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Volume Twenty-five, Number Eighteen

Tuesday, September 30,1997

Garofoli named Operations Director of MPI

Around the world and back again

by Adam Ross Newspeak Correspondent At around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, three outgoing seniors stood outside the entrance to Alden Hall and the Global Opportunities Fair, greeting internationally minded students seeking adventure, opportunities, and excite­ ment during their time at WPI. D arrin C hin, Ken O tto, and Jeevan Ramapriya completed overseas projects in Holland, Costa Rica, and England, respec­ tively, and now participate as Global Ambas­ sadors to promote the off-campus programs to other students at WPI. All three spoke very positively of their international experi­ ences, and a repeated remark was, “It was the best experience of my life.”

Inside, there was a lot of excitement among students, and a lot of busy faculty getting the word out about their sites. Existing project centers are located in England, Thai­ land, Holland, Denmark, India, Costa Rica, Germany, Italy, Puerto Rico, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. The centers operate for one of the five seven-week terms through­ out the year, with students working in small groups to complete projects in that time. Each site has a director who arranges housing and

other living arrange­ m ents for the stu­ dents and is there to make sure the stu­ dents have a positive experience.

Fabio Carrera, a graduate of WPI and a native of Italy, di­ rects the project cen­ ter in Venice. He has been ru n n in g the c en ter for several years, ov erseein g among other things, an ongoing project to research the Venice ca n als. He m en­ tioned that some stu­ dents this past sum­ mer lived in an apart­ ment overlooking the Grand Canal, giving an idea of the possible experience.

Students checking out the fair were all inter­ ested in going away, but many had not decided on the details. Students agonized to friends about having to choose between Africa and England, between Costa Rica and Bangkok.

Ryan Metivier (’00) has always wanted to go

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somewhere but has not narrowed down a pref­ erence. Brad Snow (’01) was interested by the Australia center but has a broader perspective.

“It’s great for companies, the international ex­ perience,” he said.

At 7 P.M. Tuesday night, an international celebration descended on Alden Hall. The

See Global, Continued to page 2

Hall of Fame inductees announced

by Heather Mazzacaro Sports Editor During halftime at the homecoming foot­ ball game, WPI will recognize 6 alumni for their outstanding achievements as athletes.

Induction into the Hall of Fame represents a dedication to athletic endeavors, a commit­ ment to excellence, and an appreciation for sportsmanship and the qualities that make WPI an esteemed institution in many regards.

Edwin A. Taylor, 1891, captained both the track and football teams at WPI. He com­ peted in all events for the track team, prefer­ ring the middle distance races. During one meet Taylor took seven firsts and two sec­ onds. His career totals were 14 firsts, 5 sec­ onds, and two WPI records broken.

J. Kevin Sullivan, ’67, was a four-year starter and letterwinner in basketball as well as a four-year letter winner in outdoor track.

He graduated as the school’s all-time leading

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scorer in basketball with 1,313 points. He also currently holds fourth place in all-time rebounds with 726. In track, Sullivan only lost the high jump event once in four years worth of dual meets, eventually becoming the New England Champion in that event.

E. Michael Shipulski, ’88 , was WPI’s only All-American baseball player. He lead the NCAA Division III in runs batted in per game for the 1986 season. He was an All-New En­ gland selection in his junior year and was chosen to play in the collegiate All-Star game at Fenway Park.

See Garofoli, Continued to page 2

The freshman-sophomore rivalry continues

by Mic Kearns Class o f ‘98

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News ..................................... .................... 2 National College News..... ................3,4 Homecoming....................... ................6,7 Sports.................................... ................8, 9 International House .......... ..................10 1 Commentary........................

10, 11, 15 Computing .......................... .................. 11 i Arts & Entertainment......... ..................12 I Announcements.................. ..................13 Club Comer ........................ .................. 16 Classifieds, Comics............ ..................19 1 Police Log ........................... ..................20

Jody Normandin, ’90, is a legend in WPI women’s basketball. She currently holds sev­ eral career records including points scored (1,716), field goal attempts (1,579), three-point field goals made (147), and attempted (349), free throws made (325), three-point field goal per­ centage (.421), and free throw percentage (.765).

Normandin also ranks in the top five, all time, in steals, assists, free throws attempted, field goals made, scoring average and games played. She is the only women to have started each of the 105 games she played in.

See Hall o f Fame, C ontinued to page 2

Carol Garofoli has assumed the position of director of operations for WPI’s Metal Pro­ cessing Institute (MPI). Since 1990 she has been the university’s director of academic operations. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business management at Worcester State College and is currently pursuing her M.B.A. at Assumption College.

Garofoli has held various positions since coming to WPI in 1982, including adminis­ trator o f academic programs and director of the summer school and the Frontiers program.

As MPI’s full-time operations director, she serves as the liaison between W PI’s Ac­ counting, Purchasing, and Human Resources office and is responsible for interacting with MPI’s consortium companies, facilitating its activities, and producing MPI-related reports and newsletters. She will now also develop educational programs in conjunction with MPI’s industrial partners.

Lars Amberg, a professor of metallurgy at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTH) in Tondheim, Norway, is currently a visiting professor. NTH and WPI have established a cooperative relationship to conduct research.

Arnberg, who will return home at the end of December, earned a Ph.D. in chemistry at Stockholm University and was a post-doc­ toral student at MIT from 1979 to 1981. He was head of the Department of Powder Met­ allurgy at the Swedish Institute for Metals Research in Stockholm from 1982-1990, when he assumed his present post. His research and teaching include solidification of met­ als, particularly aluminum and magnesium, grain refinement, properties of semisolid met-

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The Goat’s Head: To be shown this weekend.

This homecoming marks the 88,hyear for the Freshman Sophomore Rope Pull. It is also a part of the quest for the ever-cov­ eted Goat’s Head Trophy. The first rope pull took place at Salisbury Pond, today known as Institute Pond, jn 1909. Each team made up of 40 individuals lined op­ posite banks of the pond, the goal; to pull the other into the pond. The motivation for the freshman was, if they were victori­ ous, they were allowed to toss aside the beanies they were made to wear. If they were defeated however, the humiliation of

the beanies continued until Thanksgiving.

Forty-three years ago, Institute Pond was drained and the organizers of the Rope Pull were faced with a dilemma. The solu> tion was to hold the event in the library parking lot and the losers would be pulled H through the blast of running fire hoses.

• This yeajr the hoses will be back, only lo­ cated in Institute Pond. After the Home­ coming football game on October 4lh 50 sophomores and 50 freshman will partici­ pate in a battle for both the Goat’s Head and class pride. Everyone is encouraged to attend and either help the cause or cheer on your class. Be a part of the WPI tradi­ tion!

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Newspeak goes nationwide

by Justin Greenough Newspeak S ta ff This week Newspeak will be printing na­ tional college news as part of a new alli­ ance with U-Wire, an AP-like service of­ fered to all college and university newspa­ per staffs. By participating in the U-Wire project, Newspeak will be able to tap into the stories and headlines of other colle­ giate newspapers from around the coun­ try, thereby keeping its readers informed of what’s going on at other campuses like WPI. Stories written by students, about

students and other national events will ap­ pear in Newspeak each week. Likewise, sto­ ries about WPI will be electronically broad­ cast to other member papers so that they may inform their students of our events here. “I feel that this will give Newspeak the ability to keep the WPI community better informed.

I think it’s important that we keep abreast of important developments at other colleges around the country, “ commented Newspeak Editor-in-chief, Lisa Bartee, “When I lived on campus, I remember having very little con­ tact with the ‘outside world’. Hopefully, this will give students suffering from a similar

problem a way to keep in touch.” U-wire was founded in 1994 by Michael Lazerow, a sophomore journalism major at North­ western University and writer for The Daily Northwestern. U-Wire now has over 100 member college papers in over 47 states and claims more than 800,000 readers. Re­ cently, as an added perk, U-wire has formed partnerships with several national corpo­ rations including USA Today Online and PointCast to further extend its readership and ties with professional media. The Uwire homepage is available with new Col­ lege news each day.

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Global: IGSD Fair caters to those seeking adventure, excitement Continued from page I party was held to “keep the hype going,” said Natalie Acuna, Program Administra­ tor for Interdisciplinary Studies. Ms. Acuna was the person in charge of run­ ning the Global Opportunities Fair, and the balloons, banners, and sidewalk chalk pro­ moting the fair were there thanks to her.

She attributed most of the work to the Global Ambassadors, who spent a lot of time painting banners and blowing up bal­ loons in addition to participating actively in the fair.

The Global Ambassadors are the “pro­ motional engine” for the Global Studies program at WPI, said Richard Vaz, electri­ cal engineering professor and Co-Chair of IGSD (Interdisciplinary and Global Stud­ ies Division) along with Professor Hossein Hakim and Professor Doug Woods.

Professor Vaz has helped run centers in Italy, Holland, and Ireland, and currently visits the Venice site every summer. He listed the necessities for a successful project center as good project topics, good connections with local companies, safe, af­ fordable housing, and good advising.

He praised the level of work done by WPI students in the various project cen­ ters. “O ur students are more like junior

consultants,” he said, than the interns most companies are used to and expect. WPI is often able to participate in long term projects with companies as a result of stu­ dents’ impressive work, he said. In Wash­ ington, D.C., project opportunities are turned down because there is so much inter­ est in WPI students. In addition, he added, “Off campus projects are of much higher quality” than those completed at WPI. The term before going away, students must develop a comprehensive project pro­ posal, allowing them to hit the ground run­ ning when they arrive at the project center.

Professor Vaz estimated that 1/3 of the project is completed before students leave WPI. Projects at these off-campus centers are usually IQP’s, which means they are not necessarily determined by what students are studying at WPI. There are also no language requirements, meaning any stu­ dent is eligible to go to any site.

There is a priority at WPI to increase the size of the Global Opportunities Program, said both Professor Vaz and Ms. Acuna.

Possible new sites are being proposed in Australia, Africa, and Boston. But there is an “enormous amount of start-up effort” for new sites, so expansion of existing sites

Intramural Cross Country Deadline for Submitting Rosters: Friday, October 3"*, noon.

Race: Wed. October 8lh, 1997 4:30noon.

WPI Healthy Alternatives Office and/or submit via the WWW at http://www. wpi. edu/Admin/Depts/HA O/Intramurals • • • • • • •

Cross Country Teams consist of 7 runners.

Race is 2.5 miles.

Unlimited Entrees Team scores based on top 5.

7-Championship T-shirts to top Team.

Individual Trophies to top team.

Runners should pick up numbers and check in forms from 4:15pm to 4:30pm in Institute Park at the bandstand.

• Course Starts near bandstand. Run perimeter of park twice CCW and finish about 100 yards beyond start.

Teams are to collect the finish numbers of their top 5 runners and immediately get them to the finish line scores. Individual times and places will be posted next after­ noon.

makes more sense, said Professor Vaz. Ms. Acuna said her goal is a 1/3 increase from the 200 students who participated last year.

Judging from the student participation and excitement generated by Tuesday’s fair, such an increase is very possible. This was evident due to the several page list of students who identified interest in the pro­ spective Australia center.

Vaz and Acuna both stressed that the ap­ plication deadline for going to a project cen­ ter is November 6, leaving plenty of time for students to take advantage of this opportu­ nity provided at WPI. Acuna said the time off-campus is the best experience of kids lives, giving them a “different appreciation for things.” She also said it is a “great way to

market yourself’ when applying for a job.

