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N ew C linton initiative targets cam pus hate crim es by Erica B. Levy Harvard Crimson

“ 'What is the probability o f get ting groups o f engineers that sing in one room?’ ... ‘Umm that would be slim to none. - The MCs of the show. F o rtu n ately fo r the au d ien ce, Simple Harm onic Motion (SHM ) m anaged to beat the odds and pull together a great concert. The high spirited voices o f five a cappella groups kept filling Riley Commons full o f sweet joyous sounds Satur day night. A side from the main theme o f the concert, which is the singing, it was full o f skits that were as entertaining as the music. The evening began with the M IT Logarythms. They were both funny and whitty in their singing. They san g so n g s su c h as “L u lla b y e (G ood n ig h t, M y A ngel)” (B illy Joel)* and “Better Man” (Pearl Jam). Their part of the show gave way to the next act, which is SH M ’s coun-

Jay LaBlanc ‘00 and Ryan Mackey ‘02 participated in a skit at SHM's Acapella Fest 5. The skit portrayed ways to make sure you get shotgun. terpart, Interstate 8. They had a

Saturday Night Live skit theme throughout their perform ance, it involved Monica Lewinsky, the in famous stained dress, a cigar, Mary Catherine Gallagher, and the Spar tan Cheerleaders. One of the great est parts o f their act was when, as a ’’tribute”, the girls started to sing SH M ’s signature song, “Good Old A c a p e lla ” . H o w ev er Jo n ath an Reynolds ’98, an alumni o f SHM and once the soloist o f the song, w ouldn’t let that happen and be cam e involved in a show with I8’s soloist, Terri Green ‘99. The duo fought it out and in the end the au dience was the definite victor, for the two voices o f R eynolds and Green certainly got everyone’s en ergy all fired up. Som e o f the other songs that 18 performed were ‘Take A C h a n c e O n M e ” (E ra s u re ), “Galileo” (Indigo Girls), and “Sweet Dreams” (Eurythmics). The third group to go was the Dartm outh Cords. T heir singing was accompanied by their fantas tic choreography. In the end the audience was certainly captivated by their sense of style, wit, and sing ing capabilities. Part o f their reper to ire fo r th e e v e n in g in clu d ed

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W ith Sim ple H arm onic M otion jamming behind him, Eric Cattelle ‘01, sings the theme song from the JefTersons at Acapella Fest 5, on Saturday, April 10,1999.

“Wonderwall” (Oasis), “Walking In M e m p h is” (M arc C o h e n ), and “Istanbul” (They Might B e Giants). A fter intermission, the Colum bia M etrotones took over the stage and began to enchant the audience with their sweet soft voices. They sang songs such as “Kiss” (Prince) and

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(U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — President C linton announced Tuesday morning that he will take political action in response to hate crim es in the U .S.— where m ore than 8,000 hate crimes were reported in 1997. T he P re sid e n t p lan s to fig h t against hate crim es through both an executive and legislative push. Two o f his spokespeople later dis cussed the initiatives in a confer ence call with reporters yesterday. Clinton is advocating a broader definition o f hate crimes in a new bill that is now w orking its way through C ongress. A ccording to the president’s special counsel for civil rights, Edward Correia, if more crimes are considered to be based on “hate,” the crim inals who com mit them will face stricter sentences. State governm ents are often not tough enough ag ainst crim inals who have com m itted hate crimes,

Traditions Day‘99

The Candle Walk was an event that many attended during Traditions Day. It was one among many events that took place on Wednesday, April 7,1999.

W P I’s April F o o l’s w ebsite a big hit on top o f Alumni Gym. We got a lot o f mail from people saying that we made them laugh and brightened their day.” Nearly 100 m embers o f the com m unity voted fo r th e ir favorite p h o to and story. At th is point, b o th the p h o to g rap h and story a b o u t P a r r is h as a 0 0 7 s tu n t double are the com m unity favor ites, with the crab photo and hous ing lottery story com ing in sec ond. The polls are still open: members o f the community who missed the page can view it, along with the April Fool’s pages o f past years, at th e fo llo w in g a d d re s s : h ttp :// www. wpi .edu/Apri 1/

by Amy L. Marr WPI Web Coordinator W PI’s webmasters replaced the W PI H om epage on April F o o l’s Day for the third consecutive year. This tim e around, Web C oordina tor Amy Marr and CCC Operations Coordinator Troy Thompson sim ply replaced the photos and sto ries on the real homepage with some hilarious interpretations o f “what makes W PI special.” “We really had fun with it this year,” says Marr. “We wanted to m ake people do a ‘d o u b le-tak e’ when they looked at the page and saw Dr. Parrish as James Bond or the Sole Proprietor’s inflated crab

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Correia said in the conference call. “ It carves out a special role for g o v e rn m e n t to p ro te c t p e o p le from discrimination,” Correia said. “We have a national problem that we have to do som ething about.” T he current federal law on the subject, w ritten in 1968, says that “ hate crim es” must be m otivated by prejudice based on race, color, religion o r nationality and com m itted against som eone w ho is engaged in a federally protected act. “F ederally p ro tected a c ts ” in th is d e fin itio n , m ean s ro u g h ly acts which inherently identify the actor as a m em ber o f a m inority group, such as m arches and pro te s ts . The new law would add gender, disability and sexual orientation to the definition and would broaden the legislation to include any crime motivated by “hate,” regardless o f circumstance. H e arin g s on th e le g is la tio n , which currently has 30 co-sponsors in the Senate and 140 in the House, are scheduled for late April. Clinton also outlined three initia tives to stop hate crim es before they happen by teaching children about hate and discrimination. The president’s plan would help educatc the government about dis crimination in schools and would teach young peo p le about hate crim es’ effect on society, Clinton said in a press release. Annual reports on school safety produced by the Justice and Edu cation D epartm ents will now in c lu d e in fo rm a tio n a b o u t h ate crimes, Clinton said. And, for the first time, the De partment o f Education will have to collect data about biases and hate crimes on college campuses. Lastly, the President called for a “public-private partnership” pro gram to educate m iddle school stu dents about tolerance through tele vision shows and classroom pre sentations. Mary Smith, associate director for policy planning, said that targeting a middle school audience may catch the problem before it starts. “These are children who are just approaching a d o le sc en ce,” said Mary Smith, associate director for policy planning, during the confer ence call. Smith added that the edu cation initiatives aim to catch chil dren before they have set attitudes about discrimination. Instead o f teaching about spe cific biases, Smith said, the program will introduce children to universal ideas about differences. “[It’s] teaching a way of life,” she said.

