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Tuesday, April 22, 1997

Traditions Day at last!!! by Dave Koelle EdUor-in-Chief Emeritus T ra d itio n s D ay started on T u esd ay night with the annual candle w alk. The w ell-attended w alk around cam pus fea tured a bag pipe player to add som e m u sical tones to the event. If you heard the Tech cheer real loud that night, that was probably the candle w alk p artici pants you heard. T he w alk ended at President P arrish ’s house, w here there was a reception.

On Wednesday, the intense Traditions Day events took place. During the day, travelers through the Wedge could look at a historic exhibit. At 4:30, the annual Freshman-Sophomore Pennant Rush took place on the foot ball field. The Sophomores sounded louder and more roused than the Freshmen, but in the end the Freshmen won the event, getting 54 of the 100 pennants. The Freshmen, there fore, had won two out o f three rivalry events; they won the Rope Pull at Homecoming, and thus are the possessors o f the G oat’s Head. The Cage Ball was then set loose on the

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Although the Sophmores might have had more spirit, the Frosh (in white) managed to pick up four more pennants than the Soph’s, effectively sending the Goat to the Class of “Double-zero” once and for all.

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In Wednesday night’s WPI Jeopardy game, the Sophomores (right) showed the Freshman up after a trying round of “Double Jeopardy” put together by the Student Alumni Society.

field. The Sophom ores had no trouble defeating the Freshmen at this event in the first round. The Sophomores were also triumphant in the second round, winning two out o f a possible three rounds. The trium ph o f the Freshm en had no bearing on the third rivalry event, the Jeopardy game. Sophs and Froshs were treated to some

very difficult questions; in the end, the Sophomores won, wagering $3.14159 on their Final Jeopardy answer. The Jeopardy game was followed by the Alma M ater singing contest. Talent cer tainly was not lacking in this event, which was kicked off by the Gam Girls. In the end, Plinko won the contest for their in teresting mix o f historic singing turned 70’s disco.

See-saws, special kids & hoop dreams Courtesy o f WPI News Service Members of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and Alpha Gam m a Delta sorority will spon sor their fourth annual Teeter-Totter-athon from Friday, April 18 to Wednesday, April 23. The students will see-saw from 120consecutive hours at the Greendale Mall (during regular business hours) and on the W PI Quadrangle (rain or shine). Proceeds will benefit St. Jude’s Children Research Hospi tal and the Juvenile Diabetes Association. In 1996 the event raised $2,000; the students hope to increase their contribution this year. Two WPI fraternities will assist with events

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during the M assachusetts Special Olympics Spring Tournament on Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20. Tau Kappa Epsilon will run the basketball competition from 7am to 4pm both days in Harrington Auditorium, and the power lifting competition (the first year this com petition is included in the tour nament) on April 19 in Kinnicutt Hall. Theta Chi will sponsor the bowling competition from 9am to 3pm each day at Thunderbird Lanes in Auburn. Minority Affairs and Outreach Programs and the Friends o f the Worcester Library will sponsor Hoop Dreams, a program for 11 - to 16-year olds. On Saturday, April 19, at 10am, See See-saw, continued to p a g e 3.

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Project Presentation Day A day of MQPs, lectures, and NO CLASSES! Courtesy o f WPI News Service WPI undergraduates will present their Major Qualifying Projects on Thursday, April 24 - Project Presentation Day. Un dergraduate classes will not be held. Stu dents from the following departments will be presenting their MQPs: Biology and Biotechnology, Chem ical Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Com puter Science, Electrical and Com puter Engi neering, Humanities and Arts, Manage ment, Mathematical Sciences, M echani

cal Engineering, Physics, and Social Sci ence and Policy Studies. P resen tation s begin at 8:30am . At 1 lam , Peter Senge, director o f the C en ter for O rganizational Learning at M IT’s Sloan School o f M anagem ent, w ill give the Hull M emorial Lecture in K innicutt Hall. A luncheon for invited guests will follow at 12:30pm in Harrington A udito rium. Presentations resume at 1pm. Pro grams that list the location of each pre sentation arc available in participating departm ents and from 8:30am to 1 lam at the R egistration Desk in H arrington Au ditorium on April 24.

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News beyond the farm A weekly e-mail news summary _________ WORLD EDITION _________ For the week preceding this Saturday, April 19th, 1997, here’s what made the News Beyond the Farm:

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• The Hooding in the upper midwest con tinues to increase in misery. On Apr 17th, the Red River finally crested in Fargo ND, 25 feet above flood stage. However, on the same day the dike protecting that town broke, forcing the evacuation of hundreds. O n Apr 19th, at about the time the rivers crested there, dikes also broke in Grand Forks ND and East Grand Forks MN, lead ing to yet more damage and evacuations. W aters may not return to normal levels for eight days, and many may not be able to return home in the interim. Classes have been cancelled for the sem ester at local universities. President Clinton held a rare impromptu new s conference Apr 18th to promote Sen ate passage o f the Chemical Weapons Ban Treaty. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) finally agreed to allow the treaty out o f committee the previous day. Also on Apr 18th, the W hite House announced that the Agency fo r International D evelopm ent and two other independent offices concerning arms control and international aid w ould be folded into the Department of State. Helms had been pushing for such streamlining for several years, but the W hite House claims there is no connection between the two events. The slow march to a new government in Zaire advanced slightly in the past week. On Apr 13th, rebel leader Laurent Kabila resumed his military advance on the capitol, K inshasha, after P resident M obutu Sese Seko refused to discuss his resigna tion. Street protest:* in favor o f Kabila in Kinshasha Apr 14th and 15th led to a mili tary crackdown in the city. On Apr 16th, m ed iato r and South A frican President Nelson M andela met with Kabila but re ported no solid progress. It was still un clear Apr 19th whether Kabila and Mobutu will ever meet. Meanwhile, international agencies claim that K abila’s forces are pre venting a repatriation program o f Rwandan refugees.

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They’re Talking About It: Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W V) was appar ently behind the barring of a witness from Senate testim ony because the Senator did not want a seeing eye dog in the cham bers. After a threat of a lawsuit under the Am ericans with Disabilities Act, the rule was repealed this week.

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Deve Gowda lost a vote of confidence in India Apr 11th, prompting the end o f his reign as prime minister. The United Front announced Apr 19th that Kurmal Qudral will be their new candidate to form a goverment. The Congress Party will vote for the United Front but will not participate in the government. Military police broke up a pro-teacher rally in Buenos Aires, Argentina Apr

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13th, killing one. Teachers have been p ro testin g for a b e tter c o n tra ct for months. Two Israelis and a Palestinian were shot by a Palestinian at the Jordanian border Apr 13th. T ig e r W oods w on the M aster’s golf tournament Apr 13th in a record 270 stroke perform ance, 12 strokes ahead o f his near est com petitor. The 21y e a r o ld b e c a m e the youngest player and the first person o f color to win the tournament. 25,000 people turned out to protest in support o f the unionization o f strawberry pickers in Watsonville CA Apr 13th. Two grenades thrown in Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia killed one person A pr 13th; anti-foreigner sentiment was suspected as the motive. “I am tired o f lying for the president,” stated Jam es McDougal as he w as sen tenced to a short, three-year prison term for his role in the Whitewater affair Apr 14th. McDougal claimed he started co operating with the prosecution after President Clinton refused to pardon his ex-wife. Attorney General Janet Reno refused to appoint a special prosecutor to investi-, gate fund-raising by the D em ocratic Party Apr 14th, leading to claims of fa voritism by Republicans. President Clinton signed a treaty pro viding for international enforcem ent against sweatshop-type work environ ments Apr 14th. The W hite House admitted A pr 14th that it had allowed 56 major contribu tors to the Democratic Party to ride on Air Force One. 500 African-Americans marched in pro test in Philadelphia Apr 14th over a ra cial beating some months ago. The FBI admitted Apr 15th that its crime lab had not performed accurately, con ceivably affecting the evidence in such trials as the World Trade Center bomb ing and the Oklahoma City bombing. A fire in M ecca Apr 15th led to 217 deaths o f M uslims on the Haj pilgrim age and 1290 injuries. Israel decided to raid southern Lebanon Apr 15th, killing two Hizbollah guerillas in the process. The US announced plans to give $15 million more in food aid to North Korea Apr 15th as the food crisis in that na tion continued to escalate. Cambodian Prince Sirivudh w as not al lowed to fly home by the airlines Apr 15th. Upon his return, he faces criminal charges. Colom bian President Ernesto Samper announced Apr 15th that his nation will hold a referendum on making peace with guerillas. The Israeli Police announced Apr 16th that they had limited evidence to charge Isra e li P rim e M in iste r B e n ja m in Netanyahu with Fraud and Breach of

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Trust in a cam paign-finance and cabi net scandal. However, Israeli Police an nounced Apr 19th that they will not prosecute Netanyahu, saving his gov ernment. • N e w t G in g ric h a n nounced A pr 16th that he will pay his $300,000 fine us ing personal funds procured in a p e rso n a l lo an from fo rm e r S en. B ob D ole. Democrats have criticized the m ove, c la im in g that Dole procured the money from tobacco interests. • Four people died in an explosion in Q uesnel BC Canada Apr 16th. Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs o f Staff Gen. Colin Powell announced Apr 17th that he had knowledge about Iraqi chem ical weap ons rep o sitories but concluded they were safe to attack during the war to liberate Kuwait. Two b o m b s in n o rth e a s t E n g lan d brought the rail system in that country to a standstill Apr 18th. The Irish Re publican Army claimed resposibility for the bombs and for threats which shut down major highways. President Clinton met with Hong Kong democracy leader Martin Lee Apr 18th, assuring Lee that “there would be con sequences” if C hina im posed restric tions on the island’s freedoms. A 500-person student protest clashed with police in Seoul, South Korea Apr 18th over the present governm ental makeup. The two-year anniversary o f the Okla homa City bombing, which killed 146, passed Apr 19th, as did the four-year anniversary o f the Waco tragedy and the six-year anniversary o f the end o f the Ruby Ridge standoff with separat ist Randy Weaver. Two high-ranking Peruvian officials re signed A pr 19th over the continued hostage crisis at the Japanese embassy. The Union of Democratic Parties won at least 50% o f the scats in the Bulgar ian Parliament in elections Apr 19th. North Korean defector Hwang Jang Yop,

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who has been in the Philippines for his safety, arrived in South Korea Apr 19th. Meanwhile, talks between the North and South remain deadlocked. Russia is protesting an art display go ing around U n ited S tates, saying it should be returned to Russia.

