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Volume Twenty-five, Number Ten
Tuesday, April 15, 1997
Entrepreneur-In-Residence announced for Collaborative Courtesy o f WPI News Service Robert J. Harvey, a successful biomedical engineer, will be W PI's Entrepreneur-in-residence during the 1997 fall term. In addition to offering a course for the Entrepreneurs Collaborative, he will serve as distinguished professor in Biomedical Engineering. A ccom panying Harvey is his wife Sue, who will serve as an adjunct assistant pro fessor and tutor in W PI’s Writing Center. She has taught in Stanford U niversity’s Tutorial Center and has been a lecturer in Stanford’s English Department. Her doctorate is from Tufts University, where she was an exposi tory writing instructor. “WPI is fortunate to have both Harveys here for a term ,” says WPI Provost John F. Carney III. "They bring exceptional experi ence and enthusiasm to WPI and have a great interest in the development o f our students.” Harvey co-founded Thoratec Laboratories Corp., in Berkeley, Calif., in 1976, with J. Donald Hill. M.D., chief o f cardiovascular surgery at C alifornia Pacific Medical Center
Pre-Law Society goes to Court by Joe lie Howk President, Pre-Law Society In mid-February seven members of the PreLaw Society at WPI took part in the Mock Trial Com petition hosted by Clark U niver sity. The participants included Joy Howk, Jennx Yambert, Harish Chawla, Jen Reese, Amanda Piper, Jim Behmke, and Jeff O uel lette. Professor Kent Rissm iller coached the team in trial strategy and the rules of law. This was the first time WPI students partici pated in the Mock Trial Competition. Before Christm as break the team received a case description from the American Mock Trial Association, com plete with witness affida vits and the rules o f the trial. After thoroughly examining the claims of the lawsuit, the par ticipants began to build both the prosecu tion and defense cases. The team was re sponsible for providing prosecution and de fense attorneys as well as witnesses. In most cases, the team members were responsible for playing more than one role. In the weeks before the com petition, the attorneys were busy preparing direct and cross examinations, coaching the witnesses, and preparing openSee Pre-Law, continued to pa g e 10
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in San Francisco. Harvey recently retired as chair, CEO and president. Thoratec is a pio neering company in circulatory support for failing hearts, arterial grafts for repairing dis eased blood vessels, and the licensing o f blood contacting biom atcrials. More than $60 million was invested in Thoratec. Harvey earned his undergraduate degree at the United Slates Military Academy. West Point, his m aster’s in physics at Drexel Uni versity, Philadelphia, and his doctorate in bio medical engineering at WPI. For several years preceding his doctorate he was em ployed at the Thermo Electron Corp., long identified with its entrepreneurial founder, George H atsopoulos. Harvey played a sig
nificant role in diversifying T herm o E lec tron in the biom edical field, w ith the first fully integrated artificial heart. He holds 20 patents including one for a nuclear (ra dioisotope) powered artificial heart in 1967. Follow ing his doctorate and before e s tablishing Thoratec L aboratories, H arvey founded Mirlin Corp. in nearby H udson, M ass., in order to pursue the com m ercial potential o f a unique protein sw eetener for d iabetics. H arvey has served as chair o f W PI's B io m edical Engineering advisory com m ittee since its establishm ent in 1986. This co m ing fall, he will be collaborating with P ro fessor Robert Peura, departm ent head, in
developing space plans and research d i rections for the grow ing departm ent. The WPI approved the establishm ent of an un dergraduate degree program for biom edi cal engineering, a long-tim e graduate d e gree only departm ent, in 1996. During his residence, Harvey will present a series of public sem inars on new direc tions in biom edical engineering which will be o f interest to majors, particularly to stu dents interested in entrepreneurial careers in biom edical en g ineering related b u si n e sse s. As Entrepreneur-in-residence, he will o f fer a special co u rse. "M y G old T urned See Entrepreneur, continued to p a g e 10
Poly Challenge Cup goes to Men’s Basketball by Heather Mazzaccaro Sports Editor A b o u t a h u n d re d s tu d e n t-a th le te s , coaches, and athletic department staff m em bers got together last Sunday for the Poly Club Challenge Cup. Although teams’ repu tations were on the line, most o f the teams were there to have fun and to enjoy the ca maraderie o f fellow student-athletes. It all began with the bowling, basketball, and soccer goal competitions. While the soc cer teams were expertly placing shots in the goal and the basketball teams were sinking in their shots, some teams came up stronger than expected in these events while others reassured themselves why they were play ing the sport they are instead o f another. Next came the volleyball competition which saw some great games. The wom en's vol leyball team played strongly, as expected, winning gam e after game, but were stopped by the football team contingent. The m en’s track team managed to gain a surprise win over the football team. The faculty team also pulled o ff some close games in order to rack up some points. The final event o f the day was the 4x 100m relay. In this event, the football team re venged their loss on the volleyball court by outsprinting the m en’s track team to win the relay competition. The day came to an end with a barbecue dinner where the winners o f the competition were announced. Coming in first place was the men’s basketball team with a total o f 43 points. The Department o f Athletics, com posed o f coaches, trainer Kim, Geoff Hazzard, and Ray G ilbert, came in second with 38 points. Third place went to the football team
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which acquired a total o f 36 points. The top female varsity sports team was the w om en’s basketball team which cam e in fifth place overall. So the m en’s basketball team currently
owns the Poly Club Challenge Cup until next year’s competition. When next year comes around, though, the competition will only get more fierce and possibly a new winner will come out on top.
WPI Leadership Program receives $5,000 Irom Lockheed Martin
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LEAP participants freshman Jen Shemowat and Nila Almstrom are shown with Kevin Donohoe, manager of human resources.
Courtesy o f WPI News Service A program that will help undergradu ates become better leaders, com m unica tors and team m em bers and builders re ceived a boost in support recently when Lockheed Martin Corp. gave $5,000 to the LEA P (Leadership Education and P rac
tice) program . Seventy five students are participating in the pilot program , estab lished last year. LEAP is a four-year, self a sse ssm e n t, e d u c a tio n , tra in in g , and practice process established to prepare undergraduates for their future as profes sionals. Kevin Donohoe. m anager o f hu man resources, made the presentation to the WPI leadership initiative.
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For the week preceding this Saturday, April 12th, 1997, here’s what madethe News Beyond the Farm: II has not been a kind spring in the up per midwest. A severe snowstorm hit from M innesota to Montana Apr 6th, knocking out power in much o f North Dakota and creating some o f the worst whitc-out con ditions in recent years. In the w ake o f the blizzard, Hooding has worsened in the re gion, with the Red River and the Missis sippi River among the major rivers over their banks and forcing evacuations. By Apr 9th, President Clinton had declared 21 coun ties in M innesota disaster areas. Eight deaths had been reported by A pr l()th, when rescue operations were still under way. T he end o f P re sid e n t M o b u tu Sese Scko's rule in Zaire now seems inevitable. R eports started com ing in A pr 8th that rebels led by Laurent Kubila had captured th e n a tio n 's s e c o n d -la rg e s t c ity o f Lubomboshi, though actual control appar ently did not exist until Apr 10th. This prom pted Mobutu to declare a state o f emergency, effectively ending the reign o f rival Prime Minister Etienne Tshisekedi. On A pr 10th, Kubila offered a “pause” in his advance for three days to allow Mobutu a chance to enter peace talks. On Apr 12th, Mobutu did finally say that he would meet with Kubila, but only if he “asked nicely.” Kubila now controls about half of Zaire. M eanw hile, the United States and other western powers made announcem ents im plying that they had no interest in Mobutu remaining in power.
