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Volume Twenty-six, Number Five

Tuesday, February 10, 1998

Administration reinforces academic honesty guidelines An issue of communication between faculty and students

by Jessica Morgan Graphics Editor In December, the faculty passed a reso lu tio n co n cern in g A ca­ dem ic H onesty policy at WPI. This resolution stressed the value o f clear communication between the students and faculty concern­ ing legitimate homework, exami­ nation, and project practices. In a su rv ey d o n e by Janet Richardson, Dean of Student Life, it was learned that there was a great deal of ambiguity in the stu­ dent body as to what was con­ sidered cheating. Therefore it was decided that a reinforcement of the old policy must be made not only for the students but for the faculty as well. This resolution encourages faculty to clearly out­ line what is expected o f collabo­ rative parties in homework, papers and program s, and these rules must be defined both orally at the

beginning of the term and on pa­ per “so that they may be referred to throughout the term .”

In a recent interview with advi­ sor Professor Bland Addison and retiring and new co-chairs Greg Snow and Chris Milici of the Aca­ demic Honesty committee. Prof.

A ddison m ade the statem en t, “We want to lay the ground work where everyone is on the same page, and to do that it behooves the faculty to make it very clear to students what they see to be acceptable or unacceptable forms of collaboration.” There must be student-to-faculty understand­ ing. The faculty and students must be able to trust each other.

Each faculty member has his/her own ideas on how the class shall do collaborative work, but may not make their individual ideas clear to the student. This unfor­ tu n ately allo w s for a so rt o f adversarial relationship between

ASHA celebrates National Condom Day on Feb. 14 couples who used latex condoms correctly “98-100 percent of the couples avoided transm itting It is Valentines Day and love is HIV’. - 3 So, you have come over your in the air. You can just feel that you are going to meet the girl of fear of wearing a condom. Now your dreams tonight at a party. you have to know how to put one When you arrive at the party, you on. I know it sounds funny, who see her gleaming eyes stare at you, ' doesn’t know how to put on a con­ and you know this is/the one. She dom? You would be surprised to invites you back to her place for know that the most common mis­ some candle light dancing. Her take is putting the condom on up­ roommates are out so your wfsh side down. Lifestyle provides some to be with her may come true. informatiQn on condoms that ev­ Things start to get hot and you eryone should know. 1. The con­ know what is going to happen. dom should unroll smoothly. If it The only thing that is keeping you is hard to put on, you are putting it back is the thought of STDs. on upside down. 2. Size - This shouldn’t be a great concern.

Should you wear a condom?

ASHA (America Social Health There are three sizes Lifestyles of­ Association) says, in a newsletter fers- Ultra Sensitive which is the they wrote that it is very important standard condom size, Form Fit for to wear a condom because “STDs that snugger fit, and Mega con­ are so often sym ptom less” . dom which is only 2 mm larger. 3.

ASHA is supporting the National You should always use a latex con­ Condom Day on Valentine’s Day dom. They provide the best pro­ with the theme “Love Me Safely”. tection from STDs and it can be Condoms are very often a “sensi­ made with bumps and ridges for tive subject”. Many people don’t those wild people. 4. Condoms realize the effects of not wearing a have an expiration date. You should condom. The CDC (Centers for not use a condom past this date.

Disease Control) conducted a 5. Do not carry a condom in your study on couples with at least one back pocket. Lengthily exposure See ASHA, continued to pa g e 14 partner with HIV/AIDS. Out of the

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o f the WPI fa cu lty Whereas, WPI encour­ ages collaboration in m any a sp ects o f its curriculum ; and W hereas, the culture o f a grou p can often cau se confusion b e­ tween fa c u lty an d students a s to w hat types o f colla b o ra tio n are co n sid ered acceptable an d u nacceptable; and Whereas, this confusion cou ld be reso lve d by in creased com muni­ cation o f expectations betw een fa cu lty a n d students.

Be it reso lved that it is strongly recom m ended that each fa cu lty m em ber clea rly define what co lla b o ra tive p ra ctices are unaccept­ able with respect to each type o f cla ss o r p ro je c t assignm ent (ie., hom ework, papers, program s, etc.); Further, be it resolved that it is stro n g ly recom m ended that each fa cu lty m em ber p ro vid e these gu idelin es to stu den ts in both oral and w ritten fo rm so that they m ay be referred to throughout the term.

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by Sean Dunn Class o f 1998 Skull, the organization founded in 1911 to honor senior students and later faculty, staff, and alumni for their contributions to the ad­ vancement and betterment of the university; recently tapped four­ teen new candidates.

Peggy Isaacson is associate edi­ tor/designer in the Publications Office, in University Relations.

Isaacson had worked for eleven years at WPI as a part-time clerk and editorial assistant, and has held her current position for the past twelve years.

Leonard D. Albano has been a professor in the civil engineering department for the past six years, and is the faculty advisor to the Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He re­ ceived his BS in Civil Engineering from Tufts University in 1982, his MS from Northwestern University in 1983, and his PhD in Structural Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

Matthew Denicourt is a chemi­ cal en g in eerin g m ajor from Johnston, RI. He is a brother in the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, sec­ retary of Masque, a member of the Alpha Psi Omega theater honor society, a student voting justice of the Campus Hearing Board, a resi­ dent advisor for Morgan Hall, a member of the Student Alumni So­ ciety, and a member of the Ameri­ can Institute of Chemical Engi­ neers.

Alison Lynne Keach is a me­ chanical engineering major from Chepachet, Rl. She is an Orienta­ tion Leader, a photographer and features editor for Newspeak, and the publicity coordinator for the WPI Community Service program.

She is also a member of the Winter C arnival ’98 committee, a WPI Women’s Track and Field athlete, a WWPI DJ, and has worked with W PI’s Camp Reach, Camp Fron­ tiers, and Strive programs.

Steven Flannery is a mechanical engineering major from Wayland, MA. He is the Interfratemity CounSee Skull, continued to p a g e 2

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Volume Twenty-six, Number Five

Tuesday; February 10, 1998

Administration reinforces academic honesty guidelines An issue of communication between /acuity and students

by Jessica Morgan Graphics Editor In December, the faculty passed a re so lu tio n co n cern in g A ca­ dem ic Honesty policy at WPI. This resolution stressed the value o f clear communication between the students and faculty concern­ ing legitimate homework, exami­ nation. and project practices. In a su rv ey d o n e by Janet Richardson, Dean of Student Life, it was learned that there was a great deal of ambiguity in the stu­ dent body as to what was con­ sidered cheating. Therefore it was decided that a reinforcement of the old policy must be made not only for the students but for the faculty as well. This resolution encourages faculty to clearly out­ line whal is expected of collabo­ rative parties in homework, papers and program s, and these rules must be defined both orally at the

beginning of the term and on pa­ per “so that they may be referred to throughout ihe term."

In a recent interview with advi­ sor Professor Bland Addison and retiring and new co-chairs Greg Snow and Chris Milici of the Aca­ demic Honesty committee. Prof.

A ddison m ade the statem en t, “We want to lay the ground work where everyone is on the same page, and to do that it behooves the faculty to make it very clear to students what ihey see to be acceptable or unacceptable forms of collaboration.” There must be student-to-faculty u n derstand­ ing. The faculty and students must he able to trust each other.

Each faculty member has his/her own ideas on how the class '.hall do collaborative work, but may not make their individual ideas clear to the student. This unfor­ tu n ately allow s for a sort o f adversarial relationship between

ASHA celebrates National Condom Day on Feb. 14

by Leann Davis Newspeak Correspondant Ii is Valentines Day and love is in the air. You can just feel that you are going to meet the girl of your dreams tonight at a party.

When you arrive at the party, you see her gleaming eyes stare at you, and you know this is the one. She invites you back to her place for some candle light dancing. Her roommates are out so your wish to be with her may come true.

Things start to get hot and you know what is going to happen.

The only thing that is keeping you back is the thought of STDs. Should you wear a condom?

ASHA (America Social Health Association) says, in a newsletter they wrote that it is very important to wear a condom because “STDs are so often sym ptom less” .

ASHA is supporting the National Condom Day on Valentine’s Day with the theme “Love Me Safely”.

Condoms are very often a “sensi­ tive subject”. Many people don't realize the effects of not wearing a condom. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) conducted a study on couples with at least one partner with HIV/AIDS. Out of the

couples who used latex condoms correctly “98-100 percent of the couples avoided transm itting HIV’.

So. you have come over your fear of wearing a condom. Now you have to know how to put one on. I know it sounds funny, who doesn’t know how to put on a con­ dom? You would be surprised to know- that the most common mis­ take is putting the condom on up­ side down. Lifestyle provides some information on condoms that ev­ eryone should know. I. The con­ dom should unroll smoothly. II it is hard to put on, you arc putting il on upside down. 2. Size - This shouldn’t be a great concern.

There are three si/es Lifestyles oi­ lers- Ultra Sensitive which is ihe standard condom si/e. Form Fit lor that snugger lit. and Mega con­ dom w hich is only 2 mm larger. 3.

You should always use a latex con­ dom. They provide the best pro­ tection from STDs and it can be made with bumps and ridges for those wild people. 4. Condoms have an expiration date. You should not use a condom past this date.

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a g e s c o lla b o ra tio n in m a n y a sp e c ts o f its cu rricu lu m : a n d W hereas, the cu ltu re o f a g ro u p can often c a u se con fu sion b e ­ tw een f a c u lty a n d stu d e n ts a s to w h at ty p e s o f c o lla b o r a tio n a re c o n sid e re d a c c e p ta b le a n d u n a c c e p ta b le ; an d W hereas, th is confusion c o u ld b e r e s o lv e d b y in c re a se d co m m u n i­ ca tio n o f ex p e c ta tio n s b e tw e e n fa c u lty a n d stu den ts.

B e it r e s o lv e d th a t it is stro n g ly re c o m m e n d e d th at ea ch fa c u lty m em b e r c le a r ly d efin e w h a t c o lla b o r a tiv e p r a c tic e s a re u n a c c e p t­ a b le w ith r e s p e c t to each ty p e o f cla ss o r p r o je c t a ssig n m en t (ie., h om ew ork, p a p e rs , p ro g ra m s, e tc.); Further, b e it re so lv e d th a t it is stro n g ly reco m m en d ed th a t each fa c u lty m e m b e r p r o v id e th ese g u id e lin e s to stu d e n ts in b o th o ra l a n d w ritte n fo r m so th a t th ey m a y b e r e f e r r e d to th ro u g h o u t the

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term.

