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The thinking behind concentrations and minors

by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Last spring the W PI faculty a p ­ proved tw o additions to the under­ graduate program o f studies, c o n ­ cen tratio n s and m inors; a grow ing n um ber o f students arc taking ad ­ vantage o f these program s. P rofes­ sor C raig W ills o f the C om puter S ci­ en ce departm ent ch airs the co m m it­ tee on academ ic o p eratio n s and he brought the proposals to the faculty w hich set up the g uidelin es for the tw o program s.

C oncentrations are taken by stu ­ d en ts w ithin their ow n m ajor, as a w ay of focusing th eir studies o n a p articu lar area. M any m em bers o f the faculty realized that this was al­

d en ts m ust still m eet th eir under­ o f the program s w as that it did not ready being done inform ally by stu­ g raduate requirem ents for th eir m a­ require the ad d itio n o f faculty or dents, w ho used th eir elec tiv es to jo rs and that the form al recognition c o u rs e s, as s tu d e n ts w o u ld take take courses in a p articu lar area o f was for com binations o f co u rses that courses w hich were already offered. th eir chosen fields. T his proposal many students w ere already allow ed for the form al rec­ taking. In this sense, the o gnition o f these interests co n centrations w eren ’t re­ on the tra n sc rip t. Som e The m ain co n cern w as th a t it c o u ld ca u se ally a big change. d epartm ents have elected to so m e stu d en ts to a tte m p t to o v e r sp e c ia lize , M inors are taken by stu­ a p p ro v e c o n c e n t r a ti o n s dents in a field o utside their w hile o thers have not, but w hen u n d e rg ra d u a tes sh o u ld be a tte m p tin g m ajor and some program s, this does not stop students to o b ta in a b ro a d b a se o f k n o w led g e. like e n tre p re n e u rsh ip and from c a llin g a tte n tio n to pre-law do not have a co rre­ th eir interests on th eir re­ sponding m ajo rat W PI. S tu­ sum es. An exam ple o f this d en ts m ust finish tw o units o f work The m ain concern w as that it could is C o m p u te r S cience m ajors who in th eir m inor, o f which no more cause some students to attem pt to w ork to w ard s a system s and n et­ than one can ov erlap with o th er re­ overspecialize, w hen undergraduates w o rk s in te re st.

P ro fe sso r W ills q u irem ents for th eir m ajor. T he m i­ sho u ld be attem p tin g to o b tain a pointed out that “ we d o n ’t have to nor program also calls for a capstone broad base o f know ledge. T his was form alize all co n cen tratio n s.” co u rse o f project, which varies with overcom e by recognizing that stu­ O ne o f the biggest selling points

each program . E xam ples o f capstone are a sem inar course in international studies, additional course work (such as a term paper) in a given class, or a 4 0 0 0 level course for the com puter science m inor.

T h e program allow s students to pursue a secondary or non-m ajor in­ terest and does not ap p ear on the diplom a. T his w ork again appears on tran scrip ts and m inors arc only a llo w e d w hen a d e p a rtm e n t has brought one forw ard. F aculty ap­ proval of this program allow ed for more chances for students to pursue in terdisciplinary w ork and it should be re c o g n iz e d th a t th e c a p sto n e m akes W P I’s m inor program d iffer­ ent from m inor program s at other schools.

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Dining services plans changes for 1996-97

Astronauts share experiences

New Meal Plan Options

by Amy L. Plack Class o f '96 Ever since he took over as Manager of Dining Services here at WPI, Joe Kraskouskas, affectionately known to many as “Dakajoe,” has been making changes across the board. In the past year, students have seen a drastic im­ provement in the quality and variety of the food served in both the dining halls and in the GrHle and G om pei's Place.

For the most part, these changes have been subtle, but the addition of the French Quarter Coffee Cart in Daniels, as well as the Meals to Go program in the Grille, were broader in scope. Following these changes, Kraskouskas announced ma­ jor projects in the works for next year, starting with a major renovation o f the Grille.

Burger King in the Grille?

The new Grille, scheduled to be com ­ pleted by the time students arrive in the fall, will feature three main serving ar­ eas. W orld's Fare will feature entrees from around the globe, while Leo’s Delaney St. Deli will serve up sand­ wiches. Finally, the addition of a Burger King will most certainly appeal to mem­ bers of the community. Kraskouskas says the salad bar will stay in the Grille, but the French Quarter Coffee Cart, which has been quite popular, will have to move due to the changes in the Gri Ile’s outer appearance. While there’s talk about moving the cart to Fuller Labora­ tories, nothing is as yet definite.

The Meal Plans Plus program has been upgraded for next year. Students will still have the 19, 14, and 10-Meals Plus options, each o f which comes with discretionary “PLUS dollars” and two guest meal passes per semester. As always with these plans, any unused meals arc lost at the end o f the week. The addition o f two new plans have both onand off-campus residents excited. “The Premier Pass" allows students to add to their Meals Plus plan for only $199 per semester. This plan adds buying power at other Food Service facilities when Morgan Commons is closed, $20 extra PLUS dollars and five additional guest meal passes per semester. The other new plan, called “The 180," is specifically geared toward non-residents and lighteating residents. The plan allows stu­ dents to use a total of 180 meals in a semester - without losing meals at the end of the week - w hich can be used for guests as well. This plan is ideal for the budget-conscious student who is able to schedule which meals s/he will be skip­ ping in order to stretch the 180 to the end of the semester.

Better hours Starting in the fall, Founders Com ­ mons will be open from 7 - 9 :15am for continental breakfast - early risers seek­ ing eggs and pancakes will have to trek up to Morgan Commons. All plans will have extended dining hours as well, and students will be able to use “ meals” at o th er facilities w hen M organ and

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Astronaut Professor Al Sacco, Jr. presents President Edward Parrish with a W PI banner w hich flew with Sacco in the STS-73 mission. The crew o f STS-73 visited cam pus last W ednesday, delighting and inspiring the comm unity with their experiences. See our special section on the crew's visit on pages 14 and IS.

Founders are closed. Founders Com­ mons will also be open for “cafe ser­ vices” in the afternoons, Monday through Friday, 1:15pm to 5:00pm, with dinner

served from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. All in all, it seems “Dakajoe" has really lis­ tened to the students this year. Many of these changes were suggested by the

student body, both through GS Grams and postings to the newsgroup, w pi.daka, which was created last year for just such a communications link.

WPI graduates take challenging positions on our part of the Web

by Anthony Minto Class o f '97 If you haven’t been caught up in the w eb then you better wake up. The World W ide Web is nothing new to most students at WPI. A majority o f students browse through the internet <also called “surfing the net” ) on a daily basis.

T opics o f information on the web vary from movies to the stock market to the latest fashion trends. W eb pages from Japan to Italy can be accessed in mere seconds under programs like Netscape.

T o give you an idea o f how popular the

web really is, the WPI web page alone receives between 190,000 to 200,000 user requests per day, o f which 30,000 have to be refused to keep the w eb page from overloading. The world truly is at any com puter user’s fingertips.

Two WPI computer users who make the most of their surf time are Troy Thompson and Amy Plack. Troy T h­ ompson, who graduated last year and Amy Plack, who is graduating in May are well aware of what the W orld Wide W eb is capable o f now and in the fu­ ture.

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nator for the CCC, also goes by the dubious label o f ‘webm aster’. With his experience and background in the web, the name is well earned. The ADP lab, DAKA cards, financial aid programs, and e-macs support programs are just some o f the things T roy has to oversee at his interim position o f webmaster.

Troy recently accepted the position o f webmaster on the 29th o f March after the departure o f previous Opera­ tions Coordinator John Stoffel. When asked what exactly an Operations C o­ ordinator does he said, “ I get a daily report on [user] accesses. If there seems

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W PI’s World Wide W eb page not long ago added a search option. This option allows browsers to look up key­ words and find web pages containing their subject automatically. T roy, who has been working on the w eb for two years, was glad to see the upgrade, “lt was the thing 1 was mainly looking for,” he said about the new feature.

The factthatTroy is attending gradu­ ate school here at WPI made taking the jo b an easy choice. Ironically, Troy

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heads a typically com puter science position while majoring in the Bio­ medical/M echanical Engineering field.

“I was working here at the CCC for emacs support and it kind o f developed into this jo b when it becam e open,” explained Troy when asked how he jum ped the course gap. ‘T h is is a way for m e to continue my education and still go out and help people.”

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Vanderbilt dean is new provost President Edward Parrish has announced the appointment o f John F. Carney III as provost.

Carney, who will assume his post on July 1, is currently professor of civil engineering and as­ sociate dean o f research and graduate studies at Vanderbilt University.

The new provost began his career in 1966 at the University o f Connecticut School o f Engi­ neering. In 1981, he left UConn to become professor and head of the Civil Engineering Department at Auburn University. He moved on to a senior faculty position at Vanderbilt two years later. He was appointed associate dean for graduate affairs in 1989 and his responsibilities expanded in 1993 when he took on his present title.

“Professor Carney brings a distinguished ca­ reer in teaching, research and asm inistration to

our cam pus,” says Parrish. “He has had a close and harm onious relationship with the engineer­ ing faculty at V anderbilt and served on num er­ ous comm ittees. He considers him self a faculty m em ber first and an administrator second, and holds the firm belief that the two should work together in partnership for the good o f the insti­ tution.” “ I am very pleased to join the WPI com m u­ nity, having been an adm irer o f the institution since it introduced its W PI Plan over 25 years ago,” says Carney. “I look forward to working with WPI faculty, staff and students to further im prove the quality o f its undergraduate and graduate program s and the quality o f life on campus. On a personal note, my wife, Patricia, and I are delighted to be moving back to New England.”

World Wide Web Continued from page I Project M anager will officially change to Coor­ dinator o f Network Resources once she gradu­ ates in May. No matter w hat her title, Amy has many present and future responsibilities to the school and the students. Amy explains her duties unofficially and officially after May first: “ My responsibility will be to head up WPI web projects, get departments on [the web], help people leam HTML (a w eb page mark-up lan­ guage), help people write pages...”

Amy spends a large portion o f her time re­ viewing WPI student homepages which offer browsers an electronic autobiographical look at those who attend WPI. Any student can write a homepage if they know HTM L or simply follow on-line instructions on the WPI web page. How­ ever, the homepages are not linked to the master web page until Amy reviews them. C om m ent­ ing on the many WPI web pages she has seen: “I never cease to be amazed, to be honest. Students have such a variety o f interests and a variety of tastes. And such a variety o f comm on sense."

She has seen web pages absolutely full o f pro­ fanity and web links to pornographic sites to web pages simply displaying students’ resumes.

Amy named many features that the WPI web

page has to offer to prospective and enrolled students alike. Prospective students can actually apply for adm ission electronically over the internet as can graduate students.

Incoming freshmen can get financial aid information such as form deadlines and W PI requirements. As for current students, Amy put the undergraduate catalog on the WPI web page: “The undergradu­ ate catalog [on the web] is an excellent resource for all students.” Students trying to plan the next few years o f their academ ic life should find the WPI web page very helpful. The Projects and Enrollment Services hopes to do away with the enrollm ent package all students receive during registration in favor o f an electronic version.

A m y’s tour o f the WPI web page was infor­ mative. The What's New section o f the web page features updates on school departments and clubs.

According to the soon to be C oordinator o f Network Resources, “...departments are coming on almost on a daily basis. A lot o f people don’t think to check there.” The section also has information including on-campus housing, apart­ ments for rent, and money saving tips. Amy called the Tools and Resources section o f the page “a very good place to start for WPI students who are very new at using the web.”

Jail ’em for charity

by Ben Fischer Features Editor Here we are close to the end o f the year and now is your chance to get that special someone thrown is jail. For an initial fee o f $15, Zeta Psi (with the help o f local law enforcement) will arrest a person o f your your choice. This person will spend time in “jail” until they can raise an equivalent amount o f money. This can be done in any way: pay it them selves, call friends, beg people w alking by the Wedge, and so on. As the jailed com es closer to collecting his/her money, additional money can be put against them to keep them there longer. But, the jailed can use their money to throw someone else in jail with them.

All one must do is to provide a minimum of $15, the name of the person to be arrested, the time and place where the person will is to be arrested on W ednesday, the 17th of April be­ tween the hours o f 10:00am to 3:00pm. Anyone is eligible for being arrested, including faculty, students, presidents, DAKA staff, RA’s, presi­ dents, and any empoloyees o f WPI. This rem em ber that is whole event is sup­ posed to be fun. The money raised will go to help the children o f our comm unity. Those being arrested are asked to participate. Zeta Psi will not force participation, nor disturb any class or work for this event. But we will wait untill the class is over to arrest someone.

Teetering and tottering for charity The brothers o f Lambda Chi Alpha will team up with the sisters o f Alpha G am m a Delta for their third annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon to raise money for the American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes and St. Ju d e's C hildren’s Research Hospital. For 120 hours between April 19 and April 24, the students will teetertotter at W PI and at the Greendale Mall (during regular mall hours). “Last year’s event raised more than $2,000 for diabetes,” says Tyler Lupien o f Lambda Chi Alpha. “The 150 members o f the two organizations hope to double that number this year. W e greatly appreciate your contribu­ tions.”

Host families wanted for Russian musicians From A pril 27-29, W PI will host a piano com petition in A lden M em orial. Eight stu ­ dents from the m usic school in Pushkin, R us­ sia,,w ill take part in the co m petition, along w ith piano students from th ro u g h o u t the N ortheast. A dm inistrator o f A pplied M usic D ouglas W eeks, w ho is coordinating the co m ­ petition, is looking for individuals w illing to host one or tw o o f the students during th eir stay in W orcester from about A pril 22 to M ay 2. Each host w ould be responsible for p ro ­ viding housing, m eals, and transportation. “ W PI stu d en ts have p erfo rm ed at this school tw ice, once in 1990 and again this past M arch w hile they w ere on tour in R u ssia,” said W eeks. “ Both tim es, the people in Pushkin m ade our students feel w elcom e.

We hope people from our com m unity will reach out and do the sam e for the R ussian v is ito rs .” For m ore in fo rm a tio n , e m ail dw eeks@ w pi or call ext. 5696.

Commemoration Day on April 23rd On T u esd ay , A pril 23, D ean E m eritus G rogan w ill discuss “ R ecollections” in his address to invited guests at the L uncheon in H iggins H ouse that w ill begin this o b se r­ vance o f the 25th anniversary o f the WPI Plan. M em bers o f the W PI com m unity are invited to the A nniversary C olloquium : The N ext 25 Y ears at 2:30pm in Perreault H all, Fuller Laboratories. Boston G lobe co lu m ­ nist D avid W arsh will give the keynote ad ­ dress during the colloquium , w hich will fea­ ture the w inners o f the cam pusw ide essay com petition on “ WPI: T he N ext 25 Y ears.”

The Faculty C onvocation, at 5pm in K innicutt H all, w ill reco g n ize W P I’s O u tsta n d in g T eacher and O utstanding C reative Scholar, as well as this y ear’s faculty retirees. The program concludes at 6:30pm w ith a recep ­ tion in A lden M em orial for faculty, em eritii faculty, staff, and invited friends.

E lectrical and C om puter Engineering

Centennial Celebration Friday, A pril 1 9 ,1 9 9 6 Everyone in the WPI community is invited!

2:00 pm Open House 4:00 pm Panel Discussion: ECE - the next 100 Years, AK 116 (limited seats) 5:00 pm Reception, Atwater Kent Lounge For a reserved seat at the Panel Discussion, call (831-5231), email (mpierg@ece) or stop by (AK202) the ECE Office.

If you miss this celebration, your next opportunity will be in 2096!

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Weekly sports update - results from April 5th through April 11th

by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director M en’s Tennis (0-3) The m en 's tennis team has run up against some tough team s in the early going as they dropped three matches 7-0 versus Babson, Trinity and W heaton over the last week and a half.

Coach Young knows he is building, but is pleased with the progress o f his younger play­ ers.

The team has gotten good play from sopho­ more Mike Lamareoux (Assonet, MA), senior C hris B uganski (Southington, C T), ju n io rs Jonas O lm stead (Greenwich, RI) and N athan Hendrix (Imlay City, MI) and freshman Stephen M inka (W ashington, DC).

W om en’s Track(6-2) The women traveled to Troy, NY to partici­ pate in the annual Engineers M eet on Saturday the 6. They finished in third place as RPI took the victory with M IT second.

Placew inners for WPI were Sunny Hwang (M anchester, C T) who won the 100-m eter hurdles and finished third in both the 100-m eter dash and 400-m eter run. Elaine M ongeon (Southbridge, MA) placed second in the 400m eter hurdles. H eather C leary (Pem broke, M A) was fourth in the 200-m eter dash and won the long jum p. Patty Panlilio (Holyoke, MA) took third in the hammer. H eather M azzaccaro (Bristol, CT) placed second in the javelin.

G olf (0-1) With the latest snow the team that has been affected the most is our golf team. They were able to play at match down in Rhode Island on the 3rd versus Rhode Island College. U nfortu­ nately they were beaten 433-437. Barry Ham­ mer (H ooksett, NH) was low scorer for WPI with an 85 follow ed by Brian Klauber (Nashua, NH) with an 86.

Softball (2-5) The softball team got into the win column last Friday (Apr. 5) when they swept a double header from Mount Holyoke by the scores of 11-3 and 8-4.

In the first game, WPI trailed 3-0 when the bats finally came alive in the fourth. The Engineers took advantage of some early walks and then pounded three straight singles to score those runs.

Leading the way were Lyn Dubois (Cumberland, RI) who was 2-2 with two runs scored. Lara Currie who helped herself with two runs scored and three RBI’s as she also pitched four innings to pick up her first collegiate win.

In the second game the Engineers took con­ trol from the beginning as they jum ped out to a 7-1 lead after two innings and never looked back. T racy Langis (W estport, MA) was 2-2 and drove in four runs on two doubles. Teresa Lintzenieh (Sw ansea, IL) and Beckey Hoffman (Sterling, MA) both drove in a pair o f runs.

Carrie Seigars continues to pitch well as she earned her first collegiate victory.

Baseball (5-13) The baseball team w as quite busy during the last week as they swept a doubleheader from C lark on the 5th, were sw ept by W estern New England the next day and then w ere beaten by T rinity on the eve o f the spring storm . Against C lark, WPI had to work extra innings to defeat the Cougars in the first gam e as A lex Bartkin (N. Reading, M A) hit a hom e run in the top of the twelfth inning to give WPI the 1-0 win. Jeff Ross (W. B ridgew ater, M A ) picked up the win after pitching three scoreless innings in relief of starter Guy M iller (W. B arnstable, MA) who had pitched nine scoreless innings to start the game. In the night-cap, the Engineers scored three runs in the bottom o f the fourth to take the lead for good as they went on to w in 6-4. Scott Townsend (H ollis, ME) drove in tw o runs in­ cluding the gam e-w inner. Matt W hitten (Gray, ME) went the distance to pick up the complete game victory.

The next day, WPI w as on the road for a doubleheader against W NEC. WPI could only manage two hits as they were beaten in the first game 10-0. In the second game, the score was tied entering the bottom o f the seventh when WNEC scored the w inning run with one out in a 3-2 victory. James B lum (M arlboro, MA) pitched well in the loss as he went the distance.

M iller hit his third home run o f the season in the game.

At Trinity last Tuesday (9th) the Engineers had an early 2-0 lead until it fell apart in the

bottom o f the third inning. Trinity scored 10 runs over the next two innings and went on to win 12-7. Tom M ichalowski (N ortham pton, M A) had three hits and scored two runs while M iller and T ow nsend each had a pair o f hits.

M en’s T rack (5-3) On Saturday (Apr. 6) WPI was host to the men’s side o f the Engineers meet. Unfortu­ nately the results were similar as they finished th ird b e h in d the w in n e r M IT an d R P I. Placewinners for WPI were Marc LeFebvre (Adams, MA) who won the high jum p. Stan Farrell (Augusta, ME) placed in three events as he took second in the high jum p, third in the pole vault and fourth in the triple jum p. Jeff Colem an (Rehoboth.M A) won the 110-meter high hurdles.

Steve LaBranche (Uncasville, CT) won the 800m eter run in qualifying for the New England’s.