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They’re Talking About It: ABC sitcom star Ellen D eG eneres’ character will soon “com e o u t” and re veal her h o m o se x u a lity on the show “ E llen.” At least one television station, the affiliate in Birm ingham AL, is refus ing to air the show. The network is also refusing to accept advertisement from Olivia Cruises, a travel agency catering to Lesbians in Oakland CA.
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The Space Shuttle C olum bia was or dered home Apr 6th because o f power supply problem s, and returned to Earth Apr 8th. Uncompleted portions o f the scientific mission may take place in July or August. T urnout for local elec tions in Haiti were a dis mal 10% Apr 6th. President Clinton and Is raeli Prime Minister Ben jam in Netanyahu met in Washington DC Apr 7th. The Pulitzer Prizes were h a n d e d out A pr 7th. A m ong the rem arkable a w a rd s w ere F ran k M cC o u rt for biography and W ynton M arsalis for music. Form er senator Sam Nunn took Paul T songas' old position as co-chairman of the Concord Coalition Apr 7th. The A ir Force announced Apr 7th that an A - 10 “Warthog” attack je t flown by Captain Michael Doubleday had broken away from its pattern and flown as far as C olorado before being lost on radar. An investigation was still ongoing at press tim e; neither the plane nor the pi lot has been found. Sandra Thurman was named Director o f the Office o f National AIDS Policy Apr 7th. New York m ayor R udolph G iuliani threatened Apr 7th to withdraw the dip lomatic plates of the UN if parking fines are not paid. The UN is now threaten ing to leave the United States. Rioting broke out in Hebron in West Bank A pr 8th, and three Palestinians died in confrontations with the police. Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan (R) won re-election Apr 8th. F orm er S ecretary o f S tates testified against the Chemical Weapons Treaty Apr 8th as Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) con tinues to hold the treaty in committee. If the US docs not approve it by Apr 29th, it will have limited enforcement rights. A firebom b exploded in an Urbana IL courtroom Apr 8th; an arrest was made Apr 9th.
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Weekly sports update: Results from April 4thto 10th by G eoff H assard Sports Information D irector
Softball (2-14) The softball team had a busy week with five games. They got in the win column by sweeping a doubleheader against Mount Holyoke. They then dropped the next three, a single game to Coast Guard and two to W heaton. In the two-game sweep o f Mount Holyoke, WPI came from behind to win the first game 8-5 and then exploded for 15 runs in the sec ond game to win 15-7. In the first win, the Engineers were trailing 5-2 entering the bot tom o f the sixth inning. WPI look advantage o f some walks and passed balls, then came
up with some big hits by Sonja Farak (Ports mouth, RI) and Stephanie Torrey (Worces ter, MA). Farak drove in two runs with a double and Torrey drove in another with a single. Lyn Dubois (Cumberland, RI) con tributed to the attack with two hits and two RBIs. Carrie Seigars (Richmond, ME) went the distance, striking out four, to pick up the win. In the second game, WPI scored eight runs in their half of the first and added three more in the second as they made quick work of the Lyons. Leading the way for WPI was Jami Walsh (Bellingham, MA) with three RBIs. Dubois, Sarah Thompson (Conway, NH), Shannon Hogan (Agawam, MA) and Marissa Beres (Queensbury, NY) all drove in two runs.
College Night with the Revolution by H eather M azzaccaro Sports Editor Soccer has hit A m erica hard the last couple o f years and as a result. M ajor League Soccer has been gaining popular ity. If you have never attended a game before, here is your chance to get in on all the excitement. The New England Revolu tion will battle the Colorado Rapids in their first m atch-up of the season and you (as a college student) are invited to attend at a discounted price. Saturday, April 26, will be the M LS’s College Night at Foxboro Stadium. One of Boston’s hot new bands. Angry Salad, will
play in the pre-game celebration. Kickoff is at 7:30pm and the match will last approxi mately two hours. Tickets are available starting at $8 for college students by call ing 1-800-946-7287. In addition to getting a chance to see National Team players Alexi Lalas, Joe-Max Moore, and Mike Burns in action, there will also be giveaways and a soccer skills con test. So, if you are looking for something to do and you arc willing to get out of Worcester to do it, head down to Foxboro Stadium and join thousands of New Englanders and col lege students as they cheer on the Revolu tion and experience the excitement o f soccer.
Lara Currie (Concord, NH) pitched three in nings in picking up the win. She also had two hits and scored two runs. Last Tuesday WPI traveled to New Lon don, Conn. to play Coast Guard. They had already played the Bears on their southern trip and lost a tough one 2-1. Coast Guard would lead 7-0 after five innings before the Engineers would mount a comeback attempt. Unfortunately WPI would fall short in their attempt as they lost 7-4. Currie would lead the way at the plate for WPI with two hits and two RBIs. Tw o days later W PI w ould entertain Wheaton College in a rescheduled game. In the first game o f the doubleheader WPI would rally, but fall short 7-5. WPI was be hind 5-1 after two innings when Dubois drove in two runs in the fourth to close the gap to 5-3. The Engineers would get closer at 5-4 in
the sixth when Walsh scored on an error af ter hitting a double. Wheaton increased their lead to 7-4 in their half of the sixth and held on for the win. Dubois and Torrey would both have three hits in the game. In the sec ond game Wheaton exploded for 11 runs in the first inning enroute to a 24-0 win over
WPI Men’s Tennis (2-2) The men’s tennis team had a solid week winning two out o f their three matches to even record. They dropped a 7-0 decision to Wheaton, then rebounded to defeat Worces ter State 7-0 and Western New England 4-3. Against Worcester State, W PI swept all singles and doubles in shutting out the Lanc ers. Senior co-captain Nathan Hendrix (Imlay City, MI) took #1 singles followed by Mike Lamoureux (Assonet, MA) at #2, Ken Cho See S ports continued to p a g e 12
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On Sunday April 6, Student athletes took part in the first annual Poly Club Challenge Cup. Here students and members of the athletic department take part in the volleyball competition.
