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WPI student to attend Peace Prize awards Trip is prize fo r taking 1stplace in International Science & Engineering Fair wind tunnel. “ My project was the compilation Courtesy o f of four years of work in high school,” he says. WPI News Service “ I found that by drawing air through the sur face of the airfoil at different locations, I could John Tassinari, a W PI freshman majoring in increase lift by 100 percent and reduce drag mechanical engineering from Braintree, Mass., and greatly reduce the separation thought he’d accomplished a lot when of the boundary layer.” he beat out entries from more than Tassinari says the ISEFair is 1,000 students to win this year’s In an invitation-only event for sci ternational Science and Engineering entists between the ages of 12 Fair in Tuscon, but he’ll top that honor and 22 throughout the world on Dec. 11 when he attends the Nobel whose projects are designed to Peace Prize presentations in benefit mankind. The work Stockholm. must be original and fully docu Tassinari was recently notified mented. “ In my opinion, there that he was one of two students to is no greater achievement a win a Glenn T. Scott Nobel Peace high school student can attain Prize Award. Presented each year than be invited to enter this for the fair’s top two projects, the prestigious fair,” he says. award provides an all-expenses “ John’s remarkable academic paid trip to Sweden to attend the prowess has continued at W PI,” ceremonies. Tassinari and the says history Professor John other Scott winner, Naomi Bates, Zeugner, Tassinari’s faculty ad a Princeton University freshman NEWS SERVICE PHOTO visor. “ He made all A’s in Term from North Carolina, w ill meet A. The invitation to the Nobel with the Nobel winners and the John Tassinari, one of two students to attend this year’s awards. awards is a tremendous honor King, Queen, Princess and Prime M inister of Sweden and w ill be inter tion and was invited (with five other Massa one that recognizes both his intelligence and viewed by CNN on Dec. 11 for a program chusetts students) to the ISEF. To attend this liis promise.” Tassinari, son of Paul Tassinari and Dawn to be broadcast throughout the world. fair is such an honor, I was proud to be al Goodrich of Braintree, is a National Merit The trip to Stockholm is the somewhat lowed to go.” surprising conclusion to a journey that be Tassinari won first place in the Engineering Scholar and a member of the National Honor gan when Tassinari was a freshman at Projects Section and also garnered the top Air Society. At W P I he is a member of the Soci Braintree High School. “ I received a third- Force award in the 1996 IS E F for “The As ety of Martial Arts and enjoys mountain bik place award in the Massachusetts State Sci sessment of Lift: Boundary Layer Control Us ing, Kempo karate and live music. Paul ence Fair during my freshman year,” he ing Suction Through Slots.” For this project Tassinari received a bachelor’s and master’s says, “ then won second place sophomore he built a wing profile that he tested in M IT ’s degree in mechanical engineering from W PI. year and first place in my junior year. The first-place finish entitled me to go as an al ternate to the International Science and En gineering Fair (IS E F ). Finally, in my senior year, I took first place at the state competi-
International Week at WPI by Jason Papadopoulos News Editor The ISC (International Student Council at W P I) has a week full of international events in store for W PI in December, the “ Interna tional Buffet” , “ ISC Coffee Hour” and “ In ternational Bazaar” . In a month full of international events like Latino Week, the ISC kicks off a series of events on December 7th, with the annual “ International Buffet” . Due to unprec edented demand for this event in previous years the ISC has for the first time moved the “ International Buffet” to Alden Memo rial Hall to try and satisfy the demand for tickets. The hall which has a capacity in excess of 300 people, 50% increase over last T a b l e
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year’s buffet, which was held in Founders Dinning Hall. The organizers are hoping that the extra tickets will be enough but the tick ets which are priced at a mere $5.00, have all almost been sold, according to the Stu dent Life Office. The buffet will consist not only of ethnic food from around the world, but also a pro gram of entertainment reminiscent of the various cultures represented on campus. The ISC said that student representatives of the countries from where the dishes are prepared in will act as ambassadors and will be ready to serve the visitors and answer any queries they may have in respect to the food or per formances. “ Not from here, nor from there: Are we See ISC, continued to page II
Retraction The caption accompanying the photo graph on the front page of last week’s is sue was incorrect. Newspeak apologizes for any problems this may have caused. We especially wish to apologize to the Colleges of Worcester Consortium and to the driver of the van for not investigating this occurrence upon receiving the photo graph from an anonymous source.
Letter from Consortium Shuttle Manager To The Editor, This letter is in reference to your front page photograph and underlying type re garding the accident involving the Con sortium Van and a faculty member’s car. It is apparent that neither the Consortium office, the student managers, nor the driver of the van were contacted before this was published. The facts that you have pre sented are very much in error and need to See Van, continued to page 8
See a lso . About the Colleges of Worcester Consor tium, page 2. The Consortium Shuttle Bus Service, page 11.
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McMurphy, played by Dana Schosser, takes bets from the boys in Masque’s prduction ofOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, written by Ken Kesey. The play was performed last week to capacity crowds.
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News beyond the farm A weekly e-mail news summary _________ WORLD EDITION_________ For the week preceding this Saturday, November 23rd, 1996, here’s what made the News Beyond the Farm: The situation in Zaire continues to be tluid. On Nov 17th, the exodus of refu gees from Mugunga Camp in Zaire to Rwanda was completed. On the same day, documents were released implying that Hutu militias which control the eastern half of Zaire intended to continue their inva sion westward. In light of the changed situ ation, the United States announced a new aid plan Nov 19th in which only 1000 logistical troops would head to Zaire instead of the armed intervention force previously sug gested. On Nov 20th, more Hutu refugees started heading to Rwanda, apparently re leased by militias heading deeper into Zaire. Anti-aircraft fire was reported at a US relief flight over the center of the country Nov 21st. Then, rebel leaders in eastern Zaire declared a local administration Nov 22nd. Citing a mandate from President Mobutu (who is still out of the country) despite being long-term rivals, Etienne Tshisekedi claimed to estab lish administrative control. An interesting situation moves on in Belarus. On Nov 17th, thousands of people took to the streets in the capitol of Minsk to demand the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko over economic stag nation and lack of leadership and indepen dence from Russia. On Nov 21st, Lukashenko announced a deal with parlia ment to make a referendum on his presidency scheduled for Nov 24th non-binding. How ever, parliament rejected the proposal Nov 22nd, leading to limited street protests. They’re Talking About It: In the O.J. Simpson civil trial taking place in Santa Monica CA, the defendant himself took to the stand Nov 21st. Most
ited. • Texaco executive Richard Landswell was charged in the discrimination case against that company Nov 19th. Ironi cally, he was the executive who made the incriminating tapes and released them in the first place. • The Space Shuttle Co lumbia blasted off Nov 19th with 61-year old astronaut Story Musgrave aboard. • 14 people died in a on ground collision at the Quincy IL airport Nov 19th. • Newt Gingrich (R-GA) was re-nominated unani mously as Speaker of the House Nov 20th. • Brian Peterson turned himself in to po lice Nov 20th. Peterson is the boyfriend of fellow 18-year old Amy Grossberg; the two apparently killed their baby af ter inducing an early birth. • A building collapse in San Juan, Puerto Rico killed 20 and injured 80 Nov 21st. • HUD secretary Henry Cisneros re signed Nov 21st. • The London subway lost power for a long time Nov 21st. • The Garley Building in Hong Kong burned Nov 21st, killing 39 people. • A Taiwanese magistrate and seven as sociates were murdered Nov 21 st by an assassin. • The Dow Jones Industrial average closed the week Nov 22nd at yet an other record, at 6471.76. • New airbag recommendations were re leased Nov 22nd, calling for more op tions for consumers and more warning labels. • A C l30 transport crashed off Cape Mendocino CA Nov 22nd, apparently killing ten. • The Miss World pageant finally ended Nov 23rd in Bangalore India. Fully 1500
