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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.
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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.
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Last Wednesday night, students participated in a drumming and dancing session held in Riley Commons.
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Person on the Street: “What’s your view of the newest campus television fads, South Park and Jerry SpringerV by Vanessa Melanson, Newspeak writing staff Photos by Jennifer Cooper, Newspeak photo staff
“South Park is funny, but it loses it’s fla vor. It’s no Simpsons. Jerry Springer is funny.”
-Travis Isgro '99 I don’t like South Park although I som e times w atch it. I don’t believe it should be taken o ff the air, although I do feel it’s ob noxious, so som etim es I don’t like it. As far as Jerry Springer goes, I wish we didn’t have to watch it in DAKA. I usually try to stay aw ay from it, and I think it’s ridicu lous how repetitive it is, and it shows people that solving problems can be done through fighting.
“ I really liked [South Park] when it first came out, but due to its over-publicity and its over-popularity I’m getting sick of it and bored o f it, and I hope they cancel the show. I think [Jerry Springer is] probably one o f the worst people on earth because o f his encouragement o f really, really hor rible behavior and social disfunctionality.”
-Nila Almstrom ‘00
-Matt LeClair ‘01
“South Park is hilarious and makes me laugh really hard all the time. Jerry Springer I like less and less the more I see it, but it’s still really funny, but I feel bad for every body on it.”
-Sommyr Pochan '98
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Black Student Union news by Garrett Sutton Class o f ‘99 BSU (Black Student Union) is one o f the most prom ising student-run social organi zations in colleges throughout the nation. BSU ’s mission parameters are: • To provide an intellectual, cultural, and social environm ent for students as well as com m unity members. • To em pow er members to strive for aca dem ic excellence while promoting cul tural awareness. • To encourage a positive image of Afri can-Americans and supports its members in achieving their educational goals. W PI’s BSU chapter is effectively enforc ing these parameters. With activities such as com m unity service, basketball games, and m ajor involvement in Black History Month, BSU offers a balance o f social life and com m unity for its members. On Sep tem ber 27th and O ctober 4th o f this year,
m em bers participated in Worcester Shines at Cam p Harrington. There, BSU members helped to build an amphitheater and a play ground for future sum m er camp activities. BSU also has its own basketball team, BSU panthers, which will be active during the winter season. The organization will be exploring other opportunities to positively im pact the com m unity throughout the school year. Below is a list o f B SU ’s active E-board members: Advisor: Clarence Plant President: Kristian Bleasdell Vice-President: Joseph Whitley Secretary: Garrett Sutton Treasurer: Chizoba Uchendu Communications Officer: Andre Freeman A T hanksgiving T urkey raffle, spon sored by BSU, will extend through T ues day, November 25th in the wedge. D raw ing will be held on the 25th at 11:00 am. C ost per ticket is $ 1.00.
What’s new with the Campus Center? by Sarah Walkowiak Assistant News Editor The Cam pus Center Committee last met on Thursday, November 20. At this meet ing, the architects presented possibilities for the layout of the building. Three and four story options were explored through the use o f architectural models. The com mittee decided that a three-story facility
would best suit the purpose o f the C am pus Center by keeping a sense of unity. The three levels are the Garden level, the Quad level and the U pper level. The G ar den level will overlook the gardens near Higgins House and the Quad level will be the entry level. At this time, programming options are still being considered. Please se n d any s u g g e s tio n s to newspeak @>wpi .edu.
“There’s a reason that South Park is on at ten o ’clock. I don’t think it is a kid’s cartoon, but personally I think it is a great show. It breaks a lot o f taboos, and I think it’s healthy in this society that is overly concerned with political correctness. I hate talk shows, absolutely hate talk shows, but it [Jerry Springer] provides valuable lunch time entertainment.”
“Jerry S pringer panders to the lowest common denom inator and points out ev erything that is bad about America. And for that, I guess it’s kind o f a public ser vice, so it’s good he does that. South Park pokes fun at everything that is good and bad about America, and is a whole lot fun nier and a hell o f a lot more entertaining [than Jerry Springer].”
-Matt Dowling '97
-Alex Knapp '01
South Park - It’s very funny, it might be offensive to some people, but it’s still very funny. Jerry Springer - It’s kind o f stupid, but it’s also very funny. The Jerry Springer show is kind o f the bad side o f society, but I’m not sure how it affects it.
Jerry Springer is cool because they fight a lot. South Park is cool because they fight a lot and they swear. It’s the best cartoon on TV.
Antonio Troncoso ‘01
I love Jerry Springer. I kind of like South Park. It’s all right, but I think that it is not very funny.
I feel South Park is a funny ass show. Jerry Springer - I feel Jerry Springer is funny show and there should be more like it. I watch it every day if I get the time.
Rodney Waters '01 South Park - I’m in the mood for it on occasion, but on a general basis I think it’s kind o f revolting. I think it can be kind of funny, but I think there is too much vio lence and too much fighting. I don’t think people should put their problems on TV shows or at least the types o f problems that Jerry Springer airs anyway.
Maegan Rivard ‘01
Tom Lyons '01
Amanda Egan '01
Be on th e lo o k o u t for m ore People on the Street in upcom ing Newspeaks!