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Driscoll will conduct to fulfill capstone in music Courtesy of Men's Glee Club M ichacl D riscoll w ill be conducting Schubcrt’s "M ass in G ” on Saturday, April 19th in fulfillment o f his capstone perfor mance requirement for his minor in music. He will be conducting the WPI M en's Glee Club and the Well’s College Glee Club in addition to a string orchestra com posed o f W PI in stru m en talists and pro fessio n al musicians from Boston. The perform ance will take place at Sacred Heart Church in Southbridge, MA during the 4:00 mass. Cantoring the mass will be Matt Ettorc, form er President o f the Glee Club and the first director o f Sim ple Harmonic Motion. Michael is the first student to perform
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• Mullins Center at UMASS •4 /2 6 - Stone Temple Pilots! •
• Worcester New Auditorium •4 /2 7 - Silverchair, Local H and Hand• • some
•Avalon • 4 / 1 9 -M orphine •4 /2 2 Soul Asylum w/ special guest • Johnny Bravo •4 /3 0 - Fatbag w/ special guests Rob • Swift, Roc Raida, Mista Sinista, & • Eclipse of N Y C ’s X-Men and Rus• tic Overtones •5 /8 -E ry k a B a d u *5/9 - The Verve Pipe, Tonic • 5/10 - Collective Soul w/ special guest • Darlahood • 5/12 - The Chemical Brothers, The Orb •5/31 - Jamiroquai *6/2 - Prodigy •6 /4 - G w ar w/ special guests Chem lab •• & Women of Sodom
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•Lupos Heartbreak Hotel in Provi dence •4 /1 6 -L eo K o ttk e, Iris Dement * 4 /1 7 - The Samples, Guster •4/21 - Soul Asylum
Concert with Wells Choir coining to St. Paul’s Cathedral, New York, with such works as the Mozart Requiem. The Coronation M ass and the M agnificat and Te Deum of the Belgium 20lhccntury composer, Flor Peters. The WPI Glee Club will be performing two o f the most difficult choral works for men, The Demon of the Gibbet by Paul Hindmith a former member of the Wells College music staff - and Tiger Tiger by Fenno Heath, on a text by William Blake. Other works of Fenno Heath are also on this program. Paul Hindemith is one o f the greatest 2(),h century composers. In 1940, he and his wife left Germany one step ahead o f the SS, as Richard Strauss, the Director o f Approved Music for the Third Reich, did not approve o f H indem ith - his m usic avante garde. That meant that he was due for a concentration camp. He was brought to Cornell University and to Wells College. From there he went to Yale University where he wrote his only com position for the Yale Glee Club. The Demon of the Gibbet. Fenno Heath was one o f his students as was P ro fessor Curran. This concert is the first in St. Paul’s for the combined choruses o f WPI and Wells. The new clerical staff of the cathedral has recently opened to doors of the newly renovated ca thedral to performing groups from the greater Worcester area, especially universities. St. Paul’s Cathedral is located on Chatham Street one block from the Worcester Common and Town Hall. The tall gray tower o f the cathe dral may be seen from campus and the bell heard on a quiet day.
Submitted by ___________ WPI Glee Club___________ On Sunday, April 20 at 3pm, the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Glee Club and the Wells College Choir will present a free concert at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Worcester. The men of WPI - fresh from their England lour - and the women o f Wells, longtime collaborators, will join a string orchestra and soloists from the voice studio of Ruth Cooper, in perform ing the Schubert Mass in G major. This is the bicentennial o f Schubcrt’s birth. Also on the program arc the Ave Verum Corpus and Sancta Maria of M o/art. The female soloists at this performance will be sopranos Heidi Callahan, Dawn O stcnbcrg, Julie Roberts, and Jennifer Kimball. The male solos will be tenor P. T hom as L andry, and b a rito n e s K eith Strang and LeRoy Gorham. All are out standing students at WPI, and sing in the Glee Club, Alden Voices, Cham ber Choir, and Interstate 8. The Wells College Choir, conductcd by Crawford Thobum, has performed through out New England, and on national radio and public television. Wells has a long tradition o f collaborative concerts w ith collegiate male choral groups, the longest standing of those with WPI. The groups have been performing together since 1974, and this is their third performance together this academ ic year. Together with the WPI orchestra, they have performed four times in St. Patrick’s
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Cultural Festival gets funding; receives proclamation from Mayor’s office Jason O. Papadopoulos News Editor Cultural Festival ’97, the 1 l lh annual C ul tural Festival, organized and sponsored by the International Student Council (ISC) will be held in Harrington Auditorium on Sat urday, April 26"’, 10:00am -3:00pm . With a participation o f more than a d o z e n o f W PI’s international, ethnic and religious clubs in addition to several other ethnic groups, its organizers say it is “probably the biggest and most successful in ISC and WPI his tory” . At last w eek’s SGA meeting, at which
making arrangem ents for the event. Plans include city and campus wide advertising campaigns, making this not only a campus, but a com m unity wide event. As per tradition entrance to Cultural Fes tival ’97 will be free. With numerous per formances, displays, food samplings and ethnic vendors the festival promises to be as colorful and crowd pulling as in previ ous years.
the ISC w as d efen d in g an em ergency fund request for the event, the Council stated that the W orcester City M ay o r’s Office has issued a proclam ation to com m em orate the event and it will be p re sented by a district council representa tive at the Festival. At the m eeting the SGA granted the ISC em ergency funds for the event and the C ultural Festival ’97 organizing com m ittee has been busy 'i
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Community service opportunities abound by Alison Keach Feature Editor The Student A ctivities O ffice (SA O ) have many opportunities available for the W PI c o m m u n ity to v o lu n teer aro u n d Worcester. As the weather gets nicer more and more com m unity service events be come available and SAO has listings for every thing from walks to clean-ups to tu toring. Upcom ing events on the W PI cam pus include the AGD and Lambda Chi Teeter-Totter-A-Thon, the TKE and Theta Chi run Special Olympics, the APO blood drive and D ance-A -Thon, and the Phi Sigma Sigma Rock-A-Thon. There arc just as many service projects going on o ff cam pus that the entire community can gel in volved with. Such events include: • The Camp Fire Fun Run Program - The second Annual “Kids Run For Health," sponsored by Camp Fire Boys and Girls Central New England Council, will take place on Saturday May 3rd at Worces ter South High School. The purpose of this event is to promote exercise and wellness programs to children and fami lies throughout greater W orcester and to bring children and families from di verse backgrounds together to partici pate in a child focused activity. Volun teers will be needed to: assist with set up aro u n d 7 :3 0 am , o rg a n iz e /d irec t crowds as the come to the event, work with the running club to organize races, assist with refreshments and entertain ment and help clean up, this should fin ish by 2pm. • Farth Day Clean Ups - On Saturday, April 26th, there are opportunities to clean a park, a steam, or w atershed. There arc morning hours, assorted times and dozens o f locations. Also there will be a “thank you" party for all Earth Day Clean Up volunteers on Sunday, April 27th, at the New England Science C en ter in Worcester. The parly will include live music, food, vendors, information tables, exhibits and speakers. • Taking Steps - A 5k pledge walk will take place on Sunday, April 27th, to raise money and awareness to help end vio lence against women and girls. The walk will begin at the Salem Sq. YW CA in W orcester and the rouie will follow
Main St., Salisbury St., Park Ave., and Pleasant Si. Al the end of the walk there will be refreshm ents, music and free health screening. • Hoop Dreams - WPI students are invited to participate in this unique event on Saturday, April 19th, by attending the showing of the film “ Hoop Dreams’’ in Fuller Auditorium. The movie will begin at 10am and 20 students are needed to lead small group discussions with chil dren (l I - 16) halfw ay through the film. Volunteers are also needed on Wednes day, April 23"1, and Friday, April 25, in open recreation, a Leggo building con test, and mural painting. For m ore details on any o f these pro grams please contact the Student Activi ties O ffice. Also the Student Activities of fice would like to congratulate Alpha Chi R hoon raising $400 for You Inc. by selling ski passes.
