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Today: Brisk. Highs 50s.

W ednesday: Fair. Highs upper 50s.

T h u rsd ay : Cloudy. Highs 60s.

Tuesday, October 6, 1998

Volume Twenty-six , Number Nineteen

U.S./Germany lead the way in saving Earth’s resources Courtesy of WPI News Service Environmental Management and A uditing Schem es (E M A S) are becoming increasingly com m on in industrialized nations, as govern­ ment officials respond to pressure from citizens and civic groups to protect and improve their share of Earth’s limited resources. A team of six W PI undergraduates spent seven weeks in D arm stadt, G er­ many this spring completing an indepth investigation o f two distinct systems: American ISO 14000 pro­ grams and G erm any’s implementa­ tion o f the European U nion’s EMAS. The students also exam ­ ined differences in attitudes toward these systems in these countries.

The U.S. and Germany are con­ sidered world leaders in environ­ m ental policy developm ent, say Timothy Bosco o f Greenville, R.I., Rosanna Catricala of Wethersfield, Conn., Sean Duffy o f Winchester, Mass., Chad Hart o f Oak Ridge, N .J., C h ris to p h e r L o c o n to o f Worcester, form erly o f Charlton, M ass., and K ristin St. John o f W estfield , M ass. T he stu d e n ts completed their work as their Inter­ active Qualifying Project, a W PI degree requirement.

There are significant differ­ ences between the two countries when it comes to awareness of threats to the environm ent. “Be­

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by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Editor’s Note: this is the fourth in a series o f columns written by Ken G agne ’01 as he and his brother Steve explored America in a cross-country road trip this past summer.

A nyone w ho thinks co w b o y s and the Wild West died with the

cause they live in such a densely p opulated c o u n try and literally have now here to put their waste, Germans from all walks o f life are willing and eager to act with envi­

ronmental responsibility, including supporting the passage o f laws that limit packaging and require compa­ nies to accept their products (in­ cluding appliances and autom o­

Since September 21“, the W PI field hockey team has played four games, losing and winning 2, mak­ ing their record 5-4. On Monday, September 21a, they played an ex­ citing game against Salem. It was back and forth all during the game, regulation-ended scorers for WPI were M arissa M ertzic, with 2 and Brooke Clark.

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“A m erican fro n tie r” a hundred years ago has not been to a rodeo.

And there’s no better place to ex­ perience this exciting encounter o f m an and an im al than the town named after B uffalo Bill: Cody, Wyoming.

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On the 2 6 th, W PI took U m ass Dartmouth to school. They com­ pletely dom inated them during the entire game. Scoring once in the first half and then stomping on them with four goals in the second, in­ cluding one with only 25 seconds left on the clock. The game ended with a score o f 5-0. Scorers were numerous: M arissa M ertzic (with 2), Alison McFarland, Lindsay Voss and Brooke Clark.

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ranch and wilds to the spectator in a series o f fast, dangerous confron­ tations. Toss on your ten-gallon h a t, b ra v e the s te n c h to the buzzard’s roost benches, and pre­ pare for a wild night.

Why do they do it? What could possess any man to m ount such terrible beasts? “ We haven’t fig­ ured that one out yet,” laughed Tony Martoglio, Cody native and

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biles) for recycling when they can no longer function,” says German Professor David Dollenmayer, who served as project co-advisor with

Springfield by a score o f 1-2. The lone goal for W PI was made by Brooke Clark. W PI rallied back on October l a with a 2-nothing win over Nichols. Scorers for WPI w ere A liso n M c F a rla n d and M arissa Mertzic.

Captain Marissa Mertzic contin­ ues to lead the team with 11 goals and four assists. The next home game is Tuesday, October 6that 7:15, against Smith. It’s a conference game, so it should be exciting.

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I knew I was in W yoming when, reading the numbers on the city lim­ its signs, the elevation alw ays ex­ ceeded the population. A s the least populated state in the nation, Wyo­ ming has many untouched, natural areas. After the attractive, but dull, plains o f Kansas, the diversity of landscape and constant beauty o f this state’s hills, woods, and moun­ tains were a welcome change.

On the way to Cody, Steve and I passed through Bighorn National Forest (as in, the Battle o f Little).

W ithout exiting our car we saw b o u n d in g d e e r, s n o w -c a p p e d mountains, rock faces 2.5 million years old, and several rivers and falls. We expected this to be a hint o f w h a t w as to c o m e in Y e llo w sto n e ; w e w e re d is a p ­ pointed.

Although abundant in none-tooshy wildlife - including elk, bison, and c h ip m u n k s - Y e llo w sto n e lacked the variety and beauty o f Bighorn. The damage o f the 1988 fires was still evident: som e hills appeared sim ilar to m assive pin cushions; others, as though some­ one were playing with giant match sticks and simply got up and left.

The last ten years have been ones o f slo w re s to ra tio n ; b efo re Yellowstone fully recovers, another thirty decades will have passed. We were tempted to spend the night, but, not being the hardiest o f camp­ ers, w ere deterred by the recent snowfall.

Another disappointm ent, though to a much lesser degree, were the m ountain faces o f W ashington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota. While Superman

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Today: Brisk. Highs 50s.

W ednesday: Fair. Highs upper 50s.

T h u rsd a y : Cloudy. Highs 60s.

Tuesday, October 6, 1998

Volume Twenty-six, Number Nineteen

U.S./Germany lead the way in saving Earth’s resources Courtesy of WPI News Service Environmental Management and A uditing Schem es (E M A S) are becoming increasingly common in industrialized nations, as govern­ ment officials respond to pressure from citizens and civic groups to protect and improve their share of Earth's limited resources. A team o f six WPI undergraduates spent seven weeks in D arm stadt, G er­ many this spring completing an indepth investigation of two distinct systems: American ISO 141KK) pro­ grams and Germ any’s implementa­ tion o f the European U nion’s EMAS. The students also exam ­ ined differences in attitudes toward these systems in these countries.

The U.S. and Germany are con­ sidered world leaders in environ­ mental policy developm ent, say Timothy Bosco of Greenville, R.I., Rosanna Catricala of Wethersfield, Conn., Sean Duffy of Winchester.

Mass., Chad Hart o f Oak Ridge, N .J., C h ris to p h e r L o c o n to o f Worcester, formerly o f Charlton, M ass., and K ristin St. John of W estfield , M ass. The stu d en ts completed their work as their Inter­ active Qualifying Project, a WPI degree requirement.

There are significant differ­ ences between the two countries when it com es to awareness of threats to the environm ent. “Be­

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D is p a tc h e s :

by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Editor's Note: this is the fourth in a series o f columns written by Ken G agne '01 as he and his brother Steve explored America in a cross-country road trip this past summer.

A nyone w ho thinks cow boys and the Wild West died with the

cause they live in such a densely p o p u lated co u ntry and literally have nowhere to put their waste, G erm ans from all walks o f life are willing and eager to act with envi­

ronmental responsibility, including supporting the passage o f laws that limit packaging and require com pa­ nies to accept their products (in­ cluding appliances and autom o­

Since September 21st, the WPI field hockey team has played four games, losing and winning 2, mak­ ing their record 5-4. On Monday, September 21a, they played an ex­ citing game against Salem. It was back and forth all during the game, regulation-ended scorers for WPI were Marissa Mertzic, with 2 and Brooke Clark.

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Golf (5-0-1) Men’s Cross Country (2-2) Men’s Cross Country (2-2) Men’s Soccer (4-1-3) Football (1-2) Volleyball (9-6) Women’s Soccer (4-5) Field Hockey (5-4) Women's Tennis (3-5) Read all about it on

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“ A m erican fro n tie r” a hundred years ago has not been to a rodeo.

And there’s no better place to ex­ perience this exciting encounter o f m an and anim al than the town nam ed after B uffalo Bill: Cody, Wyoming.

Every night in this western town sets the stage for a rodeo. From bull riding to barrel racing to calf roping, events are brought from the

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On the 26lh, W PI took U m ass Dartmouth to school. They com ­ pletely dominated them during the entire game. Scoring once in the first half and then stomping on them with four goals in the second, in­ cluding one with only 25 seconds left on the clock. The game ended with a score of 5-0. Scorers were numerous: M arissa Mertzic (with 2), Alison McFarland, Lindsay Voss and Brooke Clark.