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Weekly sports update: Results from November 14thto 20th by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Football (4-6, final) Junior tight end M att Surette (Spenccr, Mass.) caught a 2-yard pass from sopho m ore q u a rte rb a c k Jo h n R ic c io (Southington, Conn) with five seconds re maining in the game as WPI pulled off a m ajor 9-7 upset win over Plymouth State on a snow covered Alum ni Field in their final game o f the season. Surette’s catch was his 75th for the season which tied the NCAA Division III season reception record for tight ends. The loss for Plymouth, who entered the game ranked second in New England dropped their record to 7-3 over all and ended their hopes for a piece o f the Freedom Football Conference Cham pion ship. WPI broke a fourth quarter scoreless tie on a 27-yard field goal by Adam Clark (Jef ferson, Mass). The score capped an 11play, 39-yard drive that began after an Adam Abrams (E. Bridgewater, Mass.) in terception at the Plymouth 49 yard line. The interception was A bram s second o f the game and it gave him 15 for his career which tied the W PI career record. Plymouth State cam e right back on the ensuing kickoff as they returned the kick 47 yards to give the Panthers a first down
at the WPI 43. Nine plays later the Pan thers plunged across from 1-yard out to give Plymouth the lead at 7-3 with 3:50 re maining. Riccio, who replaced Rich Boardman (M errim ack, NH) in the second quarter, drove the Engineers down to the Plymouth two yard line with five seconds left. He com pleted 4 o f 6 passes and had a big scramble for 13 yards prior to the score to Surette. After a WPI timeout Riccio hit Surette for the score. Plymouth had one last opportunity on the kickoff return, but was stopped as they fumbled with the En gineers recovering. The Freedom Football C onference an nounced its A ll-Star Team for the sea son and W PI placed seven players on the team . F irst Team selectio n s w ere S u r e tte , A b ra m s and N ic k F lu e t (L eom inster, M A ). Fluet also earned rookie o f the year honors in the FFC. Jon Pires (Stoughton, MA), D arren Levack (S . W in d so r, C T ), C la rk an d S te v e Gentilucci (Som erset, NJ) w ere all named to the Second Team.
Volleyball (12-14, final) The volleyball team com pleted their 1997 season w ith p a rtic ip atio n in the M AIAW T ou rn am en t on S aturday the 15th at B randeis. They finished 3rd after
losing to W estfield State in the sem ifi nals and defeating Lasell C ollege in the c o n so la tio n gam e. M elin d a D arw ay (N ipom o, CA) led the way with 13 kills, 15 assists, 5 aces and 3 digs. Freshm an A m y M atter (K ettle Falls, WA) and K ris tin B litsch finished strong first seasons. M atter had 10 kills, 5 aces and 2 blocks. Blitsch had 11 kills, 5 aces and 8 digs. Emma Palmacci (Walpole, MA) had 8 kills, 18 assists, 7 aces and 19 digs. Shannon Sura (Yardley, PA) had 11 digs in the two m atches.
freestyle. F reshm an Jason W alonoski (W in ste d , C T ) w on the 1 0 0 -y a rd breatstroke. Murdock and Walonoski were also part o f the winning 200-yard freestyle relay team. The other pair of swimmers were senior John L am bie (Conroe, TX ) and sophomore Stephen Sacovitch (W orcester, MA). A gainst W heaton M urdock won both the 500 and 100-yard backstroke. Lam bie won the 200 freestyle and Walonoski set a new school record in the 50-yard breastroke in finishing second in the event.
Women’s swimming (0-2)
Wrestling (0-0)
The women’s swim team was at Babson College on the 15th for a meet with the Bea vers and Wheaton College. The dropped both meets, 23-82 to Babson and 39-101 to W heaton. Senior co-captain Patty Linden (Highland, IN) took W PI’s only firsts on the day. She won the 500-yard freestyle against Babson and won the 200-yard freestyle against Wheaton.
The wrestling team opened their season with their annual trek to the Hawk Tourna ment at Roger W illiams University. WPI did well with three champions and four place-winners. Freshm an Nick M acsata (Enfield, CT) was fifth at 118 lbs. Senior captain Rob Polin (R andolph, M A) was cham pion at 126 lbs. Senior captain Aaron B ecker (C oventry, RI) w as cham pion at 134 lbs. Junior Joe T ucker (Barre, VT) w as sec ond at 158 lbs. S enior captain L ance Baden (Fram ingham , MA) was cham pion at 190 lbs. In the heavyw eight division C raig H ow itt (W indham , ME) and Justin R ipley (O akdale, CT) placed fifth and sixth respectively.
Men’s swimming (0-2) The men’s swim team opened their 199798 season at Babson on the 15th. They dropped both meets to Babson (51 -83) and Wheaton (45-91). In the Babson meet senior captain Jamie M urdock (Woodinville, WA) won the 500
WPI/GSFC MQP Program: A-Term, £98 Does working at the Goddard Space Flight Center and living in Washington DC interest you? Although specific project descriptions will not be known until late B term, we expect that there will be opportunities for CM, CS, ECE and ME majors, and possibly MA and PH majors.
Request an application by sending Email to fjlooft@ece.wpi.edu. Specify your WPI box number! Applications must be returned to Nora Schweizer in the IGSD office (2nd floor, Project Center) by Friday, Jan. 16th. Further program information can be found at http://ece.w pi.edu/~fjlooft/gsfc.
