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Tuesday, Septem ber 22, 1998

Volume Twenty-six, Number Seventeen

New Class Ring program promotes WPI Traditions by Justin Greenough News Editor T his w eek, Jostens Inc, along with the W PI Ring Com m ittee and the WPI Alumni Association will sh o w ca se its new C lass R in g , which was unveiled on April 15lh of this year. T he new ring design is the initial step in a new program, which will promote WPI traditions and unity. Last year, a com m ittee o f stu dents, adm inistration and alumni was formed to design a uniform ring for the Institute. “The students and the Alum ni association wanted to return to an old tradition o f having ju s t one W P I c la ss r in g ,” c o m m e n te d

Jo sten s rep resen tative Joe Butz. “ To c h o o s e th e d e sig n , we brainstorm ed all o f the sym bols that students thought represented W PI.” Som e o f the sym bols the stu dents chose included Earl Bridge, the School Seal, the Twin Towers and G om pei’s Goat Head. In the end, the design incorporated three o f these items. These included the Twin Towers on one side of the ring, the goat’s head on the other side and school seal and crest, interwo ven with a garnet stone on the top o f the ring, garnet being the clos est gem in color to W PI’s traditional Crimson. “You can’t wear your Diploma,” com m ented Joe Butz, “But when

you wear this new ring, everyone who know’s WPI will easily recog nize you as a graduate, wherever you go.” Also, as part o f the new “Ring Program” , the Alumni Association will be holding a Ring Presentation Ceremony at Higgins House in De cember. Every student who ordered a ring will be invited to the recep tion, at which they are hoping to have President Parrish preside. Butz noted that the new design was already doing its job, even in the short time the ring was offered to Seniors last April. “We saw an increase of almost double o u r sales from previous years,” noted Butz, “We would re ally like to see the number of partici

pants in the Ring program reach two to three hundred students per year.” Other schools which have tried this program include: MIT, Geor gia Tech and many o f the Armed Forces Academies. Each has had its own successes. Representatives from Jostens will be on-hand in the Wedge beginning this week and will be taking orders during Homecoming Weekend, O c tober 1SI, 2nd and 3rd. Orders may be made from 10:00am until 4:00pm in the Wedge. All Juniors and Seniors are eligible to purchase a ring and Josten’s will be offering a $50 dis count off the price of a 14Karat ring to Juniors who purchase at this time. Rings will be presented at the recep tion on December S ^ a t 7:30pm.

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Fraternity Indicted on Charges of Manslaughter, Hazing by Douglas E. Heimburger The Tech (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The MIT chaptcr of Phi Gamma Delta has been indicted by a Suf folk C ounty grand ju ry on one count o f m an slau g h ter and one count of hazing following the death o f Scott S. Krueger ’01 last fall. In announcing the indictments, Suffolk County District Attorney Ralph C. M artin II said they “arc based upon specific actions that occurred on the night o f Septem ber 27, and that those actions were related to traditional pledge event sponsored and sanctioned” by Fiji. The fraternity as a whole “acted in a reckless and w anton w ay,” which fits the criminal definition of manslaughter, Martin said. MIT, the Malcolm Cotton Brown Corporation, which owns the Fiji house, and sp ecific in d iv id u als were not indicted yesterday. The fraternity as a collective body was indicted because “a cer tain set of events was set into play by the fra te rn ity th at led to [K rueger’s] ingestion o f alcohol,” Martin said. Those “living at the house at the time o f the death” make up the Phi Gamma Delta group indicted, said James Borghesani, press secretary for Martin. T he grand jury investigation, which lasted for over 11 months, initially focused on the individuals nearest to the incident, Martin said. The investigation later moved to the organizations involved in the event, such as the Fiji fraternity.

W hile charges were considered against MIT, Martin and his staff decided not to prosecute the Insti tute. While the decision not to pros ecute was closely debated, the o f fice was fairly united in its opinion that a conviction could not be ob tained, Martin said. W hile M assachusetts law does not differentiate specifically be tw een voluntary and involuntary m anslaughter, the case will be tried as an involuntary m anslaughter case, Borghesani said. The indictments were sealed be tw een M onday, w hen the grand ju ry returned the indictment, and yesterday to avoid the illusion that they were being released during the prim ary elections in an attempt to bury the news, M artin said. K rueger died on Sept. 29 last year after spending three days in a com a from acute alcohol ingestion. Prosecutors allege he was served and ingested alcohol as part o f a pledge event at the fraternity. No individual charges T he d istrict attorney and the g ran d ju ry decid ed not to press charges against individuals at the fraternity. "All we can do is bring the avail able charges and perhaps put other fraternities on warning” about the potential consequences for alcohol abuse, Martin said. W hile the grand jury did dis c o v er who am ong the fraternity purchased the alcohol, “merely go ing to the store on an errand is not re c k le ss and w anton c o n d u c t,” M artin said, and thus it did not fit the requirem ents for manslaughter.

“My office determined that the indictments should be aimed at the fraternity that promoted and orches trated the activities that ultimately led to Scott K rueger’s death, not at the people who were sent on a pur chasing errand,” Martin said. “If there had been one person who stood in the place o f this orga n iz a tio n ” that e v e n in g , “ they would be held re sp o n sib le ” for Krueger’s death, Martin added. Although the individuals at the fraternity were not charged with felonies, they may still face pros ecution from Boston Police for mis demeanor charges related to alco hol possession and consumption, Martin said. Those issues alone are not handled as part o f a grand jury process. Krueger’s parents and their at torney, Leo F Boyle, signaled yes terday that they will likely sue indi vidual m em bers who were con nected to the event. Charges uncommon in state The decision to criminally charge a fraternity with manslaughter and hazing is unusual, Martin said. Under common law, unincorpo rated groups can be sued, Martin said. A ttorneys for the d istric t attorney’s office concluded that the law could reasonably be extended so that unincorporated groups can be indicted. “It is unusual but there is prece dent,” said Suffolk University Law Professor Mark G. Perlin. “We have many cases that corporations have been indicted with manslaughter.” The group will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on O ct.l.

Music Technology projects on-line by Tim Miranda Class o f ‘99 W hether you arc interested in acoustic design of studios, teach ing high school music theory, or working with the latest profes sional digital recording eq u ip ment, the WPI M usic Division has a project for you. The Music Division has forged several exciting alliances with lo cal businesses, schools, and or ganizations. All o f these project locations are close to WPI, and are easily accessible to any stu dent. Students can conduct their Suf ficiencies, IQ P’s, or an indepen dent study project at these sites. Some projects can be completed

in one term, while others will be spread across several terms. For example, at the Audio Palace, near the Centrum , students get to work as a recording engineer, as sisting with professional record ings. Students can get experience with CD mastering, midi recording, sequencing, and digital processing. Students also have the opportunity to help record “on-location” con certs. Students interested in acoustics and studio design can work with W CCA TV to improve the sound quality o f live broadcasts and m u sic perform ances. The project will culm inate with the production of a music video that shows off the new studio and audio layout. At Notre Dame Academy, stu

dents can apply their knowledge o f music theory w hile gaining great education experience. Stu dents can teach a variety o f mu sic topics at this private high school, from instrum ental and choral groups to general music theory. Those are just a sampling o f the many exciting projects available th rough the M u sic D iv isio n . Many of these projects are sched uled to start next term, so if you are looking for a Suff, IQP. or an ISP, you should definitely check out the listin g o f a v a ila b le projects. This listing of all music and mu sic technology projects is avail able at http://www.wpi.edu/+music, under the “Projects” option.

Martin said that he expected an at torney representing the group to appear on that day, but added that he was unsure who exactly would represent the group. Under M assachusetts law, man slaughter can be punished by in carceration for up to twenty years, or by a fine o f up to $ 1,000 and im prisonment for up to two and one half years. Hazing can be punished by a fine o f up to $3,000 and impris onment for up to one year. With organizations, however, fi nancial penalties are generally the only ones exerted, Perlin said. “You cannot in carcerate an o rganiza tion.” Prosecutors confirm ed that no one would serve jail time if convic tions are obtained from the indict m ents, the A ssociated Press re ported. Fiji is most likely the first frater nity to be charged with manslaugh ter in the country, Martin said, and it is also the first to be charged with hazing in recent memory. O ther fraternities have faced lesser charges for recent drinking deaths. Last month, the Louisiana State University chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon pleaded no-contest to 86 counts o f purchasing alcohol for underage drinkers and agreed to pay $22,600 in fines. In 1997, a 20-year-old SA E pledge at LSU died after ingesting alcohol. T he chapter closed after the incident. M IT administrators criticized While the grand jury decided not to indict MIT, Martin nonetheless criticized the Institute for not chang ing its housing system earlier. “It is clear that the administra tion moved too slowly in address ing a trouble-plagued fraternity and in addressing the larger issues of inadequate housing capacity for MIT freshm en.” Martin said there was no agree ment between the District Attorney and M IT reg ard in g its housing changes since the incident. At W ednesday’s faculty m eet ing, President Charles M. Vest said that external factors played a role in the A ug. 25 decision to house all freshm en on cam pus. How ever, “there was and is no a g re e m e n t that the g rand ju ry w ould, o r w ould not, take any specific action in exchange for de cisions about freshm an housing or dealing with dangerous drink ing or any other matter,” Vest said. In a statem ent released after the decision, Dean o f Students and

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Tuesday, September 22, 1998

Volume Twenty-six, Number S even teen

New Class Ring program promotes WPI Traditions by Justin Greenough News Editor T his week. Jostens Inc, along with the WPI Ring Committee and the WPI Alumni Association will sh o w c a se its new- C la ss K ing, which was unveiled on April l5lho f this year. The new' ring design is the initial step in a new program, which will promote WPI traditions and unity. Last year, a com m ittee o f stu dents, administration and alumni was formed to design a uniform ring for the Institute. "The students and the Alumni association wanted to return to an old tradition o f having just one W PI c la s s r in g ,” c o m m e n te d

Jostens rep resen tative Joe Butz. “To c h o o se the d e sig n , we brainstorm ed all o f the sym bols that students thought represented WPI.” Som e o f the sym bols the stu dents chose included Earl Bridge, the School Seal, the Twin Towers and G om pei's Goat Head. In the end, the design incorporated three of these items. T hese included the Twin Towers on one side ol the ring, the goat’s head on the other side and school seal and crest, interwo ven with a garnet stone on the top of the ring, garnet being the clos est gem in color to W PI’s traditional Crimson. “You can’t wear your Diploma,” commented Joe But/., “But when

you wear this new ring, everyone who know’s WPI will easily recog nize you as a graduate, wherever you go.” Also, as part of the new “ Ring Program ”, the Alumni Association will be holding a King Presentation Ceremony at Higgins House in De cember. Every student who ordered a ring will be invited to the recep tion, at which they are hoping to have President Parrish preside. Butz noted that the new design was already doing its job. even in the short time the ring was offered to Seniors last April. "We saw an increase o f almost do u b le our sales from p revious years,” noted Butz, "We would re ally like to see the number o f partici

pants in the Ring program reach two to three hundred students per year.” Other schools which have tried this program include: MIT, G eor gia Tech and many o f the Armed Forces Academies. Each has had its own successes. Representatives from Jostens will be on-hand in the Wedge beginning this week and will be taking orders during Homecoming Weekend, Oc tober I", 2ml and 3"1. Orders may be made from l():00am until 4:00pm in the Wedge. All Juniors and Seniors are eligible to purchase a ring and Josten’s will be offering a $50 dis count off the price of a 14Karat ring to Juniors who purchase at this time. Rings will be presented at the recep tion on December 3nl, at 7:30pm.