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Captain Marissa Mertzic contin ues to lead the team with 11 goals and four assists. The next home game is Tuesday, October 6that 7:15, against Smith. It’s a conference game, so it should be exciting.

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Why do they do it? What could possess any man to mount such terrible beasts? “We haven’t fig­ ured that one out y et,” laughed Tony Martoglio, Cody native and

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cowboy. “If we did, the rodeo might be over.”

I knew I was in Wyoming when, reading the numbers on the city lim­ its signs, the elevation always ex­ ceeded the population. As the least populated state in the nation, Wyo­ ming has many untouched, natural areas. After the attractive, but dull, plains o f Kansas, the diversity of landscape and constant beauty of this state’s hills, woods, and m oun­ tains were a welcome change.

On the way to Cody, Steve and I passed through Bighorn National Forest (as in, the Battle o f Little).

W ithout exiting our car we saw b o u n d in g d ee r, sn o w -c a p p e d mountains, rock faces 2.5 million years old, and several rivers and falls. We expected this to be a hint o f w hat w as to com e in Y e llo w sto n e ; we w ere d is a p ­ pointed.

Although abundant in none-tooshy wildlife - including elk, bison, and c h ip m u n k s - Y ello w sto n e lacked the variety and beauty of Bighorn. The damage o f the 1988 fires was still evident: some hills appeared sim ilar to m assive pin cushions; others, as though som e­ one were playing with giant match sticks and simply got up and left.

The last ten years have been ones o f slo w re s to ra tio n ; befo re Yellowstone fully recovers, another thirty decades will have passed. We were templed to spend the night, but, not being the hardiest ol camp­ ers, w ere deterred by the recent snowfall.

Another disappointm ent, though to a much lesser degree, were the m ountain faces o f W ashington.

Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, nestled in the Black Hills of South Dakota. While Superman

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In Response to Responses

Read what one author o f a commentary has to say about the responses to his article.

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“Americans, on the other hand, are insou­ ciant and environmentally ignorant when compared with the Germans, although they are more aware than other peoples,” says Dollenmayer.

But the picture is brightening. “While there are now only 121 companies certified with ISO 14000 in the United States, it is believed that the num ber will rise expo­ nentially within the next decade,” the stu­ dents say.

“With m ore than 1,178 certi­ fied com panies participating in EMAS, Germany has com pletely dom inated the environm ental m anagem ent front in the European Union. By providing incen­ tives for businesses to implement EMAS, the German government is helping its busi­ nesses become international policy lead­ ers.” The actions taken by German indus­ try are especially relevant to Am erican businesses because the countries share sim ilar eco no m ies, th e stu d en ts note.

“The strict legislation that is the backbone of EMAS should actually save money and boost markets in the long run because re­ ducing the use of diminishing resources, recycling and designing better, safer prod­ ucts saves money and widens profit margins. Eventually this position in global environm entalism could pay huge divi­ dends for Germ any’s overall competi­ tiveness.”

“By comparing the voluntary partici­ pation o f American and German countries in e n v iro n m e n ta l a u d itin g sc h e m e s through background research and exten­ sive interviews with American and Ger­ man com panies, the W PI project group developed a clear understanding o f the differences in environm ental awareness and policy between the two countries,” says Dollenmayer. “O ur students have re­ turned home as advocates o f increased American participation in EM AS.” The IQP is one o f three projects all WPI undergraduates undertake as part of the innovative WPI Plan, a flexible and aca­ demically challenging program intro­ duced in 1972. Under the Plan, students are provided with unique opportunities to in te g ra te c la s s ro o m s tu d ie s w ith preprofessional academ ic projects con­ ducted on campus or at companies, agen­ cies and p ro ject site s in the U .S. and abroad. The purpose o f the IQP is to make students aware of their responsibilities to manage technology effectively and ethi­ cally. About one-third of W PI’s under-

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‘Traveling to Germany to complete the IQ P was the most incredible experience I have ever had,” says Bosco. “Aside from the IQP work, we were able to travel to 11 countries. After seeing the different faces, speaking the different languages, eating the different foods and making friends in another part o f the world, I have truly ex­ panded my outlook on life. If I learned any­ thing from being here, it was that I am com ­ ing back!”

Bosco, a senior majoring in chemical engineering, is the son o f A nthony and Arlene Bosco o f Greenville, R.I. He gradu­ ated from Smithvilie High School. At WPI he is president and a former treasurer of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, has taken part in Big B rothers’ Project Campfire, played varsity football for two years, is a m em ber o f the American Institute o f Chemical E n­ gineers (AIChE), and was recently tapped fo r S k u ll, th e s e n io r h o n o r s o c ie ty ., Catricala, daughter o f Thomas and Barbara Catricala o f W ethersfield, Conn., is a se­ nior majoring in mechanical engineering.

She is president o f the WPI Chapter o f the Society o f W omen Engineers, vice presi­ dent of mem bership development for A l­ pha Gam m a D elta sorority, president o f Club Italia, and a m ember o f the American Society o f Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Duffy, a senior m ajoring in chemical engi­ neering, is the son o f John and D onna Duffy o f Winchester, Mass. He is a gradu­ ate o f W in ch ester H igh School and is active in Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Hart, son o f Brad and Suzanne H art o f Oak Ridge, N.J., is a graduate o f West Milford High School. A WPI junior majoring in elec­ trical and com puter engineering, he is a mem ber o f Theta Chi fraternity and the martial arts club.

Loconto, a senior majoring in mechani­ cal engineering, is the son o f Andrew and Judith Loconto o f Charlton, Mass. He is a graduate o f Holy Name Central Catholic High School in Worcester. St. John, daugh­ te r o f W alter a n d D iane St. Jo h n o f Westfield, M ass., is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering. She is a graduate o f Westfield High School. At WPI, she is a m em ber o f the cross country team, the la­ crosse club, Alpha Phi Omega co-ed ser­ vice fraternity, and the Society o f Women Engineers.

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Weekly Sports Update: Results from September

by Geoff Has sard Sports Information Director Golf (5-0-1) It was W PI’s turn in the rotation to host the Little Four match which they did last M onday at Holden H ills C ountry Club.

W PI ended winning with a score o f 400.

Derick Fors (Townsend, Mass.) led the way with a 78. He was followed by Haig A lto o n ia n (M e d fie ld , M a ss.), R andy Brown (Southwick, Mass.) and Barry Ham­ mer (Hooksett, N.H.) each shooting an 80.

Last Thursday the Engineers batUed wind and rain to qualify for the first time in school history for the ECAC Championships in Saratoga, N.Y. WPI was the second Div. Ill finisher and 3rd overall behind Holy Cross and UMass Dartmouth. Fors was low man with a 76 as he placed 3rd overall. Altoonian shot a 78 for 6th place overall.

Men’s Cross Country (2-2) The m en’s cross country team defended their Worcester City title last Saturday with a sweep o f the City Cross Country Cham ­ pionship.

WPI took 7 o f the first 10 places in run­ ning away with the meet. Freshmen Justin Lutz (Walpole, Mass.), who was the indi­ vidual cham pion, along with classm ates Bill Churchill (New Gloucester, Maine), Alex Curry (Attleboro, M ass.) and Jim Koniers (Stratford, Conn.) led the way for the Engi­ neers. G raduate stu d en t M ike K earns (Saugus, M ass.) was W PI’s 5th runner and he was followed by Paul M uller (Wauseon, Ohio) and Matt Linnemann (M iddletown, Conn.) to round out the top ten.

Lutz was selected as NEW M AC runner o f the week for his win.

Women’s Cross Counry (1-4) On the w om en’s side o f the City Meet they finished 3rd overall ahead of Clark and behind Holy Cross and Assumption.

WPI did have the overall champion as Sue Shorrock (N. Smithfield, R.I.) took the honors as City Champion. Kris Machon (W. Kingston, R.I.) and Jessica King (Fayette, Maine) both finished in the top twenty for WPI. Shorrock was earned NEW M AC runner o f the week honors for her victory.

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Volleyball (9-6)

The m en’s soccer team was back in ac­ tion after six days off at Framingham State.

The two team s battled to a 1-1 tie. Chris M ahoney (Plym outh, M ass.) scored for W PI in the first half unassisted. The hosts scored late in the second half to tie the game. The two teams then played even through the two overtime periods for the 1-1 game. Bill Rowell (Charleston, R.I.) was in goal for W PI.