Lady Hoopsters take third in city tourney by Heather Mazzaccaro Sports Editor The 1997 W orcester City Tip O ff Tour nam ent marked the beginning ofthe sea son for the WPI w om en’s basketball team. W hile struggling in theirfirst game against W orcester State Friday night, they pulled th e m se lv e sb a c k to g e th e r to h o ld o f f Nichols to take third place. The team is relatively young. Only one returning starter, seniorAndrea Kodys, is left from last year’s 13-13 team which in cluded two-timeAU-American Kim Landry, ’97. This tournament seemed alm ost like anexperiment to find the right mix o f veter ans and newcomers. Starting forthe Lady E ngineers in both gam es were A ndrea Kodys, Kim Mix (’98), KerriO’Connor (’98), Kate Burgess (’00), and Beth Gilbert ( ’01). In the first matchup verses Worcester State, WPI seemed to be abit out of the gam e in the first half committing 14 turnovers that lead toquite a few WSC points. Passes were not connecting, they were o u t-re bounded 23-14, and overall, it seemed that W orcester State wasbeating them up and down the court. Freshman Beth Gilbert kept WPI in thegame with 8 first half points in cluding a 3-pointer. The score at the endof the half was 25-40, WSC. The second half showed a renewed en ergy on the part o f WPI as theycame out aggressively. Burgess led the w ay and ended the game with a teamhigh 19 points. Overall the team shot better in the second half at closeto 50% whereas in the first half
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Gaming: Last Bronx doesn’t pack a punch by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Title: Last Bronx Platform: Sega Saturn Publisher: Sega Rating: 6.9 With the success of Virtua Fighter and Fighting Vipers, Sega has now branched out into the weapon-combat arenaf. U nfor tunately, Last Bronx is not the hit they were expecting. A Saturn translation o f the arcade game, Last Bronx can be compared to Soul Edge, N am co’s Playstation fighter. Players se lect one o f eight fighters - a small number by today’s standards - each equipped with a weapon, from sais to bos and nunchukus to staves. They then battle it out in a 3D
fighting arena, square in shape. Several gaming modes are available, including four two-player modes and two practice modes. L a te r o n, h id d e n w e a p o n s, su ch as popsicles, frozen tuna, and com -on-thecob become available. There are no magic moves or special at tacks, like fireballs o r teleportation. The three main buttons - punch, kick, and guard - are used in a variety of com binations to execute differing types of attacks. A heavy emphasis is placed on stringing multiple moves together to inflict heavy damage. The special moves listed in the manual are really no more than series o f punches and kicks. The fences which border each stage can be used as heights to escape to, and from which to launch an attack. The graphics cannot be universally de scribed as either great or poor. T he char acters them selves are lively, m oving with
Yo La Tengo oscillates from noisy to calm, punk to ‘ambient rock’ by Brian Whitman Class o f ‘99 Okay, I’ll adm it it: I ’m a sucker for any thing that even skips outside o f my expec tatio n s ju s t for a q uick stay. I ate up M edeski M artin & W ood’s fridav after noon in the universe because it had those little noise bits in between songs. I think that track where that com puter talks and all those clanks are going on in the new Radiohead album is super-cool. But after awhile when a band does something ‘just because they can ’ and there are clear lines o f dem arcation between the Songs and the Atmospherics, it gets tired. Which is what Yo La Tengo does not do in their newest record, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as O ne. This album takes whatever notions o f low-fi indie rock one had and adds some resonance to it. Their view o f the world, which turns out mostly to be a fast drive across country w hile stopping at every state park, is as avant-garde as it is excel lent pop music. And always both at the same time. For exam ple: ‘Moby O ctopad’, which fades on after a quiet one m inute instru m ental — a pulsing bass line wakes it up and things get jum py. One w ould figure th e y ’re in for a five m inute ride down Indie Lane, com plete with that ‘maybe I’m singing, m aybe I ’m d y in g ’ m entality w h e n , o u t o f n o w h e re , c o m e s th is (b rid g e ? ) p e rc u ssiv e piano line th a t’s more A nthony D avis than Sonic Youth — but th at’s not all — the rest o f the piece is littered w ith a pitched-shifted freight train noise every other m easure so that it becom es its melody after awhile (“dozing off, the TV drones” , the band sings along). The chorus (again, song stru c tu re on th is re c o rd is a h a p p ily skew ed com m odity) is a rehash o f the verse, but they m ake it a new song in itself. And that bass line! Still going, the train still m oving... The rest o f the album oscillates noisy to calm , punk to ‘ambient rock’, changing each track. ‘Dam age’ continues the tradi
tion o f specks o f electric wave noise puls ing in a slow b ea t, then they hand us ‘Deeper into M ovies’, where the line “I ’ve been sending signals into outer space” gets halfway there, what with music that sounds like an o ff hook phone bouncing am ong satellites (this is a good thing). Something to note here is that the entire band subscribes to the minimal school of composition, at last count, the bass player hits maybe 10 different notes throughout the album . The solos, rare as they are, aren’t blinding displays of technical prow ess; they always fit the song perfectly, es pecially in the cover of the Beach Boys’ ‘Little Honda’, w here the guitar solo is one note repeated through eight bars or so. ‘Spec Bebop’, one of the three instru mental songs (the other two are called ‘Re turn to Hot C hicken’ and ‘G reen A rrow ’, and, as if I need to mention, Yo La Tengo has the best song titles in the world) de serves mention because it simultaneously sticks out and it doesn’t — an eleven minute live noise collage on a rock record? The tune throbs like a sick balloon — all the instruments are on the same phase, bang ing against each other, making the album pay for itself in emotional intensity. It is the perfect example of a group o f musicians getting together and knowing exactly what they want and how they are going to get it on an album. ‘B ebop’ fades into ‘W e’re an A m eri can B and’ — “c a r crash, w e’ll turn to look unless w e’re going too fast...” — another run dow n the road, lights blur ring as the m usic ends. H ighly recom mended.
