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WPI launches new web site window on the world Courtesy o f WPI Media Relations A showcase fo r the program s and o p p o rtu n itie s at W o rc e s te r P o ly te c h n ic In s titu te w as u n ­ v e ile d to d a y, Jan. 4, w hen the U n iv e rs ity introduced a new lo o k o f its W e b S ite at h t t p : / / w w w .w p i.e d u .

“T h is new design, w h ich w ill h elp us s p o tlig h t o u r p ro gram s and o p p o rtu n ities, features m any m ore photographs, new graphics and enhanced n avig atio n al aid s," said A m y L . M a rr. W P I W eb co­ ordinator.

T h e most striking feature o f the new' design p ro vid e s a c o lo rfu l w in d o w on W P I's w o rld . Each tim e visitors open the page they w ill see a d iffe re n t photograph.

Each photo is lin ked to an essay th a t d e s c r ib e s o n e o f th e U n iv e rs ity 's strengths. “ T h ro u g h this rotating series o f p hotographs, each w ith its o w n sto ry a tta c h e d , w ill be a b le to d em o n stra te in a p o w e rfu l w ay

o ur h e rita g e o f in n o v a tio n , our unique and exciting programs, and e x c e lle n c e in te c h n o lo g y ," said H e le n M . S h u s te r, d ir e c to r o f W P I's G ordo n L ib ra ry and chair o f the U n iv e rs ity ’ s W eb C o m m it­ tee.

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Clinton wants money to prevent terrorist attacks

by Sonya Ross Associated Press Writer W A S H IN G T O N (A P ) - W arning that terrorists are seeking new tools o f destruction. President Bill Clinton said Friday he w ill ask Congress for dlrs 2.8 billio n to help the U nited Oiuics guaid aguiiisi attacks via

computers, viruses or chem icals.

"The enemies of peace realize they cannot defeat us with tradi­ tional means,” Clinton said in a speech at the National Academy of Sciences.

He said the United States has to guard against attacks on the nation s computer network, bank-

ing systems, power grids and other essential services. Similarly, he said the government must accelerate re­ search and development into de­ fenses against germ warfare and chemical attacks.

"We’re doing everything we can in ways that I can and ways that I cannot discuss lo try lo slop people

w ho would misuse chem ical and biological capacity from getting that capacity," the president said.

"T his is not a cause fo r panic,” he added. "It is a cause fo r serious, deliberate, d isciplined, long-term concern. And I am absolutely con­ vinced that i f w e m aintain our clear

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Sing for Swings

by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff

Friday night, LEAP sponsored “Sing for Swings”, ;m a cappella ben­ efit concert for the Rainbow Child Development Center The RCIX" is a licensed, non-profit child care center in Worcester, and is raising money to build a neu playground.

The tour-de-forcc of six collegiate and professional a cappella groups started twenty minutes late as tech nical difficulties in the sound system were experienced. The show even­

tually opened with Simple Harmonic Motion, exhibiting five songs previ­ ously enjoyed at Interstate K's Road Trip concert. Favorites included Ethan Deneault wishing “If I Only Had a Brain", sans Wizard of O/ skit: and "Run Around Sue", with both soloist Jay Ingalsbe and new chore­ ography.

Another twenty-minute delay en­ sued as the wall of microphone tow­ ers, seemingly separating the sing­ ers from the audience, were removed, to be replaced by six wireless handhelds.

The audience was next introduced to House Blend, a professional all­ female group, save for one confused gentleman. The six singers prixluced a contemporary, folk) pop sound, with songs such as "Stay", “Shambala", “Sunny Come Home", and Natalie Imhruglia’s "Torn”.

Another six-member group fol­ lowed, starting with a loud rock-pop sound favored b_\ the professional group Ball in the House. The volume was pumped up for an excellent ren­ dition of Bryan Adams' hit from the Eighties. “Summerof’69". and stayed

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up as the audience clapped along with “Gravity Buster”. Never heard before was "Cliving You Me”, an origi­ nal by one of the group members.

After a brief intermission, the sec­ ond act was followed by the Clark Bars of nearby Clark University. The coed group, numbering more than a dozen, performed their final concert with some of their members, while welcoming back new ones. Sting's “Shape of My Heart". Bare Naked Ladies' “One Week", anil “Tom" (again!) partly comprised their rou­ tine.

WPI's own no fella a cappella group. Interstate X, was the fifth group to perform, again serv ing up hits from their last concert. I leather McCusker sHxk! in for Jen Waite, forming a duet with B.J. Boettcher for “Sweet Dreams", and "(lirls Just Wanna Have Fun", according to soloist Julie Rob­ erts. "Dreams" and "If I Ever Fall In 1.ove" rounded off their repertoire. 0 The final performance of ihe nighi was given by Aflcr S. a Bostonbased professional group A bass boasted of his... extraordinary talents in "Sixty Minute Man", followed by a nine familiar lo SI I\1 Ians, “CY;i/y I.idle Piling ( 'ailed I .ove" After 8 ex iuhited some promising skills as a dance Iroupe in "Deo (The Banana Boat Song)' as they |vi formed a wide variety ol imitations, including people, actions, and look The audi ence was encouraged lo participate, though chances ol it appearing on a live album recording seems unlikely.

The evening ended with voices and spirits high, everyone having had a good time and having benefitled a charitable society. The performers were skilled and song variety wide.

Be sure to attend WPI's fifth annual A Cappella Fest, April l()th. as vari­ ous groups from far and wide yet again entertain W P I for an evening.

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Wood in repose: A wood sculpting exhibit Courtesy o f WPI Media Relations

“Wood in Repose: A Wood Sculpting Exhibit.” Gordon Library, Third Floor Gal­ lery, through Feb. 12. Free and open to the public. For more information, call the Com­ munications Group at 831 -5305 or Gordon Library at 831-410.

W illiam R. Moser of Hopkington, Mass., a chemical engineering professor whose academic and research has fo­ cused on homogeneous and heteroge­ neous catalysis and novel materials syn­ thesis. A member of WPI’s Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies and a fel­ low of the New York Academy of Sci­ ences, he holds several patents and ed­ ited several books, and has written nu­ merous articles related to catalytic and materials sciences.

Wood in Repose reveal a totally differ­ ent side of this teacher/scientist. Moser sculpts faces, flowers and figures in Hon­ duran and Philippine mahogany, butternut,

ebony, oak, redwood and pine. The de­ tails and the complexity of the pieces draw the viewer in to marvel at how the wood expresses the curves and muscles of the body, reveals the personality of the sub­ ject, or even (in the caricaturic Fashnacht sDrimmelet, for example) provides a glimpse into the artist’s “wood-inspired philoso­ phy.”

“I learned wood sculpting in the late 1960s from and old Swiss man who carved rough and lovely flowers in soft wood,” says Moser, whose career before coming to WPI in 1981 included technique and he held the belief that expression flowed natu­ rally from the imagination.” All but one of the works in the WPI exhibit were created before 1981. “Science and art have per­ petually competed for my time,” he says.

That will soon change. After he retires in 18 months Moser plans to open an inde­ pendent studio to concentrate on his art.

‘The metamorphosis of wood into the ex­ pression o f the im agination is this sculptor’s joy.”

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Professor Moser of the Cemical Engineering department displays his sculptures.

Privacy advocates concerned about Intel security chip Courtesy o f Associated Press

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Privacy advocates are criticizing a decision by Intel Corp. to incorporate into its computer chips the ability to transmit identification signals to protect online electronic transactions.

The new chips will send an ID number World Wide Web sites can use to guaran­ tee a machine that claims to belong to a certain person actually is that computer.

Being able to make that confirmation is a key problem that must be solved to make electronic commerce work.

The technology is built into the world’s largest computer chip maker’s new Pentium III microprocessors, which are set to go on sale later this year and will be incorporated into new computers on store shelves.

But privacy experts worry that the fea­ ture will force consumers to leave an iden­ tifying “fingerprint” wherever they go in cyberspace, helping marketers track their every move.

