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Search for new provost nears end as candidates visit campus

by Amy L. Plack Associate Editor Throughout the month o f January, the four semi-finalists for the position o f provost and vice-president o f aca­ demic affairs will be interviewing on campus. A comm ittee o f students and faculty m em bers has been working since O ctober to dim inish the pool of applicants for the position from nearly 65 to four.

O nce the interview ing period is over, the com m ittee will present Presi­ dent Parrish with a list o f their choices, limited to three candidates, from which the president will select one. C om m it­ tee members include the chair, Jim Demetry (electrical and com puter en­ gineering), M cRae Banks (m anage­ ment), Steve Jasperson (physics), John Zeugner (hum anities and arts), Mark Richm an (m echanical engineering), B arbara W yslouzil (chem ical engi­ neering), G regory Snow (’98), and Jen

Stander (GS). don L. N elson, dean and professor of o f civil engineering and associate L ast T hursday, Dr. W illiam C. chemistry at the Florida Institute of dean fo r research and graduate a f­ fairs at V anderbilt U niversity. He Technology College o f Science and the V an B uskirk visited cam p u s for his Liberal Arts will interview on campus. earned both his m asters and d o cto r­ day o f interview s. V an B uskirk is currently dean o f T u lan e U niversity’s Dr. Nelson earned his masters and doc­ ate in stru c tu ra l m ech a n ics from torate in chemistry from Yale U niver­ N orthw estern U niversity ( ’64, ’66).

S chool o f E ngineering. He received He is a registered professional en g i­ sity {'61, ’70), as well as an honorary his m asters and d o cto rate in aero ­ doctorate from William Carey College neer in both C onnecticut and T en ­ n autical and astronautical en g in ee r­ ing from Stanford U n iv er­ (1988). He is president o f the Y ale C hem ist’s A ssociation sity (’66, ’7 0 ) after g ra d u ­ and a member of Sigma X i, the a tin g fro m th e U n ite d M em b ers o f th e W PI c o m m u n ity w ill h a ve Society of Plastics Engineers, S tates M ilitary A cadem y tlic o p p o rtu n ity to m eet ea ch o f th e s e c a n d i­ and the American Institute of at W est Point in 1964. He d a tes a t -1:110pm o n th e days lliey a re visitin g Chemists. Prior to his work in is the recipient o f n u m er­ at ail o p en m e e tin g in K in n icu tt L ec tu re lla ll. academ ia, he worked in indus­ o u s a w a r d s , in c lu d in g try, becoming vice-president m em bership in S igm a Xi, o f materials and technology at Pi Tau S igm a, and Tau Beta nessee and a m em ber o f Tau Beta Pi, Pi. H is o th e r positio n s at T ulane Springfield Laboratories, Incorporated after holding numerous positions in the C hi E psilon, and Sigm a Xi. P rio r to U niversity have included professor General Electric Company Corporate. o f biom edical engineering and d e ­ his w ork at V anderbilt, he was p ro ­ The final candidate, visiting campus fessor and head o f civil engineering p artm ent head o f biom ed ical en g i­ at A uburn U niversity and professor on W ednesday, January 31, is Dr. Jo­ n eering. o f civil engineering at the U niversity seph G oldstein. Dr. Goldstein earned The next candidate to visit will be all three o f his degrees in metallurgy o f C onnecticut.

Dr. John F. C arney, III tom orrow , from the M assachusetts Institute o f On Thursday, January 25, Dr. G or­ Jan u ary 17. Dr. C arney is p rofessor

Volume Twenty-four; Number One

Tuesday, January 16, 1996

New improved Wedge causes controversy

Winter parking ban in effect T he follow ing is a list o f streets in the W PI peripheral property area and inform ation concerning the no park­ ing side w ith respect to the W inter parking ban, w hich is in effect from D ecem ber 1 to A pril 1 (from 2:00 a.m . to 6:00 a.m .) and at any time that a snow em ergency is declared after 2” o f snow has fallen and stays in effect until the street is plow ed.

A gain the category called SID E

Street

w ill indicate the SID E o f the Street th at No Parking is allow ed. For exam ple: if th e word EV EN appears, then parking is not allow ed on the side o f the street w ith houses that are even num bered (2-4-6 etc). If the w ord BOTH appears th en there is no parking on both sides o f that street.

T he w ord N O N E (no parking ban) m eans that parking is allow ed on both sides o f that street.

Description

No Parking side

Boynton Street Dean Street Dover Street Drury Lane Einhorn Road Elbridge Road Hackfeld Road Humboldt Ave

Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Private -As posted by Parks Department Entire Public Length Institute Road Culdesac Area Massachusetts Ave Salisbury St. to Drury Ln. Massachusetts Ave Drury Ln. to house #32 Massachusetts Ave House #32 to Park Ave Park Ave Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Regent Street Entire Public Length Salisbury Street Schussler Road Entire Public Length Trowbridge Road Entire Public Length Dix St to Salisbury St Wachusett Street West Street Entire Public Length

Technology (’60, ’62, ’64) and is cur­ rently dean of engineering at the Uni­ versity o f Massachusetts at Amherst, where he is also professor o f m echani­ cal engineering. He is an elected hon­ orary mem ber o f the Danish M etallur­ gical Society, as well as a m em ber o f AIME, ASM , and Sigma Xi. He taught at Lehigh University for fifteen years before becoming vice-president for re­ search, then vice-president for gradu­ ate studies and research there.

M embers o f the WPI community will have the opportunity to m eet each o f these candidates at 4:00pm on the days they are visiting at an open meet­ ing in Kinnicutt Lecture Hall. Stu­ dents, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend these meetings and ask ques­ tions or just listen to the candidates’ responses. Also, the cirriculum vitae for each candidate is available in the Student Governm ent A ssociation O f­ fice, Daniels Hall for all to peruse be­ tween the hours o f 8:00 and 4:30.

Even Even Even Both Both Even Even

Both Island Side Even Both Odd Both Both Both Even Even Even Even

not all students appreciate the change, however, since furniture has already been misappropriated for personal use.

by Amy L Plack Associate Editor Most students already know that the Wedge got its long overdue $100,000 facelift during the winter break. Both the Upper and Lower W edge were recarpeted and the infamous “Wedge benches” were removed. Those stu­ dents who were around to witness the changes found it interesting to finally see what was under that brown carpet wood and a concrete base.

Other big changes included the in­ stallation o f a ramp for the handicapped in the Lower Wedge, and the replace­ ment of the brown dividers with glass panels and doors. Now the entire Lower W edge is visible from both the outside and the Upper Wedge.

The brick wall next to the Grille is now home to a mobile coffee shop. The cart will sell French Q uarter brand espresso, latte, coffee, and a selections o f donuts, bagels, and pastries. It will allow students, faculty and staff to get their morning (and afternoon) coffee quickly and lessen the lines in the Grille.

To top it all off and complete the look, new, modular furniture was placed in the Wedge. Lunch tables and chairs remain undisturbed in the Lower Wedge, and comfortable lounge furniture continues to migrate into and out o f the Upper Wedge. While the committee in charge o f the renovation considered permanent furniture for the Upper Wedge, moveable furniture was purchased in order to make the Wedge more like the 24-hour student lounge it should be. It seems that

Anyone seen a couch?

If your roommate brought home a “free” couch o r table recently, chances are it could be from the Wedge. During the first week o f classes, three couches and six tables were stolen. Dean Janet Richardson is upset. “I’m so disap­ pointed,” she said. “1 had such faith in the students here.” Students, such as Kris Shepard '9 6 share her disgust, “Just last night, I watched in horrified awe as someone brazenly picked up a table and marched in the direction o f Daniels with it!”

Many students feel that it should have been expected, but some say that it’s high time WPI students started to act like mature adults. “God forbid that we trust people,” says Greg Snow ’98. “Anyone ever heard o f academic honesty? It doesn’t stop at not cheating on tests., it’s about living in an academic community where people trust each other, and have enough respect for each other not to lie, cheat or steal. It’s about being able to leave a book bag in the bookstore and not come back to find it missing. It’s about not stealing furniture from the Wedge, no matter how easy it is to steal. It’s about stopping people who try to steal or cheat, and reporting them if necessary.”

To prevent further theft o f the furni­ ture over the weekend, members o f the renovation committee decided to lock it all in the Low er Wedge on Friday night, leaving no furniture to use through Mon­

day morning. It was the only way, they said, to prevent more thefts.

A small group o f students recovered two of the stolen couches on Friday night, and four o f the tables mysteri­ ously reappeared, but one couch and two tables remain missing. John Hanlon, chief of police at WPI, says that the parties in possession of the furniture have until Thursday at midnight to re­ turn it without punishment. After that, he says, his department will “seek crimi­ nal complaints in the Worcester District Court.” Since the couches are valued in excess o f $250, the individual(s) respon­ sible for the theft could be convicted as felons and could be expelled from WPI. How will the police find the thieves?

While campus residents must, by federal law', be informed 24 hours in advance of a room search, there is talk o f conducting just such a search. Room-by-room, doorby-door, resident advisors and student life staff would search for the stolen articles in the residence halls and cam­ pus apartments. Once found, the furni­ ture would be returned to the Wedge, and those responsible prosecuted.

Future plans for prevention The committee is considering several plans for the prevention of further theft.

Once involves the installation o f secu­ rity cameras to record activity in the Wedge. While this plan would allow the police to apprehend thieves morequickly, it still wouldn’t prevent the thefts. An­ other downside is the possibility o f the obstruction or even theft of the cameras.

See Wedge, continued on p age 2

Recent incidents prompt Campus Police to issue crime alert and prevention suggestions

by C h ief John J. Hanlon WPI Campus Police There has been a significant in­ crease in the reports o f car burglaries in this area o f the City o f W orcester.

The WPI Police D epartm ent alone has investigated 20 cases since the begin­ ning o f ‘A ’ term.

C ar radios, speakers, radar detec­ tors, ashtrays, VIN plates and articles left inside of the cars are the primary targets.

Evidence indicates that the would-

be thief is typically dropped o ff in a parking lot or on a side street, while the second suspect rem ains with the car. The get-away car will either roam around the campus (until pick-up time) or as we have found in som e cases, the driver o f the get-away c a r will park their vehicle nearby, crouch down in the seat and w ait until a score has been made.

The suspect on foot w alks along the street or through a parking lot glanc­ ing into the cars. W hen this suspect spots a likely target vehicle, that sus­

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pect gains entrance to the car by using a ‘slim -jim ’ device, though an un­ locked door or by breaking a window (about half of the victimized vehicles have had broken windows). The sus­ pect then lies across the front seat and in a m atter o f about 2 minutes is able to rem ove the radio, speakers etc.

The burglary suspect will either wait for the pick-up vehicle to drive by, or will hurry to a designated are (where the get-away vehicle is parked).

We have found that when a bur­ glary is com m itted during the day time.

Crime Prevention Suggestions

Try to rem em ber and report the license plate num ber and description of suspicious vehicles (we do m ain­ tain an intelligence file for dissem ina­ tion to patrol officers).

Park in w ell lighted areas (if pos­ sible) Keep your doors locked - thieves usually look fo r the easier target.

Breaking into vehicles is a last resort.

W hile w alking around cam pus, be aware o f your surroundings and report suspicious activity, vehicles or per­ sons to the C am pus Police.

The Cam pus police are investigat­ ing reported thefts from several resi­ dence hall room s, as well as from a fraternity in our peripheral property area.

In the cases o f the resident hall burglaries, no visible evidence o f a See Crime, continued on page 2

that the suspect will often hide the stolen property and return for it after dark.

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Search for new provost nears end as candidates visit campus

by Amy L Plack Associate Editor Throughout the month o f January, the four semi-finalists for the position of provost and vice-president o f aca­ demic affairs will be interviewing on campus. A committee of students and faculty members has been working since October lo diminish the pool o f applicants for the position from nearly 65 to four.

