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Volume Twenty-six, Number six
Tuesday, February 17, 1998
A pageant...at WPI? Students compete for Mr. WPI by Justin D. Greenough News Editor Last Tuesday, the third annual Mr. WPI Pageant was held in Riley Comm ons and what a sight it was. Eight buff WPI men were present to “strut their s tu ff’ on the runway, competing in wild events such as Formalwear, Question & Answer, Talent and the most popular among the women, Best Legs. T he e v e n t is sp o n so red each year by the Society o f Women En gineers, a non-profit educational organization on campus in effort to bring the cam pus together as a c o m m u n ity , S W E P re sid e n t Rosanna Catricala informed News peak. W hat’s even more, the event functions as a service to the com munity. “ Votes” for pageant nomi nees are taken in the form o f quar ters, where a nominee must accu mulate six dollars in order to par ticipate in the pageant. That money, and any other funds generated by admission to the show are all do
nated to a local charity. “This is the th ird annual Mr. W PI, and it has gotten better each year. Last year was more organized than the first, and this year was even better than last year,” com m ented Jessica Hopey, SW E Trea surer in a pre-show interview. The show itself held an informal atm o sp h ere and drew a diverse crowd from across campus. MC for the evening, Jeevan Ramapriya led th e cro w d th ro u g h the n ig h t’s events with his good-natured, hu m orous spirit and a whole lot of W PI pride. During a brief intermis sion he com m ented on this year’s event saying, “There are eight guys, all diverse and talented in the show and this is a tough crowd. T his’ll be a tough com petition.” Perhaps the m ost entertaining part o f the evening came when each contestant proceeded to show his talent. Acts ranged from a har m onious three m em ber a ’capella act, to a g u itar solo. H ighlight
Cheating in math at WPI by Leann Davis Class o f ‘01 It’s the end o f the term and your exam s are com ing up. You a re d o in g fine in all o f yo u r classes except Calc IV. You know you have a chance o f failing if you do badly on this last exam. You cram as m uch as you can but you are not sure if that will cut it. T he day o f reckoning fi nally com es. You receive the test and say “ Oh m y god, I d o n ’t know any o f this” . You have two choices, one cheat and pass the course, or two fail the test and the course w ithout cheating. The academ ic H onesty com m ittee found that it had m ore re ports for cheating from the Math Departm ent than from any other. W hy d o people cheat in math m o re o f te n th a n an y o th e r course? I asked a few students here th is q u estio n , w hich will rem ain anonym ous. One student said “ I d o n 't see any point in m em orizing equations when in real life I will alw ay s have a manual in front o f m e” . I asked Professor Joseph D Petruccelli if he thought this to be true and he said, “ A blanket statem ent like th at can be both true and false and anyw here in betw een. In general, I’m not a big fan o f
m em orizing eq u ations. H ow ever, there are som e form ulas you ju st have to know. Typi cally, these are form ulas so b a sic to the d iscipline that know in g them is in d istin g u ish a b le from know ing the concept they sta n d fo r.” A n o th e r stu d e n t su g g e s te d th a t k n o w in g the equ atio n s does not prove you know the c o n c e p ts and v ise versa. “If you have the calcu la tions in front o f you, you still hav e to know how to use it. E quations should be giving to you, that way they test how well you know how to use them and not if you rem em ber them .” A n o th e r s tu d e n t at W PI s ta te d a n o th e r re a s o n w hy people cheat m ore often in math, “ M ath is the h a rd e st su b je c t here at W P I.” A re the m ath teachers being too hard on stu d e n ts ? P ro fessor Jo se p h F ahribach replied to this. “That is strictly an individual th in g .” T here are students here w ho do very well in math. T his proves that the m a th c o u rse s h e re are accom plishable. Scan L evatino, a student here s ta te d a n o th e r re a s o n w hy people cheat m ore often in math at W PI. “T he reason why it See Math, continued to page2
acts fo r th e e v e n in g w ere Kevin Delaney’s rendition o f “I’m too Sexy,” where he p ro c e e d e d to p a n to m im e u n dressing taking a full show er for the audience (com plete with show er-cap and deodor ant). An additional chuckle for the evening was provided by E ric C lin to n , w ho c a p tured the audience with his full-dress K ilt costum e and a S c o ttis h - lik e tu n e th a t s o u n d e d r e m a r k a b ly lik e Amazing Grace. “I know what you guys are thinking,” Clinton was quoted as saying on stage, “ .. .and no, th e r e ’s n o th in g on u n d e r neath.” NEW SPEAK STA FF P H O T O / JU S T IN D. G R EEN O U G H The evening wound down Chris Neumaier is crowned Mr. WPI to it’s final moments as SWE President R osanna C atricala O th e r c o n te s ta n ts fo r the announced the winners. Out o f the evening included John Casil, Jason nine o rig in a l co n te sta n ts, only Skonieczny, Jurg Zw ahlen, Eric th ree: C h ris N e u m a ie r, John Reynolds and Kevin Delaney, were Clinton, and Mike Wheeler. Female escorts for the evening were: Jes chosen for first place, first runnerup and second runner-up respec sica Hopey, Angela Ruel, Amber Fuchs. tively. This year’s Mr. WPI, Chris Jud g es for th e even in g w ere Neumaier said o f his victory, members o f various campus orga “I guess I’m both flattered and nizations including: AGD - Liz excited. The competition itself was A m aral, R eb ecca H offm an and a lot o f fun and I’m glad I had the Amanda Egan. SW E -Nicole Roy chance to compete with everyone and S te p h a n ie M cG rath . else there. I though the evening was a great time for everyone - Panhellenic Council -Sarah Snow and Julie Rasku. PhiSig- Melanie both the contestants and the crowd. Chabot, Lauren G oodfellow and Congratulations to SWE for a job Megan Sullivan. well done.”
Behind the scenes in NYC by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor L a st T h u rs d a y , S o c C o m ’s M SEC sponsored a trip to New York C ity to w atch a taping of “ L a te Show w ith D av id L e tte rm a n ” . A p p ro x im ately 45 WPI stu d en ts attended the tap ing. T he tickets to the taping were g iv e n a w a y at s h o w in g s o f “ G a tta c a ” last Sunday, on the S o c C o m m ra d io s h o w s , and throw n o ff onto the quad. The lucky w inners took a bus to New York to see the taping. B efo re the show , the stu d e n ts were free to roam about the area. Students saw fam ous sites such as Tim es Square, Radio C ity M u sic H all, Broadw ay, and the Em pire State Building. At the taping, the studio audi en ce w as g iven a b e h in d -th e sc en e s look at the Late Show. (Yes, they really do have those
"applause” signs.) The audience got to see D ave Letterm an, Paul S h a ffe r, th e c re w , and g u e sts (Adam S andler and Jack Hanna) up close. W hen the cam eras were o ff, s tu d e n ts c a u g h t b r ie f glimpses o f them acting like regu lar people. D uring “com m ercial breaks” , the C B S orchestra enter ta in e d th e g ro u p w hile s ta g e hands prepared for the next se quence. T he o rc h e stra gave an excellent perform ance, which is only heard in entirety by the stu dio audience. The stage and set were also im pressive — the model o f New York behind D ave’s desk is very intricate and detailed. One o f the biggest surprises was the size o f the set. The Ed Sullivan Theater is m ore com pact than it appears on television. Overall, the trip was entertaining, and a great way to spend the day off. A special thanks goes out to MSEC for sponsoring the trip.
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Volume Twenty-six, Number six
Tuesday, February 17, 1998
A pageant...at WPI? Students compete for Mr. WPI by Justin I). Greenough News Editor Last Tuesday, the third annual Mr. WPI Pageant was held in Riley Commons and what a sight it was. Eight buff WPI men were present to “strut their s t u f f on the runway, competing in wild events such as Formalwear, Question & Answer, Talent and the most popular among the women. Best Legs. The event is sponso red each year by the Society o f Women En gineers, a non-profit educational organization on campus in effort to bring the cam pus together as a c o m m u n ity , SW E P re sid e n t RosannaCatricala informed News peak. W hat’s even more, the event functions as a service to the com munity. “Votes" for pageant nomi nees arc taken in the form ol quar ters. where a nominee must accu mulate six dollars in order to par ticipate in the pageant. That money, and any other funds generated by admission to the show are all do
nated to a local charity. “This is the third an n u al Mr. WPI, and it has gotten better each year. Last year was more organized than the first, and this year was even belter than last year,” com mented Jessica Hopey, SW E Trea surer in a pre-show interview. The show itself held an informal atm osphere and drew a diverse crowd from across campus. MC for the evening, Jeevan Ramapriya led the cro w d th rough the n ig h t’s events with his good-natured, hu morous spirit and a w hole lot of WPI pride. During a brief intermis sion he commented on this year's event saying. “There are eight guys, all diverse and talented in the show and this is a tough crowd. This' 11 be a tough com petition.” Perhaps the most entertaining part of the evening came w hen each contestant proceeded to show his talent. Acts ranged from a har m onious three m em ber a'cap ella act, to a guitar solo. Highlight
Cheating in math at WPI by Leann Davis Class o f ‘01 It’s the end o f the term and your exam s are com ing up. You are doing fine in all o f y o u r classes except Calc IV. You know you have a chance o f failing if you do badly on this last exam . You cram as much as you can but you are not sure if that will cut it. The day o f reckoning fi nally comes. You receive the test and say "O h my god. I d o n 't know any o f this” . You have two choices, one cheat and pass the course, or two fail the test and the course without cheating. The academ ic Honesty co m mittee found that it hail more re ports for cheating from ihe Math Department than from any other. W hy do people cheat in m ath m o re o fte n th an an y o th e r course? I asked a few students here this q u estio n , which will remain anonym ous. One student said “ I d o n 't see any point in mem orizing equations when in real life I will alw ays have a manual in Iro n to fm e ” . I asked Professor Joseph D Petruccelli if he thought this to be true and he said. “ A blanket talem ent like that can be both true and false and anyw here in betw een. In general. I’m not a big fan o f
m em orizing equations. How ever, there arc some form ulas you just have to know. Typi cally. these are form ulas so ba sic to the discipline that know ing them is in d istin g u ish ab le from knowing the concept they stan d fo r.” A n o th er stu d en t s u g g e s te d that k n o w in g the eq uations does not prove you know the c o n c e p ts and vise versa. “ If you have ihe calcu la tions in front o f you. you still have to know how to use it. Equations should be giving to, you. that way they test how well you know how to use them anil not if you rem em ber them ." A n o th e r s tu d e n t at W PI s la te d a n o th e r re a s o n why people cheat more often in math. “ M ath is the h ard est subject here at W P I.” Are the math teachers being too hard on stu d e n ts? P ro fesso r Joseph Fahribach replied to this. “That is strictly: an individual thing.” T here are students here who do very well in math. This proves that the m ath c o u rse s h e re are accom plishable. Sean Levatino, a student here, s ta le d a n o th e r re a s o n why people cheat more often in math ai W PI. “T he reason why it See Moth, coin intied to poge2i
ac ts for the e v e n in g w ere Kevin Delaney's rendition of “ I'm too Sexy,” where he pro c e e d e d to p a n to m im e u n dressing taking a lull show er for the audience (com plete with show er-cap and deodor ant). An additional chuckle for the evening was provided by E ric C lin to n , who c a p tured the audience with his full-dress Kilt costum e and a S c o ttis h - lik e tu n e th at s o u n d e d r e m a rk a b ly lik e Amazing Grace. “I know w hat you guys are thinking.” Clinton was quoted as say ing on stage, “ ...and no. th e r e ’s n o th in g on u n d e r neath.” N K W SPFA k STAFF P H O T O /J l S I IN D. ( .K F F N O K .H The evening wound down Chris Neumaier is crowned Mr. WPI to it's final moments as SWE President Rosanna Catricala O ther c o n te s ta n ts for the announced the w inners. Out o f the evening included John Casil. Jason nine o rig in al c o n te sta n ts, only Skonieczny. Jurg Zw ahlen, Eric th re e : C h ris N e u m aie r. John Clinton, anil Mike Wheeler. Female Reynolds and Kevin Delaney, were escorts for the evening were: Jes chosen for first place, first runnersica Hopey, Angela Ruel. Amber up and second runner-up respec Fuchs. tively. This year's Mr. WPI, Chris Judges fo r the ev e n in g w ere Neumaier said o f his victory, members ol’ various cam pus orga "I guess I'm both Haltered and nizations including: AGD - Liz. excited. The competition itself was A m aral. R ebecca H offm an and a lot o f fun and I'm glad 1 had the Amanda Egan. SWE -Nicole Roy chance to compete with everyone and S te p h a n ie M cG rath . else there. I though the evening Panhellenic Council -Sarah Snow was a great tim e for everyone and Julie Rasku. PhiSig- Melanie both the contestants and the crowd. Chabol, Lauren G oodfellow and Congratulations to SWE for a job Megan Sullivan. well done."
