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Tuesday, September 15, 1998

Volume Twenty-six, Number Sixteen

Behind the scenes with Gravity Kills: The Groovy Purple Tour Bus by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor & Wes Jones Class of '97 Last Friday, N ew speak inter viewed Douglas Firlcy (keyboards), Kurt Kerns (bass/drums), and Matt Dudenhoffer (guitars) from Grav ity K ills before their concert at WPI. They spoke with us about their thoughts on touring and mu sic. Wes Jones: So, first of all, where did the band name come from? Kurt Kerns: Doug was reading a very long-winded political article in a magazine like Rolling Stone or something, and - you go ahead... Doug Firley: Well, I think I mis read a sentence, because I thought it said ‘and like a gravity kills, he turned a comer and walked away’ or something like that. I’m going, what the hell did that mean? I kept flipping, and I was really pissed off, I was like that didn’t make any sense... what a dumb editor who

didn’t catch that, [as though to the actual e d ito r:]‘C hange that, it doesn’t make any sense’, it was cryptic. Then it just stuck in my head. When the guys called up from work I said, our name is Grav ity Kills , and they said okay, cool. And when I flipped back, it wasn’t there anymore. Sarah Walkowiak: “How long have you guys been together as Gravity KillsT'

KK: About four years. WJ: I know that computers and samples and stuff come into play in both albums, did it really change a lot between the first and the sec ond one? DF: I switched sequencers, so I did switch from ... Unit Pro Per former to Steinberg Cubase [se quencer software]. The graphic in terface is different. “It’s just my perspective, but when I look a page ... in Pro Performer, I see the entire sequence on screen so you can actually see patterns setting up, like

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BU sexes ratio off national average by Thomas M. Keppeler The Daily Free Press (U-WIRE) BOSTON, Mass. — It’s a great time to be a guy. Well above national averages, Boston University is nearly 58 per cent female, and College Board data show little hope for a tem pering of the statistic. “W e’re getting pretty close to 60 percent female,” said Adm is sions Director Thom as R ajala. “But we’re not recruiting more fe males on purpose.” BU’s female percentage is 5 per cent above the national average for colleges and 10 percent above figures for college-age A m eri cans, officials said yesterday.

This year’s freshman class has about 2,500 women to 1,800 men. Rajala said more women than men apply to BU. “It sucks,” said Kate Murphy, an SFA sophomore. “I went to my French class the other day and there were probably five guys to probably 27 girls.” “I don’t have a problem with it,” said Dave Ezersky, a School of Management sophomore. “If they did admissions right, and it just turned out to be more female, then there’s nothing wrong with it at a ll” Nationwide, about 54 percent of incoming freshmen who took the SAT were female. About 53 percent of SAT-tak-

ers were female in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey, states with the largest representation at BU. “Simply put, more females than males are going to college,” said M ary Beth B cn n is, a sp o k es woman for the College Board. The College o f Arts and Sci ences is about 62 percent female this year, according to BU spokes man Kevin Carleton, and roughly two-thirds of the College of Com munication is female. But those are nothing com pared to the Sargent College of Health and R ehabilitation Sci ences. That school’s male con stituency comes in at under 18 percent.

you’re not seeing.... KK: It’s the same but what we used to get there was different... SW: So basically, you pick your own samples, you don’t have some other crewmember that does that... DF: No, no, n o ... hours and hours can be spent on sam ple searches KK: Oh my g o d ,... an entire day maybe, just looking for stuff. SW: Do you take one day to pick out samples, and then put them in later... how does that work? DF: Som etim es when y o u ’re working on a song you’11go ‘oh’... y ou’ll rem em ber som ething, a source that you’ve found. I just bought this drum and bass CD and I noticed something really cool, like endings of songs that go ... [makes whooshing sound] and I’ll grab them and put them backwards or something. Or you’ll be listening to music at home and ... make a note to yourself that this will make a cool sample in the future.

(U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. — It’s a good year to be graduating, labor experts say. “This is one of the best em ploy m ent perio d s sin ce the early 1980s,” said Diane Kohler, senior associate director at the UK Ca reer Center. Kohl called it a “captive market” for students, where com panies

come to campus to interview and find new employees. Chad Sherwood, who graduated last May with a degree in com puter science, reaped the benefits of the booming economy in June. Three months after submitting his resume to the Lexington-based Jockey Club, a leader in the thor oughbred breeding industry, at a Career Center job fair, he received an offer for a programming job with a salary in the mid-$20,000

range. “The job fair was the only use ful thing UK ever did for me,” he said with a laugh. S till, Kohler w arned against complacency. “The student who knows whal he wants, researches the job mar ket and takes advantages of the resources of the C areer Center will find an excellent job market,” she said. John Cockrell, a graduate stu-

Career Fair offers something for everyone by Edward J Cameron Jr. Editor-in-Chief Tomorrow, from noon to 4pm, Harrington Auditorium and Alden Memorial will hold representa tives from more than 120 compa nies for the Career Development Center’s sixth annual career fair. Besides the obvious opportuni ties for graduating students to meet prospective employers, op portunities exist for all students. Juniors can look for co-op and summer employment as well as make contacts for their job search the following year. Sophmorcs and freshmen can also find out about summer and co-op possi

bilities and learn about the career opportunities within their majors. A little preparation can go a long way in making the time spent at the fair as productive as possible. This year’s hot majors arc computer sci ence and electrical engineering. However, there are plenty of com panies for other majors as well in cluding more opportunities for civil engineering. Students planning on attending should pick up a copy of the booklet containing the com pany descriptions, available at the CDC and at the fair, and determine which companies they want to tar get. The CDC has a web page setup with links to the various companies to allow students to find out about

the companies and be able to ask specific questions to the various company representatives. The Career Development Cen ter recommends preparing a oneminute “commercial” about your self to present to company rep resentatives to prom ote your education and skills. The CDC also recommends attending the Corporate Interviewing Skills Panel tonight at 7:00pm in Perreault Hall where representa tives from General Electric and PricewaterhouseCoopers will be on hand to talk about what they look for in potential employees. So copy those resumes and good luck.

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dent in the Patterson School of D ip lo m acy and In te rn a tio n a l Commerce, was at the Career Cen ter signing up for interviews with recruiters yesterday. He said he is not worried about finding a job despite recent inter national economic problems that have caused fluctuations in the stock market. “I do n ’t think that it has caused problems for the U.S. job market yet, but it could go cither way,” C o ck rell said. “ At w o rst, the economy might slow down a bit.” He’s hoping for a position with the State Department or Commerce Department when he receives his master’s degree in December. Job growth is continuing in the com puter field, said Tony Baxter, a UK computer science professor. Companies like Procter & Gamble often woo potential recruits by taking them out to lunch, and the Computer Science Department re ceives calls every day from com panies looking for personnel. “It’s a seller’s market,” he said. David Royce, director o f gradu ate studies in the College o f Social Work, said there is a myriad of op portunities for social work gradu ates. Those willing to accept the low-pay and often stressful begin ning jobs find lots of flexibility in the job market, he said, from hospi tal or nursing home work to state employment. See Jobs, continued to page 16

Should you goto the career fair? When is it being held who's going to be there?

All you questions and more are answered. See pages 12-13 Salisbury S t Sampler opening soon find out more on page 7 Parent's Day 1998 September 19th Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown) on Septem ber 20th Global Opportunities Fair takes place a week from today. Check it out!

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Tuesday, September 15, 1998

Volume Twenty-six, Number Sixteen

Behind the scenes with Gravity Kills: The Groovy Purple Tour Bus by Sarah W'alkowiak Associate Editor & Wes Jones Class of '97 Last Friday, Newspeak inter\ iewed Douglas Firlcy (keyboards), Kurl Kerns (bass/drums), and Matt Dudenhoffer (guitars) from Grav ity Kills before their concert at WPI. They spoke with us about their thoughts on touring and mu sic. Wes Jones: So, first of all, where did the band name come from? Kurt Kerns: Doug was reading a very long-winded political article in a magazine like Rolling Slone or something, and - you go ahead... Doug Firley: Well, I think l mis read a sentence, because I thought it said ‘and like a gravity kills, he turned a corner and walked away’ or something like that. I’m going, what the hell did that mean? I kept Hipping, and I was really pissed off. 1 was like that didn’t make any sense... what a dumb editor who

didn’t catch that. |as though to the actual editor: |'C h an g e that, it doesn’t make any sense’, it was cryptic. Then it just stuck in my head. When the guys called up from work 1said, our name is Grav ity Kills, and they said okay, cool. And when I Hipped back, it wasn't there anymore. Sarah Walkowiak: “How long have you guys been together as Gravity Kills'!" KK: About four years. WJ: I know that computers and samples and stuff come into play in both albums, did it really change a lot between the first and the sec ond one? DF: I switched sequencers, so I did switch from ... Unit Pro Per former to Steinberg Cubase (se quencer software]. The graphic in terface is different. “It’s just my perspective, but when I look a page ... in Pro Performer, I sec the entire sequence on screen so you can actually see patterns setting up, like

Gravity Kills Was it just another one of those concerts or do they blow your mind? Indigo Swing ' * One of San Francisco's fa vorites bands, but does it com pare to today's swing groups.