Corrections: In last w eek’s edition, the name o f the missing pilot in the case o f the A -10 plane which apparently touched dow n som e where in Colorado was incorrect. Captain Craig Button was actually flying the plane. He and the plane have still not been found, and searchers may now wait for the snow to melt before resuming the search.

Compiler’s Note: If there is anyone else out there inter ested in sharing the responsiblity o f com piling this publication on a rotating basis, please contact the present com piler soon. There now exists som e possibility that NBTF will live past June, assuming more volunteers can be found...

Finally: Be careful when specifying your local phone company. If you tell som eone that “I d o n ’t care,” o r “ it doesn’t m atter,” you may be signing up for a specific com pany. Texas-based KTM T C om m unica tio n s has a p p lie d to do b u s in e s s in Florida under those two nam es, so that if they c a lle d a c o n su m e r and they r e sponded with those words, they would be able to sign them up. Perhaps I’ll form a com pany called, “ No thank you. I ’m not interested.”

And that’s what made the News Beyond the Farm. Sources this week included A ll Things C onsidered (NPR), the A ssociated Press n ew sw ire, tlte BBC N ew sh ou r (B B C / PR/), the C h ristian S cien ce M onitor, KCBS radio news, M arketplace (PRI), the News Hour with Jim Lehrer (PBS), N e w sd e sk ( B B C / P R I ), t he P a c ific a Evening News (KPFA), and the Reuters newswire. C om piled by: Lance Gleich, Stanford CA.

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State Dept. Spokesman to be Commencement Speaker Courtesy o f WPI News Service R. Nicholas Burns, spokesman and Prin cipal Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department o f State, will be the keynote speaker at W PI’s 129,h com mencement on Saturday, May 24. The com mencement theme is “Global Perspectives: The Key to the New Millennium.” An esti mated 700 students will receive degrees: 550 bachelor’s; 130 m aster’s; and 15 to 17 Ph.D. degrees. The commencement begins at 11 am on the quadrangle. On Friday, May 23^, the traditional Bac calaureate ceremony will be held in Alden Memorial Hall beginning at 5:30pm. The ceremony will feature inspirational music and messages from faculty, administration and graduating students. The jo in t ROTC com m issioning ce r emony will take place at 8:30am on May 24 at Alden Memorial Hall. Maj. Gen. Tho mas L. Wilkerson, commander of the M a rine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, La., will be the commissioning officer for the 24 cadets commissioned - 6 in the Army; 6 in the Air Force; and 12 in the Navy. Nicholas Bums, a career Senior Foreign S erv ice O fficer, was app o in ted to his p resent position by Secretary o f State Warren Christopher in January 1995. Be fore his appointment he had served for the previous five years on the National Secu rity Council staff at the White House. From 1993 to 1995 he was special assistant to the President and Senior Director for Rus sia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs. He had lead responsibility in the White House for advising the President and the National Security Advisor on all aspects o f U.S. re lations with the 15 countries of the former Soviet Union. Born in New York, Burns was raised in M assachusetts (his parents are W orces ter natives who now live in Wellesley) and earned his Certificat Pratique de Languc F rancaise from the U niversity o f Paris (Sorbonne). He subsequently earned his bachelor’s in European History from Bos ton College where he graduated Summa Cum Laudc and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He later received an M.A. with dis tinction from the Johns Hopkins School o f Advanced International Studies in Inter national Economics and American Foreign Policy.

See-saw: For charity Continued from page I. approximately I(X) kids, primarily from Girls, Inc., Friendly House and the Boys and Girls Club, will gather in Perreault Hall, Fuller Labs, to see the movie Hoop Dreams. WPI students will then lead small group discussions about the movie and about college life. From 10am to noon on Wednes day, April 23, WPI coaches will sponsor a Basketball Clinic in Harrington Auditorium. The clinic will be followed by a Lego C on test. WPI volunteers will also be on hand for the open recreation part of the program, which will be held in various on-campus locations on Friday, April 25.

Burns began his Foreign Service career in the Middle East where he was vice con sul and staff assistant to the Ambassador in Cairo, Egypt from 1983-1985 and then Political Officer at the American Consulate General in Jerusalem from 1985-1987. He has served as director for Soviet (and later Russian) A ffairs and a series o f positions at the Department of State. He has b e e n aw ard ed th e S ta te Department’s Superior Honor Award for outstanding performance three times and in 1994 the Departm ent’s James Clement Dunn Award for Excellence. In 1995, he was awarded the order of Terra M ariana by the Estonian government for his work to promote the withdrawal of Russian m ili tary forces from that country. Bums is a member of the Council on For eign Relations and International Institute for Strategic Studies. He speaks French and Arabic.

R. Nicholas Burns, spokesman and Principal Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. State Department, will be this year’s commencement speaker.

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Weekly sports update: Results from April 11th to 17th by G eoff Hassard Sports Information Director Baseball (10-8) The baseball team has been playing ex trem ely well as o f late. They swept backto-back conference doubleheaders from Babson and N orw ich while dropping a doubleheader to MIT. O n S a tu rd a y th e 12th W PI h o ste d Babson trying to rebound from their extra inning loss to Salve Regina two days ear lier. The Engineers were throwing their ace, Guy Miller (Sandwich, MA) who was look ing to go 5-0 on the season. He w ouldn’t disappoint as he went the distance strik ing out seven for the 6-2 win. The big hit for WPI came in the first inning when Jus tin Downing (Leominster, MA) cleared the bases with a double to drive in three runs. In the second gam e, the Engineers scored early and often on their way to a 15-1 rout. C hris Vandette (N. A ttleboro, M A) and Adam Clark (H olden, MA) led the offen sive attack with each hitting a three-run homer. Jason Katz (Merrimack, NH) and Ja son Merry (Latham , NY) each had three hits and scored tw o runs. Downing pitched a complete game to get the win as he struck out seven and w alked none. The next day th e h it parade continued as W PI pounded out 24 hits and scored 18 runs as they defeated Norwich 9-4 and 9-2. In the first gam e, Scott Tow nsend (Hollis, ME), M erry and Vandette all went 2-3. Tow nsend, Vandette and Clark each had tw o RBIs w hile Merry scored three runs and stole th ree bases. Jim B lum (M arlboro, M A ) pitched 5-1/3 strong in

n in g s to p ic k up th e w in and S te v e H orsm an (A bington, M A ) cam e in and had a trong relief appearance allow ing no hits and striking out three. In the sec ond gam e, W PI found them selves behind 2-1 entering the home h a lf o f the fifth in ning. A lead o ff double was erased when Aviv K aufm ann (Shrew sbury, M A ) was caught trying to steal third, but W PI got a baserunner when M iller reached first on a pass ball. Downing was walked, and Vandette continued his hot hitting with a double to drive in th e tying run. It w ouldn’t end there as C lark was inten tio n ally w alk ed to lo ad the b ases for Adam Abram s (E. Bridgewater, MA) who was w alked to force in the go-ahead run. Pat N oonan (H oulton, M E) then reached on a fielders choice and went to second on a th ro w in g erro r as the E n g in eers scored two m ore runs. By innings end W PI had a 6-2 lead. T hey w ould add three m ore in the bottom o f the sixth as they won the game 9-2. Jeff Ross (W. Bridgew ater, MA) w as the w inner as he struck out seven C adets. Last Tuesday WPI m et M IT in a battle o f the two top teams in the CAC East Divi sion. In the first game the score was tied at 0-0 before M IT scored three runs in their half o f the sixth inning on a home run. W PI’s attack was stifled by strong pitch ing as they could only m anage four hits in the 3-0 loss. Mike H ager (Shrub Oak, NY) made his first appearance of the spring and pitched six strong innings. In the second game WPI led 4-3 after four innings when MIT struck for four runs in the top o f the fifth and held on to win 8-5. Noonan was

3-3 with two doubles and an RBI. Katz and Kaufmann both hit home runs for the home team.

Softball (4-17) The softball team began their w eek with a doubleheader sweep over Babson, then participated in the first W orcester C ity Soft ball Tomament at W orcester State. In the doubleheader sweep o f Babson, Carrie Seigars (Richmond, ME) picked up tw o wins as she pitched tw o com plete games, striking out ten batters. The first gam e ended dramatically as M arissa Beres (Queensbury, NY) led o ff the inning with a single and was sacrificed over to second by Lara Currie (Concord, NH). T his set up Lyn Dubois (Cumberland, RI) to be the hero as she hit a deep fly ball that dropped in front of the fence to score Beres and give W PI a 4-3 victory. In the second game, W PI jum ped out to a 5-0 lead after two in nings and cruised to a 9-2 win. C urrie was 3-3 with two runs scored. Dubois and Beres e a c h h a d tw o h its and Ja m i W alsh (Bellingham, MA) drove in two runs. Last Tuesday W PI played W orcester State in the City Tournament. The Lancers were too much for the Engineers as they won 11-0.