Groundhog's Day the student and ihe faculty.

“When in doubt ask your pro­ fessor" printed on bookm arks given out to students during Bterni this year, this remark stuck out boldly to let ihe students know that their professors were there to guide them down the right path, not make them suiter lor having doubts about what was acceptable. On these bookmarks were also lists of people to go to if some sort of cheating w as ob­ served and what is considered

cheating, as well as definitions o f Academic honesty.

“It's the value of communica­ tion. If the p ro fessor d o esn 't communicate to ihe student what is acceptable, the student doesn't understand, and if the student doesn't communicate to the pro­ fessor what he thinks is accept­ able. the professor do esn 't un­ derstand w here the student is coming from. If those two things happen, then there is a lot of dis-

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Skull taps 14 students, staff Matthew Denicourt is a chemi­ cal en g in eerin g m ajor from Johnston. RI. He is a brother in the Skull, the organization founded Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, sec­ in 1911 to honor senior students retary of Masque, a member of the and later faculty, staff, and alumni Alpha Psi Omega theater honor for their contributions to the ad- society, a student voting justice of vancement anil betterment ol the the Campus Hearing Board, a resi­ university; recently tapped four­ dent advisor for Morgan Hall, a member of the Student Alumni So­ teen new candidates.

Peggy Isaacson is associate edi­ ciety. and a member of the Ameri­ tor/designer in the Publications can Institute of Chemical Engi­ neers.

Office, in University Relations Alison Lynne Reach is a me­ Isaacson had worked for eleven years at WPI as a part-time clerk chanical engineering major from and editorial assistant, and has held Chcpachet. RI. She is an Orienta­ her current position lor ihe past tion Leader, a photographer and features editor for Newspeak. and twelve years.

Leonard I). Alhano has been a the publicity coordinator for the professor in the civil engineering WPI Community Service program. department for the past six years, She is also a member o f the Winter anil is the faculty advisor to the Carnival '98 committee, a WPI Student Chapter of ihe American Women’s Track and Field athlete, a Society of Civil Engineers. He re­ WWPI DJ. and has worked with ceived his US in Civil Engineering WPI’s Camp Reach. Camp Fron­ from Tufts University in 1982. his tiers. and Strive programs.

Steven Flannery is a mechanical MS from Northwestern University in 1983, and his PhD in Structural engineering major from Wayland, Engineering from Massachusetts MA. He is the Interfraternity CounS ee Shull, c o n tin u e d to p a g e 2 Institute of Technology in 1992.

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honesty,” Chris Milici elaborated during the interview. It is expected of the stu­ dents to uphold WPI academic policy and for the faculty to trust the students to respect it. “Students come to school for an education. Students might as well not invalidate that by cheating because they are basically wasting their money. They are not going to learn anything if they are cheating a lot,” Greg Snow explained later on.

Two and a half years ago a committee was started, with the intention o f look­ ing at W PI’s current Academic honesty policy, and determ ining w hether they wanted to move in the direction o f mak­ ing an honor code. R ealistically the whole campus must be in agreement over whether or not an honor code will be cre­ ated for this campus. As it stands now a person who is caught is brought before the campus hearing board. But for fac­ ulty members this isn’t necessarily the first and best way to handle such a situ­ ation. For a freshman a small indiscre­ tion on their part will be on their records

from the time they are reported to the minute they graduate. The faculty see this as rather harsh because many stu­ dents com e from high schools where there weren’t clearly defined rules about collaboration and perhaps they don’t understand that in college the same types of collaboration IS unacceptable. There­ fore many of the faculty tend to deal with this in their own ways, mainly by talking to the students privately, and handing out punishment as they see fit.

Communication is the key to helping stu­ dents and faculty better understand what is and what is not acceptable collabora­ tion. Hopefully when students understand what is expected of them, there will be a loss of some of the adversarial relation­ ships between students and faculty. This resolution was passed for this reason and the faculty will take better care to make sure that there is this understanding. If there is deviation, fortunately most faculty will p robably be un d erstan d in g of the student’s confusion and will allow the stu­ dent a second chance to get back on the right path.

Women in the workplace

by Alyssa Brokow LEAP member January 21st LEAP had the privilege of having Dr. Joyce Fletcher lead an interac­ tive program entitled “Gender, Power, Lead­ ership and You.” Dr. Joyce Fletcher, As­ sociate Professor for the College of Busi­ ness Administration at Northeaster Univer­ sity, travels frequently to speak to various groups regarding women’s roles in the work­ place.

During the two-hour session that I at­ tended, we discussed the conflicts that women face in the workplace trying to bal­ ance their femininity and the “traditionally masculine” characteristics associated with competence in the workplace. In the past, aggressive, competitive men are perceived as leaders and often climb the managerial lad­ der more easily than their more reserved coun­ terparts.

However, when women take on these traits, they are often seen as overbearing, powerhungry feminists.

To give us insight into ways to deal with gender biased situations, Dr. Joyce Fletcher cited situations with female leaders that she had helped to resolve. The majority of them involving women who wanted to be flexible and understanding, but at the same time not be viewed as weak or walked all over.

She closed the discussion by giving small groups scenarios in which we were to talk about the gender implications, conflict, and possible solutions.

Her session was very informative, provid­ ing us with alternative ways to balance the damns of being true to ourselves as females and dealing with corporate situations in what is understood as a “competent” manner.

LEAP, Leadership Education and Practice is very interested in the ways in which women fit into the workplace. February 11th, from 4:3()pm to 6:00pm, as pan of Leadership Week, LEAP will be sponsoring a women’s panel to discuss gender issues in the professional workplace. This event, which will be held in the lower wedge, is open for anyone to at­ tend.

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cil rush chairperson and Junior Supreme Council member for the Zeta Psi fraternity.

He is also an athlete in the intramural vol­ leyball program.

Christina Caverly is a humanities and arts major with a focus in theater technol­ ogy from West Sand Lake, NY. She is a sister of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, a peer educator, a member of the Student Alumni Society, the properties vice presi­ dent of Masque, and the business man­ ager of the Alpha Psi Omega theater honor society.

Timothy J. Bosco is chemical engineer­ ing major from Greenville, RI. He is presi­ dent of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, a mentor in the Project Campfire Big Broth­ ers program in Worcester, a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and is active in intramural sports.

Laura Cooper is a biomedical engineer­ ing/chem ical engineering m ajor from Baldwinsville, NY. She is a PLA for the math department, an Orientation Leader, and a member of the Tau Beta Pi honor so­ ciety. She is also an athlete in the women’s varsity soccer team, and women’s club la­ crosse team.

Conan Buzby is an industrial engineer­ ing major from Salcha, Alaska. He is the president of the Interfratemity Council, the scholarship chairperson and risk manage­ ment chairperson of the Theta Chi frater­ nity, and a member of the WPI club hockey team.

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Adam El-Khishin is a biotechnology ma­ jor from Ballarat, Australia. He is president of the Muslim Student Association, co-chair­ person of the international Student Council, a member of the Alpha Phi Omega national service fraternity, and a member of the Tau Beta Pi honor society.

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Sports update: Results from January 30 to February 5

by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Women’s Basketball (6-12) The women’s team opened their confer­ ence schedule last week with a couple of games against MIT and Clark. Turnovers proved to be costly as the Engineers dropped both of them, 85-63 to MIT and 70-47 against Clark.

In the MIT game WPI trailed by only two with 17 minutes left before the visi­ tors went on a 19-0 run to open up some breathing room and put the game away.

Lynn Michalenka (Lincoln, R.I.) led WPI w ith 16 p o in ts.

A ndrea K odys (Templeton, M ass.) had 14 points and Jam ie M ulryan (W. Boylston, M ass.) added 11 points.

WPI was ahead early in the Clark game before the Cougars took control around the 10 minute mark in the first half. During the last ten minutes the visitors outscored WPI 25-7 to take a 44-18 lead into the half. In the second half the Engineers couldn’t cut the deficit any less than 20 points as Clark went on to win. Kate Burgess (Newport, Maine) was the only Engineer in double figures with 15 points.

Men’s Basketball (5-11) The men completed a week long road trip at Coast Guard on the 31st. The Engineers were outrebounded 52-36 while only shoot­ ing 33 percent as Coast Guard won 87-69.

Gregg Burnett (Philipston, Mass.) led WPI with 15 points while Matt Bielik (Webster, Mass.) added 12 points in the defeat.

Last Tuesday WPI welcomed a struggling Norwich University squad to Harrington Au­ ditorium with the hopes of avenging an ear­ lier loss to the Cadets. WPI trailed at halftime 36-34 as Norwich hit a basket with 0:03 left. In the second half the lead exchanged a few times before the Cadets opened up a five point lead with just over 14 minutes remain­ ing. The Engineers then went on an 8-0 high­ lighted by a three-point basket by Mike Fiorino (Revere, Mass.) to give WPI the lead back. Again the lead went back-and-forth

before the Engineers opened up a six point lead with 5:34 left. The Engineer defense then held the Cadets scoreless over the remaining 4:46 to win going away 75-59. Bielik was strong in leading the home team as he re­ corded another double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds. Ryan Thomas (Bangor, Maine), who is hitting over 50 percent from behind the arc, added 15 points in the win.

Two nights later WPI traveled to Bos­ ton to play Suffolk University. Three Engi­ neers registered double figures, led by Burnett’s career high 25, to post a 76-70 win. Ryan Fournier (Charlton City, Mass.) added 17 points and Bielik scored 13 points.

Men’s/Women’s Swimming The men’s and women’s swim teams were at Clark for their final home meet of the year against Clark. The men lost 157-105 to drop to 2-6 while the women were defeated 153-92 to bring their record to 0-9.