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BU sexes ratio off national average by Thomas M. Keppeler The Daily Free Press (U-WTRE) BOSTON. Mass. — It's a great time to be a guy. Well above national averages, Boston University is nearly 58 per cent female, and College Board data show little hope for a tem pering of the statistic. “W e’re getting pretty close to 60 percent female,” said Admis sions D irector Thom as Rajala. "But w e're not recruiting more fe males on purpose.” BU’s female percentage is 5 per cent above the national average for colleges and 10 percent above figures for college-age A m eri cans. officials said yesterday.

This year's freshman class has about 2,500 women to 1.800 men. Rajala said more women than men apply to BU. "It sucks,” said Kate Murphy, an SFA sophomore. “I went to my French class the other day and there were probably five guys to probably 27 girls.” “I don't have a problem with it,” said Dave Ezersky, a School of Management sophomore. "If they did admissions right, and it just turned out to be more female, then there’s nothing wrong with it at all.” Nationwide, about 54 percent of incoming freshmen who took the SAT were female. About 53 percent of SAT-tak

ers were female in Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey, states with the largest representation at BU. "Simply pul. more females than males are going to college," said M ary Beth B ennis, a sp o k e s woman lor the College Board. The College o f Arts and Sci ences is about 62 percent female this year, according to BU spokes man Kevin Carleton, and roughly two-thirds of the College o f Com munication is female. But those are nothing co m pared to the Sargent College of Health and R ehabilitation S ci ences. That school’s male con stituency comes in at under IS percent.

you're not seeing.... KK: It’s the same but what we used to get there was different... SW: So basically, you pick your own samples, you don't have some other crewmember that does that... DF: No. no, no... hours and hours can be spent on sam ple searches KK: Oh my g o d .... an entire day maybe, just looking for stuff. SW: Do you take one day to pick out samples, and then put them in later... how does that work? DF: Som etim es when y o u 're working on a song you’ll go ‘oh ’... y o u 'll rem em ber som ething, a source that you've found. I just bought this drum and bass CD and I noticed something really cool, like endings of songs that go ... | makes whooshing sound) and I'll grab them and put them backwards or something. Or you’ll be listening to music at home and ... make a note to yourself that this w ill make a cool sample in the future.

(U-WIRE) LEXINGTON. Ky. It's a good year to be graduating, labor experts say. "This is one ol the best employm ent p erio d s since the early 1980s,” said Diane Kohler, senior associate director at the UK Ca reer Center. Kohl called it a "captive market" for students, where com panies

range. “The job fair was the only use ful thing UK ever did for me," he said with a laugh. Still, Kohler warned against complacency. "The student who knows what he wants, researches the job mar ket and takes advantages of the resources of the Career C enter will find an excellent job market." she said. John Cockrell, a uraduate stu-

Career ?air offers something for everyone bilities and learn about the career opportunities within their majors. A little preparation can go a long Tomorrow, from noon to 4pm, way in making tiie time spent at the Harrington Auditorium and Alden fair as productive a s possible. This Memorial will hold representa year's hot majors are computer sci tive'' from more than 120 compa ence and electrical engineering. nies for the Career Development However, there are plenty of com Center’s sixth annual career fair. panics for other majors as well in Besides the obvious opportuni cluding more opportunities for civil ties for graduating students to engineering. Students planning on meet prospective employers, op attending should pick up a copy of portunities exist for all students. the booklet containing the com Juniors can look for co-op and pany description:, available at the summer employment as well as CDC and al the lair, and determine make contacts for their job search which companies they want to tar the following year. Sophmores get. The CDC has a web page setup and freshmen can also find out with links to the various companies about summer and co-op possi to allow students to find out about by Edward J Cameron jr. Editor-in- ( hief

the companies and be able to ask pecific questions to the various company represe n tat i ves. The Career Development Cen ter recommends preparing a oneminute ' commercial" about your sell to present to company rep rcscntatives to prom ote your education and s k ills . The CDC a l s o recommends attending the Corporate Interviewing Skills Panel tonight at 7:00pm in Perreault Hall where representa tives from General Electric and PricewaterhouseCoopers will be on hand to talk about what they look for in potential employees. So copy those resumes and good luck.

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Job market looks promising for grads by Richard Cook Kentucky Kernel

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dent in the Patterson School of D iplo m acy and In te rn a tio n a l Commerce, was at the Career Cen ter signing up for interviews w ith recruiters yesterday. He said he is not worried about finding a job despite recent inter national economic problems that have caused fluctuations in the stock market. "1 d o n ’t think that it has caused problems for the U.S. job market yet. hut it could go either way," C ock rell said. “ At w orst, the economy might slow down a bit." lie s hoping for a position with the State Department or Commerce Department when he receives his master's degree in December. Job growth is continuing in the computer field, said Tony Baxter, a UK computer science professor. Companies like Procter it (iambic often woo potential recruits by taking them out to lunch, and the Computer Science Department re ceives calls every day from com panies looking for personnel. "It’s a seller's market," he said. Dav id Royce, director of gradu ate studies in the College of Social Work, said there is a myriad o f op portunities for social work gradu ates. Those willing to accept the low-pay anil often stressful begin ning jobs find lots of flexibility in the job market, he said, from hospi tal or nursing home w'ork to state employment. See Jobs, continued to page 16

Should you go to the career fair? When is it being held who's going to be there? All you questions and more are answered. See pages 12-13 Salisbury St. Sampler opening soon find out more on page 7 P aren t's Day 1998 Septem ber 19th Rosh Hashanah (begins at sundown) on Septem ber 20th Global Opportunities Fair takes place a week from tixlay. Check it out!

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Newspeak Staff September 19, 1978 Since last December, people living in the Stoddard-C building have been participat ing in an alternative energy project de signed to utilize the energy of the sun for water heating. The project, which was headed by Dean Edwin Clarke and ME Pro fessor William Wright, was funded by a $21,000 grant from H.U.D (Department of Housing and Urban Development). This grant was only one of three similar grants awarded to colleges and universities in the entire country. The 71/2 ton solar array, located atop Stoddard-C is at present, the largest facility of its kind in Central New England and is only part of a complex sys tem aimed at providing the feasibility of solar energy locally as well as for the build ings residents. The heating system itself consists of three separate “loops.” First, sunlight gathered by the roof collectors heats an anti-freeze solution. Next, heat is transferred from the anti-freeze to a sec ond loop containing water by means of a heat exchanger. This middle loop helps prevent contamination of the water supply by the anti-freeze solution. Last, another heat exchanger transfers heat energy to the building’s water supply which is then stored in tanks which are located in the basement of the building. Storage capac ity o f the tanks is about 1,000 gallons and if that isn’t enough, a conventional elec

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determined exactly how much of Stoddard’s water is heated by the sun and how much is heated by electricity. Now working on this problem is M E pro fesso r Frank Swenson. A newcomer to WPI, Swenson hopes to check on the effectiveness of the system with the help of a pair of comput ers and some space-age technological tricks. The study system, called SPALAB (Solar Panel Array Laboratory), is identi cal in setup to NASA’s system of remote satellite data recovery and analysis. The SPALAB system, which will be operational in C-term, consists of remote instrumenta tion, tied in with the ME lab’s P D P I1/40 computer by way of a microprocessor. Data which is stored remotely on a cassette can be gathered on command by the PDPI 1/ 40. This allows researchers the safety of not having to slide around on ice covered roofs during the winter. Once the informa tion is retrieved, it can either be stored in the PDPI 1/40 or processed by another computer, the PDP10. According to pro fessor Swenson, the new data handling system will serve not only as an indicator of system effectiveness, but also as a test ing ground for student projects. All persons involved in the project seem optimistic about it and about solar energy in general. It i this area of the country that has the greatest need for alternative energy and the Stoddard-C project is showing that solar may be one way to go.

