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MW Repertory performs for WPI community and playwright

by Jennx Yambert News Editor M W Repertory Theatre Co., Etc. Presented its thirteenth show to the WPI community this past weekend, a double billing of John Binnie’s A Little O lder and Love Among the Juveniles.

These Scottish plays present a personal look into tw oclose friendships between a hom osexual m an and a straight woman, as well as some o f the prob­ lems o f growing up and living that people face. The playwright himself, having some business in Boston, was able to attend the WPI productions and share his insight. In a round table discussion before the final perfor­ m ances on Saturday, John B innie spoke about how the plays were written and thanked MW Rep. for bringing the plays back to life for him.

John Binnie began a small theater com pany with a good friend o f his in Scotland soon after he left the Univer­ sity. Theater, he says, often becomes an elitist form o f entertainment, only those who can afford to go attend, he didn’t want his plays to be like that. His

recovery the audience watches as her memory begins to return, she begins speaking again, and regains her lively attitude, yet she asks one day why she eats and how. Sandy, played by Ryan Blanchard, becomes the strength be­ hind a friendship that Isla once drove.

Friendship is the heart o f Love Among the Juveniles as well. Ailsa and Finn, played by Tara H alwes and Todd D ibble, together with F inn’s mother Jean, played by Katie Homing, stand by each other as they leam how to deal with unconventional relationships.

Finn’s boyfriend is nervous about him­ self and his feelings, A ilsa’s fallen in love with a man from Zim babwe who has to return home, Jean is longing for love even though she is uncomfortable about her physical problem. Love wins out all around, though, in both plays, as the characters realize that it is the most important thing in friendship and liv­ ing.

Love Among the Juveniles was highly criticized when it First came out, for being both fairy tale like and for making

it is simply a sexual orientation, and plays performed by MW Rep. illustrate theater company has taken their plays that relationships o f any orientation many scenes from B innie’s life. Hothrough small neighborhood theaters, experience the same prob­ and perform ed free lems of learning to love. shows in conjunction The problems of long dis­ w ith w o rkshops in tance relationships, inter­ housing projects and race relationships, living o th er com m unities. with an ilyostemy and still B in n ie ’s plays are w anting to be intimate, written from his per­ and having to suddenly so n al e x p e rie n c e s, having a friend who was they provide a look at once strong be left weak how unconventional physically and mentally relationships have to by an accident are all s u rv iv e th e sam e brought to life on stage. problems o f daily life A L ittle O lder reveals that others go through.

Sandy’s struggles to help John Binnie smiled as his friend Isla, played by he remembered tak­ Rachel M. Kelly, regain ing Love Among the her memory after crack­ J u v e n ile s into a ing her skull. He forces school, and into an her to think back to when unemployment cen­ NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / JASON PHILBROOK they first met as elem en­ ter, and how the au­ ta ry sch o o l c h ild re n , In A Little Order. Ryan Blanchard as Sandy and Rachel M. Kelly diences felt free to when she discovered her as Isla reminisce about the days before Isla's accident. voice their feelings as sexuality and told him they truly becam e that he was not wrong part o f the show. because of his, when the grew up a little mosexuality is shown in a positive, Theater, Binnie believes, is useless and he went to college. During Isla’s normal light, bringing out the fact that if it doesn’t portray a message. The

See Plays, contined on page 11

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tuesday, February 7, 1995

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Volume Twenty-three, Number Four

Look out!!!!! It’s back. the W inter Carnival that is. This year, organizations cam pus-w ide have been w orking together to bring YOU, the student body, entertainment.

T he W inter Carnival originated al­ most 80 years ago, that’s when it was know n as the Tech Carnival. It was one o f those notorious F reshm anSophom ore Rivalry events that hap­ pened annually. However, the word carnival was deceiving. The entire carnival was based on 3 acts o f dram a provided by the Freshman class, the Sophom ore class and the Faculty. For m any years. Nils Hagberg, the campus cop, em ceed the entire performance.

However, the skits over time becam e unruly and as a result, were last heard o f in 1969.

B ut NOW it’s back and better than it ever was! We want everyone to participate in the events that we have planned for you! And better yet, it’s happening all w eekend long! H ere’s a taste o f what is going on:

Gordon Library Open House

Friday, February 10 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 9:00 pm - !2:00 am 12:00 a m -

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Carnival Social in Gom pei’s Function Room Open Mic in Gompei’s Function Room Skits with Nils Hagberg!!** Scavenger Hunt Kick Off** Movie: Baraka in Fuller Labs Band: Big Character with Alumnae Brian Chu in Gom pei’s Function Room Klondike B ar Hunt**

Saturday, February 11 12:30 1:00 1:45 2:30 3:00 3:45 4:30 5:00 8:00 pm -

pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm 12:00 am

Torch Lighting for the Tech Olympics on the Quad Klondike Derby on the Quad** Egg Heave o ff o f Morgan 4th** Frozen Turkey Bowling on the Quad** Odyssey o f the Mind in the Lower Wedge** Mouse Trap Propulsion in the Lower Wedge** Broomball Tournament in the Lower Field** Movie: Animal House in the Lower Wedge Video Dance Party in Alden**

Look around campus for further information! If you are interested in any o f these events please email Nate Wittasek at philipe@wpi.edu. Have fun and get involved!

And finally, almost the entire weekend is free— we’re even giving away prizes**.

So what do you have to lose — PARTICIPATE!

The real world: music meets technology

by Kyle Warren Class o f ‘96 A s part of the continuing efforts to bring m ore depth to the H um ani­ ties and A rts D epartm ents o f W PI, the M usic D ivision has a n um ber o f events in mind. T hese events range from lectures to possible internships for those students interested in the new ly established M usic T ech n o l­ ogy concen tration in the H um anities m ajor. The M usic D ivision’s intent is to provide students with a look at how and where m usic and tech n o l­ ogy interact in the real w orld.

T he first of a series o f lectures will be held on F riday F ebruary 10 at 4:3 0 p m in the IM C. S tephen A. R uggere, V ice President o f M arket­ ing and P roduct D evelopm ent for W ave, Inc., a video p roduction co m ­ pany, will be here to discuss the use o f m usic in m arketing, sales, ad v er­ tising and general entertainm ent.

Stephen A. R uggere has been per­ form ing (classical and ja z z guitar) and conducting m usic for 12 years.

He w as a featured solo ist w ith the B oston Sym phony O rch estra and the B oston POPS O rchestra. He w as a co n trib u tin g editor for G uitar Player

M agazine and In ternational M usi­ cian M agazine.

Som e o f Mr. R uggere’s m ost re ­ cent work involves co m p o sin g and a rra n g in g m usic fo r N O V A a n d A&E. He also served as the C reative D irecto r for B ose C orporation w here he produced and directed all o f the e le c tro n ic m ed ia p ro d u c tio n s fo r th eir w orldw ide m arketing activities.

All students who are interested in learning about how m usic and te c h ­ n o lo g y relate in the jo b m arket are en co u rag ed to attend th is lecture, F riday February 10 at 4 :30pm in the IMC.

AFROTC awards scholarships to seven students T he A ir Force R eserve O fficer T raining C orps has announced the aw arding o f full tuition scholarships to seven WPI students. The scholar­ ships will pay full tuition, books, and fees, as well as a tax-free stipend of $ 150.00 a month. Each scholarship is valued at approximately $17,500.00

per year. Upon graduation each schol­ arship recipient will be commissioned a Second Lieutenant and be guaran­ teed a jo b in the active duty A ir Force.

The seven students are: Lee Gentile, Jr., C ivil Engineering ‘97; Lindsey Bullard, M ath ‘98; Robyn H artz, Civil Engineering ‘98; Andy Mason, C om ­

SGA Candidates' letters See page 4

p u te r S c ie n c e ‘9 8 ; C h r is to p h e r P erillo , C hem ical E n gineering ‘98; P enelope T ask a, M echanical E n g i­ neerin g ‘98 and Tim S cully, C o m ­ pu ter E ngineering ‘98. F o r inform a­ tion o n A ir Force R O T C sch o lar­ ships call the A FRO TC D etachm ent at W PI, 831-5747.

Members o f the staff of the George C. Gordon Library are pleased to an­ nounce that we will be holding an Open House, Wednesday, February 15th from Noon to 3 PM. We welcome members from all segments of the WPI comm u­ nity to stop by and participate in the various demonstrations, view the ex­ hibits, and generally get to know the library staff.

We have a variety o f events planned.

The Invitational Art Show [which will be exhibited for the entire month of February] is a main attraction of the Open House. This exhibit consists of original artwork submitted by students.

faculty and staff at W PI. M em bers o f the WPI community are asked to vote on which piece they like the best during the Open House. A prize will be given to the artist whose artwork receives the most votes. O ur special guest is Presi­ dent John Lott Brown who will speak in the Seminar Room at 2:00 PM. Other activities include a raffle, a W WW demonstration and a multimedia pre­ sentation by the Instructional Media Center.

O f course, if that isn’t enough en­ ticement - Home Baked refreshments will be served in the exhibit area. See you on February 15th!

Library book borrowing expanded

by Carmen Brown Head o f Public Services, Gordon Library G ordon Library is pleased to an­ nounce an extended W alk-In Interli­ brary Loan (W ILL) service. From now on, students with a valid WPI identification card can borrow books directly from the libraries o f Anna Maria College, A ssum ption College, Becker College, Q uinsigam ond Com­ munity College, University o f M assa­ chusetts M edical Center, and W orces­ ter State C ollege. You no longer need to come to the G ordon Library to re­

ceive forms for specific books at these participating libraries. Just be sure you have your up-to-date WPI identi­ fication card with you.

S tudents can co ntinue to borrow book m aterials directly from the li­ braries at C lark U niversity and Holy C ross C ollege. In ad dition, you can get y o u r ow n card for W o rcester Public Library.

W e hope students will Find this new cooperative arrangem ent a con­ venience and a tim e saver. W e ask that everyone act responsibly in re­ specting each individual lib ra ry ’s borrow ing policies and procedures.

Wellness Fair 1995

by Marie Meier Class o f ‘95 It’s Back!

W PI’s celebration o f Wellness will be held on Tuesday, February 14th, in the lower wedge from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

As in previous years there will be people available on a wide variety of health related topics. This year we are fortunate to have the Bancroft School o f Massage, body fat measuring, nutri­ tion information, as well as cholesterol testing ($4.00 with a valid WPI ID, $8.00 without). The initial cost for the

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cholesterol and blood pressure testing was $8.00 but thanks goes out to the Human Resource Department for do­ nating $4.00 per person for the WPI employees and Health Services for do­ nating $4.00 per person for the stu­ dents.

The W ellness Fair is being coordi­ nated by Marie Meier, Resident Advi­ sor o f the Healthy Alternatives House, JoAnn Van Dyke, Director o f Health Services, Christine von Ulrich o f the Healthy Alternatives Office, and Cathy C o n n e lly , R e sid e n t A d v iso r o f Founders 2nd.

Contents Graduate Student Organization ................................................ 7 Club Corner ....................................................................................8 Greek Corner ................................................................................. 9 Arts & Entertainment......................................................... 10, 11 Classifieds ..................................................................................... 11 Police L o g ..................................................................................... 12 What’s Happening ...................................................................... 12

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Beyond the Farm

For the week preceding this Saturday, Febru­ ary 4th, 1995, here’s areview o f what happened Beyond the Farm: Peru launched an offensive in its border war with Ecuador Jan 29th. The dispute is over a 212-square mile region in the Amazon known as the Cordilla del Condor, which becam e Peru­ vian land in a 1942 treaty which has been dis­ puted by Ecuador since 1960; the land is rich in resources including gold. A Peruvian helicopter was shot dow n Jan 30th. Cease-fire talks began in Brazil Jan 31st, but Ecuador com plained o f Peruvian attacks Feb 1st. A cease-fire agree­ ment is expected within days; casualty reports vary but about 70 to 80 soldiers have died in the fighting which has not spread beyond the C on­ dor region.

Severe flooding has brought northern Europe to a standstill. The Rhine, Maas, and W aal rivers have gone over their banks, causing problems in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The Netherlands has been hardest hit, with 250,000 people evacuated Feb 1st. The Rhine broke 1926 flooding records Feb 2nd. Dikes have held, and waters started to recede Feb 3rd. 70,000 people were allowed to return to their homes Feb 4th, with the rem ainder expected to return Feb 5th. About 30 deaths have been blamed on the flooding, and damage is expected to be in the hundreds o f millions o f dollars.

President Clinton gave up on $40 billion in legislation to help the Mexican economy Jan 31 st, citing a lack o f support. Instead, he offered M exico $37 billion by a Presidential Act, in­ cluding a $20 billion credit line from funds normally used to prop up the dollar.

They’re Talking About It...

In the O.J. Simpson trial. Judge Lance Ito on Jan 30th disallowed six o f the new witnesses that defense attorney Johnny Cochrane introduced in his opening statement. The prosecution be­ gan its case the next day, with Ronald Shipp testifying Feb 1st that Simpson had reported having dream s of killing Nicole Brown Simpson, and her sister Denise Brown testifying Feb 3rd that the defendant had been very abusive of Nicole Simpson.

In shorts...