In the men’s meet taking firsts were John Lambie (Conroe, Texas) in the 200-yard freestyle, Jason W alonoski (W insted, Conn.) in the 100-yard breastroke and R.K. Marsland (S. Attleboro, Mass.) in the 200yard backstroke. Lambie and Walonoski swam two legs of the winning 400-yard medley relay with Adam Terio (Reston, Va.) and Jamie Murdock (Woodinville, Wash.).

Lam bie, M urdock and M arsland were three-fourths o f the winning 400-yard freestyle relay with the fourth leg being Steve Sacovitch (Worcester, Mass.).

On the women’s side senior co-captain Connie Pappagianopoulos (Peabody, Mass.) was a double winner in diving. Diane Kavanagh (Warwick, R.I.) won the 100-yard backstroke. Tina Casamassina (Dingmans Ferry, Pa.) won the 100-yard butterfly.

Kavanagh and Casamassina then swam two legs of the first place 400-yard freestyle relay with Becky Thibeault (Ashland, N.H.) and Hilary Seling (Tacoma, Wash.).

Last W ednesday night the Engineer women took to the road with a meet at Bran­ deis. Despit a late surge the women dropped a 94-77 decision. Senior co-cap­ tain Patty Linden (Highland, Ind.) won the

100-yard freestyle. Kavanagh won the 200yard backstroke and Casamassina won the 500-yard freestyle. Linden then swam the lead leg in the 200-yard freestyle relay that won.

The o th er th ree legs w ere Casamassina, Kavanagh and Thibeault.

Wrestling (6-9) It was W PI’s turn to host the annual

NECCWA Duals versus the Metro Confer­ ence Duals which they did on the 31 st. The Engineers were the only New England school to pick up a win when they defeated M ontclair State 31-24. The Engineers dropped their other two m eets, 32-22 against Hunter College and 44-6 against

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Women fall to Clark, 70-47 Women’s Basketball team fell to Clark’s powerful team, outscored by 37 points. The Engineers were hoping to rebound from In their single home game last week, the their loss to MIT earlier in the week, part of a three game losing streak. This latest loss brought the Engineers to 6-12 before their most recent game against Welle­ sley College this past Saturday.

Clark was 12-6 at the start o f last Tuesday’s game, the second best record in the New 8 Conference.

Though the Engineers were leading in the first 10 minutes, Clark quickly caught up, doubling WPI’s score with 6:40 left in the half, at 32-16. By halftime Clark had widened the gap, leading by 26 points. The Engineers were tripped up many times by fouls, making at least ten in the first half.

Though WPI was able to move the ball down the court quickly, once a shot was made, C lark brought it right back on many re­ bounds, making some impressive shots, including not just a few three pointers. Consistent shoot­ ing was a major advantage of Clark’s, and proved to be W PI’s weakness.

The Engineers’ next game is tonight, at Smith College, start­ ing at 7pm. Their next home game will be on Thursday the 12th, when the Engineers face o ff against Brandeis University.

WPI’s #20, senior center Dianna Carlson, takes a shot

by Eric Wilhelm Sports Editor

during last Tuesday night’s ill fated game against Clark.

Clu b S p o r t s C o r n e r Alpine Ski Team

Rob Polin maneuvers his Wesleyan opponent into a winning pin. WPI won Friday night’s match.

We made our return to Cannon Moun­ tain this last weekend. On Saturday we made a grand entrance in Slalom for the men. We had a rockin’ second place finish with Chris Tutlis, Aaron Jones, and Ryan Neally leading the way. For the women, we had another newcomer, Tiana Magee who raced for her first time ever this week­ end! On Sunday, the men were third in spite of a couple nasty falls. Thanks to some new equipment Joe Scherpa and Chris Tutlis lead the way with Kevin Beverage right there with them. So, the way it stands, after the third set of races, it that WPI is tied for second with Tufts. Now we just need to knock them back to third. The women have secured ninth, but after a weekend on our home mountain, w e’ll move even further up. For Valentine’s day weekend we will be at Wildcat trying to stay warm. This past weekend we went to

Berkshire East, where we train over break.

Let’s do this right.

Society of Martial Arts This past Sunday, Febuary 1, the Mar­ tial Arts Club Tournament Team competed in the 4th Annual Northeast Martial Arts Challenge in Rhode Island. The team con­ sisted o f captain Chad Hart, Simon Nance, Jason Wilson, and George Caswell. The team had an interesting day full of learning and competition. Highlights of the day included Simon Nance winning a second place in Black Belt Soft Weapons Kata and a fourth place in Black Belt Soft Kata. Also coming home with a trophy was Jason Wil­ son for third place in Lightweight Black Belt Fighting. The team is looking for fu­ ture tournament to attend and compete. In addition, the team would also like to en­ courage anyone interested in competing to contact SOMA at soma@wpi.edu.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

12:00-1:30 PM Opening Ceremony (By invitation only)

4:30-6:00PM Workshop

Riley Commons

Lower Wedge

Im portance o f Leadership

L eadership Issues for W om en (Panel D iscussion)

Leonard Redon, Eastman Kodak Company

Kelly Boyle, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

4:30-6:00PM Workshop Library Seminar Room

6:30-8:00PM Workshop Atwater Kent 116- Newell Hall

S elf M anagem ent Strategies

Conflict Resolution

Tracy Knofla, High Impact Training

Commander Dale Snyder, Holy Cross NROTC Unit

6:30-8:00PM Workshop

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12

Library Seminar Room

4:30-6:00PM Workshop

G oal Setting and Action Planning

Library Seminar Room

Tracy Knofla, High Impact Training

Say Yes to Success, T he P ow er in the Positives Eric Hutcherson, Lotus Corporation

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 4:30-6:OOPM Workshop Library Seminar Room

6:30-8:00PM Workshop

Leadership Style & Problem Solving

Effective C om m unication

SFC Correa & Captain Duprat, WPI AROTC Unit

W arren Forman, Texas Instrum ents

6:3O-8:00PM Workshop Library Seminar Room

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14

Diversity A w areness Professor Hector Torres, UMass Lowell

Library Seminar Room

L eaderShape Institute Riley Commons (For local high school students only) 8:30-4:30PM 6:00-8:00PM Reception/Closing Ceremony Riley Commons (Open to all)

Sponsored by The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and Leadership Education and Practice Program.

For additional information contact Maria Diaz at maridiaz@wpi.edu or Terri-Ann Kelly at tkelly@wpi.edu

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Englebert Humperdinck and Music

by Brian Whitman Newspeak Staff When my house first got wired for “The Web” (we were a distinctly ahead-of-thecurve technologically based family— when I visit home I get emails around noon from my mother asking me what I want for dinner— ) I found this place at MIT (well, not really AT MIT, you get the idea...) that you could type in the names of your favorite musical groups and rate them and then, based on the entries o f the thousands of other people using this service, they ( ‘they’ being the computer ‘they’, not the worldwide conspiracy They but wait!) would ‘recom mend’ you other groups to listen to. So, I put in my numbers, the bands I dug at the time ... Englebert H um perdinck. T h a t’s who they recom ­ m ended to me. Englebert Humperdinck.

Scared, worried that my careful music tastes which I had crafted and culled for so long were in ruin, I called in my brothers. One came and gave Skullflower a 10, Frisell a 10, Pat Benatar a 8 (“no one pays attention to that damn Fine G ravity’s Rainbow record” he sniffed) - Englebert again. The other brother came in, fed it Duran Duran and Prince and Warrant - guess who? Trying to exorcise poor Engie, we matched Bon Jovi and Max Roach, Lounge Lizards and Painkiller. No luck.

They, this time for sure the capital T They, wanted us dearly to listen to Englebert, give him a chance. Either a malicious programmer or a crazed fan, maybe Englebert himself was matching himself up thousands o f times (“oh

yes... myself, 10, Paula Abdul 10.. y e s...”)

Four years later, I haven’t gotten an Englebert CD. That’s his name now, I found out, just plain ol’ Englebert. I just spent thirty minutes on that very same “The Web” try­ ing to find out about him. What’s not nice is that marketers o f aides and services for the older crowd title their homepages “Englebert W orld!” or “The Official Humperdinck Pages!” to lure them in. Tsk, tsk. It scared me at first, though, because I thought I had stumbled onto something I shouldn’t have, or, worse yet, was supposed to !- like instead o f the Whitman brothers going off to techni­ cal schools and musical colleges, we were supposed to follow this phantom of a lounge act, who would leave his mark on bathroom stalls and instant-photo booths around the country for us to chase. (“My God! It’s - it’s the Glittering E!”) Which leads me here: how do we find out about musical groups we like? Surely not from my column, but do reviews do it? Are people really sw ayed by someone else’s ideas, someone they’ve never met? How many times has someone asked you about a record or band and you said, “Yeah, I heard th e y ’re good.” F rom w ho? Siskel and Englebert, who gave it two rhinestone-stud­ ded batons up? The press invents something called a ‘buzz’ about whichever band got hit with their dart that week: Time magazine re­ serves that quarter-page on their inside back cover for said band and CNN might find some odd quality about them (“The drummer of Smokin Grass’s father is ... Keith Jarrett! News

at 11.”) to splay about. We all fall for it, even if we think we are immune to it. You might ignore MTV and eschew popular radio, but that Nawrath dude at the downtown record store just told you the new Sonic Youth feedback-fest is ‘notch’, and you’re out 12 bucks.

I’m not sure if that web-thing is still up, it might be, perhaps they took out the bugs (?) and now people are finding out what to lis­

ten to based on tons of other people doing the same thing at the same time - here’s a question: doesn’t the first person who en­ tered in his preferences change the output of virtually everyone after him? I mean, he’s got to have some effect, like that butterfly in In­ dia causing El N ino... I bet if we think hard enough, we know who first logged on there, eh?

QUILT to be performed by Masque this weekend

P H O TO BY M A SQ U E

Assistant Director Christina Caverly ‘99 assembles quilt panels for this week's performances.

WPI Masque Presents

Q U IL T “...a collage o f stories f o r , from and about the NAM ES project A ID S Memorial Quilt... ty Book by Jim Morgan, Merle Hubbard, John Schak Music by Michael Stockier Lyrics by Jim Morgan Tickets $4_0()

Febuary 12,13, and 14, 1998 8:00pm WPI Alden Hall

One dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Information? Call (508) 831-5946 Puppet show concieved with Lynnie Raybuck. QUILT was originally produced by the University o f Maryland in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution's Museum o f Natural History. It is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Music Theatre International 421 West 54th St. New York, NY 10019

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A musical pause to a rivalry... the two collaborated in the realm o f the per­ forming arts - specifically choral singing.