The following local restaurants provided food to give the celebration a more inter­ national flavor: House of India, Arturo’s, Tortilla Sam’s, and Thai Pochana. WPI’s Daka food service also contributed. The meal received rave reviews from students all over campus the following day.

Petit Travel generously donated two Euro Passes as door prizes, worth as much as $700.

Other door prizes were given by Mechanics Hall, Barnes & Noble, Arturo’s Ristorante, Foothills Theatre, T hym e’s Square on Hudson, Sahara Cafe, Tortilla Sam’s, the Worcester Art Museum, Tatnuck Booksell­ ers. and National Amusements.

Hall of Fame: WPI’s Own Continued from page I Amaro Goncalves, 85, may have been one of the best soccer players ever to have played at WPI. He received four varsity letters and was named the team ’s Most Valuable Player. Goncalves was a twotime All-American (First Team as a senior and Second Team as a junior) from the sweeper position, a two-time All-New Enland First Team selection, and All-Star during your junior and senior years.

Michael V. Bucci, ’90, holds the honor of being one of the greatest running backs in the history of WPI football. In only his first season, he tallied seven 100 -yard rush­ ing games, 1,072 rushing yards, and nine touchdowns. Only one freshmen in all

of the NCAA had more rushing yards than Bucci that year. Due to his great performance he was named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Rookie o f the Year. By the time o f his graduation, he was the sch o o l’s all-tim e leading scorer with 218 points. He currently ranks second in career rushing yards (3,274), seventh in career receptions (73), and eighth in career receiving yards (1,017).

All together Bucci amassed 4,291 all-pur­ pose yards in his career.

These alumni athletes will be formally inducted Saturday evening at 5:30pm in Founders Hall. Tickets to attend may be purchased from the Athletic Office by call­ ing 831-5243.

Garofoli: Leading MPI into the future Continued from page 1 als, castability and rapid solidification tech­ nology.

The M etals Processing Institute, and industry-university alliance, was formal­ ized at WPI in 1995/96. MPI’s mission is to educate future leaders o f the industry and to advance the knowledge base via re­ search carried out in collaboration with its

industrial partners. Its three industrial con­ sortia are the Aluminum Casting Research Laboratory (ACRL), the Powder Metallurgy Research Center (PMRC), and the SemiSolid M aterials Processing Laboratory (SSMP). More than 65 corporate partners are members of the institute. More infor­ mation about MPI is available at http:// www.wpi.edu/-t-mpi.

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University of NH students speak out on recent riots

by Robb Schlosser University o f New Hampshire (U-Wire) DURHAM, N.H. — After vent­ ing frustrations about police treatment at Thursday’s students-only discussion, stu­ dents offered solutions to remedying the effect o f two recent riot-like melees at the intersection of Madbury Road and Garri­ son Avenue. M ore than 150 people at­ tended the forum, which was held in the MUB Granite State Room and sponsored

by Student Body President Tito Jackson and Vice President Jamie Steiger, who both

moderated the event.

The atmosphere of the event was casual, and Jackson encouraged students to speak their minds. Many students argued about the role of UNH law enforcement at the riot.

“I really think there’s a problem with the police department here,” said sophomore Dana Pow ers. “T hey’ll push students around because students don’t know their rights.”

Pow ers said he was unfairly pepper sprayed and charged with resisting arrest last year after a party was broken up in the Gables. He took his case to court and won,

and said students should be more aware of what police can and cannot do. How­ ever, U niversity Police C h ief Roger Beaudoin said Thursday evening that Pow­ ers’ complaints were unfounded, and added that the court case was won because of a technicality.

Whitney Edgar, a senior, said police are paid to enforce the law and that the liabil­ ity - both personal and monetary - of let­ ting a few students off is too great. She also asked students to put themselves in the shoes of police officers at the melee.

“If you went in there, what would you

The jungle: Just what exactly are you eating?

S ta ff Editorial University o f Florida (U-Wire) GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When was the last time you were sick? Did you think it was something you ate maybe that greasy cheeseburger you had last night at a downtown bar?

Well, that might have been what it was.

Records from the Agricultural Department show the public was never notified o f fed­ eral recalls of more than 20.2 million pounds of meat and poultry since 1990, the Asso­ ciated Press reported Wednesday. Officials had their reasons for recalling the meat.

Some was contaminated with bacteria.

Other meats were peppered with bits of bone, metal or plastic. And yet others were improperly labeled or had defective con­ tainers, USDA reports show.

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Wait a second, didn’t anyone read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle in high school?

Apparently, most of the 142 recalls were on products either distributed to restau­ rants and school cafeterias, or were just sitting in warehouses or on trucks and had not been distributed to retailers yet. Since the public would not be able to distinguish which meats were tainted, the department said it simply decided to keep the informa­ tion to itself.

Doesn’t the public deserve to know what kind of little bacterial microbes excuse us if that is not the scientific term are squirming about in their cheeseburgers? Well, this is how it works. The USDA does not make a recall public unless it is likely consumers have purchased the tainted meat or might still have it on hand. Apparently it does not matter if the public might have already

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consumed it. Then, officials within the in­ dustry work together to determine where the spoiled meat is, and privately they get it out of the system.

So we are left to wonder, what kind of meat have we been eating for the past seven years? Industry officials claim they have nothing to gain by keeping their little secret to themselves. But we are not so sure. Why would some industry offi­ cials be dismayed over a new USDA Web site that posts details on every recall since 1990 whether they were public or not?

“It has a potentially damaging effect on the com panies in v o lv ed ,” said Bob Hibbert, an attorney for the Eastern Beef Processors Association. Well, yeah. But a cheeseburger with bits of metal and plas­ tic in it can be damaging too.

Bull pep rally is blasted S ta ff Editorial The Oracle (U. South Florida) (U-WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. — For years, organizations, adm inistrators and stu­ dent leaders have been crying out for more school spirit. Every year the stu­ dent body gets the same speech about how students should get involved and help build school tradition. Now, one of USF’s only on-going traditions has been cane ,f*d.

Bull Blast, USF’s version of Midnight Madness, will not take place this year.

Men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg

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"W ell Dr. Stone, it looks like w e've reached a dead e n d . I c a n l decip her th ese hieroglyphics, and without th em we'll n ever find th e hidden chamber."

do?” asked Edgar, who was a part-time of­ ficer for the UNH Police Department last spring. “I wish students would see it from the other side.”

Many forum attendees also stressed the fact that a more personable relationship between officers and students should be created through meetings and community projects. Bret Moses, a senior, suggested several buses should shuttle students of drinking age between Durham and Ports­ mouth, which would alleviate the crowded partying on campus and make it tougher for minors to purchase alcohol through upperclassmen friends. He added that the money spent on additional law enforce­ ment could be channeled into nonalcoholic events.

Some students suggested the reputa­ tion of UNH is now tarnished from the nationwide scrutiny, which could reduce the validity and strength of diplomas in em ployers’ eyes. The idea o f a Thom p­ son Hall lawn sit-in to protest some of the university’s policies was even men­ tioned by a few students. Jackson and Steiger are setting up several new initia­ tives in response to the altercations, in­ cluding a regular dialogue between stu­ dents and police, a student volunteer team and publications on the rights of both s tu d e n ts and p o lic e . Jac k so n thanked students for th eir input and stressed their continued involvement.

“I kind of look at the student body as a family,” he said. “And we handle the prob­ lems in the family first.”

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said he made the decision not to have the annual pep rally for the team.

The Athletic Department has committed a serious foul. Bull Blast was one of the few traditions this university had. It was an event where the student body could support their athletic teams and be proud to be a Bull.

Athletic director Paul Griffin said the event was canceled partially due to a de­ clining student interest, but should this warrant ending a spirit-building tradition?

This is the time to keep traditions alive.

With the arrival of football and increased student enrollment, the time for pep rallies and tradition-building activities is now.

Since Bull Blast would have fallen during the week of USF’s first football Homecom­ ing, it is most likely the attendance would have increased.

We should utilize the large number of USF football fans to boost other events, increase spirit and keep tradition alive.

G reenberg said he do esn ’t think Bull Blast will help the team ’s performance.

But promoting the team and increasing the number of fans for the sport can only help the team during game time. When a university is only 41 years old, it is im­ portant everything possible is done to keep spirit and tradition alive. If we let this event be discarded, what tradition will be next?

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HIV Helpers: Intrepid Volunteers crucial to furthering AIDS research Staff Editorial Michigan State (U-Wire) EAST LANSING, Mich.— Fifty people have decided to bravely volunteer themselves for research in the name of all HIV-infected patients. These volunteers are not just facing the possibility of death, but also close scrutiny and criticism from those who are closed-minded to the idea o f human testing.

The “suicide squad,” as the group has been labeled by some who disapprove of the research, includes 39 physicians who plan to inject themselves with an alive, but weakened, strain of HIV in order to study

the effects of a possible AIDS vaccine.

Those against human testing imply that volunteers’ actions are irresponsible and they don’t realize the full effects of what they are doing. What they seem to have forgotten is these doctors have been in­ volved with this research for many years.

If anyone should know the level of risk in­ volved, it’s them.

People who oppose testing should look back at experimental successes such as the polio vaccine. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, re­ searchers used 133 human volunteers in their study of the virus. Cases involving the polio virus are now unusual in the U.S.

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and Europe, due in part to the high suc­ cess rate of this human research. UNICEF estimates that the vaccine has already prevented over 2 million cases o f polio.

A serious virus was contained thanks to the dedication and intensity of those who fought to conquer polio. It is people who are willing to take risks that pave the way for the advancement of medicine.

Considering the growing number o f HIV infections, something must start im­ mediately. Especially since there are those who are willing to do it. The ques­ tion is, will the Food and Drug Adm inis­ tration realize this? The FDA must ac­ knowledge that these people are volun­

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teers. They are not paid participants or th e ig n o ran t and u n e d u c a te d being forced to comply. Volunteers claim they will continue the research with or with­ out the approval of the administration.

This could be done by limiting research to one state or moving the study to Eu­ rope. However, the ideal situation would be for all groups to work together in or­ der to make the most o f their resources.

It seems if these groups can participate with one another, research would not be as easily curtailed by outside interfer­ ence. It is vital to find a vaccine as soon as possible. Any delay will only cost more lives.

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Hey! Who’s got your Goat?

by Gompei Kuwada Class o f ’93 (1893!)

H ere’s a Hom ecoming brain-teaser: what is made up o f a big head, a little body, four legs, two horns, four hooves, about 25 pounds o f bronze, many en­ graved numbers and a truckload of WPI tradition???

That's right, it’s my infamous Goal’s Head, and it could be residing in the dorm room next door!! If any of you unfortu­ nate freshmen or (perish the thought!) upperclassmen out there are unfamiliar

with this fine creature of mine, take off your beanies and listen up, because this is important.

Back in 1891, my classm ates and I adopted a goat as a mascot for WPI. We had a great time with him, and they vol­ unteered me to serve as his guardian, be­ cause my initials “G.K.” corresponded with Goat Keeper. Unfortunately for our hoofed mascot, I am Japanese and could not take the goat home on breaks, so the group decided to - ahem - remove the goat’s head and keep it as a trophy. I re­ alize that our mascot modification is po-

The Goat’s Head Rivalry Rule Sheet 1. Official Rules took effect on September 18, 1995. The Goat Head Trophy will be awarded to the class which wins the majority of the Freshman-Sophomore Rivalry events of the WPI academic year (Rope Pull, Pennant Rush, Jeopardy Game). The Trophy will be awarded after all three events have been completed.