O nce the interview ing period is over, the committee will present Presi­ dent Parrish with a list of theirchoices, limited to three candidates, from which the president will select one. C om m it­ tee m em bers include the chair, Jim Demetry (electrical and com puter en ­ gineering), McRae Banks (m anage­ ment), Steve Jasperson (physics), John Zcugner (humanities and arts), M ark Richm an (m echanical engineering), B arbara W yslouzil (chem ical en g i­ neering), Gregory Snow ('9 8 ), and Jen

Slander (G S). o f civil engineering and associate don L. Nelson, dean and professor of Last T h u rsd a y , Dr. W illiam C. dean for research and graduate a f­ chemistry at the Florida Institute of V an B uskirk visited cam pus for his fairs at V anderbilt U niversity. He Technology College o f Science and the d ay of in terv iew s. Van B uskirk is earned both his m asters and d o cto r­ Liberal Arts will interview on campus. currently d e a n o fT u la n e U n iv ersity ’s ate in stru c tu ra l m ec h a n ics from Dr. Nelson earned his masters and doc­ School o f E ngineering. He received N orthw estern U niversity (’64, ’66). torate in chemistry from Yale U niver­ his m asters and d o ctorate in aero ­ He is a registered professional en g i­ sity ( ’67, '70), as well as an honorary neer in both C onnecticut and T ennautical a n d astro n au tical en g in e e r­ doctorate from W illiam Carey College (1988). He is president o f the ing from S tan fo rd U n iver­ sity ( ’66, ’70) after g ra d u ­ Yale C hem ist's Association a ti n g fr o m th e U n ite d and a m em berof Sigma Xi, the M e m b e rs o f th e W P I c o m m u n ity w ill h a ve S tates M ilitary A cadem y Society of Plastics Engineers, th e o p p o rtu n ity to m e e t e a ch o f th ese c a n d i­ at W est P o in t in 1964. He and the American Institute of d a te s at 4 :0 0 p jn on th e d a ys th e y a re visitin g Chemists. Prior to his work in is the recipient o f n u m er­ a t a n op en m e e tin g in k in n ie u tt L e c tu re H all. o u s a w a r d s , in c lu d in g academ ia, he worked in indus­ try, becom ing vice-president m em b ersh ip in Sigm a Xi, of materials and technology at Pi T a u S ig m a ,a n d T a u Beta Springfield Laboratories, Incorporated nessee and a m em ber o f Tau B eta Pi, Pi. His o th e r p ositions at T ulane U niv ersity have included p ro fesso r after holding numerous positions in the C hi E psilon, and S igm a Xi. Prior to General Electric Company Corporate. o f biom edical en g ineerin g and d e ­ his w ork at V anderbilt, he w as p ro ­ partm ent head o f b iom edical en g i­ The final candidate, visiting campus fessor and head o f civil engineering neering. on W ednesday, January 31, is Dr. Jo­ at A uburn U niversity and professor The next can d id ate to visit will be seph Goldstein. Dr. Goldstein earned o f civil engineering at the U niversity Dr. John F. C arney, 111 tom orrow , all three o f his degrees in metallurgy o f C onnecticut. from the M assachusetts Institute of January 17. Dr. C arney is p ro fesso r On Thursday, January 25, Dr. G or­

Technology ( ’60, ’62, ’64) and is cur­ rently dean o f engineering at the Uni­ versity of M assachusetts at Amherst, where he is also professor o f m echani­ cal engineering. He is an elected hon­ orary member o f the Danish M etallur­ gical Society, as well as a member of AIME, ASM, and Sigm a Xi. He taught at Lehigh University for fifteen years before becoming vice-president for re­ search, then vice-president for gradu­ ate studies and research there.

Members of the WPI community will have the opportunity to meet each of these candidates at 4:00pm on the days they are visiting at an open m eet­ ing in Kinnieutt Lecture Hall. Stu­ dents, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend these meetings and ask ques­ tions or just listen to the candidates’ responses. Also, the cirriculum vitae for each candidate is available in the Student Government Association O f­ fice, Daniels Hall for all to peruse be­ tween the hours o f 8:00 and 4:30.

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Tuesday, January 16, 1996

Volume Twenty-four, Number One

Winter parking ban in effect The follow ing is a list o f streets in the WPI peripheral property area and inform ation concerning the no p ark ­ ing side w ith respect to the W inter parking ban, w hich is in effect from D ecem ber 1 to A pril 1 (from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m .) and at any tim e that a snow em ergency is declared after 2” o f snow has fallen and stays in effect until the street is plow ed.

A gain the category called SID E

Street

will indicate the SID E o f the Street th at No P a rk in g is allo w ed . For exam ple: if the w ord EV EN appears, then park in g is not allow ed on the side o f the street w ith houses that are even num bered (2-4-6 etc). If the w ord BOTH appears then there is no parking on both sides o f that street.

The word N O N E (no parking ban) m eans that parking is allo w ed on b oth sides o f that street.

Description

Boynton Street Dean Street Dover Street Drury Lane Einhorn Road Elbridge Road Hackfeld Road Humboldt Ave

No Parking side

Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Entire Public Length Private -As posted by Parks Department Institute Road Entire Public Length Culdesac Area Massachusetts Ave Salisbury St. to Drury Ln. Massachusetts Ave Drury Ln. to house #32 Massachusetts Ave House #32 to Park Ave Park Ave Entire Public Length Regent Street Entire Public Length Salisbury Street Entire Public Length Schussler Road Entire Public Length Trowbridge Road Entire Public Length Wachusett Street Dix St to Salisbury St West Street Entire Public Length

Even Even Even Both Both Even Even

Both Island Side Even Both Odd Both Both Both Even Even Even Even

New im proved W edge causes controversy

by Amy L Plack Associate Editor Most students already know that the Wedge got its long overdue $100,000 facelift during the winter break. Both the Upper and Lower W edge were recarpeted and the infamous “Wedge benches” were removed. Those stu­ dents who were around to witness the changes found it interesting to filially see what was under that brown carpet wood and a concrete base.

Other big changes included the in­ stallation o f a ramp for the handicapped in the Lower Wedge, and the replace­ ment o f the brown dividers with glass panels and doors. Now the entire Lower Wedge is visible from both the outside and the Upper Wedge.

The brick wall next to the Grille is now home to a mobile coffee shop. The cart will sell French Q uarter brand espresso, latte, coffee, and a selections o f donuts, bagels, and pastries. It will allow students, faculty and staff to get their morning (and afternoon) coffee quickly and lessen the lines in the Grille.

To top it all off and complete the look, new, modular furniture was placed in the Wedge. Lunch tables and chairs remain undisturbed in the Lower Wedge, and comfortable lounge furniture continues to migrate into and out o f the Upper Wedge. While the committee in charge of the renovation considered permanent furniture for the Upper Wedge, moveable furniture was purchased in order to make the Wedge more like the 24-hour student lounge it should be. It seems that

not all students appreciate the change, however, since furniture has already been misappropriated for personal use.

Anyone seen a couch?

If your roommate brought home a “free” couch or table recently, chances are it could be from the Wedge. During the first week of classes, three couches and six tables were stolen. Dean Janet Richardson is upset. “I'm so disap­ pointed," she said. “I had such faith in the students here.” Students, such as Kris Shepard ’96 share herdisgust, "Just last night, I watched in horrified awe as someone brazenly picked up a table and marched in the direction of Daniels with it!”

Many students feel that it should have been expected, but some say that it’s high time WPI students started to act like mature adults. “God forbid that we trust people,” says Greg Snow '98. “Anyone ever heard of academic honesty? It doesn’t stop at not cheating on tests., it’s about living in an academic community where people trust each other, and have enough respect for each other not to lie, cheat or steal. It’s about being able to leave a book bag in the bookstore and not come back to find it missing. It’s about not stealing furniture from the Wedge, no matter how easy it is to steal. It’s about stopping people who try to steal or cheat, and reporting them if necessary.”

To prevent further theft o f the furni­ ture over the weekend, members o f the renovation committee decided to lock it all in the Lower Wedge on Friday night, leaving no furniture to use through Mon­

day morning. It was the only way, they said, to prevent more thefts.

A small group of students recovered two of the stolen couches on Friday night, and four o f the tables mysteri­ ously reappeared, but one couch and two tables remain missing. John Hanlon, chief o f police at WPI, says that the parties in possession of the furniture have until Thursday at midnight to re­ turn it without punishment. After that, he says, his department will “seek crimi­ nal complaints in the Worcester District Court.” Since the couches are valued in excess o f $250, the individual(s) respon­ sible for the theft could be convicted as felons and could be expelled from WPI. How will the police find the thieves?

While campus residents must, by federal law, be informed 24 hours in advance of a room search, there is talk of conduct ing just such a search. Room-by-room,doorby-door, resident advisors and student life staff would search for the stolen articles in the residence halls and cam­ pus apartments. Once found, the furni­ ture would be returned to the Wedge, and those responsible prosecuted.

Future plans for prevention The committee is considering several plans for the prevention of further theft.

Once involves the installation o f secu­ rity cameras to record activity in the Wedge. While this plan would allow the police to apprehend thieves more quickly, it still wouldn’t prevent the thefts. An­ other downside is the possibility of the obstruction or even theft o f the cameras.

See Wedge, continued on page 2

Recent incidents prompt Campus Police to issue crime alert and prevention suggestions

by C h ief John J. Hanlon WPI Campus Police There has been a significant in­ crease in the reports o f car burglaries in this area of the City o f W orcester.

The WPI Police Department alone has investigated 20 cases since the begin­ ning of ‘A ’ term.

C ar radios, speakers, radar detec­ tors, ashtrays, VIN plates and articles left inside of the cars are the primary targets.

Evidence indicates that the would-

be th ief is typically dropped o ff in a parking lot o r on a side street, while the second suspect rem ains with the car. The get-aw ay car will either roam around the cam pus (until pick-up time) or as we have found in some cases, the driver of the get-aw ay car will park their vehicle nearby, crouch down in the seat and w ait until a score has been made.

T he suspect on foot walks along the street or through a parking lot glanc­ ing into the cars. W hen this suspect spots a likely target vehicle, that sus­

pect gains entrance to the car by using a ‘slim -jim ’ device, though an un­ locked door or by breaking a window (about half o f the victim ized vehicles have had broken windows). The sus­ pect then lies across the front seal and in a matter o f about 2 minutes is able to rem ove the radio, speakers etc.

The burglary suspect will either wait for the pick-up vehicle to drive by, or will hurry to a designated are (where the get-aw ay vehicle is parked).

We have found lhat when a bur­ glary is com m itted during the day time,

Crime Prevention Suggestions

Try to rem em ber and report the license plate num ber and description of suspicious vehicles (we do m ain­ tain an intelligence file for dissem ina­ tion to patrol officers).

Park in well lighted areas (if pos­ sible) Keep your doors locked - thieves usually look for the easier target.

Breaking into vehicles is a last resort.

W hile w alking around cam pus, be aware o f your surroundings and report suspicious activity, vehicles or per­ sons to the Cam pus Police.

The Campus police are investigat­ ing reported thefts from several resi­ dence hall rooms, as well as from a fraternity in our peripheral property area. ln the cases of the resident hall burglaries, no visible evidence o f a See Crime, continued on page 2

that the suspect will often hide the stolen property and return for it after dark.

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Wedge renovations spark debate on honesty Continued from page I Another solution would call for a flip-flop of furniture: the Upper Wedge would become the eating area and the Lower Wedge would be a lounge which could be locked at night. While this would ensure that the furniture would be safe, students wouldn't be able to use it at night and groups scheduling events in the Lower Wedge would be forced to move the furniture anyway.

Still another solution would involve drilling holes in each piece and permanently affixing it to the floor via steel cable and a metal plate. This would allow for limited flexibility in moving the furniture while discouraging theft. The commit­ tee will meet again next week to decide upon a course o f action.

Wedge96?

I overheard some students talking about the new Wedge the other day, referring to it as

“ Wedge96.” no doubt a negative reference to the infamous Windows95. What do people really think o f the new look?

Mike Caprio '97 laments the loss o f the divid­ ers, “ Remember the African marketplace a while back? The entire Wedge was open, and it was a marvel to see... Now it looks like that’s the last time I’ll ever see that.”

Robert MacDonald ’99 likes the new look, but misses “the big tables that people ate on, the Magic players used and the D&D people played on.” Also, he thinks it’s “annoying to [have to] move the tables around.” “ I think it's really beautiful, especially with the glass walls between the two parts now,” says Carolyn Morse ’97. “ It makes the place a lot brighter!”

Finally, Joseph Schaffer ’96 proposes an im provem ent on the design: lamps. "The addi­ tion of small, durable lamps bolted to some o f

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the end tables may make the W edge appear even more upscale, and incandescent light at spots will improve color rendition and soften the overhead tube lights at night, making the space more pleasant and functional for reading and doing hom ew ork.”

While feelings are mixed about the new furni­ ture, most agree that the Wedge looks and smells better. No longer do the remnants of the Wedge’s smoking days linger in the carpel, and the new windows separating the Upper and Lower Wedge give it a brighter, more open feeling. The addition of the coffee cart will no doubt appeal to a large number o f students and there are now enough tables and chairs in the Lower Wedge to accom­ modate all the faculty, staff, and students who eat lunch there daily. Despite being darkened by the shadow o f furniture thefts looming overhead, the new and improved Wedge has been long in com ­ ing and it’s finally here to stay.