analysts agree that Simpson hurt his cred ibility by denying E V E R abusing Nicole Brown Simpson. He at first seemed un nerved by testifying, but later hit his stride and even seemed to inject hu mor into his testimony. In Shorts: • The Taliban order that cur rently controls most of Af ghanistan asked for that nation’s seat in the United Nations Nov 17th; the seat is currently held by the former government. • The Russian Mars Probe fell back to earth in the ocean Nov 17th, ending fears of plutonium landing in populated areas. • The army hotline on sexual abuse had re ceived 4000 calls by Nov 17th. • A fire in the Chunnel between England and France Nov 18th led to the hospital ization of 17 people. • CIA agent Harold Nicholson was arrested Nov 18th for passing secrets to the Rus sians; Nicholson had worked for the CIA for 16 years. • Toymaker Mattel I purchased Tyco Toys Nov 18th. • Emil Constantinepel won the Romanian Presidency in elections Nov 18th. • The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Nov 18th that police do not have to inform motor ists that they are free to leave in certain situations. • The United States was the only country in the UN Security Council to vote against the re-election of Secretary Gen eral Bhoutros BhoutrosGhali Nov 19th. However, as a permanent members, its veto meant that Bhoutros-Ghali was not confirmed. It is expected that he will again be nominated for the post. • Fidel Castro invited the Pope to visit Cuba Nov 19th; Cuba is the only Latin American nation the Pope has not vis
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people had to be arrested for protesting the contest for degrading women and bringing inappropriate western values to India. • An Ethiopian 767 was hijacked Nov 23rd and diverted to Australia. The flight ran out of fuel off the Comoros Islands and crashed into the sea in full view of a hotel. 175 people were aboard; at least 54 survived including the cockpit crew and two hijackers, whose motives and identities are un known. • Russia ordered its last units of troops out of Chechnya Nov 23rd. • An Amtrak train derailed Nov 23rd at Seacaucus NJ. Two cars and one loco motive went over the embankment, in juring 35 people, none seriously. Finally: A group of doctors was attending a con vention in Moscow. Upon arrival at their hotel, they were warned not to say any thing controversial since their rooms were bugged. One group of doctors decided to take matters into their own hands and started searching for the listening devices. Sure enough, they found a bulge in the floor, lifted the carpet, and found a plastic and metal device. After unscrewing the fastener and removing the plastic, they heard a loud noise in the room below as a chandelier shattered into pieces. And that’s what made the News Beyond the Farm. Sources this week included All Things Considered (NPR), the A ssociated Press newswire, the BBC Newshour (BBC/PRI), KCBS radio news, M arketplace (PRI), the N ew s H our with Jim L e h re r (P B S), N ew sday (BBC/PRI), N ew sdesk (B B C / PRI), Paul Harvey News and Comment (ABC radio), and the Reuters newswire. Compiled by: Lance Gleich, Stanford CA
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Academic honesty expert to visit WPI Courtesy o f WPI News Service On Monday, December 9, Donald L. McCabe, nationally known expert on mat ters pertaining to academic cheating and honor codes, will be visiting W PI. An as sociate professor of organization manage ment at Rutgers University, and currently serving as Associate Provost for Campus Development, McCabe has published widely on ethical decision making, particu larly on the relationship between college education and ethical development. McCabe’s research has recently focused national attention upon an epidemic of cheating that has swept across American universities during the past three decades. He is one of the founders of the Center for Academic Integrity and speaks often on college campuses about the nature and ef fectiveness of honor codes. McCabe will be meeting and discussing with students
and faculty his findings concerning aca demic intergrity in a series of events on Monday, December 9. More details about the visit will be announced next week. If you desire additional information, please contact Bland Addison, Humanities and Arts Department, (x5190, addison@wpi).
ISC Buffet Dec. 7,h Courtesy o f WPI News Service The International Student Council will host its annual International Buffet on Sat urday, Dec. 7, at 6:30pm in Alden Memo rial. In addition to delicious food from all over the globe, the evening will include entertainment that reflects the diverse cul tures of W PI students and staff. Tickets ($5), arc available in the Student Life Of fice; they will not be sold at the door. For more information, call ext. 5201.
About the Colleges of Worcester Consortium by D avid Koelle E ditor-in-C hief The Colleges of Worcester Consortium was incorporated 1968 and is comprised of ten colleges from the Worcester area. The purpose of the Consortium is to work with these colleges in providing services, which fall into four basic categories: aca demic collaborations, professional devel opment, information services, and aca demic support services. Academic sup port services include cross registration, the Worcester Area Cooperating Librar ies, the Consortium Shuttle service, and the Purchasing Group, which is meant to encourage and assist idea exchange, shared services, and procurement, and extends beyond the ten colleges in the Consortium. When many people think about the Consortium, they often think of cross registration and the shuttle system.
However, the Consortium is involved in many more activities which are often taken for granted by local collegians. Earlier this year, they coordinated the Graduate and Professional School Fair held at Assumption College. On March 19, 1997, they will coordinate the An nual Career Fair. The Consortium also has special educational opportunities: they currently offer an academic certifi cate program in Gerontology Studies; some other programs are in the works, such as Peace & Conflict and Museum Studies. The Gerontology program is just one example of how the Consortium reaches into the Worcester community: students work at an internship within the community to learn more about geron tology. There are other ways in which the Con sortium reaches out to the community. They hold events which are open to the See Consortium, continued to page 6
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Weekly sports update: Results from November 14th to November 21st by G eoff Hassard Sports Information D irector Football (2-8) The 1996 football season came to an end last Saturday the 16th at Plymouth State. W PI was defeated by the Panthers 31 -3 in a game in which turnovers again hurt the W PI attack. The score was 10-3 at the half, but in the second half, Plymouth scored 21 unan swered points to win going away. The Freedom Football Conference AllStar team was announced and W PI had four players named to the team. First Team se lections were senior Brian Learned (Clinton, M A ) and junior Adam Abrams (E . Bridgewater. M A) who made the team as safeties. Named to the second team were senior Pat Blais (Derby Line, V T) on the of fensive line and sophomore Matt Surette (Spencer, M A) as a tight end. Wrestling (0-0) The wrestling team opened their season on the 16th when they participated in the annual Hawk Tournament at Roger Williams University. In this tournament format no team scores are kept, so there was no team champion just individual placewinners at each weight. Junior Aaron Becker (Coven
try, R I) just barely missed his third Hawk title and finished second at 126 lbs. Sophomore Kris Babic (E. Barre, VT) placed fourth at 118 lbs.. Freshman Matt McCarthy debuted with a fifth place finish at 158 lbs., and jun ior Lance Baden (Framingham, M A) took third place at 177 lbs. Men’s And Women’s Swimming Men (1-1); Women (0-2) The men’s and women’s swim teams opened their seasons on the 16th with tri meets against Babson and Wheaton at the latter. The men ended up splitting with a 116105 win over the host and a 156-56 loss to Babson. The women were beaten in their meet, losing 106-78 to Wheaton and 171-49 to Babson. The women had no individual event winners, while the men had a couple. Junior John Lambie (Conroe, T X ) took first in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle versus Wheaton. Senior co-captain Jason Wening swam a career best 11:34 in winning the 1,000-yard freestyle against Wheaton. Also against Wheaton, our 200-yard freestyle re lay team of freshman Stephen Sacovitch (Worcester, MA), sophomore R.K. Marsland and juniors Jamie Murdock (Woodinville, W A) and Adam Terio (Reston, VA) took a first.
Army and Navy to do battle on athletic field by H eather Mazzaccaro Sports Editor Since the first Army-Navy football game on November 29,1890, there has been a con tinuing rivalry between these two military branches. Maintaining the spirit of this long standing competition, the Army ROTC ca dets based at W PI will be playing the Navy ROTC cadets from Holy Cross following the televised Army-Navy football game on De cember 7, 1996. Both teams have already started talking trash about each other and are counting on their team to win. The Navy may have more to prove than the Army. They have a reputation to gain back. Although this is the first meeting between the two ROTC branches here, the Army has a 46-43-7 lead in the all time series at the national level. In fact, the Army has beaten the Navy each of the four last games. However, the Army has only
won by a combined four game total of six points and so the competition is fierce. As for the Army cadets, they will try to avoid repeating history. In the first Army-Navy football game, the Army lost by a score of 25-0. If they are to accom plish this task they will have to put it to gether on the field. The Navy has amassed a large force to do battle with the Army cadets on lhat Saturday. They needed to have try-outs because too many people wanted a piece of the Army. So grab your winter coat, blankets, and a warm mug of hot chocolate and come down to Alumni Field at 7pm on Decem ber 7 to see who is declared the victor at the end of the game. Who will win the bragging rights at all the Consortium schools? Which team will end up in the front leaning rest when time expires? All I can say is that this will be one hell of a game and I wouldn’t miss it if I were you.