by Adam El-Khishin Class o f '99
E quity in Islam, and the A p p lica tio n o f Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) in the Natu ral and Social Order. Dr. Badawi has been a
The Muslim Student Association has the pleasure on inviting Dr. Jamal Badawi, a worldrenowned Islamic scholar, to WPI. Dr. Badawi will present recent findings in the field o f embryology and their agreement with Quranic (Koranic) revelation at 7:30pm Mon day. April 21s1, in Perreault Hall, Fuller Labo ratories. Dr. Badawi is a Professor at Si. Mary's University in Halifax, Canada and serves on the Islamic Juristic Council of North America. He is the founder/chairman of the Islamic Information Foundation which has produced more than 350 television programs broadcast on cable stations in the Uniled States, Canada and other countries. He is the author o f vari ous articles and books on Islam including
guest speaker in several countries and cities nationwide, including the Boston area and has participated in numerous lectures, semi nars, and interfaith dialogues. He comes to WPI at the invitation o f the WPI Muslim Student Association with the support of the Student Speaker’s Fund, the Student Life Office, and the International Stu dent Council. The Muslim Student Council has maintained an annual event of inviting guest speakers to WPI to address current Islamic issues o f interest to the WPI commu nity. Dr. Badawi’s presentation regarding the Quran’s conformity with modem discover ies in science is especially exciting. The pre sentation is open to the entire WPI and Worcester community. For more information, please contact Absar Kasmi at kazman@wpi, or stop by the Student Life Office.
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APO Hollo Olsters! Be sure lo congratulate M ike oil his 3rd place finish in the Mr. WPI pageant! Today and tomorrow APO will be sponsoring the Red Cross bltx>d drive, so be sure to go down to Founders and volunteer som e blood. The Dance-a-thon has been moved to April 26 in Riley Commons. Be sure to attend, because you don’t want to miss all the great music and dancing. Last weekend several of us went to Conclave, but you'll have to wait until next week for the details. Don’t forget about Service to Stu dents scholarship nominations; they’re due today.
Glee Club Alrighiy boys, this is my first attempt at a club corner, so I'll try to be amusing while also trying to be PC. First of all, congratulations to the newly elected officers for next year: Pres. Jon Reynolds, Tres. Jurg Zwahlen, Sec. Jeff Haynes, Social C hair Chris Ham el, and Stage Manager Tim Thies. W e’re going to have an awesom e year, and I’m looking forward to working with all o f you. Also, a big applause to last years officers who did a great job: Pres. Mike Driscoll, Tres. Isaac R utel, Sec. Alan head, Soc. C hair Jeff Alderson, and Stage Man. M ike Wheeler. Thanks guys. We’ve got a full schedule ahead of us, so buck up and gel that work done. Wells is coming next weekend so I’ll totally avoid
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Club C orn er lhat topic except for dates, Urn., the sched ule, that is. On Fri. the 18th, we have a concert at Sacred Heart. On the 20th we have a concert at St. Paul’s downtown. The following weekend, we have our Alumni concert on Sun. which includes a Iccture by the infam ous Fenno Heath, a concert with him directing, and after a brief jaunt to Louis’s, the dinner at Arturo’s. In closing, Speak softly, and be prepared to pay the consequences.
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ISC A big thank you to everyone that came to support the ISC at the SGA meeting last Tuesday. The SGA approved our emer gency fund request for Cultural Festival '91. We’re on our way to the biggest and (hopefully) most successful Cultural Fes tival in ISC history. Speaking about Cultural Festival ‘97, we have 17 entries for table displays and a whole lot o f perform ance req u ests. If you didn’t come to the last General Meeting, or if you haven’t supplied the ISC with all the necessary information regarding your per formance/display entry please give Dean Thomsen a call al 831-5201 or visit him in the Student Life Office. We have to have all entries com plete as soon as possible. T here’s going to be a lot o f work needed lo pull this one off so wc need everybody’s help. If you haven’t signed up for the Cul tural Festival Committee please do so by e-m ailing the ISC (isc@ w pi.edu) or the c o m m itte e c h a ir, A dam E l-K h ish in (adam el@ w pi.edu). Meetings are held ev ery W ednesday. On a final note wc request lhal all people involved in a display, perform ance or the com m ittee come to the next ISC meeting, 4:30pm, W ednesday April 23 in the Forkey Conference room (Harrington Auditorium). It will be the last general meeting prior to the Cultural Festival and we will go over specific plans for the layout o f the Festi val. At the meeting we will also vote on ihe new constitution (refer to the old and p ro p o s e d c o n s titu tio n s at h ttp :// w w w .w pi.edu/~isc), and we will accept nominations for a new set o f ISC officers. The elections will be at our last general meeting, Wednesday April 30lh.
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Lens and Lights Howdy all, and welcome to another won derful week full of class, projects and big-ass concerts. This Friday is the Sisier Machine Gun concert which w e'll be signing up Wednesday. Again, lots of help will be needed here. Remember how sni(X)th set-up was for the hardcore show? This one needs to be setup and for 4pm. Also, on Saturday ihe tech crews for New Voices tire going to setup in one day. They would really like some help here. Quadfest is still in the wings as well as the fall picnic. . . See you there! Keep the sanity [tin].
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sigG reen.” It will feature case studies o f three o f H arvey’s own sta rt-u p e n te rp rise s as w ell as those o f other entrepreneurs with whom Harvey has a close acquain tanceship. An assessment of the products, business strategies em ployed, problem s, and basis for success or failure will be high lighted. The H arveys, who have three grow n sons, have lived on the Stanford Cam pus for the past de cade. The have been Resident Fel lows at Larking House, a residence hall for more than 100 Stanford freshm en. T hey arc concluding their service there later this spring. The Entrepreneurs Collaborative is the sponsor o f H arvey’s visit. Created in late 1993 by Donald F. Berth and A rthur Gerstenfcld, the
treprencurin-re sidence pro gram; and a growing ar ray of projects inv o 1v i n g WPI undcrg r a d u a te s with entre preneurs in th e ir re s p e c tiv e b u s in e s s WPI NEWS S E R V IC E s e tti n gs. Robert Harvey Entrepreneur in Residence, and his wife Sue. To date, ap proximately 175 under C o lla b o ra tiv e has d ev elo p ed a graduates have participated in at h ig h ly p o p u la r in tro d u c to ry le a st one e le m e n t o f the course; a minor, approved by the Collaborative’s offerings. Chickery WPI faculty in early 1996; and EnJ. Kasouf, associate professor of
management, has joined Berth as one o f the principals in the Entre preneurs Collaborative. ‘i ’ve long kept an eye on Bob Harvey, whom I met about a de cade ago,” says Berth. “ Not only has he been an entrepreneur in an esp ecially hot new technology, which is of special interest here in the W orcester area, becausc o f Biotech Park, but he is especially com m itted to W PI. thanks to his long association with Professor Bob Pcura and our Biomedical En gineering faculty.” Last year's Entreprcneur-in-residence was Rolf Jensen o f Deerfield, III. He taught a course entitled “Pur suing Creativity,” which offered in sights into how lo build a personal service business. Jensen, himself, developed the nation’s largest con sulting practice in fire protection engineering.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers growing steadily, full of new ideas by Wayne Lilyesteom Class of ‘99 Founded in 1993, the Society o f Hispanic Professional engineers has been growing steadily and al most unnoticed on the WPI cam pus. SHPE-W PI is a society for any engineer at either the under graduate or graduate levels. The purpose is to en hance students professionally by building the nec essary skills to be a successful leader. The cam pus society mainta in s a c o n s ta n t c o n ta c t w ith SHPE-nationals; which consists o f over 3,000 students in hundreds o f schools across the country. C urrently SH PE -W PI partici pates in tutoring program s with se v e ra l lo cal s c h o o ls . E very W ednesday m em bers tutor sixth graders at the C handler M agnet school and that sam e afternoon they tutor highschoolers from the John Laws Institute in Salisbury labs. Earlier this year SHPE-W PI also sponsored a college orienta