2. The Goat’s Head must be displayed by the class in possession during Homecom­ ing, the Winter Carnival, Quadfest and Traditions Day. It must be seen by a major­ ity o f students attending said events to be acknowledged.

3. The Trophy may not be taken beyond the borders set by the map given to each classes’ Goat Keeper Committee. The boundary shall be set as one-half mile (1/2 mile) from the WPI campus perimeter.

4. One member of the Goat’s Head Committee must know where the Trophy is at ALL times including updated information EVERY TIME that the Trophy is moved. If it becomes necessary, that one member has a responsibility to inform any other com­ mittee member of the Trophy’s location. The Goat’s Head Committee shall be made up o f the following individuals: Co-Chairmen and Advisors to the Student Alumni Society, an appointed Alumnus/a, a member appointed from the WPI Administra­ tion, a member appointed from the WPI Faculty, a senior member of SKULL Honor Society (appointed within) and a member of each classes’ Goat Keeper Committee. f f i J / (NOTE: The one informed Committee member may not be the possessing class’s Goat Keeper Committee representative). / “ iJ H v f I H il. t 5. At no time may any member of your class team violate any of the institute’s conduct policies.

litically incorrect today, but remember, this was in 1891. There was no PETA then.

Over the years, the different classes at WPI have taken great pride in their abili­ ties to concoct schem es to steal the Goat’s Head away from each other. In 1928, the G oat’s Head, which as you can imagine had become sort o f ripe, was re­ placed by a portable bronze replica with a big head. From that point on, each class that successfully swiped the Goat from a class earned the privilege of engraving their class year on its side.

Once a year, the class that possessed the Goat was required to show it pub­ licly. S tunts revolving around these showings were clever and crazy, appro­ priately enough for this school. Some memorable occasions included tossing the Goat from Earle Bridge into an open convertible passing below, hanging the Goat from a helicopter over Alumni Field during a home football game, and dan­ gling the Goat from the rafters of Alumni Gym during a basketball game.

T hese d ay s, the c la ss w hich p o s­ sessed the Goat is obligated, by G oat’s

Head Rules, to show it on Homecoming, Traditions Day, W inter C arnival, and QuadFest.

So, keep your eyes peeled! Stay alert!

Homecoming is almost here, and the Goat sometimes makes surprise appearances when you least expect it. H e’s out there, somewhere, right now. Maybe in your h a llw a y ...... or in your ro o m m a te ’s closet... or in that huge backpack that kid in your calculus class always carries.

Don’t miss your chance to be a part of WPI tradition!!

Come home to WPI Courtesy o f W PI News Service

Great times with friends, great food, great football and great fun for the whole family are the reason folks return to their alma maters for Homecoming. This year, Home­ coming Weekend on Oct 3,4, and 5 at WPI promises all this and more for returning al­ ums and members of the campus commu­ nity.

Homecoming highlights include instru­ mental and vocal performances by WPI’s exemplary musical ensembles; Pinocchio, a magic show and face painting for all the kids; the annual rope pull, Frank Sannella road race, and WPI vs. RPI football rivalry; campus tours, class reunions; miniature golf with holes designed by student orga­ nizations; and the Hall of Fame dinner and reception. For more, see the homecoming web page.

H O M E C O M I N G ‘97

6. Actions associated with this tradition must be conducted within the guidelines of

the established rules. No bodily harm may be inflicted on any participant in either procuring or protecting the Goat.

...on the Web

7. If at any time any team member of your class violates one of the contest rules, the trophy will be turned over to the Goat’s Head Committee.

8. The Goat’s Head must be returned to the Goat’s Head Committee before the last

week of D-term. It will be returned to the possessing class in the following A-Term.

9. The Alumni Office will determine the authenticity of the Goat’s Head Trophy.

10. Any class may possess the Goat, however, only the Freshman and Sophomore class rivalry events will determine the Goat Head’s true owner. A plaque will be kept in Riley Commons and inscribed with the class year of the winner of each year’s Rivalry Events following Traditions Day.

Further information regarding homecoming and a complete schedule of events can be found at:

11. Any class that steals the goat may have the Trophy inscribed by the Alumni Office at no charge.

12.The Goat cannot be defaced in any way and all engraving must be coordinated with the WPI Alumni Office. The Goat may be engraved with class year numerals only and no engraving of the goat should be larger than one half inch square ( 1/2 in2).

13. Any discrepancies of these rules will be reviewed by the Goat’s Head Committee.

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Flashback: Inauguration and Homecoming Newspeak Flashback - September 26, 1995

by Dave Koelle Editor-in-C hief Emeritus A beautiful late-summer morning greeted the WPI community Friday morning as stu­ dents, faculty, and dignitaries assembled on the Quad and in Harrington Auditorium, ready for the day’s activities. The Inaugu­ ration began with a procession of various student organizations entering the audito­ rium. After they were seated, the proces­ sion of dignitaries started. Members of the academic decked in regalia and hon­ ored guests community paraded through the auditorium . The Most R everend Daniel P. Reilly, Bishop of Worcester, read the invocation, followed by a spectacu­ lar rendition o f the National Anthem by three WPI graduates, Maria R. Bergin ‘93, Wendy A. Manas ‘95, and Sara J. Pollard ‘94. After this, greetings were given on behalf o f the undergraduate student, graduate students, administration and staff, alumni, faculty, and community of Worces­ ter.

Guest speaker Dr. Claire L. Gaudiani, Presi­ dent of Connecticut College, gave some thought-provoking remarks about where technology has the power to take us, and how we must reshape some of what we know to reap its full benefits. Teachers must be fellow learners, explorers in dis­ covering science, instead of lecturers, she said. Humanity has come a long way: “We not only map geography, we map the hu­ man genome.” In the face of all of the mar­

vels o f technology, she sees Johann G utenberg’s printing press as “ju st an upgrade,” a necessary step along the way to the technological world we know today and will explore even further to­ morrow. She also remarked that any en­ emy which we may have is no longer an evil empire, but conflicts that can tear people apart. In this new, technicallyenhanced w orld, we need each other more than ever; we need the ability to work in teams, to get along, to share the benefits o f each o th e rs’ learning and knowledge. The worst enemy to hum an­ ity will be the powers that pull us apart.

After Dr. Gaudiani’s remarks, the Presi­ dent was officially installed. James Hanlon, a Humanities professor and Secretary of the Faculty, put the presidential medallion around P resident P arrish ’s neck, and Chrysanthe Terwilliger ‘88 , Norton Assis­ tant Professor o f Mechanical Engineering, gave him the charter of WPI. Dr. Parrish then gave his Inaugural Address, “Mak­ ing a Difference.”

The Alma Mater was sung by the Glee Club and Alden Voices, backed up by the Concert Band.

That afternoon, the Inaugural Sympo­ sium took place. The topic for discussion was “The New Liberal Education for the Age o f Technology.” Eight esteem ed guests, including President Parrish, partici­ pated in a panel which resulted in a worth­ while and interesting dialogue.

The next day: Homecoming. Again, the

Class of 1996 got their goat Newspeak flashback - September 24, 1996

by Jesse Parent Class o f 1996 It was early Monday morning when six members o f the senior class got together with the intention o f stealing the Goat’s Head trophy. The news was out. The original Goat’s Head had been recast, and while the old one was to be retired and kept for its historical value, the newly cast version was planned to be recircu­ lated into the WPI com m unity in the hopes o f reviving the Goat’s Head tradi­ tion in a safe and fun manner. That was our plan, too... but the difference was that it would be from us, the students, and not the administration.

The man (we’ll call him Gompei) who was bringing the pair of goats was due for a meeting in Higgins House at approximately 9AM, and that’s where we waited for him.

One member o f our class was waiting in the parking lot, another in a bush by the door, while the rest waited in the getaway car. It was the perfect plan... we hoped.

At 8:55AM, Gompei arrived in his car with the brazen pair. Our man in the park­ ing lot saw him and rushed to his car, knowing that the two would be in his back seat, and attem pted to open the passenger side rear door. It was locked.

Gompei just looked inquisitively at our classm ate, who sighed and left. The classmate in the bushes had gotten para­ noid and w ent in sid e to m ake sure Gompei hadn’t somehow snuck in, and then waited at the front door for him.

Two of the seniors who were waiting in the getaway car saw Gompei pull in and went up to watch the stealing, but the origi­ nal two were nowhere to be found. So, when Gompei crossed the parking lot, a goat under each arm, the new pair seized the opportunity... and the goats. With one member of our class on each goat, Gompei had no chance to hold on as they grabbed them and ran to the car, leaving Gompei unharmed but clearly flustered at the kid­ napping (kid, goat... get it?!?).

Out of respect for the traditions of the school, we returned the old one so that it could be safely stored away, but the new one was to be introduced at Homecoming by our class (look for that, boys and girls).

So the old goat was returned, but not nec­ essarily as it was. It had gained an addi­ tion o f a “9” and a “ 6”, etched triumpantly on each butt cheek.

If any members of the class of ’96 have some ideas for creative ways to “show” the goat (perhaps at Homecoming), please email those ideas to briank@wpi.edu.

weather couldn’t have been nicer. The day started smoothly, almost slowly, as alumni and guests began to filter in. The miniature golf holes, sponsored by the Student Alumni Society, were laid out on the Quad. There were various other ac­ tivities on the Quad for children as well: a face painter, a m agician, and a pupper show entertained kids o f all ages. Par­ tic ip a n ts in the 19th A n n u al F ran k Sannella Road Race had a good time as always, as did the alumni participating in the Annual Alumni Soccer Game.

As the day progressed, more and more people began filling the Quad and the sur­ rounding area. At 1:30, the Homecoming football game started. This year, WPI played against Union College. The Goat made a showing right at the beginning of

half-time, leading to a brawl on the far side of the field that lasted for quite a while be­ fore anyone ran away with the goat.

After the game, everyone headed down to Institute Park for the Traditional Rope Pull. This contest was over quickly as the freshmen managed to pull the rope out away from the sophomore’s grasp. To everyone’s surprise, the victorious fresh­ men took the rope and ran away with it! It was later found wrapped around the floors of Morgan Hall, where it was retrieved.

As the day came to a close, alumni and friends departed, and the Quad emptied.

As everyone else was winding down, the freshmen were rallying themselves, deter­ mined to get the Goat from whoever had it.

It was another successful Homecoming, to everyone’s delight.

