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Volume Twenty-six, Number Two

Tuesday, January 20, 1998

NSF recognizes two professors with CAREER awards Courtesy o f WPI News Service Two members of the WPI faculty recently received major awards from the National Science Foundation under the NSF’s Faculty Early Ca­ reer Development (CAREER) Pro­ gram. The foundation encourages young faculty members to develop both as educators and as research­ ers.

John A. McNeill of Stow, Mass., assistant professor o f electrical and computer engineering, received a four-year $254,443 award for the period that began Aug. 15, 1997.

McNeill, who joined the faculty in 1994, received an A.B. in engineer­ ing sciences from Dartmouth Col­ lege, a M.S. in electrical engineer­ ing from the University of Roches­

ter, and a Ph.D. in electrical engi­ neering from Boston University.

His research interests are in analog and mixed signal integrated circuit design, and electronics for high­ speed imaging. He will use the NSF CAREER funds to develop inte­ grated circuit chips for use in ad­ vanced applications such as fiber­ optic telecommunications systems and digital cellular telephones.

McNeill is a member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and the Society of Photo-Optical In­ strumentation Engineers.

Fabio R ibiero was awarded $210,00: $60,000 for the first year, which began June 1, 1997, and $50,000 for each of the next three years. The NSF will also match, dollar-for-dollar, any unrestricted con­ tribution from industry, up to $25,000

Professors Fabio Ribero (left) and John A. McNeil (right)

per year — to bring the total award to $310,000. “This award provides us with a mechanism to contact in­ dustrial partners,” says Ribeiro.

“There is potential to establish a

WASHINGTON - With Paula Jones staring him in the face, Presi­ dent Clinton testified for most of the day Saturday about the sexual ha­ rassment allegations that have gen­ erated one of the nation’s most cel­ ebrated legal battles and the spec­ tacle of a commander-in-chief forced to explain his conduct with women.

Clinton spent about six hours in the offices of his lawyer answering questions under oath about whether he propositioned Jones in a Little Rock, Ark., hotel suite seven years ago and later punished her for reject­ ing his advances. Never before has a sitting president been interrogated as

a defendant in a court case. The ses­ sion was closed to outsiders and details were scarce, thanks to a farreaching gag order imposed by the judge. Neither Clinton nor Jones commented afterward, ignoring a media throng that converged from as far away as Japan and Germany. But sources said before the deposition began that Clinton planned to tes­ tify he does not remember meeting Jones and denies harassing her, al­ though he was willing to concede they may have met alone at the Ex­ celsior Hotel in 1991.

This was the day he had long dreaded, the day he had gone all the way to the Supreme Court to avoid.

For Clinton, this confrontation with his past posed risks not only legal

and political, but also historical, as he tries to keep the episode from tar­ nishing his legacy. Yet in the end, the justices ruled unanimously last year that the law applies even to the presi­ dent and forced Clinton to answer the charges from the former low-level state clerk originally from Lonoke, Ark. “I feel so proud to be an Ameri­ can, to know that this judicial sys­ tem works, to know that a little girl from Arkansas is equal to the presi­ dent of the United States,” Jones said before Saturday’s session, accord­ ing to her adviser and spokeswoman, Susan Carpenter-McMillan.

The raucous scene outside the downtown law offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom was

Prof. L. Berka back from sabbatical with State Police

by Det. Lt. Richard D. Lauria Massachusetts State Police

Professor L. Berka

For the past five months we at the Crime Scene Services Section (CSSS) hosted Professor Laddie Berka who is on sabbatical from WPI. Profes­ sor Berka has been at WPI for over 32 years and has a doctorate in chem­ istry. During his time with us he con­ ducted research on methods of rais­ ing latent fingerprints from evidence secured from fire scenes. His pur­ pose in coming to spend research time with us was motivated by his interest in forensics and his desire to enhance his teaching abilities by de­ veloping workshops and projects for teachers and students alike.

During his sabbatical, Profes­ sor Berka worked full time at CSSS while his salary was paid completely by WPI. He met with personnel from the Office o f the C hief M edical Examiner, the State Fire M arshal’s Office, the State Fire Academy and techni­ cians from the State Crime Lab. He used these contacts to gain knowledge about the nature of fires, the d iffe ren t types of accelerants used to start fires, the types of residue left after a bomb or explosion, the variety of containers used to transport accelerants to arson scenes and m a te ria ls and su rfa c e See Berka, continued to p a g e 2

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strong relationship with industry and a chance for our students to interact with them during their years at WPI.” Ribeiro, a native of Alem Paraiba See P rofessors, cont. to p a g e 2

Clinton questioned under oath for six hours

by Peter Baker The Washington Post

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reminiscent of the chaos that sur­ rounded such celebrity trials as those of O.J. Simpson and William Kennedy Smith. As Jones arrived in a taxicab, she was immediately set upon by scores of reporters and photogra­ phers, some of whom pressed their cameras just inches from her face.

The jockeying was so fierce that she decided not to say anything and rushed into the building to escape the crushing mob. When it was over, she left through an underground garage to avoid a repeat of the morn­ ing mayhem, Carpenter-McMillan said.

For his part, Clinton traveled the two blocks from the White House in a motorcade protected from the me­ dia, and he tried to maintain an air of nonchalance to demonstrate his con­ viction that the case would not dis­ rupt his administration.

As soon as it was over, he returned to the White House and headed im­ mediately for the Oval Office, where he conferred briefly with Chief of Staff Erskine B. Bowles about the Asian economic crisis and received the lat­ est draft of his upcoming State of the Union speech. Yet, plans to go out for dinner or a show with Hillary Rodham Clinton were scrapped at the last minute because the president had had “a long day,” an aide said.

The deposition marked the first time in the long-running case that Clinton has told his side of the story, and it may be the only time as well.

Recorded on videotape, his answers can be played at trial, now sched­ uled to begin May 27, and could be the only time jurors hear directly from See Clinton, continued to p a g e 3

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A player with character Touchdowns were thrown by the dozen, the passing yardage kept in miles. Even back then, more than 20 years ago, John Ehvay knew how to beat you.

In an article from the Los An­ geles Times, Eric Sondheimer interviews friends of the football great.

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Volume Twenty-six, Number Two

Tuesday, January 20, 1998

NSF recognizes two professors with CAREER awards Courtesy o f WPI News Service Two members of the WPI faculty recently received major awards from the National Science Foundation under the NSF’s Faculty Early Ca­ reer Development (CAREER) Pro­ gram. The foundation encourages young faculty members to develop both as educators and as research­ ers.

John A. McNeill of Stow, Mass., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, received a four-year $254,443 award for the period that began Aug. 15, 1997.

McNeill, who joined the faculty in 1994. received an A.B. in engineer­ ing sciences from Dartmouth Col­ lege, a M.S. in electrical engineer­ ing from the University of Roches­

ter, and a Ph.D. in electrical engi­ neering from Boston University.

His research interests are in analog and mixed signal integrated circuit design, and electronics for high­ speed imaging. He will use the NSF CAREER funds to develop inte­ grated circuit chips for use in ad­ vanced applications such as fiber­ optic telecommunications systems and digital cellular telephones.

McNeill is a member of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers and the Society of Photo-Optical In­ strumentation Engineers.

Fabio Ribiero was awarded $210,00: $60,000 for the first year, which began June I, 1997, and $50,000 for each of the next three years. The NSF will also match, dol­ lar- lbr-dollar, any unrestricted con­ tribution from industry, up to $25,000

A music movement?

The Beach Boys, long asso­ ciated with 60’s wurfer-dudes, lava lamps, and dune buggies, were more than just a fad. After 30 years, their music lives on. pnoTosrm 'm s r m 'Tm v gwKWRVTnr Professors Fabio Ribero (left) and John A. McNeil (right)

Sex vs. school per year — to bring the total award to $3 lO.(XX). “This award provides us with a mechanism to contact in­ dustrial partners.” says Ribeiro.

"There is potential to establish a

strong relationship with industry and a chance for our students to interact with them during their years at WPI." Ribeiro, a native of Alem Paraiba, See Professors, cont. to p a g e 2

Clinton questioned under oath for six hours

by Peter Baker The Washington Post WASHINGTON - With Paula Jones staring him in the face, Presi­ dent Clinton testified for most of the day Saturday about the sexual ha­ rassment allegations that have gen­ erated one of the nation's most cel­ ebrated legal battles and the spec­ tacle of a commander-in-chief forced to explain his conduct with women.

Clinton spent about six hours in the offices of his lawyer answering questions under oath about whether he propositioned Jones in a Little Rtx:k, Ark., hotel suite seven years ago and later punished her for reject­ ing his advances. Never before has a sitting president been interrogated as

a defendant in a court case. The ses­ sion was closed to outsiders and details were scarce, thanks to a farreaching gag order imposed by the judge. Neither Clinton nor Jones commented afterward, ignoring a media throng that converged from as far away as Japan and Germany. But sources said before the deposition began that Clinton planned to tes­ tify he does not remember meeting Jones and denies h;irassing her, al­ though he was willing to concede they may have met alone at the Ex­ celsior Hotel in 1991.

This was the day he had long dreaded, the day he had gone all the way to the Supreme Court to avoid.

