1997 v25 i6 by WPI Archives

The Student Newspaper of Worcester Polytechnic Institute

I n T h i s I s s u e ... ...3 Music review ................ ,...5 Campus Center ...........,...10

Volume Twenty-five, Number Six

Tuesday, February 25, 1997

Over 400 students show support tor Campus Center by Dave Koelle E ditor-in-C hief Emeritus Support for the proposed cam pus center was strong last week as over 40() students attended an open campus meeting last Mon day while nearly 1000 students signed a petition calling for the immediate construction of the cen ter. T he fev ered attitu d e at M onday’s meeting sent a m es sage to the committee in charge of. among other things, authoriz ing the campus center. The com mittee agreed with the students that a campus center should be a high priority. SGA President Matt Freimuth spoke at the meeting on behalf of the students. He spoke about Perreault how for students, a campus cen originally ter has been a dream at WPI since the I920’s, and interest in it surged again in the 1960's. To date however, the efforts ex pended at these two periods o f time have been unfruitful, while millions o f dollars have been spent on other projects. ‘T h e school cannot continue to ignore our voices,” Freimuth said. He then presented a petition calling for the immediate construction of a campus cen ter, which was signed by nearly 1000 stu dents. “This is ridiculous. We’ve been neglected for so long,” echoed Jim Pavlat '97. The committee promised to bring these thoughts to the trustees in the hopes of get ting them to approve the construction of the center.

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Hall was filled to capacity with attendees of the Cam pus C enter inform ational meeting, to be held in Higgins Labs 116 last M onday night.

Other students wanted to meet with the trust ees face-to-face to express their desire for a campus center. At the trustee meeting on Friday, Janet

“...r ig h t now , we live in a hom e without a living room. ” -SGA President Matt Freimuth

Richardson presented in her report to the trust ees a slide composed o f five points regarding the recent initiatives of the student body: Over 4(X) attended an open campus meeting in sup

port o f the campus center; nearly 1000 stu dents signed a petition for the center; the center should be made the highest priority; the students want to meet with the trustees; and funding should be procured immediately. Freimuth then spoke to the trustees. “The need for a campus center is critical,” Freimuth stated. He mentioned how hun dreds of students make their home at WPI, “and right now we live in a home without a living room.” The trustees agreed that a campus center is needed. For a while, the center has been intended as the cornerstone of the next capi tal campaign, which will be commencing shortly. At least $2.5 million has already See Meeting, continued to page 10

Sacco launches career at Northeastern Courtesy o f WPI News Service Chem ical Engineering D epartm ent Head A lbert Sacco Jr., is leaving WPI to assum e the George A. Snell Chair in Engineering at N ortheastern U niversity, his alm a mater. His resignation, subm itted Feb. 18, is e f fective June 1. An internationally reco g n ized ex p ert on zeo lite cry stal g ro w th , Sacco was a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Columbia during its 16-day

Milton P. Higgins II, long - time trustee, dies

U.S. M icrogravity Laboratory-2 mission in 1995. S acco received his b a ch e lo r’s degree in N ortheastern in 1973. He was the keynote speaker at the university’s com m encem ent last June, when he was aw arded an honor ary d octorate in engineering for his work with N A SA and for his accom plishm ents in research and education and was named O utstanding Alumnus in Science and Tech nology. He joined the W PI faculty in 1977 after receiving his Ph.D. from MIT and has

been departm ent head since 1989. In 1996 he received the Board o f T ru stees’ Award for O utstanding C reative Scholarship. “WPI w ishes Professor S acco every suc cess in his future at N o rth eastern ,” says WPI Provost John F. Carney III. “ He has been a valuable m em ber o f the WPI com m unity for the past 20 years as a teacher, researcher, departm ent head and m em ber o f num erous boards w orking for the ad vancem ent o f our university. His leader ship and council will be m issed.”

W orcester Polytechnic Institute is sad dened to announce the death o f T rustee M ilton P. H iggins who died February 19lh, at his hom e in W orcester. M ilton and his family have been benefactors of W PI since its founding. His grandfather, for whom he was nam ed, was appointed to the first fac ulty as su p erintendent o f the W ashburn Shops. His father, Aldus C. H iggins, was a 1893 graduate o f WPI, a president o f the WPI Alumni A ssociation, and served as a trustee for alm ost three decades. M ilton H iggins w orked for the b etter ment o f W PI and the W orcester com m u nity throughout his life. He served as a m em ber o r trustee o f practically every m a jo r institution in the com m unity. At W PI, M ilton H iggins served as a trustee for 31 years and as Board C hairm an from 1971 to 1978. His leadership guided the affairs o f W PI at a lim e w hen h ig h e r e d u c a tio n th ro u g h o u t the nation w as being c h a l lenged to seek better ways to serve its con stituents. The WPI Plan that was im ple m ented during his tenure was revolution ary in concept and has helped m aintain W PI’s nationw ide reputation for excellence in undergraduate technological education. He served as chairm an o f the W PI C enten nial Fund (1965-68) which made possible the construction o f G oddard Hall, G ordon Library, and Harrington A uditorium . M ilton would be the first to give credit to others for the significant accom plish ments o f W PI during his tenure as Board C hairm an, and the im portance o f his faith in the institution and his effective leader ship during unusually com plex tim es was beyond m easure. He was a man who cared, w as involved, inspired all those around him, and fostered excellence - all tem pered with a special sense o f hum or and hum il ity. He will be greatly m issed by the entire W PI com m unity. Expressions o f sym pathy may be addressed to his wife, Alice, and their five children, at: 757 Salisbury Street, W orcester, MA 01609

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Beyond the farm A weekly e-m ail news summ ary world edition

For the week preceding this Saturday, February 22nd, 1997, here’s what made the News Beyond the Farm: C hina’s leader is dead. On Feb 16th, Deng Xiaoping was reportedly hospital ized in critical condition, and Prime Minis ter Li Peng and designated successor Jiang Zemin returned from travel in remote parts of the country. On Feb 19th, it was an nounced that Deng had died at the age o f 92. While a formal funeral was planned, no foreign dignitaries were invited and public actions o f mourning were discouraged. The military formally announced its support o f Jiang Feb 22nd, and Jiang gave a speech the same day in which he claimed that China could do better in the world economy than it had under Deng, which some found dis respectful since the comments were made even before a funeral. The crisis in Korea has not disappeared. Hwang Jang Yop remains in the South Ko rean embassy in Beijing, China, with North Korea distancing itself from him and South Korea continuing to claim he is a defector. On Feb 20th, South Korea announced it was sending $6 million in food aid to the North. Then, on Feb 21st, the Prime Minister o f North Korea died, leaving Kim Jong II the only re maining major public leader and effectively completing a generational transition in that country. Consequences for Hwang Jang Yop’s status or general relations with the South are still unclear. While in Japan Feb 22nd, US Secetary o f S tate M adeleine Albright announced that talks between the two sides would take place Mar 5th. K enneth Starr, the special prosecutor for the so-called ‘W hitew ater’ scandal, w ill take a p o sitio n on the facu lty o f Pepperdine U niversity A ug 1st. T he Feb 17th announcem ent by the university led many to conclude that S tarr has no plans to indict President C linton or his wife. H ow ever, the W hitew ater investigation has yet to make that decision, and Starr announced Feb 20th that he w ould stay w ith the investigation until it w as com plete. A ttention seem s to be turning to the o ther scandal in W ashington, cam

paign financing. Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN), in c h a rg e o f the in v e stig a tio n o f the D em ocrat’s cam paign finance im propri eties, issu ed 20 m ore su b p eo n as F eb 16th, and hinted that h un dreds o f people may need to testify. How ever, leaks that the C h in e se g o v e rn m e n t had indirectly contributed to the C lin to n cam p aig n were denied by the C linton a d m in is tra tio n and w ere not m entioned by the C on g re ssio n a l in v e s tig a to rs . Dem ocrats have started to join R epublicans in calling for a special prosecutor in the case, m ostly n o tab ly Sen. D aniel Patrick M oynihan (NY).

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Actress Elizabeth Taylor had brain sur gery Feb 20th.

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In Shorts: • Liberal Catholics held street protests across the United States Feb 16th, call ing for the church to allow female and married priests. • Rebels in Tajikistan released all remain ing UN and domestic hostages Feb 17th after five o f their comrades safely re turned from Afghanistan. • The Zairean governm ent used planes for the first time to bomb rebels advanc ing in the eastern portion o f the coun try Feb 17th and 18th. At least seven died, but rebel leader Laurent Kubila publically announced that his offensive would continue. • A strike which would have crippled Gen eral M o to rs ’ tru ck pro d u ctio n w as averted Feb 17th when the United Auto Workers union reached agreement on wages with American Axle. • Com puServe head Robert Massey quit his job Feb 17th, leading to broad specu lation in the media about the future o f on-line services. • Seven alledged members o f the Japa nese Red Army in Lebanon were ar rested Feb 17th on charges dating back to the 1970s. • The hostage crisis in Peru set a Latin

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American record for duration Feb 17th • A lso Feb 19th, the Supreme Court ruled when it entered its 62nd day. By press that police may force people from their time, Tupac Amaru rebels had admitted vehicles when they are pulled over for they would be unable to get their com safety reasons. plete goal o f all group mem • M exican ‘drug cza r’ Jesus G utierrez bers in jail being released, Rebollo was fired and then arrested on but they claimed to still be corruption charges Feb 19th. hopeful to get group lead • A judge ruled Feb 20th that new tests ers released. should take place on the gun used by • W hile on a w orldwJam ide es Earl Ray to shoot Martin Luther trip which had taken her to King Jr., potentially the first step to al France Feb 17th, US Secre lowing Ray to have a trial. tary o f S la te a d e le in e • Sen. John Glenn (D-OH) announced Feb A lb rig h t s u g g e s te d Feb 20th that he will not run for re-election 18th that the US and Russia in 1998. should create a joint military • 30 US jets were deployed in the Persian brigade. Russia reacted in a G u lf nation of Qatar for training pur cool fashion, and Albright was unable poses Feb 20th. to convince them that NATO expansion • Violence again erupted in Tirana, A lba was not a threat in meetings Feb 21st. n ia Feb 20th w hen stu d e n ts threw M udslides in Peru killed at least 300 stones at police. Protestors believe the people Feb 18th. governm ent should take action against The Air Force announced new flight pyramid schemes which have lost many rules Feb 18th designed to m inim ize Albanians their entire net worth. conflicts with civilian aircraft. • A 20 -d ay strik e by bus d riv e rs in The strike by public workers in Colom Toulouse, France was settled Feb 20th, bia ended Feb 18th when the govern but strikes continue in the rest of the m ent m ade a sm all co m p ro m ise on nation. wages. • T he Space Shuttle D iscovery landed The Supreme Court ruled Feb 19th that Feb 21 st after five spacewalks to repair protesters must be allowed outside abor the Hubble Space Telescope. tion clinics beyond a fifteen-foot radius, • A huge w in te r sn o w sto rm hit the overturning a rule that provided for a midwest Feb 21st. fifteen-foot ‘bubble’ around women ap • A nail bomb exploded in a gay night proaching aclinic. See Farm, continued to page 8

