The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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Tuesday, September 23, 1997
Volume Twenty-five, Number Seventeen
120 Companies attend recent Career Fair by A dam Ross Newspeak Correspondent On Wednesday, Harrington Gymnasium was transformed into a giant stage for com panies searching for employees. Represen tatives from General Electric, dressed in bright red shirts, were like giant tentacles snatch ing students from the crowd. Representa tives from Teradyne Corporation were pre pared to give an offer on the spot. The man from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. caught students’ ears with his pitch, “If it’s gaseous, we make it.” The companies had to compete for atten tion because of the large number of partici pants. For the first time in its five year his tory, the Career Fair expanded outside of Harrington, using Alden Hall for extra space. There were approximately 120 companies, with more than 250 representatives, said Mary-Beth Harrity of the Career Development Center (CDC), which sponsored and orga nized the event. Planning for the Career Fair began last spring with a giant mailing to companies, said Yvonne Harrison, director of the CDC. De tails and logistics were dealt with up to the
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Students talk with the various presenters in Harrington Auditorium at last week’s Career Fair.
last moment before activities began on Tues day, September 16. There was a discussion session on Tuesday with company represen tatives about the ethics of recruiting coliege
Homecoming: Return of the Most Spirited Student Contest by Jon Barlow Mascot, most spirited student committee Once again. Homecoming is sneaking up on us. As WPI has never made a tradition of crowning a Homecoming King and Queen, to some people it seemed our Homecoming cel ebration was missing something. Last year, a student committee came up with a new award and presented it during the Homecoming foot ball game. This was the introduction of the Most Spirited Student Award. This award has been brought back by members of the student body who felt that school spirit should be rec ognized at a time such as homecoming. The Most Spirited Student Award - unlike last year - will be given to one female and one male stu dent who embody the spirit of WPI as deter mined by their fellow students. Last year, only organizations were given the opportunity to nominate someone for the Most Spirited Student Award. This year, the commit tee has decided to open nominations to resi dence hall floors as well. All organizations will
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receive a nomination ballot in their boxes in the Student Activities Office. Every R.A. will re ceive their floor’s nomination ballot in their R.A. mailbox. Nominations should be made and agreed upon by as many people as possible in each organization and on each floor. All nomination forms are due back in SAO by Wednesday, October 1st at 5 p.m. Because it will take some time to decide on winners, late nominations cannot be accepted. A student committee made up of members of several or ganizations on campus will select the winners from the nominations received. The award will be presented during half-time at the Homecom ing game, where the winners will be asked to lead the crowd in the “E to the X” cheer. The 1997 Most Spirited Student Contest has been made possible by the sponsorships of Tatnuck Bookseller @ WPI, Newspeak, the Stu dent Government Association, the Student Alumni Scx'iety, and Masque. The Most Spir ited Student Committee would like to thank these groups for taking part in the endeavor to recognize WPI Spirit.
graduates into the work force. On Tuesday night there was a reception with student lead ers. Wednesday morning a brunch was held at the Higgins House, where WPI President Edward A. Parrish addressed company rep resentatives. Compliments were given by a representative from Quantum Corporation, who said she goes to a lot of these things, and said, “I was impressed with the nice buf fet and good service.” She also praised the student volunteers who helped set up the See Career, continued to page 3
This year, WPI’s Gordon Library moved their online search system to the web. Some changes to the system have been useful, while others have made searching for infor mation more difficult. For example, upon en tering the entry ‘artificial intelligence’ into the online search database, I received no hits. I had a hard time believing that our library has no material on the subject, so I reentered it as a title. Still no luck. As a last resort, I went through the remote system and found several entries under the old CW/Mars sys tem. Of course, finding a book was much sim pler than attempting to find a magazine or journal article. Two electronic jo u rn al searches resulted in no hits or errors, so I used good-old UNCOVER and found five ar ticles on artificial intelligence. I then had to go to the web journal search to see if the library carried the journals. Despite the diffi culties of basic research, I managed to find some useful features in the new system. Since the system is web-based, users with less computer experience will have an easier time with the graphical interfaces. Although I had a hard time finding hard copies of journals, the See Nightmare, continued to page 3
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Contents Editorial....................................................9 West Streel House .............................. 9, 11 letters to the Editor .................................9 Commentary.................................... 10, 11 Club Corner ...........................................12 Announcements.................................... 14 Classifieds.............................................. 15 Police U tg .............................................. 16
Over 100 Stoddard T-shirts tied, dyed and hanged on the Stodd-Quad Saturday, September 13th. Residents of the Stoddard Complex enjoyed the BBQ provided by DAKA, and the tiedying instructions of Lee Anderson.
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Weekly sports update: Results from September 12th to 18th by G eoff Hassard Sports Information Director Football (1-0) If you were one of the 1,800 or so fans that came out to the football teams season opener, you were treated to an exciting, action packed game that went down to the final minute of play before it was decided. The Engineers hosted crosstown rival Worcester State and won 21-13. The first quarter saw the visiting Lanc ers get on the board early to take a 7-0 lead. WPI would cut into that lead on the strength of two Adam Clark (Jefferson, MA) field goals, one of which was from 47 yards out. In the second quarter the action went back and forth until late when the Engineer defense trapped Worcester State deep and forced them to punt. After a 14yard punt return by Jared Lachapelle (Northbridge, MA), WPI took over at the Lancer 37 with thirty seconds remaining. T h ree plays later, Rich B oardm an (Merrimack, NH) connects with tight end Matt Surette (Spencer, MA) on a 26-yard touchdown to give WPI their first lead 127 at halftime. In the third quarter W orcester State would regain the lead 13-12 on a 33-yard run for a score. WPI would then take ad vantage of a Lancer turnover near the end of the quarter on a fumbled punt return. Boardman would connect with Surette again on a 25-yard pass to give WPI the lead back 18-13 with fifty seconds left in the third. Clark would add another field goal in the fourth quarter to round out the scoring and Matt Seitz (M ilford, MA) would intercept a pass deep in Engineer territory to stop a potential scoring drive for the Lancers. Four individuals would receive weekly honors for their performances in the game. Surette would be named to both the ECAC and Freedom Football Conference honor roll. Adam Abrams (E. Bridgewater, MA), who is closing in on the career intercep tion record, was named defensive player of the week in the FFC. Clark was named to the FFC honor roll as well as freshman Chris Schlick (N. Attleboro, MA). M en’s and Woman’s Cross Country Men (0-2); Women (0-2); The men’s and women’s cross country teams opened their 1997 season at home by hosting the annual Engineers Meet at Institute Park. This was a significant day in the fact that it was the first time in many years that the cross country teams raced on campus. It was a great spot for specta tors and those who came out, we thank you. On the men’s side, injuries and illness prevented WPI from performing to their best as MIT and Rensselaer took first and second places respectively in the team scoring. Tyler Lupien (Waldobor, ME) was W PI’s top finisher at #21 overall. In the w o m en ’s m eet, M IT and Rensselaer finished 1-2 with WPI running
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The Field Hockey team faced off against Westfield State this past Saturday afternoon, winning the game with a final score of 3-1.
well as a team. Sue Shorrock (N. Smithfield, RI) led the way for WPI as she finished seventh overall. Freshm an Harmonie Hawley (Pine Beach, NJ) was the next best finisher for the Engineers at 16th overall in her first varsity meet. Men’s Soccer (3-2) The m en’s soccer team dropped two games last week at Wesleyan and home against Wheaton. The pair of losses put them at 3-2 overall, but it’s still early in the season and we still have the CAC sched ule to go. On Saturday the 13th WPI was on the road at Wesleyan. They lost 3-1 with the lone goal com ing from senior Shaun McDonough (Whitman, MA). L ast T hursday night the Engineers played their home opener against the Lyons of Wheaton College. The game was very physical and hard fought, unfortunately WPI came out on the short end of a 1-0 score. Sophom ore goalkeeper Ryan Fournier (Charlton City, MA) held the Lyons scoreless with some tremendous saves. Wheaton broke the 0-0 with a goal with 30 seconds remaining in regulation and held on to win. McDonough would take home player of the week honors in the CAC for his first week’s performance in which he tallied 7 goals and 1 assist. Field Hockey (2-2) The field hockey got into the win col umn last week with a pair of wins in three games played. They dropped a 3-0 deci sion to Amherst while beating Assump tion 2-1 in an overtime thriller and Bridge water State 2-1 on the road. In the Amherst game on the 13th, the Lady Jeffs used their 15-3 advantage on penalty corners to win the game. All three of their goals came off comer situations. Last Monday night the Engineers hosted
crosstown rival Assumption looking to snap a nine game losing streak that dated back to last season. In one of the more ex citing games played here in a few years, WPI would play into the second overtime before they scored the game winner. Fresh man Kristin Busby (Levittown, PA) scored with just over a minute left in the second overtime period as she took a pass from Brooke Clark and put it by the Greyhound keeper. E n g in eer g o alk ee p er Deb Vandenburgh (Walpole, MA) came up big in the extra sessions when she made six of her nine saves during overtime. Last Thursday WPI was on the road to play Bridgewater State. Sophomore Lind say Voss (N. Brookfield, MA) scored two goals in the first half as the Engineers would win 2-1. Clark would assist on the first goal and Celina Sienko (Turner, ME) and Courtney Estaphan (S. Dartmouth, MA) would assist on the second goal. Woman’s Soccer (1-2-1) The women’s soccer team hosted the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts on the 13th as the middle game of the day’s triple-header. In a well played game by both teams filled with action, suspense and outstanding goalkeeping, the game would end in a 0-0 tie. Freshman goalkeeper Brooke LeClair (Acton, MA) kept WPI in the game with her acrobatic saves, some of which were from in close. Last Tuesday the Engineers continued their home stand with a game against Tufts University. WPI was looking for a little payback from the year before in which the Jumbos defeated them 10-0. Tufts would jump out to an early 1-0 lead. WPI contin ued to battle and with just over one minute left in the half, freshman Jen Patoulidis (Saugus, MA) took a pass from classmate Beth Gilbert (Dayville, CT) and put it over the goalkeepers head to tie the score at I See Update, continued to page 3
Women’s Volleyball by Johanna Marie Tenczar Class o f '01 On Thursday night, the women’s volley ball team had their first home match of the season, against Rhode Island College. In the past eighteen matches between the two schools, WPI lost fifteen. W PI’s record of home matches for the past eighteen sea sons prior to this match was 113-87, giving a .565 winning percentage. Entering with a 1 -2 record, the team was determined to even out their record and show the home fans what they are capable of. What they proved in the third game was that they are capable of an inspiring performance of en durance and determination. The team won the first two games 15-7 and 15-13. In the third game, RIC got their act together and at one point had an 11-2 lead over the En gineers. But never giving up, WPI came back to win an impressive 17-15 victory after the elusive final points of the game were scored. Also, T hursday’s game marked an achievement for one of the co captains, senior Emma Palmacci. Her skilled work at the serving line has earned her fifth place in the WPI all time service ace list. Congratulations to Emma and the whole team.