M en’s Tennis (2-4) The m en’s tennis team had two tune ups last week prior to com peting in the CAC Cham pionships. U nfortunately the lost both as they dropped a 7-0 decision to Babson and a 6-1 decision to H oly Cross. In the Holy Cross match W PI’s only win ner was M ike Lamoureux at #2 singles.

M en’s Track (2-1) T he m en’s track team returned to action last Saturday at the Sm ith Invitational. Al though not a scored meet, W PI had many athletes finish in the top six in their events. Dave Hawes (Seal Harbor, ME) won the 400-m eter intermediate hurdles, third in the 100-meter dash and ran a leg of the 4x100 relay team that placed third. Ted Manley (Sa lem, MA) placed third in both the triple jum p and long jum p and then ran on the 4x100 team. Chris Brennan (Newtown, CT) finished fourth in the high jum p and second in the long jump. Eid Devault (Clinton, M A) was fifth in the triple jum p and ran a leg on the 4x400 relay team that finished fourth. Matt Linnemann (Middletown, CT) placed fifth in the high jump and ran a leg of the 4x400 relay. Nick Cottreau (N. Attleboro, MA) finished fifth in the long jum p and sixth in the 1 IO m e te r high h u rd le s. P ete C o n n o lly (Bellingham, MA) was fourth in the 5,000meter run. Liam Kelly (Shrewsbury, M A) fin ished fifth in the 1,500-meter run and ran a leg of the 4x800-me ter relay that came in first. Stuart Clemons (Falmouth, ME) placed fifth in the 200-meter dash and ran on the 4x 100 relay squad. Nathan Smith (Avon, M A) was fifth in the 5,000. Bill Freed (Stockton, NJ) finished third in the 110 hurdles and second in the 400 hurdles. Tim Caldwell (DoverFoxcroft, ME) placed fourth in the 800-meter run and ran a leg o f the 4x800 relay. Rick Crispo (Andover, MA) was sixth in the 800 and also ran a leg o f the 4x800 relay. Pete Manolakos (Peabody, MA) was fifth in the 400-meter run. Brian Hagglund (Uncasville, CT) ran a leg o f the 4x400 realy as did Keith See Sports, continued to p a g e 5

IceCats lead first round Calder Cup Playoff series over Bruins 2-0 9. T he ‘C a ts stro n g d e fe n s e , g re a t goaltending, balanced scoring, and the best penalty killing record in AHL history The IceCats started first round Calder are the base for their success. The ‘Cats Cup playoff action last Friday night against defeated the Baby Bruins by the score o f the Providence Bruins at W orcester’s C en 5-4 in Friday’s game and delivered the sec trum Centre. T he IceCats went into the ond defeat to the Bruins on Saturday by game having com pleted their most success the same score down in Providence. ful regular season in team history. They Friday’s game saw pow er play goals ga are the 1996-1997 AHL’s New England Di lore. Providence lit the lam p first with vision Regular Season Champions having Landon Wilson scoring a power play goal earned 100 points with a record of 43-23-5with teammate Barry Ricther making a simi lar performance a few minutes later. T h a t’s when the tide changed and W orcester would score four unan sw e re d g o a ls. Jam al M a y ers scored his first of tw o p o w er play g o a ls w ith help from Jason Zent and R ory Fitzpatrick. The second pe riod belonged to the IceCats as they scored three goals while denying the NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ED CAMERON Bruins every shot. IceCat David Williams delivers a blow to Bruin Scott Morrow. Jamie Rivers got a

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shot p ast B ruin g o alie D erek Herlofsky just 28 sec onds into the period. Libor Zabransky lit the red lamp with a power play goal with an assist from Terry Virtue at 13:41. Jason Zent did some post splitting o f his own at 16:40 with a shorthanded goal that put the ‘Cats up by the score of 4-2. The third period saw som e hard fo u g h t h o ck e y as the Providence Bru in s trie d to gain som e m o m entum . They got a boost at NEWSPEAK STAFF PHOTO / ED CAMERON 1:23 off the stick of IceCat Bob Lachance’s speed catches Bruin goalie Derek Herlotisky Brett Harkins as he behind the goal. scored a power play Timander's power play lamp lighter, but the goal of his own with an assist from John IceCats would hold on to win the first game Gruden and Landon W ilson. However, in the best o f five series. Worcester still had a power play goal left The ‘Cats are back on home ice tom or in it’s arsenal as Jamal M ayers scored his row at 7:05pm as they take on Providence second o f the night at 12:46 with some help once again and will hopefully send the Bru from team m ates Terry Virtue and Libor ins home for good and move on to round Zabransky. The Bruins w ould close to tw o of the playoffs. w ith in o ne go al a g a in w ith M a ttia s

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Sports: Weekly results Continued from page 4 Levesque (N ashua, NH). Dan N ashold (Rocky Hill, CT) ran a leg on the 4x 100 relay and Don Wallace (Brunswick, ME) ran on the 4x800 squad. Scott Kolkebeck (Har rington Park, NJ) took second in the pole vault. Dan Atkinson (Dedham, M A) was fourth in the pole vault. In the weight events, Mike Pockoski (Day ville, CT) placed second in both the ham m er and discus. Aaron Korthas (Gloucester, MA) was fifth in the hammer. Dan Sadowski (A shfield, MA) placed third in the discus and Brian McKenna (Pawtucket, RI) was sixth in the hammer.

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Women’s Track (2-1) T he women also participated at the Smith In v ita tio n a l w ith strong p erform ances turned in by all who competed. Top finish ers for the Engineers were Lydia Stawasz (Nashua, NH), who captured first in the pole vault while Am ber M iller (Ellenville, NY) placed third in the triple jum p.

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NSO ’97 Team Leaders Selected T he office o f S tudent A ctivities is pleased to announce the selection of Ori entation Team Leaders for this fall. Please jo in us in congratulating your friends and neighbors on their selection to this im portant leadership position.

Team Leaders Include: Jeff Bayko

Nancy Bedrossian MariLisa Billa Linda Cappuccia Robert C aputo Stuart Clemons Laura C ooper Heather Davis Michael Fiorino Ryan Fournier

Jason G leghorn Quach Hai John Hogan Alison Keach Erika Lexth Tyler Lupien Molly McCabe Ben Nawrath Karen Osman

Constance Pappagianopoulos Eric Pauly Sommyr Pochan Jeevan Ramapriya Tamara Samuels Jennifer Sapochetti John Schoenrock Kathleen Sheehan Derek Sickman

Amy Sinyei Becky Thibeault Jennifer W right

In addition, the Team Leader Staff will be led by our three Senior Team Leaders: Becky Hoffman, Chris Milici, Sarah Thom pson • •• •

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Senior Class Gift Appreciation Reception. 4-6 p.m. at the President's house Jillian’s Billiard Club, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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Student/Faculty Softball Game, 2 p.m.

Want to play? Contact Greg Snoddy (e-mail: gsnoddy@wpi or x5291) Commencement Rehearsal, 4 p.m., at Harrington Auditorium Barbecue on the Higgins House Courtyard, 5 p.m. followed by an evening at Gompei s 6 S e n io r

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It was music, it was loud, you should have been there There was a short gap in betw een as the v a rio u s sets o f in stru m e n ts w ere m oved around, and then Sister M achine Gun started up. They seem ed to feel that they needed to be louder than their openin g b a n d , and th e y su c c e e d e d . T h e crow d seem ed to appreciate that at least, and got into their songs a lot m ore...at least, they thrashed around a lot m ore during the perform ance. Their lead singer was a bit easier to understand, but that’s probably ju st a stylistic difference. Much o f their m aterial was from their fourth (to be released July 15th) album M etropolis and their third album , Burn. O lder fans were not left out in the cold though, as they also played tw o songs from their first album . Sins o f the Flesh and one from their second, Torture Technique. They eventually asked the crow d how many p re se n t h ad a c tu a lly h e a rd o f th e m , w hich turned out to be about half. The

by Wes Jones ’97 N ewspeak S ta ff This Friday WPI was visited by Sister M achine Gun and NADA Surf, who played to a modest crowd in Riley Commons. The d o o rs opened at 7 :0 0 ...but then closed again until about 7:30, when they actually did start to let people inside. NADA Surf started promptly at 8:00, introducing them selves as “an opening band from Boston.” T he four o f them played for about half an hour, pausing between songs to put them selves down. “You guys have to pay for this?” the lead asked at one point. They also mentioned that they had their CD for sale for $7, and encouraged the crowd to buy them claiming “ If nobody buys any w e c a n ’t g e t h o m e to n ig h t.” T h ey were...loud. The crowd seem ed relatively unm oved, but satisfied with the perfor mance.

