag’s writing is nothing short o f li­ belous - he is merely out to get those who disagree with him. The purpose of his commentary was merely to insult cer­ tain members o f the Student Govern­ ment Association for doing him wrong, and had absolutely nothing good tooffer the student body.

Mr. R a g is simply another apathetic WPI student who sits in front o f a com ­ puter and complains about everything, yet does nothing. There are many such people here at WPI - people who love to complain about everything, from pro­

fessors to the social atmosphere, but never D O anything about it!

The thing that bothers me the most about R a g ’s com m entary, however, is not what he says, but HOW he says it.

He is hiding his true identity from the student body, and for what? Pseud­ onyms, as I am told, were originally used by those writers who felt compelled to write the truth, yet feared for their lives.

I highly doubt that R ag is in any sort of mortal danger for his opinions, and am disturbed that he has to hide behind a false name in order to express his opin­ ion.

The use o f pen names seems to be becoming more and more prevalent in each issue of Newspeak , and it bothers me. If people are too afraid to use their own names, then perhaps they shouldn’t be writing in a student paper. When I write loNewspeak, I use my own name.

I know my opinions might not be the most popular ones, but I don’t care!

In summary, I think Mr. Flag and others should be either forced to come forward and use their real names in a by­ line like everyone else, or be banned from writing commentary forNewspeak.

R a g ’s opinions, or rather the manner in

w hich he expresses them, serve no pur­ pose other than to drive more wedges w ithin the WPI Community and em bar­ rass members of the Student G overn­ ment Association, who are doing the best they can with all the apathy and lack o f support here at WPI. Sincerely, A my L. Plack SGA Senator and Class o f 1996 [disclaimer- The opinions I have ex­ pressed here are by no m eans those of m embers of any organization o f which I am a member]

Sitting in front of the newspaper, wondering if you want to come out...

To The Editor: 1 am a senator w ith the Student G overnm ent A ssociatio n . I am re­ spo nding to the article “ S ittin g in the library, w ondering if the cute lib ra r­ ian is m a rrie d ” w ritte n by “ M r.

G adsen Flag, E sq .” in the January 24th issue o f Newspeak.

T his is the problem that we have.

W hen som eone such as “ Mr. Flag” sits back and does nothing but criticize behind a mask, he does no good w hat­

soever. T o o ffe rcritic ism isgood. We would like to know how you see our faults and how they could be fixed.

Just sitting there and pointing will never get anything done, as 1 think “G adsen” should be well aw are of.

People around here alw ay s accen ­ tuate the negative and ignore the positive. A lthough th is organ izatio n d o e s n o t do m an y h ig h p ro file projects, we do m any th in gs behind the scenes, through co m m ittees and

sh o rtfalls. No system o f g o v ern ­ m ent is perfect.

A lso, I have a problem w ith the recen t rise in the num ber o f an o n y ­ m ous articles that have been ap p ear­ ing in N ewspeak lately. A llow ing such n am eless authors to put these articles free o f responsibility ju s t c reates a forum where people will start w riting ju s t to, say, settle a sc o re .

T h e s e w rite rs , su c h as “ G adsen F lag, E sq .,” are using the

talking with d ep a rtm en ts and adm in­ istratio n . T h in g s that do not get the p u b licity still have to be done and we do them , it is not fair to criticize us w ith such a narro w view . How many of you walk o n the path behind O lin and G oddard H alls? Ever w onder why you aren ’t w alk in g on a parking lot? B ecause SG A o rganized a stu ­ dent protest. Y ou have to look at what SG A does fo r the student co m ­ m unity in stead o f c ritic izin g our

n ew sp aper in w ays th a t it w as not intended for.

“G ad sen ,” are you o u t th ere?? If you w ish, please stop by the S tudent G overnm ent office on th e first floor o f D aniels and talk to the senator w o rk in g the office. M aybe then we can listen to you and w ork so m e­ th in g out.

Jason Mickey Class o f '96

C omm entary

Philler Four-wheelers and Telephone Poles - Who’s been eating YOUR porridge?

by Laurel and Guinevere TH E STATE O F T H E SCHOOL ADDRESS (Pre-ram ble) Yes, it’s that time again...! Well, maybe “again” is not the exact right word, since we have never done this sort of thing before, but hey - if w e’re not picky, you shouldn’t be. W e just thought that now would be a great time to give our version o f the State o f the Union Address. Since our world is basically WPI and its environs, we decided to skip the rest o f the world and just go for what’s happening around here.

W hen President Clinton gave his (hour and a half long!) speech last week, he concentrated (using the term loosely) on those things that were done in the past year, and on that which he hopes to accom plish in the coming one.

W e, on the other hand, are not going to be here next year, so we d o n ’t think that the second half really suits us. How ­ ever, we can make suggestions for those who will be here, and maybe they will get done. Who knows, we might have such - wonderful - brainstorms - that will - cause - sw eeping - changes throughout - the - cam pus - that - they - will - love - and - revere - us - for - all - time - and - maybe - even - dedicate a - room - to - us (S. W. B. T. W. C. S. C. T. T. C. T. T. W. L. A. R. U. F. A. T. A. M. E. D. A. R. T. U.). Hey, did you notice the words “tame dart” in that one? Neat. We didn’t even intend that one. Honest. (We also broke the record with 29 letters!)

[This is a complete aside, and has nothing to do with the State o f the School Address, but we thought that is was really neat anyway, so we decided to include it.] H ere’s a fun game: take all those letters that we ju st used for the E. L. W. A. (extra - long - winded acronym — a term invented by our good friend “Jean Claude Van Dan") and try to make a personal ad from them. You may add w hatever words are necessary to make it (1) funny, and (2) sensible. If you have no idea what we are talking about, then obviously you have (1) lived in a tunafish can for y o u r e n tire life , o r (2 ) h av e a girlfriend(s) andyor boyfriend(s) and don ’t read the personals. For those who fit either o f these categories, we offer the following exam ple o f what a personal could be: SW F seeks SBM for S&M , B&D, and M.O.U.S.E. Get the picture ? Good. The only rule is that you must use all the letters in the order that they appear above. Send your entries to us ASAP! DISCLAIM ER: We the writers o f

this column wish to express our sincere apologies for the previous paragraph.