WPI Sports shorts by Heather Kristen Mazzaccaro Sports Editor • Junior Adam Abrams o f East Bridge water, MA was named Defensive Player of the Week in the Freedom Football Conference. He earned the title by tallying up 9 tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception in the winning gam e versus W orcester State. • Shaun McDonough from Winston, MA also received recognition for his 7 goals and 1 assist in men’s soccer by being named CAC Player of the Week. • Captains for the fall season have been announced: Men’s Soccer Doug Brown Women’s Soccer Lisa Sorgini, Sommyr Pochan, Elana Kingsbury Field Hockey Carolyn LaCamera, Jade Gaudreu, Merissa Mertzic Volleyball Emma Palmacci, Malinda Darway Women’s Tennis Michelle Lafond Men’s Cross Country Rick Crispo, Liam Kelly Women’s Cross Country Sue Shorrock, Janel Lanphere
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Update: Volleyball team beats Rhode Island College Continued from page 2 1. The second half would see plenty on back-and-forth action as WPI goalkeeper Katrina Miller (Helena, MT) would keep the Jumbos at bay with some tremendous saves. Tufts wouldn’t be denied as they scored the eventual game winner with just under eight minutes left in regula tion. Two days later WPI would be on the road to play Gordon College. The game was scoreless at halftime, but the Fight ing Scots would strike for three goals within 25 minutes into the second half to win the game 3-0. Woman’s Tennis (2-1) The women’s tennis team split a pair of matches last week. They lost to rival Rensselaer 7-2, then bounced back the defeat Regis 7-2.
In the match with Rensselaer senior cap tain Michelle Lafond (Exeter, RI) was a double winner. She paired with sophomore Ashley Deliso (Sutton, MA) to win at third doubles and then took her singles match at the #5 spot. L ast T hursday ag ain st R egis WPI played a strong match to overtake Regis College on the road. WPI won five of the six singles m atches as M ichelle Jurofcik (Saugerties, NY) won at #2, Alissa Wilson (Fairport, NY) won at #3, Lafond won at #4, Deliso won at #5 and Leanna Delgrosso won at # 6 . In doubles, Lafond/D eliso took #2 and Delgrosso and Jami Ricard (Spencer, MA) won at #3. Golf (1-0) The golf team had its best showing ever at the Constitution Athletic Conference
Student Activities Office clarifies Student Organization Council guidelines by Gregory Snoddy Director o f Student Activities The staff of the Student Activities Of fice, on behalf of the Student Organiza tion Council (SOC), have recently been called upon to answer questions regard ing the implementation of SOC guide lines. I wanted to write a short article for campus-wide dissemination to respond to some o f the concerns, as well as ex plain more fully exactly what the SOC is. To begin with, the SOC is the umbrella organization that is responsible for rec ognizing student organizations on W PI’s behalf. Current members of the Council and their specific representation include: Dr. Mary Cox (Physical Education and Athletics), Philip Grebinar (Faculty), Luis Duval (Graduate Student R epresenta tive), Whit Griffith (Physical Education and Athletics), and Undergraduate Stu dent R epresentatives Derek Sickm an, Seth Flagg, and Jesse Mattern. The Council is Chaired by Greg Sn oddy, representing the Student A ctivi ties Office. There have been numerous concerns that the SOC will serve in a controlling capacity in regard to the ini tiation or continuation of student orga nizations. Let me assure you that that is not the p u rp o se of the SOC. T h is
Council’s purpose is to assure that orga nizations abide by WPI policies and pro cedures, and follow all applicable laws. However, in addition, the SOC must be assured that any Constitutional amend ments or revisions are in line with insti tutional policies, and do not present un reasonable liability risk. This is the pur pose of the SOC Enabling Cause. Indeed, to assure student input, we have asked, and received, representative student in volvement to help us confirm that all or ganizations have submitted specific in formation (officer updates and hazing forms), as well as updated constitutions. One o f our largest challenges in SAO is knowing exactly how many student or ganizations we have on campus, and the respective officers and advisors. This in formation will help resolve this. In clos ing, I just want to convey my apprecia tion for this enlightening dialogue. The SOC meets on Wednesday, Sept. 24, and at that time, I will discuss these very valid concerns regarding the sec ond half of the Enabling Clause, and how we can best acco m m o d ate m idterm changes to constitutions. In the mean time, I look forward to the opportunity to answer any questions regarding the SOC Guidelines, or how the Student Activities Office staff may be of assistance to you.
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FR EEH All notices of a personal nature may be placed in the Personals section of the classifieds. Just fill out the form on page 15, and mail it to Newspeak, c/o the Student Activities Office. Or, email your message to newspeak@wpi.edu.
Championship last Thursday out at Stow Acres. They finished in second place be hind Babson College with a score o f 332. All five golfers scored in the 80’s led by Haig Altoonian’s (Medfield, MA) 81. He w as follow ed by Jam ie C arlso n (Whethersfield, CT) who shot an 82, Barry Hammer (Hooksett, NH) who shot an 83, Mike Willock (Rockland, MA) who shot an 86 and Mark Balcius (Millbury, MA) who shot an 87. Volleyball (2-2) The volleyball team had an even week as they dropped a match at Westfield State on the 13th, but bounced back in their home debut against Rhode Island College. Against Westfield State WPI would lose the match 3-1 (11-15, 6-15, 15-13, 6-15). Freshman Kristin Blitsch (Princeton, IL) would have a solid game with eight kills
and five service aces. Emma Palmacci (Walpole, MA) continued to play her usual all-around game with nine kills, six assists, five aces and eleven digs. Last Thursday the Engineers finally got to play a home match as they hosted Rhode Island College. They would win the match 3-0 (15-7,15-13,17-15), includ ing coming back in the third game from being down 13-2. Palmacci led the way with her serving, collecting eight more aces to go with eleven kills, nine assists and six digs. With her eight aces, she moved into fifth place all time on the c a reer aces list at WPI. Other players hav ing a strong match were Melinda Darway (Nipomo, CA) with 17 assists and 8 kills; Shannon Sura (Yardley, PA) with 6 kills and 11 digs; Wendy Jobling (Harrisville, RI) with 13 digs; Blitsch with 8 kills and 12 digs.
Career: Gadgets, gizmos, and toys Continued from page 1 company’s display. I heard only one complaint the entire af ternoon, and that was from a company not seeing as many students as it expected because of the increased number of par ticipating companies. According to Yvonne Harrison, the Ca reer Fair is very important because, “Most students from WPI go directly into the work force.” Students come to WPI seek ing quality jobs, and employers come to the Career Fair seeking quality students. She said the fair allows students to ask questions face to face to a potential em ployer, and that it’s also a great opportu nity to look for summer jobs. Many companies were impressed with WPI students they had hired in the past. Jeannine Guerine, representing SeaChange International, Inc. said that WPI students “have the skills we need.” SeaChange is visiting only two other colleges to search for qualified college graduates. Sarkis Chekijian, a ’95 WPI graduate now at Teradyne, said “WPI is one o f our big gest suppliers of students.” He said that WPI students are competitive because of their t -niect experience and their ability to work with real world situations. The fair was not directed exclusively to ward seniors and g rad u ate students. Many companies were promoting summer internships, as well as co-ops, programs where students spend a sem ester away from college working for a company. The U.S. Navy was offering $45,000 scholar ships to sophomores and juniors for their last two years of college, in exchange for a commitment to work five years for the Navy after graduation. These options are beneficial to both stu dent and employer. Many students are look ing for money and job experience while in school, and employers want to attract tal ent to their companies before students graduate and enter the wide open job mar ket. What happens when different organiza tions compete for people’s attention be
hind booths and displays? A flood of gad gets, gizmos, and toys pour forth, which is exactly what happened at W ednesday’s Career Fair. Favorites were squishy rubber balls and computer accessories like mouse pads and hand rests for typing. Another strategy was free food, mostly candy, which will successfully bribe any WPI student into a conversation. One could have grabbed enough pens to last through the millennium. The attractions got a little more serious among the larger companies. Teradyne Inc. raffled off a mountain bike, and Quantum Corporation did the same with five disc drives. A Teradyne representative admit ted there is a certain amount of pressure on the larger companies to do the best pro motions. Ever-present Microsoft Corpora tion had rubber balls with rubber strings attached to them. But when I tried to nab one, I found there were even more strings attached, as they were only for those stu dents contributing resumes. One would think Microsoft could give a spiffy rubber ball to every person in the world, but such is not the reality. The fair was impressively laid out and ran smoothly, agreed both stu dents and company representatives. Over 200 companies will be at WPI at other times over the course o f the year to give inter views to students. The Career Fair is an opportunity to see what is out there before jumping into the job market for good.
Nightmare: Gordon web search Continued from page 1 electronic resources were excellent, provid ing links to many major magazines and news papers. Searching for old IQP and MQP project reports is also simple and convenient. For general research, the system is manage able, however thorough research projects may prove to be tedious. I’m sure the prob lems will be worked out as the system be comes more widely used, but until then, we’ll just have to put up with them.
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MWRep presents L una by Adam Young Photography Editor Are you wondering what to do this week end? How about staring at your bellybutton lint collection? Excited? I didn’t think so. How about seeing a little play involving a little violence, a little sing ing, and maybe a burning witch or two. Where can I see this you ask. Well, just sit back and let me tell you a little tale. Once upon a time, across an ocean, not so long ago W PI’s Masque theatre group was sitting at a pub in Edinburgh, Scot land. While they were all putting down a few, someone had a moment of brilliant in spiration. This flash of brilliance would become MW Repertory Theatre Co., etc.. The founders envisioned a “ fast and loose” theatre group which would explore out of the way plays and give new people
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a chance to act in, and to direct produc tions at WPI. The goal was to push the limits of what was normally done in the WPI theatre community. This group would be loosely affiliated with Masque, but not funded by the school. Then in January of 1989, M.W. Rep per formed its first show, a double-bill consist ing of The Dumb Waiter and The Actor’s Nightmare. Finally, after completing a to tal of twenty-two plays in fifteen separate performances all of their efforts climax into an amazing production that will take place on Sept. 25,26, and 27 at 8pm. So if you are tired of your navel, then why not check out Luna Meuebles by Reid McDonald. Tickets are only three dollars. Less than the cover charge at most parties. I have seen several rehearsals and wouldn’t miss this show for anything. Hope to see you there.