On February 22nd Alden Memorial Hall will become the site that will host what is hoped to be one o f m any future choral collaboratives. The men o f the WPI Glee Club have been preparing for weeks - readying their voices and stage presence - in order to provide the RPI chorale with the best in mu­ sic, fellowship, presentation of culture, and

by Jeffrey Alderson Glee Club Public Relations WPI has had a longstanding rivalry with fellow engineering school, RPI. The annual RPI/WPI homecoming football always brings out the spirits of both old grads and “old undergrads.” Rarely, however, has the rivalry turned into a collaboration between the two polytechnic institutes. Even more rarely have

Free live music!

Jazz Ensemble and Stage Band host guest artist chestra. Greg has been praised by num er­ ous Jazz circles as being one o f the best post Be-Bop Alto Saxophonists today with a playing style described as “sincere, in­ tense and swinging” . G reg’s Discography includes over 12 albums, with his most re­ cent release being “Bop City” published

by Blue Chip Jazz. As well as being an accomplished performer, Greg has made a name for him self as being a truly great cli­ nician. His appearances at numerous col­ leges and high schools throughout the na­ tion have been hailed as inspirational to the m usicians involved. Here at WPI we co n sid er o u rselv es very fortunate and grateful that we are able to have such a power house o f jazz come and play with us.

We cannot place enough emphasis on this incredible opportunity to witness a musician of this caliber. JazzGroup would like to ex­ tend an invitation to every WPI student, fac­ ulty member, and anyone who loves jazz, to be entertained for free by a legend in the art.

So mark your calendars, Sunday February 15th at 5:00 and Monday the 16th at 8pm in Alden. Just another gig by JazzGroup

by Tom Hall Class o f ‘01 On Sunday F eb ru ary 15th, the W PI JazzG roup and the M usic Association will be hosting Greg Abate as a clinician to the WPI Stage Band and Jazz Ensemble. The event will begin at 5pm in the Great Hall in Alden and is free and open to the public.

The jazz groups will be playing for Greg, and he will be offering his experience and expertise as he critiques our players. The arrival o f Greg Abate is the latest in a long history o f renowned guest artists giving clinics and performing at WPI. Other names in this long list include: Curtis Fuller, Cyrus Chestnut, and Joe Lavano.

Abate will also be giving a concert with his quartet Monday the 16th, at 8pm in A l­ den, which is also free to the public. The WPI community is strongly encouraged to take advantage of this tremendous oppor­ tunity to hear one o f the greatest profes­ sional ja z z artists o f our time.

Greg has a long perform ing history with some o f the biggest names in jazz includ­ ing Ray Charles, and the Artie Shaw O r­

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This is the first concert for the men of the Glee Club this year, coming off o f a long Win­ ter break from the busy schedule of B term past. The rehearsal time spent since the last concert has focused the men into being per­ formance artists. They have built upon their solid foundation of musical expertise by cre­ ating a high level of stage presence and group effort that the members had never before seen.

The RPI Chorale continues a fine tradi­ tion in choral singing at Rensselaer o f some 125 years. Beginning in 1873, the RPI Glee Club began an auspicious career o f singing which was to last until the late 1980’s. Mixed choral ensembles began in 1972 with a cam­ pus chorus and chamber singers and con­ tinue to this day; the current Chorale was

formed in 1991. Organist-composer Thomas F. Savoy has been their director since 1997.

The Chorale presents two major concerts per year as well as singing at several campus and community engagements. Most notable is Troy’s annual Victorian Stroll in December of each year.

Over the years, RPI combined musical re­ sources with institutions such as Union Col­ lege, Russell Sage College, Elmira College and Rochester University in a history of collabo­ rative concerts. Now they bring their talents to long-rivaled WPI. You can be a part of this musical collabo­ rative by attending the RPI Chorale & WPI Glee Club Winter Concert. The music begins at 4:30 on Sunday, February 22nd at Alden Hall. We hope to see old and new friends of both schools there.

Update: Wrestling on the upswing Continued from page 3 The College of New Jersey.

The feature match o f the day for WPI happened in against TC N J when Lance Baden (Framingham, Mass.), currently the #2 ranked wrestler at 177 lbs. in Division in, was matched aginst the #3 wrestler in his weight class. Baden trailed early when the CNJ wrestler lost his grip on a move to which Baden countered and pinned him for the win. For the day Baden went undefeated at 3-0. Other winners for WPI were Rob Polin (Randolph, M ass.) w ho won two m atches at 118 lbs, Aaron Becker (Coven­ try, R.I.) won won match at 126 lbs., John Leedle —more— (Hickory Comers, Mich.) h ad a pin at 158 lb s ., D ary l R etzke (Wheaton, II.) won two macthes at 190 lbs., Justin Ripley (Oakdale, Conn.) won a match a t h e a v y w e ig h t and W illia m W elsh (Jam esport, N.Y.) won a match at heavy­ weight.

Last Tuesday the Engineers rose to the occasion inside a noisy Alumni Gym and won a big meet over Coast Guard. The

gym was rockin’ and it all began with a Polin pin at 118 lbs. Becker followed with a major decision at 126 lbs. to give WPI the lead 10-0.

Coast Guard would battle back before Nate Fiore (Cohasset, Mass.), who was making his return to the squad after a year-and-ahalf absence, won a major decision to keep the Engineers in the lead. WPI would now trail20-l4enteringthe 177lbs.class. Baden would trail early again in his match when he would make the move to get his opponent on his back where he would pin him for the win and tie the score at 20-20. The drama of the match would unfold in the heavyweight class as Welsh would need a decision for the meet to end tied. Both wrestlers battled hard as the score would be 4-4 in the second round.

Then Welsh got control and moved his op­ ponent to his back where he would stick him for the tremendous win. The noise was deaf­ ening as the gym erupted with the victory.

Men’s/Women’s Indoor Track The men’s indoor track team was at MIT while the women were at Smith on the 31st.

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CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL Downtown Wore Opposite Courthouse & Police Station

Fri 9 ~ Sat 8 & 10:30 2/13-14 2/20-21 WORCESTER’S FAVORITE

CENTRAL

JOHN DAVID

TOM CLARK

Avalon (Boston, MA)

The Orpheum Theatre

2/21 - The Crystal Method/David Holmes/ BT/Taylor 2/25 - Creed/Big W reck/M oist 3/3-3/7 - Sandra Bernhard 3/11 - Ben Harper & The Innocent Crimi­ nals

3/4 - Third Eye Blind/Smash M outh 4/3 - Steve M iller Band

Berklee Performance Center

The Paradise Rock Club (Allston. MA)

2/23 - Joe Jackson

(617)562-8804 2/12-2/13 -L etters To Cleo 2 /1 4 - Jen Trynin/Gravel Pit

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Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel (Providence, RI)

800-401-2221

3/7 - Reel Big Fish/M r. T Experience/ Pilfers

2 /2 3 -Paula Cole

The Roxy Mama Kin (Boston, MA) 3/7 - Gov’t Mule

ADMISSION ALL SHOWS with school ID, This AD ora note from Morn

The Palladium (Worcester, MA)

M iddle East (Cambridge, MA) 2/11 - Less Than Jake 2/13 - Bow Wow Wow 2/21 - God Lives Underwater

2/11 - Sugar Ray/Save Ferris/ Goldfinger

Tsongas Arena (Lowell, MA) 2 /2 1 -Liza Minelli 3/6 - Primus/Blink 182/The Alkaholiks/ The Aquabats

T.T. The Bear’s (Cambridge, MA) 2/18 - Smoking Popes/Triple Fast Action

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Final Fantasy tactics lets players learn on the “Job”

by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Platform: Sony Playstation Publisher: Sony Rating: 7.0 Each year, several games are released in Japan that never make it to America. Sony has taken two overseas hits and amalgam­ ated them into Squaresoft’s Final Fantasy Tactics, for the Sony Playstation.

This title is based on Ogre Tactics, the se­ quel to the American game Ogre Battle, and Final Fantasy V. Neither has made it to our shores, so not many o f either’s elements will seem familiar.

Gamers are thrust into a world at war: The Fifty-Year War, the War of the Lions, the Hotuken knights and the Death Corps, and other names are quickly thrown about. It starts as a flashback, but doesn’t go back far enough for us to understand the history of the major characters. The text during story scenes crawls at a painful rate.

The gameplay is close to Konami’s strat­ egy title, Vandal Hearts. The gam e’s focus is on battles, which occur on a square grid.

Characters move about like chess pieces to perform attacks, cast spells, and other tac­ tics. If a character is dead at the end o f battle, he or she is gone forever, and a new soldier must be hired to fill the shoes. Consequently, these characters play no role in the story and have no personality, often reduced to mere cannon fodder.

Usually, even the most complex role-play­ ing game can be learned by diving in head first, but not so with Tactics. Though the manual is sparse, an in-game tutorial provides an overview of all its functions. It may take as long as an hour to review everything, which may discourage less patient players.

It’s generous to offer this opportunity, but it foreshadows a game that is much too com­ plex.

One of the more confusing, yet intriguing, game aspects is the “job system,” by which ch aracters learn a b ilitie s and increase strength. There are nearly two dozen jobs, and each has a few dozen powers exclusive to the job. A character may become a chem­ ist to learn about curative spells, then switch completely to become a knight. Or those chemist skills may allow her to take on the higher jobs o f priest or wizard. Growth through these areas is slow and can be troublesome, but rewarding.

Tactics opens with a wonderful full-motion video sequence, similar to Final Fantasy VII. The rest o f the game is a bit more than average. The various people look very plain

in closeups. Proper battle angles are hard to come by, but the various effects added dur­ ing these skirmishes, such as falling rain and other weather conditions, are good.

The sound is perfectly on par with other Final Fantasy titles (a high standard indeed).