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“Faith” (George Michael). Once the M etrotones’ performance was done, they gave way for the fifth and final group, Simple Harmonic Motion. SH M ’s had a hilarious and vibrant opening with the theme to the M uppet Show and the song “All I Want” (Toad the Wet Sprock ets). The skits that they performed ju st made everyone cry out in laughter with “Ways to Get Shotgun” and “A cappella Hunter”. This particular concert had a sig nificant meaning to it, for M ike W heeler ‘99, the musical director of the group, cer em oniously passed on the pitch pipe to the new musical director, Jeff Hayes ’00. With songs sung by strong soloists and pulsating support, the show ended with a composition o f popular television shows from the 8 0 ’s and an encore presentation o f “Crazy” (Seal) from SHM. In the end, the audience was on its feet and cheering the fabulous performance by SHM and all o f the other a cappella groups that partici pated, for they all greatly deserved it.

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Jeff Hayes ‘00 and Aaron Vandesteen ‘01 display how to use intimidation in order to get shotgun. This was one of the one of the skits SHM put on for the audience at Acapelia Fest 5.

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in the game. The next day the Engineers went across the city to play Clark in a NEW MAC game. An eight run second inning sealed the win for the Cougars as they took the game 165. The lone bright spot was Birmingham who hit a home run and drove in four runs in the losing effort. Last T hursday W PI returned hom e to play MIT. and used an eighth inning rally to defeat the rival Engineers. WPI scored four runs to overcom e a one-run defecit to take the lead for good as they went on to win 11-9. The big hit in the inning cam e o ff the bat o f T hiboutot who hit a 1-1 pitch over the centerfield fence to put W PI in the lead 9-8. Busby, who reached on a single scored on a wild pitch for the te n th ru n a n d J u s tin D o w n in g (Leominster, M ass.) would knock another insurance run w ith a double to score Ja son Katz (M errim ack, N.H.). W PI jum ped out 1-0 in the first when T h o b o u to t sin g le d , sto le sec o n d and cam e home on a double by Busby. M IT tied the game 1-1 on a lead off solo home run in the second. M IT took advantage o f a W PI fielding error in the third and sco red three runs, tw o o f w hich w ere knocked in by a single over a draw n in infield. W PI cam e back in their half o f the third to score two o f their own when B usby scored on a K atz double. Katz then scored on a Birm ingham single to m ake the score 4-3 after three innings. M IT would add an unearned run in the fourth for a 5-3 lead before W PI storm ed back in the hom e h a lf o f the fifth inning with four runs to take the lead at 7-5. The four runs cam e via tw o, two-run home ru n s o f f th e b a ts o f D o w n in g a n d S o rre n tin o . M IT sc o re d th ree u n a n sw ered runs, one in the sixth and two in the seventh for the 8-7 lead entering the eighth inning. Busby went the distance for W PI to pick up his second win o f the season against three defeats.

by Geoff Hassard Sports Information Director Baseball (11-11) The baseball team had a busy w eek w ith six gam es. They ended the w eek w ith a 2-4 w eek including a com e-from behind win over MIT. O n th e 2 n d th e y h o s te d E a s te rn N azarene and beat them 8-2 behind six stron g innings from sophom ore Bryan LeB lanc (M iddleboro, M ass.). Anthony Berry (Falm outh, M ass.) picked up a save after pitching three scoreless innings of relief. The big hit in the gam e cam e in the fifth when Jared B irm ingham (C on cord, N.H.) hit a tw o out double to knock in tw o runs. Those runs m ade the score 6 -2 as th e v is ito rs n e v e r th re a te n e d again. The next day W PI was at home fo r a NEW M A C doubleheader against Spring field. The tw o team s would split as the Pride won the first gam e 7-4 before the Engineers took the second 18-0. In the first gam e the Pride scored two runs in the 3rd, 4th and 5th innings to take a 6-1 lead. The Engineers would rally in the 7th, but fell short 7-4. Birmingham w ould hit a solo hom e run for the only highlight. In the second gam e WPI would pound out 20 hits enroute to the shutout win. Rob Busby (A ndover, M ass.) led the way w ith a 5 for 5 perform ance with one triple short of hitting for the cycle. He w ould also score four runs and drive in two. Steve Horsman (A bington, M ass.), Kevin C ornw ell (A gaw am , M ass.) and M ike Sorrentino (W akefield, M ass.) would all collect three hits each in the win. Eric Thiboutot (N ashua, N .H.) struck out nine and allowed only tw o hits in picking up a com plete gam e win. Last M onday W PI hosted traditionally strong T rinity C ollege in a single gam e. T he visitors ju m p ed out to a 5-0 lead af ter three and then added five more in the 5th inning as they won the game 13-2. Busby and H orsm an each had two hits

Softball (5-9) T he softball team cam e through last

Sum m er Sports C am ps 1999 Baseball M onday June 21 - Friday, June 25 Coed Basketball Monday July 5 - Friday, July 9 Coed Basketball Monday July 1 2 -Friday, July 16 Coed Soccer M onday July 19 - Friday, July 23 Field Hockey, Eve Monday July 26 - Friday, July 30 Girls Basketball Days Monday July 26 - Friday, July 30 Field Hockey - O vernight Sunday August 1 - Thursday, August 5 For more information on “Summer Sports Camps 1999” please call Beth Brown at ext. 5243 or Ken Kaufman at ext. 5430. Also you can e-mail Beth Brown at bbrown@ wpi.edu. When e-mailing please include your name, address, telephone number, and any particu lar camp sport that m ay interest you. Thank you.

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w eek with a 2-3 record. T hey won a single game over Babson, split a doubleheader with N ichols and dropped a pair against a strong C oast G uard team. In the 15-14 win ov er Babson, the En gineers only had five hits w hich is usu ally not e n o u g h to w in high sco rin g gam es, but 17 w alks by the opposition helped the E ngineers win this one. M a rina C arboni (L eo m in ster, M ass.) and Beth D onovan (P o casset, M ass.) each sc o red th ree ru n s. Ja n ic e N aro w sk i (Southington, C onn.) had three RBIs in the win. The next day W PI w ent to N ichols for two games. They won the first gam e 6-2, but dropped the second 14-7. In the first game Lara C urrie (Concord, N.H.) led the way with three hits while also picking up the win. N arow ski and Rachel M altais (W estport, M a ss.) d ro v e in tw o runs each. In the second gam e, a seven run 6th inning for the Bison broke a 7-7 as they won the gam e. Sonja Farak (P orts mouth, R.I.) and Leah Henry (Paradise, Pa.) each had tw o hits w hile Carboni had two RBIs. L a st T u e s d a y W P I h o s te d C o a s t Guard for a N EW M A C tw in-bill. The E ngineers p lay ed w ell in losing both gam es to the first place Bears. In the first gam e the visitors w ould score all the runs they needed in the first inning as they plated two. They would go on to win the gam e 6-0. In the second game WPI had chances, but were denied by a stingy defense as they lost 2-0.