Pam Means: The cozy coffeehouse By Stacey A nne Leisenfelder Newspeak S ta ff I went to the SocComm coffeehouse show on Tues, Sept. 16 to see Pam Means perform live. The singing was fine, the at mosphere was cozy, and the coloring was great. For those of you who have never been to a coffeehouse show, here’s the rundown. There is free coffee, tea and hot chocolate for all those who bring their own mug (they also get in free), the tables are covered with paper in order for patrons to draw on them with pro vided crayons, and there were only about thirty or forty people there. The songs were excellent, the best I have ever heard from a live artist, and the audience was really drawn into the performance. Pete Gothgen sums it up with “only in this kind of setting could the audience have a conversation with the artist.” And it was true— I learned that Pam Means was from Wisconsin, she moved here to Mas sachusetts a few years ago, and other various stories about odd things that have happened to her. She seemed quite at home up alone on stage, talking to us
and playing her guitar. At one point when her string broke in the middle o f Fine, she took it in stride and continued playing un til it was finished. Her strong vocals mingled with the scent of herbal tea in the air to push up the already creative cur rents. Her song, “Fine,” really touched a cord with me and the people around me. “My skin is brown without a tan and my will is strong without a man...I don’t need your approval” is amazing in this world o f feminine apologies. Her guitar was worn where her hand recovers from each stroke, from her hours, days, years o f playing from town to town. And then, for the piece de resistance, the fire alarm went off! We went out to behind Riley, and she continued playing for us. That shows true dedication as far as I am con cerned. It was freezing cold out, her voice must have been hurting from almost two hours o f singing, yet she could tell we didn’t want the concert to end. After we went back in and she played her encore, I felt calm, cool and collected, ready for a night o f partying. Overall, the show was terrific, and if she ever comes back, I’ll be first in line for tickets.
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The Uncertainty Principal, by Steven Frank By Stacey Anne Leisenfelder Newspeak S ta ff
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Among the Gods: Stanley Kunitz at WPI By Justin Robbins Class o f ’00 On Monday, September 151had the plea sure o f attending a poetry reading by Stanley Kunitz in Perreault Hall. He was in town for the unveiling of a plaque placed at his childhood home on Woodford Street in Worcester. He performed a reading af terwards which was sponsored by the WPI Fine Arts Committee, the WPI Humanities and Arts Department, and the Worcester County Poetry Association. Upon arrival fifteen minutes early, I was surprised to find over half of the seats al ready filled by a diverse blend of students, professors, staff, and poetry fans of all ages. The crowd seemed anxious to hear this 92 year-old Worcester native. He was introduced by Timothy Adams, class of ’98, who received a grant for the funding of the plaques honoring Kunitz and two other area poets. Kunitz opened with “My Mother’s Fears,” a poem about the pears sent to him annually by the current resi dents of his childhood home in Worcester. He planted the pear tree with his mother years ago. He claimed this reading would be retrospective, citing many works as piv otal poems in the shaping of his life.
I was most impressed with “Haley’s Comet,” a poem which I had not seen be fore. It was about how his teacher said that the comet will be coming any day and, should it tray from its course, might actu ally hit earth, thereby canceling school the next day. He was too excited and nervous to eat his supper, and snuck up to the roof of his house after being sent to bed early. On the room, he addressed his father who committed suicide not long before he was bom. The poem ends, Look at me, Father, on the roof o f the red brick building at the fo o t o f Green Streetthat’s where we live, you know, on the top floor I ’m the boy in the white flannel gown sprawled on the coarse gravel bed staring at the starry sky, waiting fo r the world to end. This was the most chilling and memo rable poem I can remember hearing. My friend next to me whispered, “I have goose bumps.” The poem “The Flight of Apollo” seemed to be o f interest to many of the students around me. He introduced it by relating his
The Uncertainty Principle by Steven Frank, is the most realistic book about col lege life I have read in a long time. No cheerleaders or football jocks here; no so rorities or fraternity parties every night; just a guy who wants to live through four years at MIT. His nam e is Paul Bustamante, he’s a computer science/me chanical engineering/ physics major. A guy who can’t make up his mind, like a lot of us. He is trying to find a project to work on his sophomore year, a lot like W PI’s MQP. He decides to design a com puter program that can draw conclusions from one point to another without the data in between. This novel chronicles his jour ney into true adulthood with out getting too sappy or philosophical. His goal starts out simple enough— get through
younger years as a reporter for the Worces ter Telegram. Kunitz was sent by his editor to interview Robert Goddard, then teaching at Clark University. Goddard told him how he created a liquid propelled rocket that trav eled over a hundred feet in the air. Kunitz failed to see the ramifications of this event. Goddard explained that he was pioneering space exploration. Kunitz then wrote a poem about his place on earth and future place among the heavens. Kunitz’s reading was incredible. At 92 years old, I suspect Kunitz readings are less commonplace than they once were, although his age did not affect his perfor mance adversely in any way. This intelli gent, emotional man was genial and con versational, despite the large crowd. I was impressed with the thought he gave every
college. It then expands to finding a the sis, then gaining financial success, then keeping a relationship going. In a lot of ways he is much like a typical WPI stu dent— overworked, fatigued, hungry for good food. When his quirky family is added into this complex equation, he could be any one of us. His story is memo rable and easy to relate to, his prob lems will keep you laughing into the night. I highly recommend this book to all co lleg e students everyw here, to show that there is more than simply get ting ahead o f your lab partner. College shapes your life for years to come, and classes aren’t the only important thing for four years. Friendships break or last, love is sometimes found and all our experiences here are drawn on later in life. This novel is college in a nutshell, and it reminds us of what is really im portant. Money!
word, even in introducing his poems. His wisdom and good nature despite his diffi cult childhood was refreshing. Everyone who saw this reading left a bit better o f a person for attending.
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Gamebits: Final Fantasy VII is a dream come true for gamers By Ken Gagne Newspeak Correspondent Title: FINAL FANTASY VII Platform: Sony Playstation Publisher: SCEA Rating: 8.8 It’s been a long time in coming, but it’s finally here. Sony has released Square’s best role-playing game, Final Fantasy VII, in the States. This highly-anticipated title sold over 330,000 copies its first weekend alone. Don’t bother looking for Final Fantasy IV, V, or VI, though; only a handful of this series, which originates in Japan, have been translated to English. The game begins in the midst of a plot to destroy Shinra, a corporation which is suck ing the Mako energy from the planet for its own uses, killing the Earth in the process. The story becomes more complex as the main character, Cloud, meets new people, experiences flashbacks, and has new and old enemies alike surface. It’s a bit confus ing at first, but all is explained in time. The world is more technologically-oriented than previous games, mixing swords and sorcery with guns and cell phones. Final Fantasy’s size is enormous, the first roleplaying game to encompass three discs. The first six hours or so takes place within the limits of one city, before the outside world can even be glimpsed. Even experi enced role-players can expect a 40-hour game. The game includes profanity and adult themes, however, rating it for teens and older. The Final Fantasy series has always had a
tradition of excellent graphics and sound, but this latest installment blows it all away. The graphics are fully rendered, presenting a world similar to King’s Quest. No two areas have the same perspective; some are over head, some over-the-shoulder, others 3/4ths. The controls change slightly due to this, which can be somewhat grating. It’s easy to get lost, but there is an option that en ables arrows pointing at all major characters and exit points. Minor items lying on the ground may be easy to overlook, though, and • people often appear too small to be detailed, or too close and thus hardedged. The battles invoke amazing spell effects; in deed, the “summon” mag ics are some of the most impressive sequences in the gam e. The cam era jerks wildly around to find the best points of view, but rarely finds them, unlike Wild Arms. Plot interludes of computergenerated, full-motion video are simply in comparable to anything else. Never be fore has this level of graphical showiness appeared in a role-playing game. Nobuo Uematsu, the man responsible for all previous Final Fantasy music, contin ues to work his art. Familiar themes take on a new twist, to the delight o f Final Fan tasy fans. The music here is powerful and dark, but several layers of orchestration
are often not apparent. More digitized sound effects could have been used, but what’s there is used well. The ease of control varies, as there are so many buttons to remember. Once it’s figured out, the ability to quickly switch between various func tions becomes appreci ated, but some item s could have been more streamlined. Much of the game is spent with the Run button held, for example; a simple toggle between Walk and Run would have been better. v v, On difficulty, Final Fan tasy has some, but not too much. With a wide variety of abilities, Cloud and company will quickly dispatch most obstacles. The maximum party size is three, although other characters can be waiting to switch in at any time, as in Chrono Trigger. The majority of the challenge lies in puzzles and figuring out what to do next. Some puzzles are confusing and te dious, but some are actually quite fun. Innovations refresh the Final Fantasy se ries every time, and FFVII is no exception. Various components of previous titles have been taken, improved, and implemented. Magic use, for example, is done through
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Materia, which is similar to the Espers in Fi nal Fantasy ID. No character permanently learns spells, though, so their magic is lim ited to whichever Materia is currently equipped. Different Materia can be combined to produce several effects, but always with a cost. The amount of Materia that can be equipped at any time, and how well it per forms, relates to the characteristics of the ar mor and weaponry to which it is attached, adding an element similar to the special at tacks in the Lufia games. Familiar to Street Fighter fans will be the Limit Breaks, special attacks which become available after differ ent levels of damage have been received. Also found in the game are many side attrac tions, like those found in Chrono Trigger, only more so. Included are snow-boarding, chocobo (ostrich-like birds) racing, arm-wres tling, and more. These are fun to find and revisit. Final Fantasy VII had so much hype, it’s hard for it to live up to it all, but comes close. An unusual, and occasionally problematic, graphical interface may discourage some diehards, but not many. This could be the first mass-market role-playing game, attracting new members from other audiences to expe rience the genre. It takes awhile to get into, but eventually this game pulls the player in. Final Fantasy VII may be the final word in role-playing. Other reviews, FAQs, etc. by Ken Gagne can be fo u n d at: http://w w w .w pi.edu/ ~kgagne
Game news for week of Sept. 14th by Ken Gagne Newspeak Correspondent Last week’s column contained an error. One of the few new Jaguar games this year is Zero-5 from Teleplay, not Sector 5 from Telegames. The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA), the owners of the an nual Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show, have announced that E3 will be mov ing back to Los Angeles in 1999. E3 was bom in LA in 1995, but moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for this year and next; the renova tions made for the Olympics better accom modated the growing show. Expansions back in LA have allowed E3 to return to the West Coast, the home of the industry, and there it will stay until at least 2003. A few new flight simulation games are due for the Nintendo 64 in the near future. Ocean, which recently published Multi-Racing Championship, is developing an unnamed title similar to the book Running Man, in which players must compete in a twisted game show to earn their freedom. Vic Tokai, publishers of Dark Rift, have worked a deal with Video Systems to distribute their Aero Fighters Assault. Konami’s Hybrid Heaven continues to progress to completion, and more details have been revealed. Originally intended as the N64’s answer to Metal Gear Solid, Konami’s Playstation title, it is slowly turn ing into a role-playing game with action elements. The plot consists of a govern