“It’s the computer equivalent, if you will, of Social Security numbers, which is in this country a common identifier,” said Barry Steinhardt, associate director of the Ameri­ can Civil Liberties Union. “It will follow you through cyberspace.”

Whenever a computer that has the new chip is turned on, the machine will auto­ matically pump out a unique serial number

if the computer is connected to the Internet or another online network.

If the Web site requires that the person register and provide details about their identity, the site will have an easy way of tracking what the visitor does online.

‘The problem with having your security information in software is that then you are relying on your software to be secure, and it really isn’t,” said Richard Doherty, founder of the market research firm Envisioneering Inc. “By putting the identi­ fication into the chip itself, it’s going to be very difficult to steal that information.”

Many Web sites already track consum­ ers by placing identifying data files, called “cookies,” in visitors’ computers.

But cookies from one site are meaning­ less to others. Steinhardt worries that attaching a single number to a computer will make it easier to catalogue the move­ ment and choices that computer users make online.

“We’re very concerned about the issue of privacy,” said Patrick Gelsinger, an Intel vice president, adding that consumers will be able to shut off the identifying number.

The company has written software that will let people know when their PC is sending out its serial number, and there will be a control panel that lets people turn off the signal.

Gelsinger said unique online serial num­ bers have advantages, including improved

ability to identify the author of online con­ tent.

Such ID numbers could reduce anony­ mous online pests, stopping people from getting into chat groups unless they are willing to be identified. The Web site ‘TalkCity” plans to use the serial numbers to create what it calls “accountable com­ munities,” where the identity of anyone can be easily traced.

ID numbers also could provide security

for financial transactions. Online stock ser­ vices could have more confidence that a trading request is not fraudulent if the com­ puter from which the order originated has the correct ID number.

Rival chipmaker AMD says it will watch reactions to the technology before decid­ ing if it will include such identification numbers in its chips.

Intel has a major chip-making factory in Rio Rancho, N.M.

C l i n t o n : A s k s f o r m o n e y t o d e fe n d t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s Clinton’s plan, to be included in his fis­ Continued from pagel cal 2000 budget proposal next month, is purpose and our strength of will, we will intended to ensure the United States is able prevail here. We have better than a good to defend against, and ready to respond chance of success but we must be deliber­ to, any such terrorist attacks, national se­ ate and we must be aggressive. curity spokesman David Leavy said.

The threat that “keeps me awake at The president’s plan earmarks dlrs 52 night,” he told The New York Times in an million to continue purchasing a national interview, is the possibility of germ attack. stockpile of medicine and vaccines to pro­ “A chemical attack would be horrible, but tect the civilian population. It also envi­ it would be finite,” he said, adding that it sions dlrs 683 million to train and equip would not spread. But a biological attack emergency personnel in U.S. cities and could spread, “kind of like the gift that strengthen the public health infrastructure. keeps on giving,” the president said.

The president proposed dlrs 206 million He told the newspaper it is “highly likely” to protect government facilities and dlrs that a terrorist group would launch or 381 million for research and development. threaten a germ or chemical attack on Ameri­ can soil within the next few years.

The president warned that any attack W W W : W P I 's n e w p a g e would lead to “at least a proportionate if Continued from page 1 not a disproportionate response.” evolving window on WPI’s world.

Those who have logged into web sites studded with photographs may have found it slow going. But the WPI site won’t have that problem, according to Marr.

“With today’s technologies, we have been able to highly compress the photos, allowing more colorful and larger photos throughout the site without slowing down the loading of the pages too much,” she The S tu d e n t N ew sp ap er o f W o r c e s te r P o l y t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e said.

One aspect of the Web site that didn’t Associate Editors Writing Staff change is its structure. “From feedback, Alison Keach Lizabeth Amaral we found that the site is well organized Eric Wilhelm Janelle Arthur and user friendly,” said Michael W. Dorsey, Sally House Kerri Dagesse WPI director of communications, who also Ken Gagne serves on the Web Committee.

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FCC considering plan to boost high-speed phone service.

by Jeannine Aversa Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators are considering letting major local phone companies provide high-speed data ser­ vices within their states as long as they do so through a separate subsidiary.

The move is being prompted because popularity of the Internet is causing con­ gestion on telecom m unications net­ works. While a voice phone call lasts, on average, three or four minutes, when people go online, they average 28 min­ utes.

Existing regulations bar the nation’s

five regional Bell companies from mov­ ing data across local calling boundaries known as LATAswithin their states be­ cause that would constitute “long-dis­ tance” service.

But the Federal Communications Com­ mission later this month will decide whether to ease those restrictions for the regional Bell telephone companies. It would be part of a larger proposal to give local phone companies incentives to build faster connections to America’s homes and ease Internet congestion.

The agency is expected to adopt a fi­ nal plan on Jan. 28.

But some Bell companies aren’t all that

interested.

“We are not at all enamored by it,” said Robert Blau, vice president at BellSouth Corp. “It doesn’t buy you much in terms of offering data services which are in­ herently interstate.”

Other Bells have made similar com­ ments.

And long-distance companies don’t like the idea either.

Bell companies currently have to open their local phone markets to competition if they want the “carrot” of providing long­ distance service be it data or telephone.

The FCC proposal “would let the Bells cat half that carrot without opening their

markets to com petitors,” complained AT&T vice president Leonard Cali. “It permanently reduces their incentive for opening markets for other services.”

The Bells also have complained about having to set up a separate affiliate to provide high-speed data services to get regulatory relief. They argue this would be burdensome and increase the costs of providing the services.

But AT&T, MCI WorldCom and other long-distance providers complained that the separate affiliate provisions weren’t strong enough to prevent the Bells from extending their current monopolies into the data services business.

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Weekly sports update: Results from January 15th to January 21st

by Geoff Hassard WPI Sports Information Director

W restling (5-1) The wrestling team has begun 1999 the way it ended 1998 as they won a pair of meets over Southern Maine and American International College.

Against Southern Maine WPI began with a couple of forfeit wins for Lance Baden (Framingham, Mass.) and Daryl Retzke (Wheaton, II.). Willie Welsh (Jamesport, N.Y.) won at heavyweight 12-0 for a quick 16-0 lead for the Engineers. WPI would win the meet 33-14 with other wins coming from Aaron Becker (Coventry, R.I.), Bill Osmer (Concord, N.H.), Matt McCarthy (M alden, M ass.) and DC Lashmit (Marlboro, Mass.).

Last Wednesday WPI traveled to Spring­ field to take on the Yellow Jackets and came out with a hard fought 21-19 win. Mike Duff (Cantebury, Conn.) picked up a for­ feit win at 125 lbs. while Becker, McCarthy and Justin Lutz (Walpole, Mass.) won de­ cisions. Joe Tucker (Barre, Vt.) pinned his opponent to earn 6 important points.

Women’s Basketball (7-6) The women’s basketball team split two games last week with a win against Pine Manor and a loss in their NEWMAC opener to Smith College.

Against Pine Manor WPI had control from the start as they raced out to 42-20 halftime lead. In the second half the En­ gineers didn’t let up and cruised to a 7938 victory. Freshman Jody Kenniston (Old Town, Maine) led the way with a career high 22 points. She also grabbed

6 rebounds and had 4 steals. Lynn Michalenka (Lincoln, R.I.) had 14 points and Beth Gilbert (Killingly, Conn.) added 10 points. Rachel Zimet (Trumansburg, N.Y.) was awesome on the boards with 13 rebounds.

Last Tuesday WPI opened their confer­ ence schedule with a game at Smith. The Engineers trailed at halftime 37-25 on 25 percent shooting. In the second half they made a run at the Pioneers, but fell short 72-63. Kenniston was the top scorer with 20 points followed by Michalenka with 14 points. Zimet registered double figures in rebounds again with 10 boards.

Men’s Basketball (2-8) The men’s basketball team is still look­ ing for their first win of the new year as they dropped two games last week to Salve Regina and Wheaton on the road.