Men’s Track & Field (3-3) The m en’s track & field team hosted the annual E ngineers M eet against M IT and Rensselaer. W PI finished third with 37.5 points. M ike Pockoski (D ayville, C onn.) won the hammer, shot put and discus again this week. In w inning the ham m er he qualified for the n atio n a ls for a third straight year. Kevin G allerie (M iddleton, M ass.) was 4th in the high jum p and 3rd in the 1 1 0 -m ete r h ig h h u rd le s. K arl Lackner (B abylon, N.Y.) was 3rd in the 100-meters. C hris Schlick (N. Attleboro, M ass.) was 2nd in the ja v e lin . Dave Bowler (Cumberland, R.I.) took 2nd in the po le vault. B ill E sp in o la (W in d so r, M ass.) was 4th in the ja v e lin . Jam es Hammond (D urham , C onn.) was 4th in both the discus and the ham m er. Jeff C olem an (R ehoboth, M ass.) was 2nd in the 400-m eter hurdles.

R achel Z im et (T ru m an sb u rg , N .Y .) scored in the discus, shot put and ham mer. Julie W heeler (A ttleboro, M ass.) scored in the 100-m eter hurdles, 100m eter dash and the pole v au lt. K ris M achon (W. K ingston, R.I.) scored in the 200-meter dash. Amber Miller (Ellenville, N.Y.) scored in the triple ju m p and the pole vault. Tina G allos (M anchester, N.H.) won the triple jum p and scored in the high jum p. A m anda K ight (C linton, O hio) scored in the high ju m p and the 100 hurdles. H arm onie H aw ley (Pine Beach, N.J.) scored in the 1,500-m eter run and the 3,000-m eter run. U rsa Scherer (O range, M ass.) scored in the shot put and ja v elin . Jen Lavin (Salem , N .H .) scored in the 100. Lonnie DeLuca (Feed ing H ills, M ass.) scored in the long jum p and 100. Emily B runkhorst (Plym outh, M ass.) scored in both the ja v e lin and discus. Aim ee Fitzpatrick (Gray, M aine) sco red in the 8 0 0 -m ete r run. E m ily Reynolds (Tolland, Conn.) scored in both the 800 and 1,500.

Men’s Tennis (1-3) T h e m e n ’s ten n is seaso n is in full sw ing. L ast w eek they p lay ed th ree m atch e s w in n in g o n e . T h ey lo st to W heaton 7-0, beat W estern New England 5-2 and then lost to Springfield 5-2. In the win over W NEC M att C hiott (Chepatchet, R.I.) and Carl Nielsen (P ly m outh, M ass.) won at #2 doubles and George Oprica (Suffield, Conn.) and Brian Gilm an (Concord, N.H.) were victorious at # 3 . C h io tt, S te p h e n L e s s e r (N . A ttle b o r o , M a s s .), W e sley M a rc k s (H ingham , M ass.) and K eith Peterson (W rentham , M ass.) all won in singles play. A g a in s t S p r in g f ie ld C h io tt an d Peterson both battled back to win their singles m atches in three sets to win the only points for WPI.

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A r t s & E n t e r t a in m e n t T h e w ir e d w o r ld : T h e in te r n e t is m a k in g fe m a le -fr ie n d ly j o b s a n d b u s in e s s e s by Sarah Walkowiak Features Editor O n M o n d a y , A p ril 1 9 th , A liz a Sherm an, president o f C ybergrrl Inc. and author o f Cybergrrl: A Woman’s Guide to the World Wide Web w ill be speaking at W PI to d iscu ss the developm ent of her career and issues relating to wom en and technology. C ybergrrl is a m edia and entertainm ent com pany with a m ission to em pow er wom en through the use o f tech nology, and is also the nam e o f A liza’s -a lte r-e g o on th e In te rn e t. Newspeak would like to thank A liza for her time and thoughts. M ore inform ation on Cybergrrl In c . m ay be fo u n d at h ttp :// www.cgim.com The presentation will be held at 5:00pm in Riley C om m ons, and is sponsored by L E A P , P a n h e l, S W E , A d m is s io n s , H ealthy A lternatives, the H ealth Center, R e sid e n tia l S e rv ic e s and th e S tu d en t Speakers Fund. The fo llo w in g is an in terv iew with A liza conducted over e-m ail. SW: You were form erly involved in the m usic business, how did you becom e in volved in it, and w hat was it like? AS: I lucked into the m usic business a fte r tem ping at a bank, then hearing about an o p en in g at a sm all, regional booking agency that booked prom bands, fraternity party bands, w edding bands, etc. They w ere located in Richm ond, VA and I m oved to C harlotte, NC to open up a new office for them . W hile there, I m et an agent from ICM w ho called me when his assistant quit and asked if I w anted to w ork for him in New York City. I was terrified but de cided to do it. A nother agent who was having trouble w ith her assistants asked me to w ork for her and my boss encour aged it because she had m ajor bands like M etallica, Neil Young, Tracy Chapm an, E lvis C ostello and D ef Leppard. Then after a year I wanted to leave New York but was then offered a jo b to work at the m anagem ent com pany for M etallica and D ef Leppard. I was there for alm ost

4 y e ars, c o o rd in a tin g th e d a y -to -d a y press and prom otions for M etallica, D ef L eppard, Suicidal Tendencies and Bruce H ornsby. My favorite m om ents: 1. H aving total backstage and behind the scenes access at M etallica con certs - they w ere super nice and their crew was really cool. I got to watch the show s from the stage and was blown away by the pow er o f the crowd. 2. Being backstage at the L.A. concert for Bruce H ornsby and standing next to Bruce Springsteen and his wife, Don Henley and his girlfriend (now wife) and B onnie Raitt and her husband. It w as th e o n ly tim e I w a s tru ly starstruck. 3. H anging out in M exico C ity with M etallica and L ondon with a sm all band we represented called the Dan Reed N etw ork and Paris and M ilan with D ef Leppard. T rav ellin g is my favorite thing, but travelling w ith popular bands is a surreal experience. SW: W hat w as it like to change careers at a young age? AS: W ell, I’ve changed careers twice. I left the m usic business to run a non profit organization focusing on dom es tic violence aw areness. Then in 1994, I w as held up at gunpoint and kidnapped w ith a friend o f m ine. We m anaged to escape unharm ed but I left NYC for sev eral m onths to regroup. I discovered the Web w hile in Santa Fe, New M exico. I returned to N ew York w ith an idea for a business - Internet m arketing and con sulting. I started the com pany in Janu ary o f 1995 - very early in this industry. Changing careers the first tim e was out o f frustration from w orking in an indus try that w asn’t very fem ale-positive or friendly. I learned about w om en’s issues w hile at the nonprofit organization but also learned that I never w anted to work at a nonprofit again. M aybe I ’ll have a foundation som eday and when I have the m eans. I ’ll contribute to nonprofits, but I get frustrated trying to do good things

