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courtesy o f WPI News Service John F. Carney III, professor of civil engineering and associate dean of re­ search and graduate studies at Vanderbil t University, has been named provost of Worcester Polytechnic Institute effective July 1, WPI President Edward A. Parrish has announced. He will succeed Diran Apelian who will return to teaching and research at WPI. Provost-electCamey, originally from Lowell, Mass. earned his bachelor’s degree at Merrimack College and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from North­ western University in structural mechan­ ics.

“Professor Camcy brings a distin­ guished career in teaching, research and administration toourcampus,” says Presi­ dent Parrish. “He has had a close and harmonious relationship with the engi­ neering facu lty at Vanderbilt and served on numerous committees. He considers himself a faculty member first and an administrator second, and holds the firm beliefthat the twoshould work together in partnershipforthegood of the institution.”

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Billy Joel will be giving a lecture titled “An Evening of Questions and Answers... And a Little Music” on Tuesday, April 30th. Thisevent,spon­ sored by SocComm, will be held in Alden Memorial Hall. Doors open at 6:00pm, lecture begins at 7:00pm.

Bom William Martin Joel on May 9th, 1949, he grew up on Long Island.

At the age of four, Billy developed his love for classical music. He received the traditional classical piano training, but soon transformed the material he was taught into "boogie-woogie” ren­ ditions. Early influences on his music include Ray Charles (after whom he named his daughter, Alexa Ray), The Beatles, Dave Brubeck, Sam Cooke, the Rolling Stones, and Otis Redding.

Bily Joel joined his first band, the Echoes, at the age of 14. While in junior high school, he had already begun per­ forming professional night jobs to supplement his family’s income. Al­ though unable to graduate from high school, (his grades were fine, but he collected too many absences), Billy Joel was well on his way to a rewarding career. Hicksville High School class­ mates had a chance to reflect on this at

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On Sunday, April 28th, the Re­ gional Environmental Council and the Worcester Parks and Recreation De­ partment will present the “Earth Day, Arbor Day Family Festival” in Insti­ tute Park. The event, which runs from noon until four thirty will feature music, speakers, food, exhibits and free tree seedlings.

Three projects from WPI will be featured, all MQP’s, including: “Re­ cycling Used Grinding Wheels” by

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their ten year reunion while Billy was on “Saturday Night Live.”

So far, Billy Joel has released fifteen albums on the Columbia label. His songs are all original, often based up o n his personal experiences growing up on Long Island, his family and traveling on the road. He has given many con­ certs including the “Bridge Tour” per­ forming sold-out shows even in the former Soviet Union! On June 22nd, 1990, Billy Joel gave what perhaps was one of his most heart-felt concerts of his career at Yankee Stadium in New York City.

Havingbeenbom in New YorkCity, and raised on Long Island, I can under­ stand Billy’shometown sentiment. Lib­ erty DeVitto, Billy Joel’s drummer, graduated from my high school. We had the same sophomore year English teacher who yelled at us both, although about twenty-five years apart, for bang­ ing our drumsticks on our desks.

Liberty’s Social Studies teacher who told him that he would never make it as a professional musician, was my guid­ ance counselor.

For all of you who have tickets to this lecture, enjoy it! It is sure to be a great time full of words of wisdom from a man who puts a piece of himself into all that he composes, performs, and lives!

Lorie Ann Guay and Andre Kal velage, “ S pecific D etection of Cryptosporidium in Environmental Water Samples” by Steve Slutter and a presentation by Antonio Jose Delgado. There will also be interac­ tive exhibits about electric cars, new buses and other topics.

The departments of Civil, Chemi­ cal, Electrical and Mechanical Engi­ neering are each contributing $50, for prize money for the contestants.

Corporate sponsors for the day in­ clude: Allmerical Financia, Bank of Boston, Greater Media Cable, Nynex,

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daughters, now grown. Anna serves as chair of the Transportation Re­ The new provost began his career in Patricia, a Vanderbilt graduate search Board Committee on Roadside 1966 at the University of Connecticut in molecular biology and Safety Featurcsand ischairof theexecuSchool of Engineering. In 1981, he left French, also attended Cornell tive committee of the Highway Division UConn to become professor and head of where she received her of the American Society of Civil Engi­ the Civil Engineering Department at Au­ master’s degrees in environ­ neers. His research activities in theoretical burn University. He moved on to a senior mental engineering and French and applied mechanics have resulted in faculty position at Vanderbilt two years Literature. She and later. He was appointed asso­ her husband both ciate dean forgraduate affairs work in Southern Cali­ in 1989 and his responsibili­ “ / look forward to working with facility, staff fornia but are relocat­ ties expanded in 1993 when he and 'students tofurther improve the quality of its ing to New England. took on his present title. undergraduate and graduate programs and the Catherine Holly, the “ 1 am very pleased to join quality of life on cam pus.'' second daughter, re­ the WPI community, having •John I'. Carney I I I ceived her bachelor’s been an admirer of the institu­ degree in art and com­ tion since it introduced its WPI puter science from Plan over 25 years ago,” says Northwestern and is a com­ the development of impact attenuation Carney. “I look forward to working with puter scientist in Chicago. devices (crashcushions) used in highway faculty, staff and students to further im­ He is a registered profes­ safety applicatioas. These crashcushions prove the quality of its undergraduate and sional engineer in both Con­ save lives and make the highways less graduate programs and the quality of life necticut and Tennessee and a on campus. On a personal note, my wife, hazardous for motorists. member of Tau Beta Pi, Chi He has been amajor advisor todoctoral Patricia, and I arc delighted to be moving Epsilon, and Sigma Xi honor­ and students and is the authorof more than back to New England.” ary societies. ProfessorCamey 140 articles and proceedings. He also Carney’s research interests include is also a member of the Ameri­ impact loading of structures, highway holds patents in highway attenuation sys­ can Society of Civil Engineers tems. safety, elasticity, plates and shells, and and the Society of Automotive Professor Carney and his wife, a structural vibrations and stability. He is a Engineers. medical librarian, arc the parents of two renowned expert in highway safety and

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In the case of rain, the event will be postponed until Sunday, May 5th.

On Friday the 26th, a forum will be presented in the Sackler Science BuildingofClark University at 6:30, where toxic use reduction will be discussed. Weekend plans also in­ clude clean-up projects throughout the city, at 53 sites, including Institute Park.

Somebody’ s Sister, String Town, the Thorndyke Road School Environ­ mental Chorus, Chuck & Mud and Kim Trusty will be among the bands

performing on Sunday. The other band in this Arbor Day celebration is called “Tree Hackers.”

The Regional Environmental Coun­ cil was formed in 1971 to protect and improve the Central Massachusetts environment. This non-profit organi­ zation works to build public aware­ ness of choices concerning air and water quality, land use, waste reduc­ tion, recycling and transportation. It sponsors a variety of programs, from research to citizen action.

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of recycling resources throughout the county, studying land use and hous­ ing issues as well as working to keep its members informed on environ­ mental issues. Some of its studies have set the stage for the preservation of woodlands in the city of Worcester.

Students who are interested in join­ ing the council may contact them at Box 255, Worcester M A 01613, or by phone at 799-9139. The council is encouraging all members of the com­ munity to come to the festival on Sunday, to learn, have fun and enjoy a nice afternoon outdoors.

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Students who receive compensation from WPI because they are research assistants fall under the faculty/staffrules.

The Committee on Graduate Studies and Re­ search hopes to bring the attached to the faculty in May. However, as the policy directly impacts students, we would greatly appreciate input from the student body. Feedback may be directed to Jonathan Barnett, Chair, Committee on Graduate Studies and Research

I. Ownership of Inventions.

A. Faculty/staffrules: 1. For an invention made by faculty or staff, on their own time, with their own facilities and re­ sources, and in research/projects not within the stated objectives of their current sponsored re­ search, PLAN projects, or thesis or dissertation research, the invention isowned by the inventor(s).

Royalties for such inventions are covered by Rule III. 2. For an invention made by faculty orstaffwhile working on a sponsored project (research or edu­ cational), including off-campus PLAN projects, the invention is owned by WPI, subject to any other agreements. Royalties for such inventions are cov­ ered by Rule I. 3. For an invention made by faculty orstaffwhile in the role of a student, as a part of any project or sufFciency report, thesis, dissertation, coursework, directed study, directed research, or examination, the invention is owned by WPI, subject to any other agreements. Royalties for such inventions are cov­ ered by Rule I. In cases not specifically covered by the above three rules, 4. For an invention made by faculty or staff without significant use of WPI resources, the invention isowned by the inventors). Royalties for such inventions are covered by Rule III. 5. For an invention made by faculty orstaff with significant use of WPI resources, the invention is owned by WPI, subject to any other agreements.

Royalties for such inventions are covered by Rule I.

PREA M BLE Worcester Polytechnic Institute exists to foster education and research and to promote the dissemi­ nation of knowledge. As an institution of higher education, it enjoys the public’s trust, and, in turn, performs a valued educational service, part of which is to make advancements in knowledge and to contribute to the public good. In this endeavor, faculty play a central role by virtue of their contri­ butions to teaching, research, and public service.

Opportunities toextend the boundaries ofknowledge are at the very core of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’seducational process. However, it is also recognized that an educational institution’sprimary purpose is not to produce inventions. Faculty at WPI are hired to teach, to do research, and to perform service, rather than to produce inventions, and their compensation is not set at a level to match that of professionals hired to invent.

While the role of the faculty can be signifcant in the development of intellectual property, others such as students, research personnel, staff, and visitors are also able to conceive and develop intellectual property. The payment of tuition should al low a student reasonable use of institute facilities.

Inventions resulting from studenteffortsinvolving such use should rightfully belong to the student(s).

WPI encourages intellectual curiosity on the part of faculty, students, and staff, and rewards the creation of intellectual property.

When intellectual property iscreated, it is impor­ tant that its disclosure be made in a timely manner in order to protect itscommercial value and topermit its being made public. To protect intellectual property rights, it is important that inventors be aware of the legal requirements for protecting those rights. The purpose of this document is to set forth W Pl’sgeneral policieson intellectual property such as inventions, copyrights, trade and service marks, mask works, tangible research, and trade secrets.

B. Student Rules: 1. For an invention made by students, on their own time, with their own facilities and resources, and in research/projects not within the stated objectives of their current sponsored research, PLAN projects, or thesis or dissertation research, the invention isowned by the inventors). Royalties for such inventions are covered by Rule III. 2. For an invention made by students while employed on a sponsored project (research or educational), includingoff-campus PLAN projects, the invention is owned by WPI, subject to any other agreements. Royalties for such inventions are cov­ ered by Rule I. 3. For an invention made by a student as a part of any project or sufficiency report, thesis, disser­ tation, coursework, directed study, directed re­ search, or examination, the invention is ownedby WPl.subjecttoanyotheragreements. Royalties for such inventions are covered by Rule II. I n cases not specifically addressed by the above

Intellectual Property Policy For the purpose of applying these rules, all persons performing research or scholarship at WPI, utilizing resources or facilities at WPI, or deriving funds through WPI are subject to the rules applying to faculty and staff, or to the rules applying to students. Students who receive com­ pensation from WPI because they are students or because they perform teaching duties (e.g., Tcach­

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Royalties for such inventions are covered by Rule II.

