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Tenure decisions in the ME department raise questions, concerns

by Dave Koelle Editor-in-Chief Recent denials o f tenure o f four popular professors in the M echani­ cal Engineering department have called for a re-examination o f crite­ ria for granting tenure, and an ex ­ amination into the events which lead to the denial o f tenure for these pro­ fessors.

The Board o f Trustees recently promoted or granted tenure to ten faculty members. While the grant­ ing o f promotions and tenure is a routine event, this year the ME de­ partment was unfortunate to have four professors denied tenure: pro­ fessors John Bausch, John Griffin, Douglas W alcerz, and Dave Zenger.

Q u e stio n s w ere im m e d ia te ly raised by the campus community as

the need for the notion o f scholar­ way by the at-large com m ittee, the to why these professors were denied ship to go beyond quantity o f works department com m ittees, and the pro­ tenure. Students and alumni voiced published. He also described the vost, and report their findings” as their opinions that these professors scholarly endeavors which he and soon as possible. According to Prof. were som e o f the best they had had. the other ME professors denied ten­ W alcerz, he and other faculty memSeveral petitions calling for recon­ ure are undertaking. After sideration were circulated receiving five years o f en­ around the student body. co u r a g e m e n t for the Tenure-traek faculty are T en u re-tra ck fa c u lty a rc g ra n te d ten u re p r o jects u ndertaken by granted tenure based on b a se d on th ree c rite ria : H it’ll q u a lity teach these faculty members, they three criteria: High quality in }’, high q u a lity sc h o la r s h ip , a n d h ig h ly were told that they had not teaching, high quality schol­ va lu e d se rvic e (th e c r ite ria f o r ten u re m ay he done the right things, and arship, and highly valued f o u n d on p a g e 6 o f to d a y 's N e w sp e a k ). that these faculty must leave service (the criteria for ten­ WPI. He ended his speech ure may be found on page 6 by asking the faculty to pass o f today’s Newspeak). the motion he presented, for the ben­ bers agree that the most probably At the faculty meeting on March efit o f WPI. (Prof. W alcerz’s speech cause for the tenure decision was 21, Professor W alcerz made a mo­ may be read on page 4 o f today’s that their "scholarly achievem ent did tion to have the “Com m ittee on Ten­ Newspeak). not meet the Provost’s standard o f ure and Academic Freedom deter­ Prof. Walcerz received a standing quality.” The motion was seconded, mine whether the tenure criterion o f ovation at the end o f his speech, fol­ after which Prof. W alcerz presented scholarship is being interpreted and lowed by much support by the faculty a moving speech which addressed applied in a substantially uniform

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with respect to this issue. President Parrish, who was present at the meeting, added his support for an appeals process.

At an ASME task force meeting on the evening of March 21, ASME presi­ dent John Albert strongly encouraged students to send letters to President Parrish regarding these tenure deci­ sions. In these letters, students should discuss personal experiences with the professors, what ramifications their absence will have on WPI, and any other important points o f effects the students can discuss.

Address these letters to President Parrish, but send them to John Albert (box 1392) or Teri Brehio (box 3160).

They will make copies o f the letters and assemble a collection o f letters which will be sent to President Parrish as well as other key officials. These letters should be submitted by April 3.

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N e w spe a k Volume Twenty-four; Number Nine

Tuesday, March 26, 1996

WPI gears up for the next millennium: “Engineering Criteria 2000” progress

by Jason Papadopoulos News Editor WPI has gone into full gear as far as implementing the ABET (Accredita­ tion Board for Engineering and Tech­ nology) proposed “Engineering Crite­ ria 2000” is concerned. WPI has been implementing the first stages o f an in­ novative accreditation program, which if successful in its testing stages will be fully implemented at the start o f the next century. As discussed in the ar­ ticle “Engineering Criteria 2QQQ” ac ­ creditation at WPI (Newspeak, Tues­ day, February 6 ,1 9 9 6 ) the criteria will try to change the present system o f evaluating a students eligibility for a degree based on completed courses, and shift to a system where students are evaluated on the knowledge tliey have achieved. WPI has been doing this since the introduction o f “The Plan”, in 1971.

The Humanities Sufficiency, IQP, and MQP already achieve much of what “Engineering Criteria 2000” is trying to accomplish, therefore WPI has an ad­ vantage over other universities.

Since the start o f this year WPI’s faculty has been busy planning how to implement the criteria established by ABET. So far a strategy for meeting the new criteria has been drafted and students are being selected to start the evaluations. The institute has also pre­ pared an outline o f points that will be co n sid ered w hen e v a lu a tin g the achievements o f students. These in­ clude the humanities sufficiency, IQP, MQP, distribution requirements, so­ cial sciences, etc. WPI has also pre­ pared a guideline that will be used to evaluate WPI graduates in their job functions. Alumni and employers will be asked to give their input, on the graduates' performances. The guide­ lines require current students , and employed graduates, to demonstrate eight abilities. These include the abil­ ity to apply knowledge o f mathemat­ ics, science, and engineering; to design and conduct experiments as well as analyze and interpret data; design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs; function on multi-disciplinary teams; identify, formulate, and

solve engineering problems; commu­ nicate effectively; use techniques, skills, and modem engineering tools neces­ sary for engineering practice, etc., all o f which arc listed in ABET’s “Engi­ neering Criteria 2000” (on the WorldW ide W eb at h ttp :// www.abet.ba.md.us/EAC/eac.html).

“Engineering Criteria 2000” has been acknowledged by institutions, re­ search organizations, and the scientific community. A meeting with key soci­ ety personnel that was scheduled for February, 1996 has been postponed as the National Science Foundation has shown interest, and wants to sponsor the event. The conference, to be held in Baltimore, MD, from the 2nd to the 4th o f May, is expected to attract the attention o f key figures from the scien­ tific and educational community, and will be attended by faculty members o f other educational institutions. As a result it is hoped that WPI will gain more recognition for its achievements. ♦Available on the World-Wide Web at http://w w w .w pi.edu/~new speak/ 960206/Eng2000.html

WPI Track goes the distance

Three WPI students win highest award in mathematical contest

by Jason Papadopoulos News Editor A group o f three students from WPI is one o f only four groups from around the world to have had their entry for the COM AP Mathematical Contest in modeling judged “Outstanding”. More than 300 international teams partici­ pated in this annual fO M A P spon­ sored competition, with judgments o f “Outstanding”, (best four team s), “Meritorious”, (best forty teams), and “Honorable Mention”, (best hundred teams).

Aron C. Atkins, Henry A. Fink, and Jeffrey D. Spaleta, started the compe­ tition on Friday, February 2, at 12:00pm and worked until the submission time o f 5:00pm on Monday, February 5.

Assistant Professors for Mathematical

Sciences, ArthurC. Heinricher, Bogdan M. Vemescu, acted as the students’ advisors. The problem that they had been assigned, “Imaging Underwater Objects with Ambient Noise” had no concrete answers and involved detailed research and proof work. This is the second these three mathematical sci­ ence students have taken part in this competition. In 1995 they were judged “Meritorious” for their solution to the problem, “Interceptions of a Single Helix and a Plane.”

For further information lookup the following web pages: http://www.wpi.edu/-atkins/ Aron C. Atkins http://picard.res.wpi.edu/-haf/ Henry A. Fink http://www.wpi.edu/~spaletaj/ Jeffrey D. Spaleta

Parking restricted on Schussler

by Dave Koelle Editor-in-Chief In a report to the community, WPI Chief of Police John Hanlon, Jr. an­ nounces that the City o f Worcester is restricting parking on Schussler Road to residents only.

On Monday, March 18,thecityposted signs on Schussler Road declaring that parking is retricted to residents. Chief Hanlon has spoken with the Worcester Traffic Engineers Division about this decision.

Several months ago, some of the resi­ dents living on Schussler Road peti­ tioned the Worcester City Council to restrict parking on Schussler Road to

residents only. The residents were suc­ cessful in getting this petition accepted.

A two-week grace period, which be­ gan on March 18, will be granted to non­ residents parking on Schussler Road.

After this grace period, the restriction will be enforced.

In order for a person to qualify as a resident of Schussler Road, they must possess a Massachusetts driver’s license which shows Schussler Road as their address, and their vehicle must be regis­ tered at a Schussler Road address.

As o f last week, there have been no similar attempts to restrict parking on local streets. Students arc reminded that a parking sticker must be obtained in order to park in the school’s parking lots.

CSDC Director speaks to ACPA

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Last Saturday, W P I’s track team s ran against Eastern Conneticut, W orcester State, and Clark University. Both team s were victorious, w ith an easy win by the M en’s team.

Tom Balistrieri, director o f coun­ seling and student development, was one o f 10 counseling professionals chosen to give presentations at the national convention o f the American C o lle g e P ersonnel A sso cia tio n (ACPA). Innovations in Counseling was the theme o f the convention, which was held in Baltimore from March 6 to

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March 10. Balistrieri, who was se­ lected by Commission VII o f the asso­ ciation, was honored for Passage, an intervention he created that assists stu­ dents in their movement from youth to adulthood. The program, which he will implement at WPI in 1996-96, has been adopted by several colleges and universities.

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Mousetrap boat competition tests student’s creativity tance, speed, buoyancy, and looks. All the boats did well in the water despite a few drive failures and sinkings. The winning team con­ sisting o f Derek Bond, Nathan Gronda, Eric Wilhelm, and Siu Ng took home a $200 check courtesy of Lockheed-Martin for their boat which did well in all categories.

The other participants were Gregory Murphy, Leanne Stackpole, Stefan Caporale, Aim ee Murawski, Matt Connors, Matt Stone, Josh Brotherton, Mike Shear, Gabe Flores, Mike Morano, Joe Markiewicz, Thomas Parent, Patrick Sharkey, Keisuke Watanabe, Christo­ pher Capalbo, Ravi Chauhan, Jordan Massad, John Toscano, John Markow, Jim Strickland, Dave Bowler, Seth Kintigh, and Erick Thiemke.

by Ed Cameron Photography Editor Last Saturday, twenty-seven students took part in the annual “Build a Mousetrap Boat” competition organized by Tau Beta Pi and sponsored by Lockheed-Martin. The students, working in teams, were presented with the task o f building a boat powered by a mousetrap and/ or rubber band from the materials provided which consisted o f a 2-liter plastic bottle, card­ board, an aluminum can, a wood dow el, a ruler, two drinking straws, a coat hanger, string, and hot glue.

Once the designs were completed, they were tested in Alumni Pool in four categories: dis­ FLU PHOTO

Pictured, left to right; back: Kevin H ardim an, M ichael Banks, Eric Paly, C hris M akselon, M ichael Fiorino, G reg Sim pson, M ichael Lamoureux, C hris Cyr. Front: David T illem an, L azaro V illena, Hector Garceau, C laude Hum phrey, Ziadee Biagalo, E lisio R am irez, Kenny Burnett, Andy M arciano.

by Michael iMmoureux _______________ Class o f 1998_______________ In an effort to increase community service the brothers o f the Pi-Iota chapter o f Phi Gamma Delta have become active in pursu­ ing philanthropy. They currently have eight brothers and pledges volunteering their time to be big-brothers for the kids at the local Elm Park Community Elementary school. These brothers meet weekly with their little broth­ ers. Som e o f the activities that the Fiji’s have done with their little brothers include playing basketball, bow ling, video gam es at the ar­ cade, soccer, football, and baseball. The big brothers have also been available to help with homework. Thus far the experience has been enjoyable for all those involved.

In the fall the majority o f the house took part in a fund-raiser with the Worcester Fire Department to help benefit the Jerry’s Kids Foundation to help children fight muscular dystrophy.

You w ill also find Fiji’s at “The Mustard Seed” a local soup kitchen. This is an event in which 4 different brothers donate their time every other week to help out the needy people o f Worcester.

