Skull inducts seventeen new members by Bonnie Gelbwasser WPI News Service Skull, the organization founded in 1911 to honor adm inistrators, faculty, staff and students for their contribu tions to the advancem ent and better ment o f the university, recently in ducted 17 new m em bers. The inductees are: Interim President John Lott Brown ’46 o f W orcester, M A. Brown, who assum ed his post on Nov. 1, is serving until the 14th president is selected and in office this summer. He m ajored in electrical engineering, then earned a m aster’s degree in psychology from Tem ple University and a Ph.D. in psy chology from C olum bia University. Brown, w ho is know n for his research in the field o f human visions, spent the last 16 years at the University o f South Florida, where he was president from 1978 to 1988. A W PI trustee em eritus, he received the Robert H. G oddard Award for O utstanding Professional A chievem ent in 1969 and was the Comm encement speaker in 1984, when
he received an honorary doctor o f sci ence degree. W. A. Bland Addison Jr., o f W orces ter, M A, associate professor o f his tory. A ddison, who join ed the faculty in 1986, earned his B.A. at the U niver sity o f South Carolina, his M. A. at the U niversity o f Virginia, and his M.Phil and Ph.D. at C olum bia University. His scholarly interests focus on the social and cultural history o f France. He is active in several program s that pro m ote cultural diversity and aw areness in the W orcester and W PI com m uni ties and was am ong the honorees cited this sum m er by the W orcester Area R ainbow C oalition and Clergy and Laity C oncerned for efforts to support the nonviolent struggle o f the South A frican people to end apartheid. G iacom o P. (Jack) Ferraro Jr., of Leicester, MA, principal lab m achin ist in the C hem istry and Chem ical En gineering departm ents. Ferraro has w orked at WPI for 22 years. Skull also tapped the follow ing stu dents: Ernest (Ernie) A nsah, a m echanical
engineering with biom edical interests m ajor for W orcester, MA. He is vice president o f Sigm a Phi Epsilon frater nity and captain o f the football team. Jason Averill, a civil engineering m ajor from K aty.T X . He is a m em ber o f Lam bda C hi Alpha fraternity and the C om m ittee on Academ ic Policy. He is also a resident advisor and the parliam entarian o f the Student G ov ernm ent Association. Jannine Copponi, a biotechnology m ajor from M arshfield, MA, as well as a resident advisor and a m em ber o f the A lpha G am m a D elta sorority and the W om en’s Chorale. Justin C utroni, a mechanical engi neering with aerospace interests m a jo r from Belm ont, MA, who is also a m em ber o f Sigm a Alpha Epsilon fra ternity and president o f the Interfrater nity Council. He is a m em ber o f the Student Alumni Society and an O rien tation assistant. C yndi Fusco, a civil engineering m ajor from W est Haven, CT, who is a m em ber o f Phi Sigm a Sigm a sorority and C hi Epsilon, the civil engineering
h onor so ciety , a d eleg a te to the Panhellenic A ssociation, vice presi dent o f the N ew m an C lub, and a m em ber o f the Student Alumni Society. K aren G oodell, a chem ical engi neering major from Y ork, ME, presi dent o f Alpha G am m a D elta sorority, an O rientation Leader, and a m em ber o f the C harles O. Thom pson H onor Society, M asque, the Student Alumni Society and the W om en’s Chorale. Philip Gunning, a mechanical engi neering major from Keene, NH and presi dent o f Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Justin H olwell, a mechanical engi neering major from Roseau, MN, a m em ber o f the C am pus Hearing Board and the Student A lum ni Society. He is a form er m em ber o f the wrestling team and a form er captain o f the crew team. Jeff Kijack, a mechanical engineer ing m ajor from C hicopee, MA, presi dent o f Phi G am m a Delta fraternity and a m em ber o f the C harles O. T h om pson and Tau B eta Pi honor societ ies and the basketball team. Brian Klauber, a civil engineering major from N ashua, NH, a m em ber of
the T heta Chi fraternity and the Stu dent Alumni Society and a student hall director. He is the son o f D ouglas (D usty) K lauber ‘67, and the nephew o f Robert K lauber ‘67, who w ere also m em bers of Skull. Amy Palm er, a biotechnology m a jo r from H olden, MA, and a form er president o f A lpha Phi O m ega service fraternity. She is a resident advisor, a cam pus tour guide and the crew team ’s coxsw ain, as well as a m em ber o f the Student Alumni Society and the WPI W om en’s C horale. She is will be a student hall director next fall. Jesse Parent, a com puter science major from Som erset, MA, a m em ber o f T heta Chi fraternity, M asque, the Improv G roup and a resident advisor. Bryan Pepin, a chemical engineering major from Westbrook, M E and presi dent of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. N oah W eisleder, a biotechnology major from E ast Corinth, M E, presi dent o f M asque who recently directed the production o f Fahrenheit 451. He is a m em ber o f L ens & Lights and the Fencing Club.