Schedule of Events Friday, October 3, 1997 Women's Soccer v. Western New England College . A l u m n i

7:00 PM WPI Field

Goat’s Head Pub and Zero-Year R eunion..... Riley Commons

7 :0 0 -12:00 PM

Saturday, October 4, 1997 8 :0 0 -10:00 AM

Graduate Management Alumni Kick-Off Breakfast Morgan A

9:00 A M -5:00 PM

Tatnuck Bookseller @ WPI O pen.........................Daniels Hall

9:00 A M -5:00 PM

Homecoming Information/Registration O p e n ...... Harrington

9:00 -10:00 A M

Frank Sanella Road R ace.................................A lum ni Field

9:30- 10:30 AM

Class Boards of Directors Opening Session.........Alden Hall

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10:30 A M -12:30 PM CDC Open House

Project Center

11:00 AM -

Women Alumni Athletes M ini-Reunion.............. Quadrangle

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VIP/QBOD Reception............................ 3^......... Reunion Plaza

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Class o f 1992 5th Reunion B arbecue.............. Higgins House

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1:30 PM

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4:30 PM

Freshnum-Sophomore Rope P u ll...................Institute Park

4:30 PM

Open Alumni R eception...................................Higgins House

6:00 -7 :0 0 PM

Glee Club C oncert..................................................Alden Hall

7:00 PM

Glee Club Alumni R eception.......................Spaulding Recital

Sunday, October 5, 1997 9:00 AM -1 :30 PM

Alumni Council M eetin g ...................... Higgins Laboratories

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Weekly sports update: Results from September 19thto 25th

by G eoff Has sard Sports Information Director Football (1-1) WPI traveled to Schenectady, N.Y. last week to play Union College. WPI battled back from a 27-0 deficit, but fell short 2720. Union scored three times in the first half, twice in the last 2:08 of the second quarter to lead 27-0 at half-time.

WPI took their first possession o f the second half and drove 65 yards in 17 plays to score their first touchdown. Rich Boardman (Merrimack, NH) connected with tight end Matt Surette (Spencer, MA) on a 6-yard pass. The score would re­ main 27-6 into the fourth quarter when senior Ryan Horgan (Ashburnham, MA) intercepted a pass to give WPI the ball at their own 42-yard line with 10:22 re­ maining. seven plays later Boardman hit Surette again for a 30-yard strike to cut the lead to two touchdowns. The Engi­ neers then got the ball back when Union fu m b led at the W PI 2 8 -y ard lin e.

Boardman then completed 6 of 7 passes to march WPI down the field for another score. He would find Surette again streaking down field for a 31 -yard touch­ down pass to make the score 27-20. WPI then recovered an onsides kick with 3:36 remaining, but were stopped on a fourthand-one with just under two minutes left to end their chance for the tie.

S ophom ore lin eb ack er Jon Pires (Stoughton, MA) led the defense with 12 tackles and two tackles for a loss. His per­ formance, as well as Surette’s, earned them a spot on the Freedom Football Conference weekly honor roll.

Men's and Women's Cross Country Men (0-2); Women (0-2); The men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled south to Dartmouth, Mass. to participate in the UMass-Dartmouth In­ vitational. Both teams ran well and all run­ ners improved from the week before. The men finished in eleventh place overall and the women finished thirteenth.

Strong performances for the men were turned in by Tyler Lupien (Waldoboro, ME), Tim Caldwell (Dover-Foxcroft, ME), Rick Crispo (Andover, MA), Don Wallace (Brunswick, ME), Liam Kelly (Shrewsbury, MA), Keith Levesque (Nashua, NH) and Paul Muller (Wauseon, OH).

On the women’s side Sue Shorrock (N. Smithfield, RI) continues to lead the way.

Freshman Harmonie Hawley (Pine Beach, NJ) ran well and improved from the week before. Other improved performances were turned in by Beth Gentry (Cupertino, CA) and Lisa Trahan (Chelmsford, MA).

Men's Soccer (5-2) The men’s soccer team went 2-0 last week with wins over Anna M aria and MIT. They defeated Anna Maria 5-0 last Monday at home and then went on the road two days later and beat MIT in over­ time 3-2.

In the win over Anna M aria Shaun McDonough (Whitman, MA) and Dave Barroso (Milford, M A) each scored two goals

and Chris Prueher (Ellington, CT) added one goal. Assists went to Chris Mahoney (Ply­ mouth, MA) on the first goal, Ben Wilson (Plymouth, MA) on the third goal and Terry Demaris (Brookline, NH) and Adam Hopey (Newmarket, MA) on the fifth goal. WPI con­ trolled play the entire game and goalkeeper Ryan Fournier (Charlton City, MA) went un­ tested to pick up the shutout.

Last W ednesday W PI opened their 1997 conference schedule by defeating MIT. WPI struck first as freshman Keith Shrayer (Woodstock Valley, CT) scored his first collegiate goal. Tony Roccisano (W oodstock, CT) would get the assist.

MIT tied the score seven minutes later before Shrayer scored again to give WPI the lead at half-time 2-1. MIT would score the tying goal late in the second half and the game would end 2-2 to force overtime. In overtime Roccisano would end the game and give WPI the win 3-2 after putting in a loose ball in front of the goal.

Field Hockey (4-3) The field hockey team won two more games to raise their record to above .500 and continue their current win streak. They defeated Westfield State 3-1 at home on the 20 th and then went on the road last Monday to beat Salem State 3-2.

In th e W estfield gam e, freshm an Megan Parsons (Hatfield, MA) scored her first collegiate goal 78 seconds into the second half to break a 1-1 tie. Brooke Clark (Jefferson, MA), who scored the first WPI goal, added another with 7:52 remaining.

Courtney Estaphan (S. Dartmouth, MA) and Jade Gaudreau (Rehoboth, MA) as­ sisted on Clark’s first goal and Parsons assisted on the second. Deb Vandenburgh

(Walpole, MA) had six saves in recording her third straight win.

In the game against Salem, WPI went into half-tim e with a 2-0 lead on the strength of two goals from P arsons.

Celina Sienko (Turner, ME) assisted on the first goal and L in d say Voss (N. Brookfield, MA) assisted on the second.

Clark would make it 3-0 early in the sec­ ond half as WPI held on to win 3-2 as Salem would storm back late.

Women's Soccer (2-3-1) The women’s soccer team had an up and down week as they defeated a strong Anna Maria team in overtime, but then lost to Worcester State two days later.

Against the Amcats the first half would go back-and-forth with each team scor­ ing twice for a 2-2 half-time score. Fresh­ man Beth Gilbert (Dayville, CT) would get WPI on the board first as she scored less than five minutes into the game. The goal w as assiste d by Ja m ie S zafaro w ic z (Oakham, MA). Anna M aria would tie the game at 1-1 three minutes later and take the lead 2-1 with ju st over 13 min­ utes remaining in the half. Szafarowicz

would tie the game at 2-2 with 30 sec­ onds left in the half, assisted by Gilbert.

In the second half there would be no scor­ ing which meant an overtime had to be played. Seven minutes into the first over­ time, Jen Patoulidis (Saugus, MA) would get the rebound off a shot by Szafarowicz and put it by the Anna Maria goalkeeper for the 3-2 win. Brooke LeClair (Acton, MA) would make eight saves to pick up her second win of the season.

Last Thursday WPI traveled a few miles to take on Worcester State and lost 3-0.

Women's Tennis (3-2) The w om en’s tennis team was quite busy during the last week with matches against MIT and Clark while also partici­ pating in the New England Grass Court Doubles Championships in Newport, RI. On Friday the 19th MIT came to town as W PI opened its 1997 co n feren ce schedule. Even though MIT would win 8-1 WPI battled for every point. W PI’s only point o f the match came at No. 3 doubles as Leanna DelGrosso (Euclid, OH) and Paula Silva (Wakefield, MA) See Update Continued to page 9

WPI student athletes on top

by Heather Mazzacaro Sports Editor Sophomore Jon Pires was named to the FFC honor roll last week. He gained this honor by tallying 12 tackles during the game versus Union College.

In field hockey, Deb Bandenburgh was named New -8 Player o f the Week for her outstanding perform ance in goal. She

led her team to a 3-0 week, making 22 saves with a 0.88 goals-against average.

Also in field hockey, sophomore Brook Clark, leads the team with 8 points which places her second in scoring in the New 8 Conference.

W restling coach, Phil Grebinar, was honored by the New England Intercolle­ giate Wrestling Officials Association for 25 years of dedicated service.

First crew races to be held this weekend

by Eric Wilhelm Graphics Editor The m en’s and w om en’s crew teams will both be opening their fall racing season this weekend with a double-header of sorts. On Satur­ day, the two teams will once again face the A lum ni in the annual Alumni/family race and barbeque, set to begin at 10am. Though the Alumni tend to be a little jumpy at the start, the student crews are con­ fident that the Alumni can’t last too much more than 500 meters. How­ ever, those first 500 will be a scramble, especially with at least one national team rower in the Alum boat.

Saturday’s race will be followed by the first intercollegiate race of the sea­ son for WPI, the Textile River Regatta, held in Lowell, Mass. this coming Sun­ day.

This year’s Textile River Regatta will be the eighteenth to be held in Lowell.

Originally started by alumni of UMassLowell Crew, over 1500 competitors raced in last year’s race, including 50 colleges

and rowing clubs. The course starts adja­ cent to the Vesper Country Club on Tyng Island in Tyngsboro, and finishes three miles downriver, between the Bellegarde Boathouse and the Sampas Pavillion in Lowell. The race is now hosted by the M errimack River Rowing Association, UMass Lowell Crew and The Textile River Regatta Committee, and is held on the first Sunday of October every year. This makes the Textile the first race of the season for most crews in New England, and sometimes the only race for novices who may quit

before the start of the spring season.

WPI will be racing six boats in the Lowell race this year. From the men’s team, two boats from the varsity team are to race in the collegiate eight cat­ egory, along with two boats from the novice team, composed of freshman and first-year rowers. The women’s team will also enter two boats: one varsity and one novice. All crews are hoping for a successful start to the season, and probably will do very well, due to the very professional guidance of their coaches and an al­ most unbelieveable amount of dedi­ cation on the part of the rowers.

At three miles (5000 meters) in length, fall races are tests of crews’ endurance; they are a good way for schools to com­ pare themselves before winter training, and can sometimes predict spring trends.

WPI will be rowing in three races this fall: The Textile, the Head of the Connecti­ cut (held in Middletown, CT), and a race on the Charles River in Boston. In addi­ tion, the women’s team will be rowing in the Head of the Charles Regatta, to be held in Boston at the end of next month.

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Update: The golf team remains undefeated Continued from page 8

would battle back from a 5-2 deficit to win 9-8 in a tie-break.

In the New England Doubles tourna­ ment WPI entered three pairs. Playing No. 1 was Jessica Buffone (Seneca Falls, NY) and Michelle Jurofcik (Saugerties, NY). At No.2 was M ichelle Lafond (Ex­ eter, RI) and Ashley Deliso (Sutton, MA) and at No. 3 was DelGrosso and Silva.

Both Buffone/Jurofcik and Lafond/Deliso would win opening matches before fall­ ing in the second round while Silva/DelG rosso would drop their opening match.

As a team WPI finished tied for 6 th with four points.

W PI would get back in the win column

against Clark as they defeated them 8-1 at home last Tuesday. Buffone, Lafond, Silva, Deliso and DelGrosso would all win their singles matches. The Engineers would sweep the doubles with Jurofcik/ Buffone, Deliso/Lafond and Silva/DelGrosso.

Golf (4-0) The golf team remains undefeated as they played a match last Thursday at Suf­ folk to begin their annual “Little Four” com petition. They defeated Brandeis (433), Babson (436) and Suffolk (448) with their team score of 408. Leading the way for the Engineers was M ike W illock (R ockland, MA) and H aig Altoonian

WPI to face RPI for the 91st time

Last Tuesday Clark came to Harrington looking to steal a win. They would be de­ nied as WPI came from down 2-1 to force the fifth and deciding game in which they would win for the 3-2 victory. Matter would have another strong performance as did her classmate Kristin Blitsch (Princeton, IL). The two would combine for 20 (15 for Matter) kills and 7 aces. Emma Palmacci (Walpole, MA), Melinda Darway (Nipomo, CA), Shannon Sura (Yardley, PA) and Wendy Jobling (Harrisville, RI) would all contribute to the win. Palmacci had 12 kills and 17 assists. Darway had 13 kills and 18 assists. Sura had 13 digs and Jobling had 10 digs.

