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Volume Twenty-Seven, Number Eighteen

Tuesday, Spetember 28, 1999

Ancient knowledge made new again

Autocross Club captures top three spots in Formula SAE competition by Ken Cho Class o f '00

As the damp mist rose up from the airfield Sunday morning, the rumble o f modified racecars and straight exhaust pipes filled the chilling void of Ft. Devens Airbase, which was now a track for autocrossing in the New England Region Sports Car Club o f America (SCCA) division. W PI’s AutoX Club showed up at the Sept 6 event to compete in the newly created SAE class with the ’97 and ’96 WPI FSAE (Formula Society of Automo tive Engineers) cars. Brown Uni versity did not show up with their SAE cars and the WPI team cap tured the top three spots. AutoX president Scott Duane took first place, Vice-President Dave Baker took second, and Treasurer Elisa Baker finished third. With the creation of the SAE class, the AutoX Team is now more com petitive than ever. Before the SAE cars were competing against other

Bernard Nightingale (Simon Nance) during MW Rep's recent Production of Arcadia.

open-class, heavily modified full-size racing cars and the SAE cars were penalized for not meeting the mini mal weight requirement. Such condi tions made it difficult for the cars to be competitive since they were de signed to compete in FSAE competi tion. Now, other universities that enter the yearly FSAE competition can compete in regional SCCA-sponsored events. The next SCCA event will be held October 3rd at Horseneck Beach, MA. The WPI AutoX Club is dedi cated to entering SCCA events dur ing the school year and through the summer. The AutoX Club is on a continuous mission to improving the performance of its cars and the skills of the drivers. SCCA events are held on a monthly basis and the AutoX club prepares with re-enginecring and maintenance o f the FSAE cars and driving practice held at Go-Kart tracks. If anyone is in terested in joining the AutoX club, please contact Ken Cho by email at kcho@wpi.edu.

MW Repertory presents Tom Stoppard's Arcadia by Natalie Chin Business Manager The MW Repertory Theater Company has done it again! They have presented WPI with another wonderful A-term show. This year’s play, Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and Shakespeare in Love), was directed by Jason Nelson and beautifully performed by an amazing cast. The play is built upon sexual intrigue inter twined with complicated mathematical concepts such as thermodynamics, chaos theory, fractals and iterated algorithms with a dash of literary humor. The focus is upon a single place, Sidley Park, which house two different groups of people at two different time periods. The play starts out in the early 19lh century, with 13-year-old Thomasina Coverly (Tara Ann Sujko) and her tutor, Septimus Hodge (Randall Lee Wainwright), having a lesson and discus sion on mathematical concepts and Newtonian theories. The story goes into more depth when the butler, Jellaby (Matt Tucker), interrupts the lesson to hand Hodge a message. We soon learn what the message said when Ezra Chater (Steve Christopher), bursts into the room to confront Hodge on his misappropriations with his wife, Mrs. Chater. Hodge does not deny the charge and quickly changes the subject toward Mr. Chater’s poetry as to deter him from taking any further actions to the news o f H odge’s misconduct. The audience meets T hom asina’s mother, Lady Croom (K atie Horning), and the ever so exuberant landscap ist, Richard Noakes; (Marc Cryan) followed by Captain Brice of the Royal Navy (Chris Cenotti). Mr. Coverly employs Mr. Noakes, to bring Sidley Park’s garden into the new era. As a new scene begins, the time period

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changes. In the second scene, the setting is in the present day. The descendants o f the estate still lives there and hosts a couple o f historians who are researching two different topics to later learn that they are all intertwined. Hannah Jarvis (Rebecca Levine), is researching the history of the Sidley Park’s gardens, while Bernard Night ingale (Simon Nance), is in search of proof that Lord Byron, a romantic poet of the 19,h century, killed Mr. Chater in a duel at Sidley Park. The descendants o f the estate C hloe (Shauna Malone) and Valentine Coverly (Christopher Knight) aid them in their search for answers. The play proceeds on to have the present day group pose questions and hypothesizes, while in the next scene the 19th century group reveals the answer and truths. During all the discover ies, there are constant sexual and literary innu endoes in both periods that give the audience a good chuckle. In the end, the two periods col lide and em otions are apparent. Augustus Coverly (Fred Cassellius), brother to Thomasina see Arcadia, continued to pg2

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W PI's Form ula SAE Race car and driver at the recent competition at Ft Devens.

UN report: World population to reach 6 billion in October by Alexander Conant Badger Herald (U. Wisconsin) (U-WIRE) MADISON, W is.— Humankind will reach a milestone when the world’s population hits 6 billion on October 12, the United Nations reported Wednesday in a detailed report on the status o f worldwide population. Despite the 6 billion figure, the report, which was released by the Population Division of the Depart ment of Economic and Social Af fairs at the U.N., predicted signifi cant slow dow ns in population growth in the future. The report made predictions for human population growth for the next 50 years, foreseeing a world wide population o f 8.9 billion in 2050. Richard Barrows, a professor of Agriculture at UW-Madison, said

the report was very timely. “It’s news that highlights the challenge that the world faces in trying to figure out how to balance more people with agriculture and the environment,” Barrows said. “Certainly the United States and the U.N. need to re-evaluate where we are with this.” The major slowdown in popula tion grow th, d esp ite lo n g er lifespans, was the result o f d e creased fertility in much of the world and o f deadly diseases, such as AIDS in the developing world. ‘T h e world population is grow ing at 1.33 percent per year between 1995 and 2000, which is signifi cantly less than the peak growth rate o f 2.04 percent from 1965 to 1970, and less than the rate of 1.46 per cent from 1990 to 1995,” the U.N. report stated. “Fertility is now deSee Population, cont. to page 2

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continued from page 1 dining in all regions of the world.” In Africa, which has some of the highest fertility rates in the world, population growth has slowed because of the AIDS epidemic. “The [report] shows a devastating toll from AIDS with respect to mortality and population loss,” the U.N. stated. “In the 29 hard-hit African countries that are stud ied, life expectancy at birth is currently es timated at 47 years - seven years less than what could have been expected in the ab sence of AIDS.” According to the report, worldwide life expectancy is 66, up from 46 in 1950. Despite the presence of AIDS, Africa will lead Asia and Central and South America in having the highest population growth in the world over the next 50 years, the U.N. said. “The fastest population growth will take place in Africa - its population will more then double during the first half of the 21st century,” the report stated. “Africa’s share in the world population growth will increase from the current 22 percent to 55 percent in 2045 to 2050.” Meanwhile, Europe, Japan and North America’s population growth will slow dra matically. “The United States is the only industrial country where large population increases are still projected, largely as the result of immigration,” the U.N. said. Reaction to the report has differed widely. UW -M adison G eography professor Daniel Doeppers said that the 21 st century could see increased damage from natural disasters, environmental damage, and the emergence of deadly diseases. “If we do realize that population, much of the natural world will be gone,” Doeppers said. “The desperate search for farm land by poor people will overwhelm the environ ment.” Doeppers said the damage caused by natu ral disasters, such as the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Taiwan, would be frequent in the next century because most population growth is occurring in cities. “Many o f those cities, especially in Japan, the U.S. West Coast, and Southeast Asia, are sitting right on major fault zones,” he said. “Earthquakes will kill many more people.” Frank Furedi, author of “Population and Development; A Critical Introduction,” said the new statistics were cause for celebration. “While it might sound scary that the glo bal population has grown to current levels from only 1.5 billion earlier this century, this demographic trend is in fact a testi mony to humanity’s creativity and achieve

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ments,” Furedi wrote in Wednesday’s Eu ropean Wall Street Journal. “Indeed, the six billion milestone ought to be greeted with joyous celebration.” Barrows said, regardless of one’s per spective, the world needs to prepare for an inevitable population increase. “There are some policies that would be called for,” he said. “It’s not that just because the world population increase is in Asia and Africa, we don’t need to worry about it. We’re an exporter of grain and this will affect us.