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Sports

Weekly sports update: Results from February 14th to 20th by G eoff Hassard Sports Information Director Women’s Basketball (12-11) The w om en’s team has been hit with a series o f injuries that has left many players either questionable o r doubtful as they near the end o f the regular season. This has

given oportunities to younger players to step in and show what they’ve got. The squad did manage to go 1-1 last week with a win over Wellesley and a loss to Mount Holyoke. Saturday the 15,h was Spirit Day and se nior day for WPI as the wom en were play ing Wellesley College. In the first minute

o f play, Kim Landry (Gardner, MA) would go down with an injury and would not re turn for the rest o f the game. Not to worry though as Danielle Batey (Fairfield, ME) would lead the Engineer charge with 19 points and 12 rebounds as W PI would win 66 -5 1. Laura Bielitz (Agawam, MA) would add 16 points and Kate Burgess would chip

in with 10. Last Tuesday WPI would travel to M ount Holyoke to face an im proved squad. WPI would drop a close 51 -48 game as throughout the game they would lose Bielitz, Cathy Jzyk (Ticondcroga, NY) and Batey to ankle injuries. Burgess had a n other solid outing with 20 points and Abbie Kunkel (Kempton, PA) had nine points in her first collegiate start. Burgess was se lected to the ECAC weekly honor roll for her outstanding perform ances the p rev i ous week. She would also be selected as co-rookie o f the week for the W orcester Area College Basketball Association.

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IceCat goalie M ike Buzak makes another save, perform ing more of his ice acrobatics. Buzak is fo u rth in the league with a save percentage

of 0.914.

IceCats leave Baby Bruins in ruins Terry Virtue. The Baby Bruins weren’t going to be shutout though as Bruin Todd Elik scored a short hand goal assisted by Rob The first place Worcester IceCats battled Beers and Cam Stewart at 13:54. against the fourth place Providence Bruins The second period saw only one goal last Tuesday at Worcester’s Centrum Cen scored and it was off ‘Cat Alex Vasilevski at tre and the ‘Cats took the lead early and 14:11 with assists from Chris Kenady and never looked back. At 3:07 in the first pe Stephane Roy. The third period saw plenty of red lamps as the two teams fought it out. Bob Lachance gave the IceCats a three goal lead with his power play goal at 1:52 with help from teammates Kevin Hilton and Mike Maneluk. The Bruins w e ren ’t about to give up though as they brought themselves within one goal. Bruins John Gruden and David Emma each lit the red lamp at 4:59 and 13:12 respectively. From there the Bruins attacked the IceCat goal with renewed hope that they could win or send the game into over time. The Bruins attacks were stopped short with the outstanding perfor mance o f IceCat goalie Mike Buzak N EW SPEA K STA FF P H O T O / ED C A M ER O N who made many spectacular saves the IceCat C hris Kenady makes a shot against Bruins goalie Scott Bailey. entire game. As the third period neared an end the Bruins pulled their goalie in riod IceCat Rob Pearson scored a power the hopes of sending the game into overtime play goal with assists from Jaime Rivers but Rob Pearson smashed that hope as he and Konstantin Shafranov. Five minutes scored the game clincher with 31 seconds later the ‘Cats scored again this time with a left. goal from Mike Maneluk and an assist from The victory extended the IceCats unde-

by E d Cameron Co-Editor-in-Chief

feated streak to 8 games with a record of 60-2. They also continue to rank first in power play goals scoring 23% of the time and in penalty killing with a 87% success rate. Defense continues to be one of the ‘Cats strong points as demonstrated in the game. Buzak blocked 32 of 35 shots while Bruins goalie Scott Bailey made only 25 saves out of 29 shots. The Cats are also closing in on a team record o f 36 victories. They have 32 victo ries with 23 games left to play in the regular season. Only Philadelphia and Hershey have also won more than 30 games this season, they arc also the only teams with more points than the IceCats. The IceCats next home game is tomorrow night against Springfield at 7:05pm.

As part o f the Spirit Day doubleheader, WPI hosted Babson College in an im por tant conference tilt as both teams are in a close battle with Coast Guard for second and third place. In a game that lived up to its billing Babson squeaked one out 75-74. With 3:00 minutes to go WPI led 72-67 beford Babson went on a 6-0 run to take the lead 73-72 with 2:04 left. Jeff Cayer (Shelton, CT) then m ade I o f 2 free throws to tie the game with 1:24 remaining. Both teams then traded free throws to put the game at 74-74 with 37 seconds left. Babson had the last possession and worked the clock for the last shot, but it fell short. Unfortunately it was caught by a Babson player who was fouled with three seconds remaining. The Beavers made one o f two free throws for the final. Cayer led all scorers with 25 points and Mike Shannon (Worcester, MA) added 20, including his 1,000 career point. Last Thursday the Engineers were on the road to face the other Engineers from MIT. WPI took a 31-28 lead into halftime, but a 14-2 run by MIT to open the second half proved decisive as W PI could not recover and lost 55-53. Cayer led all scorers with 22 points, w h ile S h a n n o n and Jo h n L e h a n e (Marlboro, MA) added 12 points and 10 points respectively.

Men’s Indoor TVack The men’s squad competed in the New England Division III championships at MIT on the 15lh. The scored four points as we had three athletes earn All-New England honors. Dave Bowler (Cumberland, RI) p la c e d fifth in the po le v a u lt, K yle Heppenstall (Worcester, MA) was sixth in the 55-meter dash and Tim Caldwell (Dover-foxcroft. ME) was sixth in the 1,000meter run. Congratulations to these three for earning those honors.

Women’s Indoor Track

Box Score Providence Worcester

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On Saturday the 15,h the women partici pated in their New England championships. Lydia Stawasz (Nashua, NH) placed third in the pole vault establishing a school record in the event of 7 feet.

Special Thanks

Shots on Goal Providence Worcester

jsi 2ud 3rd Total 8 14 13 35 5 12 13 30

Just a note o f thanks to the students, faculty and staff that came out for Spirit Day. It was great to see that many people watch our teams play. Congratulations to Phi Sigma Sigma for winning the banner contest. We hope to see you again at the remaining home games for both team s.

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Concert listings

Central Maine Civic Center

3/27 - Korn, Helmet, & Limp Biscuit

Fleet Center 3/4 - Metallica 3/5 - M etallica w/ Corrosion of Confor mity 3/24 - Phil Collins “An Evening in the Round” 4/7 - Celine Dion 4/12 - Bush

2/28 - Shawn Colvin w/ Freddy Griffin and Patty Griffen 3/1 - Sheryl Crow

Avalon

Paradise

2 /2 7 -W allflowers 2/28 - Guster 3/8 - Soul Coughing & Firewater 3/15 - Presidents of the USA 3/17 - Ashley Maclsaec & Tara MacLean

2/27 - Dan Rockett w/ Flip Turtle 2/28 - Percy Hill 3/1 - Sebadoh with Apples in Stereo 3/2 - Sebadoh with John Davis 3/8 - Nuno 3/11 - Morphine 3/14 - Duncan Sheik 3/15 - Vic Chestnutt, Scud Mountain boy

Springfield Civic Center 3/22 - Kiss

Wallace Civic Center 2/28 - Tool w/ Special Guests Melvins

Providence Civic Center 3/23 - Kiss 4/5 - Metallica

Orpheum

by Alison Keach Features Editor My immediate impression when I first saw the cover to 24-7 SPYZ’s latest album “Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound”, was that I was about to listen to some hard core heavy metal. I d o n ’t know if it was the skull and crossbones or the scary looking guys on the back cover or even the chicken’s feet, but I soon found that I was severely disillusioned. A few seconds into the first song the initial Heavy Metal vibes turned into a 311 style rap. Sure, Anthrax and Public Enemy could pull off the rap/metal mix with “Bring the Noise”, but 24-7 SPYZ’s sounds plain old cheezy. I didn’t let this totally ruin the album for me, so I kept listening, but unfortunately it got worse. The next song totally changed my image of this band being the least bit scary, maybe you’ll understand what I mean from its title, “Love and Peace” . 1 couldn’t

help but laugh when I pictured the guys on the back cover that looked all intimidat ing singing the chorus to this song, “Love and peace and everything, when the world becom es yo u r castle but your not the king.” There were way too many styles presented in this album for me to enjoy this album. If they had stuck with the metal part 1 might have actually liked it, but the soul stuff ruined it. I felt like I was listen ing to a mix of Faith No More, Pentera, Boys to Men, and 311. Sure I like most of these groups separately but I’d like to keep it that way. My favorite part o f this album was the song title “El Lame”, because I thought maybe this should be the title of the album. But who knows, maybe you like bubble gum metal music, if so you might want to check out 24-7 SPYZ’s when they come to the Axis in Boston next month. I’m kind of curious what the crowd might look like, but I doubt anything would surprise me now.