W e b s it e d e s ig n c o m p e titio n Department of Management The Management Information Systems group of the Department of Management is inviting designs for a WEB site which will advertise the Department’s new MIS program. First prize will be $150, second prize $100 and third prize $50. The first prize win ner can be expected to be asked to implement the design on the department’s web site for an additional award of $200. To enter the competition and receive the guidelines for the competition as well as a draft of wording for the design, please send email to Professor Dieter Klein (dklein@wpi.edu) mentioning this competition. Designs to be submitted for judging must be completed by December 5. W inners w ill be announced December 9.
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The Men’s basketball team started the season off this past Saturday against Nichols College. The final score was not available at press time. After playing Salve Regina tonight at 7:30 (away), they will be home again to face off against M IT this coming Saturday at 2:00pm.
Athlete’s items stolen from Harrington by Heather M azzaccaro Sports Editor Several items were stolen from the lobby of Harrington Auditorium Wednesday af ternoon. Members of the Alpine Skiing Team and the Indoor Track Team came back from their workouts to find their bags, keys, and clothing missing. The culprit or culprits came into the lobby after the athletes had departed, grabbed the items and brought them into the men’s locker room where they were searched through and invaluable items left behind. Not all the items were left out in the open either. Two victims had hid their belongings in the ticket booths located on the sides of the lobby prompt ing them to believe the thief or thieves were well aware of the habits of the ath letes. O f the items stolen, some of the less valuable things were recovered. How ever, several car keys, a pair of wind pants, and someone’s bag containing textbooks still remain missing. While normally Harrington can be con
sidered a safe place to leave your items while you are out doing a workout, that isn’t always the case. There are often kids from other schools, as well as, lo cal residents who come to Harrington to use the facilities. The campus police do an excellent job in kicking most of these people off the premises but cannot be everywhere all the time. Also, while there is sometimes a work study student in the lobby of Harrington to provide security, one is only present a small frac tion of the time. Therefore, all athletes need to be aware of this situation so that they will not be come the next victims. Keep your per sonal belongings in sight at all times unless you can lock them up in a locker. Anyone who may have seen a suspi cious person or group of people in either Harrington Auditorium or the men’s locker room at that time or those who have any information on this crime, please contact the campus police. Hope fully, the thief or thieves can be found and these items returned to their origi nal owners.
Regional sports update by Heather M azzaccaro Sports Editor
the Celtics are now 2-7 overall.
Patriots: New England was crushed last Sun day by the Broncos, suffering a 34-8 de feat. After that game, the Patriots have a 7-4 record for the season and remain in second place in the AFC East.
Bruins: The team started last week off well, defeating San Jose, 4-2. They also fought Washington to a 2-2 lie. However, their luck turned around as Montreal routed Boston, 6-2. They move to 19-7-8 overall.
Celtics: Boston’s woes continued last week. Forward and leading scorer, Dino Radja, broke his middle finger in a 106-92 loss to the Washington Bullets. Their bad luck continued as they lost to the Pistons, 108-83. After losing their last 3 games,
In other news: Lou Holtz resigned from the most prestigious job in college football, last Tuesday, when he stepped down as head coach at Notre Dame. His record of 9929-2 is second only to Knute Rockne’s on the schools all-time victory list.
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Stupid stories for brilliant people: Thing #5 by Jess Jones Originally entitled Insanity and G ibber ish in Thrilling 3-D , this tale has now come to be known as Stuff that Happened to Thing #5. In this exciting second episode. Thing is reunited with his long lost friend Hwango the Indistinct. There is no first episode, but the reader may feel free to extrapolate a likely set of events that may have occurred previously to fill in the gap. Any mistakes you may find in this story are a product of the unique process by which it was created, and just add lo the originality and character of the story. Do not read this story when drunk, or it could make sense. Stuff that Happened to Thing #5 Part 2: The Search for More Absurdity One day. Thing #5 was sitting in his rocking chair, where he suddenly had an overwhelming urge not to sit in the chair anymore. Thing #5 got up and opened his front door, where he found Hwango the In distinct. “ Hwango!” Thing exclaimed, “ How did you know to be there just then, so that when I decided to open the door you’d be stand ing there? Are you psychic?” “ No. I ’m psychic.” said Hwango. “ Now, let me in, so I won't be outside.” “ Hwango, did I just explain something to you?” Thing exquired. “ And what the heck is exquiring?” “ I have no idea, Thing. I thought maybe you were being sophisticated or something. Maybe there’s something wrong with your character,” Hwango said. “That goes without saying,” Thing ex ploded. “ Cleverly changing the subject, what brings you here after so very many years?”
“ A bus. Can I come in now?” Hwango asked. “ It’s extremely hot out here.” “That’s because you’re standing in my moat of molten lava. Wipe your feet, I don’t want it to stain the carpet.” Thing expired. “ Why have you come here?” “This episode is in desperate need of rewriting, and I ’ve come to sec what changes I can make. So far I ’ve managed to cause this episode to almost make sense, which may suck in new readers.” Hwango explained. He wiped his feet, and moved into Hwango’s living room. Thing had known Hwango ever since they’d met. Hwango had found Thing sleeping in his chair and had decided to rob him of all his possessions. Thing was awakened when Hwango attempted to steal the chair. The resulting conversation was simply too terrifying to put into print. Suf fice to say, however, that they have since become close friends. “ May I borrow some money, Thing?” “ I will ignore that for the sake life as we know it. Pass the ketchup.” "That’s some pretty random dialogue you’re spouting, Thing.” Hwango ob served. Thing glared at him. “ That’s the whole point of the story, Hwango. Pointless, unintelligible gibber ish. And I must say, you make entirely too much sense. Say something warped, or I ’m kicking you out,” Thing injected. “ You’d throw me out of your house?” Hwango said, shocked. “ No, I ’ll throw you out of the story. By killing you off.” Thing rendered omi nously. Tune in next time - you’ll see Hwango talk his way out of annihilation! Or, de cide you’d rather gnaw off your arm than read any more of this, and... gnaw your ami off, I guess.
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First Contact: A Non-Trekkie point of view by H eather M azzaccaro Sports Editor Well, November 22 marked the premiere of the long awaited Star Trek movie, First Contact. To avoid the long lines and the sold-out theaters, I decided to see this movie the following day at a quieter, cheaper time of day and avoid some of the more fanatic fans. Not being a “ trekkie,” I went to see it mostly out of curiosity and for some entertainment that only a movie in digital surround sound can provide. I was not disappointed in my excursion. I have watched The Next Generation before so I was not completely out of tune with the main plot of the movie. I was well aware of what the Borg was and have come to appreciate Patrick Stewart’s por trayal of Captain Picard. The movie is basically about a huge cuboidal ship which contains the Borg. The Borg is a race which travels throughout the universe as similating, and thereby destroying, whole civilizations. Needless to say, the human race was next, and who else was to try and stop them but the crew of the Starship En terprise. The special effects in the movie make it stand out. The space battles are expertly
done and impressive at times. The detail given to the Enterprise and the Borg ship is also well depicted. Even a “ trekkie” who accompanied me to the movie agreed. First Contact was a great mix of both action and comedy. The humor caught me off guard, but was a welcome addition to normally dry and serious sci-fi movies. These comic scenes mainly refer to basic Star Trek knowledge, however, and may be missed by those unfamiliar with the TV shows. The only problem with this movie, how ever, is that if someone were to go see First Contact without first having either seen The Next Generation or been briefed by an informed viewer, might miss a lot of what goes on in the movie. Inside jokes abound and the audience is almost ex pected to know about past confrontations between the Enterprise and the Borg. W h ile background information is fractioned out along the way, there are still big gaps left in the story line. As for entertainment value. First Con tact gets a B+. The acting is, for the most part, very well done, as the actors are com fortable with their roles. The action scenes arc well choreographed and, as mentioned See Trek, continued to page 5
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Enjoy summer in the London Theatre Courtesy o f WPI N ews Service Earn one full unit of credit, E Term 1997. The London Theatre Sufficiency Project for ETerm 1997 will include the following: At tendance at productions of classic plays; Modem productions; Fringe theatre produc tions; Musical theatre; Walking tours of his toric theatre districts; Backstage tours at the
Barbican Theatre and the National Theatre; Tour to Stratford-Upon-Avon and attendance at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre; Trip to Warwick Castle; Classroom preparation for theatre and discussion and evaluations of plays; Visit the theatre museum; Enjoy other cultural attractions of London. For more in formation contact: Professor K. Ljungquist (kpl@wpi) Department of Humanities and Arts.
Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Alpha Phi Omega will be holding their first annual canned food drive December 2nd through December 6th. Boxes will be placed in every building on campus, and there will also be a drop off location in the mailroom throughout the week. All proceeds will be donated to the Worcester County Food Bank. Any non-perishable donations will be ac cepted. We would appreciate any support you can offer towards this worthy cause.
Astronomy Club formed at WPI this past September by Brandon Ngo Newspeak S taff The Astronomy Club was started by Tom Szymkiewicz ‘99 in September of this year. He, along with N ick Abbondante ‘00, the secretary, run the club; incidentally, both are physics ma jors. The group meets prim arily on weekends to observe constellations. These get-togethers take place in Rutland State Park, about a half hour drive from W PI. In addition to constellations, the group also observes nebulae, clusters, the moon, and the Andromeda Galaxy. Some things of particular interest that they have or will observe are Saturn and its rings.
the lunar eclipse, and the Hale-Bopp Comet, which is coming around Earth. Presently, the Astronomy club depends on group members for equipment since it has not received the funding its needs yet. Their equipment includes a 4.5 inch reflector telescope and an 8.5 inch C ri terion Schmidt-Cassegrain. However, they are presently in the process of ac quiring funds from SG A . W ith these funds, they are hoping to buy additional telescopes, mounts, cameras (for astrophotography), and binoculars. Further more, the club plans to use these funds for tentative trips to the Framingham Ob servatory, the planetarium at the Boston Museum of Science, and the M IT Hay
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Trek: 1st Contact Contunued from page 4 before, the visual effects were fantastic. The plot moves along nicely and the pre dictability level remains at a nice medium level. My suggestion would be to go see this movie in the theater if you get the chance. It just wouldn’t be the same on the small screen. For all you “ non-trekkies” out there, try and get some background infor mation on the plot before you go. You’ll enjoy it much better than if you go in blindly. While this movie is definitely not one of the best movies this year, it is worth seeing.
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by Eric Wilhelm Graphics Editor A couple of weeks ago, the fountain in Reunion Plaza was finally turned on, symbolizing the completeness of the West Street project. A project which the college has been planning for many years, West Street’s rebirth came with a price tag which exceeded $0.8 million; about half of which was donated by the Class of 1956 on the occasion of their 40th reunion. Now that the project is
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almost done, N ew speak would like to hear what people think about one of the most recent construction projects on campus. The Reunion Plaza fountain, a four to six foot spout of water emanating from a small granite block when in operation, was originally supposed to be completed in time for October’s dedication, but has been delayed due to the inavailability of some parts which are needed to complete the job, according to President Edward Parrish. President Parrish also commented
that “ There is quite a bit of work that is yet to be done,” mentioning that the night lamps which will eventually line the walk way were due to arrive about four weeks ago; about the same time frame in which the fountain parts were scheduled to arrive. Yet, Parrish said that “ the setting is done” , and all that remains for the fountain is some way to deflect it, so it is not just “ a garden hose straight up in the air,” as some have described it. Recently, Newspeak went to the streets on campus to see what some people had to say about the fountain in
Reunion Plaza, and this is what we heard: “ Absolutely not alright; they should defi nitely do something with it.” -Helder Machado. “ I like it, but they should have put it where they were going to have it originally [indicating the Freeman Plaza area], then you could have something real.” -Troy Thompson. If you have something to say about the fountain on West Street, send email to newspeak@wpi.edu, or drop off a letter in the Newspeak mailbox in the Student Ac tivities office.
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Consortium: Everything you wanted to know Continued from page 2 public, such as music, theater, and art ex hibits, lectures and conferences, and sport ing events. They collaborate with the pub lic schools, assisting with the professional development of principals and teachers, collaborating on curriculum developing, and making college more accessible to stu dents through tuition waivers and schoolto-college access programs. Members of the Consortium are also in volved in many community service endeav ors, which includes student internships and course projects and faculty research and con sulting. The Consortium also plays a large economic role in Worcester by participating in new business development and serving as a source for entrepreneurs, business leaders, and community leaders. The Consortium also realizes the impor tance of the Internet as a means of com munication among members. They en courage the use of the Social Web (http:// cee.wpi.edu/Social) to make this wonder-
ful tool even more effective in informing students and faculty of local happenings. Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Colleges of Worcester Consortium, 37 Fruit St., Worcester, MA 01609; phone (508) 754-6829. Without making your concerns known, the Consor tium won’t be able to respond! The ten colleges in the Consortium are Anna Maria College, Assumption College, Becker College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, Quinsigamond Com munity College, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Worcester State College. /Editor's note: I would like to thank Bar bara Guthrie, Director o f Academic Sup port & Information Services at the Con sortium, fo r showing me what the Consor tium has to offer, and fo r encouraging this article to inform students about its advan tages. ]
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$150 prize offered in Management Department’s web competition by Jason O. Papadopoulos News Editor The Management Department is offering a $ 150 first place prize for the best design of a web page for the department's new Man agement Information Systems (M IS) pro gram in a web design competition. The de
partment recently added M IS to the list of majors it is offering. The M IS group is now inviting the W PI community to participate in the web design competition aimed at creating a web site to promote the new program. The winner may be asked to implement the site for an additional reward. The sec
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Photography Club receives valuable gift by M athew Brevard Class o f 99 Don Theo of Theo Properties graciously donated a constant temperature four lank paper processor to the W PI Photography Club last week. This machine was used in a one hour photo business that went out of business, and has recently been taking up space. Mat Brevard, president of the W PI
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Photography Club recieved the gift, and the club is now working on making the machine operational in its new home in the W P I darkrooms in the basement of Riley. The machines estimated worth is about $1500 and has become a valuable asset of the club. On behalf of the club, and the whole W PI community Mat would like to thank Theo Properties. For more informa tion contact photo@wpi.edu.
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Comes around.... by Tom Balistrieri Student D evelopm ent and Counseling Center The Martians attack and do win the war with earth. Little mercy is shown. They refuse to let us speak our language and punish us if wc do. We must learn Martian. The Martians all have green hair. They make us dye our hair green. The Martians refuse to let us practice our religion, whatever that religion is. They beat us when they find us practicing our religion. They de stroy our sacred places. They put the faces of their leaders on our sacred places and turn them into tourist traps for Martians. They honor the god Blftt. We are made to honor Blftt. All of our food is destroyed by the Martians. All of our food. Wc are made to eat Mar tian food that is brought in for us. All of us humans who remain, af ter the near destruction of our race, are placed in one small location called a “ holding place.” A loca
tion that does not support much life, is quite barren, has few re sources, and is located far from Martian civilization — on Earth. The Martians split up our families. The old are isolated in one portion of the Holding Place; our children arc placed in another section of the Holding Place; and children arc taken away at age six. Our chil dren are told their parents are evil, are told their ways are evil, are beaten if they practice any of our old ways, and are returned to the Holding Place when they are in their twenties. The Holding Place is controlled and patrolled by Mar tians. Finally, the Martians give us Earthlings an odd-colored liq uid to drink. A liquid that makes us Earthlings act crazy and do weird things. A liquid that makes our Earthling babies come out de formed. A liquid thal destroys the very soul of our people. Far fetched, right? What you have just read is exactly what the dominant culture brought upon the
American Indian. We killed 220 million buffalo and thus wiped out their food source. Wc placed the people on barren land called res ervations. We split up and de stroyed their families. We took their children. We beat them if they spoke “ Indian” or wore their hair long or practiced their beliefs. We Hipped a coin to determine if they would be forced to be Catho lic or Episcopalian. (American Indians could not legally practice their own religion until 1976.) The dominant culture carved the faces of their own leaders into Mount Rushmore in the most sacred place of the American Indians, the Black Hills. We destroyed their sclf-esteem, their livelihood, their lives. (The average life span o f an American Indian is 49 years). Fi nally, we poisoned their people with liquor. Now the genocide continues as their babies are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. What is interesting is that my In dian friends on the Rosebud look
Cl)f &tulicttt IftrtoSpaprr of &)ortetfter $3oli>tctljmt Jintftitutp at us with affection in their eyes and say, “ What goes around comes around. You arc now destroying yourselves the way you destroyed us.” Terrifying when you really exam the whole scenario closely. There are many ways to heal these terrible wounds. One way W PI stu dents can help is to buy a Toy for Christmas fora Lakotachild. These kids continue to live on the Holding Places called reservations — in par ticular, on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Many of the people have nothing or so little. You can help by giving their children a hap pier Christmas. The LEA P students are collecting Toys for Christmas for the Rosebud kids. Please help if you can. Call x-5540 for information. If you can’t or don’t want to give a toy (or make a contribution to ward mailing costs), there is some thing else you can do. Learn to drink responsibly and make a con certed effort to not hurl anyone or yourself with your drinking. What goes around comes around.
