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A sixteen piece Swing Band played at the Swing Dane on Friday, August 27,1999. moves, ranging from the basic two who attended, and had a great by Lee Caron step, to more advanced moves that time. Newspeak Staff need real skill and timing Swing is defined as the combi As for the night itself, it turned nation o f six and eight beats. The out to be very hot, sticky and even definition gives little, if any warn suffocating. With all of those ing, as to how difficult swing danc people dancing in the standard ing really is. Last Friday, the in swing dress of kakis and a dress coming freshman were all invited shirt, the heat and humidity felt al to Alden to participate in, what most unbearable. Many people had can only be referred to as one of to take periodic trips to get some the last social events they would fresh air. But all in all it didn’t di get to experience before they fell minish the jovial atmosphere around under the academic ax, A swing most of the people there. The only drawback to the night dance. Despite probably not knowing how to swing dance, (for the guys there anyway) was Alden was quite full of all kinds of that, true to form, the MAN to people, of all kinds of ability. For WOMAN ratio was tilted heavily those of use who had no clue what against the guys who hoped to find we were doing, two very knowl someone to dance with when they edgeable instructors provided got there. But if you were lucky NEWSPEAKSTAFFPHOTO group lessons at various points enough to have some one to dance GWENEVERK DARLING during the night. Beginners had with, it was quite the experience that Students enjoyed the night swing the chance to learn a variety of will not soon be forgotten by those dancing with their partners

Well, classes have started, the tent in the quad has come down, and the freshman are no longer carrying around bright yellow maps. But in the Student Activi ties Office, the celebration is over and the success o f NSO 99 is far from over. In fact, it will most likely carry over into next year when the class of 2004 arrives on campus. In a recent interview with Snoddy, he said that all concerned were very pleased with the result of the week long orientation process. “NSO was a great time this year because of the OL’s and FC’s involvement” he said. He went on to say that “We’re looking for a new group of OL’s and RA’s for next year so keep us in mind!”. Mr. Snoddy stessed the importance o f quality OL’s a number of times during the inter view and stressed how pleased he was with this years batch. Third year OL, Ben Nawrath said the feeling was mutual. Un beknownst to all but those on the inside, OL training is “more of a bonding ex p erien ce than an y thing else” according to Ben. He says that most OL’s apply for the position because they like help ing people, and he encourages everyone to apply for the posi tion, as does Greg Snoddy. Any interested students should con tact G reg Snoddy at gsnod d y @ w p i.ed u . The same goes for students interested in be

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coming RA’s. The orientation projects were a big success as well. Greg Snoddy picked out group nine as his fa vorite, but everyone else involved chose gro u p sev en teen . Ben Nawrath agreed that group sev enteen deserved the most praise. NSO projects from the last three years can be found on the WPI website. The NSO staff feels that each year the projects get better and better. Those freshman and OL’s who attended playfair that first night on campus, might be interested to know that playfair has been put on the first night for years and is always a big success. It serves as an ice breaker between stu dents and many upper-classmen recall friends they still have that they met that night. All-in-all, Greg, Ben and the oth ers involved in NSO 99 feel that it was one o f the most successful ever. Freshman who participated in NSO this year will soon get the chance to let the NSO staff know how they liked it though, as stu dent evaluations are in the mail. For freshman who fill out and return the survey, there could be a nice reward. This year, to encourage freshman to fill out their evaluation forms, the student activities office has pro cured a b eau tifu l C am bridge Soundworks Radio (modeled after the Bose wave radio) to be raffled off to one lucky freshman who com pletes the evaluation form. But, if you don’t complete the evaluation, you can’t win the radio. Good Luck!

President Parrish among four nominees for President of national organization by George Stuart Class o f ’01 WPI President Edward Alton Parrish is seeking the position of President of The Institute of Elec trical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is among four candi dates, each from various technical and regional backgrounds. The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an organization that seeks to expand technological advancement across the globe. They publish papers and journals, as well as holding sympo siums. They are a membership based organization so there are dues paid by each member. These dues arc then used to provide many services to members. Dr. Parrish feels that his goals and the IEEE goals are very much the same. He has been working hard here at WPI to stay on the cutting edge of technology and to prolifer ate that technology as much as possible. He thinks these leader

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ship traits will be an advantage to the IEEE. Parrish’s technical back ground and the IEEE’s committment to technological advancem ent make them the perfect blend. At the University of Virginia, Dr. Parrish obtained his M.E.E.. B.E.E. and Sc.D. In 1968 he joined the Uni versity of Virginia Department of Elec trical Engineering and served as Chairman there from 1978 until 1986. He then served as Dean of the Schcxil of Engineering at Vanderbilt Univer sity for 7 years before becoming President of WPI in 1995. For 30 years Dr. Parrish has bcnefitted from work with the IEEE and according to him it’s “payback time”. Parrish wants to expand the accessability of IEEE functions (pa pers, articles, journals, and sympo siums). In fact, apparently only 10% of IEEE members attend symposia. Parrish sees this as an opportu nity to use the Internet (and the upcoming Internet-2) to allow mem bers to participate from locations all around the world through live

video teleco n feren cin g . This would “eliminate the need to get a on plane at a ll” acco rd in g to Parrish. Thus making members with less financial ability able to attend. Beyond that. Dr. Parrish thinks “over the next 15 years (there is] really going to be ubiquitous ac cess to the internet” for IEEE mem

bers. At present, 75% of the IEEE membership has internet access. That access is not “egalitarian”, however, since the United States often enjoys better bandwidth than other countries. The election is far from forseeable, however. With 35(),(KX) members worldwide and only 4 candidates,