Against Salve Regina the Engineers trailed 39-28 at halftime. The Seahawks lit it up in the second half for the 90-74 win.

The hosts shot 55 percent from the floor for the game while outscoring WPI 22-5 from the free throw line. Matt Bielik (Webster, Mass.) was the only player to register double figures with 22 points to lead WPI. Last Tuesday WPI played Wheaton College for the first time as conference opponents. The Lyons hit 11 three-point baskets in the game which proved to be the difference in a 86-67 win. WPI was led by Gregg Burnett (Phillipston, Mass.) with 15 points. Bielik had 12 points and 11 rebounds while Tim Briggs (Rutland, Mass.) came off the bench to score 10 points.

Women’s Swimming (0-6) The women’s swim team was back in ac­ tion from the holiday break at UMassDartmouth. The hosts took this one 156-81.

Freshman Kate Johnson (Hamden, Conn.) was a double winner for WPI taking first place in the 200-yard individual medley and 100yard backstroke. Both relay teams were vic­ torious as well. Stephanie Janeczko (Wood Ridge, N.J.), Jenn Brandi (Lynn, Mass.), Nancy Bedrossian (Seekonk, Mass.) and Jill Hubbard Ballston Lake, N.Y.) won the 200yard medley relay to begin the meet. Lynn Hull (Greenbelt, Md.), Liz Hart (Delmar, N.Y.), Becky Thibeault (Ashland, N.H.) and Jen Wright (Keene, N.H.) ended the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

Men’s Swimming (2-3) The men’s swim team put together a solid effort and pulled out a 116.5 to 115.5 win over UMass-Dartmouth to begin the new year. Sophomore Andy Kern (Ellensburg, Wash) led the way as a double winner for WPI. He won both the 100 and

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200-yard freestyle events. Senior co-cap­ tain Bill Sullivan (Attleboro, Mass.) won the 100-yard butterfly. Jon Prusak (Easthampton, Mass.) won the 100-yard backstroke and Jason Walonoski (Winsted, Conn.) won the 100-yard breastroke.

Sullivan was also part of the winning 200yard medley relay team the was victorious with Scott Lombard (Berwick, Pa.), Jeff Alcorn (E. Longmeadow, Mass.) and Kevin Keenaghan (Rumford, R.I.).

Men’s Indoor IVack WPI continues to have athletes compet­ ing this winter in indoor track. On the 16th they were at Williams to compete in a quad meet with Middlebury and Bowdoin. Top finishers for WPI included: Dave Bowler won the pole vault; Jeff Coleman was second in the 55-meter hurdles, third in the long jump and fourth in the 55-meter dash; Kendell Clark was third in the high jump; Kevin Gallerie was fourth in the high jump; Matt Linnemann was fourth in the 600-meter run and Brian Burwick was fourth in the triple jump.

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Holy cross adds women ice hockey Courtsey of Associated Press

WORCESTER Mass. (AP) - Following the U.S. women’s hockey team’s gold medal per­ formance in Nagano, Holy Cross has decided to begin sponsoring women’s ice hockey as a varsity athletic program this season.

‘The popularity of women’s ice hockey has grown tremendously over the years,” said Ann Zelesky, associate athletic direc­

tor. “It’s a great time to elevate the pro­ gram to varsity status.”

The college has not introduced a new varsity sport since 1983.

“It is pretty clear that the Women’s Ice Hockey Club is ready to play at the varsity level,” said Richard M. Regan Jr., athletic director.

The team will compete as an indepen­ dent this season before applying to the ECAC Division III League next year.

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Bust-a-Groove is a game of pure dance action

by Ken Gagne Newspeak Staff

Name: BUST-A-GROOVE Platform: Sony PlayStation Publisher: 989 Studios Rating: 9.1 Tackles, fireballs, karate kicks, and shotguns. This is the standard fare of today’s multiplayer games. Why not take a breather and settle your dispute with a dance contest? It’s possible - and fun with to Bust-A-Groove, a PlayStation game of “pure dance action”, courtesy Sony’s 989 Studios, and developed by Enix.

Players can choose one of ten danc­ ers, from an Italian playboy to a mad sci­ entist to a fortune teller, and four hidden characters, including twin alien brothers and a three-story tall robot. Each char­ acter has over three dozen unique dance moves, most of which can be attained

only by successfully chaining the basic moves together and work­ ing up.

Two players dance simulta­ neously, competing for camera time and high-scoring, difficult dance moves. Hilarious at­ tacks between the players are possible and require perfect timing to execute and evade, and add factors of unpredictability, competi­ tion, and enjoyment to the game.

As the battle rages on, dance commands are dis­ played on-screen as com­ binations of button presses. The string of com m ands must be punched in quickly, with the final button pressed exactly on the fourth beat.

Rhythm is kept by a flashing background

light. Many players will keep the rhythm themselves naturally, though this is difficult with some songs.

An option to change the menu displays and the announcer’s voice from English to Spanish is available, but song lyrics remain in English and Japanese.

The songs range from techno to Japanese pop to \ Seventies disco, and on the whole are fun to listen and dance to. Sound effects take a back seat to the great soundtrack, though various hops and claps are present.

Since the command display requires full attention, sound effects are often the best and only warning of an impend­ ing attack.

The graphics are colorful, portraying well the diversity of dancers and set­

tings. Characters flow from one move to the next flawlessly. Camera movement is automatic, swinging around and some­ times focusing on whoever is doing bet­ ter or is performing a solo, but sometimes the view becomes obstructed by stage props.

With a wide selection of characters and dance moves, Bust-a-Groove is easy to play over and over. One downside is that the commands for each character are the same, though this makes it easy to be­ come proficient with more than one dancer at once. Also, unlike PaRappa the Rapper, there is little room for impro­ visation.

Anybody who liked Parappa will love the more realistic Bust-a-Groove. It has great tunes, showy graphics, and simpleyet-addicting gameplay for one or two players. And, best of all, it’s so much harder to em barrass yourself on the dance floor!

heard anything like it, it’s like the jungle music the raver kids are dancing around to slowed down by half and then fed through some fractal gaussian thing. I wouldn’t put it past him. And it works.

Fans of this column (heh) know that I haven’t reviewed anything ever that would even touch the top 40, let alone FM radio. But Timbaland’s the exception: I’m sure if you turned on 94.5 right now, you’d either hear a Timbaland-produced joint or that “Annie” song. Either way, you’re in for a treat. T hat’s why he works: the wonderfully unexpected mixed in with the acceptably standard. He gets radio play and a “Wire” interview.

T im ’s Bio is the q u in tessen tial ‘producer’s album:’ a bunch of tracks with real slick beats behind them. We get slices of “Spiderman” and “I Dream of Jeanie” (although DJ Jazzy Jeff already nicked that one, Tim) and guest appear­ ances by the whole family (Puff excepted; he’s most definitely woodshedding with

his MPCs after hearing this disc): Aaliyah, Nas, Jay-Z, Ginuwine, and my favorite, Magoo. The words are funny at best, embarrassing at worst (but I’ll claim cultural ignorance here, your mileage will definitely vary), but that’s not what we’re here for. The beats, the sounds, the hooks: everything musically is top notch.

Really, my only complaint with this record is that Timbaland unfortunately uses the helium voice effect too much, which saddles me back to that nauseating day when my father brought the Chipmunks box set down from the attic... but I di­ gress.

I’ll leave you with words of Tim’s wis­ dom, which sums up my feelings about his production. Halfway through Tim’s Bio. Tim laments his detractors: “He said this / and she said that / and he said that / Timbaland can’t rap / But I don’t care / cause I make those tracks / that make you bounce and wiggle / and do this and that.” So go. Do this. And then do that.

Timbaland: Tim’s Bio

by Brian Whitman Class o f ‘99

A third of the way through Timbaland’s new solo record Tim’s Bio, something so amazingly cryptic, symbolic and down­ right dizzying happens: our hero, the pro­ ducer, samples a man of unknown origin mimicking the sound of a record scratch with his voice.