m any fram es o f anim ation and w ith at tention paid in the closeups to details, su ch as e y e s and m o u th . T he b a c k grounds, all based on real Japanese lo cations, are extrem ely sm ooth. However, the foreground, being the m ost im p o r tant as all the action occurs there, su f fers from an unusual case o f flicker. The sprites and arena borders seem to fade in and out during some scenes, a real d is traction. The music is enjoyable, fitting the action-packed situations, with a number of different instrumentations sometimes no ticeable. The announcer’s speech has a slight O riental accent, while the characters speak all in Japanese. Even the opening and closing anime sequences are in Japa nese, with English subtitles. Maybe some p u rists fin d this p re fe ra b le, but S ega should’ve finished the translation jo b for
(hed) pe: True hardcore by Tom Lyons Class o f ‘01 W hat would you get if you mixed the power o f the Deftones, the chaos o f Korn and the energy of Limp Bizkit? I’m not sure, but it would be close to (hed) pe. (hed) pe is a prototypical hardcore band, using both metal and hip hop in a volitile com bina tion. If you like bands such as Limp Bizkit or the Deftones, I would strongly recom m end this CD. However, if you’re not re ally into hardcore, or are looking for a CD
to d e p r e s s io n i s y o u r
to introduce you to hardcore, I w ouldn’t recommend it at all. O nly a true hardcore fan can appreciate the heavy bass, hip hop lyrics and energy that bands like (hed) pe can bring. This self-titled CD has two ver sions, one is a “clean” version o f the other. I liked the CD even though it does get repetitous after listening to it for h a lf an hour. So for all you m oshers out there, I recom m end the debut CD of (hed) pe, but I w ouldnt run out to the store to buy it ju st yet. On a scale o f one to ten, I ’d give it a 7.
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Presentations will begin at 2:00 p.m. The WPI Community is welcome to come and support the finalists: Medical Decision Making and the Informed Patient: Immunosuppression in Liver Transplantation By Vladislav Zilberman, Abdo Kataya, L. Ryan Coffren
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Source Waste Reduction By Eric Briggs, Peter Caputa IV, Jake Forrest, Darryl Pollica
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Soil Erosion in the Cayaguas Watershed and Its Impact on Local Agriculture and Public Water Supply in Puerto Rico By Eric Cemak, Julianne Paine, John Toscano Advisors: R. Thompson, A. Alexandrou
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A World Without Frontiers: A System Dynamics Model of a Hypothetical Urban System for Use in an Educational Game By Mary Berry, Brad Libby M. Radzicki, advisor
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Holiday blues by Kelly Boyle Student Development and Counseling Center It seems to begin earlier and ear lier every year. M any people saw the first signs right before Hallow een: a large d isplay o f holiday candy right next to the Halloween treats, turkey napkins in the paper aisle, and holiday food platters advertised at the deli counter. Next," the greeting card aisles were filled with a massive spread of cards for Thanksgiving through New Year’s. Num erous occasions may be cel e b r a te d d u rin g th e next few months. So why can this be one o f the hardest times o f the year? For starters, there is a whole lot o f p re ssu re to be happy th ese days. Shops are decorated to im i tate fairy-tale winter wonderlands. M agazine covers are blanketed with holiday decorations. Cloth ing stores are decked with outfits for the special occasions that are supposed to be had. And televi-
sion programs depict the holidays as magical tim es with happy end ings. N eedless to say, not everyone fits into the sam e cookie cutter pat tern. Some choose to celebrate holidays, and some do not. Some celebrate holidays that are not at this time of the year. Some will be celebrating holidays that are not receiving m uch public attention, which can lead to feelings of isola tion. Some are far from home and d o n ’t have anyone with whom to celebrate their holiday. Some have ju st ended a relationship or lost someone and the holiday season is a painful rem inder o f memories. And some are just plain sick o f the craziness o utdoors and the slircraziness indoors. To add to the stress, this time o f y ear b rin g s oth er hassles w ith w h ich to c o n te n d . T he co ld weather has hit. Cars won’t start. T ra ffic is h e a v y ; sto re s a re cro w d ed . W here did all yo u r money go? Final exams are ap-
proaching. Brace yourself for fam ily stress; you’re going home for break and have to com ply with house rules. Look out, here come the snowplows! Whaa! Okay, so there is a lot to con tend w ith during the next few m onths— there’s no doubt about it. But you can make this time o f year more rewarding if you prepare ahead of time: 1. Take it easy! People are gen erally more stressed around the holidays, and the stress can be contagious. Now more than ever you need to take time out for your self to eat right, get lots of sleep, and exercise. Practice relaxation e x e rc ise s; co n ta ct W est S tre et House for tips. 2. Make a list o f the stressors that bother you the most, and make a plan for them now! For example, if money is a stressor, plan a bud get not for how you’ll spend your money later. If you hate shopping, make a list o f what you plan to buy and try to shop during off-peak
hours. 3. Make arrangements for the holidays now: decide whom to spend them with, what you’ll do, how y ou’ll get there, and so on. T his is esp ecially im portant if you’re far from home. Planning ahead o f time will make for less stress (and less loneliness!) later. 4. If you’ve lost a relationship or a loved one, give some thought to how you’ll want to spend the holi days. You may want to be some where different this year, or choose to invite some new friends or family over to be part of your celebration. You may want to spend some time alone to think about the person whom you miss and create a ritual including thoughts o f him or her. Come by West Street House to talk with a counselor about how you can prepare for this difficult time. 5. Speaking o f rituals, create som e new rituals o f your ow n. Carrying on traditions can be very meaningful, but creating new ones o f your own can also be special.