The volleyball team had their busiest week o f the season last week playing eight m atches including five m atches at the Bridgewater State College Tournament.

The week began with a second place fin­ ish at the Bridgewater Tournament. Sopho­ more Amy Matter (Kettle Falls, Wash.) was selected to the All-Tournament Team for her perform ance throughout the tourna­ ment. W PI’s only tw o losses were to the tournament champion Elmira College. They defeated Babson, Clark and the hosts on their way to the cham pionship match.

Rachel Zimet (Trumansburg, N.Y.) led the way for the Engineers with 73 kills, 15 blocks, 5 aces and 54 digs. Kristin Blitsch (Princeton, II.) 35 kills and 59 digs. Matter had 28 kills and 10 blocks. Stacy Gold (Nazareth, Pa.) also becam e the school’s all time leading blocker as she currently has 190 career blocks which surpassed the o ld re c o rd o f 1 82.C h ris tin e B isc o tti (Glastonbury, Conn.) had 120 assists over the five games and now is closing in on the single-season record o f 388.

L a st T u e sd a y W P I h o ste d M ount H o ly o k e hoping to c a p tu re th e ir first NEW M AC win o f the season. The players were still a little tired from the weekend, but prevailed 3-1 over the Lyons. Zimet had 23 kills as she gets closer to eclipsing the WPI single-season mark. Blitsch had 8 kills, 17 digs and 3 aces.

Last T hursday W PI traveled to Pine Manor and won 3-1. Zimet had 15 kills and 11 digs. Valerie Sanders (Largo, M d.) had a career-high 9 aces.

Football (1-2) Last Saturday WPI was on the road to play R ensselaer in the annual Transit Tro­ phy game. It was the 92nd m eeting be­ tween the tw o scools and the 19th time the two w ere playing for the coveted trophy.

R en sselaer struck first on a 13-yard touchdown run capping a 5-play, 43-yard drive. A couple of WPI turnovers and a punt by Rensselaer kept the score 7-0 at the end o f the first quarter with WPI in possession o f the ball.

At the 13:23 m ark of the second quar­ te r W P I q u a r te r b a c k Jo h n R ic c io (S o u th in g to n , C onn.) hit running back Nick Fluet (Leominster, Mass.) who broke a tackle and scam pered in for the touch­ dow n. T he 21-yard com pletion ended a 6-play, 45-yard drive. The extra point at­ tem pt hit the upright and the score was 7-6 in favor o f the hosts. A R ensselaer fum ble gave the ball back to W PI who drove w ithin distance o f a field goal at­ tem pt o f 34 yards, but m issed. On the ensuing drive R ensselaer drove the ball 80 y ards in 8 plays for an other score.

W PI cam e right back dow n the field on the strength o f four Riccio com pletions, the final o ne going to Jared Lachapelle (N orthbridge, M ass.) in the end zone for the touchdow n. The tw o-point conver­ sion failed and W PI trailed 14-12. The hosts used only tw o plays on their next drive to push the lead to 21-12 on a 50yard touchdow n run.

In the third quarter Rensselaer would add two m ore rushing touchdowns to go ahead 35-12. Late in the fourth WPI would score on a Riccio-to-Jason Merry (Latham, N.Y.) 12-yard strike. The hosts would add one more score for the 42-19 final.

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Women’s Soccer (4-5) The wom en’s soccer team dropped a pair o f games last week. They lost to Worces­ ter State 4-0 and then were defeated in their NEW M AC opener 2-1 by Springfield.

In the loss to Springfield Beth Gilbert (Killingly, Conn.) got WPI on the scoreboard first with an assist from Joan Olender (Somers, Conn.). The score remained 1-0 until late in the second half when the Pride evened the game at 1-1 with just over 11 minutes left.

Ten seconds later the visitors scored again to take the lead. A couple o f late opportuni­ ties for WPI were thwarted by Springfield as

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Field Hockey (5-4) The field hockey team won tw o o f three games last week. They sandwiched a close 2-1 loss to Springfield in between victories over UMass Dartmouth and Nichols.

Against UMass WPI had a 1-0 lead at halftime and then exploded for four goals in the second half for a 5-0 win. Marissa Mertzic (Barre, Mass.) continued her tor­ rid scoring pace with two goals and two assists. L in d say Voss (N . B ro o k field , Mass.), Alison M cFarland (Damariscotta, Maine) and Brooke Clark (Jefferson, Mass.) ea ch sc o re d a g o al. K ristin B usby (Levittown, Pa.) added an assist on Clark’s goal. Deb Vandenburgh (W alpole, Mass.) picked up yhr shutout in goal.

In the 2-1 loss to Springfield WPI had a 1 -0 lead on a goal by Clark. The Pride came back to tie the score late in the first half.

Midway through the second half Spring­ field took the lead for good.

Last Thursday there was a touch of fall in the air as the Engineers hosted Nichols Col­ lege. McFarland knocked in a loose ball to give WPI the 1-0 lead midway through the first half assisted by Voss. In the second half Mertzic would add an insurance goal on a tip of a drive by Voss. Vandenburgh would record the shutout win.

Women’s Tennis (3-5) The wom en’s tennis team played three matches last week against Wellesley, M IT and W orcester State. T hey lost 9-0 to Wellesley and 8-1 to MIT, but bounced back against W orcester State 9-0.

Heidi Carreiro (Acushnet, M ass.) was the lone winner versus M IT as she came back to win 2-1 including a 6-0 win in the third set.

Last Thursday WPI played W orcester State at home and walked away with a 9-0 decision. Michelle Jurofcik (Saugerties, N.Y.), Paula S ilva (W akefield, M ass.), Leanna DelGrosso (Euclid, Ohio), Carreiro, Rebecca Dinan (Troy, N.Y.) and Jessica Jamro (Pawtucket, R.I.) were winners in singles. Doubles winners were Jurofcik/ Jessica Buffone (Seneca Falls, N.Y.), Silva/ DelGrosso and Carreiro/Dinan.

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Most Spirited Student Awards

by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor Three years ago, the Most Spirited Stu­ dent award was created to recognize stu­ dents who are actively involved in promot­ ing WPI pride. The award was created by Dave Koelle ’97 with the support of other students and student organizations.

The Student Alum ni Society has taken on the responsibility o f continuing to sup­

port this annual Hom ecom ing tradition.

Representatives from various student o r­ g a n iz a tio n s in c lu d in g S A S , S G A , SocComm, Newspeak, WWPI, and Masque assisted in judging the awards.

This year’s award winners were Jessica Lowell and Sean Dunn. They were pre­ sented with T-shirts from Tatnuck B ook­ seller and their names will be added to a plaque containing the names o f previous award winners.

NEWSPEAKSTAFFPHOTO/ ERINHOKANSON

During the Freshman/Sophomore rope-pull, members of the losing Sophomore team get soaked by the fire hose.

The Quad was home to many tailgating alumni on Saturday.

Fans cheered on the football team at the Homecoming game.

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by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor Three years ago, the M ost Spirited Stu­ dent award was created to recognize stu­ dents who are actively involved in promot­ ing WPI pride. The award was created by Dave Koellc ’97 with the support of other students and student organizations.

The Student Alumni Society has taken on the responsibility of continuing to sup­

port this annual H om ecom ing tradition.

Representatives from various student or­ g a n iz a tio n s in c lu d in g S A S , S G A , SocComm, Newspeak, WWPI, and Masque assisted in judging the awards.

This year’s award winners were Jessica Lowell and Sean Dunn. They were pre­ sented with T-shirts from Tatnuck Book­ seller and their names will be added to a plaque containing the names o f previous award winners.

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During the Freshman/Sophomore rope-pull, members of the losing Sophomore team get soaked by the fire hose.

T h e Q uad w as hom e to m any tailgating alu m n i on Satu rd ay.

Fans cheered on the football team at the Homecoming game.

Matt Lawrence and friend stand on the seaL

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Interstate 8 performed on the Quad during Homecoming festivities on Saturday.

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The Cheerleading Team cheers for the football team in the Homecoming game.

WPI played hard against USMMA including this touchdown reception and run, but came up short 21-31, in the Homecoming game.

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Sim ple H arm on ic M otion p erfo rm in g d u rin g Satu rd ay's concert.