Other events are in the works as this is being written. Possible upcoming events include a fund raiser volleyball tournament for Easter Seals, a walk-a-thon, and the an­ nual 3-on-3 Phi Gamm Slam basketball tour­ nament with benefits going toward the MDA. This event is currently scheduled for Satur­ day, March 30 at a cost o f $20 per team.

The first place finishers in Saturday’s mosetrap boat contest (left to right), Siu Ng, Derek Bond, Nathan Gronda, and Eric Wilhelm, took home a check courtesy of Lockheed-Martin for $200 for their boat which did well in all categories.

Consortium career fair to be held March 27 by Career Services Offices The Career Services Offices o f the Colleges o f Worcester Consortium (COWC) will sponsor their Ninth Annual Career Fair from 10am

to 3pm on Wednesday, March 27, at Holy Cross C ollege’s Hogan Campus Center. Undergraduates as well as graduating seniors are encour-

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Sports

1995-96 WPI winter sports wrap up and spring preview Sports Information Director W om en's Basketball (23-6) The women's basketball team completed its best season in school history this year. It was capped off by making it to the second round o f the NCAA Division 111 Tournament before being eliminated by Southern Maine.

The superlatives for the Engineers would be endless as they accomplished a great deal as a team and individually. It was a total team effort all season as WPI won just about everything you could win without the National Championship.

They won the Worcester City Tip-Off Tourna­ ment to start the season. They won the Williams College Invitational in the middle and then pulled o f the double win in the NEW-8 Conference by winning the regular season and tournament crowns.

Individually, we had some players reach career bests, players surpass I,(XX) points along with player of the week honors within the NEW-8 and ECAC. The first player to have a career best season is junior Danielle Batey. Batey scored 490 points to tie the women’s record for most points in a season, while she also had a career best 203 rebounds and 109 assists. Batey’s classmate, Kim Landry, had career bests in points (456) and rebounds (248) while also reaching 1,000 points to become the eighth woman to do so, but only the fourth to reach as a junior. Senior co-captain Jenn Lovin also had career bests in points (386) and rebounds (308) as she became the fourth woman to record l ,000 points and 900 rebounds. Other players who contributed all year long were senior co-captain Jen Plante (5.9 ppg., 90 assists), senior Becca Rubenstein (5.3 ppg.), juniors Laura Bielitz (4.7 ppg., 68 assists) and Cathy Jzyk (1.8 ppg.) and sophomore Kerri O’Connor ( 1.6 ppg.).

W om en’s Swimming (1-9) The women's swim team is in a rebuilding process as graduation has dwindled the numbers over the last couple of years faster than coach Griffth can replenish the supply of talented swim-

mcrs. Co-captains Becky Kupcinskas (Millbury, MA) and Katie Snell (Sutton, MA) were called upon to lead the Engineers this year and did an admirable job.

Kupcinskas had another strong season in the water as she usually was either first or second in her events. Snell was a versatile swimmer for WPI this year, competing in various events to try and help the team win points. Kupcinskas was a qualifier in the 50-yard backstroke for the Divi­ sion III New England Championships.

Competing in her last season was WPI’s great­ est diver. Senior Kim Scofield (Omaha, NE) will leave WPI as holder of the school records in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. She too qualified for the New England’s in both events.

Newcomers to the squad who show promise for the future were freshmen Jen Wright (Keene, NIDandBeckyThibeault(Ashland,NH). Wright had a tremendous impact on the team scoring 108.75 points this season and earning a varsity letter. Thibeault also earned a varsity letter while scoring 29.50.

The swimmers who participated in the New England Championships all swam their best times o f the season.

M en’s Swimming (1-8) The men’s final record does not really tell a true story about this team. Coach Griffith has a very talented nucleus of sophomores that are continuing to improve every day in the water. The optimistic view is that this group, with the help of the incoming freshmen during the next two years, will create a formidable opponent for others to try to defeat. We must also not overlook the upperclassmen on this squad, because without their experience and leader­ ship, the younger swimmers wouldn't have anyone to push them lo get better.

This year's co-captains were senior Ian Buckley (Killingworth, CT) and junior Jason Wening (Jefferson City, MO). Buckley had a steady season while Wening has been an inspiration since he got to WPI. Wening joined the team at the beginning o f C-term after spending the previous

Regional Sports Update, March 15-22

by Heather Mazzacaro C ollege Basketball: • 1st Round NCAA Div. 1: UCONN 68, Colgate 59; UMASS 92, Central Florida 70; Boston College 89, Georgia Tech 103 • Women’s NCAA Div. 1: UCONN 88, Michi­ gan St. 68 • Men’s NIT: St. Joseph’s 82, Providence 62; Rhode Island 62, College of Charleston 58 (OT); St. Joseph’s 76, Rhode Island 59 • Men’s NCAA 2nd Round: UMASS 79, Ar­ kansas 63 N B A Basketball: • Boston Celtics 73, Cleveland Cavaliers 98 • Orlando Magic 112, Boston Celtics 90 N H L Hockey: • Boston Bruins 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 2

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Hartford Whalers 6, Tampa Bay 3 San Jose Sharks 3, Boston Bruins 3 (OT) Montreal Canadiens 3. Hartford Whalers 2 Boston Bruins 2, New Jersey Devils 1 Boston Bruins 3, Ottawa Senators 1

Baseball: • Red Sox pitcher Vaughn Eshelman re­ ceived second-degree burns on both o f his hands while attempting to extinguish a fire in his hotel room. He will still try and pitch.

The Red Sox are 9-11 so far in exhibition gam es.

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• Mike T yson regained the world heavyweight title by taking out Frank Bruno in the third round.

• American Todd Eldredge won the gold medal in the World Figure Skating Championship.

term in England and continued to swim as strong as ever. Adding to the leadership o f the squad was junior Teak Ackman (Newport, RI). Ackman scored 107.75 points and earned his third varsity letter.

Leading this year’s squad was sophomore Jamie Murdock (Woodinville, WA). He, along with classmates Jon Prusak (Easthampton, M A), Adam Terio (Reston, VA), Tim Connolly (New Haven, CT) and Brandon Alexopoulos (Suffield, CT), form the solid nucleus of the Engineers. Murdock led the team with 179.75 points while also setting a new school record in the 1,000-yard freestyle, an event he had never swam previous to this season.

He also qualified for the New England's in the event. Others whoqualified forthe New England’s were Prusak in the 50-yard backstroke and Terio, who qualified in the 50-yard butterfly event.

ITie team also has a solid group o f freshmen who came along well this year. R.K. Marsland (S. Attleboro, MA), Bill Sullivan (Attleboro, MA), Steve Tyler (Monroe, CT) and Matt Woodcock (Orange, M A) arc a foursome that will be relied on to do more scoring next season as they develop and improve their strokes.

The men had a fine showing at the New En­ gland Division III Championships. Individually, Murdock placed 15th in the 1,650-yard freestyle.

Along the way he broke his own 1,000-yard freestyle record that he set earlier in the season. As a team, the Engineers compiled 53 points to finish 22r.d overall amongst the Division III competi­ tors.

Men’s Basketball (12-12) The 95-96 season could be summed up as streaky. The team won a few in a row, they lost a few in a row. They just weren’t able to put together a long enough win streak to have an impact on their overall won-loss record. There were more records that fell as well as the optimism of returning three starters from this year’s squad next year.

The Engineers opened the season in the Blue Jay Classic at Johns Hopkins University and came home with a third place finish. Jim Naughton (Dublin, Ireland) and Jeff Cayer (Shelton, CT) were named to the All-Toumament Team for their performances in the two games. They then re­ turned home to defeat Salve Regina and MIT on the road before dropping their first game to Babson to end November at 3-2. They opened December by losing a pair to Anna Maria and Nichols before rebounding versus Wentworth to go into winter break with a record of 4-4.

The new year brought three straight wins as the team tried to break out early in the Constitution Athletic Conference. The rest of the way saw WPI in the midst o f a three-game losing streak and winning streak and then following up with a twogame losing streak and a two-game win streak to bring them to 12-9 entering the last weekendof the season. During that weekend, WPI was in a tight battle with Clark, Norwich and Coast Guard for seeding in the conference tournament. They lost to both Coast Guard and Norwich to finish sixth which meant they had to play Coast Guard in the opening round of the CAC tournament. In a game that went down to the last shot, WPI was beaten

76-74 to end their season.

There were many highlights during the season.

Most of them center around Naughton, who made a lasting impression on the record book for WPI basketball. He finished his career with 1,543 points (2nd all time for men’s basketball) and 891 rebounds (first for men’s basketball). In addition, he has the school record for free throws attempted and made for a career along with having 36 career double-doubles and a streak of scoring in double figures for his last 55 games. He was also named totheGTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America Dis­ trict I First Team for basketball.

Naughton was not the only Engineer to enjoy success this season. We had three juniors show that there is indeed something to look forward to next year as the trio of Cayer, Greg Simpson (Lebanon, NJ) and Mike Shannon(Worcester, MA) all had solid seasons. Cayer had his best season at WPI. He averaged over 16 points a game while shooting close to 59 percent from the floor. Simpson came back this season after an ankle injury kept him out for all o f 94-95 to start 16 games and average over seven points and five rebounds per game. Shannon was one o f the team’s captains and was the Engineers’ outside threat. He averaged over 12 points per game while hitting 45 three-point field goals to lead the team.

Wrestling (10-4) The Engineers completed their 20th consecu­ tive winning season under coach Grebinar. De­ spite losing four All-New England wrestlers, Grebinar was able to infuse some newcomers into the lineup while maintaining the competitiveness of his squad. Unfortunately by season’s end key injuries to some of our top wrestlers hurt our chances at repeating as New England College Conference Wrestling Association champions.

Many o f our wrestlers completed strong dual match seasons. Sophomore Rob Polin (118 lbs, Randolph, MA) finished 14-7. Junior Dave Gardner (126 lbs, Marlboro, MA) was 12-9, but fractured a rib prior to the NECCWA tourna­ ment and was unable to compete. Aaron Becker (126 lbs, Coventry, RI) was having a tremen­ dous season at 8-2 before a knee injury ended his season prematurely. Senior co-captain Paul Hammerstrom (134 lbs, Milford, NH) came back from a dislocated elbow to finish at 4-6.

Junior Nate Fiore (142 lbs, Cohasset, MA) was 11-3 before he to was injured and not able to come back. Freshman Joe Tucker (Barre, VT) had a strong first season compiling a 12-8 record while filling in at 134 and 142 lbs. Senior Dan Hugaboom (150 lbs, Freeville, NY) finished 136. Senior co-captain Jeff Steams (158 lbs, Narragansett, RI) followed up his 15-6 season with an All-New England honor after finishing fifth at NECCWA. Transfer Lance Baden (167 lbs, Framingham, MA) made a big impact in his first season at WPI as he finished with a record o f 12-7 and earned All-New England honors after placing fourth at NECCWA. Graduate student Stan Farrell (177 lbs, Augusta, ME) had a steady season with a record o f 15-7 while our h ea v y w eig h t, sophom ore C raig H ow itt (Windham, ME) finished 1 l-7includingacouple See Sports, continued on page 7

IceCats slip into five-game slump, lose important divisional games

by Andrew Marsella Associate Editor Just when the IceCats were beginning to show that they could survive on a roster depleted

by NHL call-ups, the team abandoned theff win­ ning ways and took a slide that could land them out of the playoffs if left uncorrected. After surging through the first half of the month on a five-game unbeaten streak, the ‘Cats have fol­ lowed up with, ironically, a five game losing streak that included three games against Northern division rivals (two versus the Portland Pirates, one against the Springfield Falcons). Although Worcester still holds a three point lead over Port­ land for second place in the division, the IceCats have to get it together soon to ensure a trip into the post-season.

