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W e a t h e r ... Today: Sunny. H ighs 50 to 60. T om orrow and T hursday: Chance of rain. Highs 50 to 60.
Tuesday; April 21, 1998
Volume Twenty-six, Number Twelve
Faster than the speed of lightning!
Sp o r t s.
WPI's Campus Network receives a major upgrade this year by Christopher Stank Business Manager Over last summer and into this fall the WPI network was intro duced to a new area. This new area was the wireless Greek network. This network included the connect ing of all the Greek houses via a 10Megabit wireless network. Most of the Greek houses were brought on line shortly after the first of the year. However some did not complete their wiring on time, so they came
on line when they were ready. WPI is currently undergoing technological upgrades. Most us ers have seen the increased perfor mance of the newly acquired Novell File Servers. The file servers Fuller and Higgins were upgraded to Dual Pentium-Pro 200MHz processors with 512 Megabytes of RAM. This summer a third Novell File Server is possibly going to be replaced with a Pentium-II 233MHz processor or something similar. In addition to the upgrade of these File Servers,
most of the Servers on Campus have had their network cards up graded to 100-Megabit Cards con nected directly to the backbone. Also two new web servers were brought online earlier this year. This summer three of the Unix servers will be replaced with faster machines. Garden will be upgraded to Dec Alpha 533Mhz processors with 512 M egabytes o f RAM. Bigwpi and Blazer will be upgraded to a single Dec Alpha 533Mhz pro cessor with 512 M egabytes of
Vocal recitals: A final performance by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff On Saturday, April 18th, two WPI seniors held vocal recitals. Jo n R ey n o ld s co m p le te d his capstone requirement for a minor in m usic, w hile J e ff A lderson completed his sufficiency degree requirement. Both are ECE ma jors, and are members of both the WPI Men’s Giee Club and Simple Harmonic Motion, the a capella group, and both were involved with WPI M asque’s musical pro duction, Quilt. Additionally, Jon
is a member of Skull, and Jeff is a member of Alpha Phi Omega. Reynolds began with a pair of Latin pieces before moving on to more enthusiastic melodies. Sev eral numbers were composed by the B roadw ay genius Stephen Sondheim, such as “Sorry-G rate ful” and “Johanna” in his third act, which closed with a riveting rendition o f “I, Don Q uixote,” from “ M an o f La M an ch a” . Reynolds left the solo scene and dedicated the fourth act to per forming with his closest friends. He tried to entice Jenny Kimball
to stay after a one-night stand in “Barcelona”, before compar ing the pains of love with his twin brother Chris in “Agony” . Finally, he dedicated “Change in My Life” to his girlfriend. This tune was sung a c a p e lla , as Reynolds is famous for, along with other members, past and present, of Simple Harmonic Mo tion: Jeff Haynes, Jeff Alderson, Mike Driscoll, and Brian Steiner. A lderson’s perform ance was shorter, but no less impressive. Like Reynolds, he opened with a See Vocal, continued to page 3
Newring something to remember Juniors and Seniors came to Higgins House last Wednesday to see the new WPI class ring unveiled. Examining the new design are (from left) Chad Tino ‘99, Amy Sinyei ’98, and Chris Neumaier ’98. The Alumni Association, in cooperation with student body members and Jostens, worked together for a year to come up with a single new design for WPI. The two towers of Washburn and Boynton are shown on one side with the class year while the school mascot goat is shown on the other along with Earle Bridge. The top of the ring features WPI’s official seal on a garnet stone.
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RAM. The Garden lab, located in Fuller Labs, is going to be upgraded with new X-Terminals. When this happens a new 100-Megabit line is going to be dropped to a hub to which these computers will be con nected. This will alleviate the cur rent traffic load that exists between the ADP, Garden and Zoo Labs. The two coax segments that cur rently connect the Garden, Zoo and ADP labs will only connect the ADP and Zoo Labs. When Network M anager Sean O ’C onnor was asked why he did not want to add in another coax segment to try to alleviate the speed problems that are associated with these labs, he stated that, “We can’t just patch the network, we need to be able to provide for the future, and coax is not the way to go.” During this summer the current network is going to be undergoing a major overhaul. The backbone is going to be upgraded to dual full duplex O C 12 (with a speed of 622Megabits). Residence Halls will be upgraded to OC3, where each chas sis will have the capability of hav ing 4 OC3 (with speeds of 155megabits) uplinks to the backbone. In most cases the chassis arc go ing to use only one because this going to be a huge upgrade from the current 10-Megabit connection that is currently in place. The chas sis are going to be upgraded to Bay Network multi-back plane chassis, where they service ATM (Asyn chronous Transfer Mode - which is a high speed, cell-based transfer protocol commonly used in high speed Wide Area Networks), Fast Ethernet and Ethernet for the 100Megabit back-plane, which is dif ferent from the 10-Megabit back plane. During the summer four aca demic buildings will also get up graded to OC3 uplinks to the back bone. The upgrades are expected to take only a weekend. The back bone will be upgraded in one day, and the academic buildings will be brought online the next day. Once all the academic buildings arc on line the residence halls will be brought on line. When O’Connor was asked why he did not want to reuse the cur rent equipment, he replied, “I do nol want lo play with the old equipment because most of the equipment is five years old and is seriously out dated.” He docs not plan to reuse any of the dorm equipment, but he See Network, continued to page 2
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Tuesday, April 21, 1998
Volume Twenty-six, Number Twelve
Faster than the speed of lightning! WPl's Campus Network receives a major upgrade this year by Christopher Stank Business Manager
Over last summer and into this fall the WPI network was intro duced to a new area. This new area was the wireless Greek network. This network included the connect ing of all the Greek houses via a 10Megabit wireless network. Most of the Greek houses were brought on line shortly after the first of the year. However some did not complete their wiring on time, so they came
on line when they were ready. WPI is currently undergoing technological upgrades. Most us ers have seen the increased perfor mance of the newly acquired Novell File Servers. The file servers Fuller and Higgins were upgraded to Dual Pentium-Pro 200M H/ processors with 5 12 Megabytes o f RAM. This summer a third Novell File Server is possibly going to be replaced with a Pentium-11233MHz processor or something similar. In addition to the upgrade of these File Servers,
most of the Servers on Campus have had their network cards up graded to l(X)-Megabit Cards con nected directly to the backbone. Also two new web servers were brought online earlier this year. This summer three of the Unix servers will be replaced with faster machines. Garden will be upgraded to Dec Alpha 533Mhz processors with 512 M egabytes of RAM. Bigwpi and Blazer will be upgraded to a single Dec Alpha 533Mhz pro cessor with 512 M egabytes of
Vocal recitals: A final performance by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff
On Saturday, April 18th, two WPI seniors held vocal recitals. Jon R ey n o ld s co m p leted his capstone requirement for a minor in m usic, w hile Jeff Alderson completed his sufficiency degree requirement. Both are ECE m a jors, and are members of both the WPI Men's Glee Club and Simple Harmonic Motion, the a capella group, and both were involved with WPI M asque’s musical pro duction. Quilt. Additionally. Jon
is a member of Skull, and Jeff is a member of Alpha Phi Omega. Reynolds began with a pair of Latin pieces before moving on to more enthusiastic melodies. Sev eral numbers were composed by the B roadw ay g enius Stephen Sondheim, such as “Sorry-Grateful” and “Johanna” in his third act. which closed with a riveting rendition of “ I. Don Quixote," from “ M an o f L a M an ch a’’. Reynolds left the solo scene and dedicated the fourth act to per forming with his closest friends. He tried to entice Jenny Kimball
to stay after a one-night stand in “Barcelona”, before com par ing the pains of love with his twin brother Chris in “Agony". Finally, he dedicated “Change in My Life” to his girlfriend. This tune was sung a c a p e lla , as Reynolds is famous for, along with other m em bers, past and present, of Simple Harmonic M o tion: Jeff Haynes. Jeff Alderson, Mike Driscoll, and Brian Steiner. A lderson’s perform ance was shorter, but no less impressive. Like Reynolds, he opened w ith a See Vocal, continued to page J
Newring something to remember Juniors and Seniors came lo Higgins 1louse Iasi Wednesday to see the new WPI class ring unveiled. Examining the new design are (from left) Chad Tino ‘99, Amy Sinyei "98, and Chris Neumaier '98. The Alumni Association, in cooperation with student body members and Jostens. worked together for a year to come up w ith a single new design for WPI. The two towers of Washburn and Boynton are shown on one side with ihe class year while the school mascot goat is shown on the other along with Earle Bridge. The top of the ring features WPI's official seal on a garnet stone.