Dave Bowler (Cumberland, RI) won the pole vault. Bill Freed (Stockton, NJ) finished second in the 400-m eter hurdles and fourth in the 110 hurdles. Rich Person (Sutton, MA) was second in the 1,500-m eter run as he was edged out at the end. Chris Neum aier (Vernon, CT) placed sec­ ond in the javelin. Chris Brennan (Providence, RI) finished fourth in the long jum p. Aaron Korthas (G loucester, MA) took fourth in the hammer. Mike Pockoski (Dayville, CT) fin­ ished second in the discus. Dan Sadowski (Ashfield, M A) was fourth in both the discus and shot put. Keith Levesque (Nashua, NH) was third in the 400-m eter run.

IceCats secure home-ice for the playoffs; fall to first place Falcons

by Andrew Marsella Associate Editor T he W orcester IceC ats have com e a long way since last season. O ne y ear ago at this tim e the ‘C ats were packing th eir bags and p reparing to hit the g o lf courses. This year, th ey ’ll be sharpening th eir blades for a few extra w eeks as they skate into the A H L C ald er C up playoffs for the first tim e in franchise history. A nd th e y ’ll be doing it on C entrum ice! On W ednesday night (the 10th), the IceC ats dom inated the A dirondack R edw ings, w inning 4-1 and clinching second place in

the N orthern D ivision behind the S pringfield Falcons. T he win ensures hom e-ice advan­ tage for the ‘C ats in the first round (best o f five series) o f the playoffs, m ost likely ver­ sus the P ortland Pirates. In the follow ing rounds, w hich are seven-gam e series, homeice advantage is d eterm ined by the team with the b etter record.

W orcester con tro lled the gam e against the R edw ings alm ost entirely, notching a 2-0 lead in the first h a lf o f the gam e o ff o f goals

by L in d sa y V allis and F red K nipscheer.

A dirondack, who w ere also fighting for sec­ ond place in th eir d iv isio n and hom e-ice

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"Were you looking for this?" IceCat Paul Broten shows the Springfield defense why it is he's a veteran o f over 300 NHL games.

advantage, trie d to com e back, scoring a pow er-play g o al m id-w ay through the sec­ ond period to bring the score to 2-1. The ‘C ats shut them dow n the rest o f the way, though, and solidified the win w ithrw oem ptynet goals in th e last 1:06 o f the third period w hen R edw ing goalie N orm M aracle was pulled in fa v o r o f an ex tra attacker. T he two e m p ty-netters in the sam e gam e w ere a first for the ‘C ats, and w ere scored (ra th e r casu­ ally ) by N H L veteran Paul B roten and C raig D arby.

A fter the gam e, IceC ats head coach Jim R oberts praised his team for th eir hard work and d ed ica tio n all season long. “ Second place in the division w as a hell of an accom plishm ent for this year, considering all the play er tran sactions the team has been th ro u g h ” (at last count ~ 108). “T h e team had to regroup several tim es this seaso n .”

On the sp ectacu lar play o f g o alie Jam ie M cL ennan, w ho stopped 39 o f 40 A dirondack shots and has been on a hot streak for the past few w eeks, R oberts com m ented, “ he was the m edicine we n eeded!” W ith the victory, M cL ennan’s record im proved to 13-6-1, ty­ ing Eric F ichaud for the m ost w ins in a season by an IceC ats goalie.

W hile the coach credited the players, and M cLennan in p articular, for the ‘C ats suc­ cess, the a ttitu d e o f the team w as that they c o u ld n ’t o f d one it w ithout him [R oberts]. “ Jim m y really m otivated every o n e to go out and play ev ery n ig h t,” added M cL ennan, “ from here w e ’re going to have to rely on the [NHL] ex p erien ce th a t’s in the lo ck er room [to succeed in the p o st-season]. G uys like D arby, B ro ten , S utton, Fichaud and m yself.”

Several p lay ers from the Islanders, most lik e ly F ic h a u d , J a r r e tt D e u lin g , D erek A rm strong, an d new com er K en B elanger,

are expected to be sent dow n on M onday to rejoin the ‘C ats in time for the playoffs.

A ccording to the coach the next goal for the team w as to hold onto th eir 4th place overall ranking in the A HL through the last few gam es o f the season.

U nfortunately, the ‘C ats d id n ’t get o ff to a good start achieving this goal as they dropped a tough gam e against the first-place S p rin g ­ field Falcons on Friday night (the 12th), lo s­ ing 4-2. A lex V asilevskii scored first for the ‘C ats, tying the gam e 1-1 early in the second, and form er BU forw ard Bob L achance scored his first professional goal to tie it 2-2 in the third. A series o f bad penalties and “ iffy ” calls, how ever, gave Springfield the edge it needed to score tw o more goals, sealing the Falcons victory. T his gam e was also C ollege N ight w ith the IceC ats, w ith groups from six W orcester-area colleges in the crow d. W P I’s ow n a capela group. Sim ple H arm onic M o­ tion sang the N ational A nthem , o p ening up a truly gritty gam e. If these tw o team s m eet in the second round o f the playoffs, there w ill m ost likely be significant bloodshed.

W orcester bounced back the next night, traveling up to A dirondack, N ew Y ork for th eir second gam e against the R edw ings and com ing aw ay w ith a 3-1 win. G oalie M ike B uzak, w hose specialty seem s to be road gam es, played a great gam e, allow ing only one goal on 30 shots to the struggling ‘W ings.

K nipscheer, C raig D arby, and C hris K enady scored for the ‘C ats, im proving W o rcester’s overall record to 35-32-12. T he ‘C ats play their final regular season gam e at the C en ­ trum tonight (the 16th) against p otential firstround opponents, the Portland Pirates. Be sure to catch the conclusion o f the IceC ats incredible second season, and get ready for the team s first-ev er trip into the playoffs!!

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Defenseman Terry Virtue clears the puck from behind the 'Cats net, avoiding a hook by an attacking Redwing.

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W PI’s own “ Simple H arm onic M otion” during their pre-gam e singing o f the Star Spangled B anner at F rid ay’s IceCats gam e.

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News beyond the farm A weekly e-mail news summary WORIJ) EDITION For ihe week preceding this Saturday, April 13th, 19%, here’s what made the News Beyond the Farm: The west African nation o f Liberia has turned into chaos. On Apr 6th, authorities attempted to capture warlord Roosevelt Johnson, who had been charged with murder. His followers at­ tacked the militias run by the Transitional Ruling Council which had come to arrest him, and the battles soon became inter-factional and chaotic.

W arlord Charles T ay lor, a key figure in the nation’s government, claims that the battles are necessary to establish order for a long-term return to democracy, while other factions claim Taylor simply wants to eliminate Johnson from the political scene. Up to 400 hostages were taken, then rele a se d , by forces loyal to Johnson Apr 8th. The fighting prompted the US to begin evacu­ ating Americans Apr 9th, but the fig h tin g prevented h elico p ter flightsoutof thecapitol, Monrovia, necessitating a cease-fire Apr 13th to allow the US to finish its evacu­ ations o f civilians. Fighting has resumed with no end in sight.

Tension in the middle east is rising as ex­ changes between Israel and Hizbollah escalate.

O n Apr 7th, two gas bombs hit an Israeli bus and injured six. On Apr 9th, a series o f Katyusha missiles fired from southern Lebanon injured 30 in northern Israel. Hizbollah, the pro-Iranian group, claimed responsibility for both incidents.

Israeli responded by bombing southern Lebanon Apr 11 th. On Apr 12th, more missiles were fired from southern Lebanon and Israel again bombed Hizbollah positions and injured Syrian troops in the process. The bombing campaign continued A pr 13th, and Israeli bombs hit an ambulance, killing two women and four children; Israel claimed a Hizbollah leader had been in the ambu­ lance. Hamas and Hizbollah promise a bombing campaign in Israel in response; up to 2000 civilians were fleeing Lebanon in anticipation of further Israeli retaliation.

An attempt by a seven year-old girl to become the youngest person to fly a cross-country roundtrip ended in tragedy. Jessica Dubroff, her father, and flight instructor Joe Reed were killed as their plane took off in a storm at Cheyenne WY Apr 11 th. Jessica had started her flight in the Bay Area Apr 9th and hoped to fly President Clinton around Washington this weekend. The plane was appar­ ently overweight at the time o f the accident, and the flight instructor’s decision to take off in the thunderstorm is being heavily investigated. Jes­ sica, a product o f home schooling, had flight skills which seem to rebuke accusations that she was unqualified, and her parents are not being criti­ cized for pushing her to make the trip, since she seems to have been the driving force behind it. Notably, the Guiness Book of World Records would not have recognized the record had she successfully com­ pleted the trip; Guiness felt the feat should not be encouraged and was too dangerous.

T hey’re Talking About It: OJ Simpson failed a lie de­ tector test two days after the m u rd e r o f N icole Brown* Simpson and Ronald Goldman, according to a report revealed Apr 8th. Simpson reportedly was angry at failing the test, which has a 90% accuracy rate, but was advised by lawyers not to re-take it.

In Shorts: • North Korean truths entered the DMZ again Apr 7th, and have almost nightly since.

• Israel announced Apr 7th that it had inter­ cepted a ship with Iranian explosives on board in March in Antwerp, Belgium.

• Anthony Biscegile, the lawyer for David Kaczynski, held a press conference describ­ ing how David had gradually come to suspect that his brother, Ted, was the Unabomber Apr 7th. Meanwhile, further searches o f Ted Kaczynski’s cabin revealed claimed to find the typewriter which wrote the manifesto published earlier this year Apr 9th, then claimed they had found a copy o f the mani­ festo itself Apr 11th. FBI officials seem to be

Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Masque presents

NEW VOICES FOURTEEN in W PI’s A lden M emorial Hall

Wednesday April 17th 4:30 and 7:00 Thursday April 18th 7:00 Friday April 20th 4:30 and 7:30 Saturday April 21st 2:00 and 7:00

Admission is FREE For more information call 831-5106

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“World Flavor”, theme to tenth annual Cultural Festival Visitors impressed by WPI’s international students exhibits and performaces

by Jason Papadopoulos News Editor This ISC (International Student Council) held its tenth annual Cultural Festival in Harrington

A uditorium this Saturday, April 13th. Themed “World Flavor”, this event had different stalls, exhibitions, items, slides, movies, and foods from more than nine regions from around the world. O ther big attractions included more than

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nine different musical and theatrical perfor­ mances, and the various food offerings.

The Cultural Festival was the culmination of more than six weeks o f preparation and plan­ ning. The festival which has become, according to the ISC, “one o f our biggest annual events”.

Advertising o f the event started a few weeks ago, both on and o ff campus. People from all over Worcester, and the W orcester Colleges Consortium, as well as WPI students, faculty and employees as well as parents, relatives and friends o f W PI’s students were invited to the festival which coincided with Parents’ Day. People that attended this international fair could see exhibits and taste food from countries such as Austria, Cyprus, Germ any, India, Ja­ maica, Japan, Switzerland, Turkey, and from various Spanish and French speaking countries as well as several Islamic countries.

The TSA (Turkish Student Association) had a stand with various Turkish items, rugs, pic­ tures and posters, as well as some sweets. The Republic of Cyprus, represented for the first time at WPI by two sophomore students, con­ sisted of various Greek and Cypriot items, book­ lets, maps, posters, foods, as well as a film with Greek and Cypriot dances, and slides from Greece. JSA ’s (Japanese Student Association) stand was manned by Japanese students from WPI dressed in Kimonos (traditional Japanese female clothing), who provided visitors with Japanese tea and dem onstrated how to make origami paper figures and (lowers. The HSA (Hispanic Student Association) had a stand that represented most o f the w orld’s Spanish speak­ ing countries, which were shown on a three dimensional map that the group had designed. A surprising exhibitor was a group o f Jamaican students that set up a stand exhibiting various Jamaican items and pictures. W PI’s French Circle represented all Francophone countries and had a stand with posters and leaflets from all these various countries. The group had also setup a set of tables in front of the stage, trying to imitate a French cafe, and had a constant flow o f French C repes being served to visitors.

Deutsch Klub’s (W PI’s German club) stand consisted o f various posters and booklets show­ ing Austrian, German and Swiss architecture and culture. They also had a large assortment o f Germ an foods. The ISO (Indian Student Orga­ nization) had a multitude o f exhibits from exotic India, as well as offerings of Indian food. The MSA (Muslim Student Association), represent­ ing the world’s Islamic countries, had exhibits o f Islamic culture from these various countries, as well as a Quran on display and a computer with software that allowed visitors at the stand to

Australian band “Whiplash” brings holiday cheer

by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief-Emeritus In the words o f “Album N etw ork” reviewer, W hiplash’s debut album “kicks fucking ass" and this group is following A ustralian contem ­ poraries Silverchair and A m m onia. Their al­ bum “W hiplash” has been released on the Lime­ stone City label and the band consists o f Rod Breen (guitar/vocals), Jason Doyle (guitar/vo­ cals), Stuart H eckendorf (bass/vocals) and Ja­ son M cCollum (drum s/vocals). Targeted to­ w ards the “aggressive m ind-set” this album is

touted to have a mixture of influences and styles, but this isn’t so easy to tell at times.

The band is very close to metal and their release does have som e powerful tracks on it, this group really has a lot o f anger to get out.

From “ P ickin’ on m e” to the last song, “ I hate C hristm as" the band likes to describe itself as unpredictable. T heir influences range from M etallica and Pantera to Jimi H endrix and Neil Young, but this album show s much o f the form er and very little o f the latter. The liner notes com e in an interesting cross-shape, in­ stead o f the usual book, perhaps giving a hint o f

w hat’s to come. “ Y our fate is death, your soul has left, you hear the bell, w elcom e to h e ll.. . ” W hiplash w ants to bring th eir act to the States as live show s “are w hat it’s really all about. T h e re ’s noth in g quite as rew arding as seeing a crow d o f people go nuts, really getting into what y o u ’re doing for them .” All in all this disc isn ’t one that I’d listen to very often, b ut it does have its good points. T here arc som e strong songs and if y o u ’re looking for som ething that is a bit different and d e fi­ n itely not too m ellow , you m ight want to check it out.

(left) Sim ple Harmonic Motion hosted Acapella Fest this past Saturday, April 13th as part o f the Family W eekend Events. Left, SHM performs one o f their many numbers and skits.

(right) Four other colleges participated in this unique singing event including Tufts University (M A), Clark University (MA) , pictured right, Yale University (CT), and Tiffin University (OH).

find out information in the Quran that relates to a particular topic.

The performances at the festival were very popular with the crowds. The performances kicked off with a performance of a traditional Thai dance, several popular performances by the HSA, which included a Tango and a musical called “Down from the Caribbean”, which at­ tracted the participation o f the visitors, and other exhibitors. The ISO presented a specially cho­ reographed dance, and a famous Hindi song. A German student sang a song called “Ueber den W olken”, and the president of the TSA per­ formed a dance from Caucasian region to the north-east o f Turkey.

O ther performances include a performance by the Jamaican group a Japanese tea cerem ony and a traditional Vietnamese dance from Viet­ namese students from W orcester’s South High School. The SM A (Society of Martial Arts) also had some martial art demonstrations.

W hen asked to com m ent on the Cultural Festival, many visitors said that they enjoyed it tremendously, and many even comm ented on the fact that this was one o f the only such cultural events they had ever been to. \

New Voices 14; April 17-20 N ew V o ices, 14, W P I’s annual spring show case o f w riting, acting, producing, d i­ rectin g , carp en try and theater technology skills o f m em bers o f the cam pus and city com m unities, will be perform ed in A lden M em orial from W ednesday, A pril 17, through Saturday, A pril 20. Fourteen plays by 12 playw rights (1 0 men and 2 w om en) w ith a total o f 111 roles w ere selected for this y e a r’s program . “T his is a m ilestone year for New V oices,” says dram a/theatre P rofessor Susan Vick. “W hen Lunch With Walt plays at the 4:30 perform ance on April 19, it will be the 201st play presented in the series - quite im pressive, d o n ’t you think?” A dm ission is free.

T h e perform ance schedule follow s: W ednesday, April 17, 4:30pm : Sunflower Sutra by M ike A ndrew s and It's A ll P art o f the G am e by Steven S icgm und and Jed M iller; The D ivine Com edy by M organ D. R osenberg; 7pm: Phone Tag: A Love Story by Roy S. Rubenstein, Legwork by Dean O ’D onnell, and D escen t From Eden by C a th e rin e D arensbourg.

T h u rsd ay , A pril 18, 7pm: A View From the Tow er by Roy R ubenstein, Tonight? by Daniel A fonso, The Three Journeymen by D ean O ’D onnell, A L ittle Bitch o f the W orld

by A m y S in y ei, and Six Tales From U rbino

by T hom as R ussell.

Friday, A pril 19, 4:30pm : Im perfect Tim­ ing by Amy M. Sinyei, Retrain P rotocol by N. H arrison R ipps, and Lunch With Walt by T hom as C arr. 7:30pm : Tonight?, Legwork, It’s A ll P art o f the Game, Sunflower Sutra, and The D ivine Comedy.

S aturday, April 20, 2pm: Im perfect Tim­ ing, Phone Tag: A Love Story, A L ittle Bitch o f the World, and D escent From Eden. 7 pm: A View From the Tower, Retrain P rotocol, Six Tales From Urbino, Lunch With Walt, and The Three Journeymen.

Trimbur contributes to composition book courtesy o f WPI News-Service W orcester Polytechnic Institute English Pro­ fessor John Trim bur is the author o f "W riting In s tru c tio n and the P o litic s of Professionalization.” The essay appears inCowposition in the 21st Century': Crisis and Change.

The book, which has its origins in a national conference o f the sam e name, contains 16 posi­ tion papers by distinguished scholars and re­ searchers who discuss composition and rhetoric from a variety of contemporary perspectives: historical, social, cultural, political, intellectual, economic, structural, administrative and devel­ opmental.

Composition in the 21st Century, published

by Southern Illinois University Press, is edited

by Lynn Z. Bloom o f the University o f C on­ necticut, Donald A. Daiker o f Miami University and Edward M. W hite o f California State Uni­ versity, San Bemadino. “The solutions [offered in the text] are applicable to pedagogy, research, graduate training of composition teachers, aca­ dem ic adm inistration and public and social policy,” say the editors. “In a very real sense [it] is the only book to offer a map to the future of -cemppsrtieft."-------- ----------------------------------

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Let’s talk about the Greek Comer The following editorial is specific to the Greek Comer; however, writers o f Club Comers might be interested in some o f the discussion which follows, especially the clarification o f Newspeak's policies on Club and Greek Comers.

Each week, Newspeak allows the fraternities and sororities to submit columns which we print in our Greek Comer. We see the purpose o f these comers as a means for fraternity members to communicate with other members as well as with the community.

Through the Greek Comer, anyone who reads Newspeak gets a glimpse o f what fraternities arc doing, what issues are being discussed, what fraternity life is like, and the attitudes of fraternity members.

Recently, there has been some discussion about the content o f Greek Comers. Even more recently, there has been some heated debated concerning particular comers. The purpose o f this editorial is not to point fingers; it is to make people aware o f the problems we are encountering with this section o f our paper.

Submissions to the Greek Comer have changed over time. To put it bluntly, Greek Comers used to be quite eloquent and clear. For example, the following is the type o f thing you might have read in a Greek C om er twenty years ago: "The soccer team has been involved in some exciting games. The first game against an independent team was a 9-8 victory, whereas we lost our second game, 5-4. Better luck next time! Officer elections were held last Saturday. The new officers include...” The Greek Comers o f today sound somewhat like this, but there is a definite difference.

T here's something else about the Greek Comers that we’d like to talk about: content. First, the reason why we give organizations this space is so they can let others know what is going on. Often, the comers are composed of a host o f inside jokes and observations which are meaningless to those outside the fraternity. We don’t have too much o f a problem with this; after all, if this is how organizations want to use their space, that’s fine by us, despite what we’d like to see. More importantly, we feel that the content o f some of the comers (which is one o f the principal ways that people outside your organizations get to know you) is not, we feel, how organizations want to pitch themselves.

For a Greek Com er to mention how many pledges got trashed o r how many girls Jimbo went home with after the party seems to go against the idea of differentiating between Animal House and WPI fraterni­ ties. O f course, not all Greek Comers sound like this, but quite a few o f them do.

Discussions among the editors late last year and earlier this year sometimes revolved around the incoherent nature o f some (not all!) o f the Greek Comers. O f course, not being in all o f these organizations probably contributes to our inability to understand many o f the comers. Honestly, though, these things are hell to edit. In fact, unless we see a blatant or accidental mistake (the occasional “waht” instead o f “what”, or “friday” instead of “Friday”), we don’t touch the comers.

We don’t try to fix grammar. We can’t possibly fix spelling or capitalization o f words we don’t recognize. Often, we can’t tell if the author meant to make a mistake if we see somthing that looks wrong.