This year a shocking 180,300 Americans will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 43,900 will die. On Sunday, October 4th, the American Cancer Society is giving you the chance to help light breast cancer. The annual Making Strides for Breast Cancer has helped to raise over $7 million for breast cancer research. The money generated from the walk will go towards breast can cer research and education and expand the successful Reach to Recovery program, a vital one-to-one support program for breast cancer patients. This 5.7 mile event will kick off between 8 and 10am from the Hatch Shell in Boston. In order for the walk to be a success, it is in need of both walkers and event staff vol unteers. As a walker, it will be your job to collect pledges, this year’s goal is to have collected $100 per walker. As a volunteer, you can serve as a route monitor or help walkers register as a volunteer at Making Strides Against Breast Cancer. The Ameri can Breast Cancer Society needs 400 vol unteers to help with every aspect of the event. If you wish to participate in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, please visit the Student Activities Office or call at 831 5291. Please give your support to this great cause.

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Weekly sports updates: Results from September 12th to 18th by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Field Hockey (1-0) The field hockey team opened their 1998 season with a 2-0 win over the Warriors of Merrimack College last Thursday under the lights o f Alumni Field. Junior Marissa Mertzic (Barre, Mass.) led the way with a goal and an assist including the game-winner in the first half. Junior Lindsay Voss (N. Brookfield, Mass.) had the insurance goal in the second half. Celina Sienko (Turner, Maine) had an assist on the sec ond goal. Deb Vandenburgh (Walpole, Mass.) recorded the shutout in goal. Women's Tennis (1-0) The wom en’s tennis team opened at home last Thursday versus The Massa chusetts College o f Liberal Arts. The En gineers overpowered the visitors in win ning 9-0. Singles winners for WPI were; Michelle Jurofcik (Saugerties, N. Y.) at first singles; Jessica Buffone (Seneca Falls, N.Y.) at second; Paula Silva (Wakefield, Mass.) at third; Leanna DelGrosso (Euclid, Ohio) at fourth; Heidi Carreiro (Acushnet, Mass.) at fifth; Rebecca Dinan (Troy, N.Y.) at sixth. In doubles, the pairs of Jurofcik/ Buffone, DelGrosso/Silva and Carreiro/ Dinan were all victorious.

were inconsistent. They registered 33 kills in the m atch led by K ristin B litsch (Princeton, IL.) who had 9 kills. Freshman Valerie Sanders (Largo, Md.) had a strong debut with 8 kills and 10 assists along with 7 digs. Freshman Rachel Zimet (Ithaca, N.Y.) made her presence felt with 6 kills and 5 blocks. Two nights later WPI beat Simmons 30 with game scores of 15-12, 16-14 and 15-0. Zimet led the Engineers with a career-high 11 kills and 4 serving aces. Christine Biscotti (Glastonbury, Conn.) had a career-high 24 assists which tied her for fourth best all time for assists in a match! Women’s Soccer (3-0) The women’s soccer team opened their

season by winning the Roger Williams Tournament in convincing fashion. They defeated Rhode Island College on the first day 4-1 and then followed with a 2-0 shutout over the host. Against RIC the Engineers were led by so p h o m o re fo rw ard B eth G ilb e rt (Killingly, Conn.) as she recorded her first career three-goal game while establish ing a new single-game mark at WPI. Se nior c o -c a p ta in L auren G o o d fello w (Foxboro, M ass.) chipped in with a goal. Jamie Szafarowicz (Oakham, Mass.) had two assists while senior co-captain Erin Duffy (LaGrange, N.Y ) had one assist in the win. In the sec o n d g am e it w as the Szafarow icz show as she tallied both g o als in th e w in. L au ra C o o p e r

(Baldwinsville, N.Y) and freshman Jayne McAlary (Middletown, N.J.) each had an assist. Brooke Leclair (Acton, M ass.) picked up her second win and her first shutout of the season as she made nine saves. G ilbert was named the tournm ent’s Most Valuable Player while Szafarowicz, Goodfellow, Duffy and Julie Salisbury (Johnston, RI) were named to the AllTournament Team. Last Thursday WPI continued its road show with a 4-0 win at Nichols. Gilbert, Szafarowicz, G oodfellow and C ooper each scored a goal. Gilbert also added two assists while Szafarowicz and Emily Ballinger (Newport Center, Vt.) had one assist each. Leclair picked up her sec ond shutout of the early season.

Men’s Soccer (1-0) The men’s team opened their season with a convincing 5-0 win over Fitchburg State last Wednesday night at home. Eric Langlois (Canton, Mass.), Dave Barroso (M ilfo rd , M ass.), Jon P erreau lt (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Ben Wilson (Ply mouth, Mass.) each had a goal and an as sist in the game. Jon Rich (Rockland, Mass.) had two assists. Chris Mackin (N. Grafton, M ass.) had a goal and Keith Shrayer (Woodstock Valley, Conn.) had an assist. Volleyball (1-1) The volleyball team had a pair of home matches last week against Brandeis and Simmons. They dropped their match to Brandeis 3-0. Against Brandeis, WPI played well, but

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Concert Review: Gravity Kills by Natalie C h in . Newspeak Staff Six hours ago I did not know who Grav ity Kills was, but that was six hours ago. I had honor o f meeting the band mem bers an hour or so before the concert got underway. After the interview, I still had no idea what to expect from their perfor mance. There were some concerns on my part that it would turn out to be an other one o f those concerts that would have the band sing, prance around stage, and then leave. However that was not

the case. After Gould’s Thumb warmed up the crowd, Gravity Kills came on stage like a tornado. They went right into gear and started to pound out some hardcore notes with “B e lie f’ the first song that they perform ed. The lead singer, Jeff Scheel, started to bounce around Alden’s stage as if he was on a trampoline. Kurt Kerns pounded on the bass and drums that just jum pstarted my heart. Matt Dudenhoeffer ju st started strumming in sanely on one of his many guitars. What really took my breath away was the un believable way Doug Firley used his

weight and did a lot of physical stunts on the keyboard he created. There was a lot o f energy on both sides of the barriers. As soon as the next song came on the crowd was totally into the band and there was crowd surfing as well as moshing. Soccom security did a good job in preventing crowd surfers from landing on the barriers, which was where I was. In the middle of the show Jeff Scheel took awhile to discuss some political news hap pening in the nation of ours. From the crowd’s reaction the band soon found out

that the audience would rather listen to Gravity Kills perform then to discuss what the President did with a cigar and Monica Lewinsky! What was the deal with the pizza? On another surprising note when the band came back for an encore the lead vo cals was wearing only his Calvin Klein’s. Between the music, the crowd, and the strobe lights, I glanced over at the pictures hanging on the wall and I wonder what the founding fathers of Whoopie would say if they knew what was going on in Alden Memorial Saturday night!

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Duke police get warrants for suspects in pipe bomb explosion by Katherine Stroup The Chronicle (Duke U.) (U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C.— The Duke U niversity Police Departm ent has re quested arrest warrants for three Univer sity students wanted in conjunction with an explosive device that caused slight in juries to a Trinity sophomore outside her Wannamaker 1 dormitory room Sept. 8, Maj. Robert Dean o f Campus Police announced Thursday. Warrants have been issued for Trinity senior Peter Murphy, charged with mali cious throwing of corrosive acid or alkali, and Trinity junior Clark Hamilton and Trin ity sophomore Matthew Pritchard for aid ing and abetting. Both crimes are felony offenses. Now that Campus Police has obtained the warrants, Dean said, the Durham Po lice Department will be responsible for serv ing the warrants and taking the students into custody. According to the Criminal Magistrate’s office, the charge o f malicious throwing of a corrosive acid or alkali is a Class E felony, punishable with between 25 and 47 months of jail time. Aiding and abetting is a com mon law charge - one step below a Class E felony - carrying a sentence of between 16 and 31 months. Campus Police said Tuesday that there were two, possibly three, minor explosions in Wannamaker 1. One of the blasts - from a device described as a plastic Gatorade bottle containing aluminum or aluminum foil and a liquid substance - bruised the leg of a first-floor resident of the dorm. The three students are members of Kappa Alpha Order, whose section is lo cated in Wannamaker 2. They voluntarily cam e to the police station Wednesday morning to discuss the incident, Dean said,

adding that they were accompanied by another person who was not involved with the crime. Dean would not release any other details about this individual. Police officers interviewed the students and subsequently decided to obtain war rants for their arrest, Dean said, noting that Campus Police are not currently seeking other suspects. The students will be tried through the Durham court system, and probably the Undergraduate Judicial System as well. “For any kind of action resulting in a crim in al p ro c ed u re ,” said Paul Bumbalough, associate dean of student development, “it’s exceedingly likely there will be an on-campus resolution of the is sue as well.” A ccording to A rticle IV o f the University’s Judicial System, “Should any criminal proceeding result in a felony con

viction, the University, through the Offices of Student Affairs and the student’s aca demic dean, reserves the right to summarily dismiss the convicted student.” Bumbalough, who is responsible for overseeing the University’s judicial pro cess, added that suspension or expulsion “isn’t a requirement. That’s simply some thing that could happen.” In the meantime, the three students have been asked to vacate their dorm rooms by today, many students said. Barbara Baker, dean of student development and residen tial education, declined to comment on specific action being taken against the stu dents, noting instead that the offices of Student Development and Student Affairs are working on the issue. Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Interfratemity Council advisor Sue Wasiolek also declined to comment.