The use o f drums and pipes set the wartime atmosphere with a “Braveheart” feel. The rounds o f attacks often last a long time, so music tracks will be played repeatedly, but they do not become bothersome as other games’ tunes do.

Control can be problematic. With all the skills, jobs, spells, and item menus to scroll through, it’s easy to get lost. Each button has a unique function and rem em bering

which is which is a chore. At least the turnbased battle is not being waged while this confusion occurs, so it is an annoyance which can be overcome.

Ultimately, this game suffers from its own complexity. There is often too much to con­ sider in each battle, including even the astro­ logical signs of friend and foe. The job sys­ tem is a powerful method for customizing one’s party, but difficult to use effectively.

The early battles are best fought with the computer allowed control o f all characters, as the player watches and learn. Otherwise, you may play an hour or two into the game and discover the miserable results so far warrant a fresh start from the beginning.

Update Continued from page 6 The men finished 5th in their meet and the women placed 8th.

Junior Mike Pockoski (Day ville, Conn.) continued to prepare him self for the na­ tionals in March with a first place in the 35lbs. weight throw while placing fifth in the shot put. Matt Passaro (W inthrop, Mass.) finished fifth in the 55-meter hurdles and fifth in the long jum p. Dave Hawes (Seal Harbor, Maine) was fourth in the 55-meter dash and third in the 200-meter dash. Keith Levesque (Nashua, N.H.) was second in the 600-meter run. Jason Katz (Merrimack, N.H.) w as second in the high jum p and Matt Linnemann (Middletown, CT.) was fifth in the high jum p.

In the wom en’s meet Heather Mazzaccaro (Bristol, Conn.) was fifth in the 55meter dash and seventh in the 200-meters.

Ju lie W heeler (A ttleb o ro , M ass.) was fourth in the 55 hurdles. A m ber M iller (Ellenville, N. Y) was sixth in the triple jump an d s ix te e n th in the 2 0 0 .

N an cy Bedrossian (Seekonk, Mass.) was eighth in the 20 lbs. weight throw.

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develop the leadership sk ills a n d s e lf-c o n fi­ d e n c e y o u n e e d to succeed in college and beyond. And you may q u a lify fo r a d v a n c e d officer training when you return to campus next fall.

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by Billy D. McGowan Director o f the ESL The Indian Cunsul for E duca­ tion and Culture, Dr. D. K. Paliwal, sp o k e a b o u t tre n d s in In d ia n higher education and culture at a reception in G ordon L ibrary on February 2. His audience, mostly W PI students from the countries o f the Indian subcontinent, lis­ tened very attentively and ques­ tioned w hat he had to say about the direction that education in In ­ dia was taking.

Dr. Paliw al paid tribute to the g re a t lead ersh ip o f th e U nited States in paving the w ay tow ard m odernization o f educational ap ­ proaches in the w orld. It was in the US w here education first d i­ versified and becam e as industry w h o se pu rp o se is to educate a nation. India is follow ing suit, proving itself very capable in pro­ ducing a new generation o f tech ­ nocrats. T hese graduates are c u r­ rently being courted by US e m ­ ployers to fill the shortage in e s ­ pecially the com puter and m edi­ cal fields.

In India, the education system is supported by the federal and

state g overnm ents; true univer­ sitie s a re c h a rte re d by eith er.

B oth e s ta b lish and su b sid iz e their own system o f state o r fed­ eral u n iv e rsitie s. D eg rees are a w a rd e d o n ly by u n iv e rs itie s while diplom as are the dom ain o f institutes. The governm ent keeps strict control over the m ajor op­ e ra tio n s o f th e se u n iv e rsitie s.

But in another separate class are so-called “ D eem ed” universities that operate essentially like fed­ eral or state universities but are not chartered by the governm ent.

C hartered institutions arc highly su b sid iz e d . T h u s, th e o u t-o fpocket fees are very little for stu­ dents atten d in g these u n iv ersi­ ties.

The num ber o f chartered and other in stitutions established to educate India are enorm ous and growing still, including private in­ stitutions. The governm ent re­ alizes that in order to m eet the n eed s o f the c o u n try and the w o r ld — In d ia a ls o a ttr a c ts a grow ing num ber o f international students— the curricula at many o f these universities, including the te c h n ica l o n es, need to be changed to allow flexibility and

relevancy. Interestingly, India has its own affirm ative action policy.

Fifteen per cent o f seats at char­ tered institutions are reserved for the p o o r an d h is to ric a lly o p ­ pressed. This, o f course, causes so m e ra n c o r am o n g s tu d e n ts com peting in exam s for the re­ m aining seats.

Dr. Paliwal was very heartfelt in his appeal that Indian students studying abroad consider return­ ing to India after attaining the edu­ cation and training abroad. He noted that these returnees could make a contribution to continuing the m odernizing trends o f higher learning in India. ♦ • " ■ ■ " ■ ■ ■ ■

The question and answer period that followed was quite revealing.

Dr. Paliwal remained very involved with his audience. The questions were diverse and sincere. His can­ dor was clear, and he seemed con­ fident that India is on the right track in education, but with more work to do. He offered information and assistance to any student who was interested in returning to India to work in academia.

W P I u n d e rg ra d u a te H a rish Chawla and Tom Thomsen, direc­ tor o f international students and scholars, were both very instru­ mental in getting Dr. Paliwal on campus to speak.

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February 10 - Law yer Richard Iandoli will present information on immigration and issues related to post university completion employment. This will include H l-B and Green cards.

February 12 - ISC Help Session from 6 PM to 8 PM at International 2 House.

■ February 12 - First-Aid instruction will be conducted by W PI’s ■ EMS program from 6 PM to 7 PM at International House February 18 - Dr. M itra Satya, accredited tax advisor, will conduct ■ a tax workshop at 5 PM in Salisbury, 105.

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Institute-Student Relationships: Customer-Client or Prostitute-Client? Either Way, Students Get Screwed In the w ake o f an idiot d rin k ­ ing h im self to death at MIT, a num ber o f college cam puses n a­ tionw ide have taken the opp o r­ tunity to crack dow n on fraterni­ ties. Largely m otivated by the fear o f personal-injury law suits and o th e r liab ility issues, this opprobrium is couched in sem an­ tically null term s vaguely speak­ ing o f concern for the safety of the sc h o o l’s charges. In terest­ ingly enough, this is much the sam e language that was used to ju stify slavery in the South in the a n te b e llu m p e r io d . “ T h o s e d a rk ie s c o u ld n ’t ta k e care o f them selves, they’d be out o f co n ­ trol, so it’s the w hite m an’s b u r­ den to regulate th e ir behavior.

“T h o se stu d en ts c o u ld n ’t take care o f them selves, th ey ’d be out of c o n tr o l, so i t ’s th e adm in istratio n ’s burden to reg u ­ late their behavior.” At WPI, “offic ia l r e c o g n itio n ” a lle g e d ly g iv es the in stitu te the rig h t to o versee behavior o f private c iti­ zens in privately ow ned houses o ff cam pus.

T his colum n w ill look at one issue: W hether the adm in istra­ tion has any m oral justification

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w hatsoever in attem pting to en ­ force these laws on cam pus. The issu e o f why m e m b e rs o f the G reek com m unity are singled out for this enforcem ent will be ad­ dressed at a later date.

A lot o f people d o n ’t know the p o litic s behind the fifty states changing their drinking laws from 18 to 21 in the m id-eighties. This w as n o t a m a ss, g r a s s - r o o ts m ovem ent that overw helm ed the nation in a wave o f tem perance.

Instead, this was a crum b that a R e p u b lic a n p re s id e n t gav e to rig h t-w in g fund am en talist su p ­ porters. The federal governm ent, in direct violation o f states-rights principles and the C onstitution, fo rced the in d iv id u a l sta te s to change their drinking ages or face the loss o f their federal highway funds. W hen individuals do this, it is called extortion. The reason the federal governm ent couldn’t sim ply pass a law m andating a federal drinking age is because it is very sp ecifically outside the purview o f federal ju risd ictio n .

Instead, R eagan did an end run around the C o n stitu tio n , black­ m ailin g state gov ern m en ts into changing their laws o r losing their tra n s p o rta tio n fu n d in g . S ince young people d o n ’t traditionally have a lot o f defenders in our gov-

ernm ent (have you wondered why financial aid is so pitiful?), this w ent dow n quietly.

T he reason the d rin k in g age was 18 pretty much everyw here before this was for the simple rea­ son th a t 18 -y ear o ld s can be d ra fte d and sen t to war. T he U nited States have tended to go to w ar a lot. In the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, lots and lots o f 18-year olds died, after being drafted , for the n a­ tional defense. T his is the rea­ son the C onstitution was m odi­ fied to give the vote to 18-year olds. If you can die for your coun­ try, you should certainly have the right to vote for its governm ent.

This was alw ays the reason 18year olds could drink: If you can die for your country, you should also have the right to have a beer in a bar. If this all seem s very distant and passe, keep in m ind that if you receive any financial aid from the US Governm ent, you have been re g iste re d w ith th e Selective Service. Seven years ago during the G u lf War, there was discussion about activating draft boards in case a draft w as later needed. This is not a d is ­ tant issue.

W hat it boils dow n to is this: A t 18 years o f age, you are a citi-

zen o f this country, with all o f the responsibilities but not all o f the rights. If you m ess up, you will be tried as an adult, and sent to a very adult prison. Do you feel your rights should be abrogated sim ply because you aren ’t 21 ? In recent memory, we have denied blacks, Jews, H ispanics, and na­ tive A m ericans rights because o f their race or religion. Is it right to deny liberties to younger citizens because o f their age?

W henever som eo n e uses the justification o f “ I’m ju st doing my jo b ” or “I’m ju st following the ru les” , it is hard not to think o f southern police officers assault­ ing A frican-A m ericans or Nazi death camp guards forcing Jew s into ovens. H um an beings are not autom atons; it is the respon­ sibility o f every thinking person to question orders and rules that m ake no sense. “ All that is necessary for evil to trium ph is for good men to do no th in g .”

Fearing retribution from the ad­ m inistration via a num ber o f av­ enues, including financial aid, the author o f this docum ent has re­ quested that his nam e be w ith­ held. F u tu re co lu m n s w ill be printed under the pen name H ig­ gins Haus.