They’re back! Outbreak of viruses plagues campus computers

by Debra 1_ D exter C om puter Trainer Little Red has found a way to back to our hearts and homes. L ittle Red infected the Higgins server on T uesday, January 9. This particular com pressed virus attaches itself to *.exe. *.com and *.dll files and stays dorm ant until those files are activated. W hen these files are opened the virus becom es active and attacks other files on the hard drive. It renders pro­ grams like W indows or even the autom enu inoperable. The server has been “cleaned" o f Little Red. Infected com puters/floppies that have not been “cleaned" can still spread Little Red from com puter to computer.

How do you know if you have a virus on your com puter and if so how do you get rid o f it?

Well, if you didn’t log in to Higgins on T ues­ day, January 9, then you survived. This d oesn’t mean you d o n ’t have any viruses on your co m ­ puter, it simply means you didn’t get the Little Red virus from the server. When in doubt scan!, scan!, scan!!!! M cA fee’s V irusScan iden­ tifies Little Red. It is available from any o f the WPI Novell Servers in the o:\sharew ar\scan directory. Copy the files to a clean, bootable floppy disk. If you do find a virus on your com puter use the clean comm and to rem ove it from your harddri ve o r disks. If you believe you have a virus but are having problems removing

it or are unsure hotf to rem ove it, please come to the C CC Shop and they will supply you with a clean, bootable floppy disk with the latest version of M cAfee VirusScan program on it.

Please take all the necessary precautions to prevent the spread o f viruses. Always scan any new disk you introduce to your com puter as well as periodically scanning your hard drive.

The scan program is constantly updated to find new viruses. Be sure to keep up to date with the newest version. WPI is licensed to distibute the latest version o f M cAfee VirusScan to all WPI users w ithout a registration fee. We will co n ­ tinue to keep you updated on viruses as well as any other new information from the CCC. For more detailed inform ation you can refer to the N ovem ber 7, 1995 issue o f N ewspeak on the Internet at http://w w w .w pi.edu/~new speak.

Here is the January com puter training sched­ ule for those of you interested in W indows training. Any com m ents or suggestions, please e-m ail Debbie Dexter, dldexter@ w pi.

January Training Schedule Training Session: “ An Introduction to W indow s” Topics: U n d e rsta n d in g the C o m p o n e n ts o f a W indow Changing the Settings in W indows

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Continued from page / ‘breaking and entering’ has been found. This leads us to believe that access to the room s was gained by entry through an unlocked door or window or through the use o f a key.

At the fraternity building, access was most likely gained through an unlocked window area.

Crime Prevention Suggestions Lock your doors and windows when you leave your room or apartment regardless o f the length o f time that you plan to be gone. From a personal safety standpoint, this would be par­ ticularly important if a roommate is left sleeping in the room.

If you are going to be gone for an extended period o f time (weekend or more) secure your valuable (radios, jew elry.ciocks,com puters etc.).

Always keep money, wallets, pocketbooks, or jew elry in a locked area out of sight.

Never lend your keys to anyone (or make duplicates for friends).

Report all doors, locks, or windows in need o f repair to Residential Services, your landlord or maintenance personnel.

Message to Those Responsible for Stealing WPI’s New Wedge Furniture If our C om m unity’s newly purchased (and recently stolen) ‘Wedge Furniture' is not re­ turned, this Department will seek criminal com ­ plaints in the W orcester District Court. Since this furniture’s value is in excess o f $250, this theft constitutes a FELONY under M assachu­ setts G eneral Laws.

To All Club Presidents: Please stop by the Student Activities Office and clean out your mailbox.

Many boxes are full with mail from last semester. Let’s start this year off fresh.

The Events posting will appear weekly. The February schedule will be posted at the end o f January if you cannot attend these times.

WPI Community Open Meeting Everyone’s invited: students, staff, faculty, and alumni...

Topic: WPI’s Future Campus and Recreation Center When: Tuesday, January 23rd, 4:30 - 6:00pm Where: Perreault Lecture Hall, Fuller Labs Be a part of W P I’s Future!

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Weekly sports update - results from January 6th through 11th

by G eoff H assard Sports Information D irector

Women’s Basketball (8-4) The w om en’s basketball team jum ped back into action early and started the new year o ff right by w inning the W illiam s College Invita­ tional during the w eekend o f Jan. 6. They defeated host W illiams 70-56 behind a 21point perform ance by Jenn Lovin and then follow ed it up with a 56-50 win over Smith College. Danielle Batey led WPI in the title game with 20 points as she hit 9 of 10 free throws. Lovin was selected as the Most V alu­

able Player in the tournam ent and Kim Landry was named to the All-Tournam ent Team for her contribution in the two games. Coach C ham ­ pion was pleased with the effort o f her team and felt that Batey and Jen Plante could have easily made the all-tournam ent team as well for their play.

WPI hosted traditionally strong Trinity C ol­ lege for their 1996 home opener last Thursday.

In a game that cam e down to the last seven seconds. T rinity held on to win 57-54. With 3:38 rem aining WPI trailed 54-48. Over the next 3:15 neither team scored until Batey hit a three-pointer to bring the Engineers to within

three points with 23 seconds left. Trinity then made tw o free throw s to increase their lead to five with 20 seconds left. Then with three defenders hanging all over her, Batey made another three-point basket from another area code to close the gap to tw o points with 11 seconds remaining. Trinity then went to the line for a one-and-one situation and missed the front end, but unfortunately for the Engineers, the Bantam s cam e up with the rebound. T rinity iced the game when they hit a free throw with four ticks left on the clock to secure the tree point win. Batey led all scorers w ith 19 points.

Lovin took down 14 boards to go w ith 10 points

in the defeat.

M en’s Basketball (5-4) The men were on the road for their first game back from the break as they traveled across the city to face W orcester State. The Engineers were looking to pick up w here they left off when they ended 1995 with a convincing win over W entw orth. Behind a career high 29 points by Jeff Cayer, WPI pulled out a 10 point win over the Lancers 88-78. Jim Naughton added 23 points and freshm an John Lehane had 15 in the win for the Engineers who now have a m odest two-gam e winning streak.

IceCats winter update: Freddie Franchise, Fichaud under fire, Buzak emerges

by A ndrew M arsella A ssociate E ditor The W orcester IceC ats o f the A m erican H ockey L eague continued their dynam ic sec­ ond season throughout the w inter break, play ­ ing several im portant divisional gam es against N orthern division rivals Portland, Providence, and S pringfield, as well as contests against o th er d ivision team s - such as expansion B altim ore B andits. It’s been a tough month for the ‘C ats, w hose overall record has slipped to 13-15-9, placing them tw o points behind the second place Providence B ruins, who have been on a w inning streak o f late.

T he most im pressive gam e o f the holiday season, by far, was a 10-7 victory over the P ortland Pirates. It was the highest scoring gam e in IceC ats history, as well as in recent A HL history, and featured a penalty shot (w ith a g reat sav e!) ag a in st g o a lie E ric Fichaud and a hat-trick by IceCat scoring leader Fred K nipscheer. K nipscheer, who has 19 goals and 18 assists for 37 points in 31 gam es, has been the IceC ats m ost consistent and exciting forw ard, and is on par for a strong 90 point season barring a call-up by N HL affiliate St. Louis B lues (we can hope, c a n ’t w e?!).

A lso, IceC ats rookies Fichaud and Jam ie R ivers on defense have been selected to play in the A HL A lI-S tarG am e. w hich iso n ESPN2

at 7:30 tonight (the 16th). Fichaud, who has played a m ajo rity o f the IceC at’s gam es and consistently been one o f the A H L ’s leading goaltenders, w as selected (big surprise) in the A ll-S tar fan ballot, w hile R ivers was selected by the A ll-S tar com m ittee.

A nother p leasan t surprise for the IceCats has been the j-ecent em ergence o f backup goalie M ike B uzak. the 6 ’ 1" Blues prospect, as a solid c o n te n d e r for g o altending duty in W orcester. A fter a disappointing 4-2 loss to the B altim ore B andits follow ing the 10-7 fiasco (an incred ib le gam e in all aspects ex­ cept g o a lten d in g ), a rather tired and frazzled Fichaud was g iv en a two gam e rest, allow ing B uzak to start back-to-back gam es for the first lim e all season. He responded with extrem ely solid w ork betw een the pipes, p ick ­ ing up co n secu tiv e ties to start o ff the ‘C ats recent road trip. B uzak’s record has im ­ proved to 1-3-3 with a save percentage of o v er 90% , pro v in g that he is a valuable and com petent asset in the cage fo r the IceCats.

The IceC ats return to C entrum ice this F riday night (the 19th) at 7:35 to face o ff ag ainst the F red ericto n C anadiens and again on Sunday (the 21st) for a 4:05 m atinee versus the S p rin g field Falcons. T he S pring­ field gam e w ill be opened by an appearance from the fam ous Hanson B rothers from the classic hockey movie Slapshot (d o n ’t miss th is one!).

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ED CAMERON

W PI’s Jeff Cayer slides past WNEC defenders last Saturday. WPI won the game, 95 - 74.

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by Nate H owells Pub Committee C hair On Thursday, January 11, the WPI Social C om m ittee hosted Itchy Fish, a group know n throughout New England as the area’s pre­ m iere Pearl Jam cover band. O ver 270 students attended the show held in Alden M em orial H all. O pening was cardBoA rDbob, a wellknow n local band consisting o f WPI students w ho finally got a chance to fulfill their dream o f perform ing in one o f the greatest auditorium s in W orcester. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the perform ance which also included songs not

by Pearl Jam. The next PUB show will be held in Riley C om m ons on Friday, Jan. 26. The featured perform ers are “The Friggs,” a band out o f the New York area consisting o f four women p er­ form ing a style o f rock and roll sim ilar to a hybrid punk/Stray Cats com bination. S atur­ day, February 17, there will be a hardcore show again in Riley Comm ons featuring some o f the best talent in the local hardcore scene, includ­ ing one group that is rum oured to be opening for internationally renow ned artists N apalm Death, one o f the bands on the Mortal K om bat soundtrack. March 22 will see the fourth an ­ nual perform ance by Big C atholic G uilt and W P I’s colorblind. BCG are often heard on W A A F ’s local rock show Sunday nights and are one o f the best techno-industrial acts in the B oston area. The traditional Indiefest will also happen at the end o f D -term; this is the exclu­

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Beyond the Farm A weekly e-m ail news sum m ary W ORLD E D ITIO N

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A snow storm o f incredible proportions hit m ost o f the eastern U nited Stales Jan 6th. A foot o f snow fell on W ashington D.C., 27.6 inches on P hiladelphia, an estim ated 100 tons dropped on the city o f New York. A ir­ ports, schools, and businesses were forced to close, and many did not reopen until Jan 9th.

Schoo ls in New Y ork city closed for the first tim e since 1978. Just as things started to return to norm al Jan 11th, a second large storm hit, shutting down that portion o f the country yet again.

C hechen rebels crossed into the R ussian republic o f D aegestan Jan 9th and attacked a hospital in K izlyar. At least 40 people w ere killed in the im m ediate attack, and about 2000 hostages were taken. O ver the next tw o days, the rebels gradually released all but about 100 o f their hostages, then started tra v ­ eling back to C hechnya. R ussian forces su r­ rounded the rebels, still in D aegestan at the tow n o f Pervom ayskaya, Dec 12th. An u lti­ m atum for the rebels to give up their h ostages and receive free passage to C hechnya was set and then extended indefinitely Dec 13th.

First lady H illary Rodham C linton is u n ­ d er increasing scrutiny in the W hitew ater investigation. C olum nist W illiam S affire called her a “congenital liar” Jan 9th, p ro m p t­ ing President C linton to defend his wife in a press conference Jan 11th. The First Lady h e rself fired back Jan 13th, claim ing that her w ork at the Rose Law Firm for M adison G uaranty w as not o f unusual d uration or interest and that none o f the recent accu sa­ tions has any underlying truth.

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S peaker o f the H ouse Newt G ingrich stated Jan 8th th at he d o e sn ’t believe that a c o m p ro m ise is p o ssib le anytim e soon, p erhaps not before the p residential elections. T his sta te m e n t p ro m p te d P re sid e n t C linton in his Jan 11 th press c o n ­ f e r e n c e to s h o o t b a c k th a t G ingrich w asn ’t w illing to co m ­ prom ise. C linton b eliev es the tw o sides to not be very far apart.

H ow ever, n eith er side produced any new proposals.

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Jan 10th. The incident w as blam ed on the S erbs.

D espite foggy w eather, P resident C linton was able to visit U S troops in B osnia Jan 13th.

70,000 S erbs, w ho had been threatening to leave Sarajevo and burn th eir hom es behind them , instead rem ained in town Jan 12th.