C. Royalty Rules: Rule I. If WPI pursues the patent, then WPI will absorb the costs and will share royalties on a 50-50 basis with the inventor(s), after the costs of the patent are recovered, or will share royalties in accordance with WPI institutional agreements.

Rule II. If the student(s) wish to pursue the patent, WPI will assign any ownership rights it may have to the student through ajointly signed agree­ ment providing that the student will give 10\%of net future financial gains from the patent to WPI. The student will absorb the costs of pursuing the patent. Alternatively, if the student wishes to have WPI absorb the costs of pursuing the patent, then rule I applies.

Rule III. The inventor(s) will pay all costs associated with patenting the invention, and will receive all benefits from the patent.

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D. Significant Use. Use of office or classroom space, libraries, or general computational facilitiesdoes not constitute significant use of WPI resources. The use of specialized experimental orcomputational labora­ tory facilities or equipment is not significant if it involves brief periods of time or limited use, e.g., for exploratory tests; otherwise, the use is signifi­ cant. Use of any WPI facility in a way that leads to an appreciable expenditure of WPI funds, that would not otherwise have occurred, constitutes significant use.

E. Disclosure of Inventions with Potential WPI Ownership.

It is the obligation of inventors to disclose an invention to WPI if there is a possibility of Rule I or Rule II being applicable. When a disclosure of a potential invention is made to WPI, WPI will determine on a timely basis if the invention is worthy of WPI’s support. If WPI finds that the invention isworthy ofitssupport, WPI will promptly initiate a patent application at its expense, and work with the inventors) to pursue development and commercial ization of the invention. If, at any time during the year following the date of disclosure, WPI chooses not to file a patent for an invention, WPI will at the request of the inventors), subject to other agreements, return ownership of the inventiontotheinventor(s). IfWPI has not filed a patent application for an invention within one year from

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The Cabinet has endorsed a proposal to increase the overload fee over the next three years.

Students will continue to receive the first 1/ 6 unit per semester free. The fee in FY97 will be 25% of the tuition rate, 50% in FY98, and finally 75% in FY99.

Since the specific charges do not appear in the Undergraduate Catalog, the existing word­ ing is still appropriate.

Current wording (p. 179 in the 1995-96 Undergraduate Catalog) 1.

There will be a tuition surcharge on registration which contains academic over­ loads in excess of 1/6 unit per semester.

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2. Neither physical education nor military science will be included in the determination of overloads.

3. The overload charge will be based upon the total registration credit held by the student at the close of the initial change period each of the two terms of that semester. Students will be subject to the appropriate overload charge in effect at the time. (Please consult the Registrar’sOffice orthe Accounting Office for current fees.)

4. Fall overload billing will take place during Term B and spring overload billing during Term D. 5. The Current Term E charge system will not be affected.

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For additional information about these activi­ ties, call Brigitte Servatius, associate professor of mathematical sciences, at ext. 5361, or Assistant Professor Ansuman Bagchi at ext. 5267.

courtesy of WPI News Service The Mathematical Sciences Department has several activities planned in observance of Math Awareness Week, April 21-27. The winning entries in the Math Club competition will be on display in the department throughout the week.

The theme of the competition was “Mathematics and Decision Making.” Pi Mu Epsilon honor society will hold an initiation dinnerat5:30pm on Thursday, April 25, in Higgins House, and the Math Department’s Award Ceremonies will be held at 4:30pm on Friday, April 26, in Stratton Hall 204.

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by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Women’s Track (6-3) The women’s track team competed in a dual meet against Trinity on the 13th. The weather conditions again were rather poor and the Engi­ neers were beaten by a scoreof96-60. Placewinners for WPI in the meet were Heather Cleary (Pem­ broke, MA) who won the high jump, triple jump and long jump while also finishing second in the pole vault and third in the 200-meter dash. Sunny Hwang (Manchester, CT) won the shot put, took second in the high hurdles and placed third in the 100-meter dash. Patty Panlilio (Holyoke, MA) won the hammer throw and finished third in the discus. Liz Kieronski (Concord, NH) won the pole vault. Heather Mazzaccaro (Bristol, CT) placed second in thejavelin and 200. Ellen Roach (Plainville, MA) took second in the discus and third in the shot put. Sue MacPherson (Hudson, M A) placed third in both the hammer and javelin.

Sue Shorrock (N. Smithfield, RI) was second in the high jump. Melanie Heck (W. Buxton, ME) finished third in the 400-meter run and Jody Terranova (Westerly, RI) placed third in the 400meter hurdles.

M en’s Track (6-3) The men had a dual meet versus Trinity at the same time as the women on the 13th. The men got some outstanding individual performances as they beat the Bantams 98-65. Leading the way for the Engineers was senior tri-captain Steve LaBranche (Uncasville, CT) who won two events himself -400-meter and 1,500-meter run - and then ran one of the legs of the mile relay team that came in first. Two other individuals who had strong performances were Stan Farrell (Augusta, ME) and Marc LeFebvre (Adams, MA). Farrell scored in six events as he prepares for the decath­ lon at the New England Championships in May. He won the 110-meter high hurdles, placed sec­

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Other placewinners for WPI were Chris Neumaier (Vernon, CT) who won the javelin.

Brian McKenna (Pawtucket, RI) won the ham­ mer throw. Rich Person (Sutton, MA) won the 800-meterrun. David Bowler (Cumberland, RI) won the pole vault. Bill Freed (Stockton, NJ) won the 400-meter hurdles and placed third in the 110 hurdles. Dan Sadowski (Ashfield, MA) took second in the shot put and third in the discus.

Aaron Korthas (Gloucester, MA) placed second in the hammer. Bruce Meacham (Exeter, NH) finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Mike Pockoski (Day ville, CT) took second in the discus and third in the hammer. Keith Levesque (Nashua, NH) was second in the 400. Rick Crispo (Andover, MA) finished second in the 800. Tyler Lupien (Waldoboro, ME) placed second in the 400 hurdles and third in the 3,000 steeplechase. Frank Murphy (New Britain, CT) finished second in the 5,000-meter run. Mike Fry (Holden, MA) was third in the javelin. Dave LaFleur (Ghent, NY) took third in the shot put.

Dave Hawes (Seal Harbor, ME) placed third in both the lOOand 200-meter dashes. Dan Atkinson (Dedham, MA) was third in the pole vault and rounding out the scoring was Mike Gagne (Colchester, VT) who placed third in the 5,000.

Softball (4-5) The softball team finally got a chance to play last week and came through with two good outings as they beat both Babson and Anna Maria to run their current win streak to four games. The hitting and defense has come around and the pitching, which has been solid from the begin­ ning, is getting stronger.

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Pitching her first complete game shutout was freshman Carrie Seigars (Richmond, ME) as the Engineers won 4-0. Tracy Langis (Westport, MA) and Teresa Lintzenich (Swansea, IL) had strong days at the plate. Langis was 2-2 with a run scored and an RBI while Lintzenich was 2-3 with the game-winning RBI. Two days later on the 17th the Engineers hosted a scheduled away game versus the Amcats of Anna Maria. WPI took advantage of the Amcat’s wildness as they struck for 4 runs in the top of the fifth inning to take the lead 5-4. They went on to win the game 6-4 as Seigars picked up another win in relief of Lara Currie (Concord, NH) who started and pitched three innings. Jami Walsh (Bellingham, M A) who has been on a tear at the plate lately went 2-3 with a run scored.

Baseball (7-16) The baseball team was busy last week with all of the postponements due to the weather. They did manage a 2-3 week as they are starting to build towards the Constitution Athletic Conference tournament at the end of this week. They split two doubleheaders against CAC opponents Spring­ field and MIT and then dropped a tough one to Salve Regina.

On the 13th, the Engineers traveled west to Springfield to take on the Pride in their first ever meeting as conference foes. Behind another strong pitching performance by Guy Miller (W. Barnstable, MA) WPI defeated the Pride 3-0. It was Miller’s first win of the season as he lowered his team-leading ERA to 1.91. He also helped himself at the plate by driving in two runs includ­ ing the game-winner in the third. In the second game WPI battled back after falling behind 5-2 after three innings to tie the game at 10-1Oentering the seventh inning. A two-out single in the home half of the seventh won it for Springfield as they took the game 11-10. Alex Bartkin (N. Reading, MA) had a field day going 3-4 with four RBI’s

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including the game-tying three-run home run in the top of the sixth.

It was now on to Cambridge to play a strong MIT squad on the 17th. WPI trailed 3-2going into the fourth when the bats came alive. Senior captain Len Macrina (Winthrop, MA) led the attack with a two-run home run while Eric Dubois (Cumberland, RI) knocked in a pairof runs tocap a six-run inning. WPI would win the game 105 asTim Tully (Greenville, RI) picked up the win after pitching six strong innings. Macrina had a career-best day going4-4 with two home runs and three RBI’s. In the second game, a pretty good pitchers dual took place as Matt Whitten (Gray, ME) went the distance. Unfortunately WPI was on the losing side of the 5-2 score. Tom Michalowski (Northampton, MA) had a couple of hits for WPI. The next day the Engineers went do wn to play Salve Regina along the water. WPI made acomeback, but was cut down when the potential tying run was thrown out in the top of the ninth. Salve Regina won the game 4-3. Bartkin pitched six strong innings for WPI while freshman Justin Downing (Leominster, MA) pitched two score­ less innings of relief. Bartkin also drove in two runs with a one-out single in the bottom of the eighth.

Men’s Tennis (0-5) The tennis team was back in action on the 13th as they participated in the CA C Champi­ onships at Coast Guard. They ended up plac­ ing seventh in the tournament as they dropped matches to MIT, Norwich and Springfield.

Nathan Hendrix (Imlay City, M I) and Mike Lamoureux (Assonet, M A) were the only WPI winners on the day.

Two days later the Engineers took on UMassLowell and were beaten 7-0. Last Thursday (18th) WPI dropped another to Holy Cross. Hendrix pulled out a tough three set win to win a point for the Engineers in the match that ended 6-1.

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IceCats defenseman Jason Strudwick (#44) introduces the Pirates Sean Selmser (#29) to the boards during Worcester's 2-1 win over Portland on Saturday night (the 20th). The victory was the IceCats first ever playoff win. tory with a score of 2-1. As for the offense, the ‘Cats scoring was done by the Europeans of the team: Russian Sergei Kharin and Ukrai­ nian Alex Vasilevskii. Vasilevskii scored the IceCats’ first playoff goal in history, knocking in a rebound off of Lindsay Vallis’ slapshot from the right circle at 4:19 of the first period.

The goal tied the game at one apiece, and boosted the ‘Cats confidence noticeably.

Kharin deflected the puck off Brochu’s left

pad and into the goal on a snap pass from behind the net to clinch the game at 14:59 of the second period and earn the first star of the game honors. “ It’s a good feeling to be back [in goal] in Worcester,” said Fichaud after the game, “es­ pecially for a game like this!”

The IceCats get some time to practice early this week before traveling up to Portland for games three and four o f the series on Friday and Satur­ day (the 26th and 27th). If a fifth game is necessary, the ‘Cats will return home to Centrum ice on the followingTuesday (the 30th).

Pirate sniper Darren McAusland (#16) looks on as IceCats goalie Jamie McLennan blocks a Portland shot during Worcester's regular season finale on Tuesday night (the 16th).