T ranslucent Soul - E llis Paul perform s at W PI by Sarah Walkowiak Features Editor E llis P a u l p e rfo rm e d last T u esd ay evening for a nearly packed R iley C om m ons. H e last played at W PI tw o years ago as a solo perform er with an acoustic g u itar and a harm onica. T his tim e, he brought along tw o friends, C hristopher W illiam s and Don C onoscenti for guitar, drum and vocal accom panim ent, giving the show a livelier “feel.” Tow ards the end o f the show, Ellis played a few songs alone, and then w as rejo in ed w ith his friends fo r a rendition o f a N eil Young song. D uring this song, and earlier in the concert, E llis, C hristopher, and Don left the stage and perform ed standing in the aisles. T he perform ers were very relaxed and even a bit silly at tim es, giving a new context to the songs them selves. The last tim e E llis played at W PI, the show felt

m ore som ber and serious, while this time around it w as lighter and more upbeat. It w as interesting to see the different inter p retatio n s o f som e o f the sam e songs, enriching their m eaning. Ellis Paul also perform ed from his most recent album Translucent Soul in addi tion to a few unreleased songs and old favorites, including the infam ous Wilbur, a song about life from a ro d en t’s eyeview. In this and o th er songs such as

Translucent Soul, Autobiography o f a Pistol and She loves a Girl, E llis show s his unique talent for storytelling, focus ing on issues o f the hum an con d itio n such as lost love, drug addiction, racism and hom ophobia. O pening for Ellis Paul was W P I’s own Josh M illard, with a few stories o f his ow n. T he event w as sponsored by the C offeehouse com m ittee, who will be pre senting Kelly Joe Phelps on A pril 13th.

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Ellis Paul performed at the SocComm Coffee house last Tuesday. He brought two of his friend to accompany him during his performance.

w ith no money. I’m learning a lot having my own busi ness and it brings a w hole new set o f fears, frustrations but also opportunities that I’d never have if I h ad n ’t taken the chance. I d on’t know if I can ever work for anyone ever again. SW: W hat can w om en and men do to im prove equity in cyberspace, in tech nology, and in the w orkplace? AS: I think that w om en and men need to work together to be aw are o f gender roles and issues online, in the technol ogy industries, in the w orkplace and also in schools, from preschool to college. W hat m essages are we sending to girls? W hat are we telling boys about equity? Are we teaching boys and girls to think critically about old stereotypes perpetu ated in the m edia and in our w orld? SW: W hat do you feel are the biggest challenges facing w om en who w ant to enter into high tech careers? AS: I think w om en create barriers for them selves internally - we tend not to think we are capable, we shy away from environm ents that m ight be less “com fortable,” we often d o n ’t think we de serve success. We stand in our own way and buy into m edia and so ciety ’s view s

o f what w om en can and can ’t do, should and shouldn’t do. W omen need to support one another m ore and once we succeed, we need to position o u rselv es as role m odels and m entors to other wom en and to girls in order to give them the feeling that they can do it, too. SW : W h a t are y o u r c u rre n t/fu tu re plans for C ybergrrl Inc. ? AS: We see H o lly w o o d in C y b e rg rrl’s future. M aybe a television sh o w o r e v e n a m o v ie . D e f in ite ly C y b e r g r r l- b r a n d e d p r o d u c ts . M o re C y b e r g r r l b o o k s ( o u r f i r s t o n e is

C ybergrrl: A Woman’s Guide to the World Wide Web) B igger and better web sites. M ore W ebgrrls c h a p te rs around the w orld. B asically, a C yb erg rrl in ev ery hom e. C yb erg rrl has a big m ission: to em p o w er w om en and g irls to take charge o f tech n o lo g y fo r th e ir personal and p ro fe ssio n a l gain. E v ery th in g we d o, both o n lin e and o fflin e, is m eant to insp ire and m o tiv ate w om en and girls and to sh o w th em how to in te g ra te te c h n o lo g y in to th e ir e v e ry d a y lives o r to show them how they can be not ju s t the u se rs o f tec h n o lo g y , but the creato rs as w ell.

Exhibition: P hotocopier art: A n exploration D ates: April 26-M ay 22, 1999 R ecep tio n : April 30: 6pm, w ith a gallery ta lk by e x h ib itio n c u r a to r S u sa n Zimmerman at 7 pm. H ours: April 26-M ay 5: m-f: Sam - 11 pm; Sat.: 8am -9pm ; Sun: noon-11pm; May 6 - M a y 22: m-Sat.: 8 a m -5 p m . Phone: (508)831-5410 A traveling exhibition co-curated by Su san Zim m erm an and Sonya EvaniskoLong. “Photocopier Art: an E xploration,” a traveling exhibition o f w ork by 27 pro fessional artists who utilize a photocopier in the m aking o f the art, will be hosted by G ordon L ibrary at W orcester Poly technic Institute. T he intention o f the exhibition is to educate and inspire the public, students, and artists o f all ages. Co-curated by Susan Z im m erm an, colla g is t an d in d e p e n d e n t c u r a to r , A uburndale, M A and Sonya EvaniskoLong, an artist and p rofessor o f art at Sheperd C ollege, S heperdstow n, WVA, the art was selected from a ju ried national call for entries. W orks by tw o W orcester a r tis ts , D o n n a H a m il T a lm a n and Kathleen C am m arata are included. The exhibition opens M onday, April 26; on Friday, A pril 30, there will be a reception at 6:00 PM , and, at 7:00 PM, a slide presentation and discussion, facili tated by Z im m erm an, on the history and use o f photocopiers as art-m aking tools. The exhibition will rem ain at G ordon Li brary until Saturday, M ay 22. Although photocopiers, first black and white and later color, have been utilized by artists since the 1960’s as the tech

nology continues to evolve, so does ac ceptance and recognition o f the creative e x p re ssio n m ade p o ssib le w ith these re a d ily -a c c e ssib le m ach in es. T he 50 pieces in the exhibition dem onstrate the innovative w ays in w hich artists push photocopiers to their lim its. Transfers onto traditional and non-traditional ma terials, photographs o f photocopier col lages, scans into digital im ages, and col lages o f actual photocopies are among the techniques represented. The e x h ib itio n fe a tu re s p a in tin g s, m onoprints, m ixed-m edia collages, fiber w orks, photography, artist’s books, and digital prints, all o f w hich w ere m ade us ing a photocopier as part o f the process. Som e a rtis ts p re se n t the p h o to co p ie r print as their w ork o f art; others use the m achine for im age m anipulation, repeti tion o f elem ents, or to preserve precious photographs and m em orabilia. Susan Zim m erm an is at work on a book o f how -to techniques for using photo c o p ie rs as a r t- m a k in g to o ls . H er Ilfochrom e photographic prints com bine photography, painting, and photocopier collage. S onya E vanisko-L ong is cur rently researching contem porary a rtists’ use o f photocopier technology. She uti lized a photocopier in her collage/paint ings, and ed u cates her students about its capabilities. The slide presentation reception and exhibition are free, and the public is en couraged to attend. For more inform a tion call Susan Zimmerman (617)527-9720 o r Lora B rueck, Special C ollections Li brarian at (508)831-6039.