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Alex Clifford & Debbie Shea Newspeak Staff For those of you who enjoyed the tunes broadcast by WWPI these past few years, you may be wonder ing why that familiar station is not being broadcast now. Over the sum mer, the station was displaced from the sub-basement of Fuller Labs by the expansion of the Computer Sci ence Department. Now located in the Goat’s Head Conference Room in the basement of Riley Hall, and suffering from ill fate, they executives arc pa tiently awaiting a resolution to the

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current state of disorder. They face a laundry list o f prob lems. Among the most daunting are: a lack o f network connections, fiber connections, and phone lines, as well as m issing equipm ent. These problems are the reason why WWPI is not currently broadcast ing. The executives are busily work ing with the CCC and Greg Snoddy to fix these problems. Even in the face of all these tech nical difficulties, the executives are planning to proceed with business as usual. There will be a meeting on September 8 at 7:00pm in Perrault

each from the United States, the pre dictability is about that same as good game of Blackjack. The ballots were sent out on September 1 but are not due back until Oct 31. And since all tabulations are handling by a nonIEEE accounting firm, there will be no preliminary election data. We will all just have to wait.

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Hall for all those interested in the radio station. The training sched ule will be one of the things talked about at this meeting, so if you are interested in becoming a DJ at WWPI, you are encouraged to at tend. If you cannot attend this meet ing, but are still interested, email radio@wpi.edu and briefly state what you arc interested in. For more information, you can also visit the WWPI website at http:/ / www.wpi.edu/~radio. You can be sure that we will keep you informed o f any news regarding the status of the station.

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Courtesy of WPI Communications Group WORCESTER, Mass. - More than 80 companies joined Worcester Polytechnic Institute in celebrating the opening of its Center for Heat Treating Excellence this week. The center is an industry-university partnership devoted to increasing knowl edge and innovation by collaborating on research and development. The center is the next link in WPI’s Metal Processing Institute, an organization that has included research centers for aluminum casting, powder metallurgy and semisolid materials processing. ‘T h e new Center for Heat Treating Excellence closes the loop,”

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said Executive Director Diran Apelian, WPI’s Howmet professor of engineering and director of the Metal Processing Insti tute. “It is the last link in our research cen ters for metal processing.” Through its centers, the university com pletes research in cooperation with indus try. The Metal Processing Institute has at tracted more than 120 members from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. The thermal-processing industry is composed o f corporations that manufacture heattreating furnaces, shops that carry out heat treating, and major manufacturers of indus trial equipment including Timken, John Deere and Caterpillar. “In essence, heat treating is the process

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of using thermal energy to modify and al ter the microstructure of a metal compo nent to optimize its mechanical properties,” explains Apelian. “The Center o f Heat Treating Excellence, with its 55-plus cor porate partners, along with the three other net-shape manufacturing centers, make WPI’s Metal Processing Institute the larg est industry-university alliance in North America.” The marriage of WPI and industry, as Apelian calls it, began in 1985 with the aluminum casting research center. Pow der metallurgy research began in 1992, followed by semisolid materials process ing in 1994. Now, with the Center for Heat Treating Excellence, W PI’s Metal Pro

cessing Institute boasts alliances with four sectors of the metal industry that have a combined annual revenue o f more than $50 billion. Apelian played a key role in the estab lishment of WPI’s Metal Processing Insti tute. WPI research has led to increased efficiency and productivity in metal cast ing. Among other innovations, the univer sity developed a device for detecting cracks in metals as well as sensors that identify impurities in liquid metal before it is cast. In addition to support by its corpo rate members, the Metal Processing Insti tute is funded by federal agencies, includ ing the Department o f Energy, and by pri vate foundations.

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What do you think of the 25 % female population in the freshman class? by Emily Reynolds Newspeak Staff As we have settled into another school year at WPI, you might have noticed some of the changes around campus. You have probably figured out what classes you’re taking, who teaches them, and what 30th edition book is going to cost you $80 more than the 29th edition that lacks the histograms. You might also have noticed the faster library computers, the new shrubbery and those copy cards that cost ten cents BEFORE you put money on them. What you might not have noticed as your were searching furtively to buy a WPI lanyard key ring (I know you have one) is that there seems to be more females on campus. The class o f 2003 has a 25% female population. This is an all-time high since WPI became co-educational in 1972. Now, I know that you’ve come to accept the fact that your roommate listens to Barry Manilow and Maple is more productive while it is crashing than running, but we wondered how the WPI community felt about this increase in female numbers. Here are a few responses: “Alot better than last year, ‘cause I like girls!” -Joel Smith

“Compared to other schools it’s still not fair at all.” - Dan Farrell

“ We see more fem ales in ROTC” - Christine Belushko

“I think it’s great; it’s going up and I hope it keeps going up.” - Jami Ricard

“I would like to see the ratio more like 1:1” - J.W.

“Our high school had pretty much the same ratio” -Jaycyn Decharlie

“As long as they keep the standards the same, then it’s great.” - Legrand Reynolds

“It’s good that th ere’s more girls!” -Sarah Kirby

“How many of them are Bios?? More power to the Bio department!” -Wesley Blackstone

“I noticed more girls in AK than usual, but it doesn’t affect me much because I’m a senior” -Melinda Lawler

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Above: Residents of the Stoddard Complex catch some rays and pose for a photo during their recent trip to Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. Below: Stoddard Residents enjoy a game of Beach Volleyball at Hampton Beach.