In their first game against the Pirates on March 16th (in Portland), the ‘Cats were shut out for the sixth time this season 4-0. With no time to rest, the IceCats were back in action the next afternoon (their third game in as many days), facing off against the Rochester Americans. In this game the ‘Cats, who looked tired from the start, fought their way to an emotional overtime after being down 31 after two periods. Unfortunately, Worcester was victimized by bad penalty calls in OT, and the Amercs’ capitalized on a five on three situation to earn the extra point for the overtime win, 4-3.

On Wednesday (the 20th), the ‘Cats faced off against the Pirates on Centrum ice, determined to make up for their 4-0 loss on the 16th. The IceCats even added some new faces to the roster in an effort to boost the teams depth. Forwards Harry York, Marc Tardif (no relation lo Patrice), and Jim Bermingham (who played 10 games

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Portland goalie Ron Tugnutt stopped 38 o f the IceC ats’ 41 shots to earn his second victory over the ‘Cats in a week, W ednesday night. with the ‘Cats last season after journeyman David Haas left the team) were all called up from their teams in the East Coast Hockey League.

Unfortunately, Worcester had a “bad goalie day”, with Mike Buzak getting the unexpected start because Jamie McLennan was seriously ill with a stomach virus. Buzak allowed 6 goals on only 19

shots, three of which should have been easy saves.

The IceCats lost the game 6-3. After the game Buzak apologized for his performance and said that he felt bad for letting the team down. ‘‘It’s tough for the team when a player has abad night, but it’s worse if [the goalie] is off his game. After each goal you feel as if there’s

twenty sets of eyes on you, and you’ve let the guys down.”

On a good note, Harry York played well, assisting on a goal by Terry Virtue in the second period and potting his own o ff a rebound from a Jason Strudwick shot in the third.

Things just kept getting worse forthe IceCats, as they suffered another 4-0 shutout at the hands o f the first place Springfield Falcons on Friday night (the 22nd) in Springfield. Goalie Jamie McLennan was thrown out o f the game by referee Kevin Maguire for protesting the Falcon’s fourth goal, which bounced in off o f a Falcon who was, literally, in the IceCats net. The officials ruled that (he Falcon was pushed into the net by an IceCat, and so the goal stood.

Buzak stopped all 17 shots he faced in the remainder of the game, but the Worcester of­ fense just couldn’t come back.

A bright point in IceCats news: provided they make the playoffs (hopefully a given), the ‘Cats post-season roster will boast the return o f sev­ eral players currently in the NHL, including goalie sensation Eric Fichaud and forwards Derek Armstrong and Jarrett Deuling.

The IceCats continue a mini roadtrip on Sun­ day (the 24th) against the Bears in Hershey, PA, followed by a game versus the Baltimore Ban­ dits on Wednesday (the 27th). The ‘Cats return home on Friday night (the 29th) to face off against the Cornwall Aces (affiliated with the Colorado Avalanche o f the NHL) at 7:35 PM. P.S. If any readers are interested in cov­ ering the IceCats for Newspeak next year (lowcommitment, free games!) contact me at the Newspeak Office (in Riley), or e-mail me at

marsella @ wpi.edu.

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Scholarship and the Question of Quality: A Motion to the WPI Faculty

by Douglas Walcetz I move that the Committee on Tenure and Academic Freedom determ ine whether the tenure criterion o f scholarship is being interpreted and applied in a sub­ stantially uniform way by the at large committee, the department committees and the provost, and report their findings by the end o f the academ ic year to the president o r this body.

Thank you for rearranging the agenda and gi ving me the opportunity to speak. 1ask for your patience, as my remarks will take approximately fifteen minutes.

For those of you who know me only vaguely, I am Douglas W alcerz, from the departm ent o f Mechanical Engineering, and 1am one of four faculty members who were denied tenure this year. I have talked with the other faculty m embers, and we agree that the most probable justification for the decision was that our scholarly achievement did not meet the provost’s stan­ dard o f quality. So, I am here to address the topic of scholarship and the question of quality.

Scholarship is important; the discovery of new knowl­ edge is an essential element o f higher education. Ernest Boyer, president o f the Carnegie Foundation writes: "The scholarship o f discovery, at its best, contributes... to the intellectual climate o f a college ... Not just the outcomes, but the process, and especially the passion, give m eaning to the effort.”

The benefits o f research extend beyond our aca­ demic climate, o f course. The production o f new knowledge is closely tied to national security, eco­ nomic competitiveness, and social progress.

In most cases, the artifact o f academic scholarship is the referred journal article. The design o f the scholarly enterprise has made the journal article the gold standard o f academ ic worth. Publications dominate decisions about tenure, promotion, annual salary reviews, and virtually all the m arks of prestige in academia. This is consistent wilh the high value that has attached to scholarly pursuits. But every human system has weak­ nesses, and the scholarly enterprise is no exception.

The trite but pithy phrase publish or perish hints that some publications may exist not for the advancement of knowledge, but rather to prevent the author's perishing.

The desire for professional recognition and financial reward can create a publishing imperative that is inde­ pendent o f scholarly pursuits.

A Carnegie Foundation national survey in 1989 found that at comprehensive institutions such as WPI, 54% o f faculty agreed with the statement Publications used for tenure and promotion are ju st counted, not qualitatively measured. The belief that quantity is more important than quality is a powerful force that estranges scholarship from publication.

In an address to the faculty in 1991, Donald Kennedy, president o f Stanford University, called for: “signifi­ cant changes in the process o f appointment and promo­ tions, so as to decrease the pressure on the quantity (not quality) o f research production... [I hope] we can agree that the quantitative use of research output as a criterion for appointment or promotion is a bankrupt idea. The overproduction o f routine scholarship is one of the most egregious aspects o f contemporary' academic life: It tends to conceal really important work by its sheer volume: it wastes time and valuable resources.”

For me, the saddest statistic com es from a 1990 survey by the Institute for Scientific Information. The survey found that 47% of publications in the so called hard sciences are never referenced in the four years subsequent to publication. If you look just at engineer­ ing the number is worse: 72% are uncited after four years. Even the authors of the articles themselves could find no meaningful content to include in a subsequent work. W hat a sad commentary on this noble enterprise.

Peer review is supposed to defend us against such perversion, but is becoming less and less effective in the face o f an exponentially growing floor of submitted work and relatively meager rewards for the unglamorous job o f reviewing that work. The sim ple truth is that reviewing articles is intellectually demanding, time consum ing, and poorly regarded com pared to publish­ ing. As a result it is often neglected and does not ensure quality the way it should. This critical weakness has been fully exploited in the struggle for academic sur­ vival.

Please do not take my remarks to mean that I condemn academic research and publishing. 1em phati­ cally do not. Despite its weaknesses it is tremendously successful for the advancement o f knowledge. I love the freedom and stimulation of science, and I publish my work whenever I believe I have something substan­ tial and meaningful to say. But I d o n ’t believe the m easurement o f scholarship as it has been practiced for the past decades should dominate academic life the way it does. Scholarship is more than research and publish­ ing.

I w ould argue that o f equal importance to the discov­ ery o f new knowledge is the application of knowledge in com m erce, government, industry, and other venues.

By application, I mean using knowledge, especially new knowledge, outside the academy. It is unfortunate that application has been ignored, and many blame our national econom ic struggles on academ ic neglect of the practical use o f knowledge.

The 1988 M IT report Made In America staled ‘‘[Engineering] science cam e to dom inate the nation’s leading engineering schools. Excellence in engineer­ ing science became the principal criterion for faculty tenure and promotion. At the same time, the design o f manufacturing processes and production operations acquired a reputation as lowbrow activities and largely disappeared from the curriculum.”

Eric Walker, past president o f the National Acad­ emy o f Engineering, wrote in the Chronicle o f Higher Education in 1987: "(Typical engineering graduates] resemble research scientists more than they |d o | engi­ neers able to design and manufacture turbines, genera­ tors, transformers, and internal com bustion en g in es.. A wholesale return to the basics in engineering education will be necessary before the United Stated can begin to reclaim its position o f preeminence in the world m ar­ ketplace."

It is m y opinion that the application of knowledge was neglected because it d id not fit the mold o f scien­ tific scholarship. Scientific studies are designed to be of general interest to the scientific com m unity, hence their publication in a jo u rn al. Applications, on the other hand, are usually specific to a client. Research produces referred journal articles, but the artifacts of application are usually engineering draw ings or circuit diagram s or com puter codes or m achines or even a new business or human organization. Scientific studies usually isolate some interesting phenom enon under precisely con­ trolled conditions, but real world applications are usu­ ally integrative and use em piricism to compensate for unknown conditions. G iven these differences I can readily see how application becam e divorced from our concept o f scholarship. But this w as a mistake. Re­ search and application are dissim ilar in w ays that strike an odd balance, and the tw o activities complem ent each other.

In his book. Scholarship Reconsidered, Ernest Boyer writes: "The scholarship o f application, as we define it here, is not a one-way street. Indeed, the term itself may be misleading if it suggests that know ledge is first discovered’ and then ‘ap p lied ’. T he process we have in mind is far m ore dynam ic. New intellectual under­ standings can arise out o f the very act o f application whether in policy, creating an architectural design, or working with the public schools. In activities such as these, theory and practice vitally interact, and one renews the other.”

We need application in the academ y because it is an essential part of scholarship and it is our link to the greater society.

As O scar Handlin observed. “[W e] can no longer afford the luxury o f pursuits confined to an ivory tower... [S cholarship has to prove its worth not on its own terms but by service to the nation and the world.”

I plainly admit that I feel blessed to have worked at WPI. M ore than any o th er institution I know, WPI resisted a singular focus on scientific research and maintained a healthy balance between the discovery of knowledge, the use o f know ledge, and the transmission of knowledge, i.e., teaching. WPI really is different.

When I cam e to W PI in 1 9 9 0 1 suffered culture shock: seven-week terms, N R s, projects, teamwork, active learning. WPI still taught M E ’s to use m illing m a­ chines, Chem E ng’s operated a distillation column, and we had a nuclear reactor for undergraduates. What planet w as this? My sen io r colleagues explained that this was Earth, the real o n e, and the places I had come from, Purdue and T he University o f Texas at Austin, were distant relations.

My class o f new faculty took tim e to leam the WPI culture, and when w e realized that the philosophy of choice and self determ ination that marks our educa­ tional program also applied to scholarship, we made som e choices. Some o f us chose to em phasize tradi­ tional research and publishing, others chose the scholar­ ship of application, and at the same tim e I think we all recognized that at W PI, work that seam lessly merged both with teaching w as the ultimate goal.

Dave Zenger spent five years creating the Powder M etallurgy Research C enter, a consortium o f 15 snug­ gling m anufacturing com panies trying to exploit a relatively new technology. He has done m ore leg work, taken more plant trips, and given m ore technical sem i­ nars than any probationary faculty m em ber I know'. He has built a one-of-a-kind technical organization from nothing. This organization provides opportunities for M Q P’s and graduate w ork in manufacturing. The client com panies provide technical expertise and professional mentorship. And the annual dues that WPI receives, about $150,000, build o u r educational and research infrastructure. The P M R C is m ore than the articles Dave has written about it. It is a hum an organization, a substantial and creative product o f his intellect and skill, and it is one o f the highest quality scholarly achievements I’ve seen from a probationary faculty member. Isn’t that w hat W PI is about?

John Bausch is leading the effort to create the Design Studio o f the Future, an experim ent in global engineer­ ing. He is attempting to create a network of geographi­ cally disparate engineering schools that are linked not just through Email, not ju st through live com m unica­ tion, not just through shared design databases, but through all of these and through their very manufactur­ ing processes. He m ight succeed; he might not. It is an ex perim ent, and it has risks. It isn’t a referred journal article but it is an original creation o f his mind, it is physically real, and it is scholarship.

John Griffin has created software, a HyperCard stack, for teaching econom ics. This is the kind of work that we keep saying is the wave o f the future. It is the kind of work that we say is essential to simultaneously increase teaching productivity and quality. It is schol­ arship.

As for myself, I have published research, received patents, written softw are, and created a small network o f client industries to support M Q P ’s and my two innovative design courses. It is a m ix o f discovery and application and teaching that crosses disciplines and educational levels.