For Clinton, this confrontation with his past posed risks not only legal

and political, but also historical, as he tries to keep the episode from tar­ nishing his legacy. Yet in the end, the justices ruled unanimously last year that the law applies even to the presi­ dent and forced Clinton to answer the charges from the former low-level state clerk originally from Lonoke, Ark. "I feel so proud to be an Ameri­ can, to know that this judicial sys­ tem works, to know that a little girl from Arkansas is equal to the presi­ dent of the United States," Jones said before Saturday’s session, accord­ ing to her adviser and spokeswoman, Susan Carpenter-McMillan.

The raucous scene outside the downtown law offices of Skadden.

Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom was

Prof. L. Berka back from sabbatical with State Police

by Det. Lt. Richard I). Ixiuria Massachusetts State Police

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Professor L. Berka

For the past five months we at the Crime Scene Services Section (CSSS) hosted Professor Laddie Berka who is on sabbatical from WPI. Profes­ sor Berka has been at WPI for over 32 years and has a doctorate in chem­ istry. During his time w ith us he con­ ducted research on methods of rais­ ing latent fingerprints from evidence secured from fire scenes. His pur­ pose in coming to spend research time with us was motivated by his interest in forcnsics and his desire to enhance his teaching abilities by de­ veloping workshops and projects for teachers and students alike.

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During his sabbatical. Profes­ sor Berka worked full time at CSSS while his salary was paid completely by WPI. He met with personnel from the Office of the C hief Medical Examiner, the Stale Fire M arshal’s Office, the State Fire Academy and techni­ cians from the State Crime Lab. He used these contacts to gain knowledge about the nature of fires, the d iffe ren t types of accelerants used to start fires, the types of residue left after a bomb or explosion, the variety of containers used to transport accelerants to arson scenes and m a te ria ls and su rface See Berka, continued to pa g e 2

reminiscent of the chaos that sur­ rounded such celebrity trials as those ofO.J. Simpson and William Kennedy Smith. As Jones arrived in a taxicab, she was immediately set upon by scores of reporters and photogra­ phers. some of whom pressed their cameras just inches from her face.

The jockeying was so fierce that she decided not to say anything anti rushed into the building to escape the crushing mob. When it was over, she left through an underground garage to avoid a repeat of the morn­ ing mayhem. Carpenter-McMillan said.

For his part. Clinton traveled the two blocks from the W'hite House in a motorcade protected from the me­ dia, and he tried to maintain an air of nonchalance to demonstrate his con­ viction that the case would not dis­ rupt his administration.

As soon as it w as over, he returned to the White House and headed im­ mediately for the Oval Office, where he conferred briefly with Chief of Staff Erskine B. Bowles about the Asian economic crisis and received the lat­ est draft of his upcoming State of the Union speech. Yet. plans to go out for dinner or a show with Hillary RcxJham Clinton were scrapped at the last minute because the president had had “a long day," an aide said.

The deposition marked the first time in the long-running case that Clinton has told his side of the story, and it may be the only time as well.

Recorded on videotape, his answers can be played at trial, now sched­ uled to begin May 27, anti could be the only time jurors hear directly from S ee Clinton, continued to p a g e 3

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George I. Alden Trust awards $5 million toward new academic building Courtesy o f The WPI News Service WPI announced that a $5 million grant from the George I. Alden Trust of Worces­ ter w hich w ill support one o f the University’s highest academic priorities, the construction of a new academic build­ ing. The grant equals the largest gift in WPI’s history, the $5 million bequest from George C. Gordon, Class o f 1895. Received in 1965, that gift funded the construction of WPI’s Gordon Library.

“WPI is elated about the Alden Trust for their support of this 33,000-square-foot building which will fill critical campus aca­ demic needs,” notes WPI President Edward A. Parrish. “The Trust’s past generosity has allowed WPI to build and refurbish WPI facilities of unsurpassed excellence; this gift continues that legacy.” Notable among the projects the Alden Trust has supported are the construction of Alden Memorial Hall in 1939, the renovation of Salisbury Laboratories in the 1970s, the construction of Fuller Laboratories in the 1980s, and the renovation of Alden Me­ morial Hall and Higgins Laboratories in the 1990s.

“This new facility will provide classroom space to alleviate critical overutilization of current space, faculty offices so necessary to WPI’s commitment to a project-based education, which requires a great deal of one-on-one engagement between profes­ sors and students, and unified space for selected academic departments,” Parrish continues. He said the building will fea­ ture technologically advanced classrooms equipped for the educational technology of the future. Building design will begin immediately, with construction expected to start in the fall of 1999. The academic facility’s cost is estimated at $7.8 million.

The George I. Alden Trust, created by one of W PI’s original faculty members, is by far WPI’s greatest benefactor. Since 1920 the Alden Trust has awarded WPI $10.8 million, not including this most re­ cent bequest.

Francis H. Dewey III, chairman of the George I. Alden Trust, said, ‘This new aca­ demic building will affirm George Alden’s greatest passion: focusing on philanthropic endeavors involving education. Alden un­ derstood the rewards of giving to the insti­ tution where his career began and flourished, and the Trust believes that this academic structure will continue that tradition.”

The planned location of the new aca­ demic building is the north end of the park­ ing lot on Boynton Street below Gordon Library and adjacent to Kaven Hall, says John E. Miller, director of physical plant.

“This will be one of W PI’s few buildings to face the Worcester public and campus visitor,” says Miller. ‘T h e site demands an architecturally appealing building that suit­ ably fits the site, is received well by our neighbors, and invites the interests of visi­ tors.” This facility could also be linked to a new adjacent parking garage, providing safe access, particularly in the evening or during inclement weather.

Some of the features planned for the new academic building include two state-of-the-

art multimedia classrooms fully equipped with m odern educational technologies ranging from video delivery to computer ports, a traditional classroom, and smaller seminar rooms. WPI expects the class­ rooms, particularly the multimedia class­ rooms, to be in high demand hosting eight

classes per day as well as evening classes.

Additionally, increased faculty office space will ease overcrowding in other academic buildings.

Meanwhile, planning continues on an­ other planned construction project, the campus center. The Physical Facilities

Committee of the WPI Board of Trustees met in December and January to discuss building location, space allocation, and overall design of that building. The cam­ pus center has now moved to the design and developm ent phase, according to Miller.

New study links sex and education (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Col­ lege graduates and Ph.D. recipients are not having as much sex as those with less edu­ cation, according to a recent study.

The study, which was conducted by the University o f Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center, found that people with high school diplomas and those with some college education have more sex than those with college or post-graduate degrees.

“Americans who have attended gradu­ ate school may have the money and the smarts, but they report being the least sexually active educational group,” said the study’s authors, John Robinson of the U niversity o f M aryland and Geoffrey Godbey of Pennsylvania State University.

The study also concluded that people who worked long hours and/or watched a lot of television had more sex. The re­ searchers found that gun owners and those who lack confidence in the president also have intercourse more frequently.

Assistant biology Prof. and Michigan Society Fellow Mark Siddall, who teaches courses on the biology of sex at the Uni­ versity, said the items linked in the study

probably are not part of a cause-and-effect relationship.

“One might be inclined to conclude that having a college education makes you sexy, but that getting a graduate degree is going to diminish your sex drive,” Siddall said. “God forbid that a balding graduate student starts taking that new hair-restoration drug that also reduces sex drive,” he said sarcastically, noting that such a conclusion would be as ridiculous as say­ ing that watching too much television would turn a person into a nymphomaniac.

The study also concluded that people who listen to jazz are more sexually active.

Michael Nastos, an announcer at WEMU, a local radio station featuring jazz music, said he knows why. “ I do believe that people who under­ stand jazz have a deeper understanding of romanticism,” Nastos said.

He also said the spontaneity of jazz mu­ sic and its personal sound may prompt more spontaneous sex and that many jazz songs help listeners understand the mean­ ing of sex and love.

“They probably have a deeper under­ standing that you can’t have sex without love,” Nastos said. “People who listen to jazz understand that when you combine the

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Professors: Four receive CAREER Awards

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textures o f these containers. He worked closely with the Metro Fire and Arson Investigator’s Association and attended multiple live fire scene investigations where he obtained his working samples under real world conditions. Observing Professor Berka’s use of scientific discipline and ex­ tensive documentation in conducting his experiments was interesting to say the least.

He worked many hours experimenting with different techniques to intensify and clarify latent fingerprints under soot and other contaminants on fire evidence. His find­ ings were shared with us and are a great deal of help in these types of cases.

Professor Berka also volunteered the services o f the Engineering Department at WPI. They designed a jig to hold evidence while it is being photographed. These are now being used at all seven CSSS loca­ tions. They are also designing a replace­ ment cover for one of our main fingerprint developing tools, the cyanoarcilate vacuum fuming chamber. This modification will enable us to introduce heat into the tank for more thorough fuming in less time than currently possible. All of this at no cost to the State Police.

P rofessor Berka com pleted his stay with us this month and we wish him well, it was a pleasure having him back with us.