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Cough, cough, sniffle; Beware of computer viruses by D ebra L. Dexter The Com puter Help Desk The cold and flu season is upon us once again, and while you are suffering, box of tissues in hand, it might be a good idea to think about your computer’s health. In our computer-rich environment, viruses are always popping up, and there are many steps that you can take to protect your data. You Le tte r s t o
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of Automenu, select “ b) DOS commands, virus scan, and mis cellaneous utilities.” On this screen, pick Virus Scan, and then select the disk you want to scan. You can also access M cA fee’s Scan directly from DOS, its lo cated in O:\sharewar\scan. W in dows 95 users can get the lastest virus scanner, ViruScan 95 from M cA fee’s W W W page, at www.mcafee.com.
Scanning for viruses daily doesn’t take much time, and the trouble it could save you in the long run is definitely worth it. If you need help with this or any other computer related topic, please contact the Computer Help Desk. W e’re located in Fuller Labs, room B21, and can be reached by phone at x5888 or by email at helpdesk@wpi. Our web page is www.wpi.edu/~box5888.
Continued from page I be corrected. The underlying text read, “ A Worcester Consortium Van backed into a faculty members carat a high rate of speed in a park ing lot a couple of weeks ago. This incident has raised questions about the safety of the Consortium Vans and their drivers.” Almost every aspect of the statement is false. The time frame was in fact just over a week, the previous Monday at 10:10am (11/11/96). More impor tantly is the way Newspeak por trayed the accident. The faculty members car was not parked and was in fact moving at a fair rate of speed trying to enter a parking space. The vehicle’s wheels were turned to the right and this is quite apparent in your photo as well as in the angle of impact, note the driver’s side of the grill is badly
damaged while the passenger side is basically untouched. You also erred when you said that the van was moving at a high rate of speed, the van was moving at a normal rate of speed for backing out of a parking space. I request that you investigate this story further and when you find out the truth of what really happened you print an apology to the Consortium and especially to the driver of the van. If you need further information about this in cident feel free to contact Lt. Rod Beaton, Campus Police; Barbara Guthrie, Director of the Colleges of W orcester Consortium ; or myself. Sincerly, Brian S. Wilson Consortium Shuttle Bus M anager
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Class of ’46 makes generous donation to Campus Center To The Editor, Your editorial on page 8 of the November 5, 1996, issue of News peak concerning the Campus Cen ter reminded me that students would be pleased to learn that the Class of 1946, which celebrated its 50th reunion this past May, had designated $ 198,566 of its recordsetting $1,423,580 gift to be used toward the construction the Cam pus Center. Those funds, which are pres
ently held in escrow, will be made available for the construction of the center when a plan for the center is approved and the center is un der construction. In addition, a modest amount of $10,000, which represents the student card royal ties from the Alumni Association MasterCard is also being held by the Alumni Association to be dis pensed when the center is built. Sharon C. Davis ‘95 Director o f Alumni Affairs
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Nothing is perfect all of the time Mistakes. Bad judgment calls. Errors. Unfortunately, they happen, because nothing is perfect all of the time. When they do happen, timely and responsible amends must be made. We wish to apologize to our readership and to all parties involved regarding the front page picture in last week's issue. The picture of a car that was hit by a Consortium van was given to us anonymously, and accompanied by text derived from an anonymous description of the situation. It was irre sponsible of us not to have investigated the story further before the picture was ran. Actually, the picture wasn't supposed to run in the first place. But that is certainly not an excuse for anything, as the picture did run, and its incorrect text under standably upset those involved. What actually happened is stated in Brian Wilson's letter to the editor. And then, we've been having quite a few spelling errors. Most of our articles are run through a spell checker, but obvi ously some of them slip through. We try to make Newspeak as accurate as possible; we try to pay attention to the most minute
detail; but sometimes, errors pass through our checks. We have taken extra-special care this week to make sure that Newspeak is as error-free as possible. On a lighter note, I would like to thank everyone who has given us feedback about our new format. The response has been almost unanimously positive. We are glad that our readership enjoys and appreciates our new format. As you may have noticed, we are trying to make Newspeak some thing you want to read as opposed to something you have to read. We are aiming for more graphics and pictures, and more articles on the things you care about. Are we doing well in that respect? Is there anything you would like to see us try to cover? And now, for some of the most common questions we've been getting: What happened to the Police Log? After three weeks without the Police Log, it's back! A slight communication problem was to blame for the log not appear
ing in recent issues, but that has been cleared up. What happened to the Greek Comer? Despite its popularity, it was decided that the Greek Comer was too much of a liability for Newspeak. Whether we have seen the last of the Greek Comer, however, remains to be seen. What is wrong with Newspeak on the Web? We've been having some difficulties in getting the paper con verted to Web format. Then, we had a problem with the ar chives. These problems are being worked on now if they are not already fixed (I'm writing this on Friday, and the archive problem still exists). Please bear with us! So, the bottom line is, we're trying to make Newspeak the best that it can be. Along the way, we are going to encounter problems and mistakes, some more serious than others. As we continue on our trek to make Newspeak enjoyable and distin guished, guided by your suggestions and feedback, we ask for your understanding in any unexpected events which may pop up along the way.
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Honest dishonesty: Confused yet? by Chris M ilici Class o f '99 Does the title confuse you? Per haps the confusion lies directly be hind the issue at hand. That issue, academic honesty, maybe more ac curately referred to as academic dis honesty, is a problem that not only faces educators around the country, but also the honest student, however rare, in almost every institution. Still confused? If so, then I am silently making my point strikingly clear. There is no doubt that over half of the students who were, and still are, academically dishonest have not the slightest inkling that their actions are in some manner inappro priate. The problem of academic dis honesty, of course, starts with the family, in the home, years before “college major” ever enters a stu dents vocabulary. And, conse quently, there are hundreds of ex perts that blame dysfunctional fami lies, a lack of moral values, or even television for the problems educa tors are currently facing. All fine and
dandy, but the average student, edu cator. father, senator, or psychologist probably couldn’t explain what mor als arc, what determines right and wrong, or how to combat the same points they indicate represent the problems leading to academic dis honesty. The entire problem may have begun not long ago, since most would agree that academic honesty didn't move towards academic dis honesty until recently, but morals will never be taught, morals will never be understood, morals will remain as ambiguous as the defini tion of entropy. The title, then, represents the con fusion that all students face as they move through life, from one set of rules to another, from one school to the next, until they reach yet another destination, W PI. Before the appli cation is read, and certainly before the first class begins, every student that is qualified to be here, which is an honor to say the least, has some understanding of W P I’sphilosophy: work in groups, work more in groups, and work in groups. Then
that first class begins, and the Pro fessor calmly announces that all stu dents “ must work independently on assignments,” proceeding to preach about how working in groups can be more harmful than beneficial. And do you think there was a single stu dent in that class that didn’t work in some kind of study group that met regularly throughout the term? Then you are just as ignorant as the Pro fessor. The fact remains, however, that every student in the class was academically dishonest, acting against the Professor’s word every
minute, yet all the while following the school's philosophy on learning. Academic dishonesty at W PI, and most likely at every institution around the world, is a matter of confusion, a lack of communication, and a number of mixed messages. Quite frankly, the school is certainly NOT to blame and neither is any of the faculty. According to Webster, probably the only authority that can be trusted these days, the students are to blame. “ Truthfulness; sin cerity; not deceptive or fraudulent” show the characteristics of an hon
est student. Unfortunately, those students who worked in groups against the educators’ word were not trustworthy or sincere, but de ceptive and fraudulent. Of course, the students who cheat on exams, stretch the use of a graphing cal culator, or plagiarize to produce the perfect paper arc all cows of a dif ferent color. And whatever color that is, the only solution that will bleach it white again is effective communication, strict penalties, and an understanding of the seri ousness of the issue.