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72-acre land parcel given to Holden for athletic / recreational use by N eil Norum WPI News Service In an agreem ent reached last w eek WPI gave a 72-acre plot o f H olden land, bordered by C hapel St. and M alden St., to the Tow n o f H olden. Plans for the site are to turn it into athletic fields o r o th er recreational uses. T he parcel w ill be conv ey ed to n ew ly-incorporated H olden Y outh S ports, Inc. Its presid en t, T om Jo r dan. notes that the area has ex cellen t p otential for so c c e r and b a seb a ll/ softball fields. The land is now u n d eveloped w oodland.
T he 72 acres are part o f the ap p ro x im ately 240 acres o f land that W PI had ow ned for m ore than a c en tu ry and used as the A lden H y d rau lics L ab o rato ry . Since 1988 ap p ro x i m ately 27 acres o f th is property has been used by Alden R esearch L ab o rato ry and taxed as a for-profit co m pany. The acreage is still used by the W PI cro ss country team s and several o th e r college cross country team s each fall. L ast y ear about 120 acres o f land (th at had p reviously been subdivided in to potential residential lots) w ere s o ld to C .B . B lair D evelopm ent Corp.
Colleges of Worcester sponsor Career Fair The Colleges o f W orcester are spon soring their 8th annual Career Fair to be held on W e d n e sd a y , M a rch 22 (10:00am-3:00pm), at the College o f the Holy Cross - Hogan Campus C en ter Ballroom. (Snow date is Thursday the 23rd). Seventy com panies, representing various types of businesses with a vari ety o f employment opportunities, are registered to attend. Undergraduates as well as students planning to graduate in May are en couraged to attend. Companies will be prepared to provide students with ca reer information, specific com pany in formation, as well as details on full time, part time, sum m er and internship employm ent opportunities. A directory o f companies and re
cruitm ent opportunities will be avail able to students at the Fair. At 3:00pm, Electronic Data Sys tem s (ED S) Personal Comm unications Division will hold an information ses sion in Hogan Center Room 421-424 for students interested in learning more about employment opportunities with EDS. The Consortium shuttle service will m ake stops at the Cam pus C enter for students attending the Fair from col leges who are on the C onsortium bus route. In addition, some institutions are providing direct service from their cam puses to Holy Cross. C areer services staff from the C ol leges o f W orcester will be in atten dance throughout the day to assist stu dents.
Notice: The Office of Academic Advising has moved from Boynton Hall to Room 216 in the Project Center.
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m ent o r such o th er m utually ag ree able tim e. T he agreem ent also calls for H olden Y outh S p o rts, Inc. to present a d evelop m ent plan for ath letic facilities w ithin 15 m onths to the H olden B oard o f S electm en for their review and approval. “T his agreem ent w as reached be cause o f the vision o f H olden Tow n M anager B rian B ullock and the en tire Board o f .Selectmen and H olden Y outh Sports President T om Jordan. W e at WPI believe that the citizens o f H olden are the real b en eficiaries,” says R obert G ailey, W PI Vice P resi dent for B usiness A ffairs.