“ I don’t want people to be accepted just because they’re girls. They can go to Clark for parties if they want more girls.” - Jim Behrnke

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Courtesy of WPI Communications Group Steve Raczynski, a Worcester native, has been named Sports Information Direc tor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, ac cording to WPI Director of Physical Edu cation and Athletics Ray Gilbert. The post is effective immediately. A 2^-year veteran in the field of public relations, Raczynski is beginning his sec ond stint in his current role. He was WPI’s Sports Information Director from Septem ber, 1974 through July, 1979. Following WPI, Raczynski went on to become the Assistant Sports Information Director at Yale University for one year (1979-80), the Sports Information Director at Princeton University for two years (198082), the Director of Media Relations at Stanford University for 14 years (1982-96), and the Director of Media Relations of the American Basketball League’s New En gland Blizzard, based in Hartford, CT, for 2.5 years (1996-1998). “I’m extremely pleased that Steve is join ing the WPI Department of Physical Edu cation and Athletics as Sports Information Director,” said Gilbert. “Steve returns to WPI with a wealth of knowledge and expe rience in all aspects of his field. His famil iarity to WPI and the Worcester area, as well as his extensive background, will make for an easy transition as SID. Someone of Stevens caliber is a valuable asset to the WPI community and I’m excited to have him ‘on board’ to promote the athletics program and out student-athletics.” “I’m pleased to return,” said Raczynski.

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“I will always be grateful to WPI, espe cially to (former Director of Athletics) Bob Pritchard, forgiving me my start in the world of sports information. In the same sense, now I’m grateful that Ray Gilbert has given me a chance to come home, both to Worces ter and to WPI, once again. I look forward to the challenge.” Raczynski attended both Assumption Preparatory School (’69) and Assumption College ( ’74) within the city, majoring in history at Assumption College. W hile at WPI in his first go-around, Raczynskiwas also an assistant basketball coach for four years (1976-79) under the late Charlie McNuity. While at Stanford, Raczynski had the oppurtunity to cover nearly all of its 33 varsity sports programs at one time or an other, and work with numerous top athletes and coaches. Included in that list of names are John El way (football), world-record holders Summer Sanders, Pablo Morales, Jeff Rouse, and Janet Evans (swimming), Mike Mussina and Jack McDowell (base ball), and Tiger Woods, Casey Martin, and Notah Begay III (golf). Top coaches included U.S. Olympic head coaches Mark Marquess (baseball), Fred Sturm (men’s volleyball), Tara VanDerveer (wom en’s basketball), Brooks Johnson (women’s track and field), Richark Quick (women’s swimming), and Skip Kenney (men’s swimming). Raczynski also worked directly with three current NFL while at Stanford - Jim Fassel of the New York Gi ants, Dennis Green of the Minnesota Vikings, and Brian Billick of the Baltimore Ravens. S tanford won 42 national titles in

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Office Space and Idle Hands came out on video Tuesday, August 31,1999. While Office Space dwelled on work as evil, Idle Hands on the other hand (pun) had to do with getting yourself out of the couch and doing something with your life. As a CS major whose dreaded the cu bicle since high school, I found Office Space hilarious. There is definitely a lot of office humor here, but unfortunately not enough. I was happy and content when it was involving the idosyncrocies of the office, but when it turned to love life and buddy stuff, then it lost its touch. I wanted more inside the office and less outside the office. Mike Judge is the director of Office Space. He’s directed Beavis & Butthead and King of the Hill. I liked the movie of Beavis & Butthead but found the series as not enough and when it was more, too repetative. It’s the same with Office Space, straying from the office wasn’t as well writ ten and funny. Jennifer Aniston (from Friends) was a waste. She plays a “pretty g irl” that helps Ron L ivingston to “choose” the right path. Gathering up a group who’re afraid of

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the dreaded cubicle will give the most for the movie. Wanting to tell the boss off and goof off is a plus. It gets an A for office humor, a C for non-office humor, to give it an overall grade of B. The DVD does not get any special treat ment. It get a C-. It has CC and a trailer. I believe that is all, no commentary:( It gets to be C instead of a D because of the cool special effect when moving between items. Idle Hands was equally as funny in a teeny way. It reminds me of Evil Dead a little. I think Idle Hands got a bum rap at the Box Office. It opened during the Col umbine incident. As a result it didn’t do so well at the Box Office for its teen horror. Devon Sawa (Real life Casper in Casper the live movie) plays a lazy teen. An evil searches out the lazy as a host (bad to be lazy). It uses this host in order to get evil to win. Your basic evil takes on a host in order to do something (usually hurt a sig nificant other, in this case, extremely beau tiful, Jessica Alba) in order to have evil win. The main character stops it and lives happily ever after with the significant other. Yes, the plot is cliche, but I take this movie more as a comedy than a horror flick. Athough the death scenes were wonder fully done and a delight to see. Seth Green and Elden Ratliff make this

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How about instrumental quartets? Read on! On Thursday, September 9, the instru mental groups on campus will be begin ning the Quartet-A-Thon! This is an excit ing event involving several days of musi cal cheer! We won’t quit ‘till Sunday! Be ginning at 5:00 PM in the Lower Wedge, representatives from the Concert Band, Strings, and other musical groups will play quartet music of all sorts. From Bach to

The DVD has a lot. It has CC, Multiple Languages, Com mentaries, production notes, pan and scan, and a Featurett. The DVD is loaded, as a result it gets an A. If you have aby questions or comments please feel free to e-mail me at pj@wpi.edu.