To be honest, we really don’t care. For one thing, the com ers are a submission by the respective G reek organization; they are not articles written by a member o f the Newspeak staff. Besides, wc really don't understand a lot of the Greek comers; it’s hard to fix or change something that you d o n ’t understand anyway (or something that is so pitifully beyond English that it’s not worth our time).

I just slated that Greek comers are submissions of the fraternities, not Newspeak material. Because o f this, it is our belief that the Greek comers reflect on the organization which submitted it, not onNewspeak.

We allow the fraternities to discuss what they wish. This is why we ran a particularly sensitive com er three weeks ago.

There also seems to be some question about our submission policy.

Club and Greek comers are due to Newspeak by 5:00pm on Friday!

When emailing your submission, do it before 4:59pm on Friday, because the system might be running slow and we might not get your email right away. There is a reason why we have this deadline! The 5:00 deadline gives us an opportunity to compile your submission, print it, proofread it, and place it in the paper. We feel that the 5:00 deadline is quite reasonable for both your organization and our operations. For this reason, we have no qualms about not accepting anything that comes in after 5:00pm on Friday, and we don’t see much reason to extend it or to give grace periods after this time.

We also have space limits. We reserve a full page for the Club and Greek comers. We expect organizations to take advantage o f this space. When all of the space is not taken, wc fill the extra space with advertisements. Because we expect organizations to use the space they are alotted, we must limit the size o f submissions. There is no minimum submission size, but our maximum limit is 275 words. We set this limit for two reasons. First, we believe that it allows organizations to say what they have to say. Second, it gives room to

other organizations so that all submissions fit.

A few of you might be wondering where your Club or Greek com er is this week. “Hey, I submitted a comer. Why isn’t it in the paper?”

It has to do with size limits. In the past, no one really violated the size limits on submissions. Although our limit is 275, we didn’t mind if a submission was 300 words o r so; it wasn’t very noticeable. However, last week we received a submission that was over 700 words (the submission made note o f the fact that their organization’s submission w asn’t printed the week before, which the person responsible for the submission attributed to the shortness o f the first one that w asn’t printed. The author thought that a long submission would make up for this. More likely, the submission got to us late.). There was no way that we were going to run this submission because o f its length.

Unfortunately, if we were going to remove thi^ one because o f its length, we had to do the same to others. This week, we had to be especially hard on long comers, because o f accusations that we didn’t print a com er last week because of its contents. The author thought that we didn’t print his submission because it was offensive. In reality, it wasn’t that offensive, it was just too long (after all, we printed that debate-sparking comer, which was much more offensive, three weeks ago). If we find something very offensive or libelous in a comer, we will not print either the offending line or the entire submission (in the opinion o f some editors, that debate-sparking com er’s aim was not to offend, but to address a current issue).

The deadline, size limits, and policy against libelous submissions are mentioned in the Staff Box on the Opinion/Editorial page. Also, we ask that all submissions be emailed, which hasn’t been a problem.

We are discussing the possibility o f changing our policy for Club and Greek comers. Maybe we’ll allow longer submissions, but we make no promises right now.

We frequently subm it N ewspeak to com petitions and c ritiq u ­ ing associations. T he m ost com m on critique we get is that the C lub and G reek C o rn ers (especially the G reek C orners) are m eaningless babble that sh o u ld n ’t be printed in our new spaper.

H ow ever, we keep them in the paper because o ur paper is fo r the com m unity, and if th a t’s what the com m unity w ants to see, th a t’s w hat w e’ll print.

By the way: in general, the Club Comers make a lot more sense than the Greek Comers. Just a hint.

And we don’t print smileys.

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Just a Thought Fathers and Sons: Learning New Arrangements

by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry I have been amazed and very pleased with what I have seen from the Counsel­ ing and Student Development center this year. Their articles in Newspeak have been varied and often eloquent in chronicling the joys and struggles o f human existence. I have found myself learning and doing some growing as I have contemplated many of the thoughts they have stirred up. I hope they keep up

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Last w eek’s article touched on an issue that I have had a particular passion for and a great stake in the relationship between fathers and sons. Tonight, at 6:30, the Counseling and Student De­ velopment Center is hosting a conversa­ tion about fathers and sons. The location is on posters and probably somewhere else in Newspeak. If you are interested in sharing stories and gaining some in­ sight in your relationship with your fa­ ther or son, you ought to stop by.

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Student questions secrecy of Skull Dear Editor, I was anxiously awaiting last week’s Newspeak in the hope that it would con­ tain a reply to my letter to the editor which appeared in the April 2nd edition o f your paper. My original letter ques­ tioned the secrecy o f the Magnetic Labo­ ratory and proposed a solution to this problem. Regretfully, although not sur­ prisingly, there was no reply from the “Senior Honor Society”.

I use the term “honor society” loosely this time however, because I am skepti­ cal of any honor society, or any organi­ zation for that matter which would not feel compelled to reply publicly to ques­ tions about its secrecy. Members o f this organization have told me that “there is really nothing to see in the Tomb” or “the Tomb will never be opened”, but, at the time I am writing this, the organiza­ tion as a whole has not offered a reply.

Last time I wrote o f the the great respect I had for the “Skull”, but this time I’m sorry I cannot say the same.

While I still have respect for some of its members, this organization is beginning to lose credibility.

Again I offer a challenge to the “Skull", consider this: how can an honor society be o f any credibility if ALL of its practices are secretive, including the cri­ teria for selection o f its members. Think about it, only your members know why you choose your honorees; does that make any sense? Perhaps you should consider the more appropriate designa­ tion of “Senior Secretive Society” to accompany your name.

Some may be beginning to think that I have a personal vendetta against the “Skull". This is entirely incorrect... I merely wish to point out some major flaws in the design o f this self-called “honor society” .

Most respectfully.

Gregory R. Snow Still a proud member o f the WPI Community

Prof. discusses tenure procedure To the Editor: The denial of tenure is an emotional issue on campus. I do not wish to comment on the recent eases. However, from spoken and written comments I have heard and seen, such Stephen Brown’s in Newspeak (April 2 , 1996), it appears that many people on campus do not know the details o f the procedure involved.

The process and criteria are guided by the faculty handbook. This is a publ ic document, provided to all faculty. The criteria are also conveyed to faculty by guidance within the departments, from

the department heads and from depart­ mental tenure and promotion commit­ tees. Regular reviews with feedback to the faculty member concerned are man­ dated, and many departments review every year (as I believe they should). In addition, both the WPI tenure commit­ tee and the promotion committee hold widely advertized open meetings at which questions are answered and ad­ vice given.

Although the Provost makes the final decision, the departments are respon­ sible for putting qualified candidates See Tenure, continued on p age 7

I am at that unique age where I am both a son and a father and all three o f us are adults. So talking about the most unique and special relationship that men have is very central to my life. And since I may not make the meeting tonight, allow me to share a few thoughts.

One reservation I have about having an audience o f mostly 18-22 year olds was echoed in last week’s column on fathers and sons. Being 18 or 22 may not be a time when you are ready or even equipped to discuss your relationship with your father. There is so much energy and time used to figure out who you are as a man, it is hard to have any objectivity or patience to understand where one’s father is coming from.

I am a perfect exam ple, though the circum stances for my father and I were different. There was a w ar on; The V ietnam W ar. My father flew 35 m issions as a pilot o f a B -17 bom ber and believed that when our country called, we must answ er. I w as a col­ lege kid who believed the Vietnam

W ar was unjust and that my patriotic duty was to oppose the war. I dropped out o f college for a sem ester to work for Bobby K ennedy so we could elect som eone president who w ould end the war. My father felt I was throw ing my life away. M y father believed the O hio National G uard was right to fire into a crow d o f protesting college stu­ dents at Kent State, killing 4 students; I believed it was murder.

For the next five to six years, we barely spoke a word to one another. My mother tried to intercede, but we both ignored her. It was not until my son, my father’s grandson was bom did the bar­ riers between us start to come down. As the years went by, I think we both began to real ize that our differences were not so great that they should get in the way o f our loving one another.

I began to be more patient with this man who had given me life and raised me to be man o f my own. i can still remember one day a few years ago when a B-17 was at the W orcester airport.

From my father’s stories, I alw ays thought he ftew this great big bomber, like a 747. As we stood In that small plane by today’s standards, I realized just how courageous my father had been flying this plane over enemy territory 35 times. I suddenly realized that I could never fathom what he went through, going through and surviving combat.

My father was one of those heroes who President C linton said, “saved our world.”

There is an old fable which goes that at 18 I thought my father knew nothing and at 35 I realized that he knew every­ thing. While both stages are extremes, they do reveal some truth. At 4 9 ,1 have a deep love and appreciation for my father as a man and as my father. But I had to work to achieve that understand­ ing; and my father had some work to do too on our relationship. Now a week does not go by that I don’t call him. Time and patience and life experience gave us a second chance to be close. For that, I am eternally grateful.

N ew speak The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute c/o Student Activities Office, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609 Phone (508) 831-5464 • Fax (508) 831-5721 newspeak@wpi.edu • http://www.wpi.edu/~newspeak David Koelle

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Associate Editors Donna Edzards Andrew Marsella Carlos Zapata

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Unofficial Minutes o f the Undergraduate Student Government Association for the meeting of April 9, 1996 Held in the Lower Wedge M eetin g called to order at 6:00pm .

Roll Call E x ecu tiv e B oard : M atthew Freim uth, P resident; C indy Vollaro, Vice-President; Jennx Y am bert, Secretary; M ickey Lacroix, Treasurer.

Senate: Alfred Andrade, Jonathan Chaillet, Heather Cleary, Mat­ thew Defronzo, Terry Fay, Mami Hall, Jennifer Johnson, Chris Mello, Jeremy Olszewski, James (Ben) Petro, Derek Sickman, Gregory Snow, Kristen Stagg, Tim Tully, Jason Willey, Adam Woodbury.

Absent: James Armitage, Shawn Ay ube, T anya Corrado, Michael Scott, Justin Sprague, Kenneth Volock (excused).

Needed for quorum were sixteen (16), nineteen (19) were present at the start of the meeting.

Approval of the minutes for April 2,19% .

Senator Sickman pointed out that he is not the Chair of Policies and Procedures. The minutes were amended by crossing out the title of Chair in front of his name.

The minutes were approved as amended.

President’s Report President Freimuth informed the Senate that he had appointed Senators Snow and Sickman to fill the vacant Class 1 and Class II (respectively) Assistant Trea­ surer positions. He then enter­ tained a motion to approve his appointments. The approval was moved by Senator Defronzo and seconded by Senator Mello. The appointments were approved.

President Freimuth also informed

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s s o c ia t io n overseeing the Trustee Mentor Program, acquiring a ride board forthe first floor o f Daniels Hall, examiningthe feasibility o f more on-campus kiosks, acquiring a new change machine to supple­ ment the one currently in the SGA office, having a microwave put into the Grill for use by the WPI community, and sponsor­ ing an SGA Nap to give students a chance to relax during finals.

Chair Woodbury also told the

the Senate that he had decided to appoint Timothy Adams to one o f the open Senate seats, and he entertained a motion to approve that appointment. The approval was mo ved by Senator Defronzo an d se c o n d e d by S e n a to r Chaillet. The appointment was approved.

President Freimuth informed the Senate that Sundeep Reddy had resigned his Senate seat due to academic pressures, but assured the Senate that Sundeep plans to seek reappointment in Aterm.

There are currently three (3) Sen­ ate seats open.

Committee Reports

SGA Committees Committee on Academic Issues (CAI)

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that you are angry or severely underesti­ mating your anger; Explosive Anger, which can be violent, dangerous, and threatening to oneself and others: and Chronic Anger, which is a style whereby a person can’t let go of the anger, they are grumpy, looking for fights, bitter, hateful, mean, thinking about revenge.

In this article I would like toexplore with you what to do when you recognize and acknowledge your anger style. How does a person deal with anger? What steps can be taken to manage the anger so that it is released in a healthy way?

There are many answers to these ques­ tions because it largely depends on the individual. However, there are some general guidelines to follow that will help each of us in managing our anger.

The first step is for us to take respon­ sibility for our own lives. Oftentimes, when we get angry we blame others or say “they should or should not” be doing something When we do this we take the responsibility for our lives off ourselves and place it on someone else. We can’t do this. In order for us to manage our anger we need to be responsible for our lives and the situations into which we get ourselves. We get angry because in some way our needs are not being met.

However, we are the only ones who really know and understand our own needs. When we take personal respon­ sibility we then become responsible for fulfilling our needs and not relying on others. It is not the job of other people to take care of us; rather, it is appropriate for each o f us to focus on our own needs.

I am not suggesting that to manage our anger we become selfish and self-centered, for as humans we need to care for

and be respectful of the people with whom we share this life. In this process o f taking personal responsibility.

Efron. M.S.W. and Pat Potter-Efron,

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Chair Olszewski inform ed the Senate that there had been no formal meeting, but that P&P plans to look at several issues, such as: creating a binder of of­ fice procedures so that senators can more effectively serve their office hours, and reanalyzing the required duties o f Senators.

Public Relations (PR) Chair Snow told the Senate that he hopes to give a full report of PR upcoming activities at the next Senate meeting.

Chair W oodbury informed the Senate o f several issues that CSLI hopes to address before the end o f this academic year, which include; looking into the on-cam pus housing process.

Peter D. Rogers, Ph.D., and Judith McKay, R.N. The Dance o f Anger by Harriett Goldhor-Lemer Letting Go o f Anger by Ron Potter-

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When Anger Hurts: Quieting the Storm Within by Matthew McKay, PhD .,

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Senate what goals CSLI has set for the upcoming school year.

These include: addressing the Consortium Shuttle Bus sched­ ule, questioning the need of a liquor license for G om pei’s, looking at the Health Services absences policy, addressing room reservation pol icies for stu­ dent groups, addressing the WPI Ambassador Program, and ad­ dressing the issue o f students parking on Schussler Street.

Institute Committees Committee on Student Advising (CSA) Representative Hanson reported that the committee haddiscussed whether or not there is a better way to get student’s grades to them during school breaks.

Anger... how to manage it Several weeks ago in this column Charles Morse wrote an article about recognizing your anger. In it, he de­ scribed three different styles of anger M asked Anger, which is not knowing

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Chair Hall reported that the com ­ mittee had discussed having CAI members seek appointments on Institute committees.

The committee also determined that CAI members should attend the meetings of the Institute’s Academic Honesty Committee in light of the fact that both CAI and that com m ittee are con­ cerned with the issue o f aca­ demic honesty. The committee decided that CAI should con­ tinue working on a student to student academic honesty code, even though there is an Institute committee to address the issue o f academic honesty.

Chair Hall also told the Senate that the TA Survey results had been analyzed, and that the re­ sults will be presented to Dean Durgin soon.

people’s needs will inevitably conflict.

When this happens we each need to negotiate assertively and come to a com ­ promise.

The second step in managing our anger is to take a look at our lives and see what sources o f support, nourishment, and appreciation we have on which to draw. If our jobs o r the people in our lives do not nourish us or appreciate us, then we need to develop new sources of support. Maybe it is time to move on and find new friends or a new job. The longer we stay in a situation that is not nourishing for us, the more our anger may build.

Another step in this process is to set limits and boundaries as to what is ac­ ceptable to us and what is not acceptable to us. We often get angry when people violate our limits and boundaries. When this happens we need to communicate this to them. The key to communicating to someone else involves clearly defin­ ing how you feel, what behavior makes you feel that way, and what you want to have happen. W e can only do this, though, when we know what our limits and boundaries are.

Finally, we all need to recognize that we have choices. We always have choices as to how we act and react.

When we take responsibility for our lives and our actions, when we find supportive and nourishing people to be with, when we communicate our needs, when we set limits and boundaries, we open ourselves up to a world full of choices. But, it is a choice to live this way. There is a simple phrase that sums up how to manage our anger, “Feel the feeling...choose the behavior.”

Information for this article was taken from the following books which I rec­ ommend for further reading:

the Wireless Association Spe­ cial Funding Request to read the funding amount of $2, 099.00 in ste a d o f the p ro p o sed $4075.00, and was seconded by S e n a to r C h a ille t. S e n a to r Defronzo moved to call the ques­ tion and was seconded by Sena­ tor Chaillet. The question was called and the amendment was put to a vote. The amendment passed.

Senator Sickman moved to call the question on the main motion, and the question was called. The motion failed.

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Committee on Academic Policy (CAP) Representative Reidy said that committee had discussed the Academic Vision Statement, and that the discussion will continue at the next meeting.

Academic Honesty

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Senator Hall reported that encour­ aged by the fact that the Institute committee seems interested in working with CAI concerning the development o f an academic honesty policy.

Senator Woodbury stated that he w as very p le a se d by the c o m m itte e ’s fo c u s on the faculty’s responsibility to main­ taining an academ ic honesty code.

O ld Business Senator Woodbury moved to re­ consider the motion to send Sen­ ate Bill 96S.35 to committee, and was seconded by Senator Chaillet. The motion to recon­ sider passed, and the motion to refer the bill to committee was brought to the floor.

Senator Woodbury withdrew his motion to refer Bill 96S.35 to Appropriations for the period of two weeks, and the bill was brought to the floor.

Senator Snow moved to amend

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Senator Sickman moved the Bill and was seconded by Senator Chaillet. The Cheer Leaders were asked if they had made any efforts to raise the needed money for themselves. They responded that their efforts had not been successful in raising enough money.

Senator Defronzo moved to send the bill to P&P for a period of tw o weeks to consider the Cheer Leader’s organizational classi­ fication. He raised the question o f the organization’s classifica­ tion as Class II. He pointed out that their constitution limits the number of people that can be on the squad, and wondered if that w as an exclusionary policy which would exclude them from Class II. Senator Woodbury pro­ posed a friendly amendment to change the time period to one week, the amendment was ac­ cepted. Senator Hall moved to call the question and was sec­ onded by Senator Woodbury.

The question was called. The motion to refer the bill to com ­ mittee failed.

Senator W oodbury proposed an amendment to add the contin­ gency that no money will be given until the Cheer Leaders change their constitution so it no longer lim its the n um ber of people allowed on the squad, and was seconded by Senator O lszew ski. The amendm ent failed.

Senator Snow moved to call the question on the main motion.

The question was called, a roll call vote was called for. The main motion passed with H ayes, 2 nays and 4 abstentions.

Senator Snow called to hear fur­ ther new business and was sec­ onded by Senator Woodbury.

The Senate voted to hear further New Business.

the policy. Senator Defronzo objected, and the amendment was dismissed.

Senator Hall proposed a friendly amendment to require a consti­ tutional amendment instead of making it simply an option. The amendment was accepted.

Senator Olszewski moved to call the question. The question was called. The resolution passed.

VIII. Treasurer’s Remarks No remarks.

X. Secretary’s Remarks Secretary Yambert reminded the Senate that they are still respon­ sible for fulfilling their duties as described by the SGA govern­ ing documents, even though re­ moval from office policies will not be enforced for the next two weeks.

XI. Vice-President’s Remarks Vice-President Vollaro encour­ aged Senators and all interested to apply for appointment to In­ stitute Committees.

Vice-President Vollaro also re­ minded Senators to sign up for the required two office hours.

XII. President’s Remarks President Freimuth informed the Senate that Paul Davis had re­ quested that SGA members at­ tend the 25th A n n iv ersary Colloquium.

President Freimuth told the Sen­ ate to keep open the date o f April 24 as a possible date for the SGA end o f the year barbecue.

President Freimuth also told the Senate that the international stu­ dents have started a petition that will be posted in the office.

XIII. Announcements Senator Snow told the Senate that Newspeak had failed to print some announcements he sent them. He stated the concern that perhaps the omission was due to space constraints in the paper.

He suggested that perhaps the minutes not be sent in to be printed when SGA has impor­ tant announcements that need to get printed in the future, to help cut down on the space taken up in the paper.

Senator Sickman moved to dis­ pense with the final roll call.

The motion carried, a id the roll call was dispensed with.

Sundeep Reddy announced that there will be a College Consor­ tium event on April 20.

XIV. Roll Call & Adjournment

S. 38 Sense o f the Senate Resolu­ tion Senator Snow moved to pass bill S .38, and was seconded by Senator W oodbury. The reso­ lution stated that that P& P w ould exam ine the constitu­ tio n a l req u irem en ts fo r re­ m oval o f Senators, and that the Secretary w ould not enforce the current rule until it had been explained or am ended.