Behind the scenes in NYC by Sarah Walkowiak Associate Editor L a st T h u rs d a y , S o c C o m ’s M SEC sponsored a trip to New York City to w atch a taping o f " L a te Show w ith D av id L e tterm an ''. A p p ro x im ately 45 WPI students attended the tap ing. The tickets to the taping were g iv e n aw ay at s h o w in g s o f " G a tta c a " last S unday, on the S o c C o m m r a d io sh o w s , and thrown o ff onto the quad. The lucky w inners look a bus to New York to see the taping. B efore the show , the stu d en ts were free to roam about the area. Students saw fam ous sites such as Tim es Square, Radio City Mu sic Hall, Broadway, and the Em pire State Building. At the taping, Ihe studio audi en c e w as g iven a b e h in d -th e scen es look al the Late Show. (Yes. they really do have those
“applause” signs.) The audience got to see Dave Letterm an. Paul S haffer, th e crew , and g u e sts (Adam Sandler and Jack Hanna) up close. W hen the cam eras were o ff. s tu d e n ts c a u g h t b rie f glimpses o f them acting like regu lar people. During "com m ercial breaks", the CBS orchestra enter tained the g ro u p w h ile s ta g e hands prepared for the next se quence. T h e o rch e stra gave an excellent perform ance, which is only heard in entirety by the stu dio audience. The stage and sei were also im pressive — the model of New York behind D ave's desk is very intricate and detailed. One o f the biggest surprises was the size of the set. The Ed Sullivan Theater is m ore com pact than it appears on television. Overall, the trip was entertaining, and a great way to spend the day oil. A special thanks goes out to MSEC lor sponsoring the trip.
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Tina Casanassina, 1998 UMOC by Justin D. Greenough News Editor T he Ugly M an on C am pus (U M O C ) event is an annual fundraiser by Alpha Phi Omega. Cash voting which was held F eb ruary 5th through 11th raised about $800 which will be donated to a charity o f the w inner’s choice. Reports from APO state that the week held a close race for first be tween Chris (Froot) and Tina, representa tives o f SAE and AGD respectively. W hen the voting closed at 3:30, Tina was declared winner. O ther contestants included Tim Adams of SGA, Rudy Othmer o f CBF, Alex R e id o f th e W PI G lee C lu b , K ev in Luchanski and Jeff Miller, both o f ATO, M att Endres o f SAE and Riley 4 and Chris Wolfertz. AGD has still yet to decide the charity.
In fraternity news, Z eta Psi has been doing com m unity service lately. T hey are involved in the Belm ont Elem entary School Project. They have ten brothers w orking as Tech Buddies. This com ing week Zeta Psi will be having them over for a dinner. They had six brothers work at the K id ’s Fair at the W orcester C e n trum this past Sunday. It was a good tim e with lots o f free food and prizes. A lso, each 1st and 5th Sunday o f each m onth Z e ta Psi b rothers work at the M ustard Seed soup kitchen serving food and cleaning up. Good work Zeta P s i! In other news, early in the morning of January 23,1998 a brick honoring the late Harry C. Thom pson was stolen from the quad. Harry TTiompson was the house advisor o f Alpha Tau Omega from the mid1960s until his death on November 20, 1991. Harry was not only affiliated with ATO, but also with WPI. He was a dear
Leadership Week has come to a close, but its m essage still stands: Becom e a leader. Sponsored by SHPE and LEAP, Leadership Week provided many with eve nings o f informative sessions on the many different aspects of leadership. Two of the sessions, Leadership Issues for W omen and Effective Communication made inter esting points.
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Tina Casanassina, member of AGD, recently won UMOC which donates money to a chosen charity.
friend o f Father Scanlon and a member o f Skull. He served as the bookstore m an ager in addition to running the food ser vice and the Boynton printing service. Harry lives on in the m em ories o f the ATO brothers and as a sign o f respect, the broth ers and pledges o f ATO keep his brick free from snow and ice throughout the winter months. It is unfortunate that someone went out o f his or her way to dishonor a man who in no way provoked nor deserved such disrespect. W ho took the brick is purely conjecture at this point; the broth ers o f ATO ju st w ant it returned safely. T h at b ric k is v e ry im p o rta n t to th e pledges, brothers, and alum ni o f ATO. They ask that the brick be anonym ously returned to its original location on the quad or placed on the porch of ATO at 10 Regent Street. Finally, as Secretary o f the IFC I will be w orking on a survey that will be passed out to all o f the C hapters to get a sense o f how you feel about the IFC and you can check out the new IFC web page at http ://w w w .w p i.ed u /-ifc/.
Math: Cheating a big problem Continued from page 1 seem s that people cheat in math is be cause o f the am ount o f people forced to take m ath.” You have m any people m a jo rin g in m any different things, m ost of which require lots of m ath. If you take the am ount o f cheaters from every m ajor and added them up, it should com e close to the num ber o f cheaters in math. Well fortunately, according to P ro fes sor Joseph Fehribach, there are not that m any cheaters that he know s of. I asked him why did he think there was a lot o f cheating and he said, “ It has to do with the r e la tio n s h ip o f th e s tu d e n ts and teachers and also the num ber of student in a c la ss.” In his experience w hen he has had a small class there was a rela tively sm all am ount o f cheating. W hen he has had a big class o f 70 or m ore stu d en ts then nu m ber o f ch eaters gro w s higher than w ould be expected. T h is is b e c a u se o f th e d ista n c e b etw e e n the teach er and the stud en t. A lso, in his le a rn in g e x p e rie n c e s w hen he had a
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teacher w ho was respected and liked, re gardless how hard the course was, people would not cheat. When the respect of the teacher was lost the cheating rate had risen. C heating is a sensitive subject. Som e tim es you ju st c a n ’t understand why the teacher is m aking you do this, but you know it is wrong to cheat. The only ad vice I have is to do what is right for you and if it is cheating, hope to god you d o n ’t get caught.
Women today face many tasks in the workplace. Not only do they have to deal with the traditional discrim ination, but the have to work harder for usually less money than men do. Recently during Leadership week there was a panel o f women path breakers, including V P ’s, only females in their firm, and m anagers. They each have had many o f the sam e and many different experiences being wom en in fields dom i nated by men, but they basically all had the same advice: O ne should be o ne’s own person, should w ork hard, communicate, and earn own respect. Many o f the hurdles women have had to cross include everything from bosses’ fear that once a woman has a child she will no longer be o f any use to the com pany to the traditional beliefs that women cannot work as hard as men. T he five women making up the panel had all faced these “glass ceil ings” and conquered them. They did this by working harder than other males in the same positions, and not only proving to their superiors that they were suited for the job, but proving to them selves that they could do it.
T hursday, three representatives from Texas Instrum ents cam e and spoke about effectiv e com m unication. They started th e se ssio n by s h o w in g a c lip fro m D ances with W olves, which helped the observers to understand how im portant com m unication is. T hey broke the topic o f com m unication into three parts and proceeded to explain the three parts o f com m unication: getting information, pro cessing the inform ation, and giving back inform ation. They described how im por tant each part was and how they all com bine to reach a final outcom e. They ended the session by having two members of the audience do an exercise. One played the part o f a manager and the other a person he had ju s t hired. The m an ger and the new em ployee had to put a puzzle o f the United States together with out know ing what pieces the other one had.. The two audience members were re luctant at first, but as tim e grew to a close they became more com fortable with ask ing the other questions. This exercise fur ther explained the need for communication in the workplace. Overall the three repre sentatives gave the audience a good un derstanding o f the importance of com m u nication and how they can better their com munication skills. When men or wom en enter leadership roles, they need to keep in mind the many important aspects o f their positions. Most o f all they to be able to communicate to others that they are able to perform the tasks set in front of them . With the advise given at the conferences, those who at tended will be able to make their way in leadership roles.
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ran o f an 11-1 run to put the game away with four minutes remaining. The final score would be 73-59. Ryan Fournier (Charlton C ity , M ass.) and G re g g B u rn ett (Phillipston, M ass.) both reached double figures with 15 points and 13 points re spectively. Last Thursday the top team in the North east cam e to town as Springfield College invaded Harrington. WPI m anaged to stay with the #8 team in Division III for 27 min utes as they trailed 58-52 before the visit ing Pride went on a 17-5 run to break the game open. Both teams shot 50% for the game from the field including both teams hitting over 40% from behind the arc as well. Bielik had 19 points and Fournier had 15 points and a game high 13 rebounds.