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RAM. The Garden lab, located in Fuller Labs, is going to be upgraded with new X-Terminals. When this happens a new l(X)-Megabit line is going to be dropped to a hub to which these computers will be con nected. This will alleviate the cur rent traffic load that exists between the ADP, Garden and Zoo Labs. The two coax segments that cur rently connect the Garden, Zoo and ADP labs will only connect the ADP and Zoo Labs. When Network M anager Sean O ’C onnor was asked why he did not want to add in another coax segment to try to alleviate the speed problems that are associated with these labs, he stated that, “We can’t just patch the network, we need to be able to provide for the future, and coax is not the way to go.” During this summer the current network is going to be undergoing a major overhaul. The backbone is going to he upgraded to dual full duplex OC12 (w ith a speed of 622Megabits). Residence Halls will be upgraded to OC3, where each chas sis will have Ihe capability of hav ing 4 OC3 (with speeds of 155megabits) uplinks to the backbone. In most cases the chassis arc go ing to use only one because this going to be a huge upgrade from the current 10 Megabit connection that is currently in place. The chas sis are going to he upgraded lo Bay Network multi-hack plane chassis, where they service ATM (Asyn chronous Transfer Mode - which is a high speed, cell based transfer protocol commonly used in high speed Wide Area Networks). Fast Ethernet and Ethernet for the 100Megabit back-plane, which is dif ferent from the 10-Megabit back plane. During the summer lour aca demic buildings will also get up graded lo OC3 uplinks to the back bone. The upgrades are expected to take only a weekend. The back bone will be upgraded in one day, and the academic buildings will be brought online the next day. Once all the academic buildings are on line the residence halls will be brought on line. When O'Connor was asked why he did not want to reuse the cur rent equipment, he replied, “'I do not want to play with the old equipment because most o f the equipment is five years old and is seriously out dated." He does not plan to reuse any of the dorm equipment, hut lie See Network, continued to page 2
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Leaving WPI for a while? by Debbie Dexter Computer Trainer The Help Desk (HD) receives many ques tions regarding how a person’s pc and elec tronic mail accounts should be configured while away from campus. The Help Desk has constructed a web page listing the common questions and their answers. Visit this web page from the College Computer Center home page at: http://www.wpi.edu/ +CCC and select the link “CCC Helpdesk”. On the HD web pages you will be able to view more information, specific instruc tions and links to different sites than are available in this article. If you need assis
tance configuring any of the included fea tures, please contact the Help Desk via email (helpdesk@wpi.edu) or call them at 831-5888. Electronic mail I am graduating in May. What will happen to my electronic mail account?
May graduates will be warned about impending account removal in Septem ber. “Winter” graduates will be warned ab o u t im p e n d in g a c co u n t rem oval around May Is'. I don't have a modem. What kind o f modem does the HD recommend?
There are different kinds of modems you could purchase so we don’t specify
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plans to use the equipment that currently makes up the backbone. He expects that the shelf life of the new equipment will also be approximately five years. All the up grades that are going on this summer and in the near future are aimed at increasing the infrastructure of the network. Something that O’Connor is currently hoping to do is replace all the coax wiring in the academic buildings with Cat5 Level7 wiring, but it will be limited to departmen tal servers at first and it will be selective as to who gets the 100-Megabit connections. The replacement of this wiring will take time because there will be a lot of coordination that will go into scheduling when every thing can be replaced. Each academic building will be a major undertaking in or der to get everything up and running cor rectly. More upgrades, such as those hap pening this summer, are more likely to hap pen in the future providing that students take advantage of the 100-Megabit con nections. WPI is also attempting to get away from paper-based registration and go to a more web-based registration for the network. These are all possibilities that may happen in the future, but there are no current plans in the work. The pricing for network connections will be going up next year as well. The current price of $200 has been in place for the past five-years. The price for the 10-megabit connections will be raised to $220 and the 100-megabit connections will be $500. The price for additional IP addresses will re main at $20. The reason for the price in creases is so that the equipment can be paid off; once it is then a replacement fund can be established for future upgrades and replacements. It is estimated that approxi mately twenty to twenty-five percent of students next year will opt to get the 100Megabit connection. WPI realized from this major undertak ing that someone needs to be in charge of overseeing and planning for the future of WPI’s information systems. This is WPI is currently seeking out a Vice-President that would be the Chief Information Officer of WPI. This person would be in charge of all of W PI’s information system s and would come up with a five-year plan to in crease and upgrade the WPI network. President Parrish said, “We would rather act on a plan than react to a crisis, similar
to what happened this year.” When asked why there was going to be a 9% increase in tuition. President Parrish said, “WPI is raising rates for strategic rea sons and because it needs to keep up with costs. WPI is a unique school, in that it allows students to do projects at different project centers. The Global Studies pro gram is also another great aspect that WPI offers to its students. If WPI was to lower its cost by, for example, removing the projects it would be just another traditional institution.” The goal of the tuition in crease is to bring the price more in line with the costs. The network upgrades alone will cost in the neighborhood of $600,000.00. Also over the next two to three years WPI will see the introduction of a parking garage, a new academic building and the campus center. The school administration has a long-term vision of removing all the cars from the Quad and planting grass to bring the Quad together. The removal of all the cars from the Quad will most likely not hap pen for at least 5 to 8 years. Some com m on m isconceptions that people around campus have had are that the same problems that happened with the network this year are going to happen next year. This is not true; the network will be one of the fastest networks available to undergraduate students in the country. In fact, Yahoo just ranked WPI #10 in the country among the most wired universi ties. There will also be less network traffic problems. If students decide to get the 100-megabit connections next year they will have to replace their network cards with ones that can handle 100-megabit connec tions. Also all the equipment that network operations replaces will be used to accom plish the upgrade o f network equipment in other parts of campus, until the equipment is deemed unusable or obsolete. Thanks go out to the many people that without their help, this article would not have been possible. They include Scan O’Connor, Network Manager; President Edward Parrish; Allan Johannesen; Prof. John Carney, III Pro vost; Adam Cravedi, and many other people on the Helpdesk staff. If you have any ques tion or comments regarding this article, please send them to newspeak@wpi.edu, and the message will be forwarded to the appropri ate person.
a certain type. Listed on the web pages, are the recommended speed and other settings. What lo c a l I S P ’s (Internet S ervice P ro vid er) does the H elp Desk reco m mend?
We have made queries of local Internet providers and have arranged for discounts for WPI-associated individuals. This ser vice can be dialed by a pc running network software which is supplied by the Internet provider. The HD web pages list the differ ent rates and a link to the provider. I am leaving WPI fo r the summer and will be able to read mail through m y ISP account. How can I forw ard my m ail to that account?
You can create a .forward file that will re direct your mail to the appropriate account. Follow the instructions listed on the HD web pages. I would like to keep my WPI mail sepa rate from my ISP account mail. Do I have to set a forw ard file or can I read WPI mail separately?
You don’t have to set a forward file if you wish to continue reading your WPI mail via your WPI account. Instead, while connected to your ISP, open a telnet win dow and read your mail via a UNIX mail reader (i.e. Pine). Or, you could config ure a separate profile configured with a pop service to pop.wpi.edu. Look at the HD web page for specific directions. Can I configure my ISP account to re ceive WPI mail in addition to my ISP ac count mail? Yes. Listed on the HD web pages are specific configurations that need to be set within your Windows mailer. I am leaving WPI but will return in the fall. I do not have an ISP account. How
can I check my mail from off-campus? There are different ways you can read your WPI mail from off-campus depending on the software available to you. For ex am ple, you can use W indow s 95 “Hyperterminal”. Listed on the HD web pages are detailed directions when using Hyperterminal and other terminal emulators. The WPI modem bank phone number is (508) 798 - 0166 Are there restrictions to my UNIX ac count when I access it from off-campus from my ISP? Yes. With regard to electronic mail, you need to configure your mailer to receive mail from the pop.wpi.edu system and your ISP’s smtp server, n o tsmtp.wpi.edu. WPI will not act as a relay for sent-mail. I am leaving WPI for the summer and will not be able to access my electronic mail. How should I setup my email account if people send me mail? You can setup a “vacation statem ent”. This is an email message you create that will be bounced to person whom sends you mail. Your message could include text to inform the sender that their mes sage has been received but that you will not read the message until you return. Follow the instructions on the HD web pages to take advantage o f this feature. Novell network removal / am graduating from WPI. H ow do I rem ove network configurations? I am returning to WPI in the Fall. How can I tem porarily d e-activate the net work configuration fo r ju st the summer?
Follow the instructions listed on the C o lleg e C om puter C en ter Shop web pages. The HD web page includes a link to this site.