Brazil, who now lives in Worcester, earned a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.S. in chemistry at the Instituto Militar de Engenharia in Rio de Janeiro, and an M.S. and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Stanford U niversity.. He worded for Catalkytica, Inc. and as a staff scientist in the M aterials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., for four years before joining the WPI faculty in 1996. The NSF funding will en­ able him to continue his studies of hetero­ geneous catalytic processes using in situ techniques to understand the relationship between catalyst structure and catalyst properties. He is also starting a Center for Environmental Studies at WPI. “Four WPI professors have received

By Margene Eriksen Michigan Daily (U. Michigan)

two, it means a great deal more. When people understand that, it takes sex to a higher level.”

Siddall expressed both amusement and confusion about some of the factors the study linked to sexual drive, including poli­ tics and religion. “I admit I don’t watch much television or play many sports, but I seriously doubt that these explain why people with a graduate education have less sex,” Siddall said.

Siddall, whose Biology 101 class is con­ ducting a sex study via the Internet, said many factors influenced the people re­ sponding to the Chicago study.

“Sleep patterns can dramatically influence circulating hormone levels and sex drives.

Do academics have abnormal sleep patterns?

I don’t know, but it wouldn’t surprise me.

There aren’t too many of us who follow a nine-to-five daily regimen,” Siddall said.

Rackham student Jennifer Ladd said that graduates students’ focus on the future may explain the low number of sexual en­ counters.

“We’re in a program because we have plans for the future,” Ladd said. “So if we’re investing so much time and energy into these plans, we may be really choosy in picking a mate.”

CAREER awards in the first three com ­ petitions under the program,” says Dou­ glas C. Johnston, WPI’s director o f re­ search administration, whose office co­ ordinates such funding for the Division o f Academic Affairs. In 1995,Chrysanthe Demetry, assistant professor of mechani­ cal engineering, received a four-year, $200,372 award, and Barbara E. Wyslouzil, assistant professor of chemical engineer­ ing, was awarded a total of $135,870 for three years.

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Muslim students observing holy month of Ramadan

by Absar Kaznti Class o f '99 On December 30th, 1997, the Muslim stu­ dent community of WPI, along with the 1.2 billion Muslims world wide, was preparing for the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan, which begins with the sighting of the new moon, is the ninth month in the Islamic cal­ endar. The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar calendar which is eleven days shorter than the Gregorian calendar, therefore allow­ ing Ramadan to be either twenty-nine or thirty days long, and to fall eleven days earlier each year. This results in a diverse atmosphere of various seasons and weathers for Fasting throughout one’s lifetime.

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desires, from dawn to sunset. This includes abstaining from any food, drink, or sexual contact with one’s spouse, and also from such evil deeds as lying, backbiting, false witness­ ing, and looking with desire at the opposite sex.

Sawm or Fasting, during the holy month of Ramadan satisfies the fourth pillar of Is­ lam. It has been made obligatory on all Mus­ lims in the Holy Qur’an: “O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.” (2:183) Fasting during Ramadan or any other time is recognized as a physically demanding but spiritually rewarding deed. It is an act of deep personal worship in which Muslims seek a richer perception of God. It has been or­ dained upon every healthy adult Muslim,

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Students talk about recent skiing deaths

by Vanessa Rose Melons on Office Manager Question: What is your opinion o f the two recent skiing deaths concerning Michael Kennedy and Sonny Bono?

Brad Snow - 1 think it’s pretty interest­ ing that they both smashed into a tree while skiing.

H ow ever, what I heard, the K en n ed y ’s were doing something rath er stupid.

They were play­ ing football on skies on a moun-, tain slope, unlike Sonny who was an experi­ enced skier skiing in an area that he actu­ ally knew well, and they really can’t fig­ ure out why he had trouble. They think it could be light or something. Uh, it’s kind of strange.

Nicholas Arcolano - I ’m really sad that Sonny was taken from us so soon, and I d o n ’t think any­ body should ski anymore ‘cause it’s too dangerous.

A lso, you sh o u ld n ’t play football while you’re skiing.

Christian Grove - 1 think it’s kind of hyped up because there are more deaths than just Sonny Bono and Mike Kennedy, and just like coinci­ dence maybe the C h ris Farley thing, and famous p eo ple dying in threes is kind of su­ perstitious that way.

I think it’s a little overra te d this whole thing about people dying.

Twelve people alone died last year on the skiing slopes, and now it’s two famous

people who died, so now everyone is like “Oh no, everyone is going to die skiing on the slopes, and everyone is going to run into a tree.” I’m not sure, but Mike Kennedy could have been drunk, and he was playing football at night and the people at the ski slopes didn’t want him to be playing football. I think that people are getting way too worried about the situ­ ation and the skiing has been the same the whole time.

Amanda Egan - 1 think that the death of Kennedy is really stupid because he was playing football while skiing and then hit a tree because he wasn’t look­ ing. It’s a shame that you’d have to die like that, but I really feel no sym­ pathy fo r the death of Kennedy because it really is his fault.

Tiana M agee (Note: Tiana is a Women !vSki Team mem­ ber) I think that if you’re stupid enough to go off the trail, and to be skiing backwards then you shouldn’t be skiing anyway. And to make people wear helmets and do all that stupid stuff is ridiculous because if you can’t ski you shouldn’t be on the slopes anyway. So, Bono shouldn’t have been off the trail, and Kennedy shouldn’t have been backwards. Kennedy should not have been playing football while skiing backwards while video-taping the game, that’s just stu­ pid. Bono shouldn’t have been 45 feet off the trail.

Scott Ayers - I feel that the Kennedy death is just another conspiracy. There was a second skier in the M ichael Kennedy death.

The Sonny Bono death is just an unfor­ tunate a c c i­ dent.

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male or female, excluding only the mentally ill, physically unfit, travelers, and women during their period and while nursing their child. Those who are physically unable to fast are required to feed a needy person for each missal day.

As one conquers their daily habits and endures hunger and thirst, Ramadan fur­ nishes a first class drill in self-restraint, in Arabic ‘taqwa’, and will power (and what would humanity be if the faculties of selfrestraint were gone?). ‘Taqwa’, translated here as self-restraint, has a much broader sig­ nificance. It symbolizes that basic moral-quality that demarcates the line between morality and amorality, and distinguishes humans from animals, as moral beings. But fasting is not just an exercise of self-control; it also builds one’s sensitivity to the suffrage of the poor.

Fasting also has positive benefits on one’s health, improving both physical and mental abilities. Fasting allows the stomach, which works non-stop 24 hours a day, to receive a much-deserved rest. Although beneficial to health, it is regarded principally as a method of self-purification. By cutting oneself off from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fast­ ing person gains true sympathy with those who go hungry, as well as growth in one’s

spiritual life. The month feels like going “into maintenance” and is almost like “charging” one’s batteries for the rest of the year.

At its conclusion, Muslims gather to per­ form special morning prayers. Celebrations start at the end of Ramadan with a spirit of joyous achievements called “Eid Al-Fitr”, “the feast of the Breaking of the Fast”, that lasts for three days. Customarily, it is a time for family reunions, and a favored holiday for children, who receive new clothing and gifts from family members and friends.

In Worcester, Muslims alternately take the responsibility of cooking the “Iftar” for the community. Everyday at sunset, which tends to be close to 4:35p.m, Muslims gather at the Mosque to pray and eat in a Ramadhanic atmosphere of faith and peace. DAKA has provided the Muslim students on campus with a different meal plan for this month, which will accommodate their fast. And the Muslim Student Association, as always on this occasion, is preparing for the annual Ramadan dinner, scheduled for January 23rd.

If anybody is interested in attending the Ramadan dinner, he or she may contact the Muslims Student Association by e-mail at msa@wpi.edu. To learn more about the MSA and upcoming events, please visit their web page at http://www.wpi.edu/~msa.

Clinton: President gives deposition Continued from page 1. him unless he chooses to testify in person.

Clinton sat at one end of a long table in an llth-floor conference room, with the video camera positioned at the far end.

Jones and her six lawyers sat along one side, while a smaller contingent of attor­ neys for the president sat along the other.

A Secret Service agent also was present for the six-hour session, which was bro­ ken up by a half-hour lunch break in which both sides retreated to separate rooms.

While maintaining that he did not ha­ rass her, Clinton did not intend to chal­ lenge the account of his bodyguard, State Trooper Danny Ferguson, who has testi­ fied that he escorted Jones to the hotel suite on the day in question, sources said.

By doing so, he would acknowledge that she may have been in in the room with him, but his attorneys would rely on Ferguson’s assertion that Jones sought out the meet­ ing while admiring Clinton’s good looks and afterward offered to be “the governor’s girlfriend.”

Even beyond the facts of the immediate event in dispute, the questioning promised to be intensely uncomfortable. Jones’ at­ torneys probed into some of the most inti­ mate details of his personal life, including reports from women who have testified that they had affairs or received unwelcome advances from Clinton, according to one source familiar with the questioning.

U.S. D istrict Judge Susan W ebber Wright, who is presiding over the case, tlew to Washington from Little Rock to sit in on the deposition and handle objections as to the scope of the questions. Clinton at­ torney Robert S. Bennett wanted to shield the president from the most embarrassing inquiries into his personal life and has ar­ gued that extramarital relationships are not

relevant to a sexual harassment case. Jones’ lawyers wanted to prove a pattern of be­ havior that would bolster the credibility of her assertions.