ment plot to create the ultimate soldier, which then breaks loose and raises a ge netic army. Counters to various attacks can be developed as experience is gained in battle. It has been speculated that the Nintendo 64 disk drive, the 64DD, may not arrive in America until as late as mid-1999. The N64 itself still has very few games available, and 1998 is predicted to be the height of the game’s life. Segmenting the market between N64 and 64DD games would only work against Nintendo. Only time will prove what will be financially sound. One of the main factors against Nintendo is the price of their games, which range from $60 to $80. The gap between cartridges and CD-ROM games is about to become much larger, as Sony has an nounced several key Playstation titles this season for as low as $35. These games include Crash Bandicoot 2 and PaRappa the Rapper. This is expected to be the last major set of price drops in the video game market this calendar year. The Nintendo 64 and Playstation consoles could possi bly go as low as $99, but they are selling well at their current prices and a move by one company would require a matching move by the competition. For those that thought Final Fantasy VII was big on three CD’s, prepare for Riven. The sequel to the insanely-popular com puter title Myst, Riven will be graphic-intensive, requiring See Gaming, continued to page 10
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Dear San Ever have a question that no one seems to give you an honest answer about? Ever wonder what to do about a situation or how to handle a problem but have no one to ask for advice? Every week I will be an swering 1-2 questions or talk about a topic of interest. So, need answers? Send all questions for San to newspeak@wpi.edu. Ask right here and you will get another perspective on things or just a new view... Dear San, I am having problems with my room mate. We never agree on anything. She likes to stay up late at night and play her music early in the morning. She never gives me messages when people call me and she is always using my stuff without asking. I have asked her over and over again i f she could lower her music and write down messages and she always says she will but she never does. I don’t want
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to sound like a "mean " person and I don’t want to cause more problems. I just want to get everything straightened out so I w on’t feel uncomfortable in my own room. Thanks, Anonymous I would say talk to her first. Have you tried to talk to her when she is not rushing out the door or absorbed in homework? You want to get her full attention and tell her that what she is doing is really bother ing you. If after your talk things don’t change and if you really can’t live with the situation, talk to your RA. That is what they are there for. He or she can maybe suggest something that the two of you can do to work out your differences. Sanner Dear San, My boyfriend refuses to let me go to par ties and other social events. He says that girlfriends don't need to meet other people (esp. guys). Is he right? He goes out with his friends once a week, but he doesn’t go to parties. Confused Junior First of all, why is it that you want to go to parties? Do you just want to have a good time with your friends or is there another rea son? If you want to go to scope out the guys, then you have a bigger problem on your hands than just whether or not you can
go to a party. It might just be that you don't like the relationship that you are in and want to find someone new...If the reason is just that you want to go out with your friends and have a good time, then I would say go and do it. How many times in your life are you going to be 18,19,20, or even 21 ? Once. You don’t want to make any regrets in your life because there will be one day when you look back and say, wow, what did I miss out on. And I am not talking about just parties and all that stuff, that is nothing. I am talking about the WHOLE college experience. Ab sorb as much as you can now because it is harder to do as you get older. So go out and dance if that is what you feel you need to do. You may even go out and find that you don’t like it anyway and you would much rather stay home and cuddle with your man. I also want to say that I don’t like the fact that he is not “letting” you go out. A boyfriend or a girlfriend should never tell the other what they can and can not do. That is not what relationships are all about. But that is an other topic... All the advice you have read are of per sonal viewpoint. If you feel you need pro fessional advice, go to our counseling cen ter. Feel free to respond with questions or comments. “Treat your friends as you do your pic tures, and place them in their best light.” - Jennie Jerome Ehurehill
Global Opportunities Fair tonight Courtesy o f WPI News Service WPI’s annual Global Opportunities Fair will be held in Alden Memorial from 4 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 23. Project directors, faculty advisors, members of the Interdis ciplinary and Global Studies Division staff, representatives from Financial Aid and other departments, travel agents, and stu dents who have com pleted projects at some of the many off-campus sites and centers are among those who will be on hand to help students learn about Suffi ciencies, IQPs or MQPs in a host of won derful locations. The fair features interna tional foods and the pop music of Wildest Dreams. Door prizes, including gift certifi cates and movie passes, will be awarded. Employees have been invited to a celebra tion of the Global Perspective Program from 7 to 10 p.m. in Alden. “WPI sends more than 200 undergraduates overseas each year; that makes us unique among Ameri can colleges and universities,” says IGSD Program A dm inistrator Natalie M ello Acuna. “I encourage everyone on campus to spend some time at the fair and the cel ebration and to share in the experiences of our faculty and students who have trav eled and worked abroad.”
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Ask President Parrish: Questions from the campus In light o f the recent death o f a 20 year old LSU student, how does WPI plan to prevent underage drinking and irrespon sible drinking by our students? What happened at LSU is certainly a trag edy. We are very concerned about binge and underage drinking at WPI. Both are prob lems that exist nationwide and WPI is no dif ferent. Underage drinking occurs everywhere on and off campus and simply put is illegal and is not condoned by WPI. The good news is that binge drinking is decreasing at WPI. A random sample based on CORE Drug And Alcohol Survey data show that in 1993 73% of WPI students drink. In 1997 the fig ure is down 66%. Binge drinking at WPI is defined as 5 or more drinks/hour or 4 for women per setting (a setting is defined as 2 hours or less). In 1993 42% of WPI students binge drank and in 97 the amount decreased
to 35%. Our data also reflect there is less than 5% deviation between drinking on cam pus and off campus. WPI has been actively involved in education about the risk of binge drinking as well as providing alternatives to drinking. The Healthy Alternatives Office spearheads these efforts and is aided with FIPSE grant money to accomplish this task. Alternative events range from intramurals to BYOB Ice Cream Socials. The Greek system has been involved with these activities as well as providing education to their members. Many student organizations provide a num ber of substance free events each year in cluding but not limited to movies, lectures, concerts, dances, and recreational events. I encourage you to stop by these events and explore your options. Many of the events can be found on the social web at http:// social.wpi.edu.
Many substance use and abuse programs have been provided on campus through IFC, Panhel, BACCHUS, and Peer Education. Pre sentations have ranged from Ron Flemming to Judge Mitch Crane. Education is impor tant, but is not the sole answer. Changing the norms on campus and showing that there are alternative events is the key to solving the problem. Everyone needs to be involved in the solution so that we may avoid a similar tragedy on our campus. How much interaction occurs between the city o f Worcester and the administra tion o f the University to make the down town area more inviting to college stu dents ? For a city with ten academic institutions, Worcester is unusual in not having more of a college town feeling. I understand there have
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been many efforts in the past to create an appealing venue for students, and I know for certain the Mayor and others would like to see such a situation. I meet occasionally with the Mayor and City Manager, as well as with the City Counselors, to discuss ways in which WPI can benefit the city and our im mediate surrounding area and vice versa. For example, WPI faculty and students work with the local schools, and efforts are underway to enhance the downtown area and open up the North end of Main Street, which would be good for WPI. Members of the upper ad ministration also serve on various groups concerned with business development in our area. I believe we have a good relationship with city officials and will continue to do as much as we can to make Worcester a good place for students to spend some time.
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Computer Labs: College Computer Center Lab (CCC Lab) Fuller Labs 222 - Operator Phone: 831 -5480 During Terms A through D Sunday 11a.m. until Friday 11p.m. Saturday 11a.m. -7p.m. Advanced Document Preparation Lab (ADP Lab) Fuller Labs B 16 - Phone: 831 -5788 Sunday 11:00 a.m. until Friday 11:00 p.m. Saturday 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The CCC Help Desk Fuller Labs, 2ndfl Phone: 831-5888 Monday - Friday 9am-6pm (Except WPI Holidays) Email can be sent to helpdesk@wpi.edu at any time and it will be answered at the first opportunity. If you call and no one is in the office, please leave a voice mail message.
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SPAM: What is WPI doing about it? by Debbie Dexter Computer Trainer CCC will be putting a firewall on the router for the SMTP port. This will mean all mail for machines on WPI’s campus will pass through smtp.WPI.EDU in order to filter out “spam”. What is “spam” you say? A great definition for spam can be found at : http://spam.abuse.net/ spam/whatisspam.html S cott H azen M ueller (scott@zorch.sf-bay.org) defines SPAM as “flooding the Internet with many copies of the same mes sage, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it.” Like paper junk mail which we all know if we could eliminate, there would be more trees on this earth! He goes on to say, “Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send — most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the car riers rather than by the sender. Email spam targets individual us ers with direct mail messages. Email spam lists are often created by scan ning Usenet postings, stealing Internet mailing lists, or searching
the Web for addresses. Em ail spams typically cost users money out-of-pocket to receive. Many people - anyone with measured phone service - read or receive their mail while the meter is running, so to speak. Spam costs them addi tional money. On top of that, it costs money for ISPs and online services to transm it spam, and these costs are transmitted directly to subscribers.” When a SPAM message is fil tered, a message will bounce to the sender that their message will not be delivered to it’s intended recipi ents via smtp.wpi.edu. Realize that this action will not allow any mail to be delivered from that host. We can filter by domain, host name, or address (i.e. we can filter the do main spam.net or the host name ispam.company.com, or we can fil ter ju st a user at a site, spammer @aol .com). If you feel you have been the recipient of SPAM, please forward a copy o f the m essage to helpdesk@ wpi.edu (include the full header) and we will consider filtering the host from our mail server. BBOARD CONTINUED... The article in last week’s Newspeak generated some feedback on the
BBoard that CCC has acted upon. Here are some of the comments we received: “I do not particularly like the BBoard format. This only makes the information less accessible, which is worse than having it eas ily accessible with some noise (which was easy to filter out).” “Checking the BBoard on the Web is REALLY irritating, espe cially for something I need _instant_ updates on. Is there any way that I can subscribe to a BBoard list and have the messages automatically emailed to me?” The BBoard has been modified in the following way: You can type the command BBsub to subscribe/ unsubscribe from certain mailings lists at the UNIX prompt. You can type the command BB to quickly read unread messages in the mail ing lists on the BBoard. You will not be asked for your login and password again. You can even edit your .login file with the command BB to autom atically access the BBoard upon logging in. Remem ber, UNIX is case-sensitive. Please try these com m ands and let us know what you think. If you wish to use the web interface, you will need to login to the BBoard. Send your com m ents/suggestions to
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SGA looking for candidates The U nd erg raduate Student G overnm ent is pleased to a n nounce that the 1997 A-Term elec tions period has begun. As al ways, Student Government is look ing for dedicated members of the undergraduate student body to run for Senator positions. In the Executive Branch, the positions o f President, Vice President, Trea surer, and Secretary are available. To be eligible for these positions, students must meet the following criteria: he or she must be cur rently enrolled at WPI, not a sec ond semester senior, and in good academic standing as determined by Institute regulations. Any stu-
dent that meets these criteria is en couraged to stop by the Student Government office and pick up a nomination petition. Petitions will W O R C ES T E R P O L Y T E C H N IC IN S T IT U T E
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be available starting Tuesday, Sep tember 23. All petitions must be returned to the Student Govern ment Office no later than 5:00 PM on Tuesday, October 7. Electronic voting on the college Computer Center UNIX system will
take place from Sunday, November 2 through Friday, November 7. Paper ballot voting will be held in the lobby o f Daniel’s Hall mail room on Friday, November 7 from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM and in the Wedge from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. Stu dent Government encourages all undergraduates to vote and show their support for the candidate of their choice. If anyone has any questions about the elections, or would like to find out more about running for of fice, please contact the Undergradu ate Student Government at 831 -5565, or stop by our office located on the first floor of Daniel’s Hall.