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with his present day counterpart Gus Coverly (Fred Cassellius), brother to Chloe and Valentine, brings the two groups to gether and the audience finds out that the future is picking up what the past left be hind. “We shed as we pick up, like travellers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those behind. The procession is very

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W P I C r e w D u o b r in g b a c k th e g o ld Courtesy o f WPI Communications Group Immediately after the Royal Henley Re gatta in Great Britain the beginning of July, W PI stu d en ts M att B eaton and Eric Wilhelm, who were part of the four-man crew with cox who won the Reading Re gatta and made it to the quarterfinals at Henley, came back to the U.S., borrowed a boat and began training as a lightweight double crew. They entered competitions in Lowell and Providence and from July 2225 completed at the U.S. Rowing Club Na tional Championship Regatta in Syracuse, N.Y. At Syracuse they rowed in the lightweight intermediate double and lightweight senior double, taking a gold and a bronze medal. David Ploss accompanied them as coach. His description of the gold race follows. “We got our second national champion ship in the crew’s history this morning. The conditions were worse than yesterday with quartering head wind. The waves were just as bad and Eric said he kept getting in the back by waves breaking over the bow. However, we used a different race plan. They went off the line and got as big a lead as they could, about four lengths. The low ered die stroke and tried to be smoother through middle 1000 and entered the last 500 with a commanding lead. They didn’t bring it up and won by 2 Vi lengths. This was a smart race and showed they had a lot of poise.”

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Matt Beaton, Coach David Ploss and Eric Wilhelm The last national championship crew at WPI was the intermediate four+ in 1978. At the Canadian Henley in Ontario Matt and Eric again brought home a gold and bronze. Ploss noted that it was a very good two weeks, two gold and bronze medals at the Canadian and U.S. National Champi onships and with only two weeks of coach ing and in a borrowed boat. “Right now, we are clearly the best intermediate light

weight double in the U.S. or Canada and in the back of the pack in the senior,” notes Ploss. Now comes the long distance work and Head races this fall and training for the Olympic Trials. “They should be very proud o f what they’ve done in a short time,” say Ploss. “Most of the credit goes to Heather Cullen, who trained them this winter and got them into very good condition.”

W e 'r e in t h e A r m y n o w ... by Jennifer Cooper Photo Editor Though it was midday, I could barely see the camouflaged backs of the Sec ond Squadron as they filtered through the thick underbrush near the linear danger area. Somewhere up ahead, a two-man patrol team moved along the perimeter, lurking somewhere in the un known, poised and ready to strike. All of our hard work was for this. All of our drills, painstaking preparation, and care ful planning rested on the team ’s si lence. The patrolmen had to be found and taken unaware. * The alpha team leader gave the thumbsup; the patrol had been sighted. It was passed down the line, and the squad leader gave me the thumbs up. Hands sweating, I detonated the Claymore, which I had carefully camouflaged near their position. I knew that nine squad members were hidden down the line with their M16A2 assault rifles. If we were detected by the patrol, it was all over. The patrolmen moved into the kill zone. The Army ROTC’s fall training exer cises are designed to simulate battle situ ations as closely as possible. The differ ence is the use of blanks instead of bul lets, but even so, the realism is stagger ing. The Bay State Battalion consists of cadets from six area colleges, including WPI, and on the weekend of September seventeenth through the nineteenth we traveled to Fort Devens, MA. Our training consisted of three main components: day land navigation, night land navigation, and squad situational tactical exercises, or STX. To navigate, we were only given a map, a compass, and a protractor, before we were sent to

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A member of the WPI Army ROTC program crouches in the underbrush during the recent fall training exerceses at Fort Devens. Below: A ROTC member smiles for a quick photo. find three specific markers among the flags hidden in the woods. At night, we were show n how to use i--------------------night vision goggles, and we set out with redlensed flashlights to track down three differ ent markers in the pitchblack fo rest o f F ort D evens. We w ere taught to field strip and conduct functions tests for two weapons, the M16A2, the standardissue infantry weapon,

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and the M60, a gas-powered, air-cooled, fully automatic assault weapon. ------------------- 1 The ambush o f the p atro l was a ty p ical ST X . It e a rn e d the same amount o f suc cess as the rest o f our a c tiv itie s at F o rt Devens. Last week end, tw o s o ld ie rs m oved in to th e kill zone. We were ready. We w asted them and s u c c e s s fu lly c o m pleted our mission.

The spirit that moved John Boynton and Ichabod W ashburn to estab lish the Worcester Free Institute of Industrial Sci ence 135 years ago is being reenergized this year with an expanded emphasis on entrepreneurship at WPI. When Boynton, a tinsmith, and Washburn, owner of the nation’s largest wire mill, approached the task o f founding an institution to promote technological study, they did so as entre preneurs determined to get a good return on their investment. Entrepreneurship was part o f the curriculum from the beginning; students learned not only through appren ticeships but also by being engaged in in dustrial manufacture for profit. U nder the leadership o f M cRae C. Banks, Harry Stoddard Professor and head of the Department of Management, new programs are being developed that will build on that legacy. “Our students do a tremendous amount of creative work but few go on to become entrepreneurs,” says Banks, who recently assumed the post of director of WPI’s Entrepreneurs Collabo rative. “WPI has a strong history of entre preneurship and we want to reinvigorate that.” WPI reduced its emphasis on entrepre neurial programs and productivity at the end o f the 19th century when it replaced its apprenticeship model for education with a scientific approach to engineering. The pendulum began to swing back about 40 years ago after engineering educators once again began to recognize the value of con tinuing the enormous technological revo lution that followed World War n , when many other countries, particularly Japan, gained success in turning ideas into mar ketable commodities. The impetus to return WPI to its historical emphasis on entre preneurship gained additional favor dur ing the 70s and 80s and culminated in 1993 with the establishment of the Entrepreneurs Collaborative. Created by former Univer sity Relations Vice President Donald F. Berth and management Professor Arthur Gerstenfeld, the collaborative focused on combining scientific and technological study with business opportunity. Diran Apelian, the Howmet Professor of Engi neering and director o f WPI’s Metal Pro cessing Institute, took the helm of the col laborative after Berth retired. With the ap pointment of Banks to the leadership posi tion, the collaborative and all entrepreneurSee Founders' Spirit, Cont. to p g 5