tion program for incoming fresh men. The society maintains four $500 scholarships that arc given to the most active member, the m em ber with the highest GPA, the most active executive board member and the member who most exem plifies SHPE-W PI. The scholarships arc awarded during the end o f the year banquet which will be held on May 3rd this year. O ther com m unity projects are planned for the follow ing year. Among these is the pos sibility of wiring a local school with internet access with a government program called Net Day. SH PE-W PI depends on co o p erate donations, funding from the national chapter and on-cam pus fu n d raisin g to m aintain active. M ost o f the m oney raised goes to paying for m em bers lo p artici pate in three m ajor leadership and c a re e r c o n fe re n c e s a c ro ss the co u n try . T he c o n fe ren ces are held by sp o n so rin g sch o o ls in one o f the m ajor hotels in their area. They usually last 2-3 days
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in g and c lo s in g sta te m e n ts . The w itnesses were busy learn ing their roles inside and out and p re p a rin g to a n s w e r d if f ic u lt questions under cross exam ina tion. T h e fo rm a l c o m p e titio n spanned a w hole w eekend. The colleges represented at the com petition included Boston U niver sity, Boston C ollege, Brown U ni v e rs ity , St. J o h n s U n iv e rsity , Amherst C ollege, Franklin Pierce C o lleg e, and C lark U niversity. A rea attorneys played the role o f ju d g e s in ea c h trial, ruling on o b jectio n s a n d ad m issib le e v i dence. T here were four rounds
in the com petition. Each team was placed in the role o f the pros ecution during two trials and the role o f defense during the other two trials. T he team m em bers learned to think on their feet dur ing the com petition. They felt that the experiences they gained from the mock trials were invalu able. It surely was a learning, as well as an enjoyable experience. Many o f the m em bers plan to par ticipate in the com petition next year. If you arc interested in be com ing involved in the Pre-Law S ociety o r being a part o f the Mock Trial team next year, please contact Joyelle Howk, president o f th e P re -L a w S o c ie ty at joyeIlc@ w pi.edu.
and consist o f several sem inars ranging from leadership skills to tim e m anagem ent. There is usu ally a career fair the last day of th e c o n fe re n c e ; stu d e n ts who attend have the o p p o rtu n ity to hand out resum es and get inter view s with co m p an ies ranging from G eneral M otors to Kodak. T his year the Eastern Technical C areer C onference was canceled, but never th e less S H P E -W P I was able to raise over $2,000 to send over 30 m em bers to the Na tional Technical C areer C onfer ence in Philadelphia and Regional Student L eadership C onference in New York city. The years big gest, the N TCC to which all the
SH PE chapters across the coun try are invited is going to be held in O rlando Florida and prepara tions are already being m ade for as many SH PE-W PI m em bers as possible lo attend. With its newly elcctcd executive board m aking the tran sitio n to power, SHPE-WPI is full o f new ideas. Hoping to double their mem bership, increase their funding and get involved in more community service will ensure this coming aca demic year to be challenging. But there is no doubt that SHPE-WPI has co m e a lo n g w ay sin ce F ra n c h e s c a E sc o to , Jo sh u a Gonzales and Andrew Quirk, WPI seniors, founded it four years ago.
New post for WPI Alumni Director Courtesy o f WPI News Service Sharon C. Davis, W PI’s director o f alumni affairs since 1989, will step down from that position on July I to become the m ajor gifts officer for the upcoming WPI cam paign. In her new post Davis will work with potential contributors to support the five-year capital cam paign, scheduled to being in the spring of 1998. She will relocate from Higgins House to Boynton Hall and will continue to report to John Hcyl, vice president for uni versity relations. A New York native, Davis earned a bachelor’s and a m aster’s degree in history at the State University o f New York at Albany. She came to WPI in 1978 as assistant direc tor of the Alumni Fund. She was managing director of the fund from 1981 to 1984, when she became di re c to r o f d e v e lo p m e n t at W orcester’s Bancroft School. She returned to cam pus in 1989 as di
rector o f alumni affairs. D u rin g D a v is ’ te n u re , the Alumni Association established its new alumni online service Alumni G atew ay, estab lish ed the C lass Boards of Directors, implemented a new M aster Plan, incorporated the WPI Venture Forum into the A s s o c ia tio n , e s ta b lis h e d the Alumni Career Network, published a new alumni directory, revitalized the Student Alumni Society, built the Centennial Walkway to com memorate the 100lh anniversary o f the asso c ia tio n ’s incorporation, and reinstiiuted the G o al’s Head rivalry. “Il has been a great privilege to serve the Alumni Association dur ing the past seven years, and I am looking forward to working with alumni in a new capacity this sum mer," says Davis. “Collaborating w ith alumni in a myriad o f interest ing assignments has been incred ibly rewarding, and the resulting friendships have made the job a
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Students earn Class of 1897 Awards Courtesy o f WPI N ew s Service Three very different, some might say “esoteric” projects earned Class o f 1897 Awards for their authors at the April 3 cerem ony in Higgins House. Greg Amiro, a senior m ajor ing in biotechnology, won for 'T h e Rock ‘n Roll Renaissance,” a history o f rock ‘n roll with emphasis on the differences between the Beatles and the Rolling Slones; Andrea Kodys, a junior majoring in mechanical en gineering with aerospace interests, was honored for “Promises, Policies and Goals: The U.S. Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934,” an examination of how economic concerns, security considerations, ideological beliefs and public opinion during the United States’ occupation of Haiti earlier in this century affected America’s for eign policy; and Mickey Lacroix, a senior chemistry major, received the award for “A Critique of Husserl ian Phenomenology,” his study o f two o f the dominant figures of European p h ilo so p h ic a l p h en o m en o lo g y .
Each student received $ 150. Amiro’s faculty advisor was Dou glas Weeks, administrator o f applied music; James Watters, adjunt assis tant professor o f history, served as advisor to Kodys; and Bettina Bergo, visiting adjunct professor of phi losophy, was Lacroix’s faculty advi sor. The winning projects were se lected from the 19 sufficiencies awarded honorable mention; a total o f 58 projects were considered by judges Steven Bullock, associate professor of history, Roger Gotti ieb, professor o f philosophy, and Laura M enides, associate professor o f English. Dean o f U ndergraduate S tud ies Em eritus W illiam Grogan told the audience about the history o f the aw ards - the second oldest (the Salisbury Awards were the first) offered at the university. H um anities and Arts D epartm ent H ead Lee Fontanel la said the va riety and quality o f each o f the p rojects “attests to the diligent w ork o f the stu d en ts and th eir a d v iso rs.”