The Middle East (dow nstairs) 2/25 - Crispin Hellion Glover 2/27 - Elevator Drops 2/28 - Bill Janovitz (of Buffalo Tom) 3/4 - Local H, Failure 3/5 - Sense Field, Mineral, Jimmy Eat W ood 3/6 - Lunachicks 3/7 - Blur 3/11 - Orange 9MM, Unsane, & H and some 3/11 - Dave Thomas (of Pere Ubu) and Two Pale Boys (upstairs) 2/27 - Ben Lee (of Noise Addict) 2/28 - Crown Electric Co 3/1 - Chisel, John Davis 3/6 - Roger Miller 3 /1 0 - BIS (fr Scotland) 3 /1 2 -B oys Life 3 /1 9 - J Church 3/30 - Softies

New Haven Coliseum 3/21 - Kiss

No weight behind “Heavy Metal Soul by the Pound”

3/7 - Entrain, Najarian 3/8 - Machinery, Hall, Flexi 3/13 - Cowboy Mouth 3/16- Leslie, McKeown3/29 - Low & Dirty Three

Axis 2/25-G len 2/26 - L.A. Guns, Godsmack, Downchild 2/28 - Expanding Man, Chalkfarm, Cool For A ugust 3/1 - Shootyz Groove, Stealth 3/5 - 24-7 Spyz 3/11 -D e La Soul 3/15- Cranes, Rasputina

The Strand 2/28 - Physical Graffiti - the Led Zeppelin tribute band and The Machine - the Pink Floyd tribute band 3/2 - Sheryl Crow

Lupo

TT The Bear3/27 - Dagobah & Plexi

3/4 - Luciano 3/8 - Agnostic Front, M adball & H 2 0

3/28 - Bim Skala Bim 3/1 - The Blue Route & Sway 3/7 - Dirt Merchant & ditch croaker 3/8 - Talking To Animals 3/20 - Chevy Heston & I Am Japan 3/21 - Robyn Hitchcock 3/22 - Robyn Hitchcock 3 /2 8 -T heG ravel Pit

Mama Kin Music Hall 2/27 - Discmakers Showcase 2/28 - Leftover Salmon and Ugly Ameri cans 3/1 - Vertical Horizon, Johnny Vegas

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What would you like on the new standard WPI class rings? by Casey Richardson Class o f ‘00 W hy attend a prestigious university if no one knows it? After four years of pay ing to p d o lla r tu itio n and stru g g lin g through rigorous courses, w ouldn’t you want others to recognize your accom plish ment? Several of W PI’s administrators, alumni, and students are increasing the rec ognition of graduates by designing an eas ily distinguished class ring. T his ring

should contain the symbols which repre sent W P I’s m any traditions. The “ring com m ittee” needs your help in determ in ing what sym bols best represent W PI, and therefore should be on our ring. Since the 1970’s, each WPI junior has cho sen his or her own ring design. Yet, for a long time before that, WPI had one ring de sign. For many years the ring was a symbol of unity and helped WPI graduates to recog nize one another. Recently, WPI established a committee to

investigate the possibility o f returning to a single ring design. Although still in the early stages of planning, it is clear that the new design should include many of the symbols o f WPI. That’s where you come in. As WPI students, we all have ideas about what sym bolizes WPI, and what should go on our ring. Please email any suggestions or comments that you have to: caseyr@wpi.edu. The changing o f our ring policy brings up many questions. “What if we just bought a ring?” “When will the policy be changed?”

Don’t forget copies of your completed tax forms Submitted by the Office o f Financial Aid The 1997-98 Financial Aid Application process has begun. Students applying for financial aid in 1997-98 should have re ceived an application packet in their mail box or obtained one from the Office o f Fi nancial Aid. Follow all instructions in the packet to ensure that all com ponents of your appli cation are timely and complete by May 1, 1997 (Your purple WPI Upperclass Appli cation is due March 24, 1997). REMEMBER: The Office of Financial Aid requires a signed copy o f the completed Federal 1996 IRS Tax forms that you and your parent(s) filed, along with copies of all 1996 schedules and W-2 forms. If you or your parent(s) were not required to file a tax return in 1996, the non-filer must sub

mit to the Office o f Financial Aid a signed statement docum enting this fact and the reason for not filing. If the non-filer has 1996 W -2 forms, he/she must submit these to our office along with the non-filer state ment. If you or your parent(s) filed a 1040-EZ by TELEFILE, which is the Federal tax-fil ing process by telephone, you must sub mit to our office a copy o f your “SIGNED” TELEFILE Worksheet with the confirm a tion number listed on this form in addition to all 1996 W-2 forms. If you did not keep your TELEFILE Worksheet, then you must contact the IRS at the follow ing number and request an AGI Letter: 1-800-829-1040. When you call the IRS to request the AGI Letter, you must provide your SS#, name, address, and phone number. The AGI Letter, which you will receive about four weeks from

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request, itemizes your official adjusted gross income, taxes paid, any earned income credit and refund amount, all o f which the Office of Financial Aid requires to verify your eligibil ity. We suggest you retain a copy of the AGI Letter before submitting it to the Office of Financial Aid. While waiting for the IRS to send you the AGI Letter, you must submit to the WPI Office o f Financial Aid a copy o f all W-2 forms. The Office o f Financial Aid must have these forms o f docum entation in ad dition to your AGI Letter before we can review your aid application. Please note: If you or your parents have filed for an extension on the 1996 Federal return, you must submit a copy of the ex tension and all 1996 W-2 forms to the O f fice o f Financial Aid. If you have any questions, please con tact the Office o f Financial Aid.

“Will alumni be able to change their old rings for new ones?” According to Jostens, our ring company, when WTI switches to a single ring design all recently purchased class rings can be exchanged for the new ring free o f charge. Yet, there will be a charge of approxi mately $40 for alumni to have their ring re cast. As for when we’ll see the new rings, the class o f 1999 will most likely be the first class to wear the WPI ring. Remember, all questions, comments, and design suggestions should be emailed to caseyr@wpi.edu. This is your school, and your ring, so take part in its design! fr

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Looking for a job? Try CFC by Alison Keach Features Editor Are you still worried about what you’re going to be doing after graduation? Well, the people that brought you the “College Fest Way More Weekend” for the last ten years may be able to help you out. On March 4th and 5th at the Boston Park Plaza Castle they are introducing their newest creation for col lege students in the Worcester/Boston area, College Fest Careers. This is designed for college seniors and graduate students, and will feature over seventy companies looking to recruit for a variety of jobs. Some of the com panies that will have representatives present for engineering are: Vicor, Stratus, GTE, Raytheon, Teradyne, Bay Networks, M/ A-COM and Stone and Webster. There will also be a variety o f companies looking for employees with computer/high tech majors, and there will be six insurance companies

looking to accept resumes for after gradua tion placement. There will also be three semi nars that may be o f interest to job seeking seniors. Brian Krugar, a CPC Hiring M an ager for Keen Inc, the largest information systems consulting firm in the country, will be conducting two of the seminars. The first is “20 Job Hunting Tips for College Gradu ates”, and the second is titled, “Finding a Job on the Internet” . The third seminar will be given by Lynn Lieberman, M.E.D., a ca reer consultant with Career Pro-Boston, and is titled, “Writing a Successful Resume”. All three seminars will be offered on both Tues day and Wednesday. Adm ission to this event is free and there will be a raffle where you can win lots of “job-related” prizes. Some recruiters may want to interview you on the spot, so bring some resumes and a positive attitude. For more information on College Fest Careers call the College Fest office at (617) 859-5767 or check out their website at www.collegefest.com.

Recognition of organizations Submitted by Student Activities Office The Student Activities Office is now rec o g n iz in g new stu d e n t o rg a n iz a tio n s . Those wishing to operate on campus are required to follow the proceeding recogni tion process. The first step is organizing the group. The student group should sub mit a letter of intent to the SOC (Student Organization Council). Upon receiving the letter the group is granted lim ited organi zational business on campus. Over a three month period the student organization can p o st up notices, reserve ta b le s in the wedge, and reserve meeting rooms. The groups may meet for organizational pur poses only and they are not permitted to sponsor any off-cam pus speakers. The second step is to subm it the follow-

ing materials prior to the SO C ’s sem ian nual recognition meeting: a copy o f the organization’s letter o f intent to organize, a com plete recognition application, the names and school addresses o f 50 full-time students who support the establishm ent o f the organization at WPI, a com pleted hazing form, a constitution prepared in a c cordance with the sample constitution for mat outlined later in this policy, and a one paragraph description of the organization for potential use in college publications. Once all information has been received by the SOC, they will review the request at its semiannual recognition meeting. At this point the SOC will make the final decision on the student group’s recognition status. For m ore information on the recognition process contact the S tudent A c tiv itie s Office.

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It’s hard to believe that the academic year is coming to a close. But with February al most over, D term is approaching quickly. And with it comes spring break, spring weather, and spring fever... all fine and good if you know what May will bring for you. But if you will soon be facing major changes, spring can be anything but a sunny time. Those graduating in M ay can perhaps best relate to this. For you. May brings a whole new world: a goodbye to university life and all its familiarity, the support system you’ve grown to depend on and a lifestyle you’ve grown accustomed to. You may be involved in a job or a graduate school search that is time consuming, costly, and stressful at best. Upcoming additional challenges may include things such as relocating, creating a new social life, and making relationship deci sions. All combined with your D term course load, and yet you still have only a 24-hour day. Stress! It is not only for graduates that spring can be an uncertain time. O ther students have to deal with finding sum m er jobs, scheduling for next year, and figuring out how to survive living back at home for a few months. Som e of you arc considering changing your major, wondering what you would switch to and if sw itching would “w aste” too much time or cost too much money. And some of you may be consid ering whether to even stay at WPI. So with all this coming up in May, why bring it up now? Because now is the time you may start to experience things such as p ro c ra s tin a tio n , w rite r's b lo c k , poor memory and poor concentration. The more there is to do down the road, the easier it is to get overwhelmed; you then put things on hold (or your brain puts things on hold

for you). Preparing now keeps m anage able tasks from turning into m ajor o b stacles. Now is the time to get into action since you have a term break plus seven weeks still in front of you. G etting started: 1. Sit down with a blank pad of paper and write down all the u p coming tasks in your life that will have to be addressed. This will include things such as projects, reports, w eddings, graduate school exploration, apartm ent or house hunting, relationship decisions, sum m er or perm anent jo b searching, and schedule planning for next year. 2. Next to each task assign a date by which it needs to be com pleted. 3. Break down each task into steps to make it less overwhelming. For example, apartment searching. 1) make a list o f what you are looking for in an apartment (loca tion, size, price, etc.) 2) gather apartment flyers from a grocery store in the area 3) call information for an apartment directory service phone number in that area 4) make phone calls to set up ap p o in tm en ts to check out apartments, and so on. Assign a due date for each step. 4. Consider the resources available to help you at each step. For example, make an appointm ent with your advisor or the Academic A dvi sor for scheduling assistance, w ith the Career Development Center for job search strategies, or with Residential Services for housing assistance. 5. On a calendar plot out all o f your tasks and the steps to com plete them. Make adjustm ents if neces sary. 6. Call West Street House (831 -5540) if you need assistance with managing all these tasks. We can help you to budget your time, cope with the changes, and re fer you the appropriate cam pus resources. 7. Relax - now you have a plan o f action that is manageable. It’s important to remember - don’t w a it... prepare now so that you’ll be able to enjoy spring when it arrives!