by Kyle Warren Class o f ’96 Competition has long been a stand ing part o f high school jazz. Rather than prom ote rivalry between fellow students, it promotes camaraderie as well as education. Jazz competitions, or jazz festivals as they are more com m only referred, are a perfect opportu nity for students to perform for their peers, listen to ensembles from other schools, and be adjudicated by profes sional musicians.. Normally these com petitions start in the early afternoon and continue into the evening. Students are judged by three professional musicians who lis ten to each group’s performance and aw ard scores accordingly. T o aid the students in their musical growth, the judges provide comm ents and sugges tions for improvement on paper and audio tape. This year the WPI Jazz Groups, made up o f the Stage Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Jazz W orkshop, have been asked to host the International Association o f Jazz Educators’ Jazz Com bo and Choir Festival. WPI was chosen as the site for this year’s festival because o f its outstanding jazz music education. Stu dents from 10-15 high schools all over M assachusetts will arrive to partici pate in this competition. Awards will
be given to the three best groups in their respective categories. The jazz combo competition will take place in Spaulding Recital Hall in the basem ent of Alden Hall. The great hall o f Alden will house the jazz choir competition. One of the adjudicators for this fes tival will be pianist Jeff Colella. Im me diately prior to the com petition, Mr. C olella will be perform ing in a free concert at M echanics Hall in down-
town W orcester at noon that day. This performance is part of the Brown Bag concert series sponsored by local radio station WICN. The high school jazz festival will take place on W ednesday, March 22 from 3PM -9PM in Alden Hall. This competition is open to the public. A small fee will be charged for adm is sion. All those interested are encour aged to attend.
The hip sound of big bands by Kyle Warren Class o f ’96 O ne o f the n ecessities o f playing ja z z is to play not only for other p eople, but w ith o th er people. The m em bers o f the W PI Jazz G roups have stayed true to this philosophy in the past by v isitin g area colleges and high schools as w ell as perform ing overseas in various foreign coun tries. This tim e they have invited a fellow college g roup as well as a w orld fam ous guest m usician. On M arch 27 at 8:00PM in A lden H all, the W PI S tage Band will host a jo in t co ncert w ith the B entley C ollege Jazz W o rk sh o p . T h e g u e st m u sician , scheduled to sit in w ith the WPI Stage B and, is R ick Stepton. R ick S te p to n ’s cred en tials read
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B esides Jo rd an , other officers o f H olden Y outh Sports are treasu rer Joseph M arzilii and clerk R obert F. D ore, both o f H olden. Jordan notes that w ith m ore than 1,100 children playing soccer, softball and baseball the developm ent o f this com plex will fill a need w ithin the com m unity. “ I hope to present o u r plans to the Board o f Selectm en at the first possible o pportunity and take those next im portant steps o f m aking this sports com plex a re a lity ,” Jordan said. “And I'll be looking for help to aid in this en d eav o r.” Jo rd an can be reached at 508 422-0204.
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for an estim ated $2.2 m illion. L ast w eek’s agreem ent also grants a total abatem ent o f $ 140,000 to W PI for real estate taxes assessed on the su b d iv id e d lo ts by the T o w n o f H olden for the fiscal years o f 1991, 1993, and 1994 Thi« ab atem ent will be m ade to W PI by red u cin g by 80 p ercen t the real estate taxes assessed by the tow n on W P I’s real estate taxes in H olden until the en tire ab ate m ent is credited. W PI w ill co n v ey the a p p ro x i m a te ly 7 2 -acre p arcel to H olden Y outh S ports, Inc. no later than 30 d ays after the execution o f th is ag ree
like a w h o ’s w ho o f ja z z . He has perform ed w ith an outstanding num ber o f big b ands such as B uddy R ich, W oody H erm an, M aynard F erguson, C huck M an g io n e, H erb P om eroy. G unther S chuller, Kenny H adley, and O range T hen B lue. He has made num erous appearances at som e o f the co u n try ’s m ost fam ous festivals including the B oston G lo b e, N ew port Jazz, C o n co rd , G u in e ss, and M onterey. M r. S tepton h as even appeared on the T onight Show w ith Johnny C arson. M arch 27 prom ises to be a night o f fantastic entertainm ent. T h e WPI Stage B and, B entley C o lleg e Jazz W orkshop, and Rick S tepton team up to bring hours o f w onderful m u sic in A lden H all at 8:00PM . A dm is sion is free.
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