We did not, and do not, condone any of the activities suggested, implied, or otherwise, with any m em ber of the rodent family. If you were in any way confused or suggested by the contents o f the paragraph, then you are quite obviously much more sick and twisted than we are. — THE M ANAGEM ENT ...and now back to our regularly scheduled program...

THE STATE O F THE SCHO OL ADDRESS: Gee, um , where do we start?

We didn’t really w atch C linton’s address, but rather the “State of the Union U ndressed” with D en­ nis Miller. Hey, actually that was probably better preparation than we First thought. Hmmm, but there is a fundam ental d if­ ference: M iller was out to make fun of the president and other such sundry politicians, while we are ju st going to talk about what has been done since we started w riting Philler, and what we would like to see. M aybe we should make this week an introduction, let you guys send in some o f yourconcem s and ideas for the future o f this institution, and *then* w e’ll get to the actual ad­ dress. How does that sound? ... W e’re waiting... Are you going to respond?

Oh, yeah, this is not a real conversa­ tion, just a new spaper article. Gee, 1 guess the Prozak is kicking in already.

See, w e are still on this w rite - to - us - and - tell - us - what - you - are thinking - with - regard - to absolutely - anything - in - the - world - and - w e’ll - discuss - it (W. T. U. A. T. U. W. Y. A. T. W. R. T. A. A. I. T. W. A. W. D. I.). W ow, two E. L. W. A .s in one article! Gee, what will the censors think? (BTW , did you notice the pre­ ponderance o f Ts, W s, and As in that one?) W e really want to know what you think. We know that w e’re totally crazy, and that som etim es we d o n ’t have much o f a clue. Therefore we want some input from you, the reader.

What do you want for the future here at W hoopie Tech? W e’d like to compile a list of things that you think have gone well, and things that haven’t; things that should be done, and things that shouldn’t; and things that, if they hap­ pened, you would kiss an aardvark to avoid having them happen to you again.

CAM PUS ALERT! W e here at Philler Newz now take a mom ent to bring you this newz o f monumental importance: the cam pus is being taken over (quite slowly, but it’s happening) by mutants. These seem ingly innocent

looking creatures are nothing to be trifled with. They are very dangerous.

We first learned about their existence from a very confidential and highly classified report from one of our Field operatives. The letter follows...

/ was wondering if you have noticed the new pewter light fixture outside of Gom[p]ies? It seems to have grown on the wall during our break, in a similar manner to the ivy which adorns the Riley walls of Riley hall.

p. s. Could I please have a certificate if you decide to run this comment, I know just the spot to hang it in.

Thanx, Brian Parker

Right now they may seem innocent enough, since their current victim s are only small, nocturnal, flying insects.

H owever, for every little bug that falls into their electric snare of death, their desire for m ore juicy bits grow s expo­ nentially until they have enough en­ ergy to transm ute into a larger and much more hideous form... W^hat are they? We d o n ’t know, but we know that they are quite dangerous. Right now, there are only a few o f them, but once they get a little larger they will be able to start breeding, and that’s when the problem starts. They are soooo loud w hen they start doing that.

D on’t ask us how we know just take our word for it. We have to stop them before they get out o f control! W e have to keep them in check before they start to make as much noise as the guys downstairs from us... If you have any information regard­ ing these creatures (eating habits beyond bugs, location o f new ones, etc.) please contact us. Re­ m em ber, it costs nothing to write us a letter (unlike “G adsen Flag” who makes you mail to a W orcester PO Box - my, som eone’s paranoid o f his own opinion) - we are not affiliated in any way with the federal governm ent; those lovely people who brought you the 32 cent stam p. Honest. You can

trust us... [insert picture o f Laurel and G uinevere smiling *that* sm ile just one more time] Sorry, this next part is absolutely necessary. Well, not really, but we think that som etimes we have to give in to our inner children and make fun of som eone who definitely deserves it. If you have not yet guessed, we are talk­ ing about “Gadsen R ag ” again. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, our pal and yours, the guy w ho’s obsessed with the librar­ ian. From the details in your article, it is pretty obvious that you are a m em ber o f SGA. Why don’t you ju st go to their m eetings and make your point there?

I ’m sure they’d love to hear your opin­ ions, wink wink. Before w e get into the “hiding behind pseudonym s” thing, think about this: we use the names because they are funny, not to hide. We are responsible about w hat we say, and alw ays ask for feedback to our propos­ als and our opinions. W e’ll m ake you an offer you can ’t refuse [said in G od­ father voice]: If you publish your real nam e, we’ll do the same. See, it’s a sale: 2 f o r i. (D on’t get any id eas-w e don’t work at the library.)

BTW , the ratio o f “ hard uncom ­ fortable chairs to soft com fortable ch airs” in the library is 4.4658437 to 1.

K eep the beer.

L o v e and S lo p p y W e t K isses L&G

N ew speak The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic institute WPI Box 2700, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 Phone (508) 831-5464 • Fax (508) 831-5721 newspeak@wpi.edu • http://www.wpi.edu/-newspeak Edltorg-tn-Chlef

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M inutes f o r the m eeting o f January 24, 1995 M eeting held in A tw ater Kent 219 I. M eeting called to order at 5:53 pm.

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sso cia tio n S en ato r H allissey m oved to sus­ pend R obert’s Rules for ten (10) m in­ utes to allow discussion o f the o v e r­ load rate p roposal. S en ato r D aly seconded. M otion passed w ith tw o (2) ab sten tio n s.

R o b e rt’s Rules were re-in sta ted after ten (10) m inutes o f d iscu ssio n .

Patrick S u lliv an asked e v ery o n e to him e - m a il p le a s e send (p a tric k @ w p i) w ith th e iro p in ions. C A O will be m e e tin g again on Friday at 12:30pm in Beckett.

today at 5:00pm . T h ere is m eeting w ith the hockey team about funding tom orrow from I l a m - 12 noon. Tw o clubs, au to cro ss and p re-m ed/prevet, need to be classified .