Among those who have given sworn tes­ timony during this evidence-gathering phase are Jones, Gennifer Flowers, several state troopers and a longtime friend who has said she had a lengthy affair with Clinton. Kathleen Willey, a former White House aide, testified against her will about whether Clinton made unwanted sexual ad­ vances to her as president.

During a deposition, attorneys are given far more latitude than they would have in a trial to explore subjects that might not be directly related to the allegations in a law­ suit. Lawyers do not have to stick exclu­ sively to matters that would be admissible, but can ask questions calculated to lead to admissable evidence, according to special­ ists.

“If they can show that every week he invited some woman to a hotel room who’s an employee of the state and propositioned her, then it’s more likely they could get it in,” said Vicki G. Golden, a Washington at­ torney who regularly represents plaintiffs in sexual harassment suits. ‘T hat he had some affairs? That gets dicey.”

In the view of several people close to the case, the deposition removed one of the last motivations for an out-of-court settlement. Because they assume the vid­ eotape of the deposition eventually will find its way into the public domain, Clinton advisers consider the damage already done. At this point, the consensus in the Clinton camp is that the public has made its judgm ents regarding the president’s sexual behavior and therefore his best shot at minimizing the impact in the history books would be a victory at trial.

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Weekly sports update—Results from January 9th - 15th

by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Women’s Basketball (5-7) The women’s basketball team traveled west to Williamstown to participate in the Williams College Invitational Tournament on the 1Oth and 11 th. This is a tournament that the Engineers had one two years ago during their run to the NCAA Tournament. Unfor­ tunately it wasn’t going to happen this year as they lost to St. Joseph’s College of Conn.

65-56 in the opening game which put them in the consolation game against Elms College the next afternoon. They would win that game 57-47 to take third place overall.

Freshman Lynn Michalenka (Lincoln, R.I.) would score 36 points in the two games in­ cluding a career high 26 against St. Joe’s.

Senior center Dianne Carlson (Holden, Mass.) would score 24 points in the two games and be selected to the All-Tournament Team.

Andrea Kodys (Templeton, Mass.) would add 14 points and 10 rebounds in the tournament and freshman Jamie Mulryan (West Boyl-

Larry Bird

by Jerry Bembry The Baltimore Sun It will be a special day in Boston Sun­ day afternoon when Larry Bird coaches his first game in the city where he played his entire career, and Robert Parish will have his “00” jersey retired.

Bird has tried to downplay his return, explaining that he never played a game in the FleetCenter.

But his return will be a huge event, with a national television audience and hundreds of journalists expected to be in attendance.

Parish, who, along wit h Bird and Kevin McHale, was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history, will be honored at halftime. In the first retirement ceremony at FleetCenter. Parish’s jersey will be the 21st number or name retired by the Celtics.

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ston, Mass.) started both games and scored 14 points for the two games.

Last Thursday the women returned home to host the strong Trinity College team. In the early going WPI played some great de­ fense and was leading by as many as six points with 13 minutes left in the first half.

The lead exchanged a few times before the visitors took a 29-26 lead in halftime.

In the second half Trinity broke the game

open with an 8-0 run to start the half and WPI never got any closer than nine points as Trinity won 74-51. The Bantams shot 56 percent from the field for the game and outscored the Engineers 47-25 over the last 23 minutes of the game. Michalenka and Kate Burgess (Newport, Maine) each scored 14 points and Carlson added 13 points.

Men’s Basketball (1-7) On Saturday the 10th WPI hosted the Leop-

He’s always been John Elway

by Eric Sondheimer Los Angeles Times

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Touchdowns were thrown by the dozen, the passing yardage kept in miles. Even back then, more than 20 years ago, John Elway knew how to beat you.

Among his Granada Hills High friends and classmates in the San Fernando Valley, Elway earned a reputation as a winner early on, no matter what the activity.

Football and baseball? Of course. Bil­ liards? Absolutely. Tiddly winks? Heck, prob­ ably.

But Darryl Stroh, who coached Elway in football and baseball, has a favorite recollec­ tion that doesn’t involve a last-minute scor­ ing pass or a game-winning home run.

Stroh remembers a simple act of kindness that he says is indicative of Elway’s charac­ ter.

“When John was a senior in high school and my son was 5 years old and playing Tball, he told John he wanted him to come to one of his games,” Stroh said. “John comes, which is no big thing. But it’s a Saturday and it’s prom day. John watched a T-ball game for two hours with his prom date.”

That Elway has become a sentimental fa­ vorite to guide the Denver Broncos to a Su­ per Bowl victory after three unsuccessful tries doesn’t surprise Stroh.

“It just seems like everybody in the coun­ try is pulling for him,” Stroh said. “He’s a player’s player. He doesn’t whine, he doesn’t complain. He takes his lumps, takes his hits.

He’s always been that way. It speaks to his character and class.”

The Fields at Granada Hills served as Elway’s early playgrounds for athletic great­ ness.

He moved to the San Fernando Valley in the summer of 1976 from Pullman, Wash., when his father. Jack, was hired as football coach at Cal State Northridge.

John showed up at Granada Hills during a summer workout as a tall, slender sophomore quarterback with a powerful arm.

“I remember the day as clear as yester­ day,” said former high school teammate Paul Bergmann, who went on to play tight end for UCLA and the Kansas City Chiefs. “He came in quite literally out of nowhere. Right off the bat, he had a whistle on the ball. (Coach Jack) Neumeier tapped me on the shoulder, ‘I think you should go catch for him.’

Bergmann soon became a member of a large fraternity _ receivers whose fingers have been dislocated, sprained or broken by bullet passes from Elway.

“John had only one speed, fiat-out as hard as he could throw it,” Bergmann said.

“When 1 see a guy drop the ball (in the NFL) and ihen complain, ‘He’s (Elway) throwing it

too hard,’ I laugh. Imagine myself going back to Neumeier, ‘Coach, he’s throwing it too hard.’ He’d tell us, ‘Go run 10 laps.’

“He dislocated my fingers a couple of times. But it forced us to catch the ball with our hands. If you took one of those balls in a biceps, it felt like getting shot.”

The velocity and range of Elway’s passes prompted Neumeier to tell his receiv­ ers, “Never give up. Don’t stop running, be­ cause he’ll get it to you.” On a September night in 1978, Steve McLaughlin learned just how far Elway could throw the ball. In the season opener of Elway’s senior year against Carson, McLaughlin caught a 64-yard touch­ down pass.

‘It was unbelievable,” Neumeier said.

“He (Elway) rolled way back, then let it go. I went to the film and counted it from where he threw it. It was 70 yards in the air.”

The legend of Elway’s arm strength was on display off the field as well. Bergmann remembers taking a recruiting trip to Wash­ ington with Elway.

ards of Wentworth Institute. The visitors jumped out to a 12-0 lead enroute to the 8969 win. The Engineers never got any closer than the 12 points that they spotted the Leopards as they dropped their seventh straight game. Sophomore Tim Briggs (Rutland, Mass.) led WPI with a career high 24 points. Freshm an Jeff M oore (Hampden, Mass.) chipped in 11 points, also a career high.

“It happened to snow,” he said. “We got into a snowball fight with our hosts, and he (Elway) was throwing 90-mph snowballs that could kill you.”

Elway passed for 3,039 yards during his junior season and finished with 5,701 pass­ ing yards over three seasons with the High­ landers.

He also was an impact player in base­ ball, starting on two City Section champion­ ship teams. His final high school appearance at Dodger Stadium in the 1979 champion­ ship game against Los Angeles Crenshaw and Darryl Strawberry served as a reminder of his athletic skills.

In the third inning, Stroh was ready to make a pitching change. Elway was playing third base.

“He hadn’t pitched in six weeks because he was so lousy,” Stroh said. “I have a guy wanning up in the bullpen. Halfway out, I decide I ’m going with the toughest guy I know. I pointed to John and the rest is his-

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Elway: The football player he's always been Continued from page 4 tory.”

Elway pitched 4 2/3 innings of three-hit relief to preserve a 10-4 Granada Hills vic­ tory. He struck out future major leaguer Chris Brown to end the game. He also had nine hits in 13 at-bats during the four-game play­ offs to earn most valuable player honors.

“I just went with personality and com­ petitiveness,” Stroh said. ‘T hat’s the way

he is. He has tremendous talent, but he’s a tenacious competitor.”

Friends say Elway has always been one of the guys. Former receiver Scott Marshall jokes about throwing lemons with Elway in the neighborhood.

“One time we hit this guy’s truck and he went after us,” Marshall said. ;‘You got a future Hall of Famer’s dent on the side of your truck, you might want it autographed

instead of repaired.”

Tom Ramsey was involved in a bitter rivalry with Elway in high school, college and the pros. He was the quarterback five miles down the street at Kennedy High, then went on to UCLA and the New England Patriots.

“As 17- and 18-year-olds, hormones are running wild, testoterones are running wild,” Ramsey said. “I saw him last year and we were laughing about it.”

Twenty years later, the two are on the same team. Ramsey works as the director of corporate sales for the Broncos. He was seen on NBC last Sunday shaking Elway’s hand after the Broncos’ AFC championship game victory over Pittsburgh.