30,000 refugees fled to Guinea from fighting in Sierra Leone Jan 29th...the San Francisco 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers 49-26

Career

Jan 30th to win the Superbowl... Burma launched an offensive against Karen rebels Jan 30th...38 were killed by a c a r bomb in Algiers Jan 30th...the Smithsonian canceled its planned exhibits around the E nolaG ay Jan 30th...Union Pacific gave up its bid for the Santa Fe Railway Jan 31 st, m ean­ ing that Burlington Northern an d Santa Fe will merge to form the nation’s largest railroad...the UN Security C ouncil voted Jan 31st to send UN forces to replace US soldiers in Haiti...the CDC announced Feb 1st that AIDS is n o w th e # l killer of 25-44 year olds, but the rate of its growth is slowing considerably...the FED raised interest rates .5% Feb 1st...the U nfunded M andates bill passed the House 360-74 Feb 1st...a M iddle East Peace Conference was held in Cairo Feb 2nd between Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and the Palestin­ ian A u th o rity to try to k e e p p eace talk s alive...Henry Foster Jr. was nom inated to be Surgeon G eneral Feb 2nd...Boeing announced plans to lay o ff 7000 Feb 2nd...the space shuttle Discovery lifted o ff Feb 2nd...President Clinton proposed changing the m inim um wage to $5.15 an hour Feb 3rd...it was announced that the un em p lo y m en t rate w ent u p to 5.7% Feb 3rd...baseball ow ners dropped their dem and for a salary cap Feb 3rd and the players introduced a new proposal Feb 4th...R ussia resumed bom b­ ing over C hechnya Feb 4th an d the Chechens shot down a helicopter for the first time...Afghan rebels were m oving on the capitol o f Kabul Feb 4th...the US announced $1.8 billion in trade sanctions against China Feb 4th, and China retaliated with similar 100% tariffs; if the intel­ lectual property dispute is not settle the sanction will go into effect Feb 26th...Broadw ay actor and director G eorge Abbot died Jan 31st at the age o f 107.

Finally...

Salman Rushdie has been denied perm ission to use lyrics from the Flintstones in his new book’s American edition. T urner Enterprises, which owns the rights to the Flintstones, turned down Rushdie because he had not specified which lyrics w ould be used. Rushdie, still under a death threat from the Iranian governm ent, does not understand their concern, “Will someone shoot Fred Flintstone if I quote him?”

And that’s what happened Beyond the Farm.

Sources this week included All Things Con­ sidered (NPR), the Associated Press newswire, the BBC Newshour (BBC/PR I), the Christian Science Monitor, KCBS radio news, LeShow (KCRW/SASS/KALW), the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour (PBS), Marketplace (PRl), the Rail­ road List (CUNY listserv), and the World News Roundup (CBS radio). — Lance Gleich, Stanford CA Beyond the Farm is designed to provide a reasonably short summary of a week's events for people who would otherwise have no chance to keep up with current events. It may be distributed/ forwardedV posted anywhere. Comments, criti­ cisms, and requests for e-mail subscription addi­ tions or deletions should be e-mailed to "lglitch@leland.stanford.edu. ” Congratulations on keeping up with the world around you!

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National Engineers Week “Futures Forum” O n F ebruary 15th, there w ill be a “Futures Forum ” in B oston as part o f the 1995 N a tio n a l E n g in eers W eek.

T his forum is your o p p o rtu - _ nity to discuss potential c a ­ reer paths w ith practicing pro­ fe s s io n a ls in M e c h a n ic a l, C iv il, E lectrical, C hem ical, T ransportation and Industrial E ngineering. Also, there will re p resen ta­ tives o f P ublic A gencies, C o rp o ratio n s, P ro­ fessional Societies and U niversities.

I attended this forum last year and found it to be an excellent opportunity to find out what is

happening in your discipline in the w orld-of-w ork. A ddi­ tionally, you can have your resume critiqued.

T here is no co st and a free light d in n e r is provided.

The F u tu res Forum will be held at the Park Plaza Hotel & T ow ers from 4 :0 0 p.m . to 8:00 p.m. C D C will be spon­ so ring tran sp o rtatio n fo r any student w ithout a d e clared m ajo r o r any stu d en t w ho enrolled in the M SP sem inar. If th ere are any spaces left after th ese two g ro u p s, we w ill tak e, upp erclass students.

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by Marc Kazigian Supervisor, Computer Help Desk Picture this. You’ve just pulled an allnighter.

You wrote 30 pages of your M QP report in total and each one is absolutely perfect. Your prose is excellent. The pictures and graphs you created are incredible. You take abow and pat yourself on the back. You’re going to blow your advisor away at the project presentation.

But what’s this? “Oh %@&#! W hat’s an unrecoverable disk error? Why can’t I open this file? Where did it go? WTiat did I do to deserve this? [Insert religious deity o f your choice], please help me!”

Sound familiar? If not, consider yourself lucky.

If so, you’ve probably met me, or one of the group of nine other students who help people solve computer problems at the Computer Help Desk (CHD). Whether you’ve found yourself uttering obscenities over disk disasters or not, it’s worth a few minutes o f your time to read this article. Dare I say, it could save your entire IQP or MQP. I’ve been with the CHD, which was created three years ago by Jim Kendall o f the C ollege Com puter Center, since its inception. And w ith­ out a doubt, the thing I’ve com e to hate the most about my jo b is telling people, on a D AILY basis, that I can’t recover the data on their project disks. I feel like a doctor who must tell som ebody that a loved one has died on the operating table, because quite often, there is absolutely nothing we can do for these people. If there’s a serious disk error, at best we can recover a very small percentage o f the data.

Occasionally, if the error is m inor, we can save more o f the data.

The problems range from bad file allocation tables (the tables that tell the com puter where it stored the data on your disk have been cor­ rupted) to cross-linked files (two or more files are trying to share the same space on a disk). The first can, at times, be easy to fix, but the second means that you will definitely lose one o r more o f the files. In addition, we see our share of virus-ridden disks, which can be simple o r diffi­ cult to repair depending on the virus.

O f course, we see a multitude o f other prob­ lems, but let’s cut to the chase. I don’t want to sit here and tell you about all the nasty things that can happen to your disks. Suffice it to say, the problems exist. The good news is that many o f them can be prevented if you follow some simple guidelines*. I’m going to elaborate on some of them here. PLEASE, don’t just glance these suggestions over and forget about them. You should DO these things.

Here it goes: 1) First and foremost, SCAN your DISKS for viruses!!! As soon as you sit down at any computer, scan its hard drive BEFORE w orking on it. When you’re done scanning it, SCAN YOUR FLOPPY DISKS as well. After all, it’s best to know whether there is a virus on the com puter’s hard disk or on your floppy disk BEFORE you write pages and pages o f material.

In addition, you can help to prevent the ram pant spread o f viruses to other com puters.

The staff o f most lab facilities on cam pus scan their com puters for viruses each morning.

If any appear, the machines are reformatted and downloaded with software from scratch. How­ ever, at any time during the day, if som ebody uses a virus-infected disk in a clean com puter, it will become infected again. Then innocent people will come in and use that com puter and their disks get infected. Then they use other clean computers and infect those too. G et the picture? Scan your disks, not only for yourself, but for EVERYBODY. So how do you scan a disk? W ell, in the interest of conserving paper. I’m not going to answer that question in this forum. T o be honest, it’s easier to explain in person anyway. If you don’t know where to find the softw are or how to use it, please don’t hesitate to visit the Com puter Help Desk in order to ask. You can also ask lab monitors, or friends, or even that nerd sitting next to you! T hey’ll probably know.

Oh, and one more thing — W PI has a sitelicense for the M cAfee Scan program, which means that if the com puter in your dorm room is connected to the Novell network, you can access Scan and use it for FREE! 2) Save what you are working on every ten minutes, or whenever you do something bril­ liant. Sometimes, programs like Microsoft Word will do this for you automatically. If they don’t, make sure to do it for yourself.

3) Make multiple backup copies o f what you’re working on, and store them in different places. If you have project partners, make sure they get a copy o f the material. D on’t depend on one disk!

You’d think having multiple disks would be an obvious suggestion, but when people come

into the CHD looking for help with a disaster disk, one o f my first questions is usually, “Do you have a backup?” The answer is almost always, “No.” Do yourself a favor. It’s worth the extra $0.30-$l to make yourself a backup disk. Arm yourself!

4) Keep your disks away from anything magnetic — including stereo speakers, computer monitors, and TV sets for good measure.

5) Make sure to take your time and format important disks correctly. If you don’t know the difference between a double density and a high density disk, then find out. If you format one as the other, you could have severe problems.

In addition, check newly formatted disks (and old ones) with a disk utility program such as Norton Utilities to make sure that they’re ok before using them. Disk utility programs will check the boot sector (if one exists), the file allocation tables, etc. They’ll also perform a physical scan of the diskette to ensure that it has no physical defects. It’s worth the minute or two it takes to do this, especially with disks you’ll be using for project work.

If you don’t own this software or you don’t know how to use it, come down to the CHD and w e’ll help you. We have the current version of Norton Utilities.

6) When you’re working on a computer in the labs, it’s possible to work from the hard disk, but when you leave, make sure to copy your files onto your own floppy disk! Don’t depend on the files being on the haid disk the next day, because the computers are formatted and downloaded on a regular basis. I’ve seen many people lose their work for this reason, so be careful.

7) It also doesn’t hurt to ftp, or transfer, copies of important files to your account on W PI’s Unix network. If you ever lose your disks, you’ll always have the network copies of your files.

Once again, if you don’t know how to do this, contact the CHD for help.

8) Make hardcopies (printouts) of what you’re working on every few hours. It helps to have these in case, for instance, a virus destroys all o f your data.

9) If you ever do have a problem , take care o f it right away, even if it is minor. M inor problems can turn into big problems later. If you don’t know how to fix the problem s, com e to see us at the CHD. T h at’s what w e’re here for.

10) Bum incense, cast spells, and wear garlic around your neck. Say kind, nurturing things to your disk and it will be your friend. Also, this prayer, which was found on the Internet, seems to work for some of my friends:

PROGRAMMER'S PRA YER Our program, which art in memory, Hello by thy name, Thy Operating System come, Thy commands be done, At the printer as they are on the screen Give us this day our Daily Data And forgive us our I/O errors, As we forgive those whose logic circuits are faulty And lead us not into Frustration, But deliver us from Power Surges For thine is the Algorithm, the Application and the Solution, Looping forever and ever.

RETURN If you have any questions about this article, o r any com puter softw are/hardw are related question for that matter, please contact the C om puter Help Desk. Inform yourself. Take a few m inutes to prevent disk disasters and save yourself the pain. O ur hours are 9am -6pm M onday-Friday. We can be reached in the following ways.

Visit us: We are located in B 2 1 in Fuller Labs.

It’s on the basement floor.

Call us: You can reach us at 831-5888. Leave voice mail if we are not there.

Email us: Our email address is box5888@wpi. ♦ D IS C L A IM E R : [My law yer told me to say this.] The C om puter H elp D esk C A N ­ N O T G U A R A N T E E that you will be 100% protected against disk disasters — N O B O D Y can. Som etim es life is cruel. B elieve m e, 1 know . I’m pretty careful about these things and I ’ve lost stu ff m yself. But if you follow the advice in this article, it will D E F IN IT E L Y up your ch ances o f w inning the w ar against viruses and o th er nasties that want to destroy your disk.

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Weekly sports update - results from January 28th through February 2nd

by G eoff Hassard Sports Information Director Men’s Swimming (4-7) A home swim meet versus Salem State turned into an away quad meet with Bentley, Albertus Magnus and the Vikings at Bentley on Saturday, January 28th. The men ended up taking two out o f their three matches beating Albertus Magnus 103-7 and Bentley 63-58, but losing to Salem State 85-47.

In the Salem meet, freshman Jamie Murdock (Woodinville, WA) was a double winner as he took first in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke. Winning one event were freshmen Jon Prusak (Easthampton, MA) who won the 50-yard backstroke and Brandon Alexopoulos (SufTield, CT) who took first in the 50-yard breaststroke. SeniorcaptainEricHultgren (Newport, RI) was a winner in the 100-yard breaststroke.

In the meet against Bentley, multiple event winners were sophomore Teak Ackman (New­ port, RI) who won the 50 and 100-yard freestyle and freshman Adam Terio (Reston, V A) who won the 50 and 100-yard butterfly. Single winners for WPI were sophomore Jason Wening (Jefferson City, MO) who won the 500-yard freestyle, A lexopoulos who won the 50 breaststroke, M urdock who won the 100 backstroke and Hultgren who took first place in the 100 breast­ stroke.

In the meet versus Albertus M agnus, the Engineers cruised to the easy win. O ur 200-

yard medley relay team consisting o f Prusak, Murdock, A lexopoulos and T erio started us off with a win and WPI never was challenged in most events. M ultiple event w inners were Murdock who won the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, Prusak w on the 50 back and 100-yard individual m edley, Terio won the 50 and 100 butterfly, A ckman won the 50 and 100 freestyle. Single winners w ere W ening in the 500 freestyle, A lexopoulos in the 50 breast­ stroke, Hultgren in the 100 breaststroke and freshman Tim Connolly (New Haven, C T) won the 200-yard freestyle.

Women’s Swimming (4-7) The women were at the sam e m eet as the men and came away with a clean sw eep defeat­ ing Salem State 92-45, A lbertus M agnus 10912 and Bentley in a close one 69-65.

In the Salem State meet, the 100-yard med­ ley relay team got us off and running as seniors Becky Kupcinskas (M illbury, M A ), Jen Sanna (M adison, WI) and Renee C usson (Chicopee, MA) were joined by ju n io r Katie Snell (Sutton, MA) to take the seven points. The m eet was never close as W PI had m ultiple w inners throughout the meet. K upcinskas won the 50 and 100-yard backstroke and in doing so she qualified for the New England C ham pionships for her time in the 50 backstroke. O ther m ul­ tiple event winners for W PI were Sanna who won the 200-yard individual medley and 50yard butterfly, Snell won the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard individual medley, Cusson

won the 50 and 100-yard freestyle. Senior Alyce Pack (W atertown, C T) w on the 100-yard breaststroke. O ur 200-yard freestyle relay team consisting o f C usson, Snell, Sanna and senior B rooke Kuffel (Row ayton, CT) capped o ff the m eet by w inning that event also.

In the Bendey meet, our 200 freestyle relay team came through to pull out the come from behind victory. Kuffel, Cusson, Snell and Sanna ran away with the event for the seven points to complete the comeback. Kupcinskas was the only double winner in the meet as she won the 50 and 100 backstroke. Single event winners were Patty Linden (Highland, IN) who won the 500-yard freestyle, junior Monika Lehky (Hamden, CT) who won the 50-yard breaststroke, Snell who won the 100-yard butterfly and Cusson who took first place in the 50 freestyle.

In the Albertus Magnus meet, the results were the same as in the men’s meet as the women also won easily to complete their sweep. Multiple event winners were Cusson in the 50 and 100 freestyle, Snell in the 100 butterfly and 100 indi­ vidual medley, Linden in the 200and 500 freestyle, Sanna in the 50 butterfly and 200 individual medley, Kupcinskas in the 50 and 100 backstroke and Lehky in the 50 and 100 breaststroke. Our two relay teams were victorious as well.