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Appalachia in Worcester benefits Youville House by Father Peter J. Scanlon Campus Ministry It is that time o f the year again when the N ew m an C lub sponsors A ppalachia in W orcester , also called Newman M adness. Appalachia in W orcester has been a tra dition here at WPI for many years and while sponsored by the Newman Club, it is open to all on campus. Those involved in this project com e back to cam pus a few days before Term D begins and volunteer a day for painting, etc. at Youville House.

Youville House, located here in the City o f W orcester provides temporary emergency shelter to battered women and their children. Approximately 15 families live at the shelter at any given time. Usually they spend three or four months there before being relocated in an apartment o f their choice. These unfor tunate people come from many walks o f life and diverse cultural backgrounds. S haring com m on kitchen and re c re ational areas, these women work together with the residential staff to prepare meals and provide for the many needs o f chil

Ugly Man on Campus winner by Christopher Yee APO Publicity Chair Congratulations to Scott Ammidown, the newest Ugly Man on Campus. The annual charity ev en t sponsored by A lpha Phi O mega raised over $400 for the American Cancer Society.

RESISTANCE IS F U T I L E

During the week of February 17-21, WPI students voted in the mailroom based on pictures o f the “contestants.” The race was close early in the week, but two en trants in the middle of the week changed the pace. Chris Wolfertz held the lead for a day, but generous support from Sigma A l pha Epsilon pushed Scott into the front position to stay. Despite a last minute rush o f money for Chris, Scott prevailed. Scott chose the American Cancer Soci ety for the proceeds. A PO 's next big event is the Dancc-a-thon in D term.

dren and adults in the shelter. Specialized staff work with parents to asses housing and social service needs. Acting as advo cates for families , the staff helps guests identity and access resources and sup ports they will need to achieve permanent housing in the community. The staff also helps the guests to put their lives back in order so that they can care for their chil dren in a normal manner. There are even “after care” services following relocation to help these women and children get their lives back “on track” .

So every year W PI students, faculty and staff volunteer to spend a day rehabilitat ing some o f the apartment in the Youville complex. If you want to be part of this out standing project, be in touch with Chris Welch ( e-mail address - matignon) or Fr. Scanlon ( e-mail - p rie st) Chris is chairper son of the project this year and the date of the project is Tuesday, M arch 18lh. We leave the Religious Center on that day at 9:00 am and return no later than 5:00 pm. Lunch is provided . Come jo in us in this reaching out project.

Free admission to both Worcester Art Museum and Higgins Armory Museum Through the generosity o f the WPI So cial Committee, WPI maintains institutional memberships at the Worcester Art Museum and the Higgins Armory M useum. The Worcester Art M useum, located at 55 Salisbury Street, offers free admission to WPI students, faculty and staff present ing a valid WPI ID at the door. The mu seum features a variety o f standing exhib its in addition lo touring exhibits through out the year.

The Higgins Annory Museum, located at 1(X) Barber Avenue, also offers free admis sion to members of the WPI community. The museum membership also entitles WPI stu dents and employees to discounts on work shops and in the gift shop, as well as access to the Armory’s Educator’s Resource Library. You can find a schedule o f events for th e W o rc e ste r A rt M u se u m and the Higgins Armory M useum posted in the Student Activities Office window.

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The applications are in... by Dave Koelle Editor-in-Chief Emeritus First-year student applications are at an all-tim e high, as is the quality o f the appli cants, according to a report presented at the Trustee M eeting on Friday, February 21, by Admissions Director Robert Voss. So far, WPI has received approxim ately 3075 applications, the most applications received in W PI’s history, and 5(X) more than last year. The total number o f appli cations received last year was 2710. There is also a greater num ber o f appli cants who are in the top percentiles o f their high school class: 839 are in the top 10% o f their class, com pared to 758 last year and 7 7 1 the year before; and 435 are in the top I I-20% of their class, compared to 394 last year and 368 in 1995. SAT scores are also significantly higher than last year (see accompanying data).

For the first tim e, high school students have been able to subm it their applications via the World W ide Web. 800 applications have been received through the Web so far. An additional 700 applications have been received on disk, for a total o f 1500 applications b eing subm itted e le ctro n i cally. The most popular major this year is Com puter Science, with a record 505 applicants thus far. This represents a jum p from last y e a r’s 317 applicants and the previous year’s 222 applicants. Electrical Engineer ing also has an all-time high 423 applicants, com pared with 310 and 295 in previous years. O verall, there is a lower percentage o f applicants from M assachusetts and New England, while m ore countries and stales have been represented by the applicants. Their is also a higher number o f foreign applications.

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Residence o f Applicants States Represented Countries Represented Percent from New England Percent from Massachusetts Foreign Applicants

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What do you think about a Campus Center?

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by Eric Wilhelm Graphics Editor Photos by Adam Young Newspeak staff F o r m an y y e a r s , the students o f W PI h a v e heen p u sh in g for a common area on c a m p u s w h ere s tu dent o rg an izatio n s could m eet, students could get som ething to

e a t, an d re la x fro m the d a ily stresses o f college life. As the years passed, plans w ere draw n up to incorporate a stu d e n t c e n te r into new buildings, but as situ a tio n s c h a n g e d an d c la s s e s g r a d u a te d , p lan s c h a n g e d , and a true student cen ter at W PI has yet to be co n stru c ted after over sixty years o f planning.

R ecently, as space on cam pus has becom e a very precious and rare com m odity for both student organizations and academ ic de partm ents, the push for a cam pus c e n te r h a s g a in e d p rio r ity am ongst the student body and in

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th e a d m in is tr a tio n . F o r th is w eek’s Person on the Street, we a s k e d s tu d e n ts w h at th e y thought o f the construction o f a new c a m p u s c e n te r, and w hat they would like to sec in it:

in stitu te c/o Student Activities Office 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609 Phone: (508) 831-5464 Fax: (508) 831-5721 Email: newspeak@wpi.edu Homepage: http://www.wpi.

edu/~newspeak Co-Editors in Chief______ Lisa Bartee Edward J. Cameron Jr. Editor in Chief Emeritus David M. Koelle News Editor___________ Jason 0 . Papadopoulos

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“W e’ve already got mailboxes, w e ’ve already got gym s..." -Chris

"It should be a central place fo r all o f the clubs, so i f someone wanted to go to say, the Masque office, i t ’d be right there” -Steve Siegmond

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Campus Center still high priority Run in The Tech News, December 14, 1966 - page one tioning o f the com m ons and the surrounding rooms in a more ad vantageous manner. There will be two separate and sm aller television lounges and two meeting rooms. Office space will be provided for seven student organizations, but the ones who will use these have not yet been determined. Also in the p lan s are tw o ta b le ten n is room s and the remodelling o f the present pool room. The present table tennis room will be converted into a snack area com plete with tables and chairs and a juke box. Two m eeting room s and a main lounge will also be provided for the benefit o f the students.

Meeting: Over 400 attend Continued from page I been earmarked for construction of the center. “ I don’t think there’s a trustee here who doesn’t want to see the construction of a campus center,” said a couple of the trustees. The Board o f Trustees wants to m ake sure that 90% o f the funding for the center (o r for any large project) has been identified before construction of the facility begins. It sounds as if the voices o f the students have been heard.

L ook at http://w w w .w p i.ed u / -jbamett/cle.html for more informa tion about the cam pus center. Sec also a letter from President Parrish regarding Friday’s Board ot Trustees m eeting, printed in this issue. You can also search the News peak archives on the World Wide Web (http://w w w .w pi.edu/N ew s/ Newspeak) for past articles on the cam pus center, including reports about the location and contents o f the center.

Features Editor_________ Alison Keach Sports Editor___________ Heather Mazzaccaro Associate Editor________ Brian Pothier

Ca m p u s C e n t e r n e w s

Preliminary plans to remodel the Sanfoal-Riley commons into a tem porary student union were re vealed recently by Wally Fini. chair man of the council o f presidents. Although a permanent union is in the planning, rapidly increasing student numbers have made it a more immediate necessity. The purpose o f this is to pro vide a center o f activity for the Tech student. The main benefi ciaries of this plan will be the dor m itory residents, independents and commuters. This temporary set is high on the priority list o f the administration. Tentatively planned is a parti

"This school needs a little bit more o f a social attitude ...som e w h ere yo u can go b e tw e e n classes...just so you d on ’t have to go off campus" -Antonio Oses

To go along with this activity cent plan arc student government offices and a master conference room in the present commons. A com m uters locker room, which has been desperately needed, has also been drawn into the plans. The mail boxes and bulletin board from Boynton Hall are tentatively scheduled to be moved to the Student Union. A lth o u g h th e se p a rtic u la r plans are not yet concrete, someth in g alo n g th is lin e w ill dcfinately be done, and in the near future. The amount to be appro priated is also not yet definite, but should be a considerable sum.