Stop for a minute and think about that, okay?

I’ve been thinking about it all week.

Every time the concept enters my mind I get a little fluttery, like I just opened some box that peers into an alternate universe and I saw myself walking down the aisle with that girl from Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” video, an icky half-seasick feeling. DJ Grandmaster Flash, for all intents and purposes (you hip-hop historians can lay off on me this time, I gleefully admit very little knowledge of this style of music, which I hope works in my favour during this review) was the progenitor of the art of manipulating Technics turntables to keep a beat and maintain the rhythm for SUN COAST VACATIONS presents: I L A ST M IN U T E

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Neneh Cherry? And then here comes uber-producer Timbaland, who uses sam­ plers like I use scissors, sampling some­ one sampling someone sampling some­ thing. Cripes.

Besides this postmodern stroke of ge­ nius, what’s Timbaland good for? Any­ one who listens to hip-hop radio (it’s all I can listen to anymore around here) can get the message. Timbaland is respon­ sible for the hugest track of the year, by far: A aliyah’s “Are You That Some­ body?” You know the one: total quan­ tized drum hits with that baby-rattle noise and the kid crying noise. We’ve never

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“Dilbert” moves from funny pages to funny UPN series

by Lynn Elber A P Television Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dilbert, the loser of the corporate world, looks like a win­ ner on television.

The cubicle-bound engineer who suf­ fers the tortures of office life in Scott A dam s’ com ic strip is the star of “Dilbert,” a clever new animated series on UPN that gives the struggling net­ work a reason to live.

“Dilbert,” debuting 8 p.m. EST Mon­ day, doesn’t suffer so much as a paper cut in the transition from the funny pages. The show skewers the absurdi­ ties of the workplace with wit as pointed as the hair of Dilbert’s evil supervisor.

“Am I late?” says the top boss, stroll­ ing into a meeting.

Minion: “Right on time, sir.”

Top boss: “Oh. In that case, I’ve got time to make some phone calls.”

Thumbs twiddle, boss finally returns: “Am I late now?”

Minion: “Yes. But it’s not because you’re an inconsiderate dolt. It’s be­ cause you’re more important than us.”

Welcome to Dilbert’s world (maybe yours?) and don’t forget to check the voice mail.

“You have 937 messages,” intones the machine. “All of which are marked UR­ GENT.” Think of Fox’s “The Simpsons” with its clever social satire, but drop the warm and fuzzy family trappings. Dilbert is part of a chain gang, not a clan. And they’re breaking rock piles for The Company not because it makes sense, but because.

Period.

The series’ fidelity to the comic strip reflects the involvement of Adams, who is co-executive producer. Executive pro­ ducer Larry Charles, whose credits in­ clude “Mad About You” and “Seinfeld,” helps make it work as a TV show.

An odd couple visually the neatly groomed Adams wears understated jeans and T-shirt, while Charles favors a col­ orful blend of long hair, beard and paja­ mas they profess to be in perfect sync about what matters in life and in “Dilbert.”

Both read physics books. For fun. Both are 41, and from New York City. And they both want the series to make viewers laugh by being smart as well as silly.

“It’s got its share of slapstick and abuse of authority and talking animals,” said Adams. “Then there’s another level of, ‘Oh, my God, that happened to me.’

That has always been the strongest Dilbert element.

“The subtler part, the more subliminal and metaphorical kinds of things, those are the reasons you’ll be able to wrap your mind around it.”

But comedy is still the goal here, the producers say, so don’t fret about being forced to think too hard and feel free to bring the kids.

The satire may be beyond them, but the characters offer the requisite visual

Barney Fife, stuttering, ‘I ’m such a nerd.’”

The big question, given the satura­ tion m arketing of the D ilbert strip through books and innumerable other items, is what took it so long to get to television.

Adams said he has been talking to pro­ spective partners for about five years.

“As Dilbert grew and grew, we got bet­ ter meetings and met a higher class of people who were more serious than speculative,” he said. W hen he and Charles hooked up through Sony’s Co­ lumbia TriStar Television, the next step was finding the right network.

UPN might seem an odd choice, given its difficulties in attracting an audience.

cuteness for the younger set.

T here’s Dilbert (voiced by Daniel Stern), the ultimate office corps nerd whose hopeless wardrobe is matched by his socially clueless behavior.

He’s joined on the home front by the manipulative Dogbert (Chris Elliott) and . ego-bruising Dilmom (Jackie Hoffman).

Making Dilbert’s office life unbearable are the Pointy-Haired Boss (Larry Miller), slacker colleague Wally (Gordon Hunt) and hostile Alice (Kathy Griffin).

That’s letter-perfect casting, including Stern as the crucial lead drone. The actor has been heard to good effect before, providing the voice-over for “The Won­ der Years.”

Adams said he and Charles were de­ termined not to do the series unless it had great voice actors. “We felt like we could make everything else work, but you can’t bluff if you have the wrong voice.

“When we found Daniel Stern, that was the big, ‘Ahhh, this is possible,’ because he has that vocal quality, that nice-guy thing that comes through regardless of the dialogue. It’s vulnerability without getting you to that uncomfortable thing you wouldn’t want to watch for 21 min­ utes.

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Then there’s the big-fish-Iittle-pond as­ pect, which appeals to Adams.

“If it’s good, it will be an important part of redefining what UPN is,” the cartoon­ ist said. “And how cool is that? It allows me to be part of something that’s bigger than the page is.”

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Writing Center update

by Matthew M. Lug Writing Consultant

The WPI Writing Center no longer exists. No, WPI didn’t de­ cide that it was impossible to teach the students here how to write. The Writing Center recently changed its name to the Writing Workshop.

It is no longer staffed with peer tutors, but is now staffed with Writ­ ing Consultants. So what else did you miss if you were on co-op, offcampus, or out of your mind lately?

Here’s a short list of the changes to the Writing Center/Writing Workshop in the past half year.

A-Term -The Writing Center moved into a temporary location on the second floor of the Project Center. The Writing Center added

a graduate tutor, Kim James, to work with graduate students. Lisa Lebduska, director of the Writing Center, began helping students with oral presentations. The pro­ cess involved videotaping speeches by students who would later be working at the London project center and then individu­ ally reviewing these speeches with the students.

B-Term -The Writing Center moved to its new permanent lo­ cation on the second floor of the project center. -The Writing Cen­ ter expanded designated tutoring to include CM2001. Designated tutoring had previously been in­ corporated into ID2050 and CS3043.

C-Term -The Writing Center be­

gan calling itself the Writing Workshop, a division of the Cen­ ter for Communication Across the Curriculum. Designated tu­ toring has been incorporated into the preparation for the Venice project center. The Writing Work­ shop web site has been rede­ signed by Kim James and edited with the help of Amy Marr and her staff. This new web site should be up by the time you read this article, at h ttp :// www.wpi.edu/+writing.

Why all the changes? Are we trying to confuse everyone at WPI? Of course not, well, maybe a little. Seriously though, all of these changes allow us to better serve the WPI community. Our current location is more spacious

than our previous facilities, and it even has windows (no, not just the operating system). What changes are we working on for the future of the W riting Workshop and the Center for Communication Across the Curriculum?

The Oral Presentation Work­ shop, another division of the Cen­ ter for Communication Across the Curriculum, will soon be staffed by some of the peer tutors currently working as Writing Consultants in the Writing Workshop, once they have completed an oral presenta­ tion training w orkshop. Lisa Lebduska, director of the Center for Communication Across the Curriculum, is looking for people who are interested in becoming tutors. This will require taking

EN3003, a peer tutor training ISP, in D-Term. If you are inter­ ested, contact Lisa Lebduska by e-mail at lisaleb@wpi.edu or by phone at 831-5503, or just stop by the Writing Workshop lo­ cated on the upper level of the Project Center.