“I couldn’t be happier for him,” Ramsey said. ‘The guy is playing at a level that is uncanny. He’s an icon in the (Denver) com­ munity.”

Elway occasionally returns to Granada Hills to play in the annual alumni baseball game. It’s a chance for him to meet with old friends and enjoy a moment back in time, before he became one of the nation’s most famous sports figures.

Then the competition among former high school buddies begins, whether it’s in golf, table tennis, pool or basketball.

“He’s the same John Elway we all knew and hung out with, and that’s so special,” said former Granada Hills catcher Jim Tognozzi.

“He gives me ... how he’s going to be a better surfer than me,” said former Granada Hills receiver Chris Sutton, who lives in Malibu. “I am dying to get him in the water.

This is the one thing I got to be able to humble him in.”

Last year, Elway and Sutton were driv­ ing through Malibu Canyon on the way to Sutton’s home after the alumni game. They were talking about life.

“We had just stopped at McDonald’s, and it’s 1:30 in the morning,” Sutton said.

“He said, ‘I don’t want to forget where I came from.’ ”

IceCats tamed

by Ed Cameron Editor-in-Chief The Worcester IceCats battled the Provi­ dence Bruins last Saturday at Worcester’s Centrum Centre in a game that would see the ‘Cats lose to the Baby Bruins for the first time this season. The third place IceCats came off a seven day layoff while the fifth place Bruins went into the game having lost their last eleven games. The game saw the Bruins draw first blood with a short-handed goal at 8:41 in the first from Jean-Yves Roy. The ‘Cats quickly answered with a power play goal twenty-four seconds later from Jamal Mayers. The first period would see another red light for Providence with Ed Ronan’s goal.

Second period action saw both teams light the red lamp once. IceCat Jamal Mayers scored his second power play goal of the night at 14:55. Bruin Jean-Yves Roy also scored his second goal of the night with 0:32 left in the period. Final period play saw nei­ ther team score until Bruin Randy Robitaille scored an open net goal at 19:25.

Several IceCats have been making news on and off the ice. Two IceCats will be play­ ing in the Olympics in Nagano, Japan in Feb­ ruary. Erich Goldmann will be playing on the German team while Robert Petrovicky will be skating with the Slovakian team. IceCats goalie Brent Johnson meanwhile is on pace to beat Jamie McLennan’s franchise record for fewest goals against in a season which currently stands at 100, Johnson currently has 60 goals against.

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Revisiting a Classic The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds

by Brian Whitman Newspeak Staff It’s snowing heavily now, I just had a pot of tea and I’m not sleeping for the next few hours. No better soundtrack exists to this moment than The Beach Boys’ water­ shed album, Pet Sounds. The Beach Boys?

D o n ’t they sing about surfing and goodgollymissmollygreatballsoffire Big Bopper Iwannahold your hand? Here’s the problem. You know the Spice Girls? You know how everyone knows them and we’re all sick of them by now and we poke fun at them already? Picture doing that for, say, 30 years. You can understand how now when we think “Beach Boys”, we think Leslie Nielsen films, we think Gidget, we think generally Flintstones-caliber culture - overdone in every way, stretched to oblivion. Yes, the Beach Boys do sing (or, have sung) about Surfin’ USA, about those California Girls, about that Little Honda, but one album remains mysteriously un­ touched by the greedy hands of TV-movie music producers. One album that was claimed by George Martin himself as the major influence to the Beatles’ Sgt. Pep­ per. One album that cut out the framework

for such supergroups of our generation from XTC to the Smashing Pumpkins.

This is Brian Wilson’s doing. Other than spawning a third of Wilson Phillips (we can excuse him for that), he’s pretty much single-handedly created one of the great­ est pop masterpieces of our time. Brian had this vision of Pet Sounds well in advance, and nothing would stop him in his tracks.

The rest of the band was on tour and Brian sat diligently in the studio, a copy of ‘Rub­ ber Soul’ in one hand, a set of headphones in the other. Each track was laid down in strict conformance with Brian’s vision; everything is lushly orchestrated and full of ‘out-there’ sounds for percussion. The vocals are pure bliss, harmonies on top of harmonies on top of sweet melodies. The familiar ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ starts off with a ringing guitar arpeggio that’ll continue throughout the song in various forms...

‘You Still Believe in Me’ - a clockwork rhythm with each syllable enunciated for importance... ‘I’m Waiting For the Day’ has its o u t-o f-n o w h ere b rid g e... the instrumentals (!) ‘Let’s Go Away for Awhile’ and ‘Pet Sounds’ are just as powerful as the rest... ‘Caroline No’, the last song on the original version, could not be more

Local Composers Group begins ‘98 meetings at WPI Worcester Alliance of Contemporary Composers (WACC) is a group founded

by WPI Jazz Director Rich Falco and WPI alum/jazz guitarist/jam session activist Jay Tyer. WACC provides an outlet for com­ posers of jazz, funk avante-garde, et al. forms of music. Each monthly meeting al­ lows a composer to present his/her work for a group of peers to allow for group dis­ cussion, analysis and feedback.

The first meeting of 1998 will be held in the lower level of Alden Hall on Feb. 9 at

7:30 pm. The meetings and WACC mem­ bership are free and open to the public.

Music students are especially invited to attend.

Members presenting at that meeting will Richard Falco and Troy Nielsen (‘91 ME).

Falco will discuss Bela Bartok’s harmonic axis system, “harmonic waves” in jazz stan­ dards and the hexatonic scale in a modal environment. Nielsen will present an origi­ nal composition that incorporates Bartok principles with a nod to Pat Metheny.

Concert Listings Avalon (Boston, MA) 1/30 - Steve Earle & The Dukes/Buddy & Julie Miller 2/3 - Judas Priest 2/21 - The Crystal Method/David Holmes/ BT/Taylor 2/25 - Creed/Big Wreck

1/21 - Pat Dinizio(The Smithereens) 1/28 - Mary Lou Lord 2/11 - Less Than Jake 2/13 - Bow Wow Wow 2/21 - God Lives Underwater

The Middle East (Cambridge, MA) 1/21 - Marcy Playground/Lincoln

W orcester Aud (Worcester, MA) 1/24 - Pantera/Anthrax

The P aradise Rock C lub (AUston. MA) 1/23-Holly Cole Berklee Performance Center (Boxton, MA) 2/1 - Space Monkeys/Ivy-POSTPONED! 2/6 - Cassandra Wilson 2/4 - Edwin McCain/Thanks To Gravity 2/12& 13 - Letters To Cleo Fleet Center (Boston, MA) 2/14 - Jen Trynin/Gravel Pit 2/23&24 - Bob Dylan/Van Morrison 5/15& 16 - Elton John The Roxy (Boston, MA) 1/31 - Ween Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel (Providence, RI) 2/11 - Sugar Ray/Save Ferris/Goldfinger 1/23-B.B. King 1/31- Steve Earle & The Dukes T.T. The B ear’s (Cambridge, MA) 2/4 - The Damned 2/5 - Bush Tetras 2/23-Paula Cole 2/18 - Smoking Popes

emotive, more charged with loss... “It’s so sad to watch a sweet thing d ie...”

I play this album for friends; they hear ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ and groan, they say how their grandfather used to sing ‘Sloop John B’ the whole tim e... but then almost always a certain calm washes over the room when ‘God Only Knows’ comes on or ‘Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoul­ der)’ - on cue, the whole experience forms itself, the memories began to attach... per­ haps our parents listened to this album when they were our age (or maybe they,

like the rest of the public, found it too weird) and perhaps it’s time for our gen­ eration to start revisiting a classic. The record companies are betting on this - a 4CD box set based solely on this album re­ cently arrived, with outtakes and a stereo version, and Sub Pop plans to release as­ sociated singles. All I know is that even though nothing special happened the day I first heard this album (it was snowing just like tonight), I remember it as clear as the present. Even a surf band can brighten a snowy night.

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New England regional poetry contest The M onadnock W riters’ Group of New Hampshire invites submissions to its New England Region Poetry Contest.

To be awarded in May 1998 are $ 150, $50, $25 and Ten Honorable Mentions. All winners will be invited to read at MWG’s June meeting.

The widely known and awarded poet Wesley McNair is the final judge. Pre­ liminary judges are Patricia Fargnoli, Kate Gleason and Rodger Martin.

The contest is open to poets from the six New England states. Persons wish­ ing to enter should send a stamped, self­

addressed envelope to receive the com ­ plete guidelines. Send to: Contest Sec­ retary Beffa Wyldemoon, PO Box 1630, Hillsborough, NH 03244. The deadline for entries is Jan. 31, 1998 postm ark.

There is a $3 entry fee per poem.

T he M o n ad n o ck W rite rs ’ G ro u p , founded in 1984, is a non-profit organi­ zation providing fellow ship and p ro ­ grams for writers and support for the lit­ erary arts. The Group meets at the Town Library in Peterborough, NH, on the third Saturday from September to June, 9:3011:45am. Visitors are welcome.

Creative writing contest!!!

Hey are you a techie who also likes to WRITE! If so, then here’s the contest for you!