G lee C lu b p erfo rm in g at the co n cert on Satu rd ay.

In terstate 8 p erform ed on th e Q uad d u rin g H om ecom in g festivities oil S atu rd ay.

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P r e s s u r e ’ s ris in g

by Kelly C. Boyle Student Government and Counseling Center If your plan for handling final ex­ ams involves a bag o f Oreos and a 3liter bottle of Jolt, you may want to take this quiz. Finals are approach­ ing, and there are things you can do to insulate from the inevitable stress.

Let’s see what kind o f shape you’re in...

How Vulnerable are you to Stress?

Rate the following statements on a scale o f 1 through 5, according to how much the statement is true of you: Never Sometimes Always

Next, add up all your scores and

If your score is over 39, exam ine th e q u e s tio n s o n w h ic h y o u m arked a “4 ” or a “5.” C onsider why you do not engage in these healthy behaviors. Lack o f tim e is not an excuse for not taking care o f y o u r b a sic n eed s, esp e c ia lly w hen you c o n s id e r th a t a high stress level will have various nega­

tive effects. For exam ple, a high stress level will decrease your im­ mune system. Being sick w ith the flu for a week is definitely not som ething you have tim e for! High stress will also decrease your memory and concentration abilities, which in turn makes ev­ ery task take more time.

So, if you didn’t score as well as you’d hoped, consider coming to West Street House (Student Gov­ ernment and Counseling) to talk with a counselor about ways to re­ gain balance and create a support system in your life. We look for­ ward to meeting you! ♦Source: University o f Califor­ nia, Berkeley Wellness Letter, Au­ gust, 1985. ** Scale Developers: Lyle Miller and Alma Dell Smith o f Boston University Medical Center.

graduate admissions office trav­ els to college fairs and visits in­ ternational schools all over the world. This fall, in addition to Billy M cGowan’s trip to Asia, which in­ cludes stops in O saka, Tokyo , Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lampur and Penang, John Walsh, Associate Director of Admissions just returned from Latin America on a trip which included visits to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colom­ bia , Ecuador , Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. Later this fall, he will visit the Middle East on a trip to Bahrain, C yprus, Israel, Jordan, K uw ait, Turkey and the U nited Arab Emirates. W hen asking un­

d e rg ra d u a te stu d e n ts how th ey learned about WPI, a good number will obviously mention meeting a W PI representative at a college fair or at their high school back home, but many students com e because they had relatives o r family friends recommend WPI. Some knew stu­ dents from their high school who had gone to W PI and others had received information about W PI in the mail or at the local O verseas Advising Office or Fulbright Office.

What I have given you here is just a snapshot o f all the efforts which go into recruiting international students.

Next time you talk to an international student ask how he/she learned about

WPI. You will find the answers fas­ cinating and as varied as the coun­ tries the students represent.

ISC News. The ISC tutoring pro­ gram continues every Wednesday from 7 PM -10 PM. The numbers keep increasing so if you have the time and if you have some experi­ ence as a tutor please e-mail Pallavi Singh (pal @ wpi) or Ali Durlov Khan (adkhan@wpi). A t the last tutoring session, more than 15 stu­ dents showed up for help in Cal­ culus, Physics, Chemistry or CS. The ISC is planning to end A-term with an evening(night) trip to Bos­ ton. Stay tuned to the ISC e-mail for more information.

friends and acquaintances.

13 .

I have one or more friends I confide in about personal matters.

14 . I am in good health (in­ cluding eyesight, hearing, and teeth).

15 .

I am able to speak openly about my feelings when angry or worried.

16 . I have regular conversa­ tions with the people I live with about domestic problems; e.g., chores and money.

17 .

I do something for fun at least once a week.

18 .

I am able to organize my time effectively.

19 .

I drink fewer than three cups of coffee (or other caffeine-rich drinks) a day.

20 .

I take some quiet time for myself during the day.

1 . I eat at least one hot, bal­ anced meal a day.

2.

I get seven to eight hours o f sleep at least four nights a week.

3 . I give and receive affec­ tion regularly.

4.

I have at least one relative within 50 miles on whom I can rely.

5.

I exercise to the point of perspiration at least twice a week.

6.

I limit myself to less than half a pack o f cigarettes a day.

7 . I take fewer than five alco­ holic drinks per week.

8.

I am the appropriate weight for my height.

9.

I have an income adequate to meet basic needs.

10 .

I get strength from my spiritual beliefs.

11 .

I regularly attend club of social activities.

12 .

I have a netw ork of

subtract 20 from that total: TOTALSCORE -20

Your results Below 10: Excellent resistance to stress

Over 30: Some vulnerability to stress

Over 50: Serious vulnerability to stress

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

In te r n a tio n a l re c ru itin g

By Tom Hartvig Thomsen, Director International Students and Scholars Billy McGowan, the weekly con­ tributor to the International House colum n is currently traveling in A sia to recruit international stu­ d en ts fo r W PI. H ave you ev er wondered how some o f our inter­ national students come to W PI ? I know I have, and I have often asked the question of new students as they arrive. I find, and please keep in mind this is all anecdotal, that our international graduate stu ­ dents often come as a result o f the “word o f mouth” recommendation.

Some come as a result of a depart­ m en t o r an in d iv id u a l fa c u lty m em ber’s recruiting and o f course a fair number did their undergradu­ ate work at W PI and stay on for a graduate degree. This fall 53% of o u r in tern atio n al g rad u ate s tu ­ d e n ts are fro m In d ia an d the People’s Republic o f China.

O ur international undergraduate population, on the other hand, is geographically very diverse. We have over 50 co u n tries re p re ­ sented am ong our international undergraduate and exchange stu­ dents. The 32 international stu­ dents in the class o f 2002 are from 14 different countries. The under­

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S G A A g e n d a fo r Tu e s d a y, O c to b e r 6 ,1 9 9 8 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes IV. Presidents Report V. Committee Reports CSLI (Committee on Student Life Issues) - Chair Carrie CAI (Committee on Academic Is­ sues) - Chair Upton Com m ittee on A ppropriations Treasurer Tino Committee on Public Relations Chairs Moore and Viveiros Committee on Elections - Chairs Szafarowicz and Malaquias Committee on Policies and Proce­ dures - Chair Winrow

Institute Committees Budget Development and Advisory Council Committee on Academic Operations Committee on Academic Policy Committee on Advising and Student Life Planning Implimentation Commit­ tee

( m e re v @ w p i.e d u and like to see m aterialize for WPI as mooredog @ wpi.edu) w ell as som e q u e stio n s ab o u t implementation. We will continue 1. Pep Rally / Spirit Week - As of going over the docum ent at this now the Pep Rally plans are in full Clubs/Organizations w eek’s m eeting to finalize the pri­ swing. It’s set for this Friday night VI. Old Business ority list and brainstorm im ple­ around 6pm until the M en’s soccer VII. New Business mentation methods if time permits game (if there is one). We’re making Ernie is finishing the list o f course VIII. Questions Comments flyers and p o sters to spread the WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE and Ideas word. It’s going to be held on IX. Treasurer’s Report the quad, and everyone is en­ couraged to wear their school X. Secretary’s Report XL Vice President’s Report ^ colors, and Greeks, clubs, and XII. President’s Remarks sports teams their parapher­ XUI. Announcements nalia. W e’re meeting with the XIV. Adjournment OL’s today to see if they can help us out with any PLAY C A I - C h a ir U p to n — STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION (mupton @wpi.edu) Fair-type activities and a ra­ C A I met W ednesday to do dio station has shown inter­ an initial review o f the PIC pro­ reserves at hom e. A genda for est to play music during the gather­ this w eek’s m eeting will also in­ ing. posal. It is on the web via WPI homepage. It is put out by the Plan­ clude synopsis o f C A P d isc u s­ 2. Bulletin Board - Angie has been ning Implementation Committee. I sions on IQ P and CAO d iscu s­ w orking on g ettin g the C am pus strongly encourage ev eryone to sions on B B /B B T request for 1/6 Events calendar posted up for this cred it lab c o u rse s w hich W PI week. The rest of the bulletin with SGA re a d it as it p ro p o ses areas of does not currently offer. reports and various colorful notices growth for WPI. We came up with PR - Chairs Vivieros and Moore will follow sometime soon. a list o f priorities that we would Student Organization Committee Web Design Committee Bookstore Advisory Committee Community Building Committee

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Elections - Chairs M alaquias an d S z a fa ro w ic z (a rm q u e c a @ w p i.e d u and jamiesaf@ wpi.edu) Appropriations - T reasurer Tino (ctino@ wpi.edu) We meet and discussed two special Fund­ ing requests: Rugby Club: Appropriations voted to fund.