M en’s Indoor Track T he men traveled to the Coast G uard A cad­ em y on Saturday, January 28th to com pete.

T here were som e outstanding perform ances as ju n io r Marc Lefebvre (Adams, MA) tied the school high ju m p record in w inning his event with a jum p o f 6 ’7". That jum p qualified him for the New England and ECAC meets later in the season. Sophom ore Peter M anolakos (Peabody, MA) qualified for the New England C ham pionships in the 400-m eter run. Steve Labranche ( Uncas ville, CT) continued his dom i­ nance in the 1,000-meter run by beating the field in that event. Our distance m edley team is currently ranked sixth in New E ngland. It is made up o f freshm en Mike G agne (Colchester, VT) who runs the 800-meter leg and Keith Levesque (N ashua, NH) who runs the 400m eter leg, seniorC hris Reilly (W appingerFalls, NY) w ho runs the 1,200-meter leg and sopho­ more Tim C aldw ell (D over-Foxcroft, ME) who runs the anchor 1,500-m eter leg. Sophomore Doug M artin (Biddeford, ME) and freshm an David Hawes (Seal Harbor, ME) finished 2nd and 3rd in the hurdles respectively.

C oach Jim Sm ith continues to be pleased with the efforts o f all his runners and field events perform ers. His athletes are consis­ tently scoring in each meet they com pete in.

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Chris Dunn became the second WPI player in WPI history to reach the 1000 point mark in just two years. A three pointer in the second half against Suffolk University put him in the company of just 15 other WPI players to reach the 1000 point plateau. Pictured above, Dunn receives the game ball from Coach Kaufman, while sharing a moment with family members.

The w om en’s team continues to com pete around the region with strong perform ances each week. Junior Heather C leary (Pem broke, MA) is continuing to have a strong w inter season as she qualified in two m ore events for the New England C ham pionships later in the season. She qualified in the open hurdles and the pentathlon. Freshman H eather M azzaccaro

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is making an im pact in her first season as she added the 400-m eter run to her qualifying events in the New England’s.

Women’s Basketball (13-5) The women are currently in the middle o f a seven game win streak as they have catapulted themselves into first place in the New England W omen’s 8 Conference. They have pulled out some last minute victories as they are showing the kind o f poise they will need com e tournament time.

Last week the Engineers played two confer­ ence games versus Smith and Brandeis. They won both games in dramatic fashion 49-47 over Smith and 73-68 over Brandeis.

In the Smith game, the lead went back and forth throughout the game with ties that would last for minutes at a time as each team tried to create some breathing room. The game wasn’t decided until the last 12 seconds when Danielle Batey (Fairfield, ME) hit Tricia Pignone (Seneca Falls, NY) on a cut to the basket in which Pignone made the lay up to put WPI ahead by two points. Smith had one last chance, but were stopped when Pignone stole the ball and Batey was fouled to put heron the line.

Batey missed the free throw, but Pignone got the rebound and killed the clock for the win. Kim Landry (Gardner, MA) led the way with 16 points.

On Tuesday, January 31st, W PI traveled to Waltham to take on the Lady Judges of Brandeis in a tough road game. The Engineers outscored Brandeis 13-3 over a four minute stretch to over­ come a two point deficit late in the game. Landry and Jenn Lovin (Waterford, CT) combined for 28 points in the win. Batey added 14 points o ff the bench including a couple of critical baskets down the stretch.

Men’s Basketball (13-4) The men’s team had a busy week as they played three games last week. They defeated Constitution Athletic Conference foes Coast Guard and Norwich and Suffolk University to complete a 3-0 week.

In the Coast Guard game, the Engineers had to work overtime to pull out the win 75-73. WPI trailed at halftime by six, but came from behind to tie it at the end of regulation at 66-66. Sophomore Mike Shannon (Worcester, MA) has been a solid contributor lately for the Engineers as he led the scoring parade with 20 followed by Chris Dunn (Seekonk, M A) with 16, Jeff Cayer (Shelton, CT) with 15 and Jim Naughton (Dublin, Ireland) with 10 points.

Last Tuesday, January 31st, the Cadets o f Norwich paid a visit to Harrington Auditorium looking to play giant killer. For a while it looked as though they would complete their mission as the game went back and forth with WPI not being able to pull away. The game cam e down to the final minute as Naughton hit a left-handed hook in the lane with 20 seconds left to put WPI ahead by one. Norwich had one last chance, or so we thought, to try and pulled out a win. The ball was knocked around with the Cadets getting posses­ sion with six seconds remaining. Again they had another chance. There was some ferocious action under the basket as the final seconds ticked o ff the clock, when the whistle blew to stop the action.

Everyone was wondering if the game was over because there was no time left on the clock. After a discussion, the officials decided to give the ball to Norwich out o f bounds because they did not hear the buzzer go off. As it turned out, as soon as the ball was touched the horn sounded and the Engineers were victorious 84-83. Naughton led WPI with a career high 28 points, including the last eight points o f the game. Dunn scored 19, Shannon scored 12 and Jeff Kijak (Chicopee, MA) chipped in 11 points in the win.

Last Thursday, February 2nd, there was antici­ pation in the air as Dunn was closing in on the 1,000 point plateau. He would become only the second player in school history to accomplish this feat in just two years and become the 16th male player to reach this milestone at W PI. In the first half he scored 17 to leave him four points short. At the 15:44 m arkofthe second half, Dunn hit a three point shot to put him over the top. At the next dead ball, Coach Ken Kaufman presented the ball and congratulated him for his accomplishment as well as hisparentsshowingtheirappreciation. Dunn’s accomplishment should not overshadow ;ui ex­ traordinary performance by Naughton, who set a school record for rebounds in a single game when he pulled down 24 boards in the win. Naughton also tallied 22 points to make his night that much more spectacular. He becomes the first player at WPI to score over 20 points and grab over 20 rebounds in one game. The Engineers had control o f the game from the start as they won easily.

Shannon chipped in 11 points in the victory.

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L e tte rs o f C a n d id a cy

The following are letters subm itted by the candidates’ for SGA elections. Elections will be held February 10th through 13th electroni­ cally, and on February 14th on paper. There will be a candidate debate held on Thursday, February 9th, at 6:00 pm in the Low er W edge.

President Lexie Chutoransky C urrently, or previously, being a m em ber/ officer o f organizations such as Student Alumni S o c ie ty , P e e r E d u c a tio n , th e W o m e n ’ s M e n to rin g P ro g ra m , T o u r G u id in g , Newspeak(ed\tor), Dance Club(Pres.), Alpha G am m a Delta(Pub. Rel./Stnds), and SGA it­ self, I am now running for the position o f Student G overnm ent President. I feel that I am an intricate part of the WPI com m unity and share the view s/concem s/appreciations and d is­ appointm ents that m ost students have. As President, 1 can actively make changes and im provem ents in the way that the students run W PI and to continue all o f the activities and traditions that make W PI great.

Cathy Connelly

“Everyone thinks o f changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself ” Leo Tolstoi I believe this quote symbolizes a lot o f SGA’s problems. We must change the inner workings of the Student Government before we can begin to change any problems on campus. How many senators have ever come up to you and asked how you felt on certain issues or actively solicited any concerns that you have? 1 don’t believe that you could count this number on more than one hand.

This is one of the main areas I will address.

Each senator is technically responsible for 100 students. If every on-cam pus senator was given a residence hall floor and each off-campus senator was given a couple o f organizations to be responsible to, this would ensure that almost every individual is represented. I have to be honest to tell you that this is not my own idea.

It is an idea given to m e by one o f my constitu­ ents, Kevin Shea. I think this ju st goes to show that SGA has vast resources that have yet been untouched.

As President, I w ould like to see the senate w ork together as a team to seek out the relevant issues o f the student body and conquer them.

A lso, as President it would be my responsibility to give a report as to the status o f the student body to the Board o f Trustees. I feel that in order to achieve this, there has to be constant contact between the professional, Greek, and other clubs and organizations on campus. With this contact, the picture given to the trustees can be truly representative.

I have been active on this cam pus since my arrival freshman year. I entered Student G ov­ ernm ent as an O n-Cam pus Senator. In this position I served as the Class II Assistant T rea­ surer. My sophom ore year I served as the T reasu rero f SGA. T his position allowed me to serve as a m em ber o f the executive board. I currently serve as an O n-C am pus senator. I feel that my qualifications along with my leader­ ship abilities will serve me well if I am elected as President.

R y an Daly W here should we start? L et’s see. Why am I running? Many students have, as late, ques­ tioned the purpose o f the Student Governm ent A ssociation. I should respond that they do so with good reason. Som etim es I, myself, w on­ der what we do. I have been a Senator for the past three years so I write from experience. I have seen three Student G overnm ent presi­ dents com e and go, the contributions they have m ade, and what they have done to help the Student Government A ssociation evolve. It is time I believe, to make use o f what I have observed, to make use o f what I have learned.

As a Senator, I have been a member of many Institute committees. As a member of the Com ­ munity Council, I helped to organize Spirit day.

I have been trying to see a winter carnival or spirit

week brought to campus. It looks like through the hard work o f S A S , Skull and other winter carnival committee members my hope will be realized.

My point is this, everything that I have done on this campus has been to foster a more socially gratifying environm ent on campus. Student Government’s purpose is not solely to act as a liaison between the student body and the admin­ istration. They are supposed to do what the name implies... govern.

The purpose o f SGA I think is well defined in the m ission statem ent. It is our responsibility to make sure that every students experience at WPI is academ ically and socially, the best it can be. I have a noted a lack o f Spirit on this cam pus and it saddens me. W e are an excellent academ ic institution with great sports teams and a student body that is small enough to be, socially, very close. Why do students com plain about how bad the social life is here? Our student social fee is quite high, what are we doing w ith the m oney? Are we not funding the right program s? I d o n ’t think so... SocCom m does a hell o f a jo b with program m ing and pulling o ff great events. I d o n ’t think it has anything to do with money. I think that there is a certain elem ent missing, and its not ju st a cam pus center.

These questions are questions that SGA needs to answer. I d o n ’t think that anyone will seri­ ously question the quality o f academ ia here al this school, but for some reason I think som e­ one needs to make sure we receive an excellent education. T hat som eone is rather a something.

It is the Student G overnm ent A ssociation. I’m not just a senator or a chem istry M ASH leader.

I’m som eone who w ants an opportunity. I want an opportunity to lead SGA in a purposeful direction that will directly benefit the student body.

I thank you for your time, and hope you will consider me when voting.

Respectfully, Ryan P. Daly Senator

Vice-President Rachel Butland Hi! It’s me Rachel. I’m running for VicePresident o f the Student G overnm ent A ssocia­ tion and 1 w ant you to vote for me!! Let me tell you why 1 think you should. W ell, I have a lot o f experience with SGA and leadership posi­ tions. I have had leadership training and I am presently the Secretary for SGA. In the past I have been a Senator as well as C hair o f the Public R elations Com m ittee. I also have expe­ rience w ith planning retreats. These experi­ ences, I feel, make me an excellent candidate for the position o f V ice-President. They will help me fulfill several of the duties that are outlined in the SGA Constitution, such as, serving as ex-officio for all SGA comm ittees, planning all orientations, and being a part o f the Executive Board.

There are several things that I would like to accom plish during my term as V ice-President.

First, I w ould like to see more com m unication between the SGA and the G SO(G rad. Student O rganization). It is one of the official duties, how ever I think that it is one that has been neglected in the past. Having a better relation­ ship betw een SGA and GSO can prove to be very beneficial. The two groups could then work together on the important issues that face both student bodies. Secondly, and perhaps more im portantly, 1 would like to see more organization betw een SGA and the representa­ tives that SGA places on the various Institute Com m ittees. These com m ittees, such as the Com m ittee on Student Advising and the C om ­ mittee on A cadem ic O perations, make decision that affect every student at WPI. I feel that it is very im portant thal these com m ittees reps, let SGA know what is going on w ithin those com ­ mittees so that the Senate can then let it’s constituents know . W ith this the student body can be better represented w ithin the Institute Com m ittees and the SGA. So there you have it, my qualifications and

g o als!! W ith all that said------ VOTE R ACHEL B. FOR V -P !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kirsty Reidy To whom it may concern (that would be YOU): My name is Kirsty E. Reidy and I am a Junior majoring in M echanical Engineering with Aerospace Interest. I was a senator in the Student G overnm ent A ssociation from B term of my Sophomore year until A term o f this year.

D uring this time 1 served as C lass IV and Class III A ssistant T reasurer. I have kept up with what SGA has been doing over the past two terms and have observed many problem s. I would like to make a change in the office of Vice President and SG A in general.

First o f all, the SGA M ission Statement maintains that SGA “...exists as the voice o f the entire student body...” H m m ...let’s see...has a senator asked YOU w hat YOUR thoughts were on any o f the recent issues? Doubt it. T hat’s a major problem with SGA right now; the stu­ dent body does not know w hat SGA does, why they do it, or even W H ERE! The senators do not speak with YOU, the college students, the ones who matter.

There needs to be a way for senators to speak to the constituency (th at’s YOU). A ccording to the constitution, there is one senator for every 100 undergraduate students. If senators would go out and speak with 100 students, perhaps SGA m eetings would be better at­ tended. People w ould W ANT to attend be­ cause they were A W A R E o f the issues. As Vice President, I w ould aspire to set up a way for senators to com m unicate with YOU. A few proposals regarding this problem have been circulating through SGA for a while.

One, which I believe deserves serious atten­ tion, is to assign each senator 100 mailboxes.

Each senator w ould then be responsible for letting these 100 students know w hat is going on in SGA, what the issues are, and then taking feedback from them. T his is beneficial in that students would becom e more aw are of the issues at hand and be more inclined to voice their opinions. O ther proposals are lacking in that they do not consider off-cam pus students.

These I am against.