Senator Andrade moved to table the resolution indefinitely, and w as se c o n d ed by S e n a to r Sickman. The motion to table failed.

Senator Woodbury suggested a friendly amendment to reword the resolution so that P&P would be req u ired to state a full rationalefor the policy if it did not propose an amendment to

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Senator Woodbury moved to ad­ journ and was seconded by Sena­ tor Defronzo. The motion car­ ried.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:28pm.

Jennx Yambert, SGA Secretary Agenda for the Meeting o f April 16,1996 Call to Order RoU Call Approval o f the M inutes for April 9 ,1 9 9 6 President’s Report Committee Reports - SGA Committees - Institute Committees Old Business New Business - S.39 Student Response to Pro­

posed Academic Vision State­ ment VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII.

Treasurer’s Remarks Secretary’s Remarks Vice-President’s Remarks President’s Remarks Announcements Roll Call & Adjournment

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forward, or terminating them prior to that if they are not qualified. In addition, both the WPI tenure committee (7 people, including 3 from the candidate’s depart­ ment) and the promotion (6 people) com­ mittee provide recommendations to the Provost. Last, but not least, the Presi­ dent may comment on cases.

Input on the tenure process is also obtained from WPI faculty, from out­ side, independent evaluators, and from alumni. While the Provost has the final say, there are many others who play a part, and provide information, including

the candidates themselves. There are many people in the decision-making and

advice-giving chain.

The process o f evaluation is long, complex, subtle, and, 1 believe, essen­ tially fair.

Both the school wide Tenure and Pro­ motion committees balance a variety of evaluations. At WPI we expect faculty to teach well — without that tenure, or promotion, would be denied. Teaching is taken seriously in the evaluation of faculty. W e also expect faculty to pro­ duce scholarship at a level that can be acknowledged as o f high quality by in­ dependent and knowledgeable evalua­ tors. W ithout scholarship there would

be little to distinguish a university fac-

ulty member from a high school teacher.

We expect a good balance of teaching, scholarship and service. It is not pos­ sible or desirable to express that balance as a predermined formula. There are just too many variations across faculty and departments.

Please note that I do not speak for the tenure committee, and this is far from a complete description of the process.

However, I hope that this information has helped people understand the tenure process at WPI a little better. I hope this adds a little light to the heat.

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A fte r th e tr ia ls of w o rld w ar 11 o p e n e d , a n a r r a to r to ld how C h ic a g o th e w as su fferin g fro m a n e m ig ra tio n of

c rim in a ls a t N u re m b e r g life a t

w as r a t h e r d u ll. E x c ite m e n t sh o w m en to th e b ig c ity o f N ew Y o rk . a ro u se d b y a b a n d in th e s tre e t o f­ W in d y C ity p ro d u c e rs , o n e esp e c ia lly , fered th e ju d g e a n o p p o rtu n ity to w ere d e s p e ra te fo r ta le n t. A u d itio n s c o u rt

F o to by N am rod

N O V E M B E R 14, 1950

ex ercise his d u t y b y su m m o n in g th e w ere filled w ith th i r d r a te p e rfo rm e rs ike th e d a in ty c o n tr a lto Jim M c K a y o t a ll w a s th e q u o ta tio n

fro m

the

B ib le in a g lass c a se on o n e o f the w a lls o f th e

m useum .

It

w as the

sa m e o n e c o n ta in e d in th e rid d le .

L ast

T h u rsd a y

n ig h t

th e

o r th e in fa m o u s c o n c e rt p ia n is t w ith th e

“ m o u t”

b a s e b a ll

H och.

B u t a la s !

rid o r!

The

cap

D anny

T h e r e in th e c o r­

an sw er

to

e v e ry

p ro ­

d u c e r ’s w ish , w as th e d a n c in g w a s h e r­

G o a t’s

w o m an . M is s T o m m ie D e L u c a sav ed

H e a d officially p a s s e d in to th e h an d s

C h ic a g o sh o w b u sin e ss w ith h e r t a l ­

o f th e so p h o m o re s in e x c h a n g e for

e n t. a n d “ C h a r le s to n ” .

It

th e em b le m t h a t th e y fo u n d a t the

w as

ru m o re d

th e re m ig h t n o t

P e a ce M o n u m e n t.

S a tu r d a y

be a sk it

th a t

by

th e

F a c u lty m e m b e rs, b u t re a liz in g th e F ro s h G rid s te rs F a v o re d

fo rce o f tr a d itio n a n d h o w e m p ty th e

A s fa r as th e p o in t s ta n d in g s go

tic ip a tio n th e y p u t to g e th e r a n e x ­

a re a h e a d w ith th r e e p o in ts for the

cellen t

R o p e P u ll a n d tw o for th e P ad d le R u sh .

T hat

a ll- im p o r ta n t

football

g a m e is co m in g u p th is F r id a y and GOATS H EA D SL E U T H S : T riu m p h a n t S o p h o m o res d isp lay booty in o p en c o n sid e rin g th e fa c ts t h a t p rev io u s d e fian c e o f F re sh m a n b lo o d h o u n d s, to clim a x in ter-class h u n t fo r sym bol of fre sh m e n h av e w o n th e la s t six y ears class su p re m a c y . L. to r., G eo rg e Id lis; H a rry B row n, C lass P re x y ; M ike in a ro w a n d t h a t th is y e a r ’s class Z u ck er.

P E A C E O F

M O N U M E N T

G O A T S

H E A D

will

S C E N E

have

a p p ro x im a te ly

n in e

men

fro m th e v a rs ity , th e b o y s w ith the

D IS C O V E R Y

bow tie s a n d b e a n ie s seem to have th e ed g e.

H o w e v e r, th e s o p h s will

F ro m o u t th e s e lin es o n e w o rd d o th h av e se v e ra l g o o d m en fro m th e v a r­ sp rin g .

L e a d s Q u ic k -w itte d F in d it, s ity also . P e te F o sb e rg , C ris M a rtin , A n d y o u sh a ll h a v e th e clu e you S o p h s to E l m P a r k a n d T o m O ’C o n n o r a re a few who n eed to find th e th in g .

A t la s t w e e k ’s a sse m b ly , S k u ll w ill c a r r y th e n u m e ra ls of th e class p re s e n te d th e m u c h -a w a ite d rid d le W ith in se co n d s a f te r th e clu e wa> w h ic h g av e th e lo c a tio n o f t h a t m y s­ g iv e n , tw o so p h o m o re s, M ik e Z ucke; of “ 5 3 ” .

S o l u t io n o f R i d d l e

te rio u s sy m b o l of riv a lry , th e G o a t's a n d G eo rg e Id lis le f t th e a sse m b ly C o n fid e n tia l so u rc e s h a v e it that H e a d . H e re is th e rid d le : a n d ra n d o w n to th e P e a c e M o n u ­ ' th e so p h s p la n to show th e G o a t’s “ T h e y sh a ll b e a t th e ir s w o rd s in to m e n t in E lm P a rk . T h is m o n u m e n t I H e a d o fte n a n d so o n , so l e t ’s see the p lo u g h s h a re s, a n d th e ir sp e a rs in to p ru n in g -h o o k s, a n d n a tio n sh all n o t lift u p sw o rd a g a in s t n a tio n , n o r sh a ll th e y m a k e w a r a n y m o r e .” ii 3 M ic a h i. v . 4

o f a m a n a n d w o m a n fre sh m e n do s o m e th in g a b o u t it, and b y a p lo u g h s h a re . T e n *le t’s see th e s o p h s do so m e th in g to

is a s ta tu e s ta n d in g

m u se u m

in T u r m o il

a tt e n d a n ts will

lo n g

at

th e

H ig g in s

A t a m e e tin g o f th e T e c h N e w s <>ii last T h u rs d a y , it w as a n n o u n c e d

to fin d th e H e a d , im m e d ia te ly w e n t

th a t

to th e M u s e u m on th e clu e th a t th e

re sig n e d

M ike! p la c e h a s a tre m e n d o u s c o lle c tio n p o s t as| o f sp e a rs, sw o rd s, a rm o re d s u its , a n d

o :n his p o sitio n on th e staff.

Esse x

will

ta k e

over

h is

F a rn s w o rth T ex a co S tatio n C or. H ig h la n d & G o u ld in g St*.

re m e m b e r W o r­

se em s th a t a g ro u p o f la te a rr iv a ls

had

L u b ric a tio n a n d B attery S«rvice

c e s te r T e c h a n d th e G o a t’s H e a d . I t a t th e P e ac e M o n u m e n t, on failin g

C im o n e tti

L u bricatio n

ECK

B a ttery S ervice

BR O S.

S e r v ic e

S ta tio n

C arl a n d C laren ce Eck

S p o rts E d ito r, a n d he will h a v e as

a ll s o r ts of m e d ie v a l w eap o n s. S h o rt­

C o r. H ig h la n d & G o u ld in g

h is a s s is ta n t. Y y to A n d re liu n a s.

As-

ly a f te r th e ir a r r iv a l, th e p la c e w as

S tre e ts

i--'.a it S p o rts E d ito r is a new posi-

in a n u p ro a r. A rm o re d su its w e re d is­

*ion on

th e e d ito ria l sta ff.

In

th e

B o y n to n ” .

m a n tle d a n d sw o rd s ta k e n d o w n off

c o u rs e o f th e m e e tin g D ic k G ille tte

th e

w as e le c te d th e new S e c re ta ry .

scab b ard s.

w a ll a n d

re m o v e d

fro m

th e ir

B u t th e s tra n g e s t th in g

“ D ear

W e llm a n fro m h is so n D r. K ra n ic h , a F re s h m a n a t T e c h k n o w n to all as th e first s tu d e n t to m e r it tw o T .F .s his first se m e ste r.

T h e le tte r re la te d

th e in c id e n ts w h ich e v e n tu a lly h a p ­ p en to all b a d little F re s h m e n ;

th e

p a d d le -ru s h , I n s t i t u t e p o n d , a n d the1 n o rm a l o c c u rre n c e o f b ein g w ith o u t SSSSS.

T h e I n s tit u te m a d e q u ite an

im p ressio n w ith th is F ro s h . H e fo u n d th e in s tru c to rs L o y a l,

K in d ,

Cour-j

te o u s. H e lp fu l . . . ? a n d p a rtic u la rly e n jo y e d C h e m is tr y a n d P h y sic s. A p ­ p a r a tu s set

u p on

th e s ta g e

fo r a

scen e in th e C h e m is tr y la b u n d o u b t­ e d ly w as a s s e m b le d b y som e C h em en g in e

fro m

S a lisb u ry .

th e The

m y s te ry

b u ild in g ,

q u e s tio n

re m a in s :

w h a t w as su p p o s e d to h a p p e n ?

W a rre n

P a lm e r. M a s te r o f Cere*-

m o n ies for th e e v e n in g , e n te r ta in e d

th e se a rc h in g g ro u n d fo r a n E a s te r eg g h u n t, b u t th e s o p h s h a d g o tte n

A rm o ry

Bill

th e

w a r e x p e rie n c e s:

The

IN S T A F F

to

D a d ’’ w as a le t te r re a d b y P ro fe s s o r

th e a u d ie n c e w ith

p riz e .

H A V E CH ANG E

p la y c a lle d “ D e a r D a d ’’ o r

“ B rid g e

m in u te s la te r th e v ic in ity re se m b le d sto p th e m .

th e r e first a n d h a d m a d e off w ith th e

TECH N EW S T O

ev e n in g w ould be w ith o u t th e ir p a r ­

b etw ee n th e cla sse s, th e sop h o m o res

so m e in te re s tin g

a s a m a tte r o f fa c t

th e a u d ie n c e is p r o b a b ly “ s till sm ilin g " .

;

T h e ju d g e s ' d e c is io n w a s a n n o u n c e d a f te r th e F a c u lty s k it. d id

D o n O liv e r

it a g a in fo r th e S o p h o m o re s. i

If you can stan d on yo u r head and sing the alm a m ater, when surrounded by a drunken mob.

If you can w ear a clow n's costum e on cam pus. and see everyone staring at you.

If you can do a hundred push-ups. w ith a knife under y o u r gut.

If you can w histle Dixie, and not d rop a crack er crum b.

If you can eat last w eek's pancakes, w ithout a shudder, knife and fork.

If you can go a week w ithout sleep, and still come back for some m ore.

If you can smile, when all around you brothers shout for your head.

M an. you m ust be a neophyte, my boy!

SOPH PADDLERS PUT FROSH IN RED.

R e t u r n o f G o a t ’s H ead

to C a m p u s

It was announced at the Tech Sen­ ate meeting on Thursday evening that the Goat’s Head will soon reappear on the campus. The Head which has been enclosed in a glass case is to be restored to its traditional meaning; that is it will be used as a trophy for the winner of the Frosh-Soph Competition.

Last year the Tech Council with the help of Skull took the Head out of circulation because of the “riots” which followed its “showings.” After consider­ able debate the Council decided that it would be a shame to retire the Goat’s Head just because someone had dis­ torted its true significance. It was finally decided to restore the Head to its original purpose, only if it remains in its glass case in either Sanford Riley or the Alumni Gym, depending on which class is leading in the competi­ tion. If the Head is misused once again, it will be retired from the history of Tech for good.

Since the Freshmen are well ahead of the Sophomores in competition points at present, the metal goat, will be dis­ played in S.R.H. this week.

5

P R O F E S S O R S A P P E A R A R M Y

T he evening of Ja n u a ry 20 saw Alden M em orial w ith standing room only. The occasion was the A nnual Tech C arnival program , alw ays an an ticip ated event here on the hill. N o t only is the talent in the student body d em o n strated on this evening, but the b e tte r side o f the faculty is put under the critical o bserva­ tion of students.

John Lillibridge did a m asterfu l job as m aster of cerem onies. H is verve and wit kept things rolling sm oothly throughout the evening. T he program was opened by a piano pageant fe a tu r­ ing Bob G alligan, Bob F rascato re and Roger N orm an. Along w ith o th er n u m ­ bers, the group did a “ co o l” in te rp re ta ­ tion of “ M ary H ad a L ittle L a m b ” .

M ary would never have recognized it.

Im provised as it m ay have been, the perform ance was flawless.

N ext on the program was the aw ard winning Freshm an skit, en titled “ Shake.

R attle and R oll.-’ If you d id n ’t shake or rattle, you had to roll. F rank Cohee as D isk Jockey would have been veryp opular am ong the R o ck ’n R ollers throughout the cou n try .

H ad the q u artet cut a record of the “ G reat P reten d er" it would certain ly have sold a million copies. T he F reshm en pulled no punches on the F acu lty . T he D orm adm inistrators also found them selves the subjects of m erciless digs by the actors. T he Freshm an showed th e m ­ selves w orthy of the C arn iv al Cup. T he Sophom ore skit “ V eritas A m icus’’ was a hum orous sketch of life a t a typical Tech fra te rn ity , Bill R abinovitch played the p art of a very typical pledge and did a fine jo b on it. T he m ost untypical scene w as th e disposal of the Faculty A dvisor in a unique way.

It h a sn ’t happened y et, b ut who can tell? T he actors all did a com m endable job. and certain ly gave the judges grounds for a touch decision.

T he Faculty skit gave a good insight of w hat m ilitary life is really like. The skit, and the ch aracters, drew m any a laugh from the audience. H ow can an organized organization be so disorgan­ ized? All kidding aside, th e F acu lty did a fine job and certainly im proved th eir standing in the eyes o f the students, especially Freshm en.

In betw een skits, th e audience was entertained by a m agic act featuring Bob Brass, and an accordian solo by K enny H erm ance. All o f th e p erform ers, as well as the w riters and back-stage men. deserved a sincere congratulations and received it from a responsive audience.

9

E a r ly

L ead

in

R e t a i n C o a t ’s H e a d F o o tb a ll

S p e c ta to rs

T h rille d b y A n n u a l H a lf T im e

C la s s ic

Ever since 1931 when the paddle rush was reinstated at Tech the fans witness­ ing the first home game of the foot­ ball season have had an added attrac­ tion. For the price of one ticket they get to see, along with the game, one o f the roughest and most exciting events in the freshman sophomore competition.

M a k e N e w s in V a r ie d F ie ld s Z e le n y

IN

F A R C E

2

C o m p e titio n to

C a m p u s P e r s ’n a l i t i e s 14, 1956

-

T ake

Last Saturday was no exception as the classes of ’57 and ’58 clashed be­ tween halves of the football game. The freshmen and sophomores withdrew from the stands shortly after the start o f the second period to prepare them­ selves for the event. To the delight of the fans the freshmen underwent a rigorous ten to fifteen minute routine of calisthenics.

STOP! YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG.

FEBRU A RY

0

O C T O B E R 12, 1954

R e c e iv e s A w a rd

R ic h a rd A . Z e le n y , a ju n io r c h e m ­ ical e n g in e e rin g s tu d e n t a n d an o u t ­ s ta n d in g te a m s,

p e rfo rm e r has

been

on

T ech

h o n o re d

tra c k

by

th e

A m e ric a n L e g io n of h is h o m e to w n , N u tle y . N e w Je rs e y . T h e ju d g e s w ho m ad e th e a w a rd se le c te d h im a s th e finest

tr a c k m a n

N u tle y .

ev er

p ro d u c e d

H e w as a w a rd e d

at

th e L e ­

g io n 's p la q u e . T h is p la q u e re p re s e n ts th e

h ig h e s t

a c h ie v e m e n t

a th le tic s , a n d

in college

w as a w a rd e d

Z ele n y

for b o th h is sc h o la stic a n d c o lle g iate tr a c k p e rfo rm a n c e s .

Z e le n y w as c a p ta in

o f th e c ro s s­

c o u n tr y te a m la s t F a ll.

D u rin g th e

seaso n he w on five of h is six ra c e s and

b ro k e

tw ice.

th e T e c h

c o u rs e rec o rd

T h e o n ly m an to b e a t him

b ro k e th e re c o rd for a th ir d tim e.

H e is a lso c a p ta in of th e W in te r a n d S p rin g

tr a c k

te a m s, a n d

la s t

year

s h a tte re d th e college h a lf m ile reco rd th a t h a d 1929.

b een

on th e

books

sin ce

M o r to n o n R e s e r v e S ta f f R ic h a rd F . M o rto n , a n in s tru c to r in P h y sic s h ere a t T e c h , h a s been n am e d to th e fa c u lty o f th e 1 0 3 0 th O rg a n iz e d th e

R e se rv e C o rp s S chool a t

B o sto n

A rm y

B a se .

D u rin g

W o rld W a r I I h e w as a m a jo r in th e C o a st A rtille ry C o rp s.

H e w ill b e'

a s s is ta n t d ir e c to r of th e a n ti- a ir c r a f t a n d g u id e d

m issile s e c tio n , a n d

he

Meanwhile, the sophomores had re­ treated from the scene completely for a last minute run-through of their strategy for the day. They returned to N o t C o m p le te the field 79 strong and lined up in two Renovations in Sanford Riley Hall, files along one goal line while the although extensive, are far from com­ freshmen lined up at the opposite goal line also 79 strong. plete, according to Mr. D avid Lloyd, The starting gun sounded and 158 Tech Business Manager. howling underclassmen thundered to­ Mr. Lloyd has been very active in ward the fifty yard line and the 79 dorm dressing-up this past summer and paddles which had been placed there. reports that the cost of work already For the first minute or two confusion completed has been about $47,500. reigned over the field and no one could Over 5000 man-hours o f labor have see exactly what was happening. How­ been put in on major item s alone. Dur­ ever, when things began to organize ing the past summer, washrooms were themselves it could be seen that the painted, individual rooms brightened, struggle for possession of the paddles new beds installed, chairs bought for was taking place entirely in the fresh­ the commons and corridor walls re­ man half of the field. This was an in­ paired. Next summer a complete reno­ tegral part of the sophomore strategy.

It then became evident that the sophs vation will be started. The commons is due for renovation, but exact plans had a definite plan o f action worked have not been finished yet. Work will out in detail. As soon as a sophomore be directed towards making the public got a paddle it was placed in a pile rooms more attractive to residents and located at the extreme comer of the their guests. N o estimate of the cost field near the freshman goal line. o f future work can be made at this Three or four sophomores spread them­ selves over the pile while a defending time. ring of sophs encircled it.

The freshmen, spotting the sophs a year’s experience plus the distinct ad­ vantage of knowing one another, in an effort to identify themselves wore yel­ C L A S S O F ’5 7 low bands around their arms. However they were apparently confused by the strategy of the sophs as they never IN V IT E S made an organized and united rush on the paddle pile of the sophs.