The 'Cats went on to trounce the Pirates 6-3 and McLennan set a new record for the most wins by an IceCats goalie in a single season (14).

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For an invention made by WPI Faculty, staff or students under circumstances such that the inventor owns the invention, the inventor(s) and WPI may by mutual agreement enter into an arrangement under which the costs, ownership, and rewards of the invention are shared by the inventor(s) and by WPI. II. Ownership of Copyrights, Mask Rights, and Service or Trade Marks: -4. WPI Ownership: 1) Official output of faculty committees for faculty governance purposes are works for hire owned by WPI. 2) Works produced at the specific request of WPI and forspecific additional compensation from WPI are works for hire owned by WPI, subject to other agreements.

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S t u d e n t G o v e r n m e n t A s s o c ia t i o n Unofficial Minutes of the Undergraduate Student Government Association for the meeting of April 16, 1996 Held in the Lower Wedge I. Meeting called to order at 6:07pm.

II. Roll Call Executive Board: Matthew Freimuth, President;Cindy Vollaro, Vice-President; Jennx Yambert. Secretary; Mickey Lacroix, Treasurer.

Senate: Timothy Adams, Alfred Andrade, James Armitage, Jonathan Chaillet, HeatherCleary.Terry Fay, Marni Hall, Ed Hallissey, Jennifer Johnson, Jeremy Olszewski, James (Ben) Petro, Derek Sickman, Gregory Snow, Kristen Stagg, Kenneth Volock, Jason Willey. Parliamentarian: Amy Plack Absent: Shawn Ayube, Tara Carrie (excused), Tanya Corrado, Matthew Defronzo (excused), Seth Kintigh, Jennifer Reese (excused), Michael Scott, Adam Woodbury.

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

III. Approval of the minutes for The minutes of April 9,1996 were amended to correct the spelling of Representative Hansen’s name. The minutes were approved as amended.

President’s Report No report V. Committee Reports

SGA Committees

Committee on Academic Issues (CAI) Chair Hall informed the Senate that there has been talk of restructuring CAI so that it consists of those appointed to the institute committees.

There has not been a final decision on whether that will happen or not, but Chair Hall wanted to make sure the Senate knew.

Elections Committee Secretary Yambert reported for Chair Reese.

The Campus Hearing Board election resulted in a three way tie for the two alternate positions, so a run-off election needed to be scheduled.

Policies and Procedures (P&P) Chair Olszewski said that the committee had discussed the amendment/interpretation of Article III Section II of SGA’sConstitution, as instructed by the Senate. He informed the Senate that the amendment is posted in the office for review. The committee plans to look into the issueof redefining the structure of CAI next week. The committee also plane to look into the issue of whether ornot club sports can be funded if they are exclusionary.

Institute Committees Committee on Academic Operations (CAO) Representative Butland informed the Senate that the committee is currently looking at a minor in physics, changing the computer science distribution requirements, and the proposed Academic vision statement.

Committee on Academic Policy (CAP) No report.

Web Committee Parliamentarian Plack reported that Senator Sprague should be officially appointed to the committee soon. She also said that the committee will be meeting Friday at 3:30pm.

Provost Search Committee Representative Snow informed the Senate that the committee had been discharged because the new Provost had been chosen.

VI. Old Business There was no old business to discuss.

VII. New Business S.39 Direction of the Cabinet to Finish the Student Response to the Proposed Academic Vision Statement SenatorOlszewski moved to pass the motion, and was seconded by Senator Hall. After some discussion, the motion passed.

VIII. Treasurer’s Remarks No remarks.

X. Secretary’s Remarks Secretary Yambert reminded the Senate to talk to President Freimuth if they need to be excused from a Senate meeting.

Vice-President’s Remarks Vice-President Vollaro asked the Senate to tell her if they can think of any office supplies that are needed.

Vollaro passed out the ballots for the annual Goat’s Head Award for outstanding service to the SGA. Senator Olszewski collected the ballots, and the Senate was informed that the ballots would be counted after the meeting.

President Freimuth also informed the Senate that the overload fee will be going up steadily over the next few years, until the fee for a 1/3 unit overload above the permitted 1/6 unit overload will cost as much as any other 1/3 unit class.

XIII. Announcements Roll Call & Adjournment Executive Board: Matthew Freimuth, President; Cindy Vollaro, Vice-President; Jennx Yambert, Secretary; Mickey Lacroix, Treasurer.

Senate: Timothy Adams, James Armitage, Jonathan Chaillet, Heather Cleary, Terry Fay, Marni Hall, Ed Hallissey, Jennifer Johnson,Chris Mello, Jeremy Olszewski, Michael Scott, Derek Sickman, Gregory Snow, Justin Sprague, Kristen Stagg,TimTully, Kenneth Volock, Jason Willey.

Parliamentarian: Amy Plack Absent: Alfred Andrade (excused), Shawn Ayube, Tara Carrie (excused), Tanya Corrado, Matthew Defronzo (excused), Seth Kintigh, James (Ben) Petro, Jennifer Reese (excused), Adam Woodbury.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:32pm.

Jennx Yambert, SGA Secretary

XII. President’s Remarks President Freimuth had Vice-President

Agenda for the meeting on April 23 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of the Minutes for April 16,1996 IV. President’s Report V. Committee Reports SGA Committees Institute Committees Old Business VII. New Business S.40 Senatot Removal Procedure Amend­ ment TA Survey Report VIII. Treasurer’s Remarks IX. Secretary’s Remarks X. Vice-President’s Remarks XI. President’s Remarks XII. Announcements XIII. Roll Call & Adjournment

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The Greek Corner in this week's paper will be the last Greek Corner until further notice. IFCandPanhel have determined that some o f the submissions to the Greek Corner do not reflect well on the Greek system, and therefore for the best interest of the Greek system, the Corners would be stopped.

Before anyone goes blaming someone for this action, realize that this really isn't necessary. Don't blame 1FC, because they did what they did for the best interest of the fraternities. Don't blame Newspeak, because we didn't ask for an end to the corners. In fact, it should be noted that the purpose of the editorial in last week’s Newspeak was not to get the Greek Corner removed from the paper. As stated, we want to cater to the community, since we are the student newspaper. If the Greek Corner is something the community wants, we’d be more than happy lo have it. The purpose of the editorial was to encourage organizations to write better corners. Granted, it probably sounded a lot more like a gripe

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We were quite surprised when we got a press release from IFC stating that the presidents of the chapters voted to stop submitting Greek Corner entries. Rather than attempt to have organizations write better comers, the IFC decided to end them altogether. At worst, we figured, maybe the IFC would require that Greek Corners get reviewed by IFC before they get printed. We fully didn’t expect to lose that section of the newspaper.

Unfortunately, while there have been some Greek Comers which do a good job of informing their members about ongonigs in the organization, there are a few which fail at this attempt. We realize that many organizations like the Comers for what they have turned into: a combination of in-jokes and generally fun, inconsequential stuff. We wish the Comers could be a little bit more significant.

There has been some confusion this past week about if Greek

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Corners were going to be printed or not. We tried to clear up as much of this confusion as we could; we sincerely apologize for any confusion or inconveniences these past couple of weeks have had on Greek Corners.

Newspeak will welcome press releases and announcements (as long as they are legitimate) from any organization on campus.

One final note: I can’t help but think that this somehow contributes to the Greek/Non-Greek schism that so many people on campus complain about. Please realize that Newspeak is not anti-Greek; we’re not trying to make life difficult for Greek organizations. We would, however, like to have responsible and intelligible submissions; we don’t see why anyone would have a problem with this request. And for those of you who still think that Newspeak and Greeks don’t mix: you might find it comfort­ ing to know that it was a Greek who wrote last week’s editorial, as well as this one.

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by Laurel and Guinevere Yes, we’re alive and well in Worces­ ter. We thank you for your e-mail of concern for our well being. (Even Laurel’ s mom asked what happened to Philler.) For those of you who have been wondering what’s been happen­ ing with our articles these past few months while having to resort to read­ ing the Police Log for entertainment...

Well, we could tell you, but then we’d have to kill you. The rumors you may have heard concerning us, bronze goats, the British Police, and George Bums have been blown completely out of proportion, and we assure you that nothing remotely like that happened.

What we can tell you, however, is that you’re reading Philler now, and when we find out what happened to those “Lost Philler Episodes” we’ II be sure to have a TV special. Deal?

Hey gals, where were you this week?

Your articles are usually the only things in Newspeak that I read on Tuesdays and I truly missed you this week. Well, I’m sure you were catching up with your bronze barnyard friend or getting resident handymen Ed Parrish and A1 Sacco involved in some head-to-head competition, right?

Anyways, I’m writing to you about restrooms. Specifically one on the first floor of Goddard Hall. Now this is a

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men’s room ladies, but I’m asking you to be brave and go in there. Do you notice the pictures of flowers on the wall? (Did I just imagine them there, oh dear... what if someone takes them down before you get there, anyways. . .) Isn’t there something strange about this?

I figure that this is either a mis­ guided attempt to beautify the cam­ pus, a Christmas gift that someone didn’t like but thought would be just perfect in the men’s room, or a study on the feminine side of males. Anyways, I decided to report this to you as you are, more . , or less, the investigative branch 1 L of Newspeak. thanx for being there, Brian Dear Brian, Thank you for your letter. We missed you too. Unfortunately all evidence of the flowers have parrished since you sent your letter to us. According to the campus map we found in the bottom of our Philler Philes, it seems that Goddard is way over on the other side of WPI’s campus, and sadly, we didn’t make it in time. Luckily, sneaking into the men’s room was no problem for either of us, since, of course, our real-life counter­ parts are male. How long have you known us Bri? First, on the subject of the S96 sticker,

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Dissatisfaction with Activities Fair Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to express my displeasure with the man­ ner in which the Activities and Organi­ zations Fair during Open House was organized. The Fair is designed to intro­ duce prospective freshmen to the nu­ merous clubs and organizations on the WPIcampus. ThebasicsetupoftheFair was extremely organized and produc­ tive for the groups that were represented there. However, I feel that alarge portion of the campus was not allowed to be present at the Fair.

At the Fairon Wednesday each group or organization on campus was allowed to set up a table and display its qualities lo the incoming freshmen. This allowed the organizations present to impact a student’s decision to attend WPI and once here to join a specific club or organization that he or she became inter­ ested in. Every group known through­ out campus, and frankly some I never even knew existed, were able to let these

prospective students gain some intro­ ductory know ledge of thei r spec ific club or organization. Each organization was presented with one table in order to effectively organize theirdisplay toconvey their club’s qualities in the best manner possible. TTiere were, of course, some exceptions to each club getting their own table, but none so blatant as the 12 fraternities and 2 sororities being forced to share a single table. To some this complaint may seem irrelevant or immaterial, but the important thing is that this follows from a deeper issue, an issue of respect for the fratemities and sorori­ ties and their members, and respect must start somewhere, and here seemed like a good place.

The Greek system here at WPI is a major element in any student’s college career. We, as Greeks, make up over 30% ofthe undergraduate population of the campus and house greater than 20%.