A nother major issue that needs to be exam ­ ined is why SGA m eetings are poorly attended by the undergraduates. I think part of the reason for this is that they tend to be long, drawn out, and frankly, boring. Senators end up sitting around quibbling over the wording o f this motion, or the m eaning o f that one. Sena­ tors them selves need to be better prepared for meetings. Each senator has two office hours per week. This m eans that for two hours during the week a senator will sit in the office and chat with whoever is there, do hom ew ork, etc. They do not prepare them selves for upcom ing m eet­ ings. They do not try to find out if any of YOU coming into the office have any issues that YOU think should be addressed. These m an­ nerisms must be instilled into senators during their orientation, which is part o f the Vice President’s job. I w ould like to revam p senator orientation, making senators more aware of their jo b , to help YOU. I have had much experience with goal set­ ting such as this. W hen I took over as President of the Society o f W om en Engineers during C term of my Sophom ore year I m ade many resolutions, including giving SW E more rec­ ognition on cam pus, getting m em bers more involved, and increasing m em bership. These goals were achieved. I feel 1 am qualified for the office of Vice President because I am very dedicated to a project once it has begun and have the necessary leadership experience. Now, as I am seeking the office o f Vice President o f Student G overnm ent, I pledge to you my best.

Thank you.

S ecretary Fiona A bram s My name is Fiona G. Abram s, and I am

running for the office o f Student G overnm ent Secretary. During the 1994-1995 school year, I was the Student G overnm ent vice-president, and therefore I know how this association works as well as the issues that need to be addressed.

I feel that I am organized and efficient in my duties and would be able to fulfill the expected tasks. M oreover, I have held offices in other organizations which can attest to my leadership skills. I would also like to rem ain involved with the Student G overnm ent because I feel that it does a service to the student body. C urrently, I am a m em ber of A lpha G am m a Delta, the Student Alumni Society, and the N ational So­ ciety o f Black Engineers. In addition, I am unbiased and willing to help students with their problem s.

Submitted Respectfully, Fiona G. Abrams

Treasurer Greg Snow For the second time in this academ ic year, I write seeking your support. This past fall I w as, with your help, elected to the position o f oncam pus SGA senator. I return to ask for your support in my bid for Student G overnm ent A ssociation Treasurer.

Allow me now to take a m om ent and reintro­ duce m yself. Mv name isG reeorv R. Snow and I come to WPI from Sm ithfield, Rhode Island.

Over the past year it has been a privilege to serve as a Senator and C hairm an o f the C om ­ mittee on Policies and Procedures. This expe­ rience has allowed m e to fam iliarize m yself with the governing process at W PI, by intro­ ducing several pieces o f legislation which con­ tinue to im prove the accessibility o f SGA to the WPI com m unity.

O ver my term in office, I have seen many areas where much im provem ent is needed in the way SGA functions. One area w hich has led me to run for the office of T reasurer is fiscal policy. The budgeting o f clubs and organiza­ tions on cam pus is one of the most im portant functions SGA serves, and I believe there may be room for im provem ent. In the age o f tech­ nology at a technological university, it sur­ prises me that budgets are not subm itted elec­ tronically. If elected I will form a task force to consider this particular question. I believe the SGA must also work with the adm inistration to insure that current funding levels rem ain and are not subject to budget cuts.

Overall, I will remain com m itted to my origi­ nal goal, to assure the accessibility o f the Stu­ dent G overnm ent A ssociation to its m em ber­ ship, the WPI student body. I look forward to continuing to work with you and for you in the future. Thank you for your support.

Respectfully subm itted, G regory R. Snow

Senator-At-Large Jason Mickey I am hereby running for the position o f Senator-A t-Large in the upcom ing election in February, 1995. 1 would like to be re-elected so that I may continue to serve the student body and the comm unities interests to the best o f my ability. 1 have enjoyed this past year in office and I w ould like to be allowed to continue to be a m em ber of this organization.

Sincerely, Jason M ickey

Jeremy P. Olszewski By this letter. I, Jerem y P. O lszew ski, am announcing my candidacy for a Senator-A tLarge position in the W PI Student G overnm ent Association. By this announcem ent let it be known that my desire is to serve and represent the WPI student body in a fair and effective manner.

Jerem y P.O lszew ski Class o f 1997

John Pieper also is running for the office o f Senator-At-Large but did not turn in a letter o f candidacy.

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Black Inventors and Scientists Granville T. Woods - In honor of Black History Month by the Black Student Union and National Society o f Black Engineers (NSBE)

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During his lifetime, Granville Woods obtained some 50 patents, including one for an incubator which was the forerunner of present machines capable of hatching 50,000 eggs at a time. Bom in Columbus, Ohio, Woods studied mechanical en­ gineering. In 1878, Woods became an engineer aboard the Ironsides, a British steamer, and within two years was handling a steam locomotive on the D&S Railroad.

In 1887, Woods patented the most advanced o f his many inventions — the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph. This device was designed to avert accidents by keeping each

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train informed of the whereabouts o f the train immediately ahead or following it by enabling communication between stations from moving trains.

W oods marketed this product, and others which followed, through his own company. A perusal of the patent files in W ashington, D.C., shows Woods to have been an extremely prolific inventor. In the 20-year span between 1879 and 1899, no less than 23 separate inventions bear his name. In 1887 alone, he registered seven separate inventions with the Patent Office, all o f them connected with the ingenious railway com ­ munications system he devised. Woods died in New York City. Even though he is gone, his inventions are still used today.

Accomplishments of Black Women

Thursday, February 9th 4:30pm

by Curtis Harris From the moment they set foot on America’s shores, Black Women have contended with both racism and sexism. During their valiant struggles to succeed, they’ve often scaled the walls o f one, only to confront barriers caused by the other.

Presented here are just a few of the women who were groundbreaking pioneers in a variety of fields. They have moved an abundant amount of barriers in their quests to succeed.

In the area of politics, and Religion, many black women made their voices heard. When Patricia Roberts Harris was appointed ambassa­ dor to Luxembourg by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965, she became the first Black to head a U.S. embassy. In 1965, she headed the School of Law at Howard University, another first among Black women. And after President Jimmy Carter appointed her U.S. Secretary o f Housing and Urban Development in 1977, Harris became the first Black woman to be named to a presiden­ tial cabinet position. In 1979, President Carter appointed her U.S. Secretary o f Health, Educa­ tion and Welfare, a post she held until 1982.

Marry McLeod Bethune was the first Black woman to receive a major Federal appointment when, on June 24,1936, she was named director o f the Negro division of the National Youth A d m in istra tio n by P re sid e n t F ran k lin D. Roosevelt. In 1984, Leontine T.C. Kelly (1920) became the first Black female bishop of a major U.S. religious denomination when she was elected by the United Methodist Church to serve a San Francisco-area diocese o f nearly 400 churches and 100,000 members. She retired in 1988.

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In Athletics and many other professions, black Women dazzled many people with determina­ tion, desire, and dedication. During the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, England, Alice Coachman became the first Black woman to win a gold medal, setting a record in the high jum p competition at 5 feet, 6 & a half inches. On March 1, 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first Black woman to receive a medical degree, the “Doctress of Medicine”, from the New England Female Medical College in Boston. Jackie JoynerKersee was the first woman to win back-to-back gold medals in the intensely fierce heptathlon competition. She won her first medal in 1988 during the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, and repeated the feat in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Maggie Lena Walker became the first woman bank president in 1903 with the opening of the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank in Richmond, Va. In 1906. Madame C.J. Walker began a black hair-care products company and used its profits to solidify her place in history as America’s first self-made Black woman million­ aire.

Black women have overcome obstacles in the past and will continue to do so in the future which will lead to everlasting opportunities of peace and happiness for all.

Nigeria

by Praks Bhatia It is a Federal republic in West Africa. N ige­ ria became an independent member o f the C om ­ monwealth o f Nations in 1960. In 1963 it be­ came a republic. It is located between Cam eroon and Benin. There are 3 different regions: the Northern, Western and the Eastern, which is dominated respectively by the Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibo peoples. The population in­ cludes hundreds o f other ethnic groups, each with its own language, customs, religion, and traditional political system.

Nigeria is far the most populated country in Africa, but is rich in mineral resources espe­ cially in Oil. Oil was discovered in the south in 1960. And is now one o f the major producers o f petroleum and Nigeria is a member o f the Oil Producing E conom ic C ountries (know n as OPEC). English is the official language but there are about 19 m ajor dialects. Naira (=100 kobo) is the official currency o f Nigeria.

Abuja is the capital o f Nigeria, it was formerly Lagos, which is the modem industrial city in the country and the largest.

Soccer is the national sport o f Nigeria,which boasts one of the finest teams in Africa and in the world. Nigeria is the current African Champion.

In the 1994 World Cup in U.S., Nigeria reached the second round with style. It was voted the second most entertaining team in the world after Brazil.

The Junior World Cup (Under-21) is being held in Nigeria this March and 16 teams will be present from the world to fight for the U-21 cup.

Also, during the last half of the 20th century, Africa produced a significant number of novel­ ists, dramatists, and poets. Many of the very best were Nigerians. Amos Tutuola, Onuora Nzekwu, and Chinua Achebe wrote short stories and novels illuminating the experiences of traditional Afri­ cans pressured by the stresses of modem society.

Achebe’s Things Fall Apart gained world accep­ tance, not just as African set pieces but as repre­ sentative of the best in contemporary world litera­ ture.

In the entertainment industry Nigeria boasts some international stars such as Hakeem Olaju won who plays for the Houston Rockets, giving them the NBA basketball championship, and winning the M VP for playoffs and the best defensive player. Also Dr. Alban, a musician based in Sweden gaining fame with “It’s my life. Sing Halleluhiah, Away from home." Also known is Fela and Sunny Ade, Nigeria’s most entertaining musicians and in Africa.

Nigeria has a lot lo offer to the world and it has.

It is one of the most exciting place to go to in West Africa with a very diverse culture. Ancient king##

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Philler Fig Leaves and Pipe Cleaners - What are you doing in here?

by Laurel an d Guinevere In the im m ortal w ords o f H illary, fro m the m o v ie , “ T o p S e c r e t” , “T im es change, peo p le change, h a ir­ sty les change, in terest rates... flu c ­ tu a te ...”

P h il le r is a b o u t to m etam orph into a w hole new level o f consciousness. T h a t’s right... radio.

S tarting this Friday, from 6:00 am 8 :0 0 am every F riday will hereforth be proclaim ed “ P h ille r P hridays” on W PIR radio and channel 38! W ith o u r slow takeover o f all form s o f m edia, we will be able to touch m ore peo p le with a sm all live piece o f o u r strangeatude... T o com m em orate this o ccasion, we p resen t the “State o f the School A ddress,” a painfully in­ accurate account o f the history o f P h iller at WPI. It all started q u ite innocently w ith the Tw o T ow ers logo. We pointed o u t to the w orld that there w ere in fact TW O T w o T ow ers logos and th ey had different tim es show ing on them . W ithin a couple o f w eeks, W PI announced that they w ere re ­ placing the traditional T w o T ow ers logo with an obscure m odern re n d i­ tio n that would attract students from the four corners o f the w orld (a phrase I never understood after taking G e ­ om etry.) The new logo w as o v e r­ w helm ingly and im m ediately nixed b y the faculty an d student body. As a reader recently pointed out to us, it h as reared its bizarre head ag ain....

Hey did you guys notice the entre­ preneurial class mass-mailing that went out at the beginning o f the term ?

At the top o f the paper was that awful 'new' Two Towers symbol that was laughed out o f use... What is this? A secret plot to slowly utilize this sym­ bol? Are they just going to slowly bring it up in more and more official documents, so in a few years people

just accept it? I f the symbol was officially nixed, why has it cropped up now?

What’s the scoop?

-Erica [Curran] You have to rem em ber, E rica, th at this is an en g in eerin g school, and that the fly er w as put out by the M anagem ent d epartm ent. E n g in eers typically w ill take a new idea and test it out and see if it w orks and m akes everyone happy, o r at least m ost ev ery o n es... The M a n a g e m e n t d e p a rtm e n t said, “Oh boy, cool logo!

W e m ust [m anage to] put it on ev ery th in g we ow n right aw ay!!!” A nd so, even after the tacky trian g les w ere sent to that ink blot in the sky, a part o f it still rem ains in the hearts and m inds (and sta­ tio n ary ) o f that reb ellio u s group know n as the M an­ agem ent departm ent.

Since w e ’ve taken office (we have an o ffice?), Plant Services has also im proved. We single-handedly made Plant S erv ices com plain repeatedly to N e w sp eak ’s E d itor-in-C hief. A fter being forced to shovel the steps by form er P re si­ dent S trauss, after reading o u r a r­ ticle, they have been much b etter at this duty. A side from the co m m en t heard Saturday w hen one w o rk er in a m ini-plow told another to leave him alone because, “ I’m playing o v e r here. [W hile “w o rk in g ” on union w ages to drain W PI o f precious tu ­ ition d o llars]” W e’ve been fairly co ntent w ith th eir hard w ork to m ake sure there has been no snow on W P I's sidew alks these past few m onths...

F o llo w in g N e w sp e a k h a n d in hand, Philler progressed to the W orld

you w ere w a tc h in g the sch e d u le rabbit on the bottom right-hand side T hursday night, the 12:30 m ovie was o f the page. On the top and bottom “C andym an (S pecial R equest)” T hat o f this picture, there appears to be w as for U S!!! W e love the m ovie some cryptic phrase! I t’s written in channel! We love the m ovie c h a n ­ a dingbat fo n t or something, maybe nel! W e love the m ovie channel! control characters...W hat does it T hank you! T hank you! T hank you! say? Please solve the mystery o f the Elusive Encrypted Message Found As a token o f our g ratitude, Am y On The February 1995 SocComm Plack is officially the o w n er o f a Activities-Around-Campus Calen­ really cool title w ith in the Phan dar! (E. E. M.F.O.T.F.l.S.A.A. C. C) C lub... as soon as we figure out a — Loyal Reader good one to g iv e her... “G ran d PoDavid M. Koelle, Esq. ba” and “H ead o f the S ecret P olice”

W ide W eb w here it can be (and ac ­ cording to the records has been) read by people all o v e r the w orld.

Hey there...