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Planning Implementation Committee initiatives overview by John F. Zeugner Professor o f History The Planning Implementation Commit tee, com prised o f faculty staff, and stu dents, was created this past fall to con tinue the strategic planning WPI initiated last year. The committee, PIC, culled all recommendations from the previous task forces and other documents submitted to strategic planning groups. After sur veying them, PIC identified eleven cat egories of action. That process is cap tured best in the Draft Initiatives given to sub committees for review, revision, and costing, but PIC is aware that those docum ents are lengthy. So below is a summary overview of the eleven initia tives. Such an overview does some vio lence to the complexity o f the Initiatives, but may provide a better perspective of the scope o f PIC ’s proposals, and hope fully will stimulate readers to go to the original source the full, draft initiative and background listed on the website: w w w .w pi.edu/Stratplan. Taken in sum these draft initiatives address all the goals and guiding principles proposed by the Strategic Planning Steering Com mittee and endorsed by the Faculty in May, 1997. Readers are reminded that each o f the draft initiatives has been re turned to a current sub-com m ittee for public review, revision, and costing. PIC, a fte r it has re c e iv e d th o se s u b com m ittee’s responses will finalize the initiatives for voting by the WPI com munity on the Stratplan website. Stu dents, staff, alumni and faculty will be asked to vote on the revised versions of these draft initiatives in the first two weeks of A term next fall. That exercise will then culminate in PIC’s final package to be presented to the faculty for en dorsement through its governance pro cess and afterwards to the staff and com munity for endorsement. What follows is an executive summary of the draft ini tiatives listed in alphabetical order: Campus culture initiative: Acknowl edging the complexity of modifying cam pus culture, this initiative cites ten re cent achievements toward such modifi cation including the creation a new Cam pus Center, and then calls for a new ex periment in altering the learning and liv ing o f a group o f first year students in a program named Project 2000. The initia
tive asks for endow m ent support for Project 2000 to create innovative learn ing program s and living spaces for an experiment involving about 60 students and five to ten faculty. Additionally the initiative calls for reconsideration of the uses of Salisbury Estates housing, a fund to endow community service projects, and an endowed fund to offset the new Campus C enter’s operating costs. The initiative advocates adoption of an honor code by WPI. Continuing education: This initiative calls for significant steps toward the pos sible creation of a new entity to oversee WPI’s growing efforts in continuing edu cation. Specifically the initiative calls for a market study for such an entity offer ing both credit and non-credit courses; if such a study seems favorable, as seems highly likely, the initiative calls for fac ulty governance through COG to devise supporting and operating structures to allow this entity, which might be called The W ashburn C ollege of Continuing Studies to come into existence. The ini tiative also recommends that WPI invest in dedicated classrooms, computer labo ratory facilities, staff and administrative space on the WPI Campus to meet the programming needs of the proposed new entity. Educational development, technology and assessment: This initiative calls for a new, expanded structure to the present Center for Educational Development to include technology and distance learn ing, and on-going assessment of teach ing— proposing CEDTA, the Center for Educational Development, Technology and Assessment. Besides a full time di rector and staff this C enter might also have faculty on in-house sabbatical leave to develop new courses, projects and teaching processes. The Center would oversee all the myriad campus-wide ac tivities pertaining to learning, assessing and technological interactions in those processes. Expectations, rewards, and incentives initiative: This initiative calls for a fund for two Commissions to investigate the appropriateness, structure, implementa tion, m aintenance, value, and cost of system o f defined expectations, rewards, and incentives for faculty and, sepa rately, for staff. The intent would be to harness the reward/incentive system to
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couple of Latin songs, followed by num bers fron H andel’s “The M essiah”. The highlights of his performance were the “ D rin k in g Song”, w h ich he (undeservedly) dedicated to the Glee Club. Alderson acted the words as well as he sang them, giving one pause to wonder if perhaps his nerves had been calmed before the show by a visit from his friend, Jack Daniels, (conversation after the recital proved him quite sober) The final number was the wonderful “Ev erybody Says Don’t”, a Sondheim piece. Alderson told us in song that while you
may be told “d o n ’t do this, d o n ’t do that”, he says to heck with ‘em! The suc cess of this philosophy can most likely be proven by Alderson himself, a won derful singer. Piano for both recitals was proved by Ruth Cooper, a professional m usician who has had her own studio here in Worcester since 1986. As these two seniors com plete their musical requirements here at WPI, they showed remarkable skill and spirit which will certainly get them far. I wish them the best of luck from now until graduation and beyond.
W PI’s announced mission and goals, and to clarify and operationalize that vision and those goals so as to eliminate mixed signals in the system. Global opportunities: This initiative calls for a bold expansion o f the current highly successful Global Program, by cre atin g a C ouncil for G lobal S tudies, chaired by a person o f renown. Such a person would oversee centers for gradu ate research in Global areas, utilization o f WPI international alumni, retired rov ing am b assad o rs to W P I’s o v erseas project centers, as well as a new virtual global classroom to facilitate cross na tional interactions at the project level. Additionally the initiative calls for en dowment funds for several new faculty positions, for a student travel fund, for support for H & A and SSPS to develop Area Studies Sufficiencies and SS prepa ration for IQPs, for in-house sabbaticals to the Council or Center(s), for new tech nological interactions aimed at project learning, and for faculty development in Global areas, and for o ff campus MQPs.
Graduate studies and research: This initiative echoes the recent Graduate Stud ies and Research Committee’s report call ing for WPI to achieve a National Re search Council rating within the top 50 by the year 2005. The initiative calls for specific steps to improve the infrastruc ture, promote faculty development, and e n h a n c e the en v iro n m e n t o f W P l’s graduate studies and research by the fol lowing: endowment of a laboratory reno vation fund; solicitation of donor inter est in construction projects; endowment o f a cost sharing fund and a maintenance fund; endowment of undergraduate re search experience fellow ships; an in crease in the number of endowed gradu ate student fellowships; re-establishment o f the Research Development Council with endowments for seed moneys; en dowment of rotating research chairs for younger faculty; allocation o f existing endowment in five million dollar allot ments for specifically recruited research faculty with international reputations; See P I C , contiued to page 5
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Study: College grads healthier by Jenifer Doane Rocky Mountain Collegian (Colorado State U.) (U-WIRE) FT. COLLINS, Colo. — For all who thought college was killing you, think again. It’s actually helping students lead a healthier life in the long run. College graduates feel better emotion ally and physically than high school drop outs because they have better jobs, take better care of themselves and have better access to health care, according to a stateby-state survey released by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention earlier this month. The survey showed college graduates felt healthy an average of 26 days a month, while high school dropouts felt healthy 22.8 days. “A lot has to do with education and en vironment,” said Cheryl Hyde M.S. Fit ness/W ellness C oordinator. “C ollege graduates are more aware of health issues because on a college campus students are more exposed to them.” Throughout the year various university clubs and organizations sponsored events to inform students on how to live a healthier life. Activities such as the health fair in the fall and the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Awareness Day April 1, provided information to students on health choices. Along with public events, students are exposed to health issues in classes. All ma
jors have at least two or three courses that can be related to health issues, Hyde said. Colorado State University students also get a head start to leading a healthy life through the opportunities offered on cam pus. The Recreation Center, the Hartshorn Health Center and the sports science de partment offer programs to teach individu als how to live healthier. On weekdays, an average of 2(XX) stu dents a day visit the Rec. Center. About 500 students a day visit the center on the weekends, Hyde said. Along with using the weights, basket ball courts, racket ball courts and pool, an average of 44 people participate in an aero bics class, Hyde said. The Rec Center of fers aerobics classes 65 hours a week. Colorado was reported among the top 10 healthiest states. Though the research ers did not state why Colorado ranks so
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WPI Men’s Varsity Crew dominates Lake Quinsigamond by Eric Wilhelm Sports Editor The M en's Varsity Crew team began its season powerfully, with a win over Tufts University Crew on Saturday the 28th o f last month. This early win by the 1st varsity four-man boat has been fol-
lowed by three other races, all wins for the fast four, bringing them to 4-0 after their latest race this past Saturday. WPI typically fields six boats in a day of rac ing: from the m en’s team come two var sity fours, a varsity eight, and a novice eight; the w om en’s team fields one var sity and one novice four.
Erg-a-thon raises money for Crew teams, charity by Eric Wilhelm Sports Editor Ask anyone you know who has rowed at som e time or another what an “erg” is, and you may see them cringe with fear and dislike. R ow ing E rgom eters, one poor exam ple o f w hich you may have seen in W P I’s F itness Center, are the down side of w inter training for row ers. Last W ednesday and Thursday, the crew team s gathered on the quad w ith th ese feared m achines and pulled for 24 hours, continuously— for money. Though final numbers are not yet available, about $1000 was raised for the crew teams and the W orces ter County Food Bank through the ergathon. C orporate sponsors o f th e e v e n t in c lu d e d Jay M a rlin E n d o d o n d ic s , A tto rn e y K h a lid Naseem , Olym pic Sporting G oods, G racia T ick et & Travel, Mid State
Insurance, F rie n d ly ’s, O ’B rien & Gibbons Insurance, and Tech Pizza, which provided sustenance for the row ers, free o f charge. A grand total of 597,258 m eters (371 m iles) was rowed by 40 d iffer ent people (current and form er crew m em b ers, in clu d in g c o x s w a in s), erging o v er the course o f the 24 hours on two m achines in half-hour se s sio n s. T he fa rth e s t d is ta n c e rowed in one half hour session was 8,500 meters, pulled by Eric Wilhelm, who also p u lled the lo n g est d is tance, 26,580 m eters (16.5 m iles) in four sessio n s. W ilhelm w as fo l lowed by Carl M essina at 22,460 m, and Scott Hamel (20,500 m). B rit tany Noga pulled the farthest d is tance for the women’s team, at 18,296 meters. T-shirts for the event are still avail able for $10, or $7.00 for rowers. Con tact the M en’s Crew Team (mcrew@wpi.edu) for more information.