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The Meadows in Hartford 5/7 - Marilyn M anson w/ special guest Helmet 8/2 - The Who

O vertones 5/8 - Eryka Badu 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 - Gw ar w/ special guests Chem lab & Women of Sodom

Axis 4/29 -D e La Soul 5/7 - Sister Machine Gun

Lupos Heartbreak Hotel in Providence 4/25 - G. Love & Special Sauce 4/29 - Violent Femmes 5/2 - Royal Crowns, M ephiskapehlies Skavoovie 5/7 - DADA

Mama Kin Music Hall 4/25 - Surf Guitar Legend, Dick Dale 21 + 4/26 - Tree w/Stillsuit, Kilgore Smudge, Nothingface 21 + 4/27 - Tree w/Stillsuit, Kilgore Smudge, Nothingface All ages

The Middle East D ownstairs 4/25 - Archers o f Loaf 4/26 - Groove Collective 4/27 - The Freeze 4 /2 9 -U .K . Subs 5/10 - Thee Headcoats 5/14 - Sleater-Kinney 5 /1 5 -B uilt To Spill Upstairs 4/24 - The Warmers 4/25 - Karate 4/27 - Olivia Tremor Control 4/29 - Richard Buckner 5/8 - Varnaline, Thee Hydrogen Terrors 5 /1 7 -C a t Power

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New Voices 15: Be prepared to see WPI theater at its finest New Voices 15 Performance Schedule____________ April 23rdto 26th. 1997

by Alison Keach Features Editor

Wednesday night, 8:00pm

Be prepared this W ednesday through Saturday to see W PI theater at its fin est. New Voices was started 15 years ago w ith the purpose of prom oting student w ritten, directed, and acted theater. This year out o f the 49 subm itted plays, the sta ff o f student dram aturgs selected 15 to be perform ed in the New Voices 15 festival. Nearly 200 people from the WPI comm unity have worked together to make this y e a r’s festival a success. The lineup o f plays is quite diverse, so you will d efi nitely enjoy every night. The best part about New Voices is that it fits your co l lege budget: It’s absolutely FREE! There are no excuses for not attending at least one night o f the festival, especially since there are no classes this Thursday. As a N ew Voices veteran, I’m going to give you a tip and tell you that Friday nights and Saturday nights tend to get a packed crow d, so if you want to be guaranteed a seat show up early or com e on W ednes day or T hursday nights. Each of the 15 plays will be perform ed twice, so you h a v e e v e ry o p p o rtu n ity to see y o u r friends ham it up on stage, and if you really like it, go see it twice! The sch ed ule o f plays is listed below.

We Are The Cheeze Waiting For Something The Magic & The Heat Intermission The Chili Incident Scream o f the Butterfly

Thursday night, 8:00pm Seraphim The Interview Area 48 Name Intermission The Fright Before Christmas If You Life Is Hardcore

Friday night, 8:00pm Seraphim The Interview Scream o f the Butterfly Intermission Missing Person http./Avww. life. net/~ g rie f The Snitch

Name Life Is Hardcore Area 48

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Saturday night, 8:00pm

Note: Intermissions will be 15 minutes in length.

We Are The Cheeze Waiting For Something The Magic & The Heat If You Intermission

All perform ances are free to the public. Nightime performances begin at 8:00pm, whereas the Sunday M atinee is set to be gin at 2:00pm.

Attention Clubs and Organizations Club Photographs for the 1997 Peddler are currently being scheduled.

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Total number of responses: 19 Best Pizza:

Best looking female professor:

1) Boomers 2) Gompei’s; Boynton 3) Blue Jeans; Bravo; Tech Pizza

1) Chrys Terwilliger, ME Laura Menides, HU 2) Dina Solitro, MA Helen Vassallo, MG

Favorite Newspeak articles/ features: 1) Police Log 2) Person on the Street 3) Club Corner; What’s Happening; Letters to the Editor

Favorite Administrator: 1) Andrea Dorow 2) Janet Richardson 3) Bonnie McCrea; Helen Shuster

Favorite Police Officer:

Favorite Police Log entry: 1) strange odors; non-students; bat evicted; loose door handle in cruiser; baseball game causes damage to car; suspicious person; grad student unable to find resi dence, will be remaining in wedge.

Best way to waste time:

1) Campus Center 2) A real fountain 3) Puppies; Naked men; Naked pretty women; Bar

1) Tom the turkey 2) leaky pipe on West Street 3) metal thing near the library; purple hair; Matt Skinner

Favorite WWPI DJ: 1)AIi& Emily 2) Tom Mounsey; Jony Laplante

When you think the Campus Center be built:

Favorite DAKA employee:

1) Armageddon 2)2000 3 )never

1) Richard Vaz, ECE 2) William Clark, CM 3) Hossein Hakim, Global Studies; James Dittami, CH; Paul Davis, MA

Have you read the CRC Handbook?

DDilbert 2) Super Banana 3) Police Log; Calvin and Hobbes

Strangest thing you’ve seen on campus:

Best looking male professor:

1) fido; elwood; yaya; oblivion; homer; yak

Favorite TV show:

Things you’d like to see on campus:

1) Nicholas Kildahl, CH 2) John Goulet, MA; Richard Vaz, ECE; John Trimbur, HU; Allen Hoffman, ME; Susan Vick, HU; James Hermanson, ME; Richard Sisson, ME; James Watters, HU; Douglas Walcerz, ME; Steve Weininger, CH

Favorite computer name:

Yes: 12.5% No: 50.0% Don’t know: 37.5%

1) The X-Files 2)ER 3) The clock

Favorite professor:

1) Input from the rest of campus 2) Faculty/staff “up close” interviews 3) Local theatre listings; More pictures of trashed cars

1) surf the web 2) visit the wedge read Newspeak 3) filling out reader’s polls; attending classes; homework; causing insanity in others

1) Officer Russ Fontaine 2) Officer Donna Welch 3) Sergeant Steve Desy; Officer Stan Parzych; Officer John Dylewicz

1) Sharon 2) Joe; Bunny; Ruby

What you want to see more of in Newspeak:

Favorite comic strip:

Favorite SGA senator: 1)EdHallissey 2) Sundeep Reddy

Favorite building on campus: 1) Higgins House 2) Fuller labs 3) Little shack by the football field; Skull Tomb

Favorite Login: 1) popsiclc 2) idisco; frobnoid; hymielor; trek; ledzep; karlo

Favorite ice cream:

What you like about Newspeak:

1) mint chocolate chip 2) a unique blend of vanilla, strawberry, and hot dogs 3) Cherry Garcia; Chubby Hubby; Fudge Royal; Phish Food

1) It’s free 2) Great grammar 3) Letters to the Editor; April Fools issue

Misc. comments, suggestions:

What you dislike about Newspeak: 1) Great grammar 2) nothing 3) no news written by students

1) If you ever find a potato sack full of hamsters in a dark alley, run! 2) I think you’re right, Diet Dr. Pepper does taste more like Regular Dr. Pepper. 3) Sell CS majors for money, sex, drugs, and rock and roll! 4) Let's get t-shirts, damnit!

Results of this poll do not represent the views of the entire WPI Community or Newspeak readership. Duplicate responses discarded.

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Campus Hearing Board Letters of Candidacy N e w sp e a k Matthew J. Denicourt Fellow Students,

My name is Matthew Denicourt, and I am running for a position on the Campus Hearing Board. Now, as I come to understand it, many of the students that attend WPI do not know what the Campus Hear ing Board is or what it does. Per mit me to explain. The Campus Heading Board is a panel of eight people who oversee cases regard ing violations of the WPI Policy and Procedures. It consists of stu dents, faculty, and administration that work together to resolve a situ ation in a fair and just manner. Cases that the board hears range from violations of academic hon esty, to conflicts between stu dents, to vandalism of WPI prop erty. Now, you may be asking, “Why would we want you to represent us?” That’s a good question. I feel that I am a competent indi vidual that can uphold the stan dards set by the students and WPI community. On campus I serve as a resident advisor, and have had much training in conflict resolution and mediation through the RA training process. I work with people

on a daily basis and enjoy doing broad range of clubs and groups, so. As a member of the Campus including Tau Kappa Epsilon, Hearing Board, I will do my best to Masque and the Science Fiction see that every case is conducted Society, have given me the expe in a m anner W ORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE that is fair to each individual involved. I have to devote my time to rep resent you, the stu d en ts, so that we have a voice and an S TU D EN T GOVERNM ENT ASSOCIATION ear on the WPI campus. In closing, I ask that you rience and perspective to be a take the time to vote this week. It worthy addition to the Campus only takes a minute, just after you Hearing Board. check youre-mail. Thank you very much for your time.

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Casey Richardson

Hello, my name is Seth Flagg. I’m a sophom ore pre-m ed stu dent who wants to be your Cam pus Hearing Board representa tive. To be on the Campus Hear ing Board a person should be fa miliar with WPI policy, be able to pass fair judgment and be respon sible. Through my work as an SGA S enator and d iscu ssio n s with members of the present CHB, I have become familiar with WPI policy. My involvem ent in a

My name is Casey Richardson and I am a freshman Physics major. Serving on the Campus Hearing Board requires a strong dedication to this school. My involvement in organizations such as Student Government, the SGA Cabinet, the Campus Center Steering Commit tee, and the Senior Ring Commit tee illustrate my determination to make WPI a stronger university. In all of these organizations, I serve the student body’s interests to the

best of my ability. I would bring the Campus Hearing Board a con sistent commitment to WPI and all o f its students.