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as an entry'. ] “I did many o f these 'academic dishonesty' things in high school— but not since arriving here— the atmosphere here is one o f respect for the student— and so I have re spect fo r the system. ” 1 How many W P I students would respond in this or a similar way
when asked what motivations there are for not cheating at W P I? Per haps many, but in my opinion, not enough, and this is one reason why I believe that academic dishonesty is a problem at W PI. More direct evidence is contained in the results of the academic honesty See Trust, continued to page 10
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Shuttle transportation system provides valuable service To the editor: The photo and caption in the November 19, 1996 edition of Newspeak entitled, “ Consortium
van rams parked car” can only be described as irresponsible report ing at its very worst. The circumstances surrounding
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the incident involving a Consor tium van and a staff member's au tomobile have been totally misrep resented in your caption and sen sational headline concerning the incident. I am mystified why N ew speak would consider this matter front page news to begin with and am totally dismayed as to how your organization could print something for which you ne glected to research or investigate. The Colleges of W orcester shuttle transportation system pro vides a valuable service to the students and employees of its member institutions. Our num ber one concern is safety and re
liability. A ll of us, including drivers and Consortium staff in volved in the operation of the system, work very hard to pro vide safe, dependable service. We would welcome the opportu nity to share with you and your readers accurate information on how the shuttle system operates. As with everything in this world, nothing works perfectly all the time. I welcome anyone to con tact me at any time, if they should have a question, a problem or concern about any aspect of the shuttle program. Your negative, erroneous report ing has done a tremendous dis-ser-
vice to the system, its drivers and the passengers who depend on the system for their transportation needs. I request that N ewspeak prints a retraction concerning its totally inaccurate reporting and I challenge you to provide your readers with a factual story on the benefits the Consortium shuttle system provides to the students of W PI and the other member insti tutions. Sincerely, Barbara Guthrie D irector o f Academic Support & Information Services Colleges o f Worcester Consortium
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Trust: Addressing academic dishonesty Continued from page 9 survey administered to students by the Stu dent Life Office in 1993 2and 1996. For example, 70% of the 1993 survey respon dents reported seeing another student cheat during an exam one or more times. Fiftytwo percent (52%) of the respondents re ported thal they had collaborated with other students on a homework assignment when it was prohibited by the instructor, and 53% believed that this was not dishonest. Thirtysix percent (36%) reported copying a few sentences from a source without referenc ing the author during the past year, and 33% believed this was not an act of aca demic dishonesty. Twenty-six percent (26%) of the respondents agreed with the statement thal under some circumstances academic dishonesty is justified. These findings about W PI students’ at titudes and practices are not unlike those reported by other high quality institutions or by national surveys.3 (For example, our students’ practice and attitudes about pro hibited collaboration seem quite similar to those of M IT students, as reported in 1992.4) So let us not berate our students. Indeed, I strongly agree with the follow ing statement by Gary Pavela and Donald McCabe, two national experts on academic honesty: “Cynicism about student values can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.” 5 Yet the fact that the altitudes and practices of our students arc not unlike those of many other universities must not be an excuse, for faculty or for students, to ignore ad
dressing a very difficult problem or to state that we don’t even have a problem. In deed, faculty share equal responsibility for the present situation; typically only five or so academic dishonesty cases are heard by the Campus Hearing Board every year.6 At a minimum we need to do some intro spection on why this is the case and make some changes in the policy to make it easier to use. In this essay, I would like to share my still-developing thinking about how to promote a high level of academic honesty at W PI. The path I'm envisioning focuses on the issues of trust, respect, and com munication rather than procedural issues, which if you arc a pessimist, means that our likelihood of success is doubtful and if you are an optimist, means that we have a tremendous opportunity to make some changes in the culture of our community. First, I believe that much, not all, aca demic dishonesty at W PI may be rooted in actual or perceived lack of respect, trust, and communication between students and faculty. In the words of one student survey respondent, “ It [academic honesty] is a matter of trust, attitude, and respect among the students and faculty, and not a matter of policy.” 7 Indeed, research has shown that students at schools with high levels of self-reported cheating often describe their behavior with a “ we” versus “ they” men tality. “ Cheating is acceptable because they (faculty) ‘deserve’ it fora number of reasons— unreasonable assignments, un clear instructions, poor quality of teach
ing. inaccessibility,... “ 8 Similarly, stu dents may get the sense that professors do not care about academic integrity if they use the same homework or exam questions or projects year after year, resulting in an erosion of respect. I admit that I do not have direct evidence to support this sense that we need to work on these issues of trust and respect. Maybe the anecdotes I hear are very isolated pockets of problems. Cer tainly, I think more discussion is needed in this area. Another challenge we must confront is to change a perhaps prevailing attitude at W P I that academic dishonesty “ doesn’t hurt me.” Following are some student re sponses in the most recent academic hon esty surveys as to why they did not report incidences of cheating they observed: “They aren't learning anything by cheat ing, so i t ’s th eir life th e y're m essing with.... ” "It doesn't bother me if they do it, it's their loss.... ” “Because it’s not my problem ...." “It'll come back to haunt them someday.... ” 9 While the results of the faculty survey on academic honesty are not yet compiled, I would not be surprised if many faculty also deflect responsibility in a similar way. When faced with the necessity of a con frontation, perhaps a poorly understood or burdensome academic honesty policy, and the prospect ofjudicial proceedings, we (in the general sense) shirk responsibility as much as the students do, and rationalize that the dishonest student surely will be
“discovered” somewhere further down the pipeline. In the words of a W P I student on one of the academic honesty surveys: “A lthough p e r s o n a l valu e sy ste m s should have been taught previously in life, the role o f the college in reinforcing mor als should not be underestimated. As most students ’ first step into the real world is college, it’s vital that standards o f conduct be enforced upon students and most im portantly set by example of faculty and staff Istudent’s emphasis J. Academic honesty is stressed in my department and should be in all so as to retain public faith in the re sults and direction o f science and engineer ing. " 10 This link between academic integrity in a university and professional ethics is a real one, and in fact, it may be emphasized anew in A B ET ’s Criteria 2000. Students and faculty must take shared responsibil ity for communicating high expectations of ethical behavior and then holding each other to nothing less. So what do we do? What I hope that W PI does not do in response to the aca demic dishonesty problem is to focus on educating faculty only about preventive strategies. Many of us use such strategies already— reducing the relative importance of assignments known to have high poten tial for impermissible collaboration, care ful seating arrangements and plentiful proctoring during exams, for example. ‘‘[The problem is that] these strategies See Trust, continued to page 11
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Trust: Addressing academic honesty Continued from page 10 teach students very little about personal responsibility. The prim ary m essage of such strategies is ‘We can ’t trust you, and therefore w e ’ve devised assignments that make it difficult fo r you to cheat. ’ That message conveys disrespect and presents a challenge to students’ integrity— and they respond by finding ways around the safeguards. ” 11 An over-focus on preventive strategies is embodied in a brochure entitled “ Promoting Academic Integrity: A User-Friendly Guide” prepared for faculty at Rutgers University. Some of the suggestions that the brochure provides for promoting integrity in exami nations include banning of hats, assigned seating, destroying old exams with a shred der, employing as many proctors as possible and having them “circulate through the exam room, watching everyone closely.” 12 Yet the introduction to the brochure states that “Students who do cheat say that they are less likely to do so if they respect their profes sors. For faculty tocam that respect they must first respect their students. It seems clear that improving relations between faculty and stu dents, so that a lack of caring is replaced by mutual understanding and respect, is one approach to dealing with the cheating di lemma.” 13 My reaction to these mixed, opposing messages was one of disgust and borderline revulsion, even after a complete reading of the brochure. In all fairness to Rutgers, some proactive strategies are also recommended in the brochure and we are