Subject: The theme of the work should relate to Outer Space in some way. Your work could be a reflection on the beauty of a constellation or the advent of new technology or the existence of extraterrestrial life. It’s really up to you!

Be creative!

Submissions: Dates: 9:00a.m., January 19th to 4:00p.m., February 13th Place: Writing Center, SL134 or Lisa Lebduska, HU&Arts Department Mailbox Guidelines: Submissions should be typed and double-spaced.

Name and Email address should appear on a cover sheet, and the work should follow with no biographical information included.

Limits: Quick Fiction: 100 words or less Poetry: 40 lines or less Entrants may enter up to two works.

Judging: The works will be judged on style, content, relevance to theme and creativity.

Prizes: Poetry and Quick Fiction winners will be announced at the Concert Band’s February 20th concert.

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“New Orleans, Germany Parallel (NOT)

by Billy D. McGowan Director o f the ESL During the recent holiday vaca­ tion, I went to New Orleans and southern Mississippi to visit some of my relatives. While preparing for my trip and en route, some in the media were attacking the New Or­ leans School Board for having re­ placed names of schools in its dis­ trict with new ones. The school board had taken the bold step of re­ naming schools that bore the names of, for example, Confederate heroes (among others) and replacing these names with, in its opinion, more ap­ propriate ones. Robert E. Lee High School had been changed, giving it the name of a black American hero.

This move was part of an attempt by a nearly all black school board to change the names of some schools that now house a predominately black enrollment to names of people whom the black community should

feel proud of.

The school board in New Or­ leans, however, did not stop there; it continued, changing the names of schools named after American heroes held in awe and the greatest respect in our republic, including George Washington, a founding father and the first president of the USA. To remove the names of Confederate heroes was acceptable but to tamper with the likes of George Washington’s name was akin to heresy! In the opinion of some, the school had defi­ nitely “gone too far!” The most in­ teresting opinion piece was in my hometown newspaper. Below is my rebuttal to Mr. Bill Minor, the writer: Regarding your article entitled, “New Orleans, Germany Parallel” (18 Dec 97), you are right when you wrote that “our concern should be about how much kids are learning inside those school buildings...” but the name the building bears is sig­

nificant as well. It is true that the name does not guarantee learning is taking place inside, but names at­ tached to public buildings are in­ tended to imply a certain reverence and respect for what the bearer stood for. That George Washington freed his slaves upon his death is com­ mendable, and he should be remem­ bered and saluted for having done so, among his other undoubtedly fine ac­ complishments. Nevertheless, he was still a slaveholder and, as such, why should a school with an enroll­ ment that is predominantly black bear his name?

George Washington will always be revered as the father of this nation, and there will be no escaping this fact as long as the United States exists.

Black people know this, and black stu­ dents certainly will continue to study him and his legacy in their schools, even if the predominately black school(s) no longer bear his name. Isn’t this as it should be?

The parallel that Mr. Minor wishes to draw between Nazi Ger­ many and the New Orleans School Board is lost. The latter is certainly not diabolical in its attempt to eradi­ cate the names of slaveholders from the schools under its jurisdiction.

Imagine a predominately Jewish school named Goebbels High! (I can­ not!) And if there is a predominately Native American school that bears the name of General Custer, it, too, will be changed if those parents ever get the power to do so.

People do not want their chil­ dren to revere the names of people who did not have the best interests of their particular (usual) minority communi­ ties in mind while they were doing oth­ erwise (perhaps) “great” things. The same is true with symbols. As long as the Confederate flag is part of the Mississippi state flag, no black per­ son will ever carry it proudly.

Shouldn’t it too be changed? The an­ swer depends on whom you ask.

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by Debbie Dexter Computer Trainer People have contacted help­ desk regarding the Common Desk­ top Environment (CDE) and how to avoid using it.

The new Digital Unix will use a $HOM E/.xsession or $HOME/ .x 11start if one exists and is execut­ able instead of CDE. You can also choose “DXsession Session” un­ der Options/Session on the login screen.

If you want to emulate the old setup, create a .xsession in your home directory: echo exec /usr/bi n/X 11/ dxsession > ~/.xsession chmod 0755 -/.xsession Accessing your Unix Home Di­ rectory from your networked Windows PC: CCC uses Sam ba to offer a mechanism whereby your UNIX area is available to your pc. Samba implements the SMB protocol, which is sometimes also referred to as the LanManager or NetBIOS protocol.

• Samba uses the username you log into W indows with as the username for these services. You must login to Windows using your CCC UNIX username if you ex­ pect to be using any Samba ser­ vices.

• A patch for Windows 95 and Windows NT broke SMB file shar­ ing. In order to fix the problem, you will need to apply a registry change. Microsoft knows about the problem and will fix it in a later release. For more information see the appropriate web page: ftp ://sam b a.an u .ed u .au /p u b /

samba/docs/Win95.txt ftp://samba^uiu.edu.au/pub/samba/ docs/WinNT.txt In Windows for Work groups, Windows 95, and Windows NT us­ ers can mount their CCC Unix home directories using Windows file shar­ ing. To accomplish this, use Map Network Drive in File Manager or Explorer and map a drive to: \\www\www_docs This is the http://www.wpi.edu/ web tree area (/www/docs on the UNIX systems). We are making this available for those who main­ tain web pages in the main web tree. Currently, Wres and Wwww are the same host but this will be changing in the near future.

Therefore, please use Wwww for the web area and Wres for other areas. \\res\cs_u sers This is the /cs/users area on CCC UNIX systems. Samba will automatically use the username you are cu rren tly logged into Windows for mapping this di­ rectory to your proper /cs/users/ USERNAME directory. \\res\usernam e This has always been available via Samba. USERNAME is the username o f the u ser’s home directory you wish to mount as a shared directory. Note that UNIX file access remains in effect so you will only be able to read and write files you would be able to read and write under UNIX. \\res\printername We now offer the UNIX print­ ers as shared printers for Windows users: The printers are available as W res\PR IN TERN A M E (w here

PRINTERNAME is one of the above). This will allow you to use the UNIX printers when configuring printers under Windows.

Files copied to a UNIX di­ rectory will have permissions set so that the ow ner can read/write/execute and the group can read and execute (i.e. 0640 in numeric form).

Updates - Old Novell soft­ ware removal In October, CCC informed WPI that due to licensing conflicts, the following appli­ cations were scheduled for removal from our systems.

Removal was to lake place during the Christmas break, but we were unable to do so during that time frame. The Faculty, Staff, and Students of WPI have had ample time to upgrade their software to the newest versions.

On January 19th, CCC re­ moved the following soft­ ware: • EasyFlow vl.O • Mathcad Plus v6.0 - Pro­ fessional Edition • MS Office 95 • PcTeX v3.2 • PC-Xware4 & Marathon F f P If you are still using an older ver­ sion of the above programs, we urge you to upgrade or otherwise remove the older versions of the programs from your system. You can do so by using Winlnstall to uninstall the application. If you need further assistance in remov­ ing or updating an application, please email helpdesk@wpi.edu with your questions.

Sports Editor Eric Wilhelm

Unix Printers: alp - M echanical Engineering Printer (for ME use only) aptline - APT Lab Line Printer casablan - IMC MultiMedia Lab Printer color - Textronix P haser 550 Color geolaser - GEO Lab HP Laser Printer geoline - GEO Lab Line Printer hp - HP LaserJet 5MXsi hu - Humanities Printer (for HU use only) imc - IMC Printer (for IMC use only) Ip - Line Printer Ips20 - Digital LPS17 mgt - M anagement Printer (for MG use only) m g tla b - M an a g em en t Lab Printer physics - Physics Printer (for PH use only) physics2 - Physics Printer (for PH use only) plotter - HP 7550Plus Plotter socsci - Social Science Printer (for SS use only) The removal will NOT affect any locally installed programs on a PC. The removal of the above software is from the Novell net­ work only. If you are/were using one of the Novell versions o f the above programs, you will need to u p g ra d e it o r rem o v e it v ia Winlnstall.

A copy of this article is avail­ able on the CCC InfoPages (http:/ /www. w p i.edu/-training/N ew s/ InfoPages.html

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In Case you were Wondering, (II)

by Michael Gorse Class o f ‘01 Hi, it’s me again. My name is Michael Gorse, and I am a freshman here studying computer science. I am totally blind. 1am writing this article as a follow-up to answer some more questions that 1 am frequently asked about the way I do things. This time, my focus is on academics.

Q: How can you use a computer?

A: I use a voice synthesizer; it reads what is on the screen. The syn­ thesizer I use is called a Speak-out; it attaches to a computer through the serial or parallel port, and a software program interacts with it so that it reads the screen. Braille displays also exist like in the movie “Sneakers”, but they’re expensive and can usually only display 20 or 40 columns of one line at a time. I personally don’t see any use for them, but then I have never really used one. 1type the same way other people type; the Speak-out is

not a dictation system. (I’m not sure why 1 get asked about this so much, but I do. An experienced typist will not need to look at the keyboard while typing.)

Q: Can you understand the voice synthesizer? What is it saying?

A: Yes, I can understand it. It takes getting used to, but I have it set at a fast rate. Also, some speech syn­ thesizers (i.e., the DEC-talk) are easier to understand; the DEC-talk is prob­ ably becoming the most widely-used type of synthesizer. DEC-talks are sometimes used to give information over the telephone on computerized information lines.

