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Tuesday, September 21, 1999

Volume Twenty-Seven, Number Seventeen

W P I r a n k s a m o n g b e s t in n a tio n Courtesy o f WPI Communications Group U.S. News & World Report again has WPI ranked 51 st among the top U.S. national universities of the U.S. and among the top in best values of­ fered. The magazine’s “America’s Best Colleges,” dated Aug. 30, listed WPI at the top of Tier 2. Caltech took over first place from Harvard, this year’s second place. The national universities category includes 228 national colleges and universities.

This category was developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad­ vancement of Teaching. The univer­ sities offer a full range of undergradu­ ate majors, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees; many strongly emphasize research.

The U.S. News rankings are based on several key measures of quality according to the magazine. Scores for

What happened to the Goat?

Courtesy o f The Goat's Head Committee The campus Goat’s Head Com­ mittee has been working hard to update the rules, history, and web page to ensure that the freshmensophomore rivalry continues. To keep alive the Goat’s Head Tra­ dition, however, your help is needed to make sure that two things occur. First, to complete the Goat’s Head Committee, a Goatkeeper is needed from each graduating class, 2000-2003.

Only the Class of 2000 has one, so freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, need to get those gears moving. To become a Goat­ keeper, submit a 250-page essay explaining, “Why 1 want to be Goatkeeper for my graduating class and how I will involve my class in the Goat’s Head Rivalry.”

Essays will be judged by the cur­ rent members of the committee and must be submitted by mid­ night on Tuesday, September 28.

Anyone interested in becoming a G oatkeeper for your class,

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should em ail the essay to goat@wpi.edu. The committee will publicly report the winners in the October 5 issue of News­ peak along with the first article in a series, “Origin and Continu­ ance of the Goat’s Head Tradi­ tion.”

Secondly, the G oat’s Head is in Circulation and the commit­ tee wants to know how impor­ tant the Goat’s Head is to you.

Based on the current rules (up­ dated 09/16/99), the first event at which the Goat’s Head must be shown is during this upcom­ ing homecoming weekend. The Goat’s Head could be displayed in the end zone during the foot­ ball game, in Institute Park dur­ ing the Freshm en/Sophom ore Rope Pull or anywhere else (For m ore inform ation, view the G oat’s Head Web Page, http:// w w w .w pi.edu/~ goat). W ith your help, the Rivalry will con­ tinue as it has since 1928 and if you’re in the right place at the right time, maybe you will get the goat. Good Luck!

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by Matthew Lug Newspeak Staff I usually start the awards article each year with comments on how Newspeak had screwed up my pre­ vious articles. However, I haven’t found any mistakes in any of my articles so far this year, so I’ll just say that it’s pretty stupid to print the crossw ord puzzle solutions right side up and immediately next to the crossword puzzle. I know they’re ridiculously easy to begin with, but that is going a bit too far.

If you were at WPI this time in either of the last two years and read Newspeak at the time, you might have noticed one or both of the pre­ vious Free Stuff Awards articles. If this is the case, then you can skip ahead to the awards, because none of the rest of this commentary will be new to you. For the rest of you, I’m going to fill up some space to build up suspense, anticipation, ir­ ritation, and anything else that you might feel as a result. If you don’t read it, you might miss something terribly important, so you have no

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each measure are weighted as fol­ lows: academic reputation, 25 per­ cent; graduation and retention rates, 20 percent; faculty resources, 20 per­ cent; student selectivity, 15 percent; financial resources, 10 percent; alumni giving, 5 percent; and gradu­ ation rate performance (the difference between actual and predicted gradu­ ation rate), 5 percent.

WPI was also among the top 20 national universities with the high­ est proportion o f classes under 20 with 69 percent, tied with three other schools.

In the magazine’s “Best Values” issue dated Sept. 6, WPI was among the top 50 of the national universi­ ties, tied for 36th with Brown and Pepperdine. This category only considers those colleges in the top half of the U.S. News rankings and are therefore above average aca­ demically. These rankings relate the

cost of attending an institution to its quality and were devised to pro­ vide a realistic measure o f where students can get the best educa­ tion for their money. The top uni­ versity in this ranking was the Uni­ versity of Missouri (Columbia).

U.S. News has brought back rankings of business and engineer­ ing schools, last published in 1996.

There are 182 schools that offer Ph.D. degrees in engineering. To arrive at this ranking the magazine asked deans and senior faculty to rate the academic quality of peer institutions in their disciplines. WPI placed 52nd tied with six other uni­ versities. MIT placed first.

WPI is also listed in The Fiskc Guide to Colleges 2000, the toprated guide to the best colleges in America with 300 other colleges, and in The Princeton Review, The Best 331 Colleges.

Shakespeare’s Othello as you’ve never seen it

by Justin Greenough Editor-in-Chief Nothing beats Shakespeare be­ ing performed in a foot of water.

Nothing. Okay, so you may think I’m nuts or a little bit eccentric, but I’m actually one of the people who enjoyed the last tim e T rinity flooded their theatre and dressed the entire cast in white as an artis­ tic flair to their performance of

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choice but to do as I tell you. Now keep reading and don’t skip a word.

Hey, I saw that, now go back and read it properly. Good. Now re­ member. I’m watching you. No, re­ ally, I’m watching you, behind you and off to the right. Your other right. No, that’s up, up is nowhere near right. Closer, closer... Oh, wait, that’s not you, unless you’re that medium-height cute girl with shoul­ d er-len g th brow nish hair and glasses. I realize that a large per­ centage of the women on campus fit that description, but I can’t re­ veal all of my secrets at this time.

No, I’m not done yet, although I am going to get back on the sub­ ject now. I would normally describe what the career fair is, but I noticed that someone did that in last week’s issue, so I don’t really need to re­ peat everything. In brief, the ca­ reer fair is more than just a lot of people in uncomfortable clothing crowding into Harrington and some­ times Alden on a September after­ noon. It is also companies trying to attract attention by giving away unique and interesting, and usually

the same experience as Eustis, as I’ve never read the play, I can vouch for the fact that Trinity got it right.

As is typical with their productions, they’ve managed to bring a story written in another century forward into today without losing a thing.

With its actors dressed in army fa­ tigues, carrying flashlights and climbing over a giant wrought-iron staircase and platform in the middle See Trinity, continued to Pg. 6

s tu ff a w a rd s completely useless, items, and of course people like me walking around with several large bags of these items. I have an excuse though, since I have to judge all of it.

I started these awards two years ago because of the sheer volume of stuff I had accumulated from my trips through the booths at the ca­ reer fair. I was trying to think of articles for Newspeak (I usually run out of ideas sometime in B term), and I had more than enough mate­ rial for a large article (it was a fullpage article in that issue) on the subject of free stuff. A year later, some people had actually remem­ bered the awards, and there was apparently interest in seeing them once again. Being low on ideas that year, I had already been planning on doing them again, even if people didn’t want to see them. By now the awards have gained quite a bit of recognition, mostly by students and faculty. However, many com­ pany representatives I have spo­ ken to vaguely remember hearing See Free Stuff, continued to Pg. 9

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Romeo and Juliet.

This time, they’re at it again with a production of Othello, most re­ cently known for its appearance on the silver screen. Trinity’s artistic director, Oskar Eustis told the Provi­ dence Journal, “I’ve never seen an Othello I liked. Sometimes when you see it, you wonder why this is considered a great play, but when you read it, you know.”

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IQP abroad experience of a lifetime "When I tell people I worked at the palace over the summer I normally get a raised eyebrow. For my IQP, I went to Venice, Italy and worked at the Doge’s Palace. My apartmentmates on the other hand worked with the canal system of Venice. IQP’s are varied in subject matter but same in effort and work. Venice was gorgeous, traveling Europe priceless, experiencing a foreign culture everyday and really contributing to a city was amazing. The IQP was interesting, a lot of work, rough at times and in the end hopefully a good project. So today when you see the balloons and the signs encouraging you to go on into Alden Hall - go in. See where WPI and your dreams can take you for a term." ______ _____ - Jennifer Cooper '01

Free Stuff Awards...

What was the best flying object?

"Clarion and United Technologies, for their balsa planes, which won this award last year.

Runner Up: Raytheon, for their floppy frisbee things."

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Why WWPI isn't broadcasting "Now, however, WWPI is not broad­ casting (a s many of you may have noticed). Why not? B ecause the powers-th at-b e see m to h av e decided that they will not pay for the fiber op­ tic connection after all. W here d o e s this leave the station?"

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Director of Graduate Admissions announced

Former AFROTC Commander takes on new responsibilities at WPI Courtesy o f WPI Communications Group Kenneth A. Stafford, who retired from the Air Force in 1997 after commanding the Air Force ROTC unit at WPI for three years, has taken on new responsibilities at the techno­ logical university. The retired colonel will be responsible for coordinating and oversee­ ing all student contest entries that include the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Formula Race Car, The SAE Aero Design Aircraft, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recog­ nition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, and the Concrete Canoe. His title will be Manager of Academic Initiatives.

He will also teach courses for the Massachu­ setts Academy of Mathematics and Science and at WPI. Associate Provost William W. Durgin notes that Stafford has ihe right mix of leader­ ship and understanding of young adults as well as the right technical background. “He is a dis­ tinct asset to the university and to the Worces­ ter community,” he says.