Flying E agles International benefit concert Flying Eagles International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the betterm ent o f the com m unity through m usic, has an nounced a benefit concert to be held in WPI Riley Commons, April 16th and 17th, at 7:00 pm. T ickets will be available at the doors at $2 for students, $3 for oth ers. In conjunction with N ational Youth Service W eekend, proceeds will go to the Elm Park C om m unity School for techno logical advancem ent. F ly in g E a g le s I n te r n a tio n a l w as founded in 1998, with its first songs origi nating in 1993. All songs are inspira tional pop, w ritten, sung, and played by F lo r e s ; w ith b a c k u p v o c a ls and in stru m e n ta ls p ro v id e d by W PI s tu dents. O ver three dozen m em bers o f the college com m unity will be participating in the production o f Flying E agles’ songs at this concert. Flying Eagles has previously released a CD, “Prelude to a D ream ,” a com pila tion o f eleven songs w hich has so far sold in excess o f 550 copies. “ We sue-

ceeded in putting together the CD for charity last year, and I w anted to take the next step ,” said G abe Flores, head o f Flying E agles International and a WPI senior. “ Perform ance for charity seemed the logical choice.” “T he th em e o f the c o n c e rt is 'O u r G randest V ision,” ’ said Flores. “People should grow into the grandest vision o f who they are, and not limit them selves to ‘re a listic ’ thinking. I w ant to help those at Elm Park School realize their grandest v isio n s.” Other local groups scheduled to play include Liquid Purple, T ave’Hu, What D etour?, Sykkle, and individual co m poser and singer Bonnie Jean Boettchcr. Music styles include funk, rock, folk, and alternative. The success o f this concert will be with the help o f many organizations at WPI in cluding the Student Activities Office, Al pha Phi O m ega service fraternity, the WPI Music Association, several social frater nities and the W orcester Community.

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by Brian Whitman Newspeak Staff Since I’ve been kind o f lax the past couple of weeks, I’m catching up by not just reviewing one record this week - but two! Best part about this new exorcise is that the two records are perhaps the most completely polar opposite pieces of music I can think of, so to make it easier for ev eryone, I’m imagining a friendly game o f pick-up-sticks betw een the two groups Wilco and Nothingface. Wilco, that postpre Uncle Tupelo country/pop group, just cam e o u t w ith th e ir new re c o rd summerteeth, a slow-bum hook laden trip through various romantic interludes and visions o f self-doubt, and have previously won cham pionship crowns in past pickup-stick matches against such musicians as R.E.M., Dan Bern, and Aphex Twin. So, they’re pretty sure they’re going to win this one. But never forget the dark horse: th at’s N othingface, a ‘hardcore / heavy m usic’ group from D.C. Their new record An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity is filled w ith u ltra-sh arp riffs and thick double-bass hits— back from the days when Headbangers Ball was cool. The match begins at the Jon Bell Con vention Center in Zelienople, PA, and Wilco is p sy c h e d . W hy s h o u ld n ’t th ey be? summerteeth. without a doubt, is one o f the fin est cou ntry in flu en ced records around today. Wilco’s team includes acous tic guitars, keys/organ, bass and drums, but som e sparse orchestration appears

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by Kimberly Farrell Newspeak Staff Writer Amherst, M ass — Excitement and es trogen were in the air on Friday night, as scores o f fans filled the M ullins Center to near-capacity. Not for the weak o f heart, an opening band called Bitchin’ Animals almost stole the crowd with their “Pussy M anifesto”, a rallying com m entary on the attitudes o f society tow ards fem ale genitalia. This opening band was relatively unknown to the m ostly fem ale audience, but played right into their hands with their next song, with a country beat, claiming ‘T h e re ’s a ho down there” while pointing at the audi ence and laughing. With a firmly girl atti tude, their next ditty sang o f the joy o f Drag Kings, which for the uninitiated are women that dress as men and go to bars to pick up women. Although overall staunchly more lesbian-is-the-only-way-to-go than the act that was to follow, the audience ate up the electric-fiddle and bongo duo. “Are y ’all ready for some folk music?” the local manager asked us. Oh yes. Soon to follow was the girlfriend her self, Ani D iFranco. A self-built wom an, Ani started her own record com pany a few years back in order to not be required to sign with a m ajor m isogynistic label. N aysayers claim ed it w ould never work, but the packed M ullins C enter on Friday night spoke a different story. The lights w ent dow n and the scream ing for their favorite folkie began. O pening up with a few fast paced-songs from last sum m er’s re le a s e “ L ittle P la s tic C a s tle s ” , she w hipped the crow d into a frenzy before in tro d u c in g a few so n g s th a t th e y ’d never heard before, w ritten since the d e but o f her latest album , “Up Up Up Up Up U p” . She spoke o f the band’s recent tour o f europe, where they played in Ger m any and ate schm altz. For the unfam il iar, schm altz is broiled-chicken drippings sp re a d on b read . T h e a u d ie n c e was w arned against ever eating it, and she continued on with an upbeat version o f “The D iner” that had the entire audience bouncing along. Things quieted down when Ani intro duced a new song, written about the un fortunately paired towns o f Birmingham, Alabama, and Buffalo, New York. It turns out that fairly recently after an abortion clinic had been bombed in Birmingham, a pro-choice doctor was shot in his own home in Buffalo, A ni’s home town. The

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While Wilco takes the relaxed and lazy songwriting track, N othingface is obvi ously more aggressive, and although too much aggression in music tends to get tired, it’s a much sought-after trait in pick-upstick s. From an o bjectiv e stan d po in t, N othingface has all the num bers over W ilco - they’re louder, faster, much more technically inclined, and use much cooler samples. But pick-up-sticks, thankfully, isn’t all about raw power, it’s about com p a ssio n and e m o tio n , and here N othingface falls short. Even their love song “Sleeper” is marred with a violent undertone: “And I kill the one you loved...” Wilco, on the other hand, is sensitive and floaty to a T: “She’s a ja r / with a heavy lid / my pop quiz kid / A sleepy kisser / With feelings hid / She begs me not to miss her...” So there was quite a match set up here. Unfortunately, w e’ll never know who won b e c a u se N o th in g fa c e s y s te m a tic a lly maimed each member of poor Wilco before the match even got underway. Lead singer Matt Holt, blood all over his mesh shirt, intoned “Wilco had to go / 1 had to destroy them so / Your hate should be on my bones” and etc.