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ESL Summer Institute ‘97 by Billy D. McGowan International House On a hot, muggy Saturday after noon on July 12, a group often in ternational students gathered at In ternational House to meet each other and leam a little about Worcester. These students had come to get a head start on how to succeed at WPI as well as to leam aspects of English for science and technology. Except
one, all would matriculate here. Af ter a preliminary talk by International Student Advisor, Tom Thomsen, the group walked up to Salisbury Man sion. W PI’s Bonnie McCrea es corted them through the stately, his torical structure. At 2:30, the bus contracted to tour Worcester, was not there and did not arrive. So Billy McGowan, the ESL director, quickly improvised the rest of the afternoon program and took the
group to the Outlet Mall. Just as well: it was cool and full of America. The following week, these nine males and one female completed diagnos tic tests to filter out problems in their English. A staff of teachers and oth ers started getting them ready for Term A. The six-plus hour a day pro gram included technical writing, the fine art of oral presentations, com puter skills, the web, email and miniSee International, page 12
bboard-feedback @wpi .edu. These m essages/postings will not be mailed to you. You simply have quicker access to read them. If the messages were mailed to in dividual INBOXes, it would defeat our attem pt to cut down on the amount o f email circulating. If you’re looking for something to do, or are interested in advertis ing your events or group meetings, go to the Social Web at http:// social.wpi.edu/. Designed by Troy Thompson, the Social Web is the official site to advertise Worcester C onsortium events. When you post an event, you have the op tion to make it available to every one on the web, just people in the Consortium, or just the campus the event takes place on. Events can be entered in as far in advance as you like and can be modified at any time. People can see what’s hap pening today, the next seven days, or search the database with any criteria. Listings contain email links to the event’s sponsor as well as any related web site. The system will also generate shuttle bus list ings and campus maps to help you get to the events. Aside from events, the Social Web also con tains among other things, commu nity service volunteer listings, a ride board, a lost and found sec tion, and a computer dating sys tem. UPDATES: The Novell account “guest” will be eliminated on Oc tober 19, 1997 at 11:59pm. The rea son we are eliminating this account is that WPI will be running TCP/IP across the internet and we cannot have an “unsecured” account ac cessing our system. You should be using your own Novell account to login to public pcs as well as your own pc. If you are having difficulty logging in due to a con text error on a public pc, try using your full login name. For example enter: username.context, (th at’s usemame<period>context<period>) in the login screen, enter your Novell password and that should log you in to the correct context. The contexts are: boynton (for staff/administration) faculty (for faculty and staff in a faculty de partment) students So a faculty member would en ter the following to login to Novell if he/she were getting a context er ror: username.faculty. On a side note, the Instructional Media Center has their own ac counts for logging in to their ma chines. Please contact their office when using their machines. If you have any comments or suggestions for the College Com puter Center regarding any of the information stated in this article, p lease send em ail to dldexter@wpi.edu.
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Kudos and creosote A mixed bag Kudos this week to the “Big A” (Big/senior Administra tion) at WPI for landing the regional economic summit held here last Monday. The summit, titled simply enough “Manu facturing our future: The Summit”, focused on revitalizing manufacturing and heavy industry in Central Massachu setts and New England. With a bevy of state and regional business and political leaders, including Worcester Mayor Raymond V. Mariano, Telegram & Gazette publisher Bruce Bennett, U.S. Representative James McGovern, and Sena tor Edward Kennedy, the conference gave the Institute a chance to be seen as a serious player in state industry. As a national university, anchored in engineering and sci ence, these are the sort of events that are vital to maintain ing our place in the national rankings. In the past three years, WPI has climbed from third tier, to second tier, to first tier. It is unprecedented for any school to have moved so far, so fast. For the first time in decades, we are ranked as high as our arch-rival, RPI, tied in a dead heat with them. This is no surprise to anyone who knows the school— our program, based on self-reliance and project work, is the cor nerstone of traditional engineering greatness. It is good that the Big A is continuing to spread the word to the unen lightened through hosting real programs and conferences at the Institute. Unfortunately, there is also Creosote this week. Edward
Kennedy, one of the ranking U.S. Senators (D), spoke at WPI on the future of industry in New England. Students, faculty, and staff were invited. The sum total of publicity for this event was one meaningless message on the events post ing for the UNIX login. This is an example of such total incompetence as to be almost surreal. Senator Ted Kennedy, one of the most powerful men on this planet, representing this state in the U.S. Senate, spoke at WPI, an engineering school, about the future of engineering and industry in Massachusetts and New England...and no one on campus knew about it. This is dadaist. This is like something out of the movie Brazil. This is so bureaucratically stupid that it boggles the mind; akin to something out of Eastern Europe in the cold war. Newspeak, of course, wasn’t notified either; why bother telling the campus newspaper anything, right? The events posting went out at about 8:30 that morning; the Telegram and Gazette showed Kennedy as an invite the day before. Assuming that the school did, in fact, only have four hours notice that the Senator was coming, that was still more than sufficient time to blitz every building in the school with dozens of flyers on every bulletin board. This was enough time to find someone to wander over to the cafete rias and make an announcement to the several hundred people gathered there during lunch. This was enough time to organize work-study students to hand out flyers to people
walking in front of the fountain, in front of Alden, in front of the library. None of this was done. The end result: One of the rank ing Democratic U.S. Senators shows up, along with a gaggle of Congressmen and politicos, and...twelve students show up. On C-SPAN, some idiot historian gives a speech at Brown and the place is packed to the rafters—enough long-haired hippie freaks to make one for Kent State. We have a ranking U.S. Senator, and no one bothers showing up. Bureaucratic inertia caused most of the campus to loose a great intellectual opportunity this week; it also made the school look bad in front of a large audience. Newspeak is not interested in fixing blame. We don’t care who was at fault; that’s not important. Given the tendency towards committees and councils, possibly no one was at fault. This could be one more thing that has fallen through the cracks because no one was in charge. Specific blame-finding is irrel evant now. What is relevant is making sure this never happens again. One individual needs to be personally responsible for publicity on-campus. This school and most of the students here have careers and belief systems based on a code of per sonal responsibility and individualism; we demand the same from the Institute’s hierarchy. We would like some response from “little A” that this problem has systematically been ad dressed and cannot happen again.
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When self-esteem takes “the plunge” by Kelly Boyle Student Development and Counseling “Judging and rejecting yourself causes enormous pain. And in the same way that you would favor and protect a physical wound, you find yourself avoiding anything that might aggravate the pain o f self rejection in any way. You take fewer social, academic, or career risks. You make it more difficult for yourself to meet people, interview for a job, or push hard for some thing where you might not suc ceed. You limit your ability to open yourself to others, express your sexuality, be the center of attention, hear criticism, ask for help, or solve problems. ‘To avoid more judgments and self-rejection, you erect barriers of defense. Perhaps you blame and get angry, or bury yourself in per fectionist work. Or you brag. Or you make excuses. Sometimes you turn to alcohol or drugs” (McKay & Fanning, 1992). These words can hit close to
home if you or someone you know has low self-esteem. People who think poorly about themselves dur ing adolescence may remain this way through adulthood if there isn’t a change in the way they think. Others may have high self-esteem in high school only to find that it suddenly decreases when the stress from university life sets in. This stress is the result of many significant life changes occurring in a very short period of time. Changes may include moving away from home, transitioning from sum mer relaxation to academic disci pline, changing majors, trying to choose a major, beginning a new relationship, ending an old rela tionship, having a relationship suddenly be very close by (down the hall!) or very far away, dealing with roommate living, or all of the above. Stress takes its toll on how con fident and self-assured you are. And once your esteem takes a hit, it’s important to get back on track fast before you begin the down ward spiral described in the first
two paragraphs. Here are some signs (adapted from McKay & Fanning, 1992) that your self-es teem is beginning to take “the plunge”: 1. Health is no longer a first priority. Healthy behavior is hard to maintain when you feel temporarily unmoti vated, but do it anyway. Keep a close eye on eating, sleeping, and exercise
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changes. These three factors have trem endous impact on your thoughts, emotions, and physical well-being, and it’s difficult for even those with high esteem to feel good about themselves when these three factors are off balance. 2. You begin to degrade yourself. You find that you’re talking your self out of things. Whenever you
get that feeling of not being able to do something, it may be because of a real danger or it may be be cause you are psyching yourself out. Take a look at the situation and try to decipher what’s holding you back. Encourage yourself and avoid negative people who will confirm your negative thoughts, See West, Continued to page II
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WPI is a lucky school: Comments about the President Dear Editor, Recently, while attending the Engineers’ opening day football game, I suddenly realized that WPI is a lucky school. No, this feeling was not a result of WPI defeating Worcester State by an eight point margin. This realization actually came when I saw President Parrish w andering through the stands greeting people at the game. For those of you who are new to WPI, you might not realize that our current president was inaugurated roughly a year ago, and arrived at WPI only one year before that. Nevertheless, in those two short years, WPI has undergone a major transition. Aside from the brief in terim period, WPI’s previous ad ministration was seen as nothing short of “a lo o f’ and “arrogant.” Yet, today you won’t hear those two “A” words used in the same paragraph as administration, let alone the same sentence. As a sophomore student, imme diately upon meeting President Parrish, I knew this man was differ ent. He was special! Instead of
relishing in the use o f his new title of “President Parrish,” he quickly corrected me and said “please call me Ed.” Well since that moment, Ed has only continued to impress me. Not only will you see Ed at foot ball games, but many other sports as well. You’ll see him at Masque productions, and music concerts. He also frequently makes appear ances in Morgan DAKA, and rou tinely invites students to his house for conversation and snacks. For som eone whose schedule is as busy as Ed’s, his commitment to student activities and student life is nothing short of remarkable. The president’s commitment to WPI continues: His determination to see a C am pus C en ter c o n structed has been unw avering since his arrival. He has restored a needed level of trust between the faculty and the administration. He has balanced the WPI budget. The increased hiring and recruit ment of women and minorities to WPI is a result of his true commit ment to the issue. The integrity that
oozes out of President Parrish is beginning to be shared with the campus through his support of Academic Honesty efforts. And while the list could go on and on, I’ll end by noting the rec ognition WPI is beginning to see because of Ed’s presence. Cer tainly everyone knows that WPI was ranked 48th among national universities by U.S. New & World Report. Make no mistake about it, that ranking is because o f Ed Parrish’s work over the last two years. His commitment to the new ABET accreditation process and his support of the WPI Plan has landed us in that top Fifty list. Be cause of President Parrish, the WPI Plan is the strongest it has been since its creation over a quarter century ago. So, allow me to conclude by thanking President Parrish for his commitment to WPI. Ed, while it may not always seem it, we do rec ognize your efforts and we are ex tremely grateful for them. Keep up the awesome work! — Name withheld by request