Club Sports Uniforms: A p­ pro p ria tio n s voted to fund as am ended.

Policies and Procedures - Chair Winrow (twinrow @wpi.edu) We need 5 people to hold this com ­ mittee, However, if you are considering resigning n ex t w eek, please do not join this com m it­ tee. I have some things that I need this committee to attend to, but have so far been unable. T his week’s meeting will be postponed until next Tuesday, on account o f my absence and that there are only 4 members.

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D is p a tc h e s : W e e k

continued from page / II could not have prepared me for the awesome truth of Niagara Falls, H itchcock’s North By Northwest, and o th e r depictio n s o f M ount Rushmore, left me expecting more.

Upon finally arriving on the scene, we found the figures to be sm aller than expected. We were nonethe­ less impressed, but found reality

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to not have lived up to fantasy.

Perhaps the final product would have been more striking: Gutzon Borglum, the m em orial’s sculptor, intended to shape the four figures dow n to th eir w aists, but these plans never saw fruition after he died. A m ong B orglum ’s many other works is the bust o f Lincoln w e saw a t th e b a se o f the president’s tomb in Illinois a week

earlier.

A few rivers and woods later, and we made it to the West Coast on the 13th day o f our incredible journey. It had taken us more than 5000 miles to traverse the 3000 miles directly between Boston and Se­ attle. Had we traveled in a straight line, we would have missed many places, including Kansas and their state motto so appropriate to our

(m is)a d v e n tu re : “ Ad A stra P er Aspera”, or ‘T o The Stars By Hard W ays.”

W hen we made it to Seattle, the stories were true: it seemed to be al­ ways raining (though hardly as bad as you folk back home have been getting it, so I hear). Fortunately, the next day provided us with clear climate and a good view from the Space Needle. This was a first: other

attempts to climb to significant heights, such as C hicago’s Sears Tower or Colorado Springs’ Pike’s Peak, had been hindered w ith various unfavorable weathers.

Now the second leg o f our jo u r­ ney begins as we change our d i­ rection from west to south. Be­ fore we can begin heading east and homeward, the mythical uto­ pia o f California awaits.

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T a le s o f D e s t i n y

by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Title: Tales O f Destiny Platform : Sony Playstation Publisher: Namco Rating: 9.0 W ith gam es like T ekken and Ridge Racer under its belt, Namco has quickly becom e a well-known publisher in the arcades and on home consoles. WTiile other suc­ cessful com panies have tried to expand, Namco has returned to its roots with Tales o f Destiny, a roleplaying game (RPG) for the Sony PlayStation.

D estiny is a sequel to Tales o f Phantasia, a little-known game for the Super Fam icom , the Japanese Super N intendo. In D estiny, the young Stahn A ileron strikes out from hom e to find adventure and excitem ent, only to too quickly have both thrust upon him . He soon co m e in p o sse ssio n o f a S w o rd ia n , one o f six se n tie n t sw ords crafted long ago to win a

Various button com bi­ w icked war. T hey are n a tio n s c a n e n a c t said to “s le e p u n til V id e o G a m e s D u e O u t T h is anything from sim ple they w ere called upon s la sh e s to p o w erfu l to b a ttle e v il o n c e W e e k : s p e lls a n d fo rc e fu l again...”

PlayStation sw ord sk ills. Up to W hile m any recent 10/06/98 - Ninja: Shadow of Darkness (Eidos/Core) four c h ara cter m em ­ RPGs have tried gim ­ 10/06/98 - Tiny Tank: Up Your Arsenal (MGM Interactive/ bers can participate in m icks or fast-m oving AndNow/Appaloosa) w ar sim u lta n e o u sly , p lo ts to e n tic e 10/06/98 - Wreckin’ Crew (Mindscape/Sir Tech) although only one is gam ers, D estiny fo l­ 10/07/98 - Armored Core: Project Phantasma (ASCII) p la y e r-c o n tro lle d . lows a more traditional 10/07/98 - Kagero: Deception 2 (Tecmo) The rest can have at­ form ula. T he plot d e­ 10/07/98 - Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012 (GT Interactive/ ta c k s tr a te g ie s d e ­ velops slow ly yet re ­ Singletrac) fin e d fo r th em b e ­ m a in s in te r e s tin g , 10/07/98 - Running Wild (989 Studios/Universal Interactive tw een battles. thanks to a large cast Studios) 10/07/98 - Team Losi RC Racer (Fox Interactive/Gremlin) T he gam e opens o f c h a r a c te r s th a t, N64 with a fantastic anime th a n k s to m any 10/07/98 - NFL Quarterback Club ’99 (AcclaimSports/Iguana m ovie sequence, but unique p erso n alities, Texas) sim ila r sh o w in g s do d o n ’t a lw a y s g e t Courtesy Scott McCall’s Guide 64 [http://members.aol.com/ n o t se e m a p p a re n t. a lo n g .

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G a m e p la y g ra p h ic s clever hum or and it’s are bright and color­ ea sy to e n jo y th e ir ful, w ith big-headed company. points, a larger world map serves characters and subtle displays of Gameplay occurs from an over­ as the backdrop. em otion. Fine details such as rap­ head perspective - no fancy cam­ The battle system is unlike any id ly -d isap p e arin g fo o tp rin ts in era a n g le s, no ro ta tin g lev e ls. other. It occurs on a tw o-dim en­ new sn o w fa ll, and ex am in ab le There are many towns and sites to sional side-scrolling plane, and is background items, bring the game explore; when moving among these action-oriented, not turn-based.

to life.

Peppy m usic is the o rd er o f the d ay , in tr o d u c in g b a ttle s a n d bosses. Overall, it does a fine jo b of setting the environm ent. Som e d igitized Japanese speech adds spice to the sum m oning o f spells and the execution o f techniques.

D estiny slightly suffers from a problem com m on to RPG s: too many battles. In dangerous lo ­ cations, it is difficult to w ander for m ore than a few seconds w ith­ out being pulled into battle by an unseen foe. F o rtu n ately , such run-of-the-m ill enem ies are e a s­ ily vanquished. M ore pow erful opponents exist to provide c h a l­ lenge at key points in the story.

T ales o f D estiny succeed s in all w ays. It is a traditional RPG that sets out to offer a good tim e w ith o u t tak in g its e lf to o s e r i­ ously. W ith a com plex cast and a unique battle system , it’s a p e r­ fect mix for gam ers looking to sit back and relax. D estiny is d es­ tined for good sales, no doubt.

C o lle g e C o m p u t e r C e n t e r U p d a te s

by Debra L. Babineau Computer Trainer Computer Training at WPI T he C ollege C om puter C enter offers free, short training classes on M icro so ft O ffice and o th er applications. T he sessio n s are in fo u r h o u r b lo c k s , M o n d ay through Friday. Training is o f­ fered to all m em bers o f W PI in ­ clu d in g staff, facu lty and s tu ­ dents. Because training is a se r­ vice, th ere is no fee fo r these classes. The T raining calendar is av ailab le on th e w eb at h ttp :// w w w .w p i.e d u /~ tra in in g . D e ­ scriptions for th e classes are also available from the training web pages. Feel free to send em ail to training@ w pi.edu w ith any com ­ m ents or suggestions regarding com puter training.

New Vice President for Infor­ mation Technology H ere is a portion o f a m essage Dr. Parrish posted on Septem ber

4. “I am pleased to announce that Dr. Tom Lynch has accepted the position o f V ice President for In­ form ation T echnology at W PI. Tom will be responsible for pro­ viding the lead ersh ip , strategic planning, and coordination for all aspects o f inform ation tech n o l­ ogy, including com puting, m edia and library services, netw orking and telecom m unications.” Join us in w elco m in g Tom to the W PI cam pus.