A F rench plane landing in Sarajevo w as fired upon Jan 7th.

O ne person was killed and 19 w ere in ­ ju red when a rocket grenade hit in Sarajevo

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PLO chairm an Y assar A rafat blam ed Israel Jan 7th for the death of Y ahya A yyash, an alleged P alestinian bom b m aker.

In G uatem alan elec tio n s held Jan 7th, foreign m inister A lvaro A rzu earned the title o f President w ith 51.22% o f the vote to A lfonso P o rtillo ’s 48.78% .

Fifteen H indu villag ers w ere k illed in the disputed territory o f Jam m u and K ashm ir Jan 7th, raising ten sio n s betw een India and Pakistan.

F orm er Japanese trade m in ister Ryoto H ashim oto was o ffic ia lly endorsed by the ruling co alitio n as th e ir can d id ate for prim e m inister Jan 8th. On Jan 11th, H ashim oto was easily voted into office; he im m ediately n am ed 21 new m inisters.

N otably, H ash im o to ’s ascension m arks the return o f the L iberal D em ocratic Party to co ntrol o f Japan.

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L ockheed announced Jan 8th that it w ould take o v e r most o f the defense com pany Loral.

250 peo p le w ere k illed w hen a cargo plane rolled o ff the end o f a runw ay in K inshasha, Z aire Jan 8th.

A Federal judge ruled Jan 9th that legal actio n ag ain st B ill C lin to n on sexual harrassm ent charges co u ld continue w hile he holds the office o f President o f the U n ite d S ta te s .

C lin to n claim ed that he was nearly bankrupt from these p ro s­ e c u tio n s in his Jan 11th press conference.

• Y e v g e n y P rim a k o v , a fo rm er head o f R u ssia ’s spy ag en cies, was nam ed that n a tio n ’s new foreign m in ister Jan 9th.

•P a u l A dam s, a w riter for th e L o n d o n F in a n ic a l T im es, w as arrested in N i­ geria Jan 9th; he w as re ­ leased on bail Jan 1 1th.

C hina announced Jan 9 th that it w as can ­ celling plans to sell tw o nuclear reactors to Iran.

President C linton vetoed the R epublican W elfare R eform proposal Jan 10th.

Jo rd a n ’s K ing H ussein visited Israel Jan 10th.

Jose S antacruz L o ndono, a drug kingpin, escaped incarceration in C olom bia Jan 1 1th.

The S pace Shuttle E ndeavor blasted o ff Jan 1 1th on a sate llite-rep air m ission.

A V aluJet plan slid into a snow bank at D ulles International A irport near W ash ­ ington D .C. Jan 12th; nobody w as seri­ ously injured.

A lively debate betw een the nine R ep u b ­ lican presid en tial can d id ates took place in Iow a Jan 13th. All can d id ates w ere m uch h ard er on S teve F orbes than in previous deb ates, now that he has firm ly

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p ositioned him self in second place be­ hind B ob Dole. W hen Sen. Phil G ram m (R -T X ) accused D ole o f secretly dealing w ith th e p re s id e n t. D o le re fe re d to G ram m ’s absence from W ashington w hile cam paigning: “N ext tim e y o u ’re in tow n w hy d o n ’t you drop me a lin e.”

A brig h t object, apparently a dead satel­ lite, lit up the night sky o v e r T exas and New M exico Jan 13th.

Finally: P olitics m ay be for the dogs, so a canine is running for office. E rnest, a B urm ese M oun­ tain dog, is actively cam paigning for co n ­ gress in the 17th district o f C alifornia (w ith the help o f his ow ner). H ow ever, election o fficials say Ernest is barking up the w rong tree; he filed one day too late and w ill not be on the prim ary ballot this spring.

And that’s what made the News Beyond the Farm.

Sources this week included A ll Things Con­ s id e r e d (N P R ), th e A s s o c i a te d P r e s s newswire, the Chris Clark Show (KGO-AM ), the C h ristian Scien ce M onitor, N ew sday (BBC/PRI), Newsdesk (BBC/PR!), and the R euters n ew sw ire. C o m p iled by: Lance G leich, Stanford CA B eyond the Farm is d esign ed to p ro vid e a reasonably short sum mary o f a w e e k ’s events fo r p e o p le who w ould oth erw ise have no chance to keep up with current events. It is distrubuted by direct e-m ail a n d is published by the W orcester P olytechnic In stitu te's stu ­ dent new spaper, “N ew speak, ” when that institution is in session. It m ay be distributed, forw arded, o r re-posted anyw here. Check "h tt p : / / w w w .s t a n f o r d .e d u / ~ l g l i t c h / b t f / b tfh tm l" on the W orld Wide Web fo r back issues and fu rth er inform ation. Comments, criticism s, and requests fo r e-m ail su bscrip­ tion a d dition s o r deletion s should be em a ile d to “la n ce.g leich @ lelan d.stan ford.edu . ” C on­ gratulations on keeping up with the w orld around yo u !

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E d it o r ia l Happy new year! As you may or may not know, N ewspeak elects new editors who take office at the beginning o f the calendar year. Congratulations to th e new editorial board! O f course, we w ouldn’t be here today w ithout the knowledge and guidance o f our editors who did such a great jo b in 1995!

My name is Dave Koelle, and 1 am the new editor-in-chief.

O ften, when leadership is passed from one person or group to another, the new leader has some new ideas, a new direction in w hich to head. One o f the things I w ould like to focus on is getting Newspeak involved in the com m unity more than it is now. O f course, Newspeak has to be involved in the com m u­ nity to some extent. A fter all, the paper is about the com m u­ nity! I would like to see a stronger bond betw een the paper and the com m unity which it serves.

I am taking steps to make N ewspeak more friendly and more available to the com m unity. O n-cam pus advertising rates have been lowered, in the hopes that the com m unity will find N ewspeak to be a great m edium for letting others know w hat’s going on. I hope to continue our investigations into diverse

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parts o f o ur com m unity, which you have seen in Carlos Zapata’s articles on different minority groups. In addition, Donna Edzards has begun an excellent series o f articles on WPI traditions and history. Also rem em ber that the writing which you read in N ewspeak is not lim ited to things written by our staff: as always, your suggestions and opinions are alw ays welcome.

A nother one o f my foci is getting more people involved in Newspeak. The paper, over the past few years, has had a small staff, which is unfortunate, given all o f the talent at W PI. At first, it’s easy to ju st say that WPI is a technical university. Few hum anities courses are required, a fact that appeals to many students. W hy would WPI students, a technical bunch, want to write? W hen you know what Newspeak has to offer, you realize that this rationalization is a poor one. N ewspeak is much more than writing: it’s doing layout on computers, working in the business and advertising departm ents, taking pictures as a photographer, expressing your opinion, and becom ing involved in the W PI community. I know there are a

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Concern expressed over theft Dear Editor, As the President o f the U ndergradu­ ates, I was quite distressed to hear o f the recent thefts involving the furniture in the newly renovated W edge area.

This directly challenges the integrity o f our student body. I had believed that we had a student body that held the ideals o f a community to the highest. I cam e to WPI because I believed we had a community that fostered an environ­ ment o f mutual respect and integrity.

W hen another student takes furniture, they are not taking something from just the administration, but from all o f us.

There were many people involved in the Wedge renovation, including stu­ dents. We are all affected by this.

As a member o f the campus center comm ittee, I look forward to the day when we have a campus center on

Dear Editor, Upon returning to cam p u s fo r w in ­ ter break many o f us w ere su rprised and pleased to see that d uring the vacation the W PI Plant S ervice sta ff w as busy renovating the upper and low er W edge to provide a w elco m ­ ing and com fortable location for stu ­ dents, staff, and faculty to relax and dine. A fter rem oving the o ld c a rp e t­ ing and fixed, uncom fortable benches that were in the W edge, the colleg e spent over $100,000 o u tfittin g the facility w ith attractive co u ch es and ch airs as well as new tables for dining. M any o f us who w ere here during break m onitored the p roject on a daily basis, w atching it's tran s­ form ation from a drab, w orn-out, u n ­ com fortable facility to one o f the few com m on lounging areas on the cam pus. W e were proud to have students return to see an exam ple o f how the college cares about the needs o f the cam pus com m unity.

Im ag in e the fru stra tio n w hen w ithin 24 hours o f the return o f stu ­ dents to cam pus tw o couches w orth $1,6 0 0 w ere stolen o v ern ig h t. T he follow ing evening tw o tables w ere taken as w ell. O n the third even in g an additional couch and four m ore tables w ere stolen. At this rate we should all expect that the W edge will be com pletely em pty by late C term .

W hile we do not know w ho stole the furniture or even if it w as a W PI student, (I w ould like to believe it w as not a student), we have to b e ­ lieve that som eone on cam pus know s w here it is. E veryone o f us has the right to tell those who stole the fu r­ niture that it is unacceptable that the rest o f the com m unity is denied its

campus. Ho w ean I go to meetings now and tell the administration that students will respect the center and its contents?

I think that this is a challenge for us. If we can show ourselves and the adm in­ istration that we all respect ourselves and our property than people will go to bat for us when the time comes to ask for money and resources.

I do not want this letter to come across as though everyone on this cam ­ pus has lost their integrity, but there are a few. Unfortunately, those few have lost a lot for all o f us. L et’s make this into a positive change for this campus.

A community atm osphere needs to sur­ face to the top. W e will all benefit if this happens.

Respectfully, Cathleen A. Connelly SGA President

right to enjoy these new furnishings because som eone selfish ly has d e ­ cided that they have an exclusive right to use the new furniture.

As the chair o f the Cam pus Center Planning Committee, I, and many of your student and faculty peers, have spent many long hours surveying the campus community about what facili­ ties our new campus center should in­ clude. There has been unanimous sup­ port for informal lounges where com ­ munity members can go to relax and visit with their peers. Comfortable couches and tables have been recom ­ mended as furnishings. In light o f the Wedge situation, I can’t help but won­ der if it makes sense to invest college funds in similar lounges.

I have alw ays ad m ired how re ­ s p o n s ib le and c o n s c ie n tio u s the m em bers o f the W PI com m unity are.

W e are indeed fo rtu n ate to have a com m unity o f scholars. I w ould like to em pow er each and every one o f you to stand up for y o u r rights to enjoy the new ly ren o v ated W edge.

Y our tuition d ollars paid for the re n o ­ vation. If you have any know ledge about where the fu rniture has gone apply peer pressure to ensure its re­ turn. T here are cle a rly m ore people who believe that the taking o f the furniture is w rong. L et us use our influence to d eliv er a m essage to those who rem oved the furniture that it is unacceptable an d that it w o n ’t be tolerated.

M y thanks to Plant S ervices fo r a jo b well done!

Janet Begin Richardson A ssistan t Vice President forS tu den t Affairs and Dean o f Student Life

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by Dave Koelle E ditor-in-C hief L e arn in g at W PI goes bey o n d classes. O ften, it even finds its w ays into ex tracu rricu lar activities. You cou ld learn a lot at N ewspeakl You could learn desktop publishing and business procedures. You could learn m ore about photography, or see if you have a knack for w riting. We can o ffer you num erous o p p o rtu n i­ ties w hich not only look good on a resum e but could help you in the real w orld, too.

Today, January 16, Newspeak will be holding a m em bership drive for any student interested in publishing, writ­ ing, business, or photography. Stu­ dents may stop in M organ A at any tim e betw een 6:30pm and 8:00pm.

Newspeak w riters will be there, w ill­ ing to talk to you about responsibili­ ties and time com m itm ents. W e’ll also have some pizza, so you get som e­ thing out o f the deal, even if you d o n ’t pursue it any further.

W hat can you get out o f joining N ew speakl A lot! Y ou see,Newspeak is not “ju st another clu b ” that is going

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the toilet seat, floor, w alls, doors, ceil­ ing, or anyw here else! You do not need to use a w hole roll of paper!

Leave all fixtures and fittings in the bathroom in the sam e place and state in which you found them upon enter­ ing! If you see a toilet bowl that’s already almost overflow ing because it is stopped up, do not flush it! W ash your hands afterw ards, and put the used paper tow el in the trash can!

Toilet paper and paper towels are not a form o f carpet! D on’t smoke! Cut your hair and trim your nails som e­ where else!

M ake Mr. C rapper proud o f you!

Prof. David Brown, CS Dept.

meet. If you joinAfew.s/?eaA:, not only w ould you know the N ewspeak staff, but y o u ’d also be linked that m uch closer to o th er im portant and in te r­ esting people on cam pus.

T im e com m itm ents are w hatever you w ant them to be. Do you only w ant to spend an hour a w eek on N ew speak-reldled w ork? T h a t’s fine by us, as long as you get done w h at­ ever you have to do. T im e co m m it­ m ents are m inim al and ex trem ely flexible.

