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Volume Twenty-six, Number Nine
Tuesday, March 31, 1998
WPI and Ecuadorian University agree to send students to WPI Courtesy of WPI News Service An agreement that will send some o f the b e st u n d e rg ra d u a te and graduate students from a univer sity in G uayaquil, Ecuador to WPI to study was signed recently by ad ministrators of the two universities. The Escuela Superior Politechnica del Litoral (ESPOL) Instituto de Ciencias, Humanisticas y Econom ics (ICHE) signed an articulation agreement with W PI to send up to 15 students per year to complete their last two years o f study at WPI. They also may send up to 10 stu dents p er year to earn graduate degrees in either an MBA program, or in O perations and Information Technology, or M arketing & Tech nological Innovation. Similar agreements exist between ESPOL and the University of Notre Dame and the London School of Econom ics, says McRae C. Banks II, professor and Management De partment head at WPI. “W e’re de lighted to be part o f this program and the site of the various manage
ment disciplines,” he says. “Typi cally only ESPOL’s top students are eligible for this program. They are being groomed for top positions in government, education, and busi ness.” Two alumni of W PI head signifi cant programs at ESPOL. Edgar Izquierdo is director o f a new aca demic program for the university and Victor Hugo G onzalez is asso ciate director o f ICHE. A current student, Jorge Duque-Rivera, is the planning and budget officer for ESPOL. Omar Maluk Salem, director of ICHE. notes that “ESPOL fully ex pects the WPI graduates from Ecua dor to be “fast trackers” rising to the top of their chosen professions.” This is not the first time WPI has worked with ESPOL. In 1992 WPI was part of a five-year $500,000 U.S. Agency for International Develop ment program that promoted link ages between institutions of higher learning in the U.S. and develop ing countries. An extension to that program was granted this pas fall. Four
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Fraternity Serves The Community Would you like fries with that? by Michael Riley Sigma Pi Fraternity As part o f the ongoing Service B attalion o f Sigm a Pi Fraternity, the bro th ers o f W orcester P o ly tech n ic In s titu te ’s G am m a Iota c h a p te r b a rb e c u e d and se rv e d over 4 3 0 0 burgers and hot dogs to the City o f W orcester last w eek
end. Under the direction of alumni and sous-chef Dan Jackm an, tak ing a break from continental cu i sine, the fraternity spent the day cooking up a storm under the grey and cloudy skies. The effort was part o f W orcester’s huge 150,h an n iv e r s a r y b a sh , ta k in g p la c e dow ntow n on the Com m on, with m usic, rides, artists, booths, and,
of course, food. “This is part of our service pro gram ,” said fraternity President A1 N ordberg, “ which is a vital part of who we are as Pis. O ur frater nity was founded by a group o f men w ho, as a body, left college and served in the Spanish-A m erican War. We are absolutely dedi cated to the nation and the com-
munity, and it’s im portant as part o f o u r s e rv ic e p ro g ra m to do som ething lighthearted and fun for a change. . . especially som e thing that ju s t puts a sm ile on p eo p le’s faces. In light o f the re cent bad publicity for the W orces ter C onsortium on the part of sev eral opportunistic politicians, it’s See Signm Pi, continued topage 3
Alden Voices sing proud in their fifth annual Cabaret by Justin D. Greenough News Editor In th eir fifth annual show, the ladies o f Alden Voices filled the o rn a te p e rfo rm a n c e sta g e o f their nam esake with sounds of b e a u tifu l m u sic. T he show , w hich w as held last w eekend, M arch 2 0 th th ro u g h 2 2 nd, was titled “T he Sing H ouse C ab a ret”. Set in the time period o f World War II, the young women por trayed m em bers o f the ficticious Sigm a Nu Gam m a Sorority who “sing in order to deal with the s e p a r a tio n fro m th e ir lo v e d
o n e s.” D ressed in tim e-period m atched uniform s, the Sigm a Nu G am m a ladies danced and sang aro u n d the set w hich dep icted ra th e r quaintly, the in side o f a sorority house. The only male, in fact, to be found in the house on a regular basis was the bartender (p o rtray ed by R obert G relotti). A dditionally, there is a Telegram Boy who appears during the end o f the second act, portrayed by David Smiley. T hroughout the course o f the tw o -a c t p ro d u c tio n , th e young women o f Alden Voices presented a series o f songs ranging from classics by G eorge G ershw in to
Cole Porter, Rogers and H art and Irving Berlin. The singing was delightful to the ears and the lyr ics o f the songs w ere aptly cho sen to tell the tale o f the women who no doubt m issed their men while they were aw ay at war. If Siskel and Ebert w ere present, su rely the ladies o f S igm a Nu Gamma would have received “two thum bs up” . The Cabaret is an annual produc tion o f Alden voices, directed by Margaret M. Konkol and choreo graphed by Richard Monroe. M u sic for the event was performed by Olga Rogach (piano), Ben Clark (per cussion) and Tim Rehberg (bass
g u itar). C h o ru s m em bers in e lu d e d th e fo llo w in g : L inda Cappuccia, K atie Taylor, Karen Hirst, Dina Carreiro, April Hoover, Nancy Fidyk, Julie Roberts, Leigh Anderson, Lisa Baroffio, Milissa Cormier, Amelia Gilbreath, Teresa Green, Aim ee Kazlowski, Sarah Long, Heather McCusker, Megan Parsons, M aegan Rivard, Adria Risso, A ndrea Sereny, Stephanie Sounders, Kathryn Thorscn, Jen nifer Waite, Marge W inemillerand M ia Zam arro. The set was d e signed by Joanne Goyette, sound w as p ro v id e d by C h risto p h er Mangiarelli and Lighting by Lens and Lights.
teristics of yqur body say Are you cheep? Do you waste money? Are you'soft or hard hearted? Read this weeks Star Search and find out.
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