We are some of the oldest establish-

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IFC ceases Greek Corners On Tuesday, April 16th, the presi­ dents of the Interfraternity Council voted to end their chapters’ submis­ sions to the Greek Corner in News­ peak. It was agreed that the Corner was not being used for its originally intended purpose and was acting more as a detriment to the Greek system than anything else. Recent discus­ sion around campus and on email has proven this. In response, we have sought alternate means by which wc may communicate with the Greek community without im­

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Another year is over. It’ s finally spring, and there will be no more snow as long as we have our say. It will be a nippy day in Denny’s before we get another snow storm in a non­ winter month by kracky. Oh, um, anyhow... Last year at this time, we wrote an article and said that this was the last article.

Well, this year we’re going to say it again. (At least we’re consistent.) If something strikes us as incredibly impor­ tant to the WPI community in the future, (such as a professor giving birth to a full grown Elvis, for instance) we may write an article about it, but for the most part, we’ re not writing Philler next year, and we’ll stick to it better than a peanutbuttered cat in a lawnmower.

In the past few years we’ ve written articles covering an incredible amount of things that have happened (or kind of happened (or not really happened)) around campus. We still want some sort of system where the mailroom can notify your dorm room the second you get a letter, but in general, we’re content with the results of our intro­ duction of new ideas and harassing of people in our articles. W e’ve even been notified that people in ES3601 this term could get extra credit points on an exam if they knew a bit of WPI trivia that just happened to appear in Philler. It’s this type of legacy we’d like to leave in a place we’ve spent so much time and money. W e’d like to say that we were single-handedly re­ sponsible forgetting Burger King in the wedge next year, but DAKA helped a little bit withthat. Just a little.

They nixed the “Philler’s Burger King” idea, but we’ ll still give them a bit of credit...

We’d like to thank all of our fans:

mine is perfectly aligned (maybe a na­ nometer or so off), and it was appl ied by the same guy as everyone else’s. Maybe he denotes the people he doesn’t like with acrooked sticker.

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Snail Mail: Phillerc/oNewspeakBox2700 e-mail: newspeak@wpi.edu WebSite: http://www.wpi.edu/-tbl/PhiUer/ it matter i f you make any changes to any information on the green and white form you fill out for registration? I corrected my middle name (Michael, not Michel) twice so far, yet the high-and-mightypeople-in-charge-of-figuring-out-whoyou-are still can’t get it right. I feel that my rights are being violated, and would like to see justice.

-Matthew Michael Lug Dear Matthew Michelle Lug, We at Philler think it’s horrible that yourofficial records read Michel rather thanMitchel. Hopefully you’II get this fixed before you end up graduating and it’s not even you that graduated, be­ cause it’s some Matthewe Michalo Lug guy. Our S96 stickers were perfectly aligned, so I know we have a friend in Boynton. We will talk to the people over there for you personally and make sure that they change your name to the correct spelling of “Micheas” so you can rest easier at night. It ’ s the least we can do.

The people who have written to us and have waited weeks to get their Philler Phan Club certificate, the people who have pointed out funny things to us in Philler when they didn’t know we wrote it, our friends who have had to nod and smile and pretend they like reading our articles, and of course the girls a few months ago in the Sole Proprietor parking lot who yelled up to our apartment, “Nice Hat!” while we were writing one of our articles.

We would really like to thank the departments who have put up with us over the years (read Plant Services, DAKA, and WPI Police)... but we’re sorry, you just do silly things some­ times...

Have fun, don’t let the bed bugs bite, take care, never sleep with someone crazier than yourself, al ways chew your food 50-100 times before swallowing, smile at strangers, peace, love, and cows.

-L& G P.S. We will still accept e-mail sent to newspeak@wpi.edu, and choco­ late and home made cookies and any other food items or presents are al­ ways welcome. Just drop them off at the Newspeak office, put our name on it, and make sure it doesn’t look like anything good so those sneaky edi­ tors don’t nibble on our presents be­ fore we come to pick them up. OK, bye-bye now...

P.P.S. Remember: When - the going -gets -tough, - the -tough -get -a -large -sack -of -jelly -beans -(all - blacks - ones, -of -course) - stuffed -over -their -heads -by -a -transcen­ dental -pack -of -meta-transformed weasels - slavering -after - the -exis­ tential -remains -of -non-linear- life... with-a-toothbrush;-a-red-one. (W. T. G. G. T. T. T. G. A. L. S. O. J. B. (.

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by Brian Parker Editor-in-Chief-EmerUus I'm sitting here with a pile of overheads, project presentation day’s over and my four years at WPI are almost up. As I was allowed to sum up a year’s worth of work in fifteen min­ utes last Thursday, I’d like to say a few words now. In a way you should be happy, this is an opportunity that 1 haven’t taken advantage of too much, so bear with me.

I’ve learned a lot over the past four years, especially about what the limits of my abilities are. Now, I’d like to share a secret with you, about a day when my life fell apart, a day that I’ve been recovering from ever since and will continue to for some time. On November 11,1993,1 ran out of strength, there was nothing left inside of me that I could draw upon and make it to an­ other day. I had been battling for a month, lost around thirty pounds and this was the day that I went to Rhode

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Island Hospital, diagnosed with ulcerativecolitis.

This is a disturbing little disease, basically my immune system decided to attack my large intestine with some disgusting consequences. The psycho­ logical ones might be the worst, it is very easy to be ashamed of some of the symptoms and in a society where there is always someone to blame, I could only turn to myself. I ended up missing a term of school, but I wanted to come back, I needed to prove to myself that I could go on.

Well, here I am, I can honestly say I made it. My GPA before and after I got sick are more or less the same and I’ve been able to leam quite a lot. I’ve learned that it is always best to take an interest in the world around me. News­ peak has allowed me to pursue these interests to a great extent. Using the opportunity to write an article as an excuse, I’ve been to lectures, concerts and sporting events. The best part of being a member of the newspaper staff

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has been the people though.

I’ve had the chance to meet members of the faculty and administration, as well as students, which I might have missed if I wasn’t ready to go out there and meet them. The members of the WPI community that I’ve had a chance to speak with have all been very helpful and very friendly. I’ve probably writ­ ten over one hundred articles that would attest to the willingness of people to share knowledge of what they’re doing and why it is important to them.

When I haven’t been doing school work or Newspeak work, I’ve been hanging out with a great group of friends and been working to make sure that I’m happy. This may sound overly simple, but I’ve tried to make sure that some­ thing good happens to me every day.

Whether its taking the time to go for a walk around campus or reading a book every week. I’ve tried to take time for myself. This is one of the things that I can thank my sickness for, 1 need to relax sometimes, to not rush around all

the time.

Not that it is easy, there is a list of foods that I cannot eat, including alco­ hol, which can be a constant reminder that I am not healthy like most every­ one else around me. Taking steroids and narcotics in the morning and evening is another reminder. But, then again, there is nothing I can do about it, this is one of my weaknesses and I have to deal with it. Even as it defines part of my life, I have tried not to let it run me.

Another limit that I have is one that I share with almost everybody. A professor pointed out to us last fall that we are all ignorant. We can’t know everything there is to know about life or engineering or anything really, but this isn’t a problem. We aren’t expected to, instead we just need to be willing to keep oureyes open and willing to leam what we want to know. It is when we close our minds and refuse to ask ques­ tions that ignorance can be transformed into stupidity.

So those are the main lessons that I’ve gotten out of four years of study in chemical engineering. I can’t do every­ thing I want to and I don’t really know all that much. I’ve had to leam to be patient and to look for the good things around me. From trying to smile as much as possible to looking for the rainbows that arc over Institute Road from time to time, every day at WPI has been good for me in one way or another.

Perhaps my experience has been that much better than that of some of my classmates, but a lot of that has to do with perspective.

Seeing where you’ve let me bend your ear for this long, why not try and take my advice and enjoy yourself.

Don’t worry about the people who look at you funny when you’re flying a kite on the Quad or walking in the rain, this is your life and you have to do what you want. This is how I’ve gotten my strength back, how I can look at each tomorrow and say that I’m sure it will be a good day.

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by Stephen Brown, Protestant Campus Ministry If you are a sharp reader, you may have caught the change in the name of my column. This is my final column for Newspeak. Its been a great five years sharing my thoughts and beliefs with all of you. 1 trust that I have

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Classes whizzing by me. MQP pre­ sentation coming up. IQP is not doing so good. Life is blurring into a D Term lhat seems to be ending too soon for the first time in my stay hereat WPI. And the worst part is, I still have half a year after this because of Co-Op. But I’ll be okay. I know what classes I need to to take to graduate on time in December (or Febru­ ary forthose who might be anal retentive about such things). In fact, I signed up for them three weeks ago when I found out that the registrar still had me down as graduating in May and didn’t send me a REGI card. It’s all good. I got reclassi­ fied, I got registered, everything is set for my return to WPI in the Fall.

I check my mail and there is a schedule and a list of classes for the 1996-1997 year. That’swhen I find out that I haven’t paid my deposit yet and so I am not registered. 1 didn’t get a reminder and neither did my parents, so I go to account­ ing and pay the deposit. I even check the box on some form that says, “Yes, I am

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fulfilled my journalistic hero, H.L. Mencken’s charge that the role of a journalist is to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” I want to thank the many student editors who have allowed me to ramble on these pages: it has been a great ride.

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coming back” instead of the one that says, “No, I am leaving so it is okay for you to delete my registration information.” I am okay again. Suddenly, the woman behind the counter points to a date on my blank schedule and tells me that’s when I can sign up for my classes. But I already have registered, I protest. I am all set. Not any more, she informs me. You lost all your registration information.

I now have to sign up for classes all over again. I am praying that the classes I absolutely need to graduate are not full by now. Why does it have to be like this? Why even bother checking those boxes? Why didn’t I get a reminder or a phone call oreven a small note that said “Hey, stupid. You missed this dead­ line. Hurry up or you’ll lose all your classes.” My brother goes to a college of similar size but with lower tuition costs, and his advisor called my mother to ask if he had withdrawn when he didn’t show up for a week of class (because of the weather). Why didn’t my advisor get some note to contact me and see if there was a problem? I only have four months to go! I’m not going

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so many students, faculty, staff, and administrators here at W PI. I confess that before coming here, I only had a vague notion of what an engineering school was like. I sup­ pose I knew about Georgia Tech and Texas A & M because of their football teams: and MIT, well, be­ cause it is MIT. But now I have an

c la s s e s ) to transfer now!!

My problem with this whole event is the following. We just had a recent tuition hike. We need this to provide students with necessary services, right?

How about a service that waits a week or so before deleting your entire sched­ ule? A service that finds a way to inform the student that he or she is in default and needs to pay their deposit immediately?

Sure, they did this last part, but now they have endangered my future and and the futures of others in my predica­ ment. So in my haste to get my classes and such done and pass at the same time I neglected to follow the WPI calendar and note the date that says “Tuition Deposit Due.” Does that mean they can’t wait a week or even two days before purging their system of my sched­ ule like so many bad clams?

This may be whining. This may even be pitiful. You may not ever face this situation yourself. But what if you do?

What if you did? At an institution that carries a hefty name and a heftier price tag, a little more should be expected than this.

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by Tom Balistrieri Student Development and Counseling Center When we were little kids the days were longandayearseemedlikeanetemity. As we sat in school we dreamed of hot summer vacation days and balmy nights, wishing they wouldjust hurry and arrive.