not aware of what other strategies they might be using. Regardless, I still feel that when a communication or education campaign about academic honesty provides preventive mea sures that so clearly suggest that students can not be trusted, any exhortations about the need for trust and respect in a community will only be viewed as lip service, and very little im provement in academic integrity is likely to result. Neither massaging our present academic honesty policy nor creating an honor code is likely to significantly improve the situation in and of itself. One conclusion that is clear after reading the literature on honor codes is that they are not a panacea. Research has shown that in honor code schools that have recently reported the highest levels of cheat ing, less was being done to communicate with students about academic integrity. 14 Further more, McCabe and Trevino report that “one of the lowest rates of self-reported academic dishonesty was found at a non honor-code institution. However, this institution is strongly committed to the concept of aca demic honor, making it a major topic of dis cussion in its student handbook and orienta tion sessions.... Academic honor is the obli gation of every member of the campus com munity.” 15 Thus, communication and edu cation to create a shared understanding of and commitment to academic integrity is more important than whether the school has an honor code. Fairly simple proactive strate gies such as including statements about aca demic integrity on course syllabi and defin
ing acceptable and unacceptable collabora tion, both in writing and orally, may be ef fective. Nevertheless, some sort of honor code remains appealing to me if for no other rea son than to provide a new start. Ideally, any code or new policy should be largely driven by students, and a high level of stu dent involvement in peer education and ongoing evaluation of academic honesty policies would be likely to positively in fluence student behaviors. 16 I ’m also in terested in the idea of a complementary “ faculty code,” one in which we agree to the importance of trust and respect in our community and pledge to take shared re sponsibility for upholding academic integ rity. 1imagine that some reactions to the opin ions just presented may be something to the effect of “ what a bunch of naive ideal ism!” If the root of the problem is indeed the need for more trust and respect in our community, then yes, it’s not going to be easy. But better communication between students and faculty about acceptable and unacceptable behavior can begin today. Thanks for reading. Please respond! End Notes 1. D.L. McCabe and L.K. Trevino, “ Aca demic Dishonesty: Honor Codes and Other Contextual Influences,” J. Higher Educ., Vol. 64, No. 5 (1993), p. 534. 2. J.B. Richardson, “ Academic Dishon esty at W PI: A Report on Attitudes and
Practices of W P I Students,” February 1994. 3. See for example, S. Maramark and M .B. M aline, “ Academic Dishonesty Among College Students,” Issues in Edu cation, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Research (1993), pp. 3-14. 4. D.L. McCabe and S. Cole, “ Student Collaboration: Not Always What the In structor Wants,” AAHE Bulletin, Vol. 48, No. 3 (1995), p. 3. 5. G. Pavela and D. McCabe, “ The Sur prising Return of Honor Codes,” Planning fo r Higher Education, Vol. 21 (Summer 1993), p. 29. 6. J.B. Richardson, electronic mail cor respondence, November 1996. 7. W PI Student Academic Dishonesty Survey Report, 1996. 8. McCabe and Trevino, p. 535. 9. W PI Student Academic Dishonesty Survey Report, 1996. 10. Ibid. 11. McCabe and Cole, p. 4. 12. “ Promoting Academic Integrity: A User-Friendly G u ide,” prepared by Provost’s Committee to Promote Aca demic Integrity, Rutgers University, pp. 116 (no date provided.) 13. Ibid. 14. N.L. Roth and D.L. McCabe, “ Com munication Strategies for Addressing Aca demic Dishonesty,” J. College Student Development, Vol. 36, No. 6 (1995), p. 538. 15. McCabe and Trevino, p. 534. 16. Roth and McCabe, p. 539.
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ISC: International Week Continued from page 1 culturally in limbo?” is the theme to the next ISC Coffee Hour, 6:30pm, Thursday 10th December, which will be held in the Higgins House Library and is open to the whole W P I community. Professor Hector N. Torres, Sr. and Professor Gladys Rodriguez-Parker, professors at two differ ent Massachusetts colleges are the speak ers for the event. The “ ISC Coffee Hour,” a social hour that the ISC initiated this year, has been held every month since September, and on the first night drew a crowd of more than 40 people. These social hours consist of a discussion topic on which a speaker is in vited to share his/her experiences and knowledge, followed by a Q &A and dis cussion by the audience. As the name sug gests it is a coffee hour and as such coffee
and desserts with a theme based on the dis cussion or season are served. At the first coffee hour, themed “Transition in Alba nia” , Arabic and Greek coffee was served accompanied by desserts such as Baklava, Kadeifi and other sweets from the region. The final and newest event that the ISC has introduced this year is the “ Interna tional Bazaar” , which will be held in the Wedge from 10:00am to 3:00pm on Thursday, December 12. A variety of vendors representing Native American, Indian, African, Greek and other ethnic groups will setup a stand in the Wedge and sell gifts, souvenirs, artifacts, music and other items unique to the region they come from. For more information about the ISC or these events contact the Student Life Of fice at 831-5201 or e-mail isc@wpi.edu.
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Christian Bible Fellowship Thanksgiving break is here at last! We can all put classes aside for a few days and thank God for His innumerable blessings. Because of the holiday break, there will be no formal Friday Night Fellowship this week, but if you’ll be around on Friday night and feel the Holy Spirit urging you to praise and worship God, then just e-mail Rudy at robert@wpi.edu. There should be enough of us around, so we’ll get together for an in formal time of fellowship. “ Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:18 (N IV ). Thanksgiv ing is a time of year that reminds most people to be thankful for what they have. But more often than not, our feelings of thankfulness fade away throughout the rest of the year. However, Paul tells us that as Christians we are to live much differently. We are to give thanks in all circumstances, not just on one day each year. As the children of God we have been given the gift o f God’s grace through the blood of His son, Jesus. With a gift like that, we truly can give thanks at all times and in all circumstances. So don’t save all of your thanks just for Thanksgiving. Spread them out to any time and any place. Don’t just give thanks while you’re on break, give thanks when life seems overwhelming also. Don’t just give thanks over a feast but give thanks in times of hunger as well. It is God’s w ill for us to do so. Nothing can keep us from his love and nothing can keep us from giving thanks!
Graduate Student Organization The last GSO meeting took place as usual at Morgan A. As was mentionned two weeks ago, the campus center committee would like to have grad students in their committee to represent the voice of GSO. For that reason, we had the opportunity to have Janet Richardson (Dean of Student Life) explain the role of the committee and its expecta tions. Several issues regarding the Campus Center have been more or less clarified and there are many other concerns that need to be addressed. Any grad student who is inter ested in the committee and who is willing to represent the GSO should notify GSO through email: gso@wpi.wpi.edu. The out going secretary Mohamed Dembele also ex plained the responsibilities of his positions and nominations for the post of secretary of GSO are being accepted through email. Mr. Gregory Snoddy - Director of Orientation Programs and Student Activities would like to have one representative from GSO on the Student Organization Council. This council is responsible for making decisions pertain ing to the official W PI recognition of stu dent organizations. You can contact either the G SO or Mr. Greg Snoddy (gsnoddy@wpi) for further informations.
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Diwali dinner hosted by the Indian Students Organization on November 16th turned out to be a grand success. A huge number of people especially non indians came in for the event and every single person had a wonderful time out there. There were a number of performances ranging from songs and dances to highly entertaining and funny musical skit. There were a number of kids who came for the event and one could see what a great time they had. The efforts put in by the members of the ISO are to be appreciated consid ering the fact that they had to race with time to make the show a successful and memorable one. The tradition and vari ety in indian culture was displayed to the fullest extent and people were overawed by the depth of talent exhibited. The food was catered by In dia Cafe, Shrewsbury. It was typical Indian food with all the spices and love as the ingre dients. I am sure every one enjoyed their food as much as the programs and some literally were humming the songs as they left. The show had a grand finale with a thundering dance party which lasted for a hour and half. It was a great mode of cul tural exchange and made people long for more of such stuff. I am sure every one from ISO is proud to have hosted such an event and this will prompt other organizations to follow suit. I am sure that ISO has a lot in store for us. Long live peace lovers.
International Student Council As many already know, the ISC has a week full of international events coming up in the second week of December. At its last meet ing, Wednesday, 20th November, the ISC announced that it will kick off the week of events with its annual “ International Buffet” in Alden Memorial Hall, on Saturday, 7th December. Ever since then, tickets have been selling like hot bread, at only $5.00. Following that on Tuesday, 10th Decem ber is the last ISC Coffee Hour for the year. It will be in the Higgins House Library, and it will commence at 6:30pm. Prof. Hector N. Torres, Sr. and Prof. Gladys RodriguezParker, both of which arc from other colleges in Massachusetts will be the guest speakers and will discuss the theme : “ Not from here, nor from there: Are we culturally in limbo?” A thank you goes out to the HSA for getting the speakers for the coffee hour! On Thursday, 12th December the ISC has organized the first ever “ International Ba zaar” . Native American, Indian, Oriental, African, Greek and other vendors selling souvenirs and gift items from around the world will setup stands in the Wedge from 10:00am to 3:00pm . The Bazaar will wrap up the week of events and the last scheduled ISC General Meeting for 1996 will be on Wednesday, 4th December preceding all these events. ISC will need a lot of help and support in orga nizing these events, so if you can lend some of your spare time, please attend the meet ing or e-mail the ISC at isc@wpi.edu offer ing your assistance. At the meeting the ISC also said that it has canceled plans for holding an International Film Festival during December.