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(U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The MIT chapter of Phi Gamma Delta has been indicted by a Suf folk C ounty grand ju ry on one count o f m anslaughter and one count of hazing following the death o f Scott S. Krueger ’01 last fall. In announcing the indictments, Suffolk County District Attorney Ralph C. Martin II said they “arc based upon specific actions that occurred on the night o f Septem ber 27, and that those actions were related to traditional pledge event sponsored and sanctioned" by Fiji. The fraternity as a whole “actcd in a reckless and wanton way,” which tits the criminal definition o f manslaughter, Martin said. MIT, the Malcolm Colton Brown Corporation, which owns the Fiji house, and specific in d iv id u als were not indicted yesterday. The fraternity as a collective body was indicted because "a cer tain sei of events was set into play by the fra te rn ity th a t led to [K rueger’s] ingestion o f alcohol,” Marlin said. Those “ living at the house at the time o f the death” make up the Phi Gamma Delta group indicted, said James Borghcsani. press secretary for Martin. The grand jury investigation, which lasted for over I I months, initially focused on the individuals nearest to the incident. Martin said. The investigation later moved to the organizations involved in the event, such as the Fiji fraternity.

W hile charges were considered against MIT, Martin and his staff decided not to prosecute the Insti tute. While the decision not to pros ecute was closely debated, the of fice was fairly united in ils opinion that a conviction could not he ob tained, Martin said. While M assachusetts law does not differentiate specifically be tween voluntary and involuntary manslaughter, the case w ill be tried as an involuntary m anslaughter case, Borghcsani said. The indictments w ere sealed be tw een M onday, w hen the grand jury returned the indictment, and yesterday to avoid the illusion that they were being released during the primary elections in an attempt to bury the news, M artin said. Krueger died on Sept. 29 last year after spending three days in a coma from acute alcohol ingestion. Prosecutors allege he was served and ingested alcohol as part of a pledge event at the fraternity. No individual charges T he district attorney and the grand jury decid ed not to press charges against individuals at the fraternity. "All we can do is bring the avail able charges and perhaps put other fraternities on w arning” about the potential consequences for alcohol abuse, Martin said. W hile the grand jury did dis cover who am ong the fraternity purchased the alcohol, “ merely go ing to the store on an errand is not reck less and w an to n co n d u ct," Martin said, and thus it did not lit the requirements for manslaughter.

“My office determined that the indictments should be aimed at the fraternity that promoted and orches trated the activities that ultimately led to Scott K rueger's death, not at the people who were sent on a pur chasing errand.” Marlin said. “ If there had been one person who stood in the place o f this orga n iz a tio n ” (hat e v e n in g , “ they w ould be held resp o n sib le” for K rueger’s death. Martin added. Although the individuals at the fraternity were not charged with felonies, they may still face pros ecution from Boston Police for mis dem eanor charges related to alco hol possession and consumption. M artin said. Those issues alone are not handled as part o f a grand jury process. K rueger’s parents and their at torney, Leo F. Boyle, signaled yes terday that they will likely sue indi vidual m em bers who w ere con nected to the event. Charges uncommon in state The decision to criminally charge a fraternity with manslaughter and hazing is unusual, Martin said. Under common law, unincorpo rated groups can be sued. Martin said. A tto rn ey s for the d istric t attorney’s office concluded that the law could reasonably be extended so that unincorporated groups can be indicted. “ It is unusual but there is prece dent,” said Suffolk University Law Professor Mark G. Perlin. “We have many cases that corporations have been indicted with manslaughter.” The group will be arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court on O ct.I.

Music Technology projects on-line by Tim Miranda Class o f ‘99 W hether you are interested in acoustic design ot studios, leach ing high school music theory or working with the latest proles sional digital recording eq u ip ment, the WPI Music Division has a project lor you. The Music Division has forged several exciting alliances with lo cal businesses, schools, and or ganizations. All of these project locations are close lo WPI, and are easily accessible to any stu dent. Students can conduct their Suf ficiencies, IQP’s, or an indepen dent study project at these sites. Some projects can be completed

in one term, while others will be spread across several terms. For example, at the Audio Palace, near the Centrum, students get to work as a recording engineer, as sisting with professional record ings. Students can get experience with CD mastering, midi recording, sequencing, and digital processing Students also have the opportunity to help record “on location" con certs. Students interested in acoustics and studio design can work with WCCA TV to im prove the sound quality of live broadcasts and mu sic performances. The project will culminate with the production ol a music video that show s off the new studio and audio layout. At Notre Dame Academy, stu

dents can apply their knowledge o f m usic theory while gaining great education experience. Stu dents can teach a variety ol m u sic topics at this private high school, from instrum ental and choral groups to general music theory. Those are just a sampling ol the many exciting projects available th ro u g h the M usic D iv isio n . Many ol these projects are sched uled lo start next term, so if you are looking for a Suit, IQ1 or an ISP, you should definitely check o u t th e lis tin g o f a v a ila b le projects. This listing o f all music and mu sic technology projects is avail able at http://www.wpi.edu/-Mnusic. under the “Projects” option.

Martin said that he expected an at torney representing the group to appear on that day. but added that he was unsure who exactly would represent the group. U nder Massachusetts law, man slaughter can be punished by in carceration for up to twenty years, or by a fine o f up to $ 1.000 and im prisonment for up to two and one half years. Hazing can be punished by a fine o f up to $3,000 and impris onm ent for up to one year. With organizations, however, fi nancial penalties are generally the only ones exerted, Perlin said. "You cannot incarcerate an o rg a n iza tion.” Prosecutors confirmed that no one would serve jail time if convic tions are obtained from the indict m ents. the A ssociated Press re ported. Fiji is most likely the first frater nity lo be charged with manslaugh ter in the country, Martin said, and it is also the first to be charged with hazing in recent memory. O th er fraternities have faced lesser charges for recent drinking deaths. Last month, the Louisiana State University chapter o f Sigma Alpha Epsilon pleaded no-contest to 86 counts o f purchasing alcohol for underage drinkers and agreed to pay $22,600 in fines. In 1997, a 2 0 -y ear-old SA E pledge at LSU died after ingesting alcohol. The chapter closed after the incident. MIT, administrators criticized W hile the grand jury decided not to indict MIT. Martin nonetheless criticized the Institute for not chang ing its housing system earlier. "It is clear that the adm inistra tion moved too slowly in address ing a trouble-plagued fraternity and in addressing the larger issues of inadequate housing capacity for MIT freshmen.” Martin said there was no agree ment between the District Attorney and M IT regarding ils h o u sing changes since the incident. At W ednesday's faculty m eet ing. President Charles M. Vest said that external factors played a role in the Aug. 25 decision to house all freshm en on cam pus. H ow ever, "there was and is no a g re e m e n t that the g ra n d jury w ould, or w ould not, lake any specific action in exchange for de cisions about freshm an housing or dealing with dangerous d rink ing or any other matter,” Vest said. In a statem ent released after the d ecisio n . Dean o f S tudents and See Hazing, continued to p a g e 2

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the charges against the fraternity are adju dicated.” Earlier this week, the Dean’s Office, the Interfratemity Council, and representatives o f Fiji and o f Malcolm Cotton Brown final-

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derecognized by the Interfraternity Coun cil using the g roup’s inactiv ity clause, which allows for the immediate removal o f inactive groups, said IFC President Duane H. D reger’99. The IFC last derecognized a group in 1990, when Alpha Epsilon Pi reorganized, Dreger said. The fraternity was re-recog nized two years later. D uring that reorganization, the D ean’s O ffice w ithdrew its recognition for one year, but subsequently restored it before the IFC re-reco g n ized th e g roup. T he A ssociation o f Student A ctivities also recognized the group during the period, D reger said, w hich allo w ed it to hold events and reserve room s. As part o f the new agreem ent, which was agreed to by all sides in a “mutual” manner, Fiji will not petition any Institute group for recognition until at least 2000, Dreger said. The agreement was in its final planning stages this week; Williams signed the docu ment on Tuesday. No one was available for com m ent at Phi Gam m a D elta’s national organization yesterday. Roderick P. Taft ’74, president o f M alcolm C otton B row n, could not be reached for com m ent yesterday. Zareena Hussain and Kevin Lang con tributed to the reporting o f this article.