The housing license states, “Any con duct which reflects a serious disregard for the rights, health, security and safety of other occupants of the residence halls will be regarded as a violation of the L i cense....” Under the agreement that all on-campus residents must sign, the license reads: “In the event the University revokes this Li cense... I must vacate the room I am occu pying immediately and the University shall not refund any portion of the payment made for the semester in progress....” In an interview Thursday afternoon, the victim said she was relieved by the most recent developments. “I’m glad they confessed and glad that they have gotten kicked out of the dorm,” the victim said. “I definitely did feel like my safety was threatened.... For two days, everyone in my dorm felt that way.”

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Alpha Phi Omega Hello and welcome to another great year of SERVICE! We are starting our RUSH this week and it will go ‘til the 23rd. And what a rush we’ve got planned! We are a co-ed National Service Fraternity that strongly believe in the 3 cardinal principles of LEADERSHIP, FRIENDSHIP, and SER VICE! We’ll be sitting in the mailroom to day (9/15) if you’d like to stop by and get some more info or to talk to some of the brothers. We are also having 2 informal sessions slide shows, which are mostly informative and a good time! And for your convenience, we have 2 different times for inductions (any questions, please contact the rush coordinator, N ila A lm strom (almstrom®) to give you all the low down on that). We also have in the works a ser vice project (park clean up, woo hoo!) and an apple picking excursion! So if SERVICE and FUN interests you, come on down and check us out, or email Nila for more infor mation. And as always, brother meetings are on Mondays at 6:30 pm in Higgins 218! All are welcome to attend on September 21.

Christian Bible Fellowship I hope that everyone is not so busy with their work that they don’t have a little time to have some fun this week. This week we will be having Tuesday night prayer at 9:30 in Founders. Also this week, we will be having Friday Night Fellowship in the lower wedge at 7:00. Anyone interested in either of these activities can e-mail cbf@wpi.edu. “ Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will Find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burdens are light.” Mathew 11:28 (NIV) Have you ever felt overwhelmed and

stressed out by all of the things going on in your life? Being a student at WPI, you probably just answered “yes” to that ques tion. In this passage Jesus speaks about being weary from burdens, and he prom ises rest for our souls if we follow Him. This is because o f the joy in following C hrist. The h eaviness o f the w orld dissappears, and we face our trials with joy. Next time you feel stressed out and weary, remember that Jesus can provide rest for your soul if you will only follow him.

Music Association Alden Voices Hey Ladies, SELL BAGELS!!! Buy BA GELS!!!! Eat BAGELS!!!! Even if you aren’t working a shift come on down to Salisbury Lounge on Thursday and stock up. So ready for the First concert? I am, you gals sound great for two rehearsals. Make sure you have black shoes.

Chamber Choir Don’t forget to make your donation to cover the cost of M ike’s trip to Bermuda... oh I mean to cover the cost of the awe some music we’re singing. So, Parent’s Day. First concert. Make sure you have concert dress, because you’ll look real funnyotherwist^

Newman Club What a turnout for the Video and Pasta night! Our president, Greg Macleod, thinks we should get a bigger place. Jen Hardy, Maureen Upton and Tom Vogtman did a terrific job cooking and serving the food. Already some members are asking when is the next one. President Macleod has yet to

come up with an answer. The Wednesday and Thursday night supper are underway and some of the Navy women are suggesting that they take over that project and call it gallery night in stead of chaplain’s table. Wednesday night of this week we start our prayer and discussion group at 8:30 PM in the Reli gious Center. Jennifer Cooper is in charge and welcomes anyone who wishes to join. Our other prayer group will meet on Mon day night at the Center at 6:30 PM. Sean P is in charge o f that one. Our apple picking date will be Saturday September 26th. We will leave from the Religious Center at 10:00 AM sharp and be back before supper. Sev eral alumni will be meeting us at the Farm on that day to join us for apple picking. Come hear our folk group at the 11:30 AM Mass on Sunday. They have been doing a terrific job and have several new members. Jason and Jonathan are our lead ers in that project. And how about our hos pitality m em bers greeting you at our Masses? All in all we are off to a terrific start this year.

from Tech. You edited the all-m ighty webpage http://www.wpi.edu/~skepchem — where anyone can go to get the latest breaking information on chemistry devel opments involving such exciting issues such as the <b>study session</b> in the first floor lounge of Founders Hall at 7:00 every Wednesday night! Isn’t thermo get ting a bit rough going into week 3? Biochem must be just as flabbergasting as ever... and quantum... well... it’s quantum! I heard that someone who knows some calculus hangs around during the ses sions. I bet *his* sorry self isn’t abused. But the page should say that we are going to try and have a meeting sometime next week, probably thursday at seven ‘o clock. Place TBD. If you want more information, email skepchem@wpi.edu If you don’t... email anyway! Us chemists like to com miserate (is that a word?) after all.

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The last time I saw firey writing in my lab notebook, Mary, it was when the ether! bottle got a little too close to the bunsen burner. Now go back to your SEM (silly electron microscopes)...just do not delude yourself into thinking you can get away

The last SGA meeting was held last Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Individual com m it tees are interested in your input with re gard to ideas for projects to work on this term. Join one o f the SGA committees and get involved in student government. You need not be a senator to help. If you are interested in finding out more about SGA at WPI please stop by the office and talk to one of the senators about how you can become more involved in cam pus life at WPI. There are seats open in the senate, if you are interested in one o f the seats fill out an appointm ent sheet and have it turned into the SGA office by Friday o f this week to be considered for a position. If you are interested in receiving minutes and agendas via email p le a s e c o n ta c t A n n e -M a rie at teddy@ wpi.edu. The next SGA meeting will be held Tuesday evening at 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Wedge. All are welcome to attend!

Nintendo 64. Bloody attacks leave their marks on the surroundings. But, overall, Battle Arena Toshinden had more interest ing graphics three years ago. Although rare, it is possible for the camera to sud denly reverse when the characters achieve an awkward position, which may momen tarily disorient gamers. Music does the game few favors. The tunes stick to the background and are easily forgettable. The clashing of weapons makes

for great sound effects, but the fighters them selves have little to add. Some screams or digitized speech would have helped. There’s nothing that sets Cardinal Syn apart from other mediocre 3D fighters. From the battle system to the characters to the music, it’s simply dull. Though easy to play, it’s not worth playing for long. The only “syn” here is on Sony’s behalf, for not living up to their own usual standards of excellence.

Science Fiction Society As was predicted, gaming weekend was fantastic. This week’s meeting dealt mostly with games beginning. Anyone interested in one of the games various gm’s talked about should e-mail said gm’s. Also, we learned that Larry Niven does NOT remem ber WPI. Anyway, come to our weekly meeting, next Wednesday at 7:12 pm in Olin Hall, room 107.