Imagine my surprise when I was [cjhecking out the WPI Web pages, and finally got a connection down to Philler. WOW! Now, even though I graduated last spring I can still keep up with all the silly antics o f WPI. THANK GOD! -Bob [Mason]

It’s Z a p f D ingbats for “because this bunny is w hacking o f f ’. F or the censors o ut there, blam e the Social C om m ittee. W e’re ju s t q uot­ in g ...

W e ’ve a lso re ceiv ed em ail from the President (of W P I o f c o u rs e ) an d ev en though sources tell us that he d o e sn ’t have the Phan C lub C ertificate we sent him hang­ ing in his office, in our hearts we know he probably has it h an g in g in his house som ew here...

O u r loyal Phan C lub m em ­ bers are so co ncerned w ith are h appiness that they are w illing to go out o f th eir w ay to m ake us feel all w arm and fuzzy inside. A prim e exam ple is o u r beloved Phan, Amy Plack. L aurel had forgotten to w atch the final show ing o f “C andym an” on the W PI m ovie channel because of her involvem ent in research for an upcom ing article. W e w rote to Amy desp erately pleading to re-run the show before they had to return the tapes, but she regretfully told us that the V C R s had been program m ed, and it w as really out o f h er hands... Then, m ira c u lo u sly , we re c e iv e d e m e r­ gency e-m ail from her, saying that she p ulled som e strings and was go­ ing to show it ju st for us. < sigh> If

I s n ’t th a t

ju s t p la in c o o l?

T hanks, Bob. W e ’re w aiting for the person at fujitsu .co .jp in Jap an w ho read P hiller last w eek to w rite us fan mail.

W e have alw ays been there for people w ho have q uestions pertinent to the well being o f the W PI co m m u ­ nity. It d o e sn ’t cost you an y th in g to ask, and we d o n ’t ch arg e for o u r answ ers. T hat w ay, we c a n ’t get sued... O ne fine exam ple o f o u r keen insight is o u r ability to an sw er this letter we got last week:

Dear Laurel and Guinevere, I picked up SocComm's February calendar, and / noticed something strange. Look at the little bunny

are already tak en ... W h at’s left?

“M inister o f F ish?” “ M aster o f the C hicken B roth?” “O fficial O fficial in C harge o f C hargeable T hings?”

G ee, it’s not as easy as it seem s to com e up w ith the appropriate title...

D on’t w orry A m y, w e’ll g et you one soon enough. W e w ould also like to thank w hoever else at the m ovie channel helped to m ake this sm all dream o f ours a reality.

W e’d also 1ike to express our g ra titude to the W PI R adio S tation. T hey gave us a show at the last m inute, so now w e can sp read o u r m essage (w h a te v e r th at is) a c ro ss th e a ir w aves! G ee, we hope that som e strange conglom eration o f the FC C and the EPA w o n ’t com e dow n and get us for polluting the air... W ell, no sense in dw elling on the in ev i­ table... W e have a show to do! We do hope that you w ill listen as you w ake up in the m orning on F ridays, but if there is no w ay that you are going to get up *that* early, please do tape the show and listen later...

(If you d o n ’t have a stereo capable o f hooking into the WPI cable system , ju s t listen to channel 38. H ey, you could even tape that channel on the VCR and listen later...! Im agine that?!

W ell, until next week... I ’m Laurel, and I’m G uinevere (notice the differ­ ence?), and this.............is a long pause.

Just a Thought Justice for Who?

by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry So did you miss me? I have been away for a few weeks. I have started a sabbatical for Spring semester from my campus ministry which goes until May 1. It is wonderful how you can just get unused to your schedule and forget things that you are “supposed to do.” I have rediscovered books and exercise, I am learning at 48 to cook and just doing som e reflecting on my life and ministry.

I will from time to time fill this space with observations from my sabbatical.

(You really didn’t think a little criticism was going to scare me off, did you?!)

One of the more enjoyable things 1 have done so far was to go back to my roots and family in Ohio and just spend a week not worrying about sermons and programs and crises and just be with folk who are going about quietly living and working and being family. I remained convinced that the pace o f life out in the Midwest is much more slowerand friend­ lier than here in hectic New England. To ju st be concerned about the weather and whether it was good hunting weather, sit up all night and argue politics and reli­ gion with my brother-in-law/Reagan conservative/atheist and not be con­ cerned with what my schedule would be tomorrow was as refreshing as anything I have done so far.

The trip also accorded me an oppor­ tunity to spend time with my father. He is 72 and just recovering from surgery and doing well. I was quickly reminded that even at 48, whenever I go home, my father and I go right back to the relation­ ship and rituals o f father and son we have been doing for lo these 48 years. A sure reminder was the dominance o f televi­ sion in my father’s life. It came on when

he got up in the morning and was turned off when he went to bed. So even when we would talk, or read the newspapers or eat, we did it to the noise and pictures o f the television.

That meant that I got to watch the opening o f the OJ Simpson trial. My father is a big Perry Mason fan and to him this is just one great lawyer show. I tried to read or otherwise listen to my headphones, but I must confess I got caught up in watching the legal beagle goings on. I even found myself arguing with the analysts who were giving their John Madden-type analysis to every­ thing being said. Only when I started driving back home did I begin to recover from my ALL OJ ALL THE TIM E phobia.

But being the preacher/writer/thinker that I am, I got to musing about our system o f justice. Like everything else from sports to politics, it has become big time entertainment. From what pros­ ecutor Marcia Clark wears to how many egos the defense team has to if Judge Lance Ito is in control o f his courtroom is grist for the news/entertainment mill.

Innocence and guilt and justice gets lost in the competition for an interview with Connie or Barbara or Dan or Susie and whether you can make it to the cover o f People or USA Today.

Will justice prevail for OJ? Good question I recently read a commentary on the Biblical story o f when King Solomon showed his wisdom in decid­ ing who would get a disputed child. For those of you who have forgotten your Bible stories, two women came to the King both claiming to be the child’s mother. Unable to determine whose child it was, the King ordered the child to be cut in half. As the sword was raised over the child, one woman cried out,

“No, don’t kill it, let the other woman have the child.” The other woman said, “Cut him up. He shall belong to neither of us.” The king stopped the sword and ordered the boy to be given to the mother who was willing to give up the boy, believing that her compassion proved her to be the true mother.

The writer o f the commentary on this story said that maybe the King had judged wrong. Perhaps the other woman was challenging the King’s violent system o f

justice and confronting his seemingly willingness to kill the boy. Perhaps she was confranting the violent ways women face from men all the time. TTie author writes, “wom en are expected to back down, negotiate, settle and accept the arbitrary assaults o f men at home, on the street, and in the workplace. They are expected to respond with self-sacrifice...

And when they do not, when they defi­ antly transgress the laws of men, women

Women writers on the Bible, ed. by Buchanan and Spiegel. 1994) Maybe King Solomon should have listened more and not have rushed to judgment. Maybe the right woman got the child, maybe not. Maybe OJ will get justice and maybe he won’t. I do know that I can never read that story the same way again. And I begin to think that the more male egos are involved in pursuing order, the less justice and peace there is for women.

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Minutes fo r the meeting o f January 31, 1995 Meeting held in Atwater Kent 219 I. Meeting called to order at 5:52 pm.

II. Attendance: E xecutive B oard: G reg Findlen, Pres.; Fiona Abrams, Vice Pres; Rachel B utland, Sect.; Don Socha, Treas.

S en ate: H eath er C le a ry , C ath y C onnelly, Ryan Daly, Shannon Finley, John G rossi Lee Guthrie, M am i Hall, E d H allissey, Seth K intigh, Lucie Lasovsky, Jason M acierowski, Jason M ickey, G reg S now , Jeff Spaletta, Kristen Stagg, Chizzy Uchendu, Cara Valliere, Cindy Vollaro, Joe Wain.

Absent: Joe Batcha, Nat Fairbanks, D eb Foley (excused), Beth Gentry, R ebecca H offm an (excused), Amy Plack, Amy Sinyei, Dave Sm ith (ex­ cused), Tim Tully (excused), Shelby W alker (excused).

Parliamentarian: Jason Averill

III. Approval of Minutes: The minutes o f the meeting held January 24, 1995 were approved with the amendm ent that Don Socha was in attendance.

IV. President’s Report: President Findlen reported that the Trustrees meeting will be on February 17 & 18. Several things will be dis­

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cussed including Campus Center, Dick M oll’s report, and CDC report.

V. Vice-President’s Report: Vice-President Abrams reported that at the Faculty Meeting, the name change o f the CE Dept, was approved. It is now the Civil and Environmental En­ gineering Dept.

shirts.

P&P: C hair Snow reported that the committee has two motions tonight.

There will be no meeting this week.

Elections: Chair Wain reported there will be a motion tonight to extend the petition period. The candidate debate will be Feb. 9th at 6pm in the Lower Wedge.

CAI: Secretary Butland reported

Patrick Sullivan that CA O did not get to discuss the overload fee increase at their last meeting.

IX. Old Business: none X. New Business: M otion 4 c .9 5 -T re a s u re r S ocha

moved that we special fund the hockey team $1050.00 so that they can com ­ pete in the weekend tour­ VI. Secretary’s Report: nament in Annapolis, Md. Secretary Butland re­ WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE All o f the money is being ported that she hoped ev­ put into line 3310 Trans­ eryone got to see the SGA p o rta tio n .

S e n a to r stuff in Newspeak and that Uchendu seconded. Dis­ they got a chance to read cussion persisted. Socha over the minutes and mo­ called the question, Mickey tions in order to prepare seconded. Question called. for tonight’s meeting.

Motion to fund passed.

M otion 5 c .9 5 -T re a VII. Treasurer’s STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION surer Socha m oved that Report: we em ergency fund the O uting C lub for Chair Fairbanks the committee will T reasurer Socha read the list o f $625.00 outlined in the follow ing be meeting on W ednesday at 10pm in groups that did not turn in a budget. m anner: 3 165mm x 11mm ropes @ G om pei’s. Last w eek they discussed The status o f these groups needs to be $140 each; 5 0 ’ w ebbing @ $0.70/ft; the overload increase and discussed the checked.

6 locking carabiners @ $15 each; Vista paper. This week they will be b a c k p a c k in g sto v e @ $ 8 0 each . talking more about the Vista paper, VIII. Committee Reports: S en ator Finley seconded. Sen. Finley T A ’s and more.

-SGA Committees c a lle d the q u e stio n , M ickey se c ­ WPI Repositioning: Chair Mickey CSLI: C hair Guthrie asked every­ onded. Q uestion called. M otion to reported that the com m ittee will be one on the committee to please stay fund passed. meeting on W ednesday in G om pei’s at after the m eeting so that they could M otion 6 c .9 5 -T re a s u re r S ocha 8pm. They have been going over the start to get som e things done. moved that the Pre-med and Pre-vet Provost’s Vista paper.

P.R.: C hair Lasovsky reported that Society be classified as a Class I orga­ the comm ittee met today and worked nization. Senator Mickey seconded.

-Institute Committees on elections and the meeting with Presi­ Senator Snow called the question, Wain C A O : Treasurer Socha reported for dent Brown. They also discussed the t-

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seconded. Question called. M otion to classify passed.

M otion 7 c .9 5 -T re a su re r S o ch a moved that the Autocross Club be clas­ sified as a Class I organization. Sena­ tor Snow seconded. Senator Daly called the question, Sen. Stagg seconded.

Question called. Motion to classify passed.

Motion 8c.95-Senator Snow moved to extend the election nomination peti­ tion deadline to Friday, February 3rd, 1995 at 5:00pm. Senator Kintigh sec­ onded. Snow called question, G rossi seconded. Question called. The senate voted by voice, Grossi called for divi­ sion. M otion passed 15-3-1.

Motion 9c.95-Senator Snow moved to am end Article I of the By-laws as outlined. Senator Grossi seconded.

Three (3) friendly amendments were made. Motion passed with two (2) abstentions.

XI. Announcements: -Senator Daly invited everyone to join him Thursday at Mechanics Hall.

-V-Pres. A brams asked that every­ one m ake an effort to keep the office clean during their office hours.

-Senator M ickey reminded every­ one, 8pm G om pei’s tomorrow.

-Senator Grossi moved to adjourn.

Senator Macierowski seconded, m o­ tion passed.

XII. Meeting adjourned at 6:35pm.

Stu d en t O rg a n iz a t io n

T he G raduate Student O rg an iza­ tion w ill be having it’s next general m eeting on W ednesday, February 8th at 12 noon in A K 108. T his m eeting is very im portant since it’s election tim e. F ellow G raduate S tu d en ts, get involved in m aking a contrib u tio n to o u r o rg a n iz a tio n by ca stin g y our votes. New faces are alw ays w el­ com e.

O ther news - the CDC has scheduled a R esum e E xpert/W ritin g training w orkshop for Graduate Students for Tuesday, February 28th at 12 noon in H L201. Also, watch out for e-m ail and flyers about our annual trip to a Chi­ nese restaurant. For people who are not very fam iliar with this trip, every year about 80 or more graduate students go to Pings Garden for a big buffet: it’s lots o f fun. This year we may be going to the Peking W ok or Aku-aku restau­ rants.

GSO General Meeting Minutes January 25, 1995 AK108 Meeting commenced: 11:00am Officers Present: VP o f Activities

Doug - Spring Orientation was on January 13. Looking for GSO volun­ teers to help out for future orientations.

Old Business: Doug was never officially elected to

and G raduate Life, Ira Vaidya; V P o f Orientation and Dept Reps, Douglas Borden; VP o f Public Relations, Kozi Eledu; Treasurer, Gregory Shearman; Secretary, Allen Martin.

has been accepted at. Total cost o f the trip would be $1300, and currently the CS department is funding $400. He is asking for any amount of help the GSO can offer. The deadline for payment is March 1st. GSO officers will look into the feasibility o f doing this, and the issue is tabled until next week.

Treasurer Roy M artin

Secretary N om inations fo r E lections Positions Available Interested Persons

Officer Reports: Kozi - CDC would like to plan gradu­ ate student workshops for the week o f 2/27. Possible w orkshops include: resume writing, interviewing skills, jo b search strategies, cam pus resources.