Introducing “Life lines”: Are you Creative? It has come to the attention of the Newspeak staff that although WPI is an extremely technologically based school, there is a large number of students who posses an artistic talent of one sort or another. Many of these students have an outlet or club, such as Concert Band and Chorus, Glee Club, or Masque, that shares its collective talent with the rest of the student body quite frequently. There are also students on campus who are interested and talented in the art of creative writing. These students may become involved in the creative writing course offered by WPI or the school’s writing journal. Newspeak has decided to try something new to circulate creative writing on campus. A column for students’ creative writing will be run in the next few editions of the paper. If this a becomes popular column, then it will be continued throughout the year. If you are interested, or know someone who might be interested, all you have to do is submit your original work via e-mail to Newspeak@wpi.edu or drop a typed copy accompanied by a copy on disk in the Newspeak box by Student Activities. The sub missions will be looked through each week, and a few pieces will be published in that week’s edition of the paper. Since this is a new concept to both this paper and the campus, the theme of the submissions will be left open until further notice. So, if you fancy yourself a writer, or are just trying your hand at something new and would like to share your work with the rest o f the WPI student body, please send your pieces in for publication. Thank You Newspeak Staff

m u s ic ? given time! Sometimes, it may be a nice brass quartet or some strings... other times, maybe a clarinet, tuba, cello, and bassoon! So stop by and visit the unique QuartetA-Thon in the Lower Wedge from Thurs day the 9th at 5:00PM until Sunday... Help out your classmates and enjoy the music! Also remember the amazing raffle offer also! Just $5 could win you a trip to Greece, including almost all of the expenses... a $1400 value! Email band@wpi.edu for more info. Visit us for some music and fun in the Lower Wedge! We hope to see you there!

the Beatles, these Krazy Kats will play it all! We may even be able to honor some requests... This so-called “Quartet-A-Thon” is one of several fundraisers for the instrumental groups’ concert tour to Greece over spring break. Donations and other contributions will be gladly accepted! We won’t stop playing until we reach our fundraising goal, so help us out! These ensembles will be no ordinary quartets. Due to the nature of this Quartet-A-Thon, we cannot guaran tee what instruments will be playing at any

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by Tom Balistrieri Student Development & Counseling Center What follows is a story from another nation. It is an initiation story, a story meant to move ones soul. Such stories were often bi za rre , intended to stim ulate thought, conversation, laughter and maybe even a change in be havior. The following bizarre story is hundreds o f years old and is meant to be discussed after it has been told. Our hope is that you will take the time to read the story and talk about it with your friends (or at least that you will take the time to think about it relative to your own life). Ultimately, it is a story about civility, impulse control, and respect for self and others.

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ested and the uninterested. As the days passed the young man became even more enamored with himself and his penis which, by the way, was growing in size with every sunset. It wasnt too long before a horrible event occurred, the now huge penis detached it self from the body of the young man. The penis traveled from vil lage to village, ahead of the young man, violating the women in each location, not just showing itself to the women but entering the women without their permission. This was too much for the elders. It was bad enough to have a prideful man showing him self but to have a huge unattached penis on the loose, well something had to be done. This monster penis posed a danger not only to the women but

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letter not currently in use and type in \\res\m icrosoft as the path. When prompted, supply your Unix account password. To read the Campus Licensing Agreement and obtain the installation keys, visit the web site located at www.wpi.edu/4CLA.

Library Loan: Soon Microsoft Product CDs will be available for loan through Gor don Library. Contact the CCC Helpdesk (contact information be low) to inquiry about the availability of ihe installation CDs at the library. If you have any questions about obtaining available Microsoft Soft ware via any of these distribution methods, please contact the Col lege Computer Center Helpdesk by calling Ext. 5888 on campus, or (508)831-5888 from off-campus, or by e-mailing helpdesk@wpi.edu.

placed the entire community in peril. The eld ers got to g eth er and hired a wizard, a shaman. They asked this man of magic to help them. He agreed, and with his magic conjured up a giant chip munk. The chipmunk chased after the huge penis, chewed it back down to its normal size and reat

tached it to the young man. The young man was glad to be whole once again and stated that he had learned his lesson. The women were relieved and once again felt safe. The community got back to normal no longer living in fear o f the young man or his detached penis.

Fr a t e r n i t y Fo r u m In each edition o f Newspeak the Interfraternity Council will be highlighting two chapters. This week we are proud to bring you Alpha Chi Rho and Sigma Pi. If you have any questions about the Greek system at WPI, please feel free to email Tracey PakstisClaiborne, WPI’s Greek Advisor, at tpc@wpi.edu or Jeff Bayko, IFC president, at bayko@wpi.edu.