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To the Editor: I went into my regularly sched­ uled eco n o m ics cla ss today. We w ere ru d e ly in te rru p te d by a b u nch o f m en an d w om en in b la c k h o o d s , w h o p ic k e d a m em b er o f o u r c la s s o u t and

m ade him a skull pledge. (Or what­ ever the proper term for a skullto-be is) Now, I’m all for skull and u p h o ld in g the tra d itio n s o f the school and w hatnot. Skull c e r­ tainly has a place at WPI. That p la c e is not in m y c la ssro o m .

Does UPE (a C om puter Science honor society) o r SPS (a Physics h o n o r s o c ie ty ) in te r r u p t my c la sse s? W hat m akes skull so special that they are allow ed to do this? W P I’s prim ary reason for existence is learning. H onor

so c ie tie s, sp o rts, co n c e rts and other events play an im portant, but secondary role in an in stitu ­ tion o f higher learning. L et skull keep their business a secret and let them be held in awe. O utside o f my learning time. They can tap

their members at D aka or at a so­ cial event. This still contains the m ystery for p e o p le w ondering “W ho w ill be ta p p e d ? ” and it would keep their traditions alive as well.

Robert M cD onald C lass o f ‘99

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Punxsutawney Phil sees much more than his shadow

by Jennifer Nejman And Emily Rehring Daily Collegian (U W IR E ) STATE C O L E G E , Penn. E ditor’s note: This is an ac­ count o f two reporters’ adventure to P u n x s u ta w n e y fo r P h il’s Groundhog Day appearance. The two exhausted reporters, like many others around the country, stayed up all night to watch Phil make his prediction, but then they had to write about it.

P u n x su ta w n e y P hil saw his shadow Monday, thus predicting six more weeks o f winter weather.

But he was not the only attraction.

A man in a frock coat and tux­ edo danced on a swinging platform attached to a construction crane; V illa g e P eople im p e rso n a to rs grooved in tight jeans on the stage and five aw kw ard girls flapped boas to the beat o f “Copa Cabana,” while two bewildered and wildly excited reporters from The Daily Collegian watched it all.

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Phil — the groundhog who plays weatherman once a year — was a frenzy o f activity at 6:30 a.m. yes­ terday at G obbler’s Knob, as fans crowded the small clearing to cel­ ebrate Groundhog Day. Our journey began at 1:30 a.m., when two reporters and one pho­ tographer departed from State C ol­ le g e — o u r d e s tin a tio n w as Punxsutawney.

W hen we arrived at G obbler’s Knob, the amount o f activity sur­ prised us. Most college students do not even have the energy to roll over and slap the snooze button at 6 a.m., yet somehow thousands of people o f all ages were energeti­ cally dancing, chanting and sing­ ing in anticipation o f Phil’s appear­ ance.

Chants o f “We want Phil” ech­ oed through the crowd in the wee hours o f the dark morning. Other observers waited patiently and qui­ etly for the groundhog to emerge and give his weather prediction.

And there we stood, two report­ ers in the midst of a mid-winter cele b ra tio n , w o n d e rin g w hat the

people were celebrating.

“It’s the Mardi Gras o f the East Coast,” explained Ryan Dabbieri, a University o f Virginia student. The ear flaps o f his knit cap bounced as he rapped on his drum. Dabbieri said he brought his Irish drum to bang “just for the hell o f it.”

As this clearing in the woods w as tra n s fo rm e d in to a e a rly m orning m osh pit, we observed the p artiers. An odd ju x ta p o si­ tion o f figures — ranging from senior citizens to female students clad in m aroon b rassieres and lanky guys baring their chests — confused us, to say the least.

“If Punxy Phil has to freeze, I’m gonna freeze with him. H e’s na­ k e d ,” sa id 1 8 -y e a r-o ld D an Sterrett o f Latrobe.

T he G roundhog Day celebra­ tion attracted people from around the country, including students from several universities, includ­ ing C larion U niversity of Penn­ sylvania, fam ilies from M ichigan and college men from California.

Even a bus load o f about 50 Penn State students made the trek.

W hen we located o u r fellow U n iv e rsity stu d e n ts, we found them gulping Rolling R ock and jiv in g to the music.

“I’m a fan o f Phil. I love Phil,” D anyelle Brow n (sen io r-h ealth policy adm inistration) yelled as the crow d sm acked her into us.

Fans consum ed alcohol in spite o f the alcohol-free m andate made by the G roundhog C lu b ’s Inner C ircle for the event.

“N o thanks. I ’m w orking,” one o f us replied as a cold can o f beer was offered.

N ext cam e a sudden peck on the cheek from a drunk birthday boy. His friends apologized, ex ­ plaining it was his 21st birthday.

H ow ever, for some observers o u tsid e the m ass o f h u m a n ity packed around the stage, the crowd seemed tame.

“I’ve been to several, and it gets better each year as (the G round­ hog C lub) learns to handle the crowd,” said Ed McGinnis, deputy sheriff of Jefferson County. “It used to be like spring break,” he said.

However, we spoke to McGinnis

before the crowd had reached full attendance.

L ate r, d a re d e v il fa n s w ere hoisted into the a ir fo rm ing a canopy o f crow d surfers above unsuspecting Phil fans.

S p ray s o f v ib ra n tly co lo re d Fireworks fell from above as dawn began her slow ascent above the m o u n ta in s , s u r ro u n d in g G o bbler’s Knob a half-hour be­ fore Phil would emerge.

The crowd was getting restless an d c h a n ts o f “ B rin g o u t the H o g ” e c h o e d th r o u g h o u t the clearing.

Finally, it was tim e for Punxy P h il’s 112th prediction, o r as it is called by his in tim ate friends, P h i l ’s p r o g n o s tic a tio n . T h e G roundhog C lu b ’s Inner Circle m ade its annual p a ra d e to the stag e.

Phil w as y an k e d o u t o f his stum p at about 7:30 a.m ., greeted by a crowd o f scream ing fans. For th e 8 9 th tim e , P h il saw h is sh a d o w d o o m in g th e U n ite d States to an o th er six w eeks o f winter weather.

w ith o u t a licensed c o n n e ctio n (Please remember that programs may not function properly) Log off of this machine. You can then attempt to log into this machine again in an effort to gain a licensed Novell connection.

If you choose option (a) then the machine will continue logging in. If you choose option (b), your Novell connection will be closed and you will be returned to the Windows

95/NT login prompt where you can attempt another login.

We will have added 250 Novell licenses to the W PI network by the time this script is activated, so there will be fewer license acquisition problems, but this script will give a the w arning if a license is not granted, letting you know that you may have problems in a session.

Please email helpdesk@ wpi.edu with questions or comments.

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by Debbie Dexter Computer Trainer N ew E q u ip m en t to In crease S p eed and E ffic ie n c y o f host wpi.wpi.edu Host wpi.wpi.edu was recently upgraded with the addition of two 300M hz CPUs supplementing the two existing 333 Mhz CPUs. This brings the aggregate CPU speed o f the host to 1.266 Ghz. This host is mainly used for extensive com ­ p u te jo b s . H o st c c c .w p i.e d u

should be used for interactive us­ age.

Addition to Novell Login Proce­ dure - Novell Licensing Since a failure to obtain a Novell licensed connection will prevent a c c e ss to rig h ts to use all re ­ sources, on Monday February 9, 1998, we will implement a program in the Novell public login script that can evaluate the status o f a Novell connection and warn the user if a lic e n s e d c o n n e c tio n is not granted.

During the login process, a dos prompt will be started to run the program . If the program deter­ mines that you have a licensed con­ nection, it will close the dos box and continue logging in as normal.

If the program detects a non-licensed connection, it will present a warning message and allow you to choose one of the following two options: C o n tin u e using this m achine

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Worcester's 150th Anniversary

by Alison Keach Features Editor O n S a tu rd a y , F e b ru a ry 28, Worcester will be hosting an en­ tire evening o f events to celebrate the city’s 150th Anniversary. The th e m e o f th is c e le b ra tio n is ‘W orcester, the Heartbeat o f Mas­ sachusetts”. To make this a suc­ cessful celebration the volunteer spirit of the community is needed.

Volunteers will be needed through­ out the evening at the W orcester Common Fashion Outlets, Worces­ ter Common, City Hall. Notre Dame Cathedral, and the W orcester Pub­ lic Library. There will be a Volun­ te e r R e c ru itm e n t M e e tin g on Wednesday, February 11 at 7pm in the Saxe Room of die W orcester Public Library. If you are unable to m ake this meeting, but would still lik e to volunteer co n tact M ary

Oroszko at the City M anager’s O f­ fice, 799-1175, or contact the W PI Student Activities Office.

T h e W o rc e s te r E a st M iddle School also w ould like so m e c o lle g e v o lu n te e r s o n Thursday, February 12 from 1:454:00pm to assist w ith a school dance. For more information con­ tact Mrs. D orothy Ferrazza, 7993430, o r the W PI Student A ctivi­ ties Office.

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by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor Contrary to m odem belief, Valentine's day did not originate as a com m ercial holi­ day. Like many other holidays, it has roots in traditions and folklore. V alentine’s day is m ost frequently credited to the Romans or Saint Valentine.

In ancient Rome, before the dawn o f capi­ talism , the Romans celebrated the feast of the goddess Juno on February 14th. On February 15th, the feast o f Lupercalia was celebrated. On this day, each young man would draw the name of a young lady from a vase or jar and pin it on his sleeve. Then the men would give a special m essage or

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Christians celebrated the feast of Saint Val­ entine, who was a priest in Rome around AD 270. Valentine was imprisoned, and later be­ headed, for converting his fellow prison mates to Christianity. In 1537, Valentine’s day was officially declared a holiday by Henry VII. The holiday became popular in the U.S. during the civil war, when the first commer­ cial cards began to appear. Early commercial valentines were highly decorative and ornate.

A lthough V alentine's Day w as began with good intentions, it has become over­ commercialized and like Christmas, has lost most o f its meaning. Instead of feeling love, many are feeling frustration from social and econom ic pressures associated with the

holiday. Those who are in a relationship are under im m ense so cial p ressu re to “show o f f ’ as they are given 24 hours to prove their love to the world, as though the other 364 days o f the year don’t matter.