The women were at Wellesley College on the 7th looking for their first confer ence win o f the season. The hosts took a 27-15 lead into halftime enroute to the 5949 win. Kate Burgess (Newport, Maine) led all scorers with 23 points. She also had a team high 8 rebounds. Lynn M ichalenka (Lincoln, R.I.) was the only other player in double figures with 12 points. Last Tuesday the Engineers took to the road again to play Smith. Another slow start for WPI as they fell behind at the half 4522 and ended up losing 78-60 with a strong second half where they shot 51 % from the field. Burgess led WPI again with 16 points including hitting 4 of 6 from behind the arc. M ic h a le n k a added 12 points and D ia n n a C a rls o n chipped in with 11 points and a team high 5 rebounds. Last Thursday the E n g in e e rs h o ste d former conference ri val Brandeis to Har rington Auditorium. The visiting Judges took a seven point first half lead and ex p a n d e d it to 11 p o in ts at th e 16 minute mark with an 11-7 spurt to open th e se c o n d h alf. WPI got as close as nine points at the 10 minute mark before th e v is ito rs took contro l en ro u te to the 71-55 win. B ra n d e is , w ho shot 49% from the field for the game, held the Engineers sc o re le ss fo r five minutes as they in creased their lead to 16 points with five NEW SPEAK STA FF P H O T O / ADAM YOUNG m inutes rem aining. Matt Bielik goes up for a basket in the game against Springfield on T h e J u d g e s a lso Thursday. o u tre b o u n d e d the Engineers 52-34. Men’s/Women’s Swimming M ichalenka and Carlson each had 16 The men’s and women’s swim teams are points for W PI in the loss. Carlson also com ing to the end o f their seasons as they had a game high 11 rebounds. prepare for the New England Champion ships. The women competed in, and fin Men’s Basketball (5-13) is h e d e ig h th , in th e ir N ew E n g lan d On Saturday the 7th WPI hosted crossW omen’s Eight Conference meet on the 6th city and conference rival C lark in hopes of and 7th. The members o f the team that avenging their loss to the C ougars two competed well for WPI were, senior co-capweeks ago at their gym. The Engineers tains Patty Linden (Highland, Ind.) and battled well but were behind 42-26 at halfC o n n ie P a p p a g ia n o p o u lo s (P eab o d y , time. Clark hit a three point basket to end M ass.); Jen Wright (Keene, N.H.); Tina the half for the 16 point lead. WPI came Casamassina (Dingmans Ferry, Pa.); Becky out o f the lockerroom fired up as they be T h ib e a u lt (A sh la n d , N .H .); D iane gan to cut into the Cougar lead. Matt Bielik Kavanagh (Warwick, R.I.); Hilary Seling (Webster, M ass.) who led all players with (Tacoma, Wash.); 25 points and 11 rebounds led the charge The men were on the road at Brandeis early. The Engineers got is as close as 55last M onday. H aving to overcom e 26 51 with 9:25 left in the game before Clark
points due to no divers, the Engineers won 128-103 to raise their record to 3-6. Senior cap tain Jam ie M urdock (W oodinville, Wash.) was a triple winner as he won the 1,000-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke and the 500-yard freestyle. The 200 back and the 500 free he swam back-to-back. Adam Terio (Reston, Va.) won the 200-yard butterfly and John Lambie (Conroe, Texas) won the 200-yard freestyle. Terio was one leg o f the 400-yard medley relay foursome that took first place to open the meet. The other three legs w ere, Jason Walonoski (Winsted, Conn.), R.K. Marsland (S. Attle b o ro , M a ss.) and S te v e S a co v itc h (Worcester, Mass.)
Wrestling (8-9, final dual meet record) The wrestling team finished their dual meet season in fine fashion by defeating Wesleyan 20-14 and Roger Williams 22-20. They now will prepare and practice for their New England Tournament with the hopes o f making some noise. In the W e sle y an m eet R ob P olin (Randolph, Mass.) got things started at 118 lbs. with a pin. Aaron Becker (Coventry, R.I.) and Nate Fiore (Cohasset, Mass.) fol lowed up with wins at 126 lbs. and 134 lbs. W PI’s only other winner in the meet was at 177 lbs. as Lance Baden (Fram ingham , M ass.) pinned his opponent for the win. Last Tuesday WPI was on the road at Roger Williams to face another team ranked above them in New England. In a tight meet where it came down to the last two weight classes, the Engineers were able to pull out the win. The 1-2 punch of Polin and Baden got WPI a 10-0 lead after the
first two matches. At 134 lbs. Fiore battled well but was caught in the last 20 seconds to be defeated by the #1 ranked wrestler in New England. M att M cCarthy (M alden, Mass.) returned to action after being side lined with a shoulder injury to win at 158 lbs. Baden came through with another pin to put WPI in the lead 19-17. Daryl Retzke (Wheaton, II.) won a decision at 190 lbs. to give the Engineers a five point lead enter ing the heavyweight class. Even though William Welsh (Jamesport, N.Y.) would lose his match, he did not lose enough points for Roger Williams to win.
Men’s Indoor TVack The m en’s indoor track team w as at Bates on the 7th as they had one more tune up meet before preparing for the New En gland Championships on the 21st o f this m onth at B o w d o in . M ik e P o c k o sk i (Dayville, Conn.), who has qualified in the 35 lbs. w eight throw and the shot put, picked up another win in the weight while finishing 4th in the shot put. Jason Katz (Merrimack, N.H.), who will also be at the New Englands, took 2nd in the high jum p. Dave Hawes (Seal Harbor, Maine) was 2nd in the 55-meter dash and 3rd in the 200meter dash. James Hammond (Durham, Conn.) had a personal best in the shot put o f 41 ’— 3-3/4” . Keith Levesque (Nashua, N.H.) ran a personal best 1:26.78 in taking 3rd in the 600-m eter run. Levesque and Hawes will also be at the New Englands as members of the 4x400 relay team. The other tw o legs w ill be run by Dan N ashold (Rocky Hill, Conn.) and Brian Hagglund (Uncasville, Conn.).
Clu b Sp o r t s Co r n e r Alpine Ski Team Last w eekend the Ski Team was at the home m ountain and dom inated. Friday they had a lovely GS race. The boys pulled in a third, w ith Kevin Beverage the leading man at 4th. Joe Scherpa and C hris Tutlis follow ed up. T he rest of the m en skied above average, like normal. The wom en had a respectable day and cam e in eighth. T hings w ere going well. Then they had Saturday. It was a Slalom race and the Ski Team rocked. The men ^
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Fire and ice...Take your pick by Alison Keach Features Editor A s m any o f you know W inter C arnival is right around the corner and I’m sure that you are a little confused about this W PI tradition. It started about 60 years ago as part o f the Freshm an/Sophom ore rivalry and was know n as, the Tech C a r nival. T here w ould be a night o f skits perform ed by the Sophom ore and F resh man classes that were judged by a select team o f judges. W hile the judges were m aking their decision the school faculty w ould perform their ow n skit. To m ake the ev en in g even fu n n ier the C am pus C op, N ils H agburg, w ould MC the event and to keep the audience entertained he w ould tell jo k es betw een each skit. This event w as a great way for the freshm an stu d e n ts to m eet the sophom ore class along w ith the faculty. It also was the kick off for all the other Freshm an/Sopho m ore rivalry events. In the rebel years o f the 1960s the stu dents o f W PI becam e a little more row dy and this was reflected in their skits. The event w as stopped because the skit to p ics w ere considered greatly distasteful, and the event becam e a rather u npleas ant affair. T his year m arks the fourth year o f the Tech C arnival revival. In 1995 the event w as brought back as a way to break the C -term blues and to bring the W PI co m
m unity together. The name w as changed to the W inter C arnival and new events w ere conceived. Events that have been W in te r C a rn iv a l tra d e m a rk s are the K londike Bar H unt, the Hot Pepper E at ing C ontest, and Broom Ball. This year the Carnival will add som e new and ex citing events to the lineup, including a hot tub on the Q uad, an ice sculpture contest, tw o concerts, and a movie. The bands that will be playing are up-beat acts that will be sure to bring your spir its up. And speaking o f spirits, on F ri day there will be a bar at the O range C rush show available to those over 21. The theme o f W inter C arnival ’98 is Fire and Ice, referring to there being both hot and cold events. So w hether you are a snow bunny or a beach bunny your will find plenty o f things to make this w eekend the best o f C -term .
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Today’s lesson is as such: A remix is only as good as the sum of its parts. by Brian Whitman Newspeak Staff Or is it? Could it be better? We know by now that it easily can be worse. For example, the Art of Noise Drum and Bass Collection ruins the Art O f Noise’s original slaphappy intent with some poor ambient pre-angry drum and bass fills. But now electronica is forging its own ground, and one would think now that samplers are being sold at Wal-Mart next to the guns and fishing tackle, that we’d see some innovation in the remix, that per haps these new electronic artists are geniuses in their own right, much leaner and meaner and more in tune than those bloated original artists they mean to enhance. Many argue
(and boy, will I avoid this debate) that work ing a sam pler or turntable or Steinberg’s ReCycle! or ReBirth! is as easy as playing Frogger on the Atari 2600, so that the techni cal skills needed to, for example, play guitar or piano, just aren’t needed. So what’s left, if I can’t go to Union Music and take lessons in “Filter Theory” and “SCSI: Your best friend and worst enemy”? Aaah, innovation. Pure unadulterated innovation. You see, while Joe Guitarist tries to hack away at “Stairway to Heaven” or “Chalkdust Torture”, Sydney Sampler is already plugging away right out o f the box, making sound collages out of Jerry Springer episodes and Pop Rocks fizzling in toilets. So: disc 1: Bubblehouse Remixes by the
Dadawa: Voices from the Sky by Jennifer Cooper Newspeak Staff Dadawa is a rich Chinese mythological compact disc. It is a collection o f songs from Lhasa, the home of a Tibetan race. The entire mood of the CD is along the lines o f Enya and other meditative, smooth music. The interesting aspect of Dadawa is that it sincerely sounds like a duet with nature. The singers’ voices are melodic and full. In Melodious Goddess an unusual drumbeat is used that helps to make the song seem more ethnic. A chorus of sing
ers is used in the Ballad of Lhasa who have a unique echo quality which matches the mysteriousness o f the song’s setting. My favorite track was The Believer, which was much more mythical and full - truly a good song. Everything from the thrill of the hunt to m ourning to dogs barking and thunder clapping is on this cd. You don’t have to know Chinese in order to understand the mood and story of the song. Voices from the Sky is their second CD and for those who love to explore different cultures is a mem orable and pleasurable CD to check out.