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Field Hockey: WPI defeats Bridgewater State by Nathaniel Clark Newspeak S ta ff T h e W PI w o m en d o m in a te d th e Bridgewater girls in the Field Hockey game this past Thursday, with a 3 to 1 win. Jun ior captain M arissa M ertzic started the game on the right foot when she scored in the fifth minute o f play, assisted by fresh man Jennifer Burzycki. W PI’s Lindsay Voss, a junior, scored fifteen minutes later through a mess o f players from both sides with assistance from Alison Hughs and the am azing M arissa M ertzic. Bridgew ater scored once, in the first half, with a breaka-way. In the second half, posession o f the ball went back and forth but remained for the most part on the Bridgewter end, as it had for m ost of the entire game. As the clock ran out WPI got a com er, essen tially one last play. With the clock at zero shooter Jessica H oepf recieved the ball and scored. This 3 to 1 win makes the Field Hockey team 2-2. The star of the game was Marissa M ertzic with her one goal an one assist, as she continues to lead the team in scoring with three goals and 2 as sists.

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ViaSat has been included in The INC. 500 list of fastest grow ing companies three times and we have been listed as one of the “ 100 Best Small Corporations" by BusinessWeek and as one of the “200 Best Small Companies in America” by Forbes. As a part of ou r team, you’ll have access to todays most advanced technology as well as a fluid environ ment w here even the newest hires are encouraged to contnbute their ideas. You will be involved in the full scope of a vanety of projects, and have exposure to ViaSat's exceptional expertise in on-dem and satellite netw orking technology. You may even participate in our latest innovation: a new family of commercial DAMA satellite netw orks called StarWire.

with two schedules on November 19th. For consideration, please submit your resum e to the Career Development Center no later than October 5th. ViaSat will also be holding an Information Session on November 18th at 6:00pm in the Library Archives Room. You may also send your resume to ViaSat Inc., 2 290 Cosmos C ourt, C arlsbad, CA 92009-1585. Fax: (760) 438-8489. P hone: (760) 438-8099. E-mail: resume@ viasat .com

We’ll reward you with a great salary, stock ownership ■ program , prom otion from w ith m based on m erit not just longevity and the opportunity to present your work to custom ers If you’d like to know more about spreading your professional wings with ViaSat, see us on cam pus. We will be interviewing on campus

The medical care and essential equipment that MDA offers guarantee my most basic rights by helping me to stay alive. MDA’s assistance also offers me freedom to work and pursue my interests. And that makes me happy. Thanks to MDA, I can make use of all my rights and all my abilities.

ViaSat is an Equal O pportunity Employer. Minonties ate encouraged to apply U.S. Citizenship required for government projects.

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Megan Boettcher & Natalie Chin Newspeak S ta ff Instead o f doing Person on the Street this week, we decided in celebrating p a r e n t’s day, we w ould do a special “Parent’s On The Street". The question that was asked upon stu dents is:

: Away from home now. ‘‘What is the best thing about being away from home? The question that was imposed on the parents is: “What is the best thing about having your kids away from home?” Here are the responses: Living with tons o f people my own age, that’s probably w hat’s best.” -M atthew Lewis “ I worry about you less.” -Mr. Lewis

Not that many rules.’ -Mike Heylin Cleaner room.” -Mrs. Heylin

“A lot o f things...m ore freedom basi cally.” -Sorry but we couldn't catch his name. “Him getting ready for the future sup posedly.” -His mother

“Freedom.” -Wei Fu “We hope that our kids study here, study hard and get good grades.” -Mrs. Fu

“I ca n ’t answer that with them here...The freedom to be able to go where you need to go when you need to go there as op posed to asking for permission or what ever, o r not having the car around when you need it or something.” -Lewis Kotredes It’s awfully quiet at home now.” -Mr. Kotredes

“I like that I can wake up whatever time I want.” -Megan Lally ‘T u rn her room into a den.” -Mr. Lally

‘T h e freedom.” -Jason M eltzer “We haven’t figured that out yet -Mr. Meltzer “It’s definitely a lot quieter. -Mrs. M eltzer

‘T h e independence and the ability to expand your horizons without having to be tied dow n.” -Nicole Corriveau ‘T h e independence...to see them mature and what they want to do.” -Mr. Corriveau

“Meeting new people, new experiences.’ -Jim “Be able to come visit him.” -Jim ’s dad

“I don’t know, it’s just like being away from home.” -Eric Byrd-Kreugcr “Fewer argum ents.” -M rs. Byrd-Kreuger “We arc going to get an adult back.” -Mr. Byrd-Krueger

“Freedom to do what you want when you want.” -Erin Hokanson “A lot more room at home. The phone rings a lot less.” -Mr. Hokanson

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Megan Boettcher & Natalie Chin Newspeak Staff Instead o f doing Person on the Street this week, we decided in celebrating parent's day, we would do a special "Parent's On The Street". The question that was asked upon stu dents is:

: Away from home now, "What is the best thing about being away from home? The question that was imposed on the parents is: "What is the best thing about having your kids away from home?” Here are the responses: f “ Living with tons o f people my own age that’s probably w hat’s best.” -M atthew Lewis “I worry about you less.” -Mr. Lewis

‘Not that many rules -Mike Heylin ‘Cleaner room.” L -Mrs. Heylin

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“ I can’t answer that with them here...The freedom to be able to go where you need to go when you need to go there as op posed to asking for permission or what ever, or not having the car around when you need it or som ething.” k -Lewis Kotredes h “ It’s awfully quiet at hom e now.” eA -Mr. Kotredes

I like that I can wake up whatever time I want Megan Lally ‘Turn her room into a den Mr. Lally

T h e freedom.” -Jason M elt/er ‘We haven’t figured that out yet -Mr. M elt/er ‘It’s definitely a lot quieter.” A -Mrs. Meltzer Mb

“The independence and the ability to expand your horizons without having to be tied dow n.” -Nicole Corriveau .4 ‘T h e independence...to see them mature yrJr and what they want to do.” ^ -Mr. Corriveau

Meeting new people, new experiences -Jim Be able to come visit him.” -Jim’s dad

r “ I don’t know, it’s just like being away from home.” -Eric Byrd-Kreuger “ Fewer argum ents.” -M rs. Byrd-Kreuger “ We are going to get an adult back.” -Mr. Byrd-Krueger

“Freedom to do what you want when you want.” -Frin Hokanson “A lot more room at home. The phone rings a lot less.” -Mr. Hokanson

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Falling Water, Hot Wings, And Feathered Friends by Ken Gagne Newspeak S ta ff E d ito r’s note: this is the second in a se ries o f columns Ken Gagne Class o f '01 wrote as he and his brother Steve explored America this summer in a cross-country road trip. H aving finally gotten on the road, we set our sights on the nearest natural won der, that being Niagara Falls. This was the longest day of driving for awhile, as once we escaped New England and New York, sights to see would be more frequent. As it is, the seven hours passed quickly. T he N iagaran w ater cascades in tw o places, one on each side o f the national border. Although the United States has its own falls, good views of either are avail able from only the Canadian side, and so we crossed the border. I will leave it to you to contem plate the irony of our first desti nation in our cross-country tour being not of this country. It was late by the time we arrived, and the

American Falls were lit red, white, and blue, while the Canadian Falls remained dark. Un impressed, I slept with the hope that the dawn would bring a greater sight. That sight proved to be one o f majestic impossibility. The view o f so much water dropping in a single place created a surreal landscape. We snapped a few photos, then clim bed lower for a closer look. With blue plastic raincoats to protect us, we boarded the M aid o f the Mist, the sev enth boat to carry that name since the first launched in 1836. It chugged us past the American Falls and to the base o f the C a nadian. The American, although awesome in and o f itself, cannot compare to its north ern cousin in size. The middle o f the horseshoe-shaped falls was entirely obscured by the mist created by 700,000 gallons of water falling per second. Our proximity to the base becam e such that I feared w e’d be pulled in, until I noticed that, contradic tory to the water rushing past the Maid, the nearby shoreline remained constant; despite our throttle, we were barely holding our

comer, and alley was someone dressed in a white chef’s smock and hat, an amusing and strange sight. Just as we were wondering where the convention was, we passed the Pennsylvania Institute o f Culinary Arts, which quickly dispelled the mystery. O ur interest in fine-feathered friends piqued by the large goose w e left crippled on Route 79 (an accident, I assure you), we vis ited the Pittsburgh National Aviary, a small yet impressive attraction. Caged birds from around the world allowed peering eyes to rest upon them, but the main interest was the walk-in environments, where birds flew over head, preened nearby, and hopped under foot. We spent several minutes coaxing a peacock to present its plumage before an amused tour guide informed us it was a pheasant. A common crow gave an impres sive “Hello” as we made our exit. We later passed by Three Rivers Stadium, where we learned the Pirates were en route to meet with the Cleveland Indians. We are now heading northwest to catch them in a show o f Am erica’s favorite pastime.

place. After a few moments o f this vista, we retreated to port, and looked back at the northern falls with awe and respect even more than what we’d held an hour before. Although this natural beauty may make Niagara a properly romantic site for honeymooners, the surrounding areas did not. The W axworks Museum, Crim inal Hall o f Fame, and D racula’s M ansion created the perfect tourist trap. Having seen the Falls, we decided w e’d seen the best o f the town, and moved south to Buffalo. Named after the city, not the animal, buf falo wings originated in this western New York town, and so we visited Frank & T eressa’s A nchor Bar for a taste o f the original recipe. For 34 years the spicy chicken served here has been often imi tated, yet, as we concluded after our meal, never surpassed. The steel city of Pittsburgh was next, which remained hidden until we rounded a comer on Route 79 South. Home to over 700 bridges, we crossed only enough to get a general idea for how they worked. Upon every street,

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2 2 , 1 9 9 8 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 XIII. Announcements XIV. Adjournment Committee Reports

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CAI - Chair Upton (mupton@ wpi.edu) Course reserves are in the office, a list w ill be put up that identifies which ones are there. The Planning and Im plem en tation Com m ittee has a report outlining national growth for WPI that will be put on the w eb 09/17/98. The com m ittee is looking for valid feedback, so please read it and respond. PR - Chair Moore (m ooredog@ wpi.edu) H elping advertise CSLI yellow cab discounts through flyering and are currently rem odeling the bulletin board. Thinking o f ideas to promote homecoming. CSLI - Chair Carrie ( pongo@ w pi.edu) Y ello w Cab is up and running.