Q: Does your speech synthesizer read letters or words ?

A: it depends. I have it set to read letters when typing, but VocalEyes (the software I’m using) can be set to read characters or words, or to be silent while the user is typing. It normally reads by words when just reading the screen, but it also allows

the user to move around the screen character by character.

Q: How do you work in the lab?

A: I can use a pc by hooking up the Speak-out to it and installing ei­ ther Vocal-Eyes (for DOS) or JAWS for Windows (for Windows 3.1 or 95).

I cannot use x-terminals or worksta­ tions since I cannot run the needed software on them. If I need to log in in a lab which has those computers (in a CS class, for example), it is easiest to get an extra cable in the lab so I can get on the network using my laptop.

Q: Do you use a mouse?

A: Jaws allows the user to emu­ late a mouse with the keyboard. How­ ever, it is often unnecessary to use a mouse since there are generally equiva­ lent keyboard commands in Windows to do what is usually done with a mouse. For example, pressing alt brings up a menu bar, and pressing the first letter of an option on the bar will bring up that menu. One can get around dialogue boxes with keys like tab, Ctrl-

tab, and the arrow keys.

Q: How do you take notes? How do you get notes off the chalkboard?

it during class on my laptop.

Q: How do you use textbooks?

A: I use a scanner; I have ocr (op­ tical character recognition) software that will take an image of a page pro­ duced by the scanner and convert it into text so that I can read it with my voice synthesizer (provided that the text on the page is typed and fairly clear). It makes it easier if I can just get an electronic version of something rather than scanning it since ocr soft­ ware makes mistakes (making the re­ sulting text somewhat more difficult to read with a screen reader). Since all of my professors have had their tests on a computer anyway, it has been easiest for them to just give me a disk with the test on it so I could just take

A: Recording for the Blind and Dislexic (RFB&D, formerly just RFB) has a large library of books that have been recorded by volunteers. I try to get my books from there. If I can’t, I will need to scan the book or get some­ one to read it to me if I cannot scan it easily. Math books, for example, will be hard to scan since my software won’t translate mathematical sym­ bols. Occasionally (in a philosophy class, for example) a professor may assign a version of an uncopyrighted classic, in which case I may also be able to get a version from the internet.

Sometimes, RFB&D may have a dif­ ferent edition of a book that a class is using, or a different translation of the classic.

I hope that I have answered some questions that you may have had about the way I take classes. Please feel free to ask if you have any further ques­ tions. I look forward to meeting you.

range, since improperly clothed or wet victims gradually lose vital body heat even at these tempera­ tures. Wet clothing and skin allow heat loss to occur 30-40 times faster than dry, so shedding or drying wet items is vital. You lose 25-30% of all body heat through your head so your mother was right about wearing that hat. Alcohol makes blood vessels dilate and allows heat loss to occur rapidly as well as clouding judgement.

If you feel that someone’s judge­ ment is impaired, either from hypo­ thermia, drugs or alcohol, DO NOT leave them outside in the cold. Vic­ tims are frequently found dead on the doorsteps of a warm, sheltered environment.

Carbon monoxide exposure oc­ curs almost exclusively in cold weather, either from parked cars, idling against the cold, or heating devices burning fossil fuels in closed spaces. It’s an insidious killer causing only drowsiness be­ fore coma and eventual death. If you must sit in a parked car, keep the windows partly open and peri­ odically turn off the engine. Venti­ late any closed area if a heating device is being used.

In summary, enjoy the winter w eather with the scenery and sports that are unique to it, but stay safe and warm, dry and sober while you are doing it. Remember that Health Services is available to ad­ dress your concerns.

A: I take notes using my laptop.

I try to let professors know that they should explain anything they demon­ strate or write on the board.

Q: What do you do with hand­ outs? How do you take tests?

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BRR... Cold weather safety tips

by Keith Hilliker, M.D. WPI College Health Physician Cold weather here in New En­ gland is unavoidable, but you don’t need to hibernate to remain healthy in, and enjoy, outdoor w inter activities. N eglecting common sense precautions can create problem s ranging from mild frostbite to severe hypoth­ ermia. When wind chill factors are -20° F or below, exposed skin becomes frostbitten in a matter o f m inutes. The w ater in and around cells in exposed tissue freezes, interrupting cellular me­ tabolism. The dead cells and tis­ sue peel off eventually, with the damage depending on the depth

of freezing. This ranges from mild peeling o f the outer layer of skin to permanent deep tissue damage resulting in gangrenous tissue and am putation o f the affected body part.

P re v e n tio n is the best a p ­ proach. By covering exposed skin, especially appendages like fingers, toes, noses and ears, with appropriate winter gear. Actively exercising your limbs and avoid­ ing tobacco when cold improves circulation and lessens chances of damage.

When frostbite does occur, it appears as a relatively painless, white, numb area of skin. If it does occur, cover the area with warm clothing as soon as pos­

sible, keep moving and immerse the affected part in warm (100 °F) water until the white area returns to normal color. If it rem ains white, becomes very painful, or dark in color with peeling skin, have the area evaluated in Health Services. DO NOT rub, massage or otherwise traumatize the af­ fected tissue, because this ex­ tends the damage.

Hypothermia refers to the low­ ering of your body’s inner, or core, temperature. Symptoms range from poor judgem ent, confusion and lethargy at 90-92°F, to slowing of cardiopulm onary activ ity and death at 80-84 °F. It can and does frequently occur even when air temperatures are in the 50-60 °F

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Community Service at WPI

by Alison Keach Features Editor There has been considerable progress with the W PI Commu­ nity Service Program through out

the last two terms. Over 60 WPI students are now working with Worcester area school children as mentors, tutors, and big brothers and sisters. For instance, Theta Chi has been running a tech bud-

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dies program with students that need a good male role model. An­ gela Rule also is involved with the tech buddies program and she helps to run her buddy’s girl scout troop. ATO also has helped some area children by throwing them a Christmas party and rais­ ing money to make their C hrist­ mas a happy one. To see what your fellow students have been up to in the way of Community Service check out the bulletin board outside the SocComm of­ fice which features such stories.

You too can get involved with the W orcester Schools by com ing into the Student Activities Office and filling out an application, and while you’re at it bring a friend.

Be happy with what you have To the Editor, When I first arrived on campus I had no idea how hectic life would be away from home. After having troubles with everything from fi­ nancial aid to residential inhabit­ ants, I found that life wasn't really as bad as it seems to most people who write letters to the editor.

I'm sure that everyone has had their problems with parts of the system here at WPI, but many hav en 't even realise d the conviences that we have here. We have a great number of people who know about computers, and what­ ever your problem, it can usually be fixed within the day. O f course not everyone is entirely pleased with the food service, but you live in Worcester, there are a number of

places that deliver and it’s always good to go for a walk to get food.

But that's only if you don't have a car like most poor Freshman at this school.

People need to be more content with what they have instead o f what they don't. They have to re­ member that nothing comes easily and everything comes with some sort of consequence. You can't expect the school to bow to king students. Without strict regula­ tions WPI wouldn't be the school that it is today with it's many years of history and pride.

Take pride in your school. Three thousand other students do go here and the world doesn't revolve around one person.

Annonymous

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Administration meets with students leaders to discuss alcohol issues Courtesy o f WPI News Service A meeting of student leaders called by WPI administrators was held in early De­ cember in Kinnicutt Hall to discuss alco­ hol issues. The meeting was also the venue for the announcement of new policies and clarifications. About 200 students, includ­ ing representatives from the Greek commu­ nity and the Greek Alumni Council at­ tended. “A Meeting with Student Leaders: Addressing Alcohol on the WPI Campus” was the subject discussed by WPI cabinet members with the student leaders.

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opening remarks, noted alcohol use on college campuses is a national problem and one that WPI must address. “It’s much broader than the Greek system on the WPI campus. We hope this meeting tonight will clarify existing WPI policies, review the relationship statement on the use of alco­ hol and explain our new policies.”

Janet Begin Richardson, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student Life, reviewed benefits of the Greek system on campus that included leadership training, as a laboratory for teamwork, phi­ lanthropy work, as a housing alternative, social life, and community service. “We have a commitment to the WPI Greek system,”

Richardson said. “There’s been an invest­ ment in wiring chapter houses and providing chapter loans. There’s been assistance in locating and purchasing land and facilities as well as use of WPI property for Greek hous­ ing. And there’s been staff support for Greek life and availability of campus facilities and resources for the Greek program.”

The WPI/Greek Relationship Statement was also reviewed. Written in 1986, it was updated in 1988 and again in 1991. Highlights of this relationship statement include: to sup­ port the academic mission, to respect the rights of the campus community, to comply with campus code and local, state, and fed­ eral laws, and to avoid hazards and liability

exposure. (Copy of this statement is attached) The main discussion issues included state and federal law, existing policies based on the relationship statement, and new policies and clarifications.