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Last weekend saw the University of Vermont, Middlebury College, Franklin Pierce College, and Saint Anslem ’s Col lege arrive at Lake Quinsigamond to com pete against WPI. This after the previ ous weekend, when WPI hosted MIT, Colby and Conn College. The first race for the m en’s team was 1st varsity fours: WPI, UVM, Middlebury, and Franklin Pierce. Rowing for WPI were Jason Nelson ‘00 (bow), Carl Messina ‘00, Scott Hamel ‘00, and Eric Wilhelm ‘99 (stroke), coxed by Ana Sellers ‘01. Conditions were windy, with gusts coming out of the north creating a headwind for the first thousand meters of the race course. Tem peratures and skies were favorable how ever, making for a good day of racing, most likely with relatively fast times. WPI was able to come out of the start in a good position, a couple seats down on UVM and even with Franklin Pierce and M iddlebury. WPI had pulled through UVM by the 750 meter mark, and began to open w ater a fte r the th o u sa n d . Though UVM attem pted a com eback shortly after the half way mark, it w asn’t enough to catch up with WPI, which ended up winning the race with at least a
boatlength and a half (65-70 feet) of open water on UVM, followed by Franklin Pierce and Middlebury. UVM’s varsity four had made the finals of the New En gland Championships in 1997 and ‘96. W PI’s second varsity four was not so fo rtu n a te , lo o sin g th e ir race to M iddlebury College. All was not lost however, when the last race of the day for the men, the varsity eight, turned out to be a win for WPI. WPI was able to p u ll a h e a d o f S t. A n s le m ’s an d M iddlebury by the 350, and kept m ov ing ahead throughout the race, winning c o m fo r ta b ly , w ith o p e n w a te r on M iddlebury. WPI still has many more races ahead, with the Worcester City Championships th is T h u rsd a y nig h t on Lake Quinsigamond, and races against UConn this com ing Saturday. The following weekend is New Englands on May 2nd (held in Worcester), and, for the men's team, the Dad Vail national regatta, held in Philadelphia on May 8-9th. The men's team is also considering making a show ing at two other championship races: the IRA Regatta in Camden, New Jersey, and the National Championships.
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Come meet WPI alumni and have some fun by volunteering at ALUMNI REUNION WEEKEND, Thursday May 28 to Sunday, May 31,1998. The Alumni Office provides free meals, housing, T-Shirts, plus the opportunity to meet some really cool WPI grads and help out at fun events, like the WPI Trivial Pursuit, the SpreeUnion Barbecue, and more! Alumni love meeting current students! Each year dozen of students volunteer for this big weekend, and we couldn’t make it a success without you. Please join us - you’ll have a blast! For more information or to sign up, please come to a brief meeting on TUESDAY, APRIL 21, AT 4:00 PM IN FORKEY CONFERENCE ROOM, IN HARRINGTON. Or, if you cannot attend, e-mail Jen Thibeault at tbo@wpi.edu, and indicate your name, e-mail, summer contact information, what days you would be available to work and if you need housing.
development of a system of awards rec ognizing faculty achievement in G radu ate Studies and Research; establishm ent o f travel fellowships; promotion o f new opportunities for multi-disciplinary and practice-oriented degrees. T here is a good bit of overlap between this initia tive and the Scholarship initiative and PIC has asked the relevant sub-comm ittees to discuss combining the initiatives. K-12: This initiative calls for a new position of O utreach C oordinator, a t tached to the new Center, CEDTA. This coordinator would help improve W PI’s Educational IQPs and Division 51 of the IQP, as well as oversee the creation of new teaching modules concerning tech nology for K-12, and the creation o f new outreach programs. Library: This initiative calls for a reno vation of/addition to the library building at a one time estimated cost o f five mil lion dollars for new storage, new furnish ing, climate controlled archival area, new study areas, new multimedia areas, new staff space. A dditionally the initiative requests an endowment sufficient to pro vide $300,000 annually for support or re sources and services, such electronic journals, print journals, a central kiosk for registration, return, renewal of library materials, new technology to belter serve library servers at remote sites. New programs: This initiative calls for an endowment for start-up funds for new programs, similar to the support given to the previous Interface Disciplines initia tives of 1994/95. Additionally the initia tive advocates the creation of a Commis sion to evaluate proposals for, and to monitor initial development of, new pro-
grams and evaluate them prior to their subm ission to the faculty governance process for adoption or rejection. Projects review: This initiative calls for the funding o f a one-time Project Re view Commission of faculty, students, alumni and employers, to define the ob jectives and expected outcom es of the Sufficiency, IQP, and MQP, in the form of publishable recommendations to the Fac ulty Committee on Academic Policy for eventual Faculty approval. Additionally this Commission would recommend a pro cess for continual assessment o f project outcomes and consider the advisability of a full WPI Curriculum Review. Scholarship: This initiative calls for W PI’s Graduate Program to reach the top 50 of the National Research Council’s rat ing by the year 2005, through the follow ing actions: reinstitution of the RDC un der the CGSR; endow m ents for Seed Money and Lab Renovation, for Rotat ing Research Chairs for young faculty, for undergraduate research experience fellow ship, and for an increase in the number o f Endowed Graduate Student Fellowships. This initiative has consid erable overlap with the G raduate Stud ies and Research initiative and PIC has asked the sub-com m ittees review ing both initiatives to discuss com bining the two. When PIC has received all the sub com m ittee’s responses it will post on the website the final versions o f these initia tives. Students staff, alumni, and faculty will be asked to vote on the initiatives in the first two weeks of A term, 1998. For a fuller, more detailed presentation of these initiatives please consult the website: www.wpi.edu/Stratplan.
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Weekly sports update: Results from April 10th to April 16th by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Golf (3-0) The golf team participated in, and won, the Wesleyan Tournament on the 15th. The tournament format was each team com prised of three twosomes and they played best ball. As a team WPI scored a 234. The pair of Mike Willock (Rockland, Mass.) and Randy Brown (Southwick, Mass.) won the low score after shooting a 76. Mark B alcius (M illbury, M ass.) and Steve Hitchcock (Manilus, N.Y.) shot a 78 and Jamie Carlson (Old Lyme, Conn.) and Matt Bielik (Webster, Mass.) shot an 80. The next day the Engineers competed in the Massachusetts Open at Stow Acres. They shot a 338 as a team to finish elev enth overall. Brown and Carlson both tied for low WPI scorer with 83’s. Bielik and Barry Hammer (Hooksett, N.H.) both shot an 86. Men’s Track & Field (2-3) The men competed at the Connecticut College Invitational on the 11th and placed third overall with 110 points. Leading WPI in the meet was Mike Pockoski (Dayville, CT) who swept three events. He won the hammer, discus and shot put. In winning the discus Pockoski broke a twenty year old record with a toss of 165’-11-1/4". He also became the first WPI track & field athlete to qualify in two events for the same nationals. David Hawes
(Seal Harbor, Maine) was another multiple event place Finisher. He placed third in the 100-meter dash and second in the 400meter hurdles. James Hammond (Durham, Conn.) was fourth in the shot put and fifth in the hammer. Matt Passaro (Winthrop, Mass.) was second in the 110-meter high hurdles and seventh in the long jump. Ed Devault (Clinton, Mass.) was eighth in the 200-meter dash. Chris Neumair (Vernon, Conn.) won the javelin. Rick Crispo (Andover, M ass.) was seventh in the 1,500-m eters. M att L innem ann (Middletown, Conn.) was eighth in the high jum p. Kevin B everage (Skow hegan, Maine) was fourth in the pole vault. Stu Clemons (Falmouth, Maine) was fourth in the triple jump. Brian Burwick (Acton, Mass.) was seventh in the triple jump. Brian McKenna (Pawtucket, R.I.) was third in the hammer and Ken Otto (Ellington, Conn.) was fifth in the discus. Women’s Track & Field (4-2) The women also competed at the Con necticut College Invitational on the 11th and placed eighth with 49 points. Senior captain H eather M azzaccaro (Bristol. Conn.) scored in three events. She was fifth in the 100-meters, seventh in the 200-meters and sixth in the javelin. Nancy Bedrossian (Seekonk. Mass.) also scored in three events. She was third in the ham mer, seventh in the shot put and and third in the discus. Harmonie Hawley took eighth in the 3,000-meter run. Amber Miller