O ne o f th e b est th in g s a b o u t N ewspeak is that you get to see the fruits o f your labor every T uesday.

Y o u 'll see y o u r article or y our photo in print. Y o u ’ll be able to say, "I d esigned the front page!” Y o u ’ll k n o w th a t w ith o u t y o u r e f f o r t, N ewspeak m ight not be around for the cam pus to read.

T here’s also the occasional perk: some free tickets to a local club, some sample C D ’s o f upcoming m usic tal­ ents, som e free pizza. Speaking about free pizza, th ere’ll be some o f that at the m em bership drive on T uesday.

Stop by. The worst thing that can happen is that you will get fed.

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by D ave K oelle E ditor-in -C h ief N ew speak has decided to low er its o n-cam pus advertising rates to make advertising m ore accessible to cam ­ pus groups and organizations. In the past, various parts o f the com m unity have w anted to advertise but may have had trouble affording the higher prices. To help m ake N ewspeak a m ore “com m u n ity -frien d ly ” paper, we decided to make advertising costs less restrictive.

W e have taken the category “oncam pus” and have divided it up into three sub-categories: “ student organi­ zations,” “school departments and of­

fices,” and “on-cam pus fundraising.”

Each sub-category has its own rates.

The changes, which take effect im m e­ diately, are as follows:

Student Organizations. per colum n inch: $1.56 Eighth page: 12.50 Q uarter page: 25.00 H alf page: 50.00 Full page: 100.00

School Departments and Offices. per colum n inch: $2.34 Eighth page: 18.75 Q uarter page: 37.50 H alf page: 75.00 Full page: 150.00

On-Campus Fundrasing. per colum n inch: $1.00 Eighth page: 8.00 Q uarter page: 16.00 H alf page: 32.00 Full page: 64.00 Please note that all other advertis­ ing rates will remain the same!

N ew speakreser\es the right to limit the amount o f advertising space re­ quested by a single group, organiza­ tion, departm ent, or office. Newspeak reserves the right to determ ine w hether an ad should receive the “student organizations,” “school departm ents a n d o f f ic e s ,” o r “ o n -c a m p u s fundraising” rate.

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Editor-!rt-Chlaf Emeriti Krsiten Greene Brian Parker

An Introduction for Students, and anyone else who needs it To the Editor: Every year I am am azed and d is­ gusted by the state in which people leave the M en’s room in Fuller Labs.

I’d like to offer som e simple guide­ lines to help those who have not had any formal bathroom training. For your convenience (so to speak) they appear below . I have no personal experience o f w hether the W om en’s room is treated as badly. H owever, these guide­ lines should apply equally well to ei­ ther gender. Experienced bathroom users should feel free to suggest addi­ tions or corrections. R ush when you' re done! W aste products from your body should be flushed away and not left on

to soak up your time and leave you with nothing to show for it. First, you will get real experience in what you’re interested. This experience could be placed on a resume if you want, but it’s alw ays yours for life. Y ou would also have the opportunity to becom e more involved — like the potential to be­ com e an editor.

Y o u ’ll be the first to know w hen som ething is about to happen on c a m ­ pus, and y o u ’ll be right in the action w hen stu ff gets hot. Y o u ’ll have the inside scoop on all sorts o f neat new s, like searches for new a d m in istra­ tors, o r the design o f the C am pus C enter. D id the renovated W edge surprise you? W e’ve know n that w as going to happen fo r a couple o f m onths now . T hanks to o u r c o n n ec­ tions w ith im portant people on c a m ­ pus, w e’re one o f the first places to know about im portant events w hen they happen (and often before they happen). You can get a chance to m eet these connections if you jo in N ewspeak. You w ould also be able to m ake your ow n conn ectio n s for articles you investigate. Y ou’ll be am azed at the variety o f people y o u ’d

Changes in on-campus advertising rates

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How to use the bathroom

lot o f students who care very m uch about WPI. Why not jo in N ew speak? You don’t have to write if you don’t want to — that’s not all we offer. You would gel to work closely with the im portant people around campus, learning a lot about our school in the process.

Perhaps the student body as a whole is not fully aware o f what being part of Newspeak m eans for the participant. You must make a paradigm shift: d o n ’t think, “Newspeak could use m e”; instead, think, “Newspeak is a great opportunity for m e.”

We can o ffer you experience in running a small business, advertising, desktop publishing, or photography. Of course, you could also im prove your writing. K eep up with the latest sports events, see what is happening around campus, get “the inside scoop” on hot stories. WTien a future employer sees that you’ve w orked on the student new spaper in some vital capacity, your possibility o f acceptance becomes that much better.

N ewspeak is holding a m em bership drive today in M organ A from 6:30pm -8:00pm . Feel free to stop by anytime, m eet some o f the staff m em bers, and see w hat w e’re about.

Associate Editors Donna Edzards Andrew Marsella Amy L. Plack Carlos Zapata

Heather Mazzaccaro Writing Staff Ben Fischer Beatrice Grygo Pamela Kelly Jennx Yambert Jesse Zbikowski Faculty Advisor John Trimbur

Vacant Features Editor Vacant Circulation Vacant

Lisa Bartee » . 1,it,.T,n* Sharon Bosse a m to M , H m n r r Vacant Typist Kim Farrell

Eric Wilhelm Photoflraphv Editor Ed Cameron Photography Staff Emily Brunkhurst Alison Keach Eric Wilhelm

W PI Newspeak of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, formerly the Tech News, has been published weekly during the academic year, except during college vacations, since 1909 Newspeak has been printed on recycled paper since January, 1991 Masthead designed by Troy Thompson for Newspeak's 21st Anniversary.

All articles should be typed and include the author’s name and box number. Copy may be sent to Newspeak, c/o Student Activities Office, or brought to the Newspeak office (Riley 01). Articles may also be submitted via e-mail. All copy is due by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding publication. Letters to the Editor must contain the typed or printed name of the author as well as the author's signature, telephone number, and box number for verification. Students submitting letters to the editor should put their class after their name. Faculty and staff should include their full title Letters deemed libelous or irrelevant to the WPI community will not be published All Club and Greek comers must be submitted via e-mail and be 275 words or less All ads are due by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding publication. Any submissions received after this time will be subject to a flat $15 late fee per ad.

Advertisements, including classified ads. will not be accepted via email. Classified ads must be prepaid The decision on whether a submission is a public service announcement or an advertisement lies with the editors.

The editorial is written by a member or members of the Newspeak staff. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the entire Newspeak staff The editors reserve the right to edit all copy for correct punctuation and spelling as well as appropriate content Printing is done by Saltus Press First Class postage paid at Worcester, Massachusetts Subscription rate is $20.00 per school year, single copies 75 cents within the continental United States. Make all checks payable to WPI Newspeak

T u e s d a y , Ja n u a r y 1 6 , 1 9 9 6

Student G overnm ent A Unofficial M inutes o f the Undergraduate Student Government Association for the m eeting o f D ecem ber 12, 1995 Held in the L ow er W edge

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Meeting called to order at 6:04pm.

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Roll Call Executive Board: C ath leen A .. C o n n e lly , P r e s id e n t; K irs ty E . R e id y , V ic e P re s id e n t; A m y L . P la c k , Secretary; G regory R. Snow , T reasurer.

Senate: A lfred A ndrade, Ryan B etts, T a ra C a rrie , H arish C h a w la , H e a th e r C le a ry , T a n y a C o rra d o , M a tth e w D e f r o n z o , S im b a D u ttM a z u m d a r, M a tth e w F re im u th , M arni H all, Ed H allissey, Seth K intigh, Jason M ickey, Jerem y O lszew ski, J e n n ife r R eese, D e re k Sickm an, K risten Stagg, Tim T ully, K enneth V olock, Jason W illey, Adam W oodbury.

A b se n t: Shaw n A yube (excused), Sundeep R eddy, H a rris o n R ip p s , M ic h a e l Scott, Justin S prague, Cindy V ollaro.

P arliam entarian: J e n n ife r Y am bert N e e d e d f o r q u o ru m w e re sixteen (16), tw enty-tw o (22) w ere present at the start o f the m eeting.

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Approval o f the minutes for December 5, 1995 T he m in u tes w ere approved w ith no changes.

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President’s Remarks President C onnelly rem inded

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com m ittee heads to com p lete and return th eir reports to her before leav in g for the b reak.

Comm ittee Reports SGA C om m ittees C o m m itte e o n A c a d e m ic Issues (C A I) C h air Hall rep o rted th a t the H u m a n itie s D e p a r tm e n t a p p ro v e d th e c o m m itte e ’ s proposal reg a rd in g tra n sfe r su fficien cy credit. N ext, the p r o p o s a l w ill g o b e f o r e com m ittees and the F aculty.

A lso, the co m m ittee approved a new M aple survey, to be d is trib u te d th is w eek w ith course ev aluation form s in the calculus classes.

Kris N eindorf o f R esidential S e rv ic e s p r e s e n te d h er proposal to change the room selection process, doing aw ay w ith th e c u r r e n t lo tte r y system , fo r n ex t year.

A question and a n sw er session follow ed, and co p ies o f the proposal are available in the SGA O ffice.

creed, choosing persons who w ill be a ro u n d to see its revision through to the end.

In C -term , the com m ittee will fo c u s on m in o rs and c o n c e n tra tio n , ad v isin g on W P I ’ s w eb s e r v e r , a n d determ ining a m ore effective m e th o d by w h ic h to effectiv ely evaluate advising here at WPI.

Institute Com m ittees Com m ittee on A cadem ic O perations (CAO) R e p r e s e n ta tiv e B u tla n d reported that the com m ittee d is c u s s e d a n d ta b le d th e social science m inor and the p h y sica l e d u c a tio n c o u rs e re n u m b e rin g s in o rd e r to obtain m ore inform ation. The c o m m itte e a p p ro v e d revisions to the distrib u tio n requirem ents for the m ajo r in com puters w ith applications an d th e c o n c e n tr a tio n in m e d ic in a l c h e m is tr y fo r chem istry m ajors. B oth o f these need to approved by the faculty now.

VIII. New Business T here was no new business on the agenda.

C om m ittee on A cadem ic P olicy (CAP) No report.

Senator W oodbury m oved to hear new business. Senator Defronzo seconded, and the motion passed.

E ducational D evelopm ent C ouncil R e p r e s e n t a ti v e D u ttM azum dar had no report.

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Com m ittee on Student Life Issues C h a ir D u ttM a z u m d a r re p o rte d th a t th e c o m m i t t e e contin u es to work on se v e ra l issu es and th a t th e r e STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION w o u ld be no m eeting this w eek. (N o report A t th e n e x t m e e tin g , th e was filed w ith the S ecretary ) com m ittee w ill be looking at the tabled proposals as well Com m ittee on E lections as the m echanical engineering No report, as C h air S prague concentrations, and changes was absent. to the chem istry/biochem istry C om m ittee on P olicies and distribution requirem ents.

P rocedu res Com m ittee on Student No report.

Advising (CSA) R e p r e s e n ta tiv e H ansen Com m ittee on reported that the com m ittee A p p ro p ria tio n s met and discu ssed the roles, T reasu rer Snow rep o rted that resp o nsib ilities and selectio n VI. th e c o m m itte e h a s b e e n of a d v is o r s fo r W PI lo o k in g at sp ecial fu n d in g re sid e n tial p ro je c t c e n te rs. requests and that p etitions to The c o m m itte e d e c id e d to raise the social fee are due start fresh w ith the cam p u s VII. before break.

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Bill S.13 - C om m ittee on S tu dent L ife Issu es Renaming Act - Senator

Web C om m ittee R e p r e s e n t a ti v e P la c k rep o rted that the com m ittee m et r e g a r d in g s ty le gu id elin es for the server.

No form al decisions w ere m ade, and the com m ittee w ill m eet in C -te rm to d iscu ss further changes.

Dutt-Mazumdar S e n a to r D u tt- M a z u m d a r moved to change the nam e of the C om m ittee on S tudent Life Issu es (C S L I) to the S tu d e n t L ife Is s u e s C om m ittee (SL IC ). D uring the c o u rs e o f d is c u s s io n , Senator O lszew ski noted that all changes to the b y-law s and constitution m ust first pass through the C o m m ittee on P o lic ie s and P ro c e d u r e s .

C hair C o n n elly c a lle d the m otion o u t of o rd er, and sent it to P&P for review .

F aculty A wards C om m ittee R epresentative M ickey had no report.

P rovost Search C om m ittee R epresentative Snow reported th a t th e c o m m itte e h ad n a r r o w e d th e n u m b e r o f can d id ates to four. The sem i­ finalists will begin on-cam pus interview s in January.