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Game review: Cardinal Syn by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Title: CARDINAL SYN Platform: Sony Playstation Publisher: 989 Studios Rating: 7.8 Fighters. Racers. Racers. Fighters. To day, the gaming scene is swamped with these two genres. Only the occasional title is su perior to the rest. From Sony’s own 989 Stu dios comes Cardinal Syn, a PlayStation fight ing game that falls in with “the rest.” In a medieval, war-stricken world, only the power promised by the Book of Knowl edge can lead a clan to victory. Several warriors have been chosen to compete, and to finally win the artifact from its keeper, the woman known as Syn. Battles occur in 3D fashion. There a button for “3D roam,” allowing the free dom to run in any direction despite the characters’ positions, (without running, such movement is still possible, but is slower and less direct) Otherwise, move ment is standard, save for jump not being Up, but its own button. The fighting is neither unusual nor com plex. There are three basic moves: over head, side, and low strikes. Special attacks aren’t special, but are unspectacular moves strung together to form combos easily dis rupted or reversed by the opposition. Only eight characters are available first, though others are hidden, accessible later. No matter which character one may choose, it seems there will always be an opponent who fights tougher and dirtier than the rest, readily halting one’s progress. The simple combat style makes the game easy to pick up, but also diminishes its replay value. There are a variety of unique arenas in which to duke it out. Each has its own traps and pitfalls, from poison lakes to ran domly-fired arrows. There are no “ringouts” (losing by being removed from the arena, such as by falling off) or outrightfatal snares. Although being able to work an opponent into such a trap is great, be

ing struck down suddenly by an unseen and unexpected force is frustrating; it pits the player against the environment, not the other warrior. Beautiful full-motion video (FMV) se quences introduce the game and each character’s background. But once the en gagements start, the graphics are typical for a 3D fighter. The arenas and characters are smooth and dark, unlike the large, po lygonal sprites of Mace, the 3D fighter for

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Salisbury Street Sampler will open doors of 14 institutions by James David Moran The second annual Salisbury Street Sam pler will take place this Saturday, the 19lh from 10:00 a.m . to 4:00 p.m. Tours, exhibitions, perform ances, and program s for children are some o f the highlights o f the event, which will see

fourteen cultural, religious, and edu cational institutions hold a giant open house fo r the public. A dditionally, e th n ic and com m unity g roups from throughout the city will hold perfor m ances and presentations at selected Salisbury Street sites. This event is d esig n ed to satisfy the cu rio sity o f

m any area re sid e n ts who re g u la rly travel by the churches, m useum s, per form ance halls, and historic structures that grace the Salisbury Street neigh borhood yet never had the o p p o rtu nity to go inside and explore the build ings and the institutions they house. The Salisbury Street Sam pler is open

to the public free o f charge. It is sup ported by: the G reater W orcester C om m u n ity F o u n d a tio n , G re a te r M ed ia C ab le W G M C -TV 3, the W o rcester Telegram and G azette, and radio sta tions WTAG AM 580 and 96.1 W SRS W orcester’s Lite Rock. All events will be held rain or shine.

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Visit the Armenian Church of our Savior. Activities will include tours of the church and an organ recital at 2 p.m. Visit the headquarters of the American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts. Tour the building and learn about the history and service of the Red Cross. Hosting: New England Native American Institute and the Salisbury mansion. Learn from a Blackstone River Valley Ranger about the influence of Salisbury Pond and the Blackstone River on Worcester’s history and development. Meet near Humbolt Avenue and Salisbury Street. The Epworth United M ethodist Church will offer a display of the history of the Church, on-going tours, food, and beverages. The Worcester Evening Free Medical Program, located in the church, will offer a display of the program in the Church Fellowship Hall.

First Baptist Church will offer on-going tours throughout the day. White elephant sale and food available. Hosting: Primera Iglesia Bautista Visit the Mass. Military Archive and Museum, including a new Civil War exhibition. On-going tours throughout the day. Hosting: American Sanitary Plumbing, Worcester Fire Department and Preservation Worcester. Join Preservation Worcester for walking tours of the Massachusetts Avenue Historic District, Bancroft Tower, Institute Park and Salisbury Pond. Tours will begin at Massachusetts Avenue at 10:30, 11:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Trace Worcester’s history from town to city at the Salisbury Mansion (1772), which is owned and operated by the Worcester Historical Museum. On-going tours of the Mansion throughout the day. Birthday cake and punch in honor of the birthday of Stephen Salisbury I. Hosting: New England Native American Institute and American Red Cross with program at 10 a.m. Tuckerman Hall, home of the Central Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra will be open for “hardhat” tours throughout the day. Performances by members of the Salisbury Lyric Opera at 11 a.m. Food and beverages available.

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Trinity Lutheran church will offer organ concerts at 10:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. The 12:15 concert will be followed by a mid-day prayer service. United Congregational Church, located on Salisbury Street at Institute Road, will offer on-going tours of the church. Chestnut Nursery School and Kindergarten will serve food. Hosting: Iglesia Unido de Christo with a musical performance at 11:30 by LaFamilia Martinez/Diaz. On-going tours of the Worcester Art Museum as well as demonstrations in the new Mac Lab. Hosting: Henry Lee WiUis Neighborhood Center. Youth from the program will present an original, 30-minute musical performance at 130 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Experience the future of science and technology as Worcester Polytechnic Institute opens its laboratories and classrooms to the public. Visit Goddard, Atwater Kent, Fuller Labs, and Kaven Hall. All buildings face Salisbury Street. Hosting: Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Science on Boynton Street. Program will be on-going throughout the day.

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Party at Frank’s by Tom Balistrieri Student Development & Coun seling Center It is Friday and the party is a good one. Loud music. Unhealthy food. And, a greater than expected den sity of women. John is one happy sophomore. He’s worked hard all week and it is time to play. As he makes his way around the room he is greeted by a huge fellow who introduces himself as Frank. Frank has got to be at least 6’7” tall and 250 lbs. Huge. Strong. John is dwarf ed by the guy, but the two seem to hit it off pretty quickly. They talk about Mark McGwire’s home run record, the latest Budweiser ad and even spend some time discussing least favorite WPI profs. Multiple beers are downed in the course of the conversation. Turns out the party is at Frank’s house and Frank asks John to come upstairs to check out his new ste reo. No problem. The two head up stairs and into Frank’s room. John’s attention is immediately focused upon the new stereo off in the cor ner as Frank quietly closes and locks the door of the room. John is looking at the stereo when Frank suddenly comes up from be hind, puts his arms around John, si multaneously grabbing his crotch.

John tries to pull away. Frank squeezes harder....... Frank is really hurting him. John lets out a yell and tries harder to get away. Frank warns him to “stop fighting and shut up or I’ll really hurt you!” John’s head is reeling. “What the hell is happening?” He’s scared of what’s happening. He’s scared of what is going to happen if he doesn’t stop fighting. He’s scared of what is going to happen if he does stop fighting!! What happens next is all a blur to John. All he knows is that his body is being unwillingly invaded. Time dis appears and somehow he’s standing alone at the top of the stairs. Dishev eled and frightened, John makes his way back down to the party... ...end of story? This fictional account has noth ing to with being gay. Has abso lutely nothing to do with how gay people act, so get that thought out of your heads. This fictional account doesn’t even have anything to do with sex. Sex is about mutual con sent and the sharing of affection. This is a story about sexual harass ment, violence and rape told in a way that hopefully men will finally un derstand. We men don’t seem to quite grasp this whole issue...we don’t seem to grasp what happens when we force ourselves on women. I’m hoping this fictional scenario will

help. Please don’t leave me yet. Take the time to answer these questions first. Pretend you’re John. Was John wrong for going alone up to Frank’s room? Did John de serve to have this happen to him since he was foolish enough to go to Frank’s room alone...especially after a few beers? Was John wrong for not fighting harder, to the death, so nothing would have happened? (John will always wonder if he fought hard enough...but by not fighting and giving in, it was over faster and probably less painful. Damn.) How do you think John feels right now? How do you think John is going to feel tomorrow? Do you think John is going to report the incident to the campus police or the city police? If not, why not? Do you think John is going to tell his parents? Do you think John is going to tell a counse lor? Do you think John is going to go to a doctor to make sure he hasn ’t contracted any diseases from Frank? How are John’s classes going to go this week, this year? If John tells a friend, what will the friend’s reaction be? If John tells a girlfriend, what will the girlfriend’s reaction be? What’s it going to take for John to heal from this? How is John going to react next time he sees Frank on campus? (I wonder if he thinks about that a

lot.. .or even dreams about it?) How is this going to affect John in terms of trusting anyone ever again? I wonder if this will affect John’s sex life? Always a lot of questions. And the answers vary from person to person. Fellow men. Treat yourself, other men, and women with respect. In par ticular, you have simply got to get the picture that women are not playthings - objects to be nailed, poked, or “done.” You do not “do” a woman; you make love with a woman upon mutual consent. You’ve heard the rules before, but here they are again: When a woman says “No,” it means “No.” Once a woman says “No” and you continue, you move towards the tide of rapist. When a woman who is drunk says “Yes,” take it as a “No.” Wait until she’s sober and then make sure you both want to have sex. Protect your self, guys; don’t be stupid. Sexual ha rassment is not one easily defined be havior. It ranges from yelling at a woman as she passes by, to making lewd jokes in her presence, to touching her if she hasn’t agreed (sexual assault), to enter ing any orifice of her body with any part of your body without her consent (rape). And if the woman and/or you were drunk at the time.......well things don’t look good for you guys in a court of law. Doesn’t matter whether you like it or not, that’s reality.