C L A S S O F ’5 8 The competition was clean and rough as many members' of both classes will T O T H E IR verify during the ten minute period.

However, when the final gun sounded PA D D L E R U SH and the paddles counted the inevitable results showed,, -

D o r m

O N

C h a n g e s

ALUM NI

Class of yS7*Class o f ’58-

-f 50 paddles —29 paddles.

F IE L D

will be te a c h in g officers a tta c h e d to

SO PH O M O R ES

th e A rm y ’s V o lu n te e r R e se rv e .

W IN

T h is

p o st w ill n o t in te rfe re w ith his te a c h ­ ing p ro g ra m a t th e I n s tit u te .

PA D D L E

R U S H , 4 5 -2 7 O C T O B E R 2, 1956

T h e c lass of ’S3 h a s e m e rg e d th e v ic to r in th e first leg on th e G o a tsh e a d tro p h y . c o n d u c te d

T h e p a d d le ru sh w as

under

T e c h ’s c u s to m a ry

ru les, w hich re q u ire n o h ittin g below th e sh o elaces, n o lo a d e d p a d d le s a n d no h o ld s b a rre d . T h e s p irit in w h ich th is w as ta k e n p ro m is e s m u ch for th e fu tu re

c o m p e titio n

b etw een

classes

a n d m a k e s th e u p p e rc la ssm e n w o n d er if th e y a r e n 't g e ttin g ju s t a w ee b it o ld e r. in

a

T h e fresh m en cam e b ed eck ed lipstick

and

cork

w ar

m ask

w h ich it is p re s u m e d w as to frig h te n th e so p h o m o res, b u t e v id e n tly failed a s th e

b e tte r-o rg a n iz e d

so p h o m o re s

fin ish ed (he fra n tic te n m in u te s w ith 45 p a d d le s to th e fre s h m e n ’s 27.

APRIL 15, 1986 ’5 7

C A R N IV A L

CAPTURED BY

Rivalry Returns Saturday b y Robert Figucia

S O P H O M O R E S Last Friday. M arch !. tht* annual Tech C arnival was held at Alden M e­ morial A uditorium . A capacity crowd attended, despite the poor w eather, and the audience appeared to enjoy the eve­ ning's show im mensely. E xtra chairs hail to he set up at lhe rear of the au d i­ torium to accom m odate the- gathering.

Hill C urran, as M .C.. introduced the various [K-rformances. and interspersed ihe p ro ceed in g with rem arks ot his own. T he Technichords were first on the scene, and pleased everyone with their sharp vocal effects and close h a r­ mony.

Between the I reshm an and Sophomore skits Tom T alb o t went wild Elvis, and the house rocked at the mticK of this talented mimic. Several 59 Wins A g a in of 1'om's henchm en accom panied him ing, w ritten and produced by N orton w ith guitars, drum , and bass.

Following the Sophom ore effort an R em m er and directed by Jak e Salvin. was an en tertaining one act consisting act billed as "T h e E m aciated Five Plus", featuring the B oyntonians. wa- o f a trial scene, and dubbed, ap p ro p ri­ presented. 1’hi* m ixture of im i-h aim ately enough. "Ju stice ". Paul Holley.

Bob M cE lroy. and Andy M ilowicki gave hum or was well received as the "B s creditable jierform ances in a skit which again proved their en tertain m en t value hacked the Sophom ores fearlessly. The Close on their Iuh*Is cam e the 1 aculis 59ers, how ever, came back to tu rn the with their little p aik ag e ol Packard E ntitled "N ineteen N in ety -F o u r ', it d e­ tables as they walked away with the picted a Iward m eeting of a com pany e n ­ Cup. T he w inners displayed rem arkable gaged in m anufacturing robots. A l­ though it was evident q u ite early that v e rsatility in their satire on radio and Prof. W agner was telling th e tru th when TV program s. M essrs. Costello and he adm itted. “ This is o u r first reh ear­ C ohee collaborated in the producing, sal". the skit was vastly am using, espe­ d irecting, and acting, and H arvey Roscially perform ances by Will K ranich. enfeld was the com petent stage mana- ■ Such veteran players as Joe 'B u rl'' Sellers. "Slide-rule " Allen, and ger.

Bob W agner. Mr. Culle was also very Bronzino. Dick K eats. T om H um phrey. convincing in his su p porting to r su p ­ Eli D workin. Carl l'ro v a. Fred Lut/.e, Bill Saim ond. and E v W alker did much ported I role.

The climax of the evening came .is to m ake the Sophom ores' evening a suc­ Prof. G rogan, representing M r. Bernado cess. The Class of 1959, by winning for and l>r. Zim m erm an, but m ostly him- the second straight y ear, equalled a rec­ self. aw arded the coveted C arnival C up ord set by only two previous classes in le c h C arnival history, and not likely to to the Class of 1959. T he Freshm en m ade a valiant effort, and their offer- be broken.

T he Traditions C om m ittee o f the Student A lum ni Society feels that the G oat’s H ead T radition has been m issed on cam pus. T o present students, the G oat’s H ead Rivalry only exists in the memories o f the alumni and the journals o f the Institute. T he rebirth will spark new interest and recapture this unique element o f W PI tradition during JP weekend on Saturday, April 19, follow ing all other afternoon activities on the quad.

In order to kick o f f a renewed interest in the rivalry, SAS will introduce the goat with a Treasure H unt similar to the one run by Skull in 1950. Throughout the day a large black b ox will be displayed on the quad to attract curiosity. W hen the other activities for the day are com plete, the lid to the box will be opened to reveal a clue leading to a m edallion. T hose participating will then disperse to search for the object. T he clue will be structured so that the m edallion may be found and returned to the quad in fifteen

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W elcome home, tra v e lle r! W ell, the bodiless goat has retu rn ed from its hectic travels none the w orse for its ex ­ perience. And where has o u r rebellious G oat's H ead been? T he fact o f the m atter is that it has been in hiding. It seems that the abused goat got tired oi being the object of so m uch rivalry b e ­ tween the Sophom ore an d Freshm en classes. Indeed this is the first rest it has had since its in stitu tio n as an o b ­ ject of rivalry on cam pus. C ertainly, if the goat could talk, it w ould have m any hair-raising and exciting tales to tell.

T he origin of the G oat goes back a long wav in l ech s histo ry . One day in the fall of 1S72, the stu d en ts decided that they needed a little diversifying ex­ citem ent. so they acquired a billy goat and put it in the chapel to roam as it would through the buildine. T he goat soon becam e the m ascot of the students.

C are for the goat was passed on from year to year and he becam e a fixture on cam pus. Though m uch abused, he lived to a com fortable old age. But. as is the case with all anim als, he died. N a tu ra l­ ly. the students were m uch depressed at his passing awav. fo r th ey had grown somewhat fond of “ H illy” .

Then som eone cam e up with an in­ genious idea to p e rp e tu a te the g o a ts presence on cam pus. Ih e idea: stuff the goat's head. So, though Billy was not around in spirit, he was still around in

body, in part that is. But the question arose as to who would keep the Goat s H ead. C om petition for the head became quite keen, and any m eans of attaining it w ere perm issible. M any m eans were used, so that the goat found no peace even in death. Finally the head got so beat up that it was decided to give it its final rest. The class of '93 presented the class of '31 with a m etal replica of the head.

C om petition for the new head con­ tinued at the sam e hectic pace. In 1931. the Tech Council m ade a new ruling concerning the goat's head. Open com pe­ tition would cease and the head would become a trophy for the class scoring the m ost points in organized com peti­ tion. Though it w orked fine on paper, open com petition did not cease, and the head continued to be the object of riots, chases and the like. L ast y ear, however, the head disappeared and th is became the topic of much discussion.

N ow it is back on cam pus. A question that will no doubt be recurring in the stu d e n ts' m inds is: ‘‘W hat s in the fu ­ ture for the G o at's H ead?

Several plans have been brought up by the Tech Council. One of the proposed plans is to m ount the head on a m onum ent som ewhere on cam pus. A nother plan would see the head safely stashed away in a safe deposit vault. A third proposed plan is to continue com petition for the head, but on a controlled basis. U nder this scheme, a class planning to show the head on cam pus would subm it an outline of its plan to be approved by a higher organization on cam pus. None of these plans are definite, how ever, and only tim e will tell w hat's in store for the m uch disputed G o at's Head.

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A G o a t’s H ead C om m ittee will be established to initially specify particular rules o f participation and fair play in the events.

Later this com m ittee will be the supreme ruler over all G o a t’s H ead events.

More specific details about the com peti­ tion and governing structure will soon be available to the student body. For the pre­ sent time get ready for Saturday’s Treasure H unt. It will surely get W PI alive and kick­ ing once again with the G oat’s Head Tradition.

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returned to the quad, a cannon will be fifed, to signal others that it has been found. A small presentation will follow.

The freshmen and sophomore classes will be targeted as participants of the Goa Head Rivalry but all students are encourag­ ed to take part in Saturday's search. If the medallion is found by a current freshnjen (*89) then that class will maintain possession next year. However, if it is found by any other class then it shall be handed dowj* to the next even or odd class-depending on the riq&s year of the finder. Fpr example, i f the class of 1986 finds it. they will turn if over to the class of 1988.

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With an hour and fifteen minutes to go until curtain time, the show was set back on its heels by the news that N ils Hagberg, campus cop and prominent M.C., was sick. By making hasty ar­ rangements and fill-ins, the S.C.A., true to the rule “The show must go on,” enlisted the services of John Lillibridge who did a good job as “ Deputy Cop.” Behind scenes a mass of humanity raced back and forth screaming orders, and checking cues, while others, find­ ing solitude in the steel rafters, a t­ tempted to fill the gaping jpaces now vacant in the show’s itinerary.

The house lights dimmed and a ca­ pacity audience settled back serenely unaware of troubled minds that worked overtim e behind the curtains. The Boyntonians with “D ixie” followed by the freshman skit “D orm Life”, primed the audience by relieving the initial tension always present. Prof. W. E. Sellers, Tech s Burl Ives, managed to keep the audience content while scene changes took place.

The sophomore skit “± Infinity” was a well planned show with ample originality. H owever, its staging was too great a load, causing it to drag.

The general unpreparedness back stage was beginning to show through. The talented S.P.E. octet got tripped up in the guide wires behind the scenes, cre­ ating another restless pause.

The faculty skit began with the odds against them, a restless hour and a half old audience. The presence of the faculty in short skirts and baby car­ riages, however, managed to pick the audience up again.

Prof. Grogan, with tongue in cheek, kept the crowd on the edge of their chairs for five minutes before announc­ ing a winner— the Freshmen!

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b y Robert Figucio W hile W P I’s G oat’s Head Pub has ceased :o generate the excitem ent which it once Drought to Tech students, another is on the way to take its place — not another pub that is, but rather another G oat’s H ead. The G oat’s Head Rivalry which has proliferated a great deal o f anim ation at scattered points throughout our sc h o o l’s history is about to be reborn.

C am pus Jou rn als show that the G oat’s Head has created fierce com petition between classes since 1891. N ow , after a period o f absence, the contention will be re-ignited during D-term thanks to the effort o f Stu­ dent Alumni Society’s Traditions Committee.

On Saturday, April 19, the unveiling o f the

goat will provide an exciting conclusion to a day o f Quad activities run in conjunction with Spring W eekend. A lthough last on this d ay’s agenda, this long awaited appearance o f the G oat’s H ead will be the first in a long series o f com petitive events w hose ultimate goal is possession o f the prized statuette. The initial procurement o f the goat on this day will give one class a crucial advantage for future com petitions.

Detailed rules and the format for the April disclosure will be printed throughout term D. Watch carefully and be strategic about your competitive approach. By collecting all key details, your class may become principal holder o f the W PI G oat’s H ead.

The history of the Goat’s Head Rivalry at WPI

by Members o f the . Skull Honor Society Picture it now. A small stautuetteof a goat, with an oversized head. It is cast entirely in bronze. A quiet little thing, certainly riot an object o f artistic value (one would think). And yet, each class at this institute w oulddo anything (well, almost anything) to possess this trophy and obtain the bragging rights that their’s was the class to possess it. But the trick was to display it to the entire Institute, and not have it subsequently stolen from them.

That is the way it used to be, when the G oat’s Head tradition was in full swing and everyone participated. It all went back to the school mascot, a goat who was maintained and kept by a Jap a n e se stu d e n t nam ed G o m p ei Kuwada (guess where G om pei's got theirnam e,folks)startingin 1891. Why was he named the goat keeper? B e­ cause noone else had the intitials, G. K .!

The goat was a gift o f the class o f 1893, but the animal soon became too diffi­ cult to maintain. So what logical thing did they do? T hey b eh ead ed and mounted the thing!

Beginning with the class o f 1928, it was decided that the G oat’s Head would become an object of class rivalry to inspire school spirit. The original G oat’s Head was actually stolen by the class of 1894 and hidden in Nova Scotia.

It was not seen again until 1913, when the crane in the Electrical Engineering Laboratory carried it to the Class of

1893 at an alumni dinner. The head was in very poor shape, so it’s carica­ ture was cast in bronze and mounted on a disproportionately small body.

Originally, the G oat’s Head Com ­ petition was focused on the two young­ est classes and in­ volved a point sys­ tem based on vari­ ous events such as sp o rts, the T ech C a rn iv a l, Paddle Rush, and the Rope Pull. The Head was p re se n te d to the class that accumu­ lated the largest number of points, who were obligated to “ sh o w ” the * G oat’s Head at least once a year in order to give the other class a chance to steal it themselves.

Som e m em orable “ s h o w in g s ” in ­ cluded hanging it from a helicopter during a home foot­ ball gam e, d ro p ­ ping it from Earle Bridge into a mov­ ing c o n v e rtib le , and hanging it in Alumni Gym dur­ ing a b ask etb all game where it was swung out a win­

dow to those waiting outside.

The G oat’s Head Competition that began in the 1920s was halted in the 1930s. It came back in the 1950s to some extent and continued for several more years. Form erly a source o f class

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Attention one and all: the G oat’s Head Rivalry is back and in full swing.

For years the goat has been out of circulation because o f the m isconduct of a few students. Luckily for all o f us, mem bers o f the Student A lum ni S oci­ ety and ihe Alumni Office have worked hard to get the Goat recast and the rivalry reinstated. As many H om e­ com ing onlookers noticed, the G oat has returned to cam pus and is now officially in circulation. Therefore, it is im portant that everyone knows how the rivalry works. As with every gam e, there are som e rules. The following rules were developed by students and adm inistrators in order to ensure the safety o f the students and the goat.

1.) The com petition officially re­ convenes Septem ber 18, 1995. T here­ after, the G oat H ead trophy will be aw arded to the class which wins the majority o f the Freshm an-Sophom ore Rivalry events o f the WPI academ ic year (Rope Pull, Pennant Rush, Jeo p ­ ardy G am e). The Trophy will be aw arded after all three events have been com pleted.

2.) The G oat’s Head must be d is­ played by the class in possession d u r­ ing H om ecom ing, the W inter C arni­ val. Q uadfest and Traditions Day. It must be seen by a m ajority o f students attending said events to be acknow l­ edged.

3.) The Trophy may not be taken beyond the borders set by the map given to each classes’ Goat Keeper Com m ittee. The boundary shall be set as one-half mile (1/2 mile) from the WPI cam pus perimeter.

4.) One m em ber o f the G oat’s Head Com m ittee must know where the T ro ­

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Class of 1996 got their goat It was early Monday morning when six members of the senior class got to­ gether with the intention o f stealing the Goat’s Head trophy. The news was out.

The original G oat’s Head had been re­ cast, and while the old one was to be retired and kept for its historical value, the newly cast version was planned to be recirculated into the WPI community in the hopes o f reviving the Goat’s Head tradition in a safe and fun manner. That was our plan, too... but the difference was that it would be from us, the stu­ dents, and not the administration.

The man (w e’ll call him G ompei) who was bringing the pair o f goats was due for a meeting in Higgins House at approximately 9AM , and that’s where we waited for him. One m em ber of our

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bonding, this competition w as aban­ doned due to the somewhat violent nature o f the chases. There are plans for a revival o f this tradition, but only time will tell to what extent it will be reintroduced to the WPI community.

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phy is at ALL times including updated determine the Goat H ead’s trueow ner. information EVERY TIM E that the A plaque will be kept in Riley C om ­ Trophy is moved. If it becomes neces* m ons and inscribed with the class year sary, that one member has a responsi­ o f the w inner o f each y ear’s Rivalry bility to inform any other Committee Events following Traditions Day. Any mem ber of the T rophy’s location. The class that steals the goat may have the G oat’s Head Committee-shall be made Trophy inscribed by the Alumni O f­ up o f the following individuals: Cofice at no charge. The inscriptions Chairm en and Advisors to the Student shall be no larger than one-half inch Alumni Society, an appointed Alumni, f square (l/2-ii>2) and shall be only the • a m em ber appointed from the WPI class year of the class that steals the Administration, a member appointed Trophy. from the WPI Faculty, a senior member 12.) Any discrepancies o f these of SKULL Honor Society (appointed rules will be reviewed by the G oat’s within), and a member o f each classes’ Head Committee.

Goat Keeper Committee. (Note: The one informed Committee member may* These rules were adopted by the not be the possessing cla ss’s Goat Alumni Council during Homecoming Keeper Committee representative.) w eekend with full support. They es­ 5.) At no time may any m em ber o f pecially enjoyed the retelling of the your class team violate any o f the class o f I996’s G oat-napping attempt Institute’s conduct policies. and Saturday’s campus treasure hunt 6.) The G oat’s Head Trophy may for the Goat. not be transported by vehicles or other SAS has made some changes to the forms o f mechanized transportation. original rules to meet up with the times.

7.) If at any time any team member Especially note that cars are no longer of your class violates one o f the con­ 'allow ed in the com petition to avoid test rules, the trophy will be turned any potential catastrophe. Another over to the G oat’s Head Comm ittee. important change is the notification of 8.) Actions associated with this a m em ber of the G oat’s Head C om ­ tradition must be conducted within the mittee. The current com m ittee m em ­ guidelines o f the established rules. No b e rs are C in d y M itc h e ll, M ark bodily harm must be inflicted on any Suennen, Cyndi Fusco. Christopher participant in either procuring or pro­ B offoli, and Sharon Davis. The class tecting the Goat.

G oat Keepers will be chosen in B9.) The G oat’s H ead must be re­ term . Applications arc available in the turned to the G oat’s Head C om m ittee A lumni O ffice at Higgins House. before the last week o f D-term. It will One last note - the G oat’s Head be returned to the possessing class in rivalry is a class rivalry. N o one is the follow ing A-term. elected as the class leader so whoever 10.) The Alumni O ffice will deter­ gets the Goat should represent the class; mine the authenticity o f the G oat’s not ju st them selves or a group. The Head Trophy.

C lass o f 1996 show ed th eir strong 11.) Any class may possess the class pride - take their lead, be cre­ Goat, how ever, only the Freshm an and ative, and keep it as it has always been, Sophom ore class rivalry events will the symbol o f W PI class pride.

class was waiting in the parking lot, another in a bush by the door, while the rest waited in the getaway car. It was the perfect plan... we hoped.

At 8:55AM , Gompei arrived in his car with the brazen pair. Our m an in the parking lot saw him and rushed to his car, knowing that the two would be in his back seat, and attempted to open the passenger side rear door. It was locked.

Gompei just looked inquisitively at our classmate, who sighed and left. The classmate in the bushes had gotten para­ noid and went inside to m ake sure Gompei hadn’t somehow snuck in, and then waited at the front door for him.

Two o f the seniors who w ere w ait­ ing in the getaw ay car saw Gompei pull in and went up to watch the stealing, but the original two were nowhere to be found. So, when Gompei crossed the parking lot, a goat under each arm, the

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new pair seized the opportunity... and the goats. With one m em ber of our class on each goat, Gom pei had no chance to hold on as they grabbed them and ran to the car, leaving Gompei unharm ed but clearly flustered at the kid-napping (kid, goat... get it?!?).

O ut o f respect for the traditions of the school, we returned the old one so that it could be safely stored away, but the new one w as to be introduced at Homecoming by our class (look for that, boys and girls). So the old goat was returned, but not necessarily as it was. It had gained an addition o f a “9 ” and a “6”, etched triumpantly on each butt cheek.

If any members o f the class of '96 have some ideas for creative ways to “show” the goat (perhaps at Homecom­ ing), please em ail th o se ideas to briank@ w pi.edu.

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SAS presents the reinstitution o f the Goat’s head rivalry.