This past year Stafford led the Massachu­ setts Academy/WPI FIRST Robotics team in designing and constructing a robot that competed against other high school/college/ corporate teams in Hartford, Philadelphia and at Walt Disney’s Epcot Center. At Epcot’s national competition the academy placed eighth of 208 teams. At Philadelphia they were fourth of 55 teams entered and at Hart­ ford placed second from a field of 41 entrants.

Upon the team’s return in April they have

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Colonel Kenneth Stafford demonstrated their robot’s capabilities at schools throughout the state Stafford says he is pleased to be working with such an inspired group of students, tech­ nicians, and faculty. “Helping design and build these projects is really something I’d do for rec­ reation - getting the student teams excited and motivated is the real satisfier,” he says.

Stafford obtained his bachelor’s degree in

mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and his master’s degree in aero­ nautical engineering from the Air Force In­ stitute of Technology.

STUDENT TRAVEL

WPI professor Yi Hua Ma named fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers Courtesy of WPI Communications Group W orcester, M ass. - Yi Hua Ma of Worcester, Mass., has been named a Fel­ low o f the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), a non-profit organiza­ tion providing leadership to the chemical engineering profession.

A professor of chemical engineering at Worchester Polytechnic Institute, he has earned a 1967 doctorate in chemical engi­ neering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a 1959 B.S. de­ gree in chcmical engineering from National Taiwan University and a 1963 M.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Univer­ sity o f Notre Dame.

He has served on the AIChE’s Absorp­ tion and Ion Exchange Committee since 1975, completing a two-year term as chair­ man. In addition, he has been a director of the International Absorption Society from 1992-96 and a council member and vice

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president of the International Zeolite As­ sociation.

He has received the 1994 WPI Board of Trustees Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Scholarship and the 1997 NASA Space Act Award. His work has appeared in more than 100 publications and he has been granted one patent with an­ other pending. Director of WPI’s Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies, Ma fo­ cuses on research on adsorption and dif­ fusion, inorganic material, and membranes and membrane reactors.

To be named a AIChE Fellow, a member must have been a practicing chemical en­ gineer for 25 years and a member of AIChE for ten years. Fellows must show exem­ plary service to AIChE as well as outstand­ ing contributions to their profession.

WPI, founded in 1865, is renowned for its project-based curriculum. Under the WPI Plan, students integrate classroom studies with research projects conducted on campus and around the world.

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Jeanne M. Gosselin is the new Director of Graduate Admissions at Worcester Poly­ technic Institute. The announcement was made by WPI Associate Provost William W. Durgin. Gosselin comes to WPI from the State U niversity at New York at Cortland where she served as Associate Director of Admissions and Graduate Co­ ordinator since 1996.

Gosselin’s experience includes serving as Director of Admissions at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City from 1990 to 1996 and Admissions Coun­ selor, Assistant Director and Associate D irecto r at H o fstra U n iv ersity in Hempstead, N.Y from 1984 to 1990.

She earned her undergraduate degree in English Communications at North Adams State College, North Adams, Mass., and her master’s degree in Foundations of Edu­ cation from Hofstra University.

She will be responsible for graduate ad­ missions at the technological university’s main campus in Worcester, and off-site campuses in Southborough and Waltham, Mass. for approximately 1,100 full- and part-time graduate students. Half of these students are professionals studying on a part-time basis.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for me to work with students and faculty involved in technological research and graduate study,” she says. ‘T h e students, faculty, and professionals at WPI are absolutely the best. I am excited about the challenge.”

WPI is a doctoral university offering graduate education and research opportu­ nities in engineering, management, and science. Additional information can be ob tain ed via its Web site at h ttp :// www.wpi.edu

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by Helen M. Shuster Library Director This is the second in a series o f articles describing results of the survey conducted by the library and will focus on responses to questions on library use and library hours. As mentioned in the first article, responses were received from 359 under­ graduates, 65 graduate students, and 10 Mass Academy students.

Terms Satisfaction with term hours was gener­ ally very positive although there were com­ ments by some that they would like the library open longer hours, especially dur­ ing exams. The library responded by ex­ tending hours until 2 a.m. on weekdays and Sunday for the last week of Term D. Stu­ dent use of the building between 12 mid­ night and 2 a.m. varied from a count of 9 the first day of extended hours to 80 the final day. The library plans to extend hours again at the end of A and B terms and then, based on amount of use, decide whether to extend hours at the end of C and D terms.

Breaks There was less satisfaction with library hours during term breaks from graduate stu­ dents, some of whom complained that hours should not be reduced. In following up with specific students it was evident that there

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was some misunderstanding about the ac­ tual library hours during breaks and that in some cases, word of mouth from other stu­ dents created a false impression of library hours. In actual fact Sundays are the only days the library is closed between Terms A and B and between Terms C and D. Library staff plan to meet with members of GSO to explore graduate student needs more closely.

Summer Once again there was some dissatisfac­ tion expressed by graduate students about library hours during the summer. In addition to responses from the survey there was a posting from a faculty member to the library this past summer sharing complaints from graduate students about weekend closing during the summer. Once again, this was a misunderstanding. There were only four weekends during the summer when the li­ brary was completely closed. These were between the end of E term and beginning of A term. The rest of the summer beginning in May the library was open either Saturdays or Sundays. Observations and counts dur­ ing the summer indicated low use of the li­ brary building. However, summer hours will be discussed with the GSO in an effort to find out more exactly what is needed.

Library Issues Library staff would like to respond to stu­ dent requests for additional hours if there is

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a need. It is difficult to maintain longer hours for a number of reasons. The library is a complete building, not merely a lab in a single room. Trained people are needed to work people who understand the online circula­ tion system, building regulations, building safety issues, emergency procedures, and

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many other rules and guidelines. It is also difficult to hire sufficient numbers of student assistants to cover existing hours, especially weekends. Library staff do want to assist stu­ dents and hope that discussions with both GSO and SGA will clarify issues and help plan appropriate hours.

Survey Results: Graduate Use: Terms A-D Term breaks Summer

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Undergraduate Use Terms A-D 3% Term breaks 60% Summer 69% G raduate Satisfaction with library hours Term hours Term break hours Summer hours

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6-10 times 23% 22% 18%

11-15 times 15+ times 11% 41% 5% 20% 10% 33%

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U ndergraduate Satisfaction with library hours Term hours 0% Term break hours 58% Summer 72%

Satisfied/ Very satisfied 92% 35% 41%

Dissatisfied/ Very dissatisfied 8% 57% 37%

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Women's Soccer, Volleyball, and WPI Football held September 11th

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WPI Engineers Women's Soccer team kicks off a new season by winning the Roger Williams Tournament.

The volleyball team played well against Brandeis and Simmons.

WPI Engineers Football team walks off the field toward the benches at last Saturday's game.

The Pep Band plays at the first home game at WPL

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by P.J. Stevens Newspeak Staff Coming to video and DVD Tuesday, September 21,1999 is The Matrix. One of the best movies I have ever seen. The movie combines great action, science fic­ tion, action, plot, action, special effects, and oh yeah in case I forgot action. Ac­ tion though is only as good as the story line, case in point Corrupter (see below).

The Matrix has a great story line that sucks you in and questions reality. Anything that makes me think is good.

What is The Matrix? Unfortunately, no one can be told what The Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself. Telling you too much will spoil the movie. It is a cross of John Woo, Fist of Legend, Anime, and Comics in a plot similar to Dark City. Keanu Reeves, is Neo. The “savior” of the “world.” Morpheus, played by Laurence Fishburne, has been searching for “the one”. Morpheus believes Neo is “the one.”

Morpheus has a group of people on the Nebecanezar out against the “machines”.

The group uses Kung-Fu and Guns in or­ der to fight against the computer.

The plot isn’t too complicated because I pretty much told it. The world that they are in is what’s complicated and interest­ ing science fiction. Nothing is, as it seems.

You are not in control. Neo will take back the control. The Matrix is the second di­ rected/produced, third written movie by the Wachowski brothers. They produced and directed Bound. They wrote Assas­ sins. Bound was an excellent film. It had well-developed characters in an intriguing world. Assassins wasn’t bad, but could’ve been better. These two loved Kung Fu, John Woo, comics and Anime (hurray for Kung Fu and Anime), and wanted to make a film that could only have been made in comics or Anime. You can see all these influences in the movie. If you haven’t

seen much Kung Fu, Anime, or John Woo and you loved this movie, then I suggest you rent them.

Story line is an A- (see Dark City), Kung Fu A- (see Fist of Legend [see any Jet Li]), gun play A- (see John Woo and Chow Yun Fat teaming up), special effects A+ (Bullet shot™ is awesome), fantasy world A+, Acting B (I didn’t need Keanu Reeves do­ ing his Bill & Ted Whoahhhhhh thing), Consistency of everything A+ gives this movie an A in my books. A must see defi­ nitely.

The DVD had a lot of extras, but seemed a little lacking. There were tons of com­ mentaries about the movie. They are all interesting, especially if you want to know about the special effects. There is an es­ pecially nice one on the Kung Fu. They got Woo-Ping Yuen to do the Kung Fu coordination. That’s really them doing it (some scenes had cables of course). Yuen did both Drunken Master, Tai Chi Master, Iron Monkey, Fist of Legend (one of the greatest Kung Fu Movies A++), etc. He’s really good. The commentary through the movie was a little weak. I wanted the broth­ ers to comment. No deleted scenes. The switching of menus was cool. When look­ ing at a DVD I look Subtitles, comments, deleted scenes, and featuretts. Matrix has all, but deleted scenes, and the commen­ taries unfortunately didn’t have the broth­ ers on it. The Matrix DVD gets a B+. The DVD Rom is suppose to have story boards and other stuff, I wasn’t able to get into it, so there may be a lot more in there for the PC. Another movie coming out September 21 is Ravenous. A dark comedic horror movie. The plot revolves around a hero whose been sent to a hellish fort. He pre­ tended to be dead, and in the pile of dead he had drunk some blood, and killed the leader o f the enemy behind enemy lines.