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song is a dialog between the two towns, looking for answers to these senseless acts and featuring a voting booth as one o f the ways out. The social commentary contin ued with “Two Little Girls” , about a best friend with a severe drug problem, and “My Country ’Tis of Thee”, dealing with the ills that face m odem society in regards to street crim e and “crim inalizing the symptoms while you spread the disease” . A few more old standbys with a new song or two rounded up the set, including an insightful look at A ni’s feelings about her fans and her life. She sang o f being “loved” by the fans but reflected to her lover: “they love what i do, the only one that loves me is you” . This was followed up by Ani read ing aloud one o f the cards that had come with the flowers thrown upon the stage in which a few girls in the front row assured Ani that they were here for her music, but could they please have the drummer’s phone number? This lead to a story o f people try ing desperately to get backstage to meet the band, at which point it was mentioned that the only thing you needed to do to get back stage was the drummer. The audience roared and the show went on. New rythms to old songs freshened the night up trem endously but the crowning pinnacle o f Ani manifesting herself as a real person was her forgetting the chords/ guitar line to one o f her oldest standbys, “Sham eless”. The audience loved her im provisation to get out of her memory lapse, and she laughed as hard as anyone, once she got the part back again. The band w as introduced as the night was com ing to an end. Julie W olf, the k e y b o a rd is t/a c c o rd io n p la y e r, rea d a poem by Suzanne Som m ers called “O r ganic G irl” , in w hich the listener realizes through a cynical eye that being com pletely m ilitaristic about being organic is bland and boring. Jason M ercer plays both the handheld and the upright bass. D arren H an, the drum m er, proved that he was a child o f the 80’s as he cam e out fro m b e h in d th e d r u m s e t a n d breakdanced for all of us. The show closed with Jukebox, o ff her newest release, and the encore was upbeat and the title track off “Little Plastic Castle” . Even after the lights came up, the audience was reluctant to leave and were up at the stage, trying to get flowers o r notes to Ani, even glim pses o f their favorite folkie. To say the least, this woman is the most energetic person I’ve ever seen in concert, and it’s contagious.

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Courtesy o f the International House For everyone, life is full o f sto ries. Even though most o f them are trivial and will probably disap pear from our memory in a week or so, some of them are so important and unforgettable that they actu ally influence us our whole life. I was born in a small city in cen tral China. When I was a little girl, my mom always told me to the story about how I was bom. My mom was a teacher and worked in an el em entary school in a Chinese city. On the day I was bom, she had to work. She went to work as usual. At noon, she went back home af ter the morning section. On the way home, she experi enced pain in her abdomen. She knew that I would come into the world soon and hoped she could get back home sewn. But it was very difficult for her to walk quickly, and so she had to rest a while when ever she walked a few steps. At that time, the medical situation in C h in a w as very p o o r. M an y women stayed home to give birth.

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My mom did the same thing. That day, she finally got home and 1 was bom not very long afterwards. I was the fourth child o f my m other’s. 1 knew she expected that I would be a boy although she never m entioned this to me. She said I was her daughter and she loved m e. She hoped her daughter (me) would be smart and she gave me the name “Li.” Mom said she saw a movie before I was born. In that m ovie, he noticed a girl whose name was “Li” and had hoped that her dau g h ter w ould be like this character. A fter I was born, my parents had 4 children: my older brother, two sisters and me. When I was young, life was very difficult. People earned very little even though they w orked very hard. My parents had to work hard to make a living for the whole fam ily and they d idn't have time to take care o f us and work too. Fortu nately, we lived very close to our grandmother. W hen my parents went to work, she kept an eye on us. But G randm other was very busy and the only thing she tried

to do was to make sure all o f us played safety. M other said that four children were a big burden and she did not want more children. But five years later, my younger brother was born, and he was the youngest child in our family. After him, my parents did not have more children. As a teenager, I was always won dering w hat the o u tsid e w orld looked like. For most people, the only chance that you have to go outside and have a better future is by passing the the notorious Na tional Entrance Exam and attend ing the university. Unlike here, a college education in C hina is free. In high school I was a good stu d en t and w as ea g er to get the chance to continue my studies. If I had not been able to go to the university, I would have had a to tally different life. I would have never had any chance to come to the US. When I left home for the uni versity, I was young, shy and a little scared. Besides a stressful student life, I had to learn how to take care o f myself. Away from

home, I m issed my parents so much and could not w ait for the sem es ter break. As tim e passed, I be cam e fam iliar with a different life and had friends and started to feel b e tte r a b o u t b e in g aw ay from hom e. In the university, I met and fell in love with my husband. A f ter we graduated, we both got jo b s in a so u th ern C h in ese city. We spent a lot o f happy tim es together during these years. Time passed very fast. More than thirty years passed. Both of my par ents have retired from their jobs. All their children have grown up and have our ow n families. I left my country and came to the USA a few years ago. I know my parents have been missing me as I have been miss ing them. Because I am very busy trying to get my career on track, I have not gone back to visit them in six years. I hope my parents will for give me. Now m y tw o sisters w ork and live in the sam e city as my parents, and they visit our parents very o f ten. My younger brother also lives in the sam e city but his jo b takes him out o f town frequently. All my

siblings’ families have one child b e c a u s e o f th e g o v e r n m e n t policy. All have much better liv ing conditions than my parents did at the sam e age. U n fo rtu nately my older b rother passed away in an accident two years ago. T hat was a big shock to our whole family. For m yself, I had seen him for m any years. When my family told me about his accident, I was in M adison, W isconsin, and c o u ld not g o back to attend his funeral. I fell into a deep sadness for a long time. Even today, I am still very sad and feel heartbroken w hen ever I think o f him. It is difficult to believe that I will never see him again. T im e c h a n g e s an d th in g s change as well. Every day is a new day, and we start a new life. I hope my family and I will meet again in the near future. I can imagine how happy my parents will be to see that my life is better in many ways than theirs have been. And I expect my son will have a better future than I have had.

the dangers o f secondhand smoke to students in adjoining rooms. As if som eone is smoking so much that enough sm oke will leak through the c e ilin g a n d g iv e e v e ry o n e in Founders cancer. Moreover, the risk o f secondhand smoke was found in a study by the Environmental Pro tection Agency. Last year, a judge deemed inadm issable that report in a Tobacco Industry lawsuit because o f enorm ous am ounts o f evidence that indicated that the EPA doctored their data to make it look like sec ondhand sm oke was a large risk.