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O ver w inter break, G uinevere and I decided to tour around the w orld w ith a very special friend o f ours, w ho also happens to be a prom inent figure at W PI. H is identity will have to rem ain anonym ous for now , but next w eek w e’ll present a c o llec to r’s ed itio n o f P hiller with a photo essay o f o u r tour, and y o u ’ll no doubt rec­ ognize him . He and I arrived safely b a c k in W o rc e s te r a w h ile ago.

G uinevere, how ever, decided to take a slightly longer route hom e, and has yet to return, leaving me to burrow ex cessiv ely long tunnels th rough the snow ju st to get out o f o u r fourth flo o r a p a rtm e n t and d e liv e r this w eek ’s article. Y ou thought som e o f o u r o th er articles were w eird? Now y o u ’ll see w hat I think about after b e in g c o o p e d up by m y s e lf in W orcester for tw o w eeks...

First and forem ost, W H A T THE HECK H A PPEN ED TO THE W E D G E ?!?!?!? (W . T. H. H. T . T. W . H ey look! T w o pairs, or a full house! ) I w alked in there the o ther day a n d d id a q u in tu p le -ta k e . (N ever try that unless y o u ’re a p rofessional.)

W h at hap p en ed to all the earth y o rangish-brow n stuff? W hat hap­ pened to all the carpet - covered plyw ood - w ith - absolutely - no padding - w hat - so - ever - couches - that - m ade - yo u r - bum - sore - if - you - sat - on - it - for - any - length - o f - tim e (C. C. P. W. A. N. P. W. S. E. C. T. M. Y. B. S. I. Y. S. O. I. F. A. L. O. T .)? W hat happened to all th o se fam ous cigarette burns that w ere destined to be m entioned in the next edition o f Two Tow ers? W hat happened to drapery straight out o f the 7 0 ’s? W hat happened to that pig from G reen A c re sl T hey’re all gone, baby... Thrown out fasterthan areluctant bungeejumper in a high speed bridge eating contest.

p arking lots w here th e re ’s no real place to put that snow anyhow , Plant Services has done a terrific jo b o f g ettin g rid o f M other N atu re’s d an ­ d ru ff this year. Even w hen W PI shut dow n during the big snow storm the first w eek o f Jan u ary , they cam e in anyw ay and all o f the sidew alks on cam pus were im m aculate before 8:00 in the m orning. I’m sure the great o vertim e pay had nothing to do with th eir thoroughness and enthusiasm to m ake W PI a safe place to walk even though it w as still snow ing.

P lant Services is truly the b est d e ­ partm ent on cam pus.

So can I get to ride around in those cool one man snow plow th in g ie s n o w ? A deal is a deal, guys.

If y o u ’re w ondering w hat h ap ­ pened to all the o ld stuff, w e’ ve g ot 'em - ply w o o d couches and all. T hose tab les m ake g reat cutting boards, d o n ’t ya know .

M aybe w e ’re b ein g ju s t a little sen tim en tal, o r m aybe th e y ’ll be w orth m illions som e day w hen they build a real cam pus center. It could happen...

As fo r the snow , w hoa N ellie!

T h a t’s w hat I call som e real snow ! I h ear the ski c o n d itio n s are g reat around the W PI cam pus area during lunch tim e. A lso be sure to check out the S ole P ro p rie to r m o u n tain ranges.

N orm ally, th is is the tim e o f year w hen P h iller p ick s on Plant S erv ices until they break dow n and shovel.

I’m pleased to ann o u n ce that we w ill not be co n tin u in g that trad itio n this year. E xcept for a few spots, such as

e-mail: newspeak@wpi.edu Web Sile: http://www.wpi.edu/~tbtJPhiUer/

D elving into o u r m ailbox, we re­ ceived two item s o v er break. Dave K oelle w rites: Why c a n ’t that guy a t registration p u t those ID -card stickers ( “S 9 6 ”) on straight? Is there a m ethod to his convoluted m adness? convoluted adj.

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2. Intricate; complicated.

L e t’s see, if we go by definition tw o, y o u ’re saying that he has a very intricate o r com plicated m adness. If th a t’s the case, th e re ’s no way you can expect sim ple little us to be able to figure it out. If w e go by d efin i­ tion one, y o u ’ re basically saying that h e ’s loopy, w hich we should be able to relate to easily . H ow ever, w hen I got my stick er, they m ade me put it on m yself, and I put it on straight...

M aybe he ju s t needs to drink m ore V -8. If anyone else has noticed this problem w ith their S96 sticker, be sure to go to the re g istra r’s on 1st flo or B oynton and dem and to have th e a lig n m e n t on y o u r s t ic k e r checked.

W e a lso received a photograph in o u r m ailbox this w eek o f a y o ung lady w ith boxer shorts on h er head. A lthough w e’re not sure o f the exact sig n ifi­ c a n c e o f th is p h o to g ra p h , P h iller encourages such p h o ­ tos o f o u r readers to be sent to P h ille r c /o N e w sp e a k B ox 2700, o r scanned and sent via e-m ail to new speak@ w pi.edu. lf you sim ply have a question you w ant answ ered o r a c o m ­ m ent you w ish to share w ith us and the W PI com m unity, you can send those to us too...

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President’s Report P resid en t C o n n e lly had no report.

Shoehorns and a Pleasant Wedge - ‘N u ff snow fe r y a ?

I do, h o w ev er, th in k th at th ey should put up an o th e r layer o f g lass betw een the u p p er and low er w edges so that they c o u ld fill it w ith w ater and put tropical fish betw een there.

W o u ld n ’t that look cool? It w ould be w icked relax in g for p eople in the w edge too. An IQ P ju st w aiting to happen. W ho say s P hiller d o e sn ’t provide practical value to the c a m ­ pus?

B efore anyone else thinks o f it, I w ant to o fficia lly nam e the area fo r­ m erly know n as “T he W ed g e” as the “ L aurel and G u in e v ere M em o rial C om fy R esting A rea.” O h, and if you h a v en ’t seen it yet, be sure to v isit the “L aurel and G uinevere M e­ m orial C om fy R esting A rea” b e­ fore everyone go es and steals the couches and ch airs from the “L aurel and G uinevere M e ­ m orial C om fy R esting A rea.”

T hose couches arc quite com fy.

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Vice President R eidy reported that she su b m itted a w ork order to Plant Services to have the air c o n d itio n e r in the office rem oved. A nyone with changes to th e 199 6 Senatorial m anual should see VP R eidy before break.

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Secretary’s Remarks S e c re ta ry rem arks.

T here w as no old business to d iscuss.

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XIII. Announcements P re s id e n t C o n n e lly a g a in encouraged people to en ter the 25th A nniversary o f the Plan P aper C om petition.

XIV. Adjournment President C onnelly entertained a m otion to adjourn. It was m o v ed an d seconded.

Meeting adjourned at 6:35pm .

-Amy L. Plack, SGA Secretary

Agenda for the Meeting of January 16, 1996 I.

Call to Order

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Roll CaU

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Approval of Minutes for December 12,1995

IV.

President’s Remarks

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Committee Reports SGA Committees Institute Committees

VI.

Old Business

VII. New Business Bill S.13 - Rugby Club Emergency Appropriation Act - Senator Lxicroix

W ell, th a t’s all for this w eek, folks.

Be sure to tu n e in next w eek w hen w e’ll publish lots o f photos o f o u r trip and drive our w eb page quota to the limit!

VIII. Treasurer’s Remarks

Just a rem in d er that there are only five days rem ain in g until G eorge B u rn s’ 100th birthday. W PI will not hold classes on January 20th to honor th is occasion.

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Secretary’s Remarks

X.

Vice-President’s Remarks

XI.

President’s Report

XII. Announcements XIII. Roll Call & Adjournment

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ASCE W elcom e back, everyone. We will be sta rt­ ing the construction o f the concrete canoe this term . T he first m eeting will be W ed. Jan 24 dow n stairs in the co n crete lab. M ore d e ­ tails and tim es will follow . The co n crete canoe is a great way for any civil en g in eerin g student to get som e experience w orking w ith concrete. W PI A SCE is also com piling re ­ sum es o f graduating civil engineers w ho have an interest in the construction field. T hese resum es will be sent to the A ssociated G e n ­ eral C ontractors o f M assachusetts, w ho w ill m ake this resum e directory available to all its co n tracto r m em bers. T his is a valuable o p ­ portunity to get your resum e “out th ere” , so place your one page resum e in the A SCE box in the C ivil E ngineering office no later than Feb. 12 to be included.

Christian Bible Fellowship Snow , snow everyw here and not a place to sled. Ha! W elcom e back! A new term and a new y ear is here. W e are being p resented w ith endless opportunities to en jo y ou rselv es, to learn from our experiences, and to learn from each other. We should take full ad v an ­ tage o f these, but do so in a godly m anner.

The new year kicked o ff for C B F last Friday w ith the first FN F o f 1996. Friday N ight F ellow ship this w eek will be Friday evening at 7:00 in M organ A. C om e and jo in in the singing and fellow shiping. We will m eet for sports Saturday m orning at 10:30 in front o f A lum ni (or ju s t inside). “ Now listen, you w ho say, ‘T oday or to ­ m orrow we will go to this o r that city, spend a year th ere, carry on business and m ake m o n ey .’ W hy, you d o not even know w hat will happen tom orrow . W hat is your life?

You are a m ist lhat appears for a little w hile and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the L o rd ’s w ill, we will live and do this o r th a t.’” Jam es 4:13-15 (N IV ). Jam es states it w ell. He indicates that we need to hum ble ourselves to the will o f G od, our Lord. I suggest that as we make plans for the new y ear and get back into the rhythm o f school and w ork tow ard our goals, we take heed o f w hat Jam es has said. W e should not

w ork tow ard o u r goals and do w hat we have plan n ed , but ra th e r we sho u ld d eterm in e G o d ’s plan for us and do that.

Lens and Lights W elcom e back, all. I hope that you all had a good break, and w ill have a good year in 1996. W e are getting right back into the sw ing o f things, w ith a m ovie on the first day back, and then Itchy Fish on T hursday. I’m ready for it to end, already. A nyw ay, we have big h ap p enin g s com ing up. T his W ednesday, for all you new m em bers, we will be go in g over the elec tio n process. The follow ing week will be n om inations, and the w eek fo l­ low ing that will be elections. If you have any inclination in becom ing an o fficer, talk to the person in that p osition now. They can tell you w hat it’s like. A nother good idea is to attend exec board m eetings, w hich are on M ondays at 4:30 in B eckett C onference R oom located in F uller on the second floor.

A lso, for those o f you who d o n ’t have ID ’s yet, I am w orking feverishly top try and get them all finished. If you h av en ’t had your picture taken yet, there is no hurry, for once.

I will let you know w hat my schedule is once I figure it out m yself. O ther than that, 1 wish you all the best in ’96, and I ’ll see you on W ednesday. As alw ays, m eetings are 4 :30 in AK 232.

Masque H ope you are all well rested because w e ’ve got a lot o f w ork ahead o f us. A lready the p roductions o f C vrano de B ergerac and M W R ep ’s R um ors are well underw ay. If you are w illing to help out w ith cith e r or both, c o n ­ ta c t th e p r o d u c e r s w ild m a n @ w p i an d zaphod@ w pi, respectively. W e are curren tly looking for p layw rights to contribute to the upcom ing New V oices 14 (phew , a num ber that can be said w ithout consequence). Please subm it any and all of your plays to Susan Vick by 5pm February 1, 1996!!! All su b m is­ sions m ust consist o f two copies o f the play: 1 copy w ith all v ital info like nam e, em ail, box num ber, and the o ther copy m ust be anonym ous. A lso, if there is anyone who w ould like a p roduction position (P U B L IC ­

IT Y !) fo r N ew V o ic e s , p le a s e e m a il alfredo@ w pi. D on’t forget. M asque m eeting in the G reen Room behind A lden Stage, F ri­ day at 4:30pm !!!

The Newman Club T he w eek before the C hristm as vacation was not only a busy one but a great one for the Club. W e p articip ated in the A PO project of helping to get canned goods for the poor by p artak in g in th e ir c o n te st plu s g ath erin g canned goods at the C hristm as M ass.

A lso we passed “ the h at” am ong m em bers and cam e up with $ 179.00 w hich was sent to the B ishop’s C hristm as D inner C om m ittee.

That am ount feted about tw enty four people at the d inner where about 1 100 people w ere feted on C hristm as D ay. E ight hundred of those feted at the d in n er w here elderly people alone in the apartm ents. V olunteers includ­ ing som e o f our N ew m an m em bers brought the hot C hristm as m eal to th eir hom es. O f course they m entioned to all involved that they, the volunteers, w ere students at W PI good public relations fo r our college.