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W P I a n n o u n c e s n e w m e m b e r s o f th e fa c u lty Courtesy of WPI Media Relations The following new faculty members will be on campus at Worcester Polytechnic Institute this year: Maria T. Bezubic of Rutland, Mass., pro fessor and head of the military science de partment, also serves as commander of the Bay State ROTC Battalion that provides U.S. Army officer training with schools, colleges and universities in central Mas sachusetts. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, she earned a B.S. de gree in business adm inistration from LaSalle University and an M.S. degree in management from the University of Cen tral Texas. She is also a graduate of the Army’s Command and General Staff Col lege at Fort Leavenworth, Ks., and a na tive o f Philadelphia, Pa. Bogdan D. Doytchinov of Worcester, Mass., assistant professor of mathemati cal sciences, has most recently been a postdoctoral associate at Carnegie Mellon University. He has earned a 1997 Ph.D. in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon and a 1987 M.S. in mathematics from Moscow State University. Michelle K. Ephraim of Brookline, Mass., assistant professor in the humani ties and arts department, has earned a 1998 Ph.D. degree in 16th-Century British Lit erature and a 1993 M.A. degree in English literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a 1991 magna cum laude B.A. degree in English and history from Tufts University. She most recently has been a lecturer in English literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she also has taught creative writing. Richard K. Jordan of Worcester, Mass., assistant professor of mathematical sci ences, most recently has been a National Science Foundation postdoctoral research fellow at the Los Alamos National Labora

tory. He also has been a postdoctoral as sociate with the C enter for Nonlinear Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University and an NSF research fellow and assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He has earned a 1994 Ph.D. in mathematics from the Uni versity o f M assachusetts-Am herst and 1990 M.S. and 1988 B.S. degrees in math ematics from Northeastern University. Christopher J. Larsen of Boxborough, Mass., assistant professor of mathemati cal sciences, most recently has been a vis iting assistant professor at WPI. He has earned 1996 Ph.D. and 1994 M.S. degrees in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon Uni versity, a 1992 J.D. degree from the Univer sity of Maryland School of Law and a 1989 B.S. in physics from Carnegie Mellon. Jamshed J. Mistry of Belmont, Mass., assistant professor of management, most recently has been an instructor at Boston University’s School of Management. He has earned a 1999 D.B.A. degree from BU, a 1984 M.B.A. degree in finance and man agement from the University of Utah, a 1983 B.S. degree in management from Purdue University and a 1976 bachelor’s degree in accounting from Poona (India) University. Jeanine D. Plummer of Sturbridge, Mass., assistant professor of civil and en vironmental engineering, has received a 1999 Ph.D. in civil and environmental engi neering at the University of Massachu setts, where she also earned a 1995 M.S. degree in environmental engineering. She has earned a 1993 B.S. degree in civil and environmental engineering at Cornell Uni versity. She has been a lecturer in a num ber o f graduate and undergraduate courses. Soraya R ana of Worcester, Mass., as sistant professor of computer science, has earned a 1999 Ph.D., 1995 M.S. in computer science from Colorado State University and

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a B.S. degree in computer science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. She has been an instructor, teaching assistant and research assistant in her field. Mark R. Stevens o f Worcester, Mass., assistant professor o f computer science, has earned 1999 Ph.D. and 1995 M.S. de grees in computer science from Colorado State University and a 1993 B.S. degree in computer science from the University of Maine at Orono. He has been a research assistant, instructor and teaching assistant at Colorado State. He is a native o f Easton, Mass. Jeffrey A. Tyler of Worcester, Mass., as sistant professor of biology and biotech nology, has earned a 1991 Ph.D. in ecol ogy and animal behavior from the State University of New York at Albany and a 1984 B.S. in biology from Davidson Col lege. He has been an assistant research scientist at the University o f Michigan Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research and the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Nathaniel A. W hitmal III o f Westborough, Mass., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has earned 1997 Ph.D. and 1993 M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer sci ence from Northwestern University, a 1990 M.S. degree in engineering management from the Gordon Institute of Tufts Univer sity and a 1986 B.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the M assachusetts Institute o f Technology. He has recently been assistant professor at the DePauI University School o f CTI. Z. Amy Zeng of Shrewsbury, Mass., as sistant professor o f m anagem ent, has earned a 1996 Ph.D. degree in business ad ministration from Pennsylvania State Uni versity, a 1992 M.S. degree in engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, and a 1990 B.S. in engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronau tics in China. She most recently has been assistant professor of operations manage ment at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where she has taught for the last three years. New professors to begin in January: John Bergendahl of Franklin, Conn., assistant professor o f civil and environ mental engineering, will begin his duties in January. He has recen tly been a postdoctoral research fellow at the Univer sity of Texas at Austin and received a 1999 Ph.D. in chemical engineering, a 1996 M.S. in environmental engineering and a 1985 B.S. in mechanical engineering, all from the University of Connecticut. Matthew C. Bromberg of San Jose, Calif., assistant professor o f electrical and computer engineering, will begin his du ties in January. He most recently has been a systems engineer at Radix Technologies in Mountain View, Calif. He has earned a 1990 Ph.D. and a 1988 M.S. in electrical en gineering from the University of California at Davis and a 1986 M.A. in mathematics and a 1983 B.S. in engineering math from the University of California at Berkeley. Nancy A. Burnham of Lausanne, Swit zerland, associate professor of physics, will join the faculty in January. She earned a 1987 Ph.D. degree in physics and a 1985 M.S. in physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a 1980 B.A. in physics from Colgate University. She most recently taught in the Department of Phys

ics at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Visiting professors:

Olayele Adelakun of Worcester, Mass., visiting instructor in management, has most recently been a teacher o f mathemat ics and physics at the Government Girls Secondary School in Katsina, Nigeria. He will complete a Ph.D. in information sys tems this fall at the Turku School of Eco nomics and Business Administration and has earned a 1995 M.S. degree in informa tion processing science from the Univer sity of Oulu in Finland and a 1991 B.S. in computer science from the University o f Lagos in Nigeria. Mijung Kim of Worcester, Mass.., visit ing assistant professor o f mathematical sciences, has been an assistant professor of mathematics from 1996-98 at the Univer sity of Southern Maine and a visiting as sistant professor in the biometry depart ment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Kim earned a 1996 Ph.D. in statistics, a 1994 M.S. degree in biostatistics from the Uni versity of Illinois at Chicago and 1987 M.S. and 1985 B.S. degrees in mathematics from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. Julia S. Krushkal of Amherst, Mass., visiting assistant professor of biology and biotechnology, will begin her duties in January. She has been an assistant profes sor at the Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases at the University o f Texas-Houston Health Science Center. She earned a 1996 Ph.D. in genetics at the University of Texas-Houston and a 1990 M.S. with distinction in cy tology and genetics with a concentration in m ath em atical biology from the Novosibirsk (Russia) State University. Brian McKenzie of Holden, Mass., and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a visit ing instructor in management, is an experi enced entrepreneur and a member of the University of Victoria’s award-winning en trepreneurship teaching team. He is work ing on a Ph.D. after earning a 1997 M.B.A. in entrepreneurship. He also has a 1974 B.A. in English literature from the Univer sity of British Columbia and a trade certifi cate in boat building. Visiting scholars:

Akira Uchino of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Yokohama, Japan, has joined the visit ing scholars program in the Social Science and Policy Studies Department. On a sab batical leave from Senshu University where he is professor o f management science in the School of Commerce, he will spend a year at WPI working with faculty to de velop curricula for teaching system dynam ics in Japan. He earned 1981 master’s and 1979 bachelor’s degrees in business admin istration from the Graduate School of Busi ness Administration at Yokohama National University. Among other goals, Uchino plans to write a book on management sys tems. Alan W right of Worcester, Mass., is a vis iting scholar with the WPI Center for Educa tional Development from September to De cember. On leave from his position as execu tive director of the Office of Instructional Development and Technology at Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, he will work with WPI faculty to develop their teaching portfolios. He is co-author of the publication “Recording Teaching Accomplishment: A Dalhousie Guide to the Teaching Dossier.”