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(Ellenville, N.Y.) won the pole vault and was fourth in the triple jum p. Kate Shore (Durham, Conn.) was eighth in the discus and Emily Brunkhorst (Plymouth, Mass.) was eighth in the javelin. Baseball (9-11) The baseball team managed to split two doubleheaders over the last week against Springfield and MIT. As the season comes to an end the Engineers are still in a good position to host a first round conference tournament game. In the opening game against Springfield Guy Miller (Sandwich, Mass.) was on the mound for WPI. He pitched effectively for
five-and-a-third innings to pick up the 9-4 win. Anthony Berry (Falmouth, Mass.) pitched well in relief. Jason Katz (Merri mack, N.H.) led the offense with three hits. Justin Downing (Leominster, Mass.), Aviv Kaufmann (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Rob Busby (Andover, Mass.) all had two hits each. Jason Merry (Latham, N.Y.) had two runs batted in and scored two runs. In the second game the Pride scored eight runs in the third inning to break open a 4-0 lead as they went on to win 19-1. Last Tuesday WPI went on the road to MIT and came away with a split. The Engi neers got two strong pitching perforSee Update, continued to page 11
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Newspeak’s 8th Annual Readers Poll Results Best Pizza 1)Boom ers 2)Tech Pizza 3)B lue Jeans Boynton
Favorite C om ic Strip 1) Dilbert *** 2) Super B anana 3) Garfield
F a v o rite N ew sp eak A r ticle/F ea tu r es 1) Dilbert 2) Person on the Street 3) Letters to the E ditor 4) G am ing Super Banana Club C om ers
F avorite S G A senator 1) Jeff K ibler 2) Stu C lem ons 3) Sickm an A ndrew C arruth
F avorite A d m in istrator 1) President Parrish 2) M uriel Perra 3) Steve Hebert 4) A ndrea Dorow 5) G reg S noddy
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F avorite B uild in g on cam pus 1) Higgins H ouse 2) Boynton 3) Alden Fuller Skull Tomb Stratton Hall S tran gest L ogin nam e
F avorite Police O fficer 1) O fficer Russ Fontaine 2) O fficer Neil Latino 3) O fficer Donna W elch 4) C h ief John Hanlon T hing you w ould like to see on cam pus 1) M ore women 2) C am pus C enter 3) daylight Favorite W W PI DJ 1) Jeff Nawrocki 2) Steve Dupree 3) Joel Navaroli F a v o rite D A K A em p lo y ee 1) Bunny 2) Bob 3) Carol Favorite Police L og E ntry 1) Shopping Cart returned to Price C hopper 2) N on-students in A lum ni 3) Suspicious Person 4) R eactor Alarm Best W ay to W aste tim e 1) Sleep 2) Playing Hearts in G oddard 3) Read New speak
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F avorite T.V. sh ow 1) X -Files 2) Sliders 3) T he Sim psons 4) G eneral Hospital 5) B abylon 5 S tran gest T hin g seen on cam pus 1) Person w alking a ferret on a leash 2) Jello Wars 3) 200 G allons o f Jello 4) A C hem istry m ajor outside o f GH07 F avorite D A K A food item 1) Q uick C hicks 2) W affles 3) Straw berry Shortcake Rice C hocolate C hip M uffins W hat do you like ab out N ew speak 1) Police Log 2) Allow people to subm it thoughts and events 3) T he articles with cleverly disguised com m unist innuendo
F avorite Ice C ream 1) Cherry G arcia 2) D oonsbury sorbet 3) C ookie Dough 4) C offee C hocolate
W hat do you dislike about Newspeak 1) N on-W PI w ritten articles 2) People who use it to com plain but d o n ’t offer a solution R eader Polls
L east F avorite C om p u ter P ro gram 1) M aple 2) SAS 3) Aspen
W hat you w ant m ore o f in N ew speak 1) WPI news 2) C am pus happenings 3) C om ics
M iscella n eo u s th ou gh ts (w rite in your ow n thing) Try to concentrate m ore on W PI new s “My K ung-Fu is the best”— M ary Devlin “I’m sorry.” Favorite Prof. 1 ) Van Blum el McNiell Selkow Dave A dam s W atters Gatsonis V ernescu
F avorite co m p u ter nam e 1) reynolds Apple II mimbar garfunkel F avorite W eb Site w w w .dilbert.com www .m idw inter.com /lurk w w w .w pi.edu/~ skepchem /
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I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes IV. Presidents Report V. Committee Reports •CSLI (Committee on Student Life Issues) - Chair Carrie •CAI (Committeeon Academic Issues) - Chair Upton •Committee on Appropriations - Treasurer Tino •Committee on Public Rela tions - Chair Fournier
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•Committee on Academic Op erations •Committee on Academic Policy •Committee on Advising and Stu dent Life •Planning Implimentation Com mittee •Student Organization Commit tee •Web Design Committee •Bookstore Advisory Commit tee •Community BuildingCommit-
tee •Clubs/Organizations •End of the year reports pre sented by liaisons VI. Old Business VII. New Business VIII. Questions Comments and Ideas IX. Treasurer’s Report X. Secretary’s Report XI. Vice President’s Report XII. President’s Remarks Xm. Announcements XIV. Adjournment
In t e r n a t io n a l H o u s e
As our first year at WPI comes to an end, as we finish wrapping up our freshman portfolios, and as we prepare to face the challenges of the sophomore year, we cannot help but muse over the setting year, a year filled with hopes and disap pointments, ignorance and realiza tions, excitement and anxieties. A year of myriad friends. A year of rich international exposure. A year of cultivating a new tradition away from the old tradition. A year that will occupy our most vivid memo ries. A year far, far from home. Still resplendent are the memo ries of our first days at WPI. It’s now easy to picture that baffled look with which we entered WPI on those pleasant days of August. The fervent professors, the multi tude of students, the sober build ings, the seemingly exotic new world ofWPI-all magnified our anxi eties. To be honest, we were terri fied. We needed support. We needed something to connect to. Uncertain, we set foot into the In ternational House. And it wasn’t too long before we embarked upon perhaps the most anticipated event at the time, the International Student Orienta tion. What followed were two days of
invaluable learning. We made our first friends at WPI. Got our first insider’s look at what was to be come our home away from home. We learned the values, traditions and cultures of the WPI Commu nity. We began to breathe WPI. August 28 As the first term began to un fold, we found ourselves more and more involved with perhaps our most precious friend and guide at WPI: the International Student Council. We had our first ISC Meet ing- followed by our first CoffeeHour. Soon our visits to the Inter national House became increas ingly frequent. We vividly remem ber the endless number of times we went in-our minds overflowing with questions, doubts and worries. And every time we departed, we saw things clearer and clearer-in ways we never thought of before. Soon came along the ISC Help Ses sion-perfect opportunity for a quiet evening of studies and a little re laxation. Meanwhile, occupying the afternoons were countless in formative seminars with topics that ranged from visas and employment opportunities, to time management and integrity. In the shortest pe riod of time, the International House no longer remained just our friend; it became an inseparable part of our lives at WPI. The International House now set the platform onto which we got
together and shared with others our views and ideas, hopes and anxieties. At the International House, we began to express our selves and the different cultures that we represented. We learned to be proud of where we came from and we learned to recognize the pride in others of their equally rich backgrounds. There are others like us. And we are all unique. For this realization, we are ever thankful to the ISC. And all too soon, we found our selves in the midst of the final ma jor ISC affair of the year: the ISC Cultural Festival. Preparing for the festival was perhaps the most in volving and yet the most fulfilling activity that we had had the op portunity to partake. Working with the multinational on-campus clubs and organizations changed the way we saw the different cultures. It was a truly global experience— replete with the greatest cultural richness that we could ever expect. Throughout the year, we have had the immense good fortune of meeting with some of the most im portant people in our lives. We can not begin to express our gratitude to Mr. Tom Thomsen and the re spectable staff of the International Students Office, who were the in spiration and the driving force be hind all efforts. Our admiration for the two other people, who have made a difference in our lives—
Sashe K anapathi and Anu Kama— sees no bounds. We are confident that the lessons that we have gained from all o f these people will stay with us through out our lives. Now is the time for us to give back to the ISC what we have taken during the expanse of this passing year. It is now our opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those who need it, the way we needed it when we first came here. ISC Election Results The ISC elections are over and there is new batch of students that are going to shoulder the respon sibility of carrying the ISC on to the next year. Here are the results: The Chair is Rabih ElKhourry The new Co-Chair is Ali Durlov Khan The new secretary is Sharad Bhojnagarwall A treasurer has not been elected to office yet, and this will be dealt with constitutionally in up-coming meetings. The out-going officers will be working together for the rest of the term to ensure that the tran sition is smooth. The ISC is still accepting new memberships for the coming year. Interested persons should contact Janice Martine (ext 6030) or any of the out-going or new ISC officers.