Ms. Morgan is gravely over stating the “problem ” of sm ok ing in Residence Halls. By for bidding smoking in common a r eas and allowing it in individual rooms, Res Services has done an admirable job of meeting its goals o f providing a healthy environ ment and protecting the right to privacy. If people d o n ’t like the policy— fine. T hey’re free to live off-campus.

helping my life with free time and good insurance. The senior officers are understanding o f our specific personal m atters and are very ac commodating. I know that the word “m ilitary” scares most of you, but I couldn’t m ake it here without it, it is a good life. I still work out, surf, fish, coach football, play softball, as well as get out and do my thing every so often. I know that getting a job is tough and hard to find sometimes.

this job is guaranteed, and the se curity is great. The travel is good also, think about living in G er many, Italy, Hawaii, Georgia, the Carolina’s, Alaska, and Colorado, these are the m ost re q u e ste d duty stations. Keep it in mind and think of your life and your options, good luck!

avert a major humanitarian crisis. Oth ers argue that full-scale intervention is necessary to preserve the credibil ity of U.S. foreign policy. Observe that both o f these goals— the protection of the brutalized Kosovars or the pres ervation o f the U.S. image in the eyes of other countries— are to be achieved at the cost o f American money and lives, without benefiting any proper American interest in the least. Contrary to the arguments by those pushing for U.S. intervention, to refrain from sending our troops is not to sanc

tion the atrocities committed by the Serbs. On the contrary, to refrain from senselessly sacrificing the best o f America’s men is to reassert a proper foreign policy—one dedicated to pro tecting the rights of American citi zens. If only the American govern ment w oe to make that principle its own consistent moral compass— in foreign and domestic policy—our ex ample would stand as a beacon to a stormy world. And that is the best that we can and should ever hope to offer.

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exposed to smoke against their will. However, Ms. M organ seems to want to restrict the rights o f people to smoke in their own room. For those people who don’t want their suitem ates to sm oke, th ere’s an easy solution: don’t live with smok ers! Ms. M organ, however, wants to change the ru les so that all people “living in a common area” have to consent to smokers. Well, define “com m on area” ! Is it ad joining room s, a w hole floor, a whole building, the whole campus, what?

W P I g r a d u a te p r a is e s R O T C To the Editor, H e llo , my n am e is F ra n k Townsend, a recent W PI graduate. I was in the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fra ternity, played football, and was in Army ROTC. I got my degree in Civil Engineering and went on ac tive duty in the A rm y C orps o f Engineers, they sent me to M is souri to further advance my engi neering know ledge. A fter this short school they sent me to my

first duty station, Fort M onmouth NJ, it is in southern New Jersey on the coast. I am now a project m an ager for the D irector o f Public Works monitoring and overseeing critical construction projects. The Army is currently advancing my knowledge and degrees by send ing me to advance courses for my masters degree. I am married and soon will be a father, the Army has given me a nice house and plenty

To further support her view, she cites the risk of fire from cigarettes, and states that since toasters aren’t allowed because of fire risk, nei ther should cigarettes. By that logic, she w ould also have Res Services ban extension cords and Christmas lights, both o f which are noted fire hazards. O r how about candles? O r lighters? Or matches? Or who knows? Maybe there’s a risk of fire from leaving your com puter on all the time. Should we ban computers at WPI, too? She then goes on to point out

Sincerely, Alex Knapp Vice-President, Pre-Law Society

p ro g ra m o f free time, getting out o f work at 4 pm and weekends are off, this is a luxury most engineers do not get in the civilian world. Soon you will all see that insurance will be an im portant and expensive part o f your life. This is life, health, and dental insurance, all this is free for me and I get great coverage for my family. Life is comfortable and the Army is helping me advance my know ledge with schooling, and

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Com m entary T h e U .S . t a k e s c a r e o f it s o w n : O h , r e a lly ? by Ben Bayer Graduate Student, The University o f Illinois at Urbana-Champaign In case the reports o f massive ethnic cleansing in Kosovo were not enough to turn your stomach, seeing the bruised faces o f cap tured A m erican serv icem en on Serbian TV ought to do the trick. In response to this outrage, Presi dent Clinton issued a stem w arn ing to the governm ent o f Yugosla via, declaring that “T he U nited States takes care o f its ow n.” The brutal irony o f this oft-quoted sound bite is that if the U.S. were renowned for “taking care o f its own,” it would not have involved its fighting men in this conflict— and staff sergeants Ramirez and Stone, and specialist Gonzales would not have been captured in the first place. For what kind of foreign policy is the United States renowned? Quite simply: refusing to protect its own interests and people and sacrificing these same interests and people for everything else. The bombing o f

Yugoslavia is just the latest example of a series o f foreign policy acaons dedicated to the proposition that America does not care for its own. When the U.S. sent its troops to be b u tc h e re d in the stre e ts o f M ogadishu, Som alia, it was not taking care o f its own. When the U.S. attempted to “mod erate” relations with Iran—a coun try that openly supports anti-American terrorist groups and is suspected of orchestrating the recent bombing of U.S. barracks in Saudi Arabia— it was not taking care of its own. When the U.S. capitulated time and time again to the Libyan government, and thus the terrorists who blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scot land, remained at large in Libya for more than a decade, it was not taking care of its own. W hen th e U .S . c o n tin u a lly granted trade favors to China, a brutal dictatorship threatening U.S. in te re sts, in c lu d in g su sp e c te d nuclear espionage at Los Alamos, it was not taking care o f its own. W hen the U .S. sent troops to

“keep the peace” in Haiti, but then sent the Baltimore Orioles to play in Cuba in spite o f protests by thou sands o f Cuban Americans, it was nol taking care o f its own. When the U.S. sent a paltry few cruise m issiles to blow up tents in Afghanistan as its only response to Osama bin Laden’s terrorist at tacks at U.S embassies in Africa, it was not taking care o f its own. R e g a rd le ss o f w h e th e r the American POWs will be released, their unnecessary and unaccept able ordeal portends a grim future for Americans around the globe. In case there is a nation left on Earth that still thinks that the U.S. takes care o f its own, the Yugoslav crisis will forever erase this impres sion. If anything, the crisis in Yu goslavia will only make them real ize that there are plenty o f Ameri cans waiting to become victim s o f capture and terrorism. The voices who favor bombing Yugoslavia— and who favor send ing ground troops to “finish” the job— argue that it is necessary to

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apo Recently in APO we have been busy coordinating service projects for the rest o f this year. For the past two Saturdays, som e brothers have been showing their service spirit by going out early in the m orning to pick up garbage along the street. Also on Saturday a group went to Refugee Aposolate to help fix some com puters! On Sunday a group o f us went to help out at M ustard Seed, a local soup kitchen. There are also some big events for this term , including a Blood Drive and the annual UMOC competition at Quadfest. In the fellowship realm, the brotherhood is looking forward to an out-of-town bar becue and the pledge class fellow ship event: bow ling and ice cream !! And there’s always fun to be had at Movie Night and Candy Poker Night. So the fun never ends!!

