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Volume Twenty-five, N um ber Twenty-three
Tuesday; November 25, 1997
APO Service Auction raises over $1800 for charity SHM goes fo r $260, while Simon settles fo r $12 by Lisa Bartee Newspeak Co-Editor-In-Chief
L a m b d a C h i A l p h a h o s ts fo o d d r iv e On November 8, 1997, the brothers of the Pi Zcta chapter o f Lambda Chi Alpha at WPI participated in their fifth annual food drive. Approxim ately 70 brothers collected food from the homes o f residents o f W orcester and other nearby towns such as Shrewsbury and Holden. The food was left in plastic bags which had been distributed by the brother hood the previous Sunday. Lam bda Chi A l
pha raised 12,773 lbs o f food, which was do nated to the Friendly House and the W orces ter Couniy Food Bank. Although the weather could have been a little more pleasant, the brotherhood still had fun while helping out th e co m m unity. W ith lots o f b ro th e rs psyched about this y e ar’s turnout. Lam bda Chi Alpha’s food drive next year hopes to be an even larger success.
Tuesday, N ovem ber 18, m arked the a n nual Alpha Phi Om ega Service Auction. For three hours last Tuesday, individual and groups o f W PI students, faculty, and sta ff m em bers w ere sold at the auction block to raise funds for charity. The auction w as run by D ic k T a y lo r from Auction M arketing Group on Pleasant St. in W orcester. He kept things m oving and m an aged to tease more money from the crow d. W hen asked for his opinion o f the event, Taylor said it was “ fun and it certainly is for a wor thy cause” . The evening started out slow with Simon Nance only going for $12 despite the fact that he was wearing a tuxedo and was offer ing m assages. He was purchased by Angela Ruel, the next Servant sold, because “who wouldn’t want to own their own RA?” As the evening progressed, the bidding got m o re in te n s e an d h ig h e r sum s o f m oney w ere offered. Sue Foss, eighteenth on the auction block, sold for $70 after an intense bidding war. She said she was “ner vous that I was going to sell for a buck,
Penny Wars thrives on organizational rivalries by Dave Silva Publicity Chairman, Alpha Chi Rho “Change is com ing to help C harity” was th e slo g an for th is y e a r’s P en n y W ars. Change did com e...$637.00 worth o f pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, ones, fives, tens, and even a twenty were collected for charity. Yet, this w asn’t an ordinary charity drive. This event takes all the fraternities, sororities, and clubs o f WPI and puts their rivalries to good use. Pennies are positive 1 point, everything
else is negative face value. So the twenty dollar bill (-2000 points) put into the IFC cup really did some damage. This was my first year as a brother o f Alpha Chi Rho and the first responsibility I had as the new Publicity Chairman was to hold Penny Wars. Everyone said Sig Ep always wins, but this year, it seems people had the same thing in mind...’’We’re not going to let Sig Ep win this time.” Following the article is a list of the eight major contenders for winner and their positive, negative, and total scores.
O rganization
P o sit iv e _____________N egative ____________ T otal
Lambda Chi Alpha Alpha Gamma Delta Newspeak Alpha Chi Rho Sigma Alpha Epsilon Alpha Tau Omega IFC Sigma Phi Epsilon
16,425 3,431 1,388 1,565 1,383 559 7 4,205
-600 -805 -40 -320 -400 -825 -2,100 -25,865
All in all, this was a very successful event, and the grand total o f $637.00 goes to a char ity o f Lambda C hi’s choice. I’d like to thank not only everyone w ho helped me out in the setup and preparation of Penny Wars, but also all the people who donated their hard earned change.
but it got better once people started b id ding” . Several groups o f Plant Services em ploy ees (who would clean your apartment) were sold for about $30 for each group. Daka Joe and Bob (who would cook a lobster or filet mignon dinner for four) went for more than $80. Jon Barlow’s monkey, who has been mentioned several times in previous issues of Newspeak, was auctioned off for $20 for 24 hours of ser vice. The individual who sold for the highest amount was Matt Grobowski, who sold for $ 100. He was available for Physics and Math help. Several professors offered themselves up for sale. Their services included help in various courses and a fencing lesson o f fered by Dr. David Brown. Towards the end o f the evening, Inter state 8, W PI’s No F ella’ A C apella group, auctioned them selves off. A fter a b rie f im prom pto co n ce rt in w hich they sang “h ig h e r and h ig h e r” and “so m eo n e to watch over me”, they sold for $185. Simple H arm onic M otion also put in an appear ance and sang “ w o n d e rfu l w o rld ” . A lengthy bidding war for their services com menced with the final offer at $260, sold to Je f Spaleta. The evening was loads o f fun and quite a success as the auction raised nearly $1850 for charity. As the group purchased for the largest sum, SHM got to choose the charity the money went to. They chose to donate to the Mustard Seed, a soup kitchen in W orces ter. I personally bought three servants (total cost, $32). Now I just have to figure out what to do with them.
15,825 2,626 1,348 1,245 983 -266 -2,093 -21,660
Note: Move the decimal two places to the left to find the dollar total instead of points.
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Last Wednesday night, students participated in a drumming and dancing session held in Riley Commons.