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ing human flesh will let you gain their strength. Unfortunately this will cause a hunger for this type of food. The action is bloody and full of gore (not for the weak stomach). The comedy is everywhere. Re­ minds me a little bit of Army of Darkness.

There aren’t any cheesy one liners, but the situational comedy is the same. The movie seemed short and with little effect other than don’t eat human flesh. If you like gore mixed with your comedy B-, if not then C+. The DVD had lots of stuff. Interesting commentary closed captioning, deleted scenes, and designs. Like Analyze this, it was lacking in substance. It gets a B+.

Mini Reviews on what came out last Tuesday, September 14,1999. The movies that came out were Forces of Nature, Prince of Egypt, Corrupter, and Cookie’s Fortiori.

I saw three, but didn’t have time for Forces of Nature. The Corrupter was the disap­ pointment I expected. This time the gun­ play was disappointing too. There wasn’t much of it. They tried to make a hard-hit­ ting drama/action and they failed miserably.

Chow Yun Fat and Mark Walberg were wasted. The plot predictable (Fat plays a cop whose good but made some wrong choices, and Walberg is a secret insider who comes to love him.) When will John Woo and Chow Yun Fat team up again?

This movie gets an F. A waste of my time, such waste of talent. The DVD has some cool stuff. It has some features, video, close captioning. No deleted scenes. It gets a B-.

Finally, an American wide released car­ toon with a mature theme, and seemingly adults in mind. Prince of Egypt is the tale of Moses and his brother. It is not the Ten Commandments, but a story of brotherhood. It is touching and poi­ gnant. The animation is superb and the story wonderful. The cast is amazing: Val Kilmer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bul­ lock, Ralph Fiennes, Jeff Goldblum, Steve

Martin, Martin Short, Danny Glover, and Patrick Stewart (all Stewart fans must watch this: All hail Patrick Stewart must be the Star Trek in me). This is the first step towards quality animation with story lines adult can stomach; I give it a B. The DVD has no deleted scenes, plenty of extras, and an extremely cool song o f I believe sang in 30+ languages. The song phases in and out o f different languages without any problems. The DVD gets a B. Cookie’s Fortune is one of those guilty pleasures. I’ve lived in a small town half of my life. The story is about an eccen­ tric woman named Cookie dying. Was she murdered? Who owns her fortune?

The comedy is hilarious. I love the quirki­ ness of the town. If you’ve been in a small town you’ll understand. This movie gets a B. As usual if you have any questions or comments e-mail me atpj@wpi.edu.

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o f the flooded stage, the show projects a modern flair, even though it is spoken in Shakespearean English.

In this production, Trinity has also made use o f its new young talent. Amanda Dehnert, who directed the production, has chosen to place traditionally prominent ac­ tors into side roles to make room for tal­ en ts like John D ouglas T hom pson (O th e llo ), A lgernon D ’A m m assa (R o d erig o ) and a host o f o thers.

D ’Ammassa is perhaps one of the most intriguing and convincing of the cast in his role of Roderigo. He portrays Roderigo so elegantly as the poor gullible follower that he is.

One quirk 1 couldn’t gel used to was the new stage and seating setup within the theatre. Although it’s nice to feel like I’m part of the production, my seat near the iron staircase restricted my view of the actor’s faces for a good part of the show, as I was sitting behind their backs. I hope this new design is not a permanent addi­ tion to the theatre.

All in all, the show is well worth the money and the effort of traveling to the heart of downtown Providence to see it.

To make matters better, college students can take advantage of Trinity’s new “Un­ der Thirty Thursdays” where regularly priced tickets ($26-38) are only $10!

Othello runs through October 10lh. For further information, contact the Trinity box office at 401 -351 -4242. Student, Senior and group discounts arc available.

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Max Vogler as Lodovico, Fred Sullivan, Jr. as Duke of Venice, William Damkoehler as B rabantio, and Cynthia Strickland as Gratiano in Trinity Reperatory Company's production of Othello by William Shakespeare.

S eptem ber 21 Tom W aits at the Orpheum September 22 Jets To Brazil at T.T. The Bear’s | S eptem ber 22 Del T ha Funky Homosapian at the Middle East September 22 Gomez at the Paradise September 22 Gigolo Aunts at Axis September 23 Bis at the Middle East September 23 Madder Rose/Macha at the Middle East September 24 Dropkick Murphys at Notre Dame Center Venue is in Southie Septem ber 24 Celine Dion at the FleetCenter September 23 The Mudhens at the Paradise September 24 Uncle Ho at Bill’s Bar This is a WBCN FREE, that’s right, FREE show!!!

September 24 Rustic Overtones at the Paradise September 24 Mary Lou Lord/Patty Larkin at the Somerville Theater September 25 Naughty By Nature at the Worcester Palladium September 25 Lamb at Axis S eptem ber 29 Long Beach Dub Allstars at the Paradise Septem ber 25 Method Man at the Tsongas Arena September 26 WBCN College Rave ’99 with 311, Ben F olds Five, Buckcherry, and G. Love & Special Sauce at the Bankboston Pavillion September 26 Men At Work at the Middle East September 27 The Sisters of Mercy at Avalon September 28 Gusier at Lupo’s Venue is in Providence, RI September 28 Family Values featuring Limp Bizkit, Filter, DMX, The Crys­ tal Method, Staind at the Worces­ ter Centrum September 27,28 Sinead Lohan at the Sommerville Theater September 29 Rhazel/The Execution­ ers at the Middle E ast!@#! @#! @#

Newspeak will be having it's weekly -y meeting tonight at 7pm. We will meet in the Newspeak office and move front there.

Just a reminder! Organization Recognition deadline approaching!

The Student Activities Office is interested in having as many student organizations on campus as possible. Your organiza­ tion, whether it be a special interest group, club sport, campuswide group, or academic honor society, needs to achieve WPI recognition on a yearly basis.

Is this difficult? Nope- here’s all you need to do:

By Thursday, Septem ber 30, your organization leader­ ship should submit to the Student Organization Council, through SAO, the following: 1. A current constitution that has very recently been reviewed by your organi­ zation (example: August or September 1999) 2. An officer update form (available in SAO) 3. Your Anti-Hazing form and signature sheet of members (available in SAO) The SOC is looking forward to working with organizations to achieve recog­ nition. Formal WPI recognition allows use of facilities, having a web page on our server, a budget, a mailbox in SAO, and full access to SAO staff expertise. So...Don’t forget to take the time to get your organization rec­ ognized!

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Mid Autumn Festival is coming soon. In China, normally it is not a festival for vaca­ tion, hut it is a very important one in the Chinese tradition.

As to the origin of its name, it is because the festival comes in the middle of autumn.

In the Chinese lunar calendar, July to Sep­ tember is Autumn, so August 15th is ex­ actly in the middle of Autumn, thus the name. This year, it will be celebrated on Friday, September 24.

There arc many legends about the Mid Autumn Festival. The most common one is the story of Chang Er. In ancient China, one day there was ten suns in the sky. All the rivers dried up and all earth cracked and fis­ sured. It was t(X) hot for people to live on the ground. At that time, there was a hero named Hou Yi who got a magic bow and ten magic arrows. At the insistence of the people, Hou Yi killed nine suns with his powerful arrows, W

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You may need to pull some late nights in order to get your work done, so getting enough hours of sleep (preferably 6-8) may seem like an impossible task. Try to sched­ ule out your week ahead of time so you don’t have to cram in a lot at the last minute.

A daily schedule will help you figure out what you can reasonably get done in one day.

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leaving only one, which remains to date. In order to award the honor of Hou Yi, the God of the Sky gave him a bottle of an immortaliz­ ing drug. Hou Yi keep that bottle at his home.

Chang Er, the wife of Hou Yi, was a very beau­ tiful woman and her curiosity was strong as well. One day, during the absence of Hou Yi, she not only opened the bottle of the drug, but also drank all of them. To her surprise, she felt lighter and lighter; finally, she could not remain on the ground. She rose into the sky and still could not stop. She became so afraid and so regretted her rashness that she chose the nearest object in the sky — the moon — to steady herself. Indeed she be­ came immortal, but she had to endure the coldness and loneliness in her palace on the moon. In order to commemorate the hero Hou Yi and also to remind people there is a beau­ tiful fairy — Chang Er— living on the moon, in the middle Autumn, all family members sit together under the moon, eating one kind of round cake (since it represents moon, we call it mooncake), and appreciate the beauty of

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Exercise is essential! Doing a physical activity, even three times a week for 30 min­ utes will boost your energy level and re­ duce tension. Do something you enjoy; go for a walk, hit some tennis balls, grab a friend and go rollerblading; just get your heart rate up and you’ll feel better all day!