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On Wednesday, April 10, the astronauts o f the STS-73 mission, o f which the second United States M iscogravity Laboratory' ( USML-2) was the main part, visited Worcester Polytechnic Institute fo r the firstever mission debriefing at a college. The crew included Professor Albert Sacco, Jr., department head o f the Chemical and Chemical Engineering department, whose responsibilities as a payload specialist on USML-2 ran the gamut o f experiments brought on the mission, especially growing zeolite crystals in microgravity. Sacco, along with the other talented astronauts o f the STS-73 mission, delighted the WPI community and guests last week as they spoke about their experiences and shared their thoughts.

Newspeak takes this opportunity>to present the community with the follow ing section on the astronauts ’ visit.

Astronauts conduct interactive science lessons

by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor O ne o f the m ost unique asp ects o f the U SM L -2 m ission was the strong com m it­ m ent o f the astronauts to education. This com m itm ent led the crew aboard o f the space shuttle C olum bia to conduct four interactive science lessons in space w ith som e students at four high schools around the country. The interactive lessons w ere then d ow linked to 4 0 ,000 classroom s nationw ide o v er the C h an ­ nel O ne netw ork.

T he w hole purpose o f the interactive teac h ­ ing w as to get the students interested and m otivated in pursuing an ed ucation in sci­ ence and engineering. W o rcester was am ong the cities chosen to take part in the interactive lessons. T he students w ho w ere selected to participate in the in teractive lessons w orked on experim ents on earth and then reported back to the astronau ts in space.

Al S acco was the main person responsible for in teracting w ith them and answ ering from space any type o f question the students had after the experim ents.

He also com m ented on the interactive les­ sons as w ell as the strong com m itm ent o f the astronauts to education. “ We are here (at W PI) to try to push an ed u catio n al agenda.

Space is so exciting and it is a great way o f stim ulating teachers and th eir students. In the near future th a t’s what we hope to do; th a t’s w hat we w ant to do. W e w ant to get them [students] excited and m otivated about sci­ ence and m athem atics, an education in g en ­ eral, but in particular in m ath and science.”

T h eir m ain efforts are aim ed to the young population. “The hats on backw ards, (on a video presentation at W P I), the w hole situa­ tion, w as in part because we wanted to relate to youth and today, we wanted to tell them that they have a very bright future, unlike

what they think. W e w anted to tell them that they should never be afraid. If they want som ething they sho u ld go get it and never let th eir fears get on the way o f reaching that d ream .”

F or the crew it w ill be p leasing to know that th e ir m ission w as a success as som e of the stu d en ts shared th eir tho u g h ts with them last W ednesday in real tim e. K athryn M o­ rales, R eginald Hill and Beth Q uitadam o, all 15, w ere in charge o f co n d u ctin g ex p eri­ m ents on surface tension.

“T he w hole ex perience w as great. W e did the experim ent back on O cto b er and we fi­ n a lly g e t to m e e t th e m t o d a y .” sa id Q uitadam o. Hill ech o ed the sam e feeling: “ 1

am really excited to m eet th em .”

M orales also co m m ented on the unique o ppo rtu n ity and strong im pact the interactive lesso n s had on her. “This has been a great m otivation... it has been an eye o p en er for me in all you can do in science and e n g in eerin g .”

A ccording to H ill, the experim ents w ere not as difficult as they were interesting. “The exp erim en ts w ere not hard. T hey were fun and the whole ex p erience w as a great educa­ tional o p p o rtu n ity .”

G uillerm o C araballo, 17, also did som e ex p erim en ts on surface tension. “ It w as a good experience. If you look back at it we w ere doing a p roject w ith N A SA . It is a lifetim e ex p erien ce.”

Following in Sacco’s footsteps

by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief-Emeritus D avid M atthiesen, assistan t professor o f M aterials Science at C ase W estern R eserve U niversity in C leveland, O hio, served as an alternate payload specialist for U SM L-2. He said that he w as happy to be a part o f the space program and that he had received fu n d ­ ing for a gascan (an experim ent m odule), w hich is sim ilar to som e o f the experim ents that WPI students have w orked on for other shuttle m issions. His experim ent was lo o k ­ ing for structural defects in sem i-co n d u cto r crystals, grow n in the crystal grow th furnace aboard U SM L-2.

He com m ented that the snow w asn ’t all that unusual for him , for unlike the other astronauts who w intered in H ouston, h e ’d seen C leveland break its ow n snow fall record.

M atthiesen also w orked at G T E ’s labs in W altham , MA, w here he w orked on an o th er experim ent that had flow n on another shuttle m ission. W hen asked if he’d like to get the chance to fly som eday, he said: “Sure, I'd love to follow the exam ple that S acco set, I hope to follow in his large footsteps!”

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The crew o f USM L-2 answers questions from local school children w ho participated in the downlink between the shuttle and area schools.

The experiments of USML-2

by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief-Emeritus Last W ednesday, President Parrish addressed the crew o f USM L-2 by saying that it was “a pleasure to welcome all o f you to WPI for a program that is bound to be limitless and with a horizon that has yet to be discovered. W e are proud of Professor S a c c o .. .congratulations to all o f you for the success o f the mission.” The second United States Microgravity Laboratory that flew aboard Columbia is frequently re­ ferred to as being one o f the most successful missions ever flown on a space shuttle. Follow­ ing is a short description o f some o f the experi­ ments that were done.

T he A stroculture E xperim ent was designed to evaluate the perform ance o f apparatus for supporting plant grow th in space, this will becom e m ore im portant in the future as stays in space becom e longer. Obviously plants cannot be fed in m icrogravity in the same m anner as on earth, so a system was devised to provide w ater and n utrients through po­ rous tubes. The tubes w ere m aintained at differential pressures, to provide a proper flow to the roots. M oisture was co n tro lled by

a system that hu m id ifies and deh u m id ifies air without needing a g as/liquid separator. Lightem itting diodes (L E D ’s) w ere used to pro­ vide high levels o f light from the limited resources available on the shuttle. The plants that were chosen for the experiment were a variety o f potato and the technology behind the experiment show s prom ise o f being used by industry.

One o f the most visually interesting experi­ ments was the Drop Physics Module, films shown during the presentation showed a drop o f liquid rotating, splitting in two and coming back together. This experiment was used to help further the understanding o f Van der Waals forces, which are weak attractive forces be­ tween atoms and molecules. Acoustic waves were used to control the drops and the re­ sponses were monitored on adjacent video dis­ plays.

The Fluid Flow Cell Experiment, used the motion o f fluids in microgravity to explain fluid flow in oceans, atmospheres, planets and stars. Large bodies influence fluids with grav­ ity fields that create buoyancy forces that in turn create thermal circulations. By working in microgravity, external gravitational fields are

reduced and the motion o f the fluid can studied. Electric charges were applied to the fluid to create buoyancy and temperature and rotation rate were also controlled.

The “most important experim ent on the m ission” was how the crew referred to Pro­ fessor Sacco’s Z eolite Crystal Growth Ex­ periment. The purpose o f the experiment was to establish a level o f understanding o f z eo lite crystallization and growth so as to a ch ie v e high yields o f large, nearly perfect crystals in space. Z eolites are used in the chem ical process industry- as filters, catalysts for reaction and adsorbents. The crystals! also show potential as a nuclear waste scav ­ enger and are useful as quantum confinement hosts for semiconductor materials. Theoreti­ cally, crystals grow n in microgravity could be 5 0 0 to 1000 tim es that o f crystals on earth. This experim ent was just one several included in the “G loveb ox” lumbia. Thirty eight autoclaves™ pared by a team o f WPI students, faculty and staff, containing tw o solutions: one alum i­ num based and the second silicon based. The autoclaves allow ed the fluids to be combined in space so that crystallization could begin.

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Payload specialist Fred W. Leslie signs an autograph for an excited youngster.

W orcester and WPI dignitaries and USM L2 astronauts come together at W ednesday's p resen tation . The city and th e school welcomed the guests o f honor >vith w ords o f praise and gifts. The astronauts gave an excellent presentation about their mission and answered questions from the audience.

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C om m ander Kenneth D. Bowersox speaks at W ednesday's presentation. Bowersox is an accomplished astronaut, having served on numerous missions, including USML-1 and the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

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Sacco: “A guy with a huge heart” It seem s that Nature doesn't really like Al Sacco. Not only did his m ission tie the record for scrub launches, but also a snow storm in the m iddle o f A pril alm ost cut short the launch o f the educational briefing to the WPI co m ­ m unity by the USM L-2 crew .

N ewspeak decid ed to find out w hether the o ther astro ­ naut and people and the students who w orked w ith him shared that sam e feeling tow ards S acco or not. H ere’s w hat they had to say: “ Al Sacco is a great astronaut. He was a g reat addition to our team . He brought so m any positive things. In the astronaut p ro ­ gram we have pilots, laboratory crew , and payload specialist... Payload specialists are supposed to bring som ething special to the crew . T hey brin g academ ic interest and aca­ dem ic excitem ent and Al and Fred w ere the epitom e o f w hat payload specialist are sup­ posed to be. T hey w ere g re a t.” Cdr. K enneth B ow ersox, U SN , C om m ander “ He has been a very good friend from the very beginning. He was a back up payload specialist on an earlier flight although I did not know him very well from that experience, people I knew said he is a g reat guy, you want h im .” So we w ere real happy we have gotten

him assig n ed to o u r m ission. H is contrib u ­ tions as a scien tists, not only from his ex p eri­ m ents but his in teractio n s w ith the rest of the scien tific com m unity w as invaluable to us because it is an ex p erien ce that som e o f us pro fessio n al astro n au ts, d o n ’t have a lot o f in recent years. So he w as a very g oo d bridge in that resp ect and a very good friend to the rest o f u s.” K athryn C. T h o rn to n , P h.D ., Payload C om m ander. “ W e all had to get a lo n g real w ell... He p ro b ably did one q u a rte r o f all the ex p eri­ m ents o n the flig h t.” C dr. M ichael LopczA lleg ria, USN, Flight E ngineer/M ission S p e­ cialist. “ Al w as the heart o f o u r crew . He is a w onderful guy w ith a huge heart, and was a b ig part o f the spirit o f the w hole flight. It takes a team to get ev ery th in g d o n e and Al is certain ly a big part o f that team and I think W o rcester should be real proud o f h im .”

C apt. C ath erin e C o le m a n , U SA F, Ph. D. M ission Specialist. “ Al Sacco w as great! He is a very nice guy. He has such a good sense o f humor. He is a g reat role m odel. He loves w hat he do es and he loves show ing to young people. He is ju s t a g reat g u y ” G u illerm o C araballo, 17, local high school stu d en t who participated in the in teractive lessons from space.

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by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor “ For me it is ju st the m em ory o f floating and looking at the earth and know ing what that is like, and the im ages that we have in o ur m inds is different from w hat you record on tape, the only way to really capture it is being there and seeing it with yo u r ow n ey es.” Cdr. K enneth B ow ersox, USN, C om m ander “ If you looked dow n upon the earth and you recognize we are a sm all part o f a very big universe. A nd that we all are a big fam ily.

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real hard to exp lain u nless you are there you c a n ’t really u n d erstan d w hat I am talking ab o u t. E arth is ab so lu tely m a g n ifice n t.”

A lbert Sacco Jr., Ph. D. P ayload S pecialist (C rystal G row th) “ It is som ething that once you have e x p e ­ rien ced it, you c a n ’t really share it because th ere is no way o f d escrib in g it. They say a p ictu re is w orth ten th o u san d w ords, and may be a m ovie is w orth ten th o u san d pictures, and an experience like that is w orth ten th o u ­ sand m ovies. It is so hard to c o n v ey ...” Cdr. M ichael L opez-A llegria, U SN, Flight E n g i­ neer/M ission S p ecialist.

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High school students Kathrin M orales, Reginald Hill, and Beth Q uitadam o, who participated in the educational downlink from Colum bia, attended W ednesday's events.

Countdown to tomorrow: Partnerships for the 21st century

by Jason Papadopoulos News Editor On W ednesday, A pril 10, at 11:30, the U SM L-2 crew o f astronauts th at w ere v isit­ ing W PI gave a p resen tatio n called “C o u n t­ dow n to T om orrow : B u ilding Partnerships for the 21st C e n tu ry ” to the W PI com m unity and invited guests. T he presentation was also atten d ed by M. H ow ard Jacobsen, a m em ber o f the B oard o f T rustees o f W PI, R ev eren d D a n ie l P. R e ille y , B ish o p o f W orcester, E dw ard A. Parrish, President of WPI and R obert V. A n to n u cci, C o m m is­ sioner, M assachusetts D epartm ent o f E duca­ tion. Edw ard M. K ennedy, US S enator, Mass., was also expected to com e but had to cancel at the last m inute, to attend the funeral o f the late S ecretary o f C o m m erce Ron Brow n.

G race C orrigan, m other o f C h rista M e A uliffe, one o f the astro n au ts aboard the ill-fated sp a c e s h u ttle C h a ll e n g e r in 1984 a n d R aym ond M ariano, the c ity ’s m ayor, were invited but could not m ake it due to the snow storm .

At the co n ference the seven astronauts, C dr. K en n eth D. B o w e rso x ,C o m m a n d e r; K athryn C. T h o rn to n , P ayload C om m ander; Cdr. M ichael E. L o p ez-A leg ria, F light E ngi­ neer/ M ission S p ecialist; C apt. C atherine, M ission S p ecialist; A lbert S acco Jr., Payload S pecialist (C rystal G ro w th); Fred W . Leslie, Payload S pecialist (F luid D ynam ics); David H. M atthiesen, A lternate Payload S pecialist (C rystal G ro w th ) and R. G ly n n H olt, A lter­ nate Payload S p ecialist (F lu id D ynam ics) and gave a b rie f personal introduction of

About the STS-73 crew patch

by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief-Emeritus A c c o rd in g to C o m m a n d e r K e n n e th B ow ersox, the first real challenge o f any shuttle crew is com ing up w ith an em blem that is rep resen tativ e o f th eir m is­ sion. The crew o f U S M L -2 cam e up w ith an interestin g design that is visually ap pealing and a good picture o f what they were out to accom plish.

The m ost striking part o f the patch is the orbiter, show n in the v ast­ ness o f space, this is b e­ cau se th e p ilo ts “w o u ld n ’t feel co m fo rt­ able w ithout a picture o f a p la n e .” B o w erso x ’s crew kidded him in the p resentation on W ednesday m orning that e v ­ ery picture he took from space has a runw ay som ew here in the frame.

The com m ander co n tin u ed to explain that he insisted on the A m erican flags on the top left and right o f the patch, recalling his Navy background. T he nam es o f the seven crew

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m em bers w ho flew on the m ission are also included in the border.

In the foreground are the classic regular polyhedrons that w ere investigated by Plato and Euclid. The Pythagoreans w ere fasci­ nated by the sym m etrical three-dim ensional objects w hose sides are the sam e regular polyhedron. T he te tra ­ hedron, the cube, the o ctah e­ dron an d the ico sah ed ro n were each associated w ith the natural elem ents: fire, e a r th , air a n d w a te r.

T hese sym bols w ere used by the scientists to repre­ sent their experim ents in c o m b u s tio n s c ie n c e , crystallography and fluid physics.

Bowersox went on to say that the fluid scientists “ felt that the geom etrical shapes looked too much like crystals” so they insisted on adding the infinity symbol to further show the importance o f their experiments.

The shape of the em blem represents a fifth polyhedron, the dodecahedron, which was used by the Pythagoreans to represent the cosmos.

Students’ reactions to the USML-2 visit

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Alternate payload specialist R. Glynn Holt signs an autograph at W ednesday's crew reception.

them selves, and described their lives aboard the space shuttle, th eir findings, and feelings about th eir trip. T hey then show ed som e slid es o f photos they had taken both o f the earth , and them selves w hile aboard the space shuttle O ne o f the m ain topics at the presentation w as the educational advances that this m is­ sion had achieved. One o f the innovations o f this m ission in com parison to others w as the use o f dow nlinking into schools around the US as an educational innovation. F our in ter­ active science lessons w ere conducted d u r­ ing the m ission, w hile in space the crew conducted the experim ents with the students o f four high schools in the U.S., one o f w hich w as W orcester’s South H igh School. These lessons were then dow nlinked to 4 0 ,0 0 0 class­ room s across the US. An im portant goal for NASA is to ensure the US has a talented, technically so p h isti­ cated and globaly aw are youth that will lead the work force into the next m illenia. NASA has been trying to achieve this by building partnerships w ith higher educational institu­ tions, precollege ed ucators, the governm ent and industry to stim ulate the interest o f the youth, in fields such as science, m athem at­ ics, and engineering.

WPI has been an exam ple o f the achivem ent o f these goals. A team o f undergraduate and graduate students, a visiting professor, and W P I’s professors d esigned and constructed the Zeolite C rystal G row th (Z C G ) furnace used on both U SM L Z C G experim ents c o n ­ ducted in space.

W ednesday m orning, a snow shuttle in the m iddle o f the Q uad, a few banners and lots o f strange faces w ere the first indicators o f the d a y 's activities. The arrival of the shuttle astronauts on W ednesday sparked a lot o f m ixed feelings am ong students, and I was determ ined to find out w hat those were.

For nearly all o f the stu d en ts w ho attended the events that m orning, they thought that WPI had d one a great jo b . H arrington was transform ed so w ell, that a senior rem arked, “ Plant S ervices did an am azing jo b , it d id n ’t look anything like an au d ito riu m !” M any students w ere also im p ressed by the prepara­ tions m ade by DAK A fo r these events. Well organized and am azing w ere also used a lot in th eir descrip tio n s o f the event. Just about every student that left H arrington left sm il­ ing, and q u ite o ften w ith a picture or tw o signed by the astronauts.

A lth o u g h th e m ood w as h ig h , som e s tu ­ d e n ts th o u g h t that a few th in g s c o u ld have been d o n e d iffe re n tly . M any e x p e c te d a lot m ore h ig h sc h o o l an d ju n io r high s tu ­ d e n ts th e re , w h ile th e ir sm all tu rn o u t m ay hav e b een in part d u e to th e w eath er. O ne stu d e n t th o u g h t th a t it w as a b it o f a b ig deal fo r ju s t n in e p e o p le . O th e rs had g ro w n

tire d o f h ea rin g ab o u t the a s tro n a u ts so o fte n , and sim p ly w e re n ’t in te re ste d a n y ­ m ore. T h ese stu d e n ts, h o w ev er, w ere the ex c e p tio n to the rule.

The event had a big em otional im pact on som e students. W hile w atching the m ovie o f the m ission, during the liftoff, a sophom ore stated, “ my w hole body went num b, I had a tear in my ey e." Doug T hom spon o f the IM C com piled a m ovie show ing clips o f the m ost exciting parts o f the STS-73 m ission, set to ap p ro p riately fan tasic m usic. At around 3:45pm , w hen the event was w inding dow n, I asked som eone who had dream s o f going into space w hat she thought o f the visit. She replied, “ I’ve been here since I0:30am - its aw esom e! I was up all night studying, k ic k ­ ing w alls... and then today I rem em bered why I was here.”

In the students' opinion, the astronaut visit was a great success. T he visit inspired and am azed m em bers o f the WPI com m unity as well as those m iddle- and high school stu ­ dents who participated in the educational dow nlink from the shuttle. M any students were im pressed at how WPI used it’s re ­ sources - L ens and L ights, the IM C, Stage B and, and the others. D espite the w eather, WPI show cased itse lf well. For such an event that w as long com ing, it w as w orth the wait.

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Despite the sudden snowstorm W ednesday morning, many students and visitors showed up to w elcom e the astronauts to W orcester and WPI. WPI Plant Services pulled out all the stops for this event, which saw a complete tranform ation o f Harrington Auditorium.

The snow certainly didn't dampen the spirits of students who were awaiting the arrival of the USM L-2 crew. This snow sculpture o f a space shuttle was made on the Quad last Tuesday night.

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No, none o f the visiting astronauts suited up for last w eek's activities, but this suit was on display last W ednesday for all to see as they walked into the main lobby of Harrington.

The astronauts pose for a m em orable photograph with the Goat's Head. The sophom ores, current possessors o f the Goat, took full advantage of the astronauts' visit, making this im age a rem arkable addition to the histroy o f W PI in more w ays than one.

Jeff Peterson (middle) catches the gambling bug at Casino Night in Harrington Auditorium Saturday evening. Casino Night was part o f Parent's Day at W PI.