When in junior high we wished we were in high school and when in high school we wished we were in college. When fresh­ men in college we lived forthe weekends, for that is when the good ti mes were tobe had. We couldn’t wait to be sophomores and as sophomores we wished we could be juniors. As juniors we wished we could be seniorsbecausethat means gradu­ ation, freedom, a great payingjob, maybe a family and... ...and suddenly you’re much much older wondering how you got there. And you know what you sometimes find your­ self wishing? You wish you were young again.

The academic year is almost over. For seniors and some graduate students, your time at WPI is coming to a close. Many

of you can’t wait to get out of here and get on with life. But I ask you totake a moment and ponder what I have to say.

Three, five, maybe ten years from now there’s a really good chance you’re going to drive through here...maybe even stop and take a walk on campus. There will be a smile on your face and in your heart as you remember “those good old days at WPI.” Maybe you’lleven wish you could re-live a few of those times.

Thing is, you’re still here and you still have the opportunity to enjoy your last weeks as a student. There are a few things you can do now that will slow things down and that will even heighten your memories of WPI. Stop wishing your life a way and work at living in the present by focusingon using your senses and appreciating the world around you.

Take leisurely walks on campus taking in the landscape, the buildings, the people, and the place. Say your good-bye’s to those professors or staff who helped you out or meant so much to you... the instructor who taught you about chal lenging yourself, the security officer who gave you a break, the professor

who taught you so much, the house­ keeper who looked in on you when you felt bad, that staff member who served you that extra helping at meals, the admissions counselor who recruited you and remembered you all these years, the coach who encouraged you, the nurse who called when you were sick, the R A who stayed up all night to talk, or the minister who took you to dinner.

Say good-bye to old roommates and friends. Call that kid from freshman year whom you haven’t seen since orien­ tation but who made the first weeks of school tolerable. Walk slowly through your first residence hall oryourbuilding... remembering and saying good-bye.

Some day you may wish you could be back. But for now, you don’t have to wish. You’re still here. Time’s not up.

Enjoy this beautiful campus, this place of higher learning, and all the people that make it so. Good luck these last weeks, and we’ll see most of you next year!

With sincere affection.

The staff of West Street House, the Student Development and Counseling Center

intimate knowledge of WPI and en­ gineering students and faculty and administrators. You have richly added to my life and now I know that there are dedicated folk with a social conscience and a real com­ mitment to life and the future.

There are way too many people to acknowledge and thank and fit into this one column. But a few I want to acknowledge. Bland Addison in the Humanities Department has been a great colleague and co-conspirator in putting together a variety of forums and speakers on important issues.

Having listened to many students wonder or complain about why they need history or social pol icy or ethics courses, let me tell you that you have a great treasure in people like Bland and others in the Humanities Dept.

Do yourself a big favor, take as many history and humanities courses as you can: you’ll regret missing out later.

Another special thanks to Janet Richardson and Tom Thomsen and the Student Life Office gang. They made me feel welcome and a part of the community from day one. They graciously provided me with an office when I was full time and actually spent time there. But my real office has been the Listening Post in the Wedge where I have pricked your consciences and tickled your fancy. I always believed ministry is where people are and from 1 lam to 1pm I found my ministry in the Wedge. I will miss being there a lot.

As we know, change is the only constant in the universe. It is time to go home. Home for me is Ohio. As anyone who knows me or sees me in my Ohio State garb, I am a native of what we affectionately call the Buck­ eye state. My family and I have

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But I made my wife Pennie a promise that when my daughter graduated from high school (this June) I would take her home. Promise made, promise kept.

We have bought my father-in-law’s house in a small town in Ohio called Urbana. Maybe 9,000 people total.

Much like Lake Wobegone, people watch out for each other and every­ body in town knows what everybody else is doing. It is only an hour from Columbus, home of my beloved OSU Buckeyes. Who knows; maybe going home will help them beat Michigan!!

It is also an hour a way from my father and an hour and a half away from my son who attends Bowling Green Uni­ versity. So it really is going home.

While we have our home all set, the employment picture is murkier. I have an interview in one college lined up and a few leads elsewhere. My wife, who is a nurse and is not wor­ ried about finding employment, tells me not to worry and if nothing comes up, I can sit on our back porch swing until fall. Surrre I can! What 1 do believe is that God has something in store for me and I just have to wait to see.

So come June 17th, I will point my van west and head out to G od’s coun­ try. I will miss all of you, but with email and other modern forms of com­ munication, I will not completely dis­ appear. 1wish God's blessing on all of the WPI community. Live long and prosper!

Newspeak would like to thank Stephen Brown for five years of thoughful commentary.

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To the editor: Regarding Adam W oodbury’s sidebar story on students' reactions to the recent USML-2 crew visit: The IMC does plan to make avail­ able a videotape containing highlights ofthe visitofthecrewto WPI. It will contain parts of the 14-minute tape which the crew narrated live, a selec­ tion of slides that were shown, some candid moments involving the crew meeting members of the WPI commu­ nity at the receptions, and the eight minute music video (titled “Sixteen Days”) that was shown at the end of the Harrington presentation.

Speaking of which, I want to let everyone know that my inspiration for the editing of that piece came from three good friends of mine, members of the local band “Altar Ego”, who wrote and performed their song “Black

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and W hite” for the making of the video. It was easy for me to put visuals to their music, and I want to thank them here publicly for their generous c o n trib u tio n , it ju st wouldn't have been the same w ith­ out their music. Watch for them performing locally; “ Black and W hite” is just one of the amazing pieces of original music they write and play (plug, plug!).

Contact the IM C or send us email (wpic@wpi.edu) if you’re interested in being offered a copy of the tape when it is put together. Most likely, it will not be ready in time for the end of school, but we can either mail it to you somewhere or hold it for you until the fall.

Doug Thompson Operations Manager, IMC

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D iv e r s it y a t W P I: A r e w e

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by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor The questions have not changed: WPI tries to turn out well-rounded individuals... but are we trying to become well-rounded individuals?

Are we taking the time to become the leaders of tomorrow, becoming more open-minded and making the most out of every opportunity WPI has to offer? Are we taking the time to prepare ourselves for life outside the classroom 7 Will we be able to deal comfortably in an ever-growing, diverse world after graduation?

Diversity walks a thin line in the United States. Diversity is a word whose meaning is more directly related to tolerance rather than unity. For several weeks Newspeak has given the opportunity to several minorities group to express their opinions and feelings. The special features dealt with many controversial issues that weface at WPI today, issues that weface not as students but as individuals.

It is time to stop trying not to offend anybody, time to stop tolerating, and start unifying our diverse community by learning how to interact with other people without offending them.

There is a big difference between both o f them. In one we are pretending to care, in the other one we genuinely care.

In the last part of the series we talked representatives of the biggest minority of campus.

From 1968 to 1996 women at WPI have progressed immensely. Today, they represent 22% of the student population. But what does it really mean to be a female in an predominantly male campus?

Women at W P I represent 22% of the student population, but are frequently found in many leadership positions on campus, including clubs and other organizations.

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by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor The year 1972 would become a historical moment in WPI’s history as the first woman ever graduated from WPI. Twenty four years later, women represent 22% of the student population making them the biggest minority on campus.

However, Amy Plack, TS '96, doesn’t see her­ self as a minority. “Things are changing. WPI had a ratio of 6 to 1 when I was ajunior in High School and I believe il got to be 5 to 3 at some point in these four years. But I definitely don’t feel like a minority.”

Sommyr Pochan, EE ‘98, does not com­ pletely agree with this statement. “Trends are not changing at WPI. WPI is recruiting more fe­ males but it is for the biotech program and not engineering. When 1walk into EE there will be 700 people and 5 of them will be girls, but in biotech the ratio seems to be fifty-fifty.”

This does cause some inconvenience for some females. Nicole Robert, PH ‘97, for instance, is one out of the only three females in her major.

And more often than not the only female in some of the upperclassmen classes. “At first I was a little intimidated. But then I got comfortable as I got to know the other people (classmates) and I got a chance to be myself.”

She is careful, however, as to imply that her intimidation came from her peers or professors.

“It is not something that the people in class made me feel. It was something that I went in feeling already... I thought people were going to assume that I was not smart so I have to prove myself to be smart,” said Robert.

All the people interviewed agree that WPI is not a sexist school, or at least not as sexist as one would expect it to be. “There is some sexism on campus, like there is racism...one knows it hap­ pens.... But it is not like I have ever had a guy pick on me just because I’m a female,” says Plack, “but on the other hand, it is hard to determine what problems arise from the fact that you are a female, from those who arise for something you did...Unless somebody comes and actually says ‘YOU are JUST a girl.” ’ Being a minority in a predominantly male campus has not prevented them from assuming key leadership positions on campus organiza­ tions. Even though there are only seven organi­ zations whose primary focus are women issues, women have taken leadership roles on other organizations as well. “If you look at WPI club and organizations, you will find that many women are in command. It just seem we really like to gel involved.” said Pochan. Samuels explains that being a minority it is not something that isconstantly on their mind. “It doesn’t affect my thinking. I ran for the presidency of NSBE and I never thought that I was a female and the club is formed by males almost in its entirety, I just wanted to run for president, so I ran for it,” said Samuels.

Others differ a little bit from that line of thinking, arguing that the fact that they arc a minority is what motivates them to achieve more.

“Sometimes when you are a minority you work harder,” said Flavia Souto, ME ‘97, who is doing co-op right now. Robert during her interview mentioned that it was her self-induced pressure which made her work harder to prove herself to be as smart as, if not smarter, than her peers.

“ to g e th e r ” Some of the interviewees claim that this self­ induced pressure comes from the fact that there is a common misconception regarding the in­ volvement of women in mathematics and engi­ neering. “There is a common misconception... people think women generally do not belong in math and science and I think that it is not true. It has got to do with your exposure to these areas and your family,” said Patricia Sears CE ‘96. “ A lot of women are brought up with the notion that they are not supposed to be in these fields that they are supposed to pursue more nurturing careers like teaching or become social workers and it isjust not true. Women do belong in science and engineering," emphasized Sears.

Kirsty Reidy, MEA ‘96, an one of the only three females in her major echoes Sears’ senti­ ment: “If somebody wants something bad enough, it should not matter if you are male or female, black or white."

However, there are certain differences that they wish they could be overcome. They commented that sometimes is uncomfortable when males in group meetings or lunch change the topics and start talking about other females in front of them. They don’t really mind it but feel that certain details could be omitted. “It is offensive to me when they start talking about this girl...and they go ‘she did this to me and so and so and she is a broad and on and on.. . Pochan said and the rest of the group agreed.

The point according to them is for the guys to be a little more conscious of the things they say about females. They do not want to be treated differently. “It bothers me that the first thing that that is the first thing that pops into a guys head, in the corporate world, is if whatever he says might offend me.” Pochan also mentioned the fact that a lot of women feel the males have a deep misconception of all the females at WPI. “I don’t want tobe treated differently because I am a girl. 1 don’t like guys coming on to me saying can I help you with this? can I help you with this? But most males think we (females at WPI) think we are above all the men here and we think that all men here suck. That’snot true.”