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Let it be know n— if it w asn’t a lre a d y — the holidays are upon us! T hanksgiving, for many a n y w ay, is the ad v en t of the feast season. From this week on until the end o f the year, our focus will be on the rituals o f socializing, consum ing and fighting the ill-effects o f these harbingers o f m er rim e n t. H ere at In te rn a tio n a l H ouse, we are prepared to go into full-sw ing to do our part in m ak ing this last season of the year m em orable as well. T h is year is especially n o te w orthy. There is som ething for a lm o s t e v e ry o n e to c e le b ra te . T h ree o f the w o rld ’s great re li g io n s c e le b ra te sp e c ia l c o m -
m e m o ra tio n s: C h a n u k k a, the Jew ish festival o f lights, falls on Dec. 24; Christm as is the next day, and the M uslim holy m onth o f fasting starts on Dec. 31st. In addition, Bodhi Day on Dec 8, celebrates the enlightenm ent o f Lord Buddha; St. N icholas’s Day is observed on Dec 19. The AfroA m erican K w anza sta rtin g on Dec. 26 o b se rv e s the unity o f fam ily and com m unity, And if th at’s not enough, there is New Year’s Eve, First Night, for every body who needs one last reason for hoopla. In te rn a tio n a l H o u se in c o n ju n c tio n w ith the International Student C ouncil (ISC) is planning several events to help add to the holiday cheer. For those holiday shopping lists, there is the Inter-
national Bazaar on Dec. 2 in the Upper W edge. (All proceeds go to the ISC.) Later, on Dec. 6, there is the International D inner in Aldcn Hall. Tickets are currently on sale. C ontact ISC m em bers for further details. Diners are asked to bring one non-perishable food item to donate to the N ational Society o f Black E ngineers e f forts on behalf Abby H ouse, a shelter for abused w om en and children. S o , fu ll sp ee d a h e a d to Thanksgiving Day and the month o f December 1997! In spite o f the d ifficulties that have touched all o f us to som e degree this year, we still have much to be grateful for: our lives, our fam ilies and our friends. We pray for peace and understanding am ong all the
Greg Shapiro, the Campus C om puter Center’s Senior Unix Admin istrator, informs us that Samba has been extended to offer more UNIX based services to personal co m puter users. T he following shared item s are available under the CCC workgroup: \\w w w \w w w _docs This is the http://www wpi.edu/ web tree area (/www/docs on the U N IX systems). We are making this available for those who m ain-
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peoples of the world during this season o f cheer. Happy T hanks giving. Vendors participating in the In ternational Bazaar, December 2 in the Upper Wedge: 1. T he N ativ e - C irc le N ative American arts and jewelry. 2. Aegean Travel - Greek travel, imports and music. 3. Egyptian M useum - Papyrus and brass products. 4. Gallery o f African Heritage - Af rican merchandise and artifacts. 5. Mi C asa-S . American merchan dise and clothes. 6. U S-C hina - Chinese products and artifacts. 7. EC O V illage - G lobal Ecofriendly products. 8. H im alaya Im ports - Fashions and more from India & East.
More services extended to windows users tain web pages in the main web tree. Currently, \Yres and Wwww are the same host but this will be chang ing in the near future. Therefore, please use Wwww for the web area and Wres for other areas. '* \\res\cs_ u sers This is the /cs/users area on CCC UNIX systems. Samba will automati cally use the username you are cur rently logged into Windows for map ping this directory to your proper / cs/users/USERNAME directory. \\res\USERNAME This has always been available via Samba. USERNAM E is the
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Words, sentences, paragraphs and a flying banana by Justin Greenough News Editor Some days, I sit here in the News peak office and wonder ju st WHO exactly reads the paper. I mean, we claim to have a circulation o f about 3000 people. However, I highly
d o u b t we have 3 0 0 0 dedicated readers. In fact, I’d say we prob ably only have a couple hundred people who actually live from Tues day to Tuesday when they can run across campus in the wee hours of the morning, through the doors of Daniels to anxiously await the ar
rival of the morning paper, fresh with the smell o f printing ink. (Okay, so maybe there’s only three or four Newspeak fanatics who do this, but I’m sure there are a good number of people who pick it up on their way to class or DAKA.) T he question then arises about
what these people might be like. Well, given the girl-to-guy ratio around here, there’s a good chance that they’re mostly guys. T here’s also a good chance that they are fairly intelligent. I m ean, W PI doesn’t allow unintelligent people in ...d o they?!?!?!? Sometimes I
Confronting Iraq, and the aftermath of Desert Storm: A political commentary by Matthew Trask Class o f ‘01 “And then your muscles spasm so hard you break your own back. But that's after your skin melts off. ” - The Rock, with a descrip tion of VX ner\’e gas Back in late 1991 when the United States M ilitary began pulling the first of its over 200,000 troops from the sands of the Gulf, America had felt something it had not felt since the end o f WWII: a sense o f na tional pride. We had ‘defeated’ a formidable ‘enemy’, Hussein’s elite Republican Guard. The United States had apparently believed that the war against Iraq was won. CNN told us there was no more Iraqi pres ence in Kuwait, and we all had the piece of mind our oil reserves were secure. It was a conflict for the books. Desert Storm had the larg est air cam paign in history, with surgical strikes on various military ta rg e ts , and th e g o v e rn m e n t claimed we had met every objec tive we set out to meet.