VII. Comm ittee Reports: II. Attendance: Executive Board: G reg Findlen, P res.; F io n a A bram s, V ice Pres; R a c h e l B u tla n d , Sect.; Don Socha, T reas.

Senate: H eather C le a r y , C a th y C o n n e ll y , R y a n D a ly , N at F a ir b a n k s , S h a n ­ non F in le y , Jo h n G ro s s i, L ee G u th r i e , M a rn i H all, Ed H allissey, R ebecca H offm an, Seth K intigh, L ucie L a so v sk y , Jaso n M ickey , Amy Plack, D ave Sm ith, G reg S now , J e ff S p aletta, K risten S tagg, Tim T ully, C h izzy U chendu, C ara V alliere, C indy V o llaro , Joe W ain.

Absent: Joe B atcha, D eb Foley ( e x c u s e d ) , B e th G e n tr y , Ja s o n M acierow ski, Amy S inyei, Shelby W alker (excused).

Parliam entarian: Jason A verill

-SG A C o m m ittees P .R .:C h a ir L aso v sk y announced th at the new m eetin g tim e is T ues-

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III. Approval of Minutes: T he m inutes o f the m eetin g held January 17,1995 were approved with no am endm ents.

IV. Vice-Presidents Report: none V. Secretary’s Report: Secretary B utland asked the sen a­ tors to please go to the o ffice hours that they signed up for. She also rem inded everyone that w hen they call in for th eir o ffice hours th e voice mail tells w here they are callin g from.

VI. T reasurer’s Report: T reasu rer S ocha rem in d ed e v ery ­ one that budget packets w ere due

surers C o n n elly o r Plack, and that all unused m oneys be returned to the C lass III R eserve after the e v e n t.”

N athan W ittasek w ent o v er the schedule o f events. S enatorC onnelly c a lle d th e q u e s tio n .

S e c re ta ry B utland seconded. Q uestion called.

S en ator C o n n elly asked for a roll call vote. Roll call vote w as taken.

M otion 3 c.95 passed 24-0-2.

M otion 4 c .95 was dro p p ed from the agenda.

X. Announcements: -S e n a to r T u lly a n n o u n c e d the M e n ’s b ask etb all gam e W ednesday night vs. T rin ity . W PI is ranked ten th and T rinity is ranked fourth.

VIII. Old Business: none IX. New Business:

WPI R ep osition in g:(form ally New W P l):C h air M ick ey announced th at there is a m eetin g tom orrow at 4:30pm in B eckett.

-In stitu te C o m m ittees CAO: P atrick S u lliv an reported that the co m m ittee m et last Friday fo r the b eg in n in g o f C -term . CA O review ed a C E p ro p o sal for course ch an g es, a pro p o sal to raise the fee fo r o v erlo ad s to 50% per c la ss over three (3) years, and several student petitions.

S en ato r C onnelly m oved to a d ­ jo u rn , S enator Sm ith seconded, m o ­ tion passed.

XI. M eeting adjourned at 6:22pm.

Agenda for the m eeting of Tuesday, January 3 1 ,1995 5:45pm, AK 219

M o t i o n 3 c.9 5 : S en a to r Plack m oved to a p ­ prove the d ecision by the A p p ro p ria ­ tions C o m m ittee to fund the W in ter C arnival by transferring funds in the am ount o f $ 4 9 9 6 .5 0 from the C lass Ill/C lass IV R eserves to the C ap ital R eserve A ccount, with the stip u la ­ tions that all purchases m ade from this account be approved by T re a ­ su rer S ocha o r A ssistant T reasu re rs C onnelly o r Plack, and that all u n ­ used m oneys be returned to the C lass 111/Class IV R eserve after the even t.

S en ato rC o n n elly seconded. S en a­ tor F airbanks made a friendly a m e n d ­ m ent, w ill now read “...th is acco u n t have p rio r approval by T re asu re r S o ch a...” . T reasu rer S ocha m ade a friendly am endm ent to ex clu d e “/ C lass IV ” . M otion now reads: “To ap p ro v e the decision by the A p p ro p riatio n s C om m ittee to fund the W in ter C arn iv al by tran sfe rrin g funds in the am ount of $4996.50 from the C lass III R eserve to the C ap ital R eserve A ccount, with the stip u la ­ tions that all purchases m ade from this account have prior ap p ro v al by T reasu rer Socha o r A ssistant T re a ­

days at 1:30pm .

P&P: C h air S now rep o rted that the com m ittee w ill be m eeting on W ednesday from 1 la m -12 noon in M organ A. Elections: C h air W ain announced that p etitions are now being accepted fo r SGA exec, b o ard and the three (3) sen ato r-at-larg e p o sitio n s. P eti­ tions are av ailab le in the o ffice. The petition d ead lin e is F eb ru ary 1st.

C A I: C h a ir F airb an k s rep o rted that there w ill be no m otion from the com m ittee to night. A ll m em bers o f his co m m ittee please see him after the m eeting.

-S en ato r Plack ask ed everyone to please return the m otion packets that were p assed out.

-S en ato r G uthrie ask ed his c o m ­ m ittee to please see him after the m eeting.

-S enator Fairbanks asked his c o m ­ m ittee to see him a fte r the m eeting.

A lso, th ere is a w restlin g m atch on W ednesday night.