Pochan said. According to most interviewees, the “WPI/Tech chick” attitude, as some WPI have called it, is false. “They (men) think we can have our choice of boyfriends and what not, and that males will just jump at our command which is definitely not true. Females at WPI do not assume that” Robert said.

According to Robert that complicates the social scene at WPI more than the ratio itself, “a lot of lime guys are not interested in socializing with us and they rather hangout with girls from another school because they assume we have “the tech chick” attitude. And that is something that you hear all the time. They are not taking the time to get to know us. I will admit that there might be more females like that than I would like to admit but we all arc not like that.”

“I know men whose favorite hobby is to gripe about the fact that there arc not women at WPI. But I sec packs of women walking across cam­ pus, chatting and walking. And then I see packs of males walking across campus. Very rarely I see a mixture of male and females socializing other than at parties.” said Plack.

But as Reidy emphasizes, being a female at WPI is not their main concern. “1never think of it at WPI. I see everybody as equals regardless of what they seem as. WPI has something for everybody, no matter who you are.”

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Phi Sigma Sigma participated in last December's canned food drive sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, in which the participants built elaborate structures out of canned food (and whatever else they could find). All cans were donated to the Worcester County Food Bank.

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by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor “I don’t like how the women in sororities are stereotyped as being less intelligent and easy,” says Nicole Robert, PH ’97 and the president of Phi Sig Sig, “Sororities have been trying very hard to change their image and do more philanthropy events and get out there, to show they do a lot of good. We are not just parties. We develop friendships that are genu­ ine, not fake. We are not just people you go out and party with.”

According to her, sororities add a unique aspect to the whole WPI community. She mentioned that sororities are very diverse, but, “people don’t see that... We all have our own special interests, and people, specially guys, don’t see that.”

For Robert, sororities are a great way of developing true friendship but the process of developing that friendship is not as easy as many asume. For her sororities facilitate the developing of true friendship but does not automatically provide it for you. "I think freshman year you have to work harder to get friends. 1 remember my freshman year, having a lot more male friends than female friends until I joined a sorority. It takes a while to bond and become friends as any other normal pro­ cess. We don’t automatically click because we are women.”

She is also somewhat bothered by the “techchick” attitude that WPI males automatically assume on all WPI women as well as some of the derogate nicknames they have for sorori­ ties. “I think that every Greek organization on campus has some kind of bad nickname or reputation, that has been imposed on them.

Ours is a bad nickname but we don’t pay a lot of attention to it because we don’t think a lot of people take it too seriously. We just kind of laugh it off.” Robert commented.

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Robert also mentioned that unlike what many people think there is not a lot of rivalry between the two sororities on campus. “Dur­ ing rush and some other Greek events there might be some tension, but if you talk about women getting together at sports or clubs, or just individuals, one on one, I think people from both sororities will agree that there is not a lot of rivalry. Members of both sororities are living together and friendships don’t end just because your friend happens to belong to a different sorority.”

She, however, likes the idea of bringing an­ other sorority to campus. “It will give the rushees more choices and also lessen the competition and frustration between agd and pss because it wouldn’ t be one against the other trying to rush the same people anymore.” According to herthat would also give them an opportunity to develop better rushing methods. “Pledges do not get to see us in our settings, unlike the fraternity rush, where pledges can be more relaxed. I can’t complain about the way that is being done now, because there are only two sororities and is the most fair way of doing it. But we would like to change that.”

Robert also commented on a Greek corner printed some weeks ago by Newspeakin which a fraternity blamed Andrea Dorrow and the sororities forthe implementation of the BYOB rule, “Maybe they had some valid point, some­ where in there. I really don’t know what they were trying to get at, but I think they went about the wrong way of addressing it.”

According to her, sororities will keep trying hard to break the stereotype that has wrong­ fully been imposed on them by doing more philanthropy events and showing more ag­ gressively to the WPI community what sorori­ ties are really all about. “ People are not going to look for the good things. We have to show them the good things until we break the stereotype.”

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April 16, 1996 To: WPI Community From: Edward A. Parrish Subject: Committee on the Status of Women at WPI

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Women's Lacrosse: One of the few female varsity sports here at W P I. But, their numbers have been increasing, and will continue to, with the projected high number of female freshman expected to register next year.

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Complied by Carlos Zapata Associate Editor “I don’t label the whole school as sexist, but I have encountered parts of it that seem to be.

However, I think they are trying to bring more minority groups, including women, to the school... they are trying real hard not to be as far as admissions and administration go. I think sexism does happen though.”

Nicole Robert, PH ‘97 “When 1 was president of LNL (Lens and Lights) there was opposition. There were only three females in the organization and I was making decisions for all these guys and they did not always like it.”

Amy Plack, TS ‘96 “There was one time when we were doing a lab and my partner and 1called the TA to ask him a questions. When he came over the TA mostly talked to him.”

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1 felt offended by it, but you get that every­ where. I am doing co-op right now and a guy came today complaining that he was late be­ cause all these “ women drivers” and such and such. There is no more here [WPI] than anywhere else, but here they make a conscious effort to avoid it.”

Flavia Souto, ME'97 “ 1 have a lot of views that make me blind to the gender. 1 have found some opposite cases, when 1 have gone up to a professor to ask him a question and I al most feel he is gi ving me special attention because 1 am a woman. I haven’t had any bad experiences”

Patricia Sears, CE ‘96 “Guys kind of give each other respect auto­ matically, even if they don’t know each other.

But 1 kind of have to earn their respect before they trust me to make decisions. It is not a huge thing but it bothers me.”

Sommyr Pochan, EE ‘98

Tamara Samuels, ME ‘99 “I was in this class during my freshman year and some guy asked a real dumb question and the professor repl ied that was a girl’s question.

“I took two Navy classes and for the first time at WPI I had a female faculty as a professor. It was very odd for me. I was not used to it.”

Recognizing the importance of a campus climate at Worcester Polytechnic Institute that is hospitable to all women, we have benchmarked a number of institutions similar to our own to ascertain their involvement in and provision for Women’s Programs. Additional information was collected from their annual reports, as well as from two publications: the National Evaluation of Existing Women in Engineering Programs (WEPAN 1993) and the Final Report: The National Survey of Women in Engineering. (WEPAN 1991). Accordingly, afterconsultation with individual faculty, representatives of faculty committees, and staff, I have decided to appoint a Committee on the Status of Women at WPI that will report directly to the President. TheCommittee will be charged with the following: . To provide leadership in issues and activities involving all women . To attract women to WPI . To increase the number of women choosing scientific and technical careers . To initiate and evaluate programs aimed at retaining undergraduate women . To provide a supportive environment and opportunities for women The Committee will have broad representative both from within and outside the campus, as follows: Alumna 1 Trustee I Faculty 4 Administration 3 Staff 2 Students (UG) 2 Students (Grad) 2 Corporate Rep. 1 To form the initial committee that will serve during the balance of the 1995-96 academic year, I am appointing the following individuals: Helen Vassallo, Chair Holly Ault ChrisTerwilliger Janet Richardson I ask that this group work out the details for building the committee to full strength for the 199697 academic year according to the procedure described below.

The election/appointment process for the future will be as follows: Appointment of the alumna, trustee and corporate membership and election by secret ballot within each of the other named constituencies.

1. Term of office for alumna, trustee, faculty, administration, staff, and corporate membership would be three years.

2. Term of office for alumna, trustee, faculty, administration, staff, and corporate membership Term of office for students will be two years.

3. Terms will be staggered with approximately 1/3 of the committee membership changing each year.

4. Individualsarenoteligiblefordirectre-election,butbecomeeligibleforelectionafterahiatus period of one year.

5. Vacancies that occur during the academic year shall be filled for the unexpired term by naming to that vacancy the individual who was the runner-up in the previous election process. Members filling unexpired terms shall not be excluded from re-election.

The Committee shall elect its own chair, who will report to the President. It isexpected that this Committee shall meet at regular intervals during the year, that its Chair will meet with the President of the Institute, at least once a term, and that reports shall be issued.

Kirsty Reidy, MEA, '96

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April 9,1996

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A group of three students from WPI was one of only four groups from aroui entry forthe COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling judged “OutstandiWjj teams participated in this annual COM APsponsored competition, with judgrtRs Jfgrns), “Meritorious”, (best forty teams), and “Honorable Mention”, (best ha

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March 26,1996 In a report to the community, WPI Chief of Police John Hanlon, Jr. announced that the City of Worcester was to restrict park ing on Schussler Road to residents only. Some of the residents living onSchussler Road petitioned the Worces­ ter CityCouncil to restrict parking on Schussler Road to residents only. The residents were successful in getting this petition accepted. A two-week grace period, whicftp>egan on March 18, was granted to non-rcsid#lts parking on Schussler Road. After this grace'period, the restriction was enforced.

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past year’s New Student Orientation included WPI Trading Cards, the pftafor which cameoutofan Orientation Leader session. This innovative idea gave WPI and Director of Student Acti vit ies Chris Jachimowicr national (and even international; a reporter from the United Kingdom called for information) coverage.

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WPI had the unique opportunity the entire crew of STS-73, which flew aboard the space shuttle Columbia last raft with the second United States microgravity laboratory mission. They were joined by business and education leaders in the community.

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it 19,at 3:15pm t^sectidpBBMatt Street connecting Institute Road with ftdall^closed totnfcpc. attempts, one in 1972 and another teral student organfoatWfts ftonflK FI.gathered the support needed to incil to permanently c l ^ e q j b f o f l f the road crossing through the rthe closure. WPI has t^pstyloFimprovements to the traffic Iights k Avenue and Sallsbugteto'eet, to build a lot with twenty-five parking [institute and Sch usslwttoads, and to concede its right to build on a plot It, given to the col lege in 1887 by Stephen Sal isbury for die construction ig, should it be needed.

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W PI’s singing group, the Glee Club, and'Wells College Choirof Aurora, N.Y.,d lWUravel to Ireland, and canceled their planned performances there, after Voyageur Travel Services Inc. was ui ible to make the necessary travel arrangements and couldn’t return the $46,000 payment it had received from th§ s igers. WPI assigned its lawyers to investigate the chances for reclaiming the money.

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Mrs. Petrie is the author of Two Towers: The Story of Worcester Tech, 1865-1965. In 1962, President Harry P. Storke commissioned Mrs. Petrie (thenMjs. Tymeson)to write the history of WPI’s first 100 years. President Storke received glowirijjfecommendations about Mrs. Tymeson, a local author who had written several well-received corporate histories.

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Through b r illia n tjn £ jy & e David Copperficld, Little Dorrit and Great Expectations! ifiaqK D ickens defined the Victorian era and helped shape our understating of this important period in British history. He is one of the moststudied writers in English, and the most widely readof all authors. Now^lfeanks to the generosity of an educator, and collector in California, WPI isThome toa remarkably rich(;ollectio^ of Charles Dickens materials, acollection that is already being pfit to good use by students and scholars.

Students had mixed reactions to the Wedge after it got its long overdue $ 100,000 facelift during the winter break. Both the Upper and Lower Wedge were recarpeted and the infamous “Wedge benches** were removed. Subsequent thefts of Wedge furniture prompted Campus Police to threatetypom-to-room searches unless the furniture was returned. ' jfem

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Excited members of the freshman and sophomore classes competed in the traditional Pennant Rush on Traditions Day last Tuesday. The Pennant Rush was followed by a drenching game of Cage Ball on the football field as torrential rain fell on the participants.