Despite all of these changes, the Writing Workshop still of­ fers help with any written as­ signment. If you want help with a paper, project, resume, essay, letter, or anything else involv­ ing writing, sign up for an ap­ pointment on the web at http:// www.wpi.edu/+writing, call us at 831-6070, or just stop by.

Help with oral presentations is also available, contact us for more information.

structure as a weekly goal, then try­ ing to follow it. Each day do your best, work at it and adjust your struc­ ture weekly. After 4 weeks of this you WILL develop more effective time management habits, guaran­ teed!

While habits speak to how we approach our work, skills define the tools we use to do our work. Aca­ demic skills include things such as organization, how (and where) we study, how we take notes, our abil­ ity to concentrate and memorize (yes, these can be improved), as well as how we take tests. As any handy­ man knows, better tools lead to bet­ ter work. You can improve academic skills by researching these topics at the library or on the web, asking friends about their approaches, and/ or experimenting with different ap­ proaches yourself. An example: to improve concentration find a place to study that has minimal distrac­ tions and a set consistent block of

time each day to do much of your studying there. After a week or so you will probably find you are more focused and able to get more work done during this time. Your body has come to recognize this as prime study time and has ad­ justed.

If you’re feeling stuck, ask for some help. You don’t have to fig­ ure it out yourself; the mose suc­ cessful students and profession­ als know when to ask for help. Talk to friends and family, advisors and professors to clarify what you need to do. The Student Development and Counseling Center runs a se­ ries of one-hour discussions on Tuesday at noon to talk about how to improve motivation, hab­ its and skills. Look for the “Aca­ demic Success Series” flyer posted on campus or stop by to pick up a copy. Give us a call if Tuesday’s don’t work for you; we’re here to help.

W e s t St r e e t H o u s e

Time for Plan C: Better grades

by Charles Morse Student Development and Counseling Center

If you want to or “need to” get a better grade this term, read on.

Each of you is different in terms of you academic strengths and weak­ nesses; you may know exactly what you need to do, but will that be enough? I think there are three essential ingredients that contrib­ ute to your academic skills. A good start to better results is tak­ ing stock of how you’re doing in each of these areas.

What drives you to succeed here at WPI? Are you moving ahead towards goals or struggling to meet deadlines? Are you focused on being able to get a secure, wellpaying job, inspired by a natural curiosity, or doing just what you need to do to get by while having a good time? The answer usually lies in a combination of all of the

above as well as other sources of motivation. Problems with motiva­ tion often stem from relying too much on avoiding consequences as a source of motivation.

Motivation can be broken down into two broad areas, acting to gain something positive (good grades, good job, satisfaction) and acting to avoid consequences (NRs, guilt, conflict with parents). When you came to WPI you probably had a good deal of positive motivation, which you may have lost sight of as you’ve struggled to meet dead­ lines and expectations. It takes a good deal of motivation to meet the demands at WPI1 you may want to remind yourself or re-evaluate why you’re here at WPI, what you stand to gain from working so hard. A discussion with family or friends about where you see yourself working or living in the future can provide this kind of reminder. Also, set clear, attainable goals toward

something other than running away from consequences.

Habits can be seen as things we do somewhat automatically; they don’t require too much thought or initiative. How many of you were in the habit of doing schoolwork for 40 to 60 hours a week before you came here? You’ve got the time but may not have figured out how to make good use of it, par­ ticularly if you’re laid back and like to take things as they come. This is where the ability to manage your time comes in. Time management means setting some type of struc­ ture on your week, creating a suc­ cessful routine. For some this seems to come naturally, but most have to work at developing good time management skills. You’ll have many opportunities at WPI to develop good work habits, with a fresh start every term. You can start to develop better work habits by writing down some type of

PHILLER RERUN

Eggs and Hamsters—Who eats and who gets eaten Editor's Note: The following is a r e -p rin t of P h ille r from Newspeak's 9/28/93 issue.

The staff here at Newspeak really enjoyed reading this creative work of literary tal­ ent and we hope you will as well.

Times they are a changing at WPI. Not in the way that the Blue Ribbon Task Force envisions it, but the way shaap eyed, wickit smaaht WPI students see it. (Pat­ ented Woostah speak) Do this simple experiment: Find a copy of the Two Towers logo. Look on letterheads, school signs, etc. Basically any college propaganda.

Now, look at the time on the clock. What time is it?

Some people doing this little ex­ periment will respond 4:00, of

course. Others will say, about 3:09.

Who’s right?

Find another logo and repeat step 1. (Stop after a few times, we don’t

want CS majors complaining of in­ finite loops in this column.)

You should be able to find both times if you look hard enough.

What is the significance of this dis­ covery? Not much, really. Just kinda’ weird.

We did extensive research, (ex­ tensive is a relative term) and made a listing of the places where each time is shown.

4.00 • All school letterheads • Course Catalog • Parking Lot Signs 3:09 • Newspeak Masthead ■WPI Poster Both times are found on official WPI material. It seems O that whenever the Two Tow­ ers are shown as a silhouette, the time reads 4:00. In more de­ tailed drawings, the time is 3:09.

Why is this so?

Does this mean that the design­ ers of the Two Towers could not figure out how to represent 3:09 in

able asset to our Greek community.

The IFC would particularly like to reorganize Phi Kappa Theta frater­ nity this week for their recent peti­ tion, which has sucessfully ended their probation. The members of Phi Kappa Theta displayed a lot of hard work over the past several months, and wc are very proud of them. Tau Kappa Epsilion and Sigma Phi Epsilon’s Itchy Fish concert in Alden Hall on Friday, January 15th was a great success. The local fa­ vorite Pearl Jam cover band lit up the

audience. For all you Basketball play­ ers out there, don’t miss your op­ portunity to sign up for the 2nd an­ nual IFC Midnight Basketball 3 on 3 tournament. Team information can be sent to bferrari@wpi.edu. One final congratulations is in order for Sarah Snow, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and previous president of Panhel, for being se­ lected as the Order of Omega’s Greek of the Term. Thanks Sarah and Connan for your hard work and a great year!

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Greek News

by Jeff Bayko President o f IFC

After a much-needed holiday break, the new Interfratemity and Panhellenic Councils have been busy planning many exciting events for the New Year. We would like to welcome all new chapter of­ ficers joining us in our efforts and more importantly, WPI’s new Greek advisor, Tracey Pakstis-Claiborne.

In her short time with us, Tracey has shown that she will be a valu-

a silhouette form? Or is this a secret government plot to render future top engineers helpless with confusion?

Why pick either time at all? What is the cosmic significance of 4:00 and 3:09? What’s so “special” about “Special Sauce”?

If anyone knows for sure, (about the clocks, not “special s^uce”, well, if you know that too) or has other questions regarding other newswor­ thy (newsworthy is also relative)

aspects imperative to the well­ being of the WPI community for us to cover, please drop a note addressed to Philler, c/o Newspeak, Box 2700 into a handy-dandy inter campus mail­ box. If someone can respond with the answer to this perplexing time problem, we’ll be sure to an­ nounce the revelation to the WPI com m unity the next time Newspeak needs more Philler

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No problem, shovel out any snow 6. Try to shovel out any remain­ that is in your path. ing snow that is behind the 2. Have your best friend be ready to spinning tires. push the car the in the direction 7. Put a small hill of sand behind you intend to go. the tires that are spinning so 3. Attempt to move out of your park­ the tire can “climb up it” when ing space with your best friend moving in the direction you pushing. want to move. (Never under­ 4. Have your friend observe which estimate the power of friction) tires are spinning. If you have a 8. Repeat steps 2-7 until unstuck. rear wheel drive car, it will prob­ 9. Buy your best friend a bever­ ably be one or more of the rear age of their choice.

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People have extreme opinions about driver’s license photos

by Kevin Tankersley Waco Tribune-Herald

WACO, Texas (AP)—In what seems a lifetime ago, I worked in a few retail outlets around town.

When you’re in that type of busi­ ness, you’ve got people writing checks to pay for their purchases.