Why a Campus Center is good

Advertising Manager_____ Brandon Ngo Business Manager_______ Ken French

by Janelle Evans Class o f ‘98

Graphics Editor_________ Eric Wilhelm

W hen I arrived here as a trans fer student this year, I hardly no ticed that there w asn’t a central gathering place such as a cam pus cen te r at W PI, m ostly b e cause I w as yet to becom e in volved in all my activities. And then I began to think to m yself how odd it was that the N ew s peak office w'as in Riley, the SGA office was in the Wedge, and most other student organizations had no real designated space o f their own. A lthough the Mount H olyoke cam pus center was not the most See Benefits, continued to page II

Office Manager_________ Ben Fischer Photography Editor______ vacant Circulation Manager_____ vacant Web Development Troy Thompson Josh Huber Jeff Ouellette Typist ___________ Kim Farrell Advertising Assistant______ Peter rtecore Writing Staff___________ vacant Graphics Staff__________ Ken French Photography Staff_______ Steve Brockway Emily Brunkhorst Jim Strickland Adam Woodbury Adam Young Faculty Advisor_________ John trim b u r

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_____A Campus Center at WPI: Dream or reality? Com m entary

A cynic’s take on Monday’s meeting by Wes Jones Class o f ’97 W ell, a reasonably large num b er o f people show ed up for the February 17 th meeting of the Task F orce on the Learning E nviron m ent, which ended up being held in the Fuller A uditorium . O ne of the m em bers o f the task force es tim ated about 400 students were p resen t. As large a num ber as that m ay be, the fact rem ains that th e re w ere em pty seats in the room . Still, getting about 20% of the student body lo show up for the m eeting w as an im pressive achievem ent, and the vast major ity o f those present were most likely strong supporters of the plan to c o n s tru c t a student cen ter. However, there were also a few people present that seemed to be interested only in ridiculing the proceedings. I was a bit disap p o inted by som e aspects o f the m eeting m yself, but I can at least respect the commitment to the stu dents that was displayed by the task force. A fter lengthy and thunderous applause for the individual mem bers o f the group, the meeting fi nally turned to the subject o f the

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cam pus center. All present were praised for showing their support of the center by showing up to the meeting, which resulted in yet more applause. I began to w onder if any one w ould get a ch an ce to talk about the campus center, or if we would simply applaud for the en tire meeting. If the latter turned out to be the case, I was going to have to leave early, lest I be permanently deafened by the scream ing mani acs behind me who seemed inter ested only in being heard over ev eryone else in the room. The task force pointed out that the cam pus center had not yet been constructed because the students had failed to show sufficient inter est in such a project. Following that, a few other scattered remarks were made regarding how impor tant it was that we continue to show our support for the project. Even tually the meeting w as opened up for q u e s tio n s , w hich b asica lly meant it was now tim e for a few members o f the audience to pos ture for a while and make impas sioned and well rehearsed speeches in favor o f a center that they felt sh o u ld hav e been c o n stru c te d years ago. A few actual questions were also asked, w hich the task

force attempted to answer. One m em ber o f the audience asked w hat students could do to continue to show their sup port for the center. The crowd was told to dem onstrate their support by w riting le tters to N ew speak, and perform other such public expressions of opin ion. There was some scattered grum bling in response to this suggestion. Apparently a few members of the audience felt that this was not enough. I’m not sure what these people had in m ind, but th ey p ro b a b ly wouldn’t have invested the ef fort necessary anyw ay, since

they couldn’t be bothered to add anything constructive to the m eet ing, and instead limited their con tribution to making snide remarks about mem bers o f the task force. In fact, the general level o f im m a turity demonstrated by some m em bers o f the crowd was appalling. The aforementioned people seated behind me seemed to lose interest in the meeting once the shouting and a p p la u s e w ere o v e r, and settled back for 45 minutes o f m ak ing rude noises. I’m one o f the people who thinks this cam pus could really use a stu dent center, but I'm not sure what the meeting on Monday really ac

complished. All it did for me was remind me that we can’t get the stu dent population o f this school to unite on any issue, that the gen eral level o f apathy on campus is horrifyingly high, and that there are people on cam pus with whom I wouldn’t want to hang out, even in a nice new campus center. I just hope that showing up really did achieve som ething, and that the thoughtless and immature members o f the supporters that are only in terested in getting an on-cam pus bar don’t ruin our chances. H ere’s h o p in g w e re a lly d id m ake a difference...and that it’s for the bet ter.

Benefits: A Campus center would be beneficial for WPI Continued from page 10 happening place to be on an ev eryday basis, it served as the meet ing ground for almost every stu dent organized office and all of the major social events. It was a con glomerate of everything from the Asian Students Association to the WMHC radio station to the Stu dent Activities office, to the Mount Holyoke News. There was an in expensive cafe, and there were concerts, comedians, dances, and

speakers there on a regular basis. There were places to study, rooms for day students, and a game room. All o f this was in one place. One place to meet, one place for events, one place to be social and do our ‘student thing’. This is why the campus center at WPI is so essen tial. We need one place to call ours, not ten places that are ours for an hour o r two for a meeting, or the place to go for an event on a par ticular night.

WPI has a student body that is diverse and well-rounded for the most part, and people want to make their college lives better through activities. We want to show that we care about how the school runs and what we get out o f it, but we need more than the Wedge to ac complish our extracurricular goals. Speaking from experience, a cam pus c e n te r can o n ly e n h a n c e school en th u siasm and help us help ourselves.

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Campus Center would provide needed social interaction lE dito r's note: The author o f this letter requested it be p u b lished fo r the community to read.] Dear President Parrish, I believe that you are probably already aware that the February 17th meeting o f the Task Force on the L earn in g E nvironm ent and Cam pus Culture was attended by an unusually large number o f WPI u n d e rg ra d u a tes. In fact, there w ere so m any students present that the m eeting had to be moved from Higgins 1 16 to Perreault Hall in Fuller Labs to accommodate ev ery o n e in attendance, and even that lecture hall was packed be yond capacity! In all, approxi m ately 20-25% of the undergradu ate student body o f WPI turned out for the meeting, all with the same issue occupying their minds; the imminent need for a campus center here at WPI. I w as o n e o f th e s tu d e n ts present at that meeting, and as it took place I felt a growing sense o f unease an d d isco u rag em en t overcam e the other students in at tendance. T his general dissatis

faction was a direct result o f the inform ation the C om m ittee pro vided us regarding the decadespanning history of the “WPI Un dergraduate Campus Center Cam paign.” Although the faculty and admin istrative members o f the committee openly voiced their agreement with the students regarding the urgent need this community has for a Cam pus Center, they admitted that they them selves lack the authority to make our desires a reality; the only men and women with the power to place the campus center at the fore front o f the capital campaign are the members o fo u r Board o f Trustees. President Parrish, as you arc an ex officio m em ber of that Board, the senior member who is involved with the day-to-day operations o f our campus, and consequently the one most in touch with the needs and desires o f the members o f our com munity, I appeal to you on behalf of W P I’s student body to encour age the Board of T rustees to con sider making the construction of a Campus Center the prim ary goal of W PI’s upcoming Capital Campaign.

I am not going to waste your time by listing the potential benefits such a building would provide to our cam pus; I know that you make a sincere effort to keep in touch with what concerns your students and that you also read Newspeak and have probably looked at the flyers that have been pasted up all over cam pus. Instead I would like to bring to your attention a more subtle aspect o f all this Campus Center com m otion that I believe has been overlooked by almost everybody: the unselfish nature of W PI stu d e n t in v o lv e m e n t throughout the course o f this pro cess. The students who attended the meeting on the 17th didn’t do so with either the intention o r expec tation o f obtaining a cam pus cen ter within the short time frame of their undergraduate careers at WPI. In fact, in every discussion 1 have heard pertaining to the construc tion o f the cam pus center, it has been understood that it is som e thing the current student body will not be around to experience. Still, despite the fact that they will never

witness the fruits of their labor, a group o f students has been press ing the cam pus center issue since the late 1960’s. Much like the an cient Egyptian and Ethiopian work ers w h o c o n stru c te d the g re a t pyram ids, the only satisfaction these students have gained is the hope that one day the completed monument will exist as a living tes tament to their endeavors. It is important to note that un like the aforementioned workers, there is no Pharaoh to execute us stu d e n ts fo r not w o rk in g hard enough, no one save ourselves is directing our efforts. We will con tinue to petition the administration and the Trustees for a campus cen ter because as students (the true judges o f a university’s academic and overall quality) we feel that the lack o f such a community hub cre ates a void that WPI must eventu ally fill if it is to receive the national recognition o f which it is worthy. I believe that the purpose o f a top-notch university or college is twofold; first, it must instruct, edu cate, and adequately prepare its students to perform a service to the

outside com m unity in a specific discipline, and more importantly, it must provide a setting in which that student can learn about him /her self and others by interacting in a variety o f different and distinctive situations. There is an old adage that only about 10% o f what you learn in college com es from a text book. It has been my experience through road trips to other univer sities that the proverb is very true indeed. While WPI does an excellent job at training young minds to under stand the nuances and application related to various forms of engi neering, it does little to prepare them for interacting within the out side world. In my four years here I have m ade an effort to involve myself in as many diverse activi ties as possible, and as a result I have gotten to know hundreds of unique students w ho have been equipped to lead the engineers of the future. Unfortunately, many of these people will never realize their full potential, for although W PI’s stringent curriculum forces them to See Letter, continued to page 13

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Campus Center to be centerpiece of capital campaign W h e re a s : T h e B o a rd o f T r u s te e s w ishes to express its appreciation to the students for their support and interest in a C am pus C enter; and W hereas: The Board has sim ilar view s and sees this as the centerpiece o f the upcom ing C apital Cam paign; Therefore: Be it resolved that the Board

fundraising for the Center by October. The reaso n fo r not e sta b ish in g a date for g ro u n d b re ak in g now is that it m akes fundraising a lot more difficult. I think it’s fair to say that the students were heard. As I indicated in my earlier message on this subject, the Campus C en ter has been uppermost in the minds o f

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M att Freim uth, President of the Student G overnm ent Association, speaks in support of the C am pus Center.