So let’s respect one another here at WPI. Help and protect one an other. If you know someone who’s violating people..... well, get them to stop or report them to an admin istrator. If you know of someone who has been violated by someone.......get that person to the Student Development and Counsel ing Center or to someone else who will listen, ensure confidentiality, and help them through the difficult heal ing period. As a man, I’m embarrassed and angered by the sexual escapades of our President, Bill Clinton, sup posedly our chief role model. The men at WPI have a choice. We can live down to his expectations. Or, we can choose to live honorably and with integrity; which includes treating everyone and all things with respect and care. Stop harassing one another. Stop hurting one another. Stop hurting yourselves by abusing your bodies with alcohol and drugs. I’m saying that because I care - sincerely care. And there are so many others who care as deeply about all of you. You are members of the WPI community; how could we not care? So let’s create an environment o f trust where we can all thrive. It is up to each of us to stop the violence.

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Wanted: Fluent speakers of English, French and Spanish! by Billy D. McGowan International House Director The following is excerpts from an exchange between BDM and Pallavi Singh, the Public Relations Officer for the International Stu dent Council (ISC). Pallavi is a sophomore studying bio-technol ogy; bom in England and trained as a lab technician. The topic was the new initiative, the Language Cafe, being inaugerated next week at International House. BDM: How did the concept of the Language Cafe come about? Pallavi: To tell the truth, I take Spanish and there are no conver

sation parters to practice with. We at the ISC felt it would be some thing that would be helpful for stu dents in my situation, students who want to develop conversa tional ability in the languages we are studying. We also thought it would involve students outside the ISC, bringing new ones into the ISC and into International House. In order to prepare for doing projects in other countries, we recognized that being able to speak in the lan guage spoken there would be a tre mendous asset. BDM: What are the goals of the Language Cafe? Pallavi: To provide an opportunity for students study

ing the languages taught here at WPI, to practice speaking these lan guages. We thought about other possibilities, but we decided to fo cus on conversation only. BDM: Who is responsibile for organizing this new initiative? Pallavi: Actually, it is a concerted effort that we all recognized the need for. It sort of started out of the need to become more fluent in the languages that are taught here at W PI. Ali D urlov Khan <adkhan@wpi> is the contact per son responsible for making the ar rangements. BDM: Which languages do you cover? Pallavi: We will concentrate

on English, Spanish and German. Of course, we would help students studying other languages find part ners. But for now, just these! BDM: When and where do you meet? Pallavi: The Language Cafe will meet at International House. About this, I am sure. We are not sure if we will be able to start this week or next, but we will meet in the evening on a date to be announced. BDM: Who are the language tu tors? Pallavi: The language tutors are graduate and undergraduate stu dents, not teachers, not professors, just students. Tutors do not have to be native speakers, but they should be fluent in the language

they tutor. BDM: What will you focus on during the interaction. Pallavi: The focus will be on conversa tion only. We thought that some students will need to prepare for specific challenges and the tutors will help them. Particularly in oral p resen tatio n s in th ese lan guages, the tutors can be espe cially helpful. BDM: Are there o ther lan guages you will concentrate on in the future? Pallavi: For now, just the languages that are taught here at WPI: Spanish, German and English. We might add French in the future, but for now just these.

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Road Dispatches: Road Promises Adventure for Writer by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Editor’s Note: Today we begin a series of eight weekly travel col umns as Ken Gagne '01 and his brother Steve travelled the country during a 36-day road trip this sum mer. They will appear in synch with their weekly experiences through America. It seems to me that New England is a very personable region in our great, but obscure, country. There is the Midwest, the South, the West Coast, but few have the history and ambiance of our states. There’s Maine, the land first to greet the sun every mom. Every summer people travel north - away from the equator! - to enjoy the warm

beaches and cool waters. New Hampshire’s tax-free nature makes it attractive to m any consum ers; equally appealing is its “Live Free or Die!” philosophy. The quaint ham lets, fall foliage, and maple syrup of Vermont are world-famous in New England. And, of course, there is Massa chusetts, on whose shores the coun try was bom. Who has not been on the ground where the Pilgrims first landed in the New World, have seen the turning points o f our history re enacted in Lexington and Concord, or have walked the shores o f Thoreau’s otherwise nondescript Walden? Compare all the above to what little we know of other states. Wisconsin has cheese; Kentucky, blue grass.

Surely there’s more to this country than that? Then I start thinking about the wonders of our country. Every year, millions of tourists visit historical sites such as Mount Rushmore, the Alamo, the Civil Rights Memorial, and attractions, both natural and otherwise, such as Disneyland, the Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone Na tional Park. There are the cities whose names we all somehow seem to know: San Diego, Detroit San An tonio, Des Moines. There are roads which connect this country’s every region, state, city, and place. From the choices we’ve made since Columbus’ days to Route 66, they can be traced across hundreds of years and thousands of miles. Suddenly, the yearn to ex

plore these paths beckons to me, and head out on a trip that will take me who knows where for who knows how long. My brother Steve and I clean out the van, then decide what to pack for our pilgrimage. A week’s worth of laundry, and plenty of quarters. Sleep ing bags: poor weather will force us to sleep in the van, or in a cheap hotel; a nice night will find us in a camping ground or Nebraskan cornfield. Mu sic enough to drive each other crazy, I with Garth Brooks and he, the Spice Girls. Maps, coupons, and phone numbers of geographically-distant cousins. Left at home to collect dust will be anything re sembling a video game. For the next several weeks, we’ll be exploring both my country and yours - but not by highway, as billboards

and exit signs are not my definition of beauty. I want to see with my own eyes what makes our “tourist attractions so awesome, and why so many people visit them in the words of their custodians. I want to visit not only metropolises, but towns and villages as well. How blue is the grass of Kentucky, or how white the peaks of Colorado? Is there really a Small ville, Kansas? Are there other Leominsters and Fitchburgs out there, in name or atmosphere? Are there still towns where people sleep with doors un locked? And so it is that I make this journey, not only to discover America, but in the hope that, somewhere along the road, it’ll find me.

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Professor Ant and the Evil Syllabi by Kerri Dagesse Newspeak Staff Biology, CalculusI, Chemistryl. They sounded innocent enough. While in high school, I always won dered how different a college class would be. I’d heard the horror sto ries of inhuman professors and three hundred page papers, and so I be lieved I was somewhat mentally pre pared for the anguish in store for me. I also wondered why people pay to suffer like that. I was pleas antly surprised to find that the word was not “anguish”, but “adjust ment” and that I was not paying only for added stress. College classes are significantly different from that in high school, but not as bad as some have made them out to be. On the first day of classes, upon walking into Chemistry, I suddenly felt my height of 4 ’ 11", as I looked around the lecture hall and saw at least 75 pairs of eyes looking back at me. Coming from a school where the b ig g est class was tw enty people, seeing that many people was scary. College classes had al ways been that big in the movies, but they were just those - movies. Movies aren’t real. O.K., so maybe there is some thread of truth to them. As I took my seat in the nose bleed section, my first ques tion was, “how am I supposed to see the board all the way down there?” Soon following were other

random questions such as, “I won der if my professor is male or fe male? I can’t see that far” and, “How do I work this weird fold out desk thing?” When I finally got over the fact that the professor would always look like an ant from any seat not in the front row, my next shock of the morning came. Stragglers would show up at the lecture hall door all throughout the class, ten, even twenty minutes late, and the professor didn’t even glance in their direction. This truly amazed me, seeing that if that had happened back in my high school, the straggler would be strung up and shot on the spot. It would be grounds for an instantaneous de tention, at least. Detentions don’t exist in College World, however, and I believe sho o tin g a student wouldn’t go over too well either, so I don’t know exactly what kind of punishment I was expecting. The prospect of dragging myself out of bed five m inutes before class started and casually strolling in ten minutes late, was more than appeal ing. This was only until visions of my coming in late and those 75 heads all turning to watch me walk in, popped into my head. As Professor Ant began his lec ture in some foreign speed talking language, I also realized that a thing called an attendance sheet also did not grace the typical college class with its presence. Back at good old Taunton High, these sheets were

of utmost importance to the teach ers, even more than the lesson it self, and so were handled with the greatest of security, being trans ported accompanied by two armed Secret Service Agents. I then real ized that we are paying a lot of money to go to this school and the professors figure we’ll show up on our own free will. Thirty grand hanging over our heads is a little more threatening than some atten dance sheet. So why waste the time and paper? We could sleep at home - for free. So the professor has in front of him a class of 75, half of which probably don’t even belong there, and he could care less, as he begins teaching. Now, my school back home had something called block schedul ing. We had four classes a day, each eighty-four minutes in length. They’d run for half of the year and then we w ould get four new classes. I had been wondering how in the world we would learn any thing in fifty-minute classes that lasted for only seven weeks. Two minutes into that first class, I was made well aware of the answer to my question. I was sure I had gone to the wrong room and was in fact now sitting in on a German class. Chemistry topics covered over the span of weeks were now being cov ered in less than ten minutes. As I frantically tried to take notes from the pages he was flipping faster than he could read them, I won