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O u t o f B a la n c e ? By Tom Balistrieri Student Development and Counseling Center Do y o u k n o w th a t ru b b in g L a v e n d e r e s s e n tia l oil on the b o tto m o f y o u r feet w ill h elp you g et to sleep ? Did you know th at d u rin g a d eep m u scle m a s sage you m ay “p ic tu re ” ev en ts th a t h a p p e n e d to y o u y e a r s ago? D id you know th a t v is u a liz a tio n te c h n iq u e s c an im pro v e y o u r te st-ta k in g a b ility ? D id you know that if you c e n te r y o u rse lf, eat slo w ly and s a vor y o u r fo o d , you can s ig n ifi can tly in c re a se y o u r a b ility to ab so rb th e n u trie n ts in the food you are co n su m in g ? D id you know th at y o u r d ream s are tr y ing to te ll you ju s t w h at you

need to do, now , to live m ore fully and e ffe c tiv e ly ? T h e re ’s a lw ay s m ore to learn about life and liv in g in balan ce. In th is fa st-p a c e d , h ig h -s tre s s w orld it is im p o rta n t to learn as m any m ethods and te c h n iq u e s for b alan ced liv in g as p o ssib le. You are a p h y sic a l, e m o tio n a l, in te lle c tu a l, and sp iritu a l being w ho so cializes and se e m s to a l w ays be w o rk in g to w a rd som e o c c u p a tio n a l, e d u c a tio n a l, o r p erso n al goal. L iv in g in b alan ce . How do you do th at? W ell, th e S tu d e n t H ealth C en ter and th e S tu d e n t D e v e lo p m e n t a n d C o u n s e lin g C e n te r w ill be o ffe rin g a series o f e v e n ts fo cu sin g on living in b a la n c e . T h e s c h e d u le o f e v e n ts in c lu d e s a le c tu r e an d

activity series as well as two all day events, and o f course, indi vidual sessions by appointm ent. T h e S tu d e n t H e a lth C e n te r has o rg anized a set o f program s that are in fo rm a tio n al and are sure to be fun. W hat fo llow s is a list o f som e o f the p ro g ram s; specific tim es and places will be ad v ertised on a late r d ate. On O ctober 29lh Tom B alistrieri will be offering a program on G uided Im a g e r y . In N o v e m b e r th e B an c ro ft S chool o f M assag e is b eing b ro ught to cam pus for a th ree -w eek c lin ic on m assage. In J a n u a ry M a rc G o ld s te in , M .D . w ill p re se n t a program on G u ided Im ag ery . T h ro u g h o u t th e y e a r th e W P I C h a r tw e ll D ining Service w ill offer classes titled “Cooking 101” and dietitian,

Susan Johnson, will present a pro g ram title d “ M a k in g H e a lth ie r C hoices in the Dining Room .” O n W e d n e s d a y , S e p te m b e r 3 0 '\ in the L ow er W edge the S tu d en t H ealth C en te r and S tu d en t D e v e lo p m e n t and C o u n s e lin g C e n te r w ill b e spo n so rin g an a ll day ev e n t c a lle d “Get C e n te re d .” T here w ill be experts av ailable on re la x a tio n , a ro m a th e ra p y , n a p ping, ch iro p ractic m edicine, m as sage, b io fee d b ac k and ex pressive th erap y . You w ill have the o p p o rtu n ity to p ain t, eat, listen to m u sic, learn how to take tests, co p e w ith stre ss and w e ll...g e t c e n te re d . W illiam A nthony, au th o r o f the bo o k , T h e A rt o f N ap p in g , w ill be at th e G et C e n tered e v en t and w ill be p re s e n tin g a o n e -h o u r

program on nap p in g . Dr. A n th o n y has r e c e n tly b e e n on the Today Show and h as had his w ork on n ap p in g a p p ea r in the New York Tim es. US News a n d W o rld R e p o rt and R edbook m ag a zin e. Dr. A n thony w ill be sig n in g co p ies o f h is b o o k in th e W P I T atnuck B o o k sto re on the a f ternoon o f S e p te m b e r 3 0 lh. So we hope to see you on the 3 0 ,h o f S e p te m b e r in the L o w er W edge, a n d w e hope you w ill attend the m any other p ro g ra m s b e in g o ff e r e d . If you prefer a m ore p erso n al ap p ro a c h , sim p ly c a ll th e S tu d en t H ealth C e n te r (5 5 2 0 ) or the S tudent D e v e lo p m e n t and C o u n selin g C e n ter (5 5 4 0 ) for inform ation.

Came up above my shoulder, and the w armth made me shudder. The h ea t fr o z e me. The lig h t blinding. The air su ffo ca ted me. The sm ell nauseating.

and grew apart. Now the sun is settling, AGAIN. A nd the cold creeping in, AGAIN. I see it receeding. My friend, i t ’s retreating. AGAIN.

In t e r n a t io n a l H o u se

N o te s F r o m T h e P o e t’ s C o r n e r By Billy D. McGowan Director o f ESL A n a -M a ria M an d rila, a past o ffic e r in th e In te rn a tio n a l S tu dent C o u n c il and a p o e t in h er own rig h t, subm itted the fo llo w ing p oem sev eral m o n th s ago. T his te rm , she is d o in g h er s u f ficien cy in poetry. R ead on: / Wait I stayed and w aited yet you never cam e For hours sitting in this place Internally I pleaded yet it stayed the same Your carelessness did show its ugly fa ce.

You hate me. Why else w ould you not show A nd there, m otiveless, leave me w ondering Through blinding sunshine, bitter rain or snow Your fa u lt with me still p o n d erin g . You see, I do not plead

perfection N or sanity, at any given time Though I plead f o r yo u r discretion While we sit to chat and dine. You, oblivious to my existence and I so m odest A loyal slave to you w ithout resist Ironically m akes the oddest A nd surely star-crossed couple ever to exist. As you can clearly see, my love Your m esm erizing eyes indeed are blind For any time to change all the above Is clearly left behind.

Since they, them selves, did m ystify The audiences as promised. N ever has a woman suffered With these tears oh so much as I Still, your opinion is u n sh a ttered While my only task rem ains to die.

As the day wore on, the tem perature settled down. I saw a shadow. I m ade a new friend.

— Sashe K an ap ath i

— A na M aria M andrila S a sh e K a n a p a th i, th e p a st C h air o f the IS C , now stu d y in g in G eo rg ia, is a poet as w ell. T he fo llo w in g w as su b m itte d last A pril, too la te to ap p ear in the last ed itio n .

My life sta rted anew. In jected in me by the p en etra tin g sunshine, to cure my ailm ents. The heat, I basked in. The lig h t brilliant. The air, / swam in. The sm ell fra g ra n t. My new fr ie n d and I, we sp en t jo yo u s times, and d ifficu lt ones. But my fr ie n d and I, we laughed plenty, and cried some. Yet my fr ie n d and I, grew closer,

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th e w e a k e s t s i g n a l s th is s i d e o f K A M P stu dent radio. Sure, you can still sort o f g e l the station s, but not very clearly. I w as a bit curiou s as to why it w a s sn o w in g in St. L ouis w hen Mark M cG w ire hit his 62nd hom e run. In ord er to w atch TV, q u ite an e la b o r a te p rep a ra tio n p r o c e s s w a s in v o lv e d , u s u a lly b e g in n in g ab ou t fiv e - t o 10 m in u te s b efo re sh o w tim e . B a s ic a lly , m y r o o m m a te s and I w o u ld fid d le w ith a flim s y s e t o f bu nn y e a r s, c o n to r tin g them in ev er y c o n c e iv a b le p o s itio n to m ake a cle a r p ic tu r e. U p s id e d o w n , r ig h t s id e up , la lin g d o w n , s ittin g up, e v e n o u t the fr o n t d o o r , a n y t h in g to b r in g a

rem otely clear picture to our ey es in tim e fo r th e sta r t o f T h e S im p son s. O f cou rse, the slig h test ch a n g e o f any v a r ia b le se n t the entire sy stem out o f eq u ilib riu m and brought us back to fu zz. T h is w a s n o w a y to liv e . S o , m y r o o m ie s an d I h a d n o c h o ic e but to ord er c a b le , at lea st the bare b o n e s b a s ic s e r v ic e . We w ere fo r ce d in to th e c lu tc h e s o f C o x ’s trap. N o w w e fin a lly can e n j o y t h e b e a u t y o f a c le a r picture o f the n e tw o r k s and th o se c r a p p y p u b lic a c c e s s s t a t i o n s that b ro a d ca st e ith e r the N A S A lo g o or p e o p le d o in g a lg e b r a 24 hou rs a day - for a p rice.

R eflections Before I go my wish remains That I am still rem em bered But let my sorrow s and m y p a in s To you remain unrendered.

As a shadow fa lls , as the sun goes down, I see it receeding The shadow, i t ’s retreating.

A nd let my angry tears p etrify So they d o n ’t w aste unnoticed

Not long ago, I remember, the sun fir st cam e up.