Announcem ents
London Sufficiency Projects in Term E99 by Peter H. Hansen Assistant Porfessor o f History Have you ever wanted to do your Sufficiency Project off-cam pus? Consider going to London to study the history of London in the summer o f 1999. Projects re lated to the theme of “London: a cultural history” will be available next year during term E99. These projects will study the his tory of London since the renaissance. London’s museums and the por trayal of London’s history on stage
and in exhibits and on film will be the main sources of study. These re sources distinguish these projects from similar opportunities on cam pus. After an overview of the his tory of London, students might watch a Shakespeare plays, visit sites of “Dickensian” London, and study in London’s museums. Later topics would include London at war and London as a post-imperial city. The aim of these projects, therefore, is not to provide a comprehensive history of London. Rather, these projects will investigate episodes in
the history of London to understand the way that history is portrayed, represented, and remembered today. These projects would be appro priate for anyone who has taken courses in European, British, or glo bal history, English literature, drama or theatre, art history or philosophy. Previous courses in British history or literature are recommended but not required. Students will also be able to go to London in E99 to complete MQPs in International Studies. For many years, WPI has offered a wide range
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of IQPs off-campus, and sufficiency projects in theatre and music have previously been offered in London. These new sufficiency projects on the history o f London and the MQPs in International Studies ex pand the range of options offered at WPI’s Global Project Centers. Anyone who is interested in these London sufficiency projects or MQPs should contact Peter Hansen at phansen@wpi.edu, or 831-5481. More information is also available on the web at www .wpi.edu/ ~phansen/londonE99.html.
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A vow of silence for support To the Editor:
Two weeks ago on Wednesday, April 8 was National Day of Si lence. On that day people joined together and took a vow of si lence from 8am to 5pm. Their si lence was to support lesbian, bi sex u a l, gay, and tra n sg e n d e r rights. Anybody was welcome to participate, it was not limited. Students and faculty members from WPI participated and handed out cards to explain their silence. The cards read:
Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I support le sb ia n , b ise x u a l, gay, and transgender rights. People who are silent today believe that laws and attitudes should be inclusive of all people, of all who have been silenced by hatred, oppression, and prejudice. Think about the voices you are not hearing. What can you do to end the silence? Posters were hung up around campus and throughout residents halls to offer a chance for anyone
who wanted to, to participate. It w as d is a p p o in tin g to com e across a poster that had been vandalized to present a negative view. Everyone is allow ed to have their opinions, but there are other ways to show it. There was an essay competition being held in which students were asked to write about how they felt con c e rn in g d iffe re n t a sp e c ts o f sexual diversity, whether it was positive or negative. Everyone has the right to have an opinion.
but please remember to respect others. B esides, even though National Day o f Silence involves supporting lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender rights, there is much more to it. Just as the card read: Please understand my reasons for not speaking today. I sup port lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender rights. People who are silent today believe that laws and attitudes should be inclusive of all people, of all who have been
silenced by hatred, oppression, and prejudice. Think about the voices you are not hearing. What can you do to end the silence? N ot only have hom osexuals been silenced but so have many more people due to many differ ent things. Examples: religion, ethnicity, and sex. This was a day to recognize all those who have been silenced. What can you do to end the silence? Sincerely, Angela Ruel, Class o f '01
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Last Chance to See? - Rare appearance by Douglas Adams by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor Approximately this time two years ago, I was in Great Britain on a se nior trip. I had obtained Douglas Adams’ phone number prior to the trip, and decided to give it a try, since it would be a local call. Ironically, I reached a young woman who told me that Mr. Adams was not in, as he was away in the United States for the Easter holiday, but she would be willing to take a message. This com pletely caught me off guard because I wasn’t expecting the number to be real. I refrained from leaving a mes sage then, because I couldn’t think of anything profound or meaningful to say in that brief period of time, but was grateful that the number had worked. I had not been the only one inter ested in contacting Douglas Adams. The Science Fiction People of Clark (SPOC) had also been trying to reach him. They were interested in bring ing Adams to their campus for a lec ture. This was not a simple task, as his speaking fee is approximately $20,000. The club’s budget is $642. Through negotiation with Adam’s agency and the help of other stu dent and campus organizations, they were able to make the event a reality. Last Friday aftemwn, I sat in Clark University’s Atwood Hall. Ironically enough, Douglas Adams was also scheduled to appear that afternoon, I was finally in the right place at the right time... and what a place to be! Adams was introduced by Dr.
David Thurlow of the Chemistry de partment as “a man with a vision” who can convey that vision to “those of us who do not see the world the way he sees it”. As his fans know, Douglas Adams does not view the world, or the universe for that matter, in a conventional way. Thurlow included quotes from Adams’ book Last Chance to See in his introduction. In this book, Dou glas Adams and Mark Carwardine share their experiences with trying to find endangered animals. Adams continued the theme through his lec ture by sharing some of his firsthand experiences with exotic, endangered, animals and reading a few passages from his book. After the lecture, there was a brief question and answer session. One member of the audience commented on the fact that 6 multiplied by 9 is 42 in base 13 (a reference from The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
in which the answer to the great ques tion of life, the universe, and every thing is 42) Adams felt that this was a bit of over-analysis and commented “Idon’tm akejokesinbase 13!” When asked about his views on the conflict between the beneficial uses of technology and the abuse of technology, Adams commented that the best way to create a brighter fu ture was to invent it. He noted that people should focus on the benefits of technology. His picture of the future was a “technological uto pia” as opposed to the often pre sented dystopian view. Adams also discussed his fascination
with computers. He noted how technology has tra ditionally been an extension of the human body, such as a hammer is an extension of the arm, or spectacles are an extension of the eyes. He felt that the computer was the first ex tension for the human mind. Ear lier in the lecture, Adams com mented that “each of us carries around our own universe in our head” and described how the mind is like a model of the world around us. He compared this to the ways in which computers are used to cre ate scientific models. Adams concluded the lecture
with a discussion of his upcoming projects. His current North Ameri can tour is promoting “Starship Ti tanic”, an interactive CD-ROM game. He is currently working on the screen p lay for the H itchH iker’s movie, scheduled for re lease in the summer of 2000. He has sold the script to Caravan Pic tures. Also in the works is a docu m entary series based on L ast Chance to See, and a possible Dirk Gently movie or television series. He began writing a third Dirk Gen tly novel, but commented to the audience that the material didn’t fit with Dirk’s character, and was more
appropriate for Arthur Dent, from the Hitch-Hiker's series. Adams will be reworking the material for a sixth book in the Hitch-Hiker V'trilogy.” Seeing and hearing Adams speak was a fascinating experience. For most of the lecture, he stood away from the podium, which decreased the barrier between him and the au dience. Douglas Adams is not only a brilliant writer, but adynamic pub lic speaker as well. The lecture was a unique and unforgettable event. After the lecture, one of the SPOC representatives commented that “he’ll be back”. I certainly hope he will.
Out of this world by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Title: Deathtrap Dungeon Platform: Sony Playstation Publisher: Eidos Interactive Rating: 7.3 If you’re done flashbacking to when there were still tombs to raid and want a game so unrealistic it’s out of this world, then venture to D eathtrap D ungeon for the PlayStation, courtesy of Eidos. Deathtrap is based loosely on a series o f novels by Ian Livingstone, and has made it to the gaming scene by the makers of Tomb Raider and Fighting Force. As either Red Lotus or Chaindog, players will venture into a gauntlet of traps and monsters known as Deathtrap Dungeon in an try to earn the golden reward from the dungeon’s designer. Prepare to permanently suspend your disbelief, even more so than the last time you played a Dun geons & D ragons “dungeon crawl.” Although a fantastical set ting, Deathtrap is chock full of unbelievable am bushes, unviable m onstrosities, and puzzles, all which could never exist or even have reason to in the game, and with human characters able to per form impossible feats. Although video games have always been
borderline fantasy-reality, this is a bit much. The game engine is nearly iden tical to Tomb Raider. Gameplay oc curs from a third-person perspec tive as characters run, jump, climb, and push switches. There is more focus here on fast action than in the Tomb series, but otherw ise there is little difference. Deathtrap’s graphics are unsuit able for a dungeon exploration. The camera moves wildly to focus on the characters, but the tight, con straining nature of any dungeon makes its job difficult. Some cam era views are preset, as in Resident Evil, but most others are not. With out any way to manually redirect the view, it’s easy to become lost in your own monitor, or to over look a lever or monster until it’s too late. B locky, u n d etailed graphics elsewhere detract from the fantasy environment. A su perfluous amount o f blood and gore justifies the game’s “Mature Audiences Only” rating. In a re v e rs e o f th e norm , w hereas graphic qu ality have been neglected, the music is es pecially good. Deep drum s and m y ste rio u s o v erto n e s set the mood for a dangerous adventure; sound effects o f whistling pipes or far-off screams help establish the environment. But the sound ef-
fects are ineffective, with none of the monsters adding guttural oaths or intim idating shouts to their charges. With some practice, the control p ro v es adequate. L o tu s and Chaindog have many vital func tions; it is impossible to map the essential tools to the most oft-used buttons, as they are all equally needed. The fighting system is simple, nor is anything else is par ticularly arduous, except for some later scenes that require fancy foot work, fast reflexes, and timed jumps. Players will spend awhile delv ing to the bowels of Deathtrap. The game is broken into evenly-sized stages, with save points regularly available. There are secret and notso-secret areas with items vital to gamers’ survival, offering incen tive to replay stages until a perfect score is earned. The puzzles seem to have little middle ground: they are either obvious or, too often, nigh-impossible. E idos has given us an o th er Tomb Raider in disguise, with some major drawbacks. Poor graphics', an environment of skeptical plau sibility, and a challenge level that varies too greatly makes Deathtrap Dungeon a title for patient gamers only. Others may find themselves more comfortable in a torture cham ber.