Consensus is that first w eek of D term would be a better time (3/13 - 3/17).

Ira - Planning trip to Peking W ok instead of Ping’s Garden for 2/3. Sign­ up sheet sent around.

VP o f Public Relations David Keller Sameer Bhoite

David Keller Elections will be held at the next general meeting.

President VP of Orientation. An official election was held and he was elected unani­ mously.

Greg Shearman Norman Russeau

VP o f Policy

New Business:

Brad Pope Norman Russeau

Marton Belazs has requested funding from GSO to help cover expenses to a conference that a paper he has written

Pete Apollo

Announcements: The WPI chapter of ACM is selling T-shirts (with a slight spelling error).

Cost o f the shirts is $10 for ACM members, and $15 for non-members, but that includes a one year m em ber­ ship to ACM .

VP o f Activities and Graduate Life Meeting Adjourned: 11:50am.

C omm entary

Sitting in the library, just me and my National Review

by Gadsen Flag [Ed. note: This column was submit­ ted by an auther who wishes to remain anonymous, and has chosen to use a pen name. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those o f the News­ peak staff. As the student newspaper, it is our obligation to give this person a chance to be heard.]

This week’s column: Why We Drink There’s been a lot o f talk lately at WPI about the problems associated with ‘al­ cohol abuse’ on campus. T o combat local drinking, we have an appropriately politically correct titled Healthy Alter­ natives Program, Director, Office, and House. There is as yet no Healthy Alter­ natives Dog, Cereal, or Marital Aid. Apparently enough marketing sense re­ mained within W PI’s vast and cavern­ ous mental coffers to realize that adver­ tising a ‘Temperance Union” would not be a draw. I would go one step further, however, and recommend that the title could be changed to Healthy Options: ‘H.O. House just rolls off the tongue better.

Wow! It’s another bullshit IQP! “Marketing the WPI ‘H.O. House Politi­ cally Correct Lingerie.” None o f these illustrious feel-good programs, paid for by your tuition dollars, seem to address the fundamental issue of why WPI stu­ dents routinely binge drink.

Well, strangely enough, it begins with my journalistic tangent. Forthose o f you in Freshman English, this is called fore­ shadowing. Many of WPI’s less chal­ lenging IQP’s involve teaching basic subjects to local high school students.

These are a snap. Preparation is mini­ mal, since the WPI students involved

have just completed the work them ­ selves. Furthermore, education, the most useless of the liberal arts (talk to anyone who’s dated an el.ed. major) is almost entirely theoretical: there is no empiri­ cal way to measure good teaching. Lo­ cal schools are lousy enough that WPI students are seen as a plus by parents.

Local schools are crowded enough that WPI students are seen as a plus by teach­ ers. Local high school students, on the other hand, are... female!

Needless to say, when your school male:female ratio is 6:1, high school students start looking-really-good. And -really- easily impressed. And -reallycute and kittenish.

So, many IQP’s are begun in the hopes o f meeting eligible women. Many binges are begun in the hopes of meet­ ing... a cute roommate? Making one’s roommate look better? No, that’s not quite it. But that’s part o f it. There are very few eligible women on this cam ­ pus. The ratio, for all the flowery rheto­ ric spewed by various offices of the great Tower On TTie Hill, is about 6:1. As a female friend, wise enough to not go here, pointed out, a law o f supply and demand is in effect at WPI. Women have something men want. Hygiene, for one. But they have other marvelous attributes as well, which could be con­ sidered to be a commodity. Short o f biologically risky living arrangements, there is more demand than commodity.

This creates a condition called scarcity.

And when a commodity is scarce, the price goes very, very high.

So we drink. A lot. Why do women drink? Well, the situation isn’t any better for them. Lots and lots and lots and lots of really desperate men like me are constantly pestering them for a date.

After a while, this gets disturbing. There isn’t a big pool for female friends. Since the dating situation is so twisted, the pool for male friends isn’t so great ei­ ther. So women drink too.

What else? Worcester sucks. The city hates the colleges, mass transit is non-existent, and the downtown is dan­ gerous. O ur courses are a lot o f work.

W e have no (well, very few) liberal arts students to create activities for us. Our activities are created in spare moments and free time. Since more work is not exactly a draw, and organizing activities is, by its very nature, work, not a lot gets organized.

So we sit around and drink. Some­ times we watch a little TV. We get off on occasion to Playboy and Hustler, and once in a while to National Review, but that’s just lonely, really, and most o f us have roommates and such.

I go to other local colleges, but I’ve got a car. Relying on the shuttle is foolish, and makes one look silly on dates, “um, I’ll be down at 9:30 sharp, ok? And if you’re not there by 9:31, I’m leaving. Hello? Hello?” The natives are a proud but simple people, but their women are often stunning, and lack that Engineer’s Pallor that is so unattractive by candlelight.

So, we drink because there’s not a lot else to do, despite the claims o f the Tower On The Hill.

Two weeks ago my column lam­ basted SGA. I suggested that SGA should be replaced, and discussed vari­ ous foolishness including an insane bud­ geting process and a lack o f election publicity. In response, two letters were written complaining about me to News­ peak. Let us, for the sake o f satire, call

the two authors Ann Richards and Prime Minister Chamberlain.

Ann complained that I made sexual jo k es, made fun o f SGA,- and was uninvolved in the school. As Ann doesn’t know for sure who I am, the last note seemed a bit fishy. I might, after all, be an administrator o f WPI. O rtheghostof Dr. Alden. O r maybe someone who deserves special respect or something.

Is drunken covered under Affirmative Action?

PM Chamberlain, on the other hand, defended SGA by claiming that SGA did a lot behind the scenes (I’ll give him that, though not exactly how he meant, I’m sure), and held a protest two years ago that was so successful that SGA is too scared to hold another one.

Both of them, however, concentrated not on the message but the medium.

They felt that writing anonymously was essentially cowardly, and in a politically correct vein should thus be banned (me & Rush - 1 like that - bum that darned Constitution).

Well, here’s the deal, folks: I write controversial columns. This school needs some serious self-explanation. I, on the other hand, need my kneecaps... and financial aid... intact. Therefore writing anonymously seems like an intelligent thing to do. This country has a history of pamphleteers, from Thomas Paine to Martin Luther King, who oft wrote un­ der pseudonyms to cover their tuchus.

It’s part of that free speech thing. My columns are satirical. Sometimes they sting; I certainly hope so. However, I believe that elected representatives should not be immune from editorial and joumalisticcriticism. The bitching about Newspeak's use of pen names started this week, by the targets o f last week’s

column. These complaints were not motivated by journalistic ideology, to say the least.

If you can’t take public complaint, then you shouldn’t be in government.

To Laurel & Guinevere, whose com ­ plaints were of a gentler nature: No, darlings, I won’t publicly trade my iden­ tity. But I’d love to take one (both? maybe the loser has to go on the second date or something) of you to dinner sometime. No beer, I promise. I like your column.

Hugs and Tickles, G.F. Ok, enough rebuttal. Here’s my: Letter O f The Week: The content o f last weeks letter, (call­ ing for tw o well-timed and located SGA election debates) was completely ig­ nored, but it’s still early in the season.

Intelligent Response is now 0-1 for the year (Streak: LI).

To W hom It May Concern: WPI lacks women. Because o f this, the campus is twisted and drunken. WPI has previously considered merging with other schools to provide us with a ready­ made liberal arts college. Clark has serious financial problems due to invest­ ments in Main South, but their students are easygoing, if liberal, and have actual social lives. Any programs that would involve us with Clark, including aca­ demics or housing, would be greatly appreciated. The Worcester Consor­ tium is a sad joke. A direct shuttle between WPI and Clark would be an­ other good idea Love, Gadsen Flag, Esq.

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Alpha Phi Omega

ASME

Hey all you Ol-sters! It’s about time that this thing got in here isn’t it?? Well, we have just had a busy busy week haven’t we?? This weekend we made and delivered Valentine’s day cards and cookies to the elderly, and we went to Mustard Seed. We also had BOTH of our rush meetings last week...I hear that there are quite a few people who are interested!! Don’t worry, if you couldn't make it to the rush meetings, but are still interested in learning more about APO, contact jennx @ wpi for more info.

Cool! Let’s see....Congrats to Ray Shirk for being elected Court Jester!! I’m sure he will certainly brighten up our meetings!

As for what’s going on this week, you can hop in a car tonight with John Grossi and travel to the Alpha Chi (MIT) chapter of APO to spread the word of our conclave. If you are interested in going, or just want to help out. I’m sure John would really appreciate it. You can get in touch with of him at qasama@wpi. Also, the alumni banquet is this Saturday night. If you want more info or w ant to purchase a ticket, contact melissa@wpi.

After about 15 months o f discussion, we actu­ ally got some things done this week and by the time you read this we will be in the middle o f them.

We are going on a Polaroid Tour tomorrow (2/7) and having a social tonight (2/6). You should have gotten e-mail about both o f them. Anyway, apolo­ gies once again to all who wanted to go on the Martin Marietta tour, we ended up with enough space for 5 lucky students, but like I said, we will be returning next term. Because o f officer elec­ tions, I think I may have 2 or 3 more columns left before someone else takes over, so let me repeat the important stuff concerning ASME, in other words, not much to talk about, so I will repeat alot of the stuff I wrote last week. ASME T-SHIRT contest. Come up with a cool drawing and win 25 bucks and the shirt. Send submissions to ASME box 841. ASME Papers contest, present your MQP and you may win a prize. Abstracts due by Feb. 21 (send to ASME box 841) and the five best qualify for the March 21 presentation. And as always, our wonderful positions will be up for grabs at the end o f the term. Since we are probably not going to get it in this term, we will be having our fluids-pertinent Samuel Adams Tour next term. W e have the list of the 2 or 3 million members (and officers) o f ASME at WPI who haven’t paid their dues in quite a while, so break down and send them in, otherwise you may go to a conference and get questioned at the door like a certain officer (president) o f this society did. To sum up, t-shirt, tours, contest, dues, and elections or something like that.

WPI Alpine Ski Team Hello Everyone, it’s been a while, hasn’t it?

There’s been a lot going on. 18 days training on snow over break, and a very good week at Burke (even without much snow). So, Congratulations to those who made the team this year: Glen Gaebe, Brad Wright, JJ Shoenrock, Kevin Nordberg, Joe Scherpa, Aaron Jones, Mike Wilson, Ben Hassett, Joe Charpentier, Jaimie Kramer, Bob Judd, Jason Hamelin, Brian Beaton, Greg Cuetara, Barrett Perchuk, Eric Gusek, and Scott McDermott. And the W om en’s team: Carla G uenther, K aren Scheurer, Sarah Arsenault, Heather Miller, and Lydia Stawaz. W e’ve been doing very well, even with about half the team sidelined for various reasons. As of now, we only have results for the first weekend’s races at Sugarloaf, which were both slaloms: The M en’s team finished fourth on Saturday and first on Sunday, and the women placed 9th both days. Next week you can hear the results o f the race at Loon, and Haystack will be already gone by. By the time you read this, we’ll be more than halfway to regionals! He don’t use tissues, or his sleeve, he don’t use napkins, or any of these, he uses... AAUUGH!! NO MORE! You could buy a heck o f a lot o f candy cigarettes for fifty bucks.

Christian Bible Fellowship W hew! W hat an exciting weekend; Congress 95 in Boston, the Dartmouth fellowship and also our ow n FNF! I pray that the Lord was an encouragement to you and that He will continue to build on the things that He has taught you. This week, on campus, we will be having Prayer and Share in Morgan A. If you are looking for a way to let go o f your burdens and simply be encour­ aged by other believers, I urge you to come and join us for a wonderful time o f prayer before the Lord. FN F will be held in Morgan A, on Friday night at 7pm with Sports following on Sat in front of Alumni Gym at 10:30am.

“Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love o f God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:39 NIV) Wow! That is an amazing

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Love! At times when I feel far away from everything, especially God, this verse is a great encouragement to me. Because o f Jesus, NOTH­ ING will be able to separate us from the love of God. Isn’t that amazing? W ouldn’t you like to know that you will never be separated from the G od o f the universe?.. A God who knows you completely and loves you with a perfect love.

Jesus is that love. If you believe in all that He is and has done, He will reveal His love to you. He is waiting for you with open arms. Are you ready to go to Him? Just take the first step..

Masque Congrats to all o f the MW Rep company for doing such a great job with the Binnie double bill.

It was a great experience. And for those o f us who ju st can’t get enough theatre, the Masque C term show is just around the comer, Fahrenheit 451, the weekend o f February 23-26th! Next Issue— N.V. 1-3!! The dramaturgs are reading frantically!

Anyone who wants to be a stage manager or sceneographer for a show in NV One-Three email trishg. Anyone interested on production positions should email lissa@wpi. Masque meet­ in g , sam e m asq u e tim e, sam e m asque channel.. .(Hopefully, you’ve deduced “4:30, green room ” from that cryptic datum).

National Society of Pershing Rifles Another week, another article. Contrary to popular belief, we do have some rather interesting stuff planned for this month, including a POW class, you finally got your wish Parodi, possibly a nightvision familiarization, and we will have the use of some pugel sticks to take out our aggression with in two weeks, that should be quite entertain­ ing. But, we need more pledges, so try to get a few more people interested. W e will hopefully be going out in two or three weeks to Ft. Devens for a day to run around in the woods learning tactics.

But get this, we have a good chance of getting real M -16’s with blanks, so every one keep your fingers crossed. Well, gottago.placestogo...things to do.

Newman Club Well everyone I’m tired; those C-term blues have definitely set in... I hope everyone else is a little peppier than I am. For that reason we’ll keep

it short. (H ow about that snow this w eek ­ end!)

L ast night was the February m eeting and things are rolling along at a decent pace. We will start planning the R etreat this w eek. It’s scheduled for the first o r second w eekend in D -term . It will be a Saturday afternoon at the C enter. I hope everyone will be able to a t­ tend. W e’re planning a St. P at’s day event as well. Stayed tuned for m ore info. N ext w eek is our first m ovie night o f the term . John and Fth S. will be picking so d o n ’t w orry, it w o n ’t be a sappy g irl’s flick. I hope to see everyone there! have a good w eek...