Last Wednesday was “A Closer Look,” a program for prospective students. Here, a tour group, led by Mike Stark, takes a tour of Washburn Shops.

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Seniors Donna Edzards, Andy Marsella, and Brian Gressley present their M Q P at Project Presentation Day last Thursday.

Commencement speaker Norman R. Augustine.

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(Across from Jillian's) Tel: 752-5510 "Armour of Light," a Christian folk-alternative band, played great music in Alden Hall last Tuesday. The lead singer, Dean Adrian, has played backup guitar for Bonnie Raitt. "Armour of Light" was brought tocampus by the Christian Bible Fellowship.

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Excited members of the freshman and sophomore classes competed in the traditional Pennant Rush on Traditions Day last Tuesday. The Pennant Rush was followed by a drenching game of Cage Ball on the football field as torrential rain fell on the participants.

NEW SPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ED CAMERON

Last Wednesday was “A Closer Look,” a program for prospective students. Here, a tour group, led by Mike Stark, takes a tour of Washburn Shops.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ED CAMERON

Seniors Donna Edzards, Andy Marsella, and Brian Gressley present their M Q P at Project Presentation Day last Thursday.

Commencement speaker Norman R. Augustine.

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NEW SPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ADAM WOODBURY

The annual Candle W alk, put on by the Student Alumni Society, was a well-attended event which got people in the mood for Traditions Day the following day. As the troupe was crossing Earle Bridge, a sophomore, Seth Popinchalk, rode underneath the bridge on a pair of inline skates, the Goat's Head held in his outstretched arms.

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Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Gamm a Delta began their annual Teeter-Totter-a-thon this past Friday. This charity event will continue for 120 hours from Friday. Proceeds will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the American Diabetes Association, and St. Jude's Children Research Hospitals.

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The annual Candle W alk, put on by the Student Alumni Society, was a well-attended event which got people in the mood for Traditions Day the following day. As the troupe was crossing Earle Bridge, a sophomore, Seth Popinchalk, rode underneath the bridge on a pair of inline skates, the Goat's Head held in his outstretched arms.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / STEV E BROCKWAY

Lambda Chi Alpha and Alpha Gamma Delta began their annual Teeter-Totter-a-thon this past Friday. This charity event will continue for 120 hours from Friday. Proceeds will benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the American Diabetes Association, and St. Jude's Children Research Hospitals.

Professor John Orr, Department Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, speaks at the ECE Centennial last Friday.

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Commentary D is s a tis fa c tio n Continuedfrom page 6 ments on this campus, outdating most clubs and organizations present today. The Greek system sponsors speakers on campus; we organize, fundraise, and participate in numerous charities such as the Worcester City Cleanup, The March of Dimes, the Special Olympics, etc. Members of fraternities and sororities take important positions in otherorganizations on campus, including hold­ ing a number of positions on SGA, and play a major role in the shaping of the future of the WPI campus. The point here is, the Greek system as a whole and each fraternity and sorority individu­ ally are no less important and deserve no less respect and notoriety than any other club or organization on campus.

Getting back to the specific purpose of this letter, the Activities and Organizations Fair; it does not seem reasonable to leave out, from such an important yearly event as the first opportunity to meet the incoming freshmen, a third of the undergraduate population by forcing them to be lumped into a singular group. Granted the Inter­ fratemity Council (IFC) and the Panhellenic Council (Panhel) are individual organizations and should be properly represented at any such orga­ nization fair, but the fraternities and sororities should not be excluded from such an event indi­ vidually. The fraternities and sororities were discriminated against publicly on the sole basis that they are fraternities and sororities. They were not simply thought of as organizations like the Japan Association, Navy ROTC, The Wireless Club, etc... but collectively as frats, which by definition is discrimination. As I understand it, eachclubor organization falls under the (for lack of a better word) domain of the three large coun­ cils: IFC, ISC, and SGA. Now each of these organizations had their own setup and were al­ lowed to be present at the Fair. The discrimination arises when groups fall under ISC and SGA were asked to setup tables while not one group belong­ ing to IFC was individually asked to be present.

The Japan Association (ISC), The Wireless Club (SGA), Bacchus (SGA), Black Student Union (ISC), and numerous others were given their own tables along with SGA’s and ISC’s table while IFC had one table being shared by its 12 fraterni­ ties and 2 sororities. This is clearly a discrimina­ tory policy and one can only imagine what would happen if none of the ISC organizations were given individual tables. I understand that it is nearly impossible to have every single indi vidual group fully represented with one table at this Fair, as the number of groups is extremely large. But the fact remains that a percentage groups under ISC were invited and a percentage of groups under SGA were invited while zero percent of the groups under IFC were asked to present. This is dearly a problem. Whether it be a problem with the location of the Fair, the organization of it, or the attitudes of the people in charge of it towards the Greek community, this problem needs to be dealt with and resolved.

All that I hope to come out of this letter is a change in the manner that the fraternities and sororities are looked upon and treated by the Administration of this campus. I would be happy to discuss any possible solutions to this problem or hear your views on this issue. I would appreciate any feedback on my views as well.

Thank you for your time and your consideration.

Note: These views are my own and this letter was sent with the support of my President and my fellow brothers of Phi Sigma Kappa and may or may not be the views of the other fraternities and sororities on campus. They are encouraged to write individual letters expressing their views and concerns about this issue.

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APO Hollo, Olstcrs. Only two more weeks left in the term, and while things are starting to wind down, there is still stuff to do. Service still needs people to help with Cabaret. This is on April 26th, and help would be appreci­ ated. There is other stuff, but you have to ask Smiley about it. For fellowship, while there is nothing officially planned, there will be ‘unof­ ficial’ stuff, and there will also be both a picnic and a party over the summer. For more infor­ mation, contact Brain about the party and me about the picnic.

And then, after the summer, most of us come back here, unfortunately. Just remember that Freshmen Move In Day is going to come up fast once we come back. In addition to helping the freshmen move in, we will also be selling T-shirts, so if you haven’t sent in a design, send one in. I’ll have a date for the move in next week.

And remember GH227, Monday, 6:30pm (unless we all decide not to go, in which case, there won’t be a meeting.)

IS C Congratulations to our new officers!

Ben Fischer -Secretary, Adam El-Khishin - Co-Chairman, Jason O. Papadopoulos Chairman.

This Wednesday, April 17th was the last ISC meeting, for this year. At the meeting, the ISC members voted for new officers, as all our officers will be leaving. The volleyball tourna­ ment on, Saturday, 27th April, and the ISC barbecue, scheduled for 4:30pm, Tuesday, 23rd April, on the Higgins lawn, were also discussed.

Any team that wishes to sign up for the ISC volleyball tournament, should do so by send­ ing its entry to isc @ w p i.e d u , or at yukis@wpi.edu, a fee of $8.00 will be charged to every team. Also anyone that is on the mealplan and wishes to attend the ISC barbecue should e-mail the ISC his/her student I.D. number, others may show up to the event regardless of whether they are on the meal plan. Another note is the return of the petitions for international students. Anyone that has a

THE form may return it may do so by e-mailing jasonp@wpi.edu, or isc@wpi.edu.

It is once again the end of the year and the ISC would like to thank its leaving officers, Jimmy Pai -Chairman, Pedro Soria-Rodriguez -Co-Chairman, and Sashe Kanapathi -Secre­ tary, for all that they have done to make the ISC what it is today, and for all the time and effort they have put into helping W Pl’s international student community. A final thanks goes out to all those of you who supported the ISC throughout the year. We hope that you will be back to help and support us through an even more prosperous and event-full year.

LATE NIGHT "At the Northworks Bar" After 8pm Mon.-Thurs. -After 9pm Fri. & Sat.

Rugby C lu b Hey RUGGERS! Today BIG game versus HOLY CR O SS!!!! Everyone should be there; the game is away. Finally this weekend the season ends off with the biggest tourney on the east coast: PROVIDENCE!Get ready! We’re taking home the golden boot! Anyone wanting directions to any of the two remaining games call ICE @ 791-6268. We love fans. I would be a rugby whistle if I had a choice! WPI is undefeated in Worcester! (Clark and Wor. St.) PLAY HARD T O D A Y ! Cheers! PS. did anyone see us on ESPN? Ball is GOOD! Buddha out!

Society of Physics Students Hey all! “What’s this?” you ask. Yeah.SPS is doing a Club Corner. Weird, eh? If you missed Wednesday’s ice cream making ses­ sion, you missed out big time! It was about as much fun as you can have with some eggs, some sugar, some whipping cream, and a little liquid nitrogen. For those keeping tabs, we had about 40 people show (almost as many actual physics majors on campus). Remember, next Thursday is the big Spring BBQ! W e’ll be doing burgers, dogs, salads, and marshmal­ lows, of course. Oh yeah, they’ll be a few frisbees in the air along with the juggling balls and clubs. Should be a hoot! More word to follow. ..

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Hey Budha, what girl did you bring home last week? No seriously. This Greek Comer will not change for anyone. Good job at the Worcester City Clean up and Monte Carlo night. Shout out to McDonut who took it to a whole new level.

BeirutToumey. Let’sget wasted. TeamFetaonce again makes a strong showing. Chad and Justin, mmmmminm cookies. Gobi one, you’re brain is dead. Thus you are on your way to Jake and Brendan....uh stage. Heed my warning. It is the last one you will get. Hey Donnie, how’s that song go. Dum dum da dum, dumdum da dum.

1think you’ll leam the rest. Toolgate just admit it. Doyle could have cleaned the kitchen, my room and the basement with the time he argued with Turi. Hey Swifty how many more days until it’s official. Lang it’s all bowt respect. You better recognize. NicepolaroidBriggsy. Beats, life is like a rollercoaster. Ahhhhhhhhhh, five bah!!!!!

If this is the last article, good luck to all the graduating seniors.(Greek)

F IJ I Hello everybody out there, I think there are a few things that need to be said. Though we are all aware how much we miss pete harrod, 1 think it is time that we make it public exactly how much.

I mean, 1 think we took advantage of Pete’s brilliance and the leadership qualities that he has lead this great fraternity of ours. It is such a shame, him not being here and all_1 mean the kid is unbelievable (modest too). So many times he kept this fraternity of ours in line, and I think its time we paid tribute to such a legend. Pete, if you are out there somewhere, we can’t do this without you! We need you back, and 1think we are all realising this now more than ever! So please, if you are listening, we love you man! Come back, we can’t hold this up for long....... please peter harrod....yourouronly hope! P.S.-make like an egg.....beat it! Hahahahahahaha

AXA Welcome to the fifth consecutive greek comer!

At the risk of sounding like a broken record...

KAGL hockey is still undefeated. We are going all the way and no one can stop us baby! Hope everyone enjoyed the three on three b-ball tourney brought to you by our fabulous rho chairman. Is everyone’sbutt sore yet from teeter-totter? Only

one day left! Thanks to Mac and Pag for their magnificent work on the teeter-totter. 1 hope you tested it out first! Also thanks to all the guys that helped out at the food bank. Beware Sophomore Row is now the dark side, thanks Tony and crew.

Well that’s it. Catch you again next week. Feets

Back. Aaron was seeing green on Wed. night.