Take just five minutes a day to relax and breathe! Try to sit in some place quiet, relax your body and mind, and think calming thoughts. Practice deep breathing exercises: take four deep breaths in through the nose and out through the mouth. Try to feel the breath fill up your abdomen. This may make you feel a bit lightheaded at first, but you are giving your brain necessary oxygen. Shal­ low breathing with your chest can cause you to feel a lot of tension. Try deep breathing exercises before a test, or whenever you feel anxious or stressed.

Stop by the Student Development & Counseling Center for more tips on time and stress management, relaxation, pro­ crastination, or just to talk to someone. We are open weekdays 8:30 to 5 at 157 West Street. Remember that stress is an every­ day part of life. You can’t make it go away, but you can gain some control over your stress, so it doesn’t control you.

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The Dreaded “Freshman Fifteen” your body bum fat all day and night! Such a deal! Alcohol is often a major source of extra calories. A beer has about 150 calo­ ries, and even a “light” beer has 100! When feeling stressed or depressed- instead of chowing down on those high-fat “comfort foods” (chocolate chip cookies and Ben & Jerry’s), take a walk or shoot a few hoops!

Exercise is a great mood lifter/stress-reliever! (Can’t beat those endorphins!) Re­ member, gaining weight your freshman year is normal! Being overly anxious or de­ pressed about it is not normal or healthy.

The WPI Student Development and Coun­ seling Center is a great resource- don’t hesitate to ask for help or ways to help some­ one about whom you are concerned. So want more? The Health Center has some great folders available- ask for “Eating 101” or “The Freshman Fifteen”. Interesting reading and they provide some help in learning to take care of yourself, staying healthy, and listen­ ing to your body, important elements in hav­ ing a great first year at WPI!

You’ve probably heard about it-” Every­ one gains at least 15 pounds in their fresh­ man year! “Actually, this does often hap­ pen and for a variety o f reasons (you know, stress, loneliness, lots of food available all the time, alcohol, lack of exercise!)

If you’ve read this far you must be inter­ ested- rest assured that you arc not alone!

Gaining weight is a common response to adjusting to a new environment. Read on for more info and helpful tidbits.

The most important fact you already know: if you take in more calories than you burn off, you will gain weight! Making good food choices (i.e. eating fruits and veggies and breads and grains) works bet­ ter than dieting! Dieting leads to a frustrat­ ing cycle of weight loss followed by an even greater weight gain! Better to culti­ vate good eating habits for life! (Did you know that if you repeat something for 30 days it becomes a habit?) Twenty to thirty minutes of daily aerobic exercise can actu­ ally make you more alert in class AND make

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mooncake, a slice for each person. We talked about everything at the night from work to study, life, even tales, in a word, what we thought of, what we talked of with others. It was really very pleasant and ev­ eryone can feel warm hearted. Normally we would talk till we couldn’t see the moon clearly in the sky.

This will be the first Autumn Festival that I spend away from my family. Of course I will call my family at the exact time of the night. Of course my family will leave a slice o f mooncake for me even though I will be absent. Of course, I will feel the warmth of my family and they feel mine also, even if it is passed electronically through telephone lines.

It is very often wc pray under the moon at the night of Mid Autumn Festival. Here, I pray that every heart of each family of the world can live together, even though the members of the family may live far away.

(Hao Shang is new graduate student in Computer Science. He came from China this year. He will pursue his Ph.D degree here.

His research interest is computer networks, especially network troubleshooting. Movies and sports are his favorite, but he can’t do much of them since he is very busy in his studies and responsibilities now. He is an easy-going young man, likes making friends, especially international ones.)

the full moon.

From historical point of view, this festival came from celebrating the autumn harvest.

After a bountiful harvest, people reveled under the full moon. Nobody can tell exactly when the festival began. But there is a fa­ mous Chinese poem, written in Tang Dynasty to demonstrate this festival at least has more than 1,500 years of history. I copied this poem as follows for us to appreciate it: ‘T he candle casts deep shadows on the screen, The Milky Way dims and morning stars fade, Chang-Er must regret stealing the elixir, As she broods in loneliness night after night.”

With the time elapsing, the orginal mean­ ing of Autumn Festival is disappearing. To­ day this festival is a time for all family mem­ bers to gather at the night and refresh the warm relationship between each other. It became one important way to enjoy the feeling ofloveamong family members. Eat­ ing mooncakes also has a symbolic mean­ ing since the round shape of mooncake implies the union of all family members stay­ ing together.

I have a very big family: Dad, Mom, five sisters and I. No matter how far we live from each other and no matter how busy our works or studies are, we always went back home at the night of each Mid Au­ tum n day. We sh ared a big round

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To the Editor: WPI does indeed have a campus radio sta­ tion. It does what it can within budgetary limitations, and for several years was only available over the campus cable system. Last year, the station began broadcasting over the world wide web and could now be heard any­ where in the world. Now, through no fault of the station, it is unable to broadcast at all.

Last spring, the station was booted from its location in the sub-basement of Fuller Labs. The CS department needed the space, and for the second time in as many years, WWPI had to move. After much searching for a location, it was decided that the station would move into half o f the Goats Head con­ ference room (located off Riley Commons).

However, such a move would not be cheap.

WWPI’s signal originates in Fuller Labs, and in order to broadcast, the station would have to be able to get the signal back there. This would be done via a dedicated fiber optic connection between Riley Hall and Fuller Labs. It was agreed that the station would not be responsible for the cost of the move.

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Now, however, WWPI is not broadcast­ ing (as many of you may have noticed).

Why not? Because the powers-that-be seem to have decided that they will not pay for the fiber optic connection after all.

Where does this leave the station? Un­ able to broadcast. In fact, they have relo­ cated the station to a room not only with­ out the fiber optic cable, but also without simple internet or phone access. This is not acceptable.

Get angry. Tell your administration that you want WWPI back, and that no student organization should be rendered helpless this way. Talk to your SGA senator, or go to a meeting and bring up the topic. The school is taking advantage one organization, and there’s nothing preventing your favorite stu­ dent organization from being next.

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To the editor Even after reading “A Male Initiation Part Two”, I still believe that the original story should not have been submitted or printed.

My objections don’t spring from a prudish belief that the word “penis” should not be in print nor from the irksome way some juvenile people got a thrill every time the word was printed. I watched about a dozen people read the story and their reaction was very similar to mine. First, as they read the story, they got an expression on their face that was both horrified and quizzical at the same time.

Which, as they finished the story, changed to a few moments of disbelief. Then almost everyone of them fumbled with words a bit before uttering in bewilderment, “There was no moral.” or “What was the point?”, and proceeded to ask the people standing nearby if they could find a moral. The only two morals we could think of at the time was 1)Don’t be pride­ ful and Narcissistic and 2)Beware of chipmunks.

Now, the second is so off the wall that no one would make such a long story to portray that moral alone. The first is a pretty good lesson to leam, but you learn that near the beginning of the story so the conclusion leaves the reader puzzled as to what the final moral is. This then leads to the question of why the Director of the Counseling Center is preaching about being too prideful. After all, one would think that such a bizarre and adult story would have a more im­ portant moral to it.

Now, I found very little in the story to dis­ pel the commonly held view that women are objects, possessions, or sluts/goddesses.

The only two times that women are shown in the story is in the beginning as recipients of his exhibitionism and towards the end as being violated by the dismembered member.

I don’t see any way that this illustrates that women are people and not just sex toys. In fact, the women in the story are used as mere props and could have been replaced sheep or any other barnyard animal ‘preferred’ by the culture. As for the young man, he doesn’t come out of the story very badly at all. First his penis grows to enormous proportions for all to see -most men would agree this would be a good thing, Good. Next, it breaks off and goes its own way - Bad. It violates women, people get mad- Well its not him, its his pe­ nis, Not-So-Bad. A chipmunk chews it back down to size - Its not attached and therefore not painful, Not-So-Bad. He becomes wholeGood. He gets a stem talking to from the el­ ders and feels sorry for the whole episodeNot-So-Bad. In all there are 2 Goods, 3 NotSo-Bads, 1 Bad (which is obliterated by one of the Goods) and a whole lot of rape victims.

The young man was more humble at the end of the experience, but I believe, sadly, that most people these days would merely feel relief at getting off so easy and would avoid girls who had chipmunks as pets.

In conclusion, not only was this story of­ fensive in some degree to many due to its crude nature, but it failed to illustrate the in­ tended moral. I hope that in the future the Counseling Center will avoid stories that have little more value than their bizarre and atten­ tion grabbing nature - especially when that is the only thing that is said. I also hope that in the future the Newspeak Editorial Staff would do a little better job of advising its writers without censoring them.

Amber McMillan Class o f 2001 To the Editor: How a story about a penis gone mad will ever teach young rnen respect for themselves or women is beyond me. I think that the mere fact that the story needs an explanation is a message to the author of the article, my friend and colleague Tom Balistrieri, that the story should have remained untold.

Since it made it to print and since the stated purpose in part was to create some healthy debate let me share two thoughts that came to my mind after reading the story and trying to make some sense of it.

I have done some reading of anthropological texts about male initiations and rights of pas­ sage in other cultures. I am particular fascinated

by Colin Turnbull’s book The Forest People.

The author lived with the people of the rainforest for years and was allowed to participate in some of their initiation ceremonies. In my opinion this story trivializes the many important lessons we

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More importantly and unfortunately more serious I feel this story in an extreme way trivializes violence against women. Allow me to quote a passage: “The penis traveled from village 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” After be­ ing chewed back in size and reattached to the young man the women once again felt safe and life got back to normal ! As Tom said “The man became whole again”. But will the women he harmed ever be whole again?