and priorities for the capital projects is a separate m atter from setting them for aca demic needs; that is, one tries to achieve a balance that is best for the institution’s I thought the com munity would be in long-term viability. There have been assertions made that, terested in the outcome o f the deliberations because other capital projects have been by trusiees yesterday on the matter o f the done while the Campus Center has been Campus Center. I would also like to address delayed, the latter had been abandoned. som e misconceptions. First, the delay was because the Capital To begin with, ihe Board authorized the C am paign itself la u n c h o f the was delayed due n ew C a p ita l to the departure Whereas the Board o f Trustees wishes Cam paign. What o f form er presi this means is we to express its appreciation to the students dent Strauss and have a green light fo r their support and interest in a campus the time required center, to begin solicit to find a succes ing funds even Whereas the Board o f Trustees has simi sor (me). Second, lar views and sees this as the centerpiece th o u g h the full a lot o f the other o f the upcoming Capital Campaign, details are yet to p ro je c ts w ere Therefore be it resolved that the Board be decided (from done with funds o f Trustees w ill su pport this p ro je c t th e s tra te g ic restricted to those through the selection o f an architect, and p la n n in g p ro p u rp o s e s , e .g ., c e ss). Som e completion o f design ready fo r bidding Higgins Labs and by the end o f financial year 1998; and people are under the S a lisb u ry th e im p ressio n farther recommends that the Board estab Labs renovations. that if we are suc lish a start date fo r the project at its Octo The renovations ber meeting. cessful and raise to Riley last sum $xxx,that we can m er and to apply the funds Ellsworth-Fuller, Morgan, and Daniels over to our high priority needs. T he truth is we the next three summers are all part o f work can apply the funds only to whatever the ing down W P I’s deferred m aintenance d o n o r has directed; if the gift is unre projects. To do otherwise, would put the stricted, then the choice is ours. For the institution at great financial risk in the long sam e reason, capital projects are different term, a situation many other universities from academic projects in that money given have found them selves in over the past for bricks and mortar cannot be used to 10-15 years. pay faculty and staff salaries, nor vice Now, back to the Cam pus Center. Ever versa, for instance. A campaign is used, for exam ple, to raise m oney for capital since I first set foot on cam pus, the trust projects, for endow ed chairs for distin ees have m ade it clear that this building guished faculty members, for academic pro was o f highest priority for new co n stru c gram s, for sch o larsh ip s, and for o ther tion. At the full board m eeting yester needs. The goals one sets for each area in day, it w as confirm ed that the Cam pus general are not likely to match exactly the C enter w as the num ber one priority in outcom e o f a cam paign, but do indicate an the cam paign. The follow ing resolution institution’s greatest needs. Setting goals was adopted unanim ously: I Editor ’s note: This item was posted to several WPI news groups and is reprinted here as a courtesy to the community. /

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Students packed Perreault Hall for the T ask Force on the Learning Environm ent and Cam pus C ulture meeting with students. Above, G abe Flores addresses the committee.

will support this project through the se lection o f an archictect and com pletion o f design ready for bidding by the end o f FY98; further, the Board will establish a start date for the project at its O ctober 1997 meeting. What this all means is that we will imme diately move to select the architect with a deadline for construction docum ents by June 30, 1998 at the latest. (It takes this long to get the work done.) Between now and O ctober o f this year, solicitations o f the Board and certain other major donor prospects will occur. Thus, we should have some indication of where we stand with

Board members for several years and ac tion has awaited the selection o f the new administration and the acceptance o f the campaign leadership by a volunteer. If you haven’t heard yet, Ron Zarella, class o f ’71 and an executive of General Motors, has agreed to chair the campaign. So we’re off and running. I believe this effort will lead to not only the Campus Center, but to our ability to significantly improve our aca demic programs as well as the associated infrastructure. Sincerely, E dw ard A. Parrish President o f WPI

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Letter: Emotional challenges needed Continued from page II expand their academic capabilities, it pre sents virtually no opportunities lor the social interaction required to challenge their emotional intelligence. W PI’s concern for equipping its young charges with the latest and greatest in pri vate ethernet connections and access to the world wide web without striving to pro vide a forum for equally accessible com munity interaction has inadvertently cre ated a situation in which it had become too easy for students to sequester themselves in their own rooms, limit their personal con tact with others, and eventually stifle their own emotional growth. The creation o f a campus center would easily rectify this situ

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ation and would allow the students to en joy a considerably more satisfying college experience. I understand that you have many different aspects o f the Institute to consider when establishing policy, and that you must also attempt to view large issues from a myriad of different perspectives. I hope that this letter has given you some insight into the perspec tive o f one student who sees how your in volvement and the subsequent creation o f the campus center can benefit the WPI com munity as a whole. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. Sincerely, James Petro Class o f ‘97

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BiLaGA Hey, everyone! Reserve Tuesday, March 4lh, 1997 at 7:30 p.m. on your calenders, be cause that is the time for the C-Term Open Meeting. Everyone is welcome and encour aged to attend, regardless of personal sexual orientation. BiLaGA is really about showing sup p o rt and d e m o n stra tin g openmindedness on a variety o f topics. Wc will have tons of information to tell people, or you can just hang out and relax. It’s a good excuse for a study break during the middle of finals. Free pizza and soda will be served to anyone who shows up with an open mind. This is still a few weeks away, but we wanted to let you know about it ahead o f time. Today, w e’re having our lunch meeting as usual. These seem to be working out really well. Lunch meetings provide an informal atmosphere for talking and listening. If you’d like to have lunch with us, e-mail bilaga@ wpi. We’re still selling T-shirts for $3 and free dom rings for $5, so let one of the officers know if you’re interested by e-mailing us. As always, you may find out more about the topics that concern BiLaGA by going to our library located at Health Services. You may sign items out to review privately. To obtain more information about whal BiLaGA is in volved in, please check out our web site at: http://www.wpi.edu/~bilaga

Christian Bible Fellowship Hello once again, everyone. The end of the term is upon us along with all the work that comes with it. Don’t get discouraged and lose heart during these times, rely on God’s strength and not your own. Coming inlo fellowship with others who are relying on God’s strength always helps us to keep our faith strong. Come and experience this at Friday Night Fellowship, at 7:00 PM sharp in the Lower Wedge. Then stenghten and ex ercise your body at Saturday M orning Sports, once again in Alumni at 10:30 AM. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for leaching, rebuking, correcting and train ing in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV). As deeply

as some books may affect us, none can com pare to one book that has the pow er to change our lives in extraordinary ways. One book has the keys to joy and salvation writ ten within its many pages. One book reveals a loving God to us and the price that he paid to save us. One book tells us of the glory that awaits all of us who believe the truth of its words. In this book, all is revealed and made known to us, and by studying its words we can be trained in what is right and just and become ready to do good. This book is the Word o f God, the Holy Bible. Take the time this week to see the beauty of its mean ing for the first time, or to rediscover the verses that have reached your heart and changed your life.

Men’s Glee Club 11 Days and Counting! We will be on that plane for England. Pleanty to do between now and then, though... rehersals all over the place (there is a reason for this- Learn Your Music!)... and don’t forget about our pre-tour concert at Sacred Heart on March I*... time TBA. Guys, stay ahead of your work because we might have a few “ last minute” rehersals thrown in. Also, on March 4lh and 6th our rehersals will be open to the public. We will be in ihe Greal Hall in Alden. Everybody is welcome to come and listen to us. After all, we will be representing WPI internationally, so chances are you’ll enjoy our show! Now I would like to blatently plug our spring concert- The WPI Men’s Glee Club, along with the RPI chorus and Wells College Concert Choir will be putting on a concert here at WPI in April. This is the first time that we have sung with them (to my knowledge), so it should be a great time. And on behalf o f the sophomore committee, I would like to say that I am dissapointed by the amount of brownosing that has not been going on... get to work frosh! That’s all for now, Fratres en Cantu!

Masque T his y e a r ’s M asque C -term show , Veronica’s Room, will be presented in Alden Hall February 27,28, and March 1 at 8:00pm. Tickets will be on sale in Daniels Mailroom the week o f February 24lh from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm everyday. Don’t forget to reserve a ticket! Good luck to all o f next year’s officers!

Newman Club Well, we had a great time at Bingo night and we all promised not to tell who among us won the last coverall prize. We do know that either Ryan or Mike got 10% of the prize al though Ryan claims he should get ihe cut as he taught the winner all they knew about hingo. This Friday night wc have out Febru ary video and pasta night at the Religious Center starting at 5:30 pm. All are welcome to come and we assure you that the pasta is the best o f campus. The election of our 96-97 officers will take place the coming Sunday after all the M asses. D on’t forget the Newman Club sponsors an evening Mass during Lent. The Mass is celebrated at 10:00 pm (except Fridays when it is at 12:00 (noon) in the Religious Center. Hope to see you there.

Pre-Law Society The Pre-Law Society would like to extend an invitation to the WPI community. Attor ney Paul Kokulis, WPI Class of ‘45, will be visiting the WPI cam pus on Wednesday, February 26 at 4:30 in the Beckett Confer ence Room in Fuller Labs. Mr. Kokulis is a leading attorney in the patent law field. He specializes in patent interferences, proceed ings that determine which inventor is the rightful holder of the patent when two or more people claim the same right to an invention. He has worked in the chemical, pharmaceuti cal, and biotechnology fields for major US and foreign companies. Mr. Kokulis holds a BS degree from WPI in chemical engineering and a LL.B. from George Washington Uni versity. Wc would like to invite all of you to come and meet with Mr. Kokulis.

Simple Harmonic Motion I would like to start by apologising to any one who has taken offence to past Club Cor ners. We meant it all in good fun, but realize that we might have pushed it too far. Any way. No gigs for over a month, and all o f a sudden, 3 in a week! What a change... con gratulations, y’all did a great job! Ok, let’s see, what do we have coming up... England tour with the Glee Club over break... that should be a fun time. Also, A CAPPELLA FEST III (because two just weren't enough!) is coming on April 5th... Mark your calenders. We are very pleased to announce that W PI’s first FEMALE a cappella group. Interstate 8, will be performing there. There will also be m any o th e r gro u p s, in clu d in g C lark University’s Counterpoints! It will truly be a lot o f fun for all! Keep your ears and eyes open for more information! Other than that, the music is coming along great (Mike is ap parently getting his work done) and I can’t wait to perform on campus again (and maybe

perform a SHM original... and that’s all I’m going to say about that!) Have a great week!

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences Officer election time has once again come and gone. Sean Veale, Jason Sykes, and Chris Pinard were all re-elected to their respective positions of President, Vice-President, and Secretary. Wesley Blackstone was elected Treasurer. Last Tuesday’s weekly meeting again showed poor turnout. At that meeting, it was decided that we would try to incorporate our Spring Medieval Fair with QuadFest. A contingent of officers and members attended Wednesday’s QuadFest planning meeting, and it appears very likely that the Fair will take place as part of QuadFest. It was even suggested that this year’s QuadFest take on a medieval theme. This Tuesday’s meeting will focus on how best to convince the committee to choose a medieval theme, and on other matters related to planning the Fair. In exchange for their presentation at the Fair, the Higgins Armory has asked the SMAS Servants’ Guild to perform two tasks for them in return: To paint one of their exhibit rooms, and to construct prop trees for use in one of their exhibits. If you are interested in helping out, contact the officers via e-m ail to realms@wpi.edu. A trip toa fabric store for garbmaking material has been tentatively scheduled for next Sunday. Anyone who is providing some exhibit, display, or demonstration for the Fair is asked to please work on developing it as soon as possible, so we can get a good idea of what exactly will be there. Realms fight practices are Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30 (meet in the Wedge). SMAS weekly meetings are on Tues days at 7:00 in the Founders Study Room. If you have any questions or comments, you can send them to the SM AS officers at realms@wpi.edu.