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F o u n d e r s ' S pir it ial activities will be consolidated under the Management Department. Students currently gain exposure to and experience as entrepreneurs in a program that consists of an introductory course open to all students; an advanced course in entrepreneurship taught by an entrepreneur-in-residence (see sidebar); an aca demic minor available to students who wish to move beyond the initial courses; a Ven ture Forum that brings together alumni and others interested in discussing technology and entrepreneurship; and an advisory committee of alumni and others committed to increasing the significance of entrepre neurship at WPI. “From their genesis with Don Berth and Art Gerstenfeld, programs designed to fos ter entrepreneurship among WPI students have taken root and begun to grow,” says John F. Carney III, provost and vice presi dent for academic affairs. “WPI is once

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again creating a campus culture that rec ognizes that new scientific and technologi cal ideas cannot lead to products or ser vices that contribute to national wealth or the improvement of our well-being unless they can survive in the marketplace. I am confident that under Professor Banks’ lead ership, entrepreneurship at WPI and in the larger community will grow to achieve these objectives.” “With the growing maturity of its en trepreneurial program , WPI is indeed re turning to its h isto rical roots,” says Lance Schachterle, assistant provost for academic affairs. “A program to acquaint students in science and engineering with risk-taking in entrepreneurship is an es pecially im portant one if we are to bring c lo s e r te c h n o lo g y and a g lo b al econom y— the two great dynam os of social change and advancement in the late 20th century.”

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Chinese students celebrate Moon Festival by Li Chen Courtesy o f the International House Every year on the fifteenth day of the eight month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness, the Chinese people celebrate “zhong qui jie,” or the Mid- Autumn or Moon Festival. Every Chinese is told in her childhood the story of the Moon Fairy, in which a beautiful woman drank a magic potion and rose to the moon to live in a crystal palace there, unable to return to earth. On this specific day, this year on 24 September, you can almost see her beautiful profile, dancing on the moon. Every year, here at Worcester Polytech nic Institute, we Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSS A) hold a celebra tion party in the basement of Founder’s Hall for the Moon Festival. Most Chinese students in the neighborhoods of Worces ter come with their friends and family to eat moon cakes, dance, sing old songs,

watch the moon and chat with each other about the naughty things we did at this time when we were little, how our parents were busy cooking or buying latterns and presents for us. This is the moment we feel carried away by the memories of the sweet old times in our homeland. Then we no longer feel lonely. On this occasion Chinese people bake mooncakes for this specific day. These cakes come in all shapes and sizes and may be filled with an assortment of ingredients, including ground lotus, sesame, nuts, bean paste, and even pork or Chinese sausages. Each area of China has its own version. Along with the cakes, shops sell colored Chinese paper lanterns in all shapes. Families rush back home and re-unite to celebrate it. They chat, eat mooncakes and gaze at the bright, full moon. Parents allow children to stay up late, and lead them to high peaks to light their lanterns and awatch the huge autumn moon rise. Happy Moon Festival All. O

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ing? Why would many o f us, given the choice, opt to complete a project on our own as opposed to working with a team? Perhaps because many o f us don’t know much about how teams work. We also don’t often stop to think about why any one would want us to work on teams. Sure, we understand that “many hands make light work,” but how many o f us really understand that teams are about joint performance. When w e’re asked to work on teams, it’s because on teams our individual strengths are enhanced and our weaknesses become less relevant. Did you know that team s typically work through a series o f stages? STAGE ONE is the forming stage. In the forming stage, you are adjusting from being an individual to being a member of a team. Team members try to understand the task(s) at hand. In this First stage mem bers work on defining the problem to be solved and the information to be gath ered. Taking the time to learn about each member is as important as knowing about individual working styles. STAGE TWO is the norming stage, and it involves establishment of ground rules and exp ectatio n s for behavior. Meeting times, how deadlines will be es tablished and met, how the team will work together and individually are all issues that are generally, and wisely, established at this stage. STAGE THREE is storming. As you might guess, the storming stage involves some tension, conflict and even argu m ents am ong team m em b ers as the project becomes more difficult. These dif ficulties are often a result of the clashing o f individual styles and habits. In this stage the team may feel as though no p ro g re ss is b ein g m ade. H ow ever, progress in terms o f learning to work to gether is being made. STAGE FOUR is performing. Team

d y n a m ic s members typically work together effec tively and are able to make and imple ment decisions by consensus. Individual team members tend to feel satisfied with the team ’s progress, and they understand their own strengths and weaknesses as well as those o f their teammates. How long does it take for a team to make its way through these four stages? That depends. Do all teams move through the four stages? No. I’m sure w e’ve all had experience working with a team that d idn’t ever move beyond the forming stage. You get to know each other and move on for whatever reasons. Or you know each other, you get the rules set and then just can’t seem to get past the storming to the point where you’re work ing w ell to g e th e r......... and then the project deadline arrives. W hat should you do with this very small piece of information about teams? Take the time to get to know your team mates the next time you collaborate with others on a project. Understand that set ting some ground rules is important so that you know what to expect from one another. Know that conflict does arise when you work with other people, but don’t quit. Spend some time searching for the source o f the conflict and do your best to address it constructively. Your team experiences can be very positive and your rewards great.

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Top Ten Details I don’t understand about Mall Shopping 10) Those people who walk on the esca lator stairs; Do you know that they move for a reason?? By how many sec onds did you beat that guy behind you? 9) The Sales clerk, whose proudly memo rized question is “can I help you?” Ya, I forgot how to buy clothes, does the price tag mean I pay for them? Oh, and lately I’ve been having some trouble getting myself dressed, do you think you could help me? 8) The big sign that says “It’s Our Buy 1 get 1 half off the cost of buying 2 at regular price SALE!!” - You go to WPI, you do the math.

7) The person at the food court who or ders the two Big Macs, a Super Size fries and a DIET COKE?!? 6) The garbage that surrounds the potted trees. Let me clarify, just because it is supposed to LOOK like forestry, does not mean that we are obligated to make that tree extinct too. 5) The “I just have to take it out of the box” people. What do you think that big pic ture of a lava lamp is for? It’s really just a lie,what is ACTUALLY inside the box is an Adam Sandler doll that says “Yeah, why don’t I go eat some hay. I can make things out of clay, or lay by the bay, I just may. Whaddya say?”