Ed it o r ia l

T h e r e le n t le s s p u r s u i t o f r e c e p t i o n by Ryan Chirnomas Arizona Daily Wildcat (U -W I R E ) T U C S O N , A riz. 1 w a s an a b u se d c h ild . M y p a r e n t s t r e a t e d m e w it h an in te n tio n a l c ru elty that has w arped m y a d u lt l if e . B ut it ’s n o t w h at y o u ’re th in k in g . T h ey d id n ’t treat m e in the u su al h orrib le w a y s o f a b u s iv e p a r e n ts. N o p h y s ic a l or m ental m istrea tm en t o f any k in d , th a n k fu lly . In ste a d , th e y sta r v e d m y m in d . W e l l , s t a r v e d m y e y e s a n y w a y . T h e y c o m m i t t e d th e h orrib le c rim e o f d e p r iv in g m e o f w h at c a n o n ly be c a lle d a G o d g iv e n right: c a b le TV. S o w h ile all m y fr ie n d s w ere w a tc h in g s tu ff lik e D o u b le D are on N ic k e lo d e o n , I w as stu ck w a tc h in g w h a te v e r p r o g r a m m in g th e la m e lo c a l in d e p e n d e n t s t a t io n c o u ld throw to g e th er . S u re, W a lla c e and L adm o w e re O K , but w h en I w as 8 , n o t h in g w a s c o o l e r th a n w a tc h in g p e o p le ju m p in to en o r m o u s slim e tanks. T here still i s n ’t. It w a s rou gh , but I m a n a g ed to s u r v i v e , p e r h a p s b e c a u s e I d id n ’t r e a lly k n o w an y b e tter . I knew n o th in g o f E SP N or M TV. I

k ille d tim e g a z in g m in d le s s ly at a th e m a jo r n e t w o r k s , th e l o c a l in d e p e n d e n t s , a n d a fe w f u z z y c h a n n e ls airin g p r o g r a m m in g for the r e lig io u s , S p a n ish , and h om e s h o p -o -h o lic ty p e s . I w as a c o u c h p o ta to o f the free a irw a v es. U n til 1 c a m e to c o ll e g e . A fter p u ttin g up w ith a year o f e m p ty p r o m ise s from R e s L ife , my dorm fin a lly g o t c a b le TV in my so p h o m o r e year. H o w e v e r , 1 d id n ’t have a TV, let a lo n e c a b le . P rob lem ? N o p e. F o rtu n a tely e n o u g h fo r m e , my b u d d ie s d o w n th e h a ll w e r e k in d e n o u g h t o s h a r e t h e i r te le v is io n w ith th e g e n e r a l dorm p o p u la c e . T he fire m arshal w o u ld crin g e at the o v e r c r o w d in g in that r o o m , a ll in the n a m e o f S o u th Park. A nd L enin w o u ld w e e p w ith pride at the sig h t o f the c o m m u n a l s h a r in g b e t w e e n m y c a m p u s co m ra d es. H o w e v e r , fo r b e tte r or fo r w o r se , I d e c id e d to m o v e out o f th e d o r m s t h i s y e a r . M ore fr e e d o m , m ore sp a ce, m ore r e s p o n s ib ility . B ut n o m ore fr ee c a b le . Or so I th o u g h t. W hen m y r o o m m a te s and I m o v e d in. w e s w if t l y set up th e

m ost crucial item s first. S te r eo , TV, c o m p u te r ... th e im p o r ta n t s tu ff . O ut o f c u r io s it y , w e d e c id e d to plu g the o l ’ Idiot B o x into the cab le jack to se e if w e c o u ld n ’t get a clear p ic tu r e o f the r eg u la r , n o n -c a b le sta tio n s. H e ll, if it w orked in the d o r m , it m u st w o r k in th e rea l w o rld , right? It w o rk ed a ll right. A little to o w e l l , a c t u a lly . In ste a d o f a c r y s ta l c le a r p ic tu r e o f n e tw o r k TV, w e had the fu ll c a b le lin e u p , sa v e H B O , C in e m a x and the se x c h a n n e ls . A s s o m e o n e w h o had b e e n d e p r iv e d o f c a b le T V h is en tire lif e , 1 w as in h ea v en . A r o u n d - th e - c lo c k c a r to o n s . E n d le s s a u to r a c in g . U p - t o - t h e s e c o n d w e a th e r b u lle t in s . W h at m ore c o u ld a c o u c h potato ask for? A la s, it w a s to o g o o d to be true. We w ere fo o lis h to think that w e c o u ld fo o l a m u ltim illio n d o lla r m e d ia g ia n t lik e C ox C o m m u n ic a tio n s. T h ey w ere on to us. A n d on S e p t. 1, th e y cu t us o ff. Zap. S h o w ’s over. N o p ro b lem , w e th o u g h t. We d o n ’t a ctu a lly w atch that m uch TV, w e can liv e w ith o u t c a b le . H ow w ron g w e w ere. A s it tu r n s o u t, T u c s o n ’ s te le v is io n sta tio n s happen to have

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screen does not change to a spe cial battle mode, as most RPGs do. Rather, Aya must move to avoid attacks as they appear, w aiting for her m eter to build, allow ing her a chance to attack by w eapon or Parasite Energy, a m odern ver sion o f m edieval R P G ’s m agic spells. Victory results in the collection o f exp erien ce (strength) points and item s, but no currency; there is no buying, selling, or trading o f goods in this New York. In ventory m anagem ent is a p lay er’s big g est co ncern, often fin d in g them selves with more superflu ous item s than they can carry. Square made the focus o f this RPG its graphics; as a result, they are phenom enal. Exploration oc curs in a Resident Evil-type fash ion o f fixed cam era angles, auto m atically sw itch in g w hen Aya m oves beyond the current range

or into a new room. R ealistic set tings and strange-looking m on sters are o ffset only by the po lygonal characters. The g am e’s m ost stunning m o m ents are the full-m otion video sequences, rem iniscent o f Final Fantasy VII. These realistic m ov ies are often brief but fantastic, show ing Eve in all her horrific glory. T hese m ake the book-like feel of the gam e m ore interesting. The m usic is not as m om en to u s an e v e n t as th o se tra ck s found in the Final Fantasy titles, but is still suitable for an RPG. There is little digitized speech to accom pany the com puter-generated movie sequences, but E ve’s operatic singing and the squeal ing o f terrified, m utated m onsters will definitely have players ner vously asking, “W hoa! W hat the HECK is going on??” P a ra site E v e co m e s on tw o

discs, and a third disc contains dem os o f S quare’s future lineup. There are self-running m ovies o f B u sh id o B la d e 2 and B ra v e Fencer M usashi, and a playable demo o f the RPG X enogears, all gam es due before y e a r’s end. A m ovie o f the highly-anticipated F in a l F a n ta s y V I II, d u e in America in N ovem ber ’99, is also included. Parasite Eve is a sim ple, relax ing gam e to play. There isn ’t too much for a player to think about or do, which m ay fru strate the m ore a c tio n -in te n siv e g am ers. B ut th e o r ig in a l, in tr ig u in g storyline and cinem atic feel are Parasite E v e’s redeem ing values. T h e s tro n g , s lo w -d e v e lo p in g storyline often threatens to ov er pow er the gam eplay. But it does work well as sym biotic relatio n ship: give it your tim e and it’ll give you som e enjoym ent.

chronologically placed to fit the gallery. The first floor is all an cient and m edieval artistry/arti facts. T he second floor is a com pressed run through o f what most techies would consider art his tory or ‘norm al’ art; basically it is E u ropean art through seven centuries and over six countries. The third floor is A m erican art and th e fo urth flo o r is S o uth

American and 20lh century A m eri can works. The m useum holds w orks by M onet. M atisse, W his tler, and R enoir as well as many o ther artists whom being a techie m yself am ju st not that fam iliar with. A neat thing the W orcester A rt M useum has though is as you w alk through little placards are everyw here denoting what people o f merit, from high schoolers to

sen ators, feel is there fav o rite work o f the museum. The art m u seum is a w orthw hile venture for any p e rso n to o c a u g h t up in M QPs or D A K A /C hartw ells to appreciate that there is life o u t side. Believe it or not some art is really nice although don’t ask me to explain what the artist or museum was thinking when they created and bought the all black painting.

[T his re a lly d id n ’t h a p p e n , at least not to R ichard. H e ’s from San F rancisco. (“ How did I ever w ake up from that M U N I-island n ig h t / up the hill & th ro u g h to w n ? ” )] S o y e s , th e s o n g s a r e all ab out re la tio n sh ip s. T he co v er a rt is a m a tc h p h o to g ra p h e d nine tim es fanning in and out. He e x e rts m ore o f that kind o f im a g e ry to us la te r p e o p le are ‘s p a rk s ’ and ‘je w e ls ’ o r ‘s o u v e n irs .’ I c o u ld sit h e re a n d list the w o n d erfu l w o rd p lay s and p o e m - p ie c e s b u t we d o n ’t h a v e th e c o lu m n spacc. T he m u sician s are top n o tc h : D a v e S c h ra m m p la y s slid e g u ita r, you m ig h t know h im fro m p la y in g o n Yo La T en g o ’s am azin g I Can H ear the H e a r t ... a n d J o h n M c E n tir e d o cs p e rc u ssio n & d ru m s, h e ’s from T o rto ise , w e ’ve a lso got D a v id G ru b b s on p ia n o , Syd

S traw ... wow. W ill you like it? W ill it like you? A bove said friend ju s t told me she did in fact liste n to it o n ly o n c e : “ D id n ’ t lik e th e v o ic e.” Yes, R ic h a rd ’s got that n o t-so -p erfe ct w arb le. But my advisor m ight g iv e m e an NR in my E nglish M QP if I d o n ’t m en- . tion th at we b rin g e v e ry th in g th a t’s e v e r h a p p e n e d to us to the listen in g / read in g e x p e ri e n c e . M y r e la tio n s h ip tra c k record usually is n ’t too m essy or unique but I c a n ’t deny I ’ve felt all 16 o f th ese fee lin g s at som e point. A nd 0 As it ends: “O nce I saw a co u p le d an cin g close & d ru n k , in the spray o f lig h ts they m ade. / & o n ce , I was dug up, I w as sin k in g , but now I ’m longing to be sa v e d .” H earing these sto rie s all in the space o f 37 m in u te s (m u ltip le tim es) - it’s a good kind o f ta x ing, a catharsis uncom parable well, just d on’t leave the oven on.