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>AT10^' D ear Prospective M em ber: L iberia should have a special place in the conscience o f the U nited S tates o f A merica. Its im petus to becom e a nation cam e from the U nited States. F or 149 years, it w as a stalw art ally o f the U nited S tates. Yet for the past years, as a civil w ar has taken alm ost 200,000 lives, d isplaced m ore than tw o-thirds o f the population and destroyed its infrastructure, the U nited S tates has treated this great tragedy as a regional problem . Liberia has a unique historical and cultural link to the U nited States. Settled by African A m ericans, many o f them form er slaves, in the early decades o f the 19th century, L iberian becam e a republic in 1847. T he U nited States influence on L iberia is reflected the African nation's constitution, the star and strip e s o f its red, white and blue flag, the structure o f its governm ent, the nam es o f its cities, its schoolsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; curriculum , its official language and the rem arkable degree o t good w ill its citizens feel tow ard A m erica. T h ro u g h all the m ajor co n flicts of the 20th century, L iberians been am ong the most dependable allies o f the U nited States, In both W orld W ars, Liberia declared w ar o n the enem ies o f the U nited S tates and offered vital air bases, ports, and natural resources to support the United S tates military. D uring the C old War, L iberia voted w ith the U nited S tales o n every significant reso lu tio n at the U nited N atio n s, It hosted facilities for electronic m onitoring and becam e the largest base for U nited States intelligence-gatheriing in A frica. Yet w hen L ib eriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s security was m ost at risk because o f civil conflict the United States governm ent deferred lo ECOW AS, an undcr-tunded regional org an izatio n com posed o f som e o f the w orld's poorest nations. H a lf o f the $10 m illion earm ark ed by the U nited Stales to support a peacekeeping force had not been com m itted by April 1996. M eanw hile, the co st to the U nited S tates o f responding to the hum anitarian crisis since 1990 has been em ergency relief assistance valued at over $445 m illion, o v er $ 66 m illion provided in the past year alone, m ore than eight tim es the am ount com m itted to peacekeeping. In the absence of a viable security plan, the torrent o f refugees continues to underm ine L iberia's relations w ith its im m ed iate neighbors. T hough the U nited States has im plored those nations to adm it Liberian refugees, its own record o f L iberian adm issions decries the long relationship with (hat nation. The approach to achieving peace in Liberian has revolved around th e ECOWAS process for six years. T his process has, in turn, been dependent on a core group o f ECO W A S nations w ith the will a n d very lim ited resources to engage in d iplom acy or to com m it forces for p eacekeeping, Fourteen peace ag reem en ts have been largely brokered w ithout the U nited S tates and other international parties, such as the U nited N ations or OAU , present with ECOW AS as w orking partners at the n eg otiating table. The result o f this agreem ents an d the resources, and leverage, necessary for successful im plem entation, T his failure to produce a concerted approach to all aspects o f the p eace process, tro m m ed iatio n to n eg o tiatio n and im plem entation, produced the tragic results that we have w itnessed in Liberia. On A ugust 17 the E conom ic C om m unity o f West A frican States(EC O W A S) concluded m eetings that provide a new tim etab le for the p eace process, S tartin g A ugust 20, the w arring factions are to observe a cease-fire, dism antle checkpoints and w ithdraw from zones of com bat. T he peacekeeping force, ex p a n d in g from 8500 to 18000 troops, is lo deploy th roughout L iberia in N ovem ber. D em obilization is to be com pleted by January 31, Elections are to be held on M ay 31 w ith a turnover to an elected gov ern m en t on June 15. T he revised plan c a lls for sanctions against m em bers o f the w arring factions that o b stru ct the peace process. Sanctions include restrictions on travel, freeze o n econom ic activities, ex clu sio n from electoral process, and w ar crim e charges. N ow the U nited States has another opportunity to assert its international leadership at a critical ju n c tu re to ensure that the su ccess o f the new peace process. T his leadership w ill not lead to an involvem ent o f United S tates troops. It does m ean that the U nited States m ust heighten its d iplom atic efforts to help co o rd in ate the process o f peace and gather the fu nding that is necessary for effective peacekeeping and dem obilization in L iberia. The U nited S tates should take the necessary steps to en su re that its com m itm ent o f $30 m illion to support the EC O M O G p eacek eep in g force is obligated b efore the end o f the fiscal y ear 1996. W hile the U nited S tates pledge o f $30 m illion is a step in the right direction it will not alone enable a doubling o f EC O M O G to the 18,000 troops n ecessary for d ep lo y m en t by N ovem ber. It is vital th at the U nited States provide additional funds to make up this shortfall o r take the lead to obtain significant pledges from oth er d o n o r co u n tries A top priority o f the U nited S tates should be the im plem entation o f a serious program for dem obilizing Liberia's com batants. R egretfully, no additional funding has been pledged b y the U nited States to im prove w hat w as an inadequately funded and designed dem obilization plan. In fact, som e o f the funds allo cated in early 1996 for rein teg ratio n o f L iberia's 60,000 com batants have been diverted elsew here. The U nited S tates should take the lead in designing a co m prehensive dem obilization p ro g ram , T his program w ill not in volve U nited S tales troops, but should include the resources for every stage o f dem obilization from encam pm ent to training and counseling o f com batants. A contribution o f $20 m illion (n o n -fo o d related) from the U nited States will provide the resources necessary to initiate a w ellconceived dem obilization program and encourage future con trib u tio n s from other in ternational donors. President C linton and the U nited States C ongress m u st m ake Liberia a priority on our foreign relations agenda in A frica. U nited State leadership is critical if the key elem en ts are to be achieved on schedule under th e new peace plan. T his leadership will not lead to an involvem ent o f U nited States troops. It d o es mean that the U nited S tates through its S pecial Envoy, m ust heighten its diplom atic efforts lo coordinate the im plem entation o f the peace process and gather the additional resources necessary for effective p eacekeeping and dem o b ilizatio n T he U nited Stales should strengthen the response o f th e international com m unity to the needs o f the peace process. The fo undation for a new international approach to the peace process already exists with the International C ontact firo u p fo r Liberia, the gro u p o f donor countries that have pledged support to th e peace process The co n cep t behind the IC G L sh o u ld be expanded to a tightly coordinated partnership that includes the U nited States, ECOWAS, and the U nited N ations. This high lev el of cooperation will en su re that scarce reso u rces are effectively utilized. T he outbreak o f fighting in M onrovia in A pril-M ay o f 1996 w as the latest in a series o f clashes in Liberia's intractable war, D uring the past nearly seven years, the w ar has produced shocking hum anitarian conditions for Liberian civilians. T h e m ost recent fighting exacerbated even further these conditions. H u m anitarian assistance o rganizations have been u n ab le to d eliv er food and oth e r em ergency services because o f the fighting in M onrovia, Their resources looted by gangs o f com batants and the safety o f their relief w orkers threatened, these organizations closed o r dram atically reduced th eir operations in Liberia. A s a result o f the civil w ar in L iberia, an estim ated 800,000 Liberians are internally displaced; another 800,000 are refugees in n eighboring co u n tries that are am ong the poorest in the world. A pproxim ately 50 % o f the population in M onrovia, upw ards o f 350,000 persons, were forced to flee their hom es due to the A p ril-M ay fighting and another 3 ,000 died. D uring June-July som e 3,300 new cases o f cholera w ere reported in M onrovia and a July survey found malnutrition rates for children in displaced shelters have increased up to 25% . N ow that the dust o f th e Civil W ar in Liberia is settling dow n, an era o f a N EW LIBERIA is at hand. W hether anyone likes it o r not, a n leadership is bound to em erge, supposedly to sh o u ld er the national responsibilities o f politics and adm inistration and to ensure the continued survival o f the L iberian people and culture. That such leadership w ill be genuine and com m itted is a m atter that you as Liberians and friends o f Liberia can decide, o r at least influence, B ut ch o o sin g national le ad ersh ip is a serious and difficult business. In L iberia, bom bed-out hom es and shops arc painful rem inders o f what happens when leaders are ch o sen unwisely, W e cannot allow this to happen ag ain , This is why the Liberian Social Justice Foundation is cam paigning for PEA CE, SECU RITY , SO C IA L, EC O N O M IC , ED U C A T IO N A L A ND PO L IT IC A L JU S T IC E IN LIB ER IA . T he L iberian Social Justice Foundation has carefully exam ined the adm inistrative and operational policies o f both the p ast and present adm inistration in Liberia, and in o u r candid opinion, m uch m ore needs to be d o n e to help L iberia go in the direction she needs to go. We as L iberians m ust try to have a po sitiv e influence on the selection o f the national p ro g ram s and th e corresponding leadership w hich will inevitably affect o u r lives and the lives o f our people for m any years to com e. M y fellow L iberians and Friends o f L iberia, the L iberian Social Justice Foundation has em b ark ed on a m ission lo en su re that P E A C E , UNITY, SEC U R ITY , FR EED O M A ND S O C IA L JU S T IC E prevail in L iberia. T his is an aw esom e responsibility that can only occur if w e cooperate as a team . History w ill judge us not by w hat we say, but by w hat we do. With G od and the determ ined m ind, there is nothing we cannot achieve for our Liberian Society. It is in this light that I urge you to support and contribute to the Liberian Social Justice F oundation's program s. Liberia, the A frican nation established in the 1800s by freed A m erican slaves, has been to m by civil w ar since 1989. W hat does the Liberian Civil W ar m ean to A m ericans in term s o f health care, hum anitarian relief, stability throughout A frica and the continuation o f m issionary w ork? If you share in the d ream o f peace in Liberia, a country founded upon A m erican ideals, you are invited to becom e m ore inform ed by w riting to the LIB E R IA N SO C IA L JU STIC E FO U N D A TIO N , PO ST O F F IC E BOX 31438, C IN C IN N A TI, O H IO 45231. (5 1 3 ) 9311872. I am w riting to introduce you to the Liberian Social Justice Foundation,Inc., a broad-based social nonprofit organization. T h e m ission o f the LSJFI is tw o-fold: we are d ed icated to restoring a ju s t and stable society in Liberia, and to im proving the quality o f life for all Liberians, both at hom e and abroad. O n b ehalf o f our m em bers, I appeal to you for financial assistance in support o f L S JF activities. An application for m em b ersh ip is included w hich contains a break d o w n of m em bership fees. P lease know that any am ount you can co n trib u te w ill be helpful to us. Your support o f the Foundation, and your aw areness o f its concerns is deeply appreciated. S hould you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to w rite us or call. Thank you for your tim e, your contribution, and yo u r generosity. Checks and m oney o rd ers should be m ade payable to the L iberian Social Justice Foundation,Inc. Best regards, Edw in G .K . Zoedua Executive D irector/C hairm an EG K Z/rnlm