Pre-Law Society The Pre-Law Society sponsors a FR E E LUN CH (incredible but true)!!! D ue to lack o f a better m eeting tim e, the next m eeting o f the Pre-Law Society will be on W ed. Feb. 8 at Noon in G o m p ei’s. Pizza aw arded on a contingency fee basis (you m ust show up to get it!). All students w ho are thinking about a legal career are w elcom e. W e’ll spo n so r a pre-law advising session during adv isin g day, Feb. 16. C heck this space for m ore details.

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences Hi. Got a little new s to im part. Such as....

T H E BARO N IS G E T T IN G M A R R IE D !

B aron Ironfist has proposed to a gracio u s lady we all know and love, the form er C aesar R ebecca Silver. The w edding is to take place on A pril the first, at Q ueen M eg’s feast. All are invited and encouraged to jo in in the festivities.

S unday, January 29th, a group o f us w ent o ver to C lark to interest people over th ere in the R ealm s, and possibly in creating th eir ow n m edieval group. It m ust have w orked.

At last T h u rsd ay ’s practice, som e o f them cam e over to WPI and jo in ed us in fighting.

Oh, and a suggestion. Som etim e soon, either this week or next (probably next), we are going to have a garb making night during o r instead o f a practice. Start thinking about the kind o f cloth you’d like, and what you might like to make from it. Garb is a good thing.

And, as alw ays: P ractices are M ondays and T hursdays, starting at about 7:30. Show up and fight!

in t e r C a r n iv a l F eb ru ary 10th - 11th

Sign Up For These Wicked Cool Events: (In The Soccomm Office)

kSnow Sculpting

Klondike Derby Oxen-sled pulls, truck pulls Teams o f 4-8

Well, we can dream anyways Teams o f however many

*Broomball

Mouse T rap Race Can you bulid a better mousetrap Teams of 1-3

Just like hockey, but with more violence Teams o f 7-10

Egg Heave

'Frozen Turkey Bowling

Perilous drop from Daniels Teams o f 1-3

Well, the name says it a ll...

Come as you are

... And come to the many other cool events on Friday and Saturday, such as the Socialthe Dance, the Band, or Open Mic For more info, call 832-0294 or email phillipe@wpi At Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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AXP T his co m e r is really g o n n a suck. W e have absolutely nothing to w rite about. L et’s see: the Postulants tried to w ipe th eir cum ulative duffs in the cellar stairw ell. T ori nibbled on the bone Jose gave her, the best thing about w a tc h in g th e S u p e r B o w l w a s th o s e B udw eiser frogs, Joey retired his best friend since childhood [left hand] , w hitey picked up the soap after giving his girlfrien d a pearl n e c k la c e , J im m y w a s so c h e m ic a lly im balanced S aturday he c o u ld n ’t even get a “ hat”-on, A lex becam e the pinball w izard, N ate is still sleeping, A ndy got a date [ 1-900Y O U R M O M ], T om is halfw ay through his popcorn, B rad got m arried to h is jailm ate B ubba, F o ster h a sn ’t pulled the pin, Anus still w ants to fondle Sw allow , Pres. S trauss still h asn ’t can celed his C o lu m b ia H ouse XXX V ideo A ccount, the cook still burns the f-n gravy, -w h ere’s the d a m T P , Stew art w ent 24 h ours w ith o u t ask in g anyone to abuse... 1 m ean borrow th eir car an d he went 5 m inutes w ithout d entin g his, kuiaw a still h asn ’t m astered yaking co rrectly [m aybe he should ask gaebe for the pro p er m ethods], Jackson is still confused about w hich way to point his car in the S um ner T unnel, D ave cam e out o f his “ro o m ” for G ro u n d h o g ’s Day [No, he d id n ’t see his shadow ], and Luke w ell... that about w raps it up.

If anything else happened, rem em ber one im portant thing: It was probably B o b ’s fau lt!!!

ArA You cannot hide forever A 7 D -w e’ll find you!! W hy does this school spend so m uch m oney on ren o v atio n s, w hen all th a t’s needed is a few hundred chalk A G D ’s to brighten up cam pus! P ledges, you d id g reat-alm o st good enough to m ake up for those broken sh o e­ laces! A special w elcom e to o u r new pledges: Paula B rezniak (H appy B irthday to o !), S arah F urey, K ellie P o pp, & K en d ra S tillw ell!

C ongrats also to the P .W .’s: Sarah T. & Jen S. and the S .W .’s C arrie & KP! A b ig hug goes out to K aren L! O ur fearless leader, Kim, is flying the friendly skies-w h at a good sport you are! Big thank y o u ’s to o u r pledges and LXA for T ues, and to A TO for ano th er great social! Is there a problem w ith p ictures fall­ ing o ff the w alls in the house? M aybe Karen G. is responsible...she was the first to have a

heart on ya k now ...G ot a g oat yet K aren? The W inter C arnival is this w eekend, and w e’re a shoo-in fo r the egg heave th an k s to Delucs!

A lso, C in d y & M in d y ’s last hom e gam e is Sat at 2 :0 0 -b etter go! O ffic e r Interests are due to m o r r o w - d o n ’ t fo rg e t o r ...P H T !

A D O V E L IN G !

Hey A G D Pledges! T hanks to A TO for Friday! H ope all o f the sisters enjoyed the scavenger hunt on T u esd ay - even though it w as so c o ld !

K im - y o u w e re a g re a t k id n ap p ee!! T hanks to the L am bda C h i’s for your p articip atio n and the social. C ongrats to all o f th o se who did the p lanning- it was great!! Ju n io rs- thanks for the tootsie rolls and stars! T h an k s to Jen K, L aura, E rin and Deb T for th e brow nies. W e had a g reat time on T h ursd ay night ch alk in g up the cam pus!!

G ood show o f unity girls- we all had p lenty of things for each other. G ood lu ck to M ia and Deb F- w e’ ll m iss you. H ope everyone did well on th e FE test! H ave a g reat w eek.

A doveling!

FIJI Since I d id n ’t get one in last week this one will be better. Pete, which one is it the new moonface o r the buffet. G iorgi, how are the killer bees. K ijak, I hear T yson needs an oppo­ nent. Speaking o f T hunder I hear there are perm anent clouds from Lisbon staying over Goves room . Dano give me all your money.

Hey hendrickson “your all low er body” Toby how was L is a . C y rd o n ’t w orry, only 1 0 more months. A w yeah prim etim e, how was JL. Pledges hang in there, not that much longer.

AXA The first annual C ross and C rescent Bowl was a blowout. Coach D led his team to a stunning 21 -0 victory. Tyler, get som e sun glasses. C ioffi lost twice since he was drafted by the losers. Sw eetah, sorry about the m ake­ over and the hog-ties. At least red is your color.

In intram ural sports, the KAGL bow ling team is still undefeated and untied. Hey guys, why don’t you g et Jeevan to join the bow ling team?

Rum or has it that his score was 14 going into the tenth. Pretty sad. The KAGL basketball team won by forfeit this week. The other team was too scared to show up. I’m sure all you guys p aid y o u rd u es. Yeah, Right. Mr. M inasian.the Beavis and Butt-head half time show rocked.

Gotta go.

Hey Phi Sig Sigs! All aboard the Phi Sig Sig train! First off, I ’d like to congratulate ALL o f the NEW M EM BERS who are now sisters!!

You guys did it! We are all so proud o f you guys, we love you all!

Standing O ’s goout to Jen Rice, Sarah Tegan, Laura Bielitz, Jen A dam s, and the rest o f the New M em ber C omm ittee! All your hard work is most D EFINATELY appreciated! You all did great jobs!

C ongrats goes out to the new Panhel execu­ tives: President- Lee Blouin, Activities- Dwalin May, T reasurer- Ann Sbriglio.

Good luck to all o f the w inter sports teams!

We hope to see everyone in H arrington this Saturday for SPIRIT D AY . C om e show your support....the action starts at 2:00 when the wom en’s basketball team takes on Clark.

Thanks goes out to TK E for hosting our festivities last Friday night. It was really nice o f you guys! Everyone had a blast!

In the personals this week: good news everyone...the sequel to Flashdance, appropri­ ately called FLASH DA NCE 2, com es out in the fall and it stars none other than Tricia Pignone! S he’s a welder by day, a provocative dancer by night, and she shoots a mean jum p shot! Kelly K ing....sorry about Harry; I thought he was doing an interpretive dance when he was floating on his back! V -Neck, shouldn’t the garbage disposal be able to digest a 2 foot cup? Lynno, thanks for com ing out with us and letting your wild side beam through last week!

New M em ber Class....thanks for the get-to­ gether two w eeks ago: we all learned an impor­ tant lesson...cookies d o n ’t fit as well as one dollar bills!

C ON GRA TS NEW SISTERS!! WE LOVE YA! LITP

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TKE In the trad itio n o f Spam and for lack o f b etter o p e n in g lines, “ hey je rk ie s.” T h is w e e k ’s g uest w r it e r is th e Mmmmmmmmmmm Y eaaaaaah h h h guy from the third deck otherw ise know n as the Feels M onster and thanks to the d isg ru n tled Jew for saving the corner. F irst off, the “sm ooth m ove” aw ard o f the w eek goes o ut to L inus, Jailb ait, and Raabi for their creation of the D ecade C lub. I n ev er knew that A lex T rebek could be so b iased (M itch and M iah)?

T hanks to R udy, TK E officially has three colors: C h erry , G ray, and SIL V ER ? T hanks to Phi Sigm a Sigm a for the aw esom e tim e F rid ay n ig h t. (?) M m m m m m m m m m m m Y eaaaaaaaaahhh! G otta love those tw inkies.

Who w ould have guessed that the W ild W est w ould see snow . M y boots and hat w as all sopped up w ith da w hite rain like stu ff and my belt buckle w az all rusted up. T im e’s running out, keep looking for those dales, if you hook up w ith C obra you could be in w ith the burnout tapes. B onus! W ay to go e v ery ­ body, the stag tab le is looking bleak this year.

Hey K ei, 1 need a key, can 1 borrow ten bucks? How ‘bout an I.O .U .? Fitz w ins the Pulitzer Prize w ith an essay on religion, and ethics cond o n in g fluid intake. T his w eek start getting in shape for the intram ural sw im meet like right now ! G ood luck to G yro even though y o u ’ll read this after the w eekend meet. N o w onder you’re so good w ith the ladies; it’s because y ou’re event is the b reast­ stroke. New kid on the block, the son o f Spam , aka E m ilio. His afro is preserved and currently on display in the chapter room for all those interested. R em em ber, the fifty yard line is the place to be! “B obby, I luv you” -M ez.

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STU D EN TS S K I FO R $ 1 0 O FF! Before you graduate and go marching off into a great and glorious future, ski your butt off! With a college ID,* you’ll get $10 off Sunday-Friday, and $5 off on Saturdays and holidays. So, this winter, make it your “job" to get out on the slopes. Ski Stratton! V M •Must be 25 years of age or less, with other supporting ID (license).

in Well, H alf a term done. Not much happened at all this week except m aybe that Len Potato Head asked forgiveness for his sins. M idterm s for the m aggots delayed their washing o f pots an pans. C hunts are about every day o f the week, so I’ll be around the house you can be sure. I did get a letter for scholarship with som e ideas for m otivating people to work hard, study, and be good guys: 1) Post a bulletin saying “Be the BEST o f W hatever You Are, Be a bright and shining star!!” 2) A word o f the week to be posted on the bathroom door. 3) A board for students who have written excellent movie and book reviews. 4) Give students who get A ’s balloons. 5) M ake students sign contracts that says they must study so m any hours a week. 6) Make students write positive mental attitude cards at beginning o f term. For quiet hours: 1) Have room m ates rotate as quiet hour monitors.

2) Have 24 hour quiet hours during m idterm s, the week before finals and the week of. 3) M ake it courtesy hours instead o f quiet hours, (the ‘be nice to your neighbors” hour) And last o f all, because we live in M ister Roger’s neighborhood, why can’t we all ju st get along?

I would like to thank Phi Sig Sig for coming to our annual trash the president’s room social.

I also hope everyone had a good time at the beach party.

The A -team basketball team continues to roll on, follow ed by the aweful tag team of M elissa Ong M ajowick and the lim p pollack in table tennis.

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predictions for 1995 10. In a fit o f rage, Teak goes on a 20 day drinking binge. 9. Dufort and Petro are caught role playing in the room 1 playhouse. 8. Crazy, POND, enough said. 7.

Lemur finds out that he is allergic to roses. 6.

Thanks to his room m ate, Stubert becom es an amateur film maker. 5. T oole and Basl find a new sport, Baseball. Anyone up for a game o f pitch and catch? 4. Philly becomes DD. 3. Sully finds a new hobby and stays away from the house. 2. G eorge finds that there is nothing better than a night on the se a _____ . 1. M ungets amnesia and forgets that he is a clepto.

Till next week. Five A pples

C H IM P VERM ONT

First things first...a much deserved congratula­ tions goes out to our fifteen new brothers: Jason Kipp, Fred Hervey, Jeff Cullens, David Smiley, Bob Grelotti, Aaron Konhis, Rob Keogh, Steve Siegmund, Ryan Abraham, Craig Howitt, Mike Gagne, Tim McGilvreay, Mike Olivieri, James Desmaries, and G reg Sheeler. Good job, fellas...

So, the new strategy to get Lucas to finish his MQP-constant ridicule from the neophytes.. .More signs that the world is coming to an end: 5.Eternal Pledge Boy, Steve Siegmund, now a brother.,.4.

Larry Montague, vanishing man, has been spot­ ted at the house several times this week. ,.3.Noxious fumes emitted by mug monster found to cure cancer..,2.Matt Deyette, working man, not sitting around on his butt... 1.Snow in Worcester, I don’t believe it. Welcome to Hell, Baby!!...

Speaking of the Apocalypse, do I hear the 4 horses of the apocalypse o r is that the neophytes trying to sing...So, Nick, I guess the word subtle is not in your vocab, Fred:” Hi, Nick, you’re not in this class.”, Nick:”I know.”...Party and social comin up...Jail-N-Bail cornin’ soon...as for me, as the pledges w ould say, I d o n ’t care. I’m ______gctlia’...Signing. O ff-labha............................