We Collective (DJ Olive, Loop and Once 11). The many-web-paged Medeski Martin & Wood released a smash funk organ trio al bum called Shack-Man last year or so, and it caused a sensation in everyone from jazz heads to hippie-types to, yes, the techno crowd. ‘Bubblehouse’ the song is a tempo piece: the song starts with a slow groove, builds up speed quick to a climax, and then falls back down again. Simple. The remix crew We then comes in and makes it downright scary. The ‘BBQ M ix’ of said song takes the main melody and time shifts it, echoes it but leaves the bass track walking. Sometimes a spurt of sped up groove will come in. The drum track is also phenomenal, taking bits of Martin’s (drummer for M M&W ) lines and making them ten times funkier. Also on this disc is a remix o f the already atmospheric “Dracula” with free-jazz-honcho John Zorn blowing scream sax. Disc 2: Autumn Sweater remixes by Bundy Brown et. al, Kevin Shields, and mu-Ziq. The original, on the required for living album I Can H ear the H eart Beating as One by Hoboken natives Yo La Tengo, is a slow paced organ pitched groove. There’s vocals on the original: “So I tried my best to hide in
a crowded room / it’s nearly possible...” The Bundy Brown mix uses the original drum beat and maybe an organ sample from the begin ning but little else. It makes a great song on its own. The mu-Ziq mix, though, is phenom enal. Full of analog flange and overdriven beats. Most o f these beats sound like they are trying to fit their way out of a steel box and are losing. Disc 3: Aphex Twin: Come To Daddy. Okay, here’s something: can someone remix their own songs? Are they still a subset o f the original song? Is this just an Aphex Twin album or a ‘mini-album’? There are many other questions about Mr. Twin (actually Richard D. James) that I’d love to ask, but I don’t think he’d answer. “Come to Daddy” (the original song?) opens the disc and is a loud angry distorted piece with the lyrics: “I want your soul, I will eat your soul.” Nice, but that’s easily the throwaway track. It gets much bet ter. The tune ‘Funny Little Man’ appears to have random bassline over some hilarious analog squwaks. ‘Bucephalus Bouncing Ball’ centers on a metal object bouncing on a hard surface (probably com puter gener ated. ..), one in each ear, out of phase... Yikes.
Shear Madness is sheer hilarity by Kimberly Farrell Class o f *98 While interactive is usually a term left to cd-rom games in most of our lives, this thriller-m urder-m ystery definitely makes the m ost o f the word. This fast-paced mystery/comedy/laugh-a-minute joyride is “Shear M adness” , the longest running play in the world according to the Guiness Book o f World Records. 18 years in Bos ton and still going? T hat’s older than even some of the freshman at this school! How do they keep the magic alive, you might wonder. The premise o f the play is a modern-day h a ird re s s in g s a lo n /b a rb e r sh o p on Newbury Ave in Boston. There is a flam boyant h aird resser, his w ise-crack in g bubble-gum snapping cohort, a tough Bos ton cop, and meek detective, a shady an tiques dealer, an uppity society lady, and the eccentric reclusive concert pianist that lives upstairs. The comings and goings of the actors on stage is mind-boggling when, suddenly, the eccentric pianist is found murdered! The interaction begins here. The audience questions, badgers, and oth erwise directs the actors in a recreation of the scene in order to determine who the killer was. The ending is different each time! Depending upon who the audience chooses as the killer, the actors end the show in different ways. O f all the antics on stage, nothing com pares to the improvisation o f the actors. Nothing is better than watching an actor get so caught up in his own improv that he
has to take a minute to compose himself because h e ’s laughing to hard at his own jokes. The audience doesn’t mind a bit since they can’t stop laughing either. The jokes are not for the timid. In trying to de scribe alternatives to m urder weapons, Tony the hairdresser mentions that it might be easier to take her on a skiing trip, a la Michael Kennedy. The actors are all Bos ton natives, lending an air of credibility to their accents and their in jokes. References to James Sokolov and “a little bit o f Persia in the Heart of Newton Lower Falls” are not lost to us Bostonians. My guest, al th o u gh he w as from out o f tow n and needed some jokes explained, laughed just as hard as I did at jokes poking fun at Zsa Zsa G abor or the latest White House scan dals. Need a laugh since school is eating you up? Want to hear how real Bostonians talk? Want to be remembering this for months and have a part in the plot? “Shear Mad ness” is the way to go. If you want a little bit o f your own hometown humor, the show is also currently playing in Chicago, Wash ington D.C., Budapest, Montevideo (Uru guay), Bologna, Naples, Milan, and Rome (Italy), Lisbon (Portugal), San Francisco, Reykjavik (Iceland), Johannesburg (South Africa), London (England), and Mexico City (M exico). If you d on’t want to stray that far, “ Shear M adness” is playing in Boston at the Charles Playhouse, Stage II, down stairs from the Blue Man G roup at 74 Warrenton Street. The show runs at 8pm nightly and 3pm and 7:30pm on Sundays. Call 617-451-0195 for ticket information.
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Shear Madness, a play which has been performed for eighteen years in Boston, is a hilarious murder mystery. Above pictured top to bottom are some of the cast: Paul Dunn, Alice Duffy, Kathy St. George, Patrick Shea.
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Lights, camera, and action? Concert features sound and sight by Kimberly Michelle James Class o f ‘98 The WPI Concert Band will be holding its first theme concert ever. The Concert centers around Space. Not just music related to space, but also slides and information about space and student prose. This concert is an attempt at providing more than just audio entertainment for the campus. In conjunc tion with the WPI Astronomical Society, the concert will present awesome visual space effects and information pertaining to space. In conjunction with the Writing Center, the winning selections from the Creative Writ ing Contest will be presented. The concert is Friday, February 20th, at 7:30 in Alden Hall. Unfortunately, the con
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cert does conflict in part with another event taking place on campus for Winter Carnival. Please don’t let this conflict keep you from attending even a portion of the concert!!! The Concert Band would like to have as many students as possible come and give feed back. This concert is the first attempt at this type of performance and the Concert Band would like to know what you think! There are also a number of organizations involved in this concert (Soccomm Arts Committee, WAS, the Writing Center, Music Associa tion) and we would like to continue this type o f collaborative performance in the future. Student support is needed to make this con cert effective and to ensure future continua tion of this type of entertainment. Hope to see you there!
by Louis Curran Associate Professor o f Music In 1966, P ro fesso r K laus L iepm ann greeted me with the words, “You’re the new person there!?”, as he hosted me for lunch (with martinis) at the M IT Faculty Club. Musically, this college was non-existent. Animosity and discord (or should I say dischord) was everywhere at WPI in 1966, and at that time, MIT was ‘Proud and Glorious’. In truth, they were...and still remain to be, however, things have changed. The above could apply to RPI as well. Prof. Danovan at RPI had a splendid Glee Club and was one o f the co-founder o f the Inter-C ollegiate M usical Council (com prised o f the male clubs on the collegiate scene ranging from the state universities to the Ivy Leagues). W PI seemed to have been a poor 3rd, if that, in this grouping of engineering co lleg es in the N ortheast. However decades have passed and now w e’re in the year o f 1998! I sent a letter to M IT and RPI inviting them to jo in forces with us in a large musi cal experience. RPI rather ignored us but
M IT sent a very nice letter stating that they were experiencing a change o f conductors in both the orchestra (a 1st class orches tra) and the chorale. The chorale had been conducted by John O liver (conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony, and the John Oliver Chorale). With this change, MIT restricted its cho rale to ju st include those who were stu dents and Faculty/Staff. The letter closed with an indication that M IT would be in terested at a later time. However, there is a new conductor at RPI (Thomas Savvoy), and finally, a musical col laboration will commence among the two en gineering schools (WPI and RPI) on Febru ary 22nd. This date will mark the first time, except for athletics, that RPI will be repre sented on this hill. I am looking forward to this concert as my brothers went to the OLD RPI and I went to Yale! I hope that our rap port lasts and that we may, in the future, be joined by our other counterpart, MIT. The concert on February 22nd begins at 4:30 pm and it is free to the WPI and Worcester com munity. The doors will open at 4:00 pm....don’t miss this engineering musical landmark.
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Test your IQ with Qube for Playstation by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff Tide: INTELLIGENT QUBE Platform: Sony Playstation Publisher: SCEA Rating: 9.0 T he P lay statio n ’s gam e library is an eclectic one, from fighters to role-players to racers. In telligen t Q ube, from Sony, is a welcom e contribution to the oft-overlooked puzzle genre. I.Q. drops players onto a rectangular fie ld , a n y w h e re fro m fo u r to se v e n squares across. Cubes steadily roll to w ard the player, and can be destroyed by m arking the square onto w hich one is about to m ove. B lack cu b es m ust be le ft a lo n e to ro ll o ff th e e d g e in to o b liv io n , w hile g reen “ b o m b ” c u b e s p ro v id e an o p p o rtu n ity to c le a r aw ay m any p ieces sim u lta n e o u sly . P erfect e x e c u tio n o f a lev el w ill ex ten d th e g am e fie ld , creatin g a bigger margin fo r error; m istakes cause it to shrink. Too m any errors and players w ill fall off the
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Theatre review: Quilt by Eric Rackliff and Natalie Chin Newspeak Staff Quilt: A M usical C elebration is a co m pilation o f “stories for, from , and about the Names Project AIDS Memorial Q uilt”. WPI M asque presented it on February 12lh, 13th, and 14lh in A lden Hall at 8pm. P roceeds from the sales o f rib b o n /T shirts and one-fourth o f ticket sales are being donated to the E lizabeth G laser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Q uilt was a very m oving production that re la te d m any d iffe re n t sto rie s o f people who have fallen to AIDS. There is one plot that centered the whole m usi cal, which involves an HIV positive ch ar acter nam e Wes (D avid Eaton) and his present life involving the AID S quilt. A nother story that connects to the plot
d e a lin g w ith W es, is a b o u t K a re n (H ollybeth N o rm an d in ) w ho m akes a panel for her late friend with the help o f Wes. There are many im portant tangent scenes that involve the descrip tio n o f each panel o f the quilt that is hanging as the backdrop for the show. The m usical was filled w ith vibrant characters and som ber stories. It ended with the audi ence being m ore aw are about the nam es on the quilt, the stories behind them , and the im portance o f rem em brance. Q uilt attem pted to show how the d is ease affects people in all w alks o f life, and how we all must jo in forces and face the problem know n as AIDS. Until we do, the disease will win. U nfortunately the m usical did not portray that non-ho m osexual m ales could also get the d is ease.