Christian Bible Fellowship I hope that ev eryone has g otten the ch ance to enjoy som e o f the beautiful weather w e’ve had recently. This week we will be having Tuesday Night Prayer in Founders at 9:30, and we will be having Friday N ight F ellow ship in the L ow er Wedge at 7:00. If anyone is interested in either o f these activities, feel free to e-mail cbf@ w pi.edu. “For God did not give us a spirit o f ti midity, but a spirit o f power, o f love and of self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed o f me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the.power o f God, who has saved us and called us to a holy lifenot because of anything we have done but because o f his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning o f time.” 2 Tim othy 1:7-9 (NIV) Have you ever been in a situation where you had an opportunity to talk with som e one about Jesus, but been afraid to? This

is common to many people. In this p as sage, Paul gives three characteristics of the spirit that God has given us. He then states that as a result o f these three characteris tics, we don’t need to be ashamed to talk about Jesus, or to be identified with Him. Paul then goes on to give additional rea sons why we should suffer. He does this by reminding us that Jesus saved us, not by our works, but by his grace. So the next time you get a chance to talk with som e one about Jesus, remember these things.

Newman Club At our Executive Board m eeting last W ednesday night we m ade plans fo r a Video and Pasta night to take place to take place this coming Friday night, April 16. It will start at 5:30 PM and last until the food runs out. You are invited to come for the pasta, or the video or both. Take your choice. We also spent a lot o f time d is cussing the Bishop’s visit, which will take place on Sunday, May 2, when our new officers and chairpersons will be installed. We also made some plans for events in Term A o f the next school year. Oh yes, our Video and Pasta night will be at the Religious Center. We also named four o f our chairpersons for next year. They were Laureen Wojtkun to Liturgical Chair, Jim Koniers to Eucha ristic Chair, Lewis Kotredes to Ecumenical Chair, Jason Field to Hospitality Chair, Amy Bliven to Greek Chair, and Paul LaPlume to Publicity Chair. The other chairpersons will be named this coming week. The 11:30 M ass this Sunday (April 18) will be in the Lower Wedge while the 5:00 PM M ass will still in Founders. In addi tion, our Faith and Discussion Group will meet as usual on Wednesday night at 8:00 PM in the Religious Center.

derful jo b . A dria has been nam ed the Queen o f the Candlew alk. M elissa was voted best tour guide and now knows all there is to know about H iggins House. Thanks go out to our special guests OFCB. Amanda, Jess, Julie, and Brynn are the Tech Old T im ers’ new best friends. C hrissy, Matty and Tori coordinated the Pennant Rush - Congratulations Sophomores! Jeop ardy eventually went off, almost without a hitch. Thank you Terry - you were a great judge. Dennis you are the Vanna W hite o f WPI Jeopardy! As for the Alma M ater C ontest - Fred, you and the O Ls were good, but Brian and the Skull Pledges wore

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Society of Martial Artists D-Term schedule Monday: 6:00 am Advanced Kickboxing Practice (SOMA room) 12:00: Cardio Kickboxing (Harrington Balcony) 1:30: Tae Kwon Do (Harrington Balcony) 4:30: Kenpo (SOMA room) 6:30: Executive Meeting (SOMA room) Tuesday: 4:30: Cardio Kickboxing (SOMA room *) 6:30: Bando Self-Defense (SOMA room *)

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Wednesday: 6:00 am Advanced Kickboxing Practice (SOMA room) 12:00: Cardio Kickboxing (Harrington Balcony) 7:00: Jujitsu (SOMA room)

Comencement Ushers Needed The Student Activities Office would like to request assistance from members of your organization during one of WPI’s showcase events: Comencement 1999. One of the most important tasks during Comencement is helping guide guests to their seats and handing out programs. To facilitate this, we rely on volunteers to serve as ushers; we are pleased to provide housing on Friday, May 21st, as well as breakfast on Saturday, May 22nd, for any individuals serving as ushers. If interested in serving in this capacity, please contact our office as soon as possibleat sao@wpi.edu of call us at 831 -5291. Thank you for considering our request for assistance.

Thursday: 12:00: Tai Chi (Harrington Balcony) 4:30: Cardio Kickboxing (SOMA room *) 6:30: Bando Self-Defense (SOMA room *) Friday: 6:00 am Advanced Kickboxing Practice (SOMA room) 12:00 Cardio Kickboxing (Harrington Balcony) 1:30: Tae Kwon Do (Harrington Balcony) 4:30: Open Sparring (SOMA room) Judo Practice

Massachusetts Special Olympics and TKE are Looking for Volunteers On April 17lhand 18‘\a portion of the Massachusetts Special Olympics annual Spring Tournament will be held on WPI’s main campus. Competitions will include basketball and power lifting with their re spective venues being Harrington Gym nasium and Salisbury Labs’ Kinnicutt Hall. The local sponsor, the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, is looking for additional volunteers for these events. Special Olympics, in its 30lh year, provides yearround sports training and competition for individuals with mental retardation or

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closely related developmental disabili ties. Over 10,000 athletes compete in 140 competitions during the year in Massa chusetts with the Spring Games being one of the largest. Anyone interested in volunteering time, whether for interviewing the ath letes, organizing the opening/closing cer emonies, or just to lend a hand wherever needed, may contact either Adriano Palombizio at 791-2978, email: adr@wpi.edu or Jeff Cleary at 363-4909, jcleary@wpi.edu.

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in the evenings. Some courses meet on five consecutive Fridays. Choose from a broad array o f liberal arts courses,

Clark University Higgins University Center Atrium Wednesday, A pril 14,1999 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m . Similar program in New Haven at Southern Connecticut State University, April 14, 1999 from 5pm to 8pm. Call our hotline at (413) 782-1408 for directions and details on both programs.

as well as Bentley’s renow ned business programs, all of w hich are AACSB accredited. Bentley’s courses are also an excellent value compared to those of other area colleges. Registration is going on now. To learn more, attend our May 5 information session, reach us on the w eb at www.bentley.edu/summer or call 1/800/5-BENTLEY.

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