Jamie how did your parents like that spot on your rug Thursday morning?

Paddy...Paddy.„Paddy(not long now).Latte, meaning Five Apples

Get ready for it, boys...the mother of all good times is just around the comer, so dust off those togas. Breaking news...perennial favorite Phattie O. was snubbed in his quest for consecutive gold medals, andcame home empty handed. Let’s send those seniors o ff in style, except for Jarhead...who’ll be AWOL writing his suff. And finally...the verdict is injustice has once again been served, and his innocent victims can finally eat peacefully from the trough. I had a feeling your whole family was going down. Till next year...

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<s>zx Ok, girls...one more time. This is a greek comer. This is what it looks like in the paper. Any questions? Congrats to all the not so new com­ mittee heads and Rho Chi's. Make next year great.

Crew Chicks-nice job against Bates and Middlebury. Sweet victory. “Cockman rocks my boat!” Parents weekend went absolutely great, I heard alot of comments on the house. The letters look awesome. Get ready for Senior apprec iation week and shit on...dig up the dirt! Thank you to SAE for a great social, it was tons of fun even though yours truly made a huge fool of herself. It was the alcohol talking...I swear.

Jaz-the zulu warrior dance is coming soon, but maybe we should find Erica’s car first. Karla’s wedding shower feature is...Jon jumping out of a cake wearing a g-string and a necktie! Debyou’re not the only one going to Foogies and Coolio! And last but not least, since this is the last greek comer of the year, apologies to T-e-r-e-sa, and congratulations and good luck to all the seniors-we’ll miss you! Bust some a**!

1AE I’m sure we all had a great time on Friday as well as at Car Ralle on Saturday. It was good to see the alumni, well some of them at least. The mad Stuby strikes again. Hone gets beat out by Watson, oh well better luck this weekend, don’t let us down. I’d like to congratulate my roommate and Willock for their jaunt in the park last weekend.

Oh, and Basl, WUH! Seriously, what were you thinking? Jimmy, we’re building you a sound proof room. I’d like to thank J.C. for the phish on Fri. night.

We’d like to thank Phi Sig Sig, we all had a great time on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Except for Jeremy who slept Wed. night away. Cookie slept the morning away. Wad is not invited on Mon. morning any more, don’t laugh Watson, neither are you. After this display you two will have to subscribe to your own BYOB policy, Be Your Own Best friend. Remember, just as a general rule you shouldn’t Break Your Own

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Well folks, looks like this is the last greek comerever. Looks UkeNewspeak won’t have to deal with us next year. But on with the story.

Has anybody seen my brain, lost it last week.

Hope everyone knows the magic number was 15.

Was Clambake supposed to last for TWO weeks?

Looks like Paclitto’s love life has picked up, you better not hurt yourself, watch out with the Tequillanexttime. Speaking ofsex lives, Chuck finally gets to give away his award, it blows my mind. Hey Wanda, what’s that noise? Who did what to aTurkey? Eve might be in with Margret.

She called looking for him on Saturday. I ’ m sure a lot more happened, but can’t remember adamn thing.

The Band Finally left on Wednesday, now what are we supposed to do? Thanx to Joe, Kev, Sam, and Tommy, (Thkind), helping Clambake last so long. But hey, we got our parking lot back.

Thursday was Strategy, and we had a good showing. I hope every one had the chance to see Rob’s head. Biggest welt I’ve ever seen. We all got our frustrations out by shooting each other.

TKE Hey Kids, yes I’m finally writing after a long departure from the norm. Tiredness sets in, and I become very lonely...Damn PQP. Well I must thank all who make my life mis­ erable, there are too many to acknowledge. I sit back and ask myself why the hell am I still awake...Damn PQP. I feel that I am alot more bitter than I once was, but I have no way of knowing, seeing that I can’t even open my eyes to see myself. Thanks to all who helped out with the Special Olympics, we all had a very special time, seems there weren’t many nonGreeks there, but there I go again, thinking out loud. Hey that’s a nice jacket. So Dooley, how large is your blatter? Oh God, I hate the computer. Nice to Ray with his priorities in the right place, he finally mastered the swap.

Chooch, I never write about you in this damn corner, oh I just did. My mother has a first name...Yeah sure you have a mother. Thanx to all who helped me with my stuff for that place we all know about. But I must leave you now for the GREAT ZO RG O N has beconed.

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ex Get your Greek Corner fix while you can., .this one’s gonna have to carry you through the summer. Speaking of which, there’s no excuses for missing the clambake and summer party, so warm up the sled dogs Conan. And look on the bright side, Graham...at least you won’t have to ask for a day off if you’re unemployed. Good luck in the real world seniors (and seniorcitizen)... visit often so you can use those fat paychecks to buy ‘Puco. On to current events...Sox game was a blast, ex­ cept for Owen and Lucas. Wait until his birthday to shower him, Stu. Boxer/TightyWhitey Bash rocked worlds, even if half the house couldn’t answer the bell. While on the subject of boxing...’’In this corner, wearing the red trunks, the floor hockey A-team!” Tiny Tim’s new training program for the track meet includes a set of 15 foot warm-up hurdles.

Z 'F Well here we are, at the last Newspeak of the year, and I guess the last Greek Column in Newspeak. I guess IFC will start doing some­ thing new. Please don’t get too disappointed.

After all, summer, fun in the sun and everything that comes with it are alsojust around the comer.

Here’s a leg up for Gates for trying to put a smile on all of our faces. Thanks George and Marc for the effort towards the end.

Enjoy the speech tonight. Does anyone feel like golfing this Saturday? Happy B-Day Kippy boy! Sorry I just couldn’t find much to say this week. Thanks for your time & patience. Fisch

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Fundraiser -Motivated groups needed to earn $500+ promoting AT&T, Discover, gas, and retail cards. Since 1969, we’ ve helped thousands of groups raise the money they need. Call Gina at (800) 592-2121 ext. 110. FreeCDtoqualified callers.

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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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Apartments for Rent: 2 bedroom heat and hot water included -152 West St. -$500. 3 bedroom -$500,4 bedroom -$600. Call 835-2806 or 1800-812-9660.

Thank you, Stephen Brown!

Goodbye Snowball...we’ll miss ‘ya.

Steph, I will miss you tons!

Movers Helpers: Seasonal (May-Sept) help needed for Westboro based moving company.

Good pay, 40 hrs/wk. Call Tim or Jim 508-3666016.

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P o l ic e L o g Thursday, April 4th 11:22am -Lockout: student at Big D, Olds Cutlass.

12:15pm -Trespass: Ronald Palumbo, P-2.

12:34pm -Towed Vehicle: McFee and Newton, Quad area.

1:0I pm -EMS: dispatched.

1:22pm -Transport: Student to Memorial Hospital.

10:05pm -Alarm: Freezer in Kinnicut Hall, Professor contacted, stated nothing of value in freezer. He will check in am.

11:25pm -Report: Project Center, subject inside knocking on window.

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Tuesday, April 23 Commemoration Day

Friday, April 5th 2:30am -Noise Complaint: Corner of Wachusset and Institute.

1:15pm -Assist: Deliver package from Res. Life to Main St. 4:47pm -Fire Alarm: Goddard Hall.

6:07pm -Report: Vehicles reported driving through West St. 7:12pm -Vehicle: Drove through West St. barriers.

11:17pm - Escort: Station to Fruit St.

6:00pm - S G A Meeting, Lower Wedge.

Thursday, April 25 11:00am - Computer Science Colloquyium , “Constraint-Based Design: Tools and Methods to Improve the Search fpor Feasible,” Fuller Labs 320.

4:00pm - Physics Colloquium , “Spectroscopic Investigations o f Complex Systems: From a Photosynthetic Proton Pum p to Leonardo da V in v i’s

Saturday, April 6th 8:30am -Access: Admission Office requests buildings open for tours.

2:27pm -Call-In: HVAC personel called for Elbridge.

10:00pm -Lockout, Daniels 3rd.

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7:00pm - Baseball at A nna Maria.

7:30pm - Piano Recital, Spaulding Recital Hall.

Sunday, April 7th 2:00am -Daylight Savings Time Begins: Time is now 3:00am.

10:40am -Access: Lower Wedge for mass.

11:20am -Access: Riley to Newspeak.

9:55pm -Complaint: Unauthorized parking in Fuller lot.

11:02pm -Noise Complaint: Loud music, Ellsworth.

11:46pm - Assist: Report of caron Quad with lights on.

Saturday, April 27 1:00pm to 11:00pm - Quadfest at day, Indiefest at night, the Quad.

Monday, April 29 Higgins Labs Dedication.

Monday, April 8th 3:12am -Snow Removal: Grounds Crew called in for plowing.

9:04am -Assist: Library lot, car with lights on belonging to Mass Academy student.

9:30am -Testing: Elevator phone systems, Institute Hall.

11:00pm -Malicious Mischief: Officer to Morgan Hall re: malicious mischief complaint.

11:00pm -Assist: Sgt. to Library lot to assist Mass Academy student with vehicle jump start.

Tuesday, April 9th 12:06am -Vehicle Stop: MA registration. Institute Road.

12:28am -Noise Complaint: Report of loud party at Park Ave. 12:35am -Clear: Salisbury Estates, residents warned re: excessive noise.

12:59am -Medical Response: Institute Hall, stomach illness.

1:05am -Followup Investigation: Officer to Morgan re: followup.

1:21am -Lost paiperty: Studeni calls re: purse left in Wedge.

1:25am -Watchperson reports above item recovered in Wedge.

2:05am -Malicious Mischief: Watchperson reports vehicle driving across grass in institute Park.

2:07am -Sgt. out with above vehicles in rear of Boynton Hall.

2:35am -Assist/motorvehiclcaccident: Sgt. assisting with minor motor vehicle accident at Salisbury estates.

2:47am -Assist/disorderly person: Sgt. and Officer assisting WPD at Park Ave re: disorderly person damaging apartment.

8:00am -Vandalism: Daniels Hall room, boxes destroyed.

11:39am -Suspicious Person, at Health Services, very dirty pony-tail, smoker, fatigue jacket asking for student. Officer found no one upon arrival, all intersecting roads checked.

Wednesday, April 10th 12:41am - Malicious mischief: Snowball thrown through window of Morgan, Officer responds.

1:00am -Snow Removal: Grounds crew called in for plowing.

2:00am -Snow Removal: All personnel assisting in removal of vehicles.

3:26am -Lost dog: Info re: missing dog from Dean St. relayed to patrols.

3:50am -Call from Dean St. reporting missing dog has returned.

5:30am -Quad entrances blocked off for function.

7:40am -Assist: Pick up document from University Relations.

8:34am -Report: unknown problem Trinity Lutheran Lot. 10:08am -Shuttle Busses: no longer in service.

12:38pm -Towed car: Student called re: car towed from West St. near bridge, McFee and Newton number given.

1:10pm -Theft: Project Center, computer. Officer to take report.

3:23pm -Suspicious Person: Man standing between Institute Hall and Aerospace building.

3:32pm -Clear: Can man trying to stay warm near ventilator, asked to move on.

3:55pm -Wallet: turned in, owner notified by email.

7:38pm -Medical: Male student vomiting. Institute Hall.

8:13pm -Plant Services Call in: Plumber to project center for blocked sewage.

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