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G a m in g C o r n e r by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Title: PARASITE EVE P latfo rm : Sony Playstation P u b lis h e r: Square Electronic Arts Rating: 8.7 Biological w arfare has taken on an all new m eaning. T his tim e, the w eapons a re n ’t governm entm anufactured fo r war; biology itself is revolting, and hum anity is about to be overthrow n. Thus goes the story for Parasite Eve, the new role-playing game (RPG) fo r th e S o n y P la y S ta tio n by Square, m akers o f Final Fantasy. T his is the first gam e published in A m erica by the new joint com pany S quare Electronic Arts. Our heroine is Aya Brea, a g o r g e o u s if n o t to o b rig h t c o p . W hile attends the local opera, the sta r sin g e r, M elissa, su d d en ly

causes the audience to burst into flam es, with Aya as the only sur vivor. Aya sets out to stop the rapidly-m utating M elissa - now calling herself Eve - while there’s still a city to save. Parasite Eve is set in New York City. Players will travel to fam il iar sites, such as C arnegie Hall, C entral Park, and the Statue o f Liberty. The story begins on C hristm as Eve and takes place over the six follow ing days, with events oc curring in predeterm ined succes sion. Square gives a new defini tio n to lin e a rity : P a ra site Eve play s m ore like a book than a gam e. Eve m ust go from Point A to Point B, with little deviation available. B attles likew ise happen in set places, and these are the only real chances in which Aya has some say in the g am e’s outcom e. The

Art? At a Tech School? by Jennifer Cooper Newspeak Staff Yes, art is not that far aw ay from o u r b e lo v e d W PI. T he W o rc e ste r A rt M useum is lo cated at 55 Salisbury Street or ju st dow n the hill and keep on w a lk in g a b lo c k o r tw o p a st F o un d ers. T he W orcester A rt M useum has free adm ission for

students in the area colleges so bring your WPI ID and get in free to see the neat stu ff inside. Top on my reason for going was there c u rre n t A nsel A dam s e x h ib it. Ansel Adams is the am azing black a n d w h ite p h o to g r a p h e r w ho captures the beauty o f A m erica w ith shot. T he W orcester Art M useum has four floors; all the w ork on a floor is them atically or

CD Review: Richard Buckner by Brian Whitman Newspeak Staff I d o n ’t even have this reco rd in my p o sse ssio n right now. I gave it to a frien d a co u p le o f d a y s a g o fo r ‘s a f e k e e p in g .’ Since I care ab o u t her w ell-b eing, I k in d o f hope she d o e s n ’t listen to it. I had it for a total o f three d a y s, see, and I listen ed to it an u n h ealth y am ount. L e t’s get th is out o f the way: R ichard B u c k n e r’s Since is one o f the m ost pow erfully c o m p e l ling p ie c e s o f p o p u la r m u sic I ’ve heard in a w hile. And I hear a lot o f m usic in my line o f n o n w o rk . I t ’s h e a r t- w r e n c h in g , b e a u tifu l, sc a ry and d e p r e s s ing. It p u lls all this o ff becau se o f the to n e o f the album , the in s tru m e n ts used, M r. B u c k n e r’s th ro a ty grow l o f a voice, and ev en the p ack ag in g arc all p e rfe c tly placed and a r ran g ed . W h a t’s bad about it is

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th at it d raw s you in if you let it. S ta r D e li, se e , th e y h a v e n ’t talk ed all sum m er and the last I ru in ed a p e rfe c tly fine w eek end w hen I b o u g h t this album . tim e they m et he told her he was in love w ith her but she d id n ’t A ll o f a su d d en , it w as like I c ra c k e d o p e n th a t book from re sp o n d and le ft him to m ull th o s e E v il D e a d m o v ie s : it ab out in the humid July to fol sta rte d ra in in g , my frien d s all low. G et this vibe here? So over le ft tow n and I w as left w ith th is C D an d so m e le f to v e r C h in e se food (and that v o r te x , o f c o u r s e ). N o th in g e l s e to d o b u t l i s t e n , This is not Garth Brooks at Central rig h t? Park, this is the guy w ho’s walking I t’s a c o u n try album . down Broadway towards Leonard T h e y sa y so b e c a u s e while Garth’s playing and is th e r e ’s a slid e g u ita r on listening to the show on a clipping th e r e , a n d s o m e o f th e transistor radio. c h o r d p r o g r e s s io n s h a v e th a t a lt- c o u n ty la z in e s s to th e m . B ut th is is not G a rth B rooks at C entral Park, this is th e g u y w h o ’s w a lk in g dow n B r o a d w a y to w a r d s L e o n a rd an egg salad sandw ich and a bag o f o ra n g e M ila n o s , R ic h a rd w hile G a rth ’s p laying and is lis B u c k n e r is g o in g to te ll th is te n in g to the show on a c lip ping tran sisto r radio. H e’s m eet woman and all o f us what exactly he’s been going through. ing an old friend o f his at the

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Christian Bible Fellowship I hope that everyone took some time off from his o r her busy schedules this week end to enjoy life. We will be having Tues day N ight Prayer this w eek at 9:30 in Founders, and Friday Night Fellowship at 7:30 in the Lower Wedge. On Saturday we will be going on a hiking trip to Mt. Monadnock. A n y o n e in te re ste d can e-m ail cbf@ w pi.edu. “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick Figs from thombushes, o r grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out o f the good stored up in his heart, and the evil m an brings evil out o f the evil stored up in his heart. For out o f the over flow o f his heart his mouth speaks.” Luke 6:43 (NIV) In this verse Jesus speaks about how a person can be identified by their actions. The tree symbolizes the person while the fruit symbolizes their actions, in particular their words. What kind o f fruit do you bear? W hen Jesus speaks about a good tree not being able to.bear bad fruit and a bad tree not being able to bear good fruit, He d o e sn ’t mean that a person cannot change. B ut if that person consistently puts out bad fruit, it is impossible for them to consistently put out good fruit at the same time. If they come to Jesus it is pos sible to change. It is im portant that we examine our actions, and in particular our

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This past Sunday the Stage Band took part in a great concert with the latin group “Los Pleneros” and the W PI Orchestra. It was a fun night and we look forward to playing more latin charts in the future. On Tuesday, April 14th, the Stage Band will be playing its annual concert at St. John’s HS. The following Saturday (18th) the Stage Band and the Jazz Ensem ble will be going to Reading to attend a com petition/ clinic with other bands for our region. The last gig o f the year will be Tuesday April 21st, here at W PI with our Concert Band and the Tufts Wind Ensemble. This should be a great concert....a good chance for ev eryone to com e and support W P I’s musi cal talent, we hope to see you there. A ttendance at the W PI Jaz z p erfo r mances this year have been disappoint ing, to say the least. W e’re counting on the WPI students to start show ing some support so that we can continue our tradi tion as a talented jaz z group w ith high praise from professional jazzers. The Parent’s Day concert on Saturday was the first o f what will be many excellent performances for the Stage Band and Jazz Ensemble this year. Homecoming, Octo ber 3rd, will be the next Stage Band gig and Jazz Ensemble will be performing on Sep tember 24th. For details and general infor

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mation about the WPI Jazz Groups, visit http://www.wpi.edu/~wpijazz/. New members in the Stage Band this year are Steve Leavey on Alto Sax, Sarah Lovell on Trumpet, Paul Tortora on Drums, and Tony Towne on Bass. After serving their four years, closer to 13 for some, the fol lowing members have gone on to put their WPI education to practice: Mike Andrews, Will Buchanan, and Steve Fong.

Newman Club Well we had a great parents’ day and many o f them were in attendance at Sun day Mass. Several o f our club members w ere th e g u e sts o f C la rk U n iv e rsity Newman Club last Thursday at the lecture by John Cardinal O ’Connor on Jewish Catholic Relations. Last Wednesday night Jennifer C ooper opened our first prayer/ discussion group, which will take place every Wednesday night o f Term A and B at 8:30 PM in the Religious Center. This Saturday w e are going apple picking and the bus will leave at 9:30 AM from the Re ligious Center. We will be back in time for supper on cam pus. Non members are wel come to jo in us for apple picking. Just em ail G reg M acleo d , o u r p re sid e n t at macleod@wpi.edu if you wish to come. The only charge is the adm ission fee to the apple farm. Our hom ecom ing plans are taking form. We will have our annual Alumni Memorial M ass on Sunday, October 4 at 11:30 AM in Alden followed by our annual homecom ing cookout at 1:00 PM on the grounds o f the Religious Center. All W PI people are welcom e to come. By the way, have you noticed the new color o f the door o f the Religious C enter? It is purple. We are all wondering who picked out that color and why. Isn’t that the color o f someone’s Alma M ater? Well enough for now as the Irish would say and d on’t forget to check our column next week. Oh yes, M asses are ev ery Sunday at 11:30 AM in Alden and 5:00 PM in Founders. Come join us in prayer.

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Dates have been set for our A-term ac tivities — clear your calenders! The first is P u rg a to ry C hasm on S at, 9 /2 6 , from noonish to dinner-time. Since we don’t go in garb to that, on Sunday we will go to The Man in the Iron Mask in garb! On Thursday 10/1, the newbie night quest will be held from 7pm until about 10pm. Email realms@ wpi.edu if you want to PC or NPC. T he next w eekend is our trip to King R ich ard ’s Faire, on 10/3. Please em ail wez@ wpi sooner than possible if you want to go. This trip is open to everyone, in cluding friends, family, and other random people. Garb is greatly encouraged. Finally, on Sat 10/10 is the Black & W hite M as querade, a Realms tourney/dancing event. Pre-reg is $15, and Jason Rosa is collect ing. The boring adm inistrative business was finished quicker than usual, with a recordbreaking reading o f the anti-hazing policy (4 min, 50 sec!). Armor making and garb making sessions were planned for this past w eek (if you m issed them , em ail the guildmasters). There will be a Realms Q&A