Power Outage and Network Down Time Dr. Lynch stated in a m essage p o sted on S e p te m b e r 2 8 , “We b eliev e th at on S unday m orning (9/27) th e re w as a po w er outage for a p p ro x im a te ly 3 h o u rs. O ur n etw ork h a rd w a re and m ost o f o u r c o m p u te r sy stem s are p ro ­ te c t e d b y s u r g e p r o t e c t o r s .

T h e y a r e a ls o p o w e r e d by u n in te rru p ta b le po w er su p p lie s (U P S ) t h a t p r o v id e b a c k u p p o w er fo r a p p ro x im a te ly 1.5 to

2 hours. S ince the po w er o u t­ a g e la s te d l o n g e r th a n o u r b a c k u p s y ste m s, th e n etw o rk and co m p u ters lost po w er and w ent o ff-lin e. T h is type o f s itu ­ atio n o ccu rs from tim e -to -tim e in N ew E n g lan d and our co m ­ p u ters and netw o rk eq u ip m en t can u su ally be tu rn ed back on w ith o u t p ro b lem s, on ce norm al e le c tric a l p o w er is resto red .

H o w e v er, th e s itu a tio n th is past weekend was different. We believe that when pow er was re­ stored there was an extraordinary surge o f electricity that caused dam age to a significant num ber o f our central netw orking hard­ w a re (A TM c a rd s an d backplanes) as well as individual PC netw ork interface cards. This caused som e o f our surge protec­ tors/U PS to fail (an unusual cir­ cu m stan ce) and th u s, they did not adequately protect our net­ w orking hardw are. The Netw ork O perations S taff and some o f the

Help D esk worked diligently over the w eek en d to id en tify failed com ponents, install spare cards, and in som e cases travel to our hardw are provider to obtain the necessary new, replacem ent hard­ ware. T his w ork w as com pleted by late afternoon (9/28) and nor­ mal netw ork operations are now re sto re d .”

w ith the word “su b scrib e” in the body o f the m essage. T hey can unsubscribe by m ailing the word “ unsubscribe” in the body o f the m essage.

Hopefully this will make further c o m m u n ic a tio n o f n e tw o r k events to the cam pus easier and m ore effective.”

New Network Announcement Email Alias

R em em ber to log y o u rs e lf o ff o f a public pc. Log o u t o f U N IX a fte r you have read m ail, and log o ff the pc (S tart, S h u td o w n , L og on as new user). D o n ’t let y o u rse lf be v ic tim iz e d by a n y ­ o n e.

TIP OF THE WEEK

S ean O ’C onnor, M a n ag e r o f N etw o rk O p e ratio n s, com m ents “ O ne o f th e th in g s we learned from th is e x p erien ce is that N et­ w ork O p e ra tio n s lacks an e ffe c ­ tiv e w ay to reach p eo p le and in­ form th e m o f sc h e d u le d N e t­ w ork E v en ts. In a n sw e r to this w e hav e c re a te d a m ailin g list th a t w ill in fo rm p e o p le o f these sc h e d u le d ev en ts. P eople can su b sc rib e to the list by m ailing to: n e t w o r k - a n n o u n c e m e n ts re q u e st@ w p i.e d u

FEEDBACK PLEASE! T he C ollege C o m p u ter C en ter is in te re ste d in yo u r fe e d b a c k .

F e e l f re e to s e n d m e e m a il (d lb @ w p i.e d u ) w ith s u g g e s ­ tio n s fo r fu tu re a r tic le s . R e ­ m em b er to co n tact th e h e lp d esk (helpdesk@ w pi.edu o r call 8315 8 8 8 ) if you n e e d a s s is ta n c e w ith yo u r co m p u tin g n e ed s.

W ritin g Center

Cash for Words

by Lisa Lebduska Writing Center “You d o n ’t know w hat it is to stay a whole d ay w ith your head in your hands trying to squeeze your unfortunate brain so as to find a w ord,” Madame Bovary a u th o r G u sta v e F la u b e rt o n ce c o m p la in e d . L ike th e fam ed F laub ert, m any student w riters suffer from w hat he described as “agonies of style.” For them, writ­ ing becom es a form o f Spanish In q u isitio n co n d u c te d by a c a ­ dem ic Torquem adas: “M y p ro ­ fe sso r keeps asking q u estio n s, and I keep trying to figure out w hat he w ants,” sighed one CS

ju n io r w h o w ish e d to re m a in anonym ous.

O thers, by contrast, experience w riting as a release. For them, w riting o ffe rs c o n tro l - a way to m ake se n se o f and u npack a ju m b le o f id e a s and fe e lin g s.

O ccasio n ally a student w ill even co n fess to m e, “ I like to w rite ,” th o u g h th e s e a d m issio n s g e n ­ e ra lly o c c u r in the p riv a c y o f a c o n su lta tio n and are so m etim es a c c o m p a n i e d by a b a s h f u l sh ru g .

So w hat is this thing that some d e sp ise , o th e rs adore and still others avo id at all costs? At the W riting C enter, “ it” is som ething we do all the time. It’s som ething

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Christian Bible Fellowship There’s just a little over a week of classes left, and I hope that everyone’s hanging in there. This Tuesday night we will be hav­ ing Prayer in Founders, and also this week we will be having Friday Night Fellowship in the Wedge at 7:30. Anyone interested in e ith e r o f th e se a c tiv itie s can e -m a il cbf@ w pi.edu.

“As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.

He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. ‘I tell you the truth,’ he said, ‘ this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out o f wealth: but she out o f her poverty put in all she had to live on.’” Luke 21:1-4 (NIV) Many times when we look at the out­ come o f an event or an action, we fail to look at what went into it. In this world, the outcome of an event o r action means more than the effort put into it, however Jesus cares more about what we put into som e­ thing than the outcom e. A person who has put all their effort into something and gotten little as a result has given more in Jesus’s sight than a person who has given little effort and gotten a lot as a result. The nex t tim e you go to give so m e th in g , whether it be your time or otherwise, ask yourself, am I giving my all?

Music Association Glee Club Couple o f concerts coming up, the most im portant o f which is the annual trip to Wells College in Aurora, NY. For those new to the Club, it is an energetic and enter­ taining trip to sing with the women at Wells.

It is a good time, but there are rules to be followed — w e’ll fill you in....

Also, excellent jo b on the raffle every­ one. I think it is safe to say that it was a success, and we even made a few bucks in the process. We are going to be using that money to fund our trip to Europe. And make sure that you get your passports early, we don’t w ant to have to leave anyone be­

hind for something like that.

The music is coming along very well, and each section is pretty strong this year, keep up the good work. See you next week....

Simple Harmonic Motion The CDs are IN !!! Our new CD, “Easy as Pi,” is for sale in the bookstore, as well as from SHM members. Cost is $10 a pop, or you can but the old CD with it for only $ 16.

You w on’t find that at Spag’s!!

The music is coming along very nicely, but more needs to be done. We have some important private concerts com ing up, and we need to be prepared for them. Start memorizing now. It’ll pay off later. Among our concerts will be another charity con­ cert that W ILL be put on this year, even if I have to go to Holy Cross and do it my­ self. Between Clark, Holy Cross and WPI, we should draw a relatively large audience.

A nd you know w hat concerts mean — publicity. More in the next few weeks.

Well, that is all she wrote for this week.

If you have any questions, please email us as shm @ w pi.edu, o r call 831-5816. We hope to see you at our concerts, and re­ member: “Sing ‘til its time to party, and party ‘til its time to sing!!!”

Newman Club Well we had a great homecoming week­ end. It was great to see so many o f our old friends back on campus and attending our 11:30 AM Mass and the cookout that fol­ lowed. You got to give credit to Maureen U as she really knows how to organize a cookout. We were delighted also to have m embers o f the Clark University Newman Club as well as members of the Worcester State Newman Club join us for the events.

Both of them were impressed with our hos­ pitality especially as extended by our club president, Greg Macleod.

O ur faith/discussion group on Wednes­ day night is going very well. C om e join us at 8:30 PM at the Religious Center on a Wednesday night. We are grateful to Jen Cooper for her leadership with this group.

We have set the date for our trip to W right’s Chicken Farm and it is Friday, November 20th. We will leave the Religious Center

about 6:00 PM and return about 10:00 PM. All are welcom e to join us for this night out on the town.