dered if it could possibly get any worse. I realized I couldn’t let my thoughts wander for even a sec ond or I’d miss a whole concept. I was starting to think a tape re corder would be nice. My next eye opener came with the discovery of something called a syllabus. This was as foreign to me as the language currently be ing spoken by the professor. In high school, teachers would assign a paper or project and tell us that it was due a month later. They’d even walk us through the process, having certain sections due at weekly intervals. College profes sors don’t assign anything, I soon learned. Everything about the whole class is on this syllabus. So, we know what sections are cov ered at each lecture and when ev ery sin g le assignm ent for the whole term is due. These are kind of scary in that one finally realizes that these projects and papers are in fact not due a month apart. The time span is more like a week or even a few days. I found that this one little piece of paper lent to a lot of my stress as I saw how much we had to cover in so little time and how little of that material was cov ered in class. It made me wonder why we paid so much to go to col lege if we basically had to teach ourselves the material. The pro fessors get it easy. The syllabus, I immediately deemed as evil, as it became evident to me that I ’d have

all of these assignments looming overhead for the next four or more years. The stress will never end. I’ll never be able to say I have noth ing to do because I will always know that there is some project due in the future that I could be work ing on. At least in high school, once we finished a project, there was nothing to worry about until the next one was assigned, weeks, maybe even a month later. There was time to relax between stress-out sessions. I had finally figured out what exactly the professors do teach and that was how to stress out. So, in one day as a big grown up college student, I realized I was playing a whole different ball game all of a sudden. No more minor league high school stuff. I deter mined the word syllabus really means, “created to increase the cli entele of local psychiatrists”. I would remember to bring binocu lars to the next lecture. I also learned that those $100 books I complained about buying were in actuality serving as my professor. Seventy -five people were easy to get lost amongst, which created a perfect opportunity for napping and Professor Ant will never speak at a normal rate of speed, so don’t bother trying to follow him. I think I learned more in that one class that day than any professor will ever teach me about Chemistry or Biol ogy. But, hey, that is what I’m pay ing for, isn’t it?

All Aboard! opens with an up beat jazzy number, the self titled ‘T h e Indigo Swing.” It gets your foot a tapping’ in no time. This song is has some great sax solos, combined with a drumbeat that keeps the song moving at break neck pace. The next song is one of the best on the album. “(Today’s The Day) I’m Glad I’m Not Dead” is a slow ballad that shows the honky-tonk/jazz influences. Witty lyrics in the ‘40s style and a mel low rhythm to support the horns make this song ultra-smooth. The song is about meeting a girl, not an uncommon theme on this album. Ten of the fourteen tracks involve

relationships of one kind or an other. “Blue Suit Boogie” is another song with extremely witty lyrics. About getting over an old flame, this boogie-woogie tune is just an other track in an overall excellent album. A whimsical tribute to In digo S w in g ’s phenom enal sax player, “Baron Plays The Horses” displays some incredible solos, in cluding one part where he “talks” with the sax. While it isn’t one of the best songs on the album, it is a very unique song with great so los. The only song on this album I’m not partial to is “So Long!.” It uses

bland overused blues scales and seems uninspired. Also, it is the only place on the album where Johnny Boyd’s voice isn’t spec tacular. On any other album, this might have been an average song, but when compiled with those on All Aboard!, it’s a track to skip over. Overall, All Aboard! is a must have for most sw ingers. Much more rooted in blues than any neo swing band in the spotlight, casual fans might want to have a listen before they buy it. If true ‘40’s style is what you want, though, this is about as close as you’re going to get without a time ma chine.

Miniseries, it lopped the nomina tions list. Controversy surrounds the series because critics, includ ing a group called the Coalition for Emmy Fairness, claimed it was not a miniseries since each o f the 12 episodes headlined a different cast, director and writers. Chris Albrecht, an HBO execu tive, defended the action in the Hollywood Reporter. “We always felt very comfortable we qualified for the miniseries under any read-

ing of the rules,” he said. Under the cloud of controver sies, the Emmy Awards will have a major change this year with the elimination o f a single host. In stead, several celebrity presenters will emcee the four-hour presenta tion in segments. Whatever the outcom e o f the ceremony, the show will provide guaranteed sightings o f favorite celebrities as well as their outland ish fashions.

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All Aboard! A Wild Ride by Dave Mazzarelli Newspeak Staff Swing is back in the spotlight. After years of underground life, the highly danceable music has begun to get serious airplay, thanks mainly to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the Cherry Poppin’ Dad dies, and Squirrel Nut Zippers. Record companies are scrambling to find the best “new” swing band, although many have been around for quite awhile. One such band is Indigo Swing, San Francisco’s favorite swing band. They’ve been together for years, and finally get a large distri

bution release with their new CD All Aboard!. Like nearly all of the neo-swing bands, Indigo Swing’s style isn’t pure swing. The songs are based around lyrics more than improvisation and instrumentals and they fuse swing, honky-tonk, boogie-woogie, jazz, and blues into a mesmerizing blend. Unlike most of the popular neo swing bands, Indigo Swing empha sizes the piano to a great degree, which gives the music a smoother sound. Don’t take this as meaning it isn’t danceable, because it is far from it. All Aboard! has some of the most danceable songs I’ve heard in a long time.

Controversy clouds Sunday’s Emmys by Elena Suh Daily Collegian (U-WIRE) STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — Yes, faithful viewers, our dear friend Emmy has hit the big 50. This Sunday, the 50th Annual Emmy Awards will celebrate her golden anniversary on NBC amidst change and controversy. But first the nominees . . . Running for Best Drama are the critically praised ‘T he Practice” (ABC), N ielsen favorite “ER” (NBC), cult favorite “The X-Files” (Fox), last year’s winner “Law and Order” (NBC) and the nudist colo nies’ favorite “NYPD Blue” (ABC). This year’s ceremony will be the

first time an hour-long series has competed in the Best Comedy race. “Ally M cB eal,” creator David K e lle y ’s o ffb e a t “d ra m e d y ” about a young p ro fe s sio n a l woman in the ’90s, garnered 10 n o m in atio n s, in c lu d in g B est Comedy and Best A ctress in a Comedy Series for its star, Calista F lo c k h art. In a q u e stio n a b le m ove, K elley p la c e d “ Ally McBeal” in the comedic division. Competitors of “Ally McBeal” said Fox’s popular show is a drama, not a comedy. Kelley, in a Daily Variety article, rebutted the argu ment. “It just made more sense to enter ‘Ally’ as a comedy, since we had always perceived it being more

that way than a drama,” he said in the article. Running beside “Ally” are “3rd R ock from the S un” (N B C ), “Seinfeld” (NBC), “Frasier” (NBC) and “The Larry Sanders Show” (HBO). Another debatable categoriza tion centers on the HBO and Tom H anks’ “From the Earth to the Moon,” his series about the 1960s space race. Receiving 17 nomina tio n s, including one fo r Best

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Flu Prevention Clinic to be Held at WPI Students, Faculty and Staff En couraged to Fight the Flu By Get ting a Vaccination on October 7 The Visiting Nurse Association of C entral M assachusetts (VNACM) will hold a flu vaccina tion clinic at WPI on Wednesday, October 7, 1998 in Morgan A from 2-4 p.m. The clinic is coordinated by the WPI Health Center as a con venience for students, faculty and staff. According to Barbara Brooks, vice president, program and quality, for VNACM, influenza, or the flu as it is typically called, is a viral infec

tion o f the nose, throat, bronchial tubes, and/or lungs that can make people of all ages ill. Brooks added that although the flu is highly con tagious, it is also largely preventable. However, she cautioned that anyone with a history of hypersensitivity (allergy) lo chicken eggs or anyone with a history of Guillain-Barre’ Syn drome should not be vaccinated. You must be age 18 and over to re ceive a vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control announced that this year’s influenza strains are the A /B ejing/262/ 95(H1N1 like), the A/Sydney/5/97

(H3N2 like) and the B/Beijing/184/93 like. Flu viruses change every year, making it especially important that people receive a vaccination annu ally. The WPI clinic is limited to 50 stu dents and 50 employees and there is a $ 10.00 fee for the vaccination. Any one who is interested must complete a permission form by September 28. Forms will be available after Septem ber 15th at the Health Center located on Hackfeld Road. For more information about the flu clinic call JoAnn Van Dyke at WPI’s health center, 831 -5520.