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SGA Agenda for Tuesday February 17,1998 I. Call to Order II. Roll Call III. Approval of Minutes IV. Presidents Remarks V. Committee Reports
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Many of us have felt depressed from time to time and have found that it was a clue that something is wrong. Events out o f our control, sudden loss, a bad grade on a test, a breakup with a boyfriend or girlfriend are all common life events about which it is normal to feel bad. For most o f us, we talk to friends or seek help, and these feelings dissipate. For others, depression is a feeling which doesn’t go away. It too is an indication that something is wrong
and may be a sign of underlying prob lems that need treatment by a pro fessional. Just as one would see a doctor for physical ailment, one should see a counseling professional for a psychological problem. Depression can be a serious ill ness. Many people die because of it; only we don’t see the numbers on the nightly news. How would you know if you or someone else has depression? Here are some of the signs: • Dejected mood — these include feelings of loneliness, discourage ment, lack of feeling, boredom, per vasive sadness, hopelessness, un-
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presence of members of diverse comm unities and now these groups have a chance to give something back to the community. Volunteer ing to work in the community is a rewarding way to learn about the needs of American communities and how American com m unities and agencies work together. It is just one more chance for international stu dents lo round out their education experience. One project in particular that is designed to help international stu dents volunteer while developing their general skills is International Volunteerism in Worcester, a program designed to provide international students with an opportunity to both give to the com m unity and learn, develop or sharpen a skill in the process. This program is just one of many at the In te rn a tio n al C en ter o f Worcester, Inc. which is located at 138 Woodland Street in ALCI House at Clark University here in Worces ter. It is free and open to all inter-
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Are we there yet? Basking in the C term stretch The end of another C term already. It’s at about this time o f year when even freshmen start remarking how quickly the year goes by, and at the same time yearn for the next two weeks to be over. Soon they will be sophomores, and those weird folks touring the campus will be the new freshmen. O ff cam pus students count the days until spring, when warmer weather means no more shivering through the daily trek to and from campus. Leaves on the trees? W hat’s that? Skull has m ade its rounds, and another W inter Carnival is coming up, reminding us that the long, seemingly endless Worcester w inter is finally coming to a close— or at least hinting at it. And those green things poking through the mulch around the wedge—just tulips, don’t worry. Aside from the tulips and trees, many student groups are in a tough spot at this time of the year, with most o f their members doing projects and catching up with their ever in creasing work load. C term is definitely one o f the busiest terms o f the year at W PI. Try to take a break every once in
a while to show support for whatever organizations you might be involved in— who knows, it might even help re lieve some stress. Also, enjoy this year’s W inter Carnival; there are many events planned, including two concerts on Friday and Saturday nights, a Saturday night movie, m en’s basketball game, ice sculptures, broomball, hot chili eating, even a hot tub on the Quad Friday night! Check out the advertisement in this newspaper for more information on Winter Carnival. W hat is usually referred to as “apathy” on campus, an annually recurring theme in Newspeak, may in fact be over estimated. Is it really apathy, or arc students simply focus ing on only a couple interests while at the same time having their name in a few other groups. Hey, it looks good on a resume, right? In the meantime, groups with fifty people on their mailing lists have less than ten at meetings. This kind o f behavior does more harm than good. If your name is going to be associated with an organization, make
sure you earn it, and I don’t mean pay dues. It may be apathy, but the cure for it may be more than encouragement and advertisement. Not even sidewalk chalk covering every path on campus will prevent many WPI students (the re sponsible ones, at least), from attending their project m eet ing or from writing that crucial term paper (last minute, of course). The cure for apathy may lie in moderation: don’t overextend yourself, for it may hurt you more than help. Are we there yet? No, but half the battle is done already; no more Newspeaks to look forward to this term, so enjoy your spring break, whether you are going home, to Cancun, or just staying here in lovely W orcester (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Finally, I would like to thank Alert Reader Mark R. for pointing out my subtle miscalculation in last week’s wom en’s basketball article. For closure, the score was 70-47, the En gineers behind by only 53 points. Thanks again! Eric Wilhelm, Sports Editor
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How many acres of campus does skull own? To the Editor, I am w riting this letter to d is c u ss an is s u e th at w as th ru st upon me. A round m idnight on February 3rd, a surprisingly warm Tuesday night, I sat against a tree on the low er part of Boynton Hill and began playing a gam e o f soli taire. It’s an odd thing to do at m idnight, but the warm w eather was far too nice to be wasted in
doors. M eanw hile, m em bers o f Skull w ere m illing about ‘Skull Tom b’. A fter I had been there for five m inutes o r so, a m em ber of Skull, and a good friend o f mine, cam e o u t o f th e b u ild in g and asked me to leave the area. When I declined to leave, they left, and sh o rtly a fte rw a rd several W PI police o fficers converged on me. T hey had re c e iv e d a c a ll, un
doubtedly from a Skull member, a b o u t a su sp ic io u s p e rso n on Boynton hill and went to investi gate. A fter verifying that I was a student, posed no threat to m y se lf or others, and a few m inutes o f good conversation, they left. The point o f the story is such: W hy should part o f our cam pus be the exclusive domain o f some student organization? I’m not talk
ing about a club office or anything like that, but about the trees, grass, and soil o f our campus. Can each organization claim part o f the cam pus and harass others who would tread upon it? W hile the adm inis tration has given Skull sole access to the M agnetics Laboratory for use as their club house, do they need to usurp the surrounding land as well?
The fact is that this cam pus is ours. We share the grounds and we contribute to their care and m aintenance, thus we should not be so quick to allow and condone any m onopoly to it. A lready a building has been effectively re moved from cam pus, we should take a stand before more is lost. Member o f the WPI Community, Adam D. Woodbury, '99
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Professor’s pot smoking leads to new defense for Penn State student by Emily Rehring Daily Collegian (U-W IRE) STATE COLLEGE, Penn. — Recent marijuana-related events have sparked a defense strat egy for Robert L. Fix that has never been used before in Centre County, according to the district attorney. Claiming he is being prosecuted for a crime while others are not, Fix (sophomore-chemistry) soon will at tempt to convince a Centre County judge that he is being singled out for charges of drug possession, a defense known as selective pros ecution. Selective prosecution is a rela tively new term for this region, said Ray Gricar, Centre County district attorney. “I have never even heard the term
used in Centre County,” Gricar said. David Crowley, Fix’s attorney and chief public defender, said he also has never been a part of a case us ing a plea o f selective prosecution. Fix was arrested Dec. 15 by the State College Police Department for possessing a small amount o f mari juana and drug paraphernalia in his apartment. He is accusing the dis trict attorney’s office and area po lice forces o f being selective in their arrests and prosecutions o f mari juana cases. Fix cites the case o f Professor Emeritus Julian Heicklen, the profes sor who has smoked a “joint” in front o f the University Gates three times in the past four weeks and has not been charged for drug possession. Heicklen said he will smoke again this Thursday.
Fix also cites the case o f Alan Gordon in which the charges of drug possession brought against him were dropped. Gordon turned him self into the office of the district justice, 1524 W. College Ave., with a box of marijuana plants and seedlings in July 1997. The commonwealth did not pros ecute Gordon, said Stephen Sloane, an assistant district attorney for Cen tre C ounty at the tim e, because Gordon’s case would be an outlet
for Gordon to spread his political views on marijuana. Unlike Fix and Gordon, Heicklen smoked his alleged “joints” in an area under the jurisdiction of University Police Services, not State College police. Also, University police said none of H eicklen’s “joints” con tained marijuana. To enter the plea of selective pros ecution, the defendant must file a pretrial complaint with the Court of Common Pleas, Crowley said. The
judge then determines if the defen dant has been selectively pros ecuted. In general, if the defendant and his attorney are successful in prov ing se lec tiv e p ro se c u tio n , the charges are dismissed, Crowley said. However, the term does not have a clear definition, Gricar said. “The term can’t be looked up in the Pennsylvania criminal statutes,” Gricar said. “It’s an odd concept, but See Smoking, continued to pg II
Financial aid errors drive policy change by Brian Close Minnesota Daily (U -W IR E ) M IN N E A P O L IS , M in n . — Tw o r e c e n t W h ite H ouse proposals could change the am ount o f students’ financial aid, though early drafts are draw ing criticism. T h e f ir s t p ro p o s a l w o u ld change the data required by stu d ents and parents w hen filling out the Free A pplication for Stu dent Financial Aid. The second w ould change the fo rm ula for how the money is dispersed. The financial aid application c u rren tly uses tax in fo rm atio n from the prior year. The proposal would allow the governm ent to use tax in fo rm a tio n from the
“prior, prio r y ea r,” so that the ap p licatio n due spring o f 1998 would use information from 1996. W hite H o u se o ffic ia ls h av e said the reason for the proposal is the num ber o f m istaken fin a n cial aid applications caused by the estim ation o f tax inform ation by paren ts a ttem p tin g to m eet college deadlines. In a D epartm ent o f E ducation study, about 4.5 percent o f Pell G rant recipients had incorrect fi nancial aid statem ents, allow ing them to receive increased aid. “The federal governm ent has found, through verification, that there are enough errors and in correct inform ation reported on the FAFSA that they feel it would be more accurate for them to ask
parents to give prior, prio r year to m ake sure their taxes are al ready done,” said Sheryl Spivey, director o f the Office o f Scholar ships and Financial Aid. S p iv e y sa id the U n iv e rs ity checks a certain num ber o f forms to ensure accuracy. “We are in a program called Q uality A ssurance. We look at the error rate from the previous year, and verify about 5 percent of our population,” she said. The second W hite H ouse pro posal w ould adjust the m ethod in which a fam ily’s assets are evalu ated. Rather than using a fam ily’s ac tual assets to calcu late student need, the new form ula w ould asSee Aid, continued to page 11