Under State and Federal Law • Minors may not be served or bring alco­ hol to chapter or other campus activities • Size of functions is limited by existing codes Under Existing Policies • Only closed functions (invitation only) allowed when alcohol is present • No weeknight functions involving alcohol • Chapters must effectively control ac­ cess to premises when alcohol is served

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Club Co rn er Christian Bible Fellowship Hello, have you been enjoying the snow that we had? As we start classes this term, let’s all turn our lives over to God let him lead us into C-term.

Come by this week and join us for FNF, Friday Night in the Lower Wedge at 7:00 for a time of praise, worship and fellowship. On Tuesday Night join us again for a time of prayer down in Founders Study at 9:30.

“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the dark­ est valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

Psalm 23:14 (NRSV) In order to know what God has planned for you, you need to let him lead your life and be your shepherd. Have no fear in where he leads you, since it will be His plan for your life. Also, no matter how bad things turn out. He will always be with you wherever you go. So let God be your shepherd. He will lead you where he wants you to go.

Masque Hello all! Wow— 2 weeks into C-term and everyone already looks like they’re about ready to keel over. There’s something about C-term that makes it 100 percent worse than the other 3 major terms...well too bad! Quilt is really coming along quickly; if you want this term to get by faster, join up with the Quilt production team, they’ll keep you busy enough so the next thing you know, the term will be over! Email Matt at harro@wpi if you’re interested in a production position.

Second, the MW Repertory Theatre pro­ duction Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love is looking hard for p ro d u ctio n positio n s.

Email jmedicus@world.std.com for more informa­ tion.

Third, New Voices 16 is coming faster than you think! If you’re interested in submitting a play, email ljohnson@wpi and pick up an information sheet in SL20. If you’re inter­

ested in a production position, email Seth at yawkey @wpi or Mick at mouse @wpi.

Ok, phew, that should be everything.

Masque meeting, Friday 4:30pm, Alden Hall Green Room, see ya there!

Music Association Alden Voices Okay all, we’re back and we’re ready to work. It is going to be a quiet term as far as concerts go. Only a concert with the men and RPI on Feb 22nd. More Magnificat and Tedium...joy! Besides that, it is all cabaret, cabaret, cabaret!!! American Composers are going to be oh so fun. I guess that is all for now. Good luck to our members abroad. We miss you.

Interstate Eight Well yes, this term we are actually Inter­ state 8, instead of Interstate 10. It’s more like International 10 nowadays. Our be­ loved Music director and Soprano II, Julie, has gone to London for her IQP along with our wonderful Alto I, Terri. Hurry back girls, we miss you. In the meantime, we have a couple things brewing. We’ll let you know when they get closer. So, for now we are working like crazy on Acapellafest music. It may seem like a lot now, but it’ll all be worth it when April 4th rolls around and we rock the house!! L8R

Muslim Student Association As-Salamu Alaikum, the MSA is excitedly preparing for this week’s Ramadhan Dinner, scheduled for Friday January 23rd. The din­ ner will feature an Islamic presentation and middle-eastern cuisine. Seating is limited, if you are interested in attending em ail msa@wpi.edu. The daily Iftar (breaking of the fast) car-pool departs WPI at 4:25pm from the Collegiate Religious Center (CRC), 19 Schussler St. Taraweeh prayers are con­ ducted daily at 7:30pm in the local masjid, please e-mail msa@wpi.edu if you’re look­

ing for transportation. The weekly Jum’uah (Friday) prayers car-pool departs the CRC at 12:15pm. Daily Dhuhr’ and ‘Asr prayers are arranged on campus at the CRC at 12:00pm (noon) and 3:30pm respectively. Eid-ul-Fitr will be announced over the mailing list, to­ gether with car-pooling plans for moming Eid prayers. Eid will fall on a weekday, either Thursday January 30th or Friday January 31 st 1998, be sure to secure an excused absence from class in advance. Check out the regu­ larly updated MSA homepage at: http:// w w w .w pi.edu/-m sa, and access the Ramadhan Special Feature. For more infor­ mation or to join our mailing list contact msa@wpi.edu. WaSalam.

Newman Club Welcome back everyone and we hope you had a great vacation. We certainly ended Term B activities on a high note with our Christmas Mass being celebrated by Fr. Mike Hobson, the latest WPI graduate ordained to the priesthood. We had over 300 students at the Mass and Reception that followed the Mass.

Our Executive Board met last night and it decided to postpone out Snow Tubing event from Jan.24th to Jan. 31st as the Student Activities Office is having a workshop on that day to which the Board was invited. Here are some of the other events that we plan to sponsor and the dates. Besides Snow Tub­ ing on Jan. 31st, we are having a video and pasta night on Jan. 23rd, trip to Wrights Chicken Farm on Feb. 13th, Scripture Study every Wednesday night at the Center 7:00PM, Day of Retreat on April 4th plus Fathers famous supper every Tuesday and Wednesday night. The latter is by invitation only. All of the rest are opened to WPI Com­ munity.

Jordan Massad reported that our basket­ ball team is doing well mainly due to the great point scoring of Armandio Rua. Keep it up winning gang.

The Board received several complements about how great our Folk Group did at the Christmas Mass and party as well as at every Sunday Mass. The change to 5:00 PM Mass

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on Sundays rather than 6:00 PM has gotten an excellent response the last two weeks. We hope to see all of you (please feel free to come even if you are not a member of the Club) to Friday night’s video and pasta night (that is this weekend).

Skeptical Chemists I hope you all got plenty o f sleep over break, because you’re not gonna get a lot this term between Inorganic, Experimental III, Orgo II, Biochem III, Polymer, aaaannnnd Quantum.. .Our first meeting of the term is on Wednesday, January 22nd at 4:00 p.m. in the lounge located in the basement of Goddard Hall. We have plenty to talk about, including our trip to the crime lab, an affiliation with the American Chemical Society, and summer op­ portunities. Check out our website at http:// www .w pi.edu/~skepchem or em ail skepchem@wpi.edu for more information.

And for all you other poor souls in Quantum...Why did the chicken cross the road? Heisenberg: We are not sure which side of the road the chicken was on, but it was moving very fast!

Student Government Association The first SGA meeting of C-term was held last Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. The new executive officers took the oath of office and the trans­ fer of power was made. Goals for this term were presented by each of the committees.

Both SocComm executives and SGA senate and executives met at President Parrish’s house last Thursday evening to discuss the out come of the retreat that the two organiza­ tions took together the first weekend of Cterm. The goals that have been set include an increased strive towards campus unity and a combined effort on the part of the two or­ ganizations to achieve this. SGA meetings are held every Tuesday evening in the Lower Wedge at 6:00 p.m.

WPI Linux Association Welcome back to the fun C-term at WPI ... (and snow, and more snow, and some ice, etc.)

Our first meeting of the year is coming up next week. January 21 st (Note: It’s a Wednes­ day, we’re trying something new.) We have no topic as of yet (we were trying to get a speaker from RedHat to talk to us, but they were rescheduled to a meeting at MIT ...)

There is, however, going to be a raffle of a few items (PGP CD from the last meeting, a set of Debian CDs, etc.)

Also, we’re going to have a yearbook (the paper version) picture taken at 7, so if you want to be in it, show up. We also need to have an election of officers some­ time in C-term. Depending on how things look, nominations/elections will either be held the 21st/29th, or we’ll arrange some­ thing for February. Not too sure yet, just giving you all a heads up. (We’ll send out email when it’s all arranged.)

Anyway, come by, see what’s happening, chat about things for a bit, it’ll be fun. Also, if you happen to have topics you’d be inter­ ested in either a) hearing about or b) talking

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Alcohol: New policies and clarifications Continued from page 10.

• Violation of policies will result in admin­ istrative action of probation, social pro­ bation, o r suspension of recognition New Policies and Clarifications • Closed functions are defined as mem­ ber and two guests (changed from mem­ ber and one guest during the meeting) • University officials, including campus police, are allowed entry into chapter houses when there are health or safety concerns • To support academic success, rush Greek participation will be moved from fall to spring in the 1998-1999 academic year Also making prepared statements to the students were Mike Stark, Student Gov­ ernment Association president, and John Marczewski ‘95, president of the Greek Alumni Council. Marczewski noted that the council is concerned about the tragedies that have taken place at other colleges in­ volving alcohol. “The council has prepared an issue statement that will be posted on our web page,” Marczewski said. “We con­ sider this not only a Greek issue, but one affecting the entire campus. We’re all in

this together and want to keep the dialog open.”

Future work presented by the WPI cabi­ net includes the development of a campus coalition involving students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and community. WPI wants to implement a total effort focusing on edu­ cation, enforcement, early intervention and environmental change and to support so­ cial and recreational activities as healthy alternatives for students. As part of that effort there will be funding for social pro­ gramming, facilities available for program­ ming, bus trips to Boston (something al­ ready initiated on Saturdays), and better access to Worcester community program­ ming.

A question and answer period followed with the meeting lasting about an hour and a half. Questions focused on the move of rush from the fall to spring, the need for more social programs that complement the Greek programs, clarification of numbers at functions, the Good Neighbor Policy, the need for education to recognize alcohol poisoning (the TIPS Program), and how and when the coalition will be formed.

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8:45am - Suspicious Person: near Stratton then Higgins Labs. Officers respond.

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9:32pm - Notify: Mass. Electric notified of apparent power outage along above streets.

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