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T h e second a n n u a l C a re e r F a ir F re e S tu ff A w a rd s by Matt Lug Newspeak Staff Let me start by saying that I almost never use th e w o rd s “ h e c k ” o r “d a n g .” Newspeak found the original words in my last article to be too harsh and offensive, so they put those silly words in there in stead. A couple other sections were ed ited for similar reasons. There were also at least two small errors in the article. The title should have read “Predictions for the new school year” instead of “Predictions for the new school.” Several readers were confused by what appeared to be a refer ence to a new school. There is no new WPI, it’s just the same old place with the usual occasional modifications. Also, at the bottom of the first column, the line “zine itse lf to farce random in d iv id u als to ” should have been “zinc itself to force ran dom individuals to.” I don’t know how force became a farce, but it shouldn’t have. Hmm... What else... Did anyone else think that the crossword puzzle in that w eek’s issue was just way too easy? Ok, on to the real reason you’re reading this. Apparently Newspeak received some positive com m ents about my free stu ff awards article last year (in other words someone read it (it was hard to miss since it took up the entire page) and did n ’t hate it), so Newspeak asked me if I was plan ning on doing it again this year. I’ve been running a bit low on article ideas lately, so o f course I would do a repeat o f something I did before, especially if it was something that someone actually read. If you missed it for some reason, you should first apolo gize profusely for not reading one o f my articles (I don’t care if you w eren’t here, that’s no excuse). The best apologies usu ally include money o f some kind (the more the better). Next, you can load up your favorite web b row ser and go to http:// www.wpi.edu/~mttlg/stuff/ where you can find all o f my articles in their original, unNewspeaked form (yes, there were some mistakes in last y e a r’s free stuff awards article). There’s also some other stuff there, but use caution when viewing it, I am not responsible for any injuries sustained dur ing visits to my web site. W hile you’re there, you might as well look at the rest of my web site, since you know you really have nothing better to do. I’m getting there, I ’m getting there... H ere’s som e background behind these awards. Every fall W PI has a career fair. Usually this means that parking on cam pus is impossible to find, and lots o f se niors desperately seeking em ploym ent dress up in suits in an effort to impress company representatives who arc dressed in t-shirts and jeans. The com panies also try to impress the students, but their ap proach is a bit more reasonable. They bring lots o f stuff with them to give away to any one who is within reach. The more they give away, the less they have to carry out. So what was it like this year? How should I know, the career fair is still two days away. I’ll get back to you once it’s over. Ok, the career fair has come and gone, and my arms hurt from carrying all that free stuff. Hey, that stuff is heavy, and it’s hard work making all those trips around gather ing it. Anyway, this year saw a decrease in mouse pads, an increase in coffee mugs, th e u su al n u m b e r o f p e n s, p e n c ils , highlighters, and flashlights, a wide vari ety o f uniquely shaped stress reliever balls (I thin k the A scen d sq u ish y d ic e are loaded; I keep rolling sevens or doubles), and an overall increase in creativity. Many com panies have realized that students have a special kind o f respect for anything that is free. Some still don’t get it though (see the worst overall category). There are several new categories this year, and a few categories that didn’t have enough com petition to call for their inclusion this time. The competition was fierce, but I managed to determine the winners somehow (note to companies: a monetary donation or gen erous jo b offer usually helps m ake the judging process go faster). Ok, ok, I know you’re probably not even paying attention to this anymore, so here they are...

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Best Pencil W inner: N atio n al In stru m e n ts, fo r th e ir au to p o in t p en cils. R u n n er Up: T erad y n e, for th e ir m e c h a n ic a l p en cils. B est Pen W inner: R izzo A sso c iates, In c ., fo r th e ir g re e n , g o ld -trim m e d , C ro ss-ty p e pens. R unner Up: S ikorsky A ircraft, for th e ir black, g o ld -trim m ed p e n s. Best H ighlighter W inner: U nited T e c h n o lo g ie s , fo r t h e i r th r e e h ig h lig h ter set inside a triangular case, w h ich w on th is aw ard last year. R u n ner U p: A ir P ro d u c ts, for th e ir flat tr i a n g u la r trip le h ig h lig h ter, w hich is o f th e s a m e d e s ig n as th e M itr e h ig h lig h te r th at w as the ru n n e r up in this c a te g o ry la st year. B est S tick y N o te Pad W in n er:

P ric e W a te rh o u s e C o o p e rs, fo r th e ir la rg e b e ig e n o te p ads. R u n n ers U p: R a y th e o n and L u c e n t T e c h n o lo g ie s, for th e ir larg e w hite note pads. B est F la sh lig h t W in n er: K id d e F en w al, for th eir larger flashlights that run on tw o A A b a tte rie s. R u n n er U p: A ir P ro d u c ts, fo r th e ir sm a ller d isp o s able fla sh lig h ts. B est Key Chain W inner: L u c e n t T e c h n o lo g ies, fo r th e ir b attery p o w ered LED key chains. R unner Up: N atu ral M ic ro sy ste m s, fo r th e ir cell p h o n e key c h a in s th at have a pen fo r an a n te n n a. Best Mousepad Winner: Nexion, for th e ir la rg e ro u n d m o u sep ad s. R u n n er U p: U n ilev er, fo r th e ir sm aller, th in , ro u n d m o u sep ad s.

B e s t F ly in g O b je c t W in n e r s: C la rio n and P ratt & W hitney, for th e ir b a ls a p la n e s . R u n n e rs U p: M ic r o s tr a te g y an d B D S , fo r th e ir ro o m e ra n g s.

Best Squishy, Stress-Reliever-Type Object Winner: Bay Networks, for their squishy brains. R unner Up: A spect, for jh e ir squishy footballs.________________

B est E lectr o n ic D ev ice W inner: B ecton D ickinson, for th eir digital th er m o m eters. R u nner Up: K idde Fenw al, fo r th e ir c a lc u la to rs. Best C offee M ug W inner: F id e lity In v e stm e n ts, for th e ir large in su lated coffee m ugs, som e o f w hich cam e co m p lete w ith co ffee. R u nner Up: T ra v e l ers In su ran c e, for th e ir sm aller in su lated co ffe e m ugs.

their blinking lights, and ID X , for their T angle th ings.

B est S tu ff That C learly W asn’t Free W inner: B ecton D ic k in so n , for all th e ir in te restin g s tu ff th a t w a sn ’ t free, w hile th e ir th e rm o m e te rs w ere m arked “p lease tak e o n e .” B est S tu ff T h a t S h o u ld H a v e Been F re e W in n e r: Stanley, for all the tools they had sca tte re d o v er th e ir table.

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K a n s a s F e s t ’ 9 8 a n d th e A p p le I I since he opened the store in 1979. “And then th ere w as p ayroll and in v entory softw are. A lso, schools standardized on the Apple II. The com puter was, and still is, adequate for grades K -4.” Even to day, it is often used to establish a cheap network: rather than ask for a $2000 com puter from adm inistration, teachers can find A pple II’s for as little as $20. In 1993, A pple Inc. stopped m anufac tu rin g th e c o m p u te rs , f a v o rin g th e M acintosh, an entirely different system not com patible with the II. Yet the lack o f o f f ic ia l su p p o rt has not sto p p e d people from using it. W h e re a s o n c e th e A p p le II w as h e a v ily su p p o rte d by u se r g ro u p s people in a tow n banding to g e th e r to share p ro b le m s and so lu tio n s - m ost groups today have absorbed th eir Apple II support into the M acintosh, essentially elim inating the former. Yet those few user g ro u p s still k n o w led g eab le a b o u t the supposedly-obsolete m achine offer free technical support and huge libraries o f free softw are. The disappearance o f such groups has not killed the com m unity o f A pple users, but forced them to relocate; like many m odern organizations, they have banded together online. Be it on the Internet or a com m ercial service such as D elphi, not a day g o e s by w hen a p ro b le m is n ’t solved, a glitch corrected, a new user in troduced to the basics, o r a new piece o f softw are is released. Apple II users are reaching out on a global scale, strength ening the few o f them left with w hatever cooperation possible. Last week, Avila College in Kansas City becam e the site o f a com puter expo dedi cated to the Apple II. K ansasFest be gan in 1989 as A 2-C entral D eveloper C onference, but the program m ing focus has since lessened. T his year, 50 people

by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Som ewhere in a home office rests a new Pentium com puter, purchased for a sm all fortune. Not far away is a G3 M acintosh, equipped with the latest in high-perform ance technology. Yet betw een the two sits the real w orkhorse: a 20-year-o ld Apple II, a com puter th at’s beaten the odds and stayed alive, thanks to a com m unity o f dedicated users. In to d a y ’s m a rk e tp la c e , c o m p u te r equipm ent is often outdated within three to six m onths o f purchase. To stay com p e titiv e and c o m p atib le, co n stan t u p grading is necessary. The quests for an effective $1000 com puter, or the fabled $500 “ Internet box,” rem ain elusive. But go to any flea m arket or garage sale and chances are there’s an Apple II available for less than the cost o f a mouse. W hen properly equipped, the w heelbarrow be com es an 18-w heeler, suitable to m ost tasks w ithout any o£ the glitter o f m od ern m achines. T he A pple II is the brainchild o f Steve W ozniak, w ho designed the original m a chine and founded A pple in his garage in 1977. Various m odels have existed, from the lie to the lie to the II+. In 1986, the Ilgs was introduced, a 16-bit m achine that could run the softw are o f its 8-bit brethren, but also its ow n league o f new softw are. D espite com petition from other early com puters, such as the Atari, A m iga, and C om m odore, the A pple II had a strong presence. “It got into the business place with a piece o f softw are called V isiC alc, the first spreadsheet program ,” recalls Ron D agenais. D agenais, who operates C o m p u te r S y s te m s & S o ftw a re in Searstow n M all o f L eom inster, M ass., has been an a u th o riz e d A pple d e a le r

from as far away as Hawaii, Australia, and the N e th erla n d s, ran g in g in age from nineteen to ninety, cam e to see product d e m o n stra tio n s, g iv e se ssio n s on o b scure ways to use the A pple, and enjoy the com pany o f a sm all but strong com munity. S everal p ro g ra m s w ere un v eiled at K ansasFest, creating new uses and fill in g n e e d s . A m o n g th e m w as E ric S hepherd’s W ebW orks GS, a HyperText M arkup Language (H TM L) editor, m ak ing the creation o f w eb pages easy. The Byte Works presented GSoft Basic, a Ilgsspecific form o f the Basic program m ing language. A lso released w ere updates to M arinetti, a tool for connecting to the In tern e t using the S L IP /P P P protocol; Spectrum , a potent telecom m unications program ; and G raphicW riter III, a desk top publishing program . T h is y e a r ’s K a n sa sF e st in clu d ed a H a c k F e st, a c o m p e titio n to see w ho could w rite the “coolest” program , from scratch in 12 hours. I entered using the new G Soft B asic as my language. W hen I hit a snag, M ike W esterfield, author o f the program , was on-hand to show me the ropes and correct bugs - both mine and his, in the language itself - as needed. T he unlikely eq u iv alen t in the IBM world would be showing Bill Gates a Win dow s 98 bug, and having him fix it - on the spot. It’s ju st another exam ple that it’s not so m uch the com puter itse lf which is so significant, as it is the com m unity. The people are program m ers, w riters, and us ers who do w hat they can to support each o th er because they enjoy doing so. Max Jones, publisher o f the Juiced.G S new sletter, com m ented: “It’s rem arkable to see so m any people from so many d i verse lifestyles and so m any parts o f the w orld com e together for a com m on pur