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Free advice and the Free Stuff Awards by Matthew M. Lug Newspeak S ta ff Once again, I will be starting this article with something about last week’s article. Some of the more perceptive readers out there may have noticed that my name was printed as “Matthew M. Luggo” in my article. I did not do this, it was one of those little things that the layout people change around for their own amusement, and then change back when they’re done, except this one obviously didn’t get changed back. Don’t worry though, those responsible have been flogged merci lessly by Newspeak’s CFO (Chief Flogging Officer). Next, I want to address a serious issue before I begin my usual delusional ramblings. The topic of mailing list abuse seems to be appearing quite a bit these days. It seems that every once in a while, someone will send something stupid to a few hundred or a few thousand people, and then a few more people will complain about it, or the other people who complained, and it results in several thousand messages being unnecessarily forced through the mail server. I’m sure this is the main reason why many mailing lists (including the wpi_students mailing list) have been moved to that BBoard thing. With the events system down as well (also due to mis use, strangely enough), WPI no longer has an efficient method of informing the majority of students of something in a short amount of time, as Greg Snow explained in his article last week. Prof. Orr made a wise decision by not moving the ECE major mailing lists to that asylum of inefficiency that is the BBoard, but recent abuse involving a stupid joke has caused him to decide to personally moderate those mailing lists. I’m glad at least one per son in a position of power understands the need to be able to get a message to a large group of people quickly, but it is unfortunate that some people do not understand how to properly use these powerful resources. I would think that something as important as mailing list abuse, which can slow down or cripple a mail server and cause an abuser to gain a spot on the suspended accounts list, would be discussed during orientation, but maybe they don’t cover that until after people figure out that they don’t really have to do most of the orientation stuff. Since most of the abuse is due to ignorance and stupidity, I’m going to give you some advice on how to use mailing lists, and stuff like them. Please show this to other people, I’m quite sure that not everyone at this school reads my articles. If you feel like sending some joke, insult, random comment, or a reply that only con cerns one person or a small group of people to lots of people you don’t know, and who probably wouldn’t like what you want to send, then don’t send it to everyone. You’ll only make people angry, and then those people will send everyone else messages in sulting you, other people will do the same with messages telling everyone to stop re plying to everyone and not just the sender, and finally people will do the same as every one else with messages asking to be removed from the mailing list. That’s at least 4 mes sages, and all of them end up getting sent to everyone on the original list(s). The bigger
the initial mailing, the larger the secondary response, etc., etc. If you don’t believe me, just ask anyone who was here last year, or any EE major who was here this month. The immortal (at least in terms of UNIX) aej (aka Allan E. Johannesen), gives this advice: “If one receives something undesirable, just delete it, do not contribute to the noise.” There, that concludes the educational por tion of my article. Stay tuned for the useless portion, after this little break, conveniently placed so you can make a trip to the bath room, grab some food, and forget about what you were doing before the break. <BREAK> Some of you may have noticed that park ing here was a little bit more difficult last
Wednesday than usual. This was due to the annual Career Fair (aka Free Stuff Grabbing Spree) that took place last Wednesday after noon. Many people got dressed up, printed up a few dozen copies of their resume, and had long boring conversations with casu ally dressed representatives o f many dif ferent companies. I just threw on a pair of jeans and that Newspeak shirt they gave me the night before, and went in search of free stuff. In the process I ended up talk ing to several people, but no resumes changed hands during those conversa tions. Instead, I ended up leaving each table with more than I came with, and in the end a lot more than I came with. So
much in fact, that I came up with some awards for the companies with the best free stuff. These awards say nothing about the companies, but they can be used to demon strate the diversity o f products that you missed out on if you were scared away by all the suits, or if you didn’t wake up until 5:15pm. There were some new trends this year, like mouse pads and yo-yos (watch out with the Digital ones, they seem to have had a quality control problem), as well as some dying trends, like message boards. Some things are always there, like pens and pen cils, and some were there more than before, like highlighters and flashlights. And now, the awards:
. The Awards... Best Pencil Winner: Lockheed Martin, for their large, white mechanical pencils with gold trim. They had these last year, but I still like them. Runner Up: Texas Instruments, for their wooden pencils with the ends bent into the shape of the state of Texas. They look nice, but the erasers are rather use less until you break them off. Best Pen Winner: MCI, for their black, goldtrimmed pens with metal casings and spring-loaded clips. These are just nice pens, I wish I had gotten more. Runner Up: Brooktrout Technology, for their blue, gold-trimmed pens that are of the same design as the Lockheed Mar tin pencils. Best Highlighter Winner: United Technologies, for their three highlighter set inside a triangular case. This was very unique. Runner Up: Mitre, for their flat trian gular triple highlighter, which is thicker and easier to hold than others like it. Best Mousepad Winner: Vicor, for their large mouse pads with a humorous Noah’s Ark scene. Runner Up: Lockheed Martin, for their colorful mousepad with neat drawings on them. Best Flashlight Winner: Hamilton Standard, for their small, yet powerful squeeze lights. Runner Up: Lockheed Martin, for their small, yet not quite as powerful flash lights.
Best Key Chain Winner: Lotus, for their thin combina tion bottle opener/knife/corkscrew key chains. Runner Up: Simplex, for their heavy, red, metal, useless key chains. Those of you who were in Riley last Tuesday night got a free demonstration o f their other products. Best Puzzle Winner: APC, for their 3-color puzzle ball things. Runner Up: AMS, for their 2-color puzzle ball things (if you have an extra one of these that you’re willing to part with, let me know, I could use another). There wasn’t much competition in this category this year. Best Beverage Container Winner: Fidelity Investments, for their plas tic coffee mugs that came complete with a packet of coffee. Runner Up: Stratus, for their water bottles. Most Useful Winner: Becton Dickinson, for their Ace bandages. I forgot to bring some with me this year, I guess I didn’t need to bring any after all. Most Overpackaged Winner: IBM, for their brochure on 3 floppy disks, wrapped in an oversized, shrinkwrapped box. Perhaps putting it on a CD would have been a better idea... Honorable Mentions: C.W. Costello & Associates, for their mini tool sets. Sabre, for their keyboard wrist rests. Xyplex, for their CD wallets. Best Stuff That I couldn't Tell Was Free Winner: Becton Dickinson, they had a lot of stuff on their table, I guess most of it was free, but I couldn’t tell at the time.
Best Stuff That Wasn’t Supposed To Be Free Winner: Quantum, for all those hard drives they had scattered on their table. I didn’t actually take any, but it prob ably wouldn’t have been that difficult... Newspeak Editors’ Choice Winner: Becton Dickinson, for their digital thermometers. If you’re wonder ing why this d id n ’t win any o f my awards, look back two categories. Best Overall Winner Lockheed Martin, they had a nice as sortment of stuff, which should be ob vious from their awards. Best Overall Office Supply Assortment Winner: Air Products, they didn’t have anything really exciting, but they did have good pens, erasers, highlighters, flashlights, sticky note pads, and plastic bags. The represen tative I spoke to seemed to think that something a little more unique would be better, but I liked what they had. Worst Overall Winner: Microsoft. While most com pany representatives gave away their free stuff just so they wouldn’t have to carry it out at the end, the Microsoft representatives demanded a resume in exchange for one of their spiderballs, which they had last year anyway. They didn’t have anything else, unlike last year when they had an assortment of items. Another example o f progress I guess.
Well, that’s it, I’m out of awards. There were other things there too, but most of them either weren’t interesting, or didn’t have enough competition to qualify for a separate category. If you saw something interesting that I didn’t mention, then I probably didn’t get one. If you actually spent money on something that you could have gotten for free, well, that’s your problem. You’ll have another chance next year, so now you know what you don’t need to bring with you beforehand (pens, pencils, etc., you get the idea...). And yes, my articles do seem to be getting longer. That’s because I’m trying to take over all the space in Newspeak, so 1 can charge for advertising. Whatever I can’t crowd out, I’ll just take over. Look for me in Police Log next week.
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Beyond the Margins: Who was that masked man?!? by Justin Greenough Newspeak S ta ff Somewhere in each and every one o f our lives, there is a place beyond the margins. It is often a place fa r beyond the edges o f the page we write our life upon and fa r beyond the problems o f reality. It is a place where we can relax and really be ourselves...a place where we can remove the masks o f daily life in a paranoid society and really speak our minds. And so the story goes...
Did you ever notice how people often wear masks? I don’t mean they head down to Morris Novelty each year and purchase one of those grotesque rubber concoctions, but they wear invisible masks, which hide their true identity and personality. Our personali
ties are what make each of us unique. They are the one sure building block that makes up the person you call YOU. Just say it, “I am Justin... I am Bill... Iam ______.” Doesn’t that feel good? If it doesn’t, you definitely have something wrong. Perhaps you don’t like yourself. Or, perhaps you don’t like how the real YOU fits into society. Too many people want to be like EVERYONE ELSE. Who the heck is EVERYONE ELSE and why is this person so well liked and mimicked? It’s absurd! How many times have you walked down the street and seen a group of people who all look alike? Each person has the same color hair. Each has the same style and color jeans with the same kind of belt and a rip in the very same spot. How many times have you
walked up to a group of people and noticed that they all speak with the same slang and make the same gestures? Why do we have this constant burning sensation to all be the same? If the great creator, whoever he (or she) may be had wanted us to be the same, don’t you think we would be? It sure would have been easier. Instead however, the time and effort was taken to craft each and every one of us with very different qualities. Imagine for a minute, a world where we are all the same. We all look exactly alike, we all think alike, and we all dress alike. We all go to the same type of schools, drive the same kind of car, and eat the very same food. It would be enough to drive everyone crazy! Then, we would at least have the benefit of all being in the same mental institution!
Okay, now that I’ve realized that I have a mask, how can I get rid of it? Well, for one thing, you have to find out who YOU are. For some time now, you have known who EVERYONE ELSE is but you have never had to take a look at yourself. You have to ask yourself: What is it that makes me a unique individual? What do I like that I never think of wearing or doing in front of my friends? What qualities do I have that I can make stand out? These are the kinds of questions which you must ask yourself in order to remove the mask. You must go further than this how ever. You must go so far as to break the mask. Smash it to pieces. It is only when you do this that you can truly become and individual and truly be YOU.
Talking with people can help; come see a counselor if you want. 5. You begin abusing alcohol or other drugs. A dangerous trap to fall into: you get a bad grade, have a fight with your roommate, haven’t exercised since the early ‘90s and have eaten pizza for every meal since Monday. By the end o f the day you feel like garbage and decide that a “quick fix” of getting wasted will help you forget all about it. Except that the “quick fix” is temporary, and tomorrow you’ll have to deal with all o f yesterday’s problems a nd recover from a hangover. D on’t do it! If you’re o f age, it’s okay to have a drink every once in a while. But “abusing” alcohol by using it as a cop ing strategy will quickly send you down
the wrong path. Use your head and find ways to revitalize yourself, such as re discovering what exercise is or eating something from one of the food groups you’ve been neglecting. This will give you a respite that is healthy and will put you in a better state o f mind for tomor row. Keeping these five factors in mind will help you to become more aware of your self-esteem. Take advantage of your time here at WPI to examine how you feel about yourself; talk with a counselor if you like. Making small changes will start you on a path of growth that will last a lifetime. McKay, M„ & Fanning, P. (1992). SelfEsteem (2nded.). Oakland, CA: New Har binger Publications, Inc.