No mention of their fate is made in this story.

It seems enough that the young man has learned a lesson and the rest of the commu­ nity feels safe, ignoring the plight of the women already harmed. What docs this tell us about violence against women. As long as everyone who commits rape, spousal abuse and other acts of violence see the light and are so to speak “put in their place” women can once again feel safe. I think not.

Tom Hartvig Thomsen International House

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I find no fault with his calls for respect for women; obviously, rape and abuse have no place in our world. As a side note, Mr. Balistrieri also objects to the gorgeous god­ desses and half-dressed women in media and the portrayal of women as merely sex ob­ jects.

At the root of this problem is the sugges­ tion that there’s something wrong with men and women being portrayed as sexual be­ ings. I disagree! Sex is a wonderful pastime that has received a bad rap in today’s soci­ ety, where many things that feel good are considered bad for us. I’ve heard sex called “the necessary evil,” which is pure bull. Sex is the highest physical intimacy any two people can share; speaking in the physical sense, it’s probably the most fun you can have with your body.

Our physiological makeup has built-in sexual peaks which occur early in the lives of both men and women. I doubt these biologi­ cal clocks exist in error. Yet it is during this time that we’re encouraged to wait, abstain, and distance ourselves from sex. We are

condition from childhcxxl to accept this un­ familiarity with our bodies. Parents cover themselves when dashing from the bathroom to the bedroom. Parents sue when an Aus­ tin Powers doll prompts their eleven-year old daughter to ask, “What’s homy?” When they finally do speak to their children about sex, it’s in mainly biological terms, not sen­ sual, emotional, or spiritual.

Our lives are driven by energy and pas­ sion. Lives are meaningless without passion, be it for work, play, or song and dance. Yet the passion to intimately know each other is restrained, whether by society, religion or other sources. Without other means for re­ leasing this passion, we become bitter and angry. Sex is a wonderful expression of lifedriving energy; by denying it, we’re deny­ ing part of what it means to be human. Natu­ rally, there’s more to life and relationships than sex. Pleasuring our bodies while ne­ glecting our minds and spirits is unhealthy and can pervert an otherwise divine gift. Yet, when used correctly, sex can be a wonderful way to satisfy our entire triune being. But, maybe I’m just frustrated.

Ken Gagne Class o f 2001

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something about some kind of awards, and some even know if their company had won an award at some point in time. You can find the past two awards articles and all of my other articles in my personal archives at http:/ /www.wpi.edu/~mttlg/stuff/. You may now take a short break to read these articles, but be sure to get right back here to finish read­ ing this article.

Finally, last year there was a letter to the edi­ tor about the awards article. I don’t particularly remember much about it, but the main point seemed to be that someone didn’t like the article and that it went against the spirit of the career fair, or something like that. It was at least gocxl for giving me another idea for an article, even though the author completely missed the point of the awards. Anyway, if you have a problem with these awards, please seek professional help.

And now, as soon as the career fair is over, I’ll get back to you with a summary and the long-

awaited awards.

Ok, let me catch my breath. Today’s hu­ midity definitely didn’t help any for those of us carrying large bags of assorted items, so I’m just a little bit tired. It was an interesting afternoon in Harrington, with several new items on the gym floor and free refreshments on the balcony. A lot of companies didn’t bother to bring anything more interesting than cheap pens or bottle opener key chains, mousepads were as prevalent as ever (al­ though most were rather dull), and some com­ panies put a respectable effort into coming up with new items to give away. Cups and other beverage containers were scarce, as were message boards (only Mitre had any that I saw). Stress relievers were also rare, quite unlike last year.

Before I begin listing the awards, here’s a few words on how the winners arc decided.

All award decisions (with the exception of

the Newspeak Editors’ Choice Award, since I am not, never have been, and never will be an editor of Newspeak) are made by me. I personally make two or more trips through the crowded aisles collecting anything I see that appears to be free. Occasionally I talk to the people there to tell them what I’m doing, and sometimes I even sacrifice a resume to obtain an item. I also hand out copies of the awards from previous years every once in a while. After getting several bags full of stuff (3 this year), I dump it out on my bed (so I have an incentive to get everything sorted out quickly), sort everything into categories, and decide the winners and runners up. Cat­ egories are added and removed depending on the number of items available forjudging.

1 then bag everything back up and throw.it all into my closet with the rest of my useless junk. That’s the extremely exciting process that leads to what you are about to read.

The Awards Best Pen Winners: M ercury C om puter System s and Hewlett Packard for their bubble blowing pens. Runners Up: Compaq, for their gold-trimmed metal pens, and Lucent, for their sleek black pens.

Best Pencil Winner: Aspect Telecommunications, for their plastic mechanical pencils. Runner Up: Trav­ elers Insurance, for their somewhat imprac­ tical wooden umbrella-shaped pencils.

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their @ shaped letter openers.

Most Masculine Company Name Best Mousepad Winner: APC, for their “Use it or lose it” cartoon mousepads. Runner Up: Data General, for their uniquely shaped round mousepad with jagged edges.

Best Toy Winner: BASF, for their five different sports ball yo-yos. Runner Up: APC, for their square slinkies.

Best Highlighter Winner:

Like the above category, I just felt like including this one, even though it is even less related to free stuff. Winner: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Runner Up: Husky Injection Molding Systems

Newspeak Editors’ Choice Award Winner: Lucent, for their small pens with spiral antenna-like ends, which were hidden in­ side the spiral binding of their brochures.

Texas Instruments, for their erasable highlighters. Runner Up: United Technolo­ gies, for their three highlighter set inside a triangular case, which had won in this cat­ egory in the previous two years.

Clarion and United Technologies, for their balsa planes, which won this award last year. Runner Up: Raytheon, for their floppy frisbee things.

Best Sticky Note Pad Winner:

Best Beverage Container Winner:

Cambridge Technology Partners, for their odd-shaped note pads. Runners Up: Raytheon and Bell Atlantic for their large rectangular note pads.

BASF, for their ceramic mugs. Runners Up: General Motors, for their full bottles of water, and Boc Edwards for their belt pack bottle holders with empty water bottles.

Compaq, for their ‘T he Legion of Q” comic book about underwater superhe­ roes saving the world with the Alpha chip.

Best Key Chain Winner:

Best Candy Winner:

Most Over-Hyped Winner:

Pervasive Software, for their key chains with red LEDs in them. Runner Up: Gillette, for their key chains with little pewter razors.

Parametric Technology, for their Lindorchoco­ late truffles. Runner Up: Connected Network Backup, for their nice assortment of chocolate.

Cutest Company Representative

Most Original Winner:

Microsoft. Their representatives were more agreeable, so I gave them a resume for one of their Koosh things. They seemed to think that their free item was the best in the world, but as usual it wasn’t that great.

Before you start getting offended, let me just say that these are my awards, and I can add any categories I want. This one does fit in with the theme of the awards because viewing and conversing with the company representatives is free.

Winner: InScribe Technologies. I had a couple o f very nice conversations with Kathy of InScribe during my trips past the many tables. Runner Up: Fidelity In­ vestments. I didn’t see a name tag, so I

APC, for their silly putty. Runner Up: Sun Microsystems, for their magnets with as­ sorted computer words.

Honorable Mentions Cognex, for their p la y in g ca rd s w ith p la s tic c a ses.

Teradyne, for their “Global stress relief in a box,” which appears to consist of a globe stress relief ball and slinky with a map of the earth printed on the outside, even though there was no stress relief ball inside the box. Avici Systems, for

Best Flying Object Winners: Most Original Assortment Winner: BASF, for their playing cards, sun­ glasses, sports ball yo-yos, plastic coffee mugs, and ceramic mugs. Their table was a very interesting place.

Most Self-Glorifying Winner:

Most Useful Winner: Quantum, for their nice looking wooden post-it note holder that came in an equally nice looking box. Runner Up: Torrington, for their ice scrapers.

Most Useless Winner: Boc Edwards, for their binoculars that don’t magnify much. Runner Up: UPS, for their flimsy plastic clip things that don’t clip very securely.

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My objections don’t spring from a prudish belief that the word "penis” should not be in print nor from the irksome way some juvenile people got a thrill every time the word was printed. I watched about a dozen people read the story and their reaction was very similar to mine. First, as they read the story, they got an expression on their face that was both horrified and quizzical at the same time.

Which, as they finished the story, changed to a few moments of disbelief. Then almost everyone of them fumbled with words a bit before uttering in bewilderment, “There was no moral.” or "What was the point?”, and proceeded to ask the people standing nearby if they could find a moral. The only two morals we could think of at the time was 1)Don’t be pride­ ful and Narcissistic and 2 )Beware of chipmunks.

Now, the second is so off the wall that no one would make such a long story to portray that moral alone. The first is a pretty go<xi lesson to learn, but you learn that near the beginning of the story so the conclusion leaves the reader puzzled as to what the final moral is. This then leads to the question of why the Director of the Counseling Center is preaching about being too prideful. After all, one would think that such a bizarre and adult story would have a more im­ portant moral to it.

Now, I found very little in the story to dis­ pel the commonly held view that women are objects, possessions, or sluts/goddesses.

The only two times that women are shown in the story is in the beginning as recipients of his exhibitionism and towards the end as being violated by the dismembered member.