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Call to Order Roll Call Approval of Minutes of Meeting Held January 24 President’s Report Vice President’s Report Secretary’s Report Treasurer’s Report Committee Reports Old Business New Business Motion 4c.95 - Special Funding Request for hockey team T reasurer Socha Motion 5c.95 - Emergency Funding Request for Outing Club Treasurer Socha Motion 6c.95 - Classification of Pre-med/Pre-vet Club into Class I - Treasurer Socha Motion 7c.95 - Classification of Autocross into Class I - Trea­ surer Socha Motion 8c.95 - Extention of Petition Period - Senator Snow Motion 9c.95 - Election By-law Changes - Senator Snow Announcements Adjournment

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First off, I would like to thank the 4000 people o r so who expressed interest in attend­ ing the M artin M arietta tour. Unfortunately, they have contacted us and would like a tour representing “all m ajors” not ju st M E ’s and underclassm en are preferred. So to m ake a long story short, there is a very limited amount o f space for the tour, w hich will be from 8:00-4:30 on February 15th (W ednesday). All those who are still interested, e-m ail joey@ w pi. BUT we will still be having tours for Bird and Sons, Polaroid and Sam uel Adams (not all this term necessarily). Next term we will try to have an M E Martin M arietta tour, so all those who emailed me, keep that in mind. I have received only one entry for an ASME T -shirt. Once again, come up w ith t-shirt design, put it on a piece o f paper (draw it in pen, no colors, they will be added later) and send it to ASME Box #841. The w inner gets a free shirt, $25, and the satisfaction of know ing that his/her shirt is being worn by m illions. O ur annual papers contest is being held on March A 21st. Basi­ cally, it is a chance for M E’s to present their M Q P’s to selected faculty m em bers. There is food, prizes and it may qualify as your dept, presentation. A bstracts (of your project) should be sent to ASM E Box 841 by February 21. Five abstracts will be chosen for the presentation.

M ore about this in the future. Once again, new officers for the positions o f President, Vice President, T reasurer, and Secretary are open.

Information about the tours will be e-m ailed to you (dates, tim es, organization) and d o n ’t for­ get about the t-shirt contest. Look for inform a­ tion on our social to be held on February 7 with a few of the other societies.....

Hello everyone... How y a’ all doin? This is just a friendly reminder that we still exist! Please, come on over to the meeting Wednesday night because we miss you. The last meeting we threw around a few ideas, but they’re things that the officers alone really shouldn't have todecide. So, to all you old members who haven’t been to a meeting in a while, we would love to have you show up. That goes for any newcomers, too.

W e’ll meet in the wedge (that garden o f Eden in disguise) a little before 8pm W ednesday, and then head out (continuing the Eden metaphor). Hope to see you then! Adieu...

Alright, w e’re back this week with yet another new, exciting episode oi'Newspeakl Alright, now I’m gonna try something new....I’m going to tell you almost nothing about w hat’s happening al ISC and hope that w e’ll see even more new faces to add to our impressive roster o f International Student Club members. The meeting is going to be this Wednesday at4:30pm atM organC ....D on’t worry, we w on’t run too long so as to let you miss Daka - we all know how that is such an important part of our daily schedules! D on’t forget, we’ve got many things lined up and should be roll ing out any time soon, so don’t miss out on anything.

Show up, participate and let’s all have a roarin’ good time! C l AO!

Asian Society Club How is everyone doing? Hope you all doing great! ASC had our first general meeting last Monday. For your information, here are the issues we discussed: 1) ASC T-Shirt design is already done! Yes, finally!! For those o f you who saw the design last week, I think you will agree with me that it is aw esom e!! It has a tiger on the Asian Map for the back of the T-Shirt and “Asian Society Club” on the front. We will have SIX colors on the T-Shirt, it will be the best T-Shirt you have. So order one NOW! 2) Second is about the ASC Yearbook. Yes, we, the editors are already w orking on it. We are accepting all kinds of pictures from now until the end o f C term. So hurry, hand in the pictufes you w ant to be included in the ASC Y earbook! They can be baby pictures, family pictures, fun pictures... any k in d o f pictures you like! The Y earbook will cost $5 for ASC mem­ bers and we are expecting it to be finished before the end o f D term. So order NOW! We will need $2 for deposit if you want the Year­ book. You can hand in the pictures to one o f the follow ing persons: Sharon Ng, Box#2892; M ichael, B ox#3325; Heri Sum antri, Box#?; Jim m y Pai, Box#? (Y ou can find out thier Box# from the ASC D irectory).

3) Also during the meeting, they were talking about a ski trip last weekend. If those guys actu­ ally did go, hope it was fun!

T hat’s all for the week! Any questions email to asians@ w pi. Any questions regarding to Sports, please e-m ail to Take o r you can also e-m ail to asians@ w pi. and our Sport C oordina­ tor Take will reply your mail ASAP! If you have anything w ant to share with all mem bers, you can e-m ail the m essage to ruiling@ wpi. we will have the m essage published in next w eek’s Newspeak. Bye for now! ASC O fficers

Bacchus Hi everyone. We are gonna be at the openm ic n ig h tc o m in g u p F e b 10, Friday. Also there are gonna be elections on Feb 19, and yes there will be nom inations on Feb 15th. So for all those interested, com e to the meeting this W ednesday, in SL121 at 7:00 pm...

Black Student Union A ttention all BSU m em bers this is ju st a quick rem inder about the m eeting on W ednes­ day at 6:30 in M organ C. We will be discussing all o f our C term activities and anything else you would like to accom plish this year. Please com e with plenty o f Fund Raising ideas and any suggestions for activities that we can do for the rem ainder o f the year. We w ould like to have a B ow ling N ight, a M ovie Night and a Party this term . We would also like your input about any w eekend trips that you might be interested in taking. This w ould include places like New Y ork City or Boston for special events or ju st for fun.

Peace and hope to see you there.

Christian Bible Fellowship Yes, I am still here. For any of you who didn’t see the Club C om er last week, don’t worry there w asn’tone! Well then, welcome to this wonderful week.. There are a lot o f exciting things going on in C B F this week. Bible studies are rockin’ and rollin’ all week long and on Wed at 7pm, Prayer and Share will be getting underway in Morgan A. Friday, FNF, will be a great time o f fellowship and fun starting at 6:57:23pm (7pm) in Morgan A. Hope to see you there! Oh yeah, and we cannot forget Saturday morning Sports! 10:30am in front of Alumni Gym. Jesus said, “ I am the light o f the world.