Alumna appointed as WPI corporate relations director Courtesy o f WPI News S en ’ice Terry Schmidt, who received her bachelor’s degree in manufactur ing engineering from WPI in 1992, recently joined the University Re lations team as a director o f corpo rate relations. She is responsible for building long-term relation ships between WPI and corpora tions. Schmidt was an active member o f the WPI community during her undergraduate days. She was a resident advisor, chairman o f the
Society of M anufacturing Engi neers, president o f the Newman Club, an active member o f the Big Brother/Big Sister organizations, the Student A ctivities Board and the W omen’s C horale. She was also inducted into the Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Mu Epsilon engineer ing h o n o r s o c ie tie s . She has served her alma mater as a member o f her C lass’s Board of Directors, cam pus coordinator for the GE/ WPI executive team, and an alumni admissions volunteer. After graduation, Schmidt spent two years in G eneral E lc ciric ’s
manufacturing M anagement Pro gram, working for the com pany’s M edical System s, C orporate R e search and D evelopm ent, and In dustrial Pow er Systems divisions. For the last three years, she was em ployed in G E ’s Electrical D is tribution and Control D ivision in Auburn, M aine. D uring her tim e at GE, she held various positions in m a n u fa c tu r in g , f a c ilitie s , sourcing and quality. In N ovem b e r 1996 she c o m p le te d h e r M .B .A . a t N ew H a m p s h ire C o lle g e ’s B ru n sw ic k , M aine, cam pus.
Air Force ROTC receives “Excellent” rating in quality by Captain Corvin J. Connolly, USAF A ssistan t P rofessor o f A erospace Studies The Aerospace Studies Depart ment (Air Force ROTC) recently re ceived its third lion and Training Command Inspector General. The purpose o f the biennial inspection is to provide an independent in-
depth evaluation o f the effective ness o f the unit to successfully employ everyday quality manage ment principle and perform its as signed mission o f producing lead ers for the Air Force. Commanded by Colonel Kenneth A. Stafford, the unit includes 70 cadets from WPI and other schools in the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education. The departm ent received special
recom m endations for excellence in com m and, training, recruiting and retention, unit support, and mission accom plishm ent. “ I am extrem ely proud o f the results,” says Colonel Stafford. “The in s p e c tio n sh o w c a se d the h a rd work o f the staff and cadets and reinforced our view that we arc the prem ier Air Force ROTC unit in the nation.”
Fenno Heath, composer and former director of Yale Glee Club, to lecture by A lan Head Class o f '97 Fenno Heath, director o f the Yale Glee Club from 1953 to 1992 and com poser of modem works, will be giv ing a lecture at WPI al 4pm on April 27,h. The lecture in Alden Hall is another link in his connection with WPI, which began when Professor
Curran brought to WPI the music and style he learned as an undergradu ate in Fenno’s Yale Glee Club. Five years ago, Healh’s contribution was recognized when he became an hon orary member of the WPI Glee Club one of only 3 musicians so recog nized. The award was presented be fore the Dean o f the Yale School of Music, on the Yale campus.
The Yale Glee Club under Fenno Heath was known for its distinctive style. While Harvard politely drifted on and off stage, the Yale men look the stage as conquered territory and held it with the strength and vigor of their singing. Heath inspired a strong esprit de corps in the Yale Glee Club, while composing works still ranked among the most difficult choral mu
sic for men. During this time he also trained some o f the finest choral con ductors in the country. This lecture is sponsored by the WPI Humanities Department, the Student Speakers Fund, and the SocComm Fine Arts Committee. At tendees are invited to return after the
lecture, at 6pm, lo the WPI Glee Club Alumni Concert. There Professor Heath will conduct the Glee Club in performance of some o f his own works. After all, if there’s one thing the men of the Glee Club have learned in the last 30 years, it’s “Fenno, Fenno, F enno...”
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Campus Radio has new studio, extended programming by Jon y Laplante WWPI Secretary The campus radio station was once W PIR. N ow, as you m ay know, it is W W PI. Sure, m aybe it sounds a little like some cheesy w restling league, but y o u 'll get used to it. W hat you may not know is all the other changes that have been going on at WWPI, the only station that really clocks. First and forem ost, the station is no longer in the basem ent o f
Fuller Labs. It can now be found in the sub-basem ent, alm ost d i rectly below w here it used to be. T he new studio is m uch bigger than the old one. C am pus radio is in the process o f finishing a grand production studio, which will be fully operational by A-term next year. The new broadcast stu dio has a security cam era set up, and the new co n so le co m p lies with all FAA (yes, FAA) sta n d a rd s . T h e s tu d io a ls o has a lounge, with a couch and som e
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chairs, and a receiver to listen to the station. Stop by and check it out! O ver the past year, through the hard w ork o f the W W PI exec board and all o f the great DJs, cam pus radio has now been on the air more often than in the past two years. W W PI now has m orn ing program m ing, and program ming runs from most o f the day into the night. So, if you arc walk ing by a TV in a lounge or a dorm room so m e w h e re on c a m p u s, check out W W PI. T here’s bound to be som ething you like. It has a little o f everything. Plus, over the next couple o f weeks, you can get tickets for the N ada S u rf show here on cam pus. Keep you eyes and ears open for lhal. T he DJ schedule can be found on page 8 o f today's issue o f Newspeak. If you w ant a splitter, want to be added to the WWPI m ailing list, want to be trained, o r have any other questions about your cam pus radio station, just email radio@ wpi
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Compiler’s Note: As o f this tim e, it is possible that News Beyond the Farm will perm anently cease publication o f all editions with the Jun 28th issue. If anyone has an interest in taking over the com pilation, even on a tem porary or rotating basis, it is im pera tive that they contact the present co m piler now so that this service can co n tinue. Pass along w ord to new s-w atch ing friends who may be interested!
Finally: T he B ritish election keeps looking m ore like the 1992 race in the U nited States. A fter all the parallels made b e tw een President C linton and Labor Party candidate Tony Blair, the C onservative P arty has started sen d in g a m an in a chicken suit to follow Blair around. He has refused to debate incum bent Prime
M inister John M ajor. In response. L a bor started sending a chicken w ithout a head to follow M ajor. Perhaps third party can d id ate Pat A shdow n is m ost s y m bolic, though. He spent an aftern o o n em ptying bed p an s at a local h o sp ital. “All politicians should have to do th is,” he stated, “ A lter all, that’s all they really d o .”
And that’s what made the News Beyond the Farm. S o u r c e s th i s w e ek in c lu d e d A ll Things C o n sid e re d (NPR), the A s s o c i a te d P ress, th e BBC N ew sh o u r (B B C / P R I), th e C h ristia n S c ie n c e M o n ito r, K C B S ra d io n ew s, LeShow ( K C R W /SA S/ KALW ), th e N ew s H our with Jim L elirer (P B S), N e w sd e sk (B B C /P R I), a n d th e R euters n ew sw ire . C om piled by: L ance G leich , S ta n fo rd CA
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(Franklin, MA) al #3, Colin Parker (Ports mouth, NH) al #4, Mike Chen at #5 and co captain Ranjit Kher (Northboro,M A)at#6. In the doubles, Chen team ed with Marlin McCue (Waterford, CT) to win at #1. Alex Narvare/ (Guayaquil, Ecuador) paired with Carl Nielsen (Plymouth, MA) to win at #2 and Mike Borek (N. Smithfield, RI) teamed with Wes Marcks (Hingham. MA) lo lake #3. The next day WPI would travel to SpringHeld to play Western New England. In a well played match by both teams WPI would win the match 4-3. Hendrix was victorious again as he came from behind to w in a tough three set match. Cho would also battle to win a three set match. Nielsen picked up a win at #6 singles to even the match entering the doubles. The deciding match would be won by Chen and McCue 8-6 to give the Engi neers the victory.