(Medfield, MA). Willock shot a 78 and Altoonian shot a 79.

Volleyball (3-3) The volleyball team managed an even split last week with a loss to Wellesley and a win over Clark. They also had a match canceled due to the opponent not being able to field a team of six.

On Saturday the 20th WPI traveled to Wellesley to open their conference sched­ ule. Wellesley would win 3-0(15-3, 15-7, 15-8) as WPI dropped to 0-1 in the NEW 8.

Freshman Amy Matter would have a strong match in the losing effort with seven kills and three block assists.

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No Homecoming is complete without it

by Heather Mazzacaro Sports Editor It’s Homecoming time again, and no Home­ coming is complete without a good football game. This Homecoming is no different. WPI will be matched up against rival RPI for the 91 st time. Not only will this game be played to win but there are bragging rights and pride at stake.

WPI started this season with a big win over Worcester State. They are going to need all o f the skills they used in that game to overcome RPI. Both teams look strong this year.

Last year’s game resulted in a 13-10 win over the Rensselaer Engineers. Yet the over­

all series remains close as WPI only leads by one game (43-42-5).

Spectators should keep their eye on Adam Abrams who has been having another strong year in the defense. Key players for the of­ fense will be quarterback Rich Boardman, rushing senior Mike Godfrey, and the receiv­ ing trio of Matt Surette, Jason Mery, and Josh Hines. The “Conneticut Connection” of se­ niors Pat Holcomb and Darren Levack will be anchoring the defensive line for WPI. Oth­ ers to look out for in the defense are Adam Beckett, Jaime Cairns, and Jon Pires.

Kickoff is at 1:30pm, so bring your school spirit and a few friends and join your fellow WPI students, past and present, in watching a great game of football.

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Run around campus in Frank Sanella road race

by Heather Mazzacaro Sports Editor The 20th annual Frank Sanella Road Race will be held Saturday morning to help kick off Homecoming ’97. This race con­ sists of a 5k run with a route that will take you two laps around our scenic campus.

W PI students, alumni, as well as members

of the Worcester community are invited to take part in this traditional competition.

Last years winners were Rich Pearson, ’97, for the men and Chris Clifton for the women.

Those interested may register at Alumni Stadium prior to the 9am start time for five dollars. The race fee is waived for stu­ dents with a valid WPI ID. T-Shirts will be given to the first 500 people who register.

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Mentoring Program offers academic support An interview with Baturalp R. Arslan, ISC treasurer & student mentor

by Billy D. McGowan International House On Wednesday, September 24, Baturalp R. Arslan, was in ter­ viewed regarding the International Student Council’s (ISC) Mentoring Program, a tutorial program offer­ ing academic support to interna­ tional students at WPI. The fol­ lowing is excerpts from this inter­ view: BDM: How did you get involved with the Mentoring Program?

Alp: Well, I’m the treasurer of the ISC at the moment, so we came up with this idea, this plan. It was re­ ally interesting. So I thought I could get into it. And we got good responses.

BDM: How did this project come about?

Alp: I think the idea was Sashe’s [ISC President] or Tom’s [director o f In tern atio n al Students and Scholars]. Maybe it was feedback to Tom from previous years.... I am not sure. During one of the ISC’s meeting, the subject came up.

BDM: Who are the people whom you are mentoring?

Alp: It’s going to be focusing on

[international] freshmen and trans­ fer students. So, basically, if they have any questions about, say, their majors, specifically, their pro­ fessors, projects, we are going to be able to help them out. For ex­ ample, we have several students from Turkey this year.... I am go­ ing to assign another person to help them. Instead, somebody in their major will be helping them. It’s more geared toward academ ics rather than the culture in our case.

BDM: How will these incoming freshmen and transfer students find out about your program?

Alp: Actually, they are not aware of this, but I let some of them who I talk to know. This Friday, God willing, we will be holding our first informal gathering so that the men­ tors and the mentees can get to know each other.... A lot of people want to be a mentor. So I am as­ suming that the mentees will ap­ preciate that as well.

BDM: Specifically, how would you contact the mentees?

Alp: Through e-mail. I’m going to let them know that we are gath­ ering this Friday. The mentors are going to be here. Everybody is

going to get to know each other...

I got a list of Freshmen and their names and their e-mail [addresses].

BDM: So basically, how many people work with you?

Alp: There were about 22 or 23 people who want to work with us, but we narrowed the list down to about 11 people. We are assign­ ing 3 to 4 students to every men­ tor.

BDM: How often would they meet these mentees?

Alp: I’m going to gather the group, but the rest is up to the mentors and mentees. I don’t want it to be some­ thing so strict that they’ll feel un­ comfortable. It will be whenever the mentees have a questions and want something, they will get in touch with themontor. It will be independent of me.

BDM: Where will you and your mentors meet?

Alp: At International House, downstairs.

First year international and trans­ fer stu d en ts should co n tact Baturalp R. Arslan or any of the following mentors to find out more about the ISC’s Mentoring Pro­ gram. The following is a list of the

mentors in the program: Angela Yau M oid T u ngekar H ilda Justiniano Fernando Corvea AnaM aria M andrila Sonali Maheshwary Amit Vaswani ChiM an L ock Dion S oetadi Ben Fischer Abdo Kataya Ali Serefli Sashe Kanapathi Anuradha Kama Notes from International House: • International Student Council meeting: Wednesday, October 1 at 4:30 PM in International House • Math tutoring by International Students (PLAs): Thursday, October 2 from 7 PM - 9 PM in International House.

• Next ISC Coffee Hour: Monday, October 6 at 6:30 PM Interna­ tional House. P ro f Hossein Hakim, Director o f the Global Programs at WPI will discuss culture shock • Workshop on Immigration Is­ sues related to employment in the US: Wednesday, October 8. 3:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall, Salisbury Lab. Immigration Lawyer Randy Feldman will dis­ cuss green cards and H -1B sta­ tus.

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by Matthew M. Lug Newspeak Staff I don’t mean to be repetitive, but I’m starting yet another article with a correction to the previous one. It’s just a small correction, so this won’t take long, unless I keep going on and on about absolutely nothing until I forget about what I was going to say. I’m not going to do that how­ ever, so now I’ll get to the point. In last week’s awards, the honorable mentions in the Most Overpackaged category shouldn’t have been in the Most Overpackaged category, or any category actually. That was sup­ posed to be a separate category for stuff that didn’t fit into any other category. There, that’s it for correc­ tions, I think, I didn’t actually read the whole thing to check for errors, it was rather long.

Now I would like to congratulate everyone who was on Riley 4 at noon last Thursday (including myself) for taking less than 20 minutes to figure out that the strange-smelling smoke that was filling up the hallway wasn’t caused by anything intentional, but was instead caused by a fire in a locked room with nobody inside.

We didn’t have any marshmallows, and we couldn’t get inside anyway, so we just stood in the hallway in­ haling the smoke until the police got

there. Our next barbecue will be com­ pletely unannounced and unex­ pected, just like this one, so don’t bother asking us when it will be. And by the way, smoke and fire and stuff are bad. Don’t set your room on fire (or anyone else’s room either) un­ less you are a trained professional.

This is where the main part of my article would usually go, but I can’t think of anything to write about, so I’m just going to take up as much space as I can. I might even have something interesting in here some­ where.

Ok, I guess I probably won’t have anything interesting in here, so now is probably a good time to ask you (yeah, YOU) some questions. Please answer the correct set of questions as honestly as possible, and either e-m ail the answ ers to me at mttlg@wpi.edu, or send them on paper to my WPI box, which is 1870.

I suppose you could send them to Newspeak if you wanted to, but it’s probably easier to just send them straight to me. This survey should also be available at c h ttp :// www.wpi.edu/~mttlg/survey.html>, and I will try to use the results in a future article about beautiful women at WPI if enough of you respond.

If you are male, please answer this set of questions: 1. In your opinion, what qualities define a woman as

being beautiful? 2. About how many women do you know at WPI who you would consider beautiful? 3. Do you feel that this is too many or too few compared to the number of women you know at WPI? 4. Do you feel that there are too many or too few beautiful women at WPI in gen­ eral? 5. Where at WPI do you think you are most likely to find beautiful women? 6. Are you extremely super­ ficial or self-centered? 7. Do you think answering yes to question 6 would cause a person to be generally dis­ liked by women?

If you are female, please answer this set of questions: 1. WTiat quali­ ties do you think males look for in a woman to define her as beautiful? 2 .

Do you think you are beautiful? 3.

Do others think you are beautiful?4.

What do you think are your most attractive qualities? 5. Do you think a perceived lack of beautiful women would be more likely due to a lack of beauty, or a problem in the percep­ tion of beauty? 6 . Do you think this is just a stupid topic?

If you have any additional com­ ments, please include them with your answers. Don’t take this too seri­ ously, but please be serious with your answers. Any responses that are obviously not serious will either be discarded, or put in a future article. I think I’m out of stuff to say for this week, so I’m just going to keep go­ ing anyway, because this article is just too short. Or maybe I’ll go to sleep instead-

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An apology to the library I would like to clear up some mis­ understandings regarding my article last week about the Gordon Library computer system. The article was not supposed to be presented on the front page, it was intended to be printed in the commentary section.

It has come to my attention that I was misguided in the search I dis­ cussed. When I originally searched for ‘artificial intelligence’, I had mis-

spelled it by one letter resulting in no hits. However, one wouldn’t ex­ pect a difference of one letter to re­ turn no hits in a computer search database. I didn’t check the spelling because I honestly thought my spelling was correct. Whether my spelling was correct o r not, my point was that a search shouldn’t be that difficult. The new library system is See Apology, cont’d to page 15

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You’ve been flamed! Reviewing email etiquette

by Debbie Dexter Computer Trainer Have you ever heard of the term “flaming someone”? It’s a common email term that means you either de­ bate or scold someone via email.

Flames can sometimes result in many emails back and forth that stir up a lot of emotions. Some “flames” can even be classified as harassment which could lead to an investiga­ tion of violating the AUP (WPI’s Acceptable Use Policy) or even as far as judicial consequences.

The w ritten word can be interpretted in many ways. It’s kind of like saying the old age “a picture says a thousand words”. Here are some common practices that may keep you from being misunderstood: 1. Using all capital letters in a mes­ sage is like SHOUTING words.

2. _Underscoring_ before and af­ ter a word - stresses the importance of the word.

3. Some text art can relay your emo­ tions, like using smiley faces. Just

a few examples: :) when you are trying to be nice or funny :( when you are unhappy about something ;) is like winking at someone :o is like you are surprised You can let your imagination go wild with text art!

4. Always use caution with foul language. You may have meant something as a joke but it may not be interpretted that way. Try not to use it all!

Other good email habits to get into: 1. Keep messages short and con­ cise. People don’t want to scan through all the text o f an original message just to see your reply. It’s a waste of bandwidth.

2. Keep signature text and text art to a minimum. It’s a waste of band­ width again and can be confusing to the eye. Especially when the re­ cipient is using a pop mailer reader with unproportional fonts. Your textart is no longer art, it’s a mess.