W hoever follows me will never walk in dark­ ness.” (John 8 : 12 N IV ) Have you ever felt like you were in the “dark” about som ething and had no idea what w as going on, o r even if there was purpose to any o f it? A couple of years ago, I was with my fam ily visiting the O lentangy Indian C averns in O hio. At one point the guide turned o ff all o f the lights and it becam e totally black. I co uldn’t see anything, not even a glim pse o f light. (Q uite a few o f you probably have experienced this sam e thing.) T hen the guy in front o f me shines his little watch light and the whole cave is illum inated! That is what Jesus is show ing us here. He is that light. A light that will never fade. The light o f the world! Pretty pow erful stuff, huh? He prom ­ ises us that if we follow Him, we will never walk in darkness. Are you ready to be lead out o f the darkness? Jesus is ready to lead you..

German Club This is for all students who are in any way associated with Germany, and can speak German or ju st wish to hear spoken German. Another Stammtisch will be held this coming Friday, Feb. 3, in Gompei’s from 12 to 1.

T he previous Stam m tisch was a success!

T hanks to all o f you w ho participated. It turned out to be a lot o f fun. The agenda for the com ing Stam m tisch will be G erm an C lub elections.

N om inations will be taken for offices, and elections will be held the follow ing w eek. If you have any interest in running for office, would like to see one o f your fellow Germ an C lub m em bers in o ffice, or if you have ideas for future G erm an C lub activities, come to this w eek’s Stam m tisch and let yourG erm an speak­ ing voice be heard. Plus, it’s nice to have lunch with friends!

That is it for this week. Hope to see you all in G om pei’s!

Lens and Lights For those o f you who have been asleep all Cterm, you missed round one o f nominations last week. The nominees for the 1995 LnL Executive Board are as follows: President: Dan Martins, M atthew Moniz, and Nathan Towne-Smith; Vice-Pres: Greg Marr and Nathan Towne-Smith; Technical Director: Steve Richardson; Head Projectionist: Chris Mangiarelli and Jon Stewart; Secretary: Gregory Murphy and Craig Hansen; Treasurer: Rob Caputo and Theo Van Dinter Congrats to all the nominees. Nominations will re-open at tom orrow ’s m eeting at 4:30PM in AK232, followed by speeches and elections. If you wish to be nominated for an office and you don’t want to nominate yourself, e-mail an officer and you will be nominated.

Also, congrats to Michelle V. on her recent activation... yet another female LnLer to carry on the line - I’m so proud!

Events coming soon to a W PI (what’s that stand for again?) campus near you: The Winter Carnival (snicker, guffaw), MW Rep and Masque shows, The Key Toss (can we buy the sledge hammer before that? PLEASE???), lots o f films and coffeehouses (see SocComm - *plug*), and Spring Break, but not soon enough!

BTW- is sledge hammer one word or two? ispell(TM )likesboth.,..anyone?....bueller?“Say, are they going to do it Before Sunrise?” “ Not till Reel Five...” “Dear Holy C ross, This movie sucks. Have fun. From: WPI.” (note: if the above did not make any sense to you, you are either no longer an active member of LnL, you never were an active member of LnL, or you just don’t get much of anything- don’t worry about it, ‘cause it’s very late, and 1 am tired)

Masque Submit to New Voices 13! Deadline is 5pm February 1st!!!! We will have a reception [very informal] for playwright John Binnie at 1 1:00 in the Green Room on Friday, 3 Feb. Please drop by and say hi. This will include som e HU and Arts Faculty members as well as a couple of adminis­ trators. Also, Susan would like to schedule a round table discussion on Saturday at 4 p.m. If y o u ’d like to be involved, please e-m ail svick@wpi. M W Rep shows this weekend both

by John Binnie: A L IT rL E OLDER and LOVE AMONG THE JUVENILES February 2,3, and 4 curtain at 8pm in Riley Commons for $2.00.

Masque show Fahrenheit 451 coming soon.

Masque meeting 4:30pm Friday as usual- be there.

National Society of Pershing Rifles Here I am again, writing up our little section so you can get all of that useful information that you already know. I am o ff to an FTX right after I write this so it will be short and sweet. We got a few prospective members at the informational meet­ ing, but not enough. Members, go out there and recruit, give out those bids, just bring them in.

Tomorrow will probably be another informa­ tional meeting if we can get enough new faces down there. Anyway, keep bringing in those new

people, we need to keep this troop on top...where it belongs.

Newman Club Update of the week: the house m anagers are already starting to com plain about all the d in ­ ners com ing up. In fact, if you volunteered to participate in Appalachia W orcester, F ather’s hosting a dinner on Thursday at 5:30PM . F resh­ man dinners are rolling again. O fficers are w elcom e to stop in for those as well.

For those o f you that attend the 6pm mass, we will be having ice cream this Sunday. Be sure to eat a little before hand so you don’t eat us out o f house and home. Also, thanks to everyone’s help at the Superbowl Pray Sunday! We had a great time.

Things to look forward to: W inter C arnival (y e a h !), Retreat (planning m eetings start soon), and hom em ade spaghetti sauce on February 15th. For now, enjoy this week!

Pathways PATHWAYS@WPI.EDU (BE) part (OF) the (GRAND) illusion. ** The condiments are free ** SUBM IT to PATHWAYS by February 1, 1995. ** Forget what you heard ** B/W Art, Photography. ** Hammers without nails are paperweights ** Short stories, Poetry. ** Donkeys without legs are unpleasant ** W here just one o f our mottos is “Good w ork d o e sn ’t have to come from good people.” ** G ive us your work we will give you our souls ** DISCLAIMER: Pathways should not be taken internally. It will not grow hair, mend fences, walk dogs, or enhance your performance in the pursuit of love or money. It is fruitless, senseless, pointless, worthless; but, it is not more so than we.

M eetings are Thursday at 8 pm in the Pathways office in the basement o f Riley (next to News­ peak). We will be your friend no when no one else will, we will watch your cat while you’re away.

APPEN DIX B: W e could bribe you, we could threaten you, we could kill you. But none o f that would bring out the part o f you we want to see. Begging doesn’t seem to work... Every year same old thing, ask for subm issions, ask for subm issions, ask the nice people for their nice subm issions. A nd every year lethargy and apathy hide more w ork than com es forward.