I don’t see any way that this illustrates that women arc people and not just sex toys. In fact, the women in the story are used as mere props and could have been replaced sheep or any other barnyard animal ‘preferred’ by the culture. As for the young man, he doesn’t come out of the story very badly at all. First his penis grows to enormous proportions for all to see -most men would agree this would be a good thing, Good. Next, it breaks off and goes its own way - Bad. It violates women, people get mad- Well its not him, its his pe­ nis, Not-So-Bad. A chipmunk chews it back down to size - Its not attached and therefore not painful, Not-So-Bad. He becomes wholeGood. He gets a stem talking to from the el­ ders and feels sorry for the whole episodeNot-So-Bad. In all there are 2 Goods, 3 NotSo-Bads, 1 Bad (which is obliterated by one of the Goods) and a whole lot of rape victims.

The young man was more humble at the end of the experience, but I believe, sadly, that most people these days would merely feel relief at getting off so easy and would avoid girls who had chipmunks as pets.

In conclusion, not only was this story of­ fensive in some degree to many due to its crude nature, but it failed to illustrate the in­ tended moral. I hope that in the future the Counseling Center will avoid stories that have little more value than their bizarre and atten­ tion grabbing nature - especially when that is the only thing that is said. I also hope that in the future the Newspeak Editorial Staff would do a little better job of advising its writers without censoring them.

Amber McMillan Class of 2001 To the Editor: How a story about a penis gone mad will ever teach young men respect for themselves or women is beyond me. I think that the mere fact that the story needs an explanation is a message to the author of the article, my friend and colleague Tom Balistrieri, that the story should have remained untold.

Since it made it to print and since the stated purpose in part was to create some healthy debate let me share two thoughts that came to my mind after reading the story and trying to make some sense of it.

I have done some reading of anthmpological texts about male initiations and rights of pas­ sage in other cultures. I am particular fascinated

by Colin Turnbull’s bcx>k The Forest People.

The author lived with the people of the rainforest for years and was allowed to participate in some of their initiation ceremonies. In my opinion this story trivializes the many important lessons we

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More importantly and unfortunately more serious I feel this story in an extreme way trivializes violence against women. Allow me to quote a passage: “The penis traveled from village 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” After be­ ing chewed back in size and reattached to the young man the women once again felt safe and life got back to normal ! As Tom said "The man became whole again”. But will the women he harmed ever be whole again?

No mention of their fate is made in this story.

It seems enough that the young man has learned a lesson and the rest of the commu­ nity feels safe, ignoring the plight of the women already harmed. What docs this tell us about violence against women. As long as everyone who commits rape, spousal abuse and other acts of violence see the light and are so to speak “put in their place” women can once again feel safe. I think not.

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I find no fault with his calls for respect for women; obviously, rape and abuse have no place in our world. As a side note, Mr. Balistrieri also objects to the gorgeous god­ desses and half-dressed women in media and the portrayal of women as merely sex ob­ jects.

At the root of this problem is the sugges­ tion that there’s something wrong with men and women being portrayed as sexual be­ ings. I disagree! Sex is a wonderful pastime that has received a bad rap in today’s soci­ ety, where many things that feel good arc considered bad for us. I’ve heard sex called “the necessary evil,” which is pure bull. Sex is the highest physical intimacy any two people can share; speaking in the physical sense, it’s probably the most fun you can have with your body.

Our physiological makeup has built-in sexual peaks which occur early in the lives of both men and women. I doubt these biologi­ cal clocks exist in error. Yet it is during this time that we’re encouraged to wait, abstain, and distance ourselves from sex. We arc

condition from childhmxl to accept this un­ familiarity with our bodies. Parents cover themselves when dashing from the bathroom to the bedroom. Parents sue when an Aus­ tin Powers doll prompts their eleven-year old daughter to ask, “What’s horny?” When they finally do speak to their children about sex, it’s in mainly biological terms, not sen­ sual, emotional, or spiritual.

Our lives arc driven by energy and pas­ sion. Lives are meaningless without passion, be it for work, play, or song and dance. Yet the passion to intimately know each other is restrained, whether by society, religion or other sources. Without other means for re­ leasing this passion, we become bitter and angry. Sex is a wonderful expression of lifedriving energy; by denying it, we’re deny­ ing part of what it means to be human. Natu­ rally, there’s more to life and relationships than sex. Pleasuring our bodies while ne­ glecting our minds and spirits is unhealthy and can pervert an otherwise divine gift. Yet, when used correctly, sex can be a wonderful way to satisfy our entire triune being. But, maybe I'm just frustrated.

Ken Gagne Class o f 2001

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something about some kind of awards, and some even know if their company had won an award at some point in time. You can find the past two awards articles and all of my other articles in my personal archives at http:/ /www.wpi.edu/~mttlg/stuff/. You may now take a short break to read these articles, but be sure to get right back here to finish read­ ing this article.

Finally, last year there was a letter to the edi­ tor about the awards article. I don’t particularly remember much about it, but the main point seemed to be that someone didn't like the article and that it went against the spirit of the career fair, or something like that. It was at least good for giving me another idea for an article, even though the author completely missed the point of the awards. Anyway, if you have a problem with these aw;irds, please seek professional help.

And now, as scx)n as the career fair is over. I'll get back to you with a summary and the long-

awaited awards.

Ok, let me catch my breath. Today’s hu­ midity definitely didn’t help any for those of us carrying large bags of assorted items, so I’m just a little bit tired. It was an interesting afternoon in Harrington, with several new items on the gym floor and free refreshments on the balcony. A lot of companies didn’t bother to bring anything more interesting than cheap pens or bottle opener key chains, mousepads were as prevalent as ever (al­ though most were rather dull), and some com­ panies put a respectable effort into coming up with new items to give away. Cups and other beverage containers were scarce, as were message boards (only Mitre had any that I saw). Stress relievers were also rare, quite unlike last year.

Before I begin listing the awards, here’s a few words on how the winners are decided.

All award decisions (with the exception of

the Newspeak Editors’ Choice Award, since I am not, never have been, and never will be an editor of Newspeak) are made by me. I personally make two or more trips through the crowded aisles collecting anything I see that appears to be free. Occasionally I talk to the people there to tell them what I’m doing, and sometimes I even sacrifice a resume to obtain an item. I also hand out copies of the awards from previous years every once in a while. Al ter getting several bags full of stuff (3 this year), I dump it out on my bed (so I have an incentive to get everything sorted out quickly), sort everything into categories, and decide the winners and runners up. Cat­ egories are added and removed depending on the number of items available forjudging.

I then bag everything back up and throw, it all into my closet with the rest of my useless junk. That’s the extremely exciting process that leads to what you are about to read.

The Awards Best Pen Winners: M ercury C om puter System s and Hewlett Packard for their bubble blowing pens. Runners Up: Compaq, for their gold-trimmed metal pens, and Lucent, for their sleek black pens.

Best Pencil Winner: Aspect Telecommunications, for their plastic mechanical pencils. Runner Up: Trav­ elers Insurance, for their somewhat imprac­ tical wooden umbrella-shaped pencils.

don’t know who she was, and I didn’t re­ ally talk to her, but she seemed nice.

their @ shaped letter openers.

Most Masculine Company Name Best Mousepad Winner: APC, for their “Use it or lose it” cartoon mousepads. Runner Up: Data General, for their uniquely shaped round mousepad with jagged edges.

Best Toy Winner: BASF, for their five different sports ball yo-yos. Runner Up: APC, for their square slinkies.

Best Highlighter Winner:

Like the above category, I just felt like including this one, even though it is even less related to free stuff. Winner: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Runner Up: Husky Injection Molding Systems

Newspeak Editors’ Choice Award Winner: Lucent, for their small pens with spiral antenna-like ends, which were hidden in­ side the spiral binding of their brochures.

Best Flying Object Winners:

Texas Instruments, for their erasable highlighters. Runner Up: United Technolo­ gies, for their three highlighter set inside a triangular case, which had won in this cat­ egory in the previous two years.

Clarion and United Technologies, for their balsa planes, which won this award last year. Runner Up: Raytheon, for their floppy frisbee things.

Best Sticky Note Pad Winner:

Best Beverage Container Winner:

Cambridge Technology Partners, for their odd-shaped note pads. Runners Up: Raytheon and Bel I Atlantic for their large rectangular note pads.

BASF, for their ceramic mugs. Runners Up: General Motors, for their full bottles of water, and Boc Edwards for their belt pack bottle holders with empty water bottles.

Compaq, for their “The Legion of Q” comic book about underwater superhe­ roes saving the world with the Alpha chip.

Best Key Chain Winner:

Best Candy Winner:

Most Over-Hyped Winner:

Pervasive Software, for their key chains with red LEDs in them. Runner Up: Gillette, for their key chains with little pewter razors.

Parametric Technology, for their Lindor choco­ late truffles. Runner Up: Connected Network Backup, for their nice assortment of chocolate.

Cutest Company Representative

Most Original Winner:

Microsoft. Their representatives were more agreeable, so I gave them a resume for one of their Koosh things. They seemed to think that their free item was the best in the world, but as usual it wasn’t that great.

Before you start getting offended, let me just say that these are my awards, and I can add any categories I want. This one does fit in with the theme of the awards because viewing and conversing with the company representatives is free.

Winner: InScribe Technologies. I had a couple of very nice conversations with Kathy of InScribe during my trips past the many tables. Runner Up: Fidelity In­ vestments. I didn’t see a name tag, so I

APC, for their silly putty. Runner Up: Sun Microsystems, for their magnets with as­ sorted computer words.