3. If you’re message is important

to just the sender, then reply to JUST the sender only, don’t make the mistake of “REPLY TO ALL RECIPIENTS”. You will defintely annoy someone if they received and read your message and it had no importance to them. Again, it’s a waste of band width.

4. If you are the sender and don’t want your recipients to see a large list of recipients (and make mistake #3), then use the Bcc: (Blind Car­ bon Copy) feature of your mailer.

Pine has the feature Lee: (List Car­ bon Copy). When an address or distribution list is placed in either the Lee: or Bcc: field (not the TO: or CC: fields) then the recipient of your message only sees the name of the distribution list or “undis­ closed recipients” instead of see­ ing a long list of names they are forced to scroll through to read the message text.

A reminder to those that have questions/comments regarding the BBoard, send email to bboardfeedback @wpi .edu

Updates: A training class for Windows 95 has been added to the training sched­ ule for October. Check out the train­ ing web pages for more information and to register (http://www.wpi.edu/ -training).

The latest version o f McAfee, version 3.1.1, is available on the N ovell servers at O:\PUBLIC\MCAFEE. Download and unzip it now! If you need direc­ tions, look at the CCC InfoPages on the web (~training/N ew s/ newsletter.html). While it is not nec­ essary that users always update the actual virus scanner everytime a new release is made, users SHOULD up­ date their DAT files. September DAT files have been added to the Novell Archive.

Mail message size limits have been imposed to help reduce server clut­ ter an ensure timely delivery of mail.

Mail size is limited to 10 megs. You will not be able to send a mail mes­ sage over that size, nor will you be able to receive a mail message over

that size. If you need to mail a large message, break it into parts if pos­ sible.

Please send em ail to helpdesk@wpi.edu if you have com­ ments or questions regarding this change.

Reminder: The guest account will be re­ moved from Novell on 10/18/97 at 11:59 PM. You should be using your own Novell account for use of net­ work software and/or network print­ ing services. See the CCC Main Lab Operator if you do not have a Novell account or cannot remember your Novell account password.

Also, users are limited to two consecutive logins for N ovell.

Please log yourself out of Novell if you are not using it. Our server licenses are maxed out at times since a lot of users are leaving them­ selves logged in. Remember, if you’re in your dorm room you d o n ’t need to b e logged into Novell to read your mail or to share files via the Microsoft Network.

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Beyond the margins...

Sleepwalking adventures: A day in the life of the normal WPI student

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 far beyond the problems of 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...

What is that awful sound? Ugh! Turn it off! Turn it off! Click! Roll over... Go back to sleep.

Thirty minutes later... Oh my god!

It’s quarter to friggin nine! I’ve gotta get to class!

Hmmm.. .does this sound famil­ iar? Of course it does. It’s sup­ posed to. It’s how we all live our lives. Of course after you finally

do get up, hit the bathroom, get dressed and get out the door, you feel and hear the sudden rush of as your body scream s out to you, “What are you nuts? Get the heck back in bed! You had me up traips­ ing around campus till the wee hours of the morning last night and you want me to walk faster? Not on your life bigshot!”

O f course, when you’re body tells you something, it’s usually not kidding. Bodies mean business you know. Your legs soon start to feel like rubber and you start to feel diz­ zier and dizzier as you make a bee­ line to that lecture hall. Then of course, you have to deal with great­ est problem yet: Staying awake in a comfortable, climate-controlled, dark room while the professor drones on and on about this and that, most of which you could care less about on less than four hours

sleep.

Somehow, you manage to get through that first hour and come out of the classroom surprisingly refreshed. You can’t understand why, since you were thinking all the time during the class how nice it would be to get home and take a nap. It’s almost as if your body says: “No way sucker! You pissed me off this morning. Now, it’s MY turn.”

A ren’t bodies just a pain? I mean gosh, they’re so ungrateful.

You want to give them a reward for staying awake through the lecture and they go and wake you up a n d ....w h a t....c o u ld that be a rumbly in my tumbly? Sure, now not only are you wide awake, but

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you’re hungry too! Well, guess it’s time to head over to DAKA. Yummm... Leftover pancakes from hot breakfast that ended at ,:30 along with the beginnings of lunch. Yep, just what you always wantvd So, you fill your tray up with a hearty helping of food-like wonders and head over to sit with your friends. Don’t forget to wash it all down with a tall glass of “Blue S t u f f ’. O f co u rse your body doesn’t quite like your choice of culinary treats and soon brings on various forms of digestive aches and pains. To make matters worse, you know that you will inevitably find yourself perched on that por­ celain throne that we all know and love who’s name is John. You

know, I’ve estimated an approxi­ mate ten-minute turnaround be­ tween the time you eat and the time you have to go. Check it out for yourself if you d o n ’t believe me!

Anyway, the day continues to drag on in this fashion.. .a huge tugof-w ar between your body and your mind. The entire evening cul­ minates in the flopping down on your bed at 1:30 or 2am to get a few hours sleep and begin the process again the next morning. That is, unless tomorrow is Saturday, but that’s another story....

Check out the Beyond the mar­ gins web site for an archive of is­ sues as well as some nifty (and o d d ) web site links: h ttp :// www.wpi.edu/~jgreeno/margins/

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Ransom! Mind Your Monkeys!

I had had a rough night in the computer lab writing code for my CS class. I got back to my room at about 3:30 and was looking forward to just crashing on my bed and getting half a night’s sleep. Upon arriving at my room however, my plans for getting to bed were sud­ denly interrupted.

Covering the 4x8' white board in my room was a ransom note. “We have the monkey. If you want him back, bring 27 1/2 unmarked freeze pops to the Stoddard A second floor lounge by midnight or you

will never see him again. Do not call the police, and no monkey busi­ ness, or the monkey dies!” It was signed the “Bad Boys” or some­ thing like that. I think it was a pseudonym, but I can’t be sure.

They stole my monkey! Right out of my very own room! While I was unwittingly punching keys in the ADP, a sinister plot was afoot in my own domicile. So I am writ­ ing this article for two reasons.

One, I want everyone on campus to guard their monkeys! No mon­ key is safe at WPI anymore. There

was a day when monkeys could run free without fear of abduction, but those days have passed.

Second, I am writing to let the abductors know that I will never pay them. Instead, I am putting the 27 1/2 freeze pops up as a reward for whoever can give information leading to the safe return of my monkey - Casey is his name. With your help, I know we can make this campus a place safe for monkeys once more. Thank you.

John Barlow monkey owner

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Game World News for week of September 21

by Ken Gagne Class o f ‘01 N intendo’s annual Japanese gam ing show has been renamed from Shoshinkai to Nintendo World. It will be held this year in November, and is expected to be the big­ gest event since the 1995 show. The 64DD, a Nintendo 64 disk drive add-on, will be ^shgwn with playable titles, including Sim City 3000, Earthbound 2, and Mario Artist (first in a series of Mario Paint games). The

64DD was first shown at Shoshinkai last year, but has remained well-hidden since that time. Also, reports indicate that FZero 64 will be expandable to include new vehicles and tracks via the 64DD. Pocket Monster is a Japanese title riding the “virtual pet” craze which has helped the Nintendo Gameboy outsell their own 64-bit system. So, it is only natural that a Nintendo 64 version o f Pocket Monster become a reality. It is possible that an voiceinput device - some sort of “microphone

pak” that fits into the controller - will en­ able players to speak to their pets. Pocket Monster 64 may also be compatible with Mario Artist, both due in 1998.

When Zelda 64 was earlier reported to have a size of 256 megabits, the largest Nintendo game ever, there came with the news some trepidation regarding the pricetag. The first news of a Japanese price point places it at 7800 yen. This is good news for American gamers, who can expect it to be released next year at around $60-$70, an average price for

Poet commemorated during poetry festival a book display, an exhibit of materials re­ lating to the Bishop family’s construction business, a literary tour, and a ceremony at Bishop’s gravesite.

Prominent poets who will be reading at the Conference and Poetry Festival include Sandra M cPherson, Kathleen Spivack, Donald Hall, Derek Walcott, Mark Strand, Frank Bidart and Lloyd Schwartz. There will also be a staged reading of Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘T he Diary of Helena Morley” by W orcester State professor, Ann Marie Shea.

Coordinating all the events of the Eliza­ beth Bishop Conference and Poetry Festival is the Worcester County Poetry Association.

Other sponsors include Assumption College, Becker College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, Quinsigamond Community College, WPI, Worcester State College, Worcester Telegram and Gazette, Fletcher/ Priest Gallery, Worcester Cultural Commis­ sion, Shrewsbury Public Library, Worcester Public Library, and the Worcester Historical Museum.

by Professor Laura Menides Humanities and Arts E lizabeth B ishop, one o f the 20lh Century’s major poets, will be commemo­ rated during a week-long conference and poetry festival, October 6-12 in the city of her birth, Worcester, Massachusetts.

On Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, the Elizabeth Bishop Conference and Poetry Festival will be held on the WPI campus, in Gordon Library, Alden Hall and the Beckett Conference Room in Fuller Labs. Fifty scholars from all over the U.S. and from Brazil, Japan, England, Germany, Australia, and Canada will give papers on the life and works of Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), a major force in 20lhcentury American poetry. The scholarly confer­ ence is the foundation of a wider, weeklong celebration, a city-wide poetry and arts festival, to be held at college cam­ puses and cultural institutions all over Worcester. The events include poetry read­ ings, an art exhibit of Bishop’s paintings,

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Nintendo 64 games half this size. Zelda 64 will also support the Rumble Pak, a force feed­ back accessory currently used by Star Fox 64 and Goldeneye 007.

Although the gaming scene continues to move forward, there’s always time for a backward glance. Namco continues to col­ lect its past hits into compilation titles, and the next is due in N ovem ber for the Nintendo 64 and Sony Playstation. This latest installment will include such unfor­ gettable hits as Spy Hunter and Burger Time, as well as some more forgettable ones, like Joust 2 and Blaster (Robotron 2). In related news, Joust 3D will be hitting the N64 and PSX early next year, courtesy of Player One. Sony plans to hit Nintendo at it’s weak point this holiday season when they reminds gamers of the high cost of cartridge games.

Rereleases of Psygnosis’ 1995 popular rac­ ing titles, Wipeout and Destruction Derby, will be priced at only $20 .

Blasto, from Sony, has been pushed back from its October 21st release date, to avoid competition with Crash Bandicoot 2, due November 7th. This “Buck Rodgers meets The Tick”-type game received less-than-rave reviews from the press at E3. First quarter ’98 is new date for Blasto’s release.

C apcom ’s third installm ent in their Breath of Fire role-playing series was re­ leased for the Playstation in Japan earlier this month. New features include the Dragon Gene system, allowing characters to morph into powerful creatures, as well as the ability to learn enemies’ moves. Look for this one in early ’98. Other games re­ cently from Capcom include Megaman X4, having shipped for the Sega Saturn this week. Marvel Super Heroes, also for Sat­ urn, and Resident Evil: Director’s Cut for Playstation are both due next week.