Astronaut and Professor Al Sacco gets hit with a snowball thrown by alternate payload specialist David Matthiesen. At the same instant, Sacco pitched a snowball meant for fellow astronaut Cathy Coleman.

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Despite the su d d en snow storm W ednesday m o rn in g , m an y stu d e n ts and visitors show ed u p to w elcom e the a stro n a u ts to W o rcester an d W P I. W P I P lant Services pulled out all th e stops for this event, w hich saw a com plete tra n fo rm a tio n of H a rrin g to n A u d ito riu m .

T he snow certainly d id n 't d am p en the sp irits o f stu d en ts w ho w ere aw aiting the a rriv a l o f the U SM L-2 crew . T his snow scu lp tu re o f a space shuttle w as m ade on th e Q uad last T uesday night.

No, none of the visiting a stro n a u ts suited u p for last w eek's activities, b u t this suit w as on display last W ednesday fo r all to see as they w alked into th e m ain lobby o f H arrin g to n .

T he a stro n a u ts pose fo r a m em orable p h o to g rap h w ith the G o at's H ead. T he sophom ores, cu rre n t possessors o f th e G o a t, took full a d v an ta g e of the a s tro n a u ts ' visit, m aking this im age a re m a rk a b le ad d itio n to th e histroy o f W P I in m ore w ays th an one.

Je ff P eterson (m iddle) catches the gam bling b u g a t C asino Night in H arrin g to n A uditorium S a tu rd a y evening. C asin o N ight w as p a rt o f P a re n t's Day at W PI.

Astronaut and Professor Al Sacco gets hit w ith a snowball thrown by alternate payload specialist David M atthiesen. At the sam e instant, Sacco pitched a snowball meant for fellow astronaut Cathy Colem an.

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by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor It is not often in life that people get to make a difference in other people’s lives. However, for a group of WPI students this chance com es once a week. For two years now some WPI students have devoted an hour a week to tutor high school students from the John Laws Insti­ tute (JLI) which is a part o f the Dynamy, a national student developm ent organization. The tutoring program , run alm ost totally by WPI students, was started in 1994, by Joshua Arias, then President o f SHPE at WPI, and then developed and extended by Andrew Quirk who is now the com itte head o f the social service and actions com m ittee for SHPE at WPI. The JL I in W orcester focus on interns, tutoring and m entoring program s, for high school students to help d evelop the students skills so they can m ake it through high school and then college. A ndrew Q uirk says that this are not problem students, but students “that w ere m issing som e kind o f o f support group to m ake it through high school. They are not neccesarily problem students.”

For an hour every w eek, 15 high school students get tutored m ostly in math and sc i­ ence. H ow ever, theim pact the W PI tutors have in the students goes beyond the a c a ­ dem ic subjects only. A ccording to Q uirk,

“S tudetns w ere really excited when they found out we w ere co ntin u in g the program th is year. T hey really like it. O ne o f them m en ­ tioned on a ev aluation form: 4 my teacher lectures to me and he tells me how to d o a problem ... but this w as a student who is not a pro fessio n al teacher but som eone who took the tim e o ut o f h is/her day to sit dow n w ith me and show me how to do each problem in d iv id u ally and that not only help me on the subject but also got me interested on o th e r su b jects...T h is is som eone who made it to college and I can m ake it too. I can reach that g o a l.” ’ T he W PI students are not only then serving as tutors but as role m odels for these young students.

Q uirk also m entioned that they were also try in g to help the stu d en ts to make it to c o lle g e ,44 W PI students have taken what they have gain ed in the classroom s and passed that k n ow ledge to help som ebody else. W e have to help these students to get where we are n o w [co lleg e]’’ A nd they m ean the seond to last w eek o f C term they hosted fifteen stu d en ts for tw o days. S tudents got a to u r of all W PI facilities sat in som e college classes w ith their tutors. The program has been so successful so far that the SH PE ch ap ter at W PI w as am ong o th er 10 ch ap ters to receive the A CE aw ards from out o f the near 150 S H P E c h ap te rs spread all o v er the nation.

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C lub C o r n e r A P O Hello, Olsters, and congratulations to our new brothers. Well, I heard that the party went real well. Sorry I could not come, but 1 had to go to Conclave. Ok, I wanted to go to Conclave. It was fun, and somewhat informative. I also heard that the baseball game was fun. I hope to have more stuff later, cause right now I d o n ’t have details.

Anyways, time for the important stuff. Ser­ vice, The W orcester Ecumenical Council needs our help the 18th lo paint a stairwell. On the same day, there is also a project at the Animal Shelter helping with the cages. On April 20th, we are going to clean up a park for W orcester Park Clean-up. The group will meet at 8:45, so this is a good project for all the early birds. Some other stuff is left, but the term is ending soon.

Questions to Smiley.

For M embership, there is the activities fair this W ednesday. If you signed up, please come at 12:00 to help setup. It is on the upper balcony of Harrington Auditorium. It should be fun, and it will allow us to get more people next year.

Questions to Tim. For Fellowship, well, Brian can always have a unplanned party. And there is plans for a party over the summer. Questions to Brian.

And remember, Brother Meeting, Monday, 6:30pm, GH227.

And congratulations to the new brothers.

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A s s o c ia tio n W ell, well, well, what a week it was. First, we had the USML-2 crew visiting us on campus during a big, huge snowstorm. Then, we had the Cultural Festival inside Harrington without any CSA performance. W hat a week... but hope­ fully ya all enjoy w atching the astronauts, and all the performances and exhibitions during both events. With all this going on in campus, how can we forget what our CSA floor hockey did last Tuesday. They had a game where they went into the third quarter just trailing by the score o f 1:0. It was all due to the tough defense provided by our dear X Prez Eric L., our member o f the year Yukiko I., and o f course... Duh M anny (sorry..couldnt think o f a title for ya). Then the light shine on us. O ur uncle Zung, and Chow Chow joined the defense pushing our offense to explode. Our new SC broke out and score our first goal. It was followed by the awesome ManChing scoring two. So the score was 3:1 with CSA leading. *sigh* but then, our dumb goalie forgot that he can use his hand to stop the puck from going into the net. Letting the other team score tw o, with the last one with one minute left.

However, our super charge Toledo wasn’t going to let the game go into overtime. W ith 30 seconds left, he shot a goal in from nowhere, leaving the other team in shock and joy with all the CSA members on sight. What a game it was...so now the team is with a record o f 22..way to go guys and gal. So wazup this week for CSA then. W ell, If you go down to Alumni field tonight at 10, you will see our CSA soccer team playing their last regular season game.

CSA got a really good team this year. So I am sure if you go down and cheer for them, they will play even better and you will sure enjoy the game. So... G o CSA! Ahh...and one more thing before I sign off. There is going to be a CSA endof-the-year event com ing soon to a WPI near you. So be prepare to have some fun sometime soon. Be well then.

C o n c e rt B an d Hey, everybody, good jo b at the Al Sacco celebration thing... everyone 1 talked to said that we sounded great! W e’re all proud o f you.

Stuff coming up (and mostly all that’s left for the end o f the year) is the Closer Look program, tom orrow, the 17th. I KNOW that everyone who talked to Eric is going to be there, and that all o f you that are giving tours in Alden are all set with John. If not, get in touch with them, they know w hat’s going on.

No more rehearsals for concert band for the rest of the term, but wind ensemble and brass

Becky .Debbie, Joe, Susan and Tom for a great night and being great officers this year. Ryan and his cabinet have a lot to do to equal this past year.

ensemble still have stuff coming up so watch your email for that. And go outside and play!

It’s beautiful out there! Happy Spring, and keep practicing.

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G le e C lu b Feel the strain yet? Freshman initiation will be Friday the 19th, time TBA. All you whelps better be there!!! Isn’t apathy great though? It seems Bob passed on to Alan a lot more than just the book. If you’re apathetic and you know it, clap your.... aw ww w, just don’t do anything, someone else will do it. Banquet is coming up on the 27th... wonderful DAKA A. Make sure that Driscoll knows how many guests you are bringing. SHM: Start buckling down for the recording session, the last two things here on W ednesday, and the concert in Maine. No matter how rough the term gets, remember that we are: fratres en cantu!!! — Jeff N ew m an

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This com ing Sunday, April 21st, we will be welcoming Most Rev. Daniel P. Reilly on our campus. Bishop Reilly will be installing the Newm an O fficers, C hairpersons and Senior Advisors at the 11:30 AM Mass. This is the Bishop’s first visit among us as the Bishop of W orcester and all are invited to join us. After Mass there will be a cookout at the Religious Center. President Elect Ryan Abraham com ­ pleted the appointm ents to his cabinet by ap­ pointing Kristen D. M agnifico as a senior advi­ sor and Chrisopher P. Welsh as one o f the Hospitality Chairpersons. A great time was had by all on the trip to W right’s Chicken Farm. The women who made the trip are still in awe about the am ount o f food a certain num ber of the guys were able to eat. The women concluded that those fellows you w ould not want to bring home to mother too often. John D claimed that the food was nothing like his home (center) cooking.

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Yes, I know there was no club com er last week. It’s not my fault - alien beings were sucking out my brains. Now that one o f them has assumed my form, he’ll be writing these things from now on....

Zkrajsak. Last week, under the lunar eclipse at 332:23:42 (7:10 pm earth time, nearly two earth minutes o ff the expected steller schedule), the puny earthlings of the organization known as the “sfs” held a sacrificial ritual on the altar in freeman plaza. The elders were appeased.

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All undercover Barhgs: be advised, there is a meeting o f our greatest threat on this planet, the W PI S F S , to m o rro w , W ednesday, at 76:78854:438 (7:00 pm earth time) in some place they call “Olin Hall 107.” It is ordered by the head Schlorg that all Barhgs attend. Better go, or the Schlorg won’t be snargly!

S o c ie ty o f H is p a n ic P ro fe s s io n a l E n g in e e rs Saludos! W ell, this week our main priorities have lied in making sure that we have a SMOOTH transition from the old e-board into the new. 1 have still not written about the freakin’ confer­ ence which was excellent, thanks to all those that supported us. We are gearing ourselves up to make sure that we have a very stable founda­

tion for all generations to come after us in SHPEWPI and so that we could serve members o f SIIPE to the best o f our abilities. We will be doing a lot o f work this sum mer so if you are going to be around let me know because I know I will be. SHPE is going to be the BOMB and we are looking to be the most im proved chapter in the nation. You mem bership in the next year is going to be very interesting and is going to involve comm unity, purpose, networking and exposure. These are key them es in our campaign to becbme the best. The only way to make SHPE-WPI and WPI a better comm unity and chapter is to play a role in it. If you want to be active let us know, you will only get out what you put in. One more thing, we will be working on is trying to make more people aware that SHPE is NOT JU ST for Hispanics. I wish people would understand that you d o n ’t have to travel half way down the earth to find out about His­ panic Culture.

On May 5th, La ROK ABA ND A will be at Aries NightClub. peace, (Funky Dominican) Bernardo Vasquez (bvasquez) V.P. o f Internal Affairs

W o m e n ’s C r e w Hi everyone!! Long time no article...I know, I’m a slacker but not rowing, right(?)!!! Well, after winter workouts, lets talk results! We obviously scared mass maritime academ y into not showing and jum ped into crews up to our own caliber! The first race was against URI, Coast Guard, the Cross, and that W -team that smoked everyone. W e fared well and finished with a 7:45.57, way to go varsity!The following weekend our novices got to show their stuff and all fared well. Varsity took 10 seconds o ff their last w eek’s time and novice showed that they were a team to be watched out for!! W ell, barring any more snow W PI w om en’s crew will kick some butt on the good old lake this spring.

Who knew that 2000m was such a long way???

Look for elections next week and keep up the psyche!! crew rules

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G reek C o rn er [Editor's Note: Authors and readers o f the Club and Greek C om ers might be interested in reading this week's editorial, which addresses some issues and policies about this section o f the newspaper.J A T Q No hot water again Amer and you die. It’s simple. No questions. Public Service Announce­ ment: Do your work parties. Very easy to do unless your a lazy piece o f dung. In a whining voice: I had work to do. House Manager: Then why did you get wasted and play fooz for fourteen hours last night. Gobis, how many days straight?

It’s official, Schef dogs will be coming to the end of the world. Once he arrives, it’s over. Old School. Nikolau and Socha lent a helping hand down at the church this past week. Rad just think MQP, IQP, Suf, and your 34 other classes will come to an end in four short weeks. God bless ya.

Don’t let it stop you from popping a couple down.

Remember we got that invite for your TA. Up­ date: Shea and Morin are fatter than Budha. Chad you’ll thank me later, I filled out that survey for your IQP. Frosty should have died three months ago but McDonut and Lee brought him to life again after the 32 inches o f snow that fell. Feta (Defintion): When a ball enters a goal at a disgusting angle or speed. Tino toss is still in.

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A X P In with the Spice, out with the Tricomi. Now that we are more than midway through the term, its about time to start partying it up. Everyone should have agood time with Orion and Zomething Different. E-term anyone ? Despite our first offen­ sive outburst o f the season, the hockey team still lost. Alex showed his courageous play by stop­ ping the puck with his nose. D on’t worry fellas, we’re still undefeated in softball. Alumni Appre­ ciation Day went down smoothly. Tony showed us his impersonation of the ‘Truffle Shuffle”.

Even Milbum chugged one with a grad.

Formal part 2 is coming up. Night Chi Rho. Only those with dates are aloud to drink this time. Raids are for the postulants, not brothers, but it’s damn funny. TTie white stuff provided the first Crow snowball fight, Gerard you might want to clean your windshield. Hey, who the hell was throwing eggs! Extra, extra- Tanner is still a tool.

Fortunately, our dog Tori is still OK despite

like to wish Brother Sweet a speedy recovery.

Don’t laugh too hard Dave! See ya next week.

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her trip to hospital. Only Stew know s the “real” answer why she went there. Rem em ber to turn off your car alarms at night, so says Brez. My apologies go out to AGD, the piano w on’t really get it, but som ebody did offer me $20 for it (Just Kidding). AXP will return the piano to you during the summer. Lastly, there is no secret message this week, but Tanner is still a tool.

LA E Hey, we finally got an article printed! I hope we all had a fun Parents Day on Saturday.

Pledges, good K-raids. Mr. Parker is now a permanant fixture on the wall o f our favorite store (Blah 95), nice job Bast. I can’t wait to see Quatto at the gong show (that’s the m ost disgust­ ing thing I’ve ever seen). Hone w e’re all count­ ing on you, don’t let us down, all you have to do is nothing. Hey Tim m y I helped those two guys with your tire on Thursday night, they said they were going to fix it and bring it right back. Wad, the dark side iscalling, it’s pull is great. Dannaker that was a horrible misuse of the L-word on W ednesday night, you should be asham ed of yourself. W atching Blaster play floor hockey is the funniest thing I have ever seen, he has quite the unusual gait. Jam ie, Joel’s brother called, he wants to know what you and your date are doing after the prom. The murph is coming! Five Apples

T V A big “ Hey baby” to Helga and Bertha. A l­ though the picture o f Bobby filling out the over the shoulder boulder holder is still higher on the "chubby-o-m eter.” Looking through the delta books you find some interesting stuff, let’s see we have.... a classic “Dumb and D um ber” pic­ ture o f thompson, an after-dinner mint for people with eating disorders (picture of Zoot & Zootalie sucking face), and a bunghole load a pictures of random people wrestling. Holy#@ $&, you can actually open the front door with a key now*?!

G eepers Batman! O ur 20th is coming up faster and faster, like a high-speed ICE train, so get pysched. Speaking o f coming up fast, so is THE party, so sell thy cups. Like playing with handcuffs? Enjoy being restrained? Throw yourself in jail. Yes, do it for charity, you know that you want to and you know that you just can 't say no!

All I can say is Rob and Fred kick ass.

Because that’s what they did last Wednesday night vs. Phi Kappa Theta. Thanks and Happy B-day M ikey. Fisch

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Clambake started Thursday with a few alumni who came bearing gifts. W hich raises a few questions...

Is Pons really married to a pigmy? He spent a lot o f time over in Africa. Will Tavares use his “can trick” to steal the 6x 1x 1 trophy from Kurt?

Or can Kurt come up with some pretty amazing numbers to hold the record. Will Pete’s uncle pick up Ev’s sister again, O r will Danno pick up Pete’s aunt....A gain? Will the triple crown change hands? W hat will Ev break? Good work one-biting Rob’s Easter candy. Will Happy and Beal compete for Beals house. Hey Kurt, Damien had SEVEN, but at least Al was paying attention to his. see you next Tuesday

A X A Howdy everyone! Pretty neat seeing LCA in the greek com er four weeks in a row huh? This week’s congratulations go to Brother Bennett for his superhuman like grade on the GMATS. C on­ gratulations to all the officers in the house too for suriviving the visit form the ELC. It wasn’t that bad now, was it? LCA soccer and KAGL hockey are still undefeated and plan on keeping it that way. Thanks to all the guys that went down to the Worcester County Food Bank. Next time w e’ll bring our own trash bags! Keep an eye out for LCA / AGD teeter-totter a thon on the quad and at the Greendale Mall. Stop by and help out the American Diabetes Association and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with a donation.

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<DK0 I have worked long and hard on this but finally here it is, the first anual Phi Kappa Theta Rodeo C hallange. Let me first start by introduc­ ing the contestants in no particular order.

Hawkins, Neelan, Chin, Green, Kerriga and Jones. I don’t think that any rules have to be laid down other than if you hook up with Paps your disqualified.

Hawkins is my favorite in the contest because he has come so close already this year. He is almost guaranteed a victory once the w eather clears up. Plus I hear Mario has been teaching him some tricks with ice cubes.

Newcom er Matt Jones almost got an early jum p on things but was set back due to severe lacerations on his tounge. Two other newcomers Kerriga and Neelan don’t present much of a threat to Hawkins but then again Neelan doesn’t present much o f a threat to any one. Chin and Green are both in the process o f rebuilding but have put many quality hours in the weight room during the o ff season so either one could be the sleeper o f the challange.

So my final line is Hawkins 2:1, Jones 6:1, Green 8:1, Chin 10:1, Neelan 200:1 and K erriga 200:1.

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An 8-day prison uprising in Argentina Apr 8th after the government agreed to transfer ring-leadcrs to different prisons.

Sri Lankan prime minister Chandrika Kumarantunga declared a state of emergency Apr 8th to quash the free movement of Tamil Tiger rebels.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 88 points Apr 8th; it had been down over 100 earlier that morning.

Texas released sex offender Larry Don McQuay Apr 8th, saying he would have to pay for his own castration.

President Clinton signed the law which will give the next president line-itcm veto author­ ity Apr 9th.

Former powerful House member Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-1L) agreed to a plea bargain Apr 9th that will require him to spend 17 months in prison and pay a $ 100,000 fine.

Russia launched a US telecommunications satellite Apr 9th.

The US expelled a Sudanese diplomat in the UN Apr l()th, saying he had supported terror­ ist activities.

President Clinton vetoed a bill which would

ban late-birth abortions Apr 10th, saying thal he would have signed it if it had contained an exception for medical emergencies to the mother.

More than 100 were killed and 400 injured in Somalia Apr 10th after inter-clan fighting again broke out.

Fighting in southeast Turkey between Kurdish rebels and the government Apr 10th killed 99 Kurds and 30 Turks.

David Hale, the chief accuser in the Whitewater case, admitted Apr 10th that he had given incorrect testimony in Federal Court in 1994.

A husband and wife surrender from the group of “freemen” holed up in Jordan MT Apr 11th.

No other progress has been reported in the standoff.

In South Korean elections Apr 11th, the ruling New Korea Party lost its majority, but still should be able to form a government.

Ford Motor Company took control of the Japanese carmaker Mazda Apr 11th in at­ tempt to save Mazda from bankruptcy. Ameri­ can Frank Wallace will serve as president.

The derailment of a Montana Rail Link train at Alberton MT Apr 11th caused 42 people to be injured; the town may be evacuated for two weeks.

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It is nothing new “ Dorrow commented. Dan Herbert, the president of the IFC, staled that the resolution was already on the IFC rules “...but it hasn't been enforced very well. A lot of houses have been able to get by.”

Dorrow also explained that the measure was taken due to the several social and legal issues that have arisen on other schools in the past years. According to James Petro, IFC VicePresident, “given the numerous social and legal issues that have arisen over the past couple of years, the liability assumed by any fraternity that provides alcohol lo its guests has skyrock­ eted.”