You have a good shot at being published.

Y ou’ve probably got w hatever you are thinking about subm itting already written, sitting som e­ w here. It requires little effort, it takes little tim e. Here’s your chance...

SFS I’m in a hurry, so I’ll make this quick. -P. Nom inations... prez: reD aver, Mike Sand­ ers, Ben Bennett; V Prez: Carolyn Day, prefect, T ara; Secretary: prefect, Mike Sanders; T rea­ surer: Carolyn Day, Steve K (kaziki@ w pi); M aster of Huge: je r Voting probably in 2 weeks.

C om ing up: * Feb 15-16 blow off your advisor and game gam e game! * T-Shirt d e­ signs are being accepted for the next two weeks.. e-m ail prefect@ wpi.edu if you have questions... * T otal C onfusion— get your stuff into T (h)om R ussell by Feb. 15 C heck out the SFS World W ide Web page. “ http://w w w .w pi.edu/--sfsr N eat-o new pic­ tures and more fun things....

Society of Women Engineers Hope everyone’s January is going well so far. Just think...only five more w eek stil’ spring break! Last w eek’s meeting went pretty well with Marie at the helm. We discussed the upcom ing conference, as well as possible vol­ unteer and m entor programs. O ur next m eeting will be on Tuesday, February 7th in OH 126 at 7pm . Come and share your ideas.

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Starting off... elections are over, and the new officers have been chosen. Tough luck, guys.

Even though you d o n ’t take office for another m onth, you can collectively kiss your lives goodbye at this very m om ent. A rty, your life was gone weeks ago! K eep up the good work.

W ay Ion! Speaking o f good w ork, the consultant’s visit w as a success, as everyone managed to snow him despite the recent warm front. To ensure that his visit was a safe one, we arranged to have constant m onitoring of the prem ises by the WPI Police. E ventually, the officers had to return to the station, though, as they received a disturbance call f rom the basem ent o f 35 Dean Street. A ctually, they traced the call to Fleet Bank, but they just follow ed the m uffled sounds o f bam anim als and car horns, and their search was over. Ken, nice hom em ade wool sw eater...

Sale! Tw o hundred pounds o f popcorn.

Enough to go around; great for parties, food Fights, and lawn decorations. A sk for one o f the pledges. Kernels are free, each 33 gallon trash bag o f popped com is Five dollars.

Stew art and Artie cam e out o f “the closet” last w eek, as the “good ‘ol boys” were twosteppin’ to Freebird and taking turns spanking Stunod’s m onkey. T he tw o w ere overheard denying allegations, exclaim ing, “W e’ve been had!” E verything fell through, how ever, when the room they reserved at the M arriott was already occupied by Mr. and M rs. Benedict Andrus. A few final w ords for the “bone” head who allow ed this to happen. Kill P ieper!!!

The Cross and C rescent Bowl w as a huge success, but I d o n ’t know won since I wrote this on F riday. A n y w ay s c o n g ra tu la tio n s to __________ !! (Fill in with w inning team ’s nam e.) Even though the C & C bowl was awesom e there was an even better game this week- and I’m not talking about the S uperbow l.

The game o f the w eekend was the Toiletbow l.

Thousands o f fans turned out to watch two team s who can ’t even com plete a pass. The gam e ended in a tie 0-0. D efensive battle.

Pageau, why do want an A ll-Star gam e? Do you want to be the cheerleader? T oo bad there w asn’t as much mud this week for mudsliding.

Pizza night was a great time. Sure beats pasta night with Jo e ’s G A R LIC bread. This past w eek we got evaluated and we did good. Pretty soon w e’ 11be a 5. We gotta work on com m unity service- Steve has offered his tim e to help cleaning up W orcester’s highways. C ongratu­ lations to Myles for pinning his girlfriend and thanks to all the brothers and A M ’s that were there. Also, Happy 21st Birthday to M yles and Jay. Finally, the brothers and A M ’s would like to thank Mr. M inasian for all the support he has given in his first 2 w eeks as our advisor. See you later.

A rA T here are no birthdays this w eek! So... Happy Random D ay to C arley and Shelly! Erin gets a Hug and M onica is adorned w ith feathery ap­ pendages this week! C ongratulations to all the new Panhellenic officers! T hank you’s to Sig Ep for the social last w eek, and to ATO for all the little aquatic creatures. A special hello to our honorary sister C laire— who can ’t read this anyw ay, but looked so cute in those little feetsie p j’s! W h en ’s that dam n lingerie party?! Hey Pledges— be forew arned that stealth pin check operations are already u n derw ay! Laura, Erin, and Jenn can be ruthless (H A -a little middle name hum or there. F ru ity !) 1know a few sisters who are aw aiting M & M ’s (ahem , Sarah A.!).

You guys are raid fanatics! I’m happy to hear we are now kidnapping ourselves rather than letting any silly fraternity boys do it! T hat’s all for now ...A D OV ELIN G! Hey A G D pledges! Hope you had a great week! T hanks to all o f the seniors for Sunday night! W e all had a great tim e- we love you guys! G ood jo b girls! C ongratulations to our new pledge sisters! T hanks a lot A X P for all o f the popcorn. Sisters: d o n ’t forget about the big event on Tuesday n ig h t! Hope you all have fu n !

Thanks to Phi Sig Kap for Saturday night- great food! T hanks to Sig Ep for T uesday. Good jo b on the sister-pledge raid on T hursday! D on’t forget about Sunday afternoon. H ave a great week! K eep up the unity and the psych!