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Mediation interns wanted

by Alison Keach Features Editor

The C om m unity M ediation C enter (CMC), a program of the Worcester Com­ munity Action Council, Inc. (W CAC), is a m ulti-service mediation and training center which has been providing services to local courts, schools and community organizations since 1986. CMC has an interest in providing internship oppor­ tunities to students at WPI in which they would assist with various tasks o f oper­ ating the M ediation Center. The stu­ dents should have an interest in media­ tion and the conflict resolution field, they

should w rite and com m unicate effec­ tively, and understand and maintain con­ fidentiality. Job responsibilities would include assisting with sm all claims court mediation; providing case management; becoming familiar with mediation tech­ niques; helping with conflict resolution workshops; and working with the high school coordinator. The Student Activi­ ties Office presently has applications for the upcoming mediation training starting on October 16 and CMC brochures de­ tailing their services. Any interested stu­ dents should contact the Student Activi­ ties Office and speak to a Community Service Staff person.

Concert listings Avalon 10/3 - Son Volt/Apples In Stereo 10/10 -Tanya Donelly 10/22 - GWAR/Mephiskapheles 10/24 -Echo & The Bunnymen/The Longpigs 10/25 - Chumbawamba 10/31 - Guster/Jump Little Children 11/1 - Type O Negative/Coal Chamber/ Electric Hell Fire Club Axis 10/8 - Flotsam & Jetsam/Nevermore 10/11 -Brad/Mansun—October 11(19+) Berklee Performance Center 10/11 - Al Dimeola Project 10/24-Raffi Brandeis Gosman Center 10/29 - Counting Crows/Dog’s Eye View Central Maine Civic Center (Lewiston, ME) 10/24 - Primus/Powerman 5000/Limp Bizkit Centrum (Worcester, MA) 10/25 - Motley Crue/Cheap Trick 10/30 - Beach Boys/Chicago Cumberland County Civic Center (Portland, ME) 11/12-Live/Reef Lupos Heartbreak Hotel (Providence, RI) 10/6 - Helmet/Melvins 10/7 - Pavement 10/8-The Samples 10/ 1 0 - Delbert MeClinton 10/1 LRObert Hynter 10/14 - Big Head Todd & The H e s te rs 10/15 - Smash Mduth , 11/1 - Robert Cray Band r v '■ n

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Middle East (Cambridge, MA) 10/2 & 10/3 - Helmet/Melvins 10/5 - Stiff Little Fingers 10/16- The Selector Orpheum Theater 10/12- Steve Winwood 10/18-Yes 10/25 - Grand Funk Railroad 10/26 - Ratdog/From Good Homes 10/30& 10/31 - Blues Traveler/Jonny Lang 11/8-Fiona Apple The Paradise (Allston. MA) 10/5 - Love Spit Love/Closer 10/9 - Local H/Fig Dish/Triple Fast Action 10/11 - Third Eye Blind/Reef 10/12 -The Jay hawks 10/14-Bob Mould 10/16- Letters To Cleo 10/17 - Freddy Jones Band 10/18 - The Nixons/Sevendust/Cellophane 10/21 - The Tea Party/Fuel 10/25 - The Bogmen 10/28- Superchunk 10/29 - Jim Rose Circus Side Show 11/1 - David Crosby/CPR Roxy 11/5 - Morphine The Strand (Providence, RI) 10/7 - Foo Fighters/Talk Show/Treble Charger 10/11 - Steve Winwood 10/19 - Primus/Buck-O-Nine/Powerman 5000 11/28 - Blues Traveler/Johnny Lang

Exhibit your photography at Gordon Library Open House Courtesy o f Gordon Library S ta ff Gordon Library’s Open House on Novem­ ber 12th will feature a Photography Exhibit.

Staff, faculty, students and “friends” of the WPI community are invited to participate.

Three submissions per person, framed and suitable for hanging may be brought to the library Archives room 306, on No­

vember 6lh and 7lh between the hours of 8am and 2pm.

See either Lora Brueck or D orothy McCarthy. Voting for the favorite photo in the exhibit will take place during the Open House and prizes will be awarded to the win­ ners.

If you have any questions regarding the exhibit please contact Kathy Schaffert x5414 orks@wpi.edu.

Ombudsperson offers conflict resolution Courtesy o f The Ombuds office WPI’s Ombuds Office provides help with Interpersonal Conflict Resolution. Timely and effective resolution of interpersonal conflict can improve a person’s quality of life and productivity. A t W PI, the ombudsperson: • Helps people with concerns regarding interpersonal conflict (e.g., sexual ha­ rassment, discrimination, personality conflict, working conditions, favoritism, meanness, professional/scientific mis­ conduct, whistle blowing, ethics, stress, anxiety).

• Serves the entire community: students, faculty, administrators, and staff.

• Offers an informal conflict resolution process which is supplemental to the existing formal processes available at WPI. • Is a designated neutral and is not an advocate for any individual or point of view.

• With the assurance of confidentiality, helps people organize their thoughts and identify options for resolving con­ flict. At a person’s request can under­ take shuttle diplomacy and mediation.

If you have a concern regarding inter­ personal conflict within the WPI commu­ nity, please call Frank Noonan who current serves as W PI’s Ombudsperson. Office, Washburn 223, Tel 508-831-5290, email fnoonan@wpi.edu.

Food drive and heart walk

by Michael Gorse Class 01 The Jewish Family Services will be spon­ soring a food drive on October 13. They will need a maximum o f 10 volunteers to unload food from the truck and unpack it.

Volunteers will work 4 at a time in 4 shifts.

This could give you a nice diversion from studying for finals while allowing you to help people at the same time.

The Am erican Heart A ssociation’s American Heart Walk will be held Satur­ day, October 18,9:00 a.m. at Greenhill Park

in Worcester.

More people in the United States die from heart disease and stroke than from any other single cause. The American Heart Walk, run by the American Heart As­ sociation, raises money to fund research and community education programs relat­ ing to heart disease. Pledge sheets are available in the Student Activities Office.

Prizes are available for anyone who raises $100 or more. If you are interested in par­ ticipating, notify the Student Activities Office before Monday, October 6 . You must collect your pledges before you walk.

Gordon Library’s Wednesday Internet Seminar Topic: Introduction to the World Wide Web (WWW), Using Lynx and Netscape Date: Wednesday, October 1,1997 10:30 - 11:45 A.M. Place: Gordon Library Training Room (114) Down one flight from the main floor inside the PC Room (116)

Symphony Hall 10/15-K.D. Lang

Level: Beginner. No WWW experience needed, but must have an account on CCC UNIX Systems (i.e., WPI) and know how to login. Some familiarity with Win­ dows and using a mouse is helpful, but not required for session.

Wallace Civic Center (Fitchburg, MA) 10/9 - Foo Fighters/Talk Show/Treble Charger

Info: C ontact Don R ich ard so n ( d rich a rd @ w p i.e d u ), Joanne W illiam s (williams@wpi.edu) or Carmen Brown (cbrown@wpi) in the Reference Depart­ ment.

Please Note: Seminar is limited to WPI faculty, staff, and students. Advance regis­ tration on the sign up list at the Reference Desk is required. Sorry, no email or phone sign ups fo r this session. I f you can’t make it to this one, d o n ’t worry.

This session is offered frequently.

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My Tech Tale: Part 1 — Going Global at WPI thoughts. Hence, on a somewhat rou­ tine basis throughout this year, my words will occupy the pages of this paper.

So now, without further ado, allow me to begin.

M idnight — June 21, 1996. The sum­ mer solstice. Standing on the shore of the North Sea in Edinburgh, Scotland, watching the sun retreat below the hori­ zon for its brief sleep, I stood awestruck.

I wondered to myself, what events had placed me a hemisphere away from home on this wonderful night? Had WPI, this h a rd -c o re e n g in e e rin g and scien c e school, really provided me the opportu­ nity to travel half-a-world away?

The recent Global Opportunities Fair has turned me first to reflecting upon my own global WPI experience. The sum­ mer between my sophomore and junior year, E-term 1996,1 completed my IQP in

by Greg Snow Class o f ’98 Inspirational author Orison Marden writes: “Every experience in life, every­ thing with which we have come in con­ tact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. Wc are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt, or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us.”

During the past three years, WPI has been guiding that chisel by which I con­ tinue to be shaped. In reflecting on my days here at “Dear Worcester Tech,” I have felt compelled to embalm my expe­ riences in print. Sincerely believing that others might benefit from reading some­ one else’s WPI tale, I have asked News­ peak to afford me some space for my

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-Sarah Walkowiak, Newspeak staff writer

Continued from page 10 an excellent resource when used properly, but no matter how carefully designed an electronic system is, there are going to be people who have difficulty with it. This in­ cident has led me to question the purpose and nature of electronic database systems.

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Plus, I had to be a tourist and see all the attractions in this remarkable part of the world. Would I be able to cope?

First, I quickly realized that when you spend more than a couple o f weeks liv­ ing and working in a distant place, while you may not become a resident, you cer­ tainly are no longer a tourist. In a way that tourist never seem to do, you sud­ denly get absorbed in the culture. You learn to accept only four channels on your TV, and begin not only to like the beer — you love it.

And after a few hopeless weeks on your IQP, surprisingly, you begin to un­ derstand that it really doesn’t matter that you haven’t heard of “sustainable d e­ velopm ent” before this project began.

Your WPI education had prepared you and your partners with the critical learn­ ing skills you would need not only to “get up to speed” on the project — but to ultimately determine a successful so­ lution.

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Looking back, as I flip through the pages o f my photo album , I am still amazed that I had this opportunity. If I could offer you ju st one piece of advice, without hesitation it would be to “go glo­ bal while at WPI.”

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Club C orner Alden Voices Hey all. For those o f you that missed it, the Parent’s Day concert was a success and everyone did a great job. Next on the agenda, we have a concert with Trinity, Boston University, and the WPI M en’s Glee Club on Nov. 9th. That should be a great show as well including a piece with the WPI men and women singing together.

I guess that is all for now. Interstate 8 has a lot of performances coming up so keep an eye out for them too. All right, over and out.

APO Tonight’s Pledge Induction marks the beginning o f the fall pledge period.

Pledges are encouraged to learn all about the brothers, especially the officers!

The Midterm Stress Relief went well; many people stopped by to check us out and play some games while taking a study break. Look for more stress relievers in upcoming terms! Thanks go to Matt G. for the juice, and Matt E. for the balls.

Sunday wc hung doors and helped serve at Mustard Seed, a soup kitchen in Worces­ ter. Thanks to all that helpe. Upcoming events in November include the Servant Auction, and the playground construction.

Stay tuned for details!

Bio Club Hey! We are having a meeting today Sept. 30th at 4:30pm in SL 121. We have lots things to discuss and some fun activi­ ties planned for the meeting. We are also going to start planning for events we will be having this year. If you would like to jo in , stop by the m eeting o r em ail bio@ wpi.edu. Check out our web site http://www.wpi.edu/~bio.

See ya tonight!

Christian Bible Fellowship Hello all. Did you have a good week?

Was the light of God leading you this past week? If not, were you looking in the right spot? This week try to earnestly seek His will in your life.

A great way to finish your busy week is to come to Friday Night Fellowship (FNF) at 6:55 in the lower wedge. Then get some exercise on Saturday during our sports and fellowship time at 3:30. Tuesday you will have time spend with God at Tuesday Night Prayer (TNP). Also this weekend in Wash­ ington DC the males of CBF will gather with the Promise Keepers to pray for the spiri­ tual well-being of our nation. For more in­ form ation on this please e-m ail cbf@wpi.edu.

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105 NRSV).

If you found yourself stumbling from God this week, consider this question.