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beliefs, or feelings. Instead spend time around positive people who encourage themselves and you. 3. You begin degrading others. There are two ways to own the biggest building: build the biggest building, or stay with a small building and tear everyone else’s building down. It is old news that people who make fun of others, gossip behind people’s backs, manipulate, lie, use other people sexually, and so on are the people who have low self-esteem. If you feel good about yourself, you won’t feel the need to tear others down. When you notice your self doing that, take this as a sign that your self-esteem is down and try to figure out why.
4. Perfectionism is a new wav of life. This is an easy trap when you’re at college, es pecially if you’re accustomed to being at the top of your class and now are one in a sea of talented students. Keep in mind the difference between a healthy pursuit of ex cellence and perfectionism. You can work hard and reach your full potential with a healthy pursuit of excellence. Perfection ists, on the other hand, never rest, reward them selves, or appreciate accom plish ments. and they loathe themselves in the event of failure. If it sounds exhausting, it is. Perfectionists are easily susceptible to getting sick, depressed, burnt out, and so on. If you begin to notice signs of perfec tionism, take a walk, get some rest, reflect on your goals and gain some perspective.
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Kennedy discusses manufacturing in Harrington by N. Wolf Winset Newspeak S ta ff Senator Kennedy spoke last Monday at WPI on the future of manufacturing and industry in Central M assachusetts and New England. Speaking to the Summit, a conference of local and regional industrial leaders, Kennedy discussed the strides Massachusetts has made in the past ten years in ad ju stin g to the changing economy as a segue into the conference’s focus on improving area industry. “In the 1980’s...we saw reversals in real estate, national defense (jobs), and industry”, said Kennedy, “and a question for us in Mas sachusetts was what the future held for us. Without natural resources, like a lot of the states out West, we have had to de pend on innovation. It has taken a long time, from the 1980’s to the 90’s to see a form of recovery.” Speaking with his hands a great deal, and with emotion in his voice, it was clear this was a subject close at heart to the senior Democratic senator. The speech, given at lunch, was in preparation to the conference breaking down into groups to discuss and formalize strategies for local industrial growth.
“Massachusetts is number two in the coun try in attracting new (bio-research) compa nies, and number one in terms of National Institute of Health grants, with over $13 bil lion dollars. Massachusetts is number one in the country because o f scientific research...the reason these investments are made here is because of peer review, and sci entists say that the excellence is here,” com mented Kennedy, “...we need to take the best of technology and move them into manufac turing jobs...we want to anchor Massachu setts, anchor Worcester with these elements, to be a more effective and solid economy.” Kennedy repeatedly spoke about the im portance of technology and education to the state, both at the higher and secondary lev els. ‘Two years ago, we were 48th of 50 in net-accessible classrooms. At the end of this year we will be number one. Every schcx)l in the Commonwealth will have computers and computer-related teachers...mush of this is being done with volunteers. In a year, Mas sachusetts will be number one because ev eryone understands that education and ac cess to these technologies is the key to the future.” These themes, of employment and economic growth through education, have been standards to the senator throughout
his public career. The theme of the conference was one of moving away from social service mentalities towards a more pragmatic approach to revi talizing Worcester and the inner cities of New
England, drawing on local competitive ad vantages had by central, urban locations. The morning keynote speaker was Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School.
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Make sure you say hi to all the prospectives this week. Prospectives, be sure to meet as many Olers as you can. Wc are here to promote friendship as well as leadership and service. Tonight starts the weekly movie night at 26 Lancaster Street, and tomorrow is the Rush Stress Relief on the quad from 2 to 6 . Saturday is the Worcester Shines project, and Sunday will see us going to Mustard Seed for serving AND hanging doors! Don’t forget the brother meetings at 6:30 Monday in HL 218. If you have any questions about pledging, feel free to talk to any of the offic ers, especially Jon and Stina!
Welcome back everyone! Can y’all be lieve the term’s already half over? Everyone’s crying the blues as their midterms become a reality....well it will be over in another blink of time. Hopefully everyone saw New Voices 15.5 this weekend, wasn’t it terrific??? To all the freshmen out there— yes, it IS as fun as it looks. If you’re interested in seeing more of Masque, don’t forget: Medea is coming up in B-term. Email John Mock at jmock@wpi for a production position, or keep your eyes out for auditions!!! In the meantime, Luna Muebles is this Thursday, Friday and Satur day, put on by Masque’s sister theatre com pany: MW Reperatory Theatre company. It’s at 8pm, in Riley Commons. Rumor has it that it’s quite a show, so don’t miss it! And don’t forget: if y’all have ANY questions about Masque, don’t hesitate to email me at nickel@wpi. Cya next week!
BiLaGA WPI's Bisexual, Lesbian and Gay Alli ance (BiLaGA) is having our usual Tues day lunch today. Meet in Gompei's at 12pm for companionship while you eat. To get more information (about lunch, meetings, etc), email bilaga@ wpi or put a note in our mailbox in the Student Activities Office.
Bio Club HI! For those who don’t know, we are an organization open to any WPI student interested in biology. We have a lot of new members and are planning lots of ac tivities for this year. Thanks to everyone who helped out with the car wash last week. I think it went really well, and it was a nice day for it. We will be having a meeting Tuesday September 30th at 4:30pm in SL 121 to discuss future events. If you are in terested in jo in in g please em ail mix@wpi.edu or just come to the meeting. You can also visit our web page at http:// www.wpi.edu/~bio.
Christian Bible Fellowship Good Day ! Have you been seeking God lately in all of the commotion of classes as we prepare to take our midterms? Has God been shedding light into your life? One way to know if to come to Friday Night Fellow ship every week at 6:55 PM in the lower wedge. This Saturday morning, get ready for our trip to hike Mt. Monandoc. It’ll be a beautiful day o f experiencing God’s creation. Then on Tuesday night you have an oppor tunity to speak with Him at Tuesday Night Prayer in Founders 204. “Jesus answered, ‘Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Those who walk during the day do not stumble, because they see the light of this world. But those who walk at night stumble, because the light is not in them.’” (John 11:910NRSV). When we walk during the day we usually do not have any problems walking. We don’t trip over a curb, but at night when there is no light we tend to trip over it. This can be compared to life. When there are no temptations around we don’t fall into them, but when they’re around and we can’t see them we do. The only way to avoid this is to have light, the light of God. When we have the light of God in us we will not trip and fall. As we trust in him, he will show us where our curb is. Jesus said “those who walk at night stumble because the light is not in them.” That light is God, let him light your way. So this week let God be your light.
Men’s Glee Club To all the men o f the club, thanks for a w o n d e rfu l P a re n t’s Day c o n c e rt... doesn’t it just make mom proud... sniff. The next big on-campus concert for the Glee Club will be HOMECOMING. At 6:00pm on Oct. 4th you can hear the won derful sounds of m en’s voices wafting through the air of Alden Hall. Make this the musical finish o f your Homecoming festivities. For the alumni, there will be a pre-concert “w arm ing-up” session at Prof. C urran’s house at 2 Trowbridge. With and with-with will be bountifully available. And by the way... Jurg is a pleasant person to deal with... that is, once he has collected everyone’s SO CIAL FEE!!! Pay the $50 and he’ll be a happy camper. Don’t pay it and... well... let’s ju st say that the Swiss w on’t be quite so neutral.
Newman Club We have a terrific turnout for our general social meeting last week and then on Friday night we had a tremendous turnout for our first video and pasta night. Armando did a great job of cooking under the supervision of our new Italian cook, Jason R. We almost ran out of food but we were lucky. We found out that Jason makes a great sauce and will not tell anyone how he does it. We still are wondering if he baked the home made bread. This week we have a ice cream and video night on Friday, 6:30 pm at the Religious Cen ter. Once again, Becky T. and her committee, will pick out the video. Based of last week’s experience it should be a good one. So get to your DAKA meal but save room for ice cream and come down to the Religious Center. On Saturday, we are going apple picking and will leave the Religious Center at 1:30 pm . Wc are hiring a bus to take us to Northboro as a large number have indicated that they want to go. So feel free to join us at 1:30 p m . This trip is open to all WPI students including non - club members. We got the bus , so we might as well fill it up.
Railroad Club Over the past couple weeks, the Rail road C lub has been concentrating on
scenery construction. The four modules of the Club, stored in the Higgins Project Lab, h av e been p a in te d b lack an d brown— a much more neat and attractive scheme than previously. The developing model railroad is comprised o f four tables, or modules, which connect together to form two concentric circles o f track in about a ten-foot diameter. The four sec tions will serve as a base for a much larger layout to be constructed in the future, to be started when a perm anent home for the club is found. In the meantime, the current modules are constructed to na tional standards, allow ing them to be tran sp o rte d to area sh o w s and c o n nected w ith sections m ade by o th er clubs. A major fund-raising effort will be coming up for this fall, to support layout construction costs. Possibilities include a combination open house and raffle, or even a hobby show. Visitors are always welcome to view the layout during m eet ings or during the week. M eetings/work sessions are held every Monday at 7pm in the Project Lab (Higgins Labs room 005), and last for about two hours. Next week members will be plastering, paint ing, and shaping the modules to a natu ral contour.
Science Fiction Society First let me apologise for missing two Club Corners in a row. The first was be cause of sickness and the second, plain stupidity... I forgot. (Hey, if you want prefection, hire a Betelgeusan) Since the last “Corner” the SFS has hosted its first Gaming Weekend and Uncle Don’s world famous “ Etherlines: The Morning After” LARP. We’ll be having Gaming Weekends every term plus an Anime Fest B-term, par ticipation in the Cult Flick Fest whenever that is, and Daily General Weirdness. First T-shirt orders will be taken next meeting. That’s at 7pm in Olin 107 this and every Wednesday. Friday night will be/ was the official beginning o f the Battletech Til-UBleed marathon. Since this “Corner” is being written before the actual incident but will be printed after, the future/past tense is/was necessary. This week’s Quote From
the WhiteBoard: “A thin line of slime sup ports the incredible weight o f two mating Leopard Slugs.”
Simple Harmonic Motion After having performed at Parent’s Day, SHM is looking forward to its next on-cam pus performance which is: HOMECOM ING - Oct. 4th on the Quad @ Noon. We hope to see lots of old and new SHM fans there. “Five O ’Clock Shadow,” a profes sional acappella group, will be performing on Nov. 21st here at WPI. SHM will be opening for the group’s hour long concert. For more details contact shm@ wpi.edu. This promises to be one of the biggest cof feehouse events this year, and we hope that everyone can make it. In case you haven’t bought one yet, our CD, “Singin’ ‘Til it Hertz” is available. Sound bytes are available on our web page at www.wpi.edu/ ~shm/, as well as our on-line order form.