O ur folk group has expanded to twelve people and we enjoy their singing at our 11:30 M ass every Sunday in Alden. Feel free to jo in us any Sunday at either o f our M asses, 11:30 AM in Alden and 5:00 PM in Founders. We are grateful to Jason and Jonathan for their directing the group.

m endously since the spring. The estab ­ lished guilds o f tailors, arm orers, and bards w ere presented, and the arc h e r’s and b la c k sm ith ’s g u ild s w ere created w ith the B aron’s perm ission. New ap ­ prentices were inducted into every guild, and several dedicated apprentices were e le v a te d to the rank o f jo u rn e y m a n .

W ondrous entertainm ent was provided by the new Court Bard Lady Coralyn and M aster Blackstone.

The M inister of Defense announced that a group o f brave adventurers quested to rid a neighboring land o f some troubles, and the Court Herald made a request for a loan o f armor to other courageous warriors.

An embassy from the Barony attended the annual Faire of the good King Richard.

Soon the Barony will also be joining in rev­ elry at the Black & White M asquerade. A master bard from afar has offered to instruct in the art o f dancing prior to this event.

Since merriment was desired for court as well, a birthday celebration was held for the Royal Exchequer, and the court con­ cluded in high spirits.

Instruction in the art o f swordplay is of­ fered on the low er fields M ondays and Thursdays at 7:30pm, and mundane m eet­ ings are held Tuesdays at 7pm in Founders.

For more information, contact the nobility atrealms@ wpi.

Peddler (WPI Yearbook) Hello again. Well, we had the inform a­ tional m eeting on W ednesday as planned but unfortunately it w asn’t heavily at­ tended. We w ere hoping for a much bet­ ter turnout. Oh well, we are still looking for people interested in helping out in any way possible, again you d o n ’t need any e x p e rie n c e and th e re are lo ts o f things to do. If you are interested in help­ ing out please email peddler@ w pi.edu.

We will be having another m eeting soon so keep your eyes open for that and feel free to com e. Once again the ’98 books are com ing in soon so continue to check out the club corner for info, on how to get your very own!

Pre-Law Society W ednesday’s m eeting focused on the upcoming activities w e’re planning for this y ear’s Mock Trial Competition, which will be held in February. For those interested in being on the Mock Trial team, there will be an informational meeting on Nov. 4th, 5:00pm in AK 126 (the SS C onference Room). We also discussed the possibility o f a round table discussion on C linton’s (ahem) proclivities and the constitutional­ ity o f th e im p e a c h m e n t p ro c e e d in g s against him. This discussion will probably be held Nov. 2nd, though nothing is final yet.

Student Government Association The last SGA meeting was held last Tues­ day at 6:00 p.m. Individual committees are interested in your input with regard to ideas for projects to work on this term. Join one of the SGA committees and get involved in student government. You need not be a senator to help. If you are interested in finding out more about SGA at WPI please stop by the office and talk to one o f the senators about how you can become more involved in campus life at WPI. If you are interested in receiving minutes and agen­ das via email please contact Anne-M arie 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!

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences T h is w e e k ’s m eetin g w as the firs t co u rt! B aron Rosa p resid ed w ith his nobles, and the lands have increased tre­

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by Matthew M. Lug Newspeak Staff In last w eek ’s issue...

As usual, I am out o f ideas for an a r­ ticle, so I ’m ju st going to work with som e stuff from last w eek’s issue of Newspeak.

U nderstanding my articles seem s to be tough (fo r som e people) Yet ag a in , som eo n e has m issed the point o f som ething I’ve written. This is anything but a rare occurrence, so I’m not too surprised. F o r those o f you who d o n ’t know w hat I ’m talking about. I ’ll explain the situation. It seems that som e­ one thought that the attitude o f my Free S tuff A w ards article w as wrong, and that my criticism o f M icrosoft was uncalled for, so he w rote a letter to the edito r d e­ scribing his feelings. Let me ju st say that I take the aw ards ju d g in g very seriously.

In order to be fair, I have to disregard all o th e r a c tiv itie s o f th e co m p an ies in ­ volved, including the overall activity o f the c areer fair. My entire perspective m ust be shifted tow ard the subject o f free stuff. F rom this perspective, it becom es o b v io u s w hy I said w h at I d id about M icrosoft. D espite w h at Justin m ight have thought, I actually did explain what I was doing to the com pany representa­ tives, and I even handed out copies o f

last y e a r’s aw ards. M ost o f the repre­ sentatives seem ed to respond positively, but the M icrosoft representative seem ed to have a bad altitude, and attitude is an im portant factor in my ju dging. And o f course, the other issue is that I ’m biased tow ard Bio m ajors, who the M icrosoft representative specifically singled out as peo p le M icrosoft d id n ’t w ant to have anything to do w ith.

R elationships are tough T he other letter to the e d ito r in last w eek’s issue had to do with the article about long distance relationships. Both the article and response presented many valid points, but it is necessary to un­ derstand the perspectives of the people presenting them. T h e author o f the a r­ ticle is a fem ale freshm an who started a long distance relationship before attend­ ing W PI. The author o f the response is a m ale senior who started a long distance relationship while attending W PI, after he had exhausted all local possibilities.

Now try and guess who feels that long distance relationships can work, and who thinks that they can be disasters. In any case though, a relationship should never really be easy. If your significant other is n ev er around, then sure you d o n ’t get m uch p h y sica l c o n ta c t, but y ou also d o n ’t have stress from know ing that ev ­

ery single thing you say or do could com ­ pletely screw up the relationship. H ow ­ ever, I d on’t know o f anything m ore re ­ laxing than a nice afternoon nap w ith som eone you really care about (although I h av en ’t had the opportunity to do this in a long tim e, so m aybe som ething bet­ te r has been d e v e lo p e d s in c e th e n ).

Then again, it could be too relaxing, and you m ight not be able to get anything done. O f course if y o u ’re constantly on the phone or w riting e-m ail then the re ­ sults could be the same. See w here I ’m going with this? All relationships require work (at least I think so, I d o n ’t really have much experience in this area). Long distance relationships w ould seem easier for males at W PI than fem ales, m ostly becau se the o p p o rtu n ity for c h e a tin g ju st doesn’t exist for m ost m ales (the o p ­ portunity for anything d o e sn ’t exist for some o f us). Long distance relationships that d o n ’t start out that way have a high possibility o f failure because o f the sud­ den strain that the distance puts on the relationship. If it isn ’t strong enough, it probably w on’t survive.

Technology is tough A nother interesting article last w eek had to do w ith your favorite m athem at­ ics softw are package and m ine, M aple.

Every year, hundreds m ore hapless vic­

tim s are subjected to the heartless to r­ ture that is M aple. And som ehow, m ost o f these d ish e a rte n e d so u ls m anage to su rv iv e . T h e th in g is, a ll s o ftw a re p ack ag es are d iffic u lt to fig u re o u t at f i r s t . M a p le , M a th C a d , M a tL a b , W orkV iew O ffice , ev en M S O ffic e they all inspire sim ilar, um, d e sc rip tiv e lan g u ag e from new users. D oes a n y ­ body else o u t th e re rem em b er P S p ic e (th e D OS v e rsio n , not S c h e m a tic s )?

T h at w as lo ts o f fun. W hat I ’m try in g to say here is th a t you ju s t h a v e to deal w ith it, and a c ce p t the fact th at no m atter w hat you do, it w o n ’t w ork rig h t. T his is very good real w orld e x ­ p e rie n c e , b e c a u s e in m an y jo b s , no m atter w hat you do, m an ag e m en t w ill tell you that it’s w rong, ev en if you do ex actly w hat they told you to do.

T he c ro ssw o rd p u z z le s a re n ’t tough Last w eek’s N ew speak also included another rather sim ple crossw ord puzzle.

Sure “lenient” threw me o ff a bit, but the rest was a jo k e. A w eekly crossw ord puzzle should be som ething that you can sit down with your significant other and spend an afternoon on. O f course the chances of me having a significant other o r an en tire a fte rn o o n to sp en d on a crossw ord puzzle are alm ost nonexistent, but still...

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by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor Do you feel that you’re getting enough sleep? If not, you may want to consider a daily nap. Although naps are often benefi­ cial to alertness and academic performance, m any p eo p le have u n d erestim ated the value o f a good nap. Not William Anthony, director o f Boston U niversity’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. His book The Art o f Napping was w ritten for the pur­ pose o f encouraging nap-aw areness and pride.