Where have you been turning to for a light to lead you through the dark world around us ? Were you turning to the short-lasting, flashy lights o f the world that leave you stuck in the dark, or were you using His eternal word as the light to lead you through life? When you let God’s word into you he will give you the light you need

so that you will not stumble. With this light in you, go out and find your path so that you will be serving God.

sary every night of the school year. If you are interested contract Paul LaPlume at orpheus@wpi.edu or Box 2045.

Lens and Lights

Railroad Club

Howdy all, and welcome to another (the first) edition of the LnL Club Corner. But you already know that. We have some big stuff coming up. I’ve heard from a bunch of people that want to learn lighting and sound, and your chance is here. Next month, we will be having a training ses­ sion on how to properly setup and run light­ ing and sound for a big concert. Stay tuned for details. There is also a couple of large concerts coming up as well as the LnL movie for the term. Also, a joint venture between Soccomm and LnL is in the plan­ ning stages. But that’s all I can say for now. :) Hope you all got to see Luna Muebles, a fine example o f theatre at WPI. That’s it for this week. See you all at 4:30 in AK233, tomorrow.

Time to get ready for homecoming! Since the club will be setting up in the wedge this coming Saturday, there is a lot o f scen­ ery work still to be done. Hopefully, all painting should be done soon, and basic plastering will be out of the way.

Many thanks to Andrew, Tom and Nick for all the work you have put into the lay­ out recently. Don’t worry—‘Lake George’ will be done soon, really.

Come visit us in wedge this Saturday, and see what the Railroad Club has been up to!

Science Fiction Society

Hey everybody! I hope everyone got to see Luna Muebles this past weekend. It was quite a show, wasn’t it??? And that cast party...which I missed and will never live it down...I’d like to give everyone in­ volved in Luna Muebles a big congratula­ tions, because they did a terrific job.

Now that w e’ve recovered from that (somewhat) its time for MEDEA! Are you ready? Auditions are TODAY! That’s right, today from 4:30-7, and October 2, Thursday, from 7-10 in Alden Hall’s Green Room. I know all you first year students out there are dying to have a part, so what are you waiting for???? Go sign up for a time slot in the Green Room!

As always, the Masque meeting is this F riday at 4 :3 0 in the G reen Room.

Everyone’s invited, and if any of you have any questions about anything I ’ve said, email me at nickel@wpi.edu. C ya next week!

Is it just me or did last week really suck?

Aside from a successful Robotech Til-UBleed Friday and one Star Wars movie night, the SFS was unusually quiescent for this time of year. Must be the weather. In case you missed the last meeting, we’re selling stuff including keyrings, T-Shirts, and Plush Cthulhu Dolls in any solid color or plaid or paisley. Well, we’re not actually selling the Dolls, we’re organising a mass ordering of them. If you want any of this cool stuff, you’ll have to com e to our weekly Wednesday worship, er, meeting in Olin 107 at 7pm. This week’s Inhumanity Award goes to Frobnoid who rescued his whiteboard from our evil clutches. Unfor­ tunately, this means that there will be no m ore w eekly “Q uotes From the Whiteboard”. Thanks also go out to the Gordon Library for donating several boxes o f paperbacks to our Club Library. This will be the last Club Comer due to the re­ scheduling of the end of the world. Cthulhu will, in fact, be rising to consume us this Friday at 6:23 pm. You’ve all been great. I wish you luck. Maybe you’ll get the last word... maybe you’ll taste bad.

Newman Club

Society for Medieval Arts

Well, we went applepicking and and the turnout was so big that we had to hire a 40 seat bus to take everyone to Northboro.

As far as we know, no one fell off the lad­ ders. Last Friday night, we had an ice cream social and a video. We have to admit that Chris did a good job at putting the evening together. We say thanks Chris. Again we were amazed at the turnout and the cry to have more of these nights. We will con­ sider that when next tuesday night, Octo­ ber 6th, our executive board will meet to finalize our Term B activities. If you have any ideas, please feel free to e-mail, Chris Welch, our president and he will bring them up at the meeting. Chris can be reached at matignon@wpi.edu or Box 1454.

The Club is looking forward to home­ coming weekend as we have heard from a lot of past newmanites ( that is old mem­ bers ) who have informed us that they will be here. Hopefully they will be able to tell us a lot of stories about a certain priest and what the Club did in those past days.

Finally we have a group that is thinking of forming a rosary group to pray the ro­

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Last week’s meeting began with Wacky Storytelling Time with Uncle Jason, after which the meeting was called to order (Wes: “We have to be mature now.” Kimber: “I checked my maturity at the door.”) Wes announced Last Call for tickets to King Richard’s Faire. Anyone going who can drive, and is willing to do so, please con­ tact Wes o r e-m ail the o ffic ers (realms@wpi.edu).

This past Saturday, we went to Higgins Armory, in garb. (Wes: “I better not be working.”) While this Comer is being writ­ ten before the event, it is highly probable that the trip went well, and was great fun for all in attendance.

Plans are starting for a Medieval Fair in the spring. If you’ve any suggestions or ideas, p lease e-m ail the o ffic ers (realms®wpi). Corrie Bergren is working to start a Medieval Choir, possibly with instrumentation. If you’re interested, you can contact her at corrie@wpi.edu.

SMAS mock combat practices take place on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30PM (meet in the Wedge). SMAS meetings take place on Tuesdays at 7PM in the Founders Study Room. Questions and comments can be sent to the officers by e-m ailin g realms@wpi.edu.

Sudent Government Association Homecoming is this weekend!! SGA is taking part in the miniature golf hole course and sponsoring a most spirited banner contest. T he banner contest invites all organizations to show their WPI spirit. To take part, design a banner and hang it around Alumni Field. Banners will be judged Saturday after 12noon and the win­ ners will be announced during half-time of the football game. For more information, stop by the SGA office.

Nomination forms for the SGA offices of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are available in the office until October 7. Nomination forms are due back in the office by 5:00pm on October 7. Vot­ ing will take place the first week of B-term.

Elected officers will take office the begin­ ning of C-term. If interested stop by the office to pick up the forms.

Reminder: SGA meeting TONIGHT @ 6pm in the Lower Wedge.

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En t e r t a in m e n t

Origami Art

by Jessica Morgan

How to Make a Dog 1. Start by folding the paper in half diagonally.

2. Fold the corners to the new edge.

3. Bring the bottom comer up between the two sides.

4. Pull out the two folded over sides and fold them inside out at the line shown in the drawing.

5. It should look like this. Now pull the two bottom corners outward so that the “beak” is unfolded.

6. On one side Fold the bottom fold the other way and push the paper down to the neck.

Do the same to the other side.

7. Fold the other end in and take the comer and fold it outward so that only the tip is showing. Fold the other corner far in and then fold out the comer so that a large portion of the nose is out and fold the very tip back inside to make a snout.

8. By pinching the bottom un­ der the tail and the bottom under the head, and pulling back and forth the dog will look like it is barking.

Newspeak will run classifieds free for all W PI students, faculty, and staff. Free classifieds are limited to six (6) lines. Ads of a commercial nature and ads longer than six lines must be paid for at the off campus/commercial rate of $5 00 for the first six lines and 50 cents per additional line Classified ads must be paid for in advance No information which, in the opinion of the Newspeak editors, would identify an individual to the community willbeprintedina personal ad. The editors reserve the right to refuse any ad deemed to be in bad taste or many ads from one group or individual on one subject.

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broke up a day after our 2-year anniver­ sary. ) And I know that she is still mad at me. We dont talk much anymore and when we do it is fo r a very short time. So what should / do? -Senior Answer: So let me get this straight: you and she were going out, everything was fine in your relationship, you needed space, you cheated on her, and now you want her back. Well, if I were her I wouldnt take you back. You lost all trust with what you did and if you dont have trust, you have noth­ ing. I know that isnt what you want to hear, but you have to take the consequences of your actions. If you werent drunk or out of sorts when you had this fling, then you must have realized how this would effect your girlfriend if she were to find out; and this makes you an even bigger dope. Even if she were to take you back, there will al­ ways be that thought in the back of her mind of how much you hurt her. You will be making up for that fact for a very long time. So, lets say that you still want her back, knowing that things wont be like they used to be. First, you need to talk to her. Communication is key. I would recommend e-mailing her ONLY if you cant get her to talk to you in person. I hate the whole e-mailing thing because if you say something stupid, it is in w rit­ ing. She also, most likely, will show all her close friends this letter to seek their ad­ vice. And then you will really lose points if you say something dumb like “I didnt know what I was doing.” See the way she reacts to what you are saying. If you sound sin­ cere enough, and being that you two were dating for such a long time, I would say she. will take you back because women can be weird like that. Watch out for her friends though. It is usually the friends w ho discourage the relationship. She wont care about a word you say if her girlfriends tell her that she is dumb for taking you back. So, you have to make up with the whole clan while you are at it. Hope it works out for you. Sanner “ When he is late fo r dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or ly­ ing dead in the street, / always hope hes dead. ” - Judith Viorist

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P o l ic e L o g Thursday, September 18 1:30pm - Theft Report: Civil Eng., office responds.

5:04pm - Notify: EA for Olin Hall.

5:10pm - Arrival: WFD, EA on scene, WPD dispatched.

5:13pm - Clear: EA enroute to UMASS 5 :14pm - Arrival: WFD on arrival, Olin Hall.

5:30pm - Hit and Run: Air Force ROTC. 8:22pm - Suspicious Person: Schussler Road.

Friday, September 19 11:09am - Removal: 5 students removed from various parts of Beech Tree.

11:25am - Malicious Mischief: Window broken at Wachusett St. fraternity.

5:53pm - Smoke: Stoddard, officers assist RA. 10:49pm - Emergency Call Box Hang Up: Project center.

Saturday, September 20 12:1 lam - Malicious Mischief: Vehicle parked at Institute Road and Dean Street have been moved onto sidewalk.

1:48am - Medical Response: reaction to alcohol consumption.

2:05am - Officer requests ambulance to Morgan. Worcester EA notified.

2 :17pm - Tresspass: six non-students removed from Freeman plaza.

3:38pm -Suspicious Phone Call: questionable message left on voicemail.

11:32pm - Larceny: Daniels resident reports larceny of keys.

Sunday, September 21 2:37am - Assist/reported fight: WPD responding to Salisbury Estates for reported fight, officers respond.

2:53am - Medical reponse: Riley womens room, unconscious female, officers and EMS respond.

9:59am - Malicious Mischief: Morgan DAKA, missing pane o f glass.

7:18pm - Tresspassing: Skateboarders in front of Alden Hall, advised of tresspass.

Monday, September 22 5 :19pm - Assist: Request for removal of three non-students from Alumni gym.

8:40pm - Report: Possum problem, Higgins House.

9:17pm - Tresspass: Removed 3 non-students from behind Higgins Labs.

9:27pm - Call-in: Critter Control for Higgins House.

Tuesday, September 23 12:23am - Building Checks: Alumni, Harrington, odor of smoke in basement corridor dissi­ pating, unknown source.

10:42am - Trash Person: on Trowbridge, going through trash for bottles.

8:04pm - Alarm: Design Studio Higgins.

Wednesday, September 24 3 :10am - Malicious Mischief: Complaint of eggs being thrown at Wachussett St. fraternity, officers respond.

8:1 lam - Bus Stuck: at Higgins House, unable to make circle.

8:53am - Complaint Problem: from Hunbolt St complaint of loud noises and music from fraternity house, told to call station and WPD if problem continues.

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