Japa Volchok Hey, if you’re reading this right now you are either bored or you’re interested in the candidates run ning for CHB election. If you’re truly interested then here’s the deal, hopefully it satisfies your curiosity. I’m Japa Volchok, a junior major ing in biology. I’ve been serving on the hearing board this past year and have a clear understanding of what this position requires. As a student representative on this ju dicial board I served as one o f the few links between the students, faculty, and administration. I have a good awareness of the student’s view and the issues that our stu dent body faces. As a member of the Greek community, I also under stand the problems that are faced by Greeks and why they occur. If I am reelected I will continue to serve on the CHB and will bring my strengths and insights to the board and make fair informed deci sions. Remember down with the VLO and read the police log for more entertaining material.

Urgent news from the Computer Center The CCC is instructing all Novell users to download and install the Novell Netware Client 32 program for Windows 95 users from the Help Desk computer. The current client, Microsoft NDS, is a potential secu rity risk. Close all programs then start the following procedure on your computer. Here’s what to do: 1. Connect to the Help Desk com puter through Microsoft Sharing: Click Start, point to Find then click Files or Folders, enter the follow ing text in the “Find:” box: \\helpdesk\patches Click the OK button at the password dialog box 2. Double-click the “Novell_Client_32” folder 3. Select the file 95ENU_N2 4. Click Edit, then Copy then close the window 5. Close the Find Window 6. Open the My Computer icon 7. Open the C:\drive 8. Click File, then New Folder and name it “UPDATE” 9. Open the “UPDATE” folder 10. Click File, then Paste 11. Double click the file 95ENU_N2.

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Type “Y” then return, to continue the extraction. It is a self-extracting file so it will install all the nec essary files onto your computer. Once it is done extracting all files, (the title bar will say “Finished 95ENU_N2) close the DOS win dow. 12. In the “UPDATE” folder, open the “English” folder 13. Double-click the Setup program icon 14. The program will then proceed to set itself up on your computer. • You may be asked for the Win dows 95 CD so have it ready. • Do not select to update current drivers if presented with the option. • If it asks to select a folder, type in C:\NOVELL32 • You must setup the client for use on WPI’s network. Settings: Students:

preferred server= <none> preferred tree=wpi preferred context= OU=STUDENTS.O=WPI Faculty (a ll academic depart ments including staff):

preferred server= ACOFF

preferred tree=wpi preferred context= OU=FACULTY.O=WPI Administration:

preferred server= ADMOFF preferred tree=wpi preferred context= OU=BOYNTON.O=WPI 15. After the installation of the en tire program, you can then de lete the folder “UPDATE” from your computer. Combating Recent Emergence of M acro Viruses The cu rren t version of the McAfee Virus Detection Tool pro

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gram (ver 3.0) docs not detect some o f the newer viruses (including EXE/COM and macro viruses) that have been popping up all over cam pus. The most up to date dat files (V9703 - March 21, 1997) do not work with the latest version (3.0) from McAfee. McAfee is already aware of the problem and they are working on getting updated dat files out to its customers. As soon as we have these updated dat files, we will alert the WPI community through postings and Newspeak as to the procedure to download these and any other files from the See CCC, continued to page 12

WPI Newspeak (ISSN 1093 0051) of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, formerly the Tech News, has been published weekly (luring the academ ic year, except during college vacations, since 1909. Newspeak has been printed on recycled paper since January 1991. Masthead designed by Troy Thom pson for Newspeak's 2 !st anniversary. Newspeak is financed by SGA funds and advertising revenue. O ffices are located in the basem ent o f Sanford Riley Hall, west end (Riley 01). All articles should be typed and include the author’s n am e and box number. Copy may be sent to Student Activities o r brought to Ihe Newspeak office. Articles may a ls o be subm itted via e-m ail All copy is du e by 3:00 pm on the Friday preceding publication. Letters to the E ditor m ust contain the printed name o f Ihe author as well as the author's signature, telephone number and box num ber fo r verification. Students subm itting letters should put their class after their name Faculty and staff should include their full title. Letters deem ed libelous or irrelevant to the WPI com m unity will not be published. All C lu b C om ers must be submitted via e-m ail a n d be 275 words o r less. The editors reserve the right to edit all copy for correct punctuation and spelling as well as appropriate content. All ads are due by 5:00 pm on the Friday preceding publication. Late ads will not be accepted. Ad copy that is not proportional to its ad space will be charged an additional $15.00 fee. Classified ads m ust be prepaid The decision on w hether a subm ission is a public service announcem ent or an advertisem ent lies with the editors. The editorial is written by a member or members o f the Newspeak staff. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the entire Newspeak staff or o f W PI. Signed editorials and articles represent Ihe opinions of Ihe individual authors. Newspeak is Newspeak is printed by Saltus Press of Worcester, M A. First five copies free, printed on partially additional copies $0.30 each. First class postage paid at W orcester. M A. Subscrip recycled paper. tion rate is $20.00 p er academ ic year, single copies $0.75 within Ihe continental United Stales. M ake all checks payable lo W PI Newspeak

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The fountain: Work of art, or burst pipe? Finally, at long last, the WPI community has begun to enjoy the coming of Spring. Hopefully we have seen the last of the snow and sunshine will become much more com mon. The flowers have started to bloom. The grass is get ting greener. Birds are singing and squirrels are playing in the grass. The fountain has begun to squirt in the center of West Street. The Plaza itself is quite attractive, and will be even more so once the trees start to leaf out or bloom. It provides a number o f nice places to sit and chat or, maybe even study. The bricked Pedestrian Walkway on the area formerly known as West Street certainly does justice to the artists rendition that was posted up next to Salisbury during construction. But, while contemplating the beauty of the rest of the Plaza, we are once again forced to wonder who designed the foun tain and is it really finished. Maybe it’s still under construc tion? Although the brick-work looks very finished and the grates are all in place, perhaps someone forgot to put the

fixture on top of the fountain? The WPI community can only hope that this is the case. When walking by the fountain, many opinions on its beauty can be heard. “It looks like a burst pipe” seems to be among the most common. Students have been heard to wonder if they could stop it up by stepping on it and not get their shoes wet, but whether this experiment has been at tempted is not widely known. Other observations on the fountains appearance include “an accident”, “hose poking up through the ground”, and the ever-popular “large under ground animal taking a leak”. It is widely known that the reason the fountain doesn’t have a fixture is so emergency vehicles will be able lo drive over the top of it. But don’t they have clearance underneath of at least a few inches? That would be enough to put something on the top to direct the water. Any sort of fixture would do. Just something lo make it look a little more fin ished and less like the “accident” it appears to be. This is a

tech school, someone could design, perhaps even build, something suitable for an MQP. At least an IQP group could look into the feasibility of such a project. Recently, there has been several “soapings” of the foun tain. From a distance, it looks like some industrious student took the time to make a ring of snow around it. Closer up, it is easy to see the suds bubbling up and running down through the grates. They also form square towers where they are pushed up through the grates near the benches. Musings have also been heard upon the matter of dyeing the fountain some color. The favorite so far seems to be red. Activities of this sort were a matter of some concern to the administration when the fountain was being designed. They wondered if the WPI student body would be able to refrain from such juvenile behavior. I guess we couldn’t. But, to tell the truth, I think the bubbles definitely add to the foun tains appearance. They couldn’t really make it look any sillier.

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Chatting with Mr. WPI, our celebrity on campus by Sany Zakharia Newspeak staff

The annual Mr. WPI contest was held by the Society of Women En gineers (SWE) some Tuesdays ago and was a big success. Nine con testants competed for the title in four categories: formal wear, best legs, talent, and question and an swer. Despite the scores being close, one person managed to out wit and outlook everybody else (and win $50 in the process). This person is the very light-hearted Richard Boardman, the new Mr. WPI, whom I had the pleasure of chatting with over the weekend. Richard Boardman is a Sopho more Management Industrial En gineering student, born and raised in New Hampshire, where he spent

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most of his days. On campus, he is involved in Varsity Football, Masque, and being the Social Chair for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. I assumed that the WPI commu nity would want to get “up close and personal” with Mr. WPI and thus in this interview, I’ve asked him questions ranging from the basic to the asinine. Regarding the competition, Ri chard told me that his girlfriend nominated him to be one of the contestants. So, exactly how did Richard woo all the judges in the competition? Well, to kick it off in the formal wear competition, he walked out in a suit and tried to make people laugh by doing GQ poses. Asking him if he was at all worried or nervous, Richard replied “not at all. I’m the joker type”. In

the best legs contest, two people walked out at once, with curtains covering them from the waist up in order not to reveal the contestant’s

“Vm the joker type” -Richard Boardman, Mr. WPI

identities. This was the contest that Richard thought he was weak est in and amusingly attributing it to the fact that he is “bow legged”. Next was the talent competition. I asked him whal kinds of talents

he has and he replied that he has “no set talents”, however this was the competition that got him the most cheers and which he thought he performed best in. Richard got out on stage and rapped and sang to late 80’s and early 90’s music. The song that people loved most was “The Humpty Dance”. Again, he told me that being on stage felt natural to him and that the more people cheered, the more excited he got. Last was the question and answer section of the competition where Richard was asked if he had one million dollars, what would he do with it. Richard answered “buy shoes”, since he was barefoot at the time. He was also asked if he could trav el anyw here, w here would it be, to which he answered that he’d like to visit a jungle some-

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Traditions Day did not disappoint Dear Editor,