And o f course, with a holiday driven by the dollar, the only way to prove your love is by what you spend, which can put even more pressure on those o f us who are on a tight budget. Then there’s the ever-present challenge o f making m ass-produced, ste­ reotypical, gifts seem special and unique.

Or, you could try to find a unique gift, which is often a difficult challenge.

For those who aren’t involved in a roman­ tic relationship, Valentine’s day is usually filled with bitterness. As if one day for the

w orld to rem ind you y ou’re alone isn’t enough, early preparations for the holiday are also irritating. Many store displays are up the day after Christmas, for two months of agonizing pre-Valentine reminders. Watch­ ing friends, classmates, or co-workers receive elaborate gifts may also be painful.

Where did it all go wrong? Wasn’t this su p p o sed to be a holiday ab out love?

T hough there isn ’t m uch we can do to change the stereotypes or social pressures associated with Valentine’s day, we can do our best to avoid them. Many people throw anti-valentine’s day parties or create their own alternate holidays. If you’re alone this year, get together with friends or do some­ thing nice for yourself.

Lessons and advice in women’s magazines insult, deceive

by Manisha Parekh The Battalion (Texas A&M U) They are everywhere. They stare at you in the grocery store checkout line. They show up at parties on coffee tables. They hide in waiting rooms. Women’s magazines. They are the Bibles by which women plan out their lives. As a public service to those who do not take advantage o f these fabulous publi­ cations, I will provide a guide to understand­ ing the world according to women’s maga­ zines.

1. Money is no object (unless it comes to finding a husband). This is the most impor­ tant thing women’s magazines have to teach the masses. Forget about buying groceries.

Go ahead and spend $218 on a black dress made from $10 worth of fabric. (Actually, by spending grocery money on clothes, you w on’teat and you’ll lose weight. This will kill two birds with one stone). Clothes are not enough, you must also have matching ac­ cessories. A pair of $90 Calvin Klein sun­ glasses are absolutely necessary for today’s woman. After all, according to Cosmopoli­ tan, “They reveal the eyebrows and eyebrows are so crucial.”

Now that today’s woman has created a debt to rival Bill Gates’ net worth, she must find a way to pay for next season’s ward­ robe. (Remember, it is so wrong to wear last season’s fashions). Therefore, it is time to find a rich man to take care of the credit card bills. As Cosmo says, “If life costs a king’s ransom, I’m finding a king.” Words to live by.

2. Looking good is a 24-hour pursuit.

O f course it has to be. There are meetings with the aromatherapist, the personal trainer, the m asseuse, the herbalist, the psychic friend, the color consultant, the plastic sur­ geon, the personal buyer and the psychia­ trist.

A woman has to look absolutely perfect when she wakes up, when she goes to sleep, when she takes out the garbage. Even while changing a tire. (Although if the woman re­ ally looked good, she would have some knight in an Armani suit getting his driver to change the tire for her). It only takes a split second of looking like a real human being to ruin a woman’s life forever.

3. ‘Talent” is a subjective word.

A truly modem woman is well-rounded and multi-talented. This month’s Cosmo in­

cludes the top ten talents you should master in order to “make this new year your best and bravest ever.” Among the awe-inspiring talents are “a fabulous flirting technique.”

One tip for creating this technique is to leave the last couple inches of your dress unzipped.

The theory is that you are simply more approachable when “under the pretense of needing a ssista n c e .” A pparently, most women make the mistake of looking like they actually know how to dress themselves with­ out help. That is a no-no.

Other Cosmo talents are making the per­ fect martini and learning how to levitate people at parties. This should come in handy the next time James Bond drops into town and needs a little lift.

4. The meaning of “fearless” is different for women.

Cosmo not only gives advice about fash­ ion, but doubles as a dictionary. According to Cosmo, being “fearless” means red lips and messy hair. Allure defines “bravery” as taking a picture without wearing makeup.

“Perhaps it’s not like flying into Iraqi air­ space or enduring childbirth without drugs, but it’s brave nonetheless.” W ho could ar­ gue with such a truthful statement?

5. Messy hair is sexy.

Not only is messy hair fearless, it is also sexy. Page after page in women’s magazines show models with hair that looks like it was done by Edward Scissorhands. What man could resist a woman with hair that rivals Don King’s?

6. The greatest controversy. Glamour an­ swers the question that troubles the sleep of many women: what’s the difference between a slip and a slip skirt? With this knowledge, the women o f the world can all sleep soundly tonight.

7. The dreaded disease that can strike at any time. The warning signs are so subtle. A heavy purse. Too much time spent at the Clinique makeup counter. But at the first sign o f these symptoms women need to run — not walk — and get help for a disease of epic proportions. This dreaded disease, accord­ ing to Allure, is being a lipstickaholic. Most lipstickaholics get hooked at a young age.

Their infatuation with finding the perfect lipstick color grows into an obsession and rules their lives. Thankfully, there is help for the millions of lipstickaholics out there. Sadly, though, there is no known cure and those afflicted can relapse at any time. If you know

som eone who might be a lipstickaholic, please, get them help. Their future fashion sense depends on it.

8. How to succeed in the workplace.

Cosmo offers advice on getting noticed by your boss. “Leave messages at midnight.

The next time you wake up to pee call your boss’s voice mail and leave an important re­ minder— it’ll give the impression that you’re thinking around the clock.”

Or it could give the impression that you are some sort of psycho with no life, but, hey, everyone has to take chances.

9. The greatest problem affecting the world.

“As if we didn’t have enough to worry about already — air pollution, disease, war, crime, financial uncertainty, the hole in the ozone layer — there’s always the added stress of being exposed to those ditz borne beauty habits known as Annoying Beauty Habits.”

Finally, a magazine is brave enough to take

on the epidemic o f annoying celebrity habits. Who cares about the government, for­ eign policy or the environment when every single day Kirstie Alley flips her hair more times than Parking, Traffic and Transporta­ tion Services tows a car. What would today’s woman have done without Allure ‘s under­ cover expose o f celebrities acting like normal people.

So, put down that Newsweek and pick up a real magazine. It could change your life.

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Christian Bible Fellowship Greetings, as we get ready to plan for next year, take a moment to pray and see what God’s plan is for you. When you go by his plans, you will be planting yourself by the streams of water in Psalm 1, which we looked at last week.

Do make an effort this week to come to FNF on Friday Night at 7:00, in the lower

wedge. We would sure love to see you there.

Then join us on Tuesday night for a time of prayer down in Founders study at 9:30.

‘To you O lord I lift my soul; in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without shame,” Psalm 25:1-3 (NIV) When you trust in God’s will instead of trusting in your own desires, you will be blessed by God and never be put to shame.

But if we turn to ourselves and away from God, we will suffer the consequences.

As you plan for next year, listen to where God is calling you.

Masque Ok, I guess everyone’s taken by the fact that w e’re most of the way through the term.

Or...no one’s noticed. Well, I’ve noticed, so does that count? (heh) Well the time has come upon us! “Quilt: A Musical Celebration” is this Thursday, Fri­ day and Saturday at 8pm! It’s all a part of AIDS awareness week, as I hope you all have heard. It’s got some o f W PI’s best vocal talents, so come enjoy a musical and learn a few things about HIV/AIDS! That’s all that’s new on my list New Voices

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Until next week, Masque meeting Alden Hall Green room Friday 4:30pm....is that even a sentence????? Signing off!

pick of the week, I defer to Tim, who recom­ mends the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie and the Mocha (a two week pick!). For more info on the JazzGroup and a complete listing o f our upco m in g gigs, c h e ck out www.wpi.edu/~wpijazz!

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Hello to all my fellow brethren in song!!

Welcome to the year’s first Club Comer, and its chockful-o-info, so hang on, here we go.

The first and biggest event that will be coming up would be the concert here with RPI in a “Battle of the Tech Voices.” Is there really any competition? I thought not. But, let’s get as many people there as possible so that we can properly welcome “that other school.” Here are the main details— Feb. 22 in Alden Hall starting late afternoon. The ten­ tative time is 4:00, so keep at least and hour and a half open to make it. Come on over the Alden and show your support for W PI’s music Department.

And if you are feeling over ambitious in your quest to help the music at WPI, we are selling Music Association T-shirts to any­ one who might want them. They are cool tees with the MA logo as well as every, well most, musical group presently on cam pus. All money will go directly to the Music Associa­ tion to help put on more kicking concerts like the one on the 22nd!!! For information concern­ ing the concert, e-mail our president Jon Reynolds (gleeclub@wpi.edu) If you would like info concerning the tees, see any member of the Music Association (Glee Club, Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band, Alden Voices, etc) Well, take it easy everyone and have a good week. Note to the freshmen — got those #@%$# questionaires done? Pride and tra­ dition are at stake!!!

Hello to the instrumentally challenged!!!

It is good to be back, and now that January is outta the way, here comes SH M ’s annual concert-a-week-for-two-months stretch!! I know, try to m aintain your com posure.

Things are going very well though, and we are getting our name out more and more ev­ ery week. Heck, radio stations in Boston are playing our CD — how cool is that?!?! Just wait till they get ahold o f the next one...

Congratulations are in order for the new director of SHM for the 1998-99 school year.

Kudos to Michael D. Wheeler for his new position. You are going to be awesome, and we all look forward to next year.... ...but not until this year is finished. Don’t forget about our upcoming public concerts, like the second charity event at Holy Cross with the Clark Counterpoints and the Holy Cross 8-Track on the 27th of March. Also we can’t forget about A Cappella Fest 4!!! With 4 awesome guest groups coming, like the MIT Chorallaries, Wellesley Widows, Mt. Holyoke V-8s and the RPI Rusty Pipes, this is something that you will not want to m iss!!!

But, if you people out there are just dying to see SHM before then here is the concert you want. March 20th, 1998— SHM invades RPI for a huge acappella concert. If you would like to go, there are several people planning on driving up themselves to see us. Not hav­ ing a car does not prevent you from seeing one the best groups in New England!! Email shm@wpi.edu for more details concerning anything found in this comer. Take care all, and keep on singin’ those tunes...