Now we move on to T erm C and D. The executive com m ittee will meet T uesday night, January 16th, to plan o u r c alen d ar for the rest o f the year. If you w ant, bring yo u r ideas to the m eeting or e-m ail them to B ecky Prince at bprince. W e are p lanning pasta nights, d is­ cussion groups, scripture study groups, co m ­ m unity outreach, freshm en dinners, etc. So feel free to add your ideas to o u r agenda.

Oh yes, wait until you see o u r basketball team ’s new jersey that are com ing in this week. Plus John , our Italian C hef, w ent to Pennsylvania to learn som e m ore about Ital­ ian recipes and he is now w aiting to try out these recipes on new volunteers. A lso our annual retreat will be Saturday, January 27th.

Keep that date in m ind and m ore inform ation will be forthcom ing.

Newspeak Here we go again. New editors this time around. C o n g ratu latio n s to D ave, our new editor-in-chief, and to the rest o f the new editorial board: Ed, L isa, Eric, and H eather.

M ore co n gratulations to the A ssociate E d i­

tors: A ndy, D onna, K risten, B rian, C arlos, and A my. W elcom e to our new m em bers Em ily and Ben. L et’s keep up the good w ork in the new year! In other new s, there is a big old w hopping M E M B E R S H IP DRIVE T O ­ DAY and anyone w ho h asn ’t noticed that after reading th is issue is blind and should consider g ettin g their issue produced sp e ­ cially in braille. If you are interested in jo in in g N ew speak, give us a call at x5464, mail us at new speak@ w pi.edu, o r com e to the M em bership Drive M eeting T oday, Ja n u ­ ary 16th from 6 :30-8:00 in M organ A. T here will be free pizza, but only for people w ho join! HAHA H A H A H A ! Did anyone notice that it’s snow ing?

Pre-Law Society Hope everyone had an enjoyable and re­ laxing break!!! O ur next m eeting is T O ­ DAY, 4:30 in the Social S cience conference room . W e will be discussing S uffolk’s open house this Thursday.. A contingent from o u r group will probably be going. If you cannot attend the m eeting TO D A Y and are in ter­ ested in going, please contact Prof. R issm iller o r m yself (W endell) about rides and such.

The budget fo r next year was turned in to SGA on tim e before break and is being re ­ view ed. A s soon as we hear anything about it, we will let you know.

1 think th a t’s it for now. If anyone has any questions, problem s, answ ers, etc. bring them to the m eeting T O D A Y !!! See ya.

Society of Women Engineers W elcom e back everyone! L e t’s hope that all o f our holidays were pleasant and R E ­ LA X IN G . Is everyone tired o f all o f this snow yet, or w hat? But now , it’s time to get back to business. T here are tw o m eetings scheduled for th is w eek, on both W ednesday and T hursday evenings, so try to attend eith er m eeting. A lso, plan to participate in the next Girl S cout B adge day scheduled for S atu r­ day, Jan. 20.

L e t’s bring o u r new ideas to the m eeting, and le t’s have a great C -term !

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ATA I hope everyone had a g reat b reak, a bit too m uch snow , but everyone got boots right?!

W elcom e back to Jen Roy who has been in L ondon forever. We m issed ya. H appy birth ­ days to K ellie (2nd), A nge (15th) and B ecky H (today). Sorry if in the break i m issed you.

If so happy late birthday! For those o f you w ho d o n ’t know one o f o u r recent alum s had a baby! K risty Sokol and her husband P atrick M urphy had a baby girl. So C ongrats are an order for them . T h ere’s not m uch to say since w e ju s t got back, but i hope everyone is having a good start o f C term and i hope all the seniors a re n ’t stressing if you happen to be in the last term o f yo u r M Q P ’s. W ell, see ya at the m eeting, w hich is, A m y? form al, inform al, i d o n ’t know , but Amy will let us know. A D O V E L IN G PS pledges get to work on those pearls, send them to Julie asap!

K eep up the pysch!

ATO 96, boys. W hoo ha ha. M a, w e love ya.

Farew ell to our vice p resident, Karl C h an ­ dler. K im m y Jeevan w ill also be m issed.

O pen the books so w e’ll all be h ear next year.

U pdate: Justin a in ’t co o k in g k ale in em pty igloos. So, Andy was having O ’D ouls re ­ peatedly everyday. B uckley has m oved but his tradition o f crappy bugeye w ill continue to live on w ith the pledges. D onnie close your eyes, the gleam is blin d in g me. How m any people w ere there on New Y ea r’s, Sloth (aka S ocha)? Slade, yo u r car is tow ed. G o dow n. G o dow n, jungle w om an. L ee explained how he learned his W W F m oves in P ennsyl­ vania.

If you d o n ’t u n derstand the entire article, com e to me and I ’ll let you know w hat it means. N o m ore !@ #$ing snow. Enough is enough. (G reek)

O EZ Hey Phi S ig s!! W elcom e back!! Hope everyone had a great break. W e ’d like to w elcom e C indy V ollaro to the house although we do m iss w atching ou r old housem ate com e out o f the show er!! C ong ratu latio n s to the new sisters. Now that you know w hat LITP really m eans, carry on the trad itio n o f Ethyl Johnson!! E xcellent jo b w ith the new m em ­

bers C ram and E lana, you can both relax now / C o ng ratu latio n s to K athi M ercier for receiving a bid, h ang in there - only ano th er nine m onths until yo u r initiation!! Julie M ac, how is it helping to breast feed? Bob, keep ringing th e d oorbell, som eone will let you in sooner o r later! ELA N A SM E L LS!! W e love y o u !! Pucci, looking forw ard to ano th er term on the couch. G ood thing it’s so nice outside o r we m ight find som ething else to do. Nik an Jen, heard you w ere a G R E A T tim e N ew Y ears E ve. I ’d ask you but you both seem to have forgotten - everything!!

M isa, it’s your tu rn to w ake up and change the bucket! L IT P!!

in W ell, here we are back again. U n fortu­ nately w e have lo st one in the snow . Sorry to see you go, C huck. W e d id n ’t realize you w eren’t in your room until y esterday. But on the lig h ter side... anyw ay.

I h o p e you a ll are e n jo y in g the huge am ounts o f snow we got. S eem s like w e’ll never see the gro u n d again. E veryone seem ed to do fine in th eir classes last term (yeah, right). H ow many classes w ere passed from t32? 1? 2 ? A nyw ay, I’m sure y o u ’ll do b etter next term . I’d also like to w elcom e o u r new est freshm an, W iebe. So, it looks like y o u ’ll be grad u atin g w ith m e, W iebe. W e’ll see if th at com es true.

As we all get ready for an o th er term , I w elcom e you back, and hope that everyone has a g o o d year.

See you next T u esd ay ...

TKE H idily-H o, this is your o ld pal Dink and his p a rtn er in crim e G uido brin g in g you new s and issu es that m ake your w orld turn. How ‘bout som e snow ...hey but look on the bright side, you w on’t have to m ow the law n till next spring. W elcom e back to everyone and have fun this sem ester, I m ean it’s C term after all. I hope everyone got w hat they w anted fo r C hristm as, but I d o n ’t think S anta had enough L ovin’ Lam bs fo rev ery o n e. G ood jo b for ringing in the New Y ear in style.

S ledding accident aw ards w ent out pretty early th is year, b u t we have to give credit w here cred it is due. S eem s we have a three

way tie, first w inner is B uttons for breaking his back, next. Spam for show ing us how not to use your face as landing g ear, and lastly, H arris for hurting his a— (w ell lets ju st say he w o n’t be sitting dow n very m uch). Be ready for the m eeting on W ednesday, this one has the p otential for being pretty long.

T hanks to T uppy for allow ing us to take over your house last w eekend. To the N ew M em ­ bers, keep up all the good w ork, be psyched, and d o n ’t let the C term blues get you down.

And now this w eeks top five list com es to us from D ildo, C anada. The top fiv e thing to do w hen you get sick o f the snow : 5) Fill your room m ates bed with snow , an d try to co n ­ vince him it spontaneously ap p eared there.

4) D rive aro u n d recklessly, and slide through busy in tersections. 3) W alk around the streets shoveling snow into p eo p le’s drivew ay. 2) T ake o ff around 2 AM and drive aim lessly until you find y o u rself in O hio. 1) C over your frien d ’s car with a few feet o f snow.

W ell th a t’s it for this w eek, O atm eal.

ex Hey d u d es...an o th er xm as com e and gone.

I bet that everyone got ex actly w hat they wanted. So ja k e stood up and told all w hat is and is not acceptable beh av io r in the house, recom m endations for next years bench were e n c o u rag in g , and ev ery o n e w alk ed aw ay w asted.I thought it w as co o l... N ow we all know that since hager isn ’t on the meal plan that w e’ll see him going to the store for food right? Not in this lifetim e...I w ould be sur­ prised to see any grocery bags at all in that room . Som eone get out there and repaint the snow bank...agd frigged it all up. W ant to rent a bobcat for the dining room ro o f pluta?

Jesse has b een co n v erted to su p er harley dude by so m e unknow n e n e rg y phenom enathing surrounding jo h n so n ...n ex t thing you know , h e ’ll be g ettin g tatoos and all that. The god o f the sm urfs now lives in the house, nice to know that w e ’ll soon be getting a disco u n t from c la iro l’s hair dye division for bulk orders su p p o rtin g stu and m ic’s nasty habit. B runelle finally found his c alling...from now on, h e’s sk ip p in g classes and m eals to play video gam es. W ait...this ju st in, he is N O T skipping m eals. OK dudes, en u ff zenuff. I a in ’t talking no m ore noise.

Peace.

SocComm Movie Channel Lineup for January 16 - 22 Tuesday, Jan. 16 6:00pm She's Having A Baby 8:00pm Don Juan DeMarco 10:00pm Legends of the Fall 12:30am She's Having A Baby

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Wednesday Jan. 17 Die Hard With A Vengeance 8:30pm Raiders of the Lost Ark 10:30pm The Road to Wellville 12:30am Die Hard With A Vengeance

Thursday, Jan. 18 6:00pm Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 8:00pm Dolores Claiborne 10:30pm Bad Boys 12:30am Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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Friday Jan. 19 6:00pm In the Line of Fire 8:30pm Rising Sun 11:00pm PCU 12:30am In the Line of Fire

Saturday, Jan. 20

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Stratton has sensational savings for college students throughout the winter and spring semesters. Just present your valid college I.D. to get mid-week lift tickets foi Just $20. And save $5 on w eekends and holidays. And Stratton

6:00pm Frankie and Johnny 8:00pm Mortal Kombat 10:00pm The Untouchables 12:00am Frankie and Johnny

Monday, Jan. 22 6:00pm Stuart Saves His Family 8:00pm Forget Paris 10:00pm Drop Zone 12:00am Stuart Saves His Family

Village has loads of restaurants, pubs and live entertainment right at the mountain, so you'll have an amazing time off the slopes, toa Do your field work at Stratton Mountain this semester. Your Econ professor will be proud.

For more details, call 1-800-STRATTON. Or visit Stratton on the Internet at http://www.genghis.cxDm/stratton.htm

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Just A Thought What’s The Hurry?

by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry Welcome back to snowland everyone. I hope you got away to some “warmer" climates over the holidays. As we often do, wc lied New England for the garden spot of the country in Ohio. Family and friends were warm, the weather was not. The day after New Years Buckeyeland got hit with a foot of snow and left us stranded for a few more days in paradise!

During the storm in Ohio, I turned a few times to the local stations to watch the on-going storm coverage. Except that there was none. Unlike here in New England where a snow storm brings on a “crisis management" mentality and Chuck and Natalie and Jack and Liz and whomever Uike over the air waves to practically cover every snowflake and where it lands, the folks in Ohio

just seemed to take the storm in stride. No all day newscast, no sense o f emergency. Life goes on, even when it snows.

I guess the contrast has som ething to do with how you understand reality. Here in com m uter mad, get ahead mad, nothing can stop us New England, wc rage at M other Nature for having the audacity to interrupt our lives, inconve­ nience our careers, force us to stop and go slow.

Out w here I'm from, where you can see the storm com ing 15 miles away across the beauti­ ful flat land, no one gets in a terrible hurry to do much o f anything. Hey, if it snows, just wait.

W hatever you had to do will still be there tom orrow .

It is just amazing how different the pace o f life is back in the Midwest than here in New England.

Here everyone has schedules and datebroks and e-mail and beepers and has a compulsive need to

Suggestions on how to save our furniture

by D ave K oelle E d ito r-in -C h ie f The renovated W edge looks great! W hen I •first saw it, I thought to m yself that 1 might actually hang out here a bit more, maybe do some hom ew ork in the com fortable chairs, or catch a bite to eat at the G rille and sit in the W edge to eat it. My second thought was, “These chairs and tables w on’t be here for more than a w eek.” It appears as if other people had a different thought: “These chairs and tables would look good in my room .”