pose: to celebrate the Apple II and the wonderful com m unity that has grow n up around it.” O th e r a c tiv itie s in c lu d ed the tra d i tional o p ening b a rb eq u e fe ast at K.C. M a ste rp ie ce , a stra n g e tie c o n te st, and a ro ast, at w hich a m ajor c o n trib u to r to the A pple II co m m u n ity is h o n o re d by having his nam e d rag g ed th ro u g h the m ud, w ith a few e m b a rra ssin g sto ries along the way. T h is y e a r ’s v ic tim was Tony Diaz, w ithout w hom A lltech E lec tro n ics w ould p ro b a b ly not su p p o rt the co m p u te r w ith a v a rie ty o f e sse n tia l h a rd w a re . D iaz a lso o w n s a p riv a te A pple II m useum , w hich includes m any p ro to ty p e s and o th e r th in g s w hich o f ficially n ever exist. M a n y a t t e n d e e s w e re n o t u s in g A pple IP s, but M a cin to sh es eq u ip p ed w ith B ernie II the R escu e, a pro g ram w hich allow s virtually all A pple II soft w are to be run on a P o w erM ac. As d e d ic a te d as the c u lt-lik e fo llo w in g o f th e M a c , w h ic h h o ld s o n ly 4% o f to d a y ’s m arket, is, the A pple II fo llo w ing is even m ore so. From indoor frisbee to the sharing o f steak and song, K ansasFest is as much about the people as it is the com puter. Two years ago at K ansasFest, in the wee hours o f the morning, three program m ers, from Australia, England, and New Jersey, m et and found them selves in an Avila dorm room talking about the Internet. A year and much collaboration later, they released Spectrum Internet Suite, the first and only graphical w eb brow ser for the Ilgs. A lth o u g h d e a d to th e m a s s e s , the Apple II continues to be the com puter o f choice to many. As long as people have fun using it and interacting w ith others of sim ilar interests, it will rem ain useful while still growing.

istic thing to do in this situation would be to m utually decide to be ju st friends w h ile in sch o o l. You c o u ld say that y o u ’ll stay together and allow each other to see other people, but if you think about it, it’s really the sam e thing. Going o ff to college, you will m eet a lot o f new people, som e o f whom you m ay find you want to get to know better. B efore you get there, you w ill think that it’ll never happen. You love that other person too m uch to be interested in other people. O nce that person is not around a n y m o re , y o u ’ll fin d th a t q u ic k ly changes. You still love them , but you learn to live w ithout them and then find you still w ant som eone in y o u r life. M aking that agreem ent w ith the other person then com es in handy. You can explore your options, w ithout the added guilt. You’ll have a lot m ore fun without w orrying about w hat’s considered cheat ing and w hat isn ’t. People have yet to figure that one out, so why should you have to try? In my own personal experience, being a girl in a school with 80% m ales quickly extinguished my ideas o f a fairy tale long distance relationship. I had been one o f

those, along w ith m any o f the people here, P m finding, that for som e odd rea son believed that long-distance relation ships had any rate o f success. As the weeks go by, how ever, P m seeing the re lationships go up in flam es, one by one, dropping like flies. I was lucky enough to be one o f the early ones, sparing my self som e o f the m ental anguish. E very one thought they could make it work, but soon found out so was not the case. T he best thing about gettin g it over with early is that now we d o n ’t have to w orry about screw ing up and losing ev e ry th in g in c lu d in g th e frie n d sh ip . A friendship can still be sustained over the phone and I ’ve found it m akes the break up a little easier to deal with. So, when som eone says to me, “ long-distance re la tio n s h ip ” , I th in k o f no m ore than friendship, because that is w hat consti tutes one, and no one should struggle with trying to make it any m ore than that. We have enough to deal w ith already. W hat encom passes it basically is being able to see other people and seeing what happens when both o f you go hom e. I’ve found you c a n ’t expect much m ore to re tain your sanity.

Does Love Really Conquer All? by Kerri Dagesse Newspeak S ta ff L on g -d istan ce relationship. Sounds alm ost like an oxym oron doesn’t it? I do n ’t know who created the concept, but I believe that it d o esn ’t go beyond that ju st a concept. You have to adm it, it is a nice idea, but the reality in it rem ains to be seen. I never had to experience this until ju st this year when all my friends and I went our separate ways. Som e o f us further than others. C ollege seemed as good a tim e as any to experim ent with this. I had alw ays wondered exactly why people would w ant to sustain a long-distance relationship. I w ondered if any o f them actually did work for any considerable am ount o f tim e. How could they? L et’s say your boyfriend or girlfriend went o ff to college on the other side o f the country. You d o n ’t see that person for m onths at a tim e and when you do, it’s only for a w eek at a tim e, or m aybe a couple m onths in the summer. W hat do you do in the m eantim e? Sit around and mope as you watch everyone else m eet ing new people, thinking about that per-

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What's Happening: September

Friday, September 4 12:10am - Disturbance: Elbridge Street. 12:1 8 a m -C o d e 5: Officer advised subjects Elbridge Street to quiet down. 1:25am - Suspicious Male: A male, going down Institute Road yelling and screaming help. Possibly intoxicated. 1:3 la m - C o d e 5: Subject was advised. 2:33am - Medical: Female student on Highland Street asking to be transported to Umass for a small cut. 5:10pm - Fire Alarm: Morgan 3"1, not on alarm panel, called in by numerous students. 5 :1 2 p m - Arrival: 3rd floor smoke detector going off, no one in room, no fire, a fault smoke detector. Electrician called. 5 :14pm - W orcester Fire clears and electrician enroute. 6:37pm - Alarm: Intrusion Daniels bookstore. 6:4 lp m - C o d e 5: A ccidentally set off in com puter science area.

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Global Opportunities Fair, Alden Memorial Panhel Blood Drive 12pm - Film, O f One Blood: Back to Africa, Riley Commons 3:30pm - W Tennis vs. M ount Holyoke 4pm - Preparing for G raduate ScljopI Wpi^stjbg, SJL-l 15, 6pm - SGA M eeting, Lower Wedge 7pm - Volleyball vs. S prinffiild 7pm - Multicultural Jazz Dance Workshop (free ticket required), Riley Commons 7:30pm - Health and Wellness Program, Morgan A

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Saturday, September 5 1:38am - Fire Alarm: Institute Hall. 1:5 1am - Officers and W FD clear Institute hall, alarm activated by contents o f microwave oven. 3:03am - Assist: Subjects attem pting to located student in Stoddard. 8:45pm - Check o f Welfare: M other o f student concerned, has not heard from her daughter, SHD Institute informed, will check. 8:48pm - Check o f Welfare: SHD Institute reports not around, dispatch left message for student, mother notified. 11:26pm - Noise Complaint: C ar alarm sounding repeatedly in library lot. 11:31pm - Officer reports care with alarm m alfunction in library lot belongs to patron of function at Armenian Hall, owner attempting to repair it. 11:33pm - Altercation: O fficer and Sergeant investigating report o f argument behind Boynton Street fraternity.

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4:30 - 6:00pm - ‘T h e 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” presented by FranklinCovey trainer, Dr. Wayne Morris, in the lower Wedge.

2 6 ] Pm - W Tennis vs. Wellesley 1pm - Field Hockey v$. Umass-— ~ 6pm - W Soccer vs. W orcester State

Sunday, September 6 12:08am - Noise Complaint: Officer reports spoke with ow ner of vehicle in library lot with alarm malfunctioning. Ow ner removing car at this time. 12:1 4 am -N o iseC o m p lain t: Salisbury Estates, music turned down. 3 :10am - Suspicious Person: Call from student residing on Elbridge Street regarding suspi cious individual. 3:34am - Sergeant reports excessive amount o f trash & empty alcohol containers left in library lot by persons attending Armenian church function. 3:43am - Malicious Mischief: Sergeant reports large amount o f yellow banner tape wrapped around objects in Stoddard courtyard area. 4:16am - Disorderly Persons: Sergeant out in library lot, reports dispersing disorderly group from Armenian Church function. 9 :18am - M alicious Mischief: Caution tape strung up in Stoddard courtyard, RA Stoddard B contacted. 11:29am - Complaint: Student into station regarding incident. 11:44am - Noise complaint: Loud music.

Monday, September 7 12:30am - Building Checks: Stoddard; Ellsworth; Fuller; spoke with group outside Stoddard re: excessive noise. 12:47am - Noise complaint: Humboldt Ave., loud activity. 1:52am - Noise complaint: Loud group, Lancaster Terrace fraternity. 2:06am - Officer clears Lancaster Terrace, subjects advised; also spoke with loud group at Salisbury Street fraternity. 2:55am - Assault: Student into station regarding assault. 4:29am - Assist: WPD request officer to Boynton Street and Salisbury Street. 4:46am - Officer clears W PD assist.

Tuesday, September 8 12:16am - Intrusion Alarm: Fuller Labs CCC I/O & M achine Room. 1:03am - Open Door: M ailroom secured. 6:06pm - Suspicious Persons: 10 non-students rem oved from Alumni. 11:15pm - Access: Contractor admitted to Founders kitchen for duct cleaning.

2 7 Spirit Week Begins 11:30am -C atholicM ass, AldenM em orial ’% % 5pm - Catholic M ass, Founders Study Room 1/ 6-8pm - Personal Leadership by Empower X (sponsored by IFC and Panhel), Alden Memorial 6:30 & 9:30pm - Movie, The Man in The Iron Mask, Perrault

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11:49pm - Medical Response: Morgan student passed out earlier and now feeling ill. 11:54pm - Fire alarm: Founders Hall. 11:58am - Sergeant reports fire alarm in Founders tripped by fire suppression system activation in kitchen.

Wednesday, September 9 12:00am - EMS request EA to Morgan Hall for student with possible head injury. Worces ter EA notified. WFD also responding. 12:02am - Worcester Health Department notified by Worcester Fire Department re: Founders Hall. 9:46am - Check on Welfare: Trowbridge Road, student driving from Virginia, car found on Institute Road, note left to call girlfriend. 3:15pm - Report: Student reports his tires slashed on Institute Road. Advised to contact WPD. 7 :13pm - Medical: Student coughing up blood, male, soccer field.

Can you find where this is on Campus? This week's Where on Campus was taken by Megan Boettcher.