4) Picture this scenario; You come into the mall to buy gum, with five minutes to spare. The probability that the per son in front of you will have “the ex act change” in pennies at the bottom of a thirty pound purse? 96% 3) Malls have an escalator and an eleva tor and they are only two floors. Defi nitely looks like Americans are ready to run a marathon. 2) The “You are Here” signs, whoa, thanks for clarifying that for me, I thought I walked into a mall there, for a second?!? 1) Mall Security, is that an oxymoron?? Wait, is someone about to run away with my GAP sweater?

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group interactions differ depending on the purpose of the groups. Okay, so that was fairly obvious. I’ll move on. Let’s consider project groups. Project groups arc teams you will find yourself claiming membership in many times dur ing your WPI experience and in your fu ture life. I asked a group of LEAP stu dents how many of them have already started working on some class project as a member of a team this term. Their re sponse resembled a well-choreographed synchronized swimming maneuver sans water. Hands rose high as eyes rolled left and a collective sigh filled the room. I held back my applause. Why is working on teams so unappeal-

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Chinese students celebrate Moon Festival by Li Chen Courtesy of the International House Every year on the fifteenth day of the eight month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness, the Chinese people celebrate “zhong qui jie,” or the Mid- Autumn or Moon Festival. Every Chinese is told in her childhood the story of the Moon Fairy, in which a beautiful woman drank a magic potion and rose to the moon to live in a crystal palace there, unable to return to earth. On this specific day, this year on 24 September, you can almost see her beautiful profile, dancing on the moon. Every year, here at Worcester Polytech nic Institute, we Chinese Student and Scholar Association (CSSA) hold a celebra tion party in the basement of Founder’s Hall for the Moon Festival. Most Chinese students in the neighborhoods of Worces ter come with their friends and family to eat moon cakes, dance, sing old songs.

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ing? Why would many of us, given the choice, opt to complete a project on our own as opposed to working with a team? Perhaps because many of us d o n ’t know much about how teams work. We also don’t often stop to think about why any one would want us to work on teams. Sure, we understand that “many hands make light work,” but how many of us really understand that teams are about joint performance. When we’re asked to work on teams, it’s because on teams our individual strengths are enhanced and our weaknesses become less relevant. Did you know th at team s typically work through a series of stages? STAGE ONE is the forming stage. In the forming stage, you arc adjusting from being an individual to being a member o f a team. Team mem bers try to understand the task(s) at hand. In this first stage mem bers work on defining the problem to be solved and the information to be gath ered. Taking the time to learn about each member is as important as knowing about individual working styles. STAGE TWO is the norming stage, and it involves establishment o f ground rules and exp ectatio n s for behavior. Meeting times, how deadlines will be es tablished and met, how the team will work together and individually are all issues that are generally, and wisely, established at this stage. STAGE THREE is storming. As you might guess, the storming stage involves some tension, conflict and even argu m ents am ong team m em bers as the project becomes more difficult. These dif ficulties are often a result of the clashing of individual styles and habits. In this stage the team may feel as though no p ro g re ss is being m ade. H o w ev er, progress in terms of learning to work to gether is being made. STAGE FOUR is performing. Team

d y n a m ic s members typically work together effec tively and are able to make and im ple ment decisions by consensus. Individual team members tend to feel satisfied with the team ’s progress, and they understand their own strengths and weaknesses as well as those of their teammates. How long does it take for a team to make its way through these four stages? That depends. Do all teams move through the four stages? No. I’m sure w e’ve all had experience working with a team that d id n ’t ever move beyond the forming stage. You get to know each other and move on for whatever reasons. Or you know each other, you get the rules set and then just can’t seem to get past the storming to the point where you’re work ing w ell to g e th e r......... and then the project deadline arrives. W hat should you do with this very small piece o f information about teams? Take the time to get to know your team mates the next time you collaborate with others on a project. Understand that set ting some ground rules is important so that you know what to expect from one another. Know that conflict does arise when you work with other people, but don’t quit. Spend some time searching for the source o f the conflict and do your best to address it constructively. Your team experiences can be very positive and your rewards great.

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by Emily Reynolds Newspeak Staff Last Thursday night the W orcester Outlet Mall sponsored a college night for area schools. The event had promised lots of free items and entertainment, yet proved to be a yellow t-shirt that makes my Bermuda shorts look tasteful. While some of the store discounts were practi cal. the event itself was poorly organized and not well advertised. There was a raffle for a spring break trip, but the rest o f the evening was simply shopping. While wandering aimlessly around the mall with my friends, and knowing that I was supposed to write an article for Newspeak on the event, I became amused at mall shopping. So, instead of writing about the College night at the Worcester Outlet Mall (which I covered in the first couple of sentences) I chose to write a top ten list. The list mainly consists of those issues that I d o n ’t understand about mall shopping. I am not writing this as a direct reflection on the Worcester Outlet mall, and with no malice.

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Fr In each edition of Newspeak the In terfraternity Council will be highlight ing two chapters. This week we are proud to bring you TKE and Fiji. If you have any questions about the Greek sys tem at WPI, please feel free to email Tracey Pakstis-Claiborne, WPI’s Greek Advisor, at tpc@wpi.edu or Jeff Bayko, IFC president, at bayko@wpi.edu.

Tau Kappa Epsilon The Zeta Mu Chapter of Tau Kappa Ep silon was established on the WPI campus on January 10, 1959. Ever since then, we have been a strong figure on campus par ticipating in all aspects of campus life. We have two chapter houses located at 63 and 65 Wachusett Street, which can now house 53 members. This summer we recently com pleted $20,000 in renovations on both houses, including a new front porch. Tau Kappa Epsilon is the largest international fraternity in the world with over 350 chap ters throughout the United States and Canada. This year TKE celebrated its 100th anniversary as an international fraternity with huge celebrations in 6 major cities across the United States. Here, we, the Zeta-Mu chapter received the Top-TKE award for the 7U'year in a row. This award in one o f the highest awards given to an undergraduate chapter, and is only given to 5 chapters each year. We are a frater nity, a brotherhood of men who become lifelong friends while helping each other through one of the most difficult time in life, college. Here at TKE, we pride ourselves on our diverse brotherhood. Our brothers come from all over the United States, and even come from as far as Asia. We have broth ers involved in things ranging from sports, such as soccer, crew, and track, to activi ties, such as Student Government, Order of Omega (Greek Honor Society), Campus Hearing Board, SNAP, and we also have

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many RA’s and OL’s. At TKE we live to gether, work together, eat together, and re lax together throughout our undergradu ate years while forming strong friendships which do not end when we graduate. At TKE, we also strongly stress academic achievement and currently have a GPA of 3.0. We realize that it is very important to do well in your classes, while at the same time having a great time while doing it. Our test files cover virtually every class offered at WPI, helping to assist further in our stud ies. We have brothers in just about every major here at WPI, and upperclassmen are always willing to help out the underclass men with their studies and often hold study nights around midterms and finals. Another activity that our brothers gladly devote their time to is community service and charities. We participate in Worcester City Cleanup, helping out at local shelters, such as the PIP shelter and the Mustard Seed, and collecting money for our national charity, which is the Special Olympics. Every year, we hold our annual Swing-athon with Phi Sigma raising money for the Special Olympics and the National Kidney Foundation. We are also in charge of run ning the Special Olympics that are held here every year at WPI. Although we dedicate a lot of time to academics and community service, we also pride ourselves on our social image. TKE is one of the largest social fratern ities on the cam pus o f Worcester Polytechnic Institute. This year will be our 36lh Annual Sewer Party, which is the largest party on the WPI campus and has been for decades. Our Rush Chairmen have already orga nized a large variety of events, allowing you to not only have a great time, but to meet our whole brotherhood at the same time. Also don’t hesitate to stop by our chapter house. You are welcome to come down during meals, which are prepared by our own cook. If you have any questions regarding TKE, the rush process, or any thing at all, feel free to em ail us at tke@wpi.edu or call me at 752-1001.