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G om ez is in the house, if he d o esn ’t leave at three o ’clock in the m orning to go to the hill and visit a certain som eone. T and G , T and G, not G and G , Hoar you got problem s. Ethan was actually nice to a girl for the first time this past week and he got nothing in return. When a certain question was asked by Roy, A viv’s friend this past W ednesday in the chapter room, an answ er w asn’t needed. All W eed had to do was raise his hand. Donnie who called? W ho­ ever or w hatever that w as in the bathroom this past w eek, own up to y our accom plishm ent. U the man. U the man. Me, Sw ifty, and W eed made som e new friends this past w eekend at Springfield. Sw ifty heed my advice: Next time you bum p into som eone, d o n ’t say I ’m sorry, man. You should s a y ! @#$ the dum b $#@ ! and destroy the belongings in a house o f a girl u do n ’t even know. D on’t w orry about it man, we were cool and they w ere dumb. (!@ ##$ !@#$ Pete)

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in It’s been a very spicy term so far. At least nobody has an excuse to be bored. F m seeing more pledges around the house too. Hopefully we can get more people involved in inter­ m urals instead o f w inning by forfeit every time.

G ood thing Spanky is the leader o f o u r athletics departm ent. O ther events- Luc was lonely one night and found a use for R2. I guess Big Brad got up on the w rong side of bed and is a true red ­ neck.

Phippsburg had a rush event here on T ues­ day I guess, it turned out great o f course. Ox put Sw oop to sham e late night and now holds the title. Som etim e during this the CD player was screw ed up.

Oh yah, UUUUUUU UU UU U UU UU rich, by the way, the patch for the hole in the wall is upside dow n. And I hope the hole in T oole’s head is healed, you fell pretty hard when you tripped, any visible scars? Just another week at Sigm a Pi gone by.

TKE Here we are once again giving th eNewspeak people som ething to fill the issue with. The countdow n officially begins here, o nly 11 days til the RCB. Things start to w onder through the mind at this point. W hat should the table name be? Will the DJ (C orky) bring his son this year?

W ill my date know anyone else at the table?

Will 1 get food poisoning, and w hat if there’s a fly in my soup? Will Flobbi daw n a skirt? What will people think if I beef at the table? Will C obra swap venom w ith Jess? W ill Jess de­ mand of C obra what others recently have? Will Spam walk hom e this year and how far along route 9 will he get (pools will be open til the end o f the w eek)? C.R. and the Cat, nuff said.

Tonight we pit our know ledge against that of the new m em bers in a match o f jeopardy. Be prepared for Saturday night when the Dueces go wild. Strange Brew all over again, TK E style this tim e, how ever, has anyone seen Miah since Saturday?

As prom ised, this week here is the new TO P TEN list this week being the T op T en reasons why to take a date to the RCB 10) You can undress your date with your eyes. 9) You can undress the other dates at your table with your eyes. 8) One less carnation left in the world. 8) Stag table rotts! 7) You w on’t com e home with Amy. 6) I love small talk! 5) C an e at with her fingers and w ipe your nose on her sleeve. 4) Better then going alone. 3) $25 w ell spent. 2) Tainted love rules. 1) You can sw ap your date o ff with som e one else’s. W ell folks, time is a factor and we have to go. Bye.

Z*F Always com in back for m ore...Tha Pajama Jam i Party was this past Saturday, Jam es, how did it feel to be in a loin cloth all night and thank god M ika didn’t com e dow n in ju st boxers or I think w e’d all be em otionally scarred for life...W hat is this crap pledges doing raids, wow they actually have like energy and stuff, it’s amazing... Best idea for our next party..L et’s get Duck hooked up Party...M uggy seem s to be grow ing at an exponential rate, isn ’t it about tim e we put up the biohazard w arning signs and maybe some air filters in T ed’s room before he gets out o f his jar.. My thanks to alum ni for a very exciting live in tw o weekends ago..U h. no, officer, we. like, d o n ’t have any officers in charge...Seem s like its just going to be another boring w eek...M y thanks to all the brothers who decided to bust m y stones last week but look w ho’s sm iling now ...N o new s is good new s...Signing O ff-Jabba

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My heart goes out to Jesse Jackson. After taking the trouble to go to New Hampshire and tell the people there how rotten they were for not making M artin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a state holiday and for being 50th nationally in educa­ tional spending, Jackson has been largely ig­ nored by two significant groups o f people: a) New H am pshire residents, and b) the rest o f the world. In light o f the constant stories o f racial tension and educational inadequacy com ing out of the Granite State, one can only hope that these dire situations will be given the attention they so richly deserve.

••• A recent Channel Seven news broadcast de­ scribed Nation o f Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as a “controversial preacher.” The broadcast later went on to describe Jeffery Dahmer as having “atypical eating habits.”

••• D on't look too hard for persecution; you’ll surely find it.

••• 1 have not yet read The Bell Curve; appar­ ently, neither have the people who reviewed it.

••• In a fit o f pique, Bill C linton described his administration as “the most scrutinized in his­ tory.” Boy, N ixon sure w asn’t in his grave long before he started spinning.

••• Best line I ever saw on a T-shirt: “God is dead.” - Nietzsche.

“Nietzsche is dead.” - God. ••• There are m ajor differences betw een the Bulger brothers: One makes his living by theft, extortion, and corruption; the other is in the Mob. • • •

In 1992, the song of the D emocratic Party was “Don’t Stop Thinking About T om orrow ;” in 1994, it’s “Y esterday.”

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Teddy Kennedy: “Freshen that up, C harlie!”

••• All freedom presupposes freedom o f speech.

••• Republican Rudolph G iuliani's endorsement of Democrat then-govem or M ario Cuomo didn’t bring the NYC mayor the benefits he had hoped for. I guess that thirty pieces o f silver doesn’t buy much these days.

••• It is no longer politically correct to refer to “dead” people. The appropriate term is “ vitally c h a lle n g e d .” A lte rn a tiv e ly , one m ay use “decom positionally advantaged.”

/Ed note: This commentary was submitted by a student who wishes to remain anonymous and the opinions do not neccessarily represent those of the Newspeak Staff. ]

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P o lic e L og Thursday, January 19 1:13am - Emergency phone: Daniels Hall, no voice contact.

1:16am - O fficer on scene at D aniels, nothing in evidence, clear.

5:45pm - M edical: Founders eye injury, E M S, officers respond.

6:00pm - EMS, officers clear Founders.