Our choices were not m ade in a vacuum, and they certainly were not kept secret. For five years the WPI com munity, including the provost, said, Yes, the Pow­ der Metallurgy R esearch C enter is im portant and val­ ued. Yes, the Design S tudio o f the Future is what WPI wants to foster ami encourage. Yes, the classroom innovation is needed and appreciated. Yes, industrial linkages are exactly w hat we need because federal support is shrinking am i students are attracted to realworld applications. A nd then in our sixth year we were told. No, you haven’t do n e the right things, and you must leave WPI. I d o n ’t know. P erhaps this type o f work w asn’t counted as scholarship bccause it w asn ’t peer reviewed.

Quality should be W P I’s greatest concern, but peer review is not the only m eans to m easure it. I would argue that the scholarship o f application is best evalu­ ated by its clients. Project sponsors can be excellent judges because of their financial com m itm ent, personal involvement and practical interest in the outcome. I

sadly suspect that these m easures were not taken seri­ ously in the tenure decisions.

Whatever the reasons, the tenure decisions came as a shock. The confusion might have worsened when C T A F ’s report showed that they thought the three o f us had done the right things, but the provost thought we luidn't. I assure such disagreem ents have m ajor conse­ quences for the school and should not be taken lightly.

In 1989 Ernest Boyer declared: “Let’s agree that the 1990’s will be the decade o f undergraduate education.

But let’s also candidly acknowledge that the degree to which this push for better education is achieved will be determined, in large measure, by the way scholarship is defined and, ultimately, rew arded.”

Now, seven years later it is clear that he was taken seriously. Stanford, Purdue, MIT, and virtually all the science and technology schools large and small across the nation are experimenting with and improving their curricula. This is good news for technical education, but whether we like it or not, it is rapidly eroding our market niche. Projects are the buzzword everywhere, not just at WPI. Team work and interdisciplinary work and globalization and lifelong learning and real world experience and attention to undergraduate teaching are sold to parents and prospective freshmen everywhere, not just at WPI. We are no longer a unique institution.

W hat is going to set us apart is our cost, officially pegged at $25,520 next year not including books and personal expenses. That spell trouble.

We need to go beyond the Plan as it exists today. We need a new niche that will distinguish us from the competition. As much as I love faculty governance, I doubt that a “new niche” com m ittee will do the job.

And as much as 1appreciate the Vision Statement we all received from COG, talking and doing are two different things. And I can’t say that I feel a lasting galvanizing effect from our 5-year Strategic Plan or the Blue Ribbon Task Force. If the jo b gets done, I believe it will be because imaginative faculty, especially junior faculty unencumbered with preconceptions, are given the free­ dom and security to experiment w ith new ideas and take risks with new ways o f teaching, learning, and research­ ing.

This year’s tenure decisions destroys any security young faculty may have felt relative to unconventional, innovative scholarly undertakings. After this year’s tenure decisions can you really advise interested junior faculty to pursue industrial linkages? Can you tell them that time devoted to classroom innovation is well spent?

Can you encourage strong involvement in undergradu­ ate projects? Can you encourage them to experiment with futuristic ideas about the practice o f their profes­ sion? I don’t think you can, and if you did they would have cause to doubt you.

When the faculty created tenure at WPI 25 years ago, I think they got it right. I think they were well aware of

the pem iciousness o f the publishing imperative when they declared “Highquality scholarship” (italics added) as a criterion for tenure. References to the quantity of scholarship are notable for their absence. And they took pains to provide a broad definition o f scholarship. The WPI Faculty Handbook states: “High quality scholar­ ship can be evidenced in many ways, including: publi­ cation o f peer-reviewed journal articles and books, professional awards, citations in professional literature, presentations at professional m eetings, grant proposals and grants awarded, offices held in professional societ­ ies, Journal editorships, reviews o f papers and propos­ als, patents, etc.”

Based on this year’s tenure decision, I am worried that the definition has been reduced to the counting o f referred journal articles. Less than two weeks ago in a small group discussion about the tenure decisions a mem ber o f the ECE faculty said that the unwritten rule in his department was that you needed about six referred publications to meet the scholarship criterion. I m yself have heard that in my departm ent you needed about five. One o f the candidates for provost stated in his open m eeting that at his school you needed about seven.

What I hope you understand is that there shouldn’t be a num ber or even a perception o f one. The criterion is quality, not quantity, and the definition o f scholarship is supposed to encourage creativity and risk taking and originality, not slavish devotion to the publishing im­ perative.

T h e facu lty are th e soul o f W PI. W e c o lle c ­ tiv ely posses W P I’s in stitu tio n al m em o ry , an d by o u r actio n s w e d eclare o u r v alu es to each o th er, to o u r stu d en ts, and to th e w orld . T h e facu lty have the pow er to sh ap e th is in stitu tio n acco rd in g to th e ir w ill. But I w ill no t a d v o c a te u n ilateral actio n . As m uch as I p a ssio n ately b eliev e in the need for a b ro ad view o f sc h o larsh ip h ere at W PI, th ere is an o th er m atter o f eq u al im p o rtan c e that I w ill m ention in clo sin g . T h ese p ast six y ears m ost o f the facu lty -ad m in istratio n in te ra c tio n s I ’ve seen h av e not been p leasan t. T h e S tra u ss-A p elian era w as m ark ed , acc o rd in g to m an y , w ith relativ e fin an cial stren g th in a d iffic u lt eco n o m ic clim ate, but also w ith som e m o ral w eak n ess. P erh ap s it w as econom ic realp o litik . T he resu lt, w hich S trauss h im se lf d eclared in p rin t after leav in g the p re si­ d en cy , was a d istu rb in g in crease in d istru st, h o stil­ ity, and in tra n sig en ce b etw een facu lty an d a d m in ­ istratio n . It m ust sto p . If the facu lty c a n ’t w ork th is issue in h arm o n y w ith o u r new p re sid e n t's d ev elo p in g v isio n fo r W PI, I w o u ld r ath er yo u turn you atten tio n to so m eth in g else. W PI m ay be p o o re r for losin g Jo h n B ausch, Jo h n G riffin , Dave Z en g er and m e, but it w ill be d e stitu te w ithout co lleg iality . 1 urge yo u to pass th is m o tio n fo r the b en efit o f W PI

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Glee Club to Host Orpheus Male Choir

by Prof. Louis Curran On April 1, at 8:00 p.m. the WPI G lee Club and W esley United Methodist Church will host the Orpheus Male Choir from Rhos, W ales - the United Kingdom - in concert at W esley Methodist Church. The church is located four blocks from the campus on North Main Street, near the Court House and Crown Plaza Hotel.

Four years ago, when the Glee Club was on tour in England & W ales, this choir hosted us in their mountain village. It turned out to be the highlight o f our tour. Rhos was a coal mining town, as so many o f the W elsh towns were - with the mine shaft at the bottom o f the hill and the town on the top. Sin gin g, and music in general, is the W elsh national pas­ time in which they take great pride - football and singing. The men from WPI were put up in their hom es, and toured through Wales, including a reception with the Lord Mayor o f Wrexham, where Elija Y ale is buried. To Prof. Curran, Yale Class o f ‘56, this was o f special interest. The concert the Orpheus Choir presented could only be described as

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staggering. Don Pitman ‘94, the first WPI man out to the stage was quoted as saying “Oh, s___ ” upon seeing four hundred W elsh men and their w ives sitting in the balconies o f the Bethlehem Chapel ready to sing, and another six hundred in the main church. What a night and the pub party afterwards was spectacular.

S eventy-five o f the best o f the Orpheus ch oice will be here on April 1, as we have retained their friendship and goodw ill. They are on tour through North America - from New York to Toronto. Internationally fa­ mous from Jerusalem to Tokyo, they have spread the art o f chord music to T elevision and concert hall. From their ranks have com e many famous opera stars, including the now rated leading baritone in Europe, Bryn Terfel.

On the same program, the WPI Glee Club w ill perform with Jean Pierre Trevisani, ‘89, winner o f the 1995 Metropolitan Opera North­ east auditions (New York to Quebec). The concert will end in a traditional Welsh manner - everyone.everyone will sing a hymn and raise a bit o f the roof o f W esley Church. There will be a WPI minimal student charge o f $2.

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The jazz festival which kicked o ff this March w ill carry on until the end o f May, with scheduled performances at many M as­ sachusetts high schools. Apart from Fitchburg State C ollege, WPI is the only college that is to be visited. “The WPI M usic D ivision is proud to have been chosen once again to host the IAJE Festival,” said Richard Falco, di­ rector o f jazz studies at WPI. “We w elcom e the opportunity to have so many young, tal­ ented musicians visit our outstanding music facility.”

by Jason Papadopoulos News Editor Last Thursday, March 20, WPI was the focal point for musicians from 14 M assachu­ setts high schools. The M assachusetts divi­ sion o f the International A ssociation o f Jazz Educators came to WPI as part o f its 1996 Jazz festival. Nine school choirs and eleven combos were performed between 3:00pm and 8:30pm. Three internationally acclaim ed jazz performers and educators judged the perfor­ mances and presented awards to both choirs

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Four years ago, when the Glee Club was on tour in England & W ales, this choir hosted us in their mountain village. It turned out to be the highlight o f our tour. Rhos was a coal mining town, as so many o f the W elsh towns were - with the mine shaft at the bottom o f the hill and the town on the top. Singing, and music in general, is the W elsh national pas­ time in which they take great pride - football and singing. The men from WPI were put up in their hom es, and toured through Wales, including a reception w ith the Lord Mayor o f Wrexham, where Elija Yale is buried. To Prof. Curran, Yale Class o f '56, this was o f special interest. The concert the Orpheus Choir presented could only be described as

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Seven ty-five o f the best o f the Orpheus choice w ill be here on April I, as we have retained their friendship and goodw ill. They arc on tour through North America - from New York to Toronto. Internationally fa­ mous from Jerusalem to Tokyo, they have spread the art o f chord music to T elevision and concert hall. From their ranks have com e many famous opera stars, including the now rated leading baritone in Europe, Bryn Terfel.

On the same program, the WPI G lee Club will perform wilh Jean Pierre Trevisani, ‘89, w innerofthe 1995 Metropolitan Opera North­ east auditions (New York to Quebec). The concert will end in a traditional Welsh manner - everyon e.everyone will sing a hymn and raise a bit o f the roof o f Wesley Church. There will be a WPI minimal student charge o f $2.

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The jazz festival which kicked o ff this March will carry on until the end o f May, with scheduled performances at many M as­ sachusetts high schools. Apart from Fitchburg State C ollege, WPI is the only co lleg e that is to be visited. “The WPI Music D ivision is proud to have been chosen once again to host the IAJE Festival,” said Richard Falco, d i­ rector o f jazz studies at WPI. “We w elcom e the opportunity to have so many young, tal­ ented musicians visit our outstanding music facility.”

by Jason Papadopoulos News Editor Last Thursday, March 20, WPI was the focal point for musicians from 14 M assachu­ setts high schools. The M assachusetts d iv i­ sion o f the International A ssociation o f Jazz Educators came to WPI as part o f its 1996 Jazz festival. Nine school choirs and eleven combos were performed between 3:00pm and 8:30pm. Three internationally acclaim ed jazz performers and educators judged the perfor­ mances and presented awards to both choirs

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Criteria for tenure From the WPI Faculty Handbook, pp V-3.

A. High quality teaching, undergraduate and/or graduate, is an essential (but no t sufficient) requirement for obtaining tenure at WPI. High quality teaching can be evidenced in many ways, including course evaluations, faculty peer evaluations, evaluations by alumni, the quality o f the Major Qualifying Projects, Interactive Qualifying Projects, and the Humanities Sufficiency, freshman advising, academic advising and graduate theses advised by the candidate, teaching innovations, new course introductions, redesign o f existing courses, etc.