Student Government Association With Homecoming only a couple weeks away, SGA has been busy organizing a few events to take place over the weekend. SGA will be sponsoring a spirit banner contest. All organizations, fraternities and sororities are encouraged to design a banner to be hung around Alumni Field for both Friday and Saturday’s athletic events. This is your chance to show your WPI spirit! Also, look for SGA’s golf hole at the miniature golf course. At last week’s meeting: Bill S.38 Addition of an SOC Enabling Clause was dis cussed and voted down. Reason being, SGA is an organization and governing body. SGA is here for the students, everyone is part of SGA, and should act as the liaison between administration and organizations. SGA will be discussing the matter with the SOC this week. However, SGA encourages all other organizations to pass this enabling clause. If you have any questions, please email <sga@wpi.edu> or contact Mike Stark in the SGA office. Reminder: SGA meeting tonight @ 6:00pm in the Lower Wedge. KEEP SMIL ING!!
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International: Linguistic support Continued from page 9 lectures in English of various (inter)national accents. Divided into groups, the students, had to come up with a project to present dur ing the graduation luncheon five weeks later. All was not classrooms, teachers, books and papers though. The students took field trips to WPI’s Robotics Lab, the nuclear facility, Stratus Computers, Norton Company, City Hall and Harvard Square to round out their experience. They were warned about the re lentless rigors of university life and the im portance of time management. By August 15, they were ready. They had been polished and whipped into shape (so to speak) for the main challenge: Successfully getting through the academic year. These students helped inaugurate the first ESL Summer Institute at WPI. This program is designed to offer train ing and linguistic support to incoming inter-
national students who want to acclimate themselves to the university environment be fore the regular academic year begins. It is open to matriculating and non-matriculating students. Conditionally-accepted students are required to enroll in this program, cen tered at International House. International House wishes all Chinese students a belated Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. The Mid-Au tumn Festival is a Chinese traditional holi day when each person hopes to meet his/ her family members and to share the fa mous, fabled “moon cakes” with parents and siblings. The International Student Council (ISC) is planning a trip to Boston’s Omni Theater at the Science Museum. The outing, which will take place at night, is open to all WPI students. More details are forthcoming!
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Gaming: Sony gets exclusive rights to Tomb Raider Gaming, continued from page 5 five CD’s of space. A release date is not yet known. Those who just can’t get enough of those fabulous five known as the Spice Girls can look forward to the interactive experi ence o f Spice World. This low-priced Playstation title will feature five songs and full-motion video and the ability to choreo graph the dancers. It is expected to debut in England at the same time as a movie based on the Girls. While Spice World may not prove to be a fatal coup against Nintendo and Sega, exclusive rights to Tomb Raider may be. Sony has signed a deal with Eidos to acquire the next three Tomb Raider games, which will not appear on Saturn, Nintendo 64 (despite pre vious rumors), or any other console system. Production on computer versions may con
tinue, however. Definitive technical specifi cations on Sega’s Dural, aka Black Belt, sys tem have been released. The system may arrive in Fall of ’98, killing off the alreadydwindling Saturn market. Major competition is expected from Sony, who is reportedly sit ting on a finished Playstation II system, and is waiting for the current Playstation to have slowed down sufficiently for a new system to be introduced viably. Capcom, as is their tendency, is pumping out game after game based on their past successes. Street Fighter Ex, which has not yet hit the home market, already has a sequel in the works. Star Gladi ators, which was Capcom’s first 3D-based fighter, will also have a sequel, and another Street Fighter Alpha is expected before too long.
Take a break on the quad By Kristin St.John Has your A-term turned out to be a lot more work than you expected? Do you still feel like you need to ease into your classes after that nice, long summer break? Can you believe it’s time for mid-terms already????
So, you're stressed out. You need a break. Well, Alpha Phi Omega has the solution - an afternoon of games, music and refreshments. All you have to do is join us tomorrow on the Quad between 2:00 and 6:00 PM. Bring your friends, relieve your stress, and forget about the books for a few hours!
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Fall ROTC Chain of Command announced Courtesy o f WPI News Service Four members of WPI’s Class of 1998 are among the 10 undergraduates who comprise the Army ROTC’s Senior Chain of Command for Fall 1997. The WPI student leaders are Heather Mazzaccaro, battalion commander; Frank Townsend III, battalion executive officer,
William Gilbert, adjutant, and John Hiltz, opera tions. The other members of the team are Holy Cross students Andrew Morrison, logistics; Jacob Hathom, public relations; Richard Top ping, company commander; and Kevin Carmody, I* Sgt. Denise Berry is the new com pany executive officer and Jennifer Osgood is in charge of public relations for the company; both cadets are students at UMass-Lowell.
Community service opportunities By Alison Keach Features Editor We want your Blood On September 24th and 25th PanHel will be sponsoring a blood drive in Founders Basement. To meet the need for blood in central and northern New England the Red Cross must receive nearly 320,000 donations yearly. Your blood donation will help save the life of a patient with cancer, heart dis ease, gastrointestinal disease, and trauma, liver kidney and lung disease, or bone and joint disease. All blood types are needed, but the American Red Cross is especially in need of the negative blood types, O-, A- and B-. Basic eligibility requirements are: the donor should be over 18 unless they have parental permission, they should weigh over 1 lOlbs, and they should have last donated blood at least 8 weeks ago. Other safety re quirements are that the donor should not have taken (“shot up”) illegal drugs or ste roids, taken clotting factor concentrates for a bleeding disorder such as hemophilia, tested
positive for any AIDS virus or antibody, been given money or drugs for sex, had a sexual partner that put you at risk for AIDS, or had sex with a male or female prostitute. The Red Cross is accepting walk in donors but would prefer appointments. Worcester Shines This year’s Worcester Shines project will be held in Boylston, on a 30 acre spot on Sewall Pond. Volunteers are needed to help build an amphitheater, complete with a stage for small dramatic production and a campfire pit. Also a wooden playground and tent plat forms need to be constructed. In the sum mer this land is used for as a YMCA camp for students and for other school related field dips. Worcester Shines needs as much help as possible on September 27 and October 4 between 8am and 5pm. The main date is Oc tober 4 with September 27th being a prepara tion day. For more information about how you can help with this project stop by the Student Activities office and talk to a Com munity Service Staff member.
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P o l ic e L o g Wednesday, September 10 11:37 pm - Medical: Morgan second, hand shut in door. Officers and EMS respond Thursday, September 11 9:14 am - Property found: Message send Email, no answer at residence, found by Boynton and Institute. 11:32 pm - Malicious mischief: radio stolen earlier today. 11:48 pm - Report: skunk on front steps of Daniels. Friday, September 12 7:18 am - Alarm: Higgins House, Intrusion first floor. 4:35 pm - Trespassing: Report o f vagrant in Fuller Apt. Courtyard. 5:52 pm - Trespassing: Skateboarders behind Boynton Hall. 6:15 pm - Notify: Parents of Juveniles in 5:52 pm incident called to pick up their children. 6:52 pm - Notify: Parents of additional juveniles in 5:52 pm entry notified. Saturday, September 13 1:13 am - Assist/Noise complaint: Report of Loud music, Trowbridge Rd. Officer reports quiet at this time, will make periodic checks. 10:04 am - Report: Hum from circuit breaker in Atwater Kent. 10:07 am - Report: Floor drain clogged, Morgan Grill. 6:48 pm - Report: Toilet clogged in Morgan 4lh. 6:50 pm - Report: Toilet overflowing in Women’s room in Harrington. 10:38 pm - Assist citizen: Stoddard Lot, Officer reports sexual assault. Requests backup. Sunday, September 14 12:03 am - Disorderly persons: Officer reports dispersed group on Humboldt Ave. 1:05 am - Altercation: SNaP reports altercation developing on West St. Officers respond ing. 1:06 am - Officer reports subjects on West St. gone upon arrival. 2:53 am - Malicious mischief: Report of group at Dean & Institute attempting to steal stop sign. Officers respond. Monday, September 15 12:04 am - Malicious mischief: Complaint of paintballs fired at vehicle parked in Salisbury St. fraternity lot. 2:16 am - Suspicious persons: Call reporting suspicious persons/vehicle at Fuller Labs. Watchperson advises subjects were L&L returning equipment. 1:26 pm - MV accident in Founders lot. 10:31 pm - Report: MV rolling down service Rd. between Riley and Daniels. Tuesday, September 16 12:10 am - Medical Response: Morgan, possible eye injury from pen laser. 12:55 am - Suspicious vehicle: Officer out on Salisbury St. & Park Ave., advises operator fleeing on foot. 1:20 am - Officers clear Salisbury & Park Ave., vehicle towed by WPD. 7:45 pm - Harrington - students in gym won’ leave. Custodian requests assistance. 9:21 pm - Alarm: Sprinkler in Riley, received call set off by vacuum cleaner bag exploding.
Whafs Happening: September 23-28 23 11:00am - Biology and Biotechnology Seminar, “Recent Advances in Alzeimer’s Disease,” James Hamos, Director, Mass. Academy, Salisbury Labs 104 3:30pm - Women’s Tennis vs. Clark 4-6pm - Global Opportunities Fair, Alden Memorial 7:00pm - Volleyball vs. Clark 7 :15pm - Women’s Soccer vs. Anna Maria 7 -10pm - Celebration, Global Perspective Program, Alden Memorial
2 4 ilO a m -4 p m - Red Cross/Panhel Blood Drive, Founders Hall 1lam - Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium, “Computer Simulations as Teach ing Tools for General, Analytical and Organic Chemistry,” William Vining, Uni versity of Mass. Amherst, Goddard Hall 311 1:(X)pm - Golf at Suffolk/Brandeis/Babson 3-8pm - Film, Sling Blade, Holy Cross, Kimball Theatre, $1.50 w/ ID 4:00pm - Men’s Soccer at MIT 5:00pm - Becker College, Speaker- Dr. Julius Wayne Dudley, founder of the South African International Book Drive, 5:(X) pm, Borger Academic Building, Leicester Campus.
2 5 l 0 am-4pm - Red Cross/Panhel Blood Drive, Founders Hall 7:00pm - Women's Volleyball vs. UMass-Boston 4:00pm - Women’s Soccer at Worcester State 7-9pm - Free Class, The Journey Within, 142 Highland St., Tarot Reading 8:00pm - MW Rep, Luna Muebles by Reid McDonald. Riley Commons, $3, doors open at 7:30pm
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12:00pm - Women’s Cross Country, Ray Dwyer Invitational at RIC 11:00am - Men’s Cross Country, Ray Dwyer Invitational at RIC 1:00pm - Women’s Tennis at Wellesley 1:00pm - Women’s Soccer at WNEC 1:00pm - Football at MIT 1:00pm - Field Hockey at UMass-Dartmouth 1:00pm - Volleyball at Framingham State 7:00pm - Film, Scream, Holy Cross, Kimball Theatre, $ 1.50 w/ ID 8:00pm - MW Rep, Luna Muebles by Reid McDonald, Riley Commons, $3, doors open at 7:30pm
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