A lpha Chi Rho (AXF) by Kenneth Fountain Alpha Chi Rho President The Delta Sigma Phi chapter of Alpha Chi Rho has seen much im provement in the last few years and has become an integral part o f the W PI campus. W hat makes “C row ” brothers unique is the fact that they participate in ev ery type of activity that WPI has to offer. Some of these activities are concert band, varsity swim ming, physics society, volleyball club, fencing, chamber choir, glee club, soccer club, w ater polo, SocCom, Tau Beta Pi, and LEAP. This is just on an individual level. As a whole, the brothers of Al pha C hi Rho p a rtic ip a te in intramurals. Penny Wars (an an nual fu n d ra ise r w hich raises money for a charity picked by the winner o f the competition), and Worcester City Clean-up. Also, about 95% o f our undergraduate brothers are TIPS certified. Just in the past two years, the fraternity has seen many changes and has reacted well to them. We had $100,000 worth o f renova tions done to our house during

the summer of ’98 and we initi ated 14 new brothers last year, w hich is the b ig g est class in about 3 to 4 years. Also, at our 9 5 ,h N ational C o nvention this past summer, we received two awards. One was the Bedford Award for the best executive lead ership of any Crow chapter in the nation. The other was an award for pioneering a new national program called Strategic Success 2000, w hich helps in d iv id u al c h a p te rs to acco m p lish lo fty g oals via a th ree -y ea r actio n plan. This year is going to be especially busy and exciting b e cause we are celebrating our 35lh year as a chapter on the WPI cam pus. Currently, we have 33 un dergraduate brothers living in two houses as well as a very ac tive Graduate chapter and Board o f directors to which we ow e much of our success in the last few years. As for brotherhood, Alpha Chi Rho strives to achieve academic excellence while still maintaining an active role on the campus. We are a non-hazing fraternity and See Fraternity, continued to pg. 9

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by Kelly Jaramillo Class o f ‘02 At the end of D Term last year, the Humanities and Arts Depart ment and the Writing Workshop conceded their What Is Writing? or Why Do I Write? writing con test. Entries ranged from poetry to

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prose and were judged by two Hu manities and Arts faculty members. At long last, the winners have been declared. In second place, with a handsome $25 dollar cash award, stands CCC Operator Will Zuidema, who is pursuing a CS degree. The grand prize of $50 cold, hard cash went to <drum roll,

please> Brian Whitman, a Com puter Science/Humanities double major. Both pieces are featured in this edition of Newspeak. The Workshop will be sponsor ing yet another writing contest this year, so start tuning up your key boards in anticipation of the an nouncement of this year’s dead-

line. The topic will be the same, “What Is Writing?” and the awards will be equally handsome. We urge all of you to participate; it’s FREE (key college word), it’s fun, and it’s easy—three things you don’t usu ally find in the same sentence at WPI. You can either e-mail your work

“I guess they don’t want to know why “What Writing Is To Me” punctuating friend’s dialogue. So by Brian Whitman I listened to their conversation be I write code...” by Will Zuidema Type, type, type on the keyboard at length, till I’m mesmerized by the glow of the CRT. Why do I do this? Is it a labor of love? Perhaps, it’s something I just have to do. My fingers dance clumsily across the keyboard, like drunkards trying to find their way home. (A parentheses here - a dash, per haps here) and one more little bit is done. Why do I put myself through it? and obsession is too nice a word

for the way it takes so much time to dig up such miniscule - almost worthless - treasures. Pearls of wisdom, they are not, though useful as they can be, there are times I just want to scream my frustration for all to hear. As I sit here thinking about what writing is to me, What it does to me: The creative flow, the tap, tap, bang on the key board... I notice the words that ask for es says or prose for creative writing, and I sigh to myself, muttering under my breath:

T h e re ’s this guy who f r e quents Store 2 4 ,1 guess, and has this laugh like a staccato duck call, like someone went to the park and put mud flaps on all of the geese bills who were hanging around the pond waiting to be fed. I write because of this guy; my window overlooks the parking lot of Store 24 and although my blinds are permanently shut I know when he’s around because as he gets into his car with his buddy, what ever strikes him as funny strikes me as funny too. I write because I need to figure out this guy— the first time I heard him it wasn’t just laugh-car door-slam-enginepeel out, it was an extended con versation with said friend, and the only thing this guy seemed to be contributing was the sound effects

cause I decided I needed to immor talize or mortify this guy— So in my story there’s a race of people that only understand ges tures and vibrations. They’re not deaf', but they choose to use vi b ra tio n s th ro u g h ground and glass to understand things in stead o f plain o f air vibrations like we do. So, of course, after a few generations, naturally, their ears fell off because they didn’t need them anymore. So this guy (the guy outside window Store 24 frequenter guy), who I named “Carl” because I am positive his name is Carl, it has to be Carl, well he shows up and starts his mat ing call. In the story, I describe the sound he makes for about fourteen pages straight. First I analyze him mathematically (this

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takes time because I was told to never assume anything about my read er, and how can I use a Gaussian Noise model w ithout explaining the tenets of signals and probability, and for that mat ter, addition and subtraction?), then I describe its psychoacoustic effects, then I compare it to impor tant literary themes and other meta phors that run amok. Problem is, the story’s only sixteen pages, in cluding title page and the wedding scene at Low-Pass Castle— So, five hours later, I realize that I should have been doing work all this time, and that I just spent the entire corpus of Thurs day Evening Prime Time writing a horrid science fiction character sketch that wouldn’t be fit to be an ibid. in a David foster Wallace footnote. But you know what? The next time I am sitting in my c h a ir h ere, le ttin g lig h t slip through the orange parts o f my blinds, and Carl the L au g h er shows up in his car that makes that little clicky sound when he turns it off, I’ll be ready in my own way for him. I w on’t even be dis tracted from whatever it is I ’m supposed to be doing here. I’ve written and abreacted him out o f my life. Sorry Carl.