B. High-quality scholarship is an essential (but not sufficient) requirement fo r obtaining tenure at WPI. High-quality scholarship can be evidenced in many ways, including publication o f peerreviewed journal articles and books, professional awards, citations in the professional literature, presentations at professional meetings, grant proposals and grants awarded, offices held in professional societies, journal editorships, reviews of papers and proposals, patents, etc.

C. Service is highly valued and considered in the tenure deliberations at WPI.

What defines a great professor?

One o f the things that really makes a student’s aca­ demic life at college is having great professors. The best professors treat students like people, not numbers; they go beyond their call o f duty in terms o f helping students and holding office hours; they not only know their material, but they also know how to teach it well. They understand the student and concerns the class may have.

It is true that a great professor must also be defined in terms o f quality of research done, involvement in the campus community, quality o f teaching, and other im­ portant criteria. Indeed, if a professor doesn’t do any of this, then he is not fulfilling his role as a professor.

However, there are professors which do maintain all of their academic and community responsibilities while still encouraging and challenging students.

The Mechanical Engineering department recently had four tenure-track faculty denied tenure. The community, concerned at the possible loss o f some great professors, promptly responded: students circulated petitions, alumni sent letters o f concern, other faculty were puzzled. The question on almost everyone’s mind was, “Why?” Why had these professors, who were well liked and who

seemed to fulfill the tenure requirements o f quality teaching, quality scholarship, and service, denied ten­ ure?

Expressing his concern at the faculty meeting on March 21, Professor Douglas Walcerz gave an excellent speech on the tenure decisions; specifically, he ad­ dressed the question o f quantity o f scholarly research done versus quality o f research, as it had been the thought o f many faculty members that these faculty were denied tenure because o f scholarship. Prof. Walcerz’s speech was very well received by the faculty.

There’s something wrong when a professor is denied tenure and the community reacts badly to the decision.

Even more puzzling is why four professors were denied tenure when the tenure committee suggested to the provost to grant tenure to all but one o f the candidates.

There are efforts underway, including a letter-writing campaign and petitions, to help keep some o f the great professors in the ME department: those who care about the students, those who focus on quality o f work rather than quantity; those who help define the role o f an excellent professor at WPI.

Service can be evidenced in many ways, including service to WPI (faculty gover­ nance and ad-hoc committees, IQP area coordinators, assistance to the Office of Admissions, the Office o f Graduate and Career Plans, the Alumni Office, University Relations, etc.), service to the candidate’s department (curriculum committees, MQP area coordinators, faculty recruitment, seminar series participation and coordination, etc), service to the local community (board and committee membership in social service and cultural institutions, local government participation, etc.), and service to the profession (participation in national and international committees and panels, in local chapters o f professional societies, in conference organizations, etc).

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by Tom Balistrieri, Director Counseling and Student Development If you were exchanged in the cradle and your real mother died without ever telling the story then no one knows your name, and somewhere in the world your father is lost and needs you but you are far away.

He can never find how true you are, how ready.

When the great wind comes and the robberies o f the rain you stand in the comer shivering.

The people who go byyou wonder at their calm.

They miss the whisper that runs and day in your mind, “Who are you really, wanderer?”and the answer you have to give no matter how dark and cold the world around you is: “Maybe I’m a monarch.”

-William Stafford A jew eled crown o f gold spins in the nimble hands o f the youth. Ru­ bies, diam onds, and emeralds catch the light o f the sun casting a rainbow onto the white marble floor. Alone

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in the great hall, curtains o f purple velvet piped in gold draped on the walls, the young monarch ponders life. A head full o f questions. “Q ues­ tions that would frighten the people,”

the young monarch su sp ects...for monarchs are to be all w ise and all know ing. “ It is better they d on ’t know o f my ineptitude, my fears.

But how fair is that to them ? But that is neither here nor there, for I am a monarch and must do what I have been chosen to do. But what is that?

How do I know what is right or good? How will I know or judge my su ccess?”

The troubled youth sits tall and sighs to the universe. A long, slow , intake o f breath that fills the lungs and surrounds the heart...that what exhaled fills the room with concern and bewilderment. There is a build­ ing cacophony o f voices and m ove­ ment just on the other side o f the large wooden doors that open into the great hall. The court, the people, are gathering. There is no more time for doubt.

But what o f the questions and the ever so evasive answers? The young monarch places the crown back upon the royal head...and with that com es a flood o f memories. M emories o f lessons taught by those who went before; Queens and Kings, teachers, friends, parents, grandparents, ani­ mals and plants, anyone and any­ thing that had a morsel o f w isdom to

offer. The youth smiled. What needed to be done w as to remember...remember the lives, ex­ periences, lessons, and wisdom o f those that cam e before. That, com ­ bined with generativity and com pas­ sion, should lead to wise thought and action. The youth knew that it was not possible to please everyone. The youth knew that whatever was done would be evil for som eone. But the youth also knew being a monarch was a given...and all that could be done was o n e’s best.

T H E K IN G IS D E A D . LONG L IV E T H E KING What is success? How do YOU measure it? How will YOU know when you have achieved success or can be labeled successful?Somany of us mea­ sure our success by what others think, believe, desire, expect. If “they” say we are not a monarch then it must be true. How sad.

We live inasocietyofcritics...where everything anyone composes, writes, performs, sings, says is critiqued by some expert. Who says they are ex­ perts? We live in a society where the most beautiful, the most valuable, the most improved, the most watched are

actors, actresses, or athletes. We say to ourselves, “I am not a monarch be­ cause 1 am common. I am a failure because I will never make People magazine’s special edition. Twenty Most Popular People.’” What a crock.

We live in a society where people are shamed...shamed if too fat, too thin, too eccentric, too conservative, too this or too that. We live without kindness, gentleness, and trust. Monarchs be­ com e dictators when there is little gentleness and little trust.

Each o f us has a monarch within; each of us is the center o f the universe and the universe is our kingdom. The true monarch wants the kingdom to thrive. Wise monarchs live a life of generativity and fertility, treating ev­ eryone around them as if they arc mon­ archs. And they are. Help your mon­ arch to reveal itself by taking some time for introspection. Take some time to discover what you value, who you are, what you stand for, what you are fierce about. Decide for yourself what success is or will be. Treat all things around you with k in d n ess and generativity, as monarchs, and help others to discover their monarch. Too many people are standing alone in the cold and the dark, in the rain...discover how true you are, how ready.

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Student offended by display To the Editor: I have attended this school for the past five years, and I have never found a reason to write to the Newspeak Commentary... until now. For the past two years, I have commuted about an hour to school everyday. Most o f time between classes has been spent in the George C. Gordon Library studying and getting most o f my class work done. I have found a few places in the library that are quiet, comfortable and very conducive to getting work done.

The staff there has also been very helpful whenever I needed assistance, and it wasn't until recently that I ever had a problem.

In the main foyer on the third floor of the building, just as you enter, is a section o f wall that the library staff has reserved for a mini-art gallery. Peri­ odically, the library will display the works o f a local artist, or WPI student.

The works that I have seen have been in a variety o f forms, from photogra­ phy to water colors, to ink and pencil drawings. I have to admit, some o f the art work displayed there has been quite nice, and has added some character to the library.

However, the exhibit that was put up over spring break shocked me.

Coming back from spring break, I went up lo the second floor, where my locker is located and saw an ar­ ray o f photographs on the wall that I considered very offensive. 1 am not talking about vague silhouettes o f nude people on oil canvas, I'in talk­ ing about vivid photographic images that, in all honesty, you would need to be eighteen to purchase in a con­ venience store. Both appalled and puzzled, I spoke with the person that

was in charge o f the exhibit. The response I received was “ Nude art is an accepted art form w orld-w ide.”

Well, personally I don’t care what the world accepts, it still offended me. So I spoke with the person in charge o f the library. T o my disap­ pointment, 1 got the same thing.

I realize that, in this country, e v ­ eryone has the right to express them ­ selves freely. H owever, 1 don’t feel they have the right to shove their expressions in other p eop le’s faces.

What really bothers me is that these pictures arc in the main foyer o f the second floor, and you cannot get anywhere on that second floor with­ out looking al them. Like I said, my locker is up there, and I do my study­ ing there as w ell. After all, the build­ ing was created to be a library, not an art gallery. I suggested to the staff that, if they wanted to put porno­ graphic material on the w alls, they should but it in an isolated room som ewhere. And Yes, it is porno­ graphic. I don't understand why people think that if you take material that is prohibited by law for minors to obtain, put a signature on it and wrap it up in a nice w ooden frame, it’s suddenly alright to display it where people have to look al is and say "that’s art.”

I saw a little child up on that floor the other day with her parent, and 1 mentioned that lo the staff person.

Their response was som ething to the effect o f “W ell, if a parent d oesn ’t was their children lo sec the p ic­ tures, they don't have lo g o up there.”

T h a i’s funny, b eca u se I a lw a y s thought that library was a public fa­ cility, open to people o f all ages for

absolutes in this world, and there are standards that people are required to live by. Som e people may not think so, but one day we will all have to answer to the One who set those standards. I’m so thankful that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the price for my sins so that, on the day that I have to answer lo Him, I will be

the use o f literature research and study. Apparently, som e members o f the staff think otherwise.

W ell, 1 guess you can define the use o f the library how ever you want to, and you can call the pornographic material that was put up over break “art” if you want to as w ell. But you cannot deny the fact that there are

justified by His grace. I am nol mad at those members o f the library staff.

I’m just using my rights to “Freedom o f Expression.” My heart goes out to them, in hopes that som eday they’ll see the need for the sam e justifica­ tion that I need... that w e all need...

Peter H. DelTErba Class of 1996

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Student G overnm ent A Unofficial M inutes of the U ndergraduate Student Governm ent A ssociation for the meeting of February 27, 1996 Held in the Lower Wedge I. II.

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M eetin g called to ord er at 6:03pm .

Roll Call E xecutive Board: Cathleen A..

Connelly, President; Kirsty E. Reidy, Vice-President; Amy L. Plack, Secretary.

S e n a te : Jam es A rm itage, Jonathan C haillet, Heather Cleary, Matthew Freimuth, Ed H allissey, M ickey Lacroix, Chris Mello, Jason Mickey, Jerem y O ls z e w s k i, Jam es (Ben) Petro, Sundeep Reddy, Michael Scott, Derek Sickman, Kristen Stagg, Cindy Vollaro, Jason W ille y , Adam Woodbury.

Absent: Shawn Ayube, Tara Carrie (E x c u se d ), T anya Corrado, Matthew Defronzo (Excused), Marni Hall, Jenni­ fer Reese, Justin Sprague, Tim Tully (Excused).

P a r lia m e n ta r ia n : Jennifer Yambert Needed for quorum were six­ teen (16), nineteen (19) were present at the start o f the meet­ ing.

A pproval o f the m inutes for The minutes o f were approved without changes.

President’s Rem arks President Connelly stated that she was impressed to see the letter written by the cabinet regarding safety concerns in light o f the recent assault on a student.

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utes each. This motion passed.

After the allotted time, the mo­ tion passed.

V III. T reasu rer’s R em arks Treasurer Snow had no re­ Chair Freimuth reported that he marks. and Senator Woodbury met Secretary’s R em arks X. with Bem ie Brown to discuss Secretary Plack commended more bulletin boards on cam­ the senate fordutiful attendance pus. Hopefully, some o f the at office hours this term. locations proposed by the com ­ X I. V ice-P resid en t’s mittee will get the R em arks boards in D-term.

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Elections Committee - V ice President Reidy an­ nounced that the office would Secretary Plack re­ be painted over break. ported for Chair | X II. P resident’s R e­ Reese that thank you port cards have been sent President Connelly encour­ to p eo p le w ho S G A aged the senate to start thinkhelped with e le c ­ . ing about potential nominees tion s.