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Phi Gam ma Delta The Pi Iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is part of a prestigious international fraternity with 127 chapters at leading colleges and uni versities throughout the United States and Canada. Phi Gamma Delta, also know as Fiji, was founded at Jefferson College in 1848. Its WPI chapter was chartered in 1891, and it was the first fraternity to ap pear on campus. Our current chapter house turned 100 this past January, which makes it the oldest fraternity house ever built strictly for fraternity use. Therefore, we take great pride in its history and ap pearance. With its start as a means for expediting homework in mathematics, Fiji has consid ered the pursuit of scholarship its prime duty for over 107 years. Our current GPA is 3.1. The chapter house is equipped with its own network server and 32 WPI net work connections. Aside from educational software, Phi Gamma Delta also offers $250.00 scholarship to all initiated, first year men who maintain an average o f 3.0. While working to excel academically, we also take great pride in our athletic com petitiveness. This year, over 70% o f all Fiji’s were members and captains of 11 WPI varsity and club sports teams. Year in and year out, Fiji finishes atop the list of frater nities of the chase for the Intramural Sports Cup. Leadership requires responsibility and the ability to motivate others. Phi Gamma

Delta provides individuals numerous op portunities to develop this quality which all be necessary far beyond our college years. Aside from the leadership involved in running a fraternity o f close to 50 men. Fiji’s consistently take immediate roles in every professional society, honorary soci ety, and student activity at WPI. Our spir ited involvement with the student body is recognizable in the form of executive and co m m ittee m em b ersh ip in the Intrafratemity Council and Student Gov ernment Association. We are also directly involved with the Worcester community through participation in Project Campfire, Big Brothers Program, various soup kitch ens, Toy for Tots, and the Muscular Dys trophy Association. Phi Gamma Delta is not for college day alone. Probably, the most important and remarkable advantage of Phi Gamma Delta is its graduate involvement - active mem bership is a lifelong commitment. In fact, last year Fiji was cited as the WPI frater nity maintaining the most devoted gradu ate relationship. The rewards of such an affinity come as both advisory and finan cial assistance, as well as fruitful career oppportunities. We would like to urge anyone interested in joining our Fraternity to participate in Rush. You will meet interesting people, make new friends and learn about a very important part o f the college experience. Our house is located at 99 Salisbury Street (big white house behind the library) and our phone number is 752-1838.

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FIRST Robotics The W PI FIRST Robotics Team will be h a v in g an in tro d u c to ry m e e tin g on Wednesday, September 29th for all WPI students interested in contributing to this year’s effort. The meeting will cover the goals and interests o f the team, what you can do to help, and will feature a dem o of last season’s pole-chewing, award-winning robot Gompei! For those o f you intrigued but clueless... F.I.R.S.T. stands “For Inspiration and Rec ognition o f Science and Technology” . The FIRST Foundation sponsors an annual design contest that pits robot “gladiators” against each other in regional and interna tional com petitions. A high school team partners with a business or college to de sign, build, and test a robot within an in tense 6-week period. For our team, the oncampus M ass Academy provides the high school students and W PI students are the corporate engineers. W hat’s in it for you? Well, the satisfac tion of being part o f the most cohesive team on cam pus... W orking a project without academic pressures that actually ends up building something that works... And a fair amount o f free pizza! By the way, you don’t have to be an engineering student to join — We have intelligence, documentation, logistics, publicity, and 3D animation sub teams to support the whole effort. Date: Wednesday, Septem ber 29th Time: 1500 hours (If you can’t make the m eetin g , c o n ta c t jp a b a d @ w p i.e d u or Stafford @ wpi .edu) Place: Washburn 108

Legal and Social Issues Group Well, our Waco roundtable was a suc cess! We had a good discussion, m an aged to keep on topic (mostly— w e’re only human), and snagged a new member. All parties agreed that the event was fun and intelligent, and some even claimed to have learned something! Anyway, the next meet

ing is tonight (Sept. 28) at 5pm in the Beckett Conference room. W e’ll be plan ning the next round o f activities, chowing down on pizza, and o f course, the usual round o f eclectic discussion.

Newman Club We had a great Homecoming Cookout last Sunday and it was great to see so many o f our old Newmanites back for the week end. A lot of them had great stories about a certain priest here at WPI. Needless to say, he could match them with stories about them . H owever it was a great afternoon thanks to Jen Hardy .Director o f games and Paul LaPlume our chief chef. Also a word o f thanks to our Social and Hospitality chairs, Jason, peter, John and Alex. This coming Friday night , Oct. 1st, we are having a video and pasta night begin ning at 5:30 PM. All are welcome and we think it is better than DAKA. We are also starting a com m unity service project with M ercy Center School. Jen Hardy and Alex Haley are working on the details. So watch the future edition o f Newspeak for more information. O ur Executive Board met last week and planned many events for Term B. Some o f the events are Video and pasta nights and a Pumpkin Trip on October 26th. As soon as Pete Vitello puts all the details together for the tr ip , we will inform you. T h is past Sunday we had our G reek M ass and it was great to see all the minis ters at the Mass were our fraternities and sororities members. It was a beautiful way to close Greek Week on campus. Dont for get you are welcome to join our Faith and Discussion Groups which meet on M on day nights and Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM in the Religious Center. This coming Sunday our 11:30 AM Sunday Mass will be held in the Lower Wedge. Please note the change o f location.

in A-term, it seems. We’ve had one garb making session and will be holding another one on 9/22. W e’ll be having a weapons making session on 9/23. The newbie night quest was last Thursday, and our trip to Purgatory Chasm m ade for a delightful Sunday afternoon. Thank you to every one who has been helping out with vari ous things, we couldn’t manage without you. King Richard’s Faire is our biggest field trip this term. On Sat, Oct. 2 we’ll head out

for Carver, MA for the Renaissance faire, and spend the day watching entertainm ent, shopping, eating, and socializing w ith friends. Garb is not required, but it is a must. Email the club if you want to attend, and whether you will need a ride or have a car. Court will be held on Tues, 9/28 at 7pm in Founders basement. Fight practices are Monday and Thursday nights at 7:30pm on the low er fields. Em ail the officers (realms@ wpi.edu) with any questions or suggestions.