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Curious about MQPs, internships and grad schools? What about employment opportunities and career choices? Or maybe you ju st want to hang out with people with similar interests? How about showing up and finding out what the BIO Club is all about! We will be having our first m eeting of the year on Tuesday, August 31st at 7pm in Salisbury Lounge. All Biology, Biotechnology and Biochem istry majors as well as anyone else inter ested in biology are welcomed. For more information, contact bio@wpi.edu. Hope to see you there!

Well we had a great welcoming cook out for the class o f ‘03 and the return of all our veteran Newman members. Paul Laplume, M ike Milner, and Jim Koniers did a great jo b of cooking. Even Greg MacLeod, our old cook, said that they did well. Jen Cooper our president, re fused to allow a comparison with last y e a r’s c o o k s. Ian M ille r and John Dylewicz, our new plant managers, did a great job o f seeing there was plenty of food on hand. Also Jen Hardy made sure Fr.S. did not cook or eat too much. Last night, we had our first Executive Board

meeting and shortly you will be informed of activities for the term. Our next event is a video and pasta night on Friday, Sept 10th at 5:30 PM in the Religious Center. Tomorrow night our Faith and Discus sion group will be meeting at 8:00 PM in the religious Center. Come on down and learn about yourself and your faith. Next Sunday, Sept. 5th is Labor Day weekend and so we have only one M ass on cam pus and that is at 11:30 AM in Alden. You can ch eck o u r w eb p ag e at www.wpi.edu/~newman/ if you need any dates o f our event. Paul Laplum e has done a great job with our web page. The fam ous su ppers by Fr. S. s ta rt th is Wednesday and Thursday nights at 5:30 PM at the Center. Watch your e-mail and post office box for your invitation. Hope fully you will all get one by the end of the term.

Fr a t e r n i t y F o r u m Continued from page 6 call our candidates for initiation “postu lants”. A postulant is basically a man who desires initiation into the fraternity and is a student to the history and land marks of Alpha Chi Rho. Hazing is in no way affiliated with our organization due to the fact that it detracts from brotherhood rather than producing a positive result. The success of our chapter has boosted the morale of our brothers. Campus in volvement and desire for excellence, both academically and fraternally, has made this possible. If you take the time to notice, you will see Crow brothers everywhere, involved in every activity, and making a difference on the WPI campus. Just look for the “AXP”. The AXP fraternity house is located at 8 Boynton Street. For more information please emai 1red @wpi .edu.

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studying, listening to music, eating food, talking, laughing, shouting, dancing, or planning road trips. We have a really cool one-legged cook, who curses like a sailor. O nce you have a room in the house, you can custom ize it to your heart’s delight, and we won’t charge you if you creatively re-decorate the walls. I recommend that you come see us for yourself. If you like what we have to offer, you can email us at sigmapi@wpi.edu or call us at 756-1675. The Sigma Pi chapter house is located at 17 Dean Street.

Student A lum ni Society Heigh ho. This is the first edition of the SAS Club Corner for the 1999-2000 Academic year. Welcome back everyone, especially those o f you w ho have re turned from overseas! We have an excit ing term ahead. For all of you freshmen out there, the Student Alumni Society is

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by Peter Launie Sigma Pi President The Gamma Iota chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity International has been a promi nent member of the WPI community since 1967. We strive to graduate with distinc tion and make sure that we have fun along the way. Brothers participate in sports, such as hockey, swimming, water polo, skiing, and golf; and we play all intramural sports offered at WPI. To show our appreciation to the community, we raise hioney for several charities. We walk for multiple sclerosis and for breast cancer. We participate in the Worcester City Clean-up every year. We run a cam pus-wide can drive to support the Emer ald Club, which helps children with dis abilities. The basic rule of fraternities is this: work hard, play hard. Eighty percent of all For tune 500 CEO’s and the majority of all United States Presidents are fraternity members. What it boils down to is that if you’re surrounded by a bunch of suc cessful, motivated students, it rubs off. Fraternity members nationally have a sig nificantly higher GPA than independent students. Last year, Sigma Pi pulled a 3.3 GPA. While WPI doesn’t calculate a grade point average, Sigma Pi does just so we know where we stand. At WPI fraternity members have an even larger advantage over independent students. Since WPI is an engineering school, all brothers have gone through the basic course sequence o f math and science that freshmen and sophomores take. This m eans that younger students have a ready supply of tutors who have a real m otivation to help younger brothers through academic challenges. We’re not the kind of guys who just sit around and watch television. We like to do things together as brothers. We go ski together, rent a condo near the mountains, cram thirty people into ii and hit the slopes. We do the sam e on Martha’s Vineyard in the summer (except for the skiing). We head to Florida for Spring Break. We go clubbing down town, go pistol and skeet shooting, and play paintball against lunatic rednecks and win. Our house is a wooden maze with lots of stairwells. At any time there are people

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Aries: (March 21-April 20) A trip seems to be just what you need to relax and refocus on all other aspects of the daily grind. You may even fantasize about relocating to some far away place... and you might even go. Being in a learning phase, use what you observe to make daily changes.

Siblings, if you have any, play an impor tant role for you this week - you are more likely to get together with them and have some great times. You are just busier in gen eral, and that’s great for your attitude. Stay in your peak form, keep yourself healthy.