7:19pm - Transport: T o UM ass, student with eye injury.

10:45pm - Suspicious person: W est St. No description, just standing on the com er, o fficer responds.

10:45pm - O fficer advises that person is a student, no problem.

Friday, January 20 12:49am - Breaking and entering, m otor vehicle: Hackfeld Rd. W orcester PD and W PI responding.

12:52am - O fficer reports suspects observed getting into a w hite T oyota by victim . Units will be searching area.

12:55am - O fficer reports vehicle returned to Hackfeld. V ictim identifies same. W PD on scene.

12:58am - Foot pursuit o f suspects at Lee and Institute.

1:08am - Units clear. T w o suspects under arrest by WPD. 8:30am - C ar in library lot with lights on. Belongs to Mass Academy student, will notify.

8:30am - C aron quad w ith engine running, not a student or staff, officer cited car for being unattended while running.

11:53am - M edical em ergency: Daniels H all, injury to big toe.

11:57am - Student transported to Health Services.

3:05pm - Fire alarm: A lum ni Gym. Fire Dept, notified.

3:10pm - W orcester Fire on scene. A dvise o f defective detector (sm oke) in laundry room.

Saturday, January 21 12:50am - A ssist/possible larceny: D aniels Hall.

3:01am - Altercation: Institute Rd. near Daniels. O fficers respond.

3:05am - O fficers clear Daniels.

10:54am - M edical com plaint: Student in Riley requests icepack for knee. EMS will deliver and make assessm ent.

1:45pm - Report: Students not from WPI in H arrington.

8:14pm - M edical assist: Riley Hall, student com plaining o f pain. E M S, officer respond.

8:23pm - Transport: Riley Hall lo M emorial Hospital.

11:22pm - Disorderly person: Founders RA calls regarding individual urinating in stairwell.

D escription given to officers.

11:23pm - O fficers out with above subject in front o f Riley Hall.

11:52pm - O fficers clear Founders incident.

S u n d a y ,J a n u a r y 22 12:00am - Transport: Station to Daniels H all, student involved in Founders incident.

12:21am - Assist: State PD advises wanted subject in W est St. area, possibly seen heading toward WPI, also possibly arm ed. O fficers assisting in search o f area.

1:16am - C heck on welfare: Report from Ellsw orth o f individual laid out behind apartm ent; O fficers respond.

1:23am - O fficers clear Ellsworth.

1:27am - Founders RA calls regarding odor in basem ent study room, w ill require cleanup prior to mass.

1:56am - Suspicious vehicle: R eport o f suspicious vehicle in Institute Rd. area.

3:29am - N oise com plaint: Dean St. fraternity, report o f loud music.

3:35am - O fficer reports loud m usic was com ing from W achusett St. fraternity, has been lowered.

3:52am - Possible w eapons violation: Report o f persons in Stoddard hallw ay possibly with firearms.

4:03am - O fficers clear Stoddard, no firearm s involved.

3:34pm - Assist: Student reports nonstudent in gym.

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What's Happening T u esd ay , J a n u a r y 31 5:45pm - SGA M eeting, A tw ater Kent Room 219.

7:30pm - M en’s Basketball vs. Norwich.

7:30pm - Film: “Spanking the M onkey,” Clark Cinem a 320, $4.50.

W ed n esd ay , F e b ru a ry 1 Black History Month Begins T h u rsd a y , F e b ru a ry 2 G roundhog Day 3:30pm - Seminar: “G etting W hat You Want W hen You W ant It,” C ounseling & Student Development C enter (157 W est St.).

7:30pm - M en’s Basketball vs. Suffolk.

8:00pm - MWRep: “Love A m ong the Juveniles & A Little O lder,” Riley Com m ons, $2.00.

F rid a y , F e b ru a ry 3 7:00pm - Passport Film: “T he W ar Room ,” Perreault Hall, $1.00.

8:00pm - M W Rep: “Love A m ong the Juveniles & A Little O lder,” Riley C om m ons, $2.00.

S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry 4 10:00am to 4:00pm - W orkshop: “Slones that Speak,” W orcester Art M useum, (for inform ation, call 799-4406, ext. 3007).

2:00pm - M en’s Basketball vs. Nichols College.

8:00pm - MWRep: “Love A m ong the Juveniles & A Little O lder,” Riley Com m ons, $2.00.

S u n d ay , F e b ru a ry 5 1:00pm- Black History M onth C elebration: “Student V ideos,” W orcester Art M useum, Free with admission.

3:00pm - Glee Club Performance: “ Bach M agnificat,” Alden Hall, $2.00.

6:30pm and 9:30pm - Film: “The Specialist,” Perreault Hall, $2.00.

M o n d ay , F e b ru a ry 6 7:30pm - Film: “The 400 B low s,” Assum ption C ollege, Free.

8:00pm - M usician: “Jon Svetkey with suprise guest,” Riley C om m ons, $1.00.

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Monday, January 23 7 :17am - Intrusion alarm: Higgins House second floor. O fficer reports food service in second floor.

8:12am - C onsortium van on W est St. Doing greater than the speed limit, adm inistrator to be notified.

10:43am - G as smell: Call from Plant Services, gas smell in W ashburn first floor sprinkler room.

12:52pm - D oor to D aniels not working properly, door is slam m ing shut.

6:54pm - Security: Non WPI students in A lum ni Gym. 7:14pm - Disorderly persons: Riley second floor stairw ell, fighting.

7:18pm - O fficer reports students are room m ates fooling around. All clear.

Tuesday, January 24 12:25am - A larm tam pering: Fuller labs.

1:32am - Noise com plaint - Ellsworth.

1:39am - O fficer clears Ellsworth, m usic turned down.

3:05pm - Complaint: Faculty m em ber reports that a car has parked him in, ow ner o f offending car notified and says he w ill move car right away.

6:49pm - Complaint: Professor reports stolen backpack.

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Wednesday, January 25 9:30am - W allet found, call placed, ow ner w ill pick up sam e in afternoon.

8:30pm - W ork order: Riley first floor west end door handle broken.

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