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Monday. October5.1998at 4 P.M. Applictions are available from Betty Jolie in the project center. Final judging is in Higgins House, December 2 1998.

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Here’s a little information on Newspeak - who we are, what we do, and what you can do. About Newspeak Newspeak is the Student Newspaper of WPI. The paper is written and produced entirely by students. In addition to stu dent writing, we also belong to U-Wire, a college consortium o f Newspapers and the Associated Press’s “N ew sfinder” . Both organizations allow us to reprint stories from other parts o f the country and world. W here an d W hen do we M eet? Generally, we have staff m eetings on Tuesdays at 7pm in the Newspeak Office. Our office is located in the Basement o f Riley Hall (next to Riley Com m ons and Gompei’s Pizzeria). The office and its equip ment is accessible to all staff members at any time. Each Editor on the staff has a key, com bination and alarm code to the doors. W hat a re the D eadlines? The deadline for all articles is Friday at 5:00pm. All submissions must be in by that time. Certain exceptions may be made with the permission of an Editor, who will take responsibility for typing and preparing that article for layout. Subm issions may be made via our mailbox in the Student A c

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Yale study: Women would pay selves less than men by Charles Forelle Yale Daily News ( Yale U.) (U -W IRE) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — One w ould be hard pressed to im agine a group o f young men and wom en more attuned to the idea o f equal pay for equal work than Ivy League undergraduates at the turn o f the m illenium . But a 1997 study of Yale undergradu ates by Stanford U niversity researcher John Jost GRD ’95 show s that women w ould pay th em selves 18 p ercen t less than men for the sam e work. This phenom enon, w hich Jost refers to as the “depressed-entitlem ent effect,” correlates strongly with a new theory that he has been form ulating. C alled “system justificatio n theory,” it attem pts to ex plain “ why and how people use ideas and beliefs about them selves and others to preserve the idea that the status quo is fair and ju s t.” In the context o f the depressed e n title m e n t e ffe c t, sy stem ju s tif ic a tio n theory contends that women — and other historically oppressed social groups — internally and subconsciously m aintain a low im pression o f them selves in order to ju stify their oppressed place in soci ety. Jost, an assistant professor o f O rga nizational B ehavior at S tan fo rd ’s G radu ate School o f B usiness, perform ed this research as part o f his Ph.D . dissertation in Yale’s psychology departm ent. He first asked a group o f Yale under graduates — 68 m en and 64 women — to w rite an essay about the value o f shop ping from home by com puter, with no ap parent indication o f the purpose. An independent panel review ed and evalu ated the essays w ithout know ing the gender o f each writer. T his p an el’s results, Jost found, indicated no d iffer ence in quality perceiveable on the basis o f gender. The w riters w ere then asked to indi cate how much they would pay som eone else for the work that they did. On aver age, w om en nam ed figures 18 percent below those nam ed by men. Jo st’s results are “striking,” notes Yale psychology professor M ahzarin B anaji, with whom Jost collaborated in his work on sy stem ju s tific a tio n th e o ry , sin c e “consciously egalitarian beliefs” arc the rule at Yale and sim ilar institutions; few women, if any, at Yale would consciously say that they are w orth less than men are. “I do not believe that wom en innately have low er e x p ectatio n s o f th e ir ow n w orth,” said Laura G reen, director o f un

d e rg ra d u a te stu d ie s o f W o m e n ’s and G ender Studies. Jost said he felt that his tim e at Yale led him to believe that people’s expecta tions o f w om en’s worth had changed for the better. But the effect depicted in Jo s t’s study is broadly societal and not lim ited ju st to Yale,, he said. T his, in turn, m eans that even am ong elite institutions, p sy ch o logical barriers to full gender equality still do exist, he added. But som e scholars and students find problem s in Yale itself that, if they are not prim ary causes o f the effect, are con tributory. And m any people point to ten ure. Yale’s percentage o f tenured faculty who are wom en (11 percent) is the low est in the Ivies, significantly low er than D a rtm o u th (18 p e rc e n t). M any Y ale w om en, both faculty and students, see that as a problem in need o f an im m edi ate solution. Some feel strongly that the low p er centage o f wom en am ong tenured fac ulty quietly exacerbates gender inequali ties in all parts o f the com m unity. “ I fail to se e w hy g e n d e r e ffe c ts should cease to exist on the Yale cam pus,” said Tracey O rick ’99, a W om en’s and G ender Studies major. “In fact, Yale’s tenuring practices are evidence enough that sexism can and does perm eate the academy. As a w om an, and also a woman o f color, I would not expect to be tenured at Yale.” Siri Carpenter GRD ’00, a graduate stu dent in psychology who is doing research on a ttitu d e s to w a rd s fe m a le le a d e rs, notes that there is a “dire lack o f senior women at Yale,” but adds that “it is also the case throughout society.” M any feel that broad societal prob lems are responsible for the sense o f d e pressed entitlem ent, and the contention that the dearth o f wom en in positions o f authority and leadership is one o f these problem s is often echoed. C arpenter com m ents that her research show s that w o m e n ’s attitudes tow ards women leaders is overw helm ingly posi tive and that the presence o f m ore women leaders may alleviate the effect. W om en’s and G ender Studies profes sor C ynthia R ussett says that because, “historically, w om en have not seen other woman in positions o f prestige and im portance, it becom es second nature to suppose that w om en are less com petent.” Jost points to other com m on problem s as contributory causes to the depresseden titlem en t e ffect, including w o m en ’s historically low er pay scale, and the ten

dency am ong wom en to com pare their pay only to the pay o f other w om en. But, he says that consciousness-rais ing should, over tim e, help dim insh the effects o f depressed-entitlem ent. He added that consciousness-raising, however, m ay need to be done at a very early age — before students get to Yale. Green pointed to a recent study by the A m erican A sso c ia tio n o f U n iv e rsity Women, w hich found that young girls in

elem entary schools were less encouraged to speak out in the classroom than were their male peers. This could lead, the study asserted, to girls form in g , at a young age, d e pressed im ages o f the w orth of their own gender. But Banaji, G reen, Jost, and R ussett all agree that Yale students, in the words o f Green, “ seem to have the highest ex p ec ta tio n s.”

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Spice Girls... MD: O r compromise the integrity o f their art... DF: If you think you have a viable prod uct that som ebody would w ant to buy, then you should sign a record contract. MD: And understand that once you sign a contract, that’s all you mean to every body else that’s around you; from the man agement to the record company to [other] b an d s... you are p ro d u ct...so d o n ’t get d iscouraged o r d isappointed that your work of art is .. .product. DF: It’s a rude awakening. SW: How have you guys kept your fo cus on your art? MD: We have a philosophy - ‘Every song a single, every show an event’... DF: The second you don’t care, the sec ond that a band doesn’t care about their art anym ore... you’re going to see right through it. SW: How have you kept this from hap pening to you? MD: Honestly, I don’t know because I could see how that could happen to a band quite easily, but I don’t think its happened to us yet and I don’t think that it w ill... [E ditor’s Note: Newspeak would like to thank Gravity Kills and MSEC for their time and assistance.]

o p p o r t u n it ie s Som e M ay 1998 C o m p u ter Science g ra d u ate s are reporting salaries up to and over $50,000. In te rv ie w s for D ecem b er and M ay graduates start as early as Septem ber 21. K o h ler said co m p an ies are rec ru itin g hard, often offering signing bonuses. K ohler said w hile the jo b m arket is the best in years, jo b s will go to students, who prepare them selves by m aking use o f the C areer Center. “ It will be trouble for those students who d o n ’t do anything,” he said.

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definitely come to the forefront in the live perform ances... SW: Is there anything else you wanted to tell us about the tour, o r this new al bum? MD: Buy it... DF: It’s the ‘Artist Prostitution’ tour which is basically a comment on the last album ... we got into this whole debate... when the first album came out, we were just individu als trying to sell records, people became [an gered] that we were selling our art... this is a problem that has gone on in the music in dustry... every band, as soon as you start selling records people turn on you because you’re ‘not cool anymore’ or whatever... We were doing an interview and we actually said: ‘Well, look, if you’re not in this business to sell records, why would somebody sign a contract? They should just go home and make music in their basement’... If som ebody signs a record contract, they should always sign a record contract because...they intend to make a living out of it. I’m not saying that they should make music they don’t believe in, or try to be the

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