1thought the furniture might have been bolted to the floor, or maybe the chairs and tables might som ehow be linked together. I realized I was wrong when I saw the W edge totally rearranged later that night. Quite frankly, the logic escaped me: W hy w ould one place m ov­ able furniture dow nstairs from two residence halls? I was going to call som eone the next day (1 w asn't sure whom to call — Plant Services?

Residential Life?) about my concerns, but o f course many other people on cam pus were thinking the sam e thing.

I lived in Morgan my freshman year. I know that if the Wedge had been renovated when I was a freshman, there would definitely be people on the floor who would take the furniture. It’s simply the mentality o f some (not all!) students. As much as 1 hate to say it, not everyone can be trusted.

Even before the Wedge was renovated, it wasn’t uncommon for chairs to be taken from the Lower Wedge and placed in student rooms. It’s not just Morganites who think this way. I know some upperclass students from Fuller and Ellsworth who have also seriously considered taking some of the new furniture (to my knowledge, they haven’t actually taken it).

We know this is happening. U nfortunately, our disgust at those who are stealing the furni­ ture feels good, but gets us no closer to com ing up with a solution. The college spent $ 100,(MM) on the furniture. W hat could be done to prevent its theft?

Here are some suggestions, com piled from ideas from various Newspeak members. Keep

in m ind that the renovations cost $100,000, so if som e o f these suggestions seem pricey, re­ m em ber that it’s forthe protection o f expensive renovations.

Place video cameras in the Wedge. This would deter theives, although if you see people stealing furniture on video, you w ouldn’t know who they are. Still, it m ight act as a strong deterrant. If th ere’s a theft, someone could look at the videotape.

Place security tags on the furniture. You know those tags you see on sw eaters that pre­ vent you from stealing them from the store?

C ouldn’t we place those on the furniture ? This would also require detectors at all o f the exits.

Think o f the horror as som eone in the process o f stealing furniture is th w aned by the piercing sound o f a th eif alarm!

Nix the modular furniture idea. I know no one really likes this idea. In fact, modular furniture is a good idea if stealing d id n ’t exist.

However, stealing exists. I’d rather have nonm odular furniture than no furniture.

Make the furniture too heavy or too large to move up and down stairs. This doesn’t mean that the furniture co u ld n 't be moved at all. Y ou can push a car, for exam ple, but you can’t lift it. Could the furniture somehow be made heavier?

T hose are probably the most practical ideas, although I w ouldn’t doubt that others have their own suggestions, as well. If you have any ideas on w hat can be done to keep the furniture in the W edge, please send them to Newspeak before Friday at 5:00 and w e’ll print som e o f the best ones next w eek.

We can ’t even keep what’s bolted to our walls You may have noticed that the SocComm poster frame outside the SocComm office was See Furniture, continued on page 11

On Becoming (Part two of a series on initiation into manhood)

by Tom Balistrieri, Director, Counseling & Student Development The morning sun found the boys red-eyed from exhaustion and tears o f fright. They were cold, hungry, and quite miserable to behold. In the distance could be heard singing. Deep voices, a drum called out a morning song. The boys recognized the song as a greeting to the day and to new life The boys looked at one another quizzi­ cally and in silent agreement walked as one to­ ward the place from where the singing and drum­ ming emanated. The singing grew louder as the boys approached a clearing in the undergrowth.

There in a grassy area surrounded by trees sat a group o f older men. The men were facing the sun, drumming as one and singing the greeting to the day. The boys stared intently at the men realizing they were their captors and simultaneously recog­ nizing them as grandfathers, fathers, uncles, and other men from the village. At once the boys lost their sense o f fear, yet for some reason did not feel a part o f this circle o f men. They did not feel they could approach these family members and friends.

The eldest of the men, a thin, graying man known for his wisdom and storytelling, looked over and motioned for the boys to sit, then returned (o the matter at hand. The boys sat in the grass listening to the voices o f the men.

The song ended and the men congratulated one another on their fine singing. For what seemed an

eternity, they ignored the presence o f the young boys sitting on the edge of the clearing. Then one of the men rose and walked over to the boys, sat down, and began speaking: “Last night we told you our most sacred law. You must first and foremost love and respect yourself. You are related to all things. Everything you do touches all things. If you do not love and respect yourself, then you will act carelessly to yourselves and to all things. Look around you. Nearly everything you see is a circle. Birds build their nests in a circle.

The moon is a circle. Cut a tree in half and it is a circle. Cut a man in half and he is a circle. The seasons move in a circle. Life moves in a circle.

W hatever is square tries to become round. You cannot avoid the fact then that whatever you do comes back around that circle and affects you and all things along the way. So we sing that morning song to begin the circle of the day, to greet the day, and to help us remember the laws of our people— the laws of loving and respecting oneself and that wc are related to all things. These laws arc the beginning o f being a man.”

He looked at the boys and continued, “You arc hungry and thirsty. But today you will not eat nor will you drink. You think me cruel, but in every­ thing wc do these coming days there is a lesson.

All you must do is listen.” With that he rose and returned to the circle o f men. The scattering o f boys sat in silence pondering the words of the elder.

“get things done.” We have gadgets to teach us how to run our gadgets and we have supervision so we can stay on top o f things and we have meetings so we can get “everyone” on board. W e New Englanders make sure we get paid for what­ ever services we render and get huffy when our grades or evaluations are late or when someone fails to return our always urgent phone calls.

You may laugh at how much I talk up the difference betw een here and Ohio, but story ought to suffice. In June, we are moving into my father-in-law ’s house which wc bought last sum m er. Since we had som e time betw een C hristm as and New Y ear's, my wife decided it was a great time to pull up a carpet since she w anted the beautiful hardw ood floors to shine when we move in. They are red oak and my once-upon-a-tim e carpenter now football coach brother-in-law said we had gotten $5,000 richer because you w ould have to pay that much or more to have red oak floors put in.

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He told my wife we could pay the bill in June when we moved in!

We were flabbergasted. W e laughed later when we tried to guess what person or store or company in Worcester or Holden who would have done what this kind man did in beautiful downtown Urbana, Ohio. We couldn’t name one.

It was one more example o f how laid back people are back there in flatland. They lake life as it comes and try not to get worked up over much of anything. So it snows; it will stop eventually.

C an’t pay right away; that’s ok, you can pay when you can. Maybe there is something we can all learn about taking things a little slower and trust­ ing a little more.

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WPI History and Traditions Part V: The Camaraderie of Calculus

by Donna Emma Edzards Associate Editor Billy Joel said it best when he sang “...and we would all go dow n together.” No WPI student is a stranger to the trials and tribulations o f math­ ematics. We are all required to fulfill a mini­ mum o f six math courses, five o f which are straight Calculus and the sixth the foremost o f our fears and frustrations, Differential Equa­ tions ("D iff E Q ’s”,“ D iff E Screws”, etc.).

Upperclassmen wince at the memories o f such struggles, while freshmen often cry themselves to sleep some nights. But did you know that computation has long been that painful, un­ avoidable thorn in the sides o f students?

In the late 1800's before WPI was polytech­ nic and was still referred to as a “Free” institute, the junior class held a traditional display o f distaste for the required mathematics course, well, more specifically, the writer of its text­ book. This event which aroused so much enthu­ siasm and companionship among those taking the co u rse w as the an n u al crem atio n o f Chauvenet. Chauvenet was the mathematician who wrote the textbook used by the junior class and the subject o f this malevolent attack. Each year, elaborate preparations complete with corpse and coffin were made for the funeral and were carried out in late June or early July. The corpse

was presented in the coffin decorated with m ys­ tic Euclidean problem and trignometric sym­ bols, and the cerem ony was held on Bancroft Hill complete with pall-bearers, marshalls and mourners. M usic was provided by a volunteer group o f musicians known as the “Blow hards.”

In solemn procession, the victim was es­ corted to the funeral pyre. An oration was given followed by the annointing of the corpse before being given to the flames. M eanwhile through­ out the cerem ony, the Juniors sat around the fire in a circle armed with clubs to prevent the intricate affair from being broken up by attacks from rival classes. After the crem ation, a class supper was held downtown. Entertainment for the evening was provided by the glee club or sometimes the class quartet.

So, for those o f you taking Calculus courses or any class that seems painstaking beyond all levels o f reason, rem em ber C hauvenet and chuckle. At the end of the term when all is said and done, you and your classmates can hold a little cremation celebration of your own!

And don’t forget, if there is any topic you would like to see addressed in this weekly col­ um n, contact the new speak office (em ail: newspeak@ wpi, or call: 831-5464). Note, all material for this column comes from the Tech Bible, 70 Years o f WPI, or other sources avail­ able from the W PI achives at G ordon Library.

Venture Forum to focus on technology courtesy o f WPI News Service Tuesday, January 16, 1996 WPI Campus, Salisbury Labs, Room 115 Registration 6 p.m.

Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Admission Fee $7 The New England area is known as one of the country’shot-spotsfortechnical innovation. What if, as an entrepreneur, you wish to start a company based on a solid technological advance about which you may have heard but of which you were not the originator? You may be able to license the technology. Such a situation could save you years o f your own development work and millions of dollars. Major corporations cross license technol­ ogy all the time. But is it possible to license technology to start a new business? What are the advantages and disadvantages to licensing tech­ nology?

The January meeting of the WPI Venture Fo­ rum will address the above issues as well as the ins and outs of starting a business with licensed technology. The Forum will provide an opportu­ nity to gain insight in the process o f licensing and what is necessary to sign the deal.

The speaker forthe evening will be Jack Turner.

Turner is a Technology Licensing Officer for the M ITTechnology Licensing Office, a group that is well known worldwide for businesses that they have started with licensed technology. Turner joined the Licensing Office three years ago after working for more than twenty-five years in engi­ neering and senior management positions at three Boston-arca high-technology companies. The MI T Licensing Office has a staff of 25 and a portfolio of 200 patent licenses. Nearly $ I billion in development capital has been invested, creat­ ing more than 2,000 jobs. Turner will cover the general aspects of licensing technology, high­ lighted by specific cases from his ever growing lists of companies.

Case Pres, .tation Peter B. Lothes, president Chas. G. Allen Co. Inc. 25 Williamsville Road, Barre, MA 01005 The January case study will be a discussion o f a “re-startup” situation. The Chas. G. Allen Co. Inc., is a 120-year old company with a new owner.

Allen manufactures metal-working machines that form components of large manufacturing ma­ chines.

Allen would like to bring traditional manufac­ turing quality to the market as machine tool orders climb. Due to a shrinking market for productionrun machines and foreign com petition, the company’s products have not sold as well in recent years. Peter Lothes, president o f the com ­ pany, would like to change the focus o f the company to include contract manufacturing and manufacturing partnerships. Moneys from these operations will be rolled back into the company for further development. His plan is to double the $2.5 million sales in the next few years, and double sales again in another three years.

The company will see suggestions and guid­ ance from our panel concerning its plan in the following areas: • The marketing o f the contract manufacturing side of the business while increasing machine tool sales.

• Using world-class manufacturing and TQM concepts to improve overall competitiveness.

• To manage and finance short and long term goals to carry out the com pany's new mission.

The mission o f the WPI Venture Forum, spon­ sored by the WPI Alumni Association, is to pro­ mote and serve technology-based entrepreneurial activity through education, networking, and rec­ ognition. It meets monthly during the academic year on the WPI campus. For additional informa­ tion about Venture Forum and to be placed on its mailing list call (508)831-5821.

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Furniture Continued from page 10 stolen recently. This wasn’t modular — it was bolted into the wall! Another recent item of theft includes a lighting board from the closet in Riley Commons. Yes, this is despicable, but everyone except the theives already knows that. If you see anyone stealing from the school, or know of someone who has, please convince them not to, or report the offense.

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Then the copy w ill go on file for others to use. Next time you get to studying for an c y exam, stop in the SGA office and check the files to see if there is a test for you r class in there for you to p h oto copy, If there isn’t a test on file yet, bring yours in w h en yo u get it back. That w ay, the people w h o take the class next tim e w ill have m ore help.

THE TEST FILES1" WILL OPEN IN C-TERM, AND WILL BE LOCATED NEXT TO THE COURSE RESERVE MATERIALS IN THE SCA OFFICE, DANIELS HALL. AN Y STUDENT CAN ACCESS THE FILES AND PHOTOCOPY WHAT IS NEEDED FOR ONLY FIVE CENTS A PACE! THIS SERVICE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BYTHE SCA: BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE

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