Being a cautious shopkeeper, I was always diligent about asking to see the driver’s license of the chcckwriter, carefully checking the name and address against that printed on the check and the photograph with the person standing before me.

Many times, the customer would present the license, but with a thumb firmly planted over the picture.

“Don’t look at the picture,” they would often plead.

They eventually would relent, and their fears were rarely confirmed.

Yes, there were some, let’s say, lessthan-perfect photos on a few of the licenses I saw, but most of the pic­ tures were perfectly acceptable.

From experience garnered during

those retail years, it seems that most folks fall into one of two camps: Those who really like the picture on the driver’s license; and those who think the pic­ ture resembles a breed of rare dog.

“It make look like a shar-pei,” Mat Mulholland said, referring to the class of dog whose puppies are cov­ ered with an abundant number of wrinkles. However, the American Kennel Club describes the shar-pei as “regal, alert and intelligent,” which are not bad qualities for a police officer.

Mulholland makes his living asking oth­ ers for their driver’s licenses as a patrol officer for the Baylor University Depart­ ment of Public Safety.

The photo was not how Mulholland wanted to be depicted on his license.

When he first smiled for the camera, he was more “dressed up,” he said. The license to which that photo was at­ tached was lost in the mail. When Mulholland went to the Department of Public Safety office to inquire about his license, he was required to take another photo. On this trip to the DPS, he wasn’t so dressed up and the collar of his white

T-shirt shows in his photo. “My head’s all tilted back,” he said, and the slight smile on his face is due to the DPS employee at the counter “giving me a hard time because I’m a police officer.”

On those occasions he is asked for identification, Mulholland usu­ ally just whips out his police ID card.

“I don’t show it at all,” he said of his license, which doesn’t expire until 2004.

Kandice Kelly is in direct contrast to Mulholland.

“I like it a lot,” the television an­ chor and reporter said of her license photograph. “I’ve never had one I didn’t like. I’ve been lucky.”

Kelly, who works for KWTX, Chan­ nel 10, feels that attitude has a lot to do with how a picture will turn out. "If you go in thinking it will be the worst pic­ ture, that will show,” she said. “If you don’t expect it to look like a glamour shot, you’ll be satisfied with it.”

While Kelly appeared to be dressed for her on-air duties in her current license (left), the picture on her last one was taken on a day off

as she was running errands: “I was on my way to the grocery store” when she stopped by for her license renewal.

Kelly holds onto her driver’s li­ censes after they expire, giving her a chronicle of her life as photographed by the DPS. “It’s a little piece of history, a part of every day life,” she said.

“It’s a reasonable representation,” Dennis Michaelis said of his driver’s license photograph. “I’m not real picky. It looks like I’ve been recently incarcerated.”

Michaelis, president of McLennan Community College, was joking about his picture, but he is fairly happy with his likeness.

“It’s pretty solemn,” he said of his coat-and-tie self represented on the li­ cense. Not many people ever have a chance to view the photo, however.

“I’m of the age where not many people ask to see it,” said Michaelis, 55. He did recall a ski trip to Colo­ rado a few years ago during which a waitress asked to see some ID when

he ordered a beer. Michaelis, joking, said he briefly entertained the thought of offering a marriage pro­ posal to the young lady in return.

David Chavez tends to not pay attention to the photograph on his driver’s license. “I never look at it,” he said. ‘There could have been someone else on there.”

Chavez, a Realtor with Re/Max Greater Waco Realtors, said he’s lost about 20 pounds since the picture was taken, “but after the holidays, I don’t know,” he said, laughing.

“Maybe it will motivate me to skip on a burger once in a while.”

Chavez, 42, jokingly said he some­ times feels “insulted” when he passes through the check-out line at the gro­ cery store with a bottle of wine and the cashier doesn’t ask for his ID. Even if few people see the photo on his license, Chavez, a product of University High School, is often rec­ ognized from the photograph in his real estate ads, which is a bit more formal than his license mug shot.

“Hey, it’s me. What can I say?”

Intel said it will not maintain a mas­ ter database of consumer names matched to Pentium serial numbers.

Intel also encouraged Web sites and software programmers to warn consumers whenever the serial number is retrieved. It predicted the first such Internet pages and software will appear within months.

“The flip side of the coin for secu­ rity is privacy,” Mulloy said. “... We acknowledge there are certain risks associated with that serial number.”

Civil libertarians still found fault.

“The potential harm that this plan could do to privacy is pretty large,” said Stanton McCandlish of the Elec­ tronic Frontier Foundation, a civil lib­

erties group in San Francisco. “It’s just unfathomable they would come up with such an insecure system, es­ pecially given the vast majority of users who are extremely concerned about online privacy.”

The debate over Intel’s new technology occurs as Congress considers whether to propose new federal privacy laws for the Internet. The Federal Trade Com­ mission, which chided the online industry for its failure to protect privacy rights, successfully pressed last year for a law to pro­ hibit Web sites from collecting per­ sonal information on children with­ out their parents’ permission.

Sulin by e-mail. The address is Tender @net 1plus.com.

Tender I “is superior to anything that’s out there. He really did his homework when he made this,” said George E. Gamache, owner of Gamache’s Cyclery, in Fitchburg. “It locks the bike in place so it doesn’t rock back and forth or fall over.”

Sulin said he has other ideas for inventions, but he wants to market his Tender I before developing them. Since he works full time in the die division at Hitchiner Manu­ facturing Co. in Milford, N.H., he has to work on his inventions in his spare time.

He has been a tool and die maker

for 30 years and worked 18 years for General Electric Co. in Fitchburg, but left seven years ago for his present job.

His roots in Fitchburg go back three generations. His grandfather, Werner Sulin, came from Finland and operated Sulin’s Orchard.

Sulin’s ingenuity reflects a family aptitude for mechanics. His father, S. John Sulin, was a co-founder of Sulin Brothers Inc. and taught auto mechanics at the former Fitchburg High School Vocational School.

“Most of my life I’ve made things for m yself whenever I couldn’t find something I needed,” Sulin said.

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Congressman chides Intel over new chip

by Ted Bridis Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - A con­ gressman urged Intel Corp. on Fri­ day to reconsider plans to give its upcoming Pentium III computer processor the ability to transmit across the Internet unique num­ bers to help identify consumers.

Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., said that he understood the technology’s implications for online commerce, where the ano­ nymity of the Internet can encour­ age fraud. But he worried it also will help online marketers track consumers on the Web surrepti­

tiously.

“Intel’s new product improves technology for online commerce in a way that compromises personal pri­ vacy,” Markey wrote in a letter to Intel Chief Executive Officer Craig Barrett.

Markey, the senior Democrat on the House consumer protection subcommittee, urged Intel “to better balance both commercial and pri­ vacy objectives.”

An Intel spokesman, Chuck Mulloy, said Markey “clearly is missing some information here.” He said the company will contact the congressman’s staff “to make sure they understand the entire story.”

Intel announced its technology earlier this week at a security confer­ ence in San Jose, Calif. Its new Pentium III chip, to be sold early this year, will by default transmit its unique serial number internally and across the Internet to help verify the identity of users.

Consumers can turn the feature off, but it turns itself back on each time the computer is restarted.

Intel said the technology is needed to encourage trust in online sales and can also be used to prevent piracy by preventing a single copy of a soft­ ware program from being installed on several machines.

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Fitchburg man peddles his bike lock

by Adrienne Clark The Sentinel & Enterprise

FITCHBURG, Mass. (AP) - Bi­ cycling is one of John R. Sulin’s favorite pastimes. Now his pastime has become the source of an in­ vention and a sideline business.

Sulin often drives to Rhode Is­ land and New York to ride their long, off-road bicycle trails. Dur­ ing these trips, however, he al­ ways worried about the lack of se­ curity for his bicycle whenever he stopped at a restaurant to eat.

Cyclists stopping along the drive at recreation spots often have to re­ move their bicycles from their auto­ mobile racks and take them into a restaurant in order to obtain maxi­ mum security against theft.