A pparently, such w as not the case. In late O ctober 1997 Iraq be gan turning down UN weapons in spectors. It was now obvious that the w ar was not won as we were initially led to believe. As the na tion comes to face its new prob lem s in the M iddle East, too many o f us fail to realize w hat is at stake. O peration Desert Shield / Desert Storm was inherently a regional conflict. The United States’ main interest in the gulf was eliminating the Iraqi presence in the region. We were there to prevent a hostile take over o f a relatively lim ited area. Today, the stakes are higher, and the consequences o f our action, or lack thereof are more serious than ever. T oday’s conflict regards the is sue o f chem ical w eapons. Iraq h as N B C (n u c le a r, b io lo g ic a l, c h e m ic a l) w arfare c a p a b ilitie s. F ailure to intervene at this point w ould continue to allow H ussein to have these w eapons o f m ass d estruction at his disposal. No lo n g e r is H u s s e in a re g io n a l
threat, he is a global threat. W ith w eapons and d eliv ery sy stem s such as A nthrax, Botox, and V X , (w hich was m ade popular in the film “The R ock” ), Iraq has the potential to kill upw ards o f m il lions o f people. To deny action ag ain st this threat w ould be to deny our own security. It is b e liev ed that Iraq has sto c k p iled enough A nthrax to kill the entire global population. Anthrax alone can kill ov er 3 m illion p eo p le w hen sprayed from an aircraft. It contains m illions o f tiny bacteria spores, that when inhaled the in dividuals develops black p us-rid den sores, and eventually causes a slow suffocating death over a period o f 2 days. It can leave an entire city uninhabitable for d e cades. And that is not the w orst o f the NBC w eapons. A s a m em ber o f A m e ric a ’s arm ed forces, th e re is n o thing w orse than the thought o f h a v ing to fight overseas, or know ing that som e o f yo u r brothers are b e in g sent to die in the san d .
However, failure to act, and end th is s itu a tio n w o u ld be a jeopardization o f the security o f our fam ilies, friends and loved o n es, both here and o v e rse a s. For now, we can keep our faith in our diplom atic leaders and hope fully end this issue in a non-com bative manner. We must keep up the U-2 fly-overs, and continue to enforce our zero tolerance NBC policy, as outlined in the G eneva C onventions. It is international law that no nation may em ploy NBC w arfare, and we, along with o th er NATO pow ers m ust stop any unstable nation from the pos sibility o f using them. It is un fo rtu n a te th o u g h , s im p le a ir strikes will not solve this prob lem. Should the issue evolve into arm ed conflict, it will prom ise to be a long, difficult cam paign. Be it necessary, we m ust not h e si ta te to o n c e a g a in se c u re the M ideast region, especially Iraq. Failure to do so could be even m ore costly than our failure to ‘finish the jo b ’ back in 1991.
wonder... Could aliens be secretly be spy ing on us, picking up copies o f Newspeak in order to learn about our species? If so, would the news paper be a good research tool for them? I ’d rather not think o f the consequences behind that. Of course the biggest thing that I often wonder about these people is why people read the paper. I mean, what makes you want to pick up a new spaper each week and flip through it. Do they want to know what’s going on around cam pus? Do they want to read our sm ash ing editorials? Can they not go a week w ithout their weekly dose of Dilbert, Super Banana and the Po lice log? I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m not exactly sure WHY people read Newspeak. I’m not even sure what they’d like to see as new fea tures in the paper. So, I’d like to in vite you to send your comments and questions to us. Hey, you never know... your comments could help us gain readership and even increase the crowd o f people who set their alarms so that they can be the first person to grab a fresh copy every Tuesday morning. If not that however, you might at least help us out make the paper better and m ore in terestin g for yourself. Just email all comments to: newspeak@ wpi.edu. Tell them you read about it in Beyond the M argins. Oh, and if you d on’t see an article by me next week, it may be because the Editor-in-chief mur dered m e for all the mail that’s go ing into the mailbox.
One world, one culture? Phoebe Eng speaks about the Americanized world by Sarah Walkowiak Assistant News Editor T hursday night, the SocCom m Arts Com m ittee presented author and lecturer Phoebe Eng. Eng is the D irector o f the DMI group, a com pany working to prom ote so cial change and com m unication am ong th o se o f d iffe re n t c u l tures. E ng Spoke about the e f fects o f A m erican im a g e s on world culture.
Eng began her presentation by q u e s tio n in g th e a s p e c ts o f A m erican culture that appeal to foreigners. The appeal of A m eri can culture has becom e synony m ous with health, fun, the good life, and most im portantly, ec o nom ic freedom. A m ericans have abandoned their sloganistic ide als o f the 1950’s and now develop th e ir identity through the pro d ucts they purchase and use. It is this econom ic freedom which has
m ade the A m erican co n su m erc u ltu re so su c c e ssfu l in o th e r countries. A m erican cu ltu re becam e in creasin g ly ex p o rted in the late 1980’s. E arlier in the decade, the US econom y declin ed cre atin g opportunities for foreign em ploy ees. As the econom y prospered again around 1987, many o f the fo re ig n e m p lo y ee s retu rn ed to their home countries, taking w ith them their know ledge o f A m eri can culture. E ng presented a series o f p h o tographs to show how A m erican culture has been adopted in fo r eign lands. Included in her p re se n ta tio n w ere p h o to g rap h s o f M cD onald’s and ATM ’s in T h a i land and Planet Hollyw ood in Tel Aviv. “M arlboro M an” cigarette ads in Egypt, Lebanon, the Ivory C oast, Cam bodia and Hong Kong w ere also shown. One o f the m ost d is tu r b in g e x a m p le s w as an A sian advertisem ent for hard li q u o r p resen te d in the sty le o f
Am erican fashion ads. The A m ericanization o f global culture has led to a standardiza tion o f cultural ideals. Standards o f beauty and desirability have become Am ericanized giving eth nic wom en the im pression that Am erican beauty is the standard to strive for. As an exam ple, Eng presented foreign advertisem ents for skin bleaching cream s. A lthough the im ages brought out the darker side o f exporting Am erican culture, Eng also gave the im pression that she is hope ful for change. She presented e x amples from Burma and Bengal of foreign resistance to A m erican ization. As a m eans o f en courag ing student education o f foreign c u ltu re , a “ R o u n d th e W orld Travel G rant” is given to qualify ing students who have attended the p resen tatio n . T he g rant a l lows a student to travel to a m ini m um o f 3 non-E uropean c o u n tries to gain personal experience o f other cu ltures. Each p a rtic i
pant travels alone and keeps jo u r nal o f their experiences. I w as previously fam iliar with some o f the subject m atter , but I still fo u n d E n g ’s p re se n ta tio n shocking and thought provoking.