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“Sphere”: Below see level by Rita Kempley The Washington Post “Sphere,” an unfathomable chowder of recycled science fiction and undersea thrill ers, briefly bubbles with promise only to plum met into the murky depths. Weighed down by inconsistencies and pretensions, the tale founders like a stinky beluga. Based on Michael Crichton’s 1987 novel, the film is primarily an id monster movie right out of one o f the larkier old “Star Trek” episodes. Ignore the giant squid, the killer jellyfish, the haunted com puter and the dead astronauts from the past _ or maybe the future. Eventually, every clue leads to a dead end. Even director Barry Levinson and the four writers don’t seem to know where they’re headed and what it all means. Levinson, clearly at home with the scale and literacy o f “Wag the D og,” is out of his element at the helm o f a gargantuan, hardware-heavy suspense yarn. Even ‘T i tanic” director Jim Cameron capsized with the u n d e rw a te r sag a “A b y ss,” one o f “Sphere’s” more obvious precursors. Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson and “Scream ’s” Liev Schreiber are undoubtedly ju st as bewildered as their director by the story’s ever-shifting bound aries. But they slog on with fierce determ i nation. To a person, they display the self less resignation o f kamikazes. Hoffman plays the affable but unethical Dr. Goodman, a psychologist who wrote a report for the Bush administration on the dos and don’ts o f close encounters. Fig uring that nobody would ever read the pa per, he made some o f it up and cribbed the rest from Rod Serling and Isaac Asimov. As far as the government is concerned, however, Goodman is the go-to guy when
it comes to dealing with alien invasion. To that end, he and three specialists he men tioned in his report are called to the middle o f the Pacific O cean to in v e stig a te a downed spacecraft. To complicate matters, Hoffman slept with Stone, a biochemist, while she was a patient. And she’s still plenty ticked. Jack son, a wisecracking m athem atician, and Schreiber, a geeky astrophysicist, are re spectively H offm an’s good friend and a former student. Jackson and Schreiber are also longtime professional rivals. Other wise, they have no lives. The hastily assem bled team tries to put differences aside when it takes up resi dence in a cram ped deep-w ater habitat while snooping about the massive, coralfrosted craft. The four waste no time get ting a look inside the ship, which has been resting on the ocean floor for nearly 300 years. Along with evidence o f human pres ence, they discover the title object, a gar gantuan sphere with no discernible pur pose beyond its beauty. Though they note its perfect dim ensions and selectively re flective surface, they remain baffled. The thing’s raison d ’etre is the m ovie’s central mystery, but none o f the increas ingly unstable characters is capable of playing detective. And as the clues pile up like the mountain o f squid eggs around the habitat, you realize that whatever it is and w hatever it does ju s t isn ’t going to be worth the pain. You find yourself envying the movie’s first victim _ Queen Latifah as a swabbie jumped by jellyfish. The Queen’s in a better place now, we know. It sure couldn’t be any worse than here. “Sphere” (119 minutes) is rated PG-13 for language and violence. LA TIMES-WASHINGTON POST—02-13-98
“Wedding Singer” turns on the charm by Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times HOLLYWOOD “The Wedding Singer” is a sparkling romantic comedy, the kind of pic ture th at g lid e s by so g ra c e fu lly and unpretentiously that it’s only upon reflec tion that you realize how much skill, caring and good judgment had to have gone into its making. It’s light diversion, totally incon sequential in the greater scheme o f things, and those are sometimes the hardest kinds o f pictures to pull off. In the title role Adam Sandler plays Robbie Hart, who isn’t getting rich performing with his band at wedding receptions, but he’s good at his job. He sings from his heart, and he respects his audience. When wc meet him, he’s at work, where he announces that in one week the tables will be turned: He’ll be get ting married himself. But there’s a hitch. At the moment o f truth a week later his fiancee (Angela Featherstone) stands him up. A hard-looking type who dresses like a hooker, she later explains that she’d gotten past and present confused; she had fallen for the aspiring rock star in Spandex and silk shirt open to the waist that Robbie had once been, not “just a wedding singer.” A romantic with integrity, Robbie is abso lutely devastated, but he has struck up a friendship with a w aitress, Julia (Drew Barrymore). The trouble is that Julia is al ready engaged to a Wall Street banker (Mat thew Glave) she’s eager to marry. She seems to be the only person who doesn’t know that her banker boyfriend is an incorrigible play boy. Clearly, Robbie and Julia are made for each o th er... Director Frank Coraci and writer Tim Herlihy, who set their story in 1985, are deft at dealing with the whole question of mar riage and how vulnerable people still are to
pressure to marry, even if it’s the wrong per son. They also understand the pain of lone liness. In one scene, R obbie’s raffish pal Sammy (Allen Covert, a formidable scenestealer) tries to comfort his friend by extol ling the pleasures o f being a nonstop play boy but winds up admitting, “All I want is someone to hold me and tell me everything’s all right.” Everything is more than all right with “The Wedding Singer.” Coraci certainly knows how to get Sandler and Barrymore to turn on the charm full force and with absolute con viction. Robbie represents a drastic change o f pace for the usually abrasive Sandler, who emerges as a surprisingly appealing roman tic lead. Sandler and Barrymore are in turn sur rounded by some amusing, distinctive types. Alexis Arquette is hilarious and touching as Robbie’s band’s answer to Boy George, and Steve Buscemi and Jon Lovitz turn up in won derful unbilled cameos _ Buscemi as the drunken, ne’er-do-well brother of a bride groom and Lovitz as a would-be wedding singer. (Billy Idol, a symbol of the ‘80s if there ever was one, turns up as himself.) Ellen Albertini Low plays a zesty old lady who takes singing lessons from Robbie,and they pay off. Set in either R id g efield , C onn., or Ridgefield, N J., we never know which for sure, “The Wedding Singer” was resourcefully filmed in and around Los Angeles. It’s a goodlooking, period-sensitive, well-designed pic ture (though one sequence is marred by a mike boom constantly dipping into the frame) that actually sends you home happy. (MPAA rating: PG -13, for sex-related ma terial and language. Los Angeles Times guide lines: The film’s references to sex and its lan guage are realistic, not exploitative.) LA TIMES-WASHINGTON POST—02-13-98
Movie guide: Capsule reviews of current releases Courtesy o f Los Angeles Times Opinions are by Los Angeles Times re viewers. Ratings by the M otion Picture A ssociation o f America are: (G) fo r gen eral audiences; (PG ) parental guidance urged because o f m aterial possibly un su itable fo r children; (P G -13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance fo r attendance o f children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 a d m itted only with parent o r adult guard ian; (N C -17) no one you nger than 17 adm itted. The Apostle - As writer-director, R ob ert Duvall has created for h im self what could be the defining role o f his career. As a Pentecostal preacher who faces a life-changing crisis, Duvall has com e up with an effortlessly com plex portrayal that relishes the contradictions and com plexities of a man capable o f both exalted and debased behavior. (PG -13, for th e matic elem ents and a related scene o f vio lence.) Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life - Sharon G less narrates and M ichael Paxton d i rects an exam ination of the a u th o r’s life, including her H ollyw ood apprenticeship
to Cecil B. DeM ille. (Unrated.) Blues Brothers 2000 - In the sequel to th e 1980 “ B lu e s B r o th e r s ,” Dan A ykroyd’s E lw ood B lues, m inus John B elushi’s Jake B lues, sets out to restore the band and in the process repeats al m ost every jo k e and car chase. Save your money for the new soundtrack; it’s fabu lous. (P G -13, for exotic dancing and some language.) Colors Straight Up - O utstanding docum entarian M ichele Ohayon takes us into a year in the life o f some Jordan High School stu d e n ts w ho, as m em bers o f C olors U nited, stage their own musical adaptation o f “R om eo and Ju lie t” and whose lives are transform ed in the pro cess. A stunning, h eart-tu g g in g work. (U nrated: som e strong language.) Deep Rising - Stephen Sommers’ fast and funny update o f the old monster from the deep action-adventure finds a brand new pleasure ship cruising the South China Sea becoming a target for immense sea ser pents who can crush you to death and drink your blood _ while you're still alive! Not camp, not spoof, just diverting. Treat Williams and Famke Janssen star. (R, for sci-fi violence and gore.) D e sp er a te M ea su res - B a rb e t
S chroeder’s latest thriller looks terrific and m oves like a runaway train, but the m aterial is sta n d a rd -issu e H ollyw ood chase bunk, chockablock with m om ents w here the a u d ie n ce w ill be th in k in g faster and b e tte r than the ch a ra c ters. M ichael K eaton and Andy G arcia star. (R for violence and language.) For Richer or Poorer - Tim Allen and K irstie A lley are terrific to g eth er as a D onald and Ivana T ru m p -lik e couple, fleeing tax fraud charges and w inding up passing them selves as an A m ish couple, but their m ovie is overly long and over the top. (PG -13, for some sexual innu endo and one use o f strong language.) Great Expectations - Unable to decide how serious it should be o r how close to the source it can safely rem ain, the latest film version o f the D ickens classic suf fers from being neither here nor there. In its rush to m odernize its story and at tract a young audience with stars Ethan Haw ke and G w yneth Paltrow, the film ends up problem atic both in relation to the original and on its own term s. The film does how ever have a lush, pictorial quality thanks to expert M exican cinem a tographer Emmanuel Lubezki. (R for lan guage and som e sexuality.)
Hurricane Streets - Morgan Freeman di rects a drama about a youth (Brendan Sex ton III) who tries to break away from the thug life in Staten Island. (R, for language, violence and drug use involving teens.) The Replacem ent K illers - In his A m erican film debut, H ong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat plays a professional killer who team s with M ira Sorvino to ov er com e vengeful m obsters. (R for strong violence and for language.) Sphere - D ustin Hoffm an and Sharon Stone star for director Barry L evinson in a sub aq u atic suspense story based on Michael Crichton’s novel. (P G -13 for scifi action including some startling images.) W ag the D og - M ad e re la tiv e ly cheaply by top talent including Dustin H offm an, R obertD e N iro and directo r Barry Levinson, this gloriously cynical black com edy functions as a w icked sat ire on the interlocking w orlds o f politics and show bu sin ess, co n firm in g every aw ful thought y o u ’ve ev e r had about media m anipulation and the gullibility of the A m erican public. (R, for language.) Zero Effect - Private eyes Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller get involved with b lack mail victim Ryan O ’Neal and m ysterious paramedic Kim Dickens. (R for language.)