Three years ago, Sulin, a tool and die maker, had an idea for a bicycle security mount and de­ cided to develop it. He experi­ mented for a year with several pro­ totypes before he found a model he liked. Then he spent another year obtaining a patent for it.

In September, he exhibited his Tender I bicycle security mount at

the Interbike Trade Show in Las Vegas. Next fall, he plans to attend the Chicago Area Bicycle Dealers Association convention with his invention.

The Tender I is designed to be mounted on a flat surface and can be attached to the wall or floor of a garage or shed or to the bed of a pickup truck, van or boat deck. It can also be modified to fit on a car bicycle rack.

The mount fits most mountain and road bicycles and a modified version will fit other size bikes, Sulin said.

The base and end caps are made of cast aluminum and clear-coated so the metal won’t oxidize. Re­ cessed steel bolts are designed so they cannot be removed, except with a special wrench. There are steel-threaded inserts in the alumi­ num base so the bolts won’t wear out the aluminum. The end caps, which fit over the bolts, provide a second level of security.

Sulin said he believes the two lev­ els of security were crucial to his ob­ taining a patent on his invention.

The mount does not have a

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quick-release mechanism, Sulin said, because he designed it for security.

“Since I’ve gotten a patent, I’m classified as an inventor. It’s amaz­ ing how much correspondence I’ve gotten from all over the world,” Sulin said.

Open Road, a British bicycle magazine, asked him to send one of his devices to them for testing, and Bicycling Magazine, a U.S. publication, is interested in pub­ lishing an article about the prod­ uct, Sulin said.

The device sells for $60 retail. It can be purchased at Gamache Cyclery Inc. in Fitchburg or from

M ic ro s o ft e x e c u tiv e d e n ie s th r e a t to “ c Intel personnel or otherwise, that

by Ted Bridis Microsoft would ‘cut off Netscape’s Associated Press Writer air supply,’ or words to that effect,” WASHINGTON (AP) - The first Maritz wrote.

Microsoft executive to testify in the Maritz also flatly denied other cen­ company’s antitrust case denied ut­ tral allegations in the government’s tering an often-quoted phrase about case, such as charges that Microsoft his company’s aggression toward a strong-armed Apple Computer Inc. software rival, that he once promised into distributing its Internet browser to “cut off Netscape’s air supply.” software in 1997 and that it intimi­ Paul Maritz, the senior Microsoft dated Intel into abandoning a rival executive alleged to have made that technology earlier in 1995. threat, takes the witness stand Mon­ Maritz accused government law­ day to defend his company. yers of trying to “portray instances Throughout the 11 weeks of trial, of routine interaction between com­ Maritz’s name appears on nearly ev­ panies in the computer industry, ery controversial e-mail used as evi­ who inevitably must deal with one dence by the government, either as another, as something nefarious.” author or recipient.

As a group vice president, Maritz But in 160 pages of written testi­ falls in seniority below only Microsoft's mony made public Friday, Maritz de­ billionaire chairman, Bill Gates, and its nied ever saying the words attributed president, Steve Ballmer. to him by one witness during a No­ Maritz joined the company in 1986 vember 1995 meeting with Intel Corp. after working five years at Intel, and “I never said, in the presence of he is responsible for Microsoft’s

u t o ff a ir s u p p ly ” most important products, including its dominant Windows operating system and its profitable Office soft­ ware programs.

Maritz also was a key player in convincing a reluctant Gates to in­ clude America Online’s software within Windows in exchange for AOL distributing M icrosoft’s Internet software. The March 1996 deal proved important for Microsoft, whose browser is used by many of AOL’s 15 million customers.

AOL buying Netscape for dlrs 4.2 billion. The judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to turn over to Microsoft’s outside lawyers some documents submitted by AOL and Netscape related to the purchase.

Microsoft requested the paper­ work to investigate whether the deal might rejuvenate the market because AOL can distribute Netscape’s browser to all its subscribers, dra­ matically boosting its popularity.

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C lub C o r n e r Christian Bible Fellowship I hope that everyone had a great first week of classes. Tonight, we will be having Tues­ day Night Prayer at 9:30 PM in Founders, and we will be having Friday Night Fellow­ ship at 7:00 PM in the Lower Wedge. Any­ one wanting additional information can e-mail cbf@wpi.edu.

“Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:19-20 (NIV) Do you praise God continually? For most of us, the answer would be no. Some of those that answered “no” however, would go on to add that they are trying. In the above verses, Paul gives examples of how we can praise God continually. One of the more fa­ miliar ways that we praise God is through the singing of songs, hymns and spiritual songs.

In addition to singing verbally, in the above passage, we are also shown that we can praise God by singing these same hymns, psalms and spiritual songs in our hearts. The last example that Paul gives in this passage is giving thanks to God for everything, not just the really big things, but everything. When thinking about how you can praise God con­ tinually, I hope that these examples given by Paul will help you.

Concert Choir Wednesday rehearsal has moved back a half hour, and now runs from 6:00 pm to 8:00; Sunday rehearsals remain from 7:00 pm to 9«0.

We have to be at RPI on Friday by 6:00; departure details will be announced at re­ hearsal and via email. There is a party that night, with the concert being the next day at

3:30. It should end around 5:30 and we’ll hit the road back home immediately afterward, unless you have other plans.

In the meantime, do not forget our Faith and Discussion group every Wednesday night at 8:30 PM in the Religious Center.

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Hi again! Hope the holidays were cool for everyone. Now is the time to get those plays and scenic designs submitted! February 1st is the deadline, so get cracking. Guidelines for submission are in the Humanities office and on the web at http://www.wpi.edu/ -masque. Please submit as soon as possible!

And Baby Makes Seven.. Help out. Be a sport.

And meetings... Oops, I’m almost late for this week’s meeting. 4:30 on Fridays in the Alden Hall Green Room. See you there!

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Our Executive Board met last night and we have several events planned for C Term. We will be going to Wright’s Chicken Farm, go­ ing snowtubing, having a retreat weekend and a video and pasta night. In addition Fr. S. will be having his famous suppers on Tues­ day and Wednesday night. Watch your mail

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Club C orn er Know also that you are always welcome to join us at Sunday Masses which are at 11:30 AM in Alden and 5:00 PM in Founders. As a matter of fact you are always welcome to join us at any of our events.

Society for Medieval Arts and Sciences C-term is going to be very busy for us, be­ cause our medieval faire is scheduled for April.

In an effort to organize this early, there have been changes made to the meeting format.

Meetings will once again be at 7:00pm, and will begin with committee work. Regular business will be taken care of afterwards. If you aren’t on a committee yet (games, food, historical, prizes, armor, props, entertainment or publicity), but would like to sign up, email the officers.

Court will be held on Tues. Jan 26. The Feb. 2 meeting will be entirely a faire work­ shop to jumpstart the process. Also, in prepa­ ration for our many entertainments, the bardies guild will be starting regular prac­ tices (day and time to be announced). Any­ one interested in medieval music of any kind is welcome to attend.

Realms Thurs. night fight practices have been

moved to Saturdays, starting 1/30 (no practice on 1/28). Several of these will be in character.

The Eventgoers meeting is being hosted here in Kinnicut hall on 1/23, in preparation for the Eventholders meeting next week. The club will also be pre-reg’ing for the Feast of Rhiassa Only people who bring money to the officers by the meeting on 1/26 will be included in the group.

Hope everyone stays involved!