“Wow, that was awesome!” That about sums up my reaction to Traditions Day 1997. From bagpiping along the candle walk, to a “Spice Girls”-style alma mater, Tra ditions Day did not disappoint. As members of a institution with as rich and interesting a history as WPI, it is crucial that we take time to study and celebrate that history. As Cicero wrote nearly two thousand years ago, ‘To be ignorant of what occurred before you were bom is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” The Stu dent Alumni Society should be con gratulated for helping us weave our lives, our stories, into the stories of our ancestors. While the Traditions Day events

did not disappoint, I was stuck by how odd it was that during “WPI Jeopardy,” no one knew the author of the “Two Towers.” As a student who has spent many hours flipping through the pages of the late Ms. Tym eson’s book, I think i t ’s a shame that copies of her book are no longer distributed to each un dergraduate. Having been printed (only once) in 1965, it is under standable that after 32 years of dis tribution, nearly every copy is gone. Nevertheless, I do not believe that running out o f copies is a good enough excuse for stopping the distribution of history. Per haps it is time that either another printing o f‘T w o Towers” be made or even better a new history of WPI be commissioned to include the rich history o f the last quarter cen-

tury. Thus in closing, I call on our President to empower someone in the administration to ensure that the w ritten history of WPI be passed to each undergraduate. Only this way can we guarantee

that we do not remain children ig norant to the past. With crimson and grey waving high, Gregory’ R. Snow A Proud Member o f the Class o f 1998

Licence plate found D ear Editor,

I would like to take the opportu nity to thank the student who found my missing license plate this past weekend. Someone had ap parently stolen my plate and left it in the middle of Dean Street, where an unknown student picked it up and turned it in to Campus Police. The WPI Police then contacted the Worcester Police, who called me to let me know they had retrieved my

plate. It’s nice to know that there are people in this community who do the right thing when presented the opportunity. I consider m y self very lucky that a student of this caliber found my plate and turned it in to the authorities. Thank you again. Sincerely, Amy L. M arr '96 Web Coordinator

where in order to see all the differ ent animals. He describes himself as a “small town kid” and further told me that his aspirations are to travel to many countries in order to experience different cultures. Richard told me that being the ce lebrity on campus hasn’t gotten him any dates (well, there’s a good rea son why) or helped him in his course work at all, however he does get the o ccasio n al hoots and hollers from friends that see him walk by. So, after learning about the com petition, I decided to grill him with more of my own brewed up ques tions. First, I asked, “Mr. WPI, if you were cursed to be a pair of shoes for the rest of your life, which kind would you choose to be and why?”. Richard replied, “sandals, because they’re very open and airy. The foot is a lot m ore com fy and can m ove around.”. I further asked him whom he would like to wear him and he rep lied , “anyone w hose down...they can put me on and walk around and feel better.”. Isn’t that sweet? Regarding his views on the TWA crash and m issile theory, Richard told me that he in deed b eliev es a navy m issile brought down the plane and that “something is going on that we don’t know about...the government is hiding information and making people nervous and hurting people and families of the victims...”. Next, (being the conspiracy theorist that I am, and I have references) I ques tioned whether he believes that the Federal Government is hiding any information regarding aliens. Ri chard told me, “no” (damn) and further explained that he doesn’t believe in extraterrestrial beings, but does believe that smaller life forms do exist on other planets, but See Mr. WPI, cont’d to page 12

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CCC: Important information for Novell users with the current version of McAfee (3.0) become available, the CCC will alert the WPI community. There is an article in PC Magazine [ 11/ 5/96] by Jeff Prosise entitiled “Beware of the Word Macro Virus — How it works, how to detect it, and how to protect your self from it — “ that explains in detail what these nasty viruses do and how to eliminate them. In it he advises Word users “to download the Macro Virus Pro tection tool — a self extracting archive nam ed M V T O O L .E X E — from M ic ro s o ft’s W eb site at ww w .m icrosoft.com /m sw ord/freestuff/ mvtool/mvtool2.htm Please take the intiative to read his article and to down load this file to your system. A copy of the article is available in the Help Desk office (Fuller Rm. B 21). On a side note we would like to thank a student, Christopher Bruno, for his efforts in combating these macros. The CCC was already aware of the inconsistencies of the current version of McAfee and the March dat files when Christopher alerted us of some labs that had been affected. But he even went as far as offering a temporary solution for fighting the spread o f these macro viruses. There is one happy stu dent that considers protecting his thesis from viruses an important and necessary procedure. Shouldn’t you? It is the efforts of people like Christopher to think of alert ing the CCC of impending problems that arc very much appreciated.

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O:\PUBLIC\MCAFEE directory. Until then, we encourage everyone to scan their computers and diskettes with the older version of McAfee, the DOS version 2.5.x and dat files V9703 [March 21,1997] located in O:\SHAREWAR\SCAN. Here’s what to do: 1. Open a DOS Prompt (Windows 95: Click Start, point to Programs and click MSDOS prompt. Windows 3. lx: From Pro gram Manager open the Main Group then open the MS-DOS prompt) 2. From the DOS prompt type: 0 : \ At the 0 :\> prompt type: CD SHAREWAR \SCAN At the 0:\SHAREWAR\ SCAN> p ro m p t type the com m and: sca n [d r iv e ] : /c le a n or sc a n /a d l/c le a n (which scans [a]U [d]rives [ljocal - the letter “1” not the number “ 1” For example: 0:\SHAREWAR\SCAN> scan a: /clean /many (for more than one disk), or 0:\SHAREWAR\SCAN> scan /adl /clean 3. Your machine will use the scanner off the server to scan your drives and then remove the viruses from your local comp u te r/d isk e tte s. At the 0 :\ SHAREWAR\SCAN> prompt type: CA then type: exit 4. You will be returned to Windows. If you have any questions or comments regard ing this procedure, please contact the helpdesk by phone (x5888) or email (helpdesk@wpi.edu). Once again, as soon as the dat files that are compatible

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Mr. WPI: Play it safe and get involved Continued from page 11.

that they are “not alien looking”. Regard ing what Richard thought about Newspeak, he said, “Great!” and that he loved the newspaper’s diverse coverage and even claimed to be a regular reader. His one criti cism (what’s that?) was the loss o f the Greek Corner which he would like to see placed back because he believes that it was a good way for the community to commu nicate with each other. Lastly, to wrap it up, I asked him what words of wisdom he had for the WPI community to which he humorously replied, “I don’t have much

wisdom in me...play it safe”. Richard ad vises people at WPI to play it safe, with all the AIDS and other “things” going around these days and to simply “relax” (I can do that). He further told me that Freshman should get as involved in the community as they possible can, which he is sorry for not doing his Freshman year. He also wanted to thank the SWE for hosting the event and to tell them that he had a great time, and would even do it again(!), if he could. And that, folks, was Mr. WPI’s views on many matters. I thank him for the short but fun chat we had.

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Record number of exhibits at Cultural Festival ’97 by Jason O. Papadopoulos News Editor

The thirteenth annual Cultural Festival, (from l():(X)am to 3:(X)pm) on Saturday April 26lh at WPI, is expected to have a record number of exhibits this year. In addition to the 18 exhibits there will also be a few ven dors and several performances by on-cam pus and off-campus groups. The International Student Council (ISC) which is sponsoring and organizing this event has been promoting Cultural Festi val ’97 both, on and off campus for the past three weeks, with a wide publicity cam paign emphasizing it as a community event. In an effort to attract a record number of visitors the ISC and WPI’s News Service have issued press releases to newspapers.

radio stations and TV Stations across Worcester and neighboring cities. This year the Worcester Mayor’s office has issued a proclamation commemorating the day as Cultural Festival Day. Janice Nadeau, District Councilwoman for the re gion is expected to attend the Cultural Fes tival and read the proclamation at around 11:00am. The Festival will be in Harrington Audito rium and if weather permits the organizers may try to have some exhibits outside, on the quad. Some of the ethnic and religious groups that will have an exhibit include : the Asian Society Club (ASC), Black Student Union (BSU), Chinese Student Association (CSA), Republic of Cyprus, the French Con nection, Deutsch (German) Klub, Hillel, the Hispanic Student Association, Indian Stu

dent Organization, Japan Association, Ko rean Student Association, Muslim Student Association, Turkish Student Association, and the Vietnamese Student Association. Also, for the first time in WPI history the countries of Albania, Italy and Norway will be represented at the Festival. To accom pany almost every exhibit there will be ethnic food samples for the visitors to sample. The ISC table will distribute coupons priced at 50 cents which can be used to purchase food from anyone of the tables offering food. Apart from the exhibits and food samples several on and off-campus groups will put up a performance. The group of South High School students that entertained last year’s Cultural Festival visitors will return to show their rendering of two Vietnamese dances. The BSU will perform a dance from the island

Writing Center Tutors swim in Think Tank by Lisa Lebduska Director o f the Writing Center On Friday, April 4th, the Humanities and Arts department sponsored three intrepid Writing Center tutors’ attendance at As sumption College’s Tutor Think Tank. Se niors Heather Miller and Krista Guglielmetti and junior Paul Yeaman spent the day workshopping with their peers as they ex changed p ro b lem s, solu tio n s, and ancedotes about peer tutoring. The Think Tank, which is the brainchild of Alan Bruehl, Director of Assumption College’s

Academic Support Center, brought to gether 121 tutors from twenty-eight area colleges and universities. Tutors attended sessions that included discussions on professional develop ment, overcoming tutoring barriers and working with ESL (English as a Second Language) students. Student facilitators ran the groups (faculty and administra tors attended separate workshops from the tutors), so that students were free to speak their minds and encouraged to as sume active roles. Yeaman, who returned with an armload o f materials about ESL

instruction, described the Think Tank as an “excellent opportunity” not only to interact with tutors from other universi ties, but also to see the possibilities for expanding peer tutoring at WPI. Writing Center tutors will be invited to participate in the upcoming Fall Fo rum at U niversity o f M assachusetts/ Lowell next November. For information about the Fall Forum , co ntact Allen Bruehl at (508) 767-7311. For help with writing or information about becoming a peer writing tutor, contact Lisa Lebduska at 831-5503 or email lisaleb@wpi.

of Trinidad and the H.S.A. is hoping to re peat last year’s crowd pulling performances with a few Latin dances. The JA has brought in a Kendo Master that will show his martial arts skills. The JA will once again have a tea ceremony and a student from the Turkish Student Association will perform another ethnic dance from Turkey. With all these exhibits, performances, food samplings and a free entrance, and quoting the Cultural Festival ’97 web site (http:// www. w p i.e d u ~ is c /e v en t s /c u ltu ra l_ festival_97.html) “this is going to be the greatest Cultural Festival in Worcester His tory, and will prove to be a memorable occa sion for the whole Worcester community”, this year’s Cultural Festival will probably be a remarkable event. For more information contact the Student Life Office at 831-5201 or e-mail the ISC at isc@wpi.edu. Cultural Fes tival ’97 starts at 10:00am and closes at 3:00pm on Saturday, April 26th.