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One by One: Agents of Good Roots cals, J.C. Kuhl - Saxophone, Stewart Myers - Bass/Vocals, and Andrew Winn - Guitar/Lead Vocals. One bv One is Agents of Good Root’s debut album with RCA’s record label at tached to it. This quartet is unlike any m ainstream bands out today. T heir present CD is a compilation of rock, pop, and soulful tunes that mesh really well with each other. The songs are addic tive in their own style and as a collective they intensify the addiction to the band. “The quartet can move from the straight rock of “Two Bucks”, to the classic soul
by Natalie Chin Newspeak Staff This band is not a stranger to the mu sic scene. They have performed over two hundred shows a year in East Coast clubs and with the demand from fans, they have cut two CDs in a time span of three years. Their prior CDs, W here’d You G et T h at V ibe? (1 9 9 6 ) and Straightaround (summer of 1997) were in dependently distributed. Originating in Richmond, Virginia, this quartet is com prised o f Brian Jones - Drums/Lead Vo
ful sounds o f “Upspin”, from the twangy country rock “Miss M isbelieving”, to the edgy modern rock o f “Come On”, with out skipping a proverbial beat.” (quoted from the press release) On April 16, they will be performing at Iron Horse in Northhampton, MA. To learn more about the band and other tour dates you can find all information at their website located at: www3.rlcom.net/agents/. With their constant touring up and down the East Coast and their newest release out in stores already, the popularity of Agents of Good Roots’ fame will certainly grow.
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Update: Men’s tennis wins in last home meet Continued from page 6 mances from Busby and Mike Reiter (Ce dar Grove, N.J.). Busby struck out seven batters in the first game which WPI lost 41 while Reiter went the distance for a three hit complete game shut out in the second game that WPI won 4-0. Merry had four hits on the day includ ing a double. Downing had the big hit in the second game with a two-run home run in the first inning. It was Downing’s first dinger o f the season. Softball (1-13) The softball team lost four games last week as they continue to work hard with the players they have. They lost a doubleheader to Babson on the 11 th and then lost a couple of single games to Framingham State and Worcester State last Monday and Tuesday. WPI lost 7-0 and 10-4 to Babson on the road. They managed four hits, one each
by A lison M cFarland (D am ariscotta, Maine), Janice Narowski (Southington, Conn), Christine Biscotti (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Sonja Farak (Portsmouth, R.I.). In the second game WPI did capitalize when they had o p p o rtu n itie s. Vikki Tsefrikas (Shrewsbury, Mass.) stole home to score the first Engineer run. Rachel Maltais (Westport, Mass.) drove in the second run with a single. McFarland was able to score on a pass ball for the third run and Melinda Darway (Nipomo, Ca.) hit a double to drive in Biscotti for the final WPI run of the day. Last Monday, WPI was home for a game versus Framingham State. WPI scored the first two runs of the game in the bottom of the third. Farak and Maltais were forced across by bases loaded walks. The visi tors came back with three runs of their own in the top of the fourth. The Engineers tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the inning when the Rams committed and error
to allow Holly Weymouth (Abbott, Maine) to score from third after leading off the in ning with a double. Framingham would score five runs in the sixth and two runs in the seventh to take a 10-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh. WPI staged a come back but fell three runs short in a 10-7 loss. Freshman Carrie Morse (Sturbridge, Mass.) hit a big single to drive in two runs in the comeback. The Engineers traveled a few miles across the city to play Worcester State in the second annual Worcester City softball tournament. The hosts jumped out to a 7-0 lead after two innings and went on to win 10-2. Biscotti and Farak drove in one run each. Men’s Tennis (4-4) The men were home against Babson on the 11 th. The visitors swept the doubles to win the first point of the match and then battled their way to a sweep of the singles
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ACM There's only a couple weeks left of the term and we have lots of fun stuff planned. Also come and check out the new ACM lab next to the radio station. It is now open 10AM to 1:30 PM. We have a big day Wednesday with the annual ACM/CS departm ent cookout. Come and join all your friends, classmates and pro fesso rs for lunch from 11-2 Wednesday. Admission is free to all mem bers of theCS department and ACM. Also bring $10 and pick up your new ACM tshirt. If you aren’t a member and want to join, we have a special deal of $ 12 for a tshirt and one year membership. Our advisor, Professor Heinemann will be giving a guest lecture on Wednesday night at 6 in SL 104. The topic will be: The Cambrian Explosion of Life 543 Million Years Ago AND Component-based Soft ware Engineering. On Thursday from 4-5 we will hold CS Gripe Day in Perreault Lecture Hall. Profes sor Kinicki will be there to discuss com ments, suggestions and problems with the CS department. Its your big chance to make an impact on the future of our department. Our busy week ends Friday night with a programming contest sponsored by Pro fessor Heinemann. This contest w ill be held in the zoo lab and the winner will go home with a $50 cash prize. Three problems will be given and you may use the language of your choice. You may bring reference manu als and books as well. There will be more inform ation at http://w w w .cs.w pi.edu/ -heineman/contest. The rules will be an nounced at 6:45 and the contest will run from 7-10. Well that’s it for now. Best wishes to our graduating seniors and have a great sum mer. Toodles.
APO Well, one last club corner to end the year right. If you haven’t been to an APO event lately, you’ve missed out on a lot! We had an awesome time at the Dance-A-Thon on Saturday night. There are a few more things to be done yet this year, so don’t give up. We will be having one more meeting this year. 6:30 Monday in Higgins. There are a few things that will be given out, so come on down for a little hoo-hah before finals get the best of you. Wanted: Publicity Chair for A-Term. Must be enthusiastic, know way around email and SAO. Inter ested? Email jbarlow with a resume and references. Tip of the week: Don’t sit on the fountain because you think, “Hey, it’ll never come on.”
Music Association Jazz Groups D term is winding down and the WPI Jazz groups have only 1 gig left. It will be tonight in Alden Hall at 7:30, free admis sion to everyone. We’ll be playing a con cert with the WPI Concert band and the Tufts wind ensemble. Our last couple con certs went very well. On Tuesday the 14th we played our annual gig at St. John’s high
school in Shrewsbury, and on Saturday the 18th we performed at the Reading Jazz Festi val. I’m sure all the jazz people will be prac ticing every day this summer, so WPI can look forward to a band next year that will be even more smokin’ then ever before.
Pathways Pathways is out and the response in in credible! Students, faculty, professors, alumni... everyone loves the new mag. Kudos to all who helped us out this year. We will be in the wedge this week on Thurs day distributing the magazines to the en tire world - or whoever happens to walk by. If you can help out that day, email path ways or gilligan and let us know what time you're free. Other than that, have a great summer, write a lot o f stuff, and come back next year for another run at creativity. Thanks again to everyone.
Science Fiction Society Hey guys, time again for everyone’s fa vorite part of Newspeak, the SFS club cor ner. The end of the year still approaches fast, and we look forward to the oncoming summer break (or lack thereof). With the money left in the budget this year, we plan on fixing up the Library and putting in new shelving. If you haven’t seen the library yet, or haven’t made use of it, stop by and do so. It’s an impressive sight that keeps on growing. If you’re gonna be around this summer, and want to help out in the library project, let the officers know, the more the merrier after all. In other news, the SFS membership cards are still floating around. If you want yours, come track me down and get one! Also, the paper newsletters have consistently come out for five weeks. Pick yours up in the wedge or at the meeting. That’s about all there is to be said. As usual, the SFS weekly meetings are every Wednesday, in Olin Hall 107, at 7:00 sharp. Be there.