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The baseball learn finally got back into action on the 6th with a conference doubleheader at Western New England. They ended up with a split as they won the firsi game 5-1, bul dropped the second game 5-0. In the first game, the Engineers got an other outstanding pitching performance from Guy Miller (Sandwich, M A) as he struck out nine batters enroute to the complete game win. WNEC was only able to muster upfour hits as Miller was in command. Miller also helped himself at the plate with Iwo runs bat ted in. Scott Townsend (Hollis, ME), Adam
Abrams (E. Bridgewater, MA) and Jason Merry (Latham, NY) all had two hits in the game to lead the offensive attack. Abrams also had two stolen bases as did Pat Noonan (Houlton, ME), who also scored two runs. In the second game WPI ran up against the WNEC ace and could manage only one hit as they were shut out. In a midweek tilt, WPI hosted Salve Regina for a single game last Thursday. WPI struck first in the home half of the first inning when Jason Katz (Merrimack, NH) scored on a Jus tin Downing (Leominster, MA) base hit. Salve would have the lead 3-2 before taking ad vantage of three WPI errors in the fourth that led to six unearned runs. WPI would battle back with four runs in their half of the fifth with the big hit coming from Miller who drove in two runs with a double. The Seahawks would add another run to their total to lead after six 10-6. The Engineers would close the gap to 10-9 with three runs in the home half o f the seventh. Katz drove in two runs with a tw o out single that scored Adam Clark (Holden, MA) and Townsend. Salve Regina would have an 11-9 lead as WPI came up in the bottom o f the ninth. Clark hit a one out triple and that was followed by a Noonan walk and stolen base to put the tying runs in scoring position. As he did in the seventh, Katz delivered a two out single to drive in the tying runs and send the game into extra in nings. In the tenth. Salve Regina put together three straight singles to push across the go ahead run as they held on in the bottom of the inning to win 12-11.
Club C orner C ontinued from page 9 weather, it feels like we're in Tropical Central America, doesn't it? HA! More like Alaska. Well, you probably haven’t had lime to no tice. New’ Voices 15 has been organized finally...the plays goon April 23rd-26th, with the weekday shows at night, so you can defi nitely lind time to see them all, RIGHT???? And A-term MWRep is in the process o f
Top Ten Reasons to Volunteer for Reunion ‘97 10. You can never have too many T-shirts 9. DAKA serves real food when Alumni are here 8. Can you say, “Networking?” 7. The fabulous Reunion Parade 6. You miss living on campus 5. The Class o f ’32 is gunning for the Attendance Cup 4. Alumni are Cool 3. It’s better than home! 2. You always wanted to race a golf cart 1. One Word: Helium W PI Reunion W eekend is June 5-8,1997. M any volunteers are needed to help w ith decorations, transportation, class arrangem ents, cam pus tours, and special even ts. T his is a great ch an ce to m eet alum ni and have fun. We provide your housing and m eals. You provide the energy! Call Jen in the Alumni Office at (508) 831 -5991 or e-mail tbo@ wpi.edu for more details, and to volunteer.
choosing a play...I smell auditions, don’t you? One more thing— Alpha Psi Omega is look ing for nominations for the Rho Kappa Cast. If anyone knows anyone that has made a significant contribution to theatre and isn’t in Alpha Psi Omega already, feel free to nomi nate them! If you have any questions, email meatnickcl@ wpi. ’Tilnext week...Adios!
Newman Club At last weeks’ Newman Executive Board Meeting, we went over all thirty ideas that were proposed by our members during the day of planning. The board agreed to meet often dur ing tlx; next lew months in order to implement as many o f the suggestions as possible. This week wc will be named our new chairpersons for the 97-98 school year. This past week. Bishop Daniel Reilly deputed the follow ing as Ministers of the Eucharist: Joy A. Benedix, John D. Brosnan, Christopher D. Callan, Stcfano Ceriana, Edward J. Devault, Ki istcrteranne P. Dreyer. Jason P. Glcghom, Gre gory D. Madeod, Heather M. Moran, Victoria A. Regan, Michael R. Stark, Maureen L. Upton, Thomas A. VogUnan, Brian M. Zifcak. Together with our present ministers they will serve as Eucharistic ministers on campus as well as in various nursing homes in the city. Our new ministers will be installed on May 4th when Bishop George Rueger w ill celebrated the 11:30 Mass on that Sunday. By the way Bishop Rucger and Father S. were classmates at Holy Cross, so may be we can get the Continued to p a g e 14 ■
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Hey, H osers. G reat Job at the Acappellafest! We packed that room to ca pacity once again. I think next year we’ll have to book the Centrum. We too have a full schedule coming up. On the 16th. we’re singing with Company B o f Brandeis. On the 25th, we’re at Simmons college with the Sirens. Prepare to party. And on the 26th, we’re at MIT with the Chorallaries. 2 days in a row of parties! YEAH! This past weekend, we did our time for Alden Voices. How’d ya like wearing those silly-ass signs all day? Anyhoo, we’re not done with the year yet! Let’s really rock ‘cm at these next couple of gigs. Over and out. Continued to p a g e 15
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SGA Congratulations to the new Executives that took office last Tuesday. SGA is now led by M ichael Stark, President; Derek Sickman, Vice President; Jennifer Reese, Secretary; and Jennifer Gam achc, Trea surer. The new executives and senate have many prom ising goals and ideas that arc already being put into action. For example, along with the QuadFest Special Funding Request, which passed last week, SGA will not on ly be financially sup p o rtin g the w eek en d ’s events but also running the dunk tank and popcorn and cotton candy tables. SGA passed special funding requests last week to help fund a barbecue during senior week, with the intent to set as a pre cedent for future years along with support ing the Bowling Team as they go to Na tional Competition. Inside o f SGA, the Election Procedure has been changed to hold all elections for executives as well as senators during Bterm. The executives will be elected the second week in B-term and senators dur ing the third. Currently, SGA is running the Cam pus Hearing Board Elections. Peti tions are available in the SGA office and must be returned by 5 :0 0 on the 15th. Don't forget about that campus center either, SGA senators are on top o f that issue, working along side with adininistraters. SGA meetings are moving to H L 1 16 on Tuesday nights al 6:00pm. If you arc inter ested in becoming a senator, stop by the office and pick up an appointment applica tion. The new President will be making ap pointm ents soon. Tonight's meeting, two special funding requests arc scheduled to be discussed un der New Business: The Ski Team and the Wireless Association. The meeting will be held in HL 116, come voice your concerns! Remember, SGA represents you, and if your concerns are not being heard then SGA is nol doing it’s job. But, SGA can not hear your concerns unless you voice them directly. So... HL 116, Tonight at 6:00pm.
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Celebrate the Traditions 5pm, the Cage Ball Com petition begins between the classes. The second part o f Traditions Day in cludes the Traditions Exhibits which can be seen in the Wedge between 11am and 2pm. Then, test your WPI historical facts and knowledge. Pull out your Tech Bibles and your Two Towers before you head to the WPI Jeopardy! Game at 7pm in Riley Commons. Then Tradition Day comes to a close with the Alma Mater Contest in Riley Commons al 8pm. Come see the WPI com m unity’s different renditions o f our A lm a Mater. Support your friends as ihey try to win the prizes and award for the best performance.