The Courts need Y.O.U. by Alison Keach Features Editor T he C ourt V olunteers P ro gram , a com ponent o f Y .O .U ., Inc., is currently seeking vol unteers to serve as m entors to first tim e ju v en ile o ffen d e rs. T hese ju veniles would greatly benefit from the support offered by a positve role model. T rain ing is provided and volunteer time is very flexible. For m ore in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t N ath an Peterson at 755-3620.
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BiLaGA For anyone who showed up at the meet ing last Thursday, there w asn’t one. A bunch o f the officers were able to make it, so we decided to move the real meeting to the lunch m eeting Tuesday (TODAY!). M eet in G om pei’s at noon, w e’re buying because it’s nearly Thanksgiving. For more inform ation, email bilaga@ wpi or get in touch with us through our box in the Stu dent Activities Office. Remember to check out our Really Cool Library down in Health Services - you can even check out the books!
words to live by. Clear the truss. Fire in the hole (not to be confused with “Fire in the hall”). Something smells like it’s burning. Don’t share Chapstick. Is the three-phase on? Duck and Cover. Vote Love. Caress the followspot. W hen you see the cows, you know y o u ’re in B elchertow n. Flam ing M uses, out. Reel what? H ello Theatrix. DICK. Clark Couriers. This is my hobby. I do it for fun. Can you m ake that boom louder? Lighting here, go BLACKOUT.
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Christian Bible Fellowship Hello, are you looking forward to Thanks giving? I don’t know about you, but I need the short break, and am looking forward to this holiday season as we await the birth o f our Lord and Savior, Jesus. There will be no FNF this week because o f break, but everyone who’s around cam pus is invited to the C arter’s for a fun time on Friday night. For more information just e-mail us at cbf@ w pi.edu. “Com e, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock o f our salva tion. Let us come before him with thanks giving and extol him with music and song” Psalm 95:1-2 (NIV). As we enter the season o f Thanksgiv ing, let us not forget who made all things possible. God has given us all things to be thankful for; family, friends, our education, food, ..Salvation ! Now let’s praise God for all o f these things instead o f taking them for granted. If it w eren't for God what would we have?
IEEE Well, the WPI student branch of IEEE (Institute o f Electrical and Electronics En gineers) is finally getting its act together. We had a m eeting last W ednesday, com p le te w ith food a n d g u e st sp e a k e rs. M em bership applications and drafts o f our new constitution were distributed (to keep people busy w hile w aiting for the pizza). Sue Foster, the W orcester County S ectio n S tudent A ctiv ities C hair, d is cussed som e o f the interesting activities we could participate in on a local, re gional, and national level. We also had tw o T ech n ical S a le s R e p re se n ta tiv e s from Texas Instrum ents speak about T I’s focus on DSPs, and about the technical sales field itself. They gave pens and stress balls to every o n e w ho attended the m eeting, and had a draw ing for tshirts and a TI electronic organizer. As alw ays, w e’ll be selling coffee, d o n u ts, and bag els in the IE E E lounge, A K 106, every w eekday m orning from 8 to 11. Anyone is w elcom c to hang out in the lounge, regardless o f major. If you want more information about IEEE, need an application, or are just bored, send email to ieee@ ece.wpi.edu, or stop by the lounge.
Lens and Lights N o announcm ents this week. Nothing prophetic either, but we do have som e
All right, I know that Thanksgiving is coming, but don’t forget all about music over break. W hen we come back there are concerts, concerts, concerts. First off is the holiday concert with the orchestra on the 4th. This concert will also be featuring Interstate 8 who just went for crazy money at the APO servant auction. Then, here come the Mechanics Hall performance with other groups such as the Central M assa c h u se tts S y m p h o n y O rc h e stra , A nna Maria, Clark, etc. Oh, and we made valiant effort to buy SHM at the auction. Male stubbornness was just too high that day.