Skeptical Chemists Yeah, so, uh. why ARE we so skeptical? Of what? Why? How come? Who am I? What am I doing here? Still?!? On Friday, April 24lh is the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Barbecue, spon sored and staffed by US!!! There’s plenty to do to get ready, but I think that we can pull it off. Speaking of which....a Big Yay#!@ to Leanna, Andrew, and Will, who staffed our table at the activities fair. Also to Will for (finally) mailing out the minutes to the last meeting. Anyway, I’m sure Boyle would agree that old chemists never die, they just lose their refluxes. There’s a trip to Pfizer tomorrow; they’re probably leaving early, so if you want to go, you’ll probably have to let them know quick! Unless you’re going already, and I know you arc! Many Chemistry and Biochemistry stu dents p re sen ted their M QPs last Thursday...som e of us are a little less frazzled than usual. A little. A very little!$#! I’m convinced that Emma is go ing to fulfil my dark prophecy and become appropriated by the government and be
locked in an Organic Chemistry lab 30 sto ries underground. ‘Very strange people, <chemists> - in my experience the ones who aren't dead are in some way very ill.’ Skeptical Chemists know that they’re not dead; they’re just in labs 30 stories underground. So, yes, barbecue. You’ll all know what you’re doing by now. I know that I’ll be there. We’ll be meeting on Wednesday, April 22nd, unless someone objects!$@# to it. In the basement lounge, Goddard Hall at 4:30pm. www .wpi.edu/~skepchem ; skepchem@wpi
Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences The Medieval Faire, for which we’d been preparing all year, finally happened this past Sunday. The Quad and the Lower Wedge were filled with games, food, bardic performances, prizes, and displays on vari ous aspects o f M edieval tim es. The weather was wonderful and it was a great success. (Your humble secretary apolo gizes in advance, should he be proven wrong on this matter between the time he writes and the time you read.) In order to prepare for the Faire, last Tuesday’s meet ing was canceled in favor of gathering at Jason Rosa’s apartment to build various wood structures. SMAS mock combat practices are Mon days and Thursdays at 7:30PM (meet in the Wedge). SMAS club m eetings are Tuesdays at 7:00PM in the Founders Study
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SGA The last SGA meeting was held last Tues day at 6:00 p.m. Individual committees are interested in your input with regard to ideas for projects to work on this term. Join one of the SGA committees and get involved in student government. You need not be a senator to help. Quadfest is quickly ap proaching, get involved in these events and help to increase the campus unity. The suggestion box has been installed in the office, your comments and ideas are wel comed. Clubs and organizations liaisons will be presenting end of the year reports at this evening’s meeting. The next SGA meeting will be held Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Wedge. All are wel come to attend!
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Memorial Concert Held By Alden Voices later, Alden Voices is proud to have 25 active members. This could never have been ac complished with out the hard work of Malama Robbins as she established a fine reputation for the chorale. Mrs. Robbins dedicated her life to the study of voice and concentrated her efforts on the female voice. This Sunday at 7:00pm in Alden Hall Alden Voices and the WPI Orchestra will honor her efforts with a concert in her memory. Admission will be free, however all donations will go towards the cre ation of an endowment providing vocal train ing for future members of Alden Voices.
by Linda Cappuccia Class o f ‘98 On Sunday April 26th the WPI Music Association and Alden Voices will be hold ing a memorial concert dedicated to the memory of Malama Robbins Collinsworth. Mrs. Robbins was the founder of W PI’s Women’s Chorale which is now know as Al den Voices. Establishing this group and mak ing it such a success was an incredible ac complishment. In its first year of existence the chorale had only 6 members. Now, 22 years
Journal Research and Article Delivery Date: Wednesday, April 22,1998,10:30 AM -11:45 AM Place: Gordon Library Training Room (114)— Down one flight from the main floor inside the PC Room (116) Level: Intermediate — Familiarity with WWW basics and Netscape assumed. Info: Carmen Brown (cbrown@ wpi), Don Richardson (drichard@wpi.edu), or Joanne Wil liams (williams@wpi.edu) in the Reference Department. Please note: Seminar is limited to 8 WPI faculty, staff, and students. Advance registration on the sign up list at the Reference Desk is required. Sorry, no email or phone sign ups for this session.
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DR. WARREN J. BLUMENFELD PRESENTS “HOMOPHOBIA: HOW WE ALL PAY THE PRICE” GAY OR STRAIGHT APRIL 22,1998 4:30 PM KINNICUTT HALL Homophobia is the fear and sometimes thefear and sometimes the hatred of people who are perceived as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. On many levels, how ever, heterosexuals are also hurt, and therefore, it is everyone’s self interest to work to eliminate homophobia. “Homophobia: How We All Pay the Price” is a unique slide presentation that offers a non-threatening and non-judgmental approach to issues surrounding sexual identity and homophobia/heterosexism. Based on his book by the same name, Mr. Blumenfeld discusses how the fight to end homophobia is everyone’s fight if we are to bring about a less oppressive and more produc tive society for all. He invites lesbians, gay males, bisexuals, transgenderists, and heterosexual males and females to become allies as they explore the cost o f homophobia in family relationships, religious institutions, social policy, and many other aspects of our lives.
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Whats Happening: April 21-26
P o l ic e L o g Thursday, April 9 1:33am - Assist: MV stop by WPD for failure to stop at stop sign. 4:47pm - Report: 3 youths rollerblading in front of Founders. 10:03pm - Report: Fire Alarm on Watchusett St., WFD responding. 10:05pm - Clear: Watchusett St., alarm company working on alarm.
6:00pm - SGA Meeting, Lower Wedge 6:30 & 9:30pm - LNL Movie. “Clerks” and “Mallrats” - $2 6:30 - 9:00pm - WPI Vfenmre Forum. “Funding Early Stage and Emerging Com panies”. 6:00pm - Registration, Kumicutt Hall, Free 7:30pm - Coffeehouse. Open Mic. Riley Coifirtlons* Free 7:30pm - WPI/Tufts joint concert, Alden, Free
Friday, April 10 7:10am - Alarm: Higgins House. 7:40am - Alarm: Higgins Lab. 9:03am - Alarm: Higgins House, Fire Trouble. 3:10pm - Alarm: Intrusion, Atwater Kent. 5:14pm - Alarm: Intrusion, Washburn.
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Saturday, April 11 1:23am - Disorderly person: Report of intoxicated subjects Stoddard C 2nd floor. 1:30am - Officer requests EMS to Stoddard C 2nd floor re: intoxicated subject. EMS notified. 1:38am - Worcester EA notified re: above subject, Stoddard C 2nd floor. 1:54am - Officers & EMS clear Stoddard C; subject transported by EA to Memorial. 3:41am - Disorderly person: Officer out with subject at Founders Hall on Institute Road. 4:45am - Assist: Officer Vandal assisting Fire Dept, with alarm on Elbridge St. 9:36am - Alarm: Intrusion alarm, Fuller Labs, CCC. 6:05pm - Report: Officer reports Goddard Hall exterior door propped open, Sargent en route. 11:56pm - Assist/ breaking & entering: Student residing on Elbridge street reports B&E to apartment, nothing taken. Sunday, April 12 12:15am - Suspicious vehicle: Officer out on Mass. Ave. 2:38am - Assist: RA requests extra patrols of Morgan Hall. 2:47am - Officers report all quiet in Morgan at this time. 6:22pm - Alarm: Fire/Sprinkler, Morgan Hall. 6:23pm - Alarm: Trouble/Fire Morgan Hall (alarm keeps coming in and out of secure). 6:23pm - Arrival: Officers to Morgan Hall. 6:31 pm - Alarm: Secured.
4:00pm - Lecture. Dr. Christopher Lambert. “Photophysics of Rose Bengal”, GH 227 4:30pm - LNL, Meeting AK 233 6:00pm - 9:00pm ACM Guest Lecture, Professor Heiueman . ‘T he Cambrian Explosion o f Life 543 Million Years Ago AND Component-based Software Engineering”, SL 104
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12:45pm - Golf. Worcester State Invitational. Sterling CC 3:30pm - Baseball f CAC Tournament 4:00pm - Softball. NEW 8 Tournament ^ 4:00pm - Men’s Tennis at Salve Regina 8:30 - 10:00pm - Live Jazz at the Bean Counter
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Monday, April 13 12:14am - Motor vehicle larceny (advisory): Student reports black Toyota pickup truck from parking lot at Price Chopper on Park Ave sometime after 10:30. WPD has been notified. 12:33am - Assist: Officer reports flagged down at West St. & Institute Rd. by individual claiming to be victim of incident occuring earlier at Kelley Square Merit Station. 12:38am - WPD notified re: above complaint, responding to West St. & Institute Rd. 11:17am - Towed Car: Loading Dock, Kaven. Prof. came out, paid fine, car moved. 7:45pm - Report: Suspicious person near Institute Hall. Tuesday, April 14 12:51am - Suspicious persons: Officer out with two subjects in West St. lot. 1:28am - Assist: Officer assisting WPD at Salisbury Estates. 1:43am - Officers clear Salisbury Estates, 1 arrested by WPD re: narcotics offense. 1:58am - Suspicious person: Resident of Elbridge St. reports 2 subjects outside of premesis. 2:00am - Officers clear Elbridge St., subjects check OK. 3:55am - Assist: Student calls re: access card not functioning in Fuller Labs wine lab. 3:43pm - Suspicious person: Canman located in the vicinity o f Ellsworth. 3:51 pm - Clear: Individual sent on way.
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