Submitted by Student Alumni Society Traditions Day will kick off from the Quad today, Tuesday April 15. It will commence with the annual twilight candlewalk at 7:30 pm. A special reception at the President’s residence will await those who participate in this event. This reception will be hosted by President and Mrs. Parrish. On W ednesday April 16, you will have the opportunity to use your competitive spirit in the annual Traditions events. Start ing at 4:30 pm, the Freshman- Sophomore Pennant Rush will take place on the foot ball field. This will be their second meeting since the Homecoming Rope Puli. Then at
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1:49pm - Trespassing: Removed one non-student from tennis courts. 10:23pm - M issing Student: Roommate and Fraternity contacted, SLA contacted.
Attention Clubs and Organizations Club Photographs for the 1997 Peddler are currently being scheduled.
Monday, April 7 11:04am - Mischief: Students in trees on lower lawn o f Higgins House. 3:48pm - Assist: Salisbury Estates for mischief. Officers respond. 6:05pm - Assist: Morgan 4lh, for mischief. Officers respond. 6:47pm - Intrusion Alarm: Fuller Labs, CCC program area.
Tuesday, April 8 12:38am - M alicious Mischief: report of paint gun being discharged in Morgan. 12:48am - Noise Complaint: Institute Road, loud yelling. Officers respond. 8:14am - Medical: Atwater-Kent, in lobby, female student with nose bleed unable to stop bleeding, EMS and Officer respond. 9 :5 1am - Report: Bike taken from fraternity, polished chrome frame, with black. 1:24pm - Vandalism: in Stoddard lot, car with broken window. 4:03pm - Trespass: 3 non-students refusing to leave Alumni: Officers respond.
Email strick@wpi.edu to arrange a time for your group to be photographed.
APARTMENTS near WPI M odem 2 and 3 Bedroom Apartments with thermo w indow s, m odem gas heating, fully insulated, self-cleaning ovens, dishw ashers, self-defrosting refrigerators, laundry areas, parking, prewired for cable and multi - telephone lines and bathtub show ers. Excellent m aintenance and m anagement. 2 Bedroom s $ 5 7 5 .0 0 - $ 6 2 5 .0 0 3 Bedroom s $ 6 7 5 .0 0 - $ 7 2 5 .0 0
call Goldsmith Management at 7 9 9 - 6 0 7 6 no rental fee
Plant Services is now accepting applications for summer positions in the following fields: C u s to d ia l G rou n d s O ffic e P o s it io n s
Please stop by the Plant Services at 27 Hackfeld Road (Across from the Health Services) and pick up an application Contact Diane Baxter.
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HELP W AN TED Help W anted... Men/Women earn $480 weekly assembling circuit boards/electronic components at home. Experience unneces sary, will train. Immediate openings in your local area. Call 1-520-680-7891 extc200.
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Basketball manager wanted for next year— Responsible individual to help with daily prac tices and game management. Work-study funds are available. Contact Coach Cham pion (x5063) for further info.
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Apartment for rent— 188 Park Ave. (Comer of Park Ave. & Institute Road) Above Metz Opti cians...5 Rooms (3Bedrooms). Stove & Refrig erator. $600 per month plus utilities. Overnight, off-street parking. Avail able May 1. Please con tact Kathy at 799-5256.
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Apartment sub-let available 6/1 to 8/24. One large bedroom with full size bed and futon, study, kitchen, bath. $535 + electric. 45 Lancaster St. Email larnbit or call Chris at 756-8646.
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P olice L og Thursday, April 3 12:32am - Assist: WPD at Park Ave. 12:57pm - Morgan DAKA: smell o f sm oke in stairwell by Daka, officers and electrician respond. 7 : 10pm - Trespass: non-students in Alumni, Officers removed about 10 non-students. 8 :2 1pm - Complaint about harassing phone calls. 9:48pm - Complaint: loud party spilling out into public street Dean & Salisbury St., also can being thrown at passing vehicles. Officers respond, find no noise, no signs ol debris. 10:07pm - Noise Complaint: Institute Road, drum playing.
1:00pm - G olf at W esleyan 2:00pm - Baseball vs. MIT
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3:00pm - Softball vs. Anna Maria 3:00 and 6:00pm - M ovie, Trainspotting, Kimball Theater, Holy Cross
Friday, April 4 3:55pm - Theft: Wallet stolen in Fuller Labs. 7:30pm - Alarm: Intrusion, Atwater-Kent, Janitor. 8:05pm - Suspicious Persons: Student threatened by two individuals at the corner of West and Institute. Officers respond. 9:20pm - Noise Complaint: person outside of M organ shouting obscenities. 9:30pm - Pursuit: Officers in pursuit o f disorderly person, re: 9:20pm. 9:35pm - Arrest: Trespassing and disorderly conduct, transported to WPD by officers. 11:20pm - Attempt to Locate: Officer is out with parent o f W PI student, attempting to locate his son who is overdue. 11:47pm - Fight: O fficer advises report o f fight in Harrington Auditorium. 11:53pm - Malicious Mischief: Officer reports fight unfounded in Harrington, but malicious m ischief incident has occurred in basement hallway.
Saturday, April 5 12:45am - Disorderly Persons: Officer reports disorderly persons removed from Harrington Auditorium. 2:36am - Fire Alarm: Founders Hall, Officers respond, Worcester Fire Department notified. 11:55am - Assist: P/2 year old child missing on Institute Road, Officer assisted WPD. 10:35pm - Welfare Check: Institute Park, fraternity members.
Sunday, April 6 12:59pm - Noise Complaint: Loud party, Stoddard. Officers respond. 2:00am - Daylight Saving Time begins, Log advanced to 3:00am. 3:08am - Disorderly persons: Officers report disorderly persons at Institute road & Dean St. dispersed. 3:58am - Fire Alarm: Stoddard, O fficers respond. W FD notified. See Police Log, continued to page I<S’
9:00am - Golf, Mass Open at Stowe Acres 4:00pm - M en’s Tennis vs. Holy Cross
2:00pm - Baseball at Clark 3:00pm - Softball vs. Smith 7:00pm - Movie, Emma, Kimball Theater. Holy Cross 10:30pm - DJ Dance, W orcester Campus G ym , Holy Cross
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1:30am lo noon - M en's & W om en’s Crew vs. BC, UM ass-Amherst, Coast Guard; on Lake Quinsigamond. 10:00am - W om en’s Track and Field, Tri States at Bryant 11:00am - Softball at MIT 12:00pm - Baseball at Springfield l :00pm - Men’s Track & Field vs Springfield, Norwich, Colby, Bowdoin, Fitchburg
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11:30am - Mass, Lower W edge 6:00pm - Mass, Founders Hall 6:30 and 9:30 - M ovie, Evita, Fuller Auditorium
Want to have a meaningful summer?... Want to earn $$, too? The CDC invites you to attend the
Wednesday, April 16 11 am - 3 pm Wedge Area Talk to representatives, learn about their companies and apply for positions on -site! Bring plenty of resumes!! Semi-professional attire required. Co-sponsored by NSBE & SHPE