Meetings are Tuesdays at 7pm in Founders Basement. Fight practices are Mondays and Thursdays at 7:30. For more information, email the officers at realms@ wpi.

input, and is dedicated to the concept of cam­ pus unity. Anyone that is interested in be­ coming involved with SGA should stop by the SGA Office in the Wedge and speak with a Senator there. SGA has a lot to do in the coming weeks, and invites anyone that wants

Student Government Association The last SGA meeting was held last Tues­ day, on January 19th in the Lower Wedge at 6:00 PM. The transfer of power between the 8th session executive board and Senate and the 9th session occurred, and President Anne-Marie Chouinard, Vice-President An­ gela Malaquias, Secretary Ernest DiMicco, and Treasurer Jeff Brownson were sworn in

by Parliamentarian Tom Winrow. Like the 8th session executive board, the 9th session board is very interested in having student

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Well, this is the exception to the rule. Announcing... Researching Projects and Sufficiencies II: Advanced Database Searching. It’s the new sequel to the Research­ ing Projects and Sufficiencies I class that you’ve learned to love. In this class, taught by library leading man Chris Cox, you’ll get step-by-step, hands-on searching experi­ ence with some of Gordon Library’s various databases, including FirstSearch, CompcndexWeb, INSPEC, and others. The class will meet for 1 hour in the Gordon Library Training Room on Tuesday, January, 26 from 11 am -12 noon and Thursday, January 28 from 3 - 4 pm. You don’t need to have seen/taken the original class.

However, just like any good movie, space is limited, so you have to sign up ahead of time. You can register for a session at the library reference desk, or on the Web at http://www.WPI.EDU/Academics/Library/Training/. There are no car chases (unfor­ tunately), you don’t need a ticket (Yeah! No lines!), and you don’t get any popcorn (bummer). But you will learn the research skills you need to succeed on your IQP, MQPs and Sufficiencies...and that’s as much as you can ask from any sequel.

4 th a n n u a l D a n c e -a -th o n Alpha Phi Omega announces its 4lh annual Dance-a-thon to be held Friday, January 29, at 8pm in Alden Hall. This year, with its new co-sponsor Lens ‘n Lights, the Dance-a-thon promises to be twice as fun. For one night only, Alden Hall will be transformed into Club WPI, with pulsating music, refresh­ ments, door prizes, and plenty of dancing.

Over the years, the event has evolved from a standard Dance-a-thon to a Dance Party, but the purpose behind the fun remains unchanged: to raise money for charity. This year, all proceeds benefit a battered Women’s shelter.

Local retailers have joined the cause by donating various door prizes, includ­ ing a portable stereo with CD, tape, and radio; a camera; a Discman; gift certifi­ cates; candy, and more. In the past, Dance-a-thon has raise over $750 for charity and this year they intend to raise even more. To help out, join Alpha Phi Omega and Lens ‘n Lights this Friday night. Admission is $3. College ID required. j

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Newspeak will run classifieds free for all WPI students, faculty, and staff. Free classifieds are limited to six (6) lines. Ads of a commercial nature and ads longer than six lines must be paid for at the off campus/commercial rate of $5.00 for the first six lines and 50 cents per additional line.

Classified ads must be paid for in advance.

No information which, in the opinion of the Newspeak editors, would identify an individual to the community will be printed in a personal ad. The editors reserve the right to refuse any ad deemed to be in bad taste or many ads from one group or individual on one subject.

The deadline for ads is noon on the Friday before publication.

All classified ads must be on individual sheets of paper and must be acoompanied by the writer's name, address and phone number.

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Thursday, January 14 12:59am - Medical: Ellsworth for a 21 y/o male, shaking, nausea, EMS 42.

8:11 am - Water Problem: Steam leak in Daniels, water leaking into mailroom below. Plant Services on scene.

1:04pm - Vehicle Damage: In front of Healthy Alternatives, bumper on the ground and left front end damage.

2:05pm - Water Problem: Basement of Morgan Hall, steam pipe broken.

Friday, January 15 1:32am - Fight: Call from Daniels Hall saying there was a group of males fighting outside.

1:40am - Code 5: Group dispersed no fight.

2:00am-5555 Hang Up: Daniels.

2:05am - Code 5: Nothing found, student sleeping.

12:27pm - Water Problem: Founders basement, near locked custodian closet. Pipe leaking.

2:25pm - Medical Emergency: Female student, fell on ice between Olin and Higgins Labs.

11:23pm - Disorderly Person: Male at the basketball game with open container, offers requested by Gym Watchperson.

Saturday, January 16 1:42am - Disturbance: Officer out with disturbance at Dean Street fraternity. Officers clear Dean Street.

2:30pm - Medical: Student injured from sliding down hill by Founders Hall.

2:34pm - Clear: Officer advised students not to slide down hill.

12:00pm - Resume Writing Workshop, CDC 7:00pm - Women’s Basketball. WPI vs. Springfield College, Harrington 7:00pm - Coffeehouse. Erin MeKeown, Riley Commons 7:30pm - 9:00pm - Beginner Swing Lessons, Harrington Balcony 12:00pm - Job Offer Decision Making, Lqwer Wedge 27 4:30pm - Summer Internship Orientation, FLAUD 7:00pm - Wrestling. WPI vs. Plymouth State, Alumni Gym O Q

r i ' :t ^ 3:30pm - Resume Writing Workshop.CDC J s -v r m « 6:00 - 7:30pm - Expressive Arts Open Studioi^cstStreet House 7:30pm - Comedian. David J, RiTey Commons

2 9 7:30pm - 9:00pm - Advanced Swing Lessons, Harrington Balcony 6:30& 9:30pm- Film. “The Waterboy*” Sk M

2:00pmSunday, January 17 3:08am - Suspicious Person: Call from Founders resident regarding suspicious person observed in building earlier.

3:25am - Officers report Founders checked and OK, unable to locate above subject.

9:45am - Call In: Report of fuel in Daniels. Faint odor only near bookstore.

9:55am - Barriers: Barriers up behind Boynton Hall for falling ice.

Monday, January 18 6:41 pm - Alarm: Fire Trouble, Higgins House.

6:43pm - Code 5: Phone line trouble, false alarm.

8:12pm-Alarm: Fire Alarm, Daniels Hall, WFD notified.

8:17pm - Arrival: WFD at Daniels.

8:22pm - Code 5: WFD, no fire, water leak caused alarm to go off.

Tuesday, January 19 1:20am - Cruiser Accident: Institute Road and Dover.

1:41 am - Hazardous Conditions: Grounds crew called in for sanding and salting.

8:46am - Medical: Dover Street, female student fell on ice, possible ankle injury.

8:52am - WPD Notified: To meet with WPI officer, Dover is a Worcester street and sidewalk was not shoveled.

9:06am - EA: to Memorial, female student with ankle injury. Officers will try and find landlord, to get sidewalk cleared.

2:15pm - Mischief: 2 white males trying the doors of cars along Institute Road.

2:18pm - Hackfeld Lot: White males left area and left bad behind. Going towards Harvard St. 1. Male: blue plaid shirt, jeans. 2. Male: bluejacket. Becker Officer called seeing them near the court house.

2:40pm - Code 5: Suspects not found. Worcester has description of subjects.

5:29pm - Fire Assist: WFD responding to Boynton St. for a fire alarm and are requesting our assist.

31 4:00pm 1:30am & 5:00pm- Catholic Mass, Alden i % - 6:00pm - Superbowl Tailgating Party, Quad 6:30 & 9:30pm - Film. “What Dreams May Cbme,” FLAUD

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5:35pm - Code 5: False alarm, trouble with the alarms.

6:17pm-Medical: Alden Main entrance, 21 yo female injured from chairs falling on top of her.

10:44pm - Suspicious Persons: 2 w/m’s, wearing long black coats, leaving Atwater-Kent carrying a computer; called in by Watchperson Morais.

10:46pm - Arrival Officers out with subjects in front of Atwater-Kent.

10:49pm - Code 5: Officers too student id’s in case computer is reported stolen, no property of WPI tag on computer.

11:35pm - Cruiser Damage: Officer reports damage found on passenger side molding and mirror.

Wednesday, January 20 6:00pm - Alarm: Fire Alarm, Drury Lane.

6:02pm - Arrival: All units including WFD updated but still responding.

6:07pm - Code 5: Officer will be notified to look into the sensitivity of the fire alarm in his kitchen.

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