Honorable Mentions Cognex, for their p la y in g ca rd s w ith p la s tic cases.

Teradyne, for their “Global stress relief in a box,” which appears to consist of a globe stress relief ball and slinky with a map o f the earth printed on the outside, even though there was no stress relief ball inside the box. Avici Systems, for

Most Original Assortment Winner: BASF, for their playing cards, sun­ glasses, sports ball yo-yos, plastic coffee mugs, and ceramic mugs. Their table was a very interesting place.

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Most Useful Winner: Quantum, for their nice looking wooden post-it note holder that came in an equally nice looking box. Runner Up: Torrington, for their ice scrapers.

Most Useless Winner: B(x- Edwards, for their bincx:ulars that don’t magnify much. Runner Up: UPS, for their llimsy plastic clip things that don’t clip very securely.

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Lambda Chi Alpha

by Jim Konz Lambda Chi Alpha President How do you put in words a complete description and testimonial of Fraternity?

If only this letter conveys one shred of the experiences we’ve shared as brothers.

For the freshmen and “other-classmen” reading this: Yes, this is an advertisement not just for Lambda Chi Alpha, but for ex­ periencing fraternal ife yourself. What Fra­ ternity and what Lambda Chi Alpha can continue to you undergraduate experience is immeasurable. Upon joining the ranks of brothers of our chapter, you will become a leader. You will share a bond so deep that it can only be described as family. You will grow as a person like no other period in your life. Benefits, benefits, benefits.

This letter can only convey a few.

Many of you have fears of the big bad fraternities. I’m sure you’ve all seen mov­ ies and you’ve all seen the stories in the news about how fraternities haze their new members. Well, we won’t say that never happens, but we will say that this doesn’t happen at Lambda Chi Alpha. We don’t haze. Period. From the day you join Lambda Chi Alpha, you have every right and privi­ lege that a brother does. You can vote, you can hold office, and you can partici­ pate.

With that said, I’d like to extend an invi­ tation to every young man out there to find out more about us. Joining Lambda Chi Alpha was one of the most important and life-changing decisions I’ve ever made. I want to offer the same chance to you. I’m

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tively volunteer at W orcester County Food Bank, Worcester County Veterans Shelter, and with the Big Brother Program of Worcester The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha are committed to scholastics. Lambda Chi Al­ pha maintains a collection of past notes and tests from most courses offered at WPI. In addition, a list of all classes taken by brothers is posted so you can easily find someone to help you with a tough homework assignment. Lambda Chi Alpha provides an ideal study atmosphere. You can study as a group in the library, or alone in your room. There is always someone available to lend a hand.

Lambda Chi Alpha has won many awards recently, both on campus and nationally.

We have been recognized for our commu­ nity service and fundraising on campus.

We were also voted Most Outstanding Fra­ ternity by WPI for 1999. Internationally, we have been recognized as one of the top chapters of Lambda Chi Alpha, signified by receiving the Grand High Alpha Award, and the Bruce Hunter McIntosh Award.

We are looked upon as one of the pre­ mier chapters of Lambda Chi Alpha inter­ nationally. Local Lambda Chi Alpha chap­ ters in the Northeast look to us for guid­ ance. We have hosted leadership confer­ ences at our chapter house, and often bring the largest delegation to national leader­ ship meeting. We have worked hard to achieve this position and will strive to main­ tain it. Again, if you are interest, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Rush starts B term. Take advantage of it and get to know us. We want to know you.

at your disposal if you have any questions, so p lease send me an em ail at jkonz@wpi.edu or give me a call at 508662-0786.

Now for some details: Here at Lambda Chi Alpha, we pride our­ selves on our diverse and active brother­ hood. Whether you enjoy athletics, aca­ demics, leadership, or broadening your social life, there is a place for you at Lambda Chi Alpha. The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha welcome you to our house to learn what the true fraternal experience is all about.

At our chapter house at 30 Dean St., there is housing available for 48 members.

Sophomores are guaranteed housing. Each room has a WPI network connection. There are always plenty of activities among the 5000 square feet of common space in our house. Meals at the house arc catered.

With room and board rates less expensive than on-campus housing, there is no good reason not to live at Lambda Chi Alpha.

The social program at Lambda Chi Al­ pha is second to none. With the largest brotherhood on campus, our parties are always packed. In addition to house par­ ties, we also host formals, faculty socials, and social with sororities. There is always something to do at Lambda Chi Alpha.

Lambda Chi Alpha has one of the stron­ gest brotherhoods on campus. As broth­ ers, we come together in many ways. We have large events such as chapter retreats, intramural sports, and spring break trips to destinations like Florida and Cancun.

Smaller events such as BBQ’s and basket­ ball games in the parking lot illustrate the closeness of our brothers. At Lambda Chi Alpha, we have a strict no hazing policy.

We feel that there are better ways to edu­ cate the new members.

Our chapter is involved with many dif­ ferent com m unity service activ ities throughout the year. Last year, our chap­ ter collected the most food in the North­ east for Lambda Chi Alpha International Food Drive raising over 32,000 pounds. We also participate in Worcester City Cleanup, the Teeter-Tooter-A-Thon, and field day Elm Park Elementary school. Brothers ac­

Sigma Phi Epsilon

by Josh Glicksman Sigma Phi Epsilon The M assachusetts Beta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon is a place where lasting friendships are made. It is a house defined by the balanced individuals who live here.

We have the highest GPA of any house on campus. We have the largest membership on campus with 53 members living between

our two houses and another 15 living out­ side of the house. Sigma Phi Epsilon is not only a place o f fun but also a place o f re­ sponsibility and personal integrity. It is a place where over 85% of the brothers par­ ticipate in Varsity sports. We take part in over twenty different organizations includ­ ing IFC, W P I’s H onor S ociety, T he Newman Club, Society of Mechanical, Elec­ trical, and Chemical Engineers, Ping Ping Ping, Rugby, Baseball, Football, Volleyball, Wrestling, ROTC, along with many others.

The brothers o f Sig Ep are the most united on campus by not only living to­ gether but also going to war together on the athletic field. It is not easy to be a brother of such an established house. We are all very proud and privileged to be here.

The best part of the Sig Ep experience doesn't come from having the largest par­ ties on campus or the Christmas or spring formals; it comes from knowing that each person here has a whole house behind them. You have the freedom to be yourself along with the assurance and acceptance of your peers. Sigma Phi Epsilon is not just a fraternity to us but a home. It is a place where we all feel comfortable and loved.

We do not settle for less here at Sig Ep. We all strive to be the best in all aspects of life. We have won national awards for 7 consecutive years for the top chapter in the Northeast. We were nomi­ nated for WPI’s most prestigious commu­ nity service award. Sigma Phi Epsilon is not a place of mediocrity; we do not take a passive role to situations. We attack a situ­ ation to the best of your ability. That is what separates us from all other fraterni­ ties here on campus.

I am very proud to be president o f such a great house with such great people inside its walls. I am very proud of all of Sig Ep’s long lasting traditions and uniqueness. Our Alumni support is amaz­ ing and that is another sign of just how important this house is to all who have became brothers of the Ma Beta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon.

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C lub C o r n e r be held on Thursday night of this week.

A ttendance is by invitation so watch your e-mail to see if you are invited. Right now he has invited the members of the class of 03.

Our folk group under the direction of Jonathan Graham continues to grow and we must say get better. Diane is our new­ est guitarist and hopefully we will have a keyboard person soon.

Our Newman Executive Board meets to­ morrow night (Wednesday, Sept.22nd) at 9:00 PM in the Religious Center. Holy Hour will begin at 8:30 PM. We will be discuss­ ing our plans for Term B. Feel free to e-mail any ideas to our president, Jen Cooper (jcooper@wpi.edu)

scientist and a law school admissions coun­ selor come in to speak to the students.

Also, w e’ll be hosting a roundtable dis­ cussion on Waco on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 5pm in the Beckett Conference room. Bring a friend!!

BiLaGA International Celebrate Bisexuality Day is this Thursday, September 23. Come to the meeting at 8pm! There’s a social lunch meeting today Tuesday in Gompei’s as well.

We’re planning for National Coming Out Day i on O cto b er 11; em ail us (bilaga@wpi.edu) or come to a meeting to find out what we’re up to. So far, there’ll be a table in the Wedge during the day, an Open Meeting with free pizza and games and stuff in the evening, and possibly some kind of entertainment.

We’ll have a tie-dye party and a ducttape wallet-making session sometime in the coming weeks, and we’re getting press kits for a few performers and speakers. If you want to be on our email list, email us (bilaga@wpi.edu), and check out our web page http://www.wpi.edu/~bilaga/ for more information.

Newman Club The Newman Club is getting ready for Homecoming this weekend. We will have a Homecoming Mass on Sunday morning followed by a homecoming cookout at the Religious Center. This homecoming Mass will be sponsored by the “Greeks” on cam­ pus under the direction of Brian Papagni, our vice president who is also a member of Sig Ep. The Lectors and Eucharistic Minis­ ters will be members of the various Greek houses on campus. They are among the various students who serve in those roles at our Masses.

Our Faith and Discussion Group now consists of two groups, one of which meets on Monday evenings at 8:00 PM and the other on W ednesday evenings at 8:00PM also. Both groups meet in the Religious Center. Father Scanlon’s fa­ mous suppers are continuing and one will

Legal and Social Issues Group Well, we certainly had a packed meeting this week! We discussed activities for the future, and we plan on having a Forensic

Science Fiction Society Join the Space Marines They said. See the galaxy liie y said. I’d rather be in the SFS....