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“Good Job” said Greg Snoddy as he presented Scott Dolan with his newly won Cambridge Soundworks AM/FM Stereo Radio. The Radio, valued at about $250.00, was awarded to a freshman that completed the NSO evaluation forms that they received via campus mail. Scott, a member of NSO group 9, said his favorite part of the NSO experience was the creation of Alotta Menn’s homepage, while his least favorite part was sitting through some of the three-hour meetings.

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Your Weekly Horoscope by Miss Anna Courtesy o f the Associated Press A ries: (M a rc h 21-A pril 20) Resist any tem ptations to gloss over details. This week they need your careful scrutiny. You will get alot done early, but later your mind may wander and energy level will slow down. Exercise initiative and watch doors open for you. T he chance you’ve been waiting for is here. T au ru s: (A p ril2 1 - M a y 21) W eekend getaw ays and recreational pastimes are highlighted this week. Watch your spending. Patience will be needed because you will tend to rush into certain things. Enjoy times with friends. If little things start going wrong, take a break and reflect. G em ini: (M a y 2 2 - J u n e 21) T here’s an accent on family life and do mestic matters this week. One family mem ber may need encouragement from you. You are now ready to investigate new ca reer opportunities. Explore your options. Both travel and recreational pastimes are happily highlighted. C a n c e r: (Ju n e 2 2 - J u ly 23) A burdensom e responsibility is lifted

from your shoulders this week. Try not to be overly critical o f a child. You may change your perspective towards a financial m at ter. Take care to go easy on your use of credit. Guard against romantic tiffs. Leo: (Ju ly 24- A ugust 23) Getting your house in tip top shape will be a priority during the week. Avoid any arguments about money. Luck will be with you e sp ecially concerning partnership matters, legal affairs and travel. Some will make marriage plans. Opportunity is found everywhere. V irgo: (A ugust 24 - S eptem ber 23) You will have a good head for for fact and figures now. Attend to bookkeeping and meet with financial advisors. Unex pected business developments are to your advantage. You will achieve the most suc cess by accepting offered suggestions and cooperating with others. L ib ra : (S eptem ber 24 - O cto b er 23) This week it may be best to avoid caus ing em otional scenes with any partners. Romance will have a dreamy aspect for you. You and a lover will be very much on the same wavelength. There will be a social connection that will prove helpful in busi ness.

Scorpio: (O ctober 24 - N ovem ber 22) You may meet with extra incidental ex p e n d itu re s rig h t now . H o w e v e r, the im plusive buy m ay not be the co rrect choice. Be sensible in regards to spend ing. Mix-ups in communication are possible now, or some inform ation you receive will be in error. Avoid com m itm ents without advice.

A quarius: (Jan u a ry 21 - F e b ru a ry 19) Your cleverness and efficiency will bring you notable success at work this week. But be careful in financial dealings. You will be a welcome addition at any gathering, for you’re the life of the party. Avoid any flip pant remarks. Things may be a bit hective on the homefront. Be patient with family members.

S a g itta riu s: (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21) A small disappointm ent may arise in re gards to a friendship this week. But you will be pleased with the positive business and financial developments that occur now. Either you or your partner may spend ex travagantly. It’s not a good time to loan money. Protect your resources.

Pisces: (F eb ru ary 20 - M a rc h 20) Utilize your time wisely this week. Don’t spread yourself too thin. M ake a sched ule. You may not get around to a task that really needs to be done. You will achieve the greatest success by helping others to solve problems. Guard against overindul gence, and don’t overspend.

C a p ric o rn : (D ecem ber 22 - J a n u a ry 20) T his week you may make up with some one from whom you’ve been estranged. An old friend gives you good advice this week. A home matter may require attention. You may be making travel plans on the spur of the moment. Money developm ents are on a positive note. Avoid neglecting duties.

If T his W eek is Y our B irthday: Y ou’ll have som e in sp ired th o u g h ts about either a business or financial matter. This is the right time to tell a romantic in terest how much you care. C ooperation from others may be difficult to obtain. Singles may need to be aware o f insincere newcomers.

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W h at: A free Technology Job Fair for both new job seekers and experienced profes sionals looking for a change. Representatives from local and national technology firms will be available to meet on a one-to-one basis, in a relaxed setting, with potential employees. W ho: 70 technology firms including IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Sun M icrosystems; jobfind.comsm, on-line recruitment service; 495/128 collaborative organization o f high tech firms. W hen: Tuesday, O ctober5, 1999, from 2 :0 0 t o 7 :0 0 pm. W here: The Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel, Waltham, MA W hy: jobfind.com5m and the 495/128 collaborative have joined together to aid high tech firms in their search for qualified employees. The Technology job fair is a perfect opportunity for area jo b seekers to make valuable contacts with potential employers. Not only isjobfind.com a valuable on-line resource for job searchers in the community, but with job fairs such as this, jobfind.com is facilitating the hiring process by putting both the em ployer and em ployees in the same setting.

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Raffle for trip to Greece a success The raffle for the free trip to Greece has come to a close! The Instrumental Groups would like to thank everyone who supported us in our fundraising event! We had a great time selling tickets, and we have one happy winner! More fundraising events are com ing soon! The Quartet-A-Thon is scheduled for the beginning of B-term. This will consist of a few days straight o f quartet music! This should also be a relaly fun time keep an eye out for updates soon! Also, thanks to all who attended the Parent’s day concert! If you m issed it, you missed a great show! All o f the groups did very well. Keep an eye out for more concerts coming soon, including the Homecoming concert this weekend (vocal groups), the Pops concert at the beginning o f B term on Saturday, November 6 . Thanks again for all the help and support! Keep an eye out for more Music event happening soon!