A ls o , all newly elected offic­ for the annual Goat’s Head STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Award. The award is given ers have been in­ by the Senate to a WPI student, o n cilia tio n A ct - Senator formed o f their responsibili­ usually a senior, in recognition Freimuth ties via e-mail. for outstanding contributions Senator Freimuth moved the bill Institute Committees to the Student Government As­ and was seconded. After much Committee on Academic Opera­ discussion, a roll call vote was tions (CAO) sociation. Also, she announced Representative Butland reported that there would be no cabinet called. The motion passed: 16 meeting this week. ayes, 5 nays, and 2 absten­ that the committee received a new proposal for the biology tions.

XIII. A nnouncem ents Bill S.29 - Endorsem ent o f the XIV. Roll Call & A djournm ent lab modules. The concern with this new proposal is the in­ E xecutive Board: Cathleen A. L etter to the C om m ittee on Connelly, President; Kirsty E. G overnance S en a to r creased need for students to Reidy, Vice-President; Amy L. Olszewski overload while doing a project.

Plack, Secretary; Gregory R. Senator Olszewski moved the The proposal is available in the Snow , Treasurer. bill and was seconded. During SGA office.

Senate: Alfred Andrade, James VI. Old Business the course o f discussion, an Armitage, Jonathan Chaillet, amendment to add a carbon There was no old business to discuss.

H eath er C lea ry , M atthew copy to the SGA files was ac­ VII. New Business Freimuth, Ed Hallissey, Seth cepted by Olszewski. After Kintigh, Mickey Lacroix, Chris further discussion, the ques­ Bill S.26 - M en ’s L acrosse Funding Request - Senator M ello, Jason M ickey, Jeremy tion was called, but the motion O lszew ski, James (Ben) Petro, Lacroix to call the question failed dur­ Sundeep Reddy, Michael Scott, Senator Lacroix moved the bill ing a division vote. At this Derek Sickman, Kristen Stagg, and was seconded. After some p o in t. S en a to r W oodbury C in d y V o lla r o , K enneth discussion, the motion to emer­ moved to limit debate to four V olock, Jason W illey, Adam gency fund the Men’s Lacrosse additional speakers at four min­

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Absent: Shawn Ayube, Tara Carrie (E x c u se d ), T an ya Corrado, Matthew Defronzo (Excused), Mami Hall, Jenni­ fer Reese, Justin Sprague, Tim Tully (Excused).

P a rlia m en ta ria n : Jen n ifer Yambert Needed for quorum were six­ teen (16), tw enty-three(23) were present at the end o f the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:05pm.

team in the amount o f $2,458 .00 was passed.

Bill S.27 - Q uadFest Funding Request - Senator Lacroix Senator Lacroix moved the bill and was seconded. After dis­ cussion, the motion to fund QuadFest in the amount o f $12,000.00 was passed.

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Call to O rder Roll Call Approval o f the M inutes for February 27, 1996 President’s Report Com m ittee Reports

SGA Committees Institute Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business 5.30 HSA/SH PE L eadership Conference Special Funding Request 5.31 T raditions Day Support Act 5.32 A lpha Phi Om ega D anceA-Thon Funding Act 5.33 P hotocopy Debt Solvency Act 5.34 Budget A ct of 1996 M ak­ ing A ppropriations for the Fis­ cal Y ear 1997 V III. T reasurer’s R em arks IX. Secretary’s R em arks X. V ice-P resident’s R em arks XI. President’s R em arks XII. A nnouncem ents X III. Roll Call & A djournm ent

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Just A Thought The Living With Grief

by Stephen Brown Protestant Campus Ministry Last week, Dawn Fitzgerald wrote a very good article on coping with loss. Dawn told us that we go through a whole spectrum o f feelings after we suffer a loss. I really identify with much o f what she said as 1 am really beginning to feel the pains o f leaving Worcester to go home to Ohio in June.

I think I was intellectually kidding m yself when I thought it would be easy to say goodbye and go merrily on my way West. Ha! As I begin to write some final newsletters and goodbyes, the emotions bubbling up are impos­ sible to suppress.

Which brought to mind a few les­ sons I learned on my sabbatical last

Spring. One o f the courses I took at my seminary was “Recovery from Be­ reavement”. Our professor on the first day confessed that he had probably mis-named the course. He told us that it should probably be titled something like learning to live with loss and be­ reavement. His main point in the course was that grief over a loss is a process we experience all our lives, not a task which we can begin and finish within a specific time frame. Rather grief is like a spiral, something which comes and goes, but something we keep deal­ ing with.

1 believe that. I have learned over the years that while I do get past the initial, intense feeling o f grief and loss, we never just “end” our grief over a loss. We learn to live with our grief.

I think especially these days o f my seminary classmate, Michael Maguire.

Michael died over 18 years ago, but I don’t think a week goes by when I don’t think o f him. We were insepa­ rable friends. I was student body presi­ dent, Michael was my vice president.

We were in each other’s ordination services; I married Michael, and he installed me in my first church. Al­ most every Saturday night we were on the phone together, despairing over the sermons we had to preach the next day.

When Michael died, a hole opened up in my life which has never and will never be filled. I guess 1 could use a different analogy to describe a loss or a death. Losing Michael was like losing an arm. It is gone, forever.

Nothing, not even an artificial arm can ever take its place. After awhile the immediate pain goes away, but the arm is still gone. The task then, is to learn to live with what is a permanent loss.

It ain’t easy. It took me five years before I could begin to face my rage and loss. It was only over time that I realized that I could not and should not try to “replace” Michael in my life.

Can’t be done. All I got for my efforts was more grief and broken relation­ ships. What I finally had to come to terms with was that no one ever again would be as close a friend to me that Michael was. No one would ever share my passion for ministry or be as intimate a soulmate as Michael and I were for each other. I am blessed with

a host of great friends and colleagues who enrich my life and fill it with love and laughter. But there is no other Michael Maguire in my future. So I have learned to live with my loss. And mixed in with the tears is the joy that friendship and how it still influences my life. Almost every Sunday when I put my robe on I wonder how Michael would approach the sermon I am about to give. And I relish the friendship I have with his namesake, my son.

Coping with loss; yes, perhaps. But for me it is more living with loss, allowing m yself to hurt and laugh at the same time and know that I will process that grief for as long as I live.

I suspect the same is true for all our losses. Easter is near, however, and their new life dawning.

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WPI History and Traditions Part X: The Final Chapter - The Magnetic Laboratory

by Donna Emma Edzards Associate Editor In 1886, construction o f a third building began on a remote site o f campus. While the M agnetic Labo­ ratory may have a rather “ R evival” appearance, both Stephen C. Earle and A lonzo S. Kimball incorporated the most advanced scientific research available into its design. Earle drafted

the exterior w hile Kimball coordi­ nated the interior. Stephen Salisbury HI, always interested in the develop­ ment o f electricity, offered a consid­ erable donation for the laboratory which would be used for technologi­ cal advancement through both e lec­ tric and magnetic studies.

As directed by Professor Kimball, the Magnetic Laboratory was con­ structed at the location where Insti­

tute Road and Boynton Street cur­ rently intersect. The design o f the laboratory was entirely dictated by the laws o f magnetics. The axis o f the main part o f the building coin ­ cided with the magnetic meridian; the north and south meridians passed through opposite w indow s in the tower. Instead o f using iron which would cause significant interference, hand cut brass nails were incorpo-

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Winter wrap up and spring preview Continued from Page 3 of pins to win matches for the Engi­ neers.

Postseason honors All-Confercncc: Jim Naughton ’96, CAC 1st team (Player o f the Year); Danielle Batey’97, NEW-8,Guard; Kim Landry ’97, NEW-8, Forward; Jenn Lovin ’96, NEW-8, Center Coach of the year - Christa Cham­ pion, NEW-8 Basketball All-New England: Jeff Steams ’96, wrestling (5th, NECCWA. 158 lbs); Lance Baden ’98, w restling (4th, NECCWA, 1671bs);MarcLefcbvrc96,

indoor track (1st, high jump, Div. Ill); Stove LaBranche 96, indoor track (6th, 800, Div. Ill); David Hawes ’98, indoor track (6th, 200, Div. Ill); Jeff Coleman '99, indoor track (3rd. pentathlon, Div. Ill; 4th, 55 H. hurdles, Div. Ill); David Bowler ’98, indoor track (6th, pole vault, Div. Ill); Dana Schlosser ’96, indoor track (5th, 35 lb weight, Div. lll);Danielle Batey ’97, basketball, (NEWBA 2nd team, guard); Jim Naughton '96, basket­ ball, (ECAC 2nd team, frontcourt) All-ECAC: Marc Lefebvre ’96, in­ door track (3rd, high jump); Peter Manolakos ’97, indoor track (3rd, 1,600

relay); Jeff Coleman ’99, indoor track (3rd, 1,600 relay); David Hawes ’98, indoor track (3rd, 1,600 relay); Steve LaBranchc ’96, indoor track (3rd, 1,600 relay); Liam Kelly ’98, indoor track (6th, 3,2(X) relay); Rick Crispo ’98, in­ door track (6th, 3,200 relay); Tim Caldwell '97, indtxir track (6th, 3,200 relay); Rich Person '96, indoor track (6th, 3,200 relay) All-American: Kim Landry ’97, bas­ ketball, (Kodak Division III) GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-Ameri­ can: Jim Naughton '96. basketball, (Dis­ trict I + National First Team)

rated to secure floor boards and joints. L ikew ise, m illstone granite accented with longm eadow sand­ stone was used in the exterior walls.

Kim ball’s original plans for the laboratory left its structure almost com pletely vibration free. He there­ fore was able to achieve much suc­ cess in his experim ents with both electricity and magnetism . Unfortu­ nately, this success w as short-lived.

Soon after the construction o f the laboratory was com pleted, the City o f W orcester installed a horse rail­ way service along Institute Road.

With the increases in traffic came significant vibration, too much for the M agnetic Laboratory to com pen­ sate for. T w o years later, the horses were replaced with trolleys, and the interference created by the electric lights installed in 1891 made the building com pletely useless for its intended purpose.

A transformer o f 500,000 volts was installed in the old Magnetic Laboratory in 1901. It was used there for high potential experim ents for six years, until it was relocated to Atwater Kent Laboratories at its com pletion in 1907. The laboratory

served as the headquarters o f Tech News, the WPI student newspaper, for seven years beginning in 1911.

From 19 1 7 - 1 9 1 8 , R o b e r t H. Goddard, class o f 1908, conducted experiments sponsored by a grant from the Sm ithsonian Institution.

Therefore, the interior had to be re­ designed to accommodate his early rocketry experim ents.

The old M agnetic Laboratory was last remodeled in 1921 when it be­ came home to the o f W PI’s senior honor society, Skull. The exterior o f the building remains strikingly sim i­ lar to its original design. The exte­ rior windows have since been co v ­ ered to conceal the single story room with floor space which measures 15 feet by 20 feet.

Thus ends this series on WPI his­ tory and tradition. A contest question­ naire will be included in the next issue of Newspeak on April 2nd and will be due by Friday April 5th at 5 pm in the Newspeak Office. Winners will be announced in the following April 9th edition. A History and Traditions Fo­ rum will be held on Traditions Day, April 16th. Look for more details on events in future issues of NewspeakW !

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Hello, Olsters and pledges, and now for an important announcement...

THE DANCE-A-THON IS HERE. Yes, this Saturday, March 29, we are holding the d'ance-athon for MS in Alumni Gym. Twelve hours o f dancing, from the twilight near 5 PM to the early break of dawn at 5 AM. There will be four live bands, including Gepetto, Orion, and Plaid Do­ nut. And there will be lots to eat and drink. Did I mention the prizes, well now I did. So be there.

And now, after that, we need help to set up the lights and the four bands. It will begin at 10 PM in Alumni, and goon until...until its done,or5 PM, which ever is earlier. So please come, we need your help. For more information contact Smiley.