The book covers all aspects o f napping, from defining different types o f naps to presen tin g fam ous n appers in all their sleepy glory, including Winston Churchill, Napoleon and JFK. Napping tips are also provided for the nap enthusiast.

Anthony addresses nappers o f all ages, and includes a section on college napping: “College is one huge napping opportunity ... They [college students] must read a lot o f books, listen to innumerable lectures, go to a library, often stay up too late, and, most importantly, one’s desk is no more than twenty feet away from one’s bed!”

W hile the approach to napping was silly for the m ost part, some o f the issues pre­ sented were more serious, such as sleep deprivation. One o f the most interesting sections was on napping in the workplace.

Traditionally shunned, napping during the workday is slowly becoming a more accept­ able. Something to think about when re­ vising those resumes...

Overall, the book was amusing and fun to read. The only improvement it needs is an index; Although the book is short, some o f the sections are hard to refer back to if you don’t know what chapter they’re in.

William Anthony signed copies o f the book last W ednesday at Tatnuck Book­ seller on campus. More information about th e b o o k m ay be fo u n d a t h ttp :// www.napping.com

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P o l ic e L o g Friday, S eptem ber 18 1:26am - Suspicious People: 2 males white or Hispanic, high school age, around 5’8”, suspects were trying to steal a wheel in the Stoddard parking lot, last seen heading down Dover Street.

1:35am - Listing: MA plate, rear right tire missing, call victim.

1:45am - M issing Person: Female driving a Pontiac m issing hub caps, parents looking for her possibly visiting a student.

1:48am - Notified: Called victim for the missing tire, he will meet officer in Stoddard lot.

1:5 1am - Larceny: Becker PD called in a victim from Highland Street.

2:24am - Suspicious Youths: 2 school aged boys around 5 ’ 11” medium build, one with a bat, student said he hard glass smash in the Stoddard lot.

2:55am - Listing: RI plate, window was smashed, officer wanted to locate victim.

3 :12am - Located Victim: Called victim t inform of the window smashed, victim will meet officer.

2:49pm - Trespass, Non-Students: Using track area.

2:34pm - Code 5 :1 2 and 13 year old females were asked to leave.

3:1 lpm - Report: Skateboarders in Freeman Plaza.

3:31pm - 3 non-students advised of trespass.

9:48pm - Assist: Request to remove skateboarders from the front o f the library.

11:55pm - Assist/Noise Complaint: Com plaint o f a loud party in vicinity o f Highland Street & Trowbridge.

Saturday, Septem ber 19 12:21am - Complaint: Call received concerning behavior at fraternity event, Sergeant to follow up.

12:39am - Sergeant reports spoke to subject (re: 0021).

3:45am - Noise Complaint: Call regarding loud subjects in vicinity of Highland Street & Trowbridge.

3:54am - W PD notified re: Highland Street, source o f noise complaint.

6:00am - Found Property: MagLite flashlight on West St. plaza near fountain.

9 : 15am - Suspicious Person: Higgin’s Labs.

10:09am - Power Failure: Most academic buildings and dorms have no power, problem is with M ass Electric, not WPI. 10:58am - Power Surge: Power on momentarily, then return to initial state.

11:23am - Power Restored: Mass Electric fixed power problem.

12:00pm - Secured: Higgins labs laser lab secured.

3:47pm - M issing Child: Daniels by the Bookstore; 5yo, LSW: Pink overall short set, shoulder length blond hair, all officers notified as well as Plant Services personnel.

3:56pm - Code 5: Child found and returned to her parents.

9:37pm - Drug Offenses: Daniels by bookstore, holding student at door for drug offenses.

9:50pm - C ode 5: No drug offense, student burning sage because it helps him relax.

11:52pm - M edical Response: Daniels female with possible allergic reaction to alcohol.

11:54pm - Medical Response: Alumni Field, female w ith head injury.

Sunday, S eptem ber 20 12:09am - Student transported by EA to Memorial Hospital.

1:50am - Disorderly Persons: Report o f disorderly group in front o f Daniels Hall.

1:52am - O fficer reports group in front o f Daniels sent on their way.

2 : 12am - Altercation: Officer reports fight in West St. lot.

2:1 Sam - Officers clear W est Street lot.

8 :14am - Suspicious Person: Founders Hall.

8:36am - Welfare Check: Founders Hall.

8:46am - C ode 5: Student contacted.

1:37pm - Report: Power out on 2nd floor o f Morgan.

1:49am - Code 5: Power restored.

7 :5 2 p m - M edical: M ale having a seizure.

7:54pm - Arrival: Possibly not a seizure but a fainting.

8:03pm - C ode 5: No seizure, just light headed, refused any medical treatment.

M onday, Septem ber 21 1:07am - Suspicious Person/Vehicle: Report o f subject in vehicle on Wachusett St. across from fraternity.

9:06am - Medical: W ashburn Shops, m ale student possible seizure, fainting spell. Did lose consciousness.

2:1 lpm - Medical: Goddard Hall, female student with glass in finger.

5:43pm - Disturbance: Kids in Alumni refusing to leave, who don’t belong.

11:36pm - Odor: Call regarding odor in vicinity o f Riley & Fuller Apts.

Tuesday, S eptem ber 22 12:06am - Possible Electric Problem: Report of electrical flash in Wedge grille area.

12:19am - Intrusion Alarm: Alumni Gym m en’s locker room.

1 2:47am - Possible Drug Violation: Stoddard.

9:30am - Check On Welfare: Former em ployee, calling very distraught, called placed to officer, no response at residence.

9:40am - Check on Welfare: Officer to check residence. Party at home and will wait for officer’s call.

11:35am - Water Problem: Salisbury Labs, ceiling tile fell onto photocopier and w ater com­ ing from ceiling.

4:13pm -C om puter Alarm: Recorded message on em ergency line stating a com puter is being stolen from Kaven Hall.

4:23pm - C ode 5: Nothing found. Battery being replaced in alarm set it off.

Thursday, Septem ber 24 11:09pm - Assist: Doors in Founders in the stairwell w o n ’t lock and there is a crack in the upper Right hand comer.

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7 :10pm - Code 5: Was not a student. 2 twelve year olds were asked to leave property, they were causing the disturbance.

7:25pm - Alarm: Automated phone alarm for theft o f a com puter in Goddard.

7:28pm - Code 5: Student accidentally m oved com puter too much.

Sunday, September 27 Saturday, Septem ber 26 12:00am - Disturbance: Report o f large party in Founders.

12:42am - Officers clear Founders Hall.

1 2 :4 8 am - Disturbance: Officers report dispersing a party in Founders.

1:01am - M edical Response: Morgan 2nd floor, intoxicated student vomiting.

1:1 lam - Noise Complaint: Salisbury Street fraternity, loud group & barking dog.

1:12am - Officers request ambulance to Morgan Hall.

1:20am - Custodial supervisor paged re: clean-up Morgan Hall.

1:29am - O fficer clears Morgan 2nd floor, student transported by EA to Memorial Hospital.

1:30am - Noise Complaint: Daniels.

3:32am - Assist: W PD requests Officer to Cedar St. re: alcohol-related incident at Boynton Street.

3:37am - O fficer out on Boynton St. re: follow-up.

5:37am - Noise Complaint: Salisbury Estates loud party.

6:00pm - Noise Complaint: Cannon being shot off a t __S AE__Street fraternity.

7 :06pm - Disturbance: Fuller Labs, Student running through building causing disturbance.

2:40am - Suspicious Person: O fficer out with subject in library lot.

7:09am - Power Failure: Mass Electric pow er failure.

7:09am - Alarm Failure: Alarms disconnected from telecommunications.

9: M am - Power Restored: Pow er restored in all areas o f campus.

9:50am - Assist: Parents in locating student.

9:51 am - Animal Control: Squirrel removed from Wedge.

3:40pm - Trespass: Arrest.

9:47pm - W PD Call: 9 year old lost on cam pus outside o f Washburn.

10:07pm - Weapons Release

Wednesday, September 30 7:58am - Truck Blocking: West from Institute, second truck arrived, both need to back down.

1:19am - Notified: Worcester fire, they have alarm for Boynton St., false alarm.

8 :5 2 p m - Medical: Front o f Kaven Hall, man fell down stairs.

8:56pm - Clear: EMS clear Kaven Hall.