Lens and Lights Well, another day another little loss of san ity... Sorry for missing last week, but what with One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and all, I really just forgot. For those of you who worked on this, wonderful job, and for those of you who missed it, shame on you! It was a wonderful performance. Now that it’s over with, 1don’t know what to do with myself. Guess I ’ll have to start doing other events again. Well, hope you all have a good Thanks giving Break. Remember, after break we have a Pub Show on Friday. Please show up and help out with it. Wc want to make it another good one (without killing Steve). I would also like to sec a better attendance at meetings. For those of you who some how forgot when they are, they’re Wednes days al 4:30 in Atwater Kent 233. Please show up and make this club what it used to be. I'm beginning to feel as though I'm talk ing to the officers and a few select members. If I have to, I’ll start making even more of a fool of myself at meetings. Please (begging mode on) please, please show up to meet ings and sign up for events. It would make my life so much richer. Keep the Sanity...
Men’s Glee Club Well, Is everyone ready for break? Those poor saps that are, um, lucky enough to be stuck here, enjoy dinner at Louis’s... just re member, eat BEFO R E you show up... you’ll thank me later... And I know that the excite-
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Muslim Student Association Greetings to all students. Hope your term is going well so far, and we’re sure yo u ’ re looking forward to a good Thanksgiving break. We just have a few reminders for the M SA general body: 1) Remember that we are having daily Thuhr and ‘Asr prayer meetings. Thuhr, at 12:15 p.m. and ‘Asr at 3:15 p.m. The meeting place is the Religious House on 19 Shussler Rd. 2) We are, all praise be to Allah, having regular bi-weekly meet ings, on Saturdays, at 1:00 p.m., at the Religious Hs. Please try and attend these meetings. 3) We had great reviews from everyone concerning the first newsletter. The date to submit the next articles is Monday, December 2nd, so that we can hand them, out at the next General Body meeting, on December 5th. Please e-mail the articles to Firas EI-Khatib, email: fkhatib@amber. 4) We are now having regular sports meetings, Sundays at 12:00p.m., in the Alumni gym. Please attend and have some fun. Finally, we’d like to wish you a great Thanksgiving Continued to page 9
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Women’s Crew Well winter workouts are going to prove to be good for us. Matt’s philosophy of not going outside is great, but staying inside doesn’t mean we have it easy It’s great when we get a lot of both the Varsity and the Nov ices, that means both teams are going to rock the Spring season! I’m hoping that we can strut our stuff at the erg races this winter. If we scare them early, it’ll be that much easier to beat them on the water. Keep up the great work, ladies!
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Thursday, November 14 2:50am - Suspicious Persons: 5 males behind Harrington. Officers respond. 8:41am - Officer: on Quad for Tech Old Timers. 5:56pm - Call In: for heating problem in Morgan A. 9:30pm - Smoke Alarm: shut off in Alden for Play.
Last Day o f Classes before Thanksgiving 10:00am - Data/Knowledge Base Research Group meeting, Fuller Labs 141. 12:00pm - French Circle meeting, Gompei’s. 1:30pm - Software Engineering Research Group meeting, Fuller Labs 147. 6:00pm to 8:00pm - M SA Sport Meet, in front of Alumni Gym. 6:00pm - SGA meeting, Lower Wedge. 7:00pm - Women’s Basketball at Southern Maine. 7:30pm - Coffeehouse: Hypnotist Jim Spinnato, Riley Commons. $1/3/5. 7:30pm - Men’s Basketball at Salve Regina. 8:00pm - Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book meeting, Fuller Labs 141.
Friday, November 15 12:04am - Intrusion Alarm: IMC, Officer responds. 8:39am - Report: Wedge, stolen backpacks. 9:09am - Clear: Property recovered after search of area. 1:23pm -Trespass: 25 males and 3 females were escorted from Harrington Gym, only 3 were students, there was no monitor at the front door post. 8:20pm - Report: Minors found in possession of alcohol, Officer. Saturday, November 16 12:53am - Disorderly Persons: Reports of subjects activating vehicle alarms on Elbridge St., Officers respond. 2:24am - Notification/Car Fire: Officer reports car fire in parking lot at State Liquors on Park Ave. Worcester Fire Department notified. 3:27am - Intrusion Alarm: Alumni gym men's locker room, activated by laundry worker. 6:01am - Assist: DAKA catering requests admittance to Fuller Labs. 8:18am - Call In: Plumber for leaking drain pipe in Salisbury Labs, Washburn. 4:14pm - Possible Theft: Harrington, Officer responds. 4:23pm -Clear: Officer advises students to call WPD. 11:34pm - Assist: Access to Morgan elevator for student with leg injury. Sunday, November 17 12:40am - Parking Complaint: RA reports Founders residents advising overflow in rear lot due to unauthorized vehicles. 2:31am - Medical Response: Officer requests EM S to Wachusett St., evaluate condition of female with prior concussion. 2:38am -Possible Duress: Call reporting female screams heard on Elbridge St., Officers respond. 2:45am -Officers clear Elbridge St., problem unfounded. 3:23am - Altercation: Report of altercation possibly involving W PI students on Highland St., across from Store 24. Officers respond. 3:27am -Officer reports combatants on Highland St. dispersed. 12:17pm - Access: Morgan A, C Sorority Bid signing. Monday, November 18 2:34am -Odor of Smoke: Officer reports investigated slight odor of smoke in Alden Hall, no problem found. 6:54am - Possible Attempted Larceny: Custodian reports north entrance to Atwater Kent found unlocked upon arrival, computer monitor found in first floor men’s room. 8:34am - Re: 0654: Officer spoke with Prof., computer is old and outdated, it was being tossed. 12:56pm - Water Emergency: leak in room 245, above reactor area. 6:3 lpm - Lock Up: Flower Lab in Washburn. 6:44pm -Medical: Student with chest pain in Daniels. 6:45pm - Arrival: Officer, EM S at Daniels. 7:02pm - Assist: Non-students in Alumni Gym. 9:00pm -Assist: Student into station for stolen wallet. 9:24pm -Assist: Report of group of students by Skull Tomb. 11:21pm -Assist: Student requests admittance to Alden Green Rixim & men’s dressing nx>m. Tuesday, November 19 1:08am - Malicious Mischief: Request for extra attention at Salisbury St., re: malicious mis chief incident. 1:18am - Fireworks: Officer reports fireworks being discharged on Boynton St.
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Classes Resume 1st Day o f Latino Week 11:00am - Performance Evaluation of Distributed Systems meeting, Fuller Labs 246. 4:30pm - Physics Colloquium, “ A Non-random Walk Down Wall Street,’ Olin Hall 107.
1:44am - Fireworks: Report from Boynton St. of additional fireworks being discharged. 7:01pm - Alarm: Alden fire alarm shut off, Fire Watch set. Wednesday, November 20 10:59am - Code 5, Fire Alarm: Custodian set off alarm cleaning showers. 2:21pm - Stopped: student in front of Alden with street sign from Einhorn Road, see report. 4:00pm - Emergency Phone: Emergency phone line call, youths on line. 4:03pm -Clear: Officers spoke to youths. 6:40pm -Report: Student came into station to report a stolen backpack, report taken by Officer.
[ responsible for selecting drivers, setting up the driving schedule, and coordinating the maintenance of the vehicles. Drivers go through a thorough training program. They also listen to speakers who talk about safety, liability, communications, and customer service. A driver's manual is also given to each driver. All drivers are re quired to participate in a class instructed at the Central Massachusetts Safety Council in West Boylston. The Consortium shuttles provide a valu able service to the college community. Stu dents and faculty should consider the advan tages of utilizing this service.
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Shuttle: The Consortium ’s Bus Service Continued from page 1! cus on the shuttle service is on its safety, de pendability, and reliability. Anything the Consortium can do to improve its shuttle ser vice is given their utmost attention. In the past, one fraternity at W PI main tained the vans and provided the drivers. This arrangement was very beneficial in terms of communication between the drivers. How ever, in recent years it has been difficult for this fraternity to supply drivers. Vans are now driven by both men and women primarily from W PI, but there are some Clark students who drive the vans as well. The system is overseen by two student managers. They arc
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