The pledges had their Fellowship Project last Saturday. The dinner was great, and so were the events. The first pledge class sport was also played, but that’s a late game. The Pledge Service project will be on March 31 st at Treasure Valley, a camp. We will be cleaning up the place, making it livable for the campers. It should be fun.

Fellowship, Brain is doing more spontaneous stuff, and he has also planned several more things, including a Softball Team, going to a Red Sox game, and possibly a Magic Fundraiser.

Meetings, Pledges, what Jodi e-mails you, Brothers, Monday, GH227, 6:30 PM.

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Alrighty, there is going to be a dance co­ sponsored between our group and Clark U. BiLAGA on April 5th (a Friday) so mark your calendars and email the account if you want to help out. Also there is a meeting this Thursday, March 28th (yes? somebody please tell me that Thursday is the 28th?) and it will be., well., you know., a meeting. Fun fun fun. Anybody feel like coming out or asking questions or chatting with us officer-types jest cuz, e-mail us at bilaga@wpi (wow same as last week) and we’ll give you info ‘n’ stuff. BiLAGA the Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Al Iiance at W PI.. have a nice week and enjoy the sunshine!!

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Hey Cheer Up everybody! Only one million days before the end of classes! T rue this may seem like a long time, but time flies when you are having fun. For example. 1started writing this at 3:50 and guess what? Well,... It’s still 3:50. But the point is... The point isto make school seem like a big game, because when you make a game out o f something it becomes enjoyable!

Elections are coming up. On this Monday, the 25th we will be electing new officers for the positions o f President, Vice President, Treasurer, Sports Coordinator, and Historian. What hap­ pened to the secretary? Uh.. yeah, what happened to the secretary? Well, the President gets to appoint the secretary. (The new president that is) Why? Yeah, why? I don’t know, that’s just the way it has always been, and because we aren’t a bunch o f radicals we won’t change it. So in light o f that, please remember to attend that very im­ portant meeting on Monday.

The final thing I would like to note, is the homepage competition. If you guys read this on Sunday, then you still have achance to vote. If you guys read this on Monday, then you guys can still

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That’s il. 1 am finished. Remember whoever gets ihe position o f Historian has to write this bul... oops I mean this brilliant masterpiece of an article.

Look I didn’t kiss anyone’s butt! You’ll still give me a ride home right Eric??!!

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Another week has passed, and wilh it endless opportunities lo serve the Lord. Did you take advantage of these, or did you shrug ihe Lord’s work o ff for your earthly duties? It is too hard to go it alone. There are many people out there that can help and that desire to help.

Join us. Come to Friday Night Fellowship this Friday in Morgan A at 7:00pm. This is a time of praise and singing and fellowship. Also this week, as usual, sports will be Saturday morning at 10:30, meet in front of Alumni.

This week, just a verse for your consideration.

None o f my words, none of my strings. ‘There­ fore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud o f witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 (NIV).

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Our apologies! There was a typo on last week’s ISC column. The ISC meeting was on Wednesday, March 20, not April 20. We hope that didn’t cause any confusion. If you missed the meeting the next meeting is scheduled for April 3rd. We hope there will be a larger turnout.

Forms for the Cultural Festival, which is be­ tween 10:00am and 2:00 pm, Saturday, April 13, have been all collected. There has been very good response to this year’s festival, which is going to be in Harrington Hall.

A draft of the 1996 ISC survey was released at the last meeting, for feedback. The final draft of the survey should come out soon, and the ISC urges all international students to complete one, so that are able to serve international students at WPI as best as we can.

Final decisions on the volleyball haven’t been made, so anybody that is interested in participat­ ing should contact the ISC or attend the next meeting.

The format of a petition for financial aid still hasn’t been decided on, and we would appreciate if everyone that can come to the next ISC meeting can contribute some ideas, which will make the petition successful.

That is all for this week's column! If anyone has anything to contribute please contact the ISC at isc@wpi.edu, the ISC Web page at http:// www.wpi.edu/~isc.

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my headache went away. I hope everyone had fun. Denny’s three times in four nights! Yikes!

You’d think I’d know the manager personally by now.

Well, one bit o f business. The exec meetings are now located in Forkey Conference Room, which is located under the bleachers on street level in Harrington Auditorium. The time is the same, 4:30pm on Mondays. It’s a really cool room. Everyone should come and lounge... ahhh...

I mean discuss.

Well, get psyched for Quadfest! It’s not far away now. We will have just about every piece of equipment out on the quad, so come and help.

Also, we have our Back to the Future series coming up. We will need many TSS and projec­ tion crews, so plan on being there. See you all at the meeting in AK233 on Wed. at 4:30. COme, because we have hell weekend coming up.

Keep the sanity...

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Hi all! This week’s club comer is going to be a very special one. “Why,” you ask? I’ll tell you why. This weeks club comer will contain two separate instances of me groveling, apologizing, pleading and generally perform ing in a reconciliating manner. In all the excitement of last week’s comer, I some how managed to omit two words that resulted in an embarrassing error. *grin* So, to remedy the situation, let’s all get out our trusty, handy-dandy writing implements and our own personal copy o f last week’s Newspeak, and lets fix it together. Everyone ready now? Ok, write in the words “plus two.” “Where,” do you ask? Right after the words “NV l -2.” There. All better.

Now that that is over wilh, we can get on to the next topic o f groveling. The on-line cast list. As it turns out, by the time I found out what all the cast lists were, pretty much everyone else knew as well. So, in light of this fact, and that most everyone should have had at least one rehearsal already (if you haven't... time to worry), I am abandoning the idea of compiling an all inclusive list.

New Voices 14 is well under way. Some o f us may have rehearsal every @#!$ing day. I know 1 said last week’s comer was the last to have rhyme.

But I think that I’ve decided to do it every single time. ...ok... I go hide now... -Jed

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Hey, sorry it’s been awhile but there hasn’t been much to talk about. MEETING TOMOR­ ROW (Wednesday) at 4:30 in the Social Science conference room. We will be discussing the speaker (see below) and things to do this term.

Bill Hennessey has agreed to visit and speak to us on April 9. Here is a little bio on him: William O. Hennesse Director, Graduate Programs and Pro­ fessor o f Law, A.B. Brown University, Ph.D. University o f Michigan, J.D. Franklin Pierce Law Center. In addition to teaching courses in intellec­ tual property and international law. Professor Hennessey, a patent lawyer, administers several of the Law Center’s intellectual property pro­ grams — including the Master o f Intellectual Property (MIP), Intellectual Property Diploma and the Intellectual Property Summer Institute (IPSI). Prior to coming to Franklin Pierce in 1983, he worked as a Chinese interpreter for the Ameri­ can Association for the Advancement o f Science (AAAS) at the National Academy of Sciences, and several congressional sub-committees, and taught premodem Chinese literature at the Uni­ versity o f Illinois and Oberlin College. Don’t forget MEETING TOMORROW AT 4:30!!!!

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Well, here we are again. Lots o f great stuff is still happening soon - when will those officers quit?!

The Star Wars live role-playing game is defi­ nitely going to happen this weekend, says Grand M off Mike Caprio. If you see a bunch o f wierdos running around the wedge, you will know what you are missing.

Arms Dealer Ben Holt has almost finished his extended rules for assassin. The basic idea will be clans, with clan leaders, all running around trying to kill the rest of the clans. He has come up with different types of weapons to use, available from the arms dealer. You will get the names o f your targets - but who has your name? Assassin will be run some time in early April, and will be open to the entire campus.

Another mutliplayer Descent game! Hap­ pened last Saturday. It was pretty short notice but everyone who went to the meeting knew!

Don’t miss out on anything else - show up at this week’s meeting, Wednesday 7 p m. in Olin 107.

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ATA This is my last column. Sorry about last week. Good luck to Jess L. who will be replac­ ing me. I’m sure you’ll do a great job. Happy belated birthdays to Suzy, Karen G and Melissa A. And a happy birthday also goes to Erika L (30th). And how could I forget our new sisters, nice hats girls! Welcome back to Karen L, Elaine, Shannon and Laura who were away doing IQP. We missed you guys. Congrats to Shannon, Kathy and Terry for their new o f­ fices. Suzy is the last recipient o f the old hat. It looks great, good job to everyone who added to it, but it’s just too full now, so we have a new one since St. Patrick’s day just passed and all!

Nice job on rehearsing those skits for fireside girls! Alright so they weren’t as professional as New Voices or anything, speaking o f drama, make sure you support all the sisters that are participating in New Voices. Congrats to our new sisters Elaine and Nancy! Remember that Heather is our resident artist so get her your ideas for TTAT T-shirts. Thanks to ATO for the social and don’t forget tomorrow is installa­ tion, hence a formal meeting. Buy your tickets to the formal and get out those tacky dresses.

H ave a great D term . It’s been fun.

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Postulants, keep up the good work. Each Nib is swiftly yodeling others using dialect indi­ rectly placing standardized taxforms in crazy knots. Never mind. It’s about time to wrap up another superb comer. See y a next week. TRIC K

cracked conch from the Imperial Pukeaway while listening to Toolak chirp about volley­ ball. “You can beet it with this”. Oh, the Baha­ mas branch o f The Crulety to Animals Depart­ ment called earlier today, something about a Seagull and an Utterdog.. I just gave them the number to the Gutter. Then they asked if I knew anything about a Peebody man wrestling a shark., not a big shark just about a four-footer.

The best thing about D-Term is that the Murph is not far off.

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The ultimate fate o f the Mav. tournament is as of yet......unknown. If ya’ still wanna play talk to Nick, ASAP. I hope all you seniors are having loads o f fun in your interviews as you skip your classes. Just don’t skip too many like the little knight rider. Thanks for the BBQ Gags. Nice to see that we have our our little energizer bunny, John. He keeps doing more and more and more and more projects. 6 more weeks, that’s plenty o f time for a road trip.

Way to pull a little switch-a-roo with the points in the Crow and ATO games. Isn’t it fun to win and win some more. Good luck in continuing to roll over the competition.

Oh, and remember April Fool’s Day is al­ most upon us. I think it’s time we had some fun.

Hey George, O ’Brian, and Mailman it’s time to have fun. Is anyone up for golf? This is BF signing off...

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Once upon a time there was a little leprechaun, who wanted to do something fun to celebrate St, Patricks day. So everyone else decided to put him on social probation. I don’t get it. What kind o f precedent does it set when we have a woman running/advising, whatever she’s doing, a coun­ cil o f fraternity MEN? And how come everybody treats her word as law, I think its’ time that IFC got some balls and stood up to her and the school. I thought IFC was supposed to be self governing, at least to some degree. But it’s just her puppet, and that makes them a council o f hypocrites. There not representing our interests, or protecting us from the school. Instead, IFC, and that ridiculous insig­ nificant GAC are trying eliminate fun from col­ lege life. Hey GAC you want my dues so you can have some dinner? Do something FOR me. In the mean time, come get 'em. Most alumni, who I remind you went to college in the 60’s and 70’s, drank more and did more drugs than any o f us would think humanly possible, and now there telling us to put a rule into effect that would ensure all of our party’s would suck. WHY? What’s the saying? It used to be us against them, now it’s us against each other.

Hey AGD and Phi Sig Sig. Can we blame you for your ignorance? Yes I think I can find it in my heart to. Think back to ...High school.

Your friends parents go away, so like any redblooded American high school senior, he has a party, and invites some girls. Now here’s the analogy. Some AIRHEAD, calls the kids par­ ents, and asks them what time the party starts.

Bam! no party. End o f Analogy, Draw your own conclusions.

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Congrats to all the new brothers. Group #3 in the hunt showed everyone what time it was.

Fresh got into it a little too much. He took, wait a minute, gave one for the team. Wilkinson carved the one eyed bandit. PKnicequaf. With all the fines from the workparties not being done, we will get a brain for Brendan and Jake.

Just one between the both o f them. Fooz on boys. Cullen cruised by. Update: Stipe seen limping to the liquor store and returning with his mate Jim Beam. Toola Toola Toola Toola, did I get it right? Amer, where the party at?