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Continued from page 9 (Fix) can certainly try something new.” The basis for filing the plea results from a defendant feeling he or she has been singled out in the district attorney’s prosecution of cases, Crowley said. The process to prove selective prosecu tion is not easy, Crowley said. “Simply showing that someone else did (the crime) is not enough,” Crowley said. “Every instance where a criminal is pros ecuted is based on the law, the differences in each case account for decisions to prosecute or not prosecute,” Gricar said. Crowley said election finance cases are the
Continued from page 9 sign a median value to each incom e range. That value would be used, w hether a fam ily had saved m ore or less than it indi cated. In this way, officials said they hope to inspire fam ilies to save m ore by not in cluding the extra savings in the calcula tion. W hile the proposal is intended to help people who have saved by not including their assets, it will also overstate assets for those who have not saved. Though the proposals h av e n ’t been fi nalized, they have drawn som e early criti
most common instances o f using this plea. These cases involve one candidate accept ing illegal funds and being prosecuted for it while claiming the other candidate is doing the same without being prosecuted, Crowley said. Heicklen said he does not support drug use but said he does believe the law should be enforced uniformly. “I am not in support of Fix, but I am oppos ing the district attorney prosecuting him,” Heicklen said, adding that he is not a drug ad v o ca te but he b e liev es it is not government’s business to put people in jail for possessing drugs.
cism. The proposal is not as attractive as it looks, said Larry Zaglanizzny, associate director o f the National A ssociation o f Student Financial Aid A dm inistrators. “W hen you look at it closely, it really will hurt a num ber of fam ilies and stu dents w ho ju st do not have that co m puted asset to use for college,” he said. “They e ith er will not go to school or will have to take more loans.” The proposals have also received na tional criticism from R epublicans, who say the plans will not pass through C on g ress.
Women scientists find rare encouragement often, are less likely to believe they pos ses talent for math and science.” D uring the course o f the day, m any w om en shared frustrations that they had with the attitudes o f teachers and c o l leagues tow ards wom en in science. O ne audience m ember told o f a school teacher who had encouraged her to think about a career in E nglish when she had in co r rectly answ ered a chem istry problem in class. L azarus told o f an acquaintance who had been forced to work in a p h y s ics building w ithout a w om en’s w a sh ro o m b e c a u se th e m a n a g e m e n t d i s counted the com fort o f the sm all num ber o f w om en there. L azarus pointed out that these b a rri ers can be overcom e if wom en have role m odels and are in a supportive en viron m ent where their talents can be nurtured. “W om en’s colleges fo ster a c lim a te where wom en scientists can flourish, and they produce a disproportionate am ount o f sc ien tists and e n g in ee rs,” she said. “ Bryn M aw r produces the highest p e r c e n ta g e o f w om en w ho go on to g et P h .D .s in p h y s ic s , and th a t ’s a tin y sch o o l.” R ecently, Lazarus authored Journeys
by Lisa Beauchamp Brown Daily Herald (Brown U.) (U-W IRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Key note speakers address challenges and ste reotypes that have made it difficult for women to succeed in science. Stereotyping was the buzz word o f the morning as members o f Brown’s Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program gathered in Salomon on Saturday for WiSE Day, a forum o f lectures, panel discussions and workshops focusing on different chal lenges faced by women in science and en gineering. The d ay ’s keynote speaker, Associate Provost at Carnegie Mellon University Bar bara Lazarus, addressed the many barriers that stereotypes create for girls and women. “W hen I was at a school talking to a group o f parents about why there were not more women in the sciences, one o f the answ ers given to me was: ‘Everybody know s girls c an ’t do m ath ,” ’ she said. ‘T h e re ’s a lot of gender role stereotyping that exists, both internal and external. A lot o f things go on in completely uncon scious ways, and parents act differently with their girls than with their boys. Girls,
o f Science and Engineering: No Univer sal C onstants, a book that pro files 88 women scientists and engineers, includ ing B row n’s P rofessor o f B iology and M ed ic in e A nne F a u s to -S te rlin g , and Brown alumna Nalini N adkarni, who does research on the rain forest canopy. The book explores the experiences o f these women and their various m otivations for choosing careers in the sciences. L inda S ch err, P ro g ram D ire c to r o f W om en in T e c h n o lo g y at IB M , also spoke at W iSE Day. Scherr, w ho heads a steering com m ittee at IBM to create a su p p o rtiv e en v iro n m e n t for technical w om en, spoke o f the grow ing dem and and benefits for women in the inform a tional technology sector. “ By the year 2006, the industry will need 1.3 m illion w orkers in the fields o f com puter engineering, program m ing and system s analysis,” Scherr said. “C om pa nies ca n ’t afford to ignore w om en, who w ill be the solution to the technology labor shortage.” Scherr also pointed to some o f the difficul ties that women face in a corporate culture. “In many w ays, wom en in our society are socialized aw ay from risk-taking and
c o n fro n ta tio n ,” she sa id . “ In a b o ard meeting, a woman will w ait before speak ing and not interrupt som eone else, and in other situations wom en tend to accept things rath er than asking for w hat they want. I t’s im portant to develop com m u n ic a tio n s k ills w hich in v o lv e so m e a sse rtiv e n e ss.” Patricia Hamm G ’97, a m em ber o f the 25-w om an alumna panel who spoke later in the afternoon, echoed this sentim ent. “P o w er is som ething you take, not som ething som eone gives you. You have to have endurance, be high-visibility and learn to take a punch,” she said. Each o f the panel members — with jobs ranging from a biostatistician to a sci ence w riter to a softw are consultant — had a piece o f advice for the students in the au d ien ce. M any ad v o cated tak in g time after Brown to enter the work w orld for a few years before continuing on to post-graduate studies. F o llo w in g the panel discu ssio n , the d ay’s events were capped with a sem inar on netw orking led by R ebecca Bliss ‘91, who stressed the im portance o f form ing and m aintaining personal contacts to aid in a professional career.
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C l u b Co r n e r apo So Froot didn’t win UMOC. T h at’s OK, we raised money for a good cause. Thanks to everyone who help solicit votes and quarters from unsuspecting passers-by. In other news, the quad was really wet last W ednesday, but that did not stop d e d i cated brothers from wrapping themselves in plastic for Central Mass Homeless Vet erans. After standing around and playing frisbee in the rain for several hours, most people were too wet to sleep even if they tried. M organ A had a good show ing, though. At the end o f the term is the ski trip to N ila’s. Maybe w e’ll get to see her Pedro! Pledge elections are very soon (to m orrow ?) think, think, think. Tip o f the week: Don’t invite your RA if you’re throw ing a party. BTW, I’m an editor for Path ways. From the home office in Stoddard B...
Christian Bible Fellowship Hello. As the end of C-term is rapidly ap proaching, I hope that you take some time to spend with God as this is usually a very busy time of the term. I hope that advising day went well for you and that you have all of your classes for next year lined up.
As you begin to prepare for finals this week, take some time off to relax and join us for a time o f praise and worship at FNF this Friday in the Lower Wedge at 7:00. This Tues day you can also join us for Tuesday Night Prayer down in Founders study at 9:30. “Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14(NIV) What Paul is saying here is to forget what is in the past, let the past be the past, don’t dwell over it. Instead, you should be push ing forward toward the future to claim the prize that God has given you. Unlike most prizes in where there can be only one winner, and then there is the second, third, fourth prize, etc., this prize can be won by all. There is no second place, only first, when you reach for what is ahead o f you. So make God your goal and keep reaching for him so that you too will win the prize.
Music Association Glee Club Well all, the week is finally upon us. The Winter Concert at WPI featuring RPI and
W PI together in concert will happen Sun day February 22 in Alden Memorial. The door will open up at 4:00, and the music will start flowin’ at 4:30. Since no one has anything better to do on Sunday afternoon besides recover from the previous night’s hangover, come on over and show your support for W PI’s music department. For further details, email “gleeclub@ wpi.edu” or speak with any o f the clubs current mem bers. Also, let’s rem em ber to keep in mind the New York trip!!! The Club will be singing with the Boston University Choir and Wells Choir. You all know what that means.... a musical weekend that will interfere with our pillaging o f the city. So rem em ber to save your pennies kids, cause nothin’s free, not even... well, you KNOW!!! That’s all for now. Tenor 2, signin’ off....
Simple Harmonic Motion Well, we are in the midst o f our February concert rush and things seem to be going fairly well. Decent concert at Amherst last weekend, but I think that we all know we can do better, so, when we go to Regis this Wednesday to sing for the lovely ladies over there, let’s rem em ber our actual abili ties and sing up to them.
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L et’s not forget about the charity orga nization that we will be singing for next week on the 24th. It is for an awesom e cause, so let’s give them a rockin’ show for their efforts in this community. M arch 20th will also soon be upon us, the Friday after the GC gets back from New York. It’ll be hard to get away from the la dies, but look what we are going to — a rockin’ a cappella concert at RPI!!! Ok, I don’t think it compares either, but its bet ter than nothin’ at all, right? A nd th en ag ain th e re is ALW AYS Acappella Fest 4!!! L et’s get those fliers printed up and posted by next week so that we have less to worry about when the time comes. Also, I’d like to take the time to m ake a correction here. It seem s that through some major absurdity, I forgot to mention a VERY well known group in last w eek’s corner who will be joining us on the 4th o f April — INTERSTATE 8!!! My deepest apologies, as it w ouldn’t be a com plete concert without them. For any more information about Acappella Fest 4, please email us at “shm@wpi.edu” or call 8 3 1-5816 and leave a message, w e’ll get back to you. Until we harmonize again....
Newman Club Well we started off the week with some good news and sad news. The good news is that our Valentine Video and Pasta night was a huge success. Our cooks were in great form and especially do we thank Armandeo Rua for his hard work in cleaning up the kitchen. Chris Welch picked out an excellent video given the theme of the evening. The sad news was that while we all welcomed the great weather last week, the weather killed our snow tubing day as all the snow melted. The place where we were going could not guaranty us that they could make snow on Thursday and Friday night, so we had to cancel our trip. Last Monday night, Feb. 16th, our Execu tive Board finalized our Term D plans which include a Day of Retreat on April 4th, Instal lation o f new Officers on Sunday, April 19th, plus other events which we will publish at the beginning of the term. Sunday, Feb. 22nd, we will have election of officers. If you are interested in being an officer of the Club, send e-mail by Wednes day noon (Feb. 18th) to our President Chris Welch (matignon) so that the nominating committee can consider you. Also don’t forget to sign up for our Appa lachia in Worcester Project which will be Tuesday, March 10th. You can sign up by emailing Chris Welch (matignon) or Jen Hardy (jehardy). If you are looking for information on the project, e-mail Fr. S. (priest). He can send your the press release about the project.