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Global progams offer range of experiences by Professor Hossein Hakim Global Programs Director Over the last 23 years WPI has been de veloping off-cam pus project programs around the world. These programs have of fered significant opportunities for growth of WPI students and many of them have re ferred to these experiences as the highlight of their educational experiences at WPI. Cur rently, WPI offers programs at 20 sites around the world and is the leading institution in the globalization of technological education. This term six WPI students accompanied by Prof. Bland Addison started a journey of exploration in India to assess the feasi bility of establishing a project program with WPI students. The experience of these stu dents have been profound. The following article that was written in the second week of their visit, conveys some of these expe riences.

MATCH POINT Always keep a shovel, rake and water nearby when burning debris. REMEMBER, ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FOREST FIRES.

Destination: India by Luke Poppish Class o f ‘98 To attempt to convey in words the full experience of India does not do justice to what I know and feel. Understanding and conceptualizing how people live and how things operate in this country can only be achieved through living here. No text book or film can fully prepare someone for what to expect. In this sense, India has been a true Interactive Qualifying Project. I am staying in the city of Coimbatore, in Southern India. It has a population of approximately 3 million people. The population density is incred ible, and the poverty level is overwhelm ing at times. It is difficult to walk through the streets everyday without feeling a sense of helplessness. That feeling has affected and changed me more than any thing here in India. P ersonally, the main thing I have achieved from my IQP is an appreciation for what I already have. The general won derment and amazement seeing a Third World country first-hand is indescribable. My appreciation for where I am from, the family that I have, and the United Slates as a whole has increased immensely since traveling to India. Breathing clean air, entering restaurants without wondering

about the sanitation, driving my car on rela tively safe streets, these are just a few of the countless number o f things I take for granted living in the United States. Before coming to India, I had trouble giving the EPA and FDA recognition for everything they do, and now I can’t imagine my life without them. I can, only because I am living without their protection everyday, here in India, but I would never want to do it again. No one can fully realize what they have until they don’t have it anymore. The American ideal had never been more vivid to me than when my plane landed at Bombay International Airport, and I real ized that I wasn’t in Kansas anymore. I was in a country literally on the other side of the world, and it looked nothing like the U.S. As soon as I set foot on the ground, I wanted to turn around and go back to the comforts of home. Now that I’m here. I’m glad I didn’t. There is no substitute for what I’ve gained here, both mentally and emotionally. This is probably the most valuable experience for me, but I don’t hon estly know if it would be for students com ing here after me. Only the students can decide. When I return, I will be asked to make a recommendation for students in the future. Should there be a project center in India? Can students adjust to the contrast in cul

ture? Does any WPI student really want to live in India for eight weeks? These are all questions that I have wondered myself, and am supposed to offer an swers to others. The truth is, I really don’t know. I’m here with five other stu dents, and they’d probably give you five different answers to every question I just listed. That is what makes people indi viduals, and that is what keeps me from being the judge fok everyone. All I know is the questions I can an swer for myself, because I am me, and no one else. Am I happy here? No. Is it a worthwhile experience? Yes. I guess that is where the line is drawn. Although ev eryday is somewhat of a struggle and I have none of the comforts o f home, the fact is, I wouldn't trade this journey for the world. I will look at things in a differ ent light when I return to Worcester, some for the better, some for the worse. One valuable thing I’ve learned from this whole trip is that you must decide things for yourself. No one person told me this was the right decision, but no body told me it was the wrong one either. All I can say is that India is one of those big risks you take in life. You don’t know what is going to happen or what you are going to get out o f it until you actually do it.

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A night for awareness by Alison Keach Features Editor Tuesday, April 29th there will be an AIDS awareness presentation in Harrington Audi torium by Joel Goldman and T.J. Sullivan. Goldman’s life changed dramatically when he discovered he was infected with HIV, the vi rus that cause AIDS. Now he and Sullivan, a fraternity friend from his days at Indiana University, are touring the U.S. to bring their message to college students from coast to coast. Their program, “Friendship in the Age of AIDS,” has become one of the most popu lar programs on the nationnations college circuit. More than 250,000 students have seen the program which blends humor and real-life college scenarios to drive the pre vention message home to the college audi ence. Their presentation centers around Joe’Is experience as a fraternity member and the risks he took mixing unprotected sex and alcohol. Sullivan teaches students about alcohols effect on decision making, the work ings of the HIV virus, and ways student’s can reduce risk and prevent infection. “This is our generation’s Viet Nam," Sullivan said. “We are going to be losing our friends if wc don’t get busy and start protesting. We have to make sure our campuses, and our friends are dealing realistically with this issue.” Sullivan believes this is an AIDS presenta tion that will stick with the students because it resembles a comedy concert, using blunt language and adult themes to capture the audiences attention. “The students don’t expect to laugh so hard at an AIDS program,” Sullivan said. “It doesn't take students long to realize that were not your typical AIDS educators. And I think that’s why students listen and learn something from us.” Goldman and Sullivan will speak at WPI on Tuesday night, April 29th in Harrington Auditorium. For more information on HIV and AIDS, contact the National AIDS Hotline (24 hours) at 1-800-342-AIDS.

Library amnesty period April 28 - May 9, 1997 During this time, there will be no charge for overdue or “lost” books that are returned to the library. This offer will never be repeated! NEVER! The only reason we’re doing it now is because the library is switching to a new system this summer.

Pay no fine. One shot deal. Offer will not be repeated in your lifetime. This means you! LIBRARY A M N E ST Y PE R IO D April 2 8 - M ay 9, 1997 R eturn overdu e an d /or ________ “ l o s t ” b ook s.________ >

Gordon Library Exhibit: April 15 to June 15,1997 Echoes of History, Photographs by Tillman Crane This exhibition is comprised of contem porary and historical images printed in nine of the most significant photographic printing processes used during the past 150 years. The exhibition is in two parts: one consisting o f a historical image

printed by Tillman Crane in nine historic pro cesses; the second consisting of twenty im ages by Crane printed in the various pro cesses, matching the process to the unique feeling of the image. H ours: Through May 8:

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Steps to end violence by Sarah Walkowiak N ewspeak S ta ff On Sunday, April 27, in dow ntow n W orcester, there will be a 5K walk to end violence against women and girls. The w alk is being sponsored by the W o rc e s te r T e le g ra m an d G a z e tte , A llam erica Financial and other local o rg an izatio n s. P roceeds w ill benefit A b b y ’s H o u se , Y W C A /D a y b re a k , Faith, Inc., Girls Inc., and The Rape C risis C en ter o f C en tral M assac h u setts. Two team s from W PI will be p artic i p a tin g in the w a lk . SW E and th e P a n h ellen ic C o u ncil are o rg a n iz in g team s. Am anda Piper is organizing the SWE team and A ndrea Dorow is o rg a nizing the Panhellenic team . M em bers of the WPI com m unity are stro n g ly en c o u rag e d to p a rtic ip a te . The w alk is open to both men and women. Individuals may walk by them selves or as part o f a team. In addition to the two WPI team s, Robert C ham bers, A ssistant D irector o f R esidential Services, is helping to organize a team from the Rape C risis Center. Robert is also a board m em ber of the Center. P le a s e c o n ta c t SW E o r th e P anhellenic Council to join one o f the WPI team s. Pledge forms and m ore in form ation may be obtained from the web at

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Cl u b C o r n e r at Lack of Talent Night. H ere’s the trivia question: What Testament is Isaiah in?

Alpha Phi Omega Hello Olsters! Are you ready for the Dance-a-thon? On April 26, Riley Com mons will be filled with the sounds of live bands and other cool music from 1PM to 1AM. There will be food and door prizes, and all the money goes to charity. It costs only $5 to get in! In other news, the brothers w ho attended C onclave have recuperated (I hope) and are ready to resume normal activity. Don’t forget Mustard Seed coming up. Finally, the pledges are ready to become brothers; hopefully your projects last weekend went well. Stay enthusiastic, and don’t forget the brother m eeting at 6:30 in GH227 on Monday!