F a ces of h u n g e r in Liberia Liberian children await arrival of a food convoy in Tubmanburg, 50 miles north of Monrovia. The city was cut off for months by fighting. People surrounded the trucks W ednesday; when bags of wheat w ere opened, they grabbed handfuls and ate it uncooked. W orld/A8

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1847 Alexander Graham Bell born, inventor (telephone) 1842 First US child labor law regulating working hours passed, Mass 1863 First US wartime military conscription bill enacted 1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academ y of Sciences 1931 “Star Spangled Banner” officially became US national anthem 1942 First combat flight for C anada’s Avro Lancaster military plane 1969 Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits ( 10 days) 1991 Iraqi generals & Gen Schw arzkopf meet to discuss the cease fire 1991 LA Police severely beat Rodney King captured on am ateur video

1751 First performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission I cent) 1793 First cabinet meeting (At George W ashington’s home) 1837 First US electric printing press patented by Thom as Davenport 1859 First use o f “insanity plea” to prove innocence 1870 Hiram Revels, Ms, is sworn in as first black m em ber o f Congress (Sen) 1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship o f J.P. Morgan 1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax 1933 First aircraft carrier “USS Ranger” launched 1988 Bruce Springsteen “Tunnel o f Love Tour,” begins in W orcester Mass

February 26 1848 Marx & Engels publish “The Com m unist M anifesto” 1870 First NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered) 1944 First female US Navy Captain, Sue D auserof nurse corps, appointed 1975 First televised kidney transplant (Today Show) 1990 Moscow begins pulling 73,000 troops out of C zechoslovakia 1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control o f their capital

February 27 1801 Washington DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction 1864 Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp “Camp Sum pter” 1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amendment concerning w om en’s right to vote 1927 For second Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath 1933 Nazis set lire to German parliam ent, blame it on communists 1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to two terms 1991 US led allied 6 week war with Iraq ends

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February 28 1827 First commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered 1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1956 Forrester issued a patent for com puter core memory 1979 Mr. Ed talking horse, dies 1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit 1 9 9 1 US & allied forces grant Iraq a sieze lire

March 1 1692 Sarah G oode, Sarah O sborne, & Tituba arrested for w itchcraft (Salem, MA) 1780 Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery 1910 Three passenger trains buried at Steven’s Pass in Cascade Range 118 die. Worst avalanche in US history 1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12 1954 US explodes a hydrogen bom b at Bikini Atoll 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data

March 2 1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston 1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mt. Rainier National Park (5th in US) 1931 Mikhail S Gorbachev bom, Soviet leader (1985-91) 1958 First surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed 1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby 1991 UN votes in favor o f US resolutions on cease fire with Iraq

March 3 1634 First tavern in Boston opens

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Stereogram for February 25

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Last w eek's stereogram featured a helix. T his week, we have one of the five platonic solids for you. The questions this week are: A: Which one is it? B: What arc the other four? Email durbin@ wpi with your responses. Reminder: One lucky person, chosen via a random drawing during Math Week, will win a prize (probably a book o f stereograms) whether or not their answer was correct. The only way to enter the drawing is to respond!

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P o l ic e L o g F rid ay , F e b ru a ry 14 4:31 pm - Fire Alarm: Alumni Gym. 4:46pm - A ssist: Morgan dining services steam leak, plant services notified. 6:10pm - A ssist: No hot water, Elbridge, plant services notified. 9:12pm - A lcohol Violation: M organ fourth. 9:23pm - N oise Com plaint: Ellsw orth - Room m ate left m usic on in locked room. 10:04pm - M edical Emergency: Alumni G ym , 20 yo male injured ankle. 11:17pm - Intrusion Alarm: CCC Program area. 11:40pm - L oud M usic: Dean St., no action taken. S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry 15 12:1 lam - Fire Alarm: Founders Hall. 12:38am - Vandalism Report: Daniels third. 1:33am - N oise C om plaint: Dean St., officers respond. 2:32am - A lcohol V iolation: Institute and Boynton. 3:08am - Suspicious Activity: Boynton Hall found unsecured. 9:33am - Vandalism: Daniels second, east stairw ell. 2 :1 8pm - Intrusion Alarm: N ew speak office. 6:36pm - M alicious M ischief: Report o f students loading a m attress onto a car. Riley. 8:06pm - B uilding Checks: H arrington, A lum ni 12 non-students rem oved. S un d ay , F e b ru a ry 16 2 :1 2am - A lcohol Violation: Founders. 12:20pm - Suspicious Person: Man in m otor vehicle. 3:34pm - Fire Alarm: Fuller Apartments. 3:50pm - C om plaint: N on-students playing basketball, Fuller A partm ents court. 4:40pm - C om plaint: re: 3:50pm C om plaint, 6 non-students rem oved. 5:01pm - Larceny Report: Alumni Gym, see report. 5:1 1pm - T respassing: N on-students rem oved from gym s. 6:05pm - W elfare Check: Student reports suspicious activity - potential attem pt to steal a m otor vehicle. 7:46pm - Fire Alarm: Salisbury Labs. 9:26pm - Damage: Broken window, M organ third. 11:34pm - W ater Leak: R esident o f H ackfeld road reports w ater leak. M onday, F e b ru a ry 17 12:03am - A ssist: Blown circuit breaker, M organ Hall. 1:46pm - T respassing: 6 non-students in A lum ni. 2:23pm - Fire Alarm: Alumni Gym. 10:24pm - Stuck Elevator: Salisbury Labs. TUesday, F e b ru a ry 18 1:34am - Suspicious Person: Institute Hall resident reports being approached by suspi cious individual on Boynton St. 2:37am - Intrusion Alarm: Drury Lane. 12:05pm - T respass: Alumni gym , 15 non-students rem oved. 12:31 pm - Theft: C om puter Science dept., see Holy C ross. 1:33pm - T respass: non-student from A lum ni. 3:03pm - Report: Alarm panel m alfunctioning in Alumni. 3:28pm - T respass: rem oved 5 non-students from H arrington. 4:25pm - Report: M issing 8 year old female, purple jacket, last seen by W orcester Public Library, lives in WPI area. 5:00pm - Clear: M issing ju v en ile found. 5:09pm - A larm : Fire/Intrusion Hackfeld Rd. 5:35pm - B uilding C hecks: H arrington, A lum ni 8 non-students rem oved. 10:07pm - Alarm: Intrusion Alden Sub-basem ent. 11:00pm - M edical Response: T row bridge Road, arm injury.

Whats Happening: Feb. 25-Mar. 2 2$

0:00am - ISRG Meeting, Fuller Labs 141. 2:00pm -WPI French Circle, Gompei’s Place. 2:30pm - Entrepreneurs Collaborative, Salisbury Labs 105. 6:30pm - ISC Coffee Hour, Higgins H ouse Library. 7:00pm - W omen’s Basketball, NEW 8-first round. 7:30pm- M en’s Basketball, CAC-first round. 8:00pm - Coffeehouse w/ IFC, Spinning Jenny, Riley Commons. 8:00pm - Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book M eeting, Kaven Hall 111. 8:00pm - Concert, Jazz with Mike M onaghan and Friends, Kimball Theater, Holy Cross.

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:30pm - GTRG Meeting, Fuller Labs 141. (5:30pm - G roup D iscussion, “A ffirm ative A ction and Race Relations in America,” Institute Hall. 7:05pm - W orcester Ice Cats, Centrum. 8:(X)pm - Movie, Richard III, Kimball Theater, Holy Cross.

10am -3pm - Afromart, Upper Wedge. 11:(X)am - AIRG Meeting, Fuller Labs 246. 12:00pm - Spanish/Latin American Table, Gom pei’s Place. 4:30pm - ISC Information Session on tax preparation, Salisbury Labs 104. 8:(X)pm - MASQUE, Veronica’s Room. Alden Memorial. $2.

:00pm - MASQUE, Veronica’s Room, Alden Memorial. $2. '8:00pm - Concert, Apple Hill Cham ber Players - LHistoire Du Soldat, Brooks Concert Hall, Holy Cross.

7:35pm - Worcester Ice Cats, Centrum. 8:00pm - MASQUE, Veronica’s Room, Alden Memorial. $2.

11:30am - Catholic Mass, Alden Memorial. 6:00pm - Catholic Mass, Founders Study Room. 6:30 and 9:30pm M ovie - Michael Collins, Perreault Hall.

Leo’s goes to the French Quarter! Now Available at the Fuller French Quarter Cart L eo’s signature sand wiches served with chips and a pickle.

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W ednesday, F e b ru a ry 19 1:15am - B uilding Checks: H arrington, A lum ni 2 students rem oved from the rear o f H arrington. 1 1:00am - Bat: A tw ater-K ent room 315, Plant Services notified, personnel able to open w indow to let animal out. 3:22pm - Suspicious Vehicle: Vehicle on H ackfeld m oving furniture into a car. 3:5 lpm - S uspicious Activity: M ale repelling down side o f building. 4 :07pm - A ssist: Rem oval o f four non-students, elem entary school age, from Alum ni gym. 4:54pm - Building Checks: Harrington and Alumni, 10 non-students removed from Alumni. 6:33pm - Em ergency Box: Hang up from call box located at Ellsw orth apartm ents. 7:45pm - Suspicious Persons: Fuller apartm ents, people with candles. 10:58pm - Fire Alarm: Trowbridge.

Have a great spring break!

The French Quarter Cart is open from 7am to lpm.