Pathways Deerfield Press gave us our mock-up and cost estimate yesterday. We are this close to having the best Pathways in the history of Pathways in our very hands. If you want to see the mag prototype, it will be making an appearance at W ednesday night’s layout comm, meeting in the office. Also, most of the Pathways executives will be out of the state come d-term , so elections may be com ing up sooner than we all think. Be
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Gordon Library’s Wednesday Internet Seminar Topic: World Wide Web (W W W ) Basics with Netscape Navigator D ate: Wednesday, February 18, 1998, 11 AM - 12 Noon Place: Gordon Library Training Room (114)— Down one flight from the main floor inside the PC Room (116) Level: Beginner — Web or Netscape experience is not necessary. Some familiarity with W indows 95 and use of a m ouse is helpful but not required. Info: Carmen Brown (cbrown@ wpi), Don Richardson (drichard@ w pi.edu), or Joanne Williams (williams@ wpi.edu) in the Reference Department. PLE A SE N O T E : Seminar is limited to 8 WPI faculty, staff, and students. Advance regis tration on the sign up list at the Reference Desk is required. Sorry, no email o r phone sign ups for this session.
Stonerule System presentation On W ednesday, February 18, at 10:00 am, HL 218, Gavin Finn, President o f Pre s c ie n t T e c h n o lo g ie s , In c ., S to n e & W ebster Com pany, will give a p resenta tion regarding the Stonerule Systems. His com pany is giving a Stonerule System to W PI for classroom use and w ill also pro
vide training for students and faculty as well. A relationship has been established for an M Q P and also potential for sum mer jo b s for students. T his presentation is sponsored by the M anufacturing E n gineering Program and everyone is in vited to attend.
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Cl u b C o r n e r Continued from page 12 prepared! Ben N aw rath sighting(s) o f the week: Ben was spotted in front o f Daniel’s on Monday evening as many frisbees were tossed from the roof of the building. When all the hub-bub subsided, Ben Nawrath him self was left standing with a frisbce that was his ticket to visit David Letterman in NYC. Ben made a jaunt to the City and proudly represented WPI on Letterman last Thurs day night. During an interview, Dave said it was an experience he’ll “never even knew happened.” So much for Dave. If you want to share a N aw rath ex p erien ce, em ail pathways®wpi with the story. Stop and think about gelatin and horse hooves for a minute.
Science Fiction Society Hello all! Well, we finally have a club cor ner again! The Minitrue will not be abusing her power any longer. For those of you who have ordered tee-shirts, they will be in very soon. There was a sad moment at our meet ing last night when we discovered that Riley Commons will be unavailable for our next gaming weekend. The reason for this is that the alumni have the space reserved. When we found that out, a freshman made a motion to kill all of the alumni. This motion was quickly shot down by the alumni present at our meeting. Well, join us next week for chaos, mayhem and cthulu-chan at our weekly meet ing. The SFS meets every Wednesday at 7pm in Olin Hall.
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W PI Linux Association The next meeting o f WPILA will be held on February 19th in Kinnicutt Hall. The meet ing will start at 6pm, where we will be holding nom inations and elections for the new WPILA executive committee. Afterwards, at 7pm, the general meeting (with the Worces ter Linux Users Group) will start. We’d really like to see a nice size turn out for the elections. If you would like to nom inate someone (or yourself!) please send the name(s) to “wpila@ wpi.edu” with the position for which you’d like to nomi nate them . The positions are: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary. You can get a general description by see ing th e W PI w eb p a g e (h ttp :// beaver.wpi.edu/linux/). The current offic ers will be present at the elections if you want to know specifically what we do. This week’s quote: “Perl is your friend. Use Perl.” - Randal Schwartz
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by Sumedha Ahuja Newspeak Staff W elcome to my third colum n o f “Star S e a rc h ” ! (M ay we h a v e a drum roll please!) So how is everyone doing to day? I hope the stars are w orking your way! You know, one sign which has al ways intrigued me im m ensely is the Leo; the m ighty, yet warm hearted lion. The Leo, particularly the L eo m ale is an ex trem ely interesting sign to follow. First thing is first. L eo’s d o n ’t get along with every oth er sign! Leo m ales tend to com e across sev eral tim es as highly arrogant. They have som ething extremely distinct about them, these L eo men. They are virtually the easiest sign to point out. T heir walk sig nifies the Lion that they are. You will notice the pride in that w alk, the “ I can conquer the w orld!” sensation. And yes, they really can! They are highly am bi tious individuals, alw ays reaching even higher than their goals. Surprise! They make it also! When they obtain a career, they w ill put their ultim ate best into it, especially if they enjoy their work. They always w ant to reach the top, to be the best at w hat they do. T his is a very posi tive quality in a Leo m ale. Leo m ales, in love need som eone who looks up to them, who adm ires them , and complements them. They usually like their love looking their best at all tim es. The
L eo w ants som eone fabulous on th eir arm you see, because they them selves are norm ally fabulous! A ristocratic fea tures, a great amount o f m asculinity, and extrem ely charism atic! OK, back to the love departm ent, the Leo alw ays w ants to feel like the king o f his castle. He will alw ays love and keep his ladylove on a pedestal, however, he still w ishes to be treated like the king. Leo relationships will work out if his partner is subm issive, willing to listen, and loves to com plem ent. The Leo m ale can never stand second place in his lady’s life. He wants her world to center around him. God forbid his lady gives m ore attention to anything m ore than to him! Then the lion w ill roar! Generally, the Leo is an extrem ely g en erous w arm -hearted sign, and you can get along with him. As long as you re a l ize that he is the king, and you are a su b ject. And mind you, he will rule his king dom w ell! As long as you are a great sub je c t and obey the king! And that was our “ Star S earch” c o l umn for this week! Hope you all enjoyed it! I hope you will send in your com m ents and suggestions to me, so I can im prove this colum n for you! Any questions re garding com patibility, your sun sign, or som eone else’s? D on’t hesitate to e-m ail it in to me! If you wish to be kept an ony mous, your request will be honored. Em ail sa h u ja @ w p i.e d u ! See you next week!
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Whafs Happening: February 17-22
P olice L og Thursday, February 5 8:24am - Medical: Male student fell down stairs, need trans to Health Services. 10:28am - Medical: Male student on stairs by Fuller Labs. 10:31 am - Trans to Health Services, male student had fainted.
Friday, February 6
■fl"V 6pm - M eeting, Mr David Gleason will address the value o f forecasting, Kinnicutt ■■ Hall, free 6pm - SGA Senate M eeting, LowerWed^fc I f f \ 7 7pm - W omen’s Basketball vs. M ount Holyoke 7:30pm - Film, “A Self Made Hero,” Jefferson Academic Center, Room 320, Clark Univ.
8:03pm - Suspicious persons: Front o f Harrington Gym, 5 non-students. 8 :14pm - Medical: Seizure, male, front of Harrington Gym. 10:45pm - Suspicious person: Plaza entrance to Stoddard C. 10:48pm - Code 5: Person sent home.
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2:49am - Assist: W PD requests officer to Highland St. - Sole Proprietor. 2:59am - Officers clear Highland St., two WPI students arrested by W PD for alcohol viola tion. 10:24am - Alarm: Fire, Boynton St., all units responding. Dispatch advised to standby 10:27 am - Clear: Alarm se to ff by steam. 2:41pm - Assist: Non-students at Harrington.
Monday, February 9 4 : 16pm - Medical: Report o f student with cut on head, Ellsworth B-Ball court. 4:21 pm - Medical Transport: Student from Ellsworth Court to Memorial.
3 -12pm - Winter Carnival Event, HOT TUB on the Quad! 5:30-11 pm -Free Bowling, Alumni Gym j 6:30pm - Winter Carnival Event, Sexual Tensions 8pm - Winter Carnival Event, Goat’s Head Pub - Orange Crush, Riley Com m ons 11:30pm - Winter Carnival Event, Klondike Bar Hunt, Quad
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10am - Winter Carnival Event, Ice Sculpture Contest, Quad 10am - Winter Carnival Event, Scavenger Hunt, Quad 10:30am - Wrestling NECCWA Tournament at Roger Williams 11:30am - Winter Carnival Event, Winter BBQ, Daka 12 - 4pm - Winter Carnival Event, Concert: 18, SHM, Jazz, and Counter Points, Lower Wedge 1pm - W inter Carnival Event, Snow Ball Catapult, Quad 1pm - Winter Carnival Event, Broom Ball, Quad 2pm - W omen’s Basketball at WTieaton 2pm - M en’s Basketball vs. Coast Guard 2pm - W inter Carnival Event, Chili Contest, Quad 2:30pm - Winter Carnival Event, Cage Ball, Football Field 3pm - W inter Carnival Event, Hot Pepper Eating Contest, Quad 6pm - W inter Carnival Event, Movie “Ice Pirates,” Perreault 8pm - W inter Carnival Event, Concert “Jiggle the Handle,” Alden
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10:30am - Wrestling NECCWA Tournament at Roger Williams 11:30am - Catholic Mass, Alden Hall 5pm - Catholic Mass, Founders Study Room 6:30 & 9:30pm - Film, “Playing God,” Perreault Hall
Tuesday, February 10 2:01 pm - Hit and Run, on Boynton and Institute, Staff Member, car mirror, damage done by Pioneer Oil Co. Truck, witness in with info. 3:16pm - Stolen items from students at library. 8:44pm - Report: Possible non-students at Alumni Gym. 8:52pm - Clear: Alumni, non-students removed. 11:07pm - Assist: Student access to Humanities Office to drop off paper. 11:27pm - Medical: Alden Hall basement, 19yo female, severe head pain secondary to sneeze.
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7:30pm - M en’s Basketball vs. MIT 7:30pm - Film, “A Self M ade Hero,” Jefferson Academic Center, Room 320, Clark Univ.
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Sunday, February 8 2:04am - Malicious mischief: O fficer out on Highland St. across from Store 24. WPD on scene. 2:27am - Officers clear Highland Street, two subjects arrested by WPD. 2:29am - Assist: Officers assisting Becker PD searching for subject who fled from vehicle involved in accident on West St. 2:44am - Check on welfare: Sergent reports checking on welfare of yellow cab. All ok. 3:15am - Assist: Call received from woman regarding her 18-yr old son who had attended earlier concert in Riley and has not yet returned home to NH. Into relayed to officers. 3:56am - Suspicious person: Call reporting individual observed on Wachusett St. between Highland and Institute, threw object and shattering heard. Officers check area, all ok. 4:49am - Assist: Assisting W PD on Park Ave. re: hit & run accident. 10:08am - Call-in: Plumber for Schussler residence, brown water. 11:30am - Brown water: 2 other complaints (Ellsworth, M organ) for discolored water. 10:00pm - Assist: Several non-students in Harrington.
I lam - Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquia, “’’Nitrosamines and Amides: M o lecular Structure and Carcinogenicity,” Robert Bohn o f the University o f C on necticut, Goddard Hall 311 3 & 8pm - Film, “In and O ut,” Kimball Theater, Holy Cross /
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