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by Dave Koelle Editor-in-chief A beautiful latc-summer morning greeted the WPI community Friday morning as students, faculty, and dig­ nitaries assembled on the Quad and in Harrington Auditorium, ready for the day's activities. The Inauguration be­ gan with a procession of various stu­ dent organizations entering the audito­ rium. After they were seated, the pro­ cession of dignitaries started. Mem­ bers of the academic decked in regalia and honored guests community paraded through the auditorium. The Most Reverend Daniel P. Reilly. Bishop of Worcester, read the invocation, fol­ lowed by a spectacular rendition of the National Anthem by three WPI gradu­ ates, Maria R. Bergin ‘93, W'endy A. Manas ‘95, and Sara J. Pollard ‘94.

After this, greetings were given on be­ half of the undergraduate student, graduate students, administration and staff, alumni, faculty, and community of Worcester.

Guest speaker Dr. Claire L. Gaudiani, President of Connecticut College, gave some thought-provok­ ing remarks about where technology has the power to take us, and how we must reshape some of what we know to

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This past year not one, not two, but four WPI fraternities won awards from their national chapters for the 19951996 school years. The proud and es­ teemed chapters on our campus that won prestigious awards are Alpha Gamma Delta, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Chi, and Zeta Psi. Alpha Gamma Delta’s Zeta Zeta Chapter here at WPI has earned the Five Star Award once again for its commit­ ment to the five points: The Scholarship Star -For maintain­ ing a 3.0 GPA average or be ranked number one in scholarship for all women’s groups on campus.

The Leadership Star - From a com­ mitment and balance of philanthropy, social, campus involvement and awards presented by the WPI. The Standards Star - For upholding the ideal Fraternity standards.

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ment program, good alumni relations, campus leadership and activities and participation is the Special Olympics and tutoring at Doherty High School, here in Worcester, all are part of what it took lo win this award. In addition, TKE won 4 more awards for their dedication to the following areas: Scholarship, Alumni Support, Public Relations and Rush.

Theta Chi’s Epsilon chapter won a number of excellence awards from their national chapter including the Howard R. Alter Award for chapter excellence, the highest award that can be given to an active chapter. Also because of their massive rush effort and active brother-

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hood they won excellence awards in the areas of Risk Management, Procedures and Involvement, New Member Educa­ tion Programming. Campus Involve­ ment, Alumni Programming, Rush Pro­ gramming, Success in Rush Award, and Philanthropy/Community Service Pro­ gramming. Their summer renovations and awards will lead to a happy new school year.

Zeta Psi, the first coast-to-coast and international fraternity presented its Pi Tau chapter with its most distinguished award, the Comstock Award and the Outstanding Chapter Award. The highly sought after Comstock Award is passed along to the Zeta Psi chapter that most

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pantsinthe 19th Annual FrankSannella Road Race had a good time as always, as did the alumni participating in the Annual Alumni Soccer Game.

As the day progressed, more and more people began filling the Quad and the surrounding area. At 1:30, the Homecoming football game started.

This year, WPI played against Union College. The Goat made a showing right at the beginning of half-time, lead­ ing to a brawl on Ihe far side of the field lhat lasted for quite i while before anyone ran away with the goat.

After the game, everyone headed down to Institute Park for the Tradi­ tional Rope Pull. This contest was over quickly as the freshmen man­ aged to pull the rope out away from the sophom ore’ s grasp.

To everyone’s surprise, the victorious freshmen look the rope and ran away with it! It was later found wrapped around the floors of Morgan Hall, where it was retrieved.

As the day came to a close, alumni and friends departed, and the Quad emptied. As everyone else was wind­ ing down, the freshmen were rallying themselves, determined to get the Goat from whoever had it. It was another successful Homecoming, toeveryone’s delight.

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a w a r d s exemplifies the vision of brother Will­ iam A Comstock, which includes pro­ moting true brotherhood, whose mem­ bership is lifelong, turning out self-re­ specting, original thinking, self-con­ trolled, purposeful gentleman The most Outstanding Chapter Award was earned through much hard work by initiating 100% of it’s pledge class, maintaining a high level of scholarship, leading and participating in numerous on-campus activities and events, working at a soup kitchen and earning money for charities and working on risk management. The Pi Tau chapter last won this award in 1985, which is impressive for a 20 year old chapter.

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by Heather Mazzaccaro Sports Editor Last week freshman Jamie Szafarowicz became the first WPI ath­ lete to be awarded the New 8 Player of the Week in Women’s Soccer. So far the leading scorer of the team, Szafarowicz racked up two goals and two assists in the first three games to walk away with the award. The ME major from Oakham, M A plays soccer year round and it shows by her strong ball handling skills and her affinitiy for hitting the net.

In the second varsity yearof Women’s Soccer, talented newcomer’s such as Szafarowicz arejust what the team needs.

Lacking numbers this year, the team has struggled in it’s first two weeks of com­ petition winning only two games out of five. After tough loses to both Tufts and Gordon College (0-2) last week, the team hopes to rebound and become a force to recon with in the New 8 Confer­ ence this year.

Lead by senior captains Laura Beilitz and Lynn Kearnan and coach Stephanie Carlson, the Lady Engineers

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Jamie Szafarowicz, shown here moving the ball down the field during last Thursday’s game against Gordon College, now has the distinction of being the first W P I athelete to be awarded the New 8 Player of the Week award in W omen’s Soccer. will be playing Anna Maria and Regis on home turf this week. Come down to watch the games to show support for the effort these women are putting out

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their chapter total (set by the Pan Hel­ lenic Council) by April 15 of each year.

The 90% Initiation Star -For initiat­ ing 90% of their new members.

The last time AGD won the Five Star award was during the 1993-1994 school year. Seven of the 116 other AGD chapter that also won this es­ teemed award are: Rensselaer Poly­ technic Institute, West Virginia Wesleyan College, Mercer University, Auburn University, Murray State Uni­ versity, Fort Hays State University and the University of British Colum­ bia. AGD has also won a Jewel award, along with 17 of its sister chapters for raising over $2,000 through its philan­ thropic efforts.

Tau Kappa Epsilon won the TOP TKE award forthe fourth time in the past five school year for the Northeast re­ gion. Each year each chapter is re­ viewed for this award within each re­ gion. Chapter president Sahal informed me that maintaining a strongGPA, ample community service, good risk manage­

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Terwilliger ‘88, Norton Assis­ reap its full benefits. Teach­ tant Professor of Mechanical ers must be fellow learners, Engineering, gave him the explorers in discovering sci­ charter of WPI Dr. Parrish ence, instead of lecturers, then gave his Inaugural Ad­ she said. Humanity has dress, “Making a Difference.” come a long way: “We not The Alma Mater was sung only map geography, we by the Glee Club and Alden map the human genome.”

Voices, backed up by the Con­ In the face of all of the mar­ cert Band. vels of technology, she sees That afternoon, the Inaugu­ Johann Gutenberg’s print­ ral Symposium took place. The ing press as “just an up­ topic for discussion was "The grade," a necessary step New Liberal Education for the along the way to the techno­ Age of Technology.” Eight logical world we know to­ esteemed guests, including day and will explore even President Parrish, participated further tomorrow. She also in a panel which resulted in a remarked that any enemy worthwhile and interesting dia­ which we may have is no logue. longer an evil empire, but The next day: Homecom­ conll ids that can tear people ing.

Again, the weather apart. In this new, techni­ couldn’t have been nicer. The cally-enhanced world, we day started smoothly, almost need each other more than slowly, as alumni and guests ever; we need the ability to N EW SPEA K S TA FF PHOTO / ED CAMERON began to filter in. The minia­ work in teams, to get along, ture golf holes, sponsored by to share the benefits of each When the dust settled on the athletic field Saturday, the Student Alumni Society, others’ learning and knowl­ these two guys were the “Goat Keepers”. were laid out on the Quad. edge. The worst enemy to There were various other activities on Hanlon, a Humanities professor and humanity will be the powers that pull the Quad for children as well: a face Secretary of the Faculty, put the presi­ us apart. painter, a magician, and a pupper show dential medallion around President After Dr. Gaudiani’s remarks, the entertained kids of all ages. ParticiParrish’ s neck, and Chrysanthe President was officially installed. James

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A weekly e-mail news summary WORU) EDITION For the week preceding this Saturday, September 21st, 1996, here’s what made the News Beyond the Farm: The bi-partisan Presidential Debate Commis­ sion ruled Sep 17th that Ross Perot does not have a reasonable chance to win the presidency and therefore should not be invited to the debates.