Christian Bible Fellowship I’m going to start off this week’s ar ticle by challenging everyone to get out and praise God for giving you a new day in your life. This Friday at 7:00 PM is the event w e’ve all been waiting for, the 5th Annual Lack o f Talent Night. Come on out and see your friends give their tal ents to the glory of the Lord. Then come on out for Saturday Morning sports at 10:30 AM in Alumni. “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goesput from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and acheive the purpose for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55:10-11 (NIV). In these verses, the Lord makes a beautiful comparison between His Word and the rain. Just as rain comes down from the sky to nourish plants and bring forth fruit and seed be fore returning to the clouds and repeat ing the process, G od’s Word comes from Him in order to nourish our souls, bring ing the fruit o f the spirit into our lives. Are you allow ing yourself to get the “rain” your soul needs to prosper? And now, we have a special trivia question this week. If you have an answer, e-mail trekker@ wpi.edu, and your name will be placed in a special drawing if you’re cor rect. The winner will receive a grand prize

International Student Council Cultural Festival ’97 is ju st around the corner, 10:00am - 3:00pm , S aturday April26th. Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23rd at 4:30pm the ISC will have a general meeting in the Forkey Conference Room, Harrington Auditorium to go over the ex act plan and layout of the exhibits and performances for Cultural Festival. All student involved with an exhibit, perfor mance or on the Cultural Festival Com mittee should attend the meeting. The meeting is very important because the ISC will have a vote on accepting the new constitution, the old and proposed constitutions are on the ISC Web site (http://www.wpi.edu/~isc). Also nomi nations for next year’s executive board will be accepted at this meeting, elections will be held at the next m eeting on Wednesday April 29,h. A brief overview o f Cultural Festival ’97. The ISC has received and approved 18 requests for exhibits and at least half a dozen performances. Two ethnic ven dors : Arabian Nights and Aegean Travel and Gifts have requested a table for the event. For further information read the article in Newspeak, contact the Student Life Office at 831 -5201 or e-mail the ISC at isc@wpi.edu. All Cultural Festival, andt CpnstUytion information is on the ISC Web Site at http://www.wpi.edu/~isc.

Lens and Lights New Voices, New Voices. All I gotta say is New Voices. Go see those fifteen fabulous plays. And if you help strike, you can go to the cast party. WoHoo! Speaking of parties, we’re having a biggie May 8th, so don’t bolt out of here after your last exam. Relax, chill, play some really, really loud music. Bob.

Newman Club The officers of the Newman Club have appointed the following co-chairpeople: Social: Jason Roosa, Maureen Upton and Chuck Homic; Hospitality: Brian Zifcak, Maureen Upton and Greg Macleod; Li turgical: Tom Vogtman and Joy Benedix; Eucharistic: Leigh Perry, Dave Geremia and C hris Callan; International: Alex Narvaez and Stephano C erina; Greek: Krisferanne Dreyer and Jason Gleghorn. They will join with the officers in form ing the Newman Club Executive Board. Tonight, Tuesday, at 8:00 pm, we will have otir last m eetin g o f o u r D iscu ssio n

Group. The meeting will be at the Reli gious Center. We remind all not to forget Sunday, May 4th, is when Bishop Rueger will install all our officers, chairpersons and new E ucharistic M inisters at the 11:30 AM Mass in Alden follwed by a cookout at the Religious Center.

Pre-Med/Vet Society Hey everyone, M u Sigma delta is hav ing a fundraiser right now. We are sell ing “Have a Great Summer” candy grams for $0.50 in the mailroom from Monday, April 21st (yesterday) until Wednesday, April 23rd (tomorrow). So don’t delay and buy your favorite people a candy gram which they will get in their mailboxes during the last week of classes. Also, DON’T FORGET, we have officer elec tions tonight, Tuesday, April 22nd, in Stratton Hall Room 308. You have to be there in order to vote, so we really hope that a lot of you can make the time to show up at 7 pm tonight. See you there!

Sailing Club Now that Regatta Point is open, we should be doing some serious sailing. It seems that Thursday afternoon will be our scheduled day for sailing. We’ll meet outside o f the Air Force ROTC building (by Institute Hall) at 4:30pm. You are welcome to go sailing w henever you want, though. If you’re looking to go, write to wpi-sailing@wpi. So far, w e’ve See Club Corner, continued to page 17

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gone out a couple times to show the rook ies how it’s done. There is certainly no substitution for being out on the water at the mercy of the fierce Quinsigamond wind. Email questions to sailing@wpi.edu and v isit o u r hom epage (h ttp :// www.wpi.edu/~sailing) on the web.

Science Fiction Society Long time no Club Comer. We’ve seen a gam ing weekend, an A ctivities Fair (And battle for the world), not to men tion Club Pictures (Cthulhu could not be contacted in advance so does not appear). This week, the primary order of business is the SFS club T-shirts. To view the design, look up www.wpi.edu/ ~sfs/sfs4.gif. If you want this “thing” on the back o f y our s h irt, co n tac t coxa® w pi and pay him $10. The library has been re n o v ated and the ca rd catologue computerized. The meetings are, as always in Olin 223 at 7pm on W ednesdays. The d ay s are g ettin g longer though, and the m eetings are starting in daylight, so we don’t expect to actually see you there. And remem ber, “In books, there is safety.”

SGA It’s spring time again! That means, time to do that spring cleaning. Several clubs and organizations seem to be jo in ing in on the cleaning and submitting special funding requests. Last week, SGA past a special funding request for the Wireless Association to buy a new radio to directly replace their old one. So, the Wireless Association will be back on the air soon. Special funding requests were also passed for the Ultimate Club and the Ski Team. The Lens & Lights special funding re quest was called back for reconsidera tion. Lens and Lights would like to pur chase a genie to insure their safety when assisting in events. However, after a long discussion, SGA would like to see other funding options explored. The bill was tabled and will be brought up to night under Old Business. Campus Hearing Board elections are going on. To vote simply type <sgavote> at your prompt. <sgavote> will be ac cessible to all undergraduate students through Thursday at 5:00. Paper voting will be held Friday from 9 to 4:30 in the Mailroom and from 4:30 to 5:30 in the W edge. Everyone is encouraged to voted. If you have any problems voting, please email SGA(sga). There are two new sections on the SGA agenda. Under Committee Reports, Club/ Organization Reports will be added. All clubs and organizations on campus are welcome to give a report at SGA m eet ings. There will also be a Questions, Comments, Ideas? section on the agenda. This section is open to the public. If you have a concern that you feel SGA should act on, then come tell us about it. We can not represent you, unless we know your concerns!! Meeting:Tuesday 6:00 in HL116.

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Friday, April 11 4:20am - Released: 1540 rounds to SFC Scroggins, Army ROTC. 7:56am - Intrusion Alarm: Higgins Labs 232. 3:46pm - Assist: M/V accident, West St.

Saturday, April 12 1:05am - Drug Violation: Fuller apts., officers respond. 2:15am - Escort Request: Transport from Daniels to West St. for intoxicated student. 2 :19am - Medical Response: Officer requests EMS for above student. 2:24am - Officer requests ambulance to Institute Road - Daniels. EA notified. 2:33am - Ambulance transporting above student to UMASS Med. Ctr. Officers transport ing student’s companions to UMASS. 9:40am - Assist: Stolen plate picked up by WPD (see report). 6:20pm - Building Defect: Riley Hall - Newspeak Office, ceiling plaster falling. 11:10pm - Suspicious Person: Goddard Hall, officers respond. Sunday, April 13 12:34am - Assist: Becker PD, recovered stolen vehicle at Sever Street. 3:04am - Medical Response: Founders hallway, intoxicated student, officers and EMS re spond. 3:31am - Malicious mischief: report of subjects discharging fire extinguisher, Daniels mailroom. Officers respond. 4:48pm - Found: Student ID by citizen. 6:25pm - Malicious Mischief: Harrington ROTC main door. 8:05pm - Trespass: Non-students reported in Harrington. 11:02pm - Assault: Report of assault, Morgan Hall. Officers respond. Monday, April 14 1:55am - Altercation: Report of male & female fighting in vehicle parked on West St. near Institute Road. 7:59am - Vandalism: Daniels Hall mailroom, two boxes. 4:12pm - Smoke Alarm: 16 Elbridge, officer responds. 10:58pm - Medical Call: Morgan for sprained ankle. Tuesday, April 15 11:22am - Suspicious person: on Einhorn Rd., going through trash, blue cap, grey jacket, male in 40’s, checking papers. 4:13pm - Medical: Harrington lobby, 22yo male eye injury. 8:00pm - Assist: Stop traffic on Park Ave., officers and WPD. 11:26pm - Suspicious Persons: Boynton St., officers respond. Wednesday, April 16 12:56am - Noise complaint: Daniels, loud party. 9:00am - Accident: Library lot. 4:48pm - Alarm: Intrusion alarm, Higgins labs, Room 26.

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4:30pm - Worcester City Championship Regatta, on Lake Quinsigamond. 11am - AIRG Meeting, Fuller Labs 246. 11am - Lecture, “Do Strategic Plans Matter? A Dialog with the WPI community,” Dr. Peter Senge, MIT Sloan School of Management, Kinicutt Hall. 12pm - Spanish Table, Gompei’s Place. 1pm - Golf at Worcester State. 3:30pm - Colloquium, “Ribonucleotide Reductase, Amazing and No Longer Con fusing,” Dr. Joan Syubbe, MIT Chemistry Dept., Goddard Hall 311. 4pm - Softball, New 8 Tournament. 4pm - Retirement Open House, Higgins House. 5pm - Aerobics, Alumni Gym. 8pm - New Voices, Alden Hall.

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