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A Review: Highlander III: The Final Dimension (???)

Any way, the film begins w ith lots o f fighting and carnage and stuff, and sw itches to a cave, w here a Japanese sorcerer is teaching the High­ lander, aka C onor M cLeod, some neat sw ord­ play. The three bad guys (rem em ber now, “there can be only one”) enter the cave, looking for the Highlander. The leader, C ain (M ario Van Peebles), slashes M cC leod, but he gets away. Then, C ain beheads the sorcerer, gain­ ing his pow ers o f illusion (which are really cool), but gets him self trapped in the cave for 400 years.

Switch to the present. A pretty American archaeologist and her Japanese associate are investigating a murder at their dig site (which happens to be the same cave). Through a series o f strange coincidences, the woman (Alex is her name, I think), is led back to New York, where she discovers that the pattern on a piece o f cloth found at the dig matches the tartan of Conor

by Amy L. Plack Newspeak Staff W ell, I have to admit that I’ve never seen Highlander II, but my friends told me that didn’t m atter because they pretended it never happened in this film, so forget it. Forgotten. I also have to admit that I m issed the first five minutes o f the film and I am a little shaky on the characters’ nam es, but I know enough to do this review.

First off, this movie was long, over 2 1/2 hours long, which, to me, is obnoxiously long for a movie, especially if it stinks. Second, the plot was really hard to follow , com pared with the first H ighlander film, which I followed relatively easily. Third, there are a lot o f loose ends in this film , like what happens to the jerky detective and how did the bad guy get from Japan to New York so fast?

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Eventually, the Highlander, who “never lets anybody in,” falls for the archaeologist, who looks a lot like a wom an he loved back in the 1700s, fights C ain, and wins “the prize.” W ho knew.

In my opinion, this movie sucked. Had I written it (doesn’t this sound pompous?), the slimy detective would have bitten the dust, Cain would have kidnapped the Highlander’s woman, not his kid, and the fight scene w ouldn’t have been in a big factory with pink and purple (!) lights and really cheesy effects.

On a scale o f one to ten (with ten being really good, obviously), this movie gets a four from me. Now, I can ’t wait for “Highlander IV: W ives o f H ighlander” and “H ighlander V: Son o f Highlander” ju st so I can m ake fun of them and pretend Highlander II and III never hap­ pened...

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T he hunt will be a 24 hour affair, ending on Saturday at 8:00PM (at the V ideo Dance Party).

As an additional enticem ent, although learn­ ing som e random WPI trivia should be reason enough to participate, there will be some great prizes.

by Amy Palmer, Class o f ‘96 and Kevin Shea, Class o f *95 W hat is the WPI T rivia Scavenger Hunt, you might ask? W ell, it is one o f the am azingly exciting events coming up as part o f the W inter C arnival, February 10 and 11. Naturally your next questions are: what are the rules, how do I enter, w ho can enter, and most importantly, can I win any prizes??

I ask for patience, and rest assured that all your questions will be answ ered in time (start­ ing right now!). The Official Rules o f the hunt will be available Friday the 10th in the Student Activities O ffice (all day) o r at the social from 4:30 - 6:30 in Riley Com m ons. Clues will be distributed prom ptly at 8:00PM during the Open Mic Night in Riley Com m ons. (As a sidenote, you will be able to obtain helpful hints about some of the scavenger hunt items during the Open Mic, where two historical (but truly hi-

First Place: $50 gift certificate to the G reendale M all Second Place: $25 gift certificate to the Book Store T hird Place: $ 15 gift certificate to Record Town

Now, you are looking at this and thinking “A w , that’s nothing...” So, we got one prize for each team m em ber. T hat’s right folks, FOUR prizes per group! And, for those o f you who are not planning on w inning the com petition, more prizes might be included - such as tee shirts, pizza, and film - if they become available, of course. We will post the names o f the winners in the window o f the Student Activities Office by noon Tuesday, February 14th.

Be sure to be at the open mic night early. The first 30 team s to register receive their dispos­ able cam era free (w e’ll even pay for the devel­ oping!!!). Having a cam era is essential if you wish to com plete the scavenger hunt, so hey, go to the social betw een 4:30 and 6 PM (also in Riley Com m ons). Eat some pizza, drink some beer (if you are 21), chow on Ben & Jerry’s and be the first in line to register for the scavenger hunt. Hope to see you there, and good luck!!

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John Binnie writes his plays for people.

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He hadn’t seen either o f these tw o plays in a while, and confessed that he found him self wondering what w ould happen next. A play is good when it absorbs everyone involved, right down to the audience watching, and that is what these plays do. As the true story unfolds, in both plays, the audience is drawn in, putting its prejudices aside, and begins to relate to the issues that the characters deal with. M W R ep­ ertory has a tradition o f doing a very personal kind o f theater, and they truly succeeded in bringing another show to WPI theater that will not soon be forgotten.

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Tuesday, February 7 10:00am - Lecture: “T he A frican H olocaust,” W orcester S tate C ollege S tudent C enter.

2:30pm - E ntrepreneur’s C ollaborative L ecture: John J. S hields, President and C EO , K night Point H olding, Inc., F uller L abs R oom 320.

5:45pm - SGA M eeting, A tw ater K ent R oom 219.

6:00pm - W om en’s B asketball vs. W ellesley, H arrington.

W ednesday, February 8 D eadline for the Fine D ining R eservations (see dining com m ons attendant for d etails - All are w elcom e.)

11:00am to 5:00pm - W PI B lood D rive, F ounders B asem ent.

4:00pm - L ecturer C ynthia T ucker: “The B ell C urve and E d ucation in A m erica,” N ew ell H all.

Thursday, February 9

Debate Thursday, February 9 at 6:00pm in Lower Wedge

Dates for Election Electronic: February 1 0 - 1 3 Paper Balloting: February 14

11:00am to 5:00pm - W PI B lood D rive, F ounders B asem ent.

1:00pm - V ideo W orkshop: “C am pus D iv ersity ,” Fuller L abs TV Studio.

2:00pm - W om en’s B asketball vs. M IT, H arrington.

3:30pm - Sem inar: “A C O A ,” A dult C hildren o f A lcoholics, C ounseling and Student D evelopm ent C enter, 157 W est St. 6:00pm - SGA E lection D ebates, L ow er W edge.

7:00pm to 9:00pm - C ultural Program : H aitian C onsul G eneral, Jean G eneus, will speak about the current situation in H aiti, G ordon L ibrary A rchives Room .

8:00pm - M en’s B asketball vs. A m herst, H arrington.

Friday, February 10 10:30am - Open C lass M edia A nalysis: “ D econstructing the A lternative M usic V ideo: V ideos and D iscussion,” A ssum ption M edia C enter.

4:30pm to 8:30pm - W inter C arnival b egins, w ith Social and O pen M ic in G o m p ei’s F u n ctio n Room.

6:30pm - Fine D ining O ption V alen tin e’s D inner, H iggins H ouse M ansion.

7:00pm - Passport Film : “ B araka,” P erreault H all, $1.00.

7:30pm - IceC ats vs. H ershey, C entrum .

9:00pm - Band: “ Big C h aracter,” G o m p ei’s F unction Room .

Saturday, February 11 12:30pm - W inter C arnival events begin, Q uad.

2:00pm - Lecture: “The Islam ic H ero and H is W eapons,” H iggins A rm ory M useum , Free w ith adm ission ($4.75).

4:00pm - M en’s B asketball vs. B abson, H arrington.

5:00pm - M ovie: “A nim al H ouse,” L ow er W edge.

8:00pm to 12:00am - V ideo D ance Party, A lden H all, $ 2 .0 0 single/$5.00 couple.

Sunday, February 12 L in c o ln ’s B irthday 12:00pm - Lecture: “The E xcavation o f the S outhern T em ple at Petra, Jo rd an ,” W orcester Art M useum , Free w ith adm ission.

6:30pm a n d 9:30pm - Film : “F ran k en stein ,” Perreault H all, $2.00.

7:00pm - IceC ats vs. P rovidence, C entrum .

Monday, February 13 10:00am to 3:00pm - A frican M arketplace, U pper W edge.

12:00pm - C oncert: “ A frican R hythm ,” L ow er W edge.

P o lic e L og Thursday, January 26 2:59am 3:18am 5:22am 5:30am 2:03pm 6:22pm 6:25pm 8:54pm 8:56pm

- A ssist: W PD out w ith arm ed ro bbery, H ighland St. O fficer patrolling area for suspect.

- V ehicle stop: D ean St., in front o f F ounders Hall.

- O pen door: C ustodian reports open doors in Hum an R esources O ffice, Stratton Hall.

- O fficer requests responsible to resp o n d to Hum an R esources to verify contents.

- C laim ed property: S tudents into station.

- M edical: A lum ni gym nose injury.

- Person transported to M em orial H ospital.

- Individual advises burning sm ell, m aybe electrical, H iggins Labs.

- O fficer advises slight sm ell, w ill check periodically, area checked, nothing am iss.

6:45pm - O fficer reports w eekend custodians on-scene, will attem pt to clean up w ater in D aniels.

C ustodial supply area entered for w ater vacuum .

9:41am - A ssist: R eset b reaker in D aniels, som eone had shut off. A lso assisted student in rem oving tape from their door.

9:43am - Possible gas leak checked in W ashburn, found no problem s.

10:57am - A ssist: A ttem pted to open football office, escorted four non-students out o f gym.

8:10pm - A ssist: S alisbury 304, w ater leaking in ceiling.

8:36pm - E M S call: M organ, lacerated finger.

8:40pm - T ransport: M organ to M em orial H ospital.

10:1 lp m - A ssist: D aniels, front o f building for the sm ell o f sm oke.

10:13pm - C lear D aniels.

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Monday, January 30

5:13am - Suspicious vehicle: R egent St. 9:33am - By W est St., tree lim b on car b lo ck in g W est St., W PD notified, also W orcester Fire.

O fficer standing by to assist.

10:00am - N otified: Student o f dam age to ca r on W est St., W o rcester Fire called.

11:09am - Lockout: G oddard Hall E levator, m aintenance person.

7:00pm - R eport o f non students in A lum ni, o fficer advises, non students advised and left A lum ni.

10:13pm - V ehicle on quad w ith doors w ide open.

10:26pm - A lcohol violation: D rury L ane.

12:40am - M edical response: D aniels H all, student ill. O fficer and EM S respond.

1:02am - O fficer and EM S clea r D aniels.

4:13am - S uspicious vehicle: C ru isin g area streets. W PD notified.

4:53am - O fficer clears suspicious vehicle investigation.

7:26am - M edical: From A lum ni G ym m en ’s room , m ale student passed out in m en’s room , laceration to left forehead, EM S responds.

7:28am - O fficers arrive at A lum ni G ym .

7:34am - E A called to A lum ni.

7:39am - EA at scene.

7:46am - EA to M em orial H ospital, O fficers and EM S clear.

10:40am - M edical: from W ashburn. F em ale student in sh o p feeling faint. E M S, officers responding.

10:42am - O fficers, EM S at W ashburn.

10:55am - EM S, O fficer to accom pany fem ale student to h er room , room m ates to w atch her.

2:15pm - F ound w allet returned to ow ner.

6:38pm - Intrusion alarm : N ew speak office.

Saturday, January 28 1:19am - A ssist: WPD and EA responding to Salisbury St. for individual w ith severe arm laceration. O fficers assist.

1:21am - EM S dispatched to S alisbury St. 1:37am - O fficers clear S alisbury St. P atient transported by EA to St. V in cen t’s.

4:27pm - T respassing: N on students in A lum ni.

4:41pm - L ockout: Keys in truck on H ackfeld Rd. 10:52pm - N oise com plaint: D aniels H all.

1 1:08pm - N oise com plaint: Institute R d., loud music.

1 1:16pm - O fficers clear Institute Rd. 11:50pm - D isturbance: W atchperson reports subject scream ing on B oynton St. 11:51pm - O fficers clear B oynton St. 11:53pm - O fficers out at D ean St. re: party.

11:54pm - O fficer out w ith above subject again on Boynton St.

Sunday, January 29 12:55am - A ssist: O fficer out w ith W PD at Salisbury Estates. Re: disturbance and loud party.

1:03am - O fficer clears S alisbury E states.

2:37am - Suspicious persons: A lum ni Field.

2:49am - O fficers clear A lum ni Field.

3:04am - Suspicious persons: B oynton St. and Institute Rd 3:10am - O fficers clear B oynton and Institute.

3:26am - Suspicious person: O fficer o ut w ith subject at B oynton and Institute.

4:04am - W ater leak: O fficer reports steam pipe leaking in W ashburn 107.

6:31am - M alicious m ischief: D aniels RA calls regarding w ater dam age on floor from show er drains w hich w ere plugged.

Tuesday, January 31 12:10am 12:12am 10:05pm last seen

- A ssist: E lectrical co n tracto r ad m itted to G oddard.

- D isorderly persons: O fficer out w ith 2 subjects in library lot.

- A rm ed robbery: W PD phoned o f an arm ed robbery o f the M obil station. S uspect was heading tow ards W PI.

W ednesday, February 1 12:15am - M alicious m ischief: C racked g lass panes at front entrance of F ounders.

12:20am - O fficers clear Founders H all.

12:40am - Fire alarm: O fficer rep o rts fire alarm s activated in H arrington A uditorium .

1:19am - O fficers clear H arrington.

7:30am - Ice hazard: K aven near F u ller L abs, P lant Services notified.

9:1 la m - S tolen property: W allet from G oddard H all office. O fficer to take report.

11:04am - F ire alarm : M organ H all e lev a to r shaft, no sm oke, call placed to P lant S ervices, E lectrician. Alarm silenced, sp rin k ler alarm also in alarm .

11:28am - E lectrician still there for repairs.

4:26pm - H arassm ent: S tudent reports harassin g e-m ail m essages.

4:35pm - S tudent w ill bring in copy o f m essage(s).

10:24pm - M edical: S tation. D islocated finger. O fficer, EM S respond.