Interstate 8 Wow! Is this really the first Interstate 8: the No Fella’ A Cappella club comer? Why yes it is! Aren’t we so excited that we can hardly stand it? Ok, sorry. What we have coming up...a cameo at the Dec 4th holi day concert, a Holiday Stroll for stores on Park Ave. on the 6th, the SGA holiday ex travaganza on the 9th, the Tech Old Tim ers X-mas celebration on the 11 th, and the W omen’s Business Exchange on the 16th. Whew! Good thing w e’ve been practic
ing. Also, huge thanks to SHM for shell ing out $185 for little o l’ 1-8. How chival rous! I think that you were just too shelfish to share. Oh well, it all goes to charity. As this 1st weekly club corner com es to an end, I must close with a little ditty we all know. “Schwing down chariot, stop and let me ride!” L8R
Muslim Students’ Association As-Salamu Alaikum. Last Friday, the Clark University MSA kindly invited the WPI MSA to a dinner o f M iddle Eastern cuisine, and a presentation by Dr. Steven Shakhar. The dinner was enjoyed by all attendees and we look forward to extend ing an invitation to Clark University MSA, for the WPI M SA annual Ramadhan Din ner planned for January 1998, insha’Allah. We hope all our readers will have a safe Thanksgiving Break, insha’Allah, and re turn to WPI in high spirits for the MSA General Body M eeting. We will meet 6:00pm Tuesday December 2nd in Higgins Labs 218 (HL 218), the discovery classroom. Daily Dhuhr’ and ‘Asr prayers are orga nized at the Collegiate Religious Center at 12:00pm (noon) and 3:30pm respectively. There will be no organized car-pool from the CRC on Friday November 28lh, if you are looking for transportation please con tact us directly. For more information, or to join our mailing list contact m sa@ wpi.edu.
Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences Last week’s meeting, held in medievalcourt style, was somewhat less formal than usual, as the Baron and M inister of De fense were away on other business. Re
garding the spring Medieval Fair: M ateri als and location planning are underw ay for the various gam es, as are preparations o f the historical education aspects. A troupe o f actors are slated to appear at the abode o f Jason Rosa, performing “The Name o f the Rose” for the amusement o f one and all. After making a swift, but no unobserved, walk-by (Herald Kimber: “W here are you going? This is not a m ultiple-choice ques tion!”), Pete, Keeper o f the B reads, ap peared and apologized for his tardiness. We are planning on going Christm as C ar oling on the Tuesday o f Finals Week, once during the aftern o o n , and o n ce in the evening. Practice for the Caroling is today (11/25) at 3pm in Gordon Library. And finally, in other business: Anthea performed a telling o f a British folktale called, “Sir G am m er Vans,” and the dulcettoned quartet o f Wes, Kimber, Dave, and Karen sang “ I ’ve Got Six Pence.” Kimber needs servants for the SGA Holiday E x travaganza; Those interested should con tact her (skywise@ wpi.edu). SMAS m ock combat practices are M on days and Thursdays at 7:30PM (meet in the W edge). SM AS club m eetings are Tuesdays at 7 :00PM in the Founders Study Room. For more information, you can reach the officers via e-mail to realm s@ wpi.edu.
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AIDS Awareness Week nual Candlelight March and Service will be held. Those participating should assemble at 6:30pm in front o f City Hall. The March will begin prom ptly at 7pm, at 7:30 there will be a Service o f Remembrance & Soli darity at the 1st Unitarian Church, 90 Main St., and a social hour will follow at 8:30 in the Church Hall. Volunteers are also needed for this walk as C ounselors, W alk M oni tors, S etup/C leanup, U shers, and Serv ers. O ther events being held that week are a presentation by Jennifer N icols, a nationally know n speaker on the subject o f AIDS, called “ SEX beyond A ID S” at 7pm in Hogan C am pus C enter Hall. A concluding candlelight walk and M ass will be held on Sunday, D ecem ber 7th, at 6:30 pm, starting at the Plourde Recre ation Center.
by Alison Keach Features Editor Monday, December 1st, begins Assump tion C ollege’s AIDS Awareness week, en com passing a variety o f exhibits and pre sentations. There will be an interactive exhibit, Project FACE to FACE, which can be viewed from M onday to Friday, Decem ber 5th. This m ultimedia exhibit tells the stories o f people from all walks of life with a single common bond: AIDS. Viewers get the opportunity to “m eet” a person living with A IDS. Each handcrafted life mask is exhibited above a tape recorder, allowing the view er to look into another human being’s face and hear in the person’s own words the reality o f living with AIDS. Also on M onday night W orcester’s Eighth A n
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WPI Students participate in Turkey Bowling, one of the many popular events at last year’s Winter Carnival ’97.
by Alison Keach Features Editor What do you think about a 4 foot deep hot tub on the Quad? If this is something you would like to see to break the mundane life of classes and exams, then join the Win ter Carnival ‘98 Committee! Every C term
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they only shot 30% . T he final score wasWPI 62, WSC 85. Gilbert finished the game with 12 points and Kodys had ateam high 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and a block. The consolation game played on Satur day night saw a more congruousteam. All the first game jitters were worked out and the women came readyto play. Burgess started the scoring with a 3-pointer as the Engineerscam e out to a 19-8 lead over Nichols. A full court press led to ^ tu r n overs by Nichols, 10 of which were steals. However, 15 fouls in thefirst half by WPI allowed Nichols to keep the game close. It ended with ascore o f 45-42, WPI. Burgess lead the team at the half with 11 points;Mix had 5 rebounds. In the second half, WPI made use of its height advantage andstarted dumping the ball into the paint where Kodys, Dianna Carlson ( ’98),and Amy M atter (’01) com bined for 20 points. They also out-re bounded N ichols, 27-16, nine o f which w ere offensive. Forced turnovers and good shot selection allowed WPI to pull away from Nichols as the game came to a close, winning it 90-74. Lead scorers for WPI were Burgess with 19, Kodyswith 16 p o in ts an d 12 re b o u n d s , and Lynn Michalenka (’01) with 16 points and 4 steals. Point guard Jamie M ulryan ( ’01) led the team with six assists.
Burgess was selected to the All-Tour ney team. In the tournament final, Clark beat W orcester State with a score of 73-43. T h e Lady Engineers m eet B ridgew ater State tonight at 7pm in Harrington Audito rium.
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