Taurus: (April 21 - May 21)

Scorpio: (October 24 - November 22)

Joint funds are highlighted this week, and it will take some work to reach a com promise with a mate or business partner. Your gut feeling is strongly telling you that you are right, and you very well may be. Your sensitive nature will attract others to you.

Cash llow may be of some concern right now, possibly because you have spent to freely in the last several months. You have a natural savvy for financial matters, so you will no doubt come out of this situa tion on top. You might consider investing more of your money so it works for you.

Gemini: (May22-June21)

Sagittarius: (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)

Usually you are somewhat content on your own and independent, but there is a pervading feeling that you are missing out on something special by not being connected to someone close to you. You can accomplish more than usual when working in tandem with someone else.

You feel very energized now because this is your time of the year. It’s time to take more chances and do more of the things that seem important to you. Plans that have been in the milking arc finally being realized and it gives you a positive sense of power.

If This Week Is Your Birthday: There w ill be help or support from an in flu en tial person who has until now rem ained in the background o f

your life. You have an abundance o f energy, courage and assertiveness to take on any challenge or work tow ards any goal.

Libra: (September 24 - October 23)

Capricorn: (December2 2 -January 20) Cancer: (June 22 - July 23)

This is a quieter time of the year than usual for you. A lot of things are on your mind and now you have the time to consider them more seriously and the impact they have on your life. It’s time to plan for the future and review events of the past to learn from them.

The workplace is very active for you right now and hard work will result in a number o f accomplishments. There is nothing wrong with pushing to accom plish as much as possible, but don’t be come ^v erstressed, it’s not healthy. A new pet could come into your life.

Aquarius: (January 21 - February 19) New goals for the future arc forming in your mind presently. It’s time to take ac count and make sense of your life as a whole, and your career. Determine where you want to put your energies in the fu ture. Joint resources may need overhaul ing or at least a review.

Leo: (July 24- August 23) You are in the mood for love most of the time lately, and those amorous feelings may get you into trouble. People around you pick up on your feelings and find you attractive and interesting. You find children a lot of fun right now and may go out of your way to include a child in your life right now.

Pisces: (February 20 - M arch 20) This is a busy period for you at work, and you feel that your career is really im portant and somehow defines who you are as a person. If you arc presently retired or nol working, gaining employment will give you peace of mind.

Virgo: (August 2 4 -Septem ber 23) Personal matters may keep you at home more than usual this week. Spending more time with your family will be beneficial to all involved. Your attitude is very relaxed

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Community Service as Work Study Do you have Work Study but haven’t found a job yet?? Get paid and help the community too!!! Come to the Student Activities Office and sign up to do community service as your job! You can work up to 10 hours and placements are within 5 minutes walking distance from campus. Contact Lindsay Freed at v_freed@wpi, or x5291 if you are interested. Info: On the 16th and 17th of this month, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Phi Sigma Simga sorrority will be sponsoring the annual Swing-A-Thon on the Quad. Monies will be raised through donations during the event, local businesses, as well as cups placed in department offices around campus. Proceeds of this charity event will benefit the Special Olympics and the National Kidney Foundation.

The CCC invites you to attend: What: Helpdesk and Training Open House Where: Fuller Labs rooms B 12 & B27 refreshments to be served in FLB20 When: Thursday, September 9, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Over the summer, both the Helpdesk and Training areas have experienced many changes. The Helpdesk has expanded it’s office area and added new personnel, Chris O ’Connor and Anne Valerio. The training room has upgraded software and installed new hardware. And, I’ve completely changed the structure and length of training sessions, reference material, and implemented a new training administrative software package from PTS Learning Systems. This software package enables me to provide customized reference material and instructor-led sessions, testing and CBT (computer based training). The benefits of what PTS calls “Learning Central” allow trainees more choices when it comes to learning new software. People can either register for instrutorled sessions, set up a CBT appointment, purchase the reference material, assess their skills or take part in all these activities! Check out the new training website and register lor sessions in September at: http://www.wpi.edu/4-CCC. October’s sessions will soon be available so bookmark that page! Take this opportunity to meet new Helpdesk staff members, enjoy some munchies, and see for yourself the new and improved training and helpdesk areas!

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Wednesday August 26,1999 11:14 AM Jeff needed to clean football field

Thursday August 27,1999

Corporate-in-Residence Mock Interviews CDC 7:00pm - Men’!

12:37 AM Work Order: Ceiling Leak in Founders bathroom. It can be fixed by Friday Morning 4:50 AM Library: All alarms out of sevice 7:27 AM Suspicious Persons: The lawn at the Higgins House, grad student and female non-student 7:42 AM Code 5: Subject advised of trespass 8:54 AM Medical: Goddard Hall. Female with cut from pipette on wrist 9:03 AM EA: There could be glass in hand 12:12 PM MV Listing: Car parked illegally 6:00 PM Lockout: Founders Hall 7:45 PM Lockout: 16 Elbridge St.