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Another week, another gig... This past Sunday the Stage Band and Jazz Ensemble performed at the First Unitarian Church here in Worcester, in a som ewhat unorthodox worship service. In place of the tractional hymns sung during mass, the two ensembles entertained the congregation with jazz hymns and musical interludes. This makes two church services that the JazzGroup has ap­ peared at, and hopefully not our last. The swing factor makes for a very entertaining service. In our upcoming events list, this weekend we have two jazz clinics. The first is with legendary Cyrus Chestnut at Mechan­ ics Hall on Friday. Cyrus is a world class jazz pianist whom we have been lucky enough to have critique our Jazz Ensemble. On Sunday we have part two o f our clinic weekend, with Greg Abate coming to hear our Stage Band and Jazz Ensemble. Greg has a feature article in this week’s Newspeak in the Arts and En­ tertainment section.. Also, Greg is giving a free concert on Monday night. That means that all it costs is an hour and half o f your time to get out and hear one o f the nation’s top Alto Saxophonists play. The concert is at 8 o ’clock on Monday night and the clinic is at 5 on Sunday. Both of which are in the Great Hall in Alden as well as free and open to the public. And finally, for Tom’s Sahara

This coming Friday night, Feb. 13th, we are having a Valentine Video and Pasta Night at 5:30 PM until food runs out in the Religious Center. Anyone from the WPI Community is welcome to come to the meal, or video or both. Take your choice but feel free to come.

Our cooks do a very good job. Maureen Upton sees to that. This past weekend we started to sign up volunteers for our Appala­ chia in Worcester Project that was announced last week in Newspeak. If you wish to volun­ teer, send e-mail to our club president, Chris Welch, at matignon. By the way, the date for our Appalachia in Worcester Project is Tues­ day, March 10th.

This past Monday night, our Executive Board met and made up a list of events for Term D. After we line up the places for the events, etc, we will be publishing the events both in Newspeak and e-mail bulletins.

Remember Ash Wednesday this year is Wednesday, Feb. 25th and we will Masses in Alden on that day at 12:00 (noon) and 5:00 PM. As the Irish say “ ‘Tis enough for now “.

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Order of Omega Greek of the term

by Michael T. Willock Class o f *98 The Order o f Omega Greek H onor Soci­ ety is pleased to announce the B-term Greek o f the Term, M ichael Stark. M ike is a se­ nior civil engineering major and a member o f the Sigm a A lpha Epsilon Fraternity.

Mike has dem onstrated his ability to lead in multiple positions at SAE including mem­ bership educator, scholarship chairm an, community service and public relations. He represented Sigma Alpha Epsilon as a del­ egate to their national leadership school in Evanston, IL this past summer as well.

Albeit im pressive, it is not M ike’s in­ volvement with Sigma Alpha Epsilon that gains him the distinction o f Greek of the Term. It is his involvement on campus that sets Mike apart from the majority o f stu­ dents on campus. Mike has been a Resi­

dent Advisor for the past two and a half years. He is a m em ber of the WPI student tours staff and has a acute knowledge of WPI traditions and history. M ike Statk is also currently employed as a volunteer park ranger for the city o f Worcester. Mike con­ tinues to represent the Greeks on many task forces and com m ittees to help find answers to student life problems at WPI. M ike is most well known for his former of­ fice o f Student Government President. His successful term o f office culminated at the end o f this past B-term.

Once again the Order o f Omega would lik e to h o n o r M ic h a e l S ta rk fo r his com m ittm ent to im proving the quality o f student life at W PI, and name him Greek o f the Term B ’97. N om ination sheets are availaible for C -term G reek o f the Term aw ards in the Student A ctvities O ffice or through you chapter presidents.

Greek Announcements

by Ryan Fournier Class o f ‘00 In fraternity new s, Sigm a Phi Epsilon held their second annual Spaghetti din­ ner with A lpha G am m a D elta on T ues­ day, January 27, 1998. Sigm a Phi Epsilon hosted the dinner and set up their dining room, while the A lpha Gam m a Delta girls used the kitchen to prepare the meal. It was a great m eal and everyone had a good tim e. A lso , this p a st T uesday, Sigma Phi Epsilon had an Academic Semi­ nar w ith C harlie M orse. This sem inar was for their pledges. They are having an o th er sem in ar fo r so p h o m o re ’s and juniors on M onday February 9, 1998. The sem inar entails T im e M anagem ent and Study Habits. Sigm a Phi E psilon’s Presi­

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Cl u b C o r n e r Continued from page 12 about half of the magazine was laid out this week, with more to come soon! We talked to the press people this week and they like our (Jen’s) ideas about the mag. It looks like the magazine will be on the streets a week into DTerm. Email pathways if you want to be in­ volved at all in layout in some way. We are also taking submissions for next year’s maga­ zine. Submit early, often and a lot! Ben Nawrath sighting of the week: I saw Ben Nawrath in Freeman plaza with no coat on.

When he saw me, he threw a snowball at me very fast, but I was able to duck out of the way. Then I shouted his name. Have you ever wanted to contact a celebrity?

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences Unfortunately, neither the Secretary nor the Secretary-Elect were present at last week’s SMAS meeting, which meant that notes were taken by Wes, the much-abused Treasurer.

There were no reports of note from commit­ tees regarding the Faire. Anyone with sug­ gestions on membership card designs should get them to Jason. Wes informs that Amber, Treasurer-Elect, will be taking over the du­ ties while he attends to OCFC matters. Prof.

Parkinson, our Advisor, has suggested per­ haps attempting to line up guest speakers, and perhaps set up a trip to the MET. Dis­ cussion was had regarding the necessary service barter to obtain the services of Mar­ garet M cCandless, the bard who demon­ strated at the Court meeting two weeks pre-

S ta r Se a r c h vious, for the Faire. Sean Anderson will be hosting a boff-arrow making session either this Tuesday or Thursday. For more infor­ mation on this, you can contact him at elrik@ wpi.edu, o r through the officers at realms@wpi.edu.

SMAS mock combat practices are Mon­ days at 7:30PM, and Saturdays at 1:30PM (meet in the Wedge). SMAS club meetings are Tuesdays at 7:00PM in the Founders Study Room. For more information, you can contact the officers at realms@wpi.edu.

SGA Thanks to all o f the student support at the last SGA meeting pertaining to the new hous­ ing policies, the dates for housing lottery have been moved up. SGA worked with Resi­ dential Services to change the dates. The housing deposit is now due on February 18 and the lottery numbers will be distributed February 24. Thank you for you concern and attendance. The Masque production of Quilt will be this weekend February 12th, 13th, and 14th. This production will kick off WPI’s AIDS Awareness week. Show your support by attending a performance. Your old tests may be sent to the SGA office and put on reserve for student use. We arc currently updating the test files. Please help us help you by donating your old tests. SocComm and SGA are jointly posting an events calen­ dar. This will announce all campus activities for each day o f the term. Keep an eye out for it. The next SGA meeting will be held Tues­ day evening at 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Wedge.

All are welcome to attend!

ASHA: Condom Day February 14th Continued from page 1 to heat can break down the latex. 6. Do not pull the condom on too tightly. You need the “Jimmy Hat” to store sperm. 7. Body oil, ice cream , and w hipped cream can damage condoms so don’t use them as lubricants. 8.

If you feel the condom break, pull out imme­ diately and use another condom.

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STD, using a condom cuts the chance down greatly. Condoms don’t have to be a terrible thing to wear. Just think how much pleasure you will get out o f sex if you have a STD. If you compare that to wearing a condom, the condom feels like second skin.

To find out more about this subject, ASHA has a website at sunsite.unc.edu/ASHA/.

You can also visit Lifestyles website at www.lifestyles.com.

What’s up for the Aquarius

by Sumedha Ahuja Newspeak Staff Hi folks! Glad to see you back and read­ ing my column! To begin, at the present it is the sign of Aquarius. Here is a little pre­ diction from yours truly on what the future holds for Aquarius this month!

A long journey is in store for you this month. There w ill be a great am ount of struggle and toil but no results. This is par­ ticularly true for sportspersons, politicians, factory owners, hotel ow ners, restaurant owners, and generally any business holder.

Though this month is difficult for you, your spouse will tend to ease your tension. I see some spending on equipment and new “ gadgets” for your home, office (or in our case dorm). Students who are searching for government jo b s this month are likely to get them. This is definitely an excellent month for you regarding the career front.

However, watch out for infections, particu­ larly skin infections which you are vulner­ able to at this point. You would also wish to segregate yourself this month. This will be good for you, in order to gain more men­ tal stability in this extrem ely confusing month!

Alright, now here goes our first “Ask me” segment: Hi! / want to know what the romantic relationship o f a Sagittarius and a Sagit­ tarius is like. Would you please help me with this?

Signed Curious Saggitarians.

Dear Curious Saggitarians, So you a re in love w ith a n o th e r Saggitarian? O f course you are! You are drawn to his/her incredible intellect and knowledge. You realized that you were in love either in school, a religious retreat, or an exotic trip. The two o f you will embark on a lifetime of more study, a great amount of travel, and perhaps some fun athletics.

You are both fire signs, which means nei­ ther o f you will ever be short o f enthusi­ asm or ideas! However, watch out! Make sure to save for a rainy day! You are both

optim ists and don’t think you will need any extra cash or a fund. Either that or you are too busy to think about it. If you haven’t started a fun it is time to do so!

Best o f all, the two of you love talking with one another! You will always be there for another to philosophize, discuss social issues, and future affects o f this and that.

You both really tend to stim u late one another’s brain. However, som etim es you may wish you had someone a little less like yourself!! You both tend to approach love more with your head than your heart. Prac­ ticality is normal for you.

And here is the taboo topic! Passion is extrem ely high for both o f you! You truly enjoy your intimacy (which is extremely wild and lusty!). You both love being inti­ mate, even in the outdoors! But be careful my Sagittarius friend! You may get caught sometime!

I hope you enjoyed this w eek’s column!

Remember! If you have any questions re­ garding your sun sign or someone else’s, d o n ’t h e sita te to e -m a il m e! sahuja@wpi.edu Farewell, until next week!

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