“We want to avoid any kind of action that might happen and could hold any house liable,” Hebert said. The national policies for fraterni­ ties already state the BYOB rule because, “it is safer and protects fraternity from liability on

by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor Drinking and deriving will no longer be a problem for the WPI community as the InterFraternity Council(IFC) decides to adopt a BYOB resolution put forth by the Greek Alumni Council. Under this resolution fraternities will no longer provide free alcohol for their guests at social functions. Although the voting mem­ bers were the fraternity presidents themselves, the resolution, which was voted on at the IFC meeting on February 19 and passed by majority (8-4) have created a lot of controversy on some Greek sectors. A Greek comer column, pub­ lished two weeks ago, a fraternity openly express their strong opposition to the adoption of the resolution.

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An airport fire in Dusseldorf, Germany killed 17 people Apr 11th.

Mickey Kantor was named the new Com­ merce Secretary Apr 12th, replacing the late Ron Brown. The current trade representative, Kantor is a “recess appointment” who will not immediately face Senate confirmation.

Brown’s funeral was held Apr 10th.

A package bomb killed a 38 year-old woman in Plantation, FL Apr 12th.

A house fire in South Fulton TN killed six people Apr 13th.

A demonstration by the Klu Klux Klan in Louisville drew no new recruits and 1000 protestors Apr 13th.

James Rouse, the visionary who came up with the idea of shopping malls, died Apr 10th at the age of 81.

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It may be distributed, forwarded, or re-posted anywhere. Check “http://www.stanford.edu/ -Iglitch/btf/btf.html” on the World Wide Webfor back issues andfurther information. Comments, criticisms, and requests for e-mail subscription additions or deletions should be e-mailed to “ lance@ uhra.com Congratulations on keep­ ing up with the world around you!

Finally: Given a list of recent Hollywood movies, which ones would China ban? Most people wouldn’t include “Babe” on the list. However, Chinese authorities have banned the film about the cute pig from their nation, reportedly because of fears that it would be too popular and take audiences away from domestic Chinese films. Personally, this reporter thinks “Babe” is just a little too reminis­

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At WPI however” there have been incidents in which people could have sued and they didn’t.” said Dorrow, “ If somebody goes to a fraternity house and drinks too much and the house is serving them and he gets into an accident they can sue every member on the fraternity, the alumni corporation, the nation­ als, and everybody in the school” But safety is the main issue, said Petro. “The Greek community at WPI cares about its rela­ tionship with the other members of this insti­ tute. It has chosen to make this mature decision regarding BYOB so that it can communicate to the rest of the WPI community its concern for its members, guests, and neighbors.”

According to Herbert the whole purpose of the IFC is to act as an organizing board for all the Greek chapters at WPI to come together and act as one. However, the resolution has brought a lot of controversy among some other chapters.

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The controversy comes from the fact that under the new resolution all guests have to provide their own alcoholic beverages if they intend to drink at parties. This will include female guests as well.

Fraternity brothers are afraid that if women have to bring their own beer they won’t come to the party at all. “I’ll be realistic: It might happen,” said Hebert, who quickly asked the question that if that is the type of people any fraternity wanted at their parties, “people who are there not to see their friends but for the free beer.”

The ruling will start August 25th and loenforce the rule the IFC is looking into increasing the party patrol size to allow people to remain longer time at parties and implement a wristband codc for guests at parties.

Among all the controversy, however, things could be a lot worse. In Colorado Slate all the fraternities were made dry, that is that no alcohol is to be served at parties. “That is exactly what we are trying to prevent here,” said Hebert.

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Unique opportunities at Newspeak Newspeak Press Release Newspeak has some exciting new oppor­ tunities available to the student body. There is only one more newspaper left this year, so we don’t expect anyone to be jumping at these openings right away. Keep them in mind for next year, though. You might also consider working some of these ideas into an independent study or a Sufficiency or IQP (or maybe even an MQP). Most of the time people think of newspapers, they think of writing and photography. They often neglect the behind-the-scenes technical aspects of journalism, which are just as important!

Newspeak currently has the following po­ sitions are open: Technical Consultant. The person who takes this would be responsible for getting our computers efficient and keeping them this way. Would also be responsible for suggesting new equipment which would im­ prove our operations.

World Wide Web Journalist. By far the most exciting opportunity. The Web Jour­ nalist would be responsible for making Newspeak’s Web presence (which is already one of the nicest, if not the nicest, college paper on the Web) even more remarkable.

Ideas include adding soundbites and video clips to our Web pages. We would also like to do daily updates to our page, thereby keeping people up-to-date on events during the week. The Web Journalist would be responsible for maintaining these as well.

Police Correspondent. We would like a writer whose main purpose would be to cor­ respond with the WPI Police Department.

When something happens on campus and we want to know, the Police Correspondent can see what they can find out from the police.

Maybe the Police Correspondent could do a

O N L Y

feature in which he/she follows a police of­ ficer all day... Cops in Newspeak!

City Writer. As bland a city as most people think Worcester is, it’s really not that bad! W e’d like someone to cover major events that happen around the city.

Local Entertainment Writer. Besides news that goes on in the city, Worcester has a lot of culture and entertainment to offer. The Local Entertainment Writer would check out places around the area, like the Kaleidoscope or the Espresso Bar, or even the Worcester Art Museum or the Worcester Aud, to see what’s happening and report on it (or report on events before they happen, which is often more beneficial since people can go to the events if they know about them ahead of time!). We often get free admission or in­ vites to such places as the Worcester Foothill Theatre, so we might as well put them to use!

Headline and Caption Editor. This person would be responsible for creating captivat­ ing and informative headlines and captions.

This would require time on Saturdays, when we figure out what articles and pictures will be in the paper, or Sundays, when we do layout; either day for about an hour. Let your creativity run rampant!

Consortium Correspondent. We would like to have more communication with our fellow journalists at other schools in the Worcester Consortium. Responsibilities would include contacting other Consortium schools and seeing what important events are happening there, and reporting them in Newspeak.

Business Manager. Responsible for keep­ ing track of all of the Newspeak funds (em­ bezzlers need not apply). This position also involves billing advertisers and depositing checks as they come in. A great opportunity if you are a business or management student.

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See article to the left If interested, send email to newspeak@wpi.edu Note!

Newspeakis always on the lookout for writers of any type...don't hesitate to inquire!

Course credit may be available Other benefits depend on position desired (some benefits include but are not limited to free admission to events, press passes, the ability to state your position on your resume, knowledge acquired through doing assigned work, increased awareness of the campus, the opportunity to meet new people)

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With more than 500 graduate and undergraduate courses representing some 40 academic fields, Boston University Summer Term 1996 lets you shape your own program. Join our diverse summer community of more than 6,500 students. Sample our Summer Concert Series, extensive recreational programs, and Univer­ sity-sponsored extracurricular activities.

Call 617/353-6000 today for your free Summer Term 1996 Catalogue. To receive information by fax, call 617/353-2744, ext. 300. Visit us on the World Wide Web at http://web.bu.edu/st96

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Unique opportunities at Newspeak Newspeak Press Release Newspeak has some exciting new oppor­ tunities available to the student body. There is only one more newspaper left this year, so we don't expect anyone to be jumping at these openings right away. Keep them in mind for next year, though. You might also consider working some of these ideas into an independent study or a Sufficiency or IQP (or maybe even an MQP). Most of the time people think o f newspapers, they think of writing and photography. They often neglect the behind-the-scenes technical aspects of journalism, which are just as important!

Newspeak currently has the following po­ sitions are open: Technical Consultant. The person who takes this would be responsible for getting our computers efficient and keeping them this way. Would also be responsible for suggesting new equipment which would im­ prove our operations.

World Wide Web Journalist. By far the most exciting opportunity. The Web Jour­ nalist would be responsible for making Newspeak's Web presence (which is already one of the nicest, if not the nicest, college paper on the Web) even more remarkable.

Ideas include adding soundbites and video clips to our Web pages. We would also like to do daily updates to our page, thereby keeping people up-to-date on events during the week. The Web Journalist would be responsible for maintaining these as well.

Police Correspondent. We would like a writer whose main purpose would be to cor­ respond with the WPI Police Department.

When something happens on campus and we want to know, the Police Correspondent can see what they can find out from the police.

Maybe the Police Correspondent could do a

O N L Y

feature in which he/she follows a police of­ ficer all day... Cops in Newspeak!

City Writer. As bland a city as most people think Worcester is, it’s really not that bad! W e’d like someone to cover major events that happen around the city.

Local Entertainment Writer Besides news that goes on in the city, Worcester has a lot of culture and entertainment to offer. The Local Entertainment Writer would check out places around the area, like the Kaleidoscope or the Espresso Bar, or even the Worcester Art Museum or the Worcester Aud, to see what’s happening and report on it (or report on events before they happen, which is often more beneficial since people can go to the events if they know about them ahead of time!). We often get free admission or in­ vites to such places as the Worcester Foothill Theatre, so we might as well put them to use!

Headline and Caption Editor. This person would be responsible for creating captivat­ ing and informative headlines and captions.

This would require time on Saturdays, when we figure out what articles and pictures will be in the paper, or Sundays, when we do layout; either day for about an hour. Let your creativity run rampant!

Consortium Correspondent. We would like to have more communication with our fellow journalists at other schools in the Worcester Consortium. Responsibilities would include contacting other Consortium schools and seeing what important events are happening there, and reporting them in Newspeak.

Business Manager. Responsible for keep­ ing track o f all of the Newspeak funds (em­ bezzlers need not apply). This position also involves billing advertisers and depositing checks as they come in. A great opportunity if you are a business or management student.

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WPI News Service John Wilkes, associate professor of social science and policy studies at Worcester Poly­ technic Institute, recently released the details of a groundbreaking pilot study that compared the past and present versions of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and determined that ef­ forts to reduce cultural bias in the SATs may have increased cognitive bias, and that there is apparently no correlation between high scores and college performance.

On March 9, Wilkes presented his findings during the "Quality Education: Evolution and Revolution” conference in Orlando, Florida, sponsored by the Center for Applications of Psycological Type (CAPT). “Our initial stud­ ies, completed in 1994 and 1995, have led us to undertake a major research program to ascer­ tain the nature and size of these cognitive-style biases in the SATs,” says Wilkes. “We are

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putting the field on notice that a major change in how we look at the SATs is on the horizon.”

Wilkes’ presentation was based on two stud­ ies completed under his direction by WPI un­ dergraduates. The first, by former WPI student Benjamin Kibler, David Kingsland 93, who will receive his master’s degree in electrical engineering in May 1996, and Charles McTague '95, who formed the theoretical framework for the work; the second, by Danielle Batey ‘97 of Fairfield, Maine, Paula Brezniak ‘97 of Cherry Valley, Mass., and Ashwin Purohit ‘95 of Al­ bany, NY, focused on the actual testing. WPI, CAPT and the Worcester public schools col­ laborated on the projects, which were spon­ sored by Keith McCormick ‘91, founder of Comprehensive College Preparation Services, a Worcester-based company that offers a range of college preparation classes and tutoring and has a natural interest in the PSATs and SATs. The authors gathered data from 530 high

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“The average score had gradually declined over the years as the pool of students taking the exam became larger and more socially and culturally diverse,” says Wilkes. “We con­ cluded that despite revisions that focused on efforts to increase equity in these areas, the fundamental nature of the SAT task environ­ ment a prestructured and timed test still creates a bias in favor of some cognitive types in favor of others. The bottom line for us, in our admit­ tedly limited studies, was that SAT scores dif­ ferences related to cognitive diversity were enhanced in the new version not lessened as the

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An atypical springtime snowstorm last Wednesday contibuted to this picturesque view of Sanford Riiey Hall, giving truth to the statement, "It will be a cold day in Hell when the astronauts come to campus."

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Academic Committees are an integral part of the faculty governance structure. Most, if not all, of W PI’s Academic Policy is origi­ nated and manifested within these Commit­ tees. The Committee work is then brought to the entire faculty for discussion and approval.

The students on each of these Committees serve an important role as a representative of the undergraduate student body. The Com­ mittees which now hold undergraduate stu­ dent representatives are the Committee on Academic Operations, the Committee on Academic Policy, and the Committee on Stu­ dent Advising. The Student Government Association is responsible for the appoint­ ment of two undergraduate representatives for each Committee.

Each of these Committees have distinct responsibilities. The Committee on Academic Operations oversees all procedures for ad­ ministering existing undergraduate academic, admission, and financial aid policies. The Committee on Academic Policy makes policy recommendations regarding the direction and goals of undergraduate education at WPI. The Committee on Student Advising is re­ sponsible for the continuing development of the student advisory and counseling programs.

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The Student Government Senate passed the following letter on April 2, 1996: Members of the Faculty, Administration and Board of Trustees, The recent outcome of the tenure process, resulting in the denial of tenure to four WPI professors has prompted an overwhelming outcry by the student body. Concerned stu­ dents have turned to the Student Government wondering what steps, if any, they could take to have these decisions reconsidered or at least to understand the rationale behind them.

As the Student Government, elected to repre­ sent the views of the student body, we believe il is necessary to reexamine the tenure pro­ cess.

The Student Government has concluded thal there are serious problems with the ten­ ure process which affect the student body.

First, it is our belief that the recent round of tenure decisions have shown that these monu­ mentally important decisions are not always made in the best interest of the WPI student body. Evidence for this conclusion rests in the fact that several of the professors who were denied tenure had an outstanding level of student approval. Scores of students have expressed the opinion that these professors represent the model of teaching excellence.

Beyond their work in the classroom, many of these professors also advise student and cam­ pus organizations. Therefore, it is under­ standable that these students were shocked at the recent decisions. At an institution which prides itself on its undergraduate education, it seems inconsistent that such teachers would be denied tenure.

Second, the fact that there exists no formal appeal process poses a serious problem. An

appeal process would ensure that these deci­ sions, which affect the careers of individuals and the well-being of the student body, are as fair as possible. The tenure process should consider the best interest of the student body while at the same time build a strong and diversified faculty.

Third, it is disturbing that in a majority of these cases the Provost has made a decision which was contrary to the recommendation made by the faculty committees. Quoting from the Faculty Handbook, the Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom specifi­ cally ensures the WPI community that the Provost and the faculty committees should “rarely disagree”. This year the community has come upon such a situation, and it has caused a great deal of concern and frustration within the student body. We recognize that the need for confidentiality in these deci­ sions is paramount, but a mechanism must exist to help the student body understand such decisions when they are made.

Finally, this is not a situation which will remedy itself, nor will it dissipate in time. As an institution with a one-hundred thirty year tradition of excellence in undergraduate edu­ cation, our procedures and practices should be consistent with our values. The tenure process should not compromise our faculty or our undergraduate student body. The Stu­ dent Government firmly believes that the needs of students with respect to this issue must be addressed. On behalf of the under­ graduate student body, we bring forth these concerns with the sincere belief that they cannot be ignored.

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“Our analysis of the changes suggests that time pressures on students may have increased by replacing a percentage of the analogies with additional reading comprehension sections. Our samples show that differences in SAT score gaps are as large or larger than previous gaps in scores attributed to race, social class and coached vs. uncoached students, which began the cur­ rent SAT debate.”

Wilkes is working with teams of students to gather data on 4,000 Worcester-area high school students using the PSATs to determine the size and nature of cognitive biases. “Should these pilot-study findings replicate on the larger da­ tabase, they will kick off a national debate because, for some cognitive types, the SATs do tell you something, but for others there is no correlation between these exams and college performance.”

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necessary for the representatives to report back to the SGA during weekly SGA meet­ ings, explaining what issues have been dis­ cussed within the Committee. Student repre­ sentatives are seen by the faculty as informed WPI students and therefore are encouraged by the faculty to bring issues and opinions to the Committee.

The Faculty Awards Committee is com­ prised of five undergraduate student repre­ sentatives and live faculty representatives.

Their charge is to choose the faculty member that has demonstrated outstanding perfor­ mance and dedication to the WPI commu­ nity. All discussion within this committee is privileged and confidential until the final results have been determined.

If you are interested in becoming a represen­ tative to one of the Academic Committees or the Faculty Awards Committee, you are en­ couraged to stop by the Student Government office located on the first floor of Daniels Hall lo pick up an application. Applications will be available on Tuesday, April 9 and will be due by 5:00 PM on Friday, April 19. Interviews will be scheduled at the time the application is returned. You may sign up for an interview on the sheet posted in the SGA office. If you have any questions regarding Academic Commit­ tees or the application process, please contact Student Government Vice President Cindy Vollaro by e-mail (cindyvol@wpi).

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C l a s s if ie d s Congratulations to the Spring, 1996 Class of Alpha Psi Omega! Touch those ribbons DRA­ MATICALLY!!!

Fathers + Sons - A gathering of men of all ages to share or listen to stories about their relationship with their father/son. Tonight April 16, 6:30-8:00. Student Development Center, 157 West St. All Are Welcome.

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE 3 of Worcester’s best acts, cardBoArDbob GFY ORION, @ Sir Morgan’s Cove, 89 Green St., Wed, April 17th @8:30pm, 21 +, Info and Direc­ tions, 754-6655 Big paper this week... Only one more left this school year!

Attention underclassmen: The Senior Class Board of Directors needs underclassmen to vol­ unteer an hour or two of their time to collect tickets at the Commencement Breakfast on the morning of graduation. If you are interested in helping out, please contact kts@wpi.

Newspeak will run classifieds free for all WPI students, faculty, and staff Free classifieds are limited to six (6) lines. Ads of a commercial nature and ads longer than six lines must be paid for at the off campus/commercial rate of $5.00 for the first six lines and 50 cents per additional line.

Classified ads must be paid for In advance No information which, in the opinion of the Newspeak editors, would identify an individual to the community will be printed in a personal ad. The editors reserve the right to refuse any ad deemed to be in bad taste or many ads from one group or individual on one subject.

The deadline for ads is noon on the Friday before publication.

All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be accompanied by the writer's name, address and phone number.

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Tuesday, April 16

Traditions Day I :()0pm - Golf vs. Wesleyan.

2:00pm - Baseball at MIT. 6:30pm - “Fathers and Sons” - Discusion, Student Center/' 157 West Street.

6:30pm - WPI Venture Forum: “Effective Networking,” Salisbury Labs, $7 (registration at 6pm).

8:00pm - Coffeehouse: “Open-mic night,” doors open at 6pm. $1 or free with a mug.

Wednesday, April 17

A Closer Look 10:00am to 3:0()pm - Zeta Psi’s Jail & Bail, Lower Wedge.

12:00pm - French Circle, Gompei's Place.

4:00pm - Softball "at Anna Maria.

4:30pm & 7:00pm - New Voices 14, Alden Memorial.

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Sacred W orks o f the 16th Century

Thursday, April 18 1:00pm 3:30pm 3:30pm 7:00pm

- Golf vs. Anna Maria at Holden C.C. - Baseball at Salve Regina - Tennis at Nichols - New Voices 14, Alden Memorial.

Friday, April 19

ECE Centennial 12:00pm - Business W omen’s Exchange Luncheon, Higgins House.

3:00pm - Softball at Smith.

4:30pm - New Voices 14, Alden Memorial.

5:00pm - Hillel Shabbai Candle-Lighting and Dinner, Morgan A. 5:00pm to 6:30pm - Jazz Improvement Clinic, Saulding Recital Hall, Free.

7:30pm - New Voices 14, Alden Memorial.

Saturday, April 20 9:00am to 12:00pm - Crew races at Lake Quinsigamond, vs. UMass Amherst.

11:00am-Softball vs. MIT. 1:00pm - Baseball vs. Coast Guard.

1:00pm - Men’s Track & Field at Springfield/Fitchburg/Norwich.

TBA - W omen’s Track & Field vs. Tri-States at RIC. 2:00pm & 7:00pm - New Voices 14, Alden Memorial.

Sunday, April 21 6:30pm & 9:30pm - Film: “Nick of Time", Perreault Hall. $2.

Monday, April 22 4:00pm - Softball at Brandeis.

4:00pm - Tennis vs. Clark.

7:00pm - Softball at Anna Maria.

Starting April 19th, Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Gamma Delta will teeter totter for 120 hours straight

W e would like to thank the following generous sponsors

Top It OfT Peking Wok Capelli Avanti Salon Tortilla Sam’s Park Avenue Audio-Video Service Repair Early’s Garage Charlotte Klein Dance Center and Dance Shops Pizza Works The Money Stop Encore Cosignment

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WPI Quad Greendale Mall Please stop by and support these w orthy charities!!

Art Frame The Boston Billiard Company Wayne’s Pizza Worcester Athletic Club DBA Express Printing and Copy Center WESCO Sunshine Sign Company Tech Pizza The Crown Bakery Pure Hockey