Who is this mysterious ‘T hey”? Beat the conspiracy! Come to the WPI Science Fiction Society weekly meeting!

The meeting is on Wednesday, at 7:12pm, in Olin Hall, room 107.

But don’t tell that to any of “Them”

SM AS We’ve set dates for a few more activies between now and the Purgatory Chasm trip on the weekend of the 25th. Garbmaking sessions were planned for Wed. 9/22 and 9/28 in the late afternoons/early evenings, in time for both the newbie night quest and KRF. More information will be forthcoming. A weapons-making session is being planned, but is on hold until we can get supplies. The Newbie Night Quest will be Thurs. 9/23 at 7pm.

Email jtrosa@ wpi with questions or to sign up. Questions can also be brought to the Realms Q&A on Tues. 9/21 after the regular meeting.

Remember that dues for the year are $5, which helps with the cost o f things like transportation, the medieval faire and the spring bbq. Also remember to email w ez@ w pi ab o u t tic k e ts for K ing Richard’s Faire.

Meetings are Tuesday nights at 7pm in Founders basement. Fight practices are M onday and T h ursday nights at 7:30pm on the lower fields. Email the of­ ficers (realms@ wpi.edu) with any ques­ tions or suggestions.

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Aries: (March 21-April 20) Any family squabbles may come as a result of tensions. Be at your best and don’t let anyone spoil your upbeat mood. Once harmony is restored, turn your attentions to making plans with a few good friends.

You are inclined to be jealous and posses­ sive o f a mate. Stay cool.

Taurus: (April 21 - May 21) Think before you speak. That temper of yours may flare without any provocation.

Your idealistic side usually wins out, so try real hard to follow your dreams. Hope­ fully something that has been bothering you for the last several months is now gone for good.

Gemini: (May 22 - June 21) A friend of yours has a serious problem and is relying on your help to come up with a solution, so think fast. The week will go by pretty smoothly for it will have plenty of variety. At least you won’t have to worry about getting bored.

Cancer: (June 22 - July 23) It’s time to take a serious look at the ro­ mance in your life - and ask yourself if your expectations are realistic. Try not to take life to seriously and have fun with those you love. You tend to accomplish alot and everyone around will catch your enthusi­ asm.

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Virgo: (August 24 - September 23) If you feci that your friends have been difficult to deal with lately, perhaps you should take a good look at yourself. Listen to what a loved one has to say about your personal life, there is more merit there than you are willing to admit. Start improving things on the job.

Libra: (September24-October23) People close to you are charming and

agreeable, but not very good about keep­ ing promises, so be realistic at all times.

Share some of your more creative ideas with someone who can take them one step further, in a practical way. Keep an eye on the food your eating.

Scorpio: (October 24 - November 22) All you want this week is peace and quiet, but it seems like everyone needs to speak or be with you. Find time to sneak off on your own. Your feelings for a lover are intense, so try and remain as realistic as possible. Concentrate on organizing family matters that need your attention.

Sagittarius: (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) The focus is on your private life for the next month or so. This time you may find it easier to sort out old misunderstandings.

Don’t take any risks with your money right now, you may regret it. You can accom­ plish a lot if you move ahead with confi­ dence and grace.

Capricorn: (December 22 - January 20) Finish up with routine projects al work or at home as opposed to starting new ones.

You will do best with what’s familiar right now. You tend to worry about money, so just be extra careful about how and where you spend. With your delightful charm you may get just what you need.

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The WPI Instrumental groups are performing a concert tour in Greece over Spring Break... YOU can come with us! But the time is running out! Raffle tickets for the FREE Trip To Greece offer will only be sold for a few more days! The drawing will be held THIS THURSDAY the 23rd of September. Tickets are only $5 apiece, or 5 for $20. This is such a small price to pay for such a wonderful experience! We’re going... why shouldn't you? What are you doing for spring break? Come with us to the Beautiful city of Athens, Greece! Here we’ll take scenic tours of the City and see a wide variety of famous sites, including the Parthenon, the Acropolis, the ancient Monastiraki mar­ ketplace and the Erectheion temple. We’ll see the Delphi Museum and the National Archeological Museum, home to a large quantity of classical Greek art and artifacts of all types. Possibly the most fascinating and exciting excursion we’ll take a cruise to the Hydra and Saronic Gulf Islands, visitng scenic Aegina and Poros. (And the beaches... amazing!) This will be a beautiful and picturesque journey! Still not convinced that you should come with us!? (I can’t imagine why not!) But, if you have questions about the excursion or would like more information about this trip, email band@wpi.edu and we’ll be happy to respond! Remember, just $5 could win you a ticket on this trip with us! Valued at about $1450, this ticket includes airfare, hotel accommodations, some meals and all sorts of sightseeing, even more than listed above! So what are you waiting for?! Time is running out - Thursday is your last chance to get in on this great offer! For tickets or more info, stop by the table in the Wedge or email band@wpi.edu!

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Aquarius: (January 21 - February 19) Even though you try your best to please everyone, you won’t be very successful.

Maybe you should try to please yourself.

You are going to be more thoughtful and in­ trospective than usual. Let your thoughts move to spiritual matters. Your have a strong need to help and serve humanity.

Pisces: (February 20 - March 20) The people you care about arc very re­ ceptive to your ideas right now. That's the kind of support you really need. When it comes to your homelife, things have been going in ten different directions, it’s time to get organized. Get out and mix with new friends.

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G o a t 's H e a d R i v a l r y R u l e S h e e t 1. Official Rules took effcct on September 18, 1995, amended as of August 21, 1999. The Goat Head Trophy will be awarded to the class which wins the majority of the FreshmanSophomorc Rivalry events of the WPI academic year (Rope Pull, Celebrity Squares, Eskimo Relay, Pennant Rush, and Pie Eating Contest). The Trophy will be awarded after all five events have been completed.

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2. The Goat’s Head must be displayed by the class in possession during Homecoming, Founders’ Day, Winter Carnival, Quadfest and Traditions Day. It must be seen by a majority of students attending said events to be acknowledged.

3. The Trophy may not be taken beyond the borders set by the map given to each classes’ Goat Keeper and published in Newspeak of the academic year. The boundary shall be set as one-half mile (1/2 mile) from the WPI campus perimeter.

4. The Goat’s Head Committee shall be made up of the following individuals: a member of the Student Alumni Society (appointed within), a senior member of SKULL Honor Soci­ ety (appointed within), a member of the Student Government Association (appointed within), a member appointed from the WPI Faculty, and the Assistant Director of the WPI Alumni Office.

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Greek Spirit Week Continues Through 9/25 4:00pm - Women’s Tennis vs. Mount Holyoke 6:30pm - 9:00pm - Venture Forum Workshop “ Starting Your Business: Common Mistakes and War Stories.,” Kinnicutt 8:00pm - Coffeehouse. Open Mic Night, Riley Commons

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5. The Goat’s Head Committee must know where the Trophy is at ALL times including updated information Every Time that the Trophy is moved. This must be communicated by emailing goat@wpi.edu. If it becomes necessary, WPI Administration and/or Cam­ pus Police will be notified of the trophy’s locations.

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6. At no time may any member of your class team violate any of the institute’s conduct policies. (Please see “ Policies” in your Campus Planner & Resource Guide.)

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7. Actions associated with this tradition must be conducted within the guidelines of the established rules. No bodily harm may be inflicted on any participant in either procuring or protecting the Goat.

8. If at any time any team member of your class violates one of the contest rules, the trophy will be turned over to the Goat’s Head Committee.

1:00pm - Golf, Little Four at Suffolk 4:00pm - Women’s Tennis vs. Nazarene 8:00pm - MW Rep Production. “Arcadia,” Riley Commons

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Homecoming Weekend - for entire schedule see: http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/Alumni/Homecoming/ 10:30am - Women’s Cross-Country City Meet @ Assumption 11:15am - Men’s Cross-Country City Meet @ Assumption 12:00pm -W om en’s Tennis @ Regis 1:00pm - Field Hockey @ Umass Dartmouth 1:30pm - Football vs. Rensselaer 5:00pm - WPI Men’s Glee Club Concert 8:00pm - MW Rep Production. "Arcadia,” Riley Commons

9. The Goat’s Head must be returned to the Goat’s Head Committee before the last week of D-term. It will be returned to the possessing class in the following A-Term.

10.The Alumni Office will determine the authenticity of the Goat’s Head Trophy.

11. Any class may possess the Goat, however, only the Freshman and Sophomore class rivalry events will determine the Goat Head’s true owner. A plaque will be kept in Riley Commons and inscribed with the class year of the winner of each year’s Rivalry Events following Quad Fest.

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12.The Goat cannot be defaced in any way and all engraving must be coordinated with the WPI Alumni Office. The Goat may be engraved with class year numerals only and no engraving of the goat should be larger than one half inch square (1/2 in2). Any class that steals the goat may have the trophy inscribed by the Alumni Office at no charge.

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Mother: I don’t have to worry about how late he is coming home.

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Student: Freedom of every thing.

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Student: Freedom’s alright.... I guess,

Parents: Only have to fight one person for the remote instead of two.

Student: Campus life.

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Student: I don’t get nagged as much.

Parents: We’re saving money on food.

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