Tino toss is still in effect. Some one is the mad non flusher. Who will face up to it. We know w h o you are.

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C om e awwwwwwwwwww wwwn. Come awn. (!@#$ Pete)

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My, oh, my, what a paady! Can someone tell me who booted on the 2nd floor again (writing this on Friday, probably a good assumption) andJ. don't think it was Herb. Many brothers either a) heaved it all up b) hooked up c) a and b or d) b then a. All-all-all-all-all-righty-then.

Hope those postulants didn’t pull a raid during the party cuz somethin’ tells me we didn’t look for 'em. On a side note, Taco G, your mom hit me while driving drunk. Nate’s still working on the ever elusive chocolate in the fry formula keep at it.

How about them AXP intramural teams. A win has to come sometimes, so keep try in’. Say, did I mention we took home the Bowling tro­ phy?

News Flash: On the influence o f Oakes, Smokestack jacked is new used tercel up 10 inches, and painted flames on that go-cart o f his. Only problem is both Lino and Beth need

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Clark goes to bed at 12:00 and still...he finds a way to raise hell. Jay Bryan is conducting D NA testing on all the brothers to see who left their mark on Hawkins’ jacket. In a victory for all American criminals, the US Judicial system found Stanley innocent o f all charges brought against him.ln the news o f the week, “Iron M ike” Skarin successfully defended his fly­ weight title when he K.O.’d “Smoke’in Joe” Frazier in the early rounds o f the bout. If anyone is interested Bosse and Clark are hitting the gym to get their beach bodies in shape. New party policy to keep Dave from having a heart attack- Jackie isn’t allowed in without an in­ haler. Cui’sC om er-’T m n o ta g a y , I could get a piece, but it raining”

Good morning gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees. Holy shivits its the Lambda Chi Greek Comer. We would like to thank the Worcester police for the free strobe lights at our social. BD couldn’t handle it, turned in his wings. So you characters are going to Disney World. We would like to thank Exec for tying up the library for the last month. Oh and the plague is spreading so stay clear. Stew why dont you kill a few o f the other team’s players?

Anyone out there got good? That there is a Sweet nose! We would like to welcome our “newly” initiated members. Hey gibbons Baa. Cornell was a ton o f fun (no fat jokes). Why again did we go there? We would like to thank syracuse for there hospitality and four dollar pitchers. Hey Josh all deliveries... Kenny, We apoligize for anything we may have ever done or ever will do. Daytona, bikes, 3. This is fatty subsonic requesting a donut, is there anything they can’t do? None o f this matters because YOU HAVE A GAMBLING PROBLEM !!!

Thats it, till next year. -Fat, Skinny, and the Plague

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Hello all you happy little people, I at least know 22 guys who are a little happier this week.

Yeah you may o f thought it wasn’t me, but it is, the great Dinklehiemer. I must congratulate everybody on all the killer work done last week, and for those who doubted the ability o f Poleman, Cuca, and me to put in a door, well walk by his room and see the craftmanship. I’d also like to extend my getwell wishes to Bruce.

It was quite nice to see people enjoy the recent, nice weather by doing a few laps in Institute Pond. Don’t worry Froggie and Dools the rash goes away wiihin a month or two. Everybody has a little spanish in them, and they let it all hang out at the South o f the Border Party last Saturday. Lots o f people showed up and had a good time, even Pepe Lopez “That fat bastard” made an appearance. Well guess what folks, yes it is that time again. The top five reasons last week was the coolest week o f the year. 5) I quickly learned that I couldn’t use a tape measure. 4) Breakfast in bed 3) Oh God, stop the room from spinning (Guido feels the pain) 2) A brand “Spankin’" new study room. I) TKE PRIDE.

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I’d like to start o ff by congratulating the new members. I’m sure we all had fun on Saturday.

I’d like to thank Pam for putting that barrel on for us at the apt. on friday night. Congratula­ tions to Moc for making it through his 21st.

Lets hear it for Hone, the only person in history to win an award at house meeting just on general principle. What about Stretch, his PT test last week scared the $#!% out o f him. We are really starting to miss Enis now that the Foosball table needs cleaning. Dannakcr is no longer aloud to play with Fife.

I had a nightmare the other night that 1 had to drink a bottle o f 151 then eat two orders o f

OZK Welcome back from Spring Break every­ body, Phi Sigs and non-Phi Sigs alike. I, Fudugazi, the wise old tourtoise, had a fairly boring break, but it was a well needed break just the same.

Before I say anything else, I am proud to announce that Phi Sigma Kappa is the intramu­ ral Ice Hockey Champions! Congratulations to Fonz, T-Bo, Grant, LaLushe, Kenny Bob, Marky Mark, W illis, Sprout, and Willie. But where’s the STANLEY Cup? Hey, w e’ve got soccer, floor hockey, and softball still to come.

Not much on the party scene last weekend, but there should be some interesting ‘T ales From the Living Room”. And we now have a danaschlosser that has been properly aged for 22 years.

Well, once again welcome back everybody.

This Fudugazi saying, until we meet again (or until we do meet, whichever the case may be).

o n Hey Phi Sigs!!! Hope everyone had a great break! Thanks to everyone who showed up for the work party-great job! Get psyked for the GONG SHOW at QuadFest.... hope everybody is plan­ ning their act!! Don’t forget to find out who your senior is so you can embarass them - seniors, it’s too late to go back now. Is there something you should be worried about? Great job everybody who went to keg races. Let’s get another keg Juniors Rule!! (you couldn't have done it without ALL o f that help) Committee head elections are a week from tomorrow so be thinking about how you can not only better yourself but also help to make Phi Sig the best it can be!! YOU can make the difference! Anyway...speakingof spring break, how were the Bahamas girls? Connie and Puccinext time wear a bathing suit!! Con, how are those Eckerd boys? Nathan is GAY!!! Can you please print something that we write at least once? (happy?) Amy, did they make it to Sig Ep? Linda, another boy to talk about! Tina and Missy Dodie and Karyn will come visit your big noses. Deb, great job remembering the music. NikD.-CHEER UP!!! Blah!Blah!Blah! Lizards Rule!! Hey Kelly and Katie, remember HA on sweetcheeks!

Anne, congrats on experimenting with Hershey.

Lynie-expect for the random boys!! Leah, Wed 20? Hey Liz-W alkofShamefrom Kap.afamiliar route for the house!! Hey guys, we’re full fledged THUNDERS!! (thanks to Bryan Pepin) How many groceries can we fit in the car? Obviously not enough!! Hey... W.B!! T -w e heard what you did this weekend, you’reNUTS!! Special hello to everyone that didn’t get in here - Go CRAZY! LITP!!

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P o l ic e L o g Friday, M arch 15 12:20pm - Trespass: Harrington Gym, 3 Non-Students.

2:40pm - Call Water Department: re leaking hydrant. Regent St. and Drury Ln. 2:42pm - Water Department: Running water.

2:48pm - Call Water Department: Water is seeping from ground and affecting sidewalk and lightpost.

4:15pm - Report: West Street was unblocked on account o f Lens and Lights. It was relocked.

5:10pm - EMS: Alumni Gym, a female was having an asthma attack.

7:05pm - Report: Leaking toilet in Ellsworth, Plant Services notified.

7:52pni - Report: Alden subhasement Hooding, Plant Services notified.

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Tuesday, M arch 26 6:00pm - SGA Meeting, Lower Wedge.

W ednesday, M arch 27 11:00am - Department of Chemistry Colloquium: “Photochemistry o f Some Heteroaromatic Compounds,” Goddard Hall 227.

Saturday, M arch 16 9:06am - Alarm: Gordon Library out o f service.

12:55am - Building Checks: Fitness Center found unlocked.

2:00am - Disorderly Persons: Complaint from Wachusett Street fraternity o f disorderly persons in vehicle in front of house.

3:18am - Suspicious Persons: Wachusett Street fraternity.

6:50am - Plumbing Problem: Einhom Road, Plant Services notified.

7:01am - Plumbing Problem: Fuller Labs basement, Womens room. Plant Services notified.

12:35pm - Access: Janitorial Closet.

1:22pm - Listing: Car near powerhouse, parked overnight, no sticker.

1:44pm - Access: Riley Pub, electrical room for Lens and Lights.

3:02pm - Report: Boynton Street fraternity requests report taken regarding vandalism.

6:35pm - Alarm: Fire Alarm, Alden - testing smoke/fog for concert.

7:46pm - Report: Broken glass in Stoddard C stairwell.

Thursday, M arch 28 4:30pm - Quadfest Meeting, Goat’s Head Conference Room.

Saturday, M arch 30 9:00am - WPI Crew vs. Mass Academy, on Lake Quinsigamond (Route 9 east; on Worcester - Shrewsbury line.)

Noon to 4 pm - I st Run of LnL's Back to the Future Marathon 4:30pm - Protestant Worship Service, Morgan A. 7pm to 1 lpm - 2nd Run o f LnL's Back to the Future Marathon Sunday, March 31

Palm Sunday 11:30am - Catholic Mass, Alden Memorial.

6:00pm - Catholic Mass, Founders’ Study Room.

6:30pm & 9:30pm - Kaleidoscope Film: Muriel’s Wedding, Perreault, $2/5.

Sunday, M arch 17 12:08am - Unknown Problem: Subject calling from Atwater Kent emergency phone stating that he needs help.

12:10am - Officer requests EMS for arm laceration.

12:22am - Medical Response: Dean Street fraternity, intoxicated female subject. EMS clearing station and responding.

12:41am - EMS requests ambulance to Dean St. Worcester EA, Fire Dept, and Police Dept responding.

1:10am - Fire Alarm: Alden Hall, Fire dept, notification withheld due to probability that alarm activated by smoke from prior activity.

3:37am - Assist: Students request admittance to Higgins Labs to retrieve book.

10:45am - Malicious Mischief: Elbridge St. 7:28pm - Motor Vehicle Lock Out: Elbridge Street.

8:18pm - Assi'st: Founders 4th floor, no heat. Plant Services notified.

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6:30pm - Assist: Counseling Center.

8:48pm - Assist: Atwater Kent for leaking bubbler, Plant Services notified.

9:25pm - Noise Complaint: Daniels Hall.

W ednesday, M arch 20 12:05am - Followup: Students into station re: prior incident 12:19am - Officer, to Schussler Rd. to retrieve item.

2:26am - Building Checks: Morgan, Daniels, Riley, Alden, activated pump in sub-basement due to flooding.

2:31am - Fire Alarm: Trowbridge Rd. 2:45am - Electrician notified: re: Trowbridge, unable to reset fire alarm.

8:42am - Assist: by Atwater Kent semi circle, near Salisbury St., posible spent shell casings.

12:48pm - Lockout: Quad by Daniels, Red Volvo.

1:17pm - Officer asked for log entry that he spoke with the WPD Operations Dept, in regards to parking considerations for buses on Institute from 2:00 on today.

5:32pm - Vandalism: Windshield broken on vehicle.

6:30pm - Call ln: Plumber for leaking toilet in Mass Academy 9:20pm - Plate Run: no record found, officer requests the vehicle be put down as suspicious.

Monday, March 18 12:22am - Assist/altercation: Officer out at West St. with altercation.

12:58am - Suspicious persons/vehicle: Report o f 3 subjects in dark pickup truck with oversize tires observed possibly tampering with vehicles in the Dean St. area.

6:47am - Assist: Faculty member admitted to Mass Academy.

9:06am - Property Found: Project and Registrar’s Office, wallet found, returned to owner.

Tuesday, March 19 12:01pm - Suspicious Person: Male, 4 0 ’s, long dark coat, salt pepper hair, 1701b. 6 ’ asking for money from students.

3:36pm - Investigate: Student called to report the smell o f burning plastic coming from Stoddard Labs.

5:29pm - Firearm: turned in for storage.

5:34pm - Assist: Motor vehicle in Riley lot.

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