Critics charged the commission with ignoring the fact that Perot was polling at a similar level in 1992 prior to the debates he did participate in during that cycle, and to his eligibility for Federal matching funds as reasons why he should be allowed in the debates. Supporters of the decision, notably made up mostly of partisans from both major parties, say having the major-party candi­ dates one-on-one will allow a better opportunity to compare Dole and Clinton. On Sep 21st, a proposed schedule was released with presidential debates Oct 6th in Hartford CT and Oct 16th in San Diego CA, and a vice-presidential debate Oct 9th in St. Petersburg FL. The health of Russian President Boris Yeltsin is very much in question. Russian officials admit­ ted Sep 20th that Yeltsin had suffered a heart attack prior to the presidential election. He has been hospitalized since Sep 13th preparing for heart surgery, but doctors questioned Sep 21st whether he would survive it. An American doctor has been flown in to advise on possible alternate treatments.

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They’re Talking About It: Despite some polls showing Republican presi­ dential nominee Bob Dole only eight points be­ hind President Clinton, it is hard to call his past week a good one for Dole. When attempting to mention Hideo Nomo’s no-hitter in his speech, he referred to Nomo’s team as the Brooklyn Dodg­ ers, despite the fact that the team moved to Los Angeles about 40 years ago. Then, after speaking at Chico CA, he slipped off the stage and nearly injured himself severely. In other tracking polls. Dole is up to 22 points behind the President.

In Shorts: • Umberto Bossi of Italy’s Northern League declared the northern party of that nation independent Padania Sep 15th. His decree was largely ignored.

• Israeli Prime Minister Ben­ jamin Netanyahu strongly criticized the government of Egypt’s stance on Middle East peace Sep 15th.

• Continuing the war of words in the Middle East, Iraq claimed that President Clinton was “retarded” Sep 15th. On Sep 17th, Clinton ordered 3500 more troops to Kuwait and received Kuwaiti approval.

• The United Auto Workers union and Ford MotorCompany reached agreement Sep 16th, averting a possible strike.

• The Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched Sep 16th (despite a wrench in a dangerous part of the solid-rocket rooster) and made rendevous

with the Russian space station Mir to retrieve astronaut Shannon Lucid Sep 19th.

Defense Secretary William Perry visited France and Britain in an attempt to gain sup­ port for US actions against Iraq Sep 16th.

2075 Kurds who had worked with the US against Saddam Hussein were airlifted out of northern Iraq to Guam Sep 16th.

Romania and Hungary signed a long-awaited treaty protecting each other’s minority rights Sep 16th.

• Mother Teresa fell and in­ jured her head but moved on Sep 16th.

• Russian envoy Alexander Lebed returned to Chechnya Sep 16th in an attempt to restart a troop withdrawal which had started the previous week.

• Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki handled the civil case against O.J. Simpson very solidly Sep 17th, refusing to allow jurors out of the pools with claims of hardship and not allowing the defense to use sev­ eral arguments which had been heard in the criminal trial.

Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a no-hitter against the Colorado Rockies at Denver’s Coors Stadium, a known hitter’s ballpark, Sep 17th. Nomo is Japanese.

President Cl inton designated 1.7 million acres in southern Utah a national wildlife preserve to prevent mining Sep 17th.

Defense Secretary William Perry accepted full responsibility for the bombing of Ameri­ can facilities in Saudi Arabia Sep 18th, but did

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Bob Dole (R) adopted the slogan “Just Don’t Do It,” Sep 18th as part of his campaign against drugs. He also started running ads accusing Clinton of allowing anti-drug spend­ ing to drop and of setting a poor example.

Thai Prime Minister Banham Silpa-archa faced a parliamentary vote of confidence after three days of debate Sep 18th through 20th.

A House Reform and Oversight Committee report released by the Republicans Sep 18th accused the White House of “unprecendented abuse of power” in the travel office firings case. President Clinton passed it off as politi­ cal.

The House of Representatives overrode Presi­ dent Clinton’s veto of the bill outlawing “di­ lation and extraction" abortions Sep 19th, 285-137. Meanwhile, RU486 moved one step closer to FDA approval.

Arizona implemented the first female chain gang in the nation Sep 19th.

A submarine ran aground between South Korea and North Korea Sep 19th, and after capturing several aboard. South Korea now claims that the North was returning infiltra­ tors in this fashion and filed a protest of the apparent breach of the armistice agreement.

Murtaza Bhutto, estranged brother of Paki­ stani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was killed Sep 20th along with five other members of his splinter faction of the ruling party after running a checkpoint.

Three people convicted of attempting to mur­ der Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Ethiopia received a death sentence Sep 20th.

The prosecutor revealed Sep 20th that Theodore Kaczynski had written diary entries taking responsibility for sixteen bombings.

On Sep 20th, the FBI released the fact that the 747 used on ill-fated TWA Flight 800 had been used in explosive-detection testing two months before, possibly explaining the pres­ ence of trace explosives. Meanwhile, Internet rumors of a Navy test missile hitting the plane became much more rampant.

An armed man enroute to “preventing a Jack Kevorkian suicide” was arrested in Southfield MI Sep 20th.

President Clinton signed the “Defense of Mar­ riage Act” early Sep 21st.

Israeli shelled southern Lebanon Sep 21st after clashes with guerillas on the ground.

Virginia Military Institute (VMI) voted 9-8 to admit women starting in 1997 Sep 21 st.

7.4 pounds of heroin were found on Colom­ bian President Emesto Samper’sjet bound for the United States Sep 21 st, apparently planted there to embarrass the embattled president.

A dramatic fire destroyed a practice sports facility at Auburn University Sep 21st.

Spiro Agnew died Sep 17th at the age of 77.

Finally: Listeners to either the Dave Ross Show on KIRO-AM in the Seattle area or Dave Ross commentaries on the CBS radio network are probably familiar with “News Read Real Slow.”

In this feature, intentionally grammatically incor­ rect, Ross slowly enunciates each word in a key sentence of a story, then provides some humorous meaning to prove “the news always makes more sense when it’s read real slow.” In reality, this feature is not a joke. The British Broadcasting Corporation, the epitemy of stuffy correctness in news reading, has instituted a feature called “News Read Slowly” on its World Service. Its slogan is almost exactly the same as Ross’: “For those who think they would understand the news if it were read more slowly.” Fortunately, News Beyond the Farm can be read at any individual’s preferred speed.

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

Sources this week included All Things Consid­ ered (NPR), the Associated Press newswire, CNN Headline News, Newsday (BBC/SW), and the Reuters newswire. Compiled by: Lance Gleiclt, Las Vegas NV. News Beyond the Farm is designed to provide a fairly short summary of a week’s events for people who would otherwise have no chance to keep up with current news. It is distrubutcd by direct e-mail and is published by Worcester Poly­ technic Institute's student newspaper, "News­ peak, ” when that institution is in session. It may be distributed, re-posted, or forwarded any­ where. Check “ http://www.uhra.com/ nbtf.html” on the World Wide Web for back issues and further information. Comments, criticisms, and requestsfor e-mail subscription additions or deletions should be e-mailed to “nbtf@uhra.com. ” Congratulations for keep­ ing up with the world around you!

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by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Men’s Soccer (3-0) The men's soccer team is off to their best start in a couple of seasons and as of the last New England Division III poll were tied forthe eighth spot. Coach MacPherson has gotten steady play from the entire team and hopes it continues as they go through the rest of their season.

On Friday the 13th - a superstitious day for most -WPI took on traditionally strong Wesleyan University in an early season test of perfor­ mance. Both teams battled to a scoreless first half as the action was back and forth, with a definite edge to WPI in the scoring opportunity category. At the 57th minute of the game WPI’s Jim Goodrcau (Ludlow. M A ) executed a perfect throw in. which Shaun McDonough (Whitman.

MA) headed past the Cardinals goalkeeper to give WPI the lead. The rest of the game W'PI played strong defensively to hold Wesleyan at bay for the l-O win.

Football (1-1) The football team journeyed across the city to renew their rivalry with Worcester Stale on the 14th. Worcester State took advantage of good field position all day to win the game 21 -0. The game was only 7-0 at the half as the W'PI defense played another solid game, doing their share to keep the game within reach. It wasn’t until late in the fourth quarter that the Lancers put the game away with their third score.