Corporate-in-Residence Mock Interviews - CDC 10:30am & 2:30pm- Interviewing Skills Workshop, OH 107 Noon - Volleyball vs, Worcester State, Harrington 1:00pm - Golf @ Worcester State 4:00pm - Women’s Tennis vs. Mass College o f liberal Arts 4:00pm - Field Hockey @ Merrimack 7:00pm - Women’s Soccer vs. Nichols 8:00pm - Alden Movie Night “Desperado”, 50tf

Friday August 27,1999 3:00 AM Noise Complaint: Fraternity complainant asked to have them quiet down 6:27 AM Alarm: Fire/Sprinkler Alarm Morgan Hall 6:33 AM Back Off: Coffee pot was left on by loading dock 6:42 AM Code 5: Engine 3 on scene. Everything is ok 8:50 AM Assist: Need to get message to a student, from a neighbor that was taking care of his dog 8:56 AM Code 5: Message given to student 11:28 AM Suspicious Package: Daniels Mail room 11:49 AM Code 5: Package was a music electronic counter 11:52 AM Suspicious Odor: Ellsworth, called in by Res. Services 11:58 AM Code 5: Nothing found 1:20 PM Jump Start: At 32 Dean Street, student left lights on in car 5:18 PM Lockout: Morgan Hall 3rd Floor 8:10 PM Report: Salisbury Labs window is out of the casing. 9:16PM MV Jump: West St. Black Mini-Van, student, no AAA 10:28 PM Alarm: Mass. Academy lower level 10:33 PM Lockout: 16 Elbridge St.

Saturday 28,1999

1:48 PM Lockout: Elbridge St. 2:48 PM Dumping: Elbridge has a dumpster for roof repair and the neighbor was seen dumping their own trash in it 3:00 PM Neighbor advised. Will follow up on Monday 10:44 PM Loose Hot Dog Cart, between Alden and Riley Hall

1:26 AM Disorderly Persons: Group of students near football field 1:36 AM Check on Welfare: Subject on Park Ave. near football field 2:57 AM Disorderly Persons: Disorderly group in rear of Salisbury Estates 11:55 AM Lockout: Morgan Hall 2ndFloor 1:30PM Report: Founders 3rd - Resident’s toilet not draining. RA will remedy 4:06PM Lockout: Morgan Hall 3rd floor 4:21PM Lockout: Ellsworth 4:45 PM Lockout: Damiels 4,h Floor 6:37 PM Medical: Outside Healthy Alt., male student with cut on his ear 8:14PM Lockout: Institute, Is'Floor 11:17 PM Disorderly Persons: Students removed from party at house refusing to leave premises

Sunday 29,1999 2:23 AM Assist: All patrols assisting WPD with large disurbance at Boynton St. and Highland St. 2:37 AM Officers clear Highland St. 2:57 AM Disorderly Persons: Disorderly persons id front of 11 Boynton St. 4:20 AM Disorderly Persons: Report of group in library lot causing disturbance 9:47 AM Access: For Newspeak personnel into SAO office 11:35 AM Complaint: From RA at Stoddard that there are several people handing out fliers 1:06 PM Report: No electricity in Riley Hall

# / I I J 6:00pm - Men’s Soccer City Tournament vs. WSC @ Clark

Noon - Women’s Volleyball vs. Worcester State/Emmanuel 1:00pm - Women’s Tennis vs. Babson 1:00pm - Field Hex:key @ Worcester State 1:00pm - Women’s Soccer vs. Regis 1:00pm & 1:30pm -CrossCountry @ Rensselaer (1:00 Women’s, 1:30Men’s) 7:00pm - Football vs. Worcester State

11:30am & 5:00pm - Catholic Mass Alden (am), Founder’s Study (pm) Noon - Men’s Soccer City Tournament vs. Nichols <§> Clark 6:30 & 9 :3 0 -Film, “Pushing Tin”, $2, FLAUD

Monday 30,1999 12:17 AM Access: Student asks access to Perreault Hall to search for missing wallet 1:20 AM Noise Complaint: Stoddard Hall, loud radio 7:24 AM Suspicious Odor: Higgins House, gas smell coming from kitchen area 8:05 AM Code 5: A stove burner was left on. Windows were left open and stove was secured 1:58 PM Assist: 11 year old male outside of Daniels o f many hours 2:15 PM Code 5: Brother, of 11 year old, lives in Stoddard C, younger brother was locked out and waiting for older brother to return 2:42 PM Medical: Female student fainted in Goddard, stating she felt unwell just before fainting 3:24 PM Lockout: Stoddard C, floor 3 3:27 PM Alarm: Intrusion alarm AK 7:10 PM Lockout: Grey Toyota Camery, West St. 7:32 PM Medical: 27 year old female burnt by a fry with oil on it 11:30PM Plumbing Problem: Institute Hall Is1 floor restroom. No response from plant services manager

Tuesday 31,1999 12:22 PM Suspicious People: 2 females writing on a vehicle in the Ellsworth lot, called in by RA 12:27 PM Code 5: Student living at Trowbridge decorating car for concert. Also advised that she can’t park in that lot. 2:20PM Suspicious Person: Elbridge, male going through trash. 2:33 PM Code 5: Can person go through dumpster? 2:35 PM Truck Blocking: Middle of Boynton, Bronco stalled in the middle of the road. 10:21 PM Lockout: Founders 4lh floor 11:44 PM Noise Complaint: 85 Salisbury St.

Wednesday 1,1999 1:15 AM Disturbance: Elbridge St. resident reports loud group in Boynton St. vicinity 4:54 PM Alarm: Goddard 3rd and 4lh roof doors 5:00 PM Code 5: HVAC was working on roof 5:38 PM Lockout: 10 Einhom Rd. 6:42 PM Roommate Dispute: Hackfeld Rd. 7:49 PM Roommate Dispute: Hackfel Rd. 10:34 PM Medical: Daniels Hall 4th floor, called in by RA. Resident complaining o f stom ach pain

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