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P o l ic e L o g Tuesday, S ep tem b er 14,1999 3:33 pm- Mv Jump: Boynton St. 5:33 pm - Complaint: Trowbridge St. smell of gas 6:17 pm - Alarm: Intrusion, West St. 6:44 pm - Lockout: Stoddard A3 6:50 pm - Alarm: West com ing back in, has to be reset at the panel 7:47 pm - Lockout: Hackfeld 10:45 pm - Complaint: Stoddard B 2nd Floor toilet overflowing T h u rsd ay , S eptem ber 16,1999 6:05 am - MV Jumpstart: Behind Boynton Hall on Service Road 3 : 19 pm - Mv Jump: Founders lot 4:00 pm - Lockout: Founders 1st Floor 4:38 pm - Mv Lockout: library lot 4:40 pm - Report: Leak in the sub basement o f Fuller labs, notified 6:06 pm - Alarm. Dean St Intrusion 6 :11 pm - Code 5: False alarm. 7:38 pm - Report: Morgan Hall 4th floor major leak in the hallway 7:46 pm - Report: Major sink hole on the corner o f West and Institute, DPW notified and WPD. 8 : 11 pm - Report: Leak in Founders 3rd floor 8:15 pm - Report: Leak on the first floor o f the library 8:13 pm - Accident: Reported from Becker PD, 2 car w/ possible injuries, WPD notified. 8:33 pm - Workorder: Riley Hall 1st floor west end interior and exterior doors arc not working properly Friday, S eptem ber 17,1999 12:48 am - Assist: Worcester Fire responding to fire alarm at Dean St 6:22 am - Intrusion Alarm: ROTC in Harrington 8:46am - Message left: Memo for Officers from Military Science 9:00 am - Alarm: from W orcester Fire, for Becker College, W illiams St., meet with them on Williams street. 9:00am - Jum p Start: Institute and the banana 12:13 pm - Assisi: W orcester PD. with large tree limb on Institute Road that is across the road, the limb is over two cars and a Mail vehicle. 4:00 pm - Trespassing: Removed 6 non-students from roof of field house maintenance building 4:17 pm - Trespassing: Report o f young children riding scooters and skateboards between Washburn and Salisbury 4:28 pm - Clear: Parties have been advised 4:31 pm - Trespassing: Removed 6 non-students from front o f Founders Hall; Off. Vandal. 6:25 pm - Report: Broken door handle in 16 Elbridge. 6:26 pm - Call In: Locksmith 6:36 pm - Alarm: Intrusion, Alumni Gym Weight Room. Caller states it is due to opening of fire door 8:24 pm - Alarm: Intrusion, HL236 8:57 pm - Medical: Football Field, 19 y/o Male with Shoulder and Chest Injury, cannot ambulate 8:32 pm - Alarm: Intrusion, HL236 8:42 pm - Clear: Alarm taken out of service. Student will call when she leaves S atu rd ay , S ep tem b er 18,1999 12:23 am - Lockout assist: M azda Protege on Boynton St. 1:10am - Suspicious persons: 2 subjects at Higgins Estate check OK. 2:42 am - M alicious mischief: Glass pane in front door of Founders Hall cracked 2:44 am - Disorderly persons: Disorderly persons at 8 Boynton St. 4:24am - Noise complaint: Impact noises in Elbridge St. area 4:29 am - Officers clear Elbridge St. 9:12 am - Trespassing: Resident of Hackfeld called and advised unauthorized party in apartment 9:57 am - Medical: Morgan Hall Kitchen, seizure 4:34 pm - M alicious Mischief: Plant Services reports young children in tree at Beech Tree Circle 4:41 pm - Clear: Children advised 6:07 pm - M V Jumpstart: Library Lot Visitors 6:47 pm - Alarm: Fire, Ellsworth Apts. 6:49 pm - Report: Ellsworth resident reports food on stove. 8:58 pm - Hangup: Harrington Elevator Emergency Phone 8:59 pm - Report: Audible alarm from fire door sounding near women’s locker room in Alumni 9:48 pm - Report: Suspicious odor, Washburn 3rd floor 11:27 pm - M alicious mischief: Report of group at Schussler & Institute carrying traffic barrier Sunday, S ep tem b er 19,1999 8:02 am - Debris: Salisbury Labs, recycling bin tipped over. Officers cleaning up debris 1:15 pm - Lockout: Founders 3rd 3:00 pm - Alarm: Atwater Kent Rm. 210 3:05 pm - Alarm: Re-secured on its own

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4:00pm - W omen’s Tennis @ M IT 4:00pm - Women’s Soccer @ Springfield 4:00 - 6:00 pm - Global Opportunities Fair 5:0 0 -7 :0 0 p m -T e c h n ic a l Communication Open House, Stratton 126 7 :0 0 p m - Women’s Volleyball @ Mount Holyoke 7:15pm - Field Hockey vs. Springfield | | 8 :00 pm -C offeehouse. Open Mic Night, Riley Commons 8:30pm - Singled Out, Alden “ Wednesday September 29 8:00am - WPI Golf Invitational 7:00pm - CDC Workshop “You Registered, Now What?”, HL 218 7:00pm - M en’s Soccer @ Babson

TB A - G olf ECAC Qualifier @ Wachusett CC 4:00pm - Field Hockey (s> Nichols 4:00pm - W omen’s Tennis @ Worcester State

Early am - SMAS Trip to King Richard’s Faire 9:00am - W omen’s Volleyball City Tournament @ Assumption 10:00am - M en’s Cross Country Tri-State Meet atCCRI 11:00 am - W omen’s C rossC ountry Tri-State M eet at CCRI 1:00pm - Women’s Soccer @ Clark 1:00pm - Field Hockey vs. Clark 2 :0 0 pm -F ootball @ U SM M A -K ingsPoint

11:30am & 5 :3 0 p m - Catholic M ass, Lower Wedge(am),Founders Study(pm) 12:30pm - Toski G olf Invitational @ Amherst I 2:(X)pm - Film. ‘T a rza n ” FLAUD, $1 6:30pm & 9:30pm - ‘Tarzan,” FLAUD, $2

9:30am - Toski Golf Invitational @ Am her

3:09 pm - Alarm: Kinnicutt Lab Hi-Low freezer Temp 4:13 pm - Extra Checks: ROTC asked us to do more checks at Harrington until Tuesday 9/21. 8:24 pm - Workorder: Front door at Founders hall broken 11:00 pm - Lockout assist: Goddard.

Monday, September 20,1999 12:22 am - Trouble alarm: Fire trouble alarm in Harrington Auditorium. 4:17 am - Disorderly persons: Spoke with group; Dean Street. 8:29 am - Towed Car: Dodge Omni. 12:30 pm - Lockout: Riley Hall 2nd floor 3:05 pm - MV Jump Start: Institute Rd 3:35 pm - Suspicious Persons: Atwater-Kent, 3 Youths 11-12, inside Atwater Kent, custo dian believes they may be trying to steal items 4:43 pm - Suspicious Person: Male went into Health Center stating he ran out o f gas and needs money, after they refused him, he is asking other people on Campus 6:17 pm -F ire Alarm: 16 Elbridge 6:19 pm - Code 5: False alarm, panel ok, Bell Atlantic workers on the street may have set it off 6:35 pm - Alarm: Dean St. 8:55 pm - Disorderly Persons: Athletic Field, Group o f Males jum ped a group of students on the field

Tuesday, September 21,1999 2:35 am - Notification: Possible intoxicated operator in North St. area. W PD notified. 3:06 am - Noise complaint: Stoddard B 3:15 am - Officers clear Stoddard B, quiet upon arrival. 1:18 pm - Cars racing on the Quad: Partial description: Silver car with black top almost hitting professor and student heading from Quad down west to Institute 1:19 pm - Calls: Many emergency call coming from CDC, and Project Center for women screaming Worcester scanner -looking for suspects that are on Campus 1:45 pm - EA: West and Institute 21, female cuts from glass 1:5 1 pm - Tow: from the Quad, 89 Caddie gray, 1:55 pm - EA: female refusal, escort ride to her car 2:09 pm - Code 5: W orcester clear, two males arrested 3:16 pm - Disabled MV: Grove St. blue Chevy, party has AAA, they are on their way 3 :58 pm - Can Man: Higgins Lab basement, asking for a job and or cans 10:21 pm - Noise Complaint: Loud music coming from the Riley Hall 10:24 pm - Noise Complaint: Second complaint loud music Riley Hall

How Do you stay awake at night to study?

by Emily Reynolds, Newspeak Staff

“1 eat, food” ‘TV ” -Mike Reitter

“Listen to M usic” -Govind Samant

“I don’t stay up, I just go to bed.” -Legrand Reynolds

-Keith Stone

“Soda!” -Ryan Walsh