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dous game. Senior Brian Learned (Clinton, MA) had 15 tackles to lead the way. Juniors Darren Levack (S. Windsor, CT) had 13 tackles, three of which were for a loss, and one sack and Adam Abrams (E. Bridgewater, MA) had two more interceptions to bring his total to three thus far after two games. Levack’s performance got him named to the Freedom Football Conference weekly honor roll.

Field Hockey (2-3) The field hockey team has been playing well, but with no results to show for their efforts. They stmgglcd early last week trying to score as they dropped two 2-0 contests to Amherst and As­ sumption. Three nights later they bounced back with a tremendous effort in defeating Bridgewater State 1-0.

In the win over Bridgewater Slate, WPI came out storming as they peppered the opposing goal­ keeper with at least ten shots in the first five minutes of play. This would be the theme of the night as W'PI would outshoot the Bears 27-4. The WPI goal was scored late in the second half when Sarah Tremblay (Rehoboth, MA) redirected a shot by Marissa Mertzic (Barre, MA) to break the scoreless tie. Freshmen goalkeepers, Deborah Vandenburgh (Walpole, MA) and Alyssa Schlichling (Merrimack, NH) would share the shutout, but Schlichting picked up her first colle­ giate win.

Women’s Soccer (2-3) The women’s soccer team is showing well in the early season as they work to improve with

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each game. They have had some one-sided losses, but those have come against some of the top teams that will be most likely playing in the postseason.

On Saturday the 14th, WPI hosted Worcester State in their first meeting ever. WPI controlled the pace of the game and defeated the Lancers 20. Freshman Jamie Szafarowicz (Oakham, MA) got WPI on the board with an assist from Lisa Sorgini (Lynn, MA). In the second half. Heather Mazzaccaro (Bristol, CT) put the final touches on the 2-0 win on a goal assisted by Szafarowicz.

Goalkeeper Lynn Keaman (Medway, MA) re­ corded nine saves to record the shutout.

On the 17th, WPI traveled to Medford, MA to take on the Jumbos of Tufts University. Although the score was 3-0 at halftime, the Jumbos took advantage of WPI’s inexperience to win going away 10-0.

The schedule didn’t get any easier as WPI hosted Gordon two days later at the friendly confines of Alumni Field. Gordon led at halftime 1-0 in a well played first half by both teams.

Gordon added another goal midway through the second half and held on for the 2-0 final.

For her play in the first week of the season, Szafarowicz became the first WPI player to gar­ ner NEW 8 conference player of the week honors for soccer.

Women’s Tennis (1-0) Although the women’s tennis team did not play a match last week, they did have some news.

Sophomore Michelle Jurofcik (Saugerties, NY) was named player of the week in the New England Women’s Eight Conference. She was

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Volleyball (4-2) The volleyball team is playing well in the early season as well. During the weekend of the 13-15 they traveled to Rosemont College in Pennsylva­ nia to play in a round robin style invitational. The trip went extremely well as they swept through their three matches without a blemish. They defeated the hosts 3-1, then followed that up with straight wins over Immaculata and Cedar Crest.

In the three matches, junior Emma Palmacci (Walpole, MA) led the way with 34 kills. 36 assists and 14 serving aces. Sophomore Shannon Sura (Yardley, PA) chipped in with 17 kills and nine aces, while senior Jo Shen (Taipei, Taiwan) had 16 kills.

On the 19th the team went on the road to play Rhode Island College. They lost the match in straight games, 7-15, 10-15, 13-15.

Golf (0-0) The golf team, under first-year coach Tim Bishop, finally dusted off the clubs and played a match. They competed in the seventh annual Constitution Athletic Conference Champion­ ships on the 19th at Stowe Acres. Even though WPI had only four golfers, they managed to place fifth out of the six competing squads.

Sophomore Haig Altoonian (Medfield, MA) and freshman Randy Brown (Westfield, MA) led WPI with identical scores of 87.

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In field hockey, number 3, Sarah Tremblay scored the goal in W P I’ 1-0 victory over Bridgewater State last Wednesday. Their next home game is tomorrow against M IT, at 7:00pm.

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The W PI Women’s Soccer team met stiff competition last Thursday, when they faced off against Gordon College, with a final score of 0-2. The soccer team’s next game will be tomorrow at 4:00pm, against Anna Maria.

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The Volleyball team played Wellesley last Saturday. Final results were not available at press time.

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During the Homecoming day footbal game last Saturday, the W P I footbal team made a valiant effort, but came up short against Union College. Not even the mighty crowd could help our team.

The final score was 10-24.

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by Jeremy Bernier Class of ‘00 New Voices 14.5 is a series of four different one-act plays that were presented at Alden Hall on September 17, 1996 at 6:30pm. The theatre was small in size, just proportional to the numberof people attending. These four plays showed different aspects of theatre.

“Imperfect Timing” was a comedy by play­ wright Amy Sinyci and directed by Misa Billa.

It was about a young guy named Jason, played

by Keith Turi. becoming frustrated over a girl named Maggie, played by Courtney Lewis.

Though not funny to Jason, it was funny in the eyes of the audience. Jason finds Maggie attrac­ tive and uses comic lines to hit 011 her. but she is loo naive to understand he’s trying to pick her up. For example Jason says, “the stars are as beautiful as you eyes." and site replics by say mg, "what's in my eyes'?” Ii is obvious she has no clue he is trying to pick her up. “Imperfect Timing" was set on a bare stage, meant to he a beach, with the sounds of the ocean in the

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by Seth Maciejowski Class of ‘00 Recently I attended the New Voices performance of Retrain Timing Bitch. The feature actually consisted of four short mini-plays that were unrelated to each other. Each of these performances bore an entirely different set of circumstances from black humor to comedy to tragedy.

■The first, a hilarious but brief performance, was known as A View From The Tower. Play­ wright Roy S. Rubcnstein’s humorous, but vio­ lent piece opens wilh the theme song from the PBS children's show Mr. Roger's Neighbor­ hood. As the play begins we sec Jim, a WPI student, portrayed by actual WPI student, Mat­ thew Denicourt, standing on Alden Tower high above the campus. He exclaims to himself what a beautiful day it is and how he can see all over the campus. Then he spots his Chemistry teacher and exclaims, "I hope my Chem professor is having as great a day as I am. He makes my day

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background, ln the end Jason is so sick of Maggie because of her flakiness that he wants to end the outing. The themes of frustration and commitment were evident, as we could compare Jason’s initial opinion with his final opinion of Maggie.

"A Little Bitch at the World” was a play I considered a modem tragedy written by play­ wright Amy Sinyei with director Jessica Sands.

It dealt with the way a girl, played by Christina Caverly. was treated after her father died. People only offered her sympathy as if it was what they were expected to do. No one really comforted her. The point of the play was if you do not have anything meaningful or comforting to say at a funeral, why bother. Her friends were sympa­ thetic towards her but, really, were not sincere in offering help. The acting in the play was excel­ lent. The actress showed great facial expression and voice tone which really revealed the feel­ ings of the character. The only thing I criticize in the play was that the scenery could have been more detailed. A way the audience knew the play was dealing wilh death was b\ the actors

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so much better because he reminds me of how he NR’d me and half of my class.” At this point he hoists an assault rifle and targets the teacher.

Alter gunning down his chem teacher he fin­ ishes off his delinquent IQP partner and rejoices in how much betterthc day is looking. After Jim assassinates a couple more people and a few innocent animals. Professor Robbins (Alan Storing) climbs the stair and appears on the lower. He questions Jim ’s stress release tech­ nique until he sees the campus provost that refused him a raise. He grabs the gun and releases a round. He then proceeds to gun down a police officer who is ticketing his car. Each continue shooting until their ammo supply ends at which point the piece ended.

I found Tower to be quite comic. Denicourt’s performance improved the work even further due to his excellent expression of cheerfulness and happiness. This enhances the comedy fur­ ther. The spray of blood that hit the tower after one kill was an excellent visual laugh. One of my favorite lines was spoken by Professor

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deal with their problems. This play was extremely funny not only because of the way it was acted out and presented but also be­ cause you could relate to it. The characters, Jim and Professor Robbins, played by Mat­ thew Denicourt and Allen Sterling respec­ tively, had problems with the Tenure Com­ mittee, DAK A food, cops giving tickets, and other matters. They decide to shoot those people because they did not agree with them.

The acting was excellent by making the shoot­ ing scenes comic. The actors used great facial expressions and voice tone, making everything seem funny. The scenery was fine because all the acting took place from Boynton tower overlooking the people be­ low. I definitely feel this was the best play in the New Voices production.

My overall evaluation of New Voices was that it provided a great evening of entertainment.

The atmosphere was comfortable and pleasant, making everything relaxing. The acting in all the plays was superb. I really enjoyed the plays as did the others in the audience.

wearing black clothes. The lighting used in the scenery to portray a funeral was excellent. It gave the extra feeling of death.

“Retrain (Protocol)” was a science fiction play written by N. Harrison Ripps with director Dean O’Donnell. The theme dealt with scien­ tists fooling around with nature. If you try to alter the norm it will eventually backfire. This was portrayed very well by Jane, played by Anna Matzal, who was a synthetic replica of a human. She was built to act and think like a human but in the end she figures out what she is being used for and kills the people who made her. I would give the actors a great deal of credit because they showed a lot of emotion which allowed you to have a better picture of the scene in your head. A surprise I had was that the language used may be considered offensive.

Then again, without the harsh language the point of the play would not have been emphasized so well.

Finally my favorite play was "A View from the Tower," by Roy S. Rubii>stein. It was a comedy poking fun at the way people

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The second feature, known as Imperfect Tim­ ing, was a pseudo seaside romance by Amy Sinyei. The setting is the stereotypical moonlit night on the beach. Jason (Keith Turi) and Maggie (Courtney Lewis) portray a young couple on a date. Jason attempts to use his charm and subtle connotations to steal a kiss and maybe more from Maggie. Maggie says that her par­ ents always said that she had quite a short attention span. Courtney Lewis’ portrayal of Maggie’s short attention span is superb. She often cuts off Jason and other times she fre­ quently changes the subject. A few examples of the witty remarks made in this work are when Jason proclaims that his arm hurts. He says “Maggie could you please play nurse to me?” and she responds with the quick remark of “No, I haven’t decided on my career yet.”

To, in a way. offset the upbeat comedy of the early part of the work. New Voices presented another play by Amy Sinyei, A Little liitch at The World. This mini feature was one girl expressing her thoughts over the death of her father and the response of her friends and rela­ tives to the death. The girl, played by Christina Caverly, seems in many ways to be self-ccntered. She doesn’t respect the fact that people are trying are trying to help her in time of crisis.

She seems to think that she is the only one that has had a death in the family that was close to her. Christina Caverly deserves particular com­ mendation for her outstanding performance.

Much of the play was almost entirely a mono­ logue acted out by Caverly. She seems to understand and take the role of the character she is portraying. Her sadness seems very real --an effect that is difficult to achieve. Playwright Amy Sinyei shows her versatility from being able to range from the Imperfect Timing to A

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The final work of the four past series was introduced with thumping techno overtones and a strange symbol projected onto the middle of the stage. Retrain (Protocol), by N. Harrison Ripps. opened with a triple homicide, but with one of the victims leaving the scene after being shot 8 times. Soon after the police call upon detective Aaron Slight (Later we find out that “Emichron Jane” is a new device known as nanotech machine-an artificial person). Appar­ ently she had been sent out to test whether or not her artificial programming was operable. By sheer coincidence Jane (Anna Matzal) happens to meet Slight at a coffee shop. He makes no connection until later when Dr. lmmelheim(Dave Eaton) comes to get Jane and return to her lab. It is at this point that the Leech mob, that killed the three people in the beginning, ends up catching Slight, Immelheim and Jane in a robbery.

Immclheim tells them to go ahead and shoot Jane right in the head because she is merely a machine. Immclheim proves his point later when he returns the bloody Jane back to life in his laboratory. Jane ends up revolting and destroys the lab. Then she heads out on her own to seek her own destiny. Slight trys to stop her, but it is of no use. Her artificial intelligence has allowed her to learn.

I enjoyed the production very much as a whole. I found the black humorof A View From The Tower to be quite hilarious. The acting in both Imperfect Timing and A Little Bitch at the World is superb and finally the Special effects and the acting of RetraintProtocol) were also deserving merit. I especially enjoyed the thump­ ing, grinding music of Protocol for the great theatrical enhancement it provided to the show.

I would recommend New Voices to all theater goers as an organization well worth viewing in action.

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I guess the first indication I received of our current identity crisis came over email, in a message that stated something to the effect that the varied names of our institution (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the University, the Institute, WPI, Worces­ ter Polytech, Tech, etc.) are not a good thing, and that the school will now he known as WPI, except in legal matters, where we are still Worcester Polytechnic Institute. There were two driving forces behind this: the fact that we’re not an institute anymore — we’re a full-fledged university — and because of that, we’re not just polytech anymore. Besides scaring away people from other parts of the globe, the word “polytechnic” no longer accurately reflects what students study at WPI. But as Worcester Mayor Richard Mariano said in his speech at Inau­ guration, the first name of WPI will always be Worcester.

So the name of the school seems to be pretty well settled.

There is a slightly modified letterhead. People are using WPI more often than Worcester Polytechnic Institute. But how far does this go? At Inauguration, you may have noticed another slight modification — in our alma mater. The first line has always been, “Dear Worcester Tech, our Worcester Tech." On Friday, however, the audiance was treated to a song which glorified the city instead of the school: “Dear Wuh-hurcester, our Wuh-hurcester.” So what happens to our alma mater as a result of this name change? (I believe that the line, “Come

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fellows join in our refrain” was also changed a bit, but I’ m not positive). At Homecoming, however, the crowd heard the version with the word “tech” — and there were some people who were very adamant about saying the word “tech” even if others were to request otherwise (which they didn’t).

So now I ’m wondering about another name change. What is the name of our sports teams? For a while, I think they were The Team Formerly Known as the Engineers (kind of like a certain music artist), but I guess the teams are still the Engineers. This is sure tochange rather quickly. I’ m sure. But what will the new name be? The WPI Goats would be traditional yet grotesque (or goatesque, depending on who you ask). It’s going to be hard to come up with a name, since as students we don’t really have anything in common — we’re not all engineers anymore — and our mascot is a goat. Not that that’s a bad thing. In fact, like so much at WPI, it’s a unique thing. In fact, it’s down-right righteous. It’s just not a very good name for a sports team.

Here are some sports teams we could come up with. Before I list them, let me state a disclaimer: we think these names are right, accoring to our research. As the last entry in each of these lists, I submit a WPI equivalent. Okay, first there are the Teams Named After Cool Mascots or Animals. The Yale Bulldogs, the Washington State Cougars, the UConn Huskies, the Carolina Gamecocks, the Florida Gators, the Cal Poly Mustangs, the

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Arizona Wildcats, the WPI Goats. Then there are Teams Named After Something the Students Have in Common. The Texas A&M Aggies (aggies = agricultural), the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the WPI Engineers. Next, we have Teams Named for Local Stuff. The UMass Minutemen, the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the Mississippi Rebels, the WPI Hillclimbers.

Finally, we have completely random stuff. The Miami Hurri­ canes (a rather cool name), the Virginia Tech (or would that be VPI?) Hokies, the WPI... anythings. How about the WPI Phenoms? Other possibilities: The WPI Towers, the WPI Peddlers.

And finally in our rant about names, what is to become of the part of what was once West Street? The whole thing probably won’t be known as Freeman Plaza. Maybe an applicable name, for now, would be The Area Formerly Known as West Street.

How about The Project That Will Be Done Soon, or maybe. The Area Soon To Be Bricked (although “soon” on this campus in relation to construction projects seems to have an entirely different meaning compared to most people’s definition. How­ ever, I reluctantly digress). I’m sure they’ll either name it after whoever donated lots of money for the project or after someone honorable in WPI history.

Maybe a fitting team name would be the WPI Construction Delays.

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[Ed. note: The purpose of this column is to promote thought and change for the betterment of the WPI community through a short critical analysis. ] What is Homecoming all about?

Well from my impressions on Satur­ day it is all about inviting back hun­ dreds of alumni whom bring tons of beer and serve it out freely to any­ one, especially underage drinkers right in front of the police and every­ one. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not against drinking. I’ m just against

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Responsibility of Wedge vendors To the Editor: While walking through the Wedge on Tuesday. September 17, I notice a vendor selling sweaters, earrings, and necklaces, among various other trin­ kets. I am forever interested in jew­ elry, so I stopped to view the merchan­ dise. I notice that of the necklaces being sold, there were a few that looked like funny looking little trolls. These necklaces turned out to be pipes, which I am pretty sure were not made to smoke tobacco.

Now, this made curious about a few things. Our campus promotes a DrugFree atmosphere, and yet, they allow vendors to come and sell us pipes?

This seems very hypocritical to me. 1 watched the news last night and I dis­

covered that Clinton wants to limit the amount of publicity that beer compa­ nies can have on campuses. Should this not also apply to potential drug paraphanalia that anyone can make and sell?

Shouldn't there be some sort of questionaire that vendors should fill out so that the school would know what they are selling, and therefore perhaps lowerthe liability? How would it look if a student overdosed from the usage of the pipe, died, and then it was discovered he or she had bought the pipe from a school supported vendor?

Would the school not be liable? Would this not be bad publicity anywhere?

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Believe it or not, we have received mail from two inmates within the past year. The first, Mike from South Walpole, sent us these hand-written manifestos. What they are about we hardly know; they are barely legible, but it’s something about law, and something about “girrrrrls” . The second guy we just got mail from recently is on death row at Arizona State Prison. Thomas has been “ locked in 100% isolation for the past 8 years” and is “desparately seeking outside correspondence to no avail.” At least he typed his letter. We have no idea why we are getting correspondence from in ­ mates. If you don’t believe us, we’ll show you the letters. We are dead serious, pun intended.

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We’ ll try to tic it in to WPI, too, just to add a little campus satire to the whole thing (you can never have enough campus satire). Okay, let’s test-drive this new idea:

Dear Death Row Inmate,

in m a te Dear Death Row Inmate, What is it like living in jail?

Another Inquisitive Student Dear Another. It’s quite like be­ ing in Morgan: all men, nothing to do but raise hell, big open showers.

So if you never have the opportunity to go to jail, at least you Morganites will know what you’re missing.

What is the food like?

Inquisitive Student Dear Inquititive: Well, the food isn’t bad. To be honest, it’s worse than DAKA which, hard as it may seem, is still possible. Hey ,our beef is Grade E! At least you guys get the good stuff. Ahh, what I wouldn’t do for some Grade D meat right now.

Well, I’ m on death row. I’ ll have to make that one of my requests for my last meal.

As the questions get better, so will the responses. You don’t really have to ask questions about death row; any topic will do. Ask all sorts of questions: silly, depressing, serious, dumb, perverted... Just keep in mind that we have to maintain some con­ trol, so if we don’t like your ques­ tion, tough! But we’ ll try to give everyone a fair chance at asking whatever is on your mind. Send questions to newspeak@wpi.

Attention all students interested in writing!

Newspeak is in need of more people who are willing to do some writing.

Get the scoop on the latest campus news!

Contact us at 831-5464, or send email to newspeak @wpi.edu

Liz Kieronski Class o f '98

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A response to Mr. Farley To the editor: I am writing this in response to last week’s commentary by Don Farley II. Huh? Did this article have a point? It started out as a protest against homosexuals and ended up in some babble about Jesus being almost as perfect as Mr. Farley.

I’m not purposely trying to read anything into this, but it looks like Mr. Farley thinks that anything not Christian is not diverse, but is in­ stead sinful. What is your definition of on-campus diversity, Mr. Farley?

You don’t seem to have written any­ thing about that in your letter. In fact, the only substance in your ar­ ticle is a big promotion for bigotry under the guise of “holy and perfect” behavior.

I have some additional questions for you. Were you homosexually abused as a child? Did roving bands

of uncircumcised Scythian barbar­ ians kill your family? Do you have a certificate in God’s handwriting say­ ing that your interpretation of reli­ gion is the correct one? I’ m not homosexual and I'm not trying to offend anyone else, but when a person’s mind is focused on one thing and remains as closed as Mr. Farley’s does, that person is usually called psychotic and locked away.

Fortunately for Mr. Farley, he did not focus on rape or ritual murder, etc., but instead focused on being morally superior to everyone else, especially homosexuals and Jews.

In any event, I hope Mr. Farley’s faith makes his life easier. I guess I will have to deal with the challenge of reality by myself. Have fun in Waco or wherever you end up, Mr. Farley.

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Correction Newspeak tries to be as accurate as possible, but errors do leak through. In last week’s article ‘WPI pours $6 million into this year’s campus improve­ ments,” please note that Kaven Hall I 16 should be Pcrcault Lecture Hall.

WPI N ewspeak of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, formerly the Tech News, has been published weekly during the academic year, except during college vacations, since 1909 Newspeak has been printed on recycled paper since January, 1991 Masthead designed by Troy Thompson for Newspeak's 21st Anniversary, All articles should be typed and include the author's name and box number Copy may be sent to Newspeak. c/o Student Activities Office, or brought to the Newspeak office (Riley 01). Articles may also be submitted via e-mail All copy is due by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday preceding publication Letters to the Editor must contain the typed or printed name of the author as well as the author's signature, telephone number, and box number for verification. Students submitting letters to the editor should put their class after their name Faculty and staff should include their full title Letters deemed libelous or irrelevant to the WPI community will not be published All Club and Greek corners must be submitted via e-mail and be 275 words or less All ads are due by 5 00 p m. on the Thursday preceding publication Any submissions received after this time will be subject to a flat $15 late fee per ad.

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Panhellenic Rush rules for 1996 From the P an h ellen ic C ouncil

The following rush rules have been written and discussed by the Worces­ ter Polytechnic Institute Panhellenic Association. They are written with the intent of promoting an atmo­ sphere which will be enjoyable, fair, and beneficial to the rushee. In the spirit of improving the Greek system as a whole, the sororities have iden­ tified and discusses areas which may unnecessarily result in conflict and require direction. In realizing the need for these rules, there is also an awareness that other groups exist on the W PI campus and these rules are not to hinder their activities.

These rules are based on the sug­ gested Rush Rules presented by the National Panhellenic Conference which can be found in the National Panhellenic Conference Twelfth Edition. The NPC believes that nor­ mal social contacts should not be disrupted in the case of long-stand­ ing friendships by prohibiting all contact between sorority women and prospective rushees. (Normal social contact implies relatives, friends, neighbors, co-workers). However, each sorority is charged with the responsibility of seeing that unfair advantage is not taken of such con­ tacts. Therefore, trust is key be­ tween chapter members of the col­ lege Panhellenic throughout the rush process.

1. A deferred Formal Rush shall be held beginning Monday, Novem­ ber 4th, and ending Monday, No­ vember 18th.

2. There shall be a formal regis­ tration period for Rush beginning with the Rush Informational and con­ tinuing until the second round of formal Rush.

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matriculated student at W P I to be eligible for Rush.

4. All rushees must pass 2/3 unit of classes to be eligible for Formal Rush. Freshmen and Sophomores enrolled in semester classes must supply a note verifying Satis­ />= factory Progress (SP) in that class.

5. From Au­ gust 1st through the end of For­ mal Rush, Rho Chi’s as well as Saturday, 9/7 Panhellenic Ex­ Monday, 9/16 ecutive Board Monday, 9/23 members should Thursday, 10/3 not be publicly Tuesday, 10/8 affiliated with Monday, 11/4 their sorority (i.e. no identify­ Thursday, 11/7 ing insignia), in­ cluding sorority Wednesday, 11/13 rush functions.

6. Rho Chi’s Sunday, 11/17 and Panhellenic Executive Board Thursday, 11/21 members are not allowed to file rush infractions.

7. Rush rules cannot be changed, after the last meeting D-term until 2 weeks after Formal Rush, unless by a majority vote by each sorority.

8. Only present rush rules and previously discussed issues can be changed A-term.

9. Chapter total shall be set at 80 members.

10. Quota shall be set after the last rush round, not to be changed unless by a unanimous vote by the Panhellenic.

11. All members (including Alum­ nae and pledges) are responsible for observing rush rules.

12. No sorority member and fresh­ man rushee shall exchange, buy, or give any favors, gifts (i.e. meal or

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No sorority member will es­ cort a freshman rushee to any party, activity, (i.e. sporting event, movie, concert, etc.), on or off campus.

Activity does not include an activ­ ity/sport on which both chapter mem­ ber and rushee participate. This applies from Au­ gust 1st through the end of Formal Rush. This does not apply to up­ p e r c la s s m e n rushees.

Lower Wedge 5-7pm Ice Cream Social Founder’s Study, 7-8.30pm 18. There will Panhel Event be no promising Rush Informational Lower Wedge 7pm of bids, directly Wedge 8pm Rush Informational Lower Founder’s Study 7-8.30pm or indirectly, by Panhel Event any member of a Founder’s A, B, Study, Rush Round I sorority.

Country Kitchen 7pm 19. No soror­ Founder’s A, B, Study, Rush Round II ity rush orbid day Country Kitchen 7pm Founder’s A, B, Study, slogans, past or Rush Round III Country Kitchen 7pm present, may be Riley Commons, Higgins p ub licly d is­ Preference Party played until For­ House 12-4pm mal Rush ends.

Lower Wedge 8pm Pledge Welcoming 20. The use of alcohol and/or participation of men in rush functions shall be pro­ rooms, apartments, or residence hall hibited through the end of bid day. rooms (excluding R A ’s) from Au­ 21. No individual sorority songs gust 1 through the end of Formal may be sung in public from August Rush, unless it is a Panhellenic spon­ 1st through the end of Formal Rush, sored event. excluding rush rounds.

14. From August 1st until the be­ 22. Chapters will adhere to NPC ginning of Formal Rush, sorority recommendation for Release Figures. members will be allowed to visit a freshman rushee in her dorm, apart­ 23. Chapters are responsible for removing or covering any materials ment, or place of residence (exclud­ which include reference to, or pic­ ing R A ’s) in groups no larger than 2 tures of the Panhellenic Executive people per floor per sorority.

Board and Rho Chi’s.

15. No sorority member may visit 24. All rush parties will be held in a rushee in her place of residence places designated by the Panhellenic. during Formal Rush.

25. Normal social contact and con­ 16. Upper-class women intending versations shall be allowed between on going through Formal Rush will the rushees and sorority members be considered rushees once Formal during Formal Rush.

Rush begins. soft drink), or preference letters from August 1st through the end of For­ mal Rush.

13. No incoming freshman woman or rushee shall be entertained or present in sorority houses, chapter

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Postmidtermatic stress!

by Kelly Boyle Student Development and Counseling Center

Can you believe that midterms are over already? How did you do? Has this term been going as well as you hoped? The West Street House (a.k.a. the Student Development and Coun­ seling Center) staff hope that it has, and we are available to help you if you think you’re not reaching your full po­ tential. Your chances of academic suc­ cess are greatly increased when you take care of yourself physically, emo­ tionally, intellectually, and spiritually.

Take a good look at yourself....

Physically....Are you eating three meals a day? Pizza for all three doesn’t count. Get some fruits and veggies in there somewhere. How much sleep do you need? Are you getting enough?

You need about eight hours of good sleep in order to be capable of your peak performance. If typing on your computer keyboard is about the extent of yourexercise regimen, create time in your day for a twenty-minute workout.

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Also, an abundance of caffeine will make you more jittery than effective.

Maybe you can replace some of that caffeine with exercise, which will wake you up and give you energy.

Emotionally....If stress has not hit you yet, it probably will soon! Make sure you have a healthy outlet for your stress. Grinding your teeth does not count and will prevent your roommate from getting the full eight hours of sleep. Instead, try an outlet such as exercise, meditation, relaxing walks, or talking with friends. Taking care of problems as they come up can be a great stress reliever. Also, be aware of your emotions; chances are you are feeling a lot of different ones, possibly including loneliness, sadness, and frus­ tration. Explore these feelings on your own or with someone else; talk to a counselor if you’d like. When you get a bad grade— forgive yourself. Do something positive to prevent it from happening again— such as joining a M *A*S*H group or talking to a coun­ selor about what may be affecting your academic performance and what you

may be able to do to improve your grades— and your life!

Intellectually....How are your study skills and time-management skills?

Come to West Street House if you need any tips. Notetaking skills may vary from one course to another; ask your professor or TA for help. Form study groups that meet regularly. If you need a place for the meetings, contact West Street House; we may be able to pro­ vide that space. We also have counse­ lors who are available to facilitate your group and to lend their expertise re­ garding academic success.

Spiritually....Slow down! Stop to smell the roses; take time to enjoy yourself and find meaning in life. Cel­ ebrate old rituals and create new ones for yourself. Take chances and try new things to expand your mind. Also, put time aside to be alone and to be with friends...you need both. Get involved with community and campus events.

And whatever you do— laugh at your­ self!

W PI takes pride in offering a chal­ lenging experience to students but also

takes pride in the quality of support services that are offered to assist you in this endeavor. You have an entire academic success team already in place for you. Take advantage of them! See your advisor on a regular basis for feedback and guidance. Meet with your professors during theiroffice hours if you need assistance or clarification.

Find a staff or faculty mentor who will support you and share ideas with you.

Make use of the various support offices on campus, including Academic Ad­ vising, the Career Development Cen­ ter, the Writing Center, West Street House, Health Services and Healthy Alternatives. Join a M *A*S*H group.

Form study groups that meet regularly.

Get advice from your R.A.s, O.L.s, T.A.s, family members, friends and peers.

Keeping yourself healthy physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiri­ tually— and creating a strong support system for yourself— will make the upcoming final exams and projects more manageable. So take care and take advantage!

26. All rushees may have a maxi­ mum of two excused absences to be eligible for the Preference round.

27. A rushee shall allend orienta­ tion and rush parties to which she has accepted invitations. In case of illness orotheremergency, the rushee shall notify the Panhellenic and/or her Rho Chi. The Panhellenic and/or the Rho Chi will, in turn, notify the sororities involved.

28. The Panhellenic only shall provide nametags for the rushees. 0 " 29. A Cap Figure for rush budgets for each sorority is to be set by the Rush Chairmen of each sorority by the last week of D-term. This Cap Figure will include A L L donated goods, services, and rush outfits.

(Donated goods are defined as item(s) bought by an individual and then having that item(s) given to the so­ rority for the purpose of Rush).

30. There will be no decorations outside the rush facility, unless pro­ vided by Rho Chi’s or Panhellenic Executive Board.

31. All rush entertainment, includ­ ing, but not limited to rush skits, singing, etc., must be contained within the rush facility.

32. The chapters may have a table with sorority items such as scrap­ books, gig books, pictures, memora­ bilia, and a composite for all of the rounds. In all cases, pictures of Panhellenic Executive Board mem­ bers and Rho Chi’s must be covered.

33. The first round may include two sorority songs.

34. A current, factual, financial expense sheet shall be distributed to each rushee at the second party dur­ ing Formal Rush. These sheets shall list all fees to be incurred by the rushee during her coilegiate mem­ bership.

35. Rush skits, videos, and informationals are permitted only during the second and third rounds of rush parties. Rush skits, videos, and informationals may last no longer than one quarter of the rush round.

36. All Rush Rounds may have decorations.

37. Only rushees on a chapter’s bid list are invited back to the Pref­ erence round of that chapter.

38. Strict silence is the period in which there will be no social contact with the rushees by sorority mem­ bers, pledges, and alumnae. Strict silence is designated as the time from the end of the rushees last party until she receives her bid through the mail.

39. In the event of women not being matched during bid-matching.

Quota Additions will be utilized fol­ lowing NPC guidelines. No chapter may exceed Quota by more than 5% of quota.

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The Writing Center: Does this haven really exist?

by Heather Mazzaccaro Sports Editor

A Writing Center here at W P I? Is it possible? Where is it? These are the typical responses I get when I mention the Writing Center to people. It’s not all that surprising considering the fact the Center has been thrown into a tiny closet of a room in the corner of Salisbury Labs and, let’s face it, this being a technically orientated school, grammar and writing skills are some­ times forgotten about. However, a major part of this school is our projects.

For those of you who have done any of the three know that writing is an im­ portant requirement if you actually want a decent grade.

So why exactly is the Writing Cen­ ter often looked over? Here is a group

of well trained peer tutors who act much like M ASH leaders that are just dying to help someone out. Students attend the M ASH sessions and yet rarely come lo the Writing Center.

Maybe it is because a lot of people are touchy about their writing and don’t want anyone telling them that their paper is a piece of trash. However, the tutors will never do anything like that.

They will sit down with the student and make suggestions and answer any questions you may have, but will never tear up a paper.

Also you can forget about coming to the Writing Center with an assign­ ment and having the tutors there write it for you. That will only happen in your dreams. The tutors can point you in the right direction and help you organize your ideas so that you can

more easily come up with a quick outline and hopefully an A paper. The tutors are simply compasses to be used when one gets lost in the maze of grammatical correctness and the tricky wording of assignments.

So, without further ado, here are my top ten reasons you should visit the Writing Center: 10.

Your professor says if you don’t you’ll fail.

9.

You haven’t the slightest clue how to write a resume.

8.

You want to brag to all your friends that you actually found the place.

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You have a hard time distin­ guishing between periods and com­ mas. (They all look like small insig­ nificant dots to you.)

6. You get papers back that look

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You have writer’s block the size >bfiu of Hoover Dam. 4.

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You were up all night writing your paper on No-Doze and a pot of coffee circulating through your veins Muscular Dystrophy Association and you just want someone to check to see if what you wrote has any connec­ tion with the assignment.

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Writing Center, contact Lisa Lebduska because MDA helps people. al extension 5503, by emailing lisaleb@wpi.edu or by stoping on by the Writing Center.

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S Y M P O S IU M

Inauguration symposium life of technology. When something is pro­ duced, something faster, smaller, and cheaper comes out very quickly.

Baum then spoke from a more educationoriented viewpoint. She said that faculty should not be conveyors of information, but they should teach good communication skills.

by Dave Koelle Editor-in-Chief

nificance to be derived from the additional learning. She also stated that knowing how to use technology is more than knowing how to use a computer for word processing or email.

President Parrish discussed the need to devise a metric for measuring how to judge

The topic of the symposium on Inaugura­ tion Day was “ The New Liberal Education for the Age of Technology.” What changes in education will result from technology becoming so prevalent? What can col­ leges and universities do to prepare their graduates for life in an increasingly com­ plex technological world? The panelists v|cre Joseph M. Hinchey, Business Exe|(jtive. Engineer, and Lawyer; Douglas R. Bowman, Director of Electronics and Information Technology, Lockheed Mar­ tin Corporation; Eleanor Baum, Dean of the School of Engineering, Cooper Union and President-Elect. Accredidation Board for Engineering and Technology (A B E T ); Frederick E. Hutchinson, President, Uni­ versity of Maine; David A. Kettler, Ex­ ecutive Director, Science and Technol­ ogy, BellSouth; Mark M. Little, Vice President, Power Generation Engineer­ ing, G E Power Systems; Edward A. Parrish, President, Worcester Polytech­ nic Institute; and George D. Peterson, Executive Director. Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (A B ET ).

First Bowman spoke on what he felt were the three most important factors to consider. The first is factor is the context in which technology occurs. What are the social and environmental impacts of new technology? These thoughts are becoming more common as people be­ Dr. Frederick Hutchinson, Dr. David Kettler, and Dr. M ark Little discuss the future of education in an come more conscious of the world around increasingly technological world at last Friday's Inauguration Day Symposium. them, and how significantly new tech­ nologies affect this world. The second fac­ how to work well in teams, and the context in the abilities of students and the potential tor is differences in the workplace, which which engineering is practiced (which was that an institution would have to instruct includes automation of processes and infor­ Bowman’s first point). To do this, she says, them in a well-rounded curriculum. Past mation technology. “ The lone engineer has one has to rethink the way one teaches. metrics included the number of students in gone the way of the Lone Ranger,” saud Knowledge must be integrated into different a class and the student-teacher ratio, but Bowman, referring to the fact that workers fields. Simply adding courses to a curricu­ there need to be more meaningful mea­ seldom work alone on projects these days, lum, for example, does not make one more surements. which shows another significant change in well-versed in that field. There must be a Baum slated that the notion of the univer­ the workplace. The third factor is the half­ synthesis between courses in order for sig­ sity meaning “ all things to all people” is IN A G U R A T IO N

gone, to which Kcttler gave the commercial analogy of outsourcing — breaking a task into sections and distributing the sections to other companies. Peterson said that it was necessary to connect the human spirit to the age of technology. He also stated that the outcome which schools wish to produce in the new technological age must be made clear to students so it makes more sense to them.

Little suggested some important quali­ ties to keep in mind. Keep the proven technical background, he said, but go be­ yond intellectual applications and go to real world applications. Focus on how people work together and interact. Bowman added to this, slating that basic knowledge docs not equal practical knowledge. Baum noted that faculty hear mixed messages from in­ dustry: the president of a corporation will have some lofty view about what new hires should be like — versed, well-rounded, and so on — which is not equal to what recruit­ ers look for, which is usually just the tech­ nical courses.

Would industry be willing to pay for a five-year college program lo help students learn the finer aspects of education? Would industry add five or six thousand dollars to the average starting salary? Kettler sug­ gested that it depends of what kind of prod­ uct is produced — how well educated would the student be? Bowman stated that indus­ try would pay.

Baum stated that the function of engi­ neering schools is not just to make students for industry. She said that the biggest em­ ployee of Cooper Union graduates was the finance industry. They interviewed engi­ neers to get smart people who are good with numbers, who have an ability for problem solving and quick learning, and who know how to “ manage uncertainty” .

The symposium was a worthwhile ex­ change of intelligent thoughts on the impor­ tance of technology what its role should be in the education of students.

P H O T O S

Inauguration of Edward A. Parrish Fourteenth President of WPI

NEWSPEAK STAFT PHOTO / ED CAMERON

President Parrish delivers his Inaguration speech, entitled "M aking a Difference."

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ERIC W IL H E L M

The Inagural procession leads its May from Alniuni Gym to the stage of Harrington Auditorium.

Presid ent P a rris h outside H arrin g to n Auditorium after the ceremony.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ED CAMERON

President Parrish receives the presidential medallion from James Hanlon.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ED CAMERON

Keynote speaker C laire Gaudiani, President of Connecticut College, addresses the gathering of students, faculty, and honored guests from over 90 colleges.

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Who has the Goat?

Students exhibit spirit at WPI

Attention Freshmen! If you don't have it yet, you better go get it!

You kicked butt at the Rope Pull, now show your spirit and get the goat!

You have all the enthusiasm you need to rightfully claim that bronze head!

Hey Sophomores! What happened at the Rope Pull? Oh well, you still have a chance to get the goat, too! You've got experience on your side — you're a lot more familiar with various hiding places on campus, and you have more connections!

that voting for King and Queen was more of a popularity contest, and something that would not go over well with the student body as a whole. The idea was transformed into the Most Spirited Student competition.

The first winners of the Most Spirited Student competition are Laura Bielitz, Mat­ thew Dowling, Francesca Escoto, and Jenni­ fer Lowell. The winners were asked to lead the crowd in a rousing rendition of “ E-to-thcX ’’ at the Homecoming game half-time.

Keep an eye out for Most Spirited Student at next year’s Homecoming!

by Dave Koelle Editor-in-Chief

A new tradition was brought to Home­ coming this year: the Most Spirited Stu­ dent competition. Each organization had the opportunity to nominate one of its members who best exemplifies school spirit at W P I. The idea started with bringing back the Homecoming King and Queen, something W P I had even before women started at­ tending this school. However, it was felt

(Please note that the possession of the Goat may change before publication)

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NEWSPEAK STAFF PH O T O /JIM STRICKI AND

Simple Harmomic Motion, along with some SH M alums, treats the Homecoming crowd to some a capella singing.

Tailgaters from the Class of '58 gather oil the Quad to enjoy the Homecoming festivities. The Quad was full of alumni from many classes, enjoying the warm weather and seeing old friends.

NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / JIM STRICKLAND

A caricaturist at the Homecoming Quad Festival draw s a profile of a young girl.

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C lub C o r n e r Christian Bible Fellowship Greetings once again, everyone. Can you believe that A term's almost half over already?!

With the fast pace of classes that we face here at WPI, 1always find it a relief to take time out to get away from the stress of everyday life and just focus on the beauty of God's prescence all around

It’s not just a job.

It s not even just an adventure.

It s also a FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION!!

W hen vou |om the N R O T C program at the College of the Holy Cross, vou bcconic eligible for a full college scholarship

That means you pay

no tuition, no fees, buy no books A N D get a monthly tax free allowance.

Upon graduation, vou will be commissioned a U S Navy Officer and lead an exciting career in one of main high -tech areas

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This Saturday at 9 AM, we'll all have the oppor­ tunity to leave our worries in Worcester as we head off to sec the splendorofGod’screation on topof Mt. Monadnock. Meet in back of the Wedge with warm clothes and a packed lunch. But first, get your spiritual mindset ready at Friday Night Fellowship, meeting in the Lower Wedge at 7:30 as usual for an evening of singing praises to Gcxl ;ind encouraging your brothers and sisters in Christ. Both the Sharing Jesus and James Bible studies will be getting well underway this week. Pray that the Holy Spirit would lead us as we study the word of God. “ Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanks­ giving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Phillipians 4:6-7 (NIV). Prayer is power­ ful. Through prayer, we build our relationship with God and find the relief our souls desire. This week, spend more time with God in prayer. Lift up your praises and supplications and listen to what God is telling you. Our schedules may be tight and time may be short, but nothing can compare to the peace of being with God.

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w ill face the real and exciting challenges of serving the greatest country in the world Apply today1 Call L T Leo Taylor at (50X) 793-3387

The second ISC General Meeting was last Wednesday, 18th September. We covered a lot of ground and had a lot of lists flying around. Wc had a sign-up list for the : ISC Constitution Commit­ tee, ISC Publicity Committee. ISC Survey Com­ mittee, Film Festival Committee, anti the A Term Break trip to Mystic Village and New York. If anyone missed the meeting and would like to sign-up, contact the ISC alisc@ wpi.edu or through

our W W W page at http://www.wpi.edu/~isc.

If you haven't picked up the new ISC Calendar of Events for A Term, this is a little reminder of what is going on in the next few weeks. On Wednesday, October 2nd, there will be an "Immi­ gration Issues Related to Employment in the U.S.” workshop for international students. That will take place in Salisbury Labs, Room 104, and will be from 3:00pm-5:00pm. The following Tuesday, October 8th, at 6:30pm we will hold the second “ ISC Coffee Hour” in the Higgins House Library, and at 4:30pm on Wednesday, October 9th, wc will have the third ISC General Meeting of the term. The meeting will be once again in Morgan A. That's all as far as ISC events are concerned, forthe time being. Keep an eye out for the other International Club meetings and events.

Lens and Lights Welcome, welcome, welcome! This is the first article of the year for LnL. I apologize to those who have been waiting lo see one, but my sched­ ule is no less busy than last year. I would first off like to welcome all the freshmen to WPI. By now you have settled down into your classes and are ready to take on other responsibilities - such as joining a great club like LnL. For those of you who don’t know, we provide audio, lighting and projection for the campus and community. Some of our more visible projects arc the lighting and sound for Masque’s produc­ tions, the movies on Sundays, and the sound for such events as the Pub shows, or the Coffeehouse shows put on by Soccomm.

If you have any interest in sound, lighting, or projection, feel free to join our club. No experi­ ence is necessary, just a willingness to leam. If you arc interested, you can e-mail the officers at InKo'wpi, or attend one of our regular meetings.

They’re hcldevery Wednesday at 4:30 in Atwater Kent 233. If nothing else, each week you may get to see the president make a fool of himself. For further information, you may e-mail the officers (Ini(3>wpi), or drop us a line at x5595. We look forward to meeting you.

Muslim Students Association Assalaam-u-alaikum, Muslim brothers and sis­ ters.

We hope that your school year has so far atleast been a fruitful one, if not necessarily a happy one.

On Saturday, the 21st, we would have Insha’ Allah had our first bi-weekly get together and pot-luck lunch; and we look forward to more in the future, Insha’Allah; so that in keeping up with ourcollege education, we do not forget our duty to Allah.

Remember, that one of the best ways to keep one’s faith strong in Islam is to keep in close contact with the Muslim community; and considering we’re college students, its also one of the best ways to get a hold of some free food! Therefore, we encourage as much participation in our regular activities as possible. We, the Executive Commit­ tee, are now having regular meetings on Tues­ days, to discuss future plans for MSA; and we will do our best, Insha’Allah, to keep you posted.

Remember: We want as much input as possible from you guys as well (checks and credit cards NOT accepted). Assalaam-u-alaikum.

Newman Club

BELIEVE IT O R NOT, T H IS GUY IS IN C L A SS. Excitem ent and adventure is the co u rse d e s c rip tio n , a n d A rm y R O T C is th e nam e. It's the one co lleg e elective that builds your selfco nfid ence, d evelo p s your leadership p o ten ­

tial an d h elp s yo u take on the challenge of com m and.

T h ere's no o b lig a tio n until your junior year, and that m eans there's no reason not to try it out right now.

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Come join us for our annual rappelling picnic Saturday, September 28.

For more information, contact Captain Craig Amnott at (508) 752-7209. Call Collect!

We have elected Mike Olivieri as our treasurer at our first meeting in September. What a month it has bcensofar. OnScpt I Othwe hadour Pre-St. Patrick’s P;irty and Jim Pal vat learned the Irish jigs from our own ChristineCarrigan. Alterthe 11:30am Masson Sunday, Sept 15th about 150 members showed up at ourcookout andalso welcomed theofficersofClark’s Newman Club who joined us for the event. At the President's inauguration we welcome Bishop Reilly whojoined us for the day. We arc looking forward to our Prayer Group meeting on Tuesday. Sept 24th at 7:00 pm at the Religious Center followed by our video and pasta night on Friday, Sept. 27th. So you can see that we arc off to a great start. At the cookout our President Ryan Abraham did a great job of ctxtking assisted by Jordan Massad and Erin Smith.

In addition to all of this, our volleyball team will be taking the court sometime this week. Also Fr. S’s famous supper have started up so watch your mail boxes for that famous invitation. Don’t forget our Sunday Liturgies are on Sundays at 11:30 am and 6:(X)pni.

Society of Medieval Arts and Sciences Greetings. It's been fairly quiet this week.

Practices have been going well, with quite a few new members. For all those who have links to Matt Adwin/Adyan’s Realms Web page, please delete your links, as his account has been deleted.

Work on a new SMAS/Realms Web page is underway, and its U R L will be announced once it is completed. If you are interested in joining SM AS, you can stop at practice on Mondays and Thursdays starting at 7:30pm either on the Quad or on the softball field. For more information about SM A S and the Realms of Wonder, just email realms@wpi.edu.

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Non-Profit organization seeks part time of­ fice assistant, flexible hours, $7.00 per hour, must be computer literate. Send resume and three references to: President, Junior League of Worcester, Inc., 71 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA 01609 Needed: Piano accompanist for the W PI Glee Club. Tuesday and Thursday evenings 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Can receive music academic credit (1/6 unit per semester). Contack Profes­ sor Louis Curran at 831-5695 or e-mail lcurran@wpi.edu

S P R IN G B R E A K '9 7 - S E L L T R IP S , E A R N C ASH , & GO F R E E . ST S is hiring C A M P U S REPS/G RO U P O R G A N IZ E R S to promote trips to Cancun, Jamaica, and Florida. Call 800-648-4849 for information on joining America’s #1 Student Tour Op­ erator.

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Classified ads must be paid for in advance.

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

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

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

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Auditions for the Magical Choir (W P I’s only mixed choir) will be 6:00 pm on Sunday, Sep­ tember 22, in the Janet Earle Room in Alden Hall or during the week by appointment. Con­ tact Professor Louis Curran at 831-5695 or lcurran@wpi.edu. Preference will be given to members of the W PI Glee Club and Alden Voices. Rehearsal times are Sundays 6:30 -8:00 pm.

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3:30pm - Women's Tennis at Clark.

6:00pni - SGA meeting. Lower Wedge.

7:00pm - BSU meeting, Morgan C. 7:(K)pm - Volleyball al Clark.

Wednesday, September 25 1:00pm - Golf at Suffolk/Brandeis.

4:00pm - Women’s Soccer vs. Anna Maria.

7:00pm - Men’s Soccer vs. MIT.

Thursday. September 26 7:00pm - Volleyball at UMass-Boston.

Friday, September 27

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12:00pm - Deutsch Klub meeting, Gompei’s.

4:30pm - ISO meeting, 3rd floor of Fuller Labs.

5:00pm - Hillel Shabbat Candle Lighting, Morgan A.

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10:30am - Cross Country Greater Worcester Meet.

1:00pm - Field Hockey vs. UMass-Dartmouth.

1:00pm - Volleyball vs. Framingham State.

1:00pm - Women’s Tennis al MIT. 3:30pm - Women’s Soccer al Northeastern.

Sunday, September 29 4:00pm - Music Association: Concert, Alden Memorial Hall.

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President's I Q P A w a r d Competition

Students and advisors who feel they have completed outstanding Interactive Qualifying Projects this past academic year should submit their project for the 1996 President's IQP Awards Competition.

Deadline for submission of applications for the 1996 President's IQP Awards Competition is: October 7.1996.

Applications are available from Betty Jolie in the Project Center.

Final